A CHARCOAL Chicken shop in Chelsea was damaged by a fire last week. Emergency services were called to the Nepean Highway restaurant a little after 10am on 29 June. They were able to extinguish the blaze.
Firefighters from Edithvale, Springvale, and Patterson River attended. SES members also arrived on the scene to help.
Picture: Chelsea SES
under 6800 from the same timeframe the year prior.
Family violence incidents are also on the rise in the Kingston municipality.
offence committed in the Kingston LGA - it was recorded 1127 times.
Cheltenham is the local suburb most affected by crime.
der Response Team, are teaming up to help prevent aggravated burglaries and track offenders.
THE crime rate in the Kingston local government area is skyrocketing.
New figures from the Crime Statistics Agency show that criminal incidents in the Kingston LGA rose by more than 17 percent when comparing 2022/2023 to 2021/2022.
The figures were measured between March 2022 and March 2023. There were 8005 criminal incidents in Kingston in that time period, up from just
The number of recorded family violence incidents rose by 6.8 per cent in the year ending March 2023, from 1767 to 1888.
That figure has grown each year since 2019. In neighbouring Frankston, family violence incidents have decreased.
Women were the victims of family violence incidents in Kingston 1423 times in 2022/2023. Men were the victims 464 times.
Theft from cars is the most common
On 30 June, the police eyewatch Facebook page put out a statement confirming that police would dedicate more resources to stopping car thefts.
“Victoria Police has a dedicated citywide operation in place targeting aggravated burglaries and associated car thefts,” the statement read. “Local police across the Melbourne area, supported by specialist units, including Air Wing, Dog Squad, and Public Or-
“The bolstered nightly police response has led to 813 arrests in the three months to 19 June, including 216 in relation to burglaries and car thefts, with the remainder of arrests relating to drug and other miscellaneous offending.”
CSA chief statistician Fiona Dowsley said that the latest statewide crime figures show that offences are close to prepandemic levels. “The upward trends observed in recorded crime measures in the last 12 months coincide with a
return to pre-pandemic related movements in the community. The volume increase in recorded offences is largely attributable to non-family violence related crime,” she said.
“While there has been an increase in recorded crime measures for the year ending 31 March 2023 the figures remain below those recorded in 2019.” Statewide in the year ending March 2023, the number of criminal incidents increased by 5.6 per cent.
To view the full statewide statistics visit crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/crimestatistics/latest-crime-data-by-area
Spring cleaning? Have items that are too big for you bin? Moving house?
Kingston residential properties are entitled to two complimentary hard waste collections each financial year - meaning you can book a collection at time that suits you!
kingston.vic.gov.au/hard-waste
1300 653 356
Southern Area Concert Band are seeking new brass, percussion and wind players! Rehearsals every Monday (except public and school holidays). Wind Band 5:30pm - 7pm. Concert Band 7:30pm - 9pm. NG Senior Citizen Hall 964 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin www.sacb.com.au | secretary@sacb.com.au
Friends of the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands
Welcome you to come and visit the Wetlands Birds at the Bird Hide in Edithvale Rd (500metres west of the Education Centre). Most Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 1-5pm.
Join 123Read2Me in sorting books for disadvantaged kids. We provide full training. Thursdays & Saturdays 10-1 in Heatherton (Moorabbin). Contact Jeff at 0402 183 123 to learn more. Your time and effort will bring joy and learning to young readers!
Aspendale Seniors Club
Join us on Mondays at 1.15pm for a great concert with a professional entertainer. Only $5. We also have table tennis, gentle exercises, line and ballroom dancing and chair yoga. Phone Sheila on 9772 5639 or 0417 542 941.
Longbeach Place New 2023 program out now. Call 9776 1386 or visit www.longbeachplace.org.au
You can also call in 15 Chelsea Rd, Chelsea Mentone RSL 9 Palermo Street Mentone.
Traditional Friday Meat Raffle. 20 draws $2 per ticket. Bistro meals 5.308.30pm. All proceeds to Australian military Veterans and their families.
Bunarong Bushwalking Club
Come and explore the great outdoors with a local walking group. Bunarong Bushwalking Club members enjoy walks on Sundays and Wednesdays. For more information contact us on 0400 329 710, or see our Facebook page and www.bunarongbushwalkingclub.com.au
Chelsea Heights Community Centre
At our Centre you can develop friendships, have fun, exchange ideas or learn new skills. With over 30 different classes and activities, there is something for everyone! For more info visit us or call 9772 3391.
Parkinson’s Peer Support Group St Nicholas Anglican Church, 9 Bear St Mordialloc. 2nd Thursday of each month, at 1 pm. Guest speakers, afternoon tea. People with Parkinson’s, carers and family members all welcome.
Further details Contact Helen 0418 527 172.
Volunteer at a Family Life Op Shop. Volunteer with our amazing team and make a difference in your community. No experience necessary! To find out more or to express your interest call 03 8599 5433 o visit familylife.com.au/volunteer
VIEW Club- First Tuesday each month
VIEW is a leading women’s volunteer organisation where women can connect regularly with others and help the disadvantaged. Dinner meetings monthly at the Patterson River Country Club. Contact Lucinda 0431 426 170 or lucinda. bertram@gmail.com
U3A Frankston - Karingal Place
Enrolments for classes and new members available online. Please go to our website u3af. org.au for further information.
Seniors Easy Exercise
Strength & movement classes for seniors.
Mon 10.30am - 11.30am, Wed & Fri 9.15am10.15am. Call for details 9580 3675. Mordialloc Community Centre 115A Warren Rd, Mordialloc.
Aspendale Gardens Community Gardens
Run by volunteers focused on providing a space for our community to gather, connect, learn and exercise. For course info and further details 9587 5955 or call into 103-105 Kearney Drive, Aspendale Gardens.
Mordialloc Neighbourhood House
We have an open door to the community providing a meeting place for groups, educational and recreational activities. To learn more phone 9587 4534 or call into 457 Main St, Mordialloc.
Mornington Peninsula Welsh Ladies Choir Planning a Singing Tour of Wales this year
Rehearsal every Sunday evening at 7pm at Yamala Park Bowls Club Dunstan St Frankston South. For more details contact Trudi on 0406 678 261 or email info@mpwlc.com
Frankston Combined Probus Club
Join us for morning tea (including guest speaker) on Friday17th February. Frankston Bowling Club Yuille Street, Frankston at 9.45 for a 10am start. (no charge) Enjoy Fun, Friendship and Fellowship in Retirement. Phone Leah: 0450 916 366
Mornington Peninsula Family History Society. Research your family tree. Frankston South Community Centre, Towerhill Road. Tue & Thu 10.30am - 2.30pm, Sun from 2.00pm - 5.00pm. For more information, please email –info@mpfhs.org or phone 9783 7058 during our opening hours.
The Probus Club of Seaford.
We meet the 2nd Thursday of the month at The Pat Rollo Football Club, Silver Avenue, Frankston North. For more information call Johanne: 0419 326 085.
Frankston CWA
Looking for members from the age of 10 for our junior group, meets the first Sat per month from 1-30pm and there is also craft on Wed mornings from 9-30am. Details call Jenny: 041051930 Friendly Cards Group 500 cards Wednesday nights: 7.20pm - 10.30pm. Frankston North Community Centre; 26 Mahogany Ave Frankston North. All are welcome. Cost $5. Tea & coffee available. Enquires Roma: 0438 540 108 or Bill: 0417 396 247
FIT
Over 60
For all over 60 years. $10.00 per class, no joining or membership fees. Mondays 9.30am “Move it or Lose it”. Wednesdays 9.30am Body Bar: full body workout. Enquiries welcome on 0419 713 635 & 0403 021 868
Probus - Carrum Downs Meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month at Lyrebird Community Centre from 10am.
Please contact Annette: 0428 027 925
Orwil Street Community House Learn to Garden and Cook! A fortnightly program 10.30am - 12.30pm. $10 per session. Bookings essential. For more information call: 9783 5073. Term 1 2023 Program now availablefrom our website: www.orwilst.org.au and also on Facebook.
MAKE A Have your say and
Chatty Cafe - Coffee and chat Frankston Library Tuesdays 1pm to 3pm. Everyone welcome. Further info contact Jacky on 0416 860 239 or mornpen@chattycafeaustralia. org.au or see www.chattycafeaustralia.org.au
Fly Fishing
4th Thurs each month at 7pm. Mornington Peninsula Fly Fishers welcome visitors to our monthly club meetings held in Leawarra House, 200 Beach Street Frankston. For more information find us on Facebook.
Frankston Bridge Club
Has moved to a new location at 200 Beach Street, Frankston. We welcome all past, current and new members to come and visit us. Please call Sue for additional info 0412 975 502.
Frankston Stroke Support Group
Our group is open to new members for support and socialisation. Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 1pm-3pm at the Frankston North Community Centre. For more information contact Janelle on 9789 6427 or janellethompson@bigpond.com.
ParkinSong Langwarrin
Meets at Grace Church, cnr Warrandyte & Cranbourne Rds on Thursday afternoons at 2pm. Music therapy, gentle exercise & support for carers & those living with Parkinson’s. Contact: parkinsonglangwarrin@outlook.com or phone Cathy 8809 0400 for 2023 dates.
Frankston Ladies Probus
Meets every 2nd Thursday of the month at 2 Logan St. Frankston. 10am - noon. We have a guest speaker at each meeting. Lunches, day trips, chat/coffee mornings, etc. Ring Jo for more info: 0400 514 212
Frankston Ladies Choir is a fun and friendly choir, meeting on Tuesday evenings in a spacious modern venue. Ladies interested in joining are welcome to come along. Call Marion for details 0498 210 824.
VIPA Foundation
Open to vision impaired people, their families and support workers as well as anyone who would like the chance to meet and socialise regularly. 49 Railway Parade, Seaford. Monday afternoons and Thursday mornings. Ph: 0458 831 313
Frankston Food Swap
2nd Saturday of the month at 1pm. Swap your excess vegies, homemade foods or seedlings. Kareela Café, 53 Kareela Rd, Frankston Peninsula Activities Group Friendship Club meets every third Friday of each month at Uniting Church Hall, High Street, Frankston. Meet at 10.00 for 10.30 start. After meeting stop and have a cup of coffee/tea and a chat. Contact Joana 9775 2304.
Peninsula Field Naturalists Club
16 High St Frankston on the 2nd Wednesday of the month 8pm.We are amateurs who are interested in all aspects of the natural environment. Ring Judy on 0400 910 941, or visit www.peninsulafieldnaturalists.org.au
Orwil St Community House
Come along to our walking group at 9am Monday & cook a meal at 10am. Walking group is free & the cook up is $10. Bring a container to take your meal home. Bookings essential 9783 5073.
Weekly sessions of spinning, handweaving and knitting at our studio at McClelland Gallery. Everything you need to get started. Find us on Facebook or email us at: mcclellandspinnersandweavers@gmail.com for more information about session times and fees.
Sanctuary Space
A safe, friendly and free place to drop in for a hot drink, a chat, or just to chill out. Open Wed-Thursday 10-2, Friday 10-1. 130 Cranbourne Rd, Frankston, opposite the Power Centre. Coordinator 0425740075
Try Croquet
Est in 1947, The Frankston Croquet Club prides itself on social recreation, healthy activity and friendly competitions. Open Tues, Thurs & Sat. from 9am to 3pm. Equipment supplied, flat soled shoes required. Enquires to Fay 97837340
Frankston Hockey Club
is a family friendly sporting club for people of all abilities and ages. Juniors, seniors and masters teams available. New players welcome. Training on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Visit frankstonhockeyclub.com to find out more.
Peninsula Women’s Hockey Association
Come and join the PWHA at Monash University grounds, Frankston on a Monday night. Friendly, fun but competitive and a mix of skills and ages range from 13 to 70+.
Contact: rebekahkh@hotmail.com
Dog Lovers Walking Group
Tuesdays at 8:30 am & 9:30 am, also Thursdays at 9:30 am. Join us for friendship, fun and exercise for dogs and owners. At Baxter Park (Near Tennis Courts). Contact Suzanne on 9789 8475
Are you a Breast Cancer survivor?
Join us for a paddle in our Dragon Boat. 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month at Patterson Lakes, Carrum. Fun, fitness and friendship. Call Marilyn 0433 114 338 or Lyndsay 0425 743 455.
JP Locations
National & International documents inc affadavits, stat decs & cert copies signed FREE of charge at police stations on the Peninsula. Frankston weekdays 10am to 3pm. Carrum Downs: Mondays & Thursdays 5pm to 7pm. Ph: 1300 365 567.
Beach Revegetation Volunteers Wanted
The Frankston Beach Association holds working bees every 2nd Monday morning revegetating Frankston’s foreshore. Enjoy the outdoors for a few hours, in the company of like minded volunteers. Call Johan on 0418374981 if you are interested.
The next Community Event Calendar will be published 2nd August 2023
Email your free, 40 word, listing to communityevents@mpnews.com.au by 26th July 2023
GENERAL rates on properties in the Kingston local government area are set to increase by more than four per cent.
Kingston Council passed its final budget for the 2023/2024 financial year last week. The budget contained a 4.49 percent increase to general rates. Overall rates and charges will increase by an average of 3.5 per cent, the maximum allowed under the state government’s rate cap.
Kingston Council projects a surplus of nearly $1.1 million for this financial year. It is planning to spend $53 million on infrastructure projects - expenditure includes $7.6 million for local roads, $4.8 million for a community hub at Dingley Village, $4.4 million on a new pavilion at Regents Park in Aspendale, and $4 million on early works for the new pool in Mordialloc.
The mayor, Hadi Saab, says that council considered the current cost of living crisis while forming the budget. “It has been prepared in line with council’s commitment to sustainable budgeting, responsible financial management and the state government’s rate cap of 3.5 per cent and features a small surplus and substantial cost of living considerations,” he said.
“We are acutely aware that many in our community are under financial stress and therefore along with offering deferral and flexible payments
options, we have also committed to providing aged and disability services to all regardless of ability to pay and 12 months of learn to swim classes to families in hardship.”
Saab said that the final budget had been shaped by resident contributions through the “Talking Kingston” online platform. “We are really fortunate to represent such a passionate and engaged community and we have received some tremendously thoughtful submissions that were all considered in the budget development process. While it isn’t possible to include every suggestion in the budget, we believe it balances the needs of our entire community and it will help build an even stronger, healthier, and more connected city,” he said.
“I’m excited to be part of building a Kingston we can be proud of as we strive for resilience, inclusivity, and diversity, and become the most liveable and sustainable city in Victoria.”
To view the budget visit kingston. vic.gov.au/budget
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UPDATED planning controls for the Endeavour Cove precinct in Patterson Lakes are one step closer to being enforced. Picture: Gary Sissons
CHANGES to the controversial planning controls covering the Patterson Lakes Endeavour Cove precinct are one step closer to completion.
The Endeavour Cove precinct has been the site of some controversial developments in recent years. A 2021 Ombudsman investigation probed decisions made by Kingston Council within the precinct, but it did not substantiate allegations of corruption.
An independent panel made rec
on planning control changes for the precinct earlier this year. Its report read that “building heights should be mandatory in all precincts” (“Panel supports mandatory height limits at Cove” The News 23/5/23).
Kingston councillors have now agreed to accept the recommendations from the planning panel and adopt amendment C205 into its planning scheme.
The planning scheme amendment
from planning minister Sonya Kilkenny before it can be put into action.
The report prepared by council officers on the planning scheme amendment read “the panel report is generally supportive of the exhibited amendment. The report acknowledges that there are fundamental issues with the current planning controls, and that the approach proposed by the amendment is underpinned by robust and considered strategic work.”
A DRAFT plan for the planned aquatic centre in Mordialloc has been released.
The $79.2 million pool will be built near Jack Grut Reserve. Kingston Council made a deal for the land worth $14.6 million in late 2021.
Detailed concept plans have now been drafted and released for community consultation. The plans feature four pools - a 50 metre lap pool, a learn to swim pool, a leisure pool, and a warm water pool with spa. It also features a sauna and steam rooms, a gym, and a café.
Kingston mayor Hadi Saab said that 5200 submissions had been received from residents so far on the new pool, and that more would be welcomed. “In this fifth round of consultation we want people to picture themselves moving through the new centre, reflecting on how they will get there, and the areas that they will use, and to also consider the external areas surrounding the centre. We are so excited to share the concept with you all and can’t wait to hear what everyone thinks. Your thoughts and feedback now, will help ensure we capture all the things that will make a visit to our new centre a truly enjoyable experience,” he said. “This is the biggest infrastructure project in council’s history and represents a major investment in the longterm health, wellbeing, and aquatic education of our community and we want to keep the momentum going. All of the feedback we receive in this round will be used to progress and inform the detailed design stage of the
project. We are giving our community the opportunity to shape this vital community asset that will not only be around for their kids, but their grandkids and for decades to come.”
More than $55 million in council
borrowings will be used to fund the pool. The federal government has committed $20 million towards the project.
The new aquatic centre will replace Parkdale’s Don Tatnell Leisure Cen-
tre, which was closed permanently in 2020.
Consultation on the draft plans closes 23 July. See them at yourkingstonyoursay.com.au/draft-conceptplan
PRELIMINARY designs for the planned aquatic centre near Jack Grut Reserve in Mordialloc. Consultation on the plans closes later this month. Picture: Supplied
A PENINSULA Health stalwart was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia last month for her tireless work.
Pauline D’Astoli is a former community advisory chair at Peninsula Health. Her work in the mental health field saw her recognised with an OAM.
D’Astoli said it was an honour to be recognised for her efforts and a “privilege to serve the community”.
“The Peninsula Health family is so committed to the care of our community in times of need, it enriches our lives when we serve and serve with love,” she said.
A BAN on online gambling advertising would protect children from gambling harm, Dunkley MP Peta Murphy says.
Murphy is the chair of the House of Representatives standing committee on social policy and legal affairs. The committee released a report on its inquiry into online gambling last week.
The report recommended that online gambling advertising be phased out over the next three years. It also contained 30 other recommendations to curb the negative effects of online gambling.
Murphy said that reform was needed to protect children from the risk of gambling harm. “Gambling advertising and simulated gambling through video games, is grooming children and young people to gamble and encourages riskier behaviour. The torrent of advertising is inescapable. It is manipulating an impressionable and vulnerable audience to gamble
online,” she said. “Australians are the biggest losers in the world when it comes to gambling. We have a culture where sport and gambling are intrinsically linked. These behaviours are causing increasingly widespread and serious harm to individuals, families, and communities.
“A phased, comprehensive ban on online gambling advertising is recommended within three years. This will give major sports and broadcasters time to find alternative advertisers and sponsors, while preventing another generation from experiencing escalating gambling harm. The committee has also recommended stronger consumer protections for licenced online gambling, including a requirement for wagering service providers to verify their customer’s identity before accepting bets from them, a ban on inducements and a legislated duty of care. We have also called for a crackdown on illegal gambling websites.”
Alliance for Gambling Reform
chief advocate Tim Costello says that the report should lead to the establishment of a national strategy to combat gambling harm and an online gambling regulator and ombudsman.
“There is absolutely a need for a national strategy to combat the profound gambling harm that is being wrought in communities across Australia. Each year gambling rips $25 billion in losses out of our communities,” he said.
“The harm is profound, individuals, families and communities are devastated. And the harm is not just financial, this is a major public health issue that causes devastating harm to people’s health and in many cases it leads to people taking their own lives.”
Although the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission does not measure losses to online gambling, it does reveal that punters in the Kingston municipality have lost nearly $79 million on electronic gaming machines since July 2022.
Brodie CowburnPeninsula Health chief executive Felicity Topp said D’Astoli deserved to be commended, as her “actions and influence over the years have resulted in numerous improvements.”
“Pauline has been an extraordinary, longstanding consumer advisor at Peninsula Health, volunteering her time to advocate for consumers,” she said. “Her leadership of the community advisory committee and her ability to listen, engage and enact has resulted in organisational improvements towards a more person centred approach.
“Thank you, Pauline, for your hard work, dedication and commitment to Peninsula Health and the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula community.”
PAULINE D’Astoli has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia.
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TICKETS are available now for the highly anticipated 2023 Archibald Prize at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, the exclusive Victorian destination for the popular event.
Opening 15 September, MPRG will welcome enthusiastic art lovers for the prestigious prize with a display of 57 portraits, including this year’s winning portrait of singer songwriter Montaigne by Julia Gutman alongside the notable Packing Room Prize 2023 winning work of Cal Wilson by Andrea Huelin.
As the first stop on the Archibald Prize 2023 regional tour, visitors to the exhibition can see portraits of public figures and cultural identities from all walks of life, reflecting the stories of our times.
As part of the Archibald Prize celebrations, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is curating a program of events including artist talks, tours, workshops, and stacks of familyfriendly activities for the school holidays.
An icon of the peninsula culinary scene will be serving up locally roasted coffee, nutritious seasonal tucker and boutique wine and beer. Friday nights, the exhibition will be open late until 9pm. Unwind at HABITAT Bar, with live music from local artists and an extensive menu of drinks from renowned Mornington Peninsula purveyors such as TWOBAYS Brewery, Jetty Road, JimmyRum, Bass & Flinders Distillery, Rhino Tiger Bear Winery and Rahona Winery. Dine from food pop-ups and enjoy cheese boards courtesy of The Vegan Dairy and Boatshed Cheese.
Mayor Councillor Steve Holland said, ‘We are excited to be hosting Australia’s number one art exhibition again. It will not only benefit
MPRG, but also the wider Mornington Peninsula community, including retailers, hospitality and accommodation businesses.’
Danny Lacy, Director, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery said: ‘It’s an honour to have the Archibald Prize return to grace our walls for the first time in ten years. This event is as popular as ever and we encourage art fans and cultural adventurers to book their tickets in advance so they can plan their Mornington Peninsula experience.’
This exclusive exhibition will bring tens of thousands of visitors to the iconic Mornington Peninsula destination to enjoy the works on display and the immersive program of events and art experiences.
Established in 1921, Archibald Prize is now more than a century old and is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
The Archibald Prize 2023 will be on display at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington from 15 September to 5 November 2023.
Timed entry, flexible entry and open late tickets available now. To book your spot to experience Australia’s most prestigious art prize visit mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au
WORKS by 11 Victorian First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and designers are featured in the Layers of Blak exhibition at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington until 3 September.
A news release from Mornington Peninsula Shire says the works are the result of their creators having “wrestled with colonial history to present their stories, layered with meaning – of healing, resilience, collaboration and empowerment. This is powerful storytelling through exquisite contemporary jewellery”.
The exhibition, an outcome of the Blak Design program and being run in conjunction with NAIDOC Week, is presented by the Melbourne-based Koorie Heritage Trust to “foster First Nations cultural innovation within the Victorian design sector and provide a platform for nurturing sustainable, First Nations design practices”.
Artists with works in the Layers of Blak exhibition are Thelma Austin (Gunditjmara), Mandi Barton (Yorta Yorta/Barapa Barapa/Wemba Wemba), Lorraine Brigdale (Yorta Yorta), Nikki Browne (Bidjara), Deanne Gilson (Wadawurrung), Tammy Gilson (Wadawurrung), Elijah Money (Wiradjuri), Yasmin Silveira (Palawa), Sammy Trist (Taungurung), Dominic White (Palawa) and Tracy Wise (Barkindji Ngiyampaa Maligundidj).
Mornington Peninsula-based artist Dominic White, a Palawa man, is a descendant of the Trawoolaway of Lutruwita (Tasmania), through his birth mother’s family.
Adopted into a peninsula family,
White's art has for more than 20 years been following a process of reclamation of his heritage.
Trained as a printmaker at Monash University and the Australian National University, his work includes printmaking, sculpture, photography, ceramics and jewellery.
Printed works made from White’s fingerprints with foam patterns from Gunnamatta reference Bass Strait which connects Boon Wurrung/ Bunurong land with the Trawoolaway.
Patterns of colonial philosophy are branded onto wooden and clay surfaces of coolamons and overlie prints depicting the old growth plants of Red Hill's Endeavour Fern Gully.
Wall works juxtapose natural objects with forged steel, natural forms and bronze cast objects and kelp jewellery contrasts with overlapped chains, feathered wire, and forged metal.
Other NAIDOC Week activities include:
Story time at Mornington Library recommended for ages 3-8 , 11am Tuesday 4 July, Free, bookings essential.
Art making workshop with Sammy Trist using natural Indigenous materials ochre and gum leaves “to explore your own connection to nature and show you how to create your own meaningful token of Country”.
MPRG, 11am Thursday 6 July, $15.
Guided walk through the wildlife sanctuary and Yidaki-led meditation with Living Culture at The Briars, Mount Martha, Sunday 9 July. Cost: $46.50 adult, $36.50 concession/child.
Indigenous art from the Civic Collection, Mornington Library, until Monday 31 July. Free.
For more details about NAIDOC week go to mornpen.vic.gov.au/naidoc
A LOCATION for a satellite SES location in Skye has been chosen.
The new facility will be built on Ballarto Road near Carrum Downs Police Station.
The state government is spending $125 million on new SES facilities statewide. The new Skye building will act as a satellite facility for Frankston’s SES unit.
The Community Safety Building Authority website reads that the project is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
“Population growth in Frankston City Council is predicted to increase by almost 20 percent by 2041, placing increased pressure on surrounding VICSES units to respond effectively to the local community and continue to assist Victoria Police,
Ambulance Victoria and fire services throughout the state,” the CSBA website read.
“The new fit-for-purpose facility will reflect VICSES’ commitment and dedication to the local community and enable an expansion of local services, while supporting the retention and recruitment of new volunteers. In collaboration with VICSES, we are undertaking considerable consultation with surrounding units, as well as the local council, affected parties and the local community (as required), to ensure the new location meets the needs of a growing community, now and into the future.”
For more information visit csba. vic.gov.au/our-projects/emergencyservices-infrastructure/victoriastate-emergency-service/vicses-skye
We’re removing the level crossings at McDonald Street, Mordialloc and Station Street, Aspendale and building new rail bridges.
Bear Street, Mordialloc will also be boom-gate free and closed to vehicles – meaning more opportunities to create a
SBS, 7.30pm
Relax, reset and recharge – Robson Green does more than a little R and R in this gentle series. In this balm of a series, Green immerses himself in outdoor adventures around the north-east of England. For him, it’s a weekend escape. For us on the other side of the hemisphere, it’s a picturesque dream. In tonight’s double episode, former professional soccer player Jill Scott joins Green in Helmsley Walled Garden.
SUNDAY LIMBO
ABC TV, 8.30pm
Transcendentally beautiful, the new benchmark for the Aussie neo-noir genre has arrived with this richly detailed story. Simon Baker (The Mentalist, right) is the unequivocal star as the haunted detective Travis Hurley, who carries the baggage of being a drug squad officer. Hurley arrives as an outsider to the small opal-mining town of Limbo to dig into the 20-year-old unsolved disappearance of a young Indigenous woman.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
TEN, 9pm
Star power and fast-paced cases keep this slick police procedural from blending into the pack. US police dramas are a dime a dozen, but this offshoot from Law & Order’s Dick Wolf sticks to its gun with an unbeatable setting – New York – and a formula that delivers felonies and histrionics in equal measure. Tonight, in “Flopped Cop”, there’s gunfire galore. For a series that focuses on the frenetic nine-to-five of these hardworking officers, this episode extends a compelling window into Tiffany’s (Katherine Renee Kane, above) personal life.
NITV, 7.30pm
Get off the tourist track with the delightful Ernie Dingo and take a journey with extra heart. A presenter on The Great Outdoors for more than 15 years, Dingo knows a lot about Australian wildlife and nature, making it an absolute pleasure to join him on his adventures around our beautiful country. Tonight, he returns with season five of this beautifully shot, uplifting travel Black Comedy’s Aaron Fa’aoso’s language and dance skills are put to the test at home in Bamaga, while Bianca Hunt breaks into Broken Hill’s drag scene. Featuring the ancient forests and sand dunes of Pemberton, it’s a salve for the soul.
Bruce Lee. (PGln)
8.55 Grand Designs New Zealand.
(R) Hosted by Chris Moller.
9.40 One Plus One: The Elders.
10.10 Art Works. (PG, R)
10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business.
(R) 11.10 The Black Hand. (MA15+v, R) 12.10
Beyond The Towers. (MA15+a, R) 1.05
7.30 Inside Sydney Airport: Training. (M) A passenger is found travelling with a gun.
8.30 Devil’s Confession: Lost Eichmann Tapes: Dealing With The Devil. Part 3 of 3. Gideon Hausner surprises Eichmann and the court by presenting a full transcript of the Sassen Tapes.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Football. AFL. Round 17. Richmond v Sydney.
10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. A wrap-up of the game, including panel discussion and interviews, with access to players, coaches and staff.
11.00 The Latest: Seven News. (R)
11.30 Fantasy Island. (Ma, R) A jilted bride arrives on the island in her wedding dress.
6.00 Nine News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 1. Morning session. From Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, England.
10.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 1. Afternoon session. From Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, England.
3.30 Good Chef Hunting. (R) Alejandro Saravia visits the Great Ocean Road.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.
7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGa) Amateur cooks compete.
8.40 The First Inventors: Navigating The Future. (PG) Part 4 of 4. Takes a look at how Indigenous knowledge is developing lifesaving medicines.
9.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was.
9.35 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 6. Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque. 145km mountain stage. From France.
12.30 MOVIE: Dying On The Edge. (2001, Msv, R) An investigator looks into the death of a music producer. John Heard.
10.40 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav, R)
3.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG, R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
1.50 Dignity. (Ma, R)
3.40 Food Safari Water. (PGa, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Seven Early News.
5.30 Sunrise.
4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) Religious program.
4.30 A Current Affair. (R)
5.00 News Early Edition.
5.30 Today. The latest in news and current affairs.
11.30 The Project. (R)
12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)
1.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 CBS Mornings.
6.00 The Drum.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 First Weapons: Returning Boomerang. (Premiere, PG)
Hosted by Phil Breslin.
8.00 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R)
A masked man stabs a woman in her home.
9.00 Utopia. (PG, R) Tony is frozen out by the minister when he’s reluctant to announce an ambitious new project.
9.30 Gold Diggers. (Mls, R) Two sisters search for rich husbands.
10.00 ABC Late News. Coverage of the day’s events.
10.15 The Split. (Ma, R)
11.15 Harrow. (Final, Mav, R)
12.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
(R) Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 World’s Most Scenic River Journeys: River Dordogne.
(R) Narrated by Bill Nighy.
8.30 Hampton Court: Behind Closed Doors. (PG, R) Part 2 of 2. Tracy Borman visits the chaplain of Hampton Court’s Chapel Royal, Father Anthony.
9.25 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 7. Mont-de-Marsan to Bordeaux. 170km mountain stage. From France.
1.50 Nine Perfect Strangers. (Mlv, R)
3.30 Food Safari Water. (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 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs catches up with Nornie Bero.
7.30 Football. AFL. Round 17. Western Bulldogs v Collingwood.
10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews.
11.00 Armchair Experts. (M) A panel discusses all things AFL.
12.00 MOVIE: Frisky. (2015, Mls, R)
Two Australian friends move to San Francisco. Claudia Pickering.
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
5.00 NBC Today.
6.30 New Leash On Life. (R)
Hosted by Joel Creasey.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Sister Boniface Mysteries. (Return, PGa) Sister Boniface investigates a cold case when human bones are found at the Great Slaughter Giant Marrow Contest.
8.15 Vera. (Mav, R) Vera and Joe investigate a suspicious death in an army barracks that initially looks like suicide.
9.45 The Messenger. (Final, Mal, R) Ed is failing the most important card but comes to see the real message has been for him.
10.45 Miniseries: Marriage.
(Ml, R) Part 1 of 4.
11.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (Return) Hosted by Ernie Dingo.
8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. Libourne to Limoges. 201km mountain stage. From France. Commentary from Matthew Keenan, Dr Bridie O’Donnell and Simon Gerrans.
1.50 Witch Hunt. (MA15+l, R)
3.30 Food Safari Water. (PGa, R)
4.00 Food Safari. (R)
4.30 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Football. AFL. Round 17. St Kilda v Melbourne.
10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. A wrap-up of the game, including panel discussion and interviews, with access to players, coaches and staff.
11.00 To Be Advised.
12.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Townsville 500. Day 1. Highlights.
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) Information about pet care.
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Get Arty. (R) A showcase of art projects.
5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)
6.00 Nine News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 2. Morning session. From Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, England.
10.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 2. Afternoon session.
3.30 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures: Cairns To Cape Pt 2. (PG, R) The boys continue their trip to Cape York.
4.00 Postcards. (PG, R) Livinia Nixon heads to Richmond.
4.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.
7.30 Location, Location, Location Australia. Property experts search for homes.
8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Celebrity panellists include Urzila Carlson, Aaron Chen and Celia Pacquola.
9.30 The Graham Norton Show. (PGlsv, R) Celebrity guests include Lesley Manville, Hugh Bonneville, Lashana Lynch and Big Zuu.
11.30 The Project. (R)
12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)
1.30 Home Shopping. (R)
6.00 Nine News Saturday.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 3. Morning session. From Headingley Cricket Ground, England. Hosted by Roz Kelly and Louise Ransome, with experts Ian Healy, Callum Ferguson and Mark Taylor.
10.40 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 3. Afternoon session. From Headingley Cricket Ground, England. Hosted by Roz Kelly and Louise Ransome, with experts Ian Healy, Callum Ferguson and Mark Taylor.
3.30 Cricket. Women’s Twenty20 International. England v Australia. Game 3. From Lord’s Cricket Ground, London.
6.00 To Be Advised.
7.00 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown.
8.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv) Kensi and Fatima are kidnapped while searching for a missing US Navy lieutenant.
9.00 Blue Bloods. (Final, Mav) Danny teams up with his old partner. Frank debates how to handle the city’s homeless problem.
10.00 CSI: Vegas. (Final, Mav) A murder hits close to home for Folsom.
11.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald.
12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
5.00 Hour Of Power.
Weapons. (PG, R) 2.00 Movin’ To The
(R) 2.30 Sister Boniface Mysteries. (PGa, R) 3.15 A Life In Ten Pictures. (PGln, R)
4.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 5.00
Art Works. 5.30 Fake Or Fortune?
6.30 Compass: Jewish Singles In The Snow. Jewish singles search for love.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 To Be Advised.
7.40 Grand Designs Revisited. Part 4 of 4.
8.30 MOVIE: Limbo. (2023, MA15+d)
A former undercover drug cop writes a case review of an unsolved murder in a small opal-mining town. Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen.
10.15 Miniseries: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (Ma, R) Part 1 of 3.
11.15 Miniseries: Small Axe. (Mal, R)
12.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Tour de France. Stage 8. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Barkley Manor. (PG, R) 11.00 Tour De France: Bonjour Le Tour. (R) 12.00 Tour de France.
Stage 8. Highlights. 1.00 Motor Racing. Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. Round 4. 4.00 Trail Towns. (PG, R) 4.30 Trampolining. (R) 4.35 Tour De France: Bonjour Le Tour. 5.35 Blood Money: Inside The Nazi Economy. (PG)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Bettany Hughes Treasures Western Turkey. (PG) Professor Bettany Hughes explores Turkey.
8.30 Pompeii: The Discovery With Dan Snow. (PG) Dan Snow explores how the ruins of Pompeii were rediscovered and retraces the first finds.
9.30 Cycling. Tour de France.
Stage 9. Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dôme. 182.5km mountain stage. From France.
2.50 Exit. (MA15+dl, R)
3.45 Food Safari. (R)
4.45 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5pm MOVIE: Thomas And Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie. (2018) 6.20
Children’s Programs. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 You Can’t Ask That. 8.30 Louis
Theroux: Louis And The Brothel. 9.30 Louis
6am Morning Programs. 11.00 The Ice Cream Show. Noon
Curse Of Oak Island. 12.45 Jeopardy! 2.00 Tour
De France: Bonjour Le Tour. 3.00 Cycling. Tour de France. H’lights. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 4.45 Domino Masters. 6.35 Nazi Megastructures. 7.30 Abandoned Engineering.
8.30 The UnXplained. (Return) 9.20 We Need To Talk About Cosby. 10.25 Late Programs.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Townsville 500. Day 2. Qualifying and support races.
2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show.
3.00 Football. AFL.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Dancing With The Stars. (PGl) Celebrities show off their dance skills.
8.45 7NEWS Spotlight. An exclusive, special investigation.
9.45 The Latest: Seven News.
10.15 Born To Kill? John Duffy And David Mulcahy. (MA15+av) A look at John Duffy and David Mulcahy.
11.15 Autopsy USA: Jeff Conoway. (MA15+ad)
12.15 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Townsville 500. Day 2. Highlights.
1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30.
8.00 Back Roads: Strzelecki Track, SA Pt 2. Heather Ewart continues her journey.
8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.
9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry.
9.35 Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle: Under Siege. (PGa, R) Part 3 of 4.
10.15 China Tonight. (R)
10.45 ABC Late News.
11.00 The Business. (R) 11.20 The Split. (Ma, R) 12.20 Tick F***ing Tock. (Mal, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes. (PG) Jill Scott joins Robson Green.
8.40 The Great House Revival.
(PG) Hosted by Hugh Wallace.
9.40 24 Hours In Emergency: Keep The Faith. (M) A 18-year-old suffers a cardiac arrest.
10.35 SBS World News Late.
11.05 My Brilliant Friend.
(Premiere, Mav)
12.05 Gomorrah. (MA15+sv, R) 3.25 Food
Safari. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines
The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PG)
7.30 Million Dollar Island. (PG) Hosted by Ant Middleton.
9.00 9-1-1: Lone Star. (Mav) The 126 helps Marjan enter the dating world through a series of chaperoned dates.
11.00 The Latest: Seven News.
11.30 The Blacklist. (Ma)
12.30 Underarm: The Ball That Changed Cricket. (PGl, R)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Nine News Sunday.
7.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.
8.00 The Murder Of Lyn Dawson: Beautiful Bayview, Beautiful Babes. (Mal) Part 1 of 4. Looks at the life of Lyn Dawson and what led to her disappearance and murder.
10.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 7. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.
5.00 News Early Edition.
5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.
6.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news.
7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGal) Contestants are pitted against each other in pairs for the first elimination round.
9.00 FBI. (Mv) When a wealthy accountant is gunned down for secretly testifying against a notorious drug lord, the FBI’s probe leads Tiffany to ask for help from an ex-cop friend who is related to the suspect.
10.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) When Jesse sets out for a day sailing with his daughter, pirates seize their yacht.
11.00 The Sunday Project. (R)
A look at the day’s news.
12.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 CBS Mornings.
6.00 Nine News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Rush. (PGl) The adventure of a lifetime continues as three teams of everyday Aussies, who begin each challenge deprived of sight and sound, are dropped at their next location. Hosted by David Genat.
9.05 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 8.
From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.
5.00 News Early Edition.
5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.
Morning Programs.
The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Bondi Vet. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Carry On Cruising. (1962) 5.30 Dr Quinn. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Cricket. The Ashes. Third Test. England v Australia. Day 5.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.
7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGal) Contestants vie for a semifinal spot.
8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week.
9.40 Just For Laughs Australia. (MA15+l) Hosted by Nath Valvo.
10.10 FBI: Most Wanted. (Madv, R) The team pursues an abusive man.
11.00 The Project. (R)
12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)
1.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 CBS Mornings.
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ON your bike. For years, the invitation to stand astride a two-wheeled piece of transportation and trundle off over the horizon meant nothing to me. That’s because I was bike-less. It’s not as though I swore them off or took a vow to abstain from riding; it’s more than I never quite got around to it. That, however, has now changed.
Maybe it’s just me, but there are heaps of things that were once an essential part of my life that, for whatever reason, I stopped and, for no reason in particular, I haven’t gone back to. Riding a bike is but one example. Others include slippers, sugar bowls and tablecloths. That I have managed to survive successive decades without these things is a tribute, I think, either to my resilience or my aptitude for turbocharged procrastination.
My childhood was defined by three bicycles. The first was tiny – the kind you expect to see ridden by a monkey at a circus. At some point it would have had training wheels until the day arrived where these were deemed to be surplus to requirements. Whether it was because I had finally garnered sufficient confidence to ride without them or I felt the other twelve year olds would keep teasing me the longer I kept using them, I can’t say.
As the eldest of five, most of my possessions were redirected to one of my siblings. I’m not sure what became of my training wheels. Did they pass through the line of succession before coming to an ignominious end at the local tip? Or has my father squirreled them away and, someday without warning, will he ask me whether I still
want them? The training wheels are, I suspect, somewhere in the shed. It’s an observation that can be made about most objects in the known Universe.
I probably had that bike for too long. It’s embarrassing when your bicycle is so small that you can use your own toes as bike rack. But when time finally came for it to be replaced, it was followed by a gargantuan, lumbering mechanical marvel. It was a dragster. Nothing says ‘nineteen seventies’ quite like a dragster bike. Except, of course, flares, lengthy sideburns and the first three albums by the Electric Light Orchestra. High handlebars, long ‘banana seat’ and gears that were largely deco-
rative in nature, the dragster was the two-wheeled equivalent of the kind of station wagon so lovingly championed by Carol from the Brady Bunch. I didn’t so much ride my dragster as I cruised. Up and down the driveway, my flared trousers flapping like the mainsail of an ocean vessel, I cruised looking for something (anything) to relieve the boredom. If the nineteen seventies were about anything, they were about being bored out of your brain whilst waiting for your parents to turn up in a Brady-sized station wagon before they strapped you into a vinyl seat that was so hot that it rivalled the surface of the sun; then scalded you with a seatbelt
buckle. Those were the days. But whereas the seventies were plagued by station wagons, stagflation and disco music, the eighties were a time when anything seemed possible. It was a decade of adventure. Of timeless movies and chronically dated fashion (hello massive shoulder pads and acid wash!). Of teen culture and big pop songs and even bigger hair. It was an era in which a dragster was about as relevant as a Triceratops and just as aerodynamic. Clearly, it was a time for a new bike. It was time for a BMX.
More than just a bicycle, a BMX was a lifestyle choice. Kids were often shown using their bikes to challenge
authority and perform amazing deeds in generation-defining movies like ‘E.T.’ and ‘BMX Bandits’ (why Judy, PJ and Goose haven’t been featured on their own postage stamp or commemorative coin by now is totally beyond me). The great thing about a BMX is that it didn’t need a smooth path like a dragster. It could go anywhere. And it did. We used to race ours around the yard and perform ‘jumps’ by launching ourselves from modest ramps we constructed out of dirt (sorry for the holes in the lawn!). It felt daring at the time. (Monos! Bunny hops!) It probably was. Then I left home. And I never owned a bike (or a sugar bowl) again. Perhaps the nineties weren’t a bike-loving era. Maybe there was confusion as to what kind of bike to get, now that BMXs were considered a relic from a bogan era (so to speak). Whatever the reason, I no longer had a bike to call my own. The BMX was left to languish in the shed, next to my training wheels and the plaster cast I had when I was six and broke my leg (you never know – it may still come in handy).
Then came the awkward bit. For some time, I owned a helmet but no bike. Consider it something of a statement of intent. But as of last week, I’m now the proud owner of a bike to go with the helmet. It doesn’t have training wheels and it’s not a dragster. It doesn’t look anything like a BMX. It’s a hybrid. Naturally, I’m nervous. It’s been a long time since I’ve ridden one of these things, but the guy who sold it to me said not to worry; that it was as easy as riding a bike. We’ll see. stuart@stuartmccullough.com
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IN last Wednesday’s issue I explained that in future we must get an ambulance of our own or go without one, so it will be wise for us to consider what system we will adopt.
I outlined the Victorian system, so that the most suitable service must be adopted.
In Queensland they have the best ambulance system in the World. In any part of Queensland any person who needs an ambulance can have one at any time free of charge. Only persons who can afford it are expected to contribute according to their means.
They own their ambulance buildings, both for cars and also houses for the men. They have the last word in up-to-date cars. There are several large centres who in turn have a number of sub-centres, so that by this they have a network of systems right throughout the State.
The Queensland Government grants £ for £ for land, pays annually over £10,000.
I am sorry our Government will not do likewise; but to get this amount the people must also raise a like amount. This they do by collections from sympathisers and grateful benefactors, also from business firms, lodges, schools, churches, shire councils, and different associations, and each place in the district holds one good entertainment in the year just the same as they do for a cricket or football club for example.
Maryborough centre receives personal subscriptions, £617/17/10; collections and employers’ lists, £201/13/7; school collections, £62/19/; collection boxes, £10/19/-; office boxes, £37/9/11; societies and munici-
pal, £161/10/4; benefits, £977/14/-; total, £2098/16/5, about 1/4 per head of population.
In Maryborough head centre population, 30,000, and area 80 miles across with a permanent staff of five men with four cars, then sub-centres at Gayndah, with three men and two cars; Murgon, with one man and one car; they also have a number of auxiliaries, who only get paid when they are called out to assist.
They have also honorary centres right through the district, who are supplied from headquarters (free) with litter and first-aid outfits.
These honorary bearers carry patients from short distances to railway, etc. All this is done free. A few years ago Maryborough lent £2000 free of interest to another centre, and in two years £500 had been paid back. This has been going on for 20 years, and there has never been one failure and financial matters never trouble them.
We hope to have a good response to our ambulance week, November 18 to 24, both days included; so we can start straight away. I will compare the two systems next week.
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THE death of Mrs. Coxall, mother of Mr. A. Coxall, of Frankston, has occurred at Windsor. The old lady, who had been a colonist for 70 years, had reached the advanced age of 92 years.
A few years ago she had the misfortune to break her hip, but, despite that, she was physically strong to the last, though her mental senses were a little impaired.
She was buried at Creswick on Monday last. ***
THE marriage of Miss Elizabeth Pollock, of Glasgow, Scotland, and Mr. Archie R. Lloyd, of Horsham, will take place at Sorrento tomorrow.
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AT the instigation of Mr. McCorkell, the Dromana Progress Association is to be revived to interest the people in district development.
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THE store and post office at Rosebud has been totally destroyed by fire. The cause is wrapped in mystery.
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MR. T. Ritchie has purchased Mr. Thos. Wallace’s valuable property at Mornington. The property adjoins Sir. Willlam McPherson’s seaside residence.
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THE Mornington Shire Council propose to borrow £3250 for completing electric light scheme and improvements to Alexander Park.
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MR. W. J. Thorne, who died at Melbourne recently, resided at Mornington for the past 40 years. He was 58 years of age.
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THE Mornngton Football Club’s novelty night was highly successful, though the attendance was not all that could have been desired.
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MR. J. F. Conroy, killed recently on the Healesville line, was for some years a guard on the Frankston line, and resided at Mornington.
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BETWEEN forty and fifty users of electric light and power met at the Frankston Mechanics’ Hall on Tuesday night last to discuss the high cost of
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current. Several ladies were in attendance.
Mr. J. D. Jennings was voted to the chair. He said that the electric light was a great boon, but sometimes boons could prove too expensive.
He had checked his meter and found that one light was costing him at the rate of 5/- per week.
Mr. C. W. Wood said his electric light account for April was £1/2/-; in May it jumped to £2/7/2. He thought there must be something wrong with the meter.
Mr. D. Dodd, who was appointed hon. secretary to the meeting, remarked that like Mr. Wood, his account for May was greatly in excess of the previous month, and totalled over £7.
Mr. Haggart moved that this meeting resolve to ask the council to try and reduce the cost of electric light and power. He pointed out that Chelsea was charging 8d. per unit for light and 2d. for power, as against 10d. and 6d. charged at Frankston.
Mr. Wood seconded the motion.
Mr. Wheeler said he had been told that the Electricity Commission fixed the price and not the council.
Mr. Young stated that the Commission sold the current to the council at a certain rate, and the council then fixed the price to consumers.
Crs. Wells, Oates, Mason, and McCulloch here entered the meeting and were welcomed by the chairman.
Cr. Mason said the council was paying 8½d. to the Commission for the current.
Cr. H. J. McCulloch, then went exhaustively into figures, showing the amount of current purchased by the
council during the last ten months, and quantity paid for by consumers.
The current had cost the council 8¼d., and it was impossible to retail it to the consumer at less than 10d. per unit.
The council was losing on current for power as it was. There was a considerable leakage, and it was unfortunate that there were no meters on the street lights.
Cr. Oates explained that Chelsea paid for its current under a different rating from Frankston. The electric light committee was now discussing the question of applying a special rate of 3d. to Seaford and Mt. Eliza on the same principle as the water rate was levied.
Cr. Mason assured the meeting that the council was not out to make profits on the electric light undertaking, the electrical engineer had advised charging 1/- per unit for lighting, but the council on its own responsibility had cut it down to 10d.
Cr. Wells said Chelsea was advantaged by having a direct line to convey the current from Melbourne, whereas Frankston line went to Mordlialloc and Dandenong, thus increasing overhead expenses.
Frankston started with 150 consumers and now had 450.
Mr. W. C. Young said the people were satisfied that the council was doing the best it could as to charges, although it would be good policy in the interests of production to reduce the cost of current used for power. ***
From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 4 & 6 Jul 1923
What has shocked me most about holding public office is the extent to which people want you to lie to them.
An alarming number of people are simply not interested in opposing views, let alone the notion that an opposing view even exists. Some become intensely outraged by the revelation that, on a particular issue, I or any other politician might happen to disagree with them.
So many people I have come across want to be told what they want to hear, even when I know it to be incorrect or untrue. There are many for whom even polite disagreement is intolerable. There are many more who believe it is the role of an elected representative to agree with them, unequivocally and unconditionally, on all matters, even knowing that there are alternate or opposing views.
When did people cease agreeing to disagree? I don’t think social media is to blame, if anything it has just shone a light on the human condition. We’re in the golden age of the “armchair expert”.
The voters get the politicians they deserve, and recently I feel the popular decisions have rarely proved to be the right decisions. The public sphere has turned toxic, and I have to say, it’s fast eroding my faith in humanity. I’m too young for that.
On the upside, I had the pleasure of meeting with the Lions Club of Mornington this week. I am grateful for everything they do for our community. Their generosity knows no bounds. I was struck by their code of ethics, read out at the conclusion of the meeting. The last line in particular: To be careful with my criticism and liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy.
I think we could all do a little bit more of that.
Steve Holland, mayor, Mornington Peninsula Shire CouncilThe Australia Institute report’s findings (May 2022) were based on the false hypothesis that the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project would proceed into a commercial phase without carbon capture and storage (CCS) (“Friends petition aims to stop hydrogen project” The News 27/6/23).
The HESC project partners, the Victorian government, the Australian government, and the Japanese government would not support or proceed with a HESC project without CCS.
HESC has responded to claims about the efficacy of CCS, the methodology used to calculate forecast carbon emission reductions and other issues raised by the Australia Institute on the HESC website.
The HESC project at a commercial scale would produce 225,000 tonnes a year of liquid hydrogen and reduce CO2 emissions by 1.8mt a year, the equivalent of the emissions of 350,000 cars.
The federal Minister for Resources Madeline King told the Global CCS Institute conference early this year that carbon capture presents an opportunity to decarbonise Australia’s energy exports.
Minister King said the use of CCUS (Carbon Capture, Use and Storage) will allow us to become a top exporter of low-carbon intensity energy in our region.
In relation to the flame incident on the Suiso Frontier in January 2022, the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau conducted a full investigation and concluded that the flame was a result of a gas control equipment malfunction that was swiftly addressed by the robust fire prevention controls aboard and the vessel’s experienced crew. There were no injuries or damage to equipment or the surrounding environment, and the vessel safely completed its journey to Japan.
To date, I have had in my home over 60 young Aboriginal children who have travelled from a remote community as a reward for regularly attending school.
I understand their families, I know what their homes look like, and I know that they live in poverty.
Issues such as overcrowding in homes, rheumatic heart disease and expensive basic food are the foundations of poverty.
You cannot purchase your own home in many remote communities, you lease it from the government for the rest of your life. You are unable to create wealth like most of us have through our real estate. We shouldn’t feel guilty about that but what we must do is make sure that the playing field is level.
Every program that I have created and funded has been with the advice from the elders of the community. That is what the Voice is about, asking people what they want, not giving them a help out but a hand up.
Other Australians are able to make local decisions for their local communities. The Voice is all about local decisions by local people.
I could go on about health issues, the incidence of self-harm and all those things that are wrong as a result of not being able to get the help that they actually need.
Many people working in remote communities are there for the right reasons but do not have the avenues for the communications necessary for outcomes that would improve the health and wellbeing of many in remote Aboriginal communities. Vote Yes. Murray Turner, Point Leo
What a massive disappointment, for me, the MP for Flinders Zoe McKenzie is turning out to be.
Ms McKenzie appears to like making speeches, writing articles for her Facebook page and for the The News
On the surface, Zoe’s statements sound fair and reasonable but, when you drill down into them they seem, at best, misinformation and at worst, I believe, misrepresent the truth.
Ms McKenzie claims proudly that she has met extensively with local First Nations’ people when in fact she has had just several brief interactions. She maintains that she has a good understanding of what the wishes of the majority of her constituents are on the Voice to Parliament, but how can she know when she rarely gets out to meet with any of us?
Unfortunately, when it comes to being a real representative, Ms McKenzie seems lacking and out of her depth in so many ways. This week on the floor of parliament she asked a question of the Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney that was so nonsensical that the Speaker had to point out to her that if she is going to ask a question she has to have facts.
Surely the seat of Flinders needs someone we can trust to do more for us that to write speeches and make press releasee. We need to be treated so much better.
Marilyn Merrifield, RyeA careful rereading of the speech delivered by Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie during the second reading of the Bill to enable the Constitution alteration referendum, reveals the following sentiments: “Today the Indigenous people of the Mornington Peninsula include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from across the nation. It makes for a warm, inclusive, wise, curious and open community with remarkable cultural leaders…”
She then lists those leaders referred to, among others, and expresses gratitude for their “advice and guidance and their willingness to speak with her. She likewise thanks those Aboriginal leaders who met with her in Canberra.
our discussions concerning the Voice.
To come to a conclusion different from that held by some of those with who we consult, is not equivalent to showing disrespect. It is behaving in the way one would expect of our representative in a democratic government. Our Western, liberal democracy depends on our ability to respectfully differ from others and, ultimately, to come to a conclusion acceptable to the majority.
Ms McKenzie is also accused of “disrespect” for admitting she disagrees with “some of the finest constitutional minds” in the country. I repeat, to disagree is not to show disrespect. Ms McKenzie have a fine constitutional mind herself, and many more of Australia’s fine constitutional minds have expressed disquiet with the potential of this referendum than are supporting it.
Helen Gleeson, BlairgowrieI share the disappointment that the Voice referendum has become so politicised (“Nothing to lose” Letters 27/6/23). Our First Nations peoples have been dispossessed of their country and culture, marginalised in our society and only accepted as citizens since 1967.
Most of us have little knowledge or understanding of their needs or their culture.
Previous advocacy bodies legislated to give First Nations peoples a voice have all been subsequently legislated away. Now they have asked for their Voice to be a constitutionally protected vehicle through which their views can be expressed without fear of legislative removal by unsympathetic governments.
[Flinders MP] Zoe McKenzie has cited speculation by “former High Court justices” of possible difficulties for government in the event that the court may hold that parliament, or the executive were held to have a duty to consult the Voice (“A risk to executive government” The News 30/5/23). This possibility has been specifically discounted by the Law Society of Australia. There is no suggestion that parliament or the executive take anything more from the Voice than education in First Nations’ culture and needs.
We have been invited to walk with First Nations peoples down the path set out in the Uluru Statement from The Heart. It took big hearts to issue this invitation: I hope our hearts are big enough to accept it.
Chris Young, Surrey HillsOur prime minister [Anthony Albanese] portraying himself as “speaking with a heart” and criticising anyone who does not agree with his point of view on the Voice is the same man who saw firsthand Aboriginal children running riot and lawlessly on the streets of Alice Springs blamed on “coming from violence in their homes” [and] walked calmly away and has not for one moment sought to protect them.
To my knowledge all other Australian children in danger would be supported by the Children’s Protection Society. Why not Aboriginal children?
When will Aboriginal women receive justice for the crimes of sexual violence and incest they have suffered over many years? No backbone Mr Albanese. I will vote No. I don’t need to explain my decision to anybody.
Maureen Sharpe, BitternThe Voice is being soft sold as a very modest request with limited powers and simply about being nice to Indigenous people. Government response to legitimate questioning continues to be a cocktail of obfuscation with gratuitous insults, namely that to question is both racist and immoral.
Despite government attempts at misdirection however, there is evidence that the Voice is a dangerous wolf in sheep’s clothing.
I encourage everyone, but especially those still in favour of the Voice, to hear the statements and then to return to this page and justify why questions being raised, but avoided, should not cause us all concern.
John Matthews, HeathmontAs a Mornington Peninsula resident in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, my familiarity with the local news is a bit tardy. That notwithstanding, I found [Flinders MP] Zoe McKenzie’s reasoning for the No vote in her recent article to be unconvincing. (“A risk to executive government” The News 30/5/23).
Firstly, there are highly qualified legal opinions that a Voice to Parliament poses no risk whatsoever to the operational efficiency of the country and that any constitutional change would not give the Indigenous Voice any parliamentary or legislative power.
Secondly, she spoke glowingly of meeting with the local Indigenous leadership but left their contrary position on the Voice unspoken. I found this artificiality quite unworthy of an elected representative.
But she’s right about one thing: this Constitution belongs to all of us and, as such, we will all take responsibility for the outcome and how we advance as a progressive and inclusive nation. This cannot be achieved without acknowledgement of the Indigenous contribution to our heritage of more than 65,000 years of stewardship and listening to what they have to say.
It’s the fair thing to do and, as our national anthem says: Advance Australia Fair.
John Mosig, KewCongratulations to the Flinders Zero Carbon Community who have secured federal funding for a community battery (“Solar battery a first for Flinders” The News 20/6/23). In addition to reducing energy costs and benefitting our climate, neighbourhood batteries help to localise energy, providing increased energy independence and security to citizens. It’s taken three years of work to make this happen, but the benefits to the Flinders community should be considerable. This example of positive community engagement reminded me of a quote from anthropologist Margaret Mead: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has”.
What has Labor done to alleviate the cost of living inflation crisis? A big fat nothing.
It has let the Reserve Bank of Australia continue with the only tool it has to fight inflation, rate rises, which is only exasperating the cost of living inequalities between rich and the poor. Labor has not addressed the root causes which are runaway profiteering by the corporate mafia.
The banks pass on every rate increase while not increasing our interest rates thus posting record profits.
The “gas cap” is a joke as can be seen in my latest heating bill. The gas rates were doubled just a few months ago. The energy regulator has just allowed another large increase in electricity costs. Analysis of financial reports shows all major gas, oil and coal companies have made a record amount of money in 2022.
Coles, Woolworths profit surge raises questions over inflation profiteering. Coles’ profit increased by 17.1 per cent, and Woolworths’ by 14 per cent. Australian CEOs pocket 15 per cent pay rises as average worker wages fail to match cost of living increases. And the rich make their money not on wages but by trading stock - 66 millionaires pay no tax at all. Australia’s top 40 tax dodgers pay little or no tax.
What is labor doing? Nothing.
Joe Lenzo, Safety BeachYuko
Fukuma, senior staff officer, Japan Suiso Energy UnderstandingI am connected to a remote community in the Northern Territory through a family marriage. Since the 1970s I have been involved in living and understanding what it’s like in a remote community.
To me, this is the essence of respect, and not the claim that Ms McKenzie rejects out of hand the views of the First Nations people she claims to have consulted” (“Respect questioned” Letters 20/6/23).
To consult with those who may hold a variety of opinions in the sort of respectful way evidenced here, seems exactly what the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was hoping for in
Thomas Mayo is an indigenous activist, a signatory to the Uluru statement, a Voice referendum working group member, and the author of the official “Voice to Parliament” handbook. He is also almost certain to be appointed to the Indigenous Voice panel.
Thomas Mayo is on record revealing [what I believe is] the real agenda behind the Voice. No person should consider voting before hearing Thomas Mayo’s intent. A video is readily attainable on YouTube.
As a regular driver on the Frankston Flinders Road, I am amazed at the ridiculous amount of advertising signs at the Bungower and Frankston Flinders roads roundabout.
There used to be one, now there are five. Is this really a good place for drivers to be reading these?
I am disappointed they have been allowed there. It’s an accident waiting to happen.
Joan Wood, Hastings‘The public sphere has turned toxic [with] armchair experts’ - mayor
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PINES picked up an important win over Sorrento last Saturday.
The Pythons hosted the Sharks at Eric Bell Reserve. The match marked the return of star forward Aaron Edwards, who returned to Pines after a stint with St Kilda City. He transferred to Pines alongside Brownlow medalist Dane Swan, who debuted the week prior.
After a tight first quarter, Sorrento took control of the game heading into half time. The visitors led by 15 points at the main break.
Sorrento were ahead by nine points heading into the final term, but the Pythons proved too strong. Pines overran Sorrento to claim an eight point win 13.15 (93) to 13.7 (85).
Edwards booted two goals on his Pines return. Johnathan Haidon, Nicholas Braund, Carrel Deang, and Jackson Vaughan also impressed.
The win helped cement Pines’ finals spot. They are now three games clear inside the top five.
The loss leaves Sorrento in sixth place - the Sharks are eight points outside of the top five with six games left to play in the home-and-away season.
Langwarrin secured its second win for the season on Saturday in a hardfought match against Bonbeach.
Bonbeach and Langwarrin both came into the match with just a win each to their names this season. A loss for either side would leave them in grave relegation danger.
Bonbeach held Langwarrin goalless in the first term and established an early lead, but they didn’t hold it for long. Langwarrin led by seven points
at half-time.
Bonbeach didn’t take defeat lying down, and fought hard in the third term. At the three-quarter-time break, the sides were all square.
Langwarrin got the job done in the final quarter. They ran out 12 point winners 8.8 (56) to 10.8 (68).
Sam Dunell played a crucial role for the Kangaroos. He scored four goals.
Dromana stretched its top division winning streak to 12 on Saturday with a thumping win over Rosebud.
Dromana did it easy - the final scoreboard read Dromana 17.10 (112) to Rosebud 3.2 (20).
Frankston YCW remained in second place after a strong 60 point win over Frankston Bombers on Saturday - 8.6 (54) to 16.18 (114). Josh Patullo booted six goals for the Stonecats. The final match for the round saw Mt Eliza beat Red Hill by 27 points.
KARINGAL’S undefeated streak has come to an end.
The Bulls came into their round 12 clash with Edithvale-Aspendale unbeaten for the season. They started off on the right foot, but had a miserable time after quarter-time.
It was all Edithvale-Aspendale after the first break. They piled on 14 goals to zero after quarter-time in an astonishing display.
It was academic in the end for EdiAsp, as they brought the Bulls back down to earth with a 2.11 (23) to 15.9 (99) win.
Hugo Clarke, Zack O'Neill, and Michael Meehan were named in Edithvale-Aspendale’s best.
The win keeps Edi-Asp in finals contention.
Hastings’ finals hopes were boosted by a brilliant win over Crib Point
last weekend. The Blues got over the line by a point 7.12 (54) to 7.13 (55).
Pearcedale also picked up an important win on Saturday to keep their finals hopes alive. They beat Chelsea 14.12 (96) to 11.13 (79).
Pearcedale took an early lead, and held onto it all day long.
Luke Daniel was awesome for Pearcedale, booting six goals. Kaolan Thornton scored three.
There were goals aplenty when Tyabb hosted Mornington on Saturday.
33 goals were kicked for the afternoon. Six of them came from the boot of Tim Susovich, which helped Mornington claim the win.
The Bulldogs overcame a poor start to win 13.8 (86) to 20.19 (139).
Rye endured another tough day last weekend. They conceded 25 goals to Seaford in a 91-point defeat. Devon Meadows closed out the round by beating Somerville by 31 points.
A GOAL in the 93rd minute denied Langwarrin a memorable away win on Friday night against NPL2 championship challenger Preston Lions.
The home side led after 18 minutes when Connor Bell neatly angled a low Andy Stubley cross from the right inside the far post.
Langy hit back nine minutes later when Luke Goulding’s cross from the right was headed firmly by Brad Blumenthal.
The visitors hit the front in the 80th minute with an Archie Macphee header following a Lucas Portelli cross from the right to make it 2-1.
The last minutes of this thrilling contest kept fans on their toes as Preston threw everything it could at its opponent desperately seeking an equaliser.
It was rewarded in time added after Langy failed to deal with a cross into the box and the ball fell to Preston substitute Rob Stambolziev who slid down and converted from close range.
But the final whistle wasn’t the end of the action.
Referee George Lakrindis immediately ran towards Portelli and sent him off for dissent.
It’s Portelli’s second red card this season.
In State 1 news Mornington signed Navin Velupillay late last week.
The former Langwarrin player switched from Casey Comets and was a second-half substitute in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Old Scotch at Dallas Brooks Park.
Shaun Kenny scored for Mornington.
The big news in State 2 was Peninsula Strikers emerging 1-0 winners over neighbouring Frankston Pines in a dour derby at Centenary Park on Saturday.
Strikers created a number of chances in the first half forcing Pines keeper Ryan Ramsden into some excellent saves.
For Strikers Riley Anderton was in the thick of the action volleying wide from a Cooper Andrews cross and heading onto the post following a Wayne Gordon corner.
Two pivotal moments in this contest came in the second half when referee Ben Lepileo sent off Pines defender Deniz Karabadjak and Ramsden just a few minutes apart.
Karabadjak was red carded after a challenge on Jamie Davidson while Ramsden was dismissed for bringing down Campbell Steedman inside the box.
The resulting penalty from the Steedman infringement was tucked away by Anderton for the only goal of the game.
Despite being down to nine men Pines could have snatched a late equaliser if not for a fine Faraz Zenoozi save from a Ben Lund shot.
Skye United came away from Dendy Park with a precious point after a 1-1 draw with promotion hopeful Hampton East Brighton on Saturday.
After an even first half the home side got on top after the break and put Skye under pressure.
Anthony Bran gave Hampton a deserved lead and it would have gone further ahead if a shot hadn’t rebounded off the post.
Leo McLeod’s entrance off the bench for the last half-hour had a significant impact according to Skye gaffer Phil McGuinness.
“He changed the game for us,” McGuinness said.
“He missed a chance to equalise but he didn’t miss a second time after young Seb Stevens played a great through ball which Leo tucked away.”
Stevens is just 17 and was making his senior debut.
In State 4 the much anticipated derby
showdown between Somerville Eagles and Baxter fell victim to an unplayable pitch at Tyabb Central Reserve.
Despite the postponement there is significant player news from Baxter with Aaran Currie rejoining Frankston Pines while Liam Baxter has signed with NPL side Moreland City.
The only local outfit to feature at this level was Chelsea which emerged from Saturday’s trip to face Sandown Lions with a 3-3 draw.
Diego Herrera and Adam Bartosy gave Chelsea a 2-0 lead after 26 minutes but a penalty awarded for handball and a headed goal levelled the scores at half-time.
Sandown hit the front in the 80th minute when Dobuol Kong scored his second with a near post header from a corner but Chelsea couldn’t be denied.
In the 94th minute Herrera’s cross was flicked on by Piers Brelsford and Bartosy’s first time strike into the top corner ensured a share of the spoils.
In State 5 news Mentone won the local derby 1-0 against Aspendale, Seaford United made it six straight wins with a 1-0 result against Casey Panthers, Mount Martha easily accounted for visitor Barton United 4-0 while Rosebud lost 2-0 away to champion
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Ian Greener, former head coach of the Victorian Institute of Sport soccer program and ex-state director of coaching for the Victorian Soccer Federation, has arranged a zoom presentation from Headsafe this Sunday 9 July at 7.30pm. Headsafe currently works with both the English and Scottish Football Associations researching and advising on the link between heading and dementia.
“This is a conversation that we need to have to protect heading in our game,” Greener said.
“It will be the first time in this country that we will have access to the latest research information on this topic and we need to spread the word throughout the football community on a very important subject.”
The session is free and features presenters Nick Gates and Lou Crawford.
If you want to participate contact Greener at greener_ian@yahoo.com.au so he can send you a link 24 to 48 hours prior to the event.
elect Hampton Park United.
A stunning free-kick from Mentone’s Tyler Pollard in the 26th minute proved the difference in Saturday’s derby at Mentone Grammar Playing Fields in Keysborough.
Aspendale should have taken the lead earlier after James Hilton was penalised for handball but Keiran Hughes’ attempt struck the outside of the post.
Mentone keeper Quinn Carter was in tremendous form with two point-blank saves in the second half as Mentone held on for a vital three points.
Harry McCartney reports that the breakthrough for Seaford came in the 35th minute when Josh Vega’s low cross from the right was met by Emmat Ehsani who tapped in from close range.
The second half was an arm wrestle with the referee intervening via a yellow card barrage in an attempt to keep control of the contest.
Two goals in each half did the trick for Mount Martha at Civic Reserve on Saturday.
Both first-half goals came from Mitch Hawkins the first when Jaden Tabener drove in from the left and played the ball low for Hawkins to fin-
ish at the back post in the 32nd minute. Three minutes later Ethan Sanderson did the same for Hawkins to tap it in again.
James Price got on the end of a Josh McMillan header for the third in the 68th minute and the pair combined again on 88 minutes when McMillan found the bottom corner after a Price header.
Rosebud travelled to unbeaten Hampton Park and gave a great account of itself against the runaway league leader.
Despite being 1-0 down and having Tom Donaghue shown a straight red in the second half the visitors challenged all the way.
“We were awarded a penalty for an obvious handball but the referee overturned his decision after speaking to the Hampton Park linesman,” Rosebud head coach Jason Symonds said. The game was in the balance till the dying minutes when the home side put the result to bed with a late goal. Noah Musso, Jacob Biggs and Julien Dos Santo were outstanding for the Buds.
Friday 7 July, 8.30pm: Chelsea v FC Noble Hurricanes, Edithvale Recreation Reserve
Saturday 8 July, 3pm:
Langwarrin v Dandenong City, Lawton Park
Mornington v Springvale White Eagles, Dallas Brooks Park
Mazenod v Skye Utd, Brandon Park Reserve
Mooroolbark v Frankston Pines, Esther Park Reserve
Endeavour Utd v Baxter, Reema Reserve
Mount Eliza v Mount Martha, Emil Madsen Reserve
Aspendale v Casey Panthers, Jack Grut Reserve
Mentone v Bunyip District, Mentone Grammar Seaford Utd v Hampton Park Utd, North Seaford Reserve
Saturday 8 July, 6pm: Keysborough v Somerville Eagles, Coomoora Reserve
Saturday 8 July, 6.30pm: Rosebud v Barton Utd, Olympic Park
Sunday 9 July, 3pm: North Caulfield v Peninsula Strikers, Caulfield Park
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