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Mayor joins Mt Eliza locals in push for intersection upgrades Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Stephen Batty has joined forces with local psychologist, Danielle Jacobs, to call for urgent safety upgrades at three of Mt Eliza’s busiest intersections. The pair have started a petition calling for safety upgrades at Volitans Avenue, Mount Eliza Way, and Baden Powell Drive. They said the gaps in traffic at

these intersections are short, and vehicles travel fast, with no traffic lights or proper intersection controls to help anyone get onto, off, or across the highway. Batty said locals will be familiar with the problems experienced at the three intersections. “It’s been too long - we need these intersections fixed, and it just can’t wait,” said Batty. “Out of respect to our community members who have lost loved ones at these intersections and to the people

whose lives have been forever altered through serious injuries here, we need these fixed.” The petition to the Victorian Parliament asks for independent safety audits of all three intersections, as well as a review of speed limits, signage, line marking, lighting, vegetation, and sightlines. It also asks for a clear timetable to deliver any audit recommendations. Both Jacobs and Batty have spent most of their lives in Mt Eliza and use these intersections every day.

They said they have seen near misses, crashes, and the aftermath of crashes where people didn’t make it home. “This isn’t about statistics for us. It’s about our neighbours,” said Jacobs. “It’s the mum doing the school run, the tradie heading off to work, the older couple popping down to the shops, and the families who drive down every summer to enjoy the peninsula. We just want everyone to get home safely.”

The idea for the campaign came about at the shire’s recent Dying to Know Day, which was an event that encouraged people to talk openly about death and dying. Jacobs was co-presenting a talk on Voluntary Assisted Dying at the event and got to chatting with Batty. They said the conversation quickly turned to a topic they both felt strongly about: unnecessary road deaths. Continued Page 7

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Shire finalises library service changes after review Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has notified library staff of what changes will be implemented as part of an upcoming library restructure. The shire completed a library review and presented staff with the proposed changes on 17 September (“Concern over restructure of shire libraries”, The News, 20/10/26). A staff consultation period took place, with the findings disclosed to staff at a meeting on 14 October. A staff member, who wishes to remain anonymous, said the staff are still unhappy and there have been three resignations, with more expected to come. “There were no library-qualified people on the working group that did this restructure so they have actively excluded us,” said the staff member. “I find that disgraceful and against the corporate council values of transparency and respect.” They confirmed Somerville Library will remain open for the time being while a lease negotiation takes place. Hours will be reduced to 10am to 5pm, and the library will be closed on Saturdays. The staff member said employees will now have the title of Library Officer or Senior Library Officer, and the position no longer requires librarian qualifications. “They have said this will expand the pool of people applying as they

have found that it is hard to attract librarians to fill those roles,” said the staff member. “In my opinion, it is also because nearly all positions in the last year were made temporary due to the review and that wouldn’t attract people who would have to resign a permanent position for a temporary one.” The employee said the proposed floating pool of staff to work across all branches has been abandoned and staff will be able to nominate a

preferred branch and stay there. They said there will be more specialist librarian roles, who will be based in branch to allow for coverage of lunch breaks and programs. “So, they are expected to do their work with this but also to cover absences,” said the staff member. “This spells disaster.” The staff member said originally, management said making the branches consistent with opening hours was a big part of the review. “However, Somerville won’t be

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to ensure the network “meets community needs”, there should be no hesitation in showing the public exactly what those stated needs were.” In response, Casey said 621 community members were consulted and asked about their experiences of library services, current and future needs, priorities, and opportunities for improvement. She said the process was not designed to seek feedback on specific staffing structures, positions, or employment arrangements. Casey said a summary of the community engagement findings is currently being finalised and will be made publicly available. “The review does not recommend reducing access to library services,” wrote Casey in the email. “Instead, it recommends a more flexible and connected service model that will support longer opening hours, expanded Library Van services, improved digital access, stronger community partnerships and more consistent services across the peninsula.” Casey said the future of Somerville Library is still unsure and council is working to extend the lease to allow more time for a detailed review. “In relation to staffing, I reassure you that the final workforce structure strengthens the library service, with an overall increase in staffing resources and a continued focus on professional library expertise,” said Casey.

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French Ambassador visits The Briars for Napoleon collection By Raia Flinos THE FRENCH Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency David Martinon, visited The Briars to explore the peninsula’s connection to Napoleon Bonaparte. On 23 October, Martinon was joined by Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie, mayor Cr Stephen Batty, and deputy mayor Cr Paul Pingiaro at The Briars. Martinon received a private viewing of selected items from The Briars’ internationally significant Napoleonic Collection. Batty said the visit highlights an extraordinary chapter of local history that continues to connect the peninsula with France more than 200 years later. “We are honoured to welcome His Excellency Mr Martinon and share the unique story that connects our region to one of history’s most influential figures,” said Batty. The collection is curated by Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery and will form part of a dedicated exhibition when the homestead reopens later this year following restoration works. Pingiaro said the visit also highlights the restoration of The Briars homestead and the preservation of its unique stories for future generations. The collection can be traced back to the Balcombe family, who befriended Napoleon during his exile to St Helena in 1815. Personal items gifted by Napoleon became the foundation of the collection at The Briars and descendant Dame Mabel Brookes later expanded the collection by acquiring artefacts associated with Napoleon. The 382-piece Mabel Brookes Napoleonic Collection was bequeathed to the National Gallery of Victoria in 1975. Selected objects were displayed at The Briars from 1989 until the homestead closed for restoration in 2019. The collection was transferred to Morning-

DEPUTY mayor Cr Paul Pingiaro, mayor Cr Stephen Batty, Mornington Peninsula Shire CEO Mark Stoermer, Mr David Martinon, French Ambassador to Australia, Zoe McKenzie MP, Federal Member for Flinders and Mrs Paula Ignatio, Consul-General of France for Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania (L to R). Picture: Supplied

ton Peninsula Shire in 2016 from the National Gallery of Victoria and is housed at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. The collection is recognised as one of the most significant collections of Napoleonic artefacts outside Europe and is widely regarded as the largest of its kind beyond the continent. Notable items include a table believed to have been used by Napoleon while writing his memoirs, a cabinet from The Briars Pavilion on St Helena, Napoleon’s death mask, and a range

of personal effects and furniture linked to the former French emperor. In 2014, the homestead was broken into and ten items from the collection were stolen, which led to security upgrades at The Briars (“Napoleon returns to The Briars”, The News, 30/05/16). In 2022, one of the stolen items, a portrait of Napoleon’s wife Josephine, was recovered after it was listed on an online selling site (“Stolen Napoleonic artefact recovered”, The News, 28/03/22).

As part of the restoration of The Briars homestead, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery and the National Trust are curating a display of furniture and items from the Dame Mabel Brookes collection for the homestead’s reopening later this year. Visitors will once again be able to discover the collection and explore the historical connection between France, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Balcombe family and the peninsula.

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THOUSANDS of properties will be removed from the interim Erosion Management Overlay (EMO7) after the state government approved a planning scheme amendment. The approval of Planning Scheme Amendment C314morn means the number of properties covered by the overlay will be reduced from around 33,000 to 6,000. The amendment ensures planning controls are targeted to areas of landslide susceptibility and will make planning requirements simpler for landowners undertaking minor buildings and works. Mayor Cr Stephen Batty said the changes delivered a fairer and more targeted approach while continuing to manage landslide risk responsibly. “Council understands the frustration experienced by many property owners when the interim overlay was initially introduced earlier this year, and we’re pleased the updated mapping will significantly reduce the number of properties affected,” said Batty. The EMO7 was introduced by the Planning Minister in January of 2026 following urgent recommendations from the McCrae landslide board of inquiry (“Minister approves interim landslide overlay despite errors”, The News, 12/01/26). In August, the shire decided to request amendments to the overlay after an updated review using expert advice (“Shire to seek changes

to landslide overlay”, The News, 10/08/26). “We acted quickly to review the mapping, working with geotechnical experts to use better data and technology to more accurately identify

areas of landslide susceptibility,” said Batty. The revised EMO7 follows a review of existing landslide susceptibility mapping by geotechnical experts and uses improved data and

technology to better identify areas prone to landslides. The revised overlay will apply to about 4,200 residential and 1,800 non-residential properties, which cover about five per cent of the pen-

insula’s total land area. Around 40 per cent of the land within the updated overlay is public land. A small number of properties will be added to the overlay, many of which are adjacent to slopes where the refined mapping introduces a buffer zone to help manage the potential for new development to increase landslide risk. Batty said the updated overlay would remain an interim measure while the council prepares a comprehensive new shire-wide landslide susceptibility study to develop and apply permanent controls to replace the EMO7. This will take around two to four years to complete, including community consultation and a full planning scheme amendment process. “While an Erosion Management Overlay would not have prevented the McCrae landslide, council accepted the Minister’s decision to urgently implement the board of inquiry’s recommendation,” said Batty. “This amendment is an important step in improving the way landslide susceptibility is identified and managed while longer-term work continues.” More information is available at: mornpen.vic.gov.au/C314morn.

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Lions Club holds annual Lego competition Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Lions Club held its annual Lego Technical Building Competition, with 13 schools from across the peninsula competing. On 22 October, teams of six to eight students from Year 4 and 5 at local schools competed in the competition at Mornington Theatre. Head of Membership at the Lions Club, Graham Read, said the competition was designed to help engage young people in a non-physical and creative challenge. “It’s really to engage the local community through the schools and to try and engage with the youth, in terms of getting them to do a non-manual or a non-combative kind of sport,” said Read. “And we found that this kind of intellectual sort of challenge is really something that is inspiring their creativity.” Each school was provided with a Technical Lego Kit a week prior to the competition. A financial grant from Bendigo Bank Mt Martha contributed towards the purchase of the technical kits provided. This year’s challenge was for the students to build two structures, with Part A able to move Part B. The built modules had to remain within a 1m x 1m board while their designed constructs met the challenge brief.

MT Eliza North’s winning design. Picture: Gary Sissons.

The primary schools that competed were Moorooduc, Mt Eliza, Mt Eliza North, Mornington, Mt Martha, Kunyung, Peninsula Grammar, Balcombe Grammar, St Thomas More, Dromana, Osborne, Rosebud, and Boneo. Mount Eliza North took home first place with their design, but Read said each team was creative and completed impressive builds. He said it was enjoyable for everyone present to see the creativity, enthusiasm and thrill gained by all the

students taking part in the competition. “The noise in the room was enough to tell you they were thrilled,” said Read. Lions Club Secretary John Hannah was the technical compliance referee and part of the judging panel. The teams were given 60 minutes to construct their competition entry before the judges considered the constructions together with the technical design features.

Mornington Lions President Patricia Forsyth then presented an inscribed Shield Trophy plus a new Lego Technical Kit to Mt Eliza North. Each participating school were also provided with a Challenge Certificate and kept the Lego Technical Kit used for their construction in the competition. Read said the Lions Club thinks it is important to engage young people with events such as this. “We’re looking at a future, and we

want to grow the club, and we want to keep continuing to engage with the community,” said Read. “The Lions Club depends on volunteers to enable this kind of work to be undertaken, and we always need more volunteers.” Read said they are already looking forward to designing a new kit for the 2027 competition. You can find out more information about the Lions Club and any upcoming events at lionsmornington.org.au.

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‘Save Our Seat’ questions state government’s transparency Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au COMMUNITY group Save Our Seat have raised questions about the state government’s transparency after the Planning Minister failed to respond to a request for information. In August, a government document revealed the Arthurs Seat Eagle was invited to propose changes to the draft planning permit conditions for its rollercoaster-style luge before final approval was granted (“State government consulted with Arthurs Seat Eagle over approval conditions”, The News, 19/08/26). On 5 August, Save Our Seat wrote to Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny and requested the public release of information regarding any changes to the permit conditions. The group sent a follow up letter on 29 September and are yet to receive a response. Save Our Seat spokesperson Tony Robertson said it’s difficult to avoid the conclusion that the government wants to keep details of the behindclosed-doors process out of public view. “Why should a developer be given the opportunity to propose changes to permit conditions behind closed doors, while the community is left in the dark about what was requested, what was changed and why?” said Robertson. “The Minister’s failure to even acknowledge our correspondence is deeply disappointing and raises serious questions about accountability.” The letter requested a public release

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of any changes to draft permit conditions proposed by Arthurs Seat Eagle, details of any proposed changes that were accepted or rejected, and an explanation of the planning grounds for any changes. Robertson said the peninsula community deserves to know whether the final permit conditions were determined on planning merits or due to pressure from the developer. “Planning approval may have been granted, but that does not remove the government’s responsibility to be

transparent about how that decision was reached,” said Robertson. “We are simply asking for the information needed to scrutinise the outcome. What’s the Minister hiding?” Robertson said given Kilkenny’s refusal to act, Save Our Seat is calling on the Arthurs Seat Eagle to come clean on what changes it sought to the permit conditions, and why. “If the Eagle wants to restore its reputation in the community, it can start by being open about what

changes it sought behind the scenes,” said Robertson. Government spokesperson Liam Miles provided the following response, requesting it be attributed to a Victorian government spokesperson: “Upgrades at Arthurs Seat Eagle were approved following a thorough planning assessment and consultation process.” The state government declined to comment on the lack of response to Save Our Seat’s letters.

Signatures needed for safety upgrades Continued from Page 1 Jacobs went to the local primary school, spent her teen years working behind the counter at local bakeries, and is often seen around Mt Eliza with her dogs, Ollie and Mia. Ollie and Mia work alongside Jacobs as therapy dogs and visit patients through Peninsula Home Hospice and Peninsula Health’s Golf Links Rd Palliative Care Unit. “I’ve spent a lot of time sitting with people at the end of their lives, and with the families who love them,” said Jacobs. “When a death is sudden and could have been prevented, the grief is different. We don’t need to wait for another fatality, another serious accident or another near miss before we act. We already know these intersections aren’t safe.” Jacobs mentioned the intersection at Forest Drive in Mt Martha, which received safety upgrades and traffic lights. “Mount Martha got theirs sorted,” said Jacobs. “Now it’s our turn.” Jacobs said the intersections belong to anyone who has driven, ridden, or walked through Mt Eliza. “Please sign it, share it with your friends and family, and let’s make sure everyone gets home safely,” said Jacobs. You can sign the petition at: parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/ petitions/commission-independentroad-safety-audits-in-nepean-highwaymount-eliza. The petition closes on 6 April 2027.

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Basset hound races to take place in Somerville By Raia Flinos THE AUSTRALIAN Basset Hound Races will be held at Mornington Green in Somerville on 7 November. The free event will be full of fun races, where spectators can watch basset hounds wear toy jockeys and compete. Julie Lehmann said she thought of the idea at 3am six years ago. “We’re just a group of people that love their basset hounds, and I came up with a weird, quirky idea,” said Lehmann. “I thought we could put jockeys on the basset hounds and do races.” The event has happened annually since, and Lehmann said everyone who attends thoroughly enjoys the day. “The fun thing is the lovable nature of bassets; they don’t always go

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dren’s race, and then second-chance races, where the basset hounds compete for a wild card to run against the winners from the first eight races. “It brings the best out of people, and one lady that we didn’t know said that it was the best day, even better than her wedding day,” said Lehmann. “The public just loves it, and it’s free, and it’s just a fun day.” The event is sponsored by A La Carte Pet Food and Knose Pet Insurance, who are providing gifts and prizes. It costs $2 to enter a basset hound in the competition, which goes towards the trophy and ribbons. Anyone is welcome to attend the event at Mornington Green, 125 Tyabb-Tooradin Rd, Somerville on 7 November.

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Open day for Mt Eliza ceramics studio Paid parking to begin at Rosebud

Hospital and The Mornington Centre

Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au PEACHY Keen Ceramics in Mt Eliza will open its doors to the public as part of the annual Australian Ceramics Open Studio weekend. On 7 November, founder Cait is inviting peninsula locals to see behind the scenes of her ceramic studio. Studio members’ work will be available to purchase, as well as mini-workshops and refreshments on offer. Australian Ceramics Open Studio weekend is an annual event where potters, ceramic artists, and sculptors can share their art through demonstrations and conversations. Cait said the weekend is a great opportunity for people to come and see what they offer, get a feel for the studio and teachers, and get a feel for clay. “It’s throughout Australia, and lots of pottery studios and ceramic studios are opening their doors for people to come in, have a look around, and get a feel for what we do and the classes we offer,” said Cait. Cait said ceramics was the first creative form she found she was good at. “I always felt really creative, but I was never good at anything,” said Cait. “I was terrible at painting; I’m still drawing stick figures, and so when I found clay, I was like, this is actually my medium that I’m meant to work with.” Cait started ceramics back in 2018, when she was looking for something to do for herself. “Something that I’m hearing a lot from my students is that they’re finally

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Cait teaching a class at Peachy Keen. Picture: Kath Warner.

at a point where they can find something for themselves to do,” said Cait. “It’s really grounding. You’re working with the earth, and you walk away feeling really calm and relaxed, and you’re tired from the process of making your piece, and your mind is clear. It’s magical.” She opened Peachy Keen Ceramics in 2022 and now runs classes six days a week. On Sundays, they offer teen classes and workshops, where people can bring their own ideas and make what they like. Cait said the main block for ceramic

beginners is thinking they won’t be able to do it. “It’s not true,” said Cait. “It’s about learning the clay and learning how to work with the clay, and then you can make whatever you want; that’s the key thing.” Cait said Australian Ceramics have a directory where people can find any open studios near them on 7 and 8 November. You can find out more information at members.australianceramics. com/openstudios and book into mini workshops at Peachy Keen at: peachykeenceramics.com.au.

Electric vehicle charger trial across peninsula By Raia Flinos PUBLIC pole-mounted electric vehicle chargers will be installed across the peninsula as part of United Energy’s Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) Trial. The United Energy trial is delivering chargers across its network to improve access to convenient charging and support the transition to electric vehicles. The proposed sites are 157 Marine Dr, Safety Beach; 46 Hotham Rd, Sorrento; 29 Hurley Ct, Balnarring; 23 Marine Drive, Safety Beach; 87 Byrnes Rd, Shoreham; and 42 Lochiel Ave, Mt Martha. Director of Planning and Liveability at the shire, Andrew Pomeroy, said they provided feedback to United Energy about location appropriateness, community demand, and safety considerations. “We promoted the trial’s consultation with our community, encouraging people to input their preferred locations,” said Pomeroy. “The shire supports additional charging stations in suitable locations throughout the peninsula, to service the increasing need.” The community was invited to suggest locations via United Energy’s portal as well as the council’s Integrated Transport Strategy public exhibition process. Sites were then assessed and selected by the shire’s Traffic and Transport team and United Energy’s Infrastructure team. United Energy said the program provides an opportunity for the shire to expand local charging infrastructure on the peninsula, particularly in areas where there is an absence of EVCI. They said the trial will also contribute to emissions reduction goals and support residents and visitors to adopt EVs. United Energy will share data from the trial with the shire.

In 2025, the Australian Energy Regulator approved a plan for an innovative trial which allowed CitiPower, Powercor, and United Energy to begin rolling out the pole-mounted electric vehicle chargers. The 22kW chargers are a first-of-kind model, with each one operated by multiple e-mobility service providers. They aim to give EV drivers more choice and lower prices by allowing the multiple e-mobility service providers to compete for their business at each charger. CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy’s Head of Customer Connections, Dan Bye, said the trial would fill a void in Victoria’s charging market. “More people are investing in EVs, and it’s essential they have easy access to reliable and affordable charging,” said Bye. “Our trial aims to give EV drivers the charging options they need in the locations where they want them.” United Energy has sent out letters to nearby residents, and deployment is expected in early November.

BAYSIDE Health have announced they will be introducing parking fees at Rosebud Hospital and The Mornington Centre. The parking fees will come into effect from 27 October. CEO of Peninsula Care Group and Bayside Health Jana Gazarek said in a statement the changes to paid parking at Rosebud Hospital and The Mornington Centre are due to rising operational and maintenance costs. “Rosebud Hospital and The Mornington Centre are experiencing rising operational and maintenance costs associated with managing our car parks,” said Gazarek. “Introducing paid parking will ensure safe, available and accessible care parking for the people who need it the most, especially patients, visitors and hospital staff.” Gazarek also said the parking fees will match other healthcare sites in Frankston and on the peninsula. “Parking fees will be the same as the other Peninsula Care Group sites, including Peninsula University Hospital and Golf Links Road rehabilitation centre – concession rates are available,” said Gazarek. “Clear signage will be installed at both sites to guide patients and visitors through the payment process, flyers are available at both hospitals, and information is available on our website.” Nepean MP Anthony Marsh said he

opposes the changes to paid parking at Rosebud Hospital. “Introducing parking fees for hospital staff and patients in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis is completely tone deaf,” said Marsh. Marsh said it is a slap in the face to the healthcare workers who show up every day to care for the community. “Our community should not have to fundraise for essential equipment, and local healthcare workers should not be charged simply to park at work, while Rosebud Hospital continues to fall into despair,” said Marsh. Under the changes, staff will pay $4.50 per-eight-hour shift, which has always been the policy at Peninsula Health and Peninsula Care Group. Marsh has written to the Minister for Health Ingrid Stitt in hopes she would be able to intervene. Marsh said in his letter to Stitt that imposing parking fees on hardworking healthcare workers while the (Rosebud) hospital itself continues to languish after years of under-investment is unacceptable. “The prospect of nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and support staff being charged simply to turn up to work is utterly indefensible,” said Marsh in his letter to Stitt. “Should any such charges be contemplated, I call on you to intervene immediately and ensure they do not proceed.” Parking rates at Rosebud Hospital and The Mornington Centre will remain free for visits less than 30 minutes.

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Community centre celebrates 20 years Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au BENTONS Square Community Centre has celebrated its 20th anniversary with a community gathering and afternoon tea. On 22 October, community members, volunteers, staff, and local politicians gathered to celebrate the centre’s history and achievements. The centre is a purpose-built facility that offers a range of cost effective activities for all age groups. Centre manager, Kelly Johnson, said it was a fantastic celebration. “We had over 100 people attend and the weather was great,” said Johnson. With One Voice community choir sang a few songs in the courtyard before the group heard from Anne Shaw, who was the local councillor in 2006 and helped open the building. “She was fantastic and gave us an insight into how the centre came about and she was quite instrumental in getting it built, along with a couple of the other councillors,” said Johnson. Mornington MP Chris Crewther also spoke at the celebration, and current councillors Bruce Ranken and Paul Pingiaro were in attendance. Johnson said they learned about the history of the centre and how the land was donated to the shire from a local resident, on the provision it would be purpose built for the community. “It ended up being a really lovely day and there was afternoon tea and

Community members, volunteers, politicians and staff at the anniversary celebration. Picture: Gary Sissons.

everyone was able to network and chat,” said Johnson. “Thank you to all the people that were instrumental in getting it up and running and the continued support for the last 20 years, it’s been amazing.” Johnson said the team were honoured by how many people attended and the positive comments made

about the centre. “It’s a council building and it’s run by a committee of management, so they’re volunteers. “We’ve got minimal staff and then we rely on volunteer’s time.” She said the centre has become more frequently used as a space for support groups. “That’s really increased over the

years and people feel comfortable to come and be supported,” said Johnson. “We have all the support groups; medical and mental health, grief support, AA groups, and all those sorts of things.” Johnson said the community sector has struggled with funding in recent times.

“It’s difficult with the rising costs of living and with a strict budget and trying to continue, and the demand in community needs continues to increase,” said Johnson. “Our basis is to keep things affordable and reasonably priced. Hopefully, the future is we are here for another 20 years and continue servicing the community.”

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KERRY Macdonald (Labor), Chris Crewther (Liberal), Kai Titcher (Greens), Melissa Goffin (Independent), Ashli Beards (One Nation), and Adrian Maher (Independent) at the Mornington forum. Picture: Supplied

Full suite of candidates address issues at Mornington forum Harrison Borthwick harrison@mpnews.com.au ALL six candidates that have indicated that they will be running for the Mornington electorate at the upcoming state election gathered for a Mornington Peninsula Shire organised election forum on Monday 19 October. The six candidates were asked a range of questions regarding issues affecting the Mornington electorate. The candidates in attendance were Ashli Beards (One Nation), Chris Crewther (Liberal), Melissa Goffin (Independent), Adrian Maher (Independent), Kerry Macdonald (Labor), and Kai Titcher (Greens). Candidates had two minutes to introduce themselves. Adrian Maher told the audience he is running as a true independent because he believes that Mornington can do better. Maher said he can bring people together, challenge conventional thinking and deliver innovating solutions in testing environments. Ashli Beards told the crowd that she loves holding governments to account and that she’s running because she’s lost trust in the major parties. “I stepped up into this role because I was fed-up with dodgy politicians making bad decisions for the rest of us,” said Beards. Melissa Goffin spoke next saying she is someone that when she sees something broken she works to fix it. And rather than anger, disconnect and apathy, she chooses hope and action. Goffin pointed to her past in business and education saying, “I advocate for community and business through leadership, understanding all too well the pressures they face”. Kai Titcher said he is running because he believes the community is being left behind. “At twenty-two years of age, I don’t feel like the major parties represent my interests, those of young people or

the local community,” said Titcher. The incumbent Chris Crewther said to the audience that he doesn’t take his role as the current MP for granted while also noting that Victoria needs a change in government. “We need a change to a government that will make a difference,” said Crewther. Kerry Macdonald said she’s a proud member of the Labor party because of the party’s commitment to workers’ rights, universal access to healthcare and education. “Governments should plan for the future while dealing with everyday issues and that’s what this Labor government has done,” said Macdonald. The first discussion was based around community safety and youth engagement. Goffin said there is a valid fear around safety and crime that needs addressing. “We need to talk not only to our local police but the court system and have measures in place to ensure any criminal found guilty of a crime actually goes through the process and is not back on the streets.” Titcher said rather than the “tough on crime and criminalisation” approach we need a system that is based on early intervention. “We need to boost crime prevention by investing in early intervention programs.” Crewther said despite seeing crime rates go down there is still more that needs to be done. “If we get into government, we’re going to put on three-thousand extra police, including more police on the peninsula. We’re going to ensure Mornington police station is back to twenty-four-seven counter service.” Macdonald said Labor’s approach is a combination between serious consequences and early intervention. Beards said One Nation’s number one priority is community safety. “We back the funding for 24-hour police stations in places like Morn-

ington and Hastings and all around Victoria.” Maher said we need to help youth want to be a part of the community. “There’s got to be clear consequences but we’ve got to help youth engage and teach them what it means to be a part of this community.” The panel then moved to the topic of transport, roads and infrastructure. When asked what they would do to address road safety, Titcher said it’s the Greens plan to impose levies on big business and bring the roads “back in house” to help keep the roads maintained. Macdonald responded by saying it’s important to understand the causes of the deterioration of the roads. “We need to look at longer term solutions, it’s not just the best solution to just fix the potholes.” Crewther said the worsening conditions of the roads is due to Victoria’s debt and cuts to road funding and maintenance. “If we are elected into government, we’ll invest $5b into fixing our roads including filling in one million potholes.” Goffin said she agrees that road safety is an issue and that the government has failed the community regarding road maintenance. “The only thing that will deliver for this community and fix our roads is a change in government and a change from the major parties to an independent.” Maher said we need to fix our roads rather than putting band-aids on them. Beard said there many things that need to be fixed. “Firstly if we had the money I would rip up Coolart Rd, and secondly I would look at better transport options.” The next topic the panel discussed was recreation, active transport and community infrastructure. The panel was asked if they would commit to building the Mornington to Moorooduc bike trail.

Titcher said, “We recognise the importance of it and keeping the peninsula connected and ensuring there is active transport. The Greens endorse the project.” Goffin followed that by stating she “100%” supports the bike trail. “I think that trail would be invaluable and be used by not only locals but also tourist.” Crewther said that he is now advocating for the bike trail. “I think the bike trail is really important for active transport, it’s certainly something I’m advocating for.” Crewther also pointed towards the investments his party has made in sporting facilities within the electorate. Maher said the bike trail between Mornington and Moorooduc is a “no brainer”. Maher also spoke about the need to have strong community sports clubs to encourage locals to get involved in the community. Beards said it will come down to whether or not there is enough money to invest in the bike trail and sporting clubs. “If we do have that money, the peninsula trail and the link between Mornington and Moorooduc is a key feature of the peninsula.” Macdonald said investing in active transport and the peninsula trail is important but also acknowledged there needs to be more investment not just to sporting clubs, but to non-sporting clubs and associations. The last topic the panel covered was housing and homelessness. The panel were asked what actions they would take within the first 100 days of being elected to help reduce homelessness with the seat of Mornington. Beards said the first thing we need to do is get the rough sleepers off the streets. “We need to come up with a plan where housing affordability and homelessness is prioritised.”

Titcher said, “the Greens want to put a levy on big banks. We want to put at 0.1 per cent which is expected to raise $11.5b over the first four years which we want to invest back into housing.” Crewther said homelessness in an important issue considering the high homelessness rates on the Mornington Peninsula. “If we were to win government I think we would need to invest more into outreach services and support centres.” Maher said it’s important for there to be a level of accommodation that is affordable. Macdonald pointed to Labor’s strategy to provide outreach and a case coordination strategy to help support people and to find them homes. Goffin vowed to keeping the shortterm stay levy and that she will campaign for the Mornington Peninsula to get its fair share of the levy’s funding. At the end of the of event, all candidates were given one minute to make a closing statement. Macdonald said she will fight for the things most important for the Mornington Peninsula and its communities. Crewther said he will continue to be genuine and persistent and fight for the community for its fair share of investments. Titcher said if he was elected to represent Mornington he would advocate for the investments that Mornington deserves. Goffin said she’s asking for the community to get to know her and let her show she’s got what it takes to deliver for the community. Beards said that One Nation have the policy to restore trust, transparency and prosperity within the community. Maher said he believes he can deliver the things that Mornington needs and make Mornington the place we know it can be.

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Crewther commits $10m towards Mount Eliza Secondary College redevelopment By Cameron McCullough CHRIS Crewther has announced an elected Liberal-National government will fund $10m towards the redevelopment of Mount Eliza Secondary College, including a dedicated student wellbeing facility and redeveloped senior learning and drama centres. The investment will also initiate a comprehensive masterplan for the school, working with the school community to plan, scope and cost the full redevelopment of the school, following which further funds for subsequent stages can be sought. “The school, community and I have been fighting for major investment in Mount Eliza Secondary College for years. This commitment would deliver much-needed facilities, while providing a clear plan for the school’s full redevelopment and future,” said Crewther. “Mount Eliza Secondary College is an important part of our local community and students and teachers deserve facilities that support learning, wellbeing and participation. “I have been fighting for this school and listening to the school

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community about the facilities they need, which they’ve amplified through multiple petitions led by students and the School Council. “Under a Jess Wilson Liberal and Nationals Government, we will

provide $10m towards the school’s redevelopment to deliver a dedicated wellbeing facility and redeveloped senior learning and drama centres, while also commencing a masterplan for the school’s future.”

The masterplan will be developed in consultation with the school and wider community. It will identify, plan, scope and cost the school’s full redevelopment and infrastructure priorities, establish project staging,

and provide the planning needed to garner further investment. Central to the masterplan will be planning for a new multipurpose stadium incorporating: n A gymnasium n Indoor sports facilities n A school assembly space n A performing arts precinct Crewther said the masterplan would ensure the school had a clear and achievable pathway for its much-needed full redevelopment, kicked off by $10m for a dedicated student wellbeing facility and redeveloped senior learning and drama centres, which will add to the new $7.5m STEM facilities which are soon to be completed. Shadow Minister for Education, Brad Rowswell MP, said “Chris has advocated strongly to me for Mount Eliza Secondary College. He and I will continue working with the school community to ensure the completion of this project under a Liberal Government, and that its future infrastructure needs are properly planned for and met.”

Liberals commit $2m to Mornington to Moorooduc bike trail By Harrison Borthwick MORNINGTON MP Chris Crewther has announced an elected Liberal government will commit $2m towards a walking and cycling trail between Mornington and Moorooduc station. The $2m will go towards the first stage of the long-awaited walking and cycling connection, helping deliver the missing link in the 170-kilometre Peninsula Trail network. Crewther said he has been fighting for better walking, running, cycling and active transport connections across the Mornington electorate, and this commitment would get the trail project underway. “The Mornington to Moorooduc Station connection is a major missing link in our local walking, running, cycling, and active transport network,” said Crewther. “I’ve been fighting for this project to progress as our community deserve safe, connected paths that allow people to walk and ride between Mornington, Mt Eliza, Moorooduc and the peninsula.” The first stage of the of the Mornington to Moorooduc station

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trail path project will provide a new shared walking and cycling trail, safer opportunities for recreation and everyday travel, improved connections, and increased opportunities for tourism.

Crewther said the project would provide both local and broader benefits for the peninsula and beyond. “This is about giving families, commuters, cyclists and walkers a safer and more connected way to

get around our community,” said Crewther. “It will also strengthen tourism by better connecting the Mornington electorate with the wider Peninsula Trail network and providing victors

with another way to experience our beautiful region.” Crewther said he will work with the Mornington Peninsula Shire and relevent state agencies to see the project progress. “Under a Jess Wilson Liberal government, we will get this important project moving and invest in the infrastructure our growing community needs,” said Crewther. The latest commitment from Crewther isn’t the first time a funding commitment has been made towards a new trail path between Mornington and Moorooduc. Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie and the federal coalition committed funding towards the project in both the 2022 and 2025 federal elections. Due to Labor winning both elections, the funding commitments were never met. In May 2025, the shire also threw their support behind a bike trail path between Mornington and Moorooduc station, however, there were concerns expressed about environmental impacts.

Marsh commits Liberals to rebuild of Flinders Pier By Raia Flinos NEPEAN MP Anthony Marsh has committed to rebuilding Flinders Pier under an elected Liberal government. On 26 October, Marsh said the Victorian Liberals remain committed to fully restoring the pier, and they will deliver it if they win the upcoming state election. “This local landmark is a non-negotiable priority for our community, and I am proud to have fought alongside our community since the campaign began in 2021,” said Marsh. “I will be even more proud to see it finally delivered under a Liberal government.” Marsh said the project has not been delivered because Labor “has turned their back on our community while funnelling money into their own backyard”, in reference to $11.9m

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spent on Altona Pier. Charles Reis OAM, who started the Save Flinders Pier campaign, has been advocating for the pier for years. Reis said he welcomed Marsh’s commitment. “The Flinders Pier is an iconic part of the Mornington Peninsula. We never understood why the current government abandoned the rebuilding works when it was only two months from completion,” said Reis. “We genuinely welcome Anthony Marsh’s commitment, along with those of other candidates, to prioritise the popular Flinders Pier in the upcoming state election.” Flinders Pier was first built in 1864, with a concrete section added in 2011. In 2020, Parks Victoria announced its Better Piers and Waterside Facilities program included the demolition

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of the inner section of Flinders Pier (“Heritage Pier faces partial demolition”, The News, 23/03/21). In 2021, members of the Flinders Community Association were supported by Sir David Attenborough in their quest to save the inner section of the pier (“Attenborough supports Flinders Pier”, The News, 12/07/21). The Heritage Council of Victoria added the pier to the State Heritage Register in late 2022, following a state budget allocation of $1.5m for emergency repairs due to community pressure (“Heritage listing for pier”, The News, 18/10/22). The old section of the pier, a 180-metre timber section, was closed in April 2020 due to deterioration of piles and decking. In 2025, Ports and Freight Minister Melissa Horne said access to

the inner section would be restored as part of Labor’s $18m investment in restoring Victoria’s heritage piers (“Flinders Pier restoration under way as campaigners urge attention to outer section”, The News, 03/12/25). In June, it was announced the inner section of the pier would not be rebuilt due to the scope of the restoration and a lack of funding (“Flinders Pier restoration abandoned”, The News, 29/06/26). Following the announcement, Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors and members of the community gathered to call on the state government to complete the restoration of the pier (“Council and community come together to advocate for Flinders Pier restoration”, The News, 17/08/26). Mayor Cr Stephen Batty said the

pier is part of the peninsula’s identity and should be restored. “Completing the full restoration project, as committed and originally funded by the state government in November 2025, will preserve a significant community asset and support local tourism,” said Batty. “Victoria’s finances are under pressure, and we understand governments face difficult decisions. But this is a project that has already commenced and remains unfinished.” Reis said Marsh has been part of the Save Flinders Pier campaign for around five years, and he is in full support of the commitment. “It’s something he has a history with, and I have no reason to doubt the authenticity of his promise,” said Reis.

MORNINGTON: Liberal Chris Crewther

MORNINGTON: Labor Kerry Macdonald

MORNINGTON: One Nation Ashli Beards

MORNINGTON: Independent Melissa Goffin

MORNINGTON: Independent Adrian Maher

MORNINGTON: The Greens Kai Titcher

One month to go in Mornington electoral race Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au IT is only a month out from the state election, and all candidates have been out campaigning. Labor’s newly-minted candidate, Kerry Macdonald, has welcomed announcements from the Premier, that agreement has been reached with the federal government for significantly increased funding for public schools. “That means that every school in Mornington district will benefit from more per student per year with additional loadings for children with disability and special needs,” said Macdonald. “This funding exists because Victorian Labor fought for it. Only a Labor government can deliver it.” Macdonald also announced that Labor has promised a $30 cap on freeway tolls if it wins the election. This would hold road tolls at $30 a week in 2027 as well as a $30 weekly cap on public transport fares which is about half of the standard five-day full fare cost. Macdonald told The News she is delighted to see additional measures announced this week to protect our Green Wedge, urban fringes and agricultural land from over-development. Kerry said, “Only Labor will protect Mornington Peninsula’s green wedge and our agricultural land and Labor won’t change the urban growth boundary.” Liberal member Chris Crewther made a number of large announcements this week. Crewther announced an elected Liberal-National government will fund $10m towards the redevelopment of Mount Eliza Secondary College, including a dedicated student wellbeing facility and redeveloped senior learning and drama centres. Also announced was a $2m commitment towards a walking and cycling

LABOR candidate Kerry Macdonald outside Mornington Special Development School. Picture: Supplied

trail between Mornington and Moorooduc station. Crewther also announced an elected Liberal government will provide up to $100,000 to the 2nd Mornington Sea Scouts for essential works and equipment renewal at SSS Seafire on Scout Beach in Mornington. Crewther said the investment would help ensure the Sea Scouts could continue providing young people with opportunities to learn, develop skills and enjoy the water in a safe and wellequipped environment. “2nd Mornington Sea Scouts play an important role in our community, giving local young people the opportunity to build confidence, learn practical skills and develop strong connections with their mates and the wider community,” said Crewther. Crewther said the investment would support the continued operation of the Sea Scouts at their Mornington home on Scout Beach.

One Nation’s Ashli Beards told The News, “On Monday 19 October, we had the Shout out Forum held by the Mornington Peninsula Shire for all candidates running for Mornington”. “I made the point that if elected, I would love to be in a position where we upgrade roads like Coolart Rd entirely, and that the Peninsula Trail is completed for outdoor recreation for everyone to use. “That said, I also stressed the point that Victoria is broke, and unlike other candidates, I will not be making empty promises with Monopoly money just to win votes. “My focus remains on community safety with the implementation of our extensive crime policy that tackles crime from the underfunded police, to a sentencing review board to ensure sentencing meets community expectations, and no presumption of bail for serious repeat offenders, to name a few. “With our policies, I will be commit-

ted to ensure the peninsula crime rate drops drastically and rough sleepers and the vulnerable are looked after as a matter of priority. “I trust the public is now informed enough about our state debt to know we need to fix the essentials first.” Independent candidate Adrian Maher last week has announced the Victorian Household Debt Relief Service - a practical plan to put critical money back into household budgets. “Too many Victorian households are juggling credit cards, personal loans, car finance, high home loan interest rates and often paying exorbitant interest across multiple lenders,” said Maher. “Many big banks are making enormous profits from those that can least afford it and I’ve seen this firsthand. “Credit card and personal loan interest repayments can very quickly cripple households as well. I will establish a free, independent Victorian Household Debt Relief Service to rapidly help people put that money back in their pockets. “The outreach service will be located throughout Victoria and replace the tiny footprint of financial support that was previously offered. It will proactively help households consolidate and refinance expensive debts and negotiate with creditors. “The objective is clear: reduce financial stress and deliver Victorian households vital funds to live on. The service will be free to access, independently operated and backed by strong consumer protections.” Last week Independent for Mornington, Melissa Goffin launched her “Fair Share” Policy which centres on the introduction of the Fair Share Act, designed to enforce transparency and mandate needs based state funding across Victoria. The proposed legislation rests on these core pillars:

Show Us the Money: Mandates annual public reporting of all state grants, infrastructure spending, health and school upgrades, and election promises broken down by electorate. Need Comes First: Directs funding using existing, objective government data, such as school condition ratings and road repair backlogs preventing ministers from hand-picking project recipients. Explain the Exceptions: Requires ministers to formally document and publicly justify any decision that bypasses higher-need communities or jumps the queue for unranked election promises. In addition to legislative reform, the Fair Share Policy locks in targeted funding commitments for critical local priorities, including: n $20 million to both of Mornington Secondary College and Mt Eliza Secondary College n $7 million to complete vital facility upgrades at Emil Madsen Reserve. n $3.5 million for targeted fixes at high-risk local intersections, including Bungower Road, Craigie Road, and Wooralla Drive. n Design funding for a dedicated Mornington Performing Arts Centre to serve local arts groups, dance schools, and choirs. n Policy carve-outs allowing the Peninsula to access regional benefits like a reduced payroll tax rate, development grants and training investments that won’t compromise Green wedge protections. n Scrapping metro-only levies while committing to clear the local state road repair backlog within one year. “When funding goes to the seats a party wants to win or keep, it doesn’t go where it’s needed most,” said Goffin. “As an independent, I answer to this community, not party room priorities. It’s time to make Mornington matter.”

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A new chapter for our familiar Mount Martha early learning community MOUNT Martha families are seeing a familiar name in early learning enter an exciting new chapter, with Goodstart’s long-established Craigie Road centre relocating nearby to a brandnew purpose-built centre on the corner of Dunns Road and Craigie Road. For more than 20 years, Goodstart Craigie Road has been an important part of the local community. Children have taken their first steps there, formed lifelong friendships and grown through their early years alongside educators who have become trusted members of many families’ lives. Some members of the team have been part of the centre since it first opened more than 22 years ago. That strong sense of connection was a key consideration when the decision was made to relocate. Rather than simply renovating the existing building, Goodstart chose to create a new centre designed around the way children learn, play and grow today. The result is a larger, purpose-built learning environment, giving children more space to explore, create, move and discover, while remaining close enough to the original centre to feel familiar for existing families. The new centre is now known as Goodstart Mount Martha Dunns Road, reflecting its location and providing a clear new landmark for families searching for the new Goodstart centre. For existing families, the move has been welcomed with enthusiasm. “Our family is so happy about the new Dunns Road centre. We love the care this centre has provided for our two children at the previous location. It’s exceptional,” said Goodstart parent Shannen. “Having a beautiful new environment where they have more room to play, learn and grow is amazing.” Peninsula local and Centre Director Avril Hart has also been warmly welcomed by the longstanding team and families as she begins her own chapter at the newly relocated centre.

She said the opening had generated significant excitement locally, particularly among families looking for quality early learning options close to home. “We know families in this area have been looking for new options, so it’s wonderful to now be able to offer that,” Avril said. While many existing families have made the move, the new centre also has capacity to welcome new children and families discovering Goodstart for the first time. The centre continues to offer Goodstart’s quality play-based learning programs, experienced educators and school-readiness approach, with a strong focus on creating a safe, nurturing environment where children can build confidence, independence and a lifelong love of learning. As a not-for-profit organisation, Goodstart reinvests every dollar of surplus back into supporting children, families, educators and quality early learning programs. It’s something many of our educators are incredibly proud of, knowing that resources are directed towards giving children the best possible start in life. For Mount Martha families considering their early learning options, a visit to the new centre is a wonderful opportunity to meet the team, explore the new spaces and experience the environment firsthand. Tours are now available at Goodstart Mount Martha Dunns Road, with families warmly invited to come and discover the new centre and meet the team. To arrange a tour, contact Goodstart Family Services on 1800 222 543.

Pictured above: THE team at Goodstart Mount Martha: Leah - Educator, Taylah - Assistant Director, Avril - Centre Director, Katie Educational Leader, Jodie - Administrative Assistant. Pictured right: NEW purpose-built centre for Goodstart Mount Martha. Photos: Supplied

Goodstart Mount Martha Dunns Rd

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The Guide TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK SATURDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

HARD QUIZ KIDS

THE HUNTING PARTY

AGES OF ICE

ABC FAMILY, 7.30pm

Gold Logie winner Tom Gleeson has built a career out of roasting other people, but in this family-friendly Hard Quiz spin-off, Gleeson is the one on the coals as four contestants aged 10-13 take on his trivia challenge. What these junior smartypants might lack in size, they certainly make up for in sass. This week, the host grills The Princess Diaries devotee Amelie, periodic table whizz Finn, The Adventures of Tintin expert Zara and fishing show Chasing Monsters fan Atticus (pictured with Gleeson) in their specialist subjects and a few of his own choosing. Their general knowledge is impressive – but it’s the clever young contestants’ comedic timing that steals the show.

SEVEN, 9pm

ABC TV, 8pm

Centred on the hunt for serial killers who escaped a top-secret facility, this imaginative procedural takes a leaf out of Elsbeth’s book by enlisting a wealth of guest stars to play its disturbed fugitives. Will & Grace star Eric McCormack gets this second season premiere started as Ron “the Boogeyman” Simms, who targets women seeking romance, and fixates on former FBI profiler Bex (Melissa Roxburgh, pictured). Monday’s second episode focuses on a murderer who preserves his victims in resin – keep an eye out for Emmy Award winner Niecy Nash-Betts as Erica, the detective who brought him to justice the first time around.

Adventure, science and cinematography combine to make this nature documentary one of a kind. Doctor Who star David Tennant’s commanding narration doesn’t hurt, either. The three-part series is a deep dive into our planet’s frozen wilderness and a study of the researchers pushing the boundaries to understand it better. Tuesday’s opening episode joins a glaciologist in Greenland who is tracking a thundering river of “meltwater”, before finding Australian engineer and explorer Dr Adrian McCallum (pictured) on a 535km ski trip across an ice sheet to collect critical climate data. It’s a fascinating look at these fragile ecosystems and those safeguarding their future. 3010

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Thursday, October 29 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 10.30 Class Clowns. (PGs, R) 11.00 Crime Night! (PGl, R) 11.30 Small Prophets. (Ml, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Forsytes. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (PGv, R) 3.45 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 9.15 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.15 My Dream Green Home. (PGl, R) 11.05 Our Welsh Chapel Dream. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Every Family Has A Secret. (PGa, R) 3.05 Weekend Escapes. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Dinosaur With Stephen Fry. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Time Is Money. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Budget Battlers. (PGl, R) 1.10 Explore TV. (R) 1.40 My Way. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.50 Big Brother Australia. (R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Grand Designs New Zealand. A couple use old building material for a project. 8.45 Joanna Lumley’s Danube. (R) Joanna Lumley explores the Danube by boat. 9.30 Dustfall. (Ml, R) Tig and her team try to identify ‘Jack’. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (PGv, R) 11.50 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R) 4.00 Creative Types. (PGv, R) 4.25 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Tucci In Italy. (PG) Stanley Tucci heads to Abruzzo. 8.25 Inside Sydney Fish Market. (PGal) The new Sydney Fish Market faces its first Lunar New Year. Rare lamington sea urchins hit the market floor. 9.20 Blue Lights. (Ml) Sandra possesses volatile information. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Cry Wolf. (MA15+v) 11.50 Babylon Berlin. (MA15+ans, R) 2.35 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Lacey gets mixed signals. 8.30 Glenn And Mick’s Celebrity Intervention. (Mal, R) Glenn Robbins and Mick Molloy surprise guest Guy Sebastian with some home truths. 9.40 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGal) Footage of headline-grabbing moments. 10.40 Renters. (PGal) 11.10 Gatecrashers. 12.10 Vampire Academy. (MA15+hv) 1.10 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. (Mdl) 8.30 Love Island Australia. (Ml) Two new bombshells enter the villa. 9.40 To Be Advised. 10.40 9News Late. 11.10 The Killer Interview With Piers Morgan. (Mlv, R) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Next Stop. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Big Brother Australia. Hosted by Mel Tracina. 8.40 The Celebrity Traitors UK. (PGa) Fewer players remain in the game players take part in a highstakes mission. 10.10 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.10 Sports Tonight: The Weekly Kick-Off. A panel discusses Australian soccer news. 11.40 Two And A Half Men. (Ms, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm Monster Makes. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 Wiggle And Learn. 4.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.25 Octonauts. 5.50 Super Monsters. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Animal Park. 9.30 Secret Life Of The Tasmanian Devils. 10.15 Merlin. 11.00 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.20pm Toppled. 2.35 Insight. 3.40 BBC News At Ten. 4.10 France 24. 4.40 PBS News. 5.40 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.30 Jeopardy! 7.30 Soccer. Australian Championship. Round 3. Canberra Croatia FC v South Melbourne FC. 9.30 History’s Deadliest With Ving Rhames. (Premiere) 11.10 Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover. 1.20am Brassic. 2.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

7TWO (72) 6am The Real Seachange. 6.30 Better Homes. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 The Aussie Property Flippers. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Shetland. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Secret Life Of The Auction House. 1.00 Midsomer Murders. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Explore. 3.45 MOVIE: Carry On Nurse. (1959) 5.30 Secret Life Of The Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 8.30 The Assassin. 10.35 Harry Wild. 11.35 Late Programs.

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

N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Friday Night Thunder. Noon Pro Bull Riding Australia. 1.00 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 1.30 Destiny In Alice. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Amplify. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Saving Yellowstone. 7.30 Going Places. 8.30 Rabbit Fall. (Final) 9.00 MOVIE: The Craft. (1996, MA15+) 10.45 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 6.20 Where The Wild Things Are. (2009, PG) 8.15 I Accidentally Wrote A Book. (2024, PG, Hungarian) 10.05 The Tunnel (Part 1) (2001, M) 11.50 Heartbreak Ridge. (1986, M) 2.10pm Roxane. (2019, PG, French) 3.50 The Assassin. (2015, PG, Mandarin) 5.45 Widows’ Peak. (1994, PG) 7.40 Barbarella. (1968, M) 9.30 Hellraiser. (1987, MA15+) 11.15 Late Programs.

7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Talking W. 1.00 Rugby League. Women’s World Cup. Group Stage. Pool A. Australia v England. Replay. 3.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Match 1. Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Match 2. Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes. 10.30 MOVIE: xXx: State Of The Union. (2005, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Big Bang. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Seinfeld. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Big Bang. 8.30 Seinfeld. 9.30 MOVIE: Dumb And Dumber. (1994, PG) 11.55 Jane The Virgin. 12.50am Escaping Polygamy. 1.45 Baywatch. 3.25 World’s Greatest Engineering Icons. 4.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.50 LEGO DreamZzz. 5.10 Barney’s World. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 Gold Wars Downunder. 2.30 JAG. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Shopping.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

Mornington News – TV Guide

27 October 2026

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Friday, October 30 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Believe In Magic: The Mother Of All Cons. (Final, Ml, R) 11.00 Austin. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Recipe Of The Year. (R) 1.50 Dustfall. (Mal, R) 3.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 3.45 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.10 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 My Dream Green Home. (PG, R) 11.05 Our Welsh Chapel Dream. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Every Family Has A Secret. (PG, R) 3.00 Nula. 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Dinosaur With Stephen Fry. (PGas, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Roadhouse Romance. (2021, PGa, R) Lauren Alaina. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Sullivan’s Crossing. (Mams, R) 1.00 Best Of Explore TV. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Bold. (PG, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.50 Big Brother Australia. (R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Hannah Moloney meets volunteers. 8.20 Vera. (Final, M, R) Vera investigates after a student is violently killed and dumped at the foot of three mythical monoliths. 9.50 Recipe Of The Year. (R) Hosted by Adam Liaw and Pia Miranda. 10.45 Class Clowns. (PGs, R) 11.15 ABC Late News. 11.30 Crime Night! (PGl, R) 12.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 12.45 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Hotel Portofino. (Mv) The police search the hotel for the missing heirloom. 8.35 Summer In The Isles Of Scilly. (Premiere) A profile of the Isles of Scilly. 9.30 Queens That Changed The World: The Defiant Queen – Lakshmibai. (M) Takes a look at Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Helsinki Syndrome. (Mal) 11.50 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (Malsv, R) 1.35 Wisting. (Mav, R) 3.20 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 7.30 Rugby League. World Cup. Group Stage. Pool B & C. England v Papua New Guinea. 10.00 Rugby League World Cup Post-Game. Takes a look back at the Rugby League World Cup match between England and Papua New Guinea. 10.30 To Be Advised. 12.10 GetOn Extra. 12.40 Jamestown. (MA15+av, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Chateau DIY: Australia. Janet and Philip unveil their stairwell transformation. 8.30 MOVIE: Civil War. (2024, MA15+alv, R) In a dystopian future, four journalists travel across the United States during a nation-wide conflict. Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny. 10.40 Race To The Melbourne Cup Carnival. (PGl) 11.40 See No Evil. (Mav) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Big Brother Australia. Hosted by Mel Tracina. 8.40 Love It Or List It Australia. (R) Anna and Terence have lived in their home in Blackburn South for eight years, but have two almost teens who need their own space. 9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.40 Two And A Half Men. (Ms, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 12.55pm SuperKitties. 1.20 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 1.50 Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 Monster Makes. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.25 Octonauts. 5.50 Super Monsters. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Monkie Kid. 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 9.40 BattleBots. 10.25 Merlin. 11.10 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 12.05pm

7TWO (72)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Gatecrashers. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Australia’s Big Backyards. 3.00 A Moveable Feast. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 12. Geelong v Western Bulldogs. 9.15 Escape To The Country. 11.15 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Secret Life Of The Auction House. 1.00 MOVIE: The Queen Of Spades. (1949, PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Explore. 3.45 MOVIE: No Time For Tears. (1957, PG) 5.30 Secret Life Of The Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 MOVIE: Cocoon. (1985, PG) 11.00 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Bold. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 12.30pm Becker. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Two And A Half Men. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Ridiculousness. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

NITV (34)

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Timbersports. Australian Championship Pt 1. Replay. 2.55 Rugby League. World Cup. Group Stage. Pool B & C. Papua New Guinea v Samoa. Replay. 5.25 Rugby League. Women’s World Cup. Group Stage. Pool A. England v Samoa. 7.30 Outback Pilots. 8.30 MOVIE: Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood. (2019, MA15+) 11.50 Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Big Bang. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Seinfeld. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 MOVIE: The Notebook. (2004, PG) 10.00 MOVIE: You’ve Got Mail. (1998, PG) 12.30am Top 20 Funniest. 1.25 Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance Championship. 6 Hours Of Barcelona. Highlights. 2.25 Big Rigs Of Oz. 2.55 World’s Greatest Engineering Icons. 4.00 Late Programs.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 Gold Wars Downunder. 2.30 JAG. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Shopping.

6am Morning Programs. 9.40 Fresh Fairytales. 10.00 Saving Yellowstone. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: Twice Colonized. (2023, M) 1.40 My Bed, Your Bed. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Amplify. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Saving Yellowstone. 7.30 MOVIE: Gremlins. (1984, M) 9.30 MOVIE: The Witches Of Eastwick. (1987, M) 11.35 Late Programs.

DW The Day. 12.35 MOVIE: Sweet November. (2001, M) 2.50 Forged In Fire. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 Big Fat Quiz Best Bits: Ultimate Shocks. 8.30 What We Do In The Shadows. 9.25 The Naked World. 10.20 MOVIE: Seven. (1995, MA15+) 12.40am Brassic. 1.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

Discovering Film. 6.25 Widows’ Peak. (1994, PG) 8.20 The Caine Mutiny. (1954, PG) 10.35 The Moogai. (2020, M) 12.10pm Bad Eggs. (2003, M) 2.00 Where The Wild Things Are. (2009, PG) 3.55 I Accidentally Wrote A Book. (2024, PG, Hungarian) 5.50 A Handful Of Dust. (1988, PG) 8.00 Reality. (2023, M) 9.30 The Toxic Avenger. (2023) 11.25 The Fisher King. (1991, M) 1.55am Late Programs.

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Saturday, October 31 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (9)

TEN (10)

6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Beyond Paradise. (PGa, R) 1.25 Vera. (Ma, R) 3.00 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R) 3.50 You Can’t Ask That. (PG, R) 4.05 Martin Clunes: Islands Of The Atlantic. (Final, PG, R) 4.55 Australian Story. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R) 6.00 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R) Kim organises Kath’s hen’s night. 6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 Beyond Paradise. (PGa) A mythical figure torments the town. 8.30 Lynley. (Final, Mav) Havers and Lynley hunt a possible serial killer with ties to Church but are confronted with the possibility of corruption from within the precinct. 10.00 Darby And Joan. (PG, R) A scuba dive goes horribly wrong. 10.45 The Forsytes. (R) Irene navigates public scrutiny. 11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.05 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.05 It’s A Beautiful World. (PG) 11.05 Icons Of Auto. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Going Places. (R) 3.00 Soccer. Australian Championship. Round 3. Sutherland Sharks v Sydney United 58. 5.05 Going Places. (R) 5.35 Greatest Escapes Of WWII. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Royals And Their Gardens: Schonbrunn Palace. 8.30 Great British Train Journeys From Above: The Ffestiniog Railway. (R) Looks at the Ffestiniog Railway. 9.25 The Jury: Skeleton In The Garden: Secrets And Lies. (Mal, R) The trial nears its end. 10.30 Cumbria: The Lakes & The Coast. (PGa, R) 11.25 MOVIE: Argo. (2012, Mlv, R) 1.45 Wonders Of The World I Can’t See. (Mls, R) 3.30 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (R) 4.45 Bamay. (R) 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Golden Eagle Day And Derby Raceday. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) A couple have a prohibited item. 7.30 Rugby League. World Cup. Group Stage. Pool A. Australia v Cook Islands. 10.00 Rugby League World Cup Post-Game. A look back at a world cup match. 10.30 MOVIE: The Rock. (1996, MA15+lv, R) An FBI agent and a convict break into Alcatraz. Sean Connery. 1.20 Jamestown. (MA15+av, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. News, current affairs and sports. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) A mix of highlights from the week in review. 11.30 Horse Racing. Melbourne Cup Carnival. Victoria Derby Day. From Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. 6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Bohemian Rhapsody. (2018, Ml, R) Charts the life of Freddie Mercury. Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton. 10.15 Freddie Mercury: A Secret Daughter. (Mans, R) A look at a secret child of Freddie Mercury. 11.40 Dirty John. (MA15+av, R) 12.30 Topknotz: Wild On Water. (Ml, R) 1.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PGa, R)

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 9.20 Big Brother Australia. (R) 10.30 What’s Up Down Under. (PG) 11.30 Love It Or List It: Brilliant Builds. (PG, R) 12.30 Buy To Build. (Return) 1.00 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. (Return) 1.30 4x4 Adventures. (R) 2.30 Planet Shapers. (Return) 3.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 3.30 Food Trail: South Africa. 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 News. 6.30 Gogglebox Australia. (PGahlns, R) Opinionated viewers discuss TV shows. 7.30 Selling Houses Australia. (PG) A young Gold Coast family’s renovation plans collapse under rising rates and job loss. 9.40 Love It Or List It: Brilliant Builds. (PG) Two couples with houses bursting at the seams declutter and transform their homes. 10.40 The Graham Norton Show. (R) Graham Norton chats with Cate Blanchett. 11.40 FBI: International. (Mv, R) A former US cabinet member is arrested. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.20 Super Monsters Save Halloween. 10.45 Children’s Programs. 3.35pm Room On The Broom. 4.00 Dino Dex. 4.25 Football Fantastics. 5.45 Iron Man And His Awesome Friends. 6.25 Zog. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 7.55 Kids Baking C’ship. 8.40 Gladiators UK. 9.40 Are You Afraid Of The Dark? 10.20 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.40 Late Programs.

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6am Shopping. 8.30 Better Homes. 9.30 Giddy Up. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon Escape To The Country. 1.00 Better Homes. 2.00 Escape To The Country. 3.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.00 Bondi Vet. 5.00 Horse Racing. Golden Eagle Day And Derby Raceday. 6.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 12. West Coast v Hawthorn. 9.15 Escape To The Chateau. 10.15 Escape To The Country. 11.15 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 The Baron. 11.30 MOVIE: Chase A Crooked Shadow. (1958, PG) 1.20pm Gen Well. 1.50 MOVIE: I’m All Right Jack. (1959) 4.00 MOVIE: Angels One Five. (1952) 6.00 Melbourne Cup Barrier Draw. 6.30 Find My Country House NZ. 7.30 MOVIE: The Fugitive. (1993, M) 10.05 MOVIE: Navy SEALs. (1990, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

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

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6am Morning Programs. 10.00 MOVIE: Addams Family Reunion. (1998) 11.40 Soh Presents: Generations And Dynasties. 1.05pm Nula. 1.35 Saving Yellowstone. 2.25 Araatika! Rise Up. 3.55 Black Magic. 5.00 Piri’s Tiki Tour. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 The Other Side. 7.30 Pro Bull Riding USA: World Team Series. 8.30 MOVIE: Wolf Creek. (2005) 10.20 Tina Turner Live 2009. 12.40am Late Programs.

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7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Rugby League. Women’s World Cup. Group Stage. Pool B. Fiji v France. 3.15 Rugby League. World Cup. Group Stage. Pool A. New Zealand v Fiji. 5.30 Rugby League. Women’s World Cup. Group Stage. Pool B. New Zealand v Papua New Guinea. 7.30 MOVIE: Spider-Man: Far From Home. (2019, M) 10.10 MOVIE: Pacific Rim: Uprising. (2018, M) 12.25am Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 4.45pm Seinfeld. 5.15 Big Bang. 5.45 MOVIE: Yours, Mine And Ours. (2005, PG) 7.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 7. Cairns Taipans v Melbourne United. 9.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 7. Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks. 11.30 Top 20 Funniest. 12.25am Evil. 1.15 The Case Against Cosby. 2.55 Big Rigs Of Oz. 3.25 Surfest: 40 Years. 3.55 Seinfeld. 4.25 Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 So Help Me Todd. 12.30pm Living Room. 2.30 JAG. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 A-League Pre-Game. 7.40 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 3. Macarthur FC v Western Sydney Wanderers. 10.15 NCIS. 11.10 FBI: Most Wanted. 1am JAG. 2.50 Shopping.

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The National. 9.30 BBC News At Six. 10.00 France 24 English News. 10.30 Bamay. 10.50 Uncanny. 3.35pm BBC News At Ten. 4.05 France 24. 4.35 PBS News. 5.35 Mastermind Aust. 6.35 Mysteries From Above. 7.30 MOVIE: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. (2013, M) 10.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.00 Interview With The Vampire. 12.50am Brassic. 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

Accidentally Wrote A Book. Continued. (2024, PG, Hungarian) 7.05 Under The Cover Of Cloud. (2018, PG) 8.45 Boychoir. (2014, PG) 10.40 Ghoomer. (2023, M, Hindi) 1.10pm Barbarella. (1968, M) 3.00 Widows’ Peak. (1994, PG) 4.55 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael. (1990, PG) 6.50 The Bubble. (1966, PG) 8.30 Interview With The Vampire. (1994, MA15+) 10.45 Late Programs.

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.15 Recipe Of The Year. (R) 3.10 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 3.35 Annabel Crabb’s Civic Duty. (PG, R) 4.25 Joanna Lumley’s Danube. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Roads Unknown: India. (Premiere) 11.05 Icons Of Auto. (PGa) 12.00 PBS News Compass Points. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix 1. Highlights. 5.35 Greatest Escapes Of WWII. (PG)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 12. Essendon v Collingwood. 3.00 Rugby League World Cup Pre-Game. 3.30 Rugby League. Women’s World Cup. Group Stage. Pool A. Australia v Wales. From CommBank Stadium, Sydney. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 Cross Court. 11.30 Fishing Aust. 12.00 A Golf Club Somewhere. 12.30 Drive TV. 1.00 Tasman Trails. (R) 2.00 Budget Battlers. (PGl, R) 3.00 1 Euro House. (PG, R) 4.00 Ready Vet Go: The Vet Ambulance Service. (PGm) 4.30 Explore TV. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Postcards. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Food Trail: South Africa. (R) 9.00 Pooches At Play. (PG, R) 9.30 GCBC. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Well Traveller. (PG, R) 11.00 Intrepid Adventures. (R) 11.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 12.00 Big Brother Australia. (R) 1.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (l) 2.00 Gogglebox Aust. (PGahlns, R) 3.00 The Finish Line. (R) 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Recipe Of The Year. The remaining home cooks return to the barn. 8.20 Dustfall. (Mals) To defeat Simon’s power games, the team must ensure they have enough evidence to charge him. 9.15 The Forsytes. (PG) As romantic tensions and rivalries unfold, Forsyte lives are upended when a death forces a reckoning. 10.05 Lynley. (Final, Mav, R) Havers and Lynley hunt a possible serial killer. 11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.45 Dr Ann’s Secret Lives. (R) 3.15 Darby And Joan. (PG, R) 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Richard E. Grant’s Very Modern Odyssey. (Premiere) 8.25 The Hunt For King Knut: England’s Viking King. A royal burial site is opened for the first time. 9.45 Army Of Lovers: Ancient Greece: The Sacred Band Of Ancient Greece. (Mlnsv, R) Looks at the Sacred Band of Thebes. 11.20 MOVIE: James Blunt: One Brit Wonder. (2023, MA15+l, R) 1.10 Wonders Of The World I Can’t See. (Ml, R) 3.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Rugby League. World Cup. Group Stage. Pool B & C. Lebanon v France. 7.30 Rugby League. World Cup. Group Stage. Pool B & C. Tonga v Samoa. 10.00 Rugby League World Cup Post-Game. A look back at a world cup match. 10.30 24 Hours In Police Custody: A Second Chance. (MA15+av, R) 11.30 Tik Tok: Murders Gone Viral. (Mav, R) 12.30 Pure Genius. (Mm, R) 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 The Block. (PGl) Auction day finally arrives. 8.45 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.45 Scrublands: Silver. (MA15+av) Martin reflects on his past actions. 10.45 9News Late. 11.15 The First 48: The Break. (MA15+v) 12.15 Ready Vet Go: The Vet Ambulance Service. (PGm, R) 12.40 A Golf Club Somewhere. (R) 1.05 Fishing Australia. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Destination WA. (PG, R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 Big Brother Australia. Hosted by Mel Tracina. 8.10 The Graham Norton Show. (Ml) Graham Norton chats with Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgard and John Malkovich. 9.10 Sam Pang Tonight. (Mals, R) A weekly tonight show hosted by Sam Pang, featuring a monologue roasting the news of the week. 10.10 FBI. (Mv) The team investigates a double homicide. 11.10 FBI: International. (Ma, R) An American student is arrested in Prague. 12.00 10 News+. (R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 4.10pm Little J And Big Cuz. 4.25 Football Fantastics. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.20 Super Monsters. 5.45 Iron Man And His Awesome Friends. 6.25 Zog. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.40 Crookhaven. 8.25 Are You Afraid Of The Dark? 9.10 Ice Age. 9.55 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.20 The Slow Mo Guys’ Big Adventures. 10.45 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Weekender. 10.30 South Aussie With Cosi. 11.00 Travel Oz. 11.30 House Of Wellness. 12.30pm Medical Emergency. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 3.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Match 6. Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat. 7.00 Dog Patrol. 7.30 Vicar Of Dibley. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Genius: Picasso. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Skippy. 11.00 Getaway. 11.30 MOVIE: Mystery Junction. (1951, PG) 12.50pm MOVIE: Eureka Stockade. (1949, PG) 3.00 MOVIE: Henry VIII And His Six Wives. (1972, PG) 5.30 Midsomer Murders. 7.30 Clarkson’s Farm. 8.50 TBA. 11.00 Late Programs.

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

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7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Red’s Fishing Adventures. 2.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 12. Adelaide v Melbourne. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 Rugby League. World Cup. Group Stage. Pool B & C. Lebanon v France. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Match 7. Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes. 10.30 MOVIE: The Mummy Returns. (2001, M) 1.10am Late Programs.

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm Everwood. 5.00 MOVIE: Superman III. (1983, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Stargate. (1994, PG) 9.50 MOVIE: Superman Returns. (2006, M) 1.05am BelAir. 2.00 Soccer. English Premier League. Chelsea v Tottenham. Replay. 4.00 LEGO City Adventures. 4.50 Wild Manes. 5.10 Mia & Codie. 5.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

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

6am Morning Programs. 1.50pm Rugby League. Murri v Koori Interstate Challenge. U-16 Boys. Replay. 3.20 Froth. 3.50 Tina Turner Live 2009. 6.10 Bamay. 6.50 Saving Yellowstone. 7.40 Casketeers Life & Death Across The Globe. 8.30 Innocence Betrayed. 9.30 MOVIE: We Are Still Here. (2022, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

France 24. 4.50 PBS Washington Week. 5.15 PBS News Compass Points. 5.45 Icons Unearthed: The Lord Of The Rings. 6.40 Engineering Tomorrow. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 AI Confidential With Hannah Fry. 10.45 Fleishman Is In Trouble. 11.40 The UnXplained. 12.30am Sex: A Bonkers History. 1.25 Brassic. 2.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

The Movie Show. 6.10 Discovering Film. 7.05 The Bubble. (1966, PG) 8.45 A Handful Of Dust. (1988, PG) 10.55 The Fisher King. (1991, M) 1.25pm Reality. (2023, M) 2.55 Boychoir. (2014, PG) 4.50 Under The Cover Of Cloud. (2018, PG) 6.30 Notorious. (1946, PG) 8.30 Memento. (2000, MA15+) 10.40 Risky Business. (1983, M) 12.30am Interview With The Vampire. (1994, MA15+) 2.45 Late Programs.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Lynley. (Final, Mav, R) 11.30 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Back Roads. (R) 2.30 You Can’t Ask That. (PGa, R) 3.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 3.45 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. (Final) 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program. 9.20 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser. 9.40 Planet America. 10.10 The State Of Man. (Final, M, R) 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 The Business. (R) 11.35 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mv, R) 12.20 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R) 4.00 Creative Types. (PGl, R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 11.15 Susan Calman’s Grand Week By The Sea. (Return) 12.10 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News Compass Points. 1.30 Al Jazeera News Second Edition. 2.00 Every Family Has A Secret. (PG, R) 3.05 Weekend Escapes. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Dinosaur With Stephen Fry. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Big Fat Quiz Best Bits: Ultimate Rebels. Hosted by Jimmy Carr. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency: A Risk Worth Taking. (Ma, R) A 29-year-old crashes his motorcycle. 9.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) Hosted by Jimmy Carr. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Icebreaker. (Mal) 12.45 Prisoner. (MA15+av, R) 3.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PGa, R) 4.10 Auction. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Beat The Chasers UK. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Alf’s hope is waning. 7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl) Zoe and Zac fight to avoid elimination. 9.00 The Hunting Party. (Return, Mav) Bex fights to reinstate the team to stop Boogeyman killer Ron Simms. 11.00 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League. 12.00 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. (Mdls) 12.30 Transplant. (MA15+m, R) 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.45 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (PGl) The guides explore Albania. 8.35 Love Island Australia. (Mls) It’s a brand new week in the villa. 9.45 Race To The Melbourne Cup Carnival. (PGl) A preview of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. 10.45 9News Late. 11.15 The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power. (Mhv, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 GCBC. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.50 Big Brother Australia. (R) 12.00 Farm To Fork: Pick Of The Crop. (Premiere) 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Big Brother Australia. Hosted by Mel Tracina. 8.40 Sam Pang Tonight. (Mals) A weekly tonight show hosted by Sam Pang, featuring a monologue roasting the news of the week. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.40 Australian True Crime With Meshel Laurie: Greg Jenkins – Still No Justice For Anna Jenkins. (Ma) 11.40 Two And A Half Men. (Ms, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 Monster Makes. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle And Learn. 4.00 Gardening Australia Junior. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.25 Octonauts. 5.50 Super Monsters. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Animal Park. 9.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 A Moveable Feast. 11.00 My Kitchen Rules. 1pm My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.40 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Secret Life Of The Auction House. 1.00 Midsomer Murders. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Alive And Kicking. (1958) 5.30 Secret Life Of The Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Race To The Melbourne Cup Carnival. 8.30 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 10.30 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.30 Late Programs.

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

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9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Big Bang. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Seinfeld. 6.30 NBL: Overtime. 7.30 Big Bang. 8.30 Seinfeld. 9.30 MOVIE: Walking Tall. (2004, M) 11.05 NBL: Overtime. 12.05am Jane The Virgin. 12.55 The Summit. 2.10 Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars. 3.10 World’s Greatest Engineering Icons. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.50 Late Programs.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 JAG. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Casketeers Life & Death Across The Globe. 11.50 Innocence Betrayed. 12.50pm Genocide In The Wildflower State. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Amplify. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Inside The Pack. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 The Declaration. 9.45 MOVIE: Braveheart. (1995, MA15+) 12.50am Late Programs.

Forged In Fire. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News Compass Points. 5.20 Al Jazeera. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Scrabble. 9.20 Icons Unearthed: Quentin Tarantino. 10.15 Hi, This Is My Penis. 11.10 Eddie Murphy: Hollywood’s Black King. 12.10am Brassic. 2.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

Morning Programs. 8.35 Notorious. (1946, PG) 10.35 In A Land That No Longer Exists. (2022, M, German) 12.30pm Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael. (1990, M) 2.25 The Bubble. (1966, PG) 4.05 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 6.00 Go! (2020, PG) 7.55 Scrapper. (2023, PG) 9.30 Are You Lonesome Tonight? (2021, MA15+, Mandarin, English) 11.20 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Border Security. 3.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Support Races. Carrera Cup. Round 12. Gold Coast 500. Highlights. 4.00 Counting Cars. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 9.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 10.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Australian Story. (Final, R) 10.30 Planet America. (R) 11.00 The State Of Man. (Final, M, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Beyond Paradise. (PGa, R) 2.00 Back Roads. (R) 2.25 You Can’t Ask That. (Mals, R) 3.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 3.45 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 9.15 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.10 Luke Nguyen’s India. (R) 11.10 Susan Calman’s Grand Week By The Sea. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Every Family Has A Secret. (PG, R) 3.05 Weekend Escapes. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Endurance: Race The Pole. (PGn, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) The latest news and views. 12.00 Horse Racing. The Big Dance On Cup Day and Melbourne Cup Raceday. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Contestants race to answer quiz questions correctly to avoid being caught by The Chaser.

6.00 Today. 10.00 Horse Racing. Melbourne Cup Carnival. Melbourne Cup Day. 2.30 Horse Racing. Melbourne Cup Carnival. Melbourne Cup Day. Race. 3.30 Horse Racing. Melbourne Cup Carnival. Melbourne Cup Day. 5.30 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) Hosted by Todd Woodbridge.

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Farm To Fork: Pick Of The Crop. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 GCBC. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.50 Big Brother Australia. (R) 12.00 Farm To Fork: Pick Of The Crop. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Ages Of Ice: The Frozen Heart. (Premiere, Ml) Researchers explore Antarctica and the Arctic. 8.55 Making Life On Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure. (R) Looks at the making of Life on Earth. 9.50 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 Four Corners. (R) 12.00 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.15 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 1.00 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+dhlnsv) 3.25 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R) 4.00 Creative Types. (PGl, R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Aisling Bea. (PG) Aisling Bea explores her family history. 8.40 Norwegian Odyssey. (PG) Lorraine Kelly sails along Norway’s stunning coastline, exploring its rich fishing heritage. 9.35 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) The guys explore South Australia’s Limestone Coast. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Cold Summer. (MA15+v) 12.05 A Body That Works. (Ml, R) 3.20 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PGa, R) 4.30 Auction. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) The community comes together to support Alf. 7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PG) Contestants critique each other. 9.15 Off The Grid With Colin And Manu. (Ml) Colin Fassnidge and Manu Feildel head north for a catch and cook at the Poor Knights Islands. 10.15 The Amazing Race. (PG) Hosted by Phil Keoghan. 11.45 Happy’s Place. (PGa) 12.15 The Path. (MA15+adlv) 1.15 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 1 Euro House. (PG) 8.30 Jamie Durie’s Future House. (Return, PGl) Hosted by Jamie Durie. 9.35 Love Island Australia. (Mlns) The villa gets a text. 10.45 9News Late. 11.15 The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power. (Mhs, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Big Brother Australia. New houseguests move in to the Big Brother house in the hopes of winning the final prize. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.40 Two And A Half Men. (Ms, R) Alan starts working for Evelyn. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 Monster Makes. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle And Learn. 4.00 Gardening Australia Junior. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.25 Octonauts. 5.50 Super Monsters. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Animal Park. 9.30 Kids Baking C’ship. 10.10 Chopped Jnr. 10.55 Late Programs.

SBS2 (31) 6am Morning Programs. 11.55 DW The Day. 12.25pm The UnBelievable. 2.00 Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. 2.55 Forged In Fire. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: Kill Bill: Vol. 2. (2004, MA15+) 11.00 MOVIE: Ninja Assassin. (2009, MA15+) 12.50am Brassic. 1.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon My Kitchen Rules. 1.30 The Real Seachange. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 House Of Wellness. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 Inspector Morse. 11.05 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Secret Life Of The Auction House. 1.00 MOVIE: I’ve Gotta Horse. (1965) 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Raising The Wind. (1961) 5.30 Secret Life Of The Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Grantchester. 9.50 Wong & Winchester. 10.50 Late Programs.

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

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

9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Big Bang. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Seinfeld. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Big Bang. 8.30 Seinfeld. 9.30 MOVIE: Arrival. (2016, M) 11.55 Jane The Virgin. 12.45am The Girl From Plainville. 1.40 Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars. 3.05 World’s Greatest Engineering Icons. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.50 LEGO DreamZzz. 5.10 Late Programs.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 JAG. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

6am Morning Programs. 9.40 Fresh Fairytales. 10.00 Inside The Pack. 11.00 Living Black. 11.30 The Declaration. 12.15pm MOVIE: Jedda. (1955, PG) 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Amplify. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Tales From Zambia. 7.30 Cold Justice. 8.05 Bring Her Home. 9.05 MOVIE: Mystic River. (2003, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.

Go! Continued. (2020, PG) 6.55 Scrapper. (2023, PG) 8.30 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 10.25 Risky Business. (1983, M) 12.15pm Bridge Of Spies. (2015, M) 2.55 Discovering Film. 3.40 Notorious. (1946, PG) 5.40 The Darkside. (2013, PG) 7.30 The Big Short. (2015, M) 9.55 The Empty Beach. (1985) 11.40 My Father Is A Hero. (1995, MA15+) 1.35am Late Programs.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.50 Making Life On Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Back Roads. (R) 2.30 Take 5. (R) 3.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 3.45 Grand Designs Australia. (R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Class Clowns. (Final, PGs) The teams try to identify famous historical figures. 9.00 Crime Night! (Final, PGa) Hosted by Julia Zemiro. 9.30 Small Prophets. (Final, Mal, R) 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Dustfall. (Mals, R) 12.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.50 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R) 4.00 Creative Types. (PG, R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 9.10 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG, R) 10.10 Luke Nguyen’s India. (R) 11.10 Susan Calman’s Grand Week By The Sea. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News Special: US Midterms. 2.00 Bollywed. (R) 3.00 Weekend Escapes. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Endurance: Race The Pole. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Bill Bailey’s Korea. (PG) Bill Bailey heads to Gyeongju. 8.30 Killing Sherlock With Lucy Worsley: Shadows And Sleuths. (PGh, R) Lucy Worsley uncovers how Arthur Conan Doyle’s life shaped Sherlock Holmes. 9.30 Apollo Has Fallen. (Final, MA15+av) Yuri’s associate infects Valeria in a stadium full of people. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 The Old Man. (MA15+v) 11.50 Classified. (Mlv, R) 4.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PGl, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 America Decides 2026: The Midterms. 12.30 1 Euro House. (PG, R) 1.30 Explore TV. (R) 2.00 America Decides 2026: Update. 2.10 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Budget Battlers. (PGl) Hosted by Jess Eva. 8.40 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Hello Hari. (PG) The keepers prepare animals for surgery. 9.40 Love Island Australia. (Mls) A new bombshell makes her way into the villa. 10.50 9News Late. 11.20 The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power. (Mhv, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Farm To Fork: Pick Of The Crop. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 GCBC. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.50 Big Brother Australia. (R) 12.00 Farm To Fork: Pick Of The Crop. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Big Brother Australia. New houseguests move in to the Big Brother house in the hopes of winning the final prize. 8.40 The Celebrity Traitors UK. Claudia Winkleman picks the Traitors, who murder by night while the Faithful hunt them down. 10.10 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.10 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. 12.10 Two And A Half Men. (PGas, R) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 Monster Makes. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle And Learn. 4.00 Gardening Australia Junior. 4.30 SuperKitties. 5.35 Kangaroo Beach. 5.50 Super Monsters. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Animal Park. 9.30 Recipe Of The Year. 10.20 Merlin. 11.05 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 2.50pm Forged In Fire. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News Special: US Midterms. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.20 Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. 10.15 Ramy. 11.25 Misadventures Of Romesh. 12.25am Secrets Of Penthouse. 2.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

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6am The Real Seachange. 6.30 Better Homes. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 A Moveable Feast. 2.30 House Calls To The Rescue. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Foyle’s War. 10.45 Late Programs.

9GEM (92) 6am Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Building Icons. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Secret Life Of The Auction House. 1.00 New Tricks. 2.00 Grantchester. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Strange Invaders. (1983, PG) 5.30 Secret Life Of The Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Cold Case. 11.40 Late Programs.

10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Ent. Tonight. 9.00 GCBC. 10.00 Bold. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 12.30pm Becker. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Farm To Fork: Pick Of The Crop. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Two And A Half Men. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Ridiculousness. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.

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6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Cold Justice. 11.35 MOVIE: Mad Max III: Beyond Thunderdome. (1985, M) 1.25pm Coniston Muster. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Amplify. 5.30 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Tales From Zambia. 7.30 Friday Night Thunder. 8.30 Pro Bull Riding: USA. 9.30 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready. 10.00 MOVIE: What We See. (2023, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

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9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Big Bang. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Seinfeld. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Big Bang. 8.30 Seinfeld. 9.30 TBA. 11.35 Big Bang. 12.05am Jane The Virgin. 12.55 Escaping Polygamy. 1.50 Kids Behind Bars: Life Or Parole. 2.55 World’s Greatest Engineering Icons. 4.00 Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures. 4.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.50 LEGO DreamZzz. 5.10 Late Programs.

10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 JAG. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.

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Narcissus. Continued. (1947, PG) 7.15 The Darkside. (2013, PG) 9.00 Babette’s Feast. (1987, PG, Danish, Swedish, French) 11.00 The Seed Of The Sacred Fig. (2024, M, Farsi) 2.10pm Go! (2020, PG) 4.05 Scrapper. (2023, PG) 5.40 Golden Years. (2016, PG) 7.30 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, M) 9.30 Mona Lisa. (1986, MA15+) 11.30 Infinite Summer. (2024, M) 1.05am Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PG, R) Hosted by Lee Mack. 8.30 A Taste For Murder. (Malv) Joe discovers a hand found in a dead shark as he struggles to come to terms to Angelica’s decision. 9.30 House Of Wellness. (PG) Insights and experiences that highlight living well. 10.30 Chicago Fire. (Mav) 11.30 Australia’s Most Dangerous Prisoners. (MA15+av, R) 12.30 Riviera. (MA15+adlsv, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Rugby League. World Cup. Group Stage. Pool B & C. Tonga v Samoa. Replay. 2.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 3.30 Mighty Planes. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: BTL. 9.30 Caught On Dashcam. 10.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 11.30 Late Programs.

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LETTERS

Hands of our libraries!

taken for granted. If the parties are the problem, why continue voting for a party? Pam Pitt, Rosebud VP Independents for Mornington Peninsula

The government has classed Mornington Peninsula as metropolitan – but we lack many of the resources other metropolitan areas have. We have, however, one – our libraries. They offer a wide variety of resources – books, DVDs, magazines, etc. – suitable for all ages. The libraries are scattered through the peninsula – offering easy access to all – particularly when public transport in this area is limited. You have to query why anyone would want to close a library – do they or have they ever visited or used the library? They are a meeting place for many people, used for studying – you can use a computer, print out documents – and most importantly our librarians are there to answer and help with queries. Librarians are essential to the library – and to tell them they have to reapply for their positions, many of whom have worked for the council for many years must have been a shock. If a library is closed, does the council plan to use the money from the sale to go towards existing libraries or will it be swallowed up in general revenue? It will be interesting to see what the council plans on doing. If this happens with one library – you could visit your local library and find a sign on the door saying “shut” and directions to the nearest library, which could be kilometres away. A sneaky but effective way of shutting libraries unless the community stands up and says “hands of our libraries”. Sandra Barry, Rye

The state election is now but five weeks away. A newly arrived candidate has put her name forward and presented her view of what needs to done in regards to schooling in Mt Eliza. Promising $20m to improve education facilities at the Mount Eliza Secondary School this candidate demonstrates that she does not really understand how budgets and education budgets, in particular, are allocated. Chris Crewther has stated that, if re-elected, he would have access to $10m which would be used in upgrades and improvements at the Mount Eliza Secondary School. For example, (i) a dedicated student wellbeing facility; (ii) a redeveloped senior learning and drama centre; and (iii) a master plan - to plan and cost areas most in need of attention in the Mt Eliza Secondary School. Planning improvements in education, at any level, is costly and complicated. Chris Crewther’s suggestions are both realistic and feasible. Numerous and consistent reports on educational standards, issues and problems from other countries suggest that Australia is not doing too well, when compared with other countries. If a new state government was to be elected on November 28, with Chris Crewther, our local member, playing a major role, we could expect to see a different approach to many of this state’s most urgent and pressing social, economic and educational problems. Michael W. Small, Mornington

Libraries

What is it with our shire, they obviously have it in for our outstanding library service. Every few years it gets attacked, under the misapprehension that the community will just roll over. We once had a fantastic library bus service, for parts of the shire not easily serviced by our main libraries. It took years of slow neglect and filibuster by the shire to kill that off. And now again, our library service faces new cutbacks and devastation by an unthinking lot of non-representative shire officers and a few philosophically challenged council members. Leave our perfectly well working libraries alone, and at least let the people of our shire have a say on this totally stupid proposition. Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach

A century of potholes

I enjoy reading about what life was like 100 years ago, for example, the personal details such as where people travelled, gifts for good deeds, and descriptions of wedding parties, so I was amused, and somewhat dismayed, to read in the “100 Years Ago This Week” (13 October) that a letter writer in 1926 was complaining about potholes and the condition of local roads in Hastings. A century later, motorists travelling along the peninsula could be forgiven for wondering whether much has changed. Some of the potholes on our roads are not only uncomfortable but potentially dangerous. It seems remarkable that, after one hundred years, the same complaint still matters. Anne Kruger, Rye

Bush worth protecting

Well done to Elizabeth Cester and other locals whose submissions helped protect bushland and wildlife from a quarry expansion in Langwarrin (“Quarry extension application refused in Langwarrin green wedge”, The News, 20/10/26). It’s a reminder that speaking up works. Most of us value the bush, beaches and wildlife that make the peninsula special, but those places only stay protected when residents take the time to have their say. With proposals for development on green wedge land and the planned luge in Arthurs Seat State Park, there’s plenty more to weigh in on. A submission, a call to an MP or a chat with a neighbour all count. Green spaces give us more than a view; they give us clean air, shade and birdsong. And once the bush is gone, it doesn’t come back. Amy Hiller, Kew

Protect natural heritage The destruction of old Messmate trees at Red

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Hill (“One hundred-year-old trees cut down”, The News, 13/10/26) and the community’s campaign to protect land at HMAS Cerberus (“Western Port community lodges Cerberus submission”, The News, 20/10/26) raise the same question: why are irreplaceable natural assets so poorly protected? At Red Hill, two magnificent old trees were felled for a CFA shed, despite planning overlays recognising the site’s significant landscape and vegetation values. These trees provided wildlife habitat, stored carbon and supported biodiversity. Meeting planning requirements does not necessarily justify destroying such environmental assets. Meanwhile, 17 community organisations have united to urge the Commonwealth to protect land proposed for divestment at HMAS Cerberus. Mornington Peninsula Shire proposes conservation as the primary use of the 1,164 hectares, allowing only compatible recreation, tourism or aquaculture. A conservation park would protect native vegetation, Western Port’s internationally significant wetlands, wildlife corridors and Bunurong cultural heritage. It would store carbon, strengthen climate resilience and provide public access to nature while avoiding inappropriate development. Federal MP Zoe McKenzie, Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt and Victorian Environment Minister Jaclyn Symes must work together to support the calls for conservation to be the primary use of HMAS Cerberus. They should secure public ownership and lasting protection for this irreplaceable natural asset, ensuring its ecological and cultural values are preserved for future generations. Ray Peck, Hawthorn

Dromana disappointment

Lately there’s continued talk in the township of Dromana that the town planning has failed the community. An increasing amount of hospitality venues keep opening, but a lack of retail keeps foot traffic non-existent Monday to Friday. Since the pandemic we’ve lost multiple businesses. Many have been replaced by evening operating restaurants. With next to no retail left in the precinct, there isn’t actually much to do in town anymore. The slow construction of the pier combined with the lack of shops and things to draw people to the town, has really put a dampener on what was a thriving little place to live. Exiting the freeway into the Dromana turn off (I’m sure the main arterial signage is still missing) the underpass at the Aldi is covered in graffiti and overgrown with weeds. Then the signage and roads begin to decay shortly after. Dromana could be the gateway to the Peninsula, yet it’s been forgotten about. If only someone was listening... Adam Richmond, Dromana

Why Independents

When I was young, I believed in a benevolent government. I believed that political parties were working in the best interests of the nation and state. Over the years, I have realised that political parties are subject to many influences – big business and their lobbyists, big donors, and above all, the party line. So I became interested in the Independent movement. Because an Independent MP is only answerable to the community they represent. There is no party line. They use their voting power to negotiate with the parties to achieve the outcomes that benefit the community. The problem with the Mornington and Nepean electorates is that they are safe Liberal seats. There is small interest by the ALP in funding an electorate where it doesn’t expect to win an election. The Liberal party has little incentive to invest in us because we continue to vote them in. We have to make the seats unsafe in order to get the major parties interested in providing for our community. By voting Independent, we achieve two goals. The seat is no longer safe and we put an MP into power who can negotiate with whichever party is in power and who puts our community’s interests first. It is time that we are no longer

School funding

Promises

Mornington is hearing plenty of promises from Liberal and independent candidates. What voters need to remember is that a promise without funding is just a press release. So don’t ask what they’re promising - ask what they’ve delivered and where the funding will come from. For example, promising school funding that Labor has already announced isn’t a plan. It’s taking credit for someone else’s work. School funding is already on the way under Labor. Promises are empty when a candidate pledges what has already been committed by Labor. Further, a train line to Mornington isn’t going to built with a promise. It takes a business case, a budget and a government to deliver. What is the cost, and where’s the timeline? Is that really our community’s priority? Promises aren’t funding. Only a Labor government can commit the money, and Labor is the party that delivers. Mornington doesn’t voices on the sidelines. We need a seat at the table where the budget is decided. Dr Helen Keleher, Mornington

Follow the money

Every election we have to hear about those nasty independents being “funded” by Climate200. It is interesting that Climate200’s core values centre around: community independents, integrity, honesty, transparency, accountability, climate action, political independence, political integrity, ethical political donations, lobbying reform, management of conflicts of interest, community representation, evidence-based policy, gender equality, respectful politics, constructive debate, cooperation across political divisions, and accountability to voters. There is no evidence that the candidates are “controlled” by Climate200. They do, however, vet independent candidates to make sure they share these values before supporting them. Before an independent is financially supported they must start the vetting process by filing a campaign support form which requires information about the community organisation, its candidate, community backing and values. On the other hand, special interest groups supporting the Political Oligopoly share these core values: protecting members’ interests, influencing government policy and legislation, shaping regulations and taxation, securing financial and political benefits, lobbying politicians and decision-makers, seeking access to government and funding, protecting existing benefits and privileges, influencing public spending and resource allocation, promoting preferred policies, and resisting decisions that disadvantage their interests.

Most special interest groups, however, throw their funding all over the place hoping that it gives them an advantage after the election no matter who wins. Unfortunately, unlike Independents, the Political Oligopoly Candidates do not have to declare who donates to them as campaign finance disclosure allows the money to flow through the party. If we look at VEC data for Anthony Marsh in the by-election you would see he only received $5,000 and spent nothing. AEC data for Zoe McKenzie in the last federal election she had “zero” donations and “zero” expenditure. So I am all for real time disclosures but first we have to level the playing field. Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

Commitment to respect

The shocking attack on Helen Haines outside her electorate office has left so many of us shaken. My thoughts are with Helen, her family, her staff and volunteers, and the community she serves with such care. It’s also prompted conversations we need to have about how we treat people in public life. Here in Nepean, Tracee Hutchison has spoken publicly about the sustained abuse she experienced during the May by-election, and how it contributed to her decision not to stand again. Whatever our political differences, we should be concerned when people are driven away from representing their community by harassment and intimidation. As the independent candidate for Nepean, I commit to conducting a respectful campaign and making those expectations clear to everyone campaigning alongside me. I invite every fellow candidate to make the same commitment publicly. We can debate policies vigorously, scrutinise records and ask difficult questions while treating each other with dignity. Personal abuse, sexist remarks, threats and intimidation have no place in that contest, whether in person or online. To give that commitment practical effect, I propose that each campaign nominate a captain for every shift at pre-poll and election-day booths. That person would take responsibility for their team’s conduct, respond promptly to concerns and intervene if behaviour falls short. Candidates must remain accountable for how they run their campaigns. Voters, volunteers and candidates should all feel safe participating in our democracy. There is more that unites us than divides us. Let’s demonstrate that in how we conduct this election. Kim Robbins Independent candidate for Nepean

A fair go

In the by-election last April Anthony Marsh’s supporters harassed and intimidated his independent opponent, Tracee Hutchinson. She spoke on the Raf Epstein program on 20 October about the persistent personal attacks to which she was subjected. In speaking about the appalling attack on Dr Helen Haines, Andrew Taylor, the federal leader of the Liberals said that personal abuse is a threat to our democracy. He is right and yet Anthony Marsh failed to stop personal abuse of his opponent by his supporters. Angus Taylor also said that ‘we have long been able to resolve our differences of view through long and vigorous debate’. That is not the case with the current Nepean MLA. He promulgated and amplified false claims about the cost of the Victorian treaty. He then refused several times to meet and listen to the views of the Southern Peninsula Allies Group who wanted to explain how the treaty, when implemented, would actually save money by ending wasteful expenditure on failed projects done without consultation. The Liberals say they want to promote Australian values. A core Aussie value is to give things a fair go. If the treaty benefits do not work out then Aboriginal people will be the first to call for a change of approach, but to scrap the treaty, after 10 years of negotiating and planning, without giving it a fair go is un-Australian. The current member for the state seat of Nepean is unfit to hold public office. If you support giving the Treaty a fair go, but cannot bring yourself to vote Labor, there is a sane alternative, which is to vote for the independent candidate for Nepean, Kim Robbins, and for the independent candidates standing for the Upper House, led by Antoinette Pitt. Ralph Catts, Rye

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Respectful and polite

In the lead up to the coming election there is an opportunity for all candidates to consider their behaviour and take responsibility for the actions of their supporters during the campaign. There is no place in our democracy for “dirt sheets” or personal attacks on candidates. I have witnessed the intimidation and harassment at the Rosebud pre-poll and polling day election centre. It does no one any good. Rather it deters genuine enquiry from voters looking for answers and advice in order to make an informed decision prior to completing their civic duty of voting. Running the gauntlet to vote has become an unnecessarily stressful event for many when it should be a happy, friendly community experience. Is it possible for the candidates, one of whom will be afforded the honour of representing our electorate in the state parliament, to co-operate and agree on a code of conduct for themselves, their volunteers and supporters. We can disagree, we can be passionate in our beliefs but we can also be respectful and polite. The candidates are opponents, not enemies. Rosemary Bates, McCrae

Independent thought

Being out of step with the majority of peninsula residents is criticised by M. G. Free (Election predictability, Letters, 20/10/26) in his description of certainties in life. He could have added that staying a safe Liberal seat doesn’t really seem to achieve much either. By attacking support, or supporters, for independent candidates such as Kim Robbins in Nepean, he fails to acknowledge that fresh eyes and an unencumbered approach free from party priorities and restrictions might give us a better result. It takes enormous courage and commitment to stand against the party machine and Kim Robbins has that in spades. Following the mob, whether Liberal or One Nation, is hardly likely to be the most thoughtful or effective approach. Post election, the majority rules but pre-election, independent thought has to be best. Alan Hall, Rye

Unnecessary criticism

M. G. Free, I find your criticism of David Gill and Joe Lenzo for being “out of step”, somewhat chilling (Election predictability, Letters, 20/10/26). As well as ironic, given your family name! How would evolution of idea, production, society, and species ever occur, were all to remain always “in step” with the rest? It would all be a sad echo chamber, which it all too often already is in political circles. No, it is historically those who have the guts to stand out from the crowd, with their lateral thought, imagination, foresight and ethics, despite discouraging heckling from the rusty, who have led us all forward. We were made human, not sheep. Paula Polson, Dromana

Mornington forum

Thank you to Greens Candidate Kai Titcher and Labor Candidate Kerry Macdonald for paying their respects to the Boon Warung people in their opening address at the candidates forum on Monday 19th in Mornington. Greens candidate Kai was the only candidate to speak of supporting Treaty which he did in his closing words. When much has been talked about removing the Treaty with First Nations people by the Liberal and One Nation parties should they be in government after the state election, it is disappointing this important issue for all Victorians was not addressed by other candidates at the forum. I encourage people to attend the Treaty and First Peoples Information Sesssion on Saturday 31 October 2pm in The Studio, Wilsons Rd Mornington and thank the Southern Peninsula Allies with First Peoples Assembly of Victoria for organising this. Georgie Stubbs, Mt Martha

Egg-lection time

At three-years-old, Eggeral candidate for Coop SchieflEgg would, if she wins, become one of the coop’s most average-aged Member of

Coops. SchieflEgg was hatched on Coolart Rd, and emigrated to the Coop when she was young. She joined the egg-layers at age six-months, laying hard before stepping back into a Reservist role and completing a Bachelor of Eggonomics. SchieflEgg is committed to winning the perch from Paul Egg-curio. “Genuinely, I’m standing because I’m the best chicken for the job,” said SchieflEgg. “My opponent seems more focused on cock-fights and how well his crowing is received.” SchieflEgg will also be contending with ex-Eggeral Peter Hengelico. “Hengelico quit after not getting pre-sel-egg-ted and joined the Eggeratarian Partly. Six days later, he is now running for One Lay-tion. “When was the last time Lay-cinta Allen came to the Coop? The same for Hen Carroll. He’s never laid here (because he’s a rooster) yet he’s trying to convince you he cares for you?” SchieflEgg believes humans have given up on the Coop. “I had to travel to the other side of the coop for food-scraps, and have seen the worst of coop-holes,” said SchieflEgg. “But it goes further than that. Humans have given up on roosters too, and Egg-curio still stands up there crowing in a voice that doesn’t resonate with the community. “I will be different. I will be squawking for less roosters. “The issue is that with grime out of control, we have humans that can’t see the point of cleaning the coop only to have it dirtied up again. “If we want prosperity, we need claw-and-order. Get the grime back under control, and we’ll get cleanliness back. I’ve had nearly two chooks tell me they want 24-hour laying-stations, and I will make sure that happens.” . Margot Ransom, Tyabb

Leave it as Tanti

The letter from Max Garrard (“Real community”, Letters, 20/10/26), describing his admiration for the Tanti Park Housing Commission estate in Mornington is valid. There is a pleasant ambience around the place. Perhaps it’s the homogeneous nature of the people where nobody is better than the next fellow; or is it the pleasing layout of the estate with wide streets and footpaths both sides, house blocks of 500 or 600sqm, with a good backyard. Buying this house was a modest price for a modest house, not particularly cheap but interest fixed at 5.5% for 30 or 45 years. I never paid a single dollar to a bank, lawyer, estate agent, insurance company. We had a loan from the government and we repaid the government. All legals, insurance, etc., was organised by the Commission. “You are eligible – here are the keys”. A home is essential for all young couples, a solid base for family life. Best of all, your wife was not forced to work. But there is a bad flaw in Max’s letter. He reckons that Tanti is now called Mornington Park. It is not! Mornington Park is down by the pier. Nobody has ever asked me, a resident of 50 years, if I want a name change. The Tanti name has character and historical significance. Leave it. Some estate agents and others have been trying for years to change the name in order to offset the old stigma that Tanti once had. These people don’t even live here. How utterly stupid to want to call it Mornington Park when such a named place already exists a few kilometres away. Brian A Mitchelson, Mornington

Twentieth anniversary

A huge “well done” to the president, committee, manager, staff and the wonderful volunteers, at the Bentons Square Community Centre - on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Bentons Square Community Centre on Thursday, October 22. The Bentons Square Community Centre goes from strength to strength in providing both a facility and the many and varied programmes for the local community. Thanks are due in no small way to the driving force and foresight of ex-mayor/councillor Anne Shaw some 20 years ago. Ongoing council backing has been essential and invaluable. Anne, along with local MP Chris Crewther, attended the anniversary, and were able to observe “first hand” the reasons for the welcoming environment at the centre. A committed president guiding a community minded committee, plus a manager in the true

sense of the word, who adds to these management skills by providing a welcoming and happy place for the wonderful volunteers and attendees to a programme, or maybe just drop-in for a chat. There are, of course, the supporters/partners of those mentioned who also contribute to the success of the centre. A personal thank you to all responsible seems most inadequate and very humbling, but “thank you” and well done on 20 years of well-deserved anniversary celebration. Roy and Helen Francis, Mornington

Random act of kindness

To the lovely soul who placed two (carefully wrapped) perfect yellow roses under my windscreen wiper at Centro car park Mornington on Wednesday afternoon 21/10, thank you ! You not only made my day, but your kind gesture has had the flow on effect, like the ripples on a pond. I hope someone makes you feel as special as you did me ! Anna Froelich, Mornington

Civil discourse... and Cliff

I am alarmed at the violent attack on Helen Haines. I am dismayed that Australia has gone so far down the populist path resulting in personal attacks on politicians that have been truly horrible, and they’ve gone well beyond freedom of speech. There’s a big difference between robust debate and cruel attacks on a person’s health or beliefs. The last federal election saw a change in how people behaved at polling booths which was scary. I used to enjoy polling day and the democracy sausage but now we need a security presence to keep us all safe. Social media uses political algorithms that use sensational, emotional and divisive content over factual reporting which encourages people to think and act in a certain way and that has resulted in angry, ill-informed people. In the last federal election Ben Smith’s posters were defaced and nasty words written across his face. He was just a man who wanted to represent his community, not the Devil as he was portrayed. Most people don’t feel like hurting/killing our politicians but there are unhinged people who believe all the nasty words and conspiracy theories and feel the need to harm or eliminate that person. Politicians are just people who believe that they can do a good job of representing their community and, we, the constituents can vote for who we think will represent us best. Most people vote for who they think can best represent them and their family. So we all go and vote and the party/independent with the most votes will win. Whoever wins will, hopefully, try to do what they believe is best for all. If we’re not happy with them, then we can vote them out at the next election. Politicians are people and to dehumanise them is to go down the path of Trumpism which is not democratic. And where is Cliff Ellen, AKA Barley Charlie? I hope you’re okay, Cliff, I enjoy your letters - even though you barrack for the wrong team! Nerida Miller, Mt Martha

Editor’s note: Due to the foibles of technology, no letter arrived in our inbox last week, despite Cliff sending one. You’ll be please to know he is back this week!

Who’s Clive?

Hey Clive (BarleyCharley@90.5, Letters, 15/10/26), you seem to have spent some time writing stuff, but I’m sorry, man, I am having trouble understanding what you mean: “the road to wisdom. riddled with pot holes?”, “Zombies (sheep) or control the difference for now, answer: Very Little”, “Is there a Big Brother lurking in Bendigo Bank?”, “AFL Football playing for Cricket Australia”, “Princess Pauline’s diatribes”, “Woolworths really really home insurance????” Hey Man, what are you on???? Dr. N. D. Hallam, Flinders

Barley Charley @ 90+

Bye bye my 91st October, sooner the better. Am I as bright (are U as bright) as you think you are, bank balance not withstanding? Politicians almost all; not to tell their right pocket what their left is thinking. Kindly do not get me started on our politician about “nothing” namely Angus Taylor, attacking our little mate Albo on national security. As a leftie union man Albo had his moments; no Billy Shorten obviously, but intentions nevertheless, which is more than we can say for Taylor, ditto Princess Pauline. All three are rolling in hefty bank balances, recalling an old philosophy of my thinking - the bigger the bank balance the more the holder assumes superiority? Some of my intelligent buddies (90% Liberal voters) at the local RSL never discuss politics. Apparently, there’s a sound reason, yet to discover UNLESS Livius Patavinus, BC; “He had a mind so equally versatile for all things that whatever he was doing, you would say he was born for that one thing alone.” And in Albo’s crowd - “What we’re witnessing is nothing more than a shock and awe lobbying approach by US tech, designed to swamp government decision-making.” Shouldn’t say this; I don’t miss Robert G Menzies but I miss Greg Hunt? The darling schoolies here in downtown (upmarket?) Rye, back to school, reminding myself, safely, to put my rubbish bins out. An election in Victoria, those piercing eyes, Jess Wilson, state budget, community safety/ police, bail laws; promises, promises. Young Jess likely to succeed, promises to the backline (historical) in favour of more attacks; previously hidden Labor faults? Watching television daytime surely for lonely people, and/or nutters, assuming no medical reasons. I thank God, assuming he/she is the reason, for my imaginary friend Barley Charley. Ditto to my intellectual friends, pretenders mostly, but keeping moire toes UP. And to overseas, killings continue, Australia shielded from it all, but for how long, not so far off (seemingly?) from WW3? NO? Okay, old age but praying. Finally, the song - “You can’t always get what you want, but you can try.” Just saying... Cliff Ellen, Rye

Where’s Barley Charlie?

For what feels like forever, the bottom righthand corner has featured the familiar contribution from BarleyCharlie@90.5, who has become something of an institution. His letters often wander down unexpected paths, leave readers scratching their heads, and rarely follow the neat, orderly route most of us would take. Yet that has always been part of their charm. In a world where so much writing sounds the same, BarleyCharlie has steadfastly remained BarleyCharlie. Whether you agreed with him, fully understood him, or found yourself rereading a paragraph twice just to work out where he was headed, his weekly presence became as dependable as the page itself. So this week, with that familiar spot filled by someone else’s letter, one can’t help but wonder: where’s BarleyCharlie? I hope all is well and that his distinctive voice will soon return to its rightful place in the bottom right-hand corner. After all, some traditions are worth keeping. Anne Kruger, Rye Mornington News

27 October 2026

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Seaford mystery - Mr Mealmaker missing Compiled by Cameron McCullough Quite a gloom has pervaded Seaford during the last few days, caused by the disappearance of Mr. Mealmaker, a well-known visitor to the township. Mr. Mealmaker has spent practically every weekend at Seaford for some time past, and sometimes stayed for extended periods with Mr. and Mrs. Jones, who reside in the township. On Tuesday morning he set out in the best of spirits for a bathe in the surf. Mr. Jones’ dog accompanied him. Some visitors from Melbourne, noticing his clothes on the sand, and seeing no sign of a bather, became uneasy and an alarm was raised. This was about midday on Tuesday, and up to the present no trace can be found of the unfortunate bather. The case presents some peculiar points which are causing a good deal of discussion. The visitors who first noticed the clothes on the beach could find no trace of foot-prints on the sand between the clothes and the beach. This led to the belief that he had been taken ill or for some other reason had turned into the thick ti-tree which lines the shore. A search in this direction, however, revealed nothing. Mrs. Jones, who refuses to believe the worst, contends that a sudden lapse of memory, or some such unexplainable event, caused him to turn away from the water and wander away. This is not, of course, feasible, as it would be practically impossible for anyone to leave the beach and cross the road anywhere in the locality without being seen, especially as he was

attired only in his bathing costume. Mr. Jones, when interviewed, was not so optimistic. He pointed out that the dog, which still mounted guard over the clothes until they were removed, would assuredly have followed him had he turned from the beach. On Wednesday, the Carrum and Frankston police patrolled the beach from Carrum to Frankston, but no trace of the body was found. This in itself is remarkable, as the missing man was an indifferent swimmer, and if he was drowned the tragedy must have occurred close inshore, and as there was a fairly heavy sea running at the time it is more than probable that the body would come ashore at once. There have been very few drowning fatalities along this beach, which is regarded as a remarkably safe one for bathers, and in the few cases where drowning has occurred the bodies have been recovered. With the strong winds which have prevailed during the week, it seems impossible that a body would be carried out by tide or current. The police and residents are keeping a sharp watch on the beach, and it is hoped that the seeming mystery will be cleared up in a day or two. *** Accident to student A painful accident befell John Nicholls, son of Mr. Nicholls, headmaster of Pearcedale State school, whilst competing in the High school sports on Wednesday. Master Nicholls, when running in the relay race by some means

wrenched the muscles of his thigh. Dr. C. Maxwell who attended him, was unable to definitely define the trouble, but is of the opinion that the muscle has been torn from the thigh bone and that a small portion of the bone has come away with it. An X-ray examination is to be made to determine the extent and nature of the injury. Master Nicholls is at present at the home of Mr. Bishop, headmaster of the local high school. *** Wake Up Frankston! Boosters’ Club Formed The meeting called for Tuesday evening for the purpose of forming a Boosters’ Club was well attended. Enthusiasm was the keynote of the proceedings, and within a few minutes of opening the meeting a motion to the effect that a Boosters’ Club be formed had been submitted and carried, the membership fee fixed at 2/6 per annum, and close on twenty members enrolled. On the motion of Cr. Pratt and Mr. Marshall, Mr. Rogan was, elected president. The election, of officers then proceeded and resulted as follow: Vice-president, Cr. J. L. Pratt; secretary, Mr. C. Parnell; treasurer, Mr. C. Meredith. The president, Mr. Rogan, who has just returned from a tour of Western America was the prime mover in instituting the formation of the club. Wherever Mr. Rogan travelled he took note of the American methods of advertising their centres, and collected some 200 folders and booklets issued by the various towns.

Many of these folders were handed around and excited considerable interest. Mr. Rogan pointed out that many of the American towns where big things had been accomplished, had not anything like the natural advantages which Frankston possesses. In support of the impressions he had gained in his travels, Mr. Rogan read a clipping from the “Herald” which gave the opinions of a recent visitor to Australia. The visitor had said that Australia needs more boost. He had previously known practically nothing of our country and it was only through having been ordered a long sea voyage that he had come to Australia. He was surprised at our splendid tourist attractions. California had placed itself on the map through advertising, and yet we, who had the same or even better facilities for all-the-year-round tourist attractions did little or nothing to let the world know about them. The object of the new club is to advertise Frankston throughout the length and breadth of the state, and further afield if possible. This can be done, and the club intends to do it. There is no doubt that the money expended in advertising our township will come back to us threefold if we will only resolve to carry the thing through. A suggestion was made that the various associations at present operating on similar lines should be merged into one big organisation. Mr. Jewell said that there was a possibility of lukewarm support to the

club, owing to too many associations for the betterment of the town, being formed. Mr. Pope supported this view. He said that there were so many meetings to attend that it was impossible to keep in touch with them all. In addition to this, there was a good deal of overlapping in the objects of the associations. Naturally, very little concrete business could be done on the first night, and most of the evening was devoted to the receiving and recording of suggestions which can be worked upon at the next meeting. *** Personal The many friends of Mrs. J. Nott Marsh will be pleased to learn that she is recovering from her recent serious operation, and is leaving the Women’s Hospital this week, although she will not return home for some little time. Constable Addison, who was formerly stationed at Frankston, has received notice of his transfer from Myrtleford to Belgrave. Mr. and Mrs. P. Wheeler, who have been absent for some time on a trip to England, returned to Melbourne on the s.s. “Themistocles” on Wednesday. Mrs. J. D. Jennings is expected to return to Frankston in the early part of next week. Mrs. Jennings has been absent in England for nearly three years, and will no doubt notice a marked change in the township on her return. *** From the Pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 29 October 1926

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PROVINCIAL

WILD weather wreaked havoc on the cricket on Saturday with two of the four games in Provincial Division abandoned due to rain. Mornington are still to notch a win in the 26/27 season after a close loss to Red Hill. A number of Mornington’s batters stood up in their innings, but there were also three batters out for single figures, and two ducks in the mix. Charlie Parker top scored for Mornington before being bowled by Harrison Borthwick for 45 runs. The side didn’t quite make it through the full 40 overs before running out of wickets with 161 on the board. In response, Red Hill had some solid starts and Henry Riddle top scored for the side with 38 not out. In the end they passed the total with just a little more than an over to spare, and with a single wicket in hand. Sorrento would have been feeling confident in getting the win against Dromana after posting an impressive total but still fell short. Corey Harris was easily the best for the Sharks, falling just short of a century with 98. His team was well supported by Mitchell Bench who scored 45 runs off 42 balls, and a swashbuckling 48 not out off 31 balls by Dimitri Mascarenhas, including two fours and three sixes. Batting out the full term, Sorrento ended up on 4/237. In response, Dromana’s openers showed some form with Beau Anthony scoring 23 off 20 balls, and captain Bobby Wilson 55 off 53 balls. The star of Dromana’s innings, though, was Udara Ravindu who shone. He scored 114 not out from 101 balls, with 13 fours and two sixes. They passed Sorrento’s total at the beginning of the 39th over with the loss of just five wickets. The first abandoned game for the day was the Old Peninsula versus Langwarrin clash. Old Peninsula won the toss and elected to bat. They got to 6/192 batting out their full 40 overs, and Langwarrin came to the crease for the chase. The Kangaroos got off to a slow start before the game was abandoned in the seventh over at 2/39. The other abandoned game was Pines versus Baden Powell. Pines won the toss and elected to bat. They played out their full 40 overs and managed 168 runs. Pat Jackson was their best with 43 runs off 42 balls. In response, Baden Powell’s run rate was far too low for a win, and the team were saved by the weather in the 12th over at 2/42.

PENINSULA

MT Eliza fell short in their game against Rosebud. Mt Eliza won the toss and decided to send Rosebud in to bat. The middle order stood up for Rosebud, with Patrick Nagel top scoring with 68 runs not out as they batted out their full 40 with the figures of 6/178. In response, Mt Eliza’s openers both fell cheaply before Lahiru Opatha came to the crease and showed form with 57 runs before being caught out. Pawan Dias Edirisinghe top scored for the side with 70 off 73 balls, but

it wasn’t quite enough. The side made it through the allotted overs with one wicket in hand, but still 12 runs short of Rosebud’s total. Somerville suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of Long Island. Somerville were sent in to bat first, and their openers failed to fire. Third batter Nick Mann top scored with 32 off 61 balls, and Daniel Rogers managed 27 and Taj Duggan 21. Batting out their overs, Somerville ended up with figures of 9/141. In response, both of Long Island’s opening batters made solid starts, both notching 28 runs. Michael Burke had another good week, top scoring for his side with 42 not out off 67 as they passed Somerville’s total in the 38th over with the loss of just five wickets. The Heatherhill versus Balnarring clash ended up being abandoned, but not before Balnarring batted first and posted figures of 7/202. Jake Hewitt was the best for Balnarring with 47 not out off 51 balls, and three other Balnarring batters made it into their 30s. In response, Heatherhill were 0/59 at the end of the 12th over when the elements made continued play impossible. The Crib Point versus Seaford clash was abandoned without play.

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BONEO had an easy win over Tyabb. Tyabb struggled with the bat with only a handful of batters getting starts. Tyler Regan was the standout for the side with 56 not out, albeit off 106 balls. They were all out with just a couple of balls to go, and posted figures of 10/160. In response, Boneo did it easily. Despite opener Caolan O’Connor falling for a golden duck, at the other end, vice-captain Sam Fowler managed 70 runs off 60 balls. There were no other stand-outs for Boneo, but the foundation was set and they passed Tyabb’s total in the 30th over. Moorooduc had a good win over Flinders. Moorooduc batted first and had a lot

of single figure scores on their sheet. The innings was made by the performance of Nick Williams who scored 86 runs for his side, including seven fours and five sixes. The next best was Michael Whincup who managed 32 not out off 40 balls. The side finished on 7/172 after their 40 overs. In response, the openers got off to a good start for Flinders with Hudson Blake managing 40 runs before being caught out by Benjamin Williams. The other opener, Max Wilkinson, managed 21 runs. Much further down the order, Luke Reynolds also put on 29 not out off 33 runs. It wasn’t enough though, and Flinders ran out of wickets in the 38th over still 17 runs short of Moorooduc’s total. The Seaford Tigers and Carrum clash was abandoned early in Carrum’s chase. Seaford batted out their full 40 overs, getting to 9/186. Karanbir Singh was the best for Seaford Tigers with 46 off just 34 balls including five fours and one six. In response, Carrum only made it through two overs and had the figures of 0/5 when the game was called off. Rye posted a score of 9/176 in their game against Carrum Downs. The highlight of their innings was Manu Goraya’s 70 runs off 69 balls. In response, it was slow going for Carrum Downs who were saved by the gods, with weather stopping play after the 27th over with the Cougars well short at 3/98.

SUB DISTRICT

MT Martha are on the top of the MPCA Sub District table after a win over Frankston YCW. Mt Martha won the toss and elected to bat. The batters for the side showed some depth, with all but two getting into double figures. Mikis Vemis high scored with 43 not out as they got to 6/172 off the full 40 overs. In response, one of the Stonecats’ openers failed to fire with one from 20 balls before going out. At the other end, Jason Bedford put on 49 from 52.

The innings was supported by a strong 39 not out by Aaron Barrett, but it wasn’t enough and while the Stonecats batted out their full 40 overs, they ended up 23 runs short of the total. Baxter had an easy win against Pearcedale. The Panthers batted first but the openers failed to fire, both back in the shed for four runs each. Next came a duck by Daniel Mitchell before the middle order started to find some form. Tim Dudgeon top scored for the side with 29 runs, and captain Stefan Bock was not far behind on 28. The lower order didn’t show much support, with the final two batters out for a duck and a golden duck respectively. In the end the best they could do was 130 runs at the end of the 36th over. In response, Baxter did it with ease. Openers Todd Quinn and Mark Cooper scored 25 and 33 respectively, and the next three batters all posted decent starts before they passed Pearcedale’s total in the 19th over with the loss of just three wickets. Skye smashed Ballam Park in their clash. Winning the toss, Ballam Park decided to send Skye in to bat. A couple of Skye’s batters stood up for the side with Patrick Beckham scoring 69 runs off 85 balls, including four fours and three sixes, and Trav Campbell scoring 72 not out off 72 balls. They batted out their full 40 with figures of 5/231. In response, none of Ballam Park’s batters fired. Opener Bradley Jones was out for a duck, and at the other end, Yamun Yadev managed just 12. The team’s top scorer was Bill Biggs who managed 21 runs off 59 balls. In the end, Ballam Park ran out of batters in the 36th over with just 96 runs on the boards, 135 runs short of Skye’s total. Main Ridge got the win over Tootgarook in a rain-affected game. Delacombe Park had a bye. *** Due to the wild weather on Sunday, all MPCA womens’ cricket matches in Provisional, Peninsula and District Divisions were abandoned.

MORNINGTON didn’t manage to clinch the win in their game against Red Hill. Picture: Paul Churcher

MPCA MENS FIXTURE PROVINCIAL Saturday 31 October, 12.30pm: Old Peninsula v Pines – Peninsula Grammar Sorrento v Baden Powell – Portsea Recreation Reserve Red Hill v Langwarrin – Red Hill Recreation Reserve Mornington v Dromana – Alexandra Park PENINSULA Saturday 31 October, 12.30pm: Crib Point v Mt Eliza – Crib Point Recreational Reserve Balnarring v Seaford – Balnarring Recreation Reserve Long Island v Rosebud – Ballam Park Heatherhill v Somerville – Bruce Park DISTRICT Saturday 31 October, 12.30pm: Seaford Tigers v Tyabb – Belvedere Reserve Moorooduc v Carrum Downs – Dallas Brooks Reserve Rye v Boneo – Rosebud Secondary College Flinders v Carrum – BA Cairns Reserve SUB DISTRICT Saturday 31 October, 12.30pm: Pearcedale v Skye – Pearcedale Recreation Reserve Tootgarook v Ballam Park – Truemans Road Reserve Delacombe Park v Main Ridge – Delacombe Park Reserve Frankston YCW v Baxter – Peninsula Reserve Mt Martha – Bye

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Strikers boys are back in town SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie GETTING the gang back together could be the underlying theme of the return to the coaching helm of one of Peninsula Strikers’ favourite sons in Scott Morrison. In just one season what were highly competitive senior and reserve programs at Centenary Park collapsed this year with the seniors being relegated to State 3 South-East and the reserves finishing last. Morrison had taken a year-long sabbatical to concentrate on family matters and could only watch despairingly as the club lurched towards an unhappy season finale. As soon as he decided to return to football and specifically to Strikers his successors’ days were numbered. In the blink of an eye this year’s head coach Ross Walliss and assistant Ben Sharland were thanked for their services and Morrison was back where he belongs. Since then Strikers have been involved in a signing flurry with Wayne “Buzzer’ Gordon, Stevie Elliott, Ben Caballero, Jai Power, Jamie Davidson, Matt Harrington, Josh Botha, Danny Brooks, Jacob Pay, Jordy May, Hayden Schreck and Max Civil all agreeing terms for next season with many more to come. Morrison’s assistants are Jason Symonds with veteran Gordon a playing assistant and as the club gears up for next year’s 60th anniversary celebrations the onfield outlook is positive. We sat down with the Strikers’ gaffer to talk about the job ahead and he also gave us an insight into how he evaluates players and the qualities he looks for. Q1: You are involved in a major rebuild of the senior and reserves squads. How did that need come about? SM: Obviously at the end of the 2025 season my leaving contributed to players moving on. I can’t speak about how things transpired in the off-season or how players were handled leading into 2026. Just let’s say that there was a massive number of players that came through the club last season, boys that were only there for a week or so and then gone again and that’s not a good situation. Like any coach going in you assess what’s there and the situation the club is in. I’ve already said that the club getting relegated and the reserves finishing last is unacceptable so there needs to be change and there needs to be a strong focus on getting both squads back to where they need to be. That means a big rebuild is required across the whole club. We need to get Strikers’ people back – both players and supporters – to help the club and that’s what we are doing with some of our recruiting by talking to boys who love the club and want to come back. That’s a major part of the rebuild and the boys that want to come back so far are the ones that enjoyed the culture that we had created within the group which is really important. Q2. Explain the way you go about signing the players you want. Do you make the initial contact then arrange a meeting with player and club with you in attendance? Do you talk about next

Main men: Stevie Elliott (left) and Danny Brooks are two influential parts of the senior squad that Peninsula Strikers are building for the 2027 season. Pictures: Jordan M. Sport.

season’s goals and the part you see the player can play in achieving them? SM: Yes, that’s pretty close to what happens but we don’t always initiate contact. You often have boys who contact the club or myself and we’ve had quite a few in the off-season reach out to us, boys we want too, ones in the right age bracket coming out of NPL 20s or 23s because they know they will get a crack with us. But of course there are targets that we go after, boys we identified early that we wanted to bring back to the club or bring to the club for the first time. I will normally speak to them first as we have a strong emphasis on signing good people and that has contributed massively to the culture we had and plan to rebuild. I will indicate why we want them to join us, how I see them fitting in, also what they are looking for or hoping to achieve. If our thoughts align we will then set up a meeting at the club with the coaching staff and Adrian (Scialpi, club president) and go into further details. We have so many boys that have fallen out of love with the game, or come through that NPL system or other clubs and it hasn’t worked out the way they thought it would. We love getting those boys in because age isn’t a barrier for us. Quite simply if you are good enough you will play and you will get the opportunity to develop into a senior player. If in a few years’ time a club like Langwarrin or some other higher club comes calling for one of our players then we consider that a win for us. It validates our program and the work we have put in to help that player be the best they can. I imagine it’s similar across the board with clubs in the way they sign players but one thing we do is our homework on the person not just the player. As I’ve said previously we sign good people over good players. Yes they obviously can play but they’ve got to fit into what we are doing. Signing guys who don’t want a bar of the club or its people doesn’t interest me. If you’re coming to Strikers you’re coming to rep-

resent the people behind the badge on your shirt because they will back you in all day long. Q3. Have you locked in a reserves coaching staff and how important is it for the club to have a strong reserves squad? SM: We’re very close to having the reserves coaches sorted, hopefully we can announce something next week. The reserves are just as important as anyone else and I take a very keen interest in them. In fact we will mix in together at training quite a bit at times so there is no us and them. They share a changeroom and they are treated as equals with the senior team. They know they have to earn their stripes but there’s no egos with us. Quite often you will see a Brooksy, Stevie, ‘Buzzer’ working with the young boys, offering advice etc and that’s what we want. We have to have a strong reserves side because we want boys in there really putting the pressure on the senior players and helping to drive standards because they want a spot. We want our juniors coming through to be aiming for the reserves not looking elsewhere because the reserves aren’t what they should be. So a big part of the work being done is making sure our reserves side is strong and so far we’ve had plenty of interest which is exciting. Q4. I know you expect to bounce back and be in the promotion race again but how strong is State 3 and who are the sides to watch out for at this early stage? SM: We won’t be fixating on promotion as it’s too easy to get bogged down on that. Yes we want to win games and get the club back on track but we need to make sure we get things right first. We have to build for the future in a sustainable fashion. I believe we will do that and the results will then look after themselves. I don’t want to sound cliched but it will be a tough league as there are plenty of big clubs in there and tough teams. The likes of Hampton Park, Endeavour United, Springvale City plus many others will be up there

so I’m expecting a close comp. Q5. Last off-season the reserves weren’t involved in pre-season preparations before Christmas. Will you involve the reserves in any preChristmas sessions? SM: Yes the reserves will 100% be involved from the first night back on 19th November. As I said above they are just as important and there is plenty of work to be done there so yes the whole playing group will be on the track before Christmas. I can’t comment on why that didn’t happen last year but even if we didn’t have reserves coaches they would be there and we would make it work. Our young players need to feel the love just as much as the older ones. But we will have reserves coaches and I expect good numbers. Q6. Finally when you are assessing players what different attributes do you look for in goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards? SM: I think for goalkeepers you want confidence, someone who commands the box and communicates clearly. Someone who is comfortable with what’s ahead of him and we are lucky to have back some experienced defenders who will help with that. Also keepers have to be good with the ball at their feet. Benny (Caballero) ticks all those boxes for me and I’m expecting a big year from him. I think with defenders these days there’s almost more of a focus on how they play out with the ball rather than what their actual job is and that’s to defend. Our defensive record in 2024 and 2025 was outstanding and that’s because we had very good defenders, tough, brave and who read the game well. I like fullbacks who can get up and down and support the forward players and be creative too. We do a lot of work on our defensive structure, different scenarios if we are caught out of shape and how we cover it, important roles for different players and what’s most important in those situations. All our defenders can play good football, it’s making sure the decision making is correct in when to do it and when not to. Our midfielders need to be hard workers, have quality with the ball and a bit of mongrel about them. They’ve got to be brave with the football. We don’t want to play backwards, we want to get forward and hurt teams, work hard to get on the ball and use it well. Our forwards will have a good mix with speed and quality in front of goal. Their movement and positioning has to be good and something we work a lot on as there needs to be an understanding across the whole side of how we want to get forward. We don’t want players to be robots, we want them to make good decisions with the football and be brave with it, but there is a lot of work that goes into making sure we have an understanding of the movements and timing as we get out and up the pitch. Sometimes less is more for attackers. Just do your thing, use your strengths whether that’s speed, dropping in and getting out, but we make sure they understand each other’s strengths and hopefully utilise them.

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