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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020
GREEN LIGHT FOR TRADIES Local tradespeople approved to start work immediately
■ TRADES PEOPLE throughout Lilydale and the Yarra Valley have been given State Government approval to return to work on external housing jobs, effective immediately this week. The trades people have been effectively out of work for months because of restrictions imposed related to the Coronavirus pandemic. Many local trades people, as sole traders without commercial premises, have been unable to obtain any income support during the hiatus. The lifting of some of the restrictions also means that real estate auctions can take place with a maximum gathering of 10 people. More restrictions are hoped to be lifted soon. There is anticipation for local retailers to be allowed to re-open in the next 10 days. ● Turn To Page 4
● Premier Daniel Andrews: go-ahead
Yarra Ranges Council warns about batteries
■ Yarra Ranges Council is urging the publics to keep batteries out of their wheelie bins, following recent fires at recycling centres. A small fire broke out late last month in a pile of recyclables at Visy’s Banyule Materials Recovery Facility, due to a vacuum battery being put in someone’s bin. Though the fire was quickly contained, Visy confirmed that there are multiple incidents each month where a battery put in a wheelie bin for collection causes an incident at their facilities, putting workers and the recycling facilities at risk. Batteries contain harmful chemicals and can ignite or explode when compressed, causing significant damage to rubbish trucks or risking a catastrophic fire at a waste processing centre. Yarra Ranges Council CEO, Tammi Rose, encouraged community members to put batteries aside when they were no longer usable. “While we know it can be frustrating to leave items out of the bin when they’re no longer working, batteries should never go in your wheelie bins because of the dangers they posed for rubbish collectors. “One battery igniting can be enough to cause serious damage and risk the lives of others. “There are places in the community where batteries can be dropped off for free, including Officeworks and the Coldstream Waste Transfer Station,” Ms Rose told The Local Paper.
Montrose crash: second person dies ■ A second person has died following a collision in Montrose on Monday afternoon (Oct. 19). It is understood a truck collided with a Toyota sedan on Mount Dandenong Rd about 3.45pm. That sedan then collided with a third vehicle, which then collided with a fourth vehicle. A 69-year-old woman from Mooroolbark, who was a passenger in the sedan, was declared deceased at the scene. The male driver of the sedan, a 72-year-old man also from Mooroolbark, was airlifted to hospital but later died. No one else sustained injuries. ● Earlier report, inside
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