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Call for station camera By XAVIER SMERDON
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THE many different faces and cultural backgrounds that make up Wyndham will be celebrated later this month on the lawns of the Werribee Park Mansion. The Fiesta will feature live music, entertainment, food and craft stalls, hands on workshops, demonstrations, children’s activities and sports clinics. Yanling Sun from China and Belet Belay from Ethiopia will be a part of the fiesta. on 23 March. For more information call Kathy Brunton at the Wyndham Community and Education Centre on 9742 4013. 116481 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI
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from the State Government to install CCTV cameras at the station, but they had used them to deter illegal rubbish dumping throughout the municipality. “The State Government has offered funding for Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in the past, which require councils and organisations to submit written applications. “Wyndham City has not applied for this funding as CCTV cameras would require considerable ongoing costs including monitoring and maintenance,” Ms Thompson said. Continued Page 2
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WYNDHAM residents and community leaders have called for security cameras to be urgently installed at Werribee Train Station to increase public safety. It comes after Star revealed that on Thursday 6 March at about 4pm 10 cars parked near the station were vandalised, some so badly that they could not be driven and needed to be towed away. The damage was done before Protective Services Officers started their shift at the station and without any other witnesses. Angie Njoka told Star she felt unsafe at the station after she was hit by a man who stole her handbag last year. “I was punched in the face when he tried to take my bag and I wouldn’t let go of it,” Ms Njoka said. “It was late in the afternoon and I screamed but before anyone could help me he was gone. “I think if there were cameras here maybe he wouldn’t have attacked me or at least the police would have a better chance of catching him.” But Wyndham Council CEO Kerry Thompson said the council
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