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Doggies ready to roar By Goya Dmytryshchak

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you call him Murphy.“ Robert Murphy now calls Mr Moloney’s son, age 10, Robert Murphy Junior. Mr Moloney recounts a “classic“ comment his son recently made.

“He actually said to me, ’Dad, I don’t really believe in God but I’m just letting you know I went to my bedroom, I put a footy in my hand and I prayed that we won’.“ Perth’s Optus Stadium will host the Grand

Final on Saturday, with a start time of 5.15pm AWST and 7.15pm AEST. ■ For more grand final build-up, see pages 6 and 7

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Western Bulldogs supporters are painting the town red, white and blue ahead of Saturday’s AFL Grand Final clash against Melbourne Football Club. Fans are hoping the Dogs can add to their first premiership victory in 1954 against Melbourne and 2016 win against the Sydney Swans. Marianne Wong, the wife of Footscray’s late iconic restaurateur Jimmy Wong, has decorated the window of their Barkly Street institution with Bulldogs paraphernalia. “They’re No. 1,“ she said. “Jimmy is a Bulldog, all the time, and they have a very, very close connection to Jimmy. “Every week, players, management, every week [they came to the restaurant]. “Jimmy is famous and he is a good person and the food is very good, if it’s not No. 1. “They love Jimmy, they love Jimmy’s food. “They’re here sometimes twice of week, a big crowd of them. “They’re very supportive of Jimmy, they love Jimmy and they love his food, full stop. “I’m so, so, so excited about it. “I’m a Bulldogs supporter and I love them and all my family are Bulldogs supporters and I’m so, so, so excited about them. “Win or lose, I’m so excited about them.“ Newport’s Craig Moloney loves the Bulldogs so much he named his son Murphy after star player Robert Murphy. Over the weekend, the family painted his house in the club’s tricolour. “We were having a baby and then my wife had said, if it’s a boy you can name it whatever your want but she was coming from a family of four girls so she thought 100 per cent that she was having a girl so she thought, well, it doesn’t matter what you say anyway because it’s not going to turn out to be a boy,“ Moloney said. “We were either going to call him Griffen, which was after Ryan Griffen, or Murphy after Robert Murphy. “She went, nah, you’re not calling him Griffen because he’s going to be called Griff or things like that when he gets older in life: I’ll let

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Council borrows $10m for hall By Goya Dmytryshchak Maribyrnong council will borrow $10 million to redevelop Footscray Town Hall. As reported by Star Weekly in February, the hall will undergo a redevelopment costing up to $30 million. The Department of Jobs, Precinct and Regions will provide the council with a low-interest loan. The town hall was originally built in 1936 as the municipal offices, courthouse and post office, with the main council building extended over several stages with the last construction works completed in 1984. The council said changes to legislation and

building code standards, coupled with growth within its organisation, had rendered the heritage structure no longer fit for purpose. It will be redeveloped in two construction phases, starting with a new office building with up to 110 work points allowing for flexible use of spaces in response to COVID-19. The current office will be demolished once the new one is built and then works would start on the link to the town hall and renovations to the town hall building. The redevelopment will include the addition of several community spaces, including a 200-seat multi-use space and a public park/ plaza area. Total project costs based on a construction

start of May 2022 are $26 million-$30 million. Mayor Michael Clarke said under the terms of the loan, upgrade works were to be completed within three years. “With the support of the state government, council is able to kick start this project and reduce the impost on our ratepayers by achieving savings through the low-interest loan,” he said. “The aim is to liberate the town hall from its civic administration function to return it to the public for use as meeting rooms and gathering spaces inside, and a new public space outside – creating a new and exciting civic space for the community and council to meet and come together.”

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Beauty shot through a 5km lens Young shutterbugs are being invited to photograph natural wonders in a five kilometre radius of Altona. Local photographer Ruth Schwarzenholz has started a competition for primary school children called 5kms of Natural Wonders. “I started photographing amazing landscapes and wildlife and have got my eight-year-old daughter who goes to Altona

Primary School to come with me and get inspired by the beauty of what we can photograph in our small five kilometre radius around Altona by walks and bike rides,” she said. “Now our family of three are doing this regularly.” She decided to start a competition to inspire primary school aged children to do the same.

Winners will be voted on by the public. The first prize for prep-grade 2 is a Fuji Instax mini instant film camera and the first prize for grade 3-6 is a Canon IXUS 190 digital camera. Gellibrand MP Tim Watts is sponsoring the prizes. For details, visit 5km_natural_ wonders on Instagram or 5kms of natural wonders on Facebook.

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Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay residents have a clearer idea when they can see their friends and family and get back to the thing they love doing. The state government announced Victoria’s roadmap out of the lockdown on Sunday, with the easing of restrictions based around the national plan. Small changes will happen when the state reaches 80 per cent first dose for over 16s, with bigger changes set down for 70 per cent double dose and then 80 per cent double dose. Under the current vaccine rate, the state is expected to reach 70 per cent double dose about October 26. When that mark is hit the travel limit will be increased to 25 kilometres, things like religious ceremonies, outdoor dining, community sports training, outdoor pools and entertainment venues will open with limited numbers for those who are fully vaccinated. The next mark, 80 per cent double dose, is expected to be reached around November 5. This mark will see regional and metropolitan areas become one, with no travel limits. Most businesses will be able to open up at that point, in limited capacities, for people who are fully vaccinated. Visitors in homes will also be allowed. In a promising sign, Premier Daniel Andrews said he hoped that people could have 30 people in the home for Christmas celebrations. Mr Andrews said that opening up too soon before people had the chance to be vaccinated would result in an overloaded hospital system.

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Wishing the Western Bulldogs the best of luck for the AFL Grand Final this weekend! Even though we can’t be there with you in Perth, we’ll be there in spirit cheering you on from afar as you burst out of the gates. Congratulations on a great season. The entire West is very proud of you and behind you all the way.

It’s great to see our footy team firing in the West!

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Cannabis gets the green light By Goya Dmytryshchak Maribyrnong council has unanimously voted to become the first Australian council to grow medicinal cannabis to reduce household rates. Mayor Michael Clarke told last week’s council meeting that the venture was being undertaken in the context of a community that was financially hurting, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We recognise that rates are a burden on our community and we’ve heard the call from

the community to reduce rates,” he said. “Have no illusions, councillors, to cut rates we either reduce services or find an alternate funding stream as an alternative to rates. “We’ve had to look outside of the square, councillors, and the fact is what we’re going to do here is looking outside of the square if we are going to reduce our reliance on rates to fund our services. “The council will cultivate, produce and manufacture medicinal cannabis within the municipality. “The medicinal cannabis industry is a

multi-billion-dollar industry,” Cr Clarke said. “Pre COVID 2019, the industry was worth $177 million in Australia. “2025, the expectation was $1.5 billion. “More recent assessments of that market in Australia is now tipped at $5 billion by 2025.” Cr Clarke said cannabis would help rebuild Australia’s manufacturing base. “I think in undertaking this particular enterprise, undertaking this venture, councillors, it’s part, in a very small way, of this council demonstrating it’s perhaps

time to rebuild Australia, rebuild its manufacturing base, not be so reliant on the extractive industries of coal and the other mineral deposits that we are so readily happy to extract from our earth and export to other nations.” Medicinal cannabis products are prescribed by doctors to treat symptoms of a medical condition or the side effects of a medical treatment. The community will be consulted before plans proceed.

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Council jab campaign launched Maribyrnong council has launched a campaign to encourage residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Maribyrnong has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Melbourne. Australian Department of Health figures show 56.9 per cent of Maribyrnong’s eligible population has received a first dose and 35.3 per cent has received a second dose as at September 5.

Mayor Michael Clarke said he had been vaccinated “for my friends, family and community”. “By getting vaccinated, you are protecting your health and helping to protect your family, friends and community,” he said. “We’re not safe until we are all safe. “As more people get vaccinated, the more the community is protected, which brings us closer to doing what we love with those we love.

“We all play a part in battling this pandemic, not just our frontline workers.” The council is inviting multicultural community groups to get in touch for support to spread the word. “Supporting our culturally and linguistically diverse community is particularly important, given over 40 per cent of residents speak a language other than English at home,” Cr Clarke said.

The owner of Highpoint Shopping Centre is seeking community feedback on a plan to build 3200 dwellings and 149,000 additional square metres of commercial office space. This would house about 6900 residents and provide 9600 office jobs. The GPT Group has lodged a draft Highpoint Urban Village Development Plan with Maribyrnong council. A new town plaza is also proposed. Building heights range from three to 14 storeys, with higher buildings located in the Rosamond Road, Central and River Gateway precincts. Accommodation would include build-to-rent, residential hotel, student housing, short-stay, serviced apartments and affordable housing. A report prepared by Urbis for GPT states “this proposal will transform Highpoint Shopping Centre into an exciting, mixed use precinct that addresses a need for well serviced and connected housing, community services and diverse employment opportunities within the City of Maribyrnong”. “Full development of the Highpoint urban mixed use village in accordance with the development plan is expected to occur over a long period of time, in excess of 30 years,” it states. Feedback will be given to the project team and summarised in the final submission to the council. Comments may be provided in writing via email at HPUVDP@urbis. com.au and must be received by 5pm on Friday, September 24. Goya Dmytryshchak

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Bulldog fans are ready to growl Western Bulldogs fans have been painting the town red, white and blue ahead of Saturday’s AFL grand final clash against Melbourne.

Lauren Cott-Hardy of Yarraville is gutted she can’t be at this year’s grand final. “I am a born and bred Western Bulldogs supporter,” she said “My grandma used to live across from the oval and my whole family are die hard supporters. I was there in 2016 and I am gutted I will miss this year as I said I would never miss a grand final after that. I took my three-month-old son, Archer Hardy, to the Greater Western Sydney pre-lim final and to the ground the day after we won.”

Cas Bukor and Liz Holzer in front of a Western Bulldogs mural. “Liz and I have been friends for over 30 years,” Ms Bukor said. “We were both at the 2016 Grand Final and are bitterly disappointed that we can’t watch our beloved team in person for this year’s Grand Final. Liz has a long family history of over 65 years supporting the Bulldogs via her parents and now her adult children, and grandchildren. And I had no choice but to follow the Bulldogs with my only son Jackson, being a staunch supporter. “We will be watching on the big day, no doubt screaming loudly and keeping the neighbourhood awake.”

A house in Angus Avenue, Altona North.

Elwyn Davies of Footscray put up this banner and the motto of Footscray Football Club in Bunbury Street Bridge a couple of weeks

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Will, Julie, Emily, Jack and Cam Smith. “We are a die hard (is there any other kind) Bulldogs family and are lifelong, passionate, Bulldogs supporters and members. We cannot wait for Saturday, 25 September! If the game was in Melbourne, we would definitely be there, so this is our way of showing support to the boys from afar. We are confident they can get the job done!“#yieldtonone” 251187

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Two young Spotswood fans have painted their family’s fence red, white and blue.

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Dress is grand heirloom A special Western Bulldogs dress has been passed down through four generations of a family. Wyndham’s Danielle Richardson said her grandparents – including her Nana Dorothy, aka Dot - lived in West Footscray all their lives. They instilled a fondness for the Bulldogs in their seven children and grandchildren. “I spent my childhood growing up at the Whitten Oval and now my daughter shares the same love,” Mrs Richardson said. Mrs Richardson said that a friend of her grandmother’s found some Bulldogs-themed material and sewed a dress for Dot during 1976. Dot hoped to wear the dress to the MCG if the Doggies made the grand final. Sadly, Dot passed away nine years ago. However, Mrs Richardson promised her Nana that she would one day wear the dress to a Bulldogs grand final – which she did in 2016. “It was a very emotional day but I’m so glad I was able to keep my promise,” Mrs Richardson said. Five years on, and her own daughter, Olivia,

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10, will wear the dress while watching 2021’s grand final. Turn to page six for more tales of Bulldogs supporters. Alesha Capone

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Danielle Richardson and her daughter Olivia, 10, weraing the Western Bulldogs dress which has been handed down through their family. (Damjan Janevski) 250826

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Facades show their true colours Passionate Western Bulldogs supporter Rocco Maluccio is spreading the red, white and blue message in the lead-up to the grand final. Mr Maluccio, who is managing director of Roc Construction in Werribee, has erected hoarding that features his team’s colours at multiple building sites. Apart from some local construction sites – including this one in Church Street, Werribee – the hoarding features at a Brunswick location, which just happens to be across the road from where some Demons supporters live.

Mr Maluccio said he went for Collngwood until around the age of two or three. However, upon asking his uncle - a Bulldogs supporter – if he could attend a football game, his uncle said he had to barrack for the Doggies. A young Mr Maluccio converted teams on the spot and he has not looked back since. “What I like about the club is the tough story, what they’ve had to live through and the history of the Western Bulldogs from 1954 through to the 2016 premiership,” Mr Maluccio said. Mr Maluccio said that he has received plenty

of positive reactions to the Bulldogs-themed hoarding. “I’ve got quite a few text messages to be honest, quite a few Instagram likes and a blogger has posted a photo,” he said.

Rocco Maluccio with his business’ Bulldog-themed hoarding at a Church Street construction site in Werribee. 250905 (Damjan Janevski)

Libba’s littlest footy fan Hoppers Crossing four-year-old Charlotte is a passionate Western Bulldogs supporter, although she particularly adores her favourite player Tom ‘Libba’ Liberatore. Charlotte’s mother Emma Clayton said their entire family, including her older daughter Madilyn, 13, are all Doggies fans. However, Ms Clayton said it remains a mystery as to how Charlotte developed her “Libba obsession”. Charlotte likes telling her father Nathan to grow “a Libba” – a moustache like the one sported by Liberatore. “She knows Libba’s number is 21 and she just loves him,” Ms Clayton said. “If she met him, I reckon she would be starstuck and not know what to say.” Ms Clayton said that last week, Charlotte lined up her toys and was teaching them all about how to organise the grand final,

complete with a whiteboard. She also proudly wears her Bulldogs scarf to kindergarten and daycare. Ms Clayton was actually pregnant with Charlotte at the time of the 2016 grand final. Their family also attended some Bulldogs games earlier this year, while not in lockdown. They have decorated their lounge room with Bulldogs merchandise ahead of this year’s grand final. Ms Clayton said that when she was growing up, her grandfather, whom she calls Papa, supported the Bulldogs. She and her father barrack for the Bulldogs, while her mother and sister are Collingwood devotees. “Dad took us to Whitten Oval, he used to take us to the footy when we were little,” Ms Clayton said. Alesha Capone

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‘Please be kind to each other’ Cr Pamela Sutton-Legaud The last few weeks have been particularly tough for our Hobsons Bay community. Newport and Altona North have been hit hard by a COVID-19 outbreak with more than 191 active cases, dozens of exposure sites and hundreds of Hobsons Bay households in isolation. Despite this, it has been heart-warming to see so many different facets of our community working together to spread the COVID-Safe message, including early testing, vaccination and support services for those in isolation through the Hobsons Bay Community has Heart Community Connector program. One such endeavour is the partnership between Council, the Department of Health and the Altona North Respiratory Clinic to create a vaccine surge centre at the Altona Badminton Centre, next to BayFit. The first session on Saturday, September 4 booked out within 30 minutes. Dates for future sessions will continue to be posted on council’s social media. The vaccine surge centre complements another great partnership between the Australian Islamic Centre and Western Health for a temporary pop-up vaccination site with Arabic-speaking doctors and translators at the mosque in Blenheim Road. On a brighter note, the reopening of playgrounds earlier this month was a highlight for many families in our community and I have some more great news for playground users in the Strand ward. Newport residents can now have their say on the new playground at Digman Reserve. Have your say online or

Safer local roads in Braybrook, Maidstone and Maribyrnong To create safer roads, Maribyrnong City Council, in partnership with the Department of Transport, is lowering the speed limit to 40km an hour on council-owned roads in Braybrook, Maidstone and Maribyrnong. This will be the last two of seven areas across the City with reduced speed limits. We want all members of our community to feel safe when using our roads and by lowering the speed limit, it will reduce the risk of injury or fatality and encourage more people to walk or ride.

Gun crime arrests Gang Crime Squad detectives last week arrested three people, issued four Firearm Prohibition Orders (FPOs) and conducted 17 compliance checks under an operation to disrupt illicit firearms use by Melbourne street gangs. Detectives seized ammunition, drugs and stolen property. A Maidstone boy, 17, Dandenong North boy, 17, and Dandenong North man, 19. were arrested in relation to firearm offences, drug possession, dishonesty matters and serious violent crimes.

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Hobsons Bay council is seeking nominations from businesses to be recognised for their innovation, outstanding customer service, sustainable practices, and resilience in the face of these difficult times. The Hobsons Bay Business Excellence Awards recognise achievements in five categories: excellence in customer experience, creating social change, excellence in sustainability, new start up business, pivoting during COVID-19. Nominations are open until 11pm on October 3, at www. hobsonsbaybusiness.com.au/awards. Winners will be announced November 11. Details: hobsonsbaybusiness.com. au or email business@hobsonsbay.vic. gov.au

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Champion for women By Goya Dmytryshchak A Williamstown woman who has received an Australia Day honour for significant service to women with ovarian cancer has recalled her own diagnosis, which brought heartbreak but also gratitude. Paula Benson, who formerly chaired Ovarian Cancer Australia, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.

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A Williamstown woman who has received an Australia Day honour for significant service to women with ovarian cancer has recalled her own diagnosis, which brought heartbreak but also gratitude. Paula Benson, who formerly chaired Ovarian Cancer Australia, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 34 in 2003. “I know I am one of the very lucky ones because my GP did all the right things for me,” Ms Benson said. “When I went to her, I had this unexplained abdominal bloating, changes in my urinary and bowel habits and I felt really full after eating not very much.

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“She sent me straight off that morning for a transvaginal ultrasound and she got me in to see a gynaecological oncologist that night and I had the surgery the next week. “No one thought that I would have ovarian cancer because I was young, I was 34 – largely, it’s women in their 50s, 60s, 70s who are diagnosed – and I have no history of ovarian or breast cancer in my family. “So, no one suspected that it could be ovarian cancer; they could see that I had a large cyst attached to one of my ovaries and that the ovary was damaged and that the cyst and the ovary would need to be removed. “When I woke up, my gyne-oncologist told me that she was very sorry but she’d found ovarian cancer and had to undertake a radical hysterectomy. “It was very shocking for a young woman to have that experience but I know my cancer was diagnosed early, it hadn’t spread and I know how lucky I am.” Ms Benson said she knew her story was not typical for most women with ovarian cancer, which prompted her to offer her services to Ovarian Cancer Australia in 2006. The same year, she and spouse Stephen Conroy, a former Labor senator, had baby girl 12459042-CG36-20

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Isabella with the help of a surrogate mother and a separate egg donor. “I do have a beautiful daughter,” Ms Benson said. “She’s 14 now. “I was very fortunate. One of my girlfriends donated eggs and another girlfriend carried her for me, so I’m very lucky to be a mum.” On learning of her Australia Day recognition, Ms Benson said she hoped it would raise more awareness of ovarian cancer. “When I first found out about it I felt quite

emotional really thinking about everything that we at Ovarian Cancer Australia have achieved over the past decade,” she said. “But I was just reflecting today, the same week that I found out about potentially receiving the award, I heard about another friend of mine who’s just been diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer and it was very grounding. “We’ve achieved so much, we’ve done so much and I’m so proud of that but there is still so much more to do and we can’t rest until it’s

done.” Ovarian Cancer Australia said under Ms Benson’s stewardship the organisation had achieved significant milestones, including developing and implementing Australia’s first national action plan for ovarian cancer research, securing $3 million federal funding for the Traceback ovarian cancer prevention program and the commitment of $20 million for ovarian cancer research from the federal government’s Medical Research Future Fund.

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Mobile vendors policy deferred By Goya Dmytryshchak Hobsons Bay council has deferred its draft mobile vendors policy to its first meeting of 2022. As reported by Star Weekly, Albert Cerminara, who runs the Mr Fresh Ice Cream truck, said the proposed policy would drive him out of Hobsons Bay. “The policy is unreasonable and unfair,“ he said. “The things that concern me would be the 500-metre exclusion zone from an activity centre, existing bricks and mortar

(businesses), approved vendor locations and other mobile vendors. “It’s excessive. We won’t be able to trade anywhere basically. It would take out Newport, it would take Williamstown, it would take out Altona.“ Mr Cerminara said the $12,000 annual permit fee for itinerant (roaming) vendors was excessive. Deputy mayor Daria Kellander said 1208 people had responded to a council survey on the policy. “Feedback from the residents and businesses was pretty much split between suggesting that we had no exclusion zone, a

100 metre exclusion zone, limiting the mobile vendor capacity to trade in some way from an exclusion-zone perspective and ... supporting lower fees,” she said. “We’ve gone from $12,000 down to $6000, 500-metre exclusion zone down to 200 metres - some big changes - and I think that we need to spend a little bit more time talking about that to come to some sort of agreement and consensus before we bring it back to the community once again.” Cr Peter Hemphill said there had been “enough discussions”. “It’s been going on and on and on and on

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Mum counts her blessings and her successes Maribyrnong’s Arpana Patel is one mother of an entrepreneur. She has been named AusMumpreneur Award winner for founding AveSol Accounting Services. The awards were held at an online event with talented mums in business from all over Australia. “I have two boys, 11 and 13 years old,” Ms Patel said. “I started about six years ago at the verge of a divorce, so I became an overnight entrepreneur with two little kids. “My marriage ended, I basically didn’t have any money. “I was at the verge of bankruptcy because all your money is in mortgage so you didn’t have any spare cash lying around. “My eldest son is autistic and all my family is in New Zealand so I don’t have any family support.

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impossible but eventually I got there,” she said. “All my clients are small businesses. “I think it’s incredible to be standing with all these mums who are running multi-million

dollar businesses. “I always want to inspire women regarding money matters because a lot of women do not take interest in their money matters and when something like divorce happens or some other crisis comes, they don’t know where to get that money or that support. “I want to really educate women in money matters ... and inspire them to open up their business whatever their passion is.” AusMumpreneur Network co-founder Katy Garner said “the awards show the passion of women who want to fulfil their entrepreneurial dreams as well as be great mums”. “Despite the pandemic, the number of women starting businesses has continued to grow in the last 12 months,” she said. “We are thrilled to be the No. 1 community for mumpreneurs and proud to showcase the best and the brightest each year through these awards.”

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Littlefoot to the rescue By Goya Dmytryshchak Out of the ashes, a tale of camaraderie has emerged. Shortly after Ollie’s Deli sandwich shop opened in Footscray, a fire broke out at its premises. Footscray Traders Association president Stuart Lucca-Pope and his partner Liana Lucca-Pope, who own Littlefoot Bar, came to the rescue and offered their kitchen for use. “They had a fire with the wiring in their wall so they’re out of action for two months,” Mr Lucca-Pope said. “Our kitchen was available because Littlefoot was not trading due to lockdown. “We felt Nhat and the boys’ pain as we understand how much effort goes into starting a business.” Ollie’s owner Nhat Tran said he was lucky Stuart came to his aid. “We’ve set up a pop-up, seven days a week, with Stuart while he’s not trading,” he said. “Once Dan [Andrews] gives us an idea of what can and can’t be open, we’ll still be here until our shop’s fully set up. “From now until that time we’ll be running fully Ollie’s Deli lunch trade, so we’re open from 9 o’clock to 3 for our regular sandwiches, and then once we get notification from government if bars can be open again Stuart will be back on board and he’ll have his bar operating from 3 or 4 after we close. “We opened up about five weeks ago and it’s just been absolutely crazy with the community support. “All the locals have come out on a day-to-day basis - like, we sell out every day. “Weekends have been berserk.”

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Footy fever runs in Hunter blood By Maureen Lane It’s footy finals time again and supporters are looking forward with excitement and hope while looking back at past glories. ‘History is written by the victors’ but now is a time to redress this imbalance and listen to the oral history of some of our Indigenous footy players. Footscray resident Bill Hunter has football in his blood. Bill loves footy and is proud of his family’s contribution to the game. His grandfather, Fred Hunter, was a star footballer from the early 1900s. Fred Hunter played for Healesville Football Club for many years, winning best player

awards and playing in their 1920 premiership team. Fred also played games for the Aboriginal Badger Creek team. Bill wants the recognition due to his grandfather but especially to his great grandfather for the contribution they made to the modern game of football. Bill says: “My great-grandfather, Richard Rowan invented the Banana Kick way back in the 1890s.” A banana kick is a kick for goal from an impossible angle that screws at right angles. It was originally called the screw kick. Bill’s grandfather, Fred Hunter, perfected it during his playing days to the point where fans yelled, “Kick it to Hunter, the screw kick punter!”

Bill said, “Jack Dyer was born in Yarra Junction and Lew Dyer (his father) saw my grandfather and so Jack Dyer knew all about it. He told Bobby Davis on World of Sport…1978 or 9 on the Sunday Footy Show. Daicos got the credit for the banana but a decade before that Williams from Melbourne had already called it the banana kick. Everybody credits Daicos for it but it was really my great grandfather Dick Rowan.” Bill’s oral history is backed up by newspaper articles of the time. The local Healesville Guardian football scribe, who wrote under the nom de plume of ‘Chips’, highlighted his grandfather’s remarkable goal kicking. “Hunter’s goal just as the bell rang was a beauty. He’s a bonzer on

those screw kicks.” Former Melbourne coach Alex ‘Joker’ Hall, retired Carlton dual premiership player Jim Marchbank and Leon Phillips (Footscray) were in the crowd when Hunter got another of his “fancy screw goals” against Wandin. It was in the middle of the footy season on the 28th June, 1919. Bill believes they were there to watch Fred and to learn the secrets of his kicking prowess. Bill would like to set the record straight and put his great grandfather and grandfather in the history books. Sadly, Bill Hunter passed away suddenly in his home on September 12, 2021. He will be sadly missed by family, friends and the Aboriginal community.

MY PLACE Newport writer and photographer Kat Clay speaks with Goya Dmytryshchak. Could you please tell me a bit about yourself and your connection to Hobsons Bay? I’ve just moved to Hobsons Bay, but one of the reasons for the move is because I liked it so much. I previously lived in Footscray but spent a lot of time cycling down the coast and photographing the natural beauty of the area. Plus my goddaughter is nearby so that’s a big incentive. What do you like about Newport? I love the easy access to the beach, bush and, when things are back to ‘normal’, the city. Newport Lakes is an absolute treasure and it’s a wonderful place to spot birds - plus the big kid in me loves rock hopping. What would you change or what could be improved? I’d love to see improved cycling connections, especially in fixing the potholes and upgrading the common road cycling route on Douglas Parade, and easier connections to Mason Street around the overpass at Newport station. As a writer I’m a huge fan of libraries so would love to see exciting programs to help them get back on their feet after the extended lockdowns. What’s your favourite local cafe or restaurant? So many. Jaffles and good coffee at The Backyard in Newport. In Williamstown, Tick Tok Cafe is my usual cycling coffee and treats pit stop - plus they have friendly staff up for a chat. And if I’m heading to Altona, I usually visit Creme and sit outside in the sun when I can. Could you tell me about your writing? I write a lot of genre fiction - mostly crime and horror but with a huge love of science fiction and fantasy. My latest short story, Reggie

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Starling and the Adventure of the Crown Jewels, is out in a new anthology of animal detective stories called Who Sleuthed It? with Clan Destine Press. It’s got a fantastic line up of crime authors, including a short Phryne Fisher mystery from Kerry Greenwood. Apart from that, my debut psychological thriller is about to go on submission to publishers in the

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Hyundai Kona Elite has fascinating frontal styling with the unusual arrangement of the lights.

By Ewan Kennedy, Marque Motoring Hyundai has a strong lineup of models in its Kona series - everything from a relatively basic petrol engined models all the way up to a full electric. Much as we enjoy getting behind the wheel of any electric car, this week’s road test review is the Kona Elite variant. At $31,600 plus on-road costs it’s far more affordable than the (gulp) $64,000 Highlander Extended Range full-electric model.

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Kona and produces 110kW of power and 180Nm of torque at a rather high 4500 rpm. Those revs mean most drivers will seldom go as high as 4500, however there’s reasonable punch below that number. The automatic transmission is a continuously variable transmission to maximise performance and minimise petrol consumption. More about the auto in the Driving section of this review. As part of the mid-life makeover the CVT replaced the six-speed conventional auto previously used.

Styling Kona is a cross between a hatchback and an SUV in its shape. The protection around the wheels arches adds to the SUV look. The body is stylish without going over the top. We particularly like the front with its high-level daytime running lights and the low-slung headlights. Ground clearance is 170mm which is higher than the typical on-road hatchback but falls well short of the 210mm in “real” four-wheel drives. That 170mm does add to the appearance, though.

Interior There’s an upmarket look inside the Kona, though the materials themselves don’t have the feel to match that look. Fair enough because it’s sold at a far lower price than the prestige cars and money has to be trimmed somewhere. We like the practical dashboard with its large dials and an easy to see centre display set at the same level as the instruments so you spend minimum time looking away from the road to check it.

Infotainment The Elite model has an eight-speaker Harman/ Kardon premium sound system, we found the setup of the speakers and gave us the sort of sound we like.

Engines / transmissions The 2.0-litre naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine sits across the front of the Hyundai

Safety All Kona variants have received five stars from ANCAP. It has six airbags, forward collision warning, lane keeping assist and lane-following assist. The Kona Elite model also has blind-spot warning, rear cross traffic alert and safe-exit warning. The automatic emergency braking recognises cars, pedestrians and cyclists at low and high speeds. It also has rear occupant alert in case you’ve forgotten there are kids in the back seats when you get out. No doubt it has happened somewhere sometime.

comfort. Kona is obviously not a sports car but does hold on nicely during cornering and gives good feedback through the steering while and your backside. It’s a bit noisy on gravel road and there’s some bump-thump on concrete road joins such as those on our road test section on the M1 motorway between Gold Coast and Brisbane. Fuel consumption during our test period was in the 8 to 10 litres per hundred kilometres in town and suburban driving. It fell to five to six litres per hundred on country and motorway testing. All Hyundais have a five-year/ unlimited-kilometre warranty and a lifetime capped-price-servicing plan.

Summing up

AT A GLANCE DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT AND CAPACITIES: Length: 4205 mm Wheelbase: 2600 mm Width: 1800 mm Height: 1550 mm

The updated Hyundai Kona Elite is a pleasant car that’s easy to live with. We feel the added ‘extras’ now fitted as standard, particular in the safety features makes it a must on your short list of cars to be seriously considered.

Turning Circle: 10.6 metres Kerb Mass: 1280 kg Fuel Tank Capacity: 50 litres BRAKES: Front: Ventilated disc Rear: Solid disc

Driving Let’s get to the CVT automatic straight away as that’s what friends have been asking me about due to my previous complaints about CVTs in other cars. There’s good news as Hyundai’s engineers have got it pretty well sorted out and have given it a feeling of having preset ratios, it did jar a little but we soon ceased to notice what was happening under the bonnet. You can sort of use it as a manual by changing ‘gears’ if you feel that way inclined. After trying this we simply left if to do its own thing. There’s less room in rear seat of the Kona than we had expected, meaning I had to move my driving seat forward a couple of notches to provide knee room for anyone behind me. The Koreans have a long history of tuning their cars to suit Australian roads and what we Aussie drivers like in the way of handling and Wednesday, 22 September, 2021 MARIBYRNONG & HOBSONS BAY STAR WEEKLY 21

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Lachie Hunter is one of the born and bred western suburbs players in the Western Bulldogs team.

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Jason Johannisen said the team wants to win for the fans.

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Johannisen ready for final clash Tara Murray Western Bulldogs star Jason Johannisen is soaking in the moments leading up this year’s AFL grand final. With a week off between the preliminary final and the grand final, along with the grand final being in Perth, it’s a very different lead up to 2016 when the Bulldogs ended their premiership drought. For Johannisen, who won the Norm Smith Medal in 2016, it still doesn’t get much better than this. He said his number one advice to the players who hadn’t been through a grand final is to soak it all up. “I think when you start the year off in pre-season, this is the goal and to finally get here it’s pretty surreal, so exciting,” he said. “There’s a lot of similarities and we’re just drawing on from that past experience and also enjoying this one, because they’re not easy to make and just soaking it all up again. “It doesn’t feel as rushed as it did in 2016. Pretty much we played a prelim and you were so flat out during the week. “This time we’re soaking it all in and sort of taking a breath and enjoying the process a bit more. You can just feel the energy around the group and the excitement that is pretty special.” The Bulldogs have had to win through to the decider with Melbourne the hard way, after a final round loss resulted in the side finishing fifth. The Dogs easily accounted for Essendon in an elimination final, before winning a thriller against the Brisbane Lions. In possibly their best performance of the season, the Bulldogs destroyed Port Adelaide in the preliminary final to win through to the grand final. Johannisen said the side was starting to play some really good football. “Obviously we didn’t finish the year off we wanted to and probably put ourselves under a bit of pressure,“ he said. “We just had to draw on all the good things we had done through the year. Finals is a different type of footy, the pressure and the intensity goes up and we just had to understand all the hard work that we put in was for this moment. “We’ve created such great momentum throughout these finals.” The back part of the season hasn’t been smooth sailing for Johannisen, who found himself out of the starting 22 and as the medical sub in the Bulldogs first two finals. He was in the starting 22 for the preliminary

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final win against Port Adelaide. He said it was a strange feeling being the substitute. “You’re so emotionally invested in the game,” he said. “I had to train after that one [the Essendon match]. I was so drained just sitting there watching the game as I was emotionally invested. “If someone got injured I had to be ready to jump on and against Brisbane unfortunately Cody [Weightman] got knocked out in the second half. “I was able to come on and all I wanted to do was make an impact and contribute to the team win which was nice. It was one of the greatest victories I have been a part of.” With Weightman and defender Alex Keath both set to return from injury, there will be some selection changes for the Bulldogs. Johannisen said he would be lying if he wasn’t nervous about whether he would keep his spot. “I definitely feel for the selection committee, there’s going to be a few tough calls,” he said. “All I can do is put my best foot forward and whatever role I’m playing on the weekend I’m going to try my best for the team.

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“What will be, will be.” If Johannisen does make the team, he will be one of the few players to have friends and family in the crowd. Johannisen moved to Western Australia when he was eight from South Africa. He said he could have never imagined playing a final in his home state. “I’ve had to sort some tickets out,” he said. “I don’t think there will be another grand final in Perth so we have to make the most of the opportunity. “My family flew over in 20216, but to do it in your home state, you never thought it would happen. It’s going to be extra special. Hopefully we can get it done.” The playing group will keep its preparation as normal as possible this week ahead of the game. Johannisen said the key was sticking to what they know works. While the Bulldogs have been based interstate for the last month and the grand final is in Perth, they have been getting a lot of support from back home. Johannisen said the players had been feeling the support from supporters. “It sucks, our supporters have done it so tough in Melbourne,” he said.

Roarke Smith, who grew up in Sunbury, is hoping to play in his first grand final. (Shawn Smits) 205491

“It has been unfortunate that we can’t play in front of our fans. We’ve run out every week, just trying to make them proud. “Over this whole finals series we’ve definitely felt all the love and support. We get messages and video sent in. “Us playing footy has brought a lot of enjoyment to our fans and we just want to make them proud. “We’ve got one more to go. Hopefully we can win the premiership for them and they can celebrate.”

WRFL makes call on promotion, premierships The Western Region Football League will recognise its minor premiers, but there will be no promotion and relegation. The league last week announced the outcome of the season, after it was cut short by the latest lockdown. No finals series were played in any of the football or netball competitions. In a statement on its website, the league said the board was determined to acknowledge and recognise the team on top of the ladder when the season was cancelled. “While consideration was given to the awarding of premierships as opposed to minor premierships, the decision to award minor premierships only again acknowledged the reality that despite its best efforts, the league was unable to play a finals series across any one competition, with the completion of a finals series again considered critical in order to recognise and award fully fledged

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premierships.” Altona, Wyndhamvale, Wyndham Suns are the minor premiers in the three men’s divisions, while Manor Lakes and West Footscray will be

recognised in the two women’s competitions. Players of junior teams that finished on top of the ladder, will be presented with minor premier medallions. The league also announced that there wouldn’t be promotion and relegation for its senior men’s competition. The statement said clubs were surveyed on their views of promotion and relegation, with the majority clubs against promotion and relegation. “In making this determination, the board identified that fundamental to the promotion/ relegation process was the completion of a finals series. “As desperately as the entire WRFL community wanted to complete a finals series this season, the board acknowledged the reality that this had not been able to occur. “The WRFL board also took into consideration the minimal number of senior

matches completed over the past two seasons, recognising the significantly reduced sample size of completed matches to adequately inform any promotion/relegation process. “The board also recognised the inequities between different club fixtures as a result of intermittent lockdowns throughout the season, acknowledging the varied implications these lockdowns had on respective club fixtures and in turn the make-up of competition ladders at the time the season came to an abrupt end in early August.” Those who were looking at relegation were Point Cook, which was sitting bottom in division 1, and West Footscray, which was sitting bottom in division 2. The league will present individual awards including best and fairest awards in online ceremonies in coming weeks. Tara Murray

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Hockey honour for Alby By Goya Dmytryshchak Footscray Hockey Club has named a pitch in honour of Alby Speed who died with COVID-19 at age 90 last year. Vice president Nicole Virtuoso said as a 17-year-old Yarraville iron foundry apprentice in 1949, Alby was ready to go when two colleagues challenged him to come and watch a game of hockey in his local area. Alby not only went to watch, he played that day and was hooked ever more. “From that time forward, the FHC’s history is synonymous with Alby’s contribution and the personal experiences he has shared with us all,” she said. “Little did Alby know that that day’s involvement was the beginning of a 75-year connection to his beloved Footscray Hockey Club. “And with it, the following: 37 years on the FHC board of directors, men’s senior coach for 13 years, two first XI premierships, men’s club champion twice and he was the men’s section record games holder for nearly two decades finishing on 946 games. “Alby was awarded life membership of FHC in 1962 and received Hockey Victoria’s Award of Merit in 1990. “The Women’s Club Champion (first XI Best and Fairest perpetual award trophy) is named after Alby and more recently the F1 ground was also named in his honour.” Alby’s wife, Bobbie Speed said it wasn’t known how Alby caught COVID-19. “We’re never quite sure how he got it, it’s

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Alby in 1948 at age 18. (Footscray Hockey Club)

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Alby in 2019.

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possible that I gave it to him because at the early stages when we didn’t know it was airborne like it is,” she said. “I was careful about him staying in the car and I did all the shopping etcetera. “The first I knew ... I couldn’t get him to get out of a chair of a night. “He just lost the ability to use his legs and I must have got the ambulance in to take him to Sunshine hospital. “From then, it’s a bit of a blank because I got COVID myself and was very ill with it. “There’s a period where I can’t really be certain of what went on until, as I say, I came out into the real world again. “He passed away while I was ill ... quite unbeknownst to me. “Apparently, I insisted on being allowed to

go home from the hospital even though I was really still ill and I was taken home 7 o’clock at night and disposed into an empty unit other than with my cat and from thereon I was in the hands of the manager and some good friends in the village until I came good. “I think I’ve been very fortunate to come out of it with not much scarring but, I mean, I haven’t got a husband at home with me.” During the 1970’s Alby played a leading role towards Footscray Hockey Club becoming incorporated. He was awarded men’s club champion in 1973 and 1974. In 1977 he added another first XI premiership to his name – 22 years after his first senior flag. Alby was selected in Victorian Masters teams starting in the O40s age group in 1980 and 1981 and then continuously from 1983 until 1999 finishing up his Victorian playing career in the O60s. He didn’t stop with the hanging up of his Victorian boots – he then launched into coaching the Victorian O65s national sides in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and coached Australian 65s in 2003 in Athens. “A key part of Alby’s legacy to us all is to remind us that hockey, and the Footscray Hockey Club, is far more than just a sport – it’s family,” Ms Virtuoso said. “So, we are grieving now as any family would, as a very big part of our family will no longer be with us. “Rest in peace our beautiful friend, may you be gracing the hockey fields where ever you may be.”

A seat for Sue The first anniversary of the death of Williamstown lacrosse legend Sue ‘Melli’ Sofarnos has been marked with a memorial seat dedicated to her. The Australian Women’s Team player and coach died unexpectedly on September 19 last year. Sofarnos first picked up a lacrosse stick 49 years ago at age 10 and in January 2020 had been awarded an OAM for her service to the sport. From Newport Ladies Lacrosse Club, Ms Sofarnos became one of the most decorated Australian lacrosse players and coaches in history and was general manager of the 2021 team set to compete in the World Lacrosse Women’s World Championship in the US. Her family has started the Sue Sofarnos Foundation in support of the Australian Women’s Team. The Foundation posted on Facebook: “Thank you to the Hobsons Bay City Council who this week voted unanimously to dedicate the beach bench seat where Sue’s ashes are in honour of her significant contribution to the social, civic and sporting life of Hobsons Bay. “A memorial plaque will soon be placed there and will forever be known as ‘Sue’s Seat’.” The foundation invited people to “visit ‘Sue’s Seat’ at the Williamstown back beach or her favourite swimming spot at the Crystal to remember Sue”. ‘Sue’s Seat’ is in Battery Road, about 200 metres from the Williamstown Football Club towards the Timeball Tower.

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