THE MATTHEW Flinders statue in Mornington Park has been stolen with police investigating the crime. The bronze statue, which was lopped at the ankles, was first noticed missing on Tuesday 6 October. A statement released by Victorian Police spokesperson Kathryn Muffett said: “Police are investigating the theft and criminal damage of a statue from a park in Mornington.” “It is understood unknown offenders stole part of the monument of Matthew Flinders on Schnapper Point Drive. “Officers are investigating when the statue was stolen.” Mornington Peninsula Shire deputy mayor Cr Paul Pingiaro says the council condemns vandalism and theft of any…
Author: Harrison Borthwick
HEAD of environmental group Save Port Phillip Bay and Mornington Peninsula resident Marteen Koster is leading the fight to keep VOPAK’s regasification plant out of Port Phillip Bay. VOPAK, a Dutch multinational company and energy and gas tank storage provider is proposing to build and operate a regasification plant/floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) port in Port Phillip Bay 20 kilometres offshore from Avalon. According to the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, VOPAK’s proposal will include; offshore floating storage regasification vessel, a subsea high pressure gas pipeline, two 20-kilometre long high voltage cables that connect offshore and onshore facilities, onshore…
CRIME across the Kingston local government area has dropped by over 12 per cent in the year ending June 2026, according to newly released figures from the Crime Statistics Agency. There were 9129 criminal offences recorded in the Kingston LGA in the year ending June 2026, down from 10,417 offences in the previous year; a drop of 12.4 per cent. Despite the drop, crime has still risen in the Kingston LGA by over 25 per cent since 2022. Cheltenham was the suburb most affected by crime, with 1796 offences. Moorabbin had 1175 offences, up from 1118 in the previous 12…
CRIME across the Frankston local government area has dropped by nearly 11 per cent in the year ending June 2026, according to newly released figures from the Crime Statistics Agency. There were 12,241 criminal offences recorded in the Frankston LGA in the year ending June 2026, down from 13,725 offences in the previous year, a drop of 10.8 per cent. Despite the drop, crime has still risen in the Frankston LGA by 46 per cent since 2022. Frankston was the suburb most affected by crime, with 6645 offences, followed by Seaford with 1713 and Carrum Downs with 1631. Frankston witnessed…
FRANKSTON South resident Gary Bradshaw is preparing to take to the world stage later this year as he heads to England to represent Australia at the WPA blackball pool championships. The tournament, which will be played at Heathrow between the 20-28 October, will be the first time Bradshaw will be representing Australia. Bradshaw was first introduced to the game while in primary school after his dad bought a table. He now plays four to five times a week at JD’s Pool Hall in Frankston, where he has been a member for thirty years. “To make an Australian side is something…