Happy Australia Day 26th January
ST GEORGES RD FOOD FESTIVAL
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Funding on the way for vital organisation SHEPPARTON Foodshare have had their calls for a new home answered, with the Federal Government promising $60 0,0 0 0 to the not-for-profit organisation. Shepparton Foodshare deputy chair, Jim O’Connor, welcomed the funding commitment. “For the past nine years, Foodshare has operated from accommodation provided based on extreme generosity, however never with a formal tenure agreement,” Mr O’Connor said. Continued Page 4
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NO PLACE FOR DEVELOPMENT… Pictured from left, Residents for Greater Shepparton committee member Shelley Sutton, chairperson Kevin Hicks, ACE College principal Bronwyn Rose, and ACE College student Miles Hoffman. Photo: Kelly Lucas.
School says no to social housing Residents rally against proposal By Deanne Jeffers LESS than nine months since moving to Maude Street, ACE Secondary College say that 100 children and their families stand to be severely impacted by the proposed social housing to be built in the air space above the current car park surrounding the school. Principal, Bronwyn Rose, along with the
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school community, have shared concerns that the development would result in losing school bus access, as well as the student’s sole outdoor area to “permanent shade.” “There is also the risk to the health and safety of children and staff of objects either falling or being dropped from a balcony into the school playground. A further risk identified is potential damage to school
property and infrastructure if this proposal goes ahead.” “Furthermore, consider the instant redundancy of extensive solar panels, consequent future power bills and the utter uselessness of a $50,000 digital screen that faces into the carpark, which the Council only approved just last year,” Principal Rose said. Continued Page 6
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