A PASSIONATE 80 years of community service has been celebrated, as CFA members from Main Ridge Fire Brigade gathered with friends and family to mark the occasion.
In lieu of their postponed 75th celebrations, more than 50 people met at Merricks General Wine Store on Saturday 16 May for a brigade dinner to acknowledge the remarkable achievement and present service awards to long-standing members.
Main Ridge Fire Brigade Captain Matt Gallace opened the night and said it was a fantastic opportunity to come together on a more formal occasion to celebrate the milestone together.
“It was really nice to get together outside of the day-to-day training and jobs to take a look back at what we’ve achieved, what we’re here for, and the friendships we’ve made,” Matt said.
Main Ridge Fire Brigade was formed in 1946 to service the needs of the surrounding area, with 29 founding members equipped with knapsacks, 100-gallon tanks, slashers, beaters, a cross-cut saw, axes and fire hoses. Now, 36 members attend approximately 60 incidents annually.
Partnership to tackle rising wildlife road toll
Raia Flinos
raia@mpnews.com.au
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has partnered with Wildlife Victoria in a new three-year initiative aimed at reducing wildlife road tolls across the peninsula.
The partnership was formed through Wildlife Victoria’s Wildlife Roadtoll Action Program (WRAP) and will provide council with detailed multiyear data analysis identifying wildlife collision hotspots and trends.
The program is designed to help guide mitigation strategies to reduce the number of native animals being struck on local roads as well as improving safety outcomes for drivers.
Wildlife Victoria’s Roadtoll Action Program Manager, Anna Tran, said the program reflects a growing need for coordinated action as wildlife collisions continue to increase.
“We’re looking to address wildlife collisions with Mornington Peninsula Shire Council under the banner of the Wildlife Roadtoll Action Program,” said Tran.
“WRAP is a preventative initiative aimed at reducing wildlife vehicle collisions and we provide data analysis and insight to local councils across the state to help them to address the collision issue.”
Under the agreement, Wildlife Victoria will analyse years of emergency response data to pinpoint collision hotspots and identify patterns and
trends in wildlife road trauma across the peninsula.
“The trends from that data will be used to understand and develop the most appropriate mitigation strategies for the area and for wildlife that call the peninsula home,” said Tran.
Wildlife Victoria reports vehicle collision cases on the peninsula have risen by approximately 135% in the last five years. Kangaroos are the species most affected by road accidents in the area.
She said urban development and habitat loss were key factors behind the increase as native animals are being pushed closer to roads and residential areas.
“That doesn’t mean that we can’t develop and continue to grow,” said Tran.
“But wildlife does need to be considered in urban development in order to reduce the impact of human wildlife interactions like wildlife vehicle collisions.”
She said addressing the problem would require approaches that target driver behaviour and wildlife behaviour.
“A combination of strategies is likely to be most effective,” said Tran.
Potential solutions could include wildlife road signage, community engagement and education, fencing, and wildlife crossings such as bridges or glider poles.
“I think that it’s very important to address change at a systemic level,” said Tran.
“So, we are very much advocating
for legislation changes at a state level and we’re also leaning on our partnerships with the Department of Transport and Planning to impact change on state owned roads and at that state level.”
This comes alongside the shire approving a motion to work towards a Wildlife Master Plan following growing community concern around habitat loss, wildlife protection, and increasing road tolls (Council backs new wildlife push for peninsula, The News 19/05/26).
Residents are encouraged to drive cautiously and pay attention to signage, particularly around dusk and dawn when wildlife is most active. Wildlife Victoria can be contacted on 8400 7300 day or night to report any wildlife in need.
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CFA brigades target fuel loads at Arthurs Seat
CFA VOLUNTEERS from six Mornington Peninsula brigades joined a candling operation at Arthurs Seat on 14 May as part of an ongoing statewide push to reduce bushfire risk ahead of the next fire season.
Members from Main Ridge, Red Hill, Flinders, Mt Martha, Rye and Balnarring Fire Brigades took part in the hazard reduction burn along Pindara Rd, working alongside Mornington Peninsula Shire to reduce fire risk around Arthurs Seat and neighbouring residences and businesses.
CFA planned burn operations officer, Graeme Briggs, and CFA commander, Nick Bryant, said the operation demonstrated the value of collaboration between CFA and local government.
“It has been a working example of interoperability and collaboration between CFA and local government,” said Bryant.
“We are very active in this space for community safety and fire prevention.”
CFA District 8 vegetation management officer, Heath Bunting, said candling operations are used to remove excessive stringy bark fuel loads from trees.
“Through these practices, the tree itself burns the stringy bark off and collapses onto the ground, removing the fuel load from the tree,” said Bunting.
“Reducing fuel decreases the impact of bushfires by lowering its intensity and devastating effects. Lower intensity also makes it easier for firefighters to control a bushfire.”
Since June 2025, CFA has completed 170 burning operations across
2,876 hectares statewide, exceeding planned burning and fuel treatment targets for the past two years.
CFA deputy chief officer Alen Slijepcevic said strategic burns have proven their value in recent fire seasons.
“Our strategic burns have allowed CFA firefighters to contain pockets of a fire at the roadside instead of having the fire jump a road and continue to spread to adjoining properties,” said
Slijepcevic.
“We saw this throughout the bushfires in 2024-25 in the Cavendish area.”
Since 9 March 2026, more than 29,600 private burn-offs have been registered as landowners prepare for next season. The CFA also delivers non-burning fuel reduction activities including grass slashing and mulching where appropriate.
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Independent Hutchison won’t contest poll in November
Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au
INDEPENDENT candidate in the May 2 Nepean by-election, Tracee Hutchison, has announced she will not be contesting the November 2026 state election.
After the by-election, Hutchison announced she would re-contest in November. Her decision to now not run came after reassessing her capacity to mount another campaign so quickly off the back of the May 2 by-election.
Hutchison ended up third in the first preference battle with 8533 votes (21.05% of the primary vote), with One Nation’s Darren Hercus (9941votes: 24.52%) and Liberal Anthony Marsh (15682 votes: 38.68%) polling higher.
Hutchison moved into second place in the two-candiate-prefered race, after the distribution of preferences. In the end, in Hutchison held 14903 votes (36.76%), with Marsh holding 25642 votes (63.24%).
Marsh, although attracting 3932 less primary votes for the Liberals than in the 2022 state election, ended up lifting the Liberal’s margin in the seat from 6.68% under Groth to 13.24% after the by-election.
“Our by-election campaign was all about doing politics differently. Full of hope and belief that people-powered politics can make a big impact. And we did. Finishing second with 37% 2CP, from a 21% primary vote achieved in an eight-week campaign, is unprecedented for an independent
in Nepean. But the campaign was brutal, and I welcome the Victorian Electoral Commission interest in campaign behaviour,” said Hutchison.
“Voting is compulsory, so there is an obligation to ensure participation
in that process is safe for everyone involved; voters and candidates. I know politics is a tough game, I’ve reported on it as a journalist for decades, but to see voters caught in cross-party abuse and mistruths about candidates as they entered the
polling booth undermined what our privilege to vote should be about.”
Hutchison paid tribute to her many supporters, volunteers, the Indies for MP and voters who put her number one on their ballot paper, citing her strong result in Nepean as proof the
failure of two-party politics is driving voters to other options.
“I’m really proud of the campaign we ran. We never once went low, and I’m humbled and grateful for the belief and trust Nepean voters placed in me at the ballot box,” said Hutchison.
“We proved that a genuine grassroots community-led campaign can have a huge impact, and we’ve sent a strong message that the major parties are on notice.
“There’s been a steady build in support for state and federal independent candidates in the last few elections cycles on the Mornington Peninsula. I acknowledge those who have come before me and look forward to seeing that momentum continue.
“Right now, I’m looking forward to going back to my job at Southern Peninsula Community Support advocating for people in crisis, continuing my involvement with local environment and climate action campaigns, championing our brilliant creative community, our world-class tourism operators and showing up for the community I live in, work in, vote in and love – which I’ve been doing for many years.”
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TRACEE Hutchison speaks to media at the Rosebud pre-poll centre. Picture: Yanni
Push for stronger green wedge cooperation
Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire have unanimously backed a proposal for stronger regional cooperation on environmental and planning protection for Melbourne’s green wedge councils.
At the 12 May council meeting, councillors voted in favour of establishing a new regional advocacy alliance aimed at giving councils a stronger voice on environmental and planning issues.
The “Green Wedge Councils Planning Alliance” would see Melbourne’s 17 green wedge councils come together for coordinated advocacy and information.
The motion, moved by Cr David Gill and seconded by Cr Max Patton, also included the release of a progress report on the shire’s Green Wedge Management Plan 2019.
Councillors were in agreement that annual updates should continue “so any outstanding action items can be considered for funding and/ or resourcing as part of council’s annual budget process”.
Green wedges are non-urban areas surrounding Melbourne that were established to create a buffer between urban development and rural land.
Gill said green wedge land is extremely valuable to the peninsula and requires regional cooperation to protect it. He said he was impressed by the officers’ report and the suggestion for yearly reviews.
“This is a great report,” said Gill.
“It talks about how we manage the green wedge, how we protect the green wedge, how we live within the green wedge and have liveability in the green wedge whilst we still look after all the environmental factors and other parts of this that are so concerning to people that live here.”
As part of the motion, all green wedge councils will be invited to co-sign a joint letter to the Minister for Planning “urging prompt implementation of the actions outlined in the State Government’s Planning for Melbourne’s Green Wedges and Agricultural Land Action Plan 2024 in consultation with all 17 green wedge councils”.
“Councils speaking with one voice to state and federal government really gets traction that we can’t achieve alone,” said Patton.
“Despite 17 councils across 12 green wedge areas all facing exactly the same pressures and all fighting the same battles and losing and winning some, there’s no unified voice.”
Patton also noted the growing amount of application for places of worship in green wedge spaces and said he believes it is a result of elevated land prices in urban areas.
“I think it’s so important that we advocate as a group of councils to stress that when state government is rolling out these growing suburbs they need to specifically plan for places of worship within new developments to help mitigate this issue,” said Patton.
This decision reflects increasing concern among councils regarding the future of green wedge areas and long-term planning pressures across Melbourne’s outer regions.
“Annual council budgets processes in the green wedge, that’s where the problem is,” said Gill.
“Hopefully, we can overcome those problems and look at the future of the Mornington Peninsula when we consider budgets and consider why we have the green wedge and how valuable it is.”
If adopted by the other councils, the Green Wedge Councils Planning Alliance could play a key role in future debates around urban growth, agricultural land protection, and environmental sustainability across Victoria.
Ambulance Victoria targets quicker responses
AMBULANCE response times on the Mornington Peninsula have improved by more than one minute for urgent callouts in the last year.
Ambulance Victoria released its response time data for 1 January to 31 March 2026 last week. The average “Code 1” response time on the Mornington Peninsula was 14 minutes and 48 seconds, a healthy improvement on the 15 minute and 56 second average during the same period of 2025. The average during the final quarter of 2025 was 15:04.
During the first quarter of 2026, 66.8 percent of ambulances responded to Code 1 callouts on the Mornington Peninsula within 15 minutes. In the first quarter of 2025, that figure stood at 62 percent.
In the Frankston municipality, Code 1 response time averaged 13:45, with 73.7 percent of callouts responding within 15 minutes. While those figures are marginally worse than the January-March period in 2025, they are an improvement on the final quarter of last year.
In the Kingston municipality, average response time for Code 1 callouts between 1 January and 31 March of this year was 15:09. The average response time was higher than the preceding quarter, but more ambulances responded within 15 minutes.
Ambulance Victoria targets a 15-minute response time to Code 1 callouts for 85 percent of incidents statewide. Victorian paramedics responded
to 66.4 per cent of Code 1 cases within 15 minutes between January and March this year.
Ambulance Victoria executive director of regional operations, Michael Georgiou, said that the statewide average response time to the Code 1 cases was 12 seconds faster in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the final quarter of 2025. “The quicker response times are thanks to the incredible efforts of our hard-working crews who are clearing hospital more than five minutes faster than a year ago,” he said. “When we leave hospital faster, we can get back out into the community faster –and that means better outcomes for patients facing critical life-threatening emergencies.
“AV’s Triage Services team — staffed by nurses and paramedics — also plays a vital role by connecting people with the right care and freeing up ambulances for life-threatening emergencies. From January to March, 49,508 people who did not need an emergency ambulance were instead connected to more appropriate care by our expert Triage Services team. And our Medium Acuity Transport Service (MATS) crews are also freeing up more ambulances to respond to the most critically ill patients. These crews have attended more than 127,000 cases since hitting the road in September 2021.
“At AV, we continue to lead the way in patient satisfaction and emergency care, including the best cardiac arrest survival rates in Australia and second best anywhere in the world.”
Frankston Council briefed on ‘intelligence gathering’ risk
Brodie Cowburn brodie@mpnews.com.au
FRANKSTON Council officers have been briefed by federal government departments about the risk of “intelligence gathering” ahead of a planned visit from an overseas delegation.
A delegation from the Wuxi Municipal People’s Government in China is scheduled to visit Frankston later this year. The visit will mark the 15-year anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Wuxi and Frankston.
At their most recent public meeting, Frankston councillors approved spending up to $4000 from its sister cities budget on formalities, with most of the money to be spent on a formal reception event at Frankston Arts Centre.
The report on the matter prepared by council officers and published in the meeting agenda noted that the departments of Home Affairs, and Foreign Affairs and Trade, had met with council officers to discuss the visit. The officers’ report read “council officers were briefed by DFAT and Home Affairs in March 2026 on the Foreign Arrangements Scheme, which aims to create consistency across all levels of government. DFAT and Home Affairs also highlighted the importance of being mindful of community interference when managing international relationships, with mayors, councillors and business chambers being considered easy targets for intelligence gathering; and [recommended that the] mayor and councillors don’t engage with international representatives without council officers present.”
The published agenda pointed councillors towards online portals set up by DFAT, ASIO, and Home Affairs covering Sister and Friendship Cities. The agenda read that the “ASIO portal has clear guidance on gift giving/receiving”.
Cr Kris Bolam visited Frankston’s sister cities, including Wuxi, on a ratepayer-funded overseas trip while he was mayor last year. He said the mention of ASIO in the public agenda has put the sister city relationship at risk.
“The message in this report is akin to welcoming someone into your home while simultaneously whispering to the neighbours—in a loud voice—that the guest might steal the silverware,”
Cr Bolam said. “In my view, this contradiction is counterintuitive. Greater care needs to be taken with future public reports, especially where there is the potential for unhelpful, indirect insinuations.”
The motion voted on at the Frankston Council meeting also approved “expenditure of up to $500 from the existing Sister Cities budget towards ceremonial gifts for inbound delegation attendees from Wuxi Municipal People’s Government, including the Wuxi Municipal People’s Government Mayor and Wuxi Municipal People’s Government Vice Mayor.”
Although all present councilors voted in favour of the sister city budget allocation, Cr Michael O’Reilly told the meeting that he disagreed with the concept entirely. He said “I think sister cities are a complete and utter waste of money, and they’re ridiculous, and they should be gotten rid of altogether.”
“If sister cities are so great, why doesn’t every council have them? And why do we only have four? Why don’t we have 50 if they’re such great things? They’re ridiculous, they’re a waste of money, and this is why we have a budget that we can’t afford everything,” Cr O’Reilly said.
Cr Brad Hill spoke in favour of the motion; he said “we have some longstanding relationships, and I think they’ve resulted over the years in some terrific outcomes.”
“We have relationships between our schools and overseas schools. We have a relationship between our business chamber and overseas business chambers. And honestly, I think the returns are much greater than we have put in. I think that’s pretty clear,” Cr Hill said.
Cr Bolam’s overseas trip last year cost ratepayers a little over $8000. Between 23 September to 11 October the former mayor visited Shanghai and Wuxi in China; Lincoln, Wichita, and Washington DC in the USA; Suva in Fiji; and Susono and Tokyo in Japan.
A report presented to Frankston councillors after Cr Bolam returned read that the trip had a “conservatively estimated total economic impact of $26.21 million and an ROI of 326,423.39%.” (Overseas junket a ‘success’ - mayor, The News 25/11/26)
Wildlife advocate quits Arthurs Seat Eagle reference group
Sarah Halfpenny sarah@mpnews.com.au
A PENINSULA wildlife advocate has resigned from the Arthurs Seat Eagle Local Community Reference Group (LCRG), saying he could not be part of a process that pressured him to frame wildlife displacement as a positive outcome.
Craig Thomson, president of Save Kangaroos on Mornington Peninsula (SKOMP) and a wildlife rescuer with more than 25 years’ experience, withdrew from the group following the March meeting, citing disrespect toward him and what he describes as the dismissal of wildlife welfare concerns.
“Clearing vegetation in a state park kills wildlife. It displaces wildlife. It fragments habitat. It destroys kangaroo songlines. And no amount of corporate PR can change that,” Thomson said in a statement released on 13 May.
The LCRG was established by Arthurs Seat Eagle to facilitate community involvement in its planned upgrade of the Arthurs Seat State Park site, which includes a proposed luge ride. Thomson joined the group to advocate for wildlife.
“I joined to get a better understanding of the project and to advocate about the pressures wildlife face in the immediate area,” said Thomson. He said the March meeting was a turning point, describing a failure by the group to engage seriously with his evidence about wildlife impacts, including the risks of translocation and the threat of increased vehicle collisions along wildlife corridors.
“No matter how many times they asked for a positive outcome, my answer would not change unless they expected me to change my values.
“I actually asked the group what they think happens to wildlife when removed from their home. Only to be looked at like I was speaking a different language by the vast majority,”
Thomson told The News
Thomson said his wildlife welfare concerns were also absent from the published meeting notes. He said the notes instead included a comment that community members do not understand planning decisions.
“The minutes or meeting notes for March failing to address this discussion about wildlife welfare is a reflection of this,” he said.
Fellow LCRG member, Lysette Ashford, who is also a representative of community group Save Our Seat, said she witnessed the March meeting and backed Thomson’s account of what occurred.
“He was explaining the very unpalatable and unattractive reality of how this works... how it sounds nice on paper, it doesn’t work that way... and everyone present, except for me, just didn’t want to hear what he was saying,” said Ashford.
Ashford said the chair of the meeting failed to intervene when Thomson was being spoken over.
“There can be all sorts of robust discussion around the table, but when a clear line in the terms of reference is bringing community concerns, and the community concerns we bring in are not only sidelined or not answered but shut down, that’s not okay,” said Ashford.
Ashford confirmed that both Thomson and herself were selected for the group by Arthurs Seat Eagle from a field of expressions of interest, with their community affiliations and backgrounds known to the company at the time.
“They chose us to be on that group. We didn’t insist. We were chosen amongst, I think, a few dozen applications,” she said.
In his statement, Thomson raised concerns about the broader environmental impact of the proposed luge, including habitat fragmentation, increased road risk for kangaroos and the fate of species such as the Southern Toadlet, which at just 5cm in size is unlikely to be detected by wildlife salvage crews during vegetation clearing.
He also pointed to the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action’s own warnings that wildlife translocation programs have a high failure rate and that even non-threatened species should not be moved, with the risks often not outweighing the benefits.
“The only positive outcome for wildlife is not to build the luge,” Thomson said.
Thomson described the proposal as the second time Arthurs Seat Eagle has sought to remove native vegetation in the state park, saying the first was the construction of the base and summit gondola stations. He said the company’s long lease and what he described as an open-ended interpretation of the National Parks Act raised concerns about the scope of future development.
Arthurs Seat Eagle CEO, Matthew Mulkearns, rejected Thomson’s
Flinders community celebrates new outdoor gym
FLINDERS community has welcomed a new outdoor fitness facility at Central Park on Cook Street with Flinders Community Outdoor Gym now open and available for public use.
The project represents a milestone for local health, wellbeing, and connection, delivering a free, accessible fitness space designed for all ages and abilities.
The initiative was led by Flinders Community Association, whose volunteers played a central role in the vision, fundraising, and project management. They worked alongside local businesses, community groups, and individuals, as well as Mornington Peninsula Shire and the Community Bank Balnarring and District.
The gym is positioned within a natural park setting and encourages residents and visitors to participate in regular physical activity while enjoying the outdoors.
Committee member Chris Jaegar played a key role in the project. He acknowledged the collective effort behind the facilities and the impact it can have on the community.
“Outdoor exercise is not just about fitness—it’s about feeling better, thinking clearer, and connecting with our surroundings,” said Jaegar.
“We are thrilled to provide a space that sup-
ports both physical and mental wellbeing.”
On 22 May, a launch event featured live demonstrations of equipment by volunteers and suppliers, showcasing how the design helps support strength, mobility, and general fitness for users of all abilities. Attendees were able to explore the facility and learn how to use the equipment safely and effectively.
The gym is designed to remove financial barriers and offers an alternative to indoor fitness centres. Community organisers said accessibility is a key feature of the project and they wanted to ensure cost is not a limiting factor in physical activity participation.
Research shows outdoor exercise can improve mood, reduce stress, and enhance overall wellbeing. There are currently more than 300 similar facilities nationwide, with Flinders the most recent community to join the growing movement of active public spaces.
Following the launch, guests were invited to continue celebrations at Flinders Hotel, where drinks and refreshments were provided. The gathering offered an opportunity to acknowledge the many volunteers, donors, and supporters who contributed to the project.
characterisation of the March meeting and its notes.
“Craig has never spoken of feeling pressured to adopt any view other than his own and our meeting recordings/ minutes are evidence of this,” Mulkearns said.
Mulkearns said meeting notes were distributed to all members after each session for amendments or additions, and that Thomson had never suggested his comments were misrepresented.
On the wildlife question, Mulkearns said the company shared concerns about local ecology and had made deliberate design decisions to protect and restore wildlife habitats and maintain animal movement corridors, with luge placement strategically considered for this outcome.
He said the landscaping strategy would introduce thousands of indigenous seedlings and plantings and restore vegetation lost on the escarpment, with a fellow LCRG member – described as having expertise in indigenous horticulture – set to help lead that work.
On the approvals process, Mulkearns said the project had undergone a two-year process involving multiple independent expert reports covering areas including ecology, cultural heritage, bushfire, acoustics, traffic, arboristry and environmental sustainability.
“The Arthurs Seat Eagle claims it has ‘listened’ by shortening the luge and reducing vegetation removal. That is not environmental stewardship. It is evidence that our environmental laws are failing. Laws that should protect parks, not enable their commercial exploitation,” said Thomson.
Thomson said SKOMP would continue to oppose the project and support Save Our Seat’s campaign to have it stopped.
“SKOMP will continue to speak out about this poor decision every opportunity we get,” he said.
The group also runs weekly Sunset with the Kangaroos walks and talks at Seawinds Gardens on Saturday evenings, a wildlife ecotourism initiative Thomson said demonstrated an alternative economic model for the park that did not require habitat destruction.
Arthurs Seat State Park is listed as an IUCN Category III protected area, designating it as a site focused on prominent natural features and associated ecology. Thomson cited this classification in questioning whether the approvals process gave sufficient weight to conservation values over economic considerations.
“This luge proposal is not progress. It is not tourism. It is not community benefit. It is habitat destruction inside a state park – and it must be stopped,” Thomson said in his 13 May statement.
In a separate letter to Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny, Thomson called on the government to explain how the luge permit was consistent with the park’s international conservation listing, noting that the premier’s announcement of the project emphasised economic and job creation benefits.
“The focus of state and national parks are the protection of flora and fauna, not economics and jobs,” Thomson wrote.
At the time of publication, Thomson had not received a response from the minister.
Council approves accommodation plans for Green Olive
Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire
has approved plans for a new host farm accommodation development at Green Olive at Red Hill.
Councillors voted 8-1 at the 12 May council meeting to support the planning permit application for the “Green Olive Escape Host Farm Accommodation” proposal.
The development includes four accommodation villas, a 56 panel solar system, extensions to the existing gravel access track, and the removal of 36 trees. The approval of the permit is subject to strict conditions relating to wastewater management, vegetation protection, biodiversity offsets, and bushfire management.
Cr Stephen Batty, who moved the motion, said the proposal “represents far more than simply four accommodation villas”.
“It’s about supporting a genuine working farm on the Mornington Peninsula and recognising the important role agritourism plays in the long term sustainability of farming within our green wedge,” said Batty. He said the farm has helped place the peninsula on the “nation and international tourism map”, attracting between 30,000 to 40,000 visitors per year while employing seven full-time staff and up to 30 casuals in peak periods.
“That level of visitation and economic activity provides substantial benefits not only to the business itself, but to the broader Mornington
Peninsula economy through tourism hospitality and local employment,” said Batty.
He said the plan is a thoughtful approach that balances tourism with the viability of agriculture.
“The ability to provide on-site accommodation is essential to delivering a true immersive and holistic farm experience,” said Batty.
“In my view, the proposed accommodation is not simply an addition to the farm, it’s a necessary component of a sustainable agritourism business model that supports regional tourism,
local employment and the ongoing preservation of family farming traditions.”
Cr David Gill opposed the motion and said it highlighted broader issues with host farm developments on the green wedge.
“This is a continuation of host farms as an opportunity to have accommodation in the green wedge on viable farmland through loopholes in the planning scheme,” said Gill.
He also raised concerns regarding Melbourne Water’s objection to the proposal and the environmental
impacts associated.
“The proposal will have an unacceptable impact on biodiversity values,” said Gill.
Cr Michael Stephens said he appreciates the “detailed consideration given to the issues raised by Melbourne Water” and noted the importance of all concerns being properly addressed as part of the assessment process.
Stephens also expressed concerns regarding vegetation removal, emphasising council’s responsibility to carefully examine any removal of native vegetation. He said he felt conflicted
as the proposal does technically fulfill the necessary requirements and therefore would likely be unsuccessful if challenged.
Cr Patrick Binyon said he initially had concerns regarding the “loosely worded” definition of the host farm but ultimately backed the decision due to the confirmation that villa three would be constructed to universal accessibility standards.
“Accessible tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in Australia,” said Binyon.
“Universal design benefits everyone- not only people with disability, but older Australians, parents with prams, people recovering from injury, and visitors with temporary mobility challenges.”
Cr Max Patton said the proposal highlighted the need for a broader review of green wedge planning controls.
“I think we need to consider the strategic pathways for getting better outcomes on the green wedge,” said Patton.
Under the approved permit, the accommodation can only operate while agricultural activities continue on the property. The development remains subject to a 28-day appeal period and must meet a range of planning, environmental, and building permit conditions before construction can begin.
SEA WOLVES HOWL MAKES A SPLASH
A POWERFUL local story inspired by resilience, community and the healing force of nature is set to make waves this winter, as Sea Wolves Howl arrives at Cube 37 at Frankston Arts Centre this July.
Created by the all-female and gender-fluid theatre collective 60% Water, the production brings to life the true story of the Mount Martha Sea Wolves — a group that began during Melbourne’s 2020 lockdown, when two women met on a beach and sparked a ritual that quickly grew into a community of more than 60 members.
Blending theatre with song, the performance follows five characters as they journey from home to shoreline, sharing deeply personal stories. Their daily ritual — icy swims at dawn, holding hands and howling like wolves — becomes a powerful metaphor for confronting fear, embracing vulnerability and finding connection.
Drawn from interviews with real Sea
Wolves members, the work transforms lived experience into a vibrant mix of dialogue, music and movement. Stories of grief, illness and social isolation sit alongside moments of humour, courage and renewal, grounded in a strong sense of collective care.
The production has already attracted strong acclaim, with sold-out seasons at the Flinders Fringe Festival.
Featuring older female and gender-fluid performers — voices rarely centred on stage — Sea Wolves Howl offers a refreshing perspective on community life on the Mornington Peninsula.
At its heart, this is a story about stepping into the unknown together and emerging stronger for it.
Sea Wolves Howl will be performed at Cube 37, Frankston Arts Centre, on Thursday 9 July at 1pm and 7.30pm. Tickets are available at thefac.com.au
ONE of the villas planned for Green Olive. Picture: Supplied
Peninsula scoops three Tidy Towns honours
THE Mornington Peninsula has taken home three major honours at the 2026 Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns Awards, cementing the region’s reputation as a national leader in community-driven environmental action.
Held in Launceston on 17 May, the ceremony saw the peninsula recognised in the Circular Economy and Waste Reduction category and the Dame Phyllis Frost Local Hero Award, while also earning a Highly Commended in the Young Legends Award.
The Circular Economy and Waste Reduction win went to Shell Savers, a grassroots initiative that collects shellfish waste from local restaurants and hospitality businesses, cleans it using volunteers and transforms it into shellfish reefs. Working in partnership with OzFish, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council and Traditional Owner groups, Shell Savers is restoring a marine ecosystem that had been lost entirely, improving water quality and returning biodiversity to local waters.
The Dame Phyllis Frost Local Hero Award, which recognises individuals demonstrating outstanding commitment and measurable impact in environmental, sustainability or community initiatives, was jointly awarded to Douglas Multa from the Northern Territory, and Gidja Walker. Walker has spent more than 30 years protecting and restoring the natural environment of the Mornington Peninsula, safeguarding critical habitats and supporting threatened species through conservation, education and community leadership.
The Ngawak Biik Junior Ranger Program at The Briars received the Highly Commended in the Young Legends Award. The program – whose name means “Our Country” – is an Indigenous-led initiative that brings First Nations young people onto Country to learn land management, cultural practices and environmental stewardship from their community. Participation has exceeded expectations, with strong
improvements in engagement and attendance, and the program is creating pathways into future careers.
Keep Australia Beautiful CEO Val Southam said the program celebrated the real, often quiet work that keeps communities moving forward.
“Regional towns are stepping up in powerful ways. They’re not just protecting their environments, they’re showing what’s possible when resilience, purpose and local leadership come together for a better future,” said Southam.
TOMRA Cleanaway, national sponsor of the Tidy Towns Awards, has supported the program for more than five decades. CEO James Dorney
said the awards highlighted the breadth of sustainability leadership found in communities across Australia.
“These awards shine a spotlight on the extraordinary work happening in communities like the Mornington Peninsula right across the country, from major regional centres to very small towns doing big things,” said Dorney.
The peninsula was among six communities shortlisted for the 2026 national title, alongside Williams (WA), Ikuntji (NT), Orange (NSW), Huon Valley (TAS) and Cloncurry (QLD). Williams took out the overall national award.
Sarah Halfpenny
Library lockers set to extend borrowing hours
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has secured state government funding to install outdoor library lockers across the peninsula and is asking residents to help shape how and where they will be used.
The lockers will allow library members to collect reserved items and return borrowed materials 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without needing to visit a branch during staffed hours. Each locker includes a return chute for easy drop-off and is secure, weather-protected and remotely managed by library staff.
The service works in a similar way to Australia Post parcel lockers. Staff load a reserved item into an assigned locker and notify the patron when it is ready. The patron then uses their library card to access the locker at a time that suits them.
Acting mayor Paul Pingiaro said the lockers would extend library services beyond traditional opening hours.
“They offer greater flexibility for people with busy schedules or those who live further from a library branch,” said Pingiaro.
Council says the technology is designed to take library services further into the community, particularly for people who face challenges related to distance, mobility or time.
The shire is seeking community feedback to help shape the service, wanting to know how often people are likely to use the lockers and at what times, what types of materials they want to access, and where future lockers should be located, including which towns or community hubs would benefit most from improved access.
Residents have until 16 June to complete a short survey at shape.mornpen.vic.gov.au/ library-lockers-consultation
SHELL Savers took home a win in the Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns Awards. Picture: Supplied
Protests continue as RSPCA makes second seizure at Mt Eliza property
Sarah Halfpenny sarah@mpnews.com.au
COMMUNITY advocates say animals continue to suffer at a Moorooduc Hwy property in Mt Eliza, more than 12 months after peaceful protests began outside the site.
The RSPCA, accompanied by police, returned to the property on 11 May and seized an injured horse and a dog – the second seizure operation at the address since September last year, when 35 horses were removed (RSPCA seizes 35 horses in major operation at Mt Eliza property, The News 9/10/25).
An RSPCA Victoria spokesperson confirmed the September seizure of 35 horses was part of an active investigation that remains ongoing, and that no further information was available at this time.
Inspectors first attended the property in April 2025, responding to reports of underweight animals, and issued legal notices to comply under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986, attending more than 20 times to monitor compliance before executing a warrant in September.
The horse seized on 11 May had been nicknamed “Gunner” by protesters, who said his injured hind leg had been reported to the RSPCA continuously since September last year.
“The RSPCA came out on Monday about lunchtime with a police escort,” said Ashleigh, a local resident involved in the protest group.
“They seized one of the horses with an infection, which is great.”
A dog was also taken from the property.
“They actually saw the dogs, and they’ve taken one of the dogs,” said Ashleigh.
“It’s the first time the RSPCA has ever really shown any interest in the dogs.”
Protest spokesperson John Formby said the group understands a case is being built against the property owner, and that DEECA (the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action) had also been onsite to test the animals’ drinking water, although this could not be independently confirmed.
The protests, held on public land along Moorooduc Hwy, began in April 2025 after an anonymous post on a local Facebook page for horse owners – which has a membership of several thousand – asked whether anyone had reported concerns about the property.
About 100 comments followed, with many saying they had reported the situation without result, in some cases, according to Ashleigh, for more than a decade.
Protesters claim the property owner’s racing licence was stripped by Racing Victoria in 2016, after she was deemed not to be a fit and proper person to hold a training licence, with no adequate feeding or training plans in place for the horses.
The protests have continued fortnightly since around February this year, typically drawing between 10 and 30 people.
“The protest is normally in front of the property on public land on
Moorooduc Rd and uses signs,” said Formby.
“The protests are strictly peaceful and protesters do not engage directly with the owner even when she aggressively tries to engage us. Anyone who cannot follow the rules is asked to not attend.”
Formby said the group has no official name but is informally known as the Peaceful Protest Mt Eliza group, describing it as a grassroots collective of people from diverse backgrounds united by a concern for animal welfare.
“The strength of the group is that we are of very diverse backgrounds but with a common interest in animal welfare and a belief that we have a responsibility to act when confronted with cruelty,” he said.
Goats on the property have also been a source of ongoing concern for the group, with numbers said to have declined significantly over the past 12 months.
The property owner has not made any public response to the protests or the seizures, though Formby noted the owner had used legal avenues against individuals associated with the campaign.
Ashleigh said the group remains committed to continuing until all animals are removed from the property.
“We are grateful that the RSPCA has come back... to seize two more animals from the property, but we want to continue to get the message out there that animals continue to suffer and die here. It’s not over until every animal on this property is safe.”
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Friday June 5 - Monday June 8
Main St closed to traffic Sunday June 7th
7am-8pm
In-venue Performances
FRIDAY JUNE 5
FESTIVAL LAUNCH EVENT
Rattlers Saloon - 39 Main Street
Ben Mastwyk & His Millions
Upstairs Bar - 8pm to 11pm
Mr Paul’s Beer & Wine, 234 Main Street ROK WEB Music from 7.30pm
The Bay Hotel, 62 Main Street Soul Obsession Duo from 9pm
SATURDAY JUNE 6
Mr Paul’s Beer & Wine, 234 Main Street
Bruno and Dan Reggae Night from 7.30pm
The Bay Hotel, 62 Main Street
Andrew Sill, downstairs bar from 9pm DJ Aha, upstairs bar from 9pm Fusion Band, upstairs bar from 9.30pm
SUNDAY JUNE 7
Royal Hotel, Esplanade
The Marty Rose Band, from 3pm
The Bay Hotel, 62 Main Street
Tim Richards, downstairs bar from 6pm DJ MCB, upstairs bar from 9pm Rustic Sons Band, upstairs bar from 9.30pm
MONDAY JUNE 8
Down South Big Band from 2-4pm St Mark’s Uniting Church, 50 Barkly St Tickets at the door ($10 includes afternoon tea)
MON JUNE 1, WED JUNE 3 AND THURS JUNE 4
Mornington Peninsula Choral Festival Nightly performance: 7pm to 8.30pm Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Road Visit www.mpchoralfestival.com.au for details
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of interest
Tues 2 Jun 12pm
sold prior
Guide $1,100,000 - $1,200,000
2/12 Martin Street, Rosebud .
Flawless family home for bayside living
This impeccable home presents as new, and is ideal for families and entertaining. With dual living, kitchen, dining, private deck with awning, easy-care garden, plus 4BRs, 2.5bath, and ducted heating/ cooling. Flawless and inviting with superb hillside views, just a short walk to beach and shops.
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- $990,000
a 2 b 2 v 209r
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THIS rare opportunity to purchase a fully operational Short-Stay Accommodation provider on a walk in-walk out basis is an outstanding investment option perfect for you or your SMSF. Displaying a reliable trading history since 2021 averaging gross takings of approx. $85,000 per annum, this is one of Mornington's most popular AirBNB's with approx. 230 nights booked over the last 12 months. It's highly refined presentation coupled with a super convenient location within walking distance of Main Street and nearby beaches is key to its great appeal.
* Available for purchase fully furnished with all chattels to continue operating
* Fully modernised floorplan with two bedrooms and stylish open living & kitchen
HOME ESSENTIALS
* Double glazed windows, atmospheric gas log fire and split system A/C's throughout * 5 star hotel standard bathroom with double shower and spa with skylight for star gazing
* Private timber deck ideal for sunny alfresco drinks and BBQ's
* Remote garage with incorporated Euro laundry and deck access
ADDRESS: 1/56 Tanti Avenue, Mornington FOR SALE: $870,000 - $930,000 DESCRIPTION: 2 beds, 1 bath, 1 car
AGENT: Cameron McDonald - 0418 330 916, Jacobs and Lowe Estate Agents, 160B Main St, Mornington
* Two additional parking spaces (not on title)
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Stunning beachside retreat with pool
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Nelson Road, Tyabb.
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THURSDAY RICK STEIN’S AUSTRALIA
SBS, 7.30pm
Whether he’s at home in Cornwall or soaking up the sun at his Sydney residence, chef Rick Stein (left) rarely strays far from the ocean. However, for this tasty travelogue, the Englishman is leaving the coast behind and taking in Australian landscapes further inland. This week, Stein heads to New South Wales’ Riverina region. He’s keen to see how the area’s floodplains have become a food bowl for the entire nation, stopping by an emu farm, the De Bortoli winery and a “perfect” Italian bakery. This series proves to be a delicious detour.
CHINA WITH BEN FOGLE
SBS, 8.30pm
Since coming to prominence in the UK after a yearlong stint marooned in the Outer Hebrides for the BBC documentary Castaway 2000, adventurer Ben Fogle (right) has delighted in completing extreme feats, witnessing natural wonders and sharing his passion for environmental conservation in all manner of programs. In this three-part exploration, Fogle embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime journey across China, delving into 3000 years of history and discovering how the country rapidly transformed to become the global powerhouse it is today.
SATURDAY
SILENT WITNESS
ABC TV, 8.30pm
Crime doesn’t take a day off – not even for the nuptials of slow-burn lovebirds Jack Hodgson and Nikki Alexander (David Caves and Emilia Fox, both pictured) in this two-part season 28 finale. However, they are as dedicated to the job as they are each other. So as they investigate a mass shooting at a restaurant, they also discuss their wedding plans, dress choices and Jack’s search for a best man. It’s a delicate dichotomy that demonstrates how the couple’s relationship serves as a vital sanctuary from the horrors they see at work every day.
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With this daring entry, reality TV has officially jumped the shark. Four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus (pictured), Gold Logie winners Scott Cam and Lynne McGranger, NRL legend Sam Thaiday, actor Matt Nable and influencer Tammy Hembrow are about to come face-to-face with one of the ocean’s greatest predators. With the aim of demystifying these often-misunderstood creatures, the celebrities will be guided by former Australian navy diver and shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder, alongside researcher and photographer Annie Guttridge. Together, they will attempt a series of escalating challenges, working towards their ultimate goal: swimming outside a cage with tiger sharks.
Thursday, May 28
6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Rick Stein’s Australia. (PG) Rick Stein explores New South Wales’ Riverina region.
8.40 Titanic: Our Secret History. (PGa, R) Explores the epic tale of the Titanic 9.35 A Gentleman In Moscow. (Ma) The Count receives some devastating news.
10.30 SBS World News Late.
11.00 Under The Bridge. (MA15+l)
11.55 De Gaulle. (Ma, R) 2.50 Finding Your Roots. (PG, R) 3.50 My Unique B&B. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. St Kilda v Hawthorn. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews. 11.00 Kick Ons. A preview of the upcoming AFL matches. 11.30 Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack. (Malv) A man slashes a London bobby. 12.30 Brave New World. (Premiere, MA15+asv) 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Rugby League. NRL Women’s State Of Origin. Queensland v New South Wales. Game 3. 9.35 NRL Women’s State Of Origin Post-Match. Post-match wrap-up. 10.00 9News Late.
10.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+amv)
11.30 First On Scene. (Mah, R) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Fish Forever. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
Friday, May 29
ABC (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (10) NINE (9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Compass. (R) 10.30 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R) 11.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 12.00
ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Assembly. (R) 1.45 Bad Company. (M, R) 2.10 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG, R) 3.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 BBC News At Six. 8.30 France 24 English News. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 Legacy List. (PGa, R) 11.10 Making It. (PG, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Land Wars. (R) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. Advice for the home gardener.
8.30 Shetland. (Mv) The search is on for Ian, as Calder and Tosh dig into Annie and Bergen’s relationship.
10.50 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG, R)
11.40 Love Me. (Mls, R)
1.15 Rage New Music. (MA15+dhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Paul Merton: Driving Amazing Trains. Paul Merton travels on the Glacier Express.
8.30 China With Ben Fogle. Ben Fogle journeys through the heart of China.
9.50 Rock Legends: Simple Minds. (PGs, R) 10.15 SBS World News Late.
10.45 The King. (MA15+av)
11.40 Babylon Berlin. (Mav, R) 1.40 Syndrome E. (MA15+s, R) 3.35 Finding Your Roots. (PG, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. A lead-up to the Friday night AFL match. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 12. Carlton v Geelong. From the MCG. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match.
11.15 GetOn Extra. Lizzie Jelfs, Matt Hill, Simon Marshall and Brent Zerafa dive headlong into the weekend’s best racing.
11.45 To Be Advised.
1.20 Quacks. (MA15+dns)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Escape To The Chateau. A new year brings big changes as Dorothy designs a dreamy, cloud-inspired bedroom. While she settles into her sanctuary, Dick and Angel move into the Honeymoon Suite.
8.30 To Be Advised.
10.30 To Be Advised. 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)
6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace.
6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney.
7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (R) A couple must bring their house up to date.
8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.40 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) 11.30 10 News+. (R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 The Movie Show. 12.15pm DW The Day. 12.45 Red Flag: Music’s Failed Revolution. 2.05 Influencers Debate Masculinity. 3.00 Bamay. 3.40 BBC News At Ten. 4.10 France 24. 4.40 PBS News. 5.35 Inside The Huddle. 6.05 Over The Black Dot. 6.35 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 19. 1.35am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.45pm The Makery. 3.05 Play School. 4.05 Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 6.25 Paddington. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.55 BattleBots. 9.40 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.30 Merlin. 11.15 Late Programs.
NITV (34)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs.
11.05 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: The Darkside. (2013, PG) 1.40 Bigger & Blacker: Steven Oliver, My Life In Cabaret. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Nula. 5.55 Bamay. 6.30 Wildest Places: Great Barrier Reef. 7.30 MOVIE: Storm Boy. (2019, PG) 9.25 MOVIE: Backroads. (1977, MA15+) 10.25 Nula. 10.55 Late Programs.
Saturday, May 30
6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (PG) 12.00 Football. VFL. Round 10. Carlton v Geelong. From IKON Park, Melbourne. 3.00 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) 4.10 Shaun Micallef’s Going For Broke. (PG, R) 5.00 Australian Story. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R)
6.00 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R) Kath’s first husband moves back in.
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Death In Paradise. (Mv) A local women’s football match is cut short when the star player is found dead.
8.30 Silent Witness. (Final, MA15+av) When six people are slaughtered by an unknown gunman, Nikki and Jack must work against the clock to find the shooter. 10.15 Bergerac. (Mlv, R) Bergerac’s career is on the line as the case gets personal. 11.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Continuous music programming.
The Crow’s Egg. Continued. (2014, PG, Tamil) 7.35
The Most Beautiful Day In The World. (2019, PG, Italian) 9.35 Kindred. 11.25 The Thicket. (2024, M) 1.25pm Spear. (2015, M) 3.00 Another Country. (2015, PG) 4.25 The Snow Foxes. (2023, PG) 5.55 The Unknown Country. (2022, PG) 7.30 Haywire. (2011, M) 9.15 Looking Glass. (2017, MA15+) 11.10 Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal
6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Hot Roads: World’s Most Dangerous Roads. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 12.50 PBS News. 1.50 Who Do You Think You Are? (Malv, R) 2.55 Stories From The Cities. (PG) 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 19. Highlights. 5.30 Sinking The German Fleet. (PGav, R)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Jewels Of The Mediterranean: Ibiza. (PGaw) 8.25 Magical Train Journeys In Switzerland: From Lucerne Via Interlaken To Jungfraujoch. (Mn, R) A train journey from Lucerne to Jungfraujoch.
9.25 Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar: Passion. (Mal, R) Elizabeth Taylor challenges the studio system.
10.20 The Wonders Of Europe. (Mv, R) 11.20 Snowpiercer. (Mv, R) 2.05 Matched. (PG, R) 3.50 My Unique B&B. (PG, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School. 3.30 The Scarecrows’ Wedding. 4.30 Little J And Big Cuz. 5.05 Octonauts And Operation Deep Freeze. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.25 Emerald. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 Kids Baking C’ship. 8.10 Kids BBQ Championship. 8.55 Caper Crew. 9.15 Mr Bean: The Animated Series. 9.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.20 Abbott Elementary. 10.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 7.10 Hail, Caesar! (2016, PG) 9.10 The Snow Foxes. (2023, PG) 10.40 Haywire. (2011, M) 12.20pm
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Lord Mayors Cup, Bel Esprit Stakes and Queensland Derby. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) 6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 To Be Advised. 12.30 Destination WA. (R) 1.00 Explore TV Viking. (R) 1.30 Let’s Eat With George. (R) 2.00 Ready Vet Go: The Vet Paramedics. (PGalm, R) 2.30 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PGl,
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 8.00 Ooops! I Bought A Pub. (PG) Shane Jacobson buys a rundown country pub sight unseen and attempts to bring it back to life.
8.30 MOVIE: Gladiator. (2000, Mav, R)
A successful Roman general seeks revenge after he is betrayed and his family is murdered by the emperor’s heir. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen. 11.40 To Be Advised. 12.40 Devils. (MA15+av)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 It’s Academic. (R)
5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)
6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Dune. (2021, Mav, R) A young nobleman and his family accept stewardship over a dangerous planet. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac.
10.30 MOVIE: Species. (1995, MA15+hlsv, R) Scientists chase a half-alien girl who escapes from a laboratory, concerned she intends to breed. Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley.
12.30 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av, R)
1.30 Soccer. UEFA Champions League.
Final. Paris Saint-Germain v Arsenal.
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.30 The Dog House. (R) A biker hopes a miniature pinscher that lives life in the fast lane can be his new sidekick.
7.30 Selling Houses Australia. (Return, PG) The team helps a family of six that is bursting at the seams in a two-bedroom house.
9.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mad, R) NSW Ambulance crews race to a call for a slashed throat, perform life-saving CPR on teens, treat a suspected drug overdose at a brothel and rush to a potential stroke at a building site. 11.30 Elsbeth. (PGav, R) A filmmaker dies in a suspicious cleaning accident. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 The Movie Show. 12.15pm The Swiping Game. 12.35 Black Comedy In America. 2.25 Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.35 BBC News At Ten. 4.05 France 24. 4.35 PBS News. 5.35 Mastermind Aust. 6.35 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. 12.30am Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia Women. Stage 1. 3.00 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
Sunday, May 31
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 The Assembly. (R) 3.15 Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure. (PG, R) 4.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.
6.30 Compass: Gangs And God. (PG)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 The Assembly: Ian Thorpe. (Final, PGa) Students return to interview Ian Thorpe.
8.15 Bad Company. (Final, Ml) Opening Night of Le Paysan... arrives.
8.40 Bergerac. (Final, Mlv) Trapped and desperate, Bergerac must negotiate for his life while still drawing together the threads of the mystery.
9.40 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) A star football player is found dead.
6am Morning Programs. 10.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 11.00 World’s Greatest Sporting Arenas. (PG, R) 12.00 PBS News Compass Points. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike Championship. Round 4. 4.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 4.25 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. Highlights. 5.25 Marilyn Monroe: The Rise Of An Icon. (PG) 6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 2.30
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Hunt For The Last Nazis. (Malv) A look at Nazi war criminals hiding in Australia.
9.00 Mysteries Of Stonehenge: Secrets Of The Sun. (Mav, R) Takes a look at the prehistoric structure that is Stonehenge on England’s Salisbury Plain. 10.50 Pan Am: Rise And Fall Of An Aviation Icon. (PG, R)
11.50 The Fastest Bicycle. (Ml)
1.40 Matched. (R)
3.25 U-96, The True Story Of Das Boot. (PGaln, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School. 3.25 Bluey’s Big Play. 4.20 Dino Dex. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.25 Emerald. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 The Inbestigators. 7.45 Caper Crew. 8.05 Secrets At Red Rocks. (Final) 8.30 Animal Park. 10.00 Secrets Of The Zoo. 10.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)
6am Morning Programs. 1.35pm Faithless. 2.05 Jeopardy! 4.10 France 24. 4.40 PBS Washington Week. 5.05 PBS News Compass Points. 5.35 The Frontier. 6.30 Abandoned Engineering. 8.20 Travel Man. 8.50 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia Women. Stage 2. 11.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 21. 3.25am NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
6am The Snow Foxes. (2023, PG) 7.10 The Red Turtle. (2016, PG, No dialogue) 8.45 Trinity Is Still My Name. (1971, PG) 11.00 The Tracker. (2002, M) 12.50pm With Or Without You. (2021, M, Italian) 2.55 The Unknown Country. (2022, PG) 4.30 Hail, Caesar! (2016, PG) 6.30 Notorious. (1946, PG) 8.30 100 Yards. (2023, M, Mandarin) 10.30 Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997, M) 12.10am Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Over The Black Dot. 12.30 Inside The Huddle. 1.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Stage 12. Highlights. 2.00 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. 3.35 Piri’s Tiki Tour. (Return) 4.35 Stompem Ground. 5.10 Yothu Yindi Tribute Concert. 6.45 Wildest Places: Great Barrier Reef. 7.40 Aerial Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Journey Home, David Gulpilil. (2025) 10.10 MOVIE: Blackfellas. (1993, MA15+) 11.55 Late Programs. NITV (34)
Monday, June 1
Stage 21. Highlights.
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes: Jo Joyner. (PG) Robson Green and Jo Joyner go horse riding.
8.40 Ancient Greece By Train: Cyclades To Turkey. (PG, R) Professor Alice Roberts tours ancient sites.
9.35 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (M) Hosted by Greg Davies.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. West Coast v Essendon. From Optus Stadium, Perth. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match.
11.00 7NEWS Spotlight. (R)
12.10 A Friend Of The Family. (MA15+a, R)
1.10 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6am Morning Programs. 10.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 10.30
6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 Shark! (Premiere, PGal)
8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.
9.40 9News Late.
10.10 The First 48: What About Me/Last Round. (Mal, R) A mother of five is killed. 11.10 American Ripper: Blood And Bone. (Mav)
12.00 Oz Off Road TV. (PG, R) 1.00 Let’s Eat With George. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.30 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. (PG) Amateur cooks take to the kitchen. 8.15 Race Across The World. (Ml) The teams travel through Sumatra, enduring an ad-hoc transport system, limited accommodation options and virtually zero English spoken. 9.30 Taskmaster Australia. (PGal, R) Anisa Nandaula, Brett Blake, Celia Pacquola, Joel Creasey and Rove McManus
Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Sambre: Anatomy Of A Crime. (Mav) 12.05 Gomorrah. (MA15+s, R) 2.45 My Unique B&B. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.40 Expedition With Steve Backshall. 9.35 Chopped Jnr. 10.15 Kids Baking C’ship. 11.00 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The
Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Time Is Money. 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 7.30 Glenn And Mick’s Celebrity Intervention. (Madls) Hosted by Glenn Robbins and Mick Molloy. 8.40 9-1-1. (Mav) Following Athena’s shooting, the 118 gathers at the hospital awaiting news.
9.40 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
10.40 The Agenda Setters: Rugby League.
11.40 Happy’s Place. (PGadl)
12.10 New Amsterdam. (MA15+a, R)
1.10 The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Shark! (PGal) The celebrities complete an open water swim.
8.40 Footy Classified. (Ml) A team of footy experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies. 9.40 Players. (Ml) A look at all the AFL news. 10.40 9News Late.
100% Footy. (Mal)
Tipping Point. (PG, R)
Hello SA. (PG) 1.30
Tuesday, June 2
ABC (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (10) NINE (9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Planet America. (R) 11.00 Shaun Micallef’s Going For Broke. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 2.55 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.05 Archipelago New York. 11.05 Queen Victoria’s Royal Mob. (M, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 3.05 Going Places. (PG, R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia Women. Stage 3. Highlights.
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Shaun Micallef’s Going For Broke. (Final, PG)
8.50 Murder In The Skies: Who Downed MH17? (Final, PGa) The investigation closes in on those responsible. 9.35 Compass: Gangs And God. (PG, R)
10.05 If You’re Listening. (R) 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.45 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.05 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 12.55 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Who Do You Think You Are?
Aaron Pedersen. (PG) Actor Aaron Pedersen explores his roots. 8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchi takes a look at the terrible effects of dementia, which is now Australia’s biggest killer.
9.30 Dateline. International current affairs.
10.00 SBS World News Late.
10.30 Living Black. (R)
11.05 The Negotiator. (MA15+av)
11.55 Divided We Stand. (Mal, R)
2.40 My Unique B&B. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6am Morning Programs. 3pm Brady Vs Belichick: The Verdict. 4.00 WorldWatch. 6.00 Alone Finland. 6.50 Jeopardy! 7.45 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.40 The UnXplained. 10.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia Women. Stage 4. 12.50am The Swiping Game. 1.10 Curious Australia. 1.45 Under The Banner Of Heaven. 3.00 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.50pm Kangaroo Beach. 2.30 Daniel Tiger’s. 2.45 The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.40 Savage Builds. 9.25 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 9.50 BattleBots. 10.35 Merlin. 11.20 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)
6am
The Movie Show. 6.30 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 8.15 Cats. (2019, PG) 10.15 Confessions Of Felix Krull. (2021, M, German) 12.25pm Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997, M) 2.00 Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG) 4.00 Notorious. (1946, PG) 6.00 Rabbit-Proof Fence. (2002, PG) 7.40 My Uncle Jens. (2025, M, Norwegian) 9.30 Victoria & Abdul. (2017) 11.35 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Africa’s Underwater Wonders. 11.00 Living Black. 11.30 The Declaration. 12.15pm MOVIE: Walkabout. (1971) 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Africa’s Underwater Wonders. 7.30 The Point. 8.30 First Australians. 9.30 MOVIE: The Tracker. (2002, M) 11.15 Late Programs. NITV (34)
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Eden has second thoughts.
7.30 My Reno Rules. (Ma) Hosted by Dr Chris Brown.
9.15 House Of Wellness. (PG) A team of industry experts, media personalities and wellness advocates shares insights and experiences to highlight living well.
10.15 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
11.15 Ambulance: Code Red. (Mamv, R)
12.15 New Amsterdam. (MA15+a, R)
1.15 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PGl) Comedy panel show.
8.30 Explore TV: Western Australia. (Premiere) Six friends track an unforgettable journey across Australia’s largest state. 9.30 Footy Classified. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues.
10.30 9News Late.
11.00 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGl)
11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Building Ideas. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
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6.00 10 News+. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG) Amateur cooks take to the kitchen. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.10 Sports Tonight: The Weekly Kick Off. Takes a look at the world of soccer.
Wednesday, June 3
ABC TV (2) SBS (3)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Gruen. (PG) Presented by Wil Anderson.
8.35 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG) Presented by Guy Montgomery.
9.25 Urzila. (Final, Mdls) Urzila nit picks an assailant.
9.50 Bad Company. (Final, Ml, R)
10.15 Planet America. (R)
10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. (R) 11.20 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R) 12.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R)
5.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Wonders Of Volcanoes With Dara Ó Briain. (PGa, R) Dara Ó Briain embarks on a quest in Italy. 9.20 The Audacity. (MA15+a) Crises hit the Winter Forum and Winter Gala, grotesquely held in adjacent ballrooms.
10.30 SBS World News Late.
11.00 Rise Of The Raven. (MA15+av) 12.30 Golden Boy. (Mal, R) 1.25 Classified. (Mlv, R) 3.05 My Unique B&B. (R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
7TWO (72) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Hangover Part III. (2013, MA15+) 10.35 Seinfeld. 11.35 The 100. 12.25am
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 France 24 English News. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.05 Archipelago New York. 11.05 Queen Victoria’s Royal Mob. (M, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia Women. Stage 4. Highlights. 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Time Is Money. 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. (R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)
7.30 SAS: AUS v ENG. (M) The recruits try to traverse a high wire.
8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.
9.30 Unfiltered. (PG) Hosted by Hamish McLachlan.
Yorkshire Auction House. 6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 10. Men’s and women’s quarter-finals. Midnight Late Programs.
9News Morning. 12.00 The Hundred
Andy Lee. (PGl, R) 1.00 Explore TV: Western Australia. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Events That Changed Australia: The Fight For Marriage Equality. (Mav)
8.30 NRL Origin Story. Looks at the original “Origin” rule.
9.35 9News Late.
10.05 To Be Advised.
10.00 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
11.00 Australia: Now And Then. (Ma, R)
12.00 New Amsterdam. (MA15+a, R) 1.00 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
11.05 The Inheritance. (Final, Mav)
12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Destination WA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PGa, R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney.
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Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Inside The Huddle. 10.30 Mabo: Life Of An Island Man. 12.10am Late Programs. NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 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 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 House Of Wellness. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30
(2024) 10.30 Travel Man. 11.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia Women. Stage 5. 2am Under The
3.10 NHK
5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm PJ Masks Power Heroes. 1.50 Kangaroo Beach. 2.45 The Makery. 3.00 Play School. 4.05 Andy’s Prehistoric Adv. 4.40 Ariel. 5.30 Talking Tom Heroes. 5.55 PJ Masks. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.40 Steven Universe. 9.50 Pokémon: Diamond And Pearl. 10.30 Adv Time. 10.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am My Uncle Jens. (2025, M, Norwegian) 7.50 Victoria & Abdul. (2017) 10.00 King Of My Castle. (2024, M, French) Noon Oskars Kleid. (2022, M, German, Spanish) 2.00 Hotel Salvation. (2016, PG, Hindi) 3.55 Cats. (2019, PG) 6.00 Storm Boy. (1976, PG) 7.35 Dirty Dancing. (1987, M) 9.30 Shakespeare In Love. (1998, M) 11.45 Crash. (1996, MA15+) 1.35am Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.45pm Stompem Ground 2022: TSI Dancers. 2.00 Kriol Kitchen. 2.30
Political failure has left the Flinders Pier a dilapidated mess
I think its sort of encouraging that sounds coming out of Heritage Victoria and Parks/ Transport, sort of indicate (in a political sort of way), that work on the Flinders Pier has not stopped (Flinders pier future uncertain amid funding concerns, The News 12/5/26).
But after so many years some of the finer detail seems to have been lost.
During the Save the Pier days, so many years ago, nine different languages were being spoken along the pier.
Many of them came from western Melbourne like Yarraville.
Peninsula people, just think about that. How many of us from the peninsula go to Yarraville?
They arrived early morning for a day’s fishing: Mum, Dad, kids, grannies and a few uncles with the full day’s equipment.
At 8am, almost any day, snorkelling school children with their teachers suited up and joined “David Attenbough’s dragons ” under the pier.
But now, a dilapidated mess of fences and desolation, and a pier very literally different to what it was seven years ago.
Forgive me for asking how it’s possible to make such a dreadful mistake on the costing for Flinders Pier?
To get almost at the end , and then say, oops, no money. STOP. What a colossal waste of money.
All this while Dromana’s pier and forecourt achieves embellishment, not to mention other watery venues being enhanced in Port Phillip.
Forty-five thousand people signed a petition to save the Flinders Pier. They signed from all over Australia. We have all been let down.
Madam Premier, cant we get this mess finished?
Dr. Neil D Hallam (Marine Biologist), Flinders Biodiversity
Good news that Mornington Peninsula Shire is considering joining the growing trend to build biodiversity in suburban streets by replacing grass with native species for birds and insects (Nature strip greening push backed by councillors, The News 19/5/26).
But there are benefits for humans too – no mowing and a variety of flowering native plants to admire.
While it is a global trend, Rotary Clubs have typically led nature strip planting in Australia. With a local species list and thoughtful design, plantings can allow safe access to vehicles. Given there are 110 birds, 55 insects and over 1600 plants on Victoria’s threatened species list, putting biodiversity back into our nature strips is clearly needed.
Yvonne Parker, Portarlington Council conservation
It’s disappointing to read that the Allan government has yet to provide a wildlife plan for the Peninsula (Council backs new wildlife protection push for peninsula, The News 19/5/26).
On the upside, however, the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council looks set to implement a Wildlife Master Plan and is keen to embrace the green by rewilding nature strips (Nature strip greening push backed by councillors, The News 19/5/26).
Indigenous vegetation corridors are vital for native species to thrive, as are broader wildlife protection measures.
Across Australia, local councils are stepping up on environmental conservation when state and federal governments fall short. If we want future generations to experience Australia’s extraordinary natural heritage, the time for leadership is now.
Isabelle Henry, Ascot Vale
Protect our environment
It was interesting to read that twenty years ago, UNESCO granted the Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve status (Protect Western Port, Letters 19/5/26). Early accounts describe kangaroos “so plentiful that they resembled flocks of sheep”. Much of the peninsula originally supported she-oak forests, moonah woodland, wetlands and heathland. After the 1840s, extensive clear-
ing for grazing, orchards, timber and fuelwood dramatically altered habitat and reduced wildlife populations.
The Mornington Peninsula National Park, declared in 1995, at least protects and preserves some of this natural environment and remaining flora and fauna.
So it was pleasing to read that the motion from Cr David Gill calling for a Wildlife Master Plan was unanimously supported by the Shire Council (Council backs new wildlife protection push for peninsula, The News 19/5/26).
There is evidence we are living through the sixth mass extinction with the current speed of vertebrate genus extinction thirty-five times that of the last million years.
Research from Stanford University attributes the extinction entirely to human activity.
Unlike past geological extinctions, the current loss of species is driven by human population growth, overconsumption, habitat destruction, the wildlife trade, and climate change.
Protecting what remains of our amazing natural world for “our grandchildren and future generations”, as Cr Gill argues, must be a top priority.
Ray Peck, Hawthorn
Wildlife preservation
Mornington Shire is to be congratulated for supporting the Wildlife Master Plan (Council backs new wildlife protection push for peninsula, The News 19/5/26).
The plan is designed to try and protect and preserve local wildlife.
Australia has demonstrably the most dismal record of wildlife extinction over the past 230 odd years.
It is estimated that between 35-38 mammal species, nine bird species (31 if sub-species are included)and at least three reptile species have become extinct in the time period since 1788.
The mammal extinctions represent 35% of global mammal extinctions. A record to be truly ashamed of.
If the peninsula can do its part, no matter how small, then surely this is a good thing that the whole community would back.
Ross Hudson, Mt Martha
Health rebate debate
Bruce White argues removing the private health insurance rebate would push older Australians back into the public system. But this overlooks a basic fact: the rebate itself is already funded by younger taxpayers, and none of that money goes to public hospitals. It goes into individuals’ pockets and then to private insurers. If the same billions were directed straight into the public system, it would fund more beds, more staff, and shorter wait times — benefits shared by everyone, not just those who can afford private cover.
It is also a myth that older Australians with private insurance always use private hospitals. Many still end up in the public system because private hospitals often cannot provide the emergency, intensive, or complex care required for older patients. So the public system continues to carry the highest-cost patients, insured or not.
If affordability for pensioners is the concern, the solution is targeted, asset-tested support, not a blanket subsidy that sends billions to private insurers and is paid equally to high-wealth households.
Redirecting the rebate to public hospitals would strengthen the system far more effectively than subsidising private premiums. None of this is about blame. It is about maths and sustainability. Today’s young workers face housing at 9–12 times income, student debt, higher effective tax rates, and the largest cohort of retirees in Australian history. Hardship is not unique to any generation; many younger Australians today also live in garages, work multiple jobs, and pay for private insurance. The difference is not effort — it is the structural cost environment.
Respectfully, nostalgia is not a policy argument. The numbers matter — and the numbers show a structural imbalance that needs to be addressed honestly.
Cameron Brown, Capel Sound
Wood-fire season
Shire, EPA, are you listening?
The temperature has plummeted. The wind is absent.
A contingent of peninsula residents happily fire up their Coonara’s or equivalent, using whatever wood they can lay their hands on.
A further contingent of residents turn on their split-system heating devices which suck in their unwitting or may be selfish, neighbours shared pollution of gases and ultra-fine particulates.
These can make their way into respiratory channels navigating past nasal hairs migrating into lung air sacs, alveoli, onwards into the bloodstream; subsequently into the body organs.
In the healthy and young population some harmful substances are removed by coughing, diligent phagocytes. Not to mention the potential of some of the 4,800 per- and poly-fluroalkyl (PFAS) forever chemicals, and increased nitrogen dioxide invasion, doing their worst.
As we age lung elasticity decreases rendering toxic gases, fine particulates, difficult to remove. The irritation stimulates mucous…where stasis-of-fluid occurs opportunistic viruses and bacteria can inhabit to replicate resulting in respiratory disease, or more.
Winter is not always to blame for cold and influenza viral increase in the population some is a lack of ‘Love your neighbour’ or Shire’s lack of care for inhabitants’ health.
Yaqirah Herut, Mornington
Statue opposition
It has been announced that Daniel Andrews, our incompetent former Premier, will have his statue produced for $134,000 and placed among other people who have worked for Victoria and Australia.
I am hoping and certainly not holding my breath that a wise person in our state government arranges for Andrews to pay for his own statue and installs it in his own garden.
How can anyone in our state government agree to putting Andrews’ statue in a prominent place in our city and in company with others who have completed positive initiatives to improve our state and country .
Andrews as leader, created a debt of $200b, cost $1b in a contact cancellation, managed to spend $25m on one weeks security for covid isolation in a city motel, lead a team of people that under-forecast the costs of a freeway and train line plus other major projects by billions of dollars that has put the state into a debt that will take two generations to pay off.
Why oh why do we have people who feel we need to praise and give awards for incompetency.
Bruce White, Safety Beach
Census failure
It is census time again and census night is the Tuesday 11 August 2026 and the Australian Bureau of Statistics has sent a letter to long term accommodation houses (rooming houses) saying that a person living in the rooming house is to undergo up to one hour of training, supply people with census forms, collect completed forms, follow up with people who have not completed or return their form.
It is quite obvious that the ABS wants rooming houses occupants to fill forms and be involved in census night. Of course what the ABS wants to achieve will not be achieved.
I only found the letter addressed Guest House & Other Accommodation and not to one individual. I found the letter by accident and nobody in a rooming house will want to be the person responsible to give or retrieve forms.
No doubt there will be fines for not co-operating.
It is clear the ABS public servants do not live in rooming houses.
What has to happen is that either the ABS staff puts a form under every room door or give it to an occupier or get the rooming house proprietor to give and collect forms .
These ABS promotes the census by saying allocating funding for education, health and education and infrastructure , planning for aged care and improving the wellbeing of older Australians improving access in regional and rural communities.
It is very well to collect numbers but the bottom line is will parliaments give the infrastructure when the federal government is already a trillion dollars in debt and the states are billions of dollars in debt?
It is time to revalue the need for national censuses and go for the cheaper options. It costs Australian taxpayers millions to run a census. Russell Morse, Karingal
An anti-letter
Someone made a statement on a Facebook saying they were sick to death with all the letters Lenzo was writing to the local paper week after week.
I suggested she write a letter to the editor and drafted this for her.
I open this paper each week with a mixture of anticipation and dread, wondering not what is happening in the world, but what fresh instalment of “The Lenzo Chronicles” awaits us in the letters section.
At this point, I suspect Lenzo believes he is not merely a contributor but the unofficial editorat-large, ombudsman, historian and possibly Minister for Public Morality.
There was a time when letters to the editor reflected a broad range of community voices. Now it feels more like a weekly subscription service to one man’s grievances, observations and philosophical reflections on absolutely everything.
Rainfall? Lenzo has thoughts.
Council bins? Lenzo is outraged. International affairs? Naturally, Lenzo has prepared a detailed briefing paper.
I half expect next week’s edition to feature Lenzo reviewing restaurant meals he hasn’t eaten and critiquing sporting matches he didn’t watch.
The truly remarkable thing is not the frequency of the letters, but the stamina. Most people struggle to reply to a text message. Lenzo apparently produces enough commentary each week to sustain a small regional newsroom.
I mean no disrespect. In fact, I admire the commitment. But perhaps, in the interests of biodiversity and preserving endangered alternate opinions, the rest of us could be granted a small patch of the letters page before it becomes officially rezoned as “Lenzo Weekly”. Yours faithfully, A Fatigued Reader
Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach
BarleyCharlie@90
Shrouded, in negativity or positivity; that is the question? Al Jolson “April Showers”. Expect nothing regret nothing, works for me. Spending time on my old computer, outdated, a large part of everyday activities, particularly Facebook, public, not private.
Also an hour daily (one pot, beer) at/in the smoking area, RSL, alongside those glitzy poker machines, guaranteed to extract 18 cents in every dollar; why?
A consistent stream of gamblers having a quick break during their free spins. In conversations, the mention of Facebook and more than often reply “Not for me” almost as a warning of unspecified dangers, and an inference of time wasting; funny? Other than Powerball (the impossible dream?) the question (only to myself) of nice people saying goodbye, consistently, to those cents of every invested (?) dollar, carefully avoiding the dangers of Facebook? Life remains, as always, a Cabaret! The budget, and the lady from Oakleigh “Never again will I vote Labor.”
With the Libs in disarray, the One Nation option, God only knows where the lady is coming from; no mention of her preferences for poker machines?
And the ISIS brides and children returning to Australia; watch your backs, weevils in the woodwork; seven years, refugee camp Syria, we wish them well.
Angus (nuclear) Taylor as a choice, for Albo, boiled bland lollies to milk chocolate, an Opposition leader (ban non-citizens?) about nothing?
And Chalmers half-way house? - “Negative gearing to new home construction from next year, and the replacing of the 50 per cent capital gains discount with inflation-adjusted indexation.” A relief to have a real Treasurer despite the half-way comment?
And still the AUKUS cash drain game? And us, as in all of us, in one way or another; a peculiar obsession. What’s yours?
And those innocent Palestinians living/surviving (?) in Gaza?
Suggest “Be happy” in place of “Greed is Good.” Just saying?
Cliff Ellen, Rye
Railway Commissioners special visit – Frankston praised
Compiled by Cameron McCullough
On Monday night last at 9 o’clock, Mr. Clapp and his fellow Commissioners accompanied by a large staff, arrived at Frankston by a special train.
The trip along the bayside line was made with the object of testing the new pilot light which it was proposed to affix to railway engines to safeguard against accidents at railway crossings.
The rays from the new light can be seen for a distance of twelve miles, and it’ is understood that the Commissioners are well pleased with it.
Mr. Clapp took advantage of the trip to inspect the Frankston railway station and its surrounds.
The visit was a surprise one and it chanced that the stationmaster, Mr. George, was not on duty at the time.
Mr. George was highly gratified the next day to receive a letter from headquarters, conveying to himself and staff Mr. Clapp’s appreciation of the condition of the station and complimenting the Station Master on the excellent and thoroughness of his supervision. ***
THE last meeting of the Mornington Council was held on 13th May. Correspondence was received from the Shire of Frankston and Hastings, stating that Mr. Allen offered to pay cost of Boundary Road from Nepean Road to the sea, up to £200, and to be repaid in five yearly installments, and desired to know if Council would agree to pay half each installment as it falls due.
Cr. Barrett said he was not in favour of this. He would like to see something done to Boundary Road.
On Cr. Nunn’s motion it was decided to consider the offer on next year’s estimates.
The Council has decided to continue agitating for the electrification of the railway from Frankston to Mornington.
The subject was opened by Cr. Barrett at the above meeting. He stated that electrification was promised soon after the Frankston line was completed, and since then other districts were being undertaken.
He thought the Council should be interested and make an effort to obtain electrification. Cr. Barrett moved that a deputation wait on the Railways Commissioners, urging the claims of Mornington for electrification, also to ascertain whether they intended to open the railway reserve from Blake Street to Ross Street. Seconded by Cr. Nunn and carried.
Crs. Linley, Hallum, Barrett and McArthur will comprise the deputation, which will meet the Commissioners on a date to be fixed. ***
Personal
Mr. H. Reardon, an old war veteran, has decided to make his hone at Frankston, and is now occupying “Devon,” near the Mile Bridge.
He has seen active service at Alexandra and the Egyptian War in 1882, for which service he received the Queen’s medal and bar and the Khedive’s Star, while onboard H.M.S “Invincible.”
He has also been 30 years in the Victorian Police Force, from which he has now retired, and is now resolved to enjoy a well-earned rest.
Mr. R. Morgan, who underwent an
operation in Melbourne recently, and was apparently making good progress, has been operated upon again. His many friends will join in wishing him a speedy and complete recovery.
Mrs. A. Farley is still an inmate of the Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, but we are pleased to learn that she is on the road to recovery and expected to return home in a few days.
Mrs. J. A. P. Ham, who recently underwent an operation at “Bethesda” private hospital, returned home this week. Her many friends will be pleased to learn that she is progressing favourably and steadily regaining her usual health.
The marriage of Mr. Thornton Grimwnade, elder son of Brigadier General And Mrs Grimwade of “Marathon”, Frankston, with Miss Ruth Affleck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Affleck, of “Minjah” Caramut, will take place at the home of the bride’s parents on Wednesday, June 9.
Mr. A. Bailey was unable to be present at the Horticultural Society’s meeting on Tuesday last on account of having contracted a severe cold. Mr. Bailey had arranged to give a lecture on the art of potting flowers.
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Light and air
Among the changes brought about of recent years in our methods of living, few are more pronounced than those incident to the often-unconscious appreciation of the value of moving air and of sunlight.
Within the memory of many the entire population – at a given season of the year, often has clad itself in under garments of flannel, or other thick fabric, and outer garments of wool.
PUZZLE ZONE
At night there was usually a thick covering of quilts, and closed windows.
The closed windows (and millions of them still remain closed) were due to the fact that it is a popular belief to the effect that night air carries with it certain miasms which cause disease.
The thick day garments were for the purpose of keeping the body warm, a chilling of the surface being held to be the root of all evil.
Moreover, these thick garments were assumed by everyone regardless of occupation, whether indoors or out of doors.
Also the average temperature of the living room was something between 70 and 80 degrees and the air was still air.
In such an atmosphere the thickly clad indoor worker spent practically his entire twenty-four hours, saving that brief period needful for transit from home to the place of business, and back again.
It has now been abundantly proved that providing the weather be reasonably warm, absence of all clothing insures a better degree of health than does the wearing of any garments ; that when this, or as near to it as the sensibilities of the population will allow, is practiced, colds and trifling ailments are reduced to a minimum; and that the semi-naked person acclimated by weeks or months of practice may continue in the temperature zone well into the frost period with perfect comfort and resurgent health.
How much sunlight-cures for tuberculosis are dependent upon skin ventilation has not been demonstrated, but this is certainly a factor in accom-
plishing betterment so striking and so many that surgery has been largely robbed of some of its labours - and perquisites.
In this relation Dr Leonard Hill calls attention to the extraordinary beneficial effects accruing not only to tuberculous children, but to those suffering from rickets when the latter are exposed to sun land air.
Moreover the reports of the open-air schools are fairly convincing, though it must be recognised that in addition to air and light the diet of these children is usually carefully supervised and they are given appropriate food in adequate quantities.
The effect of cool, or cold air, on the respiratory system is attributed, in part at least, to the increased evaporation from the mucous membranes, incident to which invading bacteria are supposed to be washed or blown away.
Moreover, a lower temperature because of the need of heat creation increases metabolism, ie nutritional activities.
Where facilities offer, and this should be in connection with all hospitals, the moving of septic patients into the open, which means the skin ventilation and light stimulation, has many times changed a gloomy or hopeless prognosis into a favourable one.
The doctrine should be preached and practiced, more light not only for the eyes, but for the whole body, and more gently moving air not only to be breathed, but for the entire skin surface.
***
From the Pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 28 May 1926
Scoreboard
Langwarrin break Rosebud’s winning streak
MPFNL
By Kennedy McCullough
MEN’S DIV ONE SEN
THE match between undefeated teams Rosebud and Langwarrin saw a goal for goal game, with Langwarrin getting the win after a strong third quarter.
Both teams started very similarly, with Langwarrin scoring 2.2 and Rosebud scoring 2.0 in the first quarter.
Rosebud pulled ahead in the second, leading by eight points at the long break.
In the third quarter, Langwarrin started to pull away from Rosebud, scoring seven goals to Rosebud’s two and leaving a 22 point gap between the teams.
Each team scored three goals in the final quarter, leaving Langwarrin to win by 15 points. Matt Johnson kicked six goals for Langwarrin. Blake Kulpers kicked three goals for Rosebud.
Sorrento suffered their seventh loss of the season at the hands of Devon Meadows.
The Panthers took an early lead in the first quarter, scoring five goals to Sorrento’s one. In the second, Devon Meadows managed to take a 43 point lead, sitting at 70 points.
Sorrento managed to score 2.2 in the third quarter to Devon Meadows’ 4.3, leaving Devon Meadows even further ahead.
Sorrento was unable to come back in the final quarter, leaving Devon Meadows to win by 64 points.
Edi-Asp secured a win against Dromana.
The game begun with fairly even scores, EdiAsp scoring 2.3 and Dromana scoring 2.4 in the first.
Each team scored five goals in the quarter before the long break, leaving a three point difference with Edi-Asp in the lead.
Edi-Asp began to pull into the lead in the third quarter, scoring 3.6 to Dromana’s 2.1 and leading by 14 points.
Dromana fell even further behind in the final quarter, leaving Edi-Asp to win by 25 points.
In a very close result, Frankston YCW managed to come out on top against Mt Eliza.
Frankston YCW took an early lead, scoring 2.3 to Mt Eliza’s 0.2 in the first quarter.
In the second, Mt Eliza managed to score 1.6 to Frankston YCW’s 3.2, leaving Frankston
YCW ahead.
Mt Eliza won the third quarter, scoring three goals to Frankston YCW’s two, but the Stonecats still had the lead.
The fourth quarter was very close, with Mt Eliza scoring 3.3 to Frankston YCW’s 1.3, leaving the Stonecats to win by only four points. Mornington took an easy win against Pines, notching their first four-points for the 2026 season.
In the first quarter, Mornington scored 4.4 to Pines’ 3.1, leaving a nine point gap between the teams.
Mornington began to pull away in the second, putting them in front by 31 points going into the long break.
Pines put another goal on the board in quarter three but Mornington smashed nine goals, pulling further ahead.
In the end, Pines were unable to make an impact against the Bulldogs, with Mornington scoring a further six in the final quarter to Pines’ five, leaving Mornington to win by 84 points.
Matt Caine scored seven goals for Mornington and was among their best. Guy Hendry scored three goals for Pines and was among their best.
LANGWARRIN’S
NEXT WEEK’S GAMES
DIVISION ONE MENS SENIORS
Saturday 30 May, 2pm: Pines v Devon Meadows – Eric Bell Reserve
Dromana v Mt. Eliza – Dromana Recreation Reserve
Sorrento v Edithvale-Aspendale – David Macfarlane Reserve
Frankston YCW v Langwarrin – John Coburn Oval
Rosebud v Mornington – Olympic Park Rosebud
DIVISION ONE MENS RESERVES
Saturday 30 May, 12pm: Pines v Devon Meadows – Eric Bell Reserve
Dromana v Mt. Eliza – Dromana Recreation Reserve
Sorrento v Edithvale-Aspendale – David Macfarlane Reserve
Frankston YCW v Langwarrin – John Coburn Oval
Rosebud v Mornington – Olympic Park
Rosebud
DIVISION TWO MENS SENIORS
Saturday 30 May, 2pm: Bonbeach v Pearcedale – Bonbeach Reserve
Chelsea v Hastings – Chelsea Recreation Reserve
Crib Point v Karingal – Crib Point
Recreation Reserve
Red Hill v Frankston Bombers – Red Hill
Recreation Reserve
Rye v Somerville – RJ Rowley Reserve
Tyabb v Seaford – Bunguyan Reserve
DIVISION TWO MENS RESERVES
Saturday 30 May, 12pm: Bonbeach v Pearcedale – Bonbeach Reserve
Chelsea v Hastings – Chelsea Recreation Reserve
Crib Point v Karingal – Crib Point
Recreation Reserve
Red Hill v Frankston Bombers – Red Hill
Recreation Reserve
Rye v Somerville – RJ Rowley Reserve
Tyabb v Seaford – Bunguyan Reserve
DIVISION ONE WOMENS SENIORS
Friday 29 May, 7pm:
Hastings/Balnarring v Bonbeach –Balnarring Reserve
Tyabb v Frankston – Bunguyan Reserve
Saturday 30 May, 12pm: Pearcedale v Karingal – Pearcedale
Recreation Reserve
Saturday 30 May, 1pm:
Mornington v Warragul Industrials –Mornington Alexandra Park
DIVISION ONE WOMENS RESERVES
Saturday 30 May, 10am: Tyabb v Karingal – Bunguyan Reserve
Saturday 30 May, 11am: Mornington v Warragul Industrials –Mornington Alexandra Park
Bonbeach – BYE
Frankston – BYE
Charlie Orchard pulls in the mark. Picture: Paul Churcher
THE Stonecats managed a four-point win over the Redlegs. Picture: Craig Barrett
Tyabb still winless after loss to Bonbeach
MPFNL
By Kennedy McCullough
MEN’S DIV TWO SEN
TYABB suffered another loss for the season at the hands of Bonbeach.
In the first quarter, Tyabb scored 1.2 to Bonbeach’s 3.7.
Bonbeach continued to pull ahead in the quarter before the long break, scoring five goals to Tyabb’s two.
Tyabb was only able to score one point in the third quarter while Bonbeach added a further 4.4 to their total.
Bonbeach only pulled further ahead in the final quarter, scoring 5.4 to Tyabb’s 4.3 and winning by 70 points.
Chelsea secured a win against the Frankston Bombers.
The scores were close in the first quarter, with Chelsea leading by only five points.
In the second, Chelsea managed to kick eight goals to the Bombers’ three, leaving Chelsea on 83 points and up by 34 points at half-time.
Chelsea continued to pull ahead in the third quarter by scoring 6.1 to the Bombers’ 3.3.
The final quarter saw Chelsea score a further four goals and taking the lead, winning by 51 points.
Jaie Bedson scored five goals for the Bombers and was among their best.
Brett O’Hanlon scored seven goals for Chelsea and was among their best.
Seaford had a win against Crib Point.
Seaford started the game strong by scoring 6.4 to Crib Point’s 2.3.
The quarter before the long break had Seaford scoring another five goals while Crib Point only scored one, separating the teams by 46 points.
In the third quarter, both teams performed fairly evenly, with Seaford scoring three goals to Crib Point’s two.
The game ended with Seaford scoring 4.4 to Crib Point’s 3.4, and Seaford took the win by 59 points.
Tom White scored five goals for Seaford. Tyler Hobson scored three goals for Crib Point.
Rye was able to secure a win against Hastings.
In the first quarter, Hastings scored 2.3 while Rye scored 4.3.
Hastings only managed to score 1.3 in the second quarter while Rye scored 4.2, leaving Rye ahead.
Both teams played fairly evenly in
the third quarter, each scoring two goals.
Rye was able to come out on top after scoring a further two goals in the final quarter to Hastings’ three, leaving Rye to win by 28 points.
Somerville was able to beat Karingal in their clash.
In the first quarter, both teams managed to score two goals.
Somerville managed to score 4.2 in the second while Karingal only managed to score 2.3, leaving Somerville ahead by 16 points.
Karingal managed to catch up in the third quarter, kicking six goals to Somerville’s four.
In the final quarter Somerville managed to pull away after kicking four goals to Karingal’s one, and Somerville ended up winning by 27 points.
Lachlan Williams scored six goals for Somerville. Liam Matthews scored four goals for Karingal.
Pearcedale used their home ground advantage to beat Red Hill.
Pearcedale had a great start to the game, scoring 2.2 while Red Hill only scored 0.1.
Each team scored two goals leading into the long break, creating an 11-point difference between the teams. In the third quarter, Pearcedale started to pull away after scoring 5.2 to Red Hill’s 2.2.
Red Hill won the final quarter, scoring 3.2 to Pearcedale’s 1.4, but it wasn’t enough to stop Pearcedale from winning by 19 points.
The Dusties continue their undefeated reign
MPFNL
By Kennedy McCullough
WOMEN’S DIV ONE SEN
WARRAGUL Industrials remain undefeated for the season after an easy win against Pearcedale.
In the first quarter, the Dusties managed to score 5.5 while keeping Pearcedale scoreless.
The quarter before the long break had Warragul scoring a further 4.4 while Pearcedale was still unable to score.
Pearcedale finally managed to put a goal on the board in the third quarter, while Warragul added a further 4.1. Warragul scored a further 4.5 in the final quarter, leaving them to win by 111 points.
Kathryn Kenway scored one goal for Pearcedale. Kaitlyn Carew scored four goals for Warragul Industrials. Frankston managed to secure a win against Hastings/Balnarring.
Frankston kept Hastings/Balnarring scoreless in the first quarter while scoring four goals themselves, grabbing a 24-point lead.
In the quarter before the long break, Hastings/Balnarring scored 1.3 to Frankston’s 2.3, leaving a 30-point difference between the teams.
Hastings/Balnarring only managed to score two points in the third quarter while Frankston scored five goals.
In the final quarter, Hastings/ Balnarring scored 0.1 while Frankston scored 3.2, leaving Frankston to win by 81 points.
Jemma Radford scored three goals for Frankston and was among their best. Ava Masterson scored one goal for Hastings/Balnarring and was among their best.
Mornington notched up their second loss of the season at the hands of Karingal.
The scores were tied in the first quarter, with each team scoring 1.2.
Karingal took the lead in the second,
scoring 2.1 to Mornington’s 0.4. Mornington kept Karingal scoreless in the third quarter while scoring a further four points themselves, leaving a five point gap between the teams.
Karingal maintained their lead in the fourth quarter by scoring 1.5 to Mornington’s 0.1. Karingal ended up winning by 15 points and now sit second on the ladder, one above Mornington.
Tyabb took a narrow win against Bonbeach.
Tyabb took the lead in the first quarter, scoring 1.2 to Bonbeach’s 1.0. Bonbeach then took the lead going into the long break, scoring 2.1 to Tyabb’s 0.2.
In the third quarter, Bonbeach was only able to score one point while Tyabb scored seven points, leaving Bonbeach ahead by only three points. Bonbeach was unable to score in the final quarter, leaving Tyabb to get ahead after scoring 1.1. Tyabb eventually won by four points.
Dolphins a make big splash in the rugby scene
By David Bourke
RUGBY LEAGUE
THE Peninsula Dolphins third grade men’s team have made a big splash going to the top of the ladder after
winning 12 points to 10 in a feisty round four clash against the now second place Waverley Panthers at Fregon Reserve Clayton last Saturday afternoon (23 May). With many of the Dolphins junior
squad watching and cheering their senior side on, the seniors showed how grit and determination move a team forward and turning up for your teammates gets the job done. The women’s Dolphins’s tag team
didn’t find
smooth sailing going down to a well seasoned opponent, the Casey Warriors, 60-6. The game was played in good spirit and the team will learn a lot from the loss.
It’s early days and the women’s team are showing the commitment in training and will bounce back better for the experience.
THE men’s team had a gritty win, while the girl’s team learned from a loss. Pictures: Memories by Penny
PEARCEDALE had a tough day in the office against Warragul Industrials. Picture: Jo Packham
Peninsula winners in Victorian Sport Awards
A MORNINGTON Peninsula organisation and teenage twin brothers have taken home awards at the 2025 Victorian Sport Awards, presented by the Victorian government and Vicsport on 13 May at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Among 19 awards covering athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers and administrators, local winners were Mornington Life Saving Club, and sailing brothers from Sorrento.
Sixteen-year-old twins, Henri and Miles Levenspiel, took out Young Team of the Year for a standout 2025 season of sailing (Twins ride high sailing into sports awards, The News 22/4/25).
The pair claimed first junior at the Australian 9er National Championships, were crowned Victorian 29er State Champions and Victorian Youth Champions, won Sail Melbourne, and represented Australia at the 29er World Championships in Portugal.
The win came a year after they were finalists in the same award.
Henri said international competition had been the key factor.
“We were pretty consistent with our results across both years, but in 2025 we had international competition included and I think that probably made a difference at the level we were competing. When they called out our names there were a lot of emotions at once. I felt a real sense of pride and couldn’t stop smiling,” said Henri.
“We had been through the experience before as finalists, but hearing our names announced as the winners
was completely different. I felt an overload of joy and excitement. It was a really special moment,” said Miles.
With the Nationals in Victoria in 2026, the twins said they wanted to use the year to encourage more local sailors to get involved while also giving back to younger competitors.
“We’ve been lucky to have some amazing mentors and coaches around us, including Tess Lloyd OLY, David White from Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club and coaches Jack Lewis and Harry Sly. Those people have had a huge impact on our journey and we’d love to do the same for others,” said Miles.
Mornington Life Saving Club claimed the VicHealth Sport and Active Recreation Initiative of the
SIXTEEN-year-old
twins, Henri and Miles Levenspiel (left), took out Young Team of the Year while Mornington Life Saving Club (right) claimed the VicHealth Sport and Active Recreation Initiative of the Year for its Schools Program.
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Year for its Schools Program, with coordinator Jacqui Morrow saying the award capped a strong run of recognition for the program.
“This follows on from our program winning the Community Education Achievement Award at the Lifesaving Victoria Awards of Excellence last year. It is wonderful recognition for our program, which has been running for 25 years enabling thousands of Victorian school children to safely engage in sport and recreation through structured, inclusive beach and water-based activities,” said Morrow.
Sessions run from 10am to 2pm and cover a wide range of activities.
“A typical day integrates physical activity in the form of games – in and out of the water, riding foam
surfboards, rescues, snorkelling, flags and running, water safety education and lifesaving skills – CPR, first aid, marine life education and learning how to identify rips and what to do if you get stuck in one,” said Morrow.
Morrow said inclusion was built into the program’s design from the ground up.
“By embedding inclusion into our program design rather than treating it as an add-on, we give all kids an equal opportunity and remove any barriers to access. We have a mobi water wheelchair, floatation aids, full-face snorkels and masks and run free programs for schools who may not have the funds to attend,” said Morrow.
“We have approximately 4,000 kids per season across about 24 schools,
All our schools rebook for the following year and we have achieved a 20 per cent increase over the last couple of years,” said Morrow.
The program is delivered by volunteer instructors who have come through the club as nippers and seniors.
“This recognition belongs to our coordinators and instructors past and present, the schools, and the students who show up with enthusiasm and curiosity every single session. And it belongs to our community, who continue to support the work we do,” said Morrow.
Sarah Halfpenny
Local para athlete qualifies for Commonwealth Games
Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au
YEAR 10 Padua College student Tom McGough is set to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow later this year.
Following an impressive start to 2026, Tom will compete as part of the 24 member Australian Para Athletics team at the games. He will compete in the Men’s 100m T38 event.
Tom’s journey into athletics only begun a few years ago thanks to school sport cross country competitions. His mum, Angela, said running quickly became more than just a hobby.
“He started off doing school sports,” said Angela.
“And then did two national championships through school cross country as a multi class athlete and then moved into athletics when he joined the Mornington Athletics Club.”
She said running completely changed Tom’s life.
“Tom hated school, he hated everything,” said Angela.
“It was hard, and then he discovered his happy place, which is running. And he just loves it; he loves every part of it.”
Tom, who has ataxia, said he first realised his love for the sport about three years ago after joining track sessions.
“I started beating all the kids in my track squad,” said Tom.
“I went to nationals that year and won, and then about a year ago, I started taking it really competitively.”
He is now registered with the International Paralympic Committee and World Para Athletics, allowing him to
compete internationally.
Earlier this year Tom competed in the 2026 Perth Track Classic. He where he ran 11:44, putting him in third place in the Commonwealth and second in Australia.
The family received confirmation in early May that Tom had been selected for the Commonwealth Games.
“I’m super proud,” said Tom.
“I’ve trained so hard for this and it’s finally come.”
Tom said it is difficult balancing Year 10, everyday life, and training, but that it is all worth it to be able to compete in the Commonwealth Games. He trains in Albert Park three times a week at the Victorian Institute of Sport, as well as a couple of days a week at his home track in Mornington.
Tom said he is grateful for all the support he has received, including from Padua College, who posted his achievement across their social media pages.
“We are incredibly proud of Tom’s dedication, resilience and perseverance, and wish him every success as he prepares to compete on the Commonwealth stage,” said Padua College.
Tom will spend the next couple of months preparing for the competition in Glasgow, but he already has his sights set on the Paralympics and world championships next year.
from the peninsula and Frankston and further afield: Carrum Downs, Langwarrin, Pearcedale, Baxter, Seaford, Casey, Belgrave.
DanceLab dancers shine on international stage
Raia Flinos raia@mpnews.com.au
A GROUP of 21 young dancers from Somerville’s DanceLab recently returned from a once-in-a-lifetime performance tour in the United States.
The dancers, aged eight through to early 20s, travelled to California in early April where they performed at Disneyland, Universal Studios, and Citadel Outlets.
DanceLab director and owner, Emily Kheissy, said the trip came after the studio reached out to companies specialising in international dance tours.
“We sent out some inquiries about taking some students over and the travel companies got back to us,” said Kheissy.
“They do all of the back and forward communications with Universal Studios and Disneyland and then give us all the info.”
DanceLab currently has around 160 to 170 students enrolled. The international trip was offered to all eligible dancers over the age of eight who participated in jazz classes.
Kheissy said the trip came at a cost, but there were fundraisers held to help subsidise costs for families.
She said the trip was an amazing experience for everyone involved and was a culmination of years of planning, dedication, and determination.
“I think [the trip] just inspired them,” said Kheissy.
“They’re putting all these hours in, and they got to see what’s out there for the world of dance and what opportu-
nities they can have as they get older.”
The group rehearsed for months leading up to the trip, attending regular Friday night rehearsals from Term 4 last year.
“I’m really proud of what we all achieved, but really proud of the kids,” said Kheissy.
“We had people just stopping to
watch them and congratulating them and saying how amazing they were, so it was really quite an honour to watch them.”
During the trip, the dancers had the opportunity to perform in Disneyland’s Main St Parade, attended a backstage workshop at Disney, and participated in a workshop at Millennium Dance
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Complex in Los Angeles.
“It brought lifelong memories and community building,” said Kheissy.
“I was watching them all and I just couldn’t believe what they achieved in the short time that we did it.”
Kheissy said the support of the wider studio community was essential in making the trip a possibility.
“We definitely wouldn’t be able to offer these kinds of opportunities without our community and the support of the families and teachers,” said Kheissy.
Following the success of the US tour, Kheissy said the studio is looking forward to future travel opportunities, both abroad and interstate.
Phillip looking for Winton win
PHILLIP Hallo of Mt Martha is one of 17 Mornington Peninsula competitors entered into this weekend’s Historic Winton event.
Phil will take to the track in a 1930 Austin 7 hoping to win Regularity One at the 49th Historic Winton on 30 and 31 May at Winton Motor Raceway.
Phil has over 50 trophies in his cabinet from over the past 15 years, both circuit racing and hill climbs, and has won at Winton three times in the past.
Austin 7 Club member and event manager John Kessner said that more than 200 cars from the 1920s to the 1980s will put on a race spectacle and more than 300 invited anniversary marques and heritage vehicles will be showcased.
“This is a great event for families because kids 17 and under are free, but they still need a ticket,” said John “Parents and grandparents have a great time showing their grandkids the cars from their
youth and watching the amazed looks on their faces.
“The selfie opportunities are endless, especially as this is a rare event where visitors are able to visit the competition paddock to view the race cars and meet the competitors.”
A first for this year’s Historic Winton is that a free shuttle bus will carry families and all attendees from Benalla Station to Winton Motor Raceway on both days of the event.
“Melbourne spectators need to catch the 7:07am train and our shuttle will be awaiting them,” said John.
“We recommend that local and more distant spectators buy their tickets online in advance which will save time at the gate and save them $5 per ticket.”
The Huntley Gate opens at 7am each day. The Saturday program starts at 9am including practice laps. The Sunday program commences at 8:45am.
Tickets at: historicwinton.org
PHILLIP Hallo on the track with his Austin 7. Picture: Chris Barbour
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Scoreboard
New-look Strikers on target
SOCCER
By Craig MacKenzie
A REFRESHED Peninsula Strikers line-up recorded its second win of the State 2 season when downing Noble Park United 4-2 at Centenary Park on Saturday in a dominant display.
Strikers’ boss Ross Walliss brought Hayden Schreck, Sam Delaney and recent signing Max Civil into the starting line-up.
Civil, ex-Mornington, and former Chilean pro Angel Orellana were both announced by Strikers as new signings late last week.
From the outset on Saturday Matt Harrington controlled the midfield for Strikers while Delaney capped off his energetic outing with a wellearned man-of-the-match performance.
Strikers struck early when Oscar Colgate-Jones whipped a dangerous ball across the box and Civil controlled and finished well.
Despite Strikers’ control Noble Park found an equaliser half-an-hour in.
A rare corner saw a high cross fall to Tristan Thompson who headed it back across the box for Luca Maio to finish and it was 1-1.
Little changed after the break with Strikers continuing to push, probe and create but they had to wait until the 75th minute to break through.
Orellana had been lively coming off the bench and he laid the ball back to Joel Bowen who struck it through a crowded area.
A clever decoy run by Riley Anderton had wrong-footed United keeper Rahul Ramkumar and the ball rolled into an unguarded net.
There was more to come from Orellana.
In the 87th minute he laid off a short corner to Colgate-Jones who burst into the box and hammered home a low shot to make it 3-1.
Three minutes later Orellana capped a dream debut by curling a low effort from the edge of the box into the bottom corner.
Noble Park grabbed a consolation goal four minutes into stoppage time but frustrations boiled over moments later and the visitors finished the match with 10 men following a late red card for Stefan Avric.
In VPL1 Langwarrin had a 1-0 away win against North Sunshine Eagles but it was no more than the visitors deserved.
Setting up to defend in numbers when out of possession and hit the home side quickly on the break often with long balls over the top Langy looked comfortable with this system.
A combination of the skill of North Sunshine keeper Rory Brian and poor finishing denied Langy throughout.
Tom Youngs had the best chance of the first half but was denied by Brian’s outstretched leg.
Two minutes into the second half Brad Blumenthal mistimed a free header at the back post.
In the second half Luke Goulding had a giltedged chance at the end of normal time when substitute Joe Tweats put him through only to watch in dismay as Goulding’s lob beat Brian but bounced wide of the far post.
The pivotal moment came in the 96th minute when Zach Bates went down in the box.
The referee pointed to the spot and big Lucas
Winning debuts: New Peninsula Strikers
signings Max Civil (left) and Angel Orellana both scored against Noble Park United on Saturday.
Saturday’s derby shootout with visitor Seaford United 4-2 victors.
ident Cameron Dunkerley said.
Frankston Pines lost 6-2 at home to Casey Panthers on Saturday night.
It was a poor performance from Pines who had Said Uygur sent off for a second caution in the 86th minute.
Kenny Akalan scored both Pines’ goals.
In State 7 Aspendale drew 2-2 away to Cleeland United on Saturday missing a golden opportunity to end the host’s unbeaten start to the season.
Cleeland was gifted the early opener when a slack pass allowed Abu Lemi to round Josh Mravljak and slot the ball home.
The Stingrays hit back in the 56th minute with a close-range finish from Jack Gallagher and five minutes later hit the lead via a tremendous 35-metre strike from Ryan Mravljak.
After losing a late equaliser scored by Nush Konah Aspendale’s Aidan Bannon and Mitch Hodder spurned two glorious chances to win the game.
In State 1 Skye United was hammered 5-0 away to title favourite South Springvale while Mornington had a bye.
In State 4 Baxter, Chelsea and Rosebud lie third, fourth and fifth respectively with Chelsea last weekend’s only winner among the trio.
Chelsea struck in the first minute through usual suspect James Stinson.
A pinpoint Dylan Scott pass over the top allowed Stinson to let the ball bounce before chipping Kings Domain keeper Harrison Elliott.
Two minutes into the second half a Christian Murray through ball found Stinson in perfect position to take a touch and slot low past Elliott.
Kings Domain hit back in the 69th minute through Dylan Keane but two minutes later his teammate Shane Coughlan was sent off for dissent.
New signing John Gibney came off the Chelsea bench in the second half.
He’s a holding midfielder signed from Waverley Wanderers with previous stints at Brighton and Kings Domain.
Baxter travelled to Ross Reserve on Friday night but couldn’t dent Springvale City’s championship tilt losing 3-2.
Baxter led 1-0 at half-time thanks to Charlie O’Connell but three second half goals had the home side in control.
Kyle Eichenberger made it 3-2 in the 90th minute.
Rosebud lost 3-1 on Saturday night at home to Ringwood City.
“We were well beaten by a super Ringwood City side that is clearly the best we have faced this season,” Budders’ boss Jason Symonds said.
Late in the game Elliott Craig scored his 10th goal of the campaign for Rosebud after a pinpoint cross by Mark O’Connor.
Striker Noah Musso is back with Rosebud following his spell with Peninsula Strikers and came off the bench in the second half.
In State 5 Somerville Eagles emerged from
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The first half saw Seaford spurn multiple chances to score including a Matt Cobb header cleared off the line but Somerville’s efficiency up front was remarkable and the home side led 3-0 at the break.
Max Watson scored the first of what was to be his maiden senior hat-trick when he tapped in from close range in the 18th minute.
Seaford was adamant that it was offside but the Somerville linesman was metres behind play so there was no flag.
Further goals from Watson and Joe Hitchcock gave Seaford a mountain to climb.
It fought back after the break with Zain Ahmad converting from a one-on-one in the 51st minute but six minutes later Watson completed his hattrick to make it 4-1.
The final goal came in the 75th minute when Ahmad converted a Jayden LeBron cross and the final whistle left Seaford lamenting its profligacy up front.
Last week Somerville welcomed back talismanic striker Marcus Anastasiou from his stint with Chelsea.
In State 6 Mount Eliza maintained its promotion push with a 2-0 away win over Whitehorse United.
Second-half goals from Michael Wright and Fraser Keon settled the issue for the secondplaced locals.
Mentone lost 3-1 at home to Knox United on Saturday with Osman Gowni scoring late for the home side.
The second half featured three send-offs with Mentone’s Frankie Varsamis receiving two yellow cards in the 61st minute while Knox’s Aden Bhatti and Amish Chandra received second yellows in the 64th and 69th minutes respectively.
Lee Barber has resigned for personal reasons and Mentone stalwart Dave Taylor is head coach.
“Spirits are high, players are coming back to the club and we look forward to the second half of the season with renewed optimism,” club pres-
Despite a 1-0 defeat away to second-placed Keysborough District last weekend Mount Martha delivered its most complete performance of the season.
Playing with no bench due to injuries and player unavailability 11 men executed a disciplined game plan – frustrating the hosts with a compact mid-block, dominating the second half and creating the clearest chances of the match.
The only goal came from the penalty spot with 19 minutes remaining.
The result was harsh but the performance sent a clear message that this Mariners’ group is building.
NEXT WEEKEND’S GAMES
Saturday 30 May, 2.15pm
Burwood City v Aspendale, Ballyshannassy Park
Saturday 30 May, 3pm
Hampton East Brighton v Mornington, Dendy Park
Skye Utd v St Kilda, Skye Recreation Reserve
Mooroolbark v Peninsula Strikers, Esther Park Reserve
Baxter v Ringwood City, Baxter Park
East Kew v Rosebud, Willsmere Park
Greater Dandenong v Chelsea, WJ Turner Reserve
Somerville Eagles v Templestowe Wolves, Westernport Secondary College
Seaford Utd v Yarra Jets, North Seaford Reserve
Brighton v Mentone, Dendy Park
Mount Eliza v Bunyip District, Emil Madsen Reserve
Mount Martha v Glen Waverley, Civic Reserve
Saturday 30 May, 6pm
Frankston Pines v Pakenham Utd, Monterey Reserve
Saturday 30 May, 6.15pm
Melbourne Serbija v Langwarrin, Kevin Bartlet Reserve
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