Author Archives: Pete Maxwell

POLICE have found an Elwood man after a hit-and-run outside Elwood College. Children’s crossing supervisor Sue Parsons was taken to hospital with a broken pelvis. Police said they expected to charge the Elwood man with recklessly causing injury, careless driving … Continue reading →

PUPPET RAKUGO Where: The Butterfly Club 204 Bank Street, South Melbourne When: June 14–17 Call: 9690 2000 Visit: thebutterflyclub.com Preview: Stephen A Russell IN her canary yellow kimono and flapper-like pearl coloured headpiece, Showko, a professional puppet rakugo performer from … Continue reading →

BYO bump: Hampton Children’s Playhouse is celebrating the opening of new comedy, What To Expect When You Are Expecting, starring Cameron Diaz, Chris Rock (above left) and Tom Lennon (above right). The fundraiser costs $25 (including a small popcorn or … Continue reading →

A ST Kilda woman is fighting to remove telegraph pole advertisements offering young girls nude internet modelling work. Gail Butterworth said she first noticed the ads, on A4 sheets of paper with pull-off tags at the bottom, stuck to poles … Continue reading →

MELBOURNE Water has withdrawn its plans to build an air treatment plant at Westgate Park. The plant will instead be built on neighbouring Port of Melbourne land in a move hailed as a win for a community group that spent … Continue reading →

FEDERAL Melbourne Ports MP Michael Danby has mailed every household in the electorate asking residents to voice their concerns about the Melbourne Grand Prix. Mr Danby is involved in a long-running campaign to remove the event from Albert Park, and … Continue reading →

RESIDENTS at a Port Melbourne public housing estate say their building is infested with bedbugs, reaches temperatures of more than 50 degrees on hot days, and was once flooded with sewage. Tenants of the 24 bedsits at the Williamstown Road … Continue reading →

RESIDENTS at a Port Melbourne public housing estate say their building is infested with bedbugs, reaches temperatures of more than 50 degrees on hot days, and was once flooded with sewage. Tenants of the 24 bedsits at the Williamstown Road … Continue reading →

RESIDENTS at a Port Melbourne public housing estate say their building is infested with bedbugs, reaches temperatures of more than 50 degrees on hot days, and was once flooded with sewage. Tenants of the 24 bedsits at the Williamstown Road … Continue reading →

A RIPPONLEA man is fighting plans to plant trees in the centre of his street. Maryville Street resident Charles Reichman – who has lived there since 1979 – says he wants to stop white cedar and smooth-barked apple gum trees … Continue reading →