DESPITE publicity and the pleas for parents to use common sense, every year in Australia more than 5000 children are rescued after being left alone in hot cars. In the year to the end of August, Ambulance Victoria was called to 1587 cases of people locked in cars in Victoria – the majority being toddlers and babies. Last week, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council and Kidsafe Victoria launched its Kids in Cars awareness campaign at Seawinds Community Hub, Capel Sound, ahead of the annual influx of an estimated 140,000 visitors over the summer holidays. The temperature inside a parked car could…
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AUTHOR Nevo Zisin will visit Frankston Library on 4 February as part of the Midsumma Festival. The writer is coming to Frankston to speak about the book ‘Finding Nevo’, an autobiography which delves into Nevo’s experiences with gender. Nevo was assigned female at birth, and after beginning the process of transitioning at age 17, now identifies as non-binary. Nevo works as a youth leader and runs programs and workshops at schools, and also works with the Jewish community on issues of gender and sexuality. The 21 year-old author published the book in 2017. The Midsumma Festival is a three week…
THE Peninsula Youth Music Society has held their 39th annual summer music school for young students to hone their musical ability. Keen musicians met at Mount Erin College to practice and get ready for a concert held at the Frankston Arts Centre last Friday. Nora Morrisroe from the Peninsula Youth Music Society said “this year 100 students have been engaged in making music with their new found friends, some have just begun their joy of exploring sounds and creating music, others have extended their skills and found fun in improvisation, others have been trying to find the instrument that best…
FEDERAL MPs Chris Crewther and Greg Hunt visited headspace Frankston on 8 January to announce a $47 million funding boost to head space’s national program. Dunkley MP Chris Crewther said the funding was for “headspace Frankston and all other headspace services to support youth mental health.” Headspace Chair Lisa Paul said “headspace will help approximately 110,000 young people across Australia this year who are experiencing a tough time.” “With one in three young people experiencing high or very high levels of psychological distress, this investment will help to strengthen our core services to ensure more young people can access support…
Detectives from Frankston Crime Investigation Unit are investigating two robberies in Frankston in December. Investigators have been told a 20-year-old woman exited a Frankston shopping centre onto Ross Smith Avenue when she was allegedly assaulted by a group of teenage girls about 2.45pm on 14 December. One of the groups snatched her purse and they all fled the scene. It is believed some of the same offenders were allegedly involved in another robbery on 18 December. On this occasion two girls, aged 16 and 17, were followed by the group into Ross Smith Lane. Investigators have been told they were…