THIS season’s official fire danger period for Kingston, Frankston, Mornington Peninsula and French and Phillip islands starts next Monday, 30 November. CFA South East Region assistant chief officer Trevor Owen said fire restrictions were starting earlier than last year because of recent warm and dry conditions. “So far, all indicators are pointing to a challenging fire season ahead,” Mr Owen said. “While CFA does everything it can, we look to the community to use common sense and take responsibility for preventing fires.” Mr Owen said “a short window of opportunity” remained for property owners to clean up but warned against…
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SARAH Butler, 17, of Aspendale Gardens, will be among 75 Victorian students to receive the Gold Duke of Edinburgh award at the Grand Hyatt on Saturday 5 December. The award has challenged and enriched the lives of thousands of young people since it was established in 1963, the award’s Victoria CEO Anoushka Gungadin said. Sarah, a year 12 student at Mentone Girls’ Grammar, said she wanted to “prove to herself” that she could commit to the award and achieve all its requirements while being recognised for what she does outside of the classroom. “The most significant change I found in…
A WOMAN, 37, of no fixed address, was refused bail and remanded in custody after appearing at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court last week. She is facing 90 counts of burglary, theft, obtaining property by deception, car stealing, failing to answer bail and the “substantial” theft of mail from letterboxes in Kingston, Bayside and Monash over a two-month period. The woman was arrested at a Cheltenham store earlier in the week when she allegedly used false documents to purchase items. Detective Senior Constable Stephen Hemingway said the woman would reappear at the same court Thursday. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone…
Police have released CCTV vision following an armed robbery at a bottle shop in Carrum Downs earlier this month. Investigators believe two men, wearing bandanas over their faces and armed with tomahawks, entered the Hall Road shop about 8.55pm on Monday 9 November. One of the offenders approached a male staff member at the front counter while the other bandit threatened another staff member near the fridge area and then walked him to the front of the store. The two unknown men made demands for cash and the staff members complied, handing over an amount of money. The pair left…
“Everybody said, ‘What’s that sound?’” For more than three decades, James Reyne’s songs have been the sound of the Australian summer. His unforgettable hits conjure images of sun, surf, sand and sex. And James has now delivered the album that will be the soundtrack to this summer: All The Hits – Live. For James Reyne fans, this is the ultimate gig. His entire career is encapsulated in two discs, from Australian Crawl’s debut single, “Beautiful People”, to his first solo single, “Fall of Rome”, and songs that are part of our culture, such as “The Boys Light Up”, “Reckless”, “Downhearted”,…