Local People

NORTHERN: Local Honours list

Saturday, January 25, 2025

A number of local people have been honoured in the 2025 Australia Day honours: Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the General Division• Emeritus Professor Keith Alexander Nugent, Fitzroy North. For distinguished service to tertiary education, to science as a physicist, and to the advancement of optical physics. Member of the Order of…

SOUTHERN: Local Honours list

A number of local people have been honoured in the 2025 Australia Day honours: Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the General Division• Emeritus Professor Gillian Doreen Triggs, Southbank. For eminent service to humanitarian and human rights law, to international relations, to social justice advocacy, and to tertiary legal education and research.• Mrs…

PENINSULA, SOUTH-EAST: Local Honours list

A number of local people have been honoured in the 2025 Australia Day honours: Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Divisionn Dr Kym Jenkins, Sorrento. For significant service to psychiatry as a clinician, academic and in executive roles.Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division• Ms Gulghotai Bezhan,…

NATIONAL: Neale Daniher is Australian of the Year

AFL legend Neale Daniher, who is fighting motor neurone disease, has been named as the 2025 Australian of the Year. Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese announced the 2025 Australian of the Year at a ceremony at the National Arboretum in Canberra on Saturday night (Jan. 25). Neale Daniher AO is a co-founder of FightMND, a charity…

HOBSONS BAY: Man charged with 1981, 1983, Newport sex assaults

Friday, January 24, 2025

Detectives from the Sexual Crime Squad have charged a man almost 44 years after an 82-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted twice in her own Newport home in 1981 and 1983. A 69-year-old Hoppers Crossing man was arrested in Wyndham Vale on Friday morning (Jan. 24). He was interviewed by investigators and has subsequently been…

MURRINDINDI: Funeral details for Dominic McCarthy

Thursday, January 23, 2025

The Funeral Mass of Thanksgiving for Dominic George McCarthy, who died on January 15 at age 61, will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 11.30am on Wednesday, January 29, followed by burial at Broadford Cemtery at 3.30pm. Dom was husband of Pina; stepfather of Matthew, Nick, Josh and Caleb; brother to Anthony, Kieran,…

KNOX: Death of ex-Mayor Ray Addicoat, 96

Knox City Council says it is deeply saddened by the passing of former Knox councillor and mayor Ray Addicoat (pictured), aged 96. Ray served on Council for 13 years from 1969-1981, which included a term as Mayor from 1974-1975. “His dedication and commitment to the Knox community and local government will long be remembered,” said…

BAYSIDE: Manjula is Victorian Senior of the Year

Bayside resident Professor Manjula Datta O’Connor has been awarded the Premier’s Award for Victorian Senior of the Year for her efforts in preventing family violence. In 2012, Prof. O’Connor co-founded the AustralAsian Centre for Human Rights and Health. She had previously spent years teaching and researching family violence in India and worked as a psychiatrist…

NILLUMBIK: International Women’s Day

Monday, January 20, 2025

The 2025 International Women’s Day event will be held in Nillum,bik on Thursda, March 6. This year’s theme is ‘March Forward’ and Nillumbik is focusing on the impacts younger generations are having on creating progressive change for gender equity. This year’s keynote speech will be delivered by Courtney Ugle, a proud Noongar woman who plays…

MURRINDINDI: Death of former Councillor

Murrindindi Shire Council has announced the death of former Kinglake Ward representative, Ilona Gerencser. “It is with profound sadness that we express our deepest sympathy and support to the family and friends of Ilona Gerencser, who died after a long illness,” a Council representative said. “Ilona served as a dedicated Murrindindi Shire Councillor for the…