KINGSTON Council has updated its plan for the management of Green Wedge land in the municipality. Council’s Green Wedge management plan was first developed in 2012. Draft changes to the policy will go out for community consultation next week. A statement from Kingston Council outlined changes that have been made since 2012, and considered in the new draft plan. They include the completion of the Dingley Bypass and advanced construction of Mordialloc Freeway, approval of Amendment C143 which rezoned the northern section of land off Kingston and Heatherton Roads from Special Use Zone Schedule 2 to Green Wedge A Zone,…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
VFL THE Frankston Dolphins scored a come-from-behind win in their first game under lights at home. The match was the first played under the new lights at Skybus Stadium. The Dolphins played host to the Northern Bullants on Thursday night. Despite being down by two points at three-quarter-time, the Dolphins were able to claw their way back to secure a gritty 13 point win. The Northern Bullants are recovering from a rocky period in their history. Carlton Football Club ended its affiliation with the side in 2020, which looked like it could be a death blow for the 139-year-old club.…
THE re-emergence of a proposal to allow women to access their superannuation to escape domestic violence has been slammed by Dunkley MP Peta Murphy. The federal government’s plan would have allowed women to access $10,000 from their own superannuation. Ms Murphy said the proposal was “not okay”. “Women fleeing domestic violence should not be forced to choose between their and their children’s safety and their financial futures,” she said. “This government continues to fail to listen to the concerns of women across the country and repeatedly presents wholly inadequate, and in this case, counterproductive, responses. “The response of the Morrison…
THE number of reported family violence incidents in Frankston increased by 10 per cent last year. There were 2724 reported occurrences of family violence in the Frankston municipality last year, according to the latest figures released by the Crime Statistics Agency. In 2019 there were 2477. Last year was the third consecutive year in which there had been a rise in local family violence incidents. The number of reported family violence incidents in Frankston remains well above the statewide average. In 2020, the family incident rate per 100,000 people in the Frankston local government area was 1895. The statewide average…
A KINGSTON councillor has apologised for appearing in a video alongside a crude prop “girlfriend” with a vacuum hose for a mouth. Cr Tim Cochrane says he is “mortified” that the offensive video featuring him has resurfaced on social media. The video shows Cr Cochrane holding a vacuum hose with a crudely drawn depiction of a woman’s face around it. In the video he mockingly says “Tim, you need to get yourself a girlfriend. No I don’t,” before panning to the vulgar prop. Cr Cochrane said the video was posted on social media 10 years ago, and that he is…