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Plug pulled on council’s costly citizens’ panel

Brendan Rees brendan@mpews.com.au

A CONTENTIOUS citizens’ panel aimed at helping shape the peninsula’s future at a cost of $150,000 to ratepayers has been given the flick by Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors.

The panel, established in 2022, has seen 150 members participate in “gaining valuable insights into the many challenges facing council” as well as developing a community vision to 2040.

Through the forums panellists provided councillors with “a rich data source to assist them with their

decision-making” as part of “deliberative consultation” as stated in the Local Government Act.

Last year the budget allocated to the 2024 panel was $140,000 with each panellist receiving $800 in gift vouchers.

This year the council had planned to recruit 55 panel members to attend ten sessions starting on 12 February.

“If we didn’t run a citizens’ panel in 2025, we would still need to incorporate deliberative engagement components in our development of the council and wellbeing plan,” according to a council report published in December.

It also noted the citizens’ panel format provided cost efficiencies as

multiple projects could be discussed throughout the year.

But newly elected councillor Stephen Batty moved a motion at the council’s 18 December meeting calling for the council to immediately abolish the costly panel.

The motion said in “the current environment, council needs to be transparent and cost conscious, given these are ratepayer funds”.

Batty believed the “significant dollars” spent on the panel should be diverted to “something worthwhile, outstanding maintenance or other expenditure items”.

“Supporting community engagement should be applauded and now we have 11 separate wards, surely

the most important role a council performs is listening and following up the community’s concerns over the environment and infrastructure projects,” said Batty.

He said he understood as few as 33 panel members attended some meetings and didn’t include local businesses and authorities.

Cr David Gill voted against the motion, arguing it “looks like a knee jerk reaction without experiencing the pros and cons of a citizens panel”.

Cr Max Patton, who served as a former member of the panel, emphasised its importance, saying it was a “fantastic community engagement” program and that he saw first-hand how members shaped key decisions.

“I appreciate Cr Batty’s intention to reduce spending but as we’ve seen in the officer’s report, it’s actually going to cost double to move into another system,” he said.

Cr Andrea Allen did not agree, saying abolishing a citizens’ panel “was definitely not saying no to consultation”.

“There are different ways of doing deliberative consultation as well... my concerns about the citizens’ panel is one, having a random bunch of people give their opinions, I would prefer to have the people that are actually impacted by what we’re consulting on to be the ones to tell us what they think.”

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Authorities investigate landslide after council worker injured

brendan@mpews.com.au

HOMEOWNERS near where a landslide occurred in McCrae have been warned to stay away as the potential for the slope to move may continue for days or weeks to come.

Authorities are investigating after the landslide occurred on the morning of 14 January, destroying a home after it slid down a cliff and leaving one man hospitalised.

Emergency services were called to the incident on Penny Lane, on the corner of Point Nepean Rd, about 8.45am after the house collapsed.

A council worker aged in his 50s was taken to Frankston hospital in a stable condition after sustaining lower body injuries. It is understood he was inspecting the home impacted by the landslip when he was forced to jump to safety.

Mayor Cr Anthony Marsh said in a statement last Friday that the shire was working closely with the SES and other emergency services and relevant agencies after 15 properties had been evacuated.

He said while the cause of the landslide remained unknown, “geotechnical assessments are ongoing and South East Water is also conducting extensive testing to determine the source of the water contributing to the landslip, and we are monitoring ground movements closely”.

“An exclusion zone remains in place to ensure the safety of the community. We urge everyone to stay clear of the area,” he said.

“This remains a complex and evolv-

ing issue, and we assure the community that our best people are diligently investigating the source and cause of the landslip. We are also focused on identifying the necessary rectification and remediation works to make the area safe again.

“We are in direct contact with affected residents and homeowners and will continue to provide updates as new information becomes available.”

The shire has also set up a dropin centre at the Dromana Visitor Information Centre providing access to information and referral to support services.

Meanwhile, a VicEmergency advice alert remained active for homeowners and the public to “stay away from the impacted area”.

“Stay informed. Stay away from the landslide. The slope may continue to move for hours or days afterwards,” it said.

A WorkSafe spokeswoman said it was “assessing the matter and will continue to monitor the site to ensure occupational health and safety obligations are being met”.

Their investigation will include speaking to relevant parties, including any witnesses, collecting evidence and taking photographs among other steps and “taking enforcement action when there is evidence of a contravention”.

Cr Marsh said, “until investigations are complete, we cannot comment on the likely cause”.

However, Professor Ha Bui, the head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University, said landslides resulted from factors like prolonged rainfall, unstable soil, underground

water seepage, and human activities such as excavation.

“On the Mornington Peninsula, recent weather patterns, along with reports of persistent underground water bubbling in the area, point to the possibility of internal erosion - a process that gradually weakens the soil structure due to underground seepage flow, ultimately leading to slope instability and triggering a collapse,” he said.

While he said predictability was difficult, signs included water seepage, ground cracks, or landform changes “can highlight high-risk areas”.

“Advances in real-time monitoring, satellite imaging, and geotechnical modelling are making it increasingly feasible to detect and forecast these risks with improved accuracy,” he said.

In terms of a future risk, Bui said a failed slope was “more prone to further landslides if underlying conditions aren’t resolved”.

“Continuous monitoring and early detection systems are crucial to reducing risks.”

The owner of the home destroyed in the landslide, Nick Moran, said they “are very grateful that nobody died”.

“Our thoughts are for the injured Mornington Peninsula Shire employee who we understand is in a stable condition,” he said in a statement.

Moran said they would be taking a “measured approach to working through this with all the relevant parties”.

Moran also noted that a separate landslip had occurred a week prior to the incident, when an uphill property impacted their home.

“We had a 30-tonne landslide at

our vacation home. It looks like it has destroyed our house which doesn’t matter in the overall scheme of things but narrowly missed my daughter and wife let alone the stack of people we entertained there over the break,” he said.

“I know everyone goes through stuff and don’t necessarily get a positive outcome but on this occasion, I know how bloody lucky we are.”

Moran said he had engaged a lawyer regarding the most recent landslip.

A previous landslip in the area occurred in 2022 when homes were evacuated.

Longtime McCrae resident Simon McKeon said the slip was a “wake up call”.

“We have the opportunity to take this seriously, and really get to the bottom of how humanity can co-exist with the natural environment.

“It may require a cold, hard assessment of the facts, but it has to be done.”

Resident Peter Clarke told The News while his home was not impacted by the landslip, he noted “there’s a range of those properties that have always looked precarious, and you’re conscious of the large amounts of stormwater that do wander around those hills.”

Clarke said he was on a morning walk when he came across the “pretty dramatic” scenes of the home reduced to a pile of rubble when it crashed into surrounding trees.

“The whole house slipped and broke into two,” he said.

Tanina Osborne posted a video to Facebook of the aftermath, saying

“we heard this almighty sound, and I thought a truck had lost a whole lot of gravel but instead it was this house”.

SES set up a marquee at the scene last week as they worked with emergency services, including evacuating properties.

Sorrento SES duty controller Peter LeBouef told The News it “was an ongoing situation” with geotechnical engineers investigating.

“A number of people have been relocated successfully, and it’s just a wait and see situation,” he said.

A WorkSafe spokeswoman said it was “assessing the matter and will continue to monitor the site to ensure occupational health and safety obligations are being met”.

South East Water’s service delivery general manager Tim Lloyd said it was working with “key authorities and providing assistance where appropriate”.

“Our thoughts are with those impacted by this landslide event,” he said.

“The cause of the landslide is still undetermined; it would be inappropriate to comment further until this work has been completed.”

At the time of going to print, Point Nepean Rd was closed to general traffic between Latrobe Pde and Coburn Ave with limited access for local vehicles. There was no access through the exclusion zone, but council expected the closure to last at least a week and were working with the Department of Transport to enhance road management and redirect traffic away from local roads.

The Bay Trail path remained open, providing pedestrian and bike access around the front of the exclusion zone.

Evacuated residents could ‘take years’ to return to homes

Brendan Rees brendan@mpnews.com.au

AN engineer representing residents whose homes were impacted in a 2022 landslip in McCrae has warned it could take years before homeowners are able to return to their properties following last week’s devastating landslide in the area.

The landslide on 14 January forced 15 properties to be evacuated with an exclusion zone remaining in place to ensure the community’s safety. While the incident is investigated and residents kept informed of the latest developments, geotechnical engineer Tim Holt of A.S. James Geotechnical Engineers, who is acting on behalf of residents impacted

by a landslide that occurred near the latest landslide that destroyed a home in Penny Lane, said he predicted it would “not be months but years” before people could return to their homes.

“The people I’m representing have been out of the house for two years and that was a small slide,” he said in an interview with The News

“There will be a degree of frustration with the processes and the council, but it will have to be worked through.”

Asked whether he was surprised by the latest landslip occurring, Holt conceded it was “a little bit wrong” of him to be commented in an ABC report to refer to it as an “accident waiting to happen”.

“It's more or less a natural event

waiting to happen with only needing some small trigger initialisation to make it happen,” he said.

“It’s part of the long-term evolution of the slope. This one is at a point where it's started out too steep and it’s what we call regressing; there's a regression going along.”

Holt, who is also acting for a resident’s current building application in McCrae, said he believed water “was at least a factor” in the 2022 incident.

“There was high rainfall and then there was some suspicion of faulty pipes being at Viewpoint Rd there, so there seems to be probably the same combination I feel, without seeing it, I feel it probably will come to pass here.

“The other point that probably needs to be made, if somebody at the

top of the hill is making application to put a building up there, nowadays the process is such that it will be properly engineered and it will stay there, but nobody or very few are doing anything about the escarpment between them and the house below them.

“Therein, that's the problem now and nobody wants to address that issue because the slides are generally shallow.”

Holt said the 2022 incident was going through the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal which also resulted in residents being evacuated, noting their “eviction was well founded” because “the risk to life of those houses at the bottom was unacceptable”.

Speaking of the current situation, Holt said “a different approach to

protecting all the rest of the houses is probably needed.”

“One can be critical of the council. I’m a bit critical of councils generally. What's happening is that they're getting massive rates from these areas of high risk because of the value of them,” he said, “yet they're doing no more in terms of drainage, landscape improvement … and it just needs a little bit more.”

Mornington Peninusla Shire Mayor Cr Anthony Marsh said in a statement, “We acknowledge and deeply empathise with residents displaced from their homes due to the landslide”.

“We understand how distressing and disruptive this situation has been and are here to support all affected parties during this challenging time.”

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A SHIRE officer was injured and required hospitalisation after a house in McCrae was destroyed in the landslip. Pictures: Yanni

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Vinnies Kitchen Pops-Up in Rosebud

THE much-loved Vinnies Kitchen has been popping up in Rosebud over summer, with pop-up lunches and sausage sizzles for people in need of a feed.

Vinnies Kitchen, now in its 34th year, is a regular fixture in the Rosebud Youth and Band Hall on the Village Green in Rosebud, serving nutritious free lunches to the local community using donated fresh food from partners like OZ Harvest, and local producers. But the increase demand for fresh food and pre-cooked meals meant the Kitchen opened its doors when it would normally close through January.

Vinnies Kitchen Committee President Ree Townsend says the decision to open through January was an easy one.

‘We’ve got a group of homeless people sleeping rough in Rosebud that we look after with meals all year round, but we also know there’s more people doing it tough. So when some extra food came through from some generous donors our volunteers jumped at the opportunity to package up some lunch-packs”, said Townsend.

Food donations from longterm supporters Jim Cochrane Farms, It’s The Little Things Community and generous individual donors and home cooks meant the Kitchen has been serving pop-up lunches of roast chicken, freshly baked zucchini slice, fresh salads, fresh fruit, ice creams and cold drinks a couple of times a week. There’s also sausage sizzles and some packs of Christmas Mince Pies from the Mornington Commu-

nity Support Centre.

Townsend says the co-operation between support centres and community groups on the Mornington Peninsula is really rising to the challenge of greater demand.

“We’re really seeing it here, so many people are struggling, we’re all just doing the best we can, and always with a smile and without judgement,” Mrs Townsend said.

The management committee of Vinnies Kitchen, which is sometimes mistakenly associated with St Vincent de Paul, recently decided to stick with the name they’ve had for over three decades, despite people sometimes

thinking they have support from the national organisation.

“We consulted widely with our volunteers, our donors, we got advice from marketing and branding experts, and they all recommended we stick with our name. For 34 years, we’ve successfully operated with strong community support, receiving cash and food donations. And we’ve never been busier. Vinnies Kitchen is here to stay,” Mrs Townsend said. Vinnies Kitchen will be back to full service Monday, Wednesday-Saturday (closed Tuesdays) from Monday February 3rd, 11.30am-1pm.

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Publisher fails to get intervention order against him reheard

Cameron McCullough cameron@mpnews.com.au

A SOMERVILLE businessman has failed in his bid to have a rehearing granted after a personal safety intervention order was made against him last year (Publisher ‘harassed’ and ‘intimidated’ woman – Magistrate The News 12/11/24).

At a November 7 Magistrates’ Court hearing, Jamie (Jay) Scicluna was found to have stalked and harassed a Somerville woman, who alleged she was the victim of derogatory and sexually demeaning behaviour, repeated visits to her workplace, and physical intimidation.

Magistrate Charles Tan found that Scicluna had referred to the victim as a “c**t”, that he stated he was “out for blood” and “won’t stop until he destroys her.”

The victim alleged Scicluna’s behaviour continued to escalate over time culminating in her being granted an interim personal safety intervention order against Scicluna on 26 April last year. Scicluna, however, breached the order after the victim saw him standing outside her workplace on 21 June. She called police and the matter was heard in October last year where Scicluna was handed a 12-month diversion order.

Last Wednesday (15 January) Scicluna, who is the founder and editor of the “Somerville Times and Peninsula Local” news platform, appeared before Magistrate Tan stating there were “exceptional circumstances” that prevented his attendance at the original hearing. He argued that the

Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 (Vic) stipulates a rehearing may be granted if “there are exceptional circumstances and a rehearing is fair and just in all the circumstances of the case” [PSIOA s 99(1)(b)].

Scicluna, who represented himself in court, explained to the Magistrate that he had another matter being heard at VCAT later on 7 November, and while he intended to attend

Jamie (Jay) Scicluna. Picture: Supplied

the court on the morning to seek an adjournment of the Magistrates’ Court matter, his car broke down and he was unable to attend. He also detailed multiple mental health issues which made it difficult for him to deal with the court matter effectively.

Questioned by the Magistrate why he didn’t attend the original hearing despite the court allowing him more time to arrange alternative

transport, Scicluna said “the travel time from walking to a bus stop or a train station, to catching the V-Line to Frankston, which minimal services do run (sic), can take anywhere between an hour to an hour and a half.”

The lawyer for the Somerville businesswoman told the court “It appears this is a situation where Mr Scicluna has prioritised one proceeding over another and now regrets that decision”. The Magistrate agreed.

“In terms of ‘exceptional circumstances’, the matters he has raised fall short,” said the Magistrate. “What is fair and just must also take into account [the victim’s] rights. She came to court on 7 November. She had witnesses available. She gave evidence before me. Evidence of things that were difficult in nature.

“The law applies when you find exceptional circumstances. I haven’t found that in any of the factors. The application for a rehearing is refused.”

As a result of the Magistrate’s decision, the personal safety intervention order remains in place for the remaining portion of the original two years. It prohibits Scicluna from going within five metres of the victim or communicating or publishing any information about her on the internet. It states that he must not stalk her and must not get another person to do anything that is prohibited in the order, among other conditions. Also remaining in place is the Firearm Prohibition Order against Scicluna prohibiting him from “acquiring, possessing, or carrying a firearm or firearm related item”.

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“My other concern is that all these people are paid $800 for participating. We have some other advisory groups where they’re not paid all, and they also contribute a lot.”

Speaking to The News, Mayor Cr Anthony Marsh said he agreed with Allen.

“We have several advisory groups, whether they’re coastal or disability or arts and culture - none of those people are compensated or paid to come and give their advice, they do it out of the goodness of their heart and they want to contribute to the community,” he said.

“Secondly, we use the panel to ask questions on a whole range of issues and sometimes the panelists would not be the most informed or impacted or the best people to ask for these particular things.

“On other things, there’s 170,000 residents. Why should 50 capitalise or monopolise the consultation on these issues?

“Some say it’s a bit anti-democratic. I think we reject that view and say, well, actually, it’s opening it up to a significantly large volume of people compared to just 50.

“My argument would always be to give people the opportunity, if they choose not to participate or give feedback then that’s on them, but we have to give them the right to do so.”

Asked about whether it would be more costly without a citizens’ panel, Marsh said, “I don’t believe that’s the case at all – we consult for all our many issues throughout the year, and this is no different”.

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Heat on Minister to resolve concern over Eagle plan

Brendan Rees brendan@mpews.com.au

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Mayor Anthony Marsh will invite a meeting with Planning Minister Sonia Kilkenny expressing growing community concern over a proposed redevelopment of Arthurs Seat Eagle.

The $25 million plan involves expanding the popular tourist attraction including adding a new observation tower, a pedestrian bridge over Arthurs Seat Rd, a function centre, a luge ride attraction and an “experiential interpretive centre” – all of which would be delivered over three stages.

However, a petition launched by “Save our Seat” last October has warned that Arthurs Seat state park was in “grave danger” if the plans went ahead.

“Private developers are planning a rollercoaster-style luge as part of a massive tourism redevelopment,” the petition, which has garnered 9678 signatures, read.

“This expansion will impact native habitats, interrupt wildlife movement, disturb the tranquillity cherished by locals and visitors, and increase traffic congestion around Arthurs Seat and Dromana.”

As previously reported by The News, Arthurs Seat Eagle CEO Matthew Mulkearns said the masterplan vision resulted from 12 months of extensive research and consultation (Eagle faces uphill journey as community pressure builds, The News 10/12/24).

He said his team had acknowledged specific issues including preserving the natural beauty of the state park, mitigating environmental impacts, managing visitor congestion and reducing fire risks.

But “Save Our Seat” spokesperson Kylie Greer rejected this, saying community members have been left in the dark and would be overwhelmingly opposed to the “vast” development.

The plans, which were submitted to the state government on September 6 last year, will not go through the council’s usual planning procedures as the proposed upgrade has been deemed a “project of significance” under the Victorian planning provisions and therefore qualifies for “State Project” status.

But amid the community backlash, councillors voted unanimously to move a motion at their 18 December meeting for Cr Marsh to write to Kilkenny “expressing council and resident concern with the proposed development”.

The motion also seeks a meeting with the Planning Minister, as well as with Arthurs Seat Eagle proponents and the plans “to facilitate a considered council response to the matter”.

Speaking to The News, Marsh said the motion was in response to “significant community concern being raised with us” particularly in relation to environmental impacts.

He said as the plans were currently with the Planning Minister, the council “can’t actually

have a formal planning position”.

“Obviously we can make resolutions that have a position on it, but not in a planning application sense, because it doesn’t actually come to us.

“We’d like to request a meeting and obviously make sure that that process is a proper one. My understanding is the actual consultation hasn’t opened yet, so it’s early stages, but I guess the council of today decided to flag it early.”

According to council, the ministerial planning processes would allow for a two-week public notice period to review the plans and provide a response.

But the shire’s development services manager David Simon, in shire report, said that a two-week public notice period “is simply not an adequate amount of time to review all material to inform a council position”.

“It is pertinent that the council is given a fair hearing in the assessment of the proposal,” he said in the report published in December.

“Without the details being released to council early and with no engagement from the Planning Minister or proponents – we will only be left with the two-week window as outlined in the statutory processes.

“I do not think this is acceptable given that it is council who will be left to address residual complaints including traffic issues, noise issues and wildlife issues upon project completion –not the Minister.”

Marsh said he and the shire’s planning director and deputy mayor had a meeting with Mulkearns and while he could not “disclose everything they said … our initial conversations are that they’ve engaged with local community, and they have looked to make amendments to their design - whether they’ve published that yet I’m not sure”.

“I’m hoping that it strikes the right balance. We want to make sure there’s tourism and recreation on the peninsula, but it’s got to strike the right balance,” he said.

While he said he could not speak on behalf of Arthurs Seat Eagle, Marsh noted, “It does seem they are trying to tailor the design to accommodate some what they would consider reasonable”.

Arthurs Seat Eagle has established a “community reference group” to “strengthen our community engagement further”.

“This dedicated team will collaborate with residents, businesses, and stakeholders throughout the project, fostering transparency and gathering valuable input,” a statement said on the Arthurs Seat Eagle website.

It also noted feedback from its community consultation session on 3 October would be reviewed “to incorporate these priorities into the upgrade plans, ensuring long-term benefits for the community”.

Arthurs Seat Eagle said it had also reengaged leading ecology experts, undertaken further engineering reports, and “refined aspects of the design” in response to community concerns.

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A RENDER of the proposed redeveloped summit station. Picture: Supplied

Len survives double heart attack

A RYE resident is counting his blessings after surviving not one, but two heart attacks while being treated for a severe infection at Rosebud Hospital.

Len Harrison had been receiving treatment and rehabilitation care after being admitted to hospital in late July last year.

But as things had begun to improve for Harrison in November with his discharge not too far away, the unexpected happened.

For 39 minutes the 70-year-old lay unconscious as doctors and nurses gave chest compressions and rescue breaths to try and save his life.

He was taken to Rosebud Hospital’s emergency department where his pulse returned as medical staff “worked tirelessly to bring him back to consciousness,” the hospital said.

But suddenly without warning he suffered another heart attack.

Luckily staff discovered two arteries connected to Harrison’s heart were blocked, and a swift plan was made to take him to intensive care at Frankston Hospital where he could receive lifesaving medication.

There, he spent two weeks before returning to Rosebud Hospital on 2 December.

Harrison is on the road to recovery at hospital with a focus on regaining strength in his arms as treating teams care for him around the clock.

While Harrison can’t recall the frightful ordeal, he said he “couldn’t believe” he had suffered a heart attack.

“It’s very handy having Rosebud Hospital close by,” he said.

“I was able to access care close to

home before I experienced my heart attack.”

Rosebud Hospital’s nurse unit manager of the Hillview Ward said, “the incident really highlighted the collaboration that Rosebud Hospital provides with care that you don’t see anywhere else”.

Harrison wanted to share his story after accepting to be the face of Rose-

bud Hospital’s “The FEB 50 Challenge” to raise funds for the hospital so it can continue its good work in the community.

Participants can walk, run or ride 50kms during the month of February. Sign up or donate to Rosebud Hospital at www.feb50challenge.org

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The Angel comes home to Tyabb

IN the early 1970s a group of Peninsula Aero Club members, led by Dr. Tom Ready and Bill Vowell, envisioned a future where medical emergencies, no matter how remote, could be swiftly addressed.

The roads from the Peninsula at the time were basic. An ambulance ride to a Melbourne hospital was long and arduous. It could make the difference between saving a limb, rescuing a life, or saving a mother and baby from a difficult birth.

Their dream was to transform the way medical aid was delivered, and it would take the form of a pioneering helicopter ambulance service: the Angel of Mercy.

They established the Angel of Mercy in 1970, a groundbreaking air ambulance service operating out of Tyabb Airport. It was the first civil helicopter ambulance service in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Angel of Mercy’s inaugural flight marked

a significant milestone in Australian medical history.

A Hughes 300 helicopter, registered VH-BAG, took to the skies, carrying hope and healing to those in need.

However, the true game-changer arrived on the 1st March 1971 with the introduction of a Bell 206, VH-AAL, a more powerful and versatile helicopter capable of reaching even the most remote locations more swiftly and with a higher payload.

Highly skilled pilots like Bob Turner, Bill English, Leigh Hornsby and John Sonneveld played a crucial role in the service’s success. They were all acknowledged on Saturday 18 January when the Angel of Mercy memorial was officially dedicated at Tyabb Airport.

A big crowd gathered for the free open day with live music from The Catalina Cruisers and a free sausage BBQ lunch.

MOUNT Martha Community Centre Inc has been named in a Supreme Court of Victoria statement of claim.

Shire community centre named in abuse lawsuit

Brodie Cowburn brodie@mpews.com.au

A MAN who alleges he was sexually abused by a police officer at Camp Manyung in Mount Eliza has begun legal action.

A statement of claim has been filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria naming the Mount Martha Community Centre Inc and the State of Victoria (Victoria Police) as defendants. The victim alleges he was eight-years-old when he was raped by a Victoria Police officer at a school camp sometime between 2002 and 2003.

The victim was a student at the Mount Martha House Community Centre School when the alleged assault occurred. The statement of claim reads the school and Victoria Police had arranged for students to participate in the youth camp run by the Victoria Police at Camp Manyung.

The victim does not remember the identity of his alleged attacker. Shine Lawyers abuse law associate Alyssa Lewis said “our client alleges he suffered horrific sexual abuse at the hands of a police officer - somebody he looked up to and who held the ultimate

position of power over a young child.”

“This abuse has had a devastating impact on our client. He has spent decades working to manage the trauma he’s endured, and will likely be doing so for the rest of his life,” she said.

“I’d urge anybody who attended Camp Manyung in the early 2000s or anybody who has information regarding abuse at the camp to get in touch and help our investigation. Every piece of information can be helpful and will assist us in getting justice for our client.”

The victim alleges he suffered physical injuries, PTSD, trauma symptoms, and major depression. He is seeking damages, interest, and costs.

The statement of claim alleges that Mount Martha Community Centre Inc is responsible for “sending the plaintiff to a camp where he would be unsupervised by the First Defendant [Mount Martha Community Centre Inc] and around adults unknown to the First Defendant” and “failing to detect and failing to have any system in place for detecting, preventing and/or stopping sexual abuse of students on the camp”.

Mount Martha Community Centre is currently managed by the Mornington Peninsula Shire - the shire and Victoria Police each declined to comment.

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LEN Harrison recovers at Rosebud Hospital. Picture: Supplied

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Opera star comes to the peninsula

is set to make her way to the peninsula as part of exclusive Australian concert to be held at the picturesque Pt. Leo Estate.

The UK-based opera sensation will perform in a concert titled ‘One Enchanted Evening’ on 1 March from 6pm-11pm as part of the Australian Contemporary Opera Co (ACOCO) Festival of Contemporary Opera and Song. The event, which is open to just 150 guests, will also involve a black-tie gala dinner, which promises to be an unforgettable experience that will be set against the backdrop of Western Port Bay with cuisine by culinary

director Josep Espuga and fine wines from Pt. Leo Estate’s acclaimed cellars.

De Niese will also perform in a festival showcase concert on 2 March from 2.30pm-4pm at Pt. Leo Estate.

To celebrate the occasion, a promotional pop-up performance with prominent artists was held at Pt. Leo Estate’s iconic sculpture park on 11 January.

“I am very excited to return to my home country of Australia to do two special concert appearances with Australian Contemporary Opera Company at the beautiful Pt. Leo Estate,” de Niese said.

“Throughout my career, one of

my most important goals, which I have always prioritised, has been to seek ways to broaden and connect successive generations of musicians and music lovers to this very special living and evolving art form.

“The work of ACOCO is central to this and I am delighted to be able to visit Melbourne as ambassador to highlight their work and encourage the future development of the company.”

Pt. Leo Estate general manager and chair of the Mornington Peninsula Regional Tourism Board Roger Lancia said, “This gala epitomises the pinnacle of cultural experiences”.

Councillor calls for ban on developer donations

Brendan Rees brendan@mpews.com.au

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that “ban all donations” from property developers, gambling businesses and politicians to local government election candidates.

Cr Gill will make the call when he moves a motion at the council meeting on 28 January, as well as setting a state cap of $500 for all other donations.

He will also ask that disclosures “be in real time as donated up to election day results” and include the time councillors are sworn in and “that all donations to councillors be banned from the time of being sworn in”.

Gill will also propose that a local government donor register is set up statewide “as soon as possible” so all donations “can be tracked by name and not just by company or any other mechanism that may conceal knowledge about the donor”.

The move comes as just over $30,000 was donated to four Mornington Peninsula Shire candidates, including two who were elected, by a private organisation called the Friends of the Peninsula, which has listed as its director property developer Ari Lakman, according to records from the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.

Lakman is a co-director of residential development group Valli DM Pty

Ltd. The company has projects in East Melbourne, Collingwood and Brunswick, but it is understood they have made no public plans on the Mornington Peninsula.

Friends of the Peninsula gave donations to newly elected councillors Cam Williams ($5055.16) and Bruce Ranken ($7136.12) while the unsuccessful candidates Peter Clarke and Susan Bissinger received $14,065.72 and $8873.31 respectively.

The News is not suggesting any wrongdoing from the councillors, only that Gill is calling for the practice to be banned.

There is also no information known about the Friends of the Peninsula including what their group hopes to achieve. A website appears to be unavailable.

Gill will also move a lobbying notice motion at the same meeting that asks the state government to develop a “compulsory lobbying policy” for the local government sector.

He wants this to provide mandatory regulations for council officers and councillors that must be followed to help “ensure transparency and accountability in decision making”.

Furthermore, Gill, who has moved similar motions of lobbying and donations several times in the past, will call for the Municipal Association of Victoria to follow up the request of a compulsory lobbying policy with the state government “either directly or through a general assembly motion”.

WORLD renowned soprano Danielle de Niese

PERFORMERS at Pt Leo Estate. Picture: Gary Sissons

Fisheries officers out on patrol

OFFICERS from the Victorian Fisheries Authority’s (VFA) Mornington station are reminding anglers to abide by size and bag limits of catching fish after officers issued several infringements.

“Fisheries Officers have been conducting regular engagements on land and on water throughout the Mornington area over summer,” the VFA’s acting CEO Luke O’Sullivan said.

“They’ve been pleased to find most people doing the right thing, abiding by size and bag limits and looking after fisheries for future generations,” he said.

“However, some fishers have been issued with infringement notices for exceeding catch limits and taking undersize fish.”

O’Sullivan said officers from Mornington station patrolled a vast area, from bayside suburbs like Carrum to the western shore of Western Port and inland at places like Casey Fields Lake and Devilbend Reservoir.

“Officers will continue to educate fishers regarding fishing rules for priority species like snapper, King George whiting and abalone as

well as the need to wear lifejackets when rock fishing between Point Nepean and West Head at Flinders,” he said.

The VFA said popular fishing destinations like Mornington Pier were regularly patrolled, while officers also undertook inspections by boat, jet ski and diving.

It is currently abalone open season on weekends and public holidays until the end of April around Port Phillip, with the VFA noting “plenty of fishers collecting these prized seafood delicacy”.

“Abalone in these waters have a daily bag limit of 5 per person,” it said.

“The peninsula offers a variety of fishing experiences and is still seeing good fishing for snapper, calamari and whiting, with kingfish season just around the corner for boat-based fishers heading out through Port Phillip Heads.”

For all size and bag limit information, download the free VicFishing app or pick up a free recreational fishing guide from a nearby tackle shop.

Brendan Rees

Dromana gears up for Australia Day

DROMANA is set to celebrate a milestone as it prepares for the 20th anniversary of its popular Australia Day community celebration on 26 January.

The event will see 30 local groups including service clubs, schools, churches and sporting teams come together at the Dromana foreshore.

Everyone is welcome to attend the free event from 8.30am to 1.30pm to “acknowledge our nation and all of the things we love about Australia,” Dromana Australia Day committee president Ray Robertson said.

Robertson said the committee, which organised the annual event, was a group of 22 unpaid local volunteers who are passionate about Australia. This year he said close to 250 volunteers would join them to help with the event.

“The committee has planned a great day of entertainment, amusements, presentations, displays and give-aways and a crowd of several thousand locals and visitors is expected,” he said, adding there were activities for all ages and backgrounds.

on stage including “80’s On the Edge” and children’s entertainer “Charlie Silly Pants”.

A free community breakfast will be held between 8.30am and 10.30am.

The formal part of the event begins at 10.45am, featuring a march past, fly-over, flag-raising, anthem singing and an Australia Day address by the committee’s ambassador, Caitlin Parker, a Paris Olympics bronze medallist and the first Australian female boxer to win an Olympic medal. Community Awards will be presented during the morning.

Audiences will also enjoy live entertainment

“The Dromana event is fully inclusive, and everyone is welcome and respected. We all come from different backgrounds and cultures, ranging from our First Nations people to our newest migrants,” Robertson said.

Dromana’s Australia Day celebrations began 20 years ago when Lions Club of Dromana members cooked a barbecue for visitors and locals on the Dromana foreshore.

“Little did they know that 20 years later the event would grow into one of the district’s major attractions and currently the holder of the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Community Event of the Year Award,” Robertson said.

Picture: Yanni

Builder’s fury over ‘unfair’ parking fines

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A BUILDER is voicing his frustration after six tradesmen working on building his home in Crib Point were slapped with fines for parking on the nature strip, despite the narrowness of the road.

Sam Goodes said there was limited parking space available in Hamilton St without compromising safety and traffic flow.

Goodes said while he did not personally receive a fine, six of his co-workers did, including two apprentices about 12.30pm on 21 November. Each fine was $119, which Goodes believed was nothing short of a “revenue raising exercise” by the Mornington Peninsula Shire.

Among those fined included a landscaper who had just returned to work following five months of recovering from an injury which had put his family under financial hardship.

While Goodes understood it was illegal to park on a nature strip, he said the workers did so to not only ensure traffic flow wasn’t impacted but also for the safety of his workers who were frequently going back and forth to their vehicles.

“There were about 12 people onsite with a 20-metre frontage at the front of my home. My truck and trailer are about 10 metres long, so it’s not possible in the area that we’ve been penalised to not block the road, which is no wider than four metres” he said.

“It’s basically a little narrow street

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so we’ve basically parked as best as we can,” he said.

He said some vehicles were parked on his neighbour’s nature strips, but maintained they were not causing a hazard, and he would have addressed any concerns raised immediately.

“Times these days are hard enough as it is, we don’t need our own council fining us for s*** like that,” he said.

“Common sense has got to come into it. I understand if it’s a main road in Frankston where everyone’s parked

on the footpath, and it’s blocked.

“But we don’t even have a footpath in Hamilton St and there is just not enough space to park properly while ensuring safety to workers and people attending the site. Standing on the road and collecting tools is unsafe.”

Goodes said he posted the issue to Facebook which prompted several concerns from locals in Somerville and Hastings about unfair parking fines, particularly on weekends.

“Other people have been fined for parking in their driveway where their

bull bars or front wheels are hanging out on the footpath,” he said.

“Someone has to just step sideways to get around it. It’s just ridiculous.”

Goodes said he sent an email to the shire outlining his concerns and asked that the parking fines be revoked to which he did not receive a response.

In a statement to The News, the shire said the vehicles were parked illegally on the nature strip in Hamilton St after “several complaints” were made.

“Officers patrolled the area and

found several vehicles illegally parked and so infringements were issued,” it said.

“Council’s parking officers are there to ensure people comply with parking regulations, for the benefit of everyone in our community. Some patrols are proactive, but others are in response to complaints.”

The shire said everyone had the right to appeal an infringement

Goodes said his co-workers were considering appealing the fines.

Discover your next adventure at Geelong’s Travel and World Cruise Expo

GEELONG Travel’s highly anticipated Travel and World Cruise Expo returns to Geelong on Sunday, February 2, at GMHBA Stadium.

The annual event promises to be packed with fantastic holiday ideas, exclusive travel deals and expert advice – all with free entry.

With more than 25 engaging travel presentations covering everything from luxury ocean and river cruises to outback Aussie adventures, this expo is your one-stop destination for travel planning.

It’s your chance to meet representatives from the world’s top travel companies, who are ready to help you design your dream itinerary and secure exclusive offers.

Among the expo guests will be celebrity chef Gabriel Gate who will serve up a French cooking demonstration and highlights of Scenic Tour’s luxury European river cruises.

Stuart Coffield, who heads up the family-owned and operated Geelong Travel company, says the popular event’s winning attraction is its lineup of expert travellers.

“We don’t have people reading from brochures or clicking on YouTube links. You get to talk to people who have been on the tours and have real experience – their presentations are amazing,” Mr Coffield said.

Geelong Travel’s 20 experienced team members will be on hand to help expo visitors with enquiries and bookings. And there’s a travel experience to suit everyone. Among the exciting presentations will be:

n The Ghan & Indian Pacific –

Australia’s Great Rail Journeys

n The wonders of Canada and Alaska with APT & Travelmarvel

n Explore the new world of Viking’s Ocean, Rivers & Expeditions

n Trafalgar’s Tour Differently – the experts, the icons, and hidden secrets of travelling with ease.

n Bucket list adventures including The Kimberley, Africa, South America & Asia with APT and Travelmarvel.

n Must-see places and Immersive cultural experiences throughout Asia and beyond with Wendy Wu.

n Travelling to Antarctica and the Arctic with Quark Expeditions

n New Zealand coach tours with Grand Pacific Tours.

n Small group 4WD expeditions throughout Australia with Outback Spirit.

Don’t miss the chance to make your ultimate travel plans a reality!

Visit the Travel & Cruise World Expo on Sunday, February 2 at GMHBA Stadium, Geelong from 10am – 4pm.

To register, visit geelongtravel.com. au, or call the friendly Geelong Travel team on 5244 3666.

SAM Goodes in Hamilton St, Crib Point, showing what access is like on the street if not parked on the nature strips.

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6 Angela Court RYE

Superb architect-designed home

BUILT in 1972 and boasting superb design by renowned, award-winning architect Gregory Burgess, this elevated home on a quiet hillside street enjoys a sublime combination of natural light and cross breezes. It’s also cleverly configured to take in stunning bay vistas from the main deck, living areas and bedrooms, across both levels.

In a peaceful location with shops, cafés, beautiful beaches and freeway access

HOME ESSENTIALS

all close by, the property includes ample off street parking and huge under house storage. It also boasts a generous rear yard with views of Arthurs Seat and a landscaped front garden.

Each floor can be occupied separately, making it ideal for multi-generational living or to generate income, or could be blended to provide a 4-bedroom 3-bathroom home with dual living/dining and large decked alfresco.

Upper Level

- Large sun-drenched lounge/dining and wide front deck, ideal for soaking in bay views

- Chic timber kitchen with island bench and quality appliances

- Reverse cycle air conditioner

- Natural wood fire

- Light filled hallway to 2BR’s both featuring BIRs and offering scenic views of the hillside and bay.

ADDRESS: 39 Matthew Street, McCrae FOR SALE: $1,100,000 - $1,200,000 DESCRIPTION: 4 bed, 3 bath, 3 car, 1515m2 AGENT: Grant McConnell - 0407 515 078, Belle Dromana, 215 Point Nepean Rd, Dromana (03) 5987 1999

- Bathroom with bath and vanity, separate shower room with vanity, separate toilet Lower Level

- Self-contained private level has kitchenette, meals area and lounge, with deck and bay views

- Own parking and separate entrance

- 2 bedrooms with BIRs

- Shower room with vanity and separate toilet.n

3 2 2

This contemporary, stylish, and thoughtfully designed two-storey townhouse offers the ultimate in modern coastal living.

Featuring three bedrooms, two bathrooms with its own street frontage. The home also offers two living areas, and a double garage - with rear roller door for backyard access, perfectly combining low-maintenance ease with sophisticated comfort.

Ideally located near the Mornington

For Sale

$1,390,000 - $1,460,000

beachfront and vibrant Main Street cafes, it provides a lifestyle of convenience and leisure.

Upon entry, the large foyer welcomes you with abundant natural light that complements the seaside environment. The spacious open-plan living and dining area boasts stunning flooring and opens through sliding glass doors to a private, low-maintenance garden. The gourmet kitchen is a standout, equipped with a stone island bench, breakfast bar, Blanco

oven, and stainless steel dishwasher. The main bedroom, situated on the ground floor, offers convenience and luxury with ample built-in robes and a fully tiled ensuite. Upstairs, two additional bedrooms with built-in robes are accompanied by a light and spacious second living area that opens onto a broad balcony, perfect for relaxing or entertaining. The upper level is completed by a fully tiled central bathroom with a bath and separate toilet.

This property is comprehensively appointed with a double remote garage featuring internal access and a rear roller door to the garden, additional off-street parking, a spacious laundry, three reverse-cycle air conditioning units, ducted vacuum, double-glazed windows, and understair storage. Offering a seamless blend of style, comfort, and practicality, this home is perfectly positioned to enjoy the best of Mornington’s lifestyle attractions.

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Tyrone serenity - 400 metres to the Bay

Discover your dream coastal retreat where modern comfort meets relaxed seaside living. Positioned just 400 metres from the renowned Tyrone Beach, this inviting home offers a rare opportunity to embrace the best of the Mornington Peninsula lifestyle.

Tucked away in a peaceful and private tree lined street, this property promises serenity and effortless living from the moment you arrive. Set on a flat, sunlit block, the home’s contemporary design blends seamlessly with

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its natural surrounds, featuring warm tones and quality finishes.

Thoughtfully crafted for easy indoor outdoor living, the heart of the home opens to a beautiful undercover alfresco area that also connects effortlessly to the master suite, dining room, and kitchen. Overlooking a landscaped native garden, this space is perfect for year round entertaining or simply unwinding after a day by the beach. The interiors are bathed in natural light,

enhanced by the warmth of timber floors throughout the open plan kitchen, dining, and living areas. The kitchen boasts a gas cooktop, an electric wall oven, and plenty of space for culinary creations. The master bedroom features robes and a private ensuite, while two additional bedrooms are serviced by a stylish family bathroom, ensuring comfort for family and guests alike.

Additional features include ducted heating, garden shed, and a convenient drive through

ADDRESS: 23 Edgar Street, Rye FOR SALE: $1,185,000 - $1,265,000 DESCRIPTION: 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car, 680m² AGENT: Sam Crowder - 0403 893 724, Crowders Real Estate, Shop 6, 2217 Point Nepean Road, Rye, (03) 5983 3038

area ideal for storing a boat or jet ski. Just a short drive to the vibrant hubs of Rye and Blairgowrie, you’ll enjoy easy access to local breweries, renowned golf courses, and luxurious day spas.

Whether you’re downsizing, investing, or seeking the ultimate holiday escape, this property offers an unparalleled coastal lifestyle. Don’t miss your chance to secure your slice of paradise in this highly sought after position.n

HIRING

We currently have two professional sales positions that need to be filled by motivated hard-working entrepreneurial people. Due to our continuing growth, we currently have 4,000 valued clients in our database that need personalized service. Positions available require a diligent work ethic to service the needs of local homeowners and investors.

The roles offer administrative team support, director mentoring and corporate training with Victoria‘s leading real estate franchise to the willing candidate. Everything needed for a customer service or sales professional to

hit the ground running in this exciting and fast paced industry

If you’d like to work in a professional environment with a supportive and friendly culture to bring out your best contact Craig Leo on 0412 502 938 or send him an email at craig.leo@barryplant.com.au.

We’re on the hunt for passionate and driven individuals to join our real estate dream team! If you have a love for homes and a knack for sales, let’s chat. Your new journey starts here!

Set on approx. 600m2 in beachside Rosebud comes this fantastic opportunity with a property offering 2 street frontages. Flexible floorplan - 2 Bedroom, 2 Living or 3rd Bedroom. Featuring polished, timber floors, new carpet and a renovated kitchen this home is also ideal for the first home buyer, holiday maker or developer.

Within an easy amble to the Rosebud Plaza, local shops and eateries, and less than 1 km stroll to the pristine foreshore is this immaculately maintained unit in the highly sought after ‘golden triangle’ of Rosebud. Being one of two separately titled on the allotment with no body corporate, the residence is larger than expected, offering ample space.

Just steps from the serene shores of Port Phillip Bay, this classic 70’s villa is your gateway to an unbeatable beachside lifestyle. Offering charm, convenience, and endless potential, this property is perfectly positioned for those seeking tranquility while staying connected to Rye’s vibrant heart. Solid bones, a sought-after location, and endless potential to make it your own.

If you’re looking for a modern, single-level home of approximately 21 squares in a fantastic location, set behind a high, secure front fence with no body corporate, then this is the one. This open-plan residence features high ceilings, three bedrooms (the main with an en-suite and walkin closet), and a fully equipped kitchen.

Modern

villa in prime location

Price Guide: $690,000 to $740,000

Craig Leo 0412 502 938

Leo 0438 901 603

Nestled in a peaceful street and just a short stroll from the Dromana and Safety Beach foreshore and Dromana village, this stylish three-bedroom, single-level villa offers the perfect combination of modern living and convenience. Privately positioned at the rear of the block, the property also offers a delightful outdoor entertaining area, perfect for soaking up the coastal ambiance. The

Discover the perfect blend of convenience and beachside living with this stunning townhouse, just 100m from the sparkling shores of Capel Sound. Step inside and be greeted by a sunlit, openplan kitchen, living, and dining area, seamlessly flowing to a private courtyard. Practicality is key, with under-stair storage, a convenient powder room, and internal access from the garage.

Located in a tree-lined street, approximately 500 meters from the McCrae foreshore, McCrae Plaza, and adjacent to Woodvale Reserve, is this modern three-bedroom townhouse. Featuring three generous robed bedrooms, including a main with an ensuite, this home offers executivestyle living in a fantastic location.

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39 Matthew Street, McCrae.

Superbly designed by renowned architect Gregory Burgess, this elevated hillside home has been cleverly configured for natural light, cross breezes and stunning bay vistas. With large living zone and wide front deck, plus self-contained ground floor for multi-gen living/rental. Totalling 4BRs, 3 bathrooms, and set peacefully near shops, cafés, beaches, freeway.

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- $1,200,000

20 Lyon Street, Rosebud . 4 a 2 b 1 v 612 r

Charming seaside retreat with studio

This fantastic family home or seaside getaway radiates modern rustic charm, with delightful indoor/outdoor entertaining spaces perfect for making new memories, plus 3BRs and a beautiful garden studio, ideal for extra guests or multi-gen living. Relax in the front alfresco with pizza oven and fireplace, and enjoy peace and privacy in droughttolerant gardens with fruit trees. Walk to beach and shops.

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AUCTION THIS SATURDAY 25 Jan 2.00pm

Guide $690,000 - $750,000

Effortless freestanding parkside residence

Enjoy peaceful park surroundings opposite this exceptional 3bedroom, 2-bathroom standalone town home. Designed with zoned living, it boasts a downstairs main suite, sunlit north-facing living and dining with a galley kitchen, a covered alfresco courtyard, an upstairs retreat, and a double garage. Steps from Rosebud Plaza, medical facilities, buses, and the beach.

belleproperty.com

- $820,000

Glendale Grove, McCrae. 2 a 1 b 898 r

Large block for new home or townhouses

Presenting a great opportunity for developers or owner-occupiers, this large corner block with original cottage provides approx. 898sqm close to the beach. Construct 2 or more townhouses for investment or create your own new home (STCA). Around 1km walk to the beach and McCrae Plaza, near cafés, schools, local amenities and nearby freeway access

belleproperty.com

THIS SUNDAY 26 Jan 3.30pm

Guide

- $660,000

7 Burton Street, Dromana .

Hidden gem with sparkling bay views

Delightful family home in a serene location, offering stunning bay views from the front balcony and expansive kitchen, along with versatile living and dining areas. Includes large master bedroom with ensuite and huge WIR, 2nd bedroom with bay views, bathroom, laundry. Tranquil garden with patio for BBQs, relaxing with bay views. Minutes’ drive to Dromana and McCrae villages and gorgeous beaches.

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- $1,900,000

59

Besgrove Street, Rosebud

. 3 a 2 b 2 v 687

Retro parkside radiance

Opposite Olympic Park Recreation Reserve on a 687m2 approx. corner block, this light filled single level home has a cool coastal vibe that’s in tune with its locale. Raked timber ceilings add to the relaxed atmosphere & clerestory windows feed in light from the north to this cheery home with its open plan living & dining, classic neutral kitchen, covered alfresco patio & double garage via Lambert Court.

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AUCTION THIS SUNDAY 26 Jan 11.00am

Guide $650,000 - $715,000

6 Hillman Avenue, McCrae.

A garden escape with elevated bay views Enjoying beautiful bay views over leafy treetops, this mid-century coastal style 4-bedroom 2-bathroom home is nestled amidst 872 sqm approx. of flourishing fruit gardens. Reversing the floorplan to capture the magical vistas, this blissful home features a superb wrap around deck, a light filled living and dining area, a separate downstairs bedroom and a deep double carport.

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10 Lyndon Drive, Rosebud .

2 Charles Street, McCrae.

A lifestyle position with great options Secure this prime 743sqm (approx.) site in a sought-after location, with plans for a 3-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom single-level home. The level block offers flexibility to design your dream home or use the existing plans, featuring 2 living zones, a double garage, and a gym. Customize finishes to make it your own. Just a short walk to McCrae Beach, the plaza, and local amenities.

belleproperty.com

Auction Sat 1 Feb 11.00am

Guide $1,100,000 - $1,200,000

8 Timara Court, McCrae.

Magnificent bay views on 1,917sqm approx.

Backing onto Arthurs Seat State Park in this exclusive cul de sac, this elevated home is pure peninsula gold. Spectacular with its panoramic bay views that meet the natural beauty of the state park, ‘Battersea’ is a rare find of a level building parcel offering the potential to renovate the existing home or build a luxury new masterpiece conducive to the surrounds. Metres to the Two Bays Trail leading to the beach.

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Safety Beach

307-309 Dromana Parade

4 a 2 b 3 v 2788 r

Discover the rare potential in this 2,788m2 dual titled property. Solid 1978-built 3BR + study, 2.5bath home with bay glimpses, offering options for renovation, a new rear build, or full redevelopment utilizing GRZ1 Zone(stca). Extremely unique opportunity for luxury living or investment.

Linda Wooley | 0408 148 041 Jarrod Eastwood | 0403 983 310

belleproperty.com

Dromana

2B McArthur Street

THIS SATURDAY 25 Jan 2.00pm

$2,900,000 - $3,190,000

Dromana

5 George Street

Discover endless possibilities with this expansive block, offering a blank slate for visionary development or multi-dwelling potential (STCA). Just a short stroll from the pristine shores of Dromana Beach, & conveniently close to Dromana Shopping Village & Dromana Primary School.

Adam Alexander | 0438 157 025 Steve Edmund | 0419 396 976

This beautifully presented beachside home boasts stunning treetop views of the bay. With high ceilings, spacious interiors, and landscaped grounds, it's ideal for family living or a seaside getaway. Peacefully located just 500m from the beach, close to shops & cafés.

Steve Edmund | 0419 396 976 Grant McConnell | 0407 515 078

- $1,320,000

Dromana

$1,380,000 - $1,510,000

- $715,000 4/49 Seacombe Street

Peacefully set at the rear of a small, gated community, this spacious, sunlit unit is beautifullypresented with open-plan living spaces that flow seamlessly to a neat courtyard, perfect for entertaining. Ideal for starters, families, downsizers, around 500m to the beach. Near shops & schools.

Grant McConnell | 0407 515 078 Carol Charkas | 0401 003 020 2 a 2 b 2 v 245 r belleproperty.com

A perfect fusion of coastal charm, comfort and breathtaking views

WELCOME to your coastal sanctuary in Rye, a stunning property offering 3/4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and ample space to meet all your needs.

Set on a generous 1059m² parcel of land this home boasts an extraordinary outlook with Bay glimpses, creating a sense of tranquility.

Blending Hamptons charm with coastal elegance, this property offers the ultimate lifestyle by the sea.

Stepping inside reveals a spacious and

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light-filled home with expansive views that immediately captivate. The main living area is positioned on the upper level, where the home opens to stunning vistas of the bay.

The spacious main bedroom is a true retreat, featuring a luxurious ensuite and breathtaking views, making it the perfect place to start and end your day. Both bathrooms are beautifully renovated with contemporary finishes.

The open-plan kitchen, dining, and family areas are designed to embrace the beauty

of the natural surroundings. Large windows frame the remarkable outlook, allowing light to flood the space and offering seamless indoor-outdoor living. The kitchen is equipped with modern appliances and ample storage, while the dining and family areas create a welcoming space for relaxation and entertaining.

Step out onto the large deck, ideal for enjoying summer sunshine or cozying up next to the wood fire in winter, all while taking in

the peaceful views.

Downstairs, a self-contained studio offers additional flexibility and privacy. Whether used as a guest retreat, home office, or creative space, the studio provides valuable versatility.

The property also features a multi-purpose bungalow located at the rear, perfect for a home office, teenager’s retreat, or private studio, and a large shed offering ample storage for vehicles or a boat.n

The Guide

TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK

FRIDAY SILENT WITNESS

ABC TV, 8.30pm

THURSDAY THE DARKNESS

SBS, 9.30pm

This grim but engrossing Nordic noir series is essential viewing. Set in Iceland and with the backdrop of a refugee crisis taking place in the country, DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir (Lena Olin) and partner Lukas (Jack Bannon) must investigate a kidnapping, with only a vague description from the kidnapped woman’s son to go on. However, it’s not long before they realise this crime is inextricably linked to another recent case, as a sordid web of intrigue in Reykjavík grows ever deeper.

Debuting all the way back in 1996, this venerable British crime drama returns with its 27th edition tonight.

Longtime star Emilia Fox, who has now been with the show for 20 seasons, is back as forensic pathologist Dr Nikki Alexander, who, to nobody’s surprise, is tasked with investigating another grisly murder. Nikki and colleague Jack Hodgson (David Caves) are called in when a body is found with all the hallmarks of being an infamous serial killer’s latest victim.

Thursday, January 23

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SATURDAY

AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2025

ABC TV, 7.30pm

From the visionaries transforming lives through science and medicine to dedicated athletes whose resilience inspires the nation, pioneers of sustainability and everyday legends making their communities stronger, the best and brightest among us are celebrated tonight in Canberra. Host Leigh Sales is on hand to recognise the incredible achievements of the nominees and the causes they champion before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces the winners.

MONDAY MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT NINE, 7.30pm

As the dulcet tones of the summer’s tennis and cricket commentators fade away, the chime of wedding bells rings in living rooms across the country. Yes, it’s MAFS time again. The most polarising show on TV is back, promising bombshells, instant sparks and explosive moments from the outset in this 12th season. Having been matched by experts John Aiken, Mel Schilling and

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NINE (9) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Eat The Invaders. (PG, R) 10.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Kumi’s Japan. (R) 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 3.30 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads: Theodore, Queensland. (PG) Guest presented by Anna Daniels.

8.30 Long Lost Family. (PG) Hosted by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell.

9.20 Grand Designs: Canterbury. (R) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

10.05 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R)

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.55 Escaping Utopia. (R) 11.55 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 12.45 Long Lost Family. (R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.25 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 World’s Most Amazing Festivals. (PGa, R) 10.10 Confucius Was A Foodie. (R) 11.05 Great Canal Journeys. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Great Australian Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 3.05 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.10 Destination Flavour China. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.10 Britain By Beach. (Final, PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Outback Adventures In Western Australia. Takes a look at Western Australia.

8.30 Silk Road From Above. (R) The aerial journey continues.

9.30 The Darkness. (Malv) Elena is kidnapped by Katya’s killer.

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Divided We Stand. (Premiere, Mal)

12.45 Blanca. (Madlv, R) 2.45 Home Is Where

The Art Is. (R) 3.35 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 4.25 Peer To Peer. (PG, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven Noon News. 1.00 MOVIE: Morning Show Mysteries: Countdown To Murder. (2019, PGav) Holly Robinson Peete. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 10.30 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. 11.30 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 12. 3.30 Tennis. Australian Open. Afternoon 12. 4.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) Hosted by Todd Woodbridge.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Twenty20 International Series. Australia v England. Game 2. From Manuka Oval, Canberra. 10.30 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin. A deep dive into the world of cricket. 11.15 Pam & Tommy. (MA15+adls) Tommy confronts Rand. 12.15 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Men’s. Stage 3. Highlights. 1.15 Black-ish. (PGa, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 12. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Late night 12. 12.00 New Amsterdam. (MA15+am, R) Max and Wilder face a dilemma.

1.00 First On Scene. (MA15+) Documents stories behind the headlines.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) Religious program.

4.30 GolfBarons. (PG, R) A panel of experts discusses golf.

5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

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6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin. 9.00 The Graham Norton Show. (Mls) Graham Norton is joined on the couch by guests Daniel Craig, Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin and Nicola Coughlan. 10.10 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 10.35 The Project. (R) 11.35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

Friday, January 24

ABC (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30

Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 The Newsreader. (Mal, R) 3.00 Forever Summer With Nigella. (R) 3.25 Grand Designs. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Monty Don’s History Of The British Garden: The 19th Century. (R) Presented by Monty Don. 8.30 Silent Witness. (Return, Mal) Nikki and Jack investigate a murder bearing all the hallmarks of a notorious serial killer.

10.20 Live At The Malthouse. (Mal, R)

A stand-up comedy performance.

11.25 ABC Late News.

11.40 Grand Designs: Wyre Forest. (R)

12.30 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R)

1.15 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv)

5.00 Rage. (PG)

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 World’s Most Amazing Festivals. (PGav, R) 10.10 Confucius Was A Foodie. (Ma, R) 11.05 Great Canal Journeys. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Great Australian Railway Journeys. (R) 3.05 Destination Flavour China. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.05 End Of The World: The Mayans. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven Noon News. 1.00 MOVIE: Morning Show Mysteries: Death By Design. (2019, PGav) Holly Robinson Peete. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 MOVIE: The Goldfinch. (2019, Madlv, R) A young boy steals a painting from a museum. Ansel Elgort, Nicole Kidman.

10.10 The Day The Rock Star Died: Michael Hutchence. (Ma) Takes a look at Michael Hutchence. 10.40 SBS World News Late. 11.10 De Gaulle. (PG) 12.10 Kin. (MA15+l, R) 2.55 Home Is Where The Art Is. (PG, R) 3.45 Peer To Peer. (PG, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. The Challenger. 10.30 Big Bash League Post-Game. Post-match coverage of The Challenger. 11.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (R) Johanna Griggs learns pickling. Adam Dovile and Melissa King explore Singapore’s greenery. 12.30 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Men’s. Stage 4. Highlights. 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R) Hosted by Greg Grainger. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer. 5.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

6.00 Today. The latest in news and current affairs. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) A mix of topical issues. 11.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Hosted by Tony Jones. 12.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 13. 4.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Afternoon 13.

6.00 9News. 7.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Hosted by Tony Jones. 7.30 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 13. 11.00 MOVIE: Those Who Wish Me Dead. (2021, MA15+lv, R) A survival expert tries to save a teenage boy. Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult. 1.00 Customs. (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 Drive TV. (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 MOVIE: Catch Me If You Can. (2002, Mls, R) An FBI agent spends years chasing a young con man who amasses millions in fraudulent cheques. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken. 10.20 10’s Late News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport and weather. 10.45 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 11.50 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning

Programs. 1.40pm Question Team. 2.35 Scandinavian Star. 3.45 Uncovering Incels. (Final) 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.50 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Love And Sex In China. 9.40 Secrets Of Penthouse. 10.30 Homeland. 1.15am MOVIE: Subjects Of Desire. (2021, MA15+) 3.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Faboriginal. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Waabiny Time. 3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. 4.05 Cities Of Gold. 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.15 Harlem Globetrotters. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Inside The Pack. 7.30 MOVIE: Storm Boy. (1976, PG) 9.05 MOVIE: You Can Go Now. (2022, M) 10.35 MOVIE: Tudawali. (1987, M) 12.10am Late Programs. NITV (34)

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.20pm Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Teen Titans Go! 8.00 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 8.25 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.50 Robot Wars. 9.50 Doctor Who. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 8.00 The Cup. (2011, PG) 10.00 The Glorias. (2020, M) 12.40pm Down With Love. (2003, M) 2.40 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 4.30 Skies Of Lebanon. (2020, PG, Italian) 6.15 All Roads Lead To Rome. (2015, PG) 7.55 Man Up. (2015, M) 9.30 Mother Couch. (2023) 11.30 Almost Legends. (2017, MA15+, Spanish) 1.40am Late Programs.

Saturday, January 25

ABC TV (2)

6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Breaky. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 News. 12.30 Beyond Paradise. (R) 1.25 Miriam Margolyes In New Zealand. (Final, Ml, R) 2.25 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 3.10 Croc Watch. (PG, R) 3.55 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen. (Final, PG, R) 4.55 Eat The Invaders. (PG, R) 5.30 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. (R) 5.55 Hear Me Out: Australia Day. (Ml, R)

6.30 Back Roads: Theodore, Queensland. (PG, R) Guest presented by Anna Daniels.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Australian Of The Year 2025. (PG) Hosted by Leigh Sales.

8.45 Beyond Paradise. (PG) Humphrey investigates the death of an unidentified man found in the centre of a crop circle.

9.45 Vera. (Mv, R) Vera investigates a daring robbery, but uncovers a web of intrigue when it turns out to be an inside job. 11.15 Miniseries: Until I Kill You. (Malv, R) Delia lies in a critical condition in hospital. 12.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.05 The World From Above. (R) 10.10 Love Your Garden. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Sailing. Grand Prix. Round 2. Highlights. 3.00 Women’s Weekly Football. 3.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.35 Forgotten Frontlines. (PGav, R) 5.35 Auschwitz: Countdown To Liberation. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Magical Train Journeys In Switzerland. 8.30 Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres: Highgrove Gardens. (PGa, R) 9.20 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro: Lake Burley Griffin. (PGa, R) 10.15 Ruby Wax: Castaway. (Mal, R) 11.10 Ralph And Katie. (PGal, R) 2.30 Home Is Where The Art Is. (PG, R) 3.25 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 4.20 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.45pm Hey Duggee. 5.55 Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 7.55 MOVIE: Gangsta Granny. (2013) 9.00 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.45 Speechless. 10.05 Officially Amazing. 10.35 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am I Capture The Castle. (2003, PG) 7.05 All Roads Lead To Rome. (2015, PG) 8.45 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (2002) 10.25 Haywire. (2011, M) 12.05pm Infinite Storm. (2022, M) 1.55 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015,

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Animal Rescue. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 TBA. 3.00 DVine Living. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain

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Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Keeping Up Appearances. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Train Of Events. (1949, PG) 5.30

To The

With Kate Humble. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 To Be Advised. 8.30 MOVIE: Rocky. (1976, PG) 10.55 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Hart Of Dixie. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.00 The Golden Girls. 2.30 The Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. (2012, M) 11.05 The O.C. 12.05am The Nanny. 1.05 Love After Lockup. 2.30 Late Programs. 6am Fishy Business.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Carrington Stakes Day, Caulfield Australia Day and Sunshine Coast Cup Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. The Women’s Ashes. Twenty20 International Series. Australia v England. Game 3. 10.30 MOVIE: Dracula Untold. (2014, Mh, R) After his kingdom is threatened by invaders, a young prince becomes a monster to protect his people. Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper. 12.30 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Men’s. Stage 5. Highlights. 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R) Presented by Greg Grainger.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 It’s Academic. (R) Hosted by Simon Reeve. 5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R)

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6.00 The Garden Gurus. (R) 6.30 Drive Safer. (PG, R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Cybershack. (PG) 12.30 Destination WA. (R) 1.00 MOVIE: Waiting For The Light. (1990, PGal, R) Shirley MacLaine. 3.00 David Attenborough’s Green Planet. (R) 4.00 Australian Open Tennis PreShow. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Drew Barrymore. (PGas, R) 10.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals, R) 12.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. (R) 12.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (PGal) 1.30 The Yes Experiment. 2.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 3.00 Silvia’s

6.00 9News Saturday.

6.30 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Reviews, previews, interviews, highlights and opinions from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

7.30 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 14. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by James Bracey.

12.00 MOVIE: Red Dog. (2011, PGals, R)

A dog unites a remote outback community. Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor.

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG) Religious program.

2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 Helping Hands Summer Series. (PG, R)

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6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown. 8.30 The Dog House. (PGa, R) Follows a team of matchmakers as they pair homeless dogs with hopeful companions. A spaniel may have founds its soul sister. An excitable lurcher puppy meets a husky.

A Jack Russell chases after a boy.

9.30 Ambulance Australia. (Ma, R) Follows NSW Ambulance on the longest night of the year, the end of daylight saving. 10.30 Ambulance UK. (Ma, R) Emergencies take their toll on the crews. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am Morning Programs. 12.10pm MOVIE: The Farewell. (2019, PG) 2.00 Beyond Oak Island. 2.50 Celebrity Mastermind. 3.55 BBC News At Ten. 4.25 ABC World News Tonight. 4.55 PBS News. 5.55 The Food That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Icons Unearthed: Spider-Man. 10.20 Hudson & Rex. Midnight The X-Files. 3.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

Chase A Crooked Shadow. (1958, PG) 12.20pm MOVIE: Scott Of The Antarctic. (1948) 2.35 MOVIE: The Winslow Boy. (1948) 5.00 MOVIE: The Unforgiven. (1960, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Magnificent Seven. (1960, PG) 10.10 MOVIE: Guns Of The Magnificent Seven. (1969, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs. 1pm MOVIE:

6am Morning Programs. 10.15 Wknd Breaky. 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. (R) 1.00 New Leash On Life. (R) 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.25 Monty Don’s History Of The British Garden. (R) 3.35 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 4.20 Magda’s Big National Health Check. (Final, PG, R) 5.20 Hear Me Out: Australia Day. (Ml, R) 5.55 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 WugulOra. 8.30 Garma Bunggul 2024. (R) 9.20 Dance Rites 2024. 10.55 Elder In Residence Oration 2024. 12.15 WorldWatch. 12.35 PBS Washington. 1.00 Speedweek. 2.55 NITV Special. 3.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. 3.30 NITV Special. 3.35 Black Anzac. 4.30 NITV Special. 4.35 Auschwitz: Countdown To Liberation. (Final, PG) 5.30 NITV News Special: Day 26. 6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Women’s One-Day Classic. 2.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Men’s. Stage 6. Adelaide to Adelaide. 90km. From Adelaide. 4.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) 6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 Explore TV: Trade

6.55 Governor-General’s Australia Day Message. An address to the nation.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Australia Day Live. A celebration of music, lights and fireworks.

9.30 MOVIE: Shine. (1996, PGav, R)

An eccentric pianist suffers a nervous breakdown as he pursues a career in music. Geoffrey Rush, Sonia Todd.

11.15 To Be Advised.

12.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

3.10 Australia Remastered. (R)

4.05 Gardening Australia. (R)

5.05 The Great Acceleration. (PG, R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 MOVIE: Bran Nue Dae. (2009, PGlsv, R, Australia)

An Aboriginal teenager embarks on a road trip. Deborah Mailman. 9.05 The Lost City Of Melbourne. (Md, R) A look at Melbourne’s past architectural landscape.

10.40 Bettany Hughes: Treasures Of Jordan. (PGa, R) 11.35 Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey. 2.00 Home Is Where The Art Is. (R) 2.55 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 3.50 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.00 Tiddler. 10.25 Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Moominvalley. 8.00 The Secret Life Of Our Pets. 8.50 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.35 Speechless. 9.55 Doctor Who. 10.50 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)

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6am Morning Programs. 12.15pm Ganbu Gulin: One Mob. 12.45 MOVIE: Contact. (2009, PG) 2.10 Anthem Sessions. 2.20 Anthem Sessions Interstitials. 2.30 Sounds Of Solidarity: January 26th. 5.30 NITV News Special: Day 26. 6.30 The Big Wet. 7.30 MOVIE: Bran Nue Dae. (2009, PG) 9.00 NITV News Special: Day 26. 10.05 Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky. 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) 7.30 John Farnham: Finding The Voice. (Mal, R) A celebration of John Farnham.

9.30 An Audience With Kylie Minogue. (PG, R) A performance by Kylie Minogue.

10.45 The British Airways Killer. (Mav, R) 12.50 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Men’s. Stage 6. Highlights. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning Programs. 10.30 DVine Living. 11.00 I Escaped To The Country. Noon Escape To The Country. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi.

6.00 9News Sunday.

6.00 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin. 8.30 MOVIE: Will Smith’s Gemini Man. (2019, Mlv, R) An aging assassin finds himself being chased by someone with the ability to predict his moves. Will Smith, Clive Owen, Mary Elizabeth Winstead. 10.40 FBI. (Mv, R) A bus explosion kills several people. 11.30 The Sunday Project. (R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 1.50pm Jeopardy! 4.05 ABC World News Tonight. 4.30 PBS Washington Week. 4.55 Queer Sports. 5.50 The Engineering That Built The World. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The UnXplained With William Shatner. 10.10 Deadly Funny 2024. 11.40 WWE Legends. 1.15am The X-Files. 4.00 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

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6am The Scarlet And The Black. Continued. (1983, PG) 8.10 The Farewell. (2019, PG) 10.00 Man Up. (2015, M) 11.40 Mother Couch. (2023) 1.40pm Skies Of Lebanon. (2020, PG, Italian) 3.25 All Roads Lead To Rome. (2015, PG) 5.05 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 6.55 Wide Open Sky. (2015) 8.30 Sweet As. (2022) 10.05 Tobacco Barns. (2022, M, Spanish) Midnight Late Programs.

BACK TO SCHOOL TIME !

(R) 3.00 The Last Musician Of Auschwitz. 4.30 To Be Advised. 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Escaping Utopia. (Final, PG) A shocking secret is exposed.

9.05 MOVIE: Strictly Ballroom. (1992, PG, R) A dancer goes against the establishment. Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice.

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R)

11.10 Planet America. (R) 11.40 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R)

12.10 To Be Advised. 2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30

7.30. (R)

6.30 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Hosted by Tony Jones. 7.30 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 15. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by James Bracey. 12.00 The First 48: Inside The Tape Special #9. (MA15+a) A body is discovered in a bridge. 1.00 Customs. (PG, R) Follows customs officers at work.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 The Road To The Open: A New Chapter. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

The Siege Of Pinchgut. (1959, PG) 1.50pm MOVIE: It Always Rains On Sunday. (1947, PG) 3.45 MOVIE: We Of The Never Never. (1982) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: Australia. (2008, M) 11.45 Late Programs. 9GEM (92)

Children’s Programs.

MOVIE: Nanny McPhee. (2005, PG) 3.30 MOVIE: Hating

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer. (R) 9.30 Confucius Was A Foodie. (R) 11.15 China On Stage. (Premiere) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Such Was Life. (R) 2.10 Amazing Railway Adventures. (R) 3.00 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.05 Destination Flavour China. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG, R) 4.05 Who The Bloody Hell Are We? (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Morning Show Mysteries: Murder Ever After. (2021, PGav, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Hunt For Truth: Tasmanian Tiger. (Final, Ml, R) 8.35 Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. (M) Comedic game show.

9.30 Inside Sydney Airport: VIPs. (PGal, R) Security at the airport is on high alert.

10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Clean Sweep. (MA15+s) 11.55 Wisting. (Madlv, R) 12.50 You Shall Not Lie. (MA15+als, R) 2.45 Home Is Where The Art Is. (R) 3.35 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 4.25 Peer To Peer. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Final. 10.30 Big Bash League Post-Game. Post-match coverage of the Big Bash League Final. 11.00 Motorway Patrol. (Ma) A good samaritan helps out at a crash and ends up regretting it, and bikers are behaving badly by lane-splitting.

11.30 Highway Cops. (PGa) A truckie’s seatbelt saves his neck. 12.00 Friday Night Lights. (Madsv, R)

A gridiron team strives for victory.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Infamously In Love. (2022, PGa) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Return, Mls) The social experiment begins. 9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 9News Late.

11.00 Chicago Med. (MA15+amv) Crockett receives shocking news.

11.50 Casualty 24/7. (Mm, R)

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)

A Current Affair. (R)

Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin. 9.00 NCIS: Sydney. (Mv, R) When a Navy Compliance Officer is found dead in a waterhole, the team’s investigation uncovers a complex trafficking ring. 10.00 48 Hours: The Puzzling Death Of Susann Sills. (Ma) A woman dies in a fall.

10’s Late News.

The Project. (R)

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 1.35pm 48 Hours In Wales. 2.30 Transnational. 3.00 The Feed. 3.30 WorldWatch. 5.45 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 6.10 Loot: Blood Treasure. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Forged In Fire. 10.10 The Weekly Football Wrap. 10.40 The Gentle Art Of Swedish Death Cleaning. 1.40am Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.45pm Hey Duggee. 5.55 Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Dr Karl’s How Things Work. 8.35 Hard Quiz Kids. 9.05 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 9.50 Doctor Who. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am The Importance Of Being Earnest. (2002) 7.40 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 9.30 A Handful

Tuesday, January 28

ABC (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Our Brain. (Final, PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PGa, R) 2.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.00 Forever Summer With Nigella. (R) 3.25 Grand Designs. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 Dr Karl’s How Things Work: Cricket Balls.

8.30 Eat The Invaders: Camel. (PG) Hosted by Tony Armstrong. 9.00 Croc Watch With Steve Backshall. (Final, PG, R) Hosted by Steve Backshall. 9.50 Ningaloo Nyinggulu. (R) 10.45 ABC Late News. 11.00 The Business. (R) 11.20 Prosecuting Evil. (Ma, R) 12.45 Grand Designs. (R) 1.30 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 2.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Parkinson In Australia. (PGa, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up. (PG, R) 9.05 Destination Flavour China. (R) 9.25 Confucius Was A Foodie. (PG, R) 11.05 China On Stage. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Such Was Life. 2.05 Amazing Railway Adventures. 3.00 The Weekly Football Wrap. (R) 3.30 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Who The Bloody Hell Are We? (PGav, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery. (2015, PGav) Alison Sweeney. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Wayne Blair. (PGa, R)

8.35 Stock Aitken Waterman: Legends Of Pop. (Final, Ml, R)

The story of Stock Aitken Waterman. 9.50 Video Killed The Radio Star. (Mlns, R) 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Beyond Signs. (MA15+a) 11.50 Christian. (Malv, R) 2.50 Home Is Where The Art Is. (PG, R) 3.40 21 Kids And Counting. (PGal, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.35pm Peter Rabbit. 5.45 Hey Duggee. 5.55 Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 Deadly Predators. 9.05 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.45 Doctor Who. 10.45 Late Programs.

1.30pm Spirit Talker. 2.00 Faboriginal. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. 4.05 Cities Of Gold. 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.15 Harlem Globetrotters. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Tales From Zambia. 7.35 The Real Stories Of Basketball. 8.30 Ice Vikings. 9.20 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.20 MOVIE: Cousins. (2021, M) Midnight Late Programs. NITV (34)

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Kirby receives support in her fight.

7.30 The 1% Club. (PGls) Hosted by Jim Jefferies.

8.35 MOVIE: The Equalizer 2. (2018, MA15+v, R) A retired CIA black ops operative is forced back into action when his friend is murdered. Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders. 11.05 MOVIE: Skyscraper. (2018, lv, R) A security assessor battles terrorists. Dwayne Johnson.

1.00 Friday Night Lights. (Madsv, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

TEN (10) NINE (9)

Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Love At First Like. (2023, PGa)

Pointless. (PG, R)

Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin. 9.00 The Ex-Wife. (Ml) As Jen remains on the periphery of Jack and Tasha’s family life, Tasha spirals into paranoia. 10.00 FBI: Most Wanted. (Return, Mv) The Fugitive Task Force heads to Virginia. 11.00 10’s Late News. 11.25 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning

Programs. 1.40pm Fashionista. 1.50 Dark Side Of The ‘90s. 2.45 Celebrity Mastermind. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.45 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 6.10 Loot: Blood Treasure. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Great Wall With Ash Dykes. (Premiere) 10.30 Leguizamo Does America. 12.20am Late Programs.

6am TBA. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Surf Patrol. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) The social experiment continues. 9.15 Barbie Uncovered: A Dream House Divided. (Ma) Explores the story behind Barbie, one of the world’s most iconic brands.

11.15 9News Late.

11.45 The Equalizer. (MA15+av, R)

12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Our State On A Plate. (PG, 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.

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The Face Of Fu Manchu. (1965, PG) 5.30 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 9.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 11.40 Late Programs.

Farewell. (2019, PG) 7.55 Minari. (2020, PG, Korean) 10.05 Sweet As. (2022) 11.45 The Emigrants. (2021, M, Swedish) 2.25pm Wide Open Sky. (2015) 4.00 A Handful Of Dust. (1988, PG) 6.10 Ride On. (2023, PG, Mandarin) 8.30 Hero. (2002, M, Mandarin) 10.25 Wet Season. (2019, MA15+) 12.20am Hunt. (2022, MA15+, Korean) 2.40 Broker. (2022, M, Korean) 5.00 A Handful Of Dust. (1988, PG) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs.

Wednesday, January 29

ABC TV (2)

6am The

7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Hart Of Dixie. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.00 The Golden Girls. 2.30 The Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. 6.30 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Encino Man. (1992, PG) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 The O.C. 12.30am The Nanny. 1.30 Love After Lockup. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Storage Wars. 10.30 American Resto. 11.00 American Pickers.

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SBS (3)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 The Way We Wore. (Final, PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.50 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.00 Forever Summer With Nigella. (R) 3.25 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up. (R) 9.05 Destination Flavour China. (R) 9.20 Confucius Was A Foodie. (R) 11.00 China On Stage. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Such Was Life. (PG, R) 2.10 Amazing Railway Adventures. (PGav, R) 3.00 Plat Du Tour. (R) 3.05 Destination Flavour China. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Who The Bloody Hell Are We? (PGav, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts. (2017, PGav) Alison Sweeney. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG)

8.30 Optics. (Premiere, Ml) A death sparks a power struggle at a PR firm.

9.05 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) (PG, R) Presented by Guy Montgomery.

9.50 Planet America.

10.20 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. (R) 11.20 Aftertaste. (Mdl, R) 12.20 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 1.10 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The Real Crown: Inside The House Of Windsor. (PG, R) 8.30 Wonders Of The Moon With Dara Ó Briain. (PGa) Presented by Dara Ó Briain.

9.25 Miniseries: Playing Nice. (Premiere, M)

10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Pagan Peak. (Mav) 11.40 Rogue Heroes. (MA15+v, R) 12.50 Agent Hamilton. (Mav, R) 2.30 Home Is Where The Art Is. (R) 3.20 22 Kids And Counting. (R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.45pm Hey Duggee. 5.55 Paddington. 6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts. 6.35 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 The Deep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 Doctor Who. 10.30 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 10.55 Late Programs.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 9.15 Where Is Anne Frank. (2021, PG) 11.10 Drunken Tai Chi. (1984, M, Cantonese) 12.50pm The Way Way Back. (2013, M) 2.45 Minari. (2020, PG, Korean) 4.55 Sissi: The Fateful Years. (1957, PG, German) 6.55 The Eagle Huntress. (2016, PG, Kazakh) 8.30 The Big Boss. (1971, M, Cantonese) 10.30 Too Cool To Kill. (2022, M, Mandarin) 12.30am Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Five Seasons. 2.00 Faboriginal. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Waabiny Time. 3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. 4.05 Cities Of Gold. 4.35 Motown

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Kirby holds a strategy meeting.

7.30 The 1% Club UK. (Return, PG) Hosted by Lee Mack.

8.30 Ludwig. (Premiere, Ma) The life of puzzle setter John “Ludwig” Taylor is upended when his identical twin disappears.

9.45 Breathtaking. (Premiere, Ma) Follows NHS staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. 10.45 The Suspects: True Australian Thrillers. (M, R) 11.45 Autopsy USA. (Ma, R)

12.45 Black-ish. (PGa)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Uptown Girls. (2003, PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (PGals) Hosted by Julia Morris and Robert Irwin. 9.00 Elsbeth. (Ma) Elsbeth and Kaya are called to the scene when a woman falls to her death from her balcony. 10.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv) The team must re-capture escaped convicts. 10.55 10’s Late News. 11.20 The Project. (R) 12.25 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am Morning Programs. 2.20pm Unknown Amazon. 3.15 The Weekly Football Wrap. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.45 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 6.10 Loot: Blood Treasure. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: The Flowers Of War. (2011, MA15+) 11.05 MOVIE: So Close. (2002, MA15+) 1.05am Letterkenny. 2.35 Late Programs.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) The social experiment continues. 9.00 MOVIE: Unbreakable: Jelena Dokic Story. (2024, Mal) The story of Jelena Dokic, from her experiences as a refugee to her rise to world number four in tennis. Jelena Dokic, Pam Shriver.

11.15 9News Late.

11.45 The Equalizer. (MA15+v, R)

12.35 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 Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

The Duke Wore Jeans. (1958) 5.30 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 To The Manor Born. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Late Programs. 9GEM (92)

When will the peninsula burn like Los Angeles?

MANY of the “before” photos of homes in LA looked very like those on the Mornington Peninsula around - Frankston South, Mt Eliza, Mornington, Mount Martha, Dromana, McCrae and others all the way to Portsea. What can be done to ensure that these homes never look like the “after” photos following the awful fires there last week?

n Frankston and Mornington Councils need to review their rules about cutting down very combustible trees close to buildings.

n Residents need to be compelled to have more clear ground their homes and other buildings.

n Water storages and pipes to hydrants need to be assessed as “firefighting ready”, especially those on higher ground.

n With basically just two roads to leave the south end of the Peninsula, the freeway and the Nepean Hwy, plans for very early evacuation orders (not suggestions) need to be in place and understood.

n These congested roads are also how fire fighters and trucks would head south to protect homes and lives.

n Tyabb airport must have adequate fuel reserves, and water available, for fire-bombing aircraft.

n Campers on the foreshore areas of Dromana, McCrae, Rosebud, Rye and elsewhere, need to be “lectured” in fire prevention and evacuation procedures should a fire start amongst tents and caravans.

n Safe Evacuation refuges must be nominated and be ready.

n Clear plans must be drawn up, and shared at meetings and in the media, on how the Peninsula would manage fires like the ones we saw in LA.

It couldn’t happen here! That’s what the LA residents thought.

Brian Nankervis, Mornington McCrae landslip

For a long time the local owners have been saying about the water flows and land moving in this McCrae area, it appeared that water has been flowing even in the absence of rain. Bit late to try and find out after the event. Why was there a shire employee on the deck of the house that slipped down the hill?

We now have a situation that has escalated to a disaster that is going to cost millions to rectify and make good. I suppose, we the suffering ratepayers and tax payers will foot the bill. How fortunate for the responsible authorities that the coroner is not involved.

It appears that proper road drainage and maintenance, difficult as it is in this area, has been an abject failure by those responsible, and the pleas of the local owners have up to now been mostly ignored.

Have the chickens come home to roost, and is it deja vue a la Beleura Hill cliff path, the Briars board walk and Birdrock beach stairs with very little or no action?

Gerard van de Ven, Mount Martha Eagle

expansion “risky”

If the lessons from the Los Angeles fires are teaching us anything about having to face fires of increasing proportion like we have never had to deal with before, then the land slides last week at McCrae (this one is not the first) are giving us another clear message.

The Eagle expansion application proposal, just above Dromana and McCrae on the slopes of Arthurs Seat, is too risky and must be rejected by the State Minister for Planning.

It does not take much to think that construction disturbance doubling the size of the base station, digging out an underground “immersive experience” bunker, and installing the luge/toboggan base station, plus all the heavy machinery, earthworks and clearing required to install the bracing of the luge track framework from the base station to the summit, is potentially creating too much disturbance and possible disaster on the slopes of Arthurs Seat.

Also what guarantees of safety are there that ongoing impact into the ground by the luge

when in constant operation won’t set off further land slide disturbances on such a steep slope? And who will be responsible and pay for damages? The risks seem way too high.

Esther Gleixner, Flinders

Peak performance

I was most amused to read an article in WA Today (16/1/25) about the McCrae landslip headlined: “We can’t put our head in the sand: High-profile local’s urgent plea after landslide”.

The high profile local was Simon McKeon, described as “former Monash University Chancellor and 2011 Australian of the Year”.

Mr McKeon urged the authorities to “get to the bottom of the long-running issue of underground flows and soil erosion in this highly urbanised pocket of the peninsula, before more damage is done”.

Of course he did. Not only does he live on the same hill, but unbeknown to many readers in WA, he is the driving force and co-owner of the Arthurs Seat Eagle - the chairlift built on that same hill despite public opposition and the loss of public amenity.

He is also the one now wanting to build a luge ride, 25 metre viewing tower, restaurant and who knows what else, on that hill. If it collapses, so do his plans.

Surely WA Today is not taking sides here? The media would never do that!

Paula Polson, Dromana

Beach cleaning

In Spring last year when visiting Mt Martha beach on a number of occasions I was shocked at the state of the sand. I have never before seen it in such a poor condition with it covered with seaweed and litter. I now know why; the hand beach cleaning trial. This matter should be urgently reconsidered by the shire.

Merrilyn Beeny, Mt Martha

Do our part

We all want clean beaches. It is therefore pleasing that Mornington Peninsula Shire is spending time and resources exploring the best approach to beach cleaning (Tide turns for beach cleaning, The News 14/1/25).

But where does the waste come from? Bottles and other rubbish could be washed in from the ocean, but, most likely, they’re being dropped by all of us. If we, the community, are the cause, would a community driven approach to solve the problem be appropriate? How about each time we visit, we pick up more litter than we leave? Take three for the beach?

Mornington resident Melanie Bird’s passion and volunteering efforts to clear waste and make our beaches clean and safe are an example to us all. Thank you, Melanie.

Amy Hiller, Kew

Knee jerk on cleaning?

It is most disturbing to see the new councillors reaction to the beach cleaning issue (Tide turns for beach cleaning, The News 15/1/25).

The shire moved to hand cleaning after a thorough review of the mechanical cleaning showed it resulted in increased microplastics and missed 60% of litter. Josie Jones who conducted the review received an award for that work.

I have been delighted to once again see seaweed on our beaches (heads up, it’s a natural phenomenon, not litter).

The councillors who asked for the review cited only anecdotal evidence. I hope they will now take a considered approach and look at all the evidence instead of what appears to be a knee jerk response.

Marg D’Arcy, Rye

What’s in a name?

There is apparent 120 ways to spell the phonetic sounds of Patton, so I’ll forgive The News for the misspelling of my name in the recent article about the Dromana housing development (Dromana Housing Development Approved Despite 79 Objections, The News 15/1/25).

What’s more important is the misquote of my

question to the developer - which fundamentally changes the intent of my question.

In brief, I actually asked why the developer had chosen not to make a voluntary contribution to affordable housing not if they were including affordable housing in the development itself.

It is common practice across the state that councils ask for voluntary donations from developers to fund affordable housing - sometimes they oblige.

As a new councillor, I am learning more about the processes and mechanisms at play and was simply curious as to why this multi-million dollar project could not spare a cent to help tackle the housing crisis we face on the Mornington Peninsula.

My dissent was unrelated to this and based upon the traffic and transport issues noted by the shire’s own transport team and the continuous attached built form being at odds with the surrounding neighbourhood.

I appreciate the opportunity to clarify both my name and my position on the matter.

Cr Max Patton, Benbenjie Ward Councillor

Unsafe intersection

Urgent alterations need to be made to the intersection of Lonsdale Street and South Road Rosebud. All the locals hate it!

It is so dangerous now with so much traffic from the freeway. The stop sign installed has only made it worse. It needs temporary traffic lights in place and made permanent or a roundabout built.

Mary Yorke, McCrae

Costly savings

John Blogg did well listing the many uncosted costs of nuclear energy (Cheesed off, Letters 15/01/25). But he forgot two very important costs – the potential health cost and the enormous cost of accidents should they occur.

A 2024 investigation, Health Effects of Occupational and Environmental Exposures to Nuclear Power Plants published in the highly rated journal Current Environmental Health Reports, “identified 47 studies, 13 with worker and 34 with resident samples, covering 175 nuclear power plants from 17 countries, encompassing samples of 480,623 workers and 7,530,886 residents.” The study found “Residents had significantly higher risks for all-cancer, thyroid cancer, and leukemia. Notably, children under 5 years old showed the highest risk for all-cancer.” Health costs like these are lifelong and indefensible.

While disasters are rare, when they happen, costs are gargantuan. The cost of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, for example, is estimated to be currently about US$200b including US$50b compensation payments to the evacuees and businesses affected by radiological releases. And after Fukushima, the US set up 61 “FLEX” centres just to respond to accidents costing about US$30m per centre, not to mention annual running costs.

The above costs were not factored into the Coalition’s nuclear costing done by Frontier Economics. It’s difficult to do, but the Australian people deserve the full story.

Fortunately, with the world’s best solar and wind, Australia does not need to go down the risky and expensive nuclear pathway.

Ray Peck, Hawthorn

Rosebud parking trap

Responding to article from this weeks paper re school parking fines (School parent calls out ‘unfair’ parking fines, The News 14/1/25).

It’s the same situation at most schools down here. We were fined for illegal parking in the street behind Rosebud Primary last year on two occasions. Because we couldn’t pay the fines in time they ended up almost tripling.

It’s ridiculous how the shire can lay in wait for parents to park when spots are so unavailable.

My grandson is in Grade 1 and needs to be met in schoolyard, therefore a 5-10 min park.

They are happy to allow another childminding centre to be built adding to the number of parents requiring parking while collecting kids, in that same area.

To add to the loss of parking spaces, Woolworths were constructing all year and their carpark was largely unavailable for school parking. We need all schools to have adequate parking to enable students living further away to be safely taken to school.

Parking is a joke at Rosebud Primary. Six hundred students and no dedicated carpark! C’mon council stop fining parents and refund the thousands you’ve made from us!.

Toni Mcguinness, Rosebud

Dromana parking trap

I note your story in last week’s paper (School parent calls out ‘unfair’ parking fines, The News 14/1/25). It may be worth alerting motorists to a related issue in Dromana.

On Point Nepean Road in front of the Thai Beach House and Pinnacle Physiotherapy, three or four parking spaces have been converted into a “no stopping” section. I only became aware of this when I received an infringement notice issued by the shire for parking there on 7 January. When I was there again a week later, three cars were parked in adjoining spaces - which is quite understandable because the white lines delineating the previously legal parking spaces are still on the road surface. The only indication of the new status is the overhead signs on the footpath where 1P has been replaced by S. My enquiries at Pinnacle indicated that the change took place around October 2024 without any advice or consultation. They were alerted by a client and contacted the shire which responded that “it’s a VicRoads matter”. Similarly, VicRoads advised that “it’s a shire matter”.

I wonder how many other motorists have fallen into this trap?

If I have to dispute the fine in court, I hope that a fair minded magistrate will agree that this doesn’t pass the pub test!

Seat

Peter Howard, Arthurs

Beach boxes

I wish Peter Clarke well in his role as the President of the Beach box association (New beach box president unveils top priorities for better beaches, The News 14/1/25).

He will certainly have his work cut out for him. With climate change inevitably raising sea levels and increasing weather events, those boxes in low lying areas, like Mount Martha North, will be even more vulnerable than they already are.

Peter claims that the beaches are being “washed away by storm water” which is a rather remarkable claim as most stormwater enters the bay via the various creeks of which only one (Balcombe Creek) could be described as a substantial waterway.

Furthermore the volume of storm water entering the bay is miniscule compared to the volume delivered onto the beaches by wave action and the tides.

Peter may be better served promoting support for climate action as climate change will, and is, doing more damage to the boxes than “storm water” is ever likely to.

Ross Hudson, Mt Martha

Celebrate better

We all like a day off, a barbeque or picnic in the sun with friends and may also enjoy national pride celebrations.

I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade but personally, during this year’s 26 January celebrations, instead of waving flags I will be reflecting on the things that would actually make me proud of my country: an end to gendered violence, an end to discrimination against different ethnic groups, an end to poverty and homelessness, and reconciliation with the First People of this land.

Let’s unite in reflecting on the changes needed to make us a truly fair nation.

Maureen Donelly, Southern Women’s Action Network

Change the date

While many people take the view that “a troubled history should be forgotten”, this never works because the consequences of injustices of the past always arise.

We need to show respect to First Nations peoples by changing the date of Australia Day. They surely can only view January 26 as a date that brought disaster and anguish to their people. How can we fail to imagine these things that were done to them being done to ourselves and our families?

Our colonists stole their beautiful land, wouldn’t allow them to speak their own languages or practice their culture, brought disease and hunger, killed and raped and stole their children. Are Aboriginal people our neighbours, our fellow country men and women? If so, why can’t other Australians identify with them and feel their pain? We cannot disown what has been done in Australia by Australians to Australians.

We can’t celebrate who we are and be all together on this date!

Joan Doyle, Dromana

Rosebud ready for its fifth Webex Players Series Victoria

EVENT SCHEDULE

MONDAY • Practice Day (all day)

TUESDAY • Practice Day (all day)

• Webex Women’s Clinic (3pm)

• Mentor Session Juniors (4pm)

WEDNESDAY • Pro-Am (Noon)

THURSDAY • Webex Players Series Victoria First Round

FRIDAY • Webex Players Series Victoria Second Round

SATURDAY • Webex Players Series Victoria Third Round

• Junior Series First Round

• All Abilities First Round

ALTHOUGH it seems like it began only yesterday, Webex Players Series Victoria will celebrate its fifth anniversary with the staging of the 2025 event at Rosebud Country Club this week.

Another high-quality field will be back on the Peninsula contesting the unique format which sees men and women professionals go up against each other on the same golf course, vying for the one trophy and a share of the $250,000 prizemoney pool.

It’s the men who hold the advantage after the four Webex events staged so far on Rosebud’s superb par-70 composite course.

Queenslander Brad Kennedy claimed the inaugural edition in 2021 followed by Victorian Todd Sinnott in 2022. Korea’s Min A Yoon broke through for the women with a record score of 24-under-par in 2023 before New Zealander Kazuma Kobori holed a putt on the final green to make it 3-1 for the men last year. After practice days, junior and women’s clinics and the pro-am in the lead-up, this year’s tournament gets underway on Thursday.

ONE

On the weekend, following the 36-hole cut on Friday evening, the main field will be joined by the players in the All Abilities and Juniors events, giving spectators the chance to see the best of Australian golf across three separate events.

Webex Players Series Victoria forms part of both the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia and WPGA Tour of Australasia with the field chasing valuable ranking points on the end-ofseason Order of Merit.

This year’s men’s field features six winners from the 2024/25 Tour season – Jack Buchanan, Ben Henkel, Cory Crawford, Phoenix Campbell, Jordan Doull and Will Bruyeres - plus a host of other big names including Brett Coletta, Matt Griffin, Jordan Zunic, Harrison Crowe, Anthony Quayle, Daniel Gale and Marcus Fraser.

The women’s field is highlighted by reigning Vic Open champion Ashley Lau, 2024 Athena champion Kelsey Bennett and Cassie Porter, who is bound for women’s golf’s biggest test, the LPGA Tour, in 2025.

Entry to Webex Players Series Victoria is free for spectators with the final two rounds to be broadcast by Fox Sports on Foxtel and Kayo.

23-26 JANUARY

Rosebud Country Club

SUNDAY

• Webex Players Series Victoria Final Round

• Junior Series Final Round

• All Abilities Final Round

• Presentations (6PM approx.)

SPECTATOR INFORMATION

Entrance is FREE

Parking available at Car Park C Live Scores: pga.org.au or via the PGA of Australia app

BROADCAST TIMES

Live on Fox Sports, available on Foxtel and Kayo

Saturday: 3pm-6pm and Sunday: 1pm-6pm

MAP – VENUE OVERVIEW

Pictured above clockwise from top left Past winners: Brad Kennedy, Todd Sinnott, Min A Yoon, Kazuma Kobori. Photos: supplied

Cassie Porter player profile

by Tony Webeck

She has a general distaste for pizza.

“There’s just too much going on. Too many flavours.”

Slow-walking people frustrate her – both on and off the golf course – yet her temper is at its most frayed in a different sporting arena.

“On the tennis court, I have such a temper. It’s next level, honestly. Even Dad’s like, ‘Wow, Cass, chill.’ And I’m like, ‘No! I am better than this.’ It really gets on my nerves.”

Yes, LPGA-bound Cassie Porter is the cheery, effervescent person you have seen emerge on the WPGA Tour of Australasia and the Epson Tour the past three years, but there is so much more sitting just beneath the surface.

“There’s definitely a real fire there that burns pretty bright all the time,” Porter confesses.

“I want to be the best. I don’t want that to sound bad, but it’s just a mindset thing.”

“It doesn’t matter what she does, she absolutely has to win,” says Porter’s long-time coach, Dan Morrison.

“I’ll play her at darts, no problems at all. I’ll play her at darts any day of the week. But tennis, no, she’s too good.”

With an LPGA Tour rookie season beckoning, Porter is one of the marquee names at this week’s Webex Players Series Victoria at Rosebud Country Club.

She was 12-years-old when she first told people closest to her that she wanted to play the LPGA Tour.

Ten years on – and eight years into the plan she and Morrison devised with the United

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Cassie Porter 2025 LPGA Tour Member

Jack Buchanan 2024 WA PGA and Webex Players Series SA Champion

Brett Coletta 2024 Vic Open Men’s Champion

Ashley Lau 2024 Vic Open Women’s Champion

Brad Kennedy Two-time NZ Open Winner, 2021 Webex Players Series Vic Winner

Kelsey Bennett 2024 The Athena Champion

Phoenix Campbell 2023 and 2024 Qld PGA Champion

Momoka Kobori 2023 NSW Women’s Open Champion

Daniel Gale 2024 Webex Players Series Hunter Valley Winner

Lydia Hall 2012 Ladies British Masters Winner

States as the ultimate destination – that pre-teen declaration has become a reality.

A win at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship last June gave Porter the foundation to finish 10th on the Epson Tour points list and secure that coveted LPGA Tour card.

“I’m absolutely going to be grateful for every second because it’s what I’ve dreamed of since I was 12.

“It’s a dream come true, but I am also not going to take that for granted. I’m going to work hard because there’s a lot of stuff that I want to achieve out there.”

From the emergence of Karrie Webb through to the current crop of major winners in Minjee Lee and Hannah Green, no one has witnessed

the emergence of more Aussie talent than WPGA Tour of Australasia CEO Karen Lunn.

Having known Porter since she was 15, Lunn believes Australia’s latest addition to the LPGA Tour has the foundation to join the greats of the game.

“You can get there too early, there’s no doubt about that, and the stars have got to align for you to reach the pinnacle,” Lunn adds.

“If Cassie stays healthy and if she keeps enjoying it, I have no doubt she can get to the very top of the tree.

“She’s got the potential to be another superstar.”

Pictured top left: Cassie Porter. Photo: supplied

Man Drowned at Frankston – Early Morning Fatality

Compiled by Cameron McCullough

EARLY this (Wednesday) morning

Wallis Wright, aged 38, of 14 Mackey Street, Essendon, was drowned while bathing at Frankston, at a point on the bay opposite Beach street.

Wright only arrived in Frankston yesterday afternoon, on a visit to friends residing at “Penzance”, Frankston.

This morning, at 6 o’clock, he left the house in bathing suit and boots only. He was unaccompanied, and was not seen in the water alive.

About 7am, some people passing along the beach saw a body floating. They called for assistance and the body was pulled out of the water.

Mr. McIntosh, dentist, came on the scene and endeavoured to restore life by the usual methods. Dr. Johnson was sent for, and pronounced life to be extinct.

Senior-Constable Elliott had the body removed to the Pier Hotel, where an inquiry will be held.

Deceased has been identified as Wallis Wright.

Wright, who was a single man, was a cripple, being paralysed on one side. It is surmised that he went in to swim in a fairly rough sea; that he was knocked over by the waves and in his crippled condition was unable to regain his feet.

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SUNDAY, a week ago, a peculiar accident, which might have resulted in more serious consequences, occurred to a couple of well-known residents of Pearcedale.

Mr. Nicholls, the popular schoolmaster, accompanied by his wife and daughter, was on his way to Somerville in a rustic cart.

He rose from the seat of the vehicle with the object of mildly egging on the pony, and the animal, suddenly springing forward, caused the seat to lurch backwards.

By reason of this mishap, Mrs. Nicholls and her daughter were thrown violently, on the roadside.

Mrs. Nicholls sustained a severe shock, and somewhat serious injuries, while Miss Nicholls escaped with a minor bruise to one of her thumbs.

Mrs. Nicholls is still receiving medical attention. We join in wishing her a speedy convalescence towards recovery.

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The Carrum Bridge - Flimsy and dangerous

Although the congestion on the Pt. Nepean road is greater today than it has ever been, the Carrum bridge is still the same narrow, useless structure menacing motorists.

Such is its danger and possible impediment to traffic, that when the head-on collision occurred on a recent Sunday between two motor cars, there were upwards of 600 cars held up on one side, and 200 on the other.

The question of the control of the bridge and the erection of one more in keeping with requirements, has been discussed by the Carrum Borough Council.

Cr. Boyd said there were many more accidents on this bridge than were reported. He wanted to see the bridge placed under strict supervision during weekends for the control of the traffic, and to prevent the pulling up of cars in the fairway.

The engineer (Mr. Nihill): The Country Roads Board recently sug-

gested that the speed limit should be strictly enforced. A report presented by their engineer assessed a safe load of five tons, but he (Mr. Nihill) doubted if this were a safe load.

It was interesting to note that the day following this assessment of the weight by the Country Roads Board engineer, that the Board sent down a lorry across the bridge, carrying eleven tons of bitumen.

There was the previous experience on a country road when a steam roller went through the bridge.

Cr. Hunter: This bridge is the most dangerous point on the road. The fact that a stringer or a bearer had to be put in makes one fear for its strength under big loads.

The Engineer: I think one-way traffic should be insisted on.

The Mayor (Cr. Williams): How?

The Engineer: By letting cars across in batches. Although there was room for two cars to pass when driven by capable drivers, the trouble was that capable drivers were not always capable of driving.

At a later stage, Cr. W. McGarry, in moving that some action be taken towards the erection of a modern bridge, said that the ever-increasing volume of traffic on Point Nepean road was too much for the obsolete structure over the Carrum creek.

He wanted the clerk to find out what powers found the apportionment of the cost. Surrounding municipalities should be called upon to supply part of the cost. Mornington, Frankston for sure, and there was no reason why Mordialloc and Moorabbin should not be contributors.

Cr. Beardsworth endorsed Cr. Mc-

Garry’s remarks.

Cr. Hunter: The Naval Department ought to be approached, owing to the Naval Base need for the military road.

Cr. McGarry: They have even denied liability for repairs to the road. Steps are now to be taken by the Town Clerk to collect the data Cr. McGarry wants.

The question of the bridge has to be faced sooner or later. The present structure is flimsy, twice as long as Mordialloc bridge and half as wide. ***

Pier hotel changes hands

Mr. Peter Patroni, the popular host of the Pier Hotel, Frankston, has disposed of his interests to Mr. Youl.

During his stay in Frankston Mr. Patroni, by his straightforward dealing and genial nature, made many friends, and his departure will be regretted.

His decision to leave the bayside was no doubt largely influenced by the fact that Mrs. Patroni, owing to ill-health, could not reside in Frankston, and for some months now she has been located in the northern parts of the state. ***

Somerville

The entertainment given by the Blind Concert Co. on the 14th inst., was fairly well attended. The unsettled state of the weather prevented many from attending. The programme was, as usual, an excellent one and thoroughly appreciated by those present.

The net proceeds were £8/7/- just £3 less than the amount secured last year.

The new licensee (Mr. Mitchell) of the Hotel Somerville, has taken possession. Mr. and Mrs. Copsey have left for Brighton, where they intend living privately.

Misses Audrey West and Ruby Sim-

cock, pupils of Miss Dorothea Overton, D.M.S.V., were successful at the music examinations held in Melbourne in November and December last; Miss Simcock passing the Junior Practical Examination of the Musical Society of Victoria, and Miss West gained the A.L.C.M. degree.

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MORNINGTON Cup day was proclaimed a public holiday throughout the Shire of Frankston and Hastings, but few, if any, of the business people seemed to know anything about it.

In Mornington itself the post office and banks closed for the day, greatly, to the disgust of a correspondent who writes to the “Mornington Post” as follows:

“I thought Tom Walsh was in West or South Australia, but think he must be in Mornington, and an important member of the racing club. While wishing the Mornington Racing Club every success and ungrudgingly conceding the rights of individuals to attend, and of shopkeepers who wish to close their establishments on that day to do so, I think the line should be drawn at Government utilities, especially postal and money order business, inconveniencing hundreds of people (locals and visitors) probably anxiously awaiting important business and even love letters, etc., and who of us does not know how fearfully important and anxiously looked for is a love letter to the one whom it is addressed?”

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From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 21 & 23 Jan 1925

PENINSULA PLANNING SCHEME Notice of Approval of Amendment Amendment C271morn

The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C271morn to the Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme. The Amendment came into operation on Thursday 9th January 2025 when notice was published in the Victoria Government Gazette No. S5. The Amendment applies and makes changes to

and Planning website at www.planning.vic.gov.au/public-inspection or by contacting 1800 789 386 to arrange a time to view the Amendment documentation.

A copy of the Amendment can also be inspected, free of charge, at the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council website at www.mornpen.vic.gov.au or during office hours, at the offices of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council – 90 Besgrove Street (Rosebud office), 2 Queen Street (Mornington office), 21 Marine Parade (Hastings office).

If you have any questions about the Amendment, please call (03) 5950 1003 or email strategic.admin@mornpen.vic.gov.au.

CLAIRE DOUGALL Team Leader, Strategic Planning Mornington Peninsula Shire

SOUTHERN PENINSULA NEWS scoreboard

Dromana grabs top spot, Pines slip up

By Brodie Cowburn

PROVINCIAL

DROMANA moved to the top of the MPCA Provincial division ladder with a win over Old Peninsula away from home last weekend.

MPCA cricket returned after a lengthy Christmas break on 18 January. Dromana travelled to Peninsula Grammar to take on the Pirates in a one-day match.

Dromana batted first after winning the toss. Skipper Sam Fowler was completely in control, scoring 108 runs to help his side reach a final total of 201 from 40 overs.

Sam Fowler’s brilliant century was supported by knocks of 39 and 32 respectively from Jack Fowler and Dale Irving.

Old Peninsula battled hard to take down Dromana’s target, but fell just short. With time running short, Old Peninsula was bowled out for 193 in the final over of the day.

Opener Benjamin Stewart top-scored for the Pirates with 50 runs.

Zacc Klan took 4/43 to help get his side over the line. He took the final wicket to wrap things up.

Dromana have now moved into the top spot on the ladder. Pines lost their grip on first place after falling to Sorrento at David Macfarlane Reserve.

Pines was bowled out for 183 by the Sharks. They were chasing a target of 203.

Baden Powell closed out the round with a win over Red Hill.

PENINSULA

SEAFORD held on for a thrilling win over Moorooduc last Saturday despite some late heroics from Nick Williams.

Seaford was sent in to bat first at Moorooduc Recreation Reserve. They went on to score 227 from their 40 overs - Jacob Foxwell top-scored with 70 and Jordan Desmond contributed 45 to the scoreboard.

Moorooduc’s top order struggled badly, and at 7/89 the hosts looked doomed to accept a comfortable defeat. A huge late partnership between Michael Whincup and Nick Williams nearly saved the day.

Williams smashed 89 runs from just 44 deliveries, hitting an incredible 10 sixes. He was supported by Whincup, who scored 41 at a run a ball.

Despite their best efforts, Moorooduc ran out of time. They finished up their 40 overs at 7/221, just seven runs short of victory.

Rosebud picked up a narrow 10-run win over Mt Eliza at Olympic Park last weekend.

18 wickets fell during the matchup. Rosebud first drop batter Liam Collet top-scored for the winners with 60 runs.

Somerville beat Mornington in a

DISTRICT

FLINDERS are breathing down the necks of first-place Carrum Downs after a thrilling win over Baxter last weekend.

Flinders was tasked with chasing down a target of 181 at Baxter Park on Saturday. An unbeaten knock of 71 by Samuel Field helped guide them over the line.

Time was not on Flinders’ side, but they managed to get the job done. They hit the winning runs with just two balls left to spare.

The result puts Flinders in second place, equal on points with Carrum Downs. The ladder leaders were defeated by Balnarring away from home on Saturday.

Balnarring batted first and put 222 runs on the scoreboard. Carrum Downs was bowled out for 208 in response.

Boneo beat Main Ridge by five wickets away from home on Saturday. Crib Point narrowly beat Carrum at Crib Point Recreation Reserve.

SUB DISTRICT

TYABB got the better of Mt Martha in a tight one at RM Hooper Oval on Saturday.

Mt Martha batted first, and quickly fell to 3/9. The middle order got things back on track.

Incorrect results in race to deadline

Mt Martha scored 185 runs from their 40 overs.

Tyabb managed to chase down their target with an over and four wickets left to spare. Aidan Pateman and James Holland-Burch scored 27 and 21 not out respectively to help guide their side to victory.

Rye and Tootgarook rounded out the winner’s list with victories over Delacombe Park and Ballam Park respec

tively.

Dolphins coach extends deal

VFL

FRANKSTON Football Club head coach Jackson Kornberg had had his contract extended until 2027. The VFL head coach was appointed at the end of 2023, and guided the club to its best finish in 16 years by winning a final.

The three-year-deal signed by Kornberg in 2023 has now been extended to 2027. Frankston FC club president Steven Finocchiaro said Kornberg “has had an enormously positive impact on the Frankston Football Club, both within and outside the men’s foot-

ball program. His professionalism and dedication to the advancement of the club as a whole is evident daily.”

“He is a talented football coach and the board could not be happier with the progression that the men’s football program has made over the first 12 months of his tenure,” Finocchiaro said. “It is clear to all that Jackson is building something special and both Jackson and the club are mutually committed to bringing success back to the supporters of the Frankston Football Club and the wider Frankston community.”

Langwarrin smashed Heatherhill by nine wickets at Bruce Park on Saturday.

close one on Saturday. Long Island picked up a win over Seaford Tigers.

Kyle Bendle came agonisingly close to scoring a hundred. He was caught out off the bowling of James HollandBurch for 98.

Udara Ravindu top-scored for the Yabbies with 50. Frankston YCW smashed Skye by six wickets on Saturday. They chased down a target of 131 with 20 overs left to spare.

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Hitting hard: Joshua Duncan notched up 78 not out in the Sub-District 2nd XI match between Frankston YCW vs Skye Picture: Craig Barrett

All smiles at Langy, Seaford

SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie

LANGWARRIN and Seaford United were the winners on Saturday as the annual Steve Wallace Memorial Day took place at Lawton Park.

Host club Langwarrin reached the Wallace Cup final with consecutive wins over Baxter and Mornington in Group B and faced State 2 local Skye United who won a spot in the final on goal difference edging out Peninsula Strikers in Group A.

Skye defeated Chelsea 4-0 in its group opener then drew 0-0 with Strikers.

As expected VPL1 Langwarrin controlled much of the final against a competitive State 2 Skye but Tom Youngs blew his chance to give the host an early lead when he blasted his penalty attempt against the crossbar.

He quickly made amends getting on the end of Dante Avian’s cutback from the right and two minutes later Cooper Legrand got in behind the Skye defence and rounded Nathan Brown in goal to make it 2-0.

Brown is a former Somerville and Strikers keeper and is among a group of prospective newcomers yet to sign.

Others are Aleks Dukic and Keegan Myatt (from Baxter) and Shameit Sharma (Frankston Pines) while former Skye player Jason Nowakowski remains firmly on the club’s radar.

In the second half Legrand made it 3-0 after Mustafa Suliman and Avian combined to set him up and that was the final score as Langwarrin claimed its fourth Wallace Cup.

In the Plate final Seaford defeated Rosebud 3-1 in a controversial finish to a feisty contest.

Seaford’s opener came when its high press forced a turnover and Blake Hicks chipped the keeper.

Seaford took a 2-0 lead into the interval after Barney Johnson’s rash challenge on Jonas Harrasser inside the area and Wise Barakzoi convert-

ed from the spot.

It was a much improved second half from the ’Buds and Johnson made amends when his leftfoot finish made it 2-1.

Rosebud pushed for an equaliser but was left exposed at the back and a poor clearance from Rosebud’s defence found Backi Barakzoi.

From just outside the area he smashed home the match-sealing goal but that was the cue for Rosebud’s bench to get involved much to the disgust of head coach Stuart Johnson.

“Unfortunately at this point tempers flared and Rosebud coaching staff overreacted to the taunts of Seaford goalkeeper Bayley Caulfield, a former Rosebud junior and son of former president Shane Caulfield,” Johnson said.

“There can be no excuse on a day which is meant to celebrate football.

“I am disappointed in our behaviour and we will address that.

“Rosebud unreservedly apologised to both the hosts of the day Langwarrin and deserved winners Seaford for the actions that took place.

“Well done to ‘Toffee’ (Paul Williams) and his lads and all the best for a successful season.

“Seaford were worthy winners.”

Here are all the Cup and Plate group scores:

Wallace Cup: Chelsea 0 Skye Utd 4 (Daniel Attard 2, Tapiwa Kufakurowa, Elliot Craig); Mornington 1 (Shaun Kenny) Baxter 2 (own goal, Ryan Brown); Peninsula Strikers 0 Skye Utd 0; Langwarrin 1 (Cooper Legrand) Baxter 0; Peninsula Strikers 3 (Noah Musso 2, Kyle Eichenberger) Chelsea 0; Langwarrin 2 (Muhamed Huseinovski, Ryo Takahashi) Mornington 0.

Wallace Plate: Mount Eliza 1 (Harris Battison) Mount Martha 1 (Seth Bakos Sims); Frankston Pines 0 Somerville Eagles 3 (Max Watson 2, Connor Phillips); Mount Martha 1 (Tom Brewster) Seaford Utd 2 (Matt Cobb, Zain Ahmad); Rosebud 1 (Kai Johnson) Frankston Pines 0; Seaford Utd 2 (Blake Hicks, Backy Barakzoi) Mount

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Eliza 0; Somerville Eagles 0 Rosebud 2 (Nathan Yole, Ben Symonds).

In other Memorial Day news Marcus Collier’s destination for the upcoming season remains clouded.

The former Skye captain played for his old club as a favour to head coach Phil McGuinness but also played for Rosebud alongside close friend Billy Painting.

He didn’t play in the Cup final opting instead to play in the Plate final which followed.

“I’m just exploring my options still and seeing what I enjoy and what feels right to me,” Collier said.

It’s understood that the midfielder continues to train with Bayside Argonauts while deciding which club to join.

Skye hasn’t placed any pressure on Collier while Rosebud is really keen to secure his signature.

In State 1 news Danny Topping has resigned as senior assistant at Mornington to take up a coaching post with Melbourne City’s NPL program.

Mornington head coach Adam Jamieson has arranged meetings with prospective replacements and hopes to name Topping’s successor this week.

The senior squad revamp at Mornington is well underway with an influx of new players.

Terms have been agreed with Nick McKoy (from Noble Park United), Jack Geddes (Langwarrin), Jay Davies (Bentleigh Greens), Jack McDonald (Bentleigh Greens), Kieran Dover (Bentleigh Greens), Jacob Brito (Langwarrin), James Kelly (Langwarrin), Tom Wood (Strikers) and Guido Guerrieri (Fano, Italy).

Luke Burgess signed for Doveton last weekend.

In practice match news Rosebud beat Mount Eliza 4-0 last Thursday with doubles from newcomers Jack Elliott and Connor Wharton.

Wharton has switched from Mornington as has young forward Sean Smith from Doveton and veteran Skye midfielder Mark O’Connor who

should be an excellent replacement for Andy Jerez who is believed to have joined Endeavour United.

Striker Elliott is yet to commit to the Buds cause but there’s a strong likelihood of him doing so.

On Friday night a mixed senior and under-23 Langwarrin squad lost 6-1 to Northcote at Lawton Park.

Northcote led after five minutes but a superb strike from Tosan Popo from outside the box made it 1-1.

Northcote regained the lead straight from the restart but a late flurry of goals sealed Langy’s fate.

Northcote replaced its entire team in the 60th minute and Langwarrin brought on some of the under-23s and conceded four goals in eight minutes.

This week’s friendlies:

Tuesday, 21 January

Mornington v Springvale White Eagles, Monterey Reserve, 7.30pm

Peninsula Strikers reserves v Somerville Eagles, Centenary Park, 6.30pm Thursday 23 January

Langwarrin U23s v Skye Utd, Lawton Park, 7.30pm

Peninsula Strikers v Somerville Eagles, 6.30pm Rosebud v Knox City, Olympic Park, 7pm Saturday 25 January

Langwarrin v Banyule, Lawton Park, 3pm Langwarrin v Mornington, Lawton Park, 5.30pm

In other news well known football identity Michael Bevis has died aged 85.

He is a former Frankston City player and coach who also coached at Karingal United and Langwarrin.

In later years he moved to Queensland and continued coaching.

Cup kings: Langwarrin won its fourth Wallace Cup on Saturday. Picture: Darryl Kennedy

United on top: Seaford United won its first Wallace Plate on Saturday. Picture: Darryl Kennedy