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Cabanas line Safety Beach from end-to-end on Saturday, January 11.

Why the beach wars are hotter than ever this summer

From cabanas to jet-skis, off-leash dogs and loud music, it seems everybody has an opinion on beach behaviour. With soaring beach visitor numbers, experts say we are facing a known phenomenon: the “tragedy of the commons”.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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Tins of sardines, oyster shooters with Clamato dashi and “cold cuts” are among the snacks.
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Humdinger

It’s a burger boogaloo at this music lover’s paradise.

1 Rodney Court, Frankston.

Melbourne dad pays $680,000 to buy house for school-aged daughter

In a bold bid to secure his daughter’s future, worried she wouldn’t be able to afford a property later on, the dad outbid two other buyers.

  • Sarah Webb
Greater Melbourne

Victorian local elections 2024: Greater Melbourne candidates speak out

Local election candidates across Greater Melbourne have responded to The Age’s survey. Read what the candidates in your area plan to do if they are elected.

Frankston City Council.

Frankston City Council: What your candidates said

Voters in Frankston will choose nine people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.

  • Rachael Dexter and Cara Waters
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Where we live: The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods

In this series, The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.

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Rhiannon Abeling is grieving the loss of her husband, Michael, who died by suicide after he was discharged by Frankston Hospital.

‘He shouldn’t be dead’: Families sue Frankston Hospital over suicides

Michael Abeling was desperate for help when he presented to the emergency department. But he was refused admission and died a few days later.

  • Henrietta Cook
Detectives on Frankston pier.

Murder accused fronts court after fisherman’s pier death

A homeless man will receive urgent medical treatment after he was charged with murder over the stabbing death of an angler in Frankston on Saturday.

  • Ashleigh McMillan and Holly Hales
The stretch of land between Kananook Creek and Nepean Highway is the centre of a major planning dispute in Frankston.

‘Watershed moment’: 14-storey tower in Frankston’s ‘Great Wall’ gets green light

A contentious high-rise apartment building, part of Frankston’s “Great Wall” overlooking Port Phillip Bay, has been approved.

  • Benjamin Preiss, Ashleigh McMillan and Lachlan Abbott
Long Island, a narrow stretch of land between Kananook Creek and Frankston Beach, is at the centre of a campaign against two proposed apartment towers.

How rising sea levels could sink a grand plan to transform Frankston

Melbourne Water will not back a masterplan to densify Frankston’s city centre over a lack of consideration of flood risks and coastal inundation caused by climate change.

  • Rachael Dexter

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