'We want to see change':Calls to slash speed on Mornington Peninsula

'We want to see change':Calls to slash speed on Mornington Peninsula

Mornington Peninsula's mayor is calling for cuts to speed limits after the shire's road toll soared to become the highest among all Victorian local councils.

  • byBenjamin Preiss

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Man hands himself in after two brothers bashed

Man hands himself in after two brothers bashed

Two brothers aged 20 and 17 were seriously assaulted in a supermarket car park south-east of Melbourne overnight by a group of men who fled.

  • byMatilda Boseley
Total fire ban declared for Sunday as extreme heat,strong winds tipped

Total fire ban declared for Sunday as extreme heat,strong winds tipped

High winds,extreme heat and lightning predicted for Sunday have sparked a Total Fire Ban amid what has been described as a"really concerning day"for Victoria.

  • byNicole Precel
Small earthquake felt off the Mornington Peninsula

Small earthquake felt off the Mornington Peninsula

The magnitude 2.7 quake occurred around 10.15am Saturday morning,in the waters between Phillip Island and Somers in Victoria's South-East.

  • byMatilda Boseley
Here's what holiday season traffic does to travel speeds towards the coast
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Here's what holiday season traffic does to travel speeds towards the coast

Information from location data company HERE Technologies shows how at this time of year,traffic headed to the Mornington Peninsula slows to more than half the speed you would expect it to travel on an average day.

  • byCraig Butt
Riot police called as schoolies celebrations turn sour on Peninsula

Riot police called as schoolies celebrations turn sour on Peninsula

Police deny being heavy-handed with schoolies throwing bottles at Rye.

  • byJoe Hinchliffe&Carolyn Webb
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Flesh-eating ulcer outbreak'exploding epidemic'in Victoria

Flesh-eating ulcer outbreak'exploding epidemic'in Victoria

Leading specialist accuses government of inaction amid worsening ulcer crisis.

  • byLiam Mannix
Don't be fooled:this is a seriously assured cafe
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Don't be fooled:this is a seriously assured cafe

There's a real poetry to the flavours and textures of the dishes at this Mornington cafe.

  • byJane Ormond
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Melbourne

Via Boffe

This labyrinthine cafe may be small (for now - expansion plans are under way)

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Melbourne

Gem Cottage Mornington

Run by a husband-and-wife team,Gem Cottage is a welcoming little pad. Inside

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Melbourne

DOC Mornington

Step into DOC on a sunny afternoon and immediately you feel like you’re on