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COVER: Nicholas Fyfield created asuccessful business restoring stringedclassical instruments only to see someof his most valuable antique violinsstolen. See story this page.

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Theft tugs at the heartstringsBY DANIEL TRAN

FAST-moving thieves robbed a music store inGlen Waverley this month, stealing rare instru-ments valued at about $25,000 within aminute of breaking in.

About 7pm on April 3, two men broke intoBow for Strings near Waverley Road andplucked seven violins from the displays. Thehaul included an 1880s instrument valuedabout $15,000. All but one of the stolen instru-ments were antiques.

Store owner Nicolas Fyfield was devastatedat the crime: ‘‘You feel violated. Your work-place that’s normally a warm and happy envir-onment that you walk into every day of the

week starts to feel alien. I think anybody who’shad their house robbed or a place that is veryintimate to them has a different feeling whenit’s been robbed. It’s because your confidence isrocked.’’

The stolen violins lined the walls of thestore. After jemmying the door open, thethieves ripped down the instruments, dam-aging several others in the process, includingan 18th-century violin.

Bow For Strings sells, rents and repairsstring instruments such as violins, violas, cellosand basses. It also specialises in antique instru-ments, some more than 300 years old.Mr Fyfield opened the business in Glen Waver-ley five years ago, after it outgrew his home in

Mount Waverley. Given the value of the violinsstolen and the intent of the thieves, Mr Fyfieldhad misgivings over whether the crime wasmerely opportunisitic.

‘‘One wonders whether or not we weretargeted.’’

Detective Leading Senior Constable WesleyBryant, of the Monash crime investigation unitsaid security footage from the store showedthat one of the thieves kept a lookout while theother stole the instruments.

The police are calling for any witnesses tophone the Monash crime investigation uniton 9567 8910.

Rate dodgers in the dockMONASH Council has prosecuted238 ratepayers since the beginningof last year to recoup more than$700,000 in unpaid rates and legalfees.

Data released by the councilshows that since the start of 2012,205 residents and 33 commercialland users have been taken to courtfor failing to pay their rates, withone ratepayer in Wheelers Hillowing about $13,500.

Glen Waverley is home to thehighest number of rates dodgerswith 69 cases, followed by MountWaverley with 45 cases and Hunt-ingdale/Hughesdale/Oakleigh/Oakleigh East with 42 cases.

Ashwood and Burwood had themost punctual ratepayers with onlyfour outstanding payments each.

Monash mayor MicaelaDrieberg said that court action wasa last resort for the council aftergiving several warnings. ‘‘We arewilling to talk to people about theirfinancial situations and see if we

can work out a payment plan. Butif people refuse to talk to us andrefuse to pay their bills, we do endup taking court action. It’s not fair. . . to refuse to pay when the rest ofus do the right thing.’’

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Re: Tough crowd greets Tony AbbottJohn Nguyen tried once to challenge Anna Burkeand lost by around 10,000 votes in Chisholm.

Since then, what has he done to show the peopleof Chisholm electorate that he is a genuine, suitablealternative?

There is nothing wrong in running as an Asiancandidate as well as a Liberal candidate.

In fact this will give him a greater competitiveedge against Ms Burke.

I am always proud to call myself an Australian ofChinese descent, and still use my Chinese name infull.

Tell us more, John: who you are and what youcan do for the people of Chisholm and Australia atlarge.

Sin Fong Chan

Re: I can win Chisholm, upbeat Lib saysIf Chisholm Labor MP Anna Burke thinks liveanimal exports are a high priority she is kiddingherself: try costs of living, an economy where jobsare more secure, and a government that doesn’twaste our hard-earned money.

Ms Burke isn’t a fool.Even she knows in her heart that her Labor gov-

ernment has run off the rails and deserves to get ahiding at the election.

It would be good to have a younger person whois totally focused on our area, because it seems MsBurke is spending all her time on Canberra and hastaken her eye off the ball and stopped listening.

Brian McPhee

Re: Push for community grant rejigGet rid of this joke of a grant process. Groupsshould go through the normal community grantprocess.

Cr Davies is absolutely correct and the mayorshould show some leadership and discontinue thisdiscretionary fund.

Steve (via web)

Re: Dose of common senseThe Wakefield study claiming a link between vac-cination and autism has been exposed as fraudu-lent, withdrawn from publication and thoroughlydiscredited.

The so-called Australian Vaccination Networkhas also been discredited.

They are an anti-vaccination scare group with noprofessional expertise whatsoever. It is false bal-

ance for journalists to give equal time to the med-ical profession and the anti-vaccination advocates.

James (via web)

It is disgraceful that you should be asking the Aus-tralian Vaccination Network for any informationabout vaccination.

Getting opposing viewpoints does not mean youhave to find the crazy with the biggest website.Please use credible experts when dealing with sub-jects that affect public safety.

RP (via web)

Ms Dorey’s arguments have been discredited manytimes on a large number of issues.

There are adverse reactions to vaccines butthey are overwhelmingly short-lived and self-limiting.

Essentially, the most common adverse reactionsthat make up well over 90 per cent include condi-tions associated with the site of injection (redness,muscles soreness, etc) headache, nausea and occa-sionally fainting.

The benefits of vaccines well outweigh the risks,as demonstrated by thousands of studies.

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Cops see link in drive-by shootingBY DANIEL TRAN

A DRIVE-BY shooting in Oakleigh lastSunday week has been linked to a similarshooting earlier this year.

About 8.30am on Sunday, April 14, policesay a shotgun was fired at a parked car onPatrick Street near Clayton Road.

A green car was later seen leaving thescene, driving east towards Clayton Road.

Detective Senior Constable Chris Price ofthe Monash crime investigation unitconfirmed that the incident was linked to adrive-by at the end of January.

‘‘It’s a targeted attack on someone (in) thehouse,’’ he said. About 3am on January 31residents in Steward Road, which intersectsPatrick Street, reported hearing two gunshotsfollowed by the sound of a car speedingaway. The intended victims of the drive-by, afather and son, were uninjured. Shotgunpellets were later found in the property’sbrick fence and the back of a parked car.

Senior Detective Price encouraged anywitnesses to come forward. ‘‘We’re appealingfor any witnesses who might have seen any-one driving erratically or any suspicious carsin the area around that time.’’

Six charged over Springvale, Mulgrave heistsSIX people have been charged by police overthree armed robberies in Springvale andMulgrave this month. The alleged robberiesoccurred at a service station and milk bar inSpringvale and a milk bar in Mulgravebetween April 5-8.

Greater Dandenong Embona RobberyTaskforce detectives arrested the six people,who appeared in the Melbourne MagistratesCourt last Tuesday. Five of the accused willfront a committal hearing on July 9; a16-year-old Hampton Park boy was charged

with one count of armed robbery andremanded to a children’s court. In last Tues-day’s hearing, a 28-year-old Ferntree Gullyman, charged with one count of armed rob-bery, was granted bail. A 25-year-old Spring-vale South man and 21-year-old CranbourneWest woman were remanded in custody, eachcharged with two counts of armed robbery.

Also remanded were a 18-year-old Hamp-ton Park man and a 19-year-old SpringvaleSouth man, each charged with one count ofarmed robbery.

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Uni faces crunch as $50m shortfall looms

Extra pressure: Professor Ed Byrne says Monash is projected to lose about $50 million of funding over the nexttwo years.

BY DANIEL TRAN

MONASH University has projected it will loseabout $50 million of funding over the next twoyears from deep federal government cuts to thetertiary education sector.

The precise impact of the cuts is unclear butMonash’s vice-chancellor Ed Byrne said savingswould have to be found.

‘‘Given that we are already experiencing tight-ening of our financial resources, this is an addi-tional pressure that we cannot simply absorb andwe will have to consider a range of expenditurereduction options,” he said.

At this stage, it is uncertain whether the cutswill affect course fees or availability, and jobs.

Professor Byrne’s comments follow PrimeMinister Julia Gillard’s announcement that inorder to carry out the Gonski education reforms,the nation’s tertiary education sector would bestripped of $2.3 billion in federal funds.

This is in addition to a $1 billion reduction inuniversity funding and student supportannounced by Treasurer Wayne Swan in Octoberlast year.

The move has been criticised by the NationalTertiary Education Union, which said thereforms should not be at the expense of universit-

ies. NTEU president Jeannie Rea said the fundingcuts were another blow to universities.

‘‘Universities are already struggling to provideteaching and support to the new generations ofstudents,’’ she said. ‘‘The national schoolimprovement program should increase youngpeople and their parents’ expectation that suc-cess at school will lead to tertiary education inTAFE or universities. Maximising the outcomesof this new investment in young people’s school-ing should be equalled by investment in tertiaryeducation. Making cuts in one sector of educa-tion to fund another is not the answer.’’

Monash Student Association president FreyaLogan said the cuts needed to be reconsidered.

‘‘I really think that they’re appalling,’’ she said.‘‘What’s the point of funding a world-classprimary and secondary system, setting people upfor university, when once they get to university,there’s no staff, there’s no courses or units?’’

The student association held a protest on Tues-day and Wednesday last week following an out-pouring of disappointment at the announcement.

Ms Logan had a message for the Prime Minis-ter. ‘‘Students will not take this lying down andthe funding for Gonski needs to be reconsidered. . . because cutting from universities is not creat-ing a better education sector.’’


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Protective Services Officers (PSOs) have now been deployed at Oakleigh RailwayStation where they will patrol from 6pm until the last train, every night of the week.While on duty, PSOs have the power to apprehend, detain, arrest and remove any offenders or threateningor harassing individuals.

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The Coalition Government is delivering on its commitment to tackle crime, violence and anti-socialbehaviour around stations and in our community.

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Council’s hands tiedon pokie venue rates

Counting the cost: Monash has the highest number of poker machines of any local government area inMelbourne. Picture: Louie Douvis/AFR

BY DANIEL TRAN

POKIES operators in Monash will no longer becharged a higher council rate after new guidelinesreleased by the state government called the prac-tice inappropriate.

Under the new Ministerial Guidelines for Dif-ferential Rating, councils will be unable toimpose higher rates — known as differentialrates — on so-called ‘undesirable’ businessessuch as gaming venues, to use the proceeds tosupport problem gamblers.

The move met with mixed reactions from thecity’s councillors, who now face the challenge ofrecasting its annual budget.

Oakleigh’s Theo Zographos praised the move:‘‘To penalise businesses in Monash simplybecause the council disagrees with what industrythey’re in . . . is totally wrong,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s apointless measure. I don’t think it’s a domain oflocal government.’’

While he conceded that problem gambling wasa social issue, Cr Zographos said there were bet-ter ways to support anti-gambling advocates.

But Monash mayor Micaela Drieberg con-demned the change, saying that pokies wereknown to damage communities.

‘‘[The new guidelines] will have an impact onour ability to be able to support people that aredealing with problem gambling,’’ she said.

Monash has 1000 poker machines — the high-est number in metropolitan Melbourne. It alsohas the third-highest number of pokie venues inthe state. In 2010-11, Monash gamblers lostmore than $122 million on electronic gamingmachines, according to the council.

The differential rates adopted in the council’s2012-13 budget collected $382,976. The councilspent half the money on a study to determinehow the city could better support problem gam-blers. The rest of the cash was funnelled into thecouncil’s coffers.

Cr Drieberg said Monash had planned toinclude differential rates in this year’s budget.‘‘It’s simply a matter of reinjecting some of thosefunds that are being taken away from people andinvesting them in areas where we’re able to sup-port people dealing with problem gambling.’’

The new rules are expected to come into forcesoon. Cr Drieberg said the council would nowhave to amend its 2013-14 budget.

‘‘We’re at the tail end of finalising our draftbudget. To change the goalposts is beyond ajoke.’’


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Pill popper putshis life in perilBY DANIEL TRAN

A MAN who held up a Glen Waverleypharmacy for prescription drugs andconsumed them all on the spot would havedied had he not been arrested, police say.

Detective Senior Constable Jason Stewartof the Box Hill Embona Taskforce said the52-year-old man, who is known to police,was taken to hospital after trying to rob aTAB in Century City Walk while drugaffected.

He was placed in the intensive care unitunder police guard and discharged from hos-pital after 36 hours.

‘‘If he wasn’t arrested, he would havedied,’’ Senior Detective Stewart said. ‘‘Thequantity that he took was life-threatening.’’

Police have charged the man with robberyand attempted robbery.

The incident follows a spate of theftsaround the Glen Waverley and MountWaverley area where traders have beentargeted. One business in Glen Waverley was

robbed of about $8000 in cash.About 5.30pm on April 11 the man, from

Glen Waverley, held up a pharmacy onColeman Parade by intimating he had a gununder his jacket.

Senior Sergeant Diane Wilson of the GlenWaverley police station said the man deman-ded anti-anxiety drug Xanax and meth-adone, used to treat addiction to narcotics,and consumed a large quantity on the spotbefore fleeing.

He then went to the TAB in Century CityWalk, approached a staff member behind thebar and demanded cash. He climbed on topof the bar and continued his demands beforebeing overpowered by an off-duty officerand several patrons.

‘‘Upon arrival back at the station, he wasunfit for interview due to the consumption ofhis drugs so he was taken to hospital,’’ SeniorSergeant Wilson said. The man was releasedby detectives last Saturday week. He willappear at the Dandenong Magistrates’ Courton August 12.

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Vets, kids marchingto the same drum

At attention: Geoff Dare, Bill Buckle, John Caddy, John Carroll, Ian Delahoy and John Caldwell volunteer to raisemoney for veterans. Picture: Rob Carew.

BY DANIEL TRAN

FOR most of the year they are unseen, lockedaway for safekeeping, maybe even forgotten. Butwhen the time is right they are dusted off andworn with nostalgia, pride and even sadness.

The medals earned during wartime are notonly a recognition of valour but also a reminderof the sacrifices made in the name of a nation.

It is these sacrifices that inspire men like GeoffDare to stand outside railway stations and shop-ping centres with their medals to sell Anzac Daybadges and raise money for returned veteransand their families. The funds are used to pay forfood vouchers and funeral costs.

Mr Dare, Waverley RSL’s appeals officer, saidthe response from the public was always positive.

‘‘Reception from the public is excellent,’’ MrDare said. ‘‘We get excellent support from them.’’

Unlike some charities, the volunteers who sellthe badges do not rattle their tins or approachresidents.

‘‘We just make ourselves totally visible andthey come to us and really the community is

great,’’ he said. But while demand remains highfor the badges, supply can be difficult. Today,volunteers are hard to find because the veteranswho once swelled their ranks are ageing.

‘‘People expect us to be on every street cornerlike we were 30, 40 years ago. All those guys arenow passed on, so we can’t spread out as far aswe like to,’’ Mr Dare said.

However, the Waverley RSL has seen a resur-gence in the number of young volunteers, whichMr Dare attributes to interest being reignited inhow wartime has shaped Australian history.

‘‘Hopefully the number [of young volunteers]is going to grow,’’ he said.

Volunteers will be selling badges on behalf ofthe Waverley RSL at the Brandon Park and TheGlen shopping centres, Wheelers Hill shoppingcentre, in Mount Waverley near the ANZ Bankand near coles in Pinewood. The badges will alsobe on sale from Wednesday morning at MountWaverley, Syndal, Glen Waverley and Jordanvillestations.

Businesses and volunteers interested in sellingbadges can contact Geoff Dare on 0417 593 001.


FEATURESTORY

Peter Godfrey was proud to serve Australia, to stop the spread of Communism. ‘‘We were brainwashed,’’ hesays. Picture: Daryl Gordon

Nightmare on civvy streetSoldiers are trained to kill . . . then expected to settle back into ordinary life as though nothing has changed. CATHERINE WATSON talks to a

veteran who spent 25 years trying to forget the past, before it all came back.

‘Us men, we’re brave andstrong, we don’t cry. We geton with the job, but whenwe come home we’re stillwired to kill.’ — Peter Godfrey

PETER Godfrey sat at home one day with abottle of whisky and a knife, weighing uplife and death. He wasn’t crazy. He wasn’t

even depressed. He just felt desperately tired ofbeing alive.

He chose to carry on, but many of his armymates chose differently. In 40 years, he knows ofat least eight who killed themselves. It startednine months after they returned from Vietnam.Many more followed in the 1980s and 90s.

Now he’s thinking of the boys coming backfrom Iraq and Afghanistan. ‘‘Us men, we’re braveand strong, we don’t cry,’’ he says, although hiseyes are glistening as he talks about them. ‘‘Weget on with the job, but when we come homewe’re still wired to kill.’’

There will be breakdowns and suicides, he pre-dicts, and heartbreak for partners and familiesand communities. Returned soldiers are a tickingtime bomb.

He should know. Twenty-five years after hereturned from Vietnam, he ended up in a psychi-atric ward in the Repatriation Hospital. His wifeDiane picked up the pieces. ‘‘She had to lookafter the house, the family and her own hus-band,’’ he says. ‘‘I don’t know how she stuck it.’’

It took the doctors, nurses and psychiatristsyears to put him back together again. Two yearsof intensive psychotherapy, 15 years of coun-selling. It’s 18 months since he’s had to see hispsychiatrist but it’s still difficult. Every morninghe says to himself, ‘‘Come on, Peter. Be happy.Smile.’’

He is sceptical now of old men who sendyoung men to war, for whatever reason.

“Weapons of mass destruction – what a loadof hogwash. There’s companies making billionsout of war. Bring our troops home.’’

He was 21 when he was called up for NationalService. Back then he believed all the propa-ganda. He was proud to serve Australia, to stopthe Communists.

He and Diane got engaged before he left forVietnam. He was 21, she was 17. They’d met atthe Dandenong Town Hall, where she was help-ing out in the men’s cloakroom. He was asharpie, she recalls. Happy-go-lucky, laidback,one of the lads. ‘‘Nothing like he is now.’’

They married when he came back, but he wasdifferent. Noises made him jumpy. He had trou-ble sleeping. He avoided Asian people. Even nowif a helicopter goes overhead, he crouches down.You had to be careful of what you said. It waslike walking on eggshells. When she saw him get-ting wound up she’d suggest he went for a walk.He had a full-time job, worked in a servicestation at the weekend and had a lawnmowinground. That was the only way he could cope. Go,go, go.

He didn’t explain what was wrong and so shegot on with things, pouring her time into theirtwo children and the new house.

‘‘I did wonder if our marriage was going tolast. It was really tough, for the kids as well.Unbeknown to me he started drinking while I

was at work.’’It wasn’t until he had his breakdown that she

learnt a bit about what was going on. In theRepat, he was heavily sedated for a long time,just a shell of a man. At one point she doubted hecould ever come back, but now she realises hisdoctors knew what they were doing.

As for what happened in Vietnam, ‘‘I still don’tknow exactly what happened. And I guess I don’twant to know.’’

What happened, Peter says, is that he and theother 20-year-olds were programmed to kill.“The Viet Cong weren’t human. That’s how wewere brainwashed. If someone walked up thattrack – even a young child – I would have toshoot them.

‘‘We hear about the things the Americans sol-

diers to to Afghans – urinating on bodies – andpeople say that couldn’t happen, but soldiers dostrange things in war. As far as I know, Austra-lian soldiers are no different.’’

He was an infantryman in Vietnam. Theroutine was four weeks in the jungle then 10 daysback at base. The army supplied liquor at 1 cent acan so they’d come back and drink themselvessilly. Sometimes they went to Vung Tau, a townassigned for ‘‘rest and recreation’’ where womenand drugs were laid on for the soldiers. Thenthey’d head back into the jungle.

‘‘It was all about survival. You’re tired. You’reon duty 24 hours. We did ambushes. You seeshadows, you see branches moving.’’

His first kill was a young Viet Cong soldierwearing a Ho Chi Minh shirt and shorts. The

interpreter found a diary in the dead soldier’spocket and read it. ‘‘I miss my mum and dad backhome and I miss my fiance . . .’’ That sounds likeme, Peter thought.

‘‘I can remember trying to get the blood off myhands. The earth is red in Vietnam. And nothing Idid would get rid of this blood. I couldn’t sleepfor two and a half days.’’

In the Repatriation Hospital, he told a psychi-atric nurse some of what he had done. ‘‘Peter,’’she said. ‘‘It wasn’t your fault.’’

He’d never thought of that possibility. It waslike opening the door to a prison. It didn’t fixeverything but it started him on the way back. Hestill finds it hard to relate to civilians. Civiliansdon’t know — and he doesn’t want them toknow.

The crunch had come when he hit his boss. Hecouldn’t remember it afterwards. He’d neverbeen a violent man. Then it all started comingout. At 2.30 one morning he stood at the back ofhis house and watched enemy soldiers climbingover his fence, coming to murder Diane and thekids.

Finally one day he told Diane, ‘‘There’s some-thing wrong’’. It probably saved his life. Eventu-ally, through the Department of Veterans Affairs,he got to see a doctor, who said, ‘‘Peter, you’vegot post traumatic stress disorder’’.

Hogwash, he said. But he knew he’d lost con-trol. He did two stints at the Repat. There he metmen from many wars, as well as peacekeepersfrom other conflicts.

In 1999, placed on a full disability pension hewondered how he would fill in the rest of his life.He became a volunteer pensions officer with theCranbourne RSL, helping broken men like him-self. ‘‘I can remember one WWII veteran pouringout his story. His wife was there and she said tome, ‘I didn’t know any of this’.’’

As for himself, he’s making progress. A fewyears ago, a man in Clayton who had found hismobile phone called. The man’s name was Viet-namese. As he drove there, Peter did some deepbreathing.

‘‘He gave me the phone. I shook his hand. Iclasped his hand. He didn’t know what wasgoing on but for me it was building a bridge. Ittook me 35 years to shake hands with a Vietnam-ese person. He wasn’t the enemy. He was nor-mal.’’

If you or someone you know is experiencingan emotional crisis, call Lifeline 13 11 14.


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Wanted: an antidote forBY DANIEL TRAN

IT’S classed as a serious emergency, so when thecall comes through to ambulances with a Code 1the lights and sirens are soon blaring.

But when Josh Calcagno and his partnerrushed to a recent call-out, they found theirpatient in good health. They asked why she hadcalled them. The reply: she needed a lift to thehospital for a tetanus injection.

The call is typical of many that are received byparamedics every day and prove to be non-emergencies and far from life-threatening.

It is this — in addition to irregular and evennon-existent breaks, chronic overtime and theanguish caused by responding to traumaticevents — that has caused shockingly low levels ofmorale at the state’s only ambulance service.

It is also why young paramedics likeMr Calcagno, who works from Springvale anddelivers patients to the Monash Medical Centreand Dandenong Hospital, are expected toabandon the job after about five years.

There is an enduring issue of burn-out amongparamedics who feel an increasing level of pres-sure on the job.

An Ambulance Union survey suggests about

1500 members — more than half the service —will quit in the next five years.

‘‘There’s no question there’s an element ofburnout,’’ union secretary Steve McGhie said.

‘‘They work extremely long hours and thenthey do quite substantial amounts, if not extremeamounts, of overtime to try to keep the systemgoing. They’re under pressure all the time.’’

Mr Calcagno, of Wheelers Hill, agreed. ‘‘I lovethe job,’’ he declares. ‘‘It’s the circumstances, it’sthe conditions [that make it difficult].’’

The Ambulance Union and AmbulanceVictoria are locked in a bitter dispute over payand conditions. Ambulance Victoria says resig-nations have dropped recently.

‘‘Our attrition rate is relatively stable at fourper cent which is low in comparison to theemployment standard and better than mosthealth services,’’ said Metro East regional man-ager Cath Anderson.

Paramedics work four days on and four daysoff with 10-hour day shifts, 12-hour afternoonshifts and 14-hour late shifts.

But in reality, many find themselves workingup to four hours overtime. They can be called tojobs just before they finish for the day or be head-ing back to the branch when they get a Code 1

emergency. ‘‘It’s hard because if it is an emer-gency, sure I’m happy to go to it even if it’s goingto keep me from getting home,’’ Mr Calcagnosaid. ‘‘But when you keep going to these thingsthat don’t really require you to use lights and si-rens and keep you from your family for an extrathree hours, it gets a bit annoying.’’

Meal breaks are often taken on the road, if atall. Once the window in which they can rest isclosed, they have to wait until their shift is over.

‘‘With your meal breaks, it’s not just aboutactually eating, it’s about unwinding. You justwant 30 minutes to step back from it all andunwind.

‘‘Sometimes when you’re going nine, 10 hoursand you’ve been to a deceased person and a sickkid, and some really stressful things, you justwant to get away from it.’’

The Ambulance Union says Victorian para-medics are paid $25,000 less than their interstatecounterparts. Mr Calcagno said some of his col-leagues pick up extra shifts in their days off tomake ends meet. He said feeling underpaid was acommon theme among staff.

‘‘Paramedics are just fatigued because they’reconstantly working overtime and constantlytired because they need to make extra money.’’

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Gentle exercise: Tai chi and chi kung classes

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AA help: Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7.30pm

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Local lessons: Pilates classes on Monday,

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Green meeting: Friends of Scotchmans Creek

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Hawks score a place in the sunGLEN Waverley Hawks captain Sam Zikman considers hisclub lucky to get the chance to play against Mitcham in aspecial Anzac Day game at Central Reserve this Thursday.

The two Eastern Football League clubs will square off inthe match for the first time after their club presidents firstdiscussed the match two years ago with the Hawks, one ofthe league’s emerging powers, battling one of its oldest inMitcham.

Zikman said he hoped to the match would get a big fol-lowing as it was one of only four EFL matches on AnzacDay.

He will urge his teammates to make the most of the bigoccasion, which could also be a dress rehearsal for the EFLdivision 3 finals later in the year with a large crowd expec-ted.

‘‘We are certainly lucky to be given a game like this by theEFL,’’ he said.

‘‘When it’s a stand-alone game and the only clubs in thedivision playing, you would hope it will be well supportedand, if we can get into the finals later in the year, then wewill play in front of similar crowds, so for a young side itwill be a great experience.’’

Zikman said the Hawks would honour Australia’s armedservices before the game and were also proud to welcomesupporters to their new home at Central Reserve.

‘‘We are very aware of the sacrifices made by our armed

forces in the past, it’s a tremendous honour to play on whatis their day,’’ he said.

‘‘It’s is also great exposure for your club and a rare occa-sion when the focus is on us, because often it’s on the divi-sion 1 and division 2 clubs and division 3 gets looked over.’’

Zikman said he expected a passionate, contested matchbetween the two sides despite both teams coming off shortturnarounds with both having played on Saturday.

‘‘It will be very much a finals intensity,’’ he said.‘‘Mitcham will be pumped up for the game. In these mar-

quee type matches you always have to expect a hot tempo.’’As a first-year captain of the club, Zikman said playing on

Anzac Day just enhanced his pride in leading his team on amajor day.

The Hawks will have an Anzac Day ceremony before playbegins.

In the other EFL Anzac Day matches, Blackburn will hostEast Burwood at Morton Park, Doncaster East will playDonvale at Zerbes Reserve while in a twilight game Moo-roolbark will host Waverley Blues at Heights Reserve at5pm.

The Hawks will host Mitcham at Central Reserve,corner of Waverley and Springvale Roads, GlenWaverley on Thursday at 2.10pm.

— Roy Ward

Anzac pride: Clayton vice-captain Jayden Gilmour and East Malvern captain Mitch Ferguson hold the John Monash Cup. The two clubswill play for the cup in a special Anzac Day game at Meade Reserve. Picture: Ari Hatzis

Anzac Day clashstirs the passionBY ROY WARD and EWEN McRAE

CLAYTON and East Malvern playerswere surprised and proud to get thecall-up to play an Anzac Day game atClayton this Thursday.

That pride and surprise will turn topassion when the teams run out onMeade Reserve.

The stand-alone seniors matchstarts after a short ceremony featuringthe Anzac Ode, the Last Post and thenational anthem.

Clayton approached East Malvern,the RSL and the Southern FootballLeague in the off-season before book-ing in the game.

It will be the only SFL game onAnzac Day. The reserves and coltsteams from the two clubs play theirmatches at Meade Reserve onSaturday afternoon.

Clays vice-captain Jayden Gilmoursays his club is looking forward to theoccasion and representing themselvesand their families on the big day.

‘‘It will be pretty exciting. I’ve neverheard of local sides out here playinggames on Anzac Day.

‘‘It’s exciting for both sides and I’msure they will all come out to playwearing their hearts on their sleeves.

‘‘Playing in a game like this is theclosest thing we can do to honour

those who have served our country.’’East Malvern captain Mitch Fer-

guson says his teammates are equallyhonoured to play on such a treasuredday.

“The club’s really embraced it,not only in the short term, but lookingforward we really hope it becomesa staple of the fixture for years tocome.

“We’ve got friends and family thatwant to come down and be part of thetribute, so we see this as a foundationevent.

“To get the chance to play on AnzacDay, a day that’s so important to somany people, is a real privilege.”

While his Clays teammates will getto run and play on Thursday, Gilmourwill be cheering them on from theouter as he recovers from a tear in aknee ligament suffered last season, aninjury that came after he had also suf-fered and recovered from a broken jawand a shoulder injury to get back onthe field.

The versatile defender hopes to getback on the field, either for thereserves or seniors, late this season.

Clays coach Ben McGee saidGilmour’s courage in rehabilitating hisinjuries and get back to footballpersonified the same traits celebratedin Australia’s soldiers.

‘‘With his courage and consistency,it typifies want you want out of aplayer,’’ McGee said.

‘‘He is just so committed to hisrehabilitation and we hope he will beback on field in round 10.’’

Gilmour said it would be frustratingto not be involved in such an import-ant occasion, but after eight years atClayton he was excited to see the clubtake centre stage.

‘‘I will be there and just as proud

of the boys whether I’m playing ornot.’’

‘‘It’s tough to be missing out but itwill still be a big day for the club.’’

McGee said Parkdale SecondaryCollege band would perform duringthe Anzac Day ceremony.

Sergeant Major Stephen Attlier ofthe Huntingdale Barracks will toss thecoin and present the John MonashCup to the winning team after thegame.

This is the first time the two SFLclubs will play on Anzac Day but bothclubs hope to continue the game in theseasons to come.

The AFL Anzac Day match betweenEssendon and Collingwood will bescreened in the Clayton club rooms onthe day.

Clayton will play East Malvern atMeade Reserve in Haughton Road,Clayton, at 1.30pm this Thursday.

INBRIEF

Cannons fireYoung gun Reece Vittiglia’s second

goal in as many games gave Oakleigh

Cannons a much-needed win over

Green Gully at Green Gully Reserve on

Saturday in the Victorian Premier

League. Vittiglia’s strike in the 32nd

minute, set up by returned Cannons

striker Ricky Diaco, was enough to get

the visitors a 1-0 win over Gully.

Dandenong Thunder also opened its

account for the season with a 3-1 win

over Richmond at George Andrews

Reserve while Southern Stars fell to

Hume City 2-1 at Kingston Heath

Soccer Complex. The Cannons host

Southern Stars at Jack Edwards

Reserve on Friday night at 8.30pm.

Falcons add scoring punchWaverley Falcons women have added

a second WNBL player to their roster

after signing forward Mikaela

Dombkins for the rest of the Big V

state championship women’s season.

Dombkins has played for Sydney

University and more recently with

Canberra Capitals. Falcons general

manager Mike Bullock said Dombkins

would add scoring to the side. “We

needed another senior player to join

Brigitte Ardossi to assist with their

development,” he said. “With Georgia

Stirton due back soon from college

along with Taylor Dickinson, it should

make us more competitive.” The

Falcons women lost 69-66 to Hume

City Broncos at Broadmeadows on

Saturday night while the Falcons men

had a big win, beating Hume City

101-83 with Brad Kelleher scoring 34

points.

Central winsMonash University Central had its

best win of the Devine Victorian

Netball League championship division

season with a 60-51 win over

Peninsula Waves at Patterson River

Secondary College on Saturday night.

The win moves Central into the race

for top-spot and hands the Waves

their first loss of the season. The

Waves won both the division 1 and

under-19 matches earlier in the

evening.


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District finds a way to winBY ROY WARD

Over and above: Oakleigh District’s Daniel Sgambelloni leaps high for a hit-out against Springvale Districtson Saturday. Picture: Wayne Hawkins

OAKLEIGH District coach Scott Chalwell haspraised his players for their cohesion after their15-point win over Springvale Districts in theSouthern Football League division 2 competi-tion on Saturday.

District withstood the Demons in the lastterm when the visitors got within five pointsmidway through the quarter before late goals toGeorge Mason and David Velardo made sure ofthe result.

District won 9.8 (62) to 6.11 (47).Chalwell said his players were improving

with each week.‘‘We have 10 new players in the side this year

from last season’s grand final side so it’s a mat-ter of getting to know each other more witheach week,’’ he said.

‘‘But there are still a few things we will haveto address this week.

‘‘I wasn’t happy with our disposal at times, itwasn’t to the standard we require.

‘‘We know we will be very good around thecontested possessions so it’s so important for usto use the ball well when we get it.’’

In a windy, scrappy game in which both sidesfailed to use the ball well, Chalwell said he washappy his side found a way to win.

‘‘We try to build a consistent effort across thewhole game," he said.

‘‘To the boys’ credit in both our matches theopposition has come at us in the last term andwe have responded, which is a good sign.’’

District’s best players were George Mason,Pat Carroll, Luke Behin, David Velardo andDaniel Sgambelloni. Mason kicked four goals.

Demons’ best were Matt Thompson, GavinVassallo, Danny Wilson and Jordan Wachter.

Demons coach Jack McTaggart said his play-ers had to offer a more consistent performanceacross the whole side.

‘‘We are a team which needs every player togive us a good performance and we didn’t getthat today,’’ he said.

‘‘We need consistent contributions from allplayers and what we got from our lower tier

players wasn’t good enough. The differencebetween our best players and the rest of the sidehas to be closer together.’’

In division 1 Clayton made it two from twowith a memorable 18-point win over St KildaCity. Chris Meyers was named best player forthe Clays along with Aaron Purvis, Chris

Morrison, Tom Crameri and Richard Szerszyn.In division 3 Mt Waverley continued its

excellent start to the new season with a91-point thrashing of new boys Carrum Patter-son Lakes.

Lyndale caused a shock with a 16-point winover Sandown.

Chargers going back to drawing boardIT’S hard to know what Oakleigh Chargers willfocus on this week.

The Chargers could address their one-pointloss to Western Jets at Box Hill City Oval onSaturday or they could turn attention to the16 new players who will come into this side asthe private schools competition saps many oftheir leading players from this week.

The Jets won 11.11 (77) to 11.10 (76) in theirTAC Cup match.

Chargers coach Justin Wenke said he wouldlook at both issues but couldn’t lay too muchblame on his remaining players, with two-thirdsof the team not returning until the final fewweeks of the TAC Cup season.

‘‘We have 16 private school boys leaving us,so it’s up to those players who come into theside to make an impact and give a good account

of themselves,’’ Wenke said. ‘‘We will do a gamereview on Monday and give our kids some feed-back. Then on Wednesday and Friday we’llwork to get our new group ready to playagainst Geelong Falcons.

‘‘As much as it’s a changeover period it’s alsoa really exciting time around the football club,because those boys who put in the long hours inpreseason will now get the chance to put on theChargers’ guernsey.’’

Wenke added that his side had to improve onits ball use and its response to the pressureapplied by the Jets, who came back from 18points down early in the last term to take thelead with just minutes remaining.

‘‘There were some costly individual errorsthat we shouldn’t have allowed to happen.

‘‘There were a few times we should have

rushed behinds but we didn’t and they ended upbeing goals which cost us in the end.

‘‘We also didn’t use the ball effectively whenwe had it. I think all our contested ball indicat-ors would be pretty even with them, but wedidn’t use it well enough.’’

Lewis Fitzgerald, Billy Hogan, James Tooheyand Andrew Scott were best players for theChargers. Hogan added three goals.

Jets coach Torin Baker praised his players fortheir determination to storm back into thematch.

‘‘These boys have a great belief and keptpushing on at the end to get a great win.’’

The Chargers face Geelong Falcons atWarrawee Park at 1pm this Saturday.

— Roy Ward

FINALSCORES

TAC Cup: Western Jets 11.11 (77) d Oakleigh Chargers

11.10 (76).

Southern Football League:

Division 1: Dingley 20.14 (134) d Heatherton 2.5 (17);

Clayton 12.11 (83) d St Kilda City 9.11 (65).

Division 2: Oakleigh District 9.8 (62) d Springvale Districts

6.11 (47).

Division 3: Ashwood 17.7 (109) d Hallam 6.5 (41); Mount

Waverley 19.12 (126) d Carrum Patterson Lakes 4.11 (35);

Dandenong 12.10 (82) d Black Rock 8.8 (56); Doveton

Eagles 23.20 (158) d Endeavour Hills 2.5 (17); Lyndale 10.8

(68) d Sandown 6.16 (52).

Eastern Football League:

Division 1: Knox 10.10 (70) d East Burwood 7.7 (49);

Blackburn 16.10 (106) d Noble Park 14.17 (101); Norwood

17.10 (112) d East Ringwood 12.17 (89); Lilydale 13.18 (96) d

Rowville 5.8 (38); South Croydon 10.9 (69) d Scoresby 7.17

(59); Balwyn 17.7 (109) d Vermont 13.14 (92).

Division 2: Doncaster East 19.15 (129) d Upper FTG 13.9

(87); Donvale 14.10 (94) d Bayswater 14.7 (91); Montrose

20.18 (138) d Mooroolbark 8.7 (55); North Ringwood 17.15

(117) d Mulgrave 9.9 (63); Croydon 14.18 (102) d Waverley

Blues 7.6 (48).

Division 3: Wantirna South 16.16 (112) d Boronia 9.14 (68);

Templestowe 13.10 (88) d Chirnside Park 9.9 (63); The Basin

20.8 (128) d Warrandyte 14.9 (93); Doncaster 19.16 (130) d

Glen Waverley Hawks 5.5 (35); Heathmont 12.9 (81) d

Ringwood 9.15 (69); Mitcham 18.17 (125) Whitehorse

Pioneers 13.10 (88).

For full results go to monashweekly.com.au/sport

THIS WEEK

TAC Cup: Oakleigh Chargers v Geelong Falcons, Warrawee

Park, 1pm.

Southern Football League:

Division 1: Clayton v East Malvern, Meade Reserve,

Thursday 1.30pm; East Brighton v Heatherton, Hurlingham

Reserve, 2pm; Cheltenham v Dingley, Jack Barker Oval,

2pm; St Paul’s v Chelsea Heights, McKinnon Reserve, 2pm;

Highett v St Kilda City, Turner Road Reserve, 2pm.

Division 2: Mordialloc v Skye, Ben Kavanagh Reserve, 2pm;

Bentleigh v Moorabbin, Bentleigh Reserve, 2pm; South

Yarra v Oakleigh District, Fritsch Holzer Park, 2pm; Caulfield

v Hampton, Koornang Park Reserve, 2pm; Springvale

Districts v Murrumbeena, Springvale Reserve, 2pm.

Division 3: Ashwood v Mount Waverley, Essex Heights

Reserve, 2pm; Hallam v Sandown, Hallam Reserve, 2pm;

Black Rock v Endeavour Hills, McDonald Reserve, 2pm;

Doveton Eagles v Lyndale, Power Reserve, 2pm; Carrum

Patterson Lakes v Dandenong, Roy Dore Reserve, 2pm.

Eastern Football League:

Division 1: Blackburn v East Burwood, Morton Park,

Thursday 2.10pm; Balwyn v Lilydale, Balwyn Park, Balwyn

2.10pm; East Ringwood v Noble Park, East Ringwood

Reserve 2.10pm; Knox v Scoresby, Knox Gardens 2.10pm;

Rowville v South Croydon, Scoresby Recreation Reserve

2.10pm; Vermont v Norwood, Vermont Recreation Reserve

2.10pm.

Division 2: Doncaster East v Donvale, Zerbes Reserve,

Thursday 2.10pm; Mooroolbark v Waverley Blues, Heights

Reserve, Thursday 5pm; Bayswater v Croydon, Bayswater

Oval 2.10pm; Upper FTG v North Ringwood, Kings Park

2.10pm; Mulgrave v Montrose, Mulgrave Reserve 2.10pm.

Division 3: Glen Waverley Hawks v Mitcham, Central

Reserve Thursday 2.10pm; The Basin v Ringwood,

Batterham Reserve, 2.10pm; Heathmont v Chirnside Park,

HE Parker Reserve 2.10pm; Whitehorse Pioneers v Boronia,

Springfield Park 2.10pm; Templestowe v Wantirna South,

Templestowe Reserve 2.10pm; Warrandyte v Doncaster,

Warrandyte Reserve 2.10pm.

All games on Saturday unless otherwise stated.


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