TWiSK #329
Local trams fail disability deadline
Scientific sisters @ Library
Quilts on show @ Christ Church
Second Story art @ 106art
Missing candidates for Albert Park
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Alana Wilkinson @ George Lane
Wednesday 17 August, 6:30 pm – 11 pm
Folk-pop-punk-poet Alana Wilkinson in an intimate space.
Tix 
Love My Place Q&A Session @ Port Phillip online
Thursday 18 August, 11 am – 12.30 pm
Council’s Love My Place Grants Program has a free workshop is for people who want to know more about applying for a grant.
More info | Register for Q&A
Applications close 12 September
Scientific thrills and spills @ Sisters in Crime in the Library
Thursday 18 August, 6.15 pm
A Science Week event.
Authors Kimberley Starr and Sue Williams will explore why science provides such fertile raw material for crime and mystery novels with aspiring author and trained forensic scientist, Maggie Baron.
Free but please book
150 Carlisle Street.
Lola + Cheap Skate @ Espy
Thursday 18 August, 7 pm
Combining energetic, feel-good music with a dedicated, old school work ethic, Lola are turning heads and starting mosh pits all over Australia. |With support from Cheap Skate. Free
Espy gigs
Second Story: art exhibition @106art
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 19-28 August
Opening night: Thursday 18 August, 6 pm – 8 pm. All welcome.
Artist’s Studio 106 presents a group art exhibition featuring the work of resident artists Liam Barwick, Olga Dziemidowicz, Andrea McCurdy and Corinne Rieniets.
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Top Floor, 106 Barkly
Hugo Race Fatalists (Album Launch) @ George Lane
Friday 19 August, 6.30 pm 11.30 pm
Hugo Race launches his new album Once Upon A Time In Italy with guests Michelangelo Russo and Georgia Knight.
YouTube | Tix 
‘The Look of Love’ By Peter Cupples @ Memo”
Friday 19 August, 7.30 pm
The Look of Love is a new look at the hits of multi Grammy award winning song writer Burt Bacharach. All new arrangements done by one of Australia’s premier singer/musicians, Peter Cupples. $55/$35
Tix
AJR @ Palais
Friday 19 August, 7.30 pm
Award-winning indie pop trio – Adam [bass, vocals], Jack [vocals, guitar], and Ryan [ukulele, piano, vocals].
Tix
Quilt Exhibition @ Christ Church
Saturday 20 August, 11 am – 4 pm
Sunday 21 August, 1 pm – 4 pm
See Christ Church’s ecclesiastical stained glass and quilts created by members of the Christ Church Community Centre Quilting Group.
Assorted hand crafts for sale.
Wine and Cheese Fundraiser, Friday 19 August, 6 pm – 8 pm
Bookings $25
Prospects for the Albanese Prime Ministership @ U3APP zoom
Saturday 20 August, 2.30 to 3.30 pm
A conversation between James Walter, Emeritus Professor, and Paul Strangio, Professor of Politics, School of Social Sciences at Monash University – chaired by Graeme Davison, Emeritus Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor of History. Free
Register
Crafternoon for kids @ Linden
Saturday 20 August, 2PM – 3:30PM
In this fun workshop for kids, artist Louisa Bufardeci will teach a range of string figures inspired by her current exhibition Figuring. This workshop will introduce kids to string figure classics such as Cat’s Whiskers, Jacob’s Ladder and The Broom.
The workshop will be run as a drop-in session and kids are encouraged to stay as long or as little as they like. Free
Info
Katie Bates + The Weeping Willows + Ben De La Cour @ George Lane
Saturday 20 August, 6.30 pm 11.30 pm
Katie Bates’ music is steeped in alt Country/Americana. Her music has been described as having paid respect to the likes of Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Tom Petty.
Tix
Ezra Lee & The Nomads @ Bowlo
Saturday 20 August, 8.30 pm
“The most exciting live band on earth.”
High Ace with Jeff Lang & Alison Ferrier @ George Lane
Sunday 21 August, 4 pm – 8 pm
High Ace is the new musical project of Jeff Lang and Alison Ferrier. Joining them on stage is Amy Valent Curlis on Marimba and percussion.
Tix
Sunday Blues | Lukas John @ Espy
Sunday 21 August, 6 pm – 9 pm
“Lukas John is stopping by the Espy during his ‘Hotel’ tour up the East Coast. Free.
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‘Heartsongs’ Exhibition @ Artful Yoga Gallery
Until 26 August
Works by St Kilda based Artist Melissa Trent.
1 Vale Street
Thu & Fri: 12 pm – 4 pm; Sat & Sun: 11 am – 2 pm
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50 Year Anniversary @ St Kilda Library
Wednesday August 24, 11 am
Celebrate St Kilda Public Library’s extensive past and exciting future with a morning tea and light refreshments. (Pictured) Former Cr and Mayor Ivan Trayling who laid the foundation stone of the St Kilda Library will be speaking.
Info
Maoko: Visible Mending Jeans @ Space 2b
Thursday 25 August, 10.30am – 1pm
Come along to a relaxing and fun workshop to learn how to give your jeans a second life with talented Japanese sewer Maoko Carroll. BYO much loved pair of jeans in need of repair. $30
Tix
144 Chapel St, St Kilda 3182
22nd Davitt Awards @ Sisters in Crime
Saturday 27 August. 6.00 for 6.30pm
Frock (or suit up) for a gala dinner and presentation of the 22nd Davitt Awards Ceremony for best crime and mystery books.
To set the mood, award-winning ABC journalist and true-crime author Louise Milligan will discuss her life in crime with Sisters in Crime’s Jacqui Horwood.
Please book by Wednesday 24 August
Rising Sun, 2 Raglan St., South Melbourne
Iphis @ Theatre Works
Friday 26 August – Saturday 3 September, 7.30 pm
Saturday 27 August, 2.30 pm (Matinee)
Elena Kats-Chernin’s (pictured) first opera is a 70-minute chamber work written for 6 singers and 9-piece chamber orchestra.
Musically the work is a rich pastiche drawing on the cabaret traditions of Les Six and Kurt Weill, with echoes of Mozart and Stravinsky.
Lyric opera company was the winner of the 2019 Green Room Award for Contribution to the Development of Opera in Victoria.
Tix and info
Inclusion Rocks @ The Local Taphouse
Thursday 1 September, 6.30 pm – 9 pm
A concert featuring The CandleSnakes and other all ability musicians. There will be dancing. $10
Tix
184 Carlisle Street
State election transport forum @ St Kilda Town Hall
Tuesday 6 September, 6.30 pm – 8 pm
Hear what the major parties have to say about local transport issues and ask questions.
The panel includes three candidates seeking re-election:
David Davis, MLC: Senior Liberal and former transport spokesperson
Nina Taylor, MLC: Current MP seeking to transfer to Albert Park district
Sam Hibbins, MLA Prahran: Greens transport spokesperson
Town hall event with live stream option. Free
Tix and info 
Tram services fail Disability Access deadline
Transport topic by TWiSK
Melbourne’s trams are set to be in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act.
The Government’s own Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) requires that all tram stops must be fully compliant with the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (DSAPT) by 31 December 2022 and all trams must be DSAPT compliant by 31 December 2032.
A 2020 report by Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) concluded that the government had no plan to meet these deadlines.
The government responded by ordering 100 new G class trams for $1.85B – but the first of these will roll out from 2025 (source)
Local trams and infrastructure fails except for Route 96
In St Kilda, this means that many tram stops remain inaccessible and many trams servicing St Kilda are inaccessible. While route 96 is a positive story with both low floor trams and many level access stops, other routes are shamefully below par.
Other local routes fail big time
Route 16 (Melb Uni – Kew)
Only about a third of trams are low floor and level access stops are rare after Luna Park with only one further stop at Balaclava Station and another in Armadale.
Route 12 (Victoria Gardens to St Kilda)
Has some level access stops by no low floor trams.
Route 67 / 3A (Melbourne University to Carnegie to Carnegie)
Has some level access stops along St Kilda Road but no low floor trams.
TWiSK questions for the transport forum
What is the timetable for constructing more level access stops for tram routes 16, 12, 67 and 3a?
When will low floor trams start operating on Routes 12, 67 and 3a?
What should be the consequences of failing to meet the DDA deadlines in 2022 and 2032?
St Kilda’s only independent election coverage
This week we start news coverage of the November 26 State election.
TWiSK will be following the issues in the four local seats that include St Kilda and Elwood:
Albert Park
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With Martin Foley stepping down, Albert Park is being targeted by Greens. MLC Nina Taylor is making a bid for this seat for Labor. But as we see below, her opponents are slow at coming forward.
Prahran
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Greens MLA Sam Hibbins will be going all out for a third term up against the ALP’s Wesa Chau, a self described D & I Expert, Entrepreneur and Social Innovator.
If you live North of the St Kilda Town Hall, you are probably in Prahran.
Caulfield
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Liberal MLA David Southwick won by just 204 votes in 2018. His is the most marginal Liberal seat.
If you live East of Brighton Road or Chapel Street, you are probably in Caulfield.
Brighton
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Liberal James Newbury defied the 2018 Danslide swing by just under 900 votes. Port Phillip Cr Louise Crawford is the ALP candidate.
If you live East of Dickens Street, you are probably in Brighton.
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Blue, green and teal ‘missing’ candidates
With just over 100 days until the 26 November State election, both the Greens and Liberal parties are yet to announce candidates for the local seat of Albert Park.
With long standing Albert Park MP Martin Foley not contesting, the ALP are putting forward current MLA Nina Taylor (pictured). Their Albert Park campaign will be launched on Thursday 25 August by Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan (tix and info).
Local Liberals have told TWiSK that their candidate will be finalised at a vote on Tuesday 30 August.
Both Cr Pearl and Bond have told TWiSK they would not be candidates.
Teals are on the hunt for candidates
Teal insiders are currently vetting possible candidates for state areas included in the Teal swing areas – but early reports suggest a candidate in Albert Park is unlikely.
Greens have only selected a handful of candidates so far
Meanwhile the Greens are talking up their chances of taking Albert Park and a swag of other seats. Leader Samantha Ratnam has been quoted saying “[Greens] have good prospects of picking up seats like Richmond, Northcote, Albert Park, and even traditionally safe Liberal seats like Hawthorn, Caulfield and Brighton are in play for us at this election.”
TWiSK finds it surprising that candidates had not yet been finalised for Albert Park, Hawthorn, Caulfield or Brighton.
See the Greens online list of candidates.
Last week the Greens announced their upper house candidates, including current Port Phillip Councillor Katherine Copsey in Southern Metropolitan Region.
The official deadline for nominations is Thursday 10 November
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