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Online services and prayers on request THE Rev John Woodcock looks out on rows of empty chairs as he begins his sermon. Undaunted, the minister at St Marks Anglican Church, Dromana isn’t dismayed, and goes ahead with a message to his parishioners. The church is closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and Mr Woodcock records his sermon on his phone and makes it available online, complete with hymns recorded at home by a couple of churchgoers. St Marks’ parishioners also continuing their support to the public by offering to say prayers on request.

“Prayers are in the mail” Page 5 Picture: Gary Sissons

Policing in a state of emergency Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au AVOIDING close contact with other people is a luxury police cannot afford.

Their role in the state of emergency brought on by COVID-19 is a combination of things they have never done before and things they have always done, but with the added fear of being

exposed to a new, unseen enemy.

Officer-in-charge of Mornington police station Senior Sergeant Paul Edwards said his staff had been told to “keep their distance [from people] to limit their possible exposure” to the virus as directed by the Chief Health Officer.

“There are only so many precautions we can take as we still need to deal with offenders, which involves close

contact and sometimes close physical contact,” he said. “Our normal business continues, but we now are attending to tasks for alleged COVID-19 breaches.”

Senior Sergeant Edwards said many discussions had taken place “both locally and organisationally” on safety for police and the public. “We receive daily communication regarding restriction updates, safety updates and how

we should be approaching the public in regard to COVID-19 breaches.”

One obvious extra precaution police have taken is closing reception counters across the Mornington Peninsula.

“Cleaning station buildings, vehicles and equipment has increased,” Senior Sergeant Edwards said. Other small changes in day-to-day business relating to police and public safety “were too numerous to mention”.

He said an officer’s main concern was “contracting the virus, getting sick and passing that on to work colleagues and family”.

Senior Sergeant Edwards said there were not enough masks or gloves to go around. “Personal protection equipment is used when dealing with offenders or mental health patients, but that equipment is put on prior to dealing with them.

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Shire tips are open to all Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au POLICE have given assurances they will take no action against residents legitimately dumping rubbish at Mornington Peninsula Shire’s transfer station in Watt Road after identifying it an “essential service”.

Some prospective tippers last week said they were concerned police were waiting to nab them – even though the transfer station appeared to be doing business as usual.

A call to the shire’s head office received the same warning: They had heard reports that some domestic tippers had received on-the-spot fines of $1600 as it was “not one of the four legitimate reasons for being out”.

The shire says transfer stations will remain open as waste disposal is considered an essential service. Infrastructure services manager Jessica Wingad said residents could only use the transfer stations if the visit was essential and in line with the level 3 coronavirus rules set by the state government (“Non-essential tip use under fire” The News 5/4/20).

John Renowden, of Mount Martha, said he had been told of the fines and that only commercial tippers – not residents clearing up green waste – were allowed there.

“That wouldn’t be fair,” he said.

“We are locked up at home and it’s good to get out in the garden and clear up our green waste and take it to the tip.

“We are no danger to anyone else, we

keep our distance, and we can dump our load and be gone in 10 minutes.

“It’s the tip’s responsibility to keep their workers safe with screens, masks, gloves and sanitisers.”

Mr Renowden said that if commercial gardeners were allowed at the tip “then we should be, too”.

Mornington transfer station was advertised as being open for business and set to close at 4pm last week. No signs stated it was for commercial tippers only.

Senior Sergeant Paul Edwards, of Mornington Police, said the tip was not off-limits to residents. “It’s open to the public and we won’t be booking them,” he said. However, he said people should be asking if they really needed to be getting rid of their rubbish now.

Alarm over rising alcohol intake as pandemic blooms were drinking alcohol earlier in the day.

ADF CEO Dr Erin Lalor said the poll results were concerning. “[We] acknowledge this is an extremely challenging time. What we don’t want to see on top of current challenges is an increase in alcohol-related harms.

“People should be prioritising their health and wellbeing at this time, including taking steps to reduce alcohol-related harms.

“There are no health benefits of alcohol. Drinking alcohol can make feelings of stress and anxiety worse, weaken the immune system and heighten the risk of accidents, injuries and illness.”

PEOPLE are taking a tipple more frequently as a result of COVID-19.

The Alcohol and Drug Foundation is urging restraint as new national data shows 20 per cent of households report buying more alcohol than usual.

The YouGov Galaxy poll for the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education shows that in these households 70 per cent said they were drinking more than usual while 34 per cent said they were now drinking every day.

A third were “concerned” with how much alcohol they were drinking, or someone else in their household was drinking, and 28 per cent said they were drinking alcohol to cope with anxiety and stress. A fifth said they

Car park health help for Indigenous “As the only Aboriginal testing site in Victoria we still remain unfunded.”

Dr Peter Walsh said staff working for First Peoples' Health and Wellbeing in Frankston were using tele health “simply because of staffing and funding shortages - while at Thomastown we are able to offer a swab clinic, flu vax clinic and face to face consultations if absolutely necessary”.

“Due to overwhelming demand we are now running outreach clinics at Hastings and in Frankston. We have been inundated with new patients.

“As you can imagine, the logistics of this are enormous and prior to COVID-19 we were already stretched beyond capacity. The team running the Hastings clinic will consist entirely of our executive team – simply because we don’t have any other staff.

“The majority of the people who attended [the car park clinics] were new patients to us, making the logistics of sign-up and coordination a huge task.

“This, combined with our rapid tradition to tele-health at the start of the pandemic and as the only Aboriginal controlled health service in Victoria testing for COVID19, we have been utterly swamped with new patients and requests for outreach clinics by community.”

Dr Walsh accused Mr Hunt of having “walked away from the health of the Aboriginal people in his own community during their time of greatest need”.

“There is so much money going into funding the pandemic response, I can’t understand why he wouldn’t’t want to fund this great work happening in his own electorate.”

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au HUNDREDS of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders and their families have being vaccinated against the flu and tested for COVID-19 at car park clinics in Frankston and Hastings.

Those attending the clinics are met by medical staff wearing masks and, in some cases, gowns bought online from food industry suppliers.

The clinics are run by First Peoples' Health and Wellbeing, whose CEO Karinda Taylor says the peninsula needs a health service controlled by the Aboriginal community “if we are ever going to make headway on closing the health gap in the area”.

Thomastown-based First Peoples' Health and Wellbeing was earlier this year hoping to obtain federal government finance for a comprehensive health service in Frankston and on the peninsula but the “funding round” was abandoned because of the COVID-19 emergency (“Aboriginal health ‘misses out’ on health ‘boost’’’ The News 10/12/19).

Health Minister Greg Hunt, whose Flinders electorate covers the peninsula, said the funding round was delayed after “consultations with key stakeholders” to allow them to “focus on preparations for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic”.

Ms Taylor said she was “not sure who the key stakeholders are that Hunt’s office has spoken to, however, as the only Aboriginal community-controlled health service offer-

Car park care: First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing executive Dr Peter Walsh at work in the car park of the Willum Warrain Aboriginal Association, Pound Road, Hastings. Picture: Supplied

ing primary and mental health service across Frankston and the peninsula catchment I can assure you we were not consulted”.

Ms Taylor said the annual $778,819 that Mr Hunt said would be maintained “has been the same amount for 10 years”.

“Our service massively expanded 18 months ago, from chronic disease co-ordination and transportation to delivering complex primary health services to address the significant unmet health needs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across

greater Melbourne,” she said.

“This is what the community asked for. This is an example of self-determination at a local level. However, the government appears to determine health need, not the community.”

“Let’s be really clear, the existing funding that Mr Hunt is referring to covers around one third of our organisation’s total expenditure for the Thomastown clinic alone, and he is aware of this.

“He is also well aware the Frankston clinic remains completely unfunded.”

Ms Taylor said the Medicare benefits

schedule - which Mr Hunt said was available to First Peoples' Health and Wellbeing - was not “designed to fully support Aboriginal health services”.

“MBS suits five-minute medicine which is demonstrated by super clinics on every second corner offering care than will never see our nation close the gap in Aboriginal health,” she said.

“Mr Hunt uses the term ‘as per usual practice’. We are in the middle of a pandemic and this is anything but usual.

“We have completely transformed our entire model of care to rapidly respond to COVID-19.

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employees or deliberately misuses the payment may incur penalties of up to $126,000.

To receive JobKeeper payments for April, eligible employees will need to have received at least $3,000 on or before end of April ($1,500 for 30 March– 12 April 2020, and $1,500 for the fortnight 13 April 26 April 2020)

As the ATO will pay employers the JobKeeper payment monthly in arrears, it is essential that you ensure your employees continually meet the eligibility criteria.

If your income has dropped because of COVID-19 you should review whether you satisfy the eligibility criteria and the turnover test.

There are two decline in turnover tests you can use: n the basic test, and n the alternative test

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To access the April 2020 JobKeeper payments, the basic decline in turnover test requires you to compare any of the following to calculate your fall in turnover: n GST turnover for March 2020 with GST turnover for March 2019; n Projected GST turnover for April 2020 with GST turnover for April 2019; or n Projected GST turnover for the quarter starting April 2020 with GST turnover for the quarter starting April 2019.

When might you need help from your bookkeeper or accountant?

With your projections, make sure you have sufficient evidence on file to support your projections, and if you don’t satisfy the basic test you may need to seek guidance on the alternative test to ensure you have got it right.

What do you need to do (ASAP!)?

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Prayers are in the mail

Policing in the virus emergency

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au LIFE in the time of COVID-19 is, for many, a time of prayer. But congregating in a church during the coronavirus pandemic is not possible because of government social distancing rules St Marks Anglican Church, Dromana has had to abandon its regular services because of the dangers of transmitting COVID-19, but the offer to the public for its members to say prayers on request has not been withdrawn.

The Rev Paul Woodcock said prayer requests usually “trickle in” at a rate of three or four a month.

The requests are left in a small steel letterbox - the prayer box - behind the church’s fence in Odonohue Street, just off Point Nepean Road. A sign on the fence offers prayers for “genuine” requests.

Mr Woodcock said there had been no noticeable increase in prayer requests since the COVID-19 emergency was declared, although this could be attributed to people staying at home.

He said prayers were requested for a variety of reasons, often involving family or relationship problems, children or illness.

Mail order prayers: The Rev John Woodcock and the mailbox for prayer requests at St Marks Anglican Church, Dromana. Picture: Gary Sissons

“Sometimes there’s a request for a prayer for a particular person without any particular issue being mentioned,” Mr Woodcock said.

Notes were sometimes left saying that a particular situation “has sorted itself out”, a result that was attributed to prayer and other reasons.

Mr Woodcock did not know of the church ever receiving prayer requests for frivolous reasons, although an item of origami had been placed in the box the previous week.

“Sometimes the requests are on really weird scraps of paper but there has never been anything rude or abusive,” he said.

St Marks normally holds two Sun-

day services (holy communion and family worship wth a children’s ministry and a combined worship every fifth Sunday) and holy communion on Wednesdays.

Dedicated on 7 Aril 1893, St Marks is unlikely to have ever witnessed such a disruption to its public services.

However, the Rev Woodcock is making sure that parishioners have an opportunity to pray by making pre-recorded services available on YouTube or distributing printed copies to parishioners.

“We have organised for people to stay in touch with one another. We are caring for each other.”

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Continued from Page 1 “Policing is a dynamic activity and, at times, there is simply no warning or enough time to put masks and gloves on,” Senior Sergeant Edwards said.

For the sake of safety and giving due regard to the seriousness of the virus, police patrolled in pairs. “During this period more than two members in a vehicle at one time is deemed a health risk.”

Senior Sergeant Natalie Dollard, of Rosebud police, said the reduced counter service at Hastings, Rosebud and Mornington police stations allowed more officers to be deployed “on the frontline and proactively patrol out in the community”.

“We will continue to have people working around the clock and resources will be deployed to incidents as needed.”

To speak to an officer at these police stations call Hastings 5970 7800, Rosebud 5986 0444 or Mornington 5970 4900. Those reporting on bail may use the intercom.

The reception counter at Frankston police station is open.

Art show cancelled THE 53rd Flinders Art Show in June has been cancelled due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.

This is the first time the event has missed its Queen’s Birthday showing since its inception in 1967.

The event gives artists the opportunity to market their work. Last year 350 works were exhibited.

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Performers’ pause ROSEBUD’S Astral Theatre Company members are experiencing their quietest time in years.

“Normally we would be building sets for the May play and rehearsals would have started for the spring musical,” president Brendan Croft said.

“Sadly, we are all just hunkered down at home, dressing up in makeshift costumes and singing in front of the mirror. We all do that, don’t we?

“Rest assured that when all this is over we will be back to filling people’s lives with dramatic and musical theatre and doing what we have always done to bring a little joy and community spirit to our area.

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Arrests after ‘invasion’ THREE men have been charged following an alleged home invasion in Moorhead Avenue, Mornington, 3am, Friday 10 April.

Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Steve Reidy, of Somerville CIU, said the residents were awoken and confronted by the offenders, one of whom was allegedly armed with a firearm.

The house was ransacked before the offenders fled in a car which was later found crashed and abandoned at Merricks North.

Police searching the area arrested and charged a Rosebud man, 18, and a Safety Beach man, 24, with aggravated burglary. Both were remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court at a later date.

A Rosebud teen, 17, was charged with aggravated burglary and remanded to appear at a children’s court at a later date and a Mornington man, 20, was charged with drug trafficking and remanded to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court at a later date.

Detective Reidy said the men were “known to each other”.

Quiet Easter ALTHOUGH police had anticipated a “busy time” the Easter holiday period had been uneventful with most holidaymakers well behaved, Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Wood, of Somerville CIU, said.

This did not include those attending a Rye house party, Friday 10 April, in which 11 young people were issued $1600 penalty notices for flouting social distancing rules.

“Most of those driving down to the Mornington Peninsula were legitimately staying in their own holiday houses and there were few day trippers,” he said.

Sticky end for driver A MORNINGTON man said he was just trying to get to Western Australia to see his sister who was sick with coronavirus when picked up by members of Somerville Highway Patrol over Easter.

The 63-year-old’s white Daewoo Lanos had some “slight safety issues” police said, pointing to the replacement door

made of board held on by sticky tape, 10.30am, Monday 13 April.

The man was issued with a defect notice and his vehicle grounded.

The incident was part of state-wide road policing Operation Nexus which ran Thursday 9-Monday 13 April.

One without the lot A BITTERN man charged with armed robbery for allegedly robbing a Bittern pizza shop has been remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court at a later date.

The 19-year-old is alleged to have used a hammer to threaten staff and steal $20, 9.20pm, Wednesday 8 April.

Peninsula Link pursuit SIX young people were arrested early Thursday 16 April after police spotted a Holden Captiva with false number plates on Nepean Highway, Mount Martha, about 1.20am.

The car was being driven “erratically” and police continued to monitor it until a chase began on Peninsula Link.

The six occupants were arrested after police brought the car to a halt using stop sticks on the freeway near Derril Road, Moorooduc.

Two 16-year-old Narre Warren boys, a 15-year-old boy of no fixed address and a 14-year-old Doveton boy were all charged with theft of a motor vehicle, conduct endangering life and driving offences. They will appear at a children’s court at a later date.

A 16-year-old girl, of no fixed address, and a 14-year-old Berwick girl, are expected to be charged on summons.

As well as the criminal charges, the six were also found to be in breach of social distancing rules and issued penalty notices.

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Art lovers invited online LIKE galleries and museums across the country, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, content from its exhibitions can be viewed online, including a free publication of A Collection of Stranger Things. In this showing artist and collector Patrick Pound drew out works from the MPRG collection and displayed them alongside his own collection of photographs and objects. In a podcast, Pound explains his collection methodology and how the collection became the medium.

An online publication of With a Little Help from our Friends showcases works acquired by the Friends of MPRG since 1996. Money raised through memberships and friends events have gone towards buying works on paper by artists Gareth Sansom, Fiona McMonagle, Catherine Cassidy and Raymond Arnold for the MPRG Collection.

Peninsula artist Sophie Perez’s exhibition The landscape In Between will be supplemented with

a podcast and in-studio demonstration video this month.

The deadline for submissions to the 2020 National Works on Paper is now 19 July. Leading artists display works in drawing, printmaking, digital prints and paper sculpture. Prizes total $50,000 in acquisitions and awards (including the major acquisitive award of $15,000).

When the gallery reopens to the public it will launch MPRG: Fifty, an exhibition that highlights the development and growth of its collection.

This year is the 50th anniversary of the first work acquired for MPRG’s collection by founding director Alan McCulloch. Over that time the collection has grown to include more than 1800 objects, including paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures.

A focus is the cultural heritage of the peninsula, which has been a haven and source of inspiration for such artists as Fred Williams, Albert Tucker and Arthur Boyd, since the 1850s.

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Shire’s new Funding Finder website A FREE online service has been launched to help individuals, businesses and community organisations to easily identify and access government funding, as well as philanthropic grant programs.

Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Funding Finder website includes a page dedicated to gathering the many COVID-19 funding opportunities into one place. This one-stop-shop approach aims to save time and effort on research.

Users can create favourites lists, receive direct email alerts from their areas of interest and keep abreast of all funding opportunities and deadlines.

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search to a specific location, industry or type of project.

“Now more than ever it’s important that individuals, businesses and organisations know what financial support is available to them and how to apply for it,” the mayor Cr Sam Hearn said.

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Quarantine station, where life was lived apart Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE Quarantine Station at Point Nepean played a vital role in keeping early Victorians well away from those carrying disease, with a period of intense activity to shield the colony from the Spanish Flu in 1919.

Twelve timber “influenza huts” were built to quarantine overseas arrivals in what remains – even during the scourge of COVID-19 – the world’s most deadly pandemic.

Topical as that scenario is today, there are no current plans to use it as an isolation station.

A visit to the Quarantine Station (when it reopens) will once again offer those interested in history an opportunity to see how new arrivals spent their first few weeks in their new country.

This community of hospitals, disinfecting complex, morgue, cemetery and other defunct buildings which opened in 1852 arose from the remains of a few houses left by lime burners who had vacated the area. The buildings formed an infectious disease centre which processed people and, later, livestock.

Far from nearby Portsea being the playground for the wealthy that it is today, the chosen site was a desolate, windy and unwelcoming stretch of land close to the entrance to Port Phillip.

The first buildings at Point Nepean were simple wooden structures. In the late 1850s a jetty and five two-storey hospital blocks were erected. In the 1860s a communal bathhouse was added, along with a washhouse to clean infected clothing.

A second building phase occurred in the late 19th century when the Quarantine Station began receiving animals as well as people. A jetty was built at Observatory Point to bring

them ashore from ships.

A school for residents’ children was built as well as a crematorium to burn the bodies of leprosy patients who were housed well away from the main Quarantine Station.

In 1901, with the proclamation of the Federation of Australia, quarantine came under Commonwealth control. New processing measures were devised, including the “foul luggage” receiving store, disinfection and boiler buildings, which became standard features of quarantine stations Australia-wide.

The large administration building erected in 1916 had a handsome façade and made an impressive addition to the station.

The Army was billeted during World War II, and the station became the officer cadet school between 1952 and 1985. A barracks, library and gymnasium were built in the 1960s.

The Quarantine Station was used by the School of Army Health from 1985 to 1998.

But it as not always not always been about disease o defence.

The Quarantine Station was used to house 400 Kosovar refugees from the Bosnian War, 1992-95. By the time it was considered safe for them to return home in June 1999, the Kosovars had enjoyed Australian hospitality, such as bilingual support, school and a weekly allowance. Families were taken to museums, zoos, festivals and special events.

In 2009 the Quarantine Station became part of the Point Nepean National Park. It is popular with visitors, providing a glimpse into what it was like to arrive in a country wary of any diseases you might be carrying.

With the closure of the state’s national parks and government rules on social distancing, the Quarantine Station and its artistin-residence program at Police Point have been declared off-limits until further notice.

Quite the opposite to the Quarantine Station’s earlier role.

UNLIKE today, the Quarantine Station at Point Nepean was once a grim place to disembark after a long sea journey. Now its buildings and their surrounds are a place to visit for pleasure.

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The Australian Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, wants Physiotherapists to keep working and servicing their clients to ensure those requiring treatment can continue their road to recovery. There are only 4 reasons to leave the home currently and looking after your health is one of those reasons. Practice Director Paul Rowson agrees and encourages his client’s not to put their health on hold.

“In this uncertain time, we need to ensure we are remembering to focus on ourselves and keep on top of our health and recovery. We only have one body and we need to look after it. If any of our clients are in pain, we are encouraging them to come and see us so we can assist,” Paul informs us.

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Disrespect disappointing It was most disappointing to read the disrespectful disparagement of David Lines and Mornington Peninsula Shire Council in a letter supporting the Peninsula Aero Club (“Planning minister should take over airfield planning” The News 14/4/20).

The letter disregarded the aero club president’s repeated calls for courtesy and restraint among the club’s members and supporters. As the president stated in this paper: “We can always disagree, but we should always be respectful” David Chalke, Tyabb

Break from reality Caring for our community, or a farewell to common sense? I’ve managed most days to walk 863 steps (0.43 of one kilometre), take a threeminute rest and then walk another 863 steps to my home.

It is a psychological break to enforced isolation. Alas, some bright spark in our Mornington Peninsula Council has had a brainwave. Resting is not allowed. Previously just me, alone. No more. Why? Cliff Ellen, Rye

Looking back Good grief, poor Marge D’Arcy has again copped a flogging from the born to rule mob (“MPs doing their best” Letters 15/4/20).

As usual, we got waffle, abuse and inaccuracies.

We could have been in lockdown a couple of days earlier but [Prime Minister Scott] Morrison decided to start it on the Monday, which meant the weekend was clear for his Hillsong mob to hold its convention and he was able to see his beloved Sharks play. And while he was telling all the kids they had to attend school, his brood was safe and sound at home witth private tutors.

Both Victorian and NSW premiers have been getting pats on the back because of their decisiveness, while Scomo has been getting a belt around the ears for his blunders. Who can ever forget his pathetic performance during the fire disasters.

By the way, where’s [Home Affairs Minister

Peter] Dutton? Probably letting more passengers off the Ruby Princess.

Much better to allow people infected with the virus on to Australian soil than refugees.

Michael O’Brien, the then treasurer in the Napthine state government, and now the leader of the state opposition, did a secret watertight deal with the construction companies on the eve of the election that ensured Victorian taxpayers were going to be hit with a billion dollar debt that [Premier] Dan Andrews could not get out of.

The only thing the born to rules can criticise [former prime minister Kevin] Rudd for is the pink batts during the GFC. They seem to forget the building of school halls as part of the stimulus package made Australia the envy of the world. Then treasurer Wayne Swan was recognised as the best treasurer in the world and the IMF awarded him a medal in recognition af that achievement.

John Cain, McCrae

Pause for Anzac Right now we are facing the most significant challenge and threat to our way of life since the World War II. The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live, and it will change how we observe one of our nation’s most sacred days this year — Anzac Day. There will be no marches, no parades and no gunfire breakfasts or games of two-up at your local RSL, but Anzac Day has not been cancelled and we will continue to pause this year to honour our servicemen and women.

Australians are at their best when we come together to support one another and while we cannot physically gather to commemorate the service and sacrifice of our defence personnel, we can show them our respect.

Whether it’s a solitary driveway tribute, baking Anzac biscuits, a small ceremony with your household, sharing a message for our service personnel, or watching the televised service from the Australian War Memorial on the morning of 25 April, I encourage everyone to pause, reflect and say a simple “thank you for your service”. Teach your children about the importance of the day and

MORNINGTON psychologist Louise Edgoose continues to find inspiration for her “quirky humour” in the COVID-19 emergency.

the service of the original Anzacs as well as the service of the almost two million Australians who have served over more than a century.

Think of those who are currently serving, both in Australia and abroad.

And reflect on the more than 102,000 who have died in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations whose names are inscribed on the walls of the Australian War Memorial.

Anzac Day is now more important than ever and we will remember them. Lest we forget.

Darren Chester, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel

Kangaroos contaminated Prime Minister Scott Morrison has criticised the World Health Organisation for supporting the reopening of China’s wet markets, one of which is widely considered to have been the source of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not just China that permits these vile places to exist: PETA Asia has just released footage of wet markets in Indonesia and Thailand showing blood and rotting flesh covering the floors and countertops, dogs lying dead with flies buzzing around them, and chickens and cats awaiting slaughter in cramped cages.

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But the PM is wrong to think that Australian industries do not pose a similar risk. Millions of kangaroos are shot every year for their flesh or skins. Many, including mothers carrying joeys in their pouches, are wounded but escape, only to suffer and die slowly. Incapacitated adults and orphaned joeys are decapitated or have their heads smashed in. Others are left in the field to die of starvation, predation, or exposure.

Kangaroos are often butchered in the field and transported on unrefrigerated open trucks. An investigation found that many of the carcases stored by the kangaroo-meat industry were contaminated by dangerous bacteria. Russia has banned kangaroo-meat imports several times because of pathogenic contamination.

A study by Belgian spatial epidemiologist Marius Gilbert found that Australia had generated more instances of historical “conversion events” (when a non-toxic avian flu strain suddenly becomes dangerous to humans) than China. It is becoming ever clearer that the exploitation of animals, anywhere, invites human disease.

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By Craig MacKenzie FRANKSTON council looks certain to approve a $1.43 million makeover of Monterey Reserve in next financial year’s budget.

This was one of the major capital works projects announced last week in a proposed annual budget posted on the council’s website and inviting community feedback.

It’s no secret that Monterey Reserve tenant Frankston Pines and council had been at loggerheads for some time over long-standing plans for a major makeover with the club strongly opposed to important aspects of the project.

For reasons the club could never understand the original plans had public toilets at the entrance to the new facility, a greatly reduced interior and no player race.

“The loss of space was a major issue for us,” club president Lee Davies said.

“Apart from the public toilet placement and the removal of the player race there was no entry point which could be policed on matchdays.

“The suitability of the facility to service the whole community not just Frankston Pines was important to us.

“We believed the club should be used more whether for school football, all abilities, darts and other groups which local residents are involved in but the design didn’t provide this option.”

Meetings were held between club and council but Pines’ attempts to alter the plans proved fruitless.

So the club elicited the help of north-west ward councillor Glenn Aitken who arranged a meeting late last year between Davies, Pines food and beverage manager Pat Duffy and relevant council staff.

“Glenn took charge of the meeting and basically the council said they would address our issues,” Davies added.

“They agreed that the new building wasn’t fit for purpose so they’d look at changes and a redesign.

“I spoke to council the other day and they said they were going ahead with what Glenn asked them to do and what we wanted.

“Everyone is aware that when the council addresses our concerns it may push the project back a little bit but

Monterey makeover: Frankston Pines’ clubrooms are to have a $1.43 million revamp approved by local council.

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there’s no specific timeframe as yet.

“The council was very positive about the whole thing in fact they’ve been great.”

Davies also said that council had been supportive when queried about rent relief given the impact of the corona virus pandemic.

“They’ve been very helpful and noone is chasing us for money,” he said.

“We seem to be getting on great with them for the first time in a long time.

“We deal with Fiona (Dalla-Rossa) and James (Madder) and they’ve been brilliant ever since we started to work together.”

The issue of rent relief has been of concern to all the local clubs and although council is yet to decide on a relief package the topic is definitely on its agenda.

Frankston mayor Sandra Mayer acknowledged that rent relief wasn’t specifically mentioned in last week’s proposed annual budget but assured clubs that they wouldn’t be left without assistance.

“That level of detail is not in there as we are still working through the relief package and it has not yet come to a council meeting for official endorsement. It is in the package though,” councillor Mayer said.

It’s understood that some clubs have been told that their tenancy will be charged on a pro rata basis and if the venue remains unused then no fees will be charged.

Skye United is one such club.

“I’ve got it in writing that if our season starts and it’s for only three months say then we’ll only pay three months of the normal six-month winter tenancy,” Skye United vice-president Stuart Lawrence said.

“We’re quite happy with that because we weren’t sure if we’d get anything.”

Meanwhile the contrast in managing the sport at state level between Football Victoria and Football Queensland could not be more stark.

In a statement released late last month FV cautioned clubs on refunding player fees and said its fees and charges to clubs would remain in place whereas its Queensland counterpart in the same month released an updated document entitled “Refund of Governing Body Fees Policy”.

That refund policy statement alerted clubs and players to FFA’s National Refund Policy and outlined the application process involved.

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In part it said “… the FQ Refund Policy was updated to provide clubs with greater clarity around the refund process for governing body fees, eligibility and payments, and to assist clubs in communicating the refund process to their members.”

Last week’s statement also gave a breakdown of how registration fees for junior and senior players are used.

Pines head coach Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor lamented the different approaches by the two state federations.

“The Queensland approach was to clearly outline and articulate why the fees are charged whereas here in Victoria I’d be surprised if many people genuinely know where the fees are going,” he said.

“I’m sure most people look at them and say ‘it’s just wages’.

“I have no idea why we are kept in the dark here.”

One club that seems set to ignore FV’s repayment advice is Peninsula Strikers juniors.

Strikers senior club vice-president Steve Schreck liaises between the senior and junior clubs and echoed Taylor’s sentiments when it came to FV’s handling of the current situation.

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“Pretty much our costs are fixed at junior level and I’ve told Rob Harrington (Peninsula juniors president) to give people their money back if they ask for it.”

Schreck also hit out at FV over a recent survey conducted by its competitions department.

“They surveyed NSL seniors and juniors and community clubs but rather than asking what we think they just wanted to know about ground availability.

“They’re not looking at the big picture and my fear is that if the season does get underway we won’t have even half of the players we had at the start of the year.”

FV’s survey was intended to give it a better handle on fixturing and how the season might look if and when it restarts.

The federation is looking into the possibility of extending the season into summer.

One of the positives to emerge from the survey was the spirit of cooperation between some clubs.

Pines have contacted both Skye United and Seaford United who are winter tenants at their respective venues and offered to come to a suitable arrangement for all three clubs to use Monterey Reserve if required.

“We just thought both these clubs will be in trouble once the cricket clubs move back in,” Pines gaffer Taylor said.

“I thought to myself ‘well Skye’s just down the road and we get on well with them’ and I also put in a call to Willie Lynn (Seaford president) the other night making him a similar offer.

“We’ve got the ground, we’ve got the lights and we can play seven days a week if need be.

“Rather than clubs having to fork out huge amounts of money to use alternative venues we can come up with something to assist them.

“These clubs are just around the corner, they’re good people and we’re more than happy to help out.

“I’ve got no doubts that if we were in their position they’d do the same for us.”

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tle filly she was one that we felt it might work with.

“She’s by Fiorente and out of a Pins mare so her pedigree also gave us some confidence that we’d be able to achieve it.”

Noonan said there were also numerous factors that decided whether they went ahead with the plan.

“She didn’t have a very hard run [on the Wednesday] so that then gave us some confidence that she might have been in a position to be able to back up but there was a number of parameters that needed to be ticked off,” he said.

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us to go ahead with the plan.”

With Florent’s main target ticked off, she’ll now potentially progress towards a black-type race in Adelaide.

“She may go to Adelaide for a Fillies and Mares Group Two race over 1600m, and she’ll probably be nominated for the Oaks over there which is in a fortnight time over 2000m but I would think that’s unlikely,” Noonan said. “She’ll probably have two more runs here as well before she goes for a break.”

Florent was purchased for $22,000 as a yearling from the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale and has now raced 10 times for two wins and three placings, with prizemoney of $284,905.

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By Ben Triandafillou MORNINGTON-based racehorse trainer Tony Noonan has landed a blowout result at Caulfield on Saturday 18 April as his tough filly Florent took out The VOBIS Sires Guineas on the three-day back-up.

Having finished fifth over 1400m at Geelong on Wednesday 15 April, the three-yearold daughter of Fiorente stepped out once again over the mile in the Guineas at the odds of $51 before executing Noonan’s long-range plan to perfection.

The tough filly had been luckless at her first two starts this prep before landing the dream run in transit on Saturday with the aid of a nice barrier – something she hadn’t received at her two previous runs.

Florent, ridden by Noonan’s son Jake, still had to be good enough to make it count and certainly didn’t disappoint to hold half-of-a-length margin over the rest of the field.

Trainer Tony Noonan said it took a certain type of horse to be able to back-up after racing three days prior.

“You couldn’t do that with many horses,” Noonan said.

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