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JANUARY 28 | 2013

monashweekly.com.au

EXPAT ANGELHONOURED

Pillar of the Indian community

TROUBLE IN THE ’HOOD

Jail threat in neighbour row

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[ 2 ] MONASH WEEKLY – YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE January 28, 2013

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‘Bad’ neighbour in courtBY DANIEL TRAN

AN Oakleigh South man is facing up to 12months in jail for repeatedly upsetting hisDevoy Street neighbours and disturbing thepeace.

Monash Council is prosecuting Greg Fosterfor a series of incidents allegedly involvinglighting fires outdoors, abuse, bad languageand threats against property.

Moorabbin Magistrates Court heard lastweek that Foster had already been given asuspended sentence over ‘‘violent behaviourtowards police’’.

Mathew Sherwell, for the City of Monash,said several witnesses who had moved out of

the street wanted the case heard immediatelyso that they could return. The court was toldFoster had breached good behaviour ordersfirst made against him in May 2011.

Under the Magistrates Courts Act, he couldbe jailed for up to 12 months for failing toabide by the orders.

‘‘This is a unique case,’’ Mr Sherwell said.‘‘It’s preventative justice. This is a long-running matter that has significance in thisparticular part of the municipality.

‘‘[In court are] three witnesses who are nolonger living in [their] premises but who arelooking to move back.’’

Foster said he no longer lived at the propertyand it was was now rented.

He objected to court records that he saidwrongly accused him of cultivating a mari-juana plant. A plant found at the property wasnot his. ‘‘I don’t take drugs,’’ Foster said.

He asked for an adjournment, saying hewanted to call up to five witnesses inhis defence, including his tenant and a neigh-bour.

Mr Sherwell opposed the adjournment. Hesaid Foster was aware of the case against him.

Magistrate Thomas Barrett said thatbecause Foster may be jailed, the case shouldbe adjourned so he could be represented by alawyer. ‘‘He’s entitled to more time,’’ Mr Bar-rett said.

He set a hearing date of May 3.

7 Faith championClergyman recognisedon Australia Day

10 Barbershop airsTroupe makes pitch fornew members

16 Picturing peaceExhibition of photo-journalism

COVER Expatriate Indian chef andteacher Krishna Arora is one of fiveMonash identities recognised in theAustralia Day honours. See page 5.

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22 All Blue skyWaverley Blueswelcome back stars

Here’s cheers: Peridot Theatre artistic director RobynKelly announces the group’s 2013 schedule. See page17. Picture: Sam Stiglec.Shops caught selling cigarettes to minors

Red handed: Tobacco retailers have been caught selling cigarettes to minors. Picture: Josh Robenstone/Australian Financial Review

MONASH Council has nabbedeight businesses that have beenselling cigarettes to minors.

But in a move that has disap-pointed anti-smoking cam-paigners, the council will onlyfine two of the stores, whichhave a history or complaintsagainst them for selling tobaccoto the underage.

‘‘There are so many smokersout there who wish they hadnever started their addictionwhen they were young,’’Monash mayor MicaelaDrieberg said.

QUIT Victoria’s acting chiefexecutive Luke Atkin said:‘‘One of the best things we cando to prevent teenagers frombeing in this situation is torefuse to sell them cigarettes.’’

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The Weekly welcomes letters no longer than 250 words. All letters are subject to editing and must include aname, address and phone number. Post: The Editor, PO Box 318, Dandenong 3175, or [email protected]. Post a web comment to any story at monashweekly.com.au.

Urban sprawlI want to strongly voice my anger and outrage —and that of many, many people in the City of Mon-ash and Mount Waverley community — over thevast and inappropriate developments of high-density and multi-storey developments coming upin our residential suburb.

These huge developments are a total eyesore andshould be disallowed within residential areas. I’mforever trying to comprehend the council state-ment: ‘‘This particular development is out of char-acter with the area and inconsistent with the city’splanning scheme’’. Well, which high density ormulti-residential development monstrosity is?Aren’t they all out of character? They only belongin the city (CBD) — that is, ‘same neighbourhoodcharacter’, —not the City of Monash and MountWaverley.

I know the council’s real focus is the rates incomefrom these developments — greed and bottom lineslook more attractive than inconsistent and inappro-priate neighbourhood character.

Residential housing is the one with one or twodwellings per site, the way it was always intendedto be from day one. High density and multi-storeydevelopments are sabotaging our neighbourhood

character. When or where will it stop?In time, we will regret what our neighbourhood

landscape and character has sadly become. I betthis goes nowhere, but at least it’s off my chest!

Peter, Mount Waverley

Re: Glen Waverley station to get PSOsIt makes me happy to have security guards there.I’m also a PSO security guard. I work for nationalprotective services but we don’t carry guns. I wishthe government would hire more security guardswith guns for other places. Putting PSO securityguards at shopping centres and chemists will be abig step forward. The PSOs are the first securityguards to have police powers. I hope that eventu-ally all security guards will have police powers.

Johnny Gaperthope

Re: Clayton mosque: Disquiet over planWhile I wholeheartedly support the due processthat applications such as these should go through,giving affected residents an opportunity to expressany concerns so they can be considered and, hope-fully, addressed, views such as those expressed byMonash Uniting Church chairman Richard Farrellhave no place being voiced in our society. I am

dismayed that someone in his position, supposedlyspeaking on behalf of a congregation that I wouldhave hoped embraced tolerance and compassiontowards others, could express such a narrow-sighted opinion. If Richard Farrell is concernedabout religious extremists, he need only look atsome of the atrocities perpetrated in the name ofthe Christian faith over the years.

MareeR

Re: ‘Flying rats’ no myna matterAll I can say is a big ‘‘well done’’. There is a lady inour neighbourhood who feeds them twice a day.There are about 50 to 100 and getting bigger. I needhelp, and now she is talking to the ravens! Whatcan be done?

Sam Birrell

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Payment of Rates In FullDue Friday 15 February 2013Ratepayers are reminded that the due date for the payment of rates in full for 2012/2013, is Friday 15 February 2013 (excluding those already paying by instalments). Original rate no� ces were issued 9 July 2012.

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AUSTRALIADAY

Number cruncher: John Adnams has been presented with a Medal of the Order of Australia. Picture: Wayne Hawkins

Five names bringhonour to MonashBY DANIEL TRAN

FIVE Monash identities have been recognised inthis year’s Australia Day honours, including84 year-old former chef and advisor to a genera-tion of expatriate Indian home cooks, KrishnaArora.

Glen Waverley’s Professor Marilyn Renfreewas named an officer in the general division ofthe Order of Australia for her work in biologyand contributions to the scientific community.

Monash University’s Gary Bouma was nameda member in the general division of the Order ofAustralia and Mount Waverley’s John Adnamsand Oakleigh South’s Brian Twite were presentedwith a Medal of the Order of Australia in thegeneral division.

Mr Adnams was recognised for his servicetowards the community, business and commerce.

Since retiring after almost 40 years as a banker,Mr Adnams has used his financial expertise toadvise small-business owners. He has worked asa business mentor for the Victorian BushfireRecovery Program and the Monash Business

Incubator Program in addition to being on thefinancial committee of the Girl Guides and actingas treasurer for Inner East Mental Health ServiceAssociation.

‘‘It’s a matter of giving back to the com-munity,’’ he said. ‘‘The community gave me somegood opportunities when I was in full-time workand I was only too happy to share those experi-ences with other people down the line.’’

Glen Waverley’s Krishna Arora was awarded aMedal of the Order of Australia for her service tothe Indian community.

During the crisis of confidence in the Indiancommunity over a series of attacks on its studentsshe was the deputy director of community ser-vices at the Federation of Indian Associations ofVictoria. In that role she provided support for asteady stream of students who found themselvesdistraught and scared.

‘‘I was so worried and I was so upset,’’ she said.‘‘I was thinking of all the parents over there inIndia. It was the most difficult time of my life. Iwent to four funerals.’’

She makes regular cooking appearances at the

Oakleigh Music Festival and has created a hot-line for confused cooks. It has been a godsend forsome newly arrived Indians who are lacking inculinary skills. ‘‘For a newly arrived person, it’s

very, very important they get in contact with theright type of people who will be able to...tellthem the little customs and traditions of Austra-lia and get on with life.’’

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More than 400 people became citizens at Monash’s Australia Day ceremony. One Oakleigh family of

new Australians was Gurpreet Kaur, Balbir Singh and (right) Manjit Kaur, pictured with mayor Micaela

Drieberg (centre). Monash residents celebrated Australia Day with barbecues, a historical exhibition,

bushwalking excursions and traditional music.

For more pictures go to monashweekly.com.au.

INBRIEF

Warning for hoonsPolice battling hoon culture in Monash are citing

the death of a Victorian man who lost control of his

car and died while doing ‘donuts’ as a warning to

drivers who descend on Oakleigh every Friday

night. Sergeant Colin Greenland of the

Nunawading highway patrol said the drag racing

along Princes Highway, Oakleigh, was a fatality

waiting to happen. ‘‘Some idiot can be doing a

burnout at an intersection or at a U-turn spot along

Princes highway and they can be putting on a

show for all the onlookers. Then all of a sudden

something goes wrong. A lot of the times these

people just do not think down the track as to the

consequence of their actions,’’ he said. Last Friday

week, police issued about 30 fines for offences

such as speeding, disobeying road rules, failing to

wear a seatbelts and using mobile phones.

Fines for non-votersResidents who failed to vote in the council election

in October will soon receive a failure-to-vote

notice in the mail. Non-voters who do not respond

to the notice or do not provide a sufficient excuse

will be fined $70. Voting in local government

elections is compulsory for voters on the state

electoral roll.

Warning on hoax emailsThe Australian Taxation Office is warning Monash

residents to be wary of hoax emails that claim to

be from the ATO. The emails ask recipients to

download an attachment or visit a website that will

distribute malware and steal their personal details.

Scammers can then use the information to lodge

false tax returns and use a victim’s credit card.

Asbestos alert for DIY jobsMasters Builders Australia is warning DIY

renovators to beware of asbestos while working

on their homes this summer. The organisation says

that about one third of houses in Australia have

asbestos. Acting chief executive Richard Calver

said: ‘‘In good condition, asbestos in a home does

not pose a serious health risk. However, issues

arise when asbestos containing materials are

disturbed during home renovations or DIY

projects. It is crucial to seek professional advice

before starting your next home project.’’

Freebies from councilEnergy-saving products such as fluorescent

lightbulbs, door seals, standby power controllers

and showerheads are now available to Monash

residents free from the council. Under a Live Green

with LESS program, residents can now book to

have the products installed in their homes in

February and March. The first 500 concession-

card holders are unlikely to be charged installation

fees and the council will cover their cost. Others

may need to pay up to $50 for the installation.

Details: 1300 781 998 or visit livegreen.com.au.

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Recognised: Professor Gary Bouma has been named a member in the general division of the Order of Australia.

BY DANIEL TRAN

FOR the past 45 years, the clerical collar hasbeen a part of Reverend Gary Bouma’s dailywardrobe.

On the streets of Harlem, New York, through-out the 1960s, it was a lifesaver during one of thecity’s most turbulent periods.

‘‘In the civil rights movement era, at its highpoint, clergy were seen to be on the side of civilrights,’’ Mr Bouma recalls. ‘‘Blacks in Harlemknew that you were likely to be on their side andso there was this sort of respect.’’

But in recent years things have changed.‘‘When I wear my collar in public now, people

look twice. That whole priest abuse thing getswashed down all of us now. That really angersme and disappoints me, but I understand it. It’salmost like you can see people sort of pullingtheir kids a little closer to them [because] there’s apriest over there.’’

Despite this, Mr Bouma says it’s easier to be aman of religion in this day and age. In his work asa professor of sociology at Monash University, he

has studied how religion has changed with soci-ety. ‘‘Religion has come back into the publicsphere. From about 1970 to 2000, it was muchharder and I really had to stand up against secu-larist pressure.’’

It is this work and his efforts towards in-terfaith dialogue that have brought him recogni-tion as a member in the general division of theOrder of Australia in this year’s Australia Daycelebrations.

Mr Bouma’s work in academia and religionspans three continents and more than four dec-ades. His field of speciality is the management ofreligious diversity and how it functions in society.

‘‘My calling as a priest and my calling as asociologist both are directed towards making thisplace a better place than it was when I enteredit.’’

At 71, Mr Bouma still works up to 70 hours aweek and shows no signs of slowing down. Hewill be going to Paris later this year as theUNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultur-al relations, a position he’s held since 2004.

He says: ‘‘Boredom is not on the agenda.’’

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Club man: Brian Twite still loves his golf. Picture: Wayne Hawkins

Instructor shoots abirdie in honoursBY DANIEL TRAN

THE only time Brian Twite put golf on hold wasduring World War II when he lied about his ageto join the British Royal Navy.

It was a feat for Mr Twite, who had lived on agolf course in Norfolk, England, and had beenplaying the game since he was five years old. By14, he was already on scratch — a handicap ofzero.

But he said his decision to join the armedforces at 16 ‘‘just made sense’’.

‘‘I had three brothers and sisters in theforces,’’ Mr Twite said. ‘‘There was one in thearmy, one in the air force and one in the ATS[Auxiliary Territorial Service], which is theladies’ army. So I thought I’d better join thenavy, make it a clean sweep.’’

For four years, his golf clubs gathered dustuntil he returned home. At 22, he started teach-ing the game he loved. That was more than 60years ago.

‘‘I’ve never lost a love for the game,’’ Mr Twitesaid. ‘‘My life was on teaching rather than play-

ing golf. I was a far better teacher than I was aputter. I wasn’t a very good putter in thosedays.’’

It is for his services to golf as a mentor andadministrator that Mr Twite has been awardeda Medal of the Order of Australia in the generaldivision.

‘‘All my love is spent teaching,’’ he said.The 86 year old has lived in Australia since

1955. He was the principal club professional atthe Metropolitan Golf Club in Oakleigh Southfor close to 40 years.

He said his biggest joy was teaching a72-year-old woman who had never attemptedany sport at all to play golf.

‘‘I get more fun out of that than teachingscratch golfers,’’ he said. ‘‘Scratch golfers don’tneed much teaching because they’re alreadythere. But the old people, like the 72 year oldwho never played in her life and she’s still play-ing, I get more love out of that than anythingelse.

‘‘What it really comes back to is helpingpeople to enjoy the game.’’

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Songstress: Lauris Marsh is a member of barbershop acapella group East City Sound. Picture: Lucy Di Paolo

BY DANIEL TRAN

UNTIL she joined East City Sound, Lauris Marshsung exclusively in her shower.

The Glen Waverley grandmother would haveloved to pursue music, but marriage and fourchildren at 30 meant that melodies had to take aback seat.

‘‘My children used to go mad because everytime they said something, if it was a line in asong, I started to sing the song,’’ she says.

When she and a friend saw an advertisement ina local newspaper for an all-female singinggroup, they seized the opportunity and dis-covered the East City Sound.

The Sound is a four-part acapella chorus thatsings in the barbershop style — without instru-ments, but with close harmonies.

The barbershop style was started in the UnitedStates by African American men who used to singas they waited to have their hair cut.

Barbershop songs are divided into four parts:tenor, lead, baritone and bass.

‘‘I just love the four-part harmony,’’ Mrs

Marsh says. ‘‘And I love the fact that I was goingto learn to sing better. I thought I could do it.’’

That was 18 years ago. Since then, Mrs Marshhas become one of the lead section singers withthe group.

Initially, singing barbershop was a challengefor a songstress whose only experience washymns and pop songs.

‘‘Because there’s no musical instrumentsbehind us, acapella singing has to be smooth withno disjointedness or you don’t get that flowingsound. Your voice is the musical instrument, soit’s a bit more of a challenge than normal choralsinging.’’

Members are also coached about properbreathing technique. ‘‘It’s doable, for your aver-age singer,’’ Mrs Marsh says.

East City Sound is inviting women of any ageto learn the intricacies of barbershop at a four-week introductory workshop starting on Febru-ary 28. The course, on Thursdays at St Stephen’sAnglican Church Hall in Bayswater, runs untilMarch 21. Cost: $5 a session. Details: Lauris,9803 2502 or 0419 338 034.

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A $66 SLUG on motorbike riders to pay forsafety schemes would be abolished under arecommendation from the parliamentary RoadSafety Committee.

And if it is not abolished, the committeerecommended closer scrutiny of the way theMotorcycle Safety Levy is used.

From May 2002 to July 2012 the levy hasraised $45 million through mandatory ridercontributions to the Transport Accident Com-mission, paid at the same time as motorbikeregistrations.

Riders are levied $66 with the annual regis-tration of their first motorbike with an enginecapacity above 126cc. Subsequent motorbikeregistrations in the same year are exempt fromthe levy, as are farm bikes and other specialitytypes.

Riders are the only group of road userslevied for safety.

Education and research projects used

$15.7 million of the collected levy and$27 million was spent on infrastructure such asinstalling anti-skid surfaces and clearing vege-tation for better visibility.

The committee was told that the outcomesof the levy needed better auditing.

Of the committee’s 64 recommendations, 12focused on the levy.

The inquiry also found allowing riders tomove to the front of traffic when cars arequeuing at traffic lights, known as ‘filtering’,could “benefit” motorcyclist safety, andrecommended investigation into the idea. It islegal to filter in New South Wales and overseas.

New technologies and countermeasureshave been suggested for road users to increasesafety. The committee found there was no starrating system for motorbike safety gear, despitea 1998 recommendation that VicRoads lookinto starting one.

It recommended star ratings that conform toEuropean standards should be brought inwithin two years and fully operational in threeyears.

‘Two wheelsno hazard’

Levy debate: Kat Gordon wants bikers to be treated the same as otherroad users.

MOTORCYCLISTS have welcomedthe parliament’s road safety commit-tee’s call to scrap the ‘discriminat-ory’ motorbike levy.

Kat Gordon (left), owner of SixtyDegrees Motorcycles in NottingHill, says the move to absolve ridersof a $66 levy to fund safety schemeswould be fairer.

‘‘It’s discriminatory,’’ Ms Gordonsaid of the charges. ‘‘We’re the onlyroad users who pay an additionallevy. They call it a ‘levy’. It’s really atax.’’

Riders pay $66 a year on top oftheir registration.

She also welcomed a recommend-ation to make filtering legal in Vic-toria.

‘‘Filtering doesn’t pose a dangerbecause we’re only moving throughstationary traffic.

‘‘It’s safer for motorcyclists to beaway from cars. I’ve been hit by acar twice because car drivers don’tsee motorcyclists a lot of the time.’’

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Smoke and mirrors: Businesses in Monash have been caught selling cigarettes to minors. Picture: Angela Wylie/The Age

BY DANIEL TRAN

‘... it would be even better ifthat testing was backed upby financial penalties for allretailers who do thewrong thing.’ —Luke Atkin

EIGHT Monash businesses have been caughtillegally selling cigarettes to minors.

In a sting aimed at stamping out the sale ofcigarettes to the underage, Monash Councilhired a 16-year-old boy to buy cigarettes from 20local businesses.

But the council’s crackdown failed where itcounted, say anti-smoking campaigners whoclaim Monash was not tough enough with thepenalties imposed.

Eight stores sold cigarettes to the teen but onlytwo will be fined $563. One, in Mt Waverley, hada record for selling to minors. The second, inGlen Waverley, had complaints against it for sell-ing to underage buyers.

The other six stores will receive a letter threat-ening fines if they re-offend. Monash Councilrefused to identify the offending retailers.

QUIT Victoria’s acting executive director LukeAtkin said it was disappointing to see almost halfthe retailers tested were selling cigarettes tominors. ‘‘It’s great to see the City of Monash con-

ducting compliance testing, but it would be evenbetter if that testing was backed up by financialpenalties for all retailers who do the wrongthing,’’ he said.

Monash Council has also asked the federalgovernment to investigate the Glen Waverleystore for selling cigarettes in breach of plain-

packaging laws.The council said the cigarettes sold at the Glen

Waverley store came in a regular pack with‘‘Asian writing’’. It appeared to be imported.

Monash mayor Micaela Drieberg said asimilar exercise in 2012 found no retailers willingto sell cigarettes to minors. “We’ve got to do

what we can to uphold the law and stop the sup-ply of cigarettes to young people,” Cr Driebergsaid.

‘‘We can’t allow a retailer to bypass laws thatare in place to discourage smoking.

‘‘We don’t want our young people to go on andjoin the ranks of the 15,000 Australians who dieeach year from smoking related diseases.’’

Mr Atkin said that despite teenage smokingbeing at an all-time low, a survey in 2011 showedthat one in five teenage smokers in 2011 boughttheir previous cigarette themselves.

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FEATURESTORY

Cranbourne firefighters David Prowse, Christine Burns, Alisha Black and Lee Bostock. Picture: Rob Carew

Hooked on the heatVictoria volunteer firefighters arefacing one of the mostdangerous fire seasons in years.What motivates people to puttheir lives on the line to protectstrangers? CATHERINEWATSON reports.

Thursday, January 3 . . . a lazy morning. Thefirst call didn’t come in until after midday —an airconditioner in a Cranbourne house

had caught fire. On their way back to the station,the crew saw smoke: a classroom was on fire nearthe Sikh temple in Evans Road, Lyndhurst.

The next call came in while they were stillthere: a large grass fire was threatening a newhousing estate in Cranbourne East. It took acouple of hours to extinguish, then they stayeduntil 8pm blacking out every ember because thenext day was a day of total fire ban.

That same day there were also two falsealarms, a call to rescue a toddler locked in arapidly heating car and a couple of otherincidents Lee Bostock, first lieutenant of theCranbourne CFA, can’t recall. ‘‘Nine calls in all.The pager didn’t stop all day.’’

By the following Tuesday he and fivecolleagues — Dave Prowse, Craig Dunlop, AleciaBlack, Christine Burns and Peter Quill — were inPortland, along with hundreds of CFA volunteersfrom around the state, fighting a large grass firethat had been burning out of control for severaldays. They spent four days — a large chunk ofannual leave for most of them — back-burningscrub country, surrounded by smoke and haze,enduring temperatures in the mid-30s. At nightthey slept in a dormitory in a Hamilton boardingschool.

Before you start feeling too sorry for Bostockand the others, consider this: they regret none ofit. As Dave Prowse, second lieutenant atCranbourne, puts it: ‘‘All the training we do paysoff in those situations on the fireground. We aredoing things that the general Joe Blow from offthe street doesn’t know how to do. I reallyenjoy it.’’

The 55,000 CFA volunteers throughoutVictoria all have their own reasons for joining —for some it’s a desire for excitement; others seek acloser connection with their community. Interest-ingly, all the volunteers the Weekly spoke toinsisted they got at least as much out ofbelonging to the CFA as they put in.

The thought of fighting fires in 40-degreetemperatures is enough to make most of us turnon the airconditioner and take a cold shower. LeeBostock says they build up stamina during thetraining so they don’t really notice how hot it iswhile they’re fighting the fires. ‘‘You’re OK aslong as you keep the fluids up. Afterwards youmight say – ‘Geez, it’s hot’, but you don’t noticewhile you’re focused on what you’re doing.’’

As first lieutenant, he’s the brigade’s striketeam leader, in charge of all the volunteer crews.“I take them away and I make sure they come

home again. I’ve never lost anyone and I intendto keep it that way.’’

Spoken just a couple of days after the death ofa Victorian firefighter in Tasmania — the seconddeath of a volunteer firey so far this summer —the words hold extra import. “It’s a reminderthat what we do is dangerous,’’ Bostock says.‘‘You’ve got to watch what you’re doing and bevery aware.”

He says this year’s conditions are horrendous.“The grass is 100 per cent cured all over the state.If you drove up to the Dandenongs now youwould be in horror. It’s the environment they livein. It’s the same every time — Ash Wednesday,Black Saturday — you can tell people but it’s thesame old, same old: ‘We’ll be right. We won’t getburnt out.’

“We won’t be putting our lives at risk to go inand save houses. If it’s not safe, we won’t bethere. Our crew is the first priority.”

Even caution and the best preparation provideno absolute guarantees. In 2004, Bostock and astrike team largely made up of Casey crews werefighting the Sydney fires when they were caughtin a firestorm.

‘‘It was 19 degrees and no wind — and then wecould hear the fire rumbling through the valleylike a jumbo jet. It came up the hill very fast. Oneof our members thought he’d lost a couple ofcrew but they were sheltering behind a building.It was a pretty hectic two hours. We were verylucky to get out alive. We put away a few thatnight.

‘‘We talked about how it crept up on us. Itcertainly brought the crew together. It was thebest strike team I’ve been involved with. A lot ofthem stepped up to become strike team leaders ofother brigades — Langwarrin, Narre Warren,Hastings. I still see a lot of them.’’

Talk to firefighters and it’s the camaraderiethey mention most: the team effort, the trust, theexhilaration of going into battle together and thesense of satisfaction afterwards.

Shane Miller joined the Scoresby brigade in theearly 1980s and went to his first major fire — atWannop Chemicals in Knox — soon afterwards:“It was so big and so exciting. I was hooked.”

But it’s the friendship that’s most important forhim. He met his best man in the brigade and theyboth met their wives through it. Mind you, itwasn’t all sunshine and light. After he’d been inthere four or five years, his wife, Deborah, gavehim an ultimatum: “It’s me or the brigade”.Wisely, he chose her but in 1997, following thebig fires that hit the Dandenongs, he rejoined atClematis.

Now captain there, he runs a security businesswith his son Jarryd, who is also a member of theClematis brigade. When big fires are on, theytake turns at doing fire brigade stuff and takingcare of business. “I’m lucky I can bear the cost.It’s a choice — I don’t have to do it,’’ Miller says.

Ask CFA volunteers if they would like to bepaid for the time they spend fighting fires and theanswer is unanimous: no. Miller says it woulddestroy the vibe. “You would just be a paid

employee.” Dave Prowse says: ‘‘I think paywould ruin it.’’

Every time he goes away on firefighting duties,he spends the next few days catching up in hiswindscreen business. He also loses jobs, but he’sprepared to wear the cost. “It’s something I lovedoing. Lee Bostock agrees: ‘‘I don’t do it formoney.I wouldn’t take it. I feel I want to putsomething back into the community.’’

The manager of Berbec, a manufacturingcompany in Carrum Downs, Bostock says he’svery fortunate with his employers, who pay himwhen he is away firefighting. “They realise we’reneeded to fight fires. Employers don’t get therecognition they deserve for letting theiremployees go.’’

Berbec owner Chris Beattie has a different takeon it. ‘‘Lee is my second in command. Hebasically runs the place for me. He runs it likeclockwork and I have no doubt this is at leastpartly due to skills he’s learned with the CFA.They are brilliant teachers.’’

Beattie only wishes more employers could seethe value in their employees volunteering. ‘‘Iknow there are a lot of volunteers in the CFAwho don’t get paid by their employers. Therehave even been cases of termination over theyears, which is disgraceful.’’

John Schauble joined the CFA in 1982 whenvolunteers had to buy their own overalls andboots, unless they could scrounge hand-me-downs from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. Hesays the days of the 20-30-year veterans likehimself are almost finished. “If you get five yearsout of someone now, that’s good.’’

Now captain of the Sassafrass brigade, helikens it to running a small business in your sparetime. ‘‘You’ve got the same issues — humanresources, the cost of members you lose, thetraining costs. It’s very much about what you cangive the volunteers: transferable job skills such asvehicle driving, chainsaw operation, how to runa meeting effectively.”

Cranbourne is now a semi-urban brigade, withsome professional staff, but it is still part of arural movement. Christine Burns joined thebrigade about four years ago but the Portlandfire was her first time in a strike team. They weresome way from the fire front so it was not dan-gerous work; rather hard and monotonous – butimportant. There is one image she will never for-get. “You go through the country towns andthere are people clapping,’’ she says, still in awe.

‘‘They stand and count the trucks as theygo past.”

FIGHTINGFORCE

Victoria’s Country Fire Authority

■ 1221 brigades (178 urban, 908 rural).■ 55,137 volunteers ( 44,101 men,11,036 women).

■ 38 CFA volunteers have died in actionsince 1980.

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Peace: An Occupy Wall Street protester is photographed by Ashley Gilbertsonduring the protests of 2011.

War and peace:in epic imagesBY SOPHIE BOUSTEAD

ANEW exhibition reflecting on the complex subject of ‘peace’will open next month at the Monash Gallery of Art .The exhibition, from the Australian photography collective

Degree South, will feature images from Australian photojournalistsTim Page, Ashley Gilbertson, Stephen Dupont, Ben Bohane, MichaelCoyne, Jack Picone and the late Sean Flynn, the US-born son of ErrolFlynn.

The photographs tackle the topic of peace in the face of conflict,with scenes from the Vietnam war, the war in Afghanistan andOccupy Wall Street demonstrations.

‘‘A lot of the photos refer to conflict,’’ said gallery director ShauneLakin, ‘‘But for the photographers they reveal moments of peace ortranquillity in the face of war. After decades of covering war they weretired of conflict.’’

Actor Jack Thompson, famous for his roles in films such as SundayToo Far Away, will open the exhibition on February 16.

‘‘Jack himself has a commitment to peace,’’ Lakin said, citing theactor’s role in establishing an orphanage for Khmer children and adocumentary he made about the effects of war upon Cambodian chil-dren. ‘‘A generation of incredible conflict strangely hasn’t affected usmuch here. Maybe we need to think about what it means.’’

There are also communities in the City of Monash who have been

affected by conflict and the exhibition is equally as important forthem, Lakin said.

‘‘It’s not very contentious, it’s not a political exhibition. It tends tobe more personal. When I look at some of the photos I do feelhope . . . a possibility for people to find happiness.’’

Details: mga.org.au

Tennis day: The Glen Waverley Tennis Club is holding an

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Place, Glen Waverley. Free coaching, a sausage sizzle and

prizes. All welcome. Details: Paul, 0419 553 827.

Inner peace: A free meditation workshop is at 1.30pm on

Saturday, February 16, at the Wheelers Hill library meeting

room on 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill. Details:

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Hole in one: Oakleigh Veterans Golf Club is looking for new

members to join them on the green on Tuesday and

Thursday mornings at the Oakleigh Public Golf Course.

Prospective members who are aged 55 or over are

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John 9579 5362 or Bill 9807 7715.

Parents wanted: Wesley Mission is calling for Monash

residents with a spare bedroom to become volunteer foster

carers for children and young people. Training and support

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Local lessons: Pilates classes are held on Mondays,

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Plotting an action-packed season

Artistic license: Robyn Kelly works with Lachlan O’Connor, the stage manager for the first play. Picture: Sam Stiglec

BY DANIEL TRAN

WHAT do a cleaning lady, an order ofnuns, a well-to-do English family andBette Davis have in common? Not much,

except the stage they will be sharing this year.The Peridot theatre has announced four major

productions and a range of one-act plays for its2013 season.

Artistic director Robyn Kelly says this year’sline-up is diverse.

‘‘We have quite a full program,’’ she says.From February 8, residents can visit Peridot

Theatre in Mount Waverley to see Busybody, acomedy about an office cleaning lady who finds adead body on her rounds.

‘‘When she rings the police and the policearrive, the body is missing. There’s lots of twistand turns. It’s got suspense as well as humour.’’

In May, the theatre will take on Nunsense, amusical comedy about the Little Sisters of Hobo-ken who raise money to bury their colleagues byputting on a talent show.

‘‘It’s not very often that we take on musicalsbut Nunsense is hilarious. It requires five very

experienced actors,’’ Kelly says.By the end of winter, the theatre will be show-

ing The Wisdom of Eve, a drama about NewYork’s theatre world that was made into a filmstarring Bette Davis.

The year will be rounded out with Easy Virtue,a play about a well-to-do English family whodiscover their son has married an older womanwith a past.

‘‘The family, especially the mother, is abso-lutely horrified and is frightened of all the scan-dal that it’s going to bring,’’ Kelly says.

This year locals wishing to further their stage-craft can take part in an acting workshop held bytheatre veteran Helen Ellis. Plans for a director’sworkshop are also in the works.

In September, Peridot will also be holding adrama festival, including a competition with tro-phies and cash prizes.

‘‘We have up to about 20 plays from compan-ies all over Victoria and interstate who come intothe city of Monash and present their one actplays,’’ Kelly says. ‘‘It’s open to the people ofMonash to come along and see what we canprovide for their community.’’

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Lifting the lid on power and efficiencyDerek Ogden and Ewan Kennedy road test the Ford Focus ST

Best of both worlds: Ford’s Focus ST is a hot hatch with ‘cool’ fuel economy.

Ford’s EcoBoost engine technology, found ina range of Blue Oval product from the Fiestalight car to the Falcon large family sedan,

deserves more attention than it’s getting from theAustralian car-buying public.

Truly a technological tour de force, theEcoBoost engine in all its capacities has matchedperformance and fuel efficiency in a mannerunchallenged by most rivals. With the latestmodel to make use of the system — the Focus ST— maybe all that is about to change.

Making use of Ford’s EcoBoost technology, theFocus ST — for Sport Technologies, or SportsTuning — is powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinderturbocharged engine pumping out 184kW ofpower and 360Nm of torque.

If EcoBoost has been hidden, the same cannotbe said about the ST packaging, which has anunmistakable look about it. The car immediatelypresents its sporty credentials with a blacktrapezoidal grille incorporating red ‘ST’, bi-xenon HID headlamps, daytime running lightsand static cornering lights.

Side skirts, a bold rear roof-mounted spoilerand centrally located twin tailpipes bring downthe curtain on the complete hot hatch.

Keyless entry opens the door to an ST cabinwith soft-touch surroundings — always a sign ofquality. Occupants can settle into body-huggingseats covered in black leather .

Up front, seat features include length adjust-ment and cushion tilt, while an all-new rearbench, made with special foam, ensurespassenger comfort is not compromised.

In full sports car operation, the Focus ST iscapable of the sprint to 100km/h from standstillin 6.5 seconds. However, the car has an Ecomode. A display scores the driver for fuelefficiency.

Brakes on the test car took time to get to gripswith, being as sharp and attentive to pedalmovement as the clutch. The suspension is in har-mony with the active safety features of the car,having upgraded shock absorbers and springs.

Prices start at $38,290, not including govern-ment or dealer delivery charges.

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Blues unearth wealth of talentBY ROY WARD

Hayes maybe: Waverley Blues’ 2012 best and fairest winner Mitch Hayes is training with VFL club PortMelbourne but may return to the Blues. Picture: Wayne Hawkins

FORTUNE looks to be in Waverley Blues’ favourahead of the 2013 Eastern Football Leagueseason.

Three former Blues senior players havereturned from overseas travel — two-time best-and-fairest winner John Hindson and premier-ship players Beau Rawlyk and Jacob Bailey —while former Tasmanian State League playersNat Martin and Nathan McCulloch from NorthHobart have come to study in Melbourne.

After missing all of last season due to injury,playing assistant coach Chris McCarty is alsotraining well and is rated as the fittest player onthe club’s list.

New Blues coach Brett Davidson said his sidehad also attracted Luke Williams from SouthWarrnambool and a few recruits from Pearce-dale.

He said the Blues had received a few luckybreaks over the off-season.

‘‘The two Tassie boys contacted us becausethey were looking for a football club close totheir university,’’ he said.

‘‘Both played senior footy for North Hobartand look like they can play.

‘‘Ryan Tily is looking fit and keen after comingback from Ashwood halfway through last seasonwhile several players are doing full preseasonsafter being injured.’’

Reigning Blues best and fairest Mitch Hayesmay not play with the Blues this season afterbeing invited to train with VFL club PortMelbourne, while Charlie Ampt is training withVFL club Box Hill.

Key forward Thomas Harley is expected tojoin VAFA club Old Carey.

Davidson said Hayes and Ampt deserved theirchance to progress to the VFL and he was confid-ent both would return to the Blues if they missedout on a VFL place.

‘‘They have both gone into good trainingregimes and they will come back if they don’tmake the lists,’’ he said.

‘‘If we do lose them then we think we havecovered them with the recruits we have got in.’’

Davidson said the club had booked practicematches against VAFA club St Mary’s Salesian,SFL club East Brighton and EFL division 3 clubGlen Waverley Hawks. The Blues v Hawks

match will be played as a night or twilight matchon April 4, most likely at Mount WaverleyReserve.

Blues preseason training continues with

55-60 players regularly at training.‘‘We have been back for two weeks now, the

numbers are good, the enthusiasm is great,’’Davidson said.

INBRIEF

Soccer fixturesFootball Federation Victoria fixtures for all senior

grades have been released. The FFV restructured

the leagues below the Victorian Premier League

late last year to simplify its competitions and

reduce the length of travel for most teams. The

newly structured State League competitions now

have all fixtures released and available for viewing

at the FFV website.

Tennis funGlen Waverley Tennis Club will host its annual club

open day on Sunday, February 10, starting at

11.30am. The club will provide free tennis

coaching, a free sausage sizzle, prizes and

giveaways. The day will have activities for all ages

and demonstrations of workout program Cardio

Tennis. Glen Waverley Tennis Club is located at

3 Aquatic Place, Glen Waverley, at the rear of the

Monash Aquatic Centre.

For more information phone Paul Bowman on0419 553 827.

Positive vibes greet District’s new coachNEW Oakleigh District playing coach ScottChalwell believes his side will once againchallenge for the Southern Football League divi-sion 2 premiership.

Oakleigh District lost last year’s grand final inthe final minutes and then lost former SydneySwans star and respected coach Steven Wrightlate in the year after a dispute with a group ofsenior players.

Wright had led the side to the grand final andwon the AFL Victoria coaches association seniorcoach of the year award.

The 27-year-old Chalwell, a former Bright

assistant coach, will fill a role in Oakleigh Dis-trict’s forward line as well as coaching the teamfor the next two seasons.

He said he looked forward to the challenge ofleading the side and had seen nothing butpositive things since coming to the club.

He said the majority of his senior players hadremained at the club and he hoped several friendsfrom Bright and other clubs in the Ovens andMurray Football League would join him.

‘‘The direction the club is going in looks great;they really look steady,’’ he said.

‘‘The core group is there and from the

vibe around the club things look really good.’’Chalwell, who works in Melbourne as a

physical education teacher, said he had made themove to the club after good mates Jake andDylan Amalfi told him about the role.

‘‘We had always wanted to play together andwhen the coaching job came up I managed to getan interview and then got the job.

‘‘A few boys who I used to coach in under-18smight be coming as well, as they study inMelbourne, but they won’t be back in town for acouple of weeks.’’

— Roy Ward

Falcons recruitWNBL stalwart

New Falcon: Forward Brigitte Ardossi. Picture: Colleen Petch

WAVERLEY Falcons have added much-neededsize and strength to the women’s team before theBig V state championship season begins.

The Falcons have signed WNBL star BrigitteArdossi, who plays with the Canberra Capitals.

The Falcons featured a team of players from itsyouth league side last season and pushed severalleading teams under the direction of coach EliasPalioyiannis.

Ardossi is averaging about 12 points and sixrebounds this WNBL season.

Falcons general manager Mike Bullock said hewas ecstatic to secure a player of Ardossi’s stand-ard to mentor her young teammates.

“We are thrilled to recruit Brigitte as she hasbeen outstanding for Canberra Capitals in theWNBL this season, ’’ Bullock said.

“Her experience will assist our young teamand in particular the young talls.”

Ardossi played for the Altona Gators indivision 1 last Big V season, averaging 18 pointsand 10 rebounds.

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Oaks have a little hiccupBY ROY WARD

SOME people believe an undefeatedteam needs a loss heading into a finalscampaign.

Don’t count Oakleigh playersamong them — the Oaks were disap-pointed with their efforts in their firstloss of the season on Saturday.

The Oaks lost to Plenty Valley by76 runs at AK Line Reserve, Bundoorasnapping their undefeated run, whichhad stretched from the start of theVictorian Sub District Cricket Associ-ation season.

The Oaks fell to 3-14 in the earlyovers and never recovered, with themiddle and lower order largely unableto form the partnerships needed tochase down Plenty’s first innings scoreof 210.

Oaks captain Jarrod Travaglia (34)and Matthew Naughtin (14) looked achance to form a game-changing part-nership after making 39 for the fifthwicket before Naughtin’s dismissal.

Justin Jaensch (4-31) and John Mal-kin (3-5) were the best bowlers forPlenty Valley.

Oaks coach Brendan McGuinnesssaid his side was disappointed to loseand had some things to work onbefore the finals series.

‘‘A lot of people say it’s good to get aloss out of the way but I don’t neces-sarily agree,’’ he said.

‘‘Winning form is just as importantheading into the finals, so we need toget back to it when we face Balwynthis round.’’

McGuinness said he was confidenthis side could chase down the total atthe start of the day.

‘‘We knew we had to get off to apositive start and keep wickets in theshed.

‘‘Unfortunately, a combination ofpoor shot selection and some goodbowling put us on the back foot andwhen you’re seven or eight wicketsdown at tea it’s impossible to continueon and get the momentum needed toget that total.’’

McGuinness said the Oaks wouldgo back to the drawing board thisweek and improve on the areas that letthem down against Plenty Valley.

‘‘We will take a lot of lessons out of

this game and make sure the playersknow what they have to work onheading into the next few weeks.’’

In other matches, Mount Waverleylost to Endeavour Hills by 18 runsat Mount Waverley Reserve onSaturday.

Chasing the Eagles’ 284, MountWaverley’s Navin Perera (94) lookedcapable of taking his side to victorybut his dismissal and four run-outs,three from tail-enders, left the homeside short as they were bowled out for266.

The Oaks host Balwyn at WarraweePark starting at 1pm this Saturdaywhile Mount Waverley visits Ivanhoeat Ivanhoe Park.

VSDCA LADDER: Oakleigh 51

points, 1.54 per cent; Plenty Valley

45, 1.28; Brunswick 39, 1.09; Box Hill

33, 1.19; Noble Park 33, 1.04; Bays-

water 31, 1.07; Preston 30, 1.01;

Endeavour Hills 30, 0.81; Coburg 28,

0.76; Balwyn 27, 1.14; Kew CC 27,

1.07; Ivanhoe 24, 0.93; Mt Waverley

15, 0.75; Croydon 15, 0.70.

Happy Tigers: Richmond playerscelebrate a wicket against Hawthorn-Monash University during a 4th XI matchon Saturday. Picture: Wayne Hawkins

No let-up for Hawksas Tigers hit the pedalRICHMOND took full advantage ofits big first-day total to defeatHawthorn-Monash University out-right at Central Reserve on Saturday.

After compiling 3-356 on the firstday, then getting a late wicket, theTigers maintained the rage when playresumed on Saturday.

They dismantled the Hawks inningswith Steve Garrett taking a wicketwith the first ball of the day. TheTigers bowled the visitors out for 68,then sent them back to follow on.

The Hawks proved more resilient intheir second innings making 105 from37.5 overs as the Tigers took an out-right win by an innings and 189 runs.

The Tigers earned the result withoutcaptain Allan Wise or stand-in captainCameron White. Wise was injured andWhite was chosen for the Victorianside.

Tigers seamer Dylan Allsopp (2-16and 3-26) proved difficult to handle allmatch as did Garrett (4-17 and 1-6).

It was an important match for Gar-rett, who moved to the Tigers in theoff-season after several years of suc-cess in the Ringwood District CricketAssociation with South Warrandyte.

He made 47 not out in the firstinnings, partnering with White (229

not out) to make an unbeaten 169-runpartnership, then took wickets in bothinnings.

Rob Keogh had 34 in the secondinnings for the Hawks.

Richmond next visits MelbourneUniversity while Hawthorn-MonashUniversity hosts Casey-South Mel-bourne at Monash University. Bothmatches start this Saturday at noon.

PREMIER CRICKET LADDER:Melbourne 67 points, 1.67 per cent;

Prahran 60, 1.41; Ringwood 53, 1.25;

Richmond 51, 1.86; St Kilda 51, 1.40;

Carlton 49, 1.08; Dandenong 41,

1.38; Melbourne Uni 41, 1.07; Fitzroy

Doncaster 38, 1.12; Frankston Penin-

sula 38, 0.94; Geelong 37, 0.88;

Casey-South Melbourne 31, 0.74;

Footscray Edgewater 27, 0.92;

Camberwell Magpies 27, 0.78; North

Melbourne 26, 0.72; Essendon 12,

0.65; Haw-Monash Uni 12, 0.65;

Northcote 9, 0.52.

— Roy Ward

Cavs find the sweet spotREIGNING premiers Cavaliers wenton a run feast against Mt WaverleyCatholics on the first day of round 9in the SCL Menzies Shield.

Losing only five wickets, the third-placed Cavaliers amassed a mam-moth 5-427 with MatthewChelvararatnam top-scoring with128 and Angelo Fonseka contribut-ing 126 not out.

Mt Waverley Catholics, fifth onthe ladder, could find its finals hopesall but all dissipated.

Perennial finalists Glen Waverleysuffered a rare batting collapse withits opponent and competition leaderToorak-Prahran having alreadytaken first innings points.

The Glen had no answer to TimGobbo’s bowling as he finished with5-43.

Notting Hill Brandon Park’s bats-men had a rare day out, scoring 313against Chadstone Harlequin.

A victory to the combine will go along way to ensuring it remains inthe Menzies Shield section followingits less than successful 2012-2013campaign.

Menzies Shield: Salesian Old Boys

173 (C Herft 62, E Maillard 43,

S Rind 39, B Waas 4-29, T Talbot

3-42) v St Paul’s Glen Waverley

2-61 (Bennett 30), Mt Waverley

Catholics v Cavaliers 5-427 (M

Chelvaratnam 128, A Fonseka

126no, D Ferdinands 62, N Warna-

kula 31) Chadstone Harlequin 0-2 v

Notting Hill Brandon Park 313 (C

Baldwin 104, P Gurr 86, J Stanton

5-71), Mt Waverley Uniting 222 (G

Woodhead 64, M O’Donoghue 53,

B. Dix 35no) v St James Malvern

Valley 0-4, Toorak-Prahran 5-122 (N

Gumley 33, D Richards 32no) v

Glen Waverley 111 (M Day 57, T

Gobbo 5-43). Mackay Shield: St

John’s Elsternwick 210 (D O’Conn-

or 54, A Mithaiwala 37, S Sharma

33, B Dussanaya 3-7) v CUCC

Kings, Monash v Glen Waverley

Cougars 316 (Henderson 96, Baird

65, MacGregor 54, A Celle 32, R Sl-

iwinski 4-77, K Benjamin 3-46),

Glen Waverley 247 v Oakleigh Dis-

trict Footballers 0-10, Notting Hill

Brandon Park 106 v Toorak-

Prahran 7-125, St James Malvern

Valley 0-8 v East Oakleigh 232

(R Ekanayake 58, A Mamalis 41, A

Stoddart 4-39). — Bill Weeden

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