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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Local News Digital permits
■ Nw digital Beach and Residential Parking Permits are now available via Bayside Council’s new parking permit portal. “The new digital permits are easy to use, transferrable between vehicles and secure,” said a Bayside Council representative. “With digital parking permits, your number plate is your permit so there's nothing to display. “Park with confidence knowing our parking officers can automatically recognise your number plate as your permit via our new technology. Residential Parking Permits are now digital. Bayside printed Residential Parking Permits expired on September 30. Current printed (stickers) Beach Parking Permits expired on October 30.
Trees vandalised
■ Nearly 200 young trees and shrubs were unlawfully cut down in Glen Eira between Friday-Sunday, October 25-27. Locations are: Caulfield Park, Caulfield; Marara Reserve, Caulfield South; Princes Park, Caulfield South’ E.E. Gun Reserve, Ormond; Packer Park, Carnegie; Boyd Park, Murrumbeena; Mallanbool Reserve, Murrumbeena; and Rosanna St Reserve, Carnegie
Warne celebrated
■ The sports oval within R.G. Chisholm Reserve has officially been unveiled as the Shane Warne Oval. Friends and family of the late cricketing great joined members of the Bayside community to celebrate the occasion at a ceremony. A joint submission from East Sandringham Cricket Club and the East Sandringham Junior Football Club to name the sports oval was approved by Bayside Council in August. Warne, who grew up in Black Rock and maintained a connection with the Bayside area throughout his life, played cricket and Aussie Rules as a junior at the oval within R.G. Chisholm Reserve.
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AFFAIR WITH STAFFER: GREENS AXE LOCAL MP
■ Prahran MLA Sam Hibbins has been stood down as Victorian Greens Co-Deputy Leader after he admitted to having a consensual sexual relationship with a staffer. Hibbins released a statement on Friday (Nov.1), saying that the short relationship ended “some time ago”, admitting that it breached party rules. Greens leader Ellen Sandell learned of the affair on Tuesday last week (Oct. 29), but did not make the announcement about the Hibbins expulsion until four days later. She said a party meeting was called at 7pm on Tuesday night, but there was a delay because she could not meet with the staffer until Thursday (Oct. 31). Ms Sandell said she was “angry”: “It is too often that women are the ones picking up the pieces. The premier has had to do it. I’m doing it here today.” Mr Hibbins, who is married with two children, issued a statement, says he will sit on the crossbench of State Parliament. “"I recognise this was a significant error of judgement and understand the distress this has caused," Mr Hibbins said. "This short relationship ended some time ago, but it does breach our party room rules. “"I deeply regret what has happened. I have made a very human mistake, but I am working to find the best way forward.” In an ABC interview, Mr Hibbins said: “"I accept the error in judgement in having a consensual relationship. I refute any suggestion beyond this, that has come after the relationship has broken down.” Hibbins, who is married with two children, said the relationship was “a significant error of judgment” and he understood “the distress this has caused”. “I accept the consequences of my decisions that affect my personal and professional lives.
● Sam Hibbins, Prahran MLA “I am working to make amends to the most important people in my life, my family and our community,” he said. Ms Sandell said: “The Member for Prahran has completely lost my trust, and the trust of his Greens colleagues, the Member for Prahran will never be welcome back in our party room. "I don't think that he meets the standards of behaviour expected of any MP." Ms Sandell said she discovered Mr Hibbins’ hevaiour after a notification from the Department of Parliamentary Services. Ms Sandell said Hibbins resigned from the party room this week after MPs suspended him. She said she had also requested his resignation as a Greens member, which he provided.
Tragedy at Auburn South
● The car at Auburn South Primary School. Photo: 7News ■ Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a fatal crash in Hawthorn East on Tuesday afternoon last week (Oct. 29). It is believed a vehicle was traveling along Burgess St just after 2.30pm when the car veered off the road and crashed through a school fence. The driver, a 40-year-old Hawthorn East woman, was arrested at the scene. She has since been released pending further enquiries. Her passenger, a primary school aged child, was not injured. One boy, aged 11-years-old, was taken to hospital with critical injuries but he died. Two girls aged 11-years-old, one 10-yearold girl and a 10-year-old boy were all taken to hospital with serious injuries. The investigation remains ongoing.
Dog restrictions at Bayside
■ Restrictions that prohibit dogs on many Bayside beaches and foreshore areas are now in effect during peak daylight hours until March 31. Restrictions vary from beach to beach. Dog owners can check the restrictions at beaches with local signage, or a Bayside Council interactive map. All areas adjacent to beaches, including footpaths and reserves, are on leash at all times.
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