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Big screen spectacular Three Sunbury College students will be appearing on the big screen with their performance in the 2023 Victorian State Schools Spectacular on September 9. The annual Schools Spectacular extravaganza performance will take place at John Cain Arena for two shows at 1pm and 6.30pm. Students Eloise, Isobel and Ruby were chosen as principal dancers, and Sunbury College principal Craig O’Bree said it is a great honour for them and the school. “Performing arts is very important to our school and having role models within our school means other students … will be inspired to participate in the performing arts,” Mr O’Bree said. “It’s a great honour for our school that out of the 23 principal dance positions … three of those are from Sunbury College. “There’s an extensive commitment by each of the students where they practise one to two times each weekend, which involves rehearsals and costumes fittings. “It’s a great credit to the hard work and persistence of the three girls to be chosen. They are absolutely ecstatic.” This year’s show includes more than 2000 students, and follows a group of hapless tourists as they traverse the globe in a cavalcade of circus mayhem.
Sunbury College students Isobel, Ruby and Eloise who will be performing in the Victorian State Schools Spectacular. (Damjan Janevski) 349375_02
Concern for Deep Creek Deep Creek Land Owners Group is concerned about Greater Western Water’s (GWW) planned discharge into Deep Creek. GWW informed the Romsey community on July 14 that it would release class B recycled water into the creek from July 24, due to the Romsey Recycled Water Plant (RWP) high storage levels. This announcement follows GWW’s discharge of recycled water into Deep Creek
in September 2022, without approval from the environmental regulator. In response to questions from Star Weekly, Environment Protection Authority (EPA) northwest regional manager Dr Scott Pigdon said the EPA was aware of the discharge but did not approve it. “The company lodged an emergency discharge application on July 21, 2023, but EPA did not approve the application as it did not meet the criteria for an emergency, as outlined in the Environment Protection Act
2017,” Dr Pigdon said. Monegeetta resident Randall Gerkens said the land owners group, of more than 40 individuals, lacks confidence in GWW following last year’s discharges. “It seems to us that the key reason the … discharges have occurred is the failure of GWW to undertake the works required to upgrade the Romsey Sewage Plant,” he said. “[This includes] sufficient capacity for inflows from the growing towns of Romsey and Lancefield including the construction of
sufficient waste water storage regardless of seasonal weather conditions. “GWW must put a stop on the discharges proposed … and instead take steps to transport the excess sewage waste to another treatment plant.” Dr Pigdon said the discharge to Deep Creek has a low environmental risk, but the EPA will be conducting sampling of the water. ■ Continued: Page 10.
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By Zoe Moffatt