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Split vote but Bearsley new mayor Continued from Page 1 Cr Rosemary West said it is unusual for a councillor to publicly nominate for mayor despite knowing there is no chance of being elected. “This has been an exercise in democracy. Normally these events are pre-planned to a tee and I can think of only one other year in the 13 years that I’ve been on council that a councillor has been unhappy enough to run against the person who clearly had the numbers to be mayor,” she said. “I think it’s healthy for people to see there is a choice. Personally, I’ve been extremely unhappy on this council.” Cr West criticised the majority of councillors for a failed push to “carve up the Green Wedge” for residential development but said the Green Wedge has been protected despite those efforts. “It’s partly by luck, partly by good management and partly by the [Planning] Minister making it clear he is not going to consider any amendments to rezone any green wedge land for urban development,” Cr West said. Cr Tamara Barth, while not voting for Cr Bearsley as mayor, welcomed Kingston’s first female mayor in seven years to the role. Crs Bearsley, Ron Brownlees, Gledhill, Paul Peulich, John Ronke backed Cr Bearsley as mayor. Crs Barth, Staikos and West voted for Cr Staikos. Cr David Eden was absent from the meeting. Cr Bearsley will be mayor until council elections in October next year. Elections are held every four years across Victoria to elect councillors.

Cult building: Alyce Adams, left, Tiana Hogben, Edward Cullen, Louise Cox and Hayley Adams celebrate the launch of the i can’t even web series featuring spoofs of the likes of Star Wars, above. Pictures: Felicia Smith

The Force is strong with web series sisters TWIN filmmaker sisters from Edithvale have won a national award for their i can’t even online TV series. Hayley and Alyce Adams were awarded the Best New Talent gong at the Australian Online Video Awards (OVAs) in Melbourne on 21 October. The duo’s comedy series which pokes affectionate fun at fans’ obsessions with pop culture touchstones such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, Twilight and The Hunger Games was praised by judges for its “pitch perfect portrayal” of best friends Em (played by Louise Cox) and Lex (Tiana Hogben) who bicker over their favourite cult movies and TV shows. The Adams sisters were inspired to create

the i can’t even series, with the help of their Victorian College of the Arts masters classmates, after they attended the inaugural OVAs last year so the Best New Talent win means the project has come full circle. “Seeing the amount of local talent and the ‘just do it’ attitude of everyone was really infectious,” producer Hayley said. Writer Alyce hopes awards such as the OVAs can help digital and web series be recognised in their own right. “That’s the whole point of the medium. It’s something that wouldn’t work on film or TV. It’s kind of exciting to be at the front of this new medium and use the format to experiment and do something different.”

The sisters may make a second series of i can’t even and also have ambitions to work in the film and TV industry (‘Adams family values force awakens’, The News 2/9/15). The web series has been brought to the attention of a wider audience by leading pop culture sites such as The Nerdist and HelloGiggles. The Australian OVAs are hosted by Open Channel and ScreenPro, in association with Film Victoria, YouTube, Pozible and Docklands Studios Melbourne. See ovas.tv for the full list of award winners. See facebook.com/icantevenseries or ‘i can’t even web series’ on YouTube to watch all six episodes.

Hospital to lift game after carpark ‘oversight’ A LACK of lift access at a multi-storey carpark at Frankston Hospital has been defended by Peninsula Health on the grounds it was not necessary under Victoria’s building regulations. Peninsula Health chief operating officer Brendon Gardner told ABC 774 radio presenter Jon Faine last Monday (9 November) that no elevator access at the carpark was “an oversight” but said the hospital was not legally obliged to provide access for wheelchairs or prams at the carpark. “The top two levels are for staff and the bottom level is for visitors so under the requirements of the Building Code we do have to provide disability access in terms of the lower level,” Mr Gardner said. “We do believe that it’s an oversight

with regards to having a lift up to the upper levels even from a staff point of view.” Mr Gardner said the design “was in accordance with guidelines” at the time of construction. The Peninsula Health executive said the multi-deck carpark is one parking option at Frankston Hospital and there are 1250 vehicle spaces at the hospital grounds. Jon Faine said he found it “incredible” that a multi-storey carpark had been built without lifts. “It’s astonishing from an outsider’s point of view,” he said. When contacted by The News Peninsula Health provided a statement from director of facilities management Geoff DeCampo: “Frankston

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Hospital’s multi-deck car park was built in accordance with Victorian building regulations and codes in 2012. “In addition to the multi-deck car park, there are 700 street-level car parks onsite. We are currently exploring options to build an additional multi-deck car park, with 750 accessible spaces, in the near future.” Mr Gardner also told Jon Faine another multi-deck carpark will be built at the hospital next year. “We’re about to build another multi-deck [carpark]. We’re starting in 2016 with a 750 space multi-deck that we are absolutely putting lifts in,” he said. Neil Walker

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