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Let there be light on Bay views
Partygoer punched, kicked
KEEN photographers should focus their attention on Kingston Council’s Lens Mist photography competition. The annual contest hits its seventh year this year and photographers can submit photos to capture “a creative response” to Port Phillip Bay with this year’s theme being “light”. Twenty finalists will have their pictures exhibited at next year’s Mordialloc, Food, Wine and Music Festival. Prizes will be awarded for best photograph, people’s choice award, junior category (ages 13-17) and the little lens mist award (ages 3-12). Kingston mayor Cr Geoff Gledhill
A CARRUM youth has been arrested and charged with armed robbery after a 16-year-old party-goer in Langwarrin was threatened with a baseball bat and knife, 1am, Sunday 6 September. The victim, of Carrum Downs, left a party at the Langwarrin hall with a group of mates but noticed they were being followed by a black Holden station wagon along Union Rd. Senior Constable Matt Pearce, of Frankston CIU, said five youths got out of the car and approached the victim, with one carrying a baseball bat and another a knife. The victim and his friends ran back along Union Rd towards McDonald’s but, in their panic to get away, the victim was tripped and pinned to the ground and a knife held to his stomach. The five attackers then allegedly punched and kicked him and stole his watch, mobile phone and wallet. He was ordered to remove his clothes. The offenders fled the scene leaving the victim on the side of the road. Police arrested a 16-year-old youth, of Carrum, on Wednesday. He has been remanded in custody to reappear at the Frankston Children’s Court on 24 October. Police are still seeking the identities of the remaining attackers. Anyone with information is asked to call Frankston detectives on 9784 5555 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
said the popular annual event celebrated the community’s love of the beach. “This is a great chance for everyone from professional photographers through to budding young talents to capture their favourite scenes from the Bay,” he said. Lens Mist photography competition submissions are open until 18 January 2016. See kingstonarts.com. au or call Kingston Council on 9581 4593 for further information.
Picture perfect: Kim Croker’s Fishing for Fog was last year’s Lens Mist comp winner.
Tragic tale book launched
Family violence campaigner: Rosie Batty tells her story.
THE Rosie and Luke Batty story was launched yesterday in Melbourne and Australians will again be forced to confront the reality of family violence. Rosie Batty: A Mother’s Story tells the harrowing story of the events of Wednesday 12 February 2014 at Tyabb Central Recreation Reserve and the 18 months since. Peninsula resident Ms Batty rose to unwanted prominence following the killing of her son Luke by his father at cricket practice in Tyabb on that day. Greg Anderson was shot dead by one of four police officers from Mornington police station soon after when he confronted them with a knife. He had earlier threatened ambulance officers. Ms Batty rose above her personal
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grief and has become the public face of a campaign against family violence in Australia. She was named 2015 Australian of the Year and has used the position to galvanise public opinion behind a call for more to be done to combat a rising tide of family conflict. Ms Batty will hold a book signing in Mornington early next month. It has been sold out for more than three weeks. The signing has been organised by Peninsula Voice, a relatively new alliance of peninsula churches and community support groups tackling family violence and other damaging social issues such as drug and alcohol abuse. Ms Batty was a keynote speaker at the group’s family violence forum in Mornington’s Peninsula Community Theatre
last September. The book signing is also in the 400-seat theatre and Ms Batty will be interviewed by Melbourne radio presenter Jon Faine. Peter Orton of Peninsula Voice said “Rosie has become an outspoken crusader against family violence, winning hearts and minds with her compassion, courage, grace and forgiveness”. Rosie Batty: A Mother’s Story (Harper Collins, $32.99) was launched in Carlton on Monday. Ms Batty is attending events at the RACV Club, Deakin University, Bendigo Town Hall, National Library of Australia in Canberra, in Perth and Sydney before she returns to the peninsula for the 8 October event at Mornington. Mike Hast
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