THE proposition that art knows no boundaries has been proved again with a video exhibition of ceramics created by deafblind artists. The art and its exhibition was organised by Woodleigh School teacher Birra-Li Ward and Heather Lawson, a founding member of DeafBlind Victorians. The exhibition “tells the mostly unknown stories of the Victorian disability movement”, Ms Ward said. Ms Ward said the Dangerous Deeds exhibition of 18 videos which was shown for two weeks earlier this month on eight screens in the foyer of 50 Lonsdale St, Melbourne, may also come to Frankston. Deafblindness is described by the Australian Deafblind…
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Police are appealing for public assistance after two men broke into the Frankston RSL last month. It is believed two men forced entry via a roller door of a storage facility of the RSL on Cranbourne Road about 1.30am on Friday 31 July. Once inside, the offenders stole memorabilia including war medals. The men believed to be aged in their 20s were both wearing beanies, gloves, hooded jumpers and track suit pants. Their faces were covered at the time of the burglary. Police have released images and CCTV of two men that may assist with their enquiries. Anyone who may…
IN Coriole, a little country town in Northern NSW, folks are getting ready for the big day. But what are they really celebrating? No one seems to have a proper answer to this question, but all parties have their own two bits to put in. Master of satire, Johnathan Biggins, has whipped up a comedy in Australia Day with as much froth as a shaken tinnie where jokes snap along like a string of Chinese firecrackers. Laugh all you like, but there is plenty to think about in this hilarious examination of the true blue Aussie identity. Racism, federal politics,…
SCREENING rates for breast cancer in the Carrum and Frankston electorates are among the lowest across the state, according to new data. BreastScreen Victoria noted participation rates for 2012-14 reveal just 49 per cent of women in Carrum and Frankston aged between the ages of 50 and 69 had checks for breast cancer as part of the free BreastScreen Victoria program. The participation average across Victoria was 54 per cent with suburbs such as Geelong and Essendon hitting the 60 per cent participation mark. Parliamentary secretary for health Mary-Anne Thomas, who released the data to state MPs last week, said…
By David Quinn* THIS month marks 40 years since Prime Minister Gough Whitlam ran soil through the hands of Vincent Lingiari stating: “I want to acknowledge that we Australians still have much to do to redress the injustice and oppression that has for so long been the lot of Black Australians”. Whitlam then added: “This land will be the possession of you and your children forever.” In reply, with trust implicit in Whitlam’s pledge, the softly-spoken elder decreed: “Now we can all be mates”. It is now August 2015 and the question is raised – are we mates? Have we…