KINGSTON mayor Jenna Davey-Burns has been asked to provide advice on local government matters to the Victorian local government minister Melissa Horne.Davey-Burns is one of 10 Victorian mayors to be appointed to the “local government mayoral advisory panel.” The panel advises the local government minister on legislation, regulations, strategies, and policy issues within councils.Davey-Burns said she hopes to shine a light on housing and equality. “The value that local council brings to tackling big issues faced by Victoria, including coastal inundation, urban heating and increasing social and affordable housing, is immeasurable,” she said.“On a personal level, I am hopeful that…
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FRANKSTON came away with three big awards at the annual Australian Street Art Awards. The Big Picture Fest, which got underway this week, sees artists from across the globe paint murals and artworks around Frankston. The festival won Frankston the silver medal for street art festival or event. Frankston street art walking tours showing off around 80 local murals won the gold award for best street art tour for the third year running.The award wins earned Frankston a place in the Australian Street Art Awards “hall of fame”. Awards co-director Liz River said the award winners “contribute significantly to making…
A LITTER trap is set to be installed soon to stop rubbish flowing into Patterson River. The litter trap is planned for the lower part of Dandenong Creek. Melbourne Water has confirmed that the trap will be designed and installed later this year.“As part of the Lower Dandenong Creek Litter Action Plan, which is delivered in partnership with Kingston, Greater Dandenong and Casey councils, EPA, and Parks Victoria, we’ll install a litter trap in the lower stretches of the Dandenong Creek which will service more than half of the upstream catchment area that feeds into Patterson River,” a Melbourne Water…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough A DEPUTATION from the Frankston and Hastings Shire Council, consisting of Councillors W. J. Oates, F. H. Wells, C. Gray, and J. Bradbury, accompanied by Mr. D. J. Quartermain, the manager of the Council’s Electric undertaking, waited upon the Electricity Commission today, with regard to the many interruptions in the service that have been experienced recently.The deputation pointed out that, during the month of February there had been no less than eight stoppages – some of them being of quite a lengthy period.The case of the all day Sunday stoppage was specially stressed, as this stoppage…
THREE guns were found in a car in Frankston South earlier this month, police say. Police allege they spotted a Volkswagen Golf with stolen plates on Frankston-Flinders Road just before 2am on 8 March. They arrested the 34-year-old man in the car and searched the vehicle.Three firearms were allegedly found by police in a footwell – a homemade pistol, a 3D-printed pistol, and a gel blaster converted into a gun. They allege they found ammunition as well.A man from Baxter has since been charged with prohibited person possess firearm, possess ammunition, handle stolen goods, drive whilst disqualified, drive unregistered motor…