Top Liberals to steer sub project STATE Liberal Party president Michael Kroger spoke at the Victorian Maritime Centre’s inaugural Governors Dinner on Wednesday 24 May at which he and two others were inducted into its governorship program. Mr Kroger, along with Liberal Party Eastern Multicultural branch president Gladys Liu and financial advisor Ian Heraud will help guide, mentor and protect the $15 million project which involves establishing a maritime museum at Hastings based around the submarine HMAS Otama (moored off Crib Point for the past 14 years) and former pilot vessel, MV Wyuna (initially destined for a birth at Docklands). Western Port Oberon Association public relations officer Annette Sanfilippo said the governors’ role was created to protect the financial and ethical interests of the project. The project includes building an interactive, entertaining and educational centre around the vessels to preserve and teach maritime history and create awareness among young people. It aims to become a major tourist destination in Western Port. Ms Sanfilippo said Oberon association president Max Bryant is working to restore and display the vessels for the community. Project patron Princess Anne commissioned HMAS Otama in 1978. It is said to be the last of the Oberon class submarines in existence. Guests toured the Hastings marina before the dinner amid a setting that reflected the history of the project and featured a 1.5-metre wooden replica
Shire spending across the board MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors are due to be briefed tonight (Tuesday 30 May) on the results of public submissions for the yet-to-be-adopted 2017/18, $212 million budget. The final budget will be adopted later in the year. The $40.21 million allocated to capital works and projects in the budget shows spending in the Briars ward is more than four times higher than that planned for Red Hill ward. Proposed spending in the shire’s six wards from highest to lowest: Briars $8.47 million; Watson $4.79m; Seawinds $3.95m; Nepean $3.87m; Cerberus $2.52m; and Red Hill $2.05m. A further $14.56m is being spent “shire wide” on capital works and priority projects.
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Take five: Michael Kroger, Max Bryant, Ian Heraud and Dennis Gist relax after the dinner.
of the MV Wyuna donated to the museum. Mr Bryant and Ms Sanfilippo spoke about the not-for-profit project which aims to preserve maritime history and generate tourism around Western Port.
Dennis Gist was made an honorary ambassador of the association for his promotional work and other guests included project planner Paul McGuiness, Crs Kate Roper and David Gill, John Methven of the Vietnam
Veterans’ Museum, and residents and business owners Neil Valance, Lyn Beaumont and Deb Kroger. A gift hamper presented to Mr Kroger contained produce from businesses in the region. Stephen Taylor
THE $80,000 saved over two years by axing the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s pet expo at Rosebud will go towards stopping uncontrolled breeding of cats and dogs and reuniting lost pets with their owners. The money will also go towards “easing accessibility” at the council animal shelter in Watt Rd, Mornington by foregoing the need for appointments on Saturday mornings for a sixmonth trial. The biennial expo due to be held in November has been cancelled. Pets’ campaigner Doris Campbell, said that some of the saved money will be spent on “free microchipping for [pets of] the disadvantaged ... at Capel Sound and Hastings, where most of the unclaimed pets come from”.
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