DURING the school holidays, Langwarrin’s McClelland Gallery will host Australian native animals during a “Funky Farm” event. The gallery has set its school holiday and Winter program. See story page 2.
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Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au
COUNCILLORS across Victoria have been handed a three percent pay rise. On 30 June the Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal announced it would increase base allowances for councillors by three percent, with the changes effective from the following day. The Mornington Peninsula Shire,
Frankston Council, and Kingston Council are each designated “category three” councils. From 1 July 2025
category three mayors will be paid
$142,661, which will rise further to $146,319 on 18 December this year.
Deputy mayors are now paid $71,329, rising to $73,159 on 18 December.
Category three councillors will be paid $41,992 during the 2025/2026 financial year.
Beginning on July 1 2024 category three mayors were paid $134,954,
deputy mayors were paid $67,477, and councillors were paid $40,769.
On 18 December last year pay for mayors rose to $138,506, and rose to $69,252 for deputy mayors.
The Tribunal received 16 submissions before deciding on the pay rise, although most were de-identified after publication.
In its “statement of reasons” for the pay rise, the Tribunal wrote “a common theme among submissions was that remuneration for local council-
lors was not commensurate with the responsibilities of the position.
“In line with this broad theme, submissions suggested that the role of a local councillor had increased in complexity in recent years and that remuneration levels for councillors did not reflect this change, the current definition of allowances mean that councillors are not receiving certain benefits that may be available to others working in part-time roles, such as leave entitlements, remuneration levels for
councillors may be a barrier to attracting more capable and diverse councillors, particularly young people, people with disabilities, women and those with caring responsibilities, [and] the current allowance categories and the allocation of councils to specific categories should be revised to better reflect the responsibilities of councils.
“This adjustment is broadly in line with movements in prices, wages and adjustments to allowances in other jurisdictions.”
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MCCLELLAND Gallery in Langwarrin has unveiled its schedule of school holiday and Winter events. A series of glassblowing projects went on display last week as part of the Blowing in a New Era: Three Generations, One Family exhibition. The new exhibition celebrates seven family members of engravers and glassblowers. An artists’ talk with Hamish and Calum Donaldson will take place on Saturday, 19 July, at 2pm.
During the school holidays McClelland Gallery will host Australian native animals including reptiles, mammals, and birds. “Funky Farm” events take place from 10.30am on 9 July and 16 July.
Free school holiday drop in workshops include Creative Connections: Celebrating NAIDOC, Creative Kids: Art & Play, and School Holiday Music Workshops. For more information or to book a spot at the Funky Farm visit mcclelland.org.au/events
A GLASSBLOWING exhibition has opened at McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin. Picture: Supplied
Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au
MORE council safety officers will soon patrol Frankston’s CBD.
In the last year, Frankston Council’s rapid response officers carried out 532 investigations. They issued warnings and infringements for public drinking and smoking in designated smoke-free areas.
At the moment officers undertake an average of three patrols per weekday. Frankston Council has confirmed it is planning to expand the program.
Frankston deputy mayor Steffie Conroy said “transforming our city centre isn’t just about construction and development. It’s also about creating a place where people feel safe, supported, and connected.”
“From daily patrols and joint police operations to expand CCTV, we’re tackling the complex issues our city faces head on. These initiatives are not only improving safety and amenity - they’re restoring confidence, strengthening community resilience, and ensuring support reaches those who need it most,” she said.
A statement from Frankston Council read that its officers are “monitoring issues including smoking, alcohol consumption, and anti-social behaviour. They also address rough sleeping, graffiti, footpath obstructions, and conduct audits of spray
paint sales and unsightly buildings.”
Council’s recently approved annual budget also set aside money for numerous safety measures - nearly $160,000 will be spent to expand rapid response patrols outside of the city centre.
The budget also featured $40,000 for the Community Connectors program to extend it beyond the Young Street and Frankston Station precinct, $10,000 for a graffiti prevention program including a bounty and anti-graffiti kits, $10,000 for the Frankston Neighbourhood Watch program, $5000 by buy two new bicycles for the CBD Victoria Police cycle program, and $120,000 to install new technology for Victoria Police to access CCTV vision from their mobile devices. $1.5 million will be spent on a CCTV mapping feasibility study, and $5000 will be spent on a “Trader Assistance Directory” to provide information on localised support and enforcement services.
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A DELEGATION of Frankston councillors has returned from a trip to Canberra.
The mayor Cr Kris Bolam, Cr Sue Baker, and Cr
Brad Hill attended the 2025 Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly.
Frankston Council raised four successful motions at the assembly: Increased attention on blockchain and cryptocurrency in local government, compensation for councils hosting citizenship ceremonies, support for the Federal Government’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, and decentralisation of federal government agencies and jobs to outer metropolitan and regional areas.
Frankston District Basketball Association CEO
Wayne Holdsworth, who was named Frankston’s 2025 Citizen of the Year, has been a vocal supporter for a minimum social media age. His advocacy began after his teenage son Mac died by suicide after falling victim to online sextortion.
“Social media plays a huge role in young people’s lives, and its impact - both positive and negative - can be profound,” Holdsworth said. “When I lost my son Mac at just 17, social media was a major contributing factor. Since then, I’ve shared our story across Australia and overseas to help drive awareness - but awareness alone isn’t enough. We need action.
“The Online Safety Amendment Bill is a critical step, but only the beginning. Platforms must be held accountable, and we must equip schools, families and communities with the tools they need to support young people. I’m grateful to see councils like Frankston City standing behind this work and using their platform to help push for change.”
Councillors also met with the High Commissioner of Fiji to Australia, Ajay Amrit, and Chinese Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian. Frankston mayor Kris Bolam said “maintaining strong ties with those who influence policy – whether in government or diplomacy – is essential to the long-term success of our city.
“This visit has opened the door to new ideas, strong partnerships and national support for Frankston’s future.”
Cr Baker said the trip was about “championing the city’s local priorities on the national stage.”
“When councils advocate and work together, we can achieve amazing things,” Baker said. “It’s crucial that we form strong and enduring relationships with all levels of government - federal, state and local. Fostering close collaboration with fellow councillors from across Australia allows us to learn from one another, share successful strategies, and collectively amplify the voice of local government.”
MORE than 100 drivers have been charged as part of a three-month operation undertaken by Frankston Police and the TAC.
Operation “Imminence” has been running throughout 2025. Since its commencement 122 traffic offences have been detected with 110 drivers charged. Police say five drivers were alcohol-affected and five vehicles were impounded.
In total police spent an extra 286 hours on Frankston roads, performing 1397 breath tests.
The final preliminary testing site for the operation was set up in Langwarrin. A man was taken to Frankston Police Station where he returned a reading of 0.152 after allegedly attempting to avoid the site. His vehicle was impounded by police and his licence was suspended.
In a statement, Victoria Police said “unfortunately, this year the Road Toll has continued to climb, 13 lives lost more than this time last year. Police will continue to be out in force throughout the remainder of the year, targeting substance affected drivers removing them from our roads.”
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A REFORMER Pilates studio has opened at Frankston’s Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre.
The popular exercise class has been running for a month. Nearly 3000 people have attended the studio in its first month.
Reformer Pilates is included in PARC’s “Full Access” membership. Peninsula Leisure health and fitness manager Pru Phillips said “our members are loving the dedicated studio, and
it’s been amazing to hear how much they appreciate us listening to their feedback about wanting more Reformer Pilates.”
“We’re so proud of this beautiful, welcoming space for our Reformer classes,” Phillips said. “The addition of Virtual Kiosk beds has also been a game changer, offering flexibility so members can still enjoy a high quality workout that fits their schedule.”
THIS year marks 49 years since Lois Dennington opened her accounting practice, firstly in Frankston in 1976, then moving to Mornington in 2010.
Lois H Dennington Accountants prepares all types of tax returns: individual, partnerships, companies, and superannuation funds as well as BAS statements, GST and all matters pertaining to dealing with the Australian Taxation Office.
Most matters are lodged electronically now making turnaround of information much quicker.
Business management and computer services are also offered by the practice.
Lois Dennington prides herself on personal service endeavouring to get the best outcome for all her clients. For elderly clients and not-so-agile clients who cannot manage the flight of stairs to her office, Lois can arrange to call personally to collect your paperwork and return with the finished tax return for signature.
Lois H Dennington Accountants is located at Suite 3, 72 Blamey Place, Mornington. The office is open 9am – 4.30pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, but is closed on Wednesday.
A BRAVE group of young children who helped save their parents’ lives with some quick thinking have been recognised at the Junior Triple Zero Heroes awards event.
Harry and Alfie Williams, aged nine and seven, called an ambulance to their Pearcedale home in July last year when their mum Samantha suffered a nasty asthma attack. Harry called 000 and spoke to call-taker Jess Bartlett while getting his mother’s puffer. Alfie put the dogs away and watched his mum while Harry opened the gate for the ambulance.
Another youngster, six-year-old Ellie Hardy, called 000 for her mum Shannon in May last year after she began to lose consciousness. The young Edithvale resident kept watching her mother, unlocked the front door, and took her kelpie-cross outside while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. The three children were recognised at a Triple Zero event at Melbourne Museum last week. Emergency services minister Vicki Ward attended - she said “these Victorians show you’re never too young to be a hero. While we’d all hope kids never have to make the call, it’s important that caregivers have the conversation with them on what to do in an emergency - it could save a life.”
Triple Zero Victoria CEO Deb Abbott said “each young hero deserves commendation for their quick thinking, focus, and readiness to follow instructions when faced with a potentially life-threatening scenario.
“Congratulations to all our young heroes who instinctively knew to call 000 immediately and provided the information our emergency call-takers need to help their loved ones and others in an emergency.”
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FRIDAY
THURSDAY
LAW & ORDER: SVU
TEN, 8.30pm
Things have been getting a tad stale at the Special Victims Unit lately, but this episode marks an uptick in watchability for Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay, pictured) and co. Donna Lynne Champlin was an excellent choice to play tonight’s victim, Megan – a tourist who was living it up in New York City until a vicious attack. The SVU team gets to work looking for clues, but Megan doesn’t want to wait for them to find the answers, so she goes a little bit rogue.
GARDENING AUSTRALIA
ABC TV, 7.30pm
The team is focused on all things First Nations in this NAIDOC Week episode, with Indigenous plants front and centre. Costa Georgiadis is cooking up a storm in Kakadu, resident bush tucker expert Clarence Slocklee (pictured) – a Bundjalung man – shares his own gardening journey, and Josh Byrne gets a lesson in identifying the arguably more useful Noongar seasons. Jerry Coleby-Williams imparts his knowledge of the culturally significant bunya pine.
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SATURDAY
BIG BACKYARD QUIZ NITV, 7.30pm
Putting a spin on the classic comedic panel game show, this entertaining quiz made its debut with a one-off special in 2024. Now, hosts Narelda Jacobs (pictured right) and Steven Oliver (pictured left) are firing up the barbie for 10 new episodes. It’s all about Australian history, but not as you were taught it –Quiz celebrates Australian people, culture and history, from a Blak perspective. In tonight’s premiere, Meyne Wyatt and Shari Sebbens serve as team captains while Matt Okine, Nina Oyama, Rhys Nicholson and Emma Holland put their careers on the line in a lighthearted hour of laughs.
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SUNDAY THE CROW GIRL
SEVEN, 9.20pm
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8.00 Joanna Lumley’s Danube. (Final, PG) Joanna Lumley’s Danube tour concludes.
8.45 Grand Designs Australia: Newtown Impossible. (Final, PG, R) Hosted by Anthony Burke. 9.45 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip: Gold Coast To The Outback. (PG, R)
ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Love Your Garden. (R) 11.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.10 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 5. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 4. Highlights. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 5.. 1.0 WorldWatch. 2.05 Going Places. (PG, R) 2.35 Dylan Alcott Interviews. (PG, R) 3.00 Living Black. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 5. 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Love On Safari. (2018, PGa) Lacey Chabert. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Treasures With Bettany Hughes: Azerbaijan. (PG) Bettany Hughes returns to Azerbaijan. 8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 6. Bayeux to Vire Normandie. 201.5km hilly stage. From France.
1.55 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (R) 2.55 Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico. (PGad, R) 3.45 Growing A Greener World. (R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 18. Carlton v Brisbane Lions. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the game. 11.00 Kick Ons. A preview of the upcoming AFL matches.
11.30 Evil By Design: The Man Behind The Curtain. (Mav, R) A feud cracks Nygård’s operation wide open. 12.35 Life. (Madv, R) 1.35 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.
MOVIE: Planning On Forever. (2022, G, R) Emily Tennant. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 RBT. (Mal, R) Follows the activities of police units.
8.30 Emergency. (Mm, R) Michelle and Emma care for a mother-to-be who is paralysed from a suspected stroke. 9.30 To Be Advised.
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10.00 Wimbledon 2025 Pre-Show. Pre-game coverage of Wimbledon. 10.30 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 11. Semi-finals. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 11 Late. Semi-finals. 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Next Stop. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today. 6.00 10 News+. 7.00
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6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 10.25 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 11.10 Little Disasters. (Mal, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Bay Of Fires. (Madv, R) 1.55 Muster Dogs: Collies And Kelpies. (R) 2.55 Love Your Garden. (R) 3.40 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 6. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 5. Highlights. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 6. Highlights. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Point. (R) 3.00 Nula. 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 6. Highlights. 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PGals, R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. Costa Georgiadis gets a taste of Kakadu cooking.
8.30 Patience. (Ma) Patience is questioned by the police after coming under suspicion in the burning man investigation.
9.20 Gruen. (R) Presented by Wil Anderson.
9.55 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG, R) Presented by Guy Montgomery.
10.45 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)
11.15 ABC Late News.
11.35 Silent Witness. (Mav, R)
12.35 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv)
5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Shetland: Scotland’s Wondrous Isles. Looks at The Swan 8.25 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 7. Saint-Malo to Mur-de-Bretagne Guerledan. 197km hilly stage. From France.
1.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (R)
2.30 Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico. (PGa, R)
4.05 Growing A Greener World. (R)
4.35 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6am Morning Programs. 1.25pm Our Law. 2.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 5. Highlights. 3.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 6. Highlights. 4.05 BBC News At Ten. 4.35 France 24. 5.00 PBS News. 6.00 If You Are The One. 7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Sex: Made In Germany. 9.25 Sex Unlimited. 10.20 Homeland. 1.20am The Other Fellow. 2.50 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.55 Thomas And Friends. 12.55pm Mecha Builders. 2.05 Paddington. 2.30 Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School. 4.00 Andy’s Global Adventures. 4.25 Rocket Club. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 7.50 MOVIE: Space Jam: A New Legacy. (2021, PG) 9.50 Robot Wars. 10.50 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am
6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Tales From Zambia. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: The Unknown Country. (2022, PG) 1.30 Artie: Our Tribute To A Legend. 2.00 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Tales From Zambia. 7.30 MOVIE: Storm Boy. (1976, PG) 9.15 MOVIE: Bran Nue Dae. (2009, PG) 10.45 Late Programs. NITV (34)
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6.00 Landline. (R) Hosted by Pip Courtney. 6.30 Australian Story: The River Pt 2 – Franklin River Rescue. (R) The conclusion to the perilous 24-hour mission.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Grantchester. (Mav) A familiar face arrives at the vicarage.
8.20 Midsomer Murders. (Masv, R) Barnaby and Winter investigate when a member of a village watch is murdered.
9.50 Bay Of Fires. (Madv, R) Stella is thrown into a tailspin.
10.40 Little Disasters. (Mal, R)
11.30 Whale Wisdom. (R)
12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
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Morning Programs. 6.50 Anne Of Green Gables. (2016, PG) 8.25 A Hard Day’s Night. (1964, PG) 10.00 War Hunt. (1962, M) 11.35 The Legend Of Ben Hall. (2017, M) 2.10pm The Movie Show. 2.45 Rabbit-Proof Fence. (2002, PG) 4.25 The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp. (1943, PG) 7.30 White Tiger. (2012, M, Russian) 9.30 The New Boy. (2023, M) 11.40 Late Programs.
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6.00 Seven News. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. A lead-up to the Friday night AFL match. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 18. Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood. From People First Stadium, Queensland. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the game. 11.15 GetOn Extra. Lizzie Jelfs, Matt Hill, Simon Marshall and Brent Zerafa dive headlong into the weekend’s best racing.
11.45 To Be Advised.
1.20 The Disappearance. (Ma, R)
2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6am Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30
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6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 To Be Advised.
8.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 12. Semi-finals. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England. Hosted by Sam McClure, with commentary from Jelena Dokic, Todd Woodbridge and Alicia Molik. 12.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 12 Late. Semi-finals. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England. 4.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
5.00 Fishing Australia. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R) 6.00 10 News+. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 7.30 House Hunters Australia. A couple are searching for their first home. 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 The Graham Norton Show. (Mdl, R) Celebrity guests include Paul Mescal. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 10
(72) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Nanny. 9.00 Jeopardy! UK. 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 Jeannie. 11.00
9.55 Golden Point. 10.45 Late Programs. 9GEM (92)
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6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 7. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 BBC News At Ten. 10.30 France 24. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 6. Highlights. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 7. Highlights. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 4.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 7. Highlights. 5.30 From The Ashes Of World War II. (PG)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Travels With Agatha Christie And Sir David Suchet: Canada. (PG) Sir David Suchet recreates Christie’s trip to Canada. 8.25 Emily: I Am Kam. (PG, R) Celebrates the legacy of Emily Kam Kngwarray, Australia’s most significant female artist. 9.35 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. 1.45 Homicide: Life On The Street. (Mv, R)
2.35 Blue Water Safari. (PGal, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 Octonauts And Operation Deep Freeze. 4.20 Dino Dex. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 Octonauts And The Caves Of Sac Actun. 7.00 Andy And The Band. 7.30 Kids Baking C’ship. 8.10 Chopped Jnr. 8.55 Dance Life. 9.45 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.30 Dragon Ball Super. 10.50 Late Programs.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 7.05 Hamlet. (1948, PG) 10.00 The Movie Show. 10.30 Walkabout. (1971, M) 12.25pm The New Boy. (2023, M) 2.35 Bran Nue Dae. (2009, PG) 4.05 The Movie Show. 4.35 Ride On. (2023, PG, Mandarin) 6.55 Bicycle Thief. (1948, PG, Italian) 8.30 Harry Brown. (2009, MA15+)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 7. Townsville 500. Day 1. Qualifying and support races. 2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 7. Townsville 500. Day 1. Pre-race and race 21. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The Great Outdoors. (Return, PG) The team stays in Tasmania’s central highlands.
7.30 MOVIE: Titanic. (1997, Mansv, R) An upper-class and independent young woman falls for a penniless young man aboard the ill-fated ocean liner. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet. 11.35 Stranded On Honeymoon Island. (Mals, R)
12.55 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 7. Townsville 500. Day 1. Highlights. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (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 Young Sheldon. (PGa, R) 1.00 Great Australian Detour. 1.30 Space Invaders. (PGa, R) 2.30 Find My Country House Australia. (PG, R) 3.30 Parental Guidance. (PGas, R) 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30
6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair.
6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. A couple and their two daughters who share their home with their grandfather must decide whether to leave or stay. 8.40 To Be Advised. 9.50 House Hunters Australia. (PGl, R) A couple look for a home near Lake Macquarie, NSW. Jackie wants modern design and lake views while Jack’s after a big kitchen. 10.50 Elsbeth. (Mv, R) Elsbeth matches wits with a psychic. 11.50 Ambulance UK. (Ma, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 3.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 4.05 WorldWatch. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 The Secret Genius Of Modern Life. 7.30 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Cracking The Code. 10.30 UFOs: Investigating The Unknown. 12.20am Addicted Australia. 2.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
7.30 MOVIE: The Castle. (1997, Ml, R) A family’s life is disrupted. Michael Caton, Sophie Lee.
9.20 MOVIE: Muriel’s Wedding. (1994, Mls, R) A young woman, who dreams of marriage, leaves her small town to find romance in the big city. Toni Collette, Bill Hunter. 11.30 To Be Advised.
12.30 Wimbledon 2025 Pre-Show.
1.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 13 Late. Women’s final.
4.00 Find My Country House Australia. (PG, R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Joanna Lumley’s Danube. (Final, PG, R) 3.15 Nigella Bites. (R) 3.40 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PG, R) 4.40 Walking With Dinosaurs. (Final, PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.
6.30 Compass: Hijacking Adolescence. (PGals)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PGs) Hosted by Adam Hills.
8.00 Bay Of Fires. (Mlv) Mystery Bay’s brief flirtation with happiness ends.
8.55 Little Disasters. (Mal) As Jess’ fate hangs in the balance, the truth becomes clear with life-altering consequences for all.
9.45 MOVIE: Spear. (2015, Mal, R)
A young Aboriginal learns what it means to be a man. Hunter Page-Lochard.
11.05 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (Ml, R)
11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
1.40 Under The Vines. (PG, R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
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6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 PBS Washington Week. 10.30 Growing A Greener World. (R) 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 7. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Going Places. (PGa, R) 4.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. 5.30 From The Ashes Of World War II. (Final, PG)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Eiffel Tower: Building The Impossible. (PGan, R) Takes a look at the Eiffel Tower, a symbol of progress that has towered over Paris for over 130 years.
9.15 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 9. Chinon to Chateauroux. 170km hilly stage. From France.
1.45 24 Hours In Emergency: You Are Not Alone. (Ma, R)
2.40 Blue Water Safari: Minke Whales. (PGal, R)
4.30 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 APAC Weekly.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. Pre-game coverage of the match. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 18. St Kilda v Sydney.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Dancing With The Stars. (PG) Celebrities show off their dance skills.
8.20 7NEWS Spotlight.
9.20 The Crow Girl. (Premiere, Malv) A detective must team up with a psychotherapist to find the killer of a man who was found frozen in a street. 11.25 Stranded On Honeymoon Island. (R)
12.45 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 7. Townsville 500. Day 2. Highlights. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Shopping. 9.00 Better Homes. 10.00 Harry’s Practice. 10.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30pm Discover. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Business Builders. 3.45 The Zoo. 4.15 Escape To The Country. 7.15 Vicar Of Dibley.
6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 1.00 Fishing Australia. (R) 1.30 To Be Advised. 2.00 For The Love Of Pets.
6.00 9News Sunday.
6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. Four contestants face off. 8.15 Fake. (Final, Ml) Birdie retraces her steps back to Joe’s shack, investigating his stories. Background searches on Joe are incriminating. 9.15 FBI. (Mav, R) The shooting of a corrections officer leads the team to an ex-marine who has gone rogue after returning from Afghanistan. Wallace’s sister looks to her for guidance when their brother lashes out. 11.05 10 News+. (R) Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 3.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.25 PBS Washington Week. 4.50 Jeopardy! 5.15 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 5.40 Lost Gold Of The Aztecs. 6.35 Engineering Reborn. 7.30 Abandoned Engineering. 8.25 Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters. 10.10 Vikings: The Rise And Fall. 11.05 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 12.55pm Mecha Builders. 2.05 Paddington. 2.30 Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 The Gruffalo. 4.20 Dino Dex. 5.05 The Highway Rat. 6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.55 Andy And The Band. 7.35 Moominvalley. 8.00 Walking With Dinosaurs. 8.50 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.30 Abbott Elementary. 10.15 Speechless. 10.35 Merlin. 11.20 Late Programs.
7.00 Travel Guides. (PG)
8.10 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.
9.10 Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators: The Lost Girls. (Mav) A look at the disappearance of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and her two-year-old daughter Khandalyce.
10.10 Footy Furnace. (Mlv) A look at the latest round of the AFL. 11.10 9News Late.
11.30 The First 48. (Mav) 12.30 Wimbledon 2025 Pre-Show.
1.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 14 Late. Men’s final. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England. 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
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NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 2. New Zealand Warriors v Parramatta Eels. 1.30pm MOVIE: War Drums. (1957, PG) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 19. Parramatta Eels v Penrith Panthers. 6.00 Dad’s Army. 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: The Terminator. (1984, M) 10.40 Late Programs.
5.05 Soh Presents: Generations And Dynasties. 6.45 Africa’s Underwater Wonders. 7.35 The First Inventors. 8.30 MOVIE: Finke: There And Back. (2018, M) 10.10 MOVIE: The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith. (1978, M) 12.20am Late Programs. NITV (34)
6am
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp. Continued. (1943, PG) 6.45 Ride On. (2023, PG, Mandarin) 9.05 Bicycle Thief. (1948, PG, Italian) 10.40 White Tiger. (2012, M, Russian) 12.40pm To Leslie. (2022, M) 2.55 Hamlet. (1948, PG) 5.50 Thirteen Days. (2000, PG) 8.30 J. Edgar. (2011, M) 11.05 Before, Now And Then. (2022, MA15+, Indonesian) 1.05am Harry Brown. (2009, MA15+) 3.05 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Pro Bull Riding Australia. Noon Stockman’s Strategy. 1.00 Wik Vs Queensland. 2.35 MOVIE: The Final Quarter. (2019, PG) 4.05 The Point.
TV (2)
6am Morning Programs. Noon Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 7. Townsville 500. Day 2. Qualifying and support races. 2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 7. Townsville 500. Day 2. Pre-race and race 22. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 The Wash Up. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Taken. (2008, MA15+) 10.30 MOVIE: Reign Of Fire. (2002, M) 12.40am Late Programs.
6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Midsomer Murders. (PGv, R) 11.30 The Art Of Hair. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.25 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.55 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 3.45 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.25 SBS50. (R) 8.30 WorldWatch. 10.05 WorldWatch. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 9. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Engineering Reborn. (PG, R) 3.00 Going Places. (R) 3.30 SBS50. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 9. Highlights.
Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story.
8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.
9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser.
9.35 Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Gunpowder Plot. (PG, R) 10.25 ABC Late News.
10.40 The Business. (R) 11.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PGa, R) 11.50 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 12.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Portillo’s Andalucia: Sevilla And Carmona. (Final, R) Michael Portillo finishes his Andalucian odyssey.
8.20 Sue Perkins: Lost In Thailand. (Final, PGa, R) Sue Perkins concludes her exploration of Thailand by heading to the capital city of Bangkok. 9.15 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 10. 2.05 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 3.05 Incredible Homes. (PGn, R) 4.05 Growing A Greener World. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School: Let The Games Begin. 4.00 Andy’s Global Adventures. 4.25 Rocket Club. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Piripenguins. (Premiere) 7.40 The Inbestigators. 7.55 Junior Vets. 8.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 9.00 The Crystal Maze. 9.45 Merlin. 10.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 10.50 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am 3 Days In Quiberon. Continued. (2018, PG, French, German) 7.25 Thirteen Days. (2000, PG) 10.05 The Movie Show. 10.40 Boccaccio ’70. (1962, M, German, Italian) 2.25pm The Movie Show. 3.00 8 1/2. (1963, PG, Italian, English, French, German) 5.35 Another Mother’s Son. (2017, PG) 7.30 The
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 7.30 The 1% Club. (PGl, R) Hosted by Jim Jefferies. 8.30 9-1-1. (Mav) Following Maddie’s mysterious 911 call, Chimney returns home to find his daughter alone and Maddie nowhere to be found.
10.30 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
11.30 Police Custody USA: Meth Wars. (Madl, R)
12.30 Gone. (MA15+v, R)
2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6am Morning Programs. 10.05 Harry And Meghan: Royal Rebels. 11.00 MOVIE: Harry And Meghan: A Royal Romance. (2018, PG) 1pm Celebrity Ghost Stories. 2.00 Jeopardy! Australia. 3.00 Cards And Collectables Australia. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.00 NRL Women’s Premiership. Titans v Broncos. 6.00 MOVIE: DC League Of Super-Pets. (2022, PG) 8.00 MOVIE: Batman V Superman. (2016, M) 11.05 Late Programs.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: The Engagement Dress. (2023, G, R) Angel Prater. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon.
Tipping Point Australia. (PG)
6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.
6.00 10 News+. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. A batch of 23 former contestants returns. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. (Mal) The Jokers sell mattresses. 10.10 10’s Late News. 10.35 10 News+. (R) 11.35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 3.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 4.00 WorldWatch. 6.05 The Food That Built The World. 7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.25 The UnBelievable. 10.15 Big Backyard Quiz. 11.20 Couples Therapy. (Final) 11.55 Feed Me. 1.05am Idris Elba’s Fight School. 2.05 The Swiping Game. 2.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
7.30 Parental Guidance. (PGa) Hosted by Allison Langdon. 9.00 Footy Classified. (Ml) A team of footy experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies.
10.00 Players. (Ml) A look at all the AFL news.
11.00 9News Late.
11.30 Aussie Road Train Truckers. (PGl)
12.30 100% Footy. (M) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
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(9) 6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Compass. (PGals, R) 11.00 To Be Advised. 11.20 Gruen. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.25 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.55 Love Your Garden. (R) 3.45 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 10. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 9. 12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 10. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Engineering Reborn. (R) 3.00 Going Places. (R) 3.30 SBS50. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 10. 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Pearl In Paradise. (2018, PGa) Jill Wagner. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys: Knin To Split/Sarajevo. (PGav)
News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.50 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.05 Lucy Worsley Investigates. (PG, R) 1.00 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 1.30 EXPOSED: The Case Of Keli Lane. (Ml, R) 2.30 Love Your Garden. (R) 3.15 For Frogs’ Sake! (R) 3.30 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
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8.30 Insight. Looks into scams. 9.30 Dateline: Romania’s Webcam Girls. A look at Romania’s camgirl industry. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 Living Black. (R)
11.05 Anne Boleyn. (Masv, R)
2.00 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 3.00 Incredible Homes. (R) 3.55 Growing A Greener World. (PGa, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
4.15 BBC News At Ten. 4.45 France 24. 5.15 PBS News. 6.15 The Food That Built The World. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Alone. 9.40 Hoarders. 11.25 Pitino: Red Storm Rising. 12.20am Rob & Romesh Vs. 2.00 It’s Fine, I’m Fine. 2.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 12.55pm Mecha Builders. 2.05 Paddington. 2.30 Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School: Let The Games Begin. 4.00 Andy’s Global Adventures. 4.25 Mecha Builders. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Piripenguins. 7.40 The Inbestigators. 8.00 Junior Vets. 8.30 Deadly 60. 9.00 Expedition With Steve Backshall. 9.50 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Irene returns with a heartbreaking secret. John’s voice of reason goes unheard.
8.30 Stranded On Honeymoon Island. (Mls) As one couple pull the flare and leave the experience for good, two couples ignite fire in another way, taking their relationship to the next level.
11.30 The Agenda Setters. (R) A team of trusted and respected footy voices tackles the biggest topics in the AFL world.
12.30 Fairly Legal. (Ma, R)
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 Paramedics. (Mam)
8.30 Murder Down Under: Natural Born Killer Pt 1. (Return, MA15+av) Takes a look at the murder of Stephanie Scott.
9.30 Footy Classified. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues. 10.30 9News Late.
11.00 La Brea. (Mav, R)
11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
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6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. A batch of 23 former contestants returns. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.40 FBI: Most Wanted. (MA15+v) Two armed guards are gunned down. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 10 News+. (R)
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Black And Dusty. 1.25 Boxing For Palm Island. 2.00 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters.
5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Tales From Zambia. 7.35 Unleash The Beast. 9.35 Over The Black Dot. 10.05 Hunting Aotearoa.
10.30 MOVIE: The Dead Lands. (2014, MA15+) 12.25am Late Programs. NITV (34)
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1/2. Continued. (1963, PG, Italian, English, French, German) 8.25 3 Days In Quiberon. (2018, PG, French, German) 10.30 20th Century Women. (2016, M) 12.45pm Nostalgia. (2022, M, Italian, Arabic) 2.55 Thirteen Days. (2000, PG) 5.35 Widows’ Peak. (1994, PG) 7.30 American Pastoral. (2016, M) 9.30 Maria Into Life. (2022, M, French) 11.15 Late Programs.
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6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 2.55 Love Your Garden. (R) 3.45 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Gruen. (Final) 8.35 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG) Presented by Guy Montgomery.
9.25 Would I Lie To You? (Return, PG) Hosted by Rob Brydon.
9.55 Spicks And Specks. (PGs, R)
10.30 QI. (PGs)
11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 The Business. (R) 11.30 You Can’t Ask That. (MA15+as, R) 12.30 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.20 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Great Lighthouses Of Ireland. (PGa, R) 11.05 Boswell And Johnson’s Scottish Road Trip. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 SBS50. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Latest Secrets Of The Hieroglyphs. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 How Disney Built America: Destination Disneyland. (PG) Walt Disney creates the first theme park. 8.20 Eat Smart: Secrets Of The Glucose Goddess. (Final, PG) Biochemist Jessie Inchauspé helps volunteers improve their health by controlling blood sugar.
9.15 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 11. 1.45 Great Coastal Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 2.45 Incredible Homes. (R) 3.40 Growing A Greener World. (R) 4.10 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
France 24. 5.15 PBS News. 6.15 The Food That Built The World. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Dopesick. Midnight MOVIE: The Kid Detective. (2020, MA15+) 1.45 One Night In... 2.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.05pm Paddington. 2.30 Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School: Let The Games Begin. 4.00 Andy’s Global Adventures. 4.25 Mecha Builders. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Piripenguins. 7.40 The Inbestigators. 8.00 Junior Vets. 8.30 Abbott Elementary. 9.15 Horrible Histories. 9.45 Merlin. 10.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.50 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 6.40 Widows’ Peak. (1994, PG) 8.35 The Band’s Visit. (2007,
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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Welcome To Mama’s. (2022, PGa) Melanie Scrofano. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)
7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) Officers find damning evidence on a man’s phone.
8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.
9.30 Unfiltered. (PGa) Hosted by Hamish McLachlan.
10.00 Ashley Cain: Into The Danger Zone. (MA15+a) 11.20 Stags. (MA15+alv)
12.20 Touching Evil. (MA15+av) 1.20 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Love Amongst The Stars. (2022, PGa, R) Sara Canning. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 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 RBT. (Ml) 8.30 Murder Down Under: Natural Born Killer Pt 2. (MA15+av) Looks at the capture of Stephanie Scott’s killer.
9.30 Australian Crime Stories: Deadly Deception. (Mav, R) A look at the case of Renae Marsden.
10.40 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PG) 11.40 9News Late. 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. A batch of 23 former contestants returns. 8.40 Elsbeth. (Mv) Elsbeth consults the controlling wife of a man after he is found dead
Brendan Rees brendan@baysidenews.com.au
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire will clean up erosion it caused after burying a pile of old asbestos found at the Balcombe Creek Estuary in Mt Martha – two months after it was first reported and taped off.
The material, which was left from the former Balcombe Army Camp decommissioned in the 1980s, was discovered among bush scrub on the side of the boardwalk by a resident on April 8.
The site was initially cordoned off with tape, but the public still had access to the pathway while the asbestos was exposed for weeks (“Asbestos found at Balcombe Creek Estuary,” The News 20/05/25).
Its location is just a few feet from the walking track, a section which runs parallel to Uralla Rd, between Nepean Hwy and Seppelt Ave.
Initially the shire believed the asbestos had been illegally dumped but later confirmed it was a “legacy issue” from the former army camp, which was used during WWII as a training ground.
The resident who found the material was Steve Jones, a professional firefighter and plumber with expertise in asbestos safety.
His view was that it was old roofing that was in a non-friable condition where fibres are less likely to become airborne and are not considered a serious public risk.
But he said it was a health hazard nonetheless and should have been dealt with immediately.
Mayor Cr Anthony Marsh, in a statement, said the shire undertook an investigation to confirm the asbestos was not illegally dumped. He added that while the material was buried at the site between 16-18 June, recent erosion had exposed it.
“Our asbestos team sought specialist advice and safely removed as much of the exposed material as possible,” he said.
“It was not safe to remove the remaining asbestos, so it was reburied, and plans are underway to stabilise the area to ensure no further erosion.
“All work was done strictly in accordance with WorkSafe and EPA (Environment Protection Authority) guidelines and the surrounding community was notified of the work beforehand.”
However, Jones criticised the shire and the EPA for a “dismal performance” of handling the matter as the site remained exposed for two months, and said “tried to give me the fob off”.
“In fairness, [the council] did have a plan, but everything takes so long that by the time they acted, I said ‘you’re missing the point, the asbestos needs to be dealt with immediately’,” he said.
Jones said when he told the EPA and shire about his job, “they went into HR protection mode straight away”.
According to Jones, the EPA “never even sent anyone out to look at it”.
“A government enquiry needs to go into this because clearly the EPA and the council don’t have any regulations in place or any understanding,” he
said, noting the shire needed to implement a standard plan for dealing with asbestos finds.
He added the erosion problem could have been completely avoided had they listened to his advice.
Tess Dickie, partner at Gordon Legal, specialising in asbestos, silica, and other dust and occupational disease litigation, said while she had limited knowledge about the issue, she believed the council’s response in dealing with the asbestos at the estuary appeared to be “suboptimal”.
“I would have thought if asbestos has been identified in a local public space that the council would be responding in a timely manner and taking a proactive approach in making sure that the public is notified of the risk and that they are
appropriately responding to the risk,” Dickie, also a peninsula resident, said. “I’m not an expert asbestos removalist, and I’m not fully across what their actual response was behind the scenes but from what I’ve seen in the pictures [from The News], it seems sub-optimal.
“I think we’re lucky to have someone like Steve who has some enhanced knowledge about asbestos and recognising it in a public space. Your average resident may not recognise that as a risk and I think there’s an opportunity here for the public to be educated.”
Dickie said her advice for anyone who believed they may have been exposed to asbestos, is to record their exposure through asbestos registers such as that maintained at Gordon Legal or the National Asbestos Exposure Register.
“Residents have a right to be concerned, but that said, they should not be panicked or alarmed, they should take sensible steps to protect their own safety.”
The EPA was contacted for comment about its investigation but instead encouraged members of the public to report pollution by calling its 24-hour hotline on 1300 372 842 or epa.vic.gov. au/report-pollution/reporting-pollution
“EPA receives more than 25,000 pollution reports from community and businesses each year. They are an important source of information when it comes to tackling pollution and illegal waste disposal,” it said.
“Not only can we respond quickly to serious local issues and emergencies, but they also help us spot the bigger, emerging issues across the state.”
MORE than 300 students across the Mornington Peninsula have spent the term engaging with Aboriginal arts and culture through a creative pilot program.
Last week students from Tyabb Railway Station Primary School, Crib Point Primary School, and Red Hill Consolidated School came together for The Deadly Arts Community Celebration. At the event they showed off the work they have undertaken through the “Song Room” initiative.
The pilot program is led by Kulin Artist and Song Room Teaching Artist, Aunty Sammy Trist. Students have been working on three shields, using South-Eastern line art, which were unveiled last week. The artworks will be displayed at each school.
Song Room’s Deadly Arts program is for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, and involves them in weekly creative classes. Crib Point Primary School assistant principal Ross Wettenhall said “this program sets a powerful precedent – it packs a punch of local culture, not tokenistic gestures. Programs like this pave the way for true understanding, respect, and reconciliation.
“The students are now confidently using Kulin language, including Bunurong/Boon Wurrung words, in everyday interactions. It’s not unusual to hear them saying ‘Waah’ when they see a crow, or greeting Aunty Sammy in language. This is authentic, living culture in action, and it’s had a profound and lasting impact.” The Deadly Arts Community Celebration preceded NAIDOC Week, which runs from 6 July to 13 July.
Renée Gatt (Peninsula no place to be if you’re a heritage building, The News 1/7/25) notes the issue of loss of heritage buildings.
I agree with Renée that heritage buildings should be saved to celebrate our history. But that only celebrates the colonial history. There are very few places on the peninsula that celebrate or recognise the tens of thousands of heritage sites for pre-colonial Australia.
There is more recognition of the failed attempt to establish a colony near Blairgowrie. That settlement did not even last one year and yet it is deemed worthy of commemorating.
On that basis there should be plaques and statues everywhere that recognise the thousands of years of Aboriginal settlement. We should know where the main gathering places were, we should know what happened to the people who were pushed from their land, the history of what happened to the Bunurong women kidnapped by sealers.
We should celebrate the way the Bunurong people cared for the land and knew how to survive on the land.
And with that knowledge we will embrace the need for a treaty that will finally acknowledge the wrong that was done in our name. So yes, let’s celebrate and recognise all our history, we will all be better for it.
Marg D’Arcy, Rye
Keith Davis (Climate Delusions, Letters 1/7/25) is concerned about the subsidies to renewables being a cost to taxpayers. He should realize those subsidies are designed to speed up the decarbonisation of our economy, after more than two centuries of effectively subsidising coal power by allowing it free use of our atmosphere as a dumping ground for emissions.
He is also concerned that renewables are damaging our environment.
Coal power is continuing change our climate and is already having noticeable effects. This side of the ledger will far outweigh any damage done by renewables.
Davis also claims that even if we achieve “net zero” it will achieve little globally. The US Environmental Protection Agency has found China, USA, India and Europe are the biggest contributors to greenhouse emissions, with about 24% of the global total... about one quarter. Plenty of scope for the rest of the world, including Australia, to do their bit.
I suggest readers Google Charlie Pickering’s response to Alan Jones and Peta Credlin and their “we are only grain of rice” desktop fiasco. Pickering makes the point that Australia’s contribution to the Allied forces in WW2 was just 2%, but we acted anyway because “the consequences of not doing so were just unthinkable”. So it is now.
Ian Sharp, Somers
Further to Keith Davis’ concerns (Climate Delusions, Letters 1/7/25) how presumptuous of
our governments to ask first world individuals to be financially inconvenienced!
Why should we be taking steps to save this earth for all, the poor and disadvantaged, the animals in fact every living thing?
Bruce Wearing-Smith, Somers
Keith Davis (Climate delusions, The News 1/7/2025) doesn’t get it.
Today’s rapid climate change is real and caused mostly by burning fossil fuels, which emit greenhouse gases.
All countries, and therefore all jurisdictions and citizens within those countries, have a role to play in reducing the emissions.
That’s why 195 countries signed the Paris Agreement a decade ago.
In Australia, all states and territories have emissions targets and plans to achieve them.
Additionally, 166 out of 537 Australian local government areas have made ambitious climate action commitments.
For example, these councils are actively participating in the Cities Power Partnership, including Mornington Peninsula Shire. It is Australia’s largest local government climate network. The CPP works with local councils to implement various projects like installing solar panels, transitioning to electric vehicles, and promoting energy efficiency programs.
Commendably, Mornington Peninsula Shire was a winner in the Ambition category in the Cities Power Partnership Climate Awards 2021.
The shire made six pledges in the areas of renewable energy, sustainable transport, and working together.
It is a great pity that the 2025 council has dropped the ball on the climate action plan and possibly, as a consequence, its partnership pledges. While Keith would say it doesn’t matter, clearly many think it does.
Ray Peck, Hawthorn
Keith Davis (Climate Delusions, Letters 1/7/25) flies all the flags of the anti-science climate deniers that are all too often spouted in the right wing Murdoch press.
Keith is disturbed by the billions provided in subsidies to the renewable energy (the cheapest energy) yet seems oblivious to the fact that these subsidies pale in comparison to those dished out to the fossil fuel industry every year.
Yes, the Rosebud hospital would love some of the money and would I am sure be just as happy to get that money from the fossil fuel industry if they were taxed in a reasonable manner or for many producers, at all.
One only has to look at Norway which applies a significant tax to the fossil fuel industry, which they begrudgingly paid, resulting in Norway having a massive sovereign wealth fund which helps support its world class free education, including university, roads and services, health care and old age care that are the envy of the world.
Keith then trots out that old chestnut of “we only produce a tiny amount of the world’s
pollution so what is the point of us doing anything”.
I could just as easily, and selfishly, say that my income tax is a tiny fraction of Australia’s taxation revenue so why would it matter if I didn’t pay any tax.
Australia is a wealthy member of the world economy and should play its part in a global solution to a global problem.
Finally Keith should know that the “terrible increase to our cost of living, let alone the environmental damage to our forests, farmlands, and wildlife is beyond belief” will not be a consequence of action on climate change, it will be the consequence of doing nothing.
Ross Hudson, Mt Martha
I endorse comments made by Rupert Steiner (Insane waste of money, Letters 1/7/25).
We now have the same sign in Fawkner Park, Blairgowrie, advising that dogs are not allowed.
It is totally unnecessary. We have been walking our dog there for over ten years with no sign of any flora or fauna being harmed in any way.
Six councillors have apparently made a decision without inspecting the area and without consultation.
These restrictions are totally inappropriate and unwarranted.
Jane McPherson, Blairgowrie
Brian A Mitchelson’s house sounds a lot like mine (Healthy house, Letters 1/7/25).
I too am fortunate enough to have ceiling insulation, fans and doors and windows that open. I also don’t have any air conditioning.
In winter I love the fat “sausage-dog” draft stopper that was given to me more than five decades ago. I am happy that others, especially those in need, and probably struggling with power bills, might be given draught stoppers and other low tech ways to keep warm, and cool in summer. (Repower donate energy efficiency kits, The News 17/6/25).
And, far from complaining about the government “interfering”, I applaud moves to help make our homes more efficient and comfortable. Who doesn’t want lower bills and the chance to avoid the costs of running two energy systems, both with daily “supply charges”, especially as one of them is associated with childhood asthma?
But of course we’re all different. And that’s how it should be.
Lesley Walker, Northcote
In reply to Dale Stohr (Where’s Zoe?, Letters 1/7/25). To contact Zoe to talk, enquire or subscribe to receive her current valuable and very interesting newsletter, here is Zoe’s contact details and choices of communication: www.zoemckenzie.com.au
You won’t be disappointed you will find out everything you need or want to know.
Marion Harvey, Rosebud
In response to Dale Stohr’s letter (Where’s Zoe?, Letters 1/7/25) I’d like to offer some clarity.
While Dale may not be familiar with Zoe McKenzie’s work, a scroll through Zoe’s Facebook page reveals a tireless presence of a jam-packed log of school visits, community catch-ups, and local events that would exhaust most. She’s not just showing up for the photo;
she’s working hard to understand the issues and people that define her electorate.
The Rosebud Police Station’s Volunteer Register for older residents keeps many connected. Of late, Zoe has visited many schools across the peninsula discussing civics and democracy, topics often overlooked despite being part of the national curriculum.
This work is critical. Civics is where students learn how government functions, where students can ask their representatives real questions, rather than forming views based on social media posts that miss the nuance and complexity of our political system.
Beyond the peninsula, Zoe serves as Shadow Assistant Minister for Education and Early Learning. In light of the recent and deeply disturbing revelations in the childcare sector, she has been working within her role to stand ready to cooperate with the government on stronger child protection measures. This is serious. Suggesting she’s “missing” is not only incorrect, but it also ignores the multifaceted role of a federal MP, particularly one involved in matters of national and international security. Keeping us safe!
Certainly not a croissant run she is partaking in.
Our community matters deeply, as does her role on the national stage. It’s worth remembering that good representation doesn’t always come with a loud local footprint. It comes through diligence, policy, and working across both state and national lines.
Clarifying... Zoe is among all of us advocating for the good of the community.
Di Kleinert, Blairgowrie
It’s taken me while, but I have to respond to Malcolm Goldsworthy’s letter (Annual Response?, Letters 12/5/25).
I think I have always said golf course not golf club or members. I stand behind my statements about how much it is costing ratepayers to subsidise the golf course.
Who is going to pay the $1.5 million for infrastructure upgrades? Who is going to pay for the consultant that has been hired to try to raise it from the dead? The operating losses for the course from 21-24 are $1,674,000 were provided by the council in an FOI document. The deficit, “which is likely to increase in the coming years due to the increased salaries, maintenance and capital works costs,” property and commercial services acting manager said in a report to council.
They talk like this is the only option to keep people alive and playing golf. There are, I believe, 14 public golf courses on the peninsula. I do not think I am being sceptical in saying the other 14 could do the same except not have to worry about reducing the impact on the shire’s budgetary process..
Why is the council subsidising a public venture to compete with private ventures at my expense? I would be quite happy if the course paid its way without my rates subsidising a public facility competing with private facilities. Maybe the shire could venture into plumbing, electricians, renovations, lawn mowing, auto repair etc. I am sure these ventures would provide the same intrinsic benefits to many. Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach
Compiled by Cameron McCullough
WHEN Horace Sharp, Hannah Nolan and Vincent Caffra, employees at the Pier Hotel, Frankston, returned to their rooms late on Saturday night last they found them in disorder and several articles of their property missing.
About 9.30 that evening, George Davies, painter, had occasion to go to Caffra’s room in the staff’s quarters of the hotel.
He was surprised to find it securely locked and to see, when he finally gained admittance, a strange young man asleep on the bed.
The young man, Harry Sandforth, a visitor from Cheltenham, explained when he awoke that he had been wandering around and was just settling down for a few hours’ sleep.
Davies communicated with Senior Constable Elliott and Standforth was arrested and locked up.
At the Frankston Court, on Tuesday, before Messrs. Grant, Wheeler, Armstrong, and Brown, J.’sP., the accused appeared on charges of having stolen from Hannah Nolan a box, of powder, and a silk handkerchief; from Horace Sharp an overcoat, a silk scarf, and a booklet of photographs; and from Vincent Caffra, a scarf a pair of socks and 10/- in silver.
On each of the three charges Standforth was fined £5, in default one month’s imprisonment. Witnesses’ costs were allowed.
“When I returned about 10 o’clock on Saturday night, I found my room ‘all upside down’,” said Horace Sharp from the witness, box.
“I value the articles stolen from me at about £2.”
Similar evidence was given by each of the other witnesses.
Senior-Constable Elliott said that the accused, when arrested had pretended he was drunk, but at the watch house he was perfectly sober.
“I asked him where he got the face powder,” continued Constable Elliott, “and he told me that he had bought it in Melbourne for his girl.”
Constable Addison corroborated the Senior’s evidence.
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Free Motor Ambulance Offered
Cr. Jack, of Bittern, who has long been interested in the establishment of a free motor ambulance service for the Peninsula, has received information to the effect that a motor ambulance will be provided free, conditionally on a guarantee being forth coming that £30 is contributed annually to a sinking fund to replace the motor car when it is worn out.
Immediately this guarantee is given the ambulance service will be established.
Cr. Jack states that the Flinders Shire Council has agreed to provide £10 annually towards the guarantee, and it is the intention of Cr. Jack to ask the Councils of the Shires of Mornington and Frankston and Hastings to act similarly.
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Unemployment Grant and municipal reserves
Practically the complete afternoon session of the last meeting of the Frankston and Hastings Shire council was spent in discussing ways and means of obtaining money from a Government unemployment grant for urgent improvement works.
Councillors were unanimous in their decision to obtain as much of the grant as possible, but the question of how much the Council could raise to supplement the grant was the stumbling block.
Conditions of the grant make it clear that for every £100 Government money – up to a limit of £300 – similar sums must be raised by the municipal councils and by the public.
Money from this grant must be used in wages alone, and on works for which no previous provision has been made.
It was decided to determine the possibility of utilising this grant for improvement work to the disused sand pit at Seaford, which the Council has decided to purchase from McCulloch & Co., for a local recreation ground. The land will be obtained at a cost of £600.
Cr. Brown moved that the treasurer be consulted on the advisability of raising a loan of £300 for this purpose. This loan would be repaid over a period of 15 years.
This suggestion was not received enthusiastically, and when the debate hail reached its highest point without any marked progress being made with the business in hand, Cr. Miles came to light with a brilliant suggestion.
He moved that subject to the sale with McCulloch & Co. being finalised, the deposit of £200 be paid out of general revenue.
This, according to an agreement with the owners, will be handed back to the trustees for improvements.
Of this sum, £100 will be handed to the Council, which £100 will be immediately transferred to the trustees
for unemployment work.
The Council will then be able to apply to the Government for £100 of the grant money, and the remaining £100 held by the trustees will be the public’s contribution to render the grant legal.
The motion was carried unanimously.
A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Bishop (head master of the High School), Dr. Maxwell and Mr. Phillips waited on the Council with a request that the old cricket ground in Cranbourne road be improved and put into playing order.
Mr. Bishop said that £200 had been spent in preparing the three acres of the ground on which it was proposed to build the new High School. He suggested obtaining money from the Government’s unemployment grant for this purpose.
A suitable pavilion could be erected at a cost of £350.
Dr. Maxwell: At present it is probably the worst ground in the Peninsula.
Cr. Oates: It is necessary that the ground should be put in proper order. I move that £100 be included in the Council’s loan schedule, on condition that £100 can be obtained from the Government.
Cr. White: I am not in favour of spending hundreds of pounds for a ground for boys and girls to play on when our outback roads are in such a condition. I cannot conscientiously vote for it.
Mr. Ham suggested that a deputation to the Minister of Public Works should state the condition of the
Council’s finances, and see if it is possible to obtain money from the Government and public, on a £ for £ basis without any contribution from the Council.
It was finally agreed to include £100 in the Council’s loan schedule and apply for £100 from the Governmental grant, provided that a similar sum or a guarantee be obtained from the public.
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TOMORROW will witness the opening of Pope’s new grocery stores in Playne street, Frankston, opposite the Picture Palais.
An extended advertisement setting out the prices of leading lines, appears in another part of “The Standard.”
The new shop, erected by the late Mr. A. B. Morris, presents a wellstocked appearance, and the show windows are particularly attractive.
The business is to be conducted on a cash basis, the proprietor advertising: “No credit; no delivery; and no canvasser.” His customers, he says, will reap the benefit.
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ON Wednesday last a party of Frankston High School boys visited Dandenong and engaged the High School boys there in a game of football.
The visitors suffered defeat, but they experienced a happy time nevertheless.
They made the trip in Mr. H. C. Barclay’s motor lorry, which that gentleman kindly placed at their disposal.
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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 10 July 1925
ACROSS
1. Contaminate (environment)
4. Little crown
7. Investigated furtively
8. Jostle
9. Leg bone
12. Shepherd’s canine
15. Task-completion date
17. Harvester
18. Garbage 21. Collected
22. Pushes (shirt in)
23. Lubricates
DOWN
1. Appeased
2. Form a queue (4,2)
3. Glimpse
4. Ocean’s flow
5. Anyone
6. Afresh
10. In a state of activity
11. JM Barrie play, ... Pan
13. Connoisseurs of food
14. Over-zealous supporter
16. Photographer’s tool
18. Stretched firm
19. Coverings for head
20. Vampire’s tooth
See page 19 for solutions.
By Stuart McCullough
I LOVE a good list. No matter the subject – I’m there. Lists aren’t meant to be definitive – they’re meant to inspire conversation, if not debate. Who among us has not reacted to a list of the ‘greatest movies ever made’ by querying the presumably accidental omission of anything from the Police Academy franchise, before going on to debate in which order they should appear? (Is Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol a superior piece of work as against Mission to Moscow? It’s a line ball.) When ABC launched its ‘Hottest 100 of Australian Songs’ I was excited. I instantly started jotting down a list with songs by Nick Cave, You Am I, The Fauves and the Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band before I caught myself – ‘these are the artists that everyone will nominate’. It’s one thing to be popular. It’s another to be stubbornly unpopular and forgotten by history. Anyone can put their hand up to support ‘Holy Grail’ by Hunters and Collectors. It takes someone truly special to nail their colours to the mast and push forward ‘Suddenly’ by Angry Anderson. Sometimes you’ve got to take a stand for the forgotten no matter how much they deserve to be so. I wanted to be inclusive and select songs that no one else would dare suggest. It was then that I thought of soap operas. There was a moment – albeit fleeting – in which actors in soap operas thought they should release truly miserable music. Largely, this was Kylie’s fault. Her peers looked on
aghast at her extraordinary success and wrongly attributed it to the fact that she was in a soap opera, overlooking the fact that she had tonnes of talent and the kind of steely determination that can make tides roll
back and empires crumble. ‘If Kylie can do it, so can I’, they reasoned. They were wrong. Dead wrong. I’ll be voting for ‘Don’t It Make You Feel Good?’ by Stefan Dennis. Granted, the answer to the ques-
tion is a swift and extremely firm ‘no’, but as songs go, this one’s a burger with the lot. Slap bass, roaring guitars and plinky plonky synths supported by confounding chord sequences. It’s peak 80s. As for the video, it’s nothing short of a masterpiece - shadows, darkened alleyways and chainmail fencing are in abundance and people – including the singer himself – are in an inadvisable state of partial undress. By dent of either a miracle or a software malfunction, this song reached number sixteen on the UK Singles Chart. It’s time for a comeback.
Deep down, everyone thinks they can rap. Including Bruce Samazan. In soapie terms, Bruce Samazan is a triple threat, having appeared in holy trinity of soaps; Neighbours, E Street, and Home & Away. Just as those who’ve won an Emmy, Tony, Oscar and Grammy are said to be an ‘EGOT’, Bruce is NESHA. Or, as he forgettably once said, ‘I am NESHA’.
Bruce’s music career was much like a comet – it came blazing into view before landing somewhere in the Indian ocean, never to be heard from again. It was both prophetic and a relief that his single was entitled ‘One of a Kind’. The rhymes are terrible. The video is awful. The music sounds as though it may well have tumbled out of a cereal packet. It peaked at number eighty on the Australian Singles Chart, presumably because all the other songs called in sick that week.
But those who forget history are condemned to repeat it, and I feel
that if we don’t recognise ‘One of a Kind’ as a disaster of Hindenburg proportions, we’re not really being honest with ourselves. It’s time to face up to our history – the good, the bad and the Bruce. But of all the forgotten songs of the past, my favourite was performed not a soapie actor, but a footballer.
This feels like precisely the right moment for a Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson renaissance. Granted, this may be the only time that the words “Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson” and “renaissance” have been used together in a sentence, but I strongly feel that we could all do with some cheering up. His song, ‘I’m An Individual’ is, shockingly, unavailable on Spotify and Apple Music, which is an absolute shame. For all its faults (and there are many) it’s a song that couldn’t have come from anywhere else. Jacko doesn’t let an inability to sing stand in the way of a great single that’s delivered with energy and no small amount of wit. That’s why I’m voting for Jacko as my number one pick.
Get cracking. By all means, vote for the great, the awesome and the profound. I, on the other hand, will throwing my support behind the forgotten, derided and the dark recesses of the Australian musical landscape. Why? Well, I could give you some made up reason that sounds particularly grand and noble but I won’t. Instead, I’ll content myself to quote Jacko and simply say, well, because I’m an individual.
stuart@stuartmccullough.com
By Brodie Cowburn
AFTER a string of thrilling wins, luck has finally turned against Langwarrin.
The Kangaroos have won a series of nail-biters this season. They took on Pines at Eric Bell Reserve on Saturday in what would go on to be another close one.
The Pythons and Kangaroos were neck-and-neck all day long. Pines went into the three-quarter break ahead by nine points.
Langwarrin snuck ahead in the final term, but a late Pines goal sealed the win for the Pythons.
Pines won 8.13 (61) to 8.10 (58).
Sorrento also won a tight one on Saturday - the Sharks beat Mt Eliza at David Macfarlan Reserve.
The Sharks struggled to deal with William Antonie. He booted five goals to keep Mt Eliza in the hunt.
Sorrento managed to hold off Mt Eliza, but if not for some final quarter inaccuracy it may have been a different story. The Sharks escaped with a 9.11 (65) to 9.10 (64) win.
Frankston YCW have fallen a game behind ladder leaders Rosebud after a defeat to Dromana last weekend.
A strong first and last quarter saw Dromana seal the win in front of their home crowd. The Tigers bested the Stonecats 14.7 (91) to 9.11 (65).
Sam Fowler kicked four goals for Dromana. Sam Geurts also played a blinder.
Rosebud smashed Mornington by 79 points to keep their momentum going.
Kirk Dickson was best-on-ground, kicking three goals.
Edithvale-Aspendale beat Red Hill by 37 points to close out the round.
PEARCEDALE emerged victorious in their second vs third clash against Chelsea on Saturday.
Chelsea Recreation Reserve hosted the match on Saturday between the two finals contenders. Pearcedale left the home side shell-shocked with a seven-goals-to-zero opening term.
Chelsea were much better after quarter time, whittling the lead back to two goals at the main break, but the damage had been done.
Pearcedale ran out winners 12.9 (81) to 14.10 (94).
David Hussey, Huw Jones, Ryan Bastinac, Jordan Bastinac, and Jack McGuiness were named Pearcedale’s best.
Bonbeach remain in the hunt for finals after an important 29 point win
over Rye at home last weekend. Crib Point also notched up a vital 23 point win over Seaford.
Undefeated Frankston Bombers notched up their 12th win of the year on Saturday. They pumped Tyabb 5.2 (32) to 20.16 (136) at Bunguyan Reserve.
Devon Meadows also picked up a dominant win on Saturday, pumping Karingal by 143 points. The Panther piled on 17 goals in the first half.
Somerville beat Hastings by 117 to round out the weekend. Corey Battams and Mason de Wit kicked 10 goals between them.
AFTER opening their season with 10 straight victories, Mornington have now lost two on the trot.
Warragul Industrials became the
first team to beat Mornington in Round 11. Last weekend Mornington hosted Frankston, looking to get back onto the winner’s list.
The Dolphins proved they wouldn’t go down without a fight. Mornington narrowly led at the quarter time break, which the Dolphins turned around in the second quarter. Frankston was ahead by 17 at half-time.
Mornington fought back hard but the Dolphins wouldn’t give up. The Bulldogs got ahead in the closing stages, but a late goal to Frankston’s Emerald Wood decided the game.
Frankston shocked Mornington, beating the Bulldogs 6.5 (41) to 7.3 (45).
Karingal pumped Bonbeach by 10 goals at home on Saturday morning.
On Sunday Warragul Industrials beat Pearcedale - Warragul now sits behind Mornington by percentage only.
DIVISION ONE MENS NO GAMES
DIVISION TWO MENS
Saturday 12 July, 2pm: Devon Meadows v SomervilleGlover Reserve
Chelsea v Bonbeach - Chelsea Recreation Reserve
Frankston Bombers v Karingal - Baxter Park
Hastings v PearcedaleHastings Club Rye v Crib Point - RJ Rowley Reserve
Seaford v Tyabb - RF Miles Reserve
DIVISION ONE WOMENS
Saturday 12 July, 12pm: Frankston v PearcedalePearcedale Recreation Reserve
Saturday 12 July, 1pm: Mornington v BonbeachMornington Alexandra Park Sunday 12 July, 2pm: Warragul Industrials v Karingal - Western Park
DIVISION TWO WOMENS
Saturday 12 July, 10am: Frankston (Reserve) v Red Hill - Pearcedale Recreation Reserve
Saturday 12 July, 11am: Mornington (Reserve) v Red Hill/Balnarring ThunderMornington Alexandra Park
Saturday 12 July, 12pm: Edithvale-Aspendale v TyabbEdi-Asp Regents Park
Warragul Industrial v Karingal - Western Park
Saturday 12 July, 4.30pm: Bass Coast v Mt ElizaDalyston Recreation Reserve
DIVISION THREE WOMENS Saturday 12 July, 12pm: Langwarrin v Tyabb -
By Craig MacKenzie
JOE Tweats and Bailey Head are the latest players to arrive on the local scene after joining Langwarrin and Peninsula Strikers respectively.
Tweats, 23, was signed from Northcote City and came off the bench in the second half of Langwarrin’s 3-1 home win over Moreland City on Saturday.
The midfielder had youth experience in both England and Spain before arriving in Western Australia and playing with Perth Glory then Sorrento.
Northcote signed him for the 2024 season.
“Joe is a player we have liked since he came across from Western Australia and he compliments the players we have in midfield,” Langwarrin gaffer Jamie Skelly said.
“He’s the type of player that will do well within our system and structure.”
Tweat’s circuitous route to his present destination was trumped by Head who joined Strikers from Hampton East Brighton.
Head’s junior career took him to Altona Magic and Altona East, Makati FC (Philippines) and Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) and his senior clubs include Manchester Metropolitan University, Port Melbourne, Eltham Redbacks, Collingwood City and Hampton East Brighton.
The 24-year-old defender has been in rehab under the supervision of Kosta Drak (747 Fitness) after being injured during pre-season.
He played in Strikers’ reserves on Sunday.
“Bailey’s a very good player and he’s a great person,” Strikers’ head coach Scott Morrison said.
“He gives us good depth for the run home and will hopefully contribute strongly for our push for promotion.”
Although Tweats came on late in Saturday’s Lawton Park success he must have been impressed with what he saw. Langwarrin had its fifth win in the past six games.
In all it has amassed 16 out of a possible 18 points which is the best six-game points haul in the club’s NPL/VPL history.
Saturday’s win started with a converted penalty by Lucas Portelli after Moreland keeper Max Minuzzo brought down Tom Youngs in the 23rd minute.
Nine minutes later it was 2-0 after the elusive Youngs was the benefactor of a defence-splitting Portelli pass which Youngs made the most of with a sublime finish low inside the far post.
Portelli’s display in this match is worthy of mention.
His fluent almost languid motion in possession and the ease with which he
glides past opponents combined with an armoury of passing skills rightly see him labelled as one of the finest defenders in VPL1.
Just when Langy seemed certain to take a two-goal lead into the break Northcote left winger Ali Al Sheikh produced the goal of the match cutting in from the left and unleashing a stunning shot that sailed into the top far corner of goal.
But it didn’t take long in the second half for the home team to restore its two-goal cushion.
In the 51st minute Brad Blumenthal headed the ball into the path of overlapping right back Luke Goulding who steadied before thumping it past Minuzzo and inside the near post to make it 3-1.
Although Youngs, Ryo Takahashi and Archie Macphee could have added to the margin Langy arrived at the finish line with plenty in reserve.
In State 1 news Mornington maintained its promotion push with a 2-1 away win over Mazenod on Saturday.
Mazenod led when captain jack Hindle scored from the spot in the 9th minute but a Dylan Thomas header from a Jacob Brito corner levelled the scores in the 38th minute.
The winner came from Kieran Dover in the 69th minute after being put through by English import Liam Grimshaw who had come on at half-time and was impressive.
In State 2 news Peninsula Strikers won 3-0 away to North Caulfield on Sunday while Skye United fell victim to a 90th-minute equaliser in Saturday’s 1-1 home draw with Chisholm United.
Strikers took the lead eight minutes in when Cambell Steedman ran onto a superb through ball from Kyron Kerr and lobbed North Caulfield keeper Liam Reeves.
It was 2-0 in the 26th minute when Sam Maggs, who had hit the post early in the match, forced a mistake at the back before rounding Reeves and finishing easily.
The second half was more of a battle and Caulfield won a penalty only for Michail Schneider to sky his conversion attempt.
The nail in the home team’s coffin was driven in by Matt Harrington in the 76th minute when Jordy May put Harrington through and he buried his chance into the bottom corner.
The only downside to Strikers’ display came in the 90th minute when May was sent off after a late challenge.
Skye United had the better of the first half against Chisholm and led at the interval after Varmah Mgoneh’s header from a corner.
Skye had chances to put this one to bed but was left to rue missed opportunities when Chisholm equalised in the 90th minute from a corner.
Skye remains in fourth spot just four points off second place.
The next two weeks loom as huge games as Skye travels to both Casey Comets and St Kilda.
In State 4 news Chelsea had to settle for a share of the spoils in Saturday’s 1-1 home draw with Baxter but that was enough to leapfrog Endeavour United into top spot after Endeavour’s 1-0 loss to Springvale City.
Both goals came in the first with
Charlie O’Connell’s opener in the 15th minute and Nathan Boccari’s equaliser in the 28th minute.
Somerville Eagles and Rosebud drew 3-3 in a pulsating derby at Westernport Secondary College last weekend.
Somerville took the lead in the 12th minute when Rosebud failed to defend a corner and a Josh Simmons’ header found the back of the net.
The game was stopped in the 21st minute when a clash between Rosebud goalkeeper Colin McCormack and Eagles striker Max Watson forced McCormack to be substituted.
The Irishman will have scans on a knee to discover the extent of the damage.
This brought new signing Charlie Gunning from Strikers into the action earlier than planned and a minute later a Riley Gill cross was headed home by Ashton McMahon for the equaliser.
Somerville regained the lead in the 38th minute when Rosebud once again failed to clear from a set piece allowing Jack Gorbert to capitalise.
But two minutes later man-of-thematch McMahon brought Rosebud level again.
He claimed his hat-trick in the 59th minute but two minutes later it was 3-3 thanks to Eagles skipper Nick Simmons.
The last half-hour was a topsy-turvy affair with neither side able to strike the decisive blow.
Frankston Pines remain the only winless team in the league after Friday night’s 3-0 away loss to FC Noble Hurricanes.
Pines were reduced to 10 men in the
61st minute following Ali Sina Rezai’s red card.
In State 5 second-placed Mount Eliza left the door to retaining State 5 status slightly ajar when going down 1-0 away to Pakenham United on Saturday. Third-placed Seaford United took advantage of Mount Eliza’s slip-up by winning 2-0 away against Endeavour Hills Fire last weekend.
The local side had keeper Hayden Hicks to thank for keeping the home team at bay in the early exchanges and it was from a long Hicks kick that Seaford first struck.
That allowed Zain Ahmad to score from a one-on-one with Fire keeper Gil Vellien.
Seaford had Fire on the back foot for most of the second half and increased its lead in the 58th minute.
Conor Mcfall’s through ball found Ahmad whose low shot was parried by Vellien only for Blake Hicks to hit the target with an acrobatic finish that sealed Fire’s fate.
Mount Martha lost 3-1 away to Casey Panthers and yet again paid dearly from being wasteful in front of goal.
Archie Thomas scored for Mount Martha.
Aspendale lost 3-1 away to Bunyip District on Saturday.
Bunyip was 3-0 up when a Tynan North own goal in the 83rd minute completed the scoreline.
Friday, 11 July, 8.30pm
Casey Comets v Skye Utd, Comets Stadium
Chelsea v Frankston Pines, Edithvale Recreation Reserve
Saturday, 12 July, 3pm Mornington v Beaumaris, Dallas Brooks Park
Peninsula Strikers v Noble Park Utd, Centenary Park Somerville Eagles v FC Noble Hurricanes, Westernport Secondary College Mount Eliza v Fortuna 60, Emil Madsen Reserve
Aspendale v Keysborough, Aspendale Gardens Sports Ground
Mount Martha v Cleeland Utd, Civic Reserve
Saturday, 12 July, 6pm Rosebud v Baxter, Olympic Park Seaford Utd BYE
