News

Locals’ Friday lost in Festival line up
With music festivals an endangered species, it’s great to see that the St Kilda Festival is alive and kicking again this year. Bad its sad to see the loss of the ‘Locals’ Friday’ program that was added last year.

Council promotes a pokies venue in Broadsheet
A council funded advertorial in Broadsheet has promoted a pokies pub where gamblers lost $2.1M in 12 months.

Safety Walk: A Plea for Help
TWiSK presents an eyewitness report of the community safety walk on Monday 20 January.

Ngargee Tree now no go zone
Parks Vic has told volunteers to stay away from the Ngargee tree because of safety concerns after rough sleepers took up residence nearly two months ago.

The land of the long weekend
TWiSK looks at how we enjoy the Australia Day long weekend in 2025

Prahran by-election voters guide
A by-election for Prahran will send some St Kilda voters to the polls on 8 February. TWiSK provides an independent guide to the candidates and the issues. PLUS view the video of the recent candidates forum

Events unite Councillors
Antisemitic terrorist attack condemned by Council. Followed by unanimous support for community safety round table

One pledge two seats
Will the push for a much-needed community hub at St Kilda Primary School become an issue in both the campaign for Macnamara and Prahran? The Prahran by-election will be held in February 2025, the federal election in the months after.

Pier expects 830,000 visitors every year
The redeveloped pier is now open. But the kiosk and penguin viewing is weeks or months away.

Synagogue solidarity
A community gathering near the fire-bombed Adass Israel synagogue attracted nearly 1000 people on Sunday morning. TWiSK was there.
