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Medal for valour

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni)

A WWII veteran has become the latest Moorabool resident to be awarded with the Commemorative Medallion introduced in July, a first for the township of Ballan.

Eric Saltor was born in Scottsdale on the 7 November 1922, the eldest of 11 children. He now lives in the aged care facility at Ballan District Health & Care (BDH&C).

Mr Saltor’s daughter and son-in-law applied on his behalf for a medal and certificate recognising his service and contribution to the war effort.

Mr Saltor enlisted in the armed forces in 1944 and saw active service until 1948. He served in Papua New Guinea, then in Japan as part of the Peace Corps, later enlisting to fight in Korea, serving there until 1953.

Mr Saltor moved to New South Wales and volunteered at the Historical Flight Museum, helping restore the planes which are his great love.

In early September, residents and staff at BDH&C held an intimate internal commemoration, where Mr Saltor was presented with the medal and certificate in recognition of his service.

Like many ex-servicemen, Mr Saltor didn’t talk about his time in the armed forces until later in life. His son and daughter are very proud of their dad’s service and “contribution to our freedom”.

Mr Saltor, in his 98th year, is a highly respected, gentle man who enjoys a chat with BDH&C staff and fellow residents.

He enjoys aircraft modelling and watching documentaries.

The Commemorative Medallion was first announced by Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester on the 29 July this year, to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II on 15 August.

WWII veteran, 97-year old Eric Saltor is the first Ballan resident to receive the Commemorative Medallion. Photo – BDH&C

Bacchus Marsh resident, James Ginnane was the first WWII veteran to receive the medal in Moorabool. (Read his story 25 August edition of the Moorabool News)

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Senator ploughs through spin

By Helen Tatchell Paul Keating once said, “this is the recession we had to have”, last week it was the ‘meeting the community had to have’.

Organised by Member for Western Victoria Bev McArthur, the virtual Town Hall forum was about the Western Victoria Network Transmission Project (WVNTP) and involved representatives from AusNet Services and AEMO. “The meeting was to provide an independent forum for questions to be asked and answered in full, by representatives of the project.” Ms Mc Arthur said.

And ask they did.

The community of 170 landholders and interested parties submitted over 280 questions in the hour and half meeting and also involved MPs Ryan Smith (Shadow Minister for Energy) and Richard Riordan (Assistant Shadow Minister for Regional Victoria). But it was Senator for Victoria Sarah Henderson who described the project as “absolutely horrendous”.

“Ploughing through 190km of pristine agricultural land, from the perspective of many Victorians, is just completely an untenable proposition.”

Ms Henderson said this may well end up in the courts and ultimately “it is a matter for the overarching law to apply and landowners have comprehensive rights if they do disagree with the assessment of the State”.

“Landowners may not have a piece of land that is actual sellable because of this horrendous impact on their land, absolutely horrendous,” she said.

“Who would want to buy a farm or a piece of land with a massive transmission line running through the middle of it?”

Ms Henderson said to Paul Ower (AusNet Services Property & Community Relations Manager) “it could well be unprecedented, in terms of the horrendous impact that this (the project) has on the value of peoples land”. “…and of their livelihoods and generations of farming families.”

Mr Ower agreed with Ms Henderson saying, “this is something that has not been in those areas previously”.

“Obviously we are going to be there where there have not been transmission lines before and we fully acknowledge the impacts associated with that.

“In regard to compensation, there are very heavy guidelines around that. We are having to work with landowners to ensure that compensation is fair and reasonable,” he said.

Ms Henderson replied to his response saying there have been very substantial precedents in the courts in Victoria, where the government have made assessments about land compensation. “…trying to get the absolute bottom dollar they can, and they have been challenged in the courts, and been comprehensively rejected.

“It does I will say, send shivers up my spine when I hear you trying to give confidence to landowners in this respect because, I am aware of a number of cases around the Geelong region where the courts have monumentally overturned the assessment of the State.

“We need to deeply consider what the options are,” she said.

Ms McArthur suggested sections of the line going underground; sections going along major road corridors.

Mr Ower said they will assess the impacts, alternatives and options.

“Once they have been mitigated to the greatest extent, within the guidelines of the project, the assessment will have avenues of appeal on that.”

“We hope the assessments we are providing landowners don’t require that. We are trying to be as fair and equitable in that compensation what we possibly can be, and quite happy to work with valuers pointed by landowners, that is fair and equitable in lieu of the encumbrance we are placing on those properties,” he said.

Bev McArthur (Member for Western Victoria)

Ms McArthur told the Moorabool News the meeting really showed there are still far more questions than answers.

“It is clear that we must engage at a Federal level too, and I was pleased by Senator Henderson’s commitment to take this up in Canberra,” she said.

“Much more needs to be done to convince the community that all the issues are being fully considered by the proponents of the scheme, and the State Government.

“It is often frustrating to be in opposition, and never more so than when a project with consequences like this affects the communities we represent. I have been incredibly moved by many of the representations I have received and, promise to continue to do what I can to fight for the best outcome at every stage of this process,” she said.

Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, Community anger and angst was palpable during the virtual Town Hall meeting to discuss the proposed Western Victoria Network Transmission Project.

During the meeting the Australian Energy Market Regulator, AEMO admitted its consultation to date has been a fail saying “…the message loud and clear is that we haven’t done a good enough job…”.

That is just one of the problems.

It is bizarre that we even find ourselves in this position – that the Andrews’ Labor Government would approve a pin-cushion of wind towers across Western Victoria without the ability to link that energy to the grid.

This is the ultimate cart before the horse problem so typical of this Premier and his Energy Minister, Lily d’Ambrosio.

We all appreciate the need to provide a reliable, affordable and accessible energy supply, but we need a long-term holistic approach to the planning process to ensure a sensible and practical supply, connection and distribution network.

Via questions to the panel, some farmers told the meeting an overhead transmission network of hundreds high towers would destroy their properties, devastate land values, increase fire risk and obliterate visual amenity, without appropriate compensation for them or neighbouring landholders.

The 190 kilometre transmission line from Sydenham to Bulgana, east of Stawell, is intended to create greater capacity in the electricity transmission network to incorporate renewable power sources from regional Victoria - all driven by the

Victorian Labor Government’s plan to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Many concerns were raised about the robustness of the Environment Effects Statement (EES) and the preferred option of overhead transmission lines with towers 85 metres high, as opposed to underground cabling. The potential destruction of rural farming properties is of major concern. If the State Government wants to provide socalled emission free energy to those ‘inside the tram tracks’ of Melbourne, the cost in so many forms to rural constituents, needs serious assessment.

If you’re worried about the impact of putting a powerline underground because of native grasses or frogs – I think the numerous other concerns are far more serious and need to be taken into account.

“Would the good people living along St Kilda beach or the Green heartland of Fitzroy accept these transmission towers?

Unlikely. Yet regional Victorians are expected to cop them and their generational destruction – environmentally, visually, financially, emotionally.

This is a feel-good project for inner-city Melbourne at the expense of country Victorians.

It is critical for landowners to put questions about their livelihoods directly to Ausnet and AEMO representatives.

Sitting in a city office and drawing a dotto-dot line on a map is never going to get the result that anyone wants. It’s not fair and it’s certainly not appropriate.

I’m sure Ausnet and AEMO got that message very clearly.

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Moorabuild to begin in Darley

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni) An ageing pavilion is about to receive a much-needed facelift after a huge injection of funds from the State Government.

Darley Park has received a $2.5 million grant to upgrade the pavilion.

President of the Darley Football Netball Club, Mark Shelly, said the lobbying process has been a long one.

“We started lobbying Council and State Government for the Darley Park facility probably the best part of three years ago now,” Mr Shelly said.

“Our first submission was back in 2017… in recent times Council got back to us and said there was an opportunity under this different grant [the Growing Suburbs Fund] which previously hadn’t been made to regional areas, hence we were able to take that opportunity.”

Former President of the Darley Football Netball Club, Ray Newton, has spent much of his time at the club since leaving the office campaigning for much-needed funding.

Mr Newton told the Moorabool News the changes to the pavilion that the grant allowed, would be “sweeping”.

“It’ll be what they call a ‘brown site’, I think is the term…in other words, they’ll knock most of it down and build a new building.

The ideal design is quite a huge pavilion, divisible into more than one function room.

It’ll have meeting rooms for community groups, and facilities for female netballers and footballers, suitable for children and the disabled. It’ll involve completely new

everything…kitchen, bathrooms, public toilets, viewing areas, the whole lot,” Mr Newton said.

“The campaigning goes back to 2017 when I was President of the club. It involved addressing the poor amenities, especially for sportspeople…in other words, terrible showers, no privacy and no facilities for women, in a time where women’s sport is growing, especially football.”

Mr Newton said the grant was applied for, on behalf of the tenants, by the Shire.

“There’s no committee of management [at Darley Park] yet, but there’ll have to be once the building gets underway. The centre will have to be run by a committee of management that acts as the go-between, between the Shire and the tenant clubs,” he said.

Assistant FC Secretary at Darley, Robyn Bewley, told the Moorabool News the local community had played a big part in the campaign for funding.

“People think it’s just been done straight away, but it’s been a process that’s gone on for years. We started with a petition because our clubrooms weren’t up to scratch…we got a couple of thousand signatures from not just Devils supporters, but the local community,” Ms Bewley said.

“We took it to Council, and it’s been in planning and discussions for probably three or four years. Ray [Newton] lobbied Council and politicians…he was instrumental in getting this as well,” she said.

HIGH FIVE FOR GROWING SUBURBS – Member for Melton Steve McGhie announced $2.5-million toward a $3.75m project at Darley Park, that’s been welcomed by Assistant Sec. DFNC Robyn Bewley and (rear) Ray Newton and Moorabool Mayor David Edwards.

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COUNCIL AND STATE GOVERNMENT CHIP IN In a Council media release, Mayor David Edwards expressed his delight at the news Darley Park was a successful applicant.

“I’m incredibly pleased we have received funding for this much-needed pavilion at Darley Park for the whole community to enjoy,” Mayor Edwards said.

“This is just one example of the work Council is doing to advocate on the community’s behalf for better facilities and services in our Shire,” he said.

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The total project will cost $3.75 million, the bulk of which will come from the State Government $2.5m grant. Council committed $1 million in the 2020/21 Budget, while Darley Park’s tenant clubs – the Darley FNC Seniors and Juniors, as well as the Darley Cricket Club – will contribute a combined $250,000.

State MP for Melton, Steve McGhie, shared the Mayor’s excitement.

“Moorabool is among the fastest-growing shires in Victoria and it is great to see Darley Park get support from the Growing Suburbs Fund. The pavilion will be a great facility for everyone in the community, not just the sports teams that will call it home, because it will be for everyone to use,” he said.

Mr McGhie said removing barriers for women and girls in sport is really important.

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John Spain from the Bacchus Marsh Arts Council says they are struggling to find a home for their artists and gallery. Photo – Helen Tatchell

Stolen ute still missing

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni)

As if the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t enough to worry about, one woman has had her car and debit card stolen from Mt Egerton.

Toni De Grandi’s Toyota Hilux was stolen from an Egans Road property on the morning of Sunday 6 September, at around 6 am.

Ms De Grandi told the Moorabool News her debit card was used to buy fuel in Warrenheip, and that according to police, two men in balaclavas used her ute and a hammer to cause property damage in Redan.

“The ute was parked in the driveway out the front of the house, along with two other utes.

The thieves came into the house and took the keys off the kitchen bench, and then took the ute,” she said.

“They used my debit card to fill up with diesel then it was then used to drive through a fence in Redan and smash the windows of the house.

“The ute was spotted in Ballarat on Tuesday morning [8 September], being driven by two people, but no further sightings have been reported.

Ms De Grandi said she was “extremely disappointed that some people have no regard for someone’s property they have worked so hard for.”

A police spokesperson told the Moorabool News the vehicle theft was “an ongoing investigation”, and at this stage police had “nothing more to add”.

The stolen ute is a silver Toyota Hilux with the registration plate XXW 333. If you have seen the ute, or have any information regarding its whereabouts, please contact Crimestoppers at 1800 333 000.

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Art group homeless

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) It’s been nine months and the birth of a new home for the Bacchus Marsh Art Council (BMAC) is no closer.

BMAC Secretary John Spain told the Moorabool News the team have been “frantically trying to find a space but aren’t having much luck.”

“I don’t think it’s going to be for another couple of months,” he said.

“We have two options; we can either find a space in an existing building that we can use for the gallery or, the second option is, to find some spare land around Bacchus Marsh where we might be able to put up a temporary structure or something,” Mr Spain said.

Many art galleries hold exhibitions and need quite a large space to ensure all attendees and artworks fit, but Mr Spain said BMAC are aware times will change after COVID-19 restrictions ease.

“We don’t need an awful lot [of space], but we do need a decent sized [viewing] room,” he said.

“Before COVID-19, we’d have about 20 or 30 people at the gallery for the opening of an exhibition, but that’s all going to change [with COVID-19 restrictions].

“Galleries, when they open up, will have a lot less people,” Mr Spain said. “I imagine that galleries will be organised as a one-way path to view the artworks.”

The Moorabool News asked what stage BMAC were at with the process of finding a new home for the gallery, but Mr Spain said they were still in the early stages.

“We’re speaking to a lot of people. We’re speaking to the Moorabool Shire Council, Regional Arts Victoria and a few people around the town.

“The gallery needs to get a space that isn’t going to be used for about 12-months, or we need to get grant money to be able to lease a space for 12-months to two years,” he said.

Mr Spain said the journey to finding a new space for the gallery has been going on well before COVID-19 social isolation restrictions began.

Previously, BMAC held exhibitions and displays from a donated space at the Village Shopping Centre, that has not been available since last December.

Rally for a home If you feel strongly enough about the future of the BMAC gallery, the team are asking people to write, or email, Moorabool Shire Council regarding the use of the Bacchus Marsh Hall Supper Room and, the State Government (Member for Melton Steve McGhie) for permission to use the old Bacchus Marsh Ambulance Station.

“The Ambulance Station has lots of space and several rooms BMAC could put to use to run art classes and other projects,” Mr Spain said.

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Would you like ‘fines’ with that?

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) It is not out of the ordinary to drive to a local fast food outlet however, it is when you drive there under the influence of alcohol, twice.

42-year-old Travis Allen entered a plea of guilty in the Bacchus Marsh Magistrate’s court on 4 September after he left significant damage to the McDonalds Restaurant on Gisborne Road earlier this year.

Police lawyer Paul Thomas provided a summary to the court outlining the offending which occurred on January 27.

The court heard Allen drove his vehicle to McDonald’s and proceeded to place an order via the restaurant’s drive through window.

After ordering his meal, the accused drove forward, and then reversed his car into the vehicle behind his.

Following this, Allen then accelerated forward and drove into a tree and the colourbond fencing.

A staff member witnessed Allen’s misdemeanour and realised he was alcohol affected. Mr Thomas said Allen then drove off without paying for his order and the police were contacted.

Later that same night, at around 9:20pm, Allen returned to the Bacchus Marsh fast food restaurant to place another order.

On this occasion, the accused collided with the building. The incident was caught on

CCTV and this identified the vehicle to be missing the front bumper.

Police were contacted for the second time that night, and coincidentally, were driving past the fast foot outlet as the call was made.

Allen was intercepted in the restaurant’s waiting bay and was ordered to undergo a preliminary breath test before being escorted to the Bacchus Marsh police station for further testing.

Once at the station, Allen was tested and provided a blood alcohol reading of 0.158.

The court heard during the interview Allen admitted to drinking “four cans of beer before lunch time”.

Lawyer for the defendant Manny Nicolosi, told the court his client had been on Work Cover since an incident which occurred around four weeks prior to the offending. “[Allen] is in a lot of pain and is awaiting surgery,” Mr Nicolosi said. “This [incident] is something he’s pretty embarrassed about.”

“Clearly this is a massive error in judgement, and he’s made a mistake here.

“This offending is pretty bizarre in a lot of respects,” Mr Nicolosi said.

Magistrate Bob Kumar said, “It’s amazing to see someone at 42 years of age, with limited history, committing this type of offending.”

Allen was convicted and fined $2000 and his licence was cancelled. He was disqualified from driving for a period of 18-months, dated back to January 2020.

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Farmers border campaign bears fruit

By Lachlan Ellis (3rd Yr Deakin Uni) With pandemic restrictions hitting farmers hard, farming groups have lobbied State Governments across Australia with innovative ideas to alleviate the issues raised by closed borders.

Groups such as the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF), the Shearing Contractors’ Association and AusVeg have listed labour shortages, logistical issues, continuity of business and access to inputs as the main thorns in Victorian agribusiness’ side.

Possible solutions posed by the farming groups include putting those put out of work by the pandemic into farming work, with $1200 incentive payments, and housing new agriculture workers in ‘workforce hubs’.

A spokesperson for the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) told the Moorabool News that the problems facing the industry required “bold thinking”.

“Victoria and New South Wales are facing a labour shortfall of around 35,000 people.

Our seasonal workforce has been severely impacted as a result of COVID. That means we will need to protect the workforce we

have and supplement it with international students and local workers,” the VFF spokesperson said.

“Basically, what we’ve campaigned for is to get workers from interstate zones… for example, fruit pickers from New South Wales and Queensland, during their harvesting season, down here to Victoria into zones such as Moorabool. That just isn’t being allowed at the moment, and that’s why we’ve floated the idea of hubs.”

There is, to some degree, light at the end of the tunnel – at the National Cabinet meeting on 4 September, the Victorian, New South Wales and South Australian State Governments agreed to adopt the National Agriculture Worker Code, allowing agriculture workers to move more freely across state borders.

Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania did not agree to the code. It is not yet known when the code will come into effect, but VFF President David Jochinke said in a media release that the move was “a huge win for farming groups and their constituents that have been fighting for freight-type exemptions for agricultural workers”.

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Moorabool Mayor David Edwards laces up his runners to take part in the new initiative, ‘Get Active Victoria’. Photo – Helen Tatchell

Get moving Moorabool It is time to drag yourself off the couch, turn off the tv and computer and get active indoors, or outdoors where possible.

That is the message from Moorabool Shire Council via a new initiative from the Victorian State Government.

Get Active Victoria is here and has tools and ideas for getting active all year round.

Moorabool Mayor David Edwards is encouraging residents to get moving, whether that be going for a neighbourhood walk or keeping active in their homes.

“Moorabool is home to some of Australia’s best walking and hiking tracks. As we are all unable to travel right now, why not take advantage of what our backyard has to offer, while making sure you adhere to the Stage 3 restrictions,” he said.

“With the weather warming up, it really is the perfect time to focus on your health and wellbeing.”

Get Active Victoria offers an ever-growing range of workouts, challenges, games and ideas to inspire all Victorians to move more, every day.

“This initiative also has a number of free online workouts, challenges and games that residents can do in their own homes,” Cr Edwards said.

For residents who have previously participated in Active April, they can use the same log in to access Get Active Victoria.

To sign up or to get more information, go to https://www.getactive.vic.gov.au/

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People caring for people

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Never has there been such an important time for an outstretched hand of care, and it has come in the form of local volunteer groups joining with local businesses.

Amid the COVID-19 chaos, the Rotary of Bacchus Marsh, UFS Dispensaries Pharmacy and Bacchus Marsh and District Community Bank (BMDCB) are organisations involved in the Local Community Support Network, that donated a number of hygiene packs to those in need.

These businesses have been convened by the Moorabool Shire Council and meet regularly to discuss community projects.

Recently, these businesses have joined forces to donate 100 hygiene packs to The Neighbours Place and Soul Food organisations to distribute.

Community Bank Board member, Claire Sutherland, told the Moorabool News the initiative was enforced to support community members by involving local businesses during lockdown.

“Members of the Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh are not able to meet or conduct their normal activities in the community and

were keen to support those that have been impacted by the restrictions.

“Rotary contacted Jackie at The Neighbours Place and Jenny at Soul Food to see if they were in need of supplies. The Neighbours Place was seeing a need for hygiene packs,” Ms Sutherland said.

Ms Sutherland said 100 hygiene packs were individually packed by Rotarians and donated to The Neighbours Place and Soul Food for them to be distributed accordingly.

“People who need a helping hand in the community [received the packs].

“Soul Food supplies a cooked meal each Wednesday to those who are socially isolated or not able to access a cooked meal – currently serving takeaway from the Uniting Church,” she said.

“Neighbours Place is an emergency relief service open Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings in Bacchus Marsh.”

Ms Sutherland said businesses are “eager to support those in the community that have been affected by the pandemic and the restrictions.”

“The initiative created a sense of community and we will continue to seek other opportunities to support our community,” she said.

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Self-medicating with drugs

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Two men were intercepted on a Bacchus Marsh road earlier this year, one, a 26-yearold, faced drug-related charges in court.

Jayden Buckow, who entered a plea of guilty in the Bacchus Marsh Magistrate’s court on Friday 4 September, was the passenger in the intercepted vehicle.

Police lawyer Paul Thomas told the court Buckow and the unknown driver were travelling along Gisborne Road on July 24 this year prior to being stopped by police.

Upon being intercepted, police spoke to the two men and said they could smell the stench of cannabis coming from inside the

vehicle.

Police located three bags of the illicit substance in the vehicle, a total of 61 grams of cannabis, allegedly belonging to the accused. He was arrested at around 4:19pm on July 24 and was escorted to the Bacchus Marsh Police Station for questioning.

Buckow’s lawyer, Felix Ralph, told the court his client suffered mental health issues and was using cannabis to self-medicate.

Magistrate Bob Kumar took his medical history into account and convicted and fined the accused $300.

The drugs located in the vehicle at the time of offending were subject to forfeiture and ordered to be destroyed.

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Symbolic tribute

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) The art of paper-folding is keeping a local school community connected during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

Lal Lal Primary School teacher Trudy East was the mind behind a paper crane mural which symbolises the school’s year in lockdown.

But not only does the shrine symbolise 2020, it pays tribute to the 75-year anniversary of the Second World War and Hiroshima bombing.

Ms East told the Moorabool News the idea coincided with ‘The Story of Sadako’, a Japanese girl affected by the bombing of Hiroshima.

“In Japanese culture, the making of paper cranes is a symbol of hope,” she said.

“We made the connection between the paper cranes, the symbol of hope, and keeping the school community connected.

“It all just came together, we thought it would be nice to create something that everyone can participate in,” she said.

In the beginning, the primary school was contemplating whether the anniversary

of WWII would be a part of the school’s curriculum, which then raised another concern.

“We started talking about the bigger issue, which is actually keeping people connected during remote learning, because it is dragging on for so long,” she said.

The school had lost count of how many paper cranes they have made, but Ms East estimated there would be around 450 hung from the office roof at the time of the interview.

“In ‘The Story of Sadako’ her goal was to make 1000 paper cranes because that’s part of the traditional story,” she said.

“For us, we just thought we’d make as many as we can and fill the space in the office.

“It’s nice to have positive things, and it’s been pretty hard during remote learning,” Ms East continued.

“We’ve got the education ticking over remotely, but keeping people connected, families and children, is the most fundamental thing schools should be doing at the moment.”

Lal Lal PS is situated at 12 Vaughan Street, Lal Lal and has 30 students enrolled.

Snip to protect wildlife

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni) Whilst face masks may be protecting you from COVID-19, but are you doing everything to protect Australia’s wildlife?

A member of a local social media page posted a message asking residents and others to dispose of their masks in a safe manner, in order to protect wildlife.

The Moorabool News contacted Wildlife Victoria to find out just how dangerous face masks were to the animal population.

CEO of Wildlife Victoria Dr Megan Davidson told the Moorabool News it wasn’t the face mask as a whole that was the problem, it was the elastic holding it together.

“Any enclosed circle poses a threat to wildlife. We find wildlife regularly tangled in things like hair ties, hair elastics, and the hard plastic that comes off the top of water bottles.

“Elastic is particularly dangerous, and we’ve had a number of platypus’ that have died from being tangled in elastic rings,” Dr Davidson said.

“If masks are not disposed of properly, the animal can get their head through the circle and they generally can’t get out of it, and it can kill the animal.”

Dr Davidson said disposing of the masks properly is easy, it just requires a pair of scissors.

“You can dispose of your masks in the rubbish bin. Just get a pair of scissors and snip the elastic before you pop it in the bin.”

There have been no reports of animals succumbing to the elastic from face masks yet, but Dr Davidson said hair ties and hair bands are the main issue.

“About 200 animals a year are reported to us [that have died from rubbish entanglement], and of course, these are only the ones we see, there would be many more,” she said.

And the message is simple.

“Make sure you snip the elastics [on your face mask] so that, if in the process of rubbish collection, even if the elastic did get out of the bin somehow, it wouldn’t be of any risk to wildlife because you’d have cut the elastic as a preventative,” Dr Davidson said.

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Reuniting lost pets with owners

The Victorian Government is encouraging Victorians to have their say on reforms to allow vets and animal shelters to legally reunite lost pets with their owners.

Drug and alcohol consumption at risky levels More than 22,000 Australians took part in a three-year drug survey, and the results for inner regional areas is concerning.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released the 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey in July, which contained information from drug users aged 14 and older.

The reports showed the further Australians live from major cities, the more likely they were to smoke daily and drink alcohol at risky levels.

In 2019, the proportion of people who drank in excess of alcohol showed the lifetime risk guidelines in inner regional areas was 18.2 per cent, and drug use in these areas was 14.9 per cent.

Between 2010 and 2019, the number of people who smoked tobacco daily fell from 17.4 per cent to 13.4 per cent in inner regional areas.

“Although tobacco use has declined across Australia since 2010, smoking remains more common in regional areas than in cities,” AIHWs Dr Gabrielle Phillips said.

“It is concerning because tobacco use is

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the leading cause of preventable illness and death in Australia,” she said,

The AIHW report also showed that the socioeconomic area of which people live had no correlation to whether or not someone used illicit drugs.

Levels of use of any illicit drugs in the last 12 months were similar in the highest socioeconomic area and the lowest, but the type of drug varied.

People living in the highest socioeconomic were more likely to have recently used ecstasy and cocaine and were less likely to use pain killers and opioids for nonmedical purposes, than people living in low socioeconomic areas.

Dr Phillips said Australians living in regional and remote areas often have poorer health outcomes than people living in big cities.

“Understanding patterns of tobacco, alcohol and other drug use in regional areas can help inform effective policy development and ensure that efforts will benefit those most at risk of harm, marginalisation and disadvantage,” she said.

Under Victoria’s existing laws, any lost cat or dog must be taken to a local council authorised officer.

Only vets or animal shelters holding a special agreement with their local council are currently allowed to contact the owner directly and reunite them with their pet.

These outlets are often not easily identifiable by the public.

Animal Welfare Victoria is looking at changes that would allow lost cats and dogs dropped off at veterinary clinics or registered animal shelters to be reunited with their owners sooner.

The proposed reforms aim to reduce stress on animals and their owners, and reduce regulatory, administrative and resource burdens on councils, vet clinics and registered animal shelters.

Community safety, privacy and the welfare of the animals will need to be carefully considered and protected.

Some of the problems associated with lost and roaming pets can include the animal’s welfare, the welfare of other animals and wildlife, nuisance, property damage and human safety.

Additionally, if ownership data linked to an animal’s microchip is not current, a vet may inadvertently contact and provide the pet to a previous owner.

This can compromise public safety through people on family violence orders attempting to locate others through pet microchip data or registration details.

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Grave concerns normal

By Caitlin Bewley (3rd Yr Swinburne Uni)

PAUL

Spooky things are happening at the local cemetery, so grave it may make a coffin sink.

A Bacchus Marsh resident sent the Moorabool News a concerning email explaining that after a recent visit to his father’s grave, he noticed something just wasn’t right.

He was understandably upset about the circumstances of the grave, mentioning in his email the grave site had actually sunk, and he wanted to get to the bottom of it (not literally).

Chairman of the Cemetery Trust Allan Comrie wants the people to know that this is actually a very common occurrence.

Mr Comrie described sinking graves as a “daily occurrence” and that if people went to the cemetery every single day, they would notice many graves sunken.

“Don’t worry, they don’t stay sunk, they get filled back up again by cemetery staff.

“Once the coffin goes into the hole, topsoil is put over it, and then after a few weeks it begins to sink,” Mr Comrie said.

“Rain also causes the graves to sink, but every day, cemetery workers go past and fill them up with soil again,” he said.

So, the news isn’t as grave as first thought, but it does leave you with a sinking feeling.

If you have any issues with your loved one’s graves sinking in the Bacchus Marsh General Cemetery, please give Allan Comrie a call on 0409 211 290.

Perspective

Dear Editor, Over many years many people have written to the Moorabool Council and the Moorabool News, about the sub-standard infrastructure, or missing infrastructure, within and around Ballan.

Moorabool Council seems to always repeat the same projects such as street-scaping (Inglis St many times), improvements to Ballan Council Chambers etc. How many times has the small Ballan library been inadequately improved?

It doesn’t take long to wander around Ballan to discover unmade main streets and roads with no footpaths, or only one footpath, so the elderly and young have to chance crossing a road to find a footpath, if there is one at all. This safety aspect should be a compulsory civil right for all subdivisions as well as wide enough roads for vehicles to safely pass each other ‘Head On’.

The main street to the Ballan Railway Station is a classic example of the sub-standard, or missing, road development in Ballan.

A little work was carried out, about 20-years ago, that did improve these matters, but once again it all seems to be neglected or forgotten once again.

The most glaring omission of any proper infrastructure, or development, is south of the Ballan Railway Station. Ballan must be about the only railway station in Victoria, or Australia, where little infrastructure has been provided to one side of a station. Everywhere else except Ballan, developments are taking place with a station being a central provision.

Now Moorabool Council has extended sewerage to the Ballan Industrial Estate, perhaps we should request that the Moorabool News office should site themselves right opposite the Ballan Station, on the south side, and then the sewerage might finally be installed there?

I have been reading, forever, how the Moorabool Council has been advocating for this and that. Looks like they have found deaf ears like residents have found via Moorabool Council.

Most of the improved housing developments around Ballan, are mainly a result of concerned residents via a past female Ballan Councillor, successfully promoting them.

Isn’t it a shame that others within Moorabool Council can’t obtain much better results?

Barry Riley Ballan

with Paul Tatchell

Lost in Transmission I received a media release from Jane Garrett Victorian Member for Eastern Victoria in the Legislative Council, obviously there is still a bit of tension between Jane and the Premier; either that or the team missed the memo about the High Voltage Transmission lines poised to destroy our magnificent landscape.

Dan Andrews had a falling out with his rising star over the CFA debacle when the then Minister for Emergency Services, didn’t tow the party line and got sacked from her portfolio and banished to the political wilderness to do penance.

Before I get into “The Perspective” here’s Janes media release: “The Victorian Government is improving community resilience against bushfires through the Powerline Bushfire Safety Program. The aim of the program is reducing the risk of fires started by high voltage electricity lines across the state by more than half.

An additional $7 million has been made available for the program. This includes $2 million to investigate and deliver new powerline safety technologies and $5 million to replace bare-wire private overhead powerlines in Victoria’s highestrisk bushfires.

The Private Overhead Electric Line (POEL) Scheme opens on 15 September to eligible residents across bushfire-affect areas.”

Whilst I get that technically there are major differences in the program and the 85-metre high voltage powerlines however, the principles can’t be denied. It’s exactly this type of inconsistencies that leave country people scratching their heads in dismay.

When the findings of the Royal Commission

were handed down in 2009, politicians were climbing over each other to condemn overhead power lines. In fact, they immediately released $20 million to start the process of putting powerlines underground.

But as is always the case, when the doorstops thinned out and the headlines dried up, the commitment towards powerline safety got thrown back into the discount rack for a slow week in politics. Nothing beats a bit of self-induced amnesia to move a few goal posts around and, flip the agenda from demonising public safety to applauding public benefit.

Politics is a numbers game; two thirds of the politicians represent the city and it’s reflected in the decision-making process. Putting aside the spin, the vested interests and the hypocrisy, the overhead transmission lines have two-thirds to do with the numbers game and one-third to do with the people it affects.

There is a good reason why the Energy Minister has been quieter than a Benedictine Monk at Alcoholics Anonymous; Lily D’ambrosio is juggling more conflicts than a vegan abattoir worker.

The Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change representing Mill Park, is about as country as the number 19 Tram to Brunswick. Rural Victoria is just a means to an end; you can’t build a windfarm in Whittlesea, let alone build 85m transmission towers on quarter acre blocks, but they will all get the illusion of Green Energy at the expense of those that provide it.

The fact is that in Victoria’s haste to shut down coal fired electricity, the power to

growth ratios along with the dependence on reserve power, whilst waiting for an alternative to come on line, left them in a race against time to adequately supply power to Melbourne without a cost blowout.

The reality is the plan was ill-conceived and grossly underestimated in terms of cost.

Reserve Power is outrageously expensive but a fact of life when you don’t have a safety net for peak power periods. The Minister would argue that coal fired plants are unreliable during those periods, and she is right.

But keeping things in Perspective, handing a premature death sentence to the coal plants would hardly encourage investment into the industry, let alone investment in long term maintenance plans. It would be like encouraging someone on death row to get a doctorate, not much good to you when your hanging from the end of a rope.

It went from the sublime to the ridiculous when the Government was spruiking their commitment to alternative energy, handing out windfarm permits like maple syrup on Pancake Tuesday, whilst at the same time plugging truckloads of diesel-powered generators into the grid.

With the windfarms spinning aimlessly for want of something to plug into, the State Government created a diversion by picking a fight with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), blaming the Federal Government for not changing the contractual rules on the lead times to negotiate contracts for emergency energy supply. The issue was that agreements needed to be set up nine months in advance and could only be a oneyear agreement.

Probably a fair argument had the State Government not painted itself into a corner with no time to wait for the paint to dry. With the Feds giggling in the background holding four aces, the State Government went all in with a seven and a two, and in October last year sent out a media release claiming they would “go it alone” and negotiate their own cheaper multi-year contracts for additional reserve power.

You can only imagine the smiles on the energy providers faces heading into the summer months when they were negotiating with the State Government on price, without the protection of (RERT) Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader.

With the “Lily” well and truly gilded and not a pot to do the proverbial in, the only option on the table was the Ausnet overhead high wire act. The spin doctors went to work blaming everyone except Thomas Edison for their woes, but when you keep fixing one bad decision with another one, it’s never going to end well.

Country people have had a gutful of bearing the brunt of city-centric politics. Country MPs need to stand up and be counted, they can’t serve two masters, they either represent country people or they don’t. It’s time that someone, anyone, admitted that this poverty pack solution is nothing more than political spin at the expense of the rural sector.

Hiding in Spring Street and sending vested interests out to do their dirty work is like making spaghetti whilst Rome is burning.

Andrews can’t do a “Jane Garrett” and banish you to the bush, you are already there.

Leadership is about actions, not words.

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CANCER—June 22-July 22 Email - news@themooraboolnews.com.au Group ventures may prove rewarding, providing egos don’t get in the way. Long-distance news may answer a key question. This is a good week for framing long term goals.

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Stars & Puzzles LEO—July 23-August 22

The weekend offers an opportunity for reconciliation as well as for a new friendship. Planning for holidays brings results. A young friend provides intellectual stimulation.

VIRGO—August 23-September 22

QUICK PUZZLE

★★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★ ARIES—March 21-April 20

The week sees new harmony injected into relationships.

Putting things in a proper prospective helps you achieve a goal on schedule. Competitive events prove rewarding.

TAURUS—April 21-May 22

Close friends are now likely of an older generation. Avoid making impulsive moves in financial matters. A friend is finally more consistent and less difficult to please.

GEMINI—May 23-June 21

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ACROSS Conquered (8) Donate (4) Quarrel (4) Animal (8) Exclude (5) Lower (6) Tree (6) Rouse (6) Revolt (6) Work out (5) Educated (8) Deserve (4) Aperture (4) Herb (8)

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DOWN Material (5) Chorus (7) Pain (4) Imperil (8) Big (5) Forceful (7) Foul (8) Foolish (7) Disease (7) Clumsy (5) Zodiac sign (5) Ale (4)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

ACROSS 1. Food Adam gave to Eve? (5,3). 6. Agree with that it’s airs and graces (4). 8. To catch or to bag a duck (4). 9.

Cheat and get discovered, darn it! (8). 10. Being subordinate, gets less (5). 11. More prepared to be a pet (6). 13.

The man inside it’s oddly quiet (6). 15. Becoming less tough, for instance, about an offence (6). 17. Is going back to the seat, prepared to have a rest (6). 19. Available again, having taken a day off (5). 22. Emptying out, break (8). 23. The rainfall of a foreign country (4). 24.

Rock back when touched (4). 25. A second racket (4-4).

DOWN 2. To be candid, unattractive (5). 3. Take over from, just to break the monotony (7). 4. He makes hay (4). 5. There is chaff about the rail (8). 6. Fire and try to drill a hole through (5). 7. Having done wrong with a gun, clapped into prison (7). 12. Having regular girl-friends makes for stability (8). 14. He has it in a mint sauce, the copy-cat!

(7). 16. To be different from the others, runs round the block backwards (7). 18. Father caught in depravity abroad (5). 20. Had taken out “haggard” (5). 21. Will she stop one entering? (4).

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CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Spare rib. 6, Side. 8, N-a-il. 9, Con-found.

10, Under. 11, Setter. 13, Si-len-t. 15, E-a-sin-g. 17, Siesta. 19, Re-ady. 22, Vacation. 23, Iran (anag.). 24, Stun (rev.). 25, Side-line.

Down - 2, Plain. 3, Relieve. 4, Rick. 5, Ban-is-ter. 6, Sho-ot. 7, D-ung-eon. 12, Steadies. 14, Im-it-ant. 16, Speci-al (rev.). 18, S-pa-in. 20, Drawn. 21, En-i-d.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Code. 7, Favourite. 8, Even. 9, Riot. 10, Lute. 11, Talc. 14, Highlander. 16, Particular. 19, Aden.

22, Lion. 24, Gone. 25, Knee. 26, Guinea-pig. 27, Emmy.

Down - 1, Cheat. 2, Dwell. 3, Rating. 4, Mortal. 5, Oral.

6, Statuette. 12, Audacious. 13, Chit. 15, Nora. 17, Cognac. 18, Lentil. 20, Denim. 21, Needy. 23, Nine.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Overcame. 6, Give. 8, Tiff. 9, Hedgehog.

10, Debar. 11, Nether. 13, Walnut. 15, Excite. 17, Rising. 19, Solve. 22, Literate. 23, Earn. 24, Vent. 25, Tarragon.

Down - 2, Voile. 3, Refrain. 4, Ache. 5, Endanger. 6, Great. 7, Violent. 12, Stagnant. 14, Asinine. 16, Cholera. 18, Inept. 20, Virgo. 21, Beer.

CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Toad (anag.). 7, Uncertain. 8, Gas-H. 9, Butt.

10, Hope. 11, Taps. 14, (s)Pr-event-ing. 16, Meet the eye. 19, Mass. 22, Emit (rev.). 24, R-are. 25, Poor. 26, Angel cake. 27, Stop.

Down - 1, Tight. 2, A-esop. 3, En-dure. 4, Settle. 5, Itch. 6, Dispenses. 12, Agreement. 13, Spot. 15, Them(any). 17, Ho-race. 18, (ylluf)Eur-eka(f) (rev.). 20, AB-out. 21, Scrap. 23, Tied.

Creativity is accented not only in artistic pursuits but in your career environment. A social gathering could introduce you to a VIP. Home improvements are favourably spotlighted.

CANCER—June 22-July 22 Group ventures may prove rewarding, providing egos don’t get in the way. Long-distance news may answer a key question. This is a good week for framing long term goals.

LEO—July 23-August 22

The weekend offers an opportunity for reconciliation as well as for a new friendship. Planning for holidays brings results. A young friend provides intellectual stimulation.

VIRGO—August 23-September 22

Relatives may be demanding of your time, but your patience is all importent. A financial bonus may arrive by the weekend. You excel in the role of teacher.

LIBRA—September 23-October 22 Friends may try to impose their own standards or tastes on you, testing your considerable patience. A fitness programme may be highlighted and romance is on the upswing.

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SCORPIO—October 23-November 21

NUMBER GAME Thursday - Saturday sees financial reviews and financial

planning. The weekend offers an opportunity for mixing BELOW business ANSWER and travel. Your home life becomes unexpectedly hectic.

SAGITTARIUS—November 22-December 22

This weekend offers the opportunity of going bargain hunting. Thursday - Friday may see you appointed to a prestigious position.

CAPRICORN—December 23-January 20

The weekend offers a chance to join a new social club.

A friend is more down to earth and this is a good time for discussing a controversial topic with him or her.

AQUARIUS—January 21-February 19 Financial requests are made of you at the same time financial favours are returned. Watch a tendency to apologise too often. A recreational programme is highlighted this week.

PISCES—February 20-March 20 Behind the scenes, someone in a high position is promoting your skills. A relative becomes more supportive of your plans. A legal negotiation requires time and consideration.

BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK A highly magnetic personality keeps you in contact with interesting individuals. Travel to a new destination is indicated. Property negotiations are on tap. Your work for good causes may earn you applauds.

Relatives may be demanding of your time, but your patience is all importent. A financial bonus may arrive by the weekend. You excel in the role of teacher.

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LIBRA—September 23-October 22 Friends may try to impose their own standards or tastes on you, testing your considerable patience. A fitness programme may be highlighted and romance is on the upswing.

SCORPIO—October 23-November 21

Thursday - Saturday sees financial reviews and financial planning. The weekend offers an opportunity for mixing business and travel. Your home life becomes unexpectedly hectic.

SAGITTARIUS—November 22-December 22

This weekend offers the opportunity of going bargain hunting. Thursday - Friday may see you appointed to a prestigious position.

CAPRICORN—December 23-January 20

The weekend offers a chance to join a new social club.

A friend is more down to earth and this is a good time for discussing a controversial topic with him or her.

AQUARIUS—January 21-February 19 Financial requests are made of you at the same time financial favours are returned. Watch a tendency to apologise too often. A recreational programme is highlighted this week.

PISCES—February 20-March 20 Behind the scenes, someone in a high position is promoting your skills. A relative becomes more supportive of your plans. A legal negotiation requires time and consideration.

BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK A highly magnetic personality keeps you in contact with interesting individuals. Travel to a new destination is indicated. Property negotiations are on tap. Your work for good causes may earn you applauds.

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The Moorabool News – 15 September, 2020 Page 19

The whole kit and caboodle

By Tim O’Connor The Whole Package is the only horse currently racing out of Peter Robertson’s Plumpton stables and he returned from a nasty virus in grand style first-up at Tabcorp Park on Friday.

The five-year-old hadn’t been seen at the races since a third placing at Melton in mid-July but was back to his best after recovering from the illness.

Given a patient drive by Luke Tabone from barrier one, The Whole Package had a look for the lead early but took cover after Son Of Major speared across from gate four. Tabone awaited the sprint lane run in the home straight and finished best to take out the Prydes Easifeed Pace (1720m).

The success was the son of Sealed N Delivered’s fourth in a 25-run career, three of which have come since late last year.

“He’s always had ability, but he’s one of those horses that if you can find trouble anywhere around the stable, he’ll find it,” Robertson told SEN Track.

“When he won (on July 1 at Melton), I didn’t think he got to the line as good as he should have and his next run after that he ran third. The next day he just coughed and coughed and coughed for about three or four days.

“He had a real bad virus and that’s the reason he hasn’t been racing.”

Among his other issues, The Whole Package chipped a sesamoid bone as a three-year-old and recently took plenty of skin off his body when getting his head stuck in a fence.

Robertson said he felt good about the horse’s chances on Friday despite being the second outsider in the field of seven at $16.

“I was fairly confident. He’d been treated and got through that good and been working probably better than what he had been,” Robertson said.

“I said to Luke he could probably lead but if something is going to attack, let it go because he is first-up and just see what happens from there.”

Tabone said he had planned to hold the front, but decided to take a sit when Ken Tippet shot for the front on Son Of Major.

“It was really good to hop back on this bloke. He got pretty crook on the guys and they’ve done a good job to get him back and to win firstup was great,” he said.

Success was shared around between trainers and drivers on Friday, but it was reinsman John Caldow that claimed the only winning double.

Caldow partnered short-priced favourite Andover Sun - who is trained by wife Maree - to win the Niota Bloodstock 3YO Trot (2240m) and then Freddy Taiba-trained Kasbah Kid to take out the fast class event, the Hygain Pace (1720m).

The Whole Package (1) wins race 4 at Tabcorp Park on Friday. Photo: Stuart McCormick.

Andover Sun (6) wins race 2 at Tabcorp Park on Friday. Photo: Stuart McCormick.

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