Western Port News 23 November 2022

Holland wins top job

Repairs, clean-up after deluge

Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au

Council is facing a massive clean-up and repair bill after recent heavy rain caused landslips, flooded properties and destroyed made and unmade roads across the peninsula.

The mayor Steve Holland said there had been landslips at Shoreham Beach, Beleura cliff, Mornington and Drum Drum Alloc Creek, as well as

McCrae, where eight homes were evacuated when land gave way on View Point Road.

The Beleura cliff path, which has been earmarked for repairs since several landslips last month, is now closed after sections of it fell away on Monday.

Holland said repairs were already underway on dozens of rain-damaged sealed and unsealed roads damaged, and Shire Hall beach, Mornington was closed until further notice.

Some community services have had

to be relocated due to flood damage, including Mornington Community Support Centre, which has been able to offer services from the Mornington Community House (3/91 Wilsons Road, Mornington).

The council has also dedicated a phone line for people whose prop erties have been impacted by the rainfall. By Tuesday last week there had been 220 calls for assistance with 72 direct reports being made via the Report a Drainage Issue on the shire web page.

With more rain expected, Holland said council staff were on standby in case a relief centre was needed for people displaced by flooding.

Holland said the frequency of rain events had increased over the past few years and the peninsula’s drainage system was not coping, He said it was not built to deal with the unprecedented levels of rainfall.

But it wasn’t just stormwater that was ending up on people’s properties.

South East Water‘s service delivery manager Simon Willis said severe rain

fall in the early hours of Monday 14 November affected the sewer network across the peninsula, including Mount Eliza, Mornington, Mount Martha, Safety Beach, Dromana, Rosebud, Flinders, Shoreham and Hastings.

“Our sewer network across the pen insula is designed with extra capacity for stormwater ingress during wet weather. However, the volume of rain fall inundation from this event was greater than our network was designed to handle,” he said.

STEVE Holland is Mornington Peninsula Shire’s new mayor. Elected last Tuesday in a three-way tussle for the top job, Holland’s first speech was to call for cooperation between the shire and the community. Cr Debra Mar was elected deputy mayor.

MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire

Lib party room closed to Hastings campaigner

RENEE Heath, the Upper House candidate that Liberal leader Matthew Guy says will not be sitting in the Liberal Party room if elected on Sat urday, is no stranger to the Hastings electorate.

Liberal candidate for Hastings Bri ony Hutton has posted photos online of herself and Heath campaigning in the electorate.

“Thanks to Renee Heath and David Burgess, the two Upper House candidates for this region, for their help today,” was posted by Hutton on 23 September after campaigning in Langwarrin.

The Liberal Party has said Heath would not be sitting in the Liberal Party room if elected because she had withheld information about her deal ings with ISAAC (International Stra tegic Alliance of Apostolic Churches) Network.

Hutton, who regularly attends and sings on stage at the Gateway Church, Seaford, told The News to contact Liberal headquarters when asked on Monday about her reaction to the exclusion of Heath from the party room.

Hutton has not responded - despite several requests to both her and her campaign manager Simone Clencieto emails from The News seeking her reaction to a news article in a daily newspaper linking her to candidates with church links and her views on abortion and assisted dying.

Named with Hutton were Up per House candidates Heath (City

Builders Church), Moira Deeming and Anne-Marie Hermans and Lower House candidates Nicole Werner (Box Hill) and Cynthia Watson (Ringwood).

Guy said Heath’s expulsion from the Party Room was related to trips to Malaysia and ISAAC and not her views on gay conversion therapy.

Hutton is seeking to replace Liberal MP for Hastings Neale Burgess, who has yet to publicly respond to reports that he was suspended from state parliament and then banned from attending party events or involving himself in Liberal affairs following allegations of inappropriate behav iour towards parliamentary staff (“MP banned from duties” The News 18/7/22).

First elected in 2006, Burgess an nounced his retirement on 11 Novem ber 2021, saying he had decided not standing at this year’s state election was “the right time for me and it’s the right time for my party”.

Kate Smith, of Somerville, said Hutton “comes off as a very sweet person”.

“However, she refuses to answer simple questions in relation to her views on dying with dignity, marriage equality and reproductive health for women,” Smith told The News

“It’s time to stop the Pentecostal takeover of our great democracy.”

In neighbouring Mornington, ac cusations of a takeover by “the Morn ington faction of the religious far

right” earlier this year split sections of the Liberal Party on the peninsula (“‘Turf war’ splits peninsula Liberals” The News 22/8/22).

The scheduled annual general meet ing of the party’s Dunkley Federal Electoral Conference ended within 10 minutes of its start on Wednesday 27 July, and was rescheduled.

The former chair of the conference, Mornington Peninsula Shire council lor (now mayor) and Liberal Party member for 10 years, Steve Hol land, refused to attend because “the behaviour was so poor the first time around that I didn’t want to witness that again…”

Calls for ocean pollution inquiry

STATE election candidates have been reluctant to back Clean Ocean Foundation’s call for a parliamentary inquiry into ocean pollution and sew erage disposal.

The foundation says the need to upgrade the treatment of waste water has been highlighted by sewage being pumped into the ocean for weeks at Gunnamatta because the South East ern Treatment plant could not cope during recent heavy rains.

It wants the wastewater treated so it can be used for drinking by humans.

“Once it’s out in the ocean you’ve lost control over it. It’s a dirty con versation, but it’s one we must have,” Clean Ocean CEO John Gemmell said in a letter to candidates.

Gemmell sought backing for the inquiry from “four key candidates” in each of the Mornington Peninsula’s three electorates - Mornington, Hast ings and Nepean.

Candidates who said they would back the foundation’s call for an inquiry were Mornington candidates Chris Crewther (Liberal) and Kate Lardner (independent), and Nepean independent Elizabeth Woolcock.

In the Upper House, the Greens said they would be prepared to consider a parliamentary inquiry after the elec tion as they had a policy to promote the drinking of recycled water; the Health Australia Party said it would back a parliamentary inquiry.

Clean Ocean president Peter Smith said the latest discharges at Gun namatta saw at least 20,000 million li tres of effluent enter the ocean “that’s 11 MCGs full of effluent”. Keith Platt

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au

THE Facebook picture that was accompaied by a “thank you” from Hastings Liberal candidate Briony Hutton, left, to Upper House candidates David Burgess and Renee Heath.

Felicity Benson – Freedom Party

IN 1975 as my family moved from Melbourne to Baxter, I attended Baxter Primary School for grades 5 and 6. Completing secondary educa tion at St Paul’s School Woodleigh with my final year at Frankston TAFE, I graduated with a certificate in child care.

Married in my early 20s, I currently reside on the Mornington Peninsula and have four daughters, together with four young grandchil dren. My career as a personal care assistant and support worker has included working with the elderly and those living with disabilities.

During the last few years Victorians have been subjected to a loss of freedoms through harsh lockdowns and mandates. These have caused many good people to lose their jobs, seen the collapse of many small businesses, and created a health system in crisis.

Throughout this time, a scandal-racked and debt-ridden Labor Andrews government has not consulted widely and ignored its role as a responsible government. Ultimately, it has failed to serve the needs and best interests of their electorate.

As your Freedom Party of Victoria candi date, I am committed to standing up for basic freedoms of speech, assembly and religion. To defend family values, parent’s rights over the education of their children, including the right to reject the “woke” agenda in our schools.

I will stand for energy security and increased agricultural production, helping to pay off the spiraling debt and ensure a prosperous future for our children. Passionate about our community and our families, I will always fight to serve your best interests.

Saunders - Greens

I BELIEVE that the world can be a great place for all: the plants and animals and people of all nationalities and origins.

The Greens are the only party with clear and costed policies to achieve this outcome.

At this election, our plan for Victoria is to:

n Ensure no new coal and gas. Achieve 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030. Stop drilling for gas near the 12 Apostles.

n Tackle the housing crisis. Build more af fordable homes and cap rent increases.

n Reduce the cost of living with cheaper energy, education and transport.

n Genuinely free public schools, and more funding for better health care.

The Mornington Peninsula is a unique place. It is a great place to live and visit but it needs careful looking after. The peninsula is so attrac tive because 70 per cent of the area is green wedge and therefore open green space. We must fiercely defend and enhance these areas.

I have been a resident of the peninsula for 19 years. We have raised our children in Balnar ring, both our girls live and work locally, my partner taught for many years at the Balnarring Primary School and now provides outdoor ad venture experiences at Camp Manyung, Mount Martha.

Education is my passion. I was a leading teacher in high schools in the UK and since arriving in Australia have made a new career in the vocational education sector.

Review the Greens policies at: greens.org.au/ vic/policies

A Family Who Cares

When that sad time does occur and you have to contact a funeral director, it can be difficult. You feel lost, in some cases it is too hard to speak, and you can be too upset to think straight. This of course is very understandable. To lessen the burden, telephone our office and a representative will be available to call your home, at a time that suits you and your family. Our very competent staff will be able to assist you in every direction, helping to lessen the anxiety you are having at the time.

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Briony Hutton – Liberal Party

I GREW up in Tyabb and live in Somers with my husband Tom, a local electrician. I’m the only can didate with a plan for Hastings electorate, which includes the following election commitments:

- $971 million for the electrification and duplica tion of the Frankston to Baxter line, including a new train station in Langwarrin South, with ample parking for Langwarrin and peninsula residents in Langwarrin and Baxter, and bus connections.

- A regular cross-peninsula bus service between Hastings and Mornington, via West Park.

- Long-term solutions to potholes as part of the Liberals’ $10 billion state road maintenance fund.

- $2.5 million for a new three-bay Baxter CFA Station.

- $3 million to upgrade Somerville’s football, netball, and cricket clubs, including upgraded club rooms, an undercover spectator viewing area and female and junior change facilities.

- $1.5 million for Hastings Football Netball and Cricket clubs for a clubroom upgrade, female and junior change facilities and netball weather shelters.

- $3.2 million for Somers Primary School for a flexible learning space large enough for the whole school community, and master plan.

- $750,000 for an Inclusive jobs hub at Sages Cottage, Baxter to provide workplace training op portunities to an additional 50 NDIS participants.

- $600,000 for an all-abilities community foot bridge from Lord Somers Camp to Balnarring foreshore.

I’ve lived the issues in our community as a life long local, have worked on them in the private and public sectors, and will work hard to solve them as your MP for Hastings.

Tyson Jack, Animal Justice Party

I AM running in Hastings on a platform of giving animals a voice in parliament to help protect them from cruelty.

I am someone who will listen to the concerns and priorities of individuals within the com munity.

This is the fourth time I will be representing the Animal Justice Party in the upcoming elec tion as it is a party that represents my values of kindness, rationality, non-violence and equality.

The Animal Justice Party is extremely pas sionate about delivering on these values for animals, people and the planet and has an enor mously dedicated and passionate team who will represent the needs of all Victorians.

Please feel free to reach out to me to discuss any issues you’re passionate about.

Robert Whitehill - independent

I AM a long-time public transport advocate and have spent the past decade designing and advo cating for an improved public transport network for the Mornington Peninsula, a project called the Peninsula Rail Link.

This project includes frequency boosts on the Stony Point train line (with trains running express to Melbourne in the longer term), a new train line to Rosebud, and four cross-peninsula bus routes.

I have an older brother who has a severe intel lectual disability. Through him, I have learned a lot about autism, and from there about other neurodivergences such as ADHD and dyslexia, and about the struggles they face, including discrimination and belittlement. I will be a voice for these people and make sure none get left behind.

I support climate action, but I’m taking a sustainability-focused approach. I think of it like this: Earth is round, and it does not get bigger every time someone is born. That means we have limited space and resources that we must use wisely. I will make sure the government invests in technology, policies and infrastructure that do.

I’ve also grown fond of economic independ ence. If we have our own services and facilities and become less dependent on imports, we can create thousands of jobs while becoming more resilient against global disruptions like wars or pandemics.

As an independent, I’ll represent you, and only you. I won’t represent a party whose views and plans may clash with yours.

ALL eight candidates for the seat of Hastings were invited by The News to submit a statement and photograph. Five accepted the offer.

SES makes call for help

RECENT storms and widespread flooding across the Mornington Peninsula have prompted calls for more SES volunteers, after emergency services were stretched to the limit in the most recent flooding event of Sunday 13 November.

As the control agency for flooding in Victoria, VICSES volunteers from Hastings, Sorrento, Chelsea and Frankston jumped into action last week when the peninsula was hit by wild weather on the weekend, particularly overnight Sunday.

SES chief operations officer Tim Wiebusch said there were 397 calls on the peninsula related to flooding, 253 for fallen trees, 98 for building damage and 36 flood rescues. Wie busch said VICSES volunteers also responded to more than 30 calls to assist other agencies, including police.

"Our volunteers are the backbone of the Victo ria State Emergency Service, and our members on the peninsula are no exception; answering more than 900 requests for assistance since the start of October,” he said.

"This level of activity reflects the extraor dinary weather events of the last two years; already the busiest in VICSES’ history.

"Our peninsula-based volunteers were able to achieve this by completing the accredited training we offer, which ranges from first aid to general rescue, chainsaw operations, community engagement, and so much more."

Much of the damage from the weekend was around Mount Martha, Mornington, Hastings and Dromana, as stormwater systems became overwhelmed, and water inundated properties. Shops in Dava Drive, Mornington, were washed out, with owners and staff making desperate calls on social media for help after it is believed a blocked stormwater drain in the shopping strip car park overflowed.

Wiebusch said areas of Victoria - particularly in regional and rural communities – where the organisation would like to “strengthen our membership numbers” to ensure a prolonged emergency response can be sustained for those communities.

VICSES has 150 units spread geographically across the state, but only two within Mornington Peninsula shire.

To learn more about the VICSES go to: ses. vic.gov.au/join-us

Liz Bell

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A LANDSLIDE at McCrae that caused houses to be evacuated was just one of many calls for help answered by the SES during heavy rains the weekend before last. Picture: Yanni

Holland’s mayoral win followed by ‘whirlwind’

Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au

A “WHIRLWIND 48 hours” followed the election last week of Cr Steve Holland as Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor.

Wild weather across the shire caused landslides, flooding and beach erosion.

Holland’s introduction to being given the council’s top job included a crash course by shire engineers into the causes of the landslides and visiting some of the peninsula’s worst hit areas.

He says “there’s a need to educate people about the warning signs” of an impending landslide, one of which caused eight houses to be evacuated at McCrae.

Holland was elected mayor at a spe cial council meeting on Tuesday 15 November in a contest against deputy mayor Cr Lisa Dixon and Sarah Race.

Holland and Race each received four votes to Dixon’s two in the first round, with Holland winning 6:4 after the second vote.

The position of deputy mayor went to Cr Debra Mar, after a two-way contest against Cr Antonella Celi.

Holland’s appointment is the third year in a row that the position has gone to a Briars Ward councillor.

In the lead up to this year’s mayoral election tipsters in the shire initially had Marsh and Dixon favourites to win a second term. But the odds shortened rapidly, and Holland later told The News that “people knew I’d nominate”.

In a speech to council after being elected he said being mayor was “not a position I ever expected to find myself in”.

Marsh posted on The News’s Face book page that he would not be seek ing a second term among comments being made about a house in Hastings that he had bought from the state government (“Mayor buys into public housing” The News 8/11/22).

After he was elected mayor one year ago, Marsh said a “key role” was to “ensure councillors “work as a team and not 11 individuals” (“New mayor to seek council unity” The News 23/11/21).

In his acceptance speech, Holland reminded residents that councillors and many shire staff were part of the community.

“The coming year should be one of incremental, continuous improvement. We know as an organisation what we need to do. We know what those basic services are that every resident ex pects us to deliver,” he said. “So, let's focus on that. Improving by just one per cent per day over the course of a

year delivers parabolic returns. We need a balance of small, fast wins and good, long-term strategic planning.

“I truly believe that the small sins of each individual culminate in the great sins of the state and that by being better citizens we will build a better society.

“The Mornington Peninsula as a region would be unstoppable if we can all identify the issues, causes and projects that unite us and not divide us. To ensure that a majority of the time, we can all be rowing in the same direction.

“If councillors from all political persuasions and walks of life can put their differences aside for the greater good, so too can the citizens of the Mornington Peninsula.

“My message to my fellow Coun cillors is that the community will measure us on the outcomes of our decisions.

“There’s an old saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

“As leaders and decision-makers, good intentions simply aren’t good enough. It’s not good enough to be nice, it’s not good enough to mean well. We have to deliver for our com munity and it’s our tangible policy outcomes that will be measured.”

Holland has a Bachelor of Commu nication from RMIT University and is now a self-employed web developer.

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“High intensity rainfall events can overload the stormwater drainage system. This can cause stormwater to enter the sewer system through infiltration via pipes and maintenance structures, low lying residential and commercial property plumbing fixtures or stormwater connections illegally connected to the sewer net work,” Willis said.

“During this event we prioritised the safety of our staff and maintenance crews who were on site. They worked 24/7 monitoring flooded areas and locations affected by wet weather sewer overflows to reduce impacts to our customers, community and environment.”

SEW faults and emergencies responded to calls from 10 customers who reported “wet weather” over flows inside their homes.

“Our team members went out to speak with these customers, assessed the damage and helped them with their insurance claims, or found some alternate accommodation where nec

essary,” Willis said.

He said SEW had done all it could to avoid spills, including monitor ing sensors with alarms that detected potential blockages or overflows.

Holland said every council was dealing with a similar issue.

“No [stormwater] system could have dealt with this type of event, and they are increasing in frequency,” he said.

“We have an excellent cleaning and maintenance program for the part of the drainage system that is managed by the shire. In October we proac tively visited properties we know are prone to flooding and checked all the pits and pipes were in good shape. Unfortunately, we had no advance warning of this rain event.

“We will continue to do all we can to support our community through this event. I urge anyone who has a drainage issue to report it through the website.”

Residents whose homes have been impacted by the rain can phone the council on 1300 850 600.

Flooding at Safety Beach. Picture: Gary Sissons

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Outdoor dining denied - for now

MORNINGTON Shire Council is considering its options to continue outdoor trading in the lead up to the end of the Covid-related parklet and outdoor dining program on 15 December.

But that won’t be before dozens of businesses will be forced to pull down and dismantle dining area parklets over what were car parks, due to the ending of the state government’s emergency powers.

Tony Kafrouni of Vinnies’ Boys Pizza, Mount Eliza wants the council to allow the parklet trade to continue as other councils have done.

Kafrouni said the livelihood of Mount Eliza Village had increased due to the parklet dining, with many people coming out to eat and drink coffee, with many staying to shop.

Vinnies will lose at least 20 seats when its parklet goes, while the undercover marquee outside nearby restaurant 1001 Nights will also have to go.

Kafrouni said businesses were upset the coun cil had been slow to act, as they would have to go to the expense of dismantling and removing the parklets until the council decides if they can stay.

He has started a petition to “save Vinnies and Mount Eliza Village outdoor dining” that has already gathered 2500 signatures.

Kafrouni said the petition had helped raise awareness of the impact on businesses but said “there was still work to do”.

“We already have come so far, still have some work to do.”⁠

⁠⁠Kafrouni said the council already had a blue print of how the parklet legislation could work, given that Melbourne City, Monash and Bayside councils had already introduced fees in line with footpath dining to allow parklets to continue.

“We are coming up to summer, the busiest period, why hasn’t council been proactive and already introduced some kind of parklet permit,”

he said.

Council’s community facilities and precincts manager Rebecca Levy said the parklet permits introduced in 2020 were to support local res taurants and cafes on a temporary measure as COVID-19 restrictions eased over spring and summer.

At the time, the council said additional outdoor dining space was considered crucial for the pen insula’s food businesses to re-open and remain profitable while complying with social distanc ing measures and space restrictions.

“Our initial parklet/outdoor dining model was designed in response to a short-term recovery program supported by the state government. With COVID restrictions ending, we are now considering next steps,” Levy said.

“There are costs and benefits to parklets and we want to ensure the needs of all traders and the community are taken into consideration. We will shortly be consulting our community and traders about the future of parklets. The penin sula is a diverse community and there is no easy one size fits all solution.”

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Mystery Of Michelle. (2018, Mav) 1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG)

The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG)

3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Ma) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork.

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ABC (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.10 Secrets Of The Museum. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00

Significant Others. (Final, Mals, R) 1.50 Doc Martin. (PG, R) 2.40 Poh’s Kitchen. (R)

3.10 Gardening Australia. (R)

4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)

5.00 Back Roads. (R)

5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Josh Byrne meets gardeners of all ages.

8.30 Frankly. (Final) Fran Kelly chats with some of the biggest names and brains in Australia and from around the globe.

9.10 All Creatures Great And Small. (Final, PG) James’ parents come to visit. Tristan’s next steps are informed by a chance meeting with an outsider.

9.55 Fisk. (Ml, R) George is feeling overworked.

10.25 Troppo. (Mal, R)

11.20 ABC Late News.

11.35 To Be Advised.

12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

SBS (3)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group G. Brazil v Serbia. Continued. 8.30 Soccer.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Group H. Uruguay v Korea Republic. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022

FIFA World Cup. Group H. Portugal v Ghana. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group G. Brazil v Serbia. Replay. From Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar. 5.30 FIFA World Cup

2022 Daily World Cup Show. (R)

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. (R) A preview of FIFA World Cup matches.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Engineering Reborn. (Premiere, PG) Abandoned buildings are given a new lease of life.

8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group B. Wales v Iran. From Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar.

11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Qatar v Senegal.

2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group A. Netherlands v Ecuador.

5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. England v USA. From Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar.

SEVEN (7)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Maltese Falcon. (1941, PGav, R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Dr Harry Cooper teams up with Adam Doville to build obstacles for dogs.

8.30 MOVIE: Green Book. (2018, Ml, R) Based on a true story. In the ’60s, a distinguished African-American pianist hires a tough-talking Italian-American bouncer as his chauffeur for a concert tour through America’s Midwest and Deep South. Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini.

11.10 To Be Advised.

12.50 Black-ish. (PGa, R) Dre takes the family to his home town of Compton.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

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6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Cruise Away. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 House Of Wellness. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Security: International. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

NINE (9)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)

11.30 Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Blueprint To The Heart. (2020, PGa, R)

1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG)

3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Feeding The Zoo. (PGam) Takes a look at food preparation.

8.30 MOVIE: Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason. (2004, Mdls, R) Bridget Jones fears her relationship with Mark Darcy is in jeopardy after meeting his glamorous colleague. Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth.

10.35 MOVIE: Knocked Up. (2007, MA15+dls, R) Seth Rogen. 1.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

9GEM (92)

6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 GolfBarons. Noon Golf. PGA Australia. Australian PGA Championship. Second round. 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Antiques Downunder. 8.00 Antiques Roadshow Detectives. 8.40 MOVIE: Cast Away. (2000, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs. Noon The Carrie Diaries. 1.00 LA Clippers Dance Squad. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 Children’s Programs. 5.40 MOVIE: The Pink Panther 2. (2009, PG) 7.30 MOVIE:

TEN (10)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R)

7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Living Room. (Final) Miguel Maestre creates tasty Christmas fare.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (PGa, R) Graham Norton is joined by Paul Mescal, Michaela Coel, Winston Duke, Emma Corrin and Richard Ayoade.

9.30 Just For Laughs Australia. (MA15+ls, R) Hosted by Nath Valvo.

10.00 Just For Laughs Uncut. (MA15+als, R) Hosted by Nikki Osborne.

10.30 Luke Heggie: Tiprat. (MA15+ls, R)

11.40 The Project. (R)

12.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)

1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group G. Switzerland v Cameroon. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Netherlands v Ecuador. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. England v USA. Replay. From Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. (R)

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. (R) A preview of FIFA World Cup matches, as well as a look at the latest news and team and player profiles.

NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 1.00 Border Security: International. (PGad, R) 1.30 To Be Advised. 2.00 To Be Advised. 5.30 To Be Advised.

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Golf. PGA Australia. Australian PGA Championship. Third round. 4.30 Getaway. (PG) 5.00 Election 2022: Victoria Decides – Polls Close. Coverage of the Victorian State Election.

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 What’s Up Down Under. (R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. (PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Living Room. (R) 1.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 1.30 Healthy Homes Aust. (Final) 2.00 Well Traveller. (PGa, R) 2.30 Cook It With Luke. (R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.30 Taste Of Aust. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Victorian State Election.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. Tunisia v Australia. From Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar. Hosted by Richard Bayliss and Niav Owens, with football analysts Mark Bosnich, Craig Foster and Sarah Walsh. Commentary from David Basheer.

11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

My Life Is Murder. (Mv, R) Now Stocking • Maui Jim • Sabine Be • Henau • Paul Taylor

FBI: Most Wanted. (Mav, R) Please note: Due to major storm damage of our building we have temporarily moved to shop 7/68 Barkly Street, Mornington

1.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music videos clips.

Group C. Poland v Saudi Arabia.

2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 Election 2022: Victoria Decides – Vote Count. 8.00 Election 2022: Victoria Decides – Election Night Live. Coverage of the Victorian State Election. 9.30 Election 2022: Victoria Decides – Analysis. Coverage of the Victorian State Election. 10.30 MOVIE: Truth. (2015, Ml) Cate Blanchett. 1.00 Postcards. (PG, R) 1.30 Reel Destinations: Lodge Life. (R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7pm Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021: Opening Night. 9.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.15 Would I Lie To You? 10.45 Doctor Who. Midnight The Office. 12.50 Friday Night Dinner. 1.15 Universe With Brian Cox. 2.15 ABC News Update. 2.20 Close. 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Dot. 5.25 Pablo. 5.35 Late Programs.

Group D. France v Denmark.

5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Argentina v Mexico.

WORLD MOVIES (32)

(Premiere) ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am The Movie Show. 6.30 The Sound Of Silence. (2019, PG) 8.10 Polina. (2016, PG, French) 10.05 Charlie And Boots. (2009, M) Noon Monk Comes Down The Mountain. (2015, M, Cantonese) 2.05 Maudie. (2016, PG) 4.15 A Raisin In The Sun. (1961, PG) 6.35 On A Clear Day. (2005, PG) 8.30 Hope Gap. (2019, M) 10.25 Elle. (2016, MA15+, French) 12.50am The Happy Prince. (2018, MA15+) 2.50 Late Programs.

(Mv) Danny 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Cultural Connections Immersion Festival. 3.00 From The Heart Of Our Nation: The Sunset Concert. 5.00 Yarrabah! The Musical. 5.30 Power To The People. 6.00 Pacific Island Food Revolution. 6.50 News. 7.00 On Country Kitchen. 7.30 The Beaver Whisperers. 8.30 MOVIE: Raw Deal. (1986, MA15+) 10.20 Kungka Kunpu. 10.30 Artie: Our Tribute To A Legend. 11.00 Late Programs.

Vegas. (Mav) Max leads 10 PEACH (11) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Three Wide No Cover. 10.00 Travel Oz. 11.30 South Aussie With Cosi. Noon Horse Racing. Country Classic Race Day. Zipping Classic Day. 5.30 Mighty Ships. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 I Escaped To The Country. 11.30 Alan Carr’s Adventures With Agatha Christie. 12.30am The Yorkshire Vet. 1.30 Escape To The Country. 2.30 Late Programs.

(Ma, R) An NCIS agent turns up dead. 9GEM (92) 7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.10pm Revolution. 2.10 Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance C’ship. End of Season Review. 3.15 MOVIE: Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: Babe: Pig In The City. (1998) 7.00 MOVIE: Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang. (2010) 9.10 MOVIE: Something Borrowed. (2011, M) 11.30 Duncanville. Midnight Kardashians. 2.00 Baywatch. 2.50 Late Programs.

team to investigate the death of a prestigious Michelin-starred chef. 6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Antiques Roadshow Detectives. 1.10 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 2.30 MOVIE: Muscle Beach Party. (1964) 4.30 Golf. PGA Australia. Australian PGA Championship. Third round. 5.00 MOVIE: How To Murder Your Wife. (1965, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Ultimatum. (2007, M) 9.40 MOVIE: The Bourne Legacy. (2012, M) 12.10am Late Programs.

Victorian Election Update. 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Step Outside. 10.30 MXTV. 11.00 On Tour With Allan Border. 11.30 Your 4x4. Noon Dipper’s Backyard BBQ Wars. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Motor Racing. Sunraysia Safari. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 MOVIE: Ben-Hur. (1959, PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Forrest Gump. (1994, M) 11.25 Late Programs.

Shopping. (R)

(PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

over a 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Snap Happy. 10.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 Healthy Homes. Noon The Love Boat. 1.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 2.00 A-League All Access. 2.30 Roads Less Travelled. 3.00 MacGyver. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 iFish. 6.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. 6.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 MacGyver. 11.15 Late Programs.

shooting. 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 Friends. 11.30 The King Of Queens. 12.30pm Friends. 1.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.15 Friends. 12.15am Home Shopping. 1.45 Mom. 2.15 NBL Slam. 2.45 Broke. 4.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. (Final) 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Question Everything. (Mls, R) 3.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 4.00 Heywire. (R) 4.05

6.20 Frankly. (Final, R)

Presented by Fran Kelly.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) The team investigates the death of a cyclist.

8.30 MOVIE: Lion. (2016, PGa, R)

Twenty-five years after being adopted by an Australian couple, an Indian man sets out to find his biological family. Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara.

10.25 Miniseries: Ridley Road. (PG, R) Part 1 of 4.

11.25 Mystery Road: Origin. (Mal, R)

12.20 The Heights. (PG, R)

2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.00 Classic Countdown. (PG, R)

5.00 Insiders. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Argentina v Mexico. Continued. 8.30 Soccer.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. France v Denmark. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group C. Argentina v Mexico. Replay. 2.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group D. Tunisia v Australia. Replay. From Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. (R)

6.00

FIFA World Cup 2022

Preview Show. (R) A preview of FIFA World Cup matches.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Madame Tussaud’s: The Full Wax. (M) Takes a look at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.

8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Japan v Costa Rica. From Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar.

11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group F. Belgium v Morocco.

2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Group F. Croatia v Canada.

5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group E. Spain v Germany. From Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar.

SBS VICELAND (31)

6am Children’s

With Diesel. (Final) 11.25 MOVIE: Cemetery Junction. (2010, MA15+) 1am Long Lost Family. 1.45 ABC News Update. 1.50 Close. 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Dot. 5.25 Baby Jake. 5.35 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Rugby League. Koori Knockout. 1.00 Rugby Union. Ella 7s. Replay. 1.25 Away From Country.

6am WorldWatch.

9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show.

Noon The Rising. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. Austn Superbike C’ship. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 Insight.

5.30 The Bee Whisperer. 6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. 7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Surveillance Oz Dashcam. (PG, R) 1.30

AFL Women’s Grand Final Pre-Game. 2.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Grand Final. Brisbane

Lions v Melbourne. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 7NEWS Spotlight.

8.00 Motorway Patrol. (Return, PG) Woolly wanderers meet the traffic head on.

8.30 MOVIE: Salt. (2010, Mlv, R) After she is accused of being a Russian spy, a CIA agent goes on the run and tries to prove her innocence. Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor.

10.30 The Front Bar. (M, R)

11.40 Autopsy USA: Patty Duke. (MA15+ad, R)

12.40 Medical Emergency. (PGa, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6am Morning Programs. 11.00 House Of Wellness. Noon Escape To The Country. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 DVine Living. 2.30 Discover With RAA Travel. 3.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 3.30 Our Town. 4.00 My Greek Odyssey. 5.00 I Escaped To The Country. 6.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 Heathrow. 9.30 Air Crash Investigation. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Our State On A Plate. (PG) 6.30 A

Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 Women’s Footy. (PG) 12.00 Golf. PGA Australia. Australian PGA Championship. Final round.

5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Postcards. (PG) The team spends time in Horsham.

6.00 Nine News Sunday.

7.00 LEGO Masters Bricksmas Special. 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.40 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

10.10 The First 48: The Other Wife. (Mal)

11.10 Murder In A Small Town. (MA15+av) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Outdoors Indoors. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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6am TV Shop. 6.30 Amazing Facts Presents. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 Skippy. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 Seaway. Noon MOVIE: Pool Of London. (1951, PG) 1.45 MOVIE: Scott Of The Antarctic. (1948) 4.00 MOVIE: Moby Dick. (1956) 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 Mega Zoo. 8.30 MOVIE: The Zookeeper’s Wife. (2017, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Mass. 6.30 Turning Point. (PGa) 7.00

Joseph Prince. 7.30 Joel Osteen. 8.00

Living Room. (R) 9.00 Destination Dessert. (Return) 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. (PG) 12.00 The Challenge Australia. (PGl, R) 2.00

Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 2.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders. (R) 3.00 Cook It With Luke. 3.30

Well Traveller. (PGa) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (Return, PGl) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Mal) Graham is joined by Bruce Springsteen.

8.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mdv) When a US Marine corporal dies in a tide pool after being exposed to fentanyl, the NCIS team must quickly find the source of the drugs. Alex talks about taking a gap year. Ernie reveals some personal news.

9.30 FBI. (Mv, R) After a man is killed by an explosive package shipped to his home, the team tries to capture the sender.

11.30 The Sunday Project. (R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

The Lucky One. (2012, M) 3.30 Broke. 4.30 Home Shopping.

SBS

WORLD MOVIES (32)

6am

Asterix And Obelix: Mission Cleopatra. Continued. (2002, PG, French) 6.40 On A Clear Day. (2005, PG) 8.30 Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG) 10.30 Elementary. (2016, M, French) 12.30pm Journey’s End. (2017) 2.30 The Sound Of Silence. (2019, PG) 4.05 Polina. (2016, PG, French) 6.05 Brideshead Revisited. (2008, PG) 8.30 Benedetta. (2021, MA15+, French) 10.55 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs.

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(2002, Malsv, R)

(PG, R)

Bayt

The Drum.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (Final, PGav) 8.30 9-1-1. (Mav) The 118 race to the rescue at a renaissance fair. Athena fears for May’s life when she encounters a disturbed young man. 9.30 S.W.A.T. (Malv) The team has to work together to apprehend a band of mercenaries hired by a wealthy CEO trying to flee the country.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Heartbreak Island Australia. (Mal) 12.00 The Resident. (Ma, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 My Mum Your Dad. Hosted by Kate Langbroek. 9.10 MOVIE: The Notebook. (2004, PGals, R) An old man reads a

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ABC (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 10.30 Dream Gardens. (PG, R) 11.05 Restoration Australia. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Shetland. (Mal, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Stuff The British Stole: The Crow Flies. (PG)

8.30 Love On The Spectrum. (R) Part 2 of 4.

9.30 Fake Or Fortune? Cosway Or Lawrence. (R) Part 2 of 4.

10.30 Space 22. (PGa, R) 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 The Business. (R) 11.35 MOVIE:

The Australian Dream. (2019, MA15+l, R) Adam Goodes, Stan Grant, Nova Peris. 12.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.50 Baby Surgeons. (Ma, R) 1.40 Parliament Question Time. 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.10pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.15 Blunt Talk. (Final) 9.40 Friday Night Dinner. 10.05 Fisk. 10.35 Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. 11.20 Staged. 12.05am This Time With Alan Partridge. 12.35 Black Comedy. 1.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.50 Late Programs.

SBS (3)

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group H. Portugal v Uruguay. Continued. 8.30 Soccer.

2022 FIFA World Cup. Group G. Cameroon v Serbia. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group G. Brazil v Switzerland. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group H. Portugal v Uruguay. Replay. From Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Jeff Fatt. (PG, R)

8.30 How To Sleep Well With Michael Mosley. (R) Michael Mosley takes a look at sleep.

9.40 Ukraine: Life Under Attack. Takes a look at the people of Ukraine.

10.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R)

11.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 1.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Netherlands v Qatar. 4.30 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. (R) 5.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. Wales v England.

SBS VICELAND (31)

SEVEN (7)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Falling Down. (1993, Mvl, R) 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 To Be Advised.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. (PG) Presented by Graeme Hall.

8.30 The Good Doctor. (M) After a woman pregnant with sextuplets arrives at the hospital, Dr Andrews splits the doctors into teams.

9.30 S.W.A.T. (Mav) The team works to stop a violent attack on the city.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Chicago Fire. (Ma)

12.00 The Resident. (Mav, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO (72)

6am WorldWatch.

9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon

The Ghan: The Full Journey. 3.15 Bamay. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Shortland St. 5.35 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show. 7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Travel Man. 9.30 Forbidden History. 10.25 Valley Of The Boom. 11.20 Late Programs.

6am

Pawn Stars.

11.30

American Restoration.

11.00

6.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. Wales v England. Continued. 8.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Netherlands v Qatar. Replay. 11.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group H. Korea Republic v Ghana. Replay. 2.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. Wales v England. Replay. From Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar. 5.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v West Indies. Day 1. Evening session. 9.00 MOVIE: S.W.A.T. (2003, Mlv, R) An elite team of Los Angeles police officers is assigned to transport a drug kingpin into federal custody. Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez. 11.25 The Amazing Race. (PGl) Hosted by Phil Keoghan. 12.25 MOVIE: Borderline Normal. (2001, PGas, R) Caterina Scorsone. 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

TEN (10) NINE (9)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 My Mum Your Dad. (R) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Travel Guides. (PG, R) Ordinary Australians visit Israel.

8.30 MOVIE: Central Intelligence. (2016, Mlsv, R) An accountant and a CIA agent reconnect at a reunion and proceed to work together on a top-secret case. Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart.

10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 Skin A&E. (Mm)

12.00 Bluff City Law. (Ma, R)

12.50 Reel Destinations: Lodge Life. (R)

1.20 Talking Honey. (PGs, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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6.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 10 News First: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Ma) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Challenge Australia. Relation ships in the house continue to break down under the intense stress of the game.

8.30 NCIS. (Ma) The team investigates the US Secretary of the Navy when her husband claims she tried to murder him.

10.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mdv, R) A marine corporal dies in a tide pool.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late-night talk show. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

6am The Late Show

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group A. Ecuador v Senegal. Replay. 11.30 2022 FIFA World Cup. Group B. Iran v USA. Replay. 2.30pm Front Up 1998. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Shortland St. 5.35 Joy Of Painting. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily Show. 7.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Land Of The Giants: Titans Of Tech. 10.10 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.10pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.00 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 8.50 MOVIE: Courtney Barnett: Anonymous Club. (2021, M) 10.15 Stuff The British Stole. 10.45 Our Brain. 11.40 Staged. 12.05am Starstruck. 12.50 Louis Theroux’s LA Stories. 1.50 Catalyst. 2.45 ABC News Update. 2.50 Close. 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am The Movie Show. 6.20 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 8.20 This Beautiful Fantastic. (2016, PG) 10.00 Into The White. (2012, M, Norwegian) Noon Higher Ground. (2011, M) 2.05 Broken Hill. (2009, PG) 4.05 A Street Cat Named Bob.

PG) 6.00 Fellinopolis.

(2020,

6am Children’s Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)

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Theory.

David Field Nilsson - Farewell To The Last Of The Invincibles

OBITUARY

David Field Nilsson

By Peter McCullough

The Australian cricket team which toured England under Don Brad man in 1948 did not experience a defeat and was awarded the title ‘The Invincibles’. Closer to home, the Hastings football team, under the leadership of George Slocombe, was considered worthy of the same title; following premierships in 1946 and 1947 they went through 1948 undefeated. David Nilsson, the last surviving member of that team, passed away on 18 August. He was 97. David had a distinguished foot ball career, being a member of four premiership teams, and the Postscript lists his achievements.

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David Field Nilsson was born in Somerville on 12 November, 1924 to parents Hugh Clarence Field Nilsson (known as Hughie) and Eileen Mary Nilsson (known as Dell). A younger sister, Dulcie, completed the family.

Hughie was a butcher and farmer and Dell was a much loved primary school teacher. Planning for the future, they had acquired 56 acres on the south east corner of FrankstonFlinders Road and Bungower Road in Somerville and Hughie set up a slaughteryard. This led to the purchase of the butcher shop in Crib Point in 1941 in partnership with his brother-in-law, Allan Stanford.

During the Depression era David grew up on the farm where his moth er would feed many destitute men who would call in search of work and food. This experience, together with his wartime service, was a major influence that shaped David’s character and outlook on life.

After attending the local primary school, David attended Frankston High School where he showed an aptitude for sport. His first venture into the workforce saw him deliver ing meat to the local population with the ‘cutting cart’. Initially, this was from the farm at Somerville and then

later from the shop at Crib Point.

On 3 February, 1943 David pre sented for duty at HMAS Lonsdale, a naval training establishment set up in the city for recruitment. Soon after wards, as Ordinary Seaman Nils son, he was transferred to Flinders Naval Depot, now known as HMAS Cerberus; by a happy co-incidence the main entrance was just across the road from the Crib Point butcher shop. At FND his training encom passed areas such as seamanship, musketry, gunnery and torpedoes; his

training completed, on 15 July, 1943 David was drafted to HMAS Mel ville, off Australia’s northern coast. It was very remote for someone whose only venture outside Victoria had been to attend a scout jamboree in Sydney in 1937.

During the long journey north, by train as far as Townsville and then to Darwin by army convoy, David wrote his first letters back to his family. Throughout his three years in the navy he was an assiduous correspondent, writing as many as

20 letters in a single week to family and friends. At war’s end he brought back a sandalwood chest as a gift to his mother; some 75 years later almost 200 of his letters to her were found in this box. They formed the basis for a book ‘Train Trips and Tough Little Ships. A Young Man’s War’ which was compiled several years ago by Stuart Sykes.

After a short time at HMAS Melville, Able Seaman Nilsson spent the remainder of the war on corvettes HMAS Cootamundra and then HMAS Cessnock. They carried out minesweeping, transport, and convoy escort duties along Aus tralia’s eastern coast. Four letters, written on consecutive days starting on 31 August, 1945 make up the heart of David’s personal collection. On the last day of August the HMAS Cessnock, accompanied by three other Australian corvettes and their convoy, sailed into Tokyo Bay. Two days later, on Sunday 2 September, the Australian convoy was present when General Douglas McArthur accepted the Japanese surrender to end the war. “We could see the USS Missouri where the great event took place, it’s about a mile away from us but we can see it very plainly”, wrote David.

‘Mopping up’ operations took longer than expected and stretched across David’s 21st birthday in November. It was not until 15 April, 1946 that he was finally ‘demobi lized’. Back on dry land David re sumed work as a butcher at Hughie’s Crib Point business, delivering the meat accompanied by his muchloved dogs.

Many of David’s letters yearned for a return to the local dances and during 1946 he rediscovered this simple pleasure. During that year he crossed paths at a dance in Hast ings with a young Frankston lady named Mavis Scoble. They married at St. Paul’s church in Frankston in November 1947 and moved into the residence that David had bought at Crib Point.

David and Mavis were blessed

with three children between 1949 and 1952: Jennifer Eileen, Peter Field and Brian David. For a time the family lived above a butcher shop in Hampton before returning to Frankston; they resided briefly in Kars Street before spending 35 years or so in Finlay Street. David secured a position with Sheldrakes butchers in Young Street, opposite the train station, and he worked at that location and at Thompson Street as manager until he ‘retired’ in 1979. It was always service with a smile from David as a butcher; he even of fered the housewives tips on cooking despite having no particular culinary skills.

Throughout his life David was an enthusiastic sportsman and a summary of his achievements on the football field is contained in the Postscript. After his playing days were over David took up umpiring. He was a very competitive tennis player and later excelled at golf. He was a member of Amstel Golf Club in Cranbourne and played there for over 30 years. After ’retiring’ from being a butcher, David worked for his son, Peter, as a Surveyors As sistant; it was a job that could be dovetailed around his time on the golf course. Later he took up lawn bowls, as did Mavis; this became a mutual passion and they spent many happy years as members of Karingal Bowls Club. David also loved the great outdoors, camping and fishing in and around Eildon with his boys. David and Mavis entertained a lot at Finlay Street and hosted many parties for friends of their children and grandchildren. Then in 2003 they moved to the Village Glen Retirement Living at Capel Sound; it had taken Peter, who by this time was a member of staff at the Vil lage, ten years to talk them into it! This gave them a new lease of life; making friends at the Village Glen, getting involved in activities, and enjoying the great grandchildren as they continued to arrive.

The couple moved into residential care at Ti Tree Lodge, adjacent to

the Village Glen, in February, 2015. Both passed away there: Mavis in April 2018 and David in August 2022. While they were residents of Ti Tree Lodge they were greatly saddened by the passing of their daughter Jenny in March 2017.

David’s funeral took place at Tobin Brothers Chapel, Mt. Martha, on 26 August followed by burial in the Mornington Cemetery. The service was conducted by celebrant Jude Hilberts who also gave the eulogy. Tributes were provided by grandchildren Elizabeth and Mathew, granddaughter Isabella and sons Peter and Brian.

As the celebrant said in her

introductory remarks, “David was a quiet achiever and respectful man who was honest, considerate, loyal, congenial, reflective and support ive.” Left to mourn his loss are son Peter and daughter-in-law Estelle, son Brian and son-in-law Greg, sonin-law Greg Martin (husband of the late Jenny); grandchildren and their partners Jayne and Guy, Sally and Doug, Carolyn and James, Mathew and Lauren, Elizabeth and Jason, Megan and Daniel; great grandchil dren Isabella, Logan, Cleo, Lily, Harry (Vanray), Campbell, Kennedy, Tom, Quin, Fraser, Eloise, Charlotte, Harry (Nilsson), William, Sebastian, Mabel and Theodore.

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Somerville: In 1940 David played 9 games with Somerville; he was 15 years old and a member of their premiership team. The following year he was busy playing for Frankston High School (5 games) but he resumed with Somerville after his war ser vice, playing a total of 25 games in 1946 and 1947.

Hastings: David played 15 games in his single season with Hastings in 1948 and this included the premiership. Their season-long winning streak was helped somewhat by the fact that a skinny kid named Coleman kicked 160 goals playing at full forward including a lazy 23 one day against Sor rento.

Crib Point: In 1949 David started playing with Crib Point, a club which his father had been in strumental in founding. His time with this club ex tended to 1961 and he played a total of 202 games; this included premierships in 1957 and 1958. He was a life member of Crib Point F.C.

Mornington Peninsula Football League: On three occasions between 1948 and 1950 David was selected as a member of the team to represent the MPFL.

POSTSCRIPT

FOOTBALL RECORD OF DAVID NILSSON.(Compiled by local football historians Vic Jeremiah an Doug Dyall)

Far left: David in his navy days

Left: David married to Mavis in Frankston, 1947

Above: David working at Sheldrakes, butchers in Young Street, Frankston

Below left: David having a hit of golf on the beach Below: David and Mavis with the three children

Somerville premiers

1940: Back row: Jack Woods, Ron Armstrong, Horrie Bullen, Hilton Armstrong, George Bullen, George Philbrick, John Sheffield, Len Perryman. Middle row: Bill Williams, Bill Gomm, George Gomm, Keith O'Brien (captain/coach), Keith Wagner, Alf Murray, Paul Atherton. Front Row: David Nilsson, Colin Murray, John Wotherspoon, Ron Perterson. Boundary Umpire: Stan Thornhill

Hastings premiers 1948: Back row: Roy Harding (trainer), Sonny Mirabella, Bob Stone, Les Tolson, Gordon Allen, Jack Langman, John Coleman, Henry McNaught, Albert Coleman, Kevin Cairns, Fred Smith (trainer), Perc Wilson (president), Steve Filmer. Middle Row: Bert Francis (secretary), Jack Allen, Jack Roberts, Alan Anderson, Ernie Allen, George Slocombe (captain/coach), Biddy Jack (trainer). Front row: Eustace Unthank (child), William Smith, Harold Victor, Albert Giles, Andy Lothian, unknown (child), John Goss, David Nilsson, Bernie Unthank (child).

Crib Point premiers 1957: Back Row: David Brewer, Hugh Buckley, Les Tolson, Ron Crosbie, J. Mc Carthy, Arthur Dohl, Martin Mc Donnell (Capt), Max Tolson, Jack Langman, G. Edwards, Frank Aked, Leo Charles, Ray Ednie. Front Row: David Nilsson, Claude Arthur, Tony Elg, George Hoult, Doug Woolley, Ron Moncrieff. Mascot: Peter Hoult. Absent: N. Charles.

Care one day and none the next - who’s in charge?

About four years back we were told by our home carer that Mornington Peninsula Shire would no longer be offering the home care service. In June this year we were given the choice between two companies to do the home care service, and, after many phone calls and many assessments, we were told to contact My Age Care and we were then told to get in touch with the shire. So, we got in touch with the shire which told us to contact Bolton Clarke as they were handling our case. We ring Bolton Clarke and tell us they do not provide the service and that we should contact My Age Care.

Surely someone could tell us what exactly is going on? Are these organisations making fun of us and toiling with our nerves? Is this not elder abuse having to put up with all this stress. Why did Bolton Clarke accept our file know ing that they do not provide such a service?

Labor can deliver

Most of us know it isn’t going to be a Dan slide like 2018. We also know that the likelihood is for Labor to hold onto majority government. After all, Labor would have to lose 18 seats. So, let’s be real.

This time around only Labor can deliver the current Frankston Hospital rebuild, a new foot ball oval at Mornington Park, money for multi ple homeless and crisis shelters, new tennis and recreation facilities and the action and advocacy the Mornington electorate needs. Why?

In government, only Labor can deliver for Mornington. [Premier] Dan [Andrews] just said he will never use the Greens or teals to form ma jority government and nor will they have a voice being relegated to the backbench or some corner of a small Spring Street cupboard.

Enough is enough, we might be old, but we’re not stupid.

Carlos Messarra, Hastings

Valuable old growth

Recently, a letterbox drop by VicForests sought support from the public to extend an agreement which ends native hardwood logging by 2030. Why should we grant even more time to log our forests to an organisation that has been found to frequently operate illegally, with mini mal environmental considerations? Reputable reviews, including the Federal Court’s consider ation of highly endangered Leadbeater’s possum and greater glider habitats, found VicForests destroyed habitat critical to their survival. Why? Because VicForests has conducted logging out side of agreed “allocated” areas, and on multiple occasions.

Logging is exempt from federal environmental laws which aim to protect sensitive habitats and species. While the Federal Court was critical of VicForests, it rules within weak and outdated environmental laws. State governments of all persuasions have proved ineffectual in curbing offences.

Given the importance of forests for flora, fauna and the role mature trees play as carbon sinks – far superior than “replacement” growth - it’s past time we ceased logging old growth forests entirely.

Considering their vital role in climate chal lenges, habitat protection and cultural legacies, harvesting these trees makes them not cheap but extremely expensive products we can no longer afford.

VicForests uses the word sustainable, this is only a commercial notion, for what does that mean when clear felled forests never return to their original state?

We need to act as custodians, not plunderers, of a precious inheritance, and grant forests the importance they deserve.

Margaret Reid, Rye

So good that we have a chance to make change for Mornington, but let’s take that a little farther than words and advocacy - let’s get this delivered.

Facts are, only Labor can actually deliver what we need, and we have one of the finest Labor candidates to ever run in the seat of Mornington, a local nurse who gets things done - and has the right friends to help her deliver results - not just an election.

After 37 years of same-same-but-no-different, it’s time to make change. Big change.

If we choose to elect a candidate based on what they can (actually) deliver in a major ity government, there’s only one choice. That choice is real. Positive things happen when we allow change to happen and you, yes you, are that change maker.

It’s time to vote for a better Mornington. Steve Holland, Moorooduc

Editor: The writer is no relation to Morningt Peninsula Shire councillor, now mayor, Steve Holland.

Look before voting

I wouldn’t count on [state Liberal leader] Mathew Guy’s promises for the Mornington Peninsula. I wouldnt be surprised if he has over committed on his promises.

Remember bogus promise of $750 million from the federal government for an overpass in Jetty Road and then we were being told it was the state government’s fault that we didn’t get it? We might be lucky to get a lobster or two.

The previous Liberal state MP for Nepean did next to nothing for his electorate, especially the schools, seeing as he was education minister. Compare that to what [sitting Labor MP] Chris Brayne has delivered, such as refurbished schools and an express bus to Frankston. He has shown that he cares for his electorate and doesn’t treat you as just another vote.

I would invite all to check out this advertising as these are the words displayed.

I would like Mr Crewther to justify his claims and apologise to the wonderful members of our community who made things happen and were denied recognition by Mr Crewther.

Sean O’Keefe, Safety Beach

Independent approach

As an independent candidate for Mornington, my role is to represent the community on issues of importance. One such issue is the Beleura cliff path, which has repeatedly fallen into a state of disrepair due to neglect from several levels of government, despite the best efforts of local volunteers.

Overseen and maintained by a “friends of” group of volunteers, the path is an asset to the hundreds of daily users who use it for a relaxing stroll, for daily exercise, or to head to the beach. Volunteers regularly harvest and plant seedlings along the cliff face, promote the importance of deep-rooted indigenous plants for preventing erosion.

But neglect and short-term fixes to the issues of this path have left it vulnerable. Since 2003, the path has suffered several small landslides, and significant rainfall has resulted in landslips becoming more frequent as the cliff face erodes.

Importantly, years of neglect have resulted in a patchwork of short-term solutions that do not address the underlying structural issues of the path, in particular the issue of stormwater drains.

Unless the state government steps in and pri oritises funding for this path, the asset is at risk. Safety concerns may result in the path being closed permanently.

What’s the difference? Simon Holmes à Court, son of Australia’s first billionaire, decided to back a local candidate. That’s why we see a plethora of massive teal billboards all over the electorate.

This extends into paid staff and paid volun teers, paid rent on Main Street and many of those giant billboards having been paid for with more than $1000 each for their placement. Not to mention paid Australia Post letter drops.

Janice Gray,

Unequal rights

Mount Martha

There is a minority group of citizens in Victoria who think that because some of their ancestors were here before any of the ancestors of the rest of us, they are entitled to a greater say in the affairs of the state than other citizens. They call themselves the First Peoples or First Nations, both of which carry the nuance that they are superior to other citizens.

The Victorian government agrees with this minority of a minority and is encouraging, financing and organising them to make a list of demands to be included in a treaty, as though they are a victorious foreign power.

Some of their members are already openly talking about the transfer of power to them.

And no candidate in the current state election even mentions it. Albert Riley, Mornington

Peninsula issues

Neglected for too long:

1. Speed reductions on dangerous rural roads and increased roads and drainage maintenance funding.

Baptism of ire

I was disgusted at the cartoon which lampooned the “religious right” baptising candidates and pictured drowning an opponent to their views (Letters The News 1/11/22). To many, baptism is a very significant and meaningful rite/ceremony. We Australians have always believed in and practiced freedom of speech, religion and opinion but, sadly, we are losing this value. If all politicians gave deeper consideration to some of the moral discussions our society is being faced with and listened to the opinions expressed within their electorates, we would have better outcomes on many life issues - abortion, eutha nasia and now prostitution becoming rampant in our neighbourhoods.

Should not our press be unbiased, and the readers left to decide for themselves?

Finally, since when did local government become involved in giving instruction on whom to vote for in state elections?

David Gill, Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Red Hill Ward councillor, is advising all to vote Independent (Letters 1/11/22).

Is this on behalf of the ward he represents or on behalf of the Mornington [sic] shire?

Carmel Coles, Mount Martha

Just look around you before you cast your vote John Cain, McCrae

Questionable claims

I have just read the November edition of the Mornington Peninsula Magazine and came across a paid advertisement from Liberal can didate [for Mornington] Chris Crewther. The headline states Chris Crewther committed to community, which is fair enough if he feels this to be fact.

What is not fair enough and would not pass the pub test is the content of his advertisement.

The claim that because Chris has been in grained in the community for years, genuinely listening, consulting, engaging and advocating that this has “resulted“ in the Mornington athlet ics track, Mount Martha soccer fields, Mount Eliza schools’ car parks (which schools?), Pen insula Home Hospice building, Mornington net ball courts and lights, Beleura JFC scoreboard and lights, Empire Street Mall upgrade, hospital MRI and paediatrics (which hospital?), Home Ground cafe and so on is very disingenuous and far from the facts. To take glory for all these projects is very insulting to the many volunteers who put in time or donated funds to actually al low the projects to come to fruition.

We need serious political will to address this issue, as well as other crucial infrastructure projects that have been forgotten about for too long. As an independent MP, I’ll work with com munity groups and experts to push for long-term, costed solutions that address the underlying issues that face this path.

Dr Kate Lardner, Mount Eliza

Nurse gets vote

Just wanted to say how happy I was when Geor gia Fowler (Labor candidate for Mornington) greeted me at early voting. I’ve always voted Labor and hadn’t known who the candidate was. Turns out my son was one of her patients a few years ago when he lost his business. She looked after him for a few days when he was in hospital.

She got my vote! My son says he’d vote for her too, but he’s in Rosebud.

Miriam Brooks,

Teal be real

2. Keeping farming viable in the green wedge; this includes the use of presently wasted South Eastern outfall recycled water and the use of re gional based funding to protect the Mornington Peninsula’s $1.25 billion food bowl essential for the nearby city of Melbourne.

3. Lack of major infrastructure funding for the peninsula compared to the Bellarine Peninsula.

4. Poor public hospital facilities on the penin sula.

5. Poor planning decisions by the state plan ning minister because we are treated as part of metro Melbourne.

6. No government crisis housing available for emergency situations.

7. Increased funding for road safety measures like the often proposed five ways roundabout in Balnarring.

8. Jet-ski limitations to lessen their effect on our swimming beaches.

9. Removal of state laws that allow koala trees to be chopped down without permits.

Mornington

This is the first three-horse [state election] race that the Mornington electorate has ever had, while our neighbouring Hastings and Nepean districts remain firmly two-party.

10. Bus services presently limited to linear routes to Frankston.

11. Drought-proofing the peninsula to protect businesses, recreational areas and our hinterland environment.

12. Location of emergency ambulance services not meeting proclaimed timing and distance

requirements in our remoter areas.

13. Little support for local hospitality and tour ism industries.

14. Lack of recognition of rising sea levels affecting future use of beaches.

15. Need for a peninsula wildlife management plan to protect vulnerable species.

David Gill, councillor, Red Hill Ward, Mornington Peninsula Shire

Change tactics

After reading recent letters about council tactics, I have to say that not much has really changed from years under previous CEOs.

Shutting down questions at council meetings, Not even addressing questions at council meet ings, Secret council meetings with no ratepayer inputs, Council not answering legitimate ques tions posed to them. The list goes on and on.

Become more transparent and accountable to ratepayers? Never, ever gonna happen.

Joe Lenzo, Safety Beach

Fear of schoolies

Safe to say we’ve all come across shonky councillors in our years here on the Mornington Peninsula, specifically the odd one who appears at election time and almost literally disappears for the following four years.

As it happens we did not realise how lucky we were, lumbered with this present lot heavily into personal politics, our wellbeing a long last. As if that’s not enough, they encourage my main fear: the arrival of the dreaded schoolies.

Schoolies cause me stress, now extended from two weeks to three? Why? To get the Jekyll and

Hyde’s out of Melbourne and dumped at Rye, entertainment on tap? Stocking up on Panadols, and high quality earplugs. Restrict the use of my wheelie bins. Cliff Ellen, Rye

Plastic problem

I am saddened by the recent closing of the RedCycle program. I don’t want to place all my scrunchables into landfill now.

Is there any other way to fund this program or does an alternate program exist?

What are the supermarkets going to do about this as they were collecting for them around the country?

Product labeling has included this program for a while now, lots of money put into it thus far why can’t this continue?

Alex Williams, Parkdale

Watch carefully

Following on from a record number of drowning deaths in the past year, Royal Life Saving Soci ety – Australia is urging all parents and carers to always ‘Keep Watch’ around the water.

Our latest research reveals 549 children aged 0 to 4 have died from drowning in Australia in the past 20 years. Forty per cent were aged just one year old. This clearly reveals there needs to be much more action on supervising young children around.

The drowning risk for young children peaks in summer; 38 per cent of all drowning deaths take place between December and February.

More than half of all deaths occurred in swim ming pools, making pools the leading location for drowning among young children.

Drowning in young children is often quick and silent. Everyday distractions like answering the front door, checking on dinner in the oven or answering a text message can divert someone’s attention away from the crucial task of supervi sion. This can then enable a child to enter the pool area unaccompanied.

Active supervision means giving your full at tention – and avoiding distractions.

It is important that you check your pool fence and gate. Pool gates should never be propped open for any reason. The 2022 Keep Watch cam paign urges parents and caregivers to: Supervise. Actively supervise children around water

Restrict. Restrict children’s access to water Teach. Teach children water safety skills Respond. Learn how to respond in the case of an emergency.

Keep Watch is supported by the Australian Government.

For more information about Royal Life Sav ing’s Keep Watch campaign, visit royallifesav ing.com.au/keepwatch

Justin Scarr, CEO Royal Life Saving Society - Australia

Asbestos is deadly

Renovating is exciting, fun and rewarding but, it can also be lethal if property owners aren’t aware of the potentially deadly asbestos-con taining materials that lurk in one in every three Australian homes.

Every year around 4000 Australians die from asbestos-related diseases (more than double the national road toll) because people don’t know

how to manage asbestos safely while others continue to ignore the warnings. With experts predicting deaths from asbestos will continue to rise; it’s vital that homeowners start to respect the dangers of asbestos and learn what to look for and what to do to manage it safely.

Asbestos was used extensively in the manufac ture of more than 3000 building and decorator products that can still be found in any brick, fibro, weatherboard, clad homes, apartments or sheds built or renovated before 1990.

If disturbed during maintenance, renovation or demolition and invisible asbestos fibres are released into the air and can be inhaled, this can lead to asbestos-related diseases including malignant mesothelioma. There is no cure for this preventable cancer with the average survival time after diagnosis 10-12 months.

So, if you’re a homeowner or a passionate renovator and you don’t respect asbestos, you could be risking your life and the lives of your loved ones. Before taking up tools on any home built or renovated before 1990, visit asbestosa wareness.com.au to learn the sorts of products to look for and how to manage asbestos safely. The rule is, if you think a product may contain asbestos, treat it as if it is asbestos and take all the necessary precautions starting with having the home inspected by an occupational hygienist or a licenced asbestos assessor.

As a professional renovator and someone who lost their grandfather to an asbestos-related disease, I know the importance of respecting the ever-present danger of asbestos.

Cherie Barber, ambassador for National Asbestos Awareness Month

Boomerang leads the way to end use of plastics

Liz Bell liz@mpnews.com.au

A PROGRAM to rid the Mornington Peninsula of single-use plastics is gathering momentum ahead of the state government ban coming into effect in February 2023.

Non-profit Boomerang Alliance, which is focussed on reducing and eliminating waste, is running the program on the peninsula, providing free advice and encouragement to help businesses phase out single-use plastics and reduce waste.

The alliance is working directly with food, retail and hospitality venues to drive change by targeting the use of straws, coffee cups and lids, takeaway containers and lids, food ware, cutlery, plates, cups water bot tles and bags.

and virtually none are recycled; nor was there a practical way to achieve that.

“We need the environment ministers to agree on a pathway to make reusa bles, the primary option," he said.

Pip Kiernan, Chair of Clean Up Australia said the desire for change was enormous.

“We need a national approach to make impactful changes to reduce waste to landfill and provide Austral ians with options that are kinder on the environment,” she said.

The peninsula program is helping venues switch to reusables and better single use options and is also assisting businesses to get ready for the 2023 ban.

Time and place for reflection

A PEACEFUL reflection and medita tion trail on the one-hectare grounds of Mount Martha Uniting Church is opening to the public with an early Christmas focus.

Workers and church volunteers have spent 12 months getting the reflec tion trail ready for visitors, following a Mornington Peninsula Shire grant that paid for revegetation works and infrastructure.

Church executive Peter Hough said the improvements were supported by community planting days and the creation of five places of seated reflec tion, contemplation and recreation

along the trail.

“We are delighted to have the trail accessible by the wider community as an offering of tranquility, peace and hope during difficult times for many,” he said.

“Walkers are encouraged to pause in a woodland setting, remember significant others in a memorial garden, leave a message of hope and encouragement on our community garden chalk board, use a labyrinth for personal meditation or prayer and to borrow a book as they leave from our outdoor community book lending cupboard.”

On Sunday 18 December, from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, the trail will take on a specifically family-friendly Christmas focus with the retelling of the Christmas story Journey to Bethle hem via props along the trail designed to interest children.

Hough said he hoped the trail, which will be opened before Christ mas, would be well used by the community.

For details about the 18 December Christmas story retelling call Peter Hough on 0412 030 747.

The church is at 109 Bay Road, Mount Martha. Liz Bell

The peninsula program’s roll out began this year, with the cost covered by the federal government under the Plastic Free Beaches banner and Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.

The program also benefits the environment, directly targeting items that most commonly end up in local waterways.

Boomerang Alliance has also joined forces with the Australian Marine Conservation Society and Clean Up Australia to call for a national policy on coffee cups and lids, plastic coffee cups phased out by 2024 and a levy on all disposable coffee cups and lids.

Director of the Boomerang Alliance Jeff Angel said more than 1.8 billion disposable cups were used every year

In the next two years plastic coffee cups and lids will be subjected to new rules across the European Union and the UK, while some countries such as Germany will introduce laws that all cafes offer or sell reusable cups and lids. Other countries are planning a levy on disposable cups and lids. Boo merang Australia is asking Australian states to follow suit.

With seed funding from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, the Green Caffeen program of using a 'swap and go' cup system is already in practice at several venues.

The alliance is calling for more ven ues to sign up to join the Plastic Free Places program via the Waste Wise Website wastewisepeninsula.org/join, for residents and visitors to bring cups or use of the Green Caffeen program, and to seek out Plastic Free Places venues for take away food.

Time out: On the Peace Trail at Mount Martha Uniting Church are project developer Peter Hough and minister Peter Wiltshire.

Picture: Gary Sissons

Compiled by Cameron McCullough

THE second meeting of the Frankston Beach Carnival Committee was held last Tuesday night at 8 o’clock in the Shire Hall.

A large number attended and the sub-committee reports were very favorable.

The Carnival will comprise aquatic and beach sports, bathers’ parade, yachting regatta, stalls, refreshments, side shows, bands, procession of decorated cars, a tennis tournament and donkeys on the beach.

The masque ball will be a fitting end to these Boxing Day festivities, and will culminate in a confetti battle.

The dance is to be held on the tennis courts, which are to be especially prepared for the occasion.

The cause of the Soldiers’ Memorial is a good one and the call for helpers is being answered in a most admirable fashion.

There is every promise that the Carnival will be a great success.

Mr. Quartermain is organising a ten nis tournament, and has secured some fine players.

The Kooyong Club have very kindly agreed to run the dance in the evening the cafeteria arrangement of which is being supervised by Mr. Ben Baxter.

The orchestra obtained is large and comprises many jazz instruments, in cluding xylophone, saxophone, bells, jam tins, etc.

They will don fancy attire and sing to add to the jollification.

Mrs. Aitken has been good enough to organise the catering in connection with the carnival and the dance.

Other stallholders and helpers are Misses Feldman, Campbell and

Masterton, sweets; Mr. Ted McComb and “Gazeekas,” aquatic sports; Mrs. Mason, kimonos, Japanese parasols, etc.; Mrs. Maxwell and Mrs. Lazarus, tobacco, confetti, bathing gowns, etc.; Mrs. Shave, fruit; Mr. Dodd, hoop-la.

The next committee meeting is on 28th November (Tuesday night) in the Shire Hall.

All helpers are very welcome and their attendance is earnestly requested. ***

MISS Bell, of the Frankston Tele phone Exchange, has resumed duty after several weeks absence on sick leave.

***

IN the Peninsula Tennis Association games on Saturday last, Hastings beat Tyabb by 57 games to 27.

***

MRS. Russell, of the Langwarrin Nurseries, who met with an accident, several weeks ago under circumstanc es already recorded in “The Stan dard,” is well on the road to complete recovery and was able to re-open her flower stall at the Frankston market on Wednesday last.

***

DR. and Mrs. C. Maxwell spent two or three days at Geelong last week.

***

MR. P. Wheeler, J.P., and Mr. Wheeler sailed for New Zealand last week. Mr. Wheeler, who is S.G.D. of the Grand Lodge of Victoria, is to take part in the installation of Lord Jellicoe as Grand Muster of New Zealand.

The ceremony takes place at Christ church.

***

MR. A. C. McLaren, the captain of the Marylebone Cricket Club, now

touring Australia and New Zealand, was among the visitors to Frankston on Sunday last.

Mr. W. W. Armstrong, captain of the last Australian XI, was also down for the day.

Mr. McLaren, who in his time, was one of the world’s greatest cricketers, was renewing his acquaintanceship with Frankston, for he played in an exhibition cricket match here many years ago.

***

MR. E. K. McComb, of Frankston, secured a haul of 89 bonita in the Bay last week end. Bonita is used mainly as bait. As they work out at about 30/- per scoop – about seven fish – the catch was a profitable one.

***

A COLLISION between two motor cars occurred opposite The Fernery on Sunday last.

One of the occupants of Mr. Taylor’s car, Miss Constance Mason, received injuries to her head which necessitated medical treatment.

***

MR. C. L. Bell, of the Frankston Boot Emporium, has opened a branch busi ness at Hastings.

***

A SHARK has been noticed hovering around the Frankston pier for some days past.

He is believed to be in the vicinity of 7 feet to 9 feet in length.

Attempts have been made to secure the pest, but no results have been achieved yet.

***

THERE was a good attendance at the Franktson Pictures on Saturday night, when Agnes Ayres and Mahlon

Hamilton were featured in one, of Sir Gilbert Parker’s stories.

Marion Davies was very pleasing in “Enchantment,” a story of great humor devoted to the doings of flap perdom.

***

TWO men, named Frank Miller and Hugh Lawson employed as cooks at the Flinders Naval Depot, Crib Point, were charged at the City Court on Monday last with the unlawful posses sion of a suit case, which was alleged to have been stolen from a miner stay ing at the Melbourne Coffee Palace.

An officer from the Naval Depot said that Lawson and Miller had only been employed at Crib Point for about one month, and he therefore could not testify as to their previous character.

Mr. Knight, P.M., sentenced each of the accused to month’s imprisonment.

***

ON Thursday last at the Frankston Mechanics’ Hall there was a large attendance at the benefit dance organ ised by Mr. Ray Coxall in aid of local deserving cases.

Excellent music was supplied by Mrs. O’Brien, Miss Hills and Mr. Gummes.

The takings at the door were aug mented by special donations.

Mr. Coxall will hand the proceeds to Mr. E. Barrett, secretary of the Repa triation committee, to distribute same.

***

THE dance organised by Mrs. Shan non and Mrs. Deane on Saturday night last in aid of the Frankston Soldiers’ Memorial Fund, was a great success.

The function took place in the Masonic Hall and over £10 was taken at the door.

A Question of Prices

Sir,

In company with my wife and family I had the pleasure on Cup Day after a lapse of years, to visit your charming seaside resort, and I noted with pleasure the many improve ments made since my previous visit; but I have grievance which I desire to bring before “the powers that be” in Frankston.

Requiring some hot water for our midday meal, I went to a place with a teapot and a small can (which, to gether, will hold about two quarts).

Obtaining the hot water, I tendered a shilling in payment, when, without a blush or a tremor in her voice, the lady in charge said:

“One-and-sixpence, please.”

I paid the amount demanded, but just think of it – ninepence a quart for hot water!

“Oh, ye little fishes and gods, is not this above the odds?”

In war time we cheerfully submitted to these penalties, but, the war being over, we should not now be fleeced, without some little protest.

To charge visitors exorbitant prices (almost amounting to extortion), is not likely to increase the popularity of Frankston as a seaside resort.

Yours etc.,

J. C. JAMES.

St. David Street, Northcote.

***

From the pages of the Frankston and Somerville Standard, 22 & 24 Nov 1922

Langwarrin get better of Long Island, Flinders' big day one pays off, Crib Point get better of Hastings

By Brodie Cowburn PROVINCIAL

LANGWARRIN finished off the job against Long Island on Saturday.

Langy bowled Long Island out for just 103 on day one, putting them in the box seat for the win. On day two they got down to work, passing their target with five wickets left to spare.

Chris Brittain top scored for the victors with 37.

Baxter had a tough day at home against Old Peninsula last weekend. Their run chase failed after a catastrophic collapse.

Baxter was chasing 185 to win on day two. At 4/90 they looked in a strong position, but the wheels quickly fell off.

Baxter lost 6/10 to close out their innings, fin ishing up all out for 100. John Forrest was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4/22.

Red Hill drew to Baden Powell on Saturday. Pines also drew to Sorrento.

PENINSULA

FLINDERS wrapped up a well-earned victory against Moorooduc on Saturday.

Flinders were awesome on day one. They de fended their total of 371 on day two.

Moorooduc dug their heels in, but still ended up all out for 169. Mitchell Kleinig cleaned up the tail to close the game out.

A tail order collapse cost Mornington their game against Heatherhill.

Mornington was chasing 214 to win on day two. At 6/180 they looked in a strong position, but with time starting to tick away they began losing wickets quickly.

Mornington lost 4/3, finishing up all out for 183. Adeel Hussain tore through their tail on his way to a five-wicket haul.

An unbeaten century from Brad McDonald helped Somerville get a win over Mt Eliza.

Dromana didn’t get the chance to defend their strong total of 234. Their clash with Seaford Ti gers was rained out.

DISTRICT

CRIB Point finished what they started on Satur day, claiming victory over Hastings.

Crib Point easily surpassed their target of 98. They finished their innings at 6/162 - Matthew Blake top scored with an unbeaten 52.

Hastings came in to bat to close out the day. They made a much better impression in their sec ond innings, finishing at 2/96.

Delacombe Park were winners on Saturday against Carrum. They chased down a target of 103 in just 35 overs with six wickets left to spare.

Carrum Downs impressed on Saturday. They reached their target of 181 with eight wickets left in hand.

Carrum Downs got off to a great start on day two against Main Ridge. Their openers Gordon Waterfall and Michael O’Driscoll scored 78 and 88 respectively to get them to their target.

Rosebud and Seaford drew.

SUB DISTRICT

A HAT-TRICK from James Holland-Burch helped Tyabb pick up a dominant outright win over Pearcedale last weekend.

Pearcedale started day two on 1/13 after falling to a first innings loss on day one. Although they were better in their second innings, they still ended up all out for just 109.

James Holland-Burch finished the game off with a hat-trick. He finished with figures of 4/24 off 14 overs.

Balnarring picked up a home win over Boneo

on Saturday.

Balnarring were defending a total of 225 on day two. They got off to a good start, dismissing Bo neo’s openers for scores of 2 and 3 respectively.

A strong middle order showing got Boneo back on track, but they still fell short. They were bowled out for 177.

Boneo lost their last three wickets for just one run.

Mt Martha bested Frankston YCW on Saturday. Rye defeated Skye outright. Tootgarook rounded out the winner’s list with a victory over Ballam Park.

Pressure game: Mornington were going well until a wicket collapse brought them undone. Picture: Alan Dillon

Dimopoulos: Culture is key

SOCCER

By Craig MacKenzie

ASPENDALE Stingrays captain Peter Dimopoulos has a blunt message for players thinking of joining the State 5 club.

“It’s a culture-driven club so no matter how good a player you are you have to be prepared to be part of the group,” the 25-year-old said.

“Look, at the end of the day it’s a State 5 club and if you’re not going to get in amongst the boys and be pre pared to have a bit of fun then you won’t fit in.

“Right now we’re in talks with one or two players to come down and see what they can do but culture is a big thing with the ’Rays.”

So is attitude on and off the pitch.

“One of the things that separates us from other clubs is you’ll see a lot of teams in our league go a goal down and start arguing with each other but that doesn’t happen with us.

“I think a lot of other teams and coaches pick up on that and in terms of culture what we have as a team and as a club is very hard to beat.”

That could be why so many other teams in the league are keen to sign Aspendale players.

“So many of our players get scouted by other clubs,” Dimopoulos added.

“They get messages every week and I’m not talking about myself but other players in the team are getting mul tiple messages trying to get them to come down.

“And another thing – at our club you are expected to rock up to training every single week.

“Even after a bad loss the numbers are there at training the following week and I don’t think a lot of other clubs can say that.

“Our heads don’t drop and I think that’s really important.”

Dimopoulos arrived at Aspendale via Monash juniors, Oakleigh Can nons, St Kilda and Brighton.

He made the switch from Brighton with Kieran Hughes for the 2019 season under Lee Barber who was dumped two years later in favour of joint coaches Gregor Macnab and Tony Guedes who remain at the helm.

“Lee’s a nice enough guy but it just didn’t work out.

“Gregor and Tony absolutely love the club and they’d do anything for the club.

“They had great success in the res sies so they took on the first team and the ressies which was a massive effort from them.”

This year the coaching duo complet

ed their first full season in charge with the seniors finishing seventh and the reserves winning the championship.

Dimopoulos thinks he knows how the senior team can raise the bar of ex pectation and seriously challenge for promotion next year.

“We played good football last sea son, we knocked it about well but we just couldn’t finish in some games.

“Several injuries and a couple of guys going away (overseas) including myself didn’t help but we finished the season okay and some of the individu al performances were good.

“We have a very young team and while new players always helps I real ly think that once some of the boys get to play against men more often they’ll feel more comfortable and it will make a difference in the league next year for sure.”

And Dimopoulos will be there to

keep urging them on.

“To be honest the way some of the other boys play the captaincy could go to any one of them.

“I’m a bit of a big mouth, I’m loud and I’m confident around the boys and that’s probably why I got the armband.

“But there are multiple boys in the team who purely lead by example every week and that’s what’s going to drive us on next year.

“It’s who we are.”

In NPL2 news attacking midfielder Kieran Dover and defender Marcus Holmes have left Langwarrin.

Dover rejoined Dandenong Thunder while Holmes is tipped to join State 1 outfit Fitzroy City.

Langy has triallists going through their paces at Lawton Park and deci sions about signing them are expected soon.

Recent rumours linking Langy with

former player John Baird weren’t far off the mark.

It’s believed that the former Scottish professional was contacted at his cur rent club, Mandurah City, but chose to stay in Western Australia.

In State 1 news Mornington has agreed terms with a striker from Scot land but won’t name him prior to his expected arrival in Melbourne in Janu ary.

He has played with Hearts.

Mornington also is in talks with an NPL defender.

In State 2 news defender Andy McI ntyre agreed terms with Peninsula Strikers last week after four seasons at Mornington.

McIntyre is the fourth signing from the Seagulls during the off-season and the list of newcomers may not end there according to joint senior coach Scott Morrison.

“We know there are some other boys coming to training who are going to push hard to break into the squad and the challenge for everyone is to put their best foot forward and create a competitive and enjoyable environ ment that will hopefully be the cata lyst for a successful season,” he said.

In State 4 news Liam Baxter’s stint with Baxter may be short-lived.

He is expected to try out with new NPL3 outfit Beaumaris just two months after switching from Frankston Pines to Baxter.

However, Baxter head coach Ste phen Fisher is confident that he can retain the experienced striker.

“To be honest he loves it there at Baxter but he wants to go there (Beau maris) and have a look and I’m fine with that.

“I told him it’s all about him at Bax ter but if he wants to be a fringe player or a squad player at Beauy then it’s up to him.

“I’m sure he’s smart enough to work it out for himself.”

State 4 rival Chelsea hopes to pick up a couple of signings via Dande nong South and Somerville Eagles.

Somerville’s Adrian Pace, 29, plays primarily on the left and has played with Bentleigh Greens, Peninsula Strikers, Frankston Pines, Seaford United, Baxter and Aspendale Sting rays.

If Chelsea head coach Carlo Melino can clinch Pace’s signature it will be the player’s second stint there having been with Chelsea for the 2013 season.

Chris Thomas is a midfielder who has been on the books of Seaford United and Somerville and switched to Dandy South last season.

Somerville was keen to get him back but Chelsea looms as the frontrunner for his signature right now.

“Chris will be a great pick-up for us,” Melino said.

“Spoke with him last week and he wants to play for us in 2023.

“He came down and had a kick in our Chelsea Cup tournament and re ally enjoyed himself.”

Calling the shots: Aspendale Stingrays captain Peter Dimopoulos drives his side forward in a State 5 South clash early last season. Picture: Paul Seeley