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18 April – 1 May 2013 Your fortnightly community newspaper covering Safety Beach to Portsea For advertising and editorial needs, call 1300 MPNEWS (1300 676 397) or email: team@mpnews.com.au www.mpnews.com.au
Chaplains benefit from art VISITORS mingled with peninsula residents at the fourth annual Mornington Peninsula Art Show held over Easter at the Southern Peninsula Arts Centre at Rosebud Secondary College. Money raised through sponsorships, commission from sold paintings, raffles and entry goes to the chaplaincy program at the secondary college. Category winners were Belinda Nye, Bendigo Community Bank Best in Show; Jenni Macauley, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Aquisitive Award; Julie Niekamp, Best Other Medium; John Madson, Petite Boutique; Yanni, Digital Art Award; Do Noble, Encouragement Award; and Vanessa Kelly, People’s Choice Award.
Appreciating art: Rosebud Secondary College chaplains Ziggy Stanzhus, Colleen Clayton and Daryl McKinlay at the Mornington Peninsula Art Show. Picture: Yanni
Future flood blueprint By Mike Hast A BLUEPRINT to cope with climate change flooding in the Rosebud and McCrae area in the short term and over the next 90 years has been released. The Port Phillip Coastal Adaptation Pathways Program states the benefits of “occupying the hazard zone, derived from its use by residents and businesses, is valued at about $35 million a year between now and 2100� and Mornington Peninsula Shire should start spending money to adapt to predicted sea level rise and significant
flooding caused by extreme rainfall. The adaptation program studied four bayside areas – Rosebud-McCrae, Mordialloc, Elwood and Southbank as well as a low-lying area in North Melbourne. Elements of the report were reported by The News last November (“Rosebud 2010 flood risk�, 1/11/12) including that it could cost $100 million to protect Rosebud and McCrae. Last September, shire CEO Michael Kennedy told councillors the gap between the cost of retreat and adaptation was so great “it’s not a tough call�. Ad-
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aptation was the cheaper option. The study said it would cost $100 million to adapt “but we say it is less�. The report came to light last year after shire councillors held a private meeting that was accidentally taped and put on the shire’s website. The adaptation report states the cost of coping with flooding could be $9 million a year if the shire does nothing now. The Murray-Anderson Catchment spanning Rosebud and McCrae was the area chosen by the shire for the study.
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