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…
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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…
SCIENTIST Hans Brunner, who helped exonerate Lindy Chamberlain, died last week on Thursday, 25 April.A large portrait, that he has referred to as representing “the other me”, has been entered in this year’s Archibald Portrait Competition.The 95-year-old sat for the portrait for Frankston South artist Lulu Clifton-Evans in a project she said was designed to portray his significant contribution to Australian culture, science and yodelling.Brunner and Clifton-Evans met with the now Chamberlain-Creighton in a Melbourne hotel last October to show her the portrait of Brunner with a microscope and his book on animal hair analysis that was written years before…
TWO men have been arrested after an alleged theft, assault, and car chase through Carrum Downs and Frankston last week.Police allege that a group of people inside a stolen Mini Cooper stole petrol from McMahons Road in Frankston at around 10.30pm on 25 April. The group were involved in a theft and assault at a restaurant on Hall Road in Carrum Downs about half an hour later, police say.Police say they spotted the car in Frankston at around midnight. They deployed stop sticks, but the car managed to evade them and drive onto Karingal Road.The Mini Cooper allegedly drove on…