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Battle of Cats By Mitchell Clarke In what’s set to be the most unprecedented Grand Final on record, local footy fans will be forced to forgo the traditional barbecue with mates. Instead, diehard Richmond and Geelong fans will swap a seat at the MCG or the local pub for a spot on the couch at home. This year was always set to look a little different - with the first ever night grand final set to take place - but concerns are mounting about the general atmosphere of the event for locked down Victorians. Gembrook MP Brad Battin - who also happens to be a massive Geelong supporter - said Covid restrictions would make the day “horrible“. “Grand Final Day and Cup Day are our two biggest days. It’s about getting together with people and having a barbecue and a few froffies, regardless of if your team is playing,“ he said. But Premier Daniel Andrews hasn’t budged on his stance - the day must only be spent with household members. “You can’t have friends over into your home. You can’t pretend that it is over, because we all desperately want it to be,” he said. Gembrook MP and Geelong diehard Brad Battin with Berwick barber and Tiger tragic Mario Fallace are gearing up for the big game. 218759 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
For more of our AFL grand final coverage, turn to page 4.
Art divides town By Jessica Anstice A magnificent development pegged for Harkaway is dividing the Casey community. For the past few weeks, residents have been intensely opposing to a proposed world-class art gallery in the rolling foothills to the Dandenong Ranges. But the developers behind the proposed gallery, that will house a $500 million art collection, are reassuring residents that their $50
million investment will benefit the community in more ways than not. Publicity-shy businessman and local, Lindsay Hogg, is in discussion with the State Government to have his enormous art collection donated to a proposed art gallery at 193-209 King Road, called Rosemaur. Under the proposed plans, which are currently being assessed by the Planning Minister, the eight hectare site would accommodate about 600 patrons and feature a 140-seat res-
taurant and function centre, plus two dwellings for the gallery. While the proposal is currently undergoing a six-week community consultation, there has been a community uproar, with residents opposing the idea in fear of it “changing the amenity” of Harkaway. Residents are also concerned the site would damage the green wedge zone and is “entirely out of character for the area”. “If Casey Council and the Victorian Govern-
ment preside over the wanton squandering of this unique, widely treasured asset that is Harkaway for the sake of an inappropriately located, wildly experimental, fragmenting development on the basis of a nebulous promise by a vested interest landowner living elsewhere, I believe it will go down in Casey’s history as an outrage second only to the findings of an IBAC enquiry,” Save the Casey Foothills Association spokesperson Rosalie Counsell said. Continued page 10
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