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Alpacas with maracas a hit with the kids Some of Casey's most beloved four-legged furriends visited Bunjil Place for the first time last week, as part of National Simultaneous Storytime celebrations. This year’s chosen book was Alpacas with Maracas, and staff from Myuna Farm in Doveton brought along two of the crowd-pleasing animals to tie in with the theme. Eli from Pakenham showed the book to his new fluffy mate, who seemed surprised to see the antics on the page. Nearly 300 families packed Bunjil Place for the reading, in which Casey's kids joined with children from all across Australia in a live reading of the book, which was broadcast on the Bunjil Place big screen at 11am.

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Tulliallan tussle The City of Casey will face off with a developer at a compulsory VCAT meeting this week over opposing plans for land earmarked as public open space in the Tulliallan estate, in Cranbourne North. The VCAT ordered conference is over the developer’s most recent application to subdivide the land for further housing - with 130plus lots proposed for the 6.8 hectare site. Casey Council has opposed the application and wants the land used for its original planned purpose - as advertised on the glossy estate promotional leaflets - of sporting fields and recreational space.

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Waiting in the wings for an outcome in Casey Council’s favour are the local residents, and the Tulliallan Primary School community. The subject land is central to the new estate and just over the fence from the school, which has mushroomed from 300 enrolments in 2017 to an expected intake next year of 1100. The school community had hoped by now to have use of the developed sporting fields for school sports and other activities. In a statement to Star News, Tulliallan School Council president Tara Hall indicated the issue was critical for the land-locked and rapidly growing school. “The development of the land adjacent to our school into 140-plus more homes would

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severely negatively impact the school,” Ms Hall said. “It would place enormous pressure on our already overcrowded enrolment numbers, not to mention the adverse effect on student health and wellbeing, as well as compounding the parking issues around the school that are already a problem and safety issue. “The local area really is lacking green space and sporting facilities, and the whole community has been eagerly awaiting the development of the land for the purpose that we were promised by the developers in the Precinct Structure Plan.” Tulliallan estate residents also want action to secure the site for sporting grounds, submit-

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ting a petition with 1200 signatures to Casey Council’s April meeting. The council has received the petition, and was awaiting the VCAT hearing. The issue of the subject land’s future all stems from a failure to secure the site by binding agreement at the time the subdivision was approved in 2014. The council was apparently advised by planning authorities the lack of agreement was no good reason to hold up the entire subdivision. That advice has turned into a costly headache for the council and the community. Protracted negotiations over some years have broken down over an agreeable price for the land. Continued on Page 3 12417414-LN19-19

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