JANUARY 9, 2018 \ STARWEEKLY.COM.AU
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(Marco De Luca)
Fun way to say thanks Luke and Shayna Beattie are very grateful for the care given to their daughter Francesca by the Royal Children’s Hospital. So much so that Luke, the senior football coach at the Kyneton Football Netball Club, and his family are organising a fun day as a way to give back to the hospital that took care of their fourth child. When Francesca was just five months old, she spent 10 days at the RCH, including time in intensive care and an operation on her right hip for septic arthritis. The youngster was diagnosed with likely haemorrhagic oedema of infancy and required a further three weeks of intravenous antibiotics and another two weeks of oral antibiotics at home. Now 10 months old, Francesca has returned to being a happy, healthy baby. Shayna said the family fun day would be “a way of thanking the amazing team at the RCH for all of their amazing care of the children in our community”. The KFNC family fun day will be on Sunday, January 21, from 12.30-5.30pm at Kyneton Showgrounds, with highlights to include a jumping castle, face-painting, live music and food and drink. Entry will cost $5 or $10 for families. JAMES, SHAYNA, MILLA, BABY FRANCESCA, MAX AND LUKE BEATTIE
Serena Seyfort
Split back on agenda By Serena Seyfort The state opposition has renewed its commitment to establish Sunbury as a standalone municipality if elected in November. Speaking exclusively to Star Weekly, Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said the Liberals would make good on a promise made four years ago for Sunbury to cut ties with Hume. “We have clear commitments for Sunbury – a specific City of Sunbury, which we stand by as a
promise,” Mr Guy said. “We will have a City of Sunbury, we will give them their own council, we will have that split from Hume.” Sunbury Residents Association vice president Trevor Dance said the association was strongly in favour of the move, but wanted “no political games this time”. “Even if the Sunbury seat is won by Labor but Liberals win the election then Sunbury out of Hume is to still occur,” Mr Dance said. The idea of Sunbury splitting from Hume council has been discussed for a number of
years. Agitation for the break-up stemmed from semi-rural Sunbury residents arguing their metropolitan neighbours were not on top of their needs. In September 2014, the Napthine government announced Sunbury and Bulla would be allowed to leave Hume council, after a poll held in October 2013 showed Hume residents were in favour of the split. The non-compulsory postal poll was completed by 60,576 Hume residents, revealing 59.96 per cent favoured Sunbury breaking away.
But the move was abandoned by the Andrews government in October 2015, after independent Transition Auditors advised against it, claiming it would come at a significant financial cost to local residents. The Andrews government said it was in favor of the split prior to the October announcement. Mr Guy said he believed the Liberals had “what it takes” to claim the seat of Sunbury from current Sunbury MP Josh Bull in the state election. Star Weekly contacted Hume council.
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