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Sports united SKYE United Football Club is training at Frankston Dolphins’ ground while flooding problems afflict Skye Recreation Reserve. Under 15s goalkeeper Luke Armao has grabbed the chance to practice shot stopping at Frankston Park. See story page 15. Picture: Gary Sissons
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A NEWLY opened Frankston restaurant inadvertently found itself at the centre of a political stoush last week after Liberal candidate for Frankston Sean Armistead called the manager of The Groove Train a “union buster” on Twitter. Mr Armistead, who was attending a Liberal Party fundraiser for his
election campaign at the restaurant last Sunday evening (13 July), faced a protest outside the venue by firefighters unhappy about a long-running pay and conditions dispute with the Coalition state government. High-profile former Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella’s presence at the dinner event seemed to have fired up some hostility between the protesters and Liberal Party supporters on the night.
finger” when entering the restaurant building for the fundraiser. He said Ms Mirabella had claimed she had been “scratching her nose”. The Groove Train co-owner and manager Bonnie Cullen had asked protesters to clear the doorway to the restaurant, according to business partner and Groove Train founder John Dimos. Mr Dimos said Ms Cullen’s intervention had led Mr Armistead to make “a tongue in cheek comment”
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via Twitter about Ms Cullen being “an awesome manager and union buster”. Critics had subsequently slammed the restaurant online but Mr Dimos hosed down allegations The Groove Train has an anti-unions stance. “We are not aligned politically with anyone,” he said. “We’re a small business investing in Frankston and bringing jobs and a family friendly restaurant to the area.” Continued page 8