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Lunch buddies IN the lead up to Christmas last year, Chelsea residents Noah and Asha asked if they could help feed the homeless. The children’s parents asked around but couldn’t find anywhere nearby on Christmas Day where the family of five could all be involved. Although Noah and Asha enjoyed volunteering at a Christmas lunch in Cheltenham last year, this year mum and dad decided to set up something a little closer to home - The Chelsea Community Christmas Lunch. Families, businesses, St Joseph’s Parish and primary school, Chelsea Community Church of Christ, Chelsea’s Uniting Church and St Vincent de Paul are pitching in to feed about 180 guests this year on Christmas Day. “The idea is to create a place of belonging where people who don’t have anywhere to go or cannot afford a Christmas meal, can get together to enjoy a hot meal, dessert, music and most importantly community,” mum Vanessa Curry said. “The lunch is about getting families together, encouraging a community spirit and reaching out to those who may be in need.” Any donations or offers to help are always appreciated. Email ChelseaCommunityXMASLunch@ gmail.com or call the Chelsea Community of Christ on 9773 0301. Dishing out kindness: Noah and Asha want to help the needy on Christmas Day. Picture: Yanni
Appeal against Saints pokies Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au AN appeal against St Kilda Football Club’s continued use of pokies at its Moorabbin premises may delay a $28.4 million redevelopment of the AFL team’s “spiritual home” until the second half of next year. Objectors to the club’s ongoing use of 83 electronic gaming machines at the
Linton St venue are concerned children will be regularly visiting the premises since the revamped oval and building will also host Kingston sporting clubs and junior football training sessions. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has agreed to hear an argument that the Saints must reapply for the club’s pokies licences since the building in which they are housed will be demolished and rebuilt. Late-night noise concerns as the re-
sult of a venue carpark backing on to homes nearby will also be considered by VCAT. The $28.4 million redevelopment, due to begin this year, is being funded by Kingston ratepayers via Kingston Council ($5 million), taxpayers via the Labor state government ($8 million), the AFL ($5 million) and the club itself ($5 million). Council city assets and environment general manager Daniel Freer con-
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firmed construction of the refurbished training base may be delayed depending on the VCAT hearing outcome. “The matter has now been appealed to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, as allowed under the planning process,” he said in a statement. Council approved planning permission for the project at its 12 September public council meeting. Anti-pokies activists, including Saints member Paul Bendat, have called on the
AFL club to get out of the pokies game since “children and pokie machine gambling should not mix” and the club is receiving taxpayers’ and ratepayers’ money as part of the $28.4 million redevelopment. Pokies at Linton St raked in $2,222,365 in the 2015-16 financial year, up from $1,048,688 in 2014-15 and $1,174,966 in 2013-14. Continued Page 4