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Duplication to be completed:

State coughs up money

A DECADE after works first began, the Princes Highway duplication between Sale and Traralgon finally has the state funding contribution to be completed.

Yesterday, the state government announced it would provide its share of funding, about $50 million, to finish the final two sections of the duplication, at Flynn and Kilmany, by 2024.

The federal government will contribute $202.6 million to complete the duplication on the state government-owned stretch of road.

Pre-construction activities are already complete, and construction is expected to begin later this year.

The sections will add an extra 12 kilometres of lane in each direction — to provide a four-lane dual carriageway with a central median east of Sheepwash Creek Rd to west of Flynns Creek Rd and east of Maffra-Rosedale Rd to west of SaleCowwarr Rd.

The state government said the project will also deliver a range of safety upgrades, including “wider shoulders and a centre median with flexible safety barriers to reduce the risk and severity of run-off road and head-on crashes”.

The total figure for the final two stages of duplication has increased to $253 million — up significantly from the original $165 million cost estimated just two years ago to complete the final stages.

Once the project is complete, the Princes Highway

Fight has only just begun Wellington Shire mayor Alan Hall, pictured on the Port of Sale’s iconic Victorian ash steps (supplied by Heyfield’s Australian Sustainable Hardwoods), has slammed Bunnings’ decision to discontinue stocking VicForest timber as “unAustralian”. He added he could not believe the company would make the decision, given Gippsland’s struggle with drought, bushfire and COVID-19.

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will be fully duplicated over the entire 43 kilometres between Traralgon and Sale, improving safety and journey times for the 15,000 motorists who use the stretch of road every day.

Gippsland MHR Darren Chester said it had been a long fight to secure the funding.

“This is a huge win for Gippsland with a safer and efficient highway directly benefitting local motorists, the transport industry and the travelling public,” he said.

“The project will also support 185 local jobs, which is crucial for helping us bounce back after the drought, bushfires and coronavirus.”

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack added the funding was part of a $1.5 billion infrastructure package that would fund shovel-ready infrastructure projects and support local jobs immediately.

Speaking more broadly about road and rail projects in Gippsland, Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan said the government knew it had been a difficult year for Gippsland communities, but this funding would boost the local economy and create jobs, while building transport infrastructure.

“These important projects will provide safer, more reliable roads and train services for locals and tourists alike,” she said.

Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien said the funding announcement was the culmination of years of hard work and lobbying, and it was a relief to finally get state government funding to finish the duplication.

“Great credit to my colleague Darren Chester and the federal government for leading the way and ultimately embarrassing Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan into stumping up their share,” Mr O’Brien said.

“While it will be great to get the job done, it is incumbent now on the Labor state government to explain why they didn’t fund this project three years ago which has led to an $85 million blow-out in costs.”

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Meetings

We currently have vacancies The next meeting of Council takes place on: in the following roles: Coordinator Theatre Communications Closes: Friday 10 July 2020

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Your Weekly Wellington Shire Council Update

Communications Officer Closes: Sunday 12 July 2020 Operations Officer - GRLE Closes: Sunday 12 July 2020 To find out more visit www.wellington.vic.gov.au/ careers or scan the QR code below.

New toilets for Botanic Gardens If you've visited the Sale Botanic Gardens recently you would have noticed the beginning of construction on a new family friendly toilet block.

Tuesday 21 July 2020 From 6.00pm COVID-19 (Coronavirus): Due to social distancing restrictions, members of the public are not permitted to attend the Council meeting.

Meetings may be watched live (or afterwards) on Wellington Shire Council's YouTube Channel.

Gallery/Chat Room questions, or questions regarding Agenda items, may be submitted online.

Further detail is available at wellington.vic.gov.au/ meetings

General Council Notices Upcoming immunisation sessions Council’s free monthly immunisation sessions for all eligible infants, school children and adults will be held at: Heyfield - Tuesday 14 July, 11.00am - 11.45am Heyfield Library, 42 Macfarlane Street, Heyfield

New all abilities and family friendly toilet facilities are being built at the Sale Botanic Gardens.

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ou may have noticed some building works taking place at one of the jewels in our crown, the Sale Botanic Gardens.

Another important feature of the new building will be improved accessibility for all abilities and a more familyfriendly design.

Council is currently upgrading the outdated toilet facilities with a modern, contemporary style building that better suits the beautiful surroundings of the botanic gardens, adventure playground and Garden for Life.

The new facility will ensure the thousands of visitors to the gardens every year will have the best bathroom facilities available whether they are visiting the gardens for a short period or attending one of the

many events for which the gardens are used.

We appreciate everyone’s patience while the new building is constructed and ask that gardens visitors use the fully accessible portable toilets on-site during the construction period.

We can’t wait to unveil the new building once it’s completed!

Maffra - Tuesday 14 July, 9.00am - 9.45am Geoff Webster Hall, Maffra Anglican Church (opposite Maffra Primary school), Maffra The Influenza Vaccine is also available for purchase for those ineligible to receive a free influenza vaccination under the National Immunisation Program. Those ineligible for a free vaccine will incur a fee of $30 payable via EFTPOS on the day.

Pre-bookings are essential for all immunisations sessions, and may be made online at wellington.vic.gov.au/ immunisation or by telephone to 1300 366 244. Those who attend without pre-booking will not receive a vaccination.

Community Assistance Grants open A reminder for not-for-profit community groups that you have until Monday, 13 July to apply for a Community Assistance Grant.

Grants of between $2,001 and $5,000 are available for community events, facilities or projects.

Council was pleased to fund 13 local community events and projects in the March funding round.

Children's library programs are back In person Storytime and Rock, Rhythm & Rhyme children's library events will resume next week, in line with the start of term 3.

Physical distancing and hand hygiene practices will still be required due to COVID-19, but library staff are excited to welcome babies and toddlers back to each branch for stories, songs and activities to develop their literacy and social skills.

For a full list of sessions visit wellington.vic.gov.au/ eventcalendar or contact Wellington Libraries on 5142 3146 to book a place. Bookings are limited at each session.

Community groups who have a proposal can complete a Notification Form at wellington.vic.gov.au/grants or contact 1300 366 244 to begin developing their application with the help of Council's Grants Officer.

GRSC online bookings Sporting teams or individuals can now book online to use the facilities at Gippsland Regional Sports Complex in Sale.

Indoor and outdoor courts, the multi-use synthetic pitch and meeting rooms can be booked with consideration for COVIDSafe practices.

Visit grscwellington.com.au for fees and to book online.

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Timber fight has only just begun, says council

WELLINGTON Shire Council will write to Bunnings Warehouse chief executive Mike Schneider and parent company Wesfarmers to explain the potential economic effects of its decision to cease selling timber from VicForests.

Last week, Bunnings announced it would no longer source timber from VicForests, citing its “zero-tolerance approach” to illegally logged timber.

In May, the Federal Court ruled state government-owned forestry agency VicForests breached conservation laws in relation to the protection of greater glider and Leadbeater’s possum habitat.

Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum, represented

by Environmental Justice Australia, successfully argued that logging by VicForests in 66 areas of habitat critical to the vulnerable greater glider and critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum contravened federal law.

The species is known to be threatened by logging yet logging occurred, and is planned, in habitat where gliders had been sighted, the court heard.

After court orders are received in mid-July, VicForests plans to appeal the decision,maintaining its management of native timber harvesting “meets the highest standards of forest management”.

Bunnings’ decision means it will no longer stock timber products from Australian Sustainable Hardwoods, based in Heyfield, which employs 170 people.

Wellington Shire mayor Alan Hall said the shire had already suffered many hits to its local communities and industries, and that the move to drop the local timber was “knee-jerk” and “un-Australian”.

“The people of Wellington, and in particular Heyfield, have been kicked in the guts time and time again with the announcement of the cessation of native timber harvesting, drought, bushfires, the COVID-19 pandemic and now this,” he said.

“This is basically an Australian company, kicking Australians in the guts.

“Council and the Heyfield community won’t take this lying down — we will do everything we can to ensure the future of our timber communities.

“This is an ill-thought, irrational decision that will leave many wondering what alternative timber source Bunnings thought they could access.

“Surely they are not considering imported timber?”

Cr Hall said ASH had world-class sustainability practices and the implications of such a move by Bunnings would reverberate throughout the whole of Gippsland.

“Wellington has taken enough hits — we are not going to let this one go,” he said.

“Bunnings and Wesfarmers need to look at the whole picture and see reason.

“They’ve failed to be patient enough to wait for the results of the appeal.

“If they think they’ve picked a fight, they’re right.”

No injuries from Sale collision A TWO-car collision in Sale yesterday morning fortunately resulted in no injuries.

The nose-to-tail crash occurred on the Sale-Maffra Rd just before 10am, as the two cars were slowing for the Princes Highway intersection.

Police believe wet conditions may have been a factor.

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Hardware giant Bunnings announced last week it was discontinuing all sourcing of timber from VicForests and would no longer be accepting raw material input into its supply chain from VicForests, effective June 30. Photo: Sarah Luke Labor Senator Raff Ciccone said Bunnings’ decision to stop sourcing timber from VicForests was “a kick in the guts for regional Victoria”.

“This decision places at risk the future of many thousands of workers who, directly and indirectly, rely on Victorian forestry to support their families,” he said.

“At a time when workers, business and regional communities are dealing with the aftermath of the summer bushfires and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bunnings should step up and support an industry that all of us should be very proud of.

“Bunnings’ decision to stop sourcing locally grown and locally processed timber products does not make environmental sense.

“Victorian forestry is a sustainable and renewable industry.

“This short-sighted decision only means sourcing more timber from overseas, where it is harder to guarantee forestry standards and for which transportation will have a greater impact on the environment.

“Bunnings should, at the very least, delay its decision and wait until the ongoing court processes are finalised.”

Federal Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries Jonno Duniam agreed the decision was “disappointing and wrong”, and that jobs would be lost as a consequence of Bunnings’ ill-advised action.

“Bunnings’ shelves will be stacked with more imported timber, rather than Australian grown structural hardwood timber, Australian solid timber panels and Australian kitchen benchtops,” he said.

“This decision will cost many hundreds of jobs across harvesting, sawmills and processing, particularly in our regional communities.

“Bunnings is kicking Australia’s timber industry while it’s down, and at a time when Australian companies and Australians should be backing Australian products and supporting Australian jobs.

“VicForests is globally recognised for its forest practices, and is certified according to the highest standards under the world’s largest forestry certification scheme, the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification.

“I have urged Bunnings to reverse this decision, to choose Australian timber over imported timber and to back Australian jobs, as the nation begins to rebuild in the wake of COVID-19.”

Senator Duniam said the federal government’s plan was to grow Australia’s “world-class and world-leading sustainable forestry industry, and to support the hardworking and honest Australians who work in it”.

“Bunnings’ decision flies in the face of this,” he said.

There are 7.1 million hectares of public native forests across Victoria, and about 94 per cent of which are protected in parks, reserves or are unsuitable for native timber harvesting.

VicForests harvests about 3000 hectares per year — 0.04 per cent of the total publicly-owned forest in the state, and the equivalent of four trees out of 10,000.

Available forest is harvested on an 80-year rotation, after it is replanted.

Last November, the state government announced it would close the native timber harvest industry by 2030, with plans to transition the industry to plantation.

VicForests’ total harvest levels reduce by about 25 per cent in 2025, and an additional 25 per cent from 2026 to 2030, becoming available on a competitive tender process.

AT 11.59pm tonight, the border between Victoria and New South Wales will close to contain the spread of COVID-19.

The Premier announced yesterday morning that the closure was “a precautionary measure”, with New South Wales resources to enforce the closure.

At the time the Gippsland Times went to print, there were 2660 cases of COVID-19 in Victoria, with 127 new cases discovered on Sunday.

Thirty-four of those 127 are connected to known and contained outbreaks, 40 were the product of routine testing and 53 were under investigation by the public health team.

There were 645 active cases across the state.

A record-breaking 24,528 tests were undertaken on Sunday, bringing the state’s total to 952,699 tests. Thirty-one Victorians were in hospital, with five in intensive care.

The death toll was brought to 21 to after a man in his 90s died in hospital on Sunday.

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A NEW chapter for the Stratford Courthouse has officially begun, as new managers take the reins.

With support from Wellington Shire Council and Regional Arts Victoria, and after much soul searching, the venue is once again up and (almost) running as a vibrant community hub that showcases the best in arts and entertainment.

While COVID-19 social distancing restrictions had forced the venue’s closure for more than six weeks, the formalisation of a new community committee of nine people and the easing of restrictions means the opening of the doors is nigh.

The first big event will be a return of the popular Stratford Singer Songwriters and Storytellers, albeit livestreamed, on July 31.

The historic courthouse building has operated as a popular arts venue for the past 10 years, under the management of owner Gavin Roberts.

But with Mr Roberts wanting to pursue other avenues, members of the Stratford arts

community got together and decided to take on the challenge.

Committee member Aynslie Watson said the residents had worked hard for the past 10 months or so to form a committee, and had secured funding and support to ensure the courthouse was kept for community use.

“It’s been such an important community venue for this region and we didn’t want to lose that,” she said.

“It’s really exciting now that we can now plan for the future.”

Ms Watson said once social distancing restrictions eased, the venue would run much like it did before, opening to community groups, performances and other events.

The committee has a lease for two years, with the option of extending.

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SOMERSET on Elizabeth, Melbourne, has provided an accommodation package to give away to a lucky Gippsland Times reader seeking a city break.

The suite slumber party at Somerset, valued at $680, includes accommodation in one of the hotel’s spacious two-bedroom and two bathroom apartments, with plenty of room for the whole family to enjoy.

It also includes snack and activity packs to keep the children entertained, a Victorian cheese plate and a bottle of wine (because the children can’t have all the fun), car parking for one car and a late check out time of 1pm.

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Nats would ‘rebuild and restore CFA’

Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien and Eastern Victoria MLC Melina Bath said if the Nationals got into government, they would make CFA autonomous. Pictured are (from left) former captain and current Hallora brigade volunteer Alan Davies, Traralgon brigade 1st lieutenant (retired) Ale Eenjes, Morwell brigade 1st lieutenant Peter Keenan, Hallora brigade captain Garry Morgan, Melina Bath, Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria and state councillor Mark Jones and Danny O’Brien.

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Liz Bell AFTER years of planning, a new fire service is now operating in Victoria, combining career firefighters from the Country Fire Authority and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade to create Fire Rescue Victoria.

While this is not expected to affect the Wellington Shire’s local CFAs, which are 100 per cent volunteer firefighters who live and work in the community, the move is a political hot potato.

The changes have been supported by the United Firefighters Union, which represented

paid firefighters in both services, and opposed

by Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria, a peak body affiliated with most CFA brigades.

Fire Rescue Victoria operates 85 fire stations with full-time staff firefighters, about half of which are in the greater Melbourne metropolitan area, and the remainder in regional cities and large towns throughout the state.

Gippsland East MLA Tim Bull said he held concerns for CFA volunteer numbers, with reforms being “forced on” the organisation by the state government.

“There are already just on 5000 fewer volunteers since Andrews came to power six years ago and

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we now have a case where many long serving volunteers, including CFA captains, have announced they were resigning this week,” he said.

Mr Bull said he had heard from a number of volunteers concerned about several of the changes, including the potential loss of strike teams from urban areas to support local brigades in times of fire crisis.

Mr Bull said the recent resignation of the CFA chief officer Steve Warrington, for refusing to sign up to the deal, rings more alarm bells.

“When you look at the list of people who have been forced out by Daniel Andrews as a result of objecting to this reform, how anyone can say it is not of major concern is beyond me,” he said.

Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien said the Nationals in government would legislate to rebuild and restore the CFA as an independent, volunteerbased autonomous fire service.

The Nationals have also promised to establish a volunteer commissioner to independently hear and arbitrate on disputes.

“This will include repealing provisions of Labor’s disastrous legislation which undermines the capacity of the CFA to function as an independent, autonomous fire service and enshrining in law the power for the CFA to select, recruit and manage its own staff,” Mr O’Brien said.

“We will also ensure that CFA staff wear the CFA uniform and we will require the CFA board to sign

up to the Volunteers’ Charter, which was legislated in 2012.”

Nationals leader Peter Walsh said CFA volunteers had been pushed out by a militant union and a Premier who “doesn’t have their back”.

But the state government is adamant the changes will benefit communities and fire fighters.

In a statement, Premier Dan Andrews said firefighters up to now had been “let down by a system that has remained largely unchanged since the 1950s”.

“And as our state grows and changes, the demands on our fire services will only continue to mount.

“These challenges have been made clear through a number of reviews in recent years, including the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission.

“Each of the reviews has reached the same conclusion: if we are to keep up, we must modernise our state’s fire services.”

The main change under the new brand of Fire Rescue Victoria results in paid and volunteer firefighters in separate services, and stemmed from an industrial dispute between the CFA (and separately the Metropolitan Fire Brigade) and the United Firefighters Union Victoria.

The CFA will be restored to a volunteer and community-focused firefighting organisation, enshrined in law, and continue to be overseen by a board with volunteer representation and a chief executive and chief officer.

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Rate confusion sparks landholder backlash

Landholders are taking out their frustrations over valuations on council, but it’s the Valuer-General which undertakes the valuations, based on sales activity. the local council was not doing enough to help struggling farmers.

But mayor Alan Hall said while the council recognised many farms would be faced with a higher rate bill based on their higher property valuation, it had in place a 20 per cent rate discount in place for farmers, and had done so for about 20 years.

A council spokesperson accused the VFF of running “a statewide campaign against rural councils”, despite being “fully briefed a number of times” about how rates and valuations worked.

Funding disadvantages regional publishers

THE federal government has announced 107 regional publishers and broadcasters who applied to the Public Interest News Gathering program will receive a share of $50 million in funding committed to support regional news services in 2020-21.

Communications, Cyber Safety and Arts Minister Paul Fletcher said the funding would support newspaper businesses and commercial broadcasters across regional and remote Australia.

“These are unprecedented circumstances in regional media — with COVID-19 triggering catastrophic drops in advertising revenue leading to many newspapers suspending operations and threatening the sustainability of regional broadcasters,” he said.

“The Morrison government is responding to these exceptional circumstances with this specific and time-limited support measure, designed to assist the continued provision of quality news and information to communities across regional and remote Australia.”

Mr Fletcher said the government was providing $20 million for television, $18 million for publishing and $12 million for radio, with funding to flow from this month.

“Public interest journalism is critical to keeping communities informed,” he said.

“PING will provide direct support for the continued provision of local and regional journalism, which has never been more important than in recent times when communities across Australia need access to trusted sources of news and information.”

Of the 107 eligible applicants, there are 92 publishers, 13 for radio and five for television.

Three applicants were successful across two streams.

“The majority of the publishers receiving grants under this program operate small-to-medium businesses,” Mr Fletcher said.

Gippsland Times publisher, and current Country Press Australia president, Bruce Ellen, welcomed the funding announcement.

However, he said the overall funding outcome had severely disadvantaged regional publishers.

“The reality is, that $38.6 million of the $50 million PING funding in this announcement, had previously been committed and allocated to regional and small publishers as part of the Regional and Small Publishers Innovation fund established in 2018, but never delivered,” Mr Ellen said.

Ninety-two regional publishers received a total of $18 million -— less than half the $38.6 million

previously committed.

Mr Ellen said of further concern to small independent publishers, was a large publisher group, previously not eligible for funding, appeared to have received a sizeable share of the total.

“This is not to suggest that large regional publishers, regional television stations (five applicants shared $20 million), or 13 regional radio broadcasters (who shared $13.4 million), are not worthy of support due to the severe impacts of COVID-19 on the media industry generally,” he added.

“However, support for these groups should have been made available with new funding, not from monies previously committed to small and regional publishers.”

The cessation of newspaper publishing across regional Queensland and many parts of New South Wales and South Australia by large media groups highlights the severe difficulties being experienced by news media businesses in the current environment.

Mr Ellen said for the federal government to commit only $11.4 million of new money to support regional media across Australia, while providing $300 million of new money for regional airlines, was difficult to understand.

Mr Fletcher described local papers as “the lifeblood of many towns across Australia”.

“They connect communities and keep people informed.”

He said successful applicants would put the funding to good use to support a broad range of activities such as staff wages, training and technology upgrades that would “allow them to keep delivering news that local communities need and want”.

Applications were assessed through a demanddriven grant process conducted by the Department of Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications.

In determining funding amounts for each sector, consideration was given to the overall reach of each media sector and revenue used to produce public interest journalism.

The department will work with successful applicants to develop and enter into grant arrangements as soon as possible. Information on grantees will be published on GrantsConnect at www.grants.gov. au following the execution of grant agreements.

Consistent with the PING guidelines, grants are conditional on publishers of suspended mastheads returning them to operation and recommencing print distribution.

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REPORTS of a helicopter flying lower than usual without lights over Sale last Tuesday and Wednesday evening have been explained

by RAAF Base, East Sale.

A RAAF spokesperson confirmed a search and rescue helicopter from RAAF Base, East Sale, had been conducting scheduled night flying training. The activity involved training flights where personnel used night vision goggles, which are a compulsory part of skill maintenance training.

“Under these conditions they are allowed to operate without lights, however basic navigation lights are still used,” a RAAF spokesperson said.

The lowest recorded height over the town was 900 feet.

The spokesperson said this is a bit lower than usual — but still safe — and when using the Night Vision Imaging System the helicopter travelled slower than usual.

“This would amplify the noise and duration of time over houses,” he explained.

“Because the normal aircraft night training was using north-south runway, this meant that they were not on their usual route.

“Air Force apologies for any concerns, and appreciate the continued support of the Sale community in this important training activity.”

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MASSIVE rate rises for some land owners in Wellington Shire is leading to frustration and anger among ratepayers, with some slugged with increases of up to 44 per cent over two years.

The rate hike has the farming industry, ratepayers and shire staff at loggerheads.

The shire handed down its 2020-21 budget two weeks ago with no increase in the general rate and waste charges, but a misunderstanding about how rates are determined continues to cause ratepayer anxiety.

What is misunderstood by many is that property values are largely determined by the ValuerGeneral, not the council.

Since 2018, they have been conducted annually, rather than biannually, by an independent valuer.

This leaves little room for consideration of market fluctuations, with valuations based on sales activity leading up to and close to January 1 each year.

Despite councils not collecting extra revenue as a result of changes in property valuations, angry ratepayers who claim they are being “gouged” are directing their anger at the council.

Stradbroke resident Jeremy Richardson said his property consisted of a dilapidated, prefabricated house and two run down sheds on an unproductive 92 acres of dryland covered in weeds and dust, close to the highway.

“The whole property is worth around $280,000, but the valuation has come in at around $425,000 — that’s from someone sitting at a desk who has no idea what it is like out here,” he said.

“When I called the council this year [to complain], someone in the rates department told me $425,000 was ‘cheap’.”

Mr Richardson has vowed to lodge a complaint with the Valuer-General’s office, and hopes to force a revaluation.

The Victorian Farmers Federation said the farm rate increase in Wellington Shire equated to 11.58 per cent, with president David Jochinke suggesting

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“As always, we notify ratepayers that they are welcome to request a review of their property valuation through the Valuer-General’s office.

“We have the paperwork for this at our office and can either provide it through our customer service centres or email out on request,” she said.

A spokesperson for the Department of Land, Environment, Water and Planning, which covers rating valuations, said ratepayers who believe their property is significantly under or over-valued were encouraged to contact their council.

He said the Valuer-General was the valuation authority for all municipalities in Victoria, apart from Mildura, Mornington Peninsula, South Gippsland and Hume.

“If a ratepayer disputes a valuation they may object by lodging an objection form with the council or the State Revenue Office within two months of the date of issue shown on the Rate and Valuation Notice or Land Tax Assessment Notice,” he said.

“It is advisable that the ratepayer first discuss their concerns with the council or SRO. “If the council or SRO is unable to assist they may forward the enquiry to the valuer appointed to undertake the valuation on behalf of the Valuer-General.”

People wanting more information about the rating system are encouraged to go to the Engage Victoria Fact Sheet at engage.vic.gov.au/

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State coughs up duplication money From page 1 The first nine sections of the duplication project were funded with $210 million from the Australian government and $50 million from the Victorian government.

In May 2018, the Commonwealth government announced its $132 million share to finish stages 10 and 11.

After stretches in Nambrok and just east of Traralgon were opened in December 2018, works on the duplication came to a grinding halt.

The state government created angst when it refused to commit to funding the final two stages, marked the duplication as completed in its budget papers and did not acknowledge the unfinished sections in its literature, instead touting “all nine sections are complete”.

In several press conferences and interviews, state ministers dodged questions about funding the final two stages, or repeated the government would be prioritising election promises.

Lobbying began, including local, state and federal representation.

An April Fool’s article in the Gippsland Times last year joked how a group of proactive local farmers had grown tired of waiting for state funding, banding together to complete the unfinished section in Kilmany with agricultural equipment instead.

The state confirmed $3 million in funding for “planning and pre-construction activities” last June.

The Wellington, East Gippsland and Latrobe City mayors wrote to the federal government last July, wanting the Commonwealth to use its $132 million commitment to fully-fund upgrading the most dangerous section of the road at Kilmany, and pressure the state to finish the final section

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Last October, patch-up works were carried out and signs warning of ‘rough surface ahead’ were erected on the non-duplicated section at Kilmany, as roads workers made repairs to the deteriorating road.

Tempers flared as Premier Daniel Andrews refused five requests to meet with Gippsland MHR Darren Chester to discuss the issue.

Ms Allan was forced to correct herself last November, after initially announcing to parliament the final two stages of the duplication were underway.

After Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien claimed Ms Allan had misled parliament, the minister corrected the record, admitting “planning” for the final two stages was underway.

In February, Mr O’Brien pointed out an apple tree was growing and producing fruit in an area that had been previously cleared and fenced off in readiness for the unfinished duplication.

“I’m tempted to harvest some of the apples on this tree and send them to Daniel Andrews as a reminder of his failure to upgrade the roads in our region,” Mr O’Brien said at the time.

Last month, Ms Allan claimed in state parliament the project had failed to proceed because “the $132 million committed by the federal government towards completing the remaining sections of the project are insufficient”.

Mr Chester labelled the comments as “unhinged”, reiterating the federal government’s $132 million was based on the state government-provided cost estimate.

Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien in February picking an apple in an area that had been previously cleared and fenced off in readiness for the unfinished duplication.

“If there’s been a cost blow-out it’s because we didn’t get the work started in 2018 when the state government failed to provide its 20 per cent,” he said at the time.

Ms Allan responded by explaining she was working with Eastern Victoria MLA Harriet Shing and the Deputy Prime Minister on a plan, with more to say soon.

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IT’S not every day an artist approaches you to be the subject of his entry for the Archibald Prize.

But that’s how Gippsland MHR Darren Chester last week found himself having his portrait sketched by Robert Milton, an artist and a veteran from Bendigo.

Mr Chester worked at his desk in his Sale office as Mr Milton composed a detailed pencil sketch of Mr Chester’s face in about an hour.

This will be the second time Mr Milton has entered the prestigious portrait competition: last year he submitted a self-portrait entitled RAW, depicting his battle with PTSD. Mr Milton studied fine art at Glasgow University of Art before he joined the British Army.

He served for 22 years, rising to the rank of Master Sniper before transferring to the Australian Army as a sniper supervisor. He left the army in 2010.

Mr Milton said he selected Mr Chester, who is the federal Veterans’ Affairs Minister, as the subject of his entry for the Archibald Prize after the pair met last year.

“I connected with Darren when we met in Canberra, and I have a respect for him,” Mr Milton said.

Mr Milton now teaches art through Bendigo RSL as a rehabilitation therapy for veterans and their spouses, which he says gives them an alternative, less threatening way of expressing themselves.

Mr Chester said it was an honour to be asked to

be the subject of Mr Milton’s portrait.

“The work Robert has done to support veterans and their families through his art classes is remarkable,” Mr Chester said.

“I want to visit one of his classes to see how other veterans might benefit from similar activities.”

Entry submissions for this year’s $100,000 Archibald Prize were suspended in March because of coronavirus. Submissions have re-opened and must now be received by mid-August.

The pencil sketch will be the basis of a painting, which will measure about one metre by one metre, and take a few weeks to complete.

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Sculpture for Lake Guthridge A NEW sculpture is set to become a fixture on the shores of Sale’s Lake Guthridge, and the people behind it are hoping it will spark an important conversation.

Sale-based charitable organisation Bug Blitz Trust has commissioned the sculpture,Biodiverse, with plans to install it later this year.

The artwork has been philanthropically-funded through the trust and the John Leslie Foundation.

Wellington Shire Council provided the land for the sculpture, but did not provide funding.

Biodiverse will be made by Melbourne artist Dr Joel Gailer, who is gaining an international reputation after beginning his art studies in humble Gippsland.

Dr Gailer was scheduled to exhibit in NewYork, Hong Kong and Spain this year, but these plans were interrupted by COVID-19.

He has teamed up with local Indigenous poet, Electra McClellan,to integrate text and form into the artwork.

The words of local children will also feature on the sculpture,with biodiversity and conservationthemed words and phrases to be included on the final work.

When finished, the sculpture is intended to stimulate people to consider biodiversity from a range of perspectives.

Bug Blitz Trust program director Dr John Caldow said while only part of the overall works

A local business owner is frustrated council-managed properties do not have to pay rent from March until August, which she believes gives them an unfair advantage over other businesses.

Council says it cannot force private landlords to do the same.

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A LOCAL business owner believes Wellington Shire Council is granting unfair advantages to tenants operating in council-managed properties.

After receiving a notice from council in April, Triple F Takeaway, Sale, Carol Miller was bemused to discover council had voted to waive tenancy costs of council-managed commercial properties and caravan parks leased through council, effective from March 23 and set to expire August 22.

In an email sent to council, Ms Miller called into question the distribution of ratepayers’ money to pay for rent in council-managed properties, and argued council did not take into consideration whether it was a fair and equal way to support all ratepayers.

Specifically, the Triple F proprietor is seeking answers as to why another hospitality business is receiving free rent despite only resuming trade after JobKeeper was implemented, as opposed to other venues that had operated during the lockdown.

“I’ve been in touch with the council a couple of times to ask how they thought it was fair to use ratepayers’ money to put another café, who had closed down, back open with no rent,” Ms Miller explained.

“I’m really taking exception to them giving somebody free rent for five months on ratepayers’ money.

“Why couldn’t they have set up a fund for landlords to help landlords, instead of just doing it for the council-managed buildings?

“It’s about the council using ratepayers’ money to enable another business that was closed to reopen and pay no rent.

“It’s just questionable distribution of funds.”

As the hospitality industry continues to face an evolving need to adapt, Ms Miller believes council is affording special treatment to tenants in its own backyard.

“I don’t see why my landlord should have to subsidise my rent if I’m still open and working,” she said.

“They’ve got JobKeeper, as whoever applied for it

has, but not only have they got JobKeeper so they’re not paying wages, but they’re not paying rent.

“They [council] should have done a blanket support, not just their managed buildings.

“This is not cheap rent that they are giving away for nothing, this is a substantial amount of money over five months.

“It is very self-serving and it’s detrimental to other businesses that are working very hard to stay afloat.”

In response to her email, Wellington Shire councillor Darren McCubbin wrote it made good business sense to take a short term loss on a rental for a few months in order to keep someone in business, and that council did not have the power to dictate what other landlords did.

“The alternative is a long stretch with an unoccupied building, achieving no rent as we search for a new tenant,” he said.

“It might be years before we put someone in that building again,” part of the response read.

“It is beyond our power to force other landlords to waive the rent, however we can publicly demonstrate our commitment to local business enterprise and advocate that they do the same.”

Mayor Alan Hall wrote it was common practice for councils to provide relief for businesses directly under its wing.

“Wellington Shire Council is not alone in offering rent relief for its commercial tenants,” part of his email to Ms Miller said.

“Other councils across Australia have provided a similar package, including rental relief for commercial tenants operating hospitality businesses impacted by the pandemic restrictions.

“The rental assistance was intended to avoid our tenants’ businesses permanently closing — a real possibility — and one which would provide a worse outcome for council both financially, and in lost jobs.

“It is also worth noting that the lease under which the current operators are bound to, was open to public tender not that long ago.”

The council’s rental assistance package to businesses that operate in council-owned properties expires in just under two months.

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had been released,the idea behind‘Biodiverse’ was to make people to reflect on nature.

“The letters reflect in the water,shadows will be cast on the ground by stone and wood elements, and the work will be living — moss and lichen will grow on the letters,” he said.

“In my view,one aspect of art is how we interpret subject matter from different perspectives.

“A person can see the word biodiverse sliding into the water in decline, or they can perceive it as rising out of the water like a serpent — the bringer of life.”

The sculpture quickly gained traction on social media,drawing both support and criticism,but Dr Caldow conceded everyone had their own point of view, and the sculpture was not intended to be controversial.

“I never imagined the word ‘biodiverse’, synonymous with the word ‘nature’, could raise such debate,” he said.

Bug Blitz is a not-for-profit initiative based in Sale that integrates scientific, educational and creative opportunities to engage people with biodiversity.

During the past 12 years,it has hosted free environmental field events for schools and community groups throughout Wellington Shire.

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WELLINGTON Shire Council is seeking feedback from residents about how the COVID19 pandemic has affected them, as it plans for community recovery.

While the effects of COVID-19 are still being felt in Wellington, council is leading a multiagency recovery plan that will help individuals, communities and businesses recover from the pandemic.

Mayor Alan Hall said feedback from Wellington residents was important to ensure any plan covered all bases. “Anyone who has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is invited to provide council with feedback by filling out a survey to assist officers with their work,� he said. “Your experiences and feedback will help council shape a plan for supporting communities as they recover from COVID-19. “You can access the survey via our website at www.wellington.vic.gov.au/coronavirus, and feedback is anonymous.�

Participants can also enter a prize draw as a thanks for participating.

The number of positive cases of coronavirus within the community can change at any time and that until a vaccine is created, response, relief and recovery efforts could be occurring simultaneously.

People with questions about the survey can phone the Wellington COVID-19 Relief Information Line on 1300 137 218.

Feedback is open until Friday, July 31.

YOUNG people in Wellington Shire will soon have access to specialised mental health support delivered online by a new Headspace satellite in Sale, as soon as the end of this month.

The service will provide free or low-cost support for young people aged between 12 and 25 to help with challenges, questions or concerns about their mental health, alcohol and other drug issues, physical and sexual health, and relationships.

Headspace Sale will operate three days a week, initially providing telephone and video services before face-to-face services begin in August, when the satellite site in Raymond St opens its doors.

As lead agency for the service, Relationships Australia Victoria is well placed to lead Headspace Sale, with the organisation having extensive experience delivering youth mental health services through existing headspace centres in Bairnsdale, and in Wonthaggi and through five outreach locations across South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires.

It has also been delivering its specialised i-Connect Family Mental Health Support Service for children and young people in east Gippsland since 2014.

Relationships Australia Victoria chief executive Dr Andrew Bickerdike said the Sale community had advocated strongly for, and was “very supportive of this new satellite�. “It’s been a difficult six months for these communities as a result of the recent east Gippsland bushfires and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the services available at Headspace Sale will enable young people and their families in Sale and surrounding areas to access much-needed support,� he said.

Gippsland MHR Darren Chester added more needed to be done to support young people and make sure they could get help when they needed it. “Local doctors, youth groups,

Headspace’s satellite office in Sale is expected to offer telephone and video services locally by the end of July, before face-to-face services begin in August. Pictured (from left) are Wellington Shire youth councillor Charlee Vernon, Headspace community liason officer Brydie Bourke and Headspace Sale client services officer Amy Goddard. concerned parents and the wider community said clearly there was significant unmet demand for youth mental health services in Sale and an urgent need for additional support for our young people,� Mr Chester said. “There will be many people who’ll be relieved this new service is now operational.�

Headspace Sale, a satellite site attached to the existing Headspace parent centre in Bairnsdale, is being operated in partnership with 11 local service providers comprising the headspace Bairnsdale Consortium, and with the support of contract manager Gippsland Primary Health Network.

Gippsland PHN chief executive Amanda Proposch said the specialised support delivered through Headspace Sale would complement other

important mental health services for young people across Wellington Shire, adding the local community recognised the need for this service, and the Australian government had enabled its establishment through Gippsland PHN. “The Headspace service will ensure that young people have access to support for a variety of mental health and other physical health services, delivered from the one location,� she said.

Headspace chief executive Jason Trethowan recognised what an important development headspace Sale was for the local community. “We are thrilled that Headspace Sale will be there to support young people from across the region to get through tough times and get back on

track,� he said.

The satellite is being developed with the input of a group of young people who are Wellington Shire youth councillors.

A youth advisory group will also be established to inform the ongoing operation of the service.

Wellington Shire youth councillor Ellie McGregor said having a Headspace in Sale would deliver greatly-needed and appreciated services to young people in the shire. “We are super excited to see this happen,� she said.

Headspace Sale will operate on Tuesdays from noon to 8pm, and on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 6pm.

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Sale Stationeers

NUMBER 30 (City of Sale) Squadron turned 10 on July 1.

30SQN was re-formed in 2010 as the unit responsible for providing airbase support services to RAAF Base, East Sale, and is part of the Combat Support Group.

The squadron was awarded the title City of Sale in recognition of the close connection to the local area.

Upholding the finest of military traditions, the oldest and youngest members of the squadron cut the cake.

There are more than 1000 people working, training and some living at RAAF Base, East Sale.

They work in a wide range of roles and

Sale Stationeers Group members Margaret Treverton, Elaine McLeod, Gillian Gregory, Anton Teheran and Gary Mogford. include members from all three services and the Australian public service, base service contractors, locally engaged contractors and civilian employees of organisations such as the Army, Air Force Canteen and the base kindergarten and childcare centre.

A new aspect of our regular column will be to provide more information about what goes on at RAAF Base, East Sale, and introduce members of the base to the wider community.

First cab off the rank will be the Senior ADF Officer and Officer Commanding, Air Academy, Group Captain Nigel Ward (see far right).

Any enquiries relating to activities at RAAF Base East Sale should be directed to the Air Base Command Post on 5146 6888, or via email to esl.

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Flying Officer Anna Pradella and Colin George.

Money available for charities which are helping to support families in Gippsland

Trinity Families helps charities which are supporting families in Gippsland.

CHARITIES providing services for families in the Catholic Diocese of Sale are invited to apply to Catholic charity Trinity Families for 2020 project funding.

Deadline for submissions is August 31.

Applications must be from registered charities with deductible gift recipient status.

Trinity Families executive officer Mary Winter said this year’s disbursement would mark a milestone in the charity’s service to families, as it would take the amount distributed to more than $1.7 million.

During the past 15 years more than 80 different charities had benefited from Trinity Families funding.

“To be eligible to apply, there are three things an applicant must be able to show,” she said.

“It must be a registered charity with DGR status, it must be using the funds to support families, and the project must be within the defined area of the municipalities of Cardinia, Casey, Baw Baw, Latrobe,Wellington, Bass Coast, South Gippsland and East Gippsland.”

Recent recipients have included a service to mentor young people learning to drive, a foodbank, a charity that helps young families after the birth of a child, an ice drug rehabilitation program and

AED in Toongabbie

back on the Sunday of the Labour Day weekend in March 2022.

THE Toongabbie-based Wellington-Latrobe Lions Club and the Heyfield and District Community Bank have joined together with the Toongabbie General Store in a venture to potentially save lives.

A defibrillator has been bought with money donated by the community bank and the Lions club.

This lifesaving device will be available for community and visitor use, should the need arise.

It will be installed in the Toongabbie General Store and accessible during opening hours.

Statistics show that the use of an AED when giving first aid to a heart attack victim can mean the difference between life and death.

Potato festival cancelled THORPDALE Potato Festival, which was to be held in March 2021, has been cancelled because of considerations to health and welfare, sponsors, community and hardship caused by COVID-19.

The committee said it was not an easy decision, and was made after considerable debate.

It hopes the Thorpdale Potato Festival will be

Book donations sought THE St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral Giant Book Fair has been postponed to late September, so organisers still need donated books.

Organisers are accepting all types of books, DVDs and CDs. These can be dropped off at any time, preferably to the back of the cathedral hall in Sale, or phone Christine on 0438 595 056 for more details or pick-ups.

No Christmas in July BECAUSE of current COVID-19 restrictions, Kilmany Park’s popular Christmas in July lunches will not be held.

Organisers hope to host Christmas afternoon teas in December, depending on the situation at that time.

Community briefs are published for charity groups and non-profit organisations free of charge, as space permits. Email community briefs to news@gippslandtimes.com.au with ‘community briefs’ in the subject line.

WHEN you first meet Group Captain Nigel Ward, you’ll realise that he is not from around here.

Group Captain Ward grew up in Ireland and joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the United Kingdom as a pilot in 1986. After graduation, he flew maritime surveillance aircraft and later helicopters, including a tour in Cyprus.

He is the Senior Australian Defence Force Officer at RAAF Base, East Sale, and the Officer Commanding Air Academy.

Group Captain Ward took up his current posts in December 2019, only weeks before the bushfires that ravaged Victoria and New South Wales, overseeing the significant Australian Defence Force response that emanated from RAAF Base, East Sale.

This isn’t Group Captain Ward’s first stint in Gippsland.

After service in the RAF, he moved to Australia in 2006 to take up a position as a flying instructor for his first posting to RAAF Base, East Sale.

Following a three-year period, which included two years as a member of the RAAF Roulettes, he was promoted and posted to RAAF Base, Edinburgh, in South Australia where he flew P-3 Orion aircraft.

Group Captain Ward’s flying career spans 31 years, during which time he has logged more than 8000 flying hours in 12 military aircraft types.

His wife is a psychiatric nurse, and they have two children, both studying at university.

When not on base, Group Captain Ward enjoys motorcycling, football and sailing.

Say g’day if you see him out and about.

a charity supporting a school breakfast program.

Ms Winter said Trinity Families often supported charities which for various reasons had not been able to attract funding from other sources.

When Bishop Jeremiah Coffey established the trust in 1997, he saw major national charities raising millions of dollars in the region at the time, but little money was finding its way back to fund grassroots programs here.

“He saw little value in duplicating the services of other charities already doing good work here, so he decided to create a charity to support other charities working in the region,” Ms Winter said.

“We provide the funding so they can put more of their endeavours into providing the various needs for families, rather than fundraising.”

Ms Winter said Trinity Families was a philanthropic trust, allocating earnings from its investments each year, and while it was a Catholic charity, it was there to serve all charities, no matter whether they had a religious affiliation or not.

Charities wishing to apply for funding are encouraged to download the fillable application form on the website www.trinityfamilies.org.au/sale-diocese/ application-form.html and send it back.

For more information, visit www.trinityfamilies.org. au or email trinity@sale.catholic.org.au

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ANYONE travelling by train will have noticed that there are a number of artworks in and around the Sale railway station, designed to enhance the welcome to the city.

This includes Aboriginal landscaping and the contribution of artworks from schools and other community groups.

The Sale Stationeers Group invited RAAF Base, East Sale, an important member of the community since 1943, to join this noteworthy group with its own contribution.

Next time you are at the station, check out the board.

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Letters to the editor There’s a new dawn for life in the regions From Michael McCormack, Deputy Prime Minister and federal leader of the Nationals: REGIONAL Australia is the best place to live, work, invest and raise a family.

Some 65,000 more people moved to regional Australia from capital cities than conversely, according to a Regional Australia Institute report between 2011 and 2016.

If COVID-19 has proven anything, it’s that you can work from anywhere.

Why shouldn’t that number grow even further?

Corporate workers, public servants, accountants, lawyers, engineers, architects — you name it — if you work in an office, do you really need to be in the office?

If you’re on the hunt for a good job with a decent wage, why should you miss out because you live in Bairnsdale, Hamilton or Echuca?

Why should where you live-limit your career?

Why should you earn less because you choose to live in regional Australia?

Your postcode should never determine your potential.

If you grew up in the country and moved to the city for your dream job, this is your chance to come home.

Don’t quit your job.

Bring it with you.

If you live in Corryong or Mildura but the job you want is in Melbourne, apply for it anyway.

Ask about working remotely.

It’s up to bosses to think outside the box and make it work.

Talented employees aren’t just in big cities — they can be found all over regional Australia.

During COVID-19, almost all of my meetings have been held via Zoom and video conferencing.

It’s what most Australians are doing, and it’s working.

Under the federal Liberal and Nationals government, more public investment is going into regional communications infrastructure than ever.

Since 2013, we’ve invested in 1229 new mobile base stations across the nation which are significantly improving connectivity and safety for rural, regional and remote communities.

The NBN is now available to more than 97 per cent of the country.

Thanks to the early prioritisation of the rollout in regional areas, the digital divide between the city and the bush is rapidly shrinking.

In the country capitals you can buy a large home with a big backyard and get to work in

www.gippslandtimes.com.au less than 10 minutes for the same price as a one-bedroom unit in a capital city.

You never sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic and have a good work-life balance.

Importantly, our regional centres are big enough to get a good cup of coffee, but small enough to care.

Regional Australia ain’t broke.

Its best years are still ahead of it.

The potential is endless.

Recovery must take into account climate change From Gail Noble, Maffra: WE witnessed swift and co-operative actions from all levels and sides of government in accepting the advice of experts to deal with the public health crisis as it unfolded.

Now begins the economic recovery, and the federal government has released a Technology Investment Road Map to shape this recovery.

An expert panel was formed to offer advice on what this road map could look like.

Both the chair and special adviser of this panel hold lead international positions in oil and gas companies.

The advice of vested interests will see Australia go down a particular path with yet another fossil fuel (this time it is gas), thereby missing an opportunity to listen to the wealth of experts in this country who could lead us down a different path of recovery.

Yes, the economy needs rebuilding — but not in the old way.

The climate crisis exists alongside the health situation that we will be dealing with for quite a while.

Unlike the rapid appearance of the virus, which required swift action, we have known for decades that the issue of global warming must be faced, and it is wishful thinking to believe it will simply go away.

The warming of our planet by carbon-emitting industries and practices requires deliberate policies that will take us forward into a cleaner and safer future.

New and imaginative thinking is required for the challenges that simply must be faced and should no longer be postponed.

Australia’s economic recovery could be built on a transition to cleaner industries and at the same time create new jobs and technology innovation, strengthening our economy and addressing climate concerns simultaneously.

The Technology Investment Road Map lacks

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Challenged to do more on BLM issues

Everyone is equal and deserves to be heard

From Steve Baldwin, Sale: DURING this past week, I have benefitted immensely by reading and hearing many others’ thoughts and words and actions on the subject of race-based vilification.

My eyes have been opened more by the brilliant oratory of US author James Baldwin (I commend the SBS re-run of ‘I Am Not Your Negro’, Monday, June 22), as by the written words of our own sports writer Greg Baum in the Sunday Age June 28 — and others in between.

I have been challenged to do more.

We white people are lucky to have been born white, for we have claimed (nearly all) the world as ours.

We have no idea, no understanding at all, of what it is like to be black, or brown, or yellow, or anything in between.

From the moment those fellow Australians of ours walk out their front doors to when they get home, they wait — for some put-down, some sneering or blank look, some sniggering remark.

They wait, holding their breaths that they might be ‘profiled’ in going into or leaving a shop, or in using public transport, or in simply trying to engage, with me, by eye contact and hoping I will return their attempt, and not look away, with disdain.

Baum makes it oh, so clear that racism is out there nearly every day for our sports people, even for our ‘good guys’ like Eddie Betts, let alone our ‘villains (??)’, like Adam Goodes and Nicky Winmar.

Baum knows that the vilification does go on and on and on.

Baldwin has shown me that when I insist that anyone different to me must change to my culture, my way of thinking, my standards (whatever those standards are — and don’t we all really know they are not standard across all white Australians anyway), then “they shouldn’t be here” or “they’ll never be any different”.

He knows that I debase myself — and that by extension — my country debases itself, is causing harm to itself, by not giving recognition to the fact that whether it is by neglect, or by non-involvement, let alone direct hostility, when we remain tight-lipped, when we do not speak out and actually be anti-racist, we run the risk of degenerating into a total spiral of disrespect and distrust.

We have put our political leaders where they are.

We must care enough to remove them if they choose not to give us better example of what it takes to make us a truly multicultural country, indeed to be proud to be multicultural.

And all of us must share a willingness to speak up, to act as we can, when we witness acts of vilification or violence, be they verbal or physical.

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do believe they are better than another based on something they cannot change.

I do genuinely believe the progressives are trying to better society, but are inadvertently causing the problems they aim to defeat.

Political correctness, discrimination, division and this victim narrative and mentality are all toxic traits in society that we need to abolish.

If someone makes fun of your culture, call them out, yes, but just fight fire with fire, make fun of their culture.

We need to focus on the real problems of society — the missed opportunities that are caused by socio-economic status — not by race, sexuality, or gender.

I often hear people complain that individuals often have ‘white privilege’ or ‘straight privilege’ but honestly, how much privilege does someone have, to complain about such trivial things?

We all need to unite together, as one

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THE race problem is born by the ‘left’ and seen to be portrayed by the ‘right’.

Politically, to be ‘left’ means to be progressive, compassionate, and caring and to be ‘right’ is seen to be careless, divisive, and selfish.

However, this sweeping spurious generalisation generally painted by the left is the root cause of the divisiveness we see in society and around the world today.

If we stopped with the ‘progressive’ identity politics, no one would be separated by their race, sexuality, gender identity and so on (things that we are born with and simply cannot be changed), we would all just be humans — where would discrimination have room to fit in?

If we are to really progress as a society, we need to stop worrying over people’s race, culture and heritage.

We need to share our experiences and cultures without the worry of cultural appropriation because with the sharing of our experience, where would the division and discrimination fit in?

I believe, the way forward is together, as one, not as an ally to the LGBT community, or a supporter of BLM, but as humans together; working together as one, to rid the world of true discrimination and those individuals who truly

I REMAIN dismayed by the apologist and dismissive attitudes of some in our community in regards to our colonial history.

“What else were the early white settlers supposed to do?”, some ask, “It was all part of a Black War”, others say.

We are better than that.

We must collectively convince ourselves that what might feel impossible is possible.

We must believe that all experiences are equal and deserve to be heard.

I want to feel optimistic that I live in a community that feels able to face all parts of its past — to speak of them honestly because to speak the truth is to begin to heal.

Can you be part of bridging the divide rather than deepening it?

We need to stand together and live by the idea: no segment of our community is, or was, above another.

But it seems clear that many still feel this way when they offer excuses for the brutal, divisive and overwhelmingly damaging actions perpetrated against First Nations people.

A variety of food would be welcome at market From Andrew Green, Longford: THIS letter follows up on the proposal from Sale Charity Sunday Variety Market organisers for a permanent food shelter from council.

This would be a fantastic idea, however if something like this was to be considered council and organisers really need to consider changing their rules in regards to allowing other food sellers to sell food at the variety market.

There could be specialist food vans including Asian, Indian, gourmet pizzas, coffee and lamb, to name a few.

There are people from different races and religions who eat different types of foods — meat eaters, vegans, vegetarians, and the list goes on.

I would say if council was considering a permanent food shelter at the market, it not be restricted to just the current food offered, but to accommodate a variety of food holders.

Barriers ‘worthwhile’ and do save lives From Louise Davis, Sale: WHEN I saw the report (Gippsland Times June 23), I felt a surge of satisfaction.

Those steel rope barriers sometimes feel like they are crowding in on me.

Here, I thought, is the evidence that might lead to their removal, or replacement giving drivers more space.

So, I read on.

As it turned out, the headline ‘Botched Barrier Job’ , followed closely by ‘damning audit report’ totally misrepresented the situation.

Any fair reading of the Auditor-General’s report would clearly underline the fact that the barriers actually save lives.

The only question is whether the fatalities where these barriers are in place have been reduced by 46.5 per cent or 85 per cent.

The emotive language continued through the report , with the use of expressions such as “disaster” and “deeply flawed”.

Your report is an object lesson in how an essentially positive report can be completely misconstrued and distorted.

It suggests that you have an agenda which cannot differentiate between facts and what you might have preferred to believe.

On reading the evidence, the only conclusion is that the barriers save lives.

I, for one, am convinced that they are worthwhile and should be supported.

Surely saving lives by 46.5 per cent is a good news story and deserving of a positive response.

If your reports could be a little more openminded and look at the facts, your readership would be much better informed.

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Letters to the editor From Elizabeth Balderstone, Warrigal Creek: MY family and I are the current custodians of the site of the Warrigal Creek Massacre.

Like many other Wellington Shire residents we are deeply disappointed by the result of the council vote on the removal of the two McMillan cairns.

If we feel such sadness and emptiness, I cannot begin to imagine how this outcome must have felt and feel for Grattan Mullet and Rob Hudson — who both spoke to the meeting on behalf of the Gunaikurnai — and other proud First Nation people.

As I expressed to councillors the following day, I had hoped so much that we as a community might have stood tall in this act of reconciliation, and shown a willingness to join hands in this world we are facing and shaping today.

I first visited Warrigal Creek in 1974 — about the time the site was listed on the Register of the National Estate.

The tragedy of the 1843 massacre and various interpretations of the exact events surrounding that time have long been acknowledged locally, as well as written about extensively.

Whether or not Angus McMillan definitely was at Warrigal Creek at the time of this massacre will likely never be known, but his celebrated leadership in Gippsland in those early decades of European settlement inevitably links him with conflict, and decimation of the First Nation population, as was recognised by the Australian Electoral Commission two years ago.

For many years, our local Yarram Yarram Cultural Group has collaborated and exchanged ideas with Gunaikurnai representatives considering ways to recognise the full truth of early European settlement in our district, as well as learning more about local Indigenous culture and traditional knowledge.

More recently, Reconciliation Wellington has established and grown significantly in membership.

I do not disagree with much of what is said in the article by the Wellington Heritage Group (Gippsland Times 23/6) — the last thing we ought to attempt is the rewriting of history.

I used to consider that additional plaques or added information next to the McMillan cairns may be an adequate solution, but almost 100 years on from their erection, it seems time to remove these cairns from their prominent positions and take away such a hurtful ‘celebration’ of Gippsland’s early European settlement.

Perhaps some of the cairns may be preserved (or reconstructed) in more appropriate environments such as local museums.

They now in fact themselves can symbolise history as Australia faces its past with greater honesty and strengthens its self-awareness as a nation.

We have invited shire councillors — together or as individuals — to come to Warrigal Creek and sit quietly near the bend of the creek here and really contemplate what took place about July 1843, and our shared history more broadly.

I encouraged each of them to watch the Warrigal Creek Massacre documentary film produced by Swinburne University academics and students three years ago, and since watched by large audiences throughout Gippsland and across Victoria.

We all — right now — have the chance to play a part in acknowledging the whole truth of Gippsland’s early European settlement, and in partnership with the Traditional Owners of our region, tell this story from all perspectives and celebrate our rich and beautiful Gippsland — especially at that significant corner in Sale.

I hope our Wellington Shire community continues the conversation with open minds, swiftly and positively towards this end.

McMillan was not a man to be admired From Stephen Dwyer, Newry: I’M writing in response to the numerous letters regarding Angus McMillan — who supposedly discovered Gippsland.

Of course, this is nonsense.

The Aboriginals lived here for 30,000 years.

They met with other clans, specially at the annual feast of Bogong Moth corroborees.

McMillan, through the local Aboriginals of the Monaro, decided to come and find the place where “the wild blacks” lived (now Warragul).

According to Monaro Aboriginal legend, Gerry Gibber and Johnny Cabbone were forced at gunpoint to show him the way into the Kurnai territory.

According to the Monaro tribes, Gibber was never seen again.

Many link McMillan with the Highland Brigade, which cut a swathe through the local Gurnaikurnai.

Whether he was in charge or even there seems to be in some doubt, but the Highland Brigade was of Scottish settlers, most of whom were brought to the region by McMillan.

Its existence was kept secret.

Henry Merrick was writing home often to his family in England — he landed at Port Welshpool and came across to Licola with sheep, but went bust and ended up at Maffra, then

Flooding Creek.

From these four areas, he noted “what motivates the settlers to kill women and children”, and in another letter “I have witnessed some 450 killings of blacks”.

Our attention should however be on matters closer to home.

The ‘native police’, based at Narre Warren in 1844, chose to set up, of all places, at Green Hills — the present site of Maffra.

Why Green Hills?

At the time, the police set up between the only four buildings in central Gippsland — Powerscourt, Boisdale, Bushy Park and Mewburn Park.

Surely, it was in response to the massacre that took place on the small hill at what is now the corner of Gibney and Princess Sts, Maffra.

This massacre’s authenticity is passed on not only through Gurnaikurnai legend, but old farming family history in our area.

Folklore says their bodies lay in the meander of the river where The Crescent street runs.

Another massacre was to take place at the vacant lot between our present police station and the John Deer Dealership.

Our folklore says “their bodies were thrown in the river, and the river ran red”.

It would be inconceivable that the leader of the area, McMillan, was not involved.

The first pastor to come to Gippsland, Reverend Login, passed through ‘Maffra Sheep Fold’ (now Newry) in the 1850s, and stayed with McMillan at Bushy Park.

He noted McMillan always carried his gun, and that the Kurnai knew that any misdemeanours would result in severe retribution.

He fails to mention what the retribution was.

Perhaps more damning of McMillan is the legend passed down through many old farming families, which alleges McMillan would feed the natives scones, then after numerous families arrived for the tucker he would lace the scones with arsenic.

If true, this would put him into a new realm — that of a perpetrator of crimes against humanity.

Sadly, dead men tell no tales, but there may well have been a witness.

McMillan and his doctor Arbuckle brought in a local young Aboriginal girl who had been “orphaned”.

She was half-caste and she lived with them, until she escaped as a young lady and made her way to Ramahyuck Aboriginal Reserve.

Her name was Louise, and she took the family name of Dr Arbuckle.

She had spent all her life at McMillan’s residence Bushy Park, and when she reached Ramahyuck, she fell in love and married Nathanial Pepper.

Theirs is the only tombstone still standing at the Ramahyuck cemetery.

She recited her tale and her people’s tale to her descendants, alleging the Indigenous were hunted, poisoned, shot, left wounded, hanged, drowned and flogged.

McMillan, at the end of his days, was no legend amongst his peers.

He spent his last years bankrupt.

His last weeks were mostly spent at the Colonial Club Hotel, Sale, propped up against the bar and sleeping in the quarters at the rear.

This is how he should be remembered.

Consultation may have been worthwhile From Kevin O’Donnell, Chelsea: I READ with interest the letters to the editor (Gippsland Times 23/5), following the Wellington Shire vote against removal of the McMillan cairns.

It was interesting that the letters from your correspondents seemed fairly equally divided on the issue.

It would probably have been preferable for those in favour of the removal of the cairns to have had a discussion in the community before putting it to a vote.

Community consultation on such a significant issue is always worthwhile.

Some of your correspondents have sought to justify their opposition to the proposal using a number of ‘tried and trusted’ arguments.

These need to be more closely examined: 1. The McMillan monuments form part of Gippsland’s history. Indeed they do, but surely the test is ‘is it a history to celebrate?’ Given the mass slaughter of indigenous people, my answer is ‘No!’ 2. The proposal is a cause of division. This argument is often used to justify oppression and denial of human rights. With goodwill, the proposal can instead be an opportunity to foster reconciliation.

3. It’s driving a wedge between black and white. Well, if you truly believe this, I invite you to look in a mirror near you. You might see who is holding the wedge. The way to remove the wedge is to treat Indigenous people the same way you’d like to be treated.

4. Both sides of the story need to be told.

Indeed they do. For generations, we were fed the white man’s version of history. The indigenous people were falsely reported as savages, subhuman, cannibals, nomads, lacking organisation and lacking any kind of culture. We now know that every single one of those descriptions was wrong. So, yes, allow their history to be told.

So, let there be a sensible, civil discussion.

It just might result in the issue coming before council again.

If so, it might well have enough community support to get through.

Call to return bronzes to display at The Wedge

We need to face up to our local history

THE latest controversy is centred around the bas-relief bronzes of historic prominent Gippslanders.

Crafted by renowned wildlife artist Annemieke Mein, they were displayed and since removed, without notice, from the foyer of The Wedge Performing Arts Centre.

Even worse, the bronzes have been moved into permanent storage out of sight of the public — an appalling decision and affront to our most gifted artist.

The bronzes depict explorer Alfred William Howitt, singer Ada Crossley, writer Mary Grant Bruce, politician Alan McLean, pastoralist and explorer Angus McMillan and businessman Nehemiah Guthridge.

Controversy surrounds the story of Angus McMillan, some of which is dreadful but cannot be altered. It is history.

At best we can only regret it happened.

Meanwhile, let us replace five of these bronzes, if not all six, back in their rightful position at The Wedge.

Then justice will be done.

From Bronwyn Barbetti, Sale: OVER the past two weeks I have read with sadness the letters against the removal of cairns that recognise Angus McMillan as the heroic explorer of Gippsland.

Most of the authors reveal their considerable white privilege in arguing that “all lives matter” or arguing that history should not be rewritten, and we should all just “move on”.

This approach completely undermines the work for reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and nonIndigenous Australians — which is centred on strengthening relationships.

My understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement is a commitment to listening, which seems particularly relevant for our own context given the Indigenous tradition of oral histories.

Many of the voices in support of keeping the cairns argue for the preservation of history, but the cairns only tell half the story.

True unity and reconciliation demand historical acceptance, which is driven by education.

How many school groups have visited Victoria Park to view McMillan glorified in sculpture and to recognise his achievements and contributions to our civilisation?

We should not make his mistakes and disregard that of the civilisation that was already established here.

Reconciliation does not mean saying sorry and moving on.

It is a continual process of education and if that process reveals a more complete picture of history (however abhorrent), then by all means we should face up to it — even if it means altering or removing monuments.

As for renaming streets and towns: the McMillan electorate has already been renamed and I do not believe anyone from the community has greatly suffered, yet local Indigenous people no longer have to vote in an electorate named after a man who led massacres against their ancestors.

From Chas Shepherd, Sale (former mayor):

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The story will continue for local bookshop under new owners

A LOCAL couple is embarking on a new chapter, taking over Collins Booksellers, Sale.

It was initially feared the bookshop, which has been operating in Sale for more than 30 years, would close after long-time proprietors Liz and Trevor Watt decided to launch into a well-earned retirement after 27 years in the store.

But now Natasha and Daryl Hunt have taken over the reins — and they’re brimming with enthusiasm.

“Daryl saw the ad and I made the call the next day — and then COVID hit,” Natasha said.

The pandemic has held everything up, but the wait has been worth it, with the transfer finally made on July 1.

“It’s a dream job — we’ve always talked about it, but never thought it would happen,” Natasha said.

“We looked at it a couple of years ago, but the timing was wrong as we had too much happening.

“When it came up this time it all fell into place.”

Natasha has always been a voracious consumer of books.

“Reading and writing is a lifetime passion,” she said.

In a sense, she has come full circle — Natasha worked in the store straight out of school at the age of 18 when well-known local couple Jim and Jan Pennell ran it.

Later on, she served her cadetship and worked as a journalist with the Gippsland Times under her maiden name, Natasha Jones.

Life then took twists and turns with children, and jobs in training and development.

This has meant working away in Traralgon and Bairnsdale, but having been back in the Sale area for five years, Natasha and Daryl are keen to cement their place here.

“Fancy getting out of bed every day and being able to spend my whole day around books, authors, publishers and people interested in books?” Natasha said.

“It’s a dream.

“We’re not going anywhere now.”

Daryl will be making appearances in the store between his shift work in the Latrobe Valley and working on their farm on the outskirts of Sale.

Natasha says he will also come in handy when it comes to advice on DIY books, including those with a gardening, beekeeping and self-sufficiency focus.

The Collins franchise will stay.

“I’m not going to go and fix something that’s not broken,” Natasha said.

“The shop is really successful and has a lovely feel about it.”

However, some tweaks are planned, like click and collect, and stronger social media and website presences.

“Certainly next year, we’ll also be hoping to host a range of events, including visiting authors,” Natasha said.

The book store already has a good relationship with Wellington Shire Council, The Wedge and library and the local school communities.

“We want to build on that arts, culture, literary space,” Natasha said.

Another focus will be children, and inspired by their five grandchildren, Natasha wants to introduce story time for little ones.

“I want kids involved in reading — it’s so important,” she said.

Long-time bookshop employee Jayne Weatherley, who Natasha went to school with, will also return.

“She has been an institution in the store,” Natasha said.

“I’m thrilled she’s back.”

Outgoing owners Liz and Trevor Watt said the store was in good hands as they passed on the baton to the Hunts.

New Collins Booksellers, Sale, owners Daryl and Natasha Hunt (front) are excited to take over from long-time owners Liz and Trevor Watt.

Reflecting on nearly three decades of service to the Sale community Ms Watt, said one of the biggest thrills was seeing children come into the store to pick out their favourite books.

“Seeing the children over all those years, that have come through, the reluctant readers that we’ve turned into readers and just sharing the families that have been our customers has been just wonderful,” she said.

The store has also hosted a number of prominent authors, including Don Watson, Toni Jordan, Peter FitzSimons and Graeme Simsion.

“Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosey Project — we probably did his first big event when that came out and it was a really fun

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night,” Liz said.

Naturally, the bookshop has also been a hive of activity when popular new releases are on the horizon, with people lining the streets to grab a copy.

“John Marsden’s Tomorrow series books have been popular and, of course, the Harry Potter books as well,” Liz said.

“When the Harry Potter books came out, because it was a worldwide release, we had street parties and Darren McCubbin was the town crier campaigning up and down the street.”

Liz and Trevor said they were looking forward to travelling and spending time with their grandchildren in retirement.

Brunswick Street College seeks former residents

BRUNSWICK Street College is set to celebrate 20 years, and is searching for former residents, including those from Sale.

Many early records are lost, and the college needs to try and find the 250 or so former residents to send them invitations to the celebration.

The college is discovering there are marriages and babies and friendships that have been formed for life during the time it has been around.

The college is a residence for country students studying at university in Melbourne.

It was founded with the intention of looking after rural students leaving home for the first time and needing somewhere to stay while they studied.

The model for a ‘college’ is halfway between living at a traditional university college and living in a share house.

It is often difficult for country students to go to Melbourne and find friends from the 40,000 or so students who attend each university.

Often their lives are still centred on the area they grew up in, and they go back there on Friday nights and return on Monday mornings, so they are not getting the full experience of living in Melbourne.

The college helps bridge the gap.

Brunswick Street College has six terrace houses in or near Fitzroy where students live.

They are furnished, the utilities and internet are paid, and there are meals at a local restaurant on weeknights.

Assistance from house tutors is offered (usually young recent graduates), and there are speakers, dinners, a ball, an orientation program and a café.

The college’s model as a not-for-profit organisation, means that fees are about half those in the traditional university colleges, and are comparable to simple renting.

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Letters to the editor Those with power must be held to account From Bronwyn Hillbrich and John Burnett, Bundalaguah: THE symbolism of the Angus McMillan cairns implies community approval and hearty endorsement of self interest trumping basic humane principle — a grave failing that is still around today.

It’s in individuals who perpetrate domestic violence, and others engaging in daily sexual harassment and child abuse, sometimes on industrial scale.

It’s also in groups like our political parties who persecute asylum seekers, whistle-blowers and Centrelink recipients on our behalf, after making decisions to do so behind closed doors.

Yet we just keep voting for them regardless, endorsing their behaviour, as if they are as innocuous as a local football team.

Then there are large companies whose collective wisdom fails so miserably in favour of self-interest.

Annulling the tacit approval of McMillan’s actions is easy.

One suggestion is to remove the plaques, change the profile of the cairns and soften them with cascades of ground covers or art works to the same effect.

A nod to the human penchant for piling up rocks in prominent places.

Remember when domestic violence was acceptable, as long as it was behind closed doors?

A ‘domestic’ was what the local police called it.

It took Rosie Batty just to start the conversation about whether it was a problem or not.

Then we had the #MeToo movement, trying to open our communities’ eyes to what was known to be happening in countless workplaces, but was OK, as long as we weren’t confronted by it, didn’t have to do more than smirk at the audacity of the predators.

Child abuse, which can be everywhere that children are, is enabled by colleagues and those in authority, who sometimes know the paedophiles, then decide that the good they do outweighs the evil.

Removing our approval for political parties’ decisions might require the banning of all corporate donations to their coffers, immediate, open declaration of all donations, and a demand for them to be as accountable as any shire council to the people they ‘serve’.

No lobbyist communication should be done in secret.

Companies who flout their most basic duty to humanity and the environment deserve to lose all face, their boards sacked and fined, not given approval by us all looking away and sighing, because they met their ‘legal requirements’, but not their moral obligations.

www.gippslandtimes.com.au According to the artist at the time, the outline of human skulls is shown on his leather saddle bag as a reference “to the loss of our Gippsland Aboriginal tribes and a symbol of the harshness of the times.”

Ahead of her time in highlighting the involvement of McMillan in Aboriginal deaths, the artist is now subject to people wanting to ban her work for her brave initiative.

We need to present history to help people understand the true status: that members of an Indigenous group jointly ‘owned’ their locality and shared the animals, birds, fish and plants as a food resource, and ‘managed’ the land to ensure its productivity.

Obviously this was a complete contrast to the permanent homes and fenced properties to which the Europeans were accustomed.

With many settlers owning land for the first time — an unlikely scenario if they had remained in Great Britain — the scene was set for conflict.

While some like Meyrick lived relatively peacefully, others obviously saw the need for more pro-active protection of their property, using poisoned flour, hot coals and other deterrents to keep the Indigenous people away, and resorting to attacks at the slightest perceived provocation.

For their part, the Aborigines saw the stock and other items as a replacement for the native wildlife being driven off the land by settlers.

And so we have the Black Wars or Frontier war for survival on both sides.

We believe the cairns should now recognise everyone involved in the early expeditions which created trade routes and settlement, particularly acknowledging that the group was shown the way by indigenous guides (Jemmy Gibber and others) These prominent sites should be used by the First Nations people to also tell the story of their lifestyle.

The cairns were funded and developed by local committees — their story should also be preserved.

The debate has prompted renewed research into McMillan and we hope the Aboriginal community will share their knowledge with us to help improve understanding as a positive step towards healing and greater unification.

The basis of reconciliation is truth telling, understanding and tolerance.

We have to go through more than just tearing down monuments to bring true reconciliation to Gippsland.

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A CRISIS OUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR VIOLENCE IN HERE. THERE'S NO PLACE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Response to Peter Gardner about cairns From Wellington Shire Heritage Network: WELLINGTON Shire Heritage Network has never denied that Gippsland’s original inhabitants were treated abysmally by early European settlers.

And we certainly acknowledge the role Peter Gardner has played in highlighting the many atrocities inflicted by those settlers.

What we do question is how allocating all the blame for this to one person and removing the expedition cairns is going to improve peoples’ understanding of events and advance reconciliation.

Others are named in some records, and initially Macalister was given credit for opening up the area for settlement (Tyers, 1844).

While McMillan sought recognition for his role in the expedition, this does not equate to a ‘claim to leadership’ and he was not particularly successful in most of his endeavours.

We certainly don’t endorse the Windschuttle theory that settlement was benign and peaceful.

As we have said, we believe the answer is to modify the cairns, recognise all participants and add information about the First Nations peoples.

As Gardner’s response enforces, there is no proof of the involvement or leadership of McMillan or anyone else: just probabilities and possibilities.

We are certainly aware of the consequences of the Myall Creek massacre and why there are no firsthand accounts of Gippsland events.

We are also aware of other sources, including Henry Meyrick’s protests over the ‘hunting’ of Indigenous people.

Meyrick of course, also said “For myself, if I caught a black actually killing my sheep, I would shoot him with as little remorse as I would a wild dog.”

This is not meant as ‘selective’ quoting, but to illustrate the ownership the European settlers felt for their land and stock — quite the opposite of the Indigenous approach.

The debate continues to escalate — like the discussion of McMillan allegedly ‘keeping Aboriginal skulls in a hessian bag’.

Wikipedia quotes this myth with a reference to an article which mentions a sculpture illustrating this.

It appears the subtle artistic device employed by Annemieke Mein in her bronze of McMillan has taken on its own interpretation.

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Trialling innovative cropping AN innovative approach to multi-species cropping could provide farmers with a future income stream, store carbon in the soil, improve pasture production and help prevent wind-blown soil erosion, as happened in Giffard and Seaspray during March 2019.

The Yarram Yarram Landcare Network has begun trials of multi-species cover cropping at three properties near Woodside and Seaspray, using funding from the National Landcare Smart Farms Small Grants program.

YYLN facilitator Scott Elliott said the practice of multi-species planting went back to Roman times, with ground cover crops planted between grape vines or rows of olive trees, but this trial was the first to investigate its use in sequestering carbon in the soil in a low rainfall pasture-grazing context.

“As part of our multi-species trial project we are sowing a mix of tillage radish, peas, ryegrass, brassica, chicory and clover to assess what benefits this could provide to soil health,” he said.

“These are not species that are widely used in grazing or pasture.”

Sowing is being undertaken using the Soilkee Renovator invented by west Gippsland farmer Neils Olsen.

Mr Elliott said the renovator helped activate the soil’s biological activity, improved moisture absorption, and allowed bacteria and useful fungi development.

He said in high rainfall environments, the technique had been responsible for a 50 to 100 per cent increase in pasture production.

YYLN hopes the trials demonstrate the benefits that may be obtainable on the coastal plain, with an average rainfall below 600mm, working with Healthy Farming Systems agronomist Jade Killoran in assessing soil properties.

“Maintaining ground cover to prevent soil erosion is a key aspect to the project, as well as monitoring

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THE Friends of Sale Botanic Gardens has resumed regular gardening days with restrictions, enjoying the glorious sunshine for a winter cutback in the summer walk last week.

The group will work in the herb garden during the next couple of months.

Gardening days are held on the second Thursday of each month from 10am.

Anyone interested is invited to join the group for gardening.

Winter gardening days will be held on Thursday, and August 13.

The Friends also provide free guided tours from 10am. Phone Tracey on 5142 3237 to make a booking or Heather 0413 919 537 for more information.

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soil samples for nutrient, carbon and soil biological activity,” Mr Elliott said.

Members of the Woodside and Merriman Creek Landcare Groups held an impromptu field day recently to find out how this age-old technique may benefit their own operations, taking keen interest in the differences between the Soilkee and a conventional air seeder.

The Soilkee Renovator combines cultivation, mulching, aeration and mixed species seeding to improve grazing systems and build soil carbon in one pass rather than just injecting seed into the soil.

Soilkee inventor Neils Olsen was the first Australian farmer to be issued soil carbon credits, which contribute towards Australia’s national target under the Paris Agreement, and the first soil carbon credits worldwide to be eligible under the agreement.

According to Mr Olsen’s website, auditing of the soil’s uptake of carbon can lead to,“earning soil carbon credits as an extra income stream, incentivises and rewards farmers for increasing soil fertility, water infiltration and nutrient availability, in turn causing a sustainable increase in production, biodiversity and vitality in the landscapes, within and beyond agricultural boundaries.”

The website states “empowering farmers to build soil carbon, improving and maintaining soils as a renewable resource with the outcome of increased yields and a healthy farming system is now a reality. Soil carbon sequestration is a great foundation to build a sound future for agriculture and a healthy planet.”

Mr Elliott said the YYLN project would return to the trial sites after two rounds of multi-species planting and cropping to assess the measurable benefits.

He hoped the YYLN trial would encourage other groups to trial the techniques in their areas.

History rooms reopen in Rosedale on Sunday

THE Rosedale and District Historical Society rooms will open this Sunday for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown.

The rooms will be open from noon for a barbecue and the society’s annual meeting.

A $10 donation towards the cost of food for the barbecue would be welcome.

The opening will be in accordance with current government health regulations and the use of sanitiser provided by the society will be

mandatory.

The society will maintain 1.5 metre social distancing with at least a four square metre space per person and a maximum of 20 people being able to be in the rooms at one time.

Subject to future government regulation changes, the society hopes to open every Tuesday between 10am and noon and the second Sunday of the month between 1.30pm and 4pm.

New members are welcome. For more information and bookings, phone Marion on 0432 579 757 or visit the society’s Facebook page.

Walking group outings

BEN Cruachan Walking Club will board the Rubeena tomorrow, and cruise along Sale Canal to the famous Swing Bridge.

The group will watch the bridge open to allow boats to pass, before a walking tour of Sale’s historic buildings, led by knowledgeable local historian Val Walker.

On Saturday, there will be a visit to the Mitchell River National Park for the Roaring Mag Falls walk, in the secluded eastern escarpment.

The group will explore Tyers Gorge and Peterson’s Lookout, perched above the Tyers River, on July 25.

All walkers can visit www.bencruachanwalkingclub. com for more information.

Visitors are welcome, but all walkers need to book with the walk’s leader before the day.

There are a few additional walks available in July, as well as a calendar for the year’s rambles.

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ELL maintained inside and out, this substantial family home is in a sought-after, family-friendly area, according to agents.

The home boasts three separate living areas, with its hub being the large open plan living space, which includes the wellequipped kitchen.

The kitchen has plenty of bench space and storage, a gas cooktop, an electric oven and a dishwasher.

The adjoining meals area leads out to an undercover outdoor area through a glass sliding door, and the substantial family room has plenty of space for the family to relax.

Double doors lead through to the study.

At the front of the home, there is another large living space, and there is also a separate home theatre room.

The generously-sized main bedroom has a walk-in robe and ensuite with double vanity.

Brief details: Property: Four bedroom, two bathroom, three living home in sought-after part of Sale.

Address: 19 Mark Avenue, Sale.

Price: $479,000.

Agent: Wellington Real Estate. Phone Tony Kiss on 0419 526 637.

Three other bedrooms have built-in robes, and are near the family bathroom with separate bath.

There is also central gas ducted heating, reverse cycle air conditioning and new carpet throughout.

Outside, there are low maintenance gardens, double gate access to the backyard, a garden shed, external window awnings and a segregated backyard.

Agents say the home would be ideal for a family who requires plenty of space.

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NE of Sale’s most admired homes, The Willows offers plenty of features to “satisfy every member of the family�, agents say.

The beautifully-established grounds, spread over 5271 square metres, have uninterrupted rural views which cannot be built out.

There are five bedrooms, three bathrooms, an executive study, a formal lounge room with an open-fire, a family room, formal dining room, a stunning master bedroom suite with eye-catching ensuite and huge parents’ retreat (or alternative living space), a detached rumpus room with bathroom (ideal teenagers retreat, guests room or granny flat) and a superb timber kitchen with tranquil views to the gardens.

Other features include ducted central heating, a ducted vacuum system, quality fixtures, fittings and soft furnishings

Brief details: Property: Five bedroom, three bathroom home on more than an acre of established gardens.

Address: 55-63 Somerton Park Rd, Sale.

Price: $740,000.

Agent: John Elliman Real Estate.

Phone 5143 1199 or 0418 517 032.

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Outside, there is a salt water in-ground pool, various outdoor entertainment areas, an orchard and chook pen, storage areas, access to parking areas for extra vehicles (such as caravans), and a large double garage.

Agents say this is a living in town, out of town experience like no other.

* Titles now available * All services * 750sqm * 20 metre frontage * Example only – Conditions apply: Lot 10 Frith Street Wurruk House package $228,000 Cost of land $89,000 Less Aust Govt Incentive $25,000 Less State Govt Incentive $20,000 Total $272,000

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Property: Near new four bedroom home with stylish appointments.

Address: 7 Mitchell Rd, Stratford.

Price: $415,000.

Agent: Country Road Real Estate.

Phone 5141 1026.

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There are four bedrooms, two bathrooms and three living areas.

The open plan hub has the kitchen dining and family rooms adjoined by a media or lounge room and childrens’ playroom.

The kitchen includes upgraded 900mm oven and hotplates, a double door dishwasher, marble-look laminex, a large island bench and walk-in pantry.

The hub has views out to the backyard and entertainment areas.

The master bedroom is a real feature, with pendant lights, his-and-hers walk-in robe, and an ensuite with a large shower and a

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The three remaining bedrooms have built-in robes and are near another stylish bathroom also with floating vanity, shower and bath.

Both bathrooms have matte black tapware, and both showers include shower heads and a hand shower as well.

The heating is taken care of with a gas ducted LPG system.

For car accommodation, there is a double garage with remote-entry door, and for the garden equipment, there is a shed in the backyard.

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This neat and tidy property has been improved recently to offer an appealing home, they add.

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The three bedrooms are carpeted and near the renovated bathroom with separate bath.

Brief details: Property: Three bedroom home near schools and shops that agents recommend for a first home buyer or investor.

Address: 75 Jackson Avenue, Sale.

Price: $220,000.

Agent: Wellington Real Estate. Phone Tony Kiss on 0419 526 637.

Other features include roller blinds, a modern colour palette and polished floorboards.

Outside, there is a low maintenance secure backyard and a double carport.

The property, near schools and shops, is currently tenanted until November 2020 with a good rental return, agents say.

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HIS three bedroom home is directly across the road from the golden sands and surf of the famous 90 Mile Beach.

Built by quality local builders, the 20-year-old house is set on a double sized block (1223 m2) and agents say it is in excellent condition and presentation throughout.

The home has three sizeable bedrooms (two with built-in robes), a functional kitchen with electric stove and pantry, a bathroom with a substantial shower, a separate laundry and a toilet.

The open plan design also features air conditioning and a moveable gas heater.

Other highlights include a solar power system, solar assisted gas hot water service, wide verandahs to the front and side, a tropical outdoor barbecue area, a seven by six metre double garage with an automatic door, a golf cart shed, garden shed and wood shed.

Agents say the property can be bought on a walk-in, walk-out basis if its intended use is a holiday home or short-term holiday rental.

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Address: 48-50 Shoreline Drive, Golden Beach.

Price: Estimated selling range of $370,000 to $407,000.

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141 Macarthur St Sale 13.3m x 36.6m ( 487 sq m ) includes old cottage ...................................................................................................... Going Going...

153 Pearson St Sale Corner block, 553 sqm, 20.16 x 27.41m ................................................................................................................................... $229,000

UNITS

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HOUSES

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4/291 York St Sale 2B/R, Car Space, tenanted, $160p/w ........................................................................................... $95,000 - $104,000 15/291 York St Sale 2B/R, Car Space, tenanted, $150p/w ........................................................................................... $95,000 - $104,000 9/95 Macalister St Sale 1B/R, car space, close to CBD, tenanted $150p/w .................................................................. $110,000 - $120,000 1/10 Rolland St Sale 1B/R, renovated, Car Port, tenanted $170p/w........................................................................................................ $115,000 - $125,000 7/39 Marley St Sale 1B/R, top floor, car space, tenanted $160p/w ....................................................................................Going Going...

3/16 Hickeys Rd Wurruk 2B/R. C/Port, tenanted $205p/w ................................................................................................. $155,000 - $170,000 6/4 Neil St Stratford 2 Bedrooms, garage, brand new, over 55s ................................................................................................. $210,000 13/11 Trood St Sale 2B/R, C/Port, renovated kitchen, rear deck, solar panels ....................................................... $218,000 - $239,000 4/17 Prince St Wurruk Modern 2B/R Villa, C/Port, tenanted $250p/w ........................................................................... $220,000 - $240,000 2/21 Topping St Sale 3B/R, Garage, tenanted $260p/w ............................................................................................... $260,000 - $285,000 3/131 Cunninghame St Sale 2B/R villa, close to CBD, C/Port, private, tenanted $255p/w ................................................................... $265,000 - $290,000

Multi-lease commercial property Property: Commercial premises including two retail spaces and a residential space currently grossing $32,500 per annum.

Address: 20-22 Foster St, Maffra.

Price: $450,000.

Agent: Country Road Real Estate. Phone 5141 1026

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3B/R, Dbl C/Port, 829sqm block........................................................................................................................ SOLD 2B/R conite home, C/Port, tenanted $150p/w ................................................................................................. SOLD 3B/R fibro, C/Port ....................................................................................................................... $190,000 - $205,000 Duplex, 2 x 2B/R brick flats, $345p/w. .............................................................................................................. SOLD 3B/r, renovators delight, superb location ........................................................................................................ SOLD 3-4 B/R, Dbl C/Port, super location, tenanted $255p/w .................................................................................. SOLD 3B/r, nicely renovated, close to schools, big shed, C/Port...............................................................Going Going...

2B/R Home, 1B/R Cottage, Huge Shed ..............................................................................................Going Going...

4B/R, ensuite, Dbl Garage, great location. ...................................................................................................... SOLD 3B/R, Study, en-suite Dbl Garage, 805 sqm ..................................................................................................... SOLD 3B/R, Garage, triple C/Port tenanted $300p/w......................................................................... $330,000 - $350,000 3B/R, superbly renovated, C/Port, close to CBD ........................................................................................ $395,000 4B/R, Ensuite, Dbl Garage, 14m x 7m shed. .....................................................................................Going Going...

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227 Inverbroom Rd Stratford 5B/R house (needs work) 1ha ( 2.5 acres ) 27mx 8m shed, garage, C/Port, 5m x 3m garden shed ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... $285,000 - $300,000 676B Princes Highway Montgomery Established cattery with 4B/R brick home on 2acres ( approx. ) ........................................... $540,000 - $590,000 1990 Tarra Valley Rd Tarra Valley Triple Occupancy, 2 Ha (5 Acres), Air BNB............................................................................... $599,000 - $658,000 33 Boundary Creek Rd Longford Magnificent 4B/R, study, ensuite home with brilliant shedding and horse stables, 2ha ( 5 acres ) ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... $700,000 - $770,000

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426 Shoreline Drive Golden Beach Approx 2400sqm block, across the road from the beach.................................................................Going Going...

440, 444 & 448 Shoreline Drive Golden Beach Approx 2400sqm each block, across the road from the beach................ ...............Going Going...

23 Davies St Seaspray Vacant land 796sqm, Fenced two sides, rural outlook ............................................................................. $105,000 8 Ellen Eve Seaspray 2B/R, rumpus room, 659sq m block .......................................................................................... $190,000 - $209,000 71 Main Rd Seaspray 2B/R, 729sqm block, excellent tenant ....................................................................................... $220,000 - $230,000 17 Davies St Seaspray 3B/R, Garage, C/Port, fully furnished ................................................................................................................ $240,000 - $264,000 13 Panorama Drive Seaspray 3B/R, 4143sqm block, ocean glimpse, Garage......................................................................... $275,000 - $290,000 28-30 Astro Avenue Golden Beach 3B/R, Dbl C/Port, Close to shops and beach, 1199sqm block ............................................... $280,000 - $308,000 3-5 Maffra St The Honeysuckles 3B/R, Garage, 1345sqm block (approx.) .................................................................................. $285,000 - $313,000 3 Catton Street Seaspray Renovated 3B/R home on 1000sqm block close to beach......................................................................... $290,000 - $319,000 10 Buckley St Seaspray 4B/R, dual street frontage, close to surf club .......................................................................... $396,000 - $435,000 1 The Boulevard Loch Sport 3B/R, Dbl C/Port, Lake views, fully furnished........................................................................... $445,000 - $489,000

4/95 Macalister St Sale 18/291 York St Sale 5/16 Princes Hwy Sale 5 Ruff St Sale 5/17 Prince St Wurruk 17 Davies St Seaspray 169 Raglan St Sale 197 Stawell St Sale

1B/R, ground floor, car space, close to CBD............................................................................................... $170p/w 2B/R, Close to CBD, car space ..................................................................................................................... $180p/w 2B/R, C/Port, quiet location........................................................................................................................... $240p/w 3B/R brick, shed, close to schools............................................................................................................... $270p/w 2B/R, luxury, C/Port, Private back yard, quiet location ............................................................................... $290p/w Fully furnished, 3B/R, Garage, C/Port .......................................................................................................... $290p/w 3B/R, Dbl Garage............................................................................................................................................ $320p/w 2B/R, Spacious Villa Unit, Garage, great location....................................................................................... $330p/w

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The property has two titles, with rear access for the residence.

The residence has three bedrooms with an open plan living and kitchen, a functional bathroom and a sizeable backyard.

The agents say the property presents a solid investment opportunity, with a great location across from the Maffra Memorial Hall.

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AGRICULTURE Victoria is providing free technology audits and digital webinars this month to help farmers improve their digital literacy.

The 30-minute audit is conducted by phone, and will help farmers understand the technology they currently have on the farm and how to build on these to assist decision making during challenging times such as drought and dry seasonal conditions.

The results of the audit will be collated into a report for each farmer and will include a map of their property identifying key technologies which can be used as a guide for adding new technology.

To register for the audit, phone Andy Clark on 0436 804 656 or book a time at bit.ly/2VbBXBK Free digital literacy webinars will also help farmers to better understand the range of available connectivity, the Internet of Things, and how social and professional networks offer support to farmers in different ways.

The free digital literacy webinar series will be offered in July, each session will be held 1.30pm until 2.30pm. Those who need help registering should phone Gavin Beever on 0438 234 886.

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Record cattle prices face risks amid global pandemic

STRONG restocker demand, driven by a national cattle herd at quarter of a century lows and producers looking to rebuild in response to improved seasonal conditions, has seen the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator reach a record high of 772 cents per kilogram in mid-June.

While buying activity is expected to continue as long as it keeps raining, NAB Agribusiness economist Phin Ziebell has outlined substantial risks for the sustainability of cattle prices amid a global pandemic, in the latest NAB Rural Commodities Wrap.

Firstly, demand for Australian beef in three of Australia’s largest beef export markets (South Korea, Japan and China) is expected to remain subdued while the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

Processor capacity is also likely to be an ongoing wildcard if COVID-19 continues unchecked, particularly in Brazil and the US, with US domestic beef supply disrupted by outbreaks at processors.

Mr Ziebell said while the strength in the restocker market is high amid improved seasons in many areas, Australia’s cattle market could not remain detached from global fundamentals forever.

“With Australian cattle prices moving in the opposite direction to beef prices globally, prices will likely fall once restocker demand is met,” Mr Ziebell said.

Overall, agricultural markets have proved a mixed bag recently, with the NAB Rural Commodities Index recording a slight drop of 3.3 per cent in May. “Global wheat prices have softened due to a stronger supply outlook, while the domestic basis has fallen in response to the likelihood of a large winter crop off the back of improved seasonal conditions,” Mr Ziebell said.

“NAB expects domestic feed grain prices to continue to soften should favourable seasonal conditions continue.”

Sustained sheep prices are also sitting at near record highs on restocker demand and improved seasonal conditions.

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and a largely recovered AUD, was concerning.

“Cotton prices remain under pressure and the wool market is in dire straits with the Eastern Market Indicator sitting at $11.10/kg,” he said.

“Global Dairy Trade auctions results have been mixed in USD terms, with the higher AUD putting pressure on local prices, although prices are generally reasonable given global events.”

Fruit and vegetable prices were more stable in May as supply remained mostly strong. Fruit fell 0.2 per cent after gaining 10.5 per cent in April,

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while vegetables dropped 1.3 per cent.

The Bureau of Meteorology’s three-month outlook to September points to a wet winter and early spring across most of the country, although the Western Australia wheatbelt is forecast to be average and parts of Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania below average.

The AUD has rallied from its lows in April and is currently sitting in the high 60 US cents, with NAB forecasting an increase to 72c US and 75c US by the end of 2020 and 2021, respectively.

Farm resilience webinars AGRICULTURE Victoria is delivering a series of four webinars to improve farm business resilience, hosted by managing consultant Matt McCarthy.

Farmers and farm business managers should register for the webinars to identify how to safeguard their core business operations when unexpected situations occur.

People can register for the next webinar to attend, or to receive a link of the recorded event.

Webinar four is titled ‘Your Plan’, and will be held Thursday, July 16, from 1.30pm.

In this webinar, an expert panel from across agriculture will discuss how farmers have successfully built business resilience over the last decade, where are the main gaps, and how can farms build resilience into the future.

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MDF TEN DAYS AGO

MDF MNTH TARGET

MDF THIS TEN DAYS

ANOTHER MID FARM

Ten days to date: Milker graze area Milkers Stocking rate Average graze rest time Estm'd pasture consmp'n Pasture consum'd per cow Pasture growing spend Estm'd pasture price Conc (incl additives)supp fed/cow Conc (incl additives)supp avg price Hay/silage supp fed/cow Hay/silage supp price Feed Conversion Efficiency Total feed intake/cow NDF Fibre in diet Litres/cow Fat test Protein test Milk Solids per cow Milk price (less levies)/kg MS Milk price (less levies)/litre Milk income/cow All feed cost/cow Margin over all Feed/cow MOAF /ha /day Farm MOAF per DAY Feed cost $/kg MS

20-Jun-20 64 200 3.1 37 25 7.9 $2.49 $101 6.3 $370 1.6 $200 95 15.5 31.5% 16.9 4.84% 4.07% 1.50 $7.77 $0.69 $11.68 $3.44 $8.24 $25.75 $1,648 $2.29

Jun 60 190 3.2

30-Jun-20 55 120 2.2 41 22 9.9 $2.49 $115 6.3 $370 0.0

30-Jun-20 154 580 3.8 40 20 5.2 $2.13 $108 8.6 $408 3.1 $180 94 16.3 28.0% 17.9 4.99% 3.89% 1.59 $7.67 $0.68 $12.20 $4.61 $7.59 $28.58 $4,401 $2.90

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101 16.0 30.8% 18.9 4.71% 3.95% 1.64 $7.76 $0.67 $12.70 $3.47 $9.22 $20.12 $1,107 $2.12

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Pain relief for mulesing VICTORIAN producers are now required to administer a registered pain-relieving product if mulesing sheep.

The new provisions, which came into effect on July 1, have been introduced as part of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2019.

The new requirement will ensure better animal welfare outcomes for Victorian sheep and will enhance the reputation of Victoria’s sheep industry.Agriculture Victoria program manager of livestock welfare compliance Rachael Holmes said only pain relief products registered for use on sheep by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority can be used when mulesing.

“Sheep producers are encouraged to seek advice from a veterinarian or animal health consultant regarding available treatment options for their own situation,” she said.

Infringement notices and fines can be issued to anyone mulesing a sheep without providing pain relief.

Dr Holmes said as with any agricultural or veterinary chemicals used on farm, producers should keep records of the pain-relieving products used.

“Full records of any pain relief products used must be kept,” she said.

“Details should include the product trade name, species and location of animals, identification numbers and description, the date the treatment has been applied and the dose rate used.”

More information about farm chemical record

Ha Head cows/ha Days kg DM/ha/day kg DM/cow/day $/ha/day $/T DM kg DM/cow/day $/T DM kg DM/cow/day $/T DM kg MS/tonne DM kg DM/cow/day % NDF l/cow/day % % kg/cow/day $/kg MS $ per litre $/cow/day $/cow/day $/cow/day $/ha/day $/day $/ kg MS

Macalister Demo Farm update PADDOCK 23 at Macalister Demonstration Farm is about to be grazed, after 40 days rested, with 1.9 leaves.

So, LAR is 21 days — typical for July.

From observation, it has grown at an average of 25 kilograms of dry matter per hectare per day, over the 40 days. Sometimes, especially if a fair amount of nitrogen has been applied, a long (three-leaf) grazing rotation is not a good idea, because the grass grows so fast, it becomes very tall, creates a canopy closure, falls over, and the cows do not graze it out well.

The Macalister Demonstration Farm’s grass is not growing that fast.

Soil moisture is excellent.

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ProGibb and EasyN (the nitrogen at a lower rate than normal) has been applied.

The prairie grass, mostly along the drier checkbanks, appears to have longer, pale green, floppy leaves, but the ryegrass looks no different to a normal nitrogen response.

Milkers and dry cows are now grazing the farm.

The dry cow are stocked at a very heavy rate, and the small number of milkers are on a lower stocking rate.

No silage is being fed, grass consumption per hectare is no better than last week, but grass per cow has lifted strongly.

The cows have responded strongly with increased milk production.

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District GORMANDALE GORMANDALE GORMANDALE GIFFARD LONGFORD LONGFORD

Avg Kg 635.0 620.0 570.0 640.0 580.0 580.0

C / Kg 356.6 354.6 362.6 320.0 348.6 345.0

Avg $ / Head 2,264.41 2,198.52 2,066.82 2,048.00 2,021.88 2,001.00

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District GIFFARD GORMANDALE LONGFORD MAFFRA SEASPRAY

Avg Kg 460.0 505.0 512.5 412.5 390.0

C / Kg 364.6 328.6 322.6 330.6 286.6

Avg $ / Head 1,677.16 1,659.43 1,653.33 1,363.73 1,117.74

Vendor MACHLACHLAN JOHN P/L FLEMING PR & JT MACHLACHLAN JOHN P/L LAZZARO S & L FLEMING PR & JT

District SALE STRATFORD SALE SALE STRATFORD

Avg Kg 658.3 580.0 560.0 472.1 475.0

C / Kg 320.0 325.0 336.6 374.6 367.6

Avg $ / Head 2,106.67 1,885.00 1,884.96 1,768.65 1,746.10

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District COBAINS STRATFORD COBAINS COBAINS

Avg Kg 415.0 410.0 370.0 385.0

C / Kg 408.6 408.6 402.6 376.6

Avg $ / Head 1,695.69 1,675.26 1,489.62 1,449.91

District LONGFORD COWWARR STRADBROKE VALENCIA CREEK VALENCIA CREEK

Avg Kg 735.0 695.0 630.0 640.0 522.5

C / Kg 314.6 304.6 310.6 295.0 300.0

Avg $ / Head 2,312.31 2,116.97 1,956.78 1,888.00 1,567.50

District TINAMBA TINAMBA NAMBROK TINAMBA NEWRY

Avg Kg 725.0 645.0 627.5 565.0 569.3

C / Kg 273.6 277.6 240.6 258.6 251.6

Avg $ / Head 1,983.60 1,790.52 1,509.77 1,461.09 1,432.32

District GIFFARD TRAFALGAR

Avg Kg 670.0 530.0

C / Kg 264.6 276.6

Avg $ / Head 1,772.82 1,465.98

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Participants can submit entire fox scalps for a $10 reward and entire wild dog body parts for a $120 reward during scheduled collection times.

Maffra collections (for both foxes and wild dogs) will be held at Depot, 1 Stratford Rd, Maffra, from 9am until 11am on Wednesday, July 15, Wednesday, September 9, and Wednesday, October 7.

Yarram collections (for foxes only) will be held at Rodgers St, Yarram, from 2pm until 4pm on the same dates.

For more information about collection schedules visit agriculture.vic.gov.au/bounty

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Fox and wild dog bounty collections DESIGNATED fox and wild dog bounty collection centres are now operating in line with physical distancing requirements including established drop off and exclusion zones.

During the suspension period, bounty participants were encouraged to continue to collect fox scalps and wild dog body parts on private properties as part of pest control activities, and to freeze or air dry them.

Hunters are encouraged to refresh their knowledge of the terms and conditions of the bounty to ensure what they submit is acceptable.

keeping requirements can be found by searching the Agriculture Victoria website.

Dr Holmes said Victoria’s Code of Accepted Farming Practice for the Welfare of Sheep was also available to provide a technical guide for those using mulesing as part of a flystrike management program.

“If undertaken, mulesing should only be done as part of an integrated approach to flystrike management including crutching and shearing, good worm control, strategic use of chemicals, genetic selection of sheep and paddock grazing management,” she said.

Details about the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2019 are available via

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Inspection invited 70 Rocla Rd, Traralgon. Open 51⁄2 days. Ph. 0408 514 103.

Or mail to: PO Box 159, Sale 3853

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Ph. Dave 0418 202 202

In accordance with a local law introduced by the State Government on January 1, 2012, it is an offence to advertise a dog or cat for sale unless a microchip identification number of the animal is included in the advertisement.

A registered domestic animal business may use its council business registration number as an alternative.

As of July 1, 2019 a Pet Exchange Reg. No. is also required.

Please go to https://per. animalwelfare. vic.gov.au/

More options for placing classifieds in person Maffra Newsagency Heyfield Newsagency Stratford Newsagency Newry Store

CLASSIFIED GUIDELINES Car advertisers Private vendors of motor cars advertised for sale must include in their advertisement: - Cash price of motor car - If car is registered, registration number - If unregistered, the engine, vin or chassis number.

Photographs Photographs for Death and In Memoriam notices will cost according to the space they use.

Please email high resolution images to classifieds@gippslandtimes.com.au as we cannot accept photos on a memory stick.

Personal notices All engagement and marriage notices must carry the signatures of BOTH parties. If under 18 the parents’ signatures as well.

Lost and found All ‘found’ advertisements are published free.

Simply provide the details of your find for publication. ‘Lost’ advertisements are paid.

The publisher reserves the right to refuse advertisements

SOFT TISSUE MANIPULATION

Monday to Friday appointments only.

Tamarra van Ingen

Phone 0497 034 511

New season starting Monday, August 3 until March 20/21.

All senior teams and junior players who have not been contacted and wish to play in this season contact the secretary at maba@netspace.net.au no later than Friday, July 10, 2020.

LAYING HENS

Old Port Poultry Farm delivering 18 week old Isa Brown laying hens to your area Saturday, July 11. $27 each.

Phone 0438 832 535.

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PLASTERER Chris Owens Plastering.

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Qualified trades-man with 25 years experience. Prompt, reliable, professional service.

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Dry. Split. Mixed species, Ph. Dave 0418 202 202 includes Ironbark.

Deliver all areas.

Also logs available.

THE legal firms of Phone 0439 206 925.

Semmens Hatch & Anderson Solicitors of 64 Johnson Street, Maffra and Michael Gibney trading as Clocktower Good quality, dry, split Legal of 15/267 Raymond and del. $120 stringy p/m Street, Sale wish to $140 mixed $160 box. announce that as at the Can deliver up to 6m at a 30th June 2020 Michael time. Ph: 0409 783 764.

Gibney will be retiring from legal practice.

Semmens Hatch & Anderson Solicitors will from that date incorporate Fawn leather couches, the practice of Clocktower 2-seater and 3-seater, Legal and continue to VGC., $500. Timber bookprovide ongoing legal case approx 1200x1200, services to the clients of $80. Phone 0419 492 301 Clocktower Legal.

Semmens Hatch & Anderson wish to thank Michael Gibney for his years of dedicated service Sm sq, Rye, $11. Pasture to the local community $13. Silage, millet, $88. and wish him all the best Pasture $99. Prices incl. for his retirement and GST. All this season, shedded.

Nambrok. future.

Semmens Hatch & Phone 0447 492 541.

Anderson Solicitors is located at 64 Johnson Street, Maffra and can be contacted on (03) 5147 Lucerne, oaten, barley, 1944 and are looking 8x4x3, shedded, no rain forward to assisting the damage. Delivery from clients of Clocktower Ballarat available. Phone Legal in the future.

0419 334 208.

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Excellent quality, delivered to the local area.

B-double loads only. $230 incl. GST. Also barley straw delivered to local area, $120 incl. GST. Money to be transferred on arrival. All shedded, large quantities of both available.

Phone 0438 863 377.

SILAGE ROLLS

Oaten, lucern and pasture. $80 incl. GST. Phone 0428 498 400 Sale.

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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Risk and Audit Committee Independent Member

Central Gippsland Health (CGH) is seeking to appoint an independent member to its Risk and Audit Committee. Expressions of Interest are sought from suitably experienced and skilled individuals.

The Risk and Audit Committee is an Advisory Committee to the Board of Management. The primary objectives of the Risk and Audit Committee are to assist the Board of Management in the effective conduct of its responsibilities for financial reporting, management of risk and maintaining a reliable system of internal controls. Independent members must have appropriate accounting, risk management or related expertise.

To obtain a copy of the Risk and Audit Committee Charter, please contact Rebecca Gunning, Manager Executive Services on (03) 5143 8319 or email: rebecca.gunning@cghs.com.au Applications can be in written or electronic form and must be lodged by 5pm Friday, July 17, 2020 addressed to: Frank Evans Chief Executive Officer Central Gippsland Health Service 155 Guthridge Parade Sale Victoria 3850 Frank.evans@cghs.com.au

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Our Tuesday paper can be collected from the outside of the building and Friday can be purchased inside, and also from newsagents, supermarkets and petrol stations Tuesday’s issue is also available online at http://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/ digital-editions/ We thank you for your understanding

brass, radiators, catalytic converters. Cash paid.

Also take any type of scrap. Phone 5199 2869.

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2020-21 Wellington Shire Business Boost Campaign Initiative Campaign objective: To improve business turnover throughout Central Gippsland by attracting more visitors and shoppers to the region while stimulating economic recovery and growth.

Wellington Shire Council has appointed award-winning Victorian destination marketing agency Pace Advertising to drive the campaign. Under a dynamic new brand the campaign creative components will include videos, social media platforms, print and electronic collateral, mobile phone app, limited conventional advertising and a strong emphasis on digital marketing.

What makes our region great? Tell us what you think!

We’re inviting members of the Wellington Shire community to be part of a consultation panel that will explore the strengths and local spirit of the Central Gippsland region.

Your feedback will provide valuable insight into what makes the region truly great and will help us to develop a range of activities and initiatives designed to stimulate economic growth and drive visitation to the region.

Join us at one of the following venues and come along for the journey.

We’d love to hear from you.

Maffra Memorial Hall Thursday 16th July 2020 10am to 11am 11 Foster St, Maffra, 3860 Regent Theatre Yarram Thursday 16th July 2020 2pm to 3pm 210 Commercial Rd, Yarram, 3971 Criterion Hotel (Level 2) Thursday 16th July 2020 6pm to 7pm 90 Macalister Street, Sale, 3850 Register your interest: wellington@pace.com.au Webinar option for each session will also be available.

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Uniting runs a variety of social and other programs for people including; Let’s Walk and Talk Enjoy a gentle walk for physical and mental health and a cuppa Skills For Life Learn skills to help in day to day life including budgeting, organisation and creating routines Cooking Group A social group to share food, recipes and learn new cooking skills Master Builders A Lego building group for children aged between 7 and 12 who could benefit from group activities.

Volunteer

We are seeking empathetic and compassionate people who may be able to assist with a variety of our programs, including those listed above and our Emergency Relief Program. Please call to discuss which opportunities may best suit you.

For more information about joining groups or volunteering please contact: Kerrie or Anne on 5144 7777

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Truck Driver - Casual Position

To join friendly/high standard cleaning company MONTANA CLEANING SERVICES. Day and night shift. Must have or be willing to obtain Police and Working with Children checks. Please forward resumes to jeames montana1@gmail.com

To secure this position, you will require the following: â—? Truck Licence Medium Rigid â—? Forklift and crane licenses preferred â—? Be reliable, punctual and self-motivated â—? Have a great attitude and strong work ethic â—? Genuine applicants only

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Director of Senior Studies (POL 4)

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

A number of POL 3 positions are also advertised on our website and are open for application.

Commencing 27th January 2021.

Application forms available at www.ccsale.catholic.edu.au All applications are to be forwarded to: principal@ccsale.catholic.edu.au

Applications close 4pm Wednesday, 22nd July 2020.

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Applications are invited for the following positions:

Director of Engagement

Please forward your resume to: info@gippslandhire.com.au or call (03) 5144 6954.

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Have you ever thought about a change in your workplace or perhaps getting back into an accounting office? It is often said that a change is as good as a holiday! We are seeking an enthusiastic person to join our team of professionals in the next few months in a permanent, ongoing role. Prior experience in an accounting practice is an absolute must and relevant qualifications will be viewed favourably but not essential.

To be considered for this role you will possess: â&#x2014;? Prior experience in an accounting practice â&#x2014;? An ability to work in a team environment â&#x2014;? Professional communication skills and the ability to communicate with a variety of people â&#x2014;? Experience with a variety of accounting software â&#x2014;? Experience using the Microsoft Office suite â&#x2014;? Strong attention to detail In return, we offer ongoing training, modern equipment, your own office and the support of a close knit, friendly team. Negotiable hours, salary and start date are on offer for the right candidate.

If you think this might sound like you, why not send a confidential email to arrange a chat?

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to hear from you! glenn@bcsaccountants.com.au

Gift And Homewares Sales Assistant

Grow Master Sale is seeking an experienced full-time gift and homewares sales assistant. This role includes attending buying trips alongside business owners, ordering new giftware stock, data entry, managing existing stock, merchandising store, indoor plant care and watering.

What are we looking for?

A plant loving, enthusiastic individual with a passion for retail customer service, confident with new computer systems and technology, proficiency in data entry, knowledge of social media. Someone willing to embrace responsibility.

Indoor plant knowledge would be advantageous!

The successful applicant will be required to work alternating weekends.

Sound interesting?

Please apply in store only at 34-38 Princes Hwy, Sale, or phone (03) 5144 4338 with any questions regarding the role.

Applications close 5pm July 19, 2020.

St Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Primary School, Stratford

East Gippsland Shire Council

Wellington Shire Council invites tenders for intersection improvement works in Loch Sport. Work includes, but is not limited to, minor excavation and drainage works, construction of pavement and extension of road seal, construction of median island and kerb and channel, installation of road signage, road line marking and site reinstatement.

Practical completion date: 30 October 2020.

Tendered prices are to remain unchanged until 30 June 2022.

Home to tranquil lakes, pristine beaches and the rugged beauty of the high country, East Gippsland is a Victorian gem. As a major employer in the region, East Gippsland Shire Council represents the needs of around 45,000 residents and over one million visitors annually across an area of 21,000 square kilometers. The region includes substantial areas of national and state parks, lakes, rivers and coastal wilderness areas and is home to Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest navigable inland water system - the Gippsland Lakes.

All tenderers must register with the Council to obtain the tender documents, which are available via website download or email: Website: www.wellington.vic.gov.au/tenders Email: lukaszg@wellington.vic.gov.au Enquiries: Lukasz Grzmil on (03) 5142 3279

East Gippsland Shire Council is committed to being an employer of choice. With a focus on attracting and retaining excellent staff to ensure a high level of service delivery, we have a range of programs in place to optimise professional and personal development success.

The Tender Box at 18 Desailly Street is currently not in operation due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Tenders must be emailed to procurement@wellington.vic.gov.au no later than 2.00pm Wednesday 29 July 2020.

With an engaged community and an economy that offers many opportunities, we want to retain all that is special about our region. We need to be informed, effective, ďŹ&#x201A;exible and highly responsive to developing opportunities and challenges.

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The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Late or email tenders will not be accepted.

Fulham Correctional Centre - Sale Tenders for the supply of food/produce for the Fulham Correctional Centre for the period 1st August 2020 to 30th June 2021are being sought. Separate tenders are called for the following categories: â&#x2014;? Dairy Products (excluding Milk/Cream) â&#x2014;? Milk and Cream â&#x2014;? Eggs â&#x2014;? Fruit and Vegetables â&#x2014;? Wholesale Dry and Frozen Goods (includes Frozen Seafood) â&#x2014;? Fresh Meat â&#x2014;? Halal Meat â&#x2014;? Smallgoods â&#x2014;? Poultry Successful bidders should be able to demonstrate capacity to meet the demands of supply for an 900+ bed facility, price stability for the fixed term, delivery and service.

Tender documents will be supplied on request.

For further details contact Kim Andrew - Food Services Manager on 5142 3808 or email fulhamfoodservices@geogroup.com.au Closing date: end of business Friday, 10th July 2020.

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We are located in Sale and require an experienced truck driver. The role is to clean, deliver and pick up portable toilets/showers.

NEWSPAPER

Delivery. Early morning newspaper delivery job for weekends. Start asap.

Must have valid car licence. Please drop resumes off at Sale Authorised Newsagency.

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St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Primary School Stratford is seeking a suitably qualified teacher for the remainder of the 2020 school year. The successful applicant will have a range of responsibilities across the school.

The position is 0.8 FTE with the possibility of full time employment.

Successful applicants will: - Be committed to Catholic Education - Demonstrate a commitment to improving outcomes for all students.

- Have current VIT registration.

Interested educators are encouraged to contact the principal, Nicholas Hall, by email: nhall@stpstratford.catholic.edu.au for further information.

Applications should include a letter of introduction (max two pages) and a completed application for employment form. Application for employment forms are available from the school website under the forms and documents tab.

Applications due Friday 10th July at 4pm.

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Nambrok Cricket Clubs annual general meeting will be held Tuesday, July 7 at the Nambrok C.C. club rooms. The meeting will commence 7pm.

Note: Restrictions will be put in place with social distancing and hand sanitiser available.

Due to current Covid 19 restrictions, if you have intentions of attending the AGM, please notify Al Robinson (Secretary) on 0408 177 835 or email alanandjess@bigpond.com

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To assist with these objectives, we are seeking experienced professionals to join the organisation as: â&#x20AC;˘ Manager Council Enterprises Ideally bringing to this role your demonstrated knowledge of enterprise and key stakeholder management.

BMC Group is now seeking qualified and experienced personnel to assist fulfilling multiple upcoming shutdowns and Project work.

â&#x20AC;˘ Manager Regulatory and Compliance Services Ideally you will bring to this role your demonstrated knowledge of compliance management.

All candidates should possess a minimum qualification in the relevant trade and be willing to undergo a medical and interview through BMCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s employment process.

To succeed in either role, you will need a proven record in leading and inspiring teams, together with interpersonal skills that enable you to build sustained relationships across our diverse communities to guide strategic approaches to future opportunities and challenges.

Relevant experience in a Local Government environment, and/or extensive relevant experience in the private sector would also be highly regarded.

Applications close at 11.59pm on 22 July 2020.

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If either of these positions sound like your next career move, please go to our website www.eastgippsland.vic.gov.au/careers For a conďŹ dential discussion, please contact: Jodie Pitkin, General Manager Place and Community on (03) 5153 9500

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Supervisors Pressure welders Mechanical Fitters & Machinists Boilermakers Rigger/Scaffolders Crane drivers Trades Assistants HP Personnel Hoist & Lift Operators Experienced Concreters

Submit your detailed resume and copies of qualifications.

Email: resumes@bmcgroup.com.au Mail: PO Box 3017 Gippsland Mail Centre Vic. 3841

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Bow's Ice Cream has a part-time/casual position available 8-12 hours per week Monday Saturday. Coffee experience preferred.

Junior positions also available after school and on weekends.

Please apply online at ww.bowsicecream.com.au or hand CV into shop.

Program Coordinator

Mental Health Practitioner We are a group of independent therapists working under the umbrella of the one organisation. We are looking for a Mental Health Practitioner who has a provider number with Medicare.

Intrepidy offers all of the benefits of working in independent private practice without the hassle and expense of setting up on your own. We have a strong referral base, offer attractive fully furnished rooms and administrative support.

Intrepidy prides itself on its client focus, professionalism and a welcoming environment.

Please forward resumes to: enquiries@intrepidy.com or call 5144 1044 for further information.

Victorian Rural Generalist (GP) Program

Home Based Care Placement Support Worker Part-time Max Term to 30 June 2021 Sale location Leading community services organisation Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration This role is responsible for the case management of children and young people placed in alternative family based care with volunteer caregivers. The worker is required to work closely with children and young people, their natural family, care givers and with DHHS and other agencies.

Learn more For more information visit https://careers.unitingvictas.org.au/en/li sting/ Interested?

If this sounds like you, apply today via our website Cover Letter (1 page outlining your suitability for the position) Current Resume (no more than 3 pages) Address core selection criteria in PD Position closes: Thursday 16 July 2020

Cars

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CAR REMOVALS

Free service.

Phone Sam 0488 471 163

NISSAN Pintara 1991, GLI 4 dr sedan, 5 spd man., 4 cyl., 2L petrol, a/c, towbar, 1 elderly owner, EMK-218 153,761km, $2000 as is. Phone 0419 391 996.

Customer Relationship Manager Gippsland Region

Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV) is seeking a passionate customer service specialist and account manager to fill the role of Customer Relationship Manager (CRM).

The CRM works within the Gippsland Region to strengthen relationships between health services and the internal stakeholders of HPV. The role supports health procurement activities, enabling best value and quality outcomes from the implementation of HPV's collective sourcing agreements and state-wide initiatives. ● Attractive salary package ● Full time ongoing position with monthly Accrued Day Off (ADO) ● Make a positive impact for Victoria's health sector Applicants must hold a full driver's licence and be available for weekly overnight travel. The CRM will have access to HPV's pool cars.

Further information about the role and how to apply can be found on the HPV Careers Page hpv.org.au/about-us/careers/ Please contact Katie Shaughnessy on (03) 9947 3700 or k.shaughnessy@hpv.org.au should you have any questions.

Applications close 9am, Monday, July 13, 2020.

The Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-operative provide people centered health and other community-based services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

We are seeking enthusiastic and suitably qualified applicants for the following positions at GEGAC.

HR Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a large Aboriginal Controlled Organisation, providing services to the Aboriginal Communities of Gippsland. The Role of the HR Manager will be a role essential to the Administration of the Organisation and will entail the usual functions of HR. Applications for this position will close at 5pm on Friday 10th July 2020.

A copy of the position description and the GEGAC A copy of the position description and the GEGAC application form can be obtained at GEGAC reception- ph. 03 5150 0700; by contacting hr@gegac.org.au or by following the below link for all of GEGAC’s current vacancies. https://gegac.bamboohr.com/jobs/ Applications must be emailed to hr@gegac.org.au or sent to: Human Resources Gippsland & East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-operative PO Box 634 Bairnsdale Vic 3875 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

All appointees are required to have a valid Working with Children’s Check and Police check before commencing work in this organisation.

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RE-HOMING - 1992 Ford XG Falcon S Longreach ute, 2nd owner, unmodified man., c/w 1995 XG Gli auto ute and many spares, FGT-263 $10,000 w/r.w.c. $9000 as is. Will not sep.

2006 Ford BF Falcon RTV ute, auto, fact. dedicated gas, nothing to spend, ZAK-601 $10,000 w/r.w.c., $9000 as is. Gen. buyers only. Ph 0407 526 304.

Caravans

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2006 Island Star, 22ft, 2100kg, 8.2ft, oven, gas, cooktop, m/wave, h.w.s., ensuite, w/mach., shower, lrg fridge, front b.r., v.g.c., excellent touring van $33,000. 0421 027 363.

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MAFFRA AMATUER BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Expression of interest for

Squad Coaches

for boys and girls U/10, U/12, U/14, U16 and U18 for season 20/21.

Men's and Women's CBL coaches for Season 20/21.

Please send correspondence to the secretary at maba@netspace.net.au Applications close Wednesday, July 15, 2020.

WANTED

Older caravans, any condition, make or size.

Please call 0490 044 717 any time.

Trucks & Tractors

Car Parts & Accessories

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FRONT BUMPER

HQ Holden front bumper bar, 1971 - 1974, like new and parts $450. Phone 0434 913 630.

Production Operators Fixed Term

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DODGE 1984 Series 300 truck, decked out in the back, 4 speed with a 318 Fireball V8, ex. Peters Ice cream van $2000 o.n.o.

Call Steve 0474 470 831.

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Everything begins with passion, a legacy from the Saputo family, which offered tasty and quality cheeses to its community. Today, after more than 65 years, the company employs thousands of dedicated employees, proud of their role, who work day after day to deliver quality products to customers and consumers.

To learn more visit us at: http://www.saputo.com/en/careers We are currently seeking several full-time, fixed term Production Operators to join our Production team located at our Maffra site. Reporting to the Production Supervisor on duty, the Production Operators will be responsible for the operation of all components of the processing plant in a safe and efficient manner to manufacture finished goods to the customer’s specifications.

Previous food industry qualification would be desirable, along with experience and understanding of the operation of a dairy processing plant.

To view a full advertisement, including the key selection criteria, or to apply please refer to our careers page at: http://www.saputodairyaustralia.com/en/careers/ current-opportunities Applications close Friday, July 17, 2020.

Saputo Dairy Australia is an equal opportunity employer. As we receive a high level of interest in our opportunities, only successful applicants will be contacted.

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Mitsubishi Fuso bus/motor home with all the mod cons, set up for free camping, $75,000 ONO. Ph: Phil 0407 236 955.

Situations Vacant

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Full time role based at a particating Gippsland Health Service Rural Generalists are GP’s and recognised as a key workforce in rural and regional Victoria The new Victorian Rural Generalist Program (VRGP) builds on existing rural medical workforce programs and investment in rural medical workforce by DHHS. As one of five regional Coordinators across the state, this position will play a crucial role in the management of the program, educational support to trainees in the Gippsland and secretariat support for the regional network.

This is an initial 6 month appointment with potential to lead into a 3 year contract and includes the requirement to travel throughout Victoria.

An attractive remuneration package includes support for use of laptop, phone and travel expenses and opportunity for job share exists.

To be considered you will have: ● Current knowledge of contemporary rural and regional medical workforce issues and programs. ● A good knowledge of medical training requirements, including pre-vocational and general practice training. ● Highly developed communication and relationship building skills.

Applications close Sunday 12th July 2020 For the full position description and application details, please visit www.brhs.com.au or phone (03) 5150 3637.

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GREAT Wall 2009, 4x4, 2.4L twin cab, 105,000km, burgundy, leather int., ladder rack, towbar, XIY-645 g.c. $5000 w/r.w.c., $4200 without. 0468 930 085.

Classifieds deadline for Friday’s Gippsland Times is 9:30am Thursday

All engagement and marriage notices must carry the signatures of BOTH parties.

If under 18 the parents’ signatures as well.

BIRTH NOTICES: Where both parents are named, signatures of both are required and telephone numbers to enable verification.

Birthdays

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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS for only $52.20*

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Deaths

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BIJL, Sandra Joy (Joy) Passed away July 2, 2020 in hospital at Tweed Heads, aged 76.

Dearly loved wife of Wally Bijl.

Beloved mother of Darren Stagg (dec.) and Lynda Stagg.

At rest after a courageous battle with cancer.

Forever in our hearts RIP COSTELLO (nee McCarthy), Agnes Clare 9/10/1940 - 30/6/2020 Passed away peacefully surrounded by family.

Dearly loved wife of Ted. Mother to Ted, Sue and John.

Nanna to Jack, Kat and Lilly.

Sister to Johnny (dec.), Anne (dec.) and Leo. Always remembered.

Clare, Your presence I miss, Your memories I treasure, Loving you always, Forgetting you never.

- Ted. My dear, loving mother.

Always will be in my thoughts.

Loving son Ted.

SORF Multi Skilled Operator

Mum, I will miss and love you forever. You will always be with me and your beautiful memories will remain in my heart.

Your loving daughter Sue.

Do you enjoy working outdoors and as part of a team?

Do you have experience working with mobile plant and a commitment to safe work practices?

Do you know or want to learn about organics recycling?

Mum, I love you so much. You will always be with me and in my heart.

Your loving son John.

If so, we want to hear from you!

Applications close at 5 pm on Tuesday 21 July 2020.

Shortlisted applicants may be required to undertake a preemployment medical and a National Police Check.

Gippsland Water is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applications from experienced women and men, people with disabilities, LGBTI, ATSI, culturally and ethnically diverse candidates to best represent and engage with communities we live and work in.

Further information: A position description and instructions on how to apply can be obtained from our website www.gippswater.com.au/careers or by contacting Recruitment on 03 5177 4709.

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Nanna, we will forever miss your warmth, humour and love in our lives.

Loving you always and eternally grateful to have had you as our Nanna.

- Jack and Kat. COSTELLO, Agnus Clare Loving Mother and Nana.

Rest in peace Mum, we will all miss you so much.

Love you dearly, you will always be in our hearts.

Love, John, Kelly, Lilly and Shy-ann.

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ROGAN, Christopher James.

"Rocky" 14/2/1956 - 2/7/2020 Beloved husband of Julie (dec.).

Father of Keone and Aaron, Craig and Tara.

Poppy of Sophie and Jett.

Beloved son of Nola and Hilton Rogan (both dec.).

Son-in-law of Val and John Grant (both dec.).

Brother of Neville and Geoffrey.

Brother-in-law of Jenny Rogan and Darryl Grant (dec.).

Uncle to Belinda and Steve, Matthew, Andrew and Kerrie, Jodie and James, Benn and Carlier.

Best mate of Mick (Steffo).

May you be happy now reunited with Julie and the families.

Rest in Peace In lieu of flowers, donations are welcome to Beyond Blue.

Dad, You taught me to be strong, brave, loving, caring and how to love unconditionally.

You showed me how to be a real man/dad/superhero.

Give Mum a massive hug from me.

Love you forever and always, your only son Craig xxx

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ROGAN, Rocky (Chris).

We are saddened by the sudden loss of our friend and work colleague. He'll be terribly missed by all of us after 26 years of service as a dedicated manager.

Our deepest condolences to all his family.

- Graeme and Helen and all his work mates at Calcimo Lime and Fertilizer.

JOHNSON, Rodney Phillip.

Passed away peacefully on June 30, 2020 at Sale Hospital.

Aged 61 years.

Loved son of Noel and Valerie (both dec.).

Loved brother and brother-in-law of David (dec.), Gary and Julie, Anthony and Angela, Noeleen and Daryl, Leanne and Gus, Glen and Sandra, and Tim. Uncle to his nieces and nephews.

KEELEY (nee Rouse), Mary (Molly) 12/6/1923 - 1/7/2020 97 years.

You were a woman overflowing with life and good humour. You will always be our very rare wide mouthed frog we know. We won't forget how to look 10 years younger and when to tune our trumpets. Nursery rhymes, fillbelly and Christmas pudding will forever remind us of you.

Your arms were always open for a cuddle and your pillow fluffed up ready to rest on. The light of God's love truly shone through you and touched many people. We will forever miss you and the joy that went with you everywhere. We say farewell for the last time now with a kiss and call you "Sugar".

In our hearts always, love John, Thelma, Ken, Nicole, Belynda, Michelle, Joshua, Imogen, Ivy and Lucas.

Poppy, From the moment I laid my eyes on you, I loved you with all my heart. I saw the love in your eyes, it made my face light up every time. Grumpy, dirty, smelly Pop, I don't care, I SMITH, Marilyn Kaye. loved all of you. Your July 16, 1953 wirey grey beard was my - July 3, 2020 favourite.

Aged 66 years.

Love you forever and a Late of Wilson Lodge, day, Sophie xxx Sale.

Loved daughter of Thelma Chris, and Arthur Smith (both Kind, giving, loving, dec.). selfless and hardworking Sister to Cheryl (dec.), are just a few words to Jillian, and Rhonda. describe you. Accepting Auntie to seven. and caring w e r e At peace now with Mum, especially true. You took Dad and Cheryl. me and my kids under your wing and you never Sister to Rhonda, sisterjudged us. You gave us a in-law of Graeme. fresh start and chose to Auntie to Kevin and love us, we will be forever Sarah, Carol and Ray, grateful.

Brian and Tamika.

We will miss you popping Great Auntie to Taylah in, our chats, your advice and Lachlan, Jett, Nixon and help. and Greyson.

Love you forever and There is a stairway in our always, Tara, Tyler, Bevin lives, and Rubi xx Which each of us must tread, Dad, Chris, Poppy, Each step becomes a If only you knew how memory, much we looked up to To ease the years ahead, you. Your hard working, The curving gracious humble nature was the banister, staple we p r i d e d Glowing burnished gold, ourselves on.

As each one of these You taught us many memories, valuable life lessons and Helps the picture to gave us so many unfold, memories we will forever A tribute to a lady, cherish.

As fine as she could be, Reunited with the love of Who lingered with us for a your life. We will miss you. while, Rest peacefully.

But now from pain is free, Love always, Keone, God bless you . . .

Aaron, Jett and Duke.

You have reached the highest stair, And helped to pave our way.

Rest in peace Marilyn.

Your suffering is over.

ROGAN, Chris.

Passed away July 2, 2020.

Loved nephew of Edward SMITH, Marilyn.

Brand (dec.) and Patricia Passed away July 3, Brand. Cousin of Cheryl, 2020.

Rhonda, P a m e l a , I have fond memories of Kaylene, Patrick and you taking and picking me up from school. You will families.

Rest peacefully with your be sadly missed.

Your nephew Philip. beloved Julie.

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SOUTH, Mary Elizabeth.

Passed away peacefully, with her family beside her, at Central Gippsland Health Service, Sale on June 29, 2020, aged 76 years.

Beloved wife of Frank (dec.).

Loved mother of John, Terry, Allan (dec.), Maxine, Patrick, Fiona and their partners.

Adored Nanny South of 11 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

WALKER (nee McArdle), Always remembered, Marie Patricia. never forgotten.

Passed away peacefully at Maffra Hospital on July 3, 2020.

SOUTH, Mary.

Aged 77 years.

Mum, Dearly loved wife of You meant the world to Trevor. me.

Adored mother and Beloved Maxine, Phillip, mother-in-law of Julie and Trixie and Mooch.

Peter, Brian and Kim, "I'll be thinking of you Cheryl and Garry, Trevor all the time." and Sandy, Alison and Craig.

Loved Nan of 19 and Great Grandma of 18.

SOUTH, Mary Elizabeth.

19/11/1943 - 29/6/2020 You are now at peace Loved sister of Jan and John. with Dad. Sadly missed and loved.

A heart of gold, a smiling Love you Mum/Nannie. face, Thoughts forever.

Love Patrick, Leanne, No-one can ever take Travis and Emma-Louise. your place.

Peacefully you went to Rest in peace Mum. sleep, But precious memories we have to keep.

SOUTH, Mary.

19/11/1943 - 29/6/2020 Special thank you to the doctors, nurses and Aged 76.

Passed away peacefully hospital staff who have so lovingly cared for Marie. at Sale hospital.

Loved wife of Frank (dec.). Loved mother of Marie's family also wish to John, Terry, Allan (dec.), acknowledge and thank Maxine, Patrick and their many friends and relatives for their love and Fiona.

10 grandchildren and 11 support, but who are unable to join with them to great grandchildren.

Missing you dearly and celebrate her life. our chats and cups of tea and asking how everyne WALKER, Marie. is going with their lives.

July 3, 2020.

Love you very much from In life we loved you Ron, Fiona, Ben, Skye dearly, and James.

In death we love you still, In our hearts you hold a place, VARTY, Norman George. No one will ever fill.

Dear friend of Bev, 19/11/1928 - 2/7/2020 Passed away peacefully Johnny and family. at Sandringham, aged 91 WARNER, Evelyn. years.

Loved husband of Central Gippsland Health Rosemary and Tess and members of the former Chronic Disease (dec.).

Dearly loved father of Jill and Disability Network and Meg, father-in-law of wish to acknowledge with Cyril, Poppa to Melissa sadness the passing of and Andrew, Grandpa to valued member Evelyn who also Fiona, great grandfather W a r n e r participated in our to Jack and Cooper.

Loved step-father of Reablement Pilot.

Laurie, Sue and Linda and Evelyn will be very much missed and we extend our their extended families. heartfelt sympathies to Reunited with Tess. each member of her family.

We trust that they will feel WAIN, Glenys Heather. the support of community 4/7/1931 - 28/7/2020 and those close to them My dearly loved and during this time. respected mother-in-law and very dear friend.

Inspirational, supportive Funerals and full of fun.

Will be sadly missed.

Rest in peace Glenys.

COSTELLO - Tricia. (nee McCarthy) Due to current government restrictions, a private family mass for Mrs Agnes Clare Costello will be offered at St Mary's WAIN (nee Dyer), Catholic Church, Maffra Glenys Heather.

TODAY (Tuesday, July 7, In memory of our loving sister and aunt who lived 2020) commencing at a happy and rewarding 11.30am. Please visit our website for the live stream life.

I will miss my regular of Clare's service.

Monday visits.

Your brother Graeme and At the conclusion of mass Alida and loving aunt of the cortege will leave the Scott and Julieanne, Greg church for the Maffra and Carolyn, David and Lawn Cemetery.

Joanne and families.

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WAIN, Glenys Heather.

Fond memories of Glenys.

Condolences to her family.

- Rosalie and Colin, Colleen, Des, Maree, Liane and extended families.

Rest in Peace

Funerals

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JOHNSON For funeral arrangements of Mr Rodney Phillip Johnson please visit our website or contact:-

KEELEY (nee Rouse) A private funeral for Mary (Molly) will be held TODAY July 7, 2020.

If you wish to give a floral tribute please contact Jenn's Flowers, in Sale.

ROGAN For funeral arrangements for Mr Christopher James Rogan please check website listed below or contact:

SMITH A private service for family and friends of Miss Marilyn Kaye Smith will be held at Delbridge Funeral Chapel, Marley Street, Sale at 1pm on THURSDAY (July 9, 2020).

In Memoriam

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COSTELLO, Winsome Shirley.

3/8/1926 - 7/7/2019 Our dear Mum, Can't believe one year has passed already since your heart of gold stopped beating.

Time flies fast, but not a day goes by that we don't think of you and talk of you.

All the love you gave us and so many wonderful memories remain with us always, until we meet again. We love and miss you and Dad so very much ♥ Vanessa and Rod xx

Bereavement Thanks

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MARSHALL, Gene Searle.

Gene's family would like to thank everyone for the flowers, cards, phone calls and expressions of sympathy on his passing.

Special thanks to Bradley, Stephen and Annette of Lett's Funeral Services for their care and compassion.

A special thank you to Rev. Sue Stott and organist Anthony Hahn.

From Fay, Jillian and Bill, Marion and Jim, Michael and Lia, and our families.

Dear Nan and Great Nan Cos, Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure, you are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure.

An angel watching over us, may the winds of Heaven blow softly and whisper in your ear, how much we love and miss you and wish you were here.

Always loved, never forgotten, forever missed.

Ashley and Jensen xx Kimmy, Vinny, Ryder and Aria xxxx Zach and Caroline xx

STEPHENS, John.

With a heavy heart, John's family wish to thank all those who made John's life memorable.

Although 90 wonderful years caught up in the end, a peaceful passing in the comfort of his home, in a well worn body, was a blessing to us all.

Special thanks to Professor David Power, doctors and health care workers who may have known or cared for John, on occasion, over the decades.

John mostly lived a healthy life, with loving To my Mum, care and support from Sorry I miss you Mum and close family members. all the good things we did Thanks Scott Rossetti at together and all the good GFS for the care and times. compassion, the little Love from Tim x things mattered the most.

COSTELLO, Winsome Shirley.

3/8/26 - 7/7/19 A voice we loved has gone but every day in some small way memories of you come our way.

Always in our thoughts.

Forever loved.

Jacinta, Neill, Zoe and Zara.

SOUTH. A private funeral service for Mrs Mary Elizabeth South will be held due to Covid-19 regulations, however a "Facebook Live" broadcast of the service will take place at 11am on THURSDAY SMITH, Elizabeth.

(July 9, 2020).

21/9/1932 - 5/7/2008 Our beautiful Mum and https://www.facebook.

Nanna, love you forever com/gippslandfuneral xxx services/ Give Dad a kiss for us.

Love, Jenn, Harold, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

VARTY Due to current Government Restrictions, a private cremation will be held for Mr Norman George Varty.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

VELLA A private funeral service for Mrs Helen Patricia Vella of Toora WAS HELD on Friday, July 3, 2020.

SMITH, Elizabeth Marie.

21/9/1935 - 5/7/2008 Our Mum, Nanna and Great Nanna, The way you loved us all, The way you cuddled, The warmth of your smile, And the lingering smell of your perfume, These are the things that keep you close.

In our hearts and thoughts always.

Michelle and Alfie, Daniel and Hayley, Lea and Sam, Harry, Jack, Max, Ruby and Billy. xxx

Barry & Annette Lett FUNERAL DIRECTORS

We offer care, compassion and service with dignity, for the people of Gippsland Caring and personal 24-hour service Chapel facilities available.

67 Macarthur Street, Sale

Phone 5143 1232

www.lettsfunerals.com.au

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WALKER (nee McArdle) Due to current government restrictions, a private graveside service for Mrs Marie Patricia Walker will be held at the Maffra Lawn Cemetery on THURSDAY (July 9, 2020) at 11am.

Please visit our website for the livestream of Marie's service.

GRZEGOZEWSKI A private f u n e r a l In Memoriam service for Mr Helmut Grzegozewski of Toora WAS HELD on Tuesday, BENNETT, June 30, 2020.

Edna and Lee. July 4, 1982.

WAIN, Glenys.

Words alone can not even A life member of the Sale begin to express just how and District Family History much you are loved and Group, 1986-2020. missed.

Sadly missed.

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Sale races this week

HORSE racing returns to Greenwattle Racecourse on Thursday.

The eight-race meeting will be the second last at Sale for the season.

The fields won’t be finalised until this afternoon.

A preview of the meeting will be on www. gippslandtimes.com.au

tomorrow afternoon.

Sports news to tell?

Email sport@ gippslandtimes. com.au

Basketball Victoria continues Gippsland review BASKETBALL Victoria is seeking community feedback on a draft report which will provide a clear action plan for Gippsland Elite Pathways and the future of the sport in the region.

It’s part of the Gippsland Basketball Participation and Elite Pathways Project, which is being developed in partnership with GippSport Community Solutions, the Latrobe Valley Authority, Latrobe City Council, Sport and Recreation Victoria and local basketball associations.

The Latrobe Valley Authority provided funding for the development of a strategic implementation plan for an elite pathway model for junior and senior basketball in Gippsland with Latrobe Energy.

GippSport Community Solutions senior consultant Michelle Harris said the organisation had looked at the existing basketball structure and programs delivered across Gippsland and found many different options right across the region for everyone to enjoy the sport.

“There is a long and proud history of elite player development and significant depth in the quality and skill level of coaches, referees and administrators,” she said.

GippSport Community Solutions will also host a series of workshops (subject to health advice regarding COVID-19 restrictions) to discuss the draft report before progressing to the next stage of the project.

“This is a fantastic time to review information collected to date and then help the sport move forward over the next five years,” Harris said.

Feedback on the draft report must be sent by July 31 by visiting www. gippsport.com.au/haveyour-say-on-the-future-ofgippsland-basketball/

Sport

Belated celebration

LAST Gippsland Croquet Association season, the Sale team of Barbara Castles, Len Clissold and Wilma Freeman won association croquet pennant competition in a close contest with Traralgon and Drouin.

The result was not known until the final round of matches.

Normally, the pennant and shield are presented during the GCA annual lunch in June, but that was not possible this year because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Instead, the trophies were delivered to the club last week without the usual ceremony.

This season’s pennant would normally start late August or early September.

Discussions will be held soon to decide whether this will be feasible under the prevailing or future restrictions.

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Briagolong duo in group one greyhound final

BRIAGOLONG greyhound trainer Matt Clark will have two dogs in the group one Vic Peters final in Sydney on Saturday night.

Litter brothers Catch The Thief and Playlist advanced to the 520 metre final after being the two fastest third-placed finishers in the heats last Saturday night at Wentworth Park.

Three heats were held, with the first two placegetters and two fastest thirds qualifying for the $75,000 to-the-winner final.

Catch The Thief and Playlist are the only two Victorian dogs to make the final, drawing boxes five and one respectively.

The Vic Peters final will be race eight on Saturday night, leaving the boxes at 8.30pm.

KINGFISHER Rose won a race at Sandown Park on Thursday night for Rosedale trainer Jeff Chignell, notching a third straight victory.

After starting a $3.20 favourite, the dog won the 515m mixed grade four and five race in 29.43 seconds, and collected the $5600 first prize.

Courting, prepared by Jennifer Gieschen at Valencia Creek, led to the back straight, but was passed approaching the final bend by Kingfisher Rose, who raced away to win by five lengths.

Courting finished second, while Beatrice, trained

by Bill McMahon at Darriman, came fourth.

Shantelle Rose, trained by Sharon-Lee Chignell, finished second in the evening's final race, a 515m grade five.

The dog challenged Broken Drum late in the race, but the leader gave the pack too much to chase. Since her most recent win in April, Shantelle Rose has finished in the top three of her 16 runs.

Shantelle Rose finished ahead of Sweet Demi, bringing up a hat-trick of third-placed finishes for trainer McMahon. Flinders, trained at Rosedale by Paul Galea, came fourth after winning there the Sunday prior.

In another 515m grade five, Omega Gringo finished third for Seaspray trainer Barry Harper. Passed for second place at the post.

Coming off two wins and a second placing, Omega Gringo was passed for second place at the post.With three wins from nine runs, Omega Gringo's worst result has been a fourth placing.

Coming off wins at Sale and Sandown Park, Dr Rozzie, trained by McMahon, finished third in another 515m grade five.

— David Braithwaite

Pictured with the pennant and shield are (from left) Barbara Castles, Len Clissold and Wilma Freeman. Photo: Contributed

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Clear winner in final David Braithwaite

HAZEY Roy was a clear winner in the main event at the Sale greyhounds on Sunday.

The $1.40 favourite, trained at Devon Meadows by Garry Selkrig, won the final of the 440 metre series restricted to dogs with three to six wins, collecting a winner’s cheque of $1650.

Back-to-back victories in the series took Hazey Roy’s record to five wins from his eight starts.

The dog won in 24.78 seconds, 6.7s ahead of Stay At Home, trained by Chris Johannsen at Devon Meadows.

Majestic Mojo finished third for Lang Lang trainer Kerry Houlahan, while Stormcast, trained by Wendy Fasoli at Heyfield, finished fourth.

The meeting also included heats of three events, the finals of which will be held this Sunday.

In the first heat of the Tom Lanigan Memorial — a 440m mixed grade six and seven — Aston Rosa won for Houlahan.

The $11.10 chance, coming off a win at Sale, shot to the lead out of

box eight to win in 25.12s.

Race favourite Eilish, trained by Des Douch at Maffra, out-sprinted Why Not Hutch, trained by Greg Carter at Devon Meadows, to finish second.

Sunshine Spolly won the second heat for Kilmany trainer Steve Spoljaric in 25.3s, his second win in his past three starts.

Coming into the race as an emergency and a $19 chance at the tote, Sunshine Spolly just beat favourite West Of Westeros, trained by Dawn Johnston at Boisdale. Panda Rose came third for Rosedale trainer Sharon-Lee Chignell.

In the final heat, Bromley, trained at Woodside by Jennifer Gill, won in 24.88s.

The $17.10 chance opened a gap after other dogs collided approaching the turn, and went on to win by more than eight seconds from Swift By Design, trained by Carolyn Jones at Rosedale. In third place was Ballymac Vicar, trained by Des McPie at Kilmany.

In the first heat of the 520m Arthur Hay Memorial, Swift Timing won for Jess Grima at Lang Lang in 29.45s.

Seconds behind was Can’t Say That, trained by Corey Fulford at Bundalaguah, with Seve Rose third for Sharon-Lee Chignell.

Chief’s Magic led all the way to win the second heat for Nathan Rooney at Nilma North. Chief’s Magic notched his eighth win from 16 starts in 28.2s.

In second place was Madalia Champ, trained by John Connor at Rosedale, while Kingfisher Rose, trained by Jeff Chignell at Rosedale, finished third backing up from a win at Sandown Park on Thursday night.

The first heat of the Toby Wyeth Memorial 440m grade five finished in a dead heat for first place.

Baileys On Ice, trained by Dawn Johnston, led for most of the race, but was joined at the post by Rollo Ragnar, trained by Tricia Curtain at Cranbourne South.

The photo finish couldn’t separate the pair, who shared first place in 25.26s.

Frankie Fever finished third for Toorloo Arm trainer Justin Bowman.

Tippa won the second heat for Des Douch in 24.94s, more than five seconds ahead of Why Not Kez,

trained by Leigh Carter at Devon Meadows.

In the final heat, Why Not Colby, trained by Greg Carter at Devon Meadows, won in 25.38s, just ahead of Aston Clurey, trained by Nathan Rooney.

The day began with Our Kate Rose winning the 440m maiden for Jeff Chignell at Rosedale in 25.25s. It was the dog’s first win in her ninth start.

Lucero finished second for Hazelwood North trainer Damian Meade, followed by two runners for Tinamba trainer Robert Bean, Remy’s Girl and Harper’s Girl.

Lara trainer Deb Coleman won two races.

Zipping Sullivan won race eight, a 520m mixed grade four and five, in 29.66s — an 11th win from his 19 starts.

In second place Zipping Pink, trained by Robert Camilleri at Lara.

Zipping Benson won the final event, a 440m mixed grade three and four, in 25.96s, ahead of Henessy Venon, trained by Kerry Houlahan.

Greyhound racing will continue at Sale on Friday night.

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Whistle blown on senior soccer season David Braithwaite

THE Latrobe Valley Soccer League has cancelled its men’s and women’s seasons, but remained hopeful its junior competitions will go ahead.

The league made the decision on Friday night after not receiving clarification on return to play guidelines from Football Victoria and Sport and Recreation Victoria.

The league wanted to answers to 10 key concerns by last Tuesday so clubs could make an informed decision, so that play could resume in a safe, sustainable and financially viable way.

Having not received all the answers it was after, the league abandoned the senior men’s and women’s, reserves and second division competitions. Football Victoria has yet to provide return to play guidelines for senior competitions.

The Miniroos junior development programs will be suspended, with the aim of beginning in spring, depending on the further easing of social distancing restrictions.

LVSL president Allan Roberts said it wasn’t an easy choice for the league to make, but was heartened by the support of clubs.

“As a league we are also incredibly mindful of the role we play in ensuring the health and wellbeing

of our members and wider football community, but all of that of the wider Latrobe Valley community,” he said.

“The LVSL board has always maintained the position that the welfare and safety of our players, coaches, referees, volunteers and spectators, and is paramount.

“The majority of our member clubs were firmly of the opinion that they could not 100 per cent guarantee that they could ensure that there was zero risk to our football community and that of the wider community if were to proceed with a senior season.

“But out of the current adversity we see

opportunities, the LVSL board will use the downtime from competitions to plan and develop for the 2021 season and ensure that we are in the best position to come back stronger and bigger than before.

The LVSL will investigate if it can provide a safe, sustainable and viable junior competition under return to junior competition guidelines.

The league anticipated to begin its juniors on July 25, subject to any further announcements around community sport and the number of teams entered.

The league was scheduled to have a junior meeting last night.

Club celebrations dampened Sam Watson

THE cancellation of the North Gippsland Football-Netball League season has come at a bad time for two clubs who were expecting to celebrate significant milestones in 2020.

Cowwarr was planning on celebrating 125 years of existence and Sale City would be raising the bat for 50 years.

Cowwarr president Brad Woodall said the club “had some really big events planned this year”.

“We had a big event planned on a Saturday with a past players football match on the Sunday,” he said.

After the football match on the Sunday, the club was set to unveil the team of the past 125 years, along with teams of the decades.

To add to disappointment, the senior side was also hoping to take another leap in their second year under coach Jeremy Jones.

After improving from two wins in 2018 to seven wins in 2019, Jones was aiming to “break into the top five” in 2020.

“We thought this was a year where we could really progress, we had a couple of nice signings to improve our list, so we were definitely looking at the five as a good possibility,” Woodall said.

Despite the obvious excitement around the upcoming season both Woodall and Jones admitted cancelling the senior season was the right call in the end.

“We looked at the duty of care to our players, supporters and volunteers and the risks for outweighed the season going ahead,” Woodall said.

Sale City president Michael Clapton said he was “disappointed for the players, supporters, members and volunteers but the right decision’s been made”.

“The protocols that were put in place by AFL Victoria were too onerous to abide by, there was too much responsibility and pressure on volunteers to comply with them,” he said.

Clapton admitted the cancellation of the season was even more disappointing with the things the club had planned for their half-century celebrations.

Sale City had also planned a celebratory day, open to all past and present officials, members, players and supporters.

Commemorative polos were also made up and a book on the club’s 50-year history is due to be released soon.

Woodall said Cowwarr 125-year celebrations would go ahead in 2021, while Clapton has said he would like Sale City to do the same.

“I would like to see some sort of celebration next year, but I’m only one voice so it’ll be a club decision in relation to that,” Clapton said.

Pictured in 2012 before unfurling the 2011 senior premiership flag are captain Beau Wilson, coach Nick Hider, then past president David Monash and president Garry Fox. File photoe

Cowwarr Football-Netball Club was set to celebrate 125 years in 2020.

NGFNL cancels junior competitions David Braithwaite and Sam Watson

THE North Gippsland Football-Netball League won’t proceed with junior competitions this year.

A week after opting not to have senior competitions, the league board elected not to go ahead with under 18s football or under 17s and 15s netball either.

The league had reviewed return to play guidelines, including requirements placed on clubs for training and spectators, with the 10 clubs asked to provide feedback.

NGFNL president David Kyle said with no clear direction provided by the clubs, the decision on returning to play rested with the league board.

“This complex issue has many components which could be argued with

passion in either direction, however in forming our decision we have considered the rationale for abandoning our senior competition, recent COVID-19 trends within Victoria, the state government’s tightening of social distancing policy together with the fact that despite everyone’s best intentions to be fully compliant with return to play policy, COVID-19 pandemic is not age specific,” Kyle said in a statement.

“Our board’s overarching stance remains firmly focused on the safety and well-being of all community members and therefore the NGFNL board’s final decision has been to support the withdrawal and abandonment of all competition, at any level within the NGFNL for season 2020.

“Whilst the board knows full well this decision is not in line with that of other leagues, we equally understand the significance of our junior competition

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to support and build club success and the value gained by social engagement via sport however in our eyes the ultimate potential risks versus any reward played out significantly in our final decision.”

Before the decision was made, some clubs have admitted their opinion depends on what the state government recommends.

Woodside president Ashley Walpole said his club would prepare as best it could for the junior season, but didn’t have all the information.

“We’re relying on the Victorian government to give us guidance on how to run or conduct our season,” he said.

“If the government think we’re able to play then we can play, if they don’t think we’re able to play then we won’t play.”

Heyfield president Kelvin Sundermann said if the season went ahead, there would have been lots of challenges.

“It’s not the actual playing of football, it’s what’s happening around the outside,” he said.

“The crowd control and all the restrictions that you’ve got to adhere to, that’s the difficulties of it.”

While worried that if kids missed a year of football they may not come back and play the game, Yarram president Anthony Rodaughan said ultimately a decision to proceed with playing boiled down to risk versus reward.

“These kids will get eight or nine games of footy or netball but the risk that they could bring the virus back into our small community here with limited medical resources is something that we just don’t want to contemplate,” he said.

Gormandale president Adam Talbot was in the same boat as Rodaughan when it came to the risks of the season.

“Looking at it and being honest, the

cons probably outweigh the pros,” he said.

Cowwarr president Brad Woodall said his club “definitely don’t want the junior competition to go ahead”.

“We just think there’s too much risk involved and there’s a duty of care for those players, supporters and volunteers,” he said.

“It’s not fair to have a person nominated as a COVID-19 officer, that’s required to control the crowds and everyone at those events to say ‘you guys are too close, you must separate’.

“Who wants to take on that responsibility, it’s just too hard.”

Woodall said the financial factor hadn’t influenced his club’s opinion, but believed it would be a significant issue for a lot of clubs.

Sale City was among the clubs keen to play a junior season.

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