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Shire CEO's pay contract probed

03 Nov 09 | THE Victorian Government solicitor is investigating the validity of the almost $300,000 a year salary package contract of Mornington Peninsula Shire CEO Michael Kennedy.

Council expense claims mount

03 Nov 09 | FRANKSTON councillors have racked up almost $90,000 in expenses since July last year, with more than half of the amount incurred by the six new councillors elected in November.

Park burns to reduce fire risk

03 Nov 09 | SECTIONS of Mornington Peninsula and Langwarrin parkland will be burned to reduce the mounting risk of fire this summer.
  Peninsula warned of inundation risk
  Council aims to redraft tree law
  Views sought on vanishing species
  Wind power testing begins
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MULTIMEDIA

VIDEO: Suburban Photographs of the Week

Suburban Photographs of the Week
02 Nov 09 | Selection of photographs taken in the last week by our staff photographers. All these images are available for photo sales.
  VIDEO: Suburban Sport Action of the Week
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SPORT

$11,000 says run a big success

$11,000 says run a big success
03 Nov 09 | THE mist-shrouded road to the top of Arthurs Seat on Sunday morning was the busiest it has been all year as more than 1500 competitors ran or walked 6.7 kilometres to the summit in this year's Arthurs Seat Challenge.

Kangas facie mountainous chase

Kangas facie mountainous chase
03 Nov 09 | LANGWARRIN will need to produce a super effort with the bat to have any chance of beating Mt Eliza in MPCA District cricket.
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  Tigers' top order defies heat to blast 314
  Martin lines up a winner
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Madden cops protest ambush on chin

Madden cops protest ambush on chin 

PLANNING Minister Justin Madden was bushwhacked by a multi-pronged protest in Mornington last ...
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NATIONAL NEWS

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1:09 AM AEDT | A SQUARE in busy New York, a sports hall at Berry south of Sydney and a holiday house on Victoria's Morning Peninsula have one thing in common - they were designed by Australians.
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WORLD NEWS

Twelve dead in Texas military base shootings

Twelve dead in Texas military base shootings
06 Nov 09 | The gunman who killed 12 people at a Texas military base is still alive and in hospital after undergoing surgery for his wounds, the base commander says.
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Jackson and Safron, as similar as black and white

29 Oct 09 | Michael Jackson and John Safran are peas in a pod, two sides of the same coin, ebony and ivory on the keyboard in perfect harmony. Seriously.
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