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Changing places MARTIN Dixon announced in August that he would quit politics at the next election. After 20 years in state parliament the Liberal MP is ready to hand over the reigns, and the party has decided there is no one better to take over than his electorate officer for the past four years, Russell Joseph. Mr Joseph was one of five candidates seeking the party’s backing to be its candidate for the seat of Nepean at the November 2018 election. If elected - and with a 7.6 per cent margin the Liberals are favourites to win the election race - Mr Joseph will know the issues that faced his old boss. “I enjoy helping people navigate the labyrinth of government,” he says of his job as Mr Dixon’s right hand man. As for Mr Dixon, he told The News in August that he realised after the death of his wife Christine in April, that “life can be too short”. Mr Dixon said “everything has changed now” and that he looks forward to “doing something different with a lot more time to do it” after 20 years as a member of parliament. “Liberals choose ‘issues’ candidate for Nepean” Page 10
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Winery can expand – shire Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au THE expansion of a winery at Merricks North has been given the go ahead despite conflicting with state regulations about overdevelopment in green wedge areas. A 7-4 majority of councillors at a public council meeting on 28 November agreed with shire planning services manager David Bergin’s assertion that the Willow Creek Vineyard had “existing usage rights” to increase patronage
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numbers at its Merricks North winery from a maximum of 150 in line with green wedge regulations to about 280 people at any one time. The maximum number of people allowed on site at a venue situated in a green wedge is 150 people for locations of less than 40 hectares. The Willow Creek Vineyard sits on 18 hectares. Cloud Investments plans to build a $26 million luxury hotel with 46 rooms and two restaurants at 166 Balnarring Rd, Merricks North. Cr Antonelli Celi was an enthusiastic
supporter of the planning application at the council meeting, unlike some of her colleagues who had reservations about the proposal. “There were councillors here that went to the tourism update the other night. We all loved it. We all nodded in agreement. We had the good food served to us. We all loved to wine and dine,” Cr Celi said. “Not a problem to put a smile on when we’re out there with all of those wonderful business owners who are doing really well in our hinterland, but I can’t be as two-faced as that and I will
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