We welcomed John Thornton (OAM) to lead us in a rousing chorus of Advance Australia Fair!

With a large number of members and guests present, the choir did extremely well with their rendition and scored 9.5/10.

 

 

A warm welcome to our guest Speaker tonight Mr. Bret Christian who is editor of The Post newspaper and recent author of a book following the trial of the Claremont killer.

 

Welcome to our other guests;

 

 

We have 12 apologies & Honorary, 7 LOA plus 8 guests hence around 54 people should be in attendance tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kent advised that we have people at our meeting. 47 members ( we need 48 members for a free bottle of wine) plus 8 guests for a total of 55.

 

 

Nothing much to say on the Trust but the good news is Wine sales will recommence shortly so members can restock their depleted wine racks soon.

 

           

 

Leon requested that when members make a direct deposit into the Club’s accounts that they leave a message as to what the payment is for, otherwise his job is almost impossible to try and guess what the purpose is.

 

Peter reminded members of the upcoming Super Tuesday bike count this Tuesday the 2nd of March from 7:00-9:00 am.  We also have an opportunity to man two additional sites on Tuesday and I am looking for volunteers.

Furthermore, we have been requested to man other sites in the weeks to come and I will let members know about that once details are to hand.

 

Kim advised that the Science and Engineering Challenge preparations are going well.  Applications from 48 schools have been received and as we can only accommodate 40 schools, we have a waiting list. 

 

No reports were provided for the following committees.

 

 

None.

 

 

 

 

Fines were levied on the following participants.

Wine Table.

Peter Panek to celebrate his Birthday

Anyone who did not sign in using the QR code and Safe WA App.

John Saleeba- for taking out a mortgage to pay the vet fees for his injured dog. Also a fine because he could not remember the fine he was going to tell the Sergeant.

Anthony McGrath and Graeme Sansom - for mucking up the Sergeants duties for this evening.

Graeme Sansom who claims he cannot play tennis yet managed to play a recent game of tennis like Nick Kyrgios

Neil Wilkie - seen leaving Valdarno’s restaurant at 8:30 AM with a bottle of wine. Either it was a late-night or an early start to the day.

Phil Simpson - formally a member of Perth Rotary Club and consequently known to have been associated with some of the biggest larrikins in Perth.

 

 

Richard Ranshaw introduced Mr. Christian as being a man well known to our members who read the Post newspaper.   Key points from Bret’s talk follow;   Bret informed the Club that he started the Post in 1977 in direct competition to the West Australian, where he had previously worked, and his father still worked.   The trial of the Claremont Serial killer was a trial like no other. It captivated WA like no other.   The previous police commissioner Karl O'Callaghan stated that this was the WA Police force’s finest hour with the arrest of Bradley Evans.   The story is an epic and a saga that has the deep-seated fear caused by a serial killer.   Where we once felt safe in our city, the fear pervaded our very beings and changed us forever.   We suffered a deep and shared communal grief.   Bradley Robert Edwards probably felt very smug and bulletproof whilst Police were searching for him in the wrong places.

One of the standout things to come from this case was that the Police did not trust the public to share the information that could have solved the crimes in the 1990s.

 

Despite errors along the way, the capture of Edwards was due to some very clever police work.

 

President Anthony thanked Bret Christian for a very enlightening talk and question session.

 

 

Thank you to Denise and Staff and the Nedlands Golf Club. Thanks to On-Par Catering for a very fine meal.

RECOGNISE OUR VERY GENEROUS SPONSORS:   Lizzy Bee-supplier of flowers Butler Settineri – Hon Club Auditors Paragon Consultants -Our Foundation’s Auditors Accura Accounting & Advisory Services for providing Xero Accounting software and Sharesight Portfolio reporting software to the Charitable Trust.   Thank you to our guests who attended tonight. Bret Christian Marion Cahif Carmen Tutor Jan Jackson Collette James Phil Simpson Christine Smith Jomay Verrier

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