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TURBO TECHNOLOGY AT DANDENONG STH
■ A major expansion at a plastics recycling facility in Dandenong South is using state of the art technology to turn plastics containers into a recycled plastic flake which is used to create plastic for food packaging. The multi-million facility has been upgraded with optical sorting technology with funding of $6 million from the State Government and Federal Government and has created 28 new jobs. Martogg, one of Australia’s largest privately owned plastics recycling businesses, has invested in new technology that identifies and sorts post-consumer PET bottles and containers. Dandenong MLA Gabrielle Williams said: “This new technology is turbocharging our ability to locally recycle and reuse plastic from our household recycling bins and our Container Deposit Scheme.” The containers are granulated and thoroughly washed, producing a high-quality flake that can be transformed back into food grade recycled pellets for use into PET packaging.
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4 TEENS ARRESTED AFTER CARJACKING
■ Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested four teens following an alleged aggravated carjacking in Cheltenham on Friday night (Sep. 20). Police officers were told the victim was sitting in his vehicle at a shopping centre carpark when he was approached by three teens on Nepean Hwy just after 10pm. It is alleged that the victim was threatened with a pair of pliers and pulled out of his vehicle before the three teens fled the scene in his grey Mazda sedan south along the Nepean Hwy, stopping briefly to pick up two more teenagers. The victim was not physically injured during the incident. The Mazda was found abandoned at the intersection of Hammond and Cheltenham Rds, Dandenong a short time later. Two 14-year-old girls from Cheltenham selfpresented to a Protective Services Officer at a nearby railway station and were arrested. They were both released with an official cau-
Web prohibition won’t work: MLC ■ South Eastern Metropolitan MLC David Limbrick says internet prohibition for youngsters will not work. “For most of us, discovering the people in charge do not really know what they are doing is a harsh lesson reserved for later in life, but our kids are growing up faster than ever these days, because this is a harsh lesson they are learning right now,” Mr Limbrick said. “First we had governments in Victoria locking them out of their school, taping off their playgrounds and putting sand on their skateboard ramps, but now authoritarians from every major party want to ban their social media. “When kids hear them talking about controlling Facebook and X it is a joke, because they actually prefer platforms like YouTube and Discord. “We also know governments are just as inept at protecting our privacy as they are at controlling the internet, and we should be very wary of digital IDs. “Authoritarians want to protect children from social media. The Libertarian Party believe we should protect children from authoritarians. “We know prohibition does not work. We believe kids are not stupid, and we believe families are the best people to decide about their access to social media. “My advice for kids and parents is to have a conversation about getting a virtual private network and, while you are at it, a conversation about the dangers of big government,” Mr Limbrick said.
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Cop over the limit
■ An off-duty police officer was allegedly detected drink driving in Lilydale on Friday night (Sep. 20). The male sergeant, from eastern region, entered a booze bus location on Swansea Rd about 8.30pm. The 40-year-old man did a preliminary breath test, returning a positive result. He underwent an evidentiary breath test, returning an alleged reading of .079. He received an infringement notice for the drink driving offence and his licence has been suspended for six months.
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