Battery plan to ‘stabilise’ power supply
3 Mins Read Power grab: This proposed battery plant at Tyabb, artist’s impression below, will make money by buying electricity off-peak and selling it back into the grid on days of high demand. Above, a small sign advising of the plan is displayed at the rural property in Thornells Road. Picture: Gary Sissons Share
A MULTI-MILLION dollar battery plant at Tyabb will aim to improve electricity grid reliability and network stability across the Mornington Peninsula.
Australian renewable energy company Maoneng is behind the battery energy storage system – or BESS – to be built on privately-owned land next to the Tyabb sub-station in Thornells Road.
Opening the door for trained aged carers Share
A LEAD trainer in community services is creating a pilot program to help fill what she describes as a “huge need for aged care workers on the Mornington Peninsula”.
Jane-Ellen Mountford, who has worked in aged care “most of her life”, is hoping to generate interest in the profession at all levels.
“We want to raise awareness and generally create a better aged care workforce to support our elderly as they age with dignity and respect,” she said.
“This is a big drive for people who can be of all ages and from all walks of life.”
2021-07-26 09:55 By: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves to villagers while visiting Galai village of Nyingchi, southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region, July 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)
LHASA, July 23 (Xinhua) Chinese leader Xi Jinping has stressed fully implementing the guidelines of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for governing Tibet in a new era and writing a new chapter of lasting stability and high-quality development for the plateau region.
Xi, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited the Tibet Autonomous Region from Wednesday to Friday for the 70th anniversary of Tibet s peaceful liberation, the first time in the history of the Party and the country.
‘Village’ approach to homelessness
2 Mins Read JACLYN Jenkins with August and Jonas “at home” in the car to support Mornington Peninsula Shire’s plea for residents to spend a night in their cars to see what it feels like to be homeless. Picture: Supplied Share
OVER the past year, 390 young people on the Mornington Peninsula sought help because they had nowhere to stay.
Mornington Peninsula Shire is encouraging residents to try sleeping in their cars for one night to help draw attention to the homeless.
“It takes a village” is the theme of this year’s Sleep In Your Car event organised by Fusion Mornington Peninsula as part of Homelessness Week 1-7 August. The event will go virtual from 5.30pm, Saturday 7 August as residents give up their beds for a night to sleep in their cars at home or in a tent in the backyard.
Shire wants ‘foreign ownership’ details
THE state and federal governments are being asked to consider establishing a database of land in Australia that is owned by overseas interests.
The suggestion by Mornington Peninsula Shire is part of a request for information of foreign ownership of land on the peninsula, particularly in the green wedge and special use zones.
Cr David Gill said he believed Australians had “a right to know about foreign ownership of our country”.
“We have a right to know about land banking by foreign identities, especially by developers pushing to rezone and subdivide,” he said.
“We should also know about lobby groups trying to exert influence over our various governments whose political parties still accept donations from self-interested land investors.”