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Seniors are standing out
THE 2024 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards have taken place. Bonbeach resident Janet Clark (pictured with minister for ageing Ingrid Stitt and Lieutenant-Governor Professor James Angus) was among the recipients. See story page 5. Picture: Supplied
Leaders emerge in council count
Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au
THE process of counting votes in the Kingston Council election is underway, with a clearer picture of who is likely to be elected now emerging.
The first batch of votes, those cast and received by the 25 October deadline, was counted last week in Kingston Council’s 11 wards. The final results will be declared by 3pm on 8 November.
Although preferences have not yet been distributed, the first-preference-count shows which candidates are in a good position to win.
In Banksia Ward, Chris Howe will almost certainly succeed his son Cameron Howe on council. Chris Howe has received more than 60 percent of the first-preference vote so far.
In Bunjil Ward, Tony Athanasopoulos leads Nikki Kaur by a little more than seven percent.
Caroline White leads Caruana Ward with a little more than 30 percent of the first-preference vote. Eric Lee received nearly 22 percent.
Jane Agirtan and incumbent councillor Tracey Davies are locked in a tight race for Chicquita Ward. Agirtan has 22.26 percent of the firstpreference vote so far, and Davies has 19.5 percent.
Chris Hill has a decent lead in Como Ward - he has received 34.5 percent of the first-preference vote.
Victoria Oxley and Brendan Lanarcic have each received around 21 percent.
Hadi Saab looks likely to win another term in Karkarook Ward after receiving 45.5 percent of first-preference votes so far.
Incumbent councillor Georgina Oxley is in first place in Longbeach Ward, although Rohan Parrant is not too far behind. The preference flow from third-placed Bronwyn Currie will likely decide the final outcome.
In Melaleuca Ward, Tess Law leads with 30 percent of the firstpreference vote going her way so far. Declan Dabout, Gavin Nolan, and Louise Black have each received between 16 and 21 percent of the other first-preference votes. Edithvale Collective’s Kirralee Ashworth-Collett is in a good position to win Sandpiper Ward. Graham Fountain and Kealey Nutt remain in contention.
In Wattle Ward, former Kingston mayor Jenna Davey-Burns narrowly leads Georgia Erevnidis and Geoff Woods. The result will be decided by preferences.
Finally in Yammerbrook Ward, Sarah O’Donnell leads with about 31 percent of the first-preference vote going her way so far. Greg McMahon and incumbent councillor David Eden are still in with a chance, having received 26 and 21 percent of the vote respectively. The first batch of counted votes were those cast in the general mailout and received by the close of voting on 25 October. The next batch of votes, dated no later than 25 October and received by 1 November, will be counted this week. Preferences will then be distributed if required.
COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR
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Special Olympics Melbourne Southern Club Come and Try Soccer Mon 11 Nov & Mon 2 Dec for 2 groups of players with intellectual disabilities at Chelsea Football Club 117 Edithvale Road, Edithvale. 8-U13 4.30pm - 5.30pm, 14-U18
5.45pm - 6.45pm. Contact Leanne 0414 139 103
Discover Sailing at Mordialloc Sailing Club
10am to 2pm on Sunday November 17 FREE EVENT. All boats and safety equipment are provided by the Club. To register go to www.mordiallocsc.com.au/events/251584 or see our website under the ‘Come & try’ menu.
Aspendale Beach Patrol Sun 17 Nov, 9.00am. Join us to help clean up Aspendale Beach, with summer approaching we need our beach to be as clean and safe as possible for everyone to enjoy. Receive a free t-shirt. Gnotuk Ave, Aspendale
Mordialloc Superrules - Footy for over 35’s. All ages and all abilities welcome. Training Wednesday nights. Men’s 35’s & 45’s teams. Women’s 35’s team. Pre-Season Training will commence Wednesday 20th November. Pre Christmas training scheduled for Wednesday through to 18th December
The Jeanne Little Show
Sunday 24 Nov, 2pm. A biographical comedy about the 1970s and 80s cabaret artist is being performed at the Shirley Burke Theatre, Parkdale. Written by award winning Edithvale playwright, Kieran Carroll and performed by Caroline Ferguson. www.kingstonarts.com.au/Whats-On/ all-events/dahlin-its-the-jeanne-little-show
Mentone Community Assistance and Information Bureau.
Tues, Wed & Fri 10am-4pm. We assist people and families with bills, food, tax help, referrals, legal advice and advocacy. 36 Florence Street, Mentone. Contact us on 9583 2436 or er.mcaib@gmail.com No appointment necessary.
Dragon Boating. Every Sunday at 9am. For Breast Cancer Survivors and friends. Join Pink Lotus paddlers at Patterson Lakes for fun, fitness, friendship and support. No experience necessary. For more information please contact Marilyn: 0433 114 338 or Lyndsay: 0425 743 455
Aspendale Probus Club
We are a New Probus Club in the Aspendale area. New Members always welcome. Meetings: 3rd Monday of each Month at 10.00am. Aspendale Gardens Community Centre. Come along and meet our friendly group. Further details: aspendaleprobusclub@gmail.com
Big Breakfast Chelsea
7am-10 am every Wednesday. FREE Full hot breakfast! Everyone welcome. Full sit down service, take away also available. Join us for friendship and great food. Chelsea Community Church of Christ, 3-5 Blantyre Ave, Chelsea. Enquiries: 9773 0301
Coffee and Chat Chelsea
Join us at Cafe Espresso for a cuppa and cake and a friendly chat. We get together on the last Monday of the month. Chelsea Community Church of Christ, 3-5 Blantyre Ave, Chelsea. Enquiries: 9773 0301
Chelsea Lawn Tennis Club invites you to enjoy social tennis every Monday and Wednesday morning 9.30am till 12 noon (weather permitting). Beginners welcome. First visit FREE.
Tennis racquets available. 13 Beardsworth Ave Chelsea. PH: Fay 0438 722 007 or just arrive.
Kingston U3A
A friendly group of Seniors meet at Mentone Hub every Tuesday to play cards & board games at 10am to 3pm. BYO lunch.Tea, coffee and biscuits are supplied. New members welcome. Contact Heather on 0408 036 247.
Braeside Park Walking Group. Tuesday and Friday at the Visitors Centre Carpark. Arrive 9.20am for 9.30 start. Circuit 5 km or shorter. Enjoy a pleasant walk around Braeside Park in the safety of a group of like-minded people.
Community Visitors
- Kingston & Peninsula Area. The Office of the Public Advocate is seeking volunteers in the Kingston & Peninsula area to become Community Visitors. For more information email: opavolunteers@justice.vic.gov.au or call the Volunteer Coordinator on 0418 931 247. Probus Club of Edithvale
We meet on the 4th Thursday of each month at Longbeach RSL, Thames Promenade Chelsea at 10.00am. New members welcome. For more information call Barb on 0409 862 004
Mordialloc-Beaumaris Conservation League. MBCL advocates to: protect fragile foreshore reserve with native coastal plants, habitats, natural coastal amenity, restore wetlands, and waterways, save suburban heritage and amenity. First Wed month 2pm Mordialloc, Sec: 0434 043 416, 9580 2706, secretary@mbcl.org.au, www.mbcl.org.au
Friends of Bradshaw Bushland Reserve Begun 1972, restoring 1.8ha bushland sanctuary of damp sands woodland, cnr White St/Nepean Hwy Mel87E10. Welcome: third Sat month 10noon; Sec: 0432 050 923; fobbr2020@yahoo.com; fobp@netspace.net.au; http://home.vicnet.net. au/~fobp; https://www.facebook.com/pages/ Friends-of-Bradshaw/101184479976001
Chelsea Activity Hub Provides a wide range of programs and activities. Something to suit everyone so come along and enquire at 3 Showers Ave, Chelsea. 9.00am –2.00pm Mon, Tues, Thurs or Fri or call 9581 3045. NEW! The Wetlanders - Social Walking Group. Join our walking group leaders, discover new local paths and meet new people! Every Thursday at 10am. Meet at the front of Chelsea Heights Community Centre Enquiries : 03 9772 3391
Rotary Club of Mordialloc Meets weekly on Tuesdays, 6.30-7.30pm meeting and dinner afterwards at Mordialloc Sporting Club (MordyHQ), 528 Main Street, Mordialloc. New members welcome. Call Trina Williams on 0403 046 449 or email: info@mordiallocrotary.org.au
Probus - Carrum Downs Meet the 2nd Wednesday of the month at Lyrebird Community Centre from 10am. Please contact Annette: 0428 027 925
View Club
Mordialloc Chelsea Evening View Club, meet the first Tuesday of the month at The Bridge Hotel Mordialloc. View is a leading women’s volunteer organisation where women connect and raise funds for charity. Contact Rhonda Lawrence: 0407 771 625.
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.
Royal Flying Doctor Service - Bayside Auxiliary. Volunteers raising funds for RFDS. Meetings are 4th Monday of month Beaumaris Uniting Church, Gibbs Street, Beaumars. BYO lunch meet and greet at 12.00pm, meeting at 1.00pm. Contact Wendy: 0438 190 542 or Jan: 0418 557 758
Frankston Food Swap 2nd Saturday of the month at 1pm. Swap your excess vegies, homemade foods or seedlings. Kareela Café, 53 Kareela Rd, Frankston Bayside Makerspace - Chelsea Creative Workshops | Community Monthly: Creative Huddle - Casual Social evening. Fortnightly: Writing Group. Weekly: Creative CoWorking. School Holiday workshops. Cricut craft machine classes. Bookings essential. Hire The Makerspace. Follow @baysidemakerspace IG/FB
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.
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.
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.
Photographic Club
Looking to take up or improve your photography?
The Frankston Photographic Club runs regular activities and events including guest speakers, scoring & critique nights, workshops, social evenings and outings. To find out more go to www.frankstonphotoclub.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.
Mentone Heritage Railway Station Arts & Craft Market. 1st Sunday of every Month, 8am-2pm. Arts, Gifts, Textiles, Wellbeing, Toys, Candles, Jewellery, and a hands on Potter on site. Local groups & Buskers to entertain you
Bayside Food Swap. Monthly on a Sunday at 10.30am in local home vegetable gardens. Share excess veggies, seeds & plants over a social chat & morning tea. Contact Joanne on 0417590011 or baysidefoodswap@gmail.com
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
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 or visit: familylife.com.au/volunteer
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.
Patterson Lakes Community Centre
Each month the PLCC promotes a local artist by showcasing their work in our recently created exhibition space. This is a fantastic opportunity for artists to get some exposure in our community. Contact 9581 3040 PattersonlakesCC@kingston.vic.gov.au
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. 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 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.
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. 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!
The Aspendale Seniors Club Mondays at 1.15pm. Join us for a great concert with a professional entertainer. Only $5. We also have table tennis, gentle exercises, and other activities. 151A Station Street, Aspendale. Phone Sheila on 9772 5639 or 0417 542 941
The next Community Event Calendar will be published 4th December 2024 Email your free, 40 word, listing to communityevents@mpnews.com.au by 27th November 2024
We need your help to make Kingston the best place to live, work and play. Share your ideas and feedback, and suggest new projects, facilities and initiatives year-round. Your feedback will be used to help shape future Council budgets.
Struck pedestrian defying the odds
THE Carrum Downs community is rallying around a young woman who is facing life-changing injuries.
More than $120,000 has been raised for Carrum Downs woman Ashley Howlett. She suffered horrific injuries after she was struck by a motorbike on McCormicks Road last month.
Howlett was hit while walking her dog. A fundraiser was started by her aunt to assist the victim and her family during her recovery.
“As I write my beautiful niece is being prepped for surgery to amputate part or all of one leg. Every inch of her angelic body is battered, bruised, and broken. Her remaining leg has breathtaking damage. Her or-
gans are struggling to function. Adding to this she has sadly suffered a stroke. Yet, even after all of this, her little heart continues to beat, fighting to stay with us,” the fundraiser reads.
“This is not just a plea for help; it’s a call to anyone who knows the power of love, community, and resilience.
Ashley’s road to recovery will be long and painful. She faces more surgeries, months in the hospital, and a lifetime of challenges as she heals from these life-altering injuries.”
A message posted by Howlett’s mother on 25 October shared some positive news. “Ashley continues to make small progress and despite the
pain she was asking me if everyone else is OK. Her concern wasn’t for herself, it was for her family and friends. That’s the incredible lady she is - always wanting others to feel good,” she wrote.
“Ashley told me today ‘when the pain stops, I will beat this’ and I believe her. She is strong. She is capable. She is resilient. With all of you supporting and cheering her on, she will be unstoppable.”
Howlett has moved out of the ICU and into the trauma ward.
To donate visit gofundme.com/f/ supporting-ashley-howlett-the-longjourney-ahead
Brodie Cowburn
Volunteer groups get grants
THREE local volunteer emergency services groups will share $57,000 in state government grant money. The Aspendale Lifesaving Swimming and Youth Club, Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service – Victoria, and Mordialloc Life Saving Club will each get a share of the money. The grant came from the state government’s volunteer emergency services equipment program.
The three organisations are based in the Mordialloc electorate. Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson said “congratulations to all the deserving volunteer groups in Mordialloc receiving grants.
The volunteer emergency services equipment program is an important
annual program providing a critical boost to local volunteers, ensuring their equipment and facilities are up to date.”
Victorian emergency services minister Jaclyn Symes said “we know this funding will be a vital boost for our selfless volunteers who are always there for Victorians when they need them.”
Superbly positioned in Melbourne’s desirable Bayside suburbs, Concierge Bayside in Hampton and The George in Sandringham offer a low-maintenance lifestyle with a variety of sought-after community facilities and activities, and local shops, transport and everyday amenities nearby.
MORDIALLOC MP Tim Richardson with the Aspendale Life Saving Club last year. Picture: Supplied
ASHLEY Howlett with her dog. Picture: Supplied
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Fatal fire Car crash death
A PERSON died in a house fire in Frankston South on Sunday.
Firefighters were called out to Goldborough Court at around 6.40pm on 3 November. They extinguished the blaze and found a body inside the house.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway. Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives and the arson chemist visited the scene on Monday, 4 November.
Anyone with information about the fire can assist police by contacting Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au.
POLICE are investigating a fatal car crash in Frankston North.
Just after 2am on Sunday, 3 November, a car drove off McClelland Drive and into trees. The car caught fire, and the sole occupant died.
As of 3 November, the driver has not been formally identified.
There have been 238 deaths on Victorian roads this year.
Police are now probing what caused the crash. To assist police with their investigation, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic. com.au
GALLERY TALK
I’m thrilled to be stepping in as the new Director of MPRG.
This Gallery has a long and rich history and after working with the team as Curator-Exhibitions, working alongside the Friends of MPRG, artists in the community, locals and visitors, I am very much looking forward to the next chapter of MPRG.
We have just launched the National Works on Paper 2024 Award. For more than fifty years, NWOP has presented a broad survey of contemporary Australian art celebrating the medium of paper in all its forms.
Congratulations to D Harding, winner of the NWOP 2024 Major Acquisitive Award. D Harding’s work (Potentially) enough bodypaint for three dancers (2023) was chosen from 70 shortlisted works. The judges were impressed with the simplicity of this work. Harding has presented a very clever use of paper, making it active, a vessel, a carrier of Country, Culture, ritual, people.
Every state and territory is represented in the exhibition and we are delighted to have, for the first time, four Mornington
Peninsula-based artists as finalists. Congratulations to our local finalists Eleesa Howard, Joshua Searle, Rosie Weiss and Gidja Walker OAM. We invite visitors to vote for their favourite work in the People’s Choice Award.
NWOP 2024 is on at MPRG until 24 November. Visit our website to find out more.
MPRG Director Dunja Rmandić.
Elder abuse unacceptable
VICTORIA Police is sending out officers to aged care facilities to inform staff about the dangers of elder abuse.
The police presentations are designed to educate aged care workers on different forms of abuse, signs of occurrence, and advice on how to deal with it.
Victoria Police priority and safer communities division commander Jo Stafford said the “partnership with the aged care sector to hold these visits is a crucial new way to ensure workers recognise the signs of abuse and have the confidence to speak up about any concerns.”
“Any form of abuse against an older person is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” Stafford said. “We are proud to be the first police jurisdiction to partner with the aged care sector and will continue to work tirelessly to ensure the safety of victims.”
Victoria Police family violence command assistant commissioner Lauren Callaway said “police see first-hand the harm caused by abuse perpetrated against older people. While the crime is on the rise, we know it still remains underreported – so these visits are important to encourage workers to make a report to police if they witness or suspect an older person is being abused.
“The more we know, the more we can help put an end to the abuse of older people, hold perpetrators to account
patrol with Brodie Cowburn
THE aftermath of a fatal car crash in Frankston North. Picture: Gary Sissons
Image: MPRG Director Dunja Rmandić.
Community leaders win awards
A LEADER in the local multicultural space and a passionate volunteer with the Keysborough Learning Centre’s Open Door emergency food relief program were among the recipients at the 2024 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards.
Mentone resident Chidambram Srinivasan received an award - he served as commissioner at the Victorian Multicultural Commis-
sion between 2011 and 2017, was a member of the South Asian Communities Ministerial Advisory Committee between 2018 and 2020, and worked with the Indian Cultural Precinct Committee in 2018. Bonbeach resident Janet Clark won the Council on the Ageing Victoria Senior Achiever Award. She volunteers at the Keysborough Learning Centre’s Open Door emer-
gency food relief program, and has set up an arrangement for unused clothes and household items to be recycled.
The Victorian Senior of the Year Awards ceremony was held at Government House on 24 October.
Premier Jacinta Allan, ageing minister Ingrid Stitt, and LieutenantGovernor of Victoria James Angus presented the awards.
Rules restrict off-leash dogs
DOGS are now banned from being offleash along most beaches on the Kingston foreshore after 10am.
The new guidelines for off-leash dogs came into effect on 1 November. At Carrum, Bonbeach, Chelsea, Edithvale, Aspendale, Mentone, Parkdale, and Mordialloc, dogs can only be off-lead between sunrise and 10am. No dogs are allowed on the sand at all between 10am and 7.30pm. Between 7.30pm and sunrise they are permitted on-leash.
Dogs are entirely banned on the foreshore between Bay Street and Mordialloc Creek. Between Charman Road and Plummer Road dogs are allowed off-leash on the foreshore 24 hours a day. The new guidelines will remain in place until 31 March.
Between 1 April and 31 October at most foreshore beaches, dogs are allowed on-leash between 11am and 3pm and off-leash at all other times.
PRIYA Srinivasan accepts an award on behalf of Chidambram Srinivasan. Picture: Supplied
A DOG enjoying an off-leash walk at the beach. Picture: Supplied
Remembrance Day 2024
This Remembrance Day, we remember the sacrifices made by our defence force personnel. At 11am on November 11 we mark a minute silence to pay our respect.
Commemorating the armistice
REMEMBRANCE Day, also known as Armistice Day, is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of the First World War to honour the members of armed forces who died in the line of duty.
It is observed on 11 November to mark the end of hostilities in the First World War in 1918.
The armistice was agreed at 5am on 11 November, to come into effect at 11am Paris time; the reason the occasion is sometimes referred to as “the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”.
It was the result of a hurried and desperate process. German chief of staff Paul von Hindenburg had sent a telegram on 7 November requesting a meeting with French Marshal Ferdinand Foch. He was under pressure of imminent revolution in Berlin, Munich and elsewhere in Germany.
The German delegation headed by Matthias Erzberger crossed the front line in five cars and was escorted for 10 hours across the devastated war zone of northern France. They were then taken by train to a secret destination, Foch’s private train parked in a railway siding in the forest of Compiègne.
Foch appeared only twice in the three days of negotiations: on the first day to ask the German delegation what they wanted and on the last day to see the signing of documents.
In between, the German delegation discussed the details of the Allied terms with French and Allied officers.
The armistice amounted to complete German demilitarisation, with few promises made by the
Allies in return. The naval blockade of Germany would continue until complete peace terms could be agreed.
There was no question of negotiation. The Germans were able to correct a few impossible demands (for example, the decommissioning of more submarines than the fleet possessed) and registered their formal protest at the harshness of Allied terms. But they were in no position to refuse to sign.
On Sunday 10 November, they were shown newspapers from Paris informing them that the Kaiser had abdicated.
Erzberger was not able to get instructions from Berlin because of the fall of the government. The instructions to sign came from Hindenburg, who felt that an armistice was absolutely necessary. Signatures were made between 5.12am and 5.20am, Paris time.
While hostilities formally ended at this time, the First World War officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919. The day was specifically dedicated by King George V on 7 November 1919 as a day of remembrance for members of the armed forces killed during the “war to end all wars”. The red remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem In Flanders Fields. Poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields of Flanders during the war, their brilliant red colour an appropriate symbol for the blood spilled.
In honour of the enduring bravery and sacrifices made by the young Australians who served in the Great Wars, and of all Australian men and women who have served their country before and since in the armed forces.
Lest we forget
Peace at last: This photograph was taken in the forest of Compiègne after reaching an agreement for the armistice that ended the First World War.
Hospital ‘reluctant’ to pay staff
Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au
PENINSULA Health has been penalised more than $300,000 after failing to pay a junior doctor for working overtime.
Dr Gaby Bolton began working at Peninsula Health at the beginning of 2019, working primarily at Frankston Hospital. Her claims of unpaid overtime for work undertaken between January 2019 and January 2021 were “substantially” proven by the Federal Court last year. It found that Peninsula Health failed to pay Dr Bolton on 208 occasions.
Last week the Federal Court reiterated that Peninsula Health had contravened the Fair Work Act 2009 and ordered it to pay $316,260 to the case’s lead applicant, the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation. The ruling made by Justice Bromberg read that the expectation for junior doctors to perform overtime work was “not only known to Peninsula Health through various supervisory or managerial employees but were appreciated by Peninsula Health”.
“There is a wealth of evidence demonstrating that unrostered overtime work by junior doctors was not confined to Dr Bolton but commonly occurred where implied authorisation was given to junior doctors in the same or similar circumstances to those experienced by Dr Bolton. The evidence also demonstrates that many registrars and consultants supervising the work of Dr Bolton knew that Dr Bolton was commonly performing unrostered overtime work,” Bromberg said. “Further still, there were policies and practices adopted by Peninsula Health which demonstrate the reluctance of Peninsula Health to pay for unrostered overtime performed by junior doctors.”
Dr Bolton said the outcome is “a sign of hope
for thousands of junior doctors across the state, who simply want to be paid their minimum entitlements for the work they perform.”
“I look forward to the day when, like our counterparts in NSW and the ACT, junior doctors don’t have to fight in court to be paid for the hours we worked,” she said.
Peninsula Health chief medical officer, Associate Professor Shyaman Menon, said the hospital has “implemented a number of changes since proceedings against Peninsula Health and 11 other health services were commenced in 2021.”
“We expect our junior doctors to record any overtime worked on their timesheets so we can make those payments. Our junior doctors are an essential part of the future of our organisation and we acknowledge the important contribution they make across all our hospitals and healthcare sites,” Menon said. “We are carefully reviewing the comments made by Justice Bromberg in the Federal Court, along with the penalty, and are not in a position to comment further at this time.”
Australian Medical Association Victoria president Dr Jill Tomlinson is calling for changes to the public healthcare system to ensure underpayment does not occur again. “AMA Victoria and ASMOF Victoria have been trying to resolve this issue with Health Services and Victorian Department of Health for many years. Junior doctors are choosing to leave or not join the Victorian public health service knowing that in other states and territories wage theft will not be tolerated,” she said.
SPREADING CHRISTMAS CHEER
Frankston Arts Centre is gearing up to celebrate the festive season with two spectacular Christmas performances this December, offering something for all ages to enjoy.
The first show, part of the beloved Daytime Music + Theatre program, promises two joyous and laughter-filled performances on Friday 13 December as star tenor Roy Best (Opera Australia) takes the stage at 10.30am and 1.30pm. Joining him is the awardwinning singer Michelle Fitzmaurice, with the delightful Chris McKenna as the compere for an afternoon of merriment.
Audiences can expect a heartwarming selection of classic carols and contemporary Christmas favourites, delivered by the talented cast from Promac Productions. With plenty of humour and holiday cheer, this concert invites the crowd to sing along and embrace the true spirit of Christmas.
The second performance, A Very Big Band Christmas, promises to light up the festive
season with an exhilarating evening of swing, jazz, and holiday magic. Headlined by a dynamic trio of powerhouse vocalists—Nina Ferro, Fem Belling, and Belinda Parsons—this enchanting show will also feature special guest Ross Irwin and the Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra.
Perfect for end of year gatherings with friends and family, A Very Big Band Christmas offers a vibrant twist on beloved holiday tunes on Thursday 19 December. The big band energy and timeless music guarantee an unforgettable experience that will leave audiences tapping their toes.
Whether you’re in the mood for a joyful sing-along or a lively evening of festive swing, Frankston Arts Centre has the perfect Christmas celebration lined up for December. Be sure to mark your calendars and share in the holiday cheer!
Tickets for both performances are available at thefac.com.au or by calling Box Office on 03 9784 1060.
DR Gaby Bolton. Picture: Supplied
Community focused recyclers
EWASTEC is a national electronic waste recycler based in Seaford and Carrum Downs, Victoria. Providing employment opportunities for over 50 people with disabilities in partnership with C2A, they offer collection services to businesses and a drop off location for local residents for end-of-life electronics (with NTCRS compliant material free).
Owners Paul and Leanna Boshell have operated Ewastec on the Peninsula since 2015 and are committed to remaining in and supporting the local area for the foreseeable future.
“As a business we have chosen to focus on people and employment opportunities and not profits. We could significantly reduce our workforce and automate much of the recycling process and achieve greater financial returns, but this would be to the detriment of our local community and those who rely on low skilled employment opportunities.
“While increasing our workforce in line with growth has impeded our ability to generate profit, we are committed to continuing to provide these employment opportunities, particularly to those who need it most.
“Our vision is to become a large-scale employer of people with disabilities, and we are committed to this process. We will continue to invest in the training and education of people to perform critical roles within our business. This will ensure we are a long-term operator in Australia and capable of overcoming the challenges of our industry.”
Ewastec is truly “earth conscious and community focused”.
For more information on Ewastec call 1300 85 93 84 or visit www.ewastec.com.au
Pictured below. The crew at Ewastec.Photo: supplied
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SATURDAY GRANTCHESTER
ABC TV, 7.30pm
FRIDAY SHETLAND
ABC TV, 8.30pm
Without Douglas Henshall and his signature black peacoat, Shetland viewers may question if they’ve accidentally tuned into the wrong show. Henshall has sadly departed after seven series, and for the eighth series, Agatha Raisin star Ashley Jensen takes the lead as Met detective Ruth Calder. She’s a former Shetland resident who escaped at her first opportunity only to find herself back in the isles on the trail of gangland murder witness Ellen (Maisie Norma Seaton, pictured).
After such a short stay in Grantchester, is the dashing and kind-hearted Alphy (Rishi Nair, pictured) really already leaving? As far as the bishop is concerned, it’s a done deal. The parish is to be merged with the nearby Newnham, but that’s not nearly as catchy a title for a TV mystery, so we shall wait and see. In the meantime, a body has turned up on the streets of Cambridge. They say dead men tell no tales, but late recluse Fred has left a few clues behind.
SUNDAY
THE BLOCK NINE, 7pm
There’s no question: this season of The Block has been the most dramatic yet –but will the all-important auctions follow suit? In tonight’s finale, we find out, as the five stunning Philip Island homes finally go under the hammer. After hosts Scott Cam and Shelley Craft reveal the reserve prices, it’s time for one last squabble as the contestants decide on the crucial auction order. All five asking prices are under $2 million for the first time since 2016, which should merit a decent payday for each team, but there’s no guarantee. With the auctions held just one day before the episode goes to air, this is as unfiltered and unpredictable as reality TV gets.
MONDAY FIVE BEDROOMS TEN, 9.40pm
Five Bedrooms is one of those rare homegrown hits that deftly massage the funny bone while striking a (heart-wrenching) nerve with relatable scenarios, refreshing characters and sharp scripts: think Offspring Colin From Accounts. If you’re yet to discover this hidden gem about a bunch of grown-ups navigating life in their gorgeous shared Melbourne home, the good news is there’s three seasons to catch up on before this fourth and likely final instalment. Tonight’s episode, “Two Battlers”, finds Liz (Kat Stewart, pictured) stepping up as carer after Manju (Kumud Merani) undergoes surgery.
5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
(Final, Ml, R)
Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 12.35
Eve. (MA15+v, R) 1.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 The Wildlife Revolution – A Catalyst Special. (PG, R) 4.25 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 8.30 Japan: World’s Most Punctual Train: From Tokyo To The Sea Of Japan. (PG, R) Part 1 of 2. 9.25 Paris Has Fallen. (M) Time is running out for the taskforce. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Miniseries: The Typist. (Malv, R) 11.55 Faking Hitler. (Man, R) 2.40 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R) 3.30 Earth’s Natural Wonders. (PG, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Stepmother’s Secret. (2022, Mav, R) Julia Terranova, Jillian Murray, Jon Briddell. 2.00 Your Money & Your Life. 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) John is concerned for Cash.
7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG) One driver rides high on a roundabout, while another rides low and scrapes the road.
8.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Match 17. Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades. From WACA Ground, Perth. 11.45 Australia’s Most Dangerous Prisoners. (av, R) Explores life behind bars. 12.45 Magnum P.I. (av, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 RPA: Bollywood Jagruti. (PGm)
8.30 Emergency. (Return, Mlm) An unresponsive patient is deteriorating.
9.30 A+E After Dark. (Malm) A patient behaves aggressively.
10.30 9News Late.
11.00 Casualty 24/7. (Mm, R) 11.50 Resident Alien. (Mav) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A
Scott Cam hosts the series finale of The Block.
Friday, November 8
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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News
Mornings. 10.00 Planet America: Election Night Special. (R) 11.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R)
12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Miniseries: Nolly. (Final, Ml, R) 2.00 Plum. (Ml, R)
3.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 3.30 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)
4.15 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice.
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. Tammy Huynh mounts orchids on a log.
8.30 Shetland. (Return, Mlv) DI Calder returns to Shetland on the trail of a vulnerable witness to a gangland murder.
9.30 Fisk. (PG, R) Grandma quits the reception desk.
10.00 Question Everything. (R) Presented by Wil Anderson and Jan Fran.
10.35 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
11.05 ABC Late News.
11.20 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R)
12.05 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 12.55 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Home Is Where The Art Is. (R) 10.50 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. (PGal, R) 12.00 WorldWatch.
2.00 Such Was Life. (PG, R) 2.10 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PGal, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Walking Wartime England. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome. (PGalv)
8.30 Castle Secrets: The Missing Pearl Treasure, Spirit Of Revenge, A Secret Strength. A manor is stripped of its former glory.
9.25 Kennedy: The World At War (1940-1946) (PG)
10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 The Lesson. (Mal) 12.20 The Wall: The Chateau Murder. (Malv, R) 2.50 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R) 3.40 Earth’s Natural Wonders. (PG, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.40pm Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Strange Chores. 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.25 BTN Newsbreak. 8.30 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.55 Robot Wars. 9.55 Doctor Who. 10.40 Late Programs.
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6am Morning
Programs. 2.20pm Tiny Beautiful Things. 2.55 Planet A. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.50 Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure. 6.20 Lost Gold Of World War II. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 A League Of Their Own Road Trip: SE Asia. (Premiere) 10.20 Homeland. 12.25am The Doll Factory. 1.25 King Of The Road. 3.15 Late Programs.
6am A
Handful Of Dust. Continued. (1988, PG) 7.10 The Guns Of Navarone. (1961, PG) 10.00 Miss Marx. (2020, M) Noon The Spy. (2019, M, Swedish) 2.05 From Here To Eternity. (1953, PG) 4.15 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 6.15 The Caine Mutiny. (1954, PG) 8.30 Saving Private Ryan. (1998, MA15+) 11.35 A Private War. (2018, MA15+) 1.40am Late Programs. 5.50 The Movie Show. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.50pm Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.35 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 4.05 Cities Of Gold. 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 NITV News: Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 Black As. 6.40 Wild Survivors. 7.30 MOVIE: Beasts Of The Southern Wild. (2012, M) 9.10 MOVIE: Smoke Signals. (1998, M) 10.45 Late Programs.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Dangerous Defence. (2021, Mav, R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PGl, R) 2.15 Catch Phrase. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Dr Harry Cooper looks at Clydesdales.
8.30 Growing Home With Jamie Durie: The Countdown Begins. (PG) Follows Jamie Durie and his young family as they build their eco-friendly dream home.
9.30 King Con: Life And Crimes Of Hamish McLaren. (Mal, R) Tales a look at how con man Hamish McLaren swindled
$60 million from friends, family and lovers.
11.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl, R)
1.10 Taken. (Mav, R)
2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6am Morning Programs. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 DVine Living. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Surf Patrol. 4.30
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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)
9News Morning.
The Block. (PGl, R)
Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth III: Freshwater. (PGa, R) Narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
8.40 MOVIE: Angel Has Fallen. (2019, MA15+lv, R) A secret service agent is wrongfully accused of an assassination attempt on the US president. Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Danny Huston.
11.00 Inside Beverly Hills. (Premiere, Ml)
11.50 The First 48. (Ma)
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)
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Saturday, November 9
Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Miniseries: The War Of The Worlds. (Final, Mv, R) 1.25 Grantchester. (PGv, R) 2.15 Question Everything. (R) 2.45 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 3.20 Classic 100 Concert 2024. (PG, R) 4.55 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (Final, PG, R) 5.25 Landline. (R) 5.55 Australian Story. (R)
6.30 Back Roads: Port MacDonnell, South Australia. (PG, R) Tom Forrest explores Port MacDonnell.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Grantchester. (Final, Mv) A reclusive man is found dead on the streets.
8.20 Vera. (Mav, R) Part 3 of 4. Vera delves into the tangled past of an extreme sports fanatic after he plunges to his death from a cliff.
9.50 Plum. (Ml, R) Plum takes his family to Melbourne.
10.40 Countdown To War. (R) Part 3 of 3.
11.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Growing A Greener World. (R) 10.05 Love Your Garden. (R) 11.00 Ageless Gardens. (R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Figure Skating. ISU Figure Skating. Grand Prix 3. Highlights. 4.30 Plat Du Tour. 4.40 Ancient Egypt By Train. (R) 5.35 Eyewitness WWII: Invasion Italy.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Inside Windsor Castle. Looks at the late queen’s life in Windsor Castle.
8.25 The Cotswolds With Pam Ayres: Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway. (R) Part 3 of 4. Pam Ayres heads to North Gloucestershire and the village of Toddington.
9.15 Treasures Of India With Bettany Hughes: The North. (PG, R) Part 1 of 2. 10.10 So Long, Marianne. (Mals) 11.05 Paris Paris. (Ml, R) 12.05 Hope. (Ml, R) 2.15 Significant Other. (Mds, R) 3.40 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R) 4.30 Peer To Peer. (R)
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.30pm MOVIE: Thomas And Friends: The Mystery Of Lookout Mountain. (2022) 3.30 Children’s Programs. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 8.00 The Crystal Maze. 8.45 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.30 Speechless. 9.50 Officially Amazing. 10.20 Dragon Ball Super. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The Movie Show. 6.25 The Caine Mutiny. (1954, PG) 8.40 A King In New York. (1957, PG) 10.35 Operation Napoleon. (2023, M) 12.45pm The Guns Of Navarone. (1961, PG) 3.35 Little Women. (1994, PG)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Five Diamonds Ladies Day and Keith Noud Raceday. 5.00 Seven News At 5.
5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) A man has random objects in his bag.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 The Great Outdoors. (PG) The team travels the Savannah Way.
7.30 MOVIE: Independence Day: Resurgence. (2016, Mv, R) Two decades after they first invaded Earth, an alien race mounts another attack on the planet. Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum.
9.55 MOVIE: I, Robot. (2004, Mv, R) In the year 2035, a technophobic detective investigates a murder in which the prime suspect is a robot. Will Smith, Alan Tudyk.
12.10 MOVIE: Trapped Daughter. (2021, MA15+av) Shellie Sterling.
2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Larry The Wonder Pup. (R)
5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PGn, R)
6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) The team goes mining for opals.
6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. News, current affairs and sports.
10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) A mix of highlights from the week in review. 12.00 Horse Racing. Melbourne Cup Carnival. Stakes Day.
6.00 9News Saturday.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 MOVIE: Sully. (2016, Mal, R)
A pilot is forced to make an emergency landing. Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart.
9.30 MOVIE: Plane. (2023, MA15+alv)
A pilot is caught in a war zone after he is forced to land his aircraft during a terrible storm. Gerard Butler, Mike Colter.
11.40 MOVIE: Judas And The Black Messiah. (2021, MA15+lv, R) Daniel Kaluuya.
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)
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Sort Your Life Out. (PGa) Hosted by Stacey Solomon. 8.45 To Be Advised. 9.45 Shark Tank. (R) The panel is pitched a number of inventions, including a camera that takes 27 photos and an edible serviette. 10.45 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.10 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
6am Morning Programs. 9.50 The Weekly Kick-Off. (R) 10.20 Shark Tank. (R) 11.25 Taskmaster Australia. (PGals, R) 12.30 10 Minute Kitchen. (R) 1.00 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. 1.30 Dog Down Under. (PGa, R) 2.00 Charming
6.30 MOVIE: The Lion King. (1994, G, R) A young lion cub leaves his pride for a life in exile. Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons. 8.30 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) From major news stories to entertainment and viral videos, presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was.
9.30 Ambulance Australia. (M, R) Paramedics work with police to manage the delusions of a patient who insists he is already dead.
10.45 Ambulance UK. (Mal, R) A homeless female suffers leg pain. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am Morning Programs. 2.10pm Blind Love. 3.15 Jungletown. 4.05 WorldWatch. 6.05 The Future With Hannah Fry. 6.35 The Secret Genius Of Modern Life. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Great Australian Concerts: Tina Arena. 9.35 Great Australian Concerts: The Angels. 10.40 Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun. 11.35 Hudson & Rex. 1.15am The X-Files. 3.05 Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Life Off Road. Noon The 4WD Adventure Show. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.00 Motor Racing. Shannons SpeedSeries. Round 7. 4.00 Desert Collectors. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Finals. 9.15 MOVIE: Robin Hood. (2018, M) 11.30 Late Programs.
Music & Lyrics. (2007, PG) 12.05am Late Programs. 9GEM (92) 7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm MOVIE: Pokémon: Zoroark – Master Of Illusions. (2010) 3.25 Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance C’ship. 8 Hours of Bahrain. H’lights. 4.30 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 5.30 MOVIE: Sonic The Hedgehog. (2020, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone. (2001, PG) 10.45 MOVIE: Power Rangers. (2017, M) 1.05am Late Programs.
Sunday, November 10
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.45 Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen. (R) 3.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG)
8.00 Fisk. (PG)
8.30 Plum. (Madl) Gavin returns home from Bali.
9.25 I Was Actually There: The Beatles’ World Record Adelaide Visit. (PG, R) The Beatles’ 1964 visit to Adelaide.
9.55 You Can’t Ask That: HIV Positive. (Mals, R)
11.00 Miniseries: Marriage. (Ml, R) 12.00
Miniseries: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (Ma, R) 1.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.05 Australia Remastered. (R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Growing A Greener World. 10.00 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. 11.30 Ageless Gardens. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 12.55 Plat Du Tour. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike C’ship. 4.00 Motorcycle Racing. FIM Superbike World Championship. Round 12. 5.05 Wonders Of Scotland. 5.35 Eyewitness WWII: Invasion Italy.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Pompeii’s Secret Underworld: A City Of Extremes. (Mansv) Part 1 of 2.
9.25 What Killed The Roman Empire? (PGan, R) Experts explore the collapse of the Roman Empire and the role played by climate change and three pandemics.
11.05 Pearl Harbor. (MA15+av, R) Takes a look at the attack on Pearl Harbor.
12.55 Royal Autopsy: King Charles II. (Manw, R)
2.45 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R)
3.35 How To Get Fit Fast. (R)
4.30 Peer To Peer. (PG, R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6.05am Children’s Programs. 5.45pm Kiri And Lou. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.05 Interstellar Ella. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 MOVIE: The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. (2005, PG) 9.25 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.05 Speechless. 10.30 Doctor Who. 11.15 Late Programs.
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ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Little Women. Continued. (1994, PG) 7.45 Thirteen Days. (2000, PG) 10.25 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 12.25pm Hearts And Bones. (2019, M) 2.30 The Caine Mutiny. (1954, PG) 4.45 The Man Who Invented Christmas. (2017, PG) 6.40 The Lake House. (2006, PG) 8.30 August: Osage County. (2013, MA15+) 10.45 Late Programs.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 1.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. (PG) From Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. 9.00 The British Airways Killer. (Mav) Part 1 of 2. A major missing persons investigation is launched when a mother of two goes missing.
11.00 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: Snowtown –Bodies In The Barrels. (MA15+adv, R) A look at the Snowtown murders.
12.15 The Starter Wife. (Mas, R)
1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
Home Shopping. (R)
Million Dollar Minute. (R)
NBC Today.
Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.
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6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R)
6.00 9News Sunday.
6.00 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.00 Dessert Masters. (PGl) Hosted by Melissa Leong and Amaury Guichon. 8.10 The Graham Norton Show. (Ml) Graham Norton is joined on the couch by Bruce Springsteen, Amy Adams, Vanessa Williams, Bill Bailey and St. Vincent. 9.20 FBI. (Mv) The team fears a city-wide gang war is imminent after a series of bombings targets Queens. 10.20 FBI: International. (Ma) An American teenager goes missing in Portugal. 11.10 The Sunday Project. (R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 1pm States Of Undress. 1.55 Jeopardy! 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 4.55 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 5.10 Shane Smith Has Questions. 6.05 Big Zuu’s 12 Dishes In 12 Hours. 6.40 Mysteries From Above. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. (Return) 8.30 Disaster Autopsy. 9.25 Tokyo Vice. 11.35 Late Programs.
SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay. 3.00 Football. NTFL. Women’s. Under-18s. St Mary’s v Wanderers. Replay. 4.10 First Sounds. 4.30 Unveiling An Icon. 5.00 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 5.10 Quincy Jones Big Band. 5.50 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 6.10 News. 6.20 Nature’s Great Migration. 7.30 First Australians. 8.25 Mabo: Life Of An Island Man. 10.00 Late Programs.
Anzac.
2.20
2.05
Alcott:
Cosgrove. 2.55 Fallen: A Tragic Story Of The Unnamed. 3.30 Plat Du Tour. 3.40 Cook Up. 4.10 Walking Wartime England. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Into South America With Nick Knowles. (PGaw) Nick Knowles visits Chile.
8.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Hosted by Jimmy Carr.
New Zealand. (R) 1.50 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 The Grid: Powering The Future – A Catalyst Special. (R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
9.25 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (M) Hosted by Greg Davies. 10.45 SBS World News Late. 11.15 A Criminal Affair. (Mal) 12.55 Pray For Blood. (Mal, R) 2.45 Paddington Station 24/7. (R) 3.35 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. (PGaw, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Little Lunch. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.20 BTN Newsbreak. 8.25 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 8.55 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 9.25 Poh’s Kitchen. 9.55 Doctor Who. 10.50 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am
Munchies Guide To Washington. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.55 The Fast History Of Toys. 6.20 Lost Gold Of World War II. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Theatres
6am Morning Programs. 1pm The Surgery Ship. 2.00 Motor Racing. Shannons SpeedSeries. 4.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 4.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Greatest Escapes To The Country. 6.45 Escape To The Country. 7.45 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 8.30 Miniseries: Manhunt: The Night Stalker. 10.30 Great Scenic Railway Journeys. 11.15 Late Programs.
7.00 The Block. (Final, PGl) Hosted by Scott Cam and Shelley Craft. 9.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 10.00 9News Late. 10.30 See No Evil: The Man In The Cowboy Hat. (Mav) 11.30 The First 48: Late Night Ambush/Fire And Fury. (Ma) 12.20 World’s Greatest Natural Icons. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Destination WA. 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
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6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Avengers. 11.00 Cross Court. 11.30 Customs. Noon My Favorite Martian. 12.30 MOVIE: Duel In The Jungle. (1954, PG) 2.30 MOVIE: 633 Squadron. (1964, PG) 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Rugby League. Pacific Championships. Men’s Bowl. Final. 8.15 Pacific Championship: Men’s Bowl – Final Post-Match. 8.30 MOVIE: Outbreak. (1995, M) 11.00 Late Programs.
6am Children’s Programs. 12.30pm Basketball. WNBL. Bendigo Spirit v Geelong United. 2.30 MOVIE: Problem Child. (1990, PG) 4.00 MOVIE: Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life. (2016, PG) 5.50 MOVIE: Sherlock Gnomes. (2018) 7.30 MOVIE: Green Lantern. (2011, M) 9.50 MOVIE: Streets Of Colour. (2023, MA15+) Midnight Gotham. 1.00 Love After Lockup.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Taken Again. (2023, Mav) 2.00 Catch Phrase. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PGa)
7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl) Hosted by Colin Fassnidge and Manu Feildel.
9.10 Twisted Twins? (Malsv) Part 2 of 2. Explores what happens when the bond between identical twins goes from close comradeship to curse.
10.10 S.W.A.T. (Madv) A prison guard’s family is taken hostage.
11.10 The Latest: Seven News. 11.40 Lopez Vs. Lopez. (PGals) 12.10 Miniseries: Deadline Gallipoli. (MA15+av)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG)
3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) Hosted by Todd Woodbridge.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 RBT. Follows the activities of police units.
8.30 Murder Down Under: Bodies In The Barrels. (Premiere)
9.30 A Killer Makes A Call: Reeves. (Premiere, Malv) A man confesses to murder. 10.30 9News Late. 11.00 Chicago Med. (MA15+amv) 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 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Dessert Masters. (PGl) Hosted by Melissa Leong and Amaury Guichon. 8.40 Matlock. (PGa) Matty settles into her new role at Jacobson Moore. Olympia takes on a lawsuit involving a developmentally delayed teenager. 9.40 Five Bedrooms. (Mal) Liz plans to be Manju’s post-surgery carer. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 MTV EMAs. (R) 1.05
Tuesday, November 12
ABC (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7)
6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Teenage Boss: Next Level. (R) 10.30 The Pacific. (Final, R) 11.00 Landline. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.
1.00 Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian. (Mdl, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 3.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 3.30 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.15 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 3.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Doctor At The Door. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. 10.00 Paddington Station 24/7. 10.50
Our Coast. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 2.05 48 Hours To Victory. (PG, R) 3.00 The Weekly Football Wrap. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Walking Wartime England. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Eastbourne To Rye. (PG)
8.30 The Zelensky Story. (PG) A look at at Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 9.30 Greatest Train Journeys From Above: Canada’s Wilderness Railroad. (R) Follows the Winnipeg to Churchill train. 10.20 SBS World News Late.
10.50 Babylon Berlin. (MA15+asv) 1.05 Son Of. (Madlv, R) 2.50 Paddington Station 24/7. (PG, R) 3.40 The Autistic Gardener. (R) 4.30 Peer To Peer. (PG, R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00
News. 6.00
6.30 News. 6.40 Kenya Wildlife Diaries. 7.30 Shepherdess. (Premiere) 8.30 Pro Bull Riding USA: Unleash The Beast. 9.30 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.30 MOVIE: Four Souls Of Coyote. (2023, M)
NINE (9)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.40 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 2.10 Catch Phrase. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: A Honeymoon To Remember. (2021, PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Cash taps into Tim’s past.
7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl) Hosted by Colin Fassnidge and Manu Feildel.
9.00 Alert: Missing Persons Unit. (Mav) The MPU is on the case when a young hockey player goes missing during a fight with an opponent on the ice.
11.00 The Latest: Seven News.
11.30 Air Crash Investigations: Atlantic Ditching. (PG, R)
12.30 Your Money & Your Life. (R)
1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (PG, R) Ordinary Aussies take on the job of travel critics. 8.30 The Grand Tour. (Ml, R) Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May embark on a motoring adventure.
9News Late.
Resto My Ride Australia. (PGa, R)
TEN (10)
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Taskmaster Australia. (PGals) Hosted by Tom Gleeson. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 9.40 Law & Order: SVU. Benson helps a TV reporter take back control. Velasco goes undercover as a potential rich target. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. (R) 12.05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.35pm Peter Rabbit. 5.45 Kiri And Lou. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.05 Kangaroo Beach. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Little Lunch. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.20 BTN Newsbreak. 8.25 Deadly 60. 8.55 Whale With Steve Backshall. 9.45 Doctor Who. 10.50 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 8.55 When Mum Is Away… With The Family. (2020, PG, Italian) 10.50 Gloria Bell. (2018, M) 12.45pm Murder By Decree. (1979, M) 3.00 The Lake House. (2006, PG) 4.50 The Mole Agent. (2020, Spanish) 6.30 The Ipcress File. (1965, PG) 8.30 Klondike. (2022, MA15+, Ukrainian) 10.25 Onoda. (2021, MA15+, Japanese) 1.35am Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)
Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm Motherboard. 2.05 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 3.00 The Pizza Show. 3.25 Kickin’ Back. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.55 The Fast History Of Toys. 6.20 Lost Gold Of World War II. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. (Return) 10.05 The Dyatlov Pass Incident. 10.50 Bloodlands. 11.55 Late Programs.
Wednesday, November 13
TV (2)
News. 9.00 News. 10.00 The Space Shuttle That Fell To Earth. (PG, R) 10.55 Q+A. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30
6.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG)
8.30 Question Everything. Presented by Wil Anderson and Jan Fran. 9.05 Fisk. (PG, R) Helen and Roz are forced to relocate. 9.35 Planet America. 10.05 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 10.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 11.15 ABC Late News. 11.30 The Business. (R) 11.50 Mother And Son. (Mdl, R) 12.50 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 1.35 Killing Eve. (Mav, R) 2.20 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 3.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Doctor At The Door. (R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
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6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Left Off The Map. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To
WorldWatch. 9.00 For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGad, R) 10.50 Our Coast. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 48 Hours To Victory. (PG, R) 2.55 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.10 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Michael Mosley: Wonders Of The Human Body. (Premiere, PGa) 8.30 The Jury: Death On The Staircase: The Relationship. (M) The jury listens to the neighbour speak. 9.35 The Old Man. (MA15+v) Chase tells Zoe the truth about his past. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Desperate Measures. (Malv) 12.40 Miniseries: Holding. (Mal, R) 2.30 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R) 3.15 The Autistic Gardener. (R) 4.10 Peer To Peer. (PG, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 2.00 Catch Phrase. (PG, R)
3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Lyrik becomes public enemy number one.
7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PGl, R) Hosted by Lee Mack.
8.30 The Big Trip. (PG) Comedian Dave Thornton leads four celebrity teams on a journey across the Outback.
9.45 First Dates UK. (Mls) Singles experience the thrills of dating.
10.50 The Latest: Seven News. 11.20 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa, R)
12.20 Stan Lee’s Lucky Man. (MA15+av)
2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News.
5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Heart Of The Manor. (2021, G, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Farm To Fork. (R)
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Lion Toothache. (Return, PGm)
8.30 Listing Melbourne. Andrew invites the team to a winery.
10.40 9News Late.
11.10 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (Mav)
12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Shark Tank. (PGa) A panel is pitched inventions.
8.40 NCIS. (Mv) A lieutenant returns home to find a surprise party being thrown for someone else at his place. 9.40 NCIS: Origins. 10.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.05 The Project.
SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.35pm Peter Rabbit. 5.45 Kiri And Lou. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.05 Kangaroo Beach. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Pfffirates. 6.50 Ginger And The Vegesaurs. 6.55 Hey Duggee. 7.05 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Little Lunch. 7.50 Operation Ouch! 8.20 BTN Newsbreak. 8.25 Doctor Who. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The Ipcress File. (1965, PG) 8.00 Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG) 10.00 Beneath Hill 60. (2010, M) 12.15pm Black Box. (2021, M, French) 2.40 Breaker Morant. (1980, PG) 4.40 When Mum Is Away… With The Family. (2020, PG, Italian) 6.35 Spitfire. (2018, PG) 8.30 Tigerland. (2000, MA15+) 10.30 Police. (2020, M, French) 12.20am Redemption Of
3.35 The Weekly Football Wrap. 4.05 WorldWatch. 6.00 The Fast History Of Toys. 6.20 Lost Gold Of World War II. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Full Metal Jacket. (1987, MA15+) 10.40 MOVIE: Drive. (2011, MA15+) 12.30am Late Programs.
Are council CEOs good value for money?
What was the benefit to the shire of having a CEO costing us in excess of $10,000.00 per week? I question where the value is in hiring a person for that price, where and when did this man earn his keep?
All the years of people’s dissatisfaction, of the poor managing of services, non-performance on road maintenance. Ridiculous expensive computer programs, that were at best frustrating and at worst totally useless. The computer generated parking exemptions which cost more money than it generated. And let us not forget the Harry Potter debarcle. How much money did that generate? Does any one really know or are prepared to say?
I hope the shire on our behalf sees fit not to engage another money depleting CEO regardless of his or her credentials.
Councillors you make the decision. Employ a competent civil engineer with road maintenance skills and the staff to go with it. Let’s have some real programs and not the fairyland world of computer programs that no one is competent to work or understand. By having a CEO on nearly half a million yearly salary is obscene. Together with staff not suited to the role, we are landed with a luxury that this shire cannot support or afford.
Irrespective of state government interference, let’s get on and run the shire as it should be. With the recent elections, councillors you are the people’s choice, so please ensure you do what the ratepayers in the shire expect of you.
Gerard van de Ven, Mount Martha Green waste weekend?
Shire employee one: “We’re going to hold a free green waste weekend next weekend”
Shire employee two: “Shhhh.... keep your voice down! We don’t want it to get out!”
C.
Jenkins, Tyabb
Independent need
The letter by Robb Hampson misses the point (Integrity?, Letters 15/10/24).
The call for independents in government isn’t about dismissing the importance of existing parties, but about addressing a growing concern: that partisan infighting, scandals, and a lack of transparency are undermining trust in our political system.
A growing number of people are concerned about mainstream parties prioritizing short-term gains and factional disputes over meaningful, long-term reform. A perfect illustration is the decisive win by Independent Jacqui Scruby in the NSW Pittwater by-election on 19 October.
It’s undeniable that public trust has been eroded by years of scandals, broken promises and policies that cater to vested interests rather than the common good.
The Robodebt Royal Commission found public service failings, but it also cast a spotlight on a failure of political leadership to act in the public interest. It’s not just a matter of bureaucratic mismanagement – it’s about the culture of accountability at the highest levels.
Electing independents to parliament offers a way to break free from party-line obligations and to focus squarely on what’s best for the community. Every vote is a conscience vote. It’s not a rejection of representation, but a push for more authentic and responsive leadership.
The vision that independents offer appeals to those who want more than just populist, immediate gains. It’s about safeguarding the
future – be it through action on climate change, strengthening democratic institutions, or ensuring fairness in policy.
Integrity isn’t an abstract concept; it’s the bedrock for policies that genuinely reflect and protect the aspirations of all Australians.
Finally while I can agree with the author’s summation that “people vote for policies that fit with their own aspirations” , I believe a more exciting vision is one where people directly shape the policies that fit their aspirations and vote to deliver those.
Luke O’Brien, Rye
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Congratulations to Anthony Marsh on his success in the Briars Ward election. A decisive win which I think was aided and abetted by the antics of Dr Sarah Russell (Fact Checking, Letters 22/10/24) and SWAN (Southern Women’s Action Network).
Not that Russell endorsed Marsh; in fact it was the opposite, with Russell clearly in the corner of Marsh’s only opponent Despi O’Connor, a fellow SWAN member.
Russell chided Marsh for his apparent unawareness that O’Connor had resigned from the SWAN committee. Helpfully, Russell explained that this was to “avoid a conflict of interest”. Within the context of her letter, that logically related to O’Connor simultaneously holding a position as a shire councillor. Was the looming election a motivating factor behind the resignation to tidy up the optics?
If there was such an obvious conflict of interest in holding those two positions at the same time, why did O’Connor apparently choose to accept the committee position in the first place since she was already a sitting councillor?
In fact, since there is no material difference (with regard to a conflict) between being on the SWAN committee or simply being a member, why had O’Connor not distanced herself from the organisation altogether from the get go?
Marsh had sensibly not been drawn into the activist tactic of trying to ensnare him in a “gotcha” trap by responding to questions from
this activist group with a social agenda most residents would feel falls outside the remit of local government.
Disclaimer: I have never met either O’Connor or Marsh.
Peter Joyce, Mt Martha
Illegal tobacco
The tobacco shop attack in Young Street
Frankston is the latest attack in the illegal tobacco wars in Melbourne.
There are other shops selling illegal tobacco along Young Street and around Frankston. These attacks are dangerous and could start a major blaze which could destroy other businesses near by.
To end the illegal tobacco and vape sales in Frankston police can simply go under cover and go into shops and ask for (illegal) tobacco to be sold to them and then they can prosecute them.
There is a shop in Karingal who sells illegal tobacco but is not in any threat of being detected.
Police must act immediately to stamp out the illegal tobacco industry in Frankston to end the attacks on shops in the Frankston CBD. Russell Morse, Karingal
Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world. Each year, more than 16,000 Australians are diagnosed with bowel cancer.
Many bowel cancers are detected at advanced stages which require chemotherapy and surgery. If detected early, almost all cases of bowel cancer are curable.
The earliest, most treatable forms of bowel cancer generally have no symptoms. Clinical trials have shown that offering bowel cancer screening tests i.e. faecal occult blood kits saves lives through early detection. These kits are sent to patients at the age 50, however free kits are now available to patients aged 45 to 50 years in recognition of the significant increase in bowel cancer rates in younger patients. Additionally, the faecal occult blood kits can be arranged by your GP or can be purchased from the local chemist. Patients who have had a positive test or who have a positive family history of bowel cancer are candidates for screening colonoscopy. Colonoscopy is a costeffective way to detect and prevent (with polypectomy) bowel cancer at early and curable stages.
Given that Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world is it extremely important that colonoscopies are performed as soon as possible for patients with symptoms such as a change in their bowel habits, have onset of abdominal bloating or pain or who are passing blood or mucus with their stools. This advice is relevant to patients of all ages, not just those over the age of 50. Gastroenterologists around the world are seeing increased rates of bowel cancer in people from age 25 to 50 years.
When bowel cancer is suspected, either through screening or investigation of symptoms, the bowel lining can be examined by colonoscopy. The colonoscope is a flexible video camera which is passed into the bowel through the anus. Interventions such as biopsy, polypectomy (removal of polyps) etc are part of this procedure.
A colonoscopy is performed as a Day Procedure. Preparation drinks are needed to clear the bowel prior to the colonoscopy. The colonoscopy is performed under sedation for which you will need a person to take you home from the Day Procedure Centre and you do require 24-hour surveillance after your sedation.
Dr Michael Merrett is an experienced and internationally respected Gastroenterologist with 30 years in the industry. He provides his patients with accurate diagnosis and specialised health care. All bowel polyps are removed or resected as part of the procedure.
If you would like to read about colonoscopy procedures and how they are performed please go to our informative website at www.fpgastro.com.au
This procedure is covered under your hospital insurance apart from your excess and a small out of pocket with the doctor.
f you are experiencing a change in bowel habits or other significant symptoms, please call the office on 1300 000 180 and our staff can book you in for either an appointment with Dr Michael Merrett or book a colonoscopy. You will need to obtain a referral from your local doctor.
Dr.
Michael Merrett
– Consultant Gastroenterologist
5 Chesterville Road, Cheltenham, VIC 3192
Telephone: 1300 000 180
Email: reception@fpgastro.com.au
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Postcards from the Edge – The rise of the Donald
By Stuart McCullough
HOW did it come to this? The world teeters on a precipice as a former American President seeks to snatch back the reins of power, possibly without breaking any windows or ransacking anybody’s office this time. But here we are – days out from an election in which Donald Trump is the nominee of a mainstream political party as opposed to being the guy that works Mondays and Thursday in the laundry of a medium-security correctional facility and who shares a room with a guy named ‘Pitbull’. Go figure.
With thirty-four felony counts to his name, Donald Trump is now the ultimate conviction Politician. Weirdly, no one in his party suggested that the Donald should respond to his status as a convicted felon by dropping out of the Presidential race. In contrast, his former opponent (and current President) spaced out in a debate, and suddenly ‘fitness to serve’ was a major issue. None of it makes sense.
When a candidate for high office in America is not travelling too well, they don’t simply pack it up. Rather, they ‘suspend’ their campaign.
Donald Trump, however, seems to be able to inspire people to suspend disbelief. You can forensically collect evidence and present it in a clear and methodical manner, only for it to be dismissed with a single word. Whenever words like ‘hoax’, ‘fake’, ‘rigged’ or ‘witch hunt’ are uttered, it’s an invitation to disengage with facts and, instead, assert your own reality as the truth.
I sometimes think that Donald Trump didn’t leave reality television to get involved in politics; he dragged politics to reality television. On one level, I can see why he might appeal to some people – the whole bin-fire catastrophe that is his every public appearance is perversely entertaining. On another level, it’s difficult to see how anyone, much
less millions of people, can take him seriously.
When the insurrection occurred on 6 January 2021, I assumed that would be the end of him. That’s usually the price for attempting to overthrow democracy. Now he refers to those imprisoned for their actions on that day as ‘hostages’. I’m not entirely
convinced that Donald Trump knows what the word ‘hostage’ means.
But whatever the constraints on his vocabulary, he has defied logic and political orthodoxy by doing and saying things on a daily basis that would instantly kill the political aspirations of anyone else. Seemingly indestructible, he’s the Keith Richards of American politics.
The constant references to Hannibal Lecter are bewildering. At least by referring to him as ‘the late, great Hannibal Lecter’, Trump is proving that he knows Hannibal can’t be appointed to his cabinet, even if he’s unaware that he’s a fictional character. Which is also true of Hannibal Lecter.
It’s fair to say Trump has gone low, especially when it comes to immigrants. The whole ‘they’re eating the dogs’ thing was immediately debunked but that hasn’t been enough to stop it being spewed forth with what is now monotonous regularity.
It’s as though by repeating the lie, he’s hoping to make fact-checking redundant by drowning it in a sea of perfidious claptrap. More recently, he’s started referring to his own country as a ‘garbage can’ because of immigration. It’s about as far away from ‘give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses’ as it’s possible to get.
He’s obsessed with Vladimir Putin. Which is strange because the United States and Russia were once enemies. Such was the enmity between them that Sting felt the need to intervene with his song ‘Russians’. It was a tune that took the world to the brink of annihilation until both sides
realised that they had something in common – namely, neither of them liked Sting that much. The Cold War ended a short time later.
But, for Trump, dictators like Putin are potential BFFs. If Taylor Swift hadn’t endorsed Kamala Harris, there’s no doubt Donald Trump would have casually slipped a Taylor friendship bracelet into the next muffin basket he sent over to the Kremlin.
His campaign mimics autocracies.
The Iraqi government once had a spokesperson whose job it was to speak to the press and talk up the regime in the grimmest of circumstances. He did this with a rhetorical flourish so grand and silly that he earned the nickname ‘Comical Ali’. Two decades on, and Donald Trump’s spokesperson has described Bob Woodward – of ‘Watergate’ fame – as ‘deranged’, Anthony Fauci as a ‘liar and a fraud’ and a four-star general as having ‘beclowned’ himself. I didn’t even know that ‘beclowning’ was a thing.
There’s a video. Back in 2008 when Barack Obama bested John McCain, the then-president made an announcement. At the time, George W. Bush was derided by many as something of a dunce, the ultimate nepo-baby. But the speech he gave was beautiful. It met the moment. It drew people together. It seems almost unimaginable in the current climate. Go and find it on YouTube. It’s how things are meant to be done. stuart@stuartmccullough.com
Boy’s Sad Fate – Verdict of Accidental Death
Compiled by Cameron McCullough
BEFORE Cr. W. Stephens, (Deputy Coroner) an inquest was held at the Carrum police station on Wednesday last; to enquire into the circumstances surrounding, the, death of Stanley Ralph Carr, who was drowned on the previous Monday in a water hole at the junction of two drains near McLeod road.
Constable Feehan conducted the case for the Department.
The first witness, William Carr, father of deceased, residing at Station street, deposed that on the 3rd inst. he went to the scene of the fatality. There he saw four boys, one of whom was unknown to him.
Constable Feehan: They were the sons of Mr. Warren?
Witness: Yes.
Constable Feehan: What were they doing?
Witness: They were standing on the bank of the water hole.
Constable Feehan: You spoke to them?
Witness: Yes. I asked: “Where is Stan?”
Constable Feehan: Meaning your son?
Witness: Yes.
Constable Feehan: What did they say ?
Witness: They replied: “In the water hole,” and pointed to the centre of the water. “I asked them,” continued witness, “if anyone, had been in with him, and one of them said: “No”.
Constable Feehan: You do not know which one?
Witness: No; I asked if Stan had his clothes on; they said he took his
clothes off and put them on the bridge.
To Constable Feehan: Had inspected the clothes, and recognised them as the ones which his son had been wearing. The other boys had shown him (witness) the point at which the unfortunate Stan had entered the water; the marks of the lad’s feet were visible in the mud at the spot indicated.
Constable Feehan: .What did you do then?
Witness: I went for assistance.
Constable Feehan: When you returned, was there anyone there?
Witness: Yes, but I didn’t know them.
Constable Feehan: Did anyone go into the water hole?
Witness: Yes, two men.
Constable Feehan: They could not find the body?
Witness: No.
Constable Feehan: Later you saw the body on the bank and identified it as that of your, son ?
Witness replied in the affirmative and gave the age of his late son as being 10 years, 11 months.
Constable Feehan: Your son could not swim?
Witness: No.
Alice M. Carr (single), of Station street, Carrum, in the course of her evidence, stated that her brother Stan on the day in question, came home from school and she had lunch with him; he was then in his usual health. He went out and returned about 1pm he (witness) saw the three Warren boys go up McLeod road, and they spoke to Stan. That was the last I saw of my brother, added the witness. Poulsen, painter, Church street, Carrum, said that at the time of the
occurrence he was not far from the bridge, and when a boy came and told him of what had happened he got his eldest son, L. M. Poulsen who dived into the water hole, but could not see deceased.
To Constable Feehan: The Warren boys showed him where the lad had gone down, and he (witness) did not requisition the services of a boat, but fished for the body off the bank.
To Deputy Coroner: There was a large schnapper hook attached to the line, and after the third attempt, about 4pm, the body was brought to the surface.
Constable Feehan: What depth do you think the water could be?
Witness: Thirteen feet.
Constable Feehan: Did the hook hurt the body?
Witness: No, it caught deceased under one of his arms.
Robert Leslie James Warren, 11 years old, of McLeod road, Carrum, made the following statement: In company with my two, brothers, I went to the front of Carr’s shop and saw Stan standing there.
He said: Come here, I want to tell you something. Come for a swim.
We four went to the water hole.
To Constable Feehan: When we got to the water hole, Stan said: “Come on, get undressed and go in.”
He (witness) felt the water, and remarked: “I’m not going in, it’s too cold,” to which deceased said: “Come on, get undressed, sugar baby, I am going to be first to break the ice.”
Stan then undressed, saying: “I’ll show you how to swim.” He then jumped off the bank into the centre of the hole, and went down, graphically
described this juvenile witness.
Constable Feehan: Did he try to swim?
Witness:. Yes, but sank and rose twice to the surface.
Constable Feehan: What did you do?
Witness: I took off my clothes and I waded in as far as my chest, but could not find Stan.
Constable Feehan deposed that when he was informed of the accident he was at Aspendale, and the time was 3.40pm. When he arrived he saw men dragging the water hole. He then went and rang Dr. Le Souef, of Chelsea.
A verdict was returned by the Deputy Coroner (Cr. Stephens): “That deceased met his death by accidental drowning.” ***
The Cry of the Ratepayers – ToMorrow’ Night’s Indignation Meeting At The Palais
As previously announced in the columns of “The Standard,” an indignation meeting of ratepayers (convened, by request, by the Shire President) will be held in the Frankston Palais to-morrow (Thursday) night, at which speakers from all parts of the Shire will take part and with, it is hoped, that degree of activity which will cause the civic fathers to forcibly realise the truism of their having been “weighed in the balance and found wanting.”
Copious opportunity will be given the ratepayers, even at the eleventh hour, to express their righteous indignation at the desperate financial position in which the Shire is placed to-day, also other council matters, including the vexed water rate question.
“You may fool the people some of the time, but you cannot fool the
ratepayers all the time” is a trite phrase to quote; even if slightly transposed; at the present critical juncture of events.
To be candid, to-morrow night’s meeting is no mere canard of fluctuating significance, rather it is the outcome of circumstances founded on bedrock facts pertaining to the lackadaisical manner in which the old and tired councillors, in the past, have eclipsed all records as maladministrators, thus bringing the monetary aspect of affairs to an invidious stage of disastrous element unparalleled in the history of puerile procedure.
Moreover, and as we have emphasised on several occasions recently, despite the grave issues at stake, and the flood tide of having reached the “legal limit,” the party machine attributes still persisted in adopting the played-out game of bluff.
But, at last, the ratepayers have taken the matter into their own hands; thus it may be anticipated that during the proceedings at the Palais to-morrow evening, they will demand their rights, and obtain, at least, a partial degree of satisfaction.
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Personal
Mr. Lalor, Frankston’s popular S.M., is, we regret to state, at present laid up. We join in wishing him a speedy recovery.
Mr. Swenser, local manager for Messrs. Chitty & Co., who recently was suffering from indisposition, returned to his onerous duties again this week.
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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 5 & 7 Nov 1924
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Dromana keeps winning, Red Hill and Heatherhill all square
By Brodie Cowburn
PROVINCIAL
DROMANA’S undefeated start to the 2024/2025 season continued last weekend after a close win over Baden Powell.
Overport Park hosted the clash. Baden Powell was sent in to bat first, and hit a few roadblocks.
Dale Elmi, Jobe Gardner, Josh Waldron, and Jack Gorbert made good starts, but didn’t convert their scores into big totals. Gorbert’s unbeaten 24 from 21 deliveries batting at number nine was the most impressive of the innings.
Jye Voelkl took three vital middle order wickets to help restrict Baden Powell’s total to 9/144 from 40 overs. Voelkl took 3/21.
A middle order collapse nearly cost Dromana the game, but they managed to recover.
Dromana fell from 1/68 to 5/72 in the middle of their innings. Dale Irving and Bobby Wilson dug in to get things back on track.
Zacc Klan hit the winning runs for Dromana with eight balls and just two wickets left to spare.
Taylor Harrison’s 4/21 was vital to keeping Baden Powell in the game.
Nothing separated Red Hill and Heatherhill after a thrilling match last Saturday.
Heatherhill batted first, and put 153 runs on the board. Kieran Lenehan topscored with 46 from 74 deliveries.
Simon Dart was awesome with the ball for Red Hill - he took 3/12 from eight overs.
Red Hill’s openers each made good starts before being dismissed. First drop batter Simon Dart then fell for a duck, putting their innings in jeopardy.
Will Cooper and Brent Martin contributed 34 and 27 runs to the scoreboard respectively, but their efforts were not quite enough to get the win.
Red Hill pushed hard, but time ended up being the enemy. They finished their 40 overs at 8/153, securing a tie.
Old Peninsula managed to finish the job against Sorrento last Saturday. They chased down a target of 146 with just one ball left to spare at David MacFarlane Reserve.
Pines closed out the round with a four wicket win over Langwarrin at home.
PENINSULA
MORNINGTON are now 3-0 this season after beating Moorooduc at Dallas Brooks Reserve.
The Bulldogs were sent in to bat
first last Saturday. An 115 run partnership between Charlie Parker and Zac Garnet helped Mornington reach an impressive final score of 5/222.
Parker scored 79 runs, and Garnet contributed 74 to the total.
Moorooduc fought valiantly, but time ended up working against them.
Ewan Wilson and Raymond Curry each scored 46 runs, but a late collapse put the result beyond all doubt.
Moorooduc’s 40 overs expired with their total at 7/190.
Rosebud held on to beat Long Island in a tight one last weekend.
Rosebud batted first, and scored 159 runs. They would have to bowl well to lock up the victory.
Long Island got close, but was bowled out for 154.
Somerville also bowled well to pick up a 23 run victory over Mt Eliza last weekend.
Seaford Tigers picked up a vital win on Saturday against their cross-town rivals Seaford. The Tigers won by 20 runs at RF Miles Reserve.
DISTRICT
A BRILLIANT opening stand of 161 runs between Joshua Peet and Luke Hewitt was the highlight of Balnarring’s win over Crib Point on Saturday.
Balnarring scored 4/253. Crib Point only managed to score 158 before being bowled out.
Main Ridge fell well short of their target against Baxter last weekend.
Baxter set their opponents a score of 170 to chase down - Main Ridge was bowled out for just 103.
A pair of half-centuries from Brad Lockhart and Robert Johnston helped Carrum Downs pick up a comfortable win over Boneo on Saturday afternoon.
Lockhart opened and went on to score 62 from 84 deliveries. He was dismissed by Christopher Jobling.
Robert Johnston scored an unbeaten 53 from just 32 balls to help Carrum Downs reach a final total of 5/230.
Boneo opener Samson Storey fought hard, scoring 61 runs, but he got no help from his teammates. Boneo was bowled out for just 123.
Gordon Waterfall took 4/19 and Robert Johnston took 3/30.
Carrum batted well to claim victory over Flinders last weekend. Carrum chased down a target of 185 with six wickets to spare.
SUB DISTRICT
TYABB secured a thrilling win over Rye on Saturday to continue its strong
start to the season.
Rye batted first, and had some real trouble putting a score together. At 8/101 they looked in big trouble, but late cameos from Waligama Palleguruge and Jacob Long helped them put a competitive total on the board.
Palleguruge’s unbeaten 42 helped Rye reach a final score of 8/156. Tyabb’s batters also had difficulty putting together big totals before Jayden Regan took the game by the scruff of the neck. The number six batter scored an unbeaten 62 from 72 deliveries to guide his side to victory. It went right down to the wire. Tyabb hit the winning runs off the final ball with just two wickets left to spare. The win takes Tyabb to 3-0 in the 2024/2025 season.
Frankston YCW dispatched Mt Martha with ease last weekend, coming away with a seven wicket win. Tootgarook had to work a little harder to grab a two wicket win over Skye. Delacombe Park and Ballam Park were evenly matched last weekend. Delacombe Park emerged victorious by just nine runs..
Sweet spot: First XI debutant Callum Bradford top scored with an unbeaten 77 runs as Frankston YCW easily accounted for Mt Martha in their Sub-District clash. Picture: Craig Barrett
Marcus Collier leaves Skye
SOCCER
By Craig MacKenzie
SKYE United fans won’t see Marcus Collier leading their senior team into battle again.
The 28-year-old midfielder told head coach Phil McGuinness last week that he’d decided to leave.
Collier made his senior debut for Skye in 2013 and is the club’s longest serving senior player after Daniel Attard.
Aside from a couple of seasons as a sub-junior at Cranbourne (Casey Comets) and a season at Seaford United in 2015 Collier has been a fixture at Skye Recreation Reserve.
So why has he left?
“I think it’s time for a change, not just for me but for the club,” he said.
McGuinness understands Collier’s decision and wants to see him finally realise his talent.
“I’m encouraging Marcus to try out at a higher level,” McGuinness said.
“He’s given so much to Skye and deserves that opportunity.”
However a number of local clubs have shown interest in the midfielder who is at the peak of his powers as a footballer.
Then there’s the lure of State 4 outfit Endeavour United.
“I’ve got ties simply because I live there and one of my best mates (Jason Nowakowski) plays there.”
Collier came close to quitting Skye at the start of the year but McGuinness convinced him to stay.
“He knew it was on the cards that I was going to leave back then,” Collier said.
“I knew it was going to be a rebuild as quite a few players left but Phil got me to stay and see out the season.
“We thought it was going to be a battle which is exactly how it turned out.
“Right now though I’m in limbo and I honestly don’t know where I’m going.
“But to the people at Skye I just want to say thankyou for everything over the years.
“These people are unreal and they’ve been family to me.
“I wish the new people coming in (on the committee) all the best and I hope they can take the club in the direction they want which is to get bigger and better.
“I know the club is in good hands.
“The new president Mick (Stevens) is a good mate of mine and I know he’ll do well.”
In State 5 news Mount Eliza head coach Gerry McDonagh will have the opportunity of putting his own stamp on the senior squad as he prepares to oversee his first pre-season with the Emil
Madsen Reserve outfit.
McDonagh filled the vacancy left by the sacking of Alex Halikias in the first half of last season and guided the side to a fifth-placed finish in only its second season of State League competition.
Rarely does someone with McDonagh’s credentials coach at State 5 level.
He played for Richmond, Frankston Pines and Bentleigh Greens before kicking off his coaching career with Sandringham’s under-16s.
His impressive CV lists senior assistants’ roles at Bentleigh Greens (under Harry Chalkitis and Dean Hennessey), Dandenong City (under Aaron Healey) and Mornington (under Adam Jamieson).
His first head coaching appointment was with Berwick City for the 2017 season and in 2023 he was head coach of Doveton in what is now VPL2.
Eyebrows were raised when he took the Mount Eliza job given that he was coming out of the NPL system.
“I’d taken some time off from the game until Justin (Sheppard, club president) rang me and said he’d heard I was a local so he asked me to come down and have a chat,” McDonagh said.
“I met him and Gary Talbot and they explained where the club was at and what it wanted to continue doing about
developing players and providing a pathway to senior football.
“They’ve got around 750 juniors so developing a pathway to senior football and helping players make that transition is hopefully something I can contribute to.
“That’s why I took the job.”
But McDonagh is not solely focussed on developmental coaching.
“We’ve all got that competitive beast about us, haven’t we.
“Anyone involved in football enjoys winning.
“I certainly want to identify some of the kids in that 16, 17 and 18-year-old age group and provide a pathway for them but if we have to find additional players to fill the gaps we have we might bring a couple in.
“Like any team you need to have the right shape and organisation and there’s still room for improvement with the current group in those areas.
“For us to be more potent up front there’s some more work to be done because we need to be more clinical in our attacking third.”
Mount Eliza proved to be competitive last season and it wouldn’t take much to thrust the fledgling senior squad into the promotion spotlight in 2025.
For McDonagh though there is no
mention of that dreaded “p” word and he was quick to underplay his team’s prospects next season.
“At this stage all of our players are coming back but it remains to be seen whether or not that changes over the pre-season timeframe.
“I’m expecting Aspendale and Seaford – two of the teams that finished above us this year – will be strong again next year and you can expect someone else to emerge as they usually do.
“We just hope that we can be competitive and get some results along the way.”
In VPL1 news as expected James Bretnall stepped down as president at Langwarrin’s AGM last week and was replaced by Rob Vickery, who owns HPF, Australia’s largest performance vehicle workshop.
Vickery had previously held the positions of vice-president, treasurer and general committee member and has two sons playing at the club.
Bretnall has taken over the treasurer’s role, John Heskins is vice-president and Ritchie Horvat is secretary.
“I’m looking to be more engaged with state government and local council regarding development at Lawton Park,” Bretnall said.
“We’re looking at getting a synthetic
surface on the top pitch (near the main entrance) so I have to see what that looks like and how to make that a reality.
“The lighting has been done, the drainage has been done, the subsurface has been done so it’s ready to transition to a synthetic pitch.”
Langwarrin also announced that Horvat, Adam Davison and Ian Lesslie have been granted life membership. Meanwhile organiser Tanya Wallace has released the date of next year’s annual Steve Wallace Cup and Steve Wallace Plate events to be held at Langwarrin’s Lawton Park headquarters.
On Saturday 18 January Langwarrin, Mornington, Peninsula Strikers, Skye United, Frankston Pines and Baxter will contest the Steve Wallace Cup. Somerville Eagles, Mount Martha, Mount Eliza, Rosebud, Seaford United and newcomer Chelsea will contest the Steve Wallace Plate.
In Football Victoria news the state federation released best and fairest and top scorer winners throughout women’s and men’s State League competition last week.
In women’s State 3 South Kallista Tzelios of Seaford United was the league’s best and fairest winner while Aspendale’s Lily Smith was league top scorer.
In women’s State 4 South Kira Greenwood of Mount Martha won best and fairest honours and Chelsea’s Makayla Bader was league top scorer.
In men’s State 5 South Aspendale captain Matthew Bruce won the best and fairest award and evergreen Rosebud striker Dave Greening was league top scorer.
In other news Football Australia’s announcement of its new national second tier competition landed squarely in the didn’t-see-that-coming basket.
Last week FA announced that its much-vaunted NST would kick off next October as a nine-round competition run over three months.
The NST will feature a 16-team format, consisting of group stage matches leading to an elimination finals series that culminates in a Championship Final in early December.
The competing teams will be the eight NST foundation clubs plus eight member federation premiers.
In the news: Skye United captain Marcus Collier (left) and Mount Eliza gaffer Gerry McDonagh.
Pictures: Jordan Martin and Darryl Kennedy Sudoku
