THE Chelsea Football Club will not participate in the 2020 MPNFL season if it goes ahead. The club announced last week that they had made the decision to withdraw their football sides from this year’s season. The seniors, reserves, and under 19s squads have all been pulled out. The decision taken by the club excludes their netball sides. Chelsea FNC president Michael Davis said “the decision to withdraw from the season has not been taken lightly, but we believe it is in the best interest of the club and our members.” “With over 110 years of history we need to…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
FRANKSTON Council has taken the axe to their sculpture program in a cost saving measure. Council has cut nine public art projects that were set to be leased or created in the next year. The artworks would have been installed at Pines Pool, Baxter Street, the library forecourt, Peninsula Link at Frankston-Dandenong Road, Fletcher Road, Eel Race Road, and Mile Bridge. The motion approved by Frankston councillors on 1 June read that “COVID-19 has called for an assessment of critical and urgent works and potential savings to support the community during the relief and recovery phases of the pandemic. The…
MORE than 20 planning matters are set to be investigated as part of a probity review ordered by Kingston councillors in the wake of the planning scandal which toppled Casey Council. Last year the state’s peak anti-corruption body IBAC began hearings in response to allegations that developer John Woodman had financial ties to City of Casey councillors. In response, Kingston Council ordered a review into developments that had come before them which involved parties named in that IBAC investigation. They included Mr Woodman, planner Megan Schutz, lobbyist Phil Staindl, former Mordialloc MP Lorraine Wreford, and Wolfdene, a company owned by…
THE 2020 MPNFL season hangs in the balance, with its future set to be evaluated later this month. AFL South East head Richard Black, AFL South East CEO Shaun Connell, and officials from each of the 22 MPNFL clubs all met on 3 June to discuss the 2020 season. It was decided that a further evaluation would be held after an update from Premier Daniel Andrews, expected on 21 June. Senior leagues across Victoria have begun cancelling their seasons in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Northern Football Netball League and Southern Football Netball League will both not proceed…
FRANKSTON Council has passed their annual budget for the 2020/2021 financial year. Rates will rise by an average of 2 per cent in the next year. Frankston Council projects a $9.92 million surplus in the budget, down from the previous year’s projection of $22.09 million. The budget contains nearly $60 million worth of capital works projects. They include works at RF Miles Reserve, Jubilee Park, Centenary Park, Belvedere Bowls Club, and the Frankston Yacht Club building. Nearly $25 million will be spent by council on infrastructure maintenance in the next financial year. The mayor Sandra Mayer said “our precious open…