PROVINCIAL Red Hill’s strong start to the 2025/2026 season looks set to continue after a good day one showing against Mornington on Saturday. Mornington chose to bat first at Red Hill Recreation Reserve. They failed to make much of an impact on the scoreboard – Cooper Borthwick tore through the middle order and helped send the Bulldogs back to the sheds for a final total of 123. Borthwick took 4/22. Simon Dart also bowled well, finishing up with 3/18. Red Hill piled on 77 runs before stumps, losing just one wicket along the way. They are in a great position…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
A STATEWIDE crime wave has sparked a Victoria Police restructure, with more officers set to be dedicated to frontline policing.Statistics released last month showed that crime in Frankston is at its highest level in a decade. The 13,754 criminal incidents recorded in the Frankston local government area in the year ending June 2025 was a whopping 18.8 percent increase on the year prior. In neighbouring Kingston criminal incidents rose by 14.6 percent, and a 10.6 percent increase in criminal incidents was recorded in the Mornington Peninsula Shire. (“Rising crime levels unacceptable” The Times 30/9/2025).Last week, Victoria Police confirmed it would…
THE Mordi Aquatic Centre project is ahead of schedule, with $6.3 million worth of works brought forward from the 2025/2026 budget in the last financial year.A report on Kingston Council’s infrastructure project spending in 2024/2025 was handed to councillors at their most recent public meeting. Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley said that highlights from Kingston Council’s 2024/2025 capital works program included $23.9 million to commence construction on the Mordi Aquatic Centre redevelopment.The 2024/25 budget for the Mordi Aquatic Centre project was $17.5 million. A report prepared by council officers read that the extra expenditure in the last financial year was “a…
THE management of Centenary Park Golf Course will be handed to Peninsula Leisure in July of 2026.Peninsula Leisure is owned by Frankston Council, and run independently. It manages Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre, Pines Forest Aquatic Centre, and the Frankston Skatepark. Clublinks has managed the public golf course on McClelland Drive since 2019. At Frankston Council’s September meeting, councillors resolved to take over management of the site.Cr Cherie Wanat said the decision “reflects council’s long-term commitment to reinvesting in the facility and creating even more outstanding opportunities and experiences for locals and visitors alike.”“While Peninsula Leisure was originally established in the…
A WILDLIFE rescue group was robbed at a Frankston fundraiser last week, its director says.Frankston-based rescue organisation Animalia Wildlife Shelter held a sausage sizzle last week to raise badly needed funds for animal care. The shelter’s director, Michelle Thomas, says that at the end of the day there was money missing from the tin.“We were desperate for that fundraiser as we had less than $300 left in the bank for the organisation. We were quite financially stressed and watching every cent that we spent because we did not have enough money,” Thomas said.“It didn’t make sense with the sausages we…