Mornington News 29 November 2022

Seats shift, but Libs prevail

By Liz Bell and Keith Platt

THE Mornington Peninsula seems likely to retain its political status quo in the wake of last Saturday’s state election, with two Liberal and one Labor members of parliament.

However, there has been a shift of occupancy, with Hastings looking like being held by Labor and the Liberal Sam Groth decisively taking Nepean from Labor’s Chris Brayne.

On Monday, Liberal Chris Crewther had a slender 0.48% lead over independent Kate Lardner in Mornington while in Hastings, Morn ington Peninsula Shire councillor and Labor candidate Paul Mercurio was 1.34% ahead of Liberal Briony Hutton.

Mercurio, best known for his role in the movie Strictly Ballroom and as a judge on TV’s Danc ing With the Stars, and former tennis profes sional Groth, were so-called celebrity candidates for their respective parties.

If Crewther manages to hold Mornington for the Liberals, it will be with a greatly reduced margin from the 2018 election when it was won for the fourth successive time by David Morris with a margin of just under 10 %.

However, Morris was dumped by his party in a preselection battle widely regarded as a win for the Liberal Party’s conservative religious right faction (“Turf war splits peninsula Liber als” The News 22/8/22).

But it is in the electorate of Nepean where the Liberals have re-emerged as the acknowledged victors.

On Monday morning Groth was the clear win ner over Brayne with a nearly 13% margin.

Brayne, a surprise winner for Labor in 2018, held the seat with a tenuous 1.82% margin, which was engulfed on Saturday by support for Groth.

Groth said that he was “honoured” to be elected and would be “a strong, tireless and dedicated advocate” for his constituents.

“I will be an MP for all members of my community, not just those who voted for me, to ensure that the southern peninsula gets its fair share and has the vocal representation it deserves,” he said.

However, with Labor again in government, the two Liberal MPs (if Crewther wins) have little chance of being able to honour the $1.3 billion in promises for the peninsula made by their party during the election campaign. In contrast,

Labor candidates pledged $12.7 million (“Re cord entries in poll race” The News 15/11/22).

Brayne, who was Victoria’s youngest MP at the time of his election in 2018, said he used his four years in government “to get as much done for the place I’ve lived my whole life so that if I lost four years later, I could hold my head high”.

“Things finally happened on the peninsula over the last four years,” he said, listing im provements to schools, equipment for sporting clubs and an improved bus service among his achievements.

“... My chances of winning this seat again were tough. I have lived and breathed this com munity my whole life and, as a result, felt like I knew the outcome from many months ago.

“Now at the end of the four years, I do hold my head high knowing that I did absolutely everything I could to get things done for my community while I was in this role.”

Over in Hastings, Mercurio said the election was still too early to call on Monday morning, but he was “excited and happy to have the sup port and trust of the people who have voted for him”.

Hastings was previously held by Liberal Neale Burgess with a 2.12 per cent majority, although a redistribution of electoral boundaries had made the seat notionally Labor.

The Liberal Party’s religious right might claim a success on the peninsula, but there will be a lot of soul searching elsewhere about the divisive

effect the faction has had on the party’s poor showing in the polls.

Mercurio said he “strongly” believed in freedom of religion but would “always stand against the extreme fringe who discriminate towards the LGBTQIA+ community and attack women’s rights”.

“I believe that candidates should be open with their electorate about their beliefs and those within our community have a right to question those that seek to represent them,” he said.

Hutton said the Victorian Electoral Com mission would recount votes and “historically, postal votes favour the Liberal Party. The trend is with us in Hastings, and we are still in the fight”.

LIBERAL Chris Crewther was surrounded by supporters as the votes rolled in on Saturday night, while independent Kate Lardner (inset) was in COVID isolation at home. Pictures: Yanni (main) and Keith Platt

Shire helps out after storms

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is offering a helping hand to residents affected two weeks ago by flooding,

The mayor Cr Steve Holland said the Monday 14 November storms had led to “significant flood damage and distress” with 270 calls for help being to the SES “many of whose homes were inundated”.

Holland said roads had been closed and residents evacuated because of landslips.

“The safety of our community is al ways our first priority, and we are work ing hard to assist those in need, assess damage and begin repairs and recovery,” he said in a statement last Thursday (24 November).

“So far we have contacted more than 190 of these affected residents with 28 referrals to the Department of Fami lies, Fairness and Housing for personal hardship payments and several others referred to other agencies.”

Holland said private properties were being inspected by specialists assessing structural damage and potential health is sues such as mould, contaminated water and septic or grey water issues.

“We have arranged temporary accom modation for some of our most vulner able and disadvantaged residents as well as engaging our maternal and child health team, youth services and disability services to provide additional wrap around support for our priority popula tion groups that have been impacted,” he said.

He said the shire had a dedicated phone line for residents impacted by the rain event as well as a flood recovery page on its website.

Holland said “significant damage and disruption to shire buildings, services and places” included coastal erosion which meant beach car parks and paths were closed, damage to kindergartens, community centres and the Balcombe Estuary boardwalk at Mount Martha.

Up to last Thursday the shire had repaired 1985 square metres of unsealed roads; cleaned and cleared 3251 meters of drainage pipes; cleaned 132 storm wa ter pits; replaced or reset 50 storm water pit lids; and made five sinkholes safe.

“We have an excellent cleaning and maintenance program for the part of the drainage system that is managed by the shire,” Holland said. “We regularly sweep streets to reduce blockages and inspect and clean pits and pipes where needed.

“In October - in response to then fore cast high rainfall - we proactively visited properties we know are prone to flooding and checked all the pits and pipes were in good shape.”

Information about impacted shire services and infrastructure is at mornpen. vic.gov.au/floods and problems with anything managed by the shire can be reported at mornpen.vic.gov.au/report-it

Requests for drainage maintenance can be made at mornpen.vic.gov.au/drainage

For help during severe weather events call the SES on 132 500 Keith Platt

THE bridge from the flooded Balcombe Estuary boardwalk at Mount Martha leads to a flooded Augusta Street. Picture: Garye Sissons

Doughnut sale swell for surf days

THE sale of nearly 2000 doughnuts has raised $1600 for the Disabled Surfers Association Mornington Pen insula branch.

Using the lure of doughnuts to help people with a disability go surfing was the method of choice of members of Haileybury College’s Aikman House.

“Haileybury College has supported our surfers for many years before the

COVID pandemic, and they were su per keen to fundraise again this year,” DSAMP president Pea Saunders said.

“Along with fundraising, Aikman House students volunteer their time at DSAMP’s January event at Point Leo where they assist people with different abilities to experience the joy of being in water and having a go at surfing.

“This is a win-win opportunity for

the surfers and students, whereby both groups get to experience the possibili ties of what can be done when there is great community support.”

The DSAMP will next year hold surfing days at Point Leo on Saturday 21 January and Saturday 4 March.

For details about surfing or vol unteering with the DSAMP go to: disabledsurfers.org

DISABLED Surfers Association Mornington Peninsula branch president Pea Saunders (centre) with Haileybury College students Hugo Nosiara (Aikman House captain) and Ky Allcock. Picture: Supplied

One punch leaves fatal reminder forever

Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au

THE end of year typically signals par tying for many young people, but for the mother of a young man killed by a one-punch attack in Rye, holiday cel ebrations are also a chilling reminder of the dangers of aggressive, alcohol and social violence.

Caterina Politi’s 22-year-old son David Cassai was attacked in an unprovoked street fight in 2012, while out enjoying himself with friends on 20 December.

The apprentice landscape gar dener fell and hit his head after being punched by 18-year-old Dylan Closter, from Launching Place, who then danced over him as he lay help less, like a boxer in a show of defi ance in front of his friends.

As Closter's group fled the scene, witnesses heard laughing and some one yelling out "that's what we come here for".

Closter was later jailed for a mini mum of six years, but for Cassai’s family the grief is ongoing.

Around this time every year, as thousands of young people celebrate on the peninsula with friends, they re flect on the senseless loss of a young man at the start of his adult journey and with a promising future.

Politi said the night her son was killed was supposed to be about friends enjoying themselves on a summer’s night near the beach but, in the space of less than a minute, one man was dead, and five others were injured.

“My son and his friends had just gone out to celebrate a birthday and they just wanted to get home. They were ambushed and they had no chance," she said.

In abid to deal with their grief posi tively and to stop street violence they started SOPCK (Stop. One Punch Can Kill) and have spent the past decade

calling for change and raising aware ness.

Politi said she was proud that SOPCK was part of Schoolies on the Mornington Peninsula this year and hoped the message would be heard loud and clear by everyone partying on the peninsula.

“As teenagers head out this week

we want to make sure they understand that all it takes is one stupid decision to destroy lives,” she said.

“The ever-important message to make the right choices and look out for your mates. Violence is never ac ceptable. People must stop and think, keep their fists down and walk away.”

Politi said schoolies’ revellers on

the peninsula had the right to party safe, stay safe and get home safe.

SOPCK teamed with the Morning ton Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Steve Holland and its youth services team last week to launch Schoolies in Rye, with support from the Red Frog volunteers and spread the SOPCK message.

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Timely reminder: Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Steve Holland, Caterina Politi, and shire youth workers Matt Sudomlak and Dianne Bailey. Picture: Yanni

Raffle fits the food bill

DROMANA gym owner Mary Bennett felt so moved by stories of hardship in some parts of the Mornington Peninsula, she decided to do something about it.

A Christmas party raffle held at CrossFit KUZO gym raised $4025 for the Dromana Food relief coordinated by Dromana Community House.

Dromana Food Relief, which is supported by the SecondBite charity and the community, pro vides fresh fruit and vegetables as well as pantry items to the community, taking the pressure off people struggling with the rising costs of living.

Bennett said she was happy to be able to help the charity and grateful for the support of busi nesses that donated raffle prizes.

“It was more successful than I imagined, so I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who do nated prizes and everyone who bought tickets,” she said.

Step by step to transformation

MORE than 80 women trekked 60 kilometres from Frankston to the Cape Schanck lighthouse for the Women’s Spirit Project’s annual Frank 2Schanck walk.

Over three days (18-20 November) the group walked the length of the peninsula in all weather conditions - rain, shine, flood and mud – as part of a mission to help women transform their lives through accessible fitness, health and wellbeing activities.

For many, the weekend’s walk was a lifechanging event, said program manager Jodie Belyea.

“So many women achieved personal bests after months of training having never attempted such an adventure,” Belyea said.

As part of the walk, the Women’s Spirit Pro ject launched a new 2023 Spirit of Transforma tion Program that will run from March to June.

Belyea said the program was designed for women aged 25 years or older who had experi enced life challenges including, but not limited to, isolation and loneliness, domestic and family violence, addiction, mental health barriers, pov erty and under employment.

“Women on a recovery journey are invited to apply to start the next chapter in their life,” she said.

Participants will be coached by a team of female mentors with volunteers acting as role models and guides.

“Our mentors actively participate in all ele

ments of the program. They bring a commitment to fitness, health and wellbeing; a good listening ear and motivate program participants on their journey,” Belyea said.

Mentors will participate in a two-day mentor ing course delivered by qualified practitioners covering education, fitness, health, nutrition, wellbeing and adult learning.

Applications are open for participants and volunteer mentors at womensspiritproject.org/ spirit-of-transformation-2023/

The group has plans next year for short and longer distance walks. Follow on Facebook/ TheWomensSpiritProject

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Mission accomplished: Walking the length of the peninsula has been a transformational experience for participants in the Frank2Schanck walk.

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MARY Bennett (left) gets a thank you hug from Dromana Community House manager Tracey Trueman. Picture: Supplied

Women’s group writing for the record

By Judith Graley

MEMBERS of the Southern Women’s Action Network (SWAN) are compil ing the story of the group’s history of more than 26 years of social activism.

SWAN was founded by a group of Mornington Peninsula women looking to learn more about the justice issues facing women and working together to bring about social change.

Over the years SWAN boasts an impressive roll call of activism. For example, members have campaigned for the release from jail of Heather Osland; organised an Islamic women’s fashion parade; and marched in rallies to promote human rights, to protest against family violence and to support asylum seekers.

Founding members Val McKenna and Maureen McPhate said they would sometimes join marches in Mornington, wearing a SWAN badge and dressing in purple, white and green. They also wrote letters to the media about social justice issues.

Bi-monthly meetings featured more than 150 inspiring women and such guest speakers as former Victorian Premier Joan Kirner AC; domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty AO; former Chief Police Commissioner Christine Nixon AO APM; and Victo rian Women’s Trust executive director Mary Crooks AO.

SWAN has remained true to its original objectives.

“There is a forum; justice and equity issues are still actively promoted; women’s active participation in com munity decision-making has surely

been increased as women take up the battle in various ways,” Fran Rule, another founding member, said Diane McDonald, who is leading the book project, said SWAN was a unique group run for more than a quarter of a century by women volunteering their time to enable local women to meet, to learn about social justice concerns faced by women from all walks of life and to become actively engaged in supporting women’s causes.

The focus on empowering women to make a difference continues to

this day. Members participate in hu man rights marches; write letters to MPs on various social justice issues such as family violence and youth criminalisation; and advocate against racism and inequality.

SWAN is pro-actively supporting the key reforms of the Uluru State ment from the Heart, including the enshrinement of an Indigenous voice in the Australian Constitution.

Women have commented that at tending SWAN meetings was impor tant to them, as they not only learnt new things but also formed long-term

friendships. It has truly played a significant role in the lives of many local women.

It is so important that their SWAN journey is recorded with our book. We have collected a lot of material from many members and speakers, but we are still looking for more recollections women may have from attending our meetings.

If you would like to share your SWAN experience or would like to come to our next guest speaker event email: swanwomen@outlook.com

The parrot’s prophecy

ROSEBUD chiropractor, globetrot ter and author Adam Mackey, above, who writes under the pen name of Angel A, will next month launch his second book Holy Parrot.

The fantasy novel, winner of the Literary Titan award, is the story of the events that occurred in Colom bia known as Loro Santo, or Holy Parrot. In brief, Leo Lumiere was an undergraduate science student from Australia working in the coastal fish ing village of Buritaca in Colombia. Maria,16, swore a parrot they call Gabriel told her that she will be the mother of the new Christ.

Miraculous events unfold and the story becomes loaded with intrigue, while Leo is torn between exposing a crime and protecting Maria from harm.

Mackey will be signing copies of Holy Parrot 2pm-5pm Sunday 4 De cember at the Escape Brewing, 2/12 Suffolk Street, Capel Sound. There will be refreshments and live music. Dinner available.

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Looking back: SWAN members review material already collected for the book tracing the group’s first 26 years, from left, Diane Mcdonald, Erica Churchill, Maureen Mcphate, Judith Graley, Val Mckenna, Fran Rule and Moz Lucas.

Picture: Yanni

Police talk for students

MORNINGTON Neighbourhood Policing mem

ber Leading Senior Constable Tiffany O’Connor was at Mount Martha Primary school last week to speak with grade six students.

On Friday 18 November students learned about staying safe when out and about with

friends, health concerns around vaping and the ramifications of legal issues prevalent amongst youths.

Mornington police are inviting schools to con tact the neighbourhood policing unit to organise a school visit.

SENIOR Constable Tiffany O’Connor shares some advice with students from Mount Martha Primary School with assistant principal Nick Orchard. Picture: Supplied

Fixing the fox against turtle race

Liz Bell

liz@mpnews.com.au

THE turtle nesting season started this month and volunteers at the Devilbend Natural Features Reserve are doing their bit to ensure this little understood native creature has a bet ter chance of survival.

Under a citizen science turtle nest monitoring program by The Crew at Daangean group, turtle nests at the Tuerong reserve are being protected from one of their biggest threatsfoxes.

It’s been a massive few years at Devilbend, starting in 2018 when volunteers from The Crew at Daangean spent six months mapping the 1000ha reserve, covering the shoreline and surrounding areas me thodically two to three times, looking for turtle activity and recording every turtle nest that was raided by foxes.

Program founder and coordinator Hansi Wegner said the hard work paid off, giving project organisers insight into the turtles’ behaviour within the reserve and implementing protection strategies.

The discovery that at least 95 per cent of turtle nests were being destroyed by foxes led to a program of nest covering, improving and protecting habitat within nesting sites and adjusting maintenance at some nesting zones so turtles can nest undisturbed.

Wegner said there had been impres sive results, with observations show ing more turtle nests were hatching

successfully.

“We often see baby turtles at the reserve, which we never saw when we started this project,” he said.

Most of the turtles at the reserve are eastern long-necked turtles, but volun teers have also discovered two turtle species – the Murray River turtle and the reclusive and endangered broad shelled turtle - not previously known

to breed at the reserve.

But Wegner said the Daangean turtle project was also aimed at encouraging and bringing together community and professional involvement to make a difference and look after the environ ment.

Improving social participation has been a strong focus of the project, by engaging schools, community and

business groups, Parks Victoria and Melbourne Water, Traditional Owners and anyone with an interest in nature and biodiversity.

Wegner said the citizen science project regularly invited community participation in its various environ mental projects.

For more information go to citizen sciencecrew.org/

Nest protection: Hansi Wegner, inset, is passionate about the environment and has started The Crew at Daangean citizen science group to help look after the Devilbend Natural Features reserve and ensure the productivity of turtle nests. Pictures: Supplied

The benefits of bee-ing

Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au

IT’S not surprising that there has been a lot of bee activity around the Mornington Peninsula lately, with spring being the busiest time of the year for the pollinating insects.

Just like many other living creatures, bees spend this time of the year restocking on food, as well as starting new colonies and moving around to find new territory.

But there is no reason to panic, according to Mount Eliza beekeeper Christopher Watson, who says bees are generally placid and deserve human respect for the benefits they bring to the environment.

Watson only became interested in beekeeping a few years ago but is now one of the peninsula’s go-to guys when it comes to wayward hives that turn up somewhere unexpected.

“I turned 50 a few years ago and my wife told me to get a bike. I never got around to doing that, but I did get a bee hive instead,” he said.

“It keeps me active and it gets me outside, and I love nature and the garden.”

Watson says he feels that bee keeping is also a kind of community service, where he is able to help people with advice when they find bees in their gardens or can safely relocate bees that turn up in public spaces.

Bees are one of the world’s greatest pollinators and essential to agricultural and home garden sectors and, without them, the world would be in big trouble, says Watson.

Bee protected: Christopher Watson staying protected as he collects a hive, left, and ride sharing bees, above.

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So far this spring he has been called out to around 40 swarms, with some ending up in his own collection of hives after they have been quarantined.

Watson, who has a “day” job, says it has been a particularly busy year for bee handlers, with the weather and proliferation of food increasing bee numbers. He estimates he might have tens of thousands of bees himself, with four hives at his home and others “dotted around the peninsula”.

Watson is part of the estimated (and still growing) 7600 hobby and commercial beekeepers in Victoria.

“I feel that by keeping bees I’m doing something for the ecosystems, but I also love to watch their activity, it’s a lovely hobby,” he said.

“Funnily enough I’m the only in my family who likes honey.”

But it’s not all honey and biscuits in the beekeeping world, says Watson.

Good beekeeping requires a lot of

management, and a healthy hive is no accident.

Watson says swarming hives can be a sign of poor hive management, and beekeepers are required to follow a strict code of conduct to ensure hives are healthy and safe.

Good beekeeping practices include regular inspections of brood and honey combs for honey bee diseases and pests, and there are requirements for beekeepers to only keep hives that have easily and individually removable frames.

Anyone who keeps one or more hives of bees is required to register with the agriculture department, and there are state laws to guide and police the industry (including amateur beekeepers). There are also federal laws relating to biosecurity and other beekeeping requirements.

For information on beekeeping contact the agriculture department or the Victorian Apiarists’ Association.

Neglected Nelson 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 owner, who plead ed guilty, faced one charge of animal cruelty when prosecuted 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 Langwarrin 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, embed ded toenails, multiple infections and arthritis. His claws were so overgrown they were embed ded, 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 Nelson’s case was dire, grievous neglect of animals was not uncommon.

“Nelson was suffering from a variety 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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Trial 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 Peninsula Shire started a two-year safer speeds trial which lowered the speeds of 33 100kph and 90kph highrisk roads to 80 km/h.

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.

the risk of being killed or seriously injured in a crash reduces by an es timated 40 per cent and 35 per cent, respectively.

The report also noted that obtaining a similar outcome by improving road infrastructure through widening roads and installing safety barriers was a more expensive option “well beyond the available shire budgets for road upgrades” that would also require the removal of thousands of trees.

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

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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,

At the 22 November council meet ing, councillors voted to apply to the DoT to keep the 80kph speed limits for the 33 roads in the trial, to refer its Towards Zero 2020-2025 road safety strategy to the new citizens panel to report back to council, and to review unsealed road speed limits where END 80 signs apply.

Cr Despi O’Connor said speed limits were the council’s “leverage we have to protect lives”.

Cr Susan Bissinger said there were other in factors involved in road trauma, such as driver complacency.

Some of the 33 roads include Bungower, Eramosa East and West, Tubbarubba, Stumpy Gully, Merricks Beach and Point Leo.

Driving ban after Prahran crash

A P-PLATE driver from Moorooduc who was allegedly more than three times over the alcohol limit has lost her licence following a collision in Prahran overnight on Saturday 26 November.

Police observed a car on High Street Prahran, which then turned onto Williams Road and collided with another vehicle about 1.45am. There were no injuries but both vehicles were extensively damaged.

The driver, a 19-year-old Moo rooduc woman, was breath-tested and returned a positive alcohol read ing. She was taken to Prahran police station where she allegedly returned a reading of .168.

Her probationary licence was im mediately suspended for a minimum of 12 months, and she is expected to be charged on summons with drink driving.

Gender violence

ON Friday’s (25 November) launch of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Assistant Commissioner of family violence command Lauren Callaway said most people would know someone, who was in an abusive relationship.

She said family violence could be hard to identify, both for a victim survivor and those around them.

If you, or anyone you know is experiencing domestic or family violence call: 1800 737 732 or 1800 015 188 (safesteps.org.au).

If anyone is in immediate danger call triple zero (000).

YEAR 12 Padua College student Dan Houben has been awarded the gold Duke of Edinburgh Medal with mili tary honours by Dr Denis Napthine on behalf of the Australian Governor General David Hurley, at Melbourne Town Hall.

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on 21 November, has been at 406 Airforce Squadron for several years and has achieved the highest noncommissioned officer rank of cadet flight sergeant.

He is involved in training and com manding airforce cadets and often leads training weekends at both the HMAS Cerberus naval base at Crib Point and Point Cook Air Force Base.

Awarded: Dan Houben is congratulated on his gold Duke of Edinburgh medal with military honours by former Victorian Premier Dr Denis Napthine.

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Margot Robbie (left) as Harley Quinn steps out on her own in this superb action-packed spin-off. After breaking up with the Joker, Quinn cuts her hair, adopts a pet hyena and takes up roller derby before realising she is in grave danger without her ex’s protection. With a ruthless crime lord (Ewan McGregor) on her tail, Quinn teams up with detective Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez) and two unlikely allies – the Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell).

SATURDAY

CSI: VEGAS

TEN, 8.30pm

You can rely on CSI to feature memorable clues and details. In “Burned”, there are Big Foot-like footprints found around the house where a gory doublemurder is being investigated. Wild, scary creature theories are quickly put to rest, with plastic wrap and an engagement ring offering clues. Meanwhile, Josh (Matt Lauria) feels so insecure in his relationship with Serena (Ariana Guerra) that he resorts to a dash of cyberstalking.

SUNDAY JUDY

ABC TV, 8.30pm

Thirty years after she shot to stardom as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, showbiz legend Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives in London in 1968, to perform a five-week sold-out run of concerts at The Talk of the Town. vThe shows are a last-ditch attempt by the troubled Garland to save her performing career, but her health is failing, and being separated from her children is taking its toll. Zellweger delivers a touching, multi-dimensional performance as Garland and delves deep into the psyche of the powerhouse performer.

MONDAY TASKMASTER

SBS VICELAND, 8.30pm

Before an Aussie version of this competition-based comedy series hits screens next year, with Tom Gleeson as its arbiter of good tasks, it’s advisable to get a handle on the slightly unconventional format – season 11 of the original British version, premiering tonight, should do nicely. With Taskmaster Greg Davies and his assistant Alex Horne in charge, five new celebrity contestants – Aussie Sarah Kendall ), actress Charlotte Ritchie (Call Ghosts) and comedians Jamali Maddix, Mike Wozniak and Lee Mack – compete in a series of bizarre challenges.

Thursday, December 1

ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (10) NINE (9) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 That Pacific Sports Show. (R) 11.10 All Creatures Great And Small. (Final, PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 Question Everything. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. (Final) 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 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Poland v Argentina. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Ecuador v Senegal. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Poland v Argentina. Replay. 2.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. Australia v Denmark. Replay. From Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 2. Morning session. From Optus Stadium, Perth. 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 2. Afternoon session. From Optus Stadium, Perth.

(PG, R)

budget.

Law & Order: SVU. (Mav, R) The squad rallies around Detective Stabler to find the suspect behind a threat to his family.

Blue Bloods. (Mv, R) Danny and Jamie clash over a gang shooting.

The Project. (R) Special guest is Vir Das.

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Guests include Rob Delaney.

Greg Davies hosts Taskmaster

Friday, December 2

ABC (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (Final, R) 11.10 Secrets

Of The Museum. (Final, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Belgravia. (PG, R) 1.45 Doc Martin. (PG, R) 2.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R)

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.

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

7.30 Gardening Australia. Josh Byrne visits a daylily grower.

8.30 Vera. (Ma, R) Part 1 of 4.

Vera investigates the murder of a trainee forensic psychologist.

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

10.30 Troppo. (Mal, R) Ted discovers his past haunting the present.

11.25 ABC Late News. Detailed coverage of the day’s events.

11.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 12.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

SBS (3)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Japan v Spain. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022

FIFA World Cup. Group F. Croatia v Belgium. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Japan v Spain. Replay. 2.30 Soccer.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Group F. Croatia v Canada. Replay. From Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

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.

10.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R) 11.20 MOVIE: The Fade. (2012, , Jamaica, Ghana, ) 11.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 1.30 Soccer. 2022

FIFA World Cup. Group H. Korea Republic v Portugal. 4.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group G. Cameroon v Brazil.

SEVEN (7)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Border

Security: International. (PGad, R) 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 3. Morning session. From Optus Stadium, Perth. 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 3. Afternoon session. From Optus Stadium, Perth.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 3. Evening session.

9.00 MOVIE: The Fugitive. (1993, Mv, R) A doctor wrongly convicted of murdering his wife escapes from custody after a train accident, and tries to find the real killer while avoiding a dogged US Marshal and his team. Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward.

11.45 Motorway Patrol. (PG) Drunk drivers play skittles with road cones.

12.15 Black-ish. (Mad, R) 1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

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6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 House Of Wellness. 4.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 4.30 Our Town. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 11.30 Late Programs.

TEN (10) NINE (9)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)

11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Christmas Cure. (2017, G, R) 1.50 Talking Honey. (PG) 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 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Tree Roo. (PGa) Three injured birds arrive.

8.30 MOVIE: Bridget Jones’s Baby. (2016, Mls, R) Forty-something and single, Bridget Jones becomes pregnant, but is unsure about who the father is. Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey.

10.55 MOVIE: I Don’t Know How She Does It. (2011, PGls, R) Sarah Jessica Parker.

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

9GEM (92)

6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 GolfBarons. Noon Golf. Australian Open. Second round. 5.00 Keeping Up Appearances. 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Antiques Downunder. 8.00 Antiques Roadshow Detectives. 8.40 MOVIE: From Russia With Love. (1963, PG) 11.05 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs. Noon The Carrie Diaries. 1.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy.

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. (PGad) 1.00 The Living Room. (PGan, 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.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Guests include Daniel Craig.

8.30 The Flatshare. (Mal)

Two Londoners with divergent schedules agree to share a single-bed flat.

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)

10 PEACH (11)

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.

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.

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 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 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. 6.30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (R) Nigella Lawson shares her recipes. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top

NCIS. (Ma, R) The team investigates the US Secretary of the Navy when her husband claims she tried to murder him. OPEN 7 DAYS Mon - Fri 9.00-5.30 Sat 9-5 Sun 10-4 03 5976 8868 www.denorhomeswares.com.au Shop 3/26 McLaren Place, Mornington (across the carpark from Mornington Central)

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. Christmas just around the corner has all you need Denor with ...and much more!

Letters And Numbers. (M, R)

boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta. Dev Patel. 12.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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) SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021: Opening Night. 9.25 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.10 Would I Lie To You? 10.40 Doctor Who. 11.25 MOVIE: Ride. (2016, M) 12.55am Friday Night Dinner. 1.20 Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. 2.05 Universe With Brian Cox. 3.00 ABC News Update. 3.05 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

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.

a family of cops. 10 PEACH (11) 6am Shopping. 8.30 Weekender. 9.00 Three Wide No Cover. 10.00 Creek To Coast. 10.30 Weekender. 11.00 House Of Wellness. Noon Horse Racing. Country Finals Raceday, Pakenham Cup and Christmas At Rosehill Gardens. 6.00 Border Security: International. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 10.30 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. 11.30 Late Programs.

Rescue. (PGal, R) ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am The Movie Show. 6.35 Fried Green Tomatoes. (1991, PG) 8.55 Long Way North. (2015, PG) 10.25 The Wife. (2017, M) 12.20pm The Girl In The Fog. (2017, M, Italian) 2.40 Footy Legends. (2006, PG) 4.20 Mary Shelley. (2017, PG) 6.35 The Big Steal. (1990, PG) 8.30 The Wolf Of Wall Street. (2013) 11.40 The Untamed. (2016, MA15+, Spanish) 1.30am Late Programs. 5.45 The Movie Show.

Presented by George Calombaris and Sarah Todd. 6am Morning Programs. 12.05pm Extreme Africa. 12.55 Gifts Of The Maarga. 1.40 Sing About This Country. 3.40 Stand Up And Be Counted: A NAIDOC Concert Special. 5.35 Power To The People. 6.05 Pacific Island Food Revolution. 6.55 News. 7.05 On Country Kitchen. 7.35 Stay At Home Animal Dads. 8.30 Swim Team. 10.20 Yothu Yindi Tribute Concert. 11.50 Late Programs.

Bloods. (Mv) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 Friends. Noon The King Of Queens. 1.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.15 Friends. 12.15am Home Shopping. 1.45 Mom. 2.15 NBL Slam. 2.45 Broke. 4.30 Home Shopping.

9.30 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Adelaide 500. Qualifying and Support 4.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Adelaide 500. Pre-Race and 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 4. Evening session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Ultimate Rides. 8.30 Counting Cars. 9.30 Full Custom Garage. 10.30 Barrett-Jackson: Revved Up. 11.30 Late Programs.

Vegas. (Mmv) 6am Global Shop. 6.30 TV Shop. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 TV Shop. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Seaway. 11.30 MOVIE: Sailors Three. (1940) 1.15pm MOVIE: Whisky Galore! (1949) 3.00 MOVIE: Kid Galahad. (1962, PG) 5.00 Golf. Australian Open. Third round. 7.00 MOVIE: Goldfinger. (1964, PG) 9.15 MOVIE: The Bourne Identity. (2002, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

A mysterious Big Foot-like footprint is found near where a father and son were killed in a fire. 9GEM (92) 7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm Inside Phuket Airport. 2.30 MOVIE: In Good Company. (2004, PG) 4.45 Children’s Programs. 5.15 MOVIE: Shark Tale. (2004) 7.00 MOVIE: Shrek. (2001, PG) 8.45 MOVIE: The Mummy. (1999, M) 11.10 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 12.10am Manifest. 2.00 Transformers Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Fury. 3.30 Late Programs.

One-Pan Wonders. Jamie Oliver prepares gnocchi with meatballs. 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Snap Happy. 10.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 11.00 All 4 Adventure. Noon The Love Boat. 1.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 2.00 A-League All Access. 2.30 Roads Less Travelled. 3.00 MacGyver. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 iFish. 6.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. 6.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 MacGyver. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15am Tommy. 1.10 Evil. 2.05 Late Programs.

(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)

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

Everyday Gourmet. (R) 2.30 Jamie’s OnePan Wonders. (R) 3.00 Cook It With Luke. (Final) 3.30 Well Traveller. (PGa) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl) 5.00 10 News First.

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.

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

The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (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.

FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

SBS World News.

Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (M)

9.25 Zelenskyy:

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) 7.30 Motorway Patrol. (PGl) 8.00 Highway Cops. (PGl) Officers catch a fleeing motorcyclist. 8.30 9-1-1. (Final, M) Bobby worries about his AA sponsor. 9.30 S.W.A.T. (Mav) The team tracks a crew of bank robbers. 11.30 Heartbreak Island Australia. (Mls) 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.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Gift Wrapped Christmas. (2015) 1.45 Explore. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

Snackmasters. (PG)

Gangsters: Catch And Kill. (MA15+dlv, R) A look at Nik Radev And Dino Dibra.

Nine News Late.

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VALO 500 Adelaide. H’lights. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers: Best Of. 8.30 MOVIE: X-Men. (2000, M) 10.35 Late Programs.

Island Australia.

Tuesday, December 6

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)

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6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.30 SBS World News.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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.

Black Comedy. 11.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.40am Late Programs.

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It is implied that a majority of Australians are opposed to justice for the “minority group” First Nations people when, in fact, these views are in the minority, not the majority (“Unequal rights” Letters 22/11/22).

At the state level, for example, the leader of the Victorian Nationals, Peter Walsh, has publicly stated that the Liberals and Nationals are committed to advancing the Victorian Treaty process. They have supported Victorian Labor’s efforts to bring about justice and self-determina tion for First Nations people.

Mr Walsh has also urged closing the gap be tween Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia, thus supporting the equality the writer objects to. The Victorian Greens likewise strongly support justice for First Nations people.

That leaves opponents in the minority.

At the national level, a clear majority of Aus tralians are on board with an Indigenous Voice to parliament.

There is ample research, including from UNSW to substantiate this fact.

Maureen Donelly, Mornington

Rushed opinion

In trolling First Nation people it is asserted “Some of their members are already openly talk ing about a transfer of power to them” (“Un equal rights” Letters 22/11/22). If it is openly known, surely it must be acceptable to state the names of these fierce and dangerous individuals?

Or perhaps the writer simply fell asleep during a rerun of The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith and woke with a start when the cat jumped up the curtains.

Either way, don’t partake of your hot Milo before sitting down for the evening - too much sugar too early, look what happens.

David Martin, Mount Martha

Solution to waste

Australia has a waste problem. Take plastic for example. Australians throw away around 179 million empty bottles of shampoo, conditioner and other personal care products each year, con tributing to 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, or 100kg per person. Of this, 84 per cent is sent to landfill. And this is set to increase with the recent collapse of the soft plastic recy cling program, REDcycle.

And food waste is worse. The 2021 National Food Waste Strategy Feasibility Study found we create 7.6 million tonnes of food waste each year or 312kg per person. Food waste costs the economy a staggering $36.6 billion per annum and, like plastic, almost all food waste goes to landfill.

Fortunately, some new developments are in the pipeline. Australian company Rtec has discovered a way to recycle soft plastics in a single step. Another Australian company, Zero

Co replaces plastic personal care bottles with a set of ‘forever’ bottles made from ocean, beach and landfill waste (OBL), and provides a set of refill pouches made from recycled plastic and a postage-paid return envelope. For food waste, the federal government’s Food and Garden Organics (FOGO) collection service operating in about half of Australia’s local government coun cils has the capacity to reduce waste to landfill by 40 per cent.

It seems there are solutions out there. We just need to care enough to seek them out.

Ray Peck, Hawthorn

Self centred

There are 79 local councils in Victoria, and they all suffer from the same “myopic NIMBY ism” malady. Letters abound in local papers in all jurisdictions about shoddy practices by the councils. Each council has many community action groups and they all suffer from “myopic NIMBYism” and cannot look outside their own little square of the echo chambers of the likeminded. They seem to be incapable of realising that many of the issues they face are universal and if they swarmed together to identify and tackle these issues many of their problems would be solved.

So, rather than “anchor” the problems and swim together for common solutions and put forth a united front with a list of council candidates that all agree to solve the universal problems they face, they continue to swelter in their myopic NIMBYism hoping to solve their singular issues. Maybe even a bunch of candidates who will stand up to council officers and CEO?

The councillors, CEOs, and officers like this as they can divide and conquer when it suits them and suck up to the one or two who are the most powerful, mostly in the effluent (sic) suburbs and basically ignore the rest.

The old basic “squeaky wheel gets the grease” rules while the rust continues to accumulate on all the other wheels.

Many of these community action groups are self-centered echo chambers of the like-minded and will not even talk to anyone outside of their little square, let alone consider inputs.

So, in reality, we will continue to have the same complaints and actions that I have experi enced for the 22 years on the Mornington Penin sula for the next 22 years. But no worries; she’ll be right mate, if only I can get what I want.

Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

Marginal Mornington

The Liberal Party can certainly pick them. At time of writing, it looked like Chris Crewther was likely to win Mornington by the slenderest of margins.

Chris Crewther is at least consistent. He start

ed his parliamentary career by turning the once safe federal seat of Dunkley into a Labor seat.

Unsurprisingly, he was rejected by the Liberal Party when he put his hand up to try and win the seat back. He then spotted the safe seat of Mornington and after gaining preselection has managed turn this safe seat into a very marginal electorate.

Quite an achievement when the state swing to the Liberal Party was about 3.5 per cent yet Chris had a swing of 4.7 per cent against him. Sam Groth in the neighbouring electorate of Nepean had a swing of seven per cent to the Liberal Party.

With candidates like Chris to represent them it looks like the Liberals will be in opposition for the long haul.

Dr Ross Hudson, Mount Martha

Best wishes

I would like to give a big shout out to our [for mer] local MP Chris Brayne, who has achieved more before his 30th birthday than most of us will achieve in a lifetime.

He won an election in 2018 he didn’t think he could win, shocked all of us when he proved to be a champion for our cause before losing an election he should have won but knew he prob ably wouldn’t. Thank you and good luck with your journey forward young man.

Fred Wild, Rye

Chris has worked tirelessly for the local people on the peninsula getting schools rebuilt and bus services revitalised among so many other achievements

He has engaged with so many locals and always attended meetings

We will miss you Chris and hope to see your return very soon

[Liberal] Sam Groth has huge shoes to fill and without years of local experience.

Anne Lee, St Andrews Beach

Stagnation ahead

It’s hard to understand the psyche of the people of the Nepean electorate, they would sooner vote for a loser in Matthew Guy and elect a LNP member in the seat and suffer four years of stagnation than stick with Chris Brayne, a pro gressive Labor politician who was refurbishing or rebuilding local schools, getting us a better bus timetable including an express bus service to Frankston and protecting the green wedge, to name a few.

Ah well, we were never going to get a new Rosebud Hospital in a Liberal first term anyway. David Davis, the shadow treasurer, didn’t know how much money was in the kitty.

Mathew Guy is resigning from the leadership [and it] looks like it’s going to be a recycled Michael O’Brien as the new LNP leader, there ain’t anyone else who could take it on.

‘Tireless’ worker

It was a sad day on Saturday with [Labor MP for Nepean] Chris Brayne being defeated by a tennis player

Personally, I wouldn’t tell anybody except close family that I voted LNP and stopped any progress for Rosebud and surrounding townships.

John Cain, McCrae

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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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

THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE... AND OTHER SHORT STORIES

Bemoaning the Era of the Post-Modern Mullet

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 I simply can’t help. Just know that I’m disappointed by your decision and that you broke my heart. My achy, breaky heart.

stuart@stuartmccullough.com

DISCRIMINATION

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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

CARRUM 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

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