FRANKSTON Council have backed out of a move to sell a parcel of public land on Evelyn Street to the Department of Justice. Council voted on 18 February to negotiate the sale of the land in a vote that was intended to take place behind closed doors. Councillors voted to bring that debate into the public section of the meeting. On 3 June council moved to reverse the decision to negotiate the sale of the land, voting to ensure “the Evelyn Street site 17R and 19R-21R will not be sold and is to be retained as open space for the…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
KINGSTON Council has launched a campaign to curb the negative influence of poker machines in the municipality. Punters in the Kingston municipality lost a whopping $86 million on pokies in the 2017-2018 financial year. Only eight municipalities in Victoria suffered higher losses than Kingston on electronic gaming machines. Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley said that the “enough is enough” campaign would work to “raise community awareness of the harm caused by poker machines in our community, call on the Victorian Government to introduce stronger controls to minimise the number of poker machines in Kingston, and help people find other ways to…
KINGSTON councillors have clashed again over the divisive Bay Trail, with the decision to award a contract for the next section of construction decided on a vote of five to four at last week’s council meeting. A motion at the 27 May meeting passed to hand the contract for the construction of the project between Naples Road in Mentone and Rennison Street in Parkdale to CDN Constructors Pty Ltd for a lump sum of a little over $5.1 million. A contingency allowance of $515,544 to “cover unexpected financial variations relating to the works” was also approved as part of the…
DIVISION ONE PINES have suffered a shock defeat for the second consecutive week after being bested by Rosebud at Olympic Oval. Looking to bounce back from a disappointing loss last week, Pines still didn’t look at their best in the first term. At the quarter time break Rosebud held a surprise eight point lead. Pines pushed back in the second quarter and took back the lead, and were up by 11 at the main break. Despite losing some momentum Rosebud refused to lie down, and with the difference standing at just one point going into the final term, the game…
DIVISION TWO A STUNNING seven goals to one opening term has helped set Tyabb up for a massive win over Pearcedale at Bunguyan Reserve. The Yabbies have been among the strugglers this year, but had a chance to get a win over another struggling side in Pearcedale. Tyabb proved they are a side with plenty of ability by putting Pearcedale to the sword, eventually running away with a 92 point win. The final score read 20.9 (129) to 4.13 (37). Matthew Ravenall booted seven goals while his teammate Michael Altenkirch also chipped in with a bag of five. Another dominant…