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Thursday, 29 September, 2022
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Nossal’s Bollywood success By Eleanor Wilson Berwick’s Nossal High School is slowly branching out from its strong academic foundation, and the school’s Bollywood club is at the forefront. In late August, the club competed in the High School Dance Competition - a statewide freestyle dance contest using Bollywood dance music and styles. The theme ‘life goes on’ guided the group’s five minute routine; an intricate medley of upbeat Bollywood tunes, modern pop music and theatrical Bollywood ballads. They returned home with a silver medal. Story page 13 Nossal High School received a silver medal at the High School Dance competition in August. Picture: SUPPLIED
Pain at the pump “Transport and geographically disadvantaged” residents in Melbourne’s South East are set to feel the pressure of the cut to the fuel excise on Thursday 29 September more than their innercity counterparts, according to Community Information and Support Cranbourne executive officer Leanne Petridis.
A 23-cent per litre sales tax levied by the Australian Government on petrol and diesel purchased at the bowser is set to double, having been temporarily halved by the Federal Government from its original 46-cent mark back in March. Ms Petridis said her service was already experiencing high demand for fuel vouchers at a time when other financial pressures such as
interest rate increases are already making life difficult, with driving becoming a “luxury” for many in the community. “We’ve given away $500 in petrol vouchers today,” Ms Petridis said on Monday afternoon, 26 September. “Where people are already struggling to make ends meet or might be hanging on, having that extra burden of high prices adds to
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that stress and pressure that budgets are already feeling. “People will prioritise fuel over food in our experiences at Cranbourne, whereas with our inner city agencies, it’s a reverse. Due to accessibility to public transport out here, people simply don’t have that option. Continued page 2
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