THE federal government’s announced $2.2 billion commitment to the suburban rail loop project has been confirmed. The federal budget handed down last week locked in the federal government’s contribution to the project. Labor made the commitment in May in the leadup to its election. The eastern section of the controversial rail loop will start at a new Cheltenham Station built using public land at Sir William Fry Reserve. The station will be roughly half a kilometre from the nearest Frankston line station at Southland. The Parliamentary Budget Office has estimated the cost of building SRL East, which will link Cheltenham…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
MPNFL DEVON Meadows has secured the signature of ex-AFL ruckman Paddy Ryder. The MPNFL club made the huge announcement last week. 34-year-old Ryder retired from the AFL this year after 281 games across three clubs. Ryder started his career at Essendon before moving to Port Adelaide in the wake of the club’s drug scandal. He played his final seasons at St Kilda, and made a big impact. Ryder was named in the AFL’s All-Australian squad in 2017. He was the ANZAC Day medalist in 2009. In a statement on Facebook, the club said it was “thrilled” to have signed Ryder.…
CRICKET FOR the third week running, rain threatened to ruin a weekend of cricket on the Mornington Peninsula. Despite the bad weather, players reported to their grounds on Saturday to play at least a few overs. PROVINCIAL AN excellent bowling performance secured Red Hill the victory last weekend. Red Hill batted first on their home deck against Old Peninsula. They set their opponents a target of 141 to score to win the match. A middle order knock of 32 from Brent Martin proved vital. He dug in after a top order collapse which saw Red Hill lose 5/27. Old Peninsula…
THE public gallery was thrown out of a tense Frankston Council meeting last week. Tensions have been running high at council’s recent public meetings. A marathon four-hour meeting last week was stopped and started on multiple occasions as debate broke down into arguments, and the public gallery made repeated interjections. By the end of the meeting the public had been removed and the mayor had threatened to boot one councillor from the room. The public gallery was kicked out during debate on the future of the traders at the base of Olivers Hill. One member of the gallery shouted that…
FRANKSTON Council will review its internal processes following community backlash to its plans to boot two mobile vendors from their site at Olivers Hill. Council has reversed its decision to move on Little Olly’s cafe van and Cripps Fish and Chips from their current site at the base of Olivers Hill. The licence to trade handed to the two operators was coming up, and after the conclusion of an expression of interest process council elected to replace them with a mobile Mercettas restaurant. The three businesses have now agreed to share the site for 12 months. At their last public…