THE state government will fund new “urgent care” centres across the state in a bid to ease the pressure on emergency departments. Frankston will host one of 25 new urgent care centres set up across Victoria. Premier Daniel Andrews announced the establishment of the new centres in a joint press conference with New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet last week. “Around the country, the pandemic has put enormous pressure on healthcare systems. Part of that is because, through no fault of their own, people have delayed going to their GP and accessing primary care,” Andrews said. “Every day, it gets…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
A BONBEACH cancer survivor is planning on walking 72 kilometres next month to raise money for prostate cancer awareness. Mike Watson decided to get tested for prostate cancer after seeing a story about testing on the news. Watsons says that the decision to do so has changed his life. “This is important to me because I had no symptoms and it was only because of a news report I watched on TV, that I decided to have a PSA test. My GP asked me why I was requesting one, which surprised me,” he said. “A few days later I received…
THE Liberals have preselected a candidate to run for Carrum at the November state election. Bec Buchanan has been endorsed as the Liberals’ candidate for Carrum. She will hope to win the seat which was last held by the Liberals in 2014. Carrum has been held by Labor’s Sonya Kilkenny since 2014. Kilkenny won re-election in 2018 with a huge 12 per cent margin, and has since been appointed into the state government’s ministry. Buchanan’s candidacy was confirmed online last weekend. Her website reads that she has lived in either the Frankston or Carrum electorate for the last 48 years.…
MPNFL DIVISION ONE BONBEACH has got its finals campaign off to a dream start. The Sharks played Mt Eliza in the qualifying final last Saturday. A seven goals to zero first half saw Bonbeach put the game away early. The Redlegs had trouble hitting the scoreboard all day. They were a little better in the second half, but still couldn’t get near the impressive Sharks. Bonbeach ran out 48 point winners over Mt Eliza 11.10 (76) to 3.10 (28). The Redlegs will have one more chance to restart their season this weekend. Dromana’s 2022 season has come to an end…
MYER will shut down its Frankston store permanently next year. Frankston Myer opened in 1972. Last week, the retail giant announced that its Frankston site would close down for good, with the last day of trading scheduled for 15 January 2023. Frankston is the third Victorian Myer to close down since the onset of the pandemic. Knox Myer closed in August last year, and Emporium Myer was shut down in May 2020. In a statement, Myer said that “all impacted team members” will be redeployed to nearby locations. Around 100 people are currently employed by Myer Frankston, including those working…