4th November 2014

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Snap happy FLEDGLING fisherfolk Amelia Poole, left, and Tori Johnston, above, were among the 1820 recreational anglers who took to Western Port and Port Phillip over the weekend for the annual Tea Tree Snapper Competition. While no stranger to hooking a snapper, Amelia, 5, landed her biggest fish yet while fishing with her dad in Western Port on Friday during the competition. Tori, from Crib Point, also landed her best catch ever, also in Western Port. While both fish were impressive by any measure, they fell just short of earning the enthusiastic young anglers a podium finish in the country’s biggest fishing competition. The top honour went to Tim Worral of Cranbourne South who landed an 8.83kg whopper in Port Phillip. Full story and results on Page 14. Pictures: John Vincent

Shire CEO takes his leave David Harrison david@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire will have a new person in the top administrator’s job in a fortnight, following councillors’ decision not to reappoint Dr Michael Kennedy. Councillors are likely to appoint an acting CEO until the new one is chosen. A shire news release stated Dr Kennedy will leave his job on Friday 14

November after serving the shire for 15 years. His contract expires in February. Some 109 applicants are believed to have applied for the shire’s top job. This was whittled to a shortlist of 30, according to reliable sources, then to a final list of 12. Dr Kennedy’s name was not among the 12. Councillors had until 9 November to tell Dr Kennedy if he was to be reappointed. The news that he would not retain the post appeared on the shire web-

site about 11am Thursday 30 October. “Michael has made a significant and long-lasting contribution to both the organisation and the broader community of the Mornington Peninsula during his tenure and leaves us very well placed to ensure that the opportunities and challenges of the future are continually met,” the mayor Cr Antonella Celi stated in the official release. Councillors told Dr Kennedy on 11 August that they had decided to ad-

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A spokesman for the Nepean Ratepayers Association said his group welcomed the prospect of a new CEO. “Dr Kennedy has been in the job for too long,” he said. “A bad attitude had developed in the shire workforce.” The Tyabb & District Ratepayers Group issued a statement that the decision to seek the best available new talent to take the helm of the shire was “very welcome, if long overdue”. Continued Page 10

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