CONTENDERS have entered the final straight in this year’s race to be mayor of Mornington Peninsula Shire. The betting among…
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IN the lead up to last week’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow Mornington Peninsula Shire and other members of the…
ALLEGIANCES and alliances appear to be changing along with the odds on who will be the next mayor of Mornington…
VOTERS in four Mornington Peninsula towns have been moved from one state electoral district to another. The Electoral Boundaries Commission…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Despi O’Connor left five of the 11 councillors out of an email discussion because she…
FAVOURITES have again been pushed aside in the scramble to be frontrunners in Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Mayoral Stakes. Last week’s…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is one 13 Australian municipalities certified as a carbon neutral business after meeting the requirements of the…
SARAH Race (pictured), this year’s deputy mayor, remains favourite to be the next mayor in a sweep being run by…
Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors elect a new mayor early in November and lobbying for votes is already reportedly underway. The…
SOME welcome relief from last week’s mounting numbers of COVID-19 cases was provided on social media by Mornington Peninsula Shire…
TWO COVID-19 education officers have been hired by Mornington Peninsula Shire for six months to help businesses, community groups and…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has invited community feedback on its approach to planning and managing water in the face of climate…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council will extend its financial hardship policy until at least 28 February 2022. The policy, moved at…
THE decision to drop saying a prayer before Mornington Peninsula Shire Council meetings was made despite 33 public submissions for…
AFTER months of debate, meetings behind closed doors, advice from experts and calling for public comments, Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors…
COMMUNITY consultation on Mornington Peninsula Shire’s 2021 draft Domestic Animal Management Plan closes Wednesday 22 September. The plan outlines the…
By Joseph Misuraca MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council wants to buy a small section of private land in Shoreham that was…
THE state opposition has told the government to “stop pretending” the Mornington Peninsula is part of metropolitan Melbourne. Mornington MP…
AT LEAST six of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s 11 councillors have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, while another two are waiting…
FEDERAL and state departments are being asked to reconsider earlier “informal” advice to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council officers that details…
THE Bass Park Trust met last Thursday (29 July) but did not invite Mornington Peninsula Shire’s nominated representative, Cr Anthony…
DESPITE facing community calls for his appointment to be reversed, Cr Anthony Marsh was “excited” to inform his Mornington Peninsula…
UNDEMOCRATIC, manifestly inadequate, vague, ambiguous and absurdly long [time for lodging notices of motion] are just some of the words…
STEVE Holland is the latest member of Mornington Peninsula Shire Council to be appointed to a group involved in managing…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors are ignoring requests for them to reverse their decision to appoint Cr Anthony Marsh to the…
DATA in last week’s council budget papers revealed the greatest increase in valuations across the Mornington Peninsula occurred in the…
DESPITE using an increase in Aboriginal children enrolled in three-year-old kindergarten as an example of its “positive action towards reconciliation”,…
NINE out of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s 11 councillors have voted in favour of their colleague Anthony Marsh being able to…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is investigating whether more planning controls are needed to protect the environmental values of the Balcombe Estuary…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council is not allocating enough resources to cope with demand for services from population growth, according to…