Peninsula Health to voluntarily merge - MPNEWS
Dec 18, 2024 · PENINSULA Health chief executive Helen Cooper has announced that Peninsula Health intends to merge with Alfred Health and Kooweerup Regional Health to create a new entity, tentatively named Bayside Health. A statement supplied to The News said the merger will come into effect from 1 January 2026, and “is an important step in improving health
New mayor flags ‘cultural change’ - MPNEWS
Nov 25, 2024 · THE new Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors met for the first time on Tuesday 19 November and elected Briars Ward councillor Anthony Marsh as mayor and Tanti Ward councillor Paul Pingiaro as deputy mayor. Marsh told The News he was “humbled” by the endorsement of other councillors and saw his term as a “huge opportunity for
Councillors list accountability, transparency, and good governance …
Nov 19, 2024 · ELEVEN new councillors will be sworn in this week to face a four year term that could end up being the most testing in the shire’s history. Fundamental challenges face the new council, including a reduction in federal government funding, rate capping at below CPI, and a cost-shifting crisis expected to cost the shire $234m over the next five years (Financial crisis looms for shire, The News ...
Wards new names, new boundaries - MPNEWS
Feb 20, 2024 · NEW boundaries and nine new names have been announced for 11 single-councillor wards on the Mornington Peninsula. The changes will be used in the October council elections and replace the existing six wards, three of which have more than one councillor. The names of the shire’s 11 wards are Beek Beek, Benbenjie, Briars, Brokil, Coolart,
Councillors decided as count comes to end - MPNEWS
Nov 11, 2024 · All 11 wards that make up the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council have now been decided. Already declared last week were Kate Roper in Beek Beek Ward, Anthony Marsh in Briars Ward, Stephen Batty in Kackeraboite Ward, and Bruce Ranken in Moorooduc Ward. Last Friday (8 November), preferences were distributed for a further five wards where
Nervous wait for council election results - MPNEWS
Oct 28, 2024 · VOTING has closed for the 2024 Mornington Peninsula Shire Council election, and the 36 remaining candidates now face a nervous wait for the results. The Victorian Electoral Commission will continue to receive postal votes until Friday 1 November, but will begin counting the first group of votes (received by 6pm Friday 25 October) between Tuesday
Changes for Flinders electorate finalised by AEC - MPNEWS
Oct 30, 2024 · A LARGE portion of Mt Eliza is set to move from the Dunkley electorate into Flinders. The changes have been in the works throughout the year, and have now been finalised and gazetted. The Australian Electoral Commission says the new boundaries will come into effect at the next federal election. The boundary separating Dunkley and
Letters to the Editor - 10 December 2024 - MPNEWS
Dec 10, 2024 · Stick to local issues. I didn’t realise that calling for local issues to be the focus of the letters pages in the local paper was such a controversial idea (Letter guidance, Letters 19/11/24.As rhetoricians all the way back to Aristotle have pointed out, sarcasm is cheap talk and reflects poorly on the person who deploys it rather than the supposed target.
Man charged with murder following Rye shooting - MPNEWS
Dec 21, 2024 · Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man following the death of two people in Rye on 2 December. Emergency services were called to a property on Parson Street shortly after 4am following reports of an alleged altercation. It’s alleged a man and a woman had attended the address and became involved in an altercation with
Centennial celebration for renowned Mornington doctor
Nov 21, 2024 · DOCTOR Geoff Wicks had 100 reasons to celebrate last week when he notched up his century. Born on 11 November 1924, Wicks has lived in Mornington for over 63 years. Wicks, who served in the Air Force in World War Two, first arrived as a locum GP to work at the Mornington Main Street Clinic