FRANKSTON and Kingston Councils have signed an agreement to meet regularly and collaborate on future projects. The “Nepean Partnership” was officially signed off by Frankston and Kingston councillors at their respective public meetings last week. The proposed partnership originally included the Mornington Peninsula Shire, which ultimately declined to sign up amid a bitter fallout with Frankston Council (Canberra trip sparks conflict, The News 26/8/25). A report on the partnership prepared by Frankston Council officers read that “decisions and communications are to be made collaboratively, ensuring transparency and shared ownership of outcomes.” “A Partnership Steering Group, comprising each council’s mayor, CEO…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
FRANKSTON Council posted a surplus of nearly $16 million in the last financial year, its 2024/2025 annual report has revealed. A final surplus of $15.871 million was posted by Frankston Council. A message from Frankston mayor Kris Bolam and interim council CEO Cam Arullanantham in the annual report read that “despite pressures from rate capping, inflation and reduced external funding, 98 per cent of Council Plan actions were delivered or are on track.” “This year saw the completion of major projects such as the Kananook Car Park, new and upgraded early years facilities, pavilion redevelopments and play space improvements. We…
FRANKSTON Council will cease offering multiple in-home support programs from next year. Council has confirmed that it will transition clients currently accessing the cut services to external providers by 30 June, 2026. Services set to be phased out by Frankston Council are personal care, domestic assistance including house cleaning and unescorted shopping, respite care, Home and Community Care Program for Younger People assessment services, meals on wheels and delivered meals for HACC-PYP clients only, home maintenance and modifications including gutter cleaning, flexible service response, and social support individual (escorted shopping). The decision was made days before the federal government’s swathe of…
PROVINCIAL SORRENTO played Red Hill in a nailbiter on Saturday, with the Sharks winning by the finest of margins. Red Hill was sent in to bat first on their home deck. They had a few misfires with the bat, and ended up all out for 161 shortly before the scheduled close of their innings. Luke Jackson scored a vital 68 for Red Hill. He made amends for skipper Glenn Collett’s dismal for one and Simon Dart’s dismissal for a golden duck. Henry Squire, Liam O’Connor, and Tyler Porter took three wickets each for Sorrento. Sorrento’s run chase got off to…
THE Local Government Inspectorate has decided that the Local Government Act was not breached when the previous Kingston Council awarded a grant to a community group linked to a sitting councillor.A grant awarded to the Druze Community Charity of Victoria by Kingston Council prior to the 2024 local government elections has been put under the microscope this year. Cr Hadi Saab sat on the committee of the Druze group at the time the grant was approved – the two-term councillor declared a conflict of interest and recused himself before the vote took place.In March this year, Kingston Council voted to…