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Parks Victoria defends consultation process Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au PARKS Victoria have said a non-powered vessel launch point “has been confirmed as referenced in the Frankston NCR Statement of Management Intent on the Parks Victoria website” and will be constructed. When asked about the process of consultation and how surveyed groups were selected, Parks Victoria communications advisor David Clay said “there was a targeted stakeholder survey undertaken in late 2017 regarding recreational activities including on-water access, which was issued to over 100 stakeholder groups/individuals. The survey was targeted towards local Frankston groups/ organisations representing the recreation, leisure, education and health sectors, to seek some further input into desired access and recreation activities for Frankston Nature Conservation Reserve.” “The results found 75 per cent of respondents were in favour of on-water access at Frankston Nature Conservation Reserve with canoeing and kayaking highly supported activities,” he said. “Following a consultation process with the community there are plans to provide launching facilities for non- powered vessels at the site so people can enjoy the on water experience the park has to offer.” David Cross, chair of the Frankston Environmental Friends Network had expressed “disappointment” in the consultation process for the launch. (“Disappointment in conservation consultation”, The Times, 11/12/18) Mr Clay of Parks Victoria said “Parks Victoria is focussed on providing improved park access and recreation activities for visitors while ensuring park values are sustained. After being closed to the public for more than a hundred years and reopened earlier this year, people are discovering a natural hidden treasure in Frankston that even many locals didn’t know about.”
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LANGWARRIN doctor Barbara Fam’s research into diabetes was selected as one of 52 projects the share in $3.6 million of funding from the Diabetes Australia Research Program. Dr Fam, who works at the University of Melbourne in the Department of Medicine, is researching to find evidence about why some people gain weight easily while others don’t. She said her project is exploring the role of the gut specific G-protein coupled receptors in obesity development and resistance. “This DARP award is a privilege to receive as my project is of enormous significance to the current obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemic and is highly relevant to public health. I can now focus on advancing our understanding of how obesity occurs and use the newly found knowledge to identify better treatments and strategies,” Dr Fam said. “Arming ourselves with this important information about these underlying mechanisms is critical if we are to prevent or completely stop the development of obesity in our population. This will then have a major carry on effect in improving insulin resistance and insulin secretion defects that are the benchmarks for the development of type 2 diabetes. “If we do not have this clear basic knowledge and foundation to work on, we will be continually fighting a losing battle to stop obesity and ultimately type 2 diabetes.” CEO of Diabetes Victoria Craig Bennett said “consistent with Victoria’s brilliant reputation for world class medical research, researchers in our state have dominated the 2019 DARP grants rounds. They make a real difference to people living with, or at risk of, diabetes.” “The 2019 grant awardees like Barbara will undertake timely and important research in Australia, given that diabetes is the single greatest burden of disease in this country,” he said. The grant winners will receive up to $60,000 each to fund their work.
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