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● Daniel Andrews ■ “Are we right to go?”, Premier Daniel Andrews might say. The Victorian Government, 10 days ago, made announcements for the third round of assistance to some businesses across the state. Eligible companies (and there are many who are not) were asked to hang on until last Fridayto make their latest application. The Andrews Government was true to form and the Business Victoria website did not have the application forms available until very late in the day.
Waiting, waiting
● Vicki Ward ■ When the first round of business grants became available there were horrible delays. Our small company reached out to Eltham MLA Vicki
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Ward, and Yan Yean MLA Danielle Green, for assistance and advocacy. We did not even get a word of acknowledgement from either of the Labor politicians, let alone any assistance. In our case, just like so many other businesses, the Round 2 payment has yet to arrive, let alone the Round 3 remittances.
■ Jaala Pulford, Labor’s Minister for Everything, has been reportedly described by the Premier as the Government’s ‘best retail politician’. That is probably so. But she put in a shocker of a performance last week in State Parliament when she was asked to justify the Government’s lack of assistance for sole traders.
Woe for traders
Memory from 68
● Jaala Pulford
■ Earlier this month, The Local Paper published a photo of a young who we thought was Rodney Crawford, late of Mendip Rd, Reservoir, and St Andrews. We were pleased to receive a call from Maree, who was ma-
● Rodney Crawford married to Rod, as well as from Rory, one of his sons. Yes indeed, the photo was of Rod, appearing in the Christmas episode of the Homicide TV series. We were able to put the Crawfords on the right track to order a copy of The Four Wise Men episode ... from Crawford Productions, of course.
Outside dining
■ ManninghamCouncil issued one of its rare media releases on Monday (Sept. 21) to inform that is making it possible for eligible traders to expand their outdoor dining footprint with a new permit. “We’re committed to cutting the redtape and making it easy as possible for business to extend their current outdoor dining onCouncil footpaths.
Word of advice
■ One aspiring local Moreland politician took to giving a blast of offensive language to the Editor last weekend. There is an old saying used by 3AW breakfast host Ross Stevenson: “Never argue with a man who orders ink by the barrel load and paper by the tonne.”
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● Normally, the AFL Grand Final would be being played at the MCG on the last Saturday in September. The football grounds of my youth were Preston, Coburg, Fitzroy and Richmond. This photo shows the East Preston tram in Brunswick St, near the Lions’ ground. Back in those days it was common place for men to hang on to whatever they could to secure their tram ride. No-one called them hoons.
From Page One
Council Nominees: Banyule City
■ Bakewell Ward: Katie George, Brian Grace, Mark Di Pasquale, Gary Sammatino. ■ Beale Ward: Wayne Phillips, Elizabeth Nealy, Jonah Allen, Michael Copsey, Mark Dixon. ■ Chelsworth Ward: Dora Bergman, Emma Samuel, Peter Mazurczuk, Houwalda Ayoub, Amina Liban, Chris Dixon, Alida McKern, Carl Ziebell, Tanya Dillon, Emily Fenton, Jeremy Crocker, Kevin Biaggini. ■ Griffin Ward: Jenny Mulholland, Kate Rutherford, Helen Steel, Kerry-Anne Benton, Peter Castaldo, Bev Moss. ■ Grimshaw Ward: Raj Bhatia, Stephen Wade, Toafa McLean. ■ Hawdon Ward: Nola McDowell, Emily Bieber, Emilia Williams, Fiona Mitsinikos, Michael Haworth, Anthony Fernandez, Tracey Robson-Garth. ■ Ibbott Ward: Tom Melican, Matthew Goodman. ■ Olympia Ward: Peter Dimarelos, Craig Langfon, Martyn Wild. ■ Sherbourne Ward: Michelle Giovas, Dani Vidler.
Darebin City
■ Central Ward: Peter Gonis, Esther Kennedy, Nalliah Suriyakumaran, Jim Shen, Omar Hassan, Brendan Cameron, Lina Messina, Craig Walters. ■ North Central Ward: Alice Maddineni, Melanie Triantafillidis, Monqiue Keel, Louise Kenney-Shen, Julie Williams, Jessica Sullivan, Benny Pascuzzi, Seb Evans. ■ North East Ward: Dave Lee, Tim Laurence, Greg Chiminello, Adam Cursio, Kush Singh, Steven Chang. ■ North West Ward: Gaetano Greco, Sofia Kotanidis, Alec Wilmot, Douglas Leitch, Adam Bottomley, Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins. ■ South Central Ward: Harriet De Kok, Agapi Pashos, Kathy Zisiadis, Susan Rennie, Peter Willis, Riz Ward. ■ South East Ward: Julie O’Brien, Jess Lenehan, Emily Dimitriadis. ■ South Ward: Hugh Morris-Dalton, Tom Hannan, Zac Galbally, Chiara Lawry. ■ South West Ward: Brian Sanaghan, Trent McCarthy, Archibald Maclean, Ali Hogg, Nick McCubbin. ■ West Ward: Vasilios Tsalkos, Samuel Fontana, Isabel Jackson, John Mercuri, Susanne Newton, George Kanjere.
Nillumbik Shire ■ Blue Lake Ward: Richard Stockman, Grant Brooker, Bruce Woodhouse, Susan Farley, Peter Griffiths, Pamela Guy, Anna Henderson, Jennifer Bullock. ■ Bunjil Ward: Bill Penrose, Sue Simpson, Melanie Nelson, Karen Egan, Sarah Hunter, James Wallace, Tania Doville, Sue Rosenhain, Steve Mullins, Brian Veerman, Hannah Graham. ■ Edendale Ward: Natalie Duffy, John Dumaresq, Jason McClintock, Stuart Sinclair, David Sweeney, Michael O’Shannassy. ■ Ellis Ward: Venu Metla, Peter Perkins. ■ Sugarloaf Ward: Narelle Campbell, Kim Cope, Cath Rutten, Ben Ramcharan, Rhiannon Jorgensen, Don Vincent, Virigina Ruchel, Meg Milner, Charlotte Strerrett, Karen Throssel, Mary Clark. Vincent Scaturchio, Carolyn-Noel. ■ Swipers Gully Ward: Michelle Peterson, Zac Lombardo, Biljana Gerali, Mick Woronuik, John Fecondo, Nerida Kirov, Simone Cusack, Frances Eyre. ■ Wingrove Ward: David Mulholland, Juanita Kottek, Brad Senese, Alex Grimes, Wayne Alexander, Tim Riley, Peter Galtry, Sigrid McCarthy, Chris Gregory, Helen Coleman, Sharon Bonga, Wayne Kinrade, Geoff Paine, Lou Dixon. ■ Local Councils and the Victorian Electoral Commission have failed to place advertisements in The Local Paper to inform voters of the polls to be taken across municipalities in the coming month.