THE 100,000 swab tests conducted by Peninsula Health for COVID-19 are being described as a “significant milestone for everyone involved”. The “milestone” patient visited the drive-through screening clinic at the Frankston Hospital campus, corner of Hastings Road and Yuille Street, last week. “Thank you to every single person who has come forward and done the right thing – getting that test at the earliest sign of any COVID-19 symptom,” the operations director of Peninsula Health’s screening clinics Jodi Foley said. “As the coronavirus situation evolved in Victoria over these past eight months, so have we, continually adapting our service to…
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THE federal and state governments have committed to $16 million in grant funding for St Kilda Football Club’s Moorabbin homebase. A new “Centre for Health and Wellbeing” will be constructed. It will be named after Danny Frawley – the former St Kilda captain who passed away last year. Health minister Greg Hunt said the centre will offer free and paid programs to promote physical and mental health. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said “before his passing, Danny and the club had been working towards this project to give the local community somewhere their physical and mental health could be front and centre.”…
RENEWAL fees for health and food registrations for businesses in 2021 have been reduced by 25 per cent. It is the latest measure introduced by council to try and get restaurants back on their feet after the COVID-19 pandemic. An expression of interest process to provide financial support to businesses to establish the required safety measures for parklets has also started. The mayor Steve Staikos said “council has been working with local businesses to help them expand their outdoor dining offering wherever it can be safely established, whether that’s setting up in our parkland, taking over laneways or side streets…
A DRUNK driver has been clocked driving at 142 kmph in Patterson Lakes, 28 November. At around 2am, the 21-year-old Glen Waverley man was caught speeding on the Mornington Peninsula Freeway. He returned an evidentiary breath test reading of .145. The man’s licence was suspended and he received two penalty notices. Police have dedicated more resources to road policing as part of Operation Compass, which ran until 11.59pm on Sunday 29 November. Earlier in the morning at 1am, police caught a 25-year-old man at an alleged speed of 132 kmph in an 80 kmph zone on Westall Street, Clayton South.…
NEARLY $3 million will be spent to upgrade Carrum Downs Secondary College. The funding was included in the state budget handed down last week. Taxpayer funds will be directed towards refurbishments at the school’s science building, and other classrooms. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “I want to acknowledge the incredible school community at Carrum Downs Secondary College. Everyone has done a phenomenal job in supporting students to learn from home this year. And now, we want to make this wonderful local school even better. Our kids deserve access to state-of-the-art facilities. And this funding will deliver that. It is an…