KINGSTON City Hall was lit up with projections by artist Josh Muir on Sunday to kick off the annual NAIDOC celebrations. Artworks by the multimedia artist and proud Yorta Yorta/Gunditjmara man were projected onto the clock tower. Earlier that day, the month-long program was launched with a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, and the opening of Indigenous artist Paola Balla’s exhibition Songlines Her: Stories. The mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley said everybody was welcome to attend. “Come along and immerse yourself in the rich culture, history and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,” Cr Bearsley said. “This is…
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A THREE level multi-storey car park will be built at Frankston hospital. The extra 750 spaces will ease the burden of parking. The works will be funded by a $16 million loan from the state government, repayable over 25 years. Peninsula Health CEO Sue Williams said the extra space was “excellent news for our patients, staff and visitors”. “The ongoing expansion and redevelopment of the hospital has increased the burden on car parking spaces,” she said. “The existing multi-deck car park, which opened in 2013, provides 570 spaces and these are often full by 8.30am. “The new car park will…
FRANKSTON Fire Brigade chairman Tony Byrne has written to residents on behalf of fire crews to “alleviate any fears they may have over the current climate in the media with regards to delivery of an effective fire service”. At the core of his letter is the simmering CFA and United Fire Fighters’ industrial dispute which has resulted in a series of high-level CFA resignations and ill will between the state government and volunteer fire fighters. A volunteer himself at Frankston for 27 years, Captain Byrne said the CFA was “widely known as a volunteer organisation and has been in place…
THE ice-affected driver who killed two elderly women in a mini-bus crash in Rosebud, in August, has been jailed for 11 years with a minimum of seven and a half years. Michael Patrick Trueman, of Coburg, pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court last week to two counts of culpable driving causing death. Judge Paul Lacava was told the 24-year-old L-plate driver had the highest levels of speed and ice in his system that Victorian experts have ever seen. His Commodore crashed head-on into the Ti Tree Lodge mini bus, killing Betty May Fox, 91, and Katharina Nensteil, 88, and…
WORK has begun on the rejuvenation of Young St as the first stage of the $63 million Frankston Station Precinct Upgrade. The Young St works will deliver a new bus interchange with better seating and shelters, and three waiting bays will be built along Dandenong Rd West to give buses a place to park before they start service. Labor Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan visited Frankston last Thursday (30 June) to help turn the sod on the major project. “Frankston station has been neglected for too long. It’s the heart of our growing community and a gateway to the peninsula…