MORDIALLOC Life Saving Club came away from the 2024 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships as big winners.The 2024 edition of the competition was held on the Sunshine Coast between 13 April and 21 April. The Mordialloc Life Saving Club attended, and came home with two gold medals, two silvers, and four bronzes.Mordialloc LSC’s Samantha Barrow won gold in the 45-49 beach flags and silver in the 45-49 female beach sprint. Jamison Cox won gold in the U15 male beach sprint , then won bronze alongside Flynn Curry, Addison Lewis, Charlie Squires and Amon Tarr in the U14 and U15 mixed…
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FREE plants will be given away at four events this month. The plant giveaway program is run by Kingston Council. Kingston residents can take up to five free tube stock native plants per household.Around 1000 plants will be handed out. The giveaway events will be at: Visit kingston.vic.gov.au/environment/trees-plants-and-nature-strips/autumn plant-giveaway for more information. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 1st May 2024
A woman has been charged following a ram-raid and ramming of a police vehicle in Carrum Downs. It is alleged two offenders in a stolen black Toyota Landcruiser forced entry to a business on the corner of Aster Avenue and Latham’s Road about on May 1 at 6.15am. Police arrived on scene and the offenders were still there loading items into the trailer. Officers parked in front of the Landcruiser, with the offenders then allegedly ramming the police vehicle multiple times. The offenders then allegedly reversed the Landcruiser through the store, causing significant damage inside. They then drove through the…
CHANGES to parenting arrangements made through the legal system are set to come into effect next month.From 6 May, reforms to family law will begin to be applied in the courts. Among the changes are a greater focus on child safety and the abolition of the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility. The reforms will also see prior family violence orders taken into greater consideration during the parenting arrangement process.The Peninsula Community Legal Centre is a free legal service in Frankston, which includes family law within its services. PCLC CEO Jackie Galloway says the changes are “the result of years…
THE Better Health Network in Parkdale has received a $2.6 million upgrade. The Parkdale site hosts specialist medical services, dental and allied health, nursing and counselling services, aged care support, and disability services. The new facilities at the not-for-profit are now open.The money was used to build new multi-use rooms for primary care therapies and treatment, a new reception area, telehealth-enabled consult and treatment rooms, and a self-service kitchen. An outdoor space for garden therapy and sensory programs has also been refurbished.The project was undertaken by the state government, which allocated taxpayer money towards it through its “Metropolitan Health Infrastructure…