APRIL 17, 2018 \ STARWEEKLY.COM.AU
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West airport link push By Tate Papworth
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Doughnuts and beer, together at last. A Keilor Park brewery is hoping its latest creation will stand out from the crowd at next month’s Good Beer Week Great Australian Beer Showcase, one of the largest beer shows in the world. The new brew from Fury & Son, Loukoumades Lager, takes its inspiration from the traditional Greek dooughnuts. Fury owner Andrew Georgiou is confident it will be a crowd favourite at the show. “We wanted to do something that played on our Greek heritage,” Mr Georgiou said. “There will be elements of cinnamon, honey, vanilla, nutmeg … all the things that make loukoumades a loukoumades.” Head brewer Antony Aylward said the process of making such a beer was often tricky, but the end product spoke for itself. “Keeping flavours in a beer from the start to finish is pretty difficult, so to make a beer with this kind of flavour profile can be quite hard,” Mr Aylward said. “So we’re infusing a lot of things late in the brewing process – making a plain base and then bringing all those flavours across fairly late in the brew to give you a big, ‘Wow, that’s a sweet dessert beer’ kind of reaction.” At the showcase, Loukoumades Lager will be one of hundreds of different beers available for the public to try. The event will be at the Royal Exhibition Building from May 18-20. Tickets are available from gabsfestival. com.
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After more than five decades of talk, the time for action on an airport rail link looks to be drawing closer. Last Thursday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull pledged $5 billion towards the project and called on Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to match the figure. Four possible routes have been proposed for the project. The Albion East option would likely use the new metro tunnel and run out west on the Sunbury line to Sunshine station and then north on a new line to Tullamarine. It is the only one of the four proposed routes that includes a stop in Sunshine. Premier Daniel Andrews last week told Triple M that the Albion East option provides the greater benefit to the west and regional Victoria. “The way we see the project, it works best if it’s an airport rail link, but you do it in such a way that it further electrifies the west of Melbourne and then unlocks capacity to do really proper fast rail,” he said. “Broadly, that’s [the Albion East option] one of four options … and the other three don’t necessarily deliver that regional rail benefits. “What you’ve got to do as well is basically take the power further out to the west so you electrify the network further out into the western suburbs, you then separate off from regional rail link, those suburban services, so there’s no more sharing of track.” Brimbank mayor Margaret Giudice welcomed the announcement and said the council would continue to push for a stop in Sunshine to be included in the project. “In November, Premier Daniel Andrews announced support for the rail link to come through Sunshine. We want to work together with all levels of government and get this project moving,” she said. “We believe that the route should ensure maximum connectivity across metro Melbourne and regional Victoria – bringing the route out west will be a game-changer for the western region, unlocking huge economic benefits for the entire region including Brimbank. “A Sunshine stop would open up big benefits for metropolitan and regional commuters, and for the booming western suburbs of Melbourne.” The other three options included a link via the Craigieburn line, a direct tunnel route via Footscray and a route that goes through Kensington and follows the Flemington line.
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