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Historic home is destroyed In what was one of three devastating fires in the urban area of the Yarra Ranges last week, an historic home in Lilydale fell victim to an engulfing blaze. The Belle Vue home, with the land first owned by prominent vineyard figure Auguste Deschamps, was built in the late 1800s. A fire was noticed by neighbours on 5 June in the second storey, with multiple CFA crews required to put out the blaze. Making it the second fire in a week of serious fires, including at a reptile factory in Kilsyth, firefighters were kept on their toes but proceeded to do an incredible job. To read more about both significant fires, turn to pages 3 and 5
A Belle Vue home was destroyed by fire. The historic house was built in the 1800s and passed through numerous families. Picture: LILYDALE CFA
After lengthy consideration, federal electorate will stay and keep name...
Casey gets nod Instead the AEC’s draft plan looks to abolish the inner Melbourne seat of Higgins and keep the name Casey despite calls for a change to Barak. Casey MP Aaron Violi said he was pleased the proposed plan keeps the electorate of Casey and it reflected the need to mirror the Yarra Ranges Council area as much as possible.
“We will continue to have one federal voice representing the Yarra Ranges Council area which is the best thing for our community,” he said. “I know the Yarra Ranges Council put a submission in supporting that the federal seat mirrored Yarra Ranges Council because what it allows for is that I can engage in deep conversations with the Yarra Ranges Council about
what’s important to them and what they’re seeing as the advocacy needs of our community and keep an open and consistent dialogue.” The AEC was required to decrease the electoral divisions from 39 to 38 for the upcoming 2025 election. To read the full story and understand the changes, turn to page 8
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After months of deliberation, it appears the Casey federal electorate will be saved from dissolution with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) releasing its plan for the electoral boundary redistribution. It was last year proposed by the Australian Labor Party that the seat of Casey be abolished to redistribute voters into areas lacking the appropriate numbers.
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