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Bollywood vibes Diksha from NB Dance joins in a huge dance party as part of a Diwali festival at Dandenong Market on Sunday 19 October. The market was alive with music and authentic foods to celebrate the Festival of Lights. More pictures on page 14
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Golf course shock By Cam Lucadou-Wells A 941-dwelling development plan for the former Kingswood Golf Course has been approved despite a 13-year fight by opposing residents and Kingston Council. On 18 October, Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny announced on the green-light for developer Satterley Property Group’s plan across 15 stages for the 54-hectare site in Dingley Village. The project includes 10 per cent “affordable housing”, 20 per cent public open space, hun-
dreds of trees retained and thousands planted, according to the government. A sporting and community centre would also be built. “We’re unlocking underutilised land to deliver more homes and create new opportunities for people in Melbourne’s south-east,” Kilkenny stated. “The only way to make housing fairer for young Victorians is to build more homes faster – this is exactly why we’ve been overhauling our planning system because the status quo is
not an option.” More than 1400 objections were lodged against the development plan, with concerns over flooding, traffic congestion and loss of biodiversity and open space. Kingston Council also raised an array of concerns, including the small lot sizes, drainage infrastructure and significant tree removal. A decade ago, about 8000 residents had opposed an earlier AustralianSuper Residential Properties proposal for 800-dwellings on the site. Their fierce campaign has continued since Sat-
terley unveiled a beefed-up plan for more units. Save Kingswood Group president Kevin Poulter said “Dingley Village is in shock” at the approval of “the worst possible extreme-development insane plan”. He slammed the State Government for being “hell-bent on destroying Dingley Village”. “More important to Labor is the panic to meet their over-stated housing numbers for all of Melbourne. “If a treed, open space is near you, residents look out - they are in your sights.”
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