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Spooky fun at home Halloween isn’t cancelled, with children able to enjoy a special treat during the COVID-19 lockdown. Seaholme Primary School pupil, Maya, 9, guest stars in the popular Oliver and Lucas YouTube channel as part of a special show for October 31. Oliver, 7, and Lucas, 3, have released several videos and invited Maya to help inspire others to celebrate at home with a Halloween garden party. Even pet cavoodle, Mr Snickers, features in the videos packed with science experiments, including a spooky dry-ice cauldron, baking soda volcano, Coke and Mentos rockets and slime-making tutorials. The YouTube channel was created by Genwa Rafeh, a self-described “frustrated mum” during the Melbourne lockdowns. “We were at home, we were quite depressed and, I guess, negative. “So, I started doing fun things and then we thought, why not document these fun things. It skyrocketed … we had people in South America, in Canada, in the Middle East, in Israel, everywhere we had subscribers. It took off.” Details: www.youtube.com/c/ oliverandlucas/ LUCAS, MAYA AND OLIVER
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Army joins beach patrol By Goya Dmytryshchak Summer policing at Altona and Williamstown beaches will be like no other year as the state grapples with COVID-19. Hobsons Bay Inspector Tim O’Connor said previous years had focused on ensuring a strong visible police presence. “We don’t know what this summer’s going to bring,” he said. “Obviously, we’re thinking about what the chief health officer guidelines are going to be and what impact they’re going to have on summer policing. I think it’s more moving away
from that public order response to incorporate more of a public safety response.” The federal government has provided the services of the Australian Defence Force to assist police. “Hobsons Bay, or the beachfront at Williamstown and Altona, has been identified as one of those key locations where the three branches of the armed services are working side by side with Vic Pol as we patrol the foreshore areas,” Inspector O’Connor said. The Maribyrnong River, Werribee and CBD are among other locations where armed forces are patrolling.
Inspector O’Connor said there would still be a strong police presence but a balance had to be struck between public order and public safety. Earlier this month, a woman was dramatically arrested at Altona Beach in an incident widely shared on social media. She and other members of a group were issued with infringement notices for breaching chief health officer guidelines, including failing to wear a mask and being further than five kilometres from home. “It don’t think it was a huge kerfuffle, it was a couple of people that got a bit antsy and they were dealt with by police,” Inspector O’Connor
said. “I don’t think it was a huge issue. It was just a couple of people who weren’t complying with the guidelines and they were dealt with.” Inspector O’Connor said Hobsons Bay’s beaches attracted people from across the northwest and, depending on the health guidelines, police had to ensure everyone could enjoy the amenities and operate together. He said police were working closely with Hobsons Bay council and traders. “I want to be able to provide a strong visible police presence so that families or anyone can actually just come down the beach, within the guidelines, and just enjoy themselves,” Inspector O’Connor said.
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