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Cricketers’ UK crusade Two Braybrook students are on a cricket tour that is the stuff of dreams. Bol Abiem and Chiem Mayoum are on the Crusaders’ tour of the UK, including 32 matches in 26 days. The touring squad will play on some of the best grounds in the world, including Lenheim Palace, Robertsbridge, Lord Sheffield’s ground (the origin of the Sheffield Shield), Whitgift School and Lords. But Chiem is looking forward to a different sort of highlight. “I’m really looking forward to meeting the Queen,” Chiem said. “We get to play against the Royal Household at Windsor Castle, so that will be an amazing experience.” Crusaders Cricket Australia runs various programs and tours to promote cricket. Chiem and Bol, both off-spin bowlers, began their cricketing careers at Sunshine Heights Cricket Club. Bol said the club had been like a home away from home. “The club has really good coaches and have really helped us out,” he said. “It’s been a really great opportunity and I can’t wait to be playing in all the different conditions.” Tate Papworth
Bol Abiem and Chiem Mayoum will tour the UK as part of a Crusaders program. (Luke Hemer)
Taking on the toxic toll By Benjamin Millar The waste crisis threatening the liveability of Melbourne’s suburbs has a determined new foe – the Anti-Toxic Waste Alliance. Chaired by Yarraville campaigner Sue Vittori, the coalition of more than 30 organisations is pressuring the state government to take stronger measures to protect communities from threats posed by toxic waste stockpiled near residential areas in Melbourne’s west and north. The alliance (A-TWA) brings together concerned groups frustrated at three “horrific toxic waste fires” breaking out in Melbourne’s western and northern suburbs in the past two years. Ms Vittori said the group wanted more done to tackle continuing threats from badly
Sue Vittori with murals/posters by children highlighting pollution problems. (Damjan Janevski)
managed landfills and storage and recycling premises in residential suburbs. In a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Recycling and Waste Management, the group calls for bipartisan support to protect
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