A BURGLAR who assaulted a woman at a Frankston Heights home at Cassia Grove died after a neighbor, alerted by the woman’s screams at about 1.30pm on Friday afternoon, rushed to help. Police said the 33-year-old woman, who had recently begun renting the house, had returned home on Friday afternoon to discover a male intruder in the Cassia Grove property. An eyewitness told ABC News the burglar chased the woman out of the house into the back garden before “a confrontation” between the 42-year-old neighbour and the intruder resulted in the burglar’s death. Police were called to Cassia Grove and…
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By Melissa Walsh The Spiegeltent is back with a bang, rolling into Sorrento all the way from Belgium and knocking audiences out with its raunchy night of fun with the show, Limbo. Local media and special guests attended the fabulous opening night last Thursday, greeted with bubbles on arrival and a magical journey back in time to the sexy days of vaudeville and cabaret. After a sellout season last summer, the dream of restaurateur and theatrical producer, James McPherson, continues with the second annual Spiegeltent production, Limbo. James, who had worked a lifetime in the entertainment industry doing PR for…
THE star studded line up has just been announced! Peter Helliar from The Project, Michala Banas from Upper Middle Bogan, Damon Gameau – That Sugar Film, Acclaimed Australian Director Rob Connolly (Paper Planes and Balibo) and Actor Lachy Hulme will form the Peninsula Short Film Fest 2016 judging panel. Held on Saturday February 6 at the Village Green Rosebud, the FREE outdoor film festival will showcase a selection of 12 short films. PSFF Festival Director, Steve Bastoni said there is still time to get your short film in for inclusion, “Entries have been extended until December 31 this year. The…
THE Peninsula Aquatic and Recreation Centre (PARC) has won a state government gong for inclusivity. PARC snared the ‘Inclusive Sport, Recreation or Open Space Infrastructure’ award at the Victorian Government Awards for Disability, Sport and Recreation this month. The DSR Awards acknowledge those who provide support in the area of sport and recreation to people with disability. PARC CEO Tim Gledhill said the team at the aquatic centre is proud to have snared the award on Frankston’s behalf. “We are honoured to be recognised at this year’s Victorian DSR Awards. Receiving an acknowledgement in our first year of operation is…
ANALYSIS By David Harrison THE state government’s recent move to tighten rules to control councillors and council staff raises some interesting issues, the basic one being: how much control should one level of government have over another? And secondly, how much control should council bureaucrats have over councillors? If, for example, federal politicians enacted a law giving them the power to stand down or suspend state MPs, how would the “inferior” state legislature react? Yet the Andrews government, through Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins, intends to do precisely this with new laws to “strengthen local governance and reduce councillor misconduct”.…