TWO people have died after an alleged shooting in Mordialloc. A 73-year-old man from Mordialloc has been charged over the alleged shooting. He has faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with two counts of murder. Police allege that a gun was fired on McDonald Street at around 9.10pm on Thursday, 13 January. When police arrived at the scene they found two people with critical injuries. Despite treatment, the two people died at the scene. Police arrested the man after a search of the area. In addition to two counts of murder, he has also been charged with conduct endangering life…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
CRICKET PROVINCIAL AN unbeaten century from Simon Dart was the difference between Red Hill and Old Peninsula on Saturday. Playing at home, Red Hill chose to bat first. Thanks in part to Dart’s knock of 106, Red Hill set Old Peninsula a target of 201 to chase down. Old Peninsula’s run chase got off to a rough start, with both openers falling cheaply. The middle order steadied the ship, but the run rate began to work against them. Old Peninsula ended up finishing their 40 overs at 8/172, 30 short of what was needed to win. Lincoln Toy was the…
EMERGENCY service workers will be among those told that they are able go to work even if they are identified as COVID-19 close contacts. The state government has announced that from this week, emergency services, education, critical utilities, custodial facilities, transport, and freight workers will be made exempt from close contact home isolation requirements so that they can go to work. Workers in the food production sector have already been announced as being eligible for exemptions. The new rules come into place from 11.59pm on 18 January. The state government says that workers can be asked to go back to…
LIFESAVERS are pleading with people to avoid swimming near Patterson River after a number of dangerous incidents this summer. Dozens of local swimmers have had to be saved from the water over the summer period. On one particularly bad day on Sunday 2 January, fourteen people had to be rescued from the mouth of Patterson River. Two people were taken to hospital. Carrum Surf Life Saving Club has urged people not to swim near Patterson River, saying it is “never safe”. Carrum SCLC’s Sunday patrol captain, Cath Paulsen, said “there is a steep drop-off due to the river channel and…
FUNDING for car parking at Kananook Station has been budgeted by the federal government. The project is expected to cost $18 million to taxpayers, with funding to be drawn from the urban congestion fund. Car parking at Seaford and Kananook stations was promised by the federal government in the leadup to the 2019 election, although those plans were eventually scrapped. Frankston Council soon approached the federal government seeking to rectify the issue. The car park will now be built on land purchased by Frankston Council by the Frankston Basketball Stadium. Urban infrastructure minister Paul Fletcher said that the car parking…