Author: Brodie Cowburn

KINGSTON Council will refund over $2 million in parking fines after they discovered their process for reviewing fine appeals may have been improper. Kingston Council had outsourced their appeal process for fines to an external agency between 2006 and 2016, a process that council now believes is in violation of the Infringements Act 2006. The mayor Georgina Oxley said fines issued in the municipality that were unsuccessfully appealed and then paid between 2006 and 2016 would be refunded. She estimated around 20,000 fines worth around $2.3 million would be impacted. “It is common for councils, and potentially some state agencies,…

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OFF leash dog areas may be fenced off and dog poo bags will be made more readily available as part of a trial by Kingston Council. Kingston Council voted unanimously on 25 February to “undertake community consultation regarding the implementation of fencing the existing dog off-leash areas at Iluka Reserve, Aspendale and Roy Dore Reserve, provide customers with greater access to free dog-poo bags in civic and other community and animal related facilities, and implement a trial of a dog-poo bag dispenser in reserves in each Ward including Bicentennial Park, Iluka Reserve, Namatjira Reserve, and Spring Road Reserve.” The motion…

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PENINSULA CRIB Point have fallen just short of Moorooduc in day two of a hotly contested clash at Crib Point Rec Reserve on Saturday. Chasing 185 for the win, Moorooduc got off on the wrong foot and lost a series of early wickets. The bowling efforts of Moorooduc’s Reece Cordeux helped his side greatly, as posted figures of 4/39. Crib Point ended up all out for 168, just 18 runs short of a win. At Ditterich Reserve, Main Ridge got the better of Pines in another tight affair. Batting first Pines scored quickly but lost wickets quickly as well. They…

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FRANKSTON councillors have voted to reject a proposal for a supermarket at the Frankston Power Centre. The proposal put forward would have seen the current sites of a Spotlight and Forty Winks combined for a new 4,520 square metre supermarket, but the plan was stopped in its tracks. Councillors voted to reject a permit, with Cr Colin Hampton arguing the negative effect on the nearby Towerhill IGA would be too large. Cr Hampton moved an alternate motion to reject a permit as “the proposed supermarket will have a negative economic impact on the ongoing viability of the supermarkets and businesses…

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SIX people have now been charged in relation to an alleged assault of police officers in St Kilda, with the most recent arrest being made in Frankston on 27 February. Five of the six people charged in relation to the alleged assault last weekend have now faced court, with four of the six residing in the Frankston and Langwarrin area. The Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard on Tuesday 26 February that 38-year-old Frankston man Phillip O’Donnell had allegedly smashed a police officer’s head into the ground. The alleged incident occurred at around 3am, Sunday 24 February. 25-year-old Langwarrin woman Kayla Potts…

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