A CHELSEA Heights man was among those arrested as part of a police operation targeting the Comanchero and Finks Outlaw motorcycle gangs last month. Police nationwide made 25 arrests and seized around $200,000 worth of cash and firearms last month. As part of the operation they raided a premises in Chelsea Heights allegedly linked to the Comanchero OMCG. A 46-year-old Chelsea Heights man is expected to be charged on summons in relation to a rifle and shotgun found at his address, police say. Victoria Police crime command acting commander Jason Kelly said police would continue to work to stamp out…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
PETA Murphy, the member for Dunkley since 2019, has died. Murphy passed away on the afternoon of 4 December aged just 50. Her family was by her side. In 2011, Murphy was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was re-diagnosed in 2019 shortly after her election. Murphy was married to husband Rod Glover for more than 20 years. Glover released a joint statement alongside Murphy’s parents and sisters Bob, Jan, Jodi and Penni on the day she died. “I am devastated to have to inform you of the passing of our wonderful wife, daughter and sister, and always your member for…
FRANKSTON serial killer Paul Denyer will not be released from prison until he is permanently incapacitated. Denyer murdered Elizabeth Stevens, Deborah Fream, and Natalie Russell in Frankston’s surrounding suburbs in 1993. He was handed a life sentence with a 30-year non-parole period, which ended this year. Last week, Victorian Parliament passed a proposed change to the law to keep Denyer behind bars for life. The bill read that Denyer cannot be released until the adult parole board is satisfied he is “in imminent danger of dying, or is seriously incapacitated, and as a result he no longer has the physical…
A NEED for more regulation for private airports will form part of Kingston Council’s submission to the federal government’s aviation policy review. Kingston councillors agreed to make a submission to the review at a meeting this month. In a statement it said that it will call for stronger requirements for consultation with airport businesses during master plan processes, more investment in airport facilities, protections for neighbouring homes from tall buildings, and stronger regulation over privately-run airports. The submission comes on the heels of a period of tension between Kingston Council and the privately-run Moorabbin Airport. Earlier this year, a new…
THE opening of the Mordialloc Freeway has helped reduce the number of serious car crashes on surrounding roads, a new report has revealed. The Mordialloc Freeway, a nine-kilometre road linking the Mornington Peninsula Freeway in Aspendale Gardens to the Dingley Bypass in Dingley Village, opened in November 2021. Major Road Projects Victoria has since commissioned an independent assessment of the completed project. Arup Australia conducted the assessment. It found that since the freeway opened, the crash rate by fatal and serious injuries has reduced by 30 percent on parallel arterial roads. Rear end crashes reduced by 14 percent. The assessment…