THE Carrum Downs community is rallying around a young woman who is facing life-changing injuries. More than $120,000 has been raised for Carrum Downs woman Ashley Howlett. She suffered horrific injuries after she was struck by a motorbike on McCormicks Road last month. Howlett was hit while walking her dog. A fundraiser was started by her aunt to assist the victim and her family during her recovery.“As I write my beautiful niece is being prepped for surgery to amputate part or all of one leg. Every inch of her angelic body is battered, bruised, and broken. Her remaining leg has…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
PENINSULA Health has been penalised more than $300,000 after failing to pay a junior doctor for working overtime.Dr Gaby Bolton began working at Peninsula Health at the beginning of 2019, working primarily at Frankston Hospital. Her claims of unpaid overtime for work undertaken between January 2019 and January 2021 were “substantially” proven by the Federal Court last year. It found that Peninsula Health failed to pay Dr Bolton on 208 occasions.Last week the Federal Court reiterated that Peninsula Health had contravened the Fair Work Act 2009 and ordered it to pay $316,260 to the case’s lead applicant, the Australian Salaried…
THE first batch of votes cast in the Frankston Council election have been counted. Candidates who have previously served on council have performed strongly. Former councillors are leading the pack in six of Frankston Council’s nine wards. On Tuesday, first preference votes were counted in the Ballam, Centenary Park, and Derinya wards. Three former councillors have emerged on top, but things may change once preferences are distributed. In Ballam Ward, Kris Bolam has a lead of nearly 1700 votes on the first preference count. In Centenary Park, former mayor Michael O’Reilly looks likely to return to council after a four…
LIFE for women after traumatic events will be the focus of a keynote speech in Moorabbin next month.Cat Dunn is leading the “Life After I Left” event. Dunn is a survivor of domestic violence – she says that she is hoping to inspire other women to thrive after living through traumatic circumstances. “I know there’s a lot of women who want to speak and share their stories about who they are and what they’ve overcome. I want to bring together different women from different walks of life and talk about how to get past it,” Dunn said. “I was in…
PROVINCIALDROMANA has fired an early warning shot to the rest of the division after a dominant win over Heatherhill. Dromana wrapped up their second win of the season on Saturday by bowling out Heatherhill. Dromana scored 297 runs on day one, and bowled Heatherhill out for 190 on day two.A handful of Heatherhill batters made strong starts, but couldn’t convert them into big totals. Sithum Peris scored 29 runs, Jake Theobald scored 33, and Adeel Hussain scored 27. Jack Fowler was the pick of the bowlers for Dromana. He took 3/40 from 14 overs on Saturday, and managed to pick…