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Magic day for all Luigi Zucchini, pictured front, enthralled a young audience with his magical feats at Doveton Library as part of the annual Celebrate Doveton festival on Friday 4 October. Among the magician’s tricks was a mysterious Bag of Nothing - the opposite to the festival’s free, fun-loaded program including an animal farm, reptiles, VR demonstration and goodie bags. More pictures, turn to page 14
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Cost of campaign By Ethan Benedicto As mailing for the ballots officially began on Monday 7 October, candidates have opened up on their campaign expenditures, where Kalora Ward sees a range between $2000 and $15,000 spent on leaflets, pamphlets, posters and other related costs. Other wards see a similar range, with Jane
Foreman from Casuarina allocating $1500, Stephen Matulec from Grevillea with roughly $2000, and with Anthony Dissanayake from Dillwynia with roughly $5000. All candidates who have responded to the Star News questionnaire have declared themselves to be self-funded, with Jafri Katagara Luwanga, from Kalora, expressing the struggles of a year-long campaign and its costs, which have since peaked
at $15,000. He spoke on how it felt almost detrimental for money’s involvement in success, baring those concerns alongside alleged dummy candidates throughout all 12 wards. Other candidates in Kalora, such as Damien Sawyer acknowledged the concerns, addressing his and two other candidates’ preferences but is putting greater scrutinisation on candidates who
are politically aligned and have chosen not to disclose it. Returning to spending, Stefan Koomen from Waratah has allocated $5000 for his campaign, Mariam Qaliqy from Casuarina with a rough estimate of $2000, and Kushal Shah from Akoonah with $4000. Turn to page 9 for the full story
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