Category Archives: Latest News

Cannabis plants seized during Mt Eliza raid

August 26, 2015
Mornington Police have seized a substantial amount of cannabis plants following a warrant in Mount Eliza this morning. Investigators executed the warrant at a Wimbledon Road address around 7am. Durin...

Union trouble at Esso as focus shifts to gas

August 25, 2015
THE future of Esso’s Long Island Point fractionation plant at Hastings is assured as the company charges ahead to tap into Bass Strait gas that it says will supply a city of one million people for 35...

VCAT to decide retirement village

August 25, 2015
THE developers of a proposed $47 million retirement village at Somerville – knocked back by the shire in June – are appealing to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The 223-unit developm...

New gas to boost Hastings plant

August 25, 2015
  ESSO is edging closer to extracting gas from a new field in Bass Strait, guaranteeing the long-term future of its Long Island Point fractionation plant at Hastings. The good news was delivered...

Hunt converts to same-sex marriage cause

August 24, 2015
ONGOING tensions within the Liberal Party over the legalisation of same-sex marriage have been downplayed by federal MP for Flinders Greg Hunt. A passionate Mr Hunt told The News last Friday he belie...

On track to be top spot for events

August 24, 2015
MORNINGTON Racing Club has been given more than $2 million of state government money towards a $5m renovation of its grandstand. Once the refurbishment is finished, the club will have the “largest ev...

Pedestrian hit by car in Frankston

August 21, 2015
Police are appealing for witnesses following an incident on Frankston Flinders Road in Frankston this morning. A man believed to be aged in his 30s has been airlifted to hospital in a critical condit...

‘Slip’ may delay Skylift

August 17, 2015
THE Arthurs Seat gondola may return to the state planning tribunal – and shire councillors – over a query about whether VCAT made an “accidental slip” in its decision on the project’s emergency plan....

MP calls for dam land handover

August 17, 2015
MORNINGTON MP David Morris has called on state Environment Minister Lisa Neville to save the South East Water reservoir land at Mt Eliza from housing and turn it into a reserve. His surprise call was...

Hives of activity to protect bees

August 17, 2015
While the federal government spends billions of dollars preventing asylum seekers and refugees from landing on Australian soil, the Victorian government has recruited thousands of unpaid workers to s...