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Thursday, 3 August, 2023
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Students celebrate a century Devon Meadows Primary School’s youngest learners celebrated a significant milestone last week. Donning wigs and canes, the Foundation pupils dressed up as 100-year-olds to celebrate reaching 100 days of school. STORY PAGE 8
Ruby, Nate, Adeline, Milla, Thomas and Marissa celebrating 100 days of prep. 350335 Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
No finding on MP By Matthew Sims Cranbourne MP Pauline Richards has escaped without any adverse findings made against her in the final Operation Sandon report. The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) released its final report on Thursday 27 July following a damning and long-awaited anti-corruption report
involving Casey councillors and property developers. IBAC’s investigation was primarily concerned with four planning matters involving property developer John Woodman and his associates. IBAC made a total of 34 recommendations to promote transparency in planning decisions and enhance donation and lobby-
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ing regulation in its long-awaited final report into allegations of corrupt conduct between property developers and councillors at Casey Council. Each matter involved Casey Council as the decision maker and two required the planning minister’s approval. Ms Richards faced IBAC last November, where she was grilled about her connections
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with Mr Woodman and Labor lobbyist Phil Staindl. One of the main lines of questioning surrounded a $20,000 donation made by Mr Woodman to Ms Richards’ 2018 Victorian state election campaign. According to the IBAC report, Ms Richards met with Mr Staindl and Mr Woodman at a hotel in October 2018. Continued page 10
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