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Celebrating Jane Austen For those who have the sense and sensibility, the 11-day Jane Austen Winter Festival will be launched this month in Altona. Festival-goers will be able to experience the life and times of the English novelist at sessions exploring her writing, the fashion of the era, 18th century laws that governed Austen’s life and Regency cooking, dining and crafts. Caroline Jane Knight, Austen’s fifth great niece and the last of the family to have lived at Chawton House on the ancestral estate, will give a talk about her extraordinary childhood and show some heirlooms from her private collection. Christmas was mentioned in all of Austen’s books and the festival program includes a Christmas ghost tour of Altona Homestead and a session on the Austen family’s Christmas traditions such as playing bullet pudding and snap-dragon. Proceeds will aid the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation, which funds literacy projects for children in indigenous communities. The Jane Austen Winter Festival will be launched on Saturday, July 20 at 3pm at the Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre. For information and bookings visit www.ljac.com.au Children Arlen, Keira and Guinevere with Beky, Kelly, Amy, Amanda, Caroline, Emmaleen and Branwen. (Joe Mastroianni)
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Trucks win for the west By Benjamin Millar Speed limits will be cut and dirty trucks will face stricter curfews on key routes under sweeping new changes to tackle pollution and boost safety on inner-west roads. An Australian-first agreement will create an Environment Freight Zone on Footscray and Yarraville streets that will extend curfews for older trucks that don’t meet strict emission control standards. Curfews on Somerville Road and Moore, Francis and Buckley streets will be extended by two hours a day for the first two years, extending to four hours a day after that, except
for trucks manufactured since January, 2010, that meet stricter emission control standards. Truck operators caught flouting the curfews face on-the-spot fines of $165. Speed limits will also drop to 50km/h on Moore Street, along Williamstown Road north of Francis Street, on Francis Street west of Hyde Street and on Buckley Street between Nicholson Street and Geelong Road. Maribyrnong council has been pushing for the 50km/h speed limit for some time, but the change has previously been resisted by VicRoads. Roads Minister Jaala Pulford and Freight Minister Melissa Horne announced the
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Ms Horne said the partnership would benefit industry and residents, while Footscray MP Katie Hall said the measures would mean fewer noisy trucks on local streets. Victorian Transport Association chief executive Peter Anderson said he was encouraged to see the government recognise the merits of the plan developed by the association and MTAG. “Industry and community groups can achieve great things when they work together and acknowledge their individual needs and interests can be achieved through compromise and mature discussions,” he said.
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changes on Tuesday under the banner of the Smart Freight Partnership – Inner West. The partnership is a collaboration between the Victorian Transport Association, Maribyrnong Truck Action Group, VicRoads, the state government and Maribyrnong council. Maribyrnong Truck Action Group secretary Martin Wurt said residents living on truck routes would directly benefit, along with operators who invested in cleaner trucks. “Australia has one of the oldest truck fleets in the world and some of these trucks have no pollution-control measures whatsoever,” he said.
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