A MORNINGTON Peninsula teacher who trained in Brisbane with former US Vice President Al Gore as part of the Climate Reality Project spoke to members of Berg Mt Martha earlier this month. Sharon Rogers said Mr Gore posed three questions on climate change and the future. The first was: Do we have to change? “We are spewing 110 million tonnes of man-made global warming pollution into the thin shell of the atmosphere every 24 hours as if it were an open sewer,” Ms Rogers said. “This trapped heat is leading to stronger storms and more extreme floods. The many associated…
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TWO offenders are on the run after allegedly assaulting a man in his own home at Seaford, Sunday 13 October. Police say that two men assaulted a 59-year-old man at his home with a metal bar, giving the victim lacerations to his head, leg, arm, and hands. The victim also sustained a broken finger, and was taken to the Alfred Hospital by ambulance for surgery. The victim’s injuries were non life-threatening. Police believe that the incident may have occurred as a result of an incident earlier in the night, in which the victim was involved in a scuffle with one…
POLICE are investigating an explosive device that crashed through a Carrum Downs home in August. Police believe that an explosive device was ignited at around 5pm, 28 August, on Hillview Drive. They believe the device propelled into the sky and came crashing down into a home 150 metres away. The impact into the roof caused extensive damage to the home. Two occupants of the home were inside at the time, but were not hurt. Detectives from the Arson and Explosives Squad released CCTV images last week to help with their investigation. They released images “which depict two people [who police…
FRANKSTON is in the running to be recognised as the area with the best street art in the country. Frankston’s “inner city street art trail” has been named a finalist in the Best Street Art Trail category of the 2019 Australian Street Art Awards. The artwork was first installed as part of the three day Big Picture Fest. The mayor Michael O’Reilly said “the trail was created by Frankston City Council to leverage more than 20 murals throughout the city centre’s streets and laneways that can be explored as a self-guided experience or as part of a guided tour. The…
THE Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and its shop steward Kevin Pattinson have been fined nearly $70,000 for preventing an apprentice and electrician from working at a Frankston construction site. It was alleged that the two tradies were stopped from working because they were not members of a union. It was alleged that Mr Pattinson had asked the apprentice and electrician if they were union members at a site induction at the Monash Peninsula Student Accommodation Project on 13 September, 2018. The workers were allegedly told they had to be members of a union to work at the…