NEWS DESK Pokies’ millions Continued from Page 1 Poker machines on the peninsula made headlines earlier in the year when Stella’s Dromana Hotel was refused approval for an additional nine machines to add to its 41, but Mornington On Tanti Hotel sought and won permission for an extra 17 pokies to take its total from 23 to 40. Stella’s is still seeking extra pokies. The Peninsula Club in Dromana, formerly Dromana-Red Hill RSL, won approval for 15 pokies last year. It had wanted 18 machines but a compromise was reached that saw the club make a large cash payment to a community group. It now has 35 pokies. Last year a report to shire councillors stated the gambling commission had set a cap on the number of poker machines in the municipality – 1127. The council’s out-of-date responsible gaming strategy was due to be revised in April but has not been completed. The Labor government recently stated it would trial a system that linked all pokies in Victoria and give gamblers the option to pre-set how much they were prepared to lose. Dr Charles Livingstone of Monash University’s school of public health reportedly said the take-up rate would be low. He said a serious pre-commitment system would be mandatory and require gamblers to set limits well in advance. He said people with a gambling problem wouldn’t want to know how much they were spending when in front of a machine. Anti-pokies campaigners said the system would only allow gamblers to set a limit for the day they were at a pokies venue.
Old boys and girls first hall of famers PROFESSORS, politicians, presenters, Olympians, comedians, footballers and one of the nation's top "spies" were among 38 people inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame of the Peninsula School on Saturday last week. The hall of fame has been created by the alumni association of the school in Mt Eliza, The Old Peninsula School Association, TOPSA. More than 120 people packed the H A Macdonald Pavilion at the school in Wooralla Drive to celebrate. They included three of the four principals who have led the school since it opened in 1961 – Harry Macdonald, Ray Hille and Stuart Johnston. Founding principal Rev Dr Dudley Clarke died in 2011 at age 90. Well-known inductees included federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt, Victorian MP Edward O'Donohue, former state MP and Attorney-General Rob Hulls, Australian Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson (son of Linda Morris and stepson of Mornington MP David Morris), Olympians Matson Lawson and Dale Stevenson, AFL stars Stewart Loewe and Nathan Jones, comedians Mick Molloy and Sammy J, and Channel Seven newsreader Peter Mitchell. And the spymaster? Nick Warner, Director-General of ASIS, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, who famously gave the first public speech about the service in 2012. Also inducted were the school's first doctor, Harold Armstrong (class of 1966), and first Rhodes scholar, Michael Garner (1977). Two women were inducted – Aus-
Young gun: Matson Lawson (class of 2010) was the youngest former Peninsula School student inducted into the hall of fame, and received his award from TOPSA committee member Lachlan Patton. Lawson represented Australia in backstroke at the 2012 London Olympics and won his first Australian title in the 200m backstroke in 2013. Picture supplied
tralian Army captain Courtney Ames (class of 2002) and Kara Richards (2005). Capt Ames was dux of her year at the Defence Force Academy in 2005 and dux at Royal Military College Duntroon in 2006, was among the first women to qualify in a specialist artillery role, and was appointed one of Governor-General Quentin Bryce's three women aides-de-camp in 2013. Ms Richards was a top level
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stories, other alumni and current students can be motivated and inspired to push the boundaries and realise their own dreams," he said. Principal Stuart Johnston said the honour roll represented "a living history of our school". More than 7500 students have attended the school. Hall of fame inductees: Sciences: Dr Harold Armstrong, Prof David Bogle, Dr Chris Kimber, Dr Adrian Oates and Prof Michael Sandiford. Arts: Emeritus Prof Richard Freadman, Sam McMillan (Sammy J), Mick Molloy, Mark Pennell, Lachlan Redd, James Rees and Dr Richard Vaudrey. Sport: Robert Bedford, Mitch Frey, Sam Griffiths, David Hille, Adam Hoyle, Nathan Jones, John Kilborn, Matson Lawson, Stewart Loewe, the late John McCarthy, Bryce McGain, Ian Peebles, Kara Richards, Dale Stevenson, Nathan Taylor and Brett Zeuschner. Community and public service: Capt Courtney Ames, Cr David Gibb, Rob Hulls, Greg Hunt, Edward O'Donohue, Nick Warner PSM AO and Tim Wilson. Commerce and industry: Warwick Bray, Graeme Brooke, Michael Garner, Prof Ian Macdonald, Stephen Mills and Peter Mitchell. Services to the school: Stephen Brennan, the late Rev Dr Dudley Clarke OBE, Rick Grimley, Ray Hille OAM, Rev John Leaver AO, Harry Macdonald OAM, Roderick McKillop, Neil Taylor and Steven Wiltshire. Mike Hast, a former student at Peninsula School.
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