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NEW data suggests six Mornington electorate state schools are in below average condition, but the state government says ...
15/01/2026

NEW data suggests six Mornington electorate state schools are in below average condition, but the state government says the information is outdated and doesn’t reflect the current conditions. Read more:

NEW data suggests six Mornington electorate state schools are in below average condition, but the state government says the information is outdated and doesn’t reflect the current conditions. Following a two-year legal battle, the state Opposition secured a condition assessment score for Victorian...

THE Frankston railway line is on track to travel through the city loop once again next month, with 12 extra weekly servi...
14/01/2026

THE Frankston railway line is on track to travel through the city loop once again next month, with 12 extra weekly services set to be added to the timetable later this year. Read more:

THE Frankston railway line is on track to travel through the city loop once again next month, with 12 extra weekly services set to be added to the timetable later this year. The Metro Tunnel will begin full operation on 1 February, with changes set to be implemented across Victoria’s rail network....

VICTORIA Police have ramped up their presence across the Mornington Peninsula this month, aiming to keep residents and v...
14/01/2026

VICTORIA Police have ramped up their presence across the Mornington Peninsula this month, aiming to keep residents and visitors safe during the busy summer season. Read more:

VICTORIA Police have ramped up their presence across the Mornington Peninsula this month, aiming to keep residents and visitors safe during the busy summer season. Operation Scorchio is under way, responding to the surge in population in the region over the holiday period. Officers are conducting hi...

COUNCIL rates will rise by no more than 2.75 per cent in the next financial year, following a decision by the state gove...
13/01/2026

COUNCIL rates will rise by no more than 2.75 per cent in the next financial year, following a decision by the state government aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures for households. Read more:

COUNCIL rates will rise by no more than 2.75 per cent in the next financial year, following a decision by the state government aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures for households. The cap, announced on 23 December by Local Government Minister Nick Staikos, will be lowered from the current three....

Two men have been arrested as police continue to investigate a series of alleged ATM ram raids across Victoria over the ...
13/01/2026

Two men have been arrested as police continue to investigate a series of alleged ATM ram raids across Victoria over the last two months, including incidents in Frankston and Baxter. Read more:

Two men have been arrested as police continue to investigate a series of alleged ATM ram raids across Victoria over the last two months, including incidents in Frankston and Baxter. Police have linked nine alleged burglaries and attempted burglaries which targeted a variety of businesses across the....

THE two monitors appointed to oversee Mornington Peninsula Shire Council will commence their roles next week. Read more:
13/01/2026

THE two monitors appointed to oversee Mornington Peninsula Shire Council will commence their roles next week. Read more:

THE two monitors appointed to oversee Mornington Peninsula Shire Council will commence their roles next week. Victorian Minister for Local Government, Nick Staikos, announced on 23 December that two municipal monitors would be appointed to the shire. Municipal monitors Prue Digby and Rebecca McKenzi...

MEMBER for Nepean, Sam Groth, has announced he will not be recontesting his seat at the upcoming November state election...
12/01/2026

MEMBER for Nepean, Sam Groth, has announced he will not be recontesting his seat at the upcoming November state election, and will stand down as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition next month. Read more:

MEMBER for Nepean, Sam Groth, has announced he will not be recontesting his seat at the upcoming November state election, and will stand down as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition next month. In a statement released on Monday 5 January, Groth said “After many conversations with my wife and with a...

THE state Planning Minister, Sonya Kilkenny, has approved an interim erosion management overlay (EMO)for the Mornington ...
12/01/2026

THE state Planning Minister, Sonya Kilkenny, has approved an interim erosion management overlay (EMO)for the Mornington Peninsula that critics say is deeply flawed, potentially misclassifying tens of thousands of properties as landslide-prone despite council acknowledging errors in outdated mapping and raising concerns about “anomalies”. Read more:

THE state Planning Minister, Sonya Kilkenny, has approved an interim erosion management overlay (EMO)for the Mornington Peninsula that critics say is deeply flawed, potentially misclassifying tens of thousands of properties as landslide-prone despite council acknowledging errors in outdated mapping....

Police have arrested a man and recovered an allegedly stolen jet ski in Rye, as well as counterfeit money used in a seri...
11/01/2026

Police have arrested a man and recovered an allegedly stolen jet ski in Rye, as well as counterfeit money used in a series of alleged deceptions. Read more:

Police have arrested a man and recovered an allegedly stolen jet ski in Rye, as well as counterfeit money used in a series of alleged deceptions. Officers from Rosebud Uniform executed a search warrant at a property on Collingwood Street on Friday, 9 January as part of an ongoing investigation with....

The state Planning Minister, Sonya Kilkenny, has approved an interim erosion overlay for the Mornington Peninsula as it ...
07/01/2026

The state Planning Minister, Sonya Kilkenny, has approved an interim erosion overlay for the Mornington Peninsula as it has been revealed a letter from her in October gave the shire just 14 days to implement an overlay, or face state potential state government intervention. Read more:

The state Planning Minister, Sonya Kilkenny, has approved an interim erosion overlay for the Mornington Peninsula that critics say is deeply flawed, potentially misclassifying tens of thousands of properties as landslide-prone despite council acknowledging errors in outdated mapping and raising conc...

Members from the Mornington DRU executed a drug search warrant in Hastings yesterday. Read more:
07/01/2026

Members from the Mornington DRU executed a drug search warrant in Hastings yesterday. Read more:

Members from the Mornington DRU executed a drug search warrant in Hastings on the 6th January and located; A 46-year-old female was charged with multiple offences including trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs and remanded until April 2026.

Mornington Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a ramming in Mornington last month. Read mor...
05/01/2026

Mornington Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a ramming in Mornington last month. Read more:

Mornington Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a ramming in Mornington last month. Police were called to reports of a suspicious loiter at a unit complex on Fleet Street on Friday 12 December about 7.40pm. Officers attended and located an allegedly stolen black Toyota La...

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Mornington Peninsula News Group was established in 2006.

MPNG publishes five free weekly community newspapers in total: the Frankston Times, Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News, Western Port News, Mornington News and Southern Peninsula News.

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