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Sammy immortalised in Safety Beach mural A NEW mural by local artist Tyson Savanah, known as Father Marker, now honours the life of Sammy the seal at Safety Beach. Sammy became a local icon earlier this year, drawn to the beaches between Rosebud and Mornington, with the Safety Beach boat ramp among his favourite resting spots. He gained national attention in April when he took a nap on Point Nepean Road near Anthony’s Nose, closing the road to traffic in both directions for six hours. Sammy died at Coral Cove, Mount Martha, on 12 May, prompting an outpouring of community affection. Tyson, who recently completed a Sammy the seal mural in Melbourne’s Flinders Court, approached the shire offering to donate his time and skills to create a similar artwork on the peninsula. The shire agreed to cover the costs of materials and identified a highly visible wall on the toilet block near the boat ramp. Mayor Cr Stephen Batty said the mural is a fitting tribute to a seal who captured the hearts of the community. Picture: Supplied
Shire to seek changes to landslide overlay Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire will consider asking the state government to drastically reduce the interim landslide planning controls introduced in response to a recommendation from the McCrae landslide board of inquiry. At the 11 August council meeting,
councillors will decide whether to write to Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny requesting amendments to the Interim Erosion Management Overlay (EMO7). If adopted, it would reduce the number of affected properties from 33,000 to around 6,000. The changes would bring the peninsula’s total land area covered by the overlay down to around 5.5 per cent, with 40 per cent being
public land. The recommendation follows months of community backlash following the introduction of the overlay last last year. Many residents argued their properties had been incorrectly classified as highly susceptible to landslides. The shire said while EMO7 was based on the best available information at the time, they have since completed an updated review using
expert advice, updated LiDAR data, and site inspections. The shire previously confirmed EMO7 was a temporary measure until a revised EMO was completed “after a comprehensive shire-wide review of landslide susceptibility data and mapping (also known as Stage 3 of council’s review and update of EMOs on the peninsula)”. The proposed changes mark a significant shift from the original in-
terim overlay, which was introduced following the findings of the board of inquiry into the January 2025 McCrae landslide. The overlay was the subject of widespread criticism, with The News being told properties containing features such as small retaining walls, flat residential streets, piles of garden waste, and otherwise level land had been captured by the mapping. Continued Page 6
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FRANKSTON Fire Brigade member Melissa Gourley has been formally commended by Ambulance Victoria following her response to a GoodSAM alert in Frankston South on 9 July. The attending MICA Paramedic praised Gourley’s exceptional actions at the scene of a cardiac arrest, particularly the compassionate emotional support she provided to the patient’s fiancé during an incredibly confronting and time-critical situation. Her support eased the burden on emergency crews, allowing paramedics to focus their full attention on patient care. Before ambulance crews arrived, Gourley provided care to the patient while relaying critical information to the 000 call-taker. She then delivered a clear handover to Ambulance Victoria crews upon their arrival. The commendation highlights not only the care provided to the patient, but also the compassion and support Gourley showed to the patient’s loved ones during an incredibly difficult time. What makes this recognition even more remarkable is that Gourley responded as a civilian through the GoodSAM program, demonstrating an incredible commitment to supporting her local Frankston community when people need it most. Sadly, the patient later passed away in hospital. Gourley, who has been a member of Frankston Fire Brigade and CFA for more than 33 years, began her firefighting journey as a junior firefighter and currently serves as a firefighter, secretary and junior leader.
Her motivation for joining the GoodSAM program stems from a deeply personal experience. “I decided to get involved with GoodSAM after my mother suffered a cardiac arrest in 2018,” said Gourley “Despite the efforts of my brother, me, CFA Emergency Medical Response crews and ambulance crews, my mum sadly passed away. It made me think about my neighbours and how I could help and support them through what could be one of the
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Chobani grant allows for SPCS kitchen upgrade Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au A GRANT from Chobani has allowed Southern Peninsula Community Support (SPCS) to upgrade their kitchen and pantry, assisting with the distribution of up to 600 additional free meals a month. Last year, SPCS was one of the recipients of The Big Difference, Chobani’s community grants program. They received $30,000 to go towards the upgrade. SPCS helps more than 2000 people and their families each year, with demand for food relief increasing by 52 percent over the past 12 months. Karen Peters, a volunteer and Emergency Food Relief Coordinator at SPCS, said the organisation has seen a decline in the volume, quality, and variety of produce donated. “We now rely almost entirely on community donations to help us maintain food support services to those doing it tough,” said Peters. “The wonderful support from Chobani to upgrade our pantry will enable us to better utilise rescued food by combining it with local fresh food donations to make nutritious single serve meals that we can freeze and give to clients in need.” Steve Gahan, who has volunteered at SPCS for ten years, said he has noticed the increase in the number of people utilising their fresh food program. “The Chobani grant has come through for [SPCS], and now they can make stews and soups, and all sorts of things without us tossing a
STEPHEN and Peter from Southern Peninsula Community Support. Picture: Gary Sissons
ton of food in the bin, which makes a big difference,” said Gahan. Gahan said he continues to volunteer with SPCS to help give back to the community and those in need. “I think most of us who work in the pantry are just happy to help and happy to give and help the people out and it’s just a way of giving back,” said Gahan.
Adisa Hubanic, Social Impact Manager at Chobani, said SPCS received the grant thanks to the knowledge of their community and a clear plan as to how they could support them. “They proposed a long term solution, which was a kitchen and pantry upgrade, which raised their capacity to meet the rising demand from peo-
ple experiencing housing insecurity,” said Hubanic. “And that’s what The Big Difference is all about... supporting lasting change rather than short term relief.” Hubanic said Chobani noticed access to good food depends not only on the food, but on the systems behind it, such as storage, transport, and distribution.
“We’ve also learned that many of the most impactful responses to food insecurity are really happening at and within the local community, at the grassroots level,” said Hubanic. “And often what those organisations need is the practical support to strengthen, grow, and test the work that they know can really make a difference.” She said Chobani is looking for projects that are practical and achievable. “Building capacity, testing new ideas, scaling proven models, and strengthening their organisational sustainability,” said Hubanic. “We’re looking for a clear understanding of community needs and having realistic and measurable goals, where the benefits can continue beyond the grant period.” Applications for this year’s The Big Difference program close on 25 August, with Chobani putting $150,000 towards organisations helping tackle food insecurity. Victorian not-for-profit and community organisations can apply at chobani.com.au/the-big-difference.
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FRANKSTON City Council officers, in conjunction with Victoria Police and support agencies, have undertaken an operation to reclaim the lower level car park at the Frankston Arts Centre after it was occupied by a number of members of the public. During July, a number of people that have residential addresses moved into the lower level of the car park, and partook in threatening and anti-social behaviour. The News believes that some patrons were accosted by the people prompting the council to remove vehicles they had stored in the lower level and close that level of the car park off. The closure caused further issues for Frankston Arts Centre patrons with the reduction in parking requiring some patrons to park elsewhere to visit the centre. “The safety of our staff, Frankston Arts Centre patrons and the wider community is our highest priority,” said Frankston City Council CEO Tennille Bradley. “Frankston City Council, including our Executive Leadership Team, is aware of the safety incidents and concerning behaviours within the lower level of the Frankston Arts Centre car park. “In response, Council implemented appropriate measures to protect staff, patrons and visitors while ensuring support is available to people experiencing homelessness who may be impacted by the closure. “As a precautionary measure, the area was
temporarily closed while council worked with Victoria Police, Frankston Zero and specialist outreach service providers to respond to the situation. “Council recognises that people experiencing homelessness are members of our community and that rough sleeping, in itself, does not pose a safety risk. “The temporary closure related to a series of specific safety incidents and behaviours in the area, rather than because people may have been experiencing homelessness.” On Thursday 30 July council staff, assisted by Victoria Police, informed four people on the lower level of the car park that they were required to vacate the area. “The lower level of the car park has now been reopened and continues to be closely monitored. Additional security and patrol arrangements have also been implemented, and council will continue to review conditions within the car park,” said Bradley. “The Frankston Arts Centre received a small number of enquiries regarding the temporary closure of the lower level car park. While formal complaints have been limited, council has acted proactively in response to the identified safety risks.” A statement from City of Frankston said council’s response is guided by the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities alongside council’s Responding to Rough Sleeping Protocol, balancing the dignity and rights of people experiencing homelessness with their responsibility to provide safe and accessible public spaces for everyone.
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Picture: Supplied Sanger acknowledged that many women feel isolated and don’t know where to start, which is where WSP comes in. “We create a welcoming environment from day one, starting with a warm meet-and-greet women’s circle with our volunteer mentors,” said Sanger. “Over the course of the journey, the transformation is incredible. Women complete our programs knowing where they want to go next.” Sanger said the program connects
women to the wider community, which opens doors to employment and new opportunities. “They rebuild their strength, reclaim their confidence, and take charge of their future,” said Sanger. Managing Director Suzanne Murphy said the organisation was born out of a glaring gap in traditional support services. “Behind every woman walking through our doors is a quiet, courageous decision that her story and her
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Main Street Mornington Hope for new landslide susceptibility map Festival cancelled for 2026 Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au NORTHERN Mornington Peninsula Tourism, the organisers of the Main Street Mornington Festival, have announced the event will not be held in 2026. The event was first held in 1998 and took a break during Covid. It came back for 2023 and 2024, but was also cancelled last year. In a statement on social media, the organisers said: “Despite our best efforts, we have not been able to secure the level of funding needed to make the event financially viable”. “We know our Festival is something many businesses, artists, performers, and people in our community look forward to each year, and we’re incredibly grateful for the ongoing support, enthusiasm, and encouragement we’ve received. “We will continue to review opportunities for the future and will provide further updates as they become available.” Some commentors were quick to point the finger at the shire, blaming a lack of council funding for the cancellation. In response, the shire released a statement clarifying that since 2022, they had provided $80,000 in sponsorship to the festival committee. “The Northern Mornington Peninsula Tourism chose not to proceed due to rising costs and a shortage of
private sponsorship,” said the statement. “We share the community’s disappointment and would welcome the festival’s return in the future.” Speaking to The News, organiser Christina Nolan made it clear that shire sponsorship was just a small part of the financial support required to hold an event of this size. “We are grateful for the shire’s support, but if we want events like these to continue, we need to ensure there is certainty and continuity of funding,” said Nolan. “The cost of running this free event is high. For example, traffic management alone is $15,000. “If the community and, for that matter the shire, see value in events like this, we need to ensure they are properly resourced.” Nolan has sought an urgent meeting with the shire.
Continued from Page 1 Following the introduction of the overlay, the shire acknowledged flaws in the data used. “We are aware of some anomalies in the mapping used for the interim erosion management overlay,” the shire said at the time. “For example, retaining walls and other minor earthworks with an artificially steep slope have been picked up as being highly susceptible to landslides.” The shire said it was “working to remove these anomalies as a matter of priority” before asking the Planning Minister to revise EMO7 to reflect the updated mapping. Mornington MP Chris Crewther previously said it was disappointing the state government requested an interim overlay based on 2012 mapping and then approved the overlay. “This means 33,000 properties impacted, including properties deemed as highly susceptible to landslide risk that only have small retaining walls, piles of debris, basically flat land, and more,” said Crewther. At the time, he said he was “hopeful that council can finalise an updated and accurate erosion overlay as soon as possible, keeping only properties actually susceptible to landslide”. The latest proposal appears to deliver on this commitment, reducing the number of affected properties by more than 80 per cent. The review also comes after questions were raised over the state government’s role in the overlay’s introduction. Earlier this year, Kilkenny told Parliament the shire had “requested that I
THE contentious interim overlay map. Picture: Supplied
introduce an interim Erosion Management Overlay to land identified as highly susceptible landslide”. However, a letter obtained by The News showed the minister had previously directed the council to begin implementing the overlay within 14 days of the board of inquiry report being tabled. “I request that your council act on recommendation 27 [of the Board of Inquiry report] to urgently implement an interim EMO and to commence this process by 23 October 2025, 14 days from the tabling of the report,” the letter stated. In the letter, Kilkenny said the overlay would apply to “land identified as highly susceptible to landslides in 2012 mapping and any additional area recommended by geotechnical engineers engaged by your council”. She also said if council did not pro-
ceed, she would consider “intervening using powers available to me under the Planning and Environment Act 1987”. In December, councillors passed an urgent motion following community concern. They acknowledged frustrations and called on the state government to accelerate a review of the “data errors” and mapping accuracy. At the 16 December council meeting, Cr Bruce Ranken said community anxiety had intensified, with “many landowners report[ing] receiving notice of overlay applications on land they consider flat or not at risk, raising concerns around the methodology of mapping and the accuracy of the underlying data”. If councillors endorse the reviewed mapping, the shire will formally ask the Planning Minister to amend EMO7, reducing the number of affected properties.
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Mornington named a top ‘shop small’ destination Sarah Halfpenny sarah@mpnews.com.au MORNINGTON has been ranked the fourth-best destination in Victoria for shopping small, according to a new national survey of more than 4,000 Australians. The AMEX Shop Small Destination Index placed Mornington behind only South Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat, ahead of Fitzroy, Richmond, Brunswick, Bendigo, Camberwell and South Yarra, which rounded out the top 10. The Mornington Business Collective (MBC) committee member, and Farrells Bookshop owner, Kate Horton, said the town’s accessibility and variety were key to its appeal. “I think it’s a good, easy driving distance from Melbourne and even Greater Melbourne,” said Horton. “You can park for free, then take your time walking up and down what is quite a diverse but appealing retail strip, with a lot of interesting, unique small businesses, but also the attraction of having some of the bigger chain stores around as well. “There’s lots of great food and variety in cafes and restaurants, and in summer you’ve got the proximity of the beach.” Horton said Sunday visitors in particular came to Mornington to slow down and explore, with laneways such as Empire Mall giving the strip added character as they walked the length of Main Street. Speaking as the owner of Farrells
FARRELLS Bookshop owner, Kate Horton. Picture: Yanni
Bookshop, which has traded on Main Street for 50 years, Horton said sitting on the MBC committee had put her in touch with people she otherwise would rarely cross paths with. “We’re all struggling with the same stresses of being business owners and dealing with economic downturns and those kinds of things, so it’s good simply to have support in that regard,” said Horton. She said winter remained quieter
than the summer peak, though Mornington’s sizeable permanent population meant trade did not disappear altogether. “It can be a challenge to even out that revenue stream across the year, but there’s lots of businesses doing interesting things to offset that, whether that’s shopping promotions or winter menus,” said Horton. Farrells has worked to keep interest alive over winter through a busy
events calendar. A recent crime-writing panel, which grew from a single author appearance into a four-author event, drew such demand it had to move from the shop to a studio on Wilsons Rd. The bookshop is also gearing up for its annual kids’ story writing competition, which wraps up with a visit from author Fiona Wood on 22 August for Book Week, and a September literary lunch featuring Holly Ringland that is
close to selling out. The MBC recently held a networking night at Rattlers Saloon, one of Main Street’s newer venues, and is now turning its attention to end-ofyear celebrations, with the return of a volunteer-run street decorating project that struck a chord with the community last year (Volunteers needed to spread Mornington Christmas cheer, The News 24/07/26). “We really had no idea how extensive and incredibly creative their offering would be,” said Horton. The Destination Index sits alongside Shop Small, an annual American Express campaign that encourages people to support independent businesses and includes grant funding for traders around the country. American Express Australia managing director, Corrina Davison, said the campaign was, at its heart, about recognising the people behind local businesses. “Every time someone shops small, they’re backing the passion, hard work and ambition of a local business owner,” she said. Horton said that same enthusiasm was echoed by visitors. “I find it endlessly entertaining meeting people. So many of them say, ‘I love Mornington, we love coming down there for a weekend, or just to get our fix of the sea air and good shopping,’” said Horton. Find out more about the MBC’s work on Instagram: @mainstreetmornington
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RYE resident Josephine Nicholls AM founded national charity Brainwave Australia 30 years ago, and will mark the milestone with a gala at the National Gallery of Victoria on 29 August. Brainwave supports children with brain conditions and their families across Australia, from diagnosis through treatment and recovery. The charity began after Nicholls’ eldest son, Nick, was diagnosed with a brain tumour as a six-year-old. Nick and his younger brother, Edward, had both come down with a virus, but while Edward recovered within days, Nick didn’t. His only symptom at first was a change in his balance, before he began telling his mother something was wrong. “He kept saying, ‘Oh, I’ve got a marching sound in my head, Mum,’” Nicholls said. It was a family friend, paediatrician Donald Cameron, who ordered the MRI that revealed the tumour. Nick was in surgery three days later. The operation went ahead despite the hospital’s equipment failing mid-surgery, prompting Nicholls to start fundraising for the Royal Children’s Hospital neurology department. “We did a fundraiser at the then Hilton in East Melbourne, and we had over 500 people,” she said. The event raised significant funds but fell short of the cost of an ultrasonic aspirator the department needed, so Nicholls approached then Channel Nine boss Ian Johnson for the remainder. “He just looked at me and he said, ‘So how much do you want?’” she said. “And I went, ‘Ah, 25,000,’ which was a lot of money to ask for 30 years ago. “And he said, ‘You can have that.’” Three weeks after the Melbourne event, Nicholls ran an identical gala in Sydney, launch-
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Hastings SES holds female first responders networking afternoon By Raia Flinos A GROUP of female first responders gathered for an afternoon of networking, connection, and celebration. Hastings SES held their third annual Mornington Peninsula Female First Responders Networking Afternoon on 2 August. Silvana Hobley, Section Leader of Member Welfare, Wellbeing, and Progression at Hastings SES, organised the event and said it was a huge success. “Every year, it seems to be progressively getting better,” said Hobley. “It was a wonderful turnout, and we had lots of different organisations and
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new faces from last year.” Fifty-five volunteers from different organisations attended, including CFA, Marine Rescue, VF-06 coastguard, Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad, and various SES units. Hobley said the idea stemmed from her old unit controller, who noticed females were in the minority of first responders at various jobs he would attend. “He said it would be a great initiative to create a networking afternoon, or whatever I wanted to create, to bring all these female first responders together,” said Hobley. This year’s event had guest speakers including Billee Amsden, a volunteer
coast guard at Safety Beach, Rebecca Feasey, a Fortem Community Engagement Coordinator, and Di Batley, SES Acting Assistant Chief Officer. “I wanted to do a different spin on things this year and acknowledge all the women that have been in our shoes over the last however many years,” said Hobley. She said these networking events help female first responders feel less alone and now, when they do go out on jobs, they are more likely to recognise a familiar face. Hobley said the afternoon ended up quite emotional. “It’s nice to feel a sense of belonging in a group,” said Hobley.
“Even though we’re not from the same organisations, we all have the same values and the same reasons why we’re there. We want to help and support our community.” She said she feels proud and humble to be in her unit and contribute in ways she never imagined. “When I first joined the unit, I didn’t think I was going to last six months. So, for me, this is something I cherish very close to my heart,” said Hobley. “When I see other new and upcoming female first responders, whether it’s in SES or whether it’s in any other field, it makes me really proud to know that I’m sort of leading the way for them as well.” KDHW DAR SEL GRADE
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The afternoon was also a celebration of Lyn Macleod, who recently celebrated her one-year anniversary as unit controller of Hastings SES. “She’s an amazing role model for all of us and very supportive,” said Hobley. Hobley said they hope to continue hosting events like this in the future to help female first responders feel connected and supported. “This event was a genuine team effort, and I feel both proud and humbled to be part of the SES Hastings Unit,” said Hobley. “A heartfelt thank you to all; everyone who contributed to our networking afternoon.”
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NEWS DESK Police patrol
Rosebud among first to receive reservist rollout ROSEBUD Police Station is among the first in the state to welcome a new Police Reservists. Reservists are former officers, many with decades of experience, taking on administrative duties like answering phones, processing paperwork, signing statutory declarations and taking crime reports, freeing up serving police to get out from behind the desk and back into the community. The first 50 reservists deployed across the state have an average of 21 years prior policing experience, with some bringing more than 40 years of service. Among them are retired officers returning to the same stations where they built their careers. It’s part of a $62m investment in the Victorian Budget to recruit up to 200 reservists across Victoria, with more than 500 applications already received. Squads of new reservists are completing training at the Victoria Police Academy every few weeks, with rolling deployments continuing until the middle of December. Locations have been selected based on the busiest stations and where reservists live, with Rosebud among the first 26 across the state. “Rosebud is one of the first stations in the state to get Police Reservists, and that means more time on patrol for our local officers instead of stuck behind a desk,” said Member for Eastern Victoria Tom McIntosh.
“Our local police do an enormous job for this community, and giving them back more hours out on the ground is a genuine win for local safety.”
Wednesday (5 August) and has been remanded in custody.
Operation Drive-Thru nabs 12 drivers in two days
Man charged after Mornington assault
POLICE have charged a man following an alleged assault in Mornington on Tuesday 4 August. Emergency services were called following reports a man had been found seriously injured outside a property in Cooba Court about 3.40pm. The 41-year-old man was treated by ambulance paramedics and taken to hospital with life threatening injuries. Responding police cordoned off the area and arrested a 35-year-old man shortly after. He will be interviewed in relation to the incident. It is believed the two men are known to one another. A crime scene was been established and officers from the Major Crime Scene Unit processed the scene. The apprehended man was interviewed by detectives and charged with recklessly cause serious injury in circumstances of gross violence, use knife in the commission of an assault and commit an indictable offence while on bail. The Mornington man faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on
OVER August 7–8, Somerville Highway Patrol members launched Operation Drive-Thru, targeting impaired drivers in the late afternoon and evening. On Friday 7 August they responded to 000 calls for 2 vehicles doing burnouts in Baxter Park. Both were located, with both drivers allegedly testing positive to illicit drugs. One person also received a cannabis caution after a small amount was found. On the same day, police were alerted to a vehicle doing just 20km/h on the freeway and swerving dangerously. The driver was found passed out behind the wheel. She was woken up and taken to hospital due to the severity of her alleged drug impairment. Another female driver allegedly tried to evade police, only to crash into a parked car. The unaccompanied learner returned a positive drug test, was arrested on six outstanding warrants and was also wanted for questioning over four other matters. She was remanded in custody. On Saturday 8 August an Uber Eats driver allegedly tested positive to an illicit drug while delivering food
Highway Patrol members were less than impressed when this Porsche Carrera overtook their unmarked car at 60kph in the driving rain on Tuesday 4 August. The driver’s effort quickly turned into paperwork, with the car impounded for 30 days, and the driver left looking forward to spending some quality time without a licence. orders. Later, a red Holden utility was intercepted, with the driver allegedly returning a positive drug test. The vehicle was also involved in a hoon investigation, while the driver was allegedly breaching bail conditions. Just after 10pm, a vehicle crashed into the wire barriers on Penlink. The driver had allegedly collided
with another vehicle 40 minutes earlier. After no alcohol was detected, police requested a drug impairment assessment, which the driver allegedly refused. That decision comes with a minimum two-year licence loss. The operation serves as a timely reminder that impaired driving puts everyone on the road at risk.
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NINE (9)
TEN (10)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Hard Quiz. (PGa, R) 10.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 11.00 New Zealand Spy. (PG, R) 11.25 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Believe Me. (Final, Mal, R) 2.00 Parliament. 3.00 Restoration Aust. (Final, PG, R) 4.00 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (PGav, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.35 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6am Morning Programs. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.05 Great Irish Interiors. 11.05 Make Up: A Glamorous History. (PGa, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Ma, R) 2.55 The Cook Up. (R) 3.30 Lost For Words. (PGal, R) 4.35 Plating Locally. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 1. Morning session. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 1. Afternoon session. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 1. Late afternoon session. From Marrara Stadium, Darwin.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.10 Swimming. Pan Pacific Championships. Day 1. Finals. 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)
6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Bold. (PG, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGls, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News.
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads: Barcaldine, Queensland. 8.30 Grand Designs: Sevenoaks Revisit. (Final, PG) A couple finally finish their barn conversion. 9.15 Treasure & Dirt. (Malv, R) Nulla Day descends into chaos. 10.15 ABC Late News. 10.30 The Business. (R) 10.50 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (PGav, R) 11.35 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.20 Parliament Question Time. 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.45 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.45 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Spain With Michael Portillo. (PG) Michael Portillo travels to Andalucia. 8.30 Eva Longoria: Searching For France. (PGalv) Eva Longoria heads to Alsace, where she takes a boat trip down the Seine with chef Eric Ripert and writer Lindsay Shapiro. 9.20 Say Nothing. Dolours’ friends and enemies starts to blur. 10.05 SBS World News Late. 10.35 Reyka. (Return, MA15+av) 11.35 Kin. (MA15+lv, R) 3.25 The Royals: A History Of Scandals. (PG, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 1. Hawthorn v Melbourne. 9.15 Kick Ons. Kane Cornes, Josh Jenkins and Jason Richardson debate the hottest topics and preview the upcoming AFL matches. 9.45 Air Crash Investigations: Pacific Ditching. (PGa, R) Looks at a cargo jet crash. 10.45 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop: Slawomir Tomczyk. (Malv, R) 11.45 Motorway Patrol. (PG) 12.15 Mr Robot. (MA15+adlsv, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. (Mdl, R) Follows the activities of police units. 8.30 Emergency. (Mm, R) Dr Michelle Thornhill worries an elderly man might lose his independence after falling off a roof. 9.30 A+E After Dark. (Malm, R) Staff treat a drunk driver after a car crash. 10.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+amv) 11.20 9News Late. 11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 Swimming. Pan Pacific C’ships. Heats. 4.15 My Way. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith. 8.40 NCIS: Sydney. (Mv) The team tracks a killer after a US Navy attaché is found dead with a USB lodged in his throat. 9.40 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PGs, R) Sheldon works with Bert. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22)
6am Children’s Programs. 4.05pm Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 10.00 72 Cutest Animals. 10.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.50 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.40pm Jeopardy! 3.05 Insight. 4.10 BBC News At Ten. 4.40 France 24. 5.10 PBS News. 6.10 Mysteries From Above. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 9.20 The UnBelievable. 10.10 Alone Australia. 11.20 The Americans. 1.05am The Change. 2.00 Sex Tape Finland. 2.50 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
7TWO (72) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Your Money & Your Life. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Karen Pirie. 10.30 Genius: Einstein. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Swimming. Pan Pacific Championships. Day 1. Finals. 1.10 Swimming. Pan Pacific Championships. Day 1. Finals. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Siege Of Pinchgut. (1959, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 24. Penrith Panthers v Sydney Roosters. 9.55 NRL Thursday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.40 Late Programs.
10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. 10.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 10.30 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Lingo. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. 5.30 Big Bang. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 10.00 Cheap Seats. 11.00 Frasier. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.
N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Breaking Wild. 11.55 Pro Bull Riding Australia. 12.55pm Over The Black Dot. 1.25 Inside The Huddle. 2.00 On Country Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Seasons Of The Wild. 7.30 Going Places. 8.30 The End Of The Valley. (Premiere) 9.05 MOVIE: Unforgiven. (1992, M) 11.25 Late Programs.
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Moonlighting. Continued. (1982, PG) 6.50 The Four Musketeers: Revenge Of Milady. (1974, PG) 8.50 Without A Clue. (1988, PG) 10.50 The Mask Of Zorro. (1998, M) 1.20pm The Way. (2010, PG) 3.40 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 5.40 Funny Face. (1957) 7.40 Bring It On. (2000, PG) 9.30 Cats. (2019, PG) 11.35 Hope Springs. (2012, M) 1.30am Late Programs.
7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Blokesworld. 10.30 American Resto. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 American Pickers. 12.30pm Pawn Stars. 1.30 Highway Patrol. 2.30 The Force: BTL. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol: Dumb Decisions. 8.30 Air Crash Inv. 9.30 MOVIE: Resident Evil: Extinction. (2007, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.
9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Vow. (2012, PG) 10.35 Seinfeld. 11.35 Rugby Heaven. 12.35am Legacies. 1.25 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.20 The Summit. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Bubble’s Hotel. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Wild Manes. 5.30 Late Programs.
10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 JAG. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 9.25 Boston Blue. 10.20 Blue Bloods. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Shopping.
CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.
Southern Peninsula News – TV Guide
12 August 2026
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Friday, August 14 ABC (2)
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Compass. (R) 10.25 Better Date Than Never. (PG, R) 11.00 Race Around The World. (Final, M, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (R) 1.50 Treasure & Dirt. (Malv, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (Final, R) 5.35 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6am Morning Programs. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG, R) 10.05 Great Irish Interiors. 11.05 Make Up: A Glamorous History. (PG, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Ma, R) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.00 Lost For Words. (PGl, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 10.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 2. Morning session. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 2. Afternoon session. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 2. Late afternoon session. From Marrara Stadium, Darwin.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Swimming. Pan Pacific Championships. Day 2. Finals. 2.35 Find My Country House Australia. (R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R)
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.50 Attenborough’s Parenthood. (PGal, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PGa, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. (Return) Hannah Moloney tours Cairns Botanic Gardens. 8.20 Saint-Pierre. (M) Arch and Fitz race against time when a flight attendant and one of their own are abducted. 9.05 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) Hosted by comedian Adam Hills. 9.35 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) Hosted by Rob Brydon. 10.05 ABC Late News. 10.20 New Zealand Spy. (PG, R) 10.45 Murdoch Mysteries. (M, R) 11.35 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Good Ship Murder. (Mv) A rising starlet is murdered in Cannes. 8.30 WWII With Tom Hanks. (PGaw) Churchill and FDR align their goals as the German U-boats get closer. 10.10 SBS World News Late. 10.40 The King. (MA15+av) 11.35 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (Malv, R) 1.30 World On Fire. (Mav, R) 3.35 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Ma, R) 4.25 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 23. Fremantle v Adelaide. From Optus Stadium, Perth. 11.00 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Lizzie Jelfs, Matt Hill, Simon Marshall and Brent Zerafa dive headlong into the weekend’s best racing. 12.00 Eyewitness. (MA15+av, R) 1.00 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Find My Country House Australia. A couple are chasing the country lifestyle in Ipswich. 8.30 MOVIE: Ocean’s Twelve. (2004, Ml, R) The gang plans a series of robberies in Europe to pay back the victim of their previous heist. George Clooney, Brad Pitt. 11.00 Resident Alien. (Malv, R) 11.45 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.35 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 3.00 Swimming. Pan Pacific C’ships. Heats. 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)
6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (R) A woman is suffering buyer’s remorse. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.30 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PGs, R) Leonard receives a letter from his brother. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School: Down At The Beach. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.50 Steven Universe. 9.40 BattleBots. 10.25 Merlin. 11.10 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 4.05 WorldWatch. 6.05 Inside The Huddle. 6.35 Over The Black Dot. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 Big Fat Quiz Best Bits: Ultimate Jokes. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 9.20 The UnBelievable. 10.10 The Americans. 11.55 The Vampire Lestat: After Dark. 12.25am Sex Tape Finland. 2.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Feel Good Road Trips. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes. 8.00 Escape To The Country. 11.00 Late Programs.
9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Poirot. 1.00 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Night My Number Came Up. (1955, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 24. Canterbury Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs. 9.55 NRL Friday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.45 Late Programs.
10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 10.30 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Lingo. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. 5.30 Big Bang. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.
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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am The
7MATE (74) 6am The Fishing Show. 7.00 My Fishing Place. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 A Football Life. 10.00 NFL. Preseason. Week 1. Las Vegas Raiders v Arizona Cardinals. 1.30pm Pawn Stars. 2.30 Kick Ons. 3.00 Timbersports. STIHL Series. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Motorbike Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: Jerry Maguire. (1996, M) 11.30 Late Programs.
9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2. (2011, M) 10.00 MOVIE: RoboCop 2. (1990, MA15+) 12.15am Seinfeld. 12.45 Legacies. 1.35 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.30 The Summit. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Bubble’s Hotel. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Late Programs.
10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 JAG. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.
6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Going Places. Noon Ablaze. 1.30 The Knowledge Keepers. 2.00 On Country Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Nula. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 MOVIE: Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PG) 9.25 MOVIE: Get Hard. (2015, MA15+) 11.20 Late Programs.
Way. Continued. (2010, PG) 7.40 Hotel Salvation. (2016, PG, Hindi) 9.35 Born To Dance. (2015, PG) 11.25 Captain Fantastic. (2016, M) 1.35pm The Four Musketeers: Revenge Of Milady. (1974, PG) 3.35 Cats. (2019, PG) 5.40 Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 7.30 Point Break. (1991, M) 9.45 The Wicker Man. (2006, M) 11.40 Barbarella. (1968, M) 1.30am Solace. (2015, MA15+) 3.25 Late Programs.
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Saturday, August 15 ABC TV (2)
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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 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Grantchester. (PGa, R) 1.15 Father Brown. (PGv, R) 2.00 Saint-Pierre. (Mv, R) 2.45 Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip. (R) 4.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (PG, R) 5.00 Australian Story. (R) 5.35 Landline. (R) 6.05 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R) 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 Grantchester. (PGa) A murder and a mistake push Alphy to question himself. 8.20 Father Brown. (M) Father Brown investigates when an old friend’s daughter is plagued by otherworldly visions. 9.05 Doc Martin. (Ml, R) The news of Martin’s Imperial College job offer flies through the village. 9.50 Believe Me. (Final, Mal, R) Sarah and Laila try to keep Worboys in prison. 10.40 Little Disasters. (Mal, R) 11.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG, R) 10.00 The World From Above. 11.00 Ruby Wax: Castaway. (Mal, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Going Places. (R) 2.30 Odysseus Returns. (PG, R) 4.25 The Secrets Of Mount Olympus. (R) 5.30 Silent War: The Shadow Of Atomic Bombs. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Diana: The Princess And The Bodyguard. Princess Diana’s royal protection officer discusses their bond. 8.50 The Lost City Of Melbourne. (Md, R) Takes a look at the past architectural landscape of Melbourne, much of which was lost during the ’50s. 10.25 Genghis Khan’s Mongolia. (Mv, R) Explores the rise of Genghis Khan. 12.05 Daddy Issues. (Mls, R) 3.05 Those Who Stayed. (PGa, R) 3.45 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Mad, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 10.30 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 3. Morning session. 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 3. Afternoon session. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 8.00 The Great Outdoors. (PG) The team summits a South Pacific volcanic peak. 8.30 MOVIE: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. (2018, Mv, R) Two former staff members of the Jurassic World theme park try to rescue dinosaurs from a volcanic eruption. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall. 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.15 Eyewitness. (MA15+adv, R) 1.15 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Swimming. Pan Pacific Championships. Day 3. Finals. 2.30 Rugby Union. International Test Series. Game 2. Australia v Japan. From Queensland Country Bank Stadium. 5.05 Test Series: Australia v Japan Post-Match. 5.30 Getaway. (PG) 6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 24. Brisbane Broncos v New Zealand Warriors. 9.25 NRL Saturday Night Footy Post-Match. Post-match coverage and analysis of the game between the Brisbane Broncos and New Zealand Warriors. 10.00 MOVIE: Into The Blue. (2005, Mdlv, R) A group of divers finds illegal cargo. Paul Walker. 12.15 Wild Cards. (Mv, R) 1.05 Oz Off Road TV. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 3.00 Swimming. Pan Pacific C’ships. Heats. From William Woollett Jr Aquatics Center, Irvine, California, US. 5.15 Explore. (PG, R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Escape Fishing. (R) 8.00 I Fish. (R) 8.30 All 4 Adventure. (PGl, R) 9.30 Frugal Foodie. (R) 10.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 10.30 Key Ingredient. (R) 11.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 11.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl, R) 1.00 Pooches At Play. (PG) 1.30 Country House Facelift. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG, R) 3.00 The Finish Line. (R) 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 News. 6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Neglect victim Martin the staffy may finally find the caring home he deserves. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. Hayley and Paul listed their home for sale a few months ago but changed their minds. 9.50 Love It Or List It UK: Brilliant Builds. (PG) Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer look back on their best budget stretching renovations. 10.50 Ambulance Australia. (Mdlm, R) A specialist critical care paramedic responds to a head-on collision that has left a driver trapped in their car. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.40pm Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Tummy Tom And The Lost Teddy Bear. 5.20 The Monster At The End Of This Story. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.25 Emerald. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 8.00 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 8.45 MOVIE: Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events. (2004, PG) 10.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.50 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.20pm If You Are The One. 3.25 BBC News At Ten. 3.55 France 24. 4.25 PBS News. 5.25 Mastermind Aust. 6.25 Offshore Superstructures. 7.30 Superships Of The Future. 8.30 Icons Unearthed: Harrison Ford. 9.25 MOVIE: The Age Of Adaline. (2015, M) 11.30 Hudson & Rex. 12.20am Sex Tape Finland. 2.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
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6am Shopping. 8.30 Better Homes. 10.30 Auction Squad. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon Horse Racing. The Rosebud Day, Caulfield PB Lawrence Stakes Day and Country Music Raceday. 5.00 Dog Patrol. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Auction Squad. 1.30am The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.00 Late Programs.
9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 7. Parramatta Eels v Canterbury Bulldogs. 5.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 7. Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters. 7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 24. Brisbane Broncos v New Zealand Warriors. 7.30 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon 4. (1998, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Double Impact. (1991, MA15+) 12.10am Late Programs.
10 COMEDY (11) 6am Good Chef Bad Chef. 7.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. 9.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 11.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 1pm Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Traitors Australia. Midnight Ridiculousness. 1.30 Home Shopping.
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7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 The Car Club. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Aussie Truckers. 3.00 Motor Racing. NDRC Nitro Funny Cars. Round 4. Winternationals. Replay. 4.00 Deep Water Salvage. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 1. Gold Coast Suns v Western Bulldogs. Replay. 9.15 MOVIE: Cocaine Bear. (2023, MA15+) 11.15 Late Programs.
9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm Premier League Stories. 3.30 Celebrity Ghost Stories. 4.30 The Dog House UK. 5.30 MOVIE: Speechless. (1994, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. (2016, M) 10.10 The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power. 11.35 The Purge. 1.15am MOVIE: Suka. (2023, MA15+) 2.50 Love Island Games. 4.00 Cards And Collectables Australia. 4.30 Late Programs.
10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 The Traitors Australia. 11.00 Roads Less Travelled. 11.30 Building The Dream. 12.30pm The Living Room. 2.30 JAG. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 JAG. 12.15am Home Shopping.
6am Morning Programs. 11.45 Words Matter. 12.10pm Paid In Full: The Battle For Black Music. 1.15 Nula. 1.45 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 2.35 Over The Black Dot. 3.05 Stompem Ground. 3.45 Homesteads. 4.20 Faboriginal. 4.50 Our Medicine. 6.00 Home, Land & Sea. 6.40 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.40 MOVIE: The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 10.55 Late Programs.
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Funny Face. (1957) 7.55 Cats. (2019, PG) 10.00 Discovering Film. 10.55 The Wicker Man. (2006, M) 12.50pm Hope Springs. (2012, M) 2.45 Bring It On. (2000, PG) 4.35 Hotel Salvation. (2016, PG, Hindi) 6.30 I Kill Giants. (2018, PG) 8.30 Seven Psychopaths. (2012, MA15+) 10.35 Bare. (2015, MA15+) 12.15am Close. (2022, M, Dutch, English, Flemish, French) 2.15 Late Programs.
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12 August 2026
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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.15 Race Around The World. (Final, M, R) 3.15 The Assembly. (PG, R) 4.10 Grand Designs. (Final, PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PG, R) 10.00 Estonia From Above. (R) 11.05 Ruby Wax: Castaway. (Mal, R) 12.00 PBS News Compass Points. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Going Places. (R) 4.30 I’ll Be Frank. (PG, R) 5.30 Silent War: The Shadow Of Atomic Bombs.
6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 4. Morning session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 12.30 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 1.10 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 4. Afternoon session. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 23. Western Bulldogs v Carlton.
6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 Swimming. Pan Pacific Championships. Day 4. Finals. 3.00 Drive Review. 3.30 Find My Country House Australia. (R) 4.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (PGa) 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Postcards. (PG)
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. (R) 8.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 8.30 Food Trail: South Africa. (R) 9.00 Mixed Martial Arts. UFC 330. Prelims. 11.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 11.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG, R) 12.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGls, R) 2.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 2.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 3.00 The Finish Line. (R) 4.00 Lingo. (R) 5.00 News.
6.30 Compass: Holy Trouble. (Final, PG) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (Return, PG) Nine artists create portraits of celebrities. 8.20 Treasure & Dirt. (Mlv) Ivan and Nell finally discover the true identity of the ratter. The Mayor lashes out and David loses control. 9.20 Falling. (Premiere, Ml) Follows the relationship between a nun and a priest. 10.10 Grantchester. (PGa, R) 11.00 Father Brown. (Ma, R) 11.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.50 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.15 Doc Martin. (Ml, R) 4.05 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Alexander The Great: Legendary Conqueror: The Master Of Asia. (M) Alexander adopts Persian customs to secure his empire. 8.25 Amazon: The Lost World. (PGa, R) Takes a look at the Amazon rainforest. 9.25 Castle Secrets. (Mav, R) Takes a look at castles. 10.20 Kennedy. (PG, R) 11.10 Queens That Changed The World. (PGa, R) 1.55 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Ma, R) 3.45 Isle Of Wight: Jewel Of The South. (PGa, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Logies Red Carpet. (PG) From The Star, Sydney. 7.30 The 66th TV WEEK Logie Awards 2026. (M) Coverage of the 66th TV WEEK Logie Awards. Hosted by Robert Irwin. From The Star, Sydney. 11.15 Madonna & Graham. (Ma, R) Graham Norton chats with Madonna. 12.30 Curfew. (MA15+av) 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 The Block. (PGl) Everyone pitches in to help one team. 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: Bleeding Heart. (MA15+aav) A man in Tulsa is killed. 11.10 Murder In The 21st: The Girl Next Door. (MA15+av) 12.00 For The Love Of Pets. (PGm, R) 12.50 Drive Review. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Destination WA. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.30 10 News+. Comprehensive coverage of the day’s top stories, investigative reports and stories that haven’t been heard. 7.00 Gogglebox Australia. (PGlmnsv, R) TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows. 8.00 Watson. (Mm) The team helps Laila’s son, who was injured in a car accident while pursuing his crush with the help of his AI chatbot. 9.00 FBI. (Mav) The team uncovers a deeper conspiracy after a journalist is shot while interviewing a prime minister and the assassin also becomes a target. 1.00 10 News+. (R) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.10 MOVIE: Tummy Tom 2: A New Friend For Tummy Tom. (2024) 11.10 Children’s Programs. 4.15pm Stan & Gran. 5.20 The Smeds And The Smoos. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.25 Emerald. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 The Inbestigators. 7.45 The Lady Grace Mysteries. 8.10 Secrets Of The Penguins. (Premiere) 9.00 Animal Park. 10.25 Secrets Of The Zoo. 11.10 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.05pm MOVIE: The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 4.25 France 24. 4.55 PBS Washington Week. 5.20 PBS News Compass Points. 5.50 Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 Sitting Bull. 10.05 Hudson & Rex. 10.55 Under The Bridge. 1am Sex Tape Finland. 1.55 QAnon: The Search For Q. 2.50 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
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6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Animal Rescue. 11.00 Escape To The Country. Noon Harry’s Practice. 12.30 Auction Squad. 1.30 House Calls To The Rescue. 2.30 Better Homes. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 My Greek Odyssey. 5.30 The Great Outdoors. 6.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 The Thief, His Wife And The Canoe. 11.30 Late Programs.
9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 7. Wests Tigers v New Zealand Warriors. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 24. Wests Tigers v St George Illawarra Dragons. 6.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 7. North Queensland Cowboys v Cronulla Sharks. 8.00 David Attenborough’s Asia. 9.10 Paramedics. 10.10 TBA. 11.10 Late Programs.
10 COMEDY (11) 6am Good Chef Bad Chef. 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. 9.30 The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. 11.00 Ultimate Classroom. 1pm Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Traitors Australia. Midnight Ridiculousness. 1.30 Home Shopping.
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7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 4. Afternoon session. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 6.00 Border Security USA. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Venom. (2018, M) 10.35 MOVIE: Underwater. (2020, M) 12.35am Late Programs.
9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 4pm The Toys That Built The World. 5.00 Cards And Collectables Australia. 5.30 MOVIE: The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. (2019, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Wedding Crashers. (2005, M) 10.00 MOVIE: The Hot Chick. (2002, M) 12.10am Bel-Air. 2.00 Love Island Games. 3.30 World’s Greatest Transportation Marvels. 4.30 LEGO DreamZzz. 5.10 Wild Manes. 5.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive.
10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 Building The Dream. 9.00 Roads Less Travelled. 9.30 The Traitors Australia. 11.00 Escape Fishing. 11.30 Building The Dream. 1.30pm Buy To Build. 2.00 Living Room. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Boston Blue. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.
6am Morning Programs. 3.25pm Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. Women’s. Grand final. CQ Murri Binda v Mungindi Panthers. Replay. 4.35 Songrites. 5.50 Bamay. 6.30 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 Earth Oven. 8.30 Night Parrot Stories. 10.10 MOVIE: Secret In Their Eyes. (2015, M) 12.10am Late Programs.
Movie Show. 6.35 Born To Dance. (2015, PG) 8.25 I Kill Giants. (2018, PG) 10.25 Barbarella. (1968, M) 12.15pm Point Break. (1991, M) 2.30 Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 4.20 The Assassin. (2015, PG, Mandarin) 6.20 Zorro. (1975, PG, Italian) 8.30 Dog Eat Dog. (2016, MA15+) 10.15 There Will Be Blood. (2007, M) 1.10am Bare. (2015, MA15+) 2.45 Late Programs.
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris To Istanbul. (PGn, R) 10.45 Father Brown. (Ma, R) 11.30 Nigella At My Table. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program. 9.20 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser. 9.35 Planet America. 10.05 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 11.50 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 12.40 Parliament Question Time. 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.45 Gardening Aust. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6am Morning Programs. 10.05 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.55 Canal Boat Diaries. (Premiere) 12.05 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News Compass Points. 1.30 Al Jazeera News Hour. 2.00 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Mal, R) 3.00 Going Places. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Secrets Of Modern Archaeology. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Scandinavia With Simon Reeve. (PG, R) Simon Reeve travels to Sweden and Denmark. 8.40 24 Hours In Emergency: Say You’ll Be There. (Mal, R) Three pedestrians are rushed to Queens Medical Centre after a car mounts the pavement. 9.35 Alone Australia. (Ml, R) Plunging temperatures expose an unforgiving reality. 10.45 SBS World News Late. 11.15 Gomorrah. (MA15+v, R) 3.10 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Ma, R) 4.05 Isle Of Wight: Jewel Of The South. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Beat The Chasers UK. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Remi stands up to Beau. 7.30 The Voice. (PGal) Five more artists prepare to audition. 8.45 The Rookie. (Mav) Nolan and Juarez are dispatched to a robbery call where Nolan encounters a familiar face. 9.45 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics. 10.45 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League. 11.45 Happy’s Place. (PGal) 12.15 New Amsterdam. (MA15+av, R) 1.15 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.30 Find My Beach House Australia. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Block. (PGl) The teams are not happy after last night’s judging. 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) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Bold. (PG, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.50 Gogglebox Aust. (PGlmnsv, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.30 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) Penny gets angry with Leonard. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 3.25pm Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 10.00 Mr Bean: The Animated Series. 10.25 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.45 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Inside The Huddle. 3.05 Over The Black Dot. 3.35 BBC News At Ten. 4.00 France 24. 4.30 PBS News Compass Points. 5.00 Al Jazeera. 5.30 Alone Germany. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 9.20 The UnBelievable. 10.10 The Americans. 11.50 Vikings: The Rise And Fall. 2.30am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes. 11.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Auction Squad. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Late Programs.
9GEM (92) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Rainbow Country. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon David Attenborough’s Asia. 1.00 Midsomer Murders. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Day The Earth Caught Fire. (1961, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Agatha Raisin. 10.40 Late Programs.
10 COMEDY (11) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Bold. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 10.30 Becker. 11.00 Lingo. Noon The Traitors Australia. 1.30 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. 5.30 Big Bang. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.
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9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Sicario: Day Of The Soldado. (2018, MA15+) 10.55 Seinfeld. 11.55 The 100. 12.45am Legacies. 1.35 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.30 Jeopardy! Australia. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Bubble’s Hotel. 4.50 Late Programs.
10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 JAG. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Home Shopping.
6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Earth Oven. Noon Night Parrot Stories. 1.45 Stompem Ground 2022: Karajarri Dancers. 2.00 On Country Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 The 77 Percent. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 National Indigenous Fashion Awards. 9.40 MOVIE: Hairspray. (1988, PG) 11.20 Late Programs.
Zorro. Continued. (1975, PG, Italian) 7.25 Babette’s Feast. (1987, PG, Danish, Swedish, French) 9.25 The Assassin. (2015, PG, Mandarin) 11.25 Heartbreak Ridge. (1986, M) 1.45pm I Kill Giants. (2018, PG) 3.45 The Great Dictator. (1940, PG) 6.05 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 7.55 Scrapper. (2023, PG) 9.30 Little Loves. (2024, M, Spanish) 11.20 Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 1.10pm Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 5. Afternoon session. 3.10 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 3.30 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Bangladesh. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 6.00 Storage Wars. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 Aussie Gold Hunters. 9.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 10.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 11.30 Late Programs.
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Tuesday, August 18 ABC (2)
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (PG, R) 11.00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Grantchester. (PGa, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6am Morning Programs. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.50 Canal Boat Diaries. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Junior Doctors Down Under. (Ma, R) 3.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Secrets Of Modern Archaeology. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.15 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.45 My Way. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 11.00 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PG, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Kitchen Cabinet. (PG) Annabel Crabb meets Josh Burns. 9.00 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG, R) Nine artists create portraits of celebrities. 9.55 Compass. (PG, R) 10.25 ABC Late News. 10.40 The Business. (R) 10.55 Four Corners. (R) 11.40 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.30 Parliament. 2.45 Gardening Aust. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Shaun Micallef’s Origin Odyssey: Pia Miranda In Italy. (Return, Ms) 8.30 Insight. Takes a look at issues concerning Australians. 9.30 Dateline: Japan’s Shoplifting Pensioners. Looks at the geriatric crimewave gripping Japan. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy. (PGa, R) 11.20 Mozart/Mozart. (Mav) 1.10 Blackwater. (MA15+as, R) 3.25 Isle Of Wight: Jewel Of The South. (R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGadv) Sonny begs for a second chance. 7.30 The Voice. (PG) The coaches continue their search. 9.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. (MA15+l) Gordon Ramsay tries to help an English pub located in Georgetown, Texas, which lacks a quintessential British identity. 10.00 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics. 11.00 Happy’s Place. (PGal) 12.00 New Amsterdam. (MA15+av, 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 Block. (PGl) The competition heats up. 8.40 Trigger Point. (MA15+alv) Lana struggles to cope with the dangers of her job. 9.40 Footy Classified. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues. 10.40 9News Late. 11.10 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGal) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 GolfBarons. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Explore TV. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl) Cracks form as the pressure mounts. An unexpected murder wreaks havoc in the manor. 9.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 10.00 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PGs, R) Leonard and Sheldon compete in an election. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.30 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 10.20 Chopped Jnr. 11.00 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 2.35pm Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 3.30 BBC News At Ten. 4.00 France 24. 4.30 PBS News. 5.30 Alone Germany. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 9.20 The UnBelievable. 10.10 National Indigenous Fashion Awards. 11.20 The Americans. 1.10am Vikings: The Rise And Fall. 3.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 The Amazing Homemakers. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.45 Inspector Morse. 11.05 Late Programs.
9GEM (92) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Death In Paradise. 1.00 Agatha Raisin. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Only Two Can Play. (1962, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 Late Programs.
10 COMEDY (11) 6am Shopping. 7.00 GCBC. 7.30 Farm To Fork. 8.00 Ent. Tonight. 8.30 Bold. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 10.30 Becker. 11.00 Lingo. Noon The Traitors Australia. 1.30 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Big Bang. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.
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9GO! (93) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Baywatch. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 TBA. 10.50 Seinfeld. 11.50 The 100. 12.40am Legacies. 1.30 The Real Housewives Of Durban. 2.25 Jeopardy! Australia. 3.30 Cry Babies Magic Tears. 4.00 Barbie: A Touch Of Magic. 4.30 Bubble’s Hotel. 4.50 LEGO Friends: The Next Chapter. 5.10 Mia & Codie. 5.30 Late Programs.
10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 Bondi Rescue. 2.00 The Traitors Australia. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Shopping.
6am Morning Programs. 11.00 National Indigenous Fashion Awards. 12.10pm Emily In Japan. 1.15 The Dream Of Love. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Indian Country Today News. 5.55 Bamay. 6.35 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.30 The Point. 8.00 Murder In Big Horn. 9.00 MOVIE: Bordertown. (2007, MA15+) 11.00 Late Programs.
Assassin. Continued. (2015, PG, Mandarin) 7.00 The Great Dictator. (1940, PG) 9.20 Scrapper. (2023, PG) 10.55 There Will Be Blood. (2007, M) 1.45pm Babette’s Feast. (1987, PG, Danish, Swedish, French) 3.45 Zorro. (1975, PG, Italian) 5.55 The Eagle Huntress. (2016, PG, Kazakh) 7.30 The Intouchables. (2011, M, French) 9.35 Volver. (2006, M, Spanish) 11.50 Late Programs.
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 11.20 Back Roads. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PGa) 8.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) Hosted by comedian Adam Hills. 9.00 New Zealand Spy. (Mv) Michael sets out to save Anderson. 9.25 QI. (PG) Hosted by Sandi Toksvig. 9.55 Planet America. (R) 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Treasure & Dirt. (Mlv, R) 12.00 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (Final, PG, R) 1.30 Parliament. 2.45 Gardening Aust. (R) 3.40 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6am Morning Programs. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 10.50 Canal Boat Diaries. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 3.55 Michael Mosley: Truth About Sleep. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Alone Australia. (Ml) The final survivalists face a medical check. 8.30 Titanic Sinks Tonight. (Final, Ma) As Titanic slips deeper into the freezing Atlantic, panic spreads and desperation takes hold. 9.40 Six Four. (Mav) Michelle and Chris go in search of Annabel. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 The Congregation. (MA15+s) 12.00 Crime. (MA15+av, R) 2.50 Isle Of Wight: Jewel Of The South. (PG, R) 3.40 It Takes A Village. (Ma, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials. (R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PG, R) Hosted by Lee Mack. 8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL. 9.30 Unfiltered. (PG) Hamish McLachlan chats with Aliir Aliir. 10.00 The Agenda Setters. (R) 11.00 The Fall And Rise Of Reggie Dinkins. (PGals) 11.30 Stumble. (PGalv) 12.00 Everything I Know About Love. (Madls) 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 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.00 Ski Rescue Down Under. (Ml, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Block. (PGl) 8.40 Banjo And Ro’s Grand Island Hotel. (PGa) Presented by Banjo Beale and Ro Christopher. 9.55 9News Late. 10.25 The Teacher: Body In The Lake. (Malv) 11.25 Accused: Guilty Or Innocent? (Mahl) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 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 News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Bold. (PG, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.00 Lingo. (R) 9.00 The Finish Line. (R) 10.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 10.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl, R) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. 12.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) 1.00 News. 2.00 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) 2.30 The Finish Line. (R) 3.30 Lingo. (R) 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG, R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 The Traitors Australia. (PGl) Strategy begins to pay off. 9.00 Boston Blue. (Mv) Mae faces backlash over the consequences of her past decisions. Sarah struggles with guilt that pushes her to take risks in pursuit of justice. 10.00 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Wiggle. 4.05 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 4.20 Santiago Of The Seas. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.45 HexVets And Magic Pets. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.40 Ninjago. 8.05 Young Sheldon. 8.30 Young Sheldon. 8.50 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.35 The Piano. 10.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.55 Late Programs.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 12.55pm Figure Skating. ISU Figure Skating. Grand Prix 6. Highlights. 3.30 BBC News At Ten. 4.00 France 24. 4.30 PBS News. 5.30 Alone Germany. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: My Cousin Vinny. (1992, M) 10.40 The Americans. 12.25am MOVIE: The Handmaid’s Tale. (1990, MA15+) 2.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
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6am Surf Patrol. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Secrets Of Beautiful Gardens. 2.00 Under The Hammer. 2.30 House Calls To The Rescue. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Foyle’s War. 11.00 Late Programs.
9GEM (92) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Thunderbirds. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon New Tricks. 1.00 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Manuela. (1957, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 11.40 Poirot. 12.40am Late Programs.
10 COMEDY (11) 6am Shopping. 7.00 GCBC. 7.30 Farm To Fork. 8.00 Ent. Tonight. 8.30 Bold. 9.00 The Dog Hospital With Graeme Hall. 10.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 10.30 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Big Bang. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Becker. 5.00 Big Bang. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ent. Tonight. Midnight Shopping. 2.30 Bold. 3.30 Shopping.
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10 DRAMA (12) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Days Of Our Lives. 8.45 The Young And The Restless. 9.30 Living Room. 10.30 Building The Dream. 11.30 Bold. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.45 The Young And The Restless. 1.30 Bondi Rescue. 2.00 The Traitors Australia. 3.30 Bull. 4.30 JAG. 6.30 Bull. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Bull. 11.15 JAG. 1.15am Shopping.
6am Morning Programs. 2pm Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Dreaming Big. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Mysteries Of The Mekong. 7.35 Breaking Wild. (Final) 8.30 Pro Bull Riding Australia. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Inside The Huddle. 10.30 MOVIE: Rhymes For Young Ghouls. (2013, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.
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Morning Programs. 7.10 Lassie: A New Adventure. (2023, PG, German) 8.50 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 10.40 Little Loves. (2024, M, Spanish) 12.30pm The Intouchables. (2011, M, French) 2.35 The Efficiency Expert. (1991, PG) 4.25 Scrapper. (2023, PG) 6.00 Poms. (2019, PG) 7.40 Year Of The Dog. (2007, M) 9.30 The Movie Teller. (2023, M, Spanish) 11.40 Late Programs.
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6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Talking W. 10.30 Hockey. Men’s FIH World Cup. Australia v Ireland. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 Storage Wars. 2.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.30 American Resto. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Agenda Setters. 8.30 The Force: BTL. 9.30 Caught On Dashcam. 10.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 11.30 Late Programs.
LETTERS
Letters - 300 words maximum and including full name, address and contact number - can be sent to The News, PO Box 588, Hastings 3915 or emailed to: letters@mpnews.com.au
One cold night in a car Friday 31 July was the coldest night of the year, and my husband and I were trying to sleep in our car. We’d barely settled when we heard a thin, high whine and thought a mosquito had got in. It took us a while to realise it wasn’t a mosquito. It was our blow-up mattress, slowly going down. We were there for the Southern Peninsula SleepOut, the first one, run by The Ranch with Southern Peninsula Community Support. A car site, a food pack like the ones the centre hands to people doing it very tough, some soup, hot tea and a night to sit with something most of us look away from. The organisers were upfront, it wasn’t meant to be comfortable. That was the point. But here’s what I keep coming back to. Ours was a night we chose, and we knew it ended in the morning. Nobody banged on the window to scare us. Nobody moved us on. We were uncomfortable, but we were never unsafe. Lying there on our flat mattress, we talked about how we’d do this if it weren’t a choice. How we’d hold down a job, fronting up on no sleep and without a shower, hoping nobody could tell. And this is our patch. Over the past year, 462 people here experienced homelessness. Of those, 251 were sleeping rough, and just over 30% of them were women. For too many people, a car isn’t the fundraiser. It’s the plan. One cold night didn’t show us what homelessness feels like. But it made that problem impossible to ignore. Kim Robbins, Safety Beach
Value for ratepayers and taxpayers
It’s good to see Jonathan agrees with me that the answer isn’t higher rates, but greater efficiency (Shire reform, Letters 4/8/26). The first question should always be, “How can we do this better?”, not, “How can we charge people more?” I think my record speaks for itself. I’ve always argued the shire should improve efficiency before asking ratepayers to pay more. That meant challenging inflated or made-up costs, driving reform and recruiting a CEO with strong commercial experience to turn around the shire’s long-term financial position. It also meant ending carbon offsets in India, stopping multi-million dollar service reviews that went nowhere, and questioning contracts that exposed the shire to significant risk for questionable value. Local priorities. Tangible outcomes. Before politics, I spent more than a decade running businesses. You don’t grow by charging more. You grow through innovation, good cost management and delivering better value. Perhaps Labor missed the memo. It might explain why we ended up with half a Flinders Pier. Anthony Marsh MP, Member for Nepean
Waste saving
Councils seem to have their priorities mixed up. Making ends meet is my concern also. I don’t mind paying for waste collection, though my hackles raise, when I have to pay fully for bins I can’t possibly fill in one, two, or four weeks. My general waste is the size of a medium freezer bag for one week. I only put it out a quarter full four-to-six weekly to reduce the smell. The recycling bin goes out in the same interval, the green waste two-to-four weekly and the glass bin lasts six-to-12 months before it is full. The council let me share my bins with a neighbour before, but that arrangement has ceased due to unforeseen circumstances. It would be wonderful to have waste collected, especially single households at different times and I would happily sign a contract for such an arrangement. Or maybe someone can think of another way to make waste collection fairer? Otherwise, where is the incentive for reducing waste for people so inclined. Lore Singer, Frankston
Council deafness
I have finally discovered how Mornington Peninsula Shire gets away with not doing the basic things. The problem is, there is a heirachy of council staffers up to the CEO who have no idea what is going on, but think they do, and then there are the workers who do stuff (who are mostly contractors
who do know, but cannot get funding to do things properly). The deafness barrier acts between those two bodies and none of them know Auslan. Additionally, because of the deafness suffered, only the self inflating things get done at any scale by council with the photo opportunities available, with space provided for a State MP in the shot. The ratepayers are the major nuisance to all this. They want practical things done like fixing the same blocked drains that flood every time it rains, pits cleaned out, drainage updates, trees that are down removed, council road car destructing potholes fixed properly (with a plate wacker not the back of a shovel). Now ratepayers ring up and complain wanting service for a real issue, this is where the deafness problem arises, so the issue is never addressed properly, or never done. The council staff never know, the contractors and ratepayers know but cannot get things done. The CEO builds up his profile with shiny new projects, and so life goes on. According to council news we are now in “Wombat season called ‘Waring’ by the Aboriginal people”. Thanks for telling us that. Maybe these wombats are causing the craters on the roads? David Killin, Tyabb
Roadworks
After many months of work constructing a safety island 75 metres east of Marthas Ridge Dr in the middle of Craigie Rd, a new diversion lane east bound on the north side of the island was constructed. During one of the wettest periods, with no run off diversions in place, flood water entered the excavations, inundating the freshly dumped rock, making this useless to compact. It had to be removed and again replaced. This process took weeks to master. Finally a base layer of ashphalt was placed over the diversion lane’s crushed rock, this was installed temporarily for the traffic to drive over while the safety island was completed. This then allowed a final wear course layer of ashphalt, by a “paving machine” to be placed in the new permanent diversion lane. Ashphalt placed by a paving machine is usually smooth with even matching of existing joints. This has not been achieved on this project. I question the skill of the paving crew, further the supervisors who have allowed the pavement to be finished and ride in places like a sheet of corrugated iron. Where were the construction authority’s engineers or supervisors that have allowed this sloppy work to be called finished? Eventually this work will deteriorate. Who then meets the cost of rectification? This is new work it should ride like smooth glass. The contractors should be called back to rectify the glaring defects. Gerard van de Ven, Mt Martha
Environment credit
While Victoria is one of Australia’s most cleared states, I have always thought of the Mornington Peninsula as a well-treed landscape. So, I was surprised to learn from the Shire’s 2019 Biodiversity Conservation Plan that approximately 70 per cent of the peninsula’s original native vegetation has been cleared. It was therefore heartening to see not one, but two, tree planting stories in your latest edition (Mount Martha students brave the cold for National Tree Day, The News 4/8/26) and (Second stage of Greenway tree planting begins, The News 4/8/26). The Biodiversity Conservation Plan also highlights that while between one-quarter and one-third of Victoria’s terrestrial plants, animals and ecological communities are now considered threatened with extinction, the peninsula has fared a little better, with six per cent of indigenous plants and 20 per cent of fauna listed as threatened. The Shire’s Biodiversity Progress Reports 2022–2024 (tinyurl.com/MPBiodiversity) make encouraging reading, outlining initiatives including an online local native plant guide, biodiversity mapping tool, “Bioblitz” surveys, the Birds in Schools program, fungi workshops and the Find an Environment Friends Group Near You tool to
name just some. While elected councillors understandably receive much of the attention, it is reassuring to know that dedicated council officers, environmental groups, volunteers and experts are working behind the scenes to protect and enhance the peninsula’s natural environment. Maggie Cowling, Coburg North
Thriving together
I was thrilled to read about the tree‑planting efforts occurring on the Mornington Peninsula for National Tree Day (Mount Martha students brave the cold for National Tree Day, The News 4/8/26) and (Second stage of Greenway tree planting begins, The News 4/8/26). It was especially uplifting to read about Mount Martha Primary School students out at the Briars on a cold morning, learning firsthand how spending time outdoors and restoring nature strengthens both community and Country. The Sunshine Reserve planting I attended was just as heartening, with children enjoying pulling on gloves and getting dirty. National Tree Day is a sign that community spirit and healthy bushland can thrive together. Amy Hiller, Kew
Disaster in the making
Sometimes the stupidity and craven cowardice of our governments leaves you bewildered. A foreign company called VOPAK is only a few steps away from getting approval to discharge 480 million litres of chlorine contaminated discharge into Port Phillip Bay, every day for a minimum of 10 years. Why are they doing this? The process used by VOPAK converts imported frozen LNG to gas to sell to Victorians. We are short of gas because we stupidly allow Victorian gas to sold overseas and it now looks like we will have chance to buy it back at inflated prices whilst placing the waters of Port Phillip at risk. If this was a Hollywood script it would be rejected on the grounds of a total lack of credibility, but here we are. Ross Hudson, Mt Martha
Wilson to save billions
Jess Wilson, the leader of the coalition opposition in Victoria, has a policy of severely cutting the public service expanded by the Labor government. Wilson is not going to sack public servants but when their contracts run out then they will no longer have jobs and this way the government does not have to pay redundancy payments to the public servants affected. Government services to Victorians will be adversely affected and this may also badly affect businesses in the CBD who depend on public servants going to their food businesses. Pauline Hanson immigration policies is going to affect businesses who depend on skilled immigrants as pleas from businesses to allow immigrants into Australia has fallen on deaf ears. Pauline Hanson has said that she doesn’t care about business and she will stick with her immigration policies which will mean that the government must now create skilled labor in Australia and not import it. This is good as Australia will become self sufficient with plenty of skilled labour to supply business especially in housing and technology. Russell Morse, Karingal
EV tax
There is a movement to tax electric vehicles to provide the road maintenance funds lost by EV’s not paying the fuel excise tax. This is going to be a debarcle. It is suggested that electric vehicle drivers submit a photo of their dashboard odometer every year to provide a tax measure based on distance travelled. Has no-one thought that photos have been faked for years by Photoshop, and now with AI you can create whatever image you want. Oz EV’s will be the lowest travelled cars in the world. It would set up a them-and-us difference with ICE drivers. A more equal system would be to eliminate the fuel excise completely. EV and ICE cars would be taxed the same. This tax would be based on the two things that cause road wear. Weight and useage. The weight of a car or truck is a clearly fixed and documented thing. It can’t be fudged. The distance travelled is more complex, but it can be assumed commercial vehicles are on the road
more than private vehicles, so a loading for commercial vehicles would apply, based on rated load capacity. The beauty of this equal rego based tax is that it is state based, rather than federal. Instead of the federal absorption of the fuel excise into consolidated revenue, the states can use it to patch state roads, and give what’s left to patch federal roads. John Dusting, Mornington
The simpler life
Each week I look forward to the “100 Years Ago” column, which offers a brief window into the lives of people who lived without television, mobile phones, or the constant buzz of modern life. But this week’s entry, on July 22nd, brought a snigger. It was an in-depth wedding newspaper article, yet why would a groom buy a “toilet set” for his bride? And what was a xylonite one? I googled it, of course, and soon chastised myself for my lack of knowledge, not for the oddity I had assumed. Indeed, it was of great value a century ago; it was innovative, expensive, and a mark of modern comfort. It is funny now, but also strangely touching. Reading these snippets from a century ago reminds me how different daily life was. Socialising was not squeezed in between notifications; it was the centrepiece of community life. People gathered to dance, sing, play games, and compete, talking, performing, and taking part. Even the smallest events were infused with a sense of occasion. The “toilet set” made me laugh, but it also made me think. A hundred years ago, people celebrated progress in ways that now seem quaint, yet their lives were rich in connection, creativity, and community spirit. That is the real gift worth remembering, and something we need to consider instead of AI slop, robots (there is a difference), and a future filled with the unknown. Anne Kruger, Rye
Tree change
Our neighbour’s birch tree overhangs our house, the leaves clog our roof gutter and the roots invaded our sewage drain. We didn’t create the problem, yet we have to pay to fix it. How fair is that? Council advice is “talk to your neighbour”. Well, yes, we tried that! Friends suggested we poison the tree. Silly advice, as we would be liable if we damage the tree, plus dead branches might fall on our roof! How do you deal with this in the real world of neighbours who just don’t care? Rosemary Borage, Balnarring
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Cliff Ellen writes like each week will be his last on earth. He will probably outlive most of us. Terry Miles, Rosebud
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“You can’t be serious?” A Royal Commission? Yet another, dreamt up by the Opposition based on resentment, et al. The interests of ALL Victorians, miles off their selfish (radar?) greedy world. And Labor, assisted by the mainly right wing press, sucked in. Being a Collingwood supporter “Whoa is me” I survey the world outlook (wars, heatwaves, deaths, starvation) and so a balance of MY reality, as in letting them fight among themselves; the new coalition re “The Liberals, Nationals and One Nation”. The Public Service, politicians, state or federal, like taxi drivers, exist with that small percentage of crooks, including heavily biassed letter writers and football followers. We live with the big question - Do We Ever Learn? Mind you, if I could learn it would be inadmissible, ignored, at 90+ including those over 80. This is not to say I’m not happy; in fact most days, apart from my tremors, I’m as happy as the famous Larry; a bowl of cherries, small percentage bruised, beaten by Geelong? Ever onwards to 91+ time permitting. The nightly news, car crashes, home invasions, the magic words IF the coalition gets in; cut cut cut. To SBS, serenity - the cookie crumbles. Cliff Ellen, Rye
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Snow flurries and neon light activation coming Moonah Links PEPPERS Moonah Links Resort is sending winter off in style Peppers Moonah Links Resort will transform Spike Bar into a vibrant winter destination this August, with magical snow flurries, an immersive neon light activation, live entertainment, warming drinks and special menu creations available throughout the final weeks of winter. The winter festivities will officially launch to the public at Spike Bar on Saturday 15 August 2026 from 4pm, when the first snow flurries take to the sky and the neon lights illuminate the venue. Snow flurries will return on the hour from 4pm each day, creating a memorable winter experience for resort guests, golf members, local residents and visitors to the Mornington Peninsula. Guests can warm up inside Spike Bar with a selection of special winter dishes and drinks, alongside the venue’s regular weekly dining specials, live sport and live music program. The winter experience will also extend to the menu, with chef Sailesh Vala developing a collection of dishes created specifically for the August activation. “I have been working on dishes that enhance the overall experience and excite the imagination,” said Vala. “Each dish brings together bold flavours, quality ingredients and creative presentation in a way that feels unique to Moonah Links. The focus has been on creating an end of winter celebration that brings people together and offers something memorable to enjoy.”
to the resort, supported by the warm and welcoming hospitality guests can expect from Peppers Moonah Links Resort.” August is also a wonderful time to experience golf on the Mornington Peninsula, with crisp winter conditions and beautifully green fairways. The activation will provide golf members and guests with an opportunity to connect after a round and experience everything Moonah Links has to offer beyond the course. “As Moonah Links approaches its 25th anniversary, we wanted to bring winter to life while recognising the golf community that has been such an important part of the resort’s history,” said Bronwyn Robbins, Assistant General Manager of Golf. Peppers Moonah Links Resort is located in Fingal on the Mornington Peninsula, surrounded by championship golf courses and the region’s distinctive natural landscape.
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Live entertainment will take place every Friday and Saturday, with daily Happy Hour available from 5pm to 6pm and a selection of warming drinks and seasonal menu creations available throughout the activation. The celebrations will conclude with an End of Winter Party on Satur-
day 29 August, providing one final opportunity to experience the snow flurries, neon lights, winter menu and live entertainment from local artist Jesse Lewis. “Winter on the Mornington Peninsula has its own special atmosphere, and we wanted to create an experi-
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EVENT DETAILS What: Snow Flurries and Neon Light Activation Where: Spike Bar, Peppers Moonah Links Resort Address: 55 Peter Thomson Drive, Fingal, Victoria Public launch: Saturday 15 August 2026 from 4pm Snow flurries: Every day on the hour from 4pm Live entertainment: Friday and Saturday evenings Daily Happy Hour: 5pm to 6pm End of Winter Party: Saturday 29 August 2026 Entry: Free
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Cr. Wells: That was said verbally. Cr. Alden: We were told by the Commission they could not break the power down, and suggested a depot at Frankston, when in case of a breakdown they would be on the spot. At Dandenong they were too far away. We have been led to be believe that things were alright, and now we find you are in a bad way. Cr. Oates: We are not. Cr. H. Unthank: A white elephant. Cr. Oates: It is nothing of the kind. Cr. Wells: The reduction in the first place was only made as a trial, the public having asked us to do so. Cr. Miles: Oh no, they did not. Cr. Wells: It was put in as trial for six months. Cr. Miles: You are wrong. Cr. Wells: You are speaking about the power, not the light. Cr. Alden: In connection with the report put in by Mr. Quartermain, would it not have been a fair thing for the Commission to have known? Cr. Wells: At the present time there is a shire having considerable trouble with the Commission. Cr. Alden: Who are they? Cr. Wells: This is not the place to divulge it. Cr. Pratt: As far as the supply was concerned, we perhaps did not make a profit, but we did on the installations. Cr. Alden: Did you think the installations would go on for ever? Cr. Pratt: Yes, that is why the light is to be increased now, when we hope that a profit will be made. *** From the Pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 13 August 1926
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FULL COUNCIL DISCUSSION. CR. J. UNTHANK SURPRISED On Friday last the above reports were submitted to the full council. Cr. J. Unthank said that the fact that the electric light department had run into debt came as a big surprise to the council and also to the ratepayers. They had left this department in the hands of three ridings, and why was it that the matter had not been brought under notice before? He thought the whole council should have been informed before the discussion of handing over to the Electricity Commission was considered. “I see you have decided to increase the price,” continued Cr. Unthank. “How long has it taken to lose this £1170? The matter is very serious. When you stated to an inspector of the Commission the price you were charging he said he did not know how you were supplying it at the price.” Cr. Wells: Extensions out of the electric light revenue instead of from loans caused the overdraft. Extensions should be liquidated by a further loan. Cr. J. Unthank: You cannot go on raising loans. I am a representative of this shire, which is helping to carry the burden, and I ask for enlightenment on this subject today. Cr. Brown: Do you remember a special meeting of the council, when the president placed the matter very
clearly to us, practically informing us that the electric light department was in a bad way – that revenue had to be secured to square the ledger? Cr. J. Unthank:,No, I do not. Cr. Allen: We want a further discussion on this matter. Cr. Oates: There is no harm in allowing a further discussion. We have nothing to fear. Cr. J. Unthank: It is quite clear that certain councillors somersaulted. Cr. May: I would like to correct Cr. Unthank about that remark of councillors somersaulting. It was quite plain the result of the voting. I am out to secure the light down Somerville end, and the position was not as Cr. Unthank says. Cr. Wells: The remark was uncalled for. Cr. Alden: I agree with Cr. J. Unthank. I have been sitting at this table for the last twelve months under the impression that the ledger was being squared and a profit being made. The question is very serious, and we should have been told the exact position. How was it that the manager had put in a report at a previous meeting before we met the Commission? How did that report go before this council about handing over the concern? Cr. Wells: It was a recommendation from the electric light committee. Cr. Oates: It was only a small meeting. Cr. Alden: The manager said in effect: “Do not study me if you want to hand over to the Commission; it will not affect me, as I have been offered a position with them.”
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ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING The committee met on the 30th July, 1920. The committee considered the report of the Shire secretary and electric light manager upon the electricity undertaking. Moved by Cr. Brown, seconded by Cr Miles: That the committee adopt the recommendation. The causes of the drift are: (1) That owing to loan funds being exhausted extensions have had to be made out of revenue. (2) That the majority of the houses in the area are now connected with the supply and with only new houses coming on to the system, the profits of installations and sales are insufficient to counteract the loss sustained by selling electricity below cost, and we consider it imperative that all steps should be at once taken to check the drift and place the undertaking on a payable basis. Carried. Moved by Cr. Pratt, seconded by Cr. Miles: That we recommend that the price for electricity for lighting be increased from 9d to 10d. per unit. Carried. Moved by Cr. Pratt, seconded by Cr. Oates: That we recommend that the price for electricity for power be increased to 3d. per unit, but that if any user uses more than 100 units in
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two players in his division to finish under par. He was accompanied and caddied by his father Nick Veitch, who said he was incredibly proud of his son. “As parents, you couldn’t ask for anything more,” said Nick. “We couldn’t be prouder of the way Will conducted himself all week. Watching him play a four-hole playoff in front of so many spectators, while still smiling and enjoying it all, was incredibly special. Golf just brings out the best in him”. Will was joined in the competition by fellow Melbourne golfer Angelika Britto, who also claimed silver in her respective division. The pair delivered one of Australia’s strongest performances at what is considered one of the world’s premier junior golf tournaments.
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MPFNL overturn previous week’s result after review, Rosebud suffer a defeat at the hands of Langwarrin
THE win was out of reach for Frankston YCW who went down to Mt Eliza by 29 points. Picture: Craig Barrett
NEXT WEEK’S GAMES DIVISION ONE MENS SENIORS Saturday 15 August, 2pm: Devon Meadows v Mt. Eliza – Glover Reserve Dromana v Frankston YCW – Dromana Recreation Reserve Rosebud v Edithvale-Aspendale – Olympic Park Rosebud Pines v Langwarrin – Eric Bell Reserve Sorrento v Mornington – David Macfarlane Reserve
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MEN’S DIV ONE SEN THE biggest footy drama of the week occurred not on the field, but in the backrooms at MPFNL HQ after the previous week’s draw between Mt Eliza and Dromana was overturned, and the game awarded to the Redlegs. The league relied on a video replay and statements from the umpires to verify an extra point had inadvertently been added to Dromana’s total in the second quarter. After the MPFNL board completed its investigation, clubs were informed on Thursday (6 August) of the revised result. Rosebud suffered only their second loss of the 2026 season at the hands of Langwarrin on Saturday. Their only previous loss being to the Kangaroos earlier in the season. The Kangaroos began the game strongly, hopping out to an early lead in the first after putting on 7.6 to Rosebud’s 1.1. Rosebud won the second quarter but were still far from the lead after scoring 2.3 to Langwarrin’s 1.3. The Kangaroos went into the long break with a 35-point margin. In the third, the ’Buds scored a further 1.1, while the Kangaroos were able to score 3.2, pushing the lead out to 48-points. Rosebud mounted a spirited comeback in the final quarter, slamming on 5.5, and keeping Langwarrin to a single major, but it was too little, too late. In the end, Langwarrin finished on 12.11 (83) to Rosebud’s 9.10 (64), giving Langwarrin the win by 19 points.
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Matthew Cumming scored three goals for Rosebud. Matthew Johnson scored three goals for Langwarrin. Mt Eliza secured a win over Frankston YCW. Only one goal separated the Redlegs from the Stonecats at the end of the first quarter, with the latter scoring 3.3 and the former 2.3. Mt Eliza stole the lead in the second after holding Frankston YCW to just six points while scoring 4.4 themselves, leaving Mt Eliza ahead by 16 points at half time. In the third, Mt Eliza scored a further 3.5 to Frankston YCW’s 3.2. The Redlegs continued to climb in the final quarter, scoring 2.7 to the Stonecats’ 1.3. The final result was the Redlegs on 11.19 (85) beating the Stonecats who finished on 7.14 (56); a 29 point margin in favour of Mt Eliza. Joshua Patullo scored three goals for Frankston YCW. Ziggy Toledo scored five goals for Mt Eliza. Mornington’s home ground advantage did not help them in their clash against EdithvaleAspendale, leaving the latter to win. The Eagles flew into the game with a strong start, scoring 5.5 to the Bulldogs’ 1.4. Mornington won the second quarter after scoring 5.3 to Edi-Asp’s 5.0, leaving Edi-Asp ahead by 22 points at half time. In the third, the Eagles soared even further into the lead by adding 5.5 to their total while the Bulldogs were only able to add 2.4. The final quarter saw Edi-Asp score 4.4 to Mornington’s 2.3. This resulted in Edi-Asp taking a 54 point win over Mornington. The final scores were 10.14 (74) to Edi-Asp’s 19.14 (128).
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Dromana were able to beat Pines in their clash despite a very close first half. In the first quarter, the Tigers took the lead by a single goal, scoring 3.4 to the Pythons’ 2.4. Pines claimed the lead in the quarter before the long break by scoring 3.3 to Dromana’s 1.4, leaving Pines ahead by five points at half time. Dromana had a very strong third quarter allowing them to start pulling away from Pines. Dromana scored 6.5 to Pines’ 2.0. In the final quarter, the Tigers were able to claw their way to victory by scoring 3.2 to the Pythons’ 4.2, leaving the Tigers (13.15) to win against the Pythons (11.9) by 18 points. William Derrington scored five goals for Pines. Ethan Johnstone scored six goals for Dromana. Sorrento were able to come back in the fourth quarter to claim their fourth win for the season in their clash against Devon Meadows. In the first quarter, Devon Meadows took the lead by four points after scoring 4.2 to Sorrento’s 3.4. The Panthers continued to pounce further into the lead in the second by scoring 6.1 to the Sharks’ 5.2, leaving the Panthers ahead by nine points at the long break. The scores were still very close in the third quarter, with Devon Meadows scoring 2.5 and Sorrento scoring 3.3, leaving only five points between the teams. The Sharks were able to secure the lead in the final quarter by scoring 5.6 to the Panthers’ 3.2, leaving the Sharks to beat the Panthers. The final tally was 16.15 (111) to 15.10 (100) with Sorrento taking the chocolates with an 11 point margin.
DIVISION ONE MENS RESERVES Saturday 15 August, 12pm: Devon Meadows v Mt. Eliza – Glover Reserve Dromana v Frankston YCW – Dromana Recreation Reserve Rosebud v Edithvale-Aspendale – Olympic Park Rosebud Pines v Langwarrin – Eric Bell Reserve Sorrento v Mornington – David Macfarlane Reserve DIVISION TWO MENS SENIORS Saturday 15 August, 2pm: Bonbeach v Seaford – Bonbeach Reserve Somerville v Chelsea – Somerville Football Club Rye v Crib Point – RJ Rowley Reserve Pearcedale v Frankston Bombers – Pearcedale Recreation Reserve Hastings v Tyabb – Hastings Club Red Hill v Karingal – Red Hill Recreation Reserve DIVISION TWO MENS RESERVES Saturday 15 August, 12pm: Bonbeach v Seaford – Bonbeach Reserve Somerville v Chelsea – Somerville Football Club Rye v Crib Point – RJ Rowley Reserve Pearcedale v Frankston Bombers – Pearcedale Recreation Reserve Hastings v Tyabb – Hastings Club Red Hill v Karingal – Red Hill Recreation Reserve DIVISION ONE WOMENS SENIORS Saturday 15 August, 3pm: Warragul Industrials v Mornington – Kinetic Stadium – Grand Final DIVISION ONE WOMENS RESERVES Saturday 15 August, 12.30pm: Warragul Industrials v Mornington – Kinetic Stadium – Grand Final
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Chelsea still dominates but face strong Somerville next MPFNL
By Kennedy McCullough
MEN’S DIV TWO SEN CHELSEA remains on top of the ladder after their win against Crib Point. The scores were close in the first quarter, with Chelsea scoring 3.5 and Crib Point scoring 3.3. In the second, Chelsea started to pull away after keeping Crib Point scoreless while adding 5.2 themselves. The Magpies won the third quarter but were not able to take the lead, after scoring 3.5 to the Seagull’s 3.1. In the final quarter, Chelsea scored a further 5.2 to Crib Point’s 3.1, leaving Chelsea (16.10) to beat Crib Point (9.9) by 43 points. Brett O’Hanlon scored five goals for Chelsea. Daniel Farmer scored four goals for Crib Point. After a neck and neck first half, Red Hill were able to come out of their
game against Bonbeach with a victory. In the first quarter the scores were tied, with both teams scoring 1.2. Bonbeach were just able to take the lead in the second quarter after scoring 2.4 to Red Hill’s 2.2, leaving Bonbeach ahead by two points going into the long break. Red Hill started to fall into an easier lead in the third quarter after scoring 4.1 to Bonbeach’s 1.3. In the final quarter, Red Hill scored two goals while Bonbeach were able to score 3.3, leaving Red Hill to win by five points. The final scores were 9.5 (59) to 7.12 (54). Frankston Bombers were able to take an easy win against Hastings. In the first quarter, the Bombers flew into the lead after scoring 6.2 to Hastings’ 1.2. The Bombers continued to climb in the second quarter, after scoring 3.3 to Hastings’ 2.4, leaving the Bombers ahead by 35 points at the long break.
In the third, the Blues only managed to add a further 1.2 while the Bombers scored 5.3 to pull further away. In the final quarter, the Bombers scored 6.5 to Hastings’ 2.0, leaving the Bombers, 20.13 (133), to best Hastings, 6.8 (44), by 89 points. Jai Block scored an impressive eight goals for the Bombers. Lachlan Wallace scored two goals for Hastings. Despite a rough start to the game, Seaford were able to come back and secure a win against Karingal. In the first quarter, Karingal took an early lead by scoring 4.3 to Seaford’s 1.1. Karingal’s lead continued into the second quarter as they scored 2.0 to Seaford’s 3.2, leaving Karingal ahead by 12 points at half time. In the third quarter, Seaford started to catch up to Karingal but the latter still maintained the lead by scoring 4.3 to Seaford’s 4.5. In the final quarter, Seaford put it
into top gear and dominated the game, keeping Karingal scoreless for the quarter while scoring 7.10 themselves. This led to Seaford securing the win by 42 points. The final scores were 15.18 (108) for Seaford to 10.6 (66) for Karingal. Pearcedale were able to secure a win against Tyabb. Tyabb started out the game on top, scoring 2.1 to Pearcedale’s 1.3. Pearcedale went into the long break leading the game by seven points after scoring 3.0 to Tyabb’s 1.1 in the second quarter. In the third quarter, Pearcedale continued to climb, scoring 3.3 to Tyabb’s 1.0. Pearcedale dominated the final quarter scoring 5.2 to Tyabb’s 1.1. This resulted in Pearcedale, 12.8 (80), securing a 47 point win over Tyabb, 5.3 (33). Somerville used their home ground advantage well, and were able to come
out of their game against Rye with a win. In the first quarter, Somerville dominated the game, scoring 6.7 to Rye’s 1.6. Rye held Somerville to one point in the second quarter but were only able to score 1.3 themselves, leaving Somerville in the lead by 23 points at half time. The Eagles continued to climb into the lead in the third quarter by scoring 6.5 to Rye’s 0.5. In the final quarter, the Demons were able to score 3.2 but it was no match for Somerville, who scored 3.4. In the end, Somerville secured a 61-point win, the final scores being 15.17 (107) to Rye’s 5.16 (46). Second on the ladder Somerville are set to face ladder leaders Chelsea in the final round of the regular season next week in what could be a grand final preview.
Mornington progress to grand final after win over Karingal MPFNL
By Kennedy McCullough
WOMEN’S DIV ONE SEN MORNINGTON are off to the “Big Dance” again, after beating Karingal in their preliminary final on Saturday. Mornington’s only issue on the day was accuracy in front of the big sticks, slotting 11 minors in their score of 35 points. Karingal couldn’t match the Bulldogs’ intensity, with the final scores being 4.11 (35) to 3.3 (21) in Mornington’s favour. The Bulldogs will now face
Warragul Industrials in the grand final. It is the third time in three years the two teams have met in the final game of the season with Mornington taking the win in 2025, and Warragul in 2024. The super-charged Industrials have not had a loss all year. On Warragul’s mind, though, will be the close call in the team’s semi-final two weeks ago, when Mornington fell just a single point short. The MPFNL Division One Women’s grand final kicks off at 3pm on Saturday 15 August at Kinetic Stadium.
Lifesavers receive national medals
THE Bulldogs took the charge out of the Bulls on Saturday. Picture: Graeme Wagener
FOUR members of Dromana Bay Life Saving Club (DBLSC) have been awarded National Medals for their years of service to the lifesaving community. Sandra Vander Pal received a 2nd Clasp, recognising her 35 years of service to the Surf Life Saving movement. Julie Crea, Peter Doyle, and Lindsay Vander Pal were awarded 1st Clasp medals for their 25 years of service. Sandra said they were all founding members of DBLSC and have been there to see the growth over the last 29 years. “It’s an honour and it’s a recognition of many, many years of dedication to life saving,” said Sandra. “I started at Rosebud, and then I was the founding president of Dromana. So, we built the club from the ground up, and it’s a lot of years’ work, and it’s a nice recognition of that.” She said lifesaving is important not only to service the community, but also to help educate. “Lots of people think that the bayside clubs aren’t necessarily needed because who’s going to drown?” said Sandra. “But every summer we’re involved in rescues and first aid, and if we weren’t there, there are lots of people who would find themselves in trouble.” She said the most rewarding part of lifesaving is getting to watch young
people get involved. “Watching younger nippers grow up and go through our nipper program and then become patrolling lifesavers alongside us is really rewarding to see that growth in them,” said Sandra. “And the fact that they want to stay and they want to help the community, not just take part in activities, is so rewarding as well.” The four Dromana lifesavers were part of a group of 136 recognised from around Australia. Peter Agnew, SLASA President, congratulated all of the recipients for their commitment to lifesaving. “On behalf of Surf Life Saving Australia, I would like to congratulate the 136 surf lifesavers who have been honoured with National Medals for outstanding service,” said Agnew. “Each recipient has made an incredible impact on our movement and truly embodied the spirit of Surf Life Saving. Their dedication, service, and unwavering commitment to keeping our coastlines and communities safe is something they should feel immensely proud of.” “Our volunteers are the heartbeat of our movement. It is the passion and dedication of members like those recognised in National Medal Batch 57 that keep our movement strong, and we thank them for their invaluable contribution and many years of service.”
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Seagulls’ eyes on VPL2 prize SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie FOUR games remain for Mornington to cling onto second spot in State 1 South-East and earn a play-off with its State 1 North-West counterpart for the right to play in VPL2 next season. It has been a decades-long saga for the Seagulls as the road to compete at an elite level has proven to be a heartbreaking journey. Mornington’s first tilt at promotion from State 1 came in 2014 when the Seagulls finished second to Eastern Lions and only the champions were promoted. For the next two seasons the then NPL became a closed shop with no promotion or relegation as Football Victoria gave its elite clubs an opportunity to consolidate their status. Fate had dealt Mornington a hammer blow for the local club won championships in 2015 and 2016. In 2017 FV returned to promoting the champion teams from State 1 South-East and North-West and Mornington finished second to local rival Langwarrin just one point behind with a superior goal difference. Mornington finished third in 2018 and fifth in 2019 then came the pandemic-ravaged seasons of 2020 and 2021. Ironically Mornington played 13 games in 2021 and when FV pulled the plug on all competitions that season the Seagulls sat on top of their league. For the past four seasons Mornington has finished fourth, third, seventh and third. Last week Mornington played two of three catch-up games the first against Collingwood City on Tuesday at Knox Regional Football Centre then it played Banyule City on Saturday at Centenary Park due to the continuing upgrade at its Dallas Brooks Park headquarters. Mornington turned on a dominant display against Collingwood and was good value for its 2-0 victory. The Seagulls got off to a flyer with Shaun Kenny opening the scoring in the 11th minute. Collingwood cleared from a corner but the ball fell invitingly for Kenny who rifled a stunning strike into the top corner. Buoyed by the opener Mornington took control and created a string of chances with the pressure paying off in the 42nd minute. Kieran Dover gained possession on the edge of the penalty area calmly placing his finish into the bottom cor-
Highs and lows: James Kelly (left) scored a superb goal against Banyule City while teammate Rhys Craigie was sent off just before half-time. Pictures: Darryl Kennedy
ner to make it 2-0. Collingwood City remained competitive and tested the Mornington defence with a handful of long-range efforts but the visitors controlled possession and territory for much of the opening 45 minutes. The second half followed a similar pattern and a combination of missed opportunities and determined defending from Collingwood kept the scoreline intact. To its credit Collingwood refused to give in and pushed hard in the closing stages. Its best opportunity came in the dying moments but Seagulls’ keeper Kane Runge produced a superb pointblank save to preserve his clean sheet and ensure Mornington returned home with all three points. On Saturday in front of a bumper crowd Mornington drew 1-1 with Banyule City but played the entire second half with 10 men after midfielder Rhys Craigie was cautioned for a second time just before half-time. Banyule started brightly and put Mornington under early pressure but it was the home side that struck first with a moment of individual brilliance in the eighth minute.
A superb move from the back saw Dover clip a ball forward into the path of James Kelly who took one touch before smashing a stunning finish into the net with his weaker foot. Banyule continued to threaten on the break and created several opportunities and Mornington had Runge to thank for its half-time lead when he pulled off a superb save to keep his side in front. Just before the interval Craigie was sent off and momentum was decidedly in Banyule’s favour and two minutes into the second half the visitors struck. Evan Christodoulou’s toe-poked finish from the edge of the area left Mornington in a precarious position. But the Seagulls showed tremendous character with some outstanding blocks and committed defending as they worked tirelessly to protect a point. Lachie Candy was introduced and immediately provided an attacking outlet on the break creating chances and causing problems for the Banyule defence. He came agonisingly close to winning it for Mornington late on when hitting the post in the final minutes. After the match Mornington gaffer
Adam Jamieson conceded that Banyule had been the better side. “I thought we played quite poorly when we had 11 players and we looked very leggy after playing on the Tuesday,” he said. “Having said that I thought the boys worked their butts off in the second half and to get a point with the 10 men was enormous in fact we had a couple of chances to pinch it at the end.” Mornington’s remaining games are against Old Scotch (H), Hampton East Brighton (H), South Springvale (A) and Doveton (A). Both home matches will be played at Civic Reserve. The last three games will be played within seven days and Jamieson is likely to be forced into rotating his starting 11. “It’s a massive ask but it’s within our capabilities,” he said. “We probably have to win all four games.” Currently Mornington is in second spot three points clear of Beaumaris and Banyule with Boroondara Eagles a further point behind. The Seagulls have a vastly superior goal difference compared to the chasing pack and this may prove decisive
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as the State 1 season draws to an exciting climax. THIS WEEK’S GAMES Friday 14 August, 8.30pm Collingwood City v Skye Utd, Kevin Bartlett Reserve Lilydale Montrose Utd v Aspendale, Keith Hume Fraser Reserve Cleeland Utd v Mount Martha, Thomas P Carroll Reserve Saturday 15 August, 3pm Mornington v Old Scotch, Civic Reserve Peninsula Strikers v Chisholm Utd, Centenary Park Monash University v Baxter, Monash University Playing Fields Somerville Eagles v Mount Waverley City, Westernport Athletics Track Templestowe Wolves v Seaford Utd, Donvale Reserve Mentone v Mount Eliza, Mentone Grammar Playing Fields Saturday 15 August, 6pm Rosebud v Riversdale, Olympic Park Frankston Pines v Brighton, Monterey Reserve Sunday 16 August, 2pm Western Utd v Langwarrin, Ironbark Fields Chelsea BYE
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