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Dolphin watch
THE Dolphin Research Institute’s 2026 Semester 1 interns from Monash University have taken up residence.
Pictured are Jasmine Vardi, Ella Dunn and Clarissa Hee pictured at Somers beach.
Interns split their time between fieldwork and desk-based tasks, including data analysis, online research and producing stories for DRI’s website, gaining wide-ranging experiences.
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Final eight lined up for Nepean tilt
Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au
THE field is set and the electoral rolls are closed as the candidates face the final stretch to the Nepean by-election polling day on 2 May.
After two late entries to the field, there are eight candidates contesting the poll. They are: Peter Angelico (Libertarian), Sianan Healy (The Greens), Darren Hercus (One Nation), Tracee Hutchinson (Independents of Mornington Peninsula endorsed candidate), Anthony Marsh (Liberal Party), Reade Smith (Sustainable Australia Party), Renee
Thompson (Legalise Cannabis), and Milton Wilde (End Mass Immigration – Reform AU).
The VEC has reported that 50,910 people are enrolled to vote at the 2 May poll; an increase of 1900 voters since the 2022 state election.
Early voting opens from Wednesday 22 April until Friday 1 May at Rosebud Sea Scouts Hall, Dromana Hub Shopping Centre, and Blairgowrie Community Hall.
Joining the contest last week, Reade Smith is the second candidate that has experience as mayor of Mornington Peninsula Shire, having served in council between 2000 and 2012, and having a stint as mayor in 2005.
Smith’s press release describes him as “a dedicated community advocate that is passionate about creating an environmentally sustainable, socially just and economically healthy society.”
Making up the eight is Renee Thompson. The Legalise Cannabis Victoria website states that “Renee’s vision is to help create communities that are safer, more welcoming, openminded, and accessible - especially for those who have been historically underrepresented, particularly women”.
For more on the Nepean by-election, see Page 17
RENEE Thompson from Legalise Cannabis and Read Smith from the Sustainable Australia Party. Pictures: Supplied
Two month partial closure for Peninsula Link
TRAFFIC on Peninsula Link will be severely disrupted for the next two months with the northbound lane closed between Moorooduc Highway and Bungower Road.
During that time, work will be undertaken to “rebuild the pavement structure” but Service Stream, which manages maintenance of Peninsula Link, has said the road will reopen on 8 June without the final surface layer due to “expected low temperatures over winter”.
It is expected the same stretch of road will be closed again in December to complete the final surface layer.
The roadworks have created traffic chaos over the last few months with thousands of motorists forced off the freeway and onto clogged local roads.
The mayhem paused briefly over the summer tourist season, with a halt in works, but the speed limit remained at a reduced 80kmh.
At the time, Service Stream told The News “While the resurfacing works carried out to date have largely been completed, the final layer of specialised asphalt has not yet been applied”.
“This type of asphalt requires both warmer temperatures and dry conditions to set correctly and achieve maximum durability. The weather in November has not been consistently warm or dry enough to undertake this work within an appropriate
timeframe.”
Roadworks commenced again at the beginning of February with works southbound between Frankston-Flinders Road and Bungower Road. After that came the closure of southbound between Bungower Road and Old Moorooduc Road which has now been completed.
Attention then moved onto the northbound lanes with only one lane operating between Bungower Road and Frankston-Flinders Road between 10 and 21 March and then only one lane open northbound between the Nepean Highway and Old Moorooduc Road between 22 March and 27 March. During this time works were
undertaken to install traffic counting devices, bridge waterproofing, final surfacing and line marking.
Mornington MP Chris Crewther addressed parliament to voice his concerns with the drawn-out and disruptive resurfacing asking “Will the minister update me and the Mornington electorate community on the completion, eventually, of the
Peninsula Link resurfacing works, including giving a firm timetable for completion of current stages as well as stronger oversight for the contractor doing the works?”
“This is a project that has been going on for over five months now in the Mornington electorate. When is this project going to be completed, and when will this government do something to ensure that their contracts are properly managed?”
Crewther’s questions followed
Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie addressing federal parliament on 9 February, where she stated Peninsula Link, which “connects the Mornington Peninsula community to work, services and the city every day,” had been mismanaged over the past year.
“Over the last year the incompetent Allan Labor government has turned Pen Link into an obstacle course, with inexplicable speed limits, phantom roadworks, unpredictable lane closures and enough orange cones to be visible from outer space,” she said.
Peninsula Link was built under a 25-year public private partnership (PPP) contract, also known as a DBFOM (design, build, finance, operate, maintain), where the government makes fixed quarterly payments to freeway consortium Southern Way regardless of actual traffic volume (Peninsula Link finally up and running, The News 22/1/13).
Southern Way appointed Service Stream Limited to operate and maintain Peninsula Link under another 25-year agreement.
PENINSULA Link is closed northbound until 8 June. Picture: Yanni
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Woofs, sniffs and licks for Parkinson’s
THERE’S never a dull moment at the monthly Peninsula Parkinson’s Peer Support Group (PPPSG) meetings, but last week’s get together, according to treasurer Phillip Hancorne, was “a real doozy”.
As its name suggests, PPPSG is geared to giving those living with Parkinson’s access to the latest information on the treatment and management of the disease and access to guest speakers who are experts in the field.
Parkinson’s is a serious business, but now and then it’s time for a little light relief, and when two four-legged members of the Victoria Police Dog Squad turned up with their handlers, members were treated to a fascinating and certainly entertaining afternoon.
Senior Constable Matt Steele attended with his black Labrador called simply “X”, and Senior Constable Liam Steele with his German Shepherd, “Knox”.
While the affable X wandered through the audience of 80 plus, sniffing everyone and welcoming pats and hugs, Knox, who is in training to be more of an attack dog, stayed at attention beside his master.
“X will do anything for food,” explained Matt. “He is trained to recover drugs, firearms and other weapons and even cash.” How does he sniff for cash? Apparently the Australian Mint bakes a polymer into our bank notes that can be detected by wet and wobbly canine noses. X is reported to have recovered tens of thousands of dollars in illicit monies.
PPPSG Ambassador Ken Wall
noted, with a wry smile: “We usually present our guest speakers with a gift of a special local wine in appreciation of their attendance, but this time we found ourselves putting together packets of Lucky Dog Bones”. Next month the PPPSG meeting will revert to its original brief, offering a “safe place” for those living with Parkinson’s Disease to relax, learn, and share their experiences. If you’d like to join them, call Ken Wall on 0412 561 768 or Phillip Hancorne on 0487 352 190.
Leading Senior Constable Matt Steele (left) with his son Senior Constable Liam Steele, and PPPSG Treasurer Phillip Hancorne and ‘X’. Picture: Supplied
Supporting litters while reducing litter
MORNINGTON Moggie Rescue is among hundreds of charities, schools and community groups to collectively raise more than $3m through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic) to date.
By returning containers through the scheme, Mornington Moggie Rescue has so far raised around $3,000 for rescuing and caring for the cats and kittens in their care – tackling litter on the streets while caring for litters of kittens! When you return eligible drink containers at a CDS Vic refund point, you can choose to donate your refund directly to a registered charity or community group. You can also support local causes by donating containers directly to a group to return.
“These donations directly assist with essential expenses - including veterinary treatment such as desexing, microchipping and other medical care - medical equipment, feeding supplies, as well as food and litter,” said the rescue’s president, Cara Elton-Baker.
The not-for-profit actively promotes CDS Vic on social media, sharing their unique donation barcode for supporters to scan when returning eligible containers, or asking the community to donate their empty containers for the rescue to return.
“Some supporters kindly drop containers off to us for processing while others return them themselves and use our barcode to donate their refund directly to Mornington Moggie Rescue,” said Elton-Baker.
VicReturn CEO Matt Davis said the scheme is a simple, practical way for groups like schools, sporting clubs and charities to build steady, fundraising streams by integrating container collection into everyday routines.
“Many clubs and community groups already collect containers from their members and
supporters. Donating those containers through the scheme is a simple way to turn everyday recycling into real benefits for local organisations,” he said.
“It’s a win for the community and a win for the environment.”
To support Mornington Moggie Rescue, return your eligible drink containers at a CDS Vic refund point and select the charity as your payout option. Or contact the rescue to arrange a collection, with drop-off points at Mt Martha, Mt Eliza and Tyabb.
Across Mornington Peninsula Shire, more than 74 million eligible drink containers have been returned though CDS Vic since the scheme launched in November 2023, equating to over $7.4m back to pockets of Victorians.
To learn more about Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme or find your closest refund point, visit cdsvic.org.au.
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I’ll work
I’ll fight for a better
for local businesses and producers paying unfair taxes. And be a champion for our award-winning tourism operators on the Southern Peninsula.
“This by-election is an opportunity to ensure Nepean’s voice is heard
“My focus will be on listening closely to what our community has to say, and I’ll fight every day to turn those priorities into action.”
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CWA ladies stitching up a storm
MEMBERS of the six Country Women’s Association of Victoria (CWA) branches on the Mornington Peninsula are crafting and cooking up a storm in preparation for their annual Creative Arts Exhibition on Saturday 18 April, to be held in Mornington.
CWA Mornington Peninsula Group president, Louise Jager said it’s exciting to see the expertise the CWA is renowned for on display.
“We saw a lot of blue ribbons and
best in shows from our members last month at the Red Hill Show, so I’m excited to see what they deliver in our CWA exhibition,” she said.
“I love seeing our newer members having a go, and our more experienced members cheering them on and volunteering advice for future competitions or passing on a new skill.”
While members compete for awards across photography, cooking and handicrafts, floral art and gardening,
the event is about so much more than the trophies.
“I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t a little healthy competition among the branches and the ladies,” said Jager. “While we compete on an individual and branch level, the exhibition is more about keeping these skills alive, showcasing the amazing work of our members and of course, encouraging new membership.”
The CWA Mornington Peninsula’s
52nd Annual Creative Arts Exhibition will be a great day to browse the fabulous work of members and sample the famous CWA scones and other light refreshments. There will also be a raffle, CWA merchandise and stalls.
Jager told The News the annual exhibition is a great opportunity to have a chat with members, especially if you’ve ever considered joining the CWA.
“Come down and say hello. Our branches are very welcoming of new members, with day and night branches on offer. We look forward to seeing you at the exhibition.”
The exhibition will be held at Peninsula Community Theatre, Wilsons Road, Mornington from 10am until 4pm on Saturday 18 April.
Visit the Facebook page for more information: Facebook.com/ CWAMorningtonPeninsula
THE CWA Mornington Peninsula ladies ready to stitch up a storm. Picture: Supplied
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The Guide
TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK
SUNDAY
SATURDAY BLUE MURDER MOTEL
ABC TV, 7.30pm
When a summer storm slams into Mowai Bay in this charming murder mystery’s penultimate chapter, the Blue Motel finds itself at capacity with stranded tourists and out-of-towners. The roads are closed, the power is out and Vinny (Michala Banas) and Cole’s (Brett Tucker, left) conference room has become a makeshift community shelter. So, when the local radio DJ starts broadcasting “dead air”, it’s almost certain the killer is right under their noses. However, Jamie (Jayden Daniels) is beginning to doubt the retired cop couple’s credentials.
MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA
TEN, 7pm
As this culinary sensation comes of age, its success has become something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. No longer reliant on world-famous chefs to appear as guest judges, the hottest kitchen on TV could now fuel an entire season using only its superstar graduates. A new generation steps into the kitchen chasing gastronomic glory in Sunday’s premiere Andy Allen, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Sofia Levin and Poh Ling Yeow (pictured right with Levin) put the top 40 contenders through their paces, with 10 white aprons on offer for the best dishes of the day.
Thursday, April 16
ABC TV (2) SBS (3)
SUNDAY THE FLOOR
NINE, 7pm
No one knew what to expect when this competitive trivia showdown premiered last year, but with an average of 1.3 million viewers tuning in to yell answers at the screen each night, it’s safe to say is on solid ground. Now, Rodger Corser (right) returns with a cast of 81 contestants who step into the arena ready for anything: among them are Olympic gold medallist Steven Bradbury, Australian Survivor alum Gerald Youles and Travel Guides Kevin Moloney. A new feature –the Freeze –will be feature later in the season, but Sunday’s premiere raises the stakes with a bonus $20,000 prize on offer for whoever holds the most territory by episode’s end.
SEVEN (7)
NINE (9) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 The Weekly. (Ml, R) 11.00 Creative Types. (Final, R) 11.30 Can You Keep A Secret? (Ml, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Frauds. (Ml, R) 1.55 Tonight At The Museum. (PGs, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 3.00 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 3.55 Sister Boniface Mysteries. (PGa, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
(PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads: Outback Kids’ Choir, NSW. Jeremy Fernandez journeys to outback Wilcannia. 8.30 Grand Designs. (Return, Ml) A couple build a sleek metallic floating home.
9.20 The Piano. (R) Presented by Guy Sebastian and Andrea Lam.
10.10 ABC Late News.
10.25 The Business. (R)
10.40 Sister Boniface Mysteries. (PGa, R) 11.30 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat. (R)
5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 9.05 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.15 Matched. (PG, R) 10.10 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 11.00 DNA Journey. (Ml) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Elder In Residence Oration 2024. (PG, R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (R) 3.55 The Mayfair Hotel Megabuild. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Treasures With Bettany Hughes: Turkey – Emerging From The Earth. (PG)
9.40 Riot Women. (MA15+) Kitty is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
10.50 SBS World News Late.
11.20 Under The Bridge. (Premiere, Mdlv) 12.10 Bonn. (Mav, R) 2.05 Beyond Signs. (MA15+a, R) 3.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.05 Mountain Vets. (PG, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Seven News With Alex Cullen.
Catch Phrase. (PG, R)
Bridge Of Lies: Celebrity Specials.
The Chase. (R)
Seven News At 4.
The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Carlton v Collingwood.
10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match.
11.00 Kick Ons. A preview of the upcoming AFL matches.
11.30 HMP: Behind Bars: HMP Whitemoor. (MA15+a, R) Takes a look at life inside HMP Whitemoor.
1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
MONDAY GLENN AND MICK’S CELEBRITY INTERVENTION
SEVEN, 7.30pm
Lured to a TV studio by Glenn Robbins and shepherded through a doorway, the stars featured in this new format won’t know what hit them. An archive of video clips, photos and stories awaits, along with some old friends, but Robbins and Mick Molloy won’t be heaping praise upon their guests – rather, they confront them with home truths about their behaviour in a lightly mocking fashion. Carrie Bickmore (pictured above with Robbins) is the first celebrity in the hot seat for Monday’s premiere.
TEN (10)
Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)
6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 RBT. (Ml) A look at police random breath-test patrols.
8.30 Emergency. (Mm, R) Doctor Scott Taylor fears a tradie has life-altering neck damage after a ladder fall.
9.30 A+E Crash Scene Emergency. (Mmv, R) A 20-year-old is critically injured.
10.30 The Equalizer. (MA15+v) 11.20 9News Late.
11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00
Friday, April 17
ABC (2)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Compass. (PGv, R) 10.30 Stuff The British Stole. (Final, PG, R) 11.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 The Piano. (R) 1.45 Can You Keep A Secret? (Ml, R) 2.15 The Assembly. (PG, R) 3.00 Grand Designs Transformations. (PG, R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia.
8.30 Patience. (Mv) A father is shot in front of his daughter. 9.20 Tonight At The Museum. (PGs, R) Hosted by Alex Lee.
9.50 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (PGls, R)
10.20 ABC Late News.
10.35 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. (Ml, R)
11.15 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mav, R)
12.05 Love Me. (Ml, R) 12.50 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
ABC FAMILY (22)
SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (10) NINE (9)
6.00 WorldWatch. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.10 Matched. (PG, R) 10.05 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 11.00 DNA Journey. (PGa, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Forever Held In Country. (R) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.00 The Mayfair Hotel Megabuild. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG)
8.30 A New ANZAC. Construction of the new Southern Entrance is underway.
9.30 Orient Express: A Golden Era Of Travel. (PGav, R) The Orient Express continues its journey.
10.25 SBS World News Late.
10.55 The King. (MA15+d)
11.50 Babylon Berlin. (MA15+asv, R) 2.00 Nordland 99. (Mal, R) 2.55 Mastermind Australia. (R) 3.55 Mountain Vets. (PG, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Geelong v Western Bulldogs.
10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the match.
11.00 GetOn Extra. A look at the weekend’s best racing.
11.30 Border Security: International. (PGadl, R) A trucker’s day goes sideways.
12.00 MOVIE: Patsy And Loretta. (2019, Masv, R) Charts the friendship between two music stars. Megan Hilty, Jessie Mueller. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Our Town. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Business Builders. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00
7.30 Airport Security: USA. (Mad) An X-ray shows some unusual objects.
8.30 MOVIE: The Intern. (2015, Mal, R) A 70-year-old retired widower is hired as a senior intern for an online fashion startup. Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo.
10.55 MOVIE: Going In Style. (2017, Ml, R) Three geriatric friends attempt a bank heist. Michael Caine.
12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)
6.00 10 News+.
6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG, R) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (R) Hosted by Neale Whitaker and Andrew Winter.
8.40 Building The Dream. (Return) Architectural designer Charlie Luxton proves dream homes can be affordable. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.40 10 News+. (R) 11.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 2.25pm Bamay. 3.00 Where Are You Really From? 3.40 BBC News At Ten. 4.10 France 24. 4.40 PBS News. 5.40 Inside The Huddle. 6.10 Over The Black Dot. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: Casualties Of War. (1989, MA15+) 10.40 Sex Before The Internet. 11.35 Homeland. 12.50am United Gangs Of America. 1.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 3pm Play School: Let The Games Begin. 4.15 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.40 Ariel. 5.20 Stan & Gran. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.30 My Adventures With Superman. 8.50 BattleBots. 9.40 Gladiators UK. 10.40 Late Programs.
Movie Show. 6.35 The Lady And The Highwayman. (1989, PG) 8.20 Becoming Jane. (2007, PG) 10.30 Phantom Thread. (2017, M) 12.55pm Empire. (2023, M, Danish) 2.40 Discovering Film. 3.35 A King In New York. (1957, PG) 5.30 Somewhere In Time. (1980) 7.30 The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. (2018) 9.55 Enigma. (2001, M) 12.10am Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 8.15 Motown Magic. 8.40 The Magic Canoe. 9.10 Spartakus. 10.00 Waterworld Africa. 11.00 Going Places. Noon MOVIE: Coextinction. (2021, PG) 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 The Big Dry. 7.30 MOVIE: The Boy And The Heron. (2023, PG) 9.50 MOVIE: Jumpin’ Jack Flash. (1986) 11.40 Late Programs. NITV (34)
Saturday, April 18
6am The
Rugby League. NRL. Round 7. Dolphins v Penrith Panthers. 9.55 NRL Friday Night Footy Post-Match. 10.45 Late Programs. 9GEM (92) 7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.30 Nanny. 9.30
ABC TV (2) SBS (3)
6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (PG) 12.00 Football. VFL. Round 4. Coburg v St Kilda. 3.00 Shaun Tan’s Tales From Outer Suburbia. (R) 4.10 Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia. (PG, R) 5.00 Australian Story. (R) 5.30 Landline. (R)
6.00 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R)
6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Blue Murder Motel. (PGl) Vinny and Cole investigate the death of a radio DJ.
8.15 Top End Bub. (PGd) Ned and Lauren have never felt more distant and Taya struggles with life without him. Trevor gets a makeover. Daffy unveils her song.
8.40 Death In Paradise. (Ma, R) The team attempts to investigate the mysterious death of a British tourist.
9.40 Frauds. (Ml, R) Bert and Sam struggle to keep their secrets hidden.
10.30 Rage Vault Guest Programmer. (MA15+dhlnsv)
5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.10 The Bee Whisperer. (PGa, R) 10.05 Vintage Voltage. (R) 10.55 Oman From Above. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Sailing. Sail Grand Prix Rio. Round 4. Highlights. 3.00 Stories From The Cities. (PG) 3.30 Figure Skating. ISU Synchronised Championships. 5.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 5.35 Surviving WW2. (Premiere, PGaw)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Jewels Of The Mediterranean: Gibraltar – Escape To The Sun. 8.20 Magical Train Journeys In Switzerland: With The Glacier Express From Zermatt To St Moritz. (R) A look at TheGlacierExpress 9.20 Jersey And Guernsey. (R) A sailing ship is visiting the Port of St Helier. 10.15 Finding Your Roots. (PG, R) 11.15 Snowpiercer. (MA15+v, R) 1.50 Matched. (PG, R) 2.40 Mastermind Australia. (R) 3.45 Undermining Nazis: Paris’ Secret Tunnels. (PGav, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
High Spies. 6.25 Paddington. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 Kids Baking C’ship. 8.10 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 8.50 Caper Crew. 9.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.20 Abbott Elementary. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Discovering Film. 6.25 Brief Encounter. (1945, PG) 8.00 Somewhere In Time. (1980) 10.00 Marie Antoinette. (2006) 12.20pm Enigma. (2001,
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. All Aged Stakes Day, Mornington Cup and BYD Quokka Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs meets Yoko Nakazawa. 8.00 MOVIE: The Greatest Showman. (2017, PGa, R) Follows the life of PT Barnum. Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams. 10.00 MOVIE: M3GAN. (2022, Malv, R) A lifelike prototype doll turns deadly. Allison Williams. 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 4. ITM Christchurch Super 440. Day 1. Highlights. 1.00 Devils. (MA15+av) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’s Academic. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)
6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Open For Inspection. 12.30 Surfing Australia TV. 1.00 Explore TV Viking. (R) 1.30 My Way. (R) 2.00 Destination WA. (R) 2.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PGam, R) 3.30 Epic Builds. 4.30 The Garden
6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. (PGl) Belinda’s clutter causes conflict with her family.
6.30 The Dog House. (PGa, R) Sisters want to extend their family. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. (PGa) A couple must decide whether to stay in their 2.5 bedroom, brick 1960s home in Karrinyup, WA. 9.30 Gogglebox Australia. (R) TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows. 10.30 Matlock. (PGa, R) Matty juggles a court case and her 50th wedding anniversary. 11.30 Elsbeth. (Mv, R) A celebrity wigmaker is murdered. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am Morning Programs. 2.05pm Forged In Fire. 3.45 BBC News At Ten. 4.15 France 24. 4.45 PBS News. 5.45 Mastermind Aust. 6.45 The Food That Built The World. 7.35 Abandoned Americana. 8.30 Icons Unearthed: Transformers. 10.20 History’s Greatest Heists With Pierce Brosnan. Midnight WWE Legends. 1.40 Race For The Planet. 2.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND
8.30 MOVIE: Legally Blonde 2: Red, White And Blonde. (2003, PGl, R) A woman juggles her demanding career as a lawyer and the preparations for her wedding. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson.
10.30 MOVIE: Magic Mike’s Last Dance. (2023, Mls, R) Channing Tatum. 12.30 Epic Builds. (R) 1.30 Open For Inspection. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
Sunday, April 19
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGv, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 The Piano. (R) 3.20 Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia. (PG, R) 4.10 Grand Designs. (PGl, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Fake Or Fortune? (Final)
6.30 Compass: Bring Back Joy. (PGv)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 The Piano. (Final, PG) The five chosen pianists headline at City Recital Hall.
8.25 Can You Keep A Secret? (Final, Ml) Debbie weighs up confessing.
8.55 Frauds. (Final, Mal) The day of the heist arrives.
9.40 Blue Murder Motel. (PGl, R) Vinny and Cole investigate the death of a radio DJ.
10.30 Top End Bub. (PGd, R)
10.55 MOVIE: Two Hands. (1999, MA15+lv, R)
12.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.00 Dream Gardens. (PG, R) 4.30 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 South Africa From Above. (R) 12.00 PBS News Compass Points. 12.30 WorldWatch. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. ProMX Championship. Round 2. 4.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Roubaix. Men’s Race. Highlights. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Roubaix. Women’s Race. Highlights. 5.00 Going Places. (R) 5.35 Surviving WW2. (PGavw)
6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Rise And Fall Of The Maya. (M) Explores the last moments of the Mayan civilisation. 9.20 Emperor: Rise And Fall Of A Dynasty. (MA15+v, R) Looks at Livia, who starts having regrets. 10.15 Lost Treasures Of Egypt: Cleopatra, Egypt’s Last Pharaoh. (PGav, R)
11.05 Putin And The West. (Mav, R) 2.30 Matched. (PG, R) 3.20 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 Euronews. 5.30 PBS News Horizons.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. Pre-game coverage of the match. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Melbourne v Brisbane Lions.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The 1% Club. (Return, PGals)
8.00 7NEWS Spotlight. (Return)
9.00 Abused By Mum: The Ruby Franke Scandal. (Mav, R) Charts the rise and fall of Ruby Franke, a “momfluencer” who amassed millions of followers for her parenting tips.
10.30 24 Hours In Police Custody: Lost In Translation. (Mal, R)
11.30 Autopsy USA. (Ma, R)
12.30 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. ITM Christchurch Super 440. H’lights. From Ruapuna Raceway, Christchurch, NZ. 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
9.15 Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators: Prescription For Murder. (Mav) Looks at the case of Dr Brian Crickitt.
10.20 9News Late.
10.50 The First 48: Shooting Blind/ Brothers In Arms. (Mav, R)
11.45 A Killer Makes A Call. (Ma, R)
12.35 Oz Off Road TV. (PGl, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.30 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. (Return) A batch of new contestants enter the kitchen. 8.45 Race Across The World. (Return, Ml) In a frenetic race across the world, travellers can choose any route they like, but no flights or phones are allowed. 10.00 Matlock. (PGad) The firm tackles an AI afterlife software dispute. 11.00 NCIS: Origins. (Ma, R) The team investigates the death of an investment advisor. 12.00 10 News+. (R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 3.35 WorldWatch. 4.35 PBS News Compass Points. 5.05 Myths: The Greatest Mysteries Of Humanity. 6.05 MOVIE: Ange & The Boss: Puskas In Australia. (2024, PG) 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 DesiAussie Family Tale of Electric Korma. 8.45 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Amstel Gold Women’s Race. 10.45 Fear Itself With Alex Lee. 11.00 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm Mister Maker Around The World. 3.00 Play School. 3.30 MOVIE: Tummy Tom
2: A New Friend For Tummy Tom. (2024) 4.30 Little J And Big Cuz. 5.10 Paddington. 6.05 Knee High Spies. 6.25 Paddington. 7.05 Let’s Go Bananas! 7.30 The Inbestigators. 7.45 Caper Crew. 8.05 Secrets At Red Rocks. 8.30 Animal Park. 10.00 Secrets Of The Zoo. 10.45 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 7.50 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. (1968, PG) 10.30 The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. (2018) 12.50pm Too Cool To Kill. (2022, M, Mandarin) 2.50 Somewhere In Time. (1980, PG) 4.55 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. (2019, PG) 7.00 Sabotage. (1936, PG) 8.30 The Lady In The Van. (2015, M) 10.25 Master Gardener. (2022, M) 12.30am Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Toi Time. 6.30 Waabiny Time. 7.05 Aussie Bush Tales. 7.20 Cities Of Gold. 7.50 Bushwhacked! 8.15 Motown Magic. 8.40 The Magic Canoe. 9.10 Bamay. 5.30pm Going Places. 6.40 Wild, Smart And Deadly. 7.30 Free The People. 8.35 MOVIE: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets. (2015, M) 10.20 MOVIE: Dogfight. (1991, M) Midnight Lagau Danalaig: An Island Life. 1.00 Going Places. 2.00 Late Programs. NITV (34)
6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Escape To The Country. 12.30pm Harry’s Practice. 1.00 Luxury Escapes: World’s Best Holidays. 1.30 Business Builders. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Better Homes. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 5.30 The Aussie Property Flippers. 6.30 Escape
Monday, April 20
ABC TV (2)
6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Top End Bub. (PGd, R) 11.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Landline. (R) 1.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 2.00 Tonight At The Museum. (PGs, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 2.55 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 Moening Programs. 10.05 Kew Gardens: Season By Season. (R) 11.00 Scottish Vets Down Under. (R) 12.05 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS News Compass Points. 1.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 Finding Your Roots. (PGa, R) 3.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Tutankhamun: Secrets Of The Toxic Tomb. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Australian Story: Lost Pt 2 – Celine Cremer.
8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.
9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser.
9.35 Planet America.
10.05 Foreign Correspondent. (R)
10.55 ABC Late News. 11.10 The Business. (R) 11.25 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (PGls, R) 11.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 12.45 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+dhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat. (R)
5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Australia’s Greek Cafes & Milk Bars.
8.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) Game show. Hosted by Jimmy Carr. 9.30 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (M) Hosted by Greg Davies. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Herrhausen: The Banker And The Bomb. (Malv) 11.55 Gomorrah. (MA15+av, R) 3.05 Mastermind Australia. (R) 4.05 Mountain Vets. (PGa, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.35 Children’s Programs. 3.40pm Thomas And Friends. 4.15 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.40 Ariel. 5.20 Stan & Gran. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 Gladiators UK. 9.45 Kids BBQ Championship. 10.25 Kids Baking C’ship. 11.05 Late Programs.
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am
5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Holy Marvels. 9.20 Greatest Escapes. 10.10 The Hospital: In The Deep End. 11.20 Hudson & Rex. 12.15am History Of The Sitcom. 1.00 Late Programs.
Discovering Film. 6.25 Master Cheng: A Spice For Life. (2019, PG) 8.30 Sabotage. (1936, PG) 10.00 The Lady In The Van. (2015, M) 11.50 Godland. (2022, M, Danish, Icelandic) 2.25pm Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 4.15 Limelight. (1952, PG) 6.40 Spitfire. (2018, PG) 8.30
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Seven News With Alex Cullen. 1.10 Blankety Blank. (PGas, R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Glenn And Mick’s Celebrity Intervention. (Premiere, Mals) Hosted by Glenn Robbins and Mick Molloy. 8.40 9-1-1. (Masv) Maddie and Buck are blindsided by some unexpected news which turns their world upside down.
9.40 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
8.45 Footy Classified. (Ml) A team of footy experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies.
9.45 Players. (Ml) A look at all the AFL news.
10.45 9News Late.
11.15 100% Footy. (Mal)
12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
1.05 Hello SA. (PG)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 10 News+.
6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer.
Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.30 Bewitched. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes. (2009, M) 11.05 Seinfeld. 12.05am Love Island UK: All Stars. (Premiere)
11.00 Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Death In Paradise. (Ma, R) 2.00 ANZAC Battlefields. (PG, R) 2.55 Grand Designs Transformations. (PG, R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGv, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
Cases That Changed Australia: Mabo. (PG) Looks at the Terra nullius High Court case. 9.30 You Can’t Ask That: Facial Difference. (Ml, R) 10.00 Compass. (PGv, R) 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.50 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.05 Murdoch Mysteries. (Mv, R) 12.55 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.45 Rage. (MA15+dhlnsv) 4.05 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.05 A Bite To Eat. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (10) NINE (9)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Matched. (PG, R) 9.50 Spectacular Railways Of The Swiss Alps. (Premiere) 10.50 Scottish Vets Down Under. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.55 What Does Australia Really Think About… (Mal, R) 3.00 Trail Towns. (PG, R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Tutankhamun: Secrets Of The Toxic Tomb. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys: Zweisimmen To Lausanne/Nantes To Lorient. (R)
8.30 Insight. Kumi Taguchi explores what life’s like for triplets.
9.30 Dateline: North Korean Matchmakers. Looks at North Korean defectors now living in the South.
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Seven News With Alex Cullen. 1.10 Blankety Blank. (PGas, R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) Mackenzie blows up at David.
7.30 My Reno Rules. (Premiere, PG) Hosted by Dr Chris Brown.
9.15 House Of Wellness. (PG) A team of industry experts, media personalities and wellness advocates shares insights and experiences to highlight living well.
10.15 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
11.15 Ambulance: Code Red. (Ma, R) 12.15 Secrets Of Prince Andrew. (PGas, R)
2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Travel Guides. (Return, PGlv) Ordinary Australians become travel critics.
9.00 Clarkson’s Farm: Pubbing. (MA15+al) Jeremy Clarkson has found a promising pub and the ageing Lamborghini has competition.
10.10 Footy Classified. (Ml) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues.
11.10 9News Late.
11.40 The Grand Tour. (Ml)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Our State On A Plate. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) A batch of new contestants enter the kitchen. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Return, Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.40 10 News+. (R) 11.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 2.35pm The Grudge. 3.00 Forged In Fire. 3.50 BBC News At Ten. 4.20 France 24. 4.50 PBS News. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The Harlem Hellfighters. 9.20 Heston Blumenthal: Life With Bipolar. 10.30 Chasing Speed. 11.25 Brassic. 12.15am Time To Buy: A Musical. 1.00 WWE Legends. 2.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.35 Children’s Programs. 4.15pm Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.40 Ariel. 5.20 Stan & Gran. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 8.45 The Slow Mo Guys’ Big Adventures. 9.05 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 9.30 BattleBots. 10.20 Merlin. 11.00 Late Programs.
NITV (34)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am
Discovering Film. 3.10 The Chaperone. (2018, PG) 5.05 Sabotage. (1936, PG) 6.35 The Return Of The Soldier. (1982, PG) 8.30 A Woman In Berlin. (2008, Russian, Georgian, German) 11.00 Late Programs. 5.50am The Chaperone. (2018, PG) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 The Big Dry. 11.00 Living Black. 11.30 Lalai Dreamtime. 12.25pm MOVIE: The Skin Of Others. (2020, PG) 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 The Big Dry. 7.30 Ocean Warriors. 8.30 MOVIE: The Long Kiss Goodnight. (1996, MA15+) 10.35 After Sherman. Midnight Late Programs.
Limelight. Continued. (1952, PG) 8.20 Spitfire. (2018, PG) 10.10 A Singular Crime. (2022, M, Spanish) 12.15pm Master Gardener. (2022, M) 2.15
Wednesday, April 22
ABC TV (2)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 11.30 Back Roads. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.50 ANZAC Battlefields. (PG, R) 2.55 Grand Designs Transformations. (PG, R) 3.55 Murdoch Mysteries. (PGa, R) 4.40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PGa, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Tonight At The Museum. (Final, PGs)
8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (Final, PGls) A satirical news program.
9.00 Can You Keep A Secret? (Final, Ml, R) Debbie weighs up confessing.
9.30 QI. (Ml) Hosted by Sandi Toksvig.
10.00 Planet America. (R)
10.30 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Business. (R) 11.35 Murdoch Mysteries. (M, R) 12.25 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+dhlnsv) 4.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
SBS (3)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Matched. (PG, R) 9.55 Spectacular Railways Of The Swiss Alps. (PGa) 10.50 Scottish Vets Down Under. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Sri Lanka With Alexander Armstrong. (PGalv, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Chernobyl: Inside The Meltdown: Inferno. (Premiere) Takes a look at the Chernobyl disaster. 9.25 The Audacity. (M) A would-be tech titan and his therapist try to find a fortune and happiness for themselves. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Rise Of The Raven. (MA15+av) 11.55 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (Ma) 1.50 Classified. (MA15+v, R) 3.25 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SEVEN (7)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Seven News With Alex Cullen. 1.10 Blankety Blank. (PGas, R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) Mackenzie and Lacey clash.
7.30 My Reno Rules. (PG) Hosted by Dr Chris Brown.
9.15 The Front Bar. (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL.
10.15 To Be Advised.
11.25 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
12.25 No Holds Barred: GWS Giants. (Ml) 1.45 Kochie’s Business Builders. (R)
2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Love Amongst The Stars. (2022, PGa, R) Sara Canning. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Events That Changed Australia: The Birth Of The Bogan. (Ml)
8.30 Outback Murder Highway: The Sensible Creek Killings. (Premiere, Masv) Looks at Sensible Creek.
9.30 The Killer Interview With Piers Morgan. (MA15+av, R) Piers Morgan interviews Levi King.
10.30 9News Late. 11.00 Miniseries: The Night Caller. (Malv) 11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy. (R) 4.30 ACA. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 10 News+. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. (PG)
7.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (PG) Hosted by Rebecca Gibney. 7.30 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. A celebration of 40 years of the festival. 9.00 Elsbeth. (Mlv) Elsbeth infiltrates the world of elite puzzle solvers to find out who murdered a puzzles editor. 10.00 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 10 News+. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.35 Children’s Programs. 3.40pm Thomas And Friends. 4.15 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 4.40 Ariel. 5.20 Stan & Gran. 6.05 Spidey And His Amazing Friends. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Young Sheldon. 8.25 Young Sheldon. 9.05 Adv Time. 9.50 Pokémon: Diamond And Pearl. 10.15 My Adventures With Superman. 10.35 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The Chaperone. Continued. (2018, PG) 7.50 Discovering Film. 8.35 The Return Of The Soldier. (1982, PG) 10.30
6.55 Jeopardy! 7.50 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.45 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Fleche-Wallonne Men’s Race. 12.45am Cycling. UCI World Tour. Fleche-Wallonne Women’s Race. 2.15 Travel Man. 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
Nepean candidates call foul play on flyers
Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au
THE heat is rising among candidates in the Nepean by-election with the Liberal Party releasing two flyers: one attacking One Nation and the other Independent for Mornington Peninsula endorsed candidate Tracee Hutchison.
The Hutchison flyer asks the question “Jacinta Allan’s secret Nepean candidate?”, pointing out that the independent candidate considered running for pre-selection for Labor in 2019. The flyer also contains a quote from The Age from 2007 where Hutchison said “... our flag
has become a participant in something that could easily be mistaken for a white supremacist movement”, a reference to an Instagram post from 2023 where Hutchison referred to Australia Day as “Survival Day”, and a claim that Hutchison “mostly lived in Melbourne’s Western Suburbs”.
Tracee Hutchison told The News “Lazy and dishonest attacks are exactly why I am running — people want better representation. If the best the Liberal Party can do is dredge up a 2007 opinion piece calling for unity and pride in our flag, question my allyship with First Nations people, and force me to disclose my recent divorce and property settlement, it
only underlines their desperation”.
“I have no affiliation with the Labor Party beyond brief discussions in 2019 about standing in Flinders to hold the then Health Minister, Greg Hunt, to account for failing to secure investment to rebuild Rosebud Hospital - the number one reason I am running now in Nepean. I have owned my home in Rosebud for 25 years, I am a long-term Mornington Peninsula ratepayer, deeply involved in this community, self-funding my campaign and focused on delivering for this community.”
The One Nation flyer had on one side “At this by-election, a vote for One Nation helps keep Labor in power in November”, while the
inside included the words “With out-of-control crime and debt, we need people with the experience to provide real solutions”.
The flyer asked if One Nation had ever build a hospital, built a road, led a state, delivered a budget or made a government program work, with crosses against each item.
One Nation candidate Darren Hercus told The News “I think the Liberal Party’s recent distribution of the State Directors endorsed flyer in One Nation colours ridiculing One Nation is an act of desperation by the party”.
“And the claim that a ‘vote for One Nation helps keep Labor in power in November’ is ironic considering the
Liberal’s lack of consistent policy, leadership, continual factional infighting, and inability to make the Labor party accountable over the last 10 years is what has kept the Labor Party in power.”
In response to questions about the flyer, Marsh told The News “At this by-election, there is a clear choice between Jess Wilson’s team with a strong local plan for our community, or others who can talk about change but can never actually deliver it”.
“That’s why this by-election is so important, and I’ll be out every single day talking to locals about our local plan to rebuild Rosebud Hospital, fix local potholes, help the homeless, and reduce local crime.”
Elections can create strange bedfellows
Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au
OPINION
AN odd observation from last year’s federal election fight for the seat of Flinders was the effort that the Labor campaign put into discrediting indepdendent Ben Smith.
Perhaps it was well-founded as Smith, in the tightest of contests, managed to pip Labor’s Sarah Race and end up in the two-party-preferred spot against Liberal Zoe McKenzie.
Of course, McKenzie prevailed, but not by much. One wonders who would be representing Flinders in Canberra if Labor had targetted the Liberal Party instead.
In a way it created odd bedfellows. Labor were in effect saying “we are against the Liberals, but our ability to fight them could be taken by this ‘independent’, so we must fight him instead”. The decision to do so may have been the best thing to happen to the McKenzie campaign.
Fast forward to the Nepean by-election and all eyes are on the contest as a yardstick of the purported rise of One Nation.
The data may be questionable, but the press release was definitive: “One Nation has surged to become the most popular party in Victoria as its wave of support spreads across Australia” screamed the headline from, no surprises, One Nation with new polling by a Sky News Pulse poll putting the party on top in federal
polling.
“One Nation would secure 26 per cent of the primary vote in Victoria if a federal election were held today”, it said and “The seismic shift could spell trouble for the major parties come Victoria’s state election later this year”.
Polls can be unreliable, but elections are not. And the first test of One Nation’s claim of an unprecedented surge of support in Victoria will come at the Nepean by-election on 2 May. Sans a Labor candidate, where will those votes go? Will the majority go to Indepdendent for Mornington Peninsula endorsed Tracee Hutchison? Or will they fracture with the environment vote going one way and the worker’s vote going another? We’ve seen the phenomenon before
with our friends on the other side of the Pacific.
Trump won the “workers”. There is no doubt about it. They abandoned the Democrats in droves with promises of a better deal for the working class from a party that has never offered a better deal for the working class. But still they left.
There is the potential that any uplift in One Nation vote will not just come from disaffected Liberals, but also from disaffected Labor supporters who believe the party no longer cares for the working person. Those tradies and construction type; the factory workers; the teachers and nurses who have all seen rampant corruption on Big Build sites and have had enough. Those voters don’t necessarily go to Tracee Hutchison. They may go
somewhere else. Quite possibly to One Nation.
The potential uptick of One Nation support has huge repercussions for the November poll too. A strong showing by One Nation in that poll, assuming it wasn’t just from the Liberal base, could see a flow of preferences to the Liberal Party and get them across the line in November. That must be something the beancounters in Liberal HQ are mindful of.
But too strong a showing just increases the existential threat the Victorian Liberal Party currently faces.
Don’t forget what happened last month in the South Australian state election. Only 13 of the seats ended up as a contest between Liberal and Labor. An astounding 25 were contested between One-Nation and Labor.
The Liberal Party’s primary vote nearly halved to 18.9%, while One Nation’ primary vote was 22.9%.
One Nation won four seats in the state’s lower house, leaving the Liberal Party with just five seats.
It is interesting the Liberal Party decided to put out a flyer attacking the Nepean One Nation candidate, Darren Hercus. Perhaps what we are seeing is a realisation from the Victorian Liberal Party that Labor may not be the only problem they need to overcome in November.
It must be a balancing act for the Liberals. For the party to take power in November they need One Nation
to do well, but not too well.
Well enough that they benefit from preferences, but not so well that One Nation pick up seats in their own right.
Back to Nepean, the Liberals would be hoping to get One Nation preferences and One Nation be hoping to get Liberal preferences if the vote goes another way. Neither would want their votes going to Hutchison, who is on the other side of the political spectrum completely.
Castings an eye to the letters section in The News we are seeing avowed Labor supporters swinging their support behind Hutchison. It should be noted that some of those letter writers currently supporting the community independent were the same ones who attacked the community independent in the federal election.
Likewise in this election, letter writers have attacked Marsh constantly; five letters last week alone. How many attacking Darren Hercus or One Nation? None.
It could be that the letter writers, so focussed on Marsh, could be propelling One Nation’s Hercus into the first Victorian lower seat won by the party in their history.
The community independent and Labor letter writers, solely focussed on Marsh and the Liberal Party, may well contribute to a historic win for the previously marginal party, and create a new path for One Nation as they march towards the November election.
ONE Nation’s Pauline Hanson and Victorian Liberal Party leader Jess Wilson. Pictures: Supplied
THE Tracee Hutchison flyer (left) and the front and back of the Darren Hercus flyer (right). Pictures: Supplied
Ron showing no signs of slowing down at 106
Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au
CAPEL Sound resident Ron Lloyd celebrated his 106th birthday on Wednesday 8 April. The resident of Regis Capel Sound is still very active and a keen participant in the home’s lifestyle activities, maintaining a full and varied social calendar.
Ron was born at Box Hill in a private hospital on Whitehorse Road. On that site now stands the Box Hill Town Hall, that he maintains was built there to commemorate his birth.
Ron said he was very lucky to be born to wonderful parents and had a very happy childhood and teenage life.
He grew up behind his family’s butcher shop in Box Hill and would help out in the family business.
In those early days, the butchers would use horse and carts for deliveries, and Ron had his own pony that he would use to travel around.
Ron grew up during the Great Depression.
“I was very fortunate, during the 1920s and 1930s as I was young enough for the depression not to affect me, but we used to have people come into our shop with sustenance tickets from the government,” said Ron.
“My parents would supply them with meat in exchange for the sustenance ticket and we were reimbursed by the government.
“I was lucky as a young fella because I was home. If I’d been born five years earlier it would’ve been a different story. Young people couldn’t find work.”
Ron went to school until he had achieved his Merit Certificate (grade 8). He then left school and started studying for a trade when his parents decided they wanted to take a holiday.
“Because I knew all about the business by then, I was 14, I’d been delivering on a Saturday morning and after school, I had to stay home and work the business,” said Ron “I never went back to school. “I never completed anything after the Merit Certificate. You went to school in those days until you were 14, you could leave school at 14.”
Ron’s teenage years were spent “either dancing or at the pictures”. When he turned 18 in 1938, his mother and father were frightened that he’d buy a motorbike. So they talked him into buying a block of land instead; Ron’s first foray into real estate.
He would hold onto that block until after the war and sell it for £450. “I had a guilty conscience for making so much money on it, “ said Ron.
He did finish up finally buying a motorbike – a Dunelt 2 stroke that cost him £10 which Ron describes as “the best £10 I ever spent”.
In 1940, Ron was called up for military service. He had been working as a butcher, and applied to get into the army service corps as a butcher.
He had his 21st birthday in April 1941 at Werribee and became engaged to Roma. The two had met at a dance around 1939.
“The first time we met, we danced together all night. You might say our future was decided.”
Ron was moved around different camps and locations in Australia during the early years of his army service, taking opportunities (some authorised and some not) to get away and see Roma.
Eventually he was shipped off to New Guinea where, after six months, he contracted dengue fever and ended up in a field hospital.
Heading back to the war after leave in Australia, he contracted malaria, so never made it back overseas after that.
“I’ve always said, I had a very lucky run in the Army. I’ve seen enough to know what it was all about, but I managed to dodge the worst of it. So yes, I was lucky,” said Ron.
After the war Ron returned to his old profession as a butcher. His father made him a partner in the family business.
Roma and Ron’s first child, David, arrived in 1959 and their second
child, Jennifer, was born in 1952. Sadly for the family, David died at age 46 from melanoma.
Ron worked until the age of 57 when, with the business in decline due to the changing nature of the area, he was suffering from ill health.
“After suffering chest pains I diagnosed myself as having a heart problem, so I decided that I’d shut the shop, and get part time work.”
Ron’s first taste of the Mornington Peninsula was by steamer trip.
“In the 1920s and 1930s a lot of trades and associations – such as the grocers and the butchers – would have a picnic and would have annual trips down the bay on the paddle steamers. As a boy I went on several of these trips,” said Ron.
Time was spent in Rosebud when his parents first brought him camping there during his school years in the 1930s.
“They camped where the Village Green is now. There was one pump for brackish water, and there was one toilet which you couldn’t get near. All the men used to cross the highway with a shovel to go to the toilet; it was all bush and scrub where the Rosebud Pub is now,” said Ron.
“And then after the war, Roma and I came down and we stayed for a holiday; we stayed in a caravan on a block of land around about Jetty Road somewhere. Then in 1949 we used to take flats on the corner of Fifth Avenue and the highway – Rose’s Flats. We had quite a few holidays there. I used to do a lot of fishing with the fishing parties off the Rosebud Pier. We’d catch flathead by the million.”
This began a decades-long af-
filiation with Rosebud and Rosebud West. The family would come down camping initially in a tent, and then caravanning, until in 1975 they built a place in Rosebud West.
Retirement also brought caravanning trips and travel opportunities.
Ron lost Roma in 2002 to pancreatic cancer. She was 82. “I have missed her terribly of course,” said Ron.
Ron kept the house in Box Hill, the old family home, and the home down in Rosebud West.
“Until I was 98 I was still lucky enough to be able to drive between the two properties. I used to spend five nights a week in Rosebud and two nights in Box Hill.
“At 96, I bought myself a new car. I’m sorry I didn’t get one with a seven year guarantee, the one I’ve bought only had a three year guaran tee!”
Ron moved permanently into his Rosebud West place in 2018. After
suffering a heart attack in June 2025 leaving him short of breathe after exertion, he moved into care in September.
On moving into Regis Capel Sound, he immediately grabbed the title of the oldest resident.
Ron has quickly become wellknown among residents and employees for his friendly nature and love of conversation. He is always happy to stop for a chat with those around him. And what is Ron’s secret to longevity?
“I don’t think you can put it down to wise living. I’ve always eaten a bit too much. I must say I’ve never been a drinker. I gave up smoking when I was 55-56. To this day I don’t know how my wife put up with me, smok-
RON, at the front right, with famil members and, below Lloyd Butcher’s Delivery Cart decorated for Empire Day 1934. Pictures: Supplied
Fingers crossed for Pelican Park
It is a great pity that the Pelican Park pool did not receive a grant from the Community Energy Upgrade Fund to electrify the pool heating (Pelican Park misses out on electrification grant, The News 7/4/26).
Heat pumps are 3–5 times more efficient than gas boilers, can deliver around 90 per cent emissions reduction, reduce energy use by 50-80 per cent and operating costs by about $100,000$200,000 per year for mid–large centres.
Just up the road, Frankston and Kingston councils received $1.4m and $2.5m grants for electrification of pool projects, respectively.
The federal government fund, $100m over two rounds, has now closed. Hopefully, further funding for this important work will be announced in the coming May budget and Pelican Park will be able to fully electrify in the near future.
Ray Peck, Hawthorn
Soft plastic recycling
It’s good news that the Mornington and Rye Resource Recovery Centres are now offering a soft-plastics recycling option (Soft plastics recycling option now available, The News 8/4/26).
Given the RedCycle supermarket soft-plastics hoarding fiasco and the inherent challenges of properly recycling plastic, this is a positive development.
Australians, however, use about 100kg of plastic per person per year, and only 13 per cent of it is ever recycled. We therefore have a very long way to go.
Would reducing our use of plastic be worth considering too?
Isabelle Henry, Ascot Vale
Promising the world
I recently received Tracee Hutchison’s flyer in the mail where she’s made a range of promises.
Amongst these are clear commitments to get Rosebud Hospital rebuilt and save Arthur’s Seat from inappropriate development. What’s not clear however, is how she’s going to deliver them.
Only governments can decide whether to fund the redevelopment of Rosebud Hospital. Labor hasn’t and independents can’t.
Labor’s Minister for Planning has already approved the Arthur’s Seat Eagle redevelopment, so is Tracee suggesting she’ll somehow force the Minister to overturn her own approval? She’s also promising to support a range of (unfunded) initiatives, all from the crossbench!
Sorry Tracee, I’d prefer to support someone with a track record of getting things done who can be part of a government. My vote is with Anthony Marsh.
Phillip Wise, Sorrento
Why have kids?
As a parent raising young kids, I was genuinely taken aback to come across past columns by Tracee Hutchison outlining her views on parenting and family life.
The picture she paints is deeply uncharitable. Parents who rely on childcare are portrayed as “offloading” their kids, while working mothers are framed as part of a misguided “have-it-all” culture. More concerningly, she questions why society should support families at all, suggesting childless taxpayers are unfairly burdened by paying for “other people’s children.”
It’s not just the argument, but the tone. Referring to parents as “breeders” reflects a level of disdain that goes well beyond a difference of opinion. It treats raising children as a private indulgence rather than something that underpins a healthy society.
The reality for most families is very different. Raising children today is expensive and demanding, and childcare is often what makes working possible. Those children grow up to be the workers, carers and taxpayers we all rely on.
You don’t need to be a parent to understand that, but you do need an appreciation of how modern life actually works.
I can’t support someone who holds views like this about families and their role in our community.
Rose Bates, Boneo
The road less travelled Nepean has always seemed very politically Liberal. Until a few years ago, a very young Labor guy got himself elected, much to the surprise of
many, and while he held the reins, the Rosebud Primary School was replaced by something educationally superior and appropriate to Rosebud.
However, surprisingly, he didn’t last more than one term and was then replaced by someone who played tennis.
Now batting from the same court, the past mayor is making a play for the higher ground, apparently working his way from council pot holes to state pot holes, having left the originals there in place, while at the same time, guiding the Mornington Peninsula along the bumpy road over the years that he ran the council.
Perhaps, having sampled an array of candidate variety, it may be time for the Nepeans to show some “Independence”, and say “And now for something completely different”.
Dr Neil D. Hallam, Flinders
Nepean by-election
Here we are facing an election for the state seat of Nepean following the untidy departure of Liberal incumbent Sam Groth.
Surprise, surprise - our mayor has put himself forward to be Groth’s successor despite, when seeking our vote for the council, promising not to use his position in local government as a springboard into state politics.
I was always taught that a person’s word was his or her bond.
How, therefore, can you trust Mr. Anthony Marsh, who has taken leave of absence from the council to fight for the seat?
Perhaps a message should be sent to him about integrity by placing him as last preference.
The only problem is that he will then don his mayoral robes yet again!
Ranald Macdonald, Flinders
Laughing cat?
I am appalled at the ignorance and constant mention in a recent article in ‘The Age’ of the Mornington Peninsula as affluent and “well heeled.”
They even refer to the demographics but obviously have not looked into them. Over one-third of the resident population down here lives on a Centrelink Pension only/or on a casual part-employment income below the Henderson poverty line, including families.
This has remained unchanged for the past 50 years.
The only time we got anything from a politician was when Labor was in (before Groth and the Liberals got back in) and those in government saw fit to pour money for the first time ever into decades of neglected primary schools. This was after 20+ years of Liberal Martin Dixon, lovely man though he was, including while he was Minister for Education.
The extent of homelessness (as well as many other factors) is evidence of resident population poverty. Affluent tourists screen the realities and create a totally misleading impression.
Noticeably absent is any mention of the on again off again finger pointing blame game that amounts to nothing over the Rosebud Jetty Road overpass.
And yes - Rosebud Hospital, once a thriving country hospital with a maternity wing, has been in a terrible state for decades. The only reason it is still standing is because a fierce group of women including Judith Couacaud-Graley stood up to Greg Hunt who was on a roll to close country hospitals down. He successfully closed other hospitals down, and a gaping hole for medical services has been left in their communities ever since.
So sorry - Liberal Party calls to now rescue Rosebud Hospital sound very hollow and laden with hypocrisy.
And the ex-shire mayor has suddenly become the champion of pothole complaints?
Enough to make a cat laugh!
Esther Gleixner, Flinders
Change opportunity
Initially I was dismayed Sam Groth felt that he could just walk away from his constituents in Nepean, but now I am actually grateful.
Sam’s blatant disregard for this community now means that we have the opportunity to elect an excellent candidate into parliament to represent us.
Tracee Hutchison is a fully independent and non-aligned candidate who is passionate about
the peninsula and has demonstrated this through her long-time involvement in and commitment to, the issues that matter most to peninsula residents.
As a life long peninsula resident, Tracee does not stand for self-aggrandisement through political opportunism or for the need to follow some tired rehashed and worn out party line. Instead, Tracee has worked with environmental groups, homelessness and domestic violence services, supporting the hospital, understanding the need for great educational opportunities for our kids and other local matters of concern. Whilst she is probably happy to discuss a pot-hole or two, this will by no means be the main focus of her representation.
So thanks to Sam Groth we now have the opportunity to vote for someone who is truly one of us and will fight tirelessly and passionately for what matters most to peninsula residents.
As a Labor member, I am totally happy to support Tracee and I am comfortable with the fact that in parliament, she would work to ensure that the peninsula gets its fair share.
Marilyn Merrifield, Rye
Democracy sausage?
After the great big dummy spit by Liberal golden hair boy Sam Groth in the seat of Nepean, we, the tax payers are now forking out for a byelection.
In my mind, I can see no good reason to replace one Liberal dud with another one, Anthony Marsh. Marsh’s sudden enlightenment from “a political messiah” to a firebrand newly found Liberal prophet, has to be seen with a questioning eye.
I think it is high time for a independent or Green voice to be our rep in Spring Street. Vote for a Tracy or Sianan, and forget the orange or blue opportunists singing there sirens songs. They only lead to disillusionment.
Rupert Steiner, Balnarring Beach
Labor support?
I quote from Tracee Hutchison’s Wikipedia entry: “Hutchison considered standing as a candidate for the Labor Party in the division of Flinders, but held concerns over the Victorian Labor Party’s support at the time for a liquefied natural gas import terminal at Crib Point.”
Is the issue of Crib Point the sole position that precludes her from standing for Labor in the forthcoming Nepean by-election?
Does Hutchison endorse all of the track record of the Andrews/Allan Labor governments? William Holmes, Sorrento
Consistency
Recent developments involving Mornington Peninsula Shire Mayor Cr Anthony Marsh highlight the importance of consistency and transparency in public office.
At the time of his election, Cr Marsh stated he had no political affiliation, that his role on council was not a career move, and that he was “in it for the long haul.” Voters were entitled to rely on those statements when casting their vote.
Since then, Cr Marsh has joined the Liberal Party and is now contesting the Nepean by-election, while taking leave from his mayoral duties.
There has also been an evident shift in public framing. In December 2025, the appointment of municipal monitors was described in neutral terms as supporting governance and accountability. More recently, the same process has been publicly characterised as a political decision.
These developments occur against a broader backdrop of governance concerns at the council, including decisions that have diverged from officer recommendations, closely contested community consultation outcomes, and procedural matters that have limited debate at key meetings. Each of these instances has raised questions about transparency, governance, and decisionmaking.
All of these points are matters of public record. Taken together, they reflect a significant and rapid change in position.
When such changes occur, particularly while holding public office, residents are entitled to clear explanations. Without them, it becomes difficult to reconcile earlier commitments with current actions — and to maintain confidence in local leadership.
Anja
Ottensmeyer, Mt Martha
Consultation
Proper consultation has a clear standard. It is not vague. It is not optional. And it is not what many institutions pretend it is.
It starts with early engagement. You must involve people before decisions are made, not after everything is locked in. If the outcome is already decided, calling it consultation is misleading at best and a downright con job at worst. It requires clear information. The full picture. What is proposed, why it is being done, what the impacts are, and what the real options look like. Not selective fragments, not handpicked messaging.
There must be a real opportunity to respond. That means time to consider, time to question, and more than one way to be heard. Meetings, written submissions, online input. Not rushed processes designed to limit participation.
Decision-makers must have an open mind. Consultation is not a box-ticking exercise. Feedback must be capable of influencing the outcome. Transparency matters. People should be able to see what feedback was received and how it shaped the final decision. Without that, trust breaks down.
And there must be a feedback loop. Participants deserve to know what happened next. Not silence, not a token summary, a clear explanation. This is not complicated. It is a basic standard of respect. When institutions fail to meet it, communities notice. Trust erodes. Engagement becomes pointless.
If consultation is going to be used as justification for decisions, it needs to be real. Otherwise, stop calling it consultation.
Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach
Lifesaving thanks
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the members of the Mornington Life Saving Club for their outstanding assistance on Easter Sunday. My son and myself took off sailing from Mills Beach in our yacht with great expectations , when we were suddenly caught in a wind and were capsized. The yacht was overturned and we ended up sitting on the hulls.
The rescue boat came and took 45 minutes to tow us to shore. Their professionalism and expertise and care was exemplary. Thank goodness they were on call that day, our appreciation is beyond words. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers.
Caroline Weir, Mornington
BarleyCharlie@90
Comedy: At the risk of repeating myself, Albanese/a non-smoker, on gambling. “We are getting the balance right.” Similar to Donald Trump on Iran? The consistency of Christian values? In FACT, the values remain; employment, housing and wages. Oh, and pensions?
Cliffie picture in the Mornington Peninsula News, fame (or antonym?) for a week; thanks. Ditto Anne Kruger, Michael Raynes and Dale Stohr.
Discretionary spending capacity, idiots in control?
Artificial Intelligence, AI, algorithms, promoting fear, petrol, wars, dentists, doctors? Sadly no great difference from powerful public servants; minimum wage COL upgrade, alongside food increases, but not for pensioners?
A royal commission into anti-semitism come December, a personal lifetime away; suggest not holding your breath?
My future, (The Saturday Paper) editorial: “Cakes and desserts are only for wealthy residents. The poor can have custard. If they don’t pay a special fee, their breakfast will be served cold. To really chisel those last few cents, the kind of decision that is about pettiness and not much else, residents on the basic package will be given International Roast. Those who pay more can have Moccona.” As it happens a Nescafe Gold man, upmarket? Profit or choice indeed. Historically reminds us of the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. and cheer for the fall of Saddam Hussein, to Libya and Gaddafi? And Sir Donald Trump, (cornered?) dangerous, erratic, plain lies, an economic war, a takeover for riches on the backburner, ditto Greenland, assisted by the ambitious Netanyahu, heavily financed by whom?
On the fence, like Albanese, truth (clearly?) the loser, and dead bodies. When a politician uses Un-Australian as a reason, the jig is up. Jay Clark, Herald-Sun, prediction? “No Collingwood in the top ten?” Who would have thought; missing Mark Robinson?
Positivity: a career as a counsellor and psychotherapist, working from home. Just saying... Cliff Ellen, Rye
Overport Road to be constructed
Compiled by Cameron McCullough
OVERPORT road residents wrote asking the Council to have road construted as private street. A communication was also received from the Mt. Eliza Progress Association re this matter.
Cr. Bradbury moved that notices be prepared, also that the whole scheme be drawn up, and portion of the work done. Seconded by Cr. Montague.
Cr. Oates: These people want a road, not footpaths.
Cr. May supported the motion, and said he was pleased to see that the residents were unanimous. This road would open up a valuable lot of property.
Cr. Oates: We have laid roads down in other ridings and at little expense. These people do not want channels and footpaths. There should be nothing about a street in the apportionments, just simply a metal road.
We must not mention anything about footpaths or channels at all.
Cr. Alden: There is no difficulty in doing what we propose. Draw up a scheme, tell the residents we are going to make the road at so much cost.
Later they might require and ask for the footpath to be made.
Cr. Oates: Not at all. Not for years. The road is all they require.
In the Centre and East Ridings we have taken over roads which are not even metalled yet, only formed, and I feel that we should not penalise these people. Just give them the road.
Cr. Alden: I cannot see what you object to at all.
Cr. Oates: Charge them for a metal road only.
Cr. Wells: We do not know the de-
velopments that may take place in the locality during the next few years. This scheme can be drawn up and work proceeded with as required by the ratepayers.
Cr. Pratt: It would be very unfair not to arrange the whole scheme now. We have had similar experiences with these roads before.
Cr. Bradbury: This road will be one of the beauty spots when opened up. The Mt. Eliza people are unanimous on the matter.
Cr. Montague: I know the feeling of the ratepayers re this road, and they are prepared to have the work done and pay the cost, as outlined by the Shire Engineer. When the land is subdivided and sold, which will happen when this road is completed, with more ratepayers living there such work as channelling, etc., can be done under the scheme as suggested.
It is going to be a thickly populated area.
Cr. J. Unthank: I understand that the Council is going to metal the road for them. It will be many years before footpaths are required, but I cannot see any difficulty in drawing up the whole scheme.
Cr. Oates: I move that a scheme be drawn up for metalling the road 15ft. wide. This road is going to be used mainly by farmers.
Cr. Miles: Cr. Oates is trying to draw a parallel with a farmer’s road and a street in the town. As soon as the road is put there that portion of the Shire will go ahead like wildfire. There are subdivisions waiting to be opened up. Where are the farmers up that way? There are none!
Cr. Oates: No; they can’t get out.
Cr Miles: If Cr. Oates’ amendment is carried, it will be very frivolous.
There was no seconder to Cr. Oates’ amendment ,and the motion as moved by Crs. Bradbury and Montague was carried.
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Somerville
Sincere and profound regret has been felt throughout the district by the sad and sudden passing away of Mrs. Claude Barber, whose untimely death took place on Sunday, 4th inst:, at the Somerville private hospital.
The deceased lady was more intimately known by a large circle of friends as Miss Doris Unthank. She was the fortunate possessor of a fine, well-trained soprano voice, and for some years past cheerfully assisted many worthy causes by her singing; in fact, very few local programmes were arranged without her name appearing on them.
She also at various times, took part in musical competitions and met with a good measure of success there at.
For some years previous to her marriage she was assistant teacher at the Tyabb State school, and was held there in the very highest esteem by teachers and scholars alike.
While resident at Tyabb she was a valuable and consistent member of the choir at All Saint’s Anglican Church, and on her resignation was presented with tokens of the high regard of the church members and residents generally.
Less than 12 months ago the late Miss Unthank was united in matrimony to Mr. Claude C. Barber, of
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Somerville.
Mr. and Mrs. Barber were comfortably settled in their home at “Westernport,” Somerville, surrounded by a large circle of friends and well-wishers, with every prospect of a long and happy life, when, alas! the summons came for higher service.
The deceased lady was followed to her last resting place, the Frankston cemetery, by a very large concourse of relatives and friends, many of whom expressed their sympathy by forwarding, beautiful floral tributes.
The funeral service of the Presbyterian Church was read by the Rev. W. Allen Stevely, of Mornington, and Mr. H. Gamble had charge of the funeral arrangements. ***
Personal
Mrs. L. Street, who was on the sick list for a few days, has now quite recovered.
Mr. George Yuill, of the Pier Hotel, Frankston, is at present confined to his bed, suffering from an attack of influenza.
We regret to learn of the serious illness of Miss Renouf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Renouf, of Frankston.
Mr. J. Quade, Somerville’s wellknown news agent, has returned from a three weeks’ holiday spent in Sydney.
Mr. L. Rostron (Shire solicitor) with his wife, is at present spending a holiday at “Ashburnham,” Frankston.
Mr. O. J. Olsen, of the Frankston Motor Garage, is returning today from Albury, where he witnessed the race for the Albury Gold Cup.
The world famed dancer, Madame
Pavlova, paid a visit to Frankston on Sunday last and was greatly impressed with the wonderful display of palms, etc., at “The Fernery.”
Mr. J. Nolan, of Playne street, made a motor trip through Gippsland last week. He proceeded as far as Bairnsdale and is quite enthusiastic regarding the beauty of the scenery along the route.
Mr. Robert Stafford, the live secretary of the East Frankston Progress Association, returned on Monday after a couple of weeks’ spent in Sydney.
Mr. Peter Patroni did not purchase the Prince of Wales Hotel at Frankston after all. He writes to say that he regrets very much being unable to come back to his many old friends at Frankston.
He has purchased the Ranger’s Hotel at Gembrook and takes over charge there at the end of this month.
Mr. F. Taylor, of the Grange Dairy, Frankston, returned to Frankston on Monday last, after an extended trip to the Old Country.
Mr. Taylor, who is a poultry fancier of repute in this State, brought back with him several high-class birds which should excite the interest of local breeders.
We regret to record the death of Mrs. Hague, wife of Mr. William Hague, of Cranbourne Road, Frankston. Deceased, who was 64 years of age, leaves a widow and grown-up family of four. The funeral took place today at the Frankston cemetery, Rev. W. J. Coulson officiating at the graveside. ***
From the Pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 16 April 1926
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Mornington girls stake their claim early for 2026
MPFNL
By Kennedy McCullough
MEN’S DIV ONE SEN
MPFNL Division One continued on Saturday (11 April) with the final two games of a split round one.
Frankston YCW took on newly-promoted Devon Meadows at the Stonecat’s home base.
The game got off to a scrappy start with the first seven scores for the day going through for minors.
YCW were the first to get a major on the board at the 17th minute mark, but Devon Meadows followed soon after. Both teams managed another major to go into the quarter time break just a point apart with the Stonecats in front.
The home team came out punching in the second quarter putting on 3.4 to Devon Meadow’s single major to go into half time with a 17-point lead.
The pressure from the Stonecats continued after the long break, with only inaccuracy preventing a more dramatic pull-away from the Panthers. In 10 scoring shots during the quarter, only two made it through the big sticks and eight minor scores. Regardless, they went into three-quarter time with a commanding 29-point lead.
The final quarter was fairly pedestrian, with both teams just managing one goal each, and a few points among them. Frankston YCW ended up easy winners by 28 points with the scores at the final siren 8.17 to 5.7.
Last year’s runners- up, Mt Eliza, took on Pines in their round one clash on Saturday.
The first half was a low scoring affair with only one goal apiece.
In the first quarter, Mt Eliza had plenty of chances, but kept missing the big sticks, slotting 1.5, with Pines managing just a single point.
In the second quarter, Pines kept the Redlegs scoreless, while putting on 1.3 to be just a point down at the main break.
Scoring opportunities improved in the third quarter with both sides getting goals on the board. At three-quarter time, Mt Eliza were six points up.
They stretched the lead a little more in the final quarter with a 10-point margin in the end, the final score being 7.9 for Mt Eliza to 5.11.
MEN’S DIV TWO SEN
DIVISION Two Mens Seniors had four games on Saturday to complete their split round one.
Last year’s runners up, Frankston Bombers, took on Crib Point at Baxter Park.
The Bombers couldn't find the big sticks for the entire first quarter, kicking six behinds, while Crib Point managed 1.1 to have their noses in front at quarter-time.
The Bombers’ accuracy improved in the second quarter with two straight goals, but Crib Point managed 3.1 for the quarter to extend their lead to eight points at the long break.
The third quarter was fairly benign, with both teams just adding one major, and Crib Point going into the final break with a nine point advantage.
The final quarter was the Magpies’ time to shine, slotting 3.9 to the Bombers’ 1.2 to extend their lead to a healthy 28 points by the final siren.
The win is a great start for Crib Point, having finished in the middle of the table in 2025.
Hastings took on Pearcedale at Hastings, with the Blues hoping to improve on an ordinary 2025.
Pearcedale, on the other hand, ended up second on the ladder at the end of the regular season last year, only to be dispatched in the Preliminary Final by the eventual premiers, Devon Meadows.
Pearcedale started strongly, getting 3.3 on the scoreboard for the first quarter, to just a single point for Hastings.
The Blues had opportunities in the second, but kept missing the big sticks, going into the break scoring 1.10 for the quarter. Pearcedale’s 2.2 saw them extend their lead to 13 points at half time.
Pearcedale really pulled away in the third quarter holding Hastings to just a single point, and extending their lead to 33 points by the last break.
Hastings showed some spirit in the final quarter to narrow the margin to 18 points by the end of the game, the final scores being 6.14 for Hastings to Pearcedale’s 10.8.
Karingal’s horror run last year, where they won just a single game for the entire season, may continue in 2026, after being totally dismantled by Seaford.
The Tigers were quick out of the box, and the
game was over by quarter time. Seaford slotted 8.6 to a single point for Karingal; a 53-point lead by quarter time.
Not much happened in the second quarter with Seaford adding just three points, and Karingal a single point before the big break.
Seaford put it back into gear in the third quarter adding 4.8 and keeping Karingal scoreless to pull away for an 87-point lead at three-quarter time.
The last quarter Karingal showed a glimmer of fight, managing 2.3 for the quarter but Seaford pulled further away finishing up with a 91-point win.
Somerville came up against newly relegated Red Hill in their clash at Somerville.
Red Hill got off to a good start in a low scoring affair, getting an extra goal on the board by quarter time to be six points up.
They held the Eagles to a single point in the second quarter and put on 2.1 themselves to go into the main break ahead by 18 points.
Somerville just couldn’t manage to peg them back in the third, with a 23 point differential at the three-quarter time break.
Somerville finally showed some spirit in the final quarter, holding Red Hill to a single point, while putting on 14 points themselves, going down by 10 in the end.
Next Saturday sees a full fixture of six games for round two.
WOMEN’S DIV ONE SEN
LAST year’s Div One Women’s premiers, Mornington, kicked off their campaign by putting Pearcedale to the sword in spectacular fashion.
Pearcedale managed one straight goal in the first quarter to Mornington’s five straight. If that wasn’t bad enough, Pearcedale wouldn’t get another score all day as Mornington ran roughshod over them.
Mornington slammed on another 6.6 in the second quarter to go into the long break 66 points up.
The foot came off the pedal in the third with Mornington putting on just another 1.2 before they put it back into gear for the final quarter putting on another 5.4.
Mornington ended up winning by 108 points, making the strongest possible start to this year’s campaign.
NEXT WEEK’S GAMES
DIVISION ONE MENS SENIORS Saturday 18 April, 2pm:
Devon Meadows v Mornington - Glover Reserve
Dromana v Langwarrin - Dromana Recreation Reserve
Edithvale-Aspendale v Mt. Eliza - Edi-Asp Regents Park
Sorrento v Frankston YCW - David Macfarlane Reserve Pines v Rosebud - Eric Bell Reserve
DIVISION ONE MENS RESERVES
Saturday 18 April, 12pm:
Devon Meadows v Mornington - Glover Reserve
Dromana v Langwarrin - Dromana Recreation Reserve
Edithvale-Aspendale v Mt. Eliza - Edi-Asp Regents
Park
Sorrento v Frankston YCW - David Macfarlane Reserve
Pines v Rosebud - Eric Bell Reserve
DIVISION TWO MENS SENIORS
Saturday 18 April, 2pm: Bonbeach v Frankston Bombers - Bonbeach Reserve
Crib Point v Chelsea - Crib Point Recreation Reserve
Karingal v Hastings - Karingal Football Club
Pearcedale v Seaford - Pearcedale Recreation Reserve
Red Hill v Rye - Red Hill Recreation Reserve
Tyabb v Somerville - Bunguyan Reserve
DIVISION TWO MENS RESERVES
Saturday 18 April, 12pm:
Bonbeach v Frankston Bombers - Bonbeach Reserve
Crib Point v Chelsea - Crib Point Recreation Reserve
Karingal v Hastings - Karingal Football Club
Pearcedale v Seaford - Pearcedale Recreation Reserve
Red Hill v Rye - Red Hill Recreation Reserve
Tyabb v Somerville - Bunguyan Reserve
DIVISION ONE WOMENS SENIORS
Friday 17 April, 7pm:
Hastings/Balnarring v Tyabb - Balnarring Reserve
Saturday 18 April, 10am:
Karingal v Pearcedale - Karingal Football Club
Saturday 18 April, 1pm:
Mornington v Bonbeach - Mornington Alexandra Park
Saturday 18 April, 2pm:
Frankston v Warragul Industrials - Kinetic Stadium
DIVISION ONE WOMENS RESERVES
Saturday 18 April, 11am:
Mornington v Bonbeach - Mornington Alexandra Park
Saturday 18 April, 12pm:
Karingal v Tyabb - Karingal Football Club
Frankston v Warragul Industrials - Kinetic Stadium
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Baxter in seventh heaven
SOCCER
By Craig MacKenzie
BAXTER thumped Greater Dandenong 7-1 at WJ Turner Reserve last Friday night.
The contest was a feisty affair with Baxter captain Cody Storton-French sent off in controversial circumstances a few minutes before half-time.
Baxter led 1-0 from a Nicholas Brigo freekick but a dreadful linesman’s decision allowed Greater Dandenong to level and led to StortonFrench’s dismissal.
Down to 10 men and scores tied at 1-1 Baxter produced a dominant six-goal second half that left its opponent in disarray.
Brigo completed his hat-trick, Kyle Eichenberger got in on the act with a brace while Jai Power and Charlie O’Connell also got on the scoresheet.
The match though finished on a down note for Baxter as Aiden McKenna joined StortonFrench on the sidelines just after the final whistle when he too was sent off.
Baxter hopes that the referee assessor at the game will support its view that both red cards should be rescinded and has provided him with Veo footage in support of its claim.
Still in State 4 Rosebud downed visitor Chelsea 2-1 at Olympic Park on Saturday.
Rain and wind contributed to a contest of attrition between two evenly matched teams with good football at a premium.
Rosebud led through striker Elliott Craig in the 8th minute and took a 1-0 lead into the halftime break.
Chelsea equalised from the penalty spot through James Stinson just three minutes into the second half.
The winner came in the 88th minute after brilliant combination play between Craig and Connor Wharton with the former effecting a cool finish.
Craig has now scored five goals in two games and is proving to be an astute signing from Skye United.
Rosebud made two more signings last week and both came off the bench in the second half.
Central defender or midfielder Jamie Davidson joined from Strikers and Alessio Izzo switched from Somerville Eagles.
Rosebud coach Jason Symonds was delighted with the result.
“We have massive respect for Chelsea as they have some great players and a fantastic coaching team,” he said.
“For us to compete and beat them shows we are making good progress especially considering that Chelsea beat us 7-1 over two games last year.
“We’ve put together a great bunch of lads but we know that there’s lots of work to be done yet.”
In VPL1 Langwarrin conceded three secondhalf goals to come away empty-handed from its Friday night clash with Brunswick Juventus at CB Smith Reserve.
Langy started well hitting the post within two minutes then having a goal ruled out for offside not long after.
In the second half two defensive errors led to goals for Juventus.
Langy worked hard to get back into the game but couldn’t get the goal to set up a big finish.
The final goal came in injury time when the visitors were down to 10 men due to an injury and having committed players forward.
In State 1 Mornington drew 2-2 at home to league leader South Springvale while Skye United’s first home match at this level ended in a 3-1 loss to Boroondara Eagles last weekend. Mornington started brightly and controlled the opening 20 minutes creating early chances for James Kelly and Campbell Steadman. But it was the visitors who struck first with a long ball over the top and a smart finish by Zac Taweel in the 29th minute.
Needing a response after the break Mornington came out strongly and captain Ryan Paczkowski levelled the scores reacting quickest to finish from close range after a goalmouth scramble from a corner in the 56th minute.
Mornington began to control the tempo but South Springvale remained dangerous and re-
gained the lead when a whipped corner from Jayden Scott flew through the area and into the net to make it 2–1.
Mornington pushed hard late on and was rewarded when Joe Hunt’s dangerous delivery from a corner went straight in securing a deserved equaliser.
Although this wasn’t a classic performance Mornington showed resilience and character to come away with a point.
At Skye Recreation Reserve Apai Ukuno opened the scoring for the visitors in the 16th minute after a header from a corner.
The hosts equalised in the 33rd minute when Marcus Spivey cut a ball back for Shameit Sharma and although his initial shot was saved he was on hand to head home the rebound.
But parity lasted just three minutes with a smart Thomas Reilly header putting Boroondara back in front.
Skye huffed and puffed in the second half but to no avail and Boroondara iced the game in the 94th minute when Ukuno tapped home from close range as the hosts pushed numbers forward for an equaliser.
In State 2 Peninsula Strikers played out a thrilling 3-3 draw away to Berwick City on Friday night.
The home side struck in the first minute when Jarod Blackbourn intercepted a throw-in then drove into the box.
His shot was stopped by Strikers’ keeper Jamie Walker but the rebound fell to the incoming Jalil Nabizadah coming in at the back post who made it 1-0.
What unfolded was an entertaining high-quality contest with multiple chances created.
In the 16th minute following a Danny Brooks free-kick and a number of blocked shots Matt Harrington fired a lot hard ball across the goals which was deflected home by Sonny Lindsay for the equaliser.
A controversial moment came in the 31st minute when Berwick was awarded a penalty for handball.
A deflected shot struck the chest of Josh Botha but the linesman flagged for a handling offence despite being blindsided by Botha.
Walker pulled off a sensational save only to be beaten six minutes later when Blackbourn’s cross was finished by Christian Lettieri to make it 2-1.
But Strikers hit back three minutes before half-time when Harrington won the race ahead of Berwick keeper Pedro Formosa and from outside the box on the left slotted a precise strike into the far corner to send the sides in level at the interval.
The second half was an action-packed affair.
In the 64th minute Riley Anderton earned Strikers a free-kick outside the area.
Danny Brooks blasted the ball against the wall with his right foot then from the rebound smashed a half-volley with his left which rocketed into the net to make it 3-2.
Strikers should have sealed it in the 91st min-
ute when a Brooks free-kick found Harrington wide on the left.
He beat his opponent then fired a low, hard shot that Formosa finger-tipped onto the post and was just missed by Jerome Valadon.
From that goal kick Strikers – who had held out valiantly – failed to clear their lines and for the second game in a row conceded an injurytime goal from a Fraidoon Mohammadi back post header which finished a cracking game with the points shared.
The action didn’t finish there though with Berwick’s Matthew Foschini receiving a second yellow card for dissent after the final whistle.
In State 5 both local sides lost last weekend.
Nick Simmons scored in Somerville Eagles’ 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Monbulk Rangers while Conor McFall and Mitch Lander were on target as Seaford United lost 3-2 at home to Lyndale United.
In State 6 Mount Eliza won its third straight game and sits second on the table on goal difference behind Old St Kevins.
Gerry McDonagh’s side beat Knox United 3-1 with two converted penalties by Michael Wright and a Noah Green goal.
Frankston Pines drew 1-1 at home to Bunyip District and Mentone lost 5-0 away to Pakenham United.
Pines were 1-0 down at half-time but grabbed a point in the 76th minute when a Jaiden Taberner cross from the right sailed over the head of the Bunyip keeper and struck a post before going in.
Bunyip’s Ivica Braha was sent off in the 84th minute.
In State 7 Aspendale maintained its 100 percent record with a 5-1 away win over secondbottom side Mount Martha on Saturday.
The Stingrays went ahead in the 4th minute when Oscar Carter’s corner was met by Oliver Clark and his shot was deflected by Max Symonds-Keogh past his keeper Derren Elliott for an own goal.
Further goals from Taylan Yildirim, Daniel Trevisan, Clark and Mitch Hodder (his sixth of the season) gave the visitors an insurmountable 5-0 lead at half-time.
The pick of that bunch was Trevisan’s halfvolley from the edge of the box that went in off the upright.
The home side’s sole reply came in the 51st minute through a close range finish from Tom Brewster.
“We’re obviously delighted to have picked up maximum points but we now have a tough run of fixtures that will test the group,” Aspendale gaffer Jason Grieve said.
“We’re also looking for a coach for our reserves to build on their strong start to the season and anyone interested should contact the club.”
NEXT WEEKEND’S GAMES
Friday 17 April, 7.30pm
Langwarrin v Bulleen Lions, Lawton Park Friday 17 April, 8.30pm Skye Utd v Mornington, Skye Recreation Reserve Noble Hurricanes v Seaford Utd, Alex Nelson Reserve
Saturday 18 April, 2.15pm
Burwood City v Mount Martha, Ballyshannassy Park
Saturday 18 April, 3pm Baxter v Riversdale, Baxter Park Kings Domain v Rosebud, Fawkner Park North Pavilion
Monash University v Chelsea, Monash University Playing Fields
Lyndale Utd v Somerville Eagles, Lyndale Secondary College
Mount Eliza v Brighton, Emil Madsen Reserve Old Melburnians v Frankston Pines, Robert Menzies Reserve
Whitehorse Utd v Mentone, Terrara Park
Aspendale v Keysborough District, Aspendale Gardens Sports Ground
Sunday 19 April, 3pm North Caulfield v Peninsula Strikers, Caulfield Park
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Baxter blitz: Kyle Eichenberger (right) and Jai Power (number 9) both got on the scoresheet in Baxter’s seven-goal romp at Greater Dandenong on Friday night. Picture: Gemma Sliz
