Author Archives: David Harrison

Emergency call for cash to ease cliff peril

October 19, 2015
THE state government will be asked urgently to pay for safety measures at Tassells Cove, Safety Beach, where cliff erosion is endangering children who ignore a restricted area to play in “caves” form...

Peninsula eyes on WA incinerator tests

October 5, 2015
FIVE Western Australian councils are keen to see results of trials of an alternative waste treatment plant that includes an incinerator that generates electricity. The plant is designed to handle 33,...

Peninsula Link service centre speed curbs to go

October 5, 2015
THE 80km/h speed restrictions on Peninsula Link freeway near the Baxter twin freeway service centres will revert to 100km/h when the northbound servo is opened, says a Peninsula Link spokeswoman. The...

Rate cap means lowest rise in years

September 28, 2015
COMMENT “ROLL out the rate cap,” one hears muttered across the peninsula as people prepare to fork out for their 2015-16 rates and charges to Mornington Peninsula Shire – bills averaging nearly 6 per...

Storm before calm as Canberra boxes on

September 21, 2015
GREAT sheets of silent lightning flashed over the Rip as Council Watch headed for the Rosebud meeting, listening in the car to excited radio speculation on who would be prime minister after this nigh...

Rye tip to close in three years

September 21, 2015
COUNCILLORS have taken a decisive step towards closing Mornington Peninsula Shire’s last rubbish tip, at Rye, after a long campaign to send all kerbside waste out of the municipality. At their 14 Sep...

Skylift work to start

September 14, 2015
WORK on the Arthurs Seat Skylift is set to begin on 5 October, according to Parks Victoria. The sites of the upper and lower stations will be fenced off to allow for tree removal and excavation. Park...

Flood maps blamed for $2m work loss

September 14, 2015
COMPLAINTS about delays and cost increases may lead to a postponement of the implementation of new rules for building in flood prone areas of the Mornington Peninsula. Councillors were told in June t...

Shire urged to back East Timor’s gas field claims

September 14, 2015
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors are being urged to pressure the federal government into giving East Timor the chance to earn billions of dollars from undersea gas fields. “It is disgusting for...

Why good journalism matters

September 7, 2015
MP News Group journalist David Harrison is in Thailand supporting his mate Alan Morison and his wife Chutima Sidasathian, who were charged in late 2013 with criminal defamation and computer crime ove...