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Lego enthusiast Andrew Elsbury holding his first Lego police car. (Damjan Janevski)
Werribee’s Andrew Elsbury needs a team who will click over their love for tiny colourful bricks. Planning has begun for a Wyndham Lego Expo to unite enthusiasts from all over the west while raising money for Werribee Mercy Hospital’s new paediatric ward. Mr Elsbury said he was organising the event “from the baseplate up” and needs volunteers to help him lock in a venue, decide on the contests and everything in between. He’s been hooked on Lego since he was a child. “My first Lego set was a police car and my affinity for the brick was born,” Mr Elsbury said. “Today, as a dad, I build Lego with my daughters and enjoy seeing their creativity.” He said the Wyndham Lego Expo would be a chance for people to share their love of the toy and raise funds for a good cause. “The more money we raise means additional services and improved experiences for the children in our community,” Mr Elsbury said. “I envisage a number of events to make up the expo including an engineering contest which I hope schools would want to participate.” Register: bit.ly/2Vu9hBb Esther Lauaki
MPs returned in Labor loss By Alesha Capone and Goya Dmytryshchak Labor’s Joanne Ryan has comfortably retained the seat of Lalor after last weekend’s federal election. On Monday, with more than three quarters of the votes counted, Ms Ryan held 52.13 per cent (40,299 votes) of first-preference votes, a swing of 0.43 per cent to Labor since the last federal election. Liberal Party candidate Gayle Murphy held 30.20 per cent (23,346) of first preference votes.
The Greens candidate Jay Dessi, who quit the election race after the ballot papers were printed, held 7.55 per cent (5834) of the first preference votes. United Australia Party candidate Jeffrey Edward Robinson held 4.58 per cent (3542 votes) of the first preference votes and Australia First Party candidate Sue Jakobi held 4.35 per cent (3362 votes). On a two-party preferred basis, between Labor and the Liberals, Ms Ryan received 62.38 per cent (48,219) of the votes and Mr Murphy 37.62 per cent (29,083) of the votes.
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This accounted for a 1.81 per cent swing towards the Liberals since the previous federal election. On Sunday morning, Ms Ryan posted on her official Facebook page that she was “humbled to be re-elected to continue to represent our community in the Federal Parliament”. “I will continue to work every day to serve our communities best interests,” she wrote. Lalor includes Werribee, Hoppers Crossing, Tarneit, Truganina and parts of Point Cook. Other parts of Point Cook, along with Williams Landing, are covered by the seat of Mayfair Electric Recliner Lift Chair from
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