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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2023
SES DEPUTY TAKES WHACK AT COUNCIL
■ Andrew Derwent, Deputy Controller of the Kinglake Unit of the State Emergency Service, has hit out at Murrindindi Shire Council’s level of support for the volunteer group. Publishing on the Kinglake Ranges Community Group page on social media, Mr Derwent said he wrote as “a Deputy Controller of the Kinglake SES”. “One of our members was explaining to a fellow Kinglake resident that the council charge us to empty our rubbish and recycyling bins,” Mr Derwent said. “The resident received a reply from Peter Bain, the Murrindindi Shire Council's Manager of Sustainability and Assets. ● Turn To Page 9
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