HUNDREDS of houses in beachside suburbs are at risk of inundation in the next 20 years, a new report has revealed. The study, titled the Economic Impacts from Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge in Victoria, Australia over the 21st century, was commissioned by the Victorian Marine and Coastal Council and Life Saving Victoria, and undertaken by the University of Melbourne. It estimates that by 2100, sea level rise and storm surge in Victoria will cause $442 billion in damage to the economy. The report ranked 40 suburbs by the number of properties which are at high risk of inundation…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
A DECISION on Moorabbin Airport’s draft master plan is imminent. The draft master plan was rejected by the previous federal government last year. An amended proposal was submitted by the Moorabbin Airport Corporation on 28 June, and an outcome is expected within the next week. Kingston Council has been critical of the draft plan. The mayor Hadi Saab says that transparency has been lacking, and that consultation was not sufficient. “The federal government is due to rule on the master plan at any time, yet neighbouring residents have no idea how their homes may be impacted and aviation businesses on…
MPNFL DIVISION ONE MT Eliza knocked Frankston Bombers out of the finals on Sunday. It was a cagey affair at Olympic Park. The Bombers went into the half-time break ahead by ten points. Mt Eliza broke the game open in the third term. A four-goals-to-zero quarter saw Mt Eliza go ahead by 15. The Redlegs held onto their lead in the final term, and went on to claim an 11 point win 8.7 (55) to 6.8 (44). Nicholas MacDonald Girolami, Nathan Jones, and Finlay Bayne were Mt Eliza’s best. Frankston YCW won the qualifying final at Baxter Park last Saturday.…
AFTER a multi-million dollar refurbishment at ratepayers’ expense, the community hub at St Kilda FC’s former Seaford training base has opened. The Healthy Futures Hub now hosts local sporting clubs, a community centre, a gym and pool, physios, dentists, occupational therapists, personal trainers, and NDIS providers. After moving to Seaford amid much fanfare in 2010, St Kilda FC moved its training back to Moorabbin just eight years later. It signed a lease at the Seaford site valid until 2059, which has since been renegotiated. The club remains the head tenant of the site. The project was costed at $5.46 million…
KINGSTON’S mayor says that the proposed height limits for future residential developments will help address the current housing crisis. Demand for housing is a pressing issue nationwide. The national residential vacancy rate has hovered at a little more than one per cent throughout this year, as low as it has been since 2006, according to figures from SQM research. In the south-east Melbourne region the vacancy rate is lower than one per cent. Kingston Council has drafted new planning guidelines for future housing development, and submitted them to planning minister Sonya Kilkenny for approval. Council’s plan will guide where future…