Frankston Times 29 November 2022

Four more years

SUPPORTERS at Paul

election party had lots to smile about on Saturday. Edbrooke comfortably retained his seat and Labor was reelected for another term in govern ment.

Edbrooke retains Frankston for Labor

majority in the lower house. In the wake of the result, Victorian Liberals leader Matthew Guy has resigned.

FRANKSTON MP Paul Edbrooke has won another four years in office.

Edbrooke is projected to retain Frankston for Labor. He saw off a chal lenge from Liberal candidate Michael O’Reilly, a former mayor of Frankston, at last Saturday’s state election.

As of 28 November, Edbrooke leads O’Reilly on a two-party-preferred basis by a margin of 8.4 per cent. Frankston voters swung towards the Liberals by 1.8 per cent compared to 2018.

The incumbent Labor government will be re-elected with a comfortable

During the election campaign, Ed brooke’s major promises included $15 million for the Frankston Basketball Stadium redevelopment and the re moval of every level crossing on the Frankston line by 2029. Edbrooke says he is “so proud” to have been re-elected.

“In the next four years I will be deliv ering true local representation at a state level and a bold, brave vision for where we live - the best place in the world,” he said. “Whether it be introducing state owned renewable energy to save on electricity bills, education improve

ments, free TAFE courses, or free kind er, our community will benefit.

“Locals will be employed in a pipe line of projects from the billion dollar hospital redevelopment, 500 free new carpark spaces, removing every level crossing on the Frankston line, building women’s clinics, a new tech school, or the new basketball stadium.”

Labor’s re-election may worry sup porters of the proposed Frankston rail line extension. The Liberals promised to electrify the line to Baxter at a cost of $971 million, however Edbrooke did not pledge any funds towards the pro ject. He told The Times last month that he was not willing to commit to a pro

ject which would “require the bulldoz ing of hundreds of homes, destruction of ten hectares of Green Wedge land, and the demolition of the 100-year-old Frankston Signal Box” (“Baxter rail ex tension could wipe out homes, historic sites” The Times 17/10/22).

The Greens enjoyed a strong perfor mance in Frankston. Candidate Emily Green has received 12.2 per cent of first preference votes, a 4.5 per cent increase on the Greens’ 2018 performance.

Each other candidate in Frankston has so far received less than four per cent of the first preference vote. Independents Darren Bergwerf and Henry Kelsall failed to impact the final result, receiv

ing 2.2 per cent and 0.9 per cent of first preference votes respectively.

In neighbouring electorates, the Lib erals also struggled. Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny comfortably retained Carrum, and Strictly Ballroom star Paul Mercu rio is just ahead in Hastings. The Liber als have held Hastings since 2006, but as of 28 November Labor leads by 0.7 per cent. Neale Burgess, the incumbent Hastings MP, did not re-contest the seat.

In Mornington, former Dunkley MP Chris Crewther is neck and neck with independent Kate Lardner. As of 28 November, Crewther leads Lardner by just 177 votes on the two-candidatepreferred count.

FINAL REDUCTIONS

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Approval for huge 14-storey tower in Frankston

A 14-STOREY tower looks likely to be built on Nepean Highway in Frankston. At a meeting last week, Frankston Council gave a tick of approval to plans for the 14 storey development. It has asked for slight amendments to the plans before it can proceed, but it is not asking for a height reduction.

The 14-storey building, planned for 446-450 Nepean Highway, would be mixed use. It is expected to contain 94 apartments and a licensed restaurant able to trade each day from 11am to 11pm.

The vote to approve the planning per mit was close. Five councillors voted to

proceed - Suzette Tayler, Nathan Con roy, Brad Hill, Kris Bolam, and David Asker. The other four councillors voted to reject the permit.

The report on the proposal prepared by council officers noted that the de velopment has a maximum height of 49 metres to the top of the lift overrun, 42.5 metres excluding the lift overrun and roof top amenities. The 2022 draft FMAC structure plan adopted by coun cil states that the preferred maximum building height in that precinct is 41 metres.

“Ideally the proposal would present with a maximum height of 41m with

levels 11 and 12 further recessed to re duce their visual impact as seen from the Gould Street residences. This would be consistent with heights and setbacks sought in the FMAC draft structure plan 2022. However, the proposal in its cur rent form is supported given the limited overshadowing cast by the proposed built form,” the report read.

Despite voting for the permit, Brad Hill noted that a further VCAT appeal was likely. “This isn’t the end of the story,” he said.

The site was once the home of the Pint and Pickle restaurant.

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CONCEPT plans for a development which looks set to proceed in Frankston. Picture: Supplied

No injuries from hospital construction incident

Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au

THE mental health ward of Frankston Hospital was evacuated last week after a piling rig fell onto its roof.

The hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment. At around 10am on 23 November the piling rig fell, caus ing major damage to the mental health building.

Nobody was injured as a result of the incident. The Department of Health has confirmed that 30 patients will have to be re-accommodated.

Police, emergency services, and Worksafe attended the site. Peninsula Health has confirmed that an investiga tion into the incident is taking place.

“At approximately 10am this morn ing, a piling rig fell on the Frankston Hospital redevelopment site, onto the nearby mental health building,” Penin sula Health said in a statement on the day of the incident. “All patients, staff and site workers are safe and accounted for. There are no reported injuries.

“Police and emergency services are currently on site and investigations are underway as to how the incident oc curred.”

A PILING rig crashed through the roof of a Frankston Hospital mental health building last week.

Picture: Gary Sissons

Artisan market in December

JEWELLERY, clothes, and art made using recycled products will be available for purchase at an artisan market in Frankston South next month.

The Artisan Sip and Shop Ex perience takes place at Frankston South Foodworks on 15 December, 6.30pm. It is hosted by jewellery brand Neo3DT.

Neo3DT makes jewellery using a circular design process, making use of recycled plastic and silver. Other sellers on the day will in clude Corde Macrame and Swanlea.

For more information visit eventbrite.com.au/e/artisan-xmasparty-market-hosted-by-neo3dttickets-473796356657

Skybus restarting Frankston service

SKYBUS will begin running its “pen insula express” buses to the airport from next week.

SkyBus will be picking up passen gers from Frankston, Chelsea, Mordi alloc, Mentone, Moorabbin, Brighton, and Elsternwick on its way to the air port. The bayside bus service runs from 4 December onwards.

The bus route has been suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. SkyBus co-CEO Michael Sewards

said he was “delighted” to announce its return. “We had to make some tough but necessary decisions at the onset of COVID to suspend some of our express services and this im pacted the lives of many of our team who have helped us build SkyBus to what people know and love today, and who are part of the SkyBus family,” he said. “We thank our loyal custom ers in Melbourne’s south-east for their patience and support over the last two

years and are thrilled to once again offer them a service which makes travel to and from Melbourne Airport cheaper, easier and hassle free.”

The SkyBus peninsula express ser vice operates every 90 minutes, with 13 return services on weekdays be tween 4:15am and 11:30pm, and nine return services on weekends between 5am and 7:30pm. For more informa tion visit skybus.com.au/peninsulaexpress

EARRINGS which will be on sale at an artisan market in Frankston South next month. Picture: Supplied

SKYBUS will start its peninsula express service again soon. Picture: Supplied

Activists aim to stop gender-based violence

A CAMPAIGN highlighting the ef fects of gender-based violence is un derway.

Anti-violence campaigner Phil Cleary launched Frankston’s “16 days of activism against gender-based vio lence” campaign last week. Cleary’s sister Vicki was murdered by her exboyfriend in 1987.

“Women are still being murdered in situations where we could have stopped the killer. Each year around 60 families still grieve,” Cleary said. “I think women today are more likely to tell people about men’s violence.

Vicki didn’t tell us that she was expe riencing violence.

“I had a life of football. I was a known person. If I had known about his harassment in the months before her murder, we would have dealt with him. We would have stopped him.”

Cleary says that the 16 days of ac tivism campaign is about preventing stories like his from ever happening again. “It is about convincing people that violence is real, systemic and has a history,” he said.

For more information on the 16 days of activism against gender-based vio lence visit frankston.vic.gov.au

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MENTAL health campaigner Phil Cleary. Picture: Supplied

Neglected bulldog too ill to treat

THE Langwarrin owner of a severely neglected British bulldog has been prohibited from being in charge of a dog for three years, given an 18-month good behaviour bond and ordered to donate $1500 to the RSPCA.

The orders were made after the owner, who pleaded guilty, faced one charge of animal cruelty when pros ecuted by the RSPCA in Frankston Court on Thursday 17 November.

Evidence was given that Nelson the British Bulldog was suffering multiple acute health concerns when he escaped from his home in Lang warrin on 20 September 2020, all of which were a direct result of neglect, and preventable.

After his escape Nelson was taken to The Lost Dogs Home where the veterinary team referred his case to RSPCA Victoria’s inspectors.

However, his multiple medical conditions were so serious that it was decided to euthanise Nelson to end his suffering.

Nelson’s acute conditions included damage to both his eyes, a painful skin condition, embedded toenails, multiple infections and arthritis. His claws were so overgrown they were embedded, causing his paws to become malodorous, ulcerated and infected resulting in ongoing pain and discomfort that would have been obvious to a lay person.

RSPCA Victoria’s senior inspector Maree Crabtree said that while Nel son’s case was dire, grievous neglect of animals was not uncommon.

“Nelson was suffering from a vari

ety of health concerns, all as a result of neglect over an extended period of time. While he was provided with emergency treatment and medication to ease his pain, earlier veterinary intervention would have alleviated his suffering,” she said.

“No animal deserves to suffer, and it is imperative that owners

and people in charge of animals are aware of their legal responsibilities to provide proper food, water, shelter, along with routine and emergency veterinary care when required.” Further examinations revealed Nelson was suffering from other serious health concerns that would have been picked up during routine

veterinary examinations. His front paws had developed arthritis, he had hip dysplasia, and his ear canals were narrowed due to an infection.

Anyone who has concerns for the welfare of an animal can contact RSPCA Victoria on 9224 2222 or at rspcavic.org

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Speed limits to stay

LOWER speed limits on the Morn ington Peninsula are here to stay, with the council planning to apply for state government approval for trial speed limits on some shire-managed rural roads to become permanent.

In December 2019 Mornington Pen insula Shire started a two-year safer speeds trial which lowered the speeds of 33 100kmph and 90kmph high-risk roads to 80 kmph.

The trial resulted from the high rate of road trauma on the peninsula. In 2019 the shire recorded the second most deaths of any Victorian munici pality, behind the large regional city of Greater Geelong.

By the end of 2019, more than 200 people had sustained serious injuries and 12 people had died on peninsula roads - a large increase from the two lives lost in 2018.

On the roads included in the safer speeds trial, 32 people have been killed and more than 280 people severely injured in the past 20 years, with a further 487 people severely injured. Six deaths occurred in 2019.

An officer’s report to council stated that extensive road safety research in Australia and overseas showed that a relatively small reduction in average vehicle speeds results in a dispropor tionally large decrease in road safety risk and road trauma. By travelling 10kph slower on high-speed roads, the risk of being killed or seriously injured in a crash reduces by an es timated 40 per cent and 35 per cent, respectively.

All speed limit changes, even on shire-managed roads, require the ap proval of the Department of Trans port.

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Garden opening for final time

A COMPACT suburban garden in Frankston grown over the last four years will open for the final time this weekend.

Heartland, keen horticulturalist Jac Semmler’s garden, will open on 3 December and 4 December. It fea tures a perennial garden, a rain-fed verge garden, a walled garden with pizza oven, an outdoor bath and pot ting shed, a vegie patch, cut flowers, chickens, and a small orchard.

Semmler says that the garden re

flects her “broad encompassing love of all different kinds of plants, as you will see from Australian wildflowers through to woodland specimens.”

“The plants I grow also catalogue beautiful relationships in the plant community, with plants swapped and gifted from others gardens and plant missions far and wide with friends,” she said. “This is my imperfect, won derfully wild around the edges per sonal garden, named Heartland be cause my garden is where my heart

lies. I am very much testing and trial ling different ideas, some with more success than others when it comes to bringing plants together. There is fun and play in this dynamic - it is not a static garden.”

Semmler has also released a bookSuper Bloom: A Field Guide to Flow ers for Every Gardener. Heartland opens from 10am on 3 and 4 December, 9 Francis Street in Frankston. Entry is $10 for adults and free for under-18s.

Women’s sport event soon

ANOTHER Come and Try event will be held in Seaford next month.

Come and Try events are designed to get women involved in sport.

Belvedere Reserve in Seaford will host the open day on 10 December.

Attendees will get the chance to play their pick of cricket, football, Australian rules, and more on the day. They will also be in the run ning for $50 vouchers.

The Strong Sisters SportsFest Come and Try event at Belvedere Reserve will run from 12pm to 4pm.

Award for small business

PILOT Body Corporate, a company op erating in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula, has won a business award.

The company won the 2022 strata community small business award at the Strata Community Association Awards earlier this month.

PILOT managing director Luke Woollard said “we are incredibly proud of this award. It is testament to our team’s commitment to professional ism, and to providing our clients and customers with exceptional service and a system that is easy to navigate. With this approach, we have consistently grown across the Mornington Penin sula, Frankston and more recently the Cranbourne areas.”

JAC Semmler’s open garden. Picture: Supplied

PILOT Body Corporate’s Joanne Robinson, Rebecca Tyler, Elisa Woollard, and Luke Woollard (L to R). Picture: Supplied

Golf course owner permitted to remove trees

Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au

A DEVELOPER will be allowed to continue removing trees at the former Kingswood Golf Course in Dingley Village.

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal re cently considered whether site owner AustralianSuper should be allowed to remove 23 trees from the land. The tribunal found that 10 of the trees must be retained, but have permitted the rest to be removed.

The developer lodged applications for each of the 23 trees separately with VCAT. Kingston Council had re fused permission to cut down 16 of them.

The VCAT ruling read that “10 of the proposals for tree removal have unacceptable outcomes and those trees are to be retained.”

“I find that 13 of the proposals for tree removal or lopping have acceptable outcomes and they can be re moved in total or lopped and reduced to habitat stumps whereby their habitat value can be retained. This results in the removal of four trees that includes three Southern Mahogany gums and one Lightwood, the destruction by lopping to a habitat stump of eight trees that are all Southern Mahogany gums, the significant lopping of one tree which is a Manna Gum, [and] the retention of ten trees that includes seven Southern Mahogany gums, one Coast Manna Gum, and two River Red Gums,” the finding read.

One of the trees, a Southern Mahogany, had already been removed before VCAT made its ruling. However, VCAT granted a permit for retrospective removal.

The golf course land was purchased by AustralianSu per for $125 million in 2014. It plans to subdivide the land into 823 lots with a maximum height of three sto reys. Previous plans at the site have drawn fierce com munity backlash, with council receiving more than 8000 submissions on one proposal.

The final decision on the subdivision lies with the state government. An advisory committee report was handed to the state government in March, but it still has not an nounced its decision.

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Gift experiences that will last a lifetime

PERFECT for hard-to-buy-for loved ones or friends, the gift of a theatre experience is one they will remember for years to come. Gifts that create memories are perfect for all ages, and Frankston Arts Centre has just the ticket in 2023.

Music theatre fans will be delighted by PLOS Musical Productions’ performance of the smash hit musical ‘The Boy from Oz’ from 31 December for a limited season.

Combining epic songs from the ‘60s and ‘70s, inspiring stories and stunning visuals, the powerful ‘Rolling Thunder Vietnam’ is an uplifting rock drama – see it on 8 June.

For the kids, introduce them to the joy of live performance with the classic story books ‘Are We There Yet?’ and ‘Possum Magic’ live on stage, the delightfully clever ‘Bunkasaurus’, the visually spectacular ‘Roald Dahl’s The Twits’, or the explosive and hilarious ‘The Alphabet of Awesome Science’.

Comedy fans will enjoy a heady mix of comedy with a twist of circus in the ‘Club Soda’ cabaret show on 18 March, or wit ness the hilarity of ‘The Naked Magicians’ when they return to Frankston on 17 March.

Belly laughs are guaranteed when Ste phen K Amos performs ‘Before & Laugh ter’ on 15 April, and fans of the TV show will not want to miss ‘Hard Quiz Live Host ed by Tom Gleeson’ on 15 June.

For the music fans, an 11-piece power house band will perform the hits of Mo town legends in ‘Dancing in the Shadows of Motown’ on 3 February. Fans of rock will love ‘Chocolate Starfish: Bat out of Hell’, touring to Frankston on 4 February.

Australia’s Richard Clapton will play all the hits from his long career with his band on 10 February.

Followed by John Waters in ‘The John Lennon Songbook’ on 11 Feb ruary, presenting a dynamic show for all the

generations.

Enjoy a night of hearing your favourites by two of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time with ‘The Piano Men: The Songs of Elton John & Billy Joel’ on 18 February.

On 4 March, ABBA fans will not want to miss the world’s number one ABBA show, ‘Bjorn Again – Thank ABBA for the Music 2023 Tour’.

‘Leaving Jackson: The Johnny Cash and June Carter Show’ will be a heart-warming and inspiring night of music for all to enjoy on 10 March.

Starring original Bee Gees drummer, Colin ‘Smiley’ Petersen, ‘The Best of the Bee Gees’ celebrates their mega-hits and stories on 24 March.

Darren Coggan will recreate one of the most inspiring singer-songwriters of our time on 28 April with ‘The Poems, Prayers & Promises of John Denver’.

Lovers of dance will be entranced by beautiful Victoria State Ballet produc tions of ‘Swan Lake’ in March, ‘The Snow Queen’ in June and ‘Giselle’ in September.

Celebrating 15 years and direct from Broadway, ‘Cirque Mother Africa’ returns to Australia with an all-new show touring to Frankston on 1 May.

Sydney Dance Company return to Frankston touring ‘ab [intra]’ in a not-to-be missed performance on 20 May.

Theatre fans will enjoy Season 2023 at Frankston Arts Centre – featuring critically acclaimed productions of ‘Wallflowering’, ‘Garry Starr Performs Everything’, ‘Eu phoria’, ‘The Sunshine Club’, ‘Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream’ and more. Too hard to choose? Get a gift card in stead! For more details, visit thefac.com.au or call 03 9784 1060.

THE former Kingswood Golf Course in Dingley Village.

Picture: Gary Sissons

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3.10 Gardening Australia. (R)

4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

4.55 Back Roads. (R)

5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

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7.30 Gardening Australia. Josh Byrne visits a daylily grower.

8.30 Vera. (Ma, R) Part 1 of 4.

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10.00 Fisk. (Final, PG, R) Petro drops by to give Helen some news.

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6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Engineering Reborn. (PG)

8.35 Inside Central Station: Sydney Harbour Bridge Closure. (PGav, R) Narrated by Shane Jacobson.

9.35 Tutankhamun With Bettany Hughes. (PG, R) Looks at the real story of Tutankhamun.

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11.30 Morning News.

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7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Tree Roo. (PGa) Three injured birds arrive.

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9.30 Just For Laughs Australia. (Mals, R) Hosted by Nath Valvo.

10.00 Just For Laughs Uncut. (MA15+ls, R) Hosted by Nikki Osborne.

10.30 Rhys Nicholson: Live At Darlinghurst Theatre. (MA15+ls, R) 12.00 The Project. (R)

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

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6am The Late Show

With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Seinfeld. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.30 The King Of Queens. 12.30pm Frasier. 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 Mom. 11.00 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 James Corden. 3.30 Becker. 4.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

6am Morning Programs. 1.55pm The Land We’re On With Penelope Towney. 2.00 Shortland

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6am

Footy Legends. Continued. (2006, PG) 7.10 Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara. (2011, PG, Hindi) 10.00 Brassed Off. (1996, M) 12.05pm A Little Chaos. (2014, M) 2.15 Fellinopolis. (2020, Italian) 3.40 Long Way North. (2015, PG) 5.15 Fried Green Tomatoes. (1991, PG) 7.35 The Wife. (2017, M) 9.30 Martin Eden. (2019, M, Italian) 11.50 The Happy Prince. (2018, MA15+) 1.50am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 American Restoration. 11.30 Pawn Stars. 1pm

6.30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (R) Nigella Lawson shares her recipes. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Doc Martin. (PGa) Louisa is shocked when she finds her father making a cup of tea in their kitchen. 8.20 Shetland. (Malv) The hunt is on for Sandy’s attacker, before a shocking confession causes tensions to boil over. 9.20 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) DCI Barnaby and DS Winter investigate the murder of a ballroom dancer. 10.50 MOVIE: Lion. (2016, PGa, R) An Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta. Dev Patel.

12.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group G. Cameroon v Brazil. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group H. Korea Republic v Portugal. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Costa Rica v Germany. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group G. Cameroon v Brazil. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 6.30 SBS World News.

Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. (PG, R) 8.30 Christmas At The Tower Of London: Inside The Tower Of London. (PG) Takes a look at Christmas at the Tower of London. 9.25 Titanic: Genesis Of A Giant. (R) 10.25 Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M, R) 11.25 Best Wishes. (R) 11.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 1.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group A Winner v Group B Runner-Up. 4.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group C Winner v Group D Runner-Up.

6am Morning Programs. 12.00 Border Security: Int. (PG, R) 12.30 Test Cricket: PreGame Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 4. Morning session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 4. Afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 4. Evening session. 9.00 MOVIE: U.S. Marshals. (1998, Mlv, R) A US Marshal, accompanying a group of convicts on a flight, pursues an escaped fugitive. Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr. 11.40 World’s Deadliest: Wheels. (Mal, R) Takes a look at deadly situations. 12.40 Motor Racing. Supercars Champion ship. VALO 500 Adelaide. Day 1. Highlights. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)

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6am Children’s Programs. Noon The Carrie Diaries. 1.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 MOVIE: The Emoji Movie. (2017) 7.40 MOVIE: The LEGO Ninjago Movie. (2017, PG) 9.40 MOVIE: 47 Ronin. (2013, M) 11.55 The Emily Atack Show. 12.40am Late Programs.

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Our State On A Plate. (PG, R) 12.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PGa, R) 1.30 Cross Court. 2.00 Golf. Australian Open. Third round. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 To Be Advised.

6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Justice League. (2017, Mv, R) A team of heroes battles a powerful enemy. Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot. 9.50 MOVIE: Birds Of Prey. (2020, MA15+alv, R) Harley Quinn defends a young girl. Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez. 11.50 MOVIE: The Disappointments Room. (2016, MA15+alv) Kate Beckinsale. 1.20 Cross Court. (R) 1.45 Explore. (R)

6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00 NCIS. 2.00 Bull. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 Evil. 11.15 Star Trek: Discovery. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

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6.00 Reel Action. (R) 6.30 Leading The Way. 7.00 Tough Tested. (R) 8.00 Escape Fishing. (R) 8.30 What’s Up Down Under. (R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. (PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Well Traveller. (PGa, R) 12.30 Offroad Adv. (R) 1.30 Healthy Homes Aust. 2.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl, R) 3.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 4.30 Taste Of Aust. (R) 5.00 News.

Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R)

Hungry. Presented by George Calombaris and Sarah Todd.

Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. Jamie Oliver prepares gnocchi with meatballs.

Blue Bloods. (Mv)

a family of cops.

CSI: Vegas. (Mmv) A mysterious Big Foot-like footprint is found near where a father and son were killed in a fire. 9.30 NCIS. (Ma, R) The team investigates the US Secretary of the Navy when her husband claims she tried to murder him. 10.30 My Life Is Murder. (Ma, R) 11.30 FBI. (Mv, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Authentic. (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Insiders. (Final)

10.00 Offsiders. (Final) 11.00 Compass.

(PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30

Landline: Summer Series. (R) 1.00 How Deadly World. (PG, R) 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Question Everything. (Final, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.05 The Pacific. (PG, R) 4.55 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (R) 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 The ABC Of: Evonne Goolagong Cawley. (PG, R) Hosted by David Wenham.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) Jack faces a life-changing decision.

8.30 MOVIE: Judy. (2019, Ml)

Legendary entertainer Judy Garland heads to London in 1968 to perform in a series of shows. Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock.

10.25 Miniseries: Ridley Road. (Mv, R) Part 2 of 4.

11.25 Mystery Road: Origin. (Mal, R)

12.25 The Heights. (PG, R)

2.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Classic Countdown. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (Final, R)

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Pilgrimage: The Road To The Scottish Isles. 9.30 Laura’s Choice. 10.30 MOVIE: Courtney Barnett: Anonymous Club. (2021, M) 11.55 MOVIE: The Babadook. (2014, M) 1.25am Long Lost Family. 2.10 ABC News Update. 2.15 Close. 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Dot. 5.25 Baby Jake. 5.35 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

6.00 Soccer. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022

FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group A Winner v Group B Runner-Up. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group C Winner v Group D Runner-Up. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group A Winner v Group B Runner-Up. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Treasures Of Cyprus. (PG)

8.30 Relics Of Egypt: Exploring The Largest Museum. (PG, R)

A look at The Grand Egyptian.

9.30 The Colosseum: A Jewel In Rome’s Crown. (PGav, R)

A look at the Colosseum in Rome.

10.30 The Real Peaky Blinders. (R)

11.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R)

1.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of

16. Group D Winner v Group C Runner-Up.

4.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R)

5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of

16. Group B Winner v Group A Runner-Up.

6am Morning Programs. 12.00 Border Security: Int. (PG, R) 12.30 Test Cricket: PreGame Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 5. Morning session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 5. Afternoon session.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 5. Evening session. 9.00 MOVIE: The Rock. (1996, MA15+lv, R) An FBI agent and a convict break into the former Alcatraz prison to stop a renegade general. Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris.

11.45 Autopsy USA: Muhammad Ali. (Madn, R)

12.45 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 13. VALO 500 Adelaide. Day 2. Highlights. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6am Morning Programs. 11.00 House Of Wellness. Noon Escape To The Country. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 DVine Living. 2.30 Discover With RAA Travel. 3.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 3.30 Our Town. 4.00 My Greek Odyssey. (Final) 5.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 6.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 Heathrow. 9.30 Air Crash Investigation. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Drive TV. (R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R)

7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Fishing Australia.

10.30 Women’s Footy. (PG) 11.30 Great Australian Detour. (R)

12.00 Golf. Australian Open. Final round.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Postcards Summer. (PG) Todd Woodbridge explores Castlemaine.

6.00 Nine News Sunday.

7.00 Snackmasters. (Return, PG) 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.40 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

10.10 The First 48: Love Hate/A Soldier’s Life. (Mal) Takes a look at two homicide cases.

11.10 Untold Crime Stories: The Railway Murders. (Premiere, MA15+av) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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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 Oracle. (1953) 1.35pm MOVIE: The Passionate Stranger. (1957, PG) 3.35 MOVIE: Breakfast At Tiffany’s. (1961, PG) 6.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 MOVIE: Thunderball. (1965, PG) 9.45 MOVIE: The Bourne Supremacy. (2004, M) 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Mass. 6.30 Turning Point. (PGa) 7.00

Joseph Prince. 7.30 Joel Osteen. 8.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 8.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 9.00 Destination Dessert. 9.30 St10. (PG)

12.00 The Challenge Australia. (PGl, R) 2.00

6.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Features celebrity guests.

8.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv) When the mother of a boy goes missing while out on her morning jog with her dog, the NCIS team sets out to find her, but learn that they may not be the only ones who are searching for her.

9.30 FBI. (PGv, R) The team investigates after the CEO of a brokerage firm is killed while surrounded by protesters.

11.30 The Sunday Project. (R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6am The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 The Middle. 10.30 Broke. 12.30pm Friends. 1.30 Two And A Half Men. 2.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 9. Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers. 4.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 9. Brisbane Bullets v Tasmanian JackJumpers. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 MOVIE: Poms. (2019, PG) 3.30 Two And A Half Men. 4.00 Broke. 4.30 Home Shopping.

SBS

(2013) 11.55 Late Programs.

6am The Movie Show. 6.15 The Big Steal. (1990, PG) 8.10 Mary Shelley. (2017, PG) 10.25 The Parting Glass. (2018, M) 12.10pm Martin Eden. (2019, M, Italian) 2.30 Fried Green Tomatoes. (1991, PG) 4.55 All At Sea. (2010, PG) 6.30 Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner. (1967) 8.30 Foxcatcher. (2014) 11.00 Cape Fear. (1991, MA15+) 1.20am Her. (2013, MA15+) 3.35 Late Programs. 5.40 All At Sea. (2010, PG)

MOVIES (32)

6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Adelaide 500. Day 2. Pre-race and race. 5.30 Ultimate Rides. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 5. Evening session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: X-Men Origins: Wolverine. (2009, M) 10.45 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs. 2pm Rich Kids Go Skint. 3.00 Full Bloom. (Final) 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Children’s Programs. 5.15 MOVIE: Smurfs: The Lost Village. (2017) 7.00 MOVIE: Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. (2007) 8.55 MOVIE: Fast & Furious 7. (2015, M) 11.40 MOVIE: American Made. (2017, MA15+) 1.50am Rich Kids Go Skint. 2.45 I’ve Got A Text With Josh And Flex! 3.20 Late Programs.

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9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 4x4 Adventures. 10.00 Reel Action. 11.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 11.30 Roads Less Travelled. Noon Truck Hunters. 12.30 Scorpion. 1.30 Pooches At Play. 2.00 Destination Dessert. 2.30 Waltzing Jimeoin. 3.00 Stories Of Bikes. 3.30 The FBI Declassified. 4.30 Escape Fishing. 5.00 Reel Action. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 6.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.15 Late Programs.

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(R) 12.00 ABC

At Noon. 1.00 Rosehaven. (Final, PG, R)

Vera. (Ma, R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R)

Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

Back Roads. (PG, R)

Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 Soccer. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group D Winner v Group C Runner-Up. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group B Winner v Group A Runner-Up. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group C Winner v Group D Runner-Up. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

R) 1.00 Operation Buffalo. (Mal, R) 1.55 Total Control. (Mlv, R) 2.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

The Drum. (R) 5.25

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30

Snackmasters. (PG)

and events.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mas) 1.00 The Challenge Australia. (PGl, R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 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. 8.00

Bondi Rescue. (PGa, R) Lifeguards try to enforce social distancing. 8.30 The Challenge Australia. (PGl) A challenger’s past sins come back to haunt them, while another starts to break down under the stress of the game. The players get knocked around in a high octane Runaway Ride challenge. 10.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mv, R) A military veteran snaps. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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MOVIE: Horrible Bosses 2. (2014, MA15+) 11.40 Young Sheldon. 12.05am Satisfaction. 1.00 Below Deck Mediterranean. 2.00 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Wheelburn. 2.00 Watersport. Austn V8 Superboats C’ship. Replay. 3.00 Seven’s Motorsport Classic. 3.30 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. VALO 500 Adelaide. H’lights. 4.30 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship.

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ABC (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 10.30 Dream Gardens. (R) 11.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Shetland. (Malv, R) 2.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

5.00 Back Roads. (R)

5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Stuff The British Stole: The Return. (Final, PG) Presented by Marc Fennell.

8.30 Love On The Spectrum. (R) Part 3 of 4.

9.30 Fake Or Fortune? De Chirico. (R) Part 3 of 4.

10.30 Summer Love. (MA15+l, R)

11.05 ABC Late News.

11.20 The Business. (R) 11.35 A League Of Her Own. (Ml, R) 12.50 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.05 Baby Surgeons. (Ma, R) 1.55 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

SBS (3)

6.00 Soccer. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022

FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group E Winner v Group F Runner-Up. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group G Winner v Group H Runner-Up. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group D Winner v Group C Runner-Up. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Chris Bath. (PGal, R)

8.30 Norfolk Island With Ray Martin. (PG, R) Ray Martin explores Norfolk Island.

9.40 Inside Air Force One. (Ma, R) Charts the history of Air Force One.

10.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Madls, R)

11.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R)

1.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group F Winner v Group E Runner-Up.

4.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R)

5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group H Winner v Group G Runner-Up.

SEVEN (7)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Merry Holiday. (2019, PG, R) 2.00 Gold Coast Medical. (Ma, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) A red flag is raised for Border Force.

7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. (PG) Presented by Graeme Hall.

8.30 The Good Doctor. (M) Murphy, Wolke and Glassman meet a patient with an infected surgical sponge in their abdomen.

9.30 S.W.A.T. (Mav) The team races to rescue victims of a sex trafficking ring that is preying on disenfranchised women.

11.30 Chicago Fire. (Ma)

12.30 The Resident. (Ma, R)

1.30 Medical Emergency. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Heaven Sent. (2016, R) 1.45 Explore: Well Bread. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Travel Guides. (PGlns, R) Aussies explore the Whitsundays.

8.30 MOVIE: The Dish. (2000, Ml, R) A power cut threatens success for a team of Australian engineers working under NASA supervision. Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long.

10.30 Nine News Late.

11.00 Skin A&E. (Mm)

11.50 Bluff City Law. (Ma, R) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mas) 1.00 The Challenge Australia. (PGl, R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Ma, R) A code one comes in for a two-year-old.

8.30 NCIS. (Mav) After an unknown shooter causes chaos at an annual Thanksgiving 5K run, time is of the essence for the NCIS team to find the culprit. Kasie joins Knight for holiday lunch at Knight’s sister’s house.

10.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) The mother of a young boy goes missing.

11.30 The Project. (R)

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

(PG, R)

Of

6.00 Soccer. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group F Winner v Group E Runner-Up. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group H Winner v Group G Runner-Up. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Round of 16. Group E Winner v Group F Runner-Up. Replay. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

Back In The Skies. (M) Part 1 of 3. 9.20 Tokyo Vice. (Premiere) An American journalist moves to Japan. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Dignity. (Premiere, Ma) 11.50 The Night Manager. (Mas, R) 12.40 Romulus. (MA15+av, R) 3.30 NSW Seniors’ Christmas Concert 2021. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Joh meets some volunteers. 8.30 MOVIE: Groundhog Day. (1993, PGal, R) A cynical TV weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again. Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott. 10.40 The Amazing Race. (PGl) Hosted by Phil Keoghan. 11.40 World’s Deadliest: Holidays. (Ml, R) 12.40 MOVIE: Deranged. (2002, Msv, R) JoBeth Williams. 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young

7.30

Island Australia.

8.30 Love

Nine News.

A Current Affair.

Country Home Rescue With Shaynna Blaze. (PG) 8.30 Dream Listings Byron Bay. A home goes to a secret auction.

6am The Late Show

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Visitors to Frankston struck down with food poisoning

Compiled by Cameron McCullough

ON Sunday last a party of eight mo tored from Williamstown to spend the afternoon at Frankston.

Whilst here the party had dinner in picnic style, and partook of tinned fish or meats, with the result that the whole party suffered severely from ptomaine poisoning.

One young lady was particularly ill, but under medical treatment they recovered and were permitted to return home during the cool of the evening.

***

A HEAVY horse, attached to a heavy dray, that backs over a cutting sixty feet deep, and on reaching the bottom calmly walks away with some of the broken harness still hanging on him, must be little short of an acrobat.

Such an accident occurred at the quarries, Moorooduc, last week, and the equine wonder was so little concerned over the event, that he was able to resume his daily task of draw ing loads of firewood for the quarry furnace.

***

Mr. L. J. Ward, Secretary of the Pen insula Schools Committee on Monday last visited the Education Department to try and obtain confirmation of a report current in the town to the effect that the Ministers of Lands and Educa tion had arrived at a settlement in connection with the High School site at Frankston.

He was unable to see Mr. Hansen; the Chief Inspector and other officials appeared to be unable to give him any satisfactory answer.

Yesterday another effort was made to ascertain the position of affairs, but from the following it will be seen that

matters are still very much in the air:–

At last nights Beach Carnival meet ing Cr. Mason informed those present of his and Cr. Oates visit that day to Mr. Hansen, the Chief Inspector of Education in connection with the High School question.

Mr. Hansen, who has recently returned from a visit to America, said that he could not understand the at titude of Frankston.

In America, towns would exert their last ounce of energy and influence in order to obtain a high school.

They would sacrifice without a regret their amusements and sports on the alter of education.

Their offerings were the park lands and gardens of their cities. Their base ball grounds and public reserves were eagerly offered in order that a school might promise to a coming generation all the fruits that knowledge can bring.

What then was the matter with Frankston? Highett, Mordialloc, and Chelsea have all petitioned for the school that Frankston has virtually turned down, but owing to the fore sight of Mr. Hansen none of them have succeeded.

He sees in Frankston a great centre.

It is necessary that the school shall be near the station on account of the large influx of students by rail.

From Caulfield, Tyabb and Morning ton will they come.

With this school in the midst of Frankston, our town will advance at a phenomenal rate.

It has all that is required to assist it in its progress.

The electrification of the town, and of the railways; it has a good water supply, and is very fertile, a High

School holds great possibilities.

Cr. Mason concluded by informing the attendance that they had persuaded Mr. Hansen to come to Frankston on Thursday, 7th December.

Mr. Hanson will be down at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, and a good attendance of representatives was earnestly requested.

***

PERRY Bros’ Circus and Menagerie is amongst the largest now touring Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, and after playing the principal cities of Australia with success, will visit Frankston by special train for one night only, on Monday, next, 4th December.

The Perry’ Bros. have spared no expense in securing the world’s best performers, for they have a very strong combination of clever tumblers, con tortionists and acrobats, and trapeze artists, assisted by talented horsemen and clowns, all of whom make Perry Bros’ circus the finest show now tour ing Australia.

A sight well worth seeing is the unloading of the circus train, which is performed by their famous Jumbo, the performing elephant, who was in the Prince of Wales’ escort throughout the Malay States.

The children of Frankston will have a chance that they should not miss, of seeing Jumbo, who does the work of 20 men and as many horses shunt ing the circus trucks into position for unloading purposes, and conveying the animal’s cages to the circus location.

The circus will visit Mornington on Tuesday.

***

THE Executive of the above Asso

ciation met in the Hastings Hall on Saturday last.

The President, Mr. J. D. Hodgins, presided.

Those of the Executive present were: Crs. Jones and Unthank, Rev. Craig, Messrs. D. Grieves, A. Grieves; A. Hodgins, Pitt, Boulter, MacRae, A. Edward, S. Edwards, Carpenter and Knox. Mr. D. Grieves was appointed secretary, with Mr. A. Edwards as sistant.

Mr. H. Knox accepted re-appoint ment as Treasurer, he having acted for some years as treasurer of the old Association.

His report on the finance of the As sociation was most encouraging, there being approximately £40 in hand.

With the secretary’s information that there were already 60 members en rolled, it can be seen that the Associa tion is in a splendid position.

The main discussion centered on possible and necessary improvements around the, jetty and foreshore.

It was decided to apply for a grant from a certain fund which is available to install a public bathing box, pur chase a block of ground near the jetty as a recreation ground and motor park, extend the jetty, etc.

Conveniences are also to be erected in the vicinity of the jetty.

The Secretary was instructed to have erected on the main road near Mr. Carey’s Bike Hospital, a red-and-white sign: “Danger to Motorists. To the right for Flinders”– as the hotel corner was considered to be a most dangerous blind corner.

All the Peninsula Progress Associa tions are to be communicated with to having a great advertising steamer

trip around the Westernport Bay in the near future.

It is proposed to invite Federal mem bers of Parliament to make the trip in order to make them familiar with what must one day, and that not long distant, be the greatest of Victorian ports. ***

THE employees of Cuming, Smith & Co. Pty. Ltd. held their annual picnic in the Frankston Park on Saturday last, when over a thousand were present.

The picnic was well conducted, and the behaviour of the “young bloods,” who usually abuse the liberty they enjoy, when on these annual outings, left nothing to be desired.

A band was provided, and the after noon was spent in dancing, sports and bathing.

Whilst playing “Aunt Sally” with the kiddies, one of the party got a terrific smack on the temple full force with the wooden ball.

He was knocked unconscious, and medical assistance had to be sought. ***

THE annual picnic of the Frankston Methodist Sunday school was held on Saturday last in perfect weather at “Ballam Park” – an ideal picnic spot.

Over 100 children were conveyed to the grounds in motor cars and drags.

The young people were liberally ca tered for, and, needless to say, entered with great zest into the various sports and games.

Great praise is due to the organisers and to those who so liberally supplied means of conveyance. The picnic was voted one of the jolliest and best yet. ***

From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 29 Nov & 1 Dec 1922

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THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE... AND OTHER SHORT STORIES

By Stuart McCullough

FORGIVE me. Forgive me in advance for the truly intemperate, intolerant things I’m about to say. Forgive me if I hurt your feelings or betray myself as being too old to understand. I don’t want to upset anyone or hurt anybody, but sometimes the truth is a blunt in strument – probably a bassoon – and the kindest thing to do is simply to blow it and damn the consequences. I speak, of course, of haircuts.

We were at a shopping centre. You may disapprove, but we’re entitled as anyone to do our Christmas shopping without experiencing a wholesale as sault of the senses. We walked (as you do when you’re at a shopping centre) for what seemed like hours and time and time again were confronted by the sight of young men, often in groups, sporting a haircut known as a ‘mullet’. For those unfamiliar with the term, a mullet is the ‘platypus’ of haircuts. Just as a platypus looks like several different animals rolled into one, a mullet consists of two types of haircut that are diametrically opposed. Like ‘fire’ and ‘ice’. Like ‘oil’ and ‘water’. Like ‘good taste’ and ‘Married at First Sight’. Some things simply cannot coexist peacefully.

A mullet consists of short hair, gen erally located at the front of the vic tim’s subject’s skull, combined with long hair at rear. The logic – such as it is – being ‘business up front, party at the back’. It was the haircut that de fined the eighties. If that sounds like a somewhat pathetic achievement, you need to remember how competi tive haircuts were back then. It was an era that featured titans like the ‘blow wave’ and ‘the man-perm’. Ultimate

ly, they were no match for the mighty mullet.

As someone who grew up in the eighties, I aspired to have a mullet. My

dreams, however, were cruelled by a school rule that strictly forbade boys to have hair that touched the collar of their shirt. Flouting this rule was all in

a day’s work for some, who insisted on growing their hair out until a teach er intervened and threatened to cut it on the spot. The resulting handiwork was proof – if it were needed – that hairdressing is a skill acquired through training and not at teacher’s college.

But as human beings, we evolve. That is, if we’re lucky. With the bene fit of hindsight and, possibly, a mirror, we came to understand that the mullet was an incredibly ugly haircut that not so much failed to flatter the host as it did insult them outright. Eventually, mullets went the way of acid wash jeans and were quietly retired at some point in the nineties. Granted, there was the occasional resurgence, includ ing one led by Billy Ray Cyrus and his magical carpet of hair; who brazenly boot-scooted to distract you from the tonsorial atrocity that was perched on top of his head. The horror.

Quite literally, I thought all that ug liness was behind us. Turns out I was wrong. A mere thirty-five years later and it seems that young men have embraced the mullet with a disturb ing level of enthusiasm. Worse still, they have taken this most tragic of haircuts and made it worse with a se ries of new and horrifying additions. These include a bowl-cut at the front; presumably to get the ‘demonic altar boy’ look that everyone’s been rav ing about. What’s happening out back only makes it worse.

There are two models of modern mullet. There’s the one where the long hair at the back is teased or curled to give the impression of some kind of ‘hair explosion’ from a flatulent skull. The other is lank and creates the im pression of having only recently been

released from prison. Both kinds are all kinds of ugly. It’s as though young men everywhere are participating in some kind of competition, vying for the title of ‘world’s rudest head’. Perhaps I’m too old and don’t un derstand. Maybe I’m jealous at not being able to grow so luxurious a mul let of my own. For all I know, these haircuts are a part of a sincere albeit misguided vow of abstinence by these young men. Or perhaps it hurts to see the mistakes of the past being so hide ously repeated by the next generation. I’m not sure. All I know is that you ought not go out of your way to have a head that looks like a dropped pie. You can do better. Humanity is beg ging you.

Naturally, I said nothing as they sauntered past me in the shopping cen tre. As much as I wanted to walk up to one of these young men, grab him by the shoulders and shake him while screaming, ‘IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS SACRED, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING??????’ I refrained, because I thought there was a slight chance that I might be misunderstood. Instead, I said noth ing. Perhaps I subtly shook my head in disbelief and, granted, there was the slightest hint of a tear in my eye, but I kept my thoughts to myself.

If you’re reading this and are sport ing a renaissance mullet, I beg you to reconsider. You’ll be glad you did. But if, after reading this story and viewing footage from the eighties, you remain unconvinced, then

simply can’t help.

Hat-trick keeps Heatherhill alive, Grant smashes century

By Brodie Cowburn

PROVINCIAL

JUSTIN Grant was the star of the show for Old Peninsula on Saturday, scoring a century to get his side off to a great start against Langwarrin.

Old Peninsula batted for the whole afternoon on Saturday, the first day of a two-day match.

Opener Dylan O’Malley got his side started on the right foot. He smashed 82 runs before being dismissed.

Grant came in at number four and dominated. He scored 101 runs for his side, helping them to a final total of 8/318 at stumps.

Langwarrin has a big mountain to climb on day two to get a result.

At Ballam Park East, Long Island is in a good position to defeat Pines.

Pines were bowled out for 159 runs. Long Is land made a dent in their target before stumps, finishing the day at 0/35.

Sorrento enjoyed a good day at the crease on Saturday. They hosted Red Hill, and finished the day at 9/231.

Baden Powell will start day two this Saturday at 0/40. They are chasing Baxter’s total of 194.

PENINSULA

AN Adeel Hussain hat-trick has kept Heather hill’s hopes of beating Flinders alive.

Flinders batted first on day one of their twoday match against Heatherhill. At 3/134 Flinders were flying, but a big collapse soon followed.

A Hussein hat-trick saw Flinders bowled out for 197. Hussein finished with excellent figures of 7/44 off 16 overs.

Heatherhill batted for seven overs before stumps. They start day two on 0/15.

A stunning unbeaten knock of 140 from Madu shanka Perera was the highlight of day one play between Moorooduc and Dromana.

Moorooduc scored 9/236 on day one. Perera smashed 11 boundaries during his innings.

Mt Eliza’s run chase against Seaford Tigers is off to a bad start. The Tigers were bowled out on day one for 154. Mt Eliza came in to bat before stumps, but ended up losing a wicket without scoring.

Mornington face an uphill battle on day two of their match against Somerville. They will have to score 311 to win.

DISTRICT

C

ARRUM Downs are in striking distance of a win against Hastings.

Hastings batted on day one of their match on Saturday. They were bowled out for just 112.

Carrum Downs came in to bat and finished the day at 1/47. Hastings will have to put on an ex cellent bowling performance to prevent defeat.

At RF Miles Reserve, Jake D’Atri and Shaun Foster combined for a partnership of nearly 200 runs last weekend.

The two Carrum batters were awesome against Seaford. Foster raised the bat for a century, scor ing 111 runs, and D’Atri scored 92.

Carrum was bowled out for 279. Seaford will start day two from 0/15 with a lot of work to do.

Delacombe Park enjoyed a good day on their home deck on Saturday. They batted for the whole day, scoring 9/245. Opener Jonathan Guthrie top scored with 74.

SUB DISTRICT

TOOTGAROOK wrapped up a first innings win over Pearcedale on Saturday, and are in a good position to grab all the points.

Pearcedale was sent in to bat first at home. They struggled badly, ending up all out for 47. They lost their last five wickets for four runs.

Tootgarook came in to bat and soon surpassed their target. They went on to make 8/147 before declaring.

Pearcedale didn’t have much better luck in their second innings. They will restart on day two from 2/11.

Mt Martha put themselves in the box seat for a win with a strong bowling performance against Skye.

Batting first, Mt Martha scored 162 runs. Skye’s hopes of victory took a huge blow when they came in to bat before stumps. They finished the day at 4/24.

Tyabb will defend a total of 227 on day two of their matchup against Boneo. Rye scored 243 on day one of their match against Ballam Park, who will start day two at 1/12.

Balnarring are in with a chance of beating Frankston YCW. They will need to score 169 to win on day two.

Looking good: Mornington got off to a strong start against Somerville in their Provincial 2nds match, notching up 5/203. Picture: Alan Dillon

Clayton’s a tonic for Strikers

SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie

THE first thing that strikes you as you enter the Centenary Park clubrooms is a bar with a Shiplap timber cladding façade.

There’s signage on the façade. It reads: “The Clayton Lee Bar.”

Lower your gaze to a 75-year-old grey-haired man with a welcoming smile and a lilting Welsh accent.

He is serving behind the bar – his bar – and he’s been doing that for dec ades.

Since July 1982 when the Lee fam ily from south Wales emigrated to Australia Clayton Lee has been one of the constants of the local game.

Lee, wife Ann and oldest son Dar ren joined Skye Rovers that year with Darren Lee’s younger brother Ryan starting his football journey the fol lowing year with Rovers.

The family patriarch has watched his first club here metamorphose into Frankston United, Frankston Strikers and eventually Peninsula Strikers.

He’s been a player and administrator (vice-president at one stage) and dur ing his time there has watched three championship-winning sides strut their stuff – in 1996 when joint coach es Dave Dixon and Tony Saunders guided Frankston Strikers to the State 3 title, in 2000 when player-coach Russell Black led the club to the State 2 South-East title and in 2007 when George Hughes and his men claimed the State 3 South-East championship.

The side that Black led is the best side he’s seen at Strikers.

“Yeah in Blackie’s days I’d say that was the best down here,” Lee said.

“The skill and the football level were the big things and everybody played for each other – they all knew what they had to do.”

The highlight of Lee’s playing ca reer came on Saturday, 19 September 1987.

It’s a game etched in his memory. The only senior appearance he ever made.

“It was the last game of the season against Lyndale up at the school (Lyn dale Secondary College) and they kept me on for the whole 90 minutes,” he said with a laugh.

“I started off up front then Lyndale scored so they put me back in defence but Lyndale won 1-0.”

It’s a measure of the Lee family’s contribution to Strikers that Clayton, Ann and Ryan Lee are all life mem bers.

The darkest time in Clayton’s Lee involvement with the club came in

July 2019 when Ann Lee died and he was thankful of the support Strikers provided.

“It was a very emotional thing and the club did everything they could to try and make things easier for me.

“I can’t fault them in that respect.

“Ann was such a big loss for the club as she did so much work with the canteen and other things there and the club was such a big part of our lives here in Australia.

“Over the years we’ve met a lot of people and made good friends and that’s all down to being part of the club.”

Lee manages the bar and it’s a timeintensive role especially if Strikers are playing at home the day after the club’s fortnightly karaoke night.

“Well it all starts on Thursday night at training then if there’s karaoke on the Friday and a home game on the

Saturday that’s really your weekend taken up.

“I tell people it’s not the hours serv ing behind the bar but the hours it takes preparing and trying to make sure things run smoothly.

“Saturday can often be a 12-hour day from start to finish and if a func tion goes late into the night you’ve got to clean up and you can be leaving there at 2.30 in the middle of the night some times.

“To be honest I don’t know how much longer I can keep doing this.

“I’m getting older now you know,” he said before bursting into laughter once more.

It hasn’t all been smooth sailing for the Welshman though.

“I can’t tell you for sure when I started running the bar but it’s got to be at least 30-odd years ago now.

“And I’ve resigned from doing it a

few times when things weren’t going right when I was doing everything and not getting any sort of help but I’ve always come back to doing it and I’m sure these things happen at all the clubs.”

Lee has witnessed a cavalcade of coaches at the helm during his time with the club and he admits that he clashed with the committee over some selections.

“I’ve been on committees a few times when coaches were sacked and new ones hired and I’ve had a few rows when I knew some coaches shouldn’t have been hired because I knew what they were like.

“One time I went overseas thinking the coaching situation had been sorted and I got a phone call when I was away to tell me they’d hired a new coach.

“I’m not going to name names but I wasn’t happy about that and I ex

plained what happened to the old coach when I got back.”

But Lee no longer is at odds with the committee over coaching appoint ments.

“I don’t get involved with that sort of stuff any more.

“I just think it’s their job (the com mittee) to get the people in to put a good team on the park and it’s my job to run the bar.

“And to be fair the committee have done very well.

“We had two years of COVID plus the ground getting ripped up and a new ground laid so we couldn’t use the clubrooms the way we usually would have.

‘We couldn’t afford really to buy new players and those young boys we used this year absolutely gave it their all.

“What I liked about it was there wasn’t really a reserves team or a sen ior team – they were all one team.

“There was no them and us among the players and everybody fitted in well plus those young boys played their hearts out.

“Some of the boys who played last season were inexperienced at that lev el so you’d think they’d develop a lot.

“And from what I see the players think they can go out and try and win the thing.

“In the space of a year they’ve re versed the talk from all this rubbish about getting relegated to finishing on top of the league.

“In just one season.

“Not bad eh?” Lee said with a broad grin.

Best bar none: Peninsula Strikers life member Clayton Lee behind the bar that bears his name. Picture: Darryl Kennedy