STAGE one of a $13 million dollar redevelopment at St Kilda’s Moorabbin training base has been officially opened. The first stage of the project has been completed in time to be used by the Saints’ AFLW team, which is set to make their debut in 2020. The completed facilities include female change rooms, player meeting rooms, match committee rooms, and a lounge. The next state of the redevelopment will add a grandstand and pool. A total of $25 million in taxpayer money has been committed towards re-homing the St Kilda Football Club at Moorabbin. Sports minister Martin Pakula said “these…
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A COLLECTION of banners and videos fighting for equal rights for women will be exhibited at the Kingston Arts Centre from next week. The works which will be displayed as part of the “Crafting Resistance” exhibition were created by locals during Six Moments in Kingston, a bus tour which took locals through a history of Kingston in May. The works take “inspiration from the story of Julie Cooper, the first woman elected to local council in 1976 and first female mayor of Moorabbin in 1982. The banners commemorate the legacy of women’s suffrage and the struggles for equal rights endured…
A 38-YEAR-old Mt Eliza man has had his car impounded after being caught allegedly driving on drugs in Langwarrin. Police impounded the man’s car, 4.20am, 5 August after catching him allegedly speeding at 148kmph in an 80 kmph zone. A police spokesperson said the man’s car was “a bit of a wreck”, and that he had devised a makeshift phone charger by plugging a lead straight into the car battery. First published in the Frankston Times – 12 August 2019
A FIRE tore through a boarding home on Karingal Drive, around 10.30am 6 August. Five people were inside the house when a room was engulfed in flames. Everyone escaped the house without injury. Police said that “extensive damage” was caused to the house. Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives arrested a 63-year-old occupant of the property in relation to the fire and charged him with arson, conduct endangering serious injury, and conduct endangering life. Police said that the Salvos were helping occupants of the home relocated. First published in the Frankston Times – 12 August 2019
A 16-YEAR-old boy has been arrested by police after an alleged stabbing at a home in Plowman Place, Frankston, 10:45pm 5 August. The alleged offender broke into the home and stabbed a 31-year-old man in the hand. The victim suffered lacerations and required surgery on his hand. The boy has been charged with aggravated burglary, intentionally cause injury, and other offences. He was remanded into custody to appear in court at a later date. First published in the Frankston Times – 12 August 2019