NEWS DESK
WESTERN PORT COMMUNITY HOUSE CLOSURES
Flower farm fined for oil spill A commercial flower farm that allowed thousands of litres of fuel oil to spill into a Moorooduc waterway has been ordered to pay Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) $500,000 in compensation and fined $150,000. On Wednesday 11 March, Aaree Pty Ltd and its director Admir Isovski, faced five charges under the the Environment Protection Act 1970 at Frankston Magistrates Court for causing environmental hazard, pollution of water and failing to comply with the requirements of an EPA notice The incident occurred in July 2017 at Barakee Reserve Outfall Drain, Moorooduc when a greenhouse on the Coolart Road property, which used a water heater fueled by waste oil, caught fire causing damage to the generator which then started to leak oil into the nearby drain. EPA received calls from concerned residents who reported seeing black oil in the drain and a private drain leading to the reserve. The resulting clean-up by Melbourne Water took two months to remove 1.2 million litres of liquid waste, 687 tonnes of soil waste and 45 tonnes of other contaminated waste from one kilometre of the waterway. The court also ordered Aaree to pay EPA costs of $11,663 and sentenced Admir Isovski to 200 hours of community work. EPA Southern Metropolitan regional manager Marleen Mathias said it was the responsibility of the duty holder to have controls in place to manage environmental risks and on this occasion a lack of controls resulted in a major pollution event. “In this instance, the community has carried a large part of the cost of the clean-up and the fine and the compensation will help redress some of this imbalance,” Ms Mathias said.
Supermarket charges A ROSEBUD man who allegedly stabbed a Woolworth’s supermarket staff member has been
Please be advised that due to information from the Federal/State Governments and the Mornington Peninsula Shire, because of the COVID-19 virus, the following Community Houses on Western Port have suspended their classes. They will be extending the School holiday period, pending further notice. We have not undertaken this decision lightly but feel it is in the Community’s best interest.
Crib Point Community House info@cpch.org.au CLOSED NOW
Hastings Community House hastingsch@bigpond.com CLOSED NOW
Somerville Community House
Picture: Yanni charged with intentionally causing serious injury, recklessly causing serious injury and other assault-related charges. The 25-year-old, who was arrested in nearby Sixth Avenue, was remanded in custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court, 9 June. The incident occurred while the staffer, also of Rosebud, was collecting trolleys in the car park of the Rosebud West supermarket, 1pm, Tuesday 17 March. Rosebud police Senior Sergeant Steven Duffee said the “isolated incident” was “not related to panic buying”. Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Steve Reidy, of Somerville CIU, said the 37-year-old was stabbed in the lower body. He was taken by Air Ambulance to The Alfred hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries and was said to be in a stable condition Wednesday morning. Police cordoned off the area and the store was closed for the remainder of the day.
info@somervillecommunityhouse.com.au CLOSED NOW
Willum Warrain Aboriginal Assoc.
gpc@willumwarrain.com.au or call 0403 528 034 CLOSED NOW If you have any queries please email your nearest Community House and they will respond in due course. We look forward to welcoming you back to our friendly community space soon.
Hastings Community House
An important message from the Victorian Government
MANAGING CORONAVIRUS TOGETHER WILL FLATTEN THE CURVE.
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If you feel sick stay at home.
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Western Port News
25 March 2020
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