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Path to success Community organisation Nas Recovery Centre celebrated the achievements and visions for its major drug and alcohol support program Path2Home on Friday 6 December. Starting around August last year, the eight-week program provides evidence-based and culturally informed drug and alcohol education and harmonisation strategies to communities from African backgrounds. The sessions run both in-person and online in psychosocial groups with different topics for each week. Board chair Ella Rose said at the celebration ceremony that the past year had been particularly very transformative for the organisation. Story page 16
African dance performance at community organisation Nas Recovery Centre’s Path2Home end-of-year celebration. (Stewart Chambers: 448546)
Call incoming By Ethan Benedicto After years of suffering from the lack of proper mobile connection, Clyde and Clyde North have seen two tower instalments this year alone, with more in the books for both 2025 and 2026. The new tower at 36 Bells Road in Clyde signi-
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fies the second major step in upgrading the area’s capabilities to connect, providing that muchneeded accessibility not just for the local residents, but also for small businesses operating in the area. There have been many instances throughout the year where insufficient mobile coverage was
of great concern, with many residents citing the feasibility of contacting emergency services, to management from the neighbouring Balla Balla Community Centre calling it a modern-day need. Local MPs have been on the advocacy trail for some time, with Southeastern Metropolitan MP Michael Galea and Holt MP Cassandra Fer-
nando active throughout the year campaigning for changes. The Peri-Urban Mobile Project, called PUMP, was also announced earlier in October, with the most recent tower part of that initiative to cater to the growing fringes of the City of Casey. Story page 4
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