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Street scape: Previous award winner 1 Bulli Street 2015 photographed by Michael Kluge.
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Climate concern: Federal Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus says CSIRO science should be backed. Picture: Gary Sissons
Grant ‘slap in face’ Continued from page 1 The CSIRO has suffered federal budget cuts over the past few years. Climate change research is conducted at the organisation’s Aspendale laboratories. “The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the CSIRO, including the experts here at the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Centre in Aspendale, should have been consulted and given the opportunity to use their expertise to offer a real solution to fix the condition of the Barrier Reef,” Mr Dreyfus said.
“The Abbott-Turnbull government gutted $115 million from the CSIRO in its 2014 Budget. It slashed jobs at the CSIRO Research Centre in Aspendale and put the future of the centre in doubt. And now it’s ignoring the CSIRO to throw taxpayers’ money at an outfit that is quite clearly not up to the task. “I call on Mr Turnbull to recall this $443 million and go through proper processes to give expert organisations, including the CSIRO, the opportunity to use their expertise to save the Great Barrier Reef.”
ENTRIES are now open for the annual Kingston OptiKA photography competition and in celebration of its 10 year anniversary a new category will be introduced. The OptiKA contest was previously known as the Lens Mist competition. “This year, photographers and video-makers will present scenes from Kingston that respond to the theme Architecture, space and home,” Kingston mayor Cr Steve Staikos said. “The winning entries will share in some impressive prizes and I invite everyone to enter.” In this year’s competition, four prizes are up for grabs with Best Photograph winning $5000, People’s Choice Award winning $1000, the Portrait Award winning $1000 and finally the brand new category of Video Award that will win $500. Entries for the OptiKA completion are now open and
close on 1 October. The entries will be exhibited at Kingston Arts Centre in December during the Makers Festival and at DFO Moorabin in May next year. Entry details are available at kingstonarts.com.au or by calling Kingston Arts on 9556 4440.
Back in mists of time: Kim Croker’s Fishing for Fog was 2014 Lens Mist comp winner.
Rotarian leaves legacy THE Chelsea Rotary Club has joined with the Rotary Club of Mt Druitt and a family from the Boronia Rotary Club to make a $36,000 donation towards Australian Rotary Health. The donation was funded in part by the estate of Chelsea Rotary Club’s longestserving member, George Malone. Mr Malone, who passed away on 3 May 2016, left behind money to be donated to Australian Rotary Health, with the hope that the money would be used to fund skin cancer research. His son Robert, daughter in law Jane, and granddaughter Emily were present to hand over the money to Australian Rotary Health district representative Glenn Tippett at the most recent Rotary changeover on 29 June. “The donation is part of a partnership between Chelsea Rotary Club, Mt Druitt Rotary Club in Sydney, and a family
called the Henrys. Between the three of them they are sponsoring a PhD scholarship for skin cancer,” Mr Tippett said. “When George passed away he left money to Chelsea for the use of the medical research that we fund. The money that he left to the club, plus money from the Henry family and the Rotary Club will be used to fund one scholarship.” Chelsea Rotary Club spokesman Kevin Harrison said that Mr Malone was a “perfect Rotarian”. “The Rotary Club started in 1954, and George joined in around 1956, so he was almost there since the start of the club. He was a thorough gentleman,” Mr Harrison said. In 2017, Australian Rotary Health donated more than $2 million to a variety of health-related causes. Brodie Cowburn
Rotarian remembered: Emily, left, Jane, and Robert Malone were joined by Val Henry, right, to present a donation to Australian Rotary Health’s Glenn Tippet. Picture: Gary Sissons
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Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News 15 August 2018