17+ hour, 6+ min ago  (546+ words) AROUND 250 people packed the Dromana Community Hall on Sunday 29 March as Save Our Seat (SOS) launched the new phase of its campaign against a luge ride planned for Arthurs Seat. The meeting came just over a month after the state…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (725+ words) OCEAN activist Josie Jones believes ratepayers and the community are being shortchanged by a new hand-cleaning model that fails to clean the entire beach. Jones has spoken to shire-contracted beach cleaners and questioned them about their cleaning from the low…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (12+ words) Luxury home show's filming at odds with homelessness crisis'mpnews. com. au...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (568+ words) THE electoral rolls have now closed for the Nepean by-election with the VEC reporting that 50, 910 people are enrolled to vote at the 2 May poll; an increase of 1900 voters since the 2022 state election. With less than four weeks until polling day,…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (138+ words) mpnews. com. au Porsche impounded after driver caught drink driving A Brighton man was forced to watch his new Porsche Macan be driven away on the back of a tow truck after Somerville Highway Patrol (HWP) members caught him drink…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (359+ words) VICTORIANS are throwing away thousands of dollars in potential refunds every day, with many eligible drink containers still ending up in household rubbish bins instead of being returned through Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic). New research shows 1 in 5 Victorians are…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (619+ words) Boats on fire, water rescues, vessels capsizing and jet skis colliding are just some of 840 incidents the Water Police Squad has been called to in just four months. New figures show it's been busy for the squad " reinforcing the message…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (569+ words) MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have endorsed a developer stormwater fund as a permanent initiative, aiming to improve stormwater management and fund Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) projects across the region. The decision, made at the council's 17 March meeting, also saw…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (558+ words) A VOLUNTEER organisation that provides free transport for cancer patients to and from their treatments is facing an uncertain future due to a lack of volunteers. Southern Peninsula Cancer Transport Group (SPCTG) was started nearly 40 years ago when Sister Carmel…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (479+ words) MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have backed a push to strengthen enforcement of jet ski regulations, voting to submit a motion to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) State Council meeting in May. The motion calls on the state government to…...