FORMER mayor Michael O’Reilly will stand for the Liberals in Frankston at the November state election. The Times understands O’Reilly was preselected about four weeks ago. His candidacy was announced on the Liberals’ website last week. O’Reilly served as a Frankston councillor for eight years before losing his spot at the 2020 local government elections. He served as mayor between 2018 and 2019. He works as a postman in Frankston. O’Reilly told The Times that the state’s health crisis and state government debt inspired him to put his hand up. He said “I’ve never nominated for state and federal parliament…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
A GROUP of councils across the south-eastern suburbs of Victoria are calling for more ambitious climate change action from the federal government. The South East Councils Climate Change Alliance is a coalition of nine councils – Frankston, Kingston, Mornington Peninsula, Bayside, Port Phillip, Casey, Greater Dandenong, Cardinia, and Bass Coast. The group launched its policy platform last week. SECCCA wants to see a commitment to net zero by 2040 or earlier, and a 67 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030. The federal government has committed to an emissions reduction target of 43 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030,…
THE new site chosen to replace the abandoned sporting facility proposal at the Delta landfill site in Heatherton must be able to cater for a wide range of sports, council says. The Heatherton site had been earmarked to become a regional sporting facility, and form part of the chain of parks project. It will now be used for train stabling to support the state government’s suburban rail loop project. After assessing the environmental impacts of the rail loop, the state government has committed to investigating sites to replace the planned Heatherton public space. Kingston acting mayor Jenna Davey-Burns says that…
CONSULTATION is underway on the proposed planning scheme amendment which will shape the future of residential developments in the Kingston Council area. Kingston Council has been working on a housing strategy and neighbourhood character study since 2017. The strategy outlines new zones for the Kingston municipality, which will either restrict or allow future developments. In October 2021 council approved its most recent changes to the housing strategy and neighbourhood character study. The proposed final overlay saw 77.24 per cent of land available for residential development classified as in the “neighbourhood residential zone”, limiting development to two storeys. Multiple areas between…
MPNFL DIVISION TWO PEARCEDALE are through to the next round of the finals after beating Devon Meadows in a do-or-die elimination final clash. Pearcedale got out to a good 24 point lead at half-time, but Devon Meadows managed to chip back the lead. Heading into the final term Pearcedale led by just one point. A three goals to zero final quarter sealed Devon Meadows’ fate. Pearcedale ran away with it, going on to claim a hard-fought 8.11 (59) to 11.20 (86) win. Huw Jones, Travis Bravo, Jake Frawley, and Archie McGuiness were Pearcedale’s best. Somerville’s finals campaign is off to…