QUICK thinking by passers-by helped save two elderly women from possibly drowning in Mordialloc Creek on Monday (3 October) afternoon. Boat mooring lines prevented their small Mazda sedan from tumbling into the water after the driver pushed the accelerator instead of the brake, leaving them dangling precariously off Mordialloc Pier at about 2.15pm. The passers-by – including the driver of a four-wheel-drive – attached ropes to the car to prevent it from slipping further into the muddy water. The driver managed to climb back to safety but Metropolitan Fire Brigade crews, who arrived soon after, had to rescue the passenger.…
Author: Bayside News
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…
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…