A HOME address in Frankston, alleged to be that of a teenager charged over the death of Andrea Lehane at Carrum Downs shopping centre after she was fatally struck in a monkey-bike accident late last year, has been posted on Facebook. Caleb Jakobsson, 19, was back in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Monday (16 May) to face accusations he had breached bail conditions eight times while he awaits trial over the death of the 34-year-old mother-of-two. Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg decided not to revoke bail despite breaches including repeated failures to observe a 10pm to 9am curfew. The teenager is living at…
Author: Neil Walker
MONEY keeps pouring in for a redevelopment of the Frankston Basketball Stadium but the Labor and Liberal parties are still firing cheap shots at each other over its funding in the lead up to the 2 July federal election. Labor candidate for Dunkley Peta Murphy is the latest politician to criticise her opponents after announcing a Shorten government will contribute $2.55 million towards a much-needed revamp of the stadium in Seaford. “Former Liberal MP for Dunkley Bruce Billson announced $4.95 million for the project last year, but that fell well short of the $7.5 million that the community had petitioned…
IT’S game over for pokies players at the Frankston Dolphins Football Club after the club decided to switch off the gaming machines at its Frankston Park function centre. Dolphins general manager Brett Angwin confirmed board members at the VFL club agreed last week to immediately get rid of all 27 electronic gaming machines at the footy club’s Frankston base. “It’s about healthy lifestyles and engaging families in a sporting environment and we didn’t think the pokies were conducive to that so that was the decision made unanimously by the board on Tuesday night.” The machines at the function centre were…
ENVELOPES marked “important postal vote information” mailed out to Kingston residents this month are an attempt by the Liberal and Labor parties to obtain personal information about voters for the parties’ databases ahead of the 2 July federal election. Mass mailouts addressed to ‘enrolled voter/s’ in the ‘Division of Isaacs’ include a Postal Vote Application Form sent by federal Isaacs Labor MP Mark Dreyfus or Liberal candidate for Isaacs Garry Spencer. Voters who “can’t get to a polling booth on election day” are encouraged to complete personal details on the application form and send the completed form in a supplied…
ANTI-SKY rail campaigners are continuing to build a groundswell of support against any plan for elevated rail along the Frankston line. The protest group noskyrail.com.au hosted a community forum in Seaford on Sunday (15 May) attended by about 150 people to discuss with councillors and politicians options to remove Frankston line level crossings without the need to build rail over roads. Group co-founder Simon Johnson said the forum was well attended but it was disappointing no Labor Party MPs could turn up to address community concerns. State Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny and federal Isaacs MP Mark Dreyfus were invited to…