PATIENTS will be screened for bowel cancer quicker than ever before through a new Peninsula Health-run clinic. Peninsula Health has set up a nurse-led clinic as part of the federal government’s national bowel cancer screening program. Now the clinic has opened, patients with a positive faecal occult blood test can be seen by a nurse independently within two weeks.Peninsula Health head of gastroenterology, associate professor Marcus Robertson, said that the new clinic would speed up the screening process. “By training and supporting our outpatient ANUMs, the establishment of this clinic means any patient who gets referred to Peninsula Health with…
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Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating after a stolen car was set alight in Patterson Lakes last month. A stolen orange 2017 Holden Commodore sedan bearing stolen registration plates XQA765 collided with the barriers on Thompson Road at Mornington Peninsula Freeway overpass in Patterson Lakes at 11.40pm on 26 February. The driver was collected by a silver Skoda Karoq bearing cloned plates BJL120. This vehicle then attended a nearby petrol station and driver from the stolen crashed car purchased a jerry can and fuel before returning to the collision scene. The man then used the petrol to set the…
THE annual Street Art Festival returns to Frankston’ CBD this month. Between 17 and 23 March, artists will paint large-scale murals across Frankston. More than 100 murals will be painted.Artists set to be showcased include Damien Arena, Jasmine Crisp, Tommy Day III, Trent Downie, Aleks Grilz, SWEL, Simon Beuve, Manuel Guiro, and Candela Colors.The Block Party event on 22 March will mark the end of the festival. Gallery and Stiebel Lanes will host food, drink, and free entertainment from DJs Pixleton and CuznMatt.For more information visit whatsonfrankston.com/event/31762682-a/frankston-street-art-festival First published in the Frankston Times – 4 February 2025
FRANKSTON Council is drafting a policy to help create more affordable housing. Consultation is underway on council’s “draft affordable housing policy”. Councillor Nathan Butler said “our goal is for Frankston City to be a place where everyone is welcome and everyone has a safe, secure and affordable home. “When we invest in affordable housing, we’re not just seeing homes built, we’re strengthening our entire community. Just as we need schools, roads and hospitals, we need affordable housing.”The policy is expected to focus on council’s role as a supply enabler, advocate, and partner to other agencies. Frankston & Mornington Peninsula Zero…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughJust as we go to press a reputable ratepayer advises us that this morning he witnessed the man in charge of the sanitary cart make use of the water trough on the Hastings road, near Addicott’s corner, in a manner that should not be tolerated in any well-governed community.It is alleged that the empty sanitary pans were taken from the cart, dipped in the trough and when filled with water replaced in the cart.If the above statement is correct, it is time that stringent action was taken against the offender. Mornington News. Marine Drive.The work of completing…