HEADSPACE in Frankston will host an “individual placement and support” trial until 2021. The program is designed to help young people struggling with mental health problems gain employment by teaching them skills and giving them job coaching. The trial at Frankston is supported by $585,000 in funding from the federal government. Frankston is among 10 new trail sites around the country for the program. Dunkley MP Chris Crewther announced the “budgeted” funding last week. He said “the trial targets vulnerable young people with mental illness up to the age of 25, who are at risk of disengaging from education or…
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By Melissa Walsh KANE Watts defeated Jayden “Plugger” Joseph to take out the WBA Oceania cruiserweight title at the Melbourne Pavilion on March 1, in a bout that lasted the whole ten rounds. The six foot one, 200 pound boxer whose fighting name is “Sugar Kane” is a peninsula icon, having grown up in the area and playing for the Hastings and Mornington football clubs in his early days. “I started out as a kid when dad used to take me to taekwondo, and then moved onto kick boxing at the Somerville Martial Arts when I was 14,” says Watts,…
POLICE are investigating the theft of a red Harley Davidson motorcycle from Keysborough. Investigators from the Greater Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit were told that the victim was riding the bike along Hutton Road at around 7pm on 21 March when two men indicated for him to pull over. The two men, driving a black Home Commodore ute, had indicated to the man that he had an issue with his motorcycle. The rider pulled over and was approached by one of the men in the ute. It is alleged the motorcycle rider was struck in the head with an unknown object.…
A BURGLAR is on the run after stealing a Mercedes in Mordialloc on 7 April. Police believe that two people arrived at a Treeby Boulevard address at 2.55pm and broke into the home. They took keys to a white 2017 Mercedes A45 sedan and stole the car. The stolen vehicle, bearing the registration number INB-99, was last seen travelling north on Boundary Road, Braeside heading toward the Dingley Bypass. It has a sticker in the rear window that reads “infinity and beyond”. The car is still missing. The offenders arrived at the house in an Audi sedan. Police have released…
KINGSTON Arts Centre is set to host an exhibition exploring the trauma experienced by Jewish Australians in the wake of the second World War. The exhibition is presented by artist Robyn Fuerst, the daughter of a man who was among those who took the traumatic journey to Australia on the HMT Dunera. Three weeks after her father had died, Ms Fuerst received an envelope which contained documents hidden by her father during that voyage. Ms Fuerst’s journey of discovery will be presented at the Arts Centre from 9 May until 8 June. The exhibition will be formed from archival photographs,…