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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2002
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Bright Wanderers
Team of the Century
Bright Wanderers Cricket Club staged its 40th
anniversary celebrations on Saturday night and
announced its “Team of the Century”. Nearly
200 people attended. Pictures, page 13.
NAME Runs Wkts Games
Peter Goldsworthy 5854 97 219
Peter Saines (vc) 6953 200 410
Stuart Elder (capt) 2518 112 82
Greg Taylor 5056 86 200
David Kelly 2872 118 129
Phil O’Neill 5060 361 234
Bill Chalwell 4292 263 206
Patrick O’Shea (wk) 6197 20 335
Don Nightingale 5144 625 313
Bill Andrews 1887 229 90
Bill Quirk 1095 275 99
Darren Kelly 3677 137 211
PICTURE: The Bright Wanderers Cricket Club
Team of the Century, back from left: Philip O’Neill,
Peter Saines, Bill Andrews, Stuart Elder, Bill
Chalwell, Bill Quirk, Don Nightingale. Front:
Patrick O’Shea, David Kelly, Darren Kelly, Peter
Goldsworthy. Absent: Greg Taylor.

Ray Dixon wins

VCAT appeal
By Michael Gorey Judge Bowman said it was not con-
trary to the public interest that Mr
T he Victorian Civil and Administra-
tive Tribunal has ordered Alpine
Shire Council to release the gondola/
Dixon, himself a ratepayer, should have
access to those parts of the ratepayer-
funded document dealing with matters
luge investment opportunity study ex- of environmental and visual impact.
cept for deletions relating to confiden- Deleted sections will include those
tial commercial information. headed business plan, economic ben-
The decision by Judge John Bow- efits and multipliers, taxation benefits,
man is a victory for Ray Dixon and his and State Government funding.
supporters who campaigned for the “I do not see how other financial in-
report to be released. formation, such as the cost of construc-
Alpine Shire Mayor Charlie Duncan tion of the project on the particular sites,
said council accepts the ruling, which which are peculiar to and contained
he said protects the commercial integ- within the Shire, has the potential un-
rity of the document (see page 5). The reasonably to disadvantage the re-
legal costs for ratepayers are yet to be
calculated.
spondent (council),” Judge Bowman
said. “The whole idea is not a new one.
Aftermath of savage storm
Judge Bowman based his decision The aftermath of last Tuesday’s wild thunderstorm
“The evidence clearly established the
on the public interest and his view of and hail was still being felt days later.
existence of an almost identical and
claims by Alpine Shire the document well-known operating project in New ABOVE: An electrical storm on Friday afternoon
had been brought into existence for Zealand, involving both a gondola and brought down a tree across the Great Alpine Road
presentation to a closed meeting of a luge.” near Boynton’s Winery, Porepunkah.
council.
At the hearing in Wangaratta, Mr RIGHT: Clean water was provided for Bright resi-
At the hearing in Wangaratta, Alpine
Dixon had said he would accept dele- dents near the Memorial Clocktower.
Shire chief executive Roy Hetherington
tions for financial data.
maintained it was always his intention
to recommend that the report be sub- Judge Bowman asked Alpine Shire’s Labor loses Benalla — tight contest for Sykes and Dwyer
mitted to a closed session.
“I do not accept Mr Hetherington’s
barrister, Michael Gronow, at the hear-
ing if council would allow the report to
be released with deletions.
STATE ELECTION 2002 — How you voted
First preference votes Two-party preferred
T he Labor Party was
returned to power at
Saturday’s election with
evidence in this regard … it is clear that
he had formed the view that he would “We say that the report should be Nat Green Labor Lib Nat/Lib Labor a landslide swing across
not recommend to the council that it protected in its entirety,” Mr Gronow Bright 244 113 532 470 730 633 the state, picking up sev-
deal with the document in a closed said. Harrietville 27 23 59 64 92 79 eral seats and losing just
meeting until all the circumstances were “The council’s view is that the whole Mt Beauty 121 89 449 238 352 546 one — Benalla.
known to him,” Judge Bowman said. report should not be released because Mudegegonga 38 7 18 18 59 23 Denise Allen conceded
it’s an integrated document. We don’t Myrtleford 448 80 856 503 913 973 defeat on Monday, leav-
“This does not sit comfortably with Porepunkah 171 50 207 152 325 251
the assertion that the document was want to release it piecemeal. ing the Liberal and Na-
“That would raise more questions Tawonga 97 29 136 159 259 162
brought into existence for the purpose Wandiligong 32 18 92 61 93 110 tional Party candidates
of submission for consideration by a than it answers.” to slug it out.
BENALLA 7839 1555 12002 7533 15196 13733
closed meeting.” l Reactions, page 5 l Report, page 3

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