AN interactive theatre project teaching local students about family violence won an award at the 2024 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards last week. The “This is not who I want to be” interactive theatre project is run by the Peninsula Community Legal Centre. The program for secondary students covers family violence and forced marriage.Peninsula Community Legal Centre CEO Jackie Galloway said the theatre project was created in response to “data showing that teenage girls were already experiencing controlling relationships and family violence, and that some were going on to forced marriages after leaving school.”“The number of young people affected…
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Compiled by Cameron McCullough IN view of the fact that the council on Friday, 5th December – that being the date of the next ordinary meeting – will be faced with the resolution of no-confidence, passed by the meeting of ratepayers, recently held at Frankston, the following extracts from the report of the Inspector of Municipal Accounts, published in “The Standard” of 30th July last, will prove of interest:PREVENTING A CRISISMr. McCullum (the inspector) said, inter alia:“The borrowing by bank overdraft has been over the legal limit of the year, and the only way that a crisis had not been…
NINE people have now been charged after a near-fatal shooting in Frankston North earlier this month.A 36-year-old Dandenong man was found with a gunshot wound to his head on Armata Crescent just after 7pm on 4 November. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening-injuries, where he has remained since. Victoria Police detective acting senior sergeant Dave Shannon said “the outcome of this incident has been devastating for a young family – a 36-year-old man remains in hospital with life altering injuries.”Police have arrested nine people in relation to the shooting and an alleged aggravated home invasion they believe is linked…
A SEAL freed from fishing wire in Frankston is expected to make a full recovery. An Australian Fur Seal was found on Frankston Beach near Oliver’s Hill with fishing hook and line stuck through its snout on 12 November. Melbourne Zoo’s marine response unit soon arrived to remove the fishing line. The seal was released back into its natural habitat. Melbourne Zoo marine response unit team member Elise Doyle, who co-ordinated the rescue, says the seal will recover quickly in the saltwater. “It was wonderful to see the seal swim off into the bay. This is a positive outcome, but…
A man has been charged after allegedly performing the Nazi salute and displaying the Nazi symbol, as well as threatening a police officer in Frankston yesterday. The man was allegedly wearing a hat marked with the Nazi symbol when he threatened a male officer, before performing the Nazi salute outside Frankston Police Station. Police from the Frankston Crime Investigation Unit commenced an investigation into the incident and arrested a 41-year-old Seaford man that afternoon. He was charged with intentionally displaying the Nazi symbol, making threats to kill, intimidation of law enforcement officer and threatening to assault police. The man was…