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This walk’s nothing to sneeze about A DEBILITATING bout of flu was the unlikely rationale for Blairgowrie resident Maxim Wood, 78, to take up the challenge of the 100-kilometre Melbourne Oxfam Trailwalker. For most, the mere thought of walking long distances is enough to make us want to sit down. But, for Mr Wood, the excitement of a “new journey” and a chance to raise money for charity was just the motivation he needed. A Melbourne Marathon devotee since 1978, Mr Wood had suffered a forced early retirement from long-distance exercise in 2002 after a check-up and a flu injection had an unexpected outcome. “Never previously having had the flu, you guessed it, I caught the flu from the injection, therefore missed the next marathon and it broke the continuity,” he said. But his running shoes weren’t off for long, with the inaugural Oxfam Trailwalker starting the following year. With a few missed along the way, this year will be Mr Wood’s 10th and he will celebrate his 79th birthday three weeks after the walk finishes on 9 April. His son Miguel, 47, has been doing the walk with him for the past nine years, and is hoping to do his 10th, with his father, in 2018. Mr Wood, whose team is number 77 and named Euler’s Bridge, is hoping to raise more than $1400. “I think it’s a great motivation to stay fit and stay active and help others,” he said. The Oxfam Trailwalker is a 100 kilometre walk for teams of four who must complete the course in 48 hours. Each team pledges to raise a minimum of $1400, which goes towards alleviating poverty around the world. The walk starts at Jells Park, Wheelers Hill on 7 April and finishes at Warburton. Liz Bell
Family ties: Maxim and Miguel Wood, with team member Fiona Morrison. Picture: Gary Sissons.
‘Unfair, underhanded’ $1000 offer Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire CEO Carl Cowie has been accused of “unfair and underhanded” tactics by the union negotiating council staff pay and conditions amid fears some council services will be outsourced. The Australian Services Union has
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revealed Mr Cowie is offering permanent council employees a one-off payment of $1000 each and casual staff $300 in a move the union describes as “a dirty trick from the CEO”. The “incentive” payment to all staff would cost ratepayers about $1 million, according to the ASU. In a flyer headed “Don’t let the CEO buy your vote - when the time comes, vote no”, ASU branch secretary Rich-
ard Duffy said the shire wants staff to effectively sign away redundancy rights if they refuse to be transferred to a new employer. The union says staff sick leave will be slashed under the proposed new enterprise bargaining agreement. ASU branch executive president Michelle Jackson said the “unfair changes to sick leave entitlements had upset the hardworking staff at the council”.
“Staff are outraged that sick leave that has been used to support staff many of whom are also members of the community - through life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, is being slashed,” Ms Jackson stated. The union representative said the shire is offering staff a 6.8 per cent pay rise over three years but is cutting sick leave and penalty rates in the proposed new agreement.
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