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Boxer stays focused for Tokyo 2021 CAITLIN Parker has spent more than half her life as a boxer. Now 24, she had her first major fight at 13, and already had two years’ experience in the ring. With her eyes now set firmly on the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, Parker is making sure her preparartuons will not be affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Legal help for keeping roofs over heads Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au PENINSULA Community Legal Centre has been working to address urgent housing and homelessness challenges during the COVID-19 lockdown.

CEO Jackie Galloway said Homelessness Week (2-8 August) highlighted that “everyone needs safe accommodation, including those sleeping rough, living in overcrowded conditions, such as rooming houses, or otherwise needing to self-isolate but with-

out means to do so”.

A specialist tenancy team from the centre, which has branches at Rosebud, Frankston and Cranbourne, has been helping people maintain their tenancies during the pandemic so they do not end up on the street.

“We’ve been fielding a large number of inquiries from tenants about their rights under the COVID-19 emergency laws,” Ms Galloway said. “This is not surprising, given that a third of Victorians rent and so many people have lost their jobs.”

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acknowledge that many people are in financial distress and make it illegal to evict them as a result of hardship due to COVID-19, Ms Galloway said. A scheme is in place enabling tenants to negotiate rent reductions until the end of September.

The centre has joined other organisations across Victoria calling for the emergency laws to be extended.

Tenancy team head Sokha Um said: “Sometimes tenants have asked for a rent reduction but have been refused.

Other tenants struggling to pay their rent have been threatened by landlords

with having their names added to a database or ‘blacklist’, which is not allowed during the emergency period.”

The centre has also seen a spike in numbers rough sleeping and needing emergency food assistance. Staff have been delivering care packages to rooming houses and advising people on the street about legal assistance.

The Street Law Coffee Van has been visiting the SPLaSh laundry and showers on Rosebud foreshore and the food distribution point at Dromana community house. Over a free cup of coffee, people can receive legal advice from

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“The Street Law van and the hot barista coffee are a welcome sight for people sleeping rough on the foreshore, especially during the colder months,” Ms Galloway said.

Anyone needing free legal advice on tenancy or other general legal issues or wanting to know the Street Law Coffee van schedule, can call the Peninsula Community Legal Centre, 9783 3600.

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Six-month reprieve for Centrelink Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council has welcomed the six-month extension given to the operation of the Mornington Centrelink office, but wants the arrangement to be permanent.

The mayor Cr Sam Hearn said news the Centrelink/Medicare service centre in Main Street would remain open until March next year would “come as a relief to the many local residents who use the service”.

“This is a crucial support for our community and to close it in the middle of a pandemic would have been disastrous,” Cr Hearn said.

“Having that extra six months will ease concerns about the inadequacy of the new agency service that has been set up to replace the centre.”

Dunkley Labor MP Peta Murphy said the federal government’s decision to close the Mornington Centrelink office run by 16 staff and replace it with a single desk staffed for 15 hours a week at the Mornington Post Office was “ludicrous”.

“Before the recession and pandemic, over 800 people visited Mornington services centre every week,” she said.

“The fight to protect Mornington Centrelink and Medicare is far from over. Together we will support each other to get through the current cri-

sis and then refocus to ensure that this community gets the service it deserves.”

Flinders MP Greg Hunt said he was pleased that Services Australia was keeping the service centre open “to support locals through COVID-19”.

“Many Australians are doing it tough right now, and locals on the Mornington Peninsula are no different,” Mr Hunt said.

“I know that so many families are deeply distressed by the return to stage three restrictions and for those that need assistance, the service centre will be there to support them through this pandemic.”

Cr Hearn said the peninsula had suffered one of the heaviest hits to

employment in the state due to the coronavirus pandemic, with close to 6000 job losses, a 21 per cent fall in gross regional product (compared with 6.9 per cent for Australia) and an 11 per cent drop in employment opportunities.

“We fear the economic and social impacts of this period will go well beyond March,” he said.

“We will continue to advocate for Services Australia to permanently reinstate the Mornington Centrelink office.”

The Frankston, Rosebud and Hastings service centres remain open.

The Mornington service centre is open 8.30am-4.30pm Monday to Friday.

WITH job losses predicted to continue during the spiralling coronavirus pandemic, demands on Mornington Centrelink are only expected to increase. The latest restrictions on travel would also make it difficult to access Centrelink offices at Rosebud, Hastings or Frankston.

Peninsula ‘winning’ against COVID-19 Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au THE 89 cases (17 active) of COVID-19 now recorded in the municipality by Monday (3 August), came three days after Mornington Peninsula Shire issued a statement that the peninsula was “winning the battle” against the coronavirus.

“Now that we’re at the half-way point of the current six-week lockdown, we can see how the responsible actions of local residents are paying off,” the mayor Cr Sam Hearn said.

The statement was made two days before the state government declared a state of disaster and stage four restrictions for six weeks from 6pm Sunday (2 August), including an 8pm-5am curfew.

The new restrictions, scheduled to end Sunday 13 September, include exercising (one hour a day) and shopping (one person a household) only within five kilometres of where you live, if practicable.

The Premier Daniel Andrews said Sunday was “by far the hardest day – and the hardest decision” he had experienced during his six years leading the state.

He said the latest actions being taken to stop the spread of COVID-19 would be “imperfect … [with] more questions than answers”, but asked Victorians to “please be calm, please be kind, please be patient”.

Cases of COVID-19 cases released by the Department of Health and Human Services linked to postcodes, show Mornington, with 12 confirmed (3 active) as the highest on the peninsula, followed by Mount Martha 10 (2 active) and Mount Eliza 9 (2 active).

Other postcodes that have had COVID-19 cases on the peninsula are: Sorrento 7 (1 active); Flinders 7 (0 active); Portsea 5 (0 active); Boneo, Cape Schanck, Fingal, Rosebud 5 (0 active); Rosebud West 3 (2 active); Pearcedale, Somerville 5 (0 active); Blairgowrie 4 (0 active); Somers 4 (0 active); Arthurs Seat, Dromana, Safety Beach 3 (1 active); HMAS Cerberus 3 (1 active); Crib Point 2 (2 active); Bittern 2 (0 active); Baxter, Langwarrin South 2 (0 active); Moorooduc 2 (0 active); Main Ridge 1 (1 active); Hastings, Tuerong 1 (0 active); Tyabb 1 (0 active); Rye, St Andrews, Tootgarook 1 (0 active).

Postcodes without any recorded cases cover: Balnarring, Balnarring Beach, Merricks North, Merricks Beach; Red Hill, Red Hill South; Merricks, Point Leo, Shoreham and McCrae.

The reported cases indicate the area of residence, not where people were infected.

Cr Hearn said the peninsula had fewer cases than several other non-metropolitan municipalities “and has not seen the spike in cases we’re seeing in the metropolitan region and Geelong”.

He urged residents to continue to look after each other and support “local businesses who are having an incredibly tough time under the current restrictions”.

“The shire has led the way by providing rent relief to all of our commercial tenants for at least six months. I would really encourage other local landlords to look at what they can do to support our local business community. Having businesses fail due to a temporary inability to pay rent benefits no-one,” Cr Hearn said.

“These are tough times and it’s only natural to feel a sense of despondency, but the reality is we are doing really well and I hope the community can take heart from that.”

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Caring for our community during Coronavirus

Getting through this together You must wear a face mask when in public.

Keep 1.5 metres away from anyone you don’t live with.

Wash your hands – cough and sneeze into your elbow.

Stay home when unwell – if you have symptoms, get tested.

If you can work from home, you should work from home. mornpen.vic.gov.au/coronavirus For the latest Shire updates please visit: Crib Point gas pipeline project open for submissions Mornington Peninsula Shire is urging all residents to have their say on a proposal for a new gas facility and underground pipeline at Crib Point.

Due to the potential for serious impacts on the internationally significant Western Port Ramsar site, listed migratory species, listed threatened species and ecological communities, an Environmental Effects Statement (EES) has been prepared. The EES is now on public exhibition until 26 August.

Council does not have any decision-making powers with respect to this project; that rests with the state and federal governments.

For more information on the project and on how to make a submission visit: gasimportprojectvictoria.com.au engage.vic.gov.au/crib-point-IAC

Call-out for councillor nominations Council elections will be held on 24 October.

Nominations for candidates open 17 September and must be lodged in person with the Election Manager appointed by the Victorian Election Commission by 12pm 22 September.

If you are passionate about what happens in your local community, becoming a Councillor is an exciting opportunity to make a positive difference and to represent the interests of your community.

Councillors are responsible for setting strategic direction, priorities and policies; engaging with constituents on their values and needs; debating community issues and monitoring performance.

Candidates must complete mandatory training, be an Australian citizen and be enrolled to vote in the Mornington Peninsula Shire. Candidate information sessions are being held on: Saturday 8 August, 1pm to 2.30pm Monday 10 August, 6pm to 7.30pm

It’s the Yawa Aquatic Centre!

After receiving a staggering 5,000 community votes for the name of our new aquatic centre in Rosebud, councillors have considered the results and decided the official name will be Yawa Aquatic Centre. Yawa is the local indigenous word for ‘swim’ or ‘to swim’.

Council would like to thank the community for being part of the naming process, firstly by suggesting names at the beginning of the year and more recently by voting on a favourite name from a shortlist of five. mornpen.vic.gov.au/yawa

Contact us: 5950 1000 or 1300 850 600 mornpen.vic.gov.au mornpenshire

For more information: mornpen.vic.gov.au/councilelections

Messages from our councillors

Your Councillors (L–R) Seawinds Crs Simon Brooks, Antonella Celi, Frank Martin Briars Crs Rosie Clark, Bev Colomb, Mayor Cr Sam Hearn Nepean Crs Hugh Fraser, Bryan Payne Shire support for our community The Shire is continuing to support our community during the pandemic, with more than 2,300 care packages delivered to those in need. Our Community Support and Information Centres continue to provide emergency relief as well.

Our proposed 2020/21 budget allocates funding to the local music and arts industries to support their recovery; a SupportLocal campaign aims to promote local businesses; and Council is advocating for funding for shovel-ready projects that will stimulate economic growth. community.care@mornpen.vic.gov.au

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Cerberus Cr Kate Roper Watson Cr Julie Morris Red Hill Cr David Gill

Discover our libraries and gallery online While we are staying at home and the doors to our libraries may be closed, online is a hive of activity with more than 5,000 free resources on the new social hub: art and craft, courses to learn new skills, e-books, movies, kids’ activities and more.

Also visit our new arts and culture website where we hope to inspire, connect, educate, entertain and give creative fulfilment to our community in these hard times. artsandculture.mornpen.vic.gov.au ourlibrary.mornpen.vic.gov.au

Inclusion in metro Melbourne Council is asking residents to have your say on the Mornington Peninsula’s inclusion in metropolitan Melbourne. The Shire is strongly advocating to the state government to assist us to prevent high levels of visitation from metropolitan Melbourne to our region during the COVID-19 restrictions, and to investigate being reclassified as a regional local government area. There are many policy and funding implications of this that need to be considered and discussed and we welcome your feedback. mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay

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Hotel and conferences Shire online for planned for Flinders gas ‘explanation’ Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au THE Flinders Cove Motor Inn at Flinders may be demolished to make way for a residential hotel, conference centre and restaurant.

Retirement village pioneer Zig Inge is behind the planned $14.5 million two-storey proposal on residential land in Cook Street opposite his 1889 Flinders hotel.

The project, if given the go ahead, could compete with existing conference venues attached to golf course and residential developments at Fingal (Peppers Moonah Links), Red Hill (Lancemore Lindenderry) and Cape Schanck (RACV).

The neighbouring Wood Street corner is another of Mr Inge’s landholdings bought in 2015, when it was slated to become a service station/ convenience store. It currently houses a surf and skate business.

The six-month public exhibition of the plans has ended, and the plans have been removed from the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council website.

The proposal has yet to go before council for approval.

The proposed conference centre is said to be a frequent topic of conversation in the shopping centre. “Just hang around the general store or post office long enough and you’ll hear people talking about it,” one local said.

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Big plans: The site of the proposed Flinders Cove Motor Inn redevelopment in Cook Street, Flinders. Picture: Supplied

“It will dwarf anything previously built in Flinders.”

Flinders Community Association president Jo Monie said the development as outlined “would meet the requirements of Design and Development Overlay 2 (DD02) which covers most of Flinders village”.

“The building bulk will be significant along the Wood Street frontage, but roughly the same height as that of the existing motel and within the height limits of DDO2 which covers this part of the Residential 1 zone,” she said.

Ms Monie said the planned 47 car

spaces was inadequate and there “should be at least 70” without the Flinders hotel car park being used for overflow.

Her other concerns are insufficient building setback along the northern side and the siting of heating and airconditioning units.

“Flinders is changing and there will always be new developments proposed, but we would like it on a smaller scale,” Ms Monie said.

“Our objections have gone in and I’d imagine there will be some sort of mediation.”

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire will go online next month to explain its position regarding AGL’s proposed floating gas terminal at Crib Point.

Although the shire does not have any power to approve or reject the plan it will be making a submission on the environmental effects statement prepared by AGL and now pen for public comment.

The final decision on the plan to process imported liquified natural gas at Crib Point before being piped to Pakenham will be made by the state and federal governments.

A news release issued by the shire last week stated that the project posed “potential environmental, economic and social impacts, including on the protected Western Port Ramsar site, listed migratory [bird] species, listed threatened species and ecological communities”.

On 21 July 21 the mayor Cr Sam Hearn wrote to Planning Minister Richard Wynne asking him to suspend the exhibition of the EES until after the easing of COVID-19 public health restrictions or “at the very least” extend the submission time by four weeks.

The shire’s latest statement said Mr Wynne “has yet to respond to this request” (“Calls to postpone debate over

gas plan” The News 21/7/20).

However, Mr Wynne has already added 10 days to the scheduled exhibition of AGL’s EES. During the Wednesday 19 August online community information session shire officers will outline the position adopted two nights previously by the council’s Planning Services Committee.

The Gas Import Jetty and Pipeline Project proposed by AGL and APA Group to provide natural gas to south eastern Australia includes: n Permanently mooring a floating storage and regasification unit at the Crib Point jetty, which will convert imported liquid natural gas (LNG) into gas. n Constructing a new above ground receiving facility on land next to the jetty. n Laying a 57-kilometre long pipeline to take the gas from Crib Point to Pakenham.

More than 120 residents tuned into the shire’s first online information session on July 16, with hundreds more submitting questions.

To “attend” the second information session will be held 5-6pm Wednesday 19 August 2020, 5–6pm go to: bit. ly/2E45Fml For more details on the project and on how to make a submission visit: engage.vic.gov.au/crib-point-IAC

Strategy to lift food output A FOOD economy and agroecology strategy is designed to help shape the Mornington Peninsula’s agriculture and food industry.

Mornington Peninsula Shire Council is researching and consulting on the strategy to support growth in the agriculture and food industry and build resilience to climate change through sustainable farming.

The project will examine the peninsula’s agriculture, food and beverage industries at an economic, social and environmental level. It will consider the impact of recent drawbacks, such as the bushfires and COVID-19, on the industry.

The mayor Cr Sam Hearn said the sector, worth about $1.3 billion, was a key contributor to the peninsula’s economy.

“We’re now in the community consultation phase of the project and I encourage primary producers, green wedge landholders, industry representatives, food manufacturers and distributors to contribute and provide your knowledge and expertise to help shape the strategy,” he said.

The first round of community consultation closes Friday 21 August.

Those involved in the industry are urged to complete short surveys at mornpen.vic.gov.au/ agrofood Hard copy forms are available by calling 1300 850 600.

Details: visit mornpen.vic.gov.au/agrofood or email agrofood@mornpen.vic.gov.au

Men’s sheds money MEN’S sheds at Safety Beach/Dromana and Western Port will share $10,686 for exercise equipment and health and wellbeing seminars.

Flinders MP Greg Hunt said: “Now, more than ever, sheds offer men a critical avenue for social support and engagement. To stay healthy, we need to do regular activities with the people around us.

“Our men’s sheds have become a focal point for the peninsula community and will play a vital role as we emerge from COVID-19 restrictions.”

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Charges follow crime online A MAN has been charged with intentionally causing serious injury after a woman viewed an alleged assault on social media and reported it to police, 6.40pm, Monday 27 July.

Although not confirmed by police, the incident at Hastings reportedly showed a man using a meat cleaver to cut another man’s hair while the victim was bound to a chair with gaffer tape.

The 37-year-old victim, of Frankston, who detectives were trying to locate late last week, is believed to have received a “significant” wound to his head.

Detective Senior Sergeant Miro Majstorovic, of Somerville CIU, said a 27-year-old Hastings man had been charged with intentionally causing serious injury – which he said would be heard at the County Court – and assault with a weapon. Other charges being considered may include detaining a person against their will.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at court at a later date.

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A MOTORCYCLIST died and a woman riding pillion on another bike was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries after a crash at Mount Martha, Saturday 1 August.

The man was riding with a second motorcycle along The Esplanade, near the intersection of Burdoo Way, about 1pm. He lost control on a bend, crashing his bike, and died at the

scene. The second motorcycle struck the fallen bike and lost control. The male rider was taken to hospital with minor injuries and the pillion passenger airlifted to hospital.

Nelson saved EXCITED puppy Nelson was none the worse for wear after a potentially disastrous cliff plunge at Birdrock beach, Mount Martha, last week.

The Australian terrier tumbled while running and fell 15 metres down the cliff while being exercised

by owner Medha Murtagh on Saturday evening, 25 July.

She said later on social media: “We were walking along Craigie Road when I tripped and fell and Nelson ran across Craigie Road and the Esplanade and then [fell] over the cliff.

“I was beside myself. Thank you to everybody who stopped and helped and to our extraordinary emergency services. We live in a spectacular community and we could not be more grateful.”

About 25 CFA members from Mount Martha, Mornington and Dromana assisted the Dandenong high angle rescue crew abseil down to Nelson and rescue the seven-month-old in a two-and-a-half hour operation.

Road across Frankston-Dandenong Road, 12.30pm, Wednesday 29 July.

The 64-year-old told police he “wanted to get through the intersection quickly as the lights were changing”.

His car was impounded for a month with a $1390 release fee and he will be summonsed to appear at court for excessive speed.

In safe hands: An excited Nelson is comforted by owner Medha Murtagh below, and, below left, a member of the Dandenong high angle rescue crew abseils down the Mount Martha cliff. Pictures: Supplied

Making the break

Vacuum, phone go A DYSON vacuum cleaner, cash, and a Samsung S10 mobile phone with a total value of $1400 were stolen from a house at Capel Sound, overnight 20 June.

Detectives from Somerville CIU said the offenders cut the fly wire off a screen door to access the house in Flamingo Road.

DESPITE warnings to stay at home, white and fluffy offenders Ginger and Izzy made a dash from their home at Rye before coming to the attention of police tasked with quarantine enforcement.

Izzy was quickly apprehended, but co-offender Ginger proved to be more elusive and made a run for it before being collared. The pair went home in the back of a divvy van.

With neither party providing a satisfactory reason for being out, and not wearing masks, things were looking grim.

However, after taking into account their unblemished records, leniency prevailed. The West Highland terriers were sentenced to a bath and a sevenday suspension of treats.

Lights fine TRYING to beat the lights proved costly for a Sandhurst man last week.

Somerville Highway Patrol police clocked the man driving at 110kph from Wedge Road into Boundary

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Yawa ‘milestone’ for aquatic centre Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au AFTER months of indecision and appeals for public suggestions, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council was last week “thrilled” to announce it had decided on Yawa as the name of the $50 million aquatic centre being built at Rosebud.

Describing it as “our milestone aquatic centre” the shire issued a news release saying the decision to call it the Yawa Aquatic centre was made after councillors took account of a community vote on five shortlisted names (“Yawa tops public pool poll” The News 28/7/20).

The statement issued after the council’s Tuesday 28 July meeting made no reference to councillors in May rejecting another short list which contained only Indigenous names.

That list too was made after prolonged public consultation but was released for a non-binding public vote - with the adoption of a motion moved

by Cr Antonella Celi - with the addition of “Rosebud” and “Tides”.

That decision was made on National Sorry Day (Tuesday 26 May) and on the eve of National Reconciliation Week (“Shire’s ‘ugly’ Sorry Day decision” The News 1/6/20).

Cr Celi was quoted in last week’s shire announcement as being “very excited that we now go forward and celebrate with an official name”.

Cr David Gill has estimated that the delays in adopting a name have cost the shire $200,000 in officers’ time and consultants’ fees.

The mayor Cr Sam Hearn said the

naming process for the centre had seen a “huge amount” of community involvement “with many creative and inspiring suggestions put forward by a wide range of community members”.

“It’s been encouraging to see so many people sharing the excitement of this new facility and sharing their ideas for a name,” he said.

“A significant number of the community suggestions were for Indigenous names. I’m delighted we can announce Yawa Aquatic Centre as the official name.”

The shire’s news release says Yawa is the local Indigenous word for “swim”, or “to swim”.

“It is a simple and unique name which represents the purpose of the

facility. Yawa is implicitly local and draws on a language which reflects over 40,000 years of history.

“Yawa Aquatic Centre creates an opportunity to tell the story of our past and start a conversation about Indigenous language and culture for our future. This official name will create a connection with the peninsula community through place and environment with an approachable, welcoming and positive feel.”

The shire’s statement added that all Aboriginal names in the final shortlist were endorsed by the Bunurong/Boon Wurrung Traditional Owners and said other aquatic centre “milestones” could be seen at mornpen.vic.gov.au/ yawa.

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Pedalling a petition for shared path MORE than 1700 people have signed an electronic petition supporting the building of a community cycling and walking path from Moorooduc station to Mornington.

The proposed path is one of the 11 socalled “missing links” in the Bay Trail given priority status by Mornington Peninsula Shire as part of the overall objective of completing the trail.

The Mornington Community Safelink Link Group’s Graeme Rocke said he had been working with peninsula state and federal MPs in a bid for government money for the path to “kick start the economy in a postCOVID-19 environment”.

The group is aligning itself with Mornington Railway Preservation Society in a shared vision for a path linking recreational hubs between Baxter and Mornington, and a Mount Eliza regional “hub” for a range of exercise and relaxation activities.

Completion of the “missing links” will create an integrated and continuous trail allowing users to take longer uninterrupted journeys; allow increased use of the Mornington Peninsula’s trail network – especially by females and young people and, says Mr Rocke, save on up to $5.6 million in health costs due to increased levels of walking and cycling.

“Use of the completed trail will reduce traffic congestion, road repair costs and vehicle running costs, and increase social connection and cognitive health for our residents and visitors,” he said.

“It will strengthen the peninsula’s brand as a premier walking and cycling destination, and provide economic output of $11.3 million each year. It is also expected to create 35 new jobs.”

Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au CAITLIN Parker is still chuckling at the memory of her first fight.

The Safety Beach boxer, who’s been chosen to represent Australia at the now-2021 Tokyo Olympics, was aged 13 with two years’ ring experience when she fronted up to a 25-year-old opponent in a bout in Western Australia.

“I was always big for my age, but it must have been a shock for her to see how young I was,” she says, laughing. “I think I stopped growing at 13.”

Although there was no “winner” in that exhibition bout, Parker felt right at home and took to the sport with gusto.

She was no stranger to combat sports. “I’d already been right into taekwondo and earned a black belt and was eager to try something new,” she said. “I saw boxing as an interesting challenge and was eager to prove myself against the boys. I’m a very competitive person and train as hard as I can.”

The hard work has proven rewarding. Parker, 24, fights in the 69-75kg female middleweight class and has been on the Australian team since she was 15.

Coach Marcos Amado, of Peninsula Boxing, Mornington, is full of praise for his charge who he says is only the third Australian female boxer ever to qualify for an Olympic Games.

Parker has won seven Australian championships as well as winning a Bronze Medal in the 2011 Junior World Championships in Turkey; a Silver Medal in the 2014 Youth World Championships in Bulgaria; a Bronze medal in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China, and a Silver medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

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Ringside: Olympic hopeful Caitlin Parker, of Safety Beach, trains at the Peninsula Boxing gym. Picture: Yanni

ships at Amman, Jordan.

“Her successes have made her the highest internationally ranked female amateur boxer in Australia,” Amado said.

Winning is not something the pair takes for granted. Parker and Amado train twice daily, often outdoors, after setting their Olympic goals

back 12 months while they wait for the pandemic to pass.

“I love what I do and I am so thankful that I have a good coach,” Parker said.

The compliment is reciprocated by Amado who says Parker is “the best at what she does”.

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NEWS DESK

Online advice for business

Celeste Deliyiannis (left) and Emily Westmoreland are planning a new annual publishing venture for the Mornington Peninsula. Picture: Supplied

Journal to reflect nature of peninsula

WEBINARS to help businesses rebuild and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic will cover topics, including commercialising new business ideas, finance fundamentals, taking businesses online, marketing and building business resilience.

Mornington Peninsula Shire is promoting the free webinars which run online on Tuesdays throughout August.

Finance Fundamentals, 6-8pm, 4 August, will show how to identify cash flow drivers and how to direct cash into the business areas needing it most.

Taking Your Business Online, 6-8pm, 11 August, will show how to gain an understanding of online advertising, search engines, websites, blogs and social media through practical exercises and real-life examples. Learn how to bring them all together into an effective online strategy that matches a business’s objectives.

Marketing Your Business, 6-8pm, 18 August, will show how to make a business stand out from the crowd in an interactive two-hour workshop with advice on building a marketing strategy from the ground up.

Building resilience, 6-9.30pm, 25 August, will show how to put in place a practical plan in the event of a business crisis or threat, which is especially relevant in these challenging times.

Details: visit: mpbusiness.com.au/event

THE search is on for writers and photographers to express their “sense of place” relating to the Mornington Peninsula.

Celeste Deliyiannis and Emily Westmoreland are planning to publish their annual PENinsula “literary journal” in October with a focus on nature.

Its contents will include photographs “short fiction, nature writing and personal essays to showcase the secretly creative community and stunning wild landscape of the peninsula”.

Deliyiannis and Westmoreland say they want their journal to “motivate and sustain” members of the peninsula’s creative community “during a time when they’re cut off from the Melbourne CBD’s artistic culture due to COVID-19”. “[It will be] a way to encourage locals to look introspectively, take time to appreciate their home and community, and to share that gratitude and positivity with one another — a necessary task for morale in bleak times,” Deliyiannis said.

“We’re blessed with an imaginative, almost fairytale-like landscape down here, and there’s many stories hidden in it.

For many of us, where we live is a huge part of our identity and I’m excited to see what we’ll uncover as a community by ruminating on that idea together for a little while.”

Westmoreland recalls living London and missing the foreshore. “I wanted to immerse myself in the bay the way you can dive into a good book. Which is what we’re hoping to capture in PENinsula. A little slice of the peninsula you can dip into, pages that evoke a sense of place.

“It can be disheartening as a young writer from the peninsula feeling like you have to travel into the city to have your voice have relevance. But the peninsula has such a lot to offer, and I don’t just mean in terms of landscape.

“We want PENinsula to be a thing of beauty, something to do justice to the beauty we’re surrounded by every single day here on the ppeninsula.”

Submissions of writing for PENinsula close midnight 31 July, with photography submissions opening in August.

Email: morningtonpeninsulajournal@gmail.com or call 0402 643 352.

Keith Platt

Not ‘health expert’ THE article “Close peninsula call to stop virus spread” (The News 22/7/20) identified Somers resident Sue King as a health expert and virologist. Ms King says she is not a health expert: “I am a qualified virologist, that is a research person, not a health expert but a qualified laboratory virologist.”

Ms King says she has sought verification of the opinions she expressed in the article from Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton and Australia’s acting chief medical officer Paul Kelly.

Have your say Governance Rules Mornington Peninsula Shire has developed new Governance Rules, in line with the new Local Government Act 2020.

The draft Governance Rules address the following: • Conduct of meetings • Delegated Committee decision making • Council decisions • Conflict of interest disclosure • Election Period • Any other matters prescribed • Mayoral elections, including by the Regulations (yet to be length of term and appointment released). of Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor You’re invited to have your say on the proposed Governance Rules.

How to have your say Community consultation opens Wednesday 29 July and closes 5pm Wednesday 12 August 2020.

Email your submission with the subject line ‘’Governance Rules’ to: haveyoursay@mornpen.vic.gov.au

Online To view the Governance Rules and to provide your thoughts visit: mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay

Post Attention:Amanda Sapolu Re: Governance Rules, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Private Bag 1000, Rosebud, Victoria, 3939

Hard copy forms are available upon request by phoning 1300 850 600

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AGL Crib Point Gas Project Information Session The AGL Crib Point Gas Import Jetty & Pipeline Project is proposed to increase the supply of natural gas to southeastern Australia. However there are potential impacts on the protected Western Port Ramsar site, listed migratory species, listed threatened species and ecological communities.

The State Government has now put an Environmental Effects Statement on public exhibition until August 26 and we’re encouraging all residents to have their say on this proposal.

For more information visit: engage.vic.gov.au/crib-point-IAC Council will adopt a position on the proposal at its August 17 planning meeting.

A free online community information session will then be held to outline Council’s position and provide advice on how to make a submission.

Community information session: Wednesday 19 August 2020, 5–6pm Go to the below link and follow the instructions. bit.ly/2E45Fml

LETTERS

Letters - 300 words maximum and including full name, address and contact number - can be sent to The News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or emailed to: team@mpnews.com.au

Unity needed to defeat virus There has been a lot of blame gaming over the pandemic response from people across the political spectrum. Yes, there have been mistakes, both at a federal and state government level, but also at a personal level too.

We’re human, we’re fallible and we’re facing an unparalleled challenge.

However, what we have to do now is pull together as a community. We have an enormous task ahead of us to not only defeat this virus, but also to capitalise on the opportunities to build back better.

It’s time to stop slinging mud and roll up our collective sleeves, we’ve got a job to do.

Sarah Race, Tootgarook

Solace in garden The lack of compassion and support shown by some letter writers, added to that of the media reports of the behaviour of some folk, saddens me.

We are at war – civil war, where every family member, friend, neighbour and even stranger, is an unintended enemy. Our frontline medical personnel are working around the clock to come to terms with this global pandemic, as are our leaders.

Our economy will take decades to recover, many families and businesses may not. Some have prematurely lost loved parents and grandparents.

Yet I also read that some believe that their civil liberties have been infringed when asked to take a harmless test and then to wait in isolation for the results, or to wear a mask to protect themselves and others from this virus. Some seem to know more about this disease than the scientists and researchers across the world. working frantically to understand it and to create a vaccine.

I was saddened, and then I wandered around my garden and I saw the new growth on several shrubs and plants and I realised that there is always hope. I was encouraged again.

Ken Norris, McCrae

Who is responsible?

An interesting comment last week by a regular contributor to the Letters page expressing total confidence in Victorian Premier Dan Andrews’ handling of Victoria’s COVID-19 crisis, while simultaneously taking aim at the federal and state Liberal leaders. What a surprise. I’m sure the Premier would be really pleased to receive any support he can muster right now.

At the risk of again being labelled as one of that “born to rule mob”, I would put forward an alternative, and I think a widely held point of view: I don’t believe any fair-minded person would believe any one person, or indeed any particular party is wholly responsible for the present disaster that has befallen us. However, had certain (avoidable) events not taken place then, just perhaps, we might have avoided, or at least lessened, the effects of this crisis.

Had the high density [housing] tower lockdown been conducted with the support of the military, as was offered by the Commonwealth, then the leakage may not have occurred. Had the Premier been more assertive with the Black Lives Matter protesters, instead of uttering a

luke-warm warning, then perhaps we would not be in stage three right now.

The fact that neither the Premier, nor any of the Cabinet, will take responsibility for these errors of judgement does not sit well with the electorate, regardless of political colour.

The judicial inquiry will hopefully shine a bright light on those responsible and those who elected to avoid accountability.

Neville Congress, Rosebud

Mask amnesty Not everyone can wear a face mask, for all sorts of reasons, health and otherwise.

Maybe there could be a particular day, or even time of day, for an amnesty to be given for people to go to the shops without a mask.

As a pensioner with very bad lung problems I would be so pleased if they could just show a little mercy about this compulsory mask wearing.

I simply could not afford the fine and, apart from that, I am not strong enough to cope with the ridicule because I was not wearing a mask.

Fay Roth, Carrum Downs

Chorus of complaint Last week’s Letters page was brimming with indignation by a chorus of knitting grannies demanding the head of our premier [Daniel Andrews]. Yes, admittedly Dan and his people stuffed up with the hotel debacle, but it was conveniently forgotten that NSW and Tasmania have had their own oops moments. And Dan has only used the tools of the free market as many of the complainants, I’m sure, would on the whole approve of.

The sad fact is that private security, nursing homes, labour hire companies for meat works and many other occupations will always lead to a inferior outcome for the worker or the service.

I hope the said wingers are not refugees from plague-ridden Melbourne, on a little quarantine break? We don’t want you.

Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach

Victoria behind Don’t let the truth stand in the way of a good old biased rant (“Princess came first” Letters 28/7/20).

Firstly, the Ruby Princess: NSW Health approved the docking of the ship on the basis of some incorrrect/misleading data provided by the ship. No politicians involved.

Security firms: As the firms were “reputable” the Premier or his ministers were absolved of all responsibility to supervise the performance of the “reputable” companies.

By any of the statistics on all aspects of the pandemic, Victoria is by a long way behind all the other states whether they be run by Labor or Liberal governments.

It’s one thing to have blind faith, but that does absolve anyone from dealing with this terrible situation objectively.

Robert J Hampson, Sorrento

Await findings It was claimed “[Victorian Premier] Dan

Andrews hired reputable security firms to do the job, he had no control over the people the company hired” (“Princess came first” Letters 28/7/20). This really highlights the problem.

In contrast, the NSW government hired security guards who were supervised on the job by police and ADF personnel. The NSW government also ensured that each and every one of them had adequate PPE. I suggest the author of the letter wait now on the findings of the judicial enquiry on 25 September before making any further ill informed comments.

Bill Holmes, Sorrento

On the record I note the publication of yet another letter

by John Cain (“Princess came first” Letters 28/7/20). An edition of The News is rarely published without a letter from him extolling the so-called virtues of the current state government and our bungling Premier [Daniel Andrews].

Perhaps he would like to look at their record even before all the mistakes they have made during the current crisis.

The east-west debacle that was to cost the taxpayers nothing and cost us more than $1 billion; the red shirts that they tried to hide; the ministers who lied about their places of residence; and branch stacking.

I have not even mentioned the employment of security guards at the hotels which, no doubt, has caused this COVID-19 explosion.

Roger Cleary, McCrae

Knives drawn The LNP knives are out in force for [Victorian Premier] Dan Andrews this week. Calling for Andrew’s resignation is pure folly, the majority of Victorians, I believe, think he is doing a good job under the circumstances.

Aren’t we glad that we are included in the lockdown? I for one am, when you look over to the other side of the bay at Geelong where the COVID-19 cases are more than double [the Mornington Peninsula’s].

Let’s not forget the last lockdown when the holidaymakers back from Aspen came down to their holiday homes in Sorrento and Portsea, ignored the quarantine period, thereby infecting us. We’re told of Prime Minister Scott Morrison working tirelessly. What a great load of cobblers.

He has shut down federal parliament and takes his advice from a national COVID-19 committee so, he’s not working tirelessly, his little band is.

Morrison is too busy going off to footy unmasked, ignoring social distancing and being with his happy clapper group and shortly heading over too the US for “international issues”.

I wouldn’t like my children to place me in a private nursing home at the moment. In Australia, 41 per cent of COVID-19 deaths have been in residential aged care, of which (according too the pensioners, veterans and seniors discussion group) 99.4 per cent are private, understaffed, underequipped and profit driven, and that is Morrison’s domain.

The LNP is continually draining funds from the aged care department and other departments for, dare I say it, sports rorts and other questionable projects.

Really, could anyone other than LNP supporters trust [Victroian opposition leader] Michael O’Brien at the helm in this time of crisis? It’s not

Andrews that needs to resign, look north to the ACT. John Cain, McCrae

Meeting history I am dismayed but not surprised that the Blacks Camp [road, reserve and pre-school at Somerville] are going to be renamed because it offends some (“Showing ‘respect’ by changing names” The News 28/7/20).

Why are these unnamed people “offended”?

Are they “offended” because they are black, in which case they should be proud to have a very old area named after them.

It was a meeting place for goodness sake.

How many people of Indigenous origin are offended and how many non indigenous?

Charles Mallia, Balnarring

Clear boxthorn The Bay foreshore and arterial roads of the southern Mornington Peninsula are infested with boxthorn, which is a danger to children, beachgoers and pedestrians as well as a summer fire hazard. Rampant vines are killing our remnant indigenous vegetation.

We need Mornington Peninsula Shire Council to support volunteer groups with paid workers and equipment. Any contractors need progressive and clear KPIs, such as the area of vegetation cleared of weeds and revegetated. Together, we who love the peninsula can restore it to a safe, prosperous and diverse environment for our future.

Let’s all call on our councillors and potential councillors to step up and take on the challenge and responsibility that comes with the privilege of living in this glorious place.

Lucy Firth, Blairgowrie

Amazing outcome It took a bit of time as well as gentle and not so gentle persuasion, but Rye foreshore is starting to look very good indeed.

On the western side of the pier there are new paths and modern all abilities picnic tables. Barren areas have been landscaped with storm water diverted into gardens that act as a filter, so clean water goes into Port Phillip.

On the eastern side, the ugly 18 bollards and underlying rocks and gravel have been removed from the front beach and an all accessible ramp installed.

The beach now looks picture postcard perfect.

Amazing things happen when the community and Mornington Peninsula Shire work together.

It’s a terrific outcome with more still to come!

Mechelle Cheers, chair, Rye Community Group Alliance

Breakfast treat Wonderful column [The meaning of existence ... and other short stories” by Stuart McCullough] you had me with Leonard Cohen’s “apocalypsebefore-breakfast” analogy (“The adept adaptor in the Age of Uncertainty” The News 28/7/20).

I also appreciate the title of your essay, despite my own sense of personal failure to be an “AA.” Additionally, I now know where the Mornington Peninsula is, thanks to you. I live thousands of miles away near the Alabama Gulf Coast in the US. You brightened my breakfast.

Sally Clark, United States

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IN THE

specialists HANDS

Tennis elbow shock relief

YOU have had a big week on the tools or have increased the amount of tennis you are playing or may have a new racquet. Then it seems like everything you pick up, not just racquets and tools, hurts. Even simple things like a cup of tea can be painful if your elbow is bad. This can really make work a misery, or the prospect of playing tennis, foreboding.

The pain on the outside of the elbow is due to inflammation of the tendon, the common extensor origin, where the forearm extensor muscles attach. It is commonly known as “tennis elbow” but is called lateral epicondylalgia or epicondylitis amongst physios and doctors. Physiotherapist David Ternes says that it is an is an overuse injury, and requires initial rest, particularly if aching at night, icing, strengthening and stretching exercises, and massage.

Apart from the above solutions, there is a newer healing technology that is making a profound difference to Tennis Elbow sufferers.

Practice owner, Paul Rowson says “Shockwave Therapy is often useful, because the common extensor origin is a connective tissue, not a muscle. It puts a significant shockwave through the tissues you apply it to.

It is a pressure wave which brings blood flow to the area. Tendons and connective tissue do not have much blood supply and can take a long time to heal. Shockwave artificially stimulates the healing of the tendon.”

Shockwave therapy can also be used on Achilles tendonitis, Plantar Fasciitis, golfer’s elbow, and rotator cuff tendon problems, and is usually most effective on long term chronic problems, rather than acute injuries.

Both physios say, Shockwave is not the first line of treatment for injured patients.

Physiotherapy and graded exercise are more likely in the first instance, but for more stubborn conditions, shockwave has shown good results.

“The evidence at the moment suggests between three to five treatments are required, but most people should see an improvement within three sessions. It has a success rate up to 90%,’’ Ternes says.

The Shockwave therapy is administered for a three-minute period to the affected area during consecutive weekly appointments. “It is a bit of an uncomfortable sensation” Ternes says, “like most physio hands-on treatments with a little discomfort during the treatment. Rowson says “After each session, most people get a significant reduction of pain and symptoms.

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Hastings to the fore! Frankston outplayed Compiled by Cameron McCullough AFTER the physical tussle between Mornington and Frankston on the Saturday previous, a large contigent, including many ladies, journeyed by the special to Hastings on Saturday last in the expectancy of seeing a rattling game between Hastings and Frankston, but, whilst the Hastings people were joyful, the Frankstonites were as gloomy as a “a wet Saturday night.”

Not that they begrudged Hastings the sweets of victory, but because they fought with a punctured side – you know, there were holes in it.

These holes, figuratively speaking, of course, are usually stopped by the presence of six of the best – Gurr, Gabriel, Eades, Fairnie, Darcy, and Williams, – but they were not present.

Emergencies – even they were limited – were resurrected (including the previously injure Gamble) and they did the best that could be done in the circumstances.

There was a good sprinkling of spectators, the majority being local people, who, very rightly, appreciated the result of the game The playing arena was in a deplorable state, being wet, slippery, and more fitted for the game of tobogganing than the great national pastime.

Umpire Currie had charge, and he gave the players a little more rope than he would have done had the arena been in a state more suitable for the game.

But, despite that, Hastings played a remarkable game – there’s no mistake about it.

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and kicked superbly, and for the first three quarters quite outplayed the visitors.

In the first part of the game, Campbell, O’Neill, and Carmichael kicked goals for Hastings, and Frankston only managed single.

In almost every department of the game, Hastings showed out advantageously.

Hastings ran out well-merited winners by 8 goals 12 behinds to 5 goals 10 behinds. *** AT a meeting of the Executive of the Local Repatriation Committee on on Friday, July 23rd, the Secretary submitted a report showing the result of the meeting held by the local branch of the Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Imperial League on the 12th inst. to inquire into the charges laid by a returned soldier against the President of the Executive, Cr. W. J. Oates.

The Executive was permitted to attend this meeting, and several matters affecting repatriation were dealt with, as fully reported in the “Standard” on July 16th.

After hearing the report, showing that the charges had been withdrawn and an apology extended to Cr. Oates by the returned soldier making the charges, the Executive unanimously passed the following resolution: “That this Executive congratulated its members against whom the charges were made, and records its satisfaction at the result of the enquiry, which should bring about a better understanding between returned soldiers and this Executive”. ***

MR F, J. Groves, M.L.A, has been elected first Mayor of Carrum.

A banquet to celebrate the event was held at Chelsea on Wednesday night, when the Premier of Victoria, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, and Sir Alexander Peacock delivered congratulatory speeches. *** THE Peninsula Schools’ Committee Association meet at Frankston next Tuesday evening. *** THE Frankston branch of the Protestant Federation will be represented by its president, Mr James Grice and the secretary, Mr L. J. Ward, at the annual conference, next week. *** CR. W. P. Mason, chairman of the Kananook Creek Improvement Committee, has convened a meeting to be held at Seaford on Friday night the 6th August. *** TOMORROW a clearing sale takes place at Tyabb, on account of Mrs. O’Neill. Full details are advertised by the auctioneers, Messrs Brody and Mason. *** THE monthly meeting of the Shire Council takes place at Hastings next Thursday. Tenders to be deal with are advertised in another column. *** MESSRS Brody and Mason, advertise an important sale of furniture at their rooms, Frankston, on Monday 9th August. *** AT the invitation of the V.M.C., Miss Gregory and Mrs Dalman attended at

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Sargeants last Monday afternoon to witness a display of pictures connected with the activities of motorists in entertaining invalid soldiers.

The visitors were met by Mr Robison, vice-president.

Included in the numerous pictures thrown on the screen were about 40 views relating to the entertainment of soldiers at Frankston by the Wattle Club. *** NEXT Thursday evening, in the Frankston Hall, a footballers’ social will be held for the purpose of raising funds for the local club.

The ladies are working energetically, and a successful evening is assured. *** THE Rev. G. J. Murphy, B.A., will occupy the pulpit at the Frankston Presbyterian Church on Sunday next. *** THE goods shed at the Frankston railway station was broken into last Monday night a large quantity of stores stolen, including groceries, tea and 2 rolls of copper wire.

Entry was made by cutting a hole in the galvanised iron which forms the walls of the building, and it is believed that the thieves used a motor car in getting away with their booty. *** CONSTABLE Diaball returned to Frankston this week, after several weeks absence on special duty. *** A PLEASING event took place the other day, when Mr W. G. Luff, who recently joined the ranks of the Benedicts, was presented by the staff at the

local railway station and Frankston friends, with a handsome clock.

The S.M. Mr. P. J . Nankervis, in making the presentation, wished Mr and Mrs Luff all sorts of good luck as their future lot.

After others had spoken Mr Luff made a suitable response. *** OWING to the Frankston Brass Band having secured the right to the Mechanics’ Hall on Saturday nights, Mr Hooper notifies by advertisement that he has discontinued showing pictures at Frankston. *** IT will be to the advantage of ladies to visit Mrs Gertrude Dodd’s drapery and millinery establishment in Young Street, Frankston.

Mrs Dodd has had a wide experience in London in the drapery and millinery trade with Bourne & Hollingsworth Limited, Oxford Street, London, and also in the wholesale trade, which experience has made her a very keen buyer of quality goods. *** MR. William Kemp, formerly of Frankston, has returned to reside at Frankston.

He proposes to erect a costly home on Melbourne Road, Frankston. *** UMPIRE CoxheIl has been appointed to umpire the two semi-finals of the Second Association at Morningon and Frankston. *** FROM the pages of the Mornington Standard, 30 July 1920

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THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE... AND OTHER SHORT STORIES

The End-Times TV Binging Bonanza

By Stuart McCullough IT’S done. Human culture has finally reached a point at which it can never be bettered. After thousands of years of evolutionary development that included the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution, we can now take our collective foot off the pedal safe in the knowledge that things, put simply, have just reached a glorious high water mark that leaves us all better off.

Somebody call Charles Darwin, because evolution is now officially complete. That’s because I’ve just seen a TV advert featuring Snoop Dogg for a food delivery service. This is a glorious development that should be celebrated by everyone. Alternatively, the lock down is starting to get to me.

Eyes are not the windows to the soul. Television is. I’m not ashamed to say it – I’ve been watching heaps of television lately. Not just ads, either, but whole actual programs. When we were kids, we were told that sitting all day in front of the TV would make your eyes turn square. At this rate, my peepers are nothing but right angles, such is the rate at which I’m consuming content. It’s one of the few activities that being in lockdown encourages.

It’s said that one of the symptoms of coronavirus is a loss of taste. That likely explains the decision to screen ‘The Bachelor in Paradise’ during a pandemic. It would certainly account for why people watch it. As best I can tell, ‘The Bachelor in Paradise’ is kind of like ‘The Avengers’ equivalent of ‘The Bachelor’ franchise. While it makes perfect sense when you see

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apparent reason and hope like hell the results are something more than a discombobulated wreck. It never works.

The show is all about courtship, in a ‘Gilligan’s Island meets an open-bar’ kind of way. To date, I’ve seen little

in the way of poetry readings, dueling or waltzing. There are, however, heaps of rippling torsos and bikinis. If there was a glass slipper on ‘The Bachelor in Paradise’, it would surely be used for the sole purpose of skolling some kind of alcohol-based rocket fuel.

I’ve come to learn that the ‘Rose Ceremony’ is something of a tremendous disappointment featuring, as it does, an actual flower instead of a box of Cadbury Roses. Nothing says ‘I love you’ quite like a Hazel Whirl.

(Note: none of this year’s contestants is named ‘Hazel Whirl’, although that would be awesome.)

But it’s not just dating shows; I also admit to watching ‘The Voice’. Mostly, it’s to make sure that nobody else steals the song I’ve chosen for my own ‘Blind Audition’. Thankfully, none of the contestants performed ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell this year.

It’s the lyrics that speak to me – ‘When the pimp’s in the crib, drop it like it’s hot’. It’s as though he took a page right out of my life. Instead of Snoop Dogg, people played a bunch of songs I’d never heard before but that everyone on the show seemed to already know. It included a lot of something called ‘Lewis Capaldi’ which I later looked up on the Internet and seems to involve a bowl of porridge with hair and eyes.

Although Snoop didn’t make an appearance on ‘The Voice’ he cropped up unexpectedly during the adverts. It’s almost made lockdown worthwhile.

I’m not sure why I identify so strongly with Snoop Dogg. Perhaps

it’s because he and I are exactly the same age. Although the similarities pretty much stop there, we’re both partial to a tracksuit and each of us has, in our own way, an incredible flow from upon which we’ve built an empire of rhyme. No, really. He emerged on Dr Dre’s album ‘The Chronic’.

Dr Dre, it should be noted, is not a doctor in a conventional or, indeed, any other sense, but is a very skilled producer, famed for the invention of G-funk. Which, for those of you who don’t know, is a type of music notwithstanding that it sounds like a fungal infection you might find between your toes. Unlike a fungal infection, Dr. Dre became a billionaire by making headphones. As you do.

But the world that Snoop rapped about back then was very different to the one I knew. But now our interests are aligned. Fast forward thirty years and he’s appearing in an advertisement extolling the virtues of eating pizza while sitting in a hot tub and getting tacos home delivered. It speaks to me. That, in a nutshell, sums up the world we now live in.

It’s just as well that tacos are my spirit animal. And although by watching heaps of television I’m seeing the best that human kind has to offer, I feel I might be going ever so slightly backwards. No doubt, it’s time to send a message to Snoop Dogg and ask him to drop off a green chicken curry. No doubt I’ll drop it like it’s hot. Then I’ll wash it all down with a Hazel Whirl.

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Blake wants ’Buds to bloom SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie WHEN it became clear that there would be no senior season this year Blake Hicks took it harder than most.

He had high hopes for 2020. It was to the year that Rosebud made their mark in State League 5 by clinching promotion.

“We really thought we were in with a good chance of going up,” said Hicks.

“We’d had such a good pre-season and we’d gone undefeated.

“I was on a goal a game and ‘Pags’ had scored in just about every appearance.”

Mark Pagliarulo had been the club’s marquee off-season capture after joining from Somerville Eagles and there was growing belief in coach Pat Sabatino’s squad that this would be Rosebud’s year.

“Me and ‘Pags’ had really developed a good partnership,” Hicks added.

“I’d only ever played against him so I knew he was a kind of back to goal, hard at it centre forward and I’d been doing that role at Rosebud.

“So I started playing as the 10 in behind ‘Pags’ with Cory (Osorio) playing a deeper role and it was working great.

“It really looked like things were coming together so the shutdown hit us pretty hard.”

Hicks is just 28 but he’s crammed a lot into his career including a historymaking season in 2016 with Rosebud Heart.

His soccer journey started with Rosebud’s under-10s coached by his father Troy.

He played with Casey Comets at under-13 and under-14s levels and his senior debut came as a 15-year-old with Rosebud in the Bayside League in 2007.

When Hicks was 18 he joined Casey Comets where Dougie Chisholm and George Hughes were coaching.

Hicks won the reserves best and fairest that year (2010) and made a major impact as a substitute in a senior game in the back half of that season.

“We were 2-0 down against Frankston Pines and I came off the bench.

“We came back to 2-2 and I set up Negus Henry for the winning goal.”

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’Buds’ boy: Blake Hicks in action last season for Rosebud where his soccer career kicked off in the under-10s.

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“Dougie and George are definitely two of my favourite coaches and they were great for me but I guess I wanted too much too soon.”

He joined Henry at Strikers then coached by ex-Kiwi international Billy Wright.

“One thing that stands out was an away game against Kingston.

“I’d given the ball away too many times and in the changerooms Billy gave me an absolute bollocking.

“I sat there shitting myself. He was the first coach I’d met who didn’t really care how he got his point across.”

In 2012 Hicks was on the move again after Jamie Skelly arrived from Langwarrin to take over the senior reins and overhauled Strikers’ squad with a raft of new signings.

“Jim Morrison gave me a call to come and join him at Baxter and that was one of my favourite years.

“I won the league best and fairest and although we had a really good run we just missed out on promotion.”

“Jim left with a few games to go after a disagreement with the hierarchy and although the playing group decided to

play out the season the way Jim was treated left a bitter taste in our mouths.”

Hicks returned to Strikers under Dave Reid the following season along with his brother Hayden who had been Morrison’s senior goalkeeper at Baxter.

The Hicks brothers stayed at Centenary Park until partway through 2014.

“They tried to bring Stuart Webster in because the team was struggling but our problem wasn’t in goal.

“Hayden knew that Stuart would take over as soon as he’d signed and Hayden got a call from Pete Schwellinger at Old Carey.

“They really needed Hayden but he didn’t have a licence so he said if you want me and you want a forward then my brother will come there with me.

“That was a great year. Pete’s such a nice guy and he’s a really good coach.”

Throughout his State League career Hicks had played with Rosebud in the Bayside League on Sundays against the better judgement of many of his coaches.

“I tore my ACL playing for Rosebud that season so eventually playing Sunday leagues as well as on Saturdays caught up with me.”

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He was out of action until July 2015.

By then Hayden had joined Swinburne where present-day Strikers head coach Paul Williams was in charge.

“Paul said to me to come up there and do some sessions then get myself match fit in the ressies so I did that to get back to sharpness as I was coming back from a bad injury.”

When the 2016 season kicked off Blake Hicks was wearing Rosebud Heart colours.

He’d received a call from new Heart head coach Scott Morrison who left Hicks in no doubt as to his intentions.

“Scotty said he was going to sign me and there was no two ways about it.

“I went down there and there were a lot of Rosebud guys like Cory (Osorio) and Beau (Sharpe) who had been my best mates in football since under10s so it was a pretty easy decision to make.”

Rosebud Heart entered the record books by winning every league game in 2016, finishing with 18 wins, 76 goals for and 11 against.

In just its second year Heart had joined 2014 juggernaut Eltham Redbacks as the only Victorian senior teams in over 50 years to boast a perfect record in a season.

“We had the season of our lives.

“All we’d thought about was getting promotion and the win record wasn’t really a concern until the second half of the season.

“It wasn’t so much a problem for us, it was more a problem for the opposition because every team wanted to be the first to take points off us.

“We honestly didn’t think about the perfect season till promotion was done and dusted – that’s when we thought now we’re playing for the record.”

The following year was to be Heart’s last as a senior club.

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“I think it was just the aftermath of how good the previous season was.

“Near the end of the season Scotty came in after a match and told us he was pulling the pin. I think his second son was on the way.

“When the season ended we all kind of went our different ways.

“I didn’t even get a phone call.

“The problem was they waited too long to appoint a new senior coach and everyone had already found new clubs.

“They didn’t really arrange a preseason and we all knew they weren’t getting numbers at training.

“In the end they just announced that they were folding as a State League team.”

By then Rosebud had entered the Metro Leagues and in 2018 finished second to Old Melburnians after losing just one league game.

Early last year the ’Buds received confirmation from Football Victoria that their application to join State League had been accepted and the club achieved its immediate aim by consolidating its league status with an eighthplaced finish.

“A lot of the guys had played State League before and knew what we were up against but it was a big eye opener for others – not just the playing group but for the club as well.

“How State League clubs are run are quite different to Bayside League clubs especially the attitude to winning.

“You have to be more of a resultsdriven club and we’re not just here for a kickabout we’re here to be successful.

“Getting around that mindset was our biggest hurdle.”

Hicks is driven by the goal of seeing Rosebud progress in State League ranks and thinks the club can realise that aim in the next few years.

“I’ll be playing football for at least another couple of years then I’ll be looking for a coaching gig somewhere.

“But before that I want to see Rosebud being successful.

“They’re my boyhood club and I’ve stayed in touch with them throughout my whole Saturday football career.

“If I had one wish in football it would be to see them established as a good State League club.

“And if I retire with Rosebud in a State 3 or State 4 spot I’ll be well happy.”

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Brooklyn Hustle back with a bang HORSE RACING

By Ben Triandafillou JASON Warren’s star mare Brooklyn Hustle returned in sensational fashion on Saturday 1 August with a dominant victory at The Valley.

Reminiscent of her debut victory at the track as a two-year-old, Brooklyn Hustle settled at the rear of the field before storming past her rivals in a matter of strides to take out the benchmark 78 event by a comfortable 3.5-lengths.

It wasn’t all smooth sailing for the Group class performed mare who had to overcome some traffic issues rounding the bend, but her electrifying turn of foot and a well-executed ride by jockey Dwayne Dunn paid dividends.

Mornington-based trainer Jason Warren was ecstatic to see his mare return in fine form.

“It’s good to have that monkey off our back,” Warren said post-race. “She’s been carrying a few knockers and she did such a tremendous job last prep. She was hampered by issues right before she even had her first start so to get her back here today in such good order, it’s just a tribute to Rosemont Stud and Mark Young and my team back at home.

“She came here today off one soft jumpout, and we came here looking to use this run as a second trial going into better races so I’m pleased to see her resume as well as we knew she was quite capable of.”

Jockey Dwayne Dunn said he felt her quality from the moment he left the mounting yard.

“She’s all class,” Dunn said. “As soon

Brooklyn’s back: Jason Warren’s Brooklyn Hustle returns a dominant winner at The Valley on Saturday 1 August. Picture: Supplied

as I cantered off on the track you could that she’s a machine. We’ve seen it before, and we need to see it again.”

“I think today’s event was more about getting her confidence back and getting her back as good as what she was.

Hopefully she can go onto bigger and better things.”

The four-year-old daughter of Starspangledbanner performed at the elite

level as a two and three-year-old filly.

As a promising two-year-old, Brooklyn Hustle was a leading contender for the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes before finishing 1.4-lengths off the winner Lyre, who is now a subsequent threetime Group One placed mare.

Despite not looking at her absolute best, Brooklyn Hustle still returned as a three-year-old and placed in the Group

Three Blue Sapphire and claimed fifth in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes.

Warren is hopeful she can reach the promise she showed in her younger years and return to the elite level.

“I took a bit of a bold step coming here today off the one jumpout but I believed in the horse so much and I just feel that she’s on her way up,” he said.

“I’m not going to put the cart in front of the horse. We just want to get today out of the way and see how she pulls up. It’s just so pleasing for everybody involved and we’ve really had to be patient with her.”

If all goes to plan Warren plans to have the mare back at the races in “three or four weeks”.

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