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New COVID-19 test site opens A COVID screening clinic has opened at the Monash Peninsula campus. The drive through clinic opens each day from 8.30am - 4pm. Coronavirus testing is also offered and Frankston and Rosebud hospitals. Entry to the testing clinic is accessed through the main entrances to the university campus on Moorooduc Highway. Anyone who visits is asked to stay in their car. Parents who wish for their children under the age of five to get tested are asked to take them to one of the hospital screening centres. The move to open the new testing clinic comes as COVID-19 cases in Victoria spike. Heading into the weekend there were 442 active cases of COVID-19 statewide, but just one of them was a Frankston resident. Results are usually expected back between five and seven days after a COVID-19 test is administered. More information at peninsulahealth.org.au Picture: Supplied
Council planning audit complete Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au AN internal audit ordered by Frankston Council into their planning processes and any potential risk for corruption has been completed. Earlier this year, all councillors at the City of Casey were sacked by the state government after explosive allegations of corruption were made at a series of IBAC hearings. It was al-
leged that some Casey councillors had financial ties to developer John Woodman. In response to the scandal engulfing the City of Casey, Frankston Council ordered an audit into their own planning processes. Auditors reviewed applications dating back to January 2013. They searched for applications made by parties named in the IBAC hearings, including John Woodman, Lorraine Wreford, Megan Schutz, and Wolfdene.
Information made public in council’s most recent meeting agenda read that one planning application involving parties mentioned at the IBAC hearings had been referred to councillors for approval in October 2018. The Times understands that a proposal to use a property at Sandpiper Place, Frankston for student accommodation was the matter which was considered by councillors. The full report prepared by auditors HLB Mann Judd was not made
publicly available. The mayor Sandra Mayer said “we have sought advice from our auditors and they confirmed that this report is also to be treated as confidential, however given the public interest in this matter council has committed to providing a version of the report highlighting the key outcomes and recommendations, which will be made available on our website in the near future.” “Audit reports are prepared as internal documents and aim to help coun-
cil improve its performance. They are never designed for public consumption,” she said. The full report found that 44 applications or requests had been lodged by parties named in the IBAC investigation, but that only one had been reported to councillors for a decision, The Times understands. It is understood that 40 of those were made by Watsons Pty Ltd, the Mornington-based company of developer John Woodman. Continued Page 3
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