PRESSURE is growing on the federal government to adopt the recommendations of the “Murphy Report” on gambling reform.Former Dunkley MP Peta Murphy chaired an inquiry into online gambling harm prior to her death last year. The inquiry’s report was released in mid-2023 – it made 31 recommendations to reduce the negative impacts of gambling, including a comprehensive ban on all forms of advertising for online gambling to be phased in over three years.The federal government has not taken action on all of the inquiry’s recommendations, and has not publicly committed to doing so. Dunkley MP Jodie Belyea, who was elected…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
FINALS fever is in the air, as Frankston hosted its first ever Reclink Footy League Grand Final last week. Frankston’s Kinetic Stadium hosted the event last Wednesday, 11 September. The Salvo Hawks played the Cardinia Tigers in the first match of the day, followed by a clash between Latrobe Valley Panthers and Frankston Dolphins.The Cardinia Tigers defeated the Salvo Hawks. The Frankston Dolphins and Latrobe Valley Panthers game was unfortunately cut short due to a player requiring medical assistance.75-year-old “Zippy” was among the players on the day – Zippy said after the game that “our team players come from all…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONETHE Mt Eliza Football Netball Club celebrated one of the greatest days in its history last Sunday when it took home three football premiership trophies from Kinetic Stadium.Mt Eliza played Dromana in the Division One Seniors Grand Final. Dromana came into the game as favourites, having lost just twice during the season. After losing their qualifying final, Mt Eliza earned their way through to the big dance the hard way.A bumper crowd turned up to watch on Sunday. Mt Eliza got out to an early lead, and took a 16 point lead into the first break. The…
POLICE raided houses across the Mornington Peninsula last week as part of an investigation into the Finks Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.Victoria Police allege that motorbikes were ridden on the footpath on Southbank Promenade last month – it said in a statement that at around 8pm on 9 August “a large contingent of riders, wearing Finks OMCG vests and insignia, entered the Southbank Promenade, riding between permanent steel bollards and onto the shared footpath area. The group rode in formation for approximately 350 metres along the promenade, between pedestrians, street vendors and buskers. There was a high level of pedestrian traffic at…
ST Bede’s College in Mentone entered lockdown last Wednesday, 4 September, while police investigated a “threatening” social media post. The school entered lockdown at 8.25am on police advice. At 9.40am the lockdown was lifted and students returned to class.In a statement, Victoria Police said there is no ongoing threat at the Mentone school. “Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a threatening social media post in relation to St Bede’s College. There is currently no threat to St Bede’s College in Mentone but investigations to determine who created the post are underway,” a Victoria Police statement read. “The post, which…