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No 1:1762
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2025
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“HOW CAN I NOT?” FIX OUR STADIUM Sport Adviser PAGE 30
A story in memory of Dick Watkins PAGE 8
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INSIDE: ■ Letters to the Editor | page 7 ■ Vanilla... then Cinnamon by Anson Cameron | page 24 ■ Classifieds | page 25+26 ■ 7 Day TV Guide | page 27 ■ Sport | page 30+31
Council decides on Dhurringile Split vote
MAY THE FOURTH... The world-first LEGO® Star Wars: The Exhibition has officially landed at Melbourne Museum, inviting visitors on an immersive journey through the Star Wars galaxy, brick by brick. Opening on Star Wars Day, May the Fourth, this world-first experience has been created by Shepparton-born Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught (pictured), the only LEGO® Certified Professional in the Southern Hemisphere. Photo: Supplied
By Deanne Jeffers GREATER Shepparton City Council will not proceed with purchasing the former Dhurringile Prison site, after voting in a fourway split to withdraw its tentative Expression of Interest to the Right of Refusal Process. The motion came after the councilcommissioned Dhurringile Estate Options A ssessment Repor t by independent consu lt a nt s Urba n E nter pr ise was made public on Thursday, April 17. Continued Page 10
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Shepparton’s Brickman builds Star Wars galaxy THE world-first LEGO Star Wars: The E x h ibit ion has of f icia l ly la nded at Melbourne Museum, inviting visitors on an immersive journey through the Star Wars Galaxy, brick by brick. Opening on Star Wars Day, May the Fourth, this unique experience, created
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by Shepparton’s-own Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught, is the largest ever collection of life-sized LEGO Star Wars models ever assembled. Raised in Shepparton, Ryan has gone on to become the only LEGO® Certified Professional in the Southern Hemisphere
and one of just 21 globally. His latest project is his most ambitious yet: a worldfirst exhibition featuring over 8 million LEGO bricks, more than 25,000 hours of building, and life-sized recreations of some of Star Wars’ most iconic scenes. Continued Page 13
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Sam BIRRELL MP FEDERAL MEMBER FOR NICHOLLS
Authorised by Sam Birrell, The Nationals, 426 Wyndham Street, Shepparton VIC 3630
426 Wyndham Street, Shepparton VIC 3630 03 5821 5371 sambirrell.com.au SamBirrellMP sam.birrell.mp@aph.gov.au