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A sign of the times

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Ballan businesses have adopted a woman’s idea to aid communication for the hearing-impaired during the pandemic.

Auslan teacher and mother of two, Lauren Stancliffe, is the driving force behind the signs for the hearing impaired on display in multiple Ballan establishments.

The signs read ‘Do you rely on lip reading for communication?’ and are helping the hearing-impaired community effectively communicate despite face coverings being worn.

A person who relies on lip reading for communication can point to the sign, and staff members will pull their mask down to allow an effective exchange.

Since the introduction of face coverings due to COVID-19 restrictions, Ms Stancliffe said she experienced anxiety around being able to speak to shop workers in the town.

“Wearing a mask everywhere makes me feel so isolated when I don’t know what’s going on. [Face coverings] really have had a huge impact on me and the deaf community,” she said.

“Wearing a mask has been the biggest challenge I have ever had to go through [as a deaf person].”

Ms Stancliffe grew up as a lip reader, being the only deaf person in her extended family.

“I had to learn to read everyone’s lips to be able to communicate with them, when we all started wearing masks I panicked and felt anxious.

“I knew I wouldn’t be able to lip read to understand what everyone was saying,” Ms Stancliffe told the Moorabool News.

Ballan IGA Supermarket and Ballan UFS Pharmacy are currently the only businesses displaying Ms Stancliffe’s signage, but she is optimistic this is an initiative everyone could get behind.

“I hope all stores and businesses put the signage up because I am not the only deaf person in this community. There are others, and I would like their shopping life to be easier, too.

“The signage is a step in the right direction, it would be an achievement for the community for all deaf, hard of hearing or elderly people that have trouble communicating, be able to go into a store and point to the sign, to make communication easier,” she said.

Ballan IGA immediately made signage when approached for Ms Stancliffe and the deaf community, which she said made her feel supported.

“Being deaf, there has been a lot of challenges and barriers, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.

Lauren Stancliffe is the face behind the mask changing the processes in local businesses for hearing impaired people.

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Whiskey Riot named Victorian Greyhound of the Year

By Gerard Guthrie Rowsley greyhound trainer Anthony Azzopardi has achieved just about everything greyhound racing has to offer since moving to Victoria in 2016, and he celebrated another major accolade last week when Whiskey Riot was named 2019/20 Victorian Greyhound of the Year.

Azzopardi relocated from NSW to test himself in Australia’s greyhound racing capital and says the depth of competition makes Melbourne Cup hero Whiskey Riot’s achievement even more satisfying.

“It’s quite an achievement by the dog,” said Azzopardi at the announcement on Sunday 30 August.

“The best dogs are down here in Victoria – it’s very hard racing – and to have a top dog to win this (Greyhound and Sprinter of the Year) you’ve got to be mighty proud.”

Azzopardi’s sense of pride was echoed by owner/breeder Sandra Camden-Bermingham.

“We were just blown away; to be honest I’m even tearing up now,” she told GRVs Molly Haines.

“We were absolutely thrilled with the news and so happy for him to get the accolades he deserves and also for Anthony, Kylie and Kayla because of all the effort they put in to make him such an incredible performer.

“He was super-consistent throughout his career and he’s given us some absolutely amazing moments of joy and celebration. We couldn’t be prouder of him.”

A son of 2015/16 Victorian GOTY and Hall of Fame inductee, Fernando Bale, Whiskey Riot won 11 of his 24 starts during the July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 eligibility period.

The undisputed highlight came in the Melbourne Cup, while he was a two-time winner at Group 1 level, also defeating the

best sprinters in the land in the Temlee invitational.

Whiskey Riot was denied a third Group 1 trophy by the barest of margins in the Adelaide Cup, when edged out by fellow Victorian Hooked On Scotch, while he also ran second in the Maturity and third in the Topgun and Australian Cup. Two wins and seven minor placings from 10 appearances in Group finals underlined Whiskey Riot’s consistency at the elite level; however, there was absolutely no doubt about his standout moment arriving on the sport’s greatest stage, Melbourne Cup night.

“Most definitely,” Azzopardi said.

“It’s the greatest race in the world. It’s one of those races everybody aims for and I’m very proud he won it, especially this dog.

“I’m very close to the dog and for him to win a Melbourne Cup he’s certainly fulfilled my dreams.”

As was the case with the previous GOTY, Orson Allen, Whiskey Riot claimed the award in retirement, having gone out on a winning note on April 2 at Sandown, fittingly the scene of his career-defining Melbourne Cup triumph.

“It was a hard decision, but I was relieved,” Azzopardi said.

“I think he deserved to go out as a winner – he went the Best of Night. It couldn’t have been a more perfect ending than that.”

Whiskey Riot brought an end to the Wheeler family’s four-year GOTY domination via Fernando Bale, Fanta Bale (2017/17 and 17/18) and Orson Allen (18/19).

The Victorian Greyhound of the Year is based on performances during the racing year (July 1-June 30) as adjudged by the Victorian GOTY Panel.

Whiskey Riot took out the prestigious award from (in no particular order) Sennachie and Simon Told Helen.

Trainer Anthony Azzopardi with Whiskey Riot and (inset), Whiskey Riot notching up one of his big wins. Photos – Clint Anderson (GRV)

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Does have history, but not bad history

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Principal of Bacchus Marsh Dance Studio Hayley Inglis. Photo – Caitlin Bewley

Stage set for a return

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Dance schools may close, or already have, their doors forever after COVID-19 but one local dance school is optimistic for the future.

The Bacchus Marsh Dance Studio is currently operating at 20 per cent capacity, adapting to restrictions via the use of online video classes.

Principal Hayley Inglis told the Moorabool News the pandemic has taken a toll on dance schools across the state, not only financially, but culturally too.

“It’s pretty bad for the industry, and I know it’s bad for a lot of businesses, but the performing arts are still suffering.

“Between the 12 and 18-year old age group, I have two kids out of a usual 50 who are participating in classes,” Ms Inglis said.

“They’re just not motivated, they’re not interested.”

Ms Inglis said she has parents telling her their kids just lay in bed all day.

“Mum and dad are both at work so they’re alone, and there’s nothing to motivate them to get up and do anything,” she said.

At the beginning of restrictions being imposed, Ms Inglis said the dance studio tried pre-recorded lessons before moving to a live Zoom class structure.

“There’s between five and 13 kids in one class, which is about 20 per cent of our pre-COVID numbers.

“Initially we had about 70 per cent of kids keen [to participate in online classes], but with remote learning for school, the numbers dropped really quickly,” she said.

“They’re on their laptops all day for school and then their parents pull out the same laptop and say, ‘it’s time for dancing’, they’re just not interested.

“It’s too much of the same thing, even though it’s a different activity, it’s the same delivery method and the kids just aren’t interested in it,” Ms Inglis said.

Not only did the introduction of online classes hurt the local school, the cancellation of annual concerts, cabarets and community performances put a dent in the business.

“Once we realised there may not be an option for an end of year concert, there was a percentage of students who didn’t re-enrol.

“It took away from the goal and purpose of what the students are working for throughout the year, and financially for the business, it is taking a toll.”

When asked what she thought 2021 may look like for the dance studio, Ms Inglis was confident the school will continue to support their students the best they can.

“Realistically, I think it’s going to be more of a rebuild as we are going to start with a lot less than what we started with early in the year.

“I just hope we’ll be able to reoffer the opportunities we usually can in the sense of competitions and community events for performances, as COVID is pretty unpredictable,” she said.

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A Ballan man caught driving an unregistered vehicle also returned a positive drug reading upon being intercepted by police.

Michael Darcy entered a plea of guilty in the Bacchus Marsh Magistrate’s court on August 28 before Magistrate Bob Kumar.

Police lawyer Paul Thomas told the court the accused was seen by police driving west along the Western Freeway, Ballan on October 13 last year.

“Darcy’s car was unregistered; the registration expired on July 11, 2019,” he said.

When intercepted by police at the BP petrol station on the Western Freeway, Darcy provided his drivers’ licence to police and was ordered to provide a sample for a preliminary breath test, that returned a negative result.

The court heard Darcy was then ordered to provide a sample for a preliminary oral fluid test, which determined an illicit drug in his system.

Darcy was escorted to the police testing vehicle, where Mr Thomas said the accused provided a positive reading to an illicit substance.

A statement was provided by Darcy, where he made admissions to using marijuana the day prior to being intercepted by police.

“I don’t smoke marijuana, I don’t even drink anymore,” Darcy told the court. “I stay at home and watch my kids.”

“I have no discretion on this matter,” Magistrate Kumar said.

“You don’t have a bad history, but you do have a history,” he said.

Darcy was convicted and fined a sum of $500. His licence was cancelled, and he was disqualified from driving for 12-months.

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Toxic soil ‘safe’

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni) In a decision that could lead to legal action and a local school leaving town, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has given the go ahead for Maddingley Brown Coal to accept the contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel Project.

The EPA stated in a 109-page redacted report, released on Tuesday 1 September, that MBCs site on Kerrs Road, Maddingley, was a suitable place to store the 2.8 million tonnes of PFAS-contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel Project.

The report read that “EPA is satisfied that the proposed spoil and environmental management options are in compliance with the relevant subordinate legislation, and the guidelines and that the plan, together with the Environment Protection (Management of Tunnel Boring Machine Spoil) Regulations 2020 adequately protects human health and the environment from the harmful effects of pollution and waste.”

Though the EPAs decision doesn’t mean the West Gate Tunnel soil will be stored in Maddingley for certain – the final decision rests with Planning Minister Richard Wynne, who has two other storage sites to consider – the EPAs assurances have not allayed community fears. It also has to clear through the Upper House.

Moorabool Shire Council has continually sought further information throughout MBCs tendering process, but Mayor David Edwards voiced Council’s frustration at the EPAs decision in a media statement.

“Moorabool Shire Council is extremely disappointed to hear that the EPA has approved the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for Maddingley Brown Coal (MBC) to accept, store and categorise contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel Project,” he said.

“Council has been stonewalled and blocked from receiving the environmental documentation that outlines the potential impact to the community, environment and food bowl. Now a decision has been made with no consultation with Council or the community.”

State Member for Buninyong Michaela Settle told the Moorabool News that she had “met with a range of Ministers to make sure that our community’s voice is heard and that the concerns that have been raised with me are well understood”.

RAGE OVER REDACTIONS BY EPA

Redactions throughout the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) assessment of the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for Maddingley Brown Coal have left schools and community groups in Bacchus Marsh furious.

Many details about the proposed site’s layout, soil holding bays, and treatment of the PFAScontaminated soil were blacked out.

Bacchus Marsh Grammar, which is located less than 500 metres from the proposed site, has been a vocal opponent of MBC and Transurban’s proposed plans, as has community group Bacchus Marsh Community Coalition.

Bacchus Marsh Grammar’s Principal, Andrew Neal, told the Moorabool News they were “increasingly dismayed as we read the EPAs Assessment Report.”

“That dismay turned to anger and frustration when it became apparent that any significant information had been redacted, making the document virtually without use,” he said.

“The School has and will continue to fight this issue publicly and privately with all the resources at its disposal…if the best that can be done is a large scale area for dirty industries, then relocation becomes a real option. In the short term we would look to provide our own environmental monitoring and use every subsequent means to keep our community safe.”

Bacchus Marsh Community Coalition member Kat Barlow shared the group’s anger at the EPAs redacted document, and alleged lack of community consultation.

“The EPA said that we should trust them, because on their website they put hundreds of pages of material, but most of it is redacted,” Ms Barlow told the Moorabool News.

“If it were true there would be no issue, and there was going to be no problem, why would you not publish that information?

“We’ve never seen John Holland out here, Transurban have denied our requests for further talks…we’re not allowed to go to VCAT anymore with the new regulations. That leaves us leaning towards legal action,” Ms Barlow said.

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Community purpose and focus

By Helen Tatchell He has been a policeman for the past 15-years, the last eight as a Sergeant, and now he is the newly appointed Officer in Charge at Ballan.

Euan Jackson has served at Mildura and a temporary stint at Bacchus Marsh however, before accepting the position at Ballan he was involved with the Public Order Response Team (PORT).

Coming to Ballan is “something different” for Sgt Jackson who said the main focus of his new appointment will be “community engagement”.

“The purpose for the station and the team will be an increased community focus,” he said.

“Members, including myself, of the station will be conducting street walks every Tuesday and chatting to the locals.”

Sgt Jackson told the Moorabool News he wants to regularly target specific issues.

“One week might be warrants, then drink driving, then maybe when it heats up, we could consider targeting boats at Pykes Creek,” he said.

“It is all going to be community focused on what we do and we want the community to help us because they are there 24 hours a day, and the more information we can get from the community, the better we can engage with them and get back to community policing.

“The community is our eyes and ears and we want those calls so we can take action on it,” he said.

Despite having a huge patch to cover around Ballan and Gordon, Sgt Jackson said during COVID it has been fairly quiet, but they are gearing up the station ready for an expected influx of people.

“Not only will people begin to travel up and down the freeway, but they will be out using the State Parks and Pykes Creek, when they are able to get out.”

Sgt Jackson said that is basically the focus, community, and a plan to increase their social media presence with ‘Know your Locals’ with station and member profiles.

“I want people to come and knock on the door. If you see me in the street, wave – I’ll stop and have a chat to you,” he said.

Sgt Jackson has taken the over the reins from former Sergeant at Ballan, Michael Kearnes, who transferred to Kerang.

Euan Jackson is the new police Sergeant at Ballan station. Photo – Helen Tatchell

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Working for Victoria, and Moorabool

Spencer Rogers works for Moorabool Shire Council, from home, under the Working for Victoria initiative. Photo - MSC

The State Government’s Working for Victoria initiative has proven a great success at Moorabool Shire Council, as appointments for the remaining few of the 51 positions are close to finalised.

The $2.5 million State Government grant for local councils to employ professionals looking for work during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in extra skills and personnel at Council to deliver even better service to the community.

Council CEO Derek Madden said the initiative has been fantastic for this Council.

“Among the 51 funded positions, we have hired people across all services in Council – parks and gardens, risk, administration, economic development, communications, information technology, waste – the list goes on,” he said.

Mr Madden said many of these people held professional jobs prior to commencing at Moorabool – some also lost their roles as a result of business closures due to the pandemic.

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“The collective skills, expertise and experience these extra people have brought to the organisation has seen us able to advance projects and provide a much greater level of service to our community,” he said.

Working for Victoria participant Spencer Rogers said working for Council in a communications role presented an opportunity to bring his writing and marketing experience into local government.

“It’s a classic win-win. I am learning so much working with stakeholders in Council and I feel I am bringing a lot of valuable skills and transferable insights to the table also,” he said.

Some of the Working for Victoria participants at Moorabool live in or near the Shire but many are from Melbourne and working from home, in line with State Government COVID guidelines.

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COVID restricts cultivation

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni)

Chef Ashwani with owner of Royal Indians in Bacchus, Peter Gaur. Photo – Lachlan Ellis

Get it ‘India’

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni)

We’ve all heard the saying “we’re all in this together” during the COVID-19 pandemic, but local restaurant owner Peter Gaur takes it to heart more than most.

To help those doing it tough financially during the pandemic, Mr Gaur’s restaurant, Royal-Indians In Bacchus, is offering free food to Moorabool’s needy from the hours of 8 to 9pm, every Monday and Tuesday.

Mr Gaur told the Moorabool News he believed everyone should have access to fresh, healthy food.

“This year, with COVID…I feel very uncomfortable when people come and ask me ‘Do you have any leftovers?’. What do you mean, leftovers? You’re not an animal, you’re a human being. People need to have fresh food, healthy food,” Mr Gaur said.

“Even animals eat fresh food in this country, why should a human not? So I said, no leftovers, wherever you come from, no dramas, come and enjoy some food from 8 to 9pm.

“This community in Moorabool…I’ve been here for 15 years, this community has given me everything. This is a time where I can give back to my community,” Mr Gaur said.

Moorabool farmers say it’s hard to find workers for harvesting at the best of times, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made the task even more difficult.

Unpredictable lockdown changes, drops in demand, and uncertainty around return workers from overseas have also been mentioned as issues affecting local agriculture during COVID-19.

Frank Ruffo, a member of the Ruffo farming family, which owns Tripod Farmers Group, told the Moorabool News that the pandemic had been disastrous for business.

“Our business? It’s killed it,” Mr Ruffo said.

“A lot of our business is food service, so since they’ve shut restaurants, pubs, hotels, sporting venues…it’s really stopped us.

“The biggest problem is that we don’t know when it’s going to be over, so we can’t really plan for it. We’ve just been decreasing and decreasing, trying to save costs…but it’s not working, to be honest.

“We’re probably down to 50 per cent production.”

A spokesperson for Bacchus Marsh’s Boratto Farms joined the conversation and said they were concerned about getting workers into the country.

“Seasonal workers are very important to our business, particularly through the peak season from September to May,” the spokesperson said.

Market gardener, Dominic Boratto in his Bacchus Marsh field of lettuce varieties.

Photo – Lachlan Ellis

“We rely on the Seasonal Worker Program. Return employees don’t need as much training and can be at peak production levels quite quickly and are available for the peak times.

“With the border closures, we are not sure if we will be able to get workers into the country this year. This will have an impact on our business and our ability to harvest crops.”

Dominic Boratto echoed those sentiments.

“We’re lucky our produce mostly goes to one factory, then to Coles. People still have to eat,” Mr Boratto said.

“Our main concern is seasonal workers…the warmer months are the busiest for us, and it looks like we’re not going to be able to get the workers in from overseas that we need with the borders closed.”

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Crafty kids protect platypus

You might not have even known it, but platypus live in Moorabool’s waterways – a fact that Bacchus Marsh’s Platypus Alliance have brought to the fore in a recent poster competition.

Children and teenagers up to the age of 18 were invited to submit posters to the Platypus Alliance with the theme ‘Protect Our Platypus’. Winning entries from five age groups were awarded this month with ‘platypus packs’, which contain items such as platypus-themed socks, brooches, magnets, activity books, stickers and pencil sets.

In total, 253 submissions were made, with the colourful posters of course featuring platypus, as well as the rubbish that can entangle them, and people helping clean up rivers and waterways.

Jodie Valpied from the Platypus Alliance told the Moorabool News that it was important to draw attention to how platypus is affected by waste in waterways.

“The poster competition came up because we wanted to raise awareness of litter in the waterways. Basically, if something’s on the ground, it’ll end up in stormwater, and then the stormwater outlets go into our waterways,” Ms Valpied said.

“In Bacchus Marsh, that basically means into the Werribee River and into their (platypus) habitat.

“We’ll also be using the artwork that the children produced to make signs, pamphlets and other materials raising awareness of the issues.”

Ms Valpied said platypus get really easily tangled up in foreign matter, because their legs and bodies are shaped in a way that makes it hard for them to get unstuck.

“Obviously other wildlife can get tangled as well,” she said.

“Platypus seem to be in decline…there’s a risk that if their habitat keeps being impacted, over time they could die out, particularly in this region but also across Victoria and other areas.”

The Bacchus Marsh Platypus Alliance formed in November last year, in response to high litter and sediment levels in platypus habitats, some of which had come from housing developments and construction works.

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The Moorabool News – 8 September, 2020 Page 13

Stroke, heart, cancer … marathon you have’.

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)

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He woke up, covered his feet in Vaseline and ran from Ballarat to Ballan raising funds for a local cancer centre.

Bob Carey-Grieve is a 46-year-old Ballan resident who threw on his runners the morning of August 23 and ran from the Ballarat Regional Integrated Centre (BRICC) to Ballan.

With weather predictions of snow, Mr Carey-Grieve said his friend told him he should consider cancelling the run, but he pushed through and ran 44.25km in just over four hours.

The Moorabool News asked if he sustained any injuries, blisters even, but he said he was well prepared and Vaseline on his feet was a great addition to reduce friction.

Initially, Mr Carey-Grieve said he wasn’t going to tell anyone about the run and was going to do it to signify the health journeys of himself and his parents.

But after consideration, he decided to donate the funds to BRICC, which is where his run began.

The Ballan runner said the community support helped him through the run, with people from the local Run Ballan group joining him at various stages, and song requests from donators pushed him through.

“I was asking people to submit a song when they were donating, so when I reached the highest peak [of the run] at Dunnstown, I had ‘Climb Every Mountain’ by the Sound of Music playing.

“And then at Millbrook, which I thought was the psychological half-way point, I

“When your mum [says] she’s got the same thing, everything changes focus quite quickly,” he said.

Mr Carey-Grieve’s father was also diagnosed with the same type of cancer his mother passed away from, which Bob said had no genetic link, it was just a “weird case of bad luck”.

“My dad ran a marathon when he was 45, and I’m going to be 46 next month. I’m hoping this might be a family thing.

“I’m already looking at my kids and saying ‘guess what you’re doing at 45,” he laughed.

“I wanted to also run this for my dad, because he’s in Scotland, he’s on his own, he’s in his 80s and they’re in lockdown and he can’t go anywhere and see anyone.

“It’s the year after his wife died, he’s known her all his life, and now he’s on his own,” Mr Carey-Grieves said.

Caledonian Park in Ballan was the finish line for Bob Carey-Grieve after a marathon run from Ballarat to Ballan. Photo – Caitlin Bewley had Bon Jovi’s ‘Living on a Prayer’ singing ‘Whoa, we’re halfway there,” he said.

“I hadn’t planned it all either, it kind of just happened that way. Those little moments just got me smiling and picking up the pace again.”

The Moorabool News spoke to Mr CareyGrieve before his run, where he said the lengthy trek held a very special meaning to him.

After fighting through a stroke in 2016, a heart operation in 2017 and cancer in 2018, he

Perspective

said he’d “sunk to the bottom” and the run was a “way of building himself back up.”

“A year after I’d finished chemotherapy, on the anniversary to check whether or not there were still signs of cancer returning, I was quite nervous waiting for the call from the doctors.

“And about five days after that, the phone rang and it was actually my mum calling me from Scotland,” Mr Carey-Grieves said.

“She said to me in her sweet little voice, ‘you’ll never guess, I’ve got the same thing

The Moorabool News asked if Mr CareyGrieves had spoken to his father after the run, to which he replied he had a good chat with the man in Scotland.

“He was pretty pleased with [the run], and he didn’t even rub it in that he beat me by an hour and 10-minutes,” Mr Carey-Grieve said.

“I mentioned it and he said, it’s not comparing the same thing, it’s apples and oranges.”

Mr Carey-Grieve raised $7,380 for BRICC at the time of print. If you want to support this cause, head to https://www.mycause.com. au/page/231949/bobs-bricc-hard-run.

with Paul Tatchell

Easier said than done Last week I briefly touched on the Ronald Ryan hanging in 1967, the last hanging in Victoria, in fact the last hanging in Australia.

I had a few calls during the week asking for a Perspective on the Ryan hanging and the abolishment of the Death Penalty.

Ryan was sentenced to death for the shooting of prison guard George Hodson during an escape from Pentridge Prison in 1965; Ryan’s accomplice Peter Walker was charged with manslaughter for killing a man named Henderson whilst they were on the run and was released from prison in 1984.

There has always been a lot of conjecture over whether the fatal shot came from Ryan, or friendly fire from another prison guard.

The fact remains that’s what Ryan was convicted and found guilty on.

There is no doubt the Ryan hanging was the catalyst to abolish the death penalty, but it took a further eight years from when the last trap door opened before a Bill was presented to the Victorian Parliament by then Premier Rupert Hamer. The vote was passed through the Legislative Assembly in April of 1975, 20 votes to 13. Capital punishment may have ended, but the debate rages on today.

I was a schoolboy during the street protests against the Ryan hanging, but I well remember the emotion from both sides of the debate. There was no doubt then Premier Henry Bolte was determined to make a stand on capital punishment and Ronald Ryan was caught on the end of a political rope.

To put Henry Bolte’s determination to

hang Ryan into perspective, it comes from an earlier death sentence case that was commuted to life in prison.

In 1962 the case of a sexual deviant and psychopath named Robert Tait, who had sadistically killed the 82-year-old mother of the vicar at the All Saints Church of England vicarage in Hawthorn. Tait pleaded insanity but was found guilty and given the death sentence.

At the time the public outcry to hang Tait created a platform for Bolte’s stand on capital punishment, but after months of legal wrangling in the High Court, the Tait sentence was commuted to life in prison, with ‘never to be released’ noted on his file.

Robert Tait died in Prison in 1985, at the time, Victoria’s longest serving prisoner.

It was said at the time that Bolte was humiliated by the decision and publicly claimed that he would make sure the next person sentenced to death would leave this life on the end of a rope. There is no doubt Henry Bolte was true to his word, as he cut off every angle of appeal for Ryan, even to the point of cutting off his legal aid. It’s worth noting that Ryan’s lawyer QC Phillip Opas, continued with the case unpaid and even travelled to England to the Privy Council at his own expense.

It’s also worth noting Phillip Opas continued to maintain Ryan’s innocence up until his death in 2008 aged 91. Bolte’s determination to hang Ryan prevailed and on 3 February 1967, Ryan’s body hung lifeless at the bottom

of the Pentridge Prison gallows.

Well known politician Barry Jones, who had led the debate against hanging Ryan, later said “I doubt if Ryan had intention to kill, but I am sure Bolte did”. Bolte’s comment to the press when asked what he was doing on the morning of the hanging, Bolte said “one of the three S’s, I suppose…. shit, shave or shower”.

People that witnessed the execution were often said to be haunted by the hanging, not just for its brutality, but the composure of Ryan before the trap door opened, it was said by journalist Ron Saw from the now defunct Daily Mirror that witnessed the hanging of Ryan.

“I watched them hang Ronald Ryan at eight o’clock this morning. I watched them kill a man who hardly seemed a man at all, who either from drugs or exhaustion or perhaps even some inexplicable last-minute composure, seemed more like a boy waiting to be caned”. Ron Saw later said “for whatever part of my mind or heart or, if I have one, soul, was marked by that experience will never heal until something is done to stop this legalised madness”.

It’s interesting how people evolved after the hanging, at the time despite the protests, people showed great support for the Bolte Government as three months later Bolte increased his Governments majority substantially in the State election.

As the 70s approached the era of hard-lined conservatism softened and Rupert Hamer

was influencing the debate sympathetic to the traumas of capital punishment; insiders said Bolte was coming around, but pride was his nemesis, both prior to the hanging and therein after.

The Federal Government abolished capital punishment for Federal offences in 1973 under the Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973 and it barely made a headline, but when capital punishment ended in Victoria in 1975, large numbers of Commonwealth countries followed suit.

The last Australian State to outlaw capital punishment was NSW in 1985, this was despite their last execution being in 1939.

Capital punishment has always been a contentious issue in Australia; the mass killings by Martin Bryant in Port Arthur come to mind, but the reality is even if the death penalty was legal, it’s highly unlikely that Bryant would swing from the gallows based on mental capacity.

In my view the Ronald Ryan execution was political, I don’t for a moment defend Ryan for his actions, but we need to put ourselves in the hangman’s shoes. We may despise the guilty for their assault on society, but do we have the right to expect someone as part of their job to pull the lever that takes another person’s life?

When I heard the daughter of fatally shot guard George Hodson speak out against the death penalty, the real question came to mind; is it easier said than done?

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And yes, there is ongoing evaluation of ‘safe’ levels of PFAS, so let’s not be involved We willbefore regularly address theor This will be dev in any level of contamination the science is in. In five ten-year’s time, when scientists have discovered the only safe level of PFAS is 0.0% /litre and wi key concerns on our website consultation our fruit and vegetable bowl has long ceased to exist, what will the Government and the EPA that have been raised by you in such as the CFA say then? our community forums and our Councils and a Jan Lowe Maddingley direct engagement. community res

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Dear Editor, we’re addressing I am writing to thankThis you forweek publishing AusNet/Mondo comedy pages last week (M/News 25 August). the concern people have To address the I cried with laughter as I read the two-page spread of unmitigated claptrap spinshare that a spider that transmission networks will the st would have been proud of. could increase risk of want fire to engage minimise the lik AusNet/Mondo – “understands that the localthe communities more.”

“We do too.” says AusNet/Mondo.

Well I suppose, some more engagement should be achievand restrict the ability of the and what we d Dear Editor, able. Really this shouldn’t be terribly hard, as more than nothing is something. The past one community to be protected all we stakeho AusNet’s advertisement in Moorabool News 23 August 2020 on pages 12 & 13, contains a sided orchestrated, choreographed, and promotional back slapping spinwith fest that as a and the environment. The input We understand that localfor our region, misleading picture of powerlines planned disguised by trees which suggest community have beenfrom dished up, is not, and was not, engagement. It was athe lecture to us, “the them. impact of fi that communities it can blend into the landscape. you are providing throughnarrow minded country” folk, that should realize that there is a need for a hideous, farm and that may be start.

Thisimpacted contradicts AusNet’s own document, ‘A guide tomapping living with transmission line areas ease- community destroying infrastructure ripping through our lives, to service our Melbourne important by the Western Victorian Government ments” which states that AusNet “replaces incompatible tall-growth species of vegetation counterparts, with notThe one ounce of renewable energy benefit your country region. you and providing access Transmission Network withVictoria lower-growing local native varieties”; and AusNetto employee Ash Clifton, Project ManI am sorry to be cynical of a Singaporean and Chinese to l recently announced ancontrolled company If that youwants would ager,Project on 19/6/2020, said that “trees over 3m within the easement would be removed”. country communities into a spider web of money-making extension to your land will provide come in and turn ourEnvironment want to engage more.

Statement about So, which is it AusNet? The towers disguised behind trees, or cleared easements to reduce cords, to join all the other overseas ownedEffects and profiteering wind and solar cash banks. how t information that will allow us fuel loads?

(EES) for project.

“AusNet wants to work with us to this minimise the impact and co-design the potential for local impact bush We too. WestNTP’s email dated 27/8/2020 to benefits.”

As for firedo concerns, claims, “In the 96-year history of the narrow the corridor for the area please c Transmission Network in Victoria it has never been the cause of a bushfire.”

Please explain how you can minimize the impact of a line of 85m towers. Maybe, burying transmission infrastructure.

As part of this process AusNet on 03 in the Chinese or 90 AusNet’s of hairs’ distribution lines versus transmission lines is disingenuous. them would be a start. Or is AusNet suggesting we can paint these towers team The ‘splitting project hasover a wide area Services will be required so they can blend into the environment a little better. Furthermore, While AusNet’s Transmission Network was not directly blamed for the 2009 Black Saturday Singaporean flag colours, info@westv interest at the moment how can you co-design a pre-determined route, with pre-determined construction paramfires,of AusNet’s distribution network certainlyand was. ThatAusNet was because the Royal Commission Services wants to work to complete a detailed fo For detailed identified the most obvious causes andwill did not need to focus on possible secondary causes eters? I say – SPIN!!!

We are i through your input we seek with you to minimise the impact bushfire assessment forsothe e nt a AusNet, let’s talk FIRES. AusNet spruiks their Fire Story, let’s have a look. such as transmission lines. bushfire overnmriskIDa g to understand the potential and thetransmispotential for history statestransmission Bushfire differently.

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Should flashover occur and start homes, businesses On 12th February 1977 nine of the 16 major fires were caused by electrical assets. local benefits. a re co d n a a fire from the Transmission Line, it would be indistinguishable from a fire started by the atbywww.west 16th February 1983 - Ash Wednesday – four of the eight major fires were caused electricity unity distribution network. co m m assets. ities m Does AusNet really expect us to be re-assured by the clever use of words and misleading ivmajor 7th February 2009 - Black Saturday, the pattern repeats itself again, with five ofa the ct11 photos? If the Transmission Line does not start the fire in the first place, its mere presence fires caused by electrical assets. over t increases the risk to the community in the event of a fire – and this is a key reason why we The Coroner’s finding for the Marysville fire concluded, that not only did AusNet’s power want a better solution. assets cause the devastating fire, but noted that experts, police, and witnesses had found: It is time this went back to the drawing board to be reassessed for a safer underground · Key evidence had gone missing Call us Email us Vis option. · The power pole design itself was flawed, failing AusNet’s own standards You can contact our Email our team for more Vis Emma Muir · The risk of power line failure was foreseeable We want to hear from you as it’s your input that will help deliver this project with minimal team directly by phone information at m Myrniong · Following should have prevented the disaster impact. At this time we are talking to landholders and the community to learn about your basic procedureson 03 9021 0674 info@westvictnp.com.au ww · AusNet kept no records of repair work completed on the faulty power line, which altered local area so we can incorporate all this information into our planning.

Dear Editor, its design in the days following the disaster.

To Premier Daniel Andrews and Planning Minister Richard Wynne.

Furthermore, in the latest Victorian Electricity and Gas Network Safety Framework 2017, We do not want to live in Melbourne’s dumping ground, we are proud citizens of our town AusNet’s own submission, states AusNet has a higher ignition risk profile than the average Victorian distributors. Between 2006 & 2010 AusNet averaged 257 fires per year, then 2011and remember one thing - WE VOTE! Yes, it’s only 7mcg/litre ..... What, every ounce of the millions of tons of waste dumped here 2015 AusNet averaged 161 fires per year through their Victorian Networks.

So please AusNet, do not hide behind clever use of words or pictures. We maybe country will be the same? There’s no problem with the soil, it’s only going to be stored in safe containers, any PFAS contaminated water is going to leak out of the soil, captured before it reaches folk, but we are not stupid. There are plenty of shearing sheds out here, and we do know the basalt underlay, and then somehow be safely disposed of, to be processed either on or off when you are trying to pull wool over our eyes. In saying that, you don’t really care about wool, agriculture or our rural communities. You only have electrical sparks in your eyes, site, it’s going to be capped for longer storage, no it doesn’t sound dangerous at all.

Sounds like we should go down to the Avenue (Which will be suffering from the extra pollu- and unfortunately it is blinding your vision, and somehow affecting your common sense too. tion fumes) and wave happily at the covered (???) trucks coming into the town. Have you ever Nathan Lidgett followed one of the trucks currently coming into the dump, with litter flying everywhere?

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Home sweet home An identification chip has helped reunite a missing feline with the owner, after eight years on the run.

The fluffy ginger neutered male cat went missing from Caroline Springs back in 2012 and was reunited with her cat lover owner, Lesley on Thursday 20 August.

The celebration was not just about reuniting the owner and pet, two weeks after Beama had a birthday, turning 11-years old on Tuesday 1 September.

Moorabool Mayor Cr David Edwards said Council was able to reunite the pair after finding Beama in Darley, all due to the identification chip.

“To keep our pets safe, all animals are required to be registered with Council.

Beama is a great example of how we can safely bring your pet home thanks to our animal registration program,” he said.

Cr Edwards said Council understands that 2020 has been a difficult year for many of their residents.

“If you haven’t renewed your pet’s registration and are experiencing financial hardship, we have options available to help,” he said.

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STEWART (nee Clarke) POLO GROOM news@themooraboolnews.com.au Casual position Susan of Bacchus Marsh died peacefully at • Required for 2020/21 polo season.

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Impressive victory drive for teen

By Tim O’Connor It wasn’t the first time young driver Olivia Weidenbach had scored a big-priced winner in the last race at Tabcorp Park, but she took it to a whole new level on Friday afternoon.

A day before her 19th birthday, the teenager partnered Maree Caldow-trained Our Sportscaster to a last-to-first victory in the Empire Stallions Pace (2240m) at odds in excess of 100-1.

The triumph came two weeks after Weidenbach drove Untitled to win at Melton at $20.60.

The youngster said it was a race that suited the six-year-old, who had galloped during her previous drive on the horse in early August.

“If they go hard, he’s always in it and going down the back I knew he was travelling that good I had to get off (the pegs),” she said.

“And when Zac (Phillips on Rishi) went three wide, I thought (that) was my opportunity to get going and credit to him, he just kept fighting.

“He’s competitive in these classes. If they go hard and he’s somewhere where he can get through, he can just zoom. He’s

got a short sprint on him and that’s what helped.”

Friday’s success was Weidenbach’s first from four tries behind Our Sportscaster, who has now won five races at Melton this year. He now possesses a quality career record of 14 wins from 93 starts and more than $140,000 in prizemoney.

Race caller Dan Mileicki summed up many punters’ surprise by roaring “Our Sportscaster at a million to one has got up!” as the gelding crossed the line, but there were a few savvy people out there who got a piece of the big price.

The TAB reported a handful of decent bets on the horse, including: $30 the win / $20 the place @ $126/$12 $25 each-way @ $101/$12 $20 each-way @ $126/$13

$20 each-way @ $126/$12 $20 @ $126 $17 each-way @ $101/$12 $15 @ $126 $15 the win / $20 the place @ $71/$9 $10 each-way @ $126/$11 $10 the win / $20 the place @ $101/$12 Our Sportscaster’s win completed a race-to-race double for the Caldow stable, which also scored with squaregaiter Pantzup in the Alderbaran Park Trot (2240m).

Fellow young driver Jack Laugher also had a day to remember on Friday after landing a winning treble with Yannarie (John McCullagh), Will I Rocknroll (Rob O’Connell) and American Sweethart (Tayla Nicholson).

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Myrniong District Rainfall Report August 2020 rainfall Total for the year 2020

85.3 millimetres 592.9 millimetres

August 2019 rainfall 70.0 millimetres Total at same time last year 474.0 millimetres

Pykes Creek Reservoir

The dam and reservoir are located on a tributary of the Werribee River and impound 22,119 ML of water when full, as seen in the picture above

Western Water Report Reservoir levels Pykes Creek Reservoir at 31 Aug 2020 92.0% Water level this time last year 100.0%

Our Sportscaster (10) driven by Olivia Weidenbach and trained by Maree Caldow. Photo: Stuart McCormick

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