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News.com.au
2 days ago
- General
- News.com.au
‘Lovely man': Suburban Melbourne community rallies around local lollipop guard
An outer Melbourne community has rallied in support of a beloved local crossing guard, after he was told by the council his post would be reassigned due to recent road upgrades in the area. Steve Price has been a crossing guard at the Montrose pedestrian crossing in Melbourne's eastern fringes for eight years and is described by members of the community as 'everybody's grandpa' and a 'lovely man' who 'makes every morning a wonderful experience'. But some in the community claim he has been reassigned due to Mr Price 'putting in too many complaints and raising too many safety issues (on behalf of) the kids in the area.' Last week, a petition was launched on aimed at reinstating Mr Price to his position. In the petition Mr Price says he 'was told the council would be taking over the crossing, (another guard) was coming to mine and the other supervisor from Mt Dandenong Rd would be taking over (the other guard's) crossing in Montrose road. I will be going somewhere else.' A spokesman for Yarra Ranges Council said that many of the council's school crossing supervisors are contracted through Hoban Recruitment but are done so on a 'term-to-term basis'. 'Before each school term, Council provides Hoban with a list of school crossing sites that need a supervisor. These locations can change each term, so the assignments are never permanent and are on a term-to-term basis as per their Hoban contract. 'Due to the recent upgraded road and pedestrian safety works at the Montrose intersection, it has meant that only one supervisor is now required at that location, rather than two.' It's an explanation petition starter and parent at the school Sigrid Peterson doesn't buy. 'They decided to move our favourite lollipop man who had been there for eight years because he – I think, he thinks it as well – put too many complaints and raised too many safety issues in the area that he works in for the kids' safety. 'The crossing isn't long enough. 
The bus stop is really close to a main road. There's a lot of kids that sit there … 'He's been too hard, so they've moved him on. He would love to chat, but he also doesn't want to get in trouble from his employer.' Ms Peterson added '(Steve's) lovely. 
He's like everybody's grandpa. He knows most of the kids' names, everybody gives him gifts at Christmas time'. 
 'I posted it everywhere on all the notice boards and people that had moved from the area said how much they missed him.' Ms Peterson expressed disappointment in the Council's response or lack thereof. 'They haven't responded to it, I emailed the petition to them and to his employer as well, neither of them have responded to me. 
They've been pretty useless throughout the roadworks, not supporting the affected businesses either. 'I think they just wanted him moved on because he was complaining too much about the roadworks and the safety. 'He's been there for eight years. It's just very, very convenient timing.' Another parent, Ashleigh from Bayswater, commented on the petition that Mr Price 'makes every morning a wonderful experience for myself and my children'. 'Mostly we drive past and a few times will cross the road with him. Whatever our day looks like it always starts and ends with a smiley happy most respectful person. 'Steve is just apart of Montrose we just know him he's apart of our daily lives and it's just not the same without him around. Our mornings are less happy without him. Please bring Steve back to where he belongs.' Marina 'I drive past every morning on my way to work and even though I never met him it was very obvious how much he loved his job and the people around him. Always smiling and always chatting to the parents and children. It's sad to hear this being taken away from someone and forcing changes onto a person who was clearly happy with his job, it's location and has made strong connections. Can't even imagine how devastated this man must be or the children and parents of children who attend the school. Another example of a council making decisions on its own and disregarding the opinions of those who feel the effects the most. Hoping this gets overturned.' At the time of writing the petition currently has 336 signatures.
Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
The Project's right wring pundit Steve Price slams Victoria's machete ban following brawl that shut down major shopping centre: 'A joke'
Steve Price has responded to the machete sales ban proposed by Jacinta Allen after a brawl broke out at Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne. The Project host, 70, weighed in on the new weapons ruling, which is set to take effect at midday on Wednesday, alongside his panel of co-stars. 'This sales ban is a joke and it's not gonna work,' he outright claimed. Pointing out a loophole, he added: 'You can buy machetes online anywhere. 'We're the only state that's going to do it so you can simply drive over the border into New South Wales and buy one.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the It comes after teenagers were charged following a violent brawl that broke out between rival gang members armed with machetes and forced a shopping centre into lockdown (left). Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan (right) held a snap press conference on Monday to announce a machete ban will be expedited 'Or you don't get a machete, you get something else,' Steve's co-host Waleed Aly chimed in. 'We've got to crackdown on possession,' Steve said. What's more, the Aussie TV personality added that the fining and arresting of people with machetes will only be expedited on September 1. 'Why?' he asked his co-hosts, before adding: 'I don't get what the delay is.' He went on to blame the 'teen crime crisis' for the recent increase of violence in Victoria. 'I don't know why it's just Melbourne but it's worse here,' he claimed. 'Home invasions, car theft, car jackings,' he listed off, before adding: 'And they're arming themselves with machetes.' It comes after teenagers were charged following a violent brawl that broke out between rival gang members armed with machetes and forced a shopping centre into lockdown. Two boys, aged 15 and 16, have been charged, while another male, 20, was rushed to hospital following the brawl on Sunday at about 2.30pm at Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne's north. The teenagers were charged with affray, intentionally causing injury, possessing a controlled weapon and using a controlled weapon and have been remanded to appear in a children's court at a later date. The charges come as Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan held a snap press conference on Monday to announce a machete ban will be expedited. The ban was initially set to be enforced on September 1, however Allan revealed a ban on the sale of machetes would be enforced from Wednesday. 'Those knives are dangerous weapons,' she said. 'They have no place on our streets anywhere and that is why I will introduce as many laws to get these dangerous knives off the streets, which is why I'm announcing today that, effective immediately, we will be bringing in place a ban on the sale of machetes here in Victoria, and this ban will be in place from midday on Wednesday.' Victoria is the first state in Australia to introduce the ban.
Sky News AU
23-05-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
Victorians have become the ‘highest' taxed Australians
Sky News host Steve Price discusses Victorians being the 'highest taxed Australians' by a large margin. 'Victorians are now the highest taxed Australians by a very long way,' Mr Price said. 'And this is all to reign in 10 years of Labor debt.'
Sky News AU
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Labor's energy policies will be a ‘costly invasive nightmare': Steve Price
Sky News host Steve Price slams Labor's energy policies, claiming they will become a 'costly invasive nightmare' for many Australians. 'With the campaign wrapped up and Minister Bowen now let out of witness protection, we are going to learn very quickly not only the financial cost of this renewable fantasy but the social cost,' Mr Price said. 'With state Labor governments in Victoria, NSW and SA, combined with Labor in Canberra, this green dream is going to become a costly, invasive nightmare for many Australians.'
Sky News AU
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Victorians ‘don't like Labor'
Sky News host Steve Price says the people of Victoria 'don't like Labor'. Mr Price's comments come after the revelations exposing the Victorian COVID-19 curfew during the lockdown periods. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is facing calls for answers after a bombshell document revealed the state's Covid-19 curfews were not based on health advice.
