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Money made from yesterday’s news TABLOID or broadsheet, these newspapermen have no problem accepting either. Des Poulton, Dick Matthews and Ted Martin are part of the St Mark’s Paper Tie Up team who collect and bundle newspapers to be sold for recycling. The men are part of a larger team that over the past 20 years or so has raised more than $50,000 for charity by joining the recycling chain that also lessens the amount of waste going to landfill. Going back just one year, the Tie Up team started 2015 with $369 and saw that amount jump to $2890 to be distributed at year’s end to 10 different charities. That amount was 16 per cent up on the previous year, following successful negotiations with the recycling company which agreed to a price increase. “The new arrangement eliminates the need to manually load papers onto a truck and is commercially much more attractive in a declining market,� team member Rod Davies said. Picture: Gary Sissons
Spotlight on gang Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au A WILD brawl in Melbourne’s city centre has put the focus on a gang involved in brazen violent burglaries and car thefts in the south east suburbs over the past few months. Members of the Apex gang clashed
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with police at Federation Square and surrounding streets last Saturday evening (12 March) as terrified bystanders attending the Moomba Festival fled for safety. The high-profile clash caused Premier Daniel Andrews to vow to get tough with violent gangs. “What happened on Saturday evening was completely unacceptable,� Mr An-
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drews said at a press conference the day after the brawl. “I will make sure that Victoria Police has whatever they need to smash these gangs and make sure we don’t have a repeat.� Mr Andrews said those responsible would “feel the full force of the law�. Police say the Apex gang, initially young men of Sudanese descent, now
has more than 150 members from various backgrounds including Sudanese, Caucasian, Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern youths. The gang formed about 18 months ago and is named after a street in Dandenong where the gang’s founders lived. Police across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula have noted gangs such as Apex have been responsible for
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violent carjackings in the area (‘Mobile gangs target south’, The Times 7/9/15). The gangs use social media, including Facebook, and encryption apps to target the homes of owners of luxury cars to steal the vehicles. In some cases, the offenders smash their way into homes at night and demand the car keys from owners at gunpoint. Continued Page 8
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