Day: June 23, 2016

A large pine tree fell over the Nepean Highway between Mt Eliza Way and Old Mornington Rd this afternoon. Three cars were damaged but luckily nobody was hurt. The driver of a van who was delivering magazines was very lucky. One of the branches smashed the passenger side windscreen and a large branch went through the van into the rear compartment. Traffic was diverted as Nepean Highway was closed until the tree could be cleared.

CANDIDATES for the Flinders electorate have been invited to speak at a forum in Dromana on Wednesday 29 June. The candidates will be asked to explain their views on “conscience issues” such as marriage, euthanasia and abortion. The forum will come a week after Pastor Rob Ward, former Victorian director of Australian Christian Lobby, explained what the major parties “plan to endorse as normal in marriage and education and how your vote can change the very fabric of our society for generations”. “Economic policies, education, climate change and health spending, all of these are important but how about what is…