BALLOTS for the 2024 Frankston Council election have been mailed out. All ballots must be mailed back by 6pm on 25 October. Electoral commissioner Sven Bluemmel said that voters should keep an eye out for their ballot packs in the mail. “This election is postal, so it’s important to complete and return your ballot material as soon as possible to make sure your vote counts,” Bluemmel said. A fine may apply for residents who do not return their votes. Voters who haven’t received their ballot pack by 15 October can ask for a replacement pack at vec.vic.gov.au. First published in…
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Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a collision in Carrum Downs last night which left a woman with critical injuries. The collision, between a motorcycle rider and pedestrian, occurred on McCormicks Road on 8 October about 7.20pm. It appears the rider struck the woman as she crossed the road. The 31-year-old Carrum Downs woman was taken to hospital where she remains in a critical condition. The 29-year-old rider was arrested at the scene and was taken to hospital under police guard. He was interviewed by Frankston and Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives this morning. Local police…
SIKH Volunteers Australia has built a new kitchen at its Langwarrin home to help feed the hungry. Members of Sikh Volunteers Australia have donated countless hours to helping those less fortunate. Last year they disturbed nearly 30,000 free meals from their vans.A new kitchen has opened at the volunteer group’s Langwarrin headquarters. The state government paid $250,000 for the new kitchen, and the federal government put in $700,000. The state government has also spent $500,000 on new vans for the group. The kitchen was officially opened at an event last week. Victorian multicultural affairs minister Ingrid Stitt said “we are…
CRIME in Frankston is on the up, increasing by nearly 20 percent in the 2023/2024 financial year. The Crime Statistics Agency released its yearly figures last week. It revealed that there were 16,252 offences recorded within the Frankston municipality in the year ending June 2024. That figure is a 19.2 percent increase on the year prior. The number of offences recorded in the Frankston LGA is nearly at a ten-year high. In the last decade, only the year ending June 2016 had a higher offence rate per 100,000 Frankston residents.There were more than 2200 breaches of family violence orders in…
CHANGES to the design of plastic bottles will help prevent litter at local beaches and waterways, environmentalists say. Beach Patrol Australia says that plastic straws and drink bottle lids are among the most frequently littered items on Australian beaches. It says that caps tethered to plastic bottles would help prevent pollution.BPA co-founder Dr Ross Headifen said “we collect hundreds of lids on our beaches every day. By mandating tethered caps, we can significantly reduce plastic pollution, avoiding millions of bottle tops from leaking into our environments.” “Our volunteers simply can’t keep up, we need to stop plastic entering our oceans…