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6 days ago · OBITUARY Carl Robert Bryant 22 September 1928 – 13 November 2023 Carl Bryant was born in Hastings and was a descendant of three pioneering Western Port families: the Bryants, the…. Publisher of five weekly community newspapers: Western Port News, Mornington News, Southern Peninsula News, Frankston Times, Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News.
Grandmothers march in time for refugees - MPNEWS
Dec 21, 2020 · Grandmothers for Refugees and Friends of Grandmothers walked along Main Street on Wednesday 9 December in support of the Time for a Home Campaign aimed at freeing refugees held in Australia and overseas. “After seven long years of cruel politics it is time the government frees these men, women and children and quickly resettles them into our ...
Plan a framework for shire - MPNEWS
Nov 15, 2021 · MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council last week adopted its 2022-32 Financial Plan as a framework for services and spending over the next 10 years. The Local Government Act 2020 requires councils to develop and adopt a financial plan for that period. Chief Financial Officer Bulent Oz said financial planning was the process of aligning financial ...
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Oct 1, 2024 · Family violence drives crime rise. Latest News October 8, 2024. CRIME on the Mornington Peninsula has skyrocketed, increasing by more than 22 percent in the 2023/2024 financial year. The Crime….
Cerberus sets a course for next century - MPNEWS
Sep 14, 2020 · HMAS Cerberus – the Royal Australian Navy’s oldest commissioned base – has celebrated its centenary. Known as the “cradle of the navy”, the 15 square kilometre base at Crib Point faces Hanns Inlet, between Sandy Point and Stony Point in Western Port, was bought in 1911 and formally commissioned as Flinders Naval Base on 1 September 1920.
Rallying cry to help Rosebud Hospital - MPNEWS
Jan 16, 2024 · A PUBLIC rally will be held in Rosebud next week to renew calls for the “urgent” redevelopment of the aging Rosebud Hospital. One of the organisers, long time hospital advocate since retiring at Rye, Sue Gilbert, said the redevelopment had become a “critical” issue for the southern peninsula, and there were fears the hospital could be forced to close if …
New mayor to seek council unity - MPNEWS
Nov 22, 2021 · THE new Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh is almost certainly the first with an aerospace engineering degree and a master’s in business administration. He has been a commissioned officer in the Royal Australian Air Force and founder of several businesses – and he is only 34. The first term councillor won the mayoral vote 7:2 ...
Car on its roof after Mount Eliza crash - MPNEWS
Jul 26, 2021 · A CAR ended up on its roof after a dramatic crash at Mount Eliza last week. The car driven by a Mount Eliza woman and carrying her six-year-old daughter, reportedly veered across Canadian Bay Road, near Thomas Close, and slammed head-on into two parked cars “at speed”, 3pm, Monday 19 July. The force of the impact tore off the car’s front ...
McCabe gets the ‘monkey off the back’ - MPNEWS
May 2, 2022 · The 31-year-old jock who shares his riding duties between Mornington and Cranbourne trainers was thrilled to knock off his first winner back. “You can start to overthink it when you’re running around the mark and getting placings on the lower grade horses,” McCabe said. “It’s good to get the monkey off the back now and start to get ...
Compass points the way - MPNEWS
Dec 4, 2023 · A NEW sculpture has been installed at the Peninsula Link’s Cranbourne Road, Frankston ramp. Compass 2023 by artist Natasha Johns-Messenger was installed last week. The steel pole sculpture stands 14 metres high and lights up after dark. Johns-Messenger said the sculpture “responds to site – its scale, topography, light, spatial orientation, materiality and context. Engaging