SIX years ago this week, 20-year-old woman Elly Warren was found dead in Mozambique. Her family is still looking for answers. Warren, who was born in Mordialloc, travelled to Mozambique for a six-week trip in 2016. When she got back home she planned to study marine biology. Just days before her return, her body was found near a bathroom in Tofo. The circumstances of Elly Warren’s death remain unclear. Her father, Paul Warren, has spent the last six years pursuing the truth about his daughter’s death. He believes his daughter was assaulted and murdered. Despite findings that Elly Warren died…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
CRICKET PROVINCIAL OLD Peninsula continued its good start to the 2022/2023 season with a win over Long Island on Saturday. After a month of rain delays and cancellations, the weather gods finally smiled on MPCA cricketers last weekend. Old Peninsula played host to Long Island. It was a nightmare start for Long Island at the crease. They batted first and suffered through a catastrophic top order collapse. At 6/27, the game looked dead and buried. A late knock of 55 from Cameron Wheeler helped Long Island put a respectable total on the board. Long Island managed to avoid being bowled…
MONEY promised by the federal government for major local projects has been locked in. The federal Labor government has released its first budget. The budget papers confirm that taxpayer money will be spent on establishing a new public urgent care centre in Frankston and building the suburban rail loop, which starts on the Frankston line. The federal government will spend $235 million in the next four years on the roll-out of urgent care clinics across the country. It has set aside $2.2 billion for the controversial rail loop. Dunkley MP Peta Murphy says the budget also reaffirms the federal government’s…
THE federal government’s announced $2.2 billion commitment to the suburban rail loop project has been confirmed. The federal budget handed down last week locked in the federal government’s contribution to the project. Labor made the commitment in May in the leadup to its election. The eastern section of the controversial rail loop will start at a new Cheltenham Station built using public land at Sir William Fry Reserve. The station will be roughly half a kilometre from the nearest Frankston line station at Southland. The Parliamentary Budget Office has estimated the cost of building SRL East, which will link Cheltenham…
MPNFL DEVON Meadows has secured the signature of ex-AFL ruckman Paddy Ryder. The MPNFL club made the huge announcement last week. 34-year-old Ryder retired from the AFL this year after 281 games across three clubs. Ryder started his career at Essendon before moving to Port Adelaide in the wake of the club’s drug scandal. He played his final seasons at St Kilda, and made a big impact. Ryder was named in the AFL’s All-Australian squad in 2017. He was the ANZAC Day medalist in 2009. In a statement on Facebook, the club said it was “thrilled” to have signed Ryder.…