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Over the years, the Rosebud Kite Festival, has been host to a number of internationally acclaimed kite designers who have literally ‘coloured the sky’ with their custom made kite displays.

The kites come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from elegant acrobatic kites to the show-stopping inflatable Maxi Kites.

These impressively large Maxi Kites are floating 3D creations that can be seen from miles away and measure up to twenty meters or more in diameter.

Requiring skillful handling and a clever aerodynamic design, it is no simple feat to keep these giants of the kite world flying high.

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Veteran Kite designer and special guest of the Rosebud Kite Festival in 2014 is Craig Hansen from New Zealand. He is the owner of the world famous Peter Lynn Kites; a NZ based kite manufacturing and distribution company responsible for inventing the world’s largest kites and a pioneer of kite design.

When asked about the artistic inspiration, Craig tells us “Creative themes usually follow things that float”.

In the past, the festivals kite designers have exhibited Maxi Kite inflatables that include schools of fish, whales, stingrays and octopi. The overall effect can be beautiful: an ephemeral scene of creatures floating deep in the sky and dancing in the air above Port Phillip Bay. So if you’re visiting Rosebud foreshore this long weekend, come and meet the professional Kite Makers on Saturday March 8th from 10am - 1pm. They’ll be flying the 2014 displays as a preview to the festival’s main event. On Sunday 9th March from 11am-5pm, as well as the Maxi Kite display, you can also enjoy a full program of live entrainment, carnival rides, food stalls and family kite flying area.

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Rosebud’s Popular Kite Flying Festival The Rosebud Kite festival has grown from small beginnings to become one of Victoria’s best loved Kite-flying events. Special exhibition kite makers for 2014, include a team from New Zealand as well as our own local kite flyers with their latest designs. This free family event offers aerial kite displays, unique kite-craft, live entertainment and more.

The festival welcomes back Craig Hansen’s team from Peter Lynn Kites New Zealand, alongside our own stars of the international kite flying circuit, Frankston family Jo, Ricky and Maggie Baker.

The festival is held over two days on Sat 8th & Sun 9th of March on the foreshore at Jetty Rd., Rosebud.

Visitors to the event can get up close and experience the sheer size and artistry of these colourful Maxi-kites and marvel at the skill involved at keeping them flying high. For kite enthusiasts there’s an added opportunity to ‘Meet the Maker’ at a warm-up kite exhibition on Saturday 8th March from 10-1pm.

As well as Sunday’s program of live entertainment, families can also enjoy a kite making with Kites for Kids and fly their own hand made creations alongside the kite professionals in a designated family kite flying area.

Meet the festival kite makers on Saturday between 10am-1pm (no other entertainment) or enjoy the kite activities and full program of family entertainment on Sunday between 11am-5pm. Refer to the festival website for the full program of events: www.rosebudkitefestival.com.au

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INCREASED transparency was on the agenda at this week’s Kingston council meeting but councillors opted not to tighten procedures surrounding potential conflicts of interest when distributing ward funds.

Cr Geoff Gledhill said councillors should no longer be allowed to give ward funds to politically motivated groups or organisations.

A Local Government Investigations and Compliance Inspectorate state-wide review of discretionary funds distribution by councillors found many councils, including Kingston, did not have appropriate controls in place to prevent corrupt or fraudulent behaviour.

The inspectorate’s report, released late last year, noted that “risks include potentially fraudulent or corrupt practices by individual councillors, whereby funds may be committed to selfinterest groups; and potential reputational risk if public funds are misspent”.

Kingston councillors have $6000 in ward funds to hand out to community groups each fiscal year.

Cr Gledhill said councillors wanted to continue providing grants to genuine community groups or individuals but that council should not give ratepayers’ money to organisations that are affiliated with or support a political party.

“I am not trying to stifle free speech,” Cr Gledhill said. “Groups can criticise council… but we just don’t want to fund it and I don’t think it’s fair that the community funds it.”

He said “any group that undertakes its activities in a genuine, consistent and transparent manner” would have nothing to fear from stricter funding regulations.

Cr Rosemary West disagreed with stricter controls on the distribution of ward grants.

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munity group should or should not receive ward funds,” Cr West said.

“Some people in the community are members of political parties [and] it would be an oppressive action for people on council to make political judgements about whether a group could receive funding”. “[This would be] an extraordinary way to censor and perhaps gag community groups.”

Cr West said she had never been a member of a political party.

Cr David Eden questioned who would determine whether a community group was affiliated with a political group and suggested that “an interrogations and investigations department” may have to be established.

He said wondered whether a community group would be regarded as being ‘affiliated’ with a political party if a president, secretary or predetermined quota of members were members of a party. ”There needs to be further discussion and work on this,” Cr Eden said.

“Under the Equal Opportunities Act, people have a right to have a political belief and not be discriminated against because of that. Groups are made up of individuals and if we start saying that there is a political association seen within that group I don’t believe we are compliant with such regulation.”

Cr Gledhill also said council should not use “sacrosanct ratepayers’ money” to effectively fund VCAT appeals against council planning decisions.

Crs Bearsley, Gledhill and John Ronke supported the move to further tighten restrictions on ward funds distribution. Crs Tamara Barth, Eden, Steve Staikos and Rosemary West opposed the motion.

Mayor Paul Peulich and Cr Ron Brownlees were absent from the meeting due to ill-health.

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Dine out: At the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Australia Day dinner were, from left, Holt MP Anthony Byrne, South East Metropolitan Region MP Inga Peulich, Frankston mayor Cr Darrel Taylor and Muslim association president Javed Safder Chaoudhary.

Picture story WITHOUT getting into any political, cultural or racial conflict with anyone, may I suggest that it was a disastrous choice to use the photo illustrating the article on the Australia Day celebration held by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association at the association’s Bait-ul-Salem mosque (‘Cultural get-together on national day’, The News, 19/2/14).

I have seldom seen a more negative, totally disinterested grouping. I suggest a more appropriate heading would have been “It wasn’t me”.

David Ball, Mt Martha Editor: The picture, above, was supplied by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association.

Super councillors PERHAPS Councillor Geoff Gledhill’s vision is focused

and not blurred (‘Letters’, The News, 19/2/14) and with special spectacles he can see how the Green Wedge can be sold to developers? Do the other councillors have also have super powers? Cr Tamsin Bearsley with Planning Power magic dust to create residential zones?

Cr John Ronke with a magic wand to transform underutilised land to residential land? Cr Ron Brownlees with a crystal ball to see the future for ratepayers more clearly? Cr Paul Peulich to cover himself with transparency cloaks?

I can’t wait to see the next vision.

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BONBEACH couple Tony and Daniela Ruberto have a personal drive to raise money for childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brain tumour research.

Their eldest son Marcus passed away in November 2009 at the age of five due to a brain stem tumour, two months after initial diagnosis.

The Rubertos and their two sons James, eight, and Simon, four, now spend all available spare time organising events in aid of medical research that could help those afflicted with brain tumours in future.

Mr and Mrs Ruberto have organised a classic car day at Bonbeach Sports Reserve on Sunday 2 March.

Entry is by gold coin donation with all proceeds going to the Isabella and Marcus Fund.

Classic car enthusiasts pay $20 to display their vehicles on the day and more than 500 cars from years gone by are expected to be on show. The exhibitorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fees will also go towards brain tumour research. ď Ž The 4th annual Isabella and Marcus Fund Classic Car Day is on Sunday 2 March at 8.30am-3pm.

Visit www.isabellaandmarcusfund. org.au for further information.

Super team: Daniela and Tony Ruberto with 8-year-old son get ready for the Classic Car Day to be held at Bonbeach Reserve this weekend. Picture: Gary Sissons

POLICE are urging people to beware of an online car sale scam after a number of buyers reported being duped.

Investigators have been told that a Holden SUV is offered for sale on sites like eBay, Gumtree and Carsales.

A buyer makes an enquiry and is told that the seller is a member of the RAAF, sometimes identifying himself as David Bord, and about to be deployed overseas.

The buyer is told that the sale is urgent, hence the low price, and directed to transfer money via Western Union to a third party. But once the money is received, all communication ceases and the car is readvertised.

Police warned intending buyers to do thorough research before committing funds. The federal government provides advice for people who have been the victim of a scam at www.scamwatch.gov.au Reports of online scams can also be made to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission via that website.

Anyone with information about similar incidents can also contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppers.com.au

By Chris Brennan KINGSTON police have backed a new KidSafe Victoria campaign that aims to drive home the message that it is never okay to leave a child unattended in a vehicle.

The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No Exceptions, No Excusesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; campaign, which was launched last week by the Victorian government in partnership with KidSafe, coincided with the release of a new study that shows one in three parents admit to leaving their children unattended in cars.

A study conducted by Galaxy Research on behalf of the state government found that 44 per cent of parents believed it was reasonable to leave their children in a parked car when the outside temperature was between 25 and 30 degrees.

The survey of 1,000 Victorian parents found running into a convenience store or takeaway food outlet was the main reason cited by parents

for leaving children alone in parked cars.

Most of the parents surveyed underestimated the dangers of leaving children alone in a parked car, with half believing it would take more than five minutes for their child to feel the impact.

But Senior Sergeant Chris James of Chelsea police said it was never worth the risk leaving children behind in a car, even if parents planned to be absent for less than a minute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can never predict whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be delayed and the results of leaving children locked in cars for even short periods of time can be deadly,â&#x20AC;? Senior Sergeant James said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever the inconvenience might be, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never an excuse to leave a child unattended inside a car, even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just for a minute. The dangers are just too great.â&#x20AC;?

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Even on mild days, temperatures inside a car can reach deadly levels very quickly.â&#x20AC;?

Mordialloc MP Lorraine Wreford also urged Kingston residents to heed the warnings raised by the new campaign, emphasising childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increased vulnerability to heat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As soon as you close a car door on a hot day the temperature inside begins to rise,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Within minutes it can be double the outside temperature.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smaller body

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Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development Wendy Lovell said the campaign was in response to a recent increase in cases of children being left in hot cars.

Ms Lovell said that d0uring the recent week-long heat wave from 1317 January, Ambulance Victoria had been called to more than 50 cases of children being left in cars. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This follows troubling data from 2013, where paramedics were called to 1100 cases, 200 more than the previous year. I urge anyone who sees a child alone in a parked car to raise the alarm and call emergency services.â&#x20AC;?

Victorian legislation makes leaving a child unattended in a car a criminal offence, with penalties ranging from fines of $2165 or three months in prison.

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KidSafe Victoria CEO Melanie Courtney said the campaign would involve print and radio advertisements, as well as providing information to parents and carers through schools and childcare centres, in effort to reduce the risks to children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Particularly during the warmer summer months, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that messages about the dangers of leaving children unattended in cars reach as many families as possibleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? Ms Courtney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is important to note that some incidents occur when children are unintentionally locked inside a car. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parents and carers should always keep their keys on them when pack-

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Ex-sign of the time: Mentone’s iconic Nylex clock has been obscured by a large Bunnings sign alongside the Nepean Hwy. Picture: Gary Sissons

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AN impasse over the visibility of Mentone’s iconic Nylex electronic clock shows no sign of being resolved any time soon.

The Nylex sign at the former moulded plastics factory has been partially hidden from sight by a large Bunnings advertising board making it difficult to see when travelling outbound from Melbourne on the Nepean Hwy. Mentone Parkdale Village Committee has spent months trying to convince council to act to make the Nylex sign visible again.

Committee member Dorothy Booth said it was “beyond belief” that Bunnings had erected a large sign directly in front of the Nylex clock, despite it being covered by a heritage overlay in the Kingston Planning Scheme.

“The sign was a marker for people coming home from work in years gone by and it once again can be an icon and marker,” Ms Booth said.

Ms Booth hoped Bunnings would value its “good corporate citizen reputation” and urged councillors to meet with directors of the company to resolve She said the Mordialloc District Historical Society had sent a letter to Bunnings about the sign but “it seemed to have been completely ignored”.

Councillors voted to discuss the matter with Wesfarmers, the owners of Bunnings. Cr Geoff Gledhill noted the Nylex sign is on land owned by Bunnings.

Kingston Council CEO Paul Franklin previously told The News council would work with the “sign owners” to try to resolve the situation (‘Clear sign for Nylex future’, The News, 18/12/14).

Council has no statutory power to order the alteration or removal of the Bunnings signs since they are not within the heritage protected area.

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FESTIVAL-GOERS heading to this weekend’s Mordialloc Food, Wine and Music Festival may prefer to get there under their own steam after Metro Trains decided to carry out track upgrade works between Moorabbin and Mordialloc at the same time.

Up to 60,000 people are expected to attend the two-day festival, a major event in the City of Kingston held in March each year.

A Metro Trains spokeswoman told The News that the train operator had not been informed that the Mordialloc Food, Wine and Music Festival would be taking place on the weekend the upgrade works were scheduled.

Metro originally decided when to schedule the works in October last year, saying they “plan track works months ahead”.

“Buses will replace trains between Moorabbin and Mordialloc this weekend,” Metro’s spokewoman said.

“There will be a sufficient number of buses running between Moorabbin and Mordialloc throughout the weekend but travel times will be

extended between these stations.”

“Trains will still be running between Mordialloc and Frankston.”

The News asked Metro Trains whether the track upgrades could have been switched to another weekend but was informed “it is not possible to simply reschedule them to another weekend given how much planning and preparation is involved”.

Kingston Council will also provide a free community bus service, starting at Parkdale Station and travelling along Beach Rd. The bus will collect passengers at stops along the way to the festival.

Metro is replacing the train services between Moorabbin and Mordialloc with a bus service throughout the weekend of Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 March.

Replacement buses will operate every 10 minutes between 10.30am-7pm and then every 30 minutes outside of this time.

Visit www.kingston.vic.gov.au/mordifest for further information.

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the Bauer Brief February 2014 ROADS Minister Terry Mulder and VicRoads’ metropolitan south east region director Adam Maguire accompanied me on site at the Wedge Rd Frankston Dandenong Rd intersection in Carrum Downs earlier this month. Residents and motorists have been campaigning for years to have safety improvements carried out on this road and I am encouraged that the Minister saw for himself how urgently needed these are. Minister Mulder has pledged to investigate appropriate traffic treatments as soon as possible.

Legacy defender: Leon Pompei with his dog Scruffy at Pompei’s Landing at Mordialloc Creek. Picture: Gary Sissons

Pompei legacy ‘threatened’ Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au THE legacy of late Mordialloc legend Jack Pompei could be in jeopardy at Pompei’s Landing amid a Kingston council push to seek expressions of interest in three leases on crown land along Mordialloc Creek at Pompei Bridge.

Jack’s son, Leon Pompei, currently runs part of the Pompei family business at the creek and also sells marine paints from a small shed on the land.

Jack Pompei’s estate is charged a peppercorn rent of $104 per year for each lease.

Jack Pompei, who died in 2008, was known as “Mr Mordialloc” and the custodian of Mordialloc Creek. A fisherman and boat builder, he received an OAM for services to marine search and rescue in Port Phillip Bay. His wife, Gwen, passed away in June 2012.

Council made its initial bid to put the Mordialloc creek leases out for tender two months after her death.

Council moved to seek potential bids for the prime creek-front strip in 2012, but postponed a decision on the matter to allow further consultation with the executors of Jack Pompei’s estate over the future use of the land. Jack’s son Steven and daughter Kath are the executors of the Pompei estate.

The issue was back on the agenda at this week’s council meeting.

A council officers report presented to council at the meeting recommended that “council under-

takes an expression of interest campaign, open to the whole community, before making a determination on the matter”.

Councillors voted to delay starting an expression of interest process for at least two months so the Pompei family, including Leon, can present their future plans for the land strip to council.

Cr Rosemary West said she had spoken to one of the executors of Jack Pompei’s estate, Steven Pompei, who understood there was “an understanding” between council and Jack Pompei before he died that council would leave the leases with the Pompei family “as long as there was a Pompei family member to carry on these businesses”.

“I think that we need to think carefully before we proceed with the officers’ recommendation in this matter, which effectively means breaching a long-term understanding which I believe to have existed,” Cr West said.

She said it was important to the community to continue the tradition of boat building on the Pompei’s Landing site.

Cr West said officers were dealing with the issue as “a property matter” and not a “community development matter” and it should be dealt with “in a sensitive way”.

The News understands the executors of the estate are happy for the leases to be transferred into Leon Pompei’s name.

However, Cr John Ronke said he believed council had a statutory obligation to seek expressions of interest.

“Can we just award a lease or a licence to anybody without going through a process?”

Council property manager Julian Harvey said the leases at Pompei’s Landing, based on licences on crown land, can be renewed by Kingston Council for up to three years at a time without the need to carry out a public EOI process.

The council has renewed the lease on a nearby boat storage yard held by Pompeis of Mordialloc, a boatbuilding business run by Joe Pompei, who is Jack’s brother.

Leon Pompei said he wondered why some people at council seemed so keen to see Pompei’s Landing forced out of his family’s hands.

“I’ve always tried to be positive and have a good working relationship with council and would like to get back to having that,” he said.

More than 30 supporters of Leon Pompei attended this week’s council meeting to show councillors they would take a dim view of any attempt to evict Leon from the creek strip.

Leon said he had gathered more than 1500 signatures on a petition to give to council to try to convince councillors that Pompei’s Landing should continue to be looked after by Pompei family members.

Should Leon Pompei be allowed to remain at Pompei’s Landing or should council look at other options for the use of the land? Email team@mpnews.com.au and your view may appear in a future edition of The News.

State cash flows for river upgrade THE state government has committed to funding a long-term master plan to identify urgently needed improvements to infrastructure, facilities and water safety along the Patterson River.

Ports Minister David Hodgett last week allocated $60,000 towards the project through the Boating Safety and Facilities Program, which redirects revenue raised from recreation fishing and boating licenses.

He said the project would be undertaken in a partnership between Kingston City Council and the Boating Industry Association of Victoria, “Importantly, the support for this project will better inform us how to most effectively and efficiently use the facilities at Patterson River,”Mr Hogdett said. “[This] is the most popular boat launching site in Port Phillip Bay. It is vital that the facilities and infrastructure are adequate to support increasing demand for recreational boating.”

The announcement was welcomed by the state member for Carrum, Donna Bauer, who raised the “urgent need” for a long-term plan for the waterway in Parliament last week.

She said more needed to be done to cater for the “hundreds of thousands of recreational boaters, swimmers, jet skiers and fishing enthusiasts who use this internationally recognised waterway”.

“Each day during the peak summer snapper season, between 400 and 500 boats use the river, proving how popular boating is and how popular the lakes and rivers are.

“The minister is already aware of the need to find a long-term solution to the narrowing of Patterson River due to the strong winds and natural sand build-up in the area, which have created a hazard for recreational and commercial boat operators.

“Recreational boating and fishing contributes significantly to the economic development of the

Carrum electorate in a number of ways. We must work hard to ensure that this wonderful asset continues to flourish and develop.”

Ms Bauer said the state government had already funded a number of important projects on the river, including an upgrade to the Carrum beach rock wall, a new retaining wall, works on the banks of the Patterson River bridge underpass and a boat ramp upgrade.

“The government has also granted a five-year lease for a manned staff presence at Launchingway, funds a dredging program to assist with the safe passage of boats through the mouth of the river, community education programs and provided around $850 000 for the Carrum Surf Life Saving Club and Carrum volunteer coastguard.

“However, more needs to be done … to ensure that this wonderful asset continues to flourish and develop.”

Chris Brennan

I AM also waiting on a report from Police and Emergency Services Minister Kim Wells in regard to the construction of a new station for Carrum Downs CFA at the same location. The group is currently negotiating with the City of Frankston to purchase some land on the corner the intersection to build its new headquarters, and Mr Wells has agreed to hold discussions about location and facility options. The Carrum Downs unit is a very busy station, attending about 450 fires and incidents each year.

NOW that the new school year has started I have enjoyed visiting kindergartens in the area as part of our strawberry pots program. Preschools involved in the program are presented with a decorative strawberry pot and seedlings to plant. This not only encourages the children to learn about growing their own food, but gives them a sweet surprise to enjoy as the plants bear fruit.

CARRUM Downs business Stone Outdoors is one smart operator. The concrete paving manufacturer will receive $50,000 in the Coalition Government’s Smarter Resources Smarter Business grants to improve processes to capture and reuse waste materials created during the manufacturing process.

The grants aim to help manufacturers improve their materials and energy efficiency, boost their economic performance and helps Victorian companies compete in a sustainable way.

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THE tragic death of a fine young man earlier this month rocked many people in our close-knit community. Nobody ever needs to feel alone. Any person needing help, or someone to talk to, can call Lifeline on 13 11 14, Frankston headspace on 9769 6419, or the Kids Help Line 1800 55 1800.

If I can help with any state government matter, don’t hesitate to call my office on 9772 4544 or email me at donna.bauer@parliament.vic.gov.au

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By Chris Brennan KINGSTON public schools are being encouraged to take up a federal government offer to become more independent.

Under the federal government plan, which was launched by Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne earlier this month, state primary and secondary schools could enjoy greater autonomy in decisions such as subjects taught and the hiring and firing of staff.

The $70 million plan aims to turn 25 per cent of all public schools in Australia into “independent public schools” by 2017.

While schools making the switch to independent status would enjoy “a very high degree of autonomy from the state government”, with parents and principals gaining a greater say on school curriculums, staff, budgets and management, they would continue to be publicly funded and would not be able to charge fees.

They would also have to accept all student enrolment applications.

Mr Pyne said schools signing on to the plan would be encouraged to build “greater community and parental engagement” to help guide their children’s education.

“The more autonomous a school, the better the outcomes for students,” he said. “This is because the more a principal and his or her leadership team have control over the destiny of their own school, the more that seems to lift the school performance.”

Mr Pyne said principals and parent bodies should be able to build their own teams and make decisions about “extra-curricular activities, their priorities and what they think is the ethos

of the school and where they want that school to go – whether it’s towards sciences or languages or for major subjects that we all study, whether it’s spending money on music”.

Any Kingston school can nominate for the plan, but the state education department will have the final say on which schools are given independent status.

Federal funds will then be allocated to train school principals and leadership boards to enable them to be “independent-ready” by 2017, with most of the $70 million budgeted for the scheme to be used to build a “skills base for principals and their leadership teams”, Mr Pyne said.

State Education Minister Martin Dixon said the Victorian government welcomed the federal plan, but highlighted the fact that Victoria was already well down the “independent public school” path with “the most autonomous education system in the country”.

“What I really like about the program … is that it recognises that it’s not a one-size-fits-all approach and different states and territories are at different stages of autonomy, and their understanding and implementation of autonomy in their government schools,” Mr Dixon said at the launch of the Independent Public School plan, which he attended alongside Mr Pyne.

“So we in Victoria, as leaders in the country now have the opportunity, and this is with the full endorsement of the commonwealth government, to take our autonomy further.

“And so our submission that will be going to the federal government will be about pursuing the elements that we think will make a difference in making

our schools more autonomous.

“And what that means is that our schools will better be able to serve the communities in which they’re located.

“It will mean that the parents, the governance of the school, the principals, the teachers, will be better equipped to use the authority and the autonomy that they do have, to improve student learning. And that’s what it’s all about – improving student learning.”

However, the Opposition and teachers unions have opposed the plan, slamming it as cynical attack on unions and an attempt to cover up the Abbott Government’s cost-cutting agenda.

Shadow education minister Kate Ellis said the federal government was seeking to “shift responsibility for resourcing our public schools away from government and onto those school communities”.

“Now if this government was serious about the benefits of increased autonomy, of teaching and development and of empowering local school communities, they would be honouring their election commitment and introducing the new school funding model in full,” Ms Ellis said.

Australian Education Union deputy president Karina Haythorpe said Mr Pyne seemed to be intent on destroying the public education system in favour of the private sector.

“It’s extraordinary to hear Mr Pyne has pitched independent public schools as his answer to arresting the decline in student performance,” she said. “It’s worse than a do nothing approach. It’s pulling apart our public education system altogether by creating a two-tiered public education system.”

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Purple haze: A purple swamphen launches itself into the air from a pond, and a hen with her chick.

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Why did the purple chicken cross the road?

IF youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen what looks like a purple chicken venturing forth from the cover of reeds with a very fluffy shadow, chances are youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve spotted a purple swamphen and its chick.

Watch out for these birds trying to make a mad dash across the road.

The search for water brings purple swamphens close to roads. You may think they are not very smart when you see them darting backward and forward on the roadside, looking for an opportunity to cross. But they are not stupid or suicidal; they are attracted to roadside ditches and drains, a great source of water and food. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Slow down this month when driving, particularly after rains when

purple swamphens may be crossing,â&#x20AC;? said Ms Susanna Bradshaw, CEO of the Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife, which runs the Backyard Buddies program encouraging people to look after native creatures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As well as on the roadside, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll spot swamphens and their scruffy, strange-looking chicks near ponds and waterway,â&#x20AC;? Ms Bradshaw said.

Swamphens can breed at any time of year, although August to February is popular. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you see purple swamphen chicks, keep your distance as hens are very territorial during breeding season, and may even give you a peck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are usually quite shy, but when they have young ones they can

be very protective parents.â&#x20AC;?

Ms Bradshaw said purple swamphens were common throughout Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s east and north, with an isolated population in the southwest. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Watch swamphens flicking their tails and grazing near freshwater creeks, swamps, and marshes as well as near stormwater treatment wetlands and along major urban rivers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; anywhere thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of water, reeds and rushes,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These places offer swamphens the best areas to find food, build nests for breeding, and seek protection.â&#x20AC;?

Purple swamphens can raise two lots of chicks a year if conditions are good. They lay an average of 5 eggs and help each other, even sharing the

responsibilities of sitting on the eggs, feeding the young and chasing away predators. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hens form a large nest bowl of trampled reeds and rushes, and line it with softer reeds and grass. Look out for a platform of reeds just above the water surrounded by vegetation as this may be a swamphen nest,â&#x20AC;? Ms Bradshaw said.

Purple swamphen have a distinctive red bill and forehead shield, red eyes and deep blue head and breast. In bright sunlight the plumage shines with an intense blue sheen. Their long, reddish legs with long, slender, unwebbed toes help them walk and feed in shallow water. A white undertail becomes visible as they flick

their tail up and down when walking.

They are highly adaptable to changing environments â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they can run, swim, fly and hide from predators. They are omnivores, eating a wide variety of plants and small animals including seeds, insects, frogs and aquatic vegetation. They also eat eggs and small mammals, and have the strength to pull up reeds and feed on the soft stems.

Purple swamphens live in large extended family groups, while most birds live in pairs with only the current seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chicks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Purple swamphens are full of character and can provide a lot of amusement for the observer,â&#x20AC;? Ms Bradshaw said.

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Lawyers call to fix broken system

Comforting hand: Rosie Batty receives a comforting hand from a fellow mourner during the funeral for her son Luke in Tyabb. See Pages 6 and 7.

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By Keith Platt SOCIETY owes it to Luke and Rosie Batty to fix the “piecemeal and slow” system designed to protect children and families from violence.

In the wake of the murder of 11-yearold Luke Batty after cricket practice at Tyabb by his father Greg Anderson, the Federation of Community Legal Centres has joined the call for tighter policing of intervention orders.

Police said they shot Anderson dead when he threatened them with a knife after capsicum spray failed to subdue him.

“We owe it to Luke and the courage of his mother Rosie Batty to fix this broken system,” the federation’s senior policy adviser Dr Chris Atmore said.

“This means understanding that 26 per cent of Victorian family violence deaths involve parent-child or child-parent killings.

“These are shocking and traumatic – but it is important that we make the effort to understand how, in a society like ours where family violence is so common, they can and do happen.

“Putting in the hard work of accepting that fact and understanding what then to do about it is what we all need to do to heal as a community.”

Dr Atmore’s call to action on Friday came just hours after the funeral service attended by many of Luke Batty’s classmates at Flinders Christian Community College in Tyabb.

The federation said there was a need to focus on the lessons for family violence prevention in response to the deaths of Luke and his father.

The federation’s member centres help victims of family violence obtain inter-

vention orders and the federation is a key member of Victoria’s Systemic Review of Family Violence Deaths Reference Group.

It was later revealed by Chief Commissioner Ken Lay that Anderson, despite being interviewed by police on 27 January, had escaped being locked up for failing to appear in court after breaching several intervention orders.

Mr Lay blamed Victoria Police’s outdated computer system for those police not being aware of five warrants for the 54-year-old Anderson’s arrest.

Rosie Batty has been reported as saying she wished only for “positive outcomes” from her son’s violent death.

“While the police have said that they will conduct their own investigation, and the Commission for Children and Young People is planning their inquiry, this tragedy must also be examined through the Systemic Review of Family Violence Deaths as part of the coronial inquests that should now occur,” Dr Atmore said.

“It is essential that all of these approaches are not only timely and well resourced, but work together with a common understanding of the realities of family violence and how they interrelate with issues like child protection. Then we can unpack exactly what happened and make concrete recommendations for change.

“The profound tragedy of family violence deaths is that they can be prevented.”

Dr Atmore said the current system tended to be “piecemeal and slow, with only the coronial process requiring mandatory responses from the agencies involved”.

Victoria Mullings, principal lawyer at Peninsula Community Legal Centre,

hoped “underlying causes and systemic failures” would be addressed following “the recent outpouring of grief and sympathy for those who experience family violence”.

“Undoubtedly, progress has been made in recent years. The Sentencing Advisory Council’s report released last year, Family Violence Intervention Orders and Safety Notices: Sentencing for Contravention, showed that, compared with five years earlier, police are now applying for more intervention orders, prosecuting more breaches and more people are being imprisoned for breaches,” Ms Mullings said.

“However, recent tragedies have again highlighted that more needs to be done.

“These are not isolated incidents. Family violence is a complex social problem.

“On average in Australia, every three hours a woman is hospitalised and every week a woman dies. Family violence was the second-most common issue reported by our clients in 2012-13.”

Ms Mullings said family was a priority area for the community legal centre, which provided specialist programs covering family law and family violence.

“One of our key services is to provide assistance with the intervention order process and, in addition to advice and casework services, we operate a duty lawyer service for family violence intervention orders at Frankston Magistrates’ Court and for family law at the Federal Circuit Court in Dandenong,” she said.

Ms Mullings said “comprehensive national reform of Australia’s coronial system” was “vital if we are to identify and address the failings in our systems”.

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Council snubbed over servo plans for green wedge

By Mike Hast MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire attempts to keep service stations out of its green wedge appear to have failed.

State Planning Minister Matthew Guy has ignored the council’s policy by approving twin freeway service centres on Peninsula Link at Baxter.

This is despite council’s refusal of the plan in 2011 and the state planning tribunal VCAT confirming the knock-back in mid-2013.

But the shire is not rolling over without a sound and will ask Mr Guy to reconsider his decision.

Mr Guy has disappointed councillors and the shire’s executive team by approving an amendment to the shire’s planning scheme to enable the freeway service centres (FSCs) to go ahead – all without input from the council.

This is despite new plans substantially reducing the size of the twin complexes on either side of the freeway.

Cr David Gibb told The News that Mr Guy had sought council’s views on the matter but then gone ahead and approved the change before the council could comment.

Cr Gibb was among councillors strongly opposed to the FSCs in 2011 when the council knocked back the proposal.

Melbourne developer AA Holdings, which builds FSCs with the BP brand, appealed the council decision in the VCAT, which in mid2013 confirmed the shire’s refusal.

It has twin FSCs on Calder Freeway in Keilor, Hume Freeway at Wallan, Princes Freeway at Officer, EastLink tollway between Ferntree Gully Rd and Wellington Rd, and Geelong Bypass at Lovely Banks.

A report to councillors presented on Monday night stated “the Minister for Roads [Terry Mulder] requested the Minister for Planning [Matthew Guy] to approve an amendment to the planning scheme”.

“The circumstances of this report are unusual [as they require] council to make a decision and advocate for a matter that would appear to have already been decided,” the report stated.

“However it is considered that the matters at stake are so important for both the local community and the wider community from a road safety perspective that it is incumbent upon council to undertake further advocacy.”

On Monday night, councillors were expected to approve a letter being sent to Mr Guy expressing disappointed about the process and calling for him to “prepare, adopt and approve a dif-

ferent amendment” that considers the council’s views.

The council also will call for investigation into the exit to the freeway from the southbound FSC, which objectors and shire officers say is not long enough for trucks and towing vehicles to attain a safe speed to rejoin the freeway.

It wants a path so pedestrians walking to McDonalds, KFC, a convenience shop and coffee kiosk are not tempted to cross the freeway.

It wants “adequate noise protection, control of litter, and security for the directly adjoining landowners”.

In 2011, the council said the twin servos would impinge on the green wedge zone, was a “commercial development of excessive scale within the green wedge”, the design and location of the development failed to adequately protect the landscape and environmental values of the Moorooduc flood plain, and it would “have an adverse impact on the amenity of the area with regard to noise, light and visual bulk”.

“The proposal will result in the loss of agriculture land in the green wedge zone, which cumulatively jeopardises the economic viability of the Mornington Peninsula in terms of agricultural productivity.”

Cr Gibb said the council’s stance had not changed since 2011.

“I don’t believe there is a need for the northbound service centre; it’s just 20 minutes from Rosebud,” he said.

The case for a southbound centre also was weak considering service centres on freeways leading to Peninsula Link, he said.

“Shire councils over many decades have sought to protect the values of green wedge including landscape values, and habitat and biodiversity values. I’m disappointed with another assault on our green wedge.”

He said the centres were against both state and local government policy.

The new proposal has generated several strong objections from residents appalled that their input will not be considered by Mr Guy. The council has received just one submission in favour of the servos, from Peter Baulch of Baxter Residents and Traders Progress Action Committee, which has supported the FSCs from the beginning.

Supporting the project behind the scenes is Linking Melbourne Authority, the state government body formed to oversee the building of EastLink tollway and Peninsula Link.

LMA awarded the tender for the Baxter twin servos to AA Holdings in late 2010.

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AROUND THE REGION

Focus on coast as Fox ‘wins’ extra beach

By Mike Hast THE state government is unlikely to be successful in reversing a decision that saw billionaire trucking magnate Lindsay Fox given an extra 45 metres of prime beach at his Portsea property.

An obscure state government policy – known as the doctrine of accretion – allows people with land adjoining beaches on old property titles to increase the size of their land when extra sand accumulates, or accretes.

The government would likely have to fight any attempt to reverse the decision in the High Court of Australia.

It was revealed nine days ago that on Christmas Eve the state land titles office granted Mr Fox a section of prime beach for his property at Point King on the border of Sorrento and Portsea.

The news generated a wave of public criticism and saw Planning Minister Matthew Guy vow to bring in retrospective laws to stop Victoria’s coastline falling into private hands.

It’s too late – many parts of the state’s coast are private property due to old titles.

Mr Fox has been seeking the extra land since the 1990s, claiming the doctrine of accretion applied to his beach land claim and backing it with evidence from a coastal engineer.

It has been estimated the extra land is worth more than $5 million.

In 1999, Mr Fox erected bollards along the beach side of his property, generating an outcry from locals but no action by the state Labor government or the Liberal-Nationals Coalition elected in 2010.

On Thursday, former Mornington

Sandman cometh: Point King Beach on the border of Sorrento and Portsea.

Lindsay Fox’s “patch” is the green area behind the far jetty where he has built a two-storey beach house and a helipad for his helicopter. Picture: Keith Platt

Peninsula Shire councillor Leigh Eustace questioned the Fox decision.

“The doctrine of accretion states any land claimed by a person must be a permanent increase,” he said.

“Is the extra beach permanent? This section of the coast has undergone radical change just in the past few years.

“Extra sand on the beach closest to the water has come as a result of Port

of Melbourne’s channel deepening.”

Mr Eustace said recently retired Port of Melbourne CEO Stephen Bradford had consistently said the sand at Portsea Beach would return over time, and that Port Phillip’s beaches were dynamic environments with sand coming and going.

“If you look at an aerial photo of Point King beach from January 2009,

the jetty next to Mr Fox’s property reaches water but is now completely out of the water at low tide,” he said.

All this had occurred in a short period of time.

Mr Eustace said the shire faced a similar situation when Mt Eliza millionaire Charles Jacobsen first sought to realign property titles at his historic Norman Lodge property in 2007.

Mr Jacobsen told the council the high water mark in front of his beach house on Moondah Beach between Sunnyside and Kunyung roads would legally allow him to fence off the beach but he would not do so as blocking it was against the public interest.

The Norman Lodge property was settled by the Grice family in the 1860s and is one of several properties between Mornington and Frankston with high water mark boundaries.

Others are at Sorrento and Portsea.

Mr Eustace said the issue of properties “owning” beaches dated back to the 1800s when governments regularly sold land abutting waterways.

Revisions of land rules in 1905 and 1958 had not removed the waterway anomalies.

Last week, Mr Guy reportedly said the government was “aware of the significance of this issue”.

He said property owners with historic waterway titles would want the same deal, and the government did not want to lose hundreds of square metres of public beach.

The government would now clarify the official location of the high water mark across the whole state, he said.

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Ti-tree to blame for coastal fires; Frankston ladies meet to raise funds Compiled by Matt Vowell From the pages of the Mornington Standard, 28 February 1914 THE recent destructive ti-tree fire at Chelsea has had the effect of leading to some interesting investigations by Mr T. S. Hart, head of the Creswick Forestry School, with the object of ascertaining how danger from such out-breaks may be averted in the future. Mr Hart made the results of his observations public at a meeting of the Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria, in a paper entitled Some Coastal Plants: Their Shelter and Fire Danger.

Ti-tree, he said, had many times demonstrated its danger as a highly inflammable plant, but to eradicate it from the seashore would lead only to sand becoming a great nuisance.

Vegetation was necessary to keep the sand in place, and to protect habitations from its being piled against them. There were native plants of a fire resisting character which could affect this, notably the coast wattle, the sea berry, and Boobialla. At one place at Chelsea, where the coast wattle was growing, he noticed the fire had considerably lessened, and he had come to the conclusion that the danger of fire in such areas could be considerably decreased by encouraging the natural growth of such plants.

There was no reason why they could not be planted in strips among the ti-tree to a sufficient width to check a fire. Thus a diversified scrub, much more pleasing to the eye than pure ti-tree, would be produced, and the requirements of shelter and sand binding be at the same time secured.

Boobialla would take first place, as

it was easily grown and would carry foliage to the ground. There was no reason why paths through the scrub or fire breaks should not be bordered with these fire-resisting trees. *** ABOUT a dozen Frankston ladies met at the Bar View Hotel on Wednesday evening for the purpose of arranging a sale of gifts to raise funds for the maintenance of the Frankston cot in the Convalescent Home. A strong committee of ladies and gentlemen was formed, with Mrs A. H. Gregory president, Mrs Wilcox treasurer, and Mrs Deane secretary. It was decided that the sale of gifts be held on Easter Monday afternoon and night. It was so agreed that a portion of the funds be set aside to help pay the hospital expenses incurred during the illness of a Frankston child. *** THE teachers, parents and friends of the Pearcedale Sunday School met together in the Pearcedale Hall on the 17th inst., and presented Mr Bert Jarvis with a silver breakfast cruet and silver pickle jar, on the occasion of his marriage with Miss E. Marshall, of Ellinbank. Mr Craig, in a few well-chosen words, spoke of how well Mr Jarvis had worked in the Sunday School as superintendent, and his leaving will be greatly felt by the teachers and parents. A very pleasant evening was spent, games taking up most part of the evening. Supper was served by the ladies, after which the Doxology was sung. *** MESSRS Alex Scott and Co. will hold their monthly auction sale of cattle, etc., at Tanti on Monday next.

*** A valuable horse, belonging to Mr Blacker, of Mornington, broke its leg in the paddock on Saturday last, and had to be destroyed. The horse was valued at £45. ***

Ti-tree, he said, had many times demonstrated its danger as a highly inflammable plant, but to eradicate it from the seashore would lead only to sand becoming a great nuisance.

ON Sunday afternoon, Mr A. Connell, of Osborne, was surprised to find one of his horses, valued at £10, on the roadside with its shoulder broken. *** THE annual sports meeting at Moorooduc has been arranged to be held at the usual place on Wednesday, 25th March. An attractive

programme is being arranged, and an enjoyable day is anticipated. Full particulars will be advertised later. *** MESSRS Appleyard, Beecher, Macfarlan and Stringer, storekeepers, were prosecuted at the Sorrento Court on Wednesday, for having sold patent medicines containing poison without holding licences. In each case a fine of 1s with £2 2s costs was imposed. *** AT the last meeting of the Frankston branch of the M.U.I.O.O.F., Mrs C. Dalman, of Frankston, was made the recipient of a set of silver afternoon tea spoons, in an oak case, and serviette ring, as a slight recognition of the services she has rendered to that lodge for the last few years. Bro. V. Crosekell made the presentation, through Bro. Dalman, and spoke in eulogistic terms of the many kindnesses Mrs Dalman had bestowed upon the lodge. Bro. Dalman, on behalf of his wife, suitably returned thanks, and said whatever his wife had done it was always for the good and welfare of the lodge. *** THE Sydney “Bulletin” says: Rosa Alba is a gentle alias of a little lady who, in the intervals of helping a parson husband in Melbourne occasionally, raises a nice soprano in charity’s aid. Some mission movement lately induced her to show the dimensions of her gift on a recent evening, and before the entertainment had expired, she had to take shelter from the bouquets. In fact, she was such a success that people are now advising her to take her

warble to a bigger market. Miss Alba, who is beset with good looks, bears an embarrassing resemblance to Miss Gaby Deslys, the hussy who flirted with ex-King Manuel when that juvenile’s kingdom was bursting. *** ENTRIES for the Dromana District sports close with the secretary at 8pm on Saturday next, 7th March.

Pedestrians are reminded that nominations for the Naval Base sports must be in the hands of the secretary by 6pm on Monday next. Acceptances due at 5 p.m. on 12th March. *** THE annual allocation of the Parliamentary grant to assist municipalities in the construction, repair and maintenance of roads and bridges was announced on Wednesday by Mr Hagelthorn, Minister of Public Works. This is probably the last of such allocations to be made by the Public Works department for as soon as the operations of the Country Roads Board are in full swing the scope which the annual vote has covered will come within the purview of the board. That has, to some extent been done already, and as a result the present vote is in the aggregate substantially smaller than it has hitherto. Last year’s grant amounted to about £46,000. This year it is only £24,050. The details of the allocation in the Peninsula are as follows: Flinders and Kangerong Shire, towards road to Tulum Beach, £50, Council to expend £50 additional. Frankston and Hastings Shire, towards Eramosa road, east of railway line, £100, Council to spend £100 additional.

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Getting kids back to nature A FESTIVAL for children aims to tackle “nature deficit disorder”, which some experts argue links children’s declining engagement with the outdoors to myriad issues from depression to obesity.

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FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT

Performance QUEEN has become the first act to sell six million copies of an album in the UK three decades after the record was released. The band, featuring the late Freddie Mercury on vocals, reached the milestone with the Greatest Hits album originally released in 1981.

Queen released their debut single Keep Yourself Alive in 1973 which failed to chart.

Later that year they began a UK tour as support to Mott the Hoople and in early 1974 their album release Queen II climbs into the Top 10 UK Albums chart and the single Seven Seas of Rhye makes its way up the UK chart.

Queen II then makes the US Top 100 Albums chart, peaking at number 49.

In 1975 the group signs with Elton John’s manager, John Reid. Their long-time engineer Roy Baker decides to take the band into the studio to record a new album. Baker decides to produce the album using six different studios.

First product of the album sessions is the classical rock piece Bohemian Rhapsody, a lavish production featuring Mercury’s rock operatic writing style. The record company is reluctant to release the 7-minute single, but a copy is leaked to top British DJ Kenny Everett which creates a sales demand through heavy airplay.

Bohemian Rhapsody tops the UK chart for nine weeks, the longest run at number 1 since Paul Anka’s Diana in 1957.

In 1976, Bohemian Rhapsody is released in the US and goes into the Top 10 there.

Many hit singles followed including I Want To Break Free, Somebody To Love, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We Are the Champions, A Kind Of Magic and many more.

Freddie Mercury (real name Farookh Bulsara) was born in Zanzibar and attended school in Bombay, India.

her five-piece band at eight Australian shows when she tours in March as part of her Storm & Grace World Tour. It’s her first Australian tour in eight years.

With all the hoopla that has surrounded her, it’s easy to forget that Lisa Marie Presley is at heart a simple Southern girl whose earliest musical memories are of obsessively listening to 45s in her bedroom at Graceland and her dad catching her singing into a hairbrush in front of a mirror at the age of three.

The Memphis-born Presley reclaims those roots on her latest album Storm and Grace released in Australia in 2012. It’s an Americana-inspired showcase for her song writing talent and smoldering alto voice. Produced with elegant restraint by 12-time Grammy Award winner T Bone Burnett, Storm and Grace is a marked departure from Presley’s previous albums, 2003’s gold-certified To Whom It May Concern and 2005’s Now What, which both debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart.

“I love the songs, but I think I was hiding behind a lot of sonic layers because it was scary to go out there,” Presley says. “It’s easier to bury yourself in the noise so you don’t stand out. This album is a lot more stripped down and naked, both musically and lyrically.”

Lisa Marie Presley will appear at the Arts Centre Melbourne, Tuesday 25 March. Bookings 1300 182 183.

Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday March 29. Bookings 9784 1060. www.lisamariepresley.com www.duetgroup.com

He was the driving force behind Queen and made the band a British institution.

Queen’s final performance was at a festival appearance at Knebworth in 1986, after which Mercury gradually retired from public life. Mercury’s final album with Queen, Innuendo was released in 1991. Mercury died at his home in West London in November 1991. Mercury’s AIDS diagnosis was kept secret until the day before he died; when it was evident he was ailing fast. *** THE Boy from Oz is BACK! This time in his own show. Todd McKenney is performing the songs of Peter Allen in a high energy, vibrant and entertaining night that showcases Todd’s incredible talents. His Victoria and NSW tour, commencing on 4 April, will perform in 12 venues across Victoria and NSW during April and May. You will be entertained by one of the nation’s best-loved performers; a multi-talented star that first slipped on his dancing shows at the tender age of three.

However, it wasn’t until he landed the role of Peter Allen in The Boy

From Oz 14 years ago that he found his true passion.

Todd became a household name after taking on the role of iconic Aussie performer Peter Allen in the original 1998 Production of The Boy From Oz. Now he’s set to reprise that role with a bit of a twist.

He’s the all-singing, all-dancing Aussie stage sensation with a wonderful acerbic wit and irreverent sense of humour. He’s as fit as he’s ever been and matches Peter’s own amazing energy throughout the show.

This show does not just feature Peter Allen’s hits. Todd also includes songs from some of his earlier musical theatre performances and you’ll hear stories and anecdotes about Allen, as well as all the goss from TV show Dancing With The Stars.

The Boy From Oz opens at The Palms at Crown, Friday 11 April. Tickets 132 849. Frankston Performing Arts Centre, Saturday 31 May bookings on 9784 1060. www.toddmckenney.com.au *** LISA Marie Presley will perform with

*** MELBOURNE’S inaugural Anzac Run will take place on Monday 21 April.

Participants will meet at Cobblers Statue, cnr St Kilda and Domain Rds opposite the Shrine of Remembrance,

ON and on they go ad infinitum: developing a quality education curriculum, literacy and mathematics, non-political amidst many contradictions.

Spare us, please.

“Parents want it, many education experts and teachers desire it.”

Nonsense, as in political balderdash.

Appoint me to this Curriculum Review. I’d make ARTS, of the performing, visual, writing variety, compulsory.

Too dangerous? We can’t risk the ankle biters becoming too creative? *** “THE best way to deal with criticism is to have an open dialogue and not be afraid to expose silly and absurd comments for what they are and respond in kind,” says human rights commissioner Tim Wilson.

True Tim, so what shall we do about Joe Hockey’s amazing “the end of the age of entitlement” declaration with no mention of negative gearing? *** “IT’S all happening” as Bill Lawry would say.

An efficiency study of the ABC and SBS, royal commissions into the Labor government’s home insulation program and union corruption.

It’s all very well to investigate corruption but can Tony be trusted to make it non-political?

And after a year and many millions, even if they find something will it reappear in another form within the following 12 months?

Bill says it’s a police matter, but what if some of the police are involved; no

witnesses, no result? *** AS far as I’m aware our government withdrew support for the United Nations resolution to stop all Israeli settlement activities in occupied territories.

Our generous foreign minister Julie Bishop added: “I would like to see where international law has declared Israeli settlement illegal”.

Too true.

God promised them that land in the first place, according to witnesses. *** THERE was some criticism of Tony’s speech at the Davos World Economic Forum with the inference of embarrassment at the mention of local political matters (Labor mismanagement).

This silly question of pride again, ignoring the real possibility of the others in attendance being equally as selfish and single minded and not necessarily any more intelligent. *** WE wait patiently for promised cheaper power and security of supply. All so expensive: Australia Post, water, gas, electricity, tollways, on and on.

Some blame the CEOs. The CEOs blame the shareholders. Companies don’t create jobs anymore, they shove them overseas for extra moola.

Low-life profiteers have us by the throat, my friends.

It’s likely the pollies are shareholders along with union bosses in superannuation schemes.

Kennett’s Curse; no escape. ***

INDOCTRINATION, brainwashing and the like (human nature) can be a form of fascination.

You have a million dollar house and you’re qualified to advise a renter and even if you hold your tongue you may experience a warm feeling of superiority.

In 40 years of theatre I experienced many directors, name actors and audience members with similar feelings.

I was lucky; I could pick them from afar. A step up on the superiority ladder via networking.

Common of course, both sexes.

I’ve spotted it from some members at my local RSL? I wonder if they know how much they’re showing it, or care? *** Pot Peter Reith: “the ABC’s bias is cultural, deeply ingrained and not about to stop”. *** SYDNEY Swans footballer Rhyce Shaw on his brother, former Collingwood champion now Greater Western Sydney vice-captain Heath Shaw: “He’s been through a fair bit. It’s pretty hard leaving a club your family’s played for, that you’ve grown up loving, that you’ve played nearly 10 years for.”

Thanks Nathan, thanks Eddie, thanks Tony Shaw. *** Aside from corruption within the superannuation industry (my opinion only based on human nature), the biggest embarrassments for me as an Australian is the gutless approach from both sides of politics on the handling

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at 7.30am and finish at Gosches Paddock, Olympic Blvd, Melbourne at 9.30am where they will be greeted by air force and military bands, live music of the bygone era, food stalls and photo galleries.

The commemorative public run acknowledges and honours the significance of the military to Australia’s defence in the lead up to the 100th anniversary of the landing of ANZAC troops at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

The Anzac Run has the support of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the RSL and Legacy along with The Chairman of the Victorian ANZAC Centenary Committee and former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu, former prime minister John Howard and the patron is Melbourne businessman Gerry Ryan.

Major General David McLachlan AO (Retd) state president Victorian Branch RSL said: “The RSL in Victoria is pleased to endorse the inaugural ANZAC Run on 21 April. It is a great way for us all to show our support for the members of our Defence Force and ex-service personnel and to remember those who fought so valiantly during the Great War. I urge anyone who can run or walk to participate in this historic event in the lead up to the centenary of ANZAC in 2015.”

The commemorative run is open to people from all walks of life, both current and ex-servicemen and women and their families, along with the general public.

Register at www.anzacrun.com

A Grain of Salt THE problem with politicians is not knowing the real person until it’s too late.

Julia impressed as Kevvy’s number two answering questions on television as a rare delight. Then ‘wham!’: Kevvy is gone for previously unknown reasons and a different Julia emerges?

Tony calmed us to some extent with pre-election promises not to reduce funding to our national broadcaster, a solemn promise to make no significant changes to industrial relations law in its first term and comments like “Our job is to set the best possible framework for businesses to flourish, for jobs to be secure and for workers to earn high wages”.

Again, a different person emerges from the woodwork.

We live, we rarely learn. *** DOUBT is the essence of knowledge.

No argument there. But why bring up the case of Woody Allen and Dylan Farrow from 21 years ago which first surfaced 19 years back when a New York judge decided there was insufficient evidence to proceed with charges?

One word against another can rarely be proven. Easier to work out our place in the cosmos.

More interesting is why so many people have fixed opinions on guilt or innocence without knowledge?

Schapelle Corby, Lindy Chamberlain.

Based on what? Swisse Wellness pills?

A funny old world. Maybe a simpler life can be had by removing doubt? ***

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of those desperate people trying their luck on a boat.

Our mate Kevvy said no refugees would ever set foot on Australian soil, Julia followed suit, now Tony.

I’m more concerned about these actions in our name than either government spending “our money”. *** Things could be worse: A friend of mine’s wife insists on watching A Current Affair and My Kitchen Rules...

Kim Wells at the tennis, like darling Christine Nixon having a feed; so what?...nice to see Liberal MP Sharman Stone point out Tony’s lies in the SPC saga, but where was our Billy boy Shorten? Organising his overseas trip to Paris and London?...National Party leader and minister for agriculture Barnaby Joyce is about as effective right now as Billy Boy...It’s the old saying “It doesn’t matter who you vote for you still finish up with a politician”...You learn to ignore the mongrel things of this world, run your own race, then 11-year-old Tyabb boy Luke Batty’s story comes along, and it gets to you. Vale young fellow...hooroo... www.ello8.com

Thomas Dolby: he blinded me with genius

By Stuart McCullough IT’S always been this way. Each generation declares their music to be better than the one that succeeds them.

Growing up in the eighties, those of my parents’ era had a pretty powerful case to make – they had The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones, whilst my teenage cohorts and I had to make do with Haircut 100 and The Thompson Twins.

Granted, we had The Stones too, but it was during their far less successful pastel-suit wearing human-Muppet phase rather than, say, their living in the south of France and jamming with Gram Parsons stage. It hardly seemed fair.

But even when the radio is cluttered with absolute rubbish, there’s always the occasional victory for good taste.

In spite of everything, someone will – against the odds – manage to slip through the pack and deliver something of true and lasting quality.

These are the mavericks and, over time, it’s their work that I’ve most come to appreciate. These are the folks who, on paper, are more likely to end up delivering your mail than they are to make the world want to whistle.

Of all the eccentric talents to emerge in the eighties, none seemed more unlikely than Thomas Dolby. To begin, anyone described as a ‘boffin’ is unlikely to produce any song of note. But Thomas, without doubt, was a boffin of serious dimensions.

As a child, he was fascinated with the synthesiser, even building his own.

He’s best remembered for that most unlikely of hits, She Blinded Me With

Science. Lyrically improbable and undeniably strange, it managed to emerge from the muck in 1982. But it’s not my Dolby tune. That honour belongs to the tune, Hyperactive!.

Far too few songs include punctuation. Granted, there are some which rely on a question mark (Do You Know the Way to San Jose? by Dionne Warwick and How Much is that

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ended up with the behavioural issues that are detailed elsewhere in Hyperactive!. The singer then claims he was ‘hyperactive’ pretty much everywhere including his ‘bones’ and, somewhat preposterously, ‘your phones’. I’m not sure how anyone can seriously claim to be agitated in a communication device. It was, perhaps, a bridge too far.

The problem with mavericks is that they’re either in it for the long haul or fade from view. Thomas Dolby made some more records but they didn’t achieve nearly the same kind of notoriety. But then he did what all good eccentrics do and reinvented himself, forming a technology company responsible for – amongst other things – the Nokia ringtone – thus, finally delivering on the promise he made a decade earlier. It may well have been his most ubiquitous hit. In some ways, it was a fitting end for the most unlikely of pop stars.

For some, music is a trivial thing and songs like those of Thomas Dolby serve as ammunition. But I disagree.

Sometimes wading into matters inconsequential is just another way of keeping everything in perspective.

For better or for worse, a song that is as unimportant as Hyperactive! has stayed with me when all manner of more significant things have withered.

Oddly, I probably think it’s a better song than I used to. We are all drawn to romanticising the past, particularly our own. I don’t know for sure whether Thomas ever got to complete his education. What I do know, however, is that wherever he is, he’ll undoubtedly still have ‘the funk’. stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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Doggie In the Window? by Metallica spring to mind), but rare indeed is the tune that can deploy an exclamation point and live to tell the tale. Suffice to say, Wind Beneath My Wings! would have been a very different song indeed.

Hyperactive! was originally intended for Michael Jackson but, presumably, was deemed not to meet

the necessary standard. So it fell to the author to record it himself. Aside from the exclamation mark of the song’s title, the next remarkable thing about it is its brazen use of trombone. As fine an instrument as the trombone is, it’s rare that it should be used anywhere outside of jazz. Granted, Lady Gaga’s original version of Poker Face was performed solely on trombone and an empty jar of peanut butter but was so heavily remixed as to be wholly unrecognisable. It’s not a mistake that Thomas Dolby would make.

Trombone aside, the song begins with a man inviting the singer to tell him about his childhood. This cunning therapeutic overlay then provides the environment for a couch-side confession. Thomas claims that at the ‘tender age of three’ he was hooked to a machine. What kind of machine is left to the imagination. Washing machine? Betamax video recorder? Kettle? According to the lyrics, toddler Thomas is strapped to an unidentified appliance to prevent him from ‘spouting junk’.

To be fair, at three years old his vocabulary would have been limited.

What follows next, however, stretches credulity to breaking point.

Dolby claims that they took him for a ‘fool’, but it gets worse. He then claims to have been expelled because ‘…the teacher knew I had the funk’.

Having been tied to some kind of household equipment, young Thomas has his education cruelly curtailed on the basis of a fondness for polyrhythm. If there’s the slightest skerrick of truth to this, it would surely be an outrage. It’s little wonder that he

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By Diane Baxter WHAT better way to spend some leisurely fun hours than a day at the 86th Red Hill Show – 8.30am-5pm Saturday 22 March? There will be so much to see and do for all the family.

As well as attending the show you can enter one of the many sections.

The sections are: alpacas and fleece, art, black and coloured sheep, cattle, cooking, craft, dog high scramble, flowers, fruit, miniature goats, photography, poultry, rats, stud sheep, vegetables, woodchop and junior classes There are several classes within the alpaca section.

The art section includes decorating a totem pole. Poles must be no more than two metres high and 15 centimetrs in diameter but can be decorated in any way – paint, mosaic, collage or other materials.

Black and coloured sheep and miniature goats also have multiple classes as does the stud sheep and cattle sections. There is also a young beef handler competition.

The cooking section goes from plain scones to cup cakes, boiled fruit cake to gluten free biscuits, and sausage rolls to chocolate crackles. There is a gourmet dip championship, a non-commercial cheese section, homemade wine and jams, preserves and beverages.

Craft sections include knitting, crochet, sewing, patchwork, appliqué and quilts, embroidery, dolls and toys, spun wool, alpaca handcraft, woodwork, cut and jewelled eggs and unspecified craft.

The flower, fruit and vegetable sections give entrants the chance to present what they have cultivated.

Photography includes landscape to pets and animals, abstract to sport/action.

Poultry ranges from silkies to Indian runners and bantams to Rhode Island reds.

The woodchop also comes with sections.

Even the fancy rat show has different classes. Entries in the dog high scramble will be accepted at the secretary’s area on the day of the show. This event will be held in the afternoon after The News Group Grand Parade,

which starts at 2.45pm Details of all sections, including those suited to five to 18 year olds, are at www.redhillshow.com.au or email info@redhillshow. com.au Call the show office on 5989 2357 for further information The Red Hill Show includes entertainment, displays, rides and stalls: family (two adults and three children 6-18) $50; adult $15; children (6-18) $10; and pensioners and students $10. Children five and under are free. Parking is free.

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One dayers to decide season PROVINCIAL

By IT Gully THE make-up of the MPCA Provincial ladder will not be decided until the conclusion of this weekend’s final home and away clash.

Whilst Sorrento and Mornington have locked away the top two places on the ladder, the race for third and fourth place is well and truly on.

Long Island currently sits third after thrashing Langwarrin at Ballam Park on Saturday. The Islanders are on 84 points, a game clear of fourth placed Mt Eliza, fifth placed Baxter and sixth placed Langwarrin.

The Mounties, Baxter and Langwarrin are all on 72 points and are separated marginally by percentage (1.2525, 1.2162 and 1.2030 respectively).

Mt Eliza had a great chance to grab a finals place on Saturday but couldn’t defend its 265 against Moorooduc.

Baxter had a massive chance to get an outright win against Heatherhill but failed to do so while Langwarrin couldn’t hunt down the 142 runs needed for victory against the Islanders.

The whole season will come down to one day’s cricket this Saturday.

Mt Eliza and Long Island should be the teams that make it.

Mt Eliza has the easiest of the matches for the final game against Mt Martha. The Reds are on the bottom of the ladder and whilst they’ll make one last ditch effort to avoid relegation, they’ll likely be no match for the Mounties.

Langwarrin faces Moorooduc, who ran down 268 to beat Mt Eliza in a thriller.

Long Island has to travel to Sorrento and Baxter faces Mornington at the kennel. The safe bet would be for the top two teams of the competition to win those clashes.

However, any bowling attack that has Andrew Tweddle and Scott Phillips in it must be considered a reasonable chance to win.

Langwarrin was bowled out for 66

by Long Island on Saturday, following on from their 140 the match before against Crib Point.

Coming off a full week of representing the MPCA at Country Week, Phillips and Tweddle tore through the Kangas, bowling 27 overs each and both picking up five wicket hauls.

‘Phillipsitis’ was predicted for Langwarrin and that’s exactly what happened. The right arm quick snared

Danny Weare for four, Ben Wells for eight and Andy Johnson for one to turn the match upside down. Phillips finished with figures of 5/31.

Tweddle then took three of the final four wickets to finish with 5/32.

Moorooduc was in some real trouble early in the match against Mt Eliza at 6/138, but Jarryd Bailey guided his team home with an unbeaten 77, his second big score in as many matches.

Nick Williams was also integral in the win, picking-up his second half century in two matches with 55.

When Sushant Gupta was sent packing, the Mounties appeared to be in the box seat with the score 8/229. However, Reece Cordeaux (24) hung around long enough with Bailey to get within three runs of victory. Bailey then scored the winning runs on the fifth

ball of the 83rd over.

Baxter needed just nine wickets on day two of its match to pick up an outright win against Heatherhill.

After bowling the Hills out for 85 on day one of the match and smacking a quick-fire 3/133 themselves, Baxter resumed having the visitors on 1/17.

However, Heatherhill resisted and finished on 6/147, Nathan Martin getting an unbeaten 70.

Ryan O’Connor took 4/32 and Nick Davern 3/62 in Sorrento’s big win over Crib Point.

After making 4/330, Sorrento rolled the Magpies for 177.

Mt Martha and Rye went head to head to avoid relegation on Saturday.

Rye won the match on first innings, scoring 7/133 in reply to Mt Martha’s 99.

Race on in District finals push DISTRICT

By IT Gully SEAFORD Tigers, Somerville and Main Ridge will all be fighting it out for the final two finals places on the MPCA District ladder this Saturday.

This Saturday’s one-day matches are the last of the home and away season, with the Tigers, Eagles and Ridge all needing to win to have any hope of progressing through to the final four.

Delacombe Park and Pines will definitely play finals after sealing the top two places on Saturday.

Main Ridge has the easiest of matches this weekend, facing bottom of the table Ballam Park.

Somerville has to play the unpredictable Carrum while Seaford Tigers face Pines.

Seaford Tigers had a wonderful opportunity to wrap-up a place in the finals but couldn’t beat their neighbour Seaford.

After bowling out Seaford for 172 last week, the Tigers resumed at 0/12. However, they choked and were rolled for just 107. Mathew Herbert was superb for Seaford with 4/28 while Geoff Smith also claimed 4/35 from 24 overs.

Delacombe Park was in cruise control against Somerville on Saturday.After rolling the Eagles for 78 last week, the Parkers resumed at 1/69, just 10 runs from victory. They finished on 7/206, Nick Christides top scoring with 75 and Chris Brittain making 32.

Pines picked up an outright win against Ballam Park as expected. The Piners rolled the Knights on day one of the clash for 91 before scoring 157 themselves and declaring. Ballam Park then went for the reverse outright. It was worth a try but they came unstuck.

The Knights made 7/174 in their second innings before sending Pines back in.

The Piners made 6/112 in 14 overs to claim the outright.

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Jake Prosser top scored with an unbeaten 47 and Bret Remy opened with 35.

Flinders resumed at 3/29 against Boneo on Saturday and were eventually rolled for 118.

Jack Fowler claimed 4/49 and Chris Jobling 3/16 for Boneo.

Flinders’ opening batsman Tim Clarke top scored with 31. Spencer Byatt, who scored 63 in the first innings for Boneo, hit 41 in the second innings.

Main Ridge needed something special to happen on Saturday against Hastings and it did. Things needed to fall in to place for the Ridge. Their outright victory and Seaford’s upset win over the Tigers placed them in the box seat for a finals berth.

The Ridge resumed at 1/92 in reply to Hastings’ 132. They declared at 3/210 from 41 overs before sending Hastings back in.

Nick Gage made 66 and Brad Rossborough 51 to give him more than 400 runs this season.

Mitch Floyd then scored 50 in Hastings’ second innings after his side had slumped to 6/55.

Ben Johnson also scored 27 to help the Blues to 143.

The Ridge then needed only 17 overs to pick up the 60-odd runs it needed to claim an outright win. Chris Barker top scored with an unbeaten 31.

Carrum was able to turn things around on Saturday against Baden Powell but it wasn’t enough to win the match.

Carrum was in all sorts of bother against the Braves at 4/19 overnight, chasing 222.

However, Shaun Foster, who batted at seven after starring for the MPCA at Country Week, finished unbeaten on 74 to help his side to 163. Hayden Moulton opened with 58.

Nathan Rice finished with four wickets for the Braves while Brendan Jovic helped himself to three wickets.

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On the up: Main Ridge beat Hastings comfortably in their weekend District match and saw their finals chances boosted when results elsewhere also went their way. Picture: Andrew Hurst

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Stonecats in finals SUB-DISTRICT

Batting on: Main Ridge’s District final hopes are still alive after seeing off Hastings. Picture: Andrew Hurst

By IT Gully FRANKSTON YCW will play finals for the first time in a long time after getting a win against Carrum Downs on Saturday.

The Stonecats are now in second place on the MPCA Sub District ladder on 80 points, two games behind Red Hill (104 points).

The fight for the remaining two finals spots is well and truly on.

Balnarring and Rosebud are both on 72 points while Pearcedale and Skye are a game further back on 60 points.

The Stonecats play Red Hill this week in the final game of the season, a one-day match.

Even if the Stonecats were to lose, they cannot now miss finals. They could drop to fourth and lose a home final should results elsewhere go against them though.

Balnarring or Rosebud will possibly miss finals. They play one another this weekend.

However, they both could still

make it if Carrum Downs can beat Pearcedale or Tyabb can beat Skye.

It’s going to be an enthralling final round.

YCW made 8/308 in its first innings and needed to take 19 wickets on Saturday to win the match outright. The Cougars resumed at 1/42.

Seasoned campaigners Paul Bradley and Andrew Kitson took four wickets each in the first innings to roll the Cougars for 185.

Adam Muirhead then picked up 5/9 in the second innings to help dismiss the Cougars for 57 in their second innings. Kitson took two second innings’ wickets.

Skye never recovered from being 2/18 overnight against Balnarring, chasing 270.

Leigh Smith was stranded at the end unbeaten on 33 and his side was all out for 134.

Balnarring went for the outright but Skye ended the day on 3/80.

Tootgarook found the chase of 256 to beat Rosebud all too hard.

Jason Nagel was at his best for the Buds with 4/62 with the ball and Brian Doughty snared 3/41 to help roll the Tooters for 166.

Pearcedale and Tyabb played a one day match, the Panthers getting across the line with an over to spare.

In an emotional day for the clubs following the death of young Tyabb cricketer Luke Batty, the Yabbies batted first and made 9/163 from 40 overs. Luke Rus top scored with 50 and Ben Van Wees opened with 42.

Pearcedale openers Brad Trotter (62) and Matt Cousland (46) then got their side away to a flier with a 79-run opening partnership.

Chris Dew then added 33 to help his side to 4/164 in 39 overs.

Red Hill got the job done against Dromana.

After making 9/227 on day one, the Hillmen then sent the Hoppers packing for 96.

Brent Martin picked up 3/12 from 10.3 overs for the Hillmen while Ross Corfield snared 3/18 from 13 overs.

Baden Powell powers to title COUNTRY WEEK

By IT Gully BADEN Powell are Twenty20 state champions after beating Doutta Stars at the MCG last Friday.

Doutta Stars were bowled out for 65 before the Braves got the runs with four wickets down.

Rhys Elmi top scored with 17 while Sam Mullavey was not out at the end on 10.

With five wins in the MPCA Jack Peacock Cup last season, and five wins in the Statewide Cup this season, the Braves took a 10-game winning streak to the ‘G’.

MPCA goes close to title The Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association went within 40 runs of claiming the title of best association in country Victoria last week.

After winning its opening four matches of the Country Week titles, the MPCA could not track down the 209 set by Geelong in the Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

It was another brilliant performance from the MPCA and there were many highlights throughout the carnival.

Dale Irving claimed 3/16, Scott

Phillips 2/15, Andrew Tweddle 2/17 and Lyle House 2/10 in the first match against Bairnsdale at Camberwell Sports Ground.

The MPCA rolled the opposition for 92 before scoring 7/339. Carrum’s Shaun Foster scored 105 and Phillips 100 in the big win, while Long island team mate Justin Bridgeman hit 51 and Main Ridge’s Gareth Wyatt an unbeaten 46.

In the second match against Murray Valley, Foster was amongst the runs again, top scoring with 74, while skipper Daniel Warwick scored 31. The MPCA scored 186 in reply to the opposition’s 9/145 in 50 overs.

Phillips was again amongst the wickets with 3/23 while Mornington’s Luke Popov and Lyle House each picked-up two wickets.

The MPCA played Sale-Maffra on the third day, winning comfortably with plenty of overs to spare.

After bowling out the combine for 177 in 45.5 overs, Mornington Peninsula scored 7/213 in just 40 overs.

Long Island pace partners Andrew Tweddle and Phillips snared 3/32 and 3/21 respectively, while Delacombe Park skipper Chris Brittain pickedup 2/37. In the run chase, it was Phil-

lips who starred with the bat with 90, while POB gloveman Wade Pelzer scored an unbeaten 41.

Against Bendigo on day four, the MPCA batted first and scored 8/186, Warwick scoring 50, Brittain 32 and Irving 30.

They then bowled out Bendigo for just 123 in 30 overs, Wyatt picking up 2/1 off four balls, while Popov and Irving also snared two wickets each.

O’Malley on fire The Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association also had a team playing in Division Two of the championships.

Whilst they didn’t share the same success as the Division One team, it did provide some of the young stars of the competition with a taste of representative cricket.

In the first match against Traralgon, Carrum 18-year-old quick Lachy Dobson took 3/30 and Langwarrin teenager Matt Davie snared 3/40. Boneo’s Spencer Byatt top scored with 58 in the first game and finished the carnival with 89 runs.

Peninsula Old Boys’ Dylan O’Malley scored 50 and Long Island opener Aaron Paxton hit 32 in

crossed from Berwick, Tyson Daniel and Shelton Rosario. Kieran Albanese, who kicked more than 70 goals in the Under 18s at Frankston YCW last year, also returns home to the Kangas.

Landing at the nest Dimkos leaves Yabbies LANGWARRIN has pulled off a massive coup, signing Tyabb favourite son Matty Dimkos.

Dimkos has been a star performer for the Yabbies over the years in many roles as a defender, forward and onballer.

Kangas coach Gavin Artico said he had always been impressed with Dimkos’ commitment, even when his side was struggling in recent seasons.

It’s a major blow to the Yabbies. Tyabb coach Ray Hallal posted a message on Facebook last week assuring the public that Tyabb Football Club was not about to fold. However, we do hear that numbers at training aren’t great.

Dimkos joins Dromana premiership players Liam Hogan and Luke O’Neil at the Kangas, while a couple of handy 18-year-olds have

CRIB POINT welcomed back Dean Warry to the fold while former Hastings midfielder and forward Brad Arnold has joined him at the nest.

Panthers on prowl Expect Devon Meadows to be the big movers this season in Nepean League.

The Panthers have signed Beau Miller and Clint Setford, Clint and Corey Walker and Dean Rydquist, whilst a couple return from overseas and injury. Steve McInnes also returns from Casey Scorpions.

And expect to see former Melbourne jumping jack Russell Robertson run around for a few games.

Hangover at Tigerland WORD coming out of Dromana is that there is a bit of a premiership hangover.

the round two loss to Warrnambool.

O’Malley also took 2/41 with the ball while his club teammate Jon Forrest and Hastings’ Luke Hewitt picked-up two wickets each.

The MPCA had some success in the third match against Hamilton, winning by more than 100 runs.

O’Malley clubbed a massive 151 while Paxton helped himself to 62.

In the final game against Yarra Valley, the MPCA was at his best again, winning by 111 runs.

Paxton hit 50 and took 3/34 and O’Malley scored 47 to finish a wonderful carnival personally.

Champions: Baden Powell are the Twenty20 state champions after defeating Doutta Stars at the MCG.

Whilst it is believed that the Tigers have lost up to 10 players from its premiership side through retirement or departures, there’s also talk that numbers at training are down.

A recent weekend session was attended by only a handful of players.

They have picked up Hastings defender Andy Kiely and Steven Gaertner has returned.

Hillmen look the goods Red Hill has been training hard and its recruits are fitting in well according to coach Tony Blackford.

Nick Bateman (Dolphins), Michael Dillon (Port Melbourne) and Matthew Hyden (Ballarat) and are all making an impression. Add the likes of YCW’s Blake McCormack, Adam Bokisch and Paul Wintle and Karingal’s Jared Eames and the Hillmen look OK.

Short Passes ROSEBUD has picked up a couple of Sorrento’s fringe players in Jackson Wells and Luke Schuldt while Ben Dwyer returns.

Rye is hoping for big things from brothers

Ryan, Luke and Jake Semmel to assist with its forward and midfield issues while Anthony Joel has joined from Karingal and Aaron Findlay also returns.

Sean and Ben Cain are expected not to play and Sam Smith hasn’t been sighted.

Sorrento expects big things from Tasmanian pair Brodie Webb and Ryan Williams while Dave Lawson returns after a stint coaching Crib Point.

Chelsea has been on a recruiting drive, former AFL player Jayden Attard the biggest scalp.

Matty Baxter also crosses from Bonbeach.

Frankston YCW welcomes back Brendan Meagher while Langwarrin swingman Matthew Hogan crosses to the Stonecats.

Mornington is sure to improve with some very handy recruits. Dale and Danny Nolan and Adam Symes join former teammate Anthony Franchina, Luke Lewis goes home after playing for the Frankston Bombers and Ben Clements is back.

At Seaford, Luke Smith has returned while Ben Crowe has lured former Somerville teammate Adam Rose.

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On stage from 11am - 5pm on Sunday will be a variety of live acts including: a couple of young local soloists - Oskar Proy and Sheralyn May Hill; followed by Heidi Luckhurst, Mama Blue and Son and the rockin tunes of popular local band, The Warrains.

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