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PARENTS at Skye Primary School say that urgent road safety improvements are needed near the school after multiple dangerous near-misses. Skye Primary School is located on busy Ballarto Road. Skye Primary School’s school council has written a letter telling the state government saying that the current traffic condi-
tions around the school are risking the safety of young students and their guardians.
“The situation at our parent car park has reached a crisis point. During pick-up times, there is regularly a long line of cars waiting to turn left into the car park, creating a dangerous bottleneck on Ballarto Road. This queue of vehicles, combined with the crest of the hill, severely obscures vision for both approaching traffic and parents attempting to exit the car
park,” the letter read. “Parents trying to exit the car park face an impossible situation: they cannot see oncoming traffic due to the hill’s crest and the line of waiting vehicles, while simultaneously needing to merge into fastmoving traffic. This creates a daily Russian roulette scenario where families are forced to take life-threatening risks simply to collect their children from school.
“These concerns are not theoretical. We have already witnessed a multi-car
collision outside the school involving a parent attempting to turn right at the school pick up time. While thankfully no one was seriously injured on this occasion, we have documented numerous near misses. The combination of poor visibility, queuing traffic, and high vehicle speeds creates conditions where a serious or fatal accident seems inevitable.”
School parents who have contacted local Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny for assistance say that issue remains un-
resolved.
The Times asked Kilkenny if the state government was considering safety improvements on Ballarto Road. She said that the state government completed road safety works near the school in 2018, and that she “will continue to work closely with Skye Primary school and advocate for changes that improve safety and access for the whole school community.”
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A $320 million redevelopment of the Vasey RSL site in Frankston South has been approved by the state’s planning minister.
A permit has been granted to build a residential aged care facility with 80 beds and a retirement village with 414 units at 85 Overport Road. A statement from Vasey RSL Care read that the decision “will deliver more homes for veterans and their families, and for the broader community in Frankston South.”
“This development in an attractive location in Frankston South will offer quality homes for those retirees looking for a friendly community where they can stay involved. The variety of accommodation and services will enable residents to stay healthy and retain independence, knowing more support is available if needed down the track. New landscaping and gardens, retained mature trees, a walking track, village hub, coffee shop and on-site services will make this an appealing proposition,” Vasey RSL Care said. “With the issuing of the permit, we will now be refining and finalising the design with our design and planning partners, consultants and specialists according to our original planned timeline.
“There is a lot of work to be done and we will continue to communicate regularly with our community and all those interested in this development.”
The approved permit will allow for developer to construct a building or construct or carry out works for a residential aged care facility; to construct a building or construct or carry out works for a retirement village; to carry out works to remove, destroy or lop vegetation; to construct a fence; and to remove, destroy or lop a canopy tree.
PLANS for a redeveloped Vasey RSL in Frankston South. Pictures: Supplied
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“Back in 2018, I worked alongside local families with Skye Primary School to deliver pedestrian operated traffic lights on Ballarto Rd to improve safety for students and families,” she said. “In 2019, I secured funding of nearly $8 million to significantly upgrade Skye Primary School with a new indoor gym, parking, and upgraded administration buildings and classrooms. In 2022, further funding delivered upgraded toilet blocks and disability inclusion upgrades. And I am so proud that a brand new kindergarten will be built on site at Skye Primary to deliver free kindergarten for 3 and 4 year olds as another way to support busy parents and families and to make sure Victorian
children get the best start in life.
“I work closely with all the schools and school communities in my electorate to make sure local families have access to the best local schools, with upgraded facilities and learning spaces, that are safe and inclusive. The safety of children and families is a top priority for me, and I encourage anyone to please contact my office to raise any concerns directly.”
The letter sent to the state government outlined concerns that the school was the victim of “inequitable treatment.”
“Just two kilometers down Ballarto Road, we have witnessed significant investment in road widening and traffic light installation to support the safety
of the Flinders Christian College community. This raises serious questions about equity and fairness: why should our school community—with over 520 students and families—be treated any differently? Our children’s safety is equally important and deserves the same level of infrastructure investment and protection,” the letter read.
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A NEW pipeline delivering recycled water to green spaces across Frankston is now in operation.
South East Water’s $5 million Monterey Recycled Water Scheme is up and running. The National Golf Course – Long Island is the first site to connect, with more expected to follow later this year.
The 2.3 kilometer pipeline will supply nearly 100 megalitres of Class A recycled water each year. South East Water managing director Carla Purcell said “we’re delivering for our customers by providing a secure, sustainable recycled water source for
Each month the Frankston Times will run a Community Events page, where your school or organisation can promote upcoming events, fund raisers, social events, etc. at no charge. This page is sponsored by Frankston Arts Centre, and listings are completely free.
Lisiting should be about 40 words and include event name, date, time & address. Send your listing to: Community Events PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or email
local sporting clubs, keeping community spaces greener, thriving and more liveable.”
“Using recycled water, in more places, contributes to more sustainable outcomes for our community,” Purcell said.
Frankston mayor Sue Baker welcomed the completion of the projectshe said “this project strengthens our commitment to a more sustainable, climate-resilient city and the wellbeing of our community – all top priorities for council.”
“Recycled water will begin flowing to Monterey Reserve from June, with
our other sporting reserves (Pat Rollo and Eric Bell) to follow in stages, representing significant progress toward securing greener, more resilient open spaces for future generations,” she said. “We’re proud to work with South East Water and the Victorian Government to deliver long-term benefits for residents, families and visitors across our municipality.” The state government spent $1.3 million on the pipeline. South East Water, Frankston City Council, and The National Golf Club – Long Island rounded out the project’s funding.
THERE is an adage that says, ‘home is where the heart is. But in a state where there is a homeless population of over 30,000 people and growing, where is the heart for our most vulnerable?
Recent reports show Victoria has one of the highest levels of homelessness in Australia. In Melbourne’s South-East, around 3,500 people are experiencing homelessness, and in Frankston, between 2016 and 2021, there was a 64% increase in the number of homeless people, compared to the average Victorian increase of 24%. These statistics represent real people with difficult lives.
Rising domestic violence, a chronic housing shortage, and costof-living pressures are all driving this crisis with family members, students, and fellow Victorians being forced into unstable and unsafe living conditions, including sleeping rough in cars, on park benches, and on beaches.
Last month, in Parliament, the Premier acknowledged that homelessness is worsening in Victoria. While the Premier is right, these failures have occurred on her watch. Local shelters are overflowing; forced to turn away vulnerable people every day because they do not have the capacity to help everyone who needs it.
Over the past three years in Parliament, I have had countless people walk through my office doors, desperate for a home after being turned away elsewhere. I have done everything I can to help them from assisting with paperwork and contacting providers to advocating to the
Minister.
But unless the Allan Labor Government does more than acknowledge this crisis, homelessness in Victoria will only continue to grow. It is high time that something changes.
Ann-Marie Hermans MP
State Member for South Eastern Metropolitan Region
THE annual Party in the Park took over Cruden Park last Sunday.
Visitors at the event enjoyed music, amusement
and visits from superheroes. Speaking before the event, Frankston mayor Sue Baker said “every year Party in the Park is one of Frankston City’s most loved family events, and we’re so excited that it’s back for another year.”
“Our events team has put together a fantastic array of activities and things to do, so there will be something for Party guests of all ages to enjoy,” she said. “Cruden Farm is such an incredible location for this event and we’re so lucky to have the facility available to us.
“Making memories is what school holidays and events like this are all about. We’ve already had a massive start to the year with major events in Frankston, with events such as Waterfront Festival, Street Art Festival and the ongoing Sand Sculpting Championships. Party in the Park is next on the calendar, and we’re so excited to bring another free, fun event for our community to enjoy.”
Cruden Farm executive director Daniel Johnson said “we love opening the gates at Cruden Farm every year for Party in the Park and welcoming children and new visitors to our beautiful space.”
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TRAFFIC on Peninsula Link will be severely disrupted for the next two months with the northbound lane closed between Moorooduc Highway and Bungower Road.
During that time, work will be undertaken to “rebuild the pavement structure” but Service Stream, which manages maintenance of Peninsula Link, has said the road will reopen on 8 June without the final surface layer due to “expected low temperatures over winter”.
It is expected the same stretch of road will be closed again in December to complete the final surface layer.
The roadworks have created traffic chaos over the last few months with thousands of motorists forced off the freeway and onto clogged local roads.
The mayhem paused briefly over the summer tourist season, with a halt in works, but the speed limit remained at a reduced 80kmh.
At the time, Service Stream told The Times “While the resurfacing works carried out to date have largely been completed, the final layer of specialised asphalt has not yet been applied”.
“This type of asphalt requires both warmer temperatures and dry conditions to set correctly and achieve maximum durability. The weather in November has not been consistently warm or dry enough to undertake this work within an appropriate timeframe.”
Roadworks commenced again at the beginning of February with works southbound between Frankston-Flinders Road and Bungower Road. After that came the closure of southbound between Bungower Road and Old Moorooduc Road which has now been completed.
Attention then moved onto the northbound lanes with only one lane operating between Bungower Road and Frankston-Flinders Road between 10 and 21 March and then only one lane open northbound between the Nepean Highway and Old Moorooduc Road between 22 March and 27 March. During this time works were
undertaken to install traffic counting devices, bridge waterproofing, final surfacing and line marking.
Mornington MP Chris Crewther addressed parliament to voice his concerns with the drawn-out and disruptive resurfacing asking “Will the minister update me and the Mornington electorate community on the completion, eventually, of the
Peninsula Link resurfacing works, including giving a firm timetable for completion of current stages as well as stronger oversight for the contractor doing the works?”
“This is a project that has been going on for over five months now in the Mornington electorate. When is this project going to be completed, and when will this government do something to ensure that their contracts are properly managed?”
Crewther’s questions followed Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie addressing federal parliament on 9 February, where she stated Peninsula Link, which “connects the Mornington Peninsula community to work, services and the city every day,” had been mismanaged over the past year.
“Over the last year the incompetent Allan Labor government has turned Pen Link into an obstacle course, with inexplicable speed limits, phantom roadworks, unpredictable lane closures and enough orange cones to be visible from outer space,” she said.
Peninsula Link was built under a 25-year public private partnership (PPP) contract, also known as a DBFOM (design, build, finance, operate, maintain), where the government makes fixed quarterly payments to freeway consortium Southern Way regardless of actual traffic volume (Peninsula Link finally up and running, The Times 22/1/13).
Southern Way appointed Service Stream Limited to operate and maintain Peninsula Link under another 25-year agreement.
SUNDAY
ABC TV, 7.30pm
When a summer storm slams into Mowai Bay in this charming murder mystery’s penultimate chapter, the Blue Motel finds itself at capacity with stranded tourists and out-of-towners. The roads are closed, the power is out and Vinny (Michala Banas) and Cole’s (Brett Tucker, left) conference room has become a makeshift community shelter. So, when the local radio DJ starts broadcasting “dead air”, it’s almost certain the killer is right under their noses. However, Jamie (Jayden Daniels) is beginning to doubt the retired cop couple’s credentials.
TEN, 7pm
As this culinary sensation comes of age, its success has become something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. No longer reliant on world-famous chefs to appear as guest judges, the hottest kitchen on TV could now fuel an entire season using only its superstar graduates. A new generation steps into the kitchen chasing gastronomic glory in Sunday’s premiere Andy Allen, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Sofia Levin and Poh Ling Yeow (pictured right with Levin) put the top 40 contenders through their paces, with 10 white aprons on offer for the best dishes of the day.
NINE, 7pm
No one knew what to expect when this competitive trivia showdown premiered last year, but with an average of 1.3 million viewers tuning in to yell answers at the screen each night, it’s safe to say is on solid ground. Now, Rodger Corser (right) returns with a cast of 81 contestants who step into the arena ready for anything: among them are Olympic gold medallist Steven Bradbury, Australian Survivor alum Gerald Youles and Travel Guides Kevin Moloney. A new feature –the Freeze –will be feature later in the season, but Sunday’s premiere raises the stakes with a bonus $20,000 prize on offer for whoever holds the most territory by episode’s end.
MONDAY
AND MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION
SEVEN, 7.30pm
Lured to a TV studio by Glenn Robbins and shepherded through a doorway, the stars featured in this new format won’t know what hit them. An archive of video clips, photos and stories awaits, along with some old friends, but Robbins and Mick Molloy won’t be heaping praise upon their guests – rather, they confront them with home truths about their behaviour in a lightly mocking fashion. Carrie Bickmore (pictured above with Robbins) is the first celebrity in the hot seat for Monday’s premiere.
ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (10) NINE (9) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 The Weekly. (Ml, R) 11.00 Creative Types. (Final, R) 11.30 Can You Keep A Secret? (Ml, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Frauds. (Ml, R) 1.55 Tonight At The Museum. (PGs, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 3.00 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 3.55 Sister Boniface Mysteries. (PGa, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 9.05 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.15 Matched. (PG, R) 10.10 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 11.00 DNA Journey. (Ml) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Elder In Residence Oration 2024. (PG, R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (R) 3.55 The Mayfair Hotel Megabuild. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Treasures With Bettany Hughes: Turkey – Emerging From The Earth. (PG)
A couple build a sleek metallic floating home.
9.20 The Piano. (R) Presented by Guy Sebastian and Andrea Lam. 10.10 ABC Late News. 10.25 The Business. (R) 10.40 Sister Boniface Mysteries. (PGa, R) 11.30 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
8.30 Our Medicine. (PGa, R) Alisha gives birth with Waminda midwives. 9.40 Riot Women. (MA15+) Kitty is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
10.50 SBS World News Late.
11.20 Under The Bridge. (Premiere, Mdlv) 12.10 Bonn. (Mav, R) 2.05 Beyond Signs. (MA15+a, R) 3.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.05 Mountain Vets. (PG, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Carlton v Collingwood.
10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match.
11.00 Kick Ons. A preview of the upcoming AFL matches.
11.30 HMP: Behind Bars: HMP Whitemoor. (MA15+a, R) Takes a look at life inside HMP Whitemoor.
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 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 RBT. (Ml) A look at police random breath-test patrols.
8.30 Emergency. (Mm, R) Doctor Scott Taylor fears a tradie has life-altering neck damage after a ladder fall.
9.30 A+E Crash Scene Emergency. (Mmv, R) A 20-year-old is critically injured.
10.30 The Equalizer. (MA15+v) 11.20 9News Late. 11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00
ABC (2)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Compass. (PGv, R) 10.30 Stuff The British Stole. (Final, PG, R) 11.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 The Piano. (R) 1.45 Can You Keep A Secret? (Ml, R) 2.15 The Assembly. (PG, R) 3.00 Grand Designs Transformations. (PG, R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia.
8.30 Patience. (Mv) A father is shot in front of his daughter. 9.20 Tonight At The Museum. (PGs, R) Hosted by Alex Lee.
9.50 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (PGls, R)
10.20 ABC Late News.
10.35 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. (Ml, R)
11.15 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R)
12.05 Love Me. (Ml, R) 12.50 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
ABC FAMILY (22)
SBS (3) SEVEN (7)
NINE (9)
6.00 WorldWatch. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.10 Matched. (PG, R) 10.05 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 11.00 DNA Journey. (PGa, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Forever Held In Country. (R) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.00 The Mayfair Hotel Megabuild. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Morning Show Mysteries: A Murder In The Mind. (2019, PGav, R) Holly Robinson Peete. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Love Upstream. (2021, PGa, R) Kimberly-Sue Murray. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG)
8.30 A New ANZAC. Construction of the new Southern Entrance is underway.
9.30 Orient Express: A Golden Era Of Travel. (PGav, R) The Orient Express continues its journey.
10.25 SBS World News Late.
10.55 The King. (MA15+d)
11.50 Babylon Berlin. (MA15+asv, R) 2.00 Nordland 99. (Mal, R) 2.55 Mastermind Australia. (R) 3.55 Mountain Vets. (PG, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Geelong v Western Bulldogs.
10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match.
11.00 GetOn Extra. A look at the weekend’s best racing.
11.30 Border Security: International. (PGadl, R) A trucker’s day goes sideways.
12.00 MOVIE: Patsy And Loretta. (2019, Masv, R) Charts the friendship between two music stars. Megan Hilty, Jessie Mueller. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Airport Security: USA. (Mad) An X-ray shows some unusual objects.
8.30 MOVIE: The Intern. (2015, Mal, R) A 70-year-old retired widower is hired as a senior intern for an online fashion startup. Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo.
10.55 MOVIE: Going In Style. (2017, Ml, R) Three geriatric friends attempt a bank heist. Michael Caine.
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)
9GEM (92)
TEN (10)
6.00 10 News+.
6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (R) Hosted by Neale Whitaker and Andrew Winter.
8.40 Building The Dream. (Return) Architectural designer Charlie Luxton proves dream homes can be affordable. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.40 10 News+. (R) 11.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 2.25pm Bamay. 3.00 Where Are You Really From? 3.40 BBC News At Ten. 4.10 France 24. 4.40 PBS News. 5.40 Inside The Huddle. 6.10 Over The Black Dot. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: Casualties Of War. (1989, MA15+) 10.40 Sex Before The Internet. 11.35 Homeland. 12.50am United Gangs Of America. 1.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School: Let The Games Begin. 4.15 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.40 Ariel. 5.20 Stan & Gran. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.30 My Adventures With Superman. 8.50 BattleBots. 9.40 Gladiators UK. 10.40 Late Programs.
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 8.15 Motown Magic. 8.40 The Magic Canoe. 9.10 Spartakus. 10.00 Waterworld Africa. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: Coextinction. (2021, PG) 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 The Big Dry. 7.30 MOVIE: The Boy And The Heron. (2023, PG) 9.50 MOVIE: Jumpin’ Jack Flash. (1986) 11.40 Late Programs. NITV (34)
6am The
Movie Show. 6.35 The Lady And The Highwayman. (1989, PG) 8.20 Becoming Jane. (2007, PG) 10.30 Phantom Thread. (2017, M) 12.55pm Empire. (2023, M, Danish) 2.40 Discovering Film. 3.35 A King In New York. (1957, PG) 5.30 Somewhere In Time. (1980) 7.30 The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. (2018) 9.55 Enigma. (2001, M) 12.10am Late Programs.
ABC TV (2) SBS (3)
6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (PG) 12.00 Football. VFL. Round 4. Coburg v St Kilda. 3.00 Shaun Tan’s Tales From Outer Suburbia. (R) 4.10 Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia. (PG, R) 5.00 Australian Story. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R)
6.00 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R)
6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Blue Murder Motel. (PGl) Vinny and Cole investigate the death of a radio DJ.
8.15 Top End Bub. (PGd) Ned and Lauren have never felt more distant and Taya struggles with life without him. Trevor gets a makeover. Daffy unveils her song.
8.40 Death In Paradise. (Ma, R) The team attempts to investigate the mysterious death of a British tourist.
9.40 Frauds. (Ml, R) Bert and Sam struggle to keep their secrets hidden.
10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (MA15+dhlnsv)
5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.10 The Bee Whisperer. (PGa, R) 10.05 Vintage Voltage. (R) 10.55 Oman From Above. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Sailing. Sail Grand Prix Rio. Round 4. Highlights. 3.00 Stories From The Cities. (PG) 3.30 Figure Skating. ISU Synchronised Championships. 5.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 5.35 Surviving WW2. (Premiere, PGaw)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Jewels Of The Mediterranean: Gibraltar – Escape To The Sun. 8.20 Magical Train Journeys In Switzerland: With The Glacier Express From Zermatt To St Moritz. (R) A look at TheGlacierExpress 9.20 Jersey And Guernsey. (R) A sailing ship is visiting the Port of St Helier. 10.15 Finding Your Roots. (PG, R) 11.15 Snowpiercer. (MA15+v, R) 1.50 Matched. (PG, R) 2.40 Mastermind Australia. (R) 3.45 Undermining Nazis: Paris’ Secret Tunnels. (PGav, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Our Town. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Business Builders. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes. 8.00 Escape To The Country. 11.00 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Avengers. 1.10 MOVIE: Don’t Bother To Knock. (1961, PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Strange Invaders. (1983, PG) 5.30 Secret Life Of The Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 7. Dolphins v Penrith Panthers. 9.55 NRL Friday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.45 Late Programs.
7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.30 Nanny. 9.30 Addams Family. 10.30 Bewitched. 11.30 Rugby Heaven. 12.30pm Australian Ninja Warrior. 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Meg 2: The Trench. (2023, M) 9.40 MOVIE: Rambo: Last Blood. (2019, MA15+) 11.30 Seinfeld. 12.30am Love Island UK. 1.50 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Mountain Men.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. All Aged Stakes Day, Mornington Cup and BYD Quokka Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs meets Yoko Nakazawa. 8.00 MOVIE: The Greatest Showman. (2017, PGa, R) Follows the life of PT Barnum. Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams. 10.00 MOVIE: M3GAN. (2022, Malv, R) A lifelike prototype doll turns deadly. Allison Williams. 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 4. ITM Christchurch Super 440. Day 1. Highlights. 1.00 Devils. (MA15+av) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)
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6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Open For Inspection. 12.30 Surfing Australia TV. 1.00 Explore TV Viking. (R) 1.30 My Way. (R) 2.00 Destination WA. (R) 2.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PGam, R) 3.30 Epic Builds. 4.30 The Garden
6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. (PGl) Belinda’s clutter causes conflict with her family.
6.30 The Dog House. (PGa, R) Sisters want to extend their family. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (PGa) A couple must decide whether to stay in their 2.5 bedroom, brick 1960s home in Karrinyup, WA. 9.30 Gogglebox Australia. (R) TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows. 10.30 Matlock. (PGa, R) Matty juggles a court case and her 50th wedding anniversary. 11.30 Elsbeth. (Mv, R) A celebrity wigmaker is murdered. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am Morning Programs. 2.05pm Forged In Fire. 3.45 BBC News At Ten. 4.15 France 24. 4.45 PBS News. 5.45 Mastermind Aust. 6.45 The Food That Built The World. 7.35 Abandoned Americana. 8.30 Icons Unearthed: Transformers. 10.20 History’s Greatest Heists With Pierce Brosnan. Midnight WWE Legends. 1.40 Race For The Planet. 2.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School. 3.30 Zog And The Flying Doctors. 4.20 Dino Dex. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 Room On The Broom. 5.40 Super Monsters. 6.05 Knee High Spies. 6.25 Paddington. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 Kids Baking C’ship. 8.10 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 8.50 Caper Crew. 9.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.20 Abbott Elementary. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Discovering Film. 6.25 Brief Encounter. (1945, PG) 8.00 Somewhere In Time. (1980) 10.00 Marie Antoinette. (2006) 12.20pm Enigma. (2001,
8.30 MOVIE: Legally Blonde 2: Red, White And Blonde. (2003, PGl, R) A woman juggles her demanding career as a lawyer and the preparations for her wedding. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson.
10.30 MOVIE: Magic Mike’s Last Dance. (2023, Mls, R) Channing Tatum. 12.30 Epic Builds. (R) 1.30 Open For Inspection. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
MOVIE: Dunkirk. (1958, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Tombstone. (1993, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Cross Of Iron. (1977, MA15+) 12.40am Late Programs. 9GEM (92)
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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGv, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 The Piano. (R) 3.20 Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia. (PG, R) 4.10 Grand Designs. (PGl, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Fake Or Fortune? (Final)
6.30 Compass: Bring Back Joy. (PGv)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 The Piano. (Final, PG) The five chosen pianists headline at City Recital Hall. 8.25 Can You Keep A Secret? (Final, Ml) Debbie weighs up confessing. 8.55 Frauds. (Final, Mal) The day of the heist arrives.
9.40 Blue Murder Motel. (PGl, R) Vinny and Cole investigate the death of a radio DJ.
10.30 Top End Bub. (PGd, R)
10.55 MOVIE: Two Hands. (1999, MA15+lv, R)
12.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.00 Dream Gardens. (PG, R) 4.30 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 South Africa From Above. (R) 12.00 PBS News Compass Points. 12.30 WorldWatch. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. ProMX Championship. Round 2. 4.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Roubaix. Men’s Race. Highlights. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Roubaix. Women’s Race. Highlights. 5.00 Going Places. (R) 5.35 Surviving WW2. (PGavw)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Rise And Fall Of The Maya. (M) Explores the last moments of the Mayan civilisation. 9.20 Emperor: Rise And Fall Of A Dynasty. (MA15+v, R) Looks at Livia, who starts having regrets. 10.15 Lost Treasures Of Egypt: Cleopatra, Egypt’s Last Pharaoh. (PGav, R)
11.05 Putin And The West. (Mav, R) 2.30 Matched. (PG, R) 3.20 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. Pre-game coverage of the match. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Melbourne v Brisbane Lions.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The 1% Club. (Return, PGals) 8.00 7NEWS Spotlight. (Return)
9.00 Abused By Mum: The Ruby Franke Scandal. (Mav, R) Charts the rise and fall of Ruby Franke, a “momfluencer” who amassed millions of followers for her parenting tips.
10.30 24 Hours In Police Custody: Lost In Translation. (Mal, R)
11.30 Autopsy USA. (Ma, R)
12.30 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. ITM Christchurch Super 440. H’lights. From Ruapuna Raceway, Christchurch, NZ. 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today.
6.00 9News Sunday.
7.00 The Floor. (Return, PGl)
8.15 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.
9.15 Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators: Prescription For Murder. (Mav) Looks at the case of Dr Brian Crickitt.
10.20 9News Late.
10.50 The First 48: Shooting Blind/ Brothers In Arms. (Mav, R)
11.45 A Killer Makes A Call. (Ma, R)
12.35 Oz Off Road TV. (PGl, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.30 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. (Return) A batch of new contestants enter the kitchen. 8.45 Race Across The World. (Return, Ml) In a frenetic race across the world, travellers can choose any route they like, but no flights or phones are allowed. 10.00 Matlock. (PGad) The firm tackles an AI afterlife software dispute. 11.00 NCIS: Origins. (Ma, R) The team investigates the death of an investment advisor. 12.00 10 News+. (R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 3.35 WorldWatch. 4.35 PBS News Compass Points. 5.05 Myths: The Greatest Mysteries Of Humanity. 6.05 MOVIE: Ange & The Boss: Puskas In Australia. (2024, PG) 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 DesiAussie Family Tale of Electric Korma. 8.45 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Amstel Gold Women’s Race. 10.45 Fear Itself With Alex Lee. 11.00 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 MOVIE: Tummy Tom
2: A New Friend For Tummy Tom. (2024) 4.30 Little J And Big Cuz. 5.10 Paddington. 6.05 Knee High Spies. 6.25 Paddington. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 The Inbestigators. 7.45 Caper Crew. 8.05 Secrets At Red Rocks. 8.30 Animal Park. 10.00 Secrets Of The Zoo. 10.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)
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6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Escape To The Country. 12.30pm Harry’s Practice. 1.00 Luxury Escapes: World’s Best Holidays. 1.30 Business Builders. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Better Homes. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 5.30 The Aussie Property Flippers. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Miss Scarlet And The Duke. 11.30 Late Programs.
6am
Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 7.50 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. (1968, PG) 10.30 The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. (2018) 12.50pm Too Cool To Kill. (2022, M, Mandarin) 2.50 Somewhere In Time. (1980, PG) 4.55 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. (2019, PG) 7.00 Sabotage. (1936, PG) 8.30 The Lady In The Van. (2015, M) 10.25 Master Gardener. (2022, M) 12.30am Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Toi Time. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.05 Aussie Bush Tales. 7.20 Cities Of Gold. 7.50 Bushwhacked! 8.15 Motown Magic. 8.40 The Magic Canoe. 9.10 Bamay. 5.30pm Going Places. 6.40 Wild, Smart And Deadly. 7.30 Free The People. 8.35 MOVIE: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets. (2015, M) 10.20 MOVIE: Dogfight. (1991, M) Midnight Lagau Danalaig: An Island Life. 1.00 Going Places. 2.00 Late Programs.
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Mondays: 1.00pm - 4.00pm $80 ($70 conc.) plus $10 admin
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Wednesday 22nd April 1.00pm - 2.30pm Cost: Gold coin donation
Craft, Hobby & Fun Knitnats
Knitting and needle craft in company. Wednesdays: 10.30am - 2.30pm Cost: $5 per session
ABC TV (2)
6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Top End Bub. (PGd, R) 11.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Landline. (R) 1.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 2.00 Tonight At The Museum. (PGs, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 2.55 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Australian Story: Lost Pt 2 – Celine Cremer.
8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.
9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser.
9.35 Planet America.
10.05 Foreign Correspondent. (R)
10.55 ABC Late News. 11.10 The Business. (R) 11.25 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (PGls, R) 11.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 12.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+dhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat. (R)
5.30 7.30. (R)
Patch ‘n’ Chat
Patchwork group Thursdays: 10.00am - 2.00pm Cost: $5 per session
Move your body and feel good workout for all ages. Fun fitness classes designed to improve your overall fitness, strength and flexibility.
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 12.00pm Cost: $10 or $50 for 6 sessions
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6.00 Moening Programs. 10.05 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 11.00 Scottish Vets Down Under. (R) 12.05 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS News Compass Points. 1.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 Finding Your Roots. (PGa, R) 3.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Tutankhamun: Secrets Of The Toxic Tomb. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Australia’s Greek Cafes & Milk Bars.
8.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) Game show. Hosted by Jimmy Carr. 9.30 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (M) Hosted by Greg Davies. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Herrhausen: The Banker And The Bomb. (Malv) 11.55 Gomorrah. (MA15+av, R) 3.05 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.05 Mountain Vets. (PGa, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.35 Children’s Programs. 3.40pm Thomas And Friends. 4.15 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.40 Ariel. 5.20 Stan & Gran. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Gladiators UK. 9.45 Kids BBQ Championship. 10.25 Kids Baking C’ship. 11.05 Late Programs.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am
6am Morning Programs. 2.25pm Inside The Huddle. 2.55 Over The Black Dot. 3.25 Stories From The Cities. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.50 PBS News Compass Points. 5.20 WorldWatch. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Holy Marvels. 9.20 Greatest Escapes. 10.10 The Hospital: In The Deep End. 11.20 Hudson & Rex. 12.15am History Of The Sitcom. 1.00 Late Programs.
Discovering Film. 6.25 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. (2019, PG) 8.30 Sabotage. (1936, PG) 10.00
The Lady In The Van. (2015, M) 11.50 Godland. (2022, M, Danish, Icelandic) 2.25pm Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 4.15 Limelight. (1952, PG) 6.40 Spitfire. (2018, PG) 8.30 Tigerland. (2000, MA15+) 10.25 The Fox. (2022, MA15+, German, French) 12.40am Late Programs. 5.50 Limelight. (1952, PG) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Seven News With Alex Cullen. 1.10 Blankety Blank. (PGas, R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Glenn And Mick’s Celebrity Intervention. (Premiere, Mals) Hosted by Glenn Robbins and Mick Molloy. 8.40 9-1-1. (Masv) Maddie and Buck are blindsided by some unexpected news which turns their world upside down.
9.40 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
10.40 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League.
11.40 St. Denis Medical. (PGal)
12.10 Secrets Of Prince Andrew. (PGa, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
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6am Morning Programs.
8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 The Baron. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1pm Midsomer Murders. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 7. Parramatta Eels v Canterbury Bulldogs. 6.00 Getaway. 6.30 Motorway Cops. 7.30 Planet Earth III. 8.40 Paramedics. 9.40 Emergency. 10.40 Late Programs.
6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Beyond The Farm: Men At Work. 9.00 My Way. 9.15 Seinfeld. 9.45 IndyCar Series. Alabama Grand Prix. H’lights. 10.55 Limitless With Chris Hemsworth. Noon English Premier League. Chelsea v Manchester City. 2.00 The Summit. 3.30 The Toys That Built The World. 5.30 MOVIE: The Lego Batman
Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Floor. (PGl, R) 1.15 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.45 Innovation Nation. (R)
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 The Floor. (PGl) Hosted by Rodger Corser.
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.
11.15 100% Footy. (Mal)
12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
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 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.30 Nanny. 9.30 Addams Family. 10.30 Bewitched. 11.30 Surfing Aust. Noon MOVIE: Superman II. (1980, PG) 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes. (2009, M) 11.05 Seinfeld. 12.05am Love Island UK: All Stars. (Premiere) 1.25 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City. 3.05 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. ITM Christchurch Super 440. H’lights. 3.30 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. ITM Christchurch Super 440. H’lights. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 9.30 Adventure Gold
6.00 10 News+.
6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) A batch of new contestants enter the kitchen. 8.40 Gogglebox Australia. (R)
fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows.
10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather.
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Planet America. (R)
11.00 Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Death In Paradise. (Ma, R) 2.00 ANZAC Battlefields. (PG, R) 2.55 Grand Designs Transformations. (PG, R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
Cases That Changed Australia: Mabo. (PG) Looks at the Terra nullius High Court case. 9.30 You Can’t Ask That: Facial Difference. (Ml, R) 10.00 Compass. (PGv, R) 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.50 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.05 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mv, R) 12.55 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.45 Rage. (MA15+dhlnsv) 4.05 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.05 A Bite To Eat. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (10) NINE (9)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Matched. (PG, R) 9.50 Spectacular Railways Of The Swiss Alps. (Premiere) 10.50 Scottish Vets Down Under. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.55 What Does Australia Really Think About… (Mal, R) 3.00 Trail Towns. (PG, R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Tutankhamun: Secrets Of The Toxic Tomb. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Seven News With Alex Cullen. 1.10 Blankety Blank. (PGas, R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies.
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys: Zweisimmen To Lausanne/Nantes To Lorient. (R)
8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchi explores what life’s like for triplets.
9.30 Dateline: North Korean Matchmakers. Looks at North Korean defectors now living in the South.
10.00 SBS World News Late.
10.30 Living Black. (R) 11.05 Exit. (MA15+ansv) 12.00 Clean Sweep. (MA15+s, R) 2.50 Mastermind Australia. (R)
3.55 Mountain Vets. (PG, 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. 10.35 Children’s Programs. 4.15pm Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.40 Ariel. 5.20 Stan & Gran. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 The Slow Mo Guys’ Big Adventures. 9.05 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 9.30 BattleBots. 10.20 Merlin. 11.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) Mackenzie blows up at David.
7.30 My Reno Rules. (Premiere, PG) Hosted by Dr Chris Brown.
9.15 House Of Wellness. (PG) A team of industry experts, media personalities and wellness advocates shares insights and experiences to highlight living well.
10.15 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
11.15 Ambulance: Code Red. (Ma, R) 12.15 Secrets Of Prince Andrew. (PGas, R)
2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Travel Guides. (Return, PGlv) Ordinary Australians become travel critics. 9.00 Clarkson’s Farm: Pubbing. (MA15+al) Jeremy Clarkson has found a promising pub and the ageing Lamborghini has competition.
10.10 Footy Classified. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues.
11.10 9News Late.
11.40 The Grand Tour. (Ml)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Our State On A Plate. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) A batch of new contestants enter the kitchen. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Return, Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.40 10 News+. (R) 11.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 2.35pm The Grudge. 3.00 Forged In Fire. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The Harlem Hellfighters. 9.20 Heston Blumenthal: Life With Bipolar. 10.30 Chasing Speed. 11.25 Brassic. 12.15am Time To Buy: A Musical. 1.00 WWE Legends. 2.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am
NITV (34)
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 The Big Dry. 11.00 Living Black. 11.30 Lalai Dreamtime. 12.25pm MOVIE: The Skin Of Others. (2020, PG) 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 The Big Dry. 7.30 Ocean Warriors. 8.30 MOVIE: The Long Kiss Goodnight. (1996, MA15+) 10.35 After Sherman. Midnight Late Programs.
Limelight. Continued. (1952, PG) 8.20 Spitfire. (2018, PG) 10.10 A Singular Crime. (2022, M, Spanish) 12.15pm Master Gardener. (2022, M) 2.15
Discovering Film. 3.10 The Chaperone. (2018, PG) 5.05 Sabotage. (1936, PG) 6.35 The Return Of The Soldier. (1982, PG) 8.30 A Woman In Berlin. (2008, Russian, Georgian, German) 11.00 Late Programs. 5.50am The Chaperone. (2018, PG)
ABC TV (2)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 11.30 Back Roads. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.50 ANZAC Battlefields. (PG, R) 2.55 Grand Designs Transformations. (PG, R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Tonight At The Museum. (Final, PGs)
8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (Final, PGls) A satirical news program.
9.00 Can You Keep A Secret? (Final, Ml, R) Debbie weighs up confessing. 9.30 QI. (Ml) Hosted by Sandi Toksvig.
10.00 Planet America. (R)
10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.35 Murdoch Mysteries. (M, R) 12.25 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+dhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
SBS (3)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Matched. (PG, R) 9.55 Spectacular Railways Of The Swiss Alps. (PGa) 10.50 Scottish Vets Down Under. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Sri Lanka With Alexander Armstrong. (PGalv, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Chernobyl: Inside The Meltdown: Inferno. (Premiere) Takes a look at the Chernobyl disaster. 9.25 The Audacity. (M) A would-be tech titan and his therapist try to find a fortune and happiness for themselves. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Rise Of The Raven. (MA15+av) 11.55 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (Ma) 1.50 Classified. (MA15+v, R) 3.25 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
Programs. 2.30pm Curious
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6.05 Curse Of Oak
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4.35 France
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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Seven News With Alex Cullen. 1.10 Blankety Blank. (PGas, R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Mackenzie and Lacey clash.
7.30 My Reno Rules. (PG) Hosted by Dr Chris Brown.
9.15 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.
10.15 To Be Advised.
11.25 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
12.25 No Holds Barred: GWS Giants. (Ml) 1.45 Kochie’s Business Builders. (R) 2.30 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 MOVIE: Love Amongst The Stars. (2022, PGa, R) Sara Canning. 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 Events That Changed Australia: The Birth Of The Bogan. (Ml)
8.30 Outback Murder Highway: The Sensible Creek Killings. (Premiere, Masv) Looks at Sensible Creek.
9.30 The Killer Interview With Piers Morgan. (MA15+av, R) Piers Morgan interviews Levi King. 10.30 9News Late. 11.00 Miniseries: The Night Caller. (Malv) 11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy. (R) 4.30 ACA. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 10 News+. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG)
7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. A celebration of 40 years of the festival. 9.00 Elsbeth. (Mlv) Elsbeth infiltrates the world of elite puzzle solvers to find out who murdered a puzzles editor. 10.00 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 10 News+. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.35 Children’s Programs. 3.40pm Thomas And Friends. 4.15 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.40 Ariel. 5.20 Stan & Gran. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 9.05 Adv Time. 9.50 Pokémon: Diamond And Pearl. 10.15 My Adventures With Superman. 10.35 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The Chaperone. Continued. (2018, PG) 7.50 Discovering Film. 8.35 The Return Of The Soldier. (1982, PG) 10.30 Within Sand. (2022, M, Arabic) 12.40pm Speed Kills. (2018, M) 2.35 Spitfire. (2018, PG) 4.25 Hotel Salvation. (2016, PG, Hindi) 6.20 The Giants. (2023, PG) 8.30
Frankston
6.55 Jeopardy! 7.50 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.45 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Fleche-Wallonne Men’s Race. 12.45am Cycling. UCI World Tour. Fleche-Wallonne Women’s Race. 2.15 Travel Man. 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
It is a great pity that the Pelican Park pool did not receive a grant from the Community Energy Upgrade Fund to electrify the pool heating (Peli can Park misses out on electrification grant, The News 7/4/26).
Heat pumps are 3–5 times more efficient than gas boilers, can deliver around 90 per cent emissions reduction, reduce energy use by 50-80 per cent and operating costs by about $100,000$200,000 per year for mid–large centres.
Just up the road, Frankston and Kingston councils received $1.4m and $2.5m grants for electrification of pool projects, respectively.
The federal government fund, $100m over two rounds, has now closed. Hopefully, further fund ing for this important work will be announced in the coming May budget and Pelican Park will be able to fully electrify in the near future.
Ray Peck, Hawthorn
It’s good news that the Mornington and Rye Resource Recovery Centres are now offering a soft‑plastics recycling option (Soft plastics recy cling option now available, The News 8/4/26).
Given the RedCycle supermarket soft-plastics hoarding fiasco and the inherent challenges of properly recycling plastic, this is a positive development.
Australians, however, use about 100kg of plastic per person per year, and only 13 per cent of it is ever recycled. We therefore have a very long way to go.
Would reducing our use of plastic be worth considering too?
Isabelle Henry, Ascot Vale
I recently received Tracee Hutchison’s flyer in the mail where she’s made a range of promises.
Amongst these are clear commitments to get Rosebud Hospital rebuilt and save Arthur’s Seat from inappropriate development. What’s not clear however, is how she’s going to deliver them.
Only governments can decide whether to fund the redevelopment of Rosebud Hospital. Labor hasn’t and independents can’t.
Labor’s Minister for Planning has already approved the Arthur’s Seat Eagle redevelopment, so is Tracee suggesting she’ll somehow force the Minister to overturn her own approval?
She’s also promising to support a range of (unfunded) initiatives, all from the crossbench!
Sorry Tracee, I’d prefer to support someone with a track record of getting things done who can be part of a government. My vote is with Anthony Marsh.
Phillip Wise, Sorrento
As a parent raising young kids, I was genuinely taken aback to come across past columns by Tra cee Hutchison outlining her views on parenting and family life.
The picture she paints is deeply uncharitable. Parents who rely on childcare are portrayed as “offloading” their kids, while working mothers are framed as part of a misguided “have-it-all” culture. More concerningly, she questions why society should support families at all, suggesting childless taxpayers are unfairly burdened by pay ing for “other people’s children.”
It’s not just the argument, but the tone. Refer ring to parents as “breeders” reflects a level of disdain that goes well beyond a difference of opinion. It treats raising children as a private indulgence rather than something that underpins a healthy society.
The reality for most families is very different. Raising children today is expensive and demand ing, and childcare is often what makes working possible. Those children grow up to be the work ers, carers and taxpayers we all rely on.
You don’t need to be a parent to understand that, but you do need an appreciation of how modern life actually works.
I can’t support someone who holds views like this about families and their role in our com munity.
Rose Bates, Boneo
The road less travelled
Nepean has always seemed very politically Lib eral. Until a few years ago, a very young Labor guy got himself elected, much to the surprise of
many, and while he held the reins, the Rosebud Primary School was replaced by something edu cationally superior and appropriate to Rosebud.
However, surprisingly, he didn’t last more than one term and was then replaced by someone who played tennis.
Now batting from the same court, the past mayor is making a play for the higher ground, apparently working his way from council pot holes to state pot holes, having left the originals there in place, while at the same time, guiding the Mornington Peninsula along the bumpy road over the years that he ran the council.
Perhaps, having sampled an array of candidate variety, it may be time for the Nepeans to show some “Independence”, and say “And now for something completely different”.
Dr Neil D. Hallam, Flinders
Here we are facing an election for the state seat of Nepean following the untidy departure of Liberal incumbent Sam Groth.
Surprise, surprise - our mayor has put himself forward to be Groth’s successor despite, when seeking our vote for the council, promising not to use his position in local government as a spring board into state politics.
I was always taught that a person’s word was his or her bond.
How, therefore, can you trust Mr. Anthony Marsh, who has taken leave of absence from the council to fight for the seat?
Perhaps a message should be sent to him about integrity by placing him as last preference.
The only problem is that he will then don his mayoral robes yet again!
Ranald Macdonald, Flinders
I am appalled at the ignorance and constant men tion in a recent article in ‘The Age’ of the Morn ington Peninsula as affluent and “well heeled.”
They even refer to the demographics but obvi ously have not looked into them. Over one third of the resident population down here lives on a Centrelink Pension only/or on a casual part em ployment income below the Henderson poverty line, including families.
This has remained unchanged for the past 50 years.
The only time we got anything from a politi cian was when Labor was in (before Groth and the Liberals got back in) and those in government saw fit to pour money for the first time ever into decades of neglected primary schools. This was after 20+ years of Liberal Martin Dixon, lovely man though he was, including while he was Minister for Education.
The extent of homelessness (as well as many other factors) is evidence of resident population poverty. Affluent tourists screen the realities and create a totally misleading impression.
Noticeably absent is any mention of the on again off again finger pointing blame game that amounts to nothing over the Rosebud Jetty Road overpass.
And yes - Rosebud Hospital, once a thriving country hospital with a maternity wing, has been in a terrible state for decades. The only reason it is still standing is because a fierce group of women including Judith Couacaud-Graley stood up to Greg Hunt who was on a roll to close coun try hospitals down. He successfully closed other hospitals down, and a gaping hole for medical services has been left in their communities ever since.
So sorry - Liberal Party calls to now rescue Rosebud Hospital sound very hollow and laden with hypocrisy.
And the ex shire mayor has suddenly become the champion of pothole complaints?
Enough to make a cat laugh!
Esther Gleixner, Flinders
Initially I was dismayed Sam Groth felt that he could just walk away from his constituents in Nepean, but now I am actually grateful.
Sam’s blatant disregard for this community now means that we have the opportunity to elect an excellent candidate into parliament to represent us.
Tracee Hutchison is a fully independent and non-aligned candidate who is passionate about
the peninsula and has demonstrated this through her long-time involvement in and commitment to, the issues that matter most to peninsula residents.
As a life long peninsula resident, Tracee does not stand for self aggrandisement through politi cal opportunism or for the need to follow some tired rehashed and worn out party line. Instead, Tracee has worked with environmental groups, homelessness and domestic violence services, supporting the hospital, understanding the need for great educational opportunities for our kids and other local matters of concern. Whilst she is probably happy to discuss a pot-hole or two, this will by no means be the main focus of her representation.
So thanks to Sam Groth we now have the op portunity to vote for someone who is truly one of us and will fight tirelessly and passionately for what matters most to peninsula residents.
As a Labor member, I am totally happy to sup port Tracee and I am comfortable with the fact that in parliament, she would work to ensure that the peninsula gets its fair share.
Marilyn Merrifield, Rye
After the great big dummy spit by Liberal golden hair boy Sam Groth in the seat of Nepean, we, the tax payers are now forking out for a byelection.
In my mind, I can see no good reason to re place one Liberal dud with another one, Anthony Marsh. Marsh’s sudden enlightenment from “a political messiah” to a firebrand newly found Liberal prophet, has to be seen with a question ing eye.
I think it is high time for a independent or Green voice to be our rep in Spring Street. Vote for a Tracy or Sianan, and forget the orange or blue opportunists singing there sirens songs. They only lead to disillusionment.
Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach
I quote from Tracee Hutchison’s Wikipedia entry: “Hutchison considered standing as a candidate for the Labor Party in the division of Flinders, but held concerns over the Victorian Labor Party’s support at the time for a liquefied natural gas import terminal at Crib Point.”
Is the issue of Crib Point the sole position that precludes her from standing for Labor in the forthcoming Nepean by election?
Does Hutchison endorse all of the track record of the Andrews/Allan Labor governments?
William Holmes, Sorrento
Recent developments involving Mornington Pen insula Shire Mayor Cr Anthony Marsh highlight the importance of consistency and transparency in public office.
At the time of his election, Cr Marsh stated he had no political affiliation, that his role on council was not a career move, and that he was “in it for the long haul.” Voters were entitled to rely on those statements when casting their vote.
Since then, Cr Marsh has joined the Liberal Party and is now contesting the Nepean by-elec tion, while taking leave from his mayoral duties.
There has also been an evident shift in public framing. In December 2025, the appointment of municipal monitors was described in neutral terms as supporting governance and account ability. More recently, the same process has been publicly characterised as a political decision.
These developments occur against a broader backdrop of governance concerns at the council, including decisions that have diverged from officer recommendations, closely contested com munity consultation outcomes, and procedural matters that have limited debate at key meetings. Each of these instances has raised questions about transparency, governance, and decisionmaking.
All of these points are matters of public record. Taken together, they reflect a significant and rapid change in position.
When such changes occur, particularly while holding public office, residents are entitled to clear explanations. Without them, it becomes difficult to reconcile earlier commitments with current actions — and to maintain confidence in local leadership.
Anja Ottensmeyer, Mt Martha Consultation
Proper consultation has a clear standard. It is not vague. It is not optional. And it is not what many institutions pretend it is.
It starts with early engagement. You must in volve people before decisions are made, not after everything is locked in. If the outcome is already decided, calling it consultation is misleading at best and a downright con job at worst. It requires clear information. The full picture. What is proposed, why it is being done, what the impacts are, and what the real options look like. Not selective fragments, not handpicked messaging.
There must be a real opportunity to respond. That means time to consider, time to question, and more than one way to be heard. Meetings, written submissions, online input. Not rushed processes designed to limit participation.
Decision-makers must have an open mind. Consultation is not a box ticking exercise. Feed back must be capable of influencing the outcome. Transparency matters. People should be able to see what feedback was received and how it shaped the final decision. Without that, trust breaks down.
And there must be a feedback loop. Partici pants deserve to know what happened next. Not silence, not a token summary, a clear explanation. This is not complicated. It is a basic standard of respect. When institutions fail to meet it, commu nities notice. Trust erodes. Engagement becomes pointless.
If consultation is going to be used as justifica tion for decisions, it needs to be real. Otherwise, stop calling it consultation.
Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the members of the Mornington Life Saving Club for their outstanding assistance on Easter Sunday. My son and myself took off sailing from Mills Beach in our yacht with great expectations , when we were suddenly caught in a wind and were cap sized. The yacht was overturned and we ended up sitting on the hulls.
The rescue boat came and took 45 minutes to tow us to shore. Their professionalism and expertise and care was exemplary. Thank good ness they were on call that day, our appreciation is beyond words. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers.
Caroline Weir, Mornington
Comedy: At the risk of repeating myself, Albanese/a non-smoker, on gambling. “We are getting the balance right.” Similar to Donald Trump on Iran? The consistency of Christian val ues? In FACT, the values remain; employment, housing and wages. Oh, and pensions?
Cliffie picture in the Mornington Peninsula News, fame (or antonym?) for a week; thanks. Ditto Anne Kruger, Michael Raynes and Dale Stohr.
Discretionary spending capacity, idiots in control?
Artificial Intelligence, AI, algorithms, promot ing fear, petrol, wars, dentists, doctors? Sadly no great difference from powerful public servants; minimum wage COL upgrade, alongside food increases, but not for pensioners?
A royal commission into anti semitism come December, a personal lifetime away; suggest not holding your breath?
My future, (The Saturday Paper) editorial: “Cakes and desserts are only for wealthy resi dents. The poor can have custard. If they don’t pay a special fee, their breakfast will be served cold. To really chisel those last few cents, the kind of decision that is about pettiness and not much else, residents on the basic package will be given International Roast. Those who pay more can have Moccona.” As it happens a Nescafe Gold man, upmarket? Profit or choice indeed. Historically reminds us of the death of Ayatol lah Ali Khamenei. and cheer for the fall of Saddam Hussein, to Libya and Gaddafi? And Sir Donald Trump, (cornered?) dangerous, erratic, plain lies, an economic war, a takeover for riches on the backburner, ditto Greenland, assisted by the ambitious Netanyahu, heavily financed by whom?
On the fence, like Albanese, truth (clearly?) the loser, and dead bodies. When a politician uses Un-Australian as a reason, the jig is up.
Jay Clark, Herald-Sun, prediction? “No Collingwood in the top ten?” Who would have thought; missing Mark Robinson?
Positivity: a career as a counsellor and psycho therapist, working from home. Just saying... Cliff Ellen, Rye
Compiled by Cameron McCullough
OVERPORT road residents wrote ask
ing the Council to have road construt ed as private street. A communication was also received from the Mt. Eliza Progress Association re this matter.
Cr. Bradbury moved that notices be prepared, also that the whole scheme be drawn up, and portion of the work done. Seconded by Cr. Montague.
Cr. Oates: These people want a road, not footpaths.
Cr. May supported the motion, and said he was pleased to see that the residents were unanimous. This road would open up a valuable lot of property.
Cr. Oates: We have laid roads down in other ridings and at little expense. These people do not want channels and footpaths. There should be nothing about a street in the apportionments, just simply a metal road. We must not mention anything about footpaths or channels at all.
Cr. Alden: There is no difficulty in doing what we propose. Draw up a scheme, tell the residents we are going to make the road at so much cost. Later they might require and ask for the footpath to be made.
Cr. Oates: Not at all. Not for years. The road is all they require.
In the Centre and East Ridings we have taken over roads which are not even metalled yet, only formed, and I feel that we should not penalise these people. Just give them the road.
Cr. Alden: I cannot see what you object to at all.
Cr. Oates: Charge them for a metal road only.
Cr. Wells: We do not know the de
velopments that may take place in the locality during the next few years. This scheme can be drawn up and work proceeded with as required by the ratepayers.
Cr. Pratt: It would be very unfair not to arrange the whole scheme now. We have had similar experiences with these roads before.
Cr. Bradbury: This road will be one of the beauty spots when opened up. The Mt. Eliza people are unanimous on the matter.
Cr. Montague: I know the feeling of the ratepayers re this road, and they are prepared to have the work done and pay the cost, as outlined by the Shire Engineer. When the land is subdivided and sold, which will happen when this road is completed, with more ratepayers living there such work as channelling, etc., can be done under the scheme as suggested.
It is going to be a thickly populated area.
Cr. J. Unthank: I understand that the Council is going to metal the road for them. It will be many years before footpaths are required, but I cannot see any difficulty in drawing up the whole scheme.
Cr. Oates: I move that a scheme be drawn up for metalling the road 15ft. wide. This road is going to be used mainly by farmers.
Cr. Miles: Cr. Oates is trying to draw a parallel with a farmer’s road and a street in the town. As soon as the road is put there that portion of the Shire will go ahead like wildfire. There are subdivisions waiting to be opened up. Where are the farmers up that way? There are none!
Cr. Oates: No; they can’t get out.
Cr Miles: If Cr. Oates’ amendment is carried, it will be very frivolous.
There was no seconder to Cr. Oates’ amendment ,and the motion as moved by Crs. Bradbury and Montague was carried.
***
Somerville
Sincere and profound regret has been felt throughout the district by the sad and sudden passing away of Mrs. Claude Barber, whose untimely death took place on Sunday, 4th inst:, at the Somerville private hospital.
The deceased lady was more intimately known by a large circle of friends as Miss Doris Unthank. She was the fortunate possessor of a fine, well-trained soprano voice, and for some years past cheerfully assisted many worthy causes by her singing; in fact, very few local programmes were arranged without her name appearing on them.
She also at various times, took part in musical competitions and met with a good measure of success there at.
For some years previous to her mar riage she was assistant teacher at the Tyabb State school, and was held there in the very highest esteem by teachers and scholars alike.
While resident at Tyabb she was a valuable and consistent member of the choir at All Saint’s Anglican Church, and on her resignation was presented with tokens of the high regard of the church members and residents gener ally.
Less than 12 months ago the late Miss Unthank was united in matri mony to Mr. Claude C. Barber, of
Somerville.
Mr. and Mrs. Barber were comfort ably settled in their home at “West ernport,” Somerville, surrounded by a large circle of friends and well-wish ers, with every prospect of a long and happy life, when, alas! the summons came for higher service.
The deceased lady was followed to her last resting place, the Frankston cemetery, by a very large concourse of relatives and friends, many of whom expressed their sympathy by forward ing, beautiful floral tributes.
The funeral service of the Presbyte rian Church was read by the Rev. W. Allen Stevely, of Mornington, and Mr. H. Gamble had charge of the funeral arrangements. ***
Personal
Mrs. L. Street, who was on the sick list for a few days, has now quite recovered.
Mr. George Yuill, of the Pier Hotel, Frankston, is at present confined to his bed, suffering from an attack of influenza.
We regret to learn of the serious ill ness of Miss Renouf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Renouf, of Frankston.
Mr. J. Quade, Somerville’s wellknown news agent, has returned from a three weeks’ holiday spent in Sydney.
Mr. L. Rostron (Shire solicitor) with his wife, is at present spending a holi day at “Ashburnham,” Frankston.
Mr. O. J. Olsen, of the Frankston Motor Garage, is returning today from Albury, where he witnessed the race for the Albury Gold Cup.
The world famed dancer, Madame
Pavlova, paid a visit to Frankston on Sunday last and was greatly impressed with the wonderful display of palms, etc., at “The Fernery.”
Mr. J. Nolan, of Playne street, made a motor trip through Gippsland last week. He proceeded as far as Bairns dale and is quite enthusiastic regarding the beauty of the scenery along the route.
Mr. Robert Stafford, the live secre tary of the East Frankston Progress Association, returned on Monday after a couple of weeks’ spent in Sydney.
Mr. Peter Patroni did not purchase the Prince of Wales Hotel at Frankston after all. He writes to say that he regrets very much being unable to come back to his many old friends at Frankston.
He has purchased the Ranger’s Hotel at Gembrook and takes over charge there at the end of this month.
Mr. F. Taylor, of the Grange Dairy, Frankston, returned to Frankston on Monday last, after an extended trip to the Old Country.
Mr. Taylor, who is a poultry fancier of repute in this State, brought back with him several high-class birds which should excite the interest of local breeders.
We regret to record the death of Mrs. Hague, wife of Mr. William Hague, of Cranbourne Road, Frankston. Deceased, who was 64 years of age, leaves a widow and grown-up family of four. The funeral took place today at the Frankston cemetery, Rev. W. J. Coulson officiating at the graveside. ***
From the Pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 16 April 1926
By Kennedy McCullough
MPFNL Division One continued on Saturday (11 April) with the final two games of a split round one.
Frankston YCW took on newly-promoted Devon Meadows at the Stonecat’s home base.
The game got off to a scrappy start with the first seven scores for the day going through for minors.
YCW were the first to get a major on the board at the 17th minute mark, but Devon Meadows followed soon after. Both teams managed another major to go into the quarter time break just a point apart with the Stonecats in front.
The home team came out punching in the second quarter putting on 3.4 to Devon Meadow’s single major to go into half time with a 17 point lead.
The pressure from the Stonecats continued after the long break, with only inaccuracy preventing a more dramatic pull-away from the Panthers. In 10 scoring shots during the quarter, only two made it through the big sticks and eight minor scores. Regardless, they went into three-quarter time with a commanding 29-point lead.
The final quarter was fairly pedestrian, with both teams just managing one goal each, and a few points among them. Frankston YCW ended up easy winners by 28 points with the scores at the final siren 8.17 to 5.7.
Last year’s runners- up, Mt Eliza, took on Pines in their round one clash on Saturday.
The first half was a low scoring affair with only one goal apiece.
In the first quarter, Mt Eliza had plenty of chances, but kept missing the big sticks, slotting 1.5, with Pines managing just a single point.
In the second quarter, Pines kept the Redlegs scoreless, while putting on 1.3 to be just a point down at the main break.
Scoring opportunities improved in the third quarter with both sides getting goals on the board. At three-quarter time, Mt Eliza were six points up.
DIVISION Two Mens Seniors had four games on Saturday to complete their split round one.
Last year’s runners up, Frankston Bombers, took on Crib Point at Baxter Park.
The Bombers couldn't find the big sticks for the entire first quarter, kicking six behinds, while Crib Point managed 1.1 to have their noses in front at quarter-time.
The Bombers’ accuracy improved in the second quarter with two straight goals, but Crib Point managed 3.1 for the quarter to extend their lead to eight points at the long break.
The third quarter was fairly benign, with both teams just adding one major, and Crib Point going into the final break with a nine point advantage.
The final quarter was the Magpies’ time to shine, slotting 3.9 to the Bombers’ 1.2 to extend their lead to a healthy 28 points by the final siren.
The win is a great start for Crib Point, having finished in the middle of the table in 2025.
Hastings took on Pearcedale at Hastings, with the Blues hoping to improve on an ordinary 2025.
Pearcedale, on the other hand, ended up second on the ladder at the end of the regular season last year, only to be dispatched in the Preliminary Final by the eventual premiers, Devon Meadows.
Pearcedale started strongly, getting 3.3 on the scoreboard for the first quarter, to just a single point for Hastings.
The Blues had opportunities in the second, but kept missing the big sticks, going into the break scoring 1.10 for the quarter. Pearcedale’s 2.2 saw them extend their lead to 13 points at half time.
Pearcedale really pulled away in the third quarter holding Hastings to just a single point, and extending their lead to 33 points by the last break.
Hastings showed some spirit in the final quarter to narrow the margin to 18 points by the end of the game, the final scores being 6.14 for Hastings to Pearcedale’s 10.8.
Karingal’s horror run last year, where they won just a single game for the entire season, may continue in 2026, after being totally dismantled by Seaford.
game was over by quarter time. Seaford slotted 8.6 to a single point for Karingal; a 53-point lead by quarter time.
Not much happened in the second quarter with Seaford adding just three points, and Karingal a single point before the big break.
Seaford put it back into gear in the third quarter adding 4.8 and keeping Karingal scoreless to pull away for an 87-point lead at three-quarter time.
The last quarter Karingal showed a glimmer of fight, managing 2.3 for the quarter but Seaford pulled further away finishing up with a 91-point win.
Somerville came up against newly relegated Red Hill in their clash at Somerville.
Red Hill got off to a good start in a low scoring affair, getting an extra goal on the board by quarter time to be six points up.
They held the Eagles to a single point in the second quarter and put on 2.1 themselves to go into the main break ahead by 18 points.
Somerville just couldn’t manage to peg them back in the third, with a 23 point differential at the three-quarter time break.
Somerville finally showed some spirit in the final quarter, holding Red Hill to a single point, while putting on 14 points themselves, going down by 10 in the end.
Next Saturday sees a full fixture of six games for round two.
LAST year’s Div One Women’s premiers, Mornington, kicked off their campaign by putting Pearcedale to the sword in spectacular fashion.
Pearcedale managed one straight goal in the first quarter to Mornington’s five straight. If that wasn’t bad enough, Pearcedale wouldn’t get another score all day as Mornington ran roughshod over them.
Mornington slammed on another 6.6 in the second quarter to go into the long break 66 points up.
The foot came off the pedal in the third with Mornington putting on just another 1.2 before they put it back into gear for the final quarter putting on another 5.4.
DIVISION ONE MENS SENIORS
Saturday 18 April, 2pm:
Devon Meadows v Mornington - Glover Reserve
Dromana v Langwarrin - Dromana Recreation Reserve
Edithvale-Aspendale v Mt. Eliza - Edi-Asp Regents Park
Sorrento v Frankston YCW - David Macfarlane Reserve
Pines v Rosebud - Eric Bell Reserve
DIVISION ONE MENS RESERVES
Saturday 18 April, 12pm:
Devon Meadows v Mornington - Glover Reserve
Dromana v Langwarrin - Dromana Recreation Reserve
Edithvale-Aspendale v Mt. Eliza - Edi-Asp Regents Park
Sorrento v Frankston YCW - David Macfarlane Reserve
Pines v Rosebud - Eric Bell Reserve
DIVISION TWO MENS SENIORS
Saturday 18 April, 2pm: Bonbeach v Frankston Bombers - Bonbeach Reserve
Crib Point v Chelsea - Crib Point Recreation Reserve
Karingal v Hastings - Karingal Football Club
Pearcedale v Seaford - Pearcedale Recreation Reserve
Red Hill v Rye - Red Hill Recreation Reserve
Tyabb v Somerville - Bunguyan Reserve
DIVISION TWO MENS RESERVES
Saturday 18 April, 12pm:
Bonbeach v Frankston Bombers - Bonbeach Reserve
Crib Point v Chelsea - Crib Point Recreation Reserve
Karingal v Hastings - Karingal Football Club
Pearcedale v Seaford - Pearcedale Recreation Reserve
Red Hill v Rye - Red Hill Recreation Reserve
Tyabb v Somerville - Bunguyan Reserve
DIVISION ONE WOMENS SENIORS
Friday 17 April, 7pm:
Hastings/Balnarring v Tyabb - Balnarring Reserve
Saturday 18 April, 10am:
Karingal v Pearcedale - Karingal Football Club
Saturday 18 April, 1pm:
Mornington v Bonbeach - Mornington Alexandra Park
Saturday 18 April, 2pm:
Frankston v Warragul Industrials - Kinetic Stadium
DIVISION ONE WOMENS RESERVES
Saturday 18 April, 11am:
Mornington v Bonbeach - Mornington Alexandra Park
Saturday 18 April, 12pm:
Karingal v Tyabb - Karingal Football Club
They stretched the lead a little more in the final quarter with a 10-point margin in the end, the final score being 7.9 for Mt Eliza to 5.11.
Mornington ended up winning by 108 points, making the strongest possible start to this year’s campaign. MORNINGTON
The Tigers were quick out of the box, and the
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By Craig MacKenzie
BAXTER thumped Greater Dandenong 7-1 at WJ Turner Reserve last Friday night.
The contest was a feisty affair with Baxter captain Cody Storton-French sent off in con troversial circumstances a few minutes before half time.
Baxter led 1-0 from a Nicholas Brigo freekick but a dreadful linesman’s decision allowed Greater Dandenong to level and led to StortonFrench’s dismissal.
Down to 10 men and scores tied at 1-1 Baxter produced a dominant six goal second half that left its opponent in disarray.
Brigo completed his hat-trick, Kyle Eichen berger got in on the act with a brace while Jai Power and Charlie O’Connell also got on the scoresheet.
The match though finished on a down note for Baxter as Aiden McKenna joined StortonFrench on the sidelines just after the final whis tle when he too was sent off.
Baxter hopes that the referee assessor at the game will support its view that both red cards should be rescinded and has provided him with Veo footage in support of its claim.
Still in State 4 Rosebud downed visitor Chel sea 2 1 at Olympic Park on Saturday.
Rain and wind contributed to a contest of at trition between two evenly matched teams with good football at a premium.
Rosebud led through striker Elliott Craig in the 8th minute and took a 1-0 lead into the halftime break.
Chelsea equalised from the penalty spot through James Stinson just three minutes into the second half.
The winner came in the 88th minute after bril liant combination play between Craig and Con nor Wharton with the former effecting a cool finish.
Craig has now scored five goals in two games and is proving to be an astute signing from Skye United.
Rosebud made two more signings last week and both came off the bench in the second half.
Central defender or midfielder Jamie Da vidson joined from Strikers and Alessio Izzo switched from Somerville Eagles.
Rosebud coach Jason Symonds was delighted with the result.
“We have massive respect for Chelsea as they have some great players and a fantastic coach ing team,” he said.
“For us to compete and beat them shows we are making good progress especially consider ing that Chelsea beat us 7-1 over two games last year.
“We’ve put together a great bunch of lads but we know that there’s lots of work to be done yet.”
In VPL1 Langwarrin conceded three secondhalf goals to come away empty-handed from its Friday night clash with Brunswick Juventus at CB Smith Reserve.
Langy started well hitting the post within two minutes then having a goal ruled out for offside not long after.
In the second half two defensive errors led to goals for Juventus.
Langy worked hard to get back into the game but couldn’t get the goal to set up a big finish. The final goal came in injury time when the visitors were down to 10 men due to an injury and having committed players forward.
In State 1 Mornington drew 2-2 at home to league leader South Springvale while Skye United’s first home match at this level ended in a 3-1 loss to Boroondara Eagles last weekend.
Mornington started brightly and controlled the opening 20 minutes creating early chances for James Kelly and Campbell Steadman.
But it was the visitors who struck first with a long ball over the top and a smart finish by Zac Taweel in the 29th minute.
Needing a response after the break Morning ton came out strongly and captain Ryan Pacz kowski levelled the scores reacting quickest to finish from close range after a goalmouth scramble from a corner in the 56th minute.
Mornington began to control the tempo but South Springvale remained dangerous and re gained the lead when a whipped corner from Jayden Scott flew through the area and into the net to make it 2–1.
Mornington pushed hard late on and was re warded when Joe Hunt’s dangerous delivery from a corner went straight in securing a de served equaliser.
Although this wasn’t a classic performance Mornington showed resilience and character to come away with a point.
At Skye Recreation Reserve Apai Ukuno opened the scoring for the visitors in the 16th
minute after a header from a corner.
The hosts equalised in the 33rd minute when Marcus Spivey cut a ball back for Shameit Shar ma and although his initial shot was saved he was on hand to head home the rebound.
But parity lasted just three minutes with a smart Thomas Reilly header putting Boroond ara back in front.
Skye huffed and puffed in the second half but to no avail and Boroondara iced the game in the 94th minute when Ukuno tapped home from close range as the hosts pushed numbers forward for an equaliser.
In State 2 Peninsula Strikers played out a thrilling 3-3 draw away to Berwick City on Fri day night.
The home side struck in the first minute when Jarod Blackbourn intercepted a throw-in then drove into the box.
His shot was stopped by Strikers’ keeper Jamie Walker but the rebound fell to the incom ing Jalil Nabizadah coming in at the back post who made it 1-0.
What unfolded was an entertaining high-qual ity contest with multiple chances created.
In the 16th minute following a Danny Brooks free kick and a number of blocked shots Matt Harrington fired a lot hard ball across the goals which was deflected home by Sonny Lindsay for the equaliser.
A controversial moment came in the 31st min ute when Berwick was awarded a penalty for handball.
A deflected shot struck the chest of Josh Botha but the linesman flagged for a handling offence despite being blindsided by Botha.
Walker pulled off a sensational save only to be beaten six minutes later when Blackbourn’s cross was finished by Christian Lettieri to make it 2 1.
But Strikers hit back three minutes before half-time when Harrington won the race ahead of Berwick keeper Pedro Formosa and from out side the box on the left slotted a precise strike into the far corner to send the sides in level at the interval.
The second half was an action-packed affair.
In the 64th minute Riley Anderton earned Strikers a free kick outside the area.
Danny Brooks blasted the ball against the wall with his right foot then from the rebound smashed a half-volley with his left which rock eted into the net to make it 3 2.
Strikers should have sealed it in the 91st min ute when a Brooks free-kick found Harrington wide on the left.
He beat his opponent then fired a low, hard shot that Formosa finger-tipped onto the post and was just missed by Jerome Valadon.
From that goal kick Strikers – who had held out valiantly – failed to clear their lines and for the second game in a row conceded an injurytime goal from a Fraidoon Mohammadi back post header which finished a cracking game with the points shared.
The action didn’t finish there though with
Berwick’s Matthew Foschini receiving a second yellow card for dissent after the final whistle.
In State 5 both local sides lost last weekend. Nick Simmons scored in Somerville Eagles’ 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Monbulk Rang ers while Conor McFall and Mitch Lander were on target as Seaford United lost 3 2 at home to Lyndale United.
In State 6 Mount Eliza won its third straight game and sits second on the table on goal differ ence behind Old St Kevins.
Gerry McDonagh’s side beat Knox United 3-1 with two converted penalties by Michael Wright and a Noah Green goal.
Frankston Pines drew 1-1 at home to Bunyip District and Mentone lost 5-0 away to Paken ham United.
Pines were 1-0 down at half-time but grabbed a point in the 76th minute when a Jaiden Tab erner cross from the right sailed over the head of the Bunyip keeper and struck a post before going in.
Bunyip’s Ivica Braha was sent off in the 84th minute.
In State 7 Aspendale maintained its 100 per cent record with a 5-1 away win over secondbottom side Mount Martha on Saturday.
The Stingrays went ahead in the 4th minute when Oscar Carter’s corner was met by Oliver Clark and his shot was deflected by Max Sy monds-Keogh past his keeper Derren Elliott for an own goal.
Further goals from Taylan Yildirim, Daniel Trevisan, Clark and Mitch Hodder (his sixth of the season) gave the visitors an insurmountable 5-0 lead at half-time.
The pick of that bunch was Trevisan’s halfvolley from the edge of the box that went in off the upright.
The home side’s sole reply came in the 51st minute through a close range finish from Tom Brewster.
“We’re obviously delighted to have picked up maximum points but we now have a tough run of fixtures that will test the group,” Aspendale gaffer Jason Grieve said.
“We’re also looking for a coach for our re serves to build on their strong start to the season and anyone interested should contact the club.”
NEXT WEEKEND’S GAMES
Friday 17 April, 7.30pm
Langwarrin v Bulleen Lions, Lawton Park Friday 17 April, 8.30pm
Skye Utd v Mornington, Skye Recreation Re serve
Noble Hurricanes v Seaford Utd, Alex Nelson Reserve
Saturday 18 April, 2.15pm
Burwood City v Mount Martha, Ballyshan nassy Park
Saturday 18 April, 3pm
Baxter v Riversdale, Baxter Park
Kings Domain v Rosebud, Fawkner Park North Pavilion
Monash University v Chelsea, Monash Uni versity Playing Fields
Lyndale Utd v Somerville Eagles, Lyndale
Secondary College
Mount Eliza v Brighton, Emil Madsen Re serve
Old Melburnians v Frankston Pines, Robert Menzies Reserve
Whitehorse Utd v Mentone, Terrara Park
Aspendale v Keysborough District, Aspend ale Gardens Sports Ground
Sunday 19 April, 3pm
North Caulfield v Peninsula Strikers, Caul field Park
