Northern summit support on rise

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Killer out
of coma
Family hopes Stokes will buy VC
SHARON LABI
PUB: SUNDAY MAIL
A FAMILY is hoping media mogul
Kerry Stokes makes their father’s
Victoria Cross the third such medal
he has bought and donated to the
Australian War Memorial.
Major Peter Badcoe’s VC has been
on loan to the War Memorial in
Canberra for 30 years but on Tuesday
his widow and daughters are auctioning it, with a series of other medals,
letters, photos and voice recordings.
Mr Stokes set a world record when
he paid $1.2 million for a VC in 2006.
He bought another for $480,000, both
of which were donated to the War
Memorial.
The Badcoe collection is expected to
sell for between $400,000 and $600,000
and the family hopes Mr Stokes or
someone like him will buy it and
donate it for public display. ‘‘That
would be fantastic if someone did
that,’’ Major Badcoe’s daughter Carey
said.
‘‘We would hope that it would be a
situation where there would still be
public access to the whole collection.’’
Major Badcoe’s VC was one of only
four awarded to Australians who
fought in Vietnam. It was awarded for
several acts of bravery in Phu Thu,
Quang Dien and Huong Tra districts.
Major Badcoe, 33, was killed in April
1967 after encouraging a South Vietnam company that had withdrawn to
keep moving forward. When he stood
up to throw a grenade he was hit by
a burst of machinegun fire.
Giles Moon, national head of collectibles at Bonhams and Goodman,
which is auctioning the collection,
said it was one of the finest archives
to accompany a Victoria Cross. ‘‘Victoria Crosses are generally very rare,
they very rarely come to auction,’’ Mr
Moon said.
Australian War Memorial spokeswoman Leigh Harris said the War
Memorial had a policy of not bidding
on high-value medals.
‘‘The ideal situation would be to
have somebody buy the medal and
generously donate it or loan it to the
War Memorial to go on display for all
Australians,’’ she said.
Mr Stokes last year said he did not
favour the auction sale of medals.
‘‘My grandfather was an Anzac at
Gallipoli, and I think it’s dreadful that
VCs come up for sale, so I buy them
so they can be never sold again,’’ he
told The Australian newspaper.
‘‘You cannot put a value on valour
and sacrifice.’’
SACRIFICE: Major Peter Badcoe
THE condition of convicted child killer
Valmae Faye Beck, formerly known as Fay
Cramb, has improved
and it is believed she is
out of a coma.
The Queensland Corrective Services Department said Beck was in a
s ta b l e c o nd i ti o n i n
Townsville Hospital.
Beck, 64, was in a medically induced coma following complications
with heart surgery. Beck
and former husband
Barrie Watts were jailed
for life in 1987 for murdering Sian Kingi, 12.
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Northern
summit
support
on rise
HANNAH SILVERMAN
COL:
A SUMMIT to improve social outcomes in the
northern suburbs could be held as soon as July.
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University of SA Pro-Vice Chancellor Hilary
Winchester has been inundated by support since she
revealed the proposal to the Sunday Mail last week
and is aiming to hold the summit in either late July
or early August.
The planned summit follows an impassioned plea
by Elizabeth-raised rocker Jimmy Barnes for more
support for people struggling to find a better future
in the region.
His front-page call in the Sunday Mail triggered
a wave of support and was the catalyst for Prof
Winchester’s bid to find concrete ways to improve
conditions such as through job skills.
The City of Playford Civic Centre is a probable
location for the summit and Prof Winchester is
hoping for sponsorship from UniSA and key
businesses in the region.
She said she had received enormous support since
last Sunday and has been approached by numerous organisations and individuals.
‘‘I have been overwhelmed by
the response from individuals
and organisations,’’ Prof
Winchester (pictured) said.
‘‘Although it is very early days
yet, it seems there is a
groundswell of support for the
idea of a summit or forum
focussed on the north.’’
Her initiative already has been backed by the State
Government, Governor Kevin Scarce and Port Adelaide Football Club.
Others who have expressed interest include
Holden, Salisbury and Playford councils, Anglicare,
Smith Family, Salvation Army, Uniting Church,
Wyatt Benevolent Institute and the Committee for
Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).
Barnes and fellow northern suburbs-bred rocker
Doc Neeson, from The Angels, will also receive
invitations.
‘‘They (Barnes and Neeson) can really bring profile
to the issues,’’ Prof Winchester said. ‘‘Plus, I think
they have a different leadership and people don’t
want to just hear academics lecturing and politicians making political statements.’’
She said the summit would be formatted to receive
maximum community input.
‘‘I’m not sure we’re going to go down the key
speaker path, I think it’s more about listening to
the community. We’re envisaging it more in the
format of the 2020 summit.’’
As a priority, Prof Winchester said a focus on
social inclusion and education would be central to
the agenda.