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■■108's towering complaints ■■High school designs released Page 3 Page 6 ■■Audioplay scores a grant ■■Caring for creative wellbeing Page 5 Page 7 Star-studded South Wharf The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) hosted a rare coming together of sport and cinema on August 1 for the opening night of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).

NBA Philadelpia 76ers superstar Ben Simmons joined the cream of Aussie rules football and Australian film, television and entertainment as the festival celebrated the opening with the world premiere of the highly-anticipated Adam Goodes documentary The Australian Dream.

Continued on page 21. L-R: Former AFL player Michael O'Loughlin, journalist Stan Grant, former AFL player Adam Goodes and NBA Australian basketballer Ben Simmons on opening night. Cyclists on notice in promenade overhaul

The City of Melbourne has released its long-awaited plans to revamp the 300-metre section of Southbank Promenade between Princes Bridge and Evan Walker Bridge.

The $5.1 million stage one overhaul of new street furniture and trees will be used said council wanted to turn the promenade more public open space outside Hamer Hall Southbank Promenade will introduce a suite to improve safety and accessibility for into a “riverside park”. between Princes Bridge and Evan Walker of new pedestrianisation measures in a bid pedestrians by encouraging cyclists to slow Bridge.” “Southbank Promenade hasn’t had a major to force the breaks on speeding cyclists. down. upgrade in more than 25 years so we’re “The configuration of the stairs and ramps Results of a council cycle speed study The renowned Dervish sculpture, which investing $5.1 million this financial year to will be changed to maximise use of the conducted earlier this year showed that is owned by Arts Centre Melbourne, will make some major improvements,” the Lord riverbanks.” around 95 per cent of riders using the also be removed from the promenade and Mayor said. promenade travelled above 15km/h despite The Lord Mayor said new trees would be reinstated on the terrace near Hamer Hall to council implementing 10km/h speed limit “We will replace the concrete paving with planted with a variety of species including provide more green space. signs and other measures to encourage new bluestones, improve public lighting to Smooth-Barked Apple Trees, Melaleuca increase community safety, and install new (paperbark trees), and Washingtonia robusta slower speeds. With the project to start early next year seats and garden beds.” (Mexican Fan Palms). While the plans will still allow for and completed over stages to minimise recreational cyclists to use the promenade, disruption until 2022, Lord Mayor Sally Capp “The stage one works are designed to create Continued on page 2.

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Melbourne Central in the CBD and Eureka Tenant complaints of cracking Tower here in Southbank. noises and disturbances in But there doesn’t seem to be a similar level of dissatisfaction within these buildings. Australia 108 created a scare The City of Melbourne told Southbank Local over the building’s structural News they had received only nine complaints in total regarding the Aurora development, integrity in July – with parallels with most relating to noise. drawn in the media to Sydney’s Australia 108 is being developed by World crumbling Opal towers. Class Global and built by Multiplex. A Multiplex spokesperson told Southbank Local News: “there is categorically no risk But Geoff Hanmer, an adjunct lecturer in to the safety of occupants or the structural architectural structure and construction at integrity of Australia 108, and we are doing UNSW and managing director of architect all we can to assure residents of this”. company ARINA, told Southbank Local News scrutiny should fall primarily on rushed “The reported noises have occurred during residential processes. the periods of extreme wind that Melbourne has experienced recently.” Mr Hanmer said it was unusual for residents to be moved into a tower while it is still “Like any building, Australia 108 has been under construction, but especially at the designed to move in windy conditions and heights currently occupied in Australia 108 the noise being generated is indicative of the – which will be the southern hemisphere’s building adjusting to the prevailing weather tallest building once completed. conditions and behaving as it should.” “I’m appalled by it,” he said. “While some of these noises cannot be completely eradicated, we do expect them to “Occupancy shouldn’t be allowed while reduce once we complete the structure and construction is still going on. I just don’t are able to install damper tanks on top of the think it should be happening full stop. building, as per the engineers’ design.” The government should say this is an unacceptable way of dealing with people in a “Where minor defects such as hairline residential situation.” cracks are reported, which are typical of all new buildings, we have a system in place to Residents have been occupying the tower, address these directly with the residents with which won’t be finished until 2020, since minimal impact on them.” mid-2018. They’ve complained of loud noise, construction defects, power outages and wall But part of the issue suggested by reports cracks. is a lack of forthright communication of move. It’s just unusual to have people in situations where the building is designed in the likely impediments of living in a tower Mr Hanmer said if a building’s financial there. Really a building operation of that separate sections with some operational and that is still under construction. Residents model doesn’t allow for construction to magnitude can’t help but spill in to the others not. who spoke to The Age said they were told be finished before moving tenants in, the common spaces of the building below.” A resident told The Agepower outages and they wouldn’t be inconvenienced by building shouldn’t be approved. Mr Hanmer said unacceptable levels of noise lift malfunctioning was regular and that he construction. “It does seem to me that it exposes the would be created by the concrete pumped was trapped in the downstairs foyer for five Australia 108 was approved under former people in the building to all sorts of risks through the centre of the building, among hours on one occasion. Liberal planning minister Matthew Guy. It and impacts that they wouldn’t normally be other things. Although it is unusual, other towers have was dropped to 100 levels from the approved exposed to,” he said. He also said problems with lifts, for example, been occupied at similar heights while 108 after it was revealed it would breach the “As a building is constructed it does would be a logical occurrence in these still under construction, including Aurora airspace of Essendon Airport.

Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News 4 SOUTHBANK LOCAL NEWS ISSUE 88 Next layer Council addresses recycling of living and climate emergencies standards The state government has City of Melbourne (CoM) moved to fast-track its waste strategy on August 5 in response to Victoria’s released the second phase of escalating recycling crisis, less than a month after councillors adopted the strategy and in the same its Building Better Apartment meeting declared a climate emergency. design standards for community consultation. More than 30 Victorian councils have been “We are on track to far exceed the 1.5 sending their recycling to landfill since July degrees increase that thousands of scientists Two years on from the introduction of its 25 when recycling firm SKM announced it acknowledge that, pass that point, and we first set of apartment design standards, would no longer accept them. The CoM has are in dire circumstances. We need far more which legislated new rules to ensure sent 45 tonnes a day since then. action at all levels of government,” she said. apartments have things like adequate 10 days earlier, the council adopted the Deputy Lord Mayor Arron Wood said that daylight, storage and ventilation, the Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy all councillors had engaged in a “robust focus has now broadened to look at 2030 and moved an urgent item of business discussion” about the use of the word building exteriors. by formally declaring a “climate and “emergency” and how that would help curb The proposed changes will affect biodiversity emergency”. climate change in the municipality. landscaping, external walls, vehicle The waste strategy includes an independent “It’s not about scaring people but it’s actually access, site servicing, wind effects and feasibility study into the establishment of a about how you resource things and push the management of building construction new large-scale recycling centre that would towards targets. It sends a message to our impacts. service multiple municipalities. community that we take this very seriously,” Announcing the changes on August Announcing the strategy’s fast-tracking, Lord Cr Wood said. 2, acting Minister for Planning Lily Mayor Sally Capp said it would involve both “We’re actually on track by 2030 to be D’Ambrosio said the new standards short- and long-term aspects. responsible for 13 per cent of global were designed to lower the costs of maintenance through the use of better- “We want to stop recyclables going to emissions so that’s no longer the get out quality materials. landfill as soon as possible and deliver long- of jail free card that people use to say that term improvements for our residents and ‘we’re not much of the problem’ and ‘we “As more and more people choose Darebin and the City of Port Phillip in calling businesses,” the Lord Mayor said. shouldn’t move on this’.” apartment living, we need to ensure these for the state government to introduce a state- buildings are high-quality and ready for “We are going to increase the number of wide container deposit scheme (CDS) – a Cr Wood also slammed the lack of leadership 21st century challenges such as climate shared waste hubs for businesses in the recycling cashback plan for individuals and from the federal government on the issue, change and our growing population central city and work with businesses in community groups. noting that if it wasn’t going to act then growth,” she said. the central city and work with businesses to it should not “stand in the way” of those The council’s July 15 climate emergency reduce the amount of waste they produce.” wanting to do so. “Melbourne leads the world in liveability motion was moved by environment and that should be reflected in our “Our team is examining international best portfolio chair Cr Cathy Oke and endorsed Cr Jackie Watts also gave an emotional apartments – by increasing green space practices and will run an expression of unanimously, declaring that climate change address in support of a section of the motion, and wind protection and creating safer, interest process looking for technologies and mass species extinction posed serious which acknowledged the action that young more attractive neighbourhoods.” that could be used in Melbourne’s inner- threats to the people of Melbourne and people were taking across the world in city laneways. This could include using should be treated as an emergency. demanding more from their governments. “Our buildings and public spaces are a everything from mini-compactor bins, to defining feature of our city – it’s vital that While noting its ongoing commitment to “We are in a very dire situation. We have specialised vehicles, and collection of source we get the planning right now to make mitigating climate change through a range an obligation to tell it how it is, and we separated materials such as glass, organics, sure it stays that way.” of initiatives such as the Melbourne Renewal are,” Cr Watts said. “This motion actually paper and cardboard.” Energy Project and the Climate Change shows respect for the young people who will Consultation is now open at engage.vic. CoM also joined other Victorian councils Mitigation Strategy, Cr Oke said she felt actually have to deal with the mess we are gov.au/building-better-apartments-in- such as the City of Frankston, the City of frustrated that more wasn’t being done. fighting.” neighbourhoods

Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News ISSUE 88 SOUTHBANK LOCAL NEWS 5 Audioplay grant Beulah submits By Meg Hill Developer Beulah Southbank start-up Audioplay International has submitted was awarded a $25,000 grant its long-awaited plans for from the City of Melbourne in Australia’s tallest development July as a round one winner of in Southbank to Minister for the council’s small business Planning Richard Wynne for and social enterprise grant approval. Gemma Pepper outside ACMIx in Southbank. program. Located on the BMW site on the corner background and evolved Audioplay out of of City Rd and Southbank Boulevard, the Audioplay is an immersive audio a theatre production they made a few years Southbank by Beulah project is refinement experience for kids. Founded by sisters ago. of the UNStudio and Cox Architecture’s Gemma and Zoe Pepper, Audioplay twin tower design, underpinned by “We’ve both worked in theatre and the arts is a “new kind of way of experiencing “creativity and cultural innovation”. our entire careers,” Gemma said. entertainment”. A proposed mixed-use lifestyle precinct of “We did circus together when we were 270,000 sqm, the updated design includes: “Kids put headphones on and then step into young, but we started working together ■ the story and become a character,” Gemma when Zoe was working on tours to ■ Four collections of private residences; Pepper said. Edinburgh and I helped her getting stuff ■■ 35,000 sqm of commercial offices; together, we worked really well together.” “They physically play it out in the real ■■ A 220-key five-star urban resort; “We have worked closely with the world, so they might use cushions and Gemma said Zoe is in charge of all things Department of Environment, Land, Water ■■ 6600 sqm of conference and blankets or something in the living room, creative – from script development, and Planning (DEWLP) and the City of entertainment centre; like old school imaginative play, but with a overseeing sound components, working Melbourne and we are inspired by their blockbuster soundtrack, a sound score and with composers, sound engineers and ■■ A children’s play centre; vision for Southbank,” Beulah International all the sound effects you might hear in a actors – while Gemma is in control of the managing director Jiaheng Chan said. ■ movie.” business side. ■ A health and wellbeing precinct; “We believe this project will significantly ■■ 30,000sqm of world-class retail Audioplay is based in ACMIx, where “Creating Audioplay has been an interesting support the wider transformation of the including a new BMW experience Gemma and Zoe secured an ongoing transition from us working in theatre to area by creating a green, active, connected centre; and spot after taking part in ACMI’s 12-week thinking ‘how do we see this as a digital urban environment that invites and intensive program for creative businesses. product?’. It’s been a really interesting new ■■ 7250sqm of public green spaces, encourages an enjoyable experience for Gemma and Zoe both come from a theatre adventure.” including the Future Sky Garden. both residents and visitors.”

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The City of Melbourne and developer OSK Property have settled their dispute over open space contributions in the Victorian Civil and Above and inset: renders of the future high school in Fishermans Bend. Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). the site’s land value as per the Melbourne School designs unveiled Planning Scheme. While the matter was settled some By Alex Dalziel months ago, details of the outcome, of Following mediation at VCAT, a City of which council described as a “successful Melbourne spokesperson said it had mediation”, only recently emerged. reached a successful outcome. The state government has The dispute related to the developer’s new “The outcome, following VCAT released designs for the new public park on Kavanagh St as part of its proceedings, resulted in 858 sqm of total Fishermans Bend Secondary current development at Melbourne Square. area of the site being vested in council as a The park is due to open this year. reserve. The reserve is located at the front of School to be built at 477 the site and equates to 4.23 per cent of the Despite providing nearly three times the Graham St. total contribution. It is now unimpeded by amount of open space required as part of its private infrastructure such as basements, six-tower mixed-use development, the City Construction is expected to start soon on pathways or drains,” the spokesperson said. of Melbourne last year requested an open the four-storey school after an additional space contribution on top of the developer’s “The remaining 2.83 per cent public $3.8 million was provided for planning land contribution. open space contribution will be made works in the latest state budget. Architects as a financial contribution to the City of Billard Leece Partnership designed the The building is as part of the state Approved in 2015, the Minister for Planning Melbourne’s public open space fund.” 7947sqm building. government’s commitment to building 100 Richard Wynne had determined that the new schools between 2019 and 2026, which 3745 sqm park should be delivered by A spokesperson for OSK Property said: The proposed design pays homage to the saw an allocation of $624.8 million towards OSK Property as part of its open space “We’re thankful that we were able to area’s maritime history, specifically to the it in the 2019 – 2020 state budget. The contribution. As part of the agreement, the work closely with council through the Spirit of Tasmania ferry, which the building school will open in 2022. park would remain under the developer’s settlement process to find a mutually resembles. private ownership and maintained at its beneficial outcome. More importantly, the Fishermans Bend Secondary School is an The school will be built to cater for 650 own cost to council standards. outcome won’t impact the overall size of interim name for the school during the students, with a future fit-out for 1100 the 3745 sqm public green space that will planning and construction stages. A school The dispute evolved when an application, students. The design features state-of- benefit our residents, tenants and the local advisory group will decide on a final name submitted by the developer to council last the-art STEAM (science, technology, community,” for the school that, reflects its unique year, sought to subdivide its land into five engineering, arts and maths) spaces with a identity, inspires local pride and makes the staged lots. Melbourne Square will include “With construction progressing well we are robotics workshop and a fabrication lab. school easily locatable. four residential towers, a commercial tower on track to deliver this public green space Facilities will also include a competition- and a hotel managed by Hilton. by the end of 2019.” Enrolment information will be released, grade gymnasium, a commercial-grade and a new principal appointed in 2021. While council issued a permit for the The financial contribution is understood kitchen and canteen, a 200-seat lecture subdivision, it did so on the condition to be in the area of $4 million. The result theatre, outdoor terraces, an urban garden schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au/schools/ that the developer paid an open space means that more green space will be with recreational ball sports areas and a Pages/FishermansBendSecondarySchool contribution equivalent to 7.06 per cent of included as part of the new park. kitchen garden.

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Arts Centre Melbourne announced the launch of a new pilot program last month aimed at supporting the mental health and wellbeing of those working within the creative industries.

As part of its suite of mental health and wellbeing initiatives, the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline was launched in Southbank on July 18; a new support service tailored to those who work in the performing arts. Greta Bradman, Claire Spencer, Matt Heyward and Tracy Margieson at the launch. Claire Spencer addresses guests at the launch. Partnering with music charity Support Act to provide a free and confidential wellbeing the service would be made available to those working in the performing arts can be Mr Miller said. phone service, the Support Act Wellbeing who worked in the performing arts industry. challenging and at times stressful. The Helpline is particularly targeted at those helpline will offer a free and confidential “The helpline provides a wide range of who may not have access to professional “This much needed helpline is staffed by phone service to any person who would counselling support from depression, support such as independent theatre makers qualified clinicians who understand the not ordinarily be able to access this type of anxiety, addiction, suicidal feelings through and those working in small to medium arts performing arts sector,” Ms Spencer said. service – particularly those who work in our to loneliness, relationship breakdown, organisations. “We recognise that our community faces thriving independent and small to medium financial worries, illness and workplace It is also especially targeted at those for particular challenges and stresses from sector.” conflict. We hope it becomes a widely the unique nature of our work, which can used resource for people working in the whom and employee assistance program Support Act CEO Clive Miller said that it was include being curtain ready under pressure performing arts.” (EAP) is cost prohibitive, though the delighted to be partnering with Arts Centre Wellbeing Helpline does not replace an and the demands of touring and its effect Melbourne and Worksafe on the program. The Support Act Wellbeing Helpline can be organisational EAP or ongoing professional on mental health and wellbeing when away “It is a great resource for anyone who works accessed 24 hours, seven days a week on clinical support. from routine, family and friends.” in music, and now the performing arts, 1800 959 500 within Australia. For more Arts Centre Melbourne CEO Claire Spencer “Whether a person is in production, to access if they are concerned about any information about The Arts Wellbeing said that she was “absolutely thrilled” that performance, or arts management, a life aspect of their mental health or wellbeing,” Collective visit artswellbeing.com.au

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Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News ISSUE 88 SOUTHBANK LOCAL NEWS 9 Hotel plans revealed Residents talk art A new hotel project at 63- Development Victoria 69 City Rd, which is slated provided a briefing to the for completion in 2022, was Southbank Residents’ announced by a Malaysian Association (SRA) on the state developer and British-based government’s arts precinct hotel group last month. transformation last month.

Currently home to the Photography Studies The project’s director Hannah Clement College (PSC), the site will see a 30-storey presented at SRA’s annual general meeting the City of Melbourne on a number of tower comprising 244 hotel rooms and (AGM) at the Malthouse Theatre on July 25, initiatives over the year including the draft commercial office space constructed in its providing insight into the progress that has budget, amendments 308 (urban design) place. elements of luxury hotels into smaller, been made to date. and C305 (heritage) and council’s transport smart space, while incorporating a sense and waste strategies, the SRA continues to Malaysian-based integrated hospitality of community with areas for co-working, With the project still in its early stages, the provide a strong voice for our community. asset owner and developer Cornerstone social gatherings and exercise. presentation was largely an overview of Partners Group (CPG) announced its what was to come, but Ms Clement told The response from locals was so positive maiden mixed development project in “We are truly honoured to embark on residents that planning was well advanced. that the new committee received a total of Melbourne in partnership with UK hotel a solid partnership with Yotel as we 12 nominations for the 2019/20 financial group Yotel. believe in Australia, there is an avenue for “This will not be another Federation year, with positions to be determined disruptive brands such as Yotel, which offer Square,” Ms Clement said. “It will be a at a meeting on August 7. The new CPG chief executive officer (CEO) Jason something completely new to the market,” garden space that Melbourne doesn’t committee consists of Tony Penna, Dan Chong said the company was thrilled to Mr Chong said. currently have and will be lots of things to O’Keeffe, Marcus de Rijk, Artemis Pattichi, introduce its story to Australians, with a lots of different people.” Joanne Vanselow, Ciaran Ashe, Jennifer project “Southbank has never seen in the “We were also impressed by Yotel’s global Fletcher, Mike Gaertner, Clair Richards, p a s t .” development pipeline, focused on key Development Victoria has also established Renee Russell, Richard Drew and Laszlo gateway markets, which fits perfectly with its project office at the former Carlton “Leveraging on our project development Kucharszki. our strategy. Therefore, it was only natural United Breweries building on Southbank capabilities, Cornerstone Partners Group to join forces on our first project in Australia Boulevard, which will be home to the new Long serving member Lynne Lumsden was is focused on fulfilling gaps in hospitality in Melbourne, one of the country’s most National Gallery of Victoria Contemporary awarded life membership on the night for markets across Asia Pacific,” Mr Chong said. cosmopolitan and urbanised cities.” (NGV) as part of the transformation. her efforts with researching and writing the The project will also see the first Yotel, association’s history. Unfortunately, with The signing ceremony of the hotel The AGM was well attended by locals, with a “pioneer of sleek, technology-driven Lynne absent through illness her husband management agreement between Chong president Tony Penna providing a detailed accommodation,” delivered in Australia. David received the award on her behalf. and Yotel CEO Hubert Viriot was held in account of what had been another busy Yotel is renowned for taking essential Sydney recently. year for SRA. With submissions made to southbankresidents.org.au

Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News 10 SOUTHBANK LOCAL NEWS ISSUE 88 Government takes lead on cladding By Sean Car a single loan had been issued in Victoria The state government ended under the scheme since it was introduced last year. years of speculation last month when it pledged $600 The complicated scheme involves a three- way loan between owners, council and a million of taxpayers’ money to lender, which allows an owner to pay off a remove high-risk cladding from loan through their council rates. apartment buildings. Lannock Strata Finance CEO Paul Morton, whose company funded the Lacrosse Premier Dan Andrews and Minister building in Docklands to enable the OC for Planning Richard Wynne made the to commence rectification and pursue announcement on July 16, which followed litigation, said that the government’s scheme recommendations from the final report was never commercially viable. of the government’s Victorian Cladding “The market for lending to owners’ Taskforce. corporations is mature and The taskforce also recommended the competitive. There is no reason or Victorian Government seek a contribution justification for government intervention,” from the Commonwealth to help fund he said. “Lannock will lend 100 per cent rectification, mounting the case that of the amount required to fix all cladding L:R: Richard Wynne, John Thwaites, Ted Baillieu and Dan Andrews at the cladding announcment on July 16. cladding was a “national problem”. rectification on strata buildings in Victoria.”

However, the federal government was quick “From a lender’s point of view there are While it welcomed the government’s plan to quash any speculation that it would pitch worked with the Victorian Building Authority lots of practical problems with the CRA. for rectification, the Property Council in, with federal treasurer Josh Frydenburg (VBA) to identify 15 buildings that will have It’s uncommercial. There is no arrears of Australia warned that a “700 per cent stating that his government would not be their cladding fixed first. management process in place and council increase” in building levies would add “picking up the bill” for what he labelled “a has to set up all of these new systems, which untenable costs to new construction projects The government has said that CSV would state responsibility”. they don’t normally do.” in Victoria. soon start contacting OCs and property owners, starting with those buildings that The Andrews government will instead The government’s announcement was The Property Council’s Victorian deputy had been identified by the taskforce as the directly fund half of the rectification works also followed by the news of a landmark executive director Matthew Kandelaars greatest risk, while the VBA continues to and will introduce changes to the state’s agreement being struck between states, said he was “deeply concerned” about the audit buildings across the state. building permit levy to raise the other $300 territories and the Commonwealth on July impacts of the proposed increase. million over the next five years. The taskforce’s final report, released on July 18, which will see a new national taskforce “The Government is proposing a 700 per 16, stated that of the 2227 buildings audited funded to pursue nationally consistent The program will be overseen by a new cent increase in the levy for new buildings in Victoria to date, 1069 were found to have building standards. agency, Cladding Safety Victoria (CSV), valued at more than $1.5 million,” he said. combustible cladding. Of those, 72 were which will manage funding and work directly “For works as low as $800,000, it is proposed deemed to be extreme risk, 409 high risk, 388 Held at the Building Ministers Forum held with owners’ corporations (OCs). The state the levy rate will double. These are not big moderate risk and 200 low risk. in Sydney, Minister for Planning Richard government appointed former head of building projects by any stretch.” Wynne said the agreement would mean that Incolink Dan O’Brien as CEO of CSV on Federal Greens MP for Melbourne Adam the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) August 2. “The increases which are being proposed Bandt welcomed the government’s decision would be expanded, better resourced and for new projects are disproportionate and and urged it to begin funding the removal of force greater engagement from the building The government’s decision to use tax-payer unreasonable when you consider that the dangerous cladding immediately. industry. The ABCB will now be tasked with money to rectify buildings with high-risk buildings being targeted for rectification preparing a national framework to guide cladding ends years of discussion in Victoria “This is a victory for all the residents who have previously been lawfully approved implementation of recommendations from around how removal should be funded, with have pushed for action. This is what happens under the Victorian building code.” the Shergold Weir Building Confidence the government set to recoup costs from when people speak up and demand that report. “dodgy builders”. “We understand and support the imperative governments act,” Mr Bandt said. to strengthen public confidence in “Once this cladding is removed, the States and territories also agreed to work “This isn’t just about safety, it’s about construction and building safety and address government should pursue those towards a coordinated approach on fairness for people who bought apartments the looming insurance crisis. However, responsible in court and implement a new professional indemnity insurance. in good faith and were let down by dodgy a unilateral and massive increase in levy on developers to recoup the costs.” builders or dangerous building products,” construction costs is not the answer.” To view the Victorian Cladding Taskforce’s Minister for Planning Richard Wynne said. The announcement would also appear to final report: “The Commonwealth is shirking their The government’s taskforce, headed by draw an end to the government’s failed responsibilities when it comes to helping fix former Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and cladding rectification agreement (CRA) loan planning.vic.gov.au/building-policy/ combustible cladding.” former Deputy Premier John Thwaites, has scheme. CBD News reported in July that not victorian-cladding-taskforce

Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News ISSUE 88 SOUTHBANK LOCAL NEWS 11 Locals shape hospital vision By Alex Dalziel

The state government has established a community consultative committee to guide the development of the proposed new Fishermans Cr Nicholas Reece presents to the Yarra River Business Association on July 12. Bend Community Hospital.

The committee will consist of 13 members and will be chaired by the local member for the Southern Metropolitan region Nina Reece talks river Taylor. Future Melbourne Committee in the The community hospital will offer services coming months. “We are getting on with building the such as day surgery, renal dialysis, specialist The Yarra River Business Fisherman’s Bend Community Hospital appointments, allied health including Association (YRBA) was given Earlier in his address to the YRBA, Cr Reece because locals should be able to easily physiotherapy and speech pathology, after- also raised the perennial issue that has access the care they need, close to home, hours health care with access to pathology a presentation by Cr Nicholas plagued Southbank for many years; trucks when they need it,” Ms Taylor said. and imaging, women’s and children’s health Reece last month on the City carrying placard loads along City Rd. and chronic disease management. Members of the committee include: Ms of Melbourne’s draft city river Cr Reece’s comments, in which he said he Services may also include community Juliet Cooper, Ms Simone Cresp, Mr Dan was keen to act on banning large trucks mental health, alcohol and drug services strategy. Ferguson, Mr Spiros Fourlanos, Mr Paul from using City Rd, were picked up by The and public dental, as well as counselling Grant, Ms Debra Holland, Ms Sheryl Herald Sun in a follow-up story published and treatment services, respite and recovery Maher, Ms Esther Margalit, Mr Schlomo Addressing members at the July luncheon on July 18. services. at Left Bank on July 12, council’s chair of Nathanson, Ms June Sorbi, Ms Jennifer While there is a strong desire for a solution planning gave an insight into what council Stone, Mr Ruth Taylor and Ms Gillian The hospital is part of a $675 million to the issue, which is the result of larger had proposed in the strategy as part of Wood. election promise by the Andrews Labor trucks being banned from using the its long-term vision for the Yarra River/ government to build or upgrade 10 Domain Tunnel and diverted via City Rd Birrarung. Professor Andrew Way from Alfred Health community hospitals across the state. and Power St, Southbank Local News has and Damien Ferrie from Star Health are As to be expected, businesses were mainly learned many times that there is no quick Alfred Health will manage the Fishermans also advisors on the committee. interested as to how the strategy would help fix. Bend Community Hospital, with other open the precinct up to greater activity on It is hoped that the committee will assist potential partners including the City of Due to safety and animal welfare concerns and along the river. The team at Yarra Pools, the state government tailor the hospital to Port Phillip, South East Melbourne Primary for trucks carrying petrol or livestock, for which has long proposed to construct a the needs of the local community. Health Network, and other NGOs. example, VicRoads doesn’t permit larger pool at the turning basin near Enterprize vehicles using the tunnel. However, it is While a site is yet to be announced for Park, also quizzed Cr Reece on whether its “It is critical these hospitals are shaped by understood that discussions surrounding the hospital, Southbank Local News idea was being seriously considered as part their communities. We understand how modifications to larger trucks and changed understands that the preferred location is of the final plan. important it is that locals get a real say on traffic conditions are forming part of the within the Wirraway Precinct. what health services they need and that is Public consultation on the draft strategy current pitch to the roads authority in an exactly what this advisory group will do,” Construction is expected to begin in 2022 has now closed and the final report is effort to get the vehicles off City Rd. Watch Ms Taylor said. and completed by 2024. expected to go before councillors at the this space!

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Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News 12 SOUTHBANK LOCAL NEWS ISSUE 88 Heritage review By Alex Dalziel significant trees, sustainability and services, The City of Port Phillip subdivision, car parking and fencing. has begun consulting the The policy proposes to conserve heritage places in accordance with the procedures community on its draft local of the Australia International Council on heritage policy. Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Burra Charter 2019; a set of principles that sets out The council said that the heritage review, the philosophy, terminology, methodology which will also consider previous studies and techniques of cultural heritage undertaken in Fishermans Bend, was a conservation. response to the “community’s growth and Demolition would be allowed if the building changing needs.” was found to be structurally unsound Since the gazettal of the original Port or in poor condition, and proposed to Phillip Heritage Review in 2000, the council be immediately rebuilt to the original has conducted a number of additional appearance. assessments of heritage areas, with the last The guidelines also aim to avoid “facadism” being a review of Port Phillip’s heritage where demolition results in the retention overlay in 2011/12. of only the façade or exterior walls, and The draft heritage guidelines provide encourages developers to use and maintain information to support new heritage as much of the original building as possible. policies, which include updated protocols on how to accommodate environmentally Attention is also payed to Aboriginal sustainable features, such as solar panels, cultural heritage with the policy endorsing a on heritage buildings. strategy of using interpretive infrastructure and indigenous plant species for areas At present, the review doesn’t suggest Looking for the of Aboriginal archaeological or cultural adding or removing any buildings from the heritage significance. heritage overlay, but to provide a basis to conduct work on a site listed in a heritage The City of Port Phillip is currently overlay area. requesting feedback from local residents perfect square and aims to finalise the policy and Key changes to policy involve the guidelines by early 2020. demolition of part or all of a heritage- By Rhonda Dredge listed place, additions and alterations, haveyoursay.portphillip.vic.gov.au/ the redevelopment of the Melbourne new buildings in the heritage overlay, heritage-policy-update The Arts Precinct is trying Conservatorium by architect John Wardle. to preserve small squares One section of the conservatorium juts out jauntily over the new public space, defining of public space in the it vertically, offering visual protection from face of rampant high-rise more intrusive towers. development all around. Some are critical of the way the ground level of the square has been landscaped in At least two residential towers are on the that the VCA’s art school has given up its drawing board in Sturt St, both around 60 casual dreaming space to make way for the metres high. clutter of cedar benches, instant lawn and conifers. Residents are worried about the visual impact of more glass towers on a ground- Arts communities around the world are level community. conservative about the places they love. In Barcelona, Café Marcello, which was Paris by Night – a live show like no other But it was business as usual when frequented by Picasso and Hemingway, Enjoy a night filled with live band music, extravagant themes, Southbank Local News visited the hasn’t changed since. Even the dust is Malthouse courtyard last month, a popular original. snacks, beverages and more. meeting place for students, artists, residents Limited seats available – please book in advance. and theatre-goers. One art lecturer said he had never seen anyone sitting on the new benches. He said Friday | Jazz Night Saturday | Vintage Night The square, flanked as it is by the majestic the square was more of a statement than a Open: Thurs – Sat | 8pm – Midnight forms of ACCA and Chunky Move, is more place to hang out. of a rhomboid than a perfect shape. Others are more optimistic. Jon Cattapan, Issues such as sunlight, shadows, food, director of the VCA, said the square had room to move, protection and carefully- only been open five weeks. “Wait until the designed glimpses of other landscapes warmer weather,” he said. interact here. A student was sighted by Southbank Local One worker in the Malthouse expressed News, sitting on one of the benches while concern about the impact on future parking checking his phone, while a group was of more development in the area but perched on top of the circular lawn eating squares are primarily aimed at pedestrians. lunch. The best squares appear suddenly out Melbourne’s students can be quite of nowhere, providing punctuation in a pragmatic about their lunch options, pedestrian’s predictable journey along grey seeking out good deals in out-of-the-way footpaths. places that are not quite squares. A good square can transform a visitor, An unobtrusive space across Sturt St offering a haven in winter and inspiration beside the Guild Apartments was attracting in summer. attention where great baguettes were available from Café Godot for $9. Nearby, on Dodds St, a new square recently opened between the Victorian This square is more of an oblong with College of the Arts (VCA) and the Ian display cases running along its northern Potter Southbank Centre, following perimeter for creative types.

Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News ISSUE 88 SOUTHBANK LOCAL NEWS 13 Living the Bend’s innovative dream By Sean Car generation mobility solutions. As the state government “That does a number of things,” he said. continues in its quest to “It will be the only one in the country. It will be the biggest in the world because it’s establish a world-class 450 hectares of space and because it’s got employment and innovation industry, port, residential, new schools, it has the combinations of all of the ways in cluster in Fishermans Bend, which we live for the future.” organisations like the “With a smart mobility living lab overlay, we Australian Road Research can really deliver next generation mobility solutions.” Board (ARRB) are already The work that ARRB do is the sort of leading the way. innovation that the government is looking to attract more of in Fishermans Bend with Southbank Local News caught up with ARRB a focus on advanced manufacturing and CEO Michael Caltabiano last month to get a engineering. The Fishermans Bend taskforce taste of the sort of cutting-edge innovation ARRB CEO Michael Caltabiano inside one of the ARRB laboratories at its Fishermans Bend headquarters. is looking to global case studies, such as the that the precinct can look forward to seeing Brooklyn Navy Yard in the United States or even more of in the future. government, academia, companies and “We can overlay that roughness data with the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, to the private sector, Michael said the ARRB the speed data to find out if there are some see how it’s being done elsewhere. Last year, the ARRB established the nation’s mission was to help shape a better transport linkages, for example. You can then overlay The government has also established a leading transportation science research future, which meant “opening our eyes to the decision making about which sections new priority precincts portfolio, which facility at Turner St right in the heart of the new ways of thinking.” [of road] need upgrading and if they’re not is overseen by minister Gavin Jennings. future Employment Precinct in Fishermans upgrading those that make an economic Fishermans Bend is one of a number of other Bend, relocating from its previous This means providing up to date research impact you need to say why?” headquarters in Vermont. on everything from pavement materials precincts which include Sunshine, Werribee, to road user behaviour, data for managing The ARRB research laboratories, open to Monash, Parkville and Latrobe. While Michael said that the move was universities or the private sector to come and and designing our current road assets and With the University of Melbourne’s largely inspired by a desire to move his play, provide the facilities capable of testing developing the strategies and technologies establishing its new engineering and staff closer to the CBD, being central to the next generation road materials to suit any for new intelligent transport systems (ITS). design campus 200 metres from the ARRB state government’s vision for a National condition and climate. However, going a step further, it also means headquarters in the early 2020s, the scope Employment and Innovation Cluster (NEIC) exploring all possible future mobility needs in Fishermans was also a factor. The multi-million-dollar facility is also home for collaboration presents mouth-watering and technologies such as autonomous to the National Interest Service Library for potential for innovators. “Fishermans Bend was attractive because vehicles and solar roads, for example. road and rail and provides meeting rooms, However, when it comes to keeping up with of the industry that was here,” Michael The ARRB collects the entire nation’s workspaces and conference spaces purpose the times, Michael said he believed Australia said. “The overlay of the Fishermans Bend road systems performance data using a built to host a range of different transport was a decade behind the modern world planning that really did have this as a combination of means such as intelligent agencies and organisations from around the when it came to embracing and adopting transport cluster and the university [of pavement assessment vehicles, traffic country. new mobility technologies and exploring Melbourne] moving down the road meant monitors and information gathered through artificial intelligence (AI); something it had that it all fitted really well with our vision of “There are no other laboratories in the world smart phones. to change. where we wanted to be.” where you walk in and there are no lines on Up to date information on everything the floor, there’s no ‘you can’t touch this, “The AI economy future is the new economy “We have an opportunity here in Fishermans from average speeds, traffic volumes, you can’t do that’. There’s not a sign in this and it’s a multi trillion-dollar economy,” Bend to reimagine mobility, and how people road roughness and flood damage can building. I treat everybody like an adult,” Michael said. “So is the mobility of the live, and what that transportation looks like.” be monitored by ARRB’s mapping and Michael said. future, it’s the crossover. Mobility of the ARRB is a not-for-profit private company modelling teams to save governments time “This is the hub for infrastructure in the future is AI, personalised mobility, it’s limited by guarantee, whose shareholders and money; something not being done so nation so we will have people come in here a different way of doing business. It’s a are the road agencies of Australia and well in Victoria. and do projects for six months and we’ll have different way of working and living.” the federal government. It is the national teams of a dozen people to sit down and “This is the place at Fishermans Bend to “Victoria is behind the times,” Michael said. transport research organisation. Employing work with our people for a year. We have the actually explore and to play and to try and to “It doesn’t use the intelligent pavement scientists, geologists, engineers, IT and space for all of them.” do. With University of Melbourne and RMIT assessment vehicles we use in all of the technology experts, economists and even down the road, 80 per cent of all AI graduates other states because they choose not to. He told Southbank Local News that ARRB psychologists, it is the source of independent come out of China. We have to be fixated on They think they know the answer based on was in active discussions with government expert transport knowledge in Australia. delivering the next generation of skills.” a visual observation of the road. It’s just not to implement a Smart Mobility Lab in the Working with road agencies, all levels of possible.” precinct – the world’s largest test bed for next Arrb.com.au

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Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News 14 SOUTHBANK LOCAL NEWS ISSUE 88 Leading our local sustainable future By Sean Car

South Melbourne Market’s operations manager Adam Mehegan has completely transformed the market’s sustainable practices in his five- and-a-half years in the role. Oyster shells are given their own bins in the market.

In the midst of the waste and recycling Oysters crisis currently plaguing Melbourne, This project, which was entirely thanks to it’s leaders like Adam and his team who Adam’s self-described “stalking” of a not- provide an important source of hope for the for-profit organisation calledThe Nature community. Conservancy, has been one of the market’s most transformative changes to date. Determined to help the market’s traders and customers limit their impact on the Going through around 3000 dozen oyster planet, Adam is continuously looking to shells a week, Adam said the shells had implement new measures that force changes previously created a massive by-product, in behaviour. which would previously go to landfill. Instead, the market has to date contributed Taking Southbank Local News on a tour 28 tonnes of oyster shells to the Nature through the market’s loading dock last Conservancy’s program to restore decimated month, the impact that his passion is reefs in Port Phillip Bay. having on the market’s operations was both fascinating and inspiring. “In nature, oyster shells or scallop shells when they die that shell is used as a “This backyard is like my university,” Adam foundation for new shellfish to grow,” Adam told Southbank Local News. “I work on the said. “So, they establish the sandstone and premise that I don’t ask for permission, I ask Soil food and, once processed (below) bagged for sale. drop the shell on and once it’s actually for forgiveness.” established with the seaweed and algae, “Smells alright doesn’t it? When you have “Our contract is cleaning and waste they’ll go and plant the oyster spat. To date heaps of citrus and coffee in it you get a bit management. A cleaning contractor would there is about 1100 sqm of reef that they’ve of a Christmas cake smell sometimes!” he engage a waste company and when I started established. There is a beautiful, healthy, said. “The beautiful thing about our product there were specific components required ecosystem out there now.” is that because of the seafood it has a 25 per from a contractor.” This small bailer can crush 1000 milk bottles at one time. cent nitrogen content. It’s a slow release and Energy and water “It included things such as reduction of it’s 100 per cent organic concentrated and waste to landfill but we’re not educating the super-rich in nutrients.” The market’s roof has turned into an cleaners, improving our waste and finding incredible resource for its traders. Not only Adam said the market was also collaborating new ways of doing things so I thought who is does it currently hold 34kw of solar capacity, on a project with food rescue charity going to do it? I’m going to do it, aren’t I? I’ll with another 200kw to be added soon FareShare by providing it with soil food for take ownership of it and do it myself.” (reducing energy bills by around $60,000 its community projects. annually), the rooftop carpark acts as a water Open four days a week and operating The market is the only one in Australia that catchment that feeds a half-a-million-litre on a modest footprint, streamlining and has a worm project of its size: approximately water tank. enhancing its waste management systems 150 tonnes (or six cubic metres) a week to has been vitally important in ensuring the This water is used for washdowns be exact. Partnering with Wiggly Recyclers community market remains the thriving Air compressed polystyrene compacted into blocks. throughout the market and by the likes of in Werribee, everything from paper, lawn space that it is today. Here are just some of the market’s florist for potable water. This clippings and green scraps are converted A few key changes in this space under the innovative ways it is making a difference. combined with sub-metering the 76 stalls into compost. Adam’s leadership has been the installation holders who actually use water at the market, of a bailing machines for polystyrene and Adam said he would soon be implementing bills have been slashed. milk bottles. As he said, in a 100 sqm waste working worm farms in the market to show management area, space was key. the public. It will also soon sell the worms What’s next? to customers, which according to Adam, fed Having previously been bailed into large While the market runs a range of other off very special mix … “Our product is mixed 200kg loads, the new machine now air initiatives, Adam said that new initiatives with rhino poo from the Werribee Zoo I’ve compresses polystyrene into neat bricks, targeting items such as coffee cups, egg been told!” resulting a significant reduction of volume. cartons and heating were next in line. And, The change has seen collection go from three of course, those notorious plastic soy sauce times a fortnight to once every five weeks, fish were on notice! limiting truck movements and softening its “We’ve tried to get rid of the plastic soy sauce Seperated organic waste. carbon footprint. fish by putting bottles on the tables,” he said. Organic waste Locals are also invited to bring their milk “Some of the shops still sell them but it’s a bottles to the market anytime, according to slow education process. Same with wasabi The market has installed a machine, known Adam. With the market using around 750 packets; we’ve started putting that in bottles as the GG1200, which processes about 470 bottles of milk a week of its own, its bailer too.” tonnes of organic waste annually. Twice a machine can compact 1000 in a single bail. day, about 600kg of product, which includes Made from high-density polyethylene, “I come from the generation of convenience. fish offal, coffee grounds, sushi, greens milk bottles, like polystyrene, are both Like the plastic bags, which we were the first and orange rinds from juicers, is processed highly sought-after products for the to ban. It’s lazy and it’s convenient. We need through the machine at 175 degrees and building industry which use it for the likes to actually change the behaviour.” broken down. of installation panelling and foundation “There’s always more to come. We’re not pads for new developments. As a result, the The moisture is extracted over nine hours Recycling resting.” market now earns money for what was once and after cooling down, is then processed Using its own recycling partners Vanden and just considered waste. South Melbourne Market will host its into bags of soil food, which the market then Australian Paper Recovery (APR), the market annual Sutainable September campaign sells to customers as slow release fertiliser, hasn’t been impacted by the current dramas It also runs a range of other recycling starting from August 26. To learn more visit which Adam said was fantastic for the gripping its council thanks to the closure of initiatives for other things such as glass, oil southmelbournemarket.com.au/about/ garden. 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Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News THEARTS PRECINCT WILLIAM BARTON ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

“It’s a great honour to be an artist in residence here,” William said. The first conversation with Marshall Maguire was to just do whatever I want within reason but do the things that I would have wanted to do and explore across all of the different program ideas.” “It will be great to be able to work with musicians of great esteem and ability because you get to hang out and workshop your ideas musically as well.” Barton grew up around music and began playing didgeridoo from the age of seven in his hometown of Mt Isa, Queensland, where he was taught by his uncle Arthur Peterson. He also recounts memories of listening to his mother’s “operatic” singing with the birds at their home on a cattle station as a young boy. “The spirit of my uncle or mum resonates through the next generation of storytellers and how we further develop that conversation through our artform,” William said. By Sean Car about his music and his culture. “It was a privilege to be taught by my Those who tuned into the memorial uncle. He taught me with traditional service for former Prime Minister Bob Hawke techniques and then that gave me the Kalkadunga man and didgeridoo recently would recall William’s mastery foundation to explore and ride that wave into on the didgeridoo, when he collaborated different genres and adapt other techniques virtuoso William Barton has with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in outside of the traditional techniques.” moved into the Melbourne delivering a moving rendition of Men at It’s that same sense of cultural exchange Recital Centre (MRC) in August Work’s Land Down Under. and education that inspires and motivates A proud indigenous man, William is William’s music. Describing himself as a to become its 2019 artist-in- widely celebrated as one of Australia’s “generational storyteller”, he said he felt that residence. greatest living artists and he continues to it was vital for everyone to be able to share tour the world sharing his talents and his the power of language and identity through passion for his country. That passion was on the medium of music. “An Australian giant in every sense of the display for those lucky enough to witness “The language is an important part of your word. A musician at the very top of his game, his Contours of Songlines performance in identity and how you have to have it in our he’s broken more barriers and glass ceilings the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall at MRC on education system,” William said. “When I than you can count,” Limelight magazine’s July 18, which featured his mother Aunty was here recently for International Jazz Day Clive Paget wrote of Barton in 2016. Delmae Burton and violinist and pianist Paul with Herbie Hancock and James Morrison, Upon meeting William at MRC last month, Grabowsky. one of the hot topics was peoples’ style; Southbank Local News could not agree with However, this month, he moves into MRC where do they get their magic from?” Paget’s take more. The same kind, thoughtful to work alongside the likes of its director of “It’s a linear. There’s a linkage of who they and compassionate emotions one receives programming Marshall Maguire to explore looked upon to get to where they are. Music through his music are the same as those new ideas across a range of mediums all is a basis of my contemporary expressions.” received in person. William cares deeply aimed at enhancing the MRC program. Melbournerecital.com.au

Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News Critic Sex and the city will save you By Rhonda Dredge

The quirky imagination of art student Kaijern Koo stood out last month among the finalists for the Majlis $15,000 travelling scholarship.

15 third-year students from the Victorian outlined the simple, straightforward images College of the Arts (VCA) were in the of the toothbrushes as a form of voodoo. running. “You have to arrange the toothbrushes in a Kaijern didn’t win but her philosophical certain way so that life will emulate them.” paintings performed their rituals to an Her work provides insights into the appreciative audience. reasons one might perform these toothbrush The sensitive 20-year-old from Adelaide rituals. “If I see they’ve been disturbed I have finds Melbourne overwhelming. “People are to put them back. It’s a small opportunity for restless here. Everyone is trying to grab your control over fate.” attention.” She denies that her paintings provide Sometimes she seeks solace in Sex and the solutions for some of life’s existential City re-runs. problems. “They’re quasi-solutions.” “I love that show. It’s an image of If she’d won the scholarship she wanted to simplicity. Carrie Bradshaw is like a god, visit the Hungry Ghost festival in Hong Kong someone to turn to when everything else is where the dead are allowed back among the confusing.” living. Rituals and offerings are given so they Kaijern likes the character of Carrie not don’t meddle. because she is sexy or gets to wear great “They put food out for the dead so they’ll clothes but because she is omniscient. She be appeased and don’t bring bad fortune. Kaijern Koo: proud of the exposure for her paintings deals with life’s vicissitudes with a voice-over Ghosts are a magnification of regrets with that turns them into a compelling story. old loved ones.” In her painting Sex and the city will save mindfulness and horoscope sayings people certainty in a world that feels unstable. She praised Francis Carmody who won you, Kaijern uses a graphic style to represent tell each other to keep on track such as “fill “I hope to track these things that are the Majlis scholarship for her video Waiting Carrie at her laptop in her lounge room your mouth with marigolds”. overwhelming. I like to juxtapose the chaotic for Tear Gas. The award was presented by where she writes her column. ‘They try and offer wisdom but they don’t with the still.” Angela Wood at the Margaret Lawrence In the lower part of the painting are make sense,” Kaijern said. In Every morning I rearrange our Gallery. sketchy images of the city with all kinds of Her paintings are a way of finding toothbrushes so we stay happy she has Jewish arts come to Southbank By Sarah Bartlett

Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) presents the Festival of Jewish Arts and Music (FOJAM) in September.

The festival, which takes place on September 8, is a contemporary international music and arts festival celebrating the diversity and essence of

Jewish identity, culture and life. Gabriella Cohen. Willy Zygier and Deborah Conway. YID. Taking place over one day across four stages, 30 performances will feature over 140 international and local artists. the TV series Transparent, as well as the punk legend Deborah Conway. performance My Body, My Nation; a The festival will be under the artistic meeting of Jewish and queer identities on Ms Conway will also collaborate with her colourful performance that contains a full direction of the founders of music and events one of the festival’s panel discussions. spouse Willy Zygier to curate and perform in nudity warning, and Asis D’Orange’s The agency Hear Them Hollar, Lior Albeck-Ripka The festival opens with a performance by the festival choice pick Songs of Songs, which Carrot, which explores the parameters of and Jesse Lubitz. poet, musician, educator and First Nations’ is a tribute to Jewish lyricists and composers genre and gender. Mr Albeck-Ripka said that that the festival community activist Neil Morris with Why such as Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon and Asis’s passions cover a multitude of was an opportunity for diverse artists to We Stand. The performance is a celebration Carole King. Artists featuring in this line up themes that include fashion, feminism and collaborate. of Yorta Yorta man William Cooper. Mr include: Paul Kelly, Vika Bull, Kate Ceberano, veganism. The themes gradually develop to “We are bringing together critically Cooper led a protest to the German Embassy Clare Bowditch, Harry James Angus, Lisa become similar in dark and alluring ways. acclaimed and emerging artists working in Melbourne in 1938, objecting to the Mitchell, Alma Zygier, iOTA, Benny Walker, Festival producer Jesse Lubitz said that the across music, dance, drag, comedy, theatre treatment of Jewish people. James Henry, Alice Skye and Jacek Komen. festival paid homage to Jewish culture and and moving image from Australia, Israel, The festival’s headline performance Other prominent performances include identity. Russia and England,” said Mr Albeck-Ripka. is Transformer – A Tribute to Lou Reed, Gabriella Cohen and her band, 22-piece “The festival is a celebration of Jewish Featured artists include international a performance of Reed’s iconic album ensemble YID!, Australian contemporary identity, history, culture and arts – an headliners Israeli beat maker and producer Transformer. The tribute performance is classical film and television composer expression of freedom,” Mr Lubitz said. Noga Erez, as well as American singer- directed by Indie pop-artist Gabriella Cohen George Dreyfus, Russian-Israeli avant-garde “We hope artists and audiences walk away songwriter Chris Cohen, from the band and Kate “Babyshakes” Dillon (Full Flower artist Mary Ocher and many more. from FOJAM delighted, inspired, and maybe Deerhoof. Moon Band) and features artists including The program closes up with Gideon even challenged to reconsider their idea of Multimedia artist and LGBTI activist Chris Cohen, Alex Grow (Oh Mercy), Emily Obarzanek’s creation Circle Dance, which the Jewish experience.” Zackary Drucker will speak in an Australian Lubitz (Tinpan Orange), Bella Venuti (IV is based on an Israeli folk dance, as well For more information visit fojam.com exclusive of her work as a producer on League), Spike Fuck and ARIA-winning post- as choreographer Israel Aloni’s solo dance

Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News If these walls could speak.. Sally Watson. Unnaturally Common by Anna Luscombe.

All paradise is not love By Meg Hill

I am by Sheena Mukundan. Selfie Dysmorphia by Guillermo Carvajal. Image from Matthew Law. An exhibition of third year students from the Photography Studies College (PSC) is running “The thing I like about the show is that it’s was where it all began and I wanted to create “They photograph a lot differently to the at a pop-up gallery at Southgate different from what you’d see normally at a story that may have happened within the way I do, so they inspire me, and hopefully I until September with a central P S C .” walls of that house,” she said. inspire them.” He said the pop-up gallery allowed an “I like dark, dreamy, fairy-tale sort of Other contributions include Selfie focus on surrealism. outside-of-the-box approach and a break content. I’m inspired by the imagination.” Dysmorphia by Guillermo Carvajal, I am from the continuity that’s required of work Gary Tate, another student in the by Sheena Mukundan, and Unnaturally The exhibition is called All Paradise is Not exhibited inside the college. exhibition, used his client folio in the Common by Anna Luscombe. Love. André Breton, the author of two of the The exhibition comprises folio work that exhibition. His photos were taken to Selfie Dysmorphia is an exploration of three Surrealist Manifestos, wrote a poem of students have completed during the first promote a burlesque show at the Butterfly technology distorting aesthetic perception, the same name. half of the year. Part of that is client-oriented Club. as opposed to celebrating true individuality. It’s the first time third-year advanced folios, and the other is surrealism. “Basically, I tried to capture images that I am is an artistic exploration of the Myer- diploma students have exhibited as part of “You don’t really have any boundaries, so showed a little bit of movement so people Briggs theory. their course. Lecturer Mark Harper said the you really get to explore your creativity,” said could see the show was vibrant,” he said. Unnaturally Common is inspired by the format of the exhibition allowed students to Sally Watson, whose work If these walls could “I love a lot of the others’ work because we way unnatural elements seep into remote embrace their differences. speak… features in the exhibition. get to see how it develops. We have 23 weeks natural landscapes. “Their work varies a lot, it’s a really diverse “I did a series of images from my surreal to develop these themes, our client folio and The exhibition is running atShop 5, 3 show,” he said. folio. I was inspired by a house and so that our surreal folio.” Southgate Avenue.

Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News Grappling with our existential dramas By Sean Car

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art’s (ACCA) current exhibition asks all of us, including its own artists, to explore some of our greatest personal challenges in new and inspiring ways.

ACCA’s artistic director and exhibition “She looks at these works on one hand as curator Max Delany guided Southbank representations of beggars who are normally Local News through the gallery last month shunned or not given a dignified stance and to experience On Vulnerability and Doubt she attempts to elevate them and give them a through the vision of its brainchild. certain dignity,” Max said. Featuring the work of eight artists, three “She also sees these images of artists of whom are international, Delany said the before their viewers. Everyone’s head is themes of the exhibition had initially been covered and that also relates to the question inspired by the artists themselves, whose of shame. It’s equally like an artist putting up works all shared something in common. their work for judgement.” In a world defined by movements such The question of doubt is addressed as #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, related centrally by the likes of Brent Harris’s series questions of vulnerability and doubt have Borrowed plumage, a number of which been exposed and reimagined in a wide Max Delany with Andrea Büttner’s series Beggar at ACCA last month. present the probing fingers of Saint Thomas range of public and academic contexts. the Apostle – Doubting Thomas – plunging While the exhibition poses many and a lack of agency, Max said the idea of vulnerability. None more as unusual his fingers into the resurrected body of questions of individuals and of society, exhibition presented vulnerability as a than Charlie Sofo, for example, whose work Christ. conveyed through a diverse range of creative concept helpful in destabilising categories Chocks showcases a series of real-life blocks “He [Thomas] doesn’t believe his eyes,” expressions, Delany said that the works bore of normality. or wedges found in the street. As Max said, Max said. “So, he has to put his fingers into just as much weight for the artists in their This is apparent in indigenous artist a humble material “put on a pedestal” and Christ’s wounds to tell the truth. What that own contemplations of these themes. Archie Moore’s photographic work Under given new, monumental “gravitas”. suggests is that we have to rely on senses “Vulnerability as an arts sense is believing my Skin, for example, which presents the Linda Marrinon’s Rock with Underpants other than the purely visual.” in yourself or not. There are some very nice bare-chested artist in the company of others is also sure cause for a smile. The work is “So, questions of touch. When you walk links that happen through each of the works,” wearing t-shirts adorned with the image of presented exactly how the title suggests, as through the exhibition you’ll also see that Max told Southbank Local News. “None his own torso. a bluestone rock dressed in underwear, and there are references to touch and to the of the artists are shrinking violets but they “He’s very interested in the whole idea expresses an anti-heroic message referent finger and to the hand and senses other than grapple with these existential dramas like we of empathy and seeing something from to the human torso. the purely visual, including emotional affect all do.” someone else’s perspective,” Max said. “His Then there is the work of German artist and sensation.” “Doubt is one of the foundation stones of identity is both indigenous and European Andrea Büttner, whose series Beggar, Prevalent in all of the works and presented philosophy and scientific thought but also and then, equally, he has an even more is “particularly foundational” to the in a range of mediums, the exhibition lends has a very poetic register. These are things sort of darker undertone which is about exhibition, according to Delany. Using a itself to deeper questions of intimacy and that we can all identify and improvise with. skin colour and identity, legitimacy and “poverty of means” through woodblock desire, shame, love and awkwardness and, of It’s okay to feel uncertain and people are a Aboriginality being conferred by the colour printmaking, she conveys her messages course, fear. It is a journey not to be missed. lot more vulnerable in their own situations.” of one’s skin.” of vulnerability, shame and judgement as On Vulnerability and Doubt is on at ACCA In rethinking vulnerability as a productive, The exhibition features some much through the materials as she does until September 1. critical term, away from ideas of victimhood extraordinary and humourous takes on the through her subjects. Acca.melbourne Supersense Festival By Alex Dalziel

Supersense: Festival of the Ecstatic will return to Arts Centre Melbourne in 2019 from August 23 to 25.

In its third year, the immersive program will host a range of performances across the weekend, collaborating with premiere artists from Australia and overseas. In 2019, the festival will be set within the underground maze of Arts Centre Marlon Williams will perform on August 23. Curator Sophia Brous. Melbourne’s buildings, venues and walkways. The program will bring together most stunning artists, icons and agitators excited by the diverse line-up, which A Lecture on Nothing in an Australian elements of music, theatre, dance and coming together across music, theatre and promised to surprise. exclusive. performance ritual. dance. There is something in the program for “Supersense is special in that it brings Also featuring will be New Zealand The festival is the creation of Arts Centre everyone.” together artists from all around the songwriter Aldous Harding and avant-garde Melbourne and Australian New York-based “Go along to see an artist you love and world, ranging in ages from 20 to 80, jazz group The Art Ensemble of Chicago, performer and curator Sophia Brous. admire but then expect to be blown away by across generations, culture and art forms. led by Roscoe Mitchell and Famoudou Don An artist of diverse interests, Brous has an altogether different artist playing behind From icons of music, dance, theatre Moye, celebrating their 50th anniversary commissioned a number of large-scale door number two.” and performance to emerging visionary dedication to Lester Bowie, Shaku Joseph productions and concerts both in New York From 2016 to 2018, Brous was an artist- contemporary artists,” Ms Brous said. Jarman and Malachi Favor Maghostut. and Australia. in-residence of National Sawdust; an arts “Audiences will leave with a feeling of “Expect to have your mind blown and Ms Brous told Southbank Local News that institution and venue in Williamsburg, New curiosity, inspiration and maybe even heart opened. Supersense is all killer no this year’s festival would be bigger than ever, York. She was also a former resident artist revelation.” filler,” Ms Brous said. with elements everybody could enjoy. of Robert Wilson’s Watermill Centre and the The 2019 program line-up includes For more information on the full line “Supersense this year is broader and the Red Bull Studios New York. American theatre icon Robert Wilson who up visit artscentremelbourne.com.au/ most ambitious festival yet, with some of the Brous said that audiences should be is performing and directing John Cage’s supersense-festival

Please support our advertisers because without them we would have no Southbank Local News Melbourne Art Fair returns By Sarah Bartlett ideal, long-term home for Melbourne Art Melbourne Art Fair has found Fair,” he said. “With world-class exhibition facilities, a new home at Melbourne central CBD access and proximity to Convention and Exhibition the Melbourne Arts Precinct, it provides the best possible setting for an art fair of Centre (MCEC) in South Wharf international standards.” and will return in June next year. Ms Di Pasquale said that the fair’s new program would showcase the region’s most “exciting artists”. Southbank’s biennial art fair will take up “Melbourne Art Fair 2020 signifies a key permanent residency at the MCEC for its moment in the evolution of the event as a 16th edition displaying new works by artists platform for contemporary art and ideas. from over 50 of Melbourne’s best galleries. With strong curatorial affiliations we are Last held in Southbank’s Arts Precinct developing a bold artistic program that will Mimir Chamber in 2018, the art fair commemorated 30 embrace galleries at the forefront of the years after a four-year hiatus. The return contemporary art market – galleries with of the June event sees the continuation of a rotating program of the region’s most its contribution as a progressive forum for exciting artists,” Ms Di Pasquale said. Music Festival contemporary art for Australasia. The event will run at the same time as Melbourne Art Foundation CEO and fair Melbourne’s annual design fair DENFAIR. director Maree Di Pasquale said that the The co-timing will assist with tailoring and new residence would upgrade the art fair’s welcoming an audience of architects and returns to Southbank scaling on an international level. interior designers. “After a temporary home in 2018, The Art Fair will have two main Curt Thompson founded the Mimir Chamber Music Festival in Melbourne Art Fair is ready to be elevated exhibition sectors, which will display to a fair of international standing taking up Galleries, presenting noteworthy galleries, Texas 22 years ago. He decided to start a Melbourne leg after he residence at the Melbourne Convention and as well as Accent, which features the works moved here to become associate professor of violin and head of Exhibition Centre,” she said. of upcoming artists from 10 of the region’s strings at the Melbourne Conservatorium seven years ago. “With proximity to the Melbourne Arts most forward-looking young galleries. Precinct and world-class institutions NGV Melbourne Art Foundation Commission International, ACCA and The University of will return for the eighth time with its But the story really begins in the USSR. “On the one hand I’m looking forward to Melbourne, we look forward to continuing support for artists’ work, which will “My teacher in the US was a very famous watching the lights go on for the students our partnerships to further position the city be unveiled at Melbourne Art Fair and Soviet violinist who defected after a who will be so excited to work with these as the art and ideas capital of Australia.” subsequently gifted to a notable Australian concert in the early ‘80s in West Berlin,” Mr artists,” Mr Thompson said. The new residence will see Melbourne Art Institution. Thompson told Southbank Local News. “But I’m also really thrilled to be in our Fair join the numerous international art fairs Melbourne Art Fair has been running “She was hiding for a period of months new facility at the Ian Potter Southbank that take place in convention and exhibition biennially since 1988 at the Royal and found her way to Melbourne via a visa Centre, it will be hard to hear better venues around the world. Exhibition Buildings, presenting works who someone called Sir John Hopkins performances in Melbourne.” Melbourne Art Foundation chair Charles from up to 90 Australian and international arranged for her.” For more info finearts-music.unimelb. Justin said that MCEC was the perfect setting galleries, drawing sales of $8 -$10 million. “She moved to the States where I met her, edu.au/events/mimir for Melbourne Art Fair. Melbourne Art Fair and DENFAIR will but when she retired, she moved back to “The Melbourne Convention and run as separate events, from June 18 to 21 Melbourne. I visited her before her death Exhibition Centre, designed by architecture in 2020 at MCEC. For more information and met Sir John Hopkins who thought I heavyweights Denton Corker Marshall, is the visit melbourneartfair.com.au should apply for the job I now have.” Now the festival is in its seventh year in Melbourne and has some of the world’s finest chamber musicians descending on Southbank again from August 24 to September 1. Mr Thompson said the festival will feature the “cream of the crop” of chamber music from the US. The festival, held at the new Ian Potter Southbank Centre, will feature guests including Joan Derhovsepian, viola (USA), Jun Iwasaki, violin (USA), Joh Novacek, piano (USA), Stephen Rose, violin (USA) and Brant Taylor, cello (USA). Mr Thompson said one of the differentiating parts of the festival was its “dual focus” on performance and education. As part of the festival, Mimir guest artists will also mentor young musicians from the Melbourne Conservatorium and secondary schools from across Victoria.

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BJÖRK: INTERPRETED TURNING DIGITAL GEOLOGY INTO ART GREASE MY DEARWORTHY DARLING

Aug 16 - Primrose Potter Salon Aug 21 - 30 - Testing Grounds Aug 14 - 17 - Southbank Theatre Until Aug 18 - Malthouse The music of Björk defies categorisation. Her An underground journey into Melbourne’s arts University College Theatre Company is proud In modern day Australia, a marriage is pulled apart 30-year career has produced a catalogue of works precinct, Tarryn Handcock responds to 3 million to present their 2019 production of Grease the by mistrust, paranoia and violence. A woman that cement her as an experimental creative force years of geologic data unearthed through core Musical. This musical has been entirely created and breaks apart in the turmoil. In medieval England, and one of the most important artists of the last sampling at Testing Grounds. With a fashion produced by the students of University College by a woman has mystic visions. The patriarchs write century. Examining art-pop as a canvas to which practice that explores dress at an urban scale, she arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical. them off as female madness, but she knows her electronica, classical, trip hop, jazz and dance will be populating the site with soft rocks, faux truth. These visions allow her to be heard—maybe converge in the avant garde – her unique sonic minerals, precious dust, and plastiglomerate mtc.com.au even to connect across centuries. What new worlds portraits inspire and challenge audiences. propositions for the new geological age. might open? melbournerecital.com.au testing-grounds.com.au malthousetheatre.com.au

AUSTRALIAN MUSIC VAULT TERRACOTTA WARRIORS & CAI GUO-QIANG BANDITS LIVE COMFORTABLY IN THE RUINS BACKSTAGE TOUR

Ongoing - Arts Centre Melbourne Until Oct 13 - National Gallery of Victoria Aug 12 - ACCA Sundays - Arts Centre Melbourne The Australian Music Vault features a free, In a dual presentation of Chinese art and Join us for a special lecture by Irish artist Sean Over 90 minutes, specially-trained guides reveal immersive exhibition showcasing Australian culture past and present, the Melbourne Winter Lynch presented by the City of Melbourne. Lynch the secrets of Arts Centre Melbourne’s theatres. music, innovative digital participatory experiences Masterpieces series at the National Gallery of is visiting Melbourne to carry out research into You will gain unique access to backstage rooms, and iconic objects from our Australian Performing Victoria presents China’s ancient terracotta creative practice in Australia with Arts Melbourne hidden passageways and technical contraptions Arts Collection. warriors alongside an exhibition of new works by and will speak about his practice and recent work unknown to anyone but our production crews and one of the world’s most exciting contemporary australianmusicvault.com.au in terms of the public realm. performers. artists, Cai Guo-Qiang. acca.melbourne.com.au artscentremelbourne.com.au ngv.vic.gov.au

SINCE ALI DIED BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR VCA MUSIC THEATRE SHOWCASE STAINING WITH KATIE WEST

Aug 13 - 17 - Fairfax Studio Aug 20 - 21 -Fairfax Studio Aug 19 - Hamer Hall Aug 14 - ACCA Using the death of his hero Muhammad Ali as a Explores the legacies and memories of our Performed by the next generation of Australian Join artist Katie West in a practical making lyrical springboard, Omar Musa dives into a furious bloodlines, our need for community, and what stars, the Victorian College of the Arts graduating workshop to explore different ways of leaving torrent of poetry, story and song, confronting blood means to each of us – questioning how alumni invite you to celebrate works spanning the marks, stains and traces on fabric using natural everything from suburban violence to lost love this most precious fluid unites and divides us. early days of Rodgers and Hammerstein to modern dyes from plants. In this hands-on workshop you to his Malaysian heritage and the dark realities of A choreographer, dancer and writer from the day composers. This highly anticipated program, will experiment with and learn about different growing up as a brown-skinned Muslim boy in Narangga and Kaurna nations of South Australia, created exclusively for Morning Melodies, will natural dyeing techniques, using silk and an array Queanbeyan, Australia. Jacob Boehme was diagnosed with HIV in 1998. In remind you why musical theatre is such a beloved of botanicals to create unique textiles. artscentremelbourne.com.au search of answers, he reached out to his ancestors. art form. acca.melbourne.com.au artscentremelbourne.com.au artscentremelbourne.com.au

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MCEC chief executive Peter King said that One year on since the the expansion had been a great addition to 20,000 sqm expansion to the the exhibition hall. Melbourne Convention and “In the 2018/19 year, we have contributed more than $1.10 billion in economic impact Exhibition Centre (MCEC) to the state of Victoria,” Mr King said. at South Wharf, business is “The expansion has exceeded all booming. expectations, we’ve been inundated with interest and our golden expansion has already become an iconic addition to the Last month, MCEC celebrated its 10th Melbourne skyline.” anniversary, as well as one year since the unveiling of its new expansion space built in “In the last seven years we’ve more than partnership with the state government. doubled our revenue and we are on track to Last year’s $205 million expansion project exceed $100 million next year.” brought the building’s capacity to 70,000 MCEC itself hosted around 1300 events sqm, adding new meeting rooms and last financial year, with the biggest in terms banquet rooms, as well as expanding the size of attendance being the Royal Children’s of the exhibition hall. Hospital Good Friday Appeal event, which Since the official opening in July 2018, saw 85,000 people flock to South Wharf. MCEC’s new venue has hosted 247 events. Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events million to the economy. Mr Pakula said. According to the state government, MCEC’s Martin Pakula visited MCEC on July 11 to economic impact has grown by 12 per cent celebrate the anniversary, where he also “We’re seeing clear dividends from our “It’s one thing to have ambition but we need year-on-year, with business events becoming announced that the CODA 2020 healthcare investment in the Melbourne Convention to be able to provide world-leading facilities the highest yielding sector for event conference would be coming to MCEC and Exhibition Centre, boosting the visitor to attract big events from around the globe – bookings. bringing an expected 3000 delegates and $14 economy and supporting thousands of jobs,” and that’s exactly what the new MCEC does.” Walk in the Park By Sarah Bartlett

Parkinson’s Victoria’s annual fundraising event A Walk in the Park returns along the banks of the Yarra River on August 18 this August for its 11th year. Film director Daniel Gordon and Stan Grant. memento for their experience. The flagship Melbourne walk raises Montague awareness for individuals that are forced to A variety of fun filled family activities will adapt to the progressive and lifelong chronic also be held prior to the walk at 9.30am. condition while they continue with their Star-studded MFB firefighter Steve Watts will be the face site sold daily responsibilities of working and raising for this year’s A Walk in the Park. their families. South Wharf Steve Watts is a father of five children Parkinson’s Victoria CEO Emma Collin said with plans aged from 12 to 23 years old and he has that the walk was important for a multitude been living with Parkinson’s since 2017. Contined from page 1. of reasons. A site at 2-14 Thistlethwaite Because of his condition, Steve is no longer Simmons’ (who is also an executive “It creates a sense of belonging for people able to hold a front-line position and has producer on the film) joined Goodes St with lodged plans in the living with Parkinson’s, of being part of a recently been made community resilience and a host of sporting stars including Montague Precinct was put community who understand and support commander. The MFB is supportive of fellow NBA superstar Patty Mills, Michael each other. It also improves community Steve’s journey and is committed to working O’Loughlin, Nathan Buckley, Paul Roos on the market last month. awareness of the condition and raises vital with him into the future. and Leigh Matthews. funds so that we can continue to deliver As the 2019 ambassador, Steve will lead the Entertainment guests included Hugo Subject to approval from the City of Port our much valued services and support,” Ms annual fundraiser and assist with raising Weaving, Baker Boy, Briggs, Remi and Phillip, expressions of interest for the Collin said. awareness for Parkinson’s. Anthony LaPaglia, with other notable 14-storey mixed use development site, There are two non-competitive walks offered Currently there are 27,000 people in guests including Victorian Governor marketed by agents Lemon Baxter, closed for the fundraiser with routes of either 2km Victoria that are living with Parkinson’s. Linda Dessau, Minister for Creative on August 1. or 4km. Both routes are mobility friendly. The condition is the second most common Industries Martin Foley, MIFF artistic The walk begins at Federation Square at “2-14 Thistlethwaite St has a diverse neurological condition seen within the director and journalist Stan Grant. appeal given its suitability for developers, 11am and will cover the area along the banks community, with 20 per cent of individuals The Australian Dream is a moving and owner-occupiers and investors, of the Yarra River. Dogs are also welcome living with Parkinson’s before they are 60. powerful exploration of race, identity and thanks to its outstanding development to participate with a registration fee of $10. belonging, as told from the perspective of potential but also attractive existing Registrations for adults are $45, seniors $30, Symptoms can be managed through champion AFL footballer and Indigenous improvements,” Lemon Baxter’s Chris children 5-15 years $15 and children under medications and support offered from rights Adam Goodes. The screening on Curtain said. 5 are free. healthcare professionals. There is currently no way to slow progression or cure the opening night was followed by a standing Participants will each receive a walk bib, The building plans for the 909 sqm site, condition. ovation from the audience. currently home to a two-level office which can be personalised with their reason The film festival runs across various building fronting Thistlethwaite St and for taking part in the walk. They will also A Walk in the Park will take place on August venues until August 18. Buckhurst Lane, were designed by receive a medal that recognises their support 18. Register online at parkinsonswalk.org. Ammache Architects. for the fundraiser, as well as serving as a au or on the day from 8.30am. miff.com.au

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Owners’ Corporation Law 10-year caretakers’ agreements contracts are also excessive. dismissed, meaning the matter may now Bensons Property contended that if these Joint owners’ voting rights have The OC alleges that Bensons Property proceed to a final hearing. votes were invalid, then the interim special Group breached its duties under the Owners Bensons Property attempted to have the resolutions did not pass and the proceeding been put under the microscope Corporation Act to act honestly and in good proceeding dismissed on the basis that the against them could be dismissed. by the Victorian Civil and faith with due care, skill and diligence in two OCs were unable to pass interim special In ruling against Bensons Property, VCAT the OC’s interests, and acted in breach of resolutions to bring the claim in VCAT. backed the chairperson’s declaration, Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). fiduciary duties owed to the OC and all In Victoria, an OC must pass a special finding that “there is no provision in the Act original owners. resolution (or interim special resolution) in about how a vote for a co-owned lot is to be There is a very interesting proceeding It is indeed very common for developers order to bring a legal proceeding in the OC’s treated, other than section 90 [which directs winding its way through VCAT presently, to act on behalf of OCs to enter into service name. that joint owners of a lot have only one vote and once determined, it will no doubt have contracts on non-competitive terms and In this case, the OC passed the between them]”. seismic consequences throughout Victoria bind the OC to potentially long-term interim special resolutions by ballot. The VCAT found that “there is no general for owners’ corporations (OC) and their inequitable arrangements. And, not just chairperson nominated himself as the principle that a document signed in respect relationships with caretakers, building for building management services. Bulk returning officer to count the ballot forms of a co-owned lot must be signed by all managers and concierges. electricity, gas and hot water service and to declare the outcome of the ballots. owners in order to be effective.” The proceeding involves two OCs in the contracts, as well as essential services and Interestingly, by doing so, the decisions While it is always best practice for joint same large development in Mount Alexander fire service maintenance contracts are made by him as chairperson were only owners to sign a ballot form or proxy form, Rd, Travancore, alleging that agreements all now under the microscope with this amenable to challenge if (i) a decision was this case shows that a ballot or proxy will not to appoint a building manager entered into proceeding. made in bad faith, or (ii) the chairperson be invalid even if signed by only one owner, by the developer (initial owner Bensons Some bulk electricity agreements that I made an error of law by reaching a unless the chairperson declares it so. Property Group) at the Inaugural AGM, are have seen from clients can run for terms decision that was so unreasonable no other invalid. of up to 25 years, and the longest caretaker chairperson could reach. The OC claims that the terms and contract I have come across sought to bind In this instance, there were multiple ballot conditions of the contracts were most an OC for up to 55 years to the caretaker. forms filled out by owners where only one of Tom Bacon disadvantageous to owners. Principally, In an interlocutory decision recently the co-owners of the lot signed the ballots. Tom Bacon is the principal that a 10-year duration for the contracts handed down by senior member Vassie, However, the chairperson declared the votes lawyer of Strata Title Lawyers. is excessive, and that the fees and charges Bensons Property Group had its application as valid, and counted them towards the final [email protected] payable to the building manager under the for summary dismissal of the proceeding outcome of the special resolution.

Yarra River Business Association Sharing our “big ideas”

While the river precinct may look Pools – has been discussed for some time This Yarra River Business Association is in The Yarra RiverBig Ideas Forum “complete” as a result of much private and and, if planned and executed correctly, its 20th year of operation. When we look back will be held on Thursday, August public sector effort over the years, there are it could transform the long-neglected over that time, we can see the results of our still key things that need to be done. Things Northbank. many years of promoting and advocating. 15 in Melbourne Town Hall. that readily spring to mind are the pedestrian The question of helicopter access also Key agencies are starting to share our passion access to the river under Flinders Street needs to be resolved, not to mention and vision, especially Parks Victoria (PV). All places at the forum were quickly Station, the entire question of better access better storm water management and litter In recent times PV has embraced the river’s subscribed, so people obviously see it as a to Northbank along Flinders St, enlivening entrapment. I imagine that the three hours potential and is now working to assist rather great opportunity to sit down for a few hours Freshwater Place, the huge potential of devoted to the forum will not be long than hinder some great ideas, as well as to discuss the key issues and opportunities Banana Alley Vaults, the arts plaza concept enough, but it will be a major start to what overhauling its governance of the waterway. facing this section of the city and its for Sturt St and its connectivity with the river, we hope will be ongoing master planning. waterway during the next 10 to 20 years. better presentation of our beautiful bridges What we need is a document that can be With the ever-changing pace of life, it’s not at night, separation of cycling on Southbank, picked up by anyone who needs to know the John Forman often that we get the chance to pause and etc, etc. state-of-play at the moment, what the short- review just what is important to us; what we No doubt these and many other issues to medium-term plans are for the future, and John Forman is the president of Yarra River Business Association. need to protect; what needs to be fixed or will be aired on August 15, but we hope that what opportunities might be for them. Such yarrariver.info improved; and what new ideas might there there will also be many new ideas that can a report needs to balance the needs of major be to increase the amenity and recreation of inject new life and vigour into the lower user groups, especially business, residents the area. Yarra River. Just one project idea – Yarra and visitors.

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St Johns Southgate Metro Tunnel A place with that certain something

One day, when I was a teenager, I snuck into an abandoned factory. It seemed like it would be a bit of a naughty adventure and, as it turned out, it was a bit of a thrill.

There was a really creepy vibe to the the wall, or the joyful baptismal waters that place. While it was totally deserted and have splashed the carpet, the ingredient deathly quiet, the low lighting, graffiti- that gives spice to the recipe is cost. It is collaged walls and broken-glass-covered the price of something that gives a place concrete floor gave the building eyes and its profundity. It’s the sacrifice that makes made it feel like someone was breathing something sacred. And the sacred space Anzac Station down my neck. In the end though, it wasn’t that is the church, is stained – not just in a scene from a horror movie, so I got home its glass – but by the blood of Jesus shed on in one piece. the cross. At St Johns Southgate, you can’t But why did that old factory feel the way construction update help but notice it. The huge river redgum it did? Maybe it’s because, if the walls could cross – that ancient instrument of torture What’s happening at Edmund talk, they’d have stories to tell. Perhaps it’s – demands your attention as soon as you Major construction is not about the aesthetic of the building at all, walk in the door, making the cost of God’s Herring Oval? but rather the people and their stories that presence among us abundantly clear. The continuing on St Kilda Rd While works are underway on St Kilda Rd have seeped into the mortar. sacrificial gift of Jesus mingles with every at the site of the new Anzac to build the new station, construction of the While there are truly unnerving places, personal story that scribbles a paragraph at tunnelling support site at Edmund Herring or places like historical battlefields or St Johns, and together they make the space Station. Oval is ramping up with civil works nearing concentration camps that seem to have a sacred. completion. Tunnelling in the Domain Precinct residual exhalation of pain and suffering The next time you find yourself either Construction of the roof slab is nearly will commence following excavation floating in the air, there are also places awed by a place that has that certain complete at the northern box where, over of the station box and the construction that harbour a positive presence. In the intangible thing, or find yourself a little the past few months, more than 1600 of a concrete base slab to support TBM same way that the scary can hang around, creeped out somewhere, take a moment tonnes of steel and 4200 cubic metres of assembly. An acoustic shed will also be the sacred can be felt in a place just as to think of the lingering storied presence concrete has been used. built over the site to minimise disruption profoundly. – be it human or divine – that gives it that Excavation of the station box continues during 24-7 tunnelling operations. Sacred spaces, like the church I serve at, quality. through the void (or hole) in the station During this time, a bentonite mix (or do have a feeling of presence. Not primarily roof. This technique minimises noise slurry) from the Edmund Herring Oval because of sad, bad or difficult happenings, and dust impacts for the surrounding site will be transported through fully but because baptisms, weddings, funerals community. Underneath the roof, enclosed pipes to the TBM excavating the and everything in between have taken support beam installation is under way to twin tunnels, and then sent back through place there. It is the life-giving-meaning support the site during excavation under another set of fully enclosed pipes to the stories of individuals, couples and families St Kilda Rd. Excavation of the northern support site for treatment. that make the space what it is. But the real box will continue until the depth reaches The treatment plant will then separate potency and holiness comes from what the approximately 22 metres deep, then a the spoil (excavated material) from the faithful would call the presence of God. one-metre base slab will be poured. This bentonite where, after separation, the Interestingly, it’s the presence of God – concrete slab will support the assembly of treated bentonite is sent back to the TBM the God who died on the cross as Jesus of Tom Hoffmann the tunnel boring machines. for re-use. Nazareth – that intermingles the air of the In the southern section of the station, Tom Hoffmann is the pastor at Two TBMs, Alice and Millie, will be spooky with the atmosphere of the sacred. roof slab construction is well underway St Johns Southgate Church. launched from Anzac Station where they In other words, it’s the costliness that gives with steel reinforcement and concrete www.stjohnssouthgate.com.au will work their way towards the eastern a place its colour. pours taking place. tunnel entrance in South Yarra. They will Whether it’s the sweat of the factory For the more information on Anzac then be lifted out of the TBM retrieval shaft worker that has stained the concrete, the Station visit metrotunnel.vic.gov.au lash of the prison guard that has marked and returned to Anzac Station to continue their journey towards the CBD.

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Montague Community Alliance Is Fishermans Bend stalling? school. Working where I do means that I In the past month, we’ve have quick and easy access to either of them at any time. I think the team love working in been fortunate enough to the area too. have had discussions with Are there any challenges with living or working in the MP? senior members of the State I think the ongoing construction will Government, the City of provide some challenges. A recent demolition of a building was so impactful Melbourne and the City of Port that it continually shook the foundations Phillip. of our building and was a very stressful experience for my team and any visiting clients. It felt like an ongoing earthquake It appears that development in some of for days. I would also be really worried if the precincts in Fishermans Bend is stalling. I was the landlord in terms of structural This, of course, is not the case in Montague, damage. Car parking is also a massive issue. which has about seven developments going I understand the push for a car-free city, on right now. however, for the working parents in my team One is the first tower of Fifteen85’s who live in the outer suburbs, it is simply three-tower project in Gladstone St and not practical to jump on a train and then RCorporation’s towers on the old Oxford Montaguan Jen Sharpe. tram once they have dropped their kids off University Press site at Normanby Rd. There at school/childcare. The all-day parks are, of are also some mid-range high-rise and Let’s hope federal, state and local Clarendon St. We ran out of room, so I course, taking up by all the trades that start townhouses under construction. governments can collaborate on finding the moved in to Thistlethwaite St. What attracted earlier in the day. The other precincts - Sandridge, Wirraway, budget to start building this much needed me in the first instance is that our building If you could change something about Lorimer and the Employment Precinct - are infrastructure as soon as possible. that we rent used to be a post-production Montague life, what would it be? not developing as fast as Montague for a film studio, so we have two fantastic studios If I could change that to “somethings”, number of reasons, but surely one of the that we use for all our in-house production. it would be more parking, more street most important reasons is public transport. And now, introducing a Montaguan What do you find are the best and/or cleaning and greater consultation around It appears that until this is solved and the … Jen Sharpe: most interesting things about living or construction activity. business case for the new tram line over Tell us a little about yourself? working here? Thank you, dear readers, and as usual (or under) the Yarra River is successful, it I am founder/director of Think HQ and I love that the area is a blank canvas and if you have any ideas for this column, or will be difficult for the Fishermans Bend Lumin and director of CultureVerse. I have that it will change significantly over the next feedback for us, please don’t hesitate to Development Board and the various levels of been running my business for nearly nine- few years. I always like to be a part of change. contact me – [email protected] or our government to assuage the concerns of the and-a-half years and our team comprises I love that there is so much access to public Facebook page @MontaguePrecinct or developers, the universities, local businesses 30 people. I am also happily married and transport and am delighted that Harry from Twitter @MontComAlliance. and residents. have two beautiful daughters aged three and Industrie is taking over the Wayside Inn (our Metro2 is too far away to be relevant for five. My business Think HQ is committed closest pub), because he does such great current developments, however, some type to only working on projects that lead to food. Trisha Avery of good public transport must be provided. positive social benefit. I am at heart an How does living or working in Montague Trisha Avery is the convener As it appears to be the policy of the state optimist. affect your quality of life, including your of the Montague Community government to reduce parking and access for What brought you to live or work in the work? Alliance. [email protected] cars in this area, it would be difficult to live or Montague Precinct (MP)? My younger daughter attends kinder in work in the Employment Precinct or parts of My previous office was also in South Middle Park and my elder daughter attends Wirraway and Lorimer. Melbourne, but over the other side of the new South Melbourne Park Primary

Southbank Residents’ Association An exciting year ahead largest committee we have had in my need the efforts of our entire committee. You five years as editor and we can think of At the end of last month, six years as president and will allow for will hear about these initiatives in further no better person to take ownership of this more people to focus on a number of detail as they evolve. newspaper. We would also like to wish Shane Southbank Residents’ improvements and projects over the next Lord Mayor Sally Capp has taken a keen Scanlan all the best with his retirement and Association (SRA) held its year. interest in Southbank since her success in thank him for providing this newspaper as Our biggest project will be a Southbank being elected and she engages with SRA a conduit for our residents to connect and annual general meeting (AGM) “Expo” which we are hoping to hold later frequently. Sally will be attending our first keep abreast of what is happening in our at the Malthouse Theatre. this year. The vision is to invite every committee meeting early this month to meet community. We certainly look forward to organisation and business in Southbank to our new committee and hear first-hand the continuing to work closely with Sean with join us for a community day. We will also plans of our committee for the next year. We telling the monthly Southbank story. It was well attended by our members and be launching a book on our 20-year history, are delighted to be able to engage with the If you are keen to support our also some interested non-members from researched and compiled by a passionate Lord Mayor in such a personal capacity. It organisation, want to know more about what the wider community. We were delighted Southbank resident and ex-SRA committee is also pleasing to hear Sally has decided to we do or keen to become a member please to have Creative Victoria as guest speakers member, Lynne Lumsden. We extended life relocate to Docklands and actually live in visit our website southbankresidents.org. to provide us with a first-hand overview of membership to Lynne at our AGM for her the municipality. Sadly, only a small number au the proposed Arts Precinct upgrade. The tremendous efforts. It really was a mammoth of our councillors live in the municipality. team was well received by the audience task. We anticipate an update to our I think this is a travesty to the community. I and informative. Thank you to Martin Foley website and streamlining our membership am confident Sally will be pleased with her Tony Penna (Minister for Arts, our local member for processes. decision, but of course Southbank would Albert Park) for putting us in contact with Tony Penna is the president Finally, and most exciting, is the have been a better choice! the team. of Southbank Residents’ development of an app to connect our Finally, SRA would like to extend its Association. I hear you ask “why is the year ahead community in a way it has never been congratulations to Sean Car, the editor and going to be exciting?” Well, that’s because southbankresidents.org.au connected before. As you can see, there is now owner of this newspaper. Sean has we received 12 nominations for our new certainly a lot planned, and this will certainly represented Southbank well over the past committee at the AGM! This will be the

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Southbanker The physics of community

Retired physics teacher Dan O’Keeffe OAM has dedicated his life to giving back to his communities.

Having received a Medal of the Order had been talking to a guest at their table of Australia (OAM) in 2018 for service to about what she was doing and was amazed. physics education, Dan has also become She said that she realised that in eight years’ very active in our local community since time that could be her and that’s the result moving to Eureka Tower with wife Terry six you want to get out of it – giving them focus years ago. to their ambition.” Dan has proved himself to be a highly Having relocated from their previous valued member on the Southbank Residents’ home in Wheelers Hill six years ago, Dan Association (SRA) committee over the past said the move to Southbank had been three years and serves as its representative largely sparked by he and Terry’s shared on the Southbank Safety and Security love of music. Between attending events Committee. at the Australian National Academy of And it’s that same sense of service to Music (ANAM) in South Melbourne and, of community that defined a decorated career course, the Arts Precinct, he said Southbank in physics education; an area that he still provided the perfect location for music dedicates much of his time to despite lovers. being retired. It’s also what earned him the And his attachment to Southbank “surprise” honour on Australia Day last year! continues to strengthen. Whether it be “I was quite surprised at it [the OAM] through social events he and Terry have actually because a friend and former helped to organise with neighbours at colleague of mine had been working on it Eureka Tower or through his work with unbeknownst to me,” Dan said. “It was a Dan O’Keeffe. SRA, there is no doubting that Dan is a big effort for him to nominate me, which of Southbanker! course, I only found out after receiving.” the years. Dan said. “I had been to a couple of [SRA’s] AGMs Entering the field of physics education As well as helping organise an annual “Many engineering and science courses, (annual general meetings) and I was based largely on a curiosity about “the big physics teachers’ conference, he also say, require chemistry, whereas hardly any impressed with what it was doing and I questions”, Dan spent most of his teaching continues with efforts to encourage more require physics so that means that as far as felt that being a local resident I should get career at Camberwell Grammar and women into physics through the Girls in chemistry is concerned, half the students involved,” he said. Chadstone High schools. Physics Breakfasts, providing students the are female. For physics there are hardly any “It would be true to say that the City of Through his ongoing involvement as chance to connect with women working in tertiary courses that require you to study it Melbourne is keen to do things properly secretary of the Vicphysics Teachers’ science and engineering. so it’s only about 25 per cent female.” but the good thing about the SRA is that it Network, Dan has been central to “Physics doesn’t have a strong female “One of the things that motivates and is a good source of advice and an effective establishing a range of initiatives for presence as opposed to other sciences like moves me in a sense is how one of the means of consultation. There is a good two- educators and students of physics alike over chemistry and there are reasons for that,” students at breakfast once saying that they way exchange there.”

Health & Wellbeing Emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence, or EI/EQ, describes a person’s ability to recognise emotions, to understand their powerful effect, and to use that information to guide thinking and behaviour to influence that of others.

Emotional intelligence is absolutely ability to manage emotions, which includes how you react in those situations. their perspective. Often, we don’t realise essential in the formation, development, both regulating one’s own emotions when 3. Use “the pause” that other people view us/a situation much maintenance, and enhancement of close necessary and helping others to do the same. This may be as simple as taking a moment differently than we view ourselves, and personal relationships. Unlike IQ, which to stop and think before you act or speak. vice versa. By sharing perspectives and does not change significantly over a lifetime, How to increase your EQ Factors like added stress or a bad day can emotional experiences, you are learning how our EQ can evolve and increase with our The best thing about emotional inhibit our ability to manage our emotions, others relate to the world. desire to learn and grow. intelligence is that it is a skill that can be and sometimes we are tempted to jump 6. Practice, practice, practice honed to help you to better understand on opportunities that look really good at Improving your EQ won’t happen Signs that you have “high EQ” yourself and others. Below are some tips on the time but that we haven’t really thought overnight. However, consistently practicing If you have ever been conscious of how to increase your EQ: through, so take a minute to pause before these steps will allow you to begin your own emotional state and been able 1. Reflect on your own emotions you act. harnessing the power of emotions and use to identify and manage those emotions, Take time to identify the emotions and 4. Practice being assertive and that power to work for you, instead of against empathised with a co-worker, have a deep reactions you have to particular situations expressing difficult emotions you. conversation about your relationship in your environment. For example, think The ability to effectively express and with your significant other or attempted about how you typically respond when: Your validate emotions is essential to maintaining to manage an unruly or distraught child – significant other blames you for something close personal relationships. Practice this by chances are that you have a high level of you feel is unfair, or a close friend or sharing your feelings with someone you trust emotional intelligence. associate begins to cry unexpectedly. and if it appropriate to your relationship. EQ is generally said to include at least 2. Manage your negative emotions If someone shares difficult feelings with three skills: emotional awareness (the When you’re able to manage and reduce you, practice responding to them in a kind, Rajna Bogdanovic ability to identify and name one’s own your negative emotions, you’re less likely compassionate and caring way. Clinical psychologist emotions), the ability to harness those to get overwhelmed. Take stock of what 5. Ask others for perspective emotions and apply them to tasks like stresses you out, what triggers you in certain By asking those close to us about our [email protected] thinking and problem solving, and the situations and be proactive to understand interactions with them, we can learn from

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Southbank Sustainability Group Open House with environmental flair of organic waste from landfill), with many July 27 marked the start of more vegies becoming harvest-ready every day. From carrots, to beetroots, broccoli and Boyd Community Hub’s first cabbages, there’s a variety of organic vegies participation in Open House ready for eating. We invite all community members to come harvest and enjoy eating Melbourne and with that, our locally and healthy in the coming weeks, group’s first Open House as well! reducing food footprint in the process. Our upcoming meet-ups on August 17 and 31 from 10am at Boyd will be great Some of our more creative members opportunities to do so, as we’ll be focusing volunteered for this event, creating engaging on gardening and preparing the soil and activities and beautiful mini prizes out of seedlings for spring planting. If you can’t repurposed materials like bookmarks and make it to a meet-up, we encourage you seedling starter-packs in beautifully hand- to email us on what you want to harvest painted eggshells. for instructions so that the plant remains We also organized a self-guided garden undamaged. Remember to only take what tour, walking visitors through how we you need for one meal. manage and operate an open community About the group: A solutions-focused garden and orchard area, along with a mini- community group of Southbank residents garden scavenger hunt where participants working to bring positive change in had to guess plants correctly. sustainability practices and education to our Inside Boyd we created a mini sustainable neighborhood, while building a wonderful living exhibition, promoting environmentally result of our group’s advocacy and work with has been very supportive and helpful with community of like-minded people. positive and easy zero waste practices for the City of Melbourne. these activities and have been a delight to Reach us at southbanksustainability@ everyday life, and shared with visitors our Organising these activities took plenty of work with. A big thank you goes out to all of gmail.com or facebook.com/ group’s activities and history. Our group is work from new and older group members them, as well as all our group members who SouthbankSustainabilityGroup tightly intertwined with Boyd having been alike, each contributing a different skillset helped. established there in March 2017. The space and creative point of view. We had about Onwards to the garden’s current state and has become our home where me meet new 40 visitors trickle in and interact with these what’s ahead in August. For those of you that Artemis Pattichi friends and neighbours. And, of course, our activities on the morning of Open House. walk through Boyd, you’ll see many vegies vegie garden, now a permanent fixture at Some children were even inspired to create and greens growing tall and lush. It’s harvest Southbank Sustainability Group Boyd that so many Southbankers stop and garden-themed drawings for us, on reused season! southbanksustainability@gmail. interact with every day, has become a casual paper printouts and coloring pencils the We’ve harvested about 20kg of vegies com teaching ground for children and is a direct Boyd team lent us. Overall, the team at Boyd this past month alone (and diverted 12kgs

We Live Here State government follows UK lead on cladding

Daniel Andrews’ pledge of $600 million to fix half of the 1000-plus buildings in Victoria with flammable cladding is welcome news for some “lucky” owners.

The policy shift by the state government What rating is your building? Good luck rectify apartments? set up. We recommend funding.” follows the lead set by UK Prime Minister trying to find out, because the webpage Instead, the Premier has made a media- We look forward to seeing how much of Theresa May earlier this year when the UK of the government’s newly established release appeal to the federal government the budget relieves affected owners - watch government allocated 200 million pounds to agency Cladding Safety Victoria gives scant for matched funding. It seems to be a bid this space! address the flammable cladding issue in that information, saying simply: to cover the tens of thousands affected Finally, to put the cladding disaster in a country. “To be eligible for assistance from apartment-owners who, as it stands, will community context: an apartment resident The UK cladding fund, announced in Cladding Safety Victoria, your privately miss out. in an “extreme risk” building told ABC radio: May this year, is estimated to pay for the owned [sic] apartment building must “There needs to be a true national “The great Australian barbeque is under rectification of half of Britain’s affected first be assessed as part of the State-wide partnership to put community safety first, to threat…we’re concerned that one wrong apartment buildings. Cladding Audit, led by the Victorian Building rectify these most dangerous buildings,” the move and you might burn down all your The U-turn by the Victorian government Authority. Was this page helpful? Yes, No.” Premier said. friends.” follows the release of the final report of the That’s the site’s whole page on eligibility… However, federal industry minister Karen Victorian Cladding Taskforce, headed by So you’ll have to go into the lottery to find Andrews flatly rejected Mr Andrews’ long- Campaign donations former Liberal premier Ted Baillieu and out if you win a prize. distance supplication. As a not-for-profit organisation, donations former Labor deputy premier Prof John Mr Andrews expects his Cladding Safety “The Commonwealth is not an ATM for the from individuals and buildings keep our Thwaites. Victoria fund to remediate the cladding states. So, no, this problem is of the state’s campaigns going. To register as a supporter The state government now has plans for issues for the top 500 dangerously clad making and they need to step up and fix the of We Live Here or to donate please visit our “risk-tiering” to be applied to determine buildings in Victoria. problem and dig into their own pockets,’’ Ms website at welivehere.net. who gets the golden tickets to have the Of these buildings many are hospitals, Andrews told Radio National. We Live Here does not accept donations rectification costs covered. schools, aged care or other government- It seems to be a clever buck-passing move from commercial tourism interests. The Cladding Taskforce deemed 1,069 owned facilities. The Taskforce report says: by Andrews, promising to fix 50 per cent of buildings as having cladding that is a “risk “The 2019-20 Budget provides $150.3 for the problem and blaming Canberra for not to life”. the rectification of State-owned buildings. being able to fix the whole problem. Of the 1069 buildings classified as We are reasonably certain Ted and the At least the ill-fated Cladding Rectification dangerous by the Cladding Taskforce: professor meant to say $150.3 million. That’s Agreement loan scheme seems to have been www.welivehere.net ■■ 72 are rated as an extreme risk a big chunk of money that would retrench put to rest. With its voluble silence on the ive “we l emails to campaign@ ■■ 409 are rated a high risk the $600 million somewhat. concept, the Cladding Taskforce effectively here”TM ■■ 388 are rated a moderate risk and To be accurate, should Dan have damned the loan scheme. The Taskforce welivehere.net ■■ 200 are rated low risk announced a budget of $450 million to report essentially said “A loan scheme was

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History High-pressure building boom hits Southbank!

as Clements Langford, could produce big, In the 1950s, corporations impressive enduring structures at a speed undreamed of just a few years ago. seeking to construct new The building was fully air-conditioned, buildings in Melbourne began which started to become common in the late 1950s, and the water-cooling relied on facing difficulties in finding water being drawn from the adjacent Yarra large plots of land in the city and River. A highlight of the building was a four- metre-high statue of a winged horse (based began to look south across the on Vacuum’s flying red horse logo) that held river. pride of place outside the building. Positioned on a rock, the horse reared up as if ready to take to the skies. Made of an The building industry was highly aluminium alloy, Pegasus was the work of competitive and active, leading to a “high- Ray Ewers, a former war artist. It now resides pressure building boom” south of Princes in the Mobil refinery at Altona. Bridge. When the oil company vacated the South Melbourne had long been a building, it was sold to developers in the mishmash of factories, workshops, car early 1990s, and converted to apartments dealers and small businesses, much of it on in 1995 (called 28 Southgate) as part of Crown land leased from the Commonwealth. the massive transformation of Southbank. But it was well-served by two tram lines, Other office towers followed the trend of land was plentiful and cheap and there were conversion to residential towers, including fewer impediments to construction than in headquarters for IBM and Astor Radios in the city. Vacuum building and Pegasus. Courtesy State Library of Victoria. Sturt St. But Mobil House led the way! Demolition of large buildings to enable the new was not necessary and planning headquarters on City Rd, soon lauded as the from the day contractors moved onto the requirements were minimal as the local first “skyscraper” erected immediately to the site; a record for building in Melbourne. council, ever keen to attract development, south of the Yarra. How did they build it so quickly? Mainly was offering attractive deals on property Known as Mobil House, the 17-storey by erecting a special service tower outside Robin Grow rates. example of the exciting era of Melbourne the main structure that provided quick easy President - Australian Art Deco In the late ‘50s, the Vacuum Oil Company modernism was erected on a tight space access to each floor for the workers (with and Modernism Society (the forerunner of Mobil) commissioned between the river and City Rd. It opened in tea-making and toilet facilities at every third [email protected] Bates Smart & McCutcheon to design its new 1960, having been completed in 13 months floor!). It showed that buildings firms, such

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A patch of green A patch of green grass in front of Eureka Wondering if the council could introduce tower was supposed to provide some visual some dedicated dog patches in less touristic pleasure in the concrete jungle of Riverside corners of Southbank and keep the Riverside Quay to the residents, local workers and Quay patch, as well as the green patches tourists. along the river bank, for people to enjoy? Unfortunately, it turned into a potty Max for all local dogs with patches of grass completely ripped out by our furry friends concealing their deeds. Council occasionally replaces the grass, but with current patronage intensity the greenery remains intact only for a few weeks. Send your letters to news@ southbanklocalnews.com.au

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Business Unrivalled inner-city living

Nestled impeccably between city and sea, the streets of South Melbourne are set to welcome Lenny – a unique six-level luxury development in the heart of the buzzing South Melbourne.

Marketed by Eton Property Group, Lenny will stand at 161 Buckhurst St, an easy walking distance to South Melbourne Market, Bay Street shopping precinct, South and was perfect for those looking to Walkability Rating of 94 per cent, which Melbourne Primary School and the nearby downsize. “The inspiration for Lenny was to means all the essential amenities such as Montague light rail station. design something targeting a sophisticated transportation, shopping, schools, medical The development is the first of its kind buyer. The owner-occupier market really and more are all located within close for the suburb, with five full-floor boutique understands what South Melbourne has to proximity. residences, boasting unbridled views of bring,” he said. Style and luxury have been a keen focus both the city skyline and nearby bay. Each “From the living room you have clear on the design of these five apartments, with residence has direct and secure private lift views of the city, and as you walk through lavish bedrooms, superbly serviced by fully access. the apartment to the master bedroom, fitted robes, and luxe bathrooms complete With ceiling heights ranging up to nearly you have a terrace at the back which looks with modern innovative tapware. three metres, the spaciousness of each towards Port Melbourne beach where you With construction beginning in apartment is complemented with three get a really good sense of space. This is what September, Eton Property Group’s James bedrooms, two full bathrooms plus a powder inspired us to believe one apartment per Burne, said this boutique development room, a substantial open plan living and floor was the path to go.” was going to gain immense interest from dining area and two roomy terraces that Each home’s glamorous, eye-catching buyers from the South Melbourne area and capture sunlight with ease. Each residence form enjoys an entire level. “When you go surrounds. has two car spaces. through the apartment, there isn’t a need for “Right now, we are taking expressions For all enquiries visit etonproperty.com. Richard Newling-Ward of Bayley Ward any more space than what you have already of interest in our soft launch phase, and au or contact Bradley Dean on Architects said the kind free-flowing attitude got,” Mr Newling-Ward said. it won’t be long before we have our grand 0413 508 866 or Barbara Giannarelli on to space was rarely seen in South Melbourne Lenny’s location is recognised with a launch,” he said. 0421 666 447. New home, new inner-city lifestyle!

Central Equity’s newest Southbank apartment tower, Southbank Place has recently finished and is welcoming residents.

Emma, who works as a podiatrist, was the first resident in Southbank Place apartments. The first morning she woke in her new city apartment, she said: “The feeling was surreal. Waking up to a lovely bright inner-city aspect I thought: Wow, this is really happening!” were arranged for me,” she said. “As a single amenities all around, Emma finds the family Observing others settle in, Emma said: “The first thing we did was go to the pool. mum I was quite nervous, but I couldn’t be venture out much more. “Southbank is “you don’t feel alone — it feels like a The kids [aged 7 and 10] loved it. It’s a really more impressed by the support — absolutely such a nice area. It’s easy and accessible. community. It’s really early days but I do talk beautiful building with a lovely pool with wonderful, an absolute delight.” Everything is here. I now don’t get the a lot to the staff and the concierges are great. glass rooftop, lit at night. It has a cinema “One of the staff members met my car — we walk. City living is a wonderful The apartments are really, really beautiful. and wonderful facilities. It’s like living in a removalists at Southbank Place because I experience for kids.” As with any apartment, you have body resort!” got held up. It almost felt like she was family Parks, a library and child-minding corporate fees, but using facilities like the This was the intention of architect checking I was ok and giving me reassuring facilities are among the many local benefits gym, the pool, and the cinema, you end up Graham Fisher of Bell Fisher Architects, who hugs. I felt like I was moving into a seven-star that Southbank Place residents enjoy, while saving a lot of money in other ways.” designed the building to be experienced hotel.” the building offers a range of resort-style “I’m just so happy with this move. I looked like a luxury hotel. A grand foyer opens Emma is among a growing number of facilities, including two residents’ kitchens at a lot of apartments, but there was always to expansive five-metre ceilings, a wall of people choosing city apartment living for catering, an expansive dining area, a something missing — the floorplans were glazing overlooking Kavanagh St and there over life in the suburbs. “We had a big, luxury residents’ lounge and a terraced wrong, or the place didn’t feel right. Then is a 24-hour concierge service and security. secluded home in Essendon and we’d drive outdoor barbecue area where residents can this one came up — it was just perfect. I Amenities include a gym and yoga studio, everywhere,” she said. “I decided to adopt a host dinner parties with spectacular views bought it and haven’t looked back.” and on the 41st floor is the Horizon Club, minimalist lifestyle, so I reduced everything. across Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay. To inspect a range of fully furnished which residents can use to entertain guests, Now we’re not swarmed with all this stuff, Spacious, light filled apartments feature display apartments and a limited number of adjoining their own “gold-class” cinema. we’re experience-focused, we walk to the floor-to-ceiling double-glazing, openable brand-new apartments for sale at Southbank Having never moved to the city before, market and everywhere. I’ve been wanting windows and balconies for fresh air and Place, visit southbankplace.com.au, the Emma faced logistical challenges when to take the kids to Polly Woodside for so long, indoor-outdoor living. Kitchens are stylishly onsite office at 60 Kavanagh St, Southbank moving in. “But the Central Equity staff and we did!” appointed with Miele appliances and Hansa (corner Power St) or call Central Equity on went above and beyond to ensure things With shops, arts, sports and entertainment tapware. 9278 8888.

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