DUCKS left injured by shooters can receive veterinary care through Wildlife Victoria. The wildlife rescue organisation will deploy veterinary triage units statewide this duck hunting season to care for ducks left hurt by hunters.Wildlife Victoria CEO Lisa Palma has slammed the state government for failing to ban duck hunting in the wake of a parliamentary inquiry into recreational native bird hunting. She says the lack of action will leave other animals at risk during duck hunting season.“We were incredibly disappointed in the government’s decision, especially considering the recommendations from the committee and the resounding call from Victorians supporting a ban,”…
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A SERIES of burglaries, thefts, and attempted burglaries across Aspendale Gardens, Mentone, Clayton, Mount Waverley, and Doncaster East this year are believed to be linked by police.Police say a man broke into a property on Winner Circuit in Aspendale Gardens sometime between 10pm on 6 March and 10.30pm on 7 March. He stole a car and bank cards, which were later used to buy alcohol in Mentone.A phone, sunglasses, and keys were stolen from a parked car on Balcombe Road in Mentone on 10 March. Police say that the Mentone theft, and two attempted burglaries in Mount Waverley and Doncaster…
NOMINATIONS for Kingston Council’s 2024 sustainable business awards close at the end of the month. There are six award categories – waste reduction and recycling solutions, diversity and inclusion, small and medium business leadership, towards net zero 2030, product innovation and technology, and young changemakers and innovators.Kingston mayor Jenna Davey-Burns said it is important to celebrate businesses which undertake sustainable practices. “We have a remarkably innovative and diverse business community in Kingston and it’s important we recognise and applaud those businesses and individuals making the world a better place. We started the awards program last year to celebrate innovation, increase…
CONSTRUCTION on a new boardwalk at Inner Harbour in Patterson Lakes is set to take place soon. The Harbour Plaza area at Patterson Lakes was ravaged by a fire in 2022 (“Fire tears through Patterson Lakes businesses, The News, 15/2/2022). Kingston Council has budgeted $1.4 million for boardwalk works in the vicinity, and is expected to go to tender later this year. Council has confirmed that it hopes to have completed construction by the end of the 2024/2025 financial year. Kingston councillor Cameron Howe says the project will help businesses recover after the 2022 blaze. “The Harbour Plaza fire at…
WORKS on the Frankston Hospital redevelopment have passed the halfway mark. Major construction on the $1.1 billion project began in June 2022. A new 12-storey tower for clinical services with 130 more beds, rooms for mental health and cancer treatment services, and 15 operating theatres is being built.The redevelopment is being funded by the state government. Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said the project will be a “gamechanger for the south-east” and will “cut wait times and ease pressure on other hospitals.” Concrete slabs for the first seven floors of the new tower have now been poured. Construction on a new…