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Langwarrin stabbing VICTORIA Police attend a stabbing on Govan Street in Langwarrin. Picture: Gary Sissons

Fundraiser for stabbing victim Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THREE teenagers have been charged over a Langwarrin stabbing which left a father fighting for life. 41-year-old Colin Sheean was allegedly stabbed after confronting a group of teenagers breaking into a car on Govan Street, around 12.20am on 26 September. He was taken to hospital

with life-threatening injuries. Three teenagers were later arrested and charged in connection to the stabbing. Two 16-year-olds from the Casey area and a 17-year-old from the Frankston area were charged with intentionally cause serious injury in the circumstances of gross violence, and intentionally cause serious injury. The teenagers were remanded to face a children’s court on 27 September.

A gofundme has been set up to help Sheean’s children, who lost their mother five years ago. The fundraiser read “ Colin, 41, is dad to two girls aged 14 and 11. Sadly five years ago he lost his wife and the girls lost their mum, Natalie, when she died from a sudden and unexpected cardiac arrest. Now he is in the fight of his life and has a long journey of recovery ahead of him.” “Colin is the sort of guy who would

do anything for anyone. He has a heart of gold and it was no surprise that he stepped in,” the fundraiser read. “The last thing anyone would ever expect is to be stabbed outside their own home. His girls have already been through so much. Any help for this family would be greatly appreciated.” The fundraiser has raised upwards of $170,000. For more information visit gofundme.com/f/support-colinand-his-girls

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THE Police Remembrance Day service at Rosebud RSL. Picture: Gary Sissons

Community celebrates National Police Remembrance Day Raia Flinos raia@baysidenews.com.au VICTORIA Police’s Southern Metro Region celebrated National Police Remembrance Day with a service at Rosebud RSL. On 29 September, police officers, government officials, and community members gathered to honour the lives of police employees who have died over the last 12 months. Rosebud RSL President Geoff Scholes said Police Remembrance Day is one of the more significant commemorative days. “It’s important to honour those that have fallen and no differently to those that fought for our country and lost their lives as well,” said Scholes. “We open the doors, we do all the preparation for it, and it means a lot to us in the local community.”

Scholes opened the service by welcoming all guests and describing the day as one of “solemn reflection”. “Today, on the 29th of September, we come together with police services communities across Australia to observe the National Police Remembrance Day,” said Scholes. He said police officers accept a unique responsibility and place themselves in harm’s way every day to protect their communities. “While many return safely to their loved ones at the end of their shift, remember those who never had that opportunity,” said Scholes. Superintendent Anne Rudd told those gathered National Police Remembrance Day was an opportunity to remember officers across Australia, Australasia, and the South-West Pacific region. “We remember especially the 178

police officers who, since the formation of Victoria Police in 1853, have paid the supreme sacrifice while serving with Victoria Police,” said Rudd. “We gather now to honour their memory and to support their loved ones by our presence, our thoughts, and our prayers.” A police chaplain led prayers and reflected on the courage, commitment and service of the fallen officers. The service included a reading of the Roll of Honour, recognising the police officers across Australia and the South-West Pacific region who have died since the previous Remembrance Day. Wreaths were then laid by representatives of Victoria Police, the Police Association, local government officials, emergency service organisations, and community organisations.

Award for beach accessibility program THREE local projects were recognised at the 2026 Victorian Tidy Towns and Cities Sustainability Awards last week. The Australia’s Most Accessible Beach program, which saw accessibility measures implemented at Frankston Beach, won in the social well-being category. The Creative Circularity project, which works towards “embedding sustainability through arts, culture and community action in Frankston City”, was named a finalist in the behaviour change campaigns and education category. The Seaford Banksia Arboretum Project was a finalist in the environment category. Frankston’s deputy mayor, Cr Cherie Wanat, said “these projects are great examples of the work happening across council to create a more sustainable, connected and welcoming Frankston City.” “These achievements were made possible through the passion and commitment of staff, volunteers, partners and residents who all play a role in delivering positive change across our city,” Cr Wanat said. “It’s a wonderful reflection of what can be achieved together and something the Frankston City community can be proud of.” The accessible beach initiative is set to return this summer. The pilot program undertaken last year included the addition of 70 metres of beach matting, accessible sunlounges, complimentary beach wheelchairs, and trained staff to the Frankston Foreshore. Nearly 500 people participated across last summer.

A BEACH accessibility program in Frankston in action. Picture: Gary Sissons

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Hunt for mystery lotto winner THE hunt is on for a mystery TattsLotto winner from Seaford who was one of two Victorian winners from TattsLotto draw 4717 on Saturday 3 October. Lottery officials are urging Seaford residents and visitors to check their TattsLotto tickets after the mystery player scored $1.5m in the weekend’s draw. The winning entry was purchased at Seaford Newsagency, 124 Nepean Highway, Seaford. The Lott spokesperson Matt Hart said the mystery millionaire was probably starting the week completely unaware of their win. “Although we haven’t been able to confirm the life-changing news with Victoria’s newest millionaire, we’re confident that when they check their ticket and realise what’s happened, they’ll be absolutely thrilled,” he said. “We’re urging anyone who bought a TattsLotto ticket from Seaford Newsagency to check it straight away. “Just imagine the excitement of discovering you’re the mystery winner we’ve been looking for. Someone’s plans for the rest of 2026 and beyond could change immediately. “Be sure to check your tickets, and if you find you’re holding the winning entry, contact The Lott on 131 868 to start the prize claim process.” The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4717 on 3 October 2026 were 9, 32, 20, 39, 18 and 45, while the supplementary numbers were 24 and 19.

TIDAL Waterways. Picture: Supplied

Beach maintenance future considered KINGSTON Council is considering the best way to manage beach maintenance within the Patterson Lakes waterway system. Beach maintenance works within Patterson Lakes Waterways, which encompasses the Tidal Waterways and the Quiet Lakes, are currently undertaken by Melbourne Water with Kingston Council funding. At Kingston Council’s most recent meeting, Cr Tony Athanasopoulos proposed commissioning a report to assess “options to establish beach maintenance within the Patterson Lakes waterways

as an ongoing municipal service of the City of Kingston, including the operational and contractual arrangements necessary to maintain the current or an improved level of service into the future.” A decision on the matter was deferred until Kingston Council’s next meeting, pending a further briefing to councilors. Cr Athanasopoulos’ proposed report would include “advice on the long-term arrangements required to ensure the City of Kingston retains responsibility for the delivery, oversight

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and quality of beach maintenance services, recognising the waterways as an important municipal asset” and “advice on incorporating the ongoing cost of beach maintenance into council’s recurrent operating budget as a municipal service, together with any opportunities to improve operational efficiency or obtain external funding, excluding the introduction of a special charge or similar levy on affected property owners.” The report would also assess “current maintenance arrangements, including service frequency, performance measures,

contract management and opportunities to improve service delivery” and “options to achieve the best financial and service outcomes through contractual arrangements with Melbourne Water or another suitably qualified and equipped provider, while ensuring that the City of Kingston retains responsibility, oversight and accountability for the service.” If the proposal is approved, council officers would be asked to explore methods to improve public access to the Patterson Lakes beaches and waterways.

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You’re Invited to the Blooms The Chemist Carrum Downs Opening Party! BLOOMS The Chemist Carrum Downs is celebrating its arrival in the local community and you’re invited to join them. Come along on Sunday October 11 from 10:00am for their official opening party and meet the friendly team behind your new local Blooms The Chemist. The celebration is an opportunity for them to say hello, get to know the Carrum Downs community and celebrate an exciting new chapter together. There’ll be plenty happening throughout the event, with activities for the community to enjoy, including a My HealthRewards promotion, children’s colouring competition and more. Visitors will also have the opportunity to learn more about the pharmacy, meet Emad and the team and discover the healthcare support available in store. As part of the celebrations, customers who join My HealthRewards can receive 100 sign-up points, this is equivalent to $5. The event will also support two organisations doing important work within the local community, with proceeds from the celebration being shared between Bayside Community Collective and Banksia Services. Blooms The Chemist Carrum Downs is

proudly locally owned and nationally supported, with a team committed to providing personalised care, trusted advice and friendly service. They can’t wait to celebrate with you. Sunrday October11 from 10:00am Blooms The Chemist 1181 Frankston-Dandenong Rd, Carrum Downs. Enter via St Mary Medical Centre.

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POLICE on the scene of an alleged stabbing on Govan Street in Langwarrin. A 41-year-old man was seriously injured, and three teenagers were later arrested. Picture: Gary Sissons

A FATAL house fire in Skye is under investigation. A fire broke out at a property on Rhone Grove in Skye about 10.40am, 28 September. Emergency services soon arrived and found a person deceased inside. In a statement, Victoria Police said it is looking into the cause of the blaze. “The exact circumstances surrounding the blaze are yet to be determined, however it’s not believed the fire is suspicious at this early stage in the investigation,” Victoria Police said. “Police will prepare a report for the coroner. “Anyone who witnessed the incident, with dashcam/CCTV footage or anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit an online confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.”

to him he drove off, before stopping around 500 metres up the road. The man was allegedly sleeping again when approached. He allegedly attempted to flee a third time, but was soon arrested. Police allege that they searched the vehicle and found drugs and approximately $10,000. They say the blue Prado involved was stolen from Highett on 23 July and was bearing false plates. The man was charged with with unlicenced driving; careless driving; theft of motor vehicle; drive vehicle with false plates; possess methylamphetamine; traffick methylamphetamine; possess 1,4 butanediol; deal with proceeds of crime; and refuse to undergo drug impairment assessment. He was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

Drug and driving charges after crash A FRANKSTON man has been hit with driving and drug charges after allegedly crashing into a bollard in Patterson Lakes. Police say they first spotted the 30-year-old Frankston man sleeping at the wheel of a car on Gladesville Road in the early hours of 26 September. Police say that as they began to speak

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CFA launches ‘Get Fire Ready’ ahead of fire season THE Country Fire Authority have launched Get Fire Ready, a Victorian initiative to help communities prepare ahead of another potentially challenging fire season. The initiative with over 630 fire brigades involved will run through October until the start of November. Main Ridge was chosen for the launch due to the area not experiencing a major fire season since 1997, meaning there will be an added risk if the local community isn’t prepared. CFA Chief Officer Jason Heffernan said the Get Fire Ready is about making sure Victorians understand their fire risk, to have a plan and know where to get emergency information. “Preparedness saves lives. By getting fire ready now, communities can reduce their risk and respond quickly if fire threatens,” said Heffernan. “I encourage the community to attend their local Get Fire Ready event, chat to your local fire safety experts about the risk in your area and take the steps to prepare ahead of the fire season.” The Mornington Peninsula is classified as a risk-risk bushfire area and falls within the CFA’s central Fire Ban District. Heffernan reinforced that preparedness does not need to be complicated. “Cleaning gutters, mowing lawns, trimming branches, knowing where you’ll go if a fire breaks out and setting a watch zone in the VicEmergency app can make a real difference in an emergency,” said Heffernan. Main Ride Fire Brigade offer

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CFA’s Property Advice Visit Service to assist the local community the fire preparedness at their home. They also have an electronic notice board they utilise for various safety messages and have done community safety letter drops. Main Ridge Captain Matt Gallace

said the 1997 bushfires were the reason he joined the CFA. Gallace says preparation is vital on the Mornington Peninsula so emergency services can get to every house. “Our biggest fire risks are Arthurs Seat which is highly residential, the

national park and we have three major tourism attractions which could see thousands of tourists in one day.” “We really need our message to reach the tourists too. They need to understand the risks, they need to avoid the area on severe fire risk days and they need to remain alert if

visiting over summer.” “We had a successful Get Fire Ready event last year and will run once again this year in partnership with the Red Hill Fire Brigade.” To find out when your local brigade is taking part, visit: cfa.vic.gov. au/getfireready.

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Campaign to keep floating regasification plant out of the bay Harrison Borthwick harrison@baysidenews.com.au HEAD of environmental group Save Port Phillip Bay and Mornington Peninsula resident Marteen Koster is leading the fight to keep VOPAK’s regasification plant out of Port Phillip Bay. VOPAK, a Dutch multinational company and energy and gas tank storage provider is proposing to build and operate a regasification plant/ floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) port in Port Phillip Bay 20 kilometres offshore from Avalon. According to the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, VOPAK’s proposal will include; offshore floating storage regasification vessel, a subsea high pressure gas pipeline, two 20-kilometre long high voltage cables that connect offshore and onshore facilities, onshore facilities such as a gas receiving station and onshore underground transmission lines. Koster who specialises in environmental law has concerns over the effects the regasification plant proposed by VOPAK will have on the biodiversity of the bay and the bay’s health for future generations. “Unfortunately, Port Phillip Bay is under threat from toxic discharges that pose a serious risk to its ecosystem,” said Koster. “The bay is not just a body of water, it’s part of life for very many of the five million Melburnians who live, work and play near its shores.” VOPAK’s regasification plant

MARTEEN Koster. Picture: Yanni

will use sea water to warm the LNG to turn it back into natural gas for Victoria, and in doing so, according to Koster, the plant will pump 480 million litres of chlorinated discharge into the bay every day for ten years. VOPAK’s proposal to set up in Port Phillip Bay reportedly commenced in 2019. In 2024 they were ordered by

the Victorian government to provide an Environment Impact Statement (EES) before they could proceed and later submitted a 7000-page document. “VOKAP’s report states that despite that the acknowledged possibilities of serious damage to the marine ecosystem and its inhabitants, ‘the

effects of this massive discharge is very low’, when in reality that is not true,” Koster said. The public were reportedly given thirty days to respond to the document. Koster has submitted his own twenty-four-page document to the IAC outlining his concerns, including

what is means for the Mornington Peninsula. Koster’s main concerns included; the toxic chemical discharge into the bay, the cumulative pollution and the risk of damaging the bay’s ecosystem, and its consequences for the bay’s occupiers with its recreational activity, water quality, fishing and seafood. In line with his concerns, Koster has created a petition for people with similar views regarding VOPAK’s proposal. The petition currently has 8,630 signatures. The Times has contacted the Victorian government and Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny for comment regarding the process of VOPAK’s EES, but are yet to hear back. Koster has also reached out to Nepean MP Anthony Marsh and Mornington MP Chris Crewther to contact Kilkenny but both received minimal communication back. Ultimely Koster’s main concern is the bay’s overall health. “I want a bay that future generations can enjoy; our children and grandchildren,” said Koster. “The bay is important to Melburnian’s way of life. There is an important fishing industry, swimming, sailing, beach going and scuba diving. We want to keep enjoying it but it’s being treated as an industrial sewer.” For more information regarding Save Port Phillip Bay’s campaign to keep VOPAK out of the bay, search ‘Save Port Phillip Bay from toxic discharges’ on change.org.

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Peninsula School of Dance celebrates 65th anniversary Raia Flinos raia@baysidenews.com.au

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PENINSULA School of Dance has celebrated its 65th anniversary with a gala dinner. On 3 October, past and present students, families, alumni, and community supporters gathered at RACV Cape Schanck. The event was hosted by Peninsula School of Dance alum and internationally renowned performer, producer, and choreographer Jason Coleman. Coleman has previously said he credits founder Sandra McKay OAM as the person who instilled his love of dance. “Rosebud Ballet School was my home,” said Coleman. “It was my school, my club, my friends. It was my happy place.” Peninsula School of Dance began as Rosebud Ballet School in 1961, with McKay teaching 23 students at the Rosebud Memorial Hall. 45 years later, the school was taken over by current director Melanie Gard. “For me, it was a really good opportunity to bring together my background in community development and the work that I was doing in the disability sector at the time with my love for dance and teaching, as well as the opportunity to have a business locally when my children were really young,” said Gard. “It all came together for us.”

Gard said they wanted to make the 65th anniversary as special as possible after their 60th anniversary happened during COVID. “We’re trying to make this 65th anniversary really special and really celebrate the foundations of the school and how it was started,” said Gard. “It’s been really beautiful to

reconnect with past students and parents.” The gala featured a two-course dinner, guest speakers, live dance and musical performances, and a commissioned alumni performance. There was also a preview of the school’s 65-Year Legacy Project, an initiative focused on preserving archives, photos, artefacts, and

alumni stories. This year also marks Gard’s 20th year as director. “Peninsula School of Dance has always been about more than teaching dance,” said Gard. “It’s about creating connection, confidence and community. To now celebrate 65 years of the school, alongside my own 20th year as di-

rector, feels incredibly meaningful.” Hellen Sky, acclaimed dancer, choreographer, digital artist and cofounder of Dancehouse, attended the celebration, where her family was honoured for their role in founding the school. Sky’s mother first approached McKay about teaching ballet in Rosebud and offered to organise the hall, piano, and group of students. The school has now grown into a multi-generational performing arts community, with more than 300 students attending weekly classes. “We see students grow from tiny preschool dancers into adults pursuing incredible opportunities and often returning years later with children of their own. That continuity and connection is something really special,” said Gard. Gard said the school is a space for young people to express themselves creatively. “I think it’s more and more important in this day and age of digital technology and AI, and I don’t think we can ever replace the humanity that the arts provide,” said Gard. “My vision is that we are setting the school up for a strong future for the next 65 years and really protecting that space for our children to grow and thrive away from screens.”

Mornington Peninsula Shire to continue aged care services Raia Flinos raia@baysidenews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has decided to continue delivering aged care services after the federal government announced the Commonwealth Home Support Program will continue until 2029. At the 29 September council meeting, councillors unanimously voted in support of continuing Meals on Wheels, Community Transport, and Group Social Support until 30 June 2029. The decision follows the shire’s previous decision to stop delivering aged care services in June 2027 after the federal government’s aged care reforms were set to begin (“Shire to pull out of aged care services”, The Times, 11/06/26). In August, the federal government announced it would be reversing the decision and extending the Home Support Program to 2029, with the possibility of permanently retaining it. Council deliberated on three options but ultimately decided to continue providing all aged care services until 2029 (“Shire to decide on future of aged care services”, The Times, 29/09/26). Mayor Cr Stephen Batty said there will now be no changes to the shire’s aged care services. “Those who currently receive Meals on Wheels or use our transport and social support services don’t need to take any action. Things will continue as usual,” he said. “It was with deep regret that council made the original decision to stop

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delivering these services because we could not meet the new requirements under the aged care reforms.” Batty said when the federal government reversed its decision, the shire owed it to the community to reconsider its position. “We are delighted that services such as Meals on Wheels, which council has delivered for 50 years and which is highly valued by our community, will now continue,” said Batty. “Our priority is – and always has been – to support the best possible outcome for older people on the Mornington Peninsula.” Cr David Gill, who moved the motion, said good legislation should strengthen care rather than weaken local connections. “At the centre of every reform should be the people who rely on these services: older residents and vulnerable people,” said Gill. “They deserve dignity, safety, and practical support, but they also deserve community-based care that understands who they are and where they live.” Gill said the extension gives the shire time to reconsider their position to move further away from their role in caring for the community. “We should take up this opportunity now presented to ensure the best outcomes for our community,” said Gill. “This matters because councildelivered aged care and care for vulnerable people has often provided more than basic services; it has offered local knowledge, continuity, trust, and a human connection to older residents who may be isolated or vulnerable.”

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PROTESTERS opposing a plan to scrap Meals on Wheels. Picture: Yanni

Cr Paul Pingiaro acknowledged this time has been upsetting for a lot of people in the community. “When council made its decision in June, we did so based on the Commonwealth government’s aged care reform legislation and the obligations that came with that and with the funding timetable as it stood at that time,” said Pingiaro. “I think it’s important to say clearly that we’re back here tonight because the federal government changed the legislation and the funding environment that informed council’s original decision.”

Cr Max Patton said until the amendment passes, councillors are considered responsible persons under the Aged Care Act. “There’s still a high regulatory load, the compliance costs, as well as the direction of aged care reform and the way it’s heading, albeit unclear at the moment,” said Patton. “I think it’s unreasonable to expect the councillors who, by definition in the Local Government Act, cannot get involved in operations, remain as responsible persons.” Patton said the shire will continue to monitor the situation and ensure

the approach they take is responsive to the community’s needs. “No decision that we make as a council is made lightly. Consideration must be given to a range of factors, and no decision is made in a vacuum either,” said Patton. “They each have several cascading impacts on other services through our council, and this is compounded when we consider the need to make decisions for future generations. “ The shire will now continue to deliver Meals on Wheels, Community Transport, and Group Social Support until 30 June 2029.

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When acting powerhouse Anna Torv (below) and acclaimed director Emma Freeman get together, televisual magic is guaranteed. Both Queensland-born, the creative partners (who previously teamed up on The Newsreader and Secret City) reunite for this thoughtful “tropic noir” set in the Gold Coast hinterland. Torv portrays Tig Pollard, a Brisbane detective who returns to her hometown of North Gap in the wake of a high-profile sexual assault case that failed to secure a conviction. When a local teenage girl is found naked in a cane field with no memory of the night before, Tig finds herself in the thick of another harrowing investigation where half the population are potential suspects.

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About as picturesque as a show involving grisly murders can be, this British crime drama whisks a London detective and his teenage daughter away to the glamorous isle of Capri. Grieving the sudden death of his wife, DCI Joe Mottram (Warren Brown, above) decides to spend the summer in Italy so his daughter, Angelica (Beau Gadsdon) can reconnect with her mother’s family, who run a restaurant overlooking the coast. Three episodes in, and Joe is learning to cook Italian dishes from his in-laws, Gennaro and Elena (Urbano Barberini and Phyllis Logan), while helping local police solve crimes. As he unlocks the secrets of his wife’s heritage, Joe finds unexpected insights into the cases he is investigating. 0910

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

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 Taskmaster Australia. (PGls, 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.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. (Final, PG) 8.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Vika And Linda Bull. (Final, PGl) Vika and Linda Bull share five songs. 9.00 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. (Final) 9.30 The Cage. (Final, M, R) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Death Valley. (PGa, R) 11.50 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.40 Gardening Aust. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Tucci In Italy. (Premiere) Stanley Tucci visits Tuscany. 8.25 Inside Sydney Fish Market. (Premiere, PGal) With the spectacular new fish market nearing completion, the old market stages its final Christmas marathon. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Cry Wolf. (Premiere, MA15+l) 11.45 Snow. (Ma, R) 2.25 Endurance: Race The Pole. (R) 3.20 The World’s Most Remote Hotels. (PG, R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Lacey looks to the future. 8.30 Glenn And Mick’s Celebrity Intervention. (Ms, R) Glenn Robbins and Mick Molloy surprise their good friend Sam Pang with a much-needed intervention. 9.40 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa) Footage of headline-grabbing moments captured on camera by members of the public. 10.40 Unfiltered. (M) 11.10 Gatecrashers. 12.10 Attila The Hun. (Mav) 2.30 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) Tayla finds out someone else has used her pool tiles. 8.40 Paramedics. (Mlv) Critical care paramedics Wishy and Josh fear an elderly man might die from head injuries. 9.40 RPA. (PGm, R) An actor is sent for an MRI. 10.40 9News Late. 11.10 Chicago Med. (MA15+am) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Next Stop. (PGa, R) 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.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Celebrity Traitors UK. (PGl) The traitors complete their line-up. 8.50 NCIS: Sydney. (Mv) With multiple lives in danger, including their own, the team races to stop a bomber. 9.50 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.50 Sports Tonight: The Weekly Kick-Off. A panel discusses Australian soccer news. 11.20 Two And A Half Men. (PG, R) The guys warn Evelyn about her attitude. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 1.20pm PJ Masks Power Heroes. 2.30 Monster Makes. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.25 Octonauts. 5.50 Super Monsters. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.40 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.25 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 9.55 72 Cutest Animals. 10.25 Merlin. 11.05 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 11.55 DW The Day. 12.25pm Hudson & Rex. 2.15 Stories From The Cities. 2.45 Insight. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.50 The MegaBrands That Built The World. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Secrets Declassified With David Duchovny. 9.20 Alone. 11.10 The Americans. 12.15am The Patient. 2.00 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (72) 6am Our Town. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon My Kitchen Rules. 1.35 Our Town. 2.00 A Moveable Feast. 2.30 The Aussie Property Flippers. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Shetland. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Seaway. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon As Time Goes By. 1.00 MOVIE: The Railway Children. (1970) 3.15 Antiques Roadshow. 3.45 MOVIE: The Ghost Of St. Michael’s. (1941, PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 8.30 The Chelsea Detective. 10.30 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.30 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 GCBC. 9.30 Farm To Fork. 10.00 Bold. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 12.30pm Becker. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Two And A Half Men. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Cheap Seats. 11.00 Frasier. Midnight Ridiculousness. 12.30 Ent. Tonight. 1.00 Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.

N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Guardians Of The Wild. 11.00 Friday Night Thunder. Noon Pro Bull Riding: USA. 1.00 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 1.30 Crook Hat And Kulanada. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Ocean Warriors. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Guardians Of The Wild. 7.30 Going Places. 8.30 Rabbit Fall. 9.00 MOVIE: Talk To Me. (2022) 10.45 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Ama Gloria. (2023, PG, French, Kabuverdianu) 10.35 Once Upon A Time In China. (1991, MA15+, Cantonese) 1pm The Legend Of Fong Sai-Yuk. (1993, M, Cantonese) 3.00 Another Country. (2015, PG) 4.30 The Final Countdown. (1980, PG) 6.25 Le Samourai. (1967, PG, French) 8.30 Buffalo Bill And The Indians. (1976, PG, Engish) 10.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Blokesworld. 10.30 American Resto. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 American Pickers: Best Of. 12.30pm Tougher In Alaska. 1.30 Highway Patrol. 2.30 The Force: BTL. 3.00 Talking W. 3.30 Air Crash Inv. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Captain Phillips. (2013, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Big Bang. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Seinfeld. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Big Bang. 8.30 Seinfeld. 9.30 MOVIE: Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. (1991, PG) 11.30 Rugby Heaven. 12.30am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.25 Legacies. 2.15 Baywatch. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 I Love VIP Pets. 4.50 Lego City: No Limits. 5.10 Bubble’s Hotel. 5.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive.

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. 10.20 Bull. 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

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Friday, October 9 ABC (2)

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NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. (Final, R) 10.30 Take 5. (Final, PGl, R) 11.00 Austin. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (Final, PG, R) 1.50 The Cage. (Final, M, R) 2.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 3.45 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 9.10 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 Prince’s Master Crafters Next Generation. (R) 11.05 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Jury: Skeleton In The Garden. (Mal, R) 3.00 Nula. 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Julia Bradbury’s Irish Journey. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 10.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 1. Practice session. 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 1. Practice session, supports and qualifying. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.00 Topknotz: Wild On Water. (Ma, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R)

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 Taskmaster Australia. (PGls, 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.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Advice for the home gardener. 8.20 Death Valley. (Ma) A murder-mystery party turns into a real investigation when a famous actor is found stabbed to death. 9.05 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (Final, PG, R) Three artists paint Kirk Pengilly. 9.55 Class Clowns. (PGs, R) The comedians must deliver a sex ed talk. 10.25 Crime Night! (PG, R) 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.15 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 12.00 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Hotel Portofino. Danioni worms his way into the Ainsworth’s affairs. 8.35 Tom Hanks: The Ordinary Hero. Profiles the life and career of Tom Hanks. 9.35 Queens That Changed The World: The Last Queen Of America – Charlotte. (Return) Chronicles the life of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Spy/Master. (MA15+v) 11.55 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (Mav, R) 1.45 Wisting. (Mal, R) 3.25 The World’s Most Remote Hotels. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 8.30 MOVIE: The Dressmaker. (2015, Malsv, R) A woman returns to her home town in the Australian outback as an accomplished dressmaker, determined to take revenge on the townspeople who wronged her. Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth. 10.50 GetOn Extra. A look at the weekend’s best racing. 11.20 To Be Advised. 12.55 Jamestown. (MA15+av, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Chateau DIY: Australia. Lia and Richard’s kitchen walls are falling down. 8.30 MOVIE: The Intern. (2015, Mal, R) A 70-year-old retired widower is hired as a senior intern for an online fashion startup. Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo. 11.00 See No Evil: Not A Social Person. (Mav, 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) An intervention is necessary for a couple. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.30 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.30 Two And A Half Men. (Ms, R) Alan looks forward to Judith’s wedding. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.40 Iron Man And His Awesome Friends. 12.55pm Talking Tom Heroes. 1.20 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 2.30 Monster Makes. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.25 Octonauts. 5.50 Super Monsters. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 TBA. 9.50 BattleBots. 10.35 Merlin. 11.20 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.15pm

7TWO (72)

6am Our Town. 6.30 Better Homes. 7.30 Million Dollar Minute. 8.30 Gatecrashers. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Cricket. Women’s One Day International Series. Australia v Bangladesh. Game 1. 10.00 Escape To The Country. 11.00 Bargain Hunt. Midnight Making Of The Americas. 1.00 Fresh TV. 1.30 Our Town. 2.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Seaway. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Yorkshire Auction House. 1.00 MOVIE: Victoria The Great. (1937) 3.15 Antiques Roadshow. 3.45 MOVIE: The Scarlet Blade. (1963, PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 MOVIE: Rob Roy. (1995, M) 11.20 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 11.30 Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening. 12.30pm Becker. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Two And A Half Men. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Ridiculousness. 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. 10.00 NFL Tailgate. 11.00 NFL. Week 5. Dallas Cowboys v Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 2.30pm Unfiltered. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Air Crash Inv. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers: Best Of. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. Western Bulldogs v Essendon. 9.15 MOVIE: Rush. (2013, MA15+) 11.55 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Big Bang. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Seinfeld. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 MOVIE: Night At The Museum. (2006, PG) 9.45 MOVIE: Clash Of The Titans. (2010, M) 11.45 Top 20 Funniest. 12.35am Babies Behind Bars. 1.25 Love Island UK: All Stars. 2.20 Legacies. 3.10 Baywatch. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 I Love VIP Pets. 4.50 Lego City: No Limits. 5.10 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. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

6am Morning Programs. 9.40 Fresh Fairytales. 10.00 Guardians Of The Wild. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: Talk To Me. (2022) 1.45 Stompem Ground 2022: TSI Dancers. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Ocean Warriors. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Guardians Of The Wild. 7.30 MOVIE: The Witches. (1990, PG) 9.15 MOVIE: Friday. (1995, MA15+) 10.50 Late Programs.

Gymnastics. FIG Rhythmic World Cup. Highlights. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.50 The Mega-Brands That Built The World. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 Celebrity Jeopardy. 8.30 The Godfather Of St Petersburg. (Premiere) 9.30 The Naked World. 10.25 Sex Club 101. 11.20 The Americans. 12.15am Brassic. 2.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

Morning Programs. 6.35 Buffalo Bill And The Indians. (1976, PG, Engish) 8.50 Brief Encounter. (1974, PG) 10.45 All The Pretty Horses. (2000, M) 12.55pm Oskars Kleid. (2022, M, German, Spanish) 2.50 Le Samourai. (1967, PG, French) 4.55 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi, English) 6.55 Ride In The Whirlwind. (1965, PG) 8.30 3:10 To Yuma. (2007) 10.45 Late Programs.

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Saturday, October 10 ABC TV (2)

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SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Beyond Paradise. (PGa, R) 1.30 Father Brown. (Final, PGv, R) 2.15 Death Valley. (Ma, R) 3.00 Bee Cause. (R) 3.15 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip. (R) 4.05 The Tony Blair Story. (Final, PGa, R) 4.55 Australian Story. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R) 6.00 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R) Kim gives up smoking. 6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 Beyond Paradise. (PGa) Kelby’s friend becomes the target of threatening texts. 8.30 Lynley. (Premiere, Mav) Mismatched duo DI Lynley and DS Havers investigate a suspicious death on Salcott Island. 10.00 Darby And Joan. (PGa, R) A former cop and a nurse join forces. 10.45 Farewell Doc Martin. (Ma, R) 11.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera News. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.05 Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months. (R) 10.05 Icons Of Auto. (PGa) 11.00 BBC News At Ten. 11.30 France 24 International News. 12.00 PBS NewsHour. 1.00 Cycling. UCI Gravel World Championships. Elite Women. 6.00 Guillaume’s Paris. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Holyroodhouse: A Royal Residence: Holyrood House. (PGa) 8.25 The Langham: Britain’s First Grand Hotel. Tension arises as the CEO arrives from Hong Kong. 9.20 The Jury: Skeleton In The Garden: The Vanishing. (Mal, R) Twelve strangers preside over a case as jurors. 10.20 Cumbria: The Lakes & The Coast. (R) 11.15 The Silence. (MA15+a, R) 1.20 Kennedy. (PG, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 2. Practice session. 1.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 2. Practice session and support races. 4.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 2. Top 10 shootout. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Ports To Paradise. (Premiere, PG) Hosted by Mark Beretta. 8.00 MOVIE: Gran Turismo: Based On A True Story. (2023, Ml) Based on a true story. A team of underdogs risk it all to take on the professional racing circuit. David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe. 10.50 MOVIE: Ford v Holden. (2023, PGal) Looks at the competition between Ford and Holden. Shane Jacobsen. 1.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 2. Top 10 shootout. Replay. 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. (R) 12.30 Drive Review. 1.00 Let’s Eat With George. 1.30 Gen Well. (Premiere, PG) 2.30 My Way: Winton Special. 3.00 Inside KOOZA By Cirque Du Soleil. (PG, R) 3.30 Scar Tissue. (PGadv, 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 Basketball. NBL. Round 4. South East Melbourne Phoenix v Melbourne United. 9.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 4. Perth Wildcats v New Zealand Breakers. From RAC Arena, Perth. 11.30 Wild Cards. (Mv, R) A bride is targeted on her wedding day. 12.30 Scar Tissue. (PGadm, R) 1.30 My Way: Winton Special. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PGa, R)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Camper Deals. (R) 9.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 9.30 The Finish Line. (R) 10.30 What’s Up Down Under. (PG) 11.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 12.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 12.30 Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening. (R) 1.30 Sydney Harbour Cops. (PGad, R) 2.30 Love It Or List It: Brilliant Builds. (PG, R) 3.30 Food Trail: South Africa. 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) Contestants compete in a high-stakes game where they must beat The Banker to win a cash prize. 7.00 Australia Cup Final Pre-Game. Pre-game coverage of the Australia Cup Final. 7.50 Soccer. Australia Cup. Final. South Melbourne v Melbourne Victory. From AAMI Park, Melbourne. 10.30 Love It Or List It: Brilliant Builds. (PG) Kirstie and Phil look back at two homes. 11.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Ml, R) Graham Norton chats with Tom Cruise. 12.30 FBI. (Mav, R) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 12.55pm Talking Tom Heroes. 1.20 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 2.30 The Makery. 2.45 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 Peter Rabbit. 4.15 Stan & Gran. 5.20 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 5.45 Iron Man And His Awesome Friends. 6.25 Zog. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 8.00 Kids Baking C’ship. 8.40 Gladiators UK. 9.45 Merlin. 10.25 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.50 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 9.30 BBC

7TWO (72)

6am Shopping. 8.30 Better Homes. 9.30 Giddy Up. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon Horse Racing. Caulfield Guineas and Hill Stakes Day. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Chateau. 9.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 11.30 Auction Squad. 12.30am House Calls To The Rescue. 1.30 Our Town. 2.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 The Baron. Noon MOVIE: Pool Of London. (1951, PG) 1.50 MOVIE: Piccadilly Incident. (1946) 4.00 Rugby Union. Bledisloe Cup. New Zealand v Australia. Game 1. 7.00 Bledisloe Cup Post-Match. 7.30 MOVIE: Father Of The Bride. (1991) 9.40 MOVIE: When Harry Met Sally. (1989, M) 11.40 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Deal Or No Deal. 8.30 Bold. 11.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 11.30 Becker. Noon Frasier. 1.00 Becker. 1.30 Frasier. 2.30 Friends. 7.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Becker. 11.30 Frasier. 12.30am Home Shopping.

NITV (34)

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Cool Cars & Bikes. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Dipper’s Rigs. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. USA Boxing Day. Replay. 4.00 Frozen Gold. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Storage Wars. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. Richmond v Adelaide. 9.15 MOVIE: The Last Of The Mohicans. (1992, M) 11.40 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Ice Hockey. NHL. Winnipeg Jets v Anaheim Ducks. 1.40pm NBL: Overtime. 3.00 MOVIE: A Royal Proposal: A Royal In Paradise II. (2024) 4.45 The Dog House UK. 5.45 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo. (2002, PG) 7.30 TBA. 11.30 Top 20 Funniest. 12.25am Evil. 2.05 MOVIE: Within The Pines. (2024, M) 3.30 Parental Guidance. 4.30 Barney’s World. 4.50 Hop. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 Building The Dream. 12.30pm The Living Room. 2.30 JAG. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 Bondi Rescue. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. 10.20 JAG. 12.15am Home Shopping.

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6am Morning Programs. 11.35 Pecan Summer: The Opera. 1.10pm Nula. 1.40 Guardians Of The Wild. 2.30 Lakota Nation Vs United States. 4.30 Stompem Ground 2022: Yatangal. 5.00 Murder In Big Horn. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 The Other Side. 7.30 Pro Bull Riding USA: World Team Series. 8.30 MOVIE: The Cabin In The Woods. (2012) 10.20 Karen Dalton: In My Own Time. 11.50 Late Programs.

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News At Six. 10.00 France 24 English News. 10.30 Unleash. 12.05pm Pussy Riot: Rage Against Putin. 1.20 Great Australian Concerts: Grinspoon. 2.20 If You Are The One. 3.30 BBC News At Ten. 4.00 France 24. 4.30 PBS News. 5.35 Mastermind Aust. 6.05 Shenzong Tunnel Bridge. 7.05 Travel Man. 7.35 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Il Lombardia. Full race. 2.20am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

The Final Countdown. Continued. (1980, PG) 6.25 Ride In The Whirlwind. (1965, PG) 8.00 Le Samourai. (1967, PG, French) 10.05 Operation Napoleon. (2023, M) 12.15pm Bad Eggs. (2003, M) 2.05 Mr. Holmes. (2015, PG) 4.00 Buffalo Bill And The Indians. (1976, PG, Engish) 6.15 Spirited Away. (2001, PG) 8.30 The Mask Of Zorro. (1998, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

Sunday, October 11 ABC (2)

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6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 Afghanistan 25 Year Commemoration. 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.15 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (Final, PG, R) 3.05 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (Final, R) 4.00 Creative Types. (PG, R) 4.30 Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. (Final, R) 5.00 Take 5. (Final, PGl, R) 5.30 Back Roads. (Final, PG, R)

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 PBS News Horizons. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.05 Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months. (R) 10.05 Ageless Gardens. (R) 11.05 Icons Of Auto. (PGav) 12.00 PBS News Compass Points. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 1.00 Cycling. UCI Gravel World Championships. Elite Men.

6.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs. 7.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 3. Supports and warm-up. From Mount Panorama Circuit, New South Wales. 10.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 11. Bathurst 1000. Day 3. Build up and race. From Mount Panorama Circuit, New South Wales.

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 Cross Court. 11.30 One Tank Holiday. (R) 12.00 GolfBarons. (R) 12.30 Drive TV. 1.00 Tasman Trails. (R) 2.00 Conquering Breast Cancer. (PGal) 4.00 Journey To The Southern Great Barrier Reef. (PG) 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Postcards. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Buy To Build. (R) 9.00 Pooches At Play. (PG, R) 9.30 GCBC. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Well Traveller. (PG, R) 11.00 Intrepid Adventures. (R) 11.30 Building The Dream. (R) 12.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 1.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (PGa) 2.00 Gogglebox Aust. (ls, R) 3.00 The Finish Line. (R) 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Recipe Of The Year. (Premiere) Hosted by Adam Liaw and Pia Miranda. 8.20 Dustfall. (Premiere, Madls) A detective is called in to investigate a case when a teen is discovered naked in a cane field. 9.15 The Forsytes. (Return) Soames dreams of fatherhood while Jolyon Jr faces the prospect of reconnecting with the Forsytes. 10.05 Lynley. (Mv, R) A mismatched duo investigate a death. 11.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.45 Dr Ann’s Secret Lives. (R) 3.15 Darby And Joan. (PGa, R) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.00 Guillaume’s Paris. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Roman Empire By Train With Alice Roberts. (PG) Professor Alice Roberts’ train journey continues to Parma. 8.25 Ancient Superstructures: Sagrada Familia. A look at Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia. 9.25 Cleopatra: Cracking The Enigma. (PG, R) Cleopatra ascends the throne despite many obstacles. 10.30 Royal Autopsy. (Man, R) 11.20 MOVIE: Whitney: Can I Be Me? (2017, Madls, R) 1.15 Kennedy. (PG, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Glenn And Mick’s Celebrity Intervention. (Return, PGls) Hosted by Glenn Robbins and Mick Molloy. 8.00 70 Years Of 7. 10.00 The Girl Who Caught A Killer. (MA15+av, R) Looks at the tale of Rachel Watts. 11.15 24 Hours In Police Custody: Frequent Flyers. (MA15+adl, R) Authorities search for a criminal couple. 12.15 Pure Genius. (Ma, R) 1.15 Harry’s Practice. (R) 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 Scrublands: Silver. (Return, MA15+v) Martin’s childhood friend is killed. 10.40 9News Late. 11.10 The First 48: Old Habits. (Malv) 12.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PGads, R) 1.00 One Tank Holiday. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Destination WA. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 Gogglebox Australia. Opinionated viewers discuss TV shows. 8.00 The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton chats with Sylvester Stallone, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andrew Garfield and 50 Cent. 9.00 Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening. (R) Comedy quiz show in which three well-known Australians team up with their lesser-known parent or child. 10.00 FBI: International. (Mv, R) An explosion rocks headquarters. 12.00 10 News+. (R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3.25pm Tiddler. 3.50 Children’s Programs. 5.50 Iron Man And His Awesome Friends. 6.25 Zog. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 Little Lunch. 7.45 Crookhaven. (Premiere) 8.25 Are You Afraid Of The Dark? (Premiere) 9.10 Dolphins Up Close With Bertie Gregory. 9.55 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.20 The Slow Mo Guys’ Big Adventures. 10.45 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Weekender. 8.30 TBA. 9.00 House Of Wellness. 10.00 Better Homes. 11.00 Ports To Paradise. Noon House Calls To The Rescue. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Cricket. Women’s One Day International Series. Australia v Bangladesh. Game 2. 10.00 MOVIE: Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris. (2022, PG) 12.25am Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Getaway. 10.30 The Baron. 11.30 MOVIE: The Heart Of The Matter. (1953, PG) 1.40pm MOVIE: Derby Day. (1952) 3.25 MOVIE: The Getting Of Wisdom. (1977, PG) 5.30 Midsomer Murders. 7.30 Clarkson’s Farm. 8.40 Fawlty Towers. 10.00 Blackadder Goes Forth. 10.40 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 11.30 Becker. Noon Frasier. 1.00 Becker. 1.30 Frasier. 2.30 Friends. 7.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Midnight Home Shopping.

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7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Counting Cars. 10.30 Storage Wars. 11.00 Pawn Stars. 11.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. Sydney v Carlton. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Fast X. (2023, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 1.15pm Seinfeld. 1.45 MOVIE: The Black Stallion Returns. (1983) 3.45 MOVIE: Mr Mom. (1983, PG) 5.35 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. (2004, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Matrix. (1999, M) 10.15 TBA. 12.30am Bel-Air. 1.20 MOVIE: Your Love Is Mine. (2022, MA15+) 2.50 World’s Greatest Islands. 3.55 Animal Tales. 4.50 Wild Manes. 5.10 Bubble’s Hotel. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 All 4 Adventure. 9.00 Roads Less Travelled. 9.30 Navigating The World. 10.30 Building The Dream. 12.30pm What’s Up Down Under. 1.30 Buy To Build. 2.00 Living Room. 3.00 JAG. 5.00 I Fish. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Fire Country. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Men’s. Grand final. 3.00 Netball. First Nations Tournament. Match 32. Gold medal match. 3.45 Stompem Ground 2022: Blekbala Mujik. 4.40 Boxing For Palm Island. 5.50 Bamay. 6.30 Guardians Of The Wild. 7.20 Our Medicine. 8.30 MOVIE: Gurrumul. (2017, MA15+) 10.20 MOVIE: Empire Of The Sun. (1987, PG) 1am Late Programs.

Jeopardy! 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS Washington Week. 5.15 PBS News Compass Points. 5.45 Icons Unearthed: The Lord Of The Rings. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Dropout. 10.30 The UnXplained. 11.20 Obsessed With My Muscles. Midnight Cycling. UCI ProSeries. Paris-Tours. 2.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

Holmes. Continued. (2015, PG) 6.55 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi, English) 8.55 Born To Dance. (2015, PG) 10.45 The Son. (2022, M) 1pm King Of My Castle. (2024, M, French) 3.00 Ride In The Whirlwind. (1965, PG) 4.35 Monsieur Verdoux. (1947, PG) 6.50 3:10 To Yuma. (1957, PG) 8.30 Killing Faith. (2025, MA15+) 10.30 The Sweeney. (2012, MA15+) 12.35am Late Programs.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Lynley. (Mav, R) 11.30 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 3.45 Grand Designs Australia. (R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. Looks at the struggles of Australian veterans. 9.20 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser. 9.35 Planet America. 10.05 Foreign Correspondent. (Final, R) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 Murdoch Mysteries. (Ma, R) 11.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.40 Parliament Question Time. 1.40 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. 11.40 Language Of Light. (Madn, R) 12.10 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News Compass Points. 1.30 Al Jazeera News Second Edition. 2.00 Secret Lives Of The Roman Emperors. (PGals, R) 3.10 Language Of Light. (PGan, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 The Welsh Valley That Won The Lottery. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Jury: Skeleton In The Garden: Secrets And Lies. (Mal) The trial nears its end. 8.35 24 Hours In Emergency: Unbroken Ties. (Ma) A 10-month-old is rushed to A&E. 9.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) Hosted by Jimmy Carr. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Black Sands. (MA15+av) 12.45 Something Undone. (Mal, R) 3.05 Wales: Land Of The Wild. (PGa, 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 Beat The Chasers UK. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Sonny gets a surprise visitor. 7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl) Jane and Shane try to impress with their divisive menu. 9.10 The Rookie. (Mav) Nolan is put to the test when he’s forced to protect a man he doesn’t trust. 10.10 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics. 11.10 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League. 12.10 Transplant. (MA15+a, 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 Inside KOOZA By Cirque Du Soleil. (PG, 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) Unexpected visitors at the share house cause friction. 8.45 Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators: Unmasking A Monster. (Masv, R) Revisits a 1970 double murder. 9.55 Footy Furnace Trade Show. (Ml) 10.55 9News Late. 11.25 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGl) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 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. (ls, 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) 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) 7.30 Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening. (PGdls) Comedy quiz show. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Final, Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.40 Australian True Crime With Meshel Laurie: Sarah Lavis – Should Victims Be The Focus In Court? (Return, Ma) 11.40 Two And A Half Men. (PGs, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.20pm PJ Masks Power Heroes. 1.50 Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 Monster Makes. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.25 Octonauts. 5.50 Super Monsters. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 10.00 Merlin. 10.45 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes. 11.30 My Kitchen Rules. 1pm My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.45 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Seaway. 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 Yorkshire Auction House. 1.00 Fawlty Towers. 2.20 Blackadder Goes Forth. 3.40 MOVIE: The Constant Husband. (1955) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 10.40 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 GCBC. 9.30 Farm To Fork. 10.00 Bold. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 12.30pm Becker. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Two And A Half Men. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Ridiculousness. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.

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9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Baywatch. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Seinfeld. 6.30 NBL: Overtime. 7.30 Big Bang. 8.30 Seinfeld. 9.30 TBA. 11.30 NBL: Overtime. 12.30am Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.30 Legacies. 2.20 World’s Greatest Islands. 3.15 Innovation Nation. 3.30 Surfing Aust. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 I Love VIP Pets. 4.50 LEGO DreamZzz. 5.10 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. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Shopping.

6am Morning Programs. 9.40 Fresh Fairytales. 10.00 Guardians Of The Wild. 11.00 Our Medicine. 12.10pm MOVIE: Gurrumul. (2017, PG) 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Ocean Warriors. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Ocean Parks. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 The Grey Line. 9.40 MOVIE: The Flood. (2020, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.

The Grudge. 2.40 Going Places. 3.10 Over The Black Dot. 3.40 BBC News At Ten. 4.10 France 24. 4.40 PBS News Compass Points. 5.10 Al Jazeera. 5.40 Living Next Door To Putin. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Scrabble. 9.20 Icons Unearthed: Quentin Tarantino. (Premiere) 10.15 The Americans. 12.20am Brassic. 2.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

Spirited Away. Continued. (2001, PG) 6.20 Monsieur Verdoux. (1947, PG) 8.35 Mr. Holmes. (2015, PG) 10.30 The Mask Of Zorro. (1998, M) 1pm Samia. (2024, M) 3.00 The Movie Show. 3.30 Spirited Away. (2001, PG) 5.45 Metropolis. (1927, PG, German) 8.30 El Topo. (1971, Spanish) 10.50 Master Gardener. (2022, M) 12.55am Romper Stomper. (1992, MA15+) 2.35 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Border Security. 1.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.30 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. USA Boxing Day. Replay. 3.30 Counting Cars. 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, October 13 ABC (2)

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Planet America. (R) 11.00 The Tony Blair Story. (Final, PGa, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Beyond Paradise. (PGa, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 3.45 Grand Designs Australia. (R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 9.10 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 China On Stage. (R) 11.10 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 12.55 PBS News. 1.55 The Jury: Skeleton In The Garden. (Mal, R) 3.00 Language Of Light. (PGaln, R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 The Scottish Island That Won The Lottery. (PG, 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 Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. 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 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)

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 Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening. (PGdls, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PGa, 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 7.30. 8.00 The State Of Man. (Premiere, Mal) 8.50 Believe In Magic: The Mother Of All Cons. (Premiere, Ml) A teen battling a brain tumour starts a charity. 9.50 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Vika And Linda Bull. (Final, PGl, R) 10.20 You Can’t Ask That. (Mls, R) 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. (R) 11.10 Four Corners. (R) 11.55 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.15 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 1.00 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.45 Parliament Question Time. 2.45 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.45 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Jury: Skeleton In The Garden: The Verdict. (Final, Mal) The jurors struggle to reach a verdict. 8.35 Titanic: The Digital Resurrection. (PGa) Experts build a 3D digital twin of the Titanic. 9.55 SBS World News Late. 10.25 The Point. (R) 11.25 Mussolini: Son Of The Century. (MA15+sv) 12.25 The Vanishing Triangle. (Malsv, R) 3.00 Prince’s Master Crafters Next Generation. (R) 3.50 The World’s Most Remote Hotels. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. Amelia comes to Levi’s aid. 7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PG) Sheridan and Ted take on an ambitious menu. 9.10 Off The Grid With Colin And Manu. (Ml) Colin Fassnidge and Manu Feildel join forces with Richard from Emerson’s. 10.10 The Amazing Race. (PG) Hosted by Phil Keoghan. 11.40 Happy’s Place. (PG) 12.10 The Path. (MA15+adlv) 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) 8.40 1 Euro House. (PG) Shaynna and Darren tackle the kitchen. 9.40 Topknotz: Wild On Water. (PGa) The crew tackles Kawarau River rafting. 10.40 9News Late. 11.10 The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. (MA15+alvv) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Cross Court. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 The Garden Gurus. (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, R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Sydney Harbour Cops. A fleet of warships visits Sydney Harbour. 8.30 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.30 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.30 Two And A Half Men. (Ms, R) Charlie spends an evening with his mother. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 Monster Makes. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.25 Octonauts. 5.50 Super Monsters. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 Kids Baking C’ship. 10.10 Chopped Jnr. 10.55 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 11.05 Icons Unearthed: Marvel. Noon DW The Day. 12.30 Hudson & Rex. 2.15 The Grudge. 2.45 Going Places. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.50 The Mega-Brands That Built The World. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: The Hateful Eight. (2015, MA15+) 11.35 The Americans. 12.30am Brassic. 2.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

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6am Our Town. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon My Kitchen Rules. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 House Of Wellness. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Yorkshire Auction House. 1.00 MOVIE: The Man Upstairs. (1958, PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Saraband For Dead Lovers. (1948) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Grantchester. 9.50 Wong & Winchester. 10.50 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 GCBC. 9.30 Farm To Fork. 10.00 Bold. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 12.30pm Becker. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Two And A Half Men. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Ridiculousness. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.

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Morning Programs. 9.10 3:10 To Yuma. (1957, PG) 10.50 Memory Lane. (2024, M, Dutch, English, French, Spanish) 12.40pm A Private Function. (1984, M) 2.20 Monsieur Verdoux. (1947, PG) 4.40 Summerland. (2020, PG) 6.30 Angel And The Badman. (1947, PG) 8.30 The Tracker. (2002, M) 10.20 The Fox. (2022, MA15+, German, French) 12.35am Late Programs.

7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 American Pickers. 12.30pm Mt Hutt Rescue. 1.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 2.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 3.30 Air Crash Inv. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 8.30 Marlin Kings: Chasing Giants. 9.30 Outback Truckers. 10.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Big Bang. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Seinfeld. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Big Bang. 8.30 Seinfeld. 9.30 TBA. Midnight Jane The Virgin. 12.50 Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.45 Legacies. 2.35 World’s Greatest Man Made Wonders. 3.30 Big Rigs Of Oz. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 I Love VIP Pets. 4.50 LEGO DreamZzz. 5.10 Bubble’s Hotel. 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. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 JAG. 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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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R) 11.15 Back Roads. (Final, PG, R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament. 3.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 3.45 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PGa) 8.30 Class Clowns. (PGs) Comedians must name a series of landmarks. 9.00 Crime Night! (Ml) Hosted by Julia Zemiro. 9.35 Small Prophets. (Ml, R) 10.05 Planet America. (R) 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. (R) 11.10 Dustfall. (Madls, R) 12.05 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.50 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.40 Parliament Question Time. 2.40 Gardening Aust. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 9.10 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 China On Stage. (R) 11.05 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 12.55 PBS News. 1.55 The Jury: Skeleton In The Garden. (Mal, R) 3.00 Language Of Light. (PGn, R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.00 Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses & Gardens. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Bill Bailey’s Korea. (Premiere) Bill Bailey starts his Korean journey on the Han River. 8.30 70 Up. (Final, PGa) The participants are brought together for one last reckoning with their extraordinary lives. 9.55 Apollo Has Fallen. (MA15+av) 10.45 SBS World News Late. 11.15 The Old Man. (Mlv) 12.05 Classified. (MA15+v, R) 2.35 Prince’s Master Crafters Next Generation. (PG, R) 4.20 The World’s Most Remote Hotels. (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. (PG) Lacey runs from her feelings. 7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PG, R) Hosted by Lee Mack. 8.30 A Taste For Murder. (Mav) DCI Joe Mottram investigates when a murder mystery weekend turns deadly when a guest is found dead. 9.30 House Of Wellness. (PG) A team of industry experts, media personalities and wellness advocates shares insights and experiences to highlight living well. 10.30 The Agenda Setters. (R) 12.00 Riviera. (MA15+adlsv, R) 2.30 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) 1.00 Topknotz: Wild On Water. (PGa, 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) The teams participate in two challenges. 8.45 Chefs Ahoy. Mark LaBrooy faces fan-favourite Khanh Ong aboard Sun Princess to serve up bold Spanish flavours. 9.45 Footy Furnace Trade Show. (Ml) A look at the latest on the AFL trade period. 11.15 Sight Unseen. (Mav) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Drive Review. (R) 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 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 11.00 Sydney Harbour Cops. (R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PGa, 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 Celebrity Traitors UK. 8.55 Boston Blue. (Ma) When a captured serial killer hints at the whereabouts of a missing child, Danny races to save the victim. 9.55 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.55 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.20pm PJ Masks Power Heroes. 1.50 Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 Monster Makes. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.25 Octonauts. 5.50 Super Monsters. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 The Piano. 10.20 Merlin. 11.05 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 11.05 Icons Unearthed: Marvel. Noon DW The Day. 12.30 Hudson & Rex. 2.15 The Grudge. 2.45 Going Places. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.50 The Mega-Brands That Built The World. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 9.30 Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. 10.25 Ramy. 11.00 The Americans. (Final) 12.15am Brassic. 2.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

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6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 A Moveable Feast. 2.30 House Calls To The Rescue. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Cricket. Women’s One Day International Series. Australia v Bangladesh. Game 3. 10.00 Heartbeat. 11.15 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Seaway. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Yorkshire Auction House. 1.00 New Tricks. 2.00 Grantchester. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Don’t Bother To Knock. (1961, PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 As Time Goes By. 12.10am Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 GCBC. 9.30 Farm To Fork. 10.00 Bold. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 12.30pm Becker. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Two And A Half Men. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Ridiculousness. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (74)

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Baywatch. 3.30 Big Bang. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Seinfeld. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Big Bang. 8.30 Seinfeld. 9.30 TBA. Midnight Jane The Virgin. 12.50 Love Island UK: All Stars. 1.45 Legacies. (Final) 2.35 Baywatch. 3.30 Big Rigs Of Oz. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 I Love VIP Pets. 4.50 LEGO DreamZzz. 5.10 Bubble’s Hotel. 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. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 JAG. 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. 11.00 The Knowledge Keepers. 11.35 Te Puna Ora: The Source Of Life. 1pm Exile And The Kingdom. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Amplify. 5.30 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Ocean Parks. 7.30 Friday Night Thunder. 8.30 Pro Bull Riding Australia. 9.30 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 10.00 MOVIE: Ka Po. (2022, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

Frankston Times – TV Guide

Summerland. Continued. (2020, PG) 6.55 Angel And The Badman. (1947, PG) 8.55 Forever Enthralled. (2008, PG, Mandarin) 11.35 Master Gardener. (2022, M) 1.40pm Metropolis. (1927, PG, German) 4.30 Porco Rosso. (1992, PG) 6.15 Capricorn One. (1977, PG) 8.30 Butcher’s Crossing. (2022, M) 10.30 The Holy Mountain. (1973) 12.40am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Talking W. 10.30 American Resto. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 American Pickers. 12.30pm Mt Hutt Rescue. 1.30 Outback Truckers. 2.30 Cricket. Women’s One Day International Series. Australia v Bangladesh. Game 3. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 The Force: BTL. 9.30 Caught On Dashcam. 10.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 11.30 Late Programs.

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR Sponsored by Frankston Arts Centre Bingo at The Bowl Bingo every Tuesday night at the Frankston Bowling Club, 8 Yuille Street Frankston. Eyes down at 7pm. Great cash prizes to be won! New players welcome. For more info contact Ph: 9783 2877 or Email: info@cofbc.com Carrum Downs Senior Citizens Club Meet every Tuesday at Lyrebird Community Centre, Lyrebird Dr, Carrum Downs. Contact: Annette 0428 992 928 Bunarong Bushwalking Club Come and explore the great outdoors with a local walking group. Bunarong Bushwalking Club members enjoy walks on Sundays and Wednesdays. For more information please contact us on: 0400 329 710, our Facebook page, or www.bunarongbushwalkingclub.com.au Belvedere Park Tennis Club - Seaford. Looking for fun, come play with us! Belvedere Park Tennis Club invites new and returning players to join social tennis every Monday evening from 6.00 pm. Call Janet on 0416 424 344 Seaford SASH Weight Loss Club Ladies only. Tuesdays 8.00am - 10.30am. St. Luke’s Church, 65 William Rd, Carrum Downs. Must have at least 5 or more kilos to lose. Contact Monica Hernandez: 0438 004 058 or Louisa Towan: 0417 527 029

OCTOBER Barefoot Bowls. Friday 9 Oct, 5pm At Yamala Park Bowling Club, Frankston South. Come and try bowling, $10/person (children under 15 are free) includes sausage sizzle. Drinks are available. Bookings are encouraged. Please ring Graeme on 0402 065 759. Peninsula Field Naturalists Club Roger Standen will be speaking about ‘The Miracle of Wader Migration’, how tiny birds travel across the world, 14 October, 16 High St Frankston, 7.30pm. Everyone very welcome. See our website for more infopeninsulafieldnaturalists.org.au 3198 Seaford BeachPatrol Community Beach Clean. 1 November 10.00–11.00 am. Join 3198 Seaford BeachPatrol for a community clean at Kananook Beach. Equipment is provided for volunteers to help remove litter from the coastline. Kananook Beach, opposite Seaford Cabin Park. Mornington Family History Society Seniors festival will run one free research session. Come in and be helped by our experienced researchers on any Thursday in October, 11-2pm. Frankston South Community Centre, 55 Towerhill Rd. 9783 7058

Wellbeing Reset – FREE Program For Women. 7 Weeks of connection, goal setting, problem solving, movement, mindfulness & meditation, health & nutrition. Connect with like minded women in a welcoming space. Experienced facilitators and mentors. Sign Up Today: womensspiritproject.org Peninsula Parkinson’s Peer Support Group At monthly meetings we discuss with one another and our Carers how best to manage Parkinsons. Guest speakers keep us updated with medical developments and services available. More info phone Phillip: 0487 352 190 or Ken: 0412 561 768

Seaford Walking Group Meet weekly each Thursday at 9.30 am for a 9.40am start. Meet at the picnic tables outside Seaford Library. Walk locally 3 to 4kms approx 1 hour, to Seaford foreshore, beach, Kananook creek and Seaford wetlands. East Frankston Over 55s Club Located at 200 Beach St Frankston. Many activities on offer. Open Mondays from 12pm 3pm, Wednesday from 9.30am - 3pm, Fridays 10am - 12pm. Call Lauraine: 0403 729 906 or Michael: 0411 373 580 Frankston & District Stamp Club. Not sure what to do with your stamp collection? Come along to our friendly monthly meetings - every third Thursday in Carrum Downs. Maybe join the club? For information, phone Mike: 03 8774 1013

Frankston Garden Club 3rd Tuesday each month at 1pm. Club meetings held at St Paul’s Church Hall in High Street Frankston. Come along and share gardening tips with others and enjoy a monthly outing.

Ladies Social Tennis- Walk Up Wednesdays from 1pm. Non-members & all standards welcome. No cost & no commitment. Come along for a set or more. Overport Park Tennis Club, cnr Overport & Somerset Rds, Frankston South. More info Lynda 0418 365 014

Northern Peninsula Classic Car Club Monthly Coffee and Club runs for Classic Car enthusiasts. Meets every two months at City of Frankston Bowls Club. For more information: 0413 510 044. Our Motto: Great People, Great Cars. Find us on Facebook.

Fit over 60 runs 9.30am each Mon & Wed at the Scout Hall in Bentley Place, Frankston. $10 per class. Classes are designed by a qualified instructor to improve your fitness and increase your strength. Enquiries to 0403 021 868.

Beach Patrols Consist of passionate like minded volunteers in an area who come together regularly to keep our beaches clean. Register in your area at beachpatrol.com.au or call 0452 378 209

Weighless Social Club Come join our friendly self-help Non-Profit Club of like-minded people to improve your wellbeing & to take control of your weight with healthy choices. Zandra Daniels: 0409 024 539

Frankston Taiko (Japanese) Drumming Frankston’s sister city organisation has formed a community Taiko Drumming group and welcomes new members. Experience the fun, enjoyment and energy that is Japanese taiko drumming. For details contact Bev: 0413 777 313 or frankston.susono@gmail.com Cake Decorators Association Of Victoria - Frankston Branch. Learn more about cake decorating! Join us at one of our workshops or demonstration days. We meet every second month on the first Saturday of that month. Further details: www.facebook.com/ FrankstonCDAV email: frankstoncdav@gmail.com Frankston Ground Golf (Japanese Rules) Frankston’s Sister City Organization, introducing community Ground Golf; a cross between croquet and putting. Join the exercise and experience the fun! New to Ground Golf? All welcome! Details: Bev 0413 777 313 or frankston.susono@gmail.com Social Cards Club Frankston North Community Centre, 26 Mahogany Ave Frankston North. Wednesday nights 7.20pm to 10.30 pm. Learn to play 500 cards loads of fun. $8 mixed ladies and gents. Contact bill 0417396347 or just call in. Volunteer drivers. Peninsula Transport Assist has an ongoing need for volunteer drivers. Suitable for retirees or those on JobSeeker. Volunteers use their own cars, with reimbursement available. For information call Tim: 9708 8241 or email info@ peninsulatransportassist.org or www.peninsulatransportassist.org Free Digital Literacy Classes at Frankston Library. Frankston City Libraries is committed to building online safety. Learn new skills or dive into interesting topics, with our free, in-person sessions. May’s sessions include Facebook, scams, and smart home technology. https://library. frankston.vic.gov.au/Community-Connection/ Be-Connected Table Tennis for Everyone! We cater for all groups, including Juniors, Social, Competition, All Abilities and more! Check out our website or give us a call for more information. MFTTA.ORG.AU ph:0498 003 788 Kananook Tennis Club have vacancies.Come along and enjoy social tennis! All standards! Everyone welcome! Racquets are available. Times of play: Thursday 9-30am-noon. Saturday 12-30pm-5.00pm. Please call: 0450 290 064. Check out our website! Mornington Peninsula Welsh Ladies Choir Planning a Singing Tour of Wales this year. Rehearsal every Sunday evening at 7pm at Yamala Park Bowls Club Dunstan St Frankston South. For more details contact Trudi on 0406 678 261 or email info@mpwlc.com Frankston Food Swap 2nd Saturday of the month at 1pm. Swap your excess vegies, homemade foods or seedlings. Kareela Café, 53 Kareela Rd, Frankston

Peninsula Men’s Circle is a confidential, non-judgmental space to share experiences and make connections. You’re encouraged to be supportive, open and compassionate. We explore relationships, responsibilities and challenges that we as men face. Wednesdays 6.45-9:30pm. Chris: 0400 614 065 Frankston Friendship Club Enjoy a cuppa and make new friends! Monthly meetings and monthly bus outings, (at your own cost.) Meet at the Xavier Centre, Davey Street Frankston on the first Wednesday in the month. Contact Suzy: 0419 367 778. Frankston Stroke Support Group Our group is open to new members for support and socialisation. Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 1pm-3pm at the Frankston North Community Centre. For more information contact Janelle on 9789 6427 or janellethompson@bigpond.com McClelland Spinners and Weavers Weekly sessions of spinning, handweaving and knitting at our studio at McClelland Gallery. Everything you need to get started. Find us on Facebook or email us at: mcclellandspinnersandweavers@gmail.com for more information about session times and fees. Seaford Probus Club Monthly meetings held on the 2nd Thursday of the month at the Eric Bell Reserve Pavillion, Forest Drive, Frankston North. New members welcome. Contact: Carolyn McLennan: 0450 158 149 Seaford Senior Citizens Club, Inc Please join us for fun & friendship. We’re open Monday-Friday with various activities which include: RummyKing, Indoor bowls, Bingo, Cards (500 & Canasta) plus more. Please ring our office 03 9785 1621 for more information. Frankston Beach Revegetation Volunteers Wanted. The Frankston Beach Association holds working bees on Frankston’s foreshore every 2nd Tuesday morning. Enjoy the outdoors for a few hours each fortnight. Call Johan on 0418 374 981 Try Croquet Est in 1947, The Frankston Croquet Club prides itself on social recreation, healthy activity and friendly competitions. Open Tues, Thurs & Sat. from 9am to 3pm. Equipment supplied, flat soled shoes required. Enquires to Fay: 0407 342 562

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR The next Community Events Calendar will be published 3rd November 2026 Email your free, 40 word, listing to communityevents@mpnews.com.au by 28th October 2026

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LETTERS

There are more reasons for keeping the Cerberus land wild than just endangered species There is a limit to expansion and development on the Mornington Peninsula. Balancing our human rights and rights of wildlife and nature is necessary to exist in harmony and respect. Allow enough room for both, not just a bottomless housing need. Cerberus Naval base has protected us and nature in its present state and was a win/win. Diverse ecosystems, migratory birds and Ramsar Wetlands border, old growth indigenous trees with hollows, vulnerable small marsupials and insects inhabiting the region’s native underbush, sugar gliders, echidnas, koalas, powerful owls, swamp wallabies, kangaroo, butterflies, use the interconnecting corridor that is planned to be cut in half, clearly shown in proposal map. Endangered species are not driving the Cerberus land retention, but a crucial part for protecting the green connections. Schools teach our children these stewardship principles and Mornington Peninsula communities enact this: Landcare, Mornington Peninsula Koala, Save the Kangaroos on Mornington Peninsula, Wildlife rescue and carers, Coastal advisory committee and more, Mornington Peninsula Shire coastal and Marine Management plans always for the benefit of humans and nature. Thank you to all the people who look to the future and ensure housing is on appropriate land with appropriate wildlife friendly fencing. And with the vision for nature and ecotourism and nature walks long into the future, where there will be even more leisure and outdoor pursuits for wellbeing and pleasure. Yvonne Cullen, Rye

Protect our plovers!

I was shocked to read that of 825 recorded hooded plover eggs along the Victorian coastline last year, only 68 survived to become juveniles. So, it is good to know that Operation Save our Hoodies is protecting nesting areas (“Hooded plovers’ nesting season begins”, The News, 29/09/2026). The intensive monitoring over the six-month breeding season by Friends of the Hooded Plover Mornington Peninsula is such an important contribution by local volunteers. Whether it’s a hooded plover on the beach, a fur seal at play, or a weedy sea dragon in a rockpool, the Mornington Peninsula’s bays and marine parks are special places. The peninsula isn’t just somewhere tourists come to surf or visit wineries — they come to see Australia’s unique wildlife in the wild. But our beaches are under threat, whether its coastal erosion from climate change or pollution from plastics. As Birdlife Australia Beach-nesting Birds Project Coordinator, Renee Mead said, “A little extra care from beachgoers will go a long way in helping the next generation of hoodies hatch and take flight.” Karen Lamb, North Geelong

Pesky plovers

From the outset, plovers are pesky, airborne hooligans (“Hooded plovers’ nesting season begins”, The News, 30/9/26). At a recent event at the Mornington Golf Club for our morning tea, there was no chance of eating outside unless we wanted to be dive-bombed by two plovers who obviously were guarding their eggs. So much so that the golfers had graciously given up their putting time and left the plovers to it. And then they spotted us watching them. With wings flapping in defiance and a warning, they charged towards the window. They must have thought they had won, because they soon wandered away, keeping an eye on us. Plovers are annoying, puffed-up, wing-flapping birds, but oh so cute. Anne Kruger, Rye

Stop the Terminator!

Twelve years ago, I set an essay topic for year nine students: “Should we limit the development of robots before it’s too late for our species”? We discussed the implications and ramifications of an article “Humans no match for Google ro-

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bots” Herald Sun 25/2/14. This claimed that within fifteen years, robots will be more intelligent than humans according to Google’s Chief Engineer. I have always believed the Terminator is coming. My premise is that if you are going to build robots to think like humans, what is going to stop them from acting like humans and dominating everything. All student’s dismissed the concept of robots taking control bar one, who simply stated, “It’s going to happen anyway isn’t it!” Since then, robots have transformed from rudimentary forms to running half marathons, practising martial arts and serving people, AI is able to answer every question imaginable, and their cousin drones are lethal killing machines. Now AI can act autonomously, hacking into other systems while competing with us for power and water. Suddenly their creators are extremely worried, projecting scenarios from extinction of human species to total collapse of economic systems. Any discussion of AI must assume the premise that we face annihilation from a superior “species” and act accordingly! Henry Kelsall, The Sustainable Future Association

Living in a democracy

I am puzzled by the responses to my letters about Pauline Hanson and wanting to consider other issues in the election than potholes. Not puzzled that people disagree with me but by writers like Graham Griffiths resorting to personal attacks - referring to me as a “failed Labor candidate” (“Election time”, Letters, 22/9/26). Yep, I was a Labor candidate in Kooyong against Josh Frydenberg and in Kew against Tim Smith. I stood knowing I had very little hope of being elected. Does that mean I “failed”? Does it mean I don’t have a right to air an opinion? We live in a democracy where, thankfully, we can disagree with each other without fear of repercussions. That includes pointing out the contradictions of Pauline Hanson who claims she represent battlers while blaming women for family violence and voting against increased wages for lower paid workers. It includes noticing, while travelling, the good condition of the east section of the Princes Highway, not the West which the RACV reports as dangerous. Labor does care about climate change, most recently, their polices include establishing the SEC to support investment in renewables and the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal in Hastings which, once the Environmental Assessment is completed will help establish offshore wind that will power over a million homes and help to reduce the cost of power for all Victorians. Let’s compare polices of all candidates and come to a thoughtful conclusion rather than resorting to name calling or division. That’s democracy! Marg D’Arcy, Rye

Pothole push

I read with interest the recent letter about roads across Nepean. The condition of our roads is raised with me constantly by residents across the southern peninsula, and it’s something I’ve been pursuing since being elected only a few months ago. I’ve reported hundreds of potholes and road defects, raised the poor state of our roads in parliament and continued pushing the Department for repairs. I also built roadtoruin.com.au, at no cost to taxpayers, because VicRoads’ reporting system is inadequate and unreliable. It gives locals a simple way to report potholes so I can track them and push for repairs. But whether it’s Point Nepean Road, Boneo Road, the Mornington Peninsula Freeway or any number of other state-managed roads, we need to do more than keep patching potholes. That’s why the Liberals and Nationals have committed $5b over four years to repair and rebuild Victoria’s roads, review maintenance contracts and

There was plenty of action down at Cape Schanck on Friday 2 October. Around 5pm, authorities turned up to rescue a man who had climbed onto the cliff face and couldn’t get down. The police helicopter was called in and the man winched to safety. Picture: Supplied

construction standards, and restore proper preventative maintenance. I’ll keep pushing for repairs now, and we have a plan to properly fix our roads if elected in November. Anthony Marsh MP, Member for Nepean

A new pier for Altona

Once again, peninsula residents could be forgiven for feeling that investment only ever reaches the city while we’re left waiting. Altona received an $11.9m pier redevelopment, officially opened in January 2024. It sits in the Williamstown electorate represented by Victoria’s Minister for Ports and Freight, Melissa Horne MP. Meanwhile, the restoration of our heritage-listed Flinders Pier remains unfinished. Some timber sections and landings have been restored, and the pier remains accessible. But access is not the same as completing the heritage-listed timber restoration. In April earlier this year, work stopped. Timber piles that were not yet installed were trucked away reportedly to storage in Rosebud. Why are materials purchased for the restoration sitting unused while the heritage-listed timber pier remains unfinished? After meeting Save Flinders Pier chair Charles Reis OAM, I better understand the community’s frustration. His persistence, alongside so many community supporters, deserves a matching response from government. Flinders Pier is part of Victoria’s maritime heritage, a working community asset and a treasured place to experience marine life, including weedy seadragons. The contrast deserves an explanation. How can the government deliver a completed redevelopment in the Minister’s own electorate, yet leave this heritage restoration unfinished? I support the Liberals’ commitment to finish the job. Whoever forms government, the peninsula deserves a funded completion plan, a clear timetable and public accountability for delivery. Kim Robbins, Independent candidate for Nepean

Transparency for all?

Your correspondent, Jutta Chatto (“Transparency needed”, Letters, 29/09/26) demands transparency of funding only from independent candidates in the coming state election but not from any of the parties. She erroneously suggests that none have made it clear if they have backing from Climate 200. We are lucky to have at least two exceptional independents in this election being Melissa Goffin in Mornington and Kim Robbins in Nepean. It is clear that one of them, Ms Goffin, has openly stated she has Climate 200 funding which was also reported in this paper on 23/09/26. The other, Kim Robbins, is clear she is campaigning purely on local donations. But so what? Given the evident neglect of the peninsula by the major parties that have represented us for so long, how lucky voters are to have the option of strong, capable people coming forward in this way to

represent our local needs. No party agendas, no backroom machinations just accountable to local voters. How refreshing that would be. I confess I do make a modest monthly donation to Climate 200 to support more effective government and a healthy democracy although I’m not planning to put that on my t-shirt as your correspondent requests. However, whatever the origin of their donations, I’m very grateful to have the option of voting independent. Alan Hall, Rye

Chivalry is still alive!

My sincere gratitude to the two young men at Frankston Station who came to my aid when a drug-crazed woman snatched away my prescription glasses from my face claiming ownership. Also thanks to the taxi driver who gave me sanctuary. Rita Van Gunst, Crib Point

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Hocktober. Nonsense to begin “The Commonwealth Bank is making smart money smarter”; does anybody get paid for this creative rubbish? Alternatively, one way or another we ALL survive in various forms of brainwashing? One of those weeks. No Collingwood, frauds on every corner, apart from Nick Daicos. Gambling is a way of life for many Australians, historically, forever. To suggest a ban corresponds with a glass of water on a raging bushfire; always has, always will. Control on advertising, TV, radio, yes. A need to curb their enthusiasm up to a point yes. Must we ban poker machines, football betting, horse and harness racing betting, Powerball, housing lotteries others? It’s simplistic. Years back (mid 30’s) thought I had brains; good memory yes, brains no. Come my 60’s confident of all the answers, within my framework of life. Better yes, the answers, still no. To AFL football. 2027, surely AFL 360’s, Gerard Whateley, will NOT run with Gary Lyon alongside, tickets on himself; we miss Robbo. Our Council, our wonderful Council (out of mainly Sorrento) suggest banning Meals on Wheels, from July 2027. A big (save our souls?) NO! And the GF, as in winners Brisbane; Fremantle (via wharfie time) shot themselves (and a premiership) in their self-inflicted backsides; such is life. We live in strange times. I was hacked, no idea why being a desperate at best with cold cash. Best guess ChatGPT, used for anything, but no more, BEWARE! My bank, Bendigo Rye, took my lifeline cards (both) and 7-10 days for replacements, why? Waited a week, nothing, respectfully suggested an advance (it’s MY money?) and a NO? No blame to the teller, her machine the culprit. Blessed Bendigo, cards are ready; orchids, phew. Woolworths Sandy, cigarettes; Superwoman? And Magpieland; do not mess with Jordan De Goey. Remain calm? Cliff Ellen, Rye

100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

Victorian marathon runs from Frankston to Melbourne Compiled by Cameron McCullough Last Saturday afternoon the Sixth Victorian Marathon race was staged by the Malvern Harriers, under the auspices of the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association, from Frankston to Melbourne and over the full distance of 26 miles 385 yards. There was a large attendance of the public at the Frankston park to witness the start, the Frankston Athletic Club being represented by Cr. F. H. Wells (president), Mr. Bloxham (vice-president), Mr. W. W. Young (secretary) and several members of the committee. The arrangements made for the race were very complete, and a credit to the organising ability of Mr. Sweeting, who received great assistance from his club officials and representatives of the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association, as well as from Wesley College, the authorities of which placed their oval on St. Kilda road and dressing accommodation at the disposal of the promoting club. It was fitting that Mr. H. A. Abbott, who directed the first two Victorian Marathon races, conducted by the East Melbourne Harriers, should act as referee and chief, clerk of course for Saturday’s race. Before the start Mr. J. L. Kiddie, president of the Malvern. Club, addressed the runners. He said that he greatly admired the spirit that prompted the contestants to undertake their gruelling task, and hoped that the best man would win. Punctually at 1 o’clock, Cr. F. H. Wells, in the absence of the shire president (Cr. W. P. Hutchinson), sent

the field away. For the first two laps, B. V. Maher (Carl.), R. L. Hunt (Geelong Guild), H. Gardiner (Moreland) and J. Cummins (Moreland) were in charge. At the end of the second lap Cummins took command. “Norm” Chiverton was in fourth place, while “Mick” Hayden (Botany, N.S.W.), was midway down the field. In the rear came J. A. Gillespie (Coburg), the oldest competitor, Gillespie is 42 years of age. After eight laps the runners entered the open road with Chiverton in the lead, a few strides ahead of Cummins. Mailier was in close attendance, the field being 20 yards behind. Immediately the runners felt the strong head wind, and it was felt that no records would be broken. Nothing less than sheer enthusiasm induced JackGillespie (Coburg), the 42-year-old runner, to face the starter. He has reached the age when his pace does not count, but he is imbued with the true amateur spirit of competing the course for the sake of the sport alone. It was not surprising, therefore, that he received a great ovation from Mr. W. S. McCarthy and other Frankston sportsmen as he tailed the field through the township. With victory well in his grasp, “Mick” Hayden passed through Elsternwick at 3.31, two minutes ahead of Kellskog. Hayden was battling along gamely, but he looked: a tired man. However, when, a spectator said “Have you seen our harbour?” the Botany harrier smiled and went on as before.

There were hundreds of spectators outside the Elsternwick Hotel to cheer on the runners. As Hayden entered the Wesley College oval, he was accompanied by Sinton Hewitt, who shouted to him, “Well done, Mick, the best man won.” Hayden was striding slowly but confidently, and looked tired, However, he responded to the great ovation from the crowd by waving his hand. He had achieved his great mission – that of bringing victory to his native state, New South Wales. *** Frankston Moves On That one of Frankston’s residents, at least, has confidence in the ultimate growth of Frankston to one of the most popular of the bayside towns, is evidenced by the spacious dance hall erected by Cr. W. J. Oates at the rear of the present well-known “Wattle” cafe. Those who have not yet inspected it will be well repaid for the time taken to visit this addition to the township’s places of entertainment. The dancing floor, which is 32ft x 130ft, is of excellently laid hardwood, finished by the latest in sandpapering machines. It is the most roomy in the district, and should accommodate 200 couples comfortably. Full provision has been made in the way of exits, while up-to-date windows give ample ventilation without draughts. A good deal of thought has been given to the lighting and the official opening, which, we understand, will be in a few weeks, should be a brilliant one.

BARBRA STREISAND’S MUSIC CELEBRATED IN HEARTFELT TRIBUTE FANS of one of the world’s most iconic entertainers are invited to experience the music, story and spirit of Barbra Streisand when Simply Streisand comes to Frankston Arts Centre as part of its popular Daytime Music & Theatre series in November. Starring acclaimed Australian performer Queenie van de Zandt, the production is a moving and joyful tribute to the celebrated singer, actress and cultural icon. Through powerful performances of beloved classics including The Way We Were, People and Evergreen, audiences will be taken on a journey through Streisand’s remarkable career and enduring legacy. More than a concert, Simply Streisand explores the personal connections between Queenie and her lifelong musical inspiration. Blending storytelling, humour and heartfelt reflection, the show highlights themes of artistic courage, determination and the challenges faced by women who choose their own path. Widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading cabaret performers, Queenie van de Zandt has built an impressive career spanning musical theatre, television, film and live performance. Her many accolades include 22 theatre award nominations and nine wins, while audiences may also recognise her from television series such as The Newsreader and Upright II. Critics have praised her extraordinary talent,

A modern sewerage system is now in course of installation. We trust that the venture made by Cr. Oates will meet with the success it deserves, and so encourage further efforts to push Frankston to the front. *** Peninsula Motor Ambulance A committee meeting of the Peninsula Motor Ambulance Service was held at Mornington on September 25. The Flinders shire was represented by Mr. A. C. Allingham (chairman), Cr. S. M. Holland (president of the Flinders shire), and Cr. J. Jack; Frankston and Hastings shire by Cr. May and ex-Cr. C. Gray; Mornington shire, by ex-Cr. H. E. Edwards (hon. treasurer) and Cr. J. F. Bieiri (hon. secretary). The committee dealt with several requests from persons not able to pay the full amount of the fee for service rendered. The secretary reported that from the 9th October, 1925, up to date the ambulance had run 2537 miles in 203 hours. Full charges for service were £118/11/3; collected, £67/6/-; drivers’ fees paid, £45/18/6. There were 17 services, also four attendances of the motor ambulance at race meetings in the Mornington shire; 20 services in the Frankston’ and Hastings shire; two services in the Flinders shire; also one attendance at the. Balnarring and Bittern races. Extra donations have been received from the Mornington and Frankston Choral Societies of £11, also by the Balnarring and Bittern race club of £18/10/-. It was decided that all subscribers

of a sum of 5/- per annum should become members for the current year and for a donation of £10 or more they should be elected life members for the Peninsula Motor Ambulance Service. The secretary was instructed to write to the shire secretary at Frankston “re a proper understanding, be tween the two shires of Mornington and Frankston and Hastings regarding infectious cases and the transport to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Fairfield”. *** Personal In the current issue of the Victorian Railways Journal, the name of Mr. A. G. Tasker, late assistant station master at Frankston, appears in the honor roll, with 38 years service to his credit. He joined the railways in 1888. The Frankston Traders’ Association is arranging to tender Mr. Tasker a social. Mr. Chas. F. Jewell has joined the literary staff of the “Standard” and commenced his duties today. He will make regular visits to outlying districts, satisfactory motor transport having been arranged to enable him to reach all parts of the Peninsula. Mr. Jewell is also authorised to collect accounts due to the Standard Newspapers Pty. Ltd. Mr. A. E: Rogan returned to Frankston this week from a trip, to America, having been absent for four months. *** From the Pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 8 October 1926

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FRESH from the Grand Finale of The Voice Australia and a sold-out Frankston show, The 60 Four are heading back his December - this time with Christmas spirit in tow. The group packed out Frankston last Thursday with their Hits of the 60s and 70s show, with an enthusiastic crowd singing, clapping and dancing along. Just days earlier, The 60 Four had appeared on screens across the country as Grand Finalists on The Voice Australia. Now, on Thursday 17 December, they return with Christmas Proms by The 60 Four — a festive celebration combining the Christmas classics audiences know and love with the music of the 1960s and 70s that has become the group’s trademark. But don’t expect a traditional carols concert. Christmas favourites sit alongside hits from The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and more, brought to life with four-part harmonies, slick choreography, a live band and plenty of

opportunities to sing along. “The response in Frankston last week was incredible,” said The 60 Four producer Ben Francis. “The crowd really got behind the show from the first song, so we’re very excited to be coming back so soon. Christmas Proms has all that same energy, but with a festive twist — it’s a really fun way to head into Christmas.” Formed in a South Australian high school classroom in 2015, The 60 Four have gone on to perform across Australia and internationally, building a loyal following with their energetic celebration of the music of the 60s and 70s. With Christmas favourites, timeless hits and plenty of festive fun, Christmas Proms by The 60 Four is set to send Frankston audiences into Christmas on a high. Christmas Proms by The 60 Four plays in Frankston on Thursday 17 December. Tickets are available here: artscentre.frankston. vic.gov.au/Whats-On/Search-All-Events/ Christmas-Proms-by-The-60-Four

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Women’s cricket to the fore as men’s a washout By Kennedy McCullough THE Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association’s 2026/27 season got off to a slow start on the weekend with all the men’s games on Saturday washed out. The action was limited to Sunday when the women played in three divisions: Provincial, Peninsula and District. In Provincial, Mt Eliza are sitting on the top of the table at the end of the first round after a strong showing against Crib Point. While there were only 17 runs in it when Crib Point ran out of overs in their chase, they got there conceding seven wickets, while Mt Eliza only lost one wicket in their innings. The high scorer for Mt Eliza was Charlotte O’Meara who scored 41 runs in 59 balls. Last year’s grand final winners, Balnarring, scored an easy win against Delacombe Park, but it wasn’t all smooth sailing. Opener Jessica Marsh was out for a golden duck, with the next batter in, Catherine Donlon, also fell for a duck. Balnarring then steadied, and managed 6/108. The defendable score was thanks in no small part to Hannah Young who notched up a 50. Delacombe Park just couldn’t match it and managed just 43 runs in their 20 allotted overs for the loss of eight wickets. Mt Martha put in a strong showing for their first game of the season against Rye. The top of the order shone for Mt Martha with openers Angela Dunn and Katherine Laemmle scoring 28 and 50 respectively. Caitlin Rawiller’s innings of 27 and Mia Keating’s 17 got the side to a respectable 141 runs. Rye’s openers came out blazing, with captain Ella Hilton scoring 52 and Stella Appleford 30. In the end, the side conceded just a single wicket in their innings, but ran out of overs and fell 13 runs short. Somerville managed a win against Tooradin in a low scoring affair. Tooradin’s innings was carried by opener Aimee Mellford who scored 38 of the side’s 71 runs. The side concede only two wickets in their 20 overs. Somerville’s Tilly Black stood up for the Eagles scoring 45 not out on the road to victory. Somerville exceeded Tooradin’s total in the 16th over.

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score of just 32 runs. In response, Main Ridge took to the crease thinking it would be a walk in the park, but five of the first six of Main Ridge’s order had some form of duck against their names. The team steadied with the highest score of 10 belonging to Ella Cook. They crept past Sorrento’s figure after 17 overs. Heatherhill had a bye. ROUND ONE FIXTURE PROVINCIAL Saturday 10 October, 12.30pm: Sorrento v Old Peninsula – Portsea Recreation Reserve Red Hill v Pines – Red Hill Recreation Reserve Dromana v Baden Powell – Dromana Recreation Reserve Mornington v Langwarrin – Alexandra Park

In Peninsula Division, Frankston Women’s Cricket Club sit on top of the ladder after beating Frankston YCW. The Stonecats batted first but couldn’t get traction. Their scorecard was a sea of ducks, ones and twos, with only captain Amanda Linford (24 runs) and Courtney Price (10 runs) getting into double figures. When they ran out of overs, they were 9/63. In response, FWCC walked it in, scoring the required runs in the 14th over with the loss of just one wicket. Carrum Downs were no match for Red Hill in their game. The Cougars managed 70 runs for the loss of six wickets in their 20 overs with their top scorer Zoe Findley managing 31 runs. In response, Red Hill passed their total in the 15th over with the loss of five wickets. Captain Belinda Ingram was the best for Red Hill with 31 runs off just 29 balls. Carrum Cricket Club Maroon were too strong for Seaford, notching up the win. Ballam Park forfeited their game against Flinders.

In District Division, Seaford Women 1st XI were too strong for Crib Point Women 2nds. Crib Point batted first and managed 68 in their 20 overs for the loss of just three wickets. Seaford reached the target easily, thanks to a swashbuckling 33 runs off 33 balls by Lindsay Tucker. Carrum Cricket Club Navy didn’t struggle against Frankston YCW Women 2nds. Carrum batted first and scored 7/90 in their 20 overs. Despite a strong showing by captain Bronwyn Curren (23 runs off 40 balls), Frankston YCW couldn’t match Carrum and ended their 20 overs on 7/74, 16 runs short of the total. Mt Eliza Women 2nds were no match for Hastings 1sts in their clash. Mt Eliza took to the crease first and managed to see out their 20 overs with the figures of 5/68. Hastings made it look easy, thanks to an impressive 48 runs by opener Rhiannon Hewitt. They batted out the full 20 overs and finished with figures of 2/82. Main Ridge beat Sorrento in a low scoring affair. Shorthanded Sorrento ran out of batters with a

PENINSULA Saturday 10 October, 12.30pm: Somerville v Rosebud – Somerville Reserve Heatherhill v Seaford – Bruce Park Long Island v Crib Point – Ballam Park Balnarring v Mt Eliza – Balnarring Recreation Reserve DISTRICT Saturday 10 October, 12.30pm: Flinders v Carrum Downs – BA Cairns Reserve Moorooduc v Boneo – Dallas Brooks Reserve Seaford Tigers v Rye – Belvedere Reserve Carrum v Tyabb – Roy Dore Reserve SUB DISTRICT Saturday 10 October, 12.30pm: Skye v Mt Martha – Skye Reserve Tootgarook v Frankston YCW – Hastings Park Baxter v Ballam Park – Baxter Park Pearcedale v Delacombe Park – Pearcedale Recreation Reserve Bye – Main Ridge

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Morrison returns to Strikers SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie SCOTT Morrison has returned to the senior coaching role at Peninsula Strikers. The club made the announcement late last week three days after announcing the departure of this year’s head coach Ross Walliss and assistant Ben Sharland. Morrison returns after a three-year stint which ended in missing out on promotion in the last game of the 2025 season when Strikers drew 3-3 with Casey Comets at Centenary Park. “This time last year we’d had three really big seasons and the emotional toll it took on me and my family was quite significant,” Morrison said. “I didn’t have the right amount of support around me as it was only me and Paul Nott on the coaching staff. “My family situation was a huge part of stepping down as my oldest son Archie was heavily involved with Melbourne City and it was an unknown as to how that would look for us with training commitments four days a week and games. “It was never going to be fair to Strikers if I was so distracted and couldn’t fully give myself to the players. “The year I’ve had away from coaching taught me a lot as I was able to step back and re-assess and fortunately the opportunity to return was there but this time round I’ve made sure that the support staff are in place otherwise it couldn’t have happened.” Jason Symonds will assist Morrison along with Wayne “Buzzer” Gordon who will be a playing assistant. Symonds was expected to be a leading candidate for the newly formed Rosebud United job after coaching Rosebud this year but chose Strikers instead. “We had basically the same four guys on the coaching team at Rosebud for almost four years and I felt they needed to bring in some fresh people. “I’m really looking forward to being back at Strikers and I’m happy to be supporting Scott. “We’ve known each other for over 30 years. “I’d love to think that we can bounce back but let’s see how things pan out. “Just remember Strikers were several minutes away from State 1 then 12 months later we ended up in State 3 so things can change quite quickly.” Morrison found following Strik-

Hear ye, hear ye: Scott Morrison announces to the universe that he has returned to Centenary Park. Picture: Paul Seeley, The Man In The Stands

ers this year to be painful as much of what he’d worked on unravelled. “It’s obviously been a really tough year for the club as a whole and it’s hard to comment from the outside. “A lot of key players left with most going to higher leagues which is really what it’s all about. “When we signed young players we told them we would work on developing them and if they wanted to play higher they would have our support. “But I don’t know the ins and outs of what went wrong this year and frankly there’s no point in reflecting upon it. “Now is the time to get on with the job at hand.” Under Morrison Strikers consist-

ently flirted with promotion yet he bristles at any suggestion of unfinished business. “I don’t see it that way,” he said. “Yes we were very close twice and it definitely took a while to get over that last day of the 2025 season but the year out I had made me realise how much I love coaching and how much love I have for Strikers. “For me this is about stabilising the club and rebuilding to get back what we had. “To do that we need Strikers’ people both on and off the park and the high standards that we set need to return. “It’s stupid to say that we have to go straight back up and I think people

sometimes fixate too much on that. “Yes of course we want to win as many games as possible but we won’t be bringing in quick-fix players who want silly money – that’s how you bury a club for good. “We want to rebuild this club with young talent who want to grow as players and represent the badge with pride and understand what it means to play for the club not only for now but for the future. “So no it’s not unfinished business, it’s a new chapter.” Morrison has an extensive player network built during coaching stints at Rosebud, Rosebud Heart, Somerville Eagles, Mornington and his previous spell at Strikers.

He has been busy contacting players since his re-appointment. “I have a list of players and a squad that I want to assemble,” he said. “There are existing boys at the club whom I’ve spoken to and have more to reach out to. “And I’ve also spoken to some players from outside the club. “There are some really key personnel I want to get back who I think will help us reset the standards and drive the goals. “One of those is of course Stevie Elliott who hopefully will return on the pitch after a long recovery (from a ruptured Achilles). “Stevie is the ultimate professional and has done everything and more to get back playing if he so chooses.” Morrison won’t simply focus on the senior squad as there is much work to be done with the reserves squad. Strikers reserves won the title in 2023 but this year finished last. “That was the worst finish we’ve had in a long time and that is unacceptable. “That reserves team has to be full of boys who want to push and push to get into the seniors and that’s how we will drive success for both teams.” In other news Rosebud United is closing in on appointing its head coach for its inaugural season. United is the result of a merger between Rosebud and Rosebud Heart and will take up Rosebud’s State 4 South-East position next season. The founding executives of the new entity are Stuart Johnston (president), Rob Vosjan (vice-president), Bernadette Black (secretary), Matt Parnis (head of governance), Delvina Spizzirri (director of operations) and Stef Papaluca (director of football). Initially seven candidates were in the frame for the senior coaching role but two dropped out of the race (one was appointed to a State 1 position). An interview panel has assessed the candidates and it’s expected that United will announce its selection decision later this week. United expects to field over 20 teams across its women’s and men’s senior programs and its junior boys’ and girls’ programs.

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