Students battle for the tallest tower
A DECK of cards, a mountain of sticky tape, and a lot of ambition.
That’s what students had from across the Western Port area when they took part in creating the tallest freestanding tower at an Inter Schools Activity Challenge (ISAC) held at BlueScope Steel in Hastings on 7 August.
Organised by Somerville Tyabb Rotary Club, the event brought together 20 teams of year 5/6 students from 12 schools.
ISAC is designed to spark creativity, teamwork, and critical thinking, as well as a fun learning experience – which are all skills at the heart of science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM).
The students’ work was judged on style, teamwork, and construction.
While all towers were a standout, the winning team went to The Giraffes from Baxter Primary School after they built a 1.4-metre-tall tower, which also withstood a five-second wind breeze from a fan.
Each team received cash to support their school projects with all awards presented at a Baxter Primary School assembly on 8 August.
ISAC is part of Rotary’s commitment to youth engagement and skills development. BlueScope, which has hosted previous ISAC events, also sponsored the day.
Somerville Tyabb Rotary Club president Ken Taylor said, “STEM learning is vital for our community’s future. Since 2018, Rotary has proudly run the ISAC challenge, and we are incredibly proud of what it has become. Our youth director, Aled Roberts, does fantastic work”.
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Peninsula records state’s highest homelessness numbers
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THE Mornington Peninsula now has the highest number of people sleeping rough out of any local government area in Victoria – including Melbourne City. In 2024–25, more than 948 people sought support through independently funded homelessness services across the peninsula. As of 30 June 2025, there are 110 people recorded as homeless, with 75% sleeping rough in tents, cars and on foreshore reserves. A large proportion of these are women, youth and people over 55.
with community partners to “deliver real, lasting solutions” that makes homelessness on the peninsula “rare, brief and non-recurring”.
Mornington Peninsula Shire has renewed its advocacy to state and federal governments for urgent resources and committed to working closely
The shire has launched the Mornington Peninsula Zero project, in partnership with Launch Housing, Frankston Zero and ten local support organisations to connect directly with people sleeping rough to help tailor services and provide long-term hous-
ing solutions. The shire also submitted a motion to the Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly in June 2025, calling for the federal government to address the impacts of the national homelessness crisis by providing increased funding towards community support centres and outreach workers to support homeless people find housing.
“Homelessness is not just a statistic. It’s someone’s son, daughter, neighbour or friend,” said Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh.
“On the peninsula, it’s happening in every township. We see women over 55 living in cars. Families struggling to find a safe place to sleep. This isn’t acceptable, and we won’t stand by. Continued Page 8
THE Giraffes from Baxter Primary School took first place. Picture: Supplied
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Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal progresses to environmental assessment
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THE proposed Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal (VRET) in Western Port Bay is a step closer after the federal government deemed the project a “controlled action”. The announcement, by federal Environment Minister Murray Watt on 31 July, progresses the project to a combined state and federal Environment Effects Statement (EES) assessment process and potential approval.
The VRET involves building a dedicated assembly port in Western Port Bay to support the construction of Victoria’s first offshore wind farms along the Victorian coast.
The decision comes after plans for the terminal were put on hold in January 2024, when the former federal Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek, rejected the project on grounds that it would have “unacceptable and unmitigable risks to the ecological values of Western Port’s Ramsar Wetlands”, under Commonwealth environment protection laws. (Federal veto a blow to terminal plans, The News 10/1/24).
Soon after the decision, the Port of Hastings Corporation (POHC) announced that on the advice of the Allen government, design work and environmental studies would continue in preparation for the EES assessment process, and a revised project design would form the basis of a new referral to the federal government under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
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for a 25-hectare site on what is known as the Old Tyabb Reclamation Area, between Esso’s Long Island Point jetty and the BlueScope Steel wharves.
The POHC argues that this location “makes it an ideal location for an offshore wind assembly port, with large areas of appropriately zoned land close to deep water channels and proximity to proposed offshore wind farms off the Gippsland and Southern Ocean regional coasts.”
Minister Watt’s decision that the project is a “controlled action” has been welcomed by the POHC with them stating, “the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal is an important enabling project for Victoria’s clean energy future, and this determination is an important step forward, confirming the project will continue through
environmental assessment”.
According to the POHC, “The preliminary impact assessments, submitted as part of the EPBC Act referral found potential impacts from the project would be small, localised and temporary, with nothing indicating the impacts would be unacceptable”. This position will be robustly examined as part of the EES assessment.
Also welcoming the news was the Committee for Frankston & Mornington Peninsula, with CEO Josh Sinclair telling The News, “The Committee has been a vocal supporter of this project since 2023, and we strongly believe it will have a positive impact on Hastings and Western Port communities.
“The Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal is an important enabling project for Victoria’s plans for off-
shore wind, and this determination confirms the project will continue through environmental assessment.”
While welcoming the federal decision for a “controlled action”, several environmental groups continue to raise concerns about the project and its placement within Western Port’s internationally accredited wetlands.
Among those groups is Save Westernport, whose spokesperson, Julia Stockigt told The News “We fully support the need to urgently move to renewables at speed, but we are yet to be presented with a convincing rationale for locating a project of this scale, with its potential to cause irreparable damage in Western Port Bay over decades in operation, when other potentially suitable locations exist.”
“We question whether the current, revised plan differs enough from the initial design that Minister Plibersek rejected in her 2024 ruling, when she found it would have clearly unacceptable impacts on the ecological character and the habitat of threatened species and communities in Western Port’s Ramsar wetlands.
“The Victorian government has not released the selection criteria report used to rule out other potentially suitable sites and choose the Port of Hastings, within a protected Ramsar wetland of international significance, as their ‘preferred location’ for the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal.”
The “controlled action” designation will result in an environmental assessment constrained to looking at the Western Port Bay site for the VRET, without considering other options.
“While the POHC, as the proponent, has reduced the project footprint and the extent of dredging in the revised design, we note that a number of unmanageable impacts still remain,” said Stockigt.
“Not least of these would be the enormous increase in shipping traffic in Western Port. The prolonged impacts of sediment mobilisation could devastate Western Port’s intertidal wetlands and marine ecosystems over the decades of this project’s operation. We question whether this complies with the Wise Use of Wetlands— an obligation conferred by Western Port’s Ramsar status.”
Shannon Hurley, marine campaigner for The Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) has been another voice of concern.
“We want certainty that the project can be done in a way that doesn’t cause unacceptable harm to the Western Port wetlands and we aren’t confident that has been achieved yet”.
The EES assessment process will provide all parties with the opportunity to thoroughly examine the project and its potential adverse environmental outcomes. Save Westernport, VNPA, Western Port Peninsula Protection Council, the Western Port Biosphere, and French Island Citizens Association are among the participating members of the port’s community reference group. The CRG will continue to meet throughout the EES assessment process.
The VRET project is required to obtain approval from both State and Federal governments before construction can commence.
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Cuddly bears with a big purpose support Legacy
By Brendan Rees
THEY may be cute and cuddly, but these bears are doing some serious work.
Specially uniformed Australian Defence Force (ADF) bears will be popping up across the peninsula in the hands of volunteers raising funds for Legacy Week from 30 August to 6 September.
Legacy is a charity that supports the families of our fallen and injured veterans. It cares for more than 30,000 veterans in Australia including widows and veterans’ dependents with a disability.
The charity also provides financial
and social support for the families in their care, as well as educational and developmental needs.
Volunteers from the Mornington Peninsula Legacy Club in Mt Eliza will be stationed at 20 locations offering the bears along with badges, drink holders, keyrings, and other merchandise to support Legacy’s vital programs.
ADF members from HMAS Cerberus will also be volunteering their time to support the worthy cause.
Mornington Peninsula Legacy looks after over 550 beneficiaries on the peninsula, from Chelsea all the way to Sorrento.
“The bears always bring smiles,
but the meaning behind them is what truly matters,” Mornington Peninsula Legacy’s office manager Kristy McGuane said.
“They represent service, sacrifice, and the support our community can offer to those left behind.”
To purchase a bear or any merchandise visit Karingal Hub, Mornington Central, Bentons Square, Rosebud Plaza, Frankston Bayside, or Bunnings stores at Hastings, Mornington, Frankston, and Carrum Downs.
Volunteers are welcome to express their interest in helping during Legacy Week. For more information call 9708 8201 or email legacy@ mplegacy.com.au
Police to power up e-bike enforcement
Police have launched a new road policing enforcement effort targeting reckless e-bike riders.
Operation Consider has been launched in response to a significant increase in road trauma involving e-bikes. New police data shows there were 144 e-bike collisions in 2024, up from 79 in 2023.
Provisional analysis of 2025 collision data indicates there were at least 113 e-bike collisions as at 30 July this year.
One high-profile incident involving an allegedly illegally modified e-bike was the death of Hastings resident William Lothian, who was hit and killed by on Frankston Flinders Road on 12 May.
Police allege the 24-year-old rider, Jacob Charleston, was unlicenced, had methamphetamine in his system, and was riding a highly modified bike with a 5000-watt motor fitted.
Charleston is currently on bail, with a bail review hearing scheduled for 21 August and a committal hearing scheduled for October.
Operation Consider will involve police members patrolling on foot and using bicycles, motorcycles and highway patrol vehicles to target riders using overpowered and illegal e-bikes.
If an e-bike power output exceeds 200 watts (for power-assisted bicycle), exceeds 250 watts or travels more than 25km/h (for electricallypowered assisted cycle), or the motor is not the secondary source of power, then it is overpowered.
An overpowered e-bike is considered a motorcycle and subject to the same road rules as other motorcycles including licencing, registration, and drink and drug driving penalties.
“The increase in e-bike usage has also meant that unfortunately we’ve seen a rise in road trauma involving these vehicles,” said Road Policing Assistant Commissioner, Glenn Weir.
“Nine times out of ten, the e-bikes involved in these collisions are either overpowered, noncompliant or they are not being used in accordance with the road rules.
“We acknowledge there may be some confusion among the community when it comes to
e-bikes, however the onus is on riders to ensure they understand and comply with the rules before using their e-bike.
“We’re putting e-bike riders on notice – check your bike, make sure it’s compliant and obey the rules – failure to do so and there could be some hefty penalties coming your way.”
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WILLIAM Lothian died on 12 May when he was hit by an allegedly illegally modified e-bike in Hastings. Picture: Supplied
KRISTY McGuane, Nan Kelly (Vietnam Legacy widow), and Debbie Kelly. Picture: Yanni
Gatehouse dismantling due to commence next week
THE heritage-listed Norman Lodge gatehouse on Nepean Highway, Mount Eliza, is due to commence being dismantled by Monday 18 August to be in compliance with an order issued by Hertiage Victoria.
The deadline comes a year after a demolition order was issued for the building after a structural engineer’s report identified it as having suffered “total loss of structural integrity”.
The protected gatehouse has fallen into disrepair over the past decade and has been the subject of planning applications in 2013 and 2020 that would have seen the structure deconstructed and moved just metres away to be reconstructed on a concrete slab footing. However, works were not undertaken.
The situation was exacerbated in April 2024 when the building was badly damaged when a large eucalyptus tree fell onto it.
At the time, the chief operations officer for the Chas J Group, which owns the property, told The News that the building would be repaired as stipulated under the heritage order (Weather a blow to heritage gatehouse, The News 23/4/24).
Heritage Victoria subsequently issued a notice to the owner to obtain an approved heritage specialised structural engineering report, with a particular focus on the structural integrity and ability to save the building. The report found severe cracking
on all four sides of the gatehouse resulting in a total loss of structural integrity.
In June 2024 Heritage Victoria issued a notice to show cause under the Heritage Act 2017 to the owners of the Norman Lodge Gatehouse requiring a range of works and activities to be undertaken following damage caused by the fallen tree.
This included the installation of tarpaulin to protect the registered place from weather damage.
On 16 August 2024, a further show cause notice was issued by Heritage
Victoria as a precursor to a potential repair order requiring the dismantling and reconstruction of the Gatehouse.
In September 2024, Heritage Victoria received a response advising that all requirements would be met, including the dismantling and reconstruction of the gatehouse.
The owners’ heritage consultants prepared the required documentation which was approved by Heritage Victoria on 13 June 2025.
An extension was then requested and granted, requiring dismantling to commence by 4 August with an
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additional extension being granted to 18 August.
Asked by The News why a tarpaulin is no longer in place, a representative from Heritage Victoria said they were “unaware that the tarpaulin had been removed and has sought clarification from the owner”.
Norman Lodge Estate’s listing on the Victorian Heritage Register, which includes the gatehouse, notes the site “is significant to the history and development of Victoria and is protected by law.”
The estate is considered a rare
intact example of one of several bayside estates constructed in the 1860s as summer retreats for Melbourne’s businessmen. It is one of the few of these estates which was not substantially subdivided during the mid-20th century, when maintenance of these properties became difficult for individual families.
Norman Lodge is of historical significance for its association with several important Melbourne businessmen in the 19th and 20th centuries, including Richard Grice, Thomas Baker and Norman Myer.
It is the responsibility of Heritage Victoria to regulate and enforce the Heritage Act. Under the act the owner of a Victorian Heritage Register place must not allow that place or object to fall into disrepair (HA s 152). The owner must also not fail to maintain that place to the extent that its conservation is threatened (HA s 153). Enforcement action can be undertaken by Heritage Victoria if it considers a place has been allowed to fall into disrepair or is not being maintained. Penalties, including fines and/or imprisonment, can be issued for failure to abide by a repair order issued by Heritage Victoria.
A representative of the property owner told The News “Since the collapse of the tree limb overhanging the structure, resulting in serious damage to it, we have and continue to work with relevant stakeholders towards a suitable resolution for the site. These endeavours currently remain ongoing.”
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ON 2 August around 150 people filled the Flinders Civic Centre for a community meeting to hear about the impacts of the shire’s cuts to performing arts funding and decision to rescind the Climate Emergency Declaration and Action Plan.
The environmental and arts advocates chose to combine their causes, finding common ground, despite differing challenges. The arts community is facing a considerable cut in funding from historically high levels, and climate groups the removal of the action plan that provided structure for the peninsula’s approach to climate change mitigation.
The audience included shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh, shire CEO Mark Stoermer and councillors Kate Roper and Michael Stephens, with speakers addressing the crowd from both the arts and environmental community.
Organised by Save Our Arts MP and the Peninsula Climate Alliance (PCA), speakers included Flinders Fringe Festival, Dreamhouse Theatre, Peninsula Films and the recently formed PCA made up of Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network, The Western Port Biosphere, Save Westernport, the Victorian Farmers Federation Peninsula Branch, Flinders Zero Carbon Community, Repower Mornington Peninsula, Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation Group, the Nepean Conservation Group and the ACF Mornington Peninsula Branch.
Since the meeting it is believed another five groups have joined the PCA.
Flinders Fringe Festival co-founder and executive producer Claire Thorn said the shire’s cuts to creative and performing arts development grants had devastated local creatives, along with new funding criteria making sole trader creatives ineligible for funding.
“These creative grants have built a creative community and a creative
economy that is thriving, and it’s impossible to imagine how Fringe might have come to be without the significant investment from our council,” said Thorn.
“We are urging councillors to reconsider these cuts as they have committed to do in the mid-financial year review, and reinstate eligibility for sole trader creatives to apply.”
Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh told The News “Despite the claims, arts and climate
funding remain among the highest levels in our history, alongside major increases in other services that improve life across the peninsula”.
“I’ll meet with anyone or any group, but that doesn’t mean we’ll always agree. Our job is to balance different views and deliver for the whole community.”
“To put it in perspective, arts and culture funding is greater than what we allocate to public health, recreation and leisure, child and family
health, community safety and youth services.”
PCA members Jane Carnegie from Save Westernport and Greg Holland from MP Landcare Network spoke on behalf of the Peninsula Climate Alliance on what is being lost by the abolition of the Climate Emergency Declaration and Action Plan, and the funding cuts to groups such as Repower.
“Our community wants our council to take action on climate. We are already seeing the impact of coastal erosion and extreme weather, and we are increasingly at risk,” Carnegie said.
Alliance member and president of Repower Deb Coffey told The News “The climate and arts causes have come together to voice our shared dismay at the council’s actions”.
“The Peninsula Climate Alliance, representing over 1000 members from 15 local climate groups, should indicate to the council how important climate action is to our community. The alliance urges council to reinstate a strategic Climate Plan with targeted, funded actions to specifically address climate change.”
A motion calling on council to reinstate the Climate Emergency Declaration and the Climate Action Plan was unequivocally passed at the meeting.
Equally unequivocally, Marsh told The News “There is absolutely no intention to reinstate a Climate Emergency Declaration. We’re getting on with the job and delivering real, tangible outcomes for our community.”
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PENINSULA Climate Alliance members at the community meeting. Picture: Jo Lane
Mobile phone grant supports homeless
By Brendan Rees
Twenty people experiencing homelessness on the peninsula have received new mobile phones helping them connect with loved ones and friends thanks to generous funding from the Harcourts Foundation.
VOLUNTEERS working on the renovations at ‘Ranch 2.0’. Picture: Supplied
‘Ranch 2.0’ aiming for end of year completion
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“Council is stepping up with solutions that work for our community on the peninsula. But we can’t do it alone. We need urgent investment in crisis accommodation, outreach services and long-term social housing. It’s time for homelessness action now.”
The high homeless data comes as Mornington Community Support Centre and Southern Peninsula Community Support move forward with replacing the only homeless accommodation on the peninsula, The Ranch in Mornington, which sits on land slated for redevelopment.
The new accommodation, located near Main Street in Mornington, (Peninsula crisis accommodation saved with ‘Ranch 2.0’, The News 3/6/25), is currently being renovated with three of the seven units complete.
CEO of Mornington Community Support Centre, Ben Smith, told The News “We are working through renovations. It takes some time as it is all volunteer labour and materials”.
“We have two units occupied, which is great, but still have plenty of work to do. We hope to have The Ranch
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The Ranch 2.0, with its seven units, is still a reduction in homeless crisis accommodation considering The Ranch consisted of 11 units; a net loss of four units.
“We cannot rest on our laurels here,” said Smith.
“What we offer is great, but much more is needed, and I fully support the push for more funding.
“Remember, when The Ranch 2.0 is up and running there will still be zero government funded crisis accommoda-
Celebrating talent and inclusion
SINCE its inception in 2012, the SASI Art Show and Competition has grown into a much anticipated annual event in Frankston, offering a unique platform for local artists with disabilities to showcase their artistic talents.
While Melbourne hosts many art events, the SASI Art Show stands out for its exclusive focus on artists with disabilities, providing visibility, recognition, and celebration. The 2025 show opens on Thursday 2nd October at The Cube Frankston, marking the start of a month-long celebration of artistic diversity. Open for submissions from August 25th, artists are invited to submit up to three original pieces, which are judged by a panel of industry experts, including peers. On Opening Night, three top prizes will be awarded to outstanding entries.
For art lovers and patrons, the Opening Night presents an exciting opportunity to view the artwork firsthand before it opens to the public. It’s also a chance to purchase these unique pieces, offering a direct way to support the artists and contribute to the growth of the event. Additionally, attendees can vote for their favourite piece, adding an interactive element to the evening.
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“The lack of resources means that the pathway out of homelessness is still a very difficult one for those that find themselves in that situation.”
Smith urged community members to keep the pressure on the state and federal governments and encouraged continued support from community members.
“We are grateful for the wonderful support that all the community support centres across the peninsula receive. Please reach out to them if you can assist them.”
A $2000 grant will fund phones and ongoing mobile phone support for clients identified by Bolton Clarke’s Melbourne-based Homeless Persons Program.
The program provides community nursing outreach and connection to health services for peninsula residents who are sleeping rough, in their cars or in insecure accommodation.
“Having a phone is a lifeline - it means people can stay connected with family, friends and services and can access government services online, a key precursor to achieving stable housing,” Bolton Clarke Homeless Persons Program manager Dee Loader said.
“Without support, these people will struggle to connect with essential welfare and health services or attend appointments to secure crisis or longterm accommodation.”
Mornington Community Support Centre will assist in teaching people how to use the phones to book medical and social services, video call family and friends and understand basic functionality.
The announcement coincided with Homelessness Week (4–10 August).
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Mornington Peninsula Shire deputy mayor Cr Paul Pingiaro joins Bays Hospital CEO Jade Phelan to celebrate the launch of the Mornington Rotary Greenway. Picture: Supplied
Rotary’s green vision springs to life
A STRETCH of under-used space behind The Bays Hospital has been turned into a vibrant green space thanks to a partnership with the Rotary Club of Mornington and the Mornington Peninsula Shire.
The first section of the project called the Mornington Rotary Greenway was successfully planted at the end of July, which the Rotary Club’s secretary Tanya Chambers said was a transformative project that is set to create a vibrant green corridor connecting Mornington’s foreshore to the hinterland.
She also said it marked a significant milestone “in bringing more green spaces into the region’s urban areas, much like the Briars Forest created by Rotary in 1981”.
“This initial planting, located along the old Mornington railway line adjacent to The Bays Hospital, celebrates
the hospital’s vital community contributions and aligns with the council’s proposed Peninsula Trail route and urban forest strategy,” she said.
“The greenway will ultimately span from the Esplanade to Bungower Rd, fostering a love for nature, promoting environmental sustainability, and improving community well-being.”
Mornington Peninsula Shire deputy mayor Cr Paul Pingiaro and the Bays Hospital CEO Jade Phelan gathered with Rotary members last month to celebrate the project’s success.
Funding and support were provided by the shire through its climate action and local area community capital and infrastructure grants as well as contributions from the Rotary Club of Mornington and Rotary District 9815.
The next stage of planting will take place between Barkly St and the
Esplanade, taking in three small parks along the way.
Chambers said in the future, the greenway was expected to include walking and cycling paths as part of council’s Peninsula Trail, which was the “beginning of something big”.
Pingiaro said the new green space would deliver enormous benefits, especially for patients at The Bays Hospital, who will now have views of greenery, passersby, and pets, creating a more uplifting environment.
“And the fact that this path will connect to a greater walking trail makes it even more special. It’s an incredible project, and I look forward to seeing it completed – becoming a vital connection that reflects what makes the peninsula so unique: the meeting of hinterland, bush and the bay,” he said.
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By Brendan Rees AMBULANCE
response times on the Mornington Peninsula have hit their best performance this year, with 64.1 percent of callouts reaching patients in under 15 minutes.
New data released by Ambulance Victoria last week for the April to June quarter showed the average response time for paramedics on the peninsula was 15 minutes and four seconds – which was quicker by 52 seconds on average compared to last quarter.
Code one “lights and sirens” emergencies are measured from the time of a triple-0 call being answered to the first ambulance arriving at the incident scene – with a statewide response time target being 15 minutes.
But this can be influenced by many factors including traffic, distance required to travel, availability of ambulances and demand for services.
There were 2818 emergencies on the peninsula in the past three months. Compared to the previous quarter (January to March) paramedics responded to 62 percent of incidents within 15 minutes or less with a total of 2801 cases.
The latest response times are also an improvement from last year’s October to December quarter which was an average of 16 minutes and 11 seconds to get to patients.
In neighbouring Frankston, ambulances response times jumped slightly, taking an average of 13 minutes and 58 seconds to get to a patient, but was
still under the 15-minute target.
A total average of 71.8 percent of ambulance callouts got to a patient in less than 15 minutes within the Frankston city with 2590 cases.
In Kingston, ambulances responded to incidents by an average of 15 minutes and six seconds. Kingston had a total of 2072 emergencies over the last quarter compared to 2030 in the previous quarter.
Among the best performing municipalities in the state were Warrnambool and Melbourne, taking an average of 12 minutes and two seconds, and 12 seconds and 33 seconds to reach a patient, respectively.
Ambulance Victoria acting executive director of regional operations
Michael Georgiou said demand for lights and sirens ambulances fell by 3.5 percent between April and June, compared with the same time last year.
The statewide average for the latest quarter was 15 minutes and 27 seconds - down from 15 minutes and 37 seconds a year ago, Georgiou said.
“I thank our highly skilled paramedics and first responders who do a remarkable job providing best care to their communities, each and every day,” he said.
“We’re grateful to Victorians who are choosing to use alternative care for non-urgent issues - it means ambulances are available faster for emergencies. That community effort is helping us save lives.”
Joey rescued after mother shot and left to suffer
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A KANGAROO joey has been saved after its mother was cruelly shot and left for dead in Moorooduc, leaving wildlife rescuers devastated and heartbroken.
A resident raised the alarm after spotting the female kangaroo behaving unusually on their property in early July.
A volunteer from animal welfare group Vets for Compassion was called to the property where the kangaroo was safely and compassionately sedate under veterinary supervision.
“What we discovered was heartbreaking. She had been shot in the face, leaving her nose and jaw shattered. She was severely underweight, and her infected wounds had turned necrotic,” Vets for Compassion posted on its Facebook page.
“Despite her strength in staying alive for her baby, her injuries were too grave. She was humanely euthanised while fully sedated, surrounded by care and compassion in her final moments.”
The 2kg joey was able to be saved and remained in supervised care at
a local wildlife shelter, “where she’s already settling in and doing well”.
Vets for Compassion said the resident who made the call “love the kangaroos who pass through their property” and “were devastated to learn someone had done this”.
“They knew something was wrong. The next day, she was found sheltering in a stable, wounded, weak, and still carrying her joey,” the post said.
Vets for Compassion urged anyone to reach out if they came across wildlife in distress as it could “mean the difference between suffering and safety”.
“Together, we can make sure no animal is left without help.”
The Facebook post received an outpouring of emotion, with dozens of comments expressing sadness, anger, and frustration.
Save the Kangaroos on Mornington Peninsula Inc. (SKOMP) spokesperson Jo Hansen also spoke of her disbelief and sorrow over the cruel act, saying “we will never understand how people can want to injure and kill such special animals”.
“An animal much admired and loved by so many people, yet we still have an attitude that they are a pest or worst of all, sport for target practice
and fun,” she said.
“Our national symbol, the kangaroo, is seen on our coat of arms and widely used as a representation of our country.
“Over the years on the Mornington Peninsula rescuers have been called out to injured kangaroos. They have been shot with guns, arrows or deliberately hit by cars. They are left with horrific injuries and in extreme pain. Some are dead.”
Hansen said many have a joey in their pouch or at foot with wildlife rescuers trying to help these distraught animals, most of which had to be humanely euthanised.
“This is frequently done by police. There is then a severely traumatised joey suffering from the loss of its mother to be taken to a carer for rearing,” she said.
“We wish people would understand that they are a family animal, caring for their mob members and their young.
“SKOMP runs walk and talk sessions every two weeks to try to educate the community about our national animal and change attitudes to see them protected from this form of extreme cruelty.”
New networking group launches bringing business minds together
A NEW business networking group, Connectors and Enablers, has launched on the Mornington Peninsula to unite professionals for collaborations, knowledge-sharing, and personal and professional growth.
Hosting its inaugural event on 6 August, the group welcomed more than 30 business leaders across the region to the Mornington Surf Life Saving Club.
The event’s theme was based on “The Transformative Power of AI in Business,” with guest speaker Gavin Reddrop, an innovation strategist and AI business advocate, speaking on how businesses can embrace AI to future-proof their operations and thrive in a digital-first world.
“The Connectors and Enablers event had one of the most engaged audiences I’ve spoken to,” Reddrop said.
“It was a fantastic opportunity to break down some of the hype and make AI feel more accessible, practical, and less daunting for business owners and future leaders alike.”
Connectors and Enablers founders
Luke and Karen Smith, of local consultancy Paddedfeet Marketing, said they were thrilled with the turnout of the launch.
They noted the focus of the group was not just on exchanging business cards, but a space where people can share insights, address challenges,
and spark new ideas.
“Our first Connectors and Enablers event was an inspiring evening with 30 of the peninsula’s business leaders. Gavin’s keynote was eyeopening, highlighting the pace of change and the possibilities ahead,” they said.
“With a strong focus on building genuine local connections, the evening was an overwhelming success, drawing praise for its warm, inclusive atmosphere and insightful content.
“We’re proud to have hosted it at the Mornington Surf Life Saving
Club and thank Millie’s Beach Café and the MSLSC committee for sharing our vision for community connection.”
An attendee from Mt Martha said it was a well-organised and welcoming event “and full of genuine local connections”.
“Gavin’s talk on AI was a real standout, with clear and actionable content. I left with practical AI tools and new business contacts. Already looking forward to the next one,” he said.
The event was presented by Paddedfeet Marketing, a local consultancy specialising in helping health and wellness brands grow with strategic marketing support.
Each Connectors and Enablers event will feature a keynote speaker, with topics to shaped by the interests of the group.
The next event will be the end of October. To connect and learn more about future events, visit and follow the team at LinkedIn.
www.paddedfeet.com
www.gavinreddrop.com
CONNECTORS and Enablers founders Luke
THE orphaned joey under the care of a local wildlife shelter. Picture: Supplied
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SATURDAY
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ABC TV, 8.30pm
This very solid British crime drama (which is actually a remake of the Belgian series of the same name) stars Ben Miller (pictured) as the titular Professor, who teaches Criminology at Cambridge University. Professor Jasper Tempest has obsessive-compulsive disorder, so his life is one of cleanliness and order – and it’s about to be completely upended when one of his former students, DS Lisa Donckers (Emma Naomi), ropes him into helping her out on an investigation.
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SBS VICELAND, 8.30pm
A spiritual successor to Big Little Lies – also produced by and starring Reese Witherspoon – this adaptation of Celeste Ng’s 2017 novel makes its free-to-air debut tonight. It follows the intertwined fates of mothers Elena (Witherspoon) and Mia (Kerry Washington, pictured). Mia’s arrival in town upends Elena’s illusion of a picture-perfect life in no time. Set in the late ’90s, with frequent flashbacks as we piece together their past lives, this slow burn is irresistible viewing.
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SUNDAY
SURVIVOR: AUSTRALIA V THE WORLD TEN, 7pm
Australian Survivor host Jonathan LaPaglia’s swan song is set to be an absolute doozy, with some of the franchise’s most legendary players taking on a ‘World’ team of previous castaways from the US, Québec, South Africa, New Zealand and Finland. From fan favourites (the “Godmother” Janine Allis, pictured) and former winners (self-crowned “Golden God” David Genat) to the game players (Sarah Tilleke) and ones we love to hate (“King” George Mladenov, Shonee Bowtell), the producers have assembled an all-star cast for LaPaglia’s farewell party.
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NINE (9) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 Back Roads. (R) 11.00 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. (PG, R) 11.35 Nigella Bites. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Silent Witness. (Mav, R) 2.00 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 2.55 Grand Designs. (R) 3.45 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30. 8.00 Back Roads: Mataranka, NT. (PG)
8.30 Griff’s Great American South. (PG) Griff Rhys Jones uncovers Alabama’s gritty past. 9.15 Culture By Design: Sustainability. (R) Looks at how design can help us live more sustainably.
9.45 Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure: Madagascar. (PG, R)
10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Grand Designs. (R) 11.55 Long Lost Family. (R) 12.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Rage Closer. (R) 3.45 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out. (PG, R) 9.55 Lady Jane Grey: Murder Of A Child Queen. (PG, R) 11.00 Rick Steves’ Europe. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Those Who Serve. 3.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (R) 3.35 Plat Du Tour. 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Bettany Hughes Treasures Western Turkey. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great Australian Road Trips. (PG) Presented by Melissa Leong. 8.25 Into The Amazon With Robson Green. (PGa, R) Robson Green explores the Anavilhanas archipelago in his canoe. 9.20 Snowpiercer. (MA15+v) Layton descends into the black market with Till. 10.10 SBS World News Late. 10.40 Dopesick. (Mals, R) 11.50 Desperate Measures. (Malv, R)
1.30 Curious Traveller. (R) 2.30 Living With The Boss. (PG, R) 4.10 Great Irish Interiors. (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 MOVIE: Secrets At The Inn. (2022, Mav) Tamara Almeida. 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.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 1. Carlton v Collingwood. 9.10 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 1. West Coast v Gold Coast Suns. From Sullivan Logistics Stadium, Perth.
11.15 Kick Ons. A preview of the upcoming AFL matches.
11.45 Code Blue: The Killing Of June Fox-Roberts. (MA15+av, R) Follows the murder investigation of June Fox-Roberts. 12.45 Life. (Madv, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
The Block. (PGl, R)
Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGl, R)
Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 24. Penrith Panthers v Melbourne Storm.
9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis.
10.30 9News Late.
11.00 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGl)
12.00 First On Scene. (Mad, R)
12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Global Shop. (R)
3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair.
Friday, August 15
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. Millie Ross visits a colourful orchid show.
8.30 Professor T. (Premiere, Mav)
A criminologist at a university is persuaded by a former student turned detective to help her investigate a serial rapist.
9.15 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson.
9.50 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. (PG, R) Hosted by Shaun Micallef.
10.25 ABC Late News.
10.40 Austin. (PG, R)
11.10 Silent Witness. (Ma, R)
12.10 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
Cyprus. (PGas, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 The Good Ship Murder. (Mv)
8.25 The Royals: A History Of Scandals: Money. Suzannah Lipscomb explores royal spending.
9.25 Britain’s Most Luxurious Train Journeys: Scotland. (R) Looks at the Midland Pullman train. 10.20 SBS World News Late.
10.50 Catch Me A Killer. (Malv)
11.40 The Shelter. (Ma, R) 1.20 Romulus. (MA15+av, R) 3.15 Curious Traveller. (R) 4.15 Great Irish Interiors. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 23. Essendon v St Kilda. From Marvel Stadium, Melbourne. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the game.
11.00 GetOn Extra. Lizzie Jelfs, Matt Hill, Simon Marshall and Brent Zerafa dive headlong into the weekend’s best racing.
11.30 To Be Advised.
1.20 Touching Evil. (MA15+av)
A series of random killings force Creegan to question whether or not his friend Cyril is capable of murder.
2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Police Rescue Australia. (Ma, R) Police Rescue risks their lives.
8.30 MOVIE: San Andreas. (2015, Malv, R) A rescue helicopter pilot searches for his daughter following a massive earthquake. Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario.
10.45 MOVIE: Collateral Beauty. (2016, Ml, R) A man experiences loss. Will Smith.
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)
6.00 10 News+.
7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (R) Hosted by Neale Whitaker and Andrew Winter. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 The Graham Norton Show. (Mal, R) Highlights from the recent series. 10.50 10’s Late News. 11.15 10 News+. (R) 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 3.10pm Over The Black Dot. 3.45 BBC News At Ten. 4.15 France 24. 4.45 PBS News. 5.40 The Fast History Of. 6.05 If You Are The One. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Love And Sex In Mexico. 9.35 Sex With Sunny Megatron. 10.45 Homeland. 1.45am Somewhere Boy. 2.15 Point Blank: Gun Obsession. 3.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.05pm Paddington. 2.30 Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School. 4.10 Andy’s Global Adventures. 4.25 Mecha Builders. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.05 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.35 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 9.00 Robot Wars. 10.00 Merlin. 10.45 Late Programs.
NITV (34)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am
7.50 Motown Magic. 8.40 The Magic Canoe. 10.00 Undiscovered Vistas. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: The Last Wave. (1977, PG) 2.00 Tradition On A Plate. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 MOVIE: The Witches. (1990, PG) 9.10 MOVIE: Made In America. (1993, M) 11.05 Late Programs.
Spitfire. Continued. (2018, PG) 7.30 The Movie Show. 8.05 The Chaperone. (2018, PG) 10.00 Hope Springs. (2012, M) 11.55 India Sweets And Spices. (2021, M) 1.45pm Widows’ Peak. (1994, PG) 3.40 All At Sea. (2010, PG) 5.15 First Cow. (2019, PG) 7.30 T-34. (2018, M, Russian, German, Belarusian, Ukrainian) 9.35 Sniper: The White Raven. (2022, MA15+, Russian, Ukrainian) 11.40 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs.
Saturday, August 16
9GEM (92)
6am Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 The Zoo. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape
7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Surfing Aust. 8.30 Nanny. 9.30 Addams Family. 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 Jeannie. 11.00 The West Wing. 12.10pm MOVIE: Everything In Between. (2022, M) 2.00 Golden Girls. 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: The Birdcage. (1996, M) 10.00 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 American Resto. 11.30 Storage Wars. Noon American Pickers. 1.00 Pawn Stars.
Point. 10.45 Late Programs.
6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 6.55 Rage Closer. (R) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 11.55 Rage Closer. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Grantchester. (Ma, R) 1.15 Professor T. (Mav, R) 2.05 All Creatures Great And Small. (Final, PG, R) 2.50 Great Southern Landscapes. (R) 3.25 Earth. (R) 4.25 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) 4.55 Dr Ann’s Secret Lives. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour. (R) 9.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. (PGa, R) 10.05 Blue Water Safari. (PGa, R) 11.00 BBC News At Ten. 11.30 France 24. 12.00 PBS News. 1.00 Motor Racing. Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. Round 4. Day 1. 5.00 Plat Du Tour. 5.10 Dylan Alcott: The Road To Kasama. 5.40 Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin. (Premiere)
6.00 Australian Story: To Bilo And Back – The Nadesalingam Family. (R)
6.30 Back Roads: Mataranka, NT. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Grantchester. (Final, Ma) Alphy and Geordie investigate a murder.
8.20 Midsomer Murders. (Mav, R) Barnaby must uncover whether a myth has become a murderous reality after a man is murdered.
9.50 The Family Next Door. (Ml, R) A stranger arrives in a Victorian coastal town.
10.40 Miss Austen. (R)
11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great British Cities With Susan Calman: Glasgow. (PG)
8.20 Leonardo Da Vinci: The Disciple Of Experience Pt 2. (Final, PG) In Milan, da Vinci joins Duke Sforza’s court. 9.25 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy: Piedmont. (PGl, R) Stanley Tucci visits Piedmont.
10.15 Great Australian Walks. (PG, R) 11.10 Homicide: Life On The Street. (Mav, R)
2.50 24 Hours In A&E. (Ma, R) 3.45 Curious Traveller. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.15 France 24 Feature. 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. The Rosebud Day, Caulfield P.B. Lawrence Stakes Race Day and Mekka Raceday. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 The Great Outdoors. (PG) The team visits a record-breaking city. 7.30 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop: Marafiote Murders. (Madlv, R) Revisits the murder of Dominic Marafiote. 8.35 MOVIE: The Martian. (2015, Mal, R) Believed to be dead by his crew, an astronaut is stranded on Mars and has to rely on his ingenuity to survive. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels.
11.30 To Be Advised.
1.20 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 It’s Academic. (R)
5.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Space Invaders. (PGa, R) 1.30 My Way. (R) 1.40 The Block. (PGl, R)
The Block. (PGl, R)
The Garden Gurus.
9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)
6.00 9News Saturday.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 24. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Parramatta Eels.
9.25 Soccer. English Premier League. Matchweek 1. Aston Villa v Newcastle United.
11.30 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av, R)
12.30 Space Invaders. (PGa, R)
1.30 The Garden Gurus. (R)
2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG)
2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown. 7.30 Selling Houses Australia. Steve’s house has been on the market for seven months.
8.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mal, R) Follow two first responders as they help a patient in need of urgent care after an incident involving a car. 9.40 Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service. (PGl, R) Gordon Ramsay surveils and works to save a legendary soul food café on the verge of losing its legacy. 10.40 Elsbeth. (PGv, R) 11.35 Watson. (Mm, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am Morning Programs. 9.30 BBC News At Six. 10.00 Front Up. Noon Abandoned Americana. 12.55 Alone: Frozen. 2.30 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 2.55 12 Dishes In 12 Hours. 3.35 BBC News At Ten. 4.05 France 24. 4.35 PBS News. 5.35 Mastermind Aust. 6.35 The Frontier. 7.30 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Little Fires Everywhere. (Premiere) 10.35 Marcella. 2.15am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School. 3.30 Octonauts And The Ring Of Fire. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 Super Monsters. 5.40 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.30 Paddington. 6.50 Andy And The Band. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 8.00 Kids Baking C’ship. 8.40 Chopped Jnr. 9.25 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.05 Speechless. 10.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)
6am It All Began When I Met You. Continued. (2013, PG, Japanese) 7.50 First Cow. (2019, PG) 10.00 Nobody Has To Know. (2021) 11.55 T-34. (2018, M, Russian, German, Belarusian, Ukrainian) 1.55pm The Movie Show. 2.30 Spitfire. (2018, PG) 4.25 The Movie Show. 5.00 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020, PG) 6.55 Gambit. (2012, PG) 8.30 The Prestige. (2006,
Sunday, August 17
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGa, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Griff’s Great American South. (PG, R) 3.15 Nigella Bites. (R) 3.40 Martin Clunes: Islands Of The Pacific. (PGa, R) 4.30 Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.
6.30 Compass.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Austin. (PG) Austin fakes pop culture tastes to sell books.
8.00 The Family Next Door. (Mls) Essie finds a new friend in Isabelle.
8.55 Miss Austen. (Final, PG) Cassandra prepares to leave Kintbury for the last time and delves into correspondence from Jane.
9.50 MOVIE: Puberty Blues. (1981, Mdlns, R) Charts a teenager’s coming-of-age story. Nell Schofield.
11.15 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Neil Finn. (PG, R)
11.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
1.40 Under The Vines. (PG, R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour. (R) 9.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. (PGaw, R) 10.05 Blue Water Safari. (PGaw, R) 12.00 APAC Weekly. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 12.55 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 1.00 Motor Racing. Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. Round 4. Day 2. 5.00 Plat Du Tour. 5.10 Going Places. (R) 5.40 Kursk: 10 Days That Shaped Putin.
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Colosseum Rise And Fall. (Premiere, Mav)
9.25 Pompeii’s Secret Underworld: Inferno And Inequality. (Mav, R) Experts uncover what Pompeii’s society was like.
10.20 Tutankhamun: Secrets Of The Toxic Tomb. (PG, R) 11.15 Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico. (PGad, R)
1.35 24 Hours In Emergency. (PGa, R) 3.25 Wuthering Harlots: Pride And Prostitution. (MA15+as, R) 4.20 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 APAC Weekly.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s
Programs. 4.20pm Millie Magnificent. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. 5.25 We’re Going On A Bear Hunt. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.30 Paddington. 6.50 Andy And The Band. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.35 The Mysterious Benedict Society. 8.25 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.05 Abbott Elementary. 9.50 Speechless. 10.10 Merlin. 10.55 Late Programs.
10.00 Pro Bull Riding Australia. 11.00 Unleash The Beast. Noon Sunny And The Dark Horse. 2.00 Lionel. 3.30 Big Sky Girls. 3.50 Boxing For Palm Island. 4.50 Ub40 Feat. Ali Campbell Live Concert. 6.40 Colombia’s Wild Coast. 7.30 Extraordinary Animals. 8.30 Black Cockatoo Crisis. 9.55 MOVIE: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. (1975, MA15+) 12.15am Late Programs. NITV (34)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 11.30 Sunday Footy Feast. 12.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 1. Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 23. Sydney v Geelong.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The Voice. (PGl) Hosted by Sonia Kruger. 8.40 7NEWS Spotlight.
9.40 24 Hours In Police Custody: Sex And Corruption. (MA15+as, R) A man in Luton reports he is being blackmailed by someone who knows that he visited a prostitute.
10.40 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Assassination Of John Newman. (Mav, R) A look at the assassination of John Newman. 12.00 Jamestown. (MA15+av)
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
6.00 9News Sunday.
7.00 The Block. (PGl) The winner of main ensuite week is revealed.
8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.
9.40 9News Late.
10.10 Footy Furnace. (Mlv) A look at the latest round of the AFL.
11.10 The First 48: What About Me/Last Round. (Mal)
12.05 The Gulf. (Madlsv, R)
1.00 Destination WA.
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Fishing Australia. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace.
7.00 Survivor: Australia V The World. (Return, PGa) Fourteen returning contestants head to Samoa. 8.45 Watson. (PGals) Watson takes a major ethical risk when he decides to treat a sickle cell patient with an unorthodox surgery. The team faces their own dilemma with a young woman. 9.45 FBI. (Mv, R) The team investigates when a federal judge is gunned down execution-style in broad daylight. 10.45 10 News+. (R) Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning
Programs. 1.35pm Alone: The Skills Challenge. 2.00 Jeopardy! 4.05 France 24. 4.35 PBS Washington Week. 5.00 Kars & Stars. 5.50 Alone Sweden. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Sinking Of A Superyacht. 9.25 Great Australian Road Trips. 10.25 Forbidden History. 12.15am A Beginner’s Guide To Grief. 1.35 Letterkenny. 3.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs.
6am
The Movie Show. 6.10 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020, PG) 8.00 The Movie Show. 8.30 Gambit. (2012, PG) 10.05 The Prestige. (2006, M) 12.25pm To Leslie. (2022, M) 2.35 First Cow. (2019, PG) 4.50 The Legend Of Longwood. (2014, PG) 6.40 Bring It On. (2000, PG) 8.30 Boogie Nights. (1997, MA15+) 11.20 3/19. (2021, M, Italian) 1.30am Late Programs. 5.55 The Movie Show.
Monday, August 18
ABC TV (2) SBS (3)
6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Dr Ann’s Secret Lives. (R) 10.30 Midsomer Murders. (Mav, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 2.55 Grand Designs. (R) 3.45 Grand Designs Transformations. (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.
8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program. 9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser.
9.35 Planet America. Hosted by Chas Licciardello and John Barron.
10.05 ABC Late News.
10.20 The Business. (R)
10.40 A Life In Ten Pictures. (PG, R) 11.30 Grand Designs. (R) 12.20 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
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6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Shopping. 9.00 Better Homes. 10.00 Harry’s Practice. 10.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30pm Discover. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Your Money & Your Life. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 Escape To The Country. 7.00 Greatest Escapes To The Country. 7.45 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Manhunt: The Night Stalker. 11.30 Late Programs.
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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out. (PGa, R) 10.00 Lady Jane Grey: Murder Of A Child Queen. (PGv, R) 11.10 Rick Steves’ Europe. (R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell To Hughes. 3.10 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.15 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Portugal With Michael Portillo. (PG) 8.25 Abandoned Railways From Above: Wales. (R) A journey along a Welsh line. 9.20 Britain’s Most Beautiful Road. (R) The journey draws to a close. 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 Classified. (Malv) 11.35 A Criminal Affair. (Mal, R) 1.15 Blackport. (Mln, R) 2.00 Incredible Homes. (PGn, R) 3.00 Curious Traveller. (R) 3.30 Great Irish Interiors. (PG, R) 4.00 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.15pm Thomas And Friends. 2.40 Pop Paper City. 3.00 Play School. 4.10 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.25 Mecha Builders. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Piripenguins. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Dr Ann’s Secret Lives. 8.40 Contraption Masters. 9.25 The Crystal Maze. 10.15 Merlin. 11.00 Late Programs.
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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.35 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Irene says her goodbyes.
7.30 The Voice. (PGal) Hosted by Sonia Kruger.
8.55 The Rookie. (Return, Mav) Nolan and the team welcome two new rookies and hunt for two dangerous inmates with personal vendettas.
9.55 S.W.A.T. (Return, Mv) The team heads to Mexico.
11.00 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics. 12.00 Gone. (MA15+v, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
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6am
North Queensland Cowboys v Canterbury Bulldogs. 8.00 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: The Silence Of The Lambs. (1991, MA15+) 10.55 Late Programs.
6am Children’s
2.30
3.00 Cards And Collectables Australia. 3.30 MOVIE: Getting Even With Dad. (1994, PG) 5.30 MOVIE: Agent Cody Banks. (2003, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Flash. (2023, M) 10.30 Late Programs.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.30 Young Sheldon. (PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 The Block. (PGl) The teams face hurdles.
8.45 Footy Classified. (Ml) A team of footy experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies.
9.45 Players. (Ml) A look at all the AFL news.
10.45 9News Late.
11.15 Opal Hunters: Red Dirt Road Trip: Kimberley Diamonds. (PGl)
12.10 100% Footy. (M)
1.05 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 10 News+. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.30 Survivor: Australia V The World. (PGl) Fourteen returning contestants head to Samoa. 9.00 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 10.00 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.25 10 News+. (R) 11.25
6am Morning Programs. 2.25pm Roswell: The First Witness. 3.20 Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 New York Super Airport. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Jon Richardson: Knitwit. 9.25 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. 10.05 Big Backyard Quiz. 11.05 Forged In Fire. 12.45am The Swiping Game. 1.10 Late Programs.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The Movie Show. 6.30 The Legend Of Longwood. (2014, PG) 8.25 Bring It On. (2000, PG) 10.15 Emma. (2017, M, Italian) 12.25pm Knight Of Cups. (2015, M) 2.35 Gambit. (2012, PG) 4.10 Mrs Lowry And Son. (2019, PG) 5.50 Remi Nobody’s Boy.
Tuesday, August 19
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(9) 6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Compass. (R) 11.05 Miss Austen. (Final, PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Countdown 50 Years On. (PG, R) 2.50 Grand Designs. (R) 3.40 Grand Designs Transformations. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out. (R) 9.50 Rick Steves’ Europe. (R) 10.50 Looking For Rembrandt. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Miscarriage And Me. (Mal, R) 3.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PG, R) 3.35 Plat Du Tour. 3.45 The Cook Up. (R) 4.15 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Foreign Correspondent.
8.30 Dr Ann’s Secret Lives. (Final) In Borneo, Dr Ann Jones looks for pangolins.
9.00 Dr Karl’s How Things Work: Cheese. (Final, R) Dr Karl Kruszelnicki learns how cheese is made.
9.30 Earth: Human. (Final, R) 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.45 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.05 The Howard Years. (R) 1.05 Grand Designs. (R) 1.50 Long Lost Family. (R) 2.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.05 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
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6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys: Zurich/ Rotkreuz To Brienz. (PG)
8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchi looks at modern parenting.
9.30 Dateline: The Cost Of Doing Business Pt 2. Continues the investigation into Mosaic Brands.
10.00 SBS World News Late.
10.30 Secret World Of Snacks. (R) 11.25 The Shift. (Ma) 1.05 Everything You Love. (Mals, R) 2.05 Curious Traveller. (R) 3.35 Incredible Homes. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.15pm Thomas And Friends. 2.40 Pop Paper City. 3.00 Play School. 4.10 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.25 Mecha Builders. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Piripenguins. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 Deadly 60. 9.10 Expedition With Steve Backshall. 10.00 Merlin. 10.45 Late Programs.
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6.00 9News.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Summer Bay farewells a legend. 7.30 The Voice. (PGl) Hosted by Sonia Kruger.
6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.30 Survivor: Australia V The World. (PGl) Fourteen returning contestants head to Samoa. 9.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 10.00 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.25 10 News+. (R) 11.25 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Roswell: The First Witness. 3.10 Aussie Jokers. 3.45 BBC News At Ten. 4.15 France 24. 4.45 PBS News. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 New York Super Airport. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Alone. 9.40 Hoarders. 11.20
Pitino: Red Storm Rising. (Final) 12.15am Alone Denmark. 3.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs.
1pm The Lore Of Love. 1.30 Eight Ladies. 2.00 Tradition On A Plate. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.45 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.35 Ice Vikings. 8.30 Pro Bull Riding Australia. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.30 MOVIE: Mekko. (2015, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.
8.55 Boyzone: Life, Death And Boybands: When All Is Said And Done. (Final, Mal) With fame, loss and reunion, Boyzone faces highs and heartbreak.
10.00 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
11.00 Kylie Vs Bee Gees. (PG, R)
12.00 Fairly Legal. (Mav, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 The Zoo. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Room For Improvement. 3.00 The Real Seachange. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 The Zoo. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 Foyle’s War. 10.55 Late Programs.
6am The
Movie Show. 6.25 Mrs Lowry And Son. (2019, PG) 8.05 Remi Nobody’s Boy. (2018, PG, French) 10.10 3/19. (2021, M, Italian) 12.20pm Studs. (2006, M) 2.05 The Legend Of Longwood. (2014, PG) 3.55 The Company. (2003, PG) 6.00 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 7.45 The Fence. (2022, M) 9.30 In Bruges. (2008, MA15+) 11.30 Taking Lives. (2004, MA15+) 1.30am Snowpiercer. (2013, MA15+) 3.50 Late Programs.
Wednesday, August 20
ABC TV (2) SBS (3)
6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00
ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.20 Back Roads. (R) 2.50 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 3.40 Grand Designs Transformations. (Final, PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Hard Quiz: Battle Of The Fuddy Duds. (PGs)
8.30 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. (PG) Hosted by Shaun Micallef. 9.10 Austin. (PG, R) Austin fakes pop culture tastes to sell books.
9.40 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R)
10.10 ABC Late News.
10.25 The Business. (R) 10.40 Planet America. (R) 11.10 You Can’t Ask That. (Mls, R) 11.40 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 12.30 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.40 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
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6am Children’s Programs. 2.40pm Pop Paper City. 3.00 Play School. 4.10 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.25 Mecha Builders. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Piripenguins. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.20 The Mysterious Benedict Society. 10.10 Merlin. 10.55 Late Programs.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 The Block. (PGl) Foreman Dan is accused of stitching up a contestant. 8.40 Paramedics. (M) Bill deals with a violent knife fight.
9.40 Footy Classified. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues.
10.40 9News Late.
11.10 La Brea. (Mav, R)
12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Let’s Eat With George. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Cards And Collectables Australia. 8.30 Nanny. 9.30 Addams Family. 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 Jeannie. 11.00 The West Wing. Noon MOVIE: Clash Of The Titans. (2010, M) 2.00 Golden Girls. 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Five Year Engagement. (2012, MA15+) 11.00
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Susan Calman’s Grand Day Out. (R) 9.50 Rick Steves’ Europe. (R) 10.50 Looking For Rembrandt. (Ms, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.35 Plat Du Tour. 3.45 The Cook Up. (R) 4.15 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Wonders Of Volcanoes With Dara Ó Briain. (PGa) Dara Ó Briain travels to Sicily and Naples. 8.25 Aerial Australia. (PGaw) An aerial exploration of Western Australia. 9.20 Smilla’s Sense Of Snow. (M) Smilla is framed by a deepfake. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Estonia. (Ma)
12.30 Das Boot. (MA15+av, R) 2.25 Curious Traveller. (R) 3.25 Incredible Homes. (R) 4.20
J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (PG, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00
NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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6am Gideon’s Way. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Midsomer Murders. 2.00 Death In Paradise. 3.00 Explore. 3.15 Antiques Roadshow. 3.45 MOVIE: The Blue Lamp. (1950, PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Agatha Raisin. 9.40 Grantchester. 10.50 Late Programs. 9GEM (92)
SEVEN (7) TEN (10) NINE
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Home And Away. (PG, R) 1.30 To Be Advised. 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. (PG)
7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PG) Hosted by Lee Mack.
8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.
9.30 Unfiltered. (PGa) Hosted by Hamish McLachlan.
10.00 Armed And Dangerous: Breakouts. (Mav, R)
11.30 Border Security: International. (PGadl, R)
12.00 Imposters. (Madlv, R) 1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, 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) 1.00 Paramedics. (M, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)
6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 The Block. (PGl) The hosts check on the teams’ progress.
8.40 Clarkson’s Farm: Jobbing. (Ml) It’s Christmas time on the farm and Kaleb gives Jeremy a festive surprise.
9.45 The Grand Tour. (Ml) The boys attempt to build a road-legal amphibious car.
11.15 9News Late.
11.45 Damian Lewis: Spy Wars. (Mv, R) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 10 News+. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. 7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. (Return, PGl) Presented by Graeme Hall.
8.30 Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service. (PGal) Gordon Ramsay’s investigation of MacGregor’s Restaurant reveals mouldy leftovers and a storage room full of junk. 9.30 FBI: International. (Mv) The Fly Team heads to Belgrade. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 10 News+. (R) 11.55 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 2.10pm Tales From A Suitcase. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.45 The Fast History Of. 6.10 New York Super Airport. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: Flags Of Our Fathers. (2006, MA15+) 10.50 MOVIE: Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets. (2017, M) 1.20am Then You Run. 3.00 Alone Denmark. 3.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
6am The Company. Continued. (2003, PG) 7.35 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 9.25 The Movie Show. 10.00 Two Many Chefs. (2022, M, Spanish) 11.40 Broker. (2022, M, Korean) 2pm Mrs Lowry And Son. (2019, PG) 3.40 Bicycle Thief. (1948, PG, Italian) 5.15 The Way. (2010, PG) 7.30 The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry. (2023, M) 9.30 Calvary. (2014, MA15+) 11.25 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Over The Black Dot. 11.30 Ice Vikings. 12.25pm Pro Bull Riding Australia. 1.30 Warren Williams: The Stories, The Songs. 2.00 Tradition On A Plate. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.45 Great Parks Of Africa. 7.35 Casketeers Life & Death Across The Globe. 8.30 MOVIE: Ghosts Of Mississippi. (1996, M) 10.45 Late Programs. NITV (34)
Homeless action needed
National Homelessness Week is commemorated annually from August 4-10 to raise awareness of homelessness. The theme this year is Homelessness Action Now.
It is with much sadness and of great concern that the latest figures available show the rate of homelessness here on the Mornington Peninsula continues to increase. According to the shire, 900 people have experienced homelessness in our community in the past 12 months. It is particularly disturbing that the number of women sleeping rough is getting worse, second only to the City Port Phillip (Housing crisis, Letters 29/7/25).
Southern Women’s Action Network (SWAN) would like to thank all the organisations, including the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, for their efforts in supporting our community members who find themselves without a home. We commend you for your tireless efforts to assist those most in need. But we know a great deal more support is required. We urgently need more action NOW. As well as immediate relief for victims, long-term solutions must be put in place, including social housing.
We know that when there is a combined community effort, homelessness can be tackled in a way that not only reduces the number of people without a home but also contributes to our community wellbeing and prosperity. This is happening in other municipalities. We need to make it happen now on the Mornington Peninsula.
In Homelessness Week we call upon federal and state governments to provide our community with our fair share of funding that is necessary for our community members to a have safe and stable place to live. Without delay, please - Action now.
Diane McDonald, Facilitator, Southern Women’s Action Network
Don’t build in bushland
Henry Kelsall of the Sustainable Future Association reminds us that life on Earth is fragile (Extinction is forever, Letters 6/8/25).
His plea for the state government to honour its pledge to create a new park for recreation and wildlife between Craigieburn and Wallan is timely. Since colonisation, 54 Victorian species have become extinct, and over 1600 are now endangered or critically endangered — mainly due to habitat loss and invasive species.
Victoria is the most cleared state, with 54 per cent of its native vegetation gone. On the Mornington Peninsula, the figure is even more concerning — over 90 per cent cleared — making most ecological vegetation classes rare or threatened.
The recent discovery of the endangered swamp skink on 28.5 hectares of bushland in Dromana — earmarked for 250 housing lots — is a stark example of continuing local habitat destruction (Development faces review to protect swamp skinks, The News 12/3/25).
While new housing is essential, it should prioritise already cleared land. Wildlife need homes too.
Australia’s nature laws — described by Professor Graeme Samuel as “ineffective” and “not fit to address current or future environmental challenges” — are under review. In this context, Gina Rinehart’s lobbying against stronger protections is reprehensible.
Let’s hope the rare, treed block in Dromana is preserved — not just for the swamp skink, but as a symbol of a future where nature and development can coexist more wisely.
Chris Cook, Essendon Plant natives
As one of your writers, Denise Hassett (Plant indigenous trees, Letters 5/8/25) quite rightly pointed out, the shire is supposed to be planting indigenous native trees and shrubs in street plants and parks.
It was lovely to see the recent new plantings in the laneway off Elizabeth Street Mornington consisting of acacias and gums of various species.
But let’s look at Tanti Avenue - now featuring a line of Manchurian pears, which are not native to our area and which already line the Nepean Highway centre plantings.
Mornington is a coastal town; we deserve local trees to encourage our birds and insects. Those of us slogging away restoring public
coastal areas, don’t need imports, or plane trees (as in Main Street!) and certainly not the Manchurian pears, which look pretty for two weeks while flowering and that’s it.
I wonder if any of our Shire officers actually know what indigenous trees are? And why they are important in a coastal area? Come on shire officers, you can help our environment and earn the respect of the residents, all with a few local trees. And then let us residents plant and care for indigenous shrubs and herbs in the footpath nature strips!
Jan Oliver OAM, Mornington President, Mornington Environment Association inc.
Sea wall facts
I agree with Geoff Chatfield (Sea wall - facts please, Letters 5/8/25) that facts are important in the discussion of the controversial sea wall built in Frankston.
Fact 1. The wall was built without a permit, showing a complete disdain for building regulations that the rest of the community has to abide by.
Fact 2. The wall was built on public land, there is no excuse for this, looks like a straight out land grab.
Fact 3. The coast line at the site is mainly rocky not sand and is therefore far less prone to erosion.
Fact 4. The owners bought the property in full knowledge of its location. To suggest that he deserves thanks for his cavalier actions is disingenuous. Had the owner gone through the correct and legal procedures to build the wall then there would not be an issue with it.
Ross Hudson, Mt Martha
Flags unite us
It saddens me that Ian Armstrong has such a poor understanding of Australian history (Why all the flags?, Letters 29/7/25).
The Australian, Indigenous and Torres Strait flags tell our history. The flags unite us and like the flags we stand together.
I too am a proud citizen and understand that until we change the flag it is merely reflecting a British colonial history and not a full history of our land. I am of English heritage but I cannot deny the fact that there was 60,000 years of Indigenous occupation of this land before settlers from European background came here less than 300 years ago.
To deny this knowledge is to deny truth and justice to our First Australians.
Diane Johnstone, Frankston
Monarchists don’t get it
In reference to the letters under the heading “Why all the Flags” and the letter below it (Letters 29/7/25). These old-guard loyalists just don’t get it, or don’t want to get it (more likely).
For the sake of telling them something they should already know. In 1788 their beloved British Monarchy invaded what we now know as Australia, and took the country away by force from our First Nations People, after more than 65.000 years of inhabitancy.
To make matters worse, our forefathers treated our indigenous brothers and sisters disgracefully and inhumanely, so much so, the Prime Minister of Australia in 2008, on behalf of us all, gave a National Apology.
Flowing from the National Apology has been the utmost respect for our First Nations People, including the flying of their flags on all government buildings and the carrying out of welcome to country ceremonies wherever possible.
For one of the old-guard loyalists to infer in his letter that if the MPSC fly’s the Aboriginal flag it should fly the flags of every nation that makes up our multicultural country, shows how ignorant, disrespectful to our First Nations People and how unaware of our nation’s history he is.
I advise him to get out of his “heritage home on Mornington’s Esplanade” and get into the real world and learn what an important role our Aboriginal peoples have played in the history of our nation starting from 65,000 years ago. They are also recognised as the oldest living populations in the world.
Show a bit of respect please.
Rod Knowles, Crib Point
Act on Gaza
I am writing this letter as a plea to Zoe McKenzie. It seems that it is now de rigueur to preface all statements concerning Israel by stating the obvious, that we condemn Hamas.
That said, I am writing to you as your constituent, rather distressed by the continuing crisis in Gaza.
I find myself struggling to move past drawing equivalents between the solution to the “problem” of the 1943 Uprising, by the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto, and the solution to the Palestine “problem” today.
The revulsion that Australians feel at the mass starvation of Palestinians, the blocking of aid, and the killing of civilians approaches the overwhelming.
I urge you to do everything in your power to ensure that Australia not only is not complicit in this humanitarian catastrophe, but also acts, to the extent of our ability, to protect the Palestinian people.
Richard Kessling, Somers
Democracy lesson
I note with great interest that federal MP Zoe McKenzie is currently campaigning at peninsula primary and secondary schools through a “democracy class”, where she seems to be pushing a two-party-preferred view of the parliament following the significant swing toward Independent candidate Ben Smith at the recent election.
It certainly seems convenient for the diminishing Liberal Party to “educate” future voters that democracy equals voting for the blue or red team every three years.
McKenzie was scathing of the 24,406 informed citizens in the electorate (or 53,833 if you include everyone who placed Smith above McKenzie on their ballot paper) whom she referred to as “not knowing how democracy and the parliament works” in her election victory announcement across social media, despite these voters including such law and democracy professionals as lawyers, barristers and policy makers.
Meanwhile, the Liberal Party at the state level has pledged to curb our democratic rights if elected next year, and we can’t forget the federal electoral reform stitch up done earlier this year that significantly narrows the lane for minor party and independent candidates thereby affecting democratic participation - legislation that McKenzie voted in favour of.
It begs the question: Is she truly qualified to teach about ‘democracy’?”
Georgia Filosa, Dromana
Unfinished business
Why has the head of the National Anti-Crime Commission, who is in a very well-paid job, not been removed? A conflict of interest perhaps?
It beggars belief that the government has not been able to prosecute the discredited players revealed in the Banking Royal Commission.
It’s as if they are taking a leaf from, dare I say, the Trump Administration, in not charging those found to be guilty at the very least of misconduct and profiteering from inside trading knowledge.
Please let us not forget the victims of the infamous Robo-debt and those who perpetrated the illegal pursuant of unsubstantiated, so-called monies owed by recipients of unemployment and disability pensions.
People died because of these wrongful, illegal debits, and so far no one has been jailed for these despicable injustices.
The former Liberal PM even got a King’s honour, as did the discredited head of the department responsible for the travesty. Think about that... being rewarded for illegally pursuing innocent people, some of whom suicided. I believe this makes a mockery of the law of our land and the awards systems.
I do hope the newly re-elected Labor government brings in urgent reforms to the NACC, perhaps for starters, an independent chairperson; and real reforms from the findings of Royal Commissions, which in my view are a waste of money, sit on shelves gathering dust.
It is time the Labor government showed courage and commitment in trust of government.
Denise Hassett, Mt Martha
Rosebud Hospital
Labor member for Eastern Victoria in the Upper House, Tom McIntosh, recently posted several videos on social media, claiming he is “fighting
for Rosebud Hospital” which is “so incredibly important to the community”.
I couldn’t agree more, which is why I committed $340m at the last state election for a Liberal and National Party government to deliver a complete redevelopment of Rosebud Hospital. Labor did not match this promise and after more than a decade in government they still have not committed to the redevelopment.
In state parliament recently, I asked the Minister for Health when the last time was a current or former Minister for Health visited Rosebud Hospital.
In her non-answer, she stated she visits many health services across Victoria. She has not come to Rosebud Hospital and it’s clear why.
After over a decade in office, Labor has overseen a health system in decline, a collapsing road network, more than $40b in cost blowouts across major projects, and racked up a record $194b in debt, despite introducing or increasing more than 60 taxes and charges.
Victorians are paying the price for this financial mismanagement which is why the Allan Labor government still hasn’t committed to Rosebud Hospital.
Only a Liberal and National Party government will give Victorians a fresh start and deliver for Rosebud Hospital.
Sam Groth, Member for Nepean
Cycling problem
There are many distressing things happening in the world, and many people, particularly those who choose to watch the news, are feeling a trifle glum. It used to be said that “humour is the best medicine.” So I have a suggestion to lift the spirits and cause a smile, especially for those who like Monty Pythonesque humour: try phoning the council about an issue. Our trusty council officers seem to have devised a wonderfully entertaining circular system to keep us busily employed without getting any further. Here’s my example: Me: a request to speak to the relevant person about the issue of speeding cyclists endangering pedestrians in local park. Her: The shire doesn’t own that land, only manages it; one can’t do anything about cyclists; anyway, they’re not as dangerous as motorbikes. What do you want to happen?
Me: Request again to speak to relevant person. Her: I have to have all the detail before putting in a request for contact.
Me: Detail all the ideas I have to keep cyclists and pedestrians apart for the safety and fun of both, and less future litigation for the council… Her: So what’s your suggestion? You want to have no cyclists?
Me (incredulous): No….what I said was… Eventually she said someone would call me in 24-48 hours. I must have somehow qualified for that honour, despite all appearances. Today when I was in said park a message from someone (presumably suitable council officer, but who am I to presume?) was left on my landline. I could ring her back before 1. So at 12.30 I rang , to be told that number wasn’t available now but I could press 1 for assistance service, which I did. “Sorry assistance service is not available. Trying back up service, sorry back up service is not available.” At which point the tissue box is handy as you may either cry or laugh hysterically.
Instead I have contacted David Gill, who responded the same day. He is one person with the councillor responsibility for 50 % of the peninsula. How many work at council?
Paula Polson, Dromana
Wink three times
Beside check-outs everywhere soon, I’m told you will see a “peephole” called an RRR (retina recognition receptor).
Actually, it’s your eye’s iris it recognises. So once you have registered on the new RRR system, you simply look into the check-out receptor, wink three times, (no blinks) and you’ve paid.
No more pesty plastic cards, no need even to tap ‘n’ go. So easy, modern, convenient. So cool. So hip.
And standby for the 2026 remote ESP reader –you simply walk past the check-out, and you’ve paid! Even more hip!
But wait, there’s more...
Warwick Spinaze, Rosebud
Shire Elections – Two Ridings Contested
Compiled by Cameron McCullough NOMINATIONS for the annual shire elections closed yesterday. There are contests in the Frankston and Seaford ridings, but in the other three divisions no poll will be necessary.
Election day is fixed for Thursday, 27th August, and the hours of polling will be from 8am to 7pm.
The polling booth at Frankston will be at the Shire Hall, while the poll at Seaford will be taken at the Seaford Church Hall.
Keen interest will be taken in both contests. Mr. E. W. Thomason, who is opposing the retiring councillor in the Frankston riding, is sure to receive very solid support, and although Cr. Oates may still rely on securing a certain sentimental vote, the record of the past few years, and the disaster attending the administration of Council affairs during that period will be a strong factor in influencing ratepayers to vote for new blood.
In the Seaford riding Cr. McCulloch, the retiring councillor, will find a strong opponent in Mr. W. Armstrong, J.P., who as an ex-President of the shire is well and favorably known to ratepayers.
At the same time Cr. McCulloch will be a very hard man to defeat. If his colors are lowered, it will be due to his advocacy of the purchase of a sand pit as a recreation reserve for Seaford. Feeling over the question is said to run very high in the riding, and, many ratepayers are strongly opposed to £600 being expended on what they regard as an experimental proposition.
Mr. Armstrong represents a large section who contend that the interests of the ratepayers would be best served by securing a recreation site independent of the sand pits, the utility of which is too problematical to justify such a large expenditure.
Mt. Eliza riding will in future be represented by Mr. Philip Montague.
He takes the place of Cr. Gray, who did not seek re-election. Mr. Montague has qualifications which should eminently adapt him for the position.
As was anticipated, Cr. D. E. Hoban was accorded the honour of a walk-over for the East riding. This is the third time Cr. Hoban has been returned unopposed, a fact that would indicate that he enjoys the full confidence of his constituents.
In the Centre riding Cr. White did not seek re-election, and the vacancy has been filled by Mr. H. G. Overton, no other nomination being received.
Mr. Overton is highly respected throughout the district, and should prove a very successful councillor.
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Mt. Eliza Progress Association –Access To Beach And Lights On Mornington Road
The committee of the above association met at Mt. Eliza Hall on Monday, August 10, to discuss with the riding councillors the possibility of opening the Yamala Road to the public.
Cr. Bradbury was the only one of the three councillors to attend. It was decided that the chairman, Mr. J. Bradbury, senr., be asked to interview Mr. Lucas, the owner of Yamala
Estate, with the view of arriving at an amicable agreement regarding access to the beach through this property.
Mr. L. J. Heard was appointed as delegate to meet the Railway Commissioner on Thursday, August 13.
He was instructed to lay stress on the point that day return fares to the city were not available – a fact deplored by the whole district, also the desirability of being able to obtain through fares to towns on other lines.
It was moved that the secretary (Mr. Mosely) write to the Council, asking for the installation of four electric lights to be erected at certain places on the old Mornington Road.
This was felt to be a great want, as there are several awkward patches above the road.
The committee passed a vote of thanks to Cr. Bradbury for the valuable information and for the energetic way in which he worked for the interests of the Mt. Eliza riding.
After the general meeting of the association on August 26, Mr. P. Montague, the candidate for Mt. Eliza riding, will address the members concerning his aims and views with reference to the forthcoming election.
The social side of the association’s efforts was not forgotten, and arrangements are being made for several functions in the near future. ***
PERSONAL
Mrs. W. Crawford Young returned to Frankston last Tuesday, after a visit to her people in Tasmania.
The many friends of Mr. Harry Prosser, of Cranbourne Road, will
regret to learn that he has been laid aside with a severe attack of influenza.
Mrs. Wilson, of “Ashburnham,” Frankston, is at present suffering from an attack of influenza, and her many friends will wish her a speedy recovery.
Visitors to “The Fernery” on Sunday last included Princess Rangiriri (now appearing at the Majestic Theatre, Melbourne) and Miss Louie Lovely.
Mrs. Rowe, of the Prince of Wales Hotel, has been an inmate of Dr. Maxwell’s private hospital for the past fortnight, but is now home again restored to health. Her many friends will be glad to hear of her recovery. ***
Mr. James Clyde, having sold his orchard property at Lower Somerville, he, with Mrs. Clyde and their three small daughters, leave for New South Wales this week.
They take with them the good wishes of many friends in the district.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde each in turn held the position of secretary to the Somerville branch of the T.L.C. in its flourishing days.
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Letter to the Editor
Sir, Hitherto the local Council has wisely prevented the erection on the public roads of hideous trade advertisements.
This week, however, a monstrosity in the shape of a so-called “road light house” has been erected on the Point Nepean Road, practically in front of
my residence, and in one of the most beautiful spots along the road.
The ostensible object of the light house is to benefit road users by indicating an alleged “dangerous curve” in the road, but of course the real object is to advertise the goods of a motor oil company, which is effected by means of a huge square pillar about 9 feet high, the color scheme of which is a nightmare and an outrage.
Perhaps the term “nightmare” is hardly appropriate, because the garish colors are visible only in daylight, whereas the sympathetic night mercifully hides them.
It is hardly an exaggeration to say that these colorful advertisements can be seen at a distance of about 100 yards, and heard almost at an equal distance.
It seems hardly fair that the value of properties in the vicinity should be depreciated in order to advertise motor oils and perhaps benefit motorists and other road users, the majority of whom reside miles from Frankston.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the indication of actual dangerous spots on the road is justified, but could and should be done in a reasonable way, and not in such a manner as to be a public nuisance and an outrage to the aesthetic sense.
Yours, etc.,
L. R. N. UTBER. Frankston, 10/8/25.
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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 14 August 1925
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Somerville still in the finals race, Rosebud locks up top spot
MPFNL
By Brodie Cowburn
MEN’S DIV ONE
LANGWARRIN have kept their finals hopes alive with a gritty win over Mt Eliza.
After a tight opening term at Lloyd Park on Saturday, Langwarrin took control in the second quarter. The Kangaroos took a three goal lead into the half-time break.
Mt Eliza refused to go down without a fight, and kept hanging in there. Langwarrin proved too good though - the Kangaroos beat the Redlegs 9.9 (63) to 8.5 (53).
A loss would have proved a near-fatal blow to the Kangaroo’s finals aspirations. The win leaves Langwarrin sixth place, equal on points with Mt Eliza. The Redlegs enjoy a big percentage advantage with two rounds left to play.
Rosebud effectively confirmed their top place finish on Saturday with a comfortable win over Frankston YCW.
The Stonecats came into the contest at John Coburn Oval in second place, but they proved no match for the ladder leaders. Rosebud thumped Frankston YCW 4.12 (36) to 16.10 (106).
Mitchell White, Callum White, Lachlan Williams, Jackson McRae, and Reid Nanscawen were Rosebud’s best. White kicked five goals.
Edithvale-Aspendale cemented its top five spot with a win over Pines at home on Saturday. Edi-Asp won 15.14 (104) to 12.11 (83).
Around the grounds, Mornington
beat Red Hill by 67 points at Alexandra Park, and Dromana beat Sorrento by 22 points at David MacFarlan Reserve.
MEN’S DIV TWO
SOMERVILLE picked up an upset win over Pearcedale to stay in the hunt for finals on Saturday.
Pearcedale have been among the better teams in Division Two this year. They hosted Somerville at Pearcedale Recreation Reserve in what would go on to be a close match.
Both sides kicked five goals each in a free-flowing first term. In the second, Somerville opened up a 13 point lead.
Pearcedale made a last push in the final term, but Somerville was able to hold on. Somerville won 12.5 (77) to 13.6 (84).
Kai Suparta, Joel Vincent, Lochie Fewster, Lachlan Gill-Renouf, and Zane Martin were Somerville’s best.
The result leaves them in sixth place, behind Chelsea and Devon Meadows by percentage only with one game left to play. They face a tough task this weekend though against ladder leaders Frankston Bombers.
Chelsea and Devon Meadows faced off at Chelsea Recreation Reserve on Saturday. Devon Meadows emerged victorious by 10 points - 11.13 (79) to 13.11 (89).
Frankston Bombers returned to their winning ways on Saturday.
After falling to their first defeat of the season at the hands of Crib Point the week prior, they thumped Seaford by 90 points. Tyson Barry and Jai Block
kicked six goals each.
38 goals were kicked at RJ Rowley Reserve on Saturday afternoon as Rye hosted Tyabb.
The Yabbies surged out to an early lead with an eight-goals-to-two start, but momentum soon swung the other way. Rye kept fighting, and went on to grab the lead and hold on for an entertaining 21.11 (137) to 17.14 (116) win.
Edward Greene booted nine majors for Rye to help his side get over the line.
To close out the round, Bonbeach and Crib Point each picked up 44 point wins over Karingal and Hastings respectively.
WOMEN’S DIV ONE
WARRAGUL Industrials are Grand Final bound.
Warragul took on Karingal in the preliminary final at Bunguyan Reserve on Saturday afternoon. Karingal earned their place in the prelim by beating Frankston, while Warragul were looking to make amends after a qualifying final defeat to Mornington.
Karingal only managed to score one goal for the afternoon against Warragul. The Industrials also struggled in front of goal, but they did enough to earn a 4.9 (33) to 1.2 (8) win.
Remy Ferguson, Abbie HoibergCox, Shanae Hawker, Amy Boote, and Monai Porykali were Warragul’s best.
Mornington and Warragul will face each other in the Grand Final at Kinetic Stadium in Frankston this weekend. Play gets underway at 3pm on Saturday, 16 August.
HARRY Krajnyk has his eyes on the prize for Langwarrin. Picture: Paul Churcher
MORNINGTON grabbed a win over bottom of the table Red Hill.
Picture: Alan Dillon
Mornington mates tee up champion shot in indoor golf
A TRIO of Mornington dads have turned their social golf into serious success after clinching a place in Australasia’s biggest indoor golf championship this month.
Kade Carey, Kurt McGlynn and James Dent will represent Victoria when they join eight other teams from Christchurch, Darwin and Perth vying for victory in the annual X-League Championships - the Southern Hemisphere’s largest tech-powered golf competition.
All three dads are mates juggling work lives, family life and fatherhood.
“We honestly didn’t think we’d get this far, so we’re pretty chuffed,” 41-year-old Kade said.
“I started out with a 36 handicap outdoors which has dropped to 13 in a year. Indoors, I’ve gone from 24 to almost scratch. It’s all thanks to our time at X-Golf, so it’s a great feeling to be able to represent our local area at the champs.”
X-Golf pits amateur golfers against one another in a high-tech, simulatorbased format. X-League runs three ten-week seasons each year where teams compete across nine-hole handicap matches.
For Kade, Kurt and James, it was more than just a competition but about connection and a bit of fun.
“Men’s health is important. We’re all busy providing for our families, but you’ve got to have something that’s just yours, too,” Kade said.
“It’s made us better mates, better golfers and, honestly, probably better
husbands and dads as well.”
Competing in the national finals’ series, now in its 14th year, is a huge milestone after more than 1000 players signed up for the season at one of X-Golf’s 32 Australasian hubs.
Finalists will compete from 30-31 August at Clyde North’s new facility which is the size of about one and half basketball courts.
X-Golf’s Nick Treble said, “We’re very proud to reimagine a sport that we all love and we really value watching every day golfers push themselves, improve and build communities around the game”.
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Crib Point claims derby with commanding win over Hastings
Crib Point FNC
By Adam Bamford
CRIB Point FNC Senior Men have jumped to third on the ladder after a 44-point triumph over local rivals Hastings, winning Saturday’s derby 17.8 (110) to 10.6 (66).
In perfect conditions for football, the first half was a tight contest, with Crib Point holding a narrow seven-point lead at the main break.
The Magpies began to assert themselves in the third quarter, before a blistering final term saw them storm home with six goals to one, sealing the victory in style.
Standouts included defender Jett Bauer, whose work rate and intercept marking were superb, along with fellow backs Aden Phillips and Liam Tyrrell. Up forward, Noah Wisken (4 goals) and Lee Sheehan (2 goals) were dangerous and consistent.
Heading into the final home-andaway round against Chelsea, plenty is still at stake. A win would secure a double chance and lock in third spot, while a loss could see Crib finish anywhere from fourth to sixth, depending on other results — with the top six teams all facing off in this last round.
It’s set to be a thrilling conclusion to a fantastic season.
Dominant Third Quarter Propels
Crib Point Senior Women’s into Grand Final Showdown with Chelsea
Crib Point Senior Women’s now into the MPFNL Div 3 Grand Final
Super excited heading into a preliminary final, we knew Pines would be a tough opponent. Our game plan was to move the ball quickly and make them run hard in the first half — and it worked perfectly.
After a tight opening half, we came out fresher and ready to fire in the
third quarter. We stuck to our fast-ball movement, and Pines simply couldn’t keep up. The hard work paid off with 4 unanswered goals, setting up the win.
Em Hemsworth starred up forward as our top goal kicker, while Amber Renouf and Miranda Aumont dominated the midfield, winning plenty of the ball and driving it forward all day. The footy was hot, with Pines under immediate pressure every time they touched it.
Now, we’re off to the grand final next week against Chelsea — ready to test ourselves against the best in the competition.
GRAND FINAL: Chelsea FNC Women vs Crib Point Women at 1000 on Sat 16 August 2025 at Kinetic Stadium. Please come down and support!
Netball Report: Crib Point Battle perfect Conditions Against Hastings
UNDER 17s – Fired Up and Finals
Bound
Crib Point Under 17’s (39) def Hastings (35) by 4. Crib Point currently in 5th place
Crib Point’s Under 17s showed just how far they’ve come since their last meeting with Hastings, exploding out of the gates to lead by 10 goals at quarter time. While Hastings fought back to claim the next two terms, the Magpies still held a narrow 3-goal lead heading into the last.
A dominant final quarter sealed a thrilling 39–35 win, securing a coveted top-five spot and building confidence ahead of finals.
D GRADE – Defensive Wall Holds Strong in Gutsy Battle Crib Point D Grade (45) def by Hastings (49) by 4. Crib Point currently in 5th place
D Grade produced a performance full of heart, determination, and composure against a tough Hastings side. Every player worked hard from the first whistle to the last, keeping the pressure on and refusing to give an inch.
Although the scoreboard showed a narrow 49–45 loss, it was a huge improvement from the previous meeting.
Best on Court: Claire Fisher de Bruin (GK) – Took on a huge job and absolutely dominated in defence.
C GRADE – Short on Numbers, Big on Heart
Crib Point D Grade (54) def Hastings (42) by 12. Crib Point currently in 6th place
With a depleted line-up, C Grade dug deep and delivered a consistent four-quarter performance. The players covered for one another seamlessly,
moved the ball with confidence, and defended as a united front.
The relentless effort was rewarded with a strong 54–42 victory, proving that determination can outweigh numbers.
Best on Court: Lani Hagai (C) –Controlled the midcourt and was dominant all day.
B GRADE – Fast Start, Fierce Finish
Crib Point D Grade (51) def by Hastings (61) by 10. Crib Point currently in 8th place
B Grade hit the court hard, moving the ball quickly into the circle and putting Hastings under immediate pressure. The attacking end connected beautifully, creating plenty of scoring opportunities.
A lapse in the third quarter allowed Hastings to surge ahead, but positional changes brought fresh energy, and the Magpies finished strongly despite the 61–51 loss.
Best on Court: Ella McCracken (GA) – Tireless work rate, unselfish play, and confident feeds to the shooters.
A GRADE – Season-Best Performance Just Falls Short
Crib Point D Grade (47) def by Hastings (52) by 5. Crib Point currently in 11th place
A Grade built on last week’s win with a strong start, applying pressure all over the court. Smooth attacking transitions and relentless defence forced errors and kept the contest tight. In what was arguably their best game of the season, the Magpies fought to the very end, falling just short.
Best on Court: Ebony McDermott (GA) – Creative, composed, and constantly keeping Crib Point in the fight.
KADE Carey, Kurt McGlynn and James Dent will compete in biggest indoor golf championship this month. Picture:
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All set for super season finale
SOCCER
By Craig MacKenzie
FOUR games from glory – that’s what most local State League clubs are facing in the run-in to the 2025 season finale.
Mornington, Peninsula Strikers and Skye United are eyeing promotion while Rosebud, Somerville Eagles, Baxter, Mount Eliza and Seaford United are desperately trying to hold on to their current league status.
The off-season restructure of the State Leagues is massive.
It entails creating State 6 and State 7 leagues broken into South-East and North-West divisions to finally bring regional consistency throughout the State Leagues set-up.
In State 1 South-East the champion earns promotion to VPL2 while the runner-up enters a play-off against its North-West counterpart.
Mornington currently is third three points behind league leader Malvern City but its fate firmly is in its own hands.
Three of its last four games are at home and include clashes with Malvern, second-placed Bayside Argonauts, fifth-placed Doveton and Old Scotch.
“At this stage all of our home games will be at Dallas Brooks,” head coach Adam Jamieson said.
The poor state of the main pitch at Dallas Brooks Park has been a contentious issue this season.
“I’ve got a fit squad and the players are ready for these last four games,” Jamieson added.
“We’ve tweaked our system of play since the loss to Beaumaris and so far it seems to be working.”
Ryan Pakzcowski remains overseas due to personal reasons.
In State 2 South-East both local clubs are in the promotion hunt with Peninsula Strikers second four points behind champion elect St Kilda.
The top two are promoted in this league and Strikers’ run home involves facing two top-six teams in Knox City and third-placed Casey Comets.
Strikers’ boss Scott Morrison will have Tommy Wood back from injury and sees fitness as one of the advantages his side takes into the season finale.
“Injury wise we are in very good shape and the work Kosta Drak does with the squad has unquestionably put us in a good spot for the last four games,” Morrison said.
“Our focus will be 100 percent on ourselves and not others.
“We know this league can throw up crazy results so as long as we do what’s required from our end we will be fine.”
Skye United is fourth three points behind Strikers and has had a remarkable season given its completely revamped senior squad.
Head coach Phil McGuinness was hard at work in the off-season running the rule over triallists in a program that saw Skye hold many more friendlies than other local sides.
Skye’s remaining fixtures involve two games against top-six sides in Mooroolbark and Knox City but to its advantage three of its last four games are at home.
Here is the run home for Strikers and Skye United:
STRIKERS: v Berwick City (H), v Doncaster Rovers (A), v Knox City (A), v Casey Comets (H).
SKYE: v Mooroolbark (A), v Bentleigh Utd Cobras (H), v North Caulfield (H), v Knox City (H).
The FV revamp impacts greatly on State 4 and State 5 levels.
In State 4 South there is a traffic jam of local teams desperately trying to cling on to their league status.
The top team wins promotion with teams finishing second through to sixth playing in State 4 South-East next year.
While Chelsea’s title tilt looks to have failed its top-six status is secure given that it currently lies second with a 13-point gap over the seventh-placed side.
Not so with Rosebud, Somerville and
Baxter who are in fifth, sixth and seventh spots.
Here are their respective runs home:
ROSEBUD: v Mentone (A), v Chelsea (H), v Sandown Lions (H),v Springvale City (A).
SOMERVILLE: v Lyndale Utd (H), v Endeavour Utd (A), v Baxter (H), v Chelsea (A).
BAXTER: v Endeavour Utd (A), v Frankston Pines (A), v Somerville Eagles (A), v Lyndale Utd (H).
“Every game is a cup final if I am honest,” Rosebud gaffer Stuart Johnson said.
“In the first half of the season we had a great game against Springvale and Chelsea were far too good for us.
“For both those games we have to show where we have improved and put our best foot forward.”
Injuries and players going to other clubs have had major impacts on Rosebud’s season.
“Since the start of the season we have had four fractures and multiple long-term layoffs which has affected the consistency of the squad we could select,” Johnson added.
“The boys have done a tremendous job given the disruption and we now have to finish the job.
“We need a good result against Mentone this weekend and we are targeting three points against Sandown to ease our situation but we are taking nothing
for granted.”
In State 5 the big question hanging over the run home is whether or not
Seaford United can chase down second-placed Mount Eliza as Fortuna 60 looks to have a firm grip on the championship.
Mount Eliza has been the surprise packet of the league as a perceived lack of depth was expected to hinder the team’s consistency but Gerry McDonagh’s men have thus far maintained their challenge for the title.
Seaford was one of the championship hopefuls at the start of the season but now finds itself fighting to save its State 5 status given that only the two top teams remain in State 5 SouthEast next year while teams finishing third through to sixth drop into State 6 South-East.
Teams finishing seventh and below face a double drop into the new State 7 South-East – a fate Aspendale and Mount Martha are staring in the face.
Seaford head coach Paul Williams remains confident that his club can maintain its league status.
We’re clearly doing something right as we’re at the business end of the season and still in the hunt for second spot in the seniors and the title in the reserves,” Williams said.
“When we’re on we reckon we can take on anyone.
“A few missed chances over the sea-
son have had me up at night endlessly reviewing the Veo footage but no doubt if character won trophies we’d be top of the table.
“Our support staff and players are a tight-knit bunch and they’re giving it their all.
“We’re not done yet.”
NEXT WEEKEND
Saturday, 16 August, 3pm
Doveton v Mornington, Waratah Reserve
Peninsula Strikers v Berwick City, Centenary Park
Mooroolbark v Skye Utd, Esther Park
Mentone v Rosebud, Mentone Grammar Playing Fields
Frankston Pines v Monash University, Monterey Reserve
Sandown Lions v Chelsea, Ross Reserve
Endeavour Utd v Baxter, Reema Reserve
Somerville Eagles v Lyndale Utd, Westernport Secondary College
Mount Martha v Aspendale, Civic Reserve
Mount Eliza v Cleeland Utd, Emil Madsen Reserve
Seaford Utd v Pakenham Utd, North Seaford Reserve
Sunday, 17 August, 4pm
Western Utd v Langwarrin, Ironbark Fields
Four games from glory: Peninsula Strikers’ gaffer
Scott Morrison (left) and Seaford United counterpart Paul Williams face an intriguing run-in to the season’s end. Pictures: Paul Seeley and Darryl Kennedy
