Fines loom for non-voters KINGSTON residents who chose not to vote in last year’s council elections will be sent “please explain” notices by the Victorian Electoral Commission. The VEC says it may send an infringement notice and a penalty of $83 to anyone who doesn’t respond to the letter, or doesn’t provide a sufficient reason for not voting. Around 350,000 letters will be sent
out statewide. The letters are due back to the VEC within 28 days. “This notice is not a fine. It’s your chance to explain why you appear not to have voted, if this is the case. This is a question that must be asked of those who appear not to have voted,” electoral commissioner Warwick Gately said. “Please complete and send the notice back within the 28-day timeframe so that we can consider your explanation.”
Total voter turnout in Kingston was high, with each ward reporting a turnout of more than 80 per cent. This was an increase on turnout in 2016, which averaged around 75 per cent.
RESIDENTS who didn’t vote in the Kingston Council elections now face a fine. Picture: Gary Sissons
MATT Charleston stars as Sam Phillips in Sons of Sun. Picture: Dusk Devi
Classic music to rock the stage THE music of Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Roy Orbison will reverberate through the Kingston City Hall next month. Sons of Sun tells the tale of Sun Records in Memphis, and the superstar artists who recorded there. The show debuted in 2012 in a small venue in Sydney, and has since been played at the Sydney Opera House. Edithvale playwright Kieran Carroll penned the script for the show.
Sydney-based actor Matt Charleston features in the lead role alongside costars Victoria Beck and Ben Maclaine. The stage band is fronted by John Kennedy, and features former Wiggle Murray Cook on guitar. The show will be performed at the Kingston City Hall in Moorabbin on Friday 5 March, 7.30pm. For tickets visit kingstonarts.com.au/PERFORMANCE/All-Performance/Sons-ofSun or call 9556 4440
GALLERY TALK There is only two weeks left to see the 2020 National Works on Paper the exhibition must close on Sunday 21 February. With a long and rich history, NWOP features leading artists from across Australia working in the fields of drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture. You are able to vote for your favourite work in the People’s Choice Award - the winning artist will receive $1000. On MPRG TV you can watch a conversation with six artists featured in the 2020 National Works on Paper from all around Australia - Kath Fries (NSW), Tamika Grant-Iramu (QLD), Winsome Jobling (NT), Annika Romeyn (ACT), Robert Ewing (WA) and Robert Fielding (SA). Our Young at Art program for preschoolers is now being run every Tuesday morning. With the guidance of an experienced early childhood educator, participants respond to works in the current exhibition with a different hands-on creative activity every week, using materials from the take-home art materials box supplied each session. In our online workshops for kids and adults, Nobenti Oho shows us how to
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