FRANKSTON Council will air a series of short films in support of Harmony Day on Wednesday 30 March. The diverse short films explore the success, challenges and nuances of migrant communities in Australia. The films focus on social inclusion and identity, and are designed for a family audience. Films include Father (2015) by Tresa Ponnor, a short documentary about two fathers; one physical, one spiritual. It follows the story of a young Vietnamese-Australian man as he explores his spiritual and religious commitments, and his relationship with his father; Gaffa (2013) by Adrian Castro & Craig Anderson, two sweatshop workers at…
Author: Bayside News
The annual recipients of the Frankston Charitable Fund grants have been announced and eight local community groups have been selected to share in a pool of $27,000. According to Frankston mayor Cr James Dooley, the recipients all give back to the community in their own unique way. “From healthy eating programs for the disadvantaged, to concerts celebrating community members of all mobilities and a monthly free veterinary clinic for the pets of the homeless, the programs selected as recipients, all give something significant back to our wider community,” Cr Dooley said. The Frankston Charitable Fund is a sub-fund of the…
By DAVID HARRISON GETTING jet skis banned from Port Phillip could be a long, hard grind for its current sole public advocate, Cr Hugh Fraser. His first hurdle will be to persuade a majority of his council colleagues to support him. But Cr Fraser, veteran barrister at law, can be persuasive and determined. Mornington Peninsula Shire has no policy position on jet skis, says Cr Bev Colomb, currently president of the Association of Bayside Municipalities (ABM), through which Cr Fraser must advance his case for a ban. His first task will be to convince his councillor colleagues – a number…
FORMER Australian of the Year Rosie Batty will lead a new Victim Survivors’ Advisory Council as part of a state government plan to implement all recommendations of a Royal Commission into Family Violence due to hand down its recommendations this week. Premier Daniel Andrews said the advisory council will have a say on how the Labor state government ensures the Royal Commission’s findings are used to reform the family violence system across Victoria. Ms Batty’s son Luke was murdered by his father Greg Anderson, who had a history of mental illness and violence against Ms Batty, at the Tyabb football…
POLITICAL barbs continue to be exchanged over the Labor state government’s rate capping policy, dubbed the Fair Go Rates system by the government, for councils across Victoria. Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins announced last week that the Essential Services Commission will publish its annual rate cap recommendation, based on the cost of inflation, each year. The ESC recommended councils should not increase rates by any more than 2.8 per cent for the 2016-17 financial year, based on the Consumer Price Index and Wage Price Index. Ms Hutchins decided rate rises should be limited to 2.5 per cent based on CPI.…