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A new gin in town
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Tarneit’s Suman Dahal is raising a glass to the future of Bright Night Gin. He is a founder and partner of the new gin label, created in New Town, Tasmania by award-winning distiller Damian Mackey. Mr Mackey ships the gin to Tarneit, from where Mr Dahal (pictured) co-ordinates sales and marketing for the rest of Australia. “I do everything outside of the bottle, he does everything inside of the bottle,” Mr Dahal said. “I think we’re the first gin company in Wyndham.” Sales of Bright Night Gin were launched online last wee and Mr Dahal hopes to see it on the shelves in Wyndham bars. “Hopefully it will be one of the award-winning, top gins in Australia,” Mr Dahal said. Mr Mackey said he spent about two years refining Bright Night Gin’s recipe, which went through about 40 iterations before being released to the market. The final recipe of about 14 botanical ingredients includes Tasmanian Mountain pepperberries, lemon myrtle, macadamia nuts and kunzea. Details: brightnight.com.au Alesha Capone
New stations time-critical By Alesha Capone Two emergency services facilities pledged for Wyndham in 2016 and 2017 are yet to be built. In December 2016, the state government pledged to build a new ambulance station in Wyndham Vale for 14 full-time equivalent paramedics, under a $500 million investment in ambulance services across the state. In May 2017, the government announced $12 million for the acquisition of land for six new SES stations, including at Point Cook. Last week, a government spokesperson told Star Weekly that land was in the process of being acquired for the Wyndham Vale ambulance
station after “an extensive search”. It is expected the station will be built by 2022. The government also pledged to build four other ambulance stations in the western and northern suburbs – at Melton, Taylors Lakes, Craigieburn and Mernda. Land has been identified for the Melton and Taylors Lakes stations, while the Craigieburn station project remains in the land acquisition phase. The Mernda station was opened in June 2019. The Point Cook SES station was one of three the government promised to build in the northern and western suburbs, with facilities also pledged for Caroline Springs and
Craigieburn north. Star Weekly understands that all three projects are still in the land acquisition phase, with the Point Cook facility likely to be built at 85 Point Cook Homestead Road. Last year, Altona MP Jill Hennessey announced that the government would spend $4.5 million to buy a 12,350 square metre site at 85 Point Cook Homestead Road to build the future Point Cook police station Last week, acting Police and Emergency Services Minister Danny Pearson said that 85 Point Cook Homestead Road “is large enough to potentially accommodate other emergency service partners next to a future police station,
however those discussions remain ongoing”. “Due diligence is being undertaken in relation to any other potential use of this site next to the future police station, however it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time,” Mr Pearson said. Western metropolitan MP Bernie Finn said the state government was putting people’s lives at risk with the delay in improving ambulances services in the west. “The demand for emergency services to keep up with the need is so far behind it’s not funny,” he said. with Star Weekly reporters
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