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Compensation payable for Observer Chronic Fatigue Syndrome In This 144-Page Edition
Haigh father and sons take the chocolates ■ A Commonwealth worker’s Chronic Fatigue Syndrome illness arose out of their government employment, the AdministrativeAppeals Tribunal of Australia has ruled. Deputy President James Constance set aside a Comcare decision that had denied compensation to the worker. The AAT, sitting in Melbourne, said that Comcare was liable to pay compensation to the applicant in respect of an injury “being an aggravation of depression and anxiety”. The female employee had worked for the Australian Public Service from 2002 until August last year. The woman had grown up in country Victoria, had been a healthy child who enjoyed sports and outdoor activities, and had been an excellent student. In 1992, the woman suffered a number of acute symptoms including mental fatigue, insomnnia, sore throat, swollen glands, sinus pain and headache. The woman completed university studies, gaining a Degree of Bachelor ofArts in Criminal Justice. In 2005, the woman was working for a fraud investigation team for Centrelink when she suffered anxiety and depression, “arising, in part at least, from the type of investigative work she was undertaking”. “Her health issues caused her to take substantial, but not excessive, sick leave,” Deputy President Constance said. ● Alister, John and Simon Haigh ■ The 100th anniversary of a successful fam- derpinned Haigh's Chocolates, and in the ily business still run by the direct descendents 1950s, current chairman John Haigh, went to is something worth celebrating. work in Switzerland to learn from Swiss masIn the case of the Haigh's Australian ters. chocolate empire, they decided to mark the He came home to apply those skills to the occasion by asking culinary historian Barbara family chocolate business. Santich to write the family chocolate making The fourth and current generation, joint history. Managing Directors Alister and Simon Haigh, The result is a 250-page glossy, hardcover continue the family passion for producing book called Enjoyed For Generations. chocolate, and Haigh's now employs more The Haigh chocolate dynasty began in 1915, than 500 people in three states and sells online. but 20 years earlier, 19-year-old Alfred Haigh Alister Haigh is understandably proud of had a dream of creating chocolate in his fruit the milestone the company has reached. and home made sweets shop. "One hundred years in one business is an Just 100 years earlier, at the turn of the 19th achievement, particularly for one family, so century, chocolate had been known more as a we hope our family story will appeal and endrink, much enjoyed in historical novels, but tertain," he said. Alfred Haigh set out to change the perception Enjoyed For Generations can be bought at of chocolate from just something to drink to selected bookstores including Reader's Feast, the must-have sweet treat it is today at Haigh stores and at www.haighs By the depression years of the 1930s, chocolates.com.au Claude Haigh's horse-breeding and racing un- Julie Houghton
Love’s claim dismissed
■ Epping landholders Thomas James Love and Helen Love have lost their County Court case against the Commonwealth Bank. Judge Kennedy heard the case related to 62.2 hectares of industrial land at O’Herns Rd worth $10.3 million. The Loves contended that the bank conducted a mortgagee’s sale, in breach of its duty.
COUNTY COURT The Loves said the bank released a fauna and flora report that this caused the land to be sold at undervalue. Judge Kennedy found that Mrs Love did not have an interest in the land at the time. The Judge said she had to ascertain if any bank undervalue would have satisfied Mr Love’s liability to the bank.
The land had been held ion the Love family since 1915. Mr Love sold the property to VicRoads, and extensive litigation followed. Love borrowed $4.8 million from the bank to assist with legal costs. By 2009, he was in debt to the bank for $12.6 million. The property was sold at a “forced value” of $13 million, the Court was told.
Publishing arrangements ■ There is one remaining issue of the Melbourne Observer for 2015. It will be available on news-stands on Wednesday, December 16. Our offices will close for 2015 at 5pm this Friday (December 11). All advertising bookings and copy needs to be lodged by 5pm Friday. - Editor
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Latest News Flashes Around Victoria
Drugs: guilty plea ■ Jessica Short, 25, the second of the two coaccused ringleaders of a multi-million dollar drug syndicate out of Wangaratta has pleaded guilty to her involvement, reports The Chronicle.Her co-accused, Mark Seymour, 26, has been jailed for nine months.
Meters rammed ■ Parking meters are being rammed and stolen from the Geelong CBD in a crime wave, frustrating the local Council, the Geelong Advertiser reports.
Wind farm plans ■ Constructionof a Colac district wind farm will start early next year with a revised plan involving fewer turbines and a grid-connection change, reports the Colac Herald.
Dancer’s final bow ■ Julie Ryan’s 44 years of teaching dance to aspiring ballerinas came to an end last weekend, reports the Latrobe Valley Express.
‘Saddest day’ ■ It was the “saddest day in Yarram’s history”, reports the local Standard when the town’s Commercial Hotel was put up for auction. It was passed in at $900,000.
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THE T OP 5 TOP MOST POPULAR CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR 2015 5.A multi-coloured lolly that you can twist into shape. Rubik's Jube. 4.The official Oscar Pistorius game - No Legos. 3. A chook that lays the letters of the alphabet - Scrabbled Eggs. 2. A "Sam Stosur tennis racquet". (Hardly been used). 1. The Gabi Grecko wind-up doll. You wind it up and everyone runs away.