Author Archives: Stephen Taylor

Crime stats: peninsula thefts up, assaults down

June 2, 2014
A 13.2 per cent drop in ‘Crimes against the person’ on the Mornington Peninsula in the year to March was the result of police “successfully partnering“ with the community, police inspector Karen Nyho...

Plan Melbourne ‘good news’ for peninsula

May 27, 2014
THE thrust of Plan Melbourne – released last week by the state government – is to coordinate population and housing growth with employment and transport planning on a state-wide basis. And the ...

Hospital expands as federal funding shrinks

May 26, 2014
THE new emergency department at the revamped Frankston hospital will be three times the size of the old one with three new wards. It was of special interest to Health Minister David Davis who last we...

Plan Melbourne ‘good news’ for peninsula

May 26, 2014
THE thrust of Plan Melbourne – released last week by the state government – is to coordinate population and housing growth with employment and transport planning on a state-wide basis. And the ...

Visit the Paul Kelly exhibition before too long

May 26, 2014
IMAGES of musician Paul Kelly will help make the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery an even more interesting place to visit until 20 July. An exhibition of portraits of the songster will take over...