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facilities with councillors working together to identify the key priorities for Frankston in line with our Community Vision 2040.” “Council is also committed to supporting the community in a post COVID-19 environment and do that we must invest in the reactivation of the city together with supporting the most vulnerable in our community,” he said.
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Junior footy umpires face abuse UMPIRES as young as 13 are being berated and abused while officiating junior football matches. In the opening six rounds of the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League, five adults have been suspended for umpire abuse. The suspended people include team officials and coaches. One coach has been handed a lifetime ban, and an ex-AFL player is also alleged to have been involved in an incident.
A University of Sydney report into umpire abuse was leaked earlier this year. The report featured horrifying accounts of sexual harassment, racism, and abuse faced by female umpires across Australia. A recent AFL crackdown on umpire dissent has also put the issue into the spotlight. The MPJFL’s director of umpiring, Cooper Marriott, said that the problem needed to be stamped out. “With the
current attention on the behaviour of players and supporters towards umpires I would like to share our league’s story in an attempt to not only gain new umpires but to stamp out the ongoing disrespect and total disgusting behaviour we see each week,” he said. “We have had in six rounds of football, five coaches [or] team officials reported and suspended for umpire abuse. That is grown men abusing kids as young as 13.” Brodie Cowburn
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MORE than $91 million in ratepayer money will be spent on major projects in Frankston during the 2022/2023 financial year. Frankston Council ticked off its budget for the next financial year at its last public meeting. The final budget confirmed that Frankston Council will spend more than $15 million on the Jubilee Park redevelopment. Ratepayer funding is also being used to fund redevelopments at Eric Bell Reserve, Lloyd Park, and Belvedere Reserve. The final budget also confirms that ordinary rates will rise by an average of 3.4 per cent in the next financial year. Rates on vacant residential land will increase by an average of more than six per cent, but rates paid on commercial and industrial land will decrease. The average general rate and municipal charge will increase by 1.75 per cent. This is the maximum amount it can be raised without exceeding the rate cap. Frankston Council has projected a healthy $22.16 million surplus for the 2022/2023 financial year, including grants from other levels of government and contributions. Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy said the budget also includes “significant investments in drainage, roads, footpaths, sporting and recreational
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A MYSTERIOUS treasure chest washed up on Frankston Beach recently. A resident who found the chest opened it to find a painted rock, some wet papers, and a dollar note from the United States of America. A TREASURE chest which washed ashore on Frankston Beach. Picture: Supplied
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