THE developers of a proposed multi-storey building at 438-444 Nepean Highway have withdrawn their appeal to build the project. The “Pace” development at the former Frankston Cinema site was rejected by VCAT in mid-2024. The developer appealed the decision to the Victorian Supreme Court, but has now discontinued the process. “Stop The Great Wall of Frankston” protester Robert Thurley, who is contesting Dunkley at the federal election as an independent, said the decision is “a great boost for our community campaign to protect our waterways and coastline. “This is fantastic news for Kananook Creek Association, all the Stop the Great…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
EIGHT candidates have put their hands up to contest Dunkley at the 3 May federal election. Candidates were declared by the Australian Electoral Commission on 11 April. Using blindfolds and a bingo machine, the order in which the candidates will appear on the ballot was decided. Liberal candidate Nathan Conroy, a three-time Frankston mayor, drew the top spot on the ballot. Incumbent Labor MP Jodie Belyea was drawn seventh. The candidates as they appear on the ballot paper are: Belyea and Conroy are the only two candidates returning from the March 2024 by-election. Labor won the by-election by a slim…
POLICE searched the vicinity of Gunnamatta Surf Life Saving Club last week searching for a man who went missing from Chelsea Heights in 2023. 28-year-old Sergio Cuesta was last seen on 16 September 2023 – he was dropped off by a friend at Jabiru Drive in Chelsea Heights. He was reported missing five days later. Last year police investigating the disappearance of the Colombian national charged four people with murder – a 50-year-old Mt Eliza man, a 26-year-old Flagstone man, a 26-year-old Logan Reserve man, and a 24-year-old Flagstone woman were each charged in early 2024. Last Thursday and Friday,…
POLICE across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula are targeting tech-savvy criminals that are using reprogramming devices to steal popular cars with push-start systems. Police said their intelligence suggested that certain makes and models with electronic push start technology were increasingly being targeted, as no ignition key is required. “Once inside a vehicle, this device can be plugged into the cars on board diagnostic port to override the security system and start the engine,” Victoria Police said. Police believe this methodology is well known among criminal circles and being used extensively.Various models of Holdens, Toyotas, and Subaru cars have seen the…
KINGSTON councillor Jane Agirtan will return to court in June to answer a charge of breaching a personal safety intervention order. Agirtan faced court over the matter on 25 February. She returned to Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 7 April, where the matter was adjourned until 20 June to be heard at the Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court. At the February hearing, police foreshadowed that they would seek diversion to resolve the matter. At the April hearing they told the Magistrate that they had since taken diversion off the table. Agirtan was elected at the 2024 local government elections. She represents Chicquita Ward.…