Navy’s newest ship slips away IN the dullest possible late afternoon calm weather, the very grey Nuship Adelaide passes Point King at Sorrento on Wednesday last week heading for Sydney after completing her first trials on Port Phillip. The ship, which will become HMAS Adelaide when commissioned, arrived in Port Phillip from Spain in February 2014 on the semi-submersible transport ship Blue Marlin. The hull of the so-called LHD (Landing Helicopter Dock) ship, the second of the Royal Australian Navy’s new amphibious vessels, was built at the renowned naval shipyard in Ferrol in northern Spain by Navantia and launched in July 2012. Adelaide has been fitted out by BAE
Systems at Williamstown shipyard and is expected to go into service in 2016. She is a sister ship to HMAS Canberra, which arrived in Port Phillip on Blue Marlin in October 2012 and was handed to the navy last year. At full load, Canberra and Adelaide will each displace 27,851 tonnes, making them the largest ships to serve in the RAN. Each ship can carry a combined armed battle group of more than 1100 personnel, 100 armoured vehicles and 12 helicopters as well as a 40-bed hospital. Picture: Andrew Mackinnon, www.aquamanships. com
Shaw makes headlines, again Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au FORMER Frankston MP Geoff Shaw has re-emerged in a job after politics. The ex-politician, who became embroiled in numerous high-profile incidents during his at times controversial four-year term as Frankston’s state member of Parliament, has a new role encouraging cover ups. Mr Shaw is now general manager at Medihair Hair Transplant Clinics in Melbourne. When contacted by The News a relaxed sounding Mr Shaw said he is “off the public scene now� but has “a few things in the pipeline with some quite credible people�. He said he is using business contacts to promote the hair transplant specialist’s operations. When asked whether he would consider using Medihair’s product himself he said he may do in future. “It’s not wigs or anything like that,� Mr Shaw said. “It’s actually operational hair transports [and] yeah, I actually would.� The 47-year-old said he has a beard and is growing his hair long “so I’m not too concerned�. “I’m a bit relaxed but I probably will do something on that front.� The former accountant and hardware business owner said working for a hair transplant company is not a radical change in career direction. “You’re still in business. I’ve owned a number of businesses and now I’m manager of this one.� The oft dubbed “maverick� was elected in 2010 as a Liberal candidate but became an independent in March 2013 before formally quitting the party in early 2014 amid
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