CELEBRATING 70 YEARS HERITAGE: YARRA RANGES • MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2016
THIS WEEK’S AFL YARRA RANGES FOOTY WINNERS:
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Olinda Ferny Creek Upwey Tecoma Healesville Wandin Woori Yallock Best Kinglake local Yarra Glen footy Yea report Alexandra - inside
Seville visitors rug up for trip to Kinglake for footy, netball
● Enjoying the football-netball after-match get-togetheron Saturday were Seville visitors to Kinglake: (back row, from left) Jack Leithhead, Monique Kiker and Luke O’Keefe, with (front row, from left) Thomas Growen, Georgia Lesiputty (with ‘Indi’) and Lisa Di Palolo.
● Glenn McAllister Snr makes Seville visitors Dave Wind and Shane Brierley welcome in the Kinglake clubrooms after Saturday’s AFL Yarra Ranges Division 2 match. Full scoreboard details are inside The New Free Press.
Worry for Merlino?
■ L ATE vote counting from La Trobe polling booths shows that L abor candidate Simon Curtis had slim victories in only two areas: Belgrave and Tecoma. Greens candidate Tom Cummings won the Kallista booth for La Trobe, but all other polling places in the New Free Press readership area went to Jason Wood, Liberal. Wood registered wins in Belgrave South, Boronia East, Clematis, Cockatoo, Emerald, Ferntree Gully, FTG North, F TG Upper, Ferny Creek, Gembrook, Macclesfield, Menzies Creek, Mount Dandenong, Olinda, Sassafras, Selby, The Basin and Upwey. The swing has local political observers analysing if the vote has impact for local State member, James Merlino (MLA, Lab.) Merlino holds the seat of Monbulk by a margin of 6.1 per cent, and has held the seat for Labor since 2002. As Deputy Premier and Minister for Emergency Services, Mr Merlino faces ● James Merlino heavy opposition from MLA for Monbulk volunteer firefighters over his stance in the Country Fire Authority dispute. The Monbulk seat was held previously by Liberals, Steve McArthur, Neil Pope and Bill Borthwick. It includesMonbulk and Olinda. Tony Smith, Liberal, won all Casey booths in TheNew Free Press circulation area, with the exception of Warburton East, which went to Labor challenger Hovig Melkonien. Smith was victor in polling places at Badger Creek, Bayswater North, Birmingham (Mt Evelyn), Chirnside Park, Coldstream, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon North, Croydon Town, Dixons Creek, Gladysdale, Gruyere, Healesville, Halesville Central, Hoddles Creek, Kallista, Kilsyth, Kilsyth South, Launching Place, Lilydale, Lilydale Lake, Lilydale Pre-Poll, Lilydale West, Manchester (Mooroolbark), Millgrove, Monbulk, Montrose, Montrose South, Mooroolbark, Mooroolbark East, Mooroolbark South, Mount Dandenong, Mount Evelyn, Rolling Hills, Seville, Silvan, The Patch, Wandin Yallock, Warburton, Wesburn, Woori Yallock, Yarra Glen and Wesburn.
● Simon Curtis, Labor, La Trobe
● Tom Cummings, Greens, La Trobe
● Hovig Melkonien, Labor, Casey
LOCAL BOOTH-BY-BOOTH ANALYSIS OF LA TROBE, CASEY: INSIDE