SIX people have been arrested in relation to a Frankston North shooting which left a man with life-threatening injuries.A man was found with a serious gunshot wound on Armata Crescent at around 7.20pm on 4 November. The victim, a 36-year-old man from Dandenong, was taken to hospital. Police allege that the victim was shot during an altercation with a group of people. They arrested six people allegedly connected to the incident last week.A 21-year-old man was arrested in Burwood East on 5 November. He was charged with intentionally causing serious injury and aggravated home invasion, and was remanded to appear…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
PROVINCIALDROMANA’S undefeated start to the 2024/2025 season continued last weekend after a close win over Baden Powell.Overport Park hosted the clash. Baden Powell was sent in to bat first, and hit a few roadblocks.Dale Elmi, Jobe Gardner, Josh Waldron, and Jack Gorbert made good starts, but didn’t convert their scores into big totals. Gorbert’s unbeaten 24 from 21 deliveries batting at number nine was the most impressive of the innings.Jye Voelkl took three vital middle order wickets to help restrict Baden Powell’s total to 9/144 from 40 overs. Voelkl took 3/21.A middle order collapse nearly cost Dromana the game, but…
THE Carrum Downs community is rallying around a young woman who is facing life-changing injuries. More than $120,000 has been raised for Carrum Downs woman Ashley Howlett. She suffered horrific injuries after she was struck by a motorbike on McCormicks Road last month. Howlett was hit while walking her dog. A fundraiser was started by her aunt to assist the victim and her family during her recovery.“As I write my beautiful niece is being prepped for surgery to amputate part or all of one leg. Every inch of her angelic body is battered, bruised, and broken. Her remaining leg has…
PENINSULA Health has been penalised more than $300,000 after failing to pay a junior doctor for working overtime.Dr Gaby Bolton began working at Peninsula Health at the beginning of 2019, working primarily at Frankston Hospital. Her claims of unpaid overtime for work undertaken between January 2019 and January 2021 were “substantially” proven by the Federal Court last year. It found that Peninsula Health failed to pay Dr Bolton on 208 occasions.Last week the Federal Court reiterated that Peninsula Health had contravened the Fair Work Act 2009 and ordered it to pay $316,260 to the case’s lead applicant, the Australian Salaried…
THE first batch of votes cast in the Frankston Council election have been counted. Candidates who have previously served on council have performed strongly. Former councillors are leading the pack in six of Frankston Council’s nine wards. On Tuesday, first preference votes were counted in the Ballam, Centenary Park, and Derinya wards. Three former councillors have emerged on top, but things may change once preferences are distributed. In Ballam Ward, Kris Bolam has a lead of nearly 1700 votes on the first preference count. In Centenary Park, former mayor Michael O’Reilly looks likely to return to council after a four…