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Substation’s funding lifeline The Substation arts venue has secured a record $1.2 million in national arts funding during the coronavirus lockdown to ensure its survival. The Newport-based organisation has also appointed a community ambassador to the committee of management, local resident Luke Isaacs, who has been instrumental in Indigenous reconciliation in sport and culture. The Substation artistic director Brad Spolding said expressions of interest would soon be announced for a community reference group comprising local people. “The idea being to bring local knowledge and expertise to inform our planning and decision-making, and to provide community representation and pathways for input, feedback and participation in the organisation,” he said. The $1.2 million funding from Australia Council for the Arts will be awarded over four years. The Substation aims to reopen its gallery in August under potentiallyrestricted conditions such as bookings only. Goya Dmytryshchak
BRAD SPOLDING AND LUKE ISAACS
Double digit crime rise By Benjamin Millar and Goya Dmytryshchak A surge in thet and burglaries over the past 12 months has fuelled a 14.5 per cent spike in Maribyrnong crime rates, while Hobsons Bay has bucked the statewide trend to experience its lowest crime rate in a decade. Data released by the Crime Statistics Agency last week showed there were 9382 ofences recorded in Maribyrnong in the 12 months to March, a large jump from the 8192 ofences recorded in the previous year. Hobsons Bay’s recorded ofences, meanwhile,
fell 4.2 per cent from 6315 to 6048 for the year. Maribyrnong’s steep rise was driven by a big jump in the number of thets, up 19.4 per cent from 3456 to 4126. Burglaries also jumped 20.6 per cent, from 651 to 785. he sharp rise in overall crime reversed the steady decline in ofences over recent years. he top ive ofences were thet from a motor vehicle (1550), other thet (883), criminal damage (610), thet from a retail store (595) and breaching a family violence order (543). Houses were the most common scene of ofences (1915), closely followed by streets
and footpaths (1913), units (708), shopping complexes (646) and other retail (411). Ofence hotspots were Footscray (2636), Maribyrnong (1890), Braybrook (1750), Maidstone (997) and Yarraville (861). Altona North was Hobsons Bay’s most crime-ridden suburb, with year-on-year ofences rising to 1242. Other suburbs in the top ive hot spots were Altona Meadows (1003 ofences), Williamstown (977), Altona (683) and Newport (608). he most detected crimes were stealing from a motor vehicle (887), other thet (756), breaching a family violence order (521), criminal damage
(508) and drug possession (306). Most crimes occurred at houses (1714), followed by in the street (1002), at service stations (368), in unit-type dwellings (321) and in driveways (195). he ofence rate per 100,000 people was 6134 compared with Maribyrnong’s 9809 and the Victorian rate of 8091. he number of criminal incidents across Victoria increased by 6.1 per cent or 23,430 incidents to 409,841. CSA chief statistician Fiona Dowsley said that the number of family incidents recorded by Victoria Police was the highest on record.
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