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Data centre blacklash Community concern is growing over a proposed $1.1 billion data centre in Clyde North, with residents raising questions about noise, water and electricity use, diesel generators and the site’s proximity to homes. About 20 people attended a community gathering on Saturday 25 July to know more about the planning application and discuss their concerns. The proposal is Casey’s first data centre application. Council is assessing the plans, with more than a dozen formal objections lodged. Full story page 3
A group shot of the gathering on Saturday 25 July. (Stewart Chambers: 567824)
Calls for support By Jensy Callimootoo The alleged murder of a Clyde North woman has reignited calls for stronger frontline responses to gendered violence across Victoria, with growing pressure on the State Government to expand a specialist support model that advocates say is already proving effective. Local MP Rachel Payne is urging the govern-
ment to roll out the Alexis Family Violence Response Model (Alexis- FVRM) to all 29 police family violence units in the state. The program places specialist family violence practitioners alongside police officers, providing victim-survivors with immediate support, safety planning and referrals during police call-outs. Despite Casey, Cardinia and Greater Dandenong recording some of Victoria’s highest family
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violence rates, the region currently has access to just one Alexis worker. Advocates argue this leaves many victim-survivors without timely specialist assistance when they need it most. Payne says expanding the model would be a practical step that could be taken now, while also ensuring services are shaped in partnership with First Nations communities and culturally diverse
groups. With more than 40 women killed in Australia this year, including four women and girls across a four day period, she believes family violence must remain an urgent priority regardless of political changes, warning that every delay risks more lives. For more on this story, go to page 2
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