‘Blatant revenue raising’: Resident’s fury at $128 fines

Victorian families say they’re being hit with a flood of $125 parking fines for leaving cars on the nature strip outside their own homes – even though parking on the road could block ambos, firies and delivery trucks from getting through. Now, after some residents were stung nearly 10 times in two months, the suburban showdown has exploded into a protest, with fed-up locals accusing council of turning a commonsense parking fix into a cash grab. Residents across the Mornington Peninsula say they’re being punished for trying to do the right thing in streets so narrow that kerbside parking can quickly turn into a bottleneck. MORE NEWS Entire Aus suburb fight over ‘joke’ parking act Creepy Aus town lures buyers with $220k homes ‘Disgraceful’: Families told to surrender backyards In Tyabb, Rebecca Kappe said she had parked on the nature strip outside her home for 16 years without issue before being fined two months ago. “It’s infuriating because it’s never been a problem before,” she told 10 News. Her neighbour Jordan was also booked, copping two fines in just three days. “There was never a problem, now there’s a problem,” she said. Residents on the Mornington Peninsula say they’re bein...