MORE bins will be temporarily installed at beaches between Aspendale and Carrum in a bid to stop rubbish from blowing into the bay.Throughout this summer, rubbish has been seen overflowing from Kingston Council’s bins at its beaches. Residents have reported that rubbish left over the weekend isn’t picked up until Monday afternoon (“Rubbish piles up at beach” The News 7/2/2024).Last week, Kingston councillors agreed to place an extra red-lid bin at 35 foreshore entrances between Carrum and Aspendale until April. Councillor Georgina Oxley was behind the push for more bins. Her motion read that “this issue has been ongoing for…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
THE Kingswood golf course in Dingley Village has reportedly been sold to a property developer. The golf course at 179-217 Centre Dandenong Road was bought by AustralianSuper for $125 million in 2014. Its plans to build around 800 dwellings on the land spent years in the planning process, and were subject to widespread community backlash.AustralianSuper announced plans to sell the site late last year around the same time that planning minister Sonya Kilkenny confirmed that the land would be rezoned for residential development. On Monday, 4 March, the Australian Financial Review reported that the 53.4-hectare Dingley Village site had been…
PROVINCIALRED Hill picked up a thrilling win over Long Island during the final over of play last Saturday.Long Island scored 229 on day one of the match. Red Hill’s run chase got off to a good start – opener Luke Jackson led from the front with a half-century.The rest of Red Hill’s batters made decent starts, but couldn’t convert their scores into big totals. Some good bowling by Matt Shimmell helped to stop Red Hill’s momentum. An unbeaten knock of 27 by James O’Connell with his side eight wickets down won the game for Red Hill. They got over the…
LABOR candidate Jodie Belyea has won the Dunkley by-election.With nearly 75 per cent of the vote counted, Labor leads the Liberals on the two-party-preferred count by 2.7 per cent. There has been a 3.6 per cent swing towards the Liberals compared to the 2022 federal election result, which is not enough to win the seat.Jodie Belyea is the founder of the Women’s Spirit Project, an organisation supporting women affected by poverty, violence, and other issues. She has also worked with the MEGT Foundation. Belyea was recruited into the Labor Party by former Dunkley MP Peta Murphy.The by-election was triggered by…
CANDIDATES in the 2 March Dunkley by-election are in the home stretch of the campaign. The by-election was triggered by the death of incumbent MP Peta Murphy in December. Both major parties announced their candidates in January – Jodie Belyea will seek to retain the seat for Labor, and Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy has been chosen to try and overcome a 6.3 percent margin to win it for the Liberals. All candidates in the by-election have put cost of living at the forefront of the campaign. Labor has been speaking about its changes to stage three tax cuts, which will…