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Former mayor Sam Aziz failed in “the most profound way” to disclose more than $1 million of alleged “private benefits” he received as a councillor, an IBAC inquiry into alleged Casey councillor corruption has heard. IBAC’s assisting counsel Michael Tovey told the Operation Sandon hearing on 1 December that Mr Aziz gained the benefits from “taking advantage of your position as a councillor and selling your influence”. Mr Aziz disputed “all of that”. “It’s great to be pulling figures out of the air, but all he’s doing is trashing my reputation. “This will be all over the media tomorrow and I’ll be accused of taking a million dollars of bribes as usual. “You know, I’d love to know where all that money is if that’s in fact what I had done.” According to IBAC, the $1 million of benefits included allegedly $660,000 of “benefits” from property developer John Woodman. There was the $240,000 or “40 per cent interest” returned to Mr Aziz after he provided $600,000 in a suitcase to Mr Woodman. Mr Woodman also allegedly paid him consultancy fees for Spicer Thoroughbreds ($22,500) and a Smart Cities project ($298,000). Mr Aziz received about $250,000 from property firm director Andrew Nehme, and about $45,000 from developer Vlad Kostic an associate of Jim Group’s former CEO Tino Grossi, Mr Tovey said. Mr Aziz allegedly gained $150,000 from buying discounted shares from tech company
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IN BRIEF Cop’s assault charge A police sergeant has been charged following an internal investigation. The male sergeant, from the Southern Metro Region, was charged with two counts of summary assault. The alleged incident took place in November 2019 while the officer was on duty. He has been suspended with pay, a Victoria Police statement read. It’s understood he will be summoned to appear at the Dandenong Magistrates’ Court at a later date.
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Clyde CFA set for brand new station By Mitchell Clarke Clyde firefighters will soon respond to emergencies from a brand new station, with the announcement their tired 44-year-old station will finally be replaced, under the State Government’s $126 million Fire Service Reform. Under the replacement program, facilities in Clyde will be modernised to provide adequate motor room space to accommodate their vehicles and emergency appliances. The new build will include improved amenities, and house areas for meetings and training, providing space for the brigade’s growing number of volunteers. There are currently 54 members, but that number is expected to rise as the suburb grows. Clyde CFA brigade acting captain Lee Bostock said the announcement had been a long time coming. “For the last three or four years, we’ve been pushing the CFA to start looking, but it’s the funding from the government that’s done it,” he said. “We’re currently in a building that’s 44 years old and falling to bits, so this news from the Labor Government is fantastic. “A lot of people seem to think Andrews’ Government had given up on the CFA, but they certainly came through and delivered the goods for us.” While the State Government is currently
looking at land options for the new station, A/C Bostock said he had identified a few locations of his own. Those locations include the corner of Railway Parade and Clyde Five Ways Road, Ballarto Road and Clyde Five Ways Road or near the Inghams on Ballarto Road. “They would be our ideal choices from a station perspective. For the core of the people we have, they come from around that area, so to get the truck out the door within our service delivery times would be good,” he said. “We’re living in a station that has a lot of OH/S issues. There are termites in the walls and we’ve got spiders,” he added. “We’re just jammed, there’s no room where we are at the moment so we really need this change. The bigger the Clyde area gets, the more people we’ll get, the better for the future of the brigade.” Bass MP Jordan Crugnale said the investment in the CFA would ensure volunteers will be equipped and ready for any weather event now, and into the future. “I am so pleased to announce funds to acquire land for a new Clyde CFA station,” she said. “It gives confidence to the brigade members that their service in protecting our community is truly valued, they will be able to better respond to all emergency call outs and grow their membership as well.”
Cardinia Highway Patrol were monitoring a school zone on Monday afternoon, 30 November, when they spotted a red Holden Ute outside Officer Secondary College. Police intercepted the ute as it was not displaying number plates. Officers spoke to a 54-year-old Cranbourne man, who was required to undergo a roadside drug test which returned an allegedly positive result to an illicit substance. This was not the man’s first rodeo, according to police, who said he will be required to attend court in relation to drug driving.
Dad’s car impounded A hoon learner driver had his dad’s car impounded after he was caught doing 160km/h in an 80km/h zone on Saturday night, 28 November. The Police Airwing was patrolling known hooning hot spots in Dandenong South when it noticed the Ford Falcon travelling at excessive speed and doing multiple burnouts on Frankston-Dandenong Road around 8:30pm. Dandenong Highway Patrol members intercepted the vehicle a short time later on Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road. The 21-year-old Cranbourne North man had to break the bad news to his father that he can have his car back in 30 days at a cost of $1008. He will be charged on summons with improper use of a motor vehicle, driving in excess of the speed limit, learner driver unaccompanied, failing to display L plates and using an unroadworthy motor vehicle. A defect notice was also issued.
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Ms Crugnale with acting captain Lee Bostock.
Casey Highway Patrol were patrolling Narre Warren as part of Operation Compass when they intercepted a vehicle for a routine licence check around 10:30pm on Sunday 22 November. The 21-year-old female driver allegedly returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.191, despite being required to have zero alcohol in her system as a probationary licence holder. She then underwent a drug test which also allegedly returned a positive result. Her vehicle was impounded for 30 days at a cost of $1005. She will be required to attend court at a later date, where she can explain her actions to a Magistrate.
Millions to upgrade Cranbourne school By Jessica Anstice A Cranbourne school has received close to $39 million to upgrade its ageing facilities. Thanks to funding from the State Government, students and the wider school community at Marnebek School will be able to enjoy new permanent buildings. Marnebek School principal Jenny Hamilton said she was thrilled for the school community to receive the “enormous” amount of funding through the 2020/21 State Budget. “We are so proud of the work that’s been happening in our school,” she said. “It’s an absolutely exciting and thrilling way to finish what’s been a really difficult year.” Member for Cranbourne Pauline Richards was excited to make the big announcement this week. “This exciting project at Marnebek School will give teachers even more impressive and modern facilities to deliver students the 21st cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au
century education they deserve,” she said. The new Budget invests more than $3 billion in school upgrades, including $1.1 billion as part of the previously announced Building Works Package, with a further $1.9 billion to roll out the next phase of the school building boom. “By investing in our schools, we’re investing in our kids’ future - and creating thousands of new jobs as we rebuild from this pandemic,” Education Minister James Merlino said. The extra $1.9 billion investment will support more than 6400 in construction and supply chain jobs, including more than 4830 jobs related to projects in metropolitan Melbourne and more than 1570 jobs related to projects in regional parts of the state.
Cranbourne MP Pauline Richards was excited to make the big announcement this week.
Late night antics took a very wrong turn for an 18-year-old driver who flipped his car on the footy oval in Beaconsfield. The Ute ended up on its roof in the middle of the oval on Holm Park Road and was discovered unoccupied early Saturday morning, 28 November. Police are making further enquiries. Picture: VICTORIA POLICE Thursday, 3 December, 2020
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What have been some of your biggest achievements either at school or in your personal life? A few of my biggest achievements have been: holding a presentation at school on International Day for Persons with Disability, in order to honour blindness and low vision, with special guest speakers from Vision Australia and other organisations who also have vision impairments; being named a Junior Ambassador at the Starlight Children’s Foundation’s 25th anniversary Christmas lunch event and hosting my very own virtual trivia fundraiser to raise money for Vision Australia’s LEAP (Learn, Engage, Act, Perform) program. What’s your lifelong ambition? I’m still not quite sure at this stage, but I would love to become a well-renowned radio presenter/announcer. I also have passions for music and creative writing, so would love to find success as either a singer or a writer as well (maybe I could even be all three!). Did you have any childhood heroes? Audiobook narrator Stig Wemyss, radio presenters Matt Tilley and Fifi Box, Channel 9 weather presenter Livinia Nixon, the character of Fireman Sam (one of my all-time favourite TV shows as a child), and, probably my greatest hero of all, my ophthalmologist Dr John MacKenzie of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, who saved my life with his good charisma, on- point surgical procedures, and endless patience with me hassling him about when I would receive a bionic eye to be able to see again. Who are your heroes now? Singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor, wheelchair basketball and tennis player Dylan Alcott, and paralympic skier and cyclist Jessica Gallagher. What’s an interesting/fun fact about yourself that even your best friend doesn’t know about you? Something that not even the majority of my
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Get to know Vision Australia ambassador Sam Valavanis. friends know about me is that I still collect and play with toys even as an 18-year-old. I also like to watch children’s cartoons such as Thomas the Tank Engine and Fireman Sam. I collect the toys mainly as a way to get an idea of what the characters and other visual aspects look like in the shows, as I cannot see them myself obviously and am fascinated by how everyone else sees them. What are some of your hobbies? I have quite a few hobbies which I love to indulge in, some more than others. These include travelling on public transport like trains and trams, shopping, going into the city to visit tourist attractions, eating at cafes and restaurants, and watching movies and TV. What makes you really happy and why? I’m really happy whenever I’m on a train or tram, as I love travelling on them and am fascinated by them.
What creeps you out and why? I am quite creeped out by germs, and have even been diagnosed with OCD. As such, I am often insistent on people washing their hands and keeping clean, although with the help of ongoing medication, it is not as bad as it used to be. What is your favourite book? I have a lot of books I love to read/listen to, but probably one of my favourite series of books would be the Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths. What is one thing you’ve never eaten but would love to try? I love eating a lot of different foods, and am always open to trying new things. However, I have yet to try certain Australian animals, like crocodile, barramundi and witchetty grubs, and would love to eat them all one day. I have tried kangaroo though, and I’m a big fan!
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Mo’ money for Movember A handful of Langwarrin Fire Brigade members are looking a little scruffier under the nose as Movember comes to an end. Keen CFA members from all over the state ditched the razors to grow out their mo’s for Movember, raising money and awareness for men’s health. Langwarrin Fire Brigade banded together to raise more than $3000 for its successful Movember campaign. Movember is a leading charity campaign taking on men’s mental health on a global scale and their goal is to stop men dying too young.
Hundreds of CFA members took part in last year’s Movember challenge and raised over $29,000. Since 2003, Movember has funded more than 1250 men’s health projects around the world, challenging the status quo, shaking up research and motivating men to take action for their health. Langwarrin CFA Firefighter Fletch Fletcher said this year was the first time the brigade formed a team to participate in Movember. “Our team of motivated members have been working hard from day one, growing
their moustaches and encouraging more conversations about men’s health,” he said. “All of us have been touched by men’s health issues in a variety of ways.” Lieutenant Mark Walton, Firefighter Matt Wright, Firefighter Donna Wright and Firefighter Craig Aiton were also heavily involved in this year’s initiative. “Husband and wife duo, Matt and Donna, felt it was not only a great way to support men’s health, but a great way to support the brigade and wider community as new members,” Mr Fletcher said.
“It’s been fantastic to have Donna involved as well, her contribution has been excellent,” Mr Fletcher said. “On behalf of our brigade, I’d like to thank all of those generous members of our community and local businesses that contributed to the money we were able to raise for the cause.” You can learn more about the Movember campaign at www.movember.com and donate to Langwarrin Fire Brigade’s Movember fundraiser at https://au.movember.com/ team/2377918?utm_medium+app&utm_ source+ios&utm_campaign+share-team
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On Thursday 26 November, a story was published across Star News Group’s social media pages about a Clyde father who was jailed on grooming charges. Here is how our readers reacted online: Julie Wlazly: Nine months is all he gets! Michelle Cooke: People like that don’t do very well in jail. Denise Fletcher: Unfortunately the good old judges are in there as well, in their position they get away with it! Barbaric what people get away with. Tony Rizzo: That is absolutely disgusting to think a grown man would do that. Fantastic job to VicPol in capturing him and taking him off the streets. Beccy Campbell: Don’t let the creep back on the streets. Lori Anne Huysman: I hope they never take him back into the family home. I would fear for the safety of those kids. Lyn Van: Disappointing that a media article led to a softer sentence. Manda Park: Hmmm... always say its not true... then why pursue them once the know its an under-age person?
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Toys needed for region’s lost fur-babies Christmas is just around the corner - and the animal shelters are about to run out of toys. The Lost Dogs’ Home is looking to the community to act as Santa’s helpers with its Christmas Pet Toy Drive. The Home’s spokesperson, Suzana Talevski, said it was expected that hundreds of lost and abandoned dogs and cats will spend Christmas at The Lost Dogs’ Home. ‘’We believe that every pet waiting in a shelter for his or her forever home deserves the joy of play,” she said. “No animal deserves to face Christmas alone. However, each year thousands of animals are brought into the Home during the festive season with nowhere else to go. “The shelter environment can be stressful for some dogs and cats, and toys help ease that stress by providing enrichment opportunities and activities. ‘’We know that the place for our animals is in a permanent loving home but the reality is we are expecting hundreds of animals to be with us at our North Melbourne and Cranbourne sites over the holiday season and we are determined to make this time as happy for them as we can.’’
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MP copied C219 lines By Cam Lucadou-Wells Cranbourne MP Jude Perera’s formal submission in favour of a land rezoning was effectively written by developer John Woodman’s planning consultant, IBAC has heard. At the Operation Sandon inquiry, Mr Perera agreed that his signed submission to Casey Council in 2017 was “predominantly if not wholly a simple replication of Megan Schutz’s points”. “It really was spectacularly inappropriate, is it not, that what is being put forward as a submission by you was in fact a submission by the representative of the developer,” counsel assisting IBAC Michael Tovey said. Mr Perera said: “When you look at it that way, yes.” In July 2017, Ms Schutz emails Mr Perera’s electorate officer Sammy Argiriou to request Mr Perera make a formal submission to Casey Council on Amendment C219. Mr Argiriou replies: “Will do - email me some lines Ms Schutz (smiling face emoji)”. Ms Schutz responds with nine dot-point paragraphs - a “complete submission”, Mr Tovey said. The submission states the purportedly strong community support for rezoning though Mr Perera conceded he knew that the Save Cranbourne West Residents Action Group was linked to developers.
“The developer would have been the main engine room behind that or funded that,” Mr Perera told the hearing. “But, after that, it has developed into the residents’ concern.” Around that time, Mr Argiriou was largely running the MP’s electorate office due to Mr Perera being chronically ill. “He was on top of everything,” including contacts with Ms Schutz, Mr Perera told IBAC. “He kept me informed. Even if I was in hospital, he sent me emails keeping me up to date.” Mr Tovey noted that Ms Schutz reported several times on interactions between Mr Argiriou and Mr Perera or Mr Wynne in “very fine detail”. They included inside information from Planning Minister Richard Wynne’s office on Amendment C219, as well as a private conversation between Mr Wynne and Mr Perera at a visit to Cranbourne West in 2015. Mr Perera said he’d report back on Mr Wynne’s indication of the timing of the C219 decision. “So I pass that to Sammy, and if Megan wants to know an update my understanding was Sammy would give that. “It’s just a matter of when a decision is going to be made or whether it has not been made, nothing beyond that. “It’s not delicate information.”
IBAC budget ‘cuts’ don’t add up, says Opposition By Cam Lucadou-Wells A fiery political row erupted over funding for the state’s Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC). Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien told Parliament on 25 November that IBAC’s funding had been slashed by $4.4 million in the 2020-’21 state budget. “IBAC is currently conducting major investigations into branch-stacking by Labor Party MPs, the dealings of Labor donor John Woodman and your government’s association with the United Firefighters Union. “Premier, is it a mere coincidence that the year IBAC is investigating the Labor Party is the same year it is having its budget slashed?” Premier Daniel Andrews said IBAC had received “$49 million and indexation for each of the out years - exactly what IBAC sought”. The future funding included IBAC keeping its unspent funds from previous years, Mr Andrews said. “You are wrong,” he told Mr O’Brien. “I say to you again: you are not much good at writing budgets, and you are no better at reading them.” Mr Andrews said Mr O’Brien omitted the “members of the Liberal Party who were bribed, it would seem” investigated by IBAC.
The commission is investigating Casey councillors, state Labor MPs and developers over alleged corrupt land deals as part of Operation Sandon. Later, shadow Special Minister of State John Wells doubled down. “Not only has Daniel Andrews cut IBAC’s funding, now he’s lying about it.” A State Government spokesperson said IBAC was receiving an extra $27.1 million a 20 per cent rise - over four years. it was continuing to ensure IBAC had the resources needed to “investigate corrupt conduct and fulfill its statutory obligations”. “The additional funding will allow IBAC to expand its important work - and to assist with the agency’s transition to budgetary independence.” A month before the budget, IBAC Commissioner Robert Redlich stated IBAC faced serious constraints due to its “current, perilous budgetary position”. Its core funding had been “largely static” since it was founded eight years ago, despite a significantly growing workload. “IBAC cannot investigate a significant number of complaints of serious misconduct which may warrant our investigation. “Exposing and preventing corruption cannot be adequately done on a static, inadequate budget.”
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Richards regrets meeting By Cam Lucadou-Wells Cranbourne MP Pauline Richards has told an IBAC hearing that she regretted a meeting with developer John Woodman days after he offered $20,000 to her 2018 election campaign. IBAC surveillance officers reported observing and photographing a meeting between Mr Woodman, his lobbyist Philip Staindl and ALP candidate Ms Richards at the Sofitel Melbourne on 23 October 2018. According to IBAC officers, the Amendment C219 industrial land supply review and the H3 intersection were discussed. Mr Woodman had commercial interests in both issues, including a $2 million success fee for C219, IBAC has heard. Counsel assisting IBAC, Michael Tovey said Ms Richards made noises that were “at least encouraging” of her support during the “quite extensive” 75-minute briefing. “I remember giving him the sense that it wasn’t my role as a candidate,” Ms Richards told the inquiry. “So I smiled and must have been more agreeable than I had realised.” During the campaign, she had become inclined to “smile and nod agreeably at all people as part of the natural way of encouraging people to vote for me”. In a tapped phone call afterwards, Mr Woodman reports to land-owner Leightons’ consultant Tom Kennessey that Ms Richards was “totally on board”. “I’m very confident that she’s going to deliver. “I’m very comfortable that she’s going to go ‘all the way, Jose’ to make that happen.” He also reported that Ms Richards was “very appreciative” of Mr Woodman’s “generous offer to her” - presumably an offer days earlier of $20,000 to her election campaign. Later the Woodman camp are talking about an expectation that Ms Richards would be “sitting in front of” Planning Minister Richard Wynne. After the Sofitel meeting, Mr Woodman authorises $20,000 to be paid - $10,000 to Ms Richards’ campaign, and $5000 each to Ferntree Gully and Ringwood campaigns. “Surely you would agree in retrospect that the look of all that is very, very bad?” Mr Tovey asked Ms Richards. “In hindsight I wished I hadn’t attended the meeting,” Ms Richards said.
Pauline Richards appears at an IBAC Operation Sandon hearing on 30 November. “I wish I had been clearer in my intention not to make representations on his behalf. “And in hindsight I accept that I wish I had been clearer in perhaps flattening his expectations of me.” Ms Richards said she’d agreed to Woodman lobbyist and ALP life member Mr Staindl’s invitation to meet for a “coffee” at the Sofitel - after being put under pressure by his constant phone calls. At the time, she didn’t see the $20,000 as depending on how she responded to Mr Woodman’s pitch. Ms Richards told IBAC she requested $10,000 go to other seats due to her “discomfort” with the talks. She said she was “part rejecting” the donation. “I felt I was sending a message that I was not interested in the campaign receiving such a large amount and that I felt I wanted him to
understand that it ought go somewhere else. “That I wanted him to take the pressure off and that I wouldn’t submit.” A few days before the meeting, Planning Minister Richard Wynne had announced deferring the C219 decision to undertake an industrial land supply review. She said she twice declined a letter handed to her by Mr Woodman, which he requested to be passed on to Planning Minister Wynne. She said she told them the letter should be handed to Cranbourne’s retiring MP Jude Perera. “I twice pushed with my hand away and said, ‘This is not my part of the ship.’” On the third occasion, she conceded she may have taken the letter but “never submitted it”. Ms Richards told IBAC she frequently used the phrase “not my part of the ship” to deflect
any talk of planning issues. She had kept in mind a “very forceful and explicit instruction” by someone from Mr Wynne’s office in early 2018 that candidates should stay away from planning issues. By 2019, the ALP regarded Mr Woodman as “personae non grata” due to corruption allegations involving Casey councillors and him. Mr Staindl reports after a “cuppa” with Ms Richards in April 2019 that she is “eternally grateful” for Mr Woodman’s election support but can’t raise his matters with Mr Wynne’s office. “I can’t imagine that I would be saying I’m eternally grateful to John Woodman,” she told the inquiry. “I may have said to Mr Staindl that I was grateful to him for his support, but I wouldn’t imagine that I would be wishing Mr Woodman any good wishes.”
Controversial rezoning dumped: Backing for job zones By Andrew Cantwell Casey administrators have reversed the sacked Casey Council’s endorsement of a rezoning proposal at Cranbourne West at the centre of an active IBAC corruption probe. The rezoning, first raised in 2014, would have led to windfall profits to the landholders, and the IBAC inquiry is looking at the dealings of property developer and planner John Woodman, some former Casey councillors, lobbyists and State officials - with IBAC probing the timing and nature of payments reportedly in excess of $1.2 million. The C219 rezoning proposal to change industrial land to residential has already been quashed by State Planning Minister Richard Wynne. At their meeting on Tuesday 1 December, Casey administrators noted two landuse surveys released this year that impacted Casey and the South East growth areas of Melbourne. In light of the information in the surveys, administrators resolved to reverse two motions of the former council, dated 16 December 2014 and 15 May 2018, specifically backing the rezoning being championed by Mr Woodman. Further, the administrators threw their support behind the retention of ‘employment’ land at Cranbourne West and at Casey Fields South. Interested parties involved in the 2014 and 2018 council motions will be notified of the new stance. 10 STAR NEWS
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Raided: Aziz flies out at short notice By Cam Lucadou-Wells Mr Aziz said he didn’t need to tell IBAC of his impending flight to Egypt, booked soon after IBAC officers raided his home on 17 September 2019. At the time, he told the officers he wasn’t thinking about leaving for Egypt, the IBAC Operation Sandon inquiry heard on 1 December 2020. Within days, Mr Aziz advertised and sold his house in Barak Avenue, Berwick - which he informed IBAC officers at the time, he told the inquiry. He booked an overseas flight and withdrew $117,000 from his home’s loan account. He transferred $50,000 to his nephew in Cairo to “support his living expenses”, Mr Aziz told the hearing. “Following the attendance of IBAC did you sell up and put yourself in a position to go overseas?” counsel assisting IBAC, Michael Tovey asked Mr Aziz. “Clearly it’s yes. It’s stating the obvious, isn’t it?” Mr Aziz said. “I needed to get a break because of the amount of stress I was under, and the IBAC visit was actually the straw that broke my back, and I needed to get away.” On 3 October 2019, Mr Aziz was asked during private evidence at IBAC about why he’d applied for leave of absence from Casey Council until 6 November. He told IBAC at the time he was attending
Sam Aziz at the Operation Sandon inquiry on 1 December. medical appointments and preparing for an Australian Lebanon Chamber of Commerce gala event. Mr Aziz conceded he didn’t tell IBAC at the time of his ticket to leave Australia six days later. “I didn’t need to, Mr Tovey. “My immediate family were still back in Australia.
“When I found out that the (IBAC public) examinations had started in November, I booked a ticket on 19 November, and I have proof of that, to return but I couldn’t board the aircraft because of my health conditions.” The Operation Sandon public inquiry has run from 18 November-6 December 2019, as well as 2-17 March 2020 in Mr Aziz’s absence. The hearings recommenced on 9 November, and are ongoing.
‘$1 million benefits’ From page 1 Mr Aziz said: “I understand that’s the allegation and I totally reject that absolutely. Absolutely.” Apart from the “very small” $25,000 loan from Mr Grossi, he had “written contracts” to cover the other arrangements, he said. Mr Aziz said $600,000 of the Woodman money was “my own money being returned to me”. The interest from Mr Woodman was part of a “legitimate” mezzanine financial arrangement, he said. “I totally dispute your calculations. You have made many mistakes in your calculations.” Mr Redlich told Mr Aziz that the Commission was still giving “due deliberation” on whether the payments were “corrupt”. “You’ve made clear you don’t accept that they were corrupt. But regardless ... what is clear is that you have in the most profound way failed to meet your integrity obligations as a councillor in terms of your obligations to disclose the private benefits that you were receiving.” It was difficult to understand Mr Aziz’s “outrage and indignation” about the allegations given Mr Aziz had admitted to failing to disclose private benefits, Mr Redlich said. Mr Aziz replied that he was “outraged” because his “achievements” at Casey Council “speak for themselves above and beyond any other municipal government not just in Victoria but in the whole of Australia”.
Former MP saw signs of SCWRAG’s secret funding By Cam Lucadou-Wells Ex-Cranbourne MP Jude Perera revealed he knew at an early stage that Save Cranbourne West Residents Action Group (SCWRAG) was being sponsored by developer John Woodman. Mr Perera says he still submitted SCWRAG’s purported petitions and documents to Planning Minister Richard Wynne and Casey Council, he told an IBAC hearing on 26 November. In 2015, Mr Wynne visited industrial land which Mr Woodman and SCWRAG are lobbying to rezone for housing. The minister made a “casual comment” that the residents group in support for rezoning Cranbourne West land had “erected such big posters”, Mr Perera told IBAC. “I can vaguely remember his making a mockery of that because ... we both hold the view that residents may not fund something like that.” Mr Perera agreed that the link between SCWRAG and Mr Woodman’s company Watsons and his planning consultant Megan Schutz was known. “In conversation we both - the minister and myself both understood it was the case.” IBAC Commissioner Robert Redlich noted that Mr Wynne seemed “alive to the risk that that might have come via the developers”. Mr Perera said he had no difficulty submitting SCWRAG’s documents after that realisation. “One thing is the issue and the process is a different thing. “The process of, you know, hyping up was the role of the developer, but the core issue lies with the local residents about the air pollution. “As a human being I would not like to live next to an industrial estate.” In an email by Ms Schutz, she relays details about Mr Wynne’s private conversation with Mr Perera during the visit. Her source is allegedly Mr Perera’s electorate officer Sammy Argiriou. “Sammy says that the Minister asked about the signs and said that clearly it had cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au
SCWRAG’s president Ray Walker in 2015. 146818 not been the community who paid for them. “Sammy was unwilling to provide his direct view to me on whether he thought the minister supported the rezoning. “But then pretty much said that his office would win on this matter ... It is about what the local community wants.” At the inquiry, Mr Perera said he was unaware of Mr Argiriou’s disclosure. He agreed it was inappropriate. IBAC has alleged that SCWRAG was funded $193,000 by Mr Woodman’s company Watsons and Ms Schutz’s firm Schutz Consulting. Ms Schutz told IBAC in March 2020 that State Government ministers would have
Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS known the connection between SCWRAG and Mr Woodman. “Community groups can’t pay for huge signs to be erected... “There was such a huge amount of money that was spent resourcing the community group, the minister must have known that the community group and the developers’ interests were aligned. “I don’t think that was hidden.” Ms Schutz helped set up SCWRAG. She was financed to do so by another developer Leighton Properties, which owned the land and would gain a windfall from the rezoning. Mr Woodman was offered a $2 million success fee. Ms Schutz told IBAC “we were
using the community as a basis for my client’s commercial interests”. IBAC was told of Ms Schutz helping Mr Walker write a letter to lobby Casey councillors as part of a “political planning strategy”. It was boosted by traffic reports paid for by Watsons. Developers had also paid for a barrister to give advice to SCWRAG on the legality of a Casey Council motion on Hall Road, as well as about $30,000 for a lawyer to represent the group at a Planning Panels Victoria hearing. Mr Walker - as well as his wife Valerie - was being allegedly paid monthly retainers. The IBAC Operation Sandon hearing into alleged corrupt land deals involving developers, councillors and MPs continues. Thursday, 3 December, 2020
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‘Fab’ Graley denies ties By Cam Lucadou-Wells A former Labor MP who supported developer John Woodman’s push to rezone Cranbourne West land told an IBAC inquiry she was not friends with him. Judith Graley, the former MP for Narre Warren South, says she never felt any pressure from Mr Woodman about his planning matters but acted on behalf of “the community”. At the time, she was unaware that the active community group Save Cranbourne West Residents Action Group (SCWRAG) was sponsored by Woodman, she told the inquiry. In 2018, she approached Planning Minister Richard Wynne or his office staff three times on the rezoning matter - Amendment C219. Ms Graley recalled directly mentioning the issue to Mr Wynne on their way into the Parliament chamber in March 2018. Ms Graley was couched as Mr Woodman and his associates’ last hope in swaying the State Government to rezone the land and “our good friend in the SE (South East)”. “Judith is into this big time,” lobbyist Philip Staindl wrote to Mr Woodman in mid-2018. In mid 2018, Mr Woodman writes: “Phil, I would say we would need a miracle. “Only JG can deliver. “Fingers crossed if JG feels the need to throw in the school site. Please advise to do so. Thanks.” Ms Graley told the inquiry it was “a very strange comment to make”. She denied she was “into it big time”. In an email, Mr Staindl refers to Ms Graley as “our good friend in the SE (south-east)” who was speaking with a senior staff member from Mr Wynne’s office. Ms Graley “proceeded to spell out in a manner that ensured there was absolutely no chance of misunderstanding that to do anything other than rezone the land would be politically disastrous and also against the overwhelming view of the local residents,” Mr Staindl writes. “She went so far as to predict it will be the difference between winning and losing the seat of Cranbourne.” Ms Graley disagreed with counsel assisting IBAC, Michael Tovey, that she was “enmeshed” with Mr Woodman. She said Mr Woodman and Mr Staindl tended to “over-blow and overexaggerate things”. “I certainly don’t see myself in the way that
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Judith Graley in 2016. 161948 ... language may paint me. “I certainly never, never detoured from the fact that I was acting in good faith and on behalf of the community.” She said she never thought Mr Staindl or Mr Woodman were seeking to use her in some way. “I was never that influential.” In 2015, Ms Graley was in monthly contact with Woodman’s lobbyist Mr Staindl in 2015. She says they spoke about C219 as well as generally on politics, sport and travel. Ms Graley said Mr Staindl and she “weren’t friends” nor working hand in hand on C219. “He kept me informed”. She didn’t understand she was being “cultivated” as part of Mr Woodman’s “sphere of influence” at the time. Nor did she regard Mr Woodman as a friend. She caught up for lunch with Mr Woodman
and Mr Staindl “three times at most” over 12 years. There were occasional catch-ups over cups of tea in cafes. “The fact was that we really did enjoy catching up with each other because we had common interests and we enjoyed having a laugh and a chat with each other.” Mr Woodman told the inquiry in 2019 he’d been funding Ms Graley’s political campaigning but denied she lobbied for the rezoning out of a “sense of obligation” to him. Ms Graley had been a “friend” going back to her time as a Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor, one of the “main instigators” of Mr Woodman’s Martha Cove project, he said. And she had the “ability to speak directly to the Minister for Planning”. Ms Graley told the inquiry that she didn’t have contact with Mr Woodman during her six years on Mornington Peninsula council, including a year as mayor.
She just “saw him” “across the table” at council meetings when he was a planningpermit applicant in 2004-’05. In an email in 2015, Mr Woodman named Ms Graley as part of the “Fab Four”, the inquiry heard. He wrote to Mr Staindl about the need to conduct a C219 briefing with the ‘Fab Four’ including then-Cranbourne MP Jude Perera, former shadow planning minister Brian Tee and Keysborough MP Martin Pakula. A year earlier, Ms Graley, Mr Pakula and Mr Perera’s state election campaigns shared a $30,000 donation from a joint fundraiser staged by Mr Woodman at Crown Casino. “I never spoke to Mr Pakula about this issue,” Ms Graley told IBAC on 25 November. “If I got $10,000 for that it was probably at the larger end of donations that I ever received. “But, you know, I didn’t organise that.”
Post-Parliament, Graley says ‘no’ to Woodman job offer By Cam Lucadou-Wells Former Labor MP Judith Graley says she turned down a community-development job offer from developer John Woodman, an IBAC inquiry has heard. The offer came in August 2018 during a “general catchup” over a “cup of tea” in Florentino restaurant. Ms Graley had already announced her political retirement as a Narre Warren South MP. Mr Woodman - flanked by his hired ALP lobbyist Philip Staindl - told her that “you should come and work with me”, she told the Operation Sandon inquiry on 25 November. “I never said yes to the job,” she told the hearing. She said she turned down Mr Woodman at a second meeting at Florentino. The job description was “very vague”, Ms Graley said. “I can assure you ... I was not going to do government relations or media or political engagement when I left politics. “He had picked a skill set of mine, which I think is valuable, which is working with communities, working on community consultations and using community development techniques to get to develop action, political action, get things done.” The inquiry heard a covert phone tap of Mr Woodman and Mr Staindl discussing an “on the ground” role for Ms Graley. Mr Woodman says: “We will be going forward with her.” 12 STAR NEWS
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Judith Graley at the IBAC hearing on 25 November. They were to raise the matter with her at a lunch at Point Leo Estate restaurant on 2 November - a meeting that Ms Graley said never eventuated. Ms Graley said she instead lunched with Mr Woodman and his executive assistant in late January 2019. On 10 March 2020, IBAC heard that Ms Graley’s job with Mr Woodman was scuttled after she was told by ALP senior advisers to stay away from Mr Woodman’s push for Amendment C219.
C219 proposed the rezoning of industrial land for housing in Cranbourne West. Developer consultant Tom Kenessey told the hearing that a “devastated” Ms Graley apparently told Mr Woodman in early 2019 she was going to take 12 months’ holiday and didn’t want to work with him anymore. Mr Woodman seemed “disappointed” by the news, Mr Kenessey said. Counsel assisting IBAC, Michael Tovey, told Mr Staindl as an IBAC witness on 12 November that the job offer “smacks very
much of a bribe”. “No, it was actually looking at how we could build on her skill set, and the area that was being discussed was community development because she had a strong interest in that role,” Mr Staindl replied. In the lead-up, Ms Graley had been advocating to the Planning Minister Richard Wynne’s office for the rezoning of Cranbourne West industrial land, the inquiry heard. At stake was a $200 million residential estate proposal by developer Leightons and ensuing windfall profits. Mr Woodman stood to gain a $2 million ’success fee’. Ms Graley said she was motivated by the community’s desire, and denied she was “enmeshed” as part of the Woodman “team” or the “champion” of the cause. According to IBAC’s analysis, Mr Woodman and his entities paid $17,500 in Ms Graley’s electoral campaign fund in 2014-’16. Cranbourne MPs Jude Perera and his successor Pauline Richards’ campaigns received $57,350 from Woodman between 2014-’19. In October and November 2018, reports in The Age linked C219 to alleged inappropriate influence involving Mr Woodman, state MPs and Casey councillors. Soon after, on the eve of a state election, Mr Wynne deferred his decision on the rezoning. Ms Graley said she had “no idea” that Mr Woodman was cultivating a network of political influence at state and council level. “I find it distressing ... ” cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au
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They have expertise to help children who have a range of conditions that affect their physical development, mobility and their ability to participate in their daily life. They help children through the use of various methods such as strengthening, exercise, stretching, splinting, intensive therapy, assistive equipment, functional practise, motor learning, play and education. They treat children of all ages and of all abilities. They aim to offer quality programs including assessments, maintenance, community access, school visits, home visits, dog therapy, hydrotherapy, and intensive therapy. They work together with the child’s family/carers and their community to develop individually tailored programs to achieve your child’s goals and dreams. They aim to make the impossible, possible. They are the difference. Little Warriors looks forward to meeting you on your journey. Email info@littlewarriorsphysio.com.au for more or visit 25 Woods Street, Beaconsfield.
Celebrating disabilities with a positive Outlook Outlook celebrates people with disabilities every day. The work they do is driven by their vision of creating and supporting inclusive communities where people with disability can live, work, play and participate fully in community life. With a strong history and presence of over 50 years, they strive for everyone’s full and equal participation in all aspects of society. This year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities theme is “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post Covid-19 World”, and that is exactly what they have been doing at Outlook. Gabriella Browne, general manager community services said: “During lockdown, the Disability Services team re-designed our centre based and community based programs and now, more than ever, Outlook has a range of programs and activities to suit all abilities. Of course we’ve kept
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He’s going out a winner By Lance Jenkinson Hard Style Rico will retire to stud after climbing greyhound racing’s Mount Everest. Pearcedale-based trainer Luckie Karabitsakos confirmed that his superstar local dog will go out on a high after racing into immortality with 2020 TAB Melbourne Cup glory at Sandown Greyhound Racing Club last Friday night. “It was probably the toughest decision I’ve ever had to make,” Karabitsakos said. “The biggest race and the biggest achievement is the Melbourne Cup, and once you conquer the Melbourne Cup, it’s like climbing Everest, you’ve done it, there’s nothing left to prove. “Now it’s off to relaxing and let everyone else enjoy some Hard Style Rico puppies.” Hard Style Rico produced one of the great Melbourne Cup runs. The brindle dog, known as ‘Bruiser’ in the kennel, broke the track record over 515 metres, winning by five-and-a-half lengths in a time of 28.91 seconds. It was Hard Style Rico’s start - his first sectional of 4.99 was the best of his career - that set up a dominant display. “He just showed his power,” Karabitsakos said. “He put the foot down. “It was a bit like going to Calder Park and looking at the drag racing over 400 metres. “The race is won off the line, reaction time, bang, gone.” Starting in Box 5, Hard Style Rico was able to slice through the middle of the field like a hot knife through butter. That box can often encounter argy bargy from all angles, but Hard Style Rico was so confident and assured that he left all others in his wake and led most of the way. “They call that the squeeze box,” Karabitsakos said. “I think he used the box to his advantage, came out and did everything right from start to finish. “As soon as those lids came up mate, he was off and gone. “You have to do that from Box 5, otherwise you’re going to find it very hard.” Hard Style Rico not only won the star-studded race, he won it running away. All that trailed him when he crossed the finish line was daylight. It was a jaw-dropping performance that will be spoken about for a long time. “The line up in this Melbourne Cup, a lot of people were saying it’s the best they’ve ever seen,” Karabitsakos said. “There’s probably six dogs in that line up that are potential stud dogs and he’s made a
Pearcedale trainer Luckie Karabitsakos celebrates with Melbourne Cup winner Hard Style Rico. mess of all of them.” Karabitsakos and his connections knew from a long way out that Hard Style Rico was a special greyhound. There was only ever going to be one destination for Bruiser - the event they call the world’s greatest greyhound race. “I bred the dog, I whelped him, I pre-trained him, broke him in, I’ve done it all with him,” Karabitsakos said. “During his pre-training stages at 16 months old, I looked at my mates and said to them ‘Jesus Christ boys, we’ve got ourselves a Melbourne Cup dog here’. “From that day on, I said the main race I want to go for is the Melbourne Cup. “It’s just a dream when you start saying all that because you’ve got the dog, but you’ve still got to win the race. “He’s done it now, he won his heat in fine style off the pink, which is hard to do and he’s come off the yellow and just made a mess of a quality field.” No matter how much work he put into Hard Style Rico’s preparation and how much belief he had in his star dog, Karabitsakos was in shock when his dream of winning a Melbourne Cup became a reality. He was overcome with emotion as he em-
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Hard Style Rico crosses the line in emphatic style. braced his brother Anthony, a Group 1 winning trainer, after scooping the $435,000 first place prize. “I’m only coming back down to earth now,” Karabitsakos said. “He’s just made me proud, he’s made the whole family proud, he’s a superstar. “Winning a Melbourne Cup changes your life.”
One of Karabitsakos’s best mates, Mario Briganti, was also a Group 1 winner on the night. Briganti’s dog Manila Knight took out the Bold Trease in a thriller over 750 metres. “To have best mates win two Group 1s on the same night is something else,” Karabitsakos said.
Corrigan joins Casey Demons in a huge boost for ‘21 By Nick Creely The Casey Demons have moved to appoint their new senior coach for 2021, with the highly-regarded Mark Corrigan putting pen to paper at Casey Fields as clubs begin rapidly preparing for the return of football. After spending six seasons at the Essendon Football Club in a range of roles, including player development, Corrigan had originally signed on as Essendon’s VFL senior coach, before the Covid-19 pandemic saw the cancellation of the VFL season. Corrigan has also spent time at the Geelong Cats in an opposition analysis coaching position, as well as development coach and the club’s VFL midfield coach. On-field, Corrigan is a former premiership player with the South Barwon Swans in the Geelong footy league, and has played VFL football with Geelong, where he claimed the club’s best and fairest in 2013. It’s a strong signing from the club - who will be part of the VFL’s merger with the NEAFL in what is going to be an exciting competition across the eastern seaboard of Australia - as it looks to make an impact in cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au
the revamped league. Head of AFL football operations, Daniel McPherson, told Melbourne Media that it was delighted to welcome a quality figure into the club, and believes he will make a significant impact on the playing list moving forward. “Mark’s experience and understanding of how aligned clubs operate, and his strong emphasis on individual player development and skill fundamentals, is something that stood out during the interview process,“ he said. “From all my conversations with Mark, it is clear he will add a new and exciting dynamic to our VFL and wider Melbourne Football Club program.” Corrigan is a qualified teacher with a degree in sports science, and will replace former Demons coach, Sam Radford, who has elected to return to teaching in 2021 in a fulltime capacity. Corrigan will inherit a list which finished in ninth position in the 2019 VFL season, finishing just two points behind the Box Hill Hawks in eight spot with nine wins and nine losses at the end of the season.
Mark Corrigan has signed on as the new Casey Demons coach. Picture: COURTESY OF MELBOURNE FC Thursday, 3 December, 2020
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A young star’s big move By Nick Creely It’s easy to forget that Mitch Cotter is still only 21. He’s already achieved so much in his football career to date - a graduate of the Dandenong Stingrays, which culminated in a top three placing in the 2017 best and fairest, VFL experience, a senior club best and fairest and premiership at his beloved Doveton, as well as the 2018 South East Football Netball League (SEFNL) MVP in his first year of senior football. It’s a fair resume to date for a young man already incredibly respected in the region. But the hungry inside midfielder is still looking to stay in the hunt and improve his game further, and will take his talents to South Australia in 2021, with the bright young southeast star signing up for Norwood in the SANFL under new coach Jade Rawlings. Cotter will head to South Australia to begin his new journey, alongside his partner Kasey at the start of next year, and told the Star News of his excitement at his latest challenge, as well as the motivation to make the move interstate. “I was speaking a bit to Gary Buckenara about it, and he honestly couldn’t speak highly enough about going over there and having a crack at playing there, and then speaking to Jade Rawlings I became really keen to get over there,” he said of the impending move.
“I’m absolutely thrilled, I can’t wait for the opportunity - I’ve heard such great things about the club, and the league.” Cotter said that the SANFL and Norwood gave him the best possible chance of advancing further in his football career, and after a taste of VFL football, simply wants more chances at state-league level. “I felt in the VFL it was always a bit stagnant for me - when you’re not playing in the ones, you just kind of go back to local and play,” he said. “And the comp over there (the SANFL), if you’re not playing ones you can play in the twos, and you’re always under the club’s nose. “It’s probably giving me my last best chance to play my best footy to be honest.” The opportunity to play under Jade Rawlings, who has coaching experience with Melbourne, Richmond, Brisbane and North Melbourne, is also one not lost on Cotter. “I can’t wait, I’ve heard such great things about him,” he said. “I’ve got a couple of mates who have played under him at Casey, and they rate him so highly as a coach. “And just from speaking to him about the move, I’m just so excited to play under him.” Well-regarded as an inside-beast with a strong appetite for the contest and an elite tackler, Cotter said he’s looking forward to
bringing his strengths over to the Redlegs, but hopes to continue building on other areas of his game. “It’ll be hard to get away from it to be honest (the inside midfielder role) - it’s how I’ve always played my footy, it’s me, and it’ll probably always be me,” he said. “But I want to adapt the other parts of the game, and improve in other areas, but that’s my strength, and I’ll be taking that over with me. “I really want to go over there and not be a bystander, I want to play my best footy, but really test myself, and be a big part of the club.” Cotter said that despite not getting to take to the field in 2020, it’s giving him the opportunity to build more strength ahead of hopefully a strong season at state-league level for the Redlegs. “I feel like over this break, there’s been a lot of training by myself obviously with Covid, and I’ve felt that I’m coming into that age now where my body is really strengthening,” he said. “I always felt like in my younger years, you can get pushed around a bit by bigger bodies, but I feel like I’m getting stronger now and I’m ready.” Incredibly, the last game of football Cotter played was way back on 22 September, 2019 at the Woori Yallock Football Ground, where
he played a starring role in helping Doveton to a senior football premiership against Pakenham, just a year after the Doves went winless in the final season of the SEFNL. While the day brings back some incredible memories from a personal point of view, Cotter said it was a reminder of just how much importance football has in his life after all competitions were cancelled and not one game was played in 2020 due to Covid-19. With Cotter originally set to join Port Melbourne in the VFL in 2020, it’s been a long wait to get back on the field. “It’s one of the best days of my life winning that grand final with Doveton - I was just so happy we got it done,” he said. “I’ll always cherish that day. “But it’s definitely been one of the hardest years of my life, really - you don’t really have that outlet of footy, you’re just stuck inside all day. “You can’t even really train one-on-one, talk to your mates at training, and kind of get that adrenaline going, so it’s been a really tough year. “And after that grand final with Doveton, I was keen to get set for the next year, and have a red-hot crack at it, and obviously it’ll be a long wait for 2021. “But I’m excited to get over there and have a go.”
Don’t look now, but the Flyers are starting to soar... By Lance Jenkinson The Southside Flyers are starting to hit their stride in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL). The inconsistency of the opening fortnight in the Queensland hub has been ironed out, with the Flyers producing a near flawless week on the court. Three consecutive wins - all in excess of 20 points - all but secured the Flyers a spot in the finals. Southside needed a strong response after lowering their colours to the University of Canberra Capitals in the grand final re-match last Monday. The Flyers took their frustrations out on the Perth Lynx, pummelling the second-last team in the standings 102-62 at the Cairns Pop-Up Arena last Wednesday night. A dominant first half from the Flyers al22 STAR NEWS
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lowed the coaching to spread the minutes around with the starting five generally only playing around 20 minutes and the bench playing significant roles in the 40-point win. Superstar centre Liz Cambage does not require too long on court to do some serious damage, as evidenced by her 23 points and eight rebounds in just 22 minutes. Leilani Mitchell also went at better than a point per minute for her 20 points. Southside carried the momentum of that result into Saturday’s 94-70 win over Townsville Fire. The Flyers got their work done early, opening up an 11-point lead after the first period and never letting up. Cambage was at her typically dominant best, putting up 26 points on 75 per cent shooting to go with nine rebounds and three assists. Guard Rebecca Cole was the Flyers’ ignition
switch with 19 points and eight assists. Southside capped off a fine week’s work with a 110-79 hammering of Adelaide Lightning on Sunday. Unlike the previous two games, the Flyers were challenged early and had to respond, coming back from a quarter-time deficit with three dominant quarters to run out easy victors. Cambage capped an MVP-like week on the court with 25 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. Forward Sara Blicavs did a bit of everything with 21 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals, while captain Jenna O’Hea added 15 points and six assists. Southside will head to Townsville for the final two rounds of the regular season. The next fortnight will see the Flyers play four games, including meetings with two of
WNBL Results Wednesday: Southside Flyers 102 v Perth Lynx 62 Saturday: Southside Flyers 94 v Townsville Fire 70 Sunday: Southside Flyers 110 v Adelaide Lightning 79 Upcoming 6 Dec, 2.05pm: Southside Flyers v Melbourne Boomers (Townsville) 11 Dec, 5.05pm: Sydney University Flames v Southside Flyers (Townsville)
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Gippsland festival begins Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) launched its 2020/21 ‘Gippsland Festival of Racing’ on Sunday. The festival will incorporate more than half a million dollars in prize money across six spectacular nights of greyhound racing throughout December, January and February. Set to attract the most talented greyhounds from all around Australia, the ‘Gippsland Festival of Racing’ kicks off with heats of the Sale Cup on 20 December, with the final to be run on Boxing Day. From there the festival moves to the Warragul Cup series in January, before concluding with the Cranbourne Cup in early February. Sunday’s launch was broadcast live on greyhound racing’s free-to-air television series, ‘Thrill of the Chase’ on 7TWO, drawing attention from tens of thousands of sports fans across Australia. GRV Chair Peita Duncan said the ‘Gippsland Festival of Racing’ is the second leg of a series of festivals being run across the state from November to May. “We kicked off with the Metro Festival of Racing, which ran throughout November
Former champion Gippsland greyhound Sennachie with - from left - trainer Steve White, Steve Clark (Traralgon Greyhound Racing Club), Peita Duncan (Greyhound Racing Victoria chair), Tony Mitchell (Warragul GRC) and Rob Popplestone (Sale GRC). and concluded with the TAB Melbourne Cup, which was won in track record time by Hard Style Rico, who is trained by Luckie Karabit-
sakos in Pearcedale, right on the cusp of Gippsland,” she said. “The Gippsland Festival will flow into a
second Metro Festival in late February, highlighted by the Australian Cup, and we’ll then host our first ever ‘Western Festival of Racing’ which will run throughout March, April and May. “Right now it’s all about Gippsland, however, and we look forward to seeing the very best greyhounds take on local superstars such as Catch The Thief, trained in Briagolong by Matt Clark, and exciting youngster Dr. Tucker, trained in Darriman by Bill McMahon. Both of those greyhounds have made their presence felt on the group racing circuit in 2020.” Traralgon won’t be a part of the 2020/21 ‘Gippsland Festival of Racing’ as it is currently undergoing a redevelopment. Greyhound racing has long been a pivotal economic pillar for Gippsland, generating more than $40 million annually for the region. The sport boasts more than 1000 participants across the region (breeders, owners, and trainers), and employs more than 350 people and has almost 200 volunteers throughout Gippsland.
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Craig Barnett is projected to start in the season opener for Berwick City, but coach Shaun Surtees might have other ideas.
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Cougars set to brave Malvern first-up By Lance Jenkinson Berwick City is under no illusions about the danger that newly-promoted Malvern Braves will present in the Victorian Summer Baseball League Division 1 season opener. The Cougars will make the trip to Wadsworth Field on Sunday expecting to face a Phil Dale-coached Braves team brimming with Melbourne Aces-aligned players. The Braves snapped a 15-year premiership drought last summer, thanks to a strong recruiting campaign that landed a number of ABL players. Cougars coach Shaun Surtees is not sure if the Aces stars will be available for Braves selection, but he is preparing his team as if they will all be playing. And, he wants the Braves to be at full strength, so his Cougars can test themselves against the best. “We want to win, but we don’t want to play against their seconds, we want to play against the best squad that they have,” Surtees said. “It will be good to see those guys in action and see how they compete in Division 1 this year. “We’re right up for the challenge and we’re looking forward to it. “It’s exciting.” Berwick City built up a head of steam in the back end of last season. While the Cougars just missed out on the finals, it left them to ponder what might have been had they won a couple of the close games they lost. The unfinished business seemed to drive cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au
the Cougars during lockdown, as they have largely avoided the players getting ‘Covid body’ - code for players falling out of playing shape during the lockdown. “I’ve spoken to a lot of coaches throughout the league and they kind of use the term ‘the Covid body’, a few of their guys have got the Covid body, which is absolutely fair enough through a nine month period of playing no sport,” Surtees said. “But our squad has come back in pretty good nick and it’s showing how well we’re training at the moment. “The boys are swinging with some pretty good pop and moving around well. “We got exceptional buy-in in the second half of last season. “I was really pleased with how we finished the season and maybe that’s been a little bit of a motivator for some of the guys.” The other factor for Berwick City’s readiness could be maturity. The Cougars have a squad that is ready to compete for finals spots and one that knows you need to be ready on opening day to avoid playing catch up. “Some of these guys are coming into their prime years of baseball, like 25 to 30, so they are taking it reasonably seriously and have looked after themselves in the off-season,” Surtees said. “They want to win and they’ve been doing the right things over the last nine months to get themselves ready for now.” The run-in to Christmas will be crucial for all teams, but particularly Berwick City, a side trying to break into the finals this season.
With the VSBL shortened to 16 games this summer due to the pandemic, there is no opportunity for clubs to hit the snooze button on their season if they want to play finals. Surtees has set a lofty target for the December games. “We’ve got to be ambitious and I think every team has to be,” he said. “We really want to push to be able to try and take three of the first four games. “That gives you a really good base to build from for the second half after Christmas.” Surtees has never been more excited for an opening day. He waited with anticipation for Baseball Victoria to reveal the fixtures once Covid restrictions eased. It will mean more to Surtees and every player and coach who turns out this weekend than just another game of baseball. “As a coach and as a player, this is the most excited I’ve been for a fixture to be released, that’s for sure,” he said. “Generally it’s just a formality, but this time around it’s the mark of things moving forward and getting back to what we love doing, so it’s great. “We’re raring to go.” Surtees could not hide his excitement about the return of Berwick City baseball, but he did leave something to the imagination, the starting pitcher for Sunday’s game. While club MVP Craig Barnett is projected to get the nod, Surtees did not rule out young gun Matthew West, who is part of the Melbourne Aces academy, from throwing the first pitch.
CRANBOURNE BOWLS It was a big first round win for Cranbourne, playing away against Mentone to get the season off to a spectacular start. Skips Ray Travica and Lyn Quigg addressed the players at the start of the game, asking them for a big effort before leading by example with Travica winning by a 19-shot margin and Quigg winning by an 18-shot margin to secure victory against Mentone by a total of 19 shots at the end of the day. However, the second side - playing at home - went down by 14 shots, while the third side won a thriller by two shots and the fourth side won a tight game by five shots in what turned out to be a good day for Cranbourne in the opening round of bowls. Side 1, Division 2, Section 9 The Mentone green was in great condition, which Cranbourne seemed to enjoy. Skip Ray Travica and his crew of Barry Thomas, Graeme Wood and Lynne Wood took advantage of the local conditions and were huge winners after getting off to a slow start but came home very strong winning by 19 shots. Coach Lyn Quigg was happy with the 16 points but he was still looking for some further improvements from his bowlers if Cranbourne was going to be a genuine threat to compete for the major prize at the end of the year. Next week Cranbourne plays Hampton at home. Cranbourne 94 (16 points) defeated Mentone 71 (2 points). Side 2, Division 2, Section 10 It was a case of no home ground advantage as Cranbourne lost to Berwick by 14 shots. The rink of the day went to skip Chris Griffiths and his crew of Jim Williams, John Stanley and Joe Byrne who had an outstanding day winning by a massive 24 shots. Cranbourne 74 (4 points) lost to Berwick 88 (14 points). Side 3, Division 4, Section 6 While the second side lost to Berwick at home, the third side - playing away against Berwick got up in a thriller, winning by two shots overall. Skip George Ljepojevic and his crew of John Lundie, Rob Scott and Helen Witherden won by six shots. Cranbourne 76 (13 points) defeated Berwick 74 (13 points). Side 4, Division 6, Section 6 A fighting finish against opposition Upwey/ Tecoma recorded a five-shot win on the day. Skip John Gardner had a great day, winning by nine shots thanks to the good form of his team - Cheryl Wright, Scott De Piazza and Brian Turton. Cranbourne 70 (16 points) defeated Upwey/ Tecoma 65 (2 points). Side 5, 12-a-side This was a walkover win against Burden Park. Cranbourne (16 points) defeated Burden Park (0 points). Thursday, 3 December, 2020
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