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By Marcus Uhe Monday 25 April presents us all with an opportunity to reflect and pay our respects to those who have served to defend our country on the battlefield.

For Botanic Ridge Veteran Stuart Couch, catching up with fellow returned servicemen and women at the Dandenong RSL means more to him than his birthday.

The 48-year-old served two tours of Iraq between 2005 and 2007 in the Second Cavalry Regiment as an Australian Service Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV) driver, helped by his grounding as a truck driver for Kenworth Trucks.

He recalled the horror of watching the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, calling them a “gutless attack on innocent people” and concerned about the potential outbreak of another world war.

Continued page 5 Botanic Ridge’s Stuart Couch served two tours of Iraq.

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Doveton splash for many years into the future,” Administrator Miguel Belmar said.

“It will be a facility that will not only be a pool, but it will be a pool, a waterpark and facility available on a year-round basis, on more than just appropriate days where it is appropriate to open the facility.

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The concept plan and costing indicated up to $21.14 million in funding was required to redevelop the Doveton Pool in the Park site. The report says Council’s Capital Works Program would not have the capacity to deliver in full.

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The City of Casey is calling on the State and Federal Governments to “come on a journey” with it to upgrade and maintain the Doveton Pool.

In a motion moved at the Tuesday 19 April council meeting, the council published its Doveton Pool in the Park Master Plan, which

included a renewal of the 50-metre pool, main building and car park, along with the demolition of the Gambetta room and three small pools.

The council is seeking a combined minimum commitment of 50 per cent of funding for the project from the Federal and State Governments, to the value of $10.5 million.

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Housing pressures concern council

By Marcus Uhe The incidence of people presenting as homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness in the City of Casey is of “continuing concern”, according to council Chair of Administrators Noelene Duff.

According to the council, one in seven households with a mortgage in the City of Casey is experiencing mortgage stress, while almost one in three rental households are in rental stress.

The City of Casey was identified in November 2020 as one of 21 priority local government areas for Victoria’s Big Housing Build, where $5.3 billion was allocated for 2900 new affordable homes for first home buyers and renters and more than 9300 new social housing dwellings across the state.

The council’s Affordable Housing Strategy, adopted in December 2020, states that there was a shortfall of 5655 affordable housing dwellings with an unmet need in Casey.

Forecasting identifies the need for 4600 additional affordable housing dwellings, on top of the current demand, to meet future need in 2041, which equates to the need for around 10,000 house dwellings over the next 20 years.

The current population of 390,793 is expected to swell to 550,000 by 2041 according to the Draft 10-year asset plan released Thursday 14 April 2022.

The City of Casey works with support organisations including WAYSS, Community Information and Support Cranbourne and Ermha, underlying Ms Duff’s belief that those

The City of Casey’s Affordable Housing Strategy indicates there is a shortfall of 5655 affordable housing dwellings with an unmet need in Casey. 256830 in crisis must also be accompanied by a “prevention approach that addresses the broader social factors that lead to homelessness.”

The issue will remain high on the agenda for the council as Victorians head to the polls later in the year.

“Council will continue its advocacy seeking representation of diverse housing types to meet specific regional needs including crisis accommodation as well as funding for further support for those at risk of homelessness in Casey in the lead up to the state election,” Ms Duff said.

It follows council’s submission to the Victorian Government’s 2021 Inquiry into Homeless, in which the City of Casey advocated that all Victorians “right to access appropriate housing, and it is the responsibility of all levels

of governments to work together to eliminate homelessness in our state”.

“The submission focuses on the current and future states of homelessness in the City of Casey and the housing market factors that contribute to the growing rates of homelessness in the municipality,” Ms Duff said.

“As part of the council’s advocacy work in this space, the council has partnered with 12 other local governments in the eastern Melbourne region to form the Regional Local Government Homelessness and Social Housing Charter Group to end homelessness and advocate for more social and affordable housing.”

Other local government areas in the Regional Local Government Homelessness and Social Housing Charter Group include Cardinia Shire, City of Greater Dandenong, Monash City Council and the City of Frankston.

In their joint submission to the Inquiry into homelessness in Australia in 2020, the Charter Group identified that Casey, Cardinia and Dandenong had more people living in “severely overcrowded dwellings”, compared to other municipalities with higher rates of people sleeping rough or living in boarding shelters.

Their submission made a number of recommendations to the Federal Government, including prioritising mental health options for those at risk of homelessness, recognize the direct link between family violence and homelessness and the specific needs of the cohort in the design and delivery of the support services and invest in more youth accommodation and transitional housing services.

Candidates speak out on housing issue

By Marcus Uhe The Greens and Labor candidates for the Federal Seat of Holt have spoken out on cost of living pressures and housing stress ahead of May’s Federal Election.

Greens candidate Sujit Mathew believes the current private housing market is due for a rethink, with the Greens proposing a billionaires tax on high-income earners and “winding back unfair tax breaks“ on people who own two or more properties.

The tax would allow for the creation of one million new public housing homes over the next 20 years and ”new good quality homes” in desirable areas for renters, first home buyers and those locked out of housing, priced at $300,000.

The investment in public housing would cut waiting lists and create 135,000 new construction jobs in the process, Mr Mathew said.

“As a resident of the outer South East for many years, I’ve seen it go from a place where almost anyone could afford to buy to one where rent is beyond the reach of some people,” Mr Mathew said.

“Throughout the decades, governments have rigged the private housing market by offering tax breaks to big developers and property speculators.

“Housing should be for all, not just the few.”

As part of their Liveable Income Guarantee announced in March, income support payments will be increased to $88 per day from July 2023, the current poverty line, and bench marked against the Henderson Poverty Line biannually from then on, to ensure that everyone can cover basic essential needs.

Labor candidate for Holt, Cassandra Fernando.

Mr Mathew also pledged his party would restore status resolution support service (SRSS) payments for people living on temporary visas or in community detention awaiting assessment on their refugee status, to the same rate as JobSeeker payments.

He said the issue was one of significance to the electorate.

“In Holt, the plight of asylum seekers who have to eke out a living while they wait for their asylum cases to be finalised is of particular concern,” Mr Mathew said. “Along with a basic living allowance, the SRSS program also provided casework support for housing, as well as trauma and torture counselling.

“The Greens will restore the SRSS at the same rate as JobSeeker, to ensure all recent arrivals can fully participate and integrate with Australian communities.”

Meanwhile a Federal Labor Government

would develop and implement a National Housing and Homelessness Plan to address the severe housing crisis, Labor candidate Cassandra Fernando has said.

The Plan would coincide with Labor’s $10 billion off-budget Housing Australia Future Fund, which will build 20,000 social housing properties, including 4000 for women and children fleeing domestic and family violence and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness. Some 10,000 affordable housing properties would also be made available for frontline workers.

Ms Fernando said that everyday costs such as petrol, rent and child care are increasing the pressure on South East residents.

“People in my community tell me that the rising cost of living is a major concern, and that includes the rising costs of housing,” Ms Fernando said.

“There is no easy fix, but it does require leadership from the Federal Government.

“An Albanese Labor Government will deliver more secure jobs, better pay and a fairer system.”

Further plans to east cost of living pressures by a Labor Government include reducing the cost of child care, power bills and creating more secure well-paid jobs, Ms Fernando said.

Labor’s Powering Australia plan will cut power bills across the National Electricity Market by $275 a year for homes by 2025, while 465,000 Free TAFE places will be made available over the next four years for those studying in areas of skill shortage.

Both the Liberal and Palmer United candidates were contacted for comment.

The City of Casey has revealed its Doveton Pool in the Park Master Plan.

Community heard in pool plan From page 1 “We’ve listened to the community and understood where the community would like this project to go, and we are hopeful, more than hopeful, that in future, we will be able to carry out the work with other levels of government to ensure that the Casey community is provided with this important outdoor facility, and on that basis I am happy to move this motion.”

Chair of Administrators Noelene Duff said it was an excellent outcome.

“One of the features... that I was very keen to ensure occurred was opening the site to the broader community, not just a facility that was fenced and closed for most of the year,” Ms Duff said.

“If we’re going to invest in it, we’re going to make sure that the investment is well-placed.

“Council has made a commitment and we now strongly seek the support of the State and Federal Government.”

A council proposal to demolish the pool in March 2021 drew outrage from locals, including the Doveton Eumemmerring Township Association, and Federal Bruce MP Julian Hill, who said “it should be no surprise if the community fights back,” should the council ignore the community feedback.

The proposal was raised on the basis that the 12,347 population of Doveton Eumemmerring was too small to justify a $40 million redevelopment, including an indoor pool.

The backlash informed the Council’s decision making, Ms Duff said.

“The feedback from community was unmistakeable and consistent that public wanted the pool maintained,” she said.

“The panel has acknowledged this and committed to providing $10.5 million to improving the pool and environment and providing the new facilities.”

Further work will be undertaken to determine season length and operating hours of the facility, the council said.

A copy of the Doveton Pool in the Park Master Plan can be found in the Casey Council’s Tuesday 19 April meeting agenda at casey.vic.gov.au/sites/ default/files/2022-04/Agenda - Council Meeting - 19 April 2022 - Latest Version. pdf

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What are you most passionate about?

Spending time with my grandkids and greatgrandchildren and helping others wherever I can.

What would your last meal be?

Cheese and crackers!

What was your most memorable moment?

Marrying my late husband and raising a family.

What was your favourite subject in school?

Textiles and cooking.

What event past or present would you like to witness?

I would love to have seen Elvis perform live on stage.

Which six dinner guests, dead or alive, would you invite to dinner?

I would invite only people who have been taken from Earth too early; my late husband, my beloved mother and father and aunties and uncles to share one last meal together.

What are you currently listening to/watching or reading?

Dancing with the Stars.

How would you describe your fashion sense?

Comfortable!

Have you had a pet that has made an impact on your life?

Yes, the dog my late husband left for me.

If you had to compete on MasterChef, what dish would you cook?

Everything and anything, I love to cook!

Where is your dream holiday destination?

Anywhere with family where I can enjoy time with my grandkids.

What were you like as a kid?

I was shy, quiet and helpful. I was always really good and didn’t want to upset mum or dad.

What is your favourite colour and why?

My favourite colour is black - I have

Colleen Astbury is raising money for the Cancer Council’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. 276275 always loved it.

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Free buses to the Shrine The State Government will provide a fleet of free buses to transport more than 2500 people to and from the Shrine of Remembrance for this year’s Anzac Day Dawn Service.

More than 50 additional buses will be in service to transport passengers along 12 Melbourne routes including routes starting in Dandenong and passing through Noble Park, Springvale, Clayton and Oakleigh, before arriving at the Shrine before the 6am ceremony on

Monday 25 April.

Each metropolitan train line will also deliver an early Anzac Day service to get people into the city for the Dawn Service. The Anzac Parade along St Kilda Road and Swanston Street will start after the Dawn Service.

Extra trams will run along St Kilda Road to ensure people can travel straight to the Shrine.

Following the Dawn Service, bus shuttles will depart the Shrine half an hour earlier than

previous years, at 7am, 7.15am and 7.30am from Birdwood Avenue.

Later in the day, there will be 24 extra train services to get sports fans to and from the AFL game between Essendon and Collingwood at the MCG and the NRL match at AAMI. Veterans and war widows can travel for free in economy class on Victoria’s public transport network on 23, 24 and 25 April, to help them attend Anzac Day commemoration activities.

Free travel is also extended to Australian Defence Force members, Scouts and Guides and school students on Anzac Day, Monday 25 April, provided they are in uniform.

Passengers are required to book their seat on one of the wheelchair-accessible buses via the PTV website by 4pm on Friday 22 April.

Bookings can be made at ptv.vic.gov.au/more/ anzac-day-2022/anzac-day-free-dawn-service-shuttle-bus/ or by calling 1800 800 007.

Pay your respects at these local Anzac Day services City of Casey residents will be invited to pay their respects to those who gave their lives or served at war on Anzac Day, Monday 25 April across a series of events.

Dawn services will be held at Greg Clydesdale Square in Cranbourne, Bunjil Place in Narre Warren, Arthur Wren Hall in Hampton Park and the Pearcedale Public Hall, from 6am.

The service in Cranbourne will be fol-

lowed by march down High Street to Sladen Street later in the morning from 10.40am.

There will also be a march held in Berwick, on High Street, from 10.30am.

The events are supported by the City of Casey.

For locations of the services head to casey. vic.gov.au/news/commemorating-anzacday-casey

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Iraq veteran recalls service and honours Anzac legacy From page 1 Along with his brother’s positive experiences in the defence force, it was his primary impetus to enlist.

“I figured that if there was evil in the world, I would rather fight them in their country, than fight them in mine,” Mr Couch said.

“That was my mindset. I would join the collation fight against terrorism, and I was prepared to go to whatever country the war took me to, whether that be Iraq or Afghanistan.”

He begun live recruit training in 2003 and found himself crossing the border into Iraq on his 31st birthday in 2005 for a six-month tour as part of the Al Muthanna Task Group, the first large combat operation for Australian forces in Iraq, in a mentoring taskforce and a reconstruction taskforce with the Japanese armed forces.

He described his initial deployment as a “whirlwind”, living on significant levels of adrenaline, learning the ins and outs of combat and the unanticipated methods used by the enemy, necessitating being switched on to any and every potential threat, from vehicles, to mobile phones, to civilians.

“In Iraq, everything on the side of the road is an improvised explosive device. You have to treat it that way.

“What they would rely on in this war was stealth and sneakiness, where they would hide a bomb or detonate a bomb and injure some innocent people, and we would respond to that.

“Then they put a secondary larger device, which we call a ‘come-on attack’. They detonate something, you come and react to it, they wait

Stuart Couch was the Australian Ambassador to Iraq’s driver during his second tour across 2006 and 2007. 277644 Picture: MARCUS UHE for the first responders to get out and they detonate another device.”

On his second stint in 2006-7, he was assigned an important task for an Australian VIP. “I was the Australian ambassador’s driver in Baghdad in an armoured vehicle,” Mr Couch said.

“He had his normal, close personal protection team in armoured suburban trucks, and when he had to go outside the green zone into the Badlands of greater Baghdad, he went in the back of an ASLAV, that I drove.

“My role was to get the ambassador from point A to point B safely.”

Mr Couch summarised his time on the battlefield as “a very slow continuous patrol with small moments of genuine terror”.

One such occasion came in January 2007 while driving his vehicle on a routine mail run, when he came under fire from an insurgent brandishing an AK-47 assault rifle in the middle of road near an overpass.

As the lead call sign for the expedition, he was acting as his group’s eyes and ears at the front of the convoy, and found himself in a lifethreatening situation.

Being behind the wheel, he made a radio call to his crew commander which saw his crew opening fire to protect him.

“As a driver, I couldn’t fire back at the guy who was shooting at me, but it doesn’t get much more personal than that.

“As I drove past, bullets were impacting off of this overpass, ricocheting backwards and forwards.

“I got on the radio and said ‘Victor 7 taking fire’. My crew commander started to engage targets because it was a complex attack.

“All I remember seeing was this dragon’s tongue of red tracer from this vehicle behind me engaging this guy who was engaging me and he just disappeared in this pile of dust.”

His tours of service coincided with significant life milestones, including the pregnancies and arrivals of two of his three daughters, interspersed with periods spent away.

He expressed gratitude to his wife, Belinda for her efforts in raising their children while he was serving, highlighting the contributions

made by those away from the battlefield that supported and allowed those engaged in combat to give their all.

While no longer wearing the uniform, Mr Couch believes he is still serving his country as a committee member of the DandenongCranbourne RSL, and helping fellow veterans deal with the personal and psychological fallout their time in combat as a lead volunteer for Young Veterans.

On the day itself ,he will be driving World War Two veterans in the Cranbourne March.

“Anzac Day to me is a day of celebrating the spirit of Anzac, celebrating the traditions of the legacy of the first ANZACs. “I believe that I’m a custodian of those traditions and I hold them in high esteem.

“I will reflect on those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on the day. I will remember my brothers in arms. I will reach out and I will have a beer or a phone call with most of my friends.

“It gives me a strong sense of identity and that link to the original ANZACs. I didn’t go through the hell that they went through but I feel a kinship with them.”

The Dandenong RSL dawn service will be held at 6am on Monday 25 April at the Pillars of Freedom in the Palm Plaza, with the March to take place at 10.30am from the corner of McCrae and Walker Streets to the cenopath.

In Cranbourne there will be a Dawn service at Greg Clydesdale Square at 6am followed by a March down High Street to Sladen Street later in the morning from 10.40am.

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Major Roads Projects Victoria re-opened the Ballarto Road and Cranbourne-Frankston Road intersections on the Western Port Highway last week,.

Smaller temporary roundabouts have replaced the old roundabouts at the intersections, and temporary fencing and barriers have been installed to prepare for the installation of traffic lights later this year.

Speeds are currently reduced to 40 kilometres per hour at both intersections and to 60 kilometres per hour between the intersections.

The upgrade is set for completion by the end of 2022.

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Let’s remember them As we return to full capacity in our social venues, this is a great opportunity for our community to come out to support our veterans; young and old.

Our ability as a community to share in all things good and bad can be highlighted this Anzac Day as we celebrate and remember our veterans and reflect on their stories and our community stories over the last two years.

I know that underpinning the strength and resilience of our community, is the shared experience of our veterans’ stories and their mateship and fortitude when battling adversity, which we learn from, as we move forward together.

When you are out this Anzac Day with family and friends, please take the time to remem-

ber and thank those who have helped to shape our communities and who we are.

As we remember the past, we also acknowledge the present-day veterans who have seen recent conflicts and thank them for their service and honour them along with those who have come before them.

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Not listening An Open letter to Jason Wood MP for La Trobe: Dear Mr Wood, We are a highly committed and concerned group of local constituents, very visible in your electorate.

Every Saturday morning we hold a vigil in the Berwick village to raise awareness of the

plight of refugees. We write and hand delivered a letter to your office on a regular basis.

We remain disappointed and disillusioned by your failure to respond to our concerns about refugee issues over the past several years.

It is very disappointing to us that you have not seen fit to reach out to us, or be prepared to engage with us about our concerns which go to the very heart of our humanity as a nation.

This is despite regular respectful requests for a meeting.

We are asking that you represent your constituents- all constituents, even those who do not hold with your party political lines.

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The City of Casey continue to come under fire for their maintenance of parks, with some residents taking matters into their own hands and mowing the parks themselves.

Their contractors’ struggles due to Covid-19 complications continue to frustrate locals, as we saw on our Facebook page.

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Janine Kimberley: I think we are all getting sick of using the pandemic as an excuse for everything!!

Corey Tully: STILL blaming Covid! The park near ours was knee high before they came out last week and it looks even worse now as so much of it was missed, plus all the grass that was mowed is just laying in big clumps.

Mark Mathews: City of Casey have had two years-plus to plan, and nothing.... shouldnt

be blaming Covid still.... they should be adapting to live with it... Get out of the office and earn your 500k per year we pay you.

Ric Stewart: Amazing that one day after speaking with the reporter, the contractors turned up in Linsell Boulevard enmasse and low and behold the entire length was mowed ....and without the masses of grass clippings usually left behind!

Pity it took talking to the media for them to get organised after months of neglect.

The State Government’s draft plan for a new park in Clyde did little to excite readers, concerned that this facility will fall the same way as the others in the municipality.

Malcolm Wells: Another park for City of Casey to not maintain…yay.

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tion Support Cranbourne believes the current housing crisis in Victoria has “never been quite so bad“ in her 23 years at the organisation.

Some residents voiced their concerns on our Facebook page.

Oskar T Grouch: Every 12 months it comes around… the stress, the gut wrenching fear that this time the landlord says no renewal, or an increase in rent payments. It’s a real fear that genuinely turns my guts inside out. With rental vacancy rates at an all time low, and no way to get out of the rental trap, you rely on good faith of the property owner every year. Or it’s a very real possibility any one of us could end up on the streets.

There’s no relief from it, it’s getting harder every year.

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CFA collection successful

By Marcus Uhe The CFA has continued its support for the Good Friday Appeal with members out in force helping to raise an incredible $1,440,225 for the Royal Children’s Hospital.

The overall tally for the Good Friday Appeal in 2022 was a record-breaking $22,328,154.

Collections from the Casey Group of Fire Brigades totalled $27,904.14, with $17,554.84 coming from Cranbourne collection points on the High Street and Sladen Street intersection, and $10,349.30 from the Berwick-Narre Warren sites.

Casey Group communication officer Deb Jackson extended her thanks to all the volunteers who helped behind the scenes including caterers, data entry roles and safety officers.

“If it wasn’t for the other members who helped, we wouldn’t have a collection,” Ms Jackson said.

“Well done to the community and visitors through collection areas.

“We’re grateful the public gave what they could.”

After a difficult two years with a heavy reliance on online fundraising, CFA volunteers from across the entire state were elated to hit the streets in their local communities, rattling tins and collecting money.

Brigades that set up a Virtual Tin Shake also raised a total of $38,122 online.

CFA has been a major fundraiser for the Good Friday Appeal for the past 71 years and to date members have raised more than $36 million since 1951.

The money raised for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal will be used to buy medical equipment and ensure kids are provided with the best possible treatment and care. This year saw a significant return of volunteers collecting in-person at traffic lights and by door knocking homes and businesses

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On Friday night, 15 April, CFA Acting Chief Officer Rohan Luke presented the cheque to the Royal Children’s Hospital alongside Warrandyte members Lieutenant Camren Jones and Louise Naus.

Acting chief officer Luke congratulated all involved in this year’s Appeal.

“It was an honour to present the cheque to the Royal Children’s Hospital on behalf of the

dedicated CFA members right across Victoria,” Mr Luke said.

“CFA members already give up their time to protect the lives of Victorians through their brigades, and it’s a credit to their communitymindedness that they also take time out to fundraise for such a great cause.

“It was also encouraging to see many members returning to fundraising in-person by collecting at their stations, intersections and on local shopping strips.

“Congratulations to all our CFA volunteers involved, it was an amazing effort and you and your communities should be proud. It’s an honour that CFA continues to contribute in providing world-class care to our kids.”

To donate to the Casey Group of Fire Brigades’ Virtual Tin, head to virtualtinshake.com.au/ fundraisers/CaseyGroupofFireBrigades/virtual-tin-shake?fbclid=IwAR3JWai5SXdtL4Y_ XiSilzz5lahYQwGSAS8iYMJ-NkK7TLrWUxUGmaH6anI

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We’re improving connections in Dandenong South to make it quicker, easier and safer to get to where you need to be.

To do this, we’re strengthening the Frankston-Dandenong Road Bridge to make it stronger and safer for the community so it can last decades in the future.

The Frankston-Dandenong Road Bridge will be closed from 7am Tuesday 26 April until 7am Monday 30 May.

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Mr Sequeira designed 56 kurtas for the exhibition to tell the personal history of India.

The kurta is a traditional South Asian shirt worn by men.

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By Eleanor Wilson Members of the local Indian community are being invited to take part in an upcoming art exhibition commissioned for Bunjil Place Gallery.

Multidisciplinary artist David Sequeira is inviting males of Indian descent from the southeast to model in his runway show Untitled India, which showcases a collection of 56 traditional kurtas (long shirts worn by men in India) designed to tell the personal history of India.

“So many times people’s understanding of India is about cricket or yoga or Bollywood, and I wanted to represent something about my Indian identity that was beyond that,” Mr Sequeira said.

“I want people to think about history and India beyond those sorts of tourist or TV experiences, and I invite the [Indian] community to have ownership over that as well.”

Designed by Mr Sequeira, the kurtas stand out in a mix of bright colours and printed images, striving to address the notion of ‘embodied history’.

He is looking for size small to medium, adult male volunteers to model the kurtas in a spectacular runway performance at the opening of his major solo exhibition, All the things I should have said that I never said, which is being held at Bunjil Place Gallery from Saturday 7 May to Sunday 21 August.

No modelling experience is necessary and

all participants will receive a gift voucher for their time.

The exhibition itself will highlight Mr Sequeira’s artistic skill set of painting, installation, fashion and performance, which comes together to explore the themes of representation and identity.

“I’m really intrigued by the relationship between tradition and modernity, and in many ways that is what India is all about. It is ancient culture mixed with uber modernity,” he said.

“We want people to complete the vision Bunjil Place and I have created, which is a really moving intersection of culture, music, fashion and art.”

If you would like to get involved in the project, visit bit.ly/37fJEQy

Indian-born artist David Sequeira is calling for the help of the Indian community ahead of his major solo exhibition at Bunjil Place.

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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS IAN ASH Here are a few ideas: Proper sales training for the sales team, improved marketing to better promote the company products and services and greater use of referrals (referred customers are always more likely to purchase).

There is also an easier way – upsell! This is the classic McDonald’s “Would you like fries with that” approach.

This is all about getting new and existing customers to spend more than they ordinarily would.

Take a look at what your business is currently selling and see whether you have anything else that your existing customers might buy along with the main purchase.

If you have ever bought a new car, you will know exactly what I mean – you will almost certainly have been offered paint protection and tinted windows and perhaps extras like sound system or tyre upgrades.

Many people will go for this since when compared to the overall price of the vehicle, they will seem small by comparison, but to the dealer all these extras can add up to considerable extra income over the course of the year.

And finally there is the simplest sales uplift of all – a price increase. Now to be clear here, I am not at all suggesting that customers be gouged as you have to be able to justify it, but I know of many businesses that either forget or don’t feel able to increase prices, sometimes for years!

If you don’t increase your prices at least once a year, you are going backwards by the rate of inflation, so small, incremental changes at least once a year are the way to go especially if there have been significant changes in exchange rates or the price of raw materials as has been the case in construction recently.

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So let’s assume that the past few months have taken quite a toll on the business and you have a responsibility to increase company revenue.

Where do you start? In many companies, I often find that the first place sales people look to increase revenue is by acquiring new customers but think about what this entails: finding new prospects, meeting with them and starting to build rapport, understanding their business, appreciating their specific challenges, analysing how your products or services can address their issues and then finally convincing them that you have the right solution at the right price.

Yep, no doubt about it, sales can be a tough place to be especially since this will need to be done multiple times to achieve the desired income levels.

Whilst attracting and acquiring new customers has to be an integral part of the sales strategy for the business, there are in fact easier ways to do this which are also worthy of consideration.

First off, have a good look at how effective your selling techniques are.

The best way to do this is to create a sales pipeline which captures all the genuine opportunities that are being pursued.

Not only does this provide a useful way to keep track of things and let other key leaders in the business see what is being done here, you can also use this method to track your ‘sales conversion rate’ defined as: Sales Conversion Rate = Number of Acquired Customers / Number of Opportunities x 100 per cent.

This ratio will vary according to the nature of the marketplace, the type of business and of course the skill of the salesperson, but it should be tracked and monitored.

Obviously a low figure indicates that much more effort needs to be expended in order to get a sale, so a conversion rate of 20 per cent implies that if you want one more customer, you need to find on average five new opportunities.

Is this ratio increasing or decreasing for your business? Obviously, if you can increase this ratio, then you need to work less hard to find new customers, so how could this be done?

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Retired residents step out Casey Cardinia Life Activities had their fanciest footwork on display on Wednesday 13 April for a special Easter edition of their Twinkle Toes sequence in-line dancing club.

About 30 of the club’s most enthusiastic line dancers gathered at Brentwood Park Neighbourhood House for an afternoon of line dancing, afternoon tea and a fruitful Easter bonnet parade.

The club provides a range of activities for retired citizens in the area, including weekly coffee clubs, indoor bowls and IT discussion groups.

Assistant treasurer Val Porter, who has been involved with the club for 16 years, said the social aspect of the club was vital for retired community members.

“A lot of the members often live alone, so when they come to the club they forget about all their worries, about all their illnesses, and they get to come and make new friends,” Mrs Porter said.

While it is a weekly occurrence, last week’s Twinkle Toes meet was made extra special with

the addition of an Easter Bonnet parade.

Club members showed up in colourful, elaborate, handmade, Easter-themed hats to celebrate the Easter season, which wouldn’t have been complete without an afternoon snack of hot cross buns and easter eggs.

Group convenor and vice president Jacqui Wade said the line dancing club was one of Casey Cardinia Life Activities’ most popular activities.

“The club has been running for 25 years and Twinkle Toes has been going for almost all of that,” she said.

“It’s a great means of exercise because sometimes we do slower dances, and other times there are quicker ones.”

The event saw five of the club’s seven life members attend, including Ron and Shirley, who, despite approaching their 90s, convened the line dancing club until recently and still join in the synchronised dance afternoon each week.

“It’s our life,” Ron said.

For more information on the club, visit lifecaseycardinia.org.au

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Shirley and Ron (left) have been part of the club since it began 25 years ago.

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EOI deadline: Midday Friday 29 April 2022 An EOI information session will be held online from 10am – 11am, Tuesday 26th April 2022.

Please contact the CfC FP Cranbourne team to RSVP or for further information on the EOI requirements.

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The vaccination centre at the Cranbourne Turf Club will close at the end of May. 236670

Turf club vax clinic to close late May The vaccination centre at the Cranbourne Turf Club will close at the end of May as part of a state-wide scale down of vaccination centres.

The decision will allow the workforce of vaccinators to return to the under-pressure public hospital system and deliver other services across health system.

By the end of May, approximately 30 staterun vaccination centres will remain in operation, with a focus on services in priority local government areas and vulnerable communities, the state government said.

The Commonwealth’s Covid-19 vaccination program will also continue through GP clinics and pharmacies, which are now delivering up to 75 per cent of doses in the program, an

increase from around 50 per cent during the Delta outbreak.

Health Minister Martin Foley declared Victoria’s vaccination program, which delivered more than 6.1 million doses, “one of the biggest and most successful public health programs” in the state’s history.

“Everyone who worked in a vaccination centre played a part in helping us become one of the most vaccinated societies on earth,” Mr Foley said.

“Victorians will always have the ability to get protected against Covid-19 at the places most people usually go to for medicines and health services, their local GP or pharmacy.

“While a lack of Commonwealth funding

clarity has guided this decision, this is an appropriate step that reflects things getting back to normal, with more responsibility for immunisation programs returning to primary care.”

Federal Government funding for the pandemic response will cease beyond September.

More than 96 per cent of adults have had two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, and twothirds have had three doses, including around 90 per cent of those aged over 70.

Victorians are still being encouraged to get their third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine if they have not done so already.

To book a vaccination appointment, visit covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au

New regional park on the way for Clyde The State Government is investing $315 million into the creation of three new parks located in Clyde, Werribee and Kororoit Creek to unlock 6500 hectares of new and upgraded accessible green space for Melbourne’s growing outer suburbs.

Adjacent to Ballarto Road and either side of Graham Road beside the planned Clyde Park Sports Precinct, Clyde Regional Park will provide 120 hectares of open space, three times bigger than the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.

On Saturday 9 April Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio released draft plans for the parks, backed by a $19.5 million investment to begin initial works such as creating walking trails, car parks and fencing once the draft plans were finalised.

Developed following an initial round of community consultation in 2021, the parks feature nature playscapes, picnic and barbeque areas, revitalised creeks, wetlands and frog habitats.

Ms D’Ambrosio said the parks were an investment for the future.

“These new parks will make Melbourne even more liveable, create local jobs and provide open outdoor spaces families and their pets can enjoy for years to come,” she said.

“We’re excited to hear how Victorians would like to see these three fantastic new parks come to life as part of 6,500 hectares of new and upgraded green space for Melbourne’s growing outer suburbs.”

Community feedback is being sought on the long-term visions for the parks, with locals asked to have their say on the parks’ layout, visitor and environmental areas and accessibility.

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An artist’s impression of Clyde Regional Park. 277054 than 720 hectares of invaluable green open space which will improve Victorians’ health, wellbeing and connectivity while also creating local jobs, the State Government said.

The government is working closely with Traditional Owners and local councils to ensure the parks will meet the needs of growing communities and preserve and enhance natural and cultural heritage.

Community members can share feedback on the three draft plans through surveys on Engage Victoria’s website, participating in an

Palliative Care South East has been belatedly recognised with the Casey Community Group of the Year award on Tuesday 12 April as part of the City of Casey’s 2022 Australia Day Awards.

The Cranbourne-based service shared the award with the Narre Warren SES Unit.

Palliative Care South East was chosen for the award by the council for adapting their services during the challenging period of the pandemic, including the adoption of tele-health options, conducting home visits in full personal protective equipment and establishing the Bereavement Wellbeing Group, to help mitigate the mental health impacts of the pandemic.

Chief executive of Palliative Care South East Kelly Rogerson said the award was a “wonderful acknowledgement for our team”.

“It is a privilege for us to support such a large network of clients, carers, and families across Casey and to be recognised as the Community Group of the Year really demonstrates our commitment to supporting those with a lifelimiting illness within our community to live well,” Ms Rogerson said.

“Our focus is on creating and supporting quality of life by managing complex care needs of individuals and their support network.”

Ms Rogerson said the service has experienced an increased number of people needing access to their services, and the need to stay at home to support them has put increased pressure on their staff to meet the demand.

“The team has worked incredibly hard to support people to die in their place of choice, provide symptom management, and offer a range of treatments to support client and carer health and wellbeing, as well as ongoing bereavement support.

“I think it’s important to acknowledge and celebrate the professionalism, teamwork, and commitment of those who work in palliative care and the important contribution that organisations such as ours make to the broader community.

“We wouldn’t be able to do what we do without the incredible support of our volunteers who so generously donate their time to support clients, carers, and families within our community.”

City of Casey Chair of Administrators Noelene Duff congratulated all the nominees for the Australia Day awards for the well-deserved recognition.

“Thank you for the contribution you all make to our community,” Ms Duff said.

“You give us all pause for thought as to what it means to be Australian, and we commend you on the investment of passion and talent that you have selflessly given, not only to the Casey community, but also to the people of our great nation.”

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online session, or by speaking to the Parks Victoria team during community pop-ups in April and May. The online information session for Clyde Regional Park will take place on Tuesday 3 May between 6pm and 7.30 pm, with consultation on this phase of the project open until Sunday 15 May. There is currently no set date of expected completion of the development.

For more information and to get involved visit engage.vic.gov.au/parks

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By Eleanor Wilson Surveillance and Audit Officers are engaging with industry to monitor construction and road work sites. 259032

Road safety Surveillance Officers monitoring construction and road work sites in Victoria to ensure they comply with regulations and standards are now more environmentally-friendly thanks to the addition of three new zero emissions vehicles (ZEVs).

Part of the State Government’s $340 million Smarter Roads program, six new Congestion Surveillance and Audit officers will ensure clearways are kept unclogged and road worksites are being managed safely to keep traffic flowing on major arterials in three zones across Melbourne’s South East, West, and East.

The South East zone covers Cranbourne, Berwick, Dandenong, Oakleigh, and Mordialloc.

The West zone covers Werribee, Laverton, Point Cook, Altona and Williamstown, while in the East, the zone includes Wantirna, Rowville, Glen Waverley, Ferntree Gully and Bayswater.

The introduction of these vehicles is part of the State Government’s plan to deliver 400 ZEVs to the Government fleet by 2023 as part of a $100 million package to get more Victorians into the greener vehicles and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

Roads and Road Safety Minister Ben Carroll said worksites would be safer and congestion through work zones minimised as this initiative rolled out.

“These new electric vehicles will go a long way to help our surveillance team work with industry to improve traffic flow around work sites, while also reducing our carbon footprint,” Mr Carroll said.

“Zero emissions vehicles play a critical role in our plan to achieve net-zero by 2050.

“We have set a target of 50 per cent of new light vehicle sales to be zero emissions by 2030.”

The new ZEVs were chosen because of their extended battery range, operating from as early as 4am with the team visiting some of the 1500 worksites operating every day on the state’s road network, the government said.

Victoria is currently undergoing its biggest ever construction boom and with road levels currently at 92 per cent of prepandemic figures, the team is educating industry to ensure safety when workers are on the road, as well as ensuring speed limits are restored when no work is underway to keep traffic moving safely.

The Traffic Management Reform Program which was launched in February also requires all traffic management companies to be accredited.

Surveillance and Audit Officers are already engaging with industry to help facilitate this change over the next 12 months.

VicRoads is working with traffic management companies along with leading training providers to update and improve the practices around significant work programs, along with making it safer for roadworkers at any site in the state, the government said.

Since the inception of the Surveillance Team in November 2019, Congestion Surveillance and Audit officers have already inspected 6000 individual worksites.

Working with the industry, officers have seen a marked increase in compliance, and now regularly receive requests from industry to inspect their sites.

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The City of Casey’s 2022-23 budget includes a 1.75 per cent increase in average general rates for residents, in line with the state rate cap.

The move is a 0.25 per cent increase from last year’s 1.5 per cent rate, and is expected to raise $3.9 million revenue for Casey Council to use on key projects outlined in the 2022-23 budget.

“We do have a strong commitment to ensuring value for money for this community, most particularly adopting the rate cap as part of that,” City of Casey chair of administrators Noelene Duff said.

“Many of the cost impacts on this council’s operations are far greater than that 1.75 per cent, so this becomes a balancing act for us,” she said.

Council said hardship options were available for ratepayers who are unable to meet these increases, including deferments and waivers of interest and charges.

Chief financial officer Bernard Rohan said the rate cap was the “key issue that council grapples with each year”.

Mr Rohan said the 2022-23 rate cap, which represented a state mandated maximum rate that councils can charge residents in a financial year, was lower than previous estimates for the 2022-23 financial year.

“In setting the draft 2022-23 budget, officers have had to provide parameters around how we absorb that loss of revenue,” he said.

Mr Rohan said the second substantive element of the budget was the increase in waste management costs.

This year’s budget included a 9.3 per cent increase in waste management costs, equating to $4.5 million dollars.

Council attributed the increased costs to the State Government Landfill Levy and recycling costs, with the latter expected to rise by $1 million as a result of the “statewide recycling crises”.

The State Government Landfill Levy indicates an increased charge on domestic and hard waste and is projected to represent a $2.4

Casey Chair of Administrators Noelene Duff. million increase in charges to council for 202223.

“We are living at a time where waste management is creating significant challenges, not just for local government, but for State and Federal governments,” said council ad-

ministrator Miguel Belmar.

“I am absolutely satisfied that as a council we are doing everything possible to ensure that these costs are managed and maintained at a level where we are passing on costs and doing it in a way which is financially responsible.”

Residents urged to speak up on plan

By Marcus Uhe The City of Casey wants residents to give feedback on the draft 10-year asset plan, published Thursday 14 April, detailing the council’s plan for managing $3.5 billion worth of infrastructure assets such as roads, parks, bridges and buildings.

The draft plan provides an overview of assets Council owns and uses to provide services, and Council’s proposed approach to managing those assets now and in the future in support of its Long-Term Community Vision 2031.

Within what the council determine to be ‘growth areas’, including Clyde North, Clyde, Cranbourne West and Cranbourne East, the City of Casey has planned for the delivery of 14 new community facilities, 28 new recreational facilities, 122 new roads, playgrounds and sports ovals and new roads and drainage.

The City of Casey expects the population in those suburbs to almost triple over the next 20 years.

The draft Asset Plan also documents Council’s commitment to investing in current and future assets to meet the service delivery needs of the community, and addresses the aspirations contained in the Community Vision, priorities of the Council Plan and alignment with Council’s Long-term Financial Plan.

The draft plan was informed by feedback received as part of Council’s Shape Your City engagement program in 2020 and 2021, as well as a deliberative panel of 22 local residents, representative of Casey’s diverse community, who participated in two deliberative workshops.

City of Casey Chair of Administrators Noelene Duff said the deliberative workshops

The City of Casey is welcoming feedback on it’s Draft 10-Year Asset Plan. 183847 enabled Council to understand community sentiments around several asset management approaches aimed at improving the sustainability of Council’s asset portfolio.

“These approaches included increasing funding through grants, loans, public-private partnerships, commercial arrangements or joint user agreements,” she said.

“Other approaches included decreasing the number and/or cost of new assets; decreasing the existing asset base by divesting of or decommissioning existing assets; and/or reducing the frequency of renewals and upgrades for existing assets.

“The focus of these sessions was to identify

a level of comfort with each option.

“Feedback from the workshops will continue to be used to help guide the City of Casey’s ongoing approach to asset management, alongside feedback through this current public exhibition opportunity.”

Residents can provide feedback on the Draft Asset Plan from Wednesday 13 April until Wednesday 4 May 2022 by visiting Council’s Casey Conversations website.

The 10-year Asset Plan will be presented to Council for adoption on 14 June 2022.

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FOCUS ON … MEDICALLY SPEAKING

Understanding foot pain Pain involving the plantar fascia, the collagen fibers running under the foot connecting the heel and forefoot, is extremely common.

Yet plantar fasciitis is one of the most commonly misdiagnosed, misunderstood and mistreated concerns of the feet.

Why? We spoke to one of Australia’s leading Musculoskeletal Podiatrists, Dr Paul Dowie from Foot and Leg Pain Clinics, to explain.

“I’ve spent a lot of time in clinic over the

past 25 years helping patients with heel and/ or arch pain, who have been misdiagnosed with plantar fasciitis, therefore received inappropriate and ineffective treatment. Despite popular belief, even amongst many health professionals, most plantar fascia pain is not really plantar fasciitis, which is an inflammatory condition. Most plantar fascia pain is actually degeneration of the plantar fascia tissues or a nerve impingement. This is why treatment for most plantar fascia conditions is ineffective – The wrong thing is being treat-

ed!“ Dr Dowie said.

“Misdiagnoses often occurs when tissue thickening evident on diagnostic scans is misinterpreted as inflammation or when inflammation is considered to be the cause of the condition.

“This is a common misunderstanding that I have observed even by many good GPs, radiologists and general podiatrists. In these cases, anti-inflammatory treatments or cortisone are often incorrectly prescribed, which may at times provide some temporary relief,

but which can often result in a worsening and recurrence of the condition.

“Degenerative and inflammatory conditions require very different treatment, so plantar fascia conditions must be diagnosed and treated correctly or there is a real risk of creating further tissue damage,” Dr Dowie said.

If you’d like expert advice about any foot, knee or leg pain, you can book an appointment with Dr Dowie at Foot and Leg Pain Clinics in Berwick on 1300 328 300.

Benefits of Mirena intrauterine devices explained Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are among the most effective forms of contraceptive method available, with less than a one per cent failure rate.

Mirena is a type of IUD, a small, T-shaped piece of plastic inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy. It releases a hormone called levonorgestrel, which thickens the cervical mucus and makes it difficult for sperm to reach the egg.

Mirena also causes the uterine lining to be thin, making it less likely for a fertilised egg to implant. It can remain in place for up to five years and can also be used to treat heavy menstrual bleeding.

Mirena offers effective, long-term contraception. It can be used in premenopausal women of all ages, including teenagers. Among various benefits, Mirena: Eliminates the need to interrupt sex for contraception.

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· Doesn’t require partner participation. · Can remain in place for up to five years. be removed at any time, followed by a · Can quick return to your normal fertility. severe menstrual pain and · Decreases pain related to the abnormal growth of uterine-lining tissue outside the uterus (endometriosis).-Less effect on the ovarian function - most women continue to ovulate. -The hormone concentration of Mirena is a quarter of that of progesterone only pills (mini pill), therefore reducing side-effects.

Provides progestogenic protection of the uterine lining during estrogen replacement therapy in peri/post-menopausal women.

A trained healthcare professional can insert Mirena in as little as five minutes. It is a quick and easy process. It is essential, however, to follow the instructions provided by your doctor. The healthcare professional will

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insert Mirena into place through the vaginal canal and cervix into the uterus.

Mirena and other IUDs may cause cramping during insertion, but this usually subsides quickly. You should not have intercourse or use tampons for at least three days after insertion. Most women feel fine shortly after the procedure. However, some may experience light bleeding or spotting in the first few weeks after insertion. Contact your doctor if you experience any unusual symptoms after getting an IUD. Some women might experience a discomfort related to the insertion. The pain usually lasts for a few minutes, but it can last for up to an hour in some cases.

One of the easiest ways of managing the pain and discomfort is by taking an over-thecounter pain reliever like Ibuprofen before the appointment. You can also ask your doctor to numb the area with a local anaesthetic.

If you’re anxious about the insertion, they may prescribe a sedative as well. Your doctor will give you instructions on how to take care of yourself after the IUD insertion. It’s important to follow them closely since there is a small risk of infection after the procedure.

If you’re considering getting an IUD, one of the first things you need to do is figure out which type is best for you. Mirena and Copper bearing IUD are the two most common types of IUDs available, and each has its own set of benefits and drawbacks.

Most side effects usually go away after a few months, but if they persist or become bothersome, be sure to speak with your doctor.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion, book an appointment with Dr Fazmina Idroos at the Cranbourne Medical & Skin Clinic.

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Hill makes Sikh promise Federal Bruce MP Julian Hill pledged $700,000 towards the upgrade of Sikh Volunteers Australia’s kitchen and community centre in Langwarrin on Saturday 9 April.

Its new services would include family violence support, mental health support, parenting and youth services and volunteer training as well as increase its food program.

SVA, which has famously provided free meals during bushfire and flood disasters and the Covid pandemic, plans to expand its good deeds at its new $5.8 million headquarters.

The charity has already raised the bulk of the project’s cost.

Mr Hill announced the pledge at the SVA’s Vaisakhi (New Year’s) and volunteers’ appreciation celebration at Bunjil Place.

“The improved facilities in Langwarrin will also function as a cultural hub, providing an excellent location for the Sikh community to gather and celebrate and share cultural and religious festivals with the broader community,” Mr Hill said.

“These services are sorely needed in the communities of South-East Melbourne which have been ignored by the Morrison Government’s pattern of waste, rorts and broken promises.”

Currently, SVA runs a twice-weekly free food van in Tooradin and Frankston, and delivers meals to vulnerable households upon request.

It has responded in large scale to help survivors in the Black Summer bushfires in NSW and Victoria, and recently travelled 34 hours to feed flood victims in NSW. During Covid, SVA has provided nearly 270,000 meals to families in Melbourne’s South East.

Spokesperson Jaswinder Singh said that with the hub, SVA plans to expand its meals across all of Victoria seven days a week.

“It’s a big challenge, and it’s an ambitious

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“But with the support of the state and federal governments, it’s not impossible. We can make it happen.

“We’re doing a fair job and there’s a lot of scope to make it great.”

Mr Singh said most of the $5.8 million for the project had been generated from a bank loan and community support.

“With this $700,000 we will be able to float our head above the water.”

Construction of the centre is expected to start in July.

Nabbed in road operation Almost 8000 offences were detected in the first five days of Victoria Police’s Operation Compass road safety effort.

The statewide road policing operation started on Thursday 13 April and continued across the Easter long weekend, historically a high-risk period on Victorian roads.

Despite significant amounts of holiday traffic causing delays across the state’s roads, more than one-third of infringements issued were for speeding offences.

The Casey Police Service Area detected 124 offences over the long weekend, including 42 speeding offences, seven drink drivers, nine drug drivers, 11 disqualified drivers, six unlicensed drivers, 26 unregistered vehicles, nine mobile phone offences, five seatbelt offences, five disobey signs/signals and made four impoundments.

Across the state, one in every 326 motorists was caught drink driving, with police conducting 101,917 preliminary breath tests over the operation’s first five days.

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Two lives were lost on Victorian roads over the weekend, with fatal collisions in Elwood on Thursday 14 April and Greenwald in the state’s far southwest on Monday 18 April, bringing this year’s total to 78.

“Despite our best efforts, we still sadly saw two lives lost on Victorian roads over the weekend and police caught thousands of motorists engaging in unacceptable behaviour, putting themselves and others at risk,” Assistant Commissioner of Road Policing Glenn Weir said.

“Operation Compass will continue this week, and while police will again be going all-out to reduce road trauma, we are pleading with motorists to please be patient and stay alert when travelling and returning home from holidays”.

Police are anticipating another busy period on the roads as the Anzac Day public holiday and end of Victorian school holidays coincide.

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By Mitchell Clarke Almost one year since alleged corruption was exposed within the City of Casey, a former councillor is still fighting to clear his name.

Former Springfield Ward councillor Rex Flannery, who resigned as deputy mayor just days before the State Government sensationally sacked the entire council in February 2020, says the events of the past 12 months are still “eating” him up.

He has now officially requested that his name is removed from both a councillor honour board in the customer service centre and a wall plaque in Bunjil Place.

“I have never had any involvement into this alleged corruption scandal and therefore I do not wish to have my name associated with past or former councillors who may have brought our City of Casey into disrepute,” he told Star News.

“People look at your name and they see that you’re from Casey Council and immediately they put you in that same mould, which couldn’t be further than the truth.

“It’s just horrible to have been a councillor in that term. It gives you a sickening feeling in your gut and now I have to live with that.“ Mr Flannery argues his name should never have been placed on the plaque celebrating the $126 million Bunjil development because at the time he didn’t support the project.

“I guess I’ve eaten a little bit of humble pie with Bunjil Place. I’ve been able to see the value that place brings to the community but at the time I was against the development and I wasn’t once consulted (about having my name included),” he said.

He also claims former ex-ward partner, Sam Aziz, stated to him that he “wished he never had my name added to the plaque”.

“That was the only time I agreed with him,” Mr Flannery said.

While Mr Flannery hasn’t accused any former councillor of committing wrongdoing, he said anyone found guilty from the IBAC hearing should immediately have their honours stripped.

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Rex name shame Almost one year since alleged corruption was exposed within the City of Casey, a former councillor is still fighting to clear his name.

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Rex Flannery, pictured in late 2015, wants his name stripped from council. 148005 from anywhere within the City of Casey ... whether it’s a plaque in the botanical gardens or in Bunjil Place, I want them removed so they have absolutely no recognition anymore,” he said.

“They’ve disgraced themselves and they’ve disgraced the council. They’ve taken something away from me that I totally enjoyed. I loved serving the Casey community. I just want some clarity as to what way it’s going to go.”

Since his resignation, Mr Flannery has been working in an operating theatre at a local hospital. He said he has every intention to run for council again in 2024.

Bunjil Place. associated with the 2016-20 term.”

Casey’s governance manager Rhys Matulis said: “Given the IBAC investigation, it would be inappropriate to comment on that matter. Council has received and will consider Mr Flannery’s request in due course.”

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Star News understands Mr Flannery has put forward his request to be heard by the administrators at the next council meeting, slated for Tuesday 2 February.“It’s up to them now but a year later, this is still eating at me. I need closure and this is one way that I can get it,“ he said.

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Further enquiries, please contact Lynette on 0407 106 720. Bookings are essential.

Australian Heritage Festival at Emerald Museum On Wednesday 20 April from 10am to 3pm, come together and enjoy some free kids’ activities and morning tea with our friendly museum volunteers.

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Heathers the Musical With a cast of amazing young performers, Backstage Dance Academy presents Heathers - High School Edition at Emerald Secondary College.

April 22 7.30pm, April 23 2pm, April 23 7.30pm, April 24 2pm Tickets trybooking.com/BXOOO

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On the last Sunday of the month at the Bunyip Recreation Reserve.

Sunday 24 April 8am to 1pm

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belius Heritage Park, colouring in and scavenger hunt through the museum and surrounding park land, discover the history of Emerald and district and chat to local stallholders, salvia gardens plant stall.

Nobelius Heritage Park is registered on the Victorian Heritage Database as a site of State significance, being an intact 12-acre remnant and their caregivers. All welcome. Wednesday 20 April 10am to 2pm at Toomuc Community Centre For more information phone Ian 0420689602

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Join us at Deep Creek Reserve for a day of free family fun for Earth Day on Friday 22 April at Deep Creek Reserve from 10am to 2pm. Families can join in on a range of sustainable games and challenges including planting seedlings, seeing a waste truck up close, learning how bins are collected and what can go in each one, meeting earthworms up close and learn how they eat your food scraps, taking part in solar science and learn about the power of the sun.

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Teddy bears picnic again Wednesday was the day the teddy bears had their picnic, joined by families of young ones for a day of enjoyment at Berwick’s Old Cheese Factory.

The Casey Teddy Bear Picnic, which was cancelled for the past two years due to the Covid pandemic, was back bigger than ever, with more than 1200 residents attending the event with their furry friends.

Young families packed a picnic to enjoy a lovely day out, filled with live performances, and even a teddy bear’s hospital to make sure their stuffed animals were happy and healthy.

City of Casey manager of active communities Angie Peresso said the picnic was an opportunity for the council to provide a fun and accessible event for the community.

“The City of Casey has been running the Teddy’s Bear’s Picnic at The Old Cheese Factory in Berwick for five years, providing the community with a low-cost opportunity for families to connect, belong, learn and play,” she said.

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By Lachlan Mitchell The Casey Cavaliers are set to impress for an all new NBL-1 women’s season campaign.

The Cavs are set for a blistering time ahead with the appointment of inaugural NBL-1 head coach Alex Palazzolo for the season.

Palazzolo has coached at the highest level in Australia for over 30 years.

The seasoned veteran has coached in the WNBL as well as the FIBA Women’s World League as an assistant coach.The side’s preseason campaign has been hampered by players having other commitments leading into round one.

“It’s been pretty disruptive to be honest, in all my years of coaching it been the worst preparation I have experienced,” Palazzolo said.

“Players not being available through WNBL commitments and AFLW...so it’s been pretty tough.

“We will have seven players for training today, which will be our best turnout.”

The women’s side has brought in a host of big name talent including ex-Southside Flyer Monique Conti.

Conti also represented Richmond in the AFLW and was selected in the 2022 All-Australian side.

“She is a WNBL championship player” Palazzolo said.

“She has been a dominate junior player coming through the ranks.

“She has incredible foot speed as well as her ability to create her own shot and score.

“That really helps us; we have seen that in the last two weeks.

“In the early practice games her foot-speed is elite...the roster we are putting together will really push the opposition teams.”

The Cavaliers interrupted 2021 season, due to the pandemic, interfered with pre-season.

“It was a really interrupted season, there was a lot of stop starts with Covid,” Palazzolo expressed.

“We didn’t get to have a finals campaign, and then straight into pre-season.

“We have a great strength and conditioning coach, it was just a little disjointed.

“Some of our players were doing pre-season with us, while others were doing pre-season with the WNBL and Conti doing her work with the AFLW. “Since we got back in January, it’s been full steam ahead.

Casey Cavs women’s coach Alex Palazzolo is expecting big things this season. 277285 “I’m pretty confident with where our fitness levels are right now.”

The Cavaliers women’s recruitment drive has been in full swing this year, with a number of key signings and returning internationals making up the roster.

“We have got a young girl Taylah Giliam,” Palazzolo explained.

“She has been a part of the Southside Flyers development side over the past few years and

she’s only in her early 20’s.

“This gives her the opportunity to develop in the point-guard position because that’s what she needs to do to give her exposure and experience in that role.

“With Conti and Giliam in the side, they are both super quick and can flip it around in that point guard position.

“Our import Rachel Bell, who we imported last year, we have moved her into the small for-

Picture: SUPPLIED ward spot, and we are experimenting a few other things with her that is looking pretty good.

“We have also brought in Louise Brown from the Bulleen Melbourne Boomers, who played in their championship team and who is a former Australian junior player.”

The Cavs women are ready to set the court alight on Friday April 22, at Casey Stadium, in their round one clash against the Melbourne Tigers.

Locals start fresh with a Cavalier approach to NBL-1

By Lachlan Mitchell The Casey Cavaliers men’s team is set for battle as it makes its long-awaited debut in the elite standard NBL-1 season in 2022.

The Cavaliers are set to quick-step their way to a historic season under the guidance of coach David Peters.

Peters has a impressive CV with a gold medal performance in the Australian Junior Championships, as well as the Victorian Championships.

Peters has also been a feature at NBL level as a player development coach and video coordinator.

The new man in charge understands the challenges that come with taking the keys of a completely new team.

“Being a brand new club in NBL 1 has been a challenge, even creating a roster and building a brand new culture as well,” Peters described.

“Building a foundation that will last for a while, as well as building a new coaching staff as well.

“There’s lot we have had to take in the last few months, but so far so good and people are ready to play round one.”

The Cavaliers interrupted pre-season, due to public health protocols, had an early effect on Peters and his side. cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au

Casey Cavs are ready to make an impact in season 2022. 277487 Picture: CASEY BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION “Some of the sharpness you would usually see at this level wasn’t quite there early on in the pre-season,” he said.

“Some of the fitness levels took a little bit longer to get back to the player’s peak; some of my guys haven’t had a full season in the past two years.

“Their ability to jump into full games hasn’t been the same “We have had seven practice games and have been training since November (2021), so everyone is ready to go.”

The Cavaliers first season in the competition, and the level of talent in the league, pro-

vides the side a brand-new challenge.

“The depth of talent in the top and bottom end of every team is really high,” Peters said.

“There is no team which you look at and think that’s going to be an easy win.

“I think every week is going to be really challenging, there will be no easy wins, even the teams who are low on talent will be coached really well.

“It’s going be a really competitive league... at Casey we know how good the competition is and it’s probably the second best league in Australia.”

Peters understands that even though his

side is brand-new in the competition that he has the players and coaching staff to reach new heights.

“We want to be in that high range,” he said.

“We are looking at finishing at that topfour range, even as an expansion club it’s going to be a tough task, but there are teams who have been at this level for a long time and have a really good culture.”

The Cavaliers have recruited Jock Perry from the new NBL Tasmanian Jack Jumpers side, as well as overseas import Jordan Bell.

Bell is fresh off the USA college basketball system where he played for the Oregon Ducks.

“Jock is still on the court with the Jack Jumpers and he will join us soon,” Peters said.

“His size, his winning background, and his skill set, will be really tough for the rest of the league to deal with, he’s just over seven foot and shoots the three, really high IQ and passes the ball well.

“Davo (William) Hickey from Melbourne United is a really exciting guard, his ability to score and help other players on the floor will be really exciting.”

The Cavaliers open their campaign on Friday 22 April at 8pm against the Melbourne Tigers, straight after the women’s game.

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No Good Friday for Eagles

By Lachlan Mitchell Springvale Districts had the ideal start to Easter with a gutsy 13-point win over the Dingley Dingoes.

The Demons had to stand strong after a 22-point quarter time deficit. Kris Thompson’s men trailed at every change and were down by nine at the final break.

A strong final term by the Demons saw them kick five goal to one to run out 13 point victors. The win see’s Springvale clinch its first victory of the season.

Cranbourne suffered a gut-wrenching 18-point loss to Cheltenham on Good Friday.

The Eagles were heading into the contest undefeated after the first two rounds.

Cranbourne had a poor start, unable to hit the scoreboard in the first term, while Cheltenham capitalised on the sluggish Eagles and hammered home four majors in the opening term.

Cranbourne got into the groove in the second term, kicking three goals to trail by 23 at the main break.

Eagles forward Marc Holt tried his best to rein in the margin, finishing the day with seven.

Cranbourne restricting the Rosellas to a very inaccurate one goal four in the third term, to trail by two going into the final change.

The Eagles couldn’t pull in the margin after a Dylan Weickhardt stabiliser put the result beyond doubt.

Eagles coach Steve O’Brien was disappointed in his side’s result but knows there are area’s for improvement.

“We didn’t bring our A-game,” O’Brien said.

“Full credit to Cheltenham, they played a good-game style which denied us doing what we wanted to do and they were a better side for longer.

“We only played one good quarter of footy and you’re not going to win games of footy when you do that.”

A scoreless first quarter set up Cranbourne’s dismal day, along with the many stoppages on

Cranbourne struggled to link up against the Rosellas. 276110 a smaller Jack Barker Oval.

“We worked pretty hard to get the game back on our terms,” O’Brien said.

“We started to do that in the third quarter.

To be fair the last quarter was disappointing again. We just got killed at the stoppages, which made it hard to defend on a small ground.

“Once you loose stoppages, it goes into the opposition forward line very quickly and it’s hard to contain.”

“We need to get to work on our stoppage

craft, We probably were doing what we needed to do in the first two weeks and when you win it gets masked over a little bit.

Cranbourne’s next clash is this Saturday 23 April against St. Kilda City at Peanut Farm Reserve. The Saints line-up includes ex Collingwood midfielder Dane Swan and former Berwick stars Madi Andrews and James Magner.

“He is clearly a quality player; and they have other good players with Madi Andrews and James Magner,” O’Brien said.

Picture: ROB CAREW “They have a quality mid-field and we will have to put some work into them.”

Cranbourne will be looking to get back on the winners list.

“We need to make some general tweaks to the game-plan,” O’Brien said.

“It probably all starts in the mind and maybe we got too comfortable in the first two weeks.

“We need to adjust to the smaller sized ground we will play on from week to week.”

Casey as strong as Steele Tilio double helps City create history in Asia

By Tyler Lewis

Casey has found one in Roan Steele.

Steele booted three against Coburg on Easter Sunday as the Demons recorded their fourth successive win to start 2022.

The Demons were relentless yet again as they registered the first 10 scoring shots of the match.

Majak Daw and Mitch Brown threatened to fill their boots, as the two big men traded goals in the opening term.

It took until the opening minute of the second term for Steele to boot his first, as his true kick extended the Dees margin to 29 points.

The Lions fought back late in the second term, trimming that 29-point margin back to 21 heading into the main break.

Cranbourne’s Corey Ellison stepped up in the third term, showing his worth at the forward end of the ground, before Steele delivered a brilliant minute of football to put Coburg on the ropes.

Steele booted his second and third majors in the blink of an eye to send the margin out to a nudge under 50 points.

The four goal to one third term saw Casey stroll into the final break with a comfortable eight goal buffer.

The Dees put the queue in the rack in the last term, as Coburg secured some pride by winning the final stanza.

The Lions five goal to four fourth quarter was far from enough, as the Dees secured the 13.12 (90) to 8.7 (55) triumph.

Along with Steele, Mitch White was superb once again, accumulating 27 disposals to go with his one goal.

The Demons have the Tigers at Swinburne Centre next Sunday for the annual curtain raiser ahead of the Richmond and Melbourne Anzac Eve clash.

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Melbourne City has made history with a Marco Tilio double, sealing the clubs first win in the Asian Champions League.

City faced Philippine side United FC in Bangkok, after the A-League champions had a hard-fought one all draw with Thai side Pathum United.

The game was off to a shaky start by the Casey boys from the first whistle.

A defensive mix-up between Rostyn Griffiths and goal-keeper Tom Glover almost saw City concede in the very first minute.

A goal line scramble was required to avoid going one down in the early in the game.

Jordan Bos made his debut in the starting line-up and made an immediate impact.

A spearing cross from Marco Tilio finding Bos at the far corner almost led to the break-through, but unfortunately for City Bos couldn’t covert, skying the ball over the crossbar.

City continued the press their opposition and finally made it count in the 34th minute.

Stefan Colakovski found himself one-onone with the keeper after combining with Taras Gomulka.

The long ball from Gomulka sailed over the heads of the defence, to find Colakovski to hammer home his shot into the bottom left corner for City’s first.

City continued to dominate possession leading into the half-time break, but couldn’t capitalise on the scoreboard.

Japanese import Tsubasa Endoh was blistering down the wing, linking up with a sharp pass from Scott Jamieson.

Endoh sliced a ball across goal to find the feet of Marco Tilio to go two nil up on the hour mark.

Double delight for Tilio as City make their mark Picture: MELBOURNE CITY FC in Asia. 277482 Tilio once again had his name on the scoresheet 15 minutes later; the young-star connected with Raphael Borges Rodrigues to fire home his sides third of the evening.

City came away 3-0 victors after the final whistle was blown.

The win now has City rocketed to the top of Group G, with three games left to progress through to the next round.

Marco Tilio was the star of the show, scoring a double and helping his side secure their first win in the tournament.

“It’s good to score a couple goals but it’s about the team performance and I think tonight we went out and did reasonably well to get the result,” Tilio said in a City release.

“There’s always plenty of improvement there but we just look towards the next match now.”

City next play South Korean side Jeonnam Dragons on Friday morning. cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au

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Ash signs for Vics

By Tyler Lewis Ashley Chandrasinghe is on the Victorian books.

The scrupulous opener has won a two-year rookie deal for his state after a sensational string of summers for Casey-South Melbourne.

It’s come as no surprise, as the Buckley Ridges junior accumulated 639 runs at 40 for the Swans this summer, to go with scores of 56, 68, 112, 91 not out, 22 and 74 for the Vics in the Second XI. After years of hard work it was an abrupt reality for Chandrasinghe as a text message broke the news.

His immediate reaction was to call his dad, and though it was an important moment in his cricketing journey so far, the call itself is a blur.

“It was pretty sudden (the news); I was just working from home and I got a text from my manager Silvio (Marinelli) saying that I was getting an offer for a two-year rookie contract” Chandrasinghe said.

“That’s how I found out. I called my dad straight away, we spoke about it on the phone for a bit, he was pretty happy about it.

“We were just both really happy, he was proud of the outcome and I was proud of myself as well.

“I can’t tell you in too much detail...it went

Will we see Ashley Chandrasinghe and Will Pucovski open the batting for Victoria next summer? 273042 by pretty quickly.”

Putting pen to paper as a professional cricketer means a lot to Chandrasinghe, but he still has his eyes set on accomplishing more beyond his two-year deal.

“It’s something all young cricketers work towards, to get that recognition to go to higher honours is really encouraging and exciting,” he said.

“I think you have to put in a lot of work and performance to obtain a contract, but have to put in equal or as much work to maintain it and get further than that, to get games (for Victoria) and improve.

“There is definitely a lot more work to be done, so I am looking forward to it.”

It has been a special summer for CaseySouth Melbourne, which played off in the Vic Premier Cricket grand final and has now got a player in Victorian threads.

Chandrasinghe praised his Swans, revealing they have guided him to where he is now.

“Credit goes to Casey, they have helped me out since I think I was 13,” he said.

“It was my seventh season playing there (last summer), it’s not really a secret that we struggled early.

“This year was my first ever final playing for Casey, so I think that says how far we have come.

“Even back then, they have given me so much opportunity where I mightn’t have even played Premier Cricket at a different club.

“Just growing up as a person around those guys through my teenage years, not just as a cricketer, I am grateful and am happy to return the favour by putting some light back on the club.”

Chandrasinghe will head to Darwin next week for another stint in the Darwin and District Cricket Association, before returning to Victoria for his first pre-season at CitiPower Centre.

The Dandenong Stingrays have overcome a slow start to remain undefeated in the NAB League.

The Stingrays found themselves three goals down at the first break against the Bendigo Pioneers boys.

A strong-fightback from the side saw them fight back to even the score at halftime.

The Stingrays continued to fight and pushed away in the last term.

Mitch Szybkowski continued his run of good form, picking up another 32 touches, while Justin Davies also found himself impacting on the score board with two goals.

Son of Hampton Park coach and former Doveton premiership player Nathan ‘Nanga’ Wilson, Jack Wilson, found his feet in his first game.

Wilson picked up seven disposals and kicked one goal to help his side to a 17-point win.

Jaxon Binns once again hit the scoreboard with one goal and 27 touches. The high-half forward has been a goal scoring threat for the Rays all season kicking five goals in three matches The Gippsland Power boys had to negate a Sydney Swans Academy outfit at Trevor Barker Oval on Friday.

The Power lead by 25 points at the main break and extended their leaded kicking three goals in the third quarter.

A six goal final quarter cementing the win for the Power by 51 points.

Bailey Humphrey kept his side on top with four goals, while Coby Burgiel also helped his side push away with a hardfought 23 disposals.

The Stingrays fight back to beat the Pioneers. 277306 Picture: JAZZ BENNETT MEDIA

Shanelle shines in sparkling UTR display at Mornington

By David Nagel Shanelle Algama will have fond memories of his last Tennis Victoria Junior Tournament after showing great determination to win the Universal Tennis Rankings (UTR) event at Mornington recently.

Algama, from the Narre Warren Tennis Club, made his way comfortably through to the semi-finals, and looked set for a finals appearance after taking the first set 6-2.

But the talented youngster’s plans of an easy progression were put on hold when he fell 2-5 down in the second set.

But drawing on the never-say-die attitude of his tennis hero Novak Djokovic, Algama rallied beautifully in the second set to square things away at 6-all and forcing a tie-breaker.

Algama took the set, and the semi-final, setting up a grand final appearance in his last ever junior event. Feeling bullet-proof after his semi-final victory, Algama played his best tennis of the tournament to win the final in dominant fashion…6-1, 6-2.

Everyone at the Narre Warren Tennis Club would like to congratulate Shanelle on his victory and wish him well as he continues his promising tennis journey. cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au

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