MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have narrowly decided to ditch the shire’s climate emergency declaration after questions were raised about whether spending $11.7m was “delivering genuine value”. The decision was made at the council’s 22 April meeting, which will now see a “renewed focus on practical, community-focused climate initiatives”. This is despite the shire having unanimously adopted a climate emergency declaration in 2019, along with 30 other councils in the state. But deputy mayor Cr Paul Pingiaro, who led the motion to scrap the declaration along with its associated climate emergency plan, said it was “never been about denying or dismissing…
Wednesday, April 30
