Scientist wants bay scallops on the menu
THE state government issued one licence for scallops to be hand-harvested in Port Phillip earlier this year, ending a 17-year ban on commercial harvesting, but one of the men who proved scallop viabi...
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Raw milk warning
THE recent tragic death of a Mornington Peninsula child after drinking raw cow’s milk has prompted Frankston and Mornington Peninsula health officers to visit retailers suspected of selling the produ...
It’s official: Labor wins Frankston, Carrum
IT’S taken nearly two weeks since the 29 November state election but Frankston finally has a new member of parliament. The Victorian Electoral Commission officially declared Labor candidate Paul Edbr...
Fond farewell for a ‘Rat of Tobruk’
A PROUD soldier thought to be one if the last remaining ‘Rats of Tobruk’ was farewelled by his wife, friends and RSL colleagues at Gateway/Grant funerals in Chelsea Heights yesterday. Richard Charles...
Councillor ‘bad luck’ means meetings missed
KINGSTON’S longest-serving councillor has attended the least number of meetings this year. Cr John Ronke has been regularly absent from council chambers when his fellow councillors have debated and m...
Parkland in demand
MENTONE residents have let Kingston councillors know they would prefer Collins St land – earmarked for a new aged care home – to be used for public parkland instead. A council survey foun...
Labor campaign plan to roll on
LABOR insiders have credited their “boots on the ground” approach to electioneering for much of the party’s success at winning back government at the state election after just one term in opposition....
CFA declares fire danger period
THE Fire Danger Period started on Monday across Victoria’s southeast including the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston regions, and French Island in Western Port. The Country Fire Authority’s Trevor O...
Tip dispute costs councils
THE long-running legal dispute between Frankston and Casey councils over responsibility for a Cranbourne methane gas leak has ended with ratepayers the losers. Frankston Council decided to make a “co...
Labor swing to election victory
LABOR has won government after voters turfed out the Napthine Coalition government at Saturday’s state election. A swing of about 2.5 per cent across Victoria was more than enough to ensure Labor lea...