PROCEEDS from this year’s Chelsea Art Show, organised by the Rotary Club of Chelsea, have been used to boost local lifesaving efforts with a significant contribution towards the purchase of a new thermal imaging camera for the Edithvale Fire Brigade. CFA firefighters will be able to use the Drager UCF9000 camera to see areas of heat through darkness, smoke and even fires. The camera renders infrared radiation as visible light and by picking up body heat, the thermal imaging camera can also be used to find victims trapped under debris where the rescuers cannot find them or in outdoor searches…
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More than 2,000 cigarette lighters shaped like high-top sneakers were seized from a Moorabbin importer last month over safety concerns for children. Consumer Affairs Victoria product safety inspectors discovered the banned lighters, which were poised for sale in Victorian stores, following a tip-off from interstate authorities. In total 2361 lighters were seized, valued at about $12,000. Toy-like novelty cigarette lighters were permanently banned nationwide in 2011 in a bid to keep kids safe. Traders supplying banned goods can face fines of up to $1.1 million and $220,000 for individuals. Monash University’s Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit statistics show 40 children were…
KINGSTON Council’s highest-paid executive has picked up a pay rise. Councillors discussed council CEO John Nevins’ performance after last month’s public council meeting on 12 September behind closed doors as is customary for council employee matters. Councillors decided to hand a 1.4 per cent rise to Mr Nevins bringing his remuneration up to $376,511. Mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley confirmed “a scheduled annual CEO review, as set out under the current contract, was recently independently facilitated”. Cr Bearsley said the CEO’s salary is in line with similar sized municipalities. Mr Nevins was appointed CEO of Kingston Council in 2005 and his…
WHEN the women of ancient Greece stage a sex strike for peace, sparks fly and the comedy “pops-up” everywhere in Lysistrata, a bawdy anti-war comedy by the playwright Aristophanes. The play kept audiences laughing, and squirming, for 2500 years. Lysistrata is a comic account of a woman’s mission to end the Peloponnesian War. She convinces other women to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing them to negotiate a peace treaty. The play will be held 8pm, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 October, at McClelland College Performing Arts Centre, 26 Alexander Cr, Karingal (enter off…
Police are investigating after a man was found with a gunshot wound in Robinson Road, Carrum Downs, Saturday (1 October) afternoon. Emergency services were called to the scene about 1.30pm. The 39-year-old Cranbourne man, who had a gunshot wound to his leg, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A crime scene has been established and police are investigating. Any witnesses or anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Source: Victoria Police News – 1 October 2016