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Holiday riding fun What is more fun during school holidays than biking around town with your friends? Pakenham Bike Repair Hub ran a free program these holidays to ensure local kids could do just this and do it safely. Three sessions were held in the program at Living Learning Pakenham for young people between the ages of 6 - 17 years. The 4-hour session saw kids learn to prepare their bicycles, basic riding skills, repair and maintenance and what to do in the instance of an accident. Most of all, it was a good bit of fun where kids enjoyed lunch and snacks. Three sessions were held on Tuesday 8 April, Thursday 10 April and Tuesday 15 April. You can see more from the bike repair hub at facebook. com/pakenhambikerepairhub
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‘Garbage’ move Cardinia Shire Council has joined a wider effort to delay the rollout of the glass-only purple bin, calling for alternative measures that would prevent a large hike on rate bills. The State Government has set July 2027 as the deadline for all councils to implement the purple
bin as part of the new four-stream kerbside bin system. As part of the reforms, households must split their waste between general waste, mixed recycling, food and garden waste, and glass recycling. The recent council meeting on Monday 14
April revealed that over 20 Victorian councils, including Cardinia Shire, conducted independent modelling into the impact of the glass bin and the reported findings showed “limited benefits.” Maintaining the additional bin could come at a $27 increase per household in their annual gar-
bage charge, the modelling found. According to the council, this would be “the largest increase to the garbage charge to date.” Full story page 5
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