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When Katy decided to put her four-year-old son, Joseph, forward for a social experiment involving older Australians she was worried he might horrify them with some of the brutal honesty that small children frequently come out with.
âI was just hoping that he would behave himself,â she says of the six weeks he would spend along with 10 other four-year-olds getting to know a group of Australians aged from their 70s to 90s.
Joseph with Werner Keiser, an 85-year-old Sydneysider who lives alone.
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When she sees the results of the experiment â filmed for the second series of the award-winning ABC show
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The Bayside ban also applies to vaping and e-cigarettes.
Rye resident Josie Jones has been collecting litter from her local beaches since moving to the area 10 years ago. Last year, she received a local hero award in the Australian of the Year Awards for her work in reducing litter.
Ms Jones said the councilâs plan to stub out smoking would require a combination of enforcement, education and infrastructure to be successful.
Despite declining levels of smoking in the community, Ms Jones said cigarette butts still accounted for half of the rubbish she picked up on the beaches.
The pocket cigarette bins that Josie Jones hopes will be distributed on the Mornington Peninsula.