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Posted in Mornington Peninsula News on Nov 12th, 2008
CP1, which boasts a board including construction industry heavyweight Daniel Grollo, has been hard hit by slow sales at its 1100-lot Martha Cove marina development on the Mornington Peninsula.
Posted in Mornington Peninsula News on Nov 11th, 2008
The environment effects statement found free-flowing traffic conditions on the new road would cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars by 500,000 tonnes a year. RMIT transport planning lecturer Paul Mees said that taking account of the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions while ignoring the extra car trips the road would generate was immoral.
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Posted in Mornington Peninsula News on Oct 28th, 2008
PLANS for a proposed four-storey development at the post office site in Dromana have again been rejected by the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.
The council’s development assessment committee last week voted unanimously to deny the application for a planning permit for a four-storey commercial and residential building at 277-279 Pt Nepean Rd.
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Posted in Mornington Peninsula News on Oct 28th, 2008
A trial has begun over the multi-million dollar disputed estate of a Mornington Peninsula farmer.
Mount Martha resident Betty Dyke was 84 when she died in 2004. She left an estate worth more than $15-million, including her property, Sefton Grange.The court heard Miss Dyke made three wills before she died.
The first bequeathed her fortune to animal [...]
Posted in Mornington Peninsula News on Oct 19th, 2008
DROMANA businesses and residents are forming an action group in an 11th-hour bid to resurrect the Arthurs Seat chairlift. Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor David Gregan said the local community would fight for the lift. “It’s a real tragedy for the local community and the peninsula, and Victoria for that matter.”
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Posted in Mornington Peninsula News on Oct 18th, 2008
The Arthurs Seat chairlift has closed for good after more than 40 years as one of Victoria’s most popular tourist attractions.The lift has been shut since May 2006 after three accidents in four years. Richard Hudson, owner and operator for the past 30 years, is conceding after a long battle with safety authorities and the [...]
Posted in Mornington Peninsula News on Oct 18th, 2008
Residents have given the planned $700 million Frankston bypass the thumbs up.But it’s a different story for business owners on the Moorooduc Highway, who fear they will lose trade when traffic is diverted to the new highway.And Premier John Brumby’s confidence that the road will be toll free — with the help of federal cash [...]
Posted in Mornington Peninsula News on Oct 12th, 2008
Drinking fans at the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League finals had to wear pink wrist bands while in a segregated zone to help manage crowd behaviour.
Amateur Victorian clubs have been urged to set up wet and dry areas.
The move is backed by police, drug and alcohol agencies, the Brumby Government and the Victorian Country Football [...]
Posted in Mornington Peninsula News on Oct 11th, 2008
It would seem saving money is more important to the State health minister Daniel Andrews than saving lives, he plans to replace the two-person crew with a 1 person crew.
Maybe its time for a change it gets that way when a party has been in too long they tend to become arrogent uncompromising, and hypocritical towards the [...]
Posted in Mornington Peninsula News on Oct 8th, 2008
THERE will be more beach pooch patrols following the release of Mornington Peninsula Council’s Domestic Animal Management Plan
Just kidding! they after personal trainers
