Frankston
Frankston
8 September
Your guide to what’s on this weekend for peninsula families
2014
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Splash down FRANKSTON’S $49.7 million Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre was opened up to the public for the first time on Saturday. Dad Tristan and son Tyrell were among the first to enjoy the thrills and spills of the ‘Constrictor’ 2-person raft ride. The state-of-the-art centre features a 50-metre heated indoor swimming pool, water slides, a gym, group exercise studios, swim school and wellness centre. The weekend’s opening passed without incident, but minor mishaps marred the build up to PARC’s opening with two people injured while on a raft ride. See ‘PARC’s bumpy ride ahead of opening’ story, Page 11. Picture: Gary Sissons
Candidates speak up Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au CANDIDATES hoping to defeat incumbent Geoff Shaw at November’s state election have backed Frankston Council’s Speak Up For Frankston campaign. The mayor, Cr Darrel Taylor, met with candidates individually last week
to detail council’s push to demand $67 million in state government funding for five major Frankston projects. Cr Taylor said, at this early stage of the campaign, all candidates had given “in-principle support” to council’s goal of securing more funding for Frankston. Labor candidate for Frankston Paul Edbrooke, Australian Greens candidate Jeanette Swain and independent
hopeful Mervyn Vogt met individually with the mayor to be briefed on the Speak Up For Frankston campaign. Liberal candidate Sean Armistead is due to meet Cr Taylor next week. Cr Taylor said Mr Armistead was aware of the campaign’s aims. “He’s well aware of our top five priorities and will be given the same opportunity as other candidates to hear our case,” he said.
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“We’ve found all the candidates to be very responsive to our asks,” Cr Taylor said. “We’ve also been talking to representatives of opposition leader Daniel Andrews and Premier Denis Napthine about the campaign and they also are really aware of the top priorities for Frankston.” Continued on Page 12
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Council is seeking the $67m to contribute $12m towards a new waste transfer station, $9m for a “health and human services hub”, $3m to develop business cases to redevelop the transport interchange and electrification of the Stony Point railway line to Baxter, $4.5m for “foreshore completion” and $38.5m for sport and recreation in Frankston including an upgrade of regional basketball facilities.
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