THE state government’s proposed boundary changes for the Kingston municipality have been released. After the passage of the Local Government Act 2020 earlier this year, the state government mandated that Kingston Council would move to a single member ward structure at the 2020 local government elections. Kingston Council currently has nine councillors, spread across three wards. After the next election they will have 11 councillors representing around 11,000 residents each in 11 separate wards. Kingston Council will have until 25 May to make comments and suggestions about the names for the new wards. The maps will then be finalised and…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
A POLICE member had to dive out of the way to avoid being run down by a motorcycle driver in Chelsea Heights last week. At around 11.40pm, 8 May, two detectives on the Frankston Freeway saw two motorcycles speed past them. Police believe that two bikes had been travelling along Peninsula Link at over 200kmph. The motorcycle drivers exited at Thames Promenade, and were later spotted by police at the intersection of Wells Road and Springvale Road. One driver turned onto Edithvale Road and was intercepted by police. When police intercepted the man, he allegedly rammed his bike into the…
A REPORT looking into the safety of works on the Bay Trail has revealed that there have been seven reported incidents related to the project. The report also outlined the responses by Kingston Council to each reported incident at the worksite between Naples Road in Mentone and Rennison Street in Parkdale, and the date that the incidents occurred. On 13 February, an elderly resident sustained a leg injury after entering the worksite. WorkSafe later visited the site, but did not issue any fines. Just two weeks later a cyclist struck an orange safety bollard at the site. Contractors on site…
STOOD down Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre employees are no closer to receiving financial support during the COVID-19 crisis. Workers employed through local councils have been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic, and are not eligible to receive the federal government’s JobKeeper supplement. Almost 300 staff stood down at PARC were left without pay in March because the pool is operated by Peninsula Leisure, a council-owned entity. Frankston mayor Sandra Mayer has written to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg asking for local government employees to be included in the JobKeeper scheme. “Following the closure of leisure centres in March 2020 as a measure…
EDITHVALE Primary School students had the opportunity to thank their teachers this week for their hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers from the school paraded through Edithvale on 4 May as students and parents watched on and waved. Edithvale Primary School parent Michael Cummings said “it was just so cool to see the kids’ faces light up as their teachers and other school staff came past.” “The school has done an amazing job with its distance learning program, just superb, but there’s no substitute for face to face contact,” he said. “It was also great for the parents to…