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By Lucy Turton
\n(Reporter – Youth Press Gallery)<\/p>\n

Secondary school students angry about state government plans to dump toxic waste near their school aren\u2019t waiting for legal challenges to eventuate \u2014 instead they\u2019re busy finding solutions.
\nA team of students from Bacchus Marsh Grammar School (BMG), have proposed a Bill to Victoria\u2019s Youth Parliament that aims to create a state-run waste testing department.<\/p>\n

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By Lucy Turton (Reporter – Youth Press Gallery) Secondary school students angry about state government plans to dump toxic waste near their school aren\u2019t waiting for legal challenges to eventuate \u2014 instead they\u2019re busy finding solutions. A team of students from Bacchus Marsh Grammar School (BMG), have proposed a Bill to Victoria\u2019s Youth Parliament that […]<\/p>\n

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