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THE NORTH & WEST MELBOURNE NEWS IS PRODUCED BY VOLUNTEERS AT THE CENTRE Trek Medic from North Melbourne to Nepal

Dr Hong Wu (right) and Dr Allan Au, president of Trek Medic Photo: Jim Weatherill

Katrina Kincade-Sharkey Everest and medical camp in the Annapurna ists in Nepal. There’s no rehab there.” She looks areas, into 100 messages, phone calls and region, then a planned slower-paced scouting away, averting her glorious, lava-brown eyes. emails each day while coordinating reinforce- trip to Terai on 25 April changed everything. Somehow, road trauma or violent assault ment Trek Medic teams from Australia. EN thousand brutal deaths and at least Dubbed Gorkha from its epicentre’s region, around Melbourne seem less catastrophic with “Then there was critical collaboration with as many long-term injuries are the ago- the 25 April quake’s injury toll is now more leading local treatment and rehab facilities, yet Nepalese organisations and medical teams, nising physical measure of devastation than 23,000, its massive magnitude of 7.9MW those advantages are foreign concepts during where it turned into meeting some of the most T amazing and resilient people I will ever know, from Nepal’s earthquakes last April and May. deeming it meteorologically violent. Total third-world disasters. Another measure — that third-world na- construction and landscape damage was US$5 A keen traveller, Hong dedicated 12 months into making friends for life, into receiving help tion’s paltry aid allowance — was one sack of billion, which is about 25 per cent of Nepal’s to medical volunteering, research and travel, and hospitality from strangers, into sleeping rice and one blanket per family, yet no tents GDP. There was also substantial damage in 2015’s three months in Nepal following four in a friend’s front yard under the starry sky for shelter from coming monsoons and no regions of India, China and Bangladesh. weeks there in 2014. Her Melbourne Uni with his whole family and neighbourhood, into tools or materials to rebuild homes. The Gorkha quake was followed by another medical degree followed pathogenesis and camping in the Australian Embassy, into sitting Then there was the total lack of long-term centred in Dolakha on 26 April, while the main immunotherapy research studies investigating on the back of motorcycles, military trucks, utes, local buses and microbuses, into getting medical and psychological aid as Nepal has no aftershock was a major 7.3MW rupture near coeliac disease in a DQ2 transgenic mouse used to cold showers, dal bhat and camping rehabilitation facilities for traumatised bodies Everest’s base camp on 12 May that took 66 model. Those immunotherapy disciplines were mats. or minds. lives and injured another 1000 people. severely stressed during Nepal’s crisis. “We heard of many cases of major depres- These disaster images rarely vary for med- “A whirlwind of events was happening “I was on the ground there by day three and sion as soon as we began work, with PTSD icos: sheared bodies, ruptured souls — little every day, every hour, every few minutes,” even then there were many cases of PTSD very common. Bar alcohol, there’s no other changes, bar specific case diagnoses, map co- Dr Wu — “call me Hong” — reports, listing (post-traumatic stress disorder),” she reports, form of personal support, no counselling or ordinates and accessibility. images confronting even for medical pros who detailing superb efficiency: “My initial plan to psychological help anywhere in Nepal,” she Royal Melbourne Hospital gastroenterolo- repair shattered bodies daily. volunteer as a doctor wherever I could, some- frowns. So this credited young doctor used gist Tianhong (Hong) Wu, 28, has developed “I see beautiful girls with spinal cord injury how turned into leading a WHO (World Health her time and skills for victims’ survival and an acute disaster CV following her crucial resulting in permanent disability, and so many Organisation) and Ministry of Health-registered recovery. treatment of quake survivors. Already on site people with fractured, even severed limbs, all of Foreign Medical Team in one of the worst-af- for a Trek Medic fundraising trip to Mount which will need prostheses, none of which ex- fected districts, into scouting totally unfamiliar Continued on Page 7

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community The Wishing Tree Garden at Spring Fling

decorations and hang them up with tiny pegs. Frances McMillan Children were excited to put their wishes into words and their faith into the outcomes! his year the Global Homework Pro- Soon we had trees awash with colour and gram decided to create a Wishing Tree hope. Garden for Spring Fling where people One of our dedicated volunteers who helped T coordinate our project has analysed the wishes. could write their wishes, and hopes for the future, to create a colourful spectacle. In all there were 71 wishes hung on the trees. Taking its inspiration from the Japanese Some were written in the author’s language of Tanabata tradition of hanging wishes written origin. on beautiful decorations onto bamboo trees, It was delightful to see that children had we expanded on the idea and included a gar- simple wishes. Wishes for a pet, or for a small den when we discovered so many cultures toy. Some people wished for love and hap- have similar traditions. piness while some others wished to make a From Clootie Wells in Scotland, the L’Arbre difference, and to secure a safe and peaceful a Clous in Belgium, to the Jaya Sri Maha Bho- world. di Holy Tree in Sri Lanka, the wishing tree is a Respect, contentment and honesty were cross-cultural affair. among the other themes. From this we have Volunteer tutors from the program sat in the a lovely profile of the wishes and dreams of sun on that glorious day helping folks write the colourful people who visited Spring Fling their wishes on a vibrant array of papers and 2015. The Wishing Tree Photo: Frances McMillan Errol’s Angels at Spring Fling Festival

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rrol’s Angels, the North and West Melbourne community choir, was again Epart of October’s Spring Fling Festival, which is celebrating its 38th year. The choir performed a lively and eclectic set on the Sound Forest Stage ranging from The Beatles’ ‘Here comes the Sun’, and the swingin’ ‘Java Jive’ through to a South African classic, ‘Shoshaloza’. The outdoor performance was enjoyed by the audience in perfect spring weather. Errols Angels gave a performance at Bruns- wick Uniting Church, 212–214 Sydney Road, on Sunday 29 November. They were joined by the Soufflé Sisters and the Rogues Choir and provided an afternoon of uplifting music in support of St. Therese’s Refugee and Asylum Seekers and Refugee Support Group. To conclude the year of singing, Errol’s Angels will be Christmas carolling along Errol Street on Thursday 10 December from 7.30pm commencing outside The Centre, 58 Errol Street. New Errol’s Angels members are always welcome. All you need is an enthusiasm for singing. The choir meets Thursday evenings from 7.00pm to 9.00pm during school terms at the Maternal & Child Health Centre, 505 Ab- botsford Street, North Melbourne. For further information visit www.errolsangels.com or contact The Centre on 9328 1126. Errol’s Angels singing on the Sound Forest Stage at Spring Fling Photo: Jim Weatherill

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isitors to the North Melbourne Town Hall clock tower during the Spring VFling had a wonderful view of North Melbourne. The town hall is on the southern edge of the town and its clock tower is perhaps still its highest point. A broad valley runs down from the town hall and rises on its northern side to Royal Park and at its western end to Hotham Hill, distinguished by the Ukrainian Cathedral and St Michael’s Church and backed by the high-rises variously known as Hotham Heights or ‘the flats’. The town hall, the hill and Hotham Heights all bear the name of Sir Charles Hotham, lieutenant governor of the colony when the town of Hotham was established. The hill, however, probably refers more to the locality as a district of the town than to Sir Charles himself. Sir Charles’s name had greater heights awaiting it in the form of the alpine peak Mount Hotham. His name also lives on in a federal electorate, a couple of hotels and a number of streets, none in North Melbourne. Mount Hotham is certainly the biggest mountain named after a North Melbourne connection, but it is not the only one. Visitors inspecting the clock mechanism at the Spring Fling will have seen a plaque crediting Robert Ellery as the designer of the clock. Ellery did not live in North Melbourne — as colonial astronomer from 1853 to 1895 he was based briefly in Williamstown and later at the observatory in the Domain, which worked in with the observatory on Flagstaff Hill. Even so, North Melbourne owed much more to him than the design of our famous clock. When he designed the clock, in 1878, Ellery was in effect the sole keeper of the right time in Victoria. The world did not begin to standardise on Greenwich time until 1884. Before then Ellery’s observatory took readings from the sun and telegraphed the time to whoever wanted it. North Melbourne used Ellery’s time until standard time came in. As well as being the arbiter of time Ellery was also the chronicler and forecaster of weather. His rainfall and temperature charts were published in the daily papers from the 1870s. The town hall clock tower provides an excellent view of the surrounding hills Photo: Charlotte Aldenhoven Though trained only as a doctor, Ellery after Elizabeth Mattingley, founder of one of Victoria and of the Victorian Advisory Council mountains that recall Hotham, even the three was a remarkable all-round scientist. For his Hotham’s first national schools, in Errol Street, of Flora and Fauna. His bird photography is in Victoria, may be too ambitious. land survey work his name was conferred on near the town hall. Elizabeth was the mother of highly prized. Mount Ellery, which is in East Gippsland, 11 Albert, who for many years was head teacher Arthur Mattingley was a keen advocate Thank you to the Arts House and its staff who kilometres south of Goongerah and within the at Errol Street School. for national parks and a founder of the arranged for the clock tower to be open during Errinundra National Park. For his international One of her grandsons, Arthur, was schooled great Wyperfeld National Park in Victoria’s the Spring Fling Festival. scientific work, Mount Ellery in Antarctica at Errol Street and Scotch College (then in East Mallee country. For this he was honoured by was named after him in 1886. Melbourne) and went to work in the Customs having the highest point in the relatively flat Bill Hannan is a local resident and member of Diagonally opposite the town hall tower is Department. Before long he became noted for Wyperfeld named Mount Mattingley. the Hotham History Project. He contributes a bank, built in 1874 as the Bank of Victoria. his ornithology and photography. He was a The Hotham History Project is well known articles regularly to the North and West Beside the bank is Mattingley Lane, named founder of the Gould League of Bird Lovers of for its walks and guided tours, but a tour of the Melbourne News. SUMMER 2015–2016 North and West Melbourne News COMMUNITY 5

was already quite high and should have been retained. Only five or so years ago, two-storey graded Victorian terrace houses and the Redback Brewery stood in that short stretch of North and West Flemington Road. Change can be rapid. City North was gazetted by the Planning Minister in October, which essentially means it Melbourne has gained final approval and is now officially part of the Melbourne Planning Scheme. There were no further changes made. Association The NWMA was involved in the City North process from the outset — a process we didn’t view as truly consultative — and generally our position was for lower, less intense, mid-rise Spring Fling Festival 2015 In its new plans CBUS must retain the orig- development along with provision of commen- The North and West Melbourne Association inally proposed facades and the basic design, surate community and civic infrastructure. As (NWMA) would like to congratulate Emma which the VCAT members judged to be of part of a broader set of concerns for our area, McCashney and the hard-working team at excellent quality. The number of car spaces we made the following comments and recom- A ‘wall’ of developments is forming along The Centre on putting together such a great also has to be retained even though the new mendations regarding City North directly to Flemington Road Photo: Geoff Leach community festival this year. The fine weather, proposal will have fewer apartments. the minister: entertainment and myriad stalls drew plenty of munity and civic facilities, including schools. • Height limits should be made mandatory, as visitors to Errol Street and surrounds. The panel has written its report and made it Demolition of house at 187–189 Stanley originally proposed, and not discretionary. available to the public. We are still digesting At the Association’s stall, in front of the Street, West Melbourne • City North provides too much scope for Heritage counted for little in Stanley Street its 100-odd pages, but some key points are that library, we ran a survey about possible im- development without commensurate open the panel: provements to the Errol Street precinct, which when the City of Melbourne allowed the dem- space and civic and community infrastruc- • has not supported reduced height limits, included topics of pedestrian safety, enhancing olition of this large, D-graded Victorian house ture. about which it said nothing specifically the environment with street trees and the addi- without prior public notice to the community. • The removal of third-party appeal rights • has supported the ‘hybrid’ mandatory height tion of public toilets. Architect Jack Lewis had NWMA members cannot understand why should not be supported; instead, these limits, which have a base height plus a 30 drawn a plan illustrating some of these ideas the property was not covered by a heritage should be reinstated and, if necessary, the per cent discretion and this was displayed with photographs of overlay, or how its demolition was apparently zoning should not be changed to Capital • agrees the Moonee Ponds Creek is degraded Errol Street today and an aerial shot. authorised by a private building surveyor rath- City Zone. The survey was a hit with festival-goers and er than by the council. This heritage two-storey Unfortunately, none of these suggestions and insufficient as open space by day’s end we had collected more than 230 house was omitted from the overlay notwith- was heeded. We will soon see the Flemington • has castigated CoM for including VicTrack survey forms. More were later distributed to standing that all properties immediately to its Road ‘wall’ extending, as several further per- land along Moonee Ponds Creek as open local traders to ensure a representative range west and down to the junction with Railway mits are already in place with building likely space, saying that CoM should have known of responses. While a detailed analysis remains Place were included. to start shortly. the land would have to be bought in ac- to be done, noteworthy were a number of com- This section of Stanley Street is a rare exam- cordance with long-established planning ments about upgrading the 57 tram to cater for ple of an area where a sizable streetscape has Arden–Macaulay practice — there is no ‘pool’ of government disabled users and eliminating the squeal as survived the industrial onslaught intact. The In the case of Arden–Macaulay, most people land that can simply be reallocated from one the tram turns the corners. demolished house and the remaining two next are now aware of the cheek-by-jowl, 13-storey branch of government to another. We also conducted a straw poll with four to it illustrated the mix of more affluent struc- developments approved along Haines Street — The last point in particular leaves Arden– main topics. By far the most popular was ‘trees tures with the humbler houses that were once another ‘wall’ — which will overshadow and Macaulay in a worse position, given the open and landscaping’, but ‘public toilets’ gained widely dispersed throughout West Melbourne. dominate Gardiner Reserve. As pointed out in space provision was already inadequate for ground as the day progressed! The integrity of this reference to the suburb’s previous articles, the NWMA was particularly a near doubling of the population. We doubt working-class origins is irreparably dimin- critical of the excessive development the pro- that CoM will, or even can, prioritise buying Development proposal for 9 Dryburgh ished. posed height limits would bring, and argued the VicTrack land — especially now that the Street, West Melbourne — VCAT deci- from the outset for a mid-rise, 20-metre, five- cost has increased markedly because of the sion City North and Arden–Macaulay struc- to-six-storey height limit. rezoning! Following a three-day appeal hearing in ture plans — from bad to worse Then, of course, there is the Woolworths CoM will consider the panel’s report and August, VCAT issued its decision on 19 City North and Arden–Macaulay are structure development, approved in large part because will probably put it on the Future Melbourne October, refusing the application for a 14-sto- plans for greatly increased density and intensi- of, not despite, Arden–Macaulay. A 20-metre, (Planning) Committee agenda next February. rey building and determining that a 10-storey ty of development for our area that the City of six-storey development, such as RAID’s alter- Finally, we remind readers that much of alternative would be acceptable, with con- Melbourne (CoM), the State Government and native proposal, would have been concordant North and West Melbourne’s appeal survives ditions. The applicant, CBUS Property West the Melbourne Planning Authority have been with the local community’s vision and expec- because of past efforts, heroic in some cases. Melbourne, later notified the parties that it pushing through the planning scheme amend- tation for this area. We remain committed to the Association’s would be submitting a revised proposal. ment process over the last three to five years. Arden–Macaulay is now nearing the final core values, although the challenges have mul- While the City of Melbourne and other Their effects on North and West Melbourne stages. At the Planning Panels Victoria hearing tiplied since its formation in 1967. As always, objectors, including NWMA, would have are now becoming obvious to all. in July we reiterated our views and vision, we seek and encourage new members, or re- preferred a lower building more in keeping presenting the NWMA Alternative Arden– kindled interest from old members. with the six-storey maximum of other nearby City North Macaulay Structure Plan. We pointed out, developments, several of which are now under One example of the effect of City North is backed by analysis, that the population target Contacting the NWMA construction, the decision does represent a sub- the ‘wall’ forming along Flemington Road. of an extra 20,000 or so people could be easily Ordinary general meetings take place at stantial improvement. We believe the many, Between Villiers and Harcourt streets there achieved with lower heights that delivered a 7.30pm on the third Tuesday of the month at often contradictory, planning documents that are two new dominating 13–14-storey build- better built form or, in everyday terms, a better the Bastow Institute, 601 Queensberry Street may be taken into consideration are not helpful ings, which are nearly double the height of place to live. (enter from Union Street). Visit the website at and provide no certainty around development the relatively recent, adjacent eight-storey We again stressed the inadequacy of plan- www.nwma.org.au or email [email protected]. in this part of West Melbourne. buildings — a height limit the NWMA argued ning for and provision of open space and com- au for more information.

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RAID (Residents About Integrated Development @ 3051 Inc) recognises that North Melbourne is changing and supports residential developments, but these need to be of good design and on a scale appropriate to the area’s existing streetscape and heritage. New dwellings need to be of varying sizes to provide a diversity of housing options. The vast majority of new flats will have one or two bedrooms. There will be very few three- bedroom apartments. Over 400 apartments are to be built in the area surrounding Gardiner Reserve with an additional 300 approved as part of the Woolworths development. Gardiner Reserve is the only public playground in this area. RAID has been Local residents show their concern over a local pedestrian crossing Photo: Megan Cusack lobbying the City of Melbourne to increase the size of Gardiner Reserve by reconfiguring the Traffic management and safety inform the City of Melbourne every time they continue to focus on the following five main roads at the Dryburgh, Haines and Shiel streets RAID continues to lobby the City of witness unsafe driver behaviour at the Haines, areas: roundabout. Melbourne to address current traffic conditions Shiel and Dryburgh intersection by phoning • Monitor the Woolworths and Haines and in North Melbourne, which present significant 9658 9658 or emailing using the online form Shiel streets developments About RAID risks to the safety and wellbeing of our at www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/AboutCouncil/ • Monitor the City of Melbourne’s approach RAID’s focus is to represent the views of the community. ContactUs/ to other large-scale developments local community in informing integrated, One such risk is the existing configuration We will lobby the City of Melbourne to • Assess the implications of the City of long-term and sustained planning for urban of the roundabout joining Haines, Shiel and review new traffic flows and introduce new Melbourne’s development of a new renewal in North Melbourne and in particular Dryburgh streets, where drivers blatantly traffic management and parking measures municipal plan and continuing work on the to address inappropriate development proposed ignore the pedestrian crossing and its signs, for construction vehicles and to mitigate the Arden–Macaulay Structure Plan for the suburb. We are concerned at the number speeding through in an effort to avoid impact of cars and bicycles belonging to new • Liaise with other community action groups of new medium-to-high-density developments stopping. This poses a constant risk to residents and their visitors. • Continue to work constructively with that do not have the social infrastructure to pedestrians, both young and old, with many the City of Melbourne on planning and cater for the increasing population. local residents sharing stories of ‘near misses’ Arden–Macaulay development matters. RAID was formed in 2011 when that are beyond scary. In recent months RAID has made many Given the multiple site developments submissions on planning matters to the City Woolworths first proposed to construct a 16- Want to help? planned or approved along Haines and Shiel of Melbourne, VCAT and the Amendment and 10-storey tower development comprising RAID’s resources are stretched and we streets and Macaulay Road, the danger will C190 panel in respect to the Arden–Macaulay 304 flats and a car park with over 600 spaces really do need more residents to share their increase with the introduction of heavy trucks precinct. to service a supermarket, packaged liquor skills with us. We would appreciate any help and workers’ vehicles during the construction We presented on the need for height controls outlet and other retail shops. from the community with activities such The City of Melbourne and residents period. Once the new apartments are and on the overshadowing caused by tall as observing at council meetings or VCAT opposed this as a site overdevelopment completed, there will be hundreds of additional buildings and their impact on air flow. RAID hearings and submission writing. Please with consequent traffic management issues vehicles accessing these new complexes and believes the standard for access to sunlight contact us at [email protected] if you are but Woolworths gained VCAT approval. also parking in local roads. in public open spaces should be based on able to assist. Woolworths put the site up for sale and a Over the last two years RAID has brought minimums of three hours of direct sunlight at SOLD sign was posted in early November this issue to the council’s attention and agrees the June solstice and five hours at the March this year. However, this site re-sale includes that two speed humps should be installed at the and September equinoxes. Connect with RAID @ 3051 a 20-year lease to Woolworths to operate a Dryburgh, Shiel and Haines streets roundabout The C190 panel report has just been released For further information about RAID, or supermarket and bottle shop. in the near future. These measures, however, and is available from the City of Melbourne. to become a member and receive our RAID is concerned about the size of do not adequately address the safety issue, nor Resident input is vital before the council e-newsletter, email [email protected]. this development, the trading hours of the do they take into account the increased traffic presents its response to the Minister for Access the RAID website at www.3051- supermarket and bottle shop, and the parking volume. Planning on Amendment C190 and a revised integrated.com and traffic management issues associated RAID members will soon be circulating a Arden–Macaulay Structure Plan. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ with such a large housing and commercial petition around the community to encourage pages/3051-RAID development in an already congested more urgent action by the council. In the RAID updates and objectives residential area. meantime we urge community members to RAID updates members regularly. We will Marg Leser is deputy chair of RAID.

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Trek Medic from North Melbourne to Nepal choppers were evacuating tourists, so the Nep- Continued from Front Page alese were second-class citizens in their own catastrophe! Australia had two medical teams in Nepal, “The first week completely ignored the both from RMH. “Our team was initially five, locals, but after major lobbying (Hong takes then it upped to 11,” Hong explains, crediting no credit, but you can bet she was involved) the aid work of Professor Fary Khan. The Pro- the Nepalese Government provided a chopper fessor of Rehabilitative Medicine at RMH’s to bring in the Canadian and Hong Kong Red Royal Park Campus in Parkville joined Hong Cross, who provided full field hospital capa- to lead major treks into the Himalayan alps bilities. with Trek Medic trauma aid. “After another week the road to Dungche Hong’s Trek Medic team, in collaboration was cleared and aid came in. with the Nepal Kidney Foundation, were “Time is life in these situations and the first recognised by WHO and Nepal Health Emer- 72 hours is critical for survival, so all those gency Operation Centre (HEOC). They used a delays were really felt by our team,” she says, 15-bed disused hospital facility with minimal gritting her teeth. electricity and lighting to treat an average of “Later observations recorded several 250 patients every five days, or 50 each day. hundred youngsters living in a tin hut on And these weren’t just common colds: usual the outskirts of a local town. Most were or- presentations were respiratory infections, phaned from the quake, they had scabies and faster-intestinal infections (Hong’s specialty), many, many injuries. wounds, cellulitis, psychosomatic difficulties “We opened the clinic at 8.00am seven days and trauma, along with chronic cases of head- per week, sometimes finishing late evening, aches, gastritis, GORD, OA and chronic back then writing reports and other critical man- pain. agement tasks, [because] lack of coordination “The most serious cases included open frac- usually breeds chaos,” Hong cringes. tures of the foot complicated by wound infec- Those frustrations relieved for now, the tion and early gas gangrene, likely rhabdomyo- RMH gastroenterologist is also a relief doctor losis, open ulnar fractures, spinal fracture with for regional NSW, before returning to Nepal in possible cord compression, and lumbar nerve 2017. “We’ll do free Trek Medic village clinics root injury, all of which required referral to a again,” she tells, hunching forward. “Arthritis higher centre post-stabilisation of the patient. and musculo-skeletal pains from wear and tear “Other clinical fractures that may require in the fields, irritated eyes and cataracts from surgical management were stabilised with UV light and kitchen smoke, gastritis from plaster back slabs, then referred to higher cen- erratic diet and alcohol ... the list is endless. tres for X-ray. Two cases of possible TB were “Then the usual presentations with lung also detected, and a large number of people degeneration, infections, diseases and miscar- also presented with diarrhoea they caught after riages ... There’s so much need for us there,” the quake. Three of those developed bloody she says, donning her diagnostician’s cap. diarrhoea, fever, hypertension and tachycardia, “Shortly before coming home in October and required fluid resuscitation and IV anti- we discovered a gastro outbreak in this place biotics. The likely source of that was contam- where displaced people were congregating. inated water due to the large number of dead There were 500 residents and 30 new cas- livestock and rubbish in nearby villages not es each day. Just like with the earthquakes, contained. there’s a variety of conditions and variety of “We were one of the last foreign medical patients old and young,” says Trekkie Hong. teams to leave Nepal,” explains Hong, who op- Those bureaucrats don’t stand a chance with erated on site from 28 April to 30 May, mainly this dedicated soul. centred in the Rasuwa district in the Langtang Hong enacted both medical and social care Valley five-and-a-half hours’ mountain drive north-east of capital Katmandu, one helluva in Nepal, having adopted a small child’s life drive. and education expenses. Dr Hong treating a patient Photo: Jim Weatherill “And that road to Katmandu was the last accessible route after the earthquake. There Trek Medic cal provision and no rehabilitation facilities. In 2012 Trek Medic had three teams of was horrendous damage to all villages, yet no Nepal’s population of nearly 30 million three to eight members each return to remote aid because no access.” Founded in 2011 and based in Melbourne, sees one third living below the poverty line Nepalese villages with little access to health Dr Hong says her trip became a conglom- Trek Medic is a non-profit team of volunteer and one quarter earning less than US$1 per care. Those medicos’ campaign has now ex- eration of the magnificence of the Himalayas, doctors, nurses and allied health profession- day. Children aged under five are 10 times tended, with teams treating patients through- the upbeat and caring nature of locals, the als. They grouped together to help provide more likely to die than if they were born in out Africa’s Kenya. devastation of the earthquakes, the sadness and basic health care, education and emergency Australia, while adults aged between 15 and Donations are not yet tax deductible, but suffering of the people, fear of the unknown, aid to under-privileged communities world- 60 are five times more likely to die than if gratefully received and 100 per cent utilised confusion in the chaos and the urge to help wide. living here. as much as possible. Yet she says the greatest Following a trial expedition to Nepal in The top three causes of death in Nepal are for top professional health care. hurdles were not meteorological or medical: 2011, they have returned since on average pneumonia, diarrhoea and measles, all pre- Name: TrekMedic “The hardest? Bureaucracy, by far! twice per year, their ongoing work critically ventable diseases associated with poor living Bank: CBA “The international airport was controlled for required for a nation traumatically compro- conditions and lack of access to sanitation BSB: 063 103 the first week by the Indian Army, who were mised by territorial disasters, minimal medi- and basic health care. Acc.No. 10380436 evacuating Indian citizens only. Then private

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very Saturday, volunteers for local North Melbourne group Many Rooms Emeet at the North Melbourne Commu- nity Centre to feed the homeless and disadvan- taged. “We started with a group of five people six years ago, it took us a while to get up and running, but we’ve been going on ever since,” says group founder Jim Davison. “We are all committed to do something to serve the people of Melbourne.” Homelessness is a growing problem in Mel- bourne, and the crisis accommodation system is “not quite adequate to keep people out of homelessness”, says Mr Davison. “It can give them a roof over their head for a period, but it’s not going to solve their long- term accommodation issues.” “There are access issues and affordability issues, issues of what causes homelessness, the precipitating factors, and then there’s issues about how people remain homeless and can’t get out of it.” The Melbourne City Council does acknowl- edge the problem of homelessness and the need for groups like Many Rooms, and on its website has a page dedicated to this issue, say- ing homelessness “requires a whole of com- munity response”. “The City of Melbourne aims to contribute to developing sustainable pathways out of homelessness, but we cannot do it alone,” says the council on their social support webpage. Many Rooms works with the City Council to reserve the space each week, and has been supported since its start by the Melbourne City ‘Macca’, a North Melbourne identity Photo: Jim Weatherill Council. “We pitched it to the City of Melbourne and Mr Davison continues. know the people they help. says volunteer Steven Duncan. they said great, let’s do it, and with them we “We also get a lot of people from the public Volunteer Victoria started volunteering over “Rather than go to the footy on Saturdays identified this space,” says Mr Davison. housing community, from non-English-speak- two years ago and says the interaction she has and spend money they don’t have, they come The space, located at the North Melbourne ing backgrounds as well.” with members is “meaningful, the kind of stuff here to catch up with their friends and have a Community Centre, lets members sit down “We recruit our volunteers from a very that makes your heart smile”. meal for free,” says Steven. and relax for the entire morning and afternoon diverse base, who have language skills to ac- “More of the moments that have impacted “We get to know people and know them by while volunteers prepare and serve meals. commodate non-English speakers.” me personally have been one-on-one conversa- name,” Mr Davidson adds. “It’s got all we need, a kitchen space, a Volunteers face challenges when working tions with participants.” The personal relationships formed at Many dining space, and people can hang out and it’s with the disadvantaged, especially those with “What’s different here is the effort the vol- Rooms encourage members of the homeless mental illnesses and those in crisis situations. unteers put in, particularly given the numbers a place that they can spend a bit of time on a community to come back each week. Saturday,” says Mr Davison. “Some people come from fairly regular we serve, and the fact that we cook the food “The homeless and disadvantaged we serve The city of Melbourne provides the space, backgrounds and may have mental health is- from scratch,” Victoria says. come here also for social contact and the com- but volunteers’ work is unpaid. sues or a major catastrophe in their life, where Volunteers will often spend all morning and munity aspect,” says Mr Davison. “People don’t come here unless they really their wheels have fallen off and they have to afternoon preparing meals, cleaning, setting up feel a motivation to be involved,” says Mr head to the streets,” says Mr Davison. tables, and interacting with the homeless. The City of Melbourne Council’s Davison. “We’ve got a lot of people who have prob- “There’s a lot of love put into the prepara- homelessness webpage says that they support Volunteers are trained to recognise and un- lems with chronic homelessness, so they might tion of our food and the service that we give,” groups like Many Rooms and are “in consulta- derstand the diversity of the community they get sorted out for a period and then head back says Victoria. tion with a broad range of our partners and key are serving. to the street.” The people being served come not just for a stakeholders” to help fight homelessness. “About a quarter of people who come are “It blocks off a lot of options for people. meal, but also for social contact and to feel a homeless, which means that they’re either on We provide good healthy food and good social sense of community belonging. 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politics & environment City council commits on climate change

Paul Campobasso take collaborative and meaningful action in streetlights will consume less than half the water efficient office building. reducing the greenhouse gases responsible energy they’re currently using, saving the City While environmentally-minded Melbourne for causing erratic and detrimental weather of Melbourne $1.1 million a year and reducing residents can take some comfort that their n late September a petition found its way patterns. greenhouse gas emissions by 110,000 tonnes council has taken a leading role in climate to Melbourne City Council’s offices, “You don’t get to be the most liveable over the next decade. According to the Lord change action, it’s hard to say whether these Ireflecting the passionate voices of 31,000 city in the world without a strong focus on Mayor, this is equivalent to “taking almost programs are strong or far-reaching enough local constituents. sustainability and prosperity,” Lord Mayor 2800 cars off Melbourne roads for a year or to turn the City of Melbourne into the However, this petition was different to Robert Doyle said in an October media planting more than 13,300 trees”. sustainability hub it envisions. most others. Rather than being critical or in release. “The City of Melbourne is committed Also in October, Melbourne City Council This is especially the case when considering opposition to a specific policy, as is often to achieving Zero Net (Greenhouse Gas) announced a new partnership with The that Melbourne presently produces around 6 the nature of petitions, this one was instead Emissions by 2020, and has a target to source University of Melbourne, to establish million tonnes of greenhouse gas each year, massively positive, having been arranged 25 per cent of the municipality’s electricity ‘The City of Melbourne Chair in Resilient signifying a difficult slog to a climate-neutral by the Climate Council to showcase public from renewables by 2018.” Cities’. According to an official statement support for local government’s approach on To achieve its ambitious goal Melbourne from the council, this joint project aims to future by the set date of 2020. climate change. City Council has a number of initiatives in “strengthen Melbourne’s resilience in the face Since the 1990s climate change has been a full swing, aimed at greening-up areas in and of sustainability challenges including global hot topic in Australia and over the years it’s around the CBD — including North and West warming”. only become increasingly heated, as arguments Melbourne. These initiatives join existing programs for and against the science often reach boiling Arguably the biggest and most recent within the council’s environmental portfolio point. initiative involves a $30 million upgrade of for reducing City of Melbourne’s greenhouse Though some of our political leaders in public lighting, which has been funded by gas emissions, while also adapting the city Canberra maintain an icy stance towards the Federal Government and will be rolled to some of the effects of climate change, action on climate change, the local council, on out in collaboration with the Clean Energy including flooding and heatwaves. The the other hand, has evidently warmed to the Finance Corporation, which seeks to increase council’s other programs include climate- idea of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. investment in clean technologies. neutral water-saving schemes, solar panel In September, for example, City of Announced in mid-October, this program rebate programs and green roof and wall Melbourne became one of the first Australian aims to upgrade more than 16,000 public initiatives. cities (the other being Sydney) to comply with streetlights to energy-efficient LED globes, The council has demonstrated some the Compact of Mayors. while also installing 300kW solar panels on leadership in green building design as well, This global coalition currently sees 254 council and community facilities. with its 2006 construction of Council Hoouse city mayors from around the world unite to The council is hoping that these upgraded 2, or CH2, a six-star Green Star energy and Photo: sourced from Wikimedia Victoria takes a stance on domestic violence

Stephanie Filaktakis Prevention of Family Violence, the Hon Fiona economy approximately $13 million. • Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) Richardson, said that Indigenous women, as The Multicultural Centre for Women’s policy advisor Kellie Nagle well as women from rural localities, women Health’s senior research and policy advisor, • InTouch CEO Maya Avdibegovic he Victorian Local Government Multi- aged under 45 years and pregnant women, are Dr Regina Quiazon, said that only a balance • Regina Quiazon, Multicultural Centre for cultural Issues Network (VLGMIN) is all at risk of violence. of legal responses and change of attitudes Women’s Health Tproposing initiatives, including preven- “Women are at risk and the result is from towards domestic violence would counteract • MAV president Bill McArthur tion, intervention and response approaches to poorly tailored responses,” she said. ongoing violence. • Teresa Dowd, from Our Watch combat violence against women in multicul- “One-size-fits-all is not an appropriate ap- “Our justice system is doing all it can but • Jane Torney, Monash City Council tural communities, after the 1.3 per cent rise in violence against women begins with sexist proach and this is because gender equality and • Whittlesea CALD Community Family Vio- domestic violence in Victoria this year. family violence is misunderstood and there attitudes and unequal power, and while we lence Project’s Claire Varley and Elizabeth A conference was recently held at Victoria are many social and cultural challenges,” Ms continue to see women less equal to men, Meade University Convention Centre to address some Richardson said. disrespect and violence against women will • Monet Bucud, Geelong CALD Family Vio- of these continuing issues. The Victorian Local Government Multi- continue to happen,” she said. lence Project Brimbank City Council administrator Jane cultural Issues Network facilitator, Maria Di- The conference was held by the VLGMIN Nathan said that domestic violence occurs in mopoulos, said that prevention could be done at Victoria University Convention Centre, 460 • Dr Crystal Bruton, City of Greater Dande- all communities, but some more than others. by preventing the problem in the first place. Ballarat Road, Sunshine. nong “Domestic violence is simply about power “By directing policy and strategies and • Robin Gregory, Meredith Budge and and in order to change this, we need to provide changing the underlying causes and behaviour Speakers included: Shivani Sharma from Cohealth an integrated community approach, change in will only result in counteracting domestic vio- • Minister for Women and the Prevention of attitude and collaboration of gender equity,” lence,” she said. Family Violence, Hon Fiona Richardson For more information contact the VLGMIN or she said. During 2014–2015, 68,000 women were • VLGMIN chairperson Eugenia Grammati- the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health at The Victorian Minister for Women and the victims of family violence and it costs the kakis www.mcwh.com.au

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education & technology Leaving the tertiary nest: an honest account

Students enjoying time outside the classroom Photo: sourced from Wikimedia

Sarah Pinikahana window. Whatever it is, if I had the choice bottle of wine was the remedy to my blues. probably only true for some. over, I’d probably not have gone into law. I miss actually thinking my boss couldn’t University is not easy, but it is also not But I am a hopeless optimist, so I always try tell how wretched I felt at work after a night the worst thing in the world. I wish I had all ow does four years seem like a life- to find a message or reason for things, even if out, and I miss the unimportance of everything the answers and that I could tell you that ev- time ago now? Just four years, the there doesn’t need to be one. that seemed to matter back then. erything was going to work out and that the Hnumber seems so small in comparison Recently I came to the conclusion that while Maybe that’s what university has become, struggle will be worth it, but I can’t know that. to how much I’ve grown since walking into I will not miss the thrilling teachings of the maybe it’s what it always was: a stop-gap be- Unfortunately, they didn’t teach me that. university what seems like so long ago. founding fathers and why they thought it’d be tween adolescence and everything you want I can only tell you that I’m still figuring it Now as a fourth year, the corridors finally okay to exclude entire races from the Consti- from your future. A sort of intermission, where out too, and I might be full of it, but my hope seem to make sense. Four years of walking tution, what I do already miss, however, is my there’s plenty of alcohol and more than a few is that everything is connected and everything into the university’s big ornate buildings old state of mind. bad decisions but also a lot of learning. matters. While I don’t know how things will passing by antique photographs showcasing Before the career planning and the midnight So I guess what I’m trying to say is, if any pan out for you, I hope when you reflect, you the school’s history and never really giving a reflections of “why am I even doing this any- of you soon-to-be graduates or just university figure out a way to join all of your own dots thought to the hordes of students who came more?” took over. I miss when a good group before. Never thinking about the lives and students in general are reading this, know that and that it makes a lot more sense than law stories that have filled the halls and lecture of people, a nice tune and a slightly too cheap the clichéd “you’ll miss it when it’s over” is school ever did for me. theatres for years past. Four years, and I am not going to lie, I’m probably not going to miss it. No, I’m not go- ing to gush over memories that can’t be made MELBOURNE ANTI-WRINKLE CLINIC anymore, because the truth is, law school was is now open at a massive drainer. Premier Health Partners Finishing law school reminds me of sit- 491–495 King Street ting in my last biology tutoring class in high West Melbourne school and all of the girls, and a few of the more tender boys, tearing up at the finality of Anti-wrinkle injections administered by a qualifi ed doctor it all. Most of us were friends and our tutor was a nice guy, but it was hardly the end of the For further information or to make an appointment world. I remember sitting there all class won- dering if the sadness would hit me before I left please call 9329 7077 and then witnessing this river of emotion and thinking to myself, “is nobody a little happy Enquire about our introductory offer* and mention this advertisement this is over?” *Offer expires 31/01/2016 So call me heartless, but rose-tinted glasses don’t tend to get in the way when it comes to www.melbourneantiwrinkle.com academia for me. Maybe this is because aca- demia has always been a bit of a struggle for me, maybe it’s that I can’t easily forget feelings Premier Health of lament or hardship, or maybe it’s just that Partners I actually like going outside instead of simply staring outside through a second-storey library SUMMER 2015–2016 North and West Melbourne News EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY 13 As one door closes another opens

Jenny Prahbu that offer instruction across Melbourne. This enables people to create new businesses for a small initial cost for the printer (and ongoing everal times a week we hear on the news costs for materials) and produces an inexpen- that car manufacturers are closing their sive supply of everything from bikinis and SAustralian factories but retaining their T-shirts, plastic takeaway boxes and tooth- design studio employees. Mining jobs are go- brushes, to bionic ears and other human spare ing along with many of the ‘old’ or traditional parts! businesses. We also hear about the dreadful When the printing press was first developed, rise in youth unemployment, especially in our its ability to deliver information to the public battling northern and western suburbs. was revolutionary. Additive manufacturing has It is a reality that most of the easy options the potential to be as revolutionary to the mod- — out of school into a short TAFE course and ern world as the printing press was in the past. into work — are fast disappearing, with more With traditional jobs disappearing and busi- and more competition for fewer and fewer ness models constantly evolving and adapting jobs. This is due, in part, to new or ‘disruptive’ the future can seem a scary place. Yet the technologies. opportunities offered by new technologies can For example, mobile phones and the internet often offset their supposedly negative effects. already enable people to share their accommo- Like the technologies that seem to threat- dation, their skills, their goods, their transport en our very existence, we too need to adapt and more with other people. This reduces the need for hotels, taxis and the need to buy to survive. These days you can jump online goods first hand and, in turn, reduces the reli- to earn a degree in just about anything you ance on the large and often multinational busi- can imagine. You can network with diverse nesses that support them. communities and discuss passion projects and Technology is reducing the need for mining potential business ideas. You can 3D print by re-using waste metal while at the same time specialty components of artisanal quality and Additive manufacturing offers new employment opportunites Photo: sourced from Wikimedia enabling mining to be largely robotised and distribute them using source coding. made cheaper. Rio Tinto has been a pioneer in job market. ings in the Deakin University campus already With car manufacturers closing their doors Australia. A Melbourne-based private company, An- supplies composite parts to Lockheed Martin and mining magnates wallowing in the bust A variety of ‘e-medicine’ technologies avail- atomics Pty Ltd, has 3D printed the world’s for fighter planes, and is expanding into com- phase of a boom-and-bust economy, it might able via your mobile phone already greatly first partial ribcage and sternum from titanium, posite parts for automobiles. be time Australia and Australians invested in reduce the need to visit clinics or be hospital- which has then been implanted in a Spanish 3D printers and training in their uses is the future. While a brave new world of addi- ised. Constant new developments in various patient, half a world away. now available in many universities and also tive manufacturing may seem beset with obsta- fields could lead to even more shake-ups in the In Geelong, listed company Quickstep Hold- some schools as well as via private businesses cles, it is also a world full of opportunities.

Finding your future at careers night

Maddi Collis, Year 10 Daniel Grech (career advisor at Apprentice- Jacinta Mulvaney, one of our tutors, spoke brains and eyes, and her experiences as a ships Matter) spoke about how studies and about her current studies in speech pathology. student and as a scientist. I have had many school may not be ideal for everyone. Dan One of her goals is to become a registered great discussions with Liz around science-re- ontemplating your future can be daunt- explained an alternative option involving edu- Australian speech pathologist and so she is lated topics. Having scientists as tutors has ing. There is such a diverse range of cation through apprenticeships, where anyone currently working hard at university to earn been very helpful in the past to work through careers to consider, yet many students C can learn a valuable trade such as plumbing, those qualifications and looking into a future schoolwork and exam preparation. don’t know what they want to do. carpentry or hairdressing. of assisting people with their speech. Angela Moylan (career counsellor from To help students deal with this question, Lieutenant Colonel Greg McMillan talked Liz Snowden, another tutor, spoke about her University High School) also chatted with us Frances, the Global Homework Program co- about how he began his career as an electrician university studies in structural engineering, about the importance of career counselling and ordinator, arranged a careers session, to give and then became a helicopter pilot and was which sounded pretty fascinating. As part of students in the program the opportunity to given the opportunity to complete a masters her studies Liz is currently designing a bridge how she assists students at Uni High. understand that there are many pathways to degree. The Australian Defence Forces offered and needs to calculate the amount of soil need- The careers night was extremely informative success in life, through hearing some sound him many opportunities to try something new ed for the site as well as the most effective and I hope it helped the other students think advice and inspiring stories from a few indi- or different within his career and he found tak- bulldozer for the job. more about their future careers, what they can viduals who were kind enough to volunteer ing those opportunities thoroughly surprising Another great tutor, also named Liz, talked do and where to get assistance if they need it. I their time to speak to us. and rewarding. about her studies in neuroscience, scanning certainly learned a lot from it. BERNARDS MAGIC SHOP Australia’s Oldest Magic Shop! 355 Victoria Street West Melbourne Bring this ad and Phone 9670 9270 spend $20 for a FREE www.bernards.com.au 50 Easy To Do Card Tricks Booklet! 14 SPORT & HEALTH North and West Melbourne News SUMMER 2015–2016

sport & health Melbourne United living up to their name

Lachlan Marr breaks. Plus outstanding players like Daniel Kickert and Todd Blanchfield are making plays and draining their fair share of threes. elbourne’s own NBL basketball Along with this the team boasts a deep team Melbourne United have had an bench that can hold their own against fierce Mexplosive start to the NBL season competition. Even rival Sydney Kings coach beginning the year by defeating every other Damian Cotter had to admit after a devastating team in the competition in quick succession. loss “I think Melbourne’s the best right now.” Melbourne United opened the season with nine With the finals still months away there is straight wins. They sit firmly atop the standings with an plenty more games to play. Yet with a strong unbelievable winning record. After their amaz- start, a formidable line-up and an astute coach- ing start Melbourne finally suffered their first ing staff this team look like they could go all defeat this season at the hands of the Cairns the way. Taipans on November 20. Had Melbourne Melbourne United are living up to their United won it would have been their tenth name and the hype with each win bringing straight victory. them closer to their ultimate goal of a cham- Already though they seem a lock for the pionship. With the team in such fine form playoffs and are by far and away the favourites the city has got the message and near sell out to win the championship. crowds are regularly attending games. Mel- The secret to their success is no secret at all; bourne has united behind their team. in fact it’s in their name. Melbourne United To see Melbourne United in action check have been able to win is because they have been united. out their website www.melbourneutd.com.au or When one of Australia’s oldest basketball if you want to shoot some hoops yourself why teams, the Melbourne Tigers, announced that not contact the North Melbourne Recreation they would be changing their name to Mel- Centre http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ bourne United it was met with some contro- nmrc/. Chris Goulding, Melbourne United’s star shooting guard versy. Yet now it all makes sense. United really is the best word to describe the Melbourne club’s team orientated, assist heavy, pass first style of play. Former NBL legend and NBA champion Andrew Gaze has been blown away by the team this year commenting “They’ve got a really strong formula right now, and it’s going to take some doing for them to lose.” The united approach permeates through all aspects of the organisation with players and coaching staff all preaching a team-first men- tality. Some of this attitude certainly stems from head coach Dean Demopolous, a man who doesn’t believe in the concept of the extra pass saying instead “I don’t want my players to think they’re doing anything extra by passing the ball to an open man, it’s the proper pass.” Demopolous comes to the club from the NBA where he has worked as a lead assistant coach for the Seattle Supersonics, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Clippers. With the success Demopolous has found so far many are praising his basketball acumen but the coach is quick to point out that none of this would be possible without the team he has, saying “It comes down to the players, they’re responsible for performing.” There was already hype surround Melbourne United’s line-up particularly after they’re stel- lar form in the NBL preseason. But the perfor- Melbourne United are stringing together a lot of wins by playing as a team Photos: Melissa Sudero mances being put out by players in the regular season are really something special. There’s Chris Goulding, the Australian shooting sensation who Demopolous describes as an ‘assassin.’ After a sojourn in the Spanish Come relax & unwind with one league, Liga ACB, Goulding has returned to the NBL playing some of the best basketball of of our tailored services … his young career. 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by Lachlan Marr Bill Adamson cancer by a factor of 50, bacon by a factor of two. And this is where the issue of health s the new health writer for the North messaging lies. Good studies are produced. and West Melbourne News I sat down Journos under pressure to create click-baitable Awith the editor to discuss what I want- headlines cherry-pick bits out of lengthy stud- ed to do over the next four publications. ies and reports. My main goal was to provide a relevant, We the public see yet another thing that we well-researched and not sensationalist report- consume, use, live with, that is sure to kill us. ing of health issues. So what do we do? Ignore it, joke about it, As I was sat over my computer last week keep living our lives exactly the same way. thinking of how I could frame this conversa- Sensationalising a subject, sensationalising tion I was a bit stumped, but then something the content of a study, gets greater clicks, but it amazing happened. also decreases the relevancy to the reader. We An article titled ‘Bacon causes cancer’ become immune to the actual message of the popped up on a newsite I follow, and then on study because of the way it is delivered. another and then another and soon it was ev- And so the purpose of this article and the erywhere. ones to come is to demythologise health. To It had grabbed the public consciousness and give basic, simple health advice that is rele- no newsite wanted to be left behind. vant, and to convince people that they should I was excited as this was the very issue I be careful when reading things online. was struggling to explain clearly. Because in science terms health is relatively Health messaging in this modern digital age simple. is challenging. Eat your veggies, don’t eat too many foods Newspapers and websites need traffic that are processed, and get as many colours on through their websites to make them sustain- your plate as you possibly can. able. But simple, accurate health information Exercise a bit, and in an enjoyable way, with isn’t all that exciting. variety. Try whatever fad comes through. If The more sensationalist the headline the you enjoy it do it. But don’t think that it is the more likely the average person is to click through to the website concerned. only thing you or others should do. The ‘Bacon causes cancer’, ‘Bacon the new And with exercise don’t just do loaded stuff, smoking’ headline was based on a review of don’t just do stretchy stuff. Mix it up, move 800 epidemiological studies conducted by the with variety. And don’t discount vigorous World Health Organisation (WHO). house-cleaning, gardening, horizontal dancing And there was some great information to be with your partner, or someone else’s partner. gleaned from the review. Essentially processed Be mindful. Don’t cram your mind with meats such as bacon increase the risk of bowel information all the time. Social media is great, cancer twofold. but refreshing Facebook for the 17th time But eating bacon infrequently will only very is not going to reveal some spectacular new marginally increase your risk. It is far more thing. If your feed is anything like mine, it’ll relevant to those who consume processed probably reveal another new baby. meats more than five times a week. But more of that next time. Until then, be As part of this review the WHO placed pro- careful of reading too much online rubbish, cessed meats in the same category as asbestos it’ll probably cause you cancer... and tobacco, in that they are known carcino- gens. Bill Adamson is an osteopath at Errol St Osteo But they are not of the same potency. A and also a director on the board of Osteopathy lifetime of smoking increases your risk of lung Australia.

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travel & food Katie’s Crab Shack Mörk Cacao Artisans

Meegan Waugh candlelight create a cosy atmosphere perfect Michael Hockstein approached by a friendly waitress who asked: for comfort food and Australian seafood is the “What would you like?” star of the show. I finally decided on the Campfire Hot Choc- hat do you do if you have a family We kicked off with a serving of the more- here is a place along Errol Street, a little olate. from Maryland and Louisiana, your ish Southern classic, fried green tomatoes north of the central ‘plaza’ of cafes, A few minutes later the waitress returned great-aunt’s cookbooks, a bunch ($12). These were served with goat’s cheese, stores and restaurants. A provocative with a smooth wooden slab with three items W coriander and hot sauce with a decent kick of T of family recipes and a passion for seafood? place, luring you into indulgence. set to make you salivate. If you’re Katie Marron, you open Miss Ka- spice. For main, I couldn’t go past the house Recently I succumbed to desire and en- The first thing your eyes set upon is the tie’s Crab Shack. specialty, the ‘build your own’ crab boil (start- tered, and my tongue, stomach and mind have upside-down glass filled with swirling smoke. Located on Johnston Street in Fitzroy (look ing at $25), a beautifully cooked blue swim- thanked me for it. Alongside this visual display is a toasted mer crab with corn, potatoes and kransky sau- out for the neon crab sign), Miss Katie’s Crab At Mörk Cacao Artisans they deliver an ex- brown marshmallow on a skewer. Finally your sage, to which you can add your own selection Shack serves up Maryland-style crab boils and perience in chocolate sweets and, more promi- delectable hot chocolate is served in a curvy of clams, prawns and oysters. Smother it all in spouted jug waiting to be poured, sipped, other American goodies from the back room of nently, in hot chocolate drinks. garlic butter and dig in. They serve traditional hot chocolates made swished, swashed and swallowed. the Rochester Hotel. Crab isn’t the easiest meal to eat. You’ll be from high-quality cacao. The type of hot choc- Mörk doesn’t have wi-fi and isn’t a place to Miss Katie herself cooked for the likes of supplied with all the tools you need, including olate drink you associate quite readily with go to enjoy a cup of coffee. In fact they don’t MoVida before opening the original Crab plastic bibs, wooden mallets and crabcrackers. that particularly comforting feeling of a warm even sell coffee; it’s all about the chocolate! Shack in the Public Bar, North Melbourne, in Katie runs her business with a sea/paddock-to- drink on a cool day. Mörk Cacao Artisans is a place to go for a August 2013. After outgrowing that venue, the plate mentality, working with trusted suppliers However, although the traditional hot choc- chocolate experience. The décor is modern and team moved to the Rochester Hotel in Fitzroy who use sustainable fishing methods and striv- olates offer a certain allure, when enjoying inviting, the staff prompt, friendly and helpful. in April this year, where the brick walls and ing to use only Australian produce. yourself at Mörk, you cannot leave without When you first sit down you are provided tempting your senses with one of their signa- with a refreshing sparkling water to start your ture hot chocolates. Mörk’s adaptations of the experience. When your drink arrives, you are traditional hot chocolate are so unusual and given the joy of pouring the chocolate from the interesting, you’ll find yourself in need of time spouted jug yourself. to choose between the vast array of drinks on The chocolate is delicious and the sweets offer. and desserts are equally amazing. Mörk is a While I stood staring at the options I was cafe for chocolate lovers. Cafe 99

Alpha Barratt Victorian Archives Centre opened and Tiganis excitedly approached them with his plan to establish a small cafe. little spot for the local North Mel- Tiganis, who is from a Mediterranean back- bourne community to enjoy a myriad ground, has worked in a number of European Aselection of tasty delights is Cafe 99. restaurants and this influence is unmistakable Located in the Victorian Archives Centre on at Cafe 99.. Shiel Street and owned by local Tony Tiganis, The menu is inspired by Tiganis’s family it’s the perfect place to go for a simple coffee background and also draws on the databank of and a quick pastry. delicacies he’s cooked in his 30 years working Cafe 99 isn’t one of those large, open- in hospitality. spaced cafes packed with noisy customers His most popular dishes are the cheesecakes, where you are charged $25 for breakfast — orange cakes, Portuguese tarts and — my rather it is a return to the basics, somewhere personal favourite — the savoury three-cheese that shows that basic can still be so good. muffin, which consists of feta, halloumi and Tony Tiganis’s 25–30 years of experience in mozzarella and melts delightfully in your the food industry prepared him well to achieve mouth. his dream of owning a little cafe for customers A gem in the heart of the North Melbourne to stop off and refuel. community, Cafe 99 is going strong despite Places such as Caterina’s Cucina e Bar possible competition from larger cafes opening (Queen Street), Mietta’s restaurant (Collins once the Woolworths is established. Street) and the dining room in North Mel- When asked about the cafe’s future, Tiganis bourne’s Town Hall Hotel are just some of a replies that it “will be here for a long time” host of places where Tiganis has worked. and that the Archives Centre will always need It is therefore no wonder that Cafe 99 deliv- somewhere for people to discuss ideas and ers well-thought-out and well-prepared food. drink good coffee or, as Tiganis puts it, some- Some of the delicious dishes from Katie’s Crab Shack Photos: Meegan Waugh Soon after he left the Town Hall Hotel, the where to “refresh the weary traveller”. SUMMER 2015–2016 North and West Melbourne News ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 17

arts & entertainment Musicians’ unions are making a noise

Allison Mouret ue, and you’ve got a very high sound pressure, you’ve got a potential health problem. Which no one wants to talk about,” says Mr Noone. ustralian musicians’ unions are speak- Noise also adds to the problem of regulating ing out about the difficulties of pur- live music venues. Asuing a career in music in Australia, “You’ve got multiple jurisdictions. If you’re revealing that little is being done to support talking about noise, you’d have the environ- fair wages and a liveable income for local live mental protection agency that would have music acts. something to say, and their specifications are “If you want to make a liveable wage play- often unworkable,” he adds. ing music in this country, forget about it,” says “Then you would have the local council, Terry Noone, federal secretary of the Musi- which has an overarching plan of amenity and cians’ Union of Australia (MUA). so forth, and if a venue was licensed, which The difficulty of balancing local music with most of them are, you’d have the liquor licens- international touring acts, and economic pres- ing venue having a say as well.” sure from rising rent costs of live music ven- Musicians’ unions are encouraging audi- ues, is a major concern to musicians’ unions. ences and music lovers to support local bands “A lot of venues don’t pay guarantees to instead of larger international touring acts. musicians anymore,” says Helen Marcou, “It’s now possible for an international niche spokesperson for Save Live Australian Music band to land here, play enough relatively small (SLAM). venues to make dough, then go home, and that “They lease out their band rooms, and has an impact on the local scene,” says Mr there’s not always a straightforward employer/ Noone. employee relationship.” “As people interested in musicians, we un- “It’s a fragile and faulty system of opera- derstand that it’s vital for Australian musicians tion,” she adds. to work with the best from overseas.” “It’s all about the economics ... venues are “By the same token, when they’re coming in running a business that exploits musicians, and here and operating in the bread-and-butter area Local musicians performing in North Melbourne Photo: Jim Weatherill it has been happening for far too many years,” of the Australian music scene, that’s a prob- says Mr Noone. lem,” he adds. to their aid whenever they need us,” he says. ... a whole new underground of live music, and Musicians who play frequently are also The MUA has faced accusations of miscon- As the music festival season starts up in really experimental music,” she says. faced with potential health problems, and have duct from Fair Work Australia in the past. But Melbourne, Ms Marcou is encouraging audi- “I find that really exciting. It encourages very limited options for health care when com- Mr. Noone says they have the best of inten- ences to also seek out smaller venues catering pared with insurance for equipment. tions for musicians. to local acts. more participation from both audience and “If you’re belting out music in a small ven- “We are looking out for them and will come “There’s a proliferation of small solo shows performer.” Architecture for art’s sake

Very Impressive North Melbourne is an historic suburb with several fantastic examples of various different architectural forms. While many of pace is important. The ways in which a these buildings are protected in some way space is used or not used help to inform Sthe viewer of the precise purpose of a the prohibitively high property prices mean building just the same as a work of art. these buildings still fall prey to developers and Recently I was in attendance at a number of hoteliers. exhibition openings at art galleries in North Of course, development in its own right Melbourne. While the works themselves were isn’t necessarily negative. However, with so interesting in their own right, what I found myself most fascinated by was the space. few of North Melbourne’s Art Deco buildings An exhibition at Gallery Voltaire, 14 Raglan remaining and a limited number of gallery Street, included photographic works by spaces accessible to the suburb’s emerging Carmen Caruana and Steve Sheddick. artists, an opportunity seems to exist. Several photos of light cracking through Art Deco structures are, not surprisingly, clouds were on display. Cumulatively when looking around the room at images ripped great spaces for exhibiting art. Some clever from the heavens the exhibition took on urban planning might appease artists and a dreamlike quality as if one was walking architecture enthusiasts alike. through clouds. If an arrangement could be made whereby The immersive effect was no doubt aided North Melbourne’s existing Art Deco buildings by the beautiful space in which the exhibition were not only protected but allowed to become took place. Nestled into the single-lane street alongside functioning arts spaces, it could be of great modern apartments and offices crafted out of benefit to the community. historic warehouses, 14 Raglan Street is one of Such an arrangement would help to North Melbourne’s few remaining examples of revitalise some of our historic buildings that commercial Art Deco architecture. now lie in disrepair, while also creating space With many of North Melbourne’s Art Deco buildings already gone and the few that for the existing arts community. remain hardly protected from the auctioneer’s With space at a premium in this busy inner- hammer, the spaces we do have seem all the city suburb it seems unlikely that such a dream more important. will come to fruition. Yet part of the reason I At an exhibition of local artists held at the moved to North Melbourne is that it helps me Jean McKendry Neighbourhood Centre the issue of space came up again. to dream. With several local artists showcasing their A thriving arts community, a beautiful works, the exhibition was generally a success setting of historic buildings from every era of and the artists were grateful to the Jean North Melbourne’s past, these are some of the McKendry Neighbourhood Centre for giving reasons that I live here. them somewhere to display their works. Yet a more conventional gallery space Good art and good architecture have more might have helped the exhibition really come than just space in common. Both are created One of North Melbourne’s few remaining pieces of Art Deco architecture to life. by dreamers. Photo: Charlotte Aldenhoven 18 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT North and West Melbourne News SUMMER 2015–2016

Book Reviews Live Music Review

Katrina Kincade-Sharkey Charlotte Aldenhoven

enny Mackieson is an inner-Melbourne are most of the people in the production are ver eight years ago, Rocket Science itivity with high energy and gusto, tearing into social worker and author who was ad- underpaid and under-resourced, but somehow were a well-loved Melbourne rock some more psychedelic but still garage-y punk Popted as a newborn. Despite growing-up they manage to produce the books anyway,” Oband who played idiosyncratic Garage instrumental tracks and featuring some of the with loving ‘new’ parents, she nevertheless ex- she argues. and Punk in Melbourne’s greatest live music wildest organ playing that I have ever heard. perienced a lifetime’s adoption confrontations. The essence of this thesis is that global venues. Emerging from the Great Britain Lead singer Roman Tucker took every Using her masters degree from Melbourne corporatised publishing fails to encourage the Hotel in Richmond during the mid-1990s, opportunity to prove his rock and roll prow- University, she now works primarily with trau- quirky, the original, the risky or the inventive they played gigs all over the country and even ess by launching himself off the stage and matised children in the family services sector. — those books that will become staples for toured the UK with Britpop superstars Super- crowd-surfing his way to the bursting centre of Mackieson’s personal and professional the next generation by their new and relevant grass, who described them as “the best bloody the mosh-pit. The experience was both excel- journey is told in the just-released Adoption messages. band [they had] seen in ages”. Deception. The book explores what it is like to To paraphrase Hawthorne, this failure re- The band had their fair share of hindrances, lent and hilarious as the crowd had to pick the be adopted, to have one’s identity changed and sults from corporatised publishing’s capital however, including when, in 2004, lead singer revved-up frontman up off the ground and get to never feel quite at home in your new family, identity, the fact that it’s all about numbers, Roman Tucker fell unconscious down a flight him back on stage more than a few times. despite their love. about sameness, about following a formula of stairs that put him in an induced coma for You could definitely feel the excitement in based on the latest mega-success: “Is it a J.K. 10 days. He awoke with post-traumatic amne- the air as the band was cheered and applauded Rowling look-alike story, a new erotic twist of sia that left him unable to remember his own into performing an encore and even after the ‘seventy shades’, or a twilight zone filled with zombie characters who walk like red-coated wooden soldiers?” She contends big publishing and big book-selling with their big marketing assets will weed out anything different, flatten it, make it a one-size-fits-all cultural product. A line of books like a line of lingerie ... Therefore, in megacorp publishing’s assess- ment, books that take off slowly but have long lives — the books that change social norms — are far less likely to be published. Yet Hawthorne is the eternal optimist, hav- This outstanding volume then examines her name, the name of his band, as well as their show people were calling out. “I had no idea ing no doubt that global corporatisation will professional path to social worker, to being most recently recorded album Eternal Holiday. not kill independent publishing: “Like the they were even back together!” I heard one faced with the profound challenges and conse- Despite the setback Tucker recovered remark- fungi that grows in a circle around the roots of surprised and excited audience member ex- quences of others’ adoptions every day of her ably quickly and the band went on to tour old trees — rising, falling, regenerating, creat- claim. working life. again in Tokyo and Australia. ing necessary micro-organisms which sustain It was as though the crowd had experienced Mackieson specialised in inter-country Rocket Science continued to record albums adoption for over a decade. Her current argu- the soil — small and independent publishers something they hadn’t seen or heard of in quite and tour the world but disbanded in late 2008, some time. ment for permanent care arrangements rather leaving us with memories of their addictive en- It looks like after a six-year-long hiatus and than adoption for vulnerable children unable ergy. However, over the past year or so, Rock- to be raised by their biological parents is de- probably a well-deserved break, Rocket Sci- et Science have re-emerged from their seeming livered in an atmosphere of cruel exploitation, ence have emerged with the same boundless hibernation to stun Melbourne audiences with profound identity loss and the priority given to their unique sonic styles once again. energy and uncompromising creative sounds adults’ wishes over children’s rights. The band re-formed firstly for a benefit that they were renowned for back in 2008. Just released by Spinifex Press at a concert for Mick Blood of Lime Spiders at The recommended retail price of $27.95 and in Tote Hotel, Collingwood, and performed at eBook at $17.95, Adoption Deception is a the Leaps and Bounds Festival in July 2015. I deeply personal account challenging our re- attended the band’s first headline show since sponse to the ‘commercialisation of children’ their return to the Melbourne scene at The through adoption and assisted reproduction Gasometer Hotel in Collingwood on Saturday technologies. Buy it ASAP: this is a classic. 7 November. elebrating the circulation of individual The band looked happy and excited as they expression, Susan Hawthorne’s Biblio- launched into the set with their crazy energy Cdiversity: A Manifesto for Independent and super-tight band chemistry and played Publishing examines continuing threats to free some newly written tracks from a possible speech. upcoming fifth record. The audience respond- As adjunct professor in the writing pro- will go on publishing risky, innovative and ed fairly enthusiastically, although, in typical gram at James Cook University and publisher long-lasting books out of passion for litera- Melburnian style, it took until Rocket Science at Spinifex Press in Queensberry Street, ture.” dropped an old hit, ‘Being Followed’, before Hawthorne’s career researching, editing and Small Press Network Australia’s general anyone started actually dancing and getting publishing a definitive spectrum of works con- manager, Mary Masters, agrees: “This publica- into the music. firms her expertise. tion should be mandatory reading for anyone You could see the band’s anticipation for the Bibliodiversity is the production of local and within the publishing industry.” audience’s response and they reacted to the pos- marginal knowledge outside the mainstream; its producers inhabit the margins socially, po- litically and often geographically and linguis- tically, therefore challenging the ideas of the ‘entitled’ is central to its publishing concept. Hawthorne defines her bibliodiversity as a IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR complex self-sustaining system of story-tell- ing, writing, publishing and other kinds of WHERE THINGS TEND production of orature (Homer’s The Odys- sey and The Iliad for example, as well as Aus- TO GET FESTIVE! tralian Aboriginal song cycles such as Djang- City Store : 317 Victoria St (Cnr Eades Pl), gawul) and literature. WEST MELBOURNE, VIC 3003 Throughout the ages writers and produc- T +61 3 9328 1843 10% off ers are comparable to the inhabitants of an (formerly Cellarplus) until 25th Dec eco-system, bibliodiversity contributing to a (not on already reduced items) thriving life of culture and a healthy social Epping Store : system. 218 Cooper St, Hawthorne believes 21st century promises EPPING, VIC 3076 T +61 3 9422 1711 of ‘digital’ salvation are dreams: “Are rock- bottom-priced eBooks the way to go? Is this theartisansbottega the first age of mass self-publishing? Does artisansbottega anyone need editors? 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Between the Covers Music Reviews

Chris Saliba Paul & Maria from Heartland Records

Late Fame and Kim, have become cultural icons. To read MOGWAI Central Belters – A Mogwai Retro- productions, David Bowie is, if you will ex- Arthur Schnitzler Reckoning, her literary debut, is to discover spective, 6LP Box Set / 3CD Set cuse the pun, still in fashion. (Pushkin Press. RRP: $27.99) someone unrecognisable from the public per- “If someone said that Mogwai are the stars, I For anyone who checked out the recent sona. It’s a book full of inner conflicts, often would not object. If the stars had a sound, it exhibition at ACMI it is clear Bowie is still as moody as a Bergman film. would sound like this.” popular with fans of all ages. One of the defining traumas examined in Central Belters is the latest release by Starting his recording career in 1964 under Reckoning is the author’s relationship with her Glasgow five-piece band Mogwai. The name his own name, David Jones, he released a cou- father. In 1943 Zbigniew Szubanski joined a refers to the central belt of Scotland where the ple of seven-inch singles before changing his Polish execution squad. He was only 19 years band originated. surname to the more iconic Bowie (taken from old. For many years Magda agonised over the It all began in their parents’ living room Jim Bowie, one of the heroes of the Battle morality of her father’s wartime activities. He on 26 June 1995. Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, of The Alamo in Texas, who also had a knife killed Nazis, but was he still one of the good vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar) and named after him). guys? She also wondered what she would have Martin Bulloch (drums) set up for their first re- This box set contains the first six studio al- done in his circumstances. Would she be brave hearsal and this was the beginning of Mogwai. bums all faithfully remastered on 180g Audio- enough to stand up and do what’s right? They were soon joined by John Cummings phile vinyl and housed in their original artwork. The other issue Szubanski deals with is her (guitar, vocals), and later Barry Burns (guitar, Space Oddity, his second album released in gay sexuality, painfully kept secret for much of piano, synthesiser, vocals). These members 1969, still has the folk feel of his first self-ti- her life. These parts of Reckoning accurately both happened be in the audience for Mog- tled album from 1967 (not included in this box describe what it was like to grow up closeted wai’s first-ever gig. for some reason). in the late 1970s and early 1980s, just as gay When Cummings became a member, he The next offering, The Man Who Sold The rights were emerging. noted that Mogwai were unlike other bands World, released in the UK in 1971, sees Bowie Reckoning is an unexpected gem. Brilliant- he’d been in: “They seemed to be taking it se- collaborating with Mick Ronson and moving ly written, with many a memorable turn of riously but not to the point of ‘we’re going to towards the image and sound he would be phrase, Magda Szubanski has skilfully mixed be famous’.” Mogwai’s determination was to known for in the 1970’s. Apparently, though, the personal and political into something un- simply make a record, and make it really good. the cover art featuring David in drag lying on a forgettable. That they did, releasing their debut Young chaise longue proved too much for his Ameri- Herr Eduard Saxberger is an elderly German Team in 1997. civil servant. In his youth he had enjoyed some can company and they changed the artwork to The band received a lot of attention during a strange un-Bowie-like cartoon cover. fame for his slim volume of poems the Wan- The Rise of the Robots post-rock’s late 1990s heyday, their mix of Next up and also released in 1971 was derings, but that is all behind him now. Imag- Martin Ford stunning sweeping soundscapes and dynamic Hunky Dory, containing two hit singles, ine his surprise when one evening he arrives (Oneworld. RRP: $29.99) heavy riffs putting them in the highest rank of home to find a youthful literary admirer. Wolf- ‘Changes’ and ‘Life On Mars’. Once again post-rock instrumental music. However the these featured androgynous artwork and to gang Meier is the leader of a Viennese literary categorisation of ‘post-rock’ was not some- clique called the ‘Enthusiam’ society. He has the horror of the record company no album or recently discovered the long-forgotten the artist titles on the front. However this didn’t Wanderings. In a fervour of adulation, Meier seem to harm sales and turned out to be clever and his society of impetuous young writers marketing, lending an aura of mystery to the decide to adopt Saxberger as one of their own. glam rock artist. At first the old civil servant is charmed, but 1972 saw the release of Ziggy Stardust and soon the novelty loses its sparkle. In a series the Spiders from Mars, the album that broke of comic misunderstandings, it becomes in- him worldwide. It includes the hit singles creasingly clear that the young writers and the old poet are not on the same page. They don’t really understand each other at all and much of their friendship has been a comedy of errors. Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931) wrote this beautifully controlled novella in the mid- thing the band ever liked to identify with; they 1890s. Some 120 years later it is now pub- felt it “over-analysed things”. lished for the first time. With elegance and ‘Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home’, the simplicity, he has written a gently comic story very first song on Mogwai’s debut album, de- that shows how time eventually erodes our clares: “Music is bigger than words and wider youthful illusions, giving way to the more pro- than pictures …” saic yet dependable pleasures of age. This seems to be the best way to describe Mogwai’s approach to making music over ‘Starman’ and ‘Suffragette City’ and an eery the past 20-years. They don’t take themselves Reckoning and interesting album cover taken in the back- too seriously and this filters though their Magda Szubanski streets of Soho, London. (Text. RRP: $49.99) light-hearted puns, references and in-jokes in Martin Ford is a Silicon Valley software de- song titles. Their unpretentious nature is main- After the rise and fall of the Ziggy character veloper and author. The Rise of the Robots tained by their desire to simply make music for Bowie released his first album as a bona fide examines how advances in robotics and auto- themselves that reflects who they really are. rock star in 1973. ‘Aladdin Sane’ spawned mation will have a massive impact on future The retrospective compilation album Cen- ‘Jean Genie’, one of his most memorable sin- employment. His basic thesis, which he argues tral Belters is a testament to the development gles written about his new friend and partner with great care, is that automation is certain to and achievement the 20 year journey has in crime, Iggy Pop. The album received mixed displace large amounts of human labour. The brought Mogwai and affirms the wisdom that reviews from the critics but the fans loved it economic rule of thumb, that new technolo- was present from the very beginning. — great songs and eye-catching artwork once gies destroy jobs but also create them in equal Over the course of 35 tracks spanning three again. measure, seems unlikely to hold, according to CDs or six LPs, Mogwai present a broad The final studio album in the box is Pin Ford. chronological sweep through their eight stu- Ups, also released in 1973. It features 12 cov- He cites as examples large tech companies dio albums, as well as a couple of EPs and er versions of songs that influenced Bowie like Google and Facebook that have huge val- a soundtrack. The last disc goes deeper and including tracks originally recorded by Pink uations, but minimal employees. To add to the delves into the more obscure material. The col- Floyd, The Pretty Things, The Kinks and The gloominess, Ford says education will only of- lection is an all-encompassing representation Yardbirds. Despite the album not being a new fer diminishing returns as technology becomes of the band’s output, and their evolution. The Bowie album as such it was still well received smarter. Many people when they do find work accompanying booklet which comes with the and reached number 1 in the UK charts. As had will only be working on algorithms to make collection is a visual archive of their history become expected at this point, the album also their own jobs obsolete. including tickets/posters/photos and set lists. contained classic artwork with a Vogue maga- One solution to this looming crisis, writes Despite it being a retrospective, the journey zine shot of Bowie with supermodel Twiggy. Ford, is to have a guaranteed minimum wage isn’t over. Mogwai have been as creative and Also included in the box are two double LPs for everyone who is made unemployable, al- prolific as ever and we should expect them to featuring live concerts from 1972 and 1973 though he admits this proposal is full of poten- belt out many more in 20 years’ time for the plus two LPs of rare and unreleased tracks tial problems. This is an extremely depressing sequel. and a beautifully produced book containing book, persuasively argued. The perfect end- many rare and unseen photographs from this Magda Szubanski has been entertaining Aus- game of capitalism, where machines will do Artist – David Bowie early period of his career. The book includes tralians for decades as a performer of brilliant- all or most of our work, turns out to be a night- Five Years 1969–1973 Deluxe LP Box Set recording essays from Bowie producers Tony ly observed sketch comedy. Many of her char- mare where a small elite wield enormous eco- After 50 years in the industry, releasing 26 Visconti and Ken Scott as well as a foreword acters, such as Sharon Strzelecki from Kath nomic power and the rest of us barely subsist. studio albums, starring in movies and theatre from Kinks frontman Ray Davies. 20 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT North and West Melbourne News SUMMER 2015–2016