PSO nabbed for ‘hooning’
An off-duty protective services officer had his car impounded at Albion on November 5. Police observed the driver in a 2001 Holden ute perform two burn-outs on Ballarat Road about 6.30pm before members intercepted the vehicle and impounded it under hoon legislation. The male driver is due to be charged on summons with careless driving, improper use of a motor vehicle and failing to display P-plates.
Federal MP on the move
A federal Labor politician is setting up shop at Keilor Downs. Calwell MP Maria Vamvakinou is due to move to a new electorate office at the Keilor shopping centre this week from her previous location near the Broadmeadows train station and across Pascoe Vale Road from the Hume Council offices. Ms Vamvakinou said she made the decision to relocate following changes to electoral boundaries in 2013. The seat of Calwell covers parts of Brimbank and Hume. She said the new office, at shop M0004, Keilor shopping centre, 80 Taylors Road, Keilor Downs, would be “more central”.
New vision for industrial site
Brimbank council will develop a wetland, install seating and signage, and landscape the entry to Brooklyn Industrial Precinct at 268 Old Geelong Road, Brooklyn – if it gets the $450,000 state government grant it has applied for and if the land is found to be free of contamination.
