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The Local Paper. Southern Cross Weekly Edition. Wed., June 26, 2024

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■ The State Government has accepted each of its recommendationsof the Board of Inquiry report into historical child sexual abuse in Beaumaris Primary School and certain other government schools. “In doing so, we make a clear and simple acknowledgement: we failed. ■ We failed to keep these children safe. ■ We failed to listen when they spoke out. ■ We failed to act to ensure that it did not happen again. “As the Board’s report put so plainly – it was a failure that was both serious and systemic,” said the statement released by Premier Jacinta Allan. “It was also a failure of morality. What else can it possibly be – when the reputation of the education system was given higher regard than the safety of its children. “Young, bright, beautiful children for whom school should have been a place of joy. Instead, for many, it became a place of horror and fear. Often, the impact was enduring. “The ripple effect of abuse – impacting people’s health, mental health, life outcomes and relationships with loved ones. Impacting their belief in themselves and the world around them.”

Bay Rd safety concerns

VANDALS ATTACK LOCAL MP’S OFFICE

Premier’s update on Beaumaris sexual abuse

■ The St Kilda office of Federal Macnamara MHR Josh Burns was vandlaised last Wednesday morning (July 19). The Barkly St shop window was painted over with the slogan ‘Zionism is Facism’. Windows were smashed, defaced and set on fire about 3.20am by a small group of about five people. Small fires were set alight in the communications pits on the street outside the office. Mr Burns, who is Jewish, said the attack was politically motivated.

● Josh Burns MHR

“No amount of aggressiopn” is going to “change what’s happening in the Middle East”, Mr Burns said. “I’m desperate for there to be a ceasfire. I’m desperate for there to be an agreement whre hostage are returned home and where Palestinians return to rebuilding their lives and getting on and living a life of dignity and respect and freedom. “But it’s happening on the other side of the world and we’re here in Australia and all we’re seeing at the moment is an escalation of violence here in Australia,” Mr Burns said.

Concern for shop staff ■ The North Brighton supermarket ,that was robbed by a gang of teens, is concerned for the safety of its staff and customers. The Reddrop Group of Supermarkets, which operates the North Brighton supermarket, Dockendorffs Grocer, was the victim of an armed hold-up. “This traumatic incident has affected not only the team members present but also our broader supermarket team, their families, and communities,” said Tina Dreyfus Reddrop. “Ensuring the mental and physical safety of our

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employees is paramount, and this type of criminal behavior is utterly shocking. “We are profoundly concerned for the involved team members and appreciate that they adhered to company protocol by avoiding confrontation with the assailants. “They are receiving support from our management team and Employee Assistance Provider. “Additionally, we have reached out to all our employees to offer support and reiterate our Theft Policy, stressing the importance of self-protection over engagement.

“Unfortunately, this type of criminal behavior, while shocking, is becoming more frequent. “On the same night as the armed hold-up in Melbourne, our Seymour store was also burgled. Earlier this year, three additional stores experienced robberies, including armed hold-ups. “Despite employing security guards at several locations, their presence does little to deter persistent theft. Our vulnerability as a business is exacerbated by the lack of support from state and federal governments,” Ms Dreyfus Reddrop said. ● Turn To Page 3

■ Sandringham MLA Brad Rowswell has alerted Parliament to safety issues on Bay Rd. “Bay Rd is the lifeline that connects my community, and yet this Government proposes to reduce the lanes on Bay Rd to just a single lane under the Frankston line railway bridge, which threatens to disrupt that lifeline, creating a bottleneck in my community,” Mr Rowswell told the Legislative Assembly last Wednesday. “Parents fear longer, more stressful commutes. Business owners are worrying about customers avoiding the area due to increased traffic. “Therefore I ask the Minister [for Roads and Road Safety]: could the minister please outline the rationale for the reduction of lanes on Bay Rd to one lane and provide details of how this change will impact congestion in Cheltenham? “Our community deserves a transparent explanation. We need to understand the planning considerations and the anticipated impacts of this decision. “Our daily lives, our safety and the vibrancy of our local community and businesses depend on that,” Mr Rowswell said. Earlier, Mr Rowswell had described the importance of Bay Rd: “Imagine a typical morning in Cheltenham: families hustling to get children to school, workers commuting to their jobs, cyclists on their morning ride, local businesses gearing up for the day.” He said that Bay Rd was a community “lifeline”.

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