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Abuse survivor calls for change
Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au
A CHILD sexual abuse survivor is calling for new laws to hold organisations to account for abuse that occurs under their watch.
Frankston resident Brian Cherrie was sexually abused as a child living at the Salvation Army children’s home in Box Hill in the early 1960s. He said he has suffered lifelong effects from the abuse, which occured when he was just 11-years-old, and is now dedicated to helping other victims.
“I’m a forgotten Australian abused in a children’s home,” Cherrie said. “Now I run a Facebook group petitioning to get a Royal Commission which has 2500 members, most of them people that were abused growing up.”
Late last year the High Court overturned the Victorian Supreme Court’s ruling that the Catholic Diocese of Ballarat was vicariously liable for the sexual abuse of a young boy. The man who sued the diocese was originally awarded $230,000 damages by the Victorian Supreme Court.
Cherrie says that changes to vicarious liability laws are needed to hold organi-
sations to account for sexual abuse and allow victims to access compensation.
He said “what my fight is for is justice for everyone. It’s very hard, and it’s been going on for a long time because there is so much money being thrown around to challenge everyone.
“The government can change the law and they need to do it soon.”
In the case of Bird vs DP 2024, the High Court’s finding read “this is the first time this Court has been asked to consider whether, absent a relationship of employment between a wrongdoer and a defendant, a diocese or a bishop may be held vicariously liable for the unlawful actions of
a priest who sexually abuses a child. That, in turn, raises the question whether a relationship of employment is a necessary precursor – or a threshold requirement –to a finding of vicarious liability.
“The position in Australia is that an employer may be vicariously liable for the acts of its employees, but there is no such liability for the acts of those who are not in an employment relationship but, instead, are, for example, independent contractors or in a relationship ‘akin to employment’.”
Cherrie said the High Court’s decision was “ridiculous”.
Earlier this month, Legalise Canna-
bis Party MP Rachel Payne introduced legislation to close the “loophole” to Victorian Parliament. The Bill was not supported by the state government or opposition. Payne said “right now, victim survivors can’t seek financial compensation from many institutions such as churches and sporting clubs, because their perpetrator was not legally an ‘employee’, but instead classified as a volunteer or spiritual counsellor. The High Court said loud and clear that it was the job of parliament to fix the law and hold these institutions to account.”
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Award for helping to feed the hungry
JAQUELINE Hendrey has been named the Kingston Citizen of the Year for her work providing nearly 200,000 meals to those in need.
Hendrey runs the Matt’s Place community meals program in Chelsea. The program serves up around 200 meals to 110 guests each week, and has been running for 15 years.
At an awards ceremony last week, Hendrey was named Kingston’s most outstanding citizen. Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley said “we have so many people doing remarkable things in our community and this event, and these awards are just a small way of us being able to show how valued people’s efforts and contribution are.”
“The spirit of volunteerism is alive and well in Kingston and it is one of the main reasons why our city is such a great place to live. National Volunteer Week is a great chance to say
thank you - to shine a light on the tireless efforts of those who usually prefer to stay behind the scenes,” she said.
“This year’s theme, Connecting Communities, couldn’t be more apt. Volunteering builds bridges. It brings people from different walks of life together and creates bonds that enrich lives and strengthen our social fabric. It fosters community engagement, belonging, and meaningful relationships that last well beyond any single project or event. To all of you unsung heroes, tireless volunteers, and local legendsa huge thank you on behalf of all our council and community.”
It’s Okay Not to Be Okay was named the Community Group of the Year. For more information visit kingston.vic.gov.au/council/ awards.
Budget money to improve playground
HERITAGE Reserve in Skye is set to re-
ceive a $240,000 upgrade.
The money, which was set aside in the state government’s 2025/2026 budget, will be used to improve the play space (pictured right) and park with a multi-use court.
Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny has highlighted a number of measures in the budget, including Get Active Kids vouchers worth up to $200 each, increased payment through the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund, and the implementation of free public transport for children from 1 January. Free public transport for seniors on weekends is also set to be introduced.
“This budget is about better health care and hospitals. And real cost of living relief – saving local families thousands of dollars,” Kilkenny said.
“This budget is all about delivering on the things that matter most to families.”
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“It’s a shame that neither the Government or Opposition backed this bill, but rather again said they want Australia’s attorney-generals to come up with a national approach and move forward in unison. However other states are resisting change and don’t see this as a priority, it’s time Victoria found the courage to go it alone and do the right thing by victim survivors,” Payne said.
Payne’s Bill sought to “amend the Wrongs Act 1958 to make certain organisations vicariously liable for the abuse of children by persons akin to employees of those organisations and to consequentially amend the Victoria Police Act 2013.” Victorian AttorneyGeneral Sonya Kilkenny has defended the state government’s position, saying “the Private Members Bill is broad and we would need to do more work to understand the legal risks and potential unintended impacts on community, volunteer and not-for-profit organisations.”
“We have always sent a clear message to child abuse survivors – we stand with you in your fight for justice and always will,” Kilkenny said. “I have raised this matter with AttorneysGeneral across Australia as this is a national issue, and I will be reporting back to them with options for consideration. These will need to be carefully considered to ensure they don’t cause more problems than they resolve.”
BRIAN Cherrie is calling for urgent changes to vicarious liability laws.
Picture: Gary Sissons
Bonbeach crash investigated
A MAN was taken to hospital under police guard after a serious crash in Bonbeach in the early hours of 21 May.
Police allege a Porsche wagon driving on Nepean Highway crashed into a fence surrounding a power substation at about 2.30am on 21 May. The driver sustained serious injuries, and was taken to hospital under police guard.
Police allege that four other occupants fled the car on foot. Shortly afterward police arrested a woman they believe was a passenger in the crashed car.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing. Anyone with information can contact Crime
Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au
Two dead in fires
TWO people died in separate house fires in Frankston and Langwarrin last week.
At around 4pm on Thursday, 22 May, firefighters attended a unit on Franklin Court in Frankston. They found a deceased person inside while evacuating the property.
Nobody else was injured at Franklin Court.
Shortly afterwards, at around 2am on 23 May, emergency services were called out to a fire on Lyppards Road in Langwarrin. Three people inside the house managed to escape, however a fourth person died inside a rear bungalow.
Detectives are investigating the cause of the fires. Any witnesses can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
THE newly opened car
Multi-storey station car park open
THE new car park at Kananook Railway Station officially opened last week.
The federal government spent $22 million to build the car park on Frankston Council-owned land. It features more than 300 car spaces, including dedicated bicycle parking.
The multi-level car park is directly opposite the Kananook Railway Station and Frankston Stadium.
Newly re-elected Dunkley MP Jodie Belyea said “this project is about making everyday life more affordable and convenient - whether people are heading to work, school, sport, or connecting with friends and family.”
Frankston mayor Kris Bolam said the project is “a direct result of council’s strong and strate-
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gic advocacy and planning for infrastructure that meets the real needs of our growing community.”
“The Kananook Car Park isn’t just about improving access to rail - it’s about unlocking opportunity. From supporting active transport to reducing congestion, the benefits of this facility will be felt right across our community for years to come,” Bolam said. “With the Australian Government’s $22 million investment in the Kananook Car Park, we’re delivering real cost-of-living support by providing free, accessible and people-focused infrastructure that takes pressure off local households. I’m proud to see this facility officially open and ready to serve the growing Frankston City community and broader region.”
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7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Rugby League. Women’s State of Origin. Game 3. New South Wales v Queensland. 9.35 NRL Women’s State Of Origin Post-Match. Post-match wrap-up. 10.00 9News Late.
10.30 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGl)
11.30 Next Stop. (PGaw, R)
12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
1.00 Fish Forever. (R)
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6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (PG)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia.
8.30 The One That Got Away. (Mal) Ffion clashes bitterly with her sister.
9.20 Gruen. (R) Presented by Wil Anderson.
9.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (Final, R)
10.25 Big Boys. (Final, Mls, R)
10.55 ABC Late News.
11.15 Father Brown. (Ma, R)
12.00 Mayfair Witches. (Final, MA15+v, R)
12.50 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 18. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.55 First Australians. (PG, R) 10.50 The Australian Wars. (Mav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Land Wars. (R) 3.00 Nula. 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 18. Highlights.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Malta: The Jewel Of The Mediterranean. (R) An exploration of Malta.
9.15 Robson Green’s Weekend
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10.25 SBS World News Late.
10.55 Atlantic Crossing. (MA15+s, R)
11.55 Rex In Rome. (Mv, R) 1.45 The Head. (Return, MA15+a)
3.40 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R)
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11.15 GetOn Extra. Lizzie Jelfs, Matt Hill, Simon Marshall and Brent Zerafa dive headlong into the weekend’s best racing.
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8.30 MOVIE: The Five Year Engagement. (2012, MA15+ls, R) A man proposes to his girlfriend, but unexpected events delay their plans to walk down the aisle together. Jason Segel, Emily Blunt.
11.00 MOVIE: Life, Itself. (2018, MA15+alv, R) Oscar Isaac. 1.05 Young Sheldon. (PGadlsv, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)
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6.10 Father Brown. (PGav) A supposed vampire strikes in the village.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Call The Midwife. (Ma) Cyril faces his toughest challenge yet.
8.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) After the opening of a sculpture park in Angel’s Rise is marred by murder, Barnaby and Nelson suspect a mysterious locket recovered from the scene of the crime may help catch the killer.
10.05 Bergerac. (Ml, R) The battle intensifies between Bergerac and Arthur. 10.50 Reunion. (Mlv, R) Brennan and Carly head to his school reunion. 11.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
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6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar: Passion. (Mal, R) Elizabeth Taylor challenges the studio system.
8.25 Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses: Society Influencers (Cliveden And Polesden Lacey) An exploration of two historic mansions.
9.30 1968: A Year Of War, Turmoil And Beyond. (M, R) Takes a look at events of 1968.
10.25 Guillaume’s French Atlantic. (R) 11.25 Homicide: Life On The Street. (Mav, R)
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6.00 Seven News.
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6.00 9News Saturday.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Holiday Home Makeover With Rachel & Ryan. (PGl) Hosted by former The Block contestants Rachel and Ryan.
8.30 MOVIE: Spectre. (2015, Mv, R)
A cryptic message from James Bond’s past sends him on a trail of a sinister organisation. Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux.
11.30 MOVIE: Death Wish V. (1994, MA15+lv, R) Charles Bronson.
1.20 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 1.50 My Way. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) Follows the work of elite lifeguards in charge of safety at one of the world’s busiest beaches. When bluebottles swarm at Bondi, Harries devises a magical treatment for the stings. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Grand final. 11.00 Elsbeth. (Mdv, R) When a young man is found dead in his car, Elsbeth visits the holistic wellness centre he’d just left and begins to suspect its charismatic founder. 12.00 FBI. (Mav, R) After a young girl goes missing in Queens, the team discovers the kidnappers used her as leverage to carry out a major explosives heist, sending them on a hunt for the dangerous culprits. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.
Sunday, June 1
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.35 The Piano. (PG, R) 3.35 Grand Designs UK. (PGl, R) 4.40 The Kimberley. (Final, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Compass: The Wayside Weddings. (PG)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 The Piano. The pianists play in the heart of Sydney’s Chinatown.
8.30 Bergerac. (Ml) There’s a breakthrough in the search for Cate’s phone, until Bergerac’s world is shaken.
9.15 Reunion. (Mlv) Christine finally gets closer to the answers she seeks from Brennan. Probation makes a discovery. 10.15 MOVIE: Van Diemen’s Land. (2009, MA15+alv, R) Oscar Redding.
12.00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 12.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
1.35 Grantchester. (Mav, R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22)
6am Children’s Programs. 2.05pm Paddington. 2.45 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 MOVIE: Thomas And Friends: The Mystery Of Lookout Mountain. (2022) 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 Daniel Tiger’s. 5.55 Octonauts. 7.05 Rocket Club. 7.35 Moominvalley. 8.00 Horrible Histories. 8.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.10 Abbott Elementary. 9.55 Speechless. 10.15 Merlin. 11.00 Late Programs.
NITV (34)
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 First Australians. (PG, R) 10.55 Going Places. (R) 12.00 APAC Weekly. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 12.55 Nippers. (R) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. Highlights. 5.30 Indochina War: The Untold Story. (PG)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 London: 2,000 Years Of History. (PG, R)
8.25 Queens Of Ancient Egypt: Queen Tiye. (PGa, R) Takes a look at the Egyptian Queen Tiye. 9.25 Into The Gobi Desert With Nick Knowles. (PG, R)
10.15 Hindenburg: The Cover Up. (PGa, R) 11.10 MOVIE: Memory Film: A Filmmaker’s Diary. (2023, Maln) 12.40 24 Hours In Emergency. (PGa, R) 2.30 Australia Uncovered: Our African Roots. (PGa, R) 3.25 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 3.55 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. Pre-game coverage of the match. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. Melbourne v St Kilda.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. West Coast v Geelong. From Optus Stadium, Perth. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the game.
11.00 7NEWS Spotlight.
12.00 Shades Of Blue. (MA15+adsv, R) 1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 Escape To The Country. 1pm Harry’s Practice. 1.30 Discover. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Animal SOS Australia. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Vicar
6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy
6.00 9News Sunday.
7.00 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy. (Return, PG) 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.40 The Killer Interview With Piers Morgan. (Mv) Piers Morgan speaks with Christopher Porco. 10.40 Footy Furnace. (Mlv) 11.40 9News Late.
12.10 The First 48. (Ma) 1.00 Destination WA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Fish Forever. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. Twelve contestants must create a dish featuring butter. 8.10 Fake. (Ml) Joe confides he has been navigating drama with his unstable ex-wife. Birdie rides along with the All Angels soup van for a story. 9.10 FBI. (Mv) The team must figure out how someone accessed a highly secure building after a CEO is killed by a targeted explosion inside his penthouse. 11.10 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 PBS Washington Week. 5.00 Going Places. 6.00 History’s Greatest Of All-Time With Peyton Manning. 6.50 Abandoned Engineering. 8.40 Science Fiction Revolution. 9.40 The Amber Room. 10.30 The Day The Rock Star Died: Elvis Presley. 10.55 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 21. 3.25am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31)
6am
Malcolm. Continued. (1986, PG) 6.35 Sissi: The Fateful Years. (1957, PG, German) 8.35 Remi Nobody’s Boy. (2018, PG, French) 10.35 The Tracker. (2002, M) 12.25pm The Last Castle. (2001, M) 2.50 First Cow. (2019, PG) 5.05 The Band’s Visit. (2007, PG, Arabic, English, Hebrew) 6.40 Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 8.30 Constantine. (2005, MA15+) 10.45 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.35pm Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. Men’s. Grand finals. Replay. 3.10 Football. First Nations Indigenous Football Cup. Men’s. Round 4. SA All-Stars v Qld Balla Boys. Replay. 4.45 Bamay. 5.00 Soh Presents: Generations And Dynasties. 6.40 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand. 7.30 Our Medicine. 8.30 Mabo: Life Of An Island Man. 10.10 Land Of The Little Kings. 11.35 Late Programs.
Monday, June 2
(R) 2.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (PG, R) 3.30 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
(PG)
by Linton Besser. 9.35 Picasso. (Ma) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R)
Planet America. (R) 11.35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (Final, R) 12.05 Love Your Garden. (R) 12.50 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.10 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 21. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.15 First Australians. (PG, R) 11.10 Going Places. (R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Barunga Or Bust. (PG, R) 3.00 Travel Shooters. (PGl) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 21. Highlights.
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Stockholm With Michael Portillo: Stockholm 3. (PG) Michael Portillo cleanses Stockholm’s frozen depths.
8.25 Bettany Hughes: Treasures of Bulgaria. (PGa, R) Bettany Hughes explores Bulgaria.
9.20 Inside Windsor Castle. (PG, R) A look at the history of Windsor Castle.
10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 Classified. (MA15+v) 11.35 Kin. (Madlsv, R) 2.30 Living With The Boss. (PG, R) 3.20 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 12.20pm Bananas In Pyjamas. 1.40 Ben And Holly. 2.05 Paddington. 2.45 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 4.00 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.25 Rocket Club. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Junior Vets. 8.40 Dance Life. (Premiere) 9.35 TBA. 10.00 Merlin. 10.45 Late Programs.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 8.25 Little Nicholas’ Treasure. (2021, PG, French) 10.20 Sublime. (2022, M, Spanish) 12.15pm Just Believe. (2018, M, Italian) 2.10 Sidonie In Japan. (2023, PG, French, Japanese, English) 4.00 Malcolm. (1986, PG) 5.35 The Farewell. (2019, PG) 7.30
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: MatchMaker Mysteries: The Art Of The Kill. (2021, PGav) Danica McKellar. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PG)
7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) Hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski.
8.50 9-1-1. (Return, Mav) A trailer with millions of bees crashes on the streets of Los Angeles, unleashing a swarm.
10.50 The Agenda Setters. (R) A team of trusted and respected footy voices tackles the biggest topics in the AFL world.
11.50 To Be Advised.
12.50 You, Me And The Apocalypse. (Maln)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.
LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy. (PG, R)
My Way. (R)
Pointless. (PG)
Tipping Point. (PG, R)
9News Afternoon. 5.00
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy. (PG) Teams work together to create flying machines.
8.45 Footy Classified. (Ml) A team of footy experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies.
9.45 Players. (Ml) A look at all the AFL news.
10.45 9News Late.
11.15 Aussie Road Train Truckers. (PGl)
12.05 Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup. (Mal)
1.00 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. A batch of 23 former contestants returns. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 Taskmaster Australia. (Ms, R) Hosted by Tom Gleeson. 10.50 10’s Late News. 11.15 The Project. (R) 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 2.25pm Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.00 WorldWatch. 5.10 Forged In Fire: Best Of. 6.00 Alone Germany. (Premiere) 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.35 The UnBelievable. 10.15 The Weekly Football Wrap. 10.45 MOVIE: Sweet As. (2022, M) 12.20am Couples Therapy. 12.55 Secrets Of The Chippendales Murders. 1.45 Late Programs.
2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Matrix. (1999,
Tuesday, June 3
6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Walking With Dinosaurs: The Orphan. (Premiere) 8.50 Dino Apocalypse With David Attenborough: The New Evidence. (R) Presented by Sir David Attenborough.
9.45 I Was Actually There: Port Arthur Massacre. (Ml, R)
10.15 ABC Late News. 10.30 The Business. (R)
10.45 Four Corners. (R) 11.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 11.50 Books That Made Us. (Mlv, R) 12.50 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.35 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.35 Parkinson In Australia. (PGa, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Going Places. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Gina Chick. (Ma)
8.30 Insight. Explores how best to navigate family and money.
9.30 Dateline: Born Big. Presented by Kumi Taguchi.
10.00 SBS World News Late.
10.30 Living Black. (R)
11.30 The Point. (R) 12.30 Dance Rites 2023. (PG, R) 2.05 Enemy Of The People. (Mlv, R)
3.45 Living With The Boss. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PG)
7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGal) Hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski.
8.50 Doc. (Ma) Sonya wrestles with treating a man from her past and must rely on Amy to help her.
9.50 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
10.50 Accused. (Mav)
11.50 Autopsy USA: Bob Crane. (MA15+av, R)
12.50 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy. (PG) The 10 teams create a new toy. 8.45 To Be Advised.
9.45 Footy Classified. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues.
10.45 9News Late.
11.15 The Equalizer. (Mav, R)
12.05 Find My Country House Australia. (PG, R) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. A batch of 23 former contestants returns. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.40 The Inspired Unemployed: The List. (PGaln) The boys head to Japan. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. (R) 12.05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 2.20pm Cryptoland. 2.50 Bamay. 3.15 BBC News At Ten. 3.45 ABC World News Tonight. 4.10 PBS News. 5.10 Forged In Fire. 6.00 Alone Germany. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.35 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 10.15 Dark Side Of The Cage. (Premiere) 12.05am Dirty Rotten Cleaners. 1.35 Shoresy. 2.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 12.20pm Bananas In Pyjamas. 1.40 Ben And Holly. 2.05 Paddington. 2.45 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 4.00 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.25 Rocket Club. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Junior Vets. 8.40 Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory. 9.25 TBA. 11.00 Late Programs.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am
On Country. 2.00 Unsettled. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 The Point. 8.30 Unleash The Beast. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.30 MOVIE: Four Souls Of Coyote. (2023, M) 12.20am Late Programs. NITV (34)
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. Noon First Australians. 1.00 The Grey Line. 1.30
Morning Programs. 10.00 Prayers For The Stolen. (2021, M, Spanish) 12.05pm My Zoe. (2019, M) 2.00 Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 3.50 Little Nicholas’ Treasure. (2021, PG, French) 5.45 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (2002) 7.30 The Professor And The Madman. (2019, M) 9.55 Sisi & I. (2023, M, German, English, French) 12.25am Late Programs.
Wednesday, June 4
ABC
R) 11.30 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Restoration Aust. (PG, R) 3.00 House Of Games. (R) 3.30 Love
6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Gruen. Presented by Wil Anderson.
8.35 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (Return, PG) Presented by Guy Montgomery.
9.25 Planet America. Hosted by Chas Licciardello and John Barron.
10.00 QI. (Return, Ml)
11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 The Business. (R)
11.35 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 12.30 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.20 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia: Spring Special. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
(PG, R) 10.00 Mountain Vets. (Ma, R) 11.05 Travelling In The 1970s. (PGdsv, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 Going Places. (PG, R) 4.00 Plat Du Tour. (R) 4.05 The Cook Up. (R) 4.35 Jeopardy! 5.00 Letters And Numbers. (PGas, R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Alone Australia. (Ml) The weather creates havoc.
9.35 The Veil. (Premiere, Malv) Follows two women entangled in a high-stakes game of deception as one hunts the other.
10.25 SBS World News Late.
10.55 My Brilliant Friend. (Mlsv)
12.00 The Wall: The Chateau Murder. (Mlv, R) 12.50 The Wall: The Orchard. (Mals, R) 3.20 Living With The Boss. (PG, R) 4.10 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 12.20pm Bananas In Pyjamas. 1.40 Ben And Holly. 2.05 Paddington. 2.45 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 4.00 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.25 Rocket Club. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Junior Vets. 8.40 Abbott Elementary. 9.25 Doctor Who. 11.10 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 6.40 Little Nicholas’ Treasure. (2021, PG, French) 8.35 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (2002) 10.20 Unruly. (2022, M, Danish, Swedish) 12.50pm Suffragette. (2015, M) 2.50 Heidi. (2015, PG, German, Swiss German) 4.55 Discovering Film: Maggie Smith. 5.50 Bonneville. (2006, PG) 7.30 Becoming Jane. (2007, PG) 9.45 Emily. (2022, M) 12.10am Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.50 Motown Magic. 8.40 Spartakus. 10.00 Undiscovered Vistas. 11.00 Over The Black Dot. 11.30 The Point. 12.30pm Unleash The Beast. 1.30
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.20 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PG)
7.30 The 1% Club. (PGls, R) Hosted by Jim Jefferies.
8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL. 9.30 Unfiltered. (PGa) Hosted by Hamish McLachlan. 10.00 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) Footage of headline-grabbing moments.
11.00 Born To Kill? BTK – Dennis Rader. (MA15+av, R)
12.00 Touching Evil. (Premiere, MA15+av)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy. (PG, R) 1.15 Find My Country House Australia. (R) 1.45 Innovation Nation.
6.00 9News.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. A batch of 23 former contestants returns. 8.40 Elsbeth. (Mdv) Elsbeth suspects a victim’s twin brother when a Wall Street titan is murdered after giving away his fortune. 9.40 FBI: International. (Ma) The Fly Team investigates a secret society. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. (R) 12.05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 2.35pm The Weekly Football Wrap. 3.10 WorldWatch. 5.10 Forged In Fire: Best Of. 6.00 Alone Germany. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: The Assassination Of Jesse James. (2007, MA15+) 11.25 MOVIE: The Handmaid’s Tale. (1990, MA15+) 1.25am Letterkenny. 2.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Travel Guides. (PG, R) Ordinary Aussies take on the job of travel critics.
8.40 The Grand Tour. (Ml) The boys head to Croatia to make a completely unscripted film featuring an Audi TT RS. 10.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGlm)
11.00 9News Late.
11.30 The Equalizer. (Mv, R)
12.15 Find My Country House Australia. (R)
12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R)
3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
Electricity Charges – Frankston And Mornington Combine
Compiled by Cameron McCullough
Strong dissatisfaction exists in both Mornington Shire and Frankston and Hastings Shire in regard to the charges made by the Electricity Commission for the supply of current in bulk to the municipalities.
Arising from this feeling a deputation from the councils on Tuesday last conferred with the chief engineer of the Electricity Commission (Mr. Harper). Their chief request was that the maximum demand charges for electricity should be more equitably levied.
Frankston and Hastings Shire was represented by Crs. Wells, Bradbury, McCulloch, and Mr. Ham (Shire Secretary), and Mr. D. J. Quartermain (electricity manager).
Cr. Barrett, of Mornington Shire, said that through the registration of the maximum demand being made in the heaviest month in the quarter the Council suffered considerably.
The registration was made in January, when all the seaside houses were fully occupied; again in Easter month, also in the month when the other school vacation was on.
In other months the big percentage of the houses were closed, with the result that the Council was being charged for power it did not use.
The Commission supplied a cool store within the Shire at a cheaper rate than it charged the Shire.
Cr. McArthur pointed out a remarkable anomaly. When the Shire had 91 consumers the electric lighting account showed a credit. With 400 consumers being served there
was a debit.
There was something wrong with such a system. He said the Commission had made a promise that immediately a supply was given from Morwell there would be a reduction, but the promise had not been redeemed.
Mr. Harper: I will look up the records and see what the promise was.
The case for Frankston and Hastings, as put forward by Cr. Bradbury, who said that the Council was paying a maximum demand charge of £1/17/6, while in Chelsea, which was served by the Melbourne Electric Supply Co., the maximum demand charge was only 10/10. Chelsea only paid 1½d; per unit, as against 1.29d. paid by Frankston and Hastings.
What the Council could not understand was how it could make the undertaking pay with a few consumers, and yet be losing when the consumers numbered many hundreds.
Mr. Harper said it was difficult to understand, unless the price had been altered.
He was assured by the deputation that the retail price had remained the same. Cr. Wells (Frankston) said it looked as if the Council would have to pay the same price no matter how its consumers increased, and there were some residents who were contemplating going back to gas.
It was also asked by the deputation how the commission could offer to supply the Flinders base, which was further out, at a price lower than that charged the Council.
Mr. Harper replied that the Base would require energy on a large scale, and if the Base linked up
independent clinical studies and have been published in leading International Journals of Dermatology (eg. JEADV).
it would open up the district for electricity, and the Councils would immediately receive the benefit. He admitted there was little margin in the proposition made for the Base, but it had been considered in the light of opening up the Mornington Peninsula.
Cr. McCulloch (Frankston) quoted four sand pits, where it had been found necessary to put in petrol plants owing to the electricity cost being too heavy.
Frankston, he said, had doubled its supply in two years, but if they could not keep the charges down they would be unable to further increase consumption.
Though the maximum demand went down to 80 in the slack periods of the year, the Council had to pay on the 100 maximum demand.
Mr. Harper: The Commission is adopting a new practice, whereby the meter will be reset every three months, and the Council will pay on the maximum recorded in any of the months.
When one member of the deputation said the Council had been promised consideration, but had received nothing, Mr. Nichol, of the Commission staff, said the cost of a number of things had gone up in the meantime.
This brought the retort from the deputation that the Melbourne Electric Supply Co. had charged Chelsea the one price for the last ten years, and was renewing the contract at the old rate.
When Mr. Harper said the Melbourne Electric Supply Co. would probably go over to the Commission
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within the next five years, one of the deputation replied it would be luck for Chelsea.
Dealing with the requests, Mr. Harper said the position confronting the deputation as regards weekend and holiday houses was the same at Portarlington, Queenscliff and other resorts. People who only used the light at certain periods of the year should be prepared to pay for the convenience. He did not know why Frankston wanted to reduce the lighting charge. In his opinion 10d. per unit was reasonable. In fact, 10d. per unit would be reasonable. What was wanted was to get people to use the energy for other purposes than lighting. For power it should be sold below 2d. per unit.
A Voice: We cannot reduce it below 2d. when you charge us 1.29d. per unit.
Mr. Harper then suggested the Council should adopt a two-tariff system, as the Commission had adopted at Essendon. He promised to go fully into the question, but said he could not hold out any hope of the requests being granted.
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Extension of Red Hill Railway Activity is being shown at Main Creek and Boneo East and other places throughout the area to be served by the proposed extension to Baldry’s Corner, about four-and-ahalf miles further on.
The Railways Standing Committee will present their report to Parliament when the House meets in July, and residents are anxiously awaiting the report.
In the event of the line not being
extended and trucking facilities for stock not provided at Red Hill, it is the intention of Sir Edward Miller and the many landowners at Rye and Boneo to co-operate in the purchase of a 10-ton motor truck which could carry 100 fat sheep and make a couple of trips each day to Newmarket.
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There were some lively scenes at the Mordialloc-Aspendale junior football match at Aspendale reserve on Saturday last. Barrackers got excited and several brawls started.
Constable W. H. Quinn had some difficulty in keeping the crowd in order, and prosecutions are to be made of some of the principal disturbers.
Two middle-aged married women, Katie Judd and Rachel Mack, were persistent in their annoyance of the constable by making insulting remarks, and they faced the Chelsea Bench on Monday on a charge of offensive behaviour.
Constable Quinn said that when he was quelling a fight both women were present, and one said: “What the — are you interfering for? You police are like the detectives—all thieves.”
The other shouted: “They give things like you names—rotten bananas, I call you.”
Rachel Mack (astoundedly): O-o-o Oh!
Senior-Constable Hore (stentoriously): Silence!
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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 29 May 1925
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A Brief Inquiry into the Rise and Fall of a Political Party
By Stuart McCullough FAREWELL, Trumpet of Patriots
– we barely knew you. Gone are incessant YouTube ads that yelled a series of random thoughts; the kind you might expect to hear when you choose the wrong seat on the late bus home but not so much from a political party. Goodbye spammy text messages that randomly pinged on phones across the country – and when I say "random" I mean that I received a sum total of "zero" texts, while the 12-year-old I know received a steady stream. They will not be missed.
All we will have to remind us that you ever existed are redundant billboards by the side of our major freeways and traffic arterials which will linger until they’re finally replaced by adverts for hair replacement clinics and pet food. But for these hulking expressions of misplaced optimism, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was all a dream.
In times like these - namely, in the immediate aftermath of a Hindenbergstyle disaster of epic proportions, it’s appropriate to take stock, reflect and, possibly, leave the country entirely. Not to blow my own trumpet (patriotic or otherwise), I feel I can offer some advice.
So where did it all go wrong? Let’s start with the obvious – Trumpet of Patriots were, to the best of my knowledge, the only political party to use their platform to promote a musical instrument. But did they choose the wrong instrument? I strongly suspect they’d have secured a larger share of the primary vote if they’d named themselves after either the tuba or the
glockenspiel. Suffice to say, I’d have a hard time not voting for an organisation called "Kazoo of Patriots".
Perhaps their failure at the ballot box is the first time in Australian electoral history that the result can be chalked up to musical differences.
Weirdly, in all the adverts I saw on YouTube (and, my goodness, there were a lot of them), not once did I see one of their spokespeople playing a trumpet. This was an inexplicable strategic mistake to say nothing of a squandered opportunity. If you start talking about franking credits, there’s a good chance that half your audience
will immediately fall asleep – unless, that is, you have a trumpet. Announcements on housing (PARP!), immigration (PARP! PARP!) and the instant asset write off (PARP! PARP! PARP!) would all be far more compelling if communicated by trumpet.
The Greens are more DJ people. The Coalition and Labor candidates were, without exception, brass averse. The inexplicable reluctance of a party name "Trumpet of Patriots" to actually put a trumpet front and centre of its campaign will have to go down as one of the more confounding political miscalculations of this or, indeed, any
other era you care to name. But even worse than the failure to blow their own or anyone else’s trumpet, was the lack of originality.
I appreciate that voters don’t often reward originality at the ballot box, but I have to say there were times where I felt the Trumpet of Patriots might be getting their ideas from elsewhere. Put simply, I have a sneaking suspicion that "Make Australia Great Again" was not an entirely original concept. Copying other people can be such an unedifying spectacle. Indeed, it’s that kind of brazen mimicry that saw people (well, me at any rate), refer to them
as the "Trumpet of Parrots" instead. Based on the thousands of billboards I passed, the Trumpet of Patriots were seeking to position themselves as purveyors of "common sense" solutions. Which is why the accompanying photo, in all its twenty-foot-tall terrifying bigness, was so utterly mystifying. The picture featured two men, one of whom I believe was one-time Fox News host, Tucker Carlson and another man who was not. The former’s face was screwed up as he laughed so hard that he appeared to the untrained eye to be ever so slightly unhinged. Presumably this boisterous display of near mania was a direct result of something the other man either said or did.
For his part, the other man had his fist raised in the air, as if either punching an invisible bat or sticking the landing after a calisthenics routine. It did not so much scream "common sense" as it did "pull my finger". It’s like applying for a job but stapling a photo to your resume of the time you tried to fit an entire container of baby cucumbers into your mouth at once and later wondering why you never got a call back.
Elections are funny things. I have to admit that I felt somewhat disengaged by the process as it seemed positively boring in comparison with events elsewhere. Then again, maybe the fact it was largely dull and uneventful is proof of a democracy in rude health here. That said, I wouldn’t mind a few more big ideas next time. And fewer big billboards. So long Trumpet of Patriots, but don’t hurry back any time soon. PARP! PARP! stuart@stuartmccullough.com
Stonecats in fine form, Crib Point wins a thriller
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By Brodie Cowburn
MEN’S DIV ONE
A RUTHLESS Frankston YCW piled on 22 goals to claim an impressive win over Sorrento at David McFarlan Reserve on Saturday.
The two peninsula powerhouses came into the contest in very different positions. The Stonecats have been good this season, and Sorrento have struggled to garner any momentum.
A dominant first half put Frankston YCW in the box seat. The Stonecats were clinical in front of goal, booting 12.1 in the first half.
Sorrento showed more fight in the second half, but the damage had been done. The Stonecats prevailed 15.11 (101) to 22.7 (139).
Riley D’Arcy and Luke Paynter kicked four goals each for Frankston
YCW. Matthew Jackson, Jaxson Mead, and Christian Tsiampas booted three each.
The result left Frankston YCW in second place at the end of the weekend. Rosebud remains on top of the ladder after a tight 15-point win over Mt Eliza.
Dromana prevailed over EdithvaleAspendale in a close one last weekend.
Just two points separated the sides at the final break. Dromana got the better of the Eagles in the last quarter to wrap up a 10.11 (71) to 12.12 (84) win.
Sam Fowler and Ryan Morrison scored four goals each for the Tigers.
Langwarrin defeated Mornington 10.9 (69) to 16.16 (112) at Alexandra Park on Saturday. Red Hill beat Pines 5.10 (40) to 9.15 (69) away from home.
MEN’S DIV TWO
CRIB Point held on for a thrilling one point win over Somerville last weekend.
Barely anything separated the two sides all day. At each break of play the lead stood at less than a goal.
After a hard-fought final term, the Magpies booted two straight goals to sneak ahead. They held on for a famous win 12.7 (79) to 12.6 (78).
Max Vercoe, Archie Shepherd, Max Coughlin, Lee Sheehan, and Jett Bauer were the Magpies’ best. Shepherd and Sheehan booted three goals each.
Hastings notched up their first win of the 2025 season on Saturday, getting the better of Karingal.
Hastings hosted the match. Both sides came into the game looking for their first victory of the season.
In tricky conditions, Hastings triumphed 9.11 (65) to 5.9 (39).
Six goals from Jack Francis helped Chelsea to a dominant win over Tyabb. The Yabbies were defeated 26.21 (177) to 5.5 (35).
Frankston Bombers and Bonbeach beat Devon Meadows and Seaford respectively last weekend. Pearcedale closed out the round with a 10 goal win over Rye.
WOMEN’S DIV ONE
KARINGAL took the fight to Warragul Industrials on Saturday, but fell short.
The Bulls were right in the contest in the first half. At the main break, Warragul led by just four points.
Warragul Industrials showed their class in the second half. They beat Karingal 5.5 (35) to 7.11 (53).
Frankston were clinical on Saturday, claiming a 53 point win over Pearcedale.
A four-goals-to-zero opening term put the Dolphins in prime position. They went on to score a 2.2 (14) to 9.13 (67) win.
Seikula Drodrolagi kicked three goals for the Dolphins. Poppy Gardner, Abbey Power, Emerald Wood, Ella Hilton, and Tess Neaves also had great games.
Mornington thumped Bonbeach by 117 points last weekend.
Eliza Snehotta was in fine form for the Bulldogs - she kicked five of her side’s 17 goals. Stella Rogers, Georgia Templeton, Laura Noonan, and Vicki O’Sullivan also played their part in the huge win.
NEXT WEEK’S GAMES
DIVISION ONE MENS
Saturday 31 May, 2pm: Dromana v Mt. Eliza - Dromana Recreation Reserve
Frankston YCW v MorningtonJohn Coburn Oval Langwarrin v Red Hill - Lloyd Park
Rosebud v Edithvale-Aspendale - Olympic Park Rosebud Pines v Sorrento - Eric Bell Reserve
DIVISION TWO MENS
Saturday 31 May, 2pm: Bonbeach v SomervilleBonbeach Reserve
Devon Meadows v ChelseaGlover Reserve
Frankston Bombers v SeafordBaxter Park
Karingal v Pearcedale - Karingal Football Club
Rye v Hastings - RJ Rowley Reserve
Tyabb v Crib Point - Bunguyan Reserve
DIVISION ONE WOMENS
Saturday 31 May, 10am: Karingal v Pearcedale - Karingal Football Club
Saturday 31 May, 12pm: Frankston v Bonbeach - Kinetic Stadium
Saturday 31 May, 1pm: Mornington v Warragul Industrials - Mornington Alexandra Park
DIVISION TWO WOMENS Saturday 31 May, 10am: Frankston (Reserve) v Mt. Eliza - Kinetic Stadium
Saturday 31 May, 11am: Mornington (Reserve) v Warragul Industrials (Reserve)Mornington Alexandra Park
Saturday 31 May, 12pm: Edithvale-Aspendale v Red HillEdi-Asp Regents Park
Saturday 31 May, 1pm: Karingal (Reserve) v Bass Coast - Karingal Football Club
Saturday 31 May, 4.40pm: Tyabb v Red Hill/Balnarring Thunder - Bunguyan Reserve
DIVISION THREE WOMENS
Friday 30 May, 6.30pm: Chelsea v Rye - Chelsea Recreation Reserve
Saturday 31 May, 10am: Pines v Bonbeach (Reserve)Eric Bell Reserve
Saturday 31 May, 12pm: Tyabb (Reserve) v Crib PointBunguyan Reserve Langwarrin v Pearcedale (Reserve) - Lloyd Park
FRANKSTON YCW were too good for Sorrento, walking away with a 38-point win. Picture: Craig Barrett
LANGWARRIN notched up an easy win over Mornington. Picture: Alan Dillon
Who is senior coach of Pines?
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By Craig MacKenzie
FRANKSTON Pines’ senior men’s program is in disarray after reports emerged last week that Jason Grieve had resigned for the second time in five months.
Neither Grieve nor Pines president Liz Diaz would respond to multiple attempts to make contact and director of football Ross Evans would only offer a terse “no comment” when asked who was the senior coach of the beleaguered club.
At Saturday’s 7-0 thumping from Baxter the match started with Evans and reserves coach Cal Peacock in the Pines dugout and the official teamsheet listed Evans as coach and Peacock as his assistant.
Baxter recorded its second win of the season with Daniel Bancroft (2), Austin Sporys, Charlie O’Connell, Aiden McKenna, Jack Bradbury and Keegan Myatt on target.
To add to Pines’ woes Baqir Rahimi and Shivneel Pillay were red carded in the second half and will miss Friday night’s home match against Mentone.
Pines remain anchored to the foot of State 4 South and destined for a two league demotion come next season’s competition restructure. They were forced to forfeit Saturday’s reserves fixture due to a lack of players.
The club’s senior men’s program has limped from crisis to crisis throughout the off-season and into the current league season and despite the official line from the club the outlook is grim.
The passing parade of senior coaches started in November with Donn Delaney’s backflip and eventual exit.
Grieve took over in December but after his first training session he resigned.
Alex Halikias took over in January and resigned in March to be replaced by Juan Vargas. The club recently hired Evans as director of football and he lured Grieve back as head coach and offered Vargas the senior assistant’s role but Vargas refused and stood aside instead.
Grieve was in charge for two games before last week’s bizarre turn of events.
Meanwhile at the top end of the State 4 table Chelsea maintained its promotion push with a 5-1 home win in Saturday’s derby showdown with Rosebud.
It was game over at half-time with Chelsea holding a commanding 4-0 lead and although the visitors did better in the second half they were a well-beaten side by game’s end.
Chelsea’s scorers were league Golden Boot favourite James Stinson (2), Liam Burford, Daniel Vella and Chistian Murray while Kori Weetch replied for the ’Buds.
Somerville lost 2-1 at home to ladder leader Endeavour United last weekend.
Nick Simmons gave the Eagles a half-time lead but Joao Bosco Halle equalised in the 53rd minute and Lucas Noronha grabbed the three points in the final minute of normal time.
The result leaves Somerville with a tenuous grip on sixth spot as the local side battles hard to maintain its State 4 status.
In State 1 news Mornington suffered its third defeat of the season when going down 2-1 away to promotion rival Bayside Argonauts on Saturday.
Bayside took the lead in the first half from a corner as Jack McDonald lost his man allowing Mathul Kuei to convert and gain the early advantage.
Despite dominating possession Mornington struggled to break down a resilient Bayside defence.
The Seagulls came out with more intent in the second half and were rewarded when Dylan Thomas was brought down in the box and Kieran Dover calmly slotted home the resultant penalty to bring Mornington level.
Just minutes later, however, Bayside regained the lead with a well-executed counterattack.
A through ball split the right side of Mornington’s defence and was squared back into the box for a simple finish from Bayside captain Mitch Cooper.
Bayside now had something to hold on to and it did just that while Mornington huffed and puffed but lacked a cutting edge in the final third.
One of the growing concerns at Mornington is the team’s inconsistency especially given the experience throughout the squad.
There may be movement in the transfer market soon with gaffer Adam Jamieson reportedly
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considering options after a deal to bring back Scotland-based striker Rory Currie fell through at the last minute.
In State 2 news Skye United regained second spot on the table after Saturday’s 4-2 away win over Bentleigh United Cobras.
The match marked the return of fan favourite and former captain Marcus Collier following a short stint with Rosebud.
Nhan Than put Skye 2-0 up at the break by converting a 37th-minute penalty after Tapiwa Kufakurowa was brought down inside the area and five minutes later finishing from a Jason Nowakowski cutback.
Five minutes into the second half a Ben Lund through ball sliced open the Cobras back four and Nowakowski found the back of the net to make it 3-0.
The home side got back into the contest when Massimo Torre scored in the 74th minute and with 10 minutes remaining Ethan Emmons converted from the spot to make it 3-2.
But Skye sealed the game in the 89th minute when substitutes Shameit Sharma and Elliot Craig combined with the latter finishing off a cutback.
State 2 rival Peninsula Strikers lost their third game of the season when surprisingly going down 2-1 at home to bottom side Doncaster Rovers on Saturday.
Doncaster took the lead against the run of play
when a Sam Maggs turnover was capitalised on by Riley Angelosante but Strikers equalised just before half-time when Campbell Steedman pounced on a deflected cross to poke home into the top corner.
Early in the second half the home side was reduced to 10 men when Jaiden Madafferi was given a straight red and Doncaster snared the three points through a superbly taken George Thodis free-kick in the 90th minute.
In State 5 news Mount Eliza took a firm grip of second spot with a 3-2 away win over derby rival Seaford United last weekend.
The visitors led 3-0 after 59 minutes thanks to Callum Drysdale and an Austin Mcewen brace and although Dylan Waugh’s goals in the 70th and 76th minutes brought Seaford back into the contest Mount Eliza was able to hang on for all three points.
Gerry McDonagh’s Mount Eliza is enjoying its best season yet in State League but its lack of depth remains a potential pitfall to the side’s continued progress.
Aspendale suffered a shock 3-2 home loss to bottom-of-the-league Cleeland United last weekend.
It was the visitors’ first win of the season and Aspendale now finds itself in a traffic jam as sides desperately try to maintain their league status with a top six finish.
This will avoid relegation under next year’s league restructure plans which demote teams finishing in the bottom half of the league. Dean Mamos and James Macnab scored for Aspendale as the home side paid dearly for a shoddy defensive display.
NEXT WEEKEND
Friday, 30 May, 8.30pm
Frankston Pines v Mentone, Monterey Reserve
Saturday, 31 May, 3pm
Langwarrin v Kingston City, Lawton Park
Old Scotch v Mornington, HA Smith Reserve
Peninsula Strikers v Knox City, Centenary Park
Baxter v Somerville Eagles, Baxter Park Monash University v Chelsea, Monash University Playing Fields
Seaford Utd v Aspendale, North Seaford Reserve
Mount Martha v Fortuna 60, Civic Reserve
Mount Eliza v Endeavour Hills Fire, Emil Madsen Reserve
Saturday, 31 May, 7pm Springvale City v Rosebud, Ross Reserve
Sunday, 1 June, 3pm North Caulfield v Skye Utd, Caulfield Park
Monterey merry-go-round: Jason Grieve is believed to have quit last week as head coach of Frankston Pines for the second time in five months. Picture: Paul Seeley
