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Calling all vintage car, bike and hot rod enthusiasts, the annual Tracey’s Speedway reunion is back and better than ever. Hosted by the Victorian Classic and Vintage Speedway Club and Lions Club of Sunshine the event will be held at the famous Tracey’s Speedway, on Raleigh Road, Maribyrnong. Although the speedway closed in 1963, the memories still remain for many with a deep passion for vintage speedcars. The Vintage Speedcar Association was formed in 1987, and have been running this event for three decades, with all the money raised by the gold coin entry to be donated to the Royal Children’s Hospital. “It was instigated by the late Fred Tracey, who used to be the owner of Tracey’s speedway,” event organiser Malcolm Berg said. Tracey, an iconic figure in the history of the Maribyrnong Speedway, was inducted into the Australian Speedway Hall of Fame in 2011. The event will be taking place on April 3 from 10 am to 4pm, with food options provided at the venue.
Bob Haselgrove, Wayne Barker and John Gordon with their vintage cars.
Cannabis support clear By Molly Magennis A majority of surveyed Maribyrnong residents have thrown their support behind council’s plan to grow medicinal cannabis. Councillors voted in September, 2021, to enter the medicinal cannabis industry in a bid to reduce household rates. Community engagement on the decision ran until January 28, with 600 residents completing a survey about council’s plans. Of the residents who completed the survey, 74 per cent (445) said they were supportive of council entering the medicinal cannabis
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business. Twenty-six per cent (155) of survey respondents did not support the proposal, according to a report tabled at the March 15 council meeting. When asked if they supported council seeking alternative ideas to counteract rates, 87 per cent (519) of respondents answered ‘yes’. According to the report, residents’ reasons for supporting council growing medicinal cannabis included the health benefits for the greater community, the opportunity to reduce rates and local employment opportunities.
However, the report noted that while 74 per cent of survey respondents supported council’s plan, the support was tempered by a degree of concern around potential risk and the large number of current unknowns around the proposal. Reasons against the proposal included concerns council was not qualified to run such a venture, that the business could not return a profit, and that it was not the role of council. Council will now start the “feasibility and commercial legal due diligence stage” of the proposal, and an assessment will take place
regarding council’s risk under the local government act. A report detailing the findings will be presented to council in October. Maribyrnong mayor Anthony Tran council understood that residents wanted more details about council’s involvement in the medicinal cannabis industry. “They have made it clear they want to see a more extensive investigation to answer their questions around things like the operational model and specifically costs that would be involved before they would be willing to see the venture proceed any further,” he said.
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