Knox Weekly

JANUARY 16 | 2013

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COVER: Theatre director ChristineSimmonds is reviving the pantomimewith actors Karina Hudson and MatthewChaloupka-Wagner in a new productionof Dick Whittington. See page 16.Picture: Rob Carew

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Mystery trio save clinicBY TARA McGRATH

Fire damage: The blaze caused about $20,000damage to Knox Audiology when it destroyed oneroom and left soot throughout the building.

Thank you: Knox Audiology staff Jenny Ptak, TinaAtkinson, Luke Klunder, Robyn McKenzie and HelenCampbell want to thank the mystery trio who savedtheir clinic. Pictures: Rob Carew

‘It’s very hard to say thankyou in a big enough way forsaving our business, ourproperty and our neighbour’sproperty.’ Helen Campbell

AN unknown trio who helped save a homeand a Wantirna hearing clinic threatened byfire are being hailed as heroes by the clinic’smanager.

The fire at Knox Audiology on MountainHighway started on a neighbouring propertybecause of a stray cigarette butt, clinic directorHelen Campbell said. One room at the clinicwas destroyed, causing damage estimated at$20,000.

But the fire could have been far worse if itweren’t for the actions of two passing motor-ists, Ms Campbell was told by the clinic’sneighbours.

The two drivers — one in a black four-wheel-drive, the other in a white van —quickly made a u-turn as the fire rapidlyspread from a fence into the eaves of the clinic.

The two men — one of whom was called‘Steve’ — and a woman evacuated nearby res-idents and battled the blaze with fire extin-guishers borrowed from neighbours.

Because of their promptness in respondingto the fire, Ms Campbell suspects they mayhave had some fire training.

‘‘They went way beyond whatever anyonewould expect them do,’’ she said.

It’s believed the couple and the man werenot known to each other because they wentseparate ways after the fire was extinguished.

The blaze started about 4.30pm and wasattended by six fire brigade units.

Despite the damage, the clinic opened asusual the following Monday.

Ms Campbell said the staff were extremely

grateful to the mystery trio to still have a job.The clinic has a number of charity initiatives

it supports through Global Giving B1G1 andMs Campbell said if the reluctant heroes cameforward, she would make a donation to aB1G1 cause of their choosing.

‘‘It’s very hard to say thank you in a bigenough way for saving our business, our prop-erty and our neighbour’s property.

‘‘I just want the community to be aware thatthere are such nice people out there,’’ MsCampbell said.

If you are, or know, the mystery heroes,call Helen Campbell at Knox AudiologyClinic on 9800 5697.


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What are they thinking?I am wondering what the thinking is of certainKnox councillors about the funding for the EasternAlliance for Greenhouse Action. Supporting theposition of a greenhouse co-ordinator for theEastern Alliance is a great move, since reducingcosts to the council is in everyone’s interests. Whentemperatures start to increase further it will costmore to provide cooling for councillors, theirallowances will have to increase to pay for theirhigher fuel costs and we will need to examine howwe manage the loss of amenity provided by thetrees in our parks which begin to die off due tochanges in the climate.

John Cull, Rowville

Re: Height limits put squeeze on Fern-tree Gully Village development plansDo we think this is good for Ferntree Gully? Itsturning into a VicTrack car park, not a villageshopping centre.

If we get people living near the station, we willhave people looking at what is going on and thisshould cut back on the graffiti. Make FerntreeGully Village a destination not a car park; putpeople back in the village. The new tree planting

and streetscape will give developers the opportun-ity to bring FTG into the 21st century. Don’t let itbecome a slum because no one wanted to spendon development.

Maree0901 (via web)

Get it right on poolDo it once and do it right. For a lot of disabled peo-ple, the Knox Leisureworks hydrotheraphy pool istoo far to walk. More than 500 desperate disabledwho are unable to use the pool signed a petition forthe council to consider building a road to the pool.Easy access would make life much easier for many.

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Non-paying driverstop police hit listDRIVING an unregistered vehicle was the mostcommon driving offence in Knox during theChristmas period, figures show.

A total of 393 breaches — including by 85people driving an unregistered vehicle — wererecorded from November 16 to January 6 as partof the Summer Stay road enforcement campaign.

Police also nabbed 39 speeding drivers, 16 dis-qualified drivers, 27 unlicensed drivers, 12 drink-drivers, six for not wearing a seatbelt, 12 forusing a mobile phone and 196 drivers for othertraffic offences.

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VCAT fee spike may silence objectorsBY TARA McGRATH and DANIEL TRAN

Added costs: Ian Wood says small resident protest groups will be hit hardest by looming fee increases at theplanning tribunal. Picture: Teagan Glenane/The Age

RESIDENT objectors could be prevented fromvoicing their opposition to controversial plan-ning decisions because of a proposed fee hike atthe planning tribunal, critics say.

Appropriate Development for Boronia Groupmember Anthony Searle said price rises at theVictorian Civil and Administrative Tribunalwould slash the number of resident-led appeals.

‘‘It’s hard when you have a family . . . theexpenses, power bills — it’s a lot of money ,’’ hesaid

From March, the cost of filing an objectionwith the tribunal could rise four-fold, from $322to $1462 for projects between $1 million and $5million.

By 2015 that fee could rise to $2014.Planning reform group Save Our Suburbs, and

Tecoma Village Action Group president NicoleGale echoed Mr Searle’s criticisms of thefee hike.

SOS said the move would effectively silencelocals, who would face difficulty in affording thesteep costs.

President Ian Wood said groups with thefewest objectors would be hardest hit.

‘‘VCAT was supposed to be the cheap avenue

of appeal for ordinary lay people without havingrecourse to legal assistance. [It] is a furtherdampener on people trying to oppose inappro-priate development,’’ Mr Wood said.

TVAG’s Nicole Gale said the price rises mock-ed democracy.

She said hearings at VCAT were often a Davidand Goliath battle — like the group’s bid to stopMcDonald’s intrusion into Tecoma.

‘‘On one side you have families and individualsand on the other you have big international cor-porations. It just adds insult to injury by raisingthe fees.’’

ADBG president Karin Kaufmann, however,was confident residents would continue to sup-port the group’s efforts.

‘‘I can’t see Boronia residents not continuingthe fight even if it’s tiring and exhausting — itwould be saying to the developers and council todo what you want and we don’t want to give thatmessage.’’

Speaking in favour of the move, Save theGlenfern Green Wedge member David Mutchsaid it may discourage frivolous objections.

The VCAT’s case backlog has delayed anappeal over a green wedge site in Upper FerntreeGully — which Mr Mutch’s group is opposing.

‘‘I always thought it was too cheap. It’s too

easy to appeal and it’s clogging up the tribunal,’’Mr Mutch said.

A spokesman for the Baillieu government saidthe proposed fee changes aimed ‘‘to reduce the

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Home needed: Four-year-old bull Arab crossDexter, with RSPCA adoption officer RebekahPryde, wants a new home. Picture: Wayne Hawkins.

AN emu was among spooked animals thatescaped their homes and were recovered byKnox Council officers over the new yearperiod.

Illegal fireworks and loud parties terrifiedmany pets in Knox on New Year’s Eve butthe number of escapees was down on the pre-vious year’s figures, the council’s city healthand safety manager Steven Dickson said.

Ten dogs were collected by council officersover the period. Seven were taken to thepound while three that were wearing currentregistration tags were returned to their own-ers.

Last year 23 dogs were collected by coun-cil officers over the new year period.

If no registration tag or microchip wasfound, the animals were taken to RSPCA atBurwood and a release fee was charged, MrDickson said.

RSPCA Victoria spokesman Tim Pilgrimtold the Weekly 31 animals were delivered tothe Burwood site on New Year’s Eve,compared with 51 the previous year.

Two of the dogs recovered have not beencollected by their owners and will now beplaced up for adoption after veterinarychecks.

Mr Pilgrim said the emu was residing inthe RSPCA wildlife fields.

As Australia Day approaches, Mr Dicksonsaid it was simple to keep pets safe.

‘‘If you know there are going to be fire-works in your area, make suitable arrange-ments to comfort and secure your pet.’’

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No ‘silver bullet’ forshortfall in superBY TARA McGRATH

RATE rises and service cuts seem inevitable forKnox residents after a taskforce aimed ataddressing the multimillion-dollar superannu-ation shortfall failed to find a ‘‘silver bullet’’ solu-tion.

The Municipal Association of Victoriareleased the superannuation taskforce recom-mendations last month, but there was no one-size-fits-all solution, MAV president Cr BillMcArthur said.

‘‘While the taskforce has not identified a silverbullet, the priority reform areas aim to ease thefinancial effects of shortfalls on councils, reducefuture liabilities and improve information onfund performance.’’

The council’s corporate development directorMark Dupe sat on the taskforce and said hisdepartment would consider all recommendationsapplicable to Knox.

The Weekly first reported last year that KnoxCouncil would be forced to pay almost $12 mil-lion to subsidise a shortfall for a public sector

scheme that entitles employees to a defined bene-fit pension at retirement.

Mr Dupe said councillors had been briefed onthe options in preparation for budget discussionsbeginning next month.

But service cuts, rate rises and fee increases area genuine possibility to cover the approachingshortfall, Mr Dupe confirmed.

‘‘We’re looking at a reduction of operationaland capital expenditure. There may be a combin-ation of measures. It will depend on the council’spriorities.’’

He said some of the taskforce recommenda-tions that may apply to Knox included groupborrowing with other municipalities to reduceinterest costs and the use of cash reserves.

MAV president Cr McArthur warned in thereport that the shortfall was a ‘‘critical challenge’’that would not just affect the immediate budget.

‘‘The taskforce report warns that defined bene-fit shortfall risks would continue to constraincouncils’ capacity to deliver infrastructure andservices to their communities over the coming 10to 15 years,’’ Cr McArthur stated.

Cops all fired up over cigarette butts

No butts: Policeare taking adim view ofdrivers posinga bushfire risk.Picture: Rob Homer

THROWING your cigarette butt out thewindow is a thoughtless and selfish act, saysSenior Sergeant Phil Edmunds.

The Knox police officer said the stationreceived several calls about people driving withan arm out the window, smoking or flickingash off their cigarette.

Senior Sergeant Edmunds said he and hisofficers were adopting a zero toleranceapproach to the offence.

‘‘People think that because it’s in a built-uparea it doesn’t matter, but it [a cigarette] canland somewhere and get out of control.

‘‘You will be stopped and spoken to. I havetold my officers to show no mercy.’’

His comments came as bushfires interstateand in country Victoria threaten entire com-munities.

Senior Sergeant Edmunds urged road usersto record the car registration and call CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000 if they witnessedsomeone throwing their butt away. ‘‘You cansmoke, that’s fine — just don’t wind down yourwindow, because it can cause so much destruc-tion, especially at this time of year.’’

— Tara McGrath


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warning follows reports of a young woman

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the heat. Ambulance Victoria paramedic team

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was cooler. ‘‘If you’re new to the 1000 Steps, I

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Call for PSOs at GullyFerntree Gully MP Nick Wakeling has asked

the government to deploy protective services

officers to Ferntree Gully railway station as

soon as possible. He said the recent arrival of

PSOs at Boronia station had led to a

significant decrease in antisocial behaviour

which had often been witnessed at the station.

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at Ferntree Gully and he would like to see PSO

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previous improvements included the provision

of staff, an enclosed waiting area and

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Supermarket robberyA cashier at a Ferntree Gully supermarket was

threatened with a knife during an armed

robbery about 9.30pm on Friday, January 4.

The attendant handed over cash from the

register and the offender fled in a vehicle. He is

described as Caucasian, aged between 30 to

35 and of medium build. He was

wearing a blue peaked cap, sunglasses, long-

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Crash ‘worst I’ve seen’A Yarra Ranges highway patrol officer has

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50 beds to close asbudget cuts biteBY DAVID SCHOUT and TARA McGRATH

UP to 50 beds will close across EasternHealth — including at the Angliss Hospitalin Upper Ferntree Gully — as the state andfederal governments argue over budget cuts.

The outcome may mean cuts to electivesurgery and nurses’ jobs but it is not knownhow many jobs could be at stake.

Eastern Health chief executive Alan Lillysaid an $8.5 million funding cut in the2012-13 financial year had hit the servicehard.

‘‘The matter is becoming more serious astime progresses without any funding solu-tion,’’ Mr Lilly said. He acknowledged thiswas a ‘‘challenging period’’ where there were‘‘no easy decisions’’ to be made. Job redund-ancies were a possibility.

‘‘Eastern Health will endeavour toredeploy any staff affected by these outcomeselsewhere throughout our health servicewhere their skills and expertise can be util-ised,’’ Mr Lilly said.

Australian Nursing Federation Victorianbranch secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick said budgetcuts were straining the hospital system.

‘‘As the frontline health workers caring forpatients every day, nurses will be underincreasing pressure as Eastern Health makesmore cuts to its services and closes morebeds.’’

She said that impending employmentuncertainty would create significant financialanxiety and stress.

‘‘While the state and federal governmentsblame each other, the Victorian communitywill be the innocent victims of their politicalpoint scoring. We want both sides to showleadership and negotiate a solution.’’

Ms Fitzpatrick said that between 45-50beds in acute, sub-acute and mental healthprograms across Eastern Health would beclosed. However, there is no indication yet ofwhen the bed closures will begin. EasternHealth must first present a change impactstatement before implementing any majorchanges.

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Hero behaviour: Garry Brewster was honoured by Ambulance Victoria for saving a little boy from a burninghome. Picture: Wayne Hawkins.

BY TARA McGRATH

‘‘There was a lot of smoke butI crawled around and he washiding under the bedscreaming. I just threw him outthe window.’’ — Garry Brewster

A ROWVILLE man who pulled a little boy froma burning house has been honoured for hisbravery — but it’s not the first time he hasshowed heroic behaviour.

Garry Brewster was awarded an AmbulanceVictoria Community Hero Award at ParliamentHouse for saving four-year-old Giorgio Dotasfrom his burning Mulgrave home.

But the 53 year old said he was relativelyunfazed by the drama because he had a similarexperience as a 12 year old when he saved ayoung girl from the surf in Queensland.

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He entered the home by smashing a window —luckily it opened onto the room where Giorgiowas hiding.

‘‘There was a lot of smoke but I crawledaround and he was hiding under the bed scream-ing. I just threw him out the window,’’ Mr Brew-ster said. The house was destroyed.

Mr Brewster feared there was another baby inthe bedroom but it turned out to be a doll in ababy bassinet.

Another man who was walking past tookGiorgo to his mother.

‘‘He was gasping for water, so the paramedicsgave him water and oxygen — it was prettyhorrible,’’ Mr Brewster said.

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Nurturing love, affectionEvery week, about 60 Victorian children are removed from theirhomes because their parents are unable to care for them. That’swhere foster carers come in. Two families speak to CATHERINEWATSON and DAVID SCHOUT about the joys and challenges ofsharing their homes with children in their hour of need.

First the hard question. It’s the one everyoneasks foster carers, or wants to: ‘‘But aren’tyou sad when the children leave?’’

Yes, says Megan Taylor. Oh yes! There’s nogetting away from that.

‘‘But we’re willing to be hurt for the sake of thechild,’’ she says. ‘‘You know you’ve done some-thing good for someone else.

‘‘You have to remember you’re not keepingthem — you’re just a caretaker.

‘‘You love them and take care of them butalways knowing the goal is that they go back totheir own family. When they do that, it’s asuccess story.’’

Every week, about 60 Victorian children areremoved from their homes by the state, but thereis a chronic shortage of foster carers, both shortterm and long term.

Figures from the Australian Institute of Healthand Welfare show Victoria had fewer than 1000foster households compared with more than3500 in NSW.

These days, carers are married, de facto orsingle; home owners or renters; workers or not.Some have biological children living in the home,some have adult children who have moved outand others have no children.

The key requirement is the ability to provide asafe, stable and nurturing home for a child oryoung person — but a sense of humour, patienceand enjoyment of children’s company also help.

Cranbourne’s Donna and Stephen Crandellhave four long-term foster children throughOzchild. Donna says she feels blessed to be in aposition to provide care, and encourages othersto give it a try.

‘‘I felt I should be contributing more to thecommunity and my situation gave me the oppor-tunity to do so. When a teenager turns up at your

door with a child in their hands, you realise thereis a real need out there for foster carers.’’

Megan Taylor had always been interested infostering but put it off until her youngest child,Fletcher, was out of nappies. Most parents wouldhave considered Fletcher and his older sisters,Lili, 14, Maisy, 8, and Sunday, 6, added up to afull house, but about 18 months ago Megan andher husband Anthony decided there was roomfor one more in their Sandhurst home.

After extensive interviews and several trainingdays with MacKillop Family Services, they weredeclared fit and proper carers. Two weeks laterthree-month-old Flynn* arrived.

‘‘There’s a ring at the door, they hand you thisbaby and off they go,’’ says Megan, a formerteacher. ‘‘You’re sitting there with this baby andhe’s smiling at you. They become part of yourfamily so quickly. I couldn’t believe you couldbecome attached so quickly.’’

In retrospect, she says, probably too attached.‘‘We were a bit broken-hearted when he left

after a month. I think you get better at that asyou go along. In fostering, things can changevery quickly.’’

Two weeks after Flynn left, MacKillop rang tosay they had a 10-month baby needing a homeand Danny* arrived. ‘‘Our children were allexcited,’’ Megan says.

‘‘Being girls, they wanted babies. The twoyounger girls were lovely with him. Fletcher too

— it was good for him. He’s just been diagnosedwith Aspergers so it was good for him to get usedto people coming and learning to accommodate ayounger child. He still calls him ‘my littlebrother’.

‘‘It’s been good for all the children. One of myown reasons for going in was to try to help themunderstand about social justice and to explainhow some children end up in foster care.

‘‘They all accepted him so quickly, and heloved the kids. I thought he’d be really attachedto me as I was the main carer but he was moreattached to the kids and to Anthony. WhenAnthony came home from work he’d run up thehall saying, ‘Dadda, dadda!’ ’’

It was nice for Anthony as well, she says. ‘‘Atfirst he was just supporting me but you can’t helpfalling in love with a baby. He was a bit devast-ated after Danny went back.’’

They cared for Danny for 10 months before hereturned to live with his mother in October.

Megan says the experience was better than thefirst time around because she had had morecontact with Danny’s mother.

‘‘We met a couple of times and I’d write littlenotes about how he was going. He had continuedcontact with his mother — it built up to twice aweek as her circumstances improved.

‘‘There was not a lot of emotion when he firstarrived, but as the attachment with his motherimproved, he would get very excited when he

knew she was coming to pick him up.’’She has several photos of Danny but there’s

one in particular she treasures. It was takenduring a game of hide-and-seek with the otherkids. Danny is peeking out of a kitchencupboard, grinning with delight. It might looklike an everyday family photo but it shows howfar Danny had come in just a few months. Whenhe arrived, he rarely smiled or played but,surrounded by other children, he became one ofthem. As his confidence and happiness grew, sodid his relationship with his mother.

The Taylors are having a break from fosteringand this year plan to offer short-term emergencycare. Anthony Taylor says fostering has also beengood for their own family. ‘‘I think our childrengot as much out of it as Danny. Normally, it’s‘me, me, me’ so it’s nice to have a little babyaround the place. They’d be on the monkey barsplaying with him.’’

He says there’s not much difference betweenhaving four or five children. ‘‘You don’t reallynotice one more child chuffing around the house.What struck me was that it was minimum effortfor a really big result.’’

*Not the child’s real name

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The show’s director, Ferntree Gully residentand theatre veteran Christine Simmonds, said theproduction encouraged people to hold onto theirdreams.

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‘‘A lot of people don’t know how much workgoes behind putting on a show like this, but Ithink they certainly appreciate the end result.’’

The show features a cast of 22 actors whorange from theatre veterans to first-timers. Dickis played by Karina Hudson, 25, and the role ofthe cat is taken on by 22-year-old MatthewChaloupka–Wagner.

‘‘It’s difficult but it’s amazing what childrenand people will believe,’’ Simmonds said. ‘‘Afterfive minutes they actually believe that the manplaying the woman is a woman and the girlplaying the boy is a boy and that the personplaying the cat is actually a cat.’’

She encouraged locals to come along to theplay.

‘‘It’s just about going and getting caught up inall the magic of theatre and the stories and justenjoying yourself. It’s great entertainment for thekids and for grandparents.’’

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Weary Rangers triumphBY ROY WARD

Canberra again: Dandenong Rangerswill head back to Canberra this

weekend. Rangers forwards TeganCunningham, left, and Jenna O’Hea,

right, are pictured earlier this seasondefending Canberra’s Michelle Cozier.

Picture: Graham Tidy/Canberra Times

DANDENONG Rangers players willget a much-needed rest in the comingdays after scoring their fourth win innine days at Dandenong Stadium onSunday afternoon.

The Rangers beat Sydney UniversityFlames 78-72 despite looking every bitthe spent force in the opening threequarters until mounting a 21-0 run atthe start of the final term to charge tovictory.

After winning WNBL matches inCanberra and Sydney last round, theRangers beat Bulleen Boomers at theVeneto Club on Saturday night beforefacing the Flames on Sunday.

Rangers coach Mark Wright said hehad underestimated how exhaustedhis side was heading into the weekendbut was proud the reigning championsfound a way to overcome their fatigueto notch the win.

“I think I probably didn’t realise

what last weekend took out of the girlsafter playing and travelling in the heatin Canberra and Sydney,” he said.“We trained pretty hard during theweek and then the Bulleen game was aphysical, tough game and it took a lotout of the players as well. This weekwe will dial it back a bit and let theteam recover because it’s been a toughtwo weeks.”

Rangers star Jenna O’Hea led allscorers with 23 points but was run-ning gingerly due to a back problem,while April Sykes had 17 points for theFlames including two late three-pointers which pulled the Flameswithin six. The Rangers also domin-ated the rebound count, winning40-29.

Wright said his side’s final-term runcame when they needed a spark. “Allmatch we just couldn’t find a combin-ation which could keep up their energyon defence. But at the start of the lastquarter the girls dug in and lifted their

defence and that’s what created every-thing that followed.

“I think in the last couple of minuteswe were holding on for dear life butwe got there in the end.”

Rangers import Monica Wrightplayed a key role in the run home,scoring 10 of her 13 points. “Monicais a class above most players in theWNBL and we are lucky to have her asshe is capable of going on scoring runslike that,” Wright said.

The Rangers will hit the roadagain this weekend, playingstruggling Canberra in Canberraon Saturday night.


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Opel Corsa joins small-car crowdAlistair Kennedy road tests the latest German contender

Neat styling: There’s a sense of deja vu about the new Opel Corsa.

Opel Corsa. To the average person in thestreet it’s just another new brand andmodel adding to the vast choice of cars

available to Aussie car buyers.But as car enthusiasts will already know, Opel

is not only one of the world’s oldest car makers,but has effectively been sold in Australia formore than 30 years disguised behind our best-known brand, Holden. Corsa was sold between1994 and 2005 as the Holden Barina, arguablyour best-known small car nameplate.

Holden’s decision to get most of its small tomedium vehicles from GM Korea (formerlyDaewoo) has opened up the opportunity forOpel to sell cars here in its own right.

Opel is keen to sell itself as a semi-prestigeEuro brand. To this end it has adopted anapproach similar to Audi and Volkswagen byusing a German slogan, ‘Wir Leben Autos’ (WeLove Cars).

The current Opel Corsa is the next generationon from the Corsa/Barina that was removed fromthe Australian market in 2005. It’s been around

since 2006, albeit with regular facelifts to keep itup to date.

Price and looks are the two biggest factors inthe youth-dominated small hatch market andCorsa’s styling is neat and contemporary withwide headlamps and grille, dipping roof line anda wide, square stance.

While it doesn’t stand out from its crowd ofcompetitors in appearance it does stand out interms of price, but for the wrong reasons — it’sbetween $2000 and $3000 dearer than its mainrivals.

Although Opel Corsa is available as a three-door hatch ($16,990 with manual transmission)most buyers are now looking for the convenienceof rear doors. The manual Opel Enjoy 1.4-litrefive-door is priced at $18,990.

We’ve been able to test drive Corsa on a varietyof conditions.

The 1.4-litre engine is capable enough in thesuburban environment and on the freeway butstruggled in hilly conditions.

There’s good interior space.

Buoyant market: Mazda3 was the No. 1 selling car in Australia for 2012.

Record year for vehicle sales

New vehicle sales in Australiaduring 2012 were the highest onrecord. A total of 1,112,032

new vehicles were registered for thecalendar year ending December 31,2012. That was a whopping 10.3 percent up on 2011 figures.

However, the numbers have to betaken in context and may not revealthe true state of the Australianautomotive market.

In 2008 the world’s economy camecrashing down, creating the GlobalFinancial Crisis. Australia has escaped

the worst of the GFC and our markethas remained relatively buoyant.

In many countries sales have slum-ped and car-makers worldwide, hav-ing spotted the strength in theAustralian market, have been sendingcars Down Under in an attempt toreduce stocks. Another major factorwas the pair of natural disasters inAsia. The Japanese tsunami and Thaifloods caused chaos in vehiclemanufacturing and supplies of somemodels stopped completely. The pent-up demand was met over the course of

2012, creating what may prove tohave been an abnormal peak in 2012.

Mazda had the top-selling vehiclefor the second year running, with44,128 Mazda3s changing hands.

Toyota’s HiLux rode high on themining boom and sports-pickup mar-kets by taking the second spot. ToyotaCorolla was third. The remainingvehicles in the top 10 are HoldenCommodore, Holden Cruze, Hyundaii30, Toyota Camry, Nissan Navara,Toyota Yaris and Holden Captiva.

— Ewan Kennedy


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Devils opt for fit, skilled recruitsBY ROY WARD

WANTIRNA South had a specific criteria for itsrecruits heading into the 2013 Eastern FootballLeague season.

Any recruit had to be super fit, be a leader, a goodperson and have proven skills.

Devils coach Matt Clark has no doubt he can saythat about the club’s main recruits — two-time best-and-fairest Brad Hutchinson from Stony Creek,skilled midfielder Luke Smith from Mansfield, andSam Purdon.

Former Devils premiership player Troy Tranterhas also returned to the club in a non-playing assist-ant coaching role.

Clark said returning former players added much-

needed leadership to the team. ‘‘Both Hutchinsonand Smith are super fit but most importantly withsuch a young side, we wanted to add leadership onthe ground and add a few voices on the field,’’ hesaid.

Clark said Hutchinson and Smith were in theprime of their careers and looked excellent in train-ing.

The Devils made a strong finish last season withtheir young side finding form midway through theyear. They have retained the vast majority of theirside.

Clark said he wasn’t out to chase down too manyrecruits as he focused on game time and resources todevelop his young side.

‘‘We were never going to go out and get 10 or 20

players,’’ Clark said. ‘‘We wanted quality and if wecould get four or five good players we would behappy; we think we are close on one or two morerecruits then that will be it.

‘‘We are again hell-bent on developing our youthand we told the players that at the start of preseasontraining.’’

Veteran Devil Paul Cameron is also back trainingwith the side but Clark is not putting any pressure onthe two-time premiership player this season, insteadwaiting to see how he stands up to the preseasontraining program.

The Devils return to full training on January 30and the EFL season begins on April 13 with theDevils facing Glen Waverley Hawks at CapitalReserve.

Time out: Amy Denson will be taking a break from basketball. Picture: Gary Sissons

Star import toquit the RaidersKNOX Raiders women will be looking for a new linchpinafter star import Amy Denson confirmed she will take abreak during the coming South East Australian BasketballLeague season.

Denson has led the Raiders to the past two SEABL grandfinals and was the only Raiders woman to ever win theSEABL most valuable player award when she claimed thehonour in the 2011 season.

Denson informed the Raiders during the Christmas-newyear break she would not be coming out to Australia follow-ing her current stint in Spain with Caja Rural Zamora.

Instead, she will spend time in the US resting after severalyears of non-stop basketball including a leading role withWNBL side Sydney University Flames last WNBL season.

‘‘My body and my mind have been on the court for aboutfour years straight now,’’ she told Raiders media.

‘‘Although I had the five-week break early on last year, Iam looking forward to a season off to decide what my nextstep is going to be and, of course, spend some quality timewith my family.’’

In 71 games for the Raiders over three seasons, Denson isranked sixth in rebounds, seventh in scoring and 10th inassists in the Knox Raiders women’s 22-year history.

“I will forever be grateful for my time at Knox,’’ she said.‘‘I will cherish the relationships that I have made along the

way, and my time at Knox was my platform that helped mebreak into the WNBL, which is a highlight of my career.’’

The Raiders men and women will begin their SEABL sea-son on March 15 when they play in Bendigo.■ Raiders men’s star CJ Massingale looks likely to face adifficult time getting back to the National Basketball Leaguethis season after the league refused to reduce his rating as a‘10-point player’ under the league’s salary cap pointssystem.

Despite being in his first season in the NBL, Massingalewas rated a full 10 points, equal with players who hadOlympic and NBA experience, and after he was cut byAdelaide 36ers Massingale hoped the league would reviewand reduce his rating to make it easier for other teams tosign him, with Perth and Wollongong both looking forguards to join their roster.

But a league spokesman told the Weekly on MondayMassingale would remain a full 10-point player for the restof the season.

— Roy Ward

Crushing winfor Vic juniorsVICTORIA won the under-17national cricket championship inHobart last month.

Outer East Eagles’ players SamHarper and Jack Blain were mem-bers of the side that claimed theBushrangers’ first under-17 title innine years.

Victoria entered the final roundknowing a win over Western Aus-tralia would assure it of victoryand appeared well and truly ontrack to achieving that goal whenit decimated its opponents to 7-39in reply to 236.

Some stubborn lower-orderpartnerships put Western Austra-lia within reach of an unlikely winbefore Gippsland’s Taylor Tatter-son took the final two wickets tosecure the title.

Victorian coach Graeme Rum-mans said the win over WA was afantastic result. “As far as theentire championship goes, theboys always stood up when weneeded them to,’’ he told CricketVictoria media.

‘‘Whether it was a fantasticcatch or a key run-out, the guyshad a knack of making the bigplays under pressure.

“I think our bowlers were thestrongest. Their ability to buildpressure and take wickets reallygave us a head start."

Central Highlands’ Matt Shortfinished second on the run-scorers’list with 241 at an average of40.17.

Outer East Eagles’ Jack Blainwas fourth with 212 at 42.40.

Ranges facetough openerEASTERN Ranges face a difficultstart to the TAC Cup season.

The Ranges will play reigningpremiers Oakleigh Chargers atVisy Park, Carlton, on March 24.

The Ranges will also host twohome matches at Bayswater Ovalthis season, with the first beingagainst local rivals DandenongStingrays on April 6.

Football Victoria officialsreleased the 2013 draw late lastyear, with clubs playing matchesaround the state and providingcurtain-rising matches before Vic-torian Football League games.

Round one will see only themetropolitan teams play, with therest of the competition openingtheir seasons the following Sat-urday.


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Kings shootout Falconsto make fourBY ROY WARD and IAN HARLEY

UPPER Ferntree Gully Kings havemade their way into the top four of theFTGDCA Norm Reeves Shield com-petition. Now the challenge is to holdonto their spot.

The Kings made short work ofKnox Gardens at Kings Park on Sat-urday, bowling the Falcons out for 101behind opening bowler Jay Colee(4-11), then chasing down the runs in30 overs finishing on 5-104 with cap-tain Adam Slack 33 not out.

Slack said his side had made themost of losing the toss and got earlywickets.

‘‘We were going to bowl anywayand we got some early wickets whichput them on the back foot. Colee tookthree of the first four wickets; he hasbeen a very consistent bowler for sev-eral years.’’

The Kings will get a much sternertest when they begin a two-day matchagainst league leaders Eildon Park atEildon Park Reserve this Saturday.

Slack said the Kings wanted toassert themselves in the top four withthe competition sure to become eventighter in the run to the finals.

‘‘We are happy to have strung a fewwins together and Footballers’ winover Ferntree Gully on Saturdayhelped us to move above them butnow we are there we want to hold on-to a spot. Eildon Park will be a toughgame so it will be a good challenge andlet us see where we are at.’’

While the Kings only had a shortchase against the Falcons, Slack saidhe wanted more consistency from histop order, especially against the strongbowling line-up of Eildon Park.

The Basin made sure that 2013started with a bang in their ‘David ver-sus Goliath’ clash with the unbeatenEildon Park.

Panthers star Nathan Hicks hit asuperlative century as the Panthers setthe Basin 233 for victory. In reply,Danny Rundle (73 not out) led therun-scoring as the Bears respondedwith 7-238 to take the six points andmove level on points with Belgrave toensure the battle for relegationremains interesting.

Upwey Tecoma easily accounted forthe Knoxfield Knights, passing their

score of 96 with just one wicket down.In his first season in the premier

grade, teenager Jackson Waters took3-17. Sam Waters also snared three.

Other highlights for the Tigersincluded Leigh Bianchi returning thefigures of 1-1 off five overs and keeperMatt Mulchay being involved in fivedismissals. The win ensures Upweyremain a game clear in second place.

Ferntree Gully Footballers had awin over Ferntree Gully at ChandlerPark. The Griffens’ Robbie McComb(46) top-scored while Nick Bogar (37and 4-29) did the job with the bat andball. The Blues’ best included PatrickLee and Matt Black, while Muham-mad Farrukh was best with the ball.

Bryn Gaunt (74) and Andrew Gott-liebsen (43 not out) top-scored for theSharks with Leigh Newey (54 not out)and Johnathon Levell (36) not able todo enough to get the Magpies home.

Norm Reeves ShieldFerntree Gully Footballers 8-157

(R McComb 46, N Bogar 37;

M Farrukh 3-14) d Ferntree Gully

9-154

(P Lee 40no, M Black 31; N Bogar

4-29, B Rawlings 3-18).

Upwey Tecoma 1-97 (Mick Hewitt 47,

B Hurst 42no) d Knoxfield 96

(S Waters 3-20, J Waters 3-17).

The Basin 7-238 (D Rundle 73no,

M McNally 3-36) def Eildon Park

8-232 (N Hicks 117, W Koster 3-20).

Johnson Park 8-196 (Gaunt 74,

Gottliebsen 43no) def Belgrave 179

(Newey 54no, Levell 36; Dobb 3-36).

Upper Ferntree Gully 5-104 (A Slack

33no) d Knox Gardens 101 (Mulder

32; J Colee 4-11).

Front foot: Bayswater’s Dean Connell plays a drive against Noble Park on Saturday. Picture: Sam Stiglec

Waters bowlers toil, but Parkers get homeIT was a case of ‘close but no cigar’ for Bayswater in itsreturn match as the Victorian Sub District Cricket Associ-ation season resumed on Saturday.

The Waters lost to Noble Park by three wickets afterfailing to make enough runs while batting first, scoring just6-164 from 45 overs. The Parkers chased it down with7-168 from 43 overs.

Waters captain Sean Flynn said his side had left itself a lotto do with the ball in a match that was always going to godown to the wire.

‘‘It was a close game and unfortunately we weren’t able toget over the line,’’ he said.

‘‘We batted first and we would have liked another 15 runsor so; 164 wasn’t enough.

‘‘We felt we could defend the score but we needed to takeall our chances and we missed a couple of them while bowl-ing and that hurt us.’’

Flynn said his side had a chance late in the day to stealvictory after some stellar bowling from experienced all-rounder Mark Collins (2-33).

‘‘Collins got us back into the match with his wickets, butthey got home with 12 balls to spare,’’ he said.

The Waters face local rival Croydon at Bayswater Oval ina two-day match starting this Saturday and Flynn wants hisside to lift for the occasion.

‘‘They are the closest team to us geographically and we’dlike to have bragging rights over them as they have beatenus the last few times we have played,’’ Flynn said.

‘‘We just want to play better cricket.’’Flynn also praised Waters opener Dean Connell for his

‘‘tremendous form’’ this season.The Waters play Croydon at Croydon Oval this Saturday.

Play starts at noon. . — Roy Ward

VSDCA North-east: Oakleigh 51 points, 1.75 per cent;

Plenty Valley 39, 1.25; Noble Park 33, 1.13; Brunswick 33,

1.06; Coburg 28, 0.77; Kew 27, 1.14; Box Hill 27, 1.11; Ivan-

hoe 24, 0.99; Preston 24, 0.96; Endeavour Hills 24, 0.76; Bal-

wyn 21, 1.10; Bayswater 21, 1.03; Mt Waverley 15, 0.73;

Croydon 15, 0.68.

NORMREEVESSHIELD

Pts %

Eildon Park 48 1.72Upwey-Tecoma 42 1.75Upper FTG 36 1.10Johnson Park 36 1.08Ferntree Gully 30 1.11

Knox Gardens 18 0.89

FTG Footballers 18 0.83

Knoxfield 18 0.75

The Basin 12 0.67

Belgrave 12 0.66

Stingy Knights get the better of pesky Ainslie ParkCROYDON North made the best possible start to 2013with a hard-fought win over Ainslie Park at Ainslie ParkReserve as the RDCA Lindsay Trollope Shield competitionresumed on Saturday.

After losing the toss and being sent into the field, theKnights put in a stingy performance keeping the Parkers to8-160 from their 40 overs, despite a fast outfield.

Brad Wadsworth topped the Parkers’ batting with 47 notout.

But the Parkers fought back with the ball, reducing theKnights to 4-41 after three early wickets to Scott Panozza.

Knights pair Nasir Shafiq (56) and James Belli (32 notout) dug in with a 73-run stand before Belli and Craig Alex-ander (23 not out) took their side to victory at 5-166.

The win leaves the Knights hot on the heels of the topfour with the finals race tightening up as only a couple ofgames separate second and last place.

Knights captain Mark Sacristani said his bowlers set upthe win by bowling tightly.

In other matches, North Ringwood cemented its place ontop of the ladder with a win over Wantirna South.

Warranwood rose off the bottom of the ladder with aneasy win over Bayswater Park.

South Warrandyte was in a good position at 2-80 againstSouth Croydon before losing 8-48 to be all out for 128.

Coming in at 1-2, David White (51 not out) held SouthCroydon’s innings together to see them pass the Hawks’score.


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