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Learning for life The joy of learning was evident on the faces of Healesville High students hard at work in the school’s Talbot Room last week.

The special education unit has been hailed a success for its innovative approach to integrated learning.

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YR takeover plot Ex-Casey mayor Sam Aziz has revealed an attempt with Jim’s Mowing founder Jim Penman to “take over” Yarra Ranges Council with a likeminded group of councillors.

The aim was to install a predominantly Liberal “working majority” - “good people” to replicate the “success” of Casey Council, he told

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Counsel assisting IBAC, Michael Tovey, asked if Mr Aziz wanted to export a “model of corruption” from Casey to Yarra Ranges.

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They would be community servants with skills in business and “good governance”, Mr Aziz said.

Mr Aziz said he had been in talks with Mr Penman, Jim’s Group chief executive Tino Grossi as well as members of Mr Aziz’s “political circle“ about the “project”.

Mr Penman had expressed “great frustra-

“There’s no corruption or behaviour traits, as you describe, Mr Tovey, in relation to Casey Council.”

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Putting on Kapz for Kidz

By Jed Lanyon Lilydale youth support organisation Bridge Builders has launched a new campaign to help kids struggling with mental health challenges and life in a pandemic.

Bridge Builders has created ‘Kapz for Kidz’ aiming at starting a conversation based on mental health, while helping the organisation to deliver on its programs, which were restricted at the height of Victoria’s Covid-19 crisis.

Bridge Builders executive director Beck Mitchell said the Kapz for Kidz initiative allows anyone in Australia to help out youths who are struggling in Victoria.

“The whole idea is to help ‘get ya head straight’. It’s a way to actually help when you hear about all the bad things going on in the world and you feel a bit helpless to do anything about it. But you can buy a cap and all of a sudden, it can change a life.

“The impact of the pandemic has been disproportionate to young people in what they’re going through. They’re seeing family members struggle, their education has been affected as well as their social life and activities.

“They aren’t able to do all those things that help keep them on a good pathway and in a good mental health space. Young people were already going through their own issues, then going through Covid-19 now has been a real challenge.”

Some of Bridge Builders’ programs were restricted by the pandemic and were forced online.

“We’ve tried to change our support service delivery to try and support young people in a time that is really difficult to do so. It has been a challenge and some of our services have been able to continue in an online capacity.”

An annual running event held by Bridge Builders was turned into a virtual running event, while other events such as a business

Bridge Builders team members Alex, Mary, Beck, Paris and Zjuane. 221351 breakfast and girls retreat camp couldn’t go ahead.

“At the end of the day, young people need a space to go when they’re upset or not feeling so well and they need that human interaction.

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“This year has come with its own set of challenges and we’ve just tried to change, alter or pivot with our programs to support young

people in a time where they need support now more than ever.”

For more information about Bridge Builders’ Kapz for Kidz campaign, visit: https:// www.bridgebuilders.com.au/kapzforkidz/

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Firebugs to feel the summer heat

By Jed Lanyon Victoria Police is turning up the heat on firebugs and those acting recklessly ahead of the upcoming bushfire season.

As the weather warms up and the risk of fire increases, Victoria Police will be targeting people who display reckless behaviour this summer through Operation Safeguard.

While dusting off the barbecue or preparing for harvest is the priority for some, the annual police operation aims to deter or reduce the impact of intentional and recklessly lit fires across Victoria.

Superintendent Tony Glenane told Star Mail the Shire of Yarra Ranges will be a focus under the operation, which will see police maintain a high level of visibility particularly on days of high fire danger.

“This time of year we start gearing up and training ahead of the bushfire season and look at what’s likely to occur and set our sights on reckless behaviour,” he said.

“We want to put a stop to the kinds of stupid things that may lead to a fire taking off on us, which can cause damage and loss of life.”

Supt Glenane said Yarra Ranges residents can expect to see a greater number of uniformed police officers in the area as well as plain clothed officers on the lookout for people who might intentionally set out about lighting a fire.

Last summer alone saw Victoria Police issue 26 charges for fire-related offences due to reckless behaviour.

Anyone found guilty of recklessly or intentionally causing a bushfire faces a penalty of up to 15 years imprisonment, while lighting a fire on a total fire ban day can attract a fine of up to $39,000 or up to two years in jail.

“Police are guided by intelligence and we do look at arsonists and people of interest throughout the year. We look at hotspots and we certainly target those people and those areas on high risk days.”

Supt Glenane said that while there are those who intentionally light fires, the majority of cases come as a result unintentionally through careless behaviour. But the result is still the same.

“It comes through poor decision making and reckless actions. People can get complacent and don’t see the risk their actions pose to the community.

“Especially on those high risk days, you’ve got people burning off or lighting campfires or bonfires. It’s just careless actions without thinking about the sort of impact it might have.”

Assistant Commissioner Michael Grainger said the community will play an incredibly important role in the prevention of bushfires and will be key in reporting reckless or suspicious behaviour.

“The devastating impact from last year’s bushfires are still very fresh for the affected communities and emergency service responders,” AC Grainger said.

“Be mindful of your activities during the fire season, especially during fire danger periods - it could be your actions that result in loss of life or property.

“We need to look out for each other but also hold each other to account when it comes to the behaviours that could lead to bushfires we are all in this together.”

Supt Glenane urged locals to “think before you act” ahead of Operation Safeguard, which will run from mid-November to March.

Anyone who witnesses suspicious behaviour as it is occurring should call Triple Zero (000) and anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au The most common causes of recklessly lit fires are: burning off campfires car exhausts and machinery use of tools such as angle grinders and welding equipment out in the open bonfires and flares farming machinery such as slashers and harvesters.

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Banjos are back and ukuleles are united

By Jed Lanyon As social activities get back underway adhering to CovidSafe restrictions, Healesville U3A’s banjo and ukulele groups have returned to strumming their instruments in Queen’s Park.

U3A or University of the Third Age is a volunteer community of people who share many educational, creative and leisure activities.

Throughout the pandemic, many U3A activity groups were put on hold, ripping the regular social activities from the lives of many locals.

Doug Fudge, member of U3A’s ukulele group, said losing the social benefits of U3A was a “frustrating” experience.

“Since the Stage 3 lockdown we haven’t been able to meet at all,” he said.

Now U3A’s ukulele and banjo groups have been the first to return in-person as they play alongside each other outdoors for the first time in several months.

“Unless you passed someone in the street and spotted them, despite the fact that they were wearing a mask, it was very tricky to keep in touch.”

Mr Fudge recalled standing in front of someone in line at the bank, but not realising it was a close friend until he reached home,

Healesville U3A’s banjos and ukulele group members prior to Covid-19. not being able to recognise them from behind a mask.

“It’s just lovely to be back and just a nice feeling to reignite those old friendships with the people you used to socialise with.”

Mr Fudge shared that one member, Rod Thom, had used some spare time during the pandemic to hand craft his own banjo using wood from pallets.

He hopes the U3A group can keep at their musical activities and that the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic has passed.

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“It just goes to show you how quickly the virus can come back. It’s like a tiger hidden in the jungle just waiting to spring out on you at any moment.

“We did try to play together over Zoom, but found it very unsatisfactory because of the delay involved. You can’t play along with anyone.

Goodness knows what it would sound like if you were listening to it all together.

“We’re happy to be back together and enjoying eachothers company and enjoying the music that we all play.”

Takeover scheme From page 1 “Our financial position speaks for it in terms of the council budget.

“The achievements we’ve made speaks for it, and I was trying to deliver that model to another council.

“As it turned out that was a very shortlived aspiration because of the commencement of the IBAC inquiry.”

Mr Aziz said he’d become an “expert” in getting candidates elected onto council. He discussed with former Casey mayor Janet Halsall with helping the Yarra Ranges push.

In the 2016 Casey council election, Mr Aziz enlisted Ms Halsall as campaign manager for about 20 candidates that “we wanted to support”.

He said he had no knowledge about developer John Woodman funding their campaigns. Substantial fundraisers had been held for candidates, including Cr Aziz himself.

The inquiry had earlier heard Mr Woodman bankrolled the effort with between $50,000-$98,000.

False invoices for the campaign were allegedly funnelled through Ms Halsall’s mattress shop.

Mr Aziz told the inquiry that he may have spoken to Mr Woodman and Woodman lobbyist Lorraine Wreford.

But they weren’t “decision makers” in Mr Aziz’s strategy.

Ms Wreford was told to “keep her nose out”, Mr Aziz said.

According to Ms Wreford, Mr Aziz pitched the scheme to Mr Woodman over lunch at a Chinese restaurant in Dandenong.

Ms Wreford said her own part was to ensure “invoices got paid, nothing else”.

Mr Aziz had pitched the idea on the basis of helping candidates “who don’t have the means to run for council”, Ms Wreford said.

“If you have a ward in the City of Casey, it’s almost as big as a state electorate.

“So to actually financially fund a campaign to even put one brochure out is quite expensive.”

Mr Aziz’s campaign may not have received any of the Woodman funding, she told the inquiry.

Mr Woodman had told the inquiry that he paid about $50,000.

Prior to the election, candidates were rated by Mr Woodman’s associates as either “friendly”, opponents or unknown in their attitude towards Amendment C219.

The amendment was proposed to rezone a large tract of industrial land in Cranbourne West to residential use - a push that was being driven by Mr Woodman and developer Leighton.

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Grooming guilty plea

Steve Meacher.

A Hoddles Creek man has avoided imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges of child grooming in the County Court on Friday 6 November.

Apprentice carpenter James Prowse, 30, received a 12-month jail term but was released immediately on a $500 recognaisance release order including a two-year good behaviour bond and supervised community corrections order. He was to be supervised and assessed for drug, mental health and sex offending treatment.

In a four month period from 24 September 2019 to 7 January 2020, Prowse sent several sexually explicit messages and images to a police officer, who was posing as a 15 year old girl on social media app, Kik. County Court judge Sarah Leighfield found Prowse initiated contact with the user, and asked on several occasions to meet after being informed the user was a high school student aged 15.

Prowse was arrested on 26 February this year and informed the person he had been contacting was a member of a Victoria Police anti-child exploitation team conducting a covert online investigation on Kik.

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A staunch defender of the critically endangered Leadbeater’s Possum whose group won a landmark court case this year and the founder of a powerful Melbourne climate action group are the joint recipients of this year’s Rawlinson Award for conservation.

Steve Meacher’s group, the Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum, won a David v Goliath case against state government logging agency VicForests in the Federal Court in May 2020, challenging the logging industry’s exemption from national environment laws.

Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum successfully argued VicForests’ logging operations in 66 places of habitat critical to the possum and the greater glider breached federal law.

Mr Meacher, a retired teacher, lives in the mountains at Toolangi and has worked for 16 years to educate Victorians about Leadbeater’s Possum - the state’s faunal emblem - and convince politicians to protect its shrinking habitat from state-sponsored logging.

“Leadbeater’s Possums live in the forests within view of where I live in Toolangi. They are seventh in the list of Australian mammals most at risk of extinction, and in the world’s top ten,” he said.

“They are our unique faunal emblem so I feel I must do all that is in my power to prevent their extinction.

“The environmental laws have been in-

effective largely because of a lack of enforcement and government policy that always favours the logging industry. That’s why we took our fight to a new level by launching our Federal Court case. We want the government to take its moral responsibility for the environment seriously and know there are consequences when it doesn’t.”

“Steve Meacher’s determination to teach Victorians about the precious little Leadbeater’s Possum and to protect its habitat from logging is an inspiration,” said Australian Conservation Foundation’s CEO, Kelly O’Shanassy.

“The Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum’s court win over the Victorian state logging agency was a real David and Goliath struggle that will have ramifications across the country.

“The Federal Court judgment overturned the theory that the logging industry doesn’t have to comply with our federal environment laws.”

Established in 1992, the Rawlinson Award is presented annually in memory of ACF Councillor Peter Rawlinson - a zoologist, lecturer in biological science and environmental campaigner.

The award, which celebrates outstanding voluntary contributions to protect the environment, was conferred at the Australian Conservation Foundation’s AGM on Friday 20 November.

Walking track consultation The Yarra Junction community is being asked for feedback on a proposal by Melbourne Water to construct a new walking trail along the Little Yarra.

The planned track will begin near the Warburton Highway and link to the existing Warburton to Lilydale Rail Trail.

Part of the project will involve the removal of weeds to clear room for the path and planting of indigenous trees and shrubs up to 10 metres from the river bank.

Melbourne Water is working closely with Yarra Ranges Council, Parks Victoria, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and other stakeholders to deliver the exciting community focussed project.

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undertaken upstream along the Little Yarra.

Following the community consultation, construction of the trail is expected to begin in 2022.

“We’ve heard from the local community that they would like more recreational spaces in their area,” Mr Woodland said.

“This project is all about that. Importantly, it will give locals and visitors to Yarra Junction a chance to immerse themselves in the beautiful environment surrounding Little Yarra River.

“Both the community and landscape will benefit from the new track and revegetation.

“Melbourne Water is keen to hear the views of landowners, local businesses, the community and other stakeholders on the proposed trail. We can’t wait to get started on this.”

For more information or to contribute ideas and provide feedback, visit: https://yoursay. melbournewater.com.au/little-yarra-trail

Star Mail wishes to acknowledge an error printed in last week’s edition. It was reported that outgoing councillor Tony Stevenson was unsuccessful in his bid to shift seats from Billanook Ward to Walling Ward at the recent lo-

Prowse made substantial admissions during his interview with police but claimed he “didn’t have the balls to meet up with her” and at one point stated he had forgotten the person he had been contacting was underage.

The County Court heard Prowse was a frequent user of methamphetamine at the time of the offending and that he would take up to 3.5 grams of the drug per week in the morning before using Kik. When sentencing Judge Leighfield said she took into account that Prowse had no prior criminal history and acknowledged he had gone through a difficult period following the loss of his brother-in-law in recent years.

“The fact that the person to whom you were speaking turned out to be an adult and a police officer, does not lessen the seriousness of your conduct. It simply means that the harm that might have flowed if you had been speaking to a real 15 year old girl, has fortunately not eventuated,” Judge Leighfield said.

Prowse will be on the Sex Offenders Register for eight years. Judge Leighfield said she gave Prowse a “significant discount” on his sentence and noted the maximum penalty was a term of imprisonment of up to 12 years.

cal government elections. Mr Stevenson was in fact the councillor for Chandler Ward, while councillor Tim Heenan continues to occupy Billanook Ward seat.

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A network of trails nestled among the surrounding mountains would bring visitors from across Victoria, Australia and the world to experience Warburton’s natural beauty and relaxing village atmosphere, creating more jobs and growing the local economy.

We’re encouraging the community to provide feedback, for preparation of the project’s Environment Effects Statement, until Sunday, December 20.

HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED? Use an online interactive map to learn more about the project and provide feedback Complete a hard copy feedback form Attend an online information session on Monday 30 November, 5:00pm or Saturday 5 December 11:30am Speak to our project team, view maps and pick up an information pack at an information stall at the Warburton Waterwheel on Sunday 6 December from 11:00am - 1:00pm Register to attend an online information session at warburtonmtbdestination.eventbrite.com.au To find out more about the project visit rideyarraranges.com.au

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Healesville’s king of gin

By Jed Lanyon

Four Pillars Gin co-founder Cameron Mackenzie celebrating with sparkling early in the morning.

Mr Mackenzie said, “It’s very unlikely that we would do a three-peat, that would be unheard of. But who the hell knows. I’m astonished at this response and this result. It’s mind blowing.”

The only other distillery to win Gin Producer of the Year twice is Sweden’s Herno Gin, who Mr Mackenzie described as “great mates” of Four Pillars.

“They were also shortlisted for the trophy this year, so we’ve probably just edged them out ... You couldn’t be in better company.”

The gin giant has come a long way since starting up in 2013.

“Honestly, when we set up at the back of Rob Dolan’s winery with one still. I thought I would make gin two days a week and work at the winery three days a week then go fishing on the Goulburn. And in seven years, I’ve been to the Goulburn once.

“It’s just gotten completely out of control, it’s enormous fun and it’s an incredible team of great locals who are just brilliant to work with.

I think anyone who has been to the distillery would know that they’re just such a good team.

I didn’t envisage we’d do anything like this and I love it.

Another highlight for the year included the opening of Four Pillars’ new distillery in Sydney, a move that Mr Mackenie joked as “idiotic” considering the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

“Fortune favours the brave, we’re still ambitious even through a pandemic. We opened our

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bar in Sydney in the middle of the pandemic and it’s doing really well.

“We want to double the size of the distillery in Healesville, hire more people, get more people visiting, make more gin and just keep doing what we do.”

The IWSC Award for International Gin Producer of the Year is recognition of Four Pillars’ leading role in the world of gin in 2020. Both the Bloody Shiraz Gin and Rare Dry Gin won Gold Medals at the competition.

“Producer trophies are the pinnacle of achievement,” said IWSC Head of Tastings, Pip Mortimer. “They reward the overall portfolio, ethos and achievement of companies that enter the IWSC.”

Four Pillars was founded by Mr Mackenzie alongside drinks industry veteran Stuart Gregor and creative brand strategist Matt Jones in 2013 and the business took on a partnership with LION (a subsidiary of Kirin) as a 50 per cent shareholder last year..

The three founders remain at the helm of the business and Four Pillars is today distributed in more than 30 markets across the world.

Around 600,000 bottles of Four Pillar Gin are produced each year, making it Australia’s leading gin distillery. Australia continues its gin boom which has seen the local product grow 19.3 per cent year-on-year and over five years by a huge 34.3 per cent, according to the IWSR 2020.

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By Jed Lanyon Healesville’s Grand Hotel has fitted out the pub’s exterior with several posters in a bid to lift community spirit.

Pedestrians and drivers passing the iconic hotel can easily spot the signage, which has been created by locals to share messages of support for those doing it tough.

Healesville resident and pub-goer Kersten Gentle said the idea came from her daughter Nikita, who pitched the idea to the business owners of the hotel.

“We recognised how community minded Lisa and Tom are and my daughter said, ‘why don’t we do some posters to brighten up the place as people are walking’ and the response from people has been amazing,” Ms Gentle said.

“This town has gone through a lot in the past and I know that if the community comes together now, we will make sure that everyone gets through this. And that’s what these posters are about; making sure that everyone comes through the other end of this pandemic.”

Business owner Lisa McKay-Campbell invites locals to design their own A2 posters to display across the pub as they enlist the services of Breen Printing to create their positive posters. Relatives of Ms McKay-Campbell, who were in Mallacoota at the time of the recent bushfires were involved in a similar feat paying respects to the nation’s firefighters.

The idea initially started as a home-schooling art class activity but is now open for people of all ages with time to spare in isolation.

“One of the biggest problems with the pandemic is the effect on people’s mental health, so if these posters can put a smile on someone’s face then the Grand is doing a good job ...

To me this is the perfect canvas for our town,” Ms Gentle said.

Ms McKay-Campbell said that some of her

Business owners Tom and Lisa with kids Levi and Maeve. 208350 customers would share that the brief interaction with the hotel’s staff would be the only human contact they receive for the day.

The Grand Hotel is now operating a drivethrough takeaway meal service for locals looking for a restaurant quality meal without having to leave the comfort of their car.

“It’s something that we would never had or-

dinarily done ... It’s the only thing we can really do,” Ms McKay-Campbell said.

“You drive through the bottle shop and they pass it to you through the car window. You can literally come through in your pyjamas.”

As part of their takeaway menu, the hotel has also started cooking regular Sunday roasts for customers.

Picture: STEWART W CHAMBERS Those keen to have their artwork displayed can drop off the poster to the Grand Hotel’s bottle shop or contact: grandcommunityspirit@gmail.com.

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Best friend rock stars Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves), now washed up and middle-aged, must perform their magnum opus song before time collapses.

Bill and Ted Face The Music is both a celebration and soft reboot of the first two films, but cleverly engages with themes of responsibility and maturity.

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Healesville’s Four Pillars Gin has once again claimed the title of International Gin Producer of the Year going back-to-back at the International Wine and Spirits Competition in London.

Last year Four Pillars became the first Aussie distillery to earn the award, now co-founder Cameron Mackenzie said Four Pillars is just the second distillery to win the prestigious accolade in the event’s 51 year history.

“It’s huge for us. It was crazy to win it for the first time last year and we came into 2020 with great momentum and such a spring in our step and then all of a sudden the handbrake got pulled on and we came to a shuddering halt in the pandemic,” Mr Mackenzie said.

“Now, as things are starting to get back to normal and the distillery is back open again and there’s just a few things going on, now we can go into next year with the same spring in our step and sort of reset a bit, which is exciting for us.

“This competition is the most fiercely contested spirits competition in the world, so to win, it puts Four Pillars on a global scale as one of the best gins in the world if not the best gin in the world at this particular time, according to those judges.”

The IWSC is the world’s longest-running, largest and most prestigious spirits competition with more than 4000 entries from distilleries across the globe.

The International Gin Producer of the Year award is given by the IWSC to the distillery that has not only performed best in the competition with its individual products but has also led the category in innovation and excellence across the year.

The news came through in the early hours of the morning in Healesville and the Four Pillars team were ready for celebrations. Last year’s celebrations included repeat renditions of Queen’s ‘We Are The Champions’ at the Healesville distillery, but Mr Mackenzie was celebrating in London.

This time around Mr Mackenzie was on hand to celebrate the win in Healesville.

“Last year I was in London wearing my kilt at Guildhall at a very, very, very, fancy dinner. This year, I was still in my kilt at 4.45 in the morning only we had a glass of champagne with a bacon and egg muffin from the BP servo just down the road. It was just so Healesville and so awesome.

“We still played ‘We Are The Champions’ on loop quite a few times. We were socially distancing and belting out the hits.”

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Inclusive learning space Healesville High School is leading the way in bringing fully integrated learning to students with disabilities with the creation of a special education unit at its campus.

The Talbot Room, named after one of the parents who spearheaded the proposal, has been a great achievement and a success for the school since becoming fully operational last year, according to principal Allan Rennick.

“The benefit to mainstream students and to a mainstream high school more broadly could hardly be overstated. It is heartwarming to see the level of inclusion across the school.

“I absolutely love to see the Talbot Room kids fully integrated into mainstream school, whether that’s at whole school events like the swimming sports, or at recess and lunch time when they are treated no differently to any other student and are welcomed into lunch time games, or in elective classes like home economics or PE and even core subjects such as science.

“For mainstream kids to experience differences, whether that’s disability, race or any other differences when they don’t normally get significant exposure to that in their lives is so important.

“In fact, with the kids from the Talbot Room, I don’t think mainstream kids now see great difference, the Talbot Room school kids are just that, Healesville High School kids,” he said.

Mr Rennick said the students, presently capped at eight, are all progressing academically, socially and emotionally thanks to the specialist teachers and assistants, who he described as “heroes”.

“They are thriving. It’s a welcoming and safe space,” he said.

Local parents of children with disabilities suggested a special education unit to Mr Rennick in 2016 after it became worryingly apparent there was nowhere to send their children after they finished primary school in Healesville.

Yarra Ranges Special Developmental School (YRSDS) has a well-established satellite classroom located at Healesville Primary School that has been operational since 2010, but no real plan was in place for what would happen once students graduated.

“My concern was that local children attending the unit at Healesville Primary School would get to the end of year six and then have to travel each day to Mount Evelyn to continue their attendance at the YRSDS. I couldn’t imagine that getting on a bus each morning and each afternoon could be a positive expe-

Jo Yates, Dan, Liz Paino, Tyler, Jeni Silver, Zack, Tamara, Leah and Lilly-Anne 221611 rience and if we could overcome that issue by setting up a secondary unit on-site then surely the students would benefit,” Mr Rennick said.

In 2019, the Talbot Room was born, beginning with four students. Within weeks, students from mainstream classes who needed extra support were welcomed in. Others regularly drop in during breaks to share lunch, or join the now-popular Thursday Gaming Club.

Heading the unit is specialist teacher Jo Yates, who has dedicated more than 30 years of her career to students with disabilities. She describes her cohort as a “joy to teach”.

“They are brave and determined students, all with the capacity to deal with change,” she said.

Speaking inside the Talbot Room, surrounded by couches, work spaces, computers, white boards, and even a kettle for the allimportant cups of tea during ‘couch chat’, Ms Yates brings a sense of calm and opportunity.

“The unit means we are part of the community and we can give the students real life experiences with all their peers, and it gives the students a sense of independence in line with mainstream expectations,” she said.

“We are part of the Healesville High School community now, treated with the same expec-

tations, values and respect with a curriculum aligned with HHS and not in a secluded setting.”

For her and her students, it gives “inclusive opportunities for further study and employment” as she prepares the older students for supported courses at TAFE. Year 9 student Daniel Cuthbertson, who has a mild intellectual disability, described his classroom as “really good”. He has been able to make friends and observe many positive role models around him in the mainstream part of the school. For Daniel, confidence to go to the cafeteria, the library, participate in the school swimming carnivals, walk to the local supermarket and catch public transport to school come from having a safe and secure school setting.

Parent Louise Jane, whose daughter Leah, 16, also attends the unit, said her daughter’s love of music and art is well supported at the school.

“She has been able to extend her skills in these areas due to the encouragement of experienced teachers. Her family and support circle are very positive about her future there,” Ms Jane said.

“The welcome and acceptance of other students have helped to buffer her from the in-

Pictures: STEWART CHAMBERS timidating busy, noisy environment of a high school.”

Ms Jane, who worked for six years at a special developmental school and helped staff their NDIS registered community access program, said she clearly sees the differences between segregated and integrated education for students with disabilities.

“Watching and contributing to a mainstream school community, endeavouring and succeeding in changing attitudes and being the educational hub for all the local youth, has been uplifting.”

Ms Jane said it was important for parents who are looking at secondary school options for their child, not be afraid to explore the alternatives to specialist school settings.

“Don’t forget there is a support system out there if you need help in making these really important decisions about your child’s secondary education,” she said.

“I’m not sure that the Leadership, School Council and staff of this school know what a positive ripple effect this change has had on other communities they are unaware of, but I can only say to the greater Healesville community, Healesville High has done you proud,” Ms Jane said.

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Pygmy-possum champion Yarra Valley local Danica-Jade Williams fell in love with Mountain Pygmy-possums from the moment she first saw them at the zoo.

But Dani was sad to hear these tiny critters are critically endangered in the wild, and she was determined to help.

The seven year old recently met Zoos Victoria CEO Dr Jenny Gray at Healesville Sanctuary to hand over a $750 donation, which will go towards Mountain Pygmy-possum breeding and conservation work.

This is the latest donation in a total of $1500 that Dani has raised to help Zoos Victoria fight wildlife extinction.

Last year, Dani raised ey through her school community, but with coronavirus restrictions this year she had to get inventive - and go online.

“She was really frustrated by the thought of not being able to help the possums,” explained Dani’s mum, Melissa Williams.

“So we helped set her up a Go Fund Me page.”

Dani’s Go Fund Me is called Pocket Change for Pocket Possums.

“I asked her why she likes Mountain Pygmy-possums so much,” said Ms Williams, “and she explained that they’re small and quiet like her - but she feels like she can be brave to help them.”

Dani hopes to one day become a zoologist.

“Dani and I own a lot of the same books about animals,” said Dr Gray.

“I hope she studies hard and follows her passion for helping animals.”

After presenting her donation, Dani helped sanctuary keepers bake a batch of Bogong Bikkies, which are being used to feed wild Mountain Pygmy-possums struggling due to the decline of a major food source, the migratory Bogong moth.

Bogong moths once migrated from Queensland to the Victorian Alps by the bil-

Dani helping prepare biscuits for Mountain Pygmy-possums.

Dani presenting a donation for her favourite animal, the Mountain Pygmy-possum to Dr Jenny Gray. lions, but their numbers have plummeted in recent years. Zoos Victoria has launched the citizen science project Moth Tracker to help scientists understand how many moths are

making the annual trip.

Healesville Sanctuary re-opened to visitors on Thursday 29 October under the latest change of coronavirus restrictions by the Vic-

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Speaking up We tend to hear about violent and abusive crimes through media reports, not often directly from survivors themselves.

Sadly, there are many people in our community who have experienced sexual assault and violence.

Yet it is the courage of those who do speak out that provide us with the greatest insights into understanding of the issues and to force governments to take action.

Those who have been assaulted can be afraid, ashamed or embarrassed to speak out.

Reliving the event can often be too painful for survivors so we don’t always hear of their stories. For others, it may be liberating to take back the power from the situation and talk publicly about their trauma.

Families of murdered victims may wish to speak out on behalf of their loved ones. Typically, it is the truly horrendous crimes that are widely covered by the news and these tend to stay in our minds.

We know the names - Jill Meagher, Aiia Maasarwe and Eurydice Dixon. Names that evoke a sense of mourning and pain. These are the names of young women who were brutally assaulted and murdered.

Their families are left, unknowing exactly what happened to their loved ones and are now their only remaining voice. Their stories matter, their lives matter, and it’s important that their stories must be heard.

That is why the amendments to the ‘Gag Laws’ before Parliament recently were so important.

The Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 was brought through parliament in Feb-

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ruary this year and changes were made which consequently resulted in the ‘Gag Law’.

This would see sexual assault survivors and the families of deceased sexual assault victims silenced in speaking publicly.

To fix this, the Government proposed changes that would require families and assault victims to legally obtain a court order at approximately $10,000 to speak publicly, if not they would risk a hefty fine or jail time.

In Parliament, I had the opportunity to speak against the ‘Gag Law’ and support amendments put forward by the Coalition, causing the government to change their position.

Families of deceased loved ones spoke out publicly condemning the proposed changes in Parliament.

I, like them, implored the Government to listen to survivors and families of the deceased and pass the amendments. Common sense prevailed.

I would like to thank the women, men and families who have spoken out opposing this bill and who fought to give a voice back to sexual assault survivors and victims.

Well, we have some relief at last - freedom to drive to the country, fish and play golf, freedom to shop where we like as long as we are at the right distance from each other and have our masks on and sanitise, so that we can now dine in or outdoors.

The hotel at which I am the Chaplain can now seat 40 in separate areas. The proprietor has struggled to survive through the long lockdown with no one allowed on the premises, so it is great to see the place buzzing again.

Personally, I immediately swung into action the morning after the 25km rule was lifted and did a dash down to see and hug my 18 month old great grandson – we loved it – our first cuddle for a long time. What a contrast from last month.

So in this article I want to celebrate with you what we now have and what we have come through. All our compliance and perseverance has paid off in fighting this virus, and it has been worthwhile. Albeit devastating for so many in business.

I find it amazing as I look back to March when I was exhorting you to ‘Stay calm in the Whirlpool’, then in April I was getting you to ‘Look for peace in the storm’,

By May I talked about ‘Dealing with unmet expectations’, and in June, ‘Analyzing what we had learned so far’ (At the time).

Then in July we talked about ‘The winter of discontent’, and in August the challenge was ‘To take a risk on facing the reality’ of what we were experiencing at that point.

In September I was encouraging you to ‘Hold the Line’ because although we were getting weary, we had come so far and didn’t want to lose what we had gained, and in my later September article we ‘Looked at what changes Covid had brought, and what we would keep or throw out’. My last article was about a warning of ‘A rogue wave coming’ – the psychological one - one that reveals tragic consequences and carries an aftermath that sadly doesn’t have a known end date.

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girl at 48) has banned me from telling her of deaths that I have encountered as I work pastorally. She is not afraid of the subject but likes to live above that line. With that in mind I am trying to keep this article more upbeat and my Christmas article should be strictly Christmassy (if that is a word) and celebratory, I promise.

However, facing the other side of reality, which at no point can we ignore, we need to think of those who may never recover from having lost love ones so dear to them.

Let us not forget the families and loved ones of the 819 who have died in Victoria to date, and then we see the real number of those who are grieving.

We have to balance things at this point and be sensitive toward those who are grieving. The difficulty we have is that we don’t know who is grieving among most of the people we come across in our everyday lives. A suggestion that might work is to treat everyone one as someone who may be suffering one loss or another.

Many have lost businesses, homes, jobs, marriages, employment and selfesteem and too many have lost loved ones who just couldn’t cope anymore.

To borrow a thought from our recent Remembrance Day Services and change it to our circumstances, we could say - ‘At the going down of each day’s sun let we who have not lost people, and or things precious to us, remember those who have’.

Until next month my prayers are with you in your celebrating or your grieving.

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LETTERS Tourists rubbished After the first weekend of the ‘ring of steel’ being lifted and hoards of people are coming to our beautiful town and not taking their rubbish home with them.

It’s absolutely appalling and disappointing how disrespectful these ’tourists’ are. And it’s all over town and many other tourist places too.

I’ve had a lot of comments on the Healesville noticeboard Facebook page saying that rubbish has been left all over their towns too.

We love having tourists back but unfortunately this is the down side that needs to be addressed.

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COMMUNITY DIARY Outdoor Fete Healesville Uniting Church’s annual fundraising fete will be held outdoors on Friday 27 November 10am and Saturday 28 November 9am.

Plants, produce stalls, Barbecue and general goods available. Enquiries: 0407 801 491.

Bus-ting out of lockdown After spending most of the year in lockdown, Victorian Bus Charters are offering a free all inclusive tour of the Yarra Valley for one lucky person and nine of their friends. To enter the draw and be eligible visit: https://victorianbuscharters.com.au/the-yarra-valley-giveaway/

Night Market The Warburton Waterwheel Information Centre is looking for stallholders for its annual night market. The market is an opportunity for people to sell and promote their goods and services and our focus is on encouraging people to buy local for Christmas and to support local business, crafters and artisans who have

all been impacted by Covid-19.

The Market is on Friday 11 December from 5-9pm at the Waterwheel. Stalls cost $20. Register your interest by 2 December by email: suyin@upperyarra.net.au or phone 0403 185 580.

Healesville Music Festival The Healesville Music Festival is thrilled to present a festival of online concerts from some of Australia’s finest musicians and singer song-

writers. Join them from 1pm on 28 November for a free live streamed event on Facebook and YouTube. The festival will feature Great Aunt, Charles Jenkins, Sarah Carroll and Shannon Bourne, Liam Gerner, The Weeping Willows, Tim Woodz, Michael Waugh, Tuck Shop Ladies and The Royal High Jinx.

when club members are able to oversee the visits.

The club offers no cost/low cost visits as an introduction to our committee, members and coach at several sessions. For more information contact: info@emeraldtennisclubvic.org. au

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In response to losing an entire season due to Covid-19, Woori Yallock Junior Football Club is holding a major raffle for 2020. The first prize is a massive $5200 to spend at Launch Fresh over the next 12 months. Raffle closes on 30th November. Details on the raffle can be found at https://www.rafflelink.com.au/wyjfcmajorraffle2020

EMERALD TENNIS CLUB Emerald Tennis Club encourages all current and lapsed members to reconnect and attend a session as soon as they are able.

The club will be welcoming members of the local and wider community to several sessions

Yarra Valley Support Coordination is a new registered NDIS provider in Healesville. Services include support coordination for NDIS participants, domestic assistance, personal care, assistance with community participation, counselling, cooking courses, mental health peer support and much more. For more information visit: https://yvsc.com.au/

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Trolls fail to deter women

By Romy Stephens This year’s local council elections have been record-breaking when it comes to female representation.

Not only did the Yarra Ranges elect its highest number of female councillors, but the highest number of women elected to councils was also seen across the state.

But while it’s been a positive year for women in local government, some Yarra Ranges candidates have raised concerns about the challenges women still face when running for leadership roles.

Amy Muratore and Bec Brannigan ran for Streeton Ward and Walling Ward respectively.

The pair both said they experienced trolling and sexism online on a regular basis.

“My tagline was mum, teacher, advocate, local and I would wake up with ‘oh congratulations, you opened your legs and you’re a mum’,” Ms Muratore said.

“Really that was about the fact that when we look at Council’s services a majority of them are used by mothers.

“You know that they are just smart arse comments but it was daily towards the end.

“I got some pretty bad comments about my looks. An example would be ‘oh finally someone who looks f**kable is standing for Council’.”

Ms Brannigan said she had similar experiences, recalling numerous nasty social media messages.

“I had to add two other admins to my page just so we could keep on top of the messages that were coming in,” she said.

“People were posting public comments in relation to my looks, my bangability, mostly they were all around that.

“One comment was ‘when the low cut dress means that she’s asking for it’ or something like that.”

But online trolling wasn’t one of the only challenges Ms Muratore and Ms Brannigan said they faced during the election.

Ms Muratore said there were significant financial challenges for women who were balancing work and running a household, particularly when it came to competing against retired men.

She added that she felt as though she was constantly justifying her capability and qualifications.

“Basically, it’s a six month long job interview and we had to do it for a really long time to convince the community that we were qualified, skilled and up for the task,” Ms Muratore said.

“Whereas, blokes can announce their candidacy the week of and nominate, do six weeks campaigns, throw a bunch of money at it and perform really well.”

Amy Muratore with her family.

Roxanne Horn with her family.

Bec Brannigan and her daughter.

Ms Brannigan said she was often asked how she would balance the role and her family commitments.

“Constantly being asked how will you have time for this if you have kids, that I found really frustrating because I know that other male counterparts didn’t get asked that same question.”

Roxanne Horn, who ran for Chandler Ward, said she didn’t receive any sexist trolling. But she said she also felt the need to regularly justify her qualifications.

“I did have people diving really deep into my background, wanting to know how exactly I was qualified,” she said.

“It does seem to be a thing that men can say ‘I’m qualified’ and people say ‘oh ok’...There’s sort of that skepticism when females say they’re qualified.

“I actually thought that being 2020 we’d come so far, I was really shocked and disappointed to see how badly females were treated during the campaign, and how much more we were criticised.

“I saw examples where men got away with a lot of stuff that women would have been scrutinised for.”

Former Chandler Ward Councillor and 2020 Walling Ward candidate Tony Stevenson said he didn’t experience any sexism or trolling.

“I had some other people say ‘I would think differently about that matter’ but they were respectful,” he said.

“I had nothing and that’s what sort of shocked me.

“I still worry that here we are, it’s 2020, it’s just the lack of respect and the attitude that some people have.”

Mr Stevenson and Ms Horn said changes in the Local Government Act 2020 provided encouraging steps forward.

Such changes included not needing to register a home address on authorising material and councils needing to now provide adequate childcare provisions for all councillors.

“It’s just small things like that, that support women in running so they don’t have to deal with the safety concerns,” Ms Horn said.

Meanwhile, re-elected Ryrie Ward Council and Yarra Ranges Mayor Fiona McAllister said she also didn’t experience any negative experiences online during this year’s election.

“I’m on social media but I have learnt a degree of caution around that, based on the experience of other councillors, and not just female councillors, but also based on experiences with social media broadly,” she said.

“Every candidate that was running for the first time seriously had to be very active on social media and I’m sure that probably exacerbated the problem.”

Cr McAllister said she didn’t know how to solve the issue of online trolling, but encouraged people to call it out.

“I do encourage a good community debate

on issues and on policy positions, that is absolutely right and we want that, but when it becomes personal about issues like appearance that’s just not on.

“What we can do is not be bystanders when it happens, so if you see it playing out on social media and a personal attack on an individual ... express a view that it’s not acceptable behaviour.”

There was a record number of women elected to councils across the state and in the Yarra Ranges this year.

With four female councillors elected to Yarra Ranges this year - the highest since the council was formed in 1997 - gender balance has improved from 11 per cent to 44 per cent.

That’s on track with results across Victoria, with 272 women elected to councils, making up a total of 43.8 per cent of councillors.

Voices of Women (VoW) president Sue West said it was “a fantastic outcome.”

Her organisation is a non-for-profit based in the Yarra Valley that worked to support female candidates running for Council this year.

“I hope the women enjoy their time in local government. I hope the men enjoy working with the women and see it’s not a power grab, it’s just working together,” Ms West said.

“There may be some changes to the way things are done but that’s OK, it’s not a competition.

“We will now see some more female-friendly decisions come through without as much debate as there has been in the past.”

Ms West said sexist trolling was a feature of this year’s election, but she believed the work of grassroots groups like VoW and the female candidates themselves put pressure on people to vote for equal representation.

Meanwhile, Cr McAllister said it was good to see more diversity in the current Yarra Ranges Council, but there was still room for improvement.

“I think the diversity of the council we have now is great, we’ve got different age diversity and clearly different gender diversity,” she said.

“Ultimately, we all want councils and government to be representative of our community and that’s from all walks of life, from different gender diversity, different ethinic backgrounds and different ages.

“You don’t want everybody to think the same, that’s not good democracy.”

Ms Muratore said she hoped speaking out on the challenges women still faced when going for leadership positions.

“We’re in 2020 but we’re not there yet,” she said.

“That is really frustrating and I want to make sure we are working towards a world where it’s easy for women to put their hands up and they feel safe and as qualified as men.”

Fiona McAllister steps up for second mayoral term Ryrie Ward Councillor Fiona McAllister has been elected as Mayor of the Yarra Ranges for the second time at Council’s meeting on 17 November.

Cr McAllister was unanimously elected Mayor by her fellow councillors, in what will be her ninth year as a councillor at Yarra Ranges.

Cr McAllister said she was humbled and greatly appreciative to be stepping into the Mayor’s chair again, a position she last held in 2013/14.

“No matter how long you’ve been on Council, this is always a very auspicious occasion to be elected to the role of Mayor,” Cr McAllister said.

“In the midst of this challenging year, we need to have our council plan echoing the most important things for the community, and we need to ensure our budget and long term financial plan are completely focused on ensuring our community rebuilds and thrives.

“I promise to never lose focus on putting community first, and to work hard for what we are all incredibly passionate about, Yarra Ranges.” mailcommunity.com.au

Cr McAllister also spoke glowingly of Cr Richard Higgins, who served as Mayor in 2019/20.

“Cr Higgins will always be remembered as the Mayor in the year that we’ll never forget,” Cr McAllister said.

“He was a very real mayor who had to work in virtual ways, and I thank him for all he did in such difficult circumstances due to the pandemic.

“I thank the outgoing council, and welcome our great new council. I look forward to working with the other Councillors to address the priorities within each of our wards.”

Chandler Ward Councillor, David Eastham, was elected to the role of Deputy Mayor.

“I do not take this responsibility of Deputy Mayor lightly, and I very much look forward to supporting the Mayor over the next year,” Cr Eastham said.

“I believe I have a lot of skills through experience in working in community development and engagement, to ensure that we deliver what’s important to the community.

“I look forward to working with my fellow councillors over the next four years.”

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Athletes once again had the opportunity to experience a wide range of events over the weekend. There were many new faces amongst the club, with newcomers enjoying the opportunity to experience some new activities and make new friends.

Parents and helpers were required to comply with new restrictions and procedures to ensure a fun and safe morning of athletics was had.

Even with restrictions in place, there was still plenty of room for some early season personal bests. The club extends its congratulations to Ky Harris for achieving a centre record last week.

The club also wanted to extend its gratitude to Ken Taylor, who still has the starters touch after returning to the track after a five year absence to help with starting events.

Athletics Victoria will hold the first round of AVSL on Sunday 29th November. Entries close at midday on Wednesday 25 th November.

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By Jed Lanyon The Warburton Bowls Club is looking forward to the start of the 2020/21 Pennant Season this coming Saturday 28 November, where the Warburton 1 side in Division 1 Section 4 will play Lilydale 2 away, while the Warburton 2 in Division 5 Section 4 will play at home against Donvale 3.

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Bowls before or are looking for another social and active recreational and sporting pursuit to take up.

The Club also encourages any people who have retired from sports such as football, cricket and netball to come along and give bowls a go.

The Burras welcome any interested people to contact the club if they would like to play in this exciting new 6-a-side format, play socially or in the 16-a-side afternoon format. Free coaching is available.

The Warburton 3 (Section 3) 6-a-side team play Camberwell Central 2 at home this week, while the Tuesday Pennant side (Division 2 Section 4) will play Chirnside Park 1 at home on 1 December.

Please contact the club accordingly 5966 2391 or 0438 184 428 or check out the club website for further details. www.warburtonbowls.bowls.com.au

claim a ball.

Nearest the pin winners were Ms Dickson (12th), Sam Dennis (15th), and Ms Nursey’s 2nd shot on the 10th nearly landed her the Eagle’s Nest.

With a strong field, numbers wise, at the club’s 21 November stableford, a high score would be needed to win anything.

And, so it transpired.

The best score handed in, and the club’s A-Grade winner, was 41 points from accom-

plished footballer, cricketer and golfer Michael Batten.

The B-Grade voucher went to Jeff-Gill, with 38 points.

The daily runner-up was Michael Pinkster, with 40 points.

Balls got down to 37 only, reflecting the many good scores handed in.

Nearest the pins were won by Rod Kempton (both the 3rd and the 15th), David Murch (5th), Mick-Danagher (9th) and ‘Mitzi’ Batten (15th).

Social golf A large turnout of members at the Healesville Social Golf Club saw a very competitive day and some very good results.

Laurie Tormey (14) won the day with a superb 41 Stableford score followed by Ken Arnott (15), who came second on countback with 38. Allan Litchfield (21) was third with 38 points.

Nearest the pins were hit by Tom Carroll, Travis Carroll and two to Chris Handasyde. The Skins was won by Simon Caldicott with a birdie on the Par 4 7th hole.

Laurie Tormey won the secret holes with 11 points on the selected 4 holes, while in the Singles Match Play Championship Greg Hay defeated Chris Handasyde.

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