Mountain Views
Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
Upper Yarra Family Centre gets an upgrade
Female members valued at Yarra Glen CFA
Bike community ‘Sell it for Sam’
Healesville Soccer Club Juniors compete at nationals
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A top cause By Dongyun Kwon
Josh Hazelwood and the team were on 4-day travel from Melbourne to Brisbane.
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Yarra Glen sculptor Josh Hazelwood travelled around ‘Big Things’ and key Australian landmarks from 29 September to 2 October with his two sculptures in tow. The name of the event was TheBigRoad which was collaborated by Hazelwood, M80 Property Group and Youngcare for fundraising. Hazelwood’s journey as a sculptor started off in 2018 when his friend’s brother Ethan was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, an aggressive cancerous tumour in the bone. He decided to help Ethan’s family by getting a donation through his first sculpture, The War Horse. Thanks to his help, Ethan fully recovered. Since then, Hazelwood has been doing sculptures to fundraise. Turn page 14 for more
Hefty $115K fine A now-defunct Yarra Junction automotive business has been fined for failing to adequately train and regulate the fatigue of their roadside assistance employees, which ultimately cost a cherished community member his life. YJ Auto Repairs Pty Ltd was sentenced by County Court Judge Marcus Dempsey in the County Court of Victoria on Wednesday 27
September and ordered to pay $115,000 after pleading guilty to failing to provide and maintain safe systems of work and failing to provide information, instruction or training. Yarra Junction resident and former Upper Yarra SES volunteer John Halls was employed by YJ Auto Repairs Pty Ltd, operating as one of RACV’s 350 sub-contractors providing roadside assistance, and was killed when he crashed into a tree after falling asleep at the
wheel 89 hours into a 96-hour on-call shift, as found by an investigation. He had been working for 17 hours from his first call out in the morning prior. RACV was previously convicted and fined $475,000 in the County Court on Thursday 16 December 2021 for their breaches. Judge Dempsey said they both failed to provide even the minimal requirements for a safe system of work with respect to fatigue.
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“In my view, this is an especially egregious situation since it’s inconceivable in this day and age that RACV managers would have been unaware of the significant hazard posed by fatigue,” he said. “Indeed the RACV website has a significant body of literature devoted to the timely identification and management of fatigue-related risks to customers.” Continued page 3 12547336-AI18-22
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