MORE than 300 reports of animal cruelty were made in the Frankston municipality within the last year. The RSPCA has released animal cruelty statistics for the 2022/2023 financial year. 307 reports were made in the Frankston LGA in 22/23. The figure is the ninth-highest of 79 Victorian LGAs. Frankston’s animal cruelty reports are higher than in 2021/2022 and 2020/2021. It is an improvement on the 2019/2020 figure of 338. 27 animals in the Frankston municipality were surrendered to the RSPCA Victoria’s Inspectorate in 22/23. Statewide, the total number of animals seized by or surrendered to RSPCA Victoria’s Inspectorate has increased…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
MPNFL DIVISION ONE FRANKSTON YCW will play Dromana in the MPFNL Division One Grand Final this Sunday. To book their Grand Final spot, Frankston YCW had to withstand a challenge from Mt Eliza at Rosebud’s Olympic Park. Mt Eliza booted five goals in the opening term to get out to a 13-point lead at the first break. By half-time Frankston YCW managed to get ahead by two points. Heading into the final quarter, the Stonecats led by just four points. They held their nerve, and went on to score a hard-fought ten point win 16.9 (105) to 14.11 (95). Joshua…
A NEW aquatic centre in Mordialloc is moving closer to fruition, with demolition at the site getting underway and detailed designs in the pipeline. The $79 million aquatic centre will be at 1-7 Wells Road, Mordialloc, by Jack Grut Reserve. It will replace the permanently closed Don Tatnell Leisure Centre in Parkdale. Council has scheduled the existing buildings on the land to be demolished early this month. Demolition is expected to be complete in November. Construction is scheduled to begin in the middle of next year, and will take around 18 months to complete. Kingston Council says its draft concept…
THE owner of the former Kingswood Golf Course in Dingley Village has abandoned its plans to redevelop the land and has begun the process of selling it. The golf course at 179-217 Centre Dandenong Road has been owned by AustralianSuper since 2014 – it acquired it for $125 million. The super fund has been planning for years to build around 800 dwellings on the land, but has failed to get the project approved. A report on the proposal was handed to the planning minister’s office 18 months ago, but a decision has yet to be announced. Last week, AustralianSuper announced…
FRANKSTON councillor Steven Hughes has been suspended for three months. A councillor conduct panel has ruled that Hughes committed an act of serious misconduct. The suspension will be Hughes’ third since his election to council in 2020. Hughes received a one-month suspension in 2021 after making Facebook posts comparing Frankston Council’s local laws to those in North Korea. He was again suspended for a month at the start of 2023 for new Facebook posts, for deriding council staff, and for sending a heated email to Frankston’s mayor (“Councillor served with second suspension” The Times 31/1/23). Hughes’ social media use has…