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■ Camberwell-raised Barry Humphries died on Saturday (Apr. 22) at age 89. The comic genius was creator of characters including Dame Edna Everage, Sandy Stone and Sir Les Patterson.
● South Melbourne priest Fr Bob Maguire had died at the age of 88. In recent years he ran a charitable foundation from Albert Park premises. He was described as a man of passion, creativity and humour. Premier Daniel Andrews has offered a State Funeral to the Maguire family.
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■ Southern Metropolitan MLC Georgie Crozier has called on the State Government to take urgent action to protect children from e-cigarettes. “At the moment, I feel we’re losing the battle. And it’s not just high school students, it’s primary school students as well,” Ms Crozier told the latest sitting of State Parliament. “ These vapes are deliberately and cynically marketed to children and teenagers. “So we have got a very big problem. I know that the former federal minister for health Greg Hunt was working with border control and the TGA[Therapeutics GoodsAdministration] and doing a huge amount of work in relation to putting regulations in place around the importing of e-cigarettes. “The Federal Government is continuing on with that work. But what needs to happen here now at a state level is that the State Government needs to take action.” Ms Crozier said that she had been talking to a CicHealth representative, Khalid, who had been doing some terrific work in this area with community groups and schoolchildren. “He was telling me the age of kids that are accessing these vapes and just how dangerous it is. “We cannot wait. The government needs to get on with this. This was a commitment that I took to the election last year, and I really am concerned about the impacts. “VicHealth is asking the government to institute a retail licensing scheme, implement a social marketing campaign and provide extra support for children and parents to raise awareness of the harms of e-cigarettes. “That is what they are asking. It is very similar to the policy that I took to the election last year. So the action I am seeking is for the minister to outline what the government’s plan is in how they are going to address this very serious and emerging health issue for schoolchildren and young people,” Ms Crozier said.
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■ Sculptor Mal Wood has created a bronze sculpture of a skater that he has offered to the City of Stonnington to purchase as a permanent art installation at the Prahran Skate Park. Community engagement on the redesign of the skate park in 2022 inspired Wood to create the sculpture, with the thought it could be placed on a non-skateable surface within the park as a salute of skaters past, present and future. A survey about the sculpture closes on May 22.
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