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ISSUE 1035 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

POWER POINT BRIGHT FUTURE: Bendigo Sustainability Group’s Keith Reynard. Photo: BILL CONROY

By SHARON KEMP

BENDIGO’S energy sector leaders want to be part of the search for power generation sources for energy reserves as half of local businesses invest in renewable energy. Preliminary results from a council study show a tipping point in local energy supply, with more people employed in the solar energy sector than in coal and half of Bendigo’s businesses investing in renewable energy sources. As residents are warned to expect outages this summer and power con-

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tracts that have thus far buffeted local companies with high energy costs due to expire, a group of Bendigo specialists updated Engineers Australia members on Wednesday about moves to investigate more sustainable power sources. Alternative sources are becoming more urgent as energy provider AGL this week threatened to close its Liddell coal-fired power station in the

Hunter Valley in 2022, which Australia’s energy market operator AEMO said would force further power shortfalls in Victoria after that date. AEMO has recommended Victoria accelerate its search for new power generation sources to shore up energy reserves. The operator hopes the results of work by the City of Greater Bendigo and local industry will lead to further

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government investment into technologies that could put central Victoria in a prime position to become the engine of the state. Bendigo is seeking Smart City funding to investigate ways to become a net energy exporter and the Bendigo Sustainability Group is looking for locations for multiple solar parks, the energy from which it hopes to sell to the state government.

The private, profit-driven sector is also doing its part given it is facing huge rises in energy costs when many Bendigo companies come to negotiate contracts in the next 12 to 18 months. Council’s Jeff Bothe said results of a data collection exercise to create a base on which to measure energy use and investment showed 75 per cent of local companies had already bought energy efficiency technology including lights, soft-start motors or power factor correction equipment.

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Cash rate to stay on hold EXPERTS predict the official cash rate will remain steady for the duration of 2017 in the face of muted inflationary pressures and mixed demand conditions. Housing Industry Association principal economist Tim Reardon said this week’s statement from the Reserve Bank and other recent housing indicators suggest that interest rates do not need to increase anytime soon. Comments issued by the Reserve Bank governor on Tuesday confirmed the indicators in the housing market vary considerable around the country. This is demonstrated in recent housing price indicators and building activity that show some regions remain strong while others have cooled. “Residential building activity is now starting to contract having been a key driver of growth up until recently. New dwelling commencements peaked in the March 2016 quarter and remain relatively high,” Mr Reardon said. “The RBA correctly notes that investors in residential property are facing higher interest rates. “There are also additional restrictions on foreign investors which could have a negative impact on the building industry. “These factors are impacting the industry at a time when it is has commenced a downward cycle. Mortgage delinquency in Australia remains very low, but growth in housing debt has been

VARIED: Housing activity is starting to contract. outpacing growth in household incomes. “For these reasons, Australia’s economy will continue to require low interest rates in order to achieve stronger growth over the medium term.”

2016. The number of first home buyers increased by 14 per cent during the quarter or 1.0 per cent year on year and there was some relief for renters also apparent over the quarter. Head of business development at Adelaide Bank, Darren Kasehagen, said a slight increase in housing affordability shouldn’t overshadow the welcome news that the number of first home buyers increased by 14 per cent during the quarter. Compared to the corresponding quarter in 2016, the number of first home buyers went up in Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, with both territories recording

THE June quarter edition of the Adelaide Bank/Real Estate Institute of Australia Housing Affordability Report shows a decline in housing affordability nationally with the proportion of median family income required to meet average loan repayments increasing by 1.0 percentage points to 31.4 per cent. This was an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared to the corresponding quarter in

very solid FHB growth of 49.6 per cent and 40 per cent respectively. “The average loan size to first home buyers increased by 1.2 per cent over the June quarter and 0.6 per cent over 12 months to $365,600 with the average loan size to first home buyers decreasing in South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory over the quarter. Year on year, the average loan size to first home buyers increased in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory,” Mr Kasehagen said. “Over the quarter, the proportion of median family income required to meet rental payments reduced by 0.6 percentage points to 24.3 per cent. This improvement was recorded across all states and territories except in the Australian Capital Territory which was stable. In fact, it costs less on average to meet mortgage payments in Tasmania and the Northern Territory than it does to rent.” Of the total number of Australian first home buyers that purchased during the June quarter, 6,648 were from Victoria. The number of loans to first home buyers in Victoria increased by 10 per cent. In Victoria, first home buyers now make up 21.1 per cent of the state’s owner-occupier market. Rental affordability improved for the quarter with a decrease of 0.7 per cent of income required to meet median rents.

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Primed for a hot season

VICTORIA could be in for an early start to the fire season, with authorities warning of an above average potential of bushfire for much of the state. The latest outlook from the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) predicts an early start to what could be a high-risk fire season. The CRC says recent rainfall has not been enough to compensate for drier conditions earlier in the year in much of the state. Instead, rainfall in September is

likely to be the big indicator as to the level of danger in the early part of summer. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting average rainfall for spring, but higher than average temperatures and the CRC report says that means that the potential for bushfire is above normal. Due to good prospects of strong spring growth, high levels of fuels are likely to be available and can dry if spring rains aren’t significant. Central Victoria is in the middle of the zone listed as an above normal risk, which extends into western Victoria.

Emergency management commissioner Craig Lapsley said the outlook provided a valuable tool in regards to what to expect during the fire season. “The severity of the fire season

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is underlying dryness in some areas of the state, particularly across central parts of Victoria and across the east. “While there is a lot of surface water, which means there will be

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“The level of risk in the October to December period will still depend on how much spring rain there is in September.” Mr Lapsley said the preparation of emergency management personnel ahead of the fire danger season was well under way. He said Forest Fire Management Victoria and the CFA have brought forward the spring burning program to reduce fuel loads. “For spring, efforts will focus on reducing risk in the North East, Northern Country, North Central, the Mallee and the far South West districts,” he said.

Sporting growth prompts reserves

food for thought: Fazeleh and Tadah with some Shir Berenj. Photo: BILL CONROY

Students focus on wellbeing One of Bendigo Senior Secondary College’s biggest weeks in the calendar kicked off on Monday. Wellbeing Week is five days packed with activities to make students and staff feel better about themselves, both emotionally and physically. VCAL Market Day on Wednesday was a highly-anticipated event, and included live music, a range of affordable foods, hand-crafted goods,

plants, recycled clothing, and more. The fun continues today with Wear it Purple Day. Staff and students will be wearing their finest purple attire to celebrate diversity in all its many forms at the college. As part of this celebration Grill’d Bendigo will be in the Ulumbarra Plaza between 1pm and 2pm cooking burgers as a fundraiser for Wellbeing

initiatives at the college, to be decided on by the students. The event is the culmination of Wellbeing Week – a tangible reminder for all in the college community of the need to look after one another. The many events throughout the week aimed to foster a sense of community, celebrate the diversity of the student cohort, and provide a chance to get together and have fun.

New recreation reserves at Strathfieldsaye and Maiden Gully could be built as sporting bodies and councils plan for future needs. The growing population of Bendigo had prompted several priorities in AFL Central Victoria’s recently-announced Regional Strategy. It lists a host of priority projects, with an estimated $21.9 million investment needed to address existing facility gaps and ensure new facilities cater for projected growth. AFL CV says funding provision does not currently match ongoing facility renewal and new development costs. A major part of the strategy was an audit of all 56 facilities under the wide jurisdiction AFL CV controls, from Gisborne to Gunbower. It also lists a new facility at Mannes Lane, Strathfieldsaye and a possible greenfield site at Maiden Gully adjacent to Marist College as two areas that could cater for future expansion. “We see growth in those corridors and the beauty of this document is it doesn’t just rely on hearsay, it relies on data,” AFL CV chairman Andrew Cooney said. “The data is showing

us we’re going to have growth in those areas in the years to come and we have to make sure we can maintain facilities to keep pace with that. “We see that those clubs could potentially participate in our premier league for years to come and we have to make sure that our facilities can cater for that.” The report also flags the possibility of synthetic surfaces being introduced to cater for allweather needs. A new netball facility could also be planned for Strathfieldsaye, while Gisborne could be the beneficiary of a new $9m recreation complex similar to Bendigo’s Epsom Huntly reserve. The ever-growing female football sector is also placing a strain on many areas, for facilities and volunteers. A key priority listed in the report is improving changeroom facilities for female players and umpires across the nine local government areas within the AFL Central Victoria region. “As participation in the game continues to grow, so does the need for facilities to support not only the growth, but the changing profile of participation,” AFL Victoria’s Shayne Ward said.

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Fired up for power grab

BENDIGO has the potential to take over from the Latrobe Valley as the engine room of Victoria using renewable power, according to one of the city’s leading energy specialists. Now working for the City of Greater Bendigo as energy projects coordinator but still part of the Bendigo Sustainability Group after more than a decade, Keith Reynard believes a mix of solar energy and other sources will be future supply for central Victoria, and Bendigo stands at the gateway of a significant generator of energy – the north west of the state. “The solar irradiance in the north west region is the best in Victoria and compares with central New South Wales and Queensland,” he said.

Solar irradiance is a measure of how much solar power is available at a location. “Australia has the best solar resources in the world, we are really right at the leading edge in terms of our solar capability,” Mr Reynard said. A solar supply will mix with other technologies and a pivotal development towards realising Bendigo’s potential as a energy generator will be storage capacity. In June, the Victorian government contributed $150,000 to start a feasibility study into the potential for the city’s underground mine shaft network to store renewable energy. It would involve pumping underground water up shafts when demand is low and releasing it down the shafts through turbines

when demand is high. “Underground pumped hydro is a form of energy storage so it is like a battery for Bendigo,” Mr Reynard said. “There is a lot of emphasis on pumped hydro systems in and around Australia at the moment,

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it back up and create some energy that way. “There is still a way to go in terms of determining the viability but we are looking at that now.” Financial drivers are behind all decisions about energy sources according to Mr Reynard.

Australia has the best solar resources in the world, we are really right at the leading edge

looking at opportunities for that. “The areas that it is most suitable for are generally around the coast, so inland it is probably a little too flat but the difference with Bendigo is we have got a complex network of mines and shafts which have different elevations that allows us to drop water down and pump

A benefit of solar power was that it was scalable, as small as a socket to charge your phone and big enough to power a factory. And as distinct from the early days when Mr Reynard was first involved with solar energy, he said the motivation behind conversion to solar energy for house-

Manufacturers call for backing

You have to negotiate hard and... be prepared about how to maximise their spend on power. Council’s workforce and industry development manager Jeff Bothe said when it came to negotiating power contracts, companies would be advised to remember that power suppliers were not their friends. “These days you don’t have a friend with energy retailers, you have to negotiate hard and you have

3From Page 1 “Then, there is probably half that have either invested in photovoltaic cells on the roof, or are in the process of getting them installed,” Mr Bothe said. He has calculated that pay back period of such equipment had shrunk to less than three years under current energy prices. “These results are good from the point of view of companies that have the ability to invest in technology, then it is to their advantage in the relative short term,” he said. Bendigo Sustainability Group energy program coordinator Keith Reynard said renewable energy was clearly the way forward given it was cheaper to build a wind or solar farm than a coal or gas-fired plant. He said a shift was also seen in jobs, more of which were now in solar installation than in the coal sector. The AEMO said investment in renewable energy had been increasing, providing more low-cost energy to the grid, but renewables could not provide reliable power at all times without storage. “Energy is a key product for our quality of life, it is a key component for our business and industry operating systems,” Mr Reynard said. “It is now becoming obvious to all and sundry that we can’t rely on systems we have relied on for the last 50 years. “We are at that point where we need to transition to new technologies and new ways of managing and generation. And the more people embrace and take on the challenge to adapt and transition across, that stimulates new activities and new economic opportunities that weren’t available five or ten years ago. “So it is a new economic driver in its own right.” Mr Reynard and Mr Bothe were two of six speakers on Wednesday night to talk about sustainable energy at Engineers Australia’s annual Joseph Brady public forum in Bendigo.

to be prepared in a significant lead up time before your contract expires,” Mr Bothe said. “There are preferable times of the year when you negotiate your contract, never in the peak of summer for obvious reasons.” Mr Brennan said he wanted to see governments intervene in the retail supply of energy to industry. “I think the lack of commitment from government is a bit disappointing, businesses are making significant investments and there is no guidance and certainly no support at the federal or state levels,” he said. “It is just a constant debate and I am not clear on why the cost has gone up so much because I don’t think it is a cost of production. “It is just a lack of competitiveness... and the middle people are taking the money at the cost of the people at the end who are trying to develop manufacturing.” solar sell: Businesses want government help.

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holds and businesses was primarily financial. “When I was first involved a one kilowatt system cost $15,000, now you can get a one-kilowatt system for $1500,” he said. “That is over 10 years that we have seen that significant price reduction. Back then, it was largely an environmental and feel-good driver to do your bit to reduce your emissions. “Now people are doing it because it is financially beneficial, businesses in particular are looking to do it for financial outcomes but they are also in the meantime achieving a carbon reduction that we are very supportive of.” Mr Reynard said the large-scale manufacture of solar panels and inverters in Chinese factories had driven the price down.

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No tolerance for race protestors The conviction of three men found guilty of inciting serious religious vilification of Muslims under the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 has sent a clear message that there is no place for religious hatred in Victoria. Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner Kristen Hilton said this week’s Melbourne Magistrates’ Court ruling over a mock beheading to protest the building of a mosque in Bendigo in 2015 was the first time anyone has been convicted under this act. “The conviction of these men sends a strong message that racial and religious vilification is not only unacceptable in our society, it is also against the law,” Commissioner Hilton said. “There is no place for these kinds of acts of hatred in our diverse and welcoming state.” The Racial and Religious

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Housing on agenda

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BENDIGO MP Lisa Chesters has called on nervous local real estate agents to talk to her about Labor’s proposal to alter negative gearing as a major report was released giving weight to a prolonged housing affordability crisis. Labor was spruiking its housing policy in Bendigo last week to staff of the social housing agency Haven Home Safe, repeating that it would create a housing and homelessness minister if it were elected to government. Shadow housing minister Doug Cameron also confirmed Labor would create a bond aggregator backed by industry superannuation funds and banks, that would create lower cost funding for community social housing organisations

such as Haven to borrow money and build rental housing for lower incomes. Senator Cameron said Labor had led the way on housing policy, including a promise to change negative gearing and capital gains tax. The Centre for Economic Development of Australia report released last week recommended eight changes including an abandonment of stamp duty in favour of land tax, changing laws around tenancy to give certainty to long-term renters, better transport systems to get people home and to work, a relaxation of planning restrictions, and housing density increased and a greater proportion of capital gain taxed. Negative gearing was not mentioned among the

recommendations, however Senator Cameron said it was necessary to change the policy. “We have said clearly that it is an unfair subsidy, why should young, potential home owners have to subsidise investors that are bidding the house price up,” he said. Ms Chesters said Bendigo had been buffetted from the sorts of house price hikes that have hit Melbourne’s property market. “It is part of the reason we are having a bit of a tree change, people are moving to Bendigo, housing affordability is one of the reasons,” she said. “You can buy a great home in Bendigo still for under $400,000. “I know that some of our real estate agents are

Pension row brews A RENEWED call to raise the retirement age to 70 has drawn a swift response from Bendigo’s MP. The pension age will gradually increase by six-month increments from 67 years to 70 every two years starting in 2025. Shadow sssistant minister for Workplace Relations Lisa Chesters said the plan to increase the pension age is ridiculous. “A nurse, a cleaner or a carpenter will find it hard to work in their profession until the age of 70,” she said. “If successful it means Australia will have the oldest pension age in the developed world.” No other country has a retirement age of 70. The United States age is 66, rising to 67, the United Kingdom is 65 rising to 68 by 2037 and Japan is 60. “It is wrong to increase the pension age to 70 if the government doesn’t have a plan to create secure jobs for older workers,” Ms Chesters said.

“Hundreds of older Bendigo workers will be affected. Locally, there just aren’t enough decent, secure jobs for people over the age of 55. Increasing the pension age to 70 means these workers will be forced to look for work for longer. “The government’s attitude towards older worker is just disgraceful. These Australians deserve our respect and support – not cruel attacks.” Social services minister Christian Porter has outlined the government’s commitment to increase the pension age. “As we live longer and are healthier, it’s reasonable to expect more people will want to remain active through work,” he said. Shadow social services minister Jenny Macklin said the median age at death for people living in remote Australia is 73.8 compared to 82.3 for Australians living in major cities. – Steve Kendall 4Glanville – Page 20

very nervous about it, but I encourage them not to be nervous, to meet with me and talk to me about what this looks like.” She said Labor’s plans would only affect established homes and negative gearing could still be accessed if you are building an investment property. Homes that are already negative geared would also be quarantined from changes. “What Labor has put forward is a way to slowly pull back on negative gearing and the way in which it has distorted some of our property markets, like Melbourne,” she said. in bendigo: Shadow housing minister Doug Cameron. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Energy costs may impact renters THE rising cost of energy is a major issue facing people just making rent and the crisis will have a knock-on effect in Bendigo that could affect the housing market, according to Haven Home Safe chief executive Ken Marchingo. But Bendigo residents trying to stay in a house and agencies including Haven charged with helping them, have multiple challenges in housing facing them. “The reality is with energy costs going through the roof, this will start to hit rents, that will hit landlords, that will hit their loan portfolio serviceability, and the knock-on effects of this have not been really thought through, and that is just one of the issues at play at the moment,” Mr Marchingo said. As Haven looks ahead to turning 40 next year, the organisation has just won state government funding to build 15 rental properties in four regional locations to be used by socially disadvantaged people as a pathway back to stable tenancy or ownership. Bendigo-based Haven also man-

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ages other properties in Victoria, including in apartments in Melbourne. Mr Marchingo this week agreed with findings contained in the Centre for Economic Development of Australia’s report that after decades of “going backwards” the federal government needs to put more resources into providing social housing. Both the Liberal and Labor parties have promised to set up a bond aggregator backed by superannuation funds and banks that will be a cheaper supply of debt to agencies such as Haven to build social housing. But Mr Marchingo said it was not enough. “The market reality is that rental housing en-masse cannot be provided for with debt alone,” he said. “The rents that are generated just don’t cover much more than 25 to 35 per cent of capital costs on freestanding properties. “There is a need for the subsidy gap to be covered by state or federal government and that is the real issue.” This may be where he departs

from what federal politicians are promising. Both major parties are counting on agencies to the build social housing. “If I were to take a cynical view of the consistent reduction in social housing over recent decades I might be moved to, wryly, congratulate successive governments for so effectively outsourcing their role and responsibility as the landlord of last resort for the poor and problematic to the guileless army of mum and dad rental investors... who in order to harvest some modest income taxation benefits and to benefit from the appearance of a healthy housing market have rushed in to fill the gap,” Mr Marchingo said. “But I’m not that cynical, and all this has done has continued to put pressure on prices generally.” Mr Marchingo said the positives had included 20,000 units built during the global financial crisis and another 38,000 constructed until the Abbott government stopped the National Rental Affordability Scheme in 2014.

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Bats on move THREE quarters of Rosalind Park’s grey-headed flying foxes population have departed for other places after 12,000 made the space a safe haven during winter. But the City of Greater Bendigo council will still implement a management plan for the 2700 bats that remain at the park, and for future flocks. Thousands of bats flew into Bendigo in the aftermath of tropical cyclone Debbie that hit Queensland earlier this year. Wildlife experts predict-

ed they would leave at the onset of spring. But it is unclear where they have gone. “It is hard to know where the bats have gone, as there are a number of locations (with permanent bat populations) that they may go,” said parks and open space manager Debbie Wood. Ms Wood said the bats had caused no significant damage to trees in Rosalind Park. The timing of their departure means fresh buds on trees will be safe from

their claws. The council added extra cleaning cycles in the park during winter to clean up the mess and smell caused by the bats. The management plan, created by a consultant who worked with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, will be handed to the council in the coming months. “We believe a management plan is still required to ensure we continue to manage the population in the most sustainable way,” Ms Wood said.

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A new community-based sexual and reproductive health hub will be set up in Bendigo. Victorian health minister Jill Hennessy said the hub will deliver timely, affordable, locally-based sexual and reproductive health advice to all local women. “For too long women’s sexual and reproductive health issues have been neglected,” she said. “That’s why these new centres and hot line will make a real difference.” “Women in Bendigo and right across the state will be able to get the

timely expert advice they need, without the stigma, and I am pleased to announce this in Women’s Health Week.” A second centre will be based in Melbourne’s west, while a further six centres will be established over the next three years – half of which will be located in regional Victoria. In addition, Victorian women – no matter where they live – will be able to access expert, evidence-based advice with Women’s Health Victoria chosen to establish and operate Victoria’s first pregnancy support help line.

The announcements follow the state government’s launch of Victoria’s first-ever Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Plan earlier this year, supported by $6.6 million in new funding. The strategy includesd elivering family planning training for doctors and nurses, particularly in regional Victoria and working with Aboriginal women and women with disabilities to improve sexual and reproductive health. The family planning hub will be located at Bendigo Community Health Service.

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Innovation and co-working on the table Bendigo’s innovation community based at the Synergise Hub co-working space, is hosting a leader’s roundtable today on how to create new opportunities in Bendigo. Recent research published by the new book Innovation Coworking, shows the Victorian coworking scene has grown by 70 per cent in the past year, with 123 co-working spaces operating across the state. Victoria has the largest co-working market nationwide. Event coordinator Tamara Marwood said tapping into a greater use of digital technology and a network of entrepreneurs working out of co-working spaces across the country is the goal. “Synergise Hub is seeking to be a key connection point for both emerging and established enterprises,” she said. “The breakfast roundtable is symbolic and demonstrative of how co-working spaces can play a role in connecting all the elements to build and drive a thriving, social, entrepreneurial and economic ecosystem.” Joining this roundtable will be Bendigo Adelaide Bank, La Trobe University, local and metro start-ups, and a range of notable leaders in government, community and innovation coworking. It is expected that the session will touch on local problems and how greater collaboration and access to global knowledge in technology and working trends could be leveraged to design the right future for Bendigo. “A key outcome of this session would be a discussion on how Bendigo will connect into the now fairly established national and international network of innovative co-working spaces,” Ms Marwood said. The roundtable is taking place today at 8am at Synergise Hub Level 2: 12-16 Forest Street. For information and bookings visit: www.coworking-innovation-bendigo.eventbrite.com.au

tidy gardens: Bendigo Garden Club members get to work.

Garden club cleans up WITHIN six months, the land on which Bendigo’s Central City Caravan Park now sits will be cleared of all plants but the trees. So Bendigo Garden Club members have beaten the bulldozer and in the process helped to start the clean up. About a dozen mem-

bers worked at the Golden Square-located caravan park on Tuesday, digging up plants including bulbs, succulents and roses, to pot and sell at Bendigo’s Agricultural Show in late October. “We don’t get this opportunity every day,” club president Keith Woods said.

The club, which has been running for 70 years, meets regularly to swap plants and ideas. The caravan park is being cleared in time to meet a vacancy date of March 2018 imposed by the owners of the land on High Street. Park owner Christine Norman said some of the plants

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Funding backs a safer workplace It is estimated that up to 95 per cent of healthcare workers have experienced physical or verbal attacks while doing their job caring for others and saving lives.

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BENDIGO Health will be better equipped to handle potentially violent patients with funding to improve its behavioural assessment rooms. The hospital had new rooms when it opened in January, but a change in regulations this year meant that upgrades were necessary to bring them in line with new standards. The funding is part of the Victorian government’s $40 million plan to prevent violent and aggressive behaviour toward workers in the health services.

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gerous tendencies. As well as building the rooms at hospitals without them, the funding has been used to install alarms, CCTV, access control doors, lighting and

security systems as well as redesigning waiting areas and trialling new equipment such as body-worn cameras for paramedics. Victorian health minister Jill Hennessy said that violence against health workers was not acceptable and the government was had prioritised making safe workplaces in hospitals. “Behavioural assessment rooms will help keep our staff safe and send a message to Victorians that violence against healthcare workers is never OK,” she said.

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Sending the right message As part of the lead up to White Ribbon Day, students from Crusoe College, Catholic College Bendigo and Bendigo Kangan Institute experienced a performance of the powerful You the Man. You the Man is a theatre-based intervention that promotes bystander engagement. It addresses the themes of equal and respectful relationships between men and women, nonviolent social norms, reducing the effects of prior exposure to violence especially on children and access to resources and systems of support. The key themes have been identified through the VicHealth framework to guide action to prevention violence against women. Chair of the Bendigo White Ribbon Day committee and Victoria Police Family Advisor, Sergeant Margaret Singe, said one in three young people aged 12 to 20 years in Australia will report physical violence in their personal relationships. “Dating violence and sexual assault are common and can be potentially fatal,” Sgt Singe said. “They can lead to people doing things which can harm themselves or others such as using alcohol and other drugs, engaging in high risk sexual practices, unhealthy eating, self-harm and suicide. “We hope that You the Man will highlight these issues in the lead up to White Ribbon Day.”

first stage: Actor Glenn Maynard performs You The Man. Photo: BILL CONROY The City of Greater Bendigo has funded the three performances through its Community Partnership Grants Program. The Bendigo White Ribbon Day committee will also hold a

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NBN firm spreads the word BENDIGO residents were confused about where to go for help for issues with broadbrand, according to the company rolling out NBN in the city. And NBNCo representatives answering questions about broadband connection last week said residents should know they have 18 months from the date of connection to make the switch. That means they have time to shop around for service providers, of which there are now more than 150 in Australia. Entering your address into the NBN website will bring up a list of providers for your location. Amid complaints and confusion, NBNco made employees available to talk to residents in four separate Bendigo locations last week. “Many of the people who visited had already made the switch to the NBN network and their questions were focussed on how to get the best out of their broadband service, with speed of their internet service during peak and off-peak times the most commonly enquired about topic,” NBNco corporate affairs advisor Kasey Ellison said. “Some visitors spoke with

NBNco representatives about their connection experience, with a small number of people reporting they had experienced a loss of service or drop-outs. “For visitors who had not yet made the switch to the NBN network, their enquiries

NBNco made employees available to talk related to when they would be able to make the switch, and if they needed to make the switch as they only use their landline phone and don’t use the internet.” Ms Ellison said the service provider rather than NBNco should be the first port of call for questions. Any questions the provider cannot answer should be sent on to NBNco. NBNco employees fielded questions from more than 300 residents over six days. Further details are available from www.nbnco.com.au

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Winning spell for school

EMPLOYMENT and training agency CVGT says a program being rolled out in Bendigo will give young people a second chance at employment. The Second Chance Bendigo program targets disadvantaged job seekers aged from 17 to 24 who are before the Bendigo Magistrates Court. It offers young people before the courts an alternative employment activity, and CVGT has employed two new staff members to assist in the program’s delivery. “The new Second Chance Bendigo program will allow CVGT to take another important step in helping young people in securing and maintaining gainful, sustainable and ongoing employment,” CVGT Australia’s Vaughan Adams said. “Experience in similar programs has identified that one of the most reliable pathways out of disadvantage and strengthen community connectedness is through having a job. “Our staff will work closely with participants to build the capability, skills and confidence and become gainfully employed.” The program is funded by the Victorian government’s Community Crime Prevention Program.

MY WORD: Ben Willams, Lily Iredell, Shaylah Harvey and Mitch Graham. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN EAGLEHAWK Secondary College’s year nine students have spelled out their intentions for literacy learning, winning a major competition. For the second year running, the school excelled at the Word Mania competition, run by onlinebased program Literacy Planet. The competition sees schools in Australia and New Zealand compete, with Eaglehawk’s year nines coming out on top. It is based on a digital word-

building exercise that challenges students to create as many words as they can from a board of 15 randomly generated letters in three minutes. More than 400,000 students from 3000 schools in Australia and New Zealand participated in the competition. The school’s Caitlin Butler said the students had been spurred on by seeing heir names near the top of the leader boards.

“We had almost 450 students registered for the Word Mania competition. We used it as an additional tool within our English classes which saw some students compete during school times, while others gave it a go at home,” she said. “Our kids at Eaglehawk Secondary College are very competitive and love to put their skills to the test. “Once our year nines saw their names on the leader board in the participation rounds, they made

sure they put in a strong finish. “Word Mania has once again been a great source of competition, skill building and fun this year.” Over the course of the competition the college’s student results improved significantly. The average game score, which reflects a combination of the literacy and cognitive skills involved, increased by 39 per cent. Their average number of correct words created per game increased by 24 per cent.

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Bendigo Weekly – Friday, September 8, 2017

Spring into volunteering

Local volunteer agencies and organisations have come together to share knowledge at a Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre expo. The Spring into Volunteering expo focused on the opportunities for people interested in becoming involved in volunteering. The event featured organisations such as Bendigo Neighbourhood Hub, Sailability Bendigo, Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services, Bendigo Sustainability Group, Great Stupa and Peppergreen Farms. Along with what’s on offer, the workshop covered volunteer rights and responsibilities, confidentiality and privacy and expectations. It was the first of the organisation’s longer sessions, allowing participants to hear from more speakers. The group runs sessions on the first Tuesday of every month, with organisations sharing opportunities for volunteers to get involved. The group’s Helen Yorston said community groups and organisations are always looking for more volunteers. For more information or to register for a session, email info@ bgovolunteers.org.au

Milestone for nationals The Bendigo Branch of the Nationals has recently celebrated a major milestone to acknowledge past members both of the local branch and parliament. The branch celebrated 100 years of the party at a function that saw life members Noel Rankin and Geoff Coutts honoured. Nationals leader and member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh was also present and made a speech at the function. Member for Northern Victoria Luke O’Sullivan has said the Nationals have a long history in Bendigo, dating back as far as the 1940s. “The Nationals have had a presence in Bendigo for many years, actually back when we were known as The Country Party,” he said. “We had George Victor Lansell as our first Nationals MP in Bendigo in the 1940s, so the Nationals have been in the area for a long time. “We’ve had some fantastic Nationals MPs representing the Bendigo area including Ron Best, George Rankin, Ken Wright, Bernie Dunn, Barry Bishop and Damian Drum as well as some extremely dedicated branch members who have done a lot for the Nationals.”

extra care spreading the word: Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre’s Alex Willis at the expo. Photo: BILL CONROY

St John of God Bendigo Hospital is now offering bariatric surgery, allowing patients to stay local for the procedure. Bariatric surgery involves a variety of surgical procedures on patients who are classified as clinically obese in order to achieve weight loss. Local father of three, Michael was the first patient in Bendigo to undergo gastric sleeve surgery, and he will be sharing his journey, alongside doctor Janine Arnold, dietitian Melissa Barnes and clinical psychologist Crystal Ford on Thursday, September 21 from 5.30pm to 6.30pm at St John of God Bendigo Hospital. To register go to www.sjog.org.au/bendigobariatrics

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Ainsley is a Bathurst boy who’s been working towards his dream of being on stage for years, and this is his big break. Hiba Elchikhe plays Jasmine and is from the UK, this is also her big break and the first time that she’s playing the lead. By chance they landed at Iqbal’s rug store in High Street, a convenient resting place after such a long journey.

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It’s never too late to hop on a bike I GOT my first bike on my ninth birthday. My dad gave me a piece of string and said “Happy birthday LaRaine. Follow this string and you’ll get your little birthday present.” With five younger siblings, I was used to getting a tiny little thing like a book. So I followed this string all around the house, down the hall past the bedrooms, out the backyard and out to the front yard and then around to the neighbours. And in the garage was a beautiful, big, blue bike that my dad had found on a rubbish pile. He had totally stripped it down, put new tyres on it and sprayed it blue. It was really big for me at nine, but I was a pretty athletic kid so it didn’t take me more than about five minutes to get on it and enjoy it. Ever since, I’ve been really keen on riding bikes. I have 14 grandchildren and they all have bikes. I’m 72 now and I just love being outdoors hiking and camping, but my favourite thing to do is hop on a bike and ride. I’m especially excited about FreeWheeling Fun, where I’ve been volunteering for about two months now. To think that someone might donate a bike that’s sitting in their garage that might have the chain off or maybe the brakes don’t work and they just donate it so someone else might enjoy it. The best day I’ve had was when this little lady in her 50s came in. She just stood there, and looked for a while, and said “Are these bikes really free?”

We said, yes, but if you want to make a donation that’s really good. “Well, I haven’t ridden a bike for 25, maybe 30 years but I just want to ride a bike.” So we looked at her – she looks like a kid you know – and we pulled down this white bike with this nice little white basket with some big flowers on it. I said: “I think this bike will be just perfect for you.” And I told her: “Look, once you learn how to ride and if you rode a bike as a teenager you’ll be able to ride this bike today because you don’t forget how to do it. “It might take you a little while to get used to this bike but you can do it.” So we got her to ride around the parking lot area and I was holding onto the bike like you do with a little kid. She learned how to stop and turn and then put her feet down on the ground. And sure enough she took that bike home and she had the biggest smile on her face. It was thrilling to me. It’s not just kids or parents or teenagers that get bikes. It’s older people too that can start again with a new life. – LaRaine Rose with Ben Shue

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AN exhibition celebrating the history and architecture of Victoria’s mechanics institutes will be held in Castlemaine this weekend. Set up as places for the working man to gain knowledge and socialise in the early 1800s, many of these buildings still serve a vital role in the social and cultural life of many communities. Artist Damian Callinan has travelled far and wide to capture the ornate features of many of the historic buildings across the state. The oldest is the Melbourne Athenaeum, established as the Melbourne Mechanics Institution in 1839 and the Emerald Mechanics Institute was built in more recent times. More locally, the Elmore Athaneum is featured, as are mechanics institutes in Fryerstown and Maldon. The style of architecture seen in the buildings varies from the splendid, highly ornate establishments built in the glory of the goldrush era, to the very modest simple features of places established by small farming communities as meeting halls. The works being sold are framed original watercolour paintings and there are 2018 calendars featuring 12 institutes, one for each month,

PICTURE PERFECT: One of the featured artworks. and cards which feature the 20 institutes individually. Works will be on display at the Castlemaine Market Gallery on Mostyn Street tomorrow from 11am

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Bendigo Weekly – Friday, September 8, 2017 Contributions are not guaranteed to be included and may be edited for reasons of style or content. They will not be eligible for consideration if they contain defamatory material, or information of a personal nature which is not in the public domain. Name and address must be supplied. Letters should be no more than 250 words.

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Not at risk In response to Garry McCay, “Bible’s integrity at risk,” Bendigo Weekly, September 1, the integrity of the bible is not at risk in the marriage equality debate. Rather, there is no integrity in selectively quoting the bible to justify a viewpoint based on limited social awareness and personal prejudices. We live in a civil society and the debate is simply about equality before the law. Bryan Lewis, Bendigo

Defiance no surprise Having worked in Catholic hospitals and social services for many years, it comes as no surprise to me that two prominent Melbourne Catholic schools have publicly defied the church hierarchy on marriage equality. Catholic service providers are staffed by people who are often better educated and have vastly more experience of, and compassion for, the depth and diversity of human lived experience than the clergy who tend to make unhelpfully inhumane pronouncements on their behalf. Many teachers, nurses and social workers simply work around bishops and arch-bishops in accordance with true Catholic social justice imperatives. A good number of them even vote for the Greens. Michelle Goldsmith, Eaglehawk

Pool an asset Regardless of the name given to the new pool I can’t help thinking how great it will be for the school pupils nearby, who will save on time, energy, and not having to be bussed, plus the saving of money to schools. It will be a great asset to the southern entry to Bendigo. On the subject of the naming of the pool, I wonder why the beautiful pool in Bendigo was not named after the swimming legend on its opening as it seems it was closer to her stamping ground than Kangaroo Flat. Name and address supplied

No longer on the fence The gay community expresses concerns about possible negative effects on the health of some of its people, as a result of the postal audit on the opinion of Australians in regard to the redefinition of marriage. While no one wants to see anyone come to harm, the gay community might want to look at itself if attitudes are not as sympathetic as they

might hope. They seem to have fallen into the old trap of listening to their own PR. The spiel has been that most people support their agenda and that anyone who does not is a homophobe bigot or another multipurpose insult. This simply is not true. The great majority of people are generally indifferent to the gay community. Their personal relationships are of no interest. It is 2017, not 1957. However, the suggestion that any one who understands marriage to be a union between one man and one woman is some kind of gay hating monster is absurd. Recall how Hillary Clinton took the bold step of attacking anyone who leaned towards President Trump? A “basket of deplorables” she branded them. That worked so well that the Donald won the election by a mile. The same thing could occur here. The Labor party and certain of the media have been so active and biased in campaigning against the status quo that more and more people are becoming very angry about it. I myself was on the fence to begin with, I have my opinion, but was willing to see the merit in the other side. Not any more. Murray McPhie, Epsom

No difference In the spirit of fairness it is to be hoped that the coalition government’s postal survey on same sex marriage has a significant proportion of respondents voting YES. If a YES vote carries the day, it is also to be hoped that the tens of millions of dollars spent on the survey will not be wasted, and Malcolm Turnbull will confront the conservatives in the coalition and amend the Marriage Act to allow the legal union of consenting same sex adults. Among many groups, a YES vote has recently been endorsed by the Australian Medical Association. According to the AMA, children parented by same sex couples are not disadvantaged and do as well as children brought up in traditional families. Dr. John Bardsley, Paediatrician, Mandurang South

Supplement loss has risks In response to the letter to the Editor submission “A bigger picture”, Bendigo Weekly, September 1, the scrapping of the energy supplement will affect around 1.7 million Australians further damaging household budgets. The federal government is proposing new single pensioners to be $365 a year worse off, and couple

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pensioners to be $550 a year worse off. With wholesale energy prices doubling since 2013, scrapping this supplement will hurt our most vulnerable. Energy prices are going up due to the Liberal government’s failure to provide policy certainty in the market. Nothing is going to get better in the long term until we’ve got policy certainty, which unlocks investment dollars for renewable energy, which then unlocks downward pressure on energy prices. There is an energy crisis in Australia at the moment and the government is failing to sort out the policy uncertainty in this sector. The axing of the energy supplement risks pushing vulnerable central Victorians even further into a cycle of poverty and hardship. Lisa Chesters MP, Federal Member for Bendigo

Leadership vacuum Our great country is suffering from an incompetent bumbling vaccuum of leadership, but at least Barnaby Joyce has been nominated for Kiwi of the Year. Turnbull is still saying that he is confident the court process will allow Kiwi Barnaby to sit in parliament instead of facing a by-election, but this confidence is based on the Solicitor General’s “ignorance” plea. Can you believe it, the top silk in the land comes up with a pathetic

excuse such as that, and our leader is trying to convince himself of the same. Since when has ignorance been an excuse before the law, and why is the Australian taxpayer paying this bloke a small fortune to come up with an argument that one of us of the uneducated real world could have come up with for nothing? Australia has become a joke under this government. If anybody, especially politicians know they have a parent, or parents born elsewhere, wouldn’t you check the circumstances? Ken Price, Eaglehawk

Broader issues at stake How disappointing that some church leaders have chosen to ignore the threats to religious freedom should transgender marriage be legalised. Also at risk are other rights, such as freedom of speech and conscience. The consequences of such a radical change to the legal definition of marriage are wide reaching; it would be an offence under the federal Sex Discrimination Act for school authorities to treat transgender marriages “less favourably” than heterosexual marriages, an offence for teachers not to tell children they can change their gender; an offence not to impose extreme Marxist gender fluid theories onto them. Anyone who expresses the view that marriage is the union of a man and woman will be at risk of prosecution for discrimination.

The combination of same sex/ transgender marriage and anti-discrimination laws have not worked well for anyone holding a differing view in Ireland, Canada, the US and UK. Any religious exemptions have been temporary, if at all. It is naive for anyone to think it won’t happen here. Have these same church leaders even thought about the broader issues at stake? It doesn’t look like it. Helen Leach, Bendigo

Synagogue surmisal With names such as Coles, Myer, Cohn, Favolor and Hoffman prominent in the history of Bendigo it would be easy to surmise that Jewish settlers to Bendigo were of the secular type and to be associated with names such as Marx, Freud and Einstein with their objective being to eliminate persecution and be accepted on an equal basis. On that basis it is interesting that the demolition of the synagogue in 1926, as detailed in your article last week, roughly coincides with the departure of Sidney Myer to Melbourne so the congregation may have consisted of those employees who went with him. As trading in gold is a prominent feature of Jewish business activity they may have been forced out of the market by the dominance and strength of George Lansell and English law. Mick Sandiford, Bendigo

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Vote, don’t vilify THIS week’s successful prosecution of three opponents to the proposed Bendigo mosque has been a long time coming, and sends a powerful message to the entire community about the need for tolerance, respect and understanding. It’s not a claim to fame anyone wants to be proud of, but the conviction and fining of three far right protestors was the first under the powerful Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001. It’s of some comfort to see the law enacted, but will always be extremely disappointing that this while saga happened in the first place, and worst of all, it did so right here in Bendigo. Legislation such as the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 exists to protect the rights and health of all Victorians, especially those in minority groups who may face any amount of socially unacceptable behaviour or treatment. The protestors’ childish actions deserved to be condemned and punished, and it is regrettable this did not happen sooner. The Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 is also a beacon to the present debate about marriage equality, and a reminder to all Australians that everyone is entitled to a fair say, and a fair go.

Editorial Comment With the High Court now clearing the way for the taxpayer-funded postal survey to be undertaken, we encourage everyone to practice restraint, respect, tolerance and understanding for the view of others. And while we respect and understand freedom of speech is a fundamental right of all Australians, we also agree with Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner Kristen Hilton who this week said freedom of speech is a fundamental right that should never be used to justify inciting hatred that risks causing harm to people. While many Australians might not be happy that more than $100 million has been allocated for this expensive postal survey, it’s worth remembering this was something the coalition promised to do prior to the 2016 federal election, if it was to win back government. And while many Australians would prefer our political leaders simply get on with the job of making decisions and accept some responsibility for those decisions, the advent of this historic same sex mar-

riage postal survey should be seen by both sides as a step in the right direction. Providing the Australian people with the chance to express their views should also be seen as an opportunity for all of us to send a message, no matter what our views might be. It then becomes imperative that politicians heed that message, whatever it might be, and use the learnings from the postal survey to help make an informed decision. Since the turn of the 21st century, same sex marriage has been implemented in many other countries around the globe, and seemingly without anywhere near the chaos and confusion that has been generated in this country ahead of any formal decision. Supporters of same sex marriage are not looking for anything more than what the citizens of countries like The Netherlands, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, France, Norway, Spain and the United States of America already enjoy. That’s something we all need to recognise and understand – that the basic human emotion of love between two people is no different from one country to the next, and geography or post codes play no role in defining what love is.

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AS Bendigo’s population continues to grow and our friends and family are living longer, Bendigo Health is depended upon more than ever. The New Bendigo Hospital Appeal is a time limited campaign dedicated to raising funds for state of the art equipment for the new Bendigo Hospital. I was honoured to be appointed as chairman of the New Bendigo Hospital Appeal Committee in 2016 and have been joined by Boort farmer and Loddon Shire mayor Neil Beattie, Bendigo lawyer Melissa Buchanan and Bendigo business woman Vicki Gaudion. Together we have met with community leaders to seek support for the appeal

and to date about $2 million has been raised. We thank all those families, community groups and businesses that have already been part of this appeal for their leading and incredibly generous support. We are now turning to our broader community to ask for assistance to give back to the health service

breadth of services offered in the region. The identified equipment is a second cardiac catheter laboratory to provide 24/7 emergency cardiac interventions; an ophthalmic microscope for interventional high-level surgery and a pharmacy robotic system. This will also allow Bendigo Health staff to pro-

This is a first for Bendigo Health and we are confident it will be an enormous success that is always there when we need it. With the funds raised through the New Bendigo Hospital Appeal, Bendigo Health Foundation will buy top of the range equipment, outside the scope of government funding that will continue to build the

vide the best possible treatment and care in our new world class healthcare facility so that the community can remain close to home when they need health care. To promote the appeal, we are thrilled to launch the #GiveBack campaign which features three families who

use Bendigo Health’s services. Young Lukas and his boomerang, Robert “Cookie” Cook and Neil Beattie will feature on radio, television, cinema and print to raise awareness of the appeal. Also over the coming weeks, Bendigo Health Foundation will send a letter to every address in the Loddon Mallee region, giving everyone a chance to be part of the appeal. This is a first for Bendigo Health and we are confident it will be an enormous success. Every donation is an investment in the health and wellbeing of our community and I encourage you to consider being part of the #GiveBack campaign by donating today. For further information please log on to www.bendigohealthfoundation.org.au

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ND the Mother of the Year Award goes to... Not me. I am a mother of two primary school aged kids. There are several occasions where they are the first to tell me I am the worst mother in the world. In some instances I might agree but overall they are happy, healthy well-rounded kids and so far I haven’t broken them. I feel that my number one priority as a mother is to make myself redundant. So as soon as I feel they are physically and mentally able to carry out a given task safely then I hand the reins over to them and that is one less job for me. Naturally this doesn’t always go down too well with them. For instance, they have been making their own packed lunch since kinder and the novelty of this has worn pretty thin over time. So if they don’t organise themselves in the morning they go hungry, not my problem. This is probably frowned upon by the school but maybe not as much as the day I delivered my son in half

pyjamas and half uniform, minus any shoes and underwear. I know I am not the only parent who is sick of sounding like a broken record in the morning. “Get up! Have you brushed your teeth? Have you had your breakfast? Have you packed your bag?” Blah Blah Blah... it’s just white noise. So after trying lists, charts, rewards, consequences, punishments and everything in between I have now resorted to doing absolutely nothing. We leave the house at 8.30am in whatever state they are in. Needless to say my son has only gone to school half-dressed once. In my ultimate quest for independent, confident and resilient children I have

discovered that at the time of conflict my kids resent me and my husband thinks I am cruel. My methods may not be socially acceptable but every now and again they are quick and effective. For instance when I was toilet training my son he went through a very annoying phase of peeing on the floor right next to the toilet and finding it really funny. After the second time I gave my toddler some paper towel and watched him clean up after himself while throwing an almighty tantrum – he started using the toilet and has never looked back. A bit further down the track when we went through the transition of a cot to a bed – I got very frustrated and impatient with the Super

Nanny technique of just putting the child quietly back to bed whenever he got up. So I gave him the option of sitting in the garage or staying in his bed. After 45 minutes of a cold, dark garage (and even I was impressed with his stubbornness to last that long) he came to his own conclusion that his nice warm bed was a much nicer option. My two kids are chalk and cheese and what works for one does not necessarily find success with the other. I still have not discovered how to parent my daughter. She is the feral, stubborn, spitfire who looks like an angel and has acquired the nickname The Smiling Assassin. But she is a story for another day. – Ronél Blanchard

ARELY have the remains of Shetland native Magnus Tait been lowered into their grave when the soil beneath the party of mourners begins to shudder. Heavy winter rain has destabilised the hillside, prompting a sizeable slab of earth to slither across open sheep-grazing pasture and into the slate-grey North Sea, sweeping with it several headstones and a significant swathe of the island’s main highway. Elderly loner Magnus’s body is not the only one caught up in the landslide, however; as the clean-up begins, in a supposedly vacant farm cottage facing onto the remote cemetery, a second person is found. It soon becomes clear that the victim did not die in the subsidence. Responsibility for driving the investigation into the unidentified woman’s death falls to homegrown Shetland detective Jimmy Perez. Perez is himself still grieving the all-too-recent loss of his fiancée, Fran, an artist whose young daughter Cassie is now in his care. Juggling the needs of a primary-school-aged child with the demands of small-

town policing is challenging, not least when leads in a stranger’s apparent murder are frustratingly sparse. Seeking an unbiased outside perspective, Perez calls in Willow Reeves, a fellow law-enforcer from Scotland’s Western Isles. Chief Inspector Reeves is familiar with the archipelago’s windswept coastline, tight-knit community-centric culture and deep-rooted Scandinavian heritage, having collaborated with Perez on a previous case. The family living closest to the site, Kevin and Jane Hay and their two teenaged sons, claim not to have known the next-door house was occupied. Enquiries further afield – including in the capital, Lerwick, awash with oilfield proceeds – also yield disappointingly few clues, despite the suspicion that high-profile solicitor and aging playboy Tom Rogerson is somehow involved. As Perez and Reeves probe ever-deeper into Shetland’s shadowy underbelly, will their questioning lead to the killer’s quick and safe apprehension or drive an already-desperate assailant to commit further crimes? – Rosalea Ryan

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HE shock of a cancer diagnosis and a family’s passion for music have led to a special fundraiser event at the Golden Vine this coming Sunday, September 10. Chords for Cancer will raise funds to support music therapy rehabilitation at Bendigo Health’s cancer centre. Dan Parry was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer earlier this year. Dan’s daughter is talented local singer-songwriter Sherri Parry. “We wanted to raise money for the cancer centre. The staff have been so great, and when it was suggested the money go to music therapy it seemed a great fit,” Dan said. He is completing his 15-round radiotherapy treatment at the centre. Sherri Parry has been taken aback by the support she received planning the event. “The first thing was contacting the Golden Vine. Before I even finished explaining the idea, they said yes,” she said. “After that, I took a couple of weeks getting in touch with musicians, sound engineers and friends explaining the idea and asking for help. “The outpouring of love and willingness was heart-warming. We have a lot of musicians taking the time and expense to travel from Melbourne as well.” Chords for Cancer features 11 of the region’s most talented performers across two stages from 2pm. The familiar face, sound and immense talent that is Grim Fawkner will grace the indoor lounge stage late afternoon, followed by a set from everywhere-man Bill Barber and his

Friday, September 8 Barefoot Bowls: Marong Bowls Club have a social weekly event starting this week at 6.30pm with a barbecue tea, this is a family fun night. Details: 0408 553 430. Country Music Fundraiser: Olive Bice and Floreena Forbes for The Australian Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation. Kangaroo Flat Sports Club, Station St, Kangaroo Flat. 6.30pm - 11.30pm. Guest artists. Details: 0409 407 458. Friday, Saturday and Sunday 12th Annual Bendigo Art Show: At Y Community Hall, 10 Lockwood Rd, Kangaroo Flat. Friday, official opening and awards presentation, $5 entry. Saturday 9 and Sunday 10, open 10am – 4pm. $3 entry. Details: 0439 001 818.

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Revelators. It will be a particularly poignant afternoon for Melbourne-based soul-funk artist Mon Shelford, who plays the indoor stage at 3pm. She was diagnosed with aggressive large B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but is thankfully now in remission. “It was the worst, yet best thing I have overcome,” Shelford said. “When faced with the possibility of having your time cut short, you realise how valuable each moment is.” Sherri said it has been wonderful to have a fellow musician and friend who’s had a similar experience, and

who has a close connection to the cause and a lot of love and support for it. “The reaction from everyone has been amazing,” she said. Davy Simony, originally from farnorth Queensland but now a familiar face on Melbourne’s folk-roots scene, is the proverbial modern one-manband, adding percussion and live looping to vocal and guitar responsibilities. His 2015 EP, Layers, suggests a big future. Amber Isles is a band probably not that well-known yet to Bendigonians – the Melbourne five-piece in-

die outfit will be making the journey up the Calder on Sunday. Uke Joint Jumpers, Matt Katsis, Graciana Holland, Pat Ward, William Alexander and Sherri Parry herself complete an immensely talented line-up for this very worthy cause. Local businesses and musicians have contributed $1200 worth of prizes for a raffle on the day. Chords for Cancer is at the Golden Vine Hotel on Sunday, September 10. The music starts at 2pm. Entry is $15 for adults, $5 for under 18s, with under 12s free. – Simon Wooldridge

Ten minute Tarot: Meet and greet with Tarot readers and a workshop. Snacks and refreshments. $2. 10am - 4pm. Unit 2/26 Lansell Street, Bendigo East. Details: 0476 964 151. Bendigo’s Indonesian music and dance group “Mugi Rahayu” is looking for new members. Free sessions every Saturday from 2pm at 101 Carneys Road, Eppalock. Contact Aaron or Nita, 5439 2678. Email: aaronita94@ gmail.com.

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HEN I began this series about Herbert Keck, our readers will recollect that mention was made of how he had approached the Bendigo council in 1890 in respect of depositing the city’s night soil on his land. As told at the time, Keck’s property was just over the city border in the Shire of Strathfieldsaye, near the foot of One Tree Hill. The council had appointed a sub-committee to look into his proposal, several well seasoned councillors served on this committee including Cr Abraham Harkness and Cr JH Abbott. These councillors recommended to accept Keck’s offer to receive the council’s collected night soil on his land and to be paid the sum of £6 per week. Councillor Abbott moved a motion that “ Mr Keck’s offer should be accepted for 12 months and be recommended for adoption.” Councillor Harkness seconded the motion which was carried. A direct result of this was that almost immediately the night soil contractor, Martino (Martin) Ferrari was communicated with. Mr Ferrari was told, from that point on, in January 1891 he should send all his night soil pan collectors and their horse-drawn drays to Keck’s land on Retreat Road, Spring Gully. Mr Ferrari felt that this new site was good for him, as his night soil collectors had previously to go to various municipal manure depots which were already beyond holding capacity. Having just one destination was of benefit as it was near his own depot which was located off what is now Sommerville Street. There was constant traffic of Ferrari’s night soil carts to the Keck property, where Keck had men employed to dig pits and trenches for the reception of the night soil. Once the night soil was deposited the pans had to be washed and cleaned. The night soil was then covered with dirt. A Strathfieldsaye shire health officer along with a medical professional came in June following heavy rain and inspected the night soil that had been delivered the previous day and found

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that it was still uncovered. The excessive rain had caused some of the partially filled pits and trenches to flood, this smelly liquid made its way into a gully and to the creek. It was pointed out that Keck had not gained the shire’s approval for his place to be used as a manure depot. The Bendigo council was caught in a bind as no actual contract had been signed by Keck for the reception of the night soil, it had all been based on a letter of suggestion from him. The night soil was deemed a nuisance by the men acting for the shire. One of the Bendigo councillors remarked that, “any individual could go and smell it when the pans were being emptied and declare it a nuisance”. Councillor Hayes of Bendigo suggested that the council should put in an application for land at Jackass Flat to use as a manure depot, this would be within the city’s confines. Keck was taken to court by the Strathfieldsaye Shire and fined, plus facing the legal representation’s account. He forwarded the account to the city to deal with, and said he could no longer take delivery of the night soil, following the court’s ruling. Local members of parliament were to be asked for assistance in this rather urgent matter. There were two different sections in the Health Act which appeared to contradict each other in respect of depositing this material in another municipality.

ET near Ballarat at Hugh and Christine Cleary’s new vineyard, six generations of the Cleary family come together from far and wide to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the arrival of their ancestor Conor Cleary from Ireland. Some of these family members know each other; some don’t. For Robert Drewe, one of Australia’s eminent writers, the setting is a perfect one – take one large group of people, put together for a weekend and mix with plenty of alcohol. Speaking to the Weekly, Drewe said he encouraged his characters to have opinions. Opinions on everything from refugees to climate change. “But they’re all so mealy mouthed, you see. Everything is ill-defined,” he said. “I particularly liked the idea of my main character, the barrister Hugh Cleary,

who is showing off his vineyard to everyone. He rationalises climate change by saying that it’s actually going to benefit his crops in the long run.” Apart from Hugh, other characters include Hugh’s sister Thea, a member of Medicines Sans Frontiers who wants to warn her relatives about a hereditary medical condition she has discovered, and the ghostlike Conor Cleary – the patriarch from whom they are all descended. Conor is in fact inspired by Drewe’s own ancestor who came out to Australia as a teenage Irish soldier and bumbled his way through some hairy experiences, including the Eureka Stockade. While he has often been called a satirical writer, Drewe may also be prescient. “My characters throw their arms around and

ROBERT DREWE expostulate but the world is in a mess,” he said. “It’s actually getting serious. As usual we will follow the Americans. Who knows where Trump is going to lead us? Even the American commentators

SPRAWL: Works by Gary Bish will be on show.

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N installation of works by renowned ceramicist Garry Bish will open at Bendigo Art Gallery tomorrow, September 9. Bish is a respected Australian artist whose practice explores threedimensional objects and the space they occupy and represent. Throughout his long and accomplished career, he has consistently challenged and distorted the free-standing form with images that encircle and embrace the

surface, transforming perspectives and distorting shape, volume and interpretation. The inside story is an installation of ceramic vessels united in form and surface, grouped to allude to an architectural landscape dense with illusion. The current visual narratives explored by Bish draw attention to major issues in contemporary society: the rampant urbanisation and overconsumption of resources and space

being a primary concern. Bish has works held in numerous private and public collections, including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria and Bendigo Art Gallery. Bish has lived and worked from his Bendigo studio since 1972. The inside story: Garry Bish September 9 – November 1 www. bendigoartgallery.com.au

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GROUP of musicians have banded together to ease the way for a Bendigo girl. Christmas Eve 2016 was a memorable day for a local family, but for all the wrong reasons, and a child ended up in hospital. Ava Maryella Marland had an accident with the family dog, resulting in significant damage to her right eye. Doctors confirmed the incident caused the loss of her iris and lens and detachment of her retina. She spent Christmas and New Year at the Royal Melbourne Children’s Hospital, where she underwent two bouts of surgery, one of which took more than three

hours to reattach her retina. Ava has another round of surgery in February, and more over the next couple of years. The musicians have set up the fundraiser at the Shamrock Hotel to help Ava’s parents with the cost of their medical bills and expenses. Acts include: TJ and Son, Alawishus Jones and the Outright Lies, Salvador, Junior Under the Moon, Brydie, The Old Buzzard Medicine Show Band, Juke Box Jumpers and Bell and John. The fundraiser will be held at the Shamrock Hotel this Saturday, running from 2pm until 9pm. There will be raffles and prizes donated by local businesses. $2 entry.

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HE Melbourne International Film Festival is coming to the Star Cinema this weekend. There will be screenings of the MIFF Premiere Fundsupported films Jungle, The Song Keepers and The Butterfly Tree, plus Swedish feature Sami Blood. Jungle sees Daniel Radcliffe join Wolf Creek and Bendigo’s own director Greg McLean in the Bolivian rainforest for a gloriously tense survival thriller based on the bestselling reallife story of adventurer Yossi Ghinsberg. In the early 1980s, 22-yearold Israeli backpacker Yossi Ghinsberg and two friends – Swiss teacher Marcus Stamm and American photographer Kevin Gale – set off from the Bolivian city of La Paz on what was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime.

Leading the way into the uncharted Amazon was Austrian ex-pat Karl Ruprechter, who had met the friends just days before and claimed to be familiar with the region. But their dream trip soon turned into a wilderness nightmare from which not all of the men returned. The Butterfly Tree sees Melissa George return to Australia to star alongside Ewen Leslie and Ed Oxenbould in a coming-ofage tale of love and loss tinged with magical realism. When 13-year-old Fin meets Evelyn, a florist with a radiant appetite for life, he is drawn into her spellbinding world of plants and insects: it seems the perfect place to escape his ongoing grief over the death of his mother. But as Fin’s feelings for Evelyn bloom into a confus-

ing mix of teenage desire and misplaced maternal love, it sets the stage for a showdown with his equally struggling father, Al – especially when it becomes clear that Al is also falling for Evelyn. The Song Keepers, directed by award-winning filmmaker Naina Sen, is central Australia’s answer to the Buena Vista Social Club. Documenting the preparations and first international tour by the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir, the film captures the highs and lows of these remarkable women sharing their music and stories of cultural survival, identity and in-

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HE Maldon Market is a monthly farmers and makers market which brings together local producers, artisans and growers, and it’s back on Sunday from 9am until 2pm. The market has a selection of plant nurseries to get your garden back into shape for the spring and summer months. They’re celebrating the start of Spring by featuring producers of flowers, herbs, vegetables and fruit trees and lots more besides. Market coordinator Chris Hain said locals and visitors alike take pride in their gardens. “Whether you have a cottage garden, veggie patch or orchard the market is the perfect environment to connect with the growers, propagators and nurturers to get the best solution and some great advice,” he said. “It’s a real delight to see the new colours bursting forth and very satisfying to start plucking fresh herbs or some sparkling fresh vegetables from the garden.” “We’ve got new activities for children as well. Come and play with musical instruments and circus equipment provided for free by Maldon Primary School students every market.”

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Hooked: Hannah Ripper with her Murray cod and Darren Tuohey (below) with his winning fish.

Persistence pays off for fortunate few Twenty-three eager members of the Bendigo Legion Angling Club attended this year’s President Cup on the Edward River above Deniliquin late last month with limited success. Six legal Murray cod troubled the club statistician with Darren Tuohey landing two cod, including the largest fish for the weekend with a with a solid 79 centimetre cod ensuring him the cup for 2017. Both Darren’s fish fell to cast spinner-baits, while the second largest fish of the weekend a 67cm specimen was as some would describe as an accidental by-catch, resulting in some frantic action as the lucky angler retrieved his quickly disappearing fishing rod after warming himself by a nearby fire. Club junior Hannah Ripper also got among the points trolling up a healthy looking 55cm fish. Club members can now enjoy a hiatus on these Murray monsters, until the club’s Eildon trip in November or the club’s official cod opening trip to Farley’s Road some 14 kilometres west of Echuca in early December . Meanwhile some foolhardy club members will be enjoying the near gale-force winds that frequent

If you are wanting to get out and about in the great outdoors then the Bendigo 4WD Club could be the answer. Club president Diana Forrest encourages new members to come along to their regular monthly meetings held from 7.30pm the second Wednesday, every month at the Golden Square Hotel, to learn more about the club’s activities. “Our annual Beachport trek to South Australia every March long weekend, is always popular,” Diana said. “As is our Moonambel trip on the Queen’s birthday long weekend to the Pyrenees region in conjunction with the Geelong 4WD Club.” The club also participates regularly as a campground host in conjunction with Parks Victoria. Where they enjoy access to some of Victoria’s most amazing wilderness areas, learning about the local

environment and helping others to experience all that Victoria’s parks and forests have to offer. Members also enjoy a variety of family friendly activities and a variety of trips to cater for all levels of experience. This includes a regular

a monthly day trip in the local region complete with a barbecue breakfast and access to a wealth of information from like minded members. Come along to their monthly meetings or phone the club secretary on 0490 834 605 to find out more.

southwestern Victoria at this time of year, with a weekend away to Lake Purrumbete and Bullen Merri later this month, for their chance for an elusive trophy trout. Followed by a trip a fortnight later to the Alpine National Park and Lake Dartmouth on the Mita Mita River an hour west of Albury. Nick Atyeo prepared: Bendigo 4WD Club president Diana Forest. Photo: GARRY PATERSON

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most energy efficient portable fridges in the market,”Aussie Disposal’s Mal Heavyside said.

“And if you buy either the popular 38 litre Eclipse or 40 litre Escape we’ll throw in a free transit bag to keep your Engel looking good for years to come.” Both models have the advantage of 12 volt, 24 volt and 240 volt operation as well as automatic AC/DC changeover. Add to this the capability of being able to run from a AC generator or from a solar panel through a battery, it is now no wonder Engel Fridge Freezes are renowned for being among the world’s best. Aussie Disposals open seven days a week, right on the corner at View Point Bendigo, just opposite the fountain. Phone 5442 4418.

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your outdoor area year round, insulated against the elements including unwanted insects, mozzies and flys. The beauty of this system is that it also connects the indoors to the outdoors. With the patented Ziptrak balanced spring system it is as simple as pulling the blind down either full length or stopping at any point. There are no gaps down the sides, no zips, cords, ropes or wires. It can also be used to replace the old automatic arm awnings to cover most window styles. For a free measure and quote either on site or off the plan Brian is just a call away. Contact Brian on 0418 506 542 or like him on Facebook.

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AGLEHAWK Hire sell a big range of NuTech Concrete Sealers available in clear or there’s 36 colours to choose from. Yes, Eaglehawk Hire not only hire a diverse range of equipment, they are also your one stop shop for concrete sealer and all the necessary tools required, to get that

outdoor area looking fresh and ready for the warmer weather. Give the guys a call on 5446 7877 or visit the website www.eaglehawkhire.com.au for more information. Eaglehawk Hire is open seven days a week for your convenience.

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HERE is no need to travel to Italy or even Melbourne to find a range of exquisite Ceramiche Piemme tiles now available from Bendigo Tile Court. This exclusive range displays the very best Italy has to offer. Call in Monday to Saturday to see the unbelievable selection, including the contemporary Piemme Valentino range, thanks to a partnership with one of the world’s leading design studios. This partnership, with its suggestions and temptations has lasted nearly 40 years and has now permeated the Piemme production facilities, reflecting itself in the prime-choice materials that proudly bear this unparalleled designer name in exclusive and refined designs. Only designs produced by an exceptional and rare aesthetic sense like that of Valentino can allow itself the luxury

of competing with time, grasping the most important stylistic phases and fixing them on the naked body of ceramic tiles to dress them in an unmistakable style that will never go out of fashion. Such is the stunning Geostone selection, created on the basis of careful research into design with the timeless appeal of sedimentary rocks being re-presented in a harmonized blend on surfaces of Piemme porcelain stoneware. Geostone has endless application solutions with its uniformity of colour perfectly expressed through the variety of veins which makes each single slab one of a kind. These breathtaking tiles, plus many others are exclusively available only at Bendigo Tile Court, 32 Humme Place, just across from Hume & Iser Home Hardware. Phone 5443 1011.

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ow much do you spend on maintaining your car, your house, your family? Now compare that to how much you spend on your own wellbeing. We live in a world where every minute is precious. Juggling home, work, school, social life, relationships, sports, hobbies, as well as dealing with illness or chronic mental health issues can sometimes cause us to quietly implode or at times explode hurting those around us. But who can you turn to when you need to off-load your deepest concerns? Someone who listens and someone you feel appreciates your journey. Totality Health and Healing’s Mark Logan is a Bendigo local who has been a qualified mental health social worker since 2009. Mark works with children from two

years-of-age through to adults up to 80 years-of-age. Mark prides himself as a cognitive behavioural therapist who has a down-toearth approach, has true empathy for your situation and who will walk beside you in your mental health journey of recovery. Much of what Mark advertises on his website under “fields of practice” he has either had many years working with, or has had personal experience and formal training in that area. Mark makes a promise to walk with you and guide you through your Mental Health recovery. If you have GP Mental Health Care Plan all sessions are fully bulk billed. To make an appointment with Mark call 0498 753531, 54421165 or visit www. totalityhealthandhealing.com.au to view fees and book your next appointment online.

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DAM Williams and his team at Electrician Man have been helping power up the Bendigo region since 2012. With more than 17 years experience in the electrical field, Adam really is an expert in his field. Attention to detail is paramount as is great customer service, where they like to provide long lasting working relationships. They particularly like to consult with their clients on new home builds, so their clients can get some handy hints on lighting plans, cost and power saving tips and lighting trends before the build is underway. Adam offers experience in domestic to high-end architectural projects, through to commercial and solar power. Whether it’s installing new pendant lights, upgrading switchboards or wiring

new homes you can expect professional service and quality outcomes. “We take pride in our work and only use quality parts, so you can expect the best,” Adam said. “We also understand the importance of safety for you, your family and your business, so safety is always a priority for us.” They are members of the Clean Energy Council and accredited solar system designers and installers keeping up-to-date with all the recent technological advances. They also install home security, home audio, bluetooth wireless speakers and do electrical repairs. Phone Electrician Man on 0429 031 080 for a free quote today, or check out their website www.electricianman.com.au for more details.

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HILE you may fancy the idea of sitting under the shade of your classy new patio, glass in hand, the reality of finding the right type of patio or pergola for your home might be a stumbling block. This is were Ultimate Patios come into their own. One way to get your project started is to have a look at the Ultimate Patios website www.ultimatepatios.com.au where the picture gallery will give you an idea of the wonderful range of designs that are available to suit any home. Alternatively you can take your plans to Ultimate Patios’ showroom at 203 Breen Street, Golden Square, to discuss your outdoor living needs with the experienced and friendly staff. If you’re the handy type they also offer DIY kits delivered direct to your site at

For all your Air Conditioning, Heating and Auto Electrical problems Qualified Licensed Technicians the best prices, these kits come complete with all the components you will need to get the job done, including council engineering drawings for building permits. Construction advice is also available anytime during your build. As a Fielder authorised dealer, Ultimate Patios can offer a full 25-year structural guarantee to all their projects, which is currently the best available in the industry. Managing director Craig Doye is a fully registered builder with more than 29 years construction industry experience. Craig has now helped more than 1000 clients to achieve the perfect balance for their outdoor living needs, whatever the budget may be. For a prompt free quote phone 5449 3228 or visit their website www. ultimatepatios.com.au for more details.

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(Star Cinema) Sat 16 September 8.00pm till late Homemade Supper, Tickets before 13 September $18 or $25 at the Door, Dianne 5442 1715 or Julie 0429 396 317

DRAWING LESSONS

Spring Gully Adults Tues 10-11:30am Beginners Welcome Phone Cheryle Ludbey: 0429 430 819

PUBLIC NOTICES

Recovering from Separation Program 2017

DRAWING LESSONS

Are you separated or divorced and wondering how to cope? Learn ways to manage these feelings to help you move on after separation. This eight week program is designed to assist you with the experience of separation and divorce. We help you find new ways to understand your feelings, work through your situation and move on in a supportive environment. Whether your separation or divorce is recent or years ago, if you need support, you are welcome.

MISSING

When: 7.00pm-9.00pm, Thursdays October 12 – November 30, 2017 For more information and registration contact Anne-Maree at CatholicCare on 5438 1 300

Monday Oct 2, 2017, Foundry Hotel 6.30pm RSVP 5441 2005

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2yr old kelpie called Sid, last seen at Heritage Drive, Sedgwick on Sunday afternoon 20th August. (micro-chipped)

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Child restraint fittings from $33

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CASPER ALEXANDER TOWNSEND

EDWARD JOHN ADAMS

TEX MARTIN HALL

ELI JUSTIN BROAD

was born at

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September 4, 2017

3795 grams

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Son of Tiarnee Nunn

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and Matthew Hall

Bradley Broad

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September 3, 2017

2872 grams

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Peter Townsend of Fosterville.

Adams of Woodend.

of Berriwillock.

of Sutton Grange.

Brother for Evan.

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EDITH ANN DREW-PATON

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ARLEY JACOB AISBETT

AMELIA ANNILE JENSEN

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was born at Bendigo Health September 2, 2017 2170 grams Son of Anne Amutharaj and Raj Mahendrarajah of Maiden Gully. Brother for Ahilesh and Abhishek.

was born at

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Bendigo Health September 3, 2017 3131 grams Daughter of Sara-Jane and John Drew-Paton of Marong. Sister for Flynn.

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(this Sunday only) Preacher:

Ps Peter Pritchard

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MATTHEW 19:4,5 Jesus said, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning, made them male and female?” And He said, “for this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they too shall become one flesh.”

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Bendigo Community Health Soup Kitchen: The Arcade, 165-171 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. Ph: 5448 1600. Thurs, 4pm-4.45pm. Bendigo Baptist Community Care breakfast: Life Essentials, Mad Cow Cafe, 214 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. 5441 4747. Tues 7.45am. Eaglehawk Community House: 19 Bright St, Eaglehawk. 5446 8322. Tues 12 noon and 6pm. Kangaroo Flat Soup Kitchen: Rotary Gateway Park, High St, Kangaroo Flat, Wed 6pm. Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church: Cnr Church and Camp sts, Kangaroo Flat. Ph: 5447 9998. Fourth Wednesday of every month, 12pm. Not Just Soup - Soup Kitchen: A Reasonable Christianity Church, 237 High Street, Golden Square back room (opposite Woolworths). Ph: 0404 559 769. Sun, 3.30pm-4.40pm, Thurs, 5pm-6pm. Our Shed: 14 Sailors Gully Rd, Eaglehawk. Ph:5446 8813. Fri (Nov–Apr), 7.30am. Uniting Church Hall, Peg Leg Rd Eaglehawk. 5446 8813. Fri 7.30am, (May–Oct). Kangaroo Flat Community Meals: Rotary Gateway Park. Wed 5.30pm-6pm. Saltworks Community Meal: Eaglehawk Anglican Church, 63 High St, Eaglehawk. 0458 018 083. Fri 5.45pm (except Jan or public holidays). St Liborius Parish Centre: 50 Panton St, Eaglehawk. 5446 8235. Tues 11.30am (school terms). Supplied by City of Greater Bendigo.

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PORT DOUGLAS

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Bendigo Baptist Community Care: Life Essentials, 214 Hargreaves St, Benght digo. Tues and Thurs. 5441 for thou 4747. Bendigo Family & Financial Services Inc: Myers Street, Bendigo. Ph: 5441 5277. Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm. Long Gully Community House: Humboldt Dve. 5442 1165. Wed mornings (bread only). Food Support 3556: Eaglehawk Community House, 19 Bright St. Ph: 5446 8322. Mon and Thurs, 9am2pm (school terms). Foodcare 3556: Eaglehawk Uniting Church, cnr Peg Leg Rd/Kirkwood St, 1.30pm-4pm Tues and Wed. Ph 0403 698 715. Giving and Living Op Shop: Shed 3, 75 Beischer St, East Bendigo. Mon–Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Ph: 5444 2882. St Vincent de Paul: 16 Hopetoun St, Bendigo. 5443 5688. Mon/Tues/Thurs and Fri, 10am–1.30pm. Kangaroo Flat–117 High St. 5447 9800. Mon–Fri, 10am–1pm. 82 High St, Eaglehawk. Ph: 5446 2548. Tues and Thurs 10am–1pm, Friday 1pm–4pm Uniting Care Emergency Relief Centres: Bendigo: 25 Forest St. 5443 4972. Mon/Tue/Thur/ Fri 10am-12.15pm and 1.30pm-3.45pm. Kangaroo Flat: Cnr. Church and Camp sts. 5443 5458. Tues and Fri 10am–1pm. Victory Foodbank: 110 Garsed St. Bendigo. Ph: 5443 5998. Tues 10am–12pm.

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Spirit prep ramping up By JOEL PETERSON

COACH Simon Pritchard admits the Bendigo Spirit are slightly behind the eight ball a month out from the WNBL season, but expects with preparations gaining momentum things will quickly fall into place. The Spirit’s preparations ramped up this week with the team preparing to play an intra-club practice match on Saturday that serves as a special members-only event. The Spirit held its first two training sessions early this week after most of the team had arrived in town last week. Ash Karaitiana and Nadeen Payne are yet to arrive due to what Pritchard called administrative issues, while the Spirit is still waiting to find out exactly when guard Rachel Banham will be available. “We won’t know on Rachel until the WNBA playoffs end. Connecticut are in the elimination stage of the playoffs, but I’ve seen them play this season and I don’t think they’ll be losing in the first week of playoffs,” he said. “We just have to ride it out, best case scenario for us from a selfish perspective is that she loses the first week, but I don’t think that will happen and for her sake we hope it doesn’t.

“Worst case is that she isn’t here until mid-October if they push on through the finals, but we’re confident that Kara Tessari will be ready to step in and it’s a good opportunity for her.” Import Betnijah Laney was formally introduced at a media conference on Tuesday, with the former Perth Lynx forward saying she is feeling better than ever after two knee surgeries. “I actually feel a little bit stronger than I was before, I’ve lost a bit of weight so I’m feeling really good,” she said. “I’m excited to get back, I can’t wait. I’ve worked really hard to get back and be able to play.” Those who follow the league will be familiar with Laney, who spent a season with Perth before making the roster of WNBA side Chicago Sky. She brings a unique skillset to Bendigo – her ability to play multiple positions and her strong rebounding ability are features of her game. She will also provide Bendigo with some much-needed penetration to the basket, something the Spirit lacked last season. “I feel as though now that I’m in better condition I’ll be able to finish better and it will play to my strengths,” she said. Positively for the Spirit, sev-

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OPEN DOOR: Betnijah Laney and Spirit coach Simon Pritchard. Photo: BILL CONROY eral players are coming off bumper campaigns in other leagues. Payne and Karaitiana’s teams played against each other in the Queensland Basketball League final, Tessari led her side to a Big V grand final and Kelsey Griffin excelled for the Australian Opals. Furthermore, young guns Ebony Rolph, Jess Rennie and Maddie Wild played off for a SEABL championship

last weekend, Rolph’s Geelong beating Rennie and Wild’s Bendigo Lady Braves. “It is a massive positive, I keep coming back to this unity and the way that we form as a group,” Pritchard said. “We’ve done a really good job of those veteran players setting standards and then our players coming through have come from the highest

Decisive game in championship race THE Bendigo Amateur Soccer League title race comes to a head this weekend, with the winner of Saturday’s vital clash between Eaglehawk and Shepparton South assured of the 2017 championship trophy. That’s, of course, assuming there is a winner. Shepparton South sits one point ahead of the Hawks atop the table and has just Sunday’s match left this season. Eaglehawk, meanwhile, still has a catch-up fixture to be played against Spring Gully next weekend due to a match earlier this season being postponed. A win for either side would be a decisive blow. A South triumph would create a four-point buffer, which Eaglehawk could not make up. An Eaglehawk win would put them two points ahead of South, and with the newcomers not having any games left would stitch up a second straight title. A draw would see the current one-point advantage

STRIKE TIME: The BASL title could be decided this weekend. for South maintained, leaving Eaglehawk needing a win over the Reds next weekend to claim the championship. If Eaglehawk drew with Spring Gully in the season’s last match to draw level on points with South, its vastly superior goal differ-

ence would likely see it finish on top notwithstanding a disastrous thumping this weekend. South has been in red hot form, an 18-1 thumping of Moama-Echuca included in its last month. While Eaglehawk ceded its advantage after a 1-1

draw with Epsom a fortnight ago. Sunday’s match kicks off at 3pm at Eaglehawk’s Truscott Reserve. In the women’s championship race, Epsom is hoping for a miracle weekend as it sits back and watches on in the final round. Epsom has the bye but sits equal on points with Shepparton United, which plays Spring Gully. Anything but a United loss would guarantee Epsom the cup, as it has the edge in goal difference over United. In division two men’s, Strathdale is guaranteed to hold the championship trophy with a nine-point advantage over second place. And in the youth championship, Epsom has already locked away its title win with a three-point lead over Shepparton South heading into a round where both sides have the bye. Epsom also has an astonishing goal difference of +137, 57 goals better off than the second placed Souths.

standard leagues below and they’re playing well. “So it all bodes well for us to start the season.” Saturday’s practice match is available to members only and starts at 11am at Bendigo Stadium. The Spirit will then play practice matches in Ballarat, Werribee and Echuca before beginning the season against Canberra on October 7.

Junior stars set for jamboree MORE than 20 members of the local basketball community will represent Bendigo at this month’s Basketball Victoria Country jamboree. A total of 240 athletes, 18 young referees, 24 coaches and 24 team staff have been invited to attend the prestigious event, held in Echuca later this month. At the recent BVC under-12 skills day – held at nine regional centres across Victoria – the top 240 players were selected from nearly 1000 participants to represent their associations and domestic clubs at the Jamboree. 120 male and 120 female U12 athletes will represent a Victoria Country development team. Coaches Darren Burn, Megan Probert, Sarah Huxtable and Danny King will all be in attendance,

along with Bendigo referee Dylan Wiltshire. Molly McLoughlan, Ava Broderick, Bryce Goudge, Harry King, Davis McNair, Jack McMahon, Nicholas Roberts, Lavinia Cox, Charlotte Waugh, Giselle Probert and Ainsley Taft, Jasmine Riley, Sienna Hobbs, Jacalia Dettman, Ava Rifat and Lahni Coutanche are the local players heading to the event. “BVC have worked over the last few years to ensure that the opportunities to attend a jamboree event have been increased,” BVC participation coordinator Craig Hockley said. “As local association increase participation numbers and BVC accept more participants at skills days, we need to provide good opportunities for athletes selected.”

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Hawks swoop on finals race By JOEL PETERSON

YOU’D think a side that’s won 14 games in a row would be travelling well, but Eaglehawk coach Josh Bowe thinks his team’s best form is still ahead of it. The Hawks go toe-to-toe with Strathfieldsaye on Saturday night in a semi-final that sees the winner claim the first grand final spot. Eaglehawk could have to play just one game in a month if it gets there, given it had last weekend off after finishing top of the BFNL table for the first time since 2008. Eaglehawk has won every game it has played since losing to Golden Square in round four, and has steadily improved as the season has gone on. A period of five games without star full forward Matt Gretgrix even proved to beneficial for the Hawks, providing both opportunity and confidence for their other forward line players. “Not taking away from (Gretgrix), but he was in such good form before his injury that the other guys really weren’t getting a look,” Bowe said. “Not because we were too con-

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scious of Matt, but just that he was in really good touch so of course we were going to kick it to him.” Sean Williams, Riley Saunders, Matt Filo and Sam Harper all stood up in his absence, providing the Hawks with an arsenal of small-tomedium targets the envy of any side. It was the last piece of the puzzle for a side that has a proven defence and a solid midfield, led by Bowe, Ben McPhee and Jesse and Brodie Collins. The side was led by youth last season and this is no different, but it’s a more mature Eaglehawk that makes its return to finals. Bowe and Scott Hann have been the only two notable veteran additions to a side that still has Gedd Hommelhoff, Jonty Neaves, Dylan Hanley, Matt Higgs, Joel Mullen and Sam Harper as teenagers or twentysomethings in its lineup. “There’s no doubt that the team is better off for last year, especially the young guys that played in a final they’re really well prepared for it,” Bowe said. Bowe said his side has its full list available to choose from, a luxury at this time of year.

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DESPERATION: Eaglehawk defender Tyler Miles fires out a handball. The side’s reserves are also still alive and play Gisborne on Sunday, meaning anyone who misses a senior game will still get a run. The Storm were hardly convincing in their win over Golden Square last week, but Bowe said they still have to be respected and viewed as dangerous as ever. “We’d be silly not to look at what Golden Square did last week I think,

that’s the beauty of being able to sit back with the weekend and watch the other games,” Bowe said. “We’ll take certain elements of that and try to replicate what we think could work, but at the same time we think the brand we’ve been playing has been pretty good and we don’t want to go too far away from that. “We’ve played well over the second half of the year, especially in that

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ON THE UP: Jack Haig has had a big week.

BENDIGO’S Jack Haig scored a pair of early birthday presents this week as he continues his strong recent form. Haig turned 24 on Wednesday and launched a searing attack on that day’s stage of the Tour of Spain, eventually finishing 12th but again impressing at Grand Tour level. Earlier in the week, he announced he had re-signed with Orica Scott and was selected in the Australian team to contest the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Norway. “I am super happy to re-sign with the team,” Haig said. “I am really happy to be here and the environment the team has created to help with my development is a really enjoyable.” Haig launched a bid for a birth-

day stage win on Wednesday night but couldn’t open up a gap, eventually finishing two spots ahead of reigning Tour de France champion Chris Froome. He was 22nd overall after the stage, the best placed Australian. Fellow local Chris Hamilton is also still in the race, in 125th overall. Haig’s recent form both at the Vuelta and Tour of Poland impressed the Australian selectors enough to throw him into the mix for Norway. He will ride in support of Tour de France green jersey winner Michael Matthews. Mathew Hayman, Luke Durbridge, Simon Clarke, Rory Sutherland, Heinrich Haussler, Mitchell Docker and Jay McCarthy round out the team.

Dogs chase flag history From Page 40 Bennett says the side doesn’t need to change heaven and earth to overturn the 10-point semi final loss to Leitchville, but simply just bring a more consistent level of effort. “We thought we played the way we wanted to for two quarters in that game and let them control far too much of the contest,” he said. “It’s pretty simple, we just need to bring our effort and pressure for four quar-

ters. If we do that, we think that we can definitely play well enough to win.” As for the possibility of making history, Bennett says that’s the farthest thing from the mind of his side. “It’s nice to think about and probably for the supporters, but we’re thinking about winning one game in a row, not the three flags in a row,” he said. In A-grade netball, Colbinabbin will meet White Hills for the second consecutive year in the grand final.

The Grasshoppers took the prize last year, but the Demons advanced to the grand final by defeating Colbo in the semi-final and have enjoyed the week off. Colbinabbin has been the class of the competition for the bulk of the season, and will be after a return to form come Saturday. Matches start at 9.30am on Saturday at Huntly’s Strauch Reserve. REMATCH: White Hills and Colbinabbin will do battle in A-grade netball once again.

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stretch of Sandhurst, Golden Square and Strathfieldsaye in the middle of the year, but I’d still hope there’s a bit left in us in terms of improvement.” On Sunday, Sandhurst plays Golden Square in the elimination semi final. In A-grade netball, Sandhurst plays Golden Square for a grand final spot while Gisborne meets Kangaroo Flat on Sunday in the elimination semi final.

BACK IN ACTION AFTER an extended break, the Pedders Racing Team will return to the track at this weekend’s Australian Production cars round at Phillip Island. Grant Phillips, Andrew Turpie and their Motorsports Training Australia crew will join the rest of the APC field in hitting the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, with the event to culminate in a four-hour race on Sunday afternoon. “We head to Phillip Island full of enthusiasm, with a new MTAbuilt engine and following a thorough check of the car by our firstyear student crew at MTA’s facility in Wodonga,” Phillips said. “We can’t wait to see what we can do at the weekend.”

THOMPSON’S TOP PRIZE KYNETON star Abby Thompson made history as the first winner of the Bendigo Junior Football League’s under-15 girls best and fairest. The competition is in its first year and Thompson polled 31 votes as a clear winner. Other winners included Harvey Gallagher in under-14 seniors, Kai Daniels in under-16 seniors, Lachlan Bond in the under-16 reserves 1, South Bendigo clubmates Jackson Hufer and Connor Sheppard in the under-16 reserves 2 and joint winners Rachael Thomas and Elizabeth Snell in under-18 girls. The league will host its penultimate weekend of finals this weekend before a bumper grand final day on Sunday, September 17 at Strathfieldsaye.

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North’s ground-dog day By JOEL PETERSON

NORTH Bendigo has a chance to make a slice of history this weekend with a third straight flag when it again plays Leitchville Gunbower in the HDFL decider. The Dogs have never won three successive premierships, their best run being back-to-back flags in 1976 and 1977 in the Golden City Football League. They’ll make their run at history without injured star Tyson Findlay and ruckman Brett Strange and with question marks over several other key players. However, coach Rob Bennett is adamant the likes of Darcy Richards, Zac Alford and former Bomber Joel Helman will be right to go come 2.20pm on Saturday at Huntly. “They’ll all play on Saturday. Darcy is assistant coach and is a really important part of the side, Zac has been great in his first senior year with us and Joel has the ability to do anything on a given day,” he said. The loss of Findlay hands the advantage in the midfield to the Bombers, led by Matt Ladson and Matt Pollock. But the Bombers will also be without ruckman Michael Pilcher, who was injured when the sides met in the semi final. While it has a star-studded and much talked about forward line, Bennett said North’s defensive pillar of strength again showed its mettle in the preliminary final win over Huntly. “Internally we talk about our defence all the time, our back six has really been our strength,” he said. “What we tried to do when I started coaching three or four years

DE JA VU: The Bombers and Bulldogs meet in the grand final for the third straight season. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

ago was build a versatile group and we’ve definitely got that.” With Richards, Jordan Ford, Sam Demeo and Daniel Morris in defence, the back six provides a reliable base on which the side sets up its attack. Up forward, Lachlan and Rhys

Ford, Sam Barnes and Brady Herdman still provide an immense challenge for the Bombers’ defence. The Bombers will look take an edge at the stoppages and use their pace, with Jackson McEwen, Brady Hore, Adam Decicco and Daniel

Coates all providing plenty of run. Throw in Daniel Couwenburg, Tim Lincoln, leading goalkicker Matt Perri and Ryan Prendergast and the Bombers have no shortage of key position strength of their own. Despite wins over Leitchville in

the past two HDFL grand finals, the Bulldogs don’t believe it gives them any huge edge, rather just a belief that when the pressure rises they can step up to the challenge.

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