Brodie Cowburn

FRANKSTON Council’s planned cuts to its in-home care services have been labelled “deeply concerning and unclear” by Dunkley MP Jodie Belyea. Behind closed doors at their late October meeting, Frankston councillors voted to transition clients across many of its in-home care programs to external providers. Council services set to be phased out by 30 June

FRANKSTON and Kingston Councils have signed an agreement to meet regularly and collaborate on future projects. The “Nepean Partnership” was officially signed off by Frankston and Kingston councillors at their respective public meetings last week. The proposed partnership originally included the Mornington Peninsula Shire, which ultimately declined to sign up amid a bitter fallout with

FRANKSTON Council will cease offering multiple in-home support programs from next year. Council has confirmed that it will transition clients currently accessing the cut services to external providers by 30 June, 2026. Services set to be phased out by Frankston Council are personal care, domestic assistance including house cleaning and unescorted shopping, respite care, Home and

KINGSTON Council has slammed the planning minister’s approval of a plan to build more than 900 homes at the former Kingswood golf course in Dingley Village, calling the decision a “complete failure to listen to local residents”. Late on Friday, 17 October, planning minister Sonya Kilkenny released a statement confirming that a proposal to build

THE Local Government Inspectorate has decided that the Local Government Act was not breached when the previous Kingston Council awarded a grant to a community group linked to a sitting councillor. A grant awarded to the Druze Community Charity of Victoria by Kingston Council prior to the 2024 local government elections has been put under

FRANKSTON and Kingston Councils are expected to maintain their arrangements with their contracted animal shelter, The Lost Dogs’ Home, despite recent criticism of the organisation. The Lost Dogs’ Home, which provides animal shelter services for multiple councils including Frankston and Kingston, is under fire after it euthanised a young dog after he failed the shelter’s

THE second monitor tasked with overseeing Kingston Council has been appointed. Last week, John Watson was named the second state government-appointed monitor for the beleaguered council. He will work alongside John Tanner, who began monitoring the council on 25 August, until the end of the year. The two monitors will report to the local government

THE Mordi Aquatic Centre project is ahead of schedule, with $6.3 million worth of works brought forward from the 2025/2026 budget in the last financial year. A report on Kingston Council’s infrastructure project spending in 2024/2025 was handed to councillors at their most recent public meeting. Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley said that highlights from Kingston

MORE than 3000 rates notices will have to be reissued after Kingston Council undercharged some property owners. The state government’s new emergency services levy, which will be collected by Victorian councils alongside rates, was the cause of the council bungle. Kingston Council miscalculated its contribution to the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund and undercharged thousands

MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONE MT Eliza survived a huge scare on Sunday to claim their spot in the MPFNL Division One Grand Final.Mt Eliza played Frankston YCW in the preliminary final, with the winner advancing to a Grand Final showdown against Rosebud. Mt Eliza dominated for most of the day, and at three-quarter-time they were