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Safety Day a success Merinda Park Learning and Community Centre’s annual open day on 5 October focused on community safety, featuring fun activities, interactive sing-alongs, and safety information from Vic SES, Ambulance Victoria, and CFA. Story page 8
’KC Dog’ from Neighbourhood Watch Casey. With from left, Nik Filips (City of Casey), Jo Ann Fitzgerald (volunteer), Graham Trapnell (volunteer) and Paul Broom (volunteer). (Rob Carew)
Facebook face-off By Violet Li Casey Council candidate Gary Rowe is considering legal action against the Facebook account City of Casey Transparency Monitor, accusing it of defamation. The account has posted claims about Mr Rowe and fellow ex-councillor Wayne Smith in relation to the IBAC Operation Sandon anti-corruption
investigation into Casey Council. Mr Rowe has denied the allegations, calling them “utter rubbish“ and pointing out that IBAC made no adverse comments about him in its report. He said the posts misrepresented the facts and lacked proper authorisation. “There’s no declaration as to who’s making these assertions. It’s totally anonymous. They cannot put anything up during a campaign that
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is not authorised by the person who puts it up,” he said. The account, run by local resident Amanjit Gill, states its purpose is to share information about the 2024 Casey City Council election. Ms Gill said she was not trying to be anonymous and maintained the IBAC-related claims in her posts. Ms Gill also said she did not need to authorise
her posts because she was not running an electoral campaign, was not campaigning to achieve a specific outcome at the election, was not posting to further anyone’s interests, and was not telling people who they should vote for. Ms Gill added she didn’t put her name on her page because it was not about her, but about the community. Turn to page 5 for the full story
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