PARKDALE resident and MICA paramedic Margaret Murphy has been recognised with an Ambulance Service Medal in this year’s Australia Day Honours List for her outstanding work around improving patient outcomes in cardiac arrest cases, and service “beyond the norm”. Mrs Murphy has spent the past 20 years as a MICA paramedic and was appointed as a clinical support officer in 2013 to work in pre-hospital and paramedic education, research and continuous improvement. She has made significant contributions to a number of projects as part of advancing practice at Ambulance Victoria, particularly in improving outcomes for patients who suffer cardiac arrest.…
Author: Liz Bell
GROWING concern over ice-related domestic violence and child abuse in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula has led to calls for more support for families struggling with the consequences of drug abuse. Police and counsellors report that ice use is devastating families and is now the leading cause of crime and domestic violence in both areas. Detective Sergeant Detective Sergeant Paul Busuttil of Frankston CIU said ice was destroying communities, with police making weekly referrals to the Department of Human Services about children in “ice families”, and directing parents or partners to services to help them deal with the destructive behaviour…
Frankston’s outstanding citizens were honoured for their commitment to others and dedication to volunteering during an Australia Day ceremony at Frankston Arts Centre. Frankston Council’s 2017 Citizen of the Year award went to husband and wife team, Reverend Angel and Pastor Ulli Roldan, who started and still runs the Life-Gate Ministry, which provides support, practical life-skills training and counselling to people in crisis. Rev Roldan said he had been working with Frankston’s most needy people for about 25 years and was surprised “but pleased” to be recognised by council. The couple moved to Frankston from Germany in 1983, and almost…
FLINDERS MP Greg Hunt managed to avoid directly answering questions on the future of Medicare during a visit to Frankston Hospital last Wednesday when speaking to the media over his appointment as Australia’s new health minister. Mr Hunt’s promotion follows Sussan Ley’s resignation and an expenses scandal that now threatens to tarnish his own reputation, after it was revealed last week that between January 2014 and June 2016, the Mt Martha-based MP charged taxpayers $15,500 for overnight stays in Melbourne. In addition, he has spent more than $20,000 for travel to Queensland for him and his family over the past…
FORGET about stocking your pantry with exotic ingredients and trying to cook complicated recipes that you can’t even pronounce – Frankston foodie Jade O’Donahoo says “simple” is back in fashion. The former cafe owner has just released a self-illustrated cookbook of vegetarian recipes that hark back to her Italian heritage and her love of “uncomplicated” food. She said the book – Eat This, My Friend – published by Hardie Grant Books, was inspired by the customer requests she received for her recipes after she closed her popular hole-in-the-wall cafe, Switchboard, in Melbourne a few years ago. “I got so many…