Policing in a state of emergency
AVOIDING close contact with other people is a luxury police cannot afford. Their role in the state of emergency brought on by COVID-19 is a combination of things they have never done before and thing...
Category Archives: COVID-19
Alarm over rising alcohol intake as pandemic blooms
PEOPLE are taking a tipple more frequently as a result of COVID-19. The Alcohol and Drug Foundation is urging restraint as new national data shows 20 per cent of households report buying more alcohol...
Shire tips are open to all
POLICE have given assurances they will take no action against residents legitimately dumping rubbish at Mornington Peninsula Shire’s transfer station in Watt Road after identifying it an “essential s...
Call for test clinic on peninsula
JOHN Zacek admits that he has been a bit short tempered when dealing with staff at the office of Flinders MP Greg Hunt. But he attributes his anger to the “purely political” responses he received fro...
Fears of rise in family violence
A DROMANA woman who has been volunteering as a family violence victim advocate for the past three years fears enforced isolation because of the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to an increase in abuse. Ger...
One new case as the peninsula holds it’s breath
Coronavirus cases in Victoria have today risen to 1241 – an increase of 13 from yesterday. The Mornington Peninsula’s cases increased by one to 55 after three days at 54. The peninsula’s COVID-...
Mornington Peninsula COVID-19 Update – 9 April 2020
Police are preparing to turn around holidaymakers over the Easter holidays. Mornington Peninsula’s cases rising much slower than state and national averages. No new cases on the peninsula for t...
Police patrols on lookout for holidaymakers
HOLIDAYMAKERS visiting the Mornington Peninsula over Easter and planning to stay at holiday rentals, such as Airbnb properties, run the risk of being turned around and sent home. Somerville CIU Senio...
Fifteen days of flattening
It was 15 days ago that the Mornington Peninsula was shocked out of complacency with the first release of COVID-19 case data split into Local Government Areas. The Mornington Peninsula’s tally ...
No new peninsula cases for three days
Coronavirus cases in Victoria have today risen to 1228 – an increase of 16 from yesterday. The Mornington Peninsula’s figures stayed steady at 54 for the third day in a row. Nearby, the City of Frank...
