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5 In the ghetto?Business fears overhousing development
6 Best of breedVet praises fined puppyfarmer
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Abattoir in huge jobs boostBY CHAD VAN ESTROP
PAKENHAM has received a $315 million jobsboost with news that O’Connor’s abattoirs hasbeen given the go-ahead for a major expan-sion.
The expansion at the meatworks, one of thelargest in Victoria, is expected to create up to800 new jobs.
Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guyamended Cardinia’s planning scheme to allowthe development to go ahead, expandingstorage, transport and warehouse facilities atthe site.
Mr Guy said the $315 million expansionwould be ‘‘a great shot in the arm to the econ-omy of the south-east’’ and was important forthe future sustainability of Melbourne.
“Cardinia is one of Melbourne’s fastest
growing areas and the announcement willfacilitate employment prospects close to exist-ing roads, services and where people live,” hesaid.
O’Connor’s general manager MatthewO’Connor told the Weekly the announcementmeant the company could plan for moregrowth in the future.‘‘We are now one ofPakenham’s biggest employers. This will cer-tainly enable us to look at a whole range ofgrowth strategies that we couldn’t look atprior to the change.’’
He said the meatworks would soon intro-duce new cool storage and freezing facilities tomaintain exports to Europe, North Americaand Asia.
‘‘We currently employ 300 people on siteand expect this to grow significantly.’’
The company has been in Pakenham for 35
years, expanding from a beef slaughteringoperation to boning, packaging and exporting.
Cardinia councillor Collin Ross welcomedthe expansion and said it was a needed boostfor the area.
‘‘The global financial crisis has meantcompanies have been moving into vacantfactories closer to Melbourne instead of build-ing locally.’’
Cr Ross said the upgrade would bring anumber of jobs back into Cardinia Shire.
‘‘Currently, 80 per cent of residents leave theshire for work. To think we could havebetween 300 and 800 new jobs here is a realbonus.’’
He said Cardinia Council CEO GarryMcQuillan would continue meeting local busi-nesses to further increase business expansionand opportunities in the shire.
Serenesetting
Former Age photographer John
Krutop has shot pictures at
some of Australia’s most
memorable events, from the
Roxby Downs mine protests to
the disappearance of Azaria
Chamberlain. ‘‘Those jobs are
all about about impact, you can
miss anything,’’ he says. So
when Krutop, of Berwick, saw
the photographic potential in
this striking sunset over
Tooradin recently, it was a snap.
His picture is one of the prize-
winning images gracing the
cover of the new south-eastern
Yellow Pages. Krutop said he
was struck by the sunlit serenity
at Tooradin. ‘‘There is a lot
of inspiration around this
region, you just need to
open your eyes to it.”
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Re: Public smoking ban move giventhe flickSmokers are selfish and weak-minded, and shouldonly be allowed to smoke on their own properties,or give up all together.
Jonny D (via web)
Baillieu should get on boardfor educationThe state government’s list of failures on educationcontinues to grow, with the Premier now expectingVictorians to believe that a difference in funding of$1.2 billion is somehow not relevant to learningand teaching standards in this state.
Mr Baillieu recently stated that his government’sso-called ‘alternative plan’ will rely on $400 millionof extra funding delivered to Victorian schools. Themodel proposed under the federal government’sfunding reforms would result in a $1.6 billionincrease each year in combined state and federalfunding. Either Mr Baillieu’s calculator is broken,or he believes that like him, other Victorians simplydon’t care about education. Under Labor from1999, Victorians saw an investment of $8.65 bil-lion in their education system. It’s taken only twobudgets for Mr Baillieu’s government to rip out
$555 million, so it’s pretty easy for him to come outand say that it isn’t just about money. After all,what else could you say to defend these savagecuts?
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South Eastern Metropolitan Region MP
Re: Boathouse plan rocks LakesideresidentsIf this goes ahead, I hope Cardinia Council won’traise rates again for Lakeside. Our rates are alreadyhigher due to the council’s ‘maintenance’ of the lakeand green spaces. Kathy (via web)
Re: Call to ban new bottle shopsFinally! A councillor listening! Sam (via web)
Re: Under siege: mosque plan a test offaiths for CaseyAs a Muslim woman living in Casey for the pastfive years, I feel disappointed that the role of thecouncil in the Doveton mosque application haschanged from ‘‘overseeing the planning details’’ to‘‘debating what Islam is’’. This is unjust and one-sided. Because Cr Rosalie Crestani has authority,she is bringing in her personal opinions to her role as
councillor. Her role is to justly represent all residentsof her ward. Instead of a religious debate, it shouldbe handled as all building applications are.
N Choudhry (via web)
Re: Rise Up Australia: Councillor mullsfar-right tilt at Senate seatHere we go again — a first-term councillor wantsto run in the federal election. Like previous first-term councillors Geoff Ablett and mayor AmandaStapledon who stood for the state seat of Cran-bourne (Cr Ablett for the Liberal Party and CrStapledon as a ‘so called’ independent), these twoused their communities to raise their profile to seekhigher office. The state government must changethe Local Government Act to require a councillorto stand down once endorsed for a state or federalparliament seat. If Cr Rosalie Crestani stands forthe Senate, she will show contempt to the residentswho elected her.
Michale E Brown (via web)
The other night we went to an Elvis tribute night atthe Dandenong RSL. The Elvis impersonator wasSri Lankan — now that is something worth talkingabout! Happygolucky (via web)
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‘Ghetto’ fears overhousing proposal
Controversial: A concept drawing for one of the 115 dwellings proposed for Michael Street, Pakenham.
BY CHAD VAN ESTROP
A 115-unit housing development proposed foran industrial area in Pakenham could become a‘‘ghetto’’ and raise crime levels, say businessesobjecting to the plan.
Future residents in the homes could also beplagued by noise and heavy vehicle traffic, theysay.
Cardinia councillor Colin Ross believes resid-ential encroachment into the area could eventu-ally jeopardise jobs.
In a long-running planning tussle, the initialsubmission for 149 one, two and three-storeystructures on the corner of Malcahy road andMichael street was put to Cardinia Council in2011 by the Portbury Group. A later planningamendment reducing the number and size ofsome of the buildings was abandoned by thecouncil in December 2012 after five objectionsfrom local businesses and the Environment Pro-tection Authority.
But at its February meeting, the councildecided to consult an independent planning com-
mittee to advise on the development’s future.A local transport director told the Weekly he
could not understand why the latest step wasnecessary. “I’d be happy enough to abide by theshire’s first decision but Portbury developmentsis going to spend money and keep going ’til theyget approval, I’d say.”
He indicated three affected businesses plannedto seek legal advice if the development wasapproved.
The director said he could not understand whysuch a development would be considered in anestablished industrial area. “I don’t see what theadvantage is . . . it might create a ghetto. Theremay be more break-ins in the industrial areabecause of the proximity to the apartments.”
He said buses were left idling for 15 to 20minutes at Grenda’s depot at 4 o’clock eachmorning, just 100 metres from the proposed site.
He said noise complaints could eventuallyrestrict his business’s operating hours. “Peoplewould complain to council and we may have tochange. We need 24-hour access to our yard.”
Cr Ross told the Weekly he expected noise
complaints to affect jobs in the area if the devel-opment was approved. ‘‘These industrial areasare meant to preserve jobs, putting more peopleand apartments in may in fact jeopardise thesejobs.’’
Portbury business manager Sue Kelly said3.8-metre noise barriers would be erected on thesite’s eastern and northern boundaries. ‘‘We haveone of the best acoustic specialists in the state,Watson Moss Growcott, doing studies on the siteand they are completely satisfied.’’
She said the company’s reports had confirmed‘‘noise would fall within acceptable acousticparameters’’. Additional changes to the planswould be made at the request of the planningcommittee.
Ms Kelly also rejected claims the apartmentswould turn into a ghetto. ‘‘We don’t understandwhy people keep talking about it as this enclaveof lower value land. It’s a body corporate estateand that encourages people living in it to lookafter the area.’’
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Puppy farmer finedBY CATHERINE WATSON
A TOORADIN puppy farmer has escaped con-viction under new laws designed to stamp outpuppy farming after a vet described him as fartoo kind for his own good.
Koo Wee Rup vet Luke Morrison told thecourt Derul Van Hollis and his wife Judy ran oneof the best dog-breeding establishments he hadencountered, with dogs well cared for even whenwell beyond breeding age. “Mr Van Hollis couldhave made a lot more money if he’d got rid ofthem,’’ he said. ‘‘As far as I was concerned, it’s atotally inefficient business and that’s due to theirpassion for looking after their animals.’’
In the Dandenong Magistrates Court lastweek, Mr Hollis and his company Demfield PtyLtd pleaded guilty to 115 charges of running anunregistered breeding business and failing tocomply with the code of practice for breedingand rearing establishments.
The case, brought by Casey Council, was thefirst prosecution in Victoria under ‘Oscar’s Law’,named after a puppy rescued from a dog-breeding factory in central Victoria in 2011.
Magistrate Brian Barrow fined Demfield atotal of $11,500 plus $6700 costs, but did notrecord a conviction or penalty against Mr Van
Hollis. He said he was satisfied from the evidencethat he was not one of the rogue puppy farmerstargeted by Oscar’s Law.
Prosecutor Brett Melke told the court councilofficers visited Mr Van Hollis’ property on Janu-ary 12 last year and found 112 unregistered dogsand 11 puppies on the premises.
Counsel for Mr Van Hollis, David Starvaggi,said this was not a case of animal cruelty. He saidMr Van Hollis had previously had a permit for84 dogs but he had let certain regulatory matterslapse after his wife suffered a stroke.
Mr Barrow said it was clear from the evidenceof Dr Morrison, and that of two other animalwelfare experts, that Mr Van Hollis was highlyconscientious in his care of his dogs.
Mrs Van Hollis gave a cry of relief when MrBarrow said he would not make an order for theremoval of the dogs “from what I’m satisfied is acaring environment”.
He said Mr Van Hollis was entitled to benefitfrom his good record and discharged him with-out conviction or penalty on condition that heregister the dogs and the business and complywith the code of practice. Casey mayor AmandaStapledon said the council was disappointed inthe verdict, which did not reflect the council’srepugnance about puppy farming.
At first lightA new camera — a Christmas present from his wife — and a deadline were enough to get Stefan
Schroeder’s creative juices flowing. His brief was to portray a local wetland for Casey’s World
Wetlands Day photo competition and he found his subject close to home — the Berwick Springs
estate at dawn. Mr Schroeder’s Breaking Dawn won first prize in the competition from 77 entries. Kim
Quigley was second and Annette Neilsen third. View the photos at casey.vic.gov.au/environment.
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CASEY Hospital admitted more people forelective surgery last year, but its waiting listfor surgery still rose by 20 per cent.
The latest Victorian hospital data,obtained by the opposition last week, showsCasey’s waiting list increased from 1681patients at the end of 2011 to 2024 at the endof 2012.
This was despite a 5 per cent increase inpatients admitted for elective surgery — upfrom 1396 in the last quarter of 2011 to1470 in 2012 .
The median wait for general surgeryincreased from 43 days to 80 days. There wasa huge difference across disciplines, with themedian wait for vascular surgery decreasingfrom 371 days to 169 while the wait forgynaecology surgery more than trebled —from 53 days to 161 days.
Overall, only 65 per cent of elective sur-gery patients were treated within time(ranging from 30 days for urgent patients to
365 days for non-urgent patients), downfrom 82 per cent in 2011. However, allpatients requiring urgent surgery were treat-ed within the designated 30 days.
While the waiting lists for surgery blewout, the hospital’s emergency departmentwas among the best-performing in a majormetropolitan hospitals in Australia in2011-12.
A report released last month by theNational Health Performance Authoritystated that Casey treated 69 per cent of emer-gency patients within four hours in 2011-12.
The next-best Melbourne hospital was theAustin (54 per cent). Western Hospital wasthe worst performer with just 41 per cent ofpatients seen within four hours.
In the last quarter of 2012, Casey admitted7336 patients, including 2943 emergencypatients and 3821 patients who came in forsame-day treatment.
The hospital was on emergency bypass1.4 per cent of the time, up from 0.1 per centfor the corresponding period in 2011.
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Airport dream is taking offWith a catchment of more than amillion people, the odds for anairport in Melbourne’s south-eastare beginning to stack up.CATHERINE WATSON reports.
High hopes: Clifford Smith says we have to actquickly to secure land for an airport inMelbourne’s south-east. Picture: Daryl Gordon
Clifford Smith is an aviation nut but thesedays he rarely gets up in a plane. Thethought of the trip to the airport is enough
to make him stay home.On a bad day, driving from his home in Casey
to Melbourne Airport can take up to three hours— about the time it takes to fly from Melbourneto New Zealand.
So when state Planning Minister Matthew Guyrecently raised the issue of building Melbourne’sthird airport in the south-east, Mr Smith was allears. Mr Guy was spruiking the latest Melbourneplanning report, which points out thatMelbourne’s sprawling south-east now hasmore residents than Adelaide but lacks acommercial airport.
‘‘An airport to the south-east of Melbournewould serve one-third of Victoria’s population,including the 300,000 residents of Gippsland,’’the report stated.
Mr Smith, a Narre Warren North earth-moving contractor, has been spruiking the sameidea for 15 years. He raises the issue whenever heis within whispering distance of a politician.Everyone he speaks to thinks it’s a good idea, butthe years go by and nothing much happens.
He says an airport doesn’t have to be built nowbut it has to be planned now before suburbiagobbles up the available land.
We should be looking at cities of a similar sizeto Melbourne to see how they operate theirflights, he says. Los Angeles, for instance, hasthree international and two domestic airports.
He envisages a south-eastern airport servingthe domestic market, perhaps with some intercityflights from places such as New Zealand andBali. ‘‘You don’t want the big jumbos goingin there.’’
A local airport could be a jobs and commercialbonanza for Casey, both in construction and inoperation. Avalon Airport, to the west ofMelbourne, employs about 1000 people, andthat number will rise substantially when aplanned new international terminal is built.
Casey mayor Amanda Stapledon says thecouncil has no formal policy on a regionalairport, but there would be economic benefits inaddition to the added convenience.
‘‘It would generate jobs, and the jobs would bein the opposite direction to the general peak traf-fic flow, which would make a better use of exist-ing and future transport infrastructure,’’ she says.
Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerceand Industry chief economist Steve Wojtki says athird airport in the south-east could also be usedby freight planes to transport low-weight, high-value perishable goods from Casey’s food belt todestinations such as Japan.
The sooner suitable parcels of land are putaside the better, he says, but first there will needto be a cost-benefit analysis and consultation todetermine the precise location.
That’s also a question the discussion paperasks. It wants submissions from residents, busi-nesses and others on where an airport should besited. Mr Smith believes Tooradin is the logicallocation, with a four-lane highway, the possibil-ity of rail access to the growth suburbs and the300,000 or so people who live in Gippsland.
He believes the best site would be farmland tothe east of the current airfield, providing for anorth-south runway and a flight path over West-ern Port, which would also reduce the potentialfor noise objections.
‘‘We could put in a rail loop from Cranbourneto Tooradin and back to Pakenham and Officer,
which is going to be a major growth area.’’There will be environmental objections, he
says, but an airport in the south-east would cleara massive amount of traffic from the Monashand Tullamarine freeways, resulting in muchlower emissions.
At a recent business breakfast, when thesubject of the airport came up, someoneremarked to him, ‘‘We were talking about anairport in the south-east back in 1975’’.
He says the time for talking vaguely about anairport is over. ‘‘In 10 years time they’ll be sayingwhy didn’t we do it 10 years ago. Someone’s gotto bite the bullet on infrastructure like this.Where would we be now if someone hadn’t hadthe insight to build the Monash freeway?’’
The discussion paper on planning forMelbourne’s future is online at planmelbourne-.vic .gov.au/discussion-paper. Submissions closeon Thursday, March 28.
HAVE YOUR SAYShould a new major airport be built in the
south-east? Where? Post a comment at
caseyweeklycranbourne.com.au.
Expect turbulence, Avalon chief warns
Wings on: Lindsay Fox in aviatormode at Essendon airport for his75th birthday party last year.
Picture: John Woudstra/The Age
TALK about a third Mel-bourne airport and the con-versation naturally turns totransport magnate LindsayFox, whose company Linfoxowns and operates AvalonAirport, near Geelong.
In 2004, Avalon became thebase for Jetstar and last Octo-ber, the federal governmentannounced it would amendAvalon’s lease to permit a newinternational terminal.
The Weekly contactedLinfox to ask whether Mr Foxwould be interested in settingup a similar business on thisside of town. Mr Fox was notavailable for comment butAvalon Airport chief executiveJustin Giddings says an air-port in the south-eastern sub-urbs makes sense in the longterm.
‘‘If I lived in the south-east Iwould be pushing for one,citing population and traffic
congestion.’’ However, he saysit is such a huge, risky projectthat governments would haveto assist, not necessarily byputting in finance but by guar-anteeing traffic.
‘‘Volume is everything. Air-lines are looking for volume.They don’t want to fly once a
week, they want daily flights.[At Avalon] we’re only justbuilding up to that stage now.
‘‘My belief is it’s going to bea while. You need a big catch-ment and a huge investment.You’re up against other air-ports that are fully developedand have all the infrastruc-ture.
‘‘They are assets that if youbuilt them now would costbillions of dollars. It would bevery hard for a new airport tocompete.’’
But Mr Giddings says theodds will start to stack upwhen there is a real need foran airport.
‘‘Eventually, when Mel-bourne is 8 or 9 million [popu-lation] you will need anairport. It’s good that the stategovernment is having a debatenow. They need to identify theland and secure it, and thenplan around the land.’’
QUESTIONS ON THE RADAR
■ Would residents of Melbourne’s south-east, eastand Gippsland use a commercial airport in theregion?■ What would be the time benefit for residentsusing a south-east airport instead of MelbourneAirport? To what extent might it reduce pressureon cross-city congestion?■ Would the private sector be interested in fundingsuch an airport development?■ What is the best location for an airport to thesouth-east of Melbourne’s boundary and howcould existing land transport connections bemaximised?
From Melbourne, let’s Talk about the Future
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Raising awarenessof a deadly syndrome
Looking ahead: Katrina Scott has had both lenses in her eyes removed as a resultof Marfan syndrome. Picture: Sally Edwards
BY CHAD VAN ESTROP andCATHERINE WATSON
KATRINA Scott has had both lenses sur-gically removed from her eyes — butconsiders herself lucky.
Ms Scott, of Berwick, suffers fromMarfan syndrome, a little-knowngenetic disorder found in about one inevery 5000 Australians. The syndromeaffects the connective tissue and cardi-ovascular system and among its symp-toms are defects in the eyes, which ishow she came to lose her lenses.
But among its most serious complica-tions are defects of the heart valves andaorta — the main vessel taking bloodaway from the heart — which can besuddenly fatal if the aorta tears. It canalso strike the lungs, the dural sac sur-rounding the spinal cord and the skel-eton. It is also estimated that up to halfof Marfan cases in Australia are undiag-nosed.
All that is why Ms Scott counts herselfamong the fortunate ones: she does nothave many of the major complicationsand was diagnosed with the syndromewhen she was five — after her parentsnoticed she was always sitting very closeto the TV.
Last month Ms Scott, 31, underwentan operation to remove a detached lensin her right eye — her second such opera-tion in 10 years. Her vision is still blurryafter the operation, but she remainsupbeat.
Her natural lenses have been replacedwith contact lenses.
‘‘At the moment I’m waiting for myeye to heal, then I’ll have two goodones,” she said.
Ms Scott has joined others who havecommitted themselves to raising aware-ness of the syndrome.
Last week, after two years of fund-raising, Marfan Association Victorialaunched a DVD to help doctors recog-
nise the symptoms. The DVD featuresthe story of Melissa Edwards, who livedwith her partner Stuart in Hampton Parkand was seven months pregnant whenshe suffered chest pains at work and wastaken by ambulance to hospital. Doctorsinitially thought she’d had a heart attackor a blood clot, or even pulled a muscle.
It wasn’t until they did an echocardio-gram that they picked up that her aorticwall had torn. Within minutes she washeaded for surgery, but did not survive it.
She died on May 9 — Mother’s Day —in 2010. She had never been diagnosedwith the syndrome.
When Marfan syndrome is diagnosedand treated early, a patient can expect anormal lifespan. Undiagnosed the aver-age life expectancy is about 40.Ms Edwards was 36.
To learn more about symptoms ofMarfan syndrome, visitmarfanvic.org.au.
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Family violence onthe rise, stats show
Domestic threat: Family violence has soared in Cardinia, Casey and the rest of Victoria. Picture: Teagan Glenane
BY CHAD VAN ESTROP
POLICE say family violence in Cardinia andCasey is “growing exponentially”, with at leastthree cases reported every day.
Family violence offences in Cardinia rose byalmost 50 per cent, and in Casey by 18 per centlast year, according to the latest police statistics.
Crime statistics issued last week show that inCardinia family violence offences soared, upfrom 256 in 2011 to 381 in 2012. The 49 percent increase was well above the statewideincrease of 39.7 per cent.
While Casey’s 18 per cent increase was lessthan half the state average, Inspector WayneViney of Casey police said it may not be a ‘‘truepicture’’ of the rate in the Casey, and that manycases were not reported.
In Casey drug offences jumped 56 per cent,from 537 in 2011 to 839 in 2012. But robberieswere down 21 per cent, motor vehicle theft fell by5 per cent and property crime decreased by 2 percent.
Burglaries were up 14 per cent, from 950 in
2011 to 1084 in 2012, with police suggestingthat the number of new homes under construc-tion in the area had a significant impact on resid-ential burglaries.
Inspector Viney said residents needed to prop-erly secure their homes to ensure they were noteasy targets. ‘‘The main thing is people, to a cer-tain degree, are not taking accountability andresponsibility for their own homes.’’
Robberies also fell in Casey, down from 142 in2011 to 112 in 2012. Inspector Viney saidincreased police presence in high traffic areassuch as railway stations, shopping centres andcar parks had brought about the fall.
Acting Inspector Graham Higginbotham saidPakenham police had set up a 48-hour interven-tion program to combat family violence.
‘‘We have set up the program to ensure ourunits get out to these cases and stop the chancesof re-offending,” he said.
Residential burglaries in Cardinia rose by 35per cent, from 274 in 2011 to 371 in 2012.
Theft from cars was up almost 16 per cent,from 437 to 506. Acting Inspector Higginboth-
am said a number of factors had caused increasesin overall crime.
‘‘An increase in population and business activ-ity means more people come into the shire. It isalso due to a greater detection and reporting.’’
Deliberately lit fires also remained a problemin Cardinia, Inspector Chris Major said.
For a breakdown of the statistics from yourlocal area see www.vicpolicenews.com.au/myplace.
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Call to tag dogs, catsCasey Council is reminding animal
owners that dogs or cats which are
three months or older need to be
registered with the council. Mayor
Amanda Stapledon said registering
a dog or cat with the council had a
number of benefits. ‘‘The most
important to many is that if their pet
becomes lost, the unique
registration number on their
identification tags will help council
reunite them with their owners,’’ she
said. Manager of community safety
Caroline Bell said it was each pet
owner’s responsibility to ensure
their dog or cat was registered with
the council and registration needed
to be paid by April 10 each year.
Anyone not receiving their animal
registration renewal notice by
March 29 should call the council
on 9705 5200.
Burnout man loses carPolice impounded a 20-year-old
Narre Warren man’s car for 30 days
after seeing him doing burnouts in
Maramba Drive, Narre Warren, and
driving at 100km/h in a 50 zone.
Police said the man was found to
have a suspended probationary
driver’s licence. He has been
charged with driving while
suspended and other offences.
Get on your bikesCardinia Shire is calling on children
to get active by walking, riding,
scooting or skating to school. The
council’s Mobile March event gives
primary school children the chance
to get active, have fun and win
prizes for their school. The most
active school in the shire will win the
Streets Ahead cup, as well as free
scooter lessons for up to 100
pupils. To register a school for
Mobile March, call the council’s
active children’s officer on
1300 787 624.
$2 million drug bustFive men are in custody after
Cranbourne police raided three
houses in Lyndhurst and
Cranbourne East last Tuesday.
Police said they found 630
marijuana plants with a street value
of about $2 million. Four of the
arrested men are alleged to be
illegal citizens.
Year-long wait for helpBY DAVID SCHOUT ‘What we’ve found is that if a child’s learning style
isn’t discovered before school it can have far-reaching implications. Really good or reallynegative habits set in in the first five years . . . andfor a lot of children intervention is happening eithertoo late or not at all.’ — Tiffany Birch
PARENTS in the eastern suburbs arewaiting 12 months on average to placetheir child in early intervention servicesthat one local expert has described as a‘‘messed up system’’.
The service, which helps children witha disability or developmental delaysbefore they enter school, is crippled by awaiting list that has put parents, teachersand early intervention staff under signi-ficant pressure, says Tiffany Birch, wholectures on the issue at Swinburne Uni-versity.
Ms Birch said children in the easternsuburbs who required services such asspeech and occupational therapy werebeing forced to wait too long.
‘‘What we’ve found is that if a child’slearning style isn’t discovered beforeschool it can have far-reaching implica-tions,’’ she said.
‘‘Really good or really negative habitsset in in the first five years . . . and for alot of children intervention is happeningeither too late or not at all.’’
Mrs Birch, who also runs a private
intervention service for parents to bypassthe state system, said a lack of govern-ment funding in the past few years hadhit the sector hard.
She said when a child was finallyaccepted the service was brilliant, but thewaiting times and lack of supportparents received during this time was‘‘crazy’’.
‘‘There’s a lack of parent support fromthe time they receive information aboutneeding to be put on the early interven-tion list and when they are actually putinto the service.’’
A spokesman for the Department ofEducation and Early Childhood Devel-opment said increased demand for the
service was due to a number of reasons,including population growth and effect-ive screening programs.
‘‘Funding for early childhood inter-vention services [ECIS] has almost dou-bled in the past eight years [from$38.2 million in 2004-05 to $70.4 mil-lion for 2011-12],’’ he said. While wait-ing, parents were offered ‘‘practicalsupport’’.
In November last year, the state gov-ernment committed $3.7 million a yearfor an extra 500 places to addressdemand across the state.
As at February 1, more than 1000 Vic-torian children had waited for more thanthree months for an ECIS place.
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Getting his kicks bygoing in feet first
Past the pain: Muay Thai fighter ErikMiskle and his trainer Laos Toohey atMelbourne Taekwondo Centre ‘YoungBulls Gym’ in Dandenong. Picture: Gary Sissons
BY CAMERON LUCADOU-WELLS
Muay Thai boxer Erik Misklehas had to kick 10 kilos — in ahurry.
Since January 9, he hasn’t had a dayoff training to trim to a 62-kilogramlimit for an eight-man knockout tour-nament in Melbourne on Friday.
It is only 1.5 kilos below his regularfighting weight but as he puts it, hehad a great Christmas.
Training with Laos Toohey’s mixedmartial arts Young Bulls in Dande-nong, Miskle, of Chadstone, has lotsof legitimate weapons to use in hisfights: his fists, elbows, knees and feet.
Unlike a boxer, a Muay Thai fightercan legally aim below the belt.
In these fights, shins can be brokenby feet, and faces cut open by elbows.
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Miskle’s confidence is rising. He haswon 14 of his 19 competition fights,including seven knockouts.
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StephanieAlexanderthe garden philosopher
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Stephanie,A tour of Stephanie Alexander’s home garden reveals her view of life,writes PETER WILMOTH. Picture: JULIAN KINGMA
Fresh ideas: Stephanie Alexander’s fresh food message is resonating in schools throughout Victoria.
If I told Stephanie Alexander everythingabout the food journey of me and my kids – atrue confessional – I think we’d be talking a
good pass, but could use some work.Yes, it’s never McDonald’s (well, once). Yes,
it’s never KFC. Yes, we set the table and talk overdinner. Yes, at the impassioned request of an 11year old we sometimes eat at the coffee table infront of Modern Family. Yes, we eat freshproduce nicely cooked.
But all we eat from my garden is sprigs from arosemary bush. I tried to grow basil and parsley.Disaster. My two lemon trees are on life support.The hydrangeas are rocking, but you can’t eatthose. I’m no green thumb. Anything that staysalive in my garden is a happy accident. I’mprobably like a lot of other people who areforced to go to the supermarket to buy mankyclumps of basil sweating away in plastic, use fourleaves and watch the rest blacken in the fridge.
It’s not like I haven’t had exposure to this wayof thinking. My father was a skilled vegetablegardener and my mother’s passion was thegarden.
Anyway I try, but I’ve got a lot of work to do.That’s why a tour by Stephanie Alexander of herfamous garden and its superb produce leaves mewith mixed feelings: first, slight shame about myown pathetic efforts; and second admiration thatmuch of what ends up on Alexander’s dinnerplate comes from here.
I have visited Alexander’s Hawthorn home totalk about garden philosophies, and what betterplace to do that than here? Alexander shows methe lemon-scented verbena, green beans, the lastleeks of the season, zucchini, cucumber, tomato,carrots, red and green capsicums, snow peas,peaches, nectarines netted off against possumsand crab apple.
It’s a privilege to see Alexander’s food philo-sophy made real. In this age of obesity, heart dis-ease and a disconnect from what’s in the earth, Iasked Alexander where we are with childrencoming to some understanding of growing andeating good food, and an idea about a sustain-able future, the food chain of experience.
“I am of the opinion that children’s knowledgeand attitudes towards everything to do with foodand sustainability is primarily influenced bywhat’s happening at home,” she says. “Andwhere there aren’t positive models at home. Chil-dren need some sort of assistance if we think it’svaluable that they understand about the growingworld and flavour and texture, which I ofcourse do.
“In many families things have been allowed toslide. Plus, you have a phenomenon where manypeople who are 40 and 50 — many didn’t have agood culinary education themselves so they grewup eating whatever was put in front of themwithout thinking about it too much. And if theyhaven’t had a situation where everybody eatstogether at home regularly they’re missing out onsomething really major.
“And by the time they get to primary schoolchildren have an extremely restricted palate,don’t have any understanding of how food isgrown or the sorts of things you have to do tokeep things alive in the garden, they probablyhave very little understanding, if any, of seasons.They don’t understand that you can’t get apples12 months of the year because they know youcan in the supermarket.
“So there’s a big gap for a lot of children. Aswe face figures about obesity levels and theimplications — I’ve just been to a two-dayobesity summit so my head is full of figures aboutdiabetes — it is quite scary and I believe that one
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the philosopher of food
Garden guru: Stephanie Alexander is determined toensure children understand the importance of freshfood. Picture: Rob Gunstone
needs to intervene. And we know there are somevery strong vested interests out there to makethem think that junk food is cool, good for them,delicious . . . there are responsibilities there toput up a better fight.”
Changing the culture of how we approachfood has been Alexander’s main quest for thepast nine years. The Stephanie AlexanderKitchen Garden Program is aimed at children inyears 3-6. After intense involvement in the pastfew years, her role now is one of figurehead totalk about the vision. The operational work isnow done by a team of 20. “Our aim is that at theend of 2015 we will have a program representedin 10 per cent of all Australian schools with aprimary enrolment.”
There is too much at stake not to intervene.“Our intervention is based on doing it your-
self, on children’s curiosity, their energy,” shesays. “We do find that within a remarkably shorttime children are interested in new things, willingto try food they’ve never seen before, much lesstasted, and there’s a tremendous sense of rising ofself-esteem and pride and achievement oncethey’ve made something they’ve neverexperienced before. That is across the board, kidsfrom all sorts of backgrounds, the messagesseems to be that if you can do it yourself, if youcan have that experience of stirring or choppingor slicing or digging or wheeling a wheelbarrowor putting the peas on a support, you feel verydifferently about the whole world.”
Young people, Alexander says, should beencouraged to be involved in the growing offood. She believes food knowledge should be partof the education syllabus, although she is awareof the objections that would be raised by manypeople, particularly teachers who say theyalready have enough to teach.
But Alexander is confident her program,which devises activities that draw on conceptsout of the garden, can be integrated into thegeneral curriculum.
“What I find when I go round the schools isthat usually the first person to respond to me isthe principal and they say ‘This is an amazingprogram, it teaches our children everything theyneed to know, it teaches them to workco-operatively, it teaches them to solve problems,to be sensible — you don’t walk around with apitchfork in your hand or a knife in the kitchen— to encourages them to explore new things anddefinitely gives them a strong sense of environ-mental responsibility.”
Alexander says children suffer with foodknowledge because of disengaged parents, lackof education, unemployment and beingsurrounded by messages from all the fast-foodadvertisers without any antidote. “And possiblytheir parents think it’s a fantastic idea to get a bigbucket of something for $7.”
I suggested food needs a cultural turnaroundsuch as there had been with seatbelts and smok-ing. Will there come a time when it is unusual toeat badly? She cites the public response to anti-smoking campaigns as a positive example of howthinking can change. “One of the messages fromthis conference [I just attended] was that tobaccoas a model of the way public health programshave been put in place has been an outstandingsuccess.”
So there needs some sort of public action. “It’sall very well saying take advertisements for junkfood off TV between three and five . . . in realitynot many children of an impressionable age arewatching TV at that time.” But sponsorships ofchildren’s sport by junk-food outlets remains aproblem.
I asked Alexander whether she believed theMasterChef progam had made cooking cool andhad therefore encouraged children into thekitchen. She is not convinced. “While I knowthat MasterChef is extraordinarily popularbecause of its competitive attitudes and becausethe children identify very closely with the con-testants, I don’t think the message that cooking
has to be done under high pressure is a particu-larly great one for children to observe. However,they are seeing people pick up a real carrot and areal beetroot rather than opening a can.”
I asked her about media campaigns againstpoor eating habits. Was there a fear that it’s elitistto tell people how to eat? “I think the govern-ment would say we have just spent $41 millionon a program called ‘Swap It, Don’t Stop It’. Veryfew people have heard of this program. It’s apublic health campaign to tell you that you don’thave to give up all the things you love, you justhave to make little adjustments to your diet, tomake you healthier. It’s extraordinary, isn’t it,that nobody I have spoken to has heard of it.”
Alexander stresses the importance of familiesgetting together over a meal, a ritual that seemsto have faded in recent times. “Lots of familiesdon’t eat together,” she says, “and not just disad-vantaged families. There are many children frommiddle-class families where everybody eats con-
venience food and they don’t get together rounda table, they eat at different times of the night, soas far as social behaviour or interacting or havingconversations around a table, it’s not the norm.
“We hear frequently from children in ourschools they get so excited about setting the tableand putting flowers and herbs in the middle ofthe table . . . because they don’t sit at a table withanyone.”
Alexander is hopeful that the next generationwill learn about food and then teach their chil-dren. This, she says, is the best way for culturalchange. But it can’t happen by itself.
“I believe passionately that the interventionthat we have designed works. I believe if thatwere universally available to schools I believethat would change a generation of children.However, I also know how much it would cost,so I don’t want to appear naı̈ve. But I do knowthat the costs of diabetes and all those otherthings is astronomical.”
Alexander is keen to spend more time writing.The author of this country’s best-known cookbook The Cook’s Companion, writes a monthlycolumn in Gourmet Traveller about her garden.She also wants to beef up a newsletter on herwebsite.
Alexander continues to be a passionate andenergetic crusader for a cause that does – orshould – touch us all. I remember as a child look-ing up at a book on the shelf called You Are WhatYou Eat. That title stayed with me for years as Ipondered the veracity of a food philosophyencapsulated in five words.
I got the feeling Alexander wasn’t too crosswith me for occasionally serving dinner in frontof Modern Family. She says it’s important to set adinner table regularly, not always. I can hold myhead up high in front of Australia’s legendaryfresh food guru. But she’s never seeing mygarden, unless she volunteers to personally over-see an extreme make-over.
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Accounting or art? Medicine ormedia? French or food tech?Deciding what to study in the
senior high school years has neverbeen trickier.
Today’s graduates face an increas-ingly fluid job market, with manyadults still unsure what they want tobe “when they grow up”. Yet weexpect years 9 and 10 students to havea career crystal ball when choosingVCE subjects.
With countless subjects on offer andindustries expanding or contracting bythe minute, choosing subjects can be aconfusing and stressful time. Somestudents also tackle year 12 subjects inyear 11, forcing them to considerpotential career paths even sooner.
Good schools have expert careercounsellors to help, but they can onlystretch themselves so far. As a result,more students are seeing private prac-titioners to identify jobs they mightenjoy and be good at.
Considering possible careers while
keeping your subject choices as broadas possible is a must from about years9 or 10 to boost your chances of tak-ing the right VCE subjects. Whilethere’s some room to move later, nail-ing it early makes life much easier.
Fees for career counselling canrange from $88-$200 an individualconsultation.
Annette Davie-Smythe is careercounsellor at Firbank Grammar and aprivate career practitioner with 20years’ experience. She says by year 9only one in five students knows whathe or she wants to be. Some have par-ticular skills and interests, such ascreativity or a mathematical mind, buthave not considered how to use them.
Ms Davie-Smythe helps studentspinpoint their strengths and draftsseveral possible pathways. Afterproviding students with career andpersonality testing she devises an indi-vidualised career action plan. She saysit is important to reach for the stars,but there must also be a plan B.
Rachel Abramson is a psychologist,career counsellor and hypnotherapist.She offers an individually tailoredCareer Dayz program of two to fiveconsultations that include vocationaland personality testing to identifycareer interests and aptitudes. Ms
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‘‘Students who know what theywant must choose the right subjectsand identify several pathways intotheir career, particularly if it is compet-itive like medicine,” she says.
Former English and history teacherand now qualified career counsellorAnnie Rubira worked as a careercounsellor at Xavier College and withRegan Consulting before starting herown consultancy, Career & EducationPlanning. She works with people aged15-40 and says it is crucial to identifytheir interests, aptitudes, personalityand values.
Ms Rubira says knowing all four isessential to finding a suitable and sat-isfying career, as is having a plan B.
Annette Davie-Smythe, RachelAbramson and Annie Rubira aremembers of the Career DevelopmentAssociation of Australia(cdaa.org.au), which lists careercounsellors and their specialties.
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■ Have short and long-term career
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■ Remember several pathways canget you there.
■ Focus on your strengths andinterests.
■ Study the highest level of mathsyou can pass.
■ Attend career expos.
■ Visit workplaces to get a feel forthem.
■ Research university courses andVCE pre-requisites at vtac.edu.au.
■ If needed, investigate interstate oroverseas courses.
■ Consider career aptitude testing ifyou get stuck.
Source: Firbank Grammar Careerscounsellor and careers practitionerAnnette Davie-Smythe. Email:[email protected].
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Surfing the net to research school-work can be fun, but for VCEstudents with limited time to
cram it can be daunting. So whereshould you start your search? We’velisted some helpful sites for popularVCE subjects to get you going.
Also helpful are the Victorian Cur-riculum and Assessment Authority site(vcaa.vic.edu.au) and vcehelp.com.au,which includes articles, advice andlinks for many VCE subjects.
Always ensure a website is reputablebefore using it and remember that any-one can alter a Wikipedia entry.
BIOLOGYSome helpful general biology sites areBiology Online (biology-online.org),DNA Interactive (dnai.org), BiologyMad (biologymad.com) and the onlinebiology textbook (emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBook-TOC.html).
ARTThe website vcehelp.com.au lists dozens
of helpful links. These include ABC Arts(arts.abc.net.au), Art Education Vic-toria (aev.vic.edu.au), National Associ-ation for Visual Arts (visualarts.net.au),National Gallery of Australia(nga.gov.au), National Gallery ofVictoria (ngv.vic.gov.au), PublicGalleries Association of Victoria(pgav.org.au) and Arts Victoria(arts.vic.gov.au).
ENGLISHThe Victorian Association for theTeaching of English, vate.org.au,provides a number of links to resources-.They include Australian poetry (aus-tralianpoetry.org), the Wheeler Centre(wheelercentre.com), Centre for YouthLiterature (slv.vic.gov.au/learn/centre-youth-literature), The Conversation(theconversation.edu.au) and theNational Film and Sound Archive(aso.gov.au).
FURTHER MATHEMATICSSeveral sites offer free advice andexplanations. Try former student
Shannon’s vcefurthermaths.com, andmaths teacher Patrick’s free videos atpatrickjmt.com. The websitevcaa.vic.edu.au also has helpful mater-ial on previous exams.
GEOGRAPHYGeography is a wide-ranging subject.This selection of sites may help with sev-eral aspects: The Age education researchpages, (theage.com.au), the GeographyTeachers’ Association of Victoria,(gtav.asn.au), the Federal Departmentof Climate Change and Energy Effi-ciency, (climatechange.gov.au) andEnvironment Victoria, (environmentvic-toria.org.au).
HISTORY – REVOLUTIONSFor those studying the American,French, Russian or Chinese revolutions,The History Teachers Association ofVictoria (htav.asn.au) has links to anumber of useful sites. For learningmaterials on the French Revolution,mrdonn.org is a good place to start.Fordham University (fordham.edu) has
a detailed section on the RussianRevolution in its modern history sec-tion. PBS has a great section on theAmerican Revolution at (pbs.org), andBBC news’ Asia Pacific section(bbc.co.uk) has extensive informationon Chinese history.
GLOBAL POLITICSGovernment websites are useful, butremember they will present their per-spective. Also helpful are sites for organ-isations such as the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations, (asean-sec.org), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooper-ation, (apec.org), the United Nations(www.un.org/en/) and InternationalMonetary Fund (imf.org).
PHYSICAL EDUCATIONThere are dozens of sites that coveraspects of the physical education cur-riculum. Start with Australian SportsCommission (ausport.gov.au), Austra-lian Institute of Sport (ais.org.au), Vi-cHealth (vichealth.vic.gov.au), WorldHealth Organisation (who.int), Heart
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LEGAL STUDIESBasic legal information can be found atVictoria Legal Aid (legalaid.vic.gov.au),Law Institute of Victoria (liv.asn.au), theVictorian Department of Justice(justice.vic.gov.au) and Law Stuff,Know your Rights (lawstuff.org.au).
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Science lesson: Independent schools offer a widevariety of subjects for girls. Picture: Getty Images
Girls studying aviation? Boys enjoyingcooking class? Of course. Good single-sexschools now offer all manner of subject
combinations, regardless of gender.Girls study sciences such as physics in healthy
numbers and boys enjoy social sciences and“crafty” electives.
All-girl school Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorakhas introduced aviation and archaeology thisyear; the most popular elective for the years 9and 10 Trinity Grammar School boys is cooking.
These days the biggest gender issue for single-sex schools is how study and social interactionare managed. Haileybury, for example, uses par-allel education with both single sex and co-edclasses, while Ruyton Girls’ School and TrinityGrammar have a unique collaboration thatallows students to study some VCE subjects ateach others’ campuses.
Education expert and Early Life Foundationsfounder Kathy Walker says most schools offerterrific options. “Schools have really caught upand often lead in this area now with great oppor-tunities for both genders,” she says.
Ms Walker says schools have also broadenedtraditional subjects. For example, cooking could
cover creativity, health, organics and hospitality.“It’s great to be able to have a range of options
and to try a bit of each of these in the early yearsof secondary and then to specialise if you likethem.”
Ms Walker says the key for parents is to choosea school offering subjects and an environmentthat suits the child.
“The age-old debate about co-ed or single sexis really nothing about choice of subjects.
“It’s more about what suits the individualchild, family dynamic, personality, etc. Someschools are really noticing and catering for thisnow which is fantastic.”
Since 1993, Ruyton and Trinity, both in Kew,have run a co-ordinate program allowing girlsand boys to choose a wider range of VCE sub-jects and study some together.
Co-educational classes are held at both cam-puses, preparing students for university and thereal world.
Ruyton principal Linda Douglas says thisincreases the opportunity for students to studytheir preferred subjects in VCE.
The schools also retain their autonomy andhold single-gender classes in English. “It is a
good prelude to the university environment,” MsDouglas says.
She says the program, probably the only one ofits kind in Victoria, suits girls and boys.
“They grow in self-confidence. We’ve goneway beyond the stereotypes.
‘‘This is about being able to study your firstpreferences in an expanded learning environmentthat promotes independence and responsibility.”
Trinity headmaster Rick Tudor says theco-ordinate program was started to offer lan-guages and expanded from there.
Some students now do up to four subjects atthe other school’s campus.
Mr Tudor says co-ordinating timetables is achallenge but worth it.
For example boys can study media at Ruyton— Trinity doesn’t offer this — while girls canstudy design technology at Trinity.
“It’s hugely successful,” says Mr Tudor.“The parents love it. The boys don’t lose their
identity and the girls don’t lose their identity.They’ve got the best of both worlds.”
Trinity teacher Rohan Brown had two girls inhis 2012 year 11 maths methods class.
He says co-ed classes are different but fun.
“The sense of humour changes a bit with a co-ordinate class,” he says.
This year Loreto Toorak introduced aviationand archaeology, which would have beenunheard of at a girls’ school in the past.
Teacher and qualified archaeologist SeamusScorgie has already had a great response.
“One of the students wants to be an astronaut,so she’s absolutely over the moon.”
Net links: ruyton.vic.edu.au, trinity.vic.edu.au, loretotoorak.vic.edu.au, earlylife.com.au
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This fine family home on a 826-square-metre block has largeliving areas and five bedrooms — or four and a study. The main
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Handy Person Services
TIP TOP HANDYMAN SERVICESSpecialising in Renovation, Carpentry,Rubbish Removal, Pergolas, All types of Plumbing, Tiling, Painting
Call 0418 576 021 or 9702 9834Email: [email protected]
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Economy Carpentry • Pergolas • Carports • Decks • Bathroom and Kitchen Renovations • Free quotes • Over 30 years experience • Pensioner discount Phone Guy: 0410 475 166 A/H 5940 0390
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HANDYMAN SERVICES• Painting, interior/exterior
• General maintenance/renovations• Repairs to decking pergolas and existing fences
• Free quote and affordable ratesCall Steve: 0407 549 509 or after hours: 9702 5925 G5
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MIX MAINTENANCEHome Handyman & Odd Jobs Including:MIX MAINTENANCEHome Handyman & Odd Jobs Including:● Painting ● Gates & Doors Re-hung ● Tiling
● Decking & Patio Repairs ● Free Quotes
Call Mick 0419 628 657G5738693
K.C. LOCKSMITHAll Locks Supplied, Installed & Repaired
Domestic ~ Commercial ~ Automotive7 DAYS
9547 3853 - 0403 133 960G5584969
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• DOMESTIC • COMMERCIAL • AUTOMOTIVE DOUG AMOS
Over 20 Years Experience0434 499 239
Painters and Decorators
A & A BOB BROTHERS PAINTING30 Years Experience Low Price Interior/Exterior10 Year Guarantee Immediate Start Pensioner Discount
0412 122 270 Free Quotes 9795 3274G5382570
A & A BOB BROTHERS PAINTING30 Years Experience Low Price Interior/Exterior10 Year Guarantee Immediate Start Pensioner Discount
0412 122 270 Free Quotes 9795 3274G5382570
A.A.UNIK PAINTING SERVICE• All Types of Domestic / Industrial
• New Home / and repaint / Plaster repair• Public Liability Insurance• Quality Work Guaranteed
• Competitive Rates & Free Quotes Call 9704 8046 or 0409 505 750
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� No job too small � Domestic/Commercial� Free quotes � All work fully guaranteed
Mob: 0412 319 460 - AH 9548 4045
MASTER PAINTEROakwood Painters & Decorators
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Call Bob 0417 503 404 or 9798 1760Call Bob 0417 503 404 or 9798 1760Where quality work still existsWhere quality work still exists
-- PAINTER PAINTER --• Professional with years of experience • Residential / Commercial
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Pest Control
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Termite & Termite & Pest ControlPest Control
• Ants • Bees • Wasps • Spiders • Mice • Rats etc• Ants • Bees • Wasps • Spiders • Mice • Rats etc
5964 3888 / 0412 990 3725964 3888 / 0412 990 372
Termite Proofing, AEPMA member,Termite Proofing, AEPMA member, Commercial & Domestic Commercial & Domestic
Plasterers
DS FAST PLASTERER✧ New Homes ✧ Domestic ✧ Commercial
✧ Extension ✧ Renovation & Small jobs✧ Cornice ✧ Insulation
Free quote Kum 0405 985 960G5298709
Plasterer & PainterPlasterer & Painter★ Small Jobs Only ★ Free quotes
Friendly and Reliable Service
Keith: 0432 480 865G5801773
Keith: 0432 480 865G5801773
Plumbing
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APN PlumbingAPN PlumbingCall Adam
0415 456 563For fast friendly & reliable serviceFor fast friendly & reliable service
Roofi ng / Drainage / Blockages / H.W.S / Renovations / Maintenance and ALL your plumbing needs
NO CALL OUT CHARGENO CALL OUT CHARGE
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Excavations and Earth Moving
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AAA MINI DIGGERSSite Cleans, Trenches, Rotary Hoe, Post Holes,
Soil Moving, Spreading & Levelling
• Limited Access • Fully Insured
• 3 Meter Tipper • Honest & Reliable
Call David 0438 055 166
JUNIOR EXCAVATIONSTight Access Specialist, Access Any Back Yard All Earthworks/Post Holes/Rubbish Removal. Excavator 680mm wide / bobcat + 5m tipper. Fully Insured, 17 yrs experience, free quotes.Richard 0431 464 377 or 5968 9991 G5
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Fencing and GatesA SAWED FENCER
For All Your Paling, Picket & Colorbond Fencing Needs
Removal Of Old FencingGates Made To Size, Free QuotesGates Made To Size, Free Quotes
Call 0417 310 566 G5269116AA-dc16Jul
Ventures Pty Ltd
“Honest & Reliable”Mike: 0417 354 797 - Ph/Fax: 9703 1037Mike: 0417 354 797 - Ph/Fax: 9703 1037
* Colorbond * Merbau Horizontal* Paling & Picket * Retaining Walls * Gates * Demolition & Removal of old fences
All aspects of fencing
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� Treated Pine � Demolition & Removal � Gates � Picket Fences � Retaining Walls
TOPLINE FENCING“All Aspects of Wooden & Colorbond Fencing”
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★ Champion Fencing ★"Choose the best, we'll beat the rest’’
Specialising In All Timber Fencing★ Gates ★ Free Quotes
Call Ronny 0412 529 554G5581099
★ Champion Fencing ★"Choose the best, we'll beat the rest’’
Specialising In All Timber Fencing★ Gates ★ Free Quotes
Call Ronny 0412 529 554G5581099
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FREE QUOTES• 9791 9877 • 0411 636 400
Floor Services
ABACUS FLOORING★ Sanding & Polishing ★ Dustless Machines
★ Non-Toxic Finishes Available3yr warranty, free quotes, top quality & best price.
Dean: 9700 5898 or 0439 995 150G5690437
Furniture Removals
If You Are Thinking About Moving,PLEASE CALL 0412 301 596.
★ Local ★ Country ★ Interstate★ 7 days a week ★ Free Quotes
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Furniture Removals
MCCL TRANSPORT REMOVAL Pty Ltd
Local, country & interstate.Free quotes.
Please call: 0438 809 223
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Garages Garage Doors and Carports
EASY GLIDE GARAGE DOORS 0409 000 026
GARAGE DOOR & REMOTES********SUPER SPECIAL********
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Roller Doors and More• Over 18 years experience.
• Remote controls for Sectional, Tilt & Roller Doors.
• We beat written quotes on comparable products
0412 174 686 - 9727 4744
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Garden Services
Complete Garden and HomeMaintenance
9702 2421 or 0466 538 894» We mow, trim and edge all lawns
» Windows expertly cleaned» Block slashing » Mulch mowing
» Garden clean ups » Gutters cleaned» Pest control » Weed spraying
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Phone 0432 490 171
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• Mowing • Ride-On Mowing• Grass Slashing • Whipper Snipping• Weed Spraying • Lowest Rates
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• Pensioner discount • Cheap rates from $20 0430 342 441
Registered
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Rubbish Removal
PAK BIN HIREIncorporating Koowerup Bin Hire5m3, 6m3, 8m3, 10m3, 12m3, 20m3,
All walk in binsServicing Shire of Cardinia
and the Berwick area0409 232 286
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Plumbing� Maintenance
� Water Service Renewals� Gas Fitting
� Hot Water Units� Free Quotes
� Pensioner Discounts� Wall Hung Split Systems
� NO CALL OUT FEE
Call Simon0448 668 036
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For any domestic plumbingCall Jarrod 0418 134 277*You will give our quality the thumbs up*
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Refrigeration
COOLTOUCH SERVICESAU-30413 Domestic & Commercial
Repairs & service of refrigeration★ Air conditioning ★ Washing machine
★ Work guaranteed ★ Pensioner discount
9755 5720 0410 508 766G5356899
Roofing Services
WE RESTORE YOUR ROOF AS ITS OUR OWN!• 10 Years Guarantee • Free QuotesCall Savas 0412 707 212 or 9795 4516
$1290FROM
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For all your roofi ng needs � Rebedding & Pointing � Pressure Cleaning
� Flexible Pointing � Respraying
� Qualifi ed Roof Tiler
� Pensioner Discount � No job too small
New Ridge Roof Restoration
9700 1899 - 0439 931 138 - 5940 9663
• High Pressure Cleaning • Rebedding • Flexable Pointing • Resealing/Painting • Tile Replacement • Storm Damage
No Obligation Free Quote Ph David 0403 425 592
Next Generation Roof Restoration
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TAYLOR & SON ROOFING● Will fix and improve any tiled roofs
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Tree Services
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For all your tree services..• Tree removal• Stump grinding• Hedging & pruning• Landscaping• $10m liability insured
• Trees & Stumps Removed
• 20 Years Experience• Free Quotes.
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Windows
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9794 7913Servicing all of Greater Melbourne
WINDOWS 1Window Replacement Service
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The Competition and Consumer Act provides that advertised prices for goods and services which attract GST should be GST inclusive.
Prices should not be quoted as being 'excluding GST' or 'plus GST' or by the use of words or phrases conveying similar meaning.
Readers are entitled to expect that the advertised prices are the actual prices at which they can purchase the particular goods and services.
Metro Media Publishing will not knowingly accept for publication any advertisement which may be in breach of the Competition and Consumer Act or any other relevant law.
142-144 Frankston-Dandenong Rd, Dandenong 3175
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Public Notices
EARLY DEADLINESLABOUR DAY
For Casey Weekly Berwick,Pakenham Weekly
Proof deadline: Thursday 7th March 5.00pmAll Classifieds: Friday 8th March 10.00am
Phone 13 24 258.30am-5.00pm, Monday - Friday.All major credit cards accepted.
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www.adcentre.com.au/vicEmail: [email protected]
MusicCLASSICAL GUITAR Lessons.Expert tuition by experienceteacher. All levels/ages. Berwickarea. ☎ Werner 0402 570 415.
MUSIC LESSONSPIANO - KEYBOARD - GUITAR - DRUMS - VIOLIN
All Ages & LevelsWelcome!
Musical InstrumentsA wide range of guitars & musical instruments
on display
9769 9252The Music CentreB E R W I C K
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MUSIC LESSONSMUSIC LESSONSPiano/Keyboard, Guitar,
Bass, Sax, Clarinet, Flute, Recorder, Singing.
Any age & level.Jazz - Rock - ClassicalSpecialty lessons forpreschool children.
Instrument sales available.Pianoforte Music College & Sales
EXCELLENCE SINCE 1975Narre Warren 9796 7090
Weekdays 11am - 8pm, Sat 10am - 5pm
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5941 51305941 5130Pakenham
Guitar LessonsGuitar Lessons
At Your Home At Your Home I come and teachI come and teach
from 11yrs to adult. WWCfrom 11yrs to adult. WWCRuss ZimmerRuss Zimmer
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Accounting Services and Tax Agents
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Domestic Services★ SEVS CLEANING ★
Domestic, commercial, offices,builders cleaning. 5 experience,
free quote. Police check [email protected]
Phone 0427 000 343
Education andTuition
TUITION In your home. Grade 1to Year 12, most subjects andsuburbs. Also online tuition from$10ph all suburbs. ✆ 9028 2060.
Health andWellbeing
PRINCESS CHINESE MedicalCentre. Acupuncture, deep tissuemassage & waxing. Appointmentonly. Ph: 0405 271 745.
March 5, 2013 WEEKLY – YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE [ 27 ]
DANDENONG Male to share3BR house. Close to transport,schools and shops. $130 per weekincluding bills. ✆ 0470 657 082.
SharedAccomodation
DANDENONG Central, room tolet. Close to station and all amen-ities. Secure parking. $100pw.Please call Paul 0427 836 823.
ROOMS AVAILABLE Singlerooms. Gents only. 48 HammondRd/45 Hemmings St, Dandenong.Call John mobile: 0417 336 906.
SYLVIA'S DOG GROOMING15 yrs exp. Breed-clip, pet care inall breeds. Not a mobile service.
Ph: 9700 6030 / 0411 049 774.
Cranbourne /Narre Warren Area
3-4 Bedroom Cranbourne, 2Bedroom Narre Waren from$285pw. ✆ Ph: 5995 5454.
www.needaloan.net.au
To Let
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We Buy Houses Looking for houses to purchase in local area
by private investorsFor a fast solution to selling your house
Call Julie0405 678 489
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Health and Wellbeing
Houses andLand Wanted
Deaths
DUNSCOMBE, Jared JohnThe Mayor, Councillors,
Chief Executive Offi cer and Staff
of the City of Casey express their
sincere sympathy to John & Kathy
Dunscombe; two loving and dedicated
parents and to Jonelle and Adam.
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Massage Therapy
RESULTS GUARANTEED!PERSONAL TRAINING
Male or Female Trainer - Qualifi ed and ExperiencedActive Health & Fitness, Berwick
8786 8045www.personaltrainerberwick.com.au G5
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Full Body Massage
•• Relaxation & Deep Tissue
•• New Staff
Friendly & Welcoming
Shower facilities now availSpringvale South
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Trading WorldComputerServices
PC LAPTOP Mac, wireless,internet, network, virus etc. repair,23yrs exp. Charge $40-$120 neg.✆ 9769 2006 or 0401 018 489.
For Sale
FIRE WOODDry split Red Gum $280 per ton,
Dry split Yellow Box $350 per ton, Split Mallee Stumps $330 per ton,
Mountain Ash $250 per ton.Free delivery in the
Dandenong metro area.
Ph: 9706 4685/0419 304 555
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TOPSOIL FOR SALE
top quality, screened,
sandy loam, garden
and lawn mix,
pick up or delivered.
Ph: 0408 342 073G5838920AA-dc4Mar
Garage SalesBERWICK 13 Ashfield Drive,Saturday 9th March, 9am-6pm.Plants, jewelry and general itemsand much more.
RELAXATION MASSAGE 28Heyington Cr, Noble Park Nth.Shower available. 7 days, 10-7.Phone 0430 042 882.
Pets and Pet Care
General Factory WorkerLocal Dandenong company requires a full-timegeneral factory worker. Duties include working
with steel and general factory work.Must be familiar with tools.
Fax resumes to the attention of theManufacturing & Warehouse Manager on
9794 9298 or email [email protected]
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ProfessionalLand Surveyor
CAD drafting/field work - metro,casual. Phone 0407 332 269.
Resume ServicesCOMPETITIVE RATES All typingand resumes. High quality.Extensive experience. Please callMaureen 9700 7947/0430 430 620
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MATERIALS DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO YOUGREAT FLEXIBILITY - you choose your hoursALL AGES WELCOME(students, adults, retirees, groups, etc)NO EXPERIENCE REQUIREDVEHICLE AN ADVANTAGE, but not essential
DANDENONG Salvation Army,55 James Street, Saturday 9th
March, 8am-12pm. Furniture,clothing, books and bric-a-brac.Great bargains!
Situations Vacant
Bar/Waiter/BussieRequired
South Eastern suburbs. Call Jason
after 12noon 0415 593 193.
Situations Vacant
CarpentersQualified
Qualified Carpenters required.Must be willing to learn
manufacturing timber roof trussesin factory. Must be reliable withown ABN. All tools supplied.$25per hour. Own transport
required. Please send resume to:administrationtrussfab.com.au
or fax 9799 7779.
✭ Dancers Required ✭Excellent opportunities now exist
to join a great team ofentertainers at Club Shoop.
Experience is not essential astraining is provided. For more
information call Dem on:0402 267 911.
Situations Vacant
OFFICE JUNIORFor textile factory office work in
Doveton. Must have great phonemanner, good maths (year 12)
and be bright and cheerful.Youth rates apply.
Email application to
Part-Time Marketing/AdminAre you a marketing guru?
Part-time marketing position availfor exciting healthcare practice in
Pakenham. Varied role inc. specialevents, workshops, newsletters
and more. Some admin work alsoinvolved. Flexibility with hours.
Initially 10-14hr fortnight.Email cover letter & CV to Sue:
CatalogueDistributors
Wanted!
CatalogueDistributors
Wanted!Deliver catalogues &goods. Casual work -
close to home! Flexiblehrs- up to $300/wk
Tel: 1300 663 161G5837744
Tel: 1300 663 161G5837744
INBOUND/OUTBOUND TELEPHONE SALES ADVISORS
Metro Media Publishing, an established and fast paced publisher of suburban newspapers across Melbourne, is looking for full time telephone sales advisors. Inbound and Outbound sales positions are in our busy contact centre located in Dandenong.
Essential criteria:• Proven sales performer who thrives on challenge and results• A team player• Exceptional customer service and communication skills• Ability to work to deadlines• Highly developed organisational skills• Ability to work without direct supervision and use own initiative• Computer skills (45 wpm required for inbound position)
We are able to offer you:• A friendly, professional team• Modern, ergonomically designed call centre• The chance to broaden your sales, customer service and computer skills within our group• Ongoing training and the opportunity to develop your career
Interested applicants are invited to apply by sending resume to: [email protected] before Friday 8th March, 2013. G5844483AA-dc4Mar
Training and Career ServicesABN 68 060 230 391
Dandenong Forklift Licence& Training Centre
AUSTRALIAN EASY
TRAIN PTY LTD
Training and Testing available for:Forklift, Stockpicker, Dogman, Rigging, All Cranes,
EWP, Hoists, All Earthmoving, Construction Induction, Spotter’s & Working At Heights.
Xmas Special:$50 off all courses. Must have coupon.
Phone: (03) 9706 4881 orEmail: [email protected]
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CelebrationsTo advertise or place To advertise or place
your wedding photo your wedding photo
in this sectionin this section
contact one of our contact one of our
friendly staff onfriendly staff on
13 24 2513 24 25Marriage Celebrants
DESMOND DEVLIN Justice ofthe Peace, authorised Celebrant.Personalised ceremonies for alloccasions. Phone 9702 3235.
BRUCE SHAND JP. CelebrantCaring Weddings, Namings andRenewals. All areas 9879 6726.www.bruceshand.com.au
Motoring
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service. Also home of Koo Wee K9 Bootcamp Group
dog training.
Contact Carol Contact Carol 0412 076 0950412 076 095
Boats MarineSAVAGE CRAFT Mercury 25hb.13’ long, 5 person. 9 months rego.B A - 2 2 1. G o o d c o n d i t i o n .$2,500ono. SOLD.
Motorcycles and Scooters
All motorcycle mechanical & electrical repairsRoad Worthy Certifi cates
03 8794 80877,1 Vesper Drive Narre Warren Vic 3805
Visit our website for a full list of our quality serviceswww.whinnermotorcycles.com.au G5
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Car and Truck HireRENT & buy from $10 per day.Bad credit & pensioners welcome.From no deposit. No applicationrefused. Credit Lic Reg No:7E2967981. P lease phone03 9794 7171 or 0433 929 970.
Cars Newand Used
PLEASE NOTE:Private party sales areopen to negotiation,therefore statutory
charges may vary andare not included in
quoted prices.G5349525
Motor HomesDUCATL Motor home, 2005, oneowner, 2.8 diesel. 49,500kms,excel cond. $38,700. TVV-403exp 12/2013. Ph 9013 6214
Trucks Vans andUtilities
TOTOYA Landcruiser V8 ute, tur-bo diesel, 2008, blue, 75,000kms,full service history, $23,000. WRE-211 Phone 9028 7820.
Review your favoriteproperty
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Review the latestproperty trends
Assembly WorkerLocal Dandenong company requires a full-timegeneral assembly worker. Experience preferred
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Seagulls’ stocks boosted in the midfieldBY BRAD McGRATH
Eagles soaring: Tooradin-Dalmore coach Tom Hallinanhas not ruled out playing this season. Picture: Lucy Di Paolo
TOORADIN-Dalmore has beefed up its midfieldstocks with Aberfeldie captain Ryan Edwardsjoining the MPNFL Casey Cardinia League club.
The Seagulls have also secured the services ofMurray League star Brett Scarcella in anotherfillip for their midfield.
Seagulls coach Tom Hallinan said Edwardsand Scarcella had held coaching or leadershippositions at their most recent clubs.
‘‘They are quality people and good playerswho will give us some leadership as well,’’ hesaid.
‘‘Ryan comes from Aberfeldie in the A gradeEssendon comp and he was captain there.
‘‘Brett has moved to Melbourne from Tongalain the Murray League and has been an assistantcoach there for the past couple of seasons.’’
The Seagulls have also swooped on the servicesof Frankston YCW’s Chris Barker, who has beenthe dominant forward in the MPNFL PeninsulaLeague reserves competition, and Mulgrave’sMark Griffiths.
Barker played with the Seagulls in 2008-09and Hallinan believes he will play a role in thesenior team’s attack this year.
Griffiths played 15 senior games for the Lionslast year in the Eastern Football League division2 competition.
Highly rated Koo Wee Rup youngsters RyanEaton and Jessie Hands as well as Katani productJosh Brown have also joined the Seagulls.
Hallinan believes the trio all have the capabil-ity to play senior football despite two of thembeing eligible for the under-18 competition.
‘‘We are trying to bring a bit of sustainabilityand get blokes who will be around for a couple ofyears,’’ he said.
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Long road back for wounded BullBY ROY WARD
Kicking on: Noble Park’s Brad Scalzo can’t wait to get back on the field this season. Picture: Lucy Di Paolo
EVERYONE at the ground heard the sickening crackexcept the player whose leg had just snapped.
During the Eastern Football League’s showpieceQueen’s Birthday game between Noble Park and Bal-wyn at Balwyn Park last year, first-year Noble Parkrecruit Brad Scalzo attempted to fend off a tackle andcame out with a broken leg.
At first, the 25-year-old rover thought it was acorked calf but one glance at his leg told him theinjury was far worse.
“I remember pretty much everything from thatday,” he said.
“I got tackled. I thought it was a corky but as I gotup I thought ‘this is really sore’.’’
“Then I could feel my bones touching. I lookeddown and saw my leg at a funny angle and thought‘oh, no’ and just fell back down.
“I went straight into shock and didn’t feel a thinguntil they tried to move me. Everyone said they heardthat crack but I didn’t hear a thing.”
While the game was paused to allow Scalzo to becarefully carried off, the Bulls players came togetherand pledged to pull out all stops to beat their rivalsand win it for ‘Scalls’.
A few players even ran past and touched him on thehead as he was carried off, with the Bulls going on towin the match, an achievement which left the hospit-alised rover feeling pretty touched.
“I was getting updates all the time on my phone andI felt a bit emotional that they won it for me,” he said.
“We had a lot of guys out with injuries at that timeand we might have only had one player left on thebench.
“I was a bit under the pain drugs at that point but Iwas still really stoked. I just wished I was a part of it.”
What came next for the former Narre Warren starwas a horrific period of surgery, recovery and a six-month stint out of work as he couldn’t keep up hisduties as a carpenter.
“I’m up and down ladders all the time in my job so Iwas off for six months, just sitting at home,” he said.
Scalzo’s private insurance covered the majority ofhis surgery and physio costs but with the club andleague having, in Scalzo’s words “pretty crap insur-ance”, he was left to survive on Centrelink paymentsof $500 per fortnight and his own savings during hisrecovery.
“It was hell,” he said.One saving grace for Scalzo was that the Bulls did
everything they could to help him through his hardtimes, running a fund-raiser for him and severalraffles to help with his recovery.
“The club helped me as much as they could,” hesaid. “They had all these raffles and probably raisedabout $3000 for me which helped heaps.
“They didn’t wipe their hands of me even though Iwas only in my first year at the club.”
He said that while in hospital his teammates weredaily visitors, with 10-15 coming each day to keep hisspirits up.
Scalzo’s story is one of many which led to the EFLand its clubs revamping their insurance for this com-ing season, offering much greater protection for theirsemi-professional players, most of whom have workor study outside their football commitments.
“We pay about $40 a season and get much bettercoverage; it’s a shame we didn’t have it last year,”Scalzo said.
Just before Christmas, Scalzo got to come back totraining with the Bulls. At first he could only do thewarm-ups and some light running but gradually hehas graduated to doing full running and all the skillswork.
He has an appointment with his surgeon the weekbefore the EFL season starts and he hopes to get theall clear to return to “full contact” training and soonafter, get back to playing.
“It’s getting there slowly and I have no pain,” hesaid.
“As soon as the surgeon gives me the all clear I’ll beback to it and he reckons it will never break again, atleast in the spot I broke it, because of all calluseswhere it has healed.”
Scalzo optimistically wants to play in round onebut has already been told by his physio to look a littlefurther along the fixture.
“The physio said I’m no chance at round one but I
hope it will be soon after,” Scalzo said. “I’m kickingthe ball and everything like that, the only problem Ihave is making sharp turns because I get a pain abovemy knee, but it’s just a ligament which has become abit weak so I’m strengthening it with each session.”
After giving the Bulls a brief glimpse of his bestform in the weeks before his injury last season, Scalzowants to repay the club’s support with interest once hegets back on the field.
“I want to make an impact and play the style offooty I was playing before the injury,” he said.
“I had just come back from playing three years inQueensland on big grounds so I had only started toget used to the smaller grounds and more contestedplay of the EFL.
“I really just want to have an injury-free season andhave no complications — I think that is a pretty goodgoal to aim for.”
The EFL season begins on April 12.
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Wickersadd muscleBERWICK has significantly bol-stered its playing stocks ahead ofthe MPNFL Casey CardiniaLeague season.
The Wickers have added formerVAFA medallist and OakleighKrushers star Michael Harold andformer juniors Daniel and NickHarrison.
New Wickers coach RhysNisbett said the incoming playershad been targeted because theywere mature and big-bodied play-ers.
He said the Wickers were aimingto provide more support for theirexciting youngsters, who wereoften forced to play on bigger andstronger opponents.
‘‘We’ve purposely gone after afew guys with a little bit of heightand muscle around the ball,’’ hesaid.
‘‘That’s what we lacked — we’vealready got some of the best youngkids going around — so thisshould help them.’’
Harold will slot into the Wick-ers’ midfield while the Harrisonbrothers are likely to provide sup-port for Nathan Waite in attack.
Both can pinch hit in the ruck,which could become more import-ant if ruckman Vergim Faikdecides to join Noble Park, wherehas been training.
‘‘He has been training at NoblePark but we have definitely notlost him yet,’’ Nisbett said.
‘‘I spoke to him today and hehasn’t decided where he will playyet.’’
Nisbett said he will only tinkerwith the Wickers’ game plan aftertaking over the top job from DeanRice, who did not have his con-tract renewed.
‘‘We’ll add a few different thingsthat might work better for us andpicking up a couple of big blokesmight change how we play a bit,’’he said.
As for the million-dollar ques-tion of whether the Wickers can bethe team to challenge Narre War-ren’s and Cranbourne’s domin-ance, Nisbett was non-committal.
‘‘This is the challenge that is outthere for all teams. We respectboth of them and know that weneed to work hard if we are goingto beat them,’’ he said.
The MPNFL Casey CardiniaLeague begins on April 6 with aclash between Hampton Park andDoveton, with remaining round 1matches to be played on the fol-lowing Saturday.
— Brad McGrath
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INBRIEF
Cougars face tough taskBerwick City Cougars’ Summer
League baseball division 2 season
has gone from chocolates to boiled
lollies in a matter of weeks. The
Cougars were beaten 8-6 by
Springvale South to leave themselves
one game adrift of the top four with
one round remaining in the regular
season. For the Wayne Porter-
coached outfit to make the finals they
will need to record a convincing
victory over Werribee at Werribee on
Saturday. They would then need
Bonbeach and Mulgrave to lose, with
fourth spot to be decided by head to
head results and run differential.
Eagles in finals debutIn the Victorian Sub District Cricket
Association, Endeavour Hills
confirmed its debut in the first XI
finals after more than decade in the
competition. The Eagles earned a
home qualifying final and host
Coburg at Sydney Pargeter Reserve
this Saturday and Sunday. Minor
premier Oakleigh hosts Preston and
Plenty Valley is at home to Brunswick
in the other qualifying finals.
State team namedDandenong Rangers and Frankston
Blues have had players named in the
Victorian Metro women’s side for the
under-18 Australian junior
championships in Brisbane from April
20-27. Rangers forward Amanda
Meinking and Blues forward Samara
Hill were named in the 10-player team
while Knox Raiders pair Tia Hay and
Rachel Lucas were named as
emergencies. Bulleen player and
Croydon North resident Courtney
Collins was also named on the roster.
Kelly Breazeale from Hawthorn Magic
will coach the side and be assisted by
Melbourne Tigers’ junior coach
Matthew Dickins and Bulleen’s
Samantha Thornton. Vic Metro
under-18s will be going for their fifth
straight gold medal at the
championships.
Dream reined inCranbourne trainer Ray Besanko was
forced to scratch talented gelding
Red Inca from the Australian Guineas
at Flemington on Saturday, putting
his group 1 dream on hold. Late last
week Besanko announced that Red
Inca had shown signs of muscle
soreness after his last gallop before
the $500,000 Flemington feature. The
devastated trainer would have
saddled up his first group 1 runner in
the Australian Guineas, but the
$150,000 Bendigo Guineas (1400m)
is now looming as a potential option.
“It’s gut-wrenching because we
obviously have a pretty high opinion
of him, so we’re all pretty
devastated,” Besanko said.
Swans miss finals after pathetic batting effortCASEY-South Melbourne had its Premier Cricketfinals ambitions squashed in less than two hours onSaturday as Footscray-Edgewater took control atMervyn Hughes Oval.
The Swans were bowled out for 76 in just 38 oversas the faint glimmer of hope that had carried themover the past month was finally extinguished.
In reply, Footscray-Edgewater made a mockery ofthe supposed tough batting conditions to finish theday on 5-207 and in a prime position to push for anoutright victory.
‘‘We were pathetic,’’ Casey-South Melbournecoaching director Mark Ridgway said.
‘‘There was no application as normal — bad shots,
no one was prepared to work hard. It’s a first-daywicket so there was always going to be a bit in it.’’
The Swans’ batting line-up was demolished byLucas Dredge (3-16) and Tallan Wright (3-15) as theyfailed to place a high price on their wickets.
Nathan Freitag top-scored with 19. Seven batsmenscored under 10 and five failed to register a score.
Ridgway said the Swans had no excuses for theirpoor showing. Footscray-Edgewater has a chance ofleapfrogging Casey-South Melbourne on the ladder ifit secures maximum points this wee
‘‘I’m not a psychologist but it looks like their[Casey-South Melbourne’s] season is done anddusted — but if they lose outright they could finish
below Footscray and then it’s a bad season.’’The Swans’ batting has been their Achilles heel and
Ridgway said they desperately needed to find somebatsmen before next season.
But Ridgway said there had been some positiveswith the emergence of Freitag, Clive Rose’s stateselection and the continued good form of AndrewPerrin and Ash Perera.
Ridgway said he was a 70-30 chance of standingdown from his post at the Swans after almost quittingat the end of last season. ‘‘I’m undecided, with being aVictorian selector and with my ABC commentaryduties it might be time to step aside and let someoneelse come in.’’ — Brad McGrath
Scorps snapup Eagles starCRANBOURNE star MichaelBoland has signed with VFL teamCasey Scorpions.
The athletic prospect was yester-day compared to emerging Fre-mantle ruckman Zac Clarke byScorpions football manager Mat-thew Young.
Boland, 22, has played a variety ofpositions for the Eagles includingcentre half-back and ruck undercoach Doug Koop.
‘‘We targeted him at the end of lastyear and we’ve been watching himfor a few years now and he’s close toa couple of guys that play at theclub,’’ Young said.
‘‘He’s tall, he’s lean and our coach[Rohan Welsh] compares him toClarke from Fremantle.’’
The Scorpions are also on theverge of signing Casey-South Mel-bourne cricket captain Jake Best.
While Best’s cricket commitmentshave limited the amount he has beenable to train with the Scorpions,Young said he had shown enough toconvince the coaching staff he hadability.
Best booted 78 goals forLeongatha last year and was namedin the Gippsland team of the year.
Gippsland Power quartet TomFusinato, Darcy Irwin, Daniel Jack-son and Jarryd Drew have alsosigned with the Scorpions. JacksonAnderson, who is the son of formerScorpions premiership player andlife member Geoff, has also signedwith the Scorpions.
The Scorpions will have a signific-antly different line-up this seasonafter Melbourne coach Mark Neeldwielded the axe after their disap-pointing season last year.
VFL-listed regulars Dave Collins,Rian McGough and Matt Fieldsendhave also departed the club, whileWade Lees is suspended.
— Brad McGrath
Warning on ticket queuesBY BRAD McGRATH
Casey-bound: Melbourne’s Jack Grimes and St Kilda’s Sam Gilbert could lock horns again at CaseyFields on Saturday. Picture: Sebastian Costanzo
ORGANISERS are urgingfans to secure their tickets forSaturday’s Melbourne-StKilda NAB Cup clash atCasey Fields to avoid longqueues at the gate.
Game tickets were origin-ally going to only be pre-soldbut slow ticket sales, withjust 1000 sold 10 days ago,have forced the organisers tomake tickets available at thegate.
Organiser and Casey Scor-pions football manager Mat-thew Young said thousands offans attempting to buy ticketson the day could create delayson entry.
‘‘At our previous meetingthere were about 1000 ticketssold,’’ he said.
‘‘We’re hoping that as manypeople as possible turn upearly with the gates openingat noon.’’
Members of both clubs donot get free entry and willneed to buy tickets to gainentry.
Melbourne is hosting afamily day around the CaseyFields precinct from noon-2pm on Saturday with freerides and activities for chil-dren, autographs from play-ers who are not playing andmemberships and merchan-dise available to buy.
There is limited parkingavailable at Casey Fields for asmall fee and a shuttle bus ser-vice will run from Cran-bourne station.
Tickets are available fromticketmaster.com.au.
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1,2&3/8 William Street CranbourneNothing Is Better Than Brand New!Walking distance to ALL amenities. BRAND NEW & ready to move in with luxury fittings, ducted heating, remote garage, spacious kitchen with s/s appliances incl. dishwasher, landscaping, clothesline and so much more. Choice of 2 or 3 BRs, double or single garage.For Sale Price $325,000 - $335,000 EachInspect Saturday 12 noonAgent Kate Linden 0417 525 437
3 Ethel Turner Place LynbrookLuxury Lifestyle In Prestigious LynbrookExquisite 4 BR + study home, WIR, ENS & private balcony to master, 3 living areas & kids retreat, alfresco URL. Kitchen with s/s 900 upright cooker & island bench. Alarm system, intercom, ducted heating, evap. cooling, internal garage access, 710sqm block.For Sale Price Buyers Over $575,000Inspect Saturday 1:00pmAgent Adam Congiu 0400 760 873
10 Karri Drive CranbourneThis Location & Lifestyle Is Calling You!Within a stones throw away from brand new Springhill shopping complex. Featuring 2 large BRs, main with WIR, large bathroom, heating throughout, stunning timber flooring, modern kitchen, large living area & outdoor timber decking. Rear remote single garage.For Sale Price $270,000 Plus BuyersInspect Saturday 1:00pmAgent Kate Linden 0417 525 437
11 Peppercorn Court Cranbourne NorthPerfect Opportunity In The Ideal LocationCourtenay Gardens Estate, fantastic 3 BR property that has had new life bred into it. New floating floors, fresh paint work and a modern ducted heating system. Separate lounge and family meals area. Large backyard fully enclosed, 592sqm block in a court location.For Sale Price Buyers Over $285,000Inspect Saturday 11:00amAgent Demetrius Johnstone 0422 073 769
22 Cordia Avenue Botanic RidgeAbsolutely Brand New & Ready For You!!Brand new family home comprising of 4 BRs, separate powder room, generous sized kitchen with s/steel appliances, stone bench tops and walk in pantry, large meals and family area, sep. theater/rumpus room. Undercover alfresco, double garage plus rear access.For Sale Price $489,000Inspect Saturday 11:00amAgent Keith Sloan 0409 708 706
7 Calais Circuit Cranbourne WestThis Will Tick All The Boxes!Close to the brand new Marriott Waters shopping centre, transport & schools. 3 BR home, master with WIR & s/system cooling, central 2 way bathroom, lounge with gas heating & cooling, well appointed kitchen. Pergola with 6 seater spa, double garage & water tank.For Sale Price $299,000Inspect Saturday 2:00pmAgent Kate Linden 0417 525 437
22 Bluemist Circuit LyndhurstBeautiful Presentation In Marriott WatersSTUNNING 4 BR home featuring a practical stylish kitchen with a walk-in pantry, large master with WIRs & full ENS, other 3 BR’s with BIRs. Multiple living with separate lounge, landscaped outside entertaining. Double garage with remote & internal access.For Sale Price $440,000 - $459,000Inspect Saturday 1:00pmAgent Steve Mencev 0425 420 456
1 Hunt Club Boulevard Cranbourne EastBe Number One! In The Hunt ClubFeaturing 2 levels with ample living spaces, views of wetlands, landscaped gardens, outdoor spa, 4 BRs, full ENS, 3 toilets, extra guest shower, 3 living areas, separate meals & central kitchen. Double garage, ducted heating & reverse cycle cooling, alfresco area.For Sale Price Buyers Over $450,000Inspect Saturday 4:00pmAgent Adam Congiu 0400 760 873
9 Lahinch Grove CranbournePicture Perfect Family EntertainerModern 4 BR home in popular Brookland Greens Estate. Full ENS & WIR to master, beautiful kitchen meals area and a massive living area plus a large rumpus room. Outdoor entertaining, merbau decking, mains gas BBQ area, outdoor kitchen & a paved bar area, 673m2 block.For Sale Price $439,000 PlusInspect Saturday 3:00pmAgent Keith Sloan 0409 708 706
3 Joseph Banks Crescent CranbourneImmaculate Family Home On 726m2!Family room with open fire place, full ENS, quality floating floorboards, ducted heating & split system air con. Renovated kitchen with s/s appliances. Huge 726m2 block, garage/workshop large enough to run the home business plus an enclosed entertaining area.For Sale Price $335,000 PlusInspect Saturday 4:00pmAgent Keith Sloan 0409 708 706
5 Landau Court Cranbourne NorthA Solid Foundation For Your FamilyBoasting a large formal lounge/dining room, spacious kitchen & meals area, family living area plus a huge rumpus. 4 BRs, master with ENS & WIR, security system, side access, solar panels, ducted heating and evap. cooling. U/C entertaining area & 760m2 block.For Sale Price Buyers Over $330,000Inspect Saturday 1:00pmAgent Keith Sloan 0409 708 706
25 Jessie Street Cranbourne NorthGreat Opportunity - Must Be Sold!Courtenay Gardens Estate, this “FIXER UPPER” consists of 3 BRs, study with BIR or 4th BR, full ENS & WIR to master, multiple living areas, central kitchen and separate meals area. Huge concreted area outside with rear access from the double garage and side access.For Sale Price Buyers Over $320,000Inspect Saturday 11:40amAgent Adam Congiu 0400 760 873
2 Ogle Way Cranbourne NorthStunning 4 BR Home With All The ExtrasClose to Casey Central, 4 BRs, full ENS, separate parents retreat & a central kitchen with meals and open living area. Ducted heating & evap. cooling plus ducted vacuum. A LARGE rumpus with access to the backyard & alfresco. Internal access to the double garage.For Sale Price $395,000 PlusInspect Saturday 12 noonAgent Steve Mencev 0425 420 456
38 Mayfield Road Cranbourne EastLifestyle Now - Development Rewards LaterApprox. 2 acres, soon to be subdivided land (S.T.C.A) 4 bed + study, 2 living areas, modern kitchen, ducted heating & evap. cooling, coonarra, swimming pool & spa, decked outdoor area, huge pergola, 9 car garage/workshop, 4 car carport & 4 water tanks.For Sale Price Buyers Over $800,000Inspect By Appointment Agent Adam Congiu 0400 760 873
8 Oak Post Place Cranbourne EastImpressive Hunt Club GemQuiet court location, 3 BRs, full ENS, multiple living areas including formal lounge, floating floors & a central kitchen with an island bench. Gas heating, evap. cooling, alarm system & solar electricity. Double garage with internal access and a huge decked pergola area.For Sale Price $374,000Inspect Saturday 3:00pmAgent Adam Congiu 0400 760 873
1/11 Tinara Court Cranbourne NorthPremium Position & Premium Investment3 BR unit situated in a quiet court location, u/cover carport, master with double robes & walk through bathroom. Spacious kitchen, meals and lounge area, split system heating and cooling as well as gas heating, u/c outdoor entertainment area and good size backyard.For Sale Price $269,000Inspect Saturday 2:00pmAgent Keith Sloan 0409 708 706
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