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Langy reach finals footy LANGWARRIN are finals-bound after a big win over Mornington. There was plenty to play for across Division One last weekend in the final round of the home-and-away season. See sports page 14. Pictures: Paul Churcher
Canberra trip sparks conflict Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE relationship between Frankston Council and the Mornington Peninsula Shire was on a knife’s edge prior to a planned trip to Canberra this week. Frankston’s mayor says he still plans on attending the advocacy trip, despite being disinvited by one of the organisers last week. The Canberra visit, scheduled for
25-26 August, has been facilitated by the Committee for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula. Last week Bolam publicly expressed concerns about council’s ties to the advocacy group, and said he was “uncomfortable” about the planned trip. (“Committee’s Canberra trip ‘uncomfortable’ - mayor” The Times 19/8/2025) Early last week Bolam was disinvited from the Canberra trip by the Committee, but he still intends to go. He said “I do not, and will not, take
direction from what is essentially a lobbyist organisation.” Committee for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula CEO Josh Sinclair has defended the trip, which will also be attended by Dunkley MP Jodie Belyea, Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Anthony Marsh, and Shire CEO Mark Stoermer. He said the goal is to “present a joint approach to regional advocacy on projects and opportunities for federal government to support and invest in across Frankston
and the Mornington Peninsula Shire.” Sinclair said that attendees would be “discussing the federal government’s commitment to $50 million for Nepean Highway/Overton Rd, opportunities for the federal government to invest in housing projects in Frankston’s activity centre, the National Centre for Healthy Ageing based on Frankston Hospital, infrastructure improvements across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula, housing and homelessness”, and
“improvements to Rosebud Hospital”. “The [Frankston] mayor chaired a meeting recently to extend the Committee’s membership by three years and double the membership fee that council contributes. We thank him for his strong leadership and ongoing, unwavering support of the Committee’s work in seeking to influence a better peninsula,” Sinclair said. Continued page 3