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Tuesday, 10 June, 2025

Funding limbo for major mental health event

Fiona Carter’s love of the piano hits small screen

College named School of Year at ResourceSmart

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Riding the OAM train For 45 years Richard Knight has dedicated time and energy to his role of treasurer at the Mooroolbark Miniature Railway because of his sense of passion for both finance and trains. And as much as his Medal of the Order of Australia recognition in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours was because of his decades of service to the railway, it was also an acknowledgement of half a lifetime of commitment to making other people’s lives that little bit better. From the moment his wife needed blood donations during the birth of their twins, Mr Knight became a long-standing blood donor himself. And then went on to help provide voluntary transport to patients needing to get to medical appointments. But he also found friendship and comradeship doing what he loves. To read more, turn to page 5 Richard Knight received an OAM for 45 years of service to the outer east, most notably the Mooroolbark Miniature Railway. (Stewart Chambers: 482536)

Symbol of unity Keryn Ralph saying they felt like they as a team had a responsibility to get behind the initiative. “Family violence, or violence against women, is an epidemic across the nation, there’s been, what, over 130 women who have been killed since the start of last year,” she said. “It was something that’s a responsibility of ours, but also a responsibility of men, to really get

behind and programs that are significant across sports teams with reference to violence against women have been defunded or seen reduced funding. We also know that during times of significant sporting events, in this sporting world, violence against women also increases.” To read the full story, turn to page 3

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A peaceful protest circulating sporting clubs throughout Victoria reached the edges of eastern suburbia as Mooroolbark Football Club’s women’s team donned two red armbands on Saturday 31 May. The red stripes were a symbol of unity among

women and girls in sport after the State Government announced cuts to gender equity and inclusion funding in the 2025-26 budget. Initiating the protest, alongside a petition, Not All Clubs Media put a call out to sporting clubs across Victoria to stand in solidarity and seek a reversal of the funding cuts. Mooroolbark answered the call, with coach

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By Mikayla van Loon