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Month of Snuffest The Snuff Puppets are returning to Footscray to host a month-long new puppet festival called Snuffest. Snuffest is described by founder Andy Freer as an event presenting large-scale theatre, film, installations, workshops and unmissable parties. The Snuff Puppets have been based in Footscray for 30 years, creating giant puppets which are a creation of visual art, sculpture, design, engineering, music, movement, performance and physical theatre. There will be several events to choose from across the month, including shows, movie nights, installations and a party. “If they come to see Swamp, audiences are going to see an amazing spectacle of the show,” Freer said. A week after Swamp, Snuff Puppets is hosting a night of Vietnamese performance and film followed by a Cochlear installation, which Freer said plays on the idea of “listening and hearing trans and gender diverse people’s voices, it’s all about your listening and being heard.” Events will be held at the Footscray Drill Hall from September 6.
Nick Wilson with some of the ‘Swamp’ puppets. (Damjan Janevski) 354683_01
Call to stick to Greenline By Jennifer Pittorino Advocacy group Better West is asking Hobsons Bay council to follow through on its promise of a safe and connected cycling network through residential development areas from Altona North to Spotswood. Better West said it is disappointed to see a separated bike path council had promoted as the ‘Greenline’ has not been included in the streetscape for Birmingham Street. According to Better West, the plans for the Spotswood Yard development do not appear to include a separated bike path. Better West said the connected bike
network for the development areas in Altona North, South Kingsville to Spotswood was planned and endorsed by council as part of the Precinct 15 development in 2018, and the ‘Greenline’ separated bike path was a council initiative announced in July, 2021. Better West said in 2022, council ran a community consultation session on the different design options for the separated paths in these two streets. Better West president Rosa McKenna said community consultation has not been considered. “There are changes that could be made on Birmingham Street and McLister Street that
haven’t been made,” she said. “The plans I have been talking to the community about are really impossible now because those roads will be built without that infrastructure. “We want council to immediately step in and take control of their planning and traffic arrangements to ensure that the people of South Kingsville and Spotswood get what they asked for,” she said. “The community has given feedback on the Better Places initiative and asked that the ‘Greenline’ become a reality. “At the moment there are so many physical barriers being put up by council that it will never be realised, or if it is realised, will have
to be dug up and redone again at great cost to ratepayers.” A Hobsons Bay council spokesperson said “These sort of large scale, complex developments are long-term projects, so they take considerable time to be fully realised”. “The permit for 31-69 McLister Street, Spotswood, was issued in 2017, before the Greenline Plan was adopted, while the permits for 571-589 Melbourne Road, Spotswood, were issued after being reviewed by an advisory committee convened by the minister for planning. “Council has received the letter from Better West and will respond in due course.”
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