Day: June 11, 2015

Police are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a service station in Mornington on Sunday, 7 June. Frankston Embona Task Force detectives have been told a man brandishing a knife entered the service station on Moorooduc Highway just after 9pm. He approached the sole male attendant and demanded the contents from the till before removing cash. The offender then ran out of the store towards Moorooduc Road. He is perceived to be Caucasian in appearance, around 40-years-old, 183cm and medium build. He was wearing a black hoodie top, a black beanie and a black scarf covering his face.…

STARDATE 2015. These are the voyages of the Small Business Minister Bruce Billson. His mission: to explore strange new business tax deductions, to seek out new cost savings and new Liberal Party policies, to boldly go where no man has gone before? If this mission statement sounds a bit “out there” beyond the higher-profile stars of the Abbott cabinet, then allow The News to explain. The federal MP for Dunkley has been out and about spruiking the Abbott government’s second budget and its focus on small business has seen Mr Billson elevated to the command deck of government. The irrepressible Minister…