KINGSTON’S mayor is encouraging more women to put their hands up for local government elections later this year. The mayor Jenna Davey-Burns and deputy mayor Tracey Davies are the first all-female leadership team in Kingston Council’s history. Women are historically underrepresented on council – only four out of 11 serving Kingston councillors are women.At a recent meeting with outgoing junior mayor Alexandra Shewan and deputy junior mayor Vanessa Comarmond, Davey-Burns stressed the importance of young women getting involved in leadership roles. With council elections looming in October, Davey-Burns said “women deserve to be at the decision making table. Despite the…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
MT Eliza Junior Football Club has been banned from hosting home games amid concerns about the club’s governance.Last Wednesday, 22 May, the Frankston and District Junior Football League announced that junior games at Emil Madsen Reserve would be moved elsewhere. The league said that Mt Eliza JFC was not complying with club rules. “The F&DJFL Board has made the difficult decision to move all games away from Emil Madsen Reserve in Mount Eliza until further notice. Based on the MEJFC Constitution, we find that the MEJFC is not compliant,” the league’s statement read. “While we are working with members of…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONEROSEBUD picked up an important win last weekend over Red Hill. Rosebud has had a tough start to season 2024, spending the year near the bottom of the ladder. A win at Red Hill Recreation Reserve on Saturday would put them a game ahead of their rivals at the tail-end.It was a dominant first half for Rosebud. They scored ten goals to four to take a comfortable lead into the half-time break. Red Hill mounted a comeback in the second half. They managed to hold Rosebud goalless in the final term, but couldn’t quite do enough to…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONEMORNINGTON and Sorrento shared the points on Saturday after a frantic final quarter comeback by the Bulldogs.Alexandra Park hosted the match last weekend. It was tight all day long, with less than a goal separating the two sides at the half-time and three-quarter-time breaks. Sorrento took control of the match after the final break, and raced out to a 20-point lead. Mornington had to work hard to get back into the contest, but they proved up for the fight. Three goals in the final six minutes saw Mornington draw level with Sorrento. In the end it finished…
A $300 REBATE on energy bills and tax cuts are the centrepieces of the federal government’s 2024/2025 budget. The federal government handed down its budget on 14 May. The budget included a $300 energy rebate, which is set to take effect from 1 July. The rebate will be applied to power bills quarterly.The budget also cemented the federal government’s changes to stage three tax cuts. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said “our new tax cuts for middle Australia are the biggest part of the cost of living relief in this budget.” “From 1 July, all 13.6 million taxpayers will get a tax…