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Bianca Carmona
A BUREAUCRATIC bungle
by Boroondara Council
has left a small business
owner and a local sports
club out of pocket.
The council withdrew
Martin Alvarez’s right to
sell espresso coffee from
his mobile van in Macleay
Park just two weeks after
issuing him a three-month
temporary permit allow-
ing him to do just that.
The U-turn came after
complaints from the popu-
lar Boroondara Netball
Association, which hosts
games there, that claimed
its kiosk was entitled to
protection from compe-
tition.
But before handing over
$2300 for the permit, Mr
Alvarez was assured by
council staff it would al-
low him to work in
Macleay Park.
‘‘It was the only reason I
paid, I would not have
paid if Macleay Park had
not been included,’’ he
said.
‘‘Then 15 days in, they
turned around and said
‘sorry you can’t go back
there’.’’
Boroondara acting di-
rector of city works
Jacqui Briggs admitted
the council made a mis-
take issuing the permit,
but refused to issue a
refund, arguing the coun-
cil has no liability in the
case.
She confirmed Macleay
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sports groups to fundraise
for charities.
The gaffe prompted an
Anzac Day confrontation
at the site, which later led
to the permit being with-
drawn.
Speaking last week, as-
sociation president Sue
Reddish said the group’s
kiosk had been raising
money for the RSL that
day and revenue from the
kiosk helped keep associ-
ation costs down through-
out the year.
Dr Reddish criticised
the council for allowing
Mr Alvarez a permit, but
then centred on the coffee
man.
‘‘They’re setting up in
competition to a fundrais-
ing sports club,’’ Dr Red-
dish said.
‘‘Our parents may like
his fancy coffee but if the
association fees went up
they wouldn’t like it.’’
Dr Reddish knocked
back a subsequent written
offer from Mr Alvarez to
donate 30 cents from each
coffee sold towards the
association’s fundraising
efforts.
The council offered Mr
Alvarez another location
but Mr Alvarez said trade
at the replacement park
had been very slow.
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the Leader the council
agreed to negotiate
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TALKING about needing to poo is a bit

taboo, says a woman with ulcerative
colitis.
But when Sophie Katsikogiannis says
she needs to go, she means it.
Ms Katsikogiannis carries a ‘‘Can’t
Wait’’ card from Hawthorn’s Aust-
ralian Crohn’s and Colitis Association
(ACCA).
The card identifies her as one of
61,000 Australians who have inflamma-
tory bowel disease, resulting in cramps,
diarrhoea, ulcers, bleeding and regular
toilet trips.
Managing the condition, as she has for caring community,’’ ACCA chief executive
seven years, ‘‘is a bit trial-and-error for Francesca Manglaviti said.
each person,’’ Ms Katsikogiannis said. ‘‘Not all service stations have public
‘‘There are certain foods I avoid, and toilets, and that one didn’t,’’ Ms
caffeine and alcohol, because they increase Katsikogiannis said. ‘‘I didn’t realise they
the speed of bowel movements. You try to go didn’t – and that they don’t have to.’’
when you can, ‘just in case’.’’ Warning people against making the same
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But what she could not plan for was a
knock-back from a service-station attendant
when she asked to use the smallest room.
An ACCA survey recently revealed more
than a third of its 629 respondents had been
denied use of a loo at service stations.
Retail shops, strip malls and cafes also
‘‘proved difficult’’, even when the condition
and its urgency was explained.
‘‘This is unacceptable in a modern and
assumption, Ms Katsikogiannis said there
should be more public toilets, and more that
were open 24 hours.
She encouraged businesses to recognise
the ACCA ‘‘Can’t Wait’’ card, even if their
toilet was not public.
There are 51 public toilets in the City of
Boroondara. Their locations are listed at:
» toiletmap.gov.au

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vineyard’s previous yield was
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some wineries in Victoria, the cause of heat stress. than 10 per cent. and we would take whatever steps Australian region manager Shaun
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