Community News

Local polling booths in the Eildon electorate include the following locations, says the Victorian Electoral Commission: • Alexandra Secondary College, 86 Downey St • Arthurs Creek Primary School, 900 Arthurs Creek Rd • Badger Creek Primary School, Badger Creek Rd • Bonnie Doon Community Centre (Library), 75 Arnot St • Buxton Primary School, 2208 Maroondah

Syd Karimi has taken over postal services at Buxton. The signage and red postal box have been installed at his Shell Service Station, and the new post office shopfitting was being finalised at the weekend. Stocks of The Local Paper will now be available each week at the 2093 Maroondah Hwy address. • ODD SPOT:

A Shorten Labor Government will deliver $750,000 in funding towards the revitalisation of the Kinglake community, transforming the face of the town in the lead up to the 10-year anniversary of the 2009 bushfires. A statement was issued today (Thurs.) by Mr Shorten on his visit to the Mountain, accompanied by McEwen MHR Rob Mitchell.

Meralyn Klein is no longer the Liberal Yan Yean candidate for the November 24 State Election after making controversial comments about the Bourke St terror attack. A Liberal Party source said that Meralyn Klein had resigned, while another local said she had been disendorsed, The Age reports. Media outlets have described as comments as anti-Muslim.

The sum of $18,125 will be provided for Kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House, it was announced this afternoon (Wed.). Indi MHR Cathy McGowan has congratulated Murrindindi Shire and the Kinglake community for securing an $18,125 Stronger Communities Program grant. The money will go towards upgrading the Kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House by extending the kitchen, creating more

Piper Michelle Mussett of Yea played bagpipes at the Yea Cenotaph at 5pm Sunday (Nov. 11) in memory of the thousands of pipers who lost their lives in WWI. Michelle joined pipers around the world to play the pipe tune The Battles O’er at the exact same time, to mark the end of WW1 hostilities

The 100th anniversary of the Armistice on November 11, 1918.

A senior University expert says that Victorian electioncandidates may be ignoring local newspapers at their peril. Dr Kevin Brianton, Head of Department, Communication and Media at La Trobe university, was commenting on the trend for candidates to use local press less for their messages to voters, ahead of the November 24 poll. “Clearly, social media

The four candidates for the Eildon seat in the State election are: • Sally Brennan, ALP • Ken Deacon, Australian Greens • Michelle Dunscombe, Indpendent • Cindy McLeish, Liberal The eight candidates for the Yan Yean seat in the State election are: • Bansal Munish • Danielle Green, ALP • Hugh McKinnon, Australian Greens •

Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish has announced that a Liberal Government will establish a $2 million RSL Building Maintenance Fund and offer grants of up to $30,000 to support RSLs and other ex-service organisations. “RSL branches have been a place of support and mateship to many returned soldiers, which is why the Liberals will invest in