MCCLELLAND has announced Michael Sibel as the winner of the inaugural Maquette: Sculpture Award for his work Two Parts (2025), a patinated bronze sculpture measuring 40 x 35 x 35 cm. This new $20,000 acquisitive award, generously supported by celebrated Australian artist Rick Amor, honours sculptural skill and expression and will see the winning work enter the McClelland collection. Chosen from an impressive pool of 252 entries and 62 finalists, Two Parts captivated the 2025 judge, artist John Meade with its clarity, conceptual depth and refined execution. “Michael Sibel’s patinated bronze maquette, Two Parts, was a clear standout for me…
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Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a fatal collision that claimed the life of a motorcyclist in Mentone on Saturday. Emergency services were called to a collision between a motorcycle and car near the intersection of Warrigal Road and Savona Street about 10.55am on 13 December. The rider of the motorcycle, a 63-year-old man from Mentone, was taken to hospital where he later died. The driver of the car, a 34-year-old man from Brighton East, stopped at the scene at the time of the incident. The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collision remains ongoing. Anyone who witnessed the…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough SIR, In a recent issue of your paper appeared a paragraph stating that “Mr. Williams of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission had attended the Frankston Progress Association meeting with regard to the discoloration of the water, and a remedy was promised.” Lucky Frankston to have water to growl at – we’ve got none at all – and luckier still are the ratepayers of Frankston who have got real live representatives to stand up for them. Ella Wheeler Wilcox once wrote: “To sit in silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.” But…
A PEARCEDALE company which illegally dumped 37,000 litres of drilling sludge has been hit with a $10,000 fine. A statement from the Environment Protection Authority Victoria read that the drilling sludge was dumped near Ovens River in August. “EPA Victoria officers tracked down the offenders after receiving reports of a truck dumping sludge near Wangaratta, when they spotted the suspect vehicle on the road and watched while it dumped a load at a site on Oxley Flats Road,” the EPA said. Ausconnect Underground Services Pty Ltd was fined $10,176 for dumping industrial waste at a premises that was not licensed…
A SURVEY conducted by Peninsula Community Legal Centre has found that more than one-in-three people are facing hidden legal problems, including unpaid fines and debts. The Peninsula Community Legal Centre’s mobile legal office, the Street Law Coffee Van, made 136 visits across Melbourne’s south-east between February 2024 and August 2025. It conducted 3799 “legal health checks” during that time, finding that 36 percent of clients had a legal issue that needed addressing. PCLC CEO Jackie Galloway said that a majority of the identified issues related to housing insecurity and cost of living stress. She said “this data confirms what we…