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Wyndham art prize New and emerging artists from all over Australia are being encouraged to enter this year’s Wyndham art prize. Entries are now open for the prize which was established by the Wyndham Art Gallery in 2015 and covers a broad range of artworks including sculpture, painting, drawing, textiles and digital and visual sound. The winner of the main prize will receive $15,000, while a prize for local emerging artists is worth $5000. Wyndham councillor Marcel Mahfoud said while the prize is open to artists from all over Australia, it was a great opportunity for local artists too. “We have a wonderful culturally and linguistically diverse community in Wyndham and we want to reflect that in the gallery programming. We encourage local artists in Wyndham to enter.” Finalists and prizes will be announced on August 16 and an exhibition showcasing the entries will run at the Wyndham Art Gallery from August 17 to October 22. Details: https://www.wyndham.vic. gov.au/whats-on/2023-wyndham-artprize Winner of the 2022 Wyndham art prize Lilah Benetti. (Damjan Janevski). 283973_04
Concern at Allura plans Premier Daniel Andrews has flagged the prospect of government intervention following claims by residents of a Truganina estate that they were deceived by developers. Residents of Allura Estate say a town centre promised when they bought their properties a decade ago, still hasn’t been delivered. The approved precinct structure plan( PSP) of Allura estate included a town centre and shopping precinct that residents claim they paid a premium for. Mr Andrews said he was very concerned by the matter and said the government would
look at it closely. “Those developers say one thing to guarantee the sale and then deliver something very different to guarantee profits, that’s fundamentally wrong,” Mr Andrews told a press conference on Thursday. His comments follow calls from both the Property Council and Consumer Action Law Centre for the government to step in to protect consumers and ensure developers fulfil plans outlined in PSP’s. Truganina Residents Action Committee spokesman and former Allura resident Jazeer Nijamudeen welcomed the support from the premier and lobby groups but wanted to see it
followed by action. “You need proper disclaimers on all your visual material when selling off the plan,” said Mr Nijamudeen who bought a property at the estate a decade ago and whose parents and brother still live there. “And those disclaimers should have a time frame. “If they can’t provide a timeframe of any sort, they shouldn’t be able to advertise it.” Mr Nijamudeen said Allura isn’t the only estate in Wyndham that doesn’t live up to the advertising. “I know there are other estates where this is a live issue,” he said. “They are we were five years ago.”
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The town centre is still included in Allura estate’s PSP and a scaled down version is advertised to open in 2024. Empire Property took over Allura from original developers Stockland in 2021 and applied for a new permit to add more residential properties to the town centre site. Wyndham council approved the new permit despite opposition from residents, including Mr Nijamudeen. “Going forward we’re hoping to work with the current developer to ensure the shopping centre meets the needs of the current residents, to make Allura the best it can be,” he said. Empire Property declined to comment.
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