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Policing’s past recalled A MORNINGTON policeman well known for his eclectic historical interests and for being an avid collector of old bicycles and police memorabilia was guest speaker at a recent Mornington Peninsula Honorary Justices Group meeting. Senior Constable Greg Krause showed off a selection of police helmets from various parts of the world, replica guns, batons, torches and sprays which were used by police in days gone by. Senior Constable Krause and colleague Senior Constable John Abbott answered questions relating to policing today by Justices of the Peace and
Bail Justices at the talk. Secretary Fay Hunter presented Senior Constable Greg Krause with a Certificate of Appreciation. Justice of the Peace signing centres are at Frankston, Mornington, Rosebud, Hastings, Carrum Downs and Cranbourne police stations.
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Peninsula has five of bay’s ‘clean’ beaches FIVE Mornington Peninsula beaches make the top 10 of cleanest beaches in Port Phillip, according to summer testing by Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA). Water quality recorded by the EPA over summer saw Eastern Beach, Geelong, The Dell, Portarlington and St Leonards tied at the top. Portsea came fifth and Blairgowrie and Sorrento sixth; Dromana and Rosebud were equal 10th. Over summer the EPA provides twice-daily forecasts for 36 beaches of either good, which equates to suitable swimming conditions, fair, meaning beaches may not be suitable, or poor, which advises beaches are not suitable for swimming. Other peninsula beaches ranked by the EPA were Rye, 12th; Canadian Bay and Mornington 13th; and Mt Martha 16th. Frankston was 34th near the coast guard building and 36th at the lifesaving club. Seaford was 19th. EPA applied sciences group manager Anthony Boxshall said rainfall of more than 10 millimetres was often associated with poor water quality at bay beaches. “While it was quite a dry summer, Victoria experienced prolonged downpours around the Christmas and New Year’s period that contributed to extended periods of poor water quality at all of the 36 beaches that EPA monitors,” Dr Boxshall said. “Unfortunately for beachgoers, most of this rain fell just before or during weekends, and usually just before warmer weather, which is when bay beaches are at their busiest.” Dr Boxshall said that the storms meant EPA forecast poor water quality conditions at beaches for eight per cent of the time in summer, with 15 per cent of forecasts fair and 77 per cent good. “This compares to the 2015-16 summer where we had six per cent poor, 19 per cent fair and 75 nper cent good. However, this two percentage point difference was an increase of about 200 poor forecasts over the summer, and occurred mostly at peak times of beach use,” he said. Dr Boxshall said that Melbourne’s stormwater system and the downhill nature of the landscape
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Beach rating: Despite blues skies and clear water, Frankston ranked 34th among 36 beaches in Port Phillip monitored over summer for water quality by Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA).
towards the bay meant that heavy rain flushed anything on suburban streets into the bay. “Eight major creeks and rivers, and more than 300 drainage outlets flow into Port Phillip. Sources of this water include about 5000 underground drains that collect Melbourne’s runoff,” Dr Boxshall said. “From there, about 540,000 million litres of stormwater containing around 160,000 tonnes of sediment
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THE Frankston Centrelink and Medicare offices on the corner of Davey and Young streets will be closed over the next three weeks for fire repairs. Department of Human Services general manager Hank Jongen said the department was arranging alternative servicing arrangements. “The department is currently looking at alternative premises for a temporary service centre and will inform the community once the location is confirmed,” Mr Jongen said. “In the meantime, I encourage people who have non-urgent or routine business to continue to use self-service options, such as the Express Plus Mobile Apps and online and phone self-services. “The Mobile Service Centre Desert Rose will be onsite to assist people who have urgent business, or those who have complex needs and cannot access our services through other channels or who are unable to attend one of our other sites. “I want to thank local residents for their patience while these interim arrangements are in place.” Residents can also use face-to-face Centrelink and Medicare services at Mornington, Hastings, Cranbourne, Cheltenham and Dandenong. Their addresses are on the department’s website.
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