Mornington Peninsula News Group

Mornington Peninsula News Group An independent voice for the community An independent voice for the community. www.mpnews.com.au P.O. Box 588, Hastings, VIC 3915
Call 03 5974 9000

THREE more high-rise buildings along the Nepean Highway in Frankston have been given the green light to proceed. Read mo...
18/12/2025

THREE more high-rise buildings along the Nepean Highway in Frankston have been given the green light to proceed. Read more:

THREE more high-rise buildings along the Nepean Highway in Frankston have been given the green light to proceed. At a meeting last week, Frankston councillors unanimously approved plans for a 10 storey building at 347-349 Nepean Highway and a 14 storey building at 431 Nepean Highway. Councillors als...

AFTER a devastating fire destroyed its Moorooduc offices, a disability support service is breathing a sigh of relief as ...
18/12/2025

AFTER a devastating fire destroyed its Moorooduc offices, a disability support service is breathing a sigh of relief as it prepares to move into a new purpose-built headquarters in Somerville. Read more:

AFTER a devastating fire destroyed its Moorooduc offices, a disability support service is breathing a sigh of relief as it prepares to move into a new purpose-built headquarters in Somerville. The move comes after the June blaze at the Coolstores facility on Moorooduc Hwy forced staff to work remote...

AN extensive council review of differential rates and service charges could see ratepayers face $41 extra in waste fees ...
17/12/2025

AN extensive council review of differential rates and service charges could see ratepayers face $41 extra in waste fees per year, while around 2500 retirement village homes are proposed to receive $181 average reductions next year. Read more:

AN extensive council review of differential rates and service charges could see ratepayers face $41 extra in waste fees per year, while around 2500 retirement village homes are proposed to receive $181 average reductions next year. The Mornington Peninsula Shire is reviewing its rating strategy as p...

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh has been cleared of any wrongdoing after an arbiter dismissed a counci...
17/12/2025

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh has been cleared of any wrongdoing after an arbiter dismissed a councillor conduct complaint application over Marsh’s decision to rule three motions out of order at council meetings in June. Read more:

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh has been cleared of any wrongdoing after an arbiter dismissed a councillor conduct complaint application over Marsh’s decision to rule three motions out of order at council meetings in June. The application was lodged by councillors David Gill, Kat...

COUNCIL has signed off on a new Community Disaster Resilience Plan, aiming to lift preparedness and strengthen how the c...
16/12/2025

COUNCIL has signed off on a new Community Disaster Resilience Plan, aiming to lift preparedness and strengthen how the community responds to future emergencies. Read more:

COUNCIL has signed off on a new Community Disaster Resilience Plan, aiming to lift preparedness and strengthen how the community responds to future emergencies. The plan, adopted alongside a Year One Action Plan at the council’s 2 December meeting, follows community consultation held in April, May...

DROMANA Pier has been completely gutted, leaving only wooden piles in the water, as construction of a new, modern pier o...
16/12/2025

DROMANA Pier has been completely gutted, leaving only wooden piles in the water, as construction of a new, modern pier officially gets underway. Read more:

DROMANA Pier has been completely gutted, leaving only wooden piles in the water, as construction of a new, modern pier officially gets underway. The 180-metre pier, originally built in the 1860s and reconstructed in the 1950s, has been closed to the public since October to allow for demolition of th...

THE speed limit along a large stretch of Peninsula Link will continue to remain at a reduced 80kph until at least Februa...
15/12/2025

THE speed limit along a large stretch of Peninsula Link will continue to remain at a reduced 80kph until at least February. Read more:

THE speed limit along a large stretch of Peninsula Link will continue to remain at a reduced 80kph until at least February. The reduced limit coincides with the peninsula’s busy summer period that sees hundreds of thousands of visitors using the main arterial into the peninsula. A statement from S...

RESIDENTS across the peninsula have been left outraged and baffled after newly proposed mandatory planning rules suddenl...
15/12/2025

RESIDENTS across the peninsula have been left outraged and baffled after newly proposed mandatory planning rules suddenly labelled thousands of properties as “highly susceptible” to landslides, despite many believing they face no such risk. Read more:

RESIDENTS across the peninsula have been left outraged and baffled after newly proposed mandatory planning rules suddenly labelled thousands of properties as “highly susceptible” to landslides, despite many believing they face no such risk. The Mornington Peninsula Shire has mapped wide-spread l...

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Troy Cunneen. The 35-year-old man is wanted on five warrants f...
15/12/2025

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Troy Cunneen. The 35-year-old man is wanted on five warrants for burglary, theft of motor vehicle, theft, and contravening bail and a court order. Police would also like to speak to Cunneen in relation to a police car ramming in Mornington on 12 December. Read more:

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Troy Cunneen. The 35-year-old man is wanted on five warrants for burglary, theft of motor vehicle, theft, and contravening bail and a court order. Police would also like to speak to Cunneen in relation to a police car ramming in Mornington on...

Mornington Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a ramming in Mornington las...
13/12/2025

Mornington Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a ramming in Mornington last night. Read more:

Mornington Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a ramming in Mornington last night. Police were called to reports of a suspicious loiter at a unit complex on Fleet Street about 7.40pm on Friday 12 December. Officers attended and located a stolen black Toy...

A SWATHE of accessibility measures were installed at Frankston Beach last week. 70 metres of beach matting extending to ...
12/12/2025

A SWATHE of accessibility measures were installed at Frankston Beach last week. 70 metres of beach matting extending to the water’s edge was put into place. Read more:

A SWATHE of accessibility measures were installed at Frankston Beach last week. Last Friday, 5 December, 70 metres of beach matting extending to the water’s edge was put into place. Complimentary beach wheelchairs and equipment, daybeds, and cabanas were also installed. Trained staff and volunteer...

A MOTION calling for stricter regulations on election donations in local government elections was rejected at the 2 Dece...
11/12/2025

A MOTION calling for stricter regulations on election donations in local government elections was rejected at the 2 December council meeting. Read more:

A MOTION calling for stricter regulations on election donations in local government elections was rejected at the 2 December council meeting. The motion was presented by Cr David Gill and sought to advocate a series of reforms to the state government. These included restricting campaign donations to...

Address

1/15 Wallis Drive
Hastings, VIC
3915

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Mornington Peninsula News Group posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Mornington Peninsula News Group:

Shortcuts

Share

Category

Our Story

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.

It is a truly independent media company.

MPNG believes a strong community newspaper is essential to a strong community. Its aim is simple: to let readers know about the news happening in their community.