Worth a look: 5 stories you may have missed

Stories from around the Star Weekly network this week that could have wider significance

 

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Truck curfew causes havoc for Epping market

A little known election promise to introduce a night truck curfew on Melbourne’s east is causing havoc for the new fruit and veg wholesale market.

 

School uniforms cost Michael Kennedy’s parents, and others, too much, they say. Picture: Kristian Scott

School uniform costs slammed

The managing director of the company that makes and sells uniforms schools across Melbourne has hit back at claims it is overcharging.

 

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Western Distributor ‘will destroy parkland’

More than a decade of work to revitalise Yarraville parkland would be destroyed by a proposed new truck toll-road, according to furious residents and community groups.

 

VCAT rejects case against Bacchus Marsh SES

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has dismissed a case that sought a review of Bacchus Marsh State Emergency Service’s decision to “warn” four volunteers for disciplinary reasons.

 

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Library named in honour of Julia Gillard