A COMMUNITY battery will be built in Carrum Downs if Labor wins the upcoming federal election, Dunkley MP Peta Murphy says. More than 2000 houses in Carrum Downs are fitted with solar panels, but just one per cent of them have a battery. Ms Murphy says the installation of a community battery will “allow local households to feed solar power into the shared battery during the day and draw from it at night – cutting electricity bills and emissions, and reducing pressure on the grid.” “Local households who might be unable to install solar, like renters and people living in…
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THE Liberals have preselected a candidate for the state seat of Mordialloc. Phillip Pease was recommended for preselection at a Liberal convention in Mordialloc last month. Mr Pease will be aiming to take the seat off sitting Labor MP Tim Richardson, who retained it in 2018 with a huge swing towards him. Mr Richardson holds Mordialloc by a margin of 12.9 per cent. He enjoyed a swing of 10.87 per cent towards him in 2018 running against former Kingston councillor Geoff Gledhill. Mr Pease’s profile on the Liberal Victoria website reads that he “supports the Parky Army in their fight…
A SOLAR farm in Bangholme is on track for completion in the middle of the year, the state government says. Construction began on the solar farm at Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant in Bangholme last year. The project is expected to cost $38 million. The finished solar farm will house 39,000 solar panels. More than 400 of the 481 rows have now been installed, as well as all six onsite power stations. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said that the solar farm will “take a significant amount of pressure off the grid and will also reduce Melbourne Water’s carbon emissions by…
AN Edithvale man has been charged after police seized allegedly stolen credit cards and Pokemon cards, as well as drugs, during a raid last week. Police executed a warrant at a rental property in Box Hill North last week, 3 March. Inside they allegedly seized more than 70 credit cards and identification cards, tools, collectable Pokemon cards, mail, around 20ml of 1.4-butanediol (GHB), a small amount of methylamphetamine, “drug cutting agents”, and a stolen vehicle with fraudulent number plates. Police arrested a 26-year-old Edithvale man when he returned to the short-stay rental. They allege that they also found 100ml of…
DRUGS, a weapon, and more than $8000 in cash were allegedly found in a car in Chelsea last weekend. Police stopped a car on Thames Promenade at around 4.45pm on 5 March. They allege that they found methylamphetamine, heroin, cannabis, cocaine, more than $8000 in cash, and a knife inside. A 30-year-old man was arrested. Police have charged him with trafficking a drug of dependence, possession of a drug of dependence, possess proceeds of crime, and possession of a controlled weapon. He appeared in court and was remanded in custody to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court again on 7 March.…