Frankston Times 26th May 2026

Frankston

Inclusion award win

Council briefed on ‘intelligence gathering’ risk

Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au

FRANKSTON Council officers have been briefed by federal government departments about the risk of “intelligence gathering” ahead of a planned visit from an overseas delegation.

A delegation from the Wuxi Municipal People’s Government in China is scheduled to visit Frankston later this year. The visit will mark the 15-year anniversary of the sister-city relation-

ship between Wuxi and Frankston.

At their most recent public meeting, Frankston councillors approved spending up to $4000 from its sister cities budget on formalities, with most of the money to be spent on a formal reception event at Frankston Arts Centre.

The report on the matter prepared by council officers and published in the meeting agenda noted that the departments of Home Affairs, and Foreign Affairs and Trade, had met with council officers to discuss the visit. The

officers’ report read “council officers were briefed by DFAT and Home Affairs in March 2026 on the Foreign Arrangements Scheme, which aims to create consistency across all levels of government. DFAT and Home Affairs also highlighted the importance of being mindful of community interference when managing international relationships, with mayors, councillors and business chambers being considered easy targets for intelligence gathering; and [recommended that the] mayor and councillors don’t engage

with international representatives without council officers present.”

The published agenda pointed councillors towards online portals set up by DFAT, ASIO, and Home Affairs covering Sister and Friendship Cities.

The agenda read that the “ASIO portal has clear guidance on gift giving/ receiving”.

Cr Kris Bolam visited Frankston’s sister cities, including Wuxi, on a ratepayer-funded overseas trip while he was mayor last year. He said the mention of ASIO in the public agenda

has put the sister city relationship at risk.

“The message in this report is akin to welcoming someone into your home while simultaneously whispering to the neighbours—in a loud voice—that the guest might steal the silverware,” Cr Bolam said. “In my view, this contradiction is counterintuitive. Greater care needs to be taken with future public reports, especially where there is the potential for unhelpful, indirect insinuations.”

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Victoria targets quicker responses

AMBULANCE response times on the Mornington Peninsula have improved by more than one minute for urgent callouts in the last year.

Ambulance Victoria released its response time data for 1 January to 31 March 2026 last week. The average “Code 1” response time on the Mornington Peninsula was 14 minutes and 48 seconds, a healthy improvement on the 15 minute and 56 second average during the same period of 2025. The average during the final quarter of 2025 was 15:04.

During the first quarter of 2026, 66.8 percent of ambulances responded to Code 1 callouts on the Mornington Peninsula within 15 minutes. In the first quarter of 2025, that figure stood at 62 percent.

In the Frankston municipality, Code 1 response time averaged 13:45, with 73.7 percent of callouts responding within 15 minutes. While those figures are marginally worse than the JanuaryMarch period in 2025, they are an im-

provement on the final quarter of last year.

In the Kingston municipality, average response time for Code 1 callouts between 1 January and 31 March of this year was 15:09. The average response time was higher than the preceding quarter, but more ambulances responded within 15 minutes.

Ambulance Victoria targets a 15-minute response time to Code 1 callouts for 85 percent of incidents statewide. Victorian paramedics responded to 66.4 per cent of Code 1 cases within 15 minutes between January and March this year.

Ambulance Victoria executive director of regional operations, Michael Georgiou, said that the statewide average response time to the Code 1 cases was 12 seconds faster in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the final quarter of 2025. “The quicker response times are thanks to the incredible efforts of our hard-working crews who are clearing hospital more than five minutes faster

than a year ago,” he said. “When we leave hospital faster, we can get back out into the community faster – and that means better outcomes for patients facing critical life-threatening emergencies.

“AV’s Triage Services team — staffed by nurses and paramedics — also plays a vital role by connecting people with the right care and freeing up ambulances for life-threatening emergencies. From January to March, 49,508 people who did not need an emergency ambulance were instead connected to more appropriate care by our expert Triage Services team. And our Medium Acuity Transport Service (MATS) crews are also freeing up more ambulances to respond to the most critically ill patients. These crews have attended more than 127,000 cases since hitting the road in September 2021.

“At AV, we continue to lead the way in patient satisfaction and emergency care, including the best cardiac arrest survival rates in Australia and second best anywhere in the world.”

SEA WOLVES HOWL MAKES A SPLASH

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A POWERFUL local story inspired by resilience, community and the healing force of nature is set to make waves this winter, as Sea Wolves Howl arrives at Cube 37 at Frankston Arts Centre this July.

Created by the all-female and gender-fluid theatre collective 60% Water, the production brings to life the true story of the Mount Martha Sea Wolves — a group that began during Melbourne’s 2020 lockdown, when two women met on a beach and sparked a ritual that quickly grew into a community of more than 60 members.

Blending theatre with song, the performance follows five characters as they journey from home to shoreline, sharing deeply personal stories. Their daily ritual — icy swims at dawn, holding hands and howling like wolves — becomes a powerful metaphor for confronting fear, embracing vulnerability and finding connection.

Drawn from interviews with real Sea

Wolves members, the work transforms lived experience into a vibrant mix of dialogue, music and movement. Stories of grief, illness and social isolation sit alongside moments of humour, courage and renewal, grounded in a strong sense of collective care.

The production has already attracted strong acclaim, with sold-out seasons at the Flinders Fringe Festival.

Featuring older female and gender-fluid performers — voices rarely centred on stage — Sea Wolves Howl offers a refreshing perspective on community life on the Mornington Peninsula.

At its heart, this is a story about stepping into the unknown together and emerging stronger for it.

Sea Wolves Howl will be performed at Cube 37, Frankston Arts Centre, on Thursday 9 July at 1pm and 7.30pm. Tickets are available at thefac.com.au or by calling 03 9784 1060.

Softball association wins inclusion award

Sarah Halfpenny sarah@baysidenews.com.au

THE Frankston Softball Association has taken home the Peter Norman Inclusion Award at the 2025 Victorian Sport Awards, presented by the Victorian Government and Vicsport on 13 May at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The award recognised the association’s partnership with Doable Australia, which created canteen volunteering opportunities for people with disability. Association president Terri Landt also works as Client Safeguards and Wellbeing Officer at Doable Australia, and said the idea had come to her ahead of an AGM.

“Prior to the AGM I saw an opportunity for clients with NDIS supports to help run the canteen. Getting volunteers on a regular basis is difficult, so enabling the clients we support at Doable Australia to volunteer in the canteen during games made a lot of sense. It is a very meaningful task –a player comes to the canteen asking for a drink and a person we support is able to serve them. This took over 12 months to get off the ground,” said Landt.

Significant groundwork went into the program before anyone started a shift, including risk assessments, mock practice sessions and a rethink of how the register worked.

“Frankston Softball Association identified that a standard register does not work and purchased an iPad

screen with pictures to help the people we support identify what customers would want. Customer service, cash handling, food handling and use of technology have been some of the skills the people we support have gained. Veronica and Marcus were named as Canteen Managers for the 2025-26 season,” said Landt.

Landt said the response from players had been overwhelmingly positive.

“All the players, from Frankston Softball and other associations, are very welcoming to the people we support running the canteen. Players and officials make sure they go to the can-

teen to say hello. The people we support at Doable Australia feel empowered and speak very fondly of working in the canteen,” said Landt. With other associations already reaching out to learn from the model, Landt said genuine buy-in from the outset was the most important ingredient.

“Anyone who is interested in this program should definitely buy into it. It is imperative that the association has a partnership with the organisation they are working with. Our program works because Frankston Softball Association buys into it. We have

someone – mainly myself – working together every week with the clients in the canteen. The people we support are members of Frankston Softball Association and are invited to be part of the association and all its events,” said Landt.

Landt said the program had changed the culture of the club.

“It helps to break down the barrier between mainstream community members and people with disability. The people we support at Doable Australia have a valued place in the community and it offers them opportunities to experience volunteering which

FRANKSTON Softball Association accepts the Peter Norman Inclusion Award at the 2025 Victorian Sport Awards. Picture: Supplied

is meaningful and needed,” said Landt. Two other Mornington Peninsula winners were also recognised on the night. Mornington Life Saving Club won the VicHealth Sport and Active Recreation Initiative of the Year for its Schools Program.

Sorrento sailing twins, Henri and Miles Levenspiel, claimed Young Team of the Year for a 2025 season that included first junior at the Australian 9er National Championships, the Victorian 29er State Championship, the Victorian Youth Championship and representing Australia at the 29er World Championships in Portugal.

Officers drawn out of retirement

police officers are being recruited to return to police station counters to free up

Victoria Police is recruiting 200 reservists to fulfill the role of frontline support officer. In a statement it said that retired police officer Pauline Kostiuk, whose son Felix is a sergeant based at Mordialloc Police Station, is among those putting their hand up to return to work.

“Retired Supt Pauline Kostiuk, who served for 35 years, is among former officers to express interest in becoming a reservist,” a Victoria Police statement read. “It has particular significance because the 70-year-old’s late husband Victor was a police officer for 38 years before being tragically killed in the Wall to Wall Ride for Re-

membrance in 2018.”

Victoria Police acting assistant commissioner Karen Nyholm “policing is a calling and we know that drive to help the community never leaves you.”

“These reservists will play a crucial role in helping free up serving police so they can be out detecting and preventing crime. The best place for police is out in the community keeping people safe, not sitting behind a desk,” Nyholm said. “The response from former members so far has been extremely encouraging.

“We have an incredible pool of talent and experience to draw from and I know our former police will step up to this challenge, just like they did when they were in the job.”

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Gifts planned for sister city visit

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The motion voted on at the Frankston Council meeting also approved “expenditure of up to $500 from the existing Sister Cities budget towards ceremonial gifts for inbound delegation attendees from Wuxi Municipal People’s Government, including the Wuxi Municipal People’s Government Mayor and Wuxi Municipal People’s Government Vice Mayor.”

Although all present councilors voted in favour of the sister city budget allocation, Cr Michael O’Reilly told the meeting that he disagreed with the concept entirely. He said “I think sister cities are a complete and utter waste of money, and they’re ridiculous, and they should be gotten rid of altogether.”

“If sister cities are so great, why doesn’t every council have them? And why do we only have four? Why don’t we have 50 if they’re such great things? They’re ridiculous, they’re a waste of money, and this is why we have a budget that we can’t afford everything,” Cr O’Reilly said.

Cr Brad Hill spoke in favour of the motion; he said “we have some longstanding relationships, and I think they’ve resulted over the years in some terrific outcomes.”

“We have relationships between our schools and overseas schools. We have a relationship between our business chamber and overseas business chambers. And honestly, I think the returns are much greater than we have put in. I think that’s pretty clear,” Cr Hill said.

Cr Bolam’s overseas trip last year cost ratepayers a little over $8000. Between 23 September to 11 October the former mayor visited Shanghai and Wuxi in China; Lincoln, Wichita, and Washington DC in the USA; Suva in Fiji; and Susono and Tokyo in Japan.

A report presented to Frankston councillors after Cr Bolam returned read that the trip had a “conservatively estimated total economic impact of $26.21 million and an ROI of 326,423.39%.” (“Overseas junket a ‘success’ - mayor” The Times, 25/11/2026)

Frankston Bowling Club’s $2.5m canopy takes shape

FRANKSTON Bowling Club has appointed a principal contractor to deliver its $2.5 million “Frankston Wave” canopy project, marking the start of construction on one of Victoria’s most ambitious bowling facility upgrades.

MakMax Australia, internationally recognised for its tensile membrane and large-span canopy structures, has been engaged to build the covered bowling green. TigerTurf Australia will install a new synthetic surface on what will be named the Peta Murphy Showgreen, honouring the late Fed-

eral Member for Dunkley, who was a Patron of the club.

Murphy represented Dunkley from 2019 until her death from cancer in December 2023. She celebrated her 2022 re-election victory at Frankston Bowling Club, a venue she had a long association with.

The project is expected to be completed during 2026. Once finished, it will give bowlers an allweather playing environment designed to support year-round participation and enable the club to host major events, competitions and community

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The completed facility is also expected to attract a range of community, social and sporting uses in addition to bowling.

Funding has been provided by the Federal Government, Victorian State Government and Frankston City Council. The club acknowledged the work of its project team, comprising Craig Williams, John Lorkin, Mark Watson and Geoff De Campo.

Construction is expected to commence shortly.

Forum to unpack election landscape before November

A FRANKSTON forum will give residents an insight into the Victorian political landscape ahead of the state election in November.

The Committee for Frankston & Mornington Peninsula will host the Victoria Votes 2026 Insights Forum at Monash University Peninsula Campus in Frankston on 29 May, featuring directors of political research firm Redbridge, Kos Samaras and Tony Barry.

Samaras specialises in compiling and interpreting research, statistical data and polling to provide insight into the cause and effects of social and political issues, drawing on more than 25 years of political experience with Victorian Labor.

Barry, a former Liberal strategist, has 30 years of expertise in campaigns, communications strategy, risk management and qualitative and quantitative research, and co-hosts the weekly podcast Back to Back Barries with veteran political commentator Barrie Cassidy.

Samaras and Barry will examine voter sentiment, key election issues and lessons from recent campaigns – including the South Australian election and the 2 May Nepean byelection – and explore what national, state and local trends may mean for peninsula seats in state parliament come election day.

The forum runs from 9am to 11am. General admission tickets are $20 and are available at cfmp.org.au

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Justice groups unite for Reconciliation Week

JUSTICE system leaders gathered at Evelyn Park in Frankston on Tuesday for a National Reconciliation Week lunch, held under the 2026 theme of ‘All In’ – a call for collective commitment to transformational change.

The event brought together community members and organisations working within the justice system to demonstrate their commitment to reconciliation.

It was jointly hosted by three organisations at the heart of that work: Peninsula Community Legal Centre (PCLC), which provides free legal services to people in Melbourne’s southeast; the Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee (RAJAC), which advocates for improved justice outcomes for Aboriginal communities across Victoria; and Victorian Legal Aid (VLA), a government-funded service offering free legal information to Victorians.

At a time when Victoria’s tough-oncrime policies are poised to disproportionately affect Aboriginal youth, the gathering provided an opportunity for open dialogue about the impacts of past and current approaches and the importance of culturally informed responses.

Nerita Waight, CEO of Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) — a holistic, trauma-informed legal service supporting Aboriginal people across criminal, family and civil law — said the criminal legal system continued to cause significant harm to Aboriginal people.

“The legal sector must grapple with how to create a more just justice sys-

tem for First Nations people. This requires Aboriginal-led, self-determined justice solutions. This cannot be led by mainstream,” Waight said.

“‘All In’ for me imbues a commitment to reprioritisation of mainstream legal funding to Aboriginal Legal Services as per Dr Mundy’s NLAP review, and in line with Priority Reform Two of Closing the Gap. ‘All In’ is a collective agreement to do better through transformational change, one that the legal sector, alongside government, must be held accountable for.”

PCLC CEO Jackie Galloway said her organisation was listening, learning and role-modelling best practice in the wider legal community.

“For us, reconciliation is more than a day or a policy document,” Galloway said. “Our Reconciliation Action Plan has led to a binding commitment to deliberate, accountable action, such as culturally safe legal services that support self-determination and are always informed by partnerships with community – like the ones gathered here.”

The event, supported by Frankston City Council, marks the lead-up to National Reconciliation Week (NRW), held from 27 May to 3 June annually.

A RECONCILIATION Week event hosted by Peninsula Community Legal Centre, Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee, and Victorian Legal Aid. Picture: Supplied

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Frankston embraces ‘circular economy’ plan

FRANKSTON Council has endorsed a new “Circularity Roadmap” – a fiveyear plan to reduce waste, support local businesses and build a more resilient local economy.

The roadmap signals a move away from the traditional “take, make, dispose” model, toward one where materials are reused, repaired and repurposed to deliver environmental, social and economic benefits for the whole community.

Frankston nayor Cr Sue Baker said the roadmap reflects a community ready to embrace change. “This isn’t just a strategy – it’s a community story,” Baker said.

“We’ve heard from residents and businesses who are already finding smarter, more sustainable ways to operate, and this roadmap builds on that momentum.

“The roadmap outlines how we can go about reducing waste, supporting local businesses, and creating a city where resources are used wisely – and not just for environmental benefits, but to help ease cost-of-living pressures and strengthen our local economy.”

Local business Rylock Windows

Frankston is one example of circular thinking already in practice. Husbandand-wife owners Christine and Nick French, who run the business with six staff, use a specialist quoting program to optimise aluminium use and minimise waste from the outset, with any offcuts too small for future jobs sent to a metal recycling plant. The business also collects waste glass for reuse as road base, puts scrap timber to use as firewood or donates it to kindergartens and community projects, and uses digital invoicing and record-keeping

wherever possible.

“We’re constantly looking at how we can minimise waste and make better use of what we already have – it’s good for business and it’s good for the environment,” Christine French said.

Community programs such as Roving Repair as well as Frankston Library’s new 3D printer and its Library of Things make it easier for residents to repair, reuse and share.

The Circularity Roadmap will expand these initiatives and develop community and business circularity hubs in the form of connected networks, not necessarily physical spaces, that bring together people, ideas and resources.

The roadmap covers practical actions across construction, manufacturing, food systems and everyday consumer goods.

Push to ‘spend local’

FRANKSTON Council and the Frankston Business Chamber are calling on residents to prioritise local spending throughout June as Think Local month returns for another year.

The initiative asks community members to consider businesses within Frankston before purchasing goods or engaging services from surrounding local government areas.

More than 40,000 businesses are registered in Frankston City, with 98 per cent classified as small businesses with an annual turnover of less than $10m.

“Think Local month is a terrific opportunity for community members to show their support for their favourite local businesses and encourage their friends and family to do the same,” Frankston mayor Cr Sue Baker said.

Baker said money spent at small businesses tended to stay within the

community, flowing to staff, local suppliers and business owners, rather than being distributed to shareholders and executives at retail chains or franchises.

Frankston Business Chamber CEO Bernadine Geary said the campaign was about shifting mindsets around spending.

“Think Local means changing your mindset, thinking about spending local for the greater good of our small businesses and for strengthening our local economy,” Geary said.

Free events, training and mentoring sessions for business owners will run throughout the month, and purple decals on shop windows will identify participating businesses. The Frankston City Business Directory lists more than 450 local businesses and is free to join at frankston.vic.gov.au/thinklocal

Protests continue as RSPCA makes second seizure at Mt Eliza property

Sarah Halfpenny sarah@baysidenews.com.au

COMMUNITY advocates say animals continue to suffer at a Moorooduc Hwy property in Mt Eliza, more than 12 months after peaceful protests began outside the site.

The RSPCA, accompanied by police, returned to the property on 11 May and seized an injured horse and a dog – the second seizure operation at the address since September last year, when 35 horses were removed (RSPCA seizes 35 horses in major operation at Mt Eliza property, The Times 9/10/25).

An RSPCA Victoria spokesperson confirmed the September seizure of 35 horses was part of an active investigation that remains ongoing, and that no further information was available at this time.

Inspectors first attended the property in April 2025, responding to reports of underweight animals, and issued legal notices to comply under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986, attending more than 20 times to monitor compliance before executing a warrant in September.

The horse seized on 11 May had been nicknamed “Gunner” by protesters, who said his injured hind leg had been reported to the RSPCA continuously since September last year.

“The RSPCA came out on Monday about lunchtime with a police escort,” said Ashleigh, a local resident involved in the protest group.

“They seized one of the horses with an infection, which is great.”

A dog was also taken from the property.

“They actually saw the dogs, and they’ve taken one of the dogs,” said

Ashleigh.

“It’s the first time the RSPCA has ever really shown any interest in the dogs.”

Protest spokesperson John Formby said the group understands a case is being built against the property owner, and that DEECA (the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action) had also been onsite to test the animals’ drinking water, although this could not be independently confirmed.

The protests, held on public land along Moorooduc Hwy, began in April 2025 after an anonymous post on a local Facebook page for horse owners – which has a membership of several thousand – asked whether anyone had reported concerns about the property.

About 100 comments followed, with many saying they had reported the situation without result, in some cases, according to Ashleigh, for more than a decade.

Protesters claim the property owner’s racing licence was stripped by Racing Victoria in 2016, after she was deemed not to be a fit and proper person to hold a training licence, with no adequate feeding or training plans in place for the horses.

The protests have continued fortnightly since around February this year, typically drawing between 10 and 30 people.

“The protest is normally in front of the property on public land on Moorooduc Rd and uses signs,” said Formby.

“The protests are strictly peaceful and protesters do not engage directly with the owner even when she aggressively tries to engage us. Anyone who cannot follow the rules is asked

to not attend.”

Formby said the group has no official name but is informally known as the Peaceful Protest Mt Eliza group, describing it as a grassroots collective of people from diverse backgrounds united by a concern for animal welfare.

“The strength of the group is that we are of very diverse backgrounds but with a common interest in animal welfare and a belief that we have a responsibility to act when confronted with cruelty,” he said.

Goats on the property have also been a source of ongoing concern for the group, with numbers said to have declined significantly over the past 12 months.

The property owner has not made any public response to the protests or the seizures, though Formby noted the owner had used legal avenues against individuals associated with the campaign.

Ashleigh said the group remains committed to continuing until all animals are removed from the property.

“We are grateful that the RSPCA has come back... to seize two more animals from the property, but we want to continue to get the message out there that animals continue to suffer and die here. It’s not over until every animal on this property is safe.”

The Guide

TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK

FRIDAY

THURSDAY RICK STEIN’S AUSTRALIA

SBS, 7.30pm

Whether he’s at home in Cornwall or soaking up the sun at his Sydney residence, chef Rick Stein (left) rarely strays far from the ocean. However, for this tasty travelogue, the Englishman is leaving the coast behind and taking in Australian landscapes further inland. This week, Stein heads to New South Wales’ Riverina region. He’s keen to see how the area’s floodplains have become a food bowl for the entire nation, stopping by an emu farm, the De Bortoli winery and a “perfect” Italian bakery. This series proves to be a delicious detour.

CHINA WITH BEN FOGLE

SBS, 8.30pm

Since coming to prominence in the UK after a yearlong stint marooned in the Outer Hebrides for the BBC documentary Castaway 2000, adventurer Ben Fogle (right) has delighted in completing extreme feats, witnessing natural wonders and sharing his passion for environmental conservation in all manner of programs. In this three-part exploration, Fogle embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime journey across China, delving into 3000 years of history and discovering how the country rapidly transformed to become the global powerhouse it is today.

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SATURDAY

SILENT WITNESS

ABC TV, 8.30pm

Crime doesn’t take a day off – not even for the nuptials of slow-burn lovebirds Jack Hodgson and Nikki Alexander (David Caves and Emilia Fox, both pictured) in this two-part season 28 finale. However, they are as dedicated to the job as they are each other. So as they investigate a mass shooting at a restaurant, they also discuss their wedding plans, dress choices and Jack’s search for a best man. It’s a delicate dichotomy that demonstrates how the couple’s relationship serves as a vital sanctuary from the horrors they see at work every day.

SUNDAY SHARK!

NINE, 7pm

With this daring entry, reality TV has officially jumped the shark. Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus (pictured), Gold Logie winners Scott Cam and Lynne McGranger, NRL legend Sam Thaiday, actor Matt Nable and influencer Tammy Hembrow are about to come face-to-face with one of the ocean’s greatest predators. With the aim of demystifying these often-misunderstood creatures, the celebrities will be guided by former Australian navy diver and shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder, alongside researcher and photographer Annie Guttridge. Together, they will attempt a series of escalating challenges, working towards their ultimate goal: swimming outside a cage with tiger sharks.

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8.40 Titanic: Our Secret History. (PGa, R) Explores the epic tale of the Titanic 9.35 A Gentleman In Moscow. (Ma) The Count receives some devastating news.

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11.55 De Gaulle. (Ma, R) 2.50 Finding Your Roots. (PG, R) 3.50 My Unique B&B. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Beat The Chasers UK. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. St Kilda v Hawthorn. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews. 11.00 Kick Ons. A preview of the upcoming AFL matches. 11.30 Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack. (Malv) A man slashes a London bobby. 12.30 Brave New World. (Premiere, MA15+asv) 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE:

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL Women’s State Of Origin. Queensland v New South Wales. Game 3. 9.35 NRL Women’s State Of Origin Post-Match. Post-match wrap-up. 10.00 9News Late.

10.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+amv)

11.30 First On Scene. (Mah, R)

12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Fish Forever. (R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

Friday, May 29

ABC (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (10) NINE (9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Compass. (R) 10.30 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R) 11.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 12.00

ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Assembly. (R) 1.45 Bad Company. (M, R) 2.10 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG, R) 3.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 BBC News At Six. 8.30 France 24 English News. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 Legacy List. (PGa, R) 11.10 Making It. (PG, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Land Wars. (R) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Advice for the home gardener.

8.30 Shetland. (Mv) The search is on for Ian, as Calder and Tosh dig into Annie and Bergen’s relationship.

9.30 Gruen. (PG, R) Presented by Wil Anderson.

10.05 Urzila. (Mals, R) Urzila’s camping hatred sparks woe.

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG, R)

11.40 Love Me. (Mls, R)

1.15 Rage New Music. (MA15+dhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Paul Merton: Driving Amazing Trains. Paul Merton travels on the Glacier Express.

8.30 China With Ben Fogle. Ben Fogle journeys through the heart of China.

9.50 Rock Legends: Simple Minds. (PGs, R) 10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 The King. (MA15+av)

11.40 Babylon Berlin. (Mav, R) 1.40 Syndrome E. (MA15+s, R) 3.35 Finding Your Roots. (PG, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. A lead-up to the Friday night AFL match. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 12. Carlton v Geelong. From the MCG. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match.

11.15 GetOn Extra. Lizzie Jelfs, Matt Hill, Simon Marshall and Brent Zerafa dive headlong into the weekend’s best racing.

11.45 To Be Advised.

1.20 Quacks. (MA15+dns)

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 Escape To The Chateau. A new year brings big changes as Dorothy designs a dreamy, cloud-inspired bedroom. While she settles into her sanctuary, Dick and Angel move into the Honeymoon Suite.

8.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 To Be Advised.

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R)

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)

6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace.

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) A couple must bring their house up to date.

8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 11.30 10 News+. (R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 The Movie Show. 12.15pm DW The Day. 12.45 Red Flag: Music’s Failed Revolution. 2.05 Influencers Debate Masculinity. 3.00 Bamay. 3.40 BBC News At Ten. 4.10 France 24. 4.40 PBS News. 5.35 Inside The Huddle. 6.05 Over The Black Dot. 6.35 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 19. 1.35am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.45pm The Makery. 3.05 Play School. 4.05 Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 6.25 Paddington. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.55 BattleBots. 9.40 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.30 Merlin. 11.15 Late Programs.

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs.

11.05 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: The Darkside. (2013, PG) 1.40 Bigger & Blacker: Steven Oliver, My Life In Cabaret. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters.

5.30 Nula. 5.55 Bamay. 6.30 Wildest Places: Great Barrier Reef. 7.30 MOVIE: Storm Boy. (2019, PG) 9.25 MOVIE: Backroads. (1977, MA15+) 10.25 Nula. 10.55 Late Programs.

The Crow’s Egg. Continued. (2014, PG, Tamil) 7.35

The Most Beautiful Day In The World. (2019, PG, Italian) 9.35 Kindred. 11.25 The Thicket. (2024, M)

1.25pm Spear. (2015, M) 3.00 Another Country. (2015, PG) 4.25 The Snow Foxes. (2023, PG) 5.55 The Unknown Country. (2022, PG) 7.30 Haywire. (2011, M) 9.15 Looking Glass. (2017, MA15+) 11.10 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal

Saturday, May 30

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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 10. Carlton v Geelong. From IKON Park, Melbourne. 3.00 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) 4.10 Shaun Micallef’s Going For Broke. (PG, R) 5.00 Australian Story. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R)

6.00 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R) Kath’s first husband moves back in.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (Mv) A local women’s football match is cut short when the star player is found dead.

8.30 Silent Witness. (Final, MA15+av) When six people are slaughtered by an unknown gunman, Nikki and Jack must work against the clock to find the shooter. 10.15 Bergerac. (Mlv, R) Bergerac’s career is on the line as the case gets personal. 11.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Continuous music programming.

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Hot Roads: World’s Most Dangerous Roads. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 12.50 PBS News. 1.50 Who Do You Think You Are? (Malv, R) 2.55 Stories From The Cities. (PG) 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 19. Highlights. 5.30 Sinking The German Fleet. (PGav, R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Jewels Of The Mediterranean: Ibiza. (PGaw) 8.25 Magical Train Journeys In Switzerland: From Lucerne Via Interlaken To Jungfraujoch. (Mn, R) A train journey from Lucerne to Jungfraujoch.

9.25 Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar: Passion. (Mal, R) Elizabeth Taylor challenges the studio system.

10.20 The Wonders Of Europe. (Mv, R) 11.20 Snowpiercer. (Mv, R) 2.05 Matched. (PG, R) 3.50 My Unique B&B. (PG, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School. 3.30 The Scarecrows’ Wedding. 4.30 Little J And Big Cuz. 5.05 Octonauts And Operation Deep Freeze. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.25 Emerald. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 Kids Baking C’ship. 8.10 Kids BBQ Championship. 8.55 Caper Crew. 9.15 Mr Bean: The Animated Series. 9.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.20 Abbott Elementary. 10.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 7.10 Hail, Caesar! (2016, PG) 9.10 The Snow Foxes. (2023, PG) 10.40 Haywire. (2011, M) 12.20pm Blackout Love. (2021, M, Italian) 2.10 The Crow’s Egg. (2014, PG, Tamil) 3.50 Discovering Film. 4.40 The Red Turtle. (2016, PG, No dialogue) 6.15 Trinity Is Still My Name. (1971,

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6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Lord Mayors Cup, Bel Esprit Stakes and Queensland Derby. 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. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 8.00 Ooops! I Bought A Pub. (PG) Shane Jacobson buys a rundown country pub sight unseen and attempts to bring it back to life.

8.30 MOVIE: Gladiator. (2000, Mav, R)

A successful Roman general seeks revenge after he is betrayed and his family is murdered by the emperor’s heir. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen. 11.40 To Be Advised. 12.40 Devils. (MA15+av)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 It’s Academic. (R)

5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 To Be Advised. 12.30 Destination WA. (R) 1.00 Explore TV Viking. (R) 1.30 Let’s Eat With George. (R) 2.00 Ready Vet Go: The Vet Paramedics. (PGalm, R) 2.30 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PGl,

6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Dune. (2021, Mav, R) A young nobleman and his family accept stewardship over a dangerous planet. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac.

10.30 MOVIE: Species. (1995, MA15+hlsv, R) Scientists chase a half-alien girl who escapes from a laboratory, concerned she intends to breed. Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley.

12.30 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av, R)

1.30 Soccer. UEFA Champions League.

Final. Paris Saint-Germain v Arsenal.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.30 The Dog House. (R) A biker hopes a miniature pinscher that lives life in the fast lane can be his new sidekick.

7.30 Selling Houses Australia. (Return, PG) The team helps a family of six that is bursting at the seams in a two-bedroom house.

9.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mad, R) NSW Ambulance crews race to a call for a slashed throat, perform life-saving CPR on teens, treat a suspected drug overdose at a brothel and rush to a potential stroke at a building site. 11.30 Elsbeth. (PGav, R) A filmmaker dies in a suspicious cleaning accident. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 The Movie Show. 12.15pm The Swiping Game. 12.35 Black Comedy In America. 2.25 Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.35 BBC News At Ten. 4.05 France 24. 4.35 PBS News. 5.35 Mastermind Aust. 6.35 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. 12.30am Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia Women. Stage 1. 3.00 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

Sunday, May 31

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 The Assembly. (R) 3.15 Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure. (PG, R) 4.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Compass: Gangs And God. (PG)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 The Assembly: Ian Thorpe. (Final, PGa) Students return to interview Ian Thorpe.

8.15 Bad Company. (Final, Ml) Opening Night of Le Paysan... arrives.

8.40 Bergerac. (Final, Mlv) Trapped and desperate, Bergerac must negotiate for his life while still drawing together the threads of the mystery.

9.40 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R)

A star football player is found dead.

10.40 Silent Witness. (Final, MA15+av, R) 12.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.00 Movin’ To The Country. (R) 4.30 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 11.00 World’s Greatest Sporting Arenas. (PG, R) 12.00 PBS News Compass Points. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike Championship. Round 4. 4.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 4.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. Highlights. 5.25 Marilyn Monroe: The Rise Of An Icon. (PG) 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 12. Melbourne v GWS Giants.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Hunt For The Last Nazis. (Malv) A look at Nazi war criminals hiding in Australia.

9.00 Mysteries Of Stonehenge: Secrets Of The Sun. (Mav, R) Takes a look at the prehistoric structure that is Stonehenge on England’s Salisbury Plain.

10.50 Pan Am: Rise And Fall Of An Aviation Icon. (PG, R)

11.50 The Fastest Bicycle. (Ml)

1.40 Matched. (R)

3.25 U-96, The True Story Of Das Boot. (PGaln, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Bluey’s Big Play. 4.20 Dino Dex. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.25 Emerald. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 The Inbestigators. 7.45 Caper Crew. 8.05 Secrets At Red Rocks. (Final) 8.30 Animal Park. 10.00 Secrets Of The Zoo. 10.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. West Coast v Essendon. From Optus Stadium, Perth. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match.

11.00 7NEWS Spotlight. (R)

12.10 A Friend Of The Family. (MA15+a, R)

1.10 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.

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 10.30

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 Shark! (Premiere, PGal)

8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.40 9News Late.

10.10 The First 48: What About Me/Last Round. (Mal, R) A mother of five is killed.

11.10 American Ripper: Blood And Bone. (Mav)

12.00 Oz Off Road TV. (PG, R) 1.00 Let’s Eat With George. (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. (PG) Amateur cooks take to the kitchen. 8.15 Race Across The World. (Ml) The teams travel through Sumatra, enduring an ad-hoc transport system, limited accommodation options and virtually zero English spoken. 9.30 Taskmaster Australia. (PGal, R) Anisa Nandaula, Brett Blake, Celia Pacquola, Joel Creasey and Rove McManus decipher a Roman numerals task. 10.30 FBI. (Mv, R) A bus explosion kills several people. 11.30 10 News+. (R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 1.35pm Faithless. 2.05 Jeopardy! 4.10 France 24. 4.40 PBS Washington Week. 5.05 PBS News Compass Points. 5.35 The Frontier. 6.30 Abandoned Engineering. 8.20 Travel Man. 8.50 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia Women. Stage 2. 11.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 21. 3.25am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6am The Snow Foxes. (2023, PG) 7.10 The Red Turtle. (2016, PG, No dialogue) 8.45 Trinity Is Still My Name. (1971, PG) 11.00 The Tracker. (2002, M) 12.50pm With Or Without You. (2021, M, Italian) 2.55 The Unknown Country. (2022, PG) 4.30 Hail, Caesar! (2016, PG) 6.30 Notorious. (1946, PG) 8.30 100 Yards. (2023, M, Mandarin) 10.30 Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997, M) 12.10am Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Over The Black Dot. 12.30 Inside The Huddle. 1.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Stage 12. Highlights. 2.00

MOVIE: Journey Home, David Gulpilil. (2025) 10.10 MOVIE: Blackfellas. (1993, MA15+) 11.55 Late Programs. NITV (34)

Monday, June 1

5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 12.10 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News Compass Points. 1.30 Al Jazeera News Hour. 2.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 3.05 Arts Centres Keep Our Elders Connected. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 21. Highlights.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story. Australians tell personal stories.

8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.20 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser. 9.35 Planet America. A look at American politics.

10.10 Todd Sampson’s Why? (Ml, R) 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. (R) 11.10 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.00 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes: Jo Joyner. (PG) Robson Green and Jo Joyner go horse riding.

8.40 Ancient Greece By Train: Cyclades To Turkey. (PG, R) Professor Alice Roberts tours ancient sites.

9.35 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (M) Hosted by Greg Davies.

10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Sambre: Anatomy Of A Crime. (Mav)

12.05 Gomorrah. (MA15+s, R) 2.45 My Unique B&B. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

5.50 Alone Finland. (Premiere) 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Is The Cloud Damaging The Planet? 9.05 Soccer’s American Dream. 10.00 The Hunt For The Last Nazis. 11.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia Women. Stage 3. 2am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm Daniel Tiger’s. 2.45 The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.40 Expedition With Steve Backshall. 9.35 Chopped Jnr. 10.15 Kids Baking C’ship. 11.00 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The Movie Show. 7.10 Notorious. (1946, PG) 9.10 Discovering Film. 10.00 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, M) Noon 100 Yards. (2023, M, Mandarin) 2.05 The Red Turtle. (2016, PG, No

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

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 Glenn And Mick’s Celebrity Intervention. (Madls) Hosted by Glenn Robbins and Mick Molloy. 8.40 9-1-1. (Mav) Following Athena’s shooting, the 118 gathers at the hospital awaiting news.

9.40 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.

10.40 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League.

11.40 Happy’s Place. (PGadl)

12.10 New Amsterdam. (MA15+a, R)

1.10 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Shark! (PGal, R) 1.45 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R)

Tipping Point. (PG, R)

9News Afternoon.

Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Shark! (PGal) The celebrities complete an open water swim.

8.40 Footy Classified. (Ml) A team of footy experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies.

9.40 Players. (Ml) A look at all the AFL news.

10.40 9News Late.

11.10 100% Footy. (Mal)

12.10 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.

Tuesday, June 2

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 Shaun Micallef’s Going For Broke. (Final, PG)

8.50 Murder In The Skies: Who Downed MH17? (Final, PGa) The investigation closes in on those responsible. 9.35 Compass: Gangs And God. (PG, R)

10.05 If You’re Listening. (R) 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.45 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.05 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 12.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Aaron Pedersen. (PG) Actor Aaron Pedersen explores his roots. 8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchi takes a look at the terrible effects of dementia, which is now Australia’s biggest killer.

9.30 Dateline. International current affairs.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 Living Black. (R) 11.05 The Negotiator. (MA15+av)

11.55 Divided We Stand. (Mal, R)

2.40 My Unique B&B. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am Morning Programs. 3pm Brady Vs Belichick: The Verdict. 4.00 WorldWatch. 6.00 Alone Finland. 6.50 Jeopardy! 7.45 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.40 The UnXplained. 10.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia Women. Stage 4. 12.50am The Swiping Game. 1.10 Curious Australia. 1.45 Under The Banner Of Heaven. 3.00 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 Daniel Tiger’s. 2.45 The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.40 Savage Builds. 9.25 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 9.50 BattleBots. 10.35 Merlin. 11.20 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)

6am

The Movie Show. 6.30 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 8.15 Cats. (2019, PG) 10.15 Confessions Of Felix Krull. (2021, M, German) 12.25pm Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997, M) 2.00 Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG) 4.00 Notorious. (1946, PG) 6.00 Rabbit-Proof Fence. (2002, PG) 7.40 My Uncle Jens. (2025, M, Norwegian) 9.30 Victoria & Abdul. (2017) 11.35 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Africa’s Underwater Wonders. 11.00 Living Black. 11.30 The Declaration. 12.15pm MOVIE: Walkabout. (1971) 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Africa’s Underwater Wonders. 7.30 The Point. 8.30 First Australians. 9.30 MOVIE: The Tracker. (2002, M) 11.15 Late Programs. NITV (34)

Wednesday, June 3

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Gruen. (PG) Presented by Wil Anderson.

8.35 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG) Presented by Guy Montgomery.

9.25 Urzila. (Final, Mdls) Urzila nit picks an assailant.

9.50 Bad Company. (Final, Ml, R)

10.15 Planet America. (R)

10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. (R) 11.20 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R)

5.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Wonders Of Volcanoes With Dara Ó Briain. (PGa, R) Dara Ó Briain embarks on a quest in Italy. 9.20 The Audacity. (MA15+a) Crises hit the Winter Forum and Winter Gala, grotesquely held in adjacent ballrooms.

10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Rise Of The Raven. (MA15+av) 12.30 Golden Boy. (Mal, R) 1.25 Classified. (Mlv, R) 3.05 My Unique B&B. (R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.40 Steven Universe. 9.50 Pokémon: Diamond And Pearl. 10.30 Adv Time. 10.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am My Uncle Jens. (2025, M, Norwegian) 7.50 Victoria & Abdul. (2017) 10.00 King Of My Castle. (2024, M, French) Noon Oskars Kleid.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Eden has second thoughts.

7.30 My Reno Rules. (Ma) 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. (Mamv, R) 12.15 New Amsterdam. (MA15+a, R)

Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PGl) Comedy panel show. 8.30 Explore TV: Western Australia. (Premiere) Six friends track an unforgettable journey across Australia’s largest state. 9.30 Footy Classified. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s

Building Ideas. (PG, 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+.

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6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)

7.30 SAS: AUS v ENG. (M) The recruits try to traverse a high wire.

8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.

9.30 Unfiltered. (PG) Hosted by Hamish McLachlan.

10.00 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.

11.00 Australia: Now And Then. (Ma, R) 12.00 New Amsterdam. (MA15+a, R) 1.00 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Events That Changed Australia: The Fight For Marriage Equality. (Mav)

8.30 NRL Origin Story. Looks at the original “Origin” rule. 9.35 9News Late.

10.05 To Be Advised.

11.05 The Inheritance. (Final, Mav)

12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Destination WA. 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

Political failure has left the Flinders Pier a dilapidated mess

I think its sort of encouraging that sounds coming out of Heritage Victoria and Parks/ Transport, sort of indicate (in a political sort of way), that work on the Flinders Pier has not stopped (Flinders pier future uncertain amid funding concerns, The News 12/5/26).

But after so many years some of the finer detail seems to have been lost.

During the Save the Pier days, so many years ago, nine different languages were being spoken along the pier.

Many of them came from western Melbourne like Yarraville.

Peninsula people, just think about that. How many of us from the peninsula go to Yarraville?

They arrived early morning for a day’s fishing: Mum, Dad, kids, grannies and a few uncles with the full day’s equipment.

At 8am, almost any day, snorkelling school children with their teachers suited up and joined “David Attenbough’s dragons ” under the pier.

But now, a dilapidated mess of fences and desolation, and a pier very literally different to what it was seven years ago.

Forgive me for asking how it’s possible to make such a dreadful mistake on the costing for Flinders Pier?

To get almost at the end , and then say, oops, no money. STOP. What a colossal waste of money.

All this while Dromana’s pier and forecourt achieves embellishment, not to mention other watery venues being enhanced in Port Phillip.

Forty-five thousand people signed a petition to save the Flinders Pier. They signed from all over Australia. We have all been let down.

Madam Premier, cant we get this mess finished?

Dr. Neil D Hallam (Marine Biologist), Flinders Biodiversity

Good news that Mornington Peninsula Shire is considering joining the growing trend to build biodiversity in suburban streets by replacing grass with native species for birds and insects (Nature strip greening push backed by councillors, The News 19/5/26).

But there are benefits for humans too – no mowing and a variety of flowering native plants to admire.

While it is a global trend, Rotary Clubs have typically led nature strip planting in Australia. With a local species list and thoughtful design, plantings can allow safe access to vehicles. Given there are 110 birds, 55 insects and over 1600 plants on Victoria’s threatened species list, putting biodiversity back into our nature strips is clearly needed.

Yvonne Parker, Portarlington Council conservation

It’s disappointing to read that the Allan government has yet to provide a wildlife plan for the Peninsula (Council backs new wildlife protection push for peninsula, The News 19/5/26).

On the upside, however, the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council looks set to implement a Wildlife Master Plan and is keen to embrace the green by rewilding nature strips (Nature strip greening push backed by councillors, The News 19/5/26).

Indigenous vegetation corridors are vital for native species to thrive, as are broader wildlife protection measures.

Across Australia, local councils are stepping up on environmental conservation when state and federal governments fall short. If we want future generations to experience Australia’s extraordinary natural heritage, the time for leadership is now.

Isabelle Henry, Ascot Vale

Protect our environment

It was interesting to read that twenty years ago, UNESCO granted the Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve status (Protect Western Port, Letters 19/5/26). Early accounts describe kangaroos “so plentiful that they resembled flocks of sheep”. Much of the peninsula originally supported she-oak forests, moonah woodland, wetlands and heathland. After the 1840s, extensive clear-

ing for grazing, orchards, timber and fuelwood dramatically altered habitat and reduced wildlife populations.

The Mornington Peninsula National Park, declared in 1995, at least protects and preserves some of this natural environment and remaining flora and fauna.

So it was pleasing to read that the motion from Cr David Gill calling for a Wildlife Master Plan was unanimously supported by the Shire Council (Council backs new wildlife protection push for peninsula, The News 19/5/26).

There is evidence we are living through the sixth mass extinction with the current speed of vertebrate genus extinction thirty-five times that of the last million years.

Research from Stanford University attributes the extinction entirely to human activity.

Unlike past geological extinctions, the current loss of species is driven by human population growth, overconsumption, habitat destruction, the wildlife trade, and climate change.

Protecting what remains of our amazing natural world for “our grandchildren and future generations”, as Cr Gill argues, must be a top priority.

Ray Peck, Hawthorn

Wildlife preservation

Mornington Shire is to be congratulated for supporting the Wildlife Master Plan (Council backs new wildlife protection push for peninsula, The News 19/5/26).

The plan is designed to try and protect and preserve local wildlife.

Australia has demonstrably the most dismal record of wildlife extinction over the past 230 odd years.

It is estimated that between 35-38 mammal species, nine bird species (31 if sub-species are included)and at least three reptile species have become extinct in the time period since 1788.

The mammal extinctions represent 35% of global mammal extinctions. A record to be truly ashamed of.

If the peninsula can do its part, no matter how small, then surely this is a good thing that the whole community would back.

Ross Hudson, Mt Martha

Health rebate debate

Bruce White argues removing the private health insurance rebate would push older Australians back into the public system. But this overlooks a basic fact: the rebate itself is already funded by younger taxpayers, and none of that money goes to public hospitals. It goes into individuals’ pockets and then to private insurers. If the same billions were directed straight into the public system, it would fund more beds, more staff, and shorter wait times — benefits shared by everyone, not just those who can afford private cover.

It is also a myth that older Australians with private insurance always use private hospitals. Many still end up in the public system because private hospitals often cannot provide the emergency, intensive, or complex care required for older patients. So the public system continues to carry the highest-cost patients, insured or not.

If affordability for pensioners is the concern, the solution is targeted, asset-tested support, not a blanket subsidy that sends billions to private insurers and is paid equally to high-wealth households.

Redirecting the rebate to public hospitals would strengthen the system far more effectively than subsidising private premiums. None of this is about blame. It is about maths and sustainability. Today’s young workers face housing at 9–12 times income, student debt, higher effective tax rates, and the largest cohort of retirees in Australian history. Hardship is not unique to any generation; many younger Australians today also live in garages, work multiple jobs, and pay for private insurance. The difference is not effort — it is the structural cost environment.

Respectfully, nostalgia is not a policy argument. The numbers matter — and the numbers show a structural imbalance that needs to be addressed honestly.

Cameron Brown, Capel Sound

Wood-fire season

Shire, EPA, are you listening?

The temperature has plummeted. The wind is absent.

A contingent of peninsula residents happily fire up their Coonara’s or equivalent, using whatever wood they can lay their hands on.

A further contingent of residents turn on their split-system heating devices which suck in their unwitting or may be selfish, neighbours shared pollution of gases and ultra-fine particulates.

These can make their way into respiratory channels navigating past nasal hairs migrating into lung air sacs, alveoli, onwards into the bloodstream; subsequently into the body organs.

In the healthy and young population some harmful substances are removed by coughing, diligent phagocytes. Not to mention the potential of some of the 4,800 per- and poly-fluroalkyl (PFAS) forever chemicals, and increased nitrogen dioxide invasion, doing their worst.

As we age lung elasticity decreases rendering toxic gases, fine particulates, difficult to remove. The irritation stimulates mucous…where stasis-of-fluid occurs opportunistic viruses and bacteria can inhabit to replicate resulting in respiratory disease, or more.

Winter is not always to blame for cold and influenza viral increase in the population some is a lack of ‘Love your neighbour’ or Shire’s lack of care for inhabitants’ health.

Yaqirah Herut, Mornington

Statue opposition

It has been announced that Daniel Andrews, our incompetent former Premier, will have his statue produced for $134,000 and placed among other people who have worked for Victoria and Australia.

I am hoping and certainly not holding my breath that a wise person in our state government arranges for Andrews to pay for his own statue and installs it in his own garden.

How can anyone in our state government agree to putting Andrews’ statue in a prominent place in our city and in company with others who have completed positive initiatives to improve our state and country .

Andrews as leader, created a debt of $200b, cost $1b in a contact cancellation, managed to spend $25m on one weeks security for covid isolation in a city motel, lead a team of people that under-forecast the costs of a freeway and train line plus other major projects by billions of dollars that has put the state into a debt that will take two generations to pay off.

Why oh why do we have people who feel we need to praise and give awards for incompetency.

Bruce White, Safety Beach

Census failure

It is census time again and census night is the Tuesday 11 August 2026 and the Australian Bureau of Statistics has sent a letter to long term accommodation houses (rooming houses) saying that a person living in the rooming house is to undergo up to one hour of training, supply people with census forms, collect completed forms, follow up with people who have not completed or return their form.

It is quite obvious that the ABS wants rooming houses occupants to fill forms and be involved in census night. Of course what the ABS wants to achieve will not be achieved.

I only found the letter addressed Guest House & Other Accommodation and not to one individual. I found the letter by accident and nobody in a rooming house will want to be the person responsible to give or retrieve forms.

No doubt there will be fines for not co-operating.

It is clear the ABS public servants do not live in rooming houses.

What has to happen is that either the ABS staff puts a form under every room door or give it to an occupier or get the rooming house proprietor to give and collect forms .

These ABS promotes the census by saying allocating funding for education, health and education and infrastructure , planning for aged care and improving the wellbeing of older Australians improving access in regional and rural communities.

It is very well to collect numbers but the bottom line is will parliaments give the infrastructure when the federal government is already a trillion dollars in debt and the states are billions of dollars in debt?

It is time to revalue the need for national censuses and go for the cheaper options. It costs Australian taxpayers millions to run a census. Russell Morse, Karingal

An anti-letter

Someone made a statement on a Facebook saying they were sick to death with all the letters Lenzo was writing to the local paper week after week.

I suggested she write a letter to the editor and drafted this for her.

I open this paper each week with a mixture of anticipation and dread, wondering not what is happening in the world, but what fresh instalment of “The Lenzo Chronicles” awaits us in the letters section.

At this point, I suspect Lenzo believes he is not merely a contributor but the unofficial editorat-large, ombudsman, historian and possibly Minister for Public Morality.

There was a time when letters to the editor reflected a broad range of community voices. Now it feels more like a weekly subscription service to one man’s grievances, observations and philosophical reflections on absolutely everything.

Rainfall? Lenzo has thoughts.

Council bins? Lenzo is outraged. International affairs? Naturally, Lenzo has prepared a detailed briefing paper.

I half expect next week’s edition to feature Lenzo reviewing restaurant meals he hasn’t eaten and critiquing sporting matches he didn’t watch.

The truly remarkable thing is not the frequency of the letters, but the stamina. Most people struggle to reply to a text message. Lenzo apparently produces enough commentary each week to sustain a small regional newsroom.

I mean no disrespect. In fact, I admire the commitment. But perhaps, in the interests of biodiversity and preserving endangered alternate opinions, the rest of us could be granted a small patch of the letters page before it becomes officially rezoned as “Lenzo Weekly”. Yours faithfully, A Fatigued Reader

Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

BarleyCharlie@90

Shrouded, in negativity or positivity; that is the question? Al Jolson “April Showers”. Expect nothing regret nothing, works for me. Spending time on my old computer, outdated, a large part of everyday activities, particularly Facebook, public, not private.

Also an hour daily (one pot, beer) at/in the smoking area, RSL, alongside those glitzy poker machines, guaranteed to extract 18 cents in every dollar; why?

A consistent stream of gamblers having a quick break during their free spins. In conversations, the mention of Facebook and more than often reply “Not for me” almost as a warning of unspecified dangers, and an inference of time wasting; funny? Other than Powerball (the impossible dream?) the question (only to myself) of nice people saying goodbye, consistently, to those cents of every invested (?) dollar, carefully avoiding the dangers of Facebook? Life remains, as always, a Cabaret! The budget, and the lady from Oakleigh “Never again will I vote Labor.”

With the Libs in disarray, the One Nation option, God only knows where the lady is coming from; no mention of her preferences for poker machines?

And the ISIS brides and children returning to Australia; watch your backs, weevils in the woodwork; seven years, refugee camp Syria, we wish them well.

Angus (nuclear) Taylor as a choice, for Albo, boiled bland lollies to milk chocolate, an Opposition leader (ban non-citizens?) about nothing?

And Chalmers half-way house? - “Negative gearing to new home construction from next year, and the replacing of the 50 per cent capital gains discount with inflation-adjusted indexation.” A relief to have a real Treasurer despite the half-way comment?

And still the AUKUS cash drain game? And us, as in all of us, in one way or another; a peculiar obsession. What’s yours?

And those innocent Palestinians living/surviving (?) in Gaza?

Suggest “Be happy” in place of “Greed is Good.” Just saying?

Cliff Ellen, Rye

Railway Commissioners special visit – Frankston praised

Compiled by Cameron McCullough

On Monday night last at 9 o’clock, Mr. Clapp and his fellow Commissioners accompanied by a large staff, arrived at Frankston by a special train.

The trip along the bayside line was made with the object of testing the new pilot light which it was proposed to affix to railway engines to safeguard against accidents at railway crossings.

The rays from the new light can be seen for a distance of twelve miles, and it’ is understood that the Commissioners are well pleased with it.

Mr. Clapp took advantage of the trip to inspect the Frankston railway station and its surrounds.

The visit was a surprise one and it chanced that the stationmaster, Mr. George, was not on duty at the time.

Mr. George was highly gratified the next day to receive a letter from headquarters, conveying to himself and staff Mr. Clapp’s appreciation of the condition of the station and complimenting the Station Master on the excellent and thoroughness of his supervision.

THE last meeting of the Mornington Council was held on 13th May. Correspondence was received from the Shire of Frankston and Hastings, stating that Mr. Allen offered to pay cost of Boundary Road from Nepean Road to the sea, up to £200, and to be repaid in five yearly installments, and desired to know if Council would agree to pay half each installment as it falls due.

Cr. Barrett said he was not in favour of this. He would like to see something done to Boundary Road.

On Cr. Nunn’s motion it was decided to consider the offer on next year’s estimates.

The Council has decided to continue agitating for the electrification of the railway from Frankston to Mornington.

The subject was opened by Cr. Barrett at the above meeting. He stated that electrification was promised soon after the Frankston line was completed, and since then other districts were being undertaken.

He thought the Council should be interested and make an effort to obtain electrification. Cr. Barrett moved that a deputation wait on the Railways Commissioners, urging the claims of Mornington for electrification, also to ascertain whether they intended to open the railway reserve from Blake Street to Ross Street. Seconded by Cr. Nunn and carried.

Crs. Linley, Hallum, Barrett and McArthur will comprise the deputation, which will meet the Commissioners on a date to be fixed. ***

Personal

Mr. H. Reardon, an old war veteran, has decided to make his hone at Frankston, and is now occupying “Devon,” near the Mile Bridge.

He has seen active service at Alexandra and the Egyptian War in 1882, for which service he received the Queen’s medal and bar and the Khedive’s Star, while onboard H.M.S “Invincible.”

He has also been 30 years in the Victorian Police Force, from which he has now retired, and is now resolved to enjoy a well-earned rest.

Mr. R. Morgan, who underwent an

operation in Melbourne recently, and was apparently making good progress, has been operated upon again. His many friends will join in wishing him a speedy and complete recovery.

Mrs. A. Farley is still an inmate of the Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, but we are pleased to learn that she is on the road to recovery and expected to return home in a few days.

Mrs. J. A. P. Ham, who recently underwent an operation at “Bethesda” private hospital, returned home this week. Her many friends will be pleased to learn that she is progressing favourably and steadily regaining her usual health.

The marriage of Mr. Thornton Grimwnade, elder son of Brigadier General And Mrs Grimwade of “Marathon”, Frankston, with Miss Ruth Affleck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Affleck, of “Minjah” Caramut, will take place at the home of the bride’s parents on Wednesday, June 9.

Mr. A. Bailey was unable to be present at the Horticultural Society’s meeting on Tuesday last on account of having contracted a severe cold. Mr. Bailey had arranged to give a lecture on the art of potting flowers.

*** Light and air

Among the changes brought about of recent years in our methods of living, few are more pronounced than those incident to the often-unconscious appreciation of the value of moving air and of sunlight.

Within the memory of many the entire population – at a given season of the year, often has clad itself in under garments of flannel, or other thick fabric, and outer garments of wool.

At night there was usually a thick covering of quilts, and closed windows.

The closed windows (and millions of them still remain closed) were due to the fact that it is a popular belief to the effect that night air carries with it certain miasms which cause disease.

The thick day garments were for the purpose of keeping the body warm, a chilling of the surface being held to be the root of all evil.

Moreover, these thick garments were assumed by everyone regardless of occupation, whether indoors or out of doors.

Also the average temperature of the living room was something between 70 and 80 degrees and the air was still air.

In such an atmosphere the thickly clad indoor worker spent practically his entire twenty-four hours, saving that brief period needful for transit from home to the place of business, and back again.

It has now been abundantly proved that providing the weather be reasonably warm, absence of all clothing insures a better degree of health than does the wearing of any garments ; that when this, or as near to it as the sensibilities of the population will allow, is practiced, colds and trifling ailments are reduced to a minimum; and that the semi-naked person acclimated by weeks or months of practice may continue in the temperature zone well into the frost period with perfect comfort and resurgent health.

How much sunlight-cures for tuberculosis are dependent upon skin ventilation has not been demonstrated, but this is certainly a factor in accom-

plishing betterment so striking and so many that surgery has been largely robbed of some of its labours - and perquisites.

In this relation Dr Leonard Hill calls attention to the extraordinary beneficial effects accruing not only to tuberculous children, but to those suffering from rickets when the latter are exposed to sun land air.

Moreover the reports of the open-air schools are fairly convincing, though it must be recognised that in addition to air and light the diet of these children is usually carefully supervised and they are given appropriate food in adequate quantities.

The effect of cool, or cold air, on the respiratory system is attributed, in part at least, to the increased evaporation from the mucous membranes, incident to which invading bacteria are supposed to be washed or blown away. Moreover, a lower temperature because of the need of heat creation increases metabolism, ie nutritional activities.

Where facilities offer, and this should be in connection with all hospitals, the moving of septic patients into the open, which means the skin ventilation and light stimulation, has many times changed a gloomy or hopeless prognosis into a favourable one.

The doctrine should be preached and practiced, more light not only for the eyes, but for the whole body, and more gently moving air not only to be breathed, but for the entire skin surface.

***

From the Pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 28 May 1926

PUZZLE ZONE

20. Stealing (child) 23. Painter’s tripod 24. Silliness 25. White-faced

DOWN 1. Sibling 2. Again 3. Leer 4. Sports sides 5. Filling (of sails) 6. Representatives 9. Third planet 11. Plundering

A RARE freehold investment opportunity has emerged in a long established retail strip, with two high-profile shops at the intersection of Chesterville and South Roads in Bentleigh East being offered for sale as one. The properties deliver a combined net income of $106,494* per annum and represent a chance for investors to secure an established investment.

The two shops are anchored by long-term tenants Marbled Meat and a FoodWorks supermarket, both of whom have cultivated loyal, repeat customer bases in this location over many years. Marbled Meat operates under a ten-year lease expiring December 2026, with a further ten-year option available. FoodWorks just entered a brand new eight-year lease running through to April 2034, with a five-year option, providing investors with strong income streams.

The properties sit on a substantial land area of 437sqm* with an excellent 11.58m* frontage, rear laneway access, and on-grade customer parking further complimented by a council car park directly across the road. The Chesterville Road Shopping Strip is a vibrant, fully occupied retail community creating

a destination precinct that draws consistent foot traffic throughout the week. A pharmacy, newsagent, post office, barber, bakery and fresh food offerings attract a loyal customer base.

The location is further strengthened by proximity to East Bentleigh Primary School, Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School, and the nearby Moorabbin industrial precinct, all of which generate a reliable and diverse stream of patronage.

According to Nichols Crowder selling agent, Matt Nichols, “While there is uncertainty across many areas in the economy, investment in foodrelated property, in particular supermarkets and fresh food, is a return to fundamentals.

As consumers are tightening their belts and eating out less, we’re seeing the local strip shopping precincts remain busy as we prepare more meals at home.”

It’s also reassuring to point out that the recent Federal budget excluded commercial and industrial property from any negative gearing changes and the attractive tax rates for selfmanaged

funds remain in place.”

For further details contact the selling agents; James Glen: 0401 493 277 or Matt Nichols: 0418

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16. Scraping (leaves)

18. Taken by thief

19. Yawns

21. Small bunch of flowers

22. Spaces (between)

See page 19 for solutions.

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Langwarrin break Rosebud’s winning streak

MPFNL

By Kennedy McCullough

MEN’S DIV ONE SEN

THE match between undefeated teams Rosebud and Langwarrin saw a goal for goal game, with Langwarrin getting the win after a strong third quarter.

Both teams started very similarly, with Langwarrin scoring 2.2 and Rosebud scoring 2.0 in the first quarter.

Rosebud pulled ahead in the second, leading by eight points at the long break.

In the third quarter, Langwarrin started to pull away from Rosebud, scoring seven goals to Rosebud’s two and leaving a 22 point gap between the teams.

Each team scored three goals in the final quarter, leaving Langwarrin to win by 15 points. Matt Johnson kicked six goals for Langwarrin. Blake Kulpers kicked three goals for Rosebud.

Sorrento suffered their seventh loss of the season at the hands of Devon Meadows.

The Panthers took an early lead in the first quarter, scoring five goals to Sorrento’s one. In the second, Devon Meadows managed to take a 43 point lead, sitting at 70 points.

Sorrento managed to score 2.2 in the third quarter to Devon Meadows’ 4.3, leaving Devon Meadows even further ahead.

Sorrento was unable to come back in the final quarter, leaving Devon Meadows to win by 64 points.

Edi-Asp secured a win against Dromana.

The game begun with fairly even scores, EdiAsp scoring 2.3 and Dromana scoring 2.4 in the first.

Each team scored five goals in the quarter before the long break, leaving a three point difference with Edi-Asp in the lead.

Edi-Asp began to pull into the lead in the third quarter, scoring 3.6 to Dromana’s 2.1 and leading by 14 points.

Dromana fell even further behind in the final quarter, leaving Edi-Asp to win by 25 points.

In a very close result, Frankston YCW managed to come out on top against Mt Eliza.

Frankston YCW took an early lead, scoring 2.3 to Mt Eliza’s 0.2 in the first quarter.

In the second, Mt Eliza managed to score 1.6 to Frankston YCW’s 3.2, leaving Frankston

YCW ahead.

Mt Eliza won the third quarter, scoring three goals to Frankston YCW’s two, but the Stonecats still had the lead.

The fourth quarter was very close, with Mt Eliza scoring 3.3 to Frankston YCW’s 1.3, leaving the Stonecats to win by only four points. Mornington took an easy win against Pines, notching their first four-points for the 2026 season.

In the first quarter, Mornington scored 4.4 to Pines’ 3.1, leaving a nine point gap between the teams.

Mornington began to pull away in the second, putting them in front by 31 points going into the long break.

Pines put another goal on the board in quarter three but Mornington smashed nine goals, pulling further ahead.

In the end, Pines were unable to make an impact against the Bulldogs, with Mornington scoring a further six in the final quarter to Pines’ five, leaving Mornington to win by 84 points.

Matt Caine scored seven goals for Mornington and was among their best. Guy Hendry scored three goals for Pines and was among their best.

LANGWARRIN’S

NEXT WEEK’S GAMES

DIVISION ONE MENS SENIORS

Saturday 30 May, 2pm: Pines v Devon Meadows – Eric Bell Reserve

Dromana v Mt. Eliza – Dromana Recreation Reserve

Sorrento v Edithvale-Aspendale – David Macfarlane Reserve

Frankston YCW v Langwarrin – John Coburn Oval

Rosebud v Mornington – Olympic Park Rosebud

DIVISION ONE MENS RESERVES

Saturday 30 May, 12pm: Pines v Devon Meadows – Eric Bell Reserve

Dromana v Mt. Eliza – Dromana Recreation Reserve

Sorrento v Edithvale-Aspendale – David Macfarlane Reserve

Frankston YCW v Langwarrin – John Coburn Oval

Rosebud v Mornington – Olympic Park

Rosebud

DIVISION TWO MENS SENIORS

Saturday 30 May, 2pm: Bonbeach v Pearcedale – Bonbeach Reserve

Chelsea v Hastings – Chelsea Recreation Reserve

Crib Point v Karingal – Crib Point

Recreation Reserve

Red Hill v Frankston Bombers – Red Hill

Recreation Reserve

Rye v Somerville – RJ Rowley Reserve

Tyabb v Seaford – Bunguyan Reserve

DIVISION TWO MENS RESERVES

Saturday 30 May, 12pm: Bonbeach v Pearcedale – Bonbeach Reserve

Chelsea v Hastings – Chelsea Recreation Reserve

Crib Point v Karingal – Crib Point

Recreation Reserve

Red Hill v Frankston Bombers – Red Hill

Recreation Reserve

Rye v Somerville – RJ Rowley Reserve

Tyabb v Seaford – Bunguyan Reserve

DIVISION ONE WOMENS SENIORS

Friday 29 May, 7pm:

Hastings/Balnarring v Bonbeach –Balnarring Reserve

Tyabb v Frankston – Bunguyan Reserve

Saturday 30 May, 12pm: Pearcedale v Karingal – Pearcedale

Recreation Reserve

Saturday 30 May, 1pm:

Mornington v Warragul Industrials –Mornington Alexandra Park

DIVISION ONE WOMENS RESERVES

Saturday 30 May, 10am: Tyabb v Karingal – Bunguyan Reserve

Saturday 30 May, 11am: Mornington v Warragul Industrials –Mornington Alexandra Park

Bonbeach – BYE

Frankston – BYE

Tyabb still winless after loss to Bonbeach

MPFNL

By Kennedy McCullough

MEN’S DIV TWO SEN

TYABB suffered another loss for the season at the hands of Bonbeach.

In the first quarter, Tyabb scored 1.2 to Bonbeach’s 3.7.

Bonbeach continued to pull ahead in the quarter before the long break, scoring five goals to Tyabb’s two.

Tyabb was only able to score one point in the third quarter while Bonbeach added a further 4.4 to their total.

Bonbeach only pulled further ahead in the final quarter, scoring 5.4 to Tyabb’s 4.3 and winning by 70 points.

Chelsea secured a win against the Frankston Bombers.

The scores were close in the first quarter, with Chelsea leading by only five points.

In the second, Chelsea managed to kick eight goals to the Bombers’ three, leaving Chelsea on 83 points and up by 34 points at half-time.

Chelsea continued to pull ahead in the third quarter by scoring 6.1 to the Bombers’ 3.3.

The final quarter saw Chelsea score a further four goals and taking the lead, winning by 51 points.

Jaie Bedson scored five goals for the Bombers and was among their best.

Brett O’Hanlon scored seven goals for Chelsea and was among their best.

Seaford had a win against Crib Point.

Seaford started the game strong by scoring 6.4 to Crib Point’s 2.3.

The quarter before the long break had Seaford scoring another five goals while Crib Point only scored one, separating the teams by 46 points.

In the third quarter, both teams performed fairly evenly, with Seaford scoring three goals to Crib Point’s two.

The game ended with Seaford scoring 4.4 to Crib Point’s 3.4, and Seaford took the win by 59 points.

Tom White scored five goals for Seaford. Tyler Hobson scored three goals for Crib Point.

Rye was able to secure a win against Hastings.

In the first quarter, Hastings scored 2.3 while Rye scored 4.3.

Hastings only managed to score 1.3 in the second quarter while Rye scored 4.2, leaving Rye ahead.

Both teams played fairly evenly in

the third quarter, each scoring two goals.

Rye was able to come out on top after scoring a further two goals in the final quarter to Hastings’ three, leaving Rye to win by 28 points.

Somerville was able to beat Karingal in their clash.

In the first quarter, both teams managed to score two goals.

Somerville managed to score 4.2 in the second while Karingal only managed to score 2.3, leaving Somerville ahead by 16 points.

Karingal managed to catch up in the third quarter, kicking six goals to Somerville’s four.

In the final quarter Somerville managed to pull away after kicking four goals to Karingal’s one, and Somerville ended up winning by 27 points.

Lachlan Williams scored six goals for Somerville. Liam Matthews scored four goals for Karingal.

Pearcedale used their home ground advantage to beat Red Hill.

Pearcedale had a great start to the game, scoring 2.2 while Red Hill only scored 0.1.

Each team scored two goals leading into the long break, creating an 11-point difference between the teams. In the third quarter, Pearcedale started to pull away after scoring 5.2 to Red Hill’s 2.2.

Red Hill won the final quarter, scoring 3.2 to Pearcedale’s 1.4, but it wasn’t enough to stop Pearcedale from winning by 19 points.

The Dusties continue their undefeated reign

MPFNL

By Kennedy McCullough

WOMEN’S DIV ONE SEN

WARRAGUL Industrials remain undefeated for the season after an easy win against Pearcedale.

In the first quarter, the Dusties managed to score 5.5 while keeping Pearcedale scoreless.

The quarter before the long break had Warragul scoring a further 4.4 while Pearcedale was still unable to score.

Pearcedale finally managed to put a goal on the board in the third quarter, while Warragul added a further 4.1. Warragul scored a further 4.5 in the final quarter, leaving them to win by 111 points.

Kathryn Kenway scored one goal for Pearcedale. Kaitlyn Carew scored four goals for Warragul Industrials. Frankston managed to secure a win against Hastings/Balnarring.

Frankston kept Hastings/Balnarring scoreless in the first quarter while scoring four goals themselves, grabbing a 24-point lead.

In the quarter before the long break, Hastings/Balnarring scored 1.3 to Frankston’s 2.3, leaving a 30-point difference between the teams.

Hastings/Balnarring only managed to score two points in the third quarter while Frankston scored five goals.

In the final quarter, Hastings/ Balnarring scored 0.1 while Frankston scored 3.2, leaving Frankston to win by 81 points.

Jemma Radford scored three goals for Frankston and was among their best. Ava Masterson scored one goal for Hastings/Balnarring and was among their best.

Mornington notched up their second loss of the season at the hands of Karingal.

The scores were tied in the first quarter, with each team scoring 1.2.

Karingal took the lead in the second,

scoring 2.1 to Mornington’s 0.4. Mornington kept Karingal scoreless in the third quarter while scoring a further four points themselves, leaving a five point gap between the teams.

Karingal maintained their lead in the fourth quarter by scoring 1.5 to Mornington’s 0.1. Karingal ended up winning by 15 points and now sit second on the ladder, one above Mornington.

Tyabb took a narrow win against Bonbeach.

Tyabb took the lead in the first quarter, scoring 1.2 to Bonbeach’s 1.0. Bonbeach then took the lead going into the long break, scoring 2.1 to Tyabb’s 0.2.

In the third quarter, Bonbeach was only able to score one point while Tyabb scored seven points, leaving Bonbeach ahead by only three points. Bonbeach was unable to score in the final quarter, leaving Tyabb to get ahead after scoring 1.1. Tyabb eventually won by four points.

Dolphins a make big splash in the rugby scene

By David Bourke

Scoreboard

New-look Strikers on target

SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie

A REFRESHED Peninsula Strikers line-up recorded its second win of the State 2 season when downing Noble Park United 4-2 at Centenary Park on Saturday in a dominant display.

Strikers’ boss Ross Walliss brought Hayden Schreck, Sam Delaney and recent signing Max Civil into the starting line-up.

Civil, ex-Mornington, and former Chilean pro Angel Orellana were both announced by Strikers as new signings late last week.

From the outset on Saturday Matt Harrington controlled the midfield for Strikers while Delaney capped off his energetic outing with a wellearned man-of-the-match performance.

Strikers struck early when Oscar Colgate-Jones whipped a dangerous ball across the box and Civil controlled and finished well.

Despite Strikers’ control Noble Park found an equaliser half-an-hour in.

A rare corner saw a high cross fall to Tristan Thompson who headed it back across the box for Luca Maio to finish and it was 1-1.

Little changed after the break with Strikers continuing to push, probe and create but they had to wait until the 75th minute to break through.

Orellana had been lively coming off the bench and he laid the ball back to Joel Bowen who struck it through a crowded area.

A clever decoy run by Riley Anderton had wrong-footed United keeper Rahul Ramkumar and the ball rolled into an unguarded net.

There was more to come from Orellana.

In the 87th minute he laid off a short corner to Colgate-Jones who burst into the box and hammered home a low shot to make it 3-1.

Three minutes later Orellana capped a dream debut by curling a low effort from the edge of the box into the bottom corner.

Noble Park grabbed a consolation goal four minutes into stoppage time but frustrations boiled over moments later and the visitors finished the match with 10 men following a late red card for Stefan Avric.

In VPL1 Langwarrin had a 1-0 away win against North Sunshine Eagles but it was no more than the visitors deserved.

Setting up to defend in numbers when out of possession and hit the home side quickly on the break often with long balls over the top Langy looked comfortable with this system.

A combination of the skill of North Sunshine keeper Rory Brian and poor finishing denied Langy throughout.

Tom Youngs had the best chance of the first half but was denied by Brian’s outstretched leg.

Two minutes into the second half Brad Blumenthal mistimed a free header at the back post.

In the second half Luke Goulding had a giltedged chance at the end of normal time when substitute Joe Tweats put him through only to watch in dismay as Goulding’s lob beat Brian but bounced wide of the far post.

The pivotal moment came in the 96th minute when Zach Bates went down in the box.

The referee pointed to the spot and big Lucas

Winning debuts: New Peninsula Strikers

signings Max Civil (left) and Angel Orellana both scored against Noble Park United on Saturday. Pictures:

Portelli smashed his conversion home off the underside of the bar.

In State 1 Skye United was hammered 5-0 away to title favourite South Springvale while Mornington had a bye.

In State 4 Baxter, Chelsea and Rosebud lie third, fourth and fifth respectively with Chelsea last weekend’s only winner among the trio.

Chelsea struck in the first minute through usual suspect James Stinson.

A pinpoint Dylan Scott pass over the top allowed Stinson to let the ball bounce before chipping Kings Domain keeper Harrison Elliott.

Two minutes into the second half a Christian Murray through ball found Stinson in perfect position to take a touch and slot low past Elliott.

Kings Domain hit back in the 69th minute through Dylan Keane but two minutes later his teammate Shane Coughlan was sent off for dissent.

New signing John Gibney came off the Chelsea bench in the second half.

He’s a holding midfielder signed from Waverley Wanderers with previous stints at Brighton and Kings Domain.

Baxter travelled to Ross Reserve on Friday night but couldn’t dent Springvale City’s championship tilt losing 3-2.

Baxter led 1-0 at half-time thanks to Charlie O’Connell but three second half goals had the home side in control.

Kyle Eichenberger made it 3-2 in the 90th minute.

Rosebud lost 3-1 on Saturday night at home to Ringwood City.

“We were well beaten by a super Ringwood City side that is clearly the best we have faced this season,” Budders’ boss Jason Symonds said.

Late in the game Elliott Craig scored his 10th goal of the campaign for Rosebud after a pinpoint cross by Mark O’Connor.

Striker Noah Musso is back with Rosebud following his spell with Peninsula Strikers and came off the bench in the second half.

In State 5 Somerville Eagles emerged from

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Saturday’s derby shootout with visitor Seaford United 4-2 victors.

The first half saw Seaford spurn multiple chances to score including a Matt Cobb header cleared off the line but Somerville’s efficiency up front was remarkable and the home side led 3-0 at the break.

Max Watson scored the first of what was to be his maiden senior hat-trick when he tapped in from close range in the 18th minute.

Seaford was adamant that it was offside but the Somerville linesman was metres behind play so there was no flag.

Further goals from Watson and Joe Hitchcock gave Seaford a mountain to climb.

It fought back after the break with Zain Ahmad converting from a one-on-one in the 51st minute but six minutes later Watson completed his hattrick to make it 4-1.

The final goal came in the 75th minute when Ahmad converted a Jayden LeBron cross and the final whistle left Seaford lamenting its profligacy up front.

Last week Somerville welcomed back talismanic striker Marcus Anastasiou from his stint with Chelsea.

In State 6 Mount Eliza maintained its promotion push with a 2-0 away win over Whitehorse United.

Second-half goals from Michael Wright and Fraser Keon settled the issue for the secondplaced locals.

Mentone lost 3-1 at home to Knox United on Saturday with Osman Gowni scoring late for the home side.

The second half featured three send-offs with Mentone’s Frankie Varsamis receiving two yellow cards in the 61st minute while Knox’s Aden Bhatti and Amish Chandra received second yellows in the 64th and 69th minutes respectively.

Lee Barber has resigned for personal reasons and Mentone stalwart Dave Taylor is head coach.

“Spirits are high, players are coming back to

the club and we look forward to the second half of the season with renewed optimism,” club president Cameron Dunkerley said.

Frankston Pines lost 6-2 at home to Casey Panthers on Saturday night.

It was a poor performance from Pines who had Said Uygur sent off for a second caution in the 86th minute.

Kenny Akalan scored both Pines’ goals.

In State 7 Aspendale drew 2-2 away to Cleeland United on Saturday missing a golden opportunity to end the host’s unbeaten start to the season.

Cleeland was gifted the early opener when a slack pass allowed Abu Lemi to round Josh Mravljak and slot the ball home.

The Stingrays hit back in the 56th minute with a close-range finish from Jack Gallagher and five minutes later hit the lead via a tremendous 35-metre strike from Ryan Mravljak.

After losing a late equaliser scored by Nush Konah Aspendale’s Aidan Bannon and Mitch Hodder spurned two glorious chances to win the game.

Despite a 1-0 defeat away to second-placed Keysborough District last weekend Mount Martha delivered its most complete performance of the season.

Playing with no bench due to injuries and player unavailability 11 men executed a disciplined game plan – frustrating the hosts with a compact mid-block, dominating the second half and creating the clearest chances of the match.

The only goal came from the penalty spot with 19 minutes remaining.

The result was harsh but the performance sent a clear message that this Mariners’ group is building.

NEXT WEEKEND’S GAMES

Saturday 30 May, 2.15pm

Burwood City v Aspendale, Ballyshannassy Park

Saturday 30 May, 3pm

Hampton East Brighton v Mornington, Dendy Park

Skye Utd v St Kilda, Skye Recreation Reserve

Mooroolbark v Peninsula Strikers, Esther Park

Reserve

Baxter v Ringwood City, Baxter Park

East Kew v Rosebud, Willsmere Park

Greater Dandenong v Chelsea, WJ Turner Reserve

Somerville Eagles v Templestowe Wolves, Westernport Secondary College

Seaford Utd v Yarra Jets, North Seaford Reserve

Brighton v Mentone, Dendy Park

Mount Eliza v Bunyip District, Emil Madsen Reserve

Mount Martha v Glen Waverley, Civic Reserve

Saturday 30 May, 6pm

Frankston Pines v Pakenham Utd, Monterey Reserve

Saturday 30 May, 6.15pm

Melbourne Serbija v Langwarrin, Kevin Bartlet Reserve