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Cruden Farm – a beautiful gift, shared for generations CRUDEN Farm is one of Victoria’s most beautiful and significant gardens. What began as her wedding gift in 1928 became the life’s work of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, tended by her own hand for eight decades before being bequeathed to the public to be enjoyed by all.

Transcending across decades, her gardens and surrounding grounds remain virtually unchanged. Every corner of the estate is thoughtfully curated yet, brimming with character – a testament to Dame Elisabeth’s enduring legacy and passion for the land. Dame Elisabeth remains a fundamental figure in our community, and her philanthropy and public service continue to inspire.

The gardens at Cruden Farm are truly something to behold and make a wonderful setting for the many events held across the year. Listed below are details of some of the upcoming events which we are proud to present to the community. Farmers’ Market 2026

Join us on Sunday the 20th of September for Cruden Farm’s 2026 Farmers' Market, celebrating local growers, makers, and artisans in the beautiful gardens of Cruden Farm! Browse

a fantastic selection of fresh produce, handmade goods, flowers and more. Pack a picnic and spend the day enjoying the spring gardens in bloom! This month will see Garden Tours returning to the calendar. Book in for your 10:00am tour (departing from the Visitor Centre). Tickets are $35pp. Entry via Cranhaven Road

Gates open 8:00am - 2:00pm

$10 entry | Children under 16 FREE Garden Tours $35pp

Contact Lifestyle Markets Australia to book a stall.

Tickets are available via our website or can be purchased at the gate! French Car Festival and French Affair

On Sunday the 18th of October 2026 Cruden Farm are pleased to be welcoming the Citroen Car Club of Victoria and the Citroen Classic Owners Club of Australia for the French Car Festival. Come along and see the variety of beautiful, classic French cars against the backdrop of Cruden Farm’s beautiful grounds. Bring along a picnic for a delightful family day out. Gates open 10:00am - 4:00pm

$10 entry | Children under 16 FREE Garden Tours $35pp

Additionally, we’re thrilled to announce that the French Affair will be returning to Cruden Farm in 2026! Cruden Farm’s French Affair offers an afternoon of Parisian charm, bubbles, nibbles, and all things très chic! Running concurrently with The French Car Festival, we invite you to join us for this delightful, ticketed event. If you’re interested in live music, raffles, and great company, keep an eye out for more details to come! Rolls Royce and Aston Martin Concours and Display Day On Sunday the 22nd of November Cruden Farm will once again be opening its doors to the Rolls Royce and Aston Martin Concours and Display Day. Tour the magnificent selection of classic Rolls Royce and Aston Martin motor vehicles and enjoy a beautiful summer’s day in the gardens. Gates open 10:00am - 4:00pm

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Christmas Market 2026

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Australia Inc are delighted to announce Cruden Farm’s annual Christmas Market will be returning on Sunday the 13th of December 2026! Join us for a wonderful day full of festive cheer, Christmas fun, family-friendly rides, live music, delicious food, and more than 140 incredible stallholders. If you’re looking for a chance to explore Cruden Farm’s beautiful gardens and find one-of-a-kind last minute Christmas gifts from local small businesses across the Mornington Peninsula, Cruden Farm’s Christmas Market is the perfect place. Gates open 10:00am - 4:00pm

$10 entry | Children under 16 FREE

Additionally, if you’re looking to give your loved one a Christmas gift they’ll truly remember, why not surprise them with a festive Wreath-Making Experience at Cruden Farm? Join us for a hands-on workshop guided by our talented and friendly garden team to create a beautiful wreath using fresh foliage gathered from the grounds. Enjoy bubbles, an indulgent charcuterie table, and all the Christmas cheer.

Keep an eye out for ticketing information and details coming soon! Photos: Kimbal Baker

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18 August 2026

FRANKSTON CITY

60 YEARS

Celebrating 60 years of Frankston City THIS month, Frankston City will celebrate 60 years since it was officially declared a city — a milestone that belongs to every person who has helped shape its story.

cultural scene, diverse neighbourhoods, beautiful coastline and a strong sense of community that continues to look ahead while valuing its history.

Over six decades the city has grown into a place known for its vibrant arts and

Across the weekend, there will be something for everyone, with exhibitions, live music, storytelling, author talks,

Since 24 August 1966, Frankston City has grown and changed in ways few could have imagined. What was once a seaside township has evolved into a thriving city, building a reputation as a capital in Melbourne’s south-east, now home to more than 140,000 people.

The 60th Anniversary celebrations, held from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 August, will bring that history to life, with a weekend of events designed to celebrate the people, places and moments that have made Frankston City what it is today.

markets, historical displays and familyfriendly activities showcasing the creativity and community spirit that make Frankston City unique. Visitors can explore exhibitions celebrating Frankston’s past and present, including displays at Frankston Arts Centre and Cube 37 that highlight local history, creativity and the people behind the stories. Community spaces will become places of connection, with opportunities to share memories, celebrate achievements, and imagine the future chapters still to come.

Visit www.frankston.vic.gov.au for the full program, or scan the QR code.

Hi friend, Something special is happening in Frankston City this weekend. We’re celebrating Frankston City’s 60th anniversary with three big days of live entertainment, exhibitions, storytelling, markets, and plenty of nostalgic throwbacks celebrating six decades of city life since 1966. There’ll be lots happening across the city centre, with something for everyone to enjoy. This weekend: 21–23 August, August held at Frankston Arts Centre and surrounds. Come along, join the celebrations, and be part of this milestone moment for Frankston City. See you there xx Frankston Times

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FRANKSTON CITY

60 YEARS

From Civic Dream to Cultural Landmark: The Long Road to the Frankston Arts Centre library complex, and it needed AS Frankston marks 60 years one that could hold its own as a since becoming a city, we look genuine cultural drawcard, not back at the moment locals first just a community hall with better dared to imagine a world-class seats. home for the arts. Two sites were weighed up: In 1966, Frankston officially council land between Playne, became a city. A new Civic Davey and Young Streets, and a Centre rose to mark the occaspot at the Baxter Street end of sion, proof that a place once Beauty Park. The Playne Street defined by market gardens and site won out, chosen deliberately holiday shacks had grown into to sit between the civic heart of something bigger. The populathe city and the energy of the tion had more than doubled in a CBD. Architect Daryl Jackson decade, and council chambers, was engaged, and the plans took offices and civic pride all needed shape for a $5.5 million complex a proper home. with an 800-seat theatre, full fly But a city needs more than a tower, orchestra pit and gallery place to pay its rates. It needs spaces, alongside a modern musomewhere to gather, to be nicipal library more than double moved, to see itself reflected the size of the old one. in art and performance. That Building the dream idea, a purpose-built home for Construction on Stage One betheatre, music and galleries, was THIS month, Frankston will celebrate markets, historical displays and Under family-construction, cultural scene, diverse neighbourhoods, gan in April 1993. Two years later, already stirring in 1966. City It would circa 1995 60 years since it was officially beautiful coastline and a strong sense of friendly activities showcasing the creativity on 20 May 1995, the Frankston take another three decades todeclared a Visit www.frankston.vic.gov.au city — a real. milestone that belongs to every community that continues to look ahead and community spirit that make Frankston Cultural Centre opened its doors, become full program, orMinister scan thePaul person who hasthat helped shape its story. valuing history. unique. The loss was sharp enough to for thewith way, but they wereCity never going locals hadwhile formed theiritsown then Prime A community never QR on code. force the question council had to carry a growing city into its company, the Frankston Players, Keating hand to mark the stopped performing Since 24 August 1966, Frankston City The 60th Anniversary celebrations, held Visitors can explore exhibitions been circling for years: if this city future. cutting their teeth on wartime occasion. Its 800-seat theatre Frankston’s appetite for the has grown and changed in ways few could from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 August, will celebrating Frankston’s past and present, is serious about culture, where The gap becomes impossible fundraisers and community boasted the second-largest stage was nothing new. Since have imagined. What was once a seaside bring that history to life, with a weekend of including displays at Frankston Arts Centre does it happen? to ignore drama. proscenium arch stage in Victoria the Mechanics’ Institute opened township evolved into ahad thriving What Frankston events designed to celebrate The the people, Cube local history, Through the 1980s and into turning pointand came in 37 that highlight lacked, even and a 60-line fly tower, technical its doors inhas 1880, the town city, building a reputation a capitalas in its population places and moments made creativity and the people behind stories. the early ‘90s,the council commis1983, when the Jenkins Theatre climbed past that have muscle that put it in league with never gone long without aas show. Melbourne’s south-east, now home to what it is today. Community spacessioned will become places offeasibility five separate closed its doors. For a moment, 80,000 byFrankston the early City 1980s, was the best venues in the state. Visiting theatrical troupes, silent moredances than 140,000 people.all studies. Each landed on the and the connection, wider Morn-with opportunities a venue built for the job. The old thereFrankston In 2001, it took the name we films, and lectures to one share Across the weekend, will be same answer: Frankston needed ington Peninsula had nowherecelebrate halls and something makeshift stages had with know today: the Frankston Arts passed through thatthe modest memories, achievements, and Over six decades city has grown for everyone, exhibitions, a purpose-built theatre and fit talks, to stage a proper production. community a long author Centre. hall Bay Street. imagine the future chapters still to come. intoon a place knownBy forthe its 1940s, vibrant artscarried and the live music, storytelling,

Celebrating 60 years of Frankston City

Hi friend, Something special is happening in Frankston City this weekend. We’re celebrating Frankston City’s 60th anniversary with three big days of live entertainment, exhibitions, storytelling, markets, and plenty of nostalgic throwbacks celebrating six decades of city life since 1966. There’ll be lots happening across the city centre, with something for everyone to enjoy. This weekend: 21–23 August, August held at Frankston Arts Centre and surrounds. Come along, join the celebrations, and be part of this milestone moment for Frankston City. See you there xx PAGE D

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18 August 2026

FRANKSTON CITY

60 YEARS

cultural scene, diverse neighbourhoods, beautiful coastline and a strong sense of community that continues to look ahead while valuing its history.

markets, historical displays and familyfriendly activities showcasing the creativity and community spirit that make Frankston City unique.

Visit www.frankston.vic.gov.au for the full program, or scan the QR code.

Since 24 August 1966, Frankston City The 60th Anniversary celebrations, held Visitors can explore exhibitions has grown and changed in ways few could from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 August, will celebrating Frankston’s past and present, have imagined. What was once a seaside bring that history to life, with a weekend of including displays at Frankston Arts Centre township hason evolved into a thriving five studies, events designed to celebrate people, Sixty years two contested sites itsthe people. now hosts thehistory, Melbourne Symand Cube 37 that highlight local city, a reputation as a capitaland in one theatre placesclosure and moments made It’s abuilding reminder that big civic to get that haveSixty years after becoming a the people phonybehind Orchestra, Sydney Dance creativity and the stories. Melbourne’s south-east, now home to City what it is today. ideas rarely arrive fully formed. everyoneFrankston rowing in the same city, and thirty yearsCommunity after FAC first Bellplaces Shakespeare and spacesCompany, will become of more than people. connection, with opportunities share The city that140,000 built its Civic Centre direction. What never conviction other touringtoproductions from Across thewavered weekend, thereopened will be its doors, that memories, celebrate achievements, and Over six decades has grown something forFrankston everyone, with exhibitions, in 1966 didn’t get its the artscity centre was the conviction that still holds. The venue that began across the country, proof that the imagine study the future chapters to come. into a place29 known itsitvibrant and live music, for another years,for and took artsdeserved a stage as storytelling, ambitious asauthor astalks, a line item in a feasibility long way still round was worth it.

With thanks to Sally Lim, Local History Librarian at Frankston City Libraries, and the Heritage Frankston archive, for the historical research underpinning this feature.

Ann-Marie Hermans MP Liberal State Member for South Eastern Metropolitan Region Shadow Assistant Minister for Community Safety

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Hi friend, Something special is happening in Frankston City this weekend. We’re celebrating Frankston City’s 60th anniversary with three big days of live entertainment, exhibitions, storytelling, markets, and plenty of nostalgic throwbacks celebrating six decades of city life since 1966. There’ll be lots happening across the city centre, with something for everyone to enjoy. This weekend: 21–23 August, August held at Frankston Arts Centre and surrounds. Come along, join the celebrations, and be part of this milestone moment for Frankston City. See you there xx

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18 August 2026

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FRANKSTON CITY

60 YEARS

Funky Town: A City Sees Itself in Full Colour THERE is a particular kind of magic and authenticity, and that tension is what makes the work sing. that happens when a camera Over the past few months, trained on catwalks and celebrity Simon has worked alongside the turns its lens toward the everyday. Frankston Arts Centre team to As part of the celebrations of the work across Frankston City in 60th Anniversary of Frankston City, exhibitions have formed a key a range of locations to capture part of the visual storytelling of the portraits. Station Street Mall, Wells Street, Frankston Pier and Kinetic city and the residents who make Stadium were all locations where it home. That is precisely what subjects were captured. The unfolds in Funky Town, the new culminating portraits are a mix of photographic exhibition by Simon Frankston icons including Peter Eeles now showing at Frankston Pattas, Frankston’s oldest and Arts Centre’s Curved Wall in the longest serving barber at 92 years Main FAC Foyer. old and Brian Mace, local footy Eeles’s own story reads like legend. something out of a fashion There’s something fitting, memoir. Once a New York-based too, about where this exhibition photographer who worked under sits – in a free, open, high-traffic renowned fashion photographer foyer space that anyone walkCraig McDean, he has since ing through the doors of FAC will become a Frankston local, and encounter, whether they came for it’s this collision of worlds where a show, a function, or on their way international glamour meets subdown to the library. Art doesn’t get urban familiarity. He hasn’t simply much more democratic than that. brought a big-city sensibility As Frankston continues to home and pointed it at unfamiliar grow and change, exhibitions like subjects. He has turned that same this one matter more thandiverse they neighbourhoods, discerning eyeFrankston on the people whocelebrate THIS month, City will cultural scene, might appear to. They areand a a strong sense of make up the fabric of this city, and 60 years since it was officially declared a firstbeautiful coastline in doing so, has made an argument form of civic mirror-holding and city — a milestone that belongs to every community that continues to look ahead is proof that a city’s identity isn’t that Frankston’s faces are every person who has helped shape its story. while valuing its or history. only built by its landmarks its bit as compelling as anything he Since 24 August 1966, Frankston City The Anniversary celebrations, held statistics, but by60th the accumulated, shot on assignment overseas. of its 23 August, will Thegrown result and is a series of porhas changed in ways few unglamorous, could fromluminous Friday 21detail to Sunday people. Eeles has spent a career traits what theWhat exhibition calls a seaside haveof imagined. was once bring that history to life, with a weekend of photographing beauty in unlikely Frankston’s own “celebrities”; not township has evolved into a thriving events designed to celebrate the people, With Funky Town, he’s that have made incity, thebuilding tabloid sense, but in the a reputation as a capitalplaces. in places and moments found no shortage of it right here sense that matters more - the Melbourne’s south-east, now home to Frankston City what it is today. in our wonderful city. people who give a place its charmore than 140,000 people. Across the weekend, there will be Funky Town runs at Frankston acter. The images combine sharp

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Frankston steps up push for homeless support Cameron McCullough cameron@baysidenews.com.au FRANKSTON City Council is seeking greater support for the homeless population, as part of its advocacy push in the run up to the state election. The council is seeking $2.5m over five years to expand assertive outreach, sustain coordination, improve early engagement, and strengthen pathways into housing. Rough sleeping has risen substantially over the last few years with a lack of affordable housing across the municipality, and a complete lack of crisis accommodation. As of the end of July, there were 100 people known to be accessing local homelessness services. This included 56 people sleeping rough, 16 in respite accommodation, 11 in temporary accommodation and 17 in other forms of accommodation. Frankston currently has the third highest recorded rough sleeping population, behind the City of Melbourne, with 247 people, and Mornington Peninsula Shire, with 155 people. Frankston City launched “Frankston Zero” in 2021 with the ambitious goal of eliminating homelessness in the municipality by 2023 (Aim for no rough sleepers by 2023, The Times 24/8/21). While that aim has not been met, the program has brought together a broad base of services to identify people sleeping rough, coordinate support, and connect people with pathways into safe and stable housing. The program claims to have supported 77 people into secure housing since its inception, and continued to respond to rising demand, increasing complexity and more dispersed rough sleeping across the municipality.

Janet McCahon outside Community Support Frankston, with people queuing for food. Picture: Cameron McCullough

The challenge for Frankston City is while the model is proven to work, limited funding is restricting the capacity to respond to rising demand, increasing complexity and more dispersed rough sleeping across the municipality. Mayor of Frankston City Council, Sue Baker, told The Times “Frankston City has a strong, collaborative homelessness response, but demand is continuing to outpace available resources”. “Greater support from the state government will help ensure vulnerable residents can access the right support,

at the right time, and move towards long-term housing outcomes.” One of the homelessness support providers, Community Support Frankston, have expressed their backing for Frankston City Council’s campaign for state government funding, claiming resources are at “breaking point”. “The housing and cost-of-living issues we are facing in Frankston require urgent government attention,” said Janet McCahon, vice-chairperson of Community Support Frankston. “Assertive homelessness outreach in Frankston is at breaking point.

Without adequate support, and with emergency relief funding at recordlow levels, we simply can’t continue to do more with less.” McCahon said she did not begrudge the recent $2.1m commitment over two years to homelessness outreach services on the Mornington Peninsula but questioned why Frankston was not receiving the same level of attention given the scale of its homelessness problem. “It’s visible, it’s tangible. It’s not just a data set — it’s here,” said McCahon. “I think part of it is because the

peninsula is seen as a tourist hotspot and has a reputation for being wealthy. Homelessness there tends to shock people and attract attention. Whereas in Frankston, people just expect to see homelessness. “But it’s the same problem. The same suffering. We’re all in it together.” Community Support Frankston offer a range of services to those doing it tough in Frankston City. In 2025-26, more than 3,051 people and their families sought and received emergency relief from the organisation on 22,697 separate occasions.

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Council survey says resident satisfaction up FRANKSTON City residents have indicated they feel more supported and more positive about the direction of their city, and have recorded the lowest concern about community safety on record, as council achieved record-high community satisfaction in the 2026 Annual Community Satisfaction Survey. The independent survey of more than 800 residents shows record satisfaction across customer service, council services, governance and planning, while overall satisfaction with Council reached 7.2 out of 10, its highest level since the survey began. Frankston City Council mayor Cr Sue Baker said the results reflected an organisation that is listening to the community, acting on feedback and delivering tangible outcomes. “These results tell us that residents can see the difference being made across Frankston City,” said Baker. “They are telling us they feel better served by council, more connected to decision-making and more confident in the direction our city is heading. “Over the past year we’ve continued to advocate strongly for our community, invest in local services and facilities, improve the customer experience and focus on making Frankston City cleaner, safer and more vibrant. “Just as importantly, we’ve strengthened the way we engage with our community so residents have more opportunities to influence the decisions that affect them. These results suggest people are increasingly feeling heard. “While there is always more work

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to do, it’s encouraging to see residents recognising those efforts and the positive changes taking place throughout our municipality.” The survey found significant improvements across a range of measures that reflect council’s focus on listening and delivering for the community, including: n Customer service satisfaction increased to a record 8.3 out of 10 n Satisfaction with council services and facilities increased to 8.1 n Satisfaction with governance and leadership increased to 7.6 n Satisfaction with planning and development increased to 7.9 n Satisfaction with community consultation and engagement increased to 7.5 n Trust and confidence in council increased to 7.6 n Satisfaction with council’s advocacy, lobbying and representation increased to 7.6

n Satisfaction with council’s efforts to improve Frankston City’s image and reputation increased to 7.8 The survey also highlighted a significant shift in community perceptions of safety. Residents reported feeling safer across public spaces throughout Frankston City, while concern about crime and safety issues declined substantially compared with 2025. Frankston City Council CEO Tennille Bradley said the results demonstrate the value of listening and responding to community feedback. “The survey shows residents are recognising the improvements being made across our city and the work council is doing to advocate for the community and deliver better outcomes,” said Bradley. The 2026 Annual Community Satisfaction Survey was conducted independently and surveyed 800 Frankston City residents in person.

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Frankston Times

18 August 2026

9–11 OCTOBER 2026

THE Western Port Writes 2026 Festival Program is out now. Tickets are on sale via the website. Don’t miss it – book now! From Friday 9 to Sunday 10 October, enjoy author conversations, writers’ panels, book readings and signings, and children’s events. Our festival theme is ‘What’s the Narrative?’ and we’ll be exploring what’s behind the stories that we love. The festival is based at Coolart Wetlands & Homestead in Somers, a wonderful setting for a weekend of words. Wherever you are on the Peninsula, you won’t have to travel far to enjoy an amazing lineup of writers and creatives. What’s on? There’s something to suit just about everyone in this year’s program: Saturday 19 September Hastings Community Hub • Writers Workshops: The Craft of Short Stories and Writing Romance. Friday 9 October The Somers General • Opening Night: The Two of Us. Join us for a fascinating conversation between acclaimed journalists Nick McKenzie and Gay Alcorn. Casual light fare will be served and drinks available for purchase. Saturday 10 October Coolart Wetlands & Homestead • When Nature Speaks: Chris Flynn, Josh Neille and Dr Kylie Soanes examine our dependence on ecosystems and the ways we impact them. • The Wisdom of Gardens: Caroline Parker and Jac Semmler reflect on the power of gardens for individuals and communities with Michael McCoy. • Our Duet: Sami Shah and Kylie MooreGilbert reflect on the journey that brought them together, with Belinda Hawkins. • Nation at the Crossroads: Sumeyya Ilanbey, Paul Strangio and Tony Barry explore the changing face of politics in this election year, with Gay Alcorn. Session includes an extended audience Q&A.

Sunday 11 October Coolart Wetlands & Homestead • The Scene of the Crime: Mate Antolos, Victoria Brownlee and Garry Disher discuss place, characters and plot lines, with Irma Gold. • The Ages of Women: Jacinta Parsons chats with Kate Legge, Kate Mildenhall and Lisa Moule on writing across generations, as women’s lives reshape over time. • Children’s Session: Much-loved children’s writers Andrea Rowe, Toni D’Alia and Sheila Knaggs will join us for story readings and activities. There’s a visit by Faery Emily in the Coolart Gardens. Free to attend, bookings essential. • First Knowledges: Tyson Yunkaporta and Claire G. Coleman examine how Indigenous knowledge can inform Western knowledge in our rapidly changing world, with Shelley Ware. • What’s the Narrative? Melissa Manning, Claire Thomas and Michael Winkler discuss the stories behind their novels, with Angela Savage. Visit the website to see all sessions. Download the Festival Program, and book tickets online. Schools Program In Terms 3 and 4, we’re taking authors to local schools as part of our Schools Program. We’re encouraging students to write a microfiction story or an illustrated story about life in Western Port. With thanks WPW26 is generously supported by MPSC, Community Bank Balnarring & Districts, Somers Paper Nautilus, Mornington Peninsula Foundation, WPCC, Petersen’s Bookstore, local businesses and community groups. To book and find out more Visit our website: www.westernportwrites.com.au Contact us: hello@westernportwrites.com.au

Terry from French Island gives helipad a trial WHEN lifelong French Island resident Terry failed to show up for work one morning, his friends and coworkers knew something was wrong. What followed was a medical emergency that saw Terry one of the very first patients to be airlifted to the new helipad at Peninsula University Hospital. Terry has a history of epilepsy but admits he had become complacent about taking his medication. “It was 100 per cent my fault. I hadn’t been taking my tablets like I should have been,” said Terry. When colleagues realised Terry had not arrived for work, they began calling to check on him. “One of the boys rang and said, ‘What’s going on?’ and I couldn’t tell him,” said Terry. “Then another friend rang and said, ‘Look, he doesn’t know what’s going on.’” Friends quickly came to help and raised the alarm. According to Terry, he suffered multiple seizures and has little memory of what happened next. “I remember nothing,” he said. Terry’s friend Michelle recalls the emergency crews responding quickly, with the air ambulance landing in a local paddock and swiftly transporting Terry from French Island to Peninsula University Hospital in Frankston. Terry has required medical evacuation from French Island before, but in the past when he has required

urgent medical treatment he was taken to The Alfred. The new helipad at Peninsula University Hospital has meant more local patients like Terry can receive urgent medical treatment, when they need it, closer to home. By the time Terry regained awareness, he had already spent several days receiving treatment. “I was out for four or five days apparently,” said Terry. He spent time in the Intensive Care Unit before transferring to a ward to continue his recovery. Doctors determined the episode was linked to Terry not taking his prescribed epilepsy medication and adjusted his treatment plan before he was discharged home. “They put me on a different type of medication and I’ve had no incidents since,” he said. Now back at home and feeling well, Terry says the experience reinforced the importance of looking after himself. “I’ve learned from the experience,” he said. “Now I know I’ve got to take my medication every day, every morning and every night.” Throughout his hospital stay, Terry was impressed by the care and compassion shown by staff. “It was fantastic. I couldn’t complain about anything,” said Terry. “There were nurses around me the whole time caring for me. It was ridiculous how well I got treated.”

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Jodie Haydon guest of honour at Louisa Dunkley Network forum ONE hundred women from across the Dunkley community came together at Patterson River Golf Club on 8 August for a special Louisa Dunkley Network Women’s Health and Wellbeing Forum hosted by Dunkley MP Jodie Belyea. The special guest, Jodie Haydon, the PM’s wife, joined local women for an afternoon focused on connection, wellbeing and the practical ways women can support themselves and each other through challenging times. Held under the theme “Women Being Well”, the forum continued the legacy of the Louisa Dunkley Network, founded by the late Peta Murphy MP to bring women together, build connections and create a stronger, more supportive community for women across Dunkley. “Peta understood how important it was to create spaces where women could come together, connect and share their experiences,” said Belyea. “This forum was a wonderful opportunity to continue that legacy and bring women together to talk openly about what helps us stay well, particularly during challenging times. “It was fantastic to see 100 women in the room, representing so many different parts of our community. There is enormous strength in women creating spaces and supporting women, and that was exactly what we saw at this forum.” Women heard from a panel of local women with a range of lived experiences and backgrounds about the strategies, relationships and activities that help them maintain their wellbeing during tough times. The discussion explored what it means to stay well through difficult periods and the importance of finding practical ways to prioritise wellbeing while balancing the many demands of life. Jodie Haydon took part in a sit-down chat exploring her own approach to wellbeing, including how she manages the competing demands of her life as a full-time worker and being the wife of the Prime Minister and the strategies she uses to look after herself. Her conversation provided an opportunity for women to reflect on the importance of making time for their own wellbeing, even when life is busy. Juanita from Women’s Spirit Project sang and led an interactive session asking participants to consider what a thriving woman looks like and identify the things that contribute to their own wellbeing. Women were able to take home postcards capturing the wellbeing strategies they identified during the session as practical reminders of what helps them feel supported and well and lead going forward. The forum also created space for mindfulness and creativity, with Melissa King from the Miscarriage Information Support Service leading a sound bowl meditation. The event was MC’d by Kit McMahon from WHISE. The strength and diversity of the local women’s community was reflected in the organisations represented at the forum. The forum was delivered in partnership with the Women’s Spirit Project and Women’s Health in the South East, and welcomed special guests including Jodie Haydon, Sonya Kilkenny and Frankston City mayor Cr Sue Baker.

Bird flu detected on the peninsula Cameron McCullough cameron@baysidenews.com.au BIRD flu was detected on the Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island for the first time last Wednesday (12 August), raising concerns about bird colonies on the peninsula, Western Port Bay, and the highly suspectable little penguins at Phillip Island. The Times believes the peninsula detection was at St Andrews Beach, and the Phillip Island detection was at Seal Rocks. By Saturday (15 August), the news had become worse, with a positive detection in the little penguin colony at Phillip Island, and a second detection on the peninsula; this time in a crested tern at Dromana. The arrival of the H5N1 bird flu on the peninsula came a day after the federal government announced vaccines would be made available for the colony of little penguins at Phillip Island. More than 5,000 penguins at Phillip Island and St Kilda expected to be vaccinated as part of the program. The doses of vaccine have now arrived at Phillip Island and are ready to be administered this week. Effectively vaccinating wild birds is challenging because each bird needs to be caught twice to receive two doses. There are now grave concerns for Western Port Bay’s wetlands that are a critical habitat for wildlife, and home to 65% of threatened bird species in Victoria.

TERNS at Frankston Foreshore. Picture: Gary Sissons

Shannon Hurley, Nature Conservation Campaigner from Victorian National Parks Association told The Times “As well protecting penguins with the vaccines, we really need to be investing in the resilience of all the bird and mammal species”.

“We need an overarching plan for how Western Port respond to crises like these that will give this wildlife the best possible chance to survive.” The latest information from the Australian government assesses almost 20% of Australia’s more than

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A Hidden Crisis By Ann-Marie Hermans* WE are forgetting a painful, hidden consequence of the cost-of-living crisis – the impact on teenage girls. Recently, I was incredibly moved by a group of young female students in my local area, who spoke to me about period poverty. I promised them that I would raise their voices. In Australia, 64 per cent of women have found it difficult to buy period products, and nearly 30 per cent have purposely rationed products to cut costs. But with the current cost-of-living crisis hitting Victorian families hard, the reality for teenage girls is worse. Parents are facing soaring mortgages and bills, leaving many financially stretched, exhausted and time poor. This means that they are often not emotionally or physically available to have the conversations or provide the support their daughters need. Teenage girls are going without essential education about period symptoms, what’s normal and what isn’t, the support available to help manage pain and when to go see a doctor. At school, some girls don’t have even have the option of getting help in their first-aid room, because only two-thirds of Victorian government schools have access to a school nurse. The students also explained that teachers are not permitted to give them any medication. The result? Teenage girls sharing and trading medications, creating a dangerous environment where teenagers are taking unknown dosages or mixing medications without medical oversight. The students kept reminding me that females make up 50 per cent of our population. Period poverty directly impacts biological women and girls, and it deserves urgent attention. It is time this Carroll-Labor government starts giving the women of Victoria the resources, health support and dignity that we deserve.

2000 bird and mammal species are at high to extreme risk from the virus. Mornington Peninsula Shire Councillor David Gill said the arrival of bird flu on the peninsula was “a calamity”. “While all the attention is on the

Phillip Island penguins, we have to think of all the birds and marine animals it can affect,” said Gill. “This could decimate not only bird colonies, but seals, dolphins and even whales. It has the potential to cause extreme economic and environmental effects. It is unbelievably bad news.” Western Port Biosphere’s CEO, Mel Barker, said the best defence for our bird and mammal populations is public vigilance. “We have not been able to prevent the arrival of bird flu on the Mornington Peninsula and around Western Port but staying alert and reporting sick or dead birds or marine mammals can help limit its impact,” said Barker. “The implications for our region are not only the potential devastation of wildlife populations, but also economic.” If you find a sick or dead bird that you suspect could have H5 bird flu remember to: n Avoid contact with sick or dead wildlife and their environment. Do not touch, move or approach the bird, and do not allow pets to touch or eat sick or dead wildlife. n Record what you see, the location the animal was found, and take photos or video (if possible) without approaching the bird. n Report any unusual illness or death in wild birds and other wildlife immediately via the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.

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THE delegation meeting with Minister for Roads Paul Hamer. Picture: Supplied

Committee leads united advocacy for Frankston and the peninsula THE Committee for Frankston & Mornington Peninsula has led a delegation of local government leaders to Victorian Parliament to meet with Ministers and Shadow Ministers on priorities affecting the region ahead of the Victorian election this November. The delegation brought together representatives from the committee, Frankston City Council and Mornington Peninsula Shire to present a united advocacy agenda focused on

fairer investment, health, planning, transport, roads, infrastructure, energy, homelessness, tourism and economic development. The Committee presented findings from its Benchmarking FrankstonMornington Peninsula Analysis, which found the region contributes more tax but receives significantly less government investment than comparable regions such as Greater Geelong. Over the past three Victorian State

Budgets, the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula region has received $1.8b in state capital investment compared with $4.2b in Greater Geelong. Committee CEO, Josh Sinclair, said it was crucial that industry and local government presented a united front across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula in the lead up to the election. “We need decision-makers to be sick and tired of hearing from us,

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because that’s when things actually happen,” said Sinclair. “We came to Victorian Parliament with local government to emphasise that our part of Melbourne contributes more tax than comparable areas, but we get very little in return. That must change.” In meetings with decision-makers, the Committee Chair and CEO raised challenges and issues identified by members over a number of years, including many priorities listed in the

Committee’s Strategic Plan 2030. The Committee noted that this joint parliamentary advocacy visit, undertaken with local governments, is an important advocacy tool the region will continue to use. Presenting a united approach across two local governments and industry has consistently proved influential in achieving funding announcements and election commitments.

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Portsea named Victorian ‘Top Tourism Town’ winner PORTSEA has been named a Victorian winner in the 2026 Top Tourism Town Awards, taking out the Tiny Tourism Town category and earning a place as a national finalist. The win follows strong community support for Portsea during the public voting period and recognises the town’s outstanding visitor experiences, coastal character, local stories and commitment to tourism. Mayor Cr Stephen Batty said the award is a proud moment for Portsea and the wider Mornington Peninsula. “This is a wonderful achievement for Portsea and a credit to the local businesses, community members and visitors who helped showcase what makes this part of the Peninsula so special,” said Batty.

Nepean Ward Cr Andrea Allen said the recognition celebrates Portsea’s distinctive mix of natural beauty, history and village charm. “Portsea offers so much more than people expect, from Point Nepean National Park and the Quarantine Station to coastal walks, bay and ocean beaches, local hospitality and hidden gems throughout the village,” said Allen. “This award is a chance to celebrate the people and places that make Portsea memorable, while encouraging even more people to rediscover the southern end of the peninsula.” Portsea will now represent Victoria in the national Top Tourism Town Awards, with national winners to be announced Tuesday 15 September in Canberra.

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N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Breaking Wild. 11.55 Pro Bull Riding Australia. 1pm Over The Black Dot. 1.30 Inside The Huddle. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Te Ao With Moana. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 Going Places. 8.30 The End Of The Valley. 9.00 MOVIE: Django Unchained. (2012, MA15+) 11.55 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Poms. (2019, PG) 7.40 The Eagle Huntress. (2016, PG, Kazakh) 9.15 The Efficiency Expert. (1991, PG) 11.05 Volver. (2006, M, Spanish) 1.20pm Tokyo Story. (1953, PG, Japanese) 3.50 Lassie: A New Adventure. (2023, PG, German) 5.30 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 7.50 Solitary Man. (2009) 9.30 Mamacruz. (2023, MA15+, Spanish) 11.05 Late Programs.

7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 The Force: BTL. 3.00 Talking W. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol: Dreadful Drivers. 8.30 Air Crash Inv. 9.30 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop. 10.30 MOVIE: Resident Evil: Afterlife. (2010, MA15+) 12.30am Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Crazy Rich Asians. (2018, M) 10.55 Seinfeld. 11.55 Legacies. 12.45am The Real Housewives Of Durban. 1.40 Baywatch. 2.35 Jeopardy! Australia. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Bubble’s Hotel. 4.50 Late Programs.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 JAG. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 9.25 Boston Blue. 10.20 Blue Bloods. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Shopping.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

Frankston Times – TV Guide

18 August 2026

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Friday, August 21 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Compass. (Final, R) 10.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) 1.50 Treasure & Dirt. (Mlv, R) 2.55 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.50 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Mad, R) 3.00 Nula. 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Beautiful Lakes Of Northern Italy. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Fallen Angels Murder Club: Friends To Die For. (2022, Mav, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: A Machu Picchu Proposal. (2025, G) Rhiannon Fish. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.50 Attenborough’s Parenthood. (PGa, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. The team focuses on food growing. 8.20 Saint-Pierre. (PG) Fitz and Arch’s investigation of a severed finger turns into a case of vigilante justice. 9.05 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) Nine artists create portraits of celebrities. 9.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) Hosted by comedian Adam Hills. 10.25 ABC Late News. 10.45 New Zealand Spy. (Mv, R) 11.10 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 11.55 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Good Ship Murder. (PGv) An Istanbul wellness clinic employee is murdered. 8.30 WWII With Tom Hanks. (Maw) Under Adolf Hitler’s leadership, anti-Semitic policies escalate from discrimination to widespread genocide. 10.10 SBS World News Late. 10.40 The King. (Mal) 11.35 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (Malv, R) 1.20 World On Fire. (Malv, R) 3.25 Isle Of Wight: Jewel Of The South. (R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. A lead-up to the Friday night AFL match. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 24. Collingwood v Brisbane Lions. From the MCG. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match. 11.15 GetOn Extra. Lizzie Jelfs, Matt Hill, Simon Marshall and Brent Zerafa dive headlong into the weekend’s best racing. 11.45 To Be Advised. 1.00 Eyewitness. (MA15+adv, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Find My Country House Australia. (R) Hosted by Catriona Rowntree. 8.30 MOVIE: Ocean’s Thirteen. (2007, PGlsv, R) Danny Ocean and his team of expert criminals reunite to pull off one last heist. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon. 11.00 Resident Alien. (Malv, R) 11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Pointless. (PG, 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)

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (R) A couple know it’s time to make a decision. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) Leonard distributes extra grant money. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.50 Steven Universe. 9.40 BattleBots. 10.25 Merlin. 11.10 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.45pm BBC News At Ten. 3.15 France 24. 3.45 PBS News. 4.45 Inside The Huddle. 5.15 Over The Black Dot. 5.45 Jeopardy! 6.35 Celebrity Jeopardy. (Premiere) 8.30 The Vampire Lestat. (Return) 10.20 MOVIE: Interview With The Vampire. (1994, MA15+) 12.35am The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 1.35 Sex Tape Italy. 3.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Under The Hammer. 3.00 Feel Good Road Trips. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes. 8.00 Escape To The Country. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Poirot. 1.00 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Night Boat To Dublin. (1946, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 25. Dolphins v Parramatta Eels. 9.55 NRL Friday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.45 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 The Dog Academy. 10.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 10.30 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Lingo. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. 5.30 Big Bang. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

NITV (34)

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Deadliest Roads. 10.30 Hockey. Men’s FIH World Cup. Australia v Spain. Noon American Resto. 12.30 American Pickers. 1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.30 Kick Ons. 3.00 Timbersports. STIHL Series. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Motorbike Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: The Help. (2011, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. (2018, M) 10.10 MOVIE: A Simple Favour. (2018, M) 12.30am Legacies. 1.20 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.15 The Summit. 3.30 Surfing Aust. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Bubble’s Hotel. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 11.00 Going Places. Noon Sing About This Country. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Nula. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 MOVIE: Happy Feet. (2006, PG) 9.40 MOVIE: Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny. (2006, MA15+) 11.20 Late Programs.

The Efficiency Expert. (1991, PG) 7.45 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 10.05 The Movie Teller. (2023, M, Spanish) 12.15pm Year Of The Dog. (2007, M) 2.00 The Orator. (2011, PG, Samoan) 4.10 Poms. (2019, PG) 5.50 We Think The World Of You. (1988, PG) 7.40 Hampstead. (2017, PG) 9.35 The Teacher Who Promised The Sea. (2023, Spanish, Catalan) 11.35 Late Programs.

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Saturday, August 22 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (PG) 12.00 Football. VFL. Wildcard. 3.00 Grantchester. (PGa, R) 3.45 Saint-Pierre. (PGa, R) 4.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (PG, R) 5.05 Australian Story. (R) 5.35 Landline. (R) 6.05 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 Grantchester. (PGa) Alphy is caught in a train murder-mystery. 8.20 Father Brown. (PGv) Father Brown investigates when a murder derails the live broadcast of a radio drama. 9.05 Doc Martin. (Final, Ma, R) As the village prepares to throw a farewell party for the Ellinghams, Ruth helps Mrs Tishell deal with the news. 9.50 Falling. (Ml, R) Follows the relationship between a nun and a priest. 10.40 Little Disasters. (Mal, R) 11.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Finland From Above. (R) 11.00 Ireland’s Secrets From Above. (PG, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Maven. (Ml) 2.40 Going Places. (R) 4.20 Lisbon & WWII: Spies, Gold And Diplomacy. (PGa, R) 5.25 Dad’s Secret War: France 1944. (PGav) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century. (PG) Chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II. 8.35 The Assassinations Of Queen Victoria. The true story of the eight assassination attempts on Queen Victoria. 9.55 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey: Pia Miranda In Italy. (Ms, R) Shaun Micallef takes Pia Miranda to Sicily. 10.55 DNA Family Secrets. (PG, R) 12.00 Daddy Issues. (Return, Mls) 3.00 Those Who Stayed. (Mal, R) 3.45 Jersey And Guernsey. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 1. Morning session. 12.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 12.40 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 1. Afternoon session. 2.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 5.30 Border Security. (PG, R) 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 8.00 The Great Outdoors. (PG) The team explores prehistoric caves. 8.30 MOVIE: Jurassic World Dominion. (2022, Mav, R) Two generations of heroes attempt to shape the destiny of humans and dinosaurs. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, DeWanda Wise. 11.30 To Be Advised. 1.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 9. Ipswich Super440. Day 1. Highlights. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Rugby Union. Women’s International. New Zealand v Australia. From Go Media Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. 3.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG) 6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 25. St George Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury Bulldogs. 9.25 NRL Saturday Night Footy Post-Match. Post-match coverage of the NRL game. 10.00 MOVIE: Training Day. (2001, MA15+dlv, R) A rookie cop works with a rogue detective. Denzel Washington. 12.25 Wild Cards. (Mv, R) 1.15 Next Stop. (R) 1.45 My Way. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGw) 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)

6.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 7.00 Reel Action. (R) 7.30 Escape Fishing. (R) 8.00 I Fish. (R) 8.30 All 4 Adventure. (R) 9.30 Frugal Foodie. (R) 10.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 10.30 What’s Up Down Under. (Return, PG) 11.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl, R) 1.00 Pooches At Play. (PG) 1.30 Country House Facelift. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG, R) 3.00 The Finish Line. (R) 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 10 News. 6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Amy and Kunal hope that getting a dog will help their boy, Arnav, get his spark back. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. Neale is determined to make his new design and plans transform Nicola and Richard’s tired Gold Coast home. 9.40 Love It Or List It UK: Brilliant Builds. (PG) Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer look back on their best layout transformations and extensions. 10.40 Watson. (Mm, R) The team helps Laila’s son. 11.40 FBI. (Mav, R) The team races to stop a murderer’s plan. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3.25pm MOVIE: Tummy Tom 2: A New Friend For Tummy Tom. (2024) 4.25 Children’s Programs. 5.15 We’re Going On A Bear Hunt. 5.40 Super Monsters. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.45 Rocket Club. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 8.00 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 8.45 The Lady Grace Mysteries. 9.55 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.40 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.45 Mastermind Aust. 6.45 Engineering By Catastrophe. (Premiere) 7.40 History’s Greatest Machines. (Premiere) 8.30 The Vampire Lestat. 9.30 Couples Therapy. (Return) 10.40 Icons Unearthed: Harrison Ford. 11.35 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 12.05am Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 1. 3.50 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6am Shopping. 8.30 Better Homes. 10.30 Auction Squad. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon Horse Racing. Winx Stakes Day and Mekka Raceday. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Auction Squad. 12.30am Australia: The Story Of Us. 1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.00 Animal Rescue. 2.30 Creek To Coast. 3.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 3.15pm Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Canterbury Bulldogs v Canberra Raiders. 5.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Dragons v North Qld Cowboys. 7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 25. St George Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury Bulldogs. 7.30 MOVIE: The Shawshank Redemption. (1994, M) 10.25 MOVIE: Fargo. (1996, MA15+) 12.25am Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Good Chef Bad Chef. 7.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. 9.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 11.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 1pm Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Traitors Australia. Midnight Ridiculousness. 1.30 Home Shopping.

NITV (34)

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 The Car Club. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Aussie Truckers. 3.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Australian Nationals. Replay. 4.00 Deep Water Salvage. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 2. Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne. 9.15 MOVIE: Enemy Of The State. (1998, M) Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 4.45pm The Dog House UK. 5.45 MOVIE: ScoobyDoo. (2002, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore. (2022, M) 10.20 The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power. 11.45 The Purge. 1.25am MOVIE: Girl In The Basement. (2020, MA15+) 3.05 The Dog House UK. 4.00 Cards And Collectables Australia. 4.30 Barney’s World. 4.50 I Love VIP Pets. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 The Traitors Australia. 11.00 Bondi Rescue. 11.30 Building The Dream. 12.30pm The Living Room. 2.30 JAG. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 JAG. 12.15am Home Shopping.

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6am Morning Programs. 1.15pm Nula. 1.45 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 2.40 The Drover’s Boy. 2.55 Over The Black Dot. 3.25 Homesteads. 4.00 Stompem Ground 2022: Blekbala Mujik. 4.50 Our Medicine. 6.00 Home, Land & Sea. 6.40 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.40 MOVIE: Lake Placid. (1999, M) 10.05 MOVIE: Krush Groove. (1985, M) 11.45 Late Programs.

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Morning Programs. 6.50 Tokyo Story. (1953, PG, Japanese) 9.20 Princess Caraboo. (1994, PG) 11.10 The Lost King. (2022, M) 1.10pm Solitary Man. (2009) 2.50 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 5.10 Delfin. (2019, PG, Spanish) 6.50 Horrible Histories: The Movie. (2019, PG) 8.30 John Wick. (2014, MA15+) 10.25 Erotica 2022. (2022, MA15+, Polish) 1am Late Programs.

Sunday, August 23 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (Final, R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.15 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) 3.10 The Assembly. (PG, R) 4.00 Creative Types. (PGl, R) 4.30 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. (R) 5.00 Take 5. (R) 5.30 Back Roads. (PG, R)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 France 24 English News. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 Georgia From Above. (PG, R) 11.00 Ireland’s Secrets From Above. (PGa, R) 12.00 PBS News Compass Points. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Going Places. (R) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 1. Highlights. 5.30 The Exiles: Secretly Deported. (Premiere, PGa)

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 2. Morning session. 12.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 12.40 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 2. Afternoon session. 2.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 5.30 Border Security. (PG, R)

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 1.00 GolfBarons. (PGl, R) 1.40 The Block. (PGl, R) 2.50 The Block. (PGl, R) 4.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGm) 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Postcards. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Food Trail: South Africa. (R) 9.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 9.30 GCBC. (R) 10.00 Good Food Everyday. (PGa, R) 10.30 Frugal Foodie. (R) 11.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 11.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 12.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 12.30 Gogglebox Aust. (PGlmnsv, R) 1.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl, R) 3.00 The Finish Line. (R) 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Portrait Artist Of The Year. Nine artists create portraits of celebrities. 8.20 Treasure & Dirt. (Final, Malv) While Nell closes in on Jonas’ killer, Ivan is summoned to the Iron Ring to pay his debts. 9.20 Falling. (Ml) Anna attempts to adjust to her new life. 10.05 Grantchester. (PGa, R) Alphy is caught in a train murder-mystery. 10.50 Father Brown. (PGv, R) 11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.45 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.15 Doc Martin. (Final, Ma, R) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Days That Shocked The World: September 11. (Mal) Takes a look back at September 11. 9.25 Castle Secrets: The Missing Pearl Treasure, Spirit Of Revenge, A Secret Strength. (Mav, R) A manor is stripped of its former glory. 10.20 Kennedy. (PG, R) 11.05 Queens That Changed The World. (Ms, R) 1.55 David Baddiel: Jews Don’t Count. (MA15+l, R) 2.55 A Hollywood Spy Against The Nazis. (PGa, R) 4.00 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 24. West Coast v Hawthorn. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match. 11.00 7NEWS Spotlight. Focuses on long-form investigations. 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 9. Ipswich Super440. Day 2. Highlights. 1.00 Curfew. (MA15+av) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 The Block. (PGl) 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.40 9News Late. 10.10 The First 48: Unforgotten – Crystal Pt 1. (MA15+av) Tulsa Homicide tackles a difficult case. 11.20 Murder In The 21st: In Plain Sight. (MA15+sv) 12.10 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 12.40 Iconic Australia. (PGa, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Destination WA. (PG, R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 10 News+. Comprehensive coverage of the day’s top stories, investigative reports and stories that haven’t been heard. 7.00 Gogglebox Australia. (Return) TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows. 8.00 Watson. (PGm) Watson’s biohacker friend returns when he rushes his new girlfriend to the Holmes Clinic after they partake in a gene-editing experiment that goes wrong. 9.00 FBI. (Mav) Chaos erupts in the city when an attack disrupts cell, internet and emergency services. 12.00 10 News+. (R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 12.30pm Ben And Holly. 12.55 Talking Tom Heroes. 1.20 PJ Masks. 1.50 Kangaroo Beach. 2.35 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Zog. 4.15 Stan & Gran. 5.20 The Gruffalo. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 The Inbestigators. 7.45 The Lady Grace Mysteries. 8.10 Secrets Of The Penguins. 8.55 Animal Park. 10.25 Secrets Of The Zoo. 11.10 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 3.10pm Jeopardy! 4.25 France 24. 4.55 PBS Washington Week. 5.20 PBS News Compass Points. 5.50 Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Vampire Lestat. 9.30 The Mystery Of Monster Waves. 10.30 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 2. 1.50am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

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6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Animal Rescue. 11.00 Feel Good Road Trips. 11.30 Escape To The Country. 12.30pm The Master. 1.30 Harry’s Practice. 2.00 Jabba’s Movies. 2.30 Better Homes. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 My Greek Odyssey. 5.30 The Great Outdoors. 6.00 Escape To The Country. 7.00 Vicar Of Dibley. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 8. Sydney Roosters v New Zealand Warriors. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 25. Sydney Roosters v Wests Tigers. 6.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 8. Cronulla Sharks v Parramatta Eels. 8.00 David Attenborough’s Asia. 9.10 Paramedics. 10.10 Emergency. 11.10 Late Programs.

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6am Good Chef Bad Chef. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. 10.00 The Dog Academy. 1pm Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Traitors Australia. Midnight Ridiculousness. 1.30 Home Shopping.

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7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 12.30pm Football. AFL Women’s. Round 2. Collingwood v Fremantle. 2.30 Fish’n Mates. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 2. Carlton v Adelaide. 5.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Border Security USA. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Venom: Let There Be Carnage. (2021, M) 10.30 MOVIE: Flatliners. (2017, M) 1am Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.40pm The Toys That Built The World. 4.40 Cards And Collectables Australia. 5.10 MOVIE: The Addams Family 2. (2021, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone. (2001, PG) 10.15 MOVIE: Shazam! (2019, M) 12.50am Bel-Air. 1.45 Love Island Games. 4.30 LEGO DreamZzz. 5.10 Barney’s World: I Love Me Too. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 Building The Dream. 9.00 I Fish. 9.30 The Traitors Australia. 11.00 Escape Fishing. 11.30 Building The Dream. 12.30pm What’s Up Down Under. 1.30 Buy To Build. 2.00 Living Room. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Boston Blue. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

6am Morning Programs. 3.05pm Football. West Kimberley Football League. Women’s. Grand Final. Replay. 4.30 Soh Presents: Generations And Dynasties. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 Earth Oven. 8.30 MOVIE: Finke: There And Back. (2018, M) 10.15 MOVIE: Mad Max. (1979, MA15+) 11.55 Late Programs.

Morning Programs. 9.05 The Orator. (2011, PG, Samoan) 11.10 Sasquatch Sunset. (2024, M) 12.45pm The Teacher Who Promised The Sea. (2023, M, Spanish, Catalan) 2.40 We Think The World Of You. (1988, PG) 4.30 Hampstead. (2017, PG) 6.25 Treasure Of The Yankee Zephyr. (1981, PG) 8.30 Sympathy For The Devil. (2023, MA15+) 10.10 Fargo. (1996, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure. (PGn, R) 10.45 Father Brown. (PG, R) 11.30 Nigella At My Table. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program. 9.20 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser. 9.35 Planet America. A look at American politics. 10.05 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 11.55 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 12.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.45 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 10.55 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.05 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News Compass Points. 1.30 Al Jazeera News Second Edition. 2.00 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Ma, R) 2.55 Going Places. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 2. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Bill Bailey’s Vietnam Adventure. (PG, R) Bill Bailey explores Vietnam. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency: The Last Roll Of The Dice. (Ma) A 58-year-old is rushed to Queen’s Medical Centre after falling from a two-storey roof. 9.25 Alone Australia. (Ml, R) The final survivalists face a medical check that could shatter their fight for survival. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Gomorrah. (MA15+av, R) 12.45 Fargo. (Mlv, R) 2.40 Jersey And Guernsey. (R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 3. Morning session. 12.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 12.40 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 3. Afternoon session. 2.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 5.30 The Chase Australia. (R) 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) David turns on the charm. 7.30 The Voice. (PGal) Team spots are running low. 8.40 The Rookie. (Mav) Nolan, Harper and Penn face a dangerous situation when a routine check takes a sudden turn. 9.40 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics. 10.40 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League. 11.40 Happy’s Place. (PGas) 12.10 New Amsterdam. (MA15+av, R) 1.10 Harry’s Practice. (R) 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 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.30 Find My Country House Australia. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Block. (PGl) Teams work on their ensuite designs. 8.40 Footy Classified. (Ml) A team of footy experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies. 9.40 Players. (Ml) A look at all the AFL news. 10.40 9News Late. 11.10 100% Footy. (Mal) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 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 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Bold. (PG, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 11.00 Gogglebox Aust. (R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 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 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PGs, R) Raj catches Anu with her ex-boyfriend. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3.25pm Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.25 Paddington. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 10.00 Mr Bean: The Animated Series. 10.25 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.45 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm Over The Black Dot. 3.30 BBC News At Ten. 4.00 France 24. 4.25 PBS News Compass Points. 4.55 Al Jazeera. 5.25 Alone Germany. 6.35 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The Vampire Lestat. 9.30 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey. 10.25 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 3. 1.50am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

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6am Morning Programs. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes. 11.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.15 Mighty Ships. 11.15 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Rainbow Country. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon David Attenborough’s Asia. 1.10 Midsomer Murders. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Tonight’s The Night. (1954) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Agatha Raisin. 10.40 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Bold. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 10.30 Becker. 11.00 Lingo. Noon The Traitors Australia. 1.30 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. 5.30 Big Bang. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.

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9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. (2002, PG) 11.45 Seinfeld. 12.45am Legacies. 1.35 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.30 Baywatch. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Bubble’s Hotel. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.05 Earth Oven. 12.05pm MOVIE: Finke: There And Back. (2018, M) 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 The 77 Percent. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 MOVIE: Finding Dawn. (2006, M) 10.25 MOVIE: Stand By Me. (1986, M) Midnight Late Programs.

The Movie Show. 6.30 Princess Caraboo. (1994, PG) 8.20 Treasure Of The Yankee Zephyr. (1981, PG) 10.25 We Are Still Here. (2022, M) 12.05pm Moving. (1993, M, Japanese) 2.20 Delfin. (2019, PG, Spanish) 4.00 Horrible Histories: The Movie. (2019, PG) 5.45 Kindred. 7.30 Inshallah A Boy. (2023, M, Arabic) 9.40 The Piano Teacher. (2001, MA15+, French) 12.10am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 9. Ipswich Super440. Day 2. Highlights. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 9.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 10.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Tuesday, August 25 ABC (2)

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SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (PG, R) 11.00 Walking Man. (PG, R) 11.30 Take 5. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Grantchester. (PGa, R) 2.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.50 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Ma, R) 2.55 Living Black. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 3. Highlights.

6am Morning Programs. 12.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 12.40 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 4. Afternoon session. 2.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Aust.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (Ml, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 11.00 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (Final) Annabel Crabb meets Darren Chester. 9.00 The Assembly: Ian Thorpe. (Final, PGa, R) Students return to interview Ian Thorpe. 9.45 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (R) 10.15 ABC Late News. 10.30 The Business. (R) 10.50 Four Corners. (R) 11.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 11.50 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.35 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.45 Gardening Aust. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey: Denise Scott AM In Germany. (PGs) 8.30 Insight. Takes a look at how Australians are building wealth. 9.30 Dateline: Hong Kong – A City Silenced. Looks at the modern Hong Kong. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy. (R) 11.20 Mozart/Mozart. (Mas) 1.10 Blackwater. (Malsv, R) 3.20 Jersey And Guernsey. (PGaw, R) 4.10 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. Leah and Zane team up. 7.30 The Voice. (PGal) There are five spots left. 9.05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. (MA15+l) Gordon Ramsay helps Leo, whose passion for his Italian restaurant faded after losing his son. 10.05 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics. 11.05 Happy’s Place. (PGad) Bobbie is still unsure how Emmett feels about her. 12.05 New Amsterdam. (MA15+av, 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 The Block. (PGl) The teams struggle with their budgets. 8.45 Trigger Point. (MA15+alv) Lana works with New Scotland Yard. 9.45 Footy Classified. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues. 10.45 9News Late. 11.15 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGal) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 GolfBarons. (PGl, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Explore TV. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl) An unexpected success buoys the players as they face another day in the manor. 9.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) From major news stories to entertainment and viral videos, presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 10.00 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. (Ms, R) Penny tries to sabotage Leonard’s plan. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.45pm Gardening Australia Junior. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.25 Paddington. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.35 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 10.15 Chopped Jnr. 10.55 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Viking Quest: America. 2.55 Inside The Huddle. 3.30 BBC News At Ten. 4.00 France 24. 4.30 PBS News. 5.30 Alone Germany. 6.45 Jeopardy! 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.35 The Vampire Lestat. 9.35 MOVIE: Thelma And Louise: Born To Live. (2025, M) 10.35 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 4. 1.50am Travel Man. 2.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

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6am Surf Patrol. 6.30 The Amazing Homemakers. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Mighty Ships. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 Inspector Morse. 11.05 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Death In Paradise. 1.00 Agatha Raisin. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Carry On Jack. (1964, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Shopping. 7.00 GCBC. 7.30 Farm To Fork. 8.00 Ent. Tonight. 8.30 Bold. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 10.30 Becker. 11.00 Lingo. Noon The Traitors Australia. 1.30 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Big Bang. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.

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7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Hockey. Men’s FIH World Cup. Australia v South Africa. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 3.00 Gem Hunters Down Under. 4.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 Outback Wreckers. 9.30 Outback Truckers. 10.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban. (2004, PG) 11.15 Seinfeld. 12.15am Legacies. 1.55 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.50 Jeopardy! Australia. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Barney’s World. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 1.00 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 The Traitors Australia. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

6am Morning Programs. 11.05 Living Black. 11.35 MOVIE: Finding Dawn. (2006, M) 1pm The Panther Within. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Indian Country Today News. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 The Point. 8.00 Murder In Big Horn. 9.00 MOVIE: Antwone Fisher. (2002, MA15+) 11.10 Late Programs.

Crow’s Egg. Continued. (2014, PG, Tamil) 6.40 Vai. (2019, PG) 8.20 The Bookshop. (2017, PG) 10.25 In A Land That No Longer Exists. (2022, M, German) 12.20pm Oliver’s Universe. (2022, M, Spanish) 2.25 Treasure Of The Yankee Zephyr. (1981, PG) 4.30 The Bridge On The River Kwai. (1957, PG) 7.30 J. Edgar. (2011, M) 10.00 Disobedience. (2018, MA15+) 12.10am Dead Again. (1991, M) 2.10 Late Programs.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 11.15 Back Roads. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Back Roads. (R) 2.30 Home Delivery. (PG, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PGa) 8.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) Hosted by comedian Adam Hills. 9.00 New Zealand Spy. (Final, PG) Michael, Sue and Anderson try to stop Dennis Greene. 9.25 QI. (Final, Ml) Hosted by Sandi Toksvig. 9.55 Planet America. (R) 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Treasure & Dirt. (Final, Malv, R) 12.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 12.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.40 Gardening Aust. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 France 24 English News. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.50 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 4. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Alone Australia. (Ml) The competitors are pushed to the brink. 8.35 The Airport Chaplain. (Premiere, Ml) Follows the chaotic work life of an airport chaplain, as he clashes with the new terminal manager. 9.35 James May: Our Man In India. (Ml, R) James May begins his journey in Mumbai. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 The Congregation. (MA15+s) 11.55 Crime. (MA15+av, R) 2.50 Jersey And Guernsey. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (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. (PGa) 7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PG, R) Hosted by Lee Mack. 8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL. 9.30 Miss Universe Australia 2026. (PG) Looks at the Miss Universe Australia contest. 11.30 The Agenda Setters. (R) 12.30 Everything I Know About Love. (Mals) 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 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.15 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.45 My Way. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Block. (PGl) 8.45 Banjo And Ro’s Grand Island Hotel. (PG) Banjo’s ideas clash with Ro’s realism. 10.00 9News Late. 10.30 The Teacher: Body In The Lake. (Mal) 11.25 Accused: Guilty Or Innocent? (MA15+av) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Destination WA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Bold. (PG, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl) Fresh certainty manufactures a manor-wide mystery. 9.00 Boston Blue. (Mv) Jonah struggles with anger and grief, confronting the killer and testing family bonds. Mae and Sarah face painful truths. 10.00 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm The Makery. 2.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.25 Paddington. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.35 The Piano. 10.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.55 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Viking Quest: America. 2.55 12 Dishes In 12 Hours. 3.35 BBC News At Ten. 4.05 France 24. 4.35 PBS News. 5.30 Alone Germany. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The Vampire Lestat. 9.30 The Future. (Return) 10.30 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 5. 1.50am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

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6am Surf Patrol. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 The Amazing Homemakers. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 House Calls To The Rescue. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Foyle’s War. 10.55 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon New Tricks. 1.10 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: The Sleeping Tiger. (1954, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 Poirot. 12.40am Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Ent. Tonight. 8.30 Bold. 9.00 The Dog Academy. 10.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 10.30 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Big Bang. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Big Bang. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 9.00 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.

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9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. (2005, M) 11.35 Seinfeld. 12.35am Baywatch. 2.20 My Way. 2.35 Jeopardy! Australia. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Hop. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Barney’s World. 5.30 Late Programs.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Days Of Our Lives. 8.30 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 1.00 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 The Traitors Australia. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

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6am Morning Programs. 12.35pm Rebel Country. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 News. 5.55 Bamay. 6.30 Wildest Places: Great Barrier Reef. 7.25 Skin In The Game. 8.35 Pro Bull Riding: USA. 9.35 Over The Black Dot. 10.05 Inside The Huddle. 10.35 MOVIE: Aitamaako’Tamisskapi Natosi: Before The Sun. (2023) 12.15am Late Programs.

Frankston Times – TV Guide

Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. Continued. (2019, PG) 7.05 Kindred. 8.55 The Crow’s Egg. (2014, PG, Tamil) 10.35 Inshallah A Boy. (2023, M, Arabic) 12.40pm Corsage. (2022, M) 2.45 The Bookshop. (2017, PG) 4.50 Thirteen Days. (2000, PG) 7.30 Absolute Power. (1997, M) 9.45 Body Heat. (1981, M) 11.50 Dicks: The Musical. (2023, MA15+) 1.30am Late Programs. 5.40 The Bookshop. (2017, PG)

6am Morning Programs. 12.40pm Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 5. Afternoon session. 2.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.00 Cricket. Second Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 The Force: BTL. 9.30 Caught On Dashcam. 10.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 11.30 Late Programs.

LETTERS

Letters - 300 words maximum and including full name, address and contact number - can be sent to The News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or emailed to: letters@mpnews.com.au

Blackspot funding choices Last September I attended a meeting where the shire laid out plans to deal with the “Accident Black Spots” in the zone bounded by Tyabb/ Dunns/Bentons Roads and the Nepean Hwy. No evidence about how many accidents had occurred in that zone were available. In recent weeks more than a dozen speed humps have been installed in the quiet suburban streets within the zone. Recently there was an article outlines the petition calling for safety improvements for the Mornington-Tyabb Rd and Racecourse Rd intersection (Petition for safety upgrades at dangerous intersection, The News 4/8/26). It is clear from the regular deposits of bits of cars that collisions are all too common at this roundabout. What a shame the funds which have been wasted eliminating non-existent black spots could not have been used to help ameliorate the shortcomings of this intersection. I imagine it all comes down to the government offering funds which must be used by 30 June, or they will be lost, and nothing more will be offered next year. It’s no coincidence that the flurry of activity on the speed humps happened in late June. Jack Wheeler, Mornington

Horrible bird flu arrives

And so it begins. H5 bird flu, a horrible threat to Australia’s wildlife and poultry industry, has been detected on the peninsula and Phillip Island (Bird flu detected on the peninsula and Phillip Island, The News 12/8/26). It’s good that some little penguins will be protected via vaccination. But what about the millions of other birds and wildlife likely to be impacted? The government has released a list of risks to different bird and mammal species, and there are five species of seabirds that are not likely to survive the spread of H5 bird flu. Extinctions are imminent. The Albanese government allocated just six cents out of every $100 in the budget to protect nature and wildlife. It’s not enough. Amy Hiller, Kew

Pondering waste costs

During my daily morning dog walk I often ponder on the issues of the day, usually with no solution. There has been a lot of discussion lately regarding waste collection frequency and costs to ratepayers. I have noted that most of the streets I walk past have their bins directly in front of their own house. Hence, the truck is required to service the road twice to access the bins. House owners in my street all put our bins on the same side, thereby only requiring one trip. I appreciate this may not be feasible in all situations but it would help the efficiency of waste collection and perhaps reduce cost slightly. Just a thought. Mal Goldsworthy, Mount Martha

A bit much

Does taking material to the tip need to be so expensive? Each year we are given four coupons for disposal of both hard waste and garden waste. I have a small unit sized garden. This week I had some significant pruning of material coming onto the drive, a jasmine that had outgrown itself and a grevillea past its use-by date. I gave my gardener my last two coupons for disposal. (Two left this late in the year shows how precious they are.) They were significantly not enough to cover the load, decided by the council employee at recycle. The cost an additional $60.00. Is it unreasonable to think the number of coupons we receive for hard waste and green waste are too few and the additional cost for using this council facility more than excessive? Garden waste is chipped to provide a valuable product for council landscaping use, so there is value in it. There is little appreciation for the ratepayers in their home environment. We receive so little. Every few years the streetscape is butchered by ugly attacks on trees and shrubs that should be more regularly cared for. Only for purpose, not for appearance, no respect for the efforts of residents who are expected to care for their nature strip, many paying for mowing. We’ve just been notified a free green waste

weekend is coming up. A pity for those of us who have done the work earlier. We pay for our green bins too of course. If four coupons of minimal value are inadequate for a unit owner what is their use for a larger garden owner? Please, more waste coupons, greater value for them at recycle and more reasonable charges when our coupons run out. This would show appreciation residents’ caring for their environment and community. Max Garrard, Mornington

Shire dissatisfaction

Reading the letters page in The News over the last few weeks, it was apparent from half of the contributors that significant dissatisfaction exists with the current management, efficiency and overall performance of our shire. Somewhat ironic then that, later that day, I received a copy of the latest edition of Peninsula Wide, the shire’s periodic, self-congratulatory publication. I was particularly drawn to the assertions surrounding the budget on page four, that the budget “delivers what matters most to our community”; that the “proposed” waste charges were reduced; and that the ratepayers “overwhelmingly support a 2.75% cap, rather than a rates freeze or rebate”. I can only assume these claims were Trumpian in nature; always claim victory, particularly after a heavy defeat. Jonathan Atherton, Tyabb

Service cancellations

The shire’s website is littered with buzz words and policies about “connectedness”, participation, access, engagement, “we all belong”, and “positive ageing”. It declares “it supports and encourages individuals to stay active, socially connected, and engaged in their communities.” The death of home help threw many of us under a bus. It now plans to kill the community bus and Meals on Wheels. This change in policy will effectively rob people of independence, further adding to organisational elder abuse. We know: n The peninsula has one of the highest ageing populations in the state n Many of us have lived here and paid rates for decades n Social isolation and poor nutrition increase the risk of early death and dementia n Just when we need more help, such assistance is being removed n More people are being told they are ineligible to apply for federal Aged Care Support assessment – this eliminates access to transport or meal providers n Private frozen meals have been shown to lack nutrition, accountability for contents and have included substitutions like iron oxide and horse meat n They do not cater for allergies and individual needs n Western Port is already particularly adversely affected by lack of access to public transport n “Meals on Wheels” has provided a wonderful service, volunteers serving often as the only face people see on a regular basis. They serve both nutritional aspect but as an unacknowledged welfare check. The economic rationalist approach operates from ignorance and denial of reality. How many more will die, alone and unsupported, from these proposed changes? Barbara Rimington, Balnarring

Forgotten Flinders

While I regard it as a positive to be a forgotten and neglected seaside village in these days of high level tourism and over development, what I don’t see as positive is the lack of pride, support and appreciation from government, Mornington Shire Council and Parks Victoria towards a very special place of nature and beauty in Victoria where many people call home. I phoned council to ascertain whether Flinders is considered metropolitan, rural regional or greater Melbourne. Metropolitan was the answer. So why do almost 2,000 people living in metropolitan Flinders not have a direct or limited daily express bus route to Frankston station?

Where are the Romans when you need them?

Fortunately, as a child, I enjoyed driving dodgem cars. That skill allowed me to drive via the Boneo Road to and from Flinders this week without bursting a tyre. Question. Has road building improved since the Romans in ancient times? One recent repair is about to disintegrate. The others are already tyre busters. If the ALP lose the November election, it is my view it won’t be because of the CFMEU, the Firefighters Union, Mick Gatto, cost overruns etc - but because of potholes! Ranald Macdonald, Capel Sound

At the very least, a regular bus that transports people to and from Flinders with stops along the way (Shoreham, Merricks, Balnarring) to link in with the Stony Point line at Bittern to Frankston. The buses could be smaller electric versions (16 to 19 seated passengers) of the larger vehicles that currently service routes on the peninsula. These buses often run without passengers at all due to tenuous routes and unhelpful timetables. In Chris Crewther’s recent letter he quite rightly championed the 2,000 residents of Mt Eliza Village and their public transport access (or lack of it) to and from Barkly Street Mornington (Bus improvements should not leave others worse off, Letters 4/8/26). Chris, when you are next communicating to the Transport Minister Gabrielle Williams, would you kindly mention the need for an efficient bus connection from Flinders to Frankston/ Bittern please? As Dr Neil Hallam alluded to in his letter (Flinders Pier attention, Letters 4/8/26) regarding the unacceptable, unfinished Flinders pier situation, Flinders appears to be forgotten or willfully ignored by all ruling bodies. Tori Potter, Flinders

Tree heartbreak

Rosemary’s letter is a grain of sand in the avalanche of complaints about trees (Tree change, Letters 11/8/26). Some time ago we bought a house with a beautiful old tree. The tree sat on the back boundary of two gardens, no danger of limbs falling onto houses, no roots in drains, no deciduous leafshedding. And it was home to a koala. Grunting snorts up the garden path at night meant a koala would be home in the morning. How fantastic! Our joy was short-lived. It turned out that absolutely nothing will keep some folks from getting a view of the bay. Even if it means killing a tree. It was a very long, extremely sad, gut wrenching process. The last time the koala visited, it came onto the deck and leant against the glass door, as if to say, “What have you done?”. We slowly walked it to another tree. After that it left the area and never came back. The sadness of it all came back to me at a talk recruiting people to plant trees. Trees take around 10 years to grow into a viable habitat. The leaves can be eaten sooner, but a sapling won’t support the weight of an adult koala. Meantime, where do koalas live? No wonder numbers have declined. We forget that every tree supports an ecosystem above and below ground. There are so many disputes about trees. Fighting about trees costs litigants and taxpayers thousands. Imagine how much money and stress we would save if we paused before planting. If Rosemary’s neighbour had thought about it, and planted an evergreen with non-invasive roots, they would have planted a legacy, not a problem. If whoever planted our tree had chosen a spot away from the fence, it would have saved the koala and us considerable heartbreak. Eva Eden, Balnarring

Tree close call

Rosemary’s letter about planting the right tree in

the right spot reminded me of a near miss I had. In the local indigenous nursery, I spied a lovely little Manna gum and popped it in my basket. Luckily, the person serving me asked a few questions about my property and then firmly removed the pot from my basket. “It grows to 50 metres, drops limbs and has aggressive roots,” they said. “So not suitable for your back yard.”0 There were plenty of other trees and shrubs to fill my needs, without causing a headache for me, my neighbours or wildlife. Anne Carney, St Andrews Beach

Same wolf, different clothes

The machete ban is working a treat. Melbourne youths are only using them to legitimately cut sugar cane. The disgraced head of the Victorian CFMEU, and his bikie cronies, are using their $15b slush fund to build housing for mothers, and their kids, sleeping in cars. Lastly, the golfers have decided to no longer “work from home” on Fridays, and have returned to the office. Same wolf, different clothing. Who is Ben Carroll kidding? Not me! Sharon Forrest, Mt Martha

BarleyCharlie@90

Twilight, August 2026 “Boys and girls come out to play, happy and well the Laxative way.” Recalling, when watching/reading of the current crop in our State parliament. Also federally, PM Albo (podcasts, needs to pull his head in). I ponder; the Commonwealth Bank posting profit, $11 billion dollars, @7%. Orchids to Kim Robbins, homelessness, and Anne Kruger, past and future (Letters, 11/8/26) axes to Ten 5PM News, 12/8, heavily biassed interview with our Liberal leader, Victoria. A big week on gambling, wowsers on demand. Breath of fresh air via Orchids to Barrie Cassidy, ABC Insiders, celebrating 25 years’, classy as always. Then to “Dangerman” some 50 years old episode featuring favourite of mine, Dirk Bogarde, GTG. And our James Packer, wife number 3; “Is it love?” Apparently many thousands watch “The Bold and the Beautiful” on 10, at 4.30pm. None at my RSL, unless in hiding? I switch to Channel 9 6pm, where Heidi Murphy sprout (her) daily politics, fooling the fools. Then Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John, and Megan Spindler-Smith? Where do they find them? As if Sarah Hanson-Young’s “matter of moral courage” on gambling nonsense isn’t enough; recalling my 22 shillings win with Foxami, Melbourne Cup 1949, riding the big dipper, Luna Park, 16 times, winnings dispersed. And to ponder; working from home a right? At two days a week? That’s funny. In my day four days a year sick leave, no doctor’s certificate; home in bed, reading, socialism? Like one Terry Miles (Letters, 11/8). I’m breathing steadily, in from the nose, to a weathered diaphragm, out exit via the (rarely opened?) mouth, calm, unruffled. Keep yourselves nice. Cliff Ellen, Rye Frankston Times

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Locals upset as footy admission fee rises Compiled by Cameron McCullough THE raising of the admission fee from 1/- to 1/6 for Peninsula Football Association semi-finals and finals has caused a chorus of dissent from supporters of the peninsula clubs. Reforms are always unpopular. It is not long since the charge was raised from 6d. to 1/-, and there was a great outcry then. The fact that other country centres have raised the price to 1/6 for the important semi-finals and finals was advanced as a reason why the Peninsula Football Association should do the same. Expressions of opinion from officials of the association, including the president and secretary, were decidedly against any increase. Messrs. McArthur and Jopling also spoke strongly against it, the latter contending that clubs who were represented by few supporters and not much interested in the concluding matches through not having a team playing should not dictate what price should be charged, especially an increased one. Mr. McArthur’s argument was that the public carried the game and should not be over taxed. On the other hand the increased cost of umpires and everything connected with the sport was claimed to warrant the increase. Perhaps the’ fact that this year’s semi finals and finals are expected to be extra good, was thought a reason for raising the gate charge. Football followers maintain that an error has been made and the gate receipts (and incidentally the clubs by getting a

smaller dividend) will suffer. Probably they will. The experiment was tried in the metropolis once but Failed. Country people have fewer attractions, but that is no reason why they should be exploited. As Mr Tom Hutchins (secretary of the association) said: “We are not out to make a lot of money out of football. As long as we pay our way and give the public its sport at a fair price it should do”. However, the delegates decided by a majority to make it 1/6 and it remains to be seen how it will result. *** Cerberus Cadet Corps The officer in charge of Flinders Naval Depot (Captain H. J. Feakes) recently discussed with parents of boys in the neighbourhood of the depot at Westernport a proposal to establish a boys’ cadet corps. A beginning has been made with the enrollment of the boys. It is expected that the number at first will be about 30. The organisation will be known as the Cerberus Cadet Corps, and the depot is officially designated H.M.A.S. Cerberus. The boys who will wear uniform, will pay an enrollment fee and a small sum regularly. The corps will be under the guidance of a chief petty officer, who has carried out similar work in England. The equipment of the fine naval gymnasium will be at the disposal of the boys at stated times, they will be taught to swim, and they will, in due course, be matched in various con-

tests with boy scouts and other boys’ organisations at convenient distances from the depot. They will also be given the use of small field-gun. *** Shire Elections – Seaford Riding Contest The only contest in the Shire this year is in the Seaford Riding, where Mr. W. H. Latham seeks to displace the retiring member, Cr. R. F. Miles. The election takes place on Thursday next, the polling booth being at the Seaford church hall. Cr. W. Armstrong is the returning officer, and the poll will be open from 8 a.m. till 7p.m. *** Brevities The monthly meeting of the Mt. Eliza Progress Association was held in the local hall on Wednesday last. The Frankston Gun Club held a successful shoot on Saturday afternoon last. Work on the running track which is being made on the foreshore, is proceeding rapidly. There was a good attendance of members at the meeting of the Frankston Progress Association held in the Palais on Monday night last. The ladies’ committee of the Frankston Football Club are working hard to ensure success at their annual ball, which takes place on Thursday next, August 26, in the Palais. A bridge party was held in the Soldiers’ Hall last Tuesday night. Arrangements were in the hands of Mrs. Maxwell. A dance will be held in the Baxter

Hall to-morrow night (Saturday). Next Tuesday night the Tyabb cricket club have arranged for a social to be held in the local hall to celebrate the premiership. A concert and dance will be held in Armstrong’s hall, Seaford, on Saturday, August 28, the funds are in aid of the Seaford hall building fund. The whole of the contents of a six roomed house, known as “Lumeah”, Melbourne road, will be sold tomorrow (Saturday), August 21, under the hammer of Mr. W. P. Mason. *** Somerville A branch of the National Bank has been opened at Somerville, where temporary premises are being occupied, but a permanent building is to be erected almost immediately. The manager is Mr. Lamont, with Mr. Scarfe, late of the Frankston branch, as teller, and Mr. Parkes ledger keeper. It has been the rule in the past for Mr. Holman, manager of the Frankston branch, to visit Somerville, Hastings, and other parts of the Peninsula on certain days of the week. This will not now be necessary, as all business from these parts will be transacted from the Somerville branch. *** School attendance record Beatrice Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, of Dandenong road, Frankston, has established a record for regular attendance at school. Until last week she had not missed a single school day in nearly seven years.

Then she contracted mumps and had perforce to remain in bed for a period. In another fortnight she would have established a seven years record. Beatrice is at present a pupil at the Frankston High school. *** Frankston Amateur Cycle Club The above club held a most successful social in the Mechanics’ last Friday evening. Trophies in connection with the club’s races were presented and dancing continued until midnight to music supplied by Payne’s orchestra. Results of ten-mile race held last *** Prime spring lamb A pen of prime spring lambs, which were admired for their quality and freshness, were purchased for the Frankston butcher, Mr. W. Gathercole, by the noted Newmarket buyer, Mr. H. Woodward. Housewives desiring a choice roast should place their orders early in order to avoid disappointment. *** To correspondents It is common knowledge that correspondents who write to the Press under nom do plumes are required to send their names along to the Editor, as a guarantee of good faith. We have received a letter from “Fifty Fifty” but as he omitted to enclose his name we cannot publish his communication. Editor “Standard.” *** From the Pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 20 August 1926

REACH FOR THE STARS THESE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS FAMILIES looking for an unforgettable school holiday outing can blast off on an extraordinary adventure when acclaimed contemporary circus company Circa brings Wolfgang in the Stars to Frankston Arts Centre on Wednesday 30 September, with performances at 11am and 2pm. Created for children aged 3 and above, Wolfgang in the Stars follows the story of Mozart Amadeus Wolfgang, a part-time genius and full-time mischief maker who sets off on a rocket-powered quest through space to recover the missing final notes of his lullaby, joined by his faithful circus bear companion. Along the way, audiences encounter asteroids, space dinosaurs and plenty of unexpected surprises. Presented by Circa, one of Australia’s leading contemporary circus companies, the production combines breathtaking acrobatics, live music, video projections, puppetry and storytelling in a vibrant, family-friendly spectacle. The Brisbane-based company has earned international acclaim for its innovative performances, touring to more than 45 countries and captivating millions of audience members worldwide. Frankston Arts Centre audiences will be familiar with Circa’s trademark blend of athleticism, artistry and imagination. The company has previously wowed local audiences with its

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performances and continues to be one of the most celebrated names in contemporary circus. Packed with colour, humour and wonder, Wolfgang in the Stars is perfectly suited to young children, parents and grandparents looking to share a memorable live entertainment experience together. Adventure, laughter and gravitydefying circus skills await when this dazzling intergalactic journey lands in Frankston these school holidays. For tickets and information, visit thefac.com.au or call 03 9784 1060.

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From plumbers to pest control, carpet cleaning to building services, dry cleaning to computer repairs, lawn mowing and more, Network Classifieds has been connecting local businesses with local community with our Trades and Services each week. Speak to our classified team and find out how easy it is to advertise.

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G & KFamily FENCING AND GATES Owned & Operated

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Servicing the local community for last 15 years

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Kieren 0488 822 284 CALL OUT FEE* $0

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Joey 0480 014 823 CALL OUT FEE* $0

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On time, Local, Family owned Leaking taps Burst pipes Hot water Blocked drains Gas heating Leak detection

PETS & SERVICES Anyone advertising a puppy, dog, kitten or cat in Victoria for sale or re-homing will need a source number from the Pet Exchange Register and a microchip identiﬁcation number. It is now an offence to advertise unless the source number and microchip identiﬁcation number is included in the advertisement or notice. For further information, call 136 186 or visit animalwelfare.vic.gov.au

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Motoring section of Network Classifieds.

Employment

The Victorian Equal Opportunity Act 1995 makes it unlawful for an advertiser to show any intention to discriminate on the basis of sex, pregnancy, race, age, marital status, political or religious belief or physical features, disability, lawful sexual activity/sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status or on the basis of being associated with a person with one of the above characteristics, unless covered by an exception under the Act. As Network Classifieds could be legally liable if an unlawful advertisement is printed, Network Classifieds will not accept advertisements that appear to break the law. For more information about discrimination in advertising, contact your legal advisers or the Equal Opportunity Commission.

Trades & Services section of Network Classiﬁeds.

On time, Local, Family owned

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Find your Local Professionals in our

FRANKSTON PLUMBER

ADVERTISERS in this section are qualified practitioners and offer nonsexual services.

DISCRIMINATION IN ADVERTISING IS UNLAWFUL

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PLUMBING

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24 HOUR SERVICE

0470 472 850

MASSAGE THERAPISTS

PROFESSIONAL

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

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CARPENTRY DECKING, PERGOLA DOORS, WINDOWS, LOCKS ALL REPAIRS WOOD ROT REPAIR REPLACE PERGOLA POST GENERAL REPAIRS PAINTING EXTERIOR/ INTERIOR PLASTER, WATER DAMAGE

ELECTRICIANS

TREE LOPPING/SURGERY

NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL FULLY INSURED

• All Metal Rooﬁng • Architectural Cladding • Senior Discounts • Family Business

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HANDY PERSONS

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0413 233 696

BLITZ YOUR GARDEN

Gary 0407 877 960

DECKS

25% Senior Discount

ROOFING

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CARPENTERS

J.L. Hutt Electrical

• 24 Hour Emergency Response • All General Plumbing Maintenance • Blocked Drain Specialist • Gas • Hot Water & Burst Pipes • CCTV Drain Camera • SAME DAY SERVICE

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0488 816 557

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• 40 Years Family FR Owned & Operated QUO EE TES • 25 Year Warranty • Senior/Pensioner Discount #1 in FRANKSTON

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• Timber • Colourbond • All Feature • Automation • Free quotes EST 1996

We accept

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Deadline for all classiﬁcations is 1.00pm Friday

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