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Shark attack: Sorrento claimed their fourth grand final win in seven years on Saturday, making a meal of Crib Point. See pages 37 and 38 for a full report.
Council apology over scam slam Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has apologised for labelling a business planning to build a sports and trampoline centre on the southern peninsula “a scam”. The company, Peninsula Jump, announced via Facebook in July last year that it planned to open a fitness and sports centre on the peninsula which
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would also include a large trampolines zone. A lack of visible progress by the business has led critics on Facebook to criticise Peninsula Jump for a perceived lack of transparency. Peninsula Jump also launched “a nonprofit arm” last November called Miracle Fund to raise funds for charitable causes. Council’s economic development manager Shane Murphy sent a letter of
apology dated 16 September to Peninsula Jump after a council “staff member was incorrect to classify Peninsula Jump as a ‘scam’”. Several people who have won or bought tickets for the centre at fundraisers are frustrated there has been no confirmation of the centre’s opening date or its location. An email response by a council business development officer to a query from a member of the public asking
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whether Peninsula Jump had lodged planning or building permits for the planned fitness centre stated: “Mornington Peninsula Shire has nothing to do with this entity and agree it is most likely a scam.” The council officer suggested the member of public contact Facebook to ask the best way of “protecting their clients from this scam.” Mr Murphy’s letter to Peninsula Jump apologised for “the inadvertent
and incorrect comment made by one of our staff in response to a query from a member of the public, with regards to your company”. Mr Murphy told The News the email response had been “a simple error… by one of our junior staff”. He said the staff member had been “counselled” after not doing “due diligence” before making a statement about Peninsula Jump’s business model. Continued Page 11
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