Police make a catch at pier POLICE went head to head with kids last weekend in a fishing competition at Frankston Pier. The competition kicked off at on Sunday morning, and was organised by That’s the Thing About Fishing. Officers from Frankston Police Station took part on the day. TTTAF founder Glenn Cooper said the group “is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable members of the com-
munity through the social interaction of fishing”. “Teaching a person to fish is more than learning to fish. It gives a person a sense of purpose and assists with mental health and motor skills. TTTAF’s vision is to alleviate boredom which can lead to senseless crimes, depressions and in worst cases, suicide. It’s about teaching patience, building friendships and networks and giving
our youth something productive to do,” he said. More information about the group at thatsthethingaboutfishing.org.au
Let off the hook: Police tackling
kids in a fishing competition last weekend. Picture: Supplied
Amendments made to plans for Green Wedge Continued from Page 1 The passed motion read that council will “ensure that the Green Wedge Management Plan does not reduce minimum lot sizes, and does not recommend or endorse any changes to the existing green wedge boundaries.” Amendments approved by council to the Green Wedge management plan include: • An additional action in the draft plan for council to work with VicRoads to apply the appropriate land use zones to areas affected by the Peninsula Link Freeway. The timeframe for this action will be immediate as an amendment is currently being prepared by VicRoads. • Removal of any reference to the potential for reduced minimum lot sizes and recommendations for further investigation in to reducing land sizes within the within the green wedge from the draft. • That any reference to the potential for the land east and west of Stotts Lane to be developed or re-zoned for residential be removed from the draft plan, including all recommendations to further investigate this potential. • That the Skye Golf Driving Range & Golf Course not be nominated as a ‘public course’ and that this use is not nominated as a ‘noneconomic activity’.
Union fined THE Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and its shop steward Kevin Pattinson have been fined nearly $70,000 for preventing an apprentice and electrician from working at a Frankston construction site. It was alleged that the two tradies were stopped from working because they were not members of a union. It was alleged that Mr Pattinson had asked the apprentice and electrician if they were union members at a site induction at the Monash Peninsula Student Accommodation Project on 13 September, 2018. The workers were allegedly told they had to be members of a union to work at the site, and were prevented from working when they said they were not members. On 14 October the federal court fined the CFMMEU the equivalent of a single maximum penalty of $63,000, and fined Mr Pattinson $6,000. Australian Building and Construction Commission Deputy Commissioner Matt Kelleher said “all workers have a right to choose whether or not they want to become a member of a union.” “Workers cannot be prevented by union officials or anyone else from working on an Australian building and construction site because they are not a union member. A no ticket, no start policy is unlawful,” he said.
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