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■ Flinders MHR Zoe McKenzie (Lib.) was hanging on to her Parliamentary seat by a slim margin on Tuesday morning (May 6) when this edition of The Local Paper went to press. Ms McKenzie attracted 40,835 first preference votes, followed by Sarah Race (ALP) on 22,143, and independent Ben Smith on 21,854. The ongoing count of preferences, as postakl votes are tallied, will work againsdt Ms McKenzie. Other candidates were Jason Smart (Trumpet of Patriots) 2580; Mike Brown (Pauline Hanosn’s One Nation) 5231, Joseph Toscano (Independent) 769, and Adam Frogley (The Greens) 5785. Counting continues. Areas in the Flinders electorate include: Balnarring, Baxter, Bittern, Blairgowrie, Capel Sound, Crib Point, Dromana, Fingal, Flinders, Hastings, Main Ridge, McCrae, Merricks, Moorooduc, Mornington Mount Martha, Point Leo, Portsea, Red Hill, Rye, Safety Beach, Shoreham, Somers, Somerville, Sorrento, Stony Point, Tootgarook and Tyabb.
LIBS WIPED OUT IN EASTERN SEATS
■ Deakin’s Liberal MHR Michael Sukkar lost in his Parliamentary seat aty last wee\kend’s Federal Election as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led the Australian Labor Party to a convincing victory. Keith Wolahan, the Liberal MHR for Menzies, also lost his seat. In the seat of La Trobe, sitting Liberal MHR Jason Wood had a scare from the ALP candidate, former Cardinia Councillor Jeff Springfield. Wood had 46,291 votes, a negative swing of 5.62 per cent. Springfield attracted 421,365 votes. La Trobe takes in Beaconsfield, Beaconsfield Upper, Berwick, Harkaway, Officer and Pakenham. In Bruce, Labor’s Julian Hill had a convincing victory. When this edition of The Local Paper, the result of the Monash seat was undecided. Mary Aldred wants to win the seat for the Liberals.
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● Cr Jack Kowarzik, Cardinia Mayor ■ Cardinia Shire Council is advocating for theState Government to postpone the implementation date of glass-only bins for all households. The State Government is standardising household waste and recycling services across Victoria, which includes all households having a glass only service by July 2027. An independent research report was undertaken to explore the impact implementing this service may have on households and the environment. “The research found it would cost a typical council about $4 million dollars to implement service, which on average is $27 per household, per year,” said aCardinia Counci representative. “This would be one of the largest increases to a waste charge Council and the community has seen. “With a positive uptake of the Victorian Government’s Container Deposit Scheme (the 10c refund program for cans and bottles), research showed that making simple changes to expand this program, such as including wine and spirit bottles, would have a similar environmental benefit and be more cost effective. Cardinia Shire Mayor, Cr Jack Kowarzik, said: “Using existing infrastructure and resourcing to expand the scheme would further encourage these recycling efforts and minimise the financial cost to our community. Extending the implementation date of the glass-only service provides Council more time to work with the Victorian Government and 32 other Victorian Councils to consider other options such a CDS to ensure the best outcomes for the community.”
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