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Battling blaze Fire fighters put out a blaze on Davey Street last week. Picture: Gary Sissons

Demolition-bound building up in flames to demolish the building to clear the path for construction on two tall towers. The demolition plans have been conditionally approved, but the development plans have been objected to by many community members. The site owner is pushing for the demolition of 8 to 12 Davey Street so that they can be replaced by the two

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Police have called the fire “suspicious”. A 29-year-old woman of no fixed address was arrested at the scene and charged with arson. The alleged arsonist appeared at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 8 December. She was remanded to appear again on 22 December. Frankston Council has been lobbied

A DERELICT building on Davey Street has gone up in flames. A fire broke out on 8 Davey Street at around 10.30pm on 7 December. The

site was under heritage protection, although Frankston Council had recently approved a plan to demolish the building subject to amended development plans. The fire warning issued read that there was “no threat to the community”. The blaze was declared all clear about four hours later just before 3am. Nobody was hurt in the blaze.

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Knitting teddies to cheer up sick kids RESIDENTS at a Frankston aged care home have been knitting teddies to help cheer up kids in hospital. Benetas St Paul’s Terrace residential aged care home residents have been working on the project. Keen knitter Maria Holloway has been spending the last month preparing “trauma teddies” which will go to kids staying in the Frankston Hospital Emergency Department. Benetas carer Connie Chaffey says that the bears have been received by the hospital and are ready for “cuddles as soon as they are needed.” “Maria came up with the idea for the local Frankston Hospital so she knits each unique teddy and I help by stuffing and stitching them together,” she said. “Maria loves making each individual teddy knowing it can offer a bit of comfort to an unwell little one.”

MARIA Holloway with her knitted trauma teddies. Picture: Supplied

FRANKSTON MP Peta Murphy with Frankston U3A president Andrea McCall. Picture: Supplied

Grants given out GRANTS have been handed out to 40 local organisations through the Dunkley volunteer grants program. Among the successful groups are AWARE wildlife rescue, Miscarriage Information Support Service, Beach Patrol Australia, Community Support Frankston, Frankston Fire Brigade, Rotary Club of Frankston, Frankston SES, U3A Frankston, and Women’s Spirit Project. Multiple other charities, sports clubs, and community services also received funding between $1000 and $5000. Dunkley MP Peta Murphy said “our local volunteers have worked tirelessly to support our community during the pandemic with many of them being on the frontline. This funding will assist them to purchase small equipment, as well as pay for fuel, transport and training costs.” “Our local volunteer groups play such an important role in our community, I’m very proud to be supporting them with this funding,” she said. Ms Murphy said that she would continue to advocate for federal funding to organisations which unsuccessfully applied for the grant.

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Mural for Indigenous health service AN Indigenous artist has painted a new mural in Frankston. The artwork is being completed as part of a partnership between Wilson’s Car Park in Frankston and First People’s Health and Wellness. Artist N’Dene Riley is overseeing the mural project. She said that she “will be doing the designs of Aboriginal symbols and story. It’s a bay ocean theme gathering together to live as one”. Work on the mural began at Wilson’s Car Park on 9 December. Dunkley MP Peta Murphy attended the opening. “Reconciliation in action at 7 Station St Frankston. First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing and Wilsons Parking are working together to paint a new aboriginal mural in Frankston,” she said on social media. “Local aboriginal artist N’Dene Riley has been commissioned for the work. And both organisations are helping to paint the undercoat. Can’t wait to see the completed artwork.” First People’s Health and Wellness is a Frankston-based Aboriginal community controlled health service. It aims to improve access to affordable primary health care.

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ARTIST N’Dene Riley puts the finishing touches on a mural in Frankston. Picture: Gary Sissons

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Big attraction a thing of pure imagination IN Ballina you’ll find the Big Prawn, on the Sunshine Coast you’ll find the Big Pineapple, and now in Carrum Downs you’ll find a big chocolate bar. Chocolate Grove in Carrum Downs unveiled its big attraction at an event last week. The big block of chocolate was the brainchild of chief chocolatier Will Muddyman. “I’ve always had this idea of building a BIG chocolate bar to promote our chocolate shop and business here in Carrum Downs. Great care and attention to detail has gone into making it as authentic as possible, so it becomes a tourist drawcard, an icon, gravitating travellers to the Frankston area,” Mr Muddyman said. The project was completed with the help of local blacksmith Tony Mardling. See the big chocolate bar at 48 - 50 Aster Avenue, Carrum Downs.

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CHOCOLATIER Will Muddyman with a big chocolate bar. Picture: Supplied

We’re building big near you and there will be transport disruptions As part of Victoria’s Big Build, we’re building the Metro Tunnel and easing congestion by building better roads and bridges across our suburbs. Train disruptions: Buses replace trains in both directions on the Frankston and Stony Point lines First train to 8.30pm, 15 Dec First train to 8.30pm, 19 to 22 Dec 16 to 23 Dec

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Missing macaws TWO valuable birds have been stolen from their home in Frankston South. Two scarlet macaws were allegedly stolen from a home on Poinciana Street. Offenders broke into the home via the front door sometime between 5pm on Sunday 28 November, and 12.30pm on Monday 29 November. The stolen birds belonged to the owner’s deceased father. Police say that they are worth $30,000 each. The missing birds have their flight feathers clipped. They are named Bubba and Pippa. An image of the missing birds has been released by investigators (left). Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic. com.au

Speedsters warned POLICE are enforcing the new 40 kmph speed limit in the Frankston CBD On the Frankston eyewatch Facebook page, police said “the new speed limit will assist with safer outdoor dining. “Most locals would be aware of the highly visible fixed Red Light Speed Camera at the intersection of Nepean Highway and Davey Street,” police said. “Please slow down and obey the signs otherwise

your picture will be taken, resulting in speeding fines you didn’t expect or want.” The new speed limit is also in effect on Nepean Highway between Fletcher Rd and Davey Street.

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MORE than 2700 family violence incidents were reported in the Frankston area between July 2020 and June 2021. The latest figures released by the Crime Statistics Agency have revealed that there were 2724 local family violence incidents reported. The figure is virtually the same as it was in the previous 12 month period. For the first time, the CSA has included sexual offences in its Victorian Family Violence Database. A little more than 100 of the reported family violence incidents in Frankston were of a sexual nature. Overall statewide sexual offences recorded by police increased 10.8 per cent in 2020/2021 compared to the previous year - from 13,589 to 15,062. The CSA says that half of all reported sexual offence incidents result in police charges. CSA chief statistician Fiona Dowsley said that publishing sexual assault statistics in the Family Violence Database “is important for increasing understanding so responses to both sexual assault and family violence can continue to be improved.” The CSA figures reveal that women are the victims of family violence disproportionately compared to men. Statewide, adult women

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were the victims of family violence 23,794 times. Adult men were the victims 8,614 times. Statewide, there were about 5000 more family violence incidents reported in Victoria in 2020/2021 compared to 2019/2020. Councils statewide, including Frankston and Kingston have been undertaking 16 days of activism since 25 November to campaign for action against gender-based violence Kingston Council’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence included a webinar on the causes of gender-based violence, the installation of stencils on local sportsgrounds, library storytimes featuring books on respect and equality, and the projection of orange lights on the clock tower at the Kingston Arts Centre in Moorabbin. Kingston mayor Steve Staikos said “it’s imperative that respect is extended across our entire community to everyone, however unfortunately women and girls are sadly still disproportionately represented as victims of violence, especially in the home.” “This simply can’t continue, and Kingston is proud to be supporting the 16 days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence campaign through ongoing advocacy and by taking practical steps to make a real difference,” he said. Contact Victoria’s 24/7 family violence support service Safe Steps on 1800 015 188 or at safesteps.org.au

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F SA RI D TU A Y a r RD & v o AY s

Hunt ‘retirement’ tied to election Keith Platt keith@baysidenews.com.au

FLINDERS MP Greg Hunt at the opening of the Yawa Aquatic Centre, Rosebud. Picture: Gary Sissons

AFTER more than 20 years representing the people of the Flinders electorate in federal parliament, Liberal Greg Hunt is looking forward to spending more time at home with his family. When announcing his retirement from federal politics, Mr Hunt told parliament “it's time to turn to focus on another family: Paula, Poppy, James, Elsa and Charlie the cavoodle”. “But for all the time that we have spent together, and as fond as I am of the Prime Minister [Scott Morrison] and the Treasurer [Josh Frydenberg], my card is ultimately elsewhere - sorry, Josh,” he said. “It is with my family. My amazing wife, Paula, who is in the gallery today, is a nurse, carer, counsellor and confidante. But perhaps above all else she's raised two beautiful children largely as a single mother. “I am so immensely proud of Poppy, who is going into year 11, and of James, who is about to go into senior school. They're both getting awards this week and, again, I'm not there. On Sunday they looked at me and said: 'Dad, this

is your last chance to be a proper dad. It's time to come home, Dad’.” His announcement is an illustration of the ever-changing circumstances and decisions in politics. On Friday 1 October Mr Hunt told The Times: “I have been pre-selected and am running.” Two months later he was telling parliament that his place as the candidate for Flinders at next year’s election should be taken by a woman. “I think it is time, subject to the will of the local branch members, for a strong, brilliant woman to be the Liberal candidate for Flinders. And I'm very confident about the future of this great party in this coalition.” Zoe McKenzie, who has previously worked for Mr Hunt while health minister and former trade minister Andrew Robb, is tipped as succeeding Mr Hunt as the Liberal Party’s candidate for Flinders. Ms McKenzie is on the board of the lobby group Committee for Mornington Peninsula, whose executive officer Briony Hutton has sought Liberal preselection for the state seat of Hastings, held by Neale Burgess, who will not seek re-election next year.

‘People-power’ ends quarry bid Stephen Taylor steve@baysidenews.com.au SAVE Arthurs Seat supporters are cheering a decision by The Ross Trust to abandon its bid to dig a quarry on the Pioneer site at Dromana. The controversial plan, under which Hillview Quarries would extract stone from a 43 hectare site on the north face of Arthurs Seat, became a rallying point for environmentalists determined to protect one of the last pockets of natural bushland on the Mornington Peninsula. Now, after eight years the battle – first against a tip on the site in 2013, and then the quarry – has been won. “This is a win for people power, it’s a win for the environment, it’s a win for the Victorian community as a whole,” Peninsula Preservation Group president Dr Mark Fancett said. “This was a crazy idea from the start.

It was hypocritical for the trust to be the developer of a massive quarry on bushland … [while] being a charity with a mission of protecting biodiversity.” The Ross Trust last week glossed over the back down, announcing it was planning to “explore a rehabilitation option” for the Boundary Road site “consistent with the prescriptive rehabilitation requirements mandated by the Victorian government”. It said it would “no longer seek to re-establish a fully operational quarry” there. Hillview Quarries CEO Paul Nitas said that as part of the environmental effects statement (EES) process the company would “work alongside the community, stakeholders, and the state to explore how best to rehabilitate” the site for future uses. “The footprint … will change,” he said. “Its landscape, while picturesque,

is not all undisturbed natural and native bushland. Rehabilitating it to be safe, stable, and to meet the full legislative requirements for use for generations to come will require substantial work,” Mr Nitas said. Ross Trust chair Jeremy Kirkwood criticised the “heightened negative campaign” by the Save Arthurs Seat group. “The decision … was made because the trust is increasingly concerned that the heightened negative campaign against the proposed quarry was threatening the good work of the trust and the organisations it funds,” he said. “Our work is being undermined by sometimes threatening, dangerous, vitriolic and misleading behaviour. We cannot allow our staff, grantees, and supporters to … be exposed to this. It’s not right and it needs to stop.” Nepean MP Chris Brayne said the decision showed the R E Ross Trust

had “listened to the community”. “This has been a long journey for the Dromana, Arthurs Seat and Red Hill communities,” Mr Brayne said. “The Save Arthurs Seat team led by Mark and Michelle Fancett, alongside many other locals, dedicated innumerable hours, resources and a tireless energy to fight this proposal. “The Mornington Peninsula is special. It must be protected. There has to come a time when we say no to developing the peninsula in an unsustainable way. “In my mind, we are well past that time. We have to protect our peninsula for the long term.” Mr Brayne said results of a poll on his Facebook page was “emphatic”, with 97 per cent of the more than 4000 votes being opposed to the quarry. Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh said the “longrunning and divisive issue … has

caused a fair amount of angst in our community”. “Council shared many of the community’s concerns and felt this proposal was out of step with our commitment to protect the environment and steer the peninsula towards a more sustainable future,” he said. “I would like to congratulate the community on its campaign, and I thank [Mr] Brayne and Flinders MP Greg Hunt for their efforts to support the community against this proposal.” Cr Marsh said the shire “looked forward to working with Ross Trust and Hillview Quarries on how best to rehabilitate the site for future use”. Cr David Gill said the “dedicated hard work and grass roots efforts [of quarry opponents] have now paid off”. “They brought others, including initially reticent politicians, on board with their ability to raise the issues and gain community support.”

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Standing strong, fighting for our community Authorised by Sam McQuestin, Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), L12, 257 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000 Frankston Times

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Flag protocols fly at half mast MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors are being asked to fly the Aboriginal flag at half-mast on shire buildings on Australia Day next year, 26 January. Cr Sarah Race says the gesture would “recognise our First Nations people and their sorrow on this day [26 January was declared a day of mourning by Aboriginal Australians in 1938]”. Flag protocols set out by the Commonwealth and followed by the shire prevent the Australian national flag being flown at half-mast on Australia Day. However, the shire’s flag rules allow the Aboriginal flag to be flown

at half-mast as a sign of mourning after the death of a local Aboriginal elder or significant person within the community. Commonwealth rules state that “where one flag is flown at half-mast, the other flags should also be flown at half-mast as a sign of respect”. Shire officers in the agenda for the public meeting on Tuesday 14 December, said the Aboriginal flag can be flown at half-mast on 26 January but “in doing so will need to retain the national flag at full-mast, contrary to the advice of the Commonwealth flag master”. The officers said a decision to fly the Aboriginal flag at half-mast has

“no apparent legal implications”. Background on the agenda to Cr Race’s move to lower the Aboriginal flag mentions council’s reconciliation action plan “to walk together with courage to understand, respect, value and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, arts and cultures as part of the intrinsic identity of the Mornington Peninsula for the benefit of the whole community”. No mention is made of the Torres Strait islands flag being flown at halfmast or top of the mast on Australia Day. Keith Platt

ONE of the differences at next year’s Australia Day celebrations on the Mornington Peninsula could see the Aboriginal flag flown at half-mast.

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BMX racer Julijana Vrapcenjak with her trophies. Picture: Supplied

Racing for success A YEAR 6 student from Toorak College has finished second in her age group in the BMX Victoria state titles. Julijana Vrapcenjak trains most days, sometimes twice a day. Her mother, Zoe Vrapcenjak, said Julijana’s “hard work, grit and determination” had helped prepare her for the challenges of competitive BMX racing. As well as from her family, she gets a lot of support from her teachers and the wider school community. “Toorak has provided me with the platform and encouragement to pursue my passions, no matter what they may be,” Julijana said. “Not many girls compete in BMX racing so I’m proud to be an example to the other girls at school to follow their dreams.” She is now preparing for this month’s 2021 Auscycling BMX national championships in Queensland.

FORMER Dunkley MP Chris Crewther has been preselected to contest the state seat of Mornington at next year’s election. The former federal Liberal MP defeated incumbent Mornington MP David Morris for preselection. Mr Morris has been the member for Mornington for 16 years. Mornington is considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party. Labor has never held the seat. Mr Crewther also put his hand up for preselection for his old federal seat of Dunkley earlier this year, but was defeated by Sharn Coombes. Mr Crewther was the member for Dunkley for just one term, losing the seat to Labor’s Peta Murphy in 2019. In a statement on Facebook, Mr Crewther said he will “passionately advocate for local issues, whether it’s making Mornington Peninsula regional, restoring Mount Martha North Beach, building sporting infrastructure at places like Emil Madsen Reserve, protecting our green wedge, bringing back passenger rail services to Baxter and Mornington East, improving local health and aged care services, upgrading our local schools (already bursting at the seams), supporting local small businesses, and more.”

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There’s no shortage of festive viewing options this holiday season, but a rom-com this cute could never be on the naughty list. Emilia Clarke (left) plays Kate, a wannabe singer whose various misfortunes have led to a job in a year-round Christmas store. When she meets Tom (Henry Golding, Crazy Rich Asians), a handsome young man who brings out the best in her, things start to look up. The ﬁlm – written by Greg Wise, Bryony Kimmings and Emma Thompson, who also stars – is inspired by the music of George Michael.

SUNDAY

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW

TEN, 7.30pm

If Christmas schmaltz sends you running for cover, but you don’t mind a bit of tongue-in-cheek kitsch, chat show veteran Graham Norton (above) has your festive feelings covered. As season 29 of his much-loved, celebritystudded chat show draws to a close at Santa Claus’s end of the year, viewers can expect some extra cheer in the form of festive guests and some Christmas baubles. Norton himself is never one to shy away from an OTT outﬁt, so bets are on he’ll be donning something extra special.

MONDAY

THE ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO: CELEBRATING 70 YEARS

ABC TV, 8.30pm

Set on the grounds of the majestic Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle and showcasing music by the British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and international military bands, the annual tattoo is an iconic Scottish event. The festival has never been cancelled in its 70year history, except the past two years during COVID. In a terriﬁc move, this special celebrates the tattoo by soaking in its best moments over the past decades.

Before you wonder where you’ll get your garden inspiration from after the team packs up the shovels and seeds tonight for another year, settle in for an abundance of Christmas cheer and savvy, creative garden ideas. Presenter Costa Georgiadis (below) perpetually exudes a festive cheer and here, he dons Santa’s red hat in an episode jampacked with Yuletide joy. Costa visits Jimmy and Jane Barnes at their country home, while Jerry Coleby-Williams explores fragrant frangipani. Hannah Moloney makes a homegrown and handmade snack with nasturtium leaves. Costa Georgiadis hosts the Gardening Australia: Christmas Special

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Thursday, December 16 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australia Remastered: Nature’s Great Divide. (R) 11.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 QI. (Ml, R) 2.05 Glitch. (Malv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (R)

6.00 Soccer. FIFA Arab Cup. Second semifinal. Continued. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Tulip. (PGa, R) 2.15 The Chefs’ Line. (R) 2.45 Child Genius. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Swept Up By Christmas. (2020, PGa) Lindy Booth. 2.00 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Afternoon session. 5.00 The Ashes: Tea Break. 5.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Late afternoon session. From Adelaide Oval.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Christmas Comeback. (2019, G) 1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. (Final) Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. Barrie Cassidy speaks with Rebecca West. 8.30 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures. (PG, R) Part 1 of 3. Joanna Lumley provides an insight into how her travel programs are made. 9.20 Nigella’s Christmas Table. (R) Presented by Nigella Lawson. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.05 Christmas At St Paul’s. (R) 12.05 Catching A Predator. (Ma, R) 1.05 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PG) A tour of Whitakers’ chocolate factory. 8.30 Red Election. (MA15+) The day of the referendum arrives. 9.25 Murder Case: Motive Unknown. (MA15+) Part 3 of 3. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Gomorrah. (MA15+av, R) 12.00 We Are Who We Are. (Mls, R) 12.55 Darklands. (MA15+lv, R) 3.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (MA15+ls, R) 4.35 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+anv, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Late Afternoon Session. Continued. 7.40 The Ashes: Dinner Break. Takes a look at the first day of play so far in the Second Test between Australia and England. 8.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Evening session. 10.30 MOVIE: The Taking Of Pelham 123. (2009, MA15+lv, R) Train passengers are taken hostage. Denzel Washington. 12.45 American Crime. (Masv, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Great Getaways. (PG) Takes a look at holiday ideas in Asia. 8.30 MOVIE: Miss Congeniality. (2000, Msv, R) A graceless FBI agent goes undercover in a beauty pageant to catch a terrorist. Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt. 10.45 Nine News Late. 11.15 New Amsterdam. (Mam, R) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 Jamie: Together At Christmas. Jamie prepares festive-themed dishes. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav) Benson and Rollins must contend with unexpected interference from the FBI and the Organised Crime bureau in their latest investigation when a rape victim identifies a dangerous mobster as her assailant. 10.30 Blue Bloods. Baez questions her place with the NYPD. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s

Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Mock The Week. 9.00 Sammy J: Full Credit To Christmas. 10.00 Hard Quiz. (Final) 10.30 Gruen. (Final) 11.05 Doctor Who. 11.50 You Can’t Ask That. 12.30am Penguins: Meet The Family. 1.25 The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan. 2.25 Community. 2.50 Parks And Recreation. 3.10 ABC News Update. 3.15 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Project Blue Book. 1.40 Hustle. 2.30 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup Series. Replay. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.25 Joy Of Painting. 5.55 Shortland Street. 6.25 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.00 The Source. 10.50 Vikings. 11.40 News. 12.35am Me And My Affair. 1.25 The X-Files. 2.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Railway Restorations With Peter Snow. 3.00 A Foodies Guide To Kyushu Japan. 3.30 Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 As Time Goes By. 2.10 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Alive And Kicking. (1958) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 10.40 Law & Order. 11.40 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Frasier. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Carol’s Second Act. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Ranger To Ranger. 2.00 Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Project Planet. 4.35 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Trickster. 9.20 MOVIE: Peeples. (2013) 11.05 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am The Thief Of Bagdad. Continued. (1940, PG) 7.25 Robinson Crusoe. (2016, PG) 9.05 Hawaa Hawaai. (2014, PG, Hindi) 11.20 Chalet Girl. (2011, PG) 1.15pm Loving. (2016, PG) 3.30 Heidi. (2015, PG, German) 5.35 Frantz. (2016, PG, French) 7.40 Hyde Park On Hudson. (2012, M) 9.30 The Traitor. (2019, MA15+, Italian) 12.15am Late Programs. 5.45 Chalet Girl. (2011, PG)

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Dirty Rotten Survival. 3.00 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Big Trouble In Little China. (1986, M) 9.35 MOVIE: Executive Decision. (1996, M) 12.20am Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Survivor 41. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Survivor 41. 10.30 MOVIE: Zombieland. (2009, MA15+) 12.15am Desperate Housewives. 2.10 Vanderpump Rules. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. 4.00 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 NBL Slam. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 JAG. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 SEAL Team. 3.00 Blue Bloods. 4.00 Hawaii Five-0.

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.

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Friday, December 17 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Searching For Superhuman. (PG, R) 11.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. (R) 1.30 The Sound. (Final, PG, R) 2.05 Glitch. (Ml, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.15 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 The Italians. 2.15 The Chefs’ Line. (R) 2.45 Child Genius. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Star-Crossed Christmas. (2017, G) 2.00 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 2. Afternoon session. 5.00 The Ashes: Tea Break. 5.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 2. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Wish Upon A Christmas. (2015, PGa) Larisa Oleynik, Aaron Ashmore, Alan Thicke. 1.45 Making Of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 1.00 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. (Final) Analysis of the day’s news. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Gardening Australia: Christmas Special. (Final) The team celebrates the festive season. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. (Mav, R) DCI Barnaby and DS Winter investigate when a body is found dead in a vat in a brewery. 10.00 Talking Heads. (PG) A woman shares her story. 10.40 ABC Late News. 11.15 Gruen. (Final, R) 11.50 Preppers. (Final, Mals, R) 12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 France: A Journey Through Time. Takes a look at France. 8.30 Empire With Michael Portillo. (PGa, R) Part 4 of 4. Michael Portillo travels to North America to explore how British rule led to an armed rebellion. 9.25 Dig World War II. (PG, R) Part 4 of 4. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Cornwall With Simon Reeve. (PGa, R) 12.00 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. (Mav, R) 1.40 Celebrity Mastermind. (R) 4.40 Poh & Co. Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 2. Late afternoon session. Continued. 7.40 The Ashes: Dinner Break. Takes a look at the day of play. 8.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 2. Evening session. 10.30 Jessica Fox: Greatest To Gold. (PG) A look at canoeist Jessica Fox. 11.00 MOVIE: Why Him? (2016, MA15+ls, R) A man struggles to accept his daughter’s boyfriend. James Franco. 1.20 RSPCA Animal Rescue. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Red Panda Implant. (PGa) The red panda exhibit is at capacity. 8.30 MOVIE: Deck The Halls. (2006, PGals, R) Two neighbours compete to see who can come up with the most impressive Christmas lights display. Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis. 10.20 MOVIE: Last Christmas. (2019, PGals) Emilia Clarke. 12.10 The Weakest Link. (PGl, R) 1.10 Destination WA. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. (R) 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 The Living Room. (PGn, R) The team helps big-hearted local hero. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (R) Graham Norton chats with Keanu Reeves, Olivia Colman, Cynthia Erivo and Jack Whitehall. 9.30 Rhys Darby: Big In Japan. (PGa) Part 2 of 4. Rhys Darby tries to break into the Japanese entertainment industry. 10.30 Just For Laughs. (Mls, R) Hosted by Nick Cody. 11.00 The Project. (R) 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE: Awakenings. (1990, M) 10.25 Doctor Who. 11.15 Art Works. (Final) 11.45 Live At The Apollo. 12.30am QI. 1.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 1.30 Sick Of It. 1.50 Community. 2.10 Parks And Recreation. 2.35 ABC News Update. 2.40 Close. 5.05 Five Minutes More. 5.10 Sarah & Duck. 5.20 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Letterkenny. 2.15 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup. Replay. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.15 The Swiping Game. 10.15 The Science Behind Sex. 11.15 Project Blue Book. 12.05am News. 1.00 MOVIE: Welcome To Me. (2014, MA15+) 2.35 Late Programs.

7TWO (72)

6am Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Better Homes. 3.30 Animal Rescue. 4.00 M*A*S*H. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 The Amazing Homemakers. 9.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 10.30 The Mentalist. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 Death In Paradise. 2.10 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. (1974, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Saved & Remade. 8.30 MOVIE: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. (1989, PG) 10.40 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. 11.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Heavy Rescue: 401. 1.00 Dirty Rotten Survival. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: The Rookie. (1990, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Fire Down Below. (1997, M) 12.10am Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 MOVIE: Ella Enchanted. (2004, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Mean Girls. (2004, M) 9.30 MOVIE: Clueless. (1995, M) 11.30 Malcolm. Midnight Desperate Housewives. 2.00 Vanderpump Rules. 2.50 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 22. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Highlights. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 JAG. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek: Discovery. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 11.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 SEAL Team. 3.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 5.00 Diagnosis Murder.

6am Morning Programs. 1.35pm Bamay. 2.00 Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Living Black Conversations. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.35 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 Little J And Big Cuz. 7.45 MOVIE: Toys And Pets. (2017, PG) 9.30 Bedtime Stories. 9.40 Cultural Connections Immersion Festival. 10.40 Late Programs.

Chalet Girl. Continued. (2011, PG) 7.40 Frantz. (2016, PG, French) 9.45 The Illusionist. (2010, PG) 11.15 Heidi. (2015, PG, German) 1.20pm Robinson Crusoe. (2016, PG) 3.00 Hawaa Hawaai. (2014, PG, Hindi) 5.15 Kirikou And The Sorceress. (1998) 6.40 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 8.30 The Old Man And The Gun. (2018, M) 10.15 Phoenix. (2014, M, German) Midnight Late Programs.

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Saturday, December 18 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Midsomer Murders. (Mav, R) 2.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.00 That Christmas. (PG, R) 4.00 Dream Gardens. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline Summer. (R) 5.00 Basketball. WNBL. Round 3. Southside Flyers v Melbourne Boomers. From Dandenong Stadium, Victoria. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 The Larkins. (Ms) Pop Larkin takes justice into his own hands when he tries to save the local railway station from closing. 8.20 Miniseries: Us. (Mdl) Part 2 of 4. Despite a rocky start in Paris, the family’s tour of Europe continues with the next stop, Amsterdam. 9.20 Total Control. (Final, Malv, R) Alex is on the cusp of rewriting history when the forces of violence and reaction make one last attempt to stop her. 10.15 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) The nuns elect a new mother superior. 11.50 Father Brown. (Mav, R) 12.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBC News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Patrizio Buanne: Celebration. 4.00 The World’s Best Film. 5.40 Nazi Megastructures. (PGav, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M) Hosted by Michael Hing. 8.30 The World’s Greatest Hotels: George V, Paris. (PG) Takes a look at one of the world’s most iconic hotels, including the Four Seasons George V in Paris. 9.25 Titanic: Dead Reckoning. (PGa, R) Explores the Titanic tragedy. 10.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R) 11.20 MOVIE: Bleed For This. (2016, Malnv, R) 1.30 Soccer. FIFA Arab Cup. Final. 4.30 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+dv, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6am Morning Programs. 12.00 Salvation Army Christmas Special. (PG) 12.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movies. (PG) 1.00 Better Homes. (R) 2.00 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 3. Afternoon session. 5.00 The Ashes: Tea Break. 5.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 3. Late afternoon session. Continued. 7.40 The Ashes: Dinner Break. Takes a look at the third day of play so far in the Second Test between Australia and England. 8.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 3. Evening session. From Adelaide Oval. 10.30 MOVIE: Speed. (1994, Mlv, R) An LAPD cop is trapped on a runaway bus. Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock. 1.00 Gold Coast Medical. (PGa, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Get Clever. (R) 5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R)

6.00 Animal Tales. (PG, R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Cybershack. (PG) 1.00 Destination WA. 1.30 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures. (PG) 2.00 MOVIE: Sabrina. (1995, G, R) Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear. 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia. (R) 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Daddy’s Home 2. (2017, PGals, R) An ideal Christmas is thrown into chaos. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg. 9.30 MOVIE: Bad Moms 2. (2017, MA15+als, R) Three underappreciated mothers rebel against the expectations of organising the “perfect” Christmas. Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell. 11.30 MOVIE: The Dilemma. (2011, Mlsv, R) Vince Vaughn. 1.35 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures. (PG, R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact With Stu Cameron. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Escape Fishing. (R) 8.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R) 9.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 12.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 1.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals At Christmas. (R) 2.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 3.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl, R) 4.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. (PGa, R) 4.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 5.00 News. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGa, R) Beach marshals work with the lifeguards to check numbers and enforce social distancing. 6.30 Territory Cops. (PGlnv, R) A cop answers a call from two distressed girls who have driven their vehicle off the road and into a hole. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 5. Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory. From AAMI Park, Melbourne. 10.00 Ambulance. (Ml, R) London paramedics are dispatched to aid a patient who has fallen down a flight of stairs at a casino. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.20 Live At The Apollo. 9.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.50 Mock The Week. 10.20 Schitt’s Creek. 11.10 Catastrophe. 11.35 The Young Offenders. 12.10am Upstart Crow. 12.50 GameFace. 1.15 Red Dwarf. 1.45 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 2.15 Escape From The City. 3.15 ABC News Update. 3.20 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Kanyekanye. 12.30 SBS Courtside. 1.00 Basketball. NBA. Utah Jazz v San Antonio Spurs. 3.30 Julian. 3.45 Ancient Aliens. 4.35 WorldWatch. 6.00 When Demolitions Go Wrong. 6.50 The Story Of The Songs. 7.40 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 8.30 Kelly Clarkson: When Christmas Comes Around. 9.30 The X-Files. 1.40am Undressed. 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Weekender. 11.30 Creek To Coast. Noon A Foodies Guide To Kyushu Japan. 12.30 Horse Racing. VRC Christmas Race Day, Eagle Farm Racecourse and Royal Randwick Raceday. 6.00 Greyhound Racing. The Pheonix. 7.00 Border Security: International. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 The Mentalist. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.15 Saved & Remade. 12.15pm MOVIE: The Courtneys Of Curzon Street. (1947) 2.30 MOVIE: The Ten Commandments. (1956) 7.00 MOVIE: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. (1991, PG) 9.15 MOVIE: Star Trek: Generations. (1994, PG) 11.30 Memory Lane. 12.50am Explore. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10 PEACH (11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Seatbelt Psychic. 11.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. Noon Jamie: Together At Christmas. 1.00 Carol’s Second Act. 2.00 Brides Of Beverly Hills. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.45 2 Broke Girls. 12.10am Home Shopping. 1.40 Mom. 3.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Boating. UIM Class-1 Powerboat C’ships. Key West C’ships. 3.00 Dirty Rotten Survival. 5.00 Pawn Stars. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: The Departed. (2006, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm Malcolm. 2.00 Making Of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. 2.10 MOVIE: Once Upon A Main Street. (2020, PG) 4.00 MOVIE: The Flight Before Christmas. (2015, PG) 5.50 MOVIE: The Little Rascals. (1994) 7.30 MOVIE: Richie Rich. (1994, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Beethoven. (1992) 11.15 Malcolm. 11.45 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. 12.45am Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 MacGyver. 11.00 Diagnosis Murder. 1pm Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 All 4 Adventure. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Bondi Rescue. 4.30 iFish Summer Series. 5.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. 5.30 MacGyver. 6.30 Scorpion. (Final) 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 MacGyver. 11.20 CSI. 1.10am 48 Hours. 2.10 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Undiscovered Vistas. 12.55 Other Side Of The Rock. 1.00 Boxing Night To Remember V. 2.00 Hockey. SA Men’s Super League. 4.00 Soccer. FIFA Arab Cup. First semi-final. Replay. 5.50 News. 6.00 VCW: Vulcan Championship Wrestling. 7.00 Chuck And The First People’s Kitchen. 7.30 Sing About This Country. 9.30 MOVIE: Apocalypto. (2006, MA15+) 11.45 Late Programs.

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Hawaa Hawaai. Continued. (2014, PG, Hindi) 7.15 Heidi. (2015, PG, German) 9.20 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 11.10 Kirikou And The Sorceress. (1998) 12.35pm Capernaum. (2018, M, Lebanese Arabic) 2.55 Frantz. (2016, PG, French) 5.00 The Illusionist. (2010, PG) 6.30 The WellDigger’s Daughter. (2011, PG, French) 8.30 Vice. (2018, MA15+) 11.00 Late Programs.

14 December 2021

Sunday, December 19 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 11.00 Compass. (R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline Summer. 1.00 Wildflowers Of The Midwest Of WA. (PG) 1.30 Gardening Australia: Christmas Special. (R) 2.30 Nigella’s Christmas Table. (R) 3.30 Magical Land Of Oz. (R) 4.35 Everyone’s A Critic. (PG, R) 5.00 Art Works. (Final, PG, R) 5.35 Antiques Roadshow.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 France 24 English News Second Edition. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 AusMoto Show. 3.30 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Round 3. Grand Prix of Italy. Highlights. 5.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 5.30 We Bugged Hitler’s Phone. (PGa, R)

6am Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Swept Up By Christmas. (2020, PGa, R) 2.00 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v England. Afternoon session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 5.00 The Ashes: Tea Break. 5.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v England. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Cows For Cambodia. (PGa) 11.00 With You This Christmas. 11.30 The Xtreme CollXtion. (PG, R) 12.00 Ultimate Rush. (PG, R) 12.30 Snackmasters. (PG, R) 2.00 MOVIE: Snowed Inn Christmas. (2017, PGa, R) Bethany Joy Lenz, Andrew W. Walker, Tasha Smith. 4.00 Bondi Vet. (PGm) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Postcards Summer. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Joel Osteen. 8.00 GCBC. (R) 8.30 Freshly Picked. (R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Interiors. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 12.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 1.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 1.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 2.00 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 3.00 4x4 Adventures. 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl) 5.00 News.

6.35 Quentin Blake’s Clown. (R) 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) The police are stunned by another murder. 8.40 MOVIE: Anthony. (2020, Ma) Explores what life may have been like for Anthony Walker had he not been murdered. Toheeb Jimoh, Bobby Schofield. 10.10 Doc Martin. (Ma, R) Martin and Louisa face the challenge of living together. 10.55 Harrow. (Mav, R) 11.50 Talking Heads. (PG, R) 12.30 Silent Witness. (Mav, R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Hive: The Woman And The Car. (Ma, R) 4.00 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 5.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Inside Harrods At Christmas. (PG, R) Takes a look at the origins of Harrods. 8.30 Muhammad Ali. (M) Part 4 of 4. A look at one of the best-known sports figures of the 20th century, Muhammad Ali, concludes. 10.15 Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. (PGanw, R) 11.10 24 Hours In Emergency: Children Of Men. (Mal, R) 1.00 Chasing The Moon. (PG, R) 3.00 Moon Landing. (PG, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 4. Late afternoon session. Continued. 7.40 The Ashes: Dinner Break. Takes a look at the day of play. 8.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 4. Evening session. 10.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s European Vacation. (1985, Ms, R) A family embarks on a European holiday. Chevy Chase. 12.40 Air Crash Investigation. (PGa, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program. 8.00 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet: Weather. (PG, R) Takes a look at how fresh water is distributed. 9.10 MOVIE: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. (2019, Mlv, R) A US lawman and a former spy reluctantly team up to take down a genetically enhanced anarchist. Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham. 11.40 Chicago Med. (MA15+amv, R) 12.30 With You This Christmas. (R) 1.00 The Garden Gurus. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Celebrity guests include Stanley Tucci, Jamie Oliver, Romesh Ranganathan and Lil Nas X. 8.30 FBI. The team tries to extract key information from a vulnerable 9/11 widow, Hannah Thompson, who is shocked that her new boyfriend is the manipulative leader of a terrorist group planning an attack. 11.30 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. Morning news and talk show.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.30pm Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge. 9.20 Pilgrimage: Road To Istanbul. (Final) 10.25 The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan. (Final) 11.25 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 12.05am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 12.55 Horror Movie: A Low-Budget Nightmare. 1.55 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Utah Jazz v San Antonio Spurs. Replay. 2.00 Stacey Dooley: Russia’s War On Women. 3.00 Ancient Aliens. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.20 Welcome To Country. 4.30 Oh Lucy! 4.55 The Djarn Djarns. 5.30 Secrets Of Our Cities. 6.30 Country Music. 7.30 The Eruption: Stories Of Survival. 8.30 Patriot Brains. 9.25 Dark Side Of The Ring. 10.15 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. Noon One Road: Great Australian Road Trips. 12.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30 A Foodies Guide To Kyushu Japan. 2.00 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 3.00 Escape To The Country. 4.00 MOVIE: Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes. (1984, PG) 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railways. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Heathrow. 11.00 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.50 MOVIE: The Sound Barrier. (1952, PG) 2.15pm MOVIE: Darling Lili. (1970, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: Gunfight At The O.K. Corral. (1957, PG) 7.30 Christmas At Chatsworth House. 8.30 MOVIE: It’s A Wonderful Life. (1946, PG) 11.10 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Christmas With Australian Women’s Weekly. 11.00 Seatbelt Psychic. 11.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. Noon The Dog House Australia. 1.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 3. Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 3. Brisbane Bullets v Illawarra Hawks. 5.00 Friends. 6.00 Big Bang. 8.30 Friends. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. 11.00 Late Programs.

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7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 On The Fly. 2.30 Million Dollar Catch. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Ultimate Fishing. 5.00 Storage Wars Canada. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 14. Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Black – Victini And Reshiram. (2011) 3.25 MOVIE: AliceMiranda – A Royal Christmas Ball. (2021, C) 5.00 MOVIE: The Nutcracker: The Untold Story. (2010, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. (2018) 8.35 MOVIE: The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor. (2008, M) 10.45 MOVIE: Dragonheart. (1996, M) 12.40am Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Pooches At Play. 9.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 9.30 Escape Fishing. 10.00 iFish Summer. 10.30 The Doctors. 11.30 Scorpion. 12.30pm MacGyver. 1.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. 2.30 All 4 Adventure. 3.30 Soccer. A-League Women. Round 3. Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Star Trek: Discovery. 1am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1.15pm Soccer. African Cup NSW. 3.00 Rugby Union. Monsoon Rugby Union. 4.30 Softball. SA Premier League. 6.00 Welcome To Country. 6.10 News. 6.20 Colonial Combat. 6.50 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.40 Coast New Zealand. 8.30 MOVIE: Whitney. (2018, M) 10.35 MOVIE: Curse Of The Golden Flower. (2006, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

Kirikou And The Sorceress. Continued. (1998) 6.25 The Illusionist. (2010, PG) 7.55 The Well-Digger’s Daughter. (2011, PG, French) 9.55 The Ash Lad 2. (2019, PG, Norwegian) 11.50 Tracks. (2013, M) 1.55pm Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 3.45 Beauty And The Beast. (2014, PG, French) 5.50 Angrezi Medium. (2020, PG, Hindi) 8.30 Parasite. (2019, Korean) 10.55 Late Programs.

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Monday, December 20 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 The Great Acceleration. (Final, PG, R) 11.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Larkins. (Ms, R) 2.00 Glitch. (Mlv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 5.55 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 6.30 Movin’ To The Country. (R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 8.00 Australian Story Summer Series: I Dream Of Jeanne. (R) 8.30 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Celebrating 70 Years. A look at the Military Tattoo’s rich history. 9.40 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat: Christmas Special. (R) 10.40 Secrets Of Althorp With Charles Spencer. (PG, R) 11.30 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 12.50 EXPOSED: The Case Of Keli Lane. (Ml, R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 Rage Closer. (R) 4.30 Catalyst. (PG, R) 5.25 Short Cuts To Glory: Matt Okine Vs Food. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Al Jazeera News. 2.00 The Italians. (PG) 2.15 The Chefs’ Line. (R) 2.45 Child Genius. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Britain’s Most Expensive Houses. (PG) A look at expensive UK homes. 8.30 The Death Of Bruce Lee: Killing Bruce Lee. (M) Former Hong Kong police detective Philip Chan reinvestigates the death of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee. 10.00 The Best Of 24 Hours In Emergency: Never Really Alone. (M) 10.55 SBS World News Late. 11.25 The Crimson Rivers. (MA15+av) 12.25 Tell Me Who I Am. (Mv) 1.20 North To South: The Full Journey. (R) 4.25 Kambuwal, Guuwa & Gayiri Country. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6am Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: The Christmas Swap. (2018, PG) 2.00 The Ashes: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Aust v England. Afternoon session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 5.00 The Ashes: Tea Break. 5.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 5. Late afternoon session. Continued. 7.40 The Ashes: Dinner Break. Takes a look at the fifth day of play so far in the Second Test between Australia and England. 8.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 5. Evening session. 10.30 Fantasy Island. (PGals) A bookworm goes back in time. 11.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG) 12.00 MOVIE: Girl Happy. (1965, G, R) Elvis Presley. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Four Christmases And A Wedding. (2017, G, R) Arielle Kebbel, Corey Sevier. 1.45 Talking Honey: Relationship Specials. (PG, R) 1.50 Making Of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. (Mdl, R) Follows the activities of police units. 8.30 Australian Crime Stories: Million Dollar Mystery. (Mv, R) Takes a look at the 1994 disappearance of 22-year-old dancer and model Revelle Balmain. 9.40 Reported Missing: Dementia. (Ma, R) Police mount searches for two people with dementia. 11.00 Chicago Med. (Mam, R) 11.45 The Village. (Premiere, Ma) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 11.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGds, R) 1.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals At Christmas. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. (Return) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Inside Bold. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. (Final, PGal) Lifeguards try to enforce social distancing. 8.00 Territory Cops. (Final, Mdv) A look at the Northern Territory Police. 8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mv) The team must determine if the kidnapping of a woman is a random hate crime or if she was specifically targeted. 10.30 The FBI Declassified: 20 Days Of Terror – The Austin Bomber. (Ma) 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI Christmas Special. 8.30 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. 9.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.20 Doctor Who. 11.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.50 The Young Offenders. 12.25am Escape From The City. 1.20 Red Dwarf. 1.50 Community. 2.15 Parks And Recreation. 2.35 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 11.00 SBS Courtside. 11.30 Basketball. NBA. Brooklyn Nets v Denver Nuggets. 2pm Mimi. 2.20 Curse Of Oak Island. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.25 Joy Of Painting. 5.55 Shortland Street. 6.25 RocKwiz Rewind. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 9.20 Hypothetical. 10.10 Chad. 11.00 Sex Tape. Midnight Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 10.30 One Road: Great Australian Road Trips. 11.00 Mighty Trains. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Railway Restorations With Peter Snow. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. 10.30 Cold Case. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.05 Christmas At Chatsworth House. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Are You Being Served? (1977, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 Silent Witness. 10.50 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11) 6am Seatbelt Psychic. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 8.00 Friends. 10.00 The Middle. 11.30 Seinfeld. Noon Carol’s Second Act. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 James Corden. 3.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.30 Shopping.

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9GO! (93) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Children’s Programs. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond. 8.30 MOVIE: Wayne’s World. (1992, PG) 10.25 MOVIE: Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. (1994, PG) Midnight Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 JAG. 1pm MacGyver. 2.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 A-League Highlights Show. 11.20 Evil. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 48 Hours. 3.15 Hawaii Five-0. 5.05 The Doctors.

6am Morning Programs. 1.50pm Road Open. 2.00 Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 News. 6.50 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.00 MOVIE: Lady Lash. (2020, M) 9.35 The X-Files. 11.15 Late Programs.

Morning Programs. 7.05 Toys And Pets. (2017, PG) 8.55 Angrezi Medium. (2020, PG, Hindi) 11.35 Django. (2017, M, French) 1.45pm The Well-Digger’s Daughter. (2011, PG, French) 3.45 The Ash Lad 2. (2019, PG, Norwegian) 5.40 The Crossing. (2020, PG, Norwegian) 7.30 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 9.20 What We Do In The Shadows. (2014, M) 10.55 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Weird, True And Freaky. 2.30 Great Lake Warriors. 3.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Support 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 15. Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes. 10.30 MOVIE: Predator 2. (1990, MA15+) 12.40am Late Programs.

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Tuesday, December 21 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 11.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Miniseries: Us. (Mdl, R) 2.00 Glitch. (Final, Malv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.15 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 The Italians. (PG) 2.15 The Chefs’ Line. (R) 2.45 Child Genius. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Another Christmas Coincidence. (2019, PGa) 2.00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Santa Con. (2014, PGav) 1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Inside Bold. (R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 Jamie’s Italian Christmas. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGad, R) 1.00 The Dog House Australia. (PG, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Inside Bold. 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (R) 6.30 Movin’ To The Country. (R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Layne Beachley. (PG, R) 8.30 Christmas In Australia With Christine Anu. Christine Anu celebrates Christmas. 9.30 Australia Remastered: Nature’s Great Divide: Inner Kingdoms. 10.25 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures. (PG, R) 11.15 Christmas Sounds Better This Year. (R) 12.15 Ho Ho Ho! Telling Christmas Tales. (PG, R) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 My Mother’s Lost Children. (Ml, R) 4.30 Catalyst. (R) 5.25 Short Cuts To Glory: Matt Okine Vs Food. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Inside Aldi At Christmas. (R) A look at the success of Aldi supermarkets. 8.30 Cher And The Loneliest Elephant. (PG) Explores how superstar Cher flew across the world to help save a bull elephant from incarceration. 9.30 Lucille Ball: We Love Lucy. Takes a look at Lucille Ball. 11.10 SBS World News Late. 11.40 Man In Room 301. (Mals) 12.35 Miss S. (Mv) 4.30 Wiradjuri & Nari Nari. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 16. Sydney Sixers v Adelaide Strikers. 11.00 Born To Kill? Aileen Wuornos. (MA15+av) Takes a look at serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in 2002 for the murder of seven men. 12.00 The Goldbergs. (PGls) Geoff competes in a beauty pageant. 12.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. (PG, R) Presented by Dr Harry Cooper. 1.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. (R) A dog gets caught on a fence. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (PGlns, R) Australians go on holiday to the Red Centre. 8.30 The Weakest Link. (PG) Quiz show featuring contestants who answer general knowledge questions. 9.30 Kath & Kim. (PGls, R) With their fascinators on and the fleur-de-lis piccolos in place, Kath, Kim and Sharon go to the races. 11.15 Christmas At Warwick Castle. (R) A look at Warwick Castle at Christmas. 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. (Final, PG) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown. 8.30 NCIS. (Mv) Gibbs and Parker on a road trip to find one of the serial killer’s victims, while Knight goes undercover at a large manufacturing company with ties to the murders. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv, R) Callen is accused of being a Russian agent. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Upstart Crow. 9.00 QI. 9.30 Schitt’s Creek. 10.20 Preppers. (Final) 10.50 Doctor Who. 11.50 Catastrophe. 12.15am In The Long Run. 12.40 Sick Of It. 1.00 GameFace. 1.25 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2.10 Community. 2.30 Parks And Recreation. 2.50 ABC News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Brooklyn Nets v Denver Nuggets. Replay. 2.00 All Good Things. 2.15 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.25 Shortland Street. 6.25 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up To Infertility. 9.40 Kevin McCloud: Rough Guide To The Future. 10.35 Cults And Extreme Belief. 11.25 UFOs. Midnight Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 A Foodies Guide To Kyushu Japan. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 3.00 Creek To Coast. 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Without A Trace. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 Poirot. 2.10 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Spring In Park Lane. (1948) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.40 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.35 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Heavy Rescue: 401. 1.00 Weird, True And Freaky. 2.00 Great Lake Warriors. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Secrets Of The Supercars. 9.30 Counting Cars. 10.30 Vegas Rat Rods. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond. 8.30 MOVIE: American Reunion. (2012, MA15+) 10.45 MOVIE: 40 Days And 40 Nights. (2002, M) 12.30am Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Roads Less Travelled. 9.00 A-League Highlights Show. 10.00 JAG. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Blue Bloods. 10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.20 Evil. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 MOVIE: Warrior. (2011, M) 5.00 JAG.

6am Morning Programs. 2pm Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Project Planet. 4.35 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 Welcome To Country. 6.40 News. 6.50 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.40 Who Killed Malcolm X. 8.30 I, Sniper. 9.30 The X-Files. 11.10 Late Programs.

Morning Programs. 7.40 The Ash Lad 2. (2019, PG, Norwegian) 9.35 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 11.25 The Crossing. (2020, PG, Norwegian) 1.15pm Beauty And The Beast. (2014, PG, French) 3.20 Toys And Pets. (2017, PG) 5.10 Our Little Sister. (2015, PG, Japanese) 7.30 What We Did On Our Holiday. (2014, M) 9.20 Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life. (1983, M) 11.20 Late Programs.

Wednesday, December 22 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Christmas At St Paul’s. (R) 11.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Cook And The Chef: Christmas Special. (R) 1.25 MOVIE: Anthony. (2020, Ma, R) Toheeb Jimoh, Bobby Schofield, Julia Brown. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.00 Worzel Gummidge. (PG, R) 6.00 Sammy J: Full Credit To Christmas. (R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 8.00 Hard Quiz: Battle Of The Has Beens. 8.40 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2021. Hosted by Charlie Pickering. 9.40 QI. (PGs) 10.10 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? (PG, R) 10.40 A Berry Royal Christmas. (R) 11.40 Father Brown. (Mav, R) 12.30 Silent Witness. (Mav, R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Gardening Australia: Christmas Family Special. (R) 4.30 Catalyst. (R) 5.30 Short Cuts To Glory: Matt Okine Vs Food. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 The Italians. (PG) 2.15 The Chefs’ Line. (R) 2.45 Child Genius Australia. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.15 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days. Takes a look at Sesame Street. 9.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs: Beneath The Surface. (PG) Presented by Paul Murton. 9.30 Departure. (Mav) Kendra learns about a mysterious passenger. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.55 In Therapy. (Mal) 11.50 DNA. (Ma, R) 1.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) 2.20 North To South: The Full Journey. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Holiday Wish Come True. (2018, PG) 2.00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R) 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 17. Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers. 11.00 Gordon, Gino & Fred: American Road Trip: Christmas Road Trip – Three Unwise Men. (Ml) Gordon, Gino and Fred head to Morocco. 12.00 American Crime. (Masv, R) Dustin introduces Shae to the world of online sex work. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation: Deadly Mission. (PGa, R) Takes a look at the crash of the VSS Enterprise. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Christmas On The Menu. (2020, G) Kim Shaw, Clayton James, Cynthia Gibb. 1.50 Talking Honey: Relationship Specials. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Michael Bublé’s Christmas In The City. A festive performance by Michael Bublé. 8.30 MOVIE: Love Actually. (2003, Mlns, R) Explores a series of interlocking vignettes about love and romance in Britain in the weeks before Christmas. Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley. 11.15 Christmas In New York: Inside The Plaza. (R) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Inside Bold. (R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 11.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGadl, R) 1.00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Christmas. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Inside Bold. 5.00 News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R) A game of beach gridiron comes to a halt. 8.00 All Aussie Adventures. (PGln, R) Russell shares his love of native fauna. 8.30 Bull. (M, R) Bull helps Taylor’s brother-in-law, Ralph Kelly, fight manslaughter charges. 10.30 The Royals Revealed: The Royal Family – Are They Worth It? (PGa) 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 9.15 David Stratton’s Stories Of Australian Cinema. 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.20 Horror Movie: A Low-Budget Nightmare. (Final) 12.20am Pilgrimage: Road To Istanbul. (Final) 1.20 Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge. (Final) 2.15 Community. 2.35 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Curse Of Oak Island. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.25 Joy Of Painting. 6.25 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Source Code. (2011, M) 10.15 MOVIE: Colossal. (2016, M) 12.15am The X-Files. 2.45 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

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6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 3.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 10.20 Miranda. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Seaway. 1.00 The Baron. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Night My Number Came Up. (1955, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 House. 11.50 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The Middle. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Becker. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 Friends. 2.30 NBL Slam. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.20 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (73)

9GO! (93) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon The Incredible Hulk. 1.00 Airwolf. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Malcolm. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Raymond. 8.30 MOVIE: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. (1995, PG) 10.20 MOVIE: Fist Fight. (2017, MA15+) 12.10am Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Stories Of Bikes. 8.30 iFish Summer Series. 9.00 Rhys Darby: Big In Japan. 10.00 JAG. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 Star Trek. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 Evil. 12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 SEAL Team. 4.05 NCIS. 5.00 The Doctors.

6am Morning Programs. 2pm Shortland Street. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Project Planet. 4.35 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 News. 6.50 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.40 Hip Hop Evolution. 8.30 Going Native. 9.00 Hunting Aotearoa. 9.30 MOVIE: Whitney. (2018, M) 11.35 Late Programs.

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Morning Programs. 8.40 Our Little Sister. (2015, PG, Japanese) 11.00 Kuessipan. (2019, M, French Canadian) 1.10pm The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. (2009, PG) 3.25 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 5.15 The Odyssey. (2016, PG, French) 7.30 Asterix And Obelix In Britain. (2012, PG, French) 9.35 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, M) 11.35 Late Programs.

14 December 2021

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Heavy Rescue: 401. 1.00 Weird, True And Freaky. 2.00 Pawn Stars. 2.30 The Grade Cricketer. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Barter Kings. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 Storage Wars. 9.30 Storage Wars: Miami. 10.00 Irish Pickers. 11.00 Late Programs.

LETTERS

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

The elephant in the room - the egregious and, verging on insouciant, management of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout - was barely mentioned (“What they said about Greg Hunt” The News 7/12/21). In mid-2020 the world’s major pharmaceutical companies were racing to develop an effective vaccine and most advanced countries were signing contracts with all these companies ensuring that, should any or all of these vaccines be successful, there would be an adequate vaccine supply for their citizens. Australia took a different approach, relying exclusively on AstraZeneca, to be manufactured in Australia, and a vaccine under development in Queensland. This decision was disastrous. The Queensland vaccine failed its clinical trials and AstraZeneca was proven to be the nonpreferred option for the under 60 year olds. Consequently, when the Delta variant hit in mid-2021, Australia was unprepared and totally vulnerable. The consequence was extended hard lockdowns in Victoria and NSW causing economic devastation, financial hardship and emotional trauma for many. If the federal government had taken up Pfizer’s offer to enter supply contract negotiations in mid-2020 the vast majority of these consequences would have been entirely avoidable. The government’s decision to spurn Pfizer’s offer must arguably rank as the greatest failure of government policy since Federation. These decisions were made on Greg Hunt’s watch, and he must accept responsibility for the prominent role, as health minister, he played. This is Greg Hunt’s defining legacy. It is, unfortunately, a grim legacy, but his legacy, nonetheless. Geoff Hilton, Mount Martha

‘Staffer’ disappoints The final paragraphs of the article covering Greg Hunt’s retirement looked to his likely replacement (“Hunt ‘retirement’ tied to election” The News 7/12/21). How disappointing that it is yet another political staffer. How much better would it be to pick a person with real world experiences? Dr Ross Hudson, Mount Martha

Let us stand united Australia Day should be a time for us all to unite with pride and love to celebrate the achievements of our nation. It should not be a day of divisiveness and shame. Like all nations, our history reveals errors of the past that have been acknowledged and lessons learnt. Those errors must not be allowed to be a noose around our necks as we strive to enhance our nation for a bright and progressive future. Sadly, history cannot be re-written. In January, our Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt urged us to “walk together, side by side, as one to reflect and to celebrate all that makes us Australian - indigenous and non-indigenous”. A great thought. We need to recognise that Australia is one of, if not the most, ethnically diverse multicultural nations in the world. Let’s work on unity and togetherness as an inclusive nation and let’s stand up to those who seem intent on polarising and dividing our Australian family. John Renowden, Mount Martha

Sad loss Sorry to hear that former MP for Mornington Robin Cooper had died at the end of November (“State memorial for former MP” The News 7/7/21). I shall miss his advice, leadership and goodwill around the Mornington Peninsula and especially on his walks-come-runs through Mount Eliza later in his retirement. I often planned my early morning trips to the post office expressly to catch up with Robin and elicit his point of view or suggestions for improving our community. A generous man with his time, heavily involved with Probus and Rotary just to mention two peninsula groups among the many people whose lives he touched. Always an open door and an attentive pair of ears to listen to whatever a local petitioner had to gain help with.

Robin will be sorely missed and my condolences to his family and friends. Ian Morrison, convenor Mount Eliza Community Alliance

Candidate O’Connor Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor Despi O’Connor has announced she will stand as an Independent in the federal of Flinders at the next election. After Cr O’Connor’s photograph appeared 16 times in the August edition of Peninsula Wide (a MPSC publication) this is hardly surprising. Bill Holmes, Sorrento

Time for change I go to high school in Mornington and, because of my age, I can’t vote, which is why I need [readers] to. In the 1980s, 70 per cent of young people said that they could buy a home, which is now just 28 per cent. Most of my life has been spent under a federal Liberal government and my whole life in the Flinders electorate has been under the Liberal rule. I want to be able to buy a house, I want to be able to afford university, I want to be able to have a family and not worry if I can afford it. I want a strong Medicare, which also protects dental health. Over the past eight years these things have become distant. Flinders gets taken advantage of by Liberal MPs who can just hand the seat over to the next Liberal. Your future, my future, our voices are no longer valued. I recently met with the Labor candidate for Flinders, Surbhi Snowball, and she understood the issues that I, as well as our community, will face. She was someone who could not only understand - but provide - solutions to issues. I want a candidate like her, who doesn’t take our community for granted and will actually represent us because she is us; she isn’t a “politician”, she is a member of the community, with the qualifications and determination to lift our voices to parliament. I ask you all, the past eight years have been good for [Prime Minister] Scott Morrison, but have they been good for you? And for the past 30 years of Liberal rule in Flinders, it’s been pretty good for them. But is Flinders the best it can be? It is time for a change in Flinders, a change a person like Surbhi will bring. Fin Fowler, Mornington

Staying informed It is interesting (not) that reporting MPs’ voting records has become the subject of complaints to regulators including the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission arguing the internet site They Vote for You is biased and should be stripped of its charitable status. Minatory, ideologically motivated, neoliberal, pseudo-Christian, Faustian extremist government members believe it is distorting their positions on totemic issues from marriage equality to climate change and Indigenous recognition. They are not concerned at all about right wing organisations like the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), and the millions paid to the Menzies Research Centre by the Australian government who, I believe, spread right wing misinformation in their favour. The bottom line is that we don’t really care what our elected representatives think or feel, but we should be concerned about how they vote and, with the dismal voting record of the government, it is no wonder they would like to get rid of this organisation. John Robert Hewson AM, a former Australian politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994 and others have had enough (the truth and integrity project.org.au/). They have joined forces to combat the corruption and damaging inaction of the Morrison government and will certainly be “chastised” by this minatory ideologically motivated neoliberal pseudo-Christian Faustian extremist government. What we want is public servants representing us, not political servants whose main purpose is to hold on to power no matter what the cost. Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

Council is not a board I write regarding the new rules that have been introduced to the running of Mornington Peninsula Shire Council meetings “New mayor sets new rules” The News 7/7/21). I note the decision was made as “this practice is aligned with better board practice”. Local councils are not boards - they are a tier of government. It seems the current voting bloc of six councillors wants to run our council like a corporate board and not a tier of government. I don’t see state or federal governments talking about running the parliament like a corporate board. This is why state and federal governments have estimates hearings where staff of each department are subject to public hearings where elected politicians ask department officers questions on behalf of the public for the purpose of transparency. This decision was not as stated in the media release from the shire creating better transparency - but in fact creating even less. No doubt this will led to more officer decisions, such as an officer refusal to grant a parking permit to an amputee going by unquestioned by our elected representatives (“Shire team rejects amputee’s plea for parking permit” Letters 30/11/21). Members of the voting bloc of six councillors are clearly incompetent if they don’t understand that the local council is not a corporate board. Hopefully, at the next election, they will all become one term councillors but, unfortunately, not before they continue to do considerable damage to local democracy. Alina Hinton-Tooley, Mount Eliza

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100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK...

The Red Hill Railway extension opened Compiled by Cameron McCullough THEY came from the orchards on the hills and valleys of Mornington Peninsula yesterday to witness the official opening of the railway extension of 10 miles from Bittern to Red Hill. For nearly 40 years these settlers had been struggling for a line, and as the first passenger train steamed into the new station at the foot of the hills they saw the consummation of their hopes. It was a great day for the district. The small town enthusiast is the finest enthusiast of them all, and from Bittern to Red Hill there were 1000 enthusiasts about the possibilities of the railway. They claimed that it would give a great impetus to the fruit-growing industry; that it would open up virgin country for settlers; that it would create another profitable and picturesque tourist resort, and that it would lead to the expansion of the district generally. Invariably the residents confessed that the construction of the line meant a great deal to them. And it seemed that the line meant a great deal to Samuel Tuck also. Samuel Tuck has lived in Red Hill district for 77 years – he was taken there when three weeks old – and he is still a confirmed optimist. Age has not affected his optimism. As he leant against the luxurious ministerial carriage in the blazing sun yesterday he told the story of the days when the State was young and trains were not. His family had secured the grant of a cattle run from the New South Wales Government, and had settled by

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Manton’s Creek. Today he still attends to the cattle on 330 acres of the old run with the aid of his brother, who seemed ashamed that he was only 75 years of age. It appeared from their story that the trip to Melbourne in 1860 was not such an easy matter – it took five long, weary days with a team of four bullocks to negotiate the journey from Mt. Martha to the hamlet of Melbourne. Of course, the coaching days had followed, but the brothers expressed a tentative belief that the train will cover the distance far more quickly. It will. There are many other residents who have not lived as long in the district as the Tuck brothers who will benefit by the railway facilities. For a period of years Red Hill had been asleep, and the old settlers were gradually dropping out. Then came the war, and the district began to shake off its lethargy. Now it is being vitalised by the infusion of new blood and the introduction of fresh methods; there is a growing air of virility about the place. In a degree the returned soldier orchardists have been responsible for the change, and Red Hill is now succeeding through the elements of experience and youth. Therefore it was singularly fitting that when the Minister of Railways (Mr. Barnes) performed the ceremony of opening the line by cutting a thin ribbon – which one speaker described as the obstacle which had stood between Red Hill and the world’s markets for so long – that the ends of the ribbon should have been held by

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Mrs. Haig, who celebrated her 92nd birthday on Thursday, and diminutive Mary Forest, who is only five years of age. And as the ribbon was whirled away by the wind the engine made the official journey down an avenue of spectators, who cheered till the hills echoed their rejoicings. The ceremony passed off without serious consequences, despite the efforts of the adventurous youth of Red Hill to investigate an engine in motion at perilously close quarters. It was inevitable that there should be innumerable enthusiastic speeches. Before the picnickers retreated to the hills in the afternoon 25 speeches had been delivered by members of the visiting Parliamentary party, councillors of the Flinders shire and officials of the Red Hill Fruit Growers’ Association. The Minister, who declared that he had listened to a deluge of Parliamentary oratory since entering the Legislative Assembly at 11am on Thursday and leaving it at 8am on Friday, comforted himself with the remark that while sorrow endured for the night joy came in the morning. Nevertheless he confessed that even in his most mad-tempered moments he would not wish his greatest enemy to suffer a similar ordeal. Later, however the visitors were entertained to lunch in the new cool store, where Mr. Everard, M.L.A., who among other things, is a warm advocate of the fruit grown in Evelyn electorate, informed his audience that he had hunted kangaroos and wallabies in Red Hill 40 years ago or

thereabouts. Today there are more profitable pursuits in Red Hill than hunting kangaroos. The prosperity of the district according to the testimony of residents, is becoming more evident each day. Beside the station, a new coolstore – one of the most modern in the State – has been equipped for the storage of 25,000 cases, and the necessary plant is available to increase the capacity to 50,000 cases when the demand arises. The stores cost £17,000 to build. Although Red Hill was famed formerly for the production of strawberries, the orchardists are now growing apples for export, with berry and soft fruits of all kinds. With transport problems solved by the railway it is stated that onions and potatoes can be grown profitably. The district, according to an experienced orchardist, is ideal for fruit growing, because, situated between Port Phillip Bay and Westernport, it is free from frosts and hot winds and enjoys the most uniform climate in the State. It is estimated that 1000 acres are covered by orchards and that the annual production ranges from 130,000 to 150,000 cases. Apart from the railway, the Country Roads Board has spent £23,000 in road work in the district, and contemplates spending another £11,000 before the work is finished. Three developmental roads leading from Dromana, Shoreham and Bittern running towards Red Hill station are at present being constructed, and even

if another extension is made to the railway it is considered that Red Hill will remain the centre of the fertile fruit growing country. But there were visitors yesterday who discovered another side of Red Hill. They wandered about in the shade of the valleys, where the crude tracks lost themselves in fern gullies, gullies of superb beauty, and where the tall gums reached up to the sun. From the top of Calder’s Hill could be seen Westernport, with Phillip and French islands, while on the other side Port Phillip Bay stretched away to the Heads. Down below Main Creek and Manton’s Creek chuckled their way to the sea. It was very beautiful. *** A FAIR, in connection with the Anglican Church, was successfully opened by Mrs Bruce in the Mechanics Hall, Frankston, this afternoon. *** THE Peninsula School Committee’s Association meets at Frankston next Friday night. *** ST Paul’s vestry have presented Mr J. B. Jolly with a handsome rose bowl as a recognition of services rendered. *** TOMORROW night a social and dance will be held at the Mt Eliza dining rooms in aid of the public hall building fund. *** From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 9 December 1921

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THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE... AND OTHER SHORT STORIES

The Great Fake Chocolate Santa Fiasco By Stuart McCullough JUST when you think things can’t get any worse. The moment you think you’ve seen everything, along comes something so evil, so plainly diabolical you’d think it’s something that only Satan himself could have the temerity to conjure up and, even then, only after stubbing his toe and discovering that he’d forgotten to take the bins out. Granted, there are moments in this life when you’re reminded of sunshine and unicorns. But, once in a while, you’re forced to gaze into the abyss and are left to wonder what kind of heart of darkness feels the need to inflict something so plainly malevolent on the world. I speak, of course, of chocolate Santa. Firstly; to the creative genius responsible for putting this monstrosity on the shelves of local supermarkets, clearly someone hurt you sometime earlier in your life and you’re now seeking to inflict your damaged feelings and insatiable lust for revenge on humanity at large. I urge you to look deep into your black, black heart for any remaining trace of goodness and in the event that you should stumble across even the most slender skerrick of humanity, please reconsider your actions and withdraw the abomination that you have unleashed upon us. If there’s a shred of decency within you, you’ll remove chocolate Santa. I appreciate that some of you are confused. Surely a chocolate Santa is a bit of harmless fun? No. Not at all. Because this isn’t just an issue of a delicious chocolate treat that you can buy while picking up some milk, it’s about usurping someone else’s job.

About being an imposter and committing the most egregious fraud on the general public. His foil face looked all jolly and cheerful. But the chocolate itself was not shaped like Santa Claus. The chocolate was shaped like the

Easter Bunny. Secondly, you’re not fooling everyone. Even the mot casual of shoppers is alert to this unholy scam. It doesn’t take much to figure out that it’s an Easter Bunny, disguised as Santa. Pre-

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sumably the dude responsible for Easter has returned early from long service leave and needed to do something to fill in the time. But there’s surely no excuse for sending out chocolate rabbits in disguise at Christmas time. The only thing that’s not clear to me is who the victim is. Is Santa trying to muscle in on the Easter Bunny’s territory? If, indeed, Father Christmas is trying to put the squeeze on the big bunny as some kind of mafia-style turf war, I’m concerned that the thing may escalate if our furry friend elects to retaliate by ‘going to the mattresses’. It’d be horrible if Saint Nick was jumped by the Easter Bunny while buying fruit with his elf, Fredo. In the days beforehand, Father Christmas will have the unshakable sense that he’s being watched and the whole thing will end in tears when one of the helpers goes to get the sleigh and it explodes as he starts the engine. Or perhaps it’s the other way around? Let’s be honest; rabbits have something of a reputation for turning up where they’re not wanted in plague proportions. Perhaps this is yet another manifestation of a rabbit plague that threatens to overwhelm Christmas altogether before leaching into Melbourne Cup Day. Our only hope is if scientists can develop some kind of chocolate Myxomatosis to confine the population to a manageable level. Or, then again, maybe it’s a different kind of problem altogether. For years, the distance between Christmas and Easter seems to have been shrinking. I don’t mean that in terms of weeks, days and months. Rather, that products associated with Easter seem to be ar-

riving on our shelves ever earlier. For some time now, it has felt as though hot cross buns appear before the staff even get a chance to clear away the tinsel. Who of us hasn’t been shocked by the appearance of the first Easter Egg and noted that it seems to arrive earlier every year? This is really taking that concept one frightening step further. Phony Chocolate Santa is an attempt to merge Christmas and Easter together in one mega-retail event. I, for one, won’t stand for it. Chocolate Santa, if he’s necessary at all, should be shaped like Santa and not like an oversized anthropomorphic rodent. Let Christmas be Christmas and Easter be Easter. Who knows what kind of things might happen if they’re combined? Will children be required to look for their presents in the garden as they would an Easter egg? Surely not. Will hot cross buns be finished off with a hot brandy sauce and set on fire? It seems unnecessary. To those responsible for putting the Easter Bunny in Santa’s clothing I say this: back off. It’s been the longest of years and the last thing any of us needs is a takeover of Christmas by a hostile rabbit. Give us some peace. We’ll deal with Easter when we’re good and ready. But for the moment, please show a little respect and allow the Yuletide to come in and wash over our feet. Granted, I’ll eat your delicious chocolate, but let it be known that I’m not happy about. Merry Christmas. Kind of. stuart@stuartmccullough.com

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Collapses cost Hastings and Baxter wins thanks to opener Luke Hewitt. Hewitt scored 80 runs, putting his side in the box seat. Just before Luke Hewitt’s wicket fell, Hastings were at 3/120. They lost their next seven wickets for just 11 runs, letting victory slip from their fingers. Hastings ended up defeated by 18 runs. Carrum also had a difficult day chasing Dromana. Carrum fell 37 runs short of their target when they were bowled out for 101. Crib Point scored a good win at home against Carrum Downs, while Frankston YCW got the chocolates against Main Ridge at Peninsula Reserve.

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After winning the toss, Baden Powell elected to bat first. Thanks in part to an excellent knock of 84 by Rhys Elmi, Baden Powell set their opponents a formidable total of 226 to chase down. Old Peninsula didn’t take defeat lying down. A well taken half century from first drop batter Wade Pelzer put them in contention. Unfortunately for Old Peninsula, some struggles in the middle order cost them dearly. They ended up all out for 206, 21 runs short of victory. Around the grounds, Mt Eliza comfortably defeated Red Hill at Red Hill Recreation Reserve, and Sorrento defeated Long Island by nine wickets at Ballam Park East.

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A BRILLIANT knock of 93 not out from Leigh Lowry wasn’t enough for Somerville to defeat Seaford Tigers on Saturday. Lowry was electric for Somerville, hitting 13 boundaries during his innings. Opener Brenton Alp also contributed, hitting eight boundaries on his way to a good score of 44. Somerville finished their innings at 6/186, giving themselves a good shot at victory. The Tigers’ run chase got off to a great start. They only lost one wicket for 76 runs to get things started. Opener Brayden Roscoe and number four Luke Kranzbuhler were both in fine form. Both batters hit half centuries.

It came down to the wire, but the Tigers were able to wrap up the win in the final over. They had just two wickets left to spare. In other Peninsula division matches Mornington defeated Rosebud by 43 runs, and Heatherhill chased down Moorooduc’s total of 172 with four wickets and one over to spare.

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DELACOMBE Park and Hastings did battle in a tight contest on Saturday. Batting first, Delacombe Park had mixed fortunes at the crease. Opener Ben Walker top scored with 37, while number four batter Joel Malcolm scored 30. Not many others made contributions and Delacombe Park finished their innings at 4/149. Hastings got off to an excellent start

PEARCEDALE’S total of 188 proved enough to defeat Skye last weekend. The two sides faced off at Pearcedale Recreation Reserve. Pearcedale got off to a great start, with their openers combining for a partnership of 65. Number three batter Blake Eklund was a highlight. His half century proved vital for his side. Skye’s run chase didn’t get off to an ideal start. They lost both openers for four and two runs respectively. Number three and five batters Jahanzaib Athar and Sibghat Ullah showed some resistance, but their efforts weren’t quite enough. Both batters were dismissed by Bradley Trotter shortly after reaching their half centuries. Skye was bowled out for 153, 36 runs short of victory. Rye fell short of their target of 146 against Balnarring at RJ Rowley Reserve, being bowled out for 108. Seaford had more luck in their match against Mt Martha, chasing down 113 to win. Tyabb had little trouble defeating Boneo last weekend. Tootgarook also joined the winner’s circle with a wellearned 108 run triumph over Ballam Park.

Yargi’s little star lands metro win HORSE RACING

By Ben Triandafillou SMALL but speedy mare Florescent Star secured Mornington-based trainers Amy and Ash Yargi with their first metropolitan winner for the season. After having a luckless run first-up at Moonee Valley, Florescent Star bounced straight back into the winner’s stall on Saturday when winning at her first look down the Flemington straight (1100m). The gutsy mare sat in behind the speed before gradually building momentum and striking the lead in the final 200m. Despite being short in stature, she showed plenty of fight to hold off the fast-finishing Grahame Begg-trained Vespertine with Anthony and Sam Freedman’s Award Winner finishing half-of-a-length away in third. Co-trainer Ash Yargi said it was great to see the mare bring up another win for the Dream Thoroughbreds all girl’s syndicate.

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“They’re pretty excited about it so well done to them,” Yargi said post-race. “She’s very small and she’s got a lot of quirks about her but she’s a tough, honest mare.” A credit to the Yargi stable, Florescent Star has finished outside of the top three just twice in her 10 starts since joining their team. She’s now won four races since breaking her maiden convincingly at Stony Creek earlier this year. Whether she can take the potential next step to Stakes level remains to be seen but Ash Yargi is hopeful as the mare continues to raise the bar each start. “She’s a mare now that’s definitely improved in leaps and bounds,” he said. “Her formlines are great and she’s ran in some nice races, it’s hard to say (if she can progress to Stakes level), she needs to keep improving but she’s heading in the right direction.”

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All heart: Amy and Ash Yargi’s Florescent Star digs deep to win her first metropolitan race at Flemington. Picture: Supplied

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Hine’s high hopes for 2022 SOCCER

High hopes: Mornington striker Josh Hine in Wallace Cup action. His battle to recover from surgery and septicaemia has been waged for 18 months. Picture: Darryl Kennedy

By Craig MacKenzie JOSH Hine’s nightmare may be over. Fatherhood, football and a positive prognosis are the keys to unlock the door and walk free of the personal hell he has endured for most of 2020 and throughout 2021. There’s a baby on the way (his partner is due in May) and his surgeon has told the 30-year-old that he’ll be able to play soccer again. That news was a godsend for the star Mornington striker who continues to battle a soul-destroying legacy from a road accident when cycling last year. “I’ve had at least five surgeries since then,” Hine said. Initially he suffered a dislocated elbow and minor fractures when knocked off his bike on 27 April. “The first operation didn’t work, the second one got infected, the third was for a washout and clean then I needed a biopsy then another surgery which failed and the infection was still there. “I went back in about six weeks ago to have stitches and ligament and tendons treated then last Wednesday I had to have another washout and have more samples taken for pathology to see if the infection has gone. “I should get the results back within 14 days because it usually takes 10 to 12 days for the infection to grow again if it does start to grow. “I’ve been on antibiotics for months and months now.” Hine’s challenge hasn’t just been physical. “My surgeon is happy for me to play again mainly for my mental health because my whole life has been built around sport. “The last 18 months have been horrendous for me. “Sure, you put on a happy face and we do live in a beautiful place but for me personally it’s been hell. “The surgeon’s told me that I’ll have to be careful though and not be as much of an idiot as I used to be but to be told I can get back into it virtually straight away means the world to me.” Hine loves cycling and had planned to do another triathlon but doesn’t think he’ll be able to combine that and what’s required in preparation while also preparing to spearhead Mornington’s assault on the State 1 championship. “With my arm the way it is I don’t think I could possibly do both.” And he thinks it could be a special

year for the Seagulls. “We’ve put together a good squad again this year. “No-one really has seen just how good the other Josh (Heaton) is yet and I probably had the worst season of my career last season. “I think we all have a point to prove. “People expect us to go out and buy the league but we haven’t gone out and spent money on new players and we’re trying to bring the youth through too. “We don’t worry about what other clubs do and that’s something that’s been bred into us. “We all believe in ourselves and what we’re trying to do.” Hine was despondent when Mornington head coach Adam Jamieson phoned last week with news that Saturday’s friendly against Melbourne City would feature some senior squad players in the A-League giant’s lineup. He had to settle for joining a large group of onlookers at Dallas Brooks Park as the minnows from the peninsula gave a good account of themselves going down 3-0 to the reigning A-League champion. “I was gutted when Adam rang and it was just typical of my luck. “It would have been great to play against them, to judge the standard and to get in the dressing room and chat to the boys about the things you have to look at if you want to be a professional.” Hine knows a bit about professional football standards. He was the youngest player to make his senior debut when he played for hometown club Southport as a 15-year-old and his résumé before coming to Australia in the back half of the 2018 season included spells at Skelmersdale United, Chorley, Warrington Town and Salford City. Life in Melbourne held few surprises for Hine who had spent 10 months here in 2010 playing for Ashwood in another sport he loves, cricket. When he finally arrived at Dallas Brooks (after an immigration depart-

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Pines. Head coach Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor is hoping to re-sign Alex Roberts, Christian Malgioglio, Alex Bevacqua, Tom Hull, Daniel Taylor, Hamraz Zenoozi and Jarrod Nardino shortly. Former Suva, Labasi and Lami midfielder and Fiji international Nickel Chand will move from South Australia in the New Year and is expected to sign with Pines. Max Boulton is planning on travelling, Kevin Brown is taking a year off, Lewis Coyle has moved to Shepparton, Kameel Khan has gone to Langwarrin’s under-20s, Rohan Kumar is training at Peninsula Strikers, star midfielder Savenaca Baledrokadroka is trialling at Doveton, goalkeeper Asaeli Batikasa is recovering from a knee injury while striker Tito Vodawaqa and defender Penni Tuigulagula are trialling at Springvale White Eagles. Hayden Taylor is coaching the reserves again and has also replaced Victor Kumar as club vice-president. In State 4 Baxter recently confirmed the re-appointments of George Hughes as head coach and Robert Mathieson as his assistant. The duo recently had to break large numbers at training into two squads

and that’s a pre-season first during their tenure there. In State 5 news Al Baldwin has been appointed as seniors assistant to Chris Sanderson at Mount Martha while Mark Larner, who played for the ressies last season, is taking on the reserves coaching role. Meanwhile Rosebud Heart was left reeling late last week when Football Victoria rejected its application for a return to State League status. Throughout the application and interview process FV is understood to have consistently praised Heart for the quality of its application and the club was already advertising for coaches and players. According to Heart president Anthony Matthews the reasons given for the unexpected outcome were his club’s lack of an established senior side, the gap between its oldest junior group (under-13) and senior football and a lack of women’s and girls’ programs. In other news FV released its competitions calendar last week and the first round of NPL2 and State League matches for 2022 will be held on the third week of March. The first preliminary round of the 2022 FFA Cup will be held on the second week of February.

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ment hiccup two years earlier) it was a contact of former Mornington keeper Kris McEvoy that helped engineer the deal. In August next year Hine can apply for permanent residency so 2022 could be a landmark year in the Englishman’s life. “I guess I’ve got a lot to look forward to next year with a little baby on the way and being able to play again means so much to me. “I love playing football and as long as I’m careful at training I’m planning, well I’m hoping, not to have to miss a single game next season.” In State 2 news Oscar Marsden has returned to Peninsula Strikers after a stint at Berwick City. “He’s a big signing for us and I’m delighted to have him on board,” Strikers coach Donn Delaney said. “A few more names are on the horizon but not locked in yet.” In State 3 news Jordan “Caka” Avraham, CJ Hodgson, Marinos Panayi and Joe O’Connor have resigned with Frankston Pines and Tom Hawkins has joined from Peninsula Strikers. Callum Batey from Beaumaris, Logan Johnstone from Berwick and Keegan Grealy (ex-Box Hill and Doncaster Rovers) are training at

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