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A sign promoting Maralinga Community Garden in Chandler Road Reserve. Most of the reserve is owned by the State Government and has an Picture: GARY SISSONS uncertain future. 228288 ardson’s law firm Maddocks submitted in a letter to the planning committee.

Resident Gaye Guest told the hearing that without proper warning, “railroaded” residents could be unfairly deprived of public open space.

“Unfortunately too many school sites get

She said residents moved there in past decades because the original road network was designed to “stop traffic” through the estate.

Ms Guest that the school was still needed.

There were many examples of schools being sold off when they were still required, she said.

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“It’s unfair to residents who want an educational site. It’s the most land-locked piece of land in Greater Dandenong.”

Ms Guest warned of the impact of a potential through road between Maralinga Avenue and Mcmahen Road.

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Most of the green open fields off Maralinga Avenue, Keysborough may vanish, with revelations that Chandler Road Reserve’s future is far from settled.

At a state planning committee directions hearing, the State Government backed away from its public declaration that Chandler Reserve had been preserved by leasing its majority portion to City of Greater Dandenong.

The proposed 20-year lease was still under discussion with the council, it told the hearing on 10 February.

The Government will also seek no public open space requirement on the adjoining exMaralinga Primary School site, which it wishes to rezone for housing, the independent Government Land Standing Advisory Committee was told.

In a shock worse-case scenario, it would mean the area’s only public open space would be a third of Chandler Reserve.

Greater Dandenong Council recently put a halt on Maralinga Community Garden setting up in Chandler Reserve due to doubts on available parkland.

The council’s lawyer Kristin Richardson told the hearing that under the proposed and unsigned lease, the State-owned majority of Chandler Reserve could be potentially developed after 20 years.

She called for a deferral of the 26 February hearing on the ex-school site’s rezoning, citing the State incorrect claim on the reserve’s lease, other alleged errors and a lack of details.

More detail was needed on the contamination risk from three underground petrol tanks removed from the school, she argued.

The Government had provided no reports on traffic impacts, noise levels from an adjoining industrial zone, and stormwater and drainage issues, Ms Richardson told the hearing.

“Council considers it is important for adjoining and nearby properties to have sufficient notice of all relevant material, and that any affected people have an opportunity to be heard in respect of the amended Amendment documentation and additional background reports, should they wish to do so,” Ms Rich-

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Mamas change the world

By Danielle Kutchel “Believe in a woman, because a woman can change the world.”

That was the sentiment behind the launch of the Afri-Aus Care Ubuntu Mothers Project, which will work with the African-Australian women’s community in the south-east and the west to provide skills, opportunities and employment to the women, helping them to connect with their community and families.

As far as attendees go, it was a star-studded event, attended by Trent Smyth, Honorary Consul of Malawi; Corrections Minister Natalie Hutchins; Greater Dandenong mayor Angela Long; representatives of the Victorian Multicultural Commission, and others.

But the real stars were the ‘mamas’, the African-Australian women who are at the heart of Afri-Aus Care’s work and this new project.

Speaking with an electric passion, Afri-Aus Care founder and CEO Selba Luka, directed the audience to focus on the mamas and their dreams.

Since joining Afri-Aus Care, she said, they had found a new family and a new life in Australia.

It hasn’t been an easy journey, with many women experiencing mental health issues stemming from family violence, trauma and intergenerational conflict with their children.

Many are also lonely, with few family or social networks to turn to when they arrive.

Ms Luka knows what they’ve been through; she too experienced depression and was suicidal after arriving in Australia.

She paid tribute to those who believed in her dream at the time - a dream to provide support for the African-Australian diaspora.

Six years on, that dream continues - and the Ubuntu Mothers Project is its latest iteration.

It has also attracted the attention of the State Government, with Corrections Minister Natalie Hutchins pledging $516,000 in funding.

The mamas and attendees tour the Afri Aus Care garden, which grows food for the community and provides a calming place for women to share their stories and skills.

The mamas dance and celebrate after the launch.

“We know that the Victorian African community is resilient, vibrant and ready to make a real difference and contribute to our state,” Ms Hutchins said on the day.

Part of the project’s aim is to reduce the overrepresentation of African-Australian youth in the state’s justice system, diverting them from a path of crime to one of family and community connectedness.

It is rooted in Ubuntu, an African concept meaning ‘I am, because we are’.

Ubuntu also underpins all of Afri-Aus Care’s

gion and across the west.

“These new skills in Ubuntu practice combined with improved health and social connectiveness will serve us to not only strengthen relationships with young people but to improve your families lives,” she said.

“Mothers are the heart of communities, the heart of our families, and this project will provide culturally appropriate support to the Victorian African-Australian community. I look forward to seeing the great outcomes from this project.”

work and has so far helped to restore and maintain connections between generations and new arrivals to the country - linking their motherland to their new home.

“Drawing on African-Australian community strength, the project will harness the principals and practises of Ubuntu to draw a roadmap for family youth community engagement,” Ms Hutchins said.

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‘New hope’ for old Methodist Church

By Cam Lucadou-Wells Proposed heritage laws have given new hope to residents and Greater Dandenong Council campaigning to save a historic church in Keysborough.

The council is in “ongoing discussions” with the Uniting Church, which owns the 144-year-old Keysborough Methodist Church at 176 Chapel Road.

The striking Gothic-style building with coloured stained-glass windows and shingle roof is a rare remnant of the area’s 19th-century history.

It stands unused and markedly deteriorated next to a towering housing estate to the south and a proposed sub-division to the north.

On 2 February, the State Government announced a heritage Bill to protect historic properties from unlawful demolition and neglect.

The proposed laws would allow the Government to step in when a historic building is unlawfully demolished or - perhaps crucially in the Keysborough church case - allowed to fall into disrepair.

Owners charged with unlawful demolition could be banned from developing the site for up to 10 years.

Gaye Guest, who is part of a community campaign to save the church, said the laws “give hope to some of our historical buildings which need to be looked after, nurtured and cared for”.

“Too often we hear about wonderful examples of past architecture falling into disrepair through neglect or through ‘lack of funds’.”

“As we move towards urbanisation , we need reminders of our past and Keysborough Uniting Church is certainly a symbol of hope.”

The historic Keysborough Methodist Church shows signs of decay. 228101 Picture: GARY SISSONS Just 70 heritage listed markers and buildings remain in the entire Greater Dandenong municipality, Ms Guest said.

“Stories and photos can capture some of our history but nothing can replace the ‘real thing’.

“When you visit these well-preserved historical sites and buildings you become immersed in the spiritual vibe of the dwelling or site, even significant trees and artefacts are a joy to observe and ponder over.”

Greater Dandenong city planning director Jody Bosman said the “most welcome” news “addresses a long standing weakness in the current planning provisions”.

“Greater Dandenong Council congratulates the Minister on this important step.

“There are a number of buildings in the City of Greater Dandenong which are covered by a heritage overlay and it is hoped that this announcement now gives greater certainty to the future of those buildings.”

Although listed as significant in Greater Dandenong’s heritage study, the council has been effectively powerless to compel the Uniting Church to preserve the building.

Heritage overlay protections were only triggered when development or demolition was proposed, Mr Bosman said last year.

“Unfortunately (the council) can’t direct owners to protect structures from decay.”

Mr Bosman said it would be clearer how the laws would impact on the church issue “once more detail of the proposed legislation is known”.

“Council officers are in ongoing discussions with representatives of the Uniting Church to explore the restoration and protection of the old church building.”

Planning Minister Richard Wynne said the laws would “remove the financial incentive to illegally demolish by stopping development on the land for up to 10 years”.

“We’re sending a clear message to those developers who do the wrong thing - there are real consequences for wilfully destroying our precious heritage.”

“Fines shouldn’t just be the cost of doing business. Preventing those who illegally demolish our heritage from redeveloping means they can no longer reap windfall gains from selling or rebuilding on their land.”

Last year, a Uniting Church spokesperson told Star Journal that the building was “unsafe” and “neither used or needed” by its congregation. “(The) building itself has no formal heritage standing.

“In its current state it has been deemed unsafe and would require a significant amount of money spent on it to change that status.

“The local congregation and the Presbytery of Port Philip East continue to look at options for the future of the site.”

Site cleared with permit still pending

By Cam Lucadou-Wells A former home at 182 Chapel Road was demolished and most of the 4-hectare site’s vegetation cleared last week - though a subdivision permit has yet to be approved.

A ‘Keysborough Townhouses’ project is being promoted as “coming soon” by developer Peet, which reportedly bought the former market garden for $25 million in 2020.

Greater Dandenong city planning director Jody Bosman said the council was “currently assessing” and “yet to issue a decision” on the planning application for subdivision and vegetation removal.

“The application is exempt from advertising under the Greater Dandenong Planning Scheme.

“A planning permit is not required to demolish the existing dwelling, or for the removal of some of the vegetation on site.”

The land is next door to the 144-year-old Keysborough Methodist Church.

The council is negotiating with the owner Uniting Church in order to preserve the historic building.

Meanwhile, the 220 Chapel Road site has been cleared for a precinct of 21 townhouses, 89 apartments and retail.

The four-storey ‘Chapel Park’ development on the corner of Chapel and Hutton roads was controversially approved by the council in 2019.

Eighteen river red gum trees - a majority of the native vegetation on the site - were or-

A cyclist died after his bike and a car collided on Princes Highway Springvale.

Emergency services were called to the crash scene near Police Road about 9.50pm on Thursday 11 February, police say.

The cyclist, believed to be in his 40’s, suffered critical injuries.

“Crews worked on the man but were unable to save him,” a Victoria Police spokesperson said.

The driver of the car and a child passenger were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Police are investigating the circumstances of the crash.

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Teens arrested over carjacking Two teenage girls, aged 13 and 15, were arrested by police over an attempted carjacking and armed robbery in Southbank, which left the vehicle’s driver with minor injuries.

The 13-year-old girl from Dandenong and her 15-year-old accomplice from Cranbourne are alleged to have attempted the carjacking with an edged weapon at the intersection of Hancock Street and Clarke Street in Southbank, just after 3.30am on Saturday 6 February.

The driver of the targeted vehicle, a 25-yearold Dandenong man, received minor injuries in the incident before police arrived.

The two armed females were arrested by police at the scene, where it was found that the 13-year-old girl was currently out on bail for other offences.

Both girls were charged with aggravated carjacking, armed robbery and assault related offences, whilst the 13-year-old was further charged with committing an indictable offence while on bail.

The duo were remanded in custody to appear at a Children’s Court at a later date.

Dandenong rooftop arrest An alleged fugitive was dramatically arrested on a rooftop in Hammond Road Dandenong on 10 February.

Divisional Response Unit police officers had been chasing the man before climbing onto the roof to secure his arrest.

Police say the man had escaped from police a few days earlier.

He was charged with resisting police and escaping custody, as well as aggravated burglary and theft of motor vehicle.

The man was remanded in custody.

Next step for school upgrade

A four-hectare market garden and house are cleared at 182 Chapel Road, with a historic church in the background. 228101 Picture: GARY SISSONS dered for protection.

Mr Bosman told a council meeting that council officers inspecting the site confirmed the trees’ retention.

An architect has been appointed for the final stage of the State Government’s $27.6 million upgrade of Lyndale Secondary College.

B2 Architecture will design the $10.8 million final stage, including a learning environment block and upgrade of the BER building.

“We’re making sure that our schools have the best facilities, our classrooms have the best teachers and that every child is given every chance to succeed,” Dandenong MP Gabrielle Williams said.

“Dandenong North families are a step closer to getting the great local school facilities their kids need to thrive.”

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Walking for a good cause

By Gabriella Payne Over six years ago, Victorian SES volunteer Robert Olifiers decided to lace up his shoes and go for a walk around his local neighbourhood streets.

Thousands of kilometres later - and many a pair of shoes - Mr Olifiers has made his way through the winding streets of 14 different municipalities, including Greater Dandenong, covering a whopping 7,900 kilometres on foot, all whilst raising awareness for a cause that’s close to his heart.

Mr Olifiers told the Star Journal of the many factors that sparked this epic journey, which will see him walk every suburban Melbourne street by the time he’s done, crossing 21 different metro Melbourne local council areas in the process.

“Every day I walk, I try and explore and find something different,” Mr Olifiers said.

“Every council I do I just love, because it’s like completing a jigsaw puzzle.

I walk through the streets and I talk to people, and I learn so much from the different communities.”

Mr Olifiers said that what started out as a simple walk, aimed at helping his body and mind, quickly became a great passion project of his, estimating that his journey has taken him through approximately 57,000 different streets, courts, lanes and paths over the last six and a half years.

But this mammoth journey was never a challenge or training project, but was in fact a way of combating feelings of loneliness and anxiety Mr Olifiers had experienced in his personal life.

After the breakdown of his 27 year marriage seven years ago, Mr Olifiers found himself struggling to be on his own and grappling with a lack of purpose.

Robert Olifiers is on a mission to walk through all 21 metro Melbourne municipalities.

Picture: SUPPLIED “My ex-wife and I had suddenly separated and I really struggled with being on my own.

I have a counselling background and I know it happens with a lot of people - it’s a bit like struggling with grief. I just didn’t want to bottle myself up in my house, alone,“ he said.

Wanting to keep his mind and body busy, Mr Olifiers said he “sat down and wrote down

a list of things” that he “wanted to achieve in the short term” - and the idea of walking came to mind.

Originally starting out in Mitcham, Mr Olifiers’ home suburb, he quickly became motivated to discover new, unwalked streets and decided to visit his local council, obtaining a map where he began marking off his journey.

“Once I had covered every street in Mitcham, I went to my local council and got a map of the City of Whitehorse and began ticking off all of those streets too,” he said.

14 municipalities later, Mr Olifiers is set on achieving his goal and is currently tackling the streets of both Greater Dandenong and Darebin at the moment, with only five municipalities left after that.

“Each evening I plan out my route for the next day and write it on a little sticky note,” Mr Olifiers said.

“I’ve already walked through about three quarters of Greater Dandenong. I’ve found it quite interesting, it’s such a diverse part of Melbourne.”

Mr Olifiers said he planned to complete his walk through Greater Dandenong in the coming months, by finishing up at the local SES unit on the corner of Cheltenham Road as part of a kind of tradition he has established over his years of walking.

“When I finish a council area, I celebrate it with a friend who may live in that area, a Mayor of the Council or an SES Unit that I visit,” he said.

Being a teacher by trade, Mr Olifiers finds the time to complete his walks either in the afternoons or on weekends, and will sometimes drive up to an hour to reach each new municipality he has planned to walk through on the day.

As well as being a great way to exercise,

Mr Olifiers said he was proud to be spreading awareness about the amazing work that the SES does and loved chatting with people along the way, encouraging others to overcome anxiety and depression by getting out and about on walks of their own.

“I love talking to people, telling them my story and explaining why I’m doing it. I hope along the way by sharing my story, I can help others with their wellbeing,” Mr Olifiers said.

Having been a volunteer at the State Emergency Service for fifteen years now, Mr Olifiers said he was proud to be promoting the SES and explaining their work to people throughout the metro Melbourne region as he journeyed through different suburbs.

Along the way, Mr Olifiers has been taken by the diverse communities Melbourne has to offer, finding a particular interest in unique and creative letterboxes, which he photographs and shares on his Instagram page, @ olifiers_unique_letter_boxes “I see and take photos of some amazing sights, meet lovely people, flora and fauna, walk through some beautiful areas and ask and answer so many questions about the community,” he said.

“Each house, in the way it is presented, tells a story about the owner/occupier from the garden, fence or even letter box.

I have been amazed at the number of interesting, unique letter boxes I’ve seen that can define a house.”

Mr Olifiers is also currently writing a children’s book, all about the joys that can be found within the community.

As he nears closer to achieving his goal, Mr Olifiers said that he hoped his walking journey would inspire others to get out into their local communities and that if he could help at least one person suffering from grief and anxiety, like he had, then it was a road worth travelling.

It was all smiles as schools welcomed back students Students hit the ground running in the first week of school in 2021.

St Gerard’s Primary School hosted a Give Me Week, featuring a workshop on Ozbots, greens screens and robots on 4 February.

The workshop was staged by Dandenong Library’s staff members Trent and Sara.

Meanwhile St Anthony’s Primary School’s new principal Erin Nagel helped prep students settle into their first days of schooling.

And Keysborough Gardens Primary School prep students posed for an early group shot.

St Gerard’s Primary School students during a robot workshop led by Dandenong Library staff.

St Anthony’s Primary preps Ashpreet, Shania, Michelle, Izabella

St Gerard’s Primary School students in a robotics workshop.

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Tree hazard looms large

By Cam Lucadou-Wells For decades, a Keysborough resident has lived under threat of a “towering monster” of a gum tree on her nature strip.

A large fallen branch from the 10-metreplus yellow gum took down a powerline connected to Thelma Paull’s home roof about 20 years ago.

But despite persistent requests to Greater Dandenong Council to prune the “three-storey” tree, its heavy limbs still loom over her as she walks out her front door.

Dr Paull says she doesn’t necessarily want the tree removed, just “downsized”.

“It’s not a terrible tree. It’s a park tree, not a nature-strip tree.

“Someone joked that if it was planted now, it would need a building permit.”

Each time the council tells her it is “a healthy tree”, she says. Recently, they estimated it had another 30 years of healthy life.

On windy days, Dr Paull fears limbs will once again fall.

“How do they determine a healthy tree?

“I say to anyone at the council why don’t you dig it up and plant it your house.“ The council-planted tree has well and truly outgrown other yellow gums in the estate’s nature strips.

Aside from safety concerns, there’s debris - leaves, bark, blossums, nuts and twigs - that blanket the footpath and front yard.

Screeching flocks of more than 100 corellas regularly perch. Their piercingly loud chorus startle residents at dawn with an encore in the late afternoon.

On 8 February, the council tabled a neighbourhood petition that stated “we feel like we’re living in a jungle”.

“We strongly believe that gum trees are more suitable for non-residential areas,” the petition stated.

“Hence our humble request is that these trees are replaced with more suitable trees for us residents to maintain a pleasant and happily liveable environment; to protect lives from

Corellas nestle in large numbers in the gum tree branches. 228154 Pictures: GARY SISSONS potential accidents and to achieve a win/win outcome for the residents and the council.”

Councillor Rhonda Garad said the council’s strong policy on tree protection was needed “as we face increasingly hot temperatures due to climate change”. “(However) I would support a policy of ‘exception’ for those trees, like this one, that cause distress to some residents.”

Cr Garad said some street trees that were planted under an old council policy were “too large for nature strips”.

Since then, the council planted “more appropriate” trees.

According to the council’s 2018 tree strategy, there were more than 1300 yellow gums in Greater Dandenong. This is the same species outside Dr Paull’s home.

Engineering director Paul Kearsley told a council meeting said the main deciding factor was whether the tree was safe.

He said the council had to consider also its low tree-canopy rate. Greater Dandenong has one of the lowest tree-canopy rates in Melbourne at 9.8 per cent.

The council aims to lift that rate to 15 per cent by 2028.

Keysborough residents Vannath Chea, Alam Bhuiyan, Thelma Paull and Tam Tran and the towering yellow gum. 228154

Teeing off again for charity

Jo Gumley from Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, front left, mayor Angela Long and Veronica Hassett from Keysborough Learning Centre, with sponsors, rear from left, Nirad Shah from KPJ Group, Rob Anson from Norden Group, Rick Stephenson from Booran Motors and David Willersdorf from Grenda Group. 227753 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS

Take a Swing for Charity Golf Day hits its 12th year - shooting nearly $500,000 to local charities.

The golf day hosted by Greater Dandenong Council and local industries will tee off at Victoria Golf Club, Cheltenham on Wednesday 24 February.

“Money raised over the past 11 years has provided significant support to many local charities,” Greater Dandenong mayor Angela Long said at the launch on 8 February. “(It has enabled) some exciting new initiatives to be delivered to those most in need and this little golf day has raised almost half a million dollars in that time.

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“As a bonus, this event is a chance for business and industry to come together to have fun and network.”

This year’s recipients are the Keysborough Learning Centre and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

Major sponsors for the event include KPJ Group, Grenda Group, Future Recycling, Norden Group, Telstra Business Technology Centre and Erntec.

A car from Dandenong Nissan and Kia is on offer to anyone who shoots a hole-in-one.

To take part as a sponsor or player, go to https://www.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au/ sebn

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LOOKING BACK 100 years ago 17 February 1921 Touristic Dandenong Councillors For some years past the Dandenong Shire councillors have been in the habit of making an annual motoring excursion, which has always proved thoroughly enjoyable to those participating in the trip. The event this year was arranged to start on Wednesday, but on this occasion the party was not so large numerically as formerly. The main reason is that several of our municipal representatives have already been holidaying, hence their absence from the jaunt. However those who left on the excursion were: Crs Abbott, Audsley, Harris, W Keys, Mr W H A Rodd and Mr Labor, and they will return in about ten days hence. From Dandenong to Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Orbost, Mallacoota on to New South Wales taking in Bega, Cooma, Ky-

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andra, Yarragon, Billy Caves, Wagga, thence to Albury, and along to Melbourne and Dandenong.

pot, coffee lounge and milk bar, continental delicatessen, boutique, Chinese restaurant, fish shop and fruit shop.

50 years ago

20 years ago

16 February 1971 $90,000 shops plan for NP A $90,000 shops complex will be built on Railway Department land opposite Noble Park Post Office. Springvale City Council is supporting the application of Mr N E Burns of Moonee Ponds and Toorak; and his business partner Miss K W Ewald to build eight lock-up shops on the land. Mr Burns told the Journal: “The shops would be ‘very modern’ and fully air-conditioned, he intends to preserve all existing trees and that he had met ‘utmost co-operation from the railways as well as council and chamber of commerce.

Mr Burns feels the shops could be used by a bank, real estate office and dry-cleaning de-

19 February 2001 Freeway ‘when’ The only uncertainty which seems to be hanging over the Scoresby Freeway project is not ‘if’ but ‘when’ - and an announcement has to be soon. Federal transport minister Mr John Anderson will want some details ironed out by the State Government, but an air of quiet confidence prevailed as the party assembled to make a tour of the land earmarked for the freeway since the mid 1960’s

5 years ago 15 February 2016 Looking Up What do we know about the sky rail project?

As part of the $1.6 billion project a 2.7 kilometre elevated viaduct will be built over the Noble Park intersections creating public open space beneath the line.

The government contends it will result in less train noise at street level as well as significant improvements to traffic flow. Six other level crossings will be eliminated with elevated rail sections above six kilometres of newly created linear parkland between Dandenong and Caulfield.

Noble Park station will be rebuilt shifting closer to Heatherton Road and be integrated into Douglas Street shops with a community plaza.

It will be more accessible for visitors to the nearby RSL, skate park and aquatic centre.

The government said the project will create more than 2000 jobs and be completed by 2018.

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Hopes for a better 2021

By Helen Heath OAM, Interfaith Network of the City of Greater Dandenong development officer From whatever your viewpoint, most people have found the past year of 2020 challenging and unsettling - to say the least.

Now with 2021 here, hopes are being revisited that this year will be a better year.

The Interfaith Network of the City of Greater Dandenong is the oldest established interfaith network within Australia and has been unique in the life of the City. For more than 31 years the network has sought to bring hope with its dedicated efforts of working together for peace, harmony and understanding.

Faith and spiritual leaders of the major

world faiths and their communities have cooperated together, knowing the building of important connections breaks down barriers.

Through friendship and knowing each other, the network is positioned to offer support, helping prevent the harm that all too quickly arises when a tragedy or crisis strike, often

leading to hate speech, religious intolerance and racism.

Promoting respect and tolerance for the integrity of every person’s beliefs, cultures and traditions, people of all faiths - and none are enabled to live together in peace.

As times change, and we have certainly seen a lot of upheaval and change with the Covid-19 pandemic, so too do we - to new ways of thinking, creating, doing and being.

If we engage with understanding all the riches of different faiths and beliefs, the future is filled with hope and possibility.

This provides us with an opportunity to create things differently.

As a people of faith and prayer, the inter-

faith network seeks to hopefully nurture the seeds of peoples’ desire to live together with each other in peace and hope.

The network chooses to seek the things that bring us all together, respecting the things we differ on, and through education, works to prevent the damaging harm that tears us all apart if we do not travel this path.

May you be inspired and challenged by this vision where all of us work together to build the hope that creates a strong sense of belonging. Through sharing beliefs and values that are vitally important for all faiths, spiritual traditions and communities, we build trust with each other enabling a hopeful peace - which, in the long term for our world, is more important than agreement.

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Selba Luka, centre, receives her award from Mayor Angela Long and Deputy Mayor Sophie Tan.

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Selba (front) and volunteer Veronica in the Afri Aus-Care veggie garden.

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By Danielle Kutchel A tireless champion for African and CALD communities has been named Greater Dandenong’s Citizen of the Year.

Selba Luka, founder of Afri-Aus Care, received the award at an invite-only event at Springvale City Hall on Tuesday 26 January.

She admitted the award was a total shock, but a welcome one, and dedicated it to the community, staff, volunteers, supporters and

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Born in Malawi, Ms Luka often says her heart is in South Sudan as she works closely with the south-eastern South Sudanese community.

Afri-Aus Care was born of her experiences when she arrived in Australia, where she experienced difficulties and hardship in her first years in the country.

The not-for-profit provides mental health

African women who are new to Australia and need assistance to find employment and learn English. Many of these women are survivors of domestic abuse, and Afri-Aus Care provides mental health support too as they build a new life.

Speaking at the Australia Day ceremony, Ms Luka said she was honoured to have received such a prestigious award.

“May we continue to be united. Dandenong is a great city to be,“ she said.

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Gardens on pause

By Cam Lucadou-Wells Fledgling community gardens have been stalled by Greater Dandenong Council after a “challenging” VCAT ruling and doubts on the future of Chandler Road Reserve.

Maralinga Community Garden (MCG) had been set to move into its digs at the reserve after securing $20,000 in council grants as a pilot project in Greater Dandenong.

MCG organiser Bryan Hunter said the council appeared to be “back-tracking” after the group had “jumped through all the hoops” for the past two years.

It had got incorporated, public liability insurance and submitting budgets and management plans as requested.

The community desire to garden intensified during Covid lockdown. But frustratingly, the project has “nothing to show for it”.

“We’re just awaiting approval to get started.”

A more informal community garden at Victoria Avenue Reserve, Springvale, has also come to a halt.

Friends of Victoria Avenue Reserve organiser Zoe Mohl says the first bed of their “edible garden” had been built, but the council put a hold on further plots.

Led by the council’s parks department, the free garden had 160 Facebook members but no formal membership or incorporated committee.

It was designed so “anyone” could “rock up to the reserve”, to help plant native trees and garden produce.

“We don’t need any funds from the council, just an annual mulch drop,” Ms Mohl said.

“We were just getting started and then the brakes came on.”

Greater Dandenong is weighing up a VCAT decision in December that ruled against a community garden, water tank, shed and fencing in a Bayside Council reserve.

According to a council letter to MCG organisers, the decision presents a “challenge to us and other councils which provide space for community gardens”.

“This is going to mean planning permits (including advertising) being required each time a community garden is sought,” the council wrote.

There are also doubts over the future of public open space at Chandler Reserve and surrounds.

Councillors have been told of a potential backlash against MCG if most of the Stateowned open space in the ex-Maralinga Primary School site and Chandler Reserve was lost.

The fenced-off community garden would take up more than half of the remaining Chandler Reserve.

According to recent community consultation, there is “strong support” for MCG - which also has 200 Facebook likes. About 20 surveyed residents were opposed or raised concerns.

Greater Dandenong city planning director Jody Bosman said the council was considering the impact of the VCAT decision on the establishment of new community gardens.

The former Maralinga Primary School site (red) is proposed for sale while the leasing of the blue area of Chandler Reserve is being discussed with City of Greater Dandenong. The green zone on the left is parkland owned by Greater Dandenong.

Threat to parkland From page 1 A lawyer for the Department of Treasury and Finance told the hearing the Government sought no public open space requirement on the school site.

It would also seek to include a “strip of land” connecting the reserve’s access roads at Maralinga Avenue and Mcmahen Street as part of its proposed Development Plan Overlay.

The lawyer argued acoustic reports, stormwater management, traffic reports were not normally part of such a hearing.

Some were normally considered at the later stage of a planning permit application, the lawyer said.

Maralinga Primary School closed in 2014 - four years after merging with Chandler Park Primary School. Enrolments had declined to the point that the school was no longer viable, the treasury lawyer said.

At the same time, there was growth in demand for a school in the new estates in Keysborough South, she said.

Committee chair Annabel Paul said the issue of whether a primary school was still required was outside of the committee’s terms of reference.

The committee’s role was to consider the suitability of the proposed rezoning and development plan overlay.

Key issues raised by public submissions appeared to be increased traffic, removal of vegetation, neighbourhood character, the underground petrol tanks, Aboriginal and cultural sensitivities and stormwater, Ms Paul said.

Ms Paul said a decision on deferring the case would be made after the directions hearing.

Greater Dandenong Council staff helped install the Victoria Avenue Reserve raised garden bed.

Maralinga Community Garden members at a wicking-bed demonstration on site in December.

A recent community planting day at Victoria Avenue Reserve.

“The outcomes of this will form part of Council’s community gardens policy, which is currently under development.

“This new policy will then provide direction for the establishment of new community gardens.”

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Toxic election push

By Cam Lucadou-Wells

Kevin Weekes, 52, was employed at the factories for almost 28 years.

Lawsuit dust up

By Mitchell Clarke Former employees of a Dandenong silica milling factory are planning to file lawsuits after they were allegedly exposed to toxic dust, resulting in the development of debilitating and potentially deadly illnesses.

The group of seven alleges their ex-employer, former global minerals company Unimin, was negligent by failing to provide a safe workplace at their Lang Lang and Dandenong factories.

Kevin Weekes, 52, is one of the former employees taking legal action after he was diagnosed with silicosis in 2019.

The occupational lung disease, caused by the inhalation of silica dust, results in scarring, swelling and fluid build-up in the lungs and can advance to progressive massive fibrosis, often carrying life-threatening consequences.

Mr Weekes was employed at the factories for almost 28 years and in that time, performed a variety of roles including driving a forklift and bagging sand, gravel, and silica.

“You could always see the silica dust in the air but we weren’t warned about the health risks despite that being something all workers needed to know,” he said.

Mr Weekes said an international silica dust expert visited the site and recommended the use of airflow helmets, but he only received that after his diagnosis.

“As far as I’m concerned that’s too little, too

late,” he said.

“The scary thing is I don’t know how much time I have left and I’ve been told to get my affairs in order.

“I’ll never forget coming home after the diagnosis and sharing the news with my wife, Debra, and our two daughters.”

Roger Singh, who leads Shine Lawyers’ Dust and Diseases Litigation Practice told the Gazette the risk of silicosis was prevalent in a range of industries - including mining, construction, engineering and stonemasonry but awareness was increasing.

“The issue is here and now. It extends to so many industries. We’ve had the asbestos legacy and we can’t afford to have another legacy with silica dust. This could have been prevented by basic bloody workplace safety,” he said.

“This employer has been derelict in its duty by allowing so many of its employees to be exposed to hazardous silica dust with devastating impacts for them and their families.

“It’s a disgrace. If you think about silica and silica exposure, you would’ve thought that it’s a thing of the past, but for such employers to turn a blind eye is just unforgivable.”

Unlike asbestos, victims of silicosis were developing the disease as quickly as five years from first exposure, Mr Singh said.

“It just goes to show horrendous this illness is. In many ways, it’s a young man’s disease.

We have workers who are relatively young, the

breadwinners of the family, who can no longer return to the workforce,” he explained.

Shine Lawyers has also proven a “casual connection” between silica dust exposure and autoimmune diseases like scleroderma and rheumatoid arthritis.

Mr Singh is now fighting to have lupus recognised as a work-related injury on behalf of one of his clients, who also worked at the Lang Lang plant.

“There’s more work to do and we will fight tooth and nail to have her lupus recognised as a work-related injury by the statutory insurer as it was caused by the same dust,” he said.

“These diseases are dreadfully debilitating and the suffering is immense.”

The next step in the legal process, Shine Lawyers says, is to investigate the potential to bring lawsuits against the current owners of the factories, so the seven workers can recover compensation for pain and suffering, as well as statutory payments.

“This is really far reaching. Where there is one industry affected, many more follow. The time for talk is over. What we’re seeing here is just the tip of the iceberg,” Mr Singh said.

“People are dying, people are being destroyed, families are being damaged, so we are calling for all industries and occupations, that produces silica dust, to be rigorously regulated.

The National Dust Disease Taskforce is due to hand down its final report this June.

Greater Dandenong Council will target the 2022 State election in a bid for the removal of the toxic industry zone in Dandenong South.

Cr Jim Memeti said the council and neighbouring residents were “sick and tired” of heavy industries but powerless to stop them due to the industrial 2 zone.

He said time was on the council’s side to prepare a case to the Government and Opposition ahead of the November 2022 state ballot.

Time was also required for the State to find an alternative location for the industrial 2 zone - one of only two in metro Melbourne.

“It’s not a quick fix. But we don’t do anything about it, things like the wasteto-energy and Remondis recycling plant will keep happening.”

The rezoning proposal would still allow existing heavy industries to stay in their factories “as of right”.

Cr Memeti said the industrial 2 zone was introduced when there were “hardly any residents” in the area.

Toxic industry now neighbours housing estates in Dandenong South and Keysborough, as well as schools and child care centres.

The region is home to several controversial businesses, including a toxic waste dump in Lyndhurst that “goes under the radar”, Cr Memeti said.

Recently a waste-to-energy plant in Ordish Road won approval from the Environment Protection Authority and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal - despite vocal community and council opposition.

In January, there was further outcry over a proposed solvent recycling plant run by global company Remondis in Dandenong South.

“Dandenong has had its fair share of these kind of facilities,” Cr Memeti said.

“It’s time that these kinds of applications were no longer here.”

Covid-19’s ‘critical’ hit to CGD budget

By Cam Lucadou-Wells In a further Covid-19 blow to its coffers, Greater Dandenong Council has announced a $1 million drop in supplementary rates revenue in 2020-’21.

It comes on top of a grim midyear budget review in December in which remaining 2020’21 capital works were shelved to overcome a $4 million deficit.

Corporate services director Mick Jaensch said the final supplementary rates tally would be likely half of the $2 million usually collected annually.

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“You’re looking at a drop-off of roughly $1 million in supplementary rates that this council won’t be receiving due to the impacts of Covid.”

Supplementary rates - which aren’t subject to rate-capping - had been “critical” to the council’s budget in previous years, Mr Jaensch told a council meeting on 8 February.

“It means rate capping is going to cause us more financial difficulties in the year to come.

“We will budget fairly conservatively in 2021-’22 - in the hope that we are wrong.”

Councillor Jim Memeti said the supplementary rates drop showed “no development is happening”.

According to the mid-year budget, the main contributor to the council’s first cash deficit was $5.57million of “known Covid financial losses”.

But Cr Memeti said the total revenue hit was about $17 million, including the council’s continuing Covid material aid program, rates and sports club fee relief and parking fee waiver.

The council would still “find a way” to deliver on the $60 million Dandenong Oasis aquatic centre redevelopment.

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21. In what city would you find the Rod Laver Arena?

22. The Federation Cup competition was renamed what in September last year?

23. What venue was home to the Australian Open from 1972–1987?

24. How much prize money is on offer in this year’s Australian Open?

25. And is this an increase or decrease from last year?

26. Which medal, first awarded in 2010, recognises outstanding achievements for Australian tennis?

27. Was Tennis Australia founded in 1901, 1904 or 1907?

28. True or false: Ash Barty (pictured) has never won the Australian Open?

29. In which year was the Australian Open founded?

30. What cup is presented to the men’s singles winner at the Australian Open?

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Name the three female tennis players to take out all four Grand Slam titles in one year, and which years?

At what temperature is play suspended in the Australian Open?

In what year was the longest game at the Australian Open played?

And between which two players was it contested?

What was Tennis Australia known as before 1986?

How many Grand Slam titles has Naomi Osaka (pictured) won?

What is the oldest of the four Grand Slam tournaments?

Who is the only player to have completed a “Golden Slam”, winning the gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games as well as the four majors in one calendar year?

What was the first Grand Slam to include wheelchair tennis?

31. Which Grand Slam tournament is played on clay courts?

32. Which two players are the only ones to have spent 300 weeks ranked number one in ATP history?

33. In which most recent Grand Slam did the Williams sisters face each other in the final?

34. Who made the first wooden tennis racket?

35. A slice is a shot with what kind of spin?

36. What is the lowest amount of points necessary to win a set of tennis?

37. Base, service and singles are all types of what?

38. In what year did Lleyton Hewitt (pictured) win Wimbledon?

39. Who founded the Women’s Tennis Association?

40. What is the difference between doubles and American doubles?

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42. Who is the reigning women’s singles Australian Open champion?

43. What was the occupation of Roland Garros, whom the French Open’s major stadium is named after?

44. How many hours did the 2010 Wimbledon singles match between John Isner and Nicholas Mahut last for?

45. In what year did Sam Stosur (pictured) win the US Open?

46. In 2001, who became the only wildcard entry to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title?

47. Which country’s players have won the most combined Grand Slam titles?

48. What country played host to the Australian Open on two occasions, in 1906 and 1912–13?

49. Who is captain of the Australian Davis Cup team?

50. In what suburb of Queens, New York, is the US Open held each year?

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3. Name the unseeded player who made it all the way to the men’s singles finals at the 2008 Australian Open?

4. In which year was the women’s singles first played at the Australian Open?

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8. Name the last unseeded player to win the Australian Open title, and what year?

9. What year did Rafael Nadal’s (pictured) wife, Maria Francisca Perello, attend the Australian Open for the first time?

10. In what year was the Australian Open not played?

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What does the abbreviation ATP stand for in the tennis world?

Name the famous Williams sisters of tennis?

Where did the modern game of tennis originate?

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Have fun in the farmyard Doveton’s popular animal farm has reopened to the public, subject to public-health restrictions.

Myuna Farm on Kidds Road offers up-close feeding of animals as well as a playground, cafe and room hire for functions and birthdays.

Due to Covid-19 safety measures, pony rides and train rides are currently closed.

Contact details, including a QR code scan, are required for contact tracing.

The farm is open daily from 10am-4pm.

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FOCUS ON … MEDICALLY SPEAKING

New $9.5m cancer centre South Eastern Private Hospital has opened its doors to a sophisticated and innovative day oncology centre providing holistic care for cancer patients.

The purpose-built facility at the Healthe Care-operated hospital in Noble Park has increased the capacity for day chemotherapy treatments by about 30 per cent, while providing modern patient spaces and break-out areas, along with a range of supporting services.

The 12-month building program was completed mid-January 2021 and welcomed its

first patients soon after. The redevelopment has further bolstered the oncology, medical, rehabilitation and mental health service mix, offered at the 164-bed private hospital.

Healthe Care Executive General Manager Victoria - Specialty Hospitals, Andrew Blyth, said the expansion made South Eastern Private the most comprehensive oncology hospital in the south eastern Melbourne metro region, supported by significant surrounding infrastructure.

“South Eastern Private has been providing oncology services for more than two decades,

with a long and proud history in the community. This redevelopment further advances our service while bringing our facility into a new and exciting era,” he said.

“Modern healthcare identifies three key components to cancer treatment and recovery - medical intervention, including chemotherapy, mental health support, and ongoing physical activity and rehabilitation - and we are the only hospital in the region to offer all three under one-roof.

“We have specialist rehabilitation programs to support the work of our oncologists and

haematologists, including a lymphoedema clinic, specialised prostate rehabilitation and a hydrotherapy pool. We will also be introducing Cold Caps this year, a technology that can assist patients in retaining some or all of their hair throughout Chemotherapy,” said Mr Blyth.

The redevelopment also features 14 new single medical/rehabilitation rooms, a new specialist consulting wing, new front entry and cafe. For more information about South Eastern Private Hospital’s oncology services, visit: www.southeasternprivate.com.au

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Concerning cancer stats Cancer Council Victoria has revealed that 685 people are diagnosed with cancer in Greater Dandenong each year and 260 locals lose their lives to the disease.

The data, from the new Victorian Cancer Registry, was released for World Cancer Day on Thursday 4 February.

Cancer is a leading cause of disease burden in Victoria with 98 new diagnoses each day - or one every 15 minutes.

Of the new cancer cases in Greater Dandenong each year, on average 68 people are diagnosed with lung cancer, 26 with melanoma, 89 with bowel cancer, 83 with breast cancer and 80 with prostate cancer.

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and I Will’ and is all about the commitment to act. Supporters are encouraged to reflect on what they could to do reduce the impact of cancer for themselves, their community and the wider world.

Todd Harper, CEO of Cancer Council Victoria, said the Cancer Council is encouraging every Victorian to act this World Cancer Day. “Whether it’s going to get your cancer screening done that you’ve been putting off, making a call to the Quitline, or remembering your hat and being SunSmart, there’s so many actions - big and small - that we can all take to reduce our cancer risk,” Mr Harper said.

“In 2020 many Victorians delayed general health check-ups and screening because they

were nervous about visiting doctors due to Covid-19. I urge all Greater Dandenong City locals that now is the time to put you and your health back at the top of your ‘to do’ list.”

One third of cancers can be prevented, with simple lifestyle changes such as getting checked, being SunSmart, maintaining a healthy weight, limiting alcohol, eating a balanced diet, being physically active and not smoking, all of which help to reduce the risk.

Mr Harper said that cancer screening saves lives and is one of the most effective ways to detect the early signs of cancer, when successful treatment is more likely.

“We were concerned to see a drop in screening rates across the board last year due to Co-

vid-19 restrictions, meaning cancers may be detected later when there may be fewer treatment options available. If you have received an invitation to participate in a cancer screening program, please do not delay,“ he said.

In 2019, 35,924 Victorians were diagnosed with cancer and 11,329 lost their lives to the disease. The five most common cancers in Victoria are prostate, breast, bowel, lung and melanoma, collectively accounting for 57 percent of new cancers and 46 percent of cancer deaths in 2019.

Anyone affected by cancer who may need information or support is encouraged to contact Cancer Council’s cancer nurses on 13 11 20.

WHAT’S ON or Tayla on 9791 8664 or email theopendoor@ssjg.org.au

University of the Third Age Crafts at The Open Door

U3A Dandenong is welcoming new members.

We have around 40 educational, cultural, and physical activity programmes.

For further information go to www.dandenongu3a.org.au

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Earth Matters walking tour will visit three locations in Dandenong as part of the Sangam Festival.

The classical performances includes an exciting and rarely seen combination of music and dance from South Asia.

Light vegetarian refreshments will be served on the tour.

The Sangam Festival features celebrated and emerging artists from India and across Melbourne, including Casey and Greater Dandenong.

Saturday 27 February at Harmony Square, Drum Theatre and the rear of Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre. Bookings: Drum Theatre, 8571 1666 and drum.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au/drum/events/sangamdandenong-earth-matters-walking-experience

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Thursday 18 February 1.30pm-2.30pm at The Open Door, 110 Ann Street, Dandenong.

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Voices of Casey is pleased to announce that choir rehearsals have just begun on 1 February.

Being a non-auditioned mixed choir, we welcome all enthusiastic as well as seasoned singers, who enjoy a mix of a little classical, middle-ofthe-road, old classics and pop.

Our concerts carry a theme and music is tailored to the event. Our Music Director is Kerry Gerraty.

Fiddlers Green Retirement Village, 57 Gloucester Ave., Berwick on Mondays (except school holidays) from 7pm. Details: Paulien, 0412 741 195 or voicesofcasey@gmail.com.

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Create a personalized card for someone special at Jan’s card making workshop at The Open Door.

She has the expertise - we have the supplies.

Spaces are limited for this workshop.

110 Ann Street, Dandenong on Thursday 18 February, 10am12pm; suggested donation $4.

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Lockdown’s sporting blow

By Nick Creely All community sport was cancelled on the weekend in Victoria with the state once again plunged into lockdown.

From 11.59pm on Friday, 12 February, until 11.59pm on Wednesday, 17 February, the state moved to a “circuit breaker action” to combat the spread of Covid-19 after an outbreak at the Holiday Inn in Melbourne.

“By limiting our movement, we limit the potential spread of the virus,” a statement on Friday from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews read.

“And by going hard and going early - we’re giving ourselves every opportunity to get in front of this.”

It means that restrictions imposed were similar to last year’s lockdown, which saw all of winter sport cancelled for the year.

All indoor physical recreation and sport, as well as outdoor physical recreation and sport will be closed until 17 February, with only four permitted reasons to leave home: shopping for necessary goods, caregiving or compassionate reasons, essential work or education, and exercise.

The announcement included local competitions such as the Victorian Premier Cricket, Dandenong District Cricket Association, and the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association.

DDCA secretary John Brooks told clubs on Friday that the association will wait for

further advice from Cricket Victoria and the State Government about any resumption of play.

Any decision regarding the possible replay of matches will not be made until later (this) week,” he said.

“Please stay safe and abide by all the rules.”

Victorian Premier Cricket’s Will Rice also updated clubs about the competition’s plans for this weekend.

“This round will be abandoned and points will be shared between all competing teams,” he said.

“Training will not be able to take place until Wednesday 17 February at 11.59pm.

“At this stage, plans are still in place for the

remainder of the fixtured games scheduled from 20 February 2021, to be held subject to the updates from the Victorian State Government.”

These rules also include cancellation of all cricket training until at least Thursday.

Depending on how the five-day lockdown goes, it won’t be known until later this week whether community sport will be given the green light to resume for the weekend of Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February.

Across other sports, Round 2 of the NAB League Girls was cancelled due to the lockdown, Basketball Victoria also cancelled all of its competitions across the weekend, and Football Victoria also cancelled all training and matches over the weekend.

Panthers are embracing the challenge that awaits them

By Nick Creely Ahead of a crucial block of cricket, Dandenong has no plans to take the foot off the pedal.

Off the back of a four-game winning streak, the fourth-placed Panthers know that, in such a tough season of cricket, maintaining the momentum is key.

Since the loss to Ringwood on 16 January, the Panthers have put together some strong wins against Footscray, Camberwell Magpies, St Kilda and most recently Melbourne Uni, but were unable to keep that momentum going when their clash on Saturday with Prahran was cancelled due to Victoria’s lockdown.

It’s fair to say they are on a roll.

Panthers skipper Tom Donnell said that his side - which sits 13 points inside the topeight - is determined to stay ahead of the pack, starting this week with a crunch clash away to Geelong.

“The last few weeks have been really good after losing a couple after Christmas - we’ve got a bit of momentum,” he said.

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Dandenong skipper Tom Donnell. 226906 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS he’ll play this week, and everyone will have to step up.

“It’s a tough season, so you do need to keep winning games - realistically, it can change so quickly, anyone can beat anyone on their day.

“We’ve got a tough run home, we play a lot of good sides, so it’ll be challenging for us, but good to see where we’re at.

“That buffer is important for us to play finals - we just want to keep competing and winning.”

With the season being played in the whiteball format, Donnell said that it has present-

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ed its own challenges.

“It is different - it’s been such a long season, there’s still six rounds to go, so it feels like there’s still so much cricket to go,” he said.

“It has been difficult - it’s a new game every week, and it’s probably more difficult for middle order batsmen who don’t get a proper hit every week, so you don’t really know what form they’re in.

“Bowlers can bowl well and still get hit for runs, and then not bowl well the next week and take wickets.

“We’re getting used to it now, but it has been a lot different, and there just feels like there’s a long way to go and we’re in the second week of February.

“This time of the year you’re looking to finals, but there’s a long way to go.”

One of the most exciting aspects of the Panthers’ excellent win against Melbourne Uni was the maiden century from ex-Victorian rookie Ed Newman, who played a class knock to blast his way to 120 not out from 122 balls.

It was a class knock built off sheer power, placement and the ability to move through the gears in an innings.

And it’s something that excites his skipper leading into a big block of cricket.

“It was great to see, we’ve seen glimpses

over the years, but he’s never quite put it together,” he said.

“It was brilliant to watch - he’s got everything, he can clear the fence, he’s got timing, he hits the gaps.

He’s got that all-round game that in any situation he can help us - its been building for a while, he’s had mixed results over the years.

“Hopefully he’s putting it all together, we always thought it was a matter of time, and why we’ve shown such great faith in him.

“He’s a really good player.”

Adding to Newman’s stunning maiden ton, there are a number of Panthers in strong touch.

Donnell’s great mate, Ryder Medal winner Brett Forsyth is also churning out yet another remarkably consistent season and now has 435 runs to lead the way for the club once more, while the skipper himself has 221 runs.

And with the ball, the Panthers have shone with James Nanopoulos (21 wickets), Pete Cassidy (14), Adam McMaster (13) and Suraj Randiv (12) enjoying strong seasons, and as a collective bowling unit have taken the most wickets out of any team in the competition.

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Boreland breaks through

By Mick Floyd John Boreland picked up his first Sandown Park winner on Sunday afternoon when the wellsupported Even Keats registered an emphatic 6.75-length victory.

A $1.90 chance from Box 1, Even Keats began fairly before punching through the first turn and assuming the lead entering the back straight. From there he wasn’t challenged, racing to victory in 29.58 seconds.

It was Even Keats’s third run under the care of Boreland, having arrived in his Giffard West kennel in November last year. A son of 2017 TAB Melbourne Cup winner Aston Dee Bee, Even Keats turned in an impressive first up performance when an eye catching second over 400 metres at Warragul in January before franking that form with a similar effort a week later.

Stepping up to 515 metres on Sunday afternoon proved ideal, and based on his eye catching 10.40 run home time, a step up to 595 metres looks inevitable.

“He’s been going well since I got him,” said Boreland.

“We’ve been down the last few weeks to trial.

He trialled post-to-post here the other day and ran home in 10.20 or so, which they tell me is real quick.

“I nominated him for last Thursday but he couldn’t get a run. We’ll see how he pulls up but we’ll aim to try again this week and obviously try and get him over a bit more ground.”

Boreland, 29, was born into the sport with his grandfather and both of his parents involved in running a trail track and educational facility in his native New South Wales. He took out his own trainer’s license after moving to Victoria almost three years ago, where he now manages his own small team with fiance’ Tyllah.

“We have probably 13 in work, we do a lot of pretraining and the odd one we pick up to train,” Boreland said.

“I couldn’t do it without her. She’s at home slaving away - I’m just lucky enough to go to the races and know the dogs are done.”

John Boreland picked up his first Sandown Park winner on Sunday afternoon.

City settles into Casey life

By Nick Creely Melbourne City has started to make its presence felt at Casey Fields and in the southeast, with the club’s academy teams commencing training and games in Cranbourne East recently.

Junior teams from the A-League club held their first training sessions at the new facility on Wednesday and Thursday nights, with glorious conditions greeting players and parents alike on both occasions.

Local products Dante Avian, Sam Morrison (19, Narre Warren) and Arian Sulemani (15, Dandenong South) were among the first to road test the new facilities.

The club then kicked off its Junior Boys

National Premier League season at Casey Fields on the Sunday, with all teams taking on Bulleen Lions.

The under-16s won 2-1, and the under14s and 17s each drew 2-2, while the under15s lost 5-0. The teams will be back at Casey Fields for Round 3 action on Sunday against South Melbourne.

Academy teams will continue to split their training sessions between Casey Fields and their northern base for the remainder of this year as the club gradually completes its transition across to South East Melbourne.

A-League and W-League teams will commence training on site in the sectond half of 2021, with new facilities to be constructed by the first half of 2022.

From left: Dante Avian, Sam Morrison, and Arian Sulemani at Casey Fields last week.

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Plenty of south eastern hoops talent to showcase

By Lance Jenkinson The depth of young talent in the Dandenong, Casey and broader south-east region has been revealed with the unveiling of the Basketball Victoria’s State Development Program lists recently.

A jaw-dropping number of rising stars from the three associations impressed in tryouts and earned their places in the elite state program.

Basketball Victoria basketball operations manager Grant Wallace said the tryouts showcased athletes who were dedicated to the sport, committed to get better at their craft and will fit in nicely in an elite training environment.

“It’s always wonderful to see the talent at these tryouts and picture the heights many of these athletes may reach,” Wallace said.

“The SDP is all about developing their skills and improving their basketball knowledge in a challenging and enjoyable environment.”

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on the girls’ side, according to Wallace.

Jenni Screen, a girls high performance head coach, understands the importance of the high performance pathway, having made it all the way to the top to play with the Australian Opals.

“Every opportunity to work on your game, mentally and physically, is a gift and I am very much looking forward to working with these athletes throughout the year,” Screen said.

Zoe Carr, girls high performance head coach, said the selection of players in elite programs is a credit to the grassroots system and family support network.

“We have some outstanding athletes and I was incredibly impressed with the level of fitness and skill that everyone at trials displayed,” Carr said.

“It is a credit to the athletes, their parents and their home associations for preparing them.

“I can’t wait for the program to begin in February.”

Dandenong’s Kailey Neave, Tayla Galucho, Manuela Pouch, and Dakota Kirikiri made the cut for the under-16 girls, along with Casey’s Katelyn Field, Tatum Bolton, Leah Cornell, Emilija Dakic, Victoria Meredith, Samantha Miller-Randle, Manaree Te Paki, and Koda Burgess.

Casey’s Emma Gony and Dandenong’s Jessica-Belle Catheray-Harvey, Georgia Taylor, Paige Galuncho, Milly Kumbara, Georgia Sewell, Meg Robertson, Grace Montgomery and Sophie Palmer will be part of the under-18 girls program.

And the talent is just as impressive on the boys’ side.

Nathan Cooper-Brown, boys high performance head coach, was impressed with the high standard of workouts at trials, particularly after the players spent most of 2020 under lockdown conditions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“To think these athletes had so long away from the court and to see what they were putting out at tryouts shows strong prospect for

the shape of the State Development Program,” Cooper-Brown said.

Ash Arnott, another boys high performance coach, could sense a competitiveness among the players that will stand the program in good stead this year.

“The competitive nature of our boys at tryouts was impressive to see and highlights the strong foundations of basketball our athletes already possess,” Arnott said.

“Now in the State Development Program, these skills will be built upon and these athletes will be shaped as individuals both on and off the court.”

Dandenong’s Tullan Chimyong, Sebastien Khan, Henry Sewell, Ryan Baker, Luke Fennell, Noah Mraz and Landon Purcell, and Casey’s Sebastien Rault, Tryman Byrne, Callun McDonald and Cedric Rault have made under-16 boys squad. Dandenong’s Mitchell Simmons and Daniel Mazur, and Casey’s Archer McMenamin, Brian Venegesayi and Joshua Parkinson will be part of the under-18 boys’ program.

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