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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 2020

COVID-19 puts pressure on social housing

FAMILY AFFAIR... Bush Lit Productions founder, Andrew Furphy, with granddaughter and actress in film, Harriet Furphy, atop an iconic Furphy water cart.

A new, free short film, Furphy – The Water Cart and the Word, takes the audience on a journey back to the origins of the word ‘furphy’ at a resounding moment in this country’s history. Photo: Struan Jones.

By Steve Hutcheson N E W d at a rele as ed by t he S t ate Government revealed the waiting list for social housing in Shepparton continued to increase with more families joining the queue for social housing.

Of more pressing concern are those on priority waiting lists. That number has risen from 180 in 2014 to 486 in 2020.

While the population for the region has only seen a 5% increase in the same period, the need for priority social housing has risen by more than 170%.

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Have you heard about the film that’s a bit of a Furphy?

By Struan Jones A SHORT film shot in Shepparton and produced by Goulburn Valley production company, Bush Lit Productions, has been released.

Bush Lit Productions founder, Andrew Furphy, has put online for free viewing his latest short film, Furphy – The Water Cart and the Word.

Andrew is the great-grandson of John

Furphy, the inventor of the Furphy Water Cart and whose brother was Australian writer Joseph Furphy, famously known as Tom Collins.

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Our gain is their loss

By Steve Hutcheson SHEPPARTON is an established multicultural centre and growing, with migrants now representing some 90 different countries of origin.

Some come here through hardship, others come here and decide that Australia presents a good balance between climate, the people, the stability and the opportunity.

Dr Hamid Pirouznia had been an established orthopaedic doctor in his home country of Iran before venturing to Australia, initially as a visiting fellow in 2010, deciding that Australia had all the characteristics that appealed to him.

Dr Pirouznia began his Australian journey with his young family at Bendigo Health where he spent the next two and half years after his arrival.

For doctors trained overseas, the Australian medical profession, no matter their level of experience, requires them to undergo further training in Australia to satisfy local medical standards.

Coming from a family of medical professionals, his wife practiced as an obstetrician, his father is a cardiologist now in Canada, his father-inlaw is an ophthalmologist, his sister a dentist, is also in Canada. Canada was a migration option for the doctor however the weather, the cold in particular, was against it.

GV Health has had the benefit of Dr Pirouznia now since 2012 as an orthopaedic doctor. He deals in bones and breaks. His work might include doing hip or knee replacements when as we age, ours wear out.

It might be setting a broken bone or screwing plates to those that need it.

While GV Health is growing, with the new buildings, it will have a need for hundreds of new staff covering all aspects of medicine giving the community a health benefit we need. Dr Pirouznia is one of many

ADDING TO THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE WE NEED... Dr Hamid Pirouznia is an orthopaedic doctor from Iran now at GV Health. Photo: Steve Hutcheson

who will make that journey to Australia and call it home and like him, we will have the need to call upon many more of his kind.

But while he has adapted to the country and all of the characteristics that make it such a great place to live, he is still at heart an Iranian. A place where his heritage lies, his family remains there. He is like all of us, Australian yet a foot still in his place of origin. As can be said of many in our community, our gain is their loss.

Young filmmakers call action in short films TINY, talented filmmakers have produced short films for the Transition Towns Tatura Environmental Short-Film Competition.

The premise of each film was: What have been the benefits to the environment, the community and to your family during isolation, and what could we all do to keep these good things going when life gets back to normal after COVID-19?

Organiser, Ross Musolino said all films produced were impressive, making choosing a winner a difficult task.

Winner of the prep to grade three category was Seb Tartaglia, 8, of Tatura’s Sacred Heart School; winners in the grade four to six were Oscar Buckland, 11, and James Mawson, 10, both of Tallygaroopna Primary School; winner of the secondary school category was Samuel Morgan, 18, of Goulburn Valley Grammar School.

“I made my movie because I love playing with effects and creating movies,” said Seb Tartaglia.

“I wanted to show everyone the fun things you can do as family during the restrictions.”

Transition Towns Tatura is a community organisation concerned with improving the resilience of the community in the face of climate change and promoting environmentally sustainable living.

For more ideas on envi ron mental

YOUNG CREATORS... (clockwise from top left) Seb Tartaglia, 8, of Sacred Heart School in Tatura, Oscar Buckland, 11, of Tallygaroopna Primary School, Samuel Morgan, 18, of Goulburn Valley Grammar School, and James Mawson, 10, of Tallygaroopna Primary School. Photo: Supplied.

responsibility and to watch the winning films, follow the Transition Towns Tatura Facebook page.

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Shepparton businesses band together to feed the vulnerable COMMUNITY organisation Food Link, founded by Shepparton local Amy De Paola, has teamed up with another four local businesses to secure a further 200 meals to be distributed across the Greater Shepparton region during the second lockdown.

Thanks to Bay Leaf Taste of India, Bicaro’s Ristorante & Forno, Shepparton Golf Club and The Woolshed, these further 200 meals bring the total to an incredible 4060 meals delivered by Food Link to the vulnerable since COVID-19 started.

Thanks to Amy and local businesses, $44,000 has been raised in total so far, all of which has been directed back into the Greater Shepparton community.

Amy also mentioned StreetSmart, an established national organisation who support those who are homeless and vulnerable, as a key contributor to the success of Food Link, “We began to wind down and run out of funding as the second lockdown began, thanks to StreetSmart’s donations we were able to start back up.”

Any community donations are greatly appreciated with 100% of the funds being used to support the vulnerable during the current crisis. Donations can be made via the Greater Shepparton Foundation’s website, www.greatershepparton.foundation.

LOCAL BUSINESSES BAND TOGETHER TO PROVIDE MEALS: Food Link’s Amy De Paola hasn’t let a second lockdown stop her from providing for the vulnerable. Photo: Supplied

TAC calls on young Victorians to flex their filmmaking skills VICTORIA’S Transport Accident Commission (TAC) is calling on budding young filmmakers to get creative and produce a 45-second film highlighting the importance of careful driving and minimising distractions while on the road.

Thanks to a $50,000 production budget, the winning film will be played on big screens across Victoria’s Village Cinemas and re-shot featuring Australian actor, Firass Dirani in the final production.

The competition, known as Split-Second, is open to Victorians aged 18–25, who also happen to be the most distracted drivers on our roads.

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Their film must emphasise the importance of minimising distractions while driving to qualify.

A panel of judges from the TAC and the Victorian film and advertising industry will select a winner who will receive a $50,000 production budget to make their film, as well as $5000 in prize money.

Entries for the Split-Second film competition are now and will close on Wednesday, September 23, with the winning entry announced on October 16. Enter via www.tac.vic.gov.au/ splitsecond.

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Council challenged by a need to develop

By Steve Hutcheson AT the most recent Council meeting in August, a resolution to approve the 2050 Strategy, a paper that defines how Shepparton will develop over the next thirty years, was set aside due to conflicting points of view among the Councillors.

Among the key points was the development of land to the east of Doyles Rd. The Shire of Shepparton along with the City of Shepparton and the Shire of Rodney has expanded over the last 30 years from a population around 50,000 to one that is now included in all of Greater Shepparton, with a population of more than 66,000 people and will expand to 78,000 by 2050. At odds with this growth is the direction physical progress has taken it.

Shepparton is now a city that is roughly 14km north to south yet only 4km east to west. With the river to the west, it can only expand to the east.

Some Councillors pointed out the current growth is not conducive to the centralised plan for the city’s major public education facility.

The Council paper at the meeting is a hodge-podge of ideas that do not fit in with any logical explanation. The argument is that this land is important agricultural land yet the properties themself are not sustainable due in part to their relative size. In order to be so, farms will have to be consolidated. The Council paper says, ‘If agriculture is to be maintained in Shepparton East, it is critical that businesses are able to increase scale, by increasing the size of the farm, switching to higher value horticultural commodities or more intensive production systems such as protected horticulture.’

Yet a paper produced for the Council by Spacial Economics in September 2019 indicates that more critical to the future development of Shepparton is access to suitable Industrial land.

Industrial land is in short supply and will reach a critical mass before the 2050 Strategy is reached. It is already at that point with

almost no industrial zoned land currently available.

An earlier Agricultural Land Use Options paper conducted for the Council suggests that there is a vision for the land to remain as primary production. The question that is not answered is, whose vision and for what purpose given the need for more industrial land?

For the owners of the crucial land, to sell it as is, in order to consolidate into a larger agricultural holding, it has a value around $25,000 per hectare while land zoned industrial, even as broad acre, would have a value ten times that amount.

The imputation is that small holders should sell off to an ‘agricultural’ consolidator who would then reap the full benefit of an inevitable eventual rezoning to satisfy the demand for accessible industrial land near to the CBD. With that done, land further east could be developed as residential. The stumbling block is who now owns this wedge of valuable land immediately next to the industrial precinct? They don’t want to sell.

Implied arguments about flood zones and existing irrigation infrastructure do not stack up against current engineering capabilities and the pressing needs of the community in the immediate future. Ideally, this land might be developed as something like a garden industrial that offers a softer transition between the existing heavy industry on the west side of Doyles Rd and future residential development further east.

As it stands, the Council gives the appearance it is playing games with the current landholders, some whom have been there for decades, keen to sell yet not forego the loss that they incur would if it is sold off under the current agricultural zoning. There are suggestions that there are other influencing factors at play that are currently not being put on the table.

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‘Back Broph’ campaign begins

RUNNING FOR COUNCIL... Anthony Brophy has nominated to stand for Greater Shepparton City Council. Photo: Supplied.

ANTHONY Brophy has declared his intention to be a candidate for the upcoming Greater Shepparton City Council election.

Known as ‘Broph’, if elected he said he will bring renewed optimism and a fresh face to Council.

Anthony said his experience in government, leadership and retail, together with his interpersonal and communication strengths, will bring a unique skill set to Council which had been lacking in the past.

In what is a year of incredible community turmoil, hardship and difficulty, through the worst pandemic in 100 years, Anthony sees Greater Shepparton can not only recover socially and economically from this but

actually sees that difficulty breeds opportunity - that this region is on the cusp of some very big changes.

Anthony said, “We need a team of Councillors who have the background, experience and drive that is needed and who are committed to the community. Ones who support local business, agriculture, families and lobby for the projects that need funding and with vision and direction to where we need to be as a relevant regional city and district.

“We need to demonstrate our clean green way of producing, to demonstrate our environmental credentials.”

The region has changed over the last 20 years and is changing rapidly, and the Greater

Shepparton City Council needs to not only be adaptive to that change but be the catalyst for those changes.

“Shepparton needs Councillors who listen and understand the community they live in and advocate for them to the higher levels of government, to promote business, retail and industry, that appreciate the agriculture and horticulture in the area and the factories and all the challenges and opportunities that those sectors offer,” Anthony said.

‘Broph’ has received incredible personal endorsements, business backing, cultural support and has a broad range of followers from all walks of life who are joining his campaign to have him on Council.

Maculata Place all clear after third round of testing ALL 110 residents of Shepparton Villages’ Maculata Place have returned negative COVID-19 results after a third round of testing.

Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has advised the original and only COVID-19 positive resident at Maculata Place has been certified as clear.

According to Shepparton Villages chief executive

officer, Veronica Jamison, the facility is now awaiting further instruction from DHHS as to the process for transitioning out of isolation.

Staff testing is part of that process and Maculata Place staff were tested on Thursday last week, and will await the return of the results before the transitioning process.

The facility has undergone a clean of all communal areas, including carpets, chairs, and upholstery.

“Residents remain in isolation until we get the go ahead to move into active surveillance and we hope that will happen mid this week but it does depend on staff results,” Ms Jamison said.

“Ou r residents have been so patient and so understanding, as have their families and we thank them for their support.”

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SNAKE WRANGLING... Federal member for Nicholls, Damian Drum, gets up and close and personal with mankind’s oldest enemy with Kyabram Fauna Park general manager, Lachlan Gordon. The park is one of nine projects in the region to share in $2.8 million of funding as part of the Murray-Darling Basin Economic Development Program. Photo: Supplied.

Cash injection to diversify economy THE redevelopment of Tatura Library, an upgrade of the Kyabram Fauna Park and a glamping pilot program led by the Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation are among nine projects across the Nicholls electorate to share in $2.8 million of Federal Government funding.

The funding, part of the Murray-Darling Basin Economic Development Program, is aimed at diversifying economies in the region.

Federal member for Nicholls, Damian Drum, said the projects would attract more tourists, build more businesses and create more jobs.

“Diversification is more than a buzz word when you look through the projects receiving funding in our region,” he said.

The Goulburn Valley Regional Library Corporation will receive $100,000 to

redevelop the Tatura Library to include access to government services and meeting rooms.

The Yorta Cultural Immersion Program Pilot will receive $125,500 to plan for an education-linked cultural immersion program including glamping accommodation.

Yo r t a Yo r t a N a t i o n A b o r i g i n a l Corporation chief executive officer, Monica Morgan, said she was “extremely happy” about the funding, which would complement the redevelopment of the Dharnya Cultural Centre in Barmah.

The centre received $3.7 million in July as part of the State Government’s economic stimulus package.

“This funding has really come at the right time for us. We’re hoping this can attract people to the area who aren’t necessarily your rugged camper-types,” she said.

HANDS OFF, KIDS... Despite official closures of playgrounds, Greater Shepparton City Council has been forced to remove swings, replace signs and danger tape at many local parks. Photo: Stephanie Holliday

Increase in flouting of playground closure rules GREATER Shepparton City Council has reported an increase in the removal of danger tape and signage at playgrounds with COVID-19 restrictions being ignored.

In response, Council has had to cable-tie warning signs, reapply danger tape and even in some cases, remove swing sets from playgrounds.

In a statement, Council said it wished to remind residents that playgrounds are closed and cannot be used while we are under stage three restrictions.

“We all have a role to play in slowing down the spread.

That means for at least the six week we are in stage three, we need to give up

some things we had become accustomed to,” Mayor, Cr Seema Abdullah, said.

Regional Victoria is scheduled to emerge from stage 3 restrictions after September 16.

Active COVID-19 cases in the region have remained steady at under 20.

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COVID-19 puts pressure on social housing

ON SET...

The locallyproduced short film, Furphy – The Water Cart and the Word, is available online for free viewing. Photo: Supplied.

continued from front page

Have you heard about the film that’s a bit of a Furphy? continued from front page ANDREW was the fourth-generation Furphy to head the J Furphy and Sons metal fabrication business, which was established in 1864. His passion for Australian literary heritage and his own family history saw a recent push into film making.

The film, starring local talents, links three young men at the beginning of World War One to the origins of a ‘Furphy’, and the relationship between tall stories told in a time of limited communications and the part the Furphy Water Cart played in circulating unofficial news.

Andrew’s granddaughter, Harriet Furphy, narrates the historical journey of the word ‘Furphy’, which is now

mostly used by politicians and the media, which some might say is appropriate.

The film was adapted from the book of the same name, written by Andrew and Emeritus Professor of English at La Trobe University, John Barnes.

The premiere of the dramatised documentary film was put on hold when COVID-19 cancelled the Shepparton Festival earlier in the year.

With no events or gatherings in the near foreseeable future, Andrew and his production team believe now would be a perfect time to release this truly Australian story.

To watch the film, go to www.bushlitproductions.com. au/furphy-the-water-cart-and-the-word

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LOCA L Member for Northern Victoria, Wendy Lovell has expressed concern about this rapid increase and the inability of the State Government to keep pace.

C OV I D -19 is u ndoubted ly h av i ng a significant impact on the rise, however other issues such as the rising wealth disparity across the nation is also having some impact.

According to the last census in 2016, there were 27,000 dwellings in Greater Shepparton, at the same time, there are around 1600 social housing properties, 6% of housing stock is designated social housing currently funded by the State Government.

It begs the question, where does it end? Is the problem with the State Government who cannot maintain pace with the increased need for social housing or does it fall back on the Federal Government who have a larger say in the general health of the economy and what puts people into the position where they need to rely upon it?

I n t he 2020 , M a rch qu a r ter, t he unemployment rate in Shepparton was 5.7% while across regional Victoria generally, it was 3.9% and 5.2% for the state as a whole.

With the impact of the pandemic having no particular end in sight, the problem is likely to get worse before it gets better.

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La Trobe Shepparton opens up for virtual open day

HEAD of Campus at La Trobe’s Shepparton campus, Elizabeth Capp, has said more than 5000 prospective students logged into the university’s virtual online Regional Open Day on Sunday.

The annual open day, normally a chance for the campus to throw open its doors, was run online this year with future students able to drop into Q and A sessions with academics, hear from current students and have virtual tours of the university’s four regional campuses.

“We really miss being able to open up our campuses, but this virtual format proved popular,” Ms Capp said.

According to early figures, about 50 percent of all ‘attendees’

were year 12 students.

The Shepparton campus, home to about 450 students, is the university’s smallest site, with other regional campuses located in Wodonga, Bendigo, and Mildura.

The tertiary education sector has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, and La Trobe University recently opened up a second round of voluntary redundancies following the departure of 239 employees earlier in the year.

Ms Capp said five staff at the Shepparton Campus had already accepted redundancy packages, from a core group of about 30.

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Nursing, social work, primary and early childhood education, business and arts are the five study areas taught at the Shepparton campus. However, Ms Capp couldn’t rule out changes to the campus’ offerings going forward.

“That’s what we have this year, but everything is being reviewed at the moment and there may be some changes,” she said.

“Some of that may expand, some of that may contract, because we’re in some very tough times at the moment and we’re going to need to think about our course offerings across all campuses and how we can possibly streamline some of those.”

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The Adviser Blast from the past WITH the weather warming up, The Adviser took a look back at its 1984 Spring fashion feature to see what was making front-page business news 36 years ago.

You may recognise the handsome male on the right, Tim Mathieson, as the nation’s ‘first bloke’, the partner of former Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.

In other news in 1984, Michael Jordan was drafted to the Chicago Bulls, Apple released its Macintosh computer, Bob Hawke was Prime Minister, and Essendon finished atop the VFL ladder, going on to defeat Hawthorn in the grand final.

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Father’s Day plugged in, turned on

ELECTRONIC EXPERTS... Mathew Vidler (left) and store manager, Chris Lane, of Shepparton’s Jaycar Electronics, lord over a huge array of electronic items, with countless ideas for Father’s Day gifts. Photo: Struan Jones.

THERE are some stores you walk into that you truly find hard to walk out of empty handed.

Such places are like Willy Wonka factories where no, nothing is edible, but everything grabs your interest.

They’re the kind of stores where you discover all the things you didn’t know you wish you had. Or, at this time of year – all the things your dad wishes he had. Father’s Day is on Sunday, September 6, by the way.

Jaycar Electronics in Shepparton is its own wonderland full of lifeenhancing electronic items.

While the big stores may sell televisions and computers, Jaycar sells, literally, everything else.

Think cabling, smart media players, adaptors, converters and set-top boxes.

Store manager, Chris Lane, said the huge range gave people many options for Father’s Day gifts.

He said popular of late were weather stations, camping fridges, body thermometers, VHF radios, dash and reversing cameras, security and surveillance cameras and even remote-control cars.

The expert staff in store are on hand to help out with specialist knowledge.

“No matter what the age or the interest, we’ve got a little bit of everything for anyone here,” Chris said.

Jaycar Electronics Shepparton is located at 4/575-585 Wyndam Street and can be contacted on 5822 4037.

Council postal vote election is on LOCAL government elections scheduled for Saturday, October 24 will go ahead as planned.

Despite calls from Local Government peak body, the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), to postpone the elections by 12 months, the state’s Minister for Local Government, Shaun Leane, disagreed.

“This decision was not made lightly and is based on the best public health advice available,” Mr Leane said in a statement.

In response to the announcement, MAV president, Cr Coral Ross said, “It is incredibly frustrating that the State Government has not listened to the sector, and taken the common-sense decision to delay elections.”

“We have been calling for a deferral of Local Government elections for months now due to the significant impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on free and fair elections.”

The election of local councils occurs every four years, and in

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a first for Victoria, this year will be conducted through a postal vote, with ballot papers arriving in mailboxes in early October.

All candidates running for council will be able to provide voters with a 300-word statement in their ballot packs to be sent to voters.

Election results will be declared on, or prior to, Friday, November 13.

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PERFECT GIFT ON TIME...

Bozena and Jacek of Shepparton’s JB Jewellers stock an impressive range of watches and other Father’s Day gift ideas.

Photo: Katelyn Morse.

Timeless gifts for Father’s Day WHEN a father gives to his son or daughter, both laugh; yet when a child gives to their father, both cry.

Such is the sentiment of Father’s Day. Beyond the perennial favourites of socks and jocks, a Father’s Day gift can be timeless, and deeply touching.

It’s your chance to express your true appreciation for the man who was likely your first real-life Superman.

The perfect gift doesn’t have to be expensive or unusual.

A beautiful, classy, yet rugged watch could be the gift your father is proud to wear daily for years to come.

At Shepparton’s JB Jewellers, master jewellers Bozena and Jacek are watch experts. They stock an impressive range of watches from well-known brands, including the hardwearing yet eye-catching range of Ringers Western watches.

Developed to be tough and durable, making it perfect for tradies or dads who get their hands dirty, these watches represent their Australian outback origins.

To see the full range and talk watches, Jacek and Bozena are at JB Jewellers, located at 265 Maude Street, Shepparton, or phone them on 5831 1611.

Legacy Week still important as ever THE Shepparton Legacy Club turns 70 this year, yet COVID19 restrictions will mean the organisation’s 47 volunteers won’t be on the street for its annual fundraising drive.

Legacy Week, held in early September, started in 1942 and is a national appeal to raise funds for the families of incapacitated and deceased veterans.

Shepparton’s club provides assistance to 365 widows and 13 dependents from Seymour to Kyabram, and relies on funds raised during the annual drive.

Club president, Robert Mathieson, said it had become untenable for his Legatees to be out on the street accepting donations.

“We have a duty of care to our Legatees who, in the main,

are in the 60 to 80 years bracket with some of our Friends of Legacy volunteers in the 90 years bracket,” he said.

“Leaving static merchandise boxes around the various towns is just not feasible as we are restricted with travelling as well.”

Mr Mathieson apologised to the public, yet encouraged people to still consider a donation to the volunteer club.

Donations can be sent to Shepparton Legacy Club Inc., PO Box 783, Shepparton 3632, or via the national web donation portal at www.legacy.com.au. For more information, look up the Shepparton Legacy Facebook page. Merchandise is available at Shepparton Legacy House, 20 Edward Street, Shepparton.

NOT THIS YEAR... 2020 has imparted its own legacy on the annual Legacy Week fundraiser, with volunteer Legatees unable to take to the streets to fundraise. Pictured at Shepparton Shopping Plaza on Archer Street in less-contagious times are (from left) Barb Burr, Coralie Francis, and Denis Burr. Legacy is still urging people to make donations to the charity via its website. Photo: Supplied.

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NEWS EXPERT TREATMENT...

Podiatrist, Steven Goodwin, said he’s seen an increase in foot complaints during the stage three lockdown with more people, especially children, spending extended periods at home barefoot on hard floors.

Photo: Struan Jones.

Working from home causing foot pain, says expert WHAT do you not wear while working or studying from home?

Well, without being too honest, an obvious answer is: shoes.

So, it may surprise you to learn the number of people presenting to podiatrists with foot complaints is on the rise.

According to Shepparton podiatrist, Steven Goodwin, spending all day in your cheap slippers or favourite iconic Aussie fleece boots with a thin, flat piece of rubber on the bottom, may not be doing your feet any favours. Who knew?

Mr Goodwin, of Lakeside Podiatry, said his team has seen a surge in appointments with people complaining of sore feet and ankles.

“Amazingly, it was the same in lockdown number one,” Mr Goodwin said.

“People are suddenly at home for much of the day, still walking around and busy, but often without their normal work boots or shoes, and typically on hard floors. The sudden change is causing problems.”

He recommended anyone suffering from sudden and unexplained foot pain, to book an appointment with a podiatrist for a full biomechanical assessment and treatment. After all, there is no pain more debilitating than foot pain.

Lakeside Podiatry is located at 543 Wyndham St, Shepparton and can be contacted on 5821 3006.

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Simonds Homes to add display home to Seven Creeks Estate

HOME OWNERSHIP JOURNEY... The Simonds Homes Xpress range allows you to tailor your dream home online. Their open plan Sage 24 , pictured here with a Mayfair façade, is under construction at Kialla’s Seven Creeks Estate. Image: Supplied.

AS the search for affordable housing continues, many Victorians are swapping the Melbourne city lifestyle for regional hubs, and Shepparton has quickly become an ideal spot for young families to start their home ownership journey.

The small-town charm with big city amenities near shops and bushland are just some of the reasons why Simonds Homes has built so many great houses for families in the area.

Simonds has always been at the forefront of innovations in the industry. That’s why in 2019, they created the Xpress range, allowing home builders to tailor their dream home online, and build in as little as 20 weeks (from start-on-site, single-storey homes only).

Plus, all Xpress homes are backed by Simonds’ 70 years of experience and Lifetime Structural Guarantee.

Choose from great value homes like the Sage 24, soon to be on display at Seven Creeks Estate in Kialla. Perfect for growing families, the fourbedroom, two-bathroom, open plan design showcases space and comfort. With up to $35K available to eligible first home owners, it’s a great time to buy.

If you’re ready to start your building journey, speak to Shepparton’s Simonds Homes sales consultant, Glenn Wilson, at glenn.wilson@ simonds.com.au, on 0400 674 481, or visit simondsxpress.com.au.

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Getting what you need during lockdown MORE THAN MEDICINE...

Shepparton Amcal Pharmacy sales assistant, Hollie Johnston, with customer, Chelsea DeenCox. Ms Johnston said it’s important for people to look after themselves during lockdown, including indulging in a bit of selfcare. Photo: Struan Jones.

SELF-CARE has taken on a new importance in 2020.

With many of us spending more time at home and the normal routine structure to our lives gone, we still need to find ways to look after ourselves.

Shopping for ‘essentials’ has come to include pharmacy items such as face masks and hand sanitiser, yet that’s not all a good pharmacy can offer.

Shepparton Amcal is a familyoriented pharmacy that can provide the personalised assistance you need in these times. It’s a pharmacy where someone greets you at the door, and they’ve built a reputation over years for their product range and service.

The pharmacy stocks an impressive

range of essential self-care items, such as prestige make-up, body products and perfumes, candles for the home, along with all the medical items you’d expect.

“All customers are still welcome here, we’re not just open for essential medicine,” Clinique counter manager, Vanessa Sabri said.

“It’s important to still pamper yourself in times like these.”

With Father’s Day next Sunday, there are plenty of gift ideas in store for dad, including men’s fragrances from Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Giorgio Armani and Viktor & Rolf.

Shepparton Amcal Pharmacy is located at 310-312 Wyndham Street, and can be contacted on 5821 2596.

Swoop season takes flight IS there anything more terrifying than the ‘whoop whoop whoop’ sound of a swooping, crazed magpie coming in hot from behind?

Such an encounter will have you on edge for weeks, ducking for cover at the sound of a nervous willy wagtail.

As spring swooping season takes flight across Victoria, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is reminding Victorians that with spring in the air, so too are swooping birds.

Native birds swoop to defend their young for six to eight weeks between when they hatch and when they leave the nest.

DELWP senior wildlife management officer, Therese Davis said, “Being swooped by a territorial bird is no fun, but this is just normal bird behaviour.

“The best way to avoid being swooped is to avoid the area all together, though this isn’t always possible,” Ms Davis said.

Tips to avoid being swooped: • Know your local swooping hotspots • Avoid the area • Move quickly, but do not run • Cover your head with a hat, helmet or umbrella and consider drawing a pair of ‘eyes’ on the back of your hat or helmet • Do not harass or feed wildlife Some hotspots in previous years include the

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To report a swooping incident by any species of bird, mark its location on Victoria’s swooping bird map by searching online for DELWP’s Swoop Map. Importantly, magpies and other native birds are protected in Victoria under the Wildlife Act 1975, which makes it an offence to kill, take, control or harm wildlife.

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APPOINTMENTS KNOW DIDDLY SQUAT Dear Editor, IN the last 10 months we have seen the appointment by Federal Government of the Interim Inspector- General of Murray Darling Basin Water Resources, a new Water Minister and a new Chair of the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA).

So, what do Mick Keelty, Keith Pitt and Sir Angus Houston all have in common?

A nswer, they have been appointed k now i ng z ero / z i lch / s qu at d idd ly about the Murray Darling Basin Plan, impacts of irrigation modernisation, consequence of 30% reduction in the irrigation consumptive pool, significant environmental degradation and basin plan proposed objectives that are unattainable due to the reality of climate change.

This is an insult to regional communities who are being so heavily impacted by the basin plan.

It is absolutely crucial, people placed in these positions at this critical time of basin plan implementation, must have a solid understanding and knowledge of water issues and all its complexities.

Currently, we have Minister Pitt who clearly does not understand in any depth the many basin plan problems and has held the long-awaited Sefton Report (Independent Assessment of Social and Economic Conditions in the Basin) on his desk for 4 months.

Sir Angus Houston as the symbolic head and spokesperson of the MDBA and who effectively is now the leader of the implementation of the basin plan, should be able to provide insight into complex water issues of which there are many, and work with basin states and communities.

After just one week in the job and by his admission ‘a couple of days of briefings’, he is already declaring to media that ‘the Plan is a very good one’ and ‘we have to stick with the Plan because it’s legislation.’

Mick Keelty, ex Australian Federal Police Chief, appointed as the ‘tough cop’ no doubt to smooth -talk basin plan protestors and attempt to keep them in order. Again, his inquiries have shown little understanding of the reality of irrigators supply shortfall.

Murray Darling Basin communities have a growing sense of anger, hopelessness and a lack of confidence in their future, while Basin Plan idealised theories and assumptions embedded in legislation continue to prove impossible to achieve.

There is no logic or common sense behind these appointments, except that it gives the Federal Government’s agency the MDBA, total control in informing these ‘green’ appointees, thus monopolising the direction and implementation of the basin plan by providing all information from the MDBA perspective, whilst keeping regional communities grievances at arm’s length.

Yours sincerely, Jan Beer Cheviot Hills Yea VIC

MINISTER TO SHOW COMMON SENSE Dear Editor, I WAS impressed with the following quote from Agriculture Minister David Littleproud on August 21 when he said: “What I have been calling for is for common sense, workable and practical solutions to be developed in consultation with impacted regional communities.”

T hat is exactly what regional com mu nities have been seek ing for several years from Mr Littleproud and his colleagues, yet they have refused to deliver.

So, may I ask, why is he so concerned about ‘common sense’ and ‘practical s o lu t i o n s ’ t h a t a r e ‘d e v e l o p e d i n consultation with impacted regional communities’ in one instance, but not another?

I n this quote M r Lit tleproud was commenting on the impact of border closures. But why should this issue be treated differently to water management and polic y, wh ich is also vital for the economic prosperit y of regional communities?

Why can’t we have ‘common sense’?

Why can’t we have ‘workable solutions’?

And why can’t they ‘be developed in consultation with impacted regional communities?’ None of that is happening, despite our repeated calls.

Mr Littleproud as the previous Water

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Minister, and now Keith Pitt as the current Water Minister, have failed our communities by failing to deliver these very basics that should be common practice in all policy areas.

Yours sincerely, Sue Braybon Tocumwal, NSW

PAYING WATER BILL FOR OTHERS Dear Editor, I H AV E just opened my G oulbu rn Murray Water (GMW) bill and sit in sheer amazement. I am expected to pay $2469.36 per Delivery Share regardless of how much water I receive. This portion of my bill is to contribute to the maintenance of the water system, which seems fair until you realize that since the introduction of unbundled Water Rights, any person or Corporation or Government official can own or trade water without necessarily paying the historical infrastructure fees on the system from whence the water came. The most amazing thing is that I’m subsidizing the Chinese Government, due to them being one of the largest offshore entitlement holders of Australian water.

All this whilst they place tariffs on Australian Produce as it enters China along with making profits on water sales back to the struggling Aussie Farmer.

If you think I’m just another winging Cocky, then think about this - If you are a pensioner self-funded retiree or tax payer the Federal Government has taken $13 000 000 000 dollars of Taxpayer funds to implement this Disaster. The Murray Darling Basin Plan (MDBP) has Contributed to this situation removing a third of the once productive water out of the system, losing millions out of the economy as a result. The ACCC has been complicit, overseeing and allowing this to happen. Remember the dead fish in the Darling river, which is still almost dry today at the end of winter after summer floods in QLD and NSW something wrong? Locally go for a look at the degradation of the Murray River and Gunbower Creek bank erosion at unprecedented levels. As a Cohuna local I watch the best dairy farm area in the world disappearing and seeing the rice industry just across the river going the same way. I believe like the late professor John Brisco this MDBP is a disaster is based on Political Deception and action needs to be taken for the sake of our community.

When injustice becomes Law Resistance becomes Duty.

Please Raise the Eureka Flag This is far beyond being unjust.

How much further do we have to go?

Yours sincerely, Name and address supplied, Cohuna Want to have your say?

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Sam Spinks to run for council IN THE RUNNING... Ms Spinks wishes Greater Shepparton to be an inclusive and environmentally sustainable community. Photo: Supplied.

COU NCIL elections are scheduled for October 24 and Sam Spinks, 31, is running for a seat on the Greater Shepparton City Council.

Ms Spinks, a single parent of two boys, has moved back to Greater Shepparton to give her family a country upbringing after a hiatus in Melbourne.

W h i le u nder t a k i ng her u n iversit y studies in Community Development and Sustainable Development, she participated

Better agricultural outcomes for the region THE Goulburn Murray Irrigation District is expected to change in the coming years as a result of a variety of factors such as: climate change, technological improvements, water recovery, bio security and global market influence.

While some of the changes are outside of Council’s direct control, the Greater Shepparton City Council recognises the opportunities that innovative changes can create.

The Goulburn Regional Pa r t nersh ip h as prepa red t he G ou lbu r n M u r r ay R e s i l i e n c e St rateg y 2020 (t he Resi l ience Strategy) to better deal with and adapt to change, including climate change.

The Resilience Strategy includes eight ‘Resilience Principles’ with a series of proposed strategic interventions to assist each principle that will enable the Goulburn Murray region to better manage a changing and uncertain future.

Although this project was initially p ro g r e s s e d by t h e G ou lbu r n Regional Partnership, the success of the Resilience Strategy requires support from all three tiers of gove r n m e nt , i n c lud i n g L o c a l Government.

C o u n c i l M ayo r, C r S e e m a Abdullah said “Council recognises the importance of agricultural production and the benefits it provides to our region’s economy, and has a strong desire to facilitate better outcomes for agriculture in our community.”

Based on the recommendations i n t he Re si l ienc e S t rate g y, a ‘Regional Resilience Taskforce’ will be established and charged with addressing the particular issues needed to deliver the key intervention actions identified in the Resilience Strategy.

in the Greater Shepparton Community Leadership Program and helped establish three street libraries. She is a member of GV Pride and a volunteer with Meals on Wheels.

As a strong supporter and advocate for the LGBTQI A+ community, First Nations community and multicultural groups, Ms Spinks is also passionate about young people, families and the natural environment of our region.

Ms Spinks wants Greater Shepparton to be a leader in all aspects of community wellbeing, social justice and sustainability, while creating safe and empowering spaces for children.

Aiming to work towards creating an inclusive community, Ms Spinks said she strives for an accessible and liveable Greater Shepparton that leads the way for its people and its future.

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HOLD ON, COMMODORE... Deaths on rural roads are disproportionately represented in the state’s road toll, with running off a straight road at speed a common cause of accidents. Photo: Tugba Yetkin.

Drivers more likely to break rules on rural roads ON LY one quar ter of the Victorian population lives outside of the Melbourne metropolitan area, yet regional areas account for more than half of the state’s road toll.

In Greater Shepparton alone, seven people were killed on local roads in 2019. So far in 2020, three drivers have lost their lives, including one this month on Numurkah Road, near Balaclava Road.

According to new research by the Aust ra l ia n Road S a fet y Fou nd at ion (ARSF), one in five drivers confess to being more likely to break a road rule in rural areas, with speed being the most common dangerous driving act drivers are prepared to risk.

Drunk driving, distraction and fatigue are

the other top behaviours impacting rural drivers.

Amazingly, the data revealed metro drivers not only wrongly believe rural roads are safer than metro streets, almost half incorrectly claimed that more road fatalities occur in city areas.

ARSF founder, Russell White, said when it came to reasons for increasing risky behaviour on rural roads, not getting caught was the most common response, and it was most prevalent amongst regional drivers.

He added, “The research also tells us that on rural roads, local drivers are more cognisant of their behaviour causing harm to others, whereas metro drivers are more likely to only be concerned with doing harm to themselves.”

COVID-19 cases steady in Shepparton region AC T I V E COV I D -19 case numbers in Greater Shepparton have remained steady at 17 as of Tuesday morning, down from a high of 20 last Monday.

Two new positive cases have been linked to the existing cluster from Shepparton Villages, which in total had infected 17 people, however the new cases are external to the facility.

The number of active cases reported each day will vary as people are released from self-isolation and also if there any

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new active cases.

There is one person who has tested positive for COVID-19 in the Campaspe region who is considered to be an active case.

There are no people in the Benalla, Moira and Strathbogie regions that have tested positive for COVID-19 that are considered to be an active case.

GV Health is continuing to undertake contact tracing and monitoring of current active cases in Shepparton.

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Country Basketball League hoping for October tip-off HOPING TO GET BACK ON COURT... Shepparton Gators player, Jordan Michel, in action last season. Photo: Supplied.

BASKETBALL Victoria Country (BVC) is preparing for the 2020/21 Country Basketball League (CBL) season across regional Victoria, with a tip-off pencilled in for October 10.

BVC general manager, David Huxtable, said cautious optimism was prevailing despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and team entries were up on previous seasons.

“Associations are telling us that they are very committed to the 2020/21 CBL season,” he said.

In the North East CBL, the Shepparton Gators are represented across the male and

female competition and are also in the midst of planning for the upcoming season.

Shepparton Gators president, Michelle Judd, said while the timeline for starting senior competition looked ambitious, the club had received about 50 expressions of interest from players, and the club had named coaches.

Matt Bartlett will coach the men’s team and Darren Burn will take the helm of the women’s team.

Judd said if senior competition was untenable, she hoped a junior competition could continue.

S even tea ms w i l l compete for t he northeast conference female championship, and eight teams, including newcomers the Mansfield Eagles, will compete in the men’s competition.

“With most sports cancelling their senior leagues, basketball is keen to demonstrate their strength and value to the local community,” Huxtable said.

“Everybody has been doing it hard and we are looking at basketball to assist in driving economic results for their community.”

Cricket leagues spin plans for summer competitions GOULBURN Murray Cricket (GMC) has updated its proposed start date of senior competition to Saturday, November 7, with the women’s competition looking to start on Sunday, November 8.

GMC chairman, Jason Turner, said setting the date for weeks after the end of lockdown gave the league some leeway over planning, but said he still had concerns about

the New South Wales-Victoria state border closure.

“We might have some cricketers who are caught on the wrong side of the river, so that may affect the competition, but we really can’t say yet,” he said.

President of Cricket Shepparton, David D’Elia, said his league was still aiming for an October 3 start date, yet acknowledged that timeline was ambitious. He said the

league hoped to get juniors playing as soon as possible, with seniors to follow.

“We’re hoping to start as soon as the government gives us the go ahead. Clubs are keen and confident to get going as soon as we can,” he said.

Herald Sun Tour drops off until 2022

BETTER TIMES... Cuban cyclist, Arlenis Sierra of the Astana Women’s Team, taking out stage one of the Lexus of Blackburn Women’s Herald Sun Tour in Shepparton in February. Photo: Cozalive Media.

ORGANISERS of Australia’s most prestigious and oldest cycling stage race have announced the event will not proceed in 2021.

The men’s Jayco Herald Sun Tour and the women’s Lexus of Blackburn Tour, which both featured a stage one finish in Shepparton in February, will be rescheduled to February 2022 due to the uncertainty caused by COVID-19.

Jayco Herald Sun Tour chairman, Tom Salom, said the decision was made after much consideration.

“As Australia’s oldest cycling stage race, we have not taken this decision lightly, however the high level of uncertainty created by the current COVID-19 environment in Victoria presents too many challenges to proceed with the 2021 events,” he said.

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Mr Salom said while the decision was made with a heavy heart, the silver lining was that the delay would provide the time and resources to plan for a bigger and better tour in 2022.

He underlined the importance of the events continuing to support regional tourism in the future.

“It is critically important for both cycling and regional Victoria that we deliver a high quality Jayco Herald Sun Tour for years to come,” he said.

The Jayco Herald Sun Tour is held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event and is now held annually over five days in February.