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The history books will say there was a Traralgon Cup in 2023. Latrobe Valley Racing Club overcame countless hurdles to host its marq quee meeting g on Sundayy. Club chairman Frank Bezzina (middle)) was bursting g with pride as he presented Traralgon Cup trophies to winning trainer Liam Howley, jockey Alana Kelly and owner Shaun Croxford, cradling daughter Harper, after five-year-old gelding Station One took out the main race.

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THIN BLUE LINE By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC

‘OVERWORKED. Undervalued. Always there.’ You may have spotted those words plastered across local police stations and vehicles as thousands of Victoria Police officers take part in industrial action amid failed enterprise bargaining. Traralgon Police Station has been adorned with union posters, with local police seen parking squad cars branded with ‘fair pay’ in prominent areas across the Latrobe Valley. Every four years, Victoria Police, The Police Association of Victoria (TPAV) and the state government work together to ensure a fair pay agreement. The parties have been locked in talks since June this year. The union is demanding a four per cent pay rise among better standards of working conditions. TPAV’s secretary, Wayne Gatt said industrial action is necessary as morale was at crisis point, with workers needing

a fair deal that meets their expectations. “Overworked, undervalued, but always there. “They’re our words to convey your feelings. We want the community, your employer and the government to hear and feel them too,” he said “Our representatives have been at the bargaining table with Victoria Police, attempting to negotiate an agreement that will take you forward for the next four years. An agreement that will put a full stop on the most tumultuous four years in policing history in this state.” Close to 18,000 officers across the state began industrial action on the morning of Sunday, December 3 after TPAV voted 99 per cent in favour of industrial action. “We genuinely hope that Victoria Police moves productively with the government to address key concerns and settle this round of wage negotiations without the need for disputation to occur. “The best outcomes for all parties are genuinely achieved when this is possible.

The last industry agreement expired at the end of November. A survey conducted by TPAV in September found increased levels of burnout among the members, with 20 per cent wanting to quit in the next 12 months. Victoria Police has faced an employment crisis exacerbated by the pandemic. It was announced last month that 23 police stations across the state would reduce their reception hours because of staffing shortages, with another 20 more stations to do the same in coming months. According to Victoria Police’s annual report, the police force is around 800 staff short across the state TPAV says the state government has failed to address the critical concerns of the union on behalf of the workforce in the five months of negotiation. Some of the industrial action involved squad cars flashing their lights in front of fixed-speed and red light cameras

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across Victoria to deny the state government of revenue from those fines. There are 19 other measures that police are employing as part of the industrial action. Police are replacing automated messages at stations with information on the action, distributing pamphlets and helping students cross the roads at schools in an attempt to get the government’s attention. All of the actions have caveats that all measures should not affect public safety. Shadow Minister for Police, Brad Battin, urged the Premier, Jacinta Allan, to address the years of under-resourcing, falling staff levels, plummeting morale and increasingly difficult work conditions. “Our police are at the frontline of keeping Victorians safe every day, yet they have been let down again and again by Labor,” he said. Continued - Page 3

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Nationals slam state’s timber compensation

Appalled: Member for Morwell Martin Cameron, Member for Eastern Victoria Region Melina Bath and ANC Forestry Manging Director Daryl Hutton discuss the state government’s timber compensation package. Photograph: Zaida Glibanovic

It’s a package that failed haulage contractors, harvest contractors and betrays workers MELINA BATH

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Bath, labelled the package “appalling”. “It’s a package that failed haulage contractors, harvest contractors and betrays workers,” she said. With contractors under government guidance to continue native timber operations - the axe fell on them hard when the state brought forward the industry’s closure. With three weeks until native timber ceases in Victoria, many contractors are hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket with equipment meant to last until 2030. “What timber harvesters and haulage operators did was gear up for that seven-year closure; they purchased expensive equipment to meet contracts and get the best out of timber,” Ms Bath said. “There’s paltry recognition of the debt created for timber contractors. What the government has done in the forced early closure has betrayed the timber communities, their workers, and families.” Ms Bath called for a fairer package recognising the industry’s contribution and debt. “Now we see this package that was supposed to be a fair package is absolutely diabolical for harvesters, haulage and for workers,” she said. “What we expect to see and what was promised by not only the former Premier (Daniel Andrews) but the current Premier (Jacinta Allan) was a fair and reasonable package.” In state Parliament recently, Ms Bath called on Treasurer Tim Pallas to work with the federal government to deliver a fairer tax regime on employee redundancy payments. “The government has failed to meet those obligations to negotiate with the forest contractors association and its crippling workers who are now going to end up paying up to a third of any lump sum payments back to the federal government,” she said. “I called on our treasurer, the Victorian Treasurer, to negotiate a fairer tax deal at one stage; the state government said that (compensation recipients) would pay zero on lump sum payments, and that was just forgotten in the negotiations.”

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THE Fire Danger Period (FDP) will begin at 1am next Monday (December 18) for the remainder of CFA’s South East Region. The following municipalities in District’s 8, 9 and 27 are listed as:  Latrobe City Countil;  Baw Baw Shire Council;  South Gippsland Shire Council;  Cardinia Shire Council;  City of Casey;  Bass Coast Shire Council;  Frankston City Council;  French Island;  Greater Dandenong Council;  City Kingston, and;  Mornington Peninsula Shire. The El Niño weather pattern means Victorians can expect a hotter and drier summer than recent years, and communities should begin preparing their properties and creating a Bushfire Survival Plan. CFA Deputy Chief Officer South East, Trevor Owen said plans were in place from their end. “The abundance of grass fuels is the focus over the summer period. Fast moving grassfires with the higher available grassland fuels is a risk that we have been preparing for,”. “Three years of the La Nina weather event produced wet and milder conditions which has created an abundance of grass across much of Victoria. Grass around many communities has been increasing, particularly around farming property, roadsides, residences and other assets. “Ensuring grass is properly maintained this summer will be critical. Continuing to mow, mulch and slash grass around your property to reduce the risk will protect properties and assist fire services in the event of a fast-moving grassfire.” While CFA’s 52,000 members are poised to respond and support communities this bushfire season, they’re urging people to use common sense and take responsibility for preventing fires. Residents in the South East Region are asked to take this opportunity ahead of the FDP to clean up their properties, and for landowners to conduct safe private burn-offs where possible. Those conducting burn-offs must notify authorities online at the Fire Permits Victoria website (firepermits.vic.gov.au), or by calling ESTA on 1800 668 511. By registering your burn-off online, you will allow emergency call takers to allocate more of their time taking calls from people who may need

emergency assistance more urgently. No burning off is permitted during the FDP without a Permit to Burn, which can be applied for through the Fire Permits Victoria website. There are very strict conditions attached to these permits and the liability sits with the permit holder to ensure they always act safely.

FIRE DANGER PERIOD INFORMATION:  ‘A written permit is required to burn off grass, undergrowth, weeds or other vegetation during the FDP. It can also be issued by the Municipal Fire Prevention Officer or the CFA District Office. You can apply for a permit at firepermits.vic.gov.au  Lighting fires in the open without a permit can bring a penalty of more than $21,800 and/ or 12 months imprisonment. For a full list of conditions, visit cfa.vic.gov.au/can  Farmers can find legal guidelines and practical advice at cfa.vic.gov.au/farms  More information about FDPs is available online at cfa.vic.gov.au/firedangerperiod  To find out what you can and can’t do during FDP, visit cfa.vic.gov.au/can or by calling VicEmergency Hotline on 1800 226 226.

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LOCAL forestry contractors have savaged the state government’s compensation package for their exit from the native forest industry, which closes at the end of the month. “It felt like a kick in the guts,” said the managing director of ANC Forestry, Daryl Hutton, referring to the compensation offer under the government’s Victorian Forestry Work Support Program. In the state government’s package, haulage contractors will receive 50 cents on the dollar for the rest of their contract, while harvesters will get 30 cents on the dollar. Operating under the presumption of a 2030 closure, as announced by the state government in November 2019, Mr Hutton, alongside the rest of the industry, continued to buy machinery for continued work. “There was a two-year delay on machinery, so we had to pre-order, and so now we’ve got the trucks and trailers showing up,” he said. “Because we had to be sustainable till 2030 ... these trucks are $750,000 by the time you put them on the road. “I’m not the only one. There’s other operators that have put their houses on the line to buy these trucks.” Still grappling with the shock closure of the industry, Mr Hutton said many contractors were frustrated as the compensation package wasn’t sufficient. “We work as a collective to be the voice to Parliament, so we’re not going as individuals, and we just see that anger coming through from contractors,” he said. “There hasn’t been a fair deal offered to us. All the way through, we’ve been hung on this string - how long is a piece of string we’ve never known.” Mr Hutton called on the state government to rethink the compensation package and have it resemble the Gippsland Lakes commercial fishermen package. That industry was given three years of their average income as the base of their departure package. “The fisheries have set the precedence - the payout they got - so we’re after something like that,” he said. The state government recently announced that community foresters and their workers would be given access to more transition support. With the planned timber industry closure brought forward to January 1, 2024, the state government promised an additional $200 million in support for the industry in May, but only released the details of the package on Friday, December 1. The state government says the package will compensate operators for no longer required plant and equipment, and reimburse businesses in full for worker redundancy payments. Community forestry workers, including seed collectors and chip-truck drivers, can also access worker support payments, including redundancy top-ups and a $3000 one-off hardship payment via the Victorian Forestry Worker Support Program. Member for the Eastern Victoria Region, Melina

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Stepping over the thin blue line

Stockdale acquitted TRARALGON man Benjamin Stockdale faced Melbourne's County Court last week. The 38-year-old was acquitted of charges of intentionally causing serious injury and recklessly causing serious injury. He had previously been denied bail after allegedly causing serious injury to his girlfriend's toddler in November 2021. The other charges alleging breaching Family Violence Intervention Order were adjourned to last Friday and remitted back to the Magistrates’ Court on January 10, 2024.

Car owner wanted

DETECTIVES from Latrobe Criminal Investigations Unit are seeking the owner of a 2002 Black VX Holden Commodore Sedan. The vehicle was located parked in Moe on November 9, 2023. If you own this vehicle or know who does, contact the detectives from Latrobe CIU on 5131 5000.

Driver dies after medical episode

A MALE driver has died after suffering from a medical episode, where he crashed in Traralgon’s East on Thursday, December 7. Emergency services were called to a car incident near Pets Domain on Rocla Road in Traralgon at around 3.25pm. At the scene a dark green sedan had sustained visible damage to the front end of the vehicle. The death is not being treated as suspicious.

Trafalgar road incident

WARRAGUL Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision that occurred in a car park in Trafalgar on November 28, 2023 around 12.15pm.

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Blue flu: The Police Association of Victoria voted to take industrial action following failed pay agreements. Photographs: Liam Durkin

“VICTORIA Police has over 800 vacancies, 43 stations which have closed overnight and now over a quarter of officers saying they are going to leave. The government must finally take responsibility and stand up for our police,” the Shadow Police Minister Brad Battin said. "Police Minister Anthony Carbines is again missing in action, and the Premier needs to step in and fix the crisis in our police force." The government, according to Ms Allan, would not step in to break the impasse between the union and Industrial Relations Victoria. Based on when a resolution is reached, the police organisation stated that taking action might take days or weeks. No appreciation: Victoria Police officers have written slogans across their vehicles to highlight their plight.

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Vehicle roll-over on freeway

ON Saturday, November 2, a driver of a light blue Mitsubishi Triton rolled the car on the Princes Freeway in Newborough in the eastbound lanes. Emergency services were quick on the scene after they got the call at around 10.43am. With recent heavy rains across the Latrobe Valley, road conditions have been increasingly slippery and may have contributed to the car's rollover.

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motor vehicle that occurred at a property in Sale on November 23, at about 7pm. It is believed the offender attended the Hutchison Street residence at around 3.35am and stole a number of items from a parked vehicle that was on the property. Investigators have released CCTV footage of a man with a hat and a black tote bag who may be able to assist with enquiries. Anyone with information is urged to contact Sale Police Station on (03) 5142 2200.

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Council Beat

LATROBE City Council held its last monthly meeting for the year on Monday, December 4. Councillor Darren Howe’s first ordinary meeting as Mayor was short by LCC standards, with the meeting’s run time at three-and-a-half hours. All councillors attended except Cr Melissa Ferguson after the recent death of her mother. Cr Dale Harriman attended the meeting online and later left due to illness. A few “Madame Mayors” were accidentally said as the council continued to adjust to the shift of the new Mayor Howe. Here were some key take-outs from the meeting.

Community grant programs

COUNCIL agreed to endorse changes to the Community Grant Program. The following modifications increase funding sources and make them available to community organisations:  The Capital Works Major Grant was introduced;  The replacement of Minor Equipment and Community Sponsorship Minor with a Community Essentials - Quick Response Grant, and;  Amalgamation of Community Wellbeing and Community Sponsorship.

Sustainability Action Plan 2023-2033

COUNCIL endorsed the presented Sustainability Action Plan 2023-2033. The plan, first presented in August, has undergone consultation and has been updated with the community’s minor adjustments. The new plan sets out actions Towards Net Zero, adapting to a changing climate, a cleaner, greener Latrobe City, connecting community with nature and creating a circular economy. Cr Dan Clancey said with technology rapidly transforming, the plan might be solid for now but should be reviewed within five years’ time to ensure council stayed up to date with new energy advancements.

Youth Policy

THE controversial Youth Policy was again a matter up for debate - with two public speakers arguing their side of the coin. Council officer’s Youth Policy Review suggests council adopts the new Youth Policy for the next four years and revoke all other previous versions. The policy outlines Latrobe City’s commitment to young people aged 12 to 25 years. It provides guidance around the programs, projects, participation and engagement for young people across the municipality. However, community concerns were raised at both the November and December meetings in regard to the term “identity” and sharing public spaces with transgender-identifying people. Though council has assured on multiple occasions the Youth Policy has nothing to do with public changing rooms or toilet facilities, the gender debate continued during public speaking time. As the LCC Youth Policy states, the policy is for, “Young people of all abilities, sexualities and identities” who have an essential contribution to make to Latrobe City. The policy aims are:  Increased educational and employment opportunities;  Engagement, advocacy and impacting council decisions;  Providing information, increasing leadership capacity, volunteerism and civic participation, and;  Providing young people with access to safe places and experiences. Cr Harriman was out of the room due to a conflict

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of interest and Cr Gibson abstained from the vote. Nevertheless, the rest of council voted to approve the new Youth Policy that was made in consultation with the municipality’s young people.

Henry Street,Traralgon parking trial

THE Henry Street, Traralgon Resident Exemption Parking Permit Trial, which has been running since October 2022, has been evaluated. Councillors unanimously voted to extend the resident-exempt parking zone trial along Henry St until the completion of the Car Parking Management Policy. They will expect to receive a report on that policy at a future date. Between January 2023 and March 2023, parking surveys were done eight times between 11am and 1pm, which corresponds to peak parking demand in the Traralgon activity centre. According to the report, up to 81 per cent fewer on-street parking spots were used in the trial area than there was a year before, and 60 per cent of the spaces were vacant. As a result, the average automobile space used has decreased from 32 per cent to 10 per cent overall. Seeking public feedback, council received 16 responses: 13 were in support of the continuation of 2P parking restrictions, and 14 were in support of continuing resident permits. Cr Gibson was in full support of extending the parking zone trial, and said: “The community is happy with what we’re doing. Why stuff it up now?”

New group formed

CR Clancey thanked the work of the Cultural Diversity Advisory Committee, which has helped council navigate its multicultural demography for a long time. With the committee’s expiration date back in August, council voted that the committee should be transformed into an engagement group. But why? The engagement group structure is less formal than an advisory committee and focuses on informing operational matters such as the delivery of programs and services. Members of the committee will be notified of the decision, and the Cultural Diversity Community Engagement Group will be formed.

Budget submissions

THE budget submission is a compilation of council’s key concerns that should be prioritised by the state and federal governments. Within the budget submissions, officers have maintained council’s focus on the Traralgon Football-Netball Club Flood Recovery and Resilience project. In the state submission, Latrobe City is advocating for:  Latrobe New Energy Future;  Victorian Aerospace Technology Precinct (VATP);  Flood Recovery and Resilience;  Inter-Township Trail Network;  Residential Development Precincts;  Latrobe’s Education and Health Clinic;  Traralgon Bypass;  Traralgon East West Link;  Moe Revitalisation Stage 3; and  Transport. Federally, council will prioritise:  Latrobe New Energy Future;  Victorian Aerospace Technology Precinct (VATP);  Flood Recovery and Resilience;  Inter-Township Trail Network;  Residential Development Precincts, and;  Latrobe’s Education and Health Clinic.

Traralgon West development

AN alternate motion moved by Cr Kellie O’Callaghan was to endorse the draft Traralgon West Development Plan Overlay. Cr O’Callghan’s motion aimed to ensure a full report of concerns from Traralgon Golf Club. The Traralgon Golf Club was alarmed when the rezoning amendment was first announced on council’s agenda. Members and directors at the golf club expressed their concerns at the potential threat of their club’s future, after the area had been identified as suitable as residential land use. The concerns that the Traralgon Golf Club voiced was the threat of relocation and increased costs. The development plan overlay covers 331 hectares all the way to Latrobe Regional Airport. Cr Graeme Middlemiss reassured that the amendment did not mean the end of the golf course. “I don’t support a potential pathway to residential development for the golf course. I don’t think that will be useful or helpful in terms of residential development ... the councillors are not of that view,” he said. “I believe the concern in the community as such that it is now worthwhile going ahead and receiving a report around the options with the golf club.” Cr Gibson said: “We’ve had speakers last month and this month saying ‘it isn’t right then and it surely isn’t right now’”. Nevertheless, the alternate motion was carried, with Crs O’Callaghan, Tracie Lund, Clancey, Middlemiss, Bradley Law and Howe voting in favour. Cr Clancey said the last council meeting was quite tumultuous. “Quite light-heartedly, I spoke to a friend of mine last month and I said ‘council meeting felt like an episode from The Castle’,” he said. “People were standing in front of us and saying ‘Don’t do it, don’t tear down our things’ ... there was nothing in our report that said we were going to. “I think we do need to ensure that the golf club has a say in this.” Council will receive a report in relation to how the concerns raised by the Traralgon Golf Club could be addressed.

Philip Parade development COUNCIL unanimously agreed to begin to consider a combined planning scheme amendment and planning permit application lodged by Millar Merrigan on behalf of the Gippsland Development Group for land in Philip Parade, Churchill. The land is 4.2 hectares in size and will require rezoning to pursue residential development.

Sports lighting replacements COUNCIL unanimously endorsed the replacement of all sports lighting at the Yinnar Recreation Reserve (Main Oval), Boolarra Recreation Reserve (Main Oval), Glengarry Recreation Reserve (Main Oval) and Harold Preston Reserve (West Pitch 1) with compliant training lighting for each surfaces primary sport. Council will allocate $998,000 (plus GST) from existing cash reserve accounts to deliver the projects. Council will endorse the application to the 202324 local sports infrastructure fund for new sports field lighting at Toners Lane Reserve (the main baseball pitch) and updating the recreation reserve master plan. Council will also allocate $278,930 from cash reserve accounts to contribute to their ratio of the projects funding.

Social media policy COUNCIL has approved a new social media policy. Cr Clancey said that social media had evolved, and in the past 10 years, the way the community communicates with council had also changed. By guiding the appropriate use of social media platforms and tools by council staff, contractors, agents, and volunteers who use social media on behalf of Latrobe City Council, the policy aims to provide a framework that protects each person’s reputation and integrity as well as the reputation and integrity of Latrobe City Council. The policy will be made available on council’s website.

Concerns about the Youth Policy COMMENT BY TAYLAH LING

COMPROMISING and discussing community concerns were not on the agenda for Latrobe City’s December meeting. There was another significant turnout of speakers at this meeting, with many sharing their concerns about the Traralgon West Plan Overlay. It was made very clear by these speakers that if this plan was voted through and the golf club re-zoned to residential, the golf club would likely close. I spoke out about the risks that the Youth Policy posed by enshrining the term ‘identity’ into the definition of young people. Many from the community feared that this would compromise single-sex spaces by allowing males who identified as women into change rooms and toilets. Councillor Melissa Ferguson was absent from the meeting and Cr Dale Harriman stepped away due to a conflict of interest on this item, however, aside from Cr Sharon Gibson, no other councillor directly addressed my concerns. I found it interesting that Sean Mulcahy, a resident of Ballarat spoke at the meeting in support of the Youth Policy, and like our councillors,

he did not address the concerns raised in my speech. It was evident that many of our councillors had pre-prepared speeches and a set plan on how they intended to vote at the meeting. The Traralgon West Development Plan Overlay was voted through by Crs Kellie O’Callaghan, Tracie Lund, Brad Law, Graeme Middlemiss, Dan Clancey and Mayor Darren Howe. Cr O’Callaghan did put forward an alternate motion that would see the plan move forward while also gathering a report from the Traralgon Golf Club on their concerns. Too little, too late comes to mind in this regard. The Youth Policy was also passed without any edits made to ensure women’s safety, an ironic choice considering that for the week leading up to the meeting their social media was filled with posts advocating for an end to gender-based violence. This was the last council meeting for 2023. I wish all councillors a restful and safe Christmas break and hope that next year we see a more community-centred approach to local government. Next year is election time and now more than ever - voters are watching.

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National award-winning builders By KATRINA BRANDON

VIRTUE Homes is celebrating, after winning best $750,000 to $1 million National Display Home at the 2023 Master Builders National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards. The Traralgon-based company flew back from Perth with the award in hand. Their winning house, the Olivia 42 display home, is 42 square metres with five bedrooms, three bathrooms, two car spaces and three shared living spaces. “We are very proud of how the Olivia 42 turned out,” Virtue Homes Owner, Mick Nicola said. “When we build our display homes, it is a calibration of the whole team’s ideas, creations and skill sets all rolled into one.” Mr Nicola said winning the award hadn’t sunken in yet and that, as a regional Victorian business, it was “mind-blowing” to win such a significant award. “It means the customer can now have confidence that we produce a great quality product that stands out from others in Victoria and nationally. They have the peace of mind that they are in good hands,” he said. “It’s excellent for the ‘Virtue family’ to celebrate this because they push themselves hard and

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Marching band: Some Christmas favourites were played at the event. Photographs supplied

Turnout: People gathered along Kay Street Gardens for the Christmas market.

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Spirit: Community groups came together for the Traralgon Christmas Parade.

THE Traralgon Community Christmas Parade and Market was a roaring success. Thousands turned out to see the community event, which was put on by Traralgon Rotary, Apex, Lions and Traralgon Community Development Association. REH Cork Club and Gippsland Peoples Council also provided assistance. Community groups showcased themselves in the parade, while the craft market was also hugely popular. Church groups to motorbikes, angel stilt walkers to dinosaurs, Caledonian band and the Traralgon City Band were all there. Santa arrived in a horse drawn carriage and the Grinch roamed the parade and set up in the market for the children to see. The event received great support from sponsors: WIN TV, TRFM Gold 1242 FM, AGL, Latrobe City, TCP, MSD, Turn West. Volunteers contributed hundreds of hours preparing and running the day.

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Neeson to film in Walhalla ARGUABLY the biggest name since Queen Elizabeth is set to come to Gippsland next year. Hollywood star Liam Neeson is shooting part of his film Ice Road 2 in Walhalla next month. The film is a sequel to the 2021 production Ice Road, which saw considerable success at the box office. With a cast of 90 and a crew of 200, filming will begin on January 8 and is expected to wrap up at the end of the month. The main location shoot will take place between the old fire station and the band rotunda, and the nearby Star Hotel will be specially repainted in new colours to suit the film's mood. Neeson, 71, was nominated for an Oscar for his leading role in the 1993 Steven Speilberg epic Schindler's List - often rated one of the greatest films ever made. It is one of only seven films to achieve a nine-star or higher rating on the Internet Movie Database. The Northern Irish actor has achieved fame for work in blockbuster franchises such as Star Wars, and Batman, as well as the romantic comedy and staple Christmas favourite Love Actually. Since the early 2010s, he has mainly been cast in action movies.

A-Lister: Liam Neeson is shooting a film in Walhalla next month. Photograph supplied

Nicks appointed as new AEC chair THE Australian Energy Council has lost one Latrobe Valley chief but gained another. The AEC's board has appointed AGL Energy’s Managing Director and Chief Executive, Damien Nicks as its new chair. Mr Nicks replaces Mark Collette, Managing Director of EnergyAustralia, who was previously in the position. Mr Nicks will be supported by EDL Energy Chief Executive, James Harman, who has been elected deputy chair of the peak body for energy retailers and generators. The council’s Chief Executive, Sarah McNamara, said, “We are pleased to have two highly regarded energy executives lead our board at a time of major transitional change for the sector”. “Through their extensive experience, Damien and James will be able to make valuable contributions to the work of our members who are at the forefront of the energy transformation.

“I would also like to thank Mark Collette, who steps down as chair, and Frank Calabria, CEO of Origin Energy, previously deputy chair, for their input to our work. "I’m pleased that both Mark and Frank remain on the AEC Board and look forward to their ongoing contribution.” There are also two newly-appointed directors: Snowy Hydro’s Chief Executive, Dennis Barnes, and CS Energy’s Chief Executive, Darren Busine. The Australian Energy Council is the peak industry body for electricity and downstream natural gas businesses operating in the wholesale and retail energy markets. AEC members generate and sell energy to 10 million homes and businesses and are major investors in renewable energy generation. The AEC supports reaching net-zero by 2050 as well as a 55 per cent emissions reduction target by 2035.

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Transition plan picked apart THE Latrobe Valley and Gippsland Transition Plan claims to be a road map to the transition to renewable industries, yet has more potholes than Gippsland roads. The Transition Plan was developed by the Latrobe Valley Authority, a government authority of only six years standing without demonstrable long-term experience in attracting and bedding down new, large-scale and technologically complex industries. The then Minister for Regional Development, Harriet Shing said: “This plan reflects the optimism, achievements and ambitions of the region. It recognises Gippsland’s strengths and opportunities and sets a course for long term prosperity and liability”. This spin sounds great but what is the reality? Well, according to the Minister, when pressed in Parliament, the reality is far less optimistic “I am under no illusions - none whatsoever - about the difficulty of this task.” I challenge the Minister to put the regional optimism to the pub test - walk into any Latrobe Valley pub or meet a work crew at lunch and ‘read the room’ - unlikely to be too optimistic. The Latrobe Valley and Gippsland Transition Plan is a document:  Long on idealistic rhetoric and short on substance;  Long on vague recommendations (the ‘who, when and how’ are generally not specified);  Silent on SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic/results orientated and Time bound) key performance indicators for the measurement of progress;  Lacks a strategy supported by strategic, financial or economic analysis of potential options;  Devoid of a risk and reward appraisal of options, and;  Does not show that the transition outcomes will deliver superior outcomes to the status quo.

Missing from Plan

FOR a start, the Transition Plan fails to define the new sustainable industries, nor compare the sustainability, economics and job creation of the so called new sustainable industries with our existing industries. Cottage industries will not cut the mustard. Under the Transition Plan, we need large-scale new industries that are internationally competitive, to replace the thousands of jobs being lost in mining, power generation, forestry, papermaking and sawmilling. The Transition Plan fails to acknowledge that the growth of Victoria into a modern society was leveraged off well-planned investments in reliable and affordable energy, paper, timber, and agricultural production. This was accomplished by hard-working Gippsland people over many decades with government support. The Transition Plan ignores the lessons of history, is selective in its acknowledgement of Gippsland’s strengths, and the so called ‘course for long term prosperity’ lacks a coherent strategy on how to get there. The Transition Plan also fails to acknowledge serious constraints and impediments to implementing the transition. The Transition Plan does not provide adequate commentary on how to deal with:  Scarce availability of cleared land (most of Gippsland is native forest and cleared land is either too expensive, too far from manufacturers or markets or too steep for plantations for example);  Electricity prices that are no longer internationally competitive for new manufacturing options;

Microscope: Local consultant John Cameron has picked apart the Latrobe Valley Authority’s Gippsland Transition Plan. File photograph  Investor confidence that has been dashed by diminished sovereign risk;  Patient capital may now only be mobilised with taxpayer funded subsidies;  Obtaining the ‘public licence’ to operate the ‘Transition’ Industries will be very challenging. No one wants a windfarm nearby or a new transmission line through their farm, and;  A new group of activists replacing the activists the government caved in to. The Transition Plan makes 52 recommendations focusing on the transition, including education and training pathways to local employment, but fails to specify where the new ‘local jobs’ will come from.

Doomed to fail

ACCORDING to the spin, the Transition Plan is to build on the Latrobe Valley Authority (LVA’s) work since 2016 to support communities. Latrobe communities are unlikely to place much faith in the LVA, given the number jobs in Latrobe LGA is down eight per cent over the last decade despite the LVA spending $300 million of taxpayer money on the ‘transition’ over six years. Jobs are up 11 per cent to 37 per cent in other Victorian regional centres. The current budget for the LVA’s work on the transition is only $7.2 million, of which $6.5 million is consumed by the 32 staff, effectively leaving the LVA just $700,000 to ‘drive’ the state government’s huge, risky challenging transition. Funding for Regional Victoria appears to have declined from $8 billion to $5 billion over the past three years and many rural programs have closed including Regional Infrastructure Fund,

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Stronger Regional Communities, Regional Tourism Infrastructure Fund, Latrobe Valley Economic Facilitation Fund, and Ride High Country Fund. Ironically, funding for Tiny Towns has been retained, but if the Transition Plan fails there will be more Tiny Towns to support in rural Victoria. Some of the key unknowns not answered by the Transition Plan are:  What exactly are the new industries that we will transition into?  Where will the new industries be located and how much scarce land will they require, including for associated infrastructure?  Will these new industries be internationally competitive or will they require subsidies?  What are the ‘opportunity costs’ of those subsidies - e.g. what vital health, triple 0 service, affordable public housing and other services will we forgo to fund the subsidies?  How truly sustainable are the new industries on a rigorous ‘cradle to grave’ analysis and are facilities in place for responsible recycling and disposal of spent components?  Are the components manufactured in democratic jurisdictions with renewable energy and not with coal fired power or energy sourced from Russia?  What are the forecast cost imposts on consumers of electricity and timber and will the state government need to continue to subsidise power bills given the 25 per cent hike in retail electricity prices is only a quarter of the movement in electricity prices over the last year? The plan states that the “Transition to a clean energy economy will lead to increased prospects for agriculture, construction and manufacturing, requiring a skilled workforce”. The transition has already been underway for a decade and funded by the LVA for about half that time, yet the number of jobs in Latrobe, South Gippsland, Wellington and East Gippsland LGA’s has shrunk, and by up to eight per cent for Latrobe LGA over the last 11 years. By contrast, other regional and rural areas not subject to a government driven transition of Greater Shepparton, Greater Bendigo, Ballarat, Mildura and Wodonga have experienced job growth of 11 per cent to 37 per cent. Geelong recorded growth of 39 per cent and Melbourne LGA 44 per cent.

Losing high paid jobs

THE Transition Plan is correct in stating that the industries the government are closing down “Industries such as mining, power generation and forestry are major economic contributors.” The industries we are transitioning away from provide high paid jobs and considerable production induced jobs in support industries and consumption induced jobs in service industries. Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing; Manufacturing; Mining; and Electricity/Gas/Water/Waste deliver 36 per cent of Gippsland Regional Output. They deliver above-average regional output per employee and also remuneration per employee (apart from Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing). The high output per employee and high remuneration per employee translate to above-average production induced and consumption induced employment multipliers and deliver substantially more flow on jobs. These jobs deliver economic benefit to the region that is not possible with industries with lower output and remuneration per employee. The plan provides no detailed information on the remuneration of jobs in the transition industries, but makes some optimistic comments on tourism. The Gippsland community is unlikely to want to rely more heavily on a transition to tourism (nor agriculture or fishing) given their low region output and particularly their low regional output

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per employee and low average remuneration per employee. The regional output and remuneration per employee for forestry is better than agriculture and fishing, however, the potential for the sector has been amputated by the recent ‘closure’, resulting in a loss of 1 million m3 pa of logs from the native forests, plus the 50,000 hectare decline in the plantation estate over the years since the state government’s Forestry Plan was launched. To fill the equivalent of a 100,000 ha shortfall in required plantation supply, the state government has promised only a token 14,000 hectares. (The Gippsland Plantation Investment Program costs $240 million - $120 million each from both government and Victorian Hancock Plantations - 16 million trees over 10 years). They will struggle to achieve that without the considerable taxpayerfunded subsidies given the lack of suitable and affordable cleared farmland within economic haul of mills and markets. The Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing; Manufacturing; Mining and Electricity/Gas/Water/Waste industries rely on ‘scale economies’ to be internationally competitive and are also highly integrated, such that the loss of raw material supply (e.g. cessation of the native forests wood supply) can have a dramatic impact on the viability of downstream manufacturing (e.g. paper and sawn timber production). The Transition Plan is misleading in stating the existing mining, power and manufacturing industries “are not large employers compared to other sectors.” This simple statement ignores the substantial production induced multiplier effect (typical of capital intensive industries with large output per employee) and consumption induced multiplier effect (typical of industries with high remuneration per employee). The Gippsland community deserve to see the comparable estimates of regional output for the transition industries. Currently, utility scale batteries, solar farms, onshore wind farms and offshore windfarms rely heavily on imported components (local content only about five per cent). After construction, these renewable installations employ only a handful of people in contrast to the thousands currently employed in the power industry. Utility scale solar, onshore wind farms and transmission easements all will compete with plantations and farming for scarce land. For example, a 2000 MW of onshore wind power would need about 48,000 ha.

Shambolic transition THE plans of the Australian Market Energy Operator (AMEO) for the transition to renewables in Gippsland and Western Victoria have been criticised by experts with considerable experience in transmission of electricity. The Victorian Energy Policy Centre (VEPC) analysed electricity transmission issues associated with Gippsland renewables, and concluded that the AEMO “has hobbled renewable generation in Gippsland for no good reason”. The VEPC also criticised the AMEO’s VNI West plan for Western Victoria. The VEPC suggests the AMEO plan will cost $5 billion more and deliver a 1.124 billion per annum or $28 billion more than 25 years increase in electricity bills, and require a 10-fold increase in length of new easement, and host 11 per cent less renewable capacity. Looks like the state government, in its reckless hast on energy transition, has hitched its renewable wagon up to the wrong horse. About the author: John Cameron is a Latrobe Valley consultant with a background in forestry and business finance.

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Moe Meditation Group

THE group plans to continue its weekly 8.30am to 9.30am Wednesday morning sessions in the Narracan Hall at the Gippsland Heritage Park (Old Gippstown) Moe next year. New for 2024, the group is asking for expressions of interest in the practice of silent meditation in the Zen tradition on the first and third Wednesday morning of each month from 9.30am to 10.30am. If you are a late sleeper or have earlier commitments, this later time will offer you the opportunity to learn and practice the skills of basic meditation. Email clem@asia.com or phone 0427 262 064. Cost is $5 per session.

Peer support

LATROBE Valley Peer Support group offers information, social connection and hope to those affected by Parkinson’s Disease. All are welcome, whether you’re living with Parkinson’s or caring for someone with the condition. This group provided an informal and welcoming environment for people affected by Parkinson’s to come together. Why not attend a meeting to see if this group is for you? Meetings are held at Gippsland Rotary Drive Centenary House (39 Valley Drive, Traralgon) on the second Thursday of each month between 11am and 1pm. For more information, phone 1800 644 189 or email info@fightparkinsons.org.au for details.

Boolarra Christmas Carols

CAROLS, a free barbecue, markets and a visit from Santa will highlight this year’s Boolarra Christmas Carols. Come down to Railway Park,

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Chess results

PETER Bakker took control in each clash and finished in first place in recent Latrobe Valley Chess action. Mistakes lost the advantage in the first two games for Ian Hamilton, who found victories later on. Kyan Taber experienced the highs and lows of a range of results. Matt Bolding and Cliff Thornton forced the win in several games but did not maintain the winning form. Steve Ahern found the win in the first game but resigned in other clashes when forced into the losing position. Trevor Morgan managed to find the win in a five-game match with Samantha Juers. For more information on local chess, phone Ian Hamilton on 0400 221 649 or Cliff Thornton (0413 330 458).

Bridge results

TRARALGON Bridge Club results, December 4, 5 and 6. Monday - 1st Moira Hecker and Robin Hecker: 69 per cent; 2nd Marion Taylor and Susie Parker (59). Tuesday - N/S Rob Graham and Glenis Lohr (65); 2nd Phillip Goode and Barbara Barr (57). E/W 1st Kaye Douglas and Roshni Chand (60); 2nd Peter Lonie and Carol Cheyne (59). Thursday - 1st Kevin and Marion Taylor (65); 2nd Ros McEvoy and Anne den Houting (62). If you are interested in learning more about bridge, call Traralgon Bridge Club President, Greg Nicholson on 0419 365 739.

Cancer Council

MOE and District Cancer Council Volunteer Group would like to wish all committee members, the businesses, schools and all supporters a Merry Christmas, and a safe and Happy New Year. Thank you for all your support over the last year. The group looks forward to your continued support and involvement in 2024. Together we have achieved many goals. Cancer Research Project Progress to date of $5000 each - Melanoma, Oesophageal, Liver, Prostate, Pancreatic, Ovarian and Myeloma ($35,000 in total). Moe and District’s current project is Lung Cancer Research. Look for us selling raffle tickets in Moe in front of the newsagency in Moore Street for a Christmas Hamper. Tickets are on sale until this Friday (December 15). The group’s next meeting will be held on Monday, January 22, 2024 from 1.30pm at the Moe RSL. All are welcome. For more information, phone Diane on 0438 517 470 or Linda (0427 671 780). Cancer Council Supporters Hotline: 1300 65 65 85 Cancer Council Helpline: 13 11 20 Quit Line: 13 78 48

Yinnar exhibitions

AS a trial, arcYinnar will extend the current exhibitions Hands On and Private Eye over the Christmas/New Year break. Opening on Saturdays between 1pm and 5pm from this Saturday

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(December 16) through to January 13, 2024. The community will be able to acquire last-minute bespoke and unique art and craft by local and national artists.

Music on the green

TRARALGON Golf Club welcomes the public to music on the green this Saturday (December 17). Bring a deck chair and sit under shady trees around the clubhouse. Bar facilities will be open for a wine or beer (no bring your own). Music by Low Profile, playing a mix of 70s and 80s tunes. Tickets are $10 per person from the clubhouse or pro shop. Children can enter for free.

TRAMPS ride

TRAMPS (Traralgon and Morwell Pedallers Inc.) met at Yarram for a leisurely cruise to McLoughlins Beach recently. First stop was McLoughlins Beach, where some members rode across the long bridge to the beaches on the other side. Continuing the journey, lunch was fish and chips at Port Albert in the

excellent new restaurant on the wharf. Members enjoyed watching the boats at the wharf while eating lunch. The trail back to Yarram from Port Albert was along the Tarra Trail; with a few shallow water crossings. In one place the fence poles on both sides of the trail were decorated with tiny dolls and animals. TRAMPS next ride is this Saturday (December 16). Starts in Morwell and after the Christmas dinner the group will tour the town admiring the Christmas illuminations. TRAMPS welcomes new riders. For more information visit tramps.org.au Club contacts are Paul on 0459 823 422 or Vance (0403 662 288).

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Celebrate: ALDI celebrated the grand opening of the Mid Valley store on Wednesday, December 6. Photographs: Zaida Glibanovic

A new page: Mid Valley has received a revitalisation, with ALDI moving into the complex.

ALDI makes Mid Valley move MID VALLEY was a hive of activity, as ALDI celebrated its grand opening last Wednesday. The Western car park was full, with people coming from all over town to get a peak of ALDI’s bigger Morwell store. ALDI has relocated from Princes Drive to Mid Valley. Herds of people exited the shopping centre with an array of overflowing ALDI bags adorning their arms and trollies. Shoppers were excited to hear about the improvements in the new location, allowing the team to better serve customers. Not only is the new location a larger store, but it also features more parking space, easier store access, self-scan checkouts, and new freezer and chiller equipment. To celebrate the grand opening, Mid Valley management organised free giveaways and fun prizes for Mid Valley’s ALDI’s first customers. Customers presented their proof of purchase to receive free popcorn and a chance to play a game of Spin the Wheel to win prizes. Announcing the move in late October, ALDI closed its doors at the old Princes Drive store at 3pm on Tuesday, December 5. The south end of the Mid Valley shopping precinct has undergone big changes; Target and then Coles first left the shopping centre in

2018; and since then, the discount department store Dimmeys has come and gone, leaving the west end side a ghost town. ALDI’s regional managing director, David Zalunardo, said the business was happy to offer regional customers an elevated shopping experience. “We’re so pleased to be bringing a bigger and better ‘Good Different’ shopping experience to Morwell locals who already know and love ALDI, and for those who may be yet to experience ALDI’s vast exclusive brand range, curated to deliver the best quality at the lowest possible price,” he said. “The brand-new ALDI Morwell location will feature a number of innovations that will offer an enhanced shopping experience for our customers, including the addition of self-checkouts, and a larger storefront.” Mr Zalunardo said customers would not have to worry about any price hikes, with ALDI promising to remain ‘Good Different’. “Although the store may be in a different location, our Price Promise remains the same - we won’t be beaten on the cost of your weekly shop,” he said. “We welcome both new and existing customers to journey down to the new store and experience the incredible savings that can be made for themselves.” ALDI’s new Morwell location has ideally

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opened just in time for Christmas shopping. Mid Valley’s fresh food precinct has been transformed, as has the grocery shopping experience in the Valley, providing more than 3000 square metres of fresh retail space. “It is an exciting time for the centre and the local community as a whole. We are moving into a new era of retailing, and we are excited for the future!” Mid Valley Shopping Centre Manager, Sjaala Harbridge said. With new contemporary designs, the precinct aims to make shopping at Mid Valley an enjoyable and sought-after experience. In addition to the West Mall fresh retail development, works will include new public amenities, plus state-of-the-art lighting and finishes. According to Mid Valley, the Fresh Food precinct is aimed at local and national businesses looking for a contemporary retail environment that’s also conveniently positioned in the heart of Latrobe Valley. The Express spoke to some eager local customers trying out the new store for the first time. Suzanne Thompson has always shopped at the Morwell ALDI ever since she moved to town. “(The new store) is actually closer (to where I live),” she said. Ms Thompson can see the positives, yet many Morwell residents expressed their concern about the ALDI move on the business’ posts on Facebook.

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“I think it’s good that it’s in with Woolies and all the rest of it, but the only downside is now Coles is at the other end of the town,” she said. “It is more convenient definitely - I use Woolies more than I use Coles, so Woolworths and ALDI being in the same place is great.” Commenting on the sheer size of the store, Ms Thompson said the difference was certainly noticeable. “It definitely is bigger, it’s awesome - you can’t see down one end to the other,” she said. ALDI’s Mid Valley store is open from 8.30am to 8pm, Monday to Sunday.

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scholarships TAFE Gippsland takes out the New at Federation Uni top training award

Wonderful welding: TAFE Gippsland engineering and fabrication team members Shayne Pavich, Joe Haley, Alex Terranova, Ian Potter, Jule Carroll, Dale Dye, Rob Vernon, Ben Johnstone, Linda Austin and Phil Backman with their award. Photographs supplied TAFE Gippsland is celebrating its success at the Weld Australia 2023 Excellence Awards, after receiving two awards at the ceremony in Melbourne. The institute won the Training and Education Organisation category. Encompassing TAFEs, independent RTOs (Registered Training Organisation) and private companies in Victoria and Tasmania, the Training and Education Award recognises and honours the outstanding achievements of a STEM or vocational education and training (VET) provider. TAFE Gippsland apprentice, Naomi Xuereb also received the Highly Commended for Young Trades Person of the Year (Under 25). Naomi is a Gippslander who undertook her VDSS in Certificate II in Engineering before commencing her apprenticeship in Certificate III in Engineering

Fabrication. She is employed on the Metro Tunnel rail project, while completing her apprenticeship. TAFE Gippsland Director Educational Delivery, Linda Austin and Head of Department Emerging Industries and Trades, Alex Terranova attended the awards ceremony with a group of TAFE Gippsland Engineering Fabrication Educators at the Huntingdale Golf Club in Windsor. Ms Austin said TAFE Gippsland was setting the benchmark for the delivery of industry recognised and required welding qualification and certification training in the region. “It’s rewarding to be recognised across the sector for our excellence in this space, particularly in skilling industry with highly-regarded welding tickets and qualifying welding supervisors certified by Weld Australia,” Ms Austin said.

Highly commended: Naomi Xuereb with her TAFE Gippsland educators Phil Backman and Joe Haley. “With a growing portfolio of programs and purpose-built facilities in which to deliver these programs, we are Gippsland’s primary source of quality training that supports and inspires individuals, industries and communities across the region with a focus on skilling workers for the new energy sector.” It has been a big year for TAFE Gippsland on the awards trail. The organisation recently took home the silver medal in the Large Training Provider of the Year category at the country’s highest accolade for vocational training organisations, the Australian Training Awards. This followed the announcement of TAFE Gippsland as Victoria’s 2023 Large Training Provider of the Year award at the Victorian Training Awards in September.

FEDERATION University Australia has secured six scholarships as part of the New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarship Program. The NCP Scholarship program is an initiative from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that is designed to lift knowledge of the Indo-Pacific by supporting Australian students to study and undertake internships in the region. The program provides scholarships to a diverse cohort of Australian university students to undertake offshore programs including study, internships, mentorships, and language training for up to 19 months in eligible Indo-Pacific host locations. Bachelor of Veterinary and Wildlife Science student, Amira Ah Yee Sima, will be heading to Universiti Sains, Malaysia in 2024 and said Malaysia will be the perfect place to expand her knowledge of conservation and wildlife. “I feel beyond grateful and lucky to have this amazing opportunity," she said. "As well as a general study load, I would like to undertake cultural and social activities, participate in homestays in a language course, and visit other regions, zoos, and sanctuaries. Observing and learning how wildlife and conservation programs are implemented in Malaysia. “Malaysia is known to be ranked 12th for biodiversity in the world. They also have a range of interesting species and conservation programs for them, such as dugongs, sea turtles, Bornean elephants, tigers, and orangutans.” NCP Scholarships are open to eligible Australian undergraduates currently studying at Australian universities. Before heading overseas, the six Federation recipients will go to Canberra for a three-day intensive training program to help prepare for their overseas travel. The scholarship recipients also attended an awards ceremony at Parliament House last week. Enrolments for the Bachelor of Veterinary and Wildlife Sciences and other courses are now open, for more information, visit study. federation.edu.au/course/DSV5

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Come Celebrate

Christmas

The bible says that the e first people to visit the baby Jesus we ere the shepherds. They were told by the angels that the child had been born in Bethlehem and so the shepherds hurried to see him. This story is very well known and enacted in many nativiity scenes. However, the words tha at the angels actually said, according g to the scriptures, are often overlooked and the true reason for the birtth off Chriistt is miissed d. Luke 2:14 “Glory to God d in the highest, and on earth peace, go ood will toward men. According g to this bible verse, the ang gels made this proclamatio on as part of Jesus’s birth announcement. They were bursting at the seams with joy because they knew they were witnesssing God’s plan of redemption through His Son.

Christmas is a season to reflect on the sense of hope, love, joy and peace that we strive to find in ourselves and in others. The day that Jesus was born was a magnificent day of celebration. Love was present, there was great joy and hope for the world. This Christmas may we see past the tinsel, the parties, the hype and excitement of what presents we might get and look for things which bring us hope, love, joy and peace. We see hope in the face of a new born baby, hope for a life filled with wonder and joy. May we feel the love and joy of being part of a safe family or community. May we also The True Meaning of Christmas is Love Christmas is the time of year we celebrate the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. A time of the year that we celebrate God s magnificent, unending love. A time of the year we celebrate the love of friends and family. A time of the year we extend our love to others in our community who live without the comforts some of us enjoy. Christmas celebrates the joyful, obedient love of the first disciple, Mary. Her generous, loving response to the news that she would be pregnant, even though she was still a virgin, is a response of awesome faith. Likewise, the response of Joseph,

Central to Christmas at Enjoy is the person of Jesus. Jesus is the reason for this season! John 3.16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Because God loved, God sent His one and only Son to you and I...so that whoever believes that He is the Son of God might have the assurance of eternal life. This is LIFE CHANGING NEWS, and news that is relevant to anyone and everyone...it is news that brings hope to the entire world! His love is life-changing because His love is unconditional and when known

reﬂect on the greatest gift all, God s son, and feel His peace this Christmas season.

The community of St Michael s Catholic Church, Traralgon, extends to all a warm invitation to come and share in the love and peace of Christ this Christmas Time.

and experienced personally changes how we see ourselves...and as a result...how we see others, and THAT changes everything! Christmas is the time where we celebrate His love, and in turn demonstrate that love to those around us. This time of year is when we lay down the things that divide us and focus on the things that bring us together... it s a time for us to stop, consider and remember the greatest of all news... that we are truly loved and known by Jesus. You re invited to come celebrate Christmas with us at Enjoy Church!

To find out how you can enjoy peace with God,, you are e invited to join one of the local Christiian churches this Christmas. Each congre egation will come together to remember the birth of Christ, give thanks for the love of God and celebrate His master plan n.

The Christmas day service will be held at 9.30am at Glengarry Uniting Church. Christmas Lunch is held at the Uniting Church for those who may like some company. On Christmas Day a cold meat and salad plus dessert is offered. Please call the church office on 5176 1029 and leave your name and number so we can contact you. Traralgon Uniting Church is on Park Lane, just up from Hungry Jacks Glengarry Uniting Church is on Cairnbrook Road

At 5pm there will be a family friendly CRIB service, this is a shorter service with a focus on the younger folk.

Christmas is a time for giving - for giving love, hope and charity; it s a time we enjoy getting together with those we love, celebrating each other s lives, afﬁrming our love for one another, strengthening the bonds between us. It is a time for endeavouring to bring hope to those whose lives have become ingrained with darkness.

In a worlld thatt is seeiing g hattred d, war and depresssion everywhere, peace is something highly sought after, if only for a quiet mom ment.

Traralgon & District Uniting Church wishes everyone a very blessed Christmas

Our mission is to share God s presence and reconciling love. We do this through events and services, to which all are welcome. This Christmas our services at Traralgon Uniting Church include Advent services at 9.30am on the 3rd, 10th and 17th of December. On the 24th of December at 9.30am there will be a lessons and carol service, where you can enjoy lots of singing!

her betrothed, is also a response of awesome faith. May we, too, learn to respond with generous faith.

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Christmas At Enjoy Family Christmas Service

10am / Sunday, 17 December FREE PARTY with Jumping Castle, Games, Popcorn, Fairy Floss, Cafe Drinks

Christmas Eve Service 10am / Sunday, 24 December Enjoy Chuirch Gippsland 144 Maryvale Rd, Morwell

All Welcome! @enjoychurchgippsland /enjoychurchgippsland

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You are invited to join with us this Christmas

At Christmas, people the world over celebrate the birth of Jesus. The Bible tells us that the angels brought the good news to the shepherds in the ﬁelds - Today in the town of David a saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord . (Luke 2:11).

Sunday the 24th of December at 7pm Christmas Eve Carols and Readings service accompanied by Brass Instruments and Organ Monday the 25th of December Christmas Day 11am service with Holy Communion Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

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Why is this worth celebrating? Because Jesus Christ restored our broken relationship with God our Father. But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,

Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). So, how do you receive this free gift of a restored relationship and everlasting life? Simply by believing in what Jesus Christ has done for you. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is a gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8). With such a great gift as this, have a Merry Christmas!

Christmas is here again, a great time of the year when we can focus on something other than the seriously bad news which comes almost on a daily basis. Jesus was born in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago, His birth differs from any other ever, for Jesus was born of a virgin, impossible to occur you may say! But this is the method, the way, that God decided to come to the planet, which He had created, but all mankind had wandered far from Him to such an extent that we all were without God, and without hope.

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were oppressed of the devil. Later He went to His death on a cross to pay the penalty for every sin for every person ever born into this World. Jesus took on Himself our sin nature to pay the price of all mankind s sin, disobedience and rebellion. All who will believe that Jesus is Lord and that God the Father raised Him from the dead, will be saved from eternal death, and become a child of God. It s almost too good to be true news. wonderful Christmas.

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Jesus is the Heart of Christmas As we look around at our world this year, it breaks my heart to see the wars, the unrest, many of our young people lost and aimless, and relationships breaking down. There are so many families going through difficult times, and many dealing with illness, loss and financial hardship. Christmas comes to remind us that even in these challenging times, there is hope.

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Long ago a prophet wrote how a saviour would come. He was called the hope of this world, the Prince of Peace who would rule with fairness and justice. Jesus came into this world, to show us the heart of God the Father – a heart of love, giving to us the gifts of joy, peace, and hope. In the song “O Little Town of Bethlehem”, there is a beautiful line telling us “The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight”. Jesus has come to us as the answer to all our hopes and our fears. At Christmas we sing about a little baby lying in a manger. But the Gospel story is so much more than that. Wrapped up in the heart of that little baby boy born to Mary was the fulfilment of that prophecy given so long ago. Jesus would save people from their sin. Pride, greed, racism, selfishness, hatred, war – all

these things are the result of being separated from the heart of God. His heart is that we would know him, and that through believing in Jesus and his love and forgiveness, we would be forgiven, reconciled to him and know His endless love for us. And then God promises us His presence. He said he would be with us always. One of the names given to Jesus is Emmanuel – God with us. He came, he lived, He died and rose again. He is with us now and always. This Christmas season, let us fully embrace the heart of God as we consider the incarnation of Jesus. God so loved the world that he went to great lengths to rescue it by sending Jesus – God in the flesh – to come to us, to live among us, and show us God’s heart. May your heart be filled with the hope, joy, peace and love of God, and may it overflow as you share it all with those around you. A happy and holy Christmas time to one and all. Glenda Noordam Pastor, Moe New Life Christian Centre GP1655199

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Sometimes the best gifts are not things but shared experiences. A trip out with loved ones or a special meal builds our relationships and create sustaining memories. With so many of our young people experiencing poor mental health, positive experiences help them to become more resilient and able to cope with the inevitable challenges of life.

Peace and goodwill to you this Christmas from St Mary s Anglican Church, located 8 Latrobe Road, Morwell. Our services include: Sunday December 17th at 7pm Carols with the Morwell Citizens band, Christmas Eve at 6pm Carols and Nativity then at 11pm, Midnight Mass . The Christmas Day service is at 9am. Our usual Sunday services are 8am and 10am and Wednesday 10am.

Hosts of angels announced Jesus birth to the Shepherds singing Glory to God in the highest and peace and goodwill to those on earth! Many people do not experience a peace-ﬁlled life. So, this Christmas, you might like to consider gifts that will promote

The volunteer staff at Fossick and Find 72 George Street wish you a very happy Christmas. We have appreciated your custom and rejoice with you when you ﬁnd that special bargain! The shop will close on December 22nd and January 8th for reopening.

The Gospel of John contains no details about the birth of Jesus. Neither does Mark for that matter. But John s Gospel does provide an important perspective. In his carefully constructed opening chapter, John gives us a broad theological context for the coming of Jesus into the world.

ﬂesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John the Baptist testiﬁed of Jesus that He was the true Light, bringing light and life to all the world.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men (John 1:1-4).

So, when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, God was in the ﬂesh appearing in the world. Everything mankind needed was lying in that manger in Bethlehem. But the world didn t know Him. Even when He grew into a man, teaching and healing the multitudes, there were some who refused to believe. But to those who did believe, He gave the right to become children of God (v12).

The Word (Greek logos) is deliberately identiﬁed as God, the One who was from the beginning and through whom everything was created. This aligns with Genesis where we read that God said and it was so. In v14, we read that the Word became

This Christmas, is Jesus just a baby in a manger to you, or is He the Word, the light of life, your Saviour?

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Churchill Christian Fellowship Join us on Wednesday 20th December at 6.30pm for a barbecue and Christmas Celebration, featuring the Coal Valley Male Choir. Christmas Eve service Sunday 24th of December at 3pm,

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas from TCC! As the holiday hustle takes over with gift giving and family gatherings, the familiar notes of Christmas carols ﬁll the air, like the timeless Oh Holy Night. Its heartfelt line, a thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, speaks to our shared longing for renewal.In these closing days of the year, weariness may way on us, yet the carol offers us a remedy a thrill of hope echoing into our lives today. The good news resonates: Christ was born, bringing hope and salvation. As the angels proclaimed in Luke 2: 10 11 a Saviour has come. This Christmas our heartfelt prayer is for you to discover the thrill of hope in Jesus birth, ﬁnding rest if weary, peace if worried, and love if feeling unloved. At TCC there is a place for everyone a community where you can belong, be cared for and explore faith at your own pace. Come as you are, wherever you are on your journey. Join us as we celebrate the season at The City Church, Traralgon.

Another Christmas time has come around! Christmas is a time of year that can mean many different things. For some, this time of the year brings a long awaited opportunity to have a break and to spend time with family. Others might feel it is a hectic time, and will look forward to having a break from the silly season. For some, this time of the year might highlight relationship struggles, brokenness or loss, as we have our single yearly interaction with certain family members, or maybe as we aren t able to have an interaction we wish we could have. And to others still, the holiday season might feel like just another season that comes and goes in a seemingly pointless cycle.

To us at Christian Community Church Morwell, Christmas time is a time to celebrate the wonderful news of the coming of Jesus Christ God with us! To us, the coming of Jesus brings a thrill of hope, gives the weary world a cause for rejoicing for through Jesus, God extends peace on earth and mercy mild! And we at CCCM want to extend an invitation to you this Christmas to come and discover who Jesus is, and to discover the hope and life that He brings. Our Christmas service is at 10AM on December 24th at 5-7 McDonald St, and you are more than welcome to join us if you want to ﬁnd out more.

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Vikki Conley stops in the Valley Purple power GIPPSLAND author Vikki Conley hit the road recently to share her work. Ms Conley, from Won Wron travelled to Moe’s Elizabeth Street Primary School, as Thorpdale Primary School, Rawson Primary School, Narracan Primary School and Boolarra Primary School came together for the author’s visit. Allan Halliwell, the dedicated force behind the Mobile Area Resource Centre, a renowned outreach library van, organised the event. Ms Conley wrote the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year, Where The Lyrebird Lives. The magic of storytelling was brought to life in two engaging sessions. The sessions, tailored for different age groups, showcased Ms Conley's passion for literature and her commitment to fostering creativity and love for reading and writing. In the interactive junior session, students were treated to an immersive story time experience, complemented by unique rainforest storm body percussion. The

highlight of the session was a lively quiz designed to deepen students understanding of the lyrebird and its habitat. The senior session delved into the world of writing. Conley shared valuable writing tips, offered a glimpse behind the scenes of an author's creative process and inspired budding writers with ways to come up with story ideas. Ms Conley emphasised the importance of writing about the things you love and encouraged students to draw from personal experiences ranging from picnics in the rainforest to netball to dirt biking. Reflecting on the event, Ms Conley spoke about the significance of bringing such events to the community. "Events like these create unique learning opportunities for students," she said. "It's not just about books, writing and spelling. It's about inspiring a lifelong love for reading, writing and creative expression." Mr Halliwell emphasised the value of these unique events.

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Engaged: Gippsland author Vikki Conley brought the magic of storytelling to life in two engaging sessions with primary school students.

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"It was truly heartening to see the schools come together in this collaborative effort," he said. "The enthusiasm of the students was infectious, and I hope that the

sessions sparked a love for storytelling and writing that will foster a deeper connection with literature, inspiring the students for years to come."

YEAR 6 students at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School recently led the charge, propelling student support for a vibrant 'Purple Day' by hosting a plethora of fun-filled activities. With their careful planning, the day was filled with joy and camaraderie. Educators also showed unwavering support and good spirits, particularly with the most-loved activity that stole the show being soaked with wet sponges. The movement to support Cancer Research did not end with the activities, with Year 6 students powering on during their Relay For Life, fuelled by some glorious 80s tunes. In a celebration of resilience and unity, students raised nearly $2000 for the Cancer Council. Although the Year 6 students had championed the good cause to their peers, the events also served as a beacon to strengthen students’ health, happiness and community spirit.

Gippy Youth Space annual meeting THE Gippsland Youth Space’s (GYS) annual meeting, held at Latrobe Youth Space, was a resounding success. With the GYS membership at 798 members, the meeting managed to attract 96 enthusiastic young people from the Latrobe Valley, Wellington Shire, and East Gippsland who attended in person, with additional participants online and in person, totalling more than 100 attendees. The annual election process saw Levi Dalziel and Elly Brown return as Youth Category Board members, along with Lisa Price from Baw Baw LLEN returning as an ‘Other Category’ board member. They joined existing board members Lincoln Ingravalle, Rohan Symonds, Harlequin Goodes, Barry Rogers, Michelle Possingham and Dan Poynton, with one casual 'Other Category’ vacancy. With the formalities concluded, the Halloween Party started at the Latrobe Youth Space venue in Morwell.

Festivities: Gippsland Youth Space held a Halloween-themed event recently. Photograph supplied Nearly everyone dressed up in impressive costumes for the occasion,

captured in the photo booth. The event also featured various activities,

including engaging games, lively music, a food truck, and the smoothie bike. Domino's Pizza contributed to the festive atmosphere by providing delicious slices for all attendees. All of this was made possible by generous sponsorship from AGL. Adding to the excitement was the Latrobe Youth Space GiveBack Project's generous donation of more than $8000 worth of prizes. The prize draw was a highlight, with lucky winners leaving with goodie bags and fantastic gifts, adding an extra layer of thrill to the event. The Latrobe Youth Space Halloween Event proved to be a fantastic blend of fun and community engagement, leaving attendees with lasting memories of a spooktacular night. Latrobe Youth Space’s future is still under threat post January 31, 2024 - sign the petition to urge the state government to keep it going at change. org/p/save-latrobe-youth-space

Helping hand: Year 6 student David runs an activity for other students.

Purple power: Year 4 student Ruby has smiles all round for Purple Day.

Dress up: Will, Xavier and Kallan supporting ‘Purple Day’ and Relay For Life. Photographs

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Community service award SACRED Heart Primary School, Morwell student, Oscar worked throughout the year on the Rotary Community Service Award. He was recently invited to attend the award ceremony at the Morwell RSL, where he received the award. Oscar investigated various community services and volunteered considerable time to support the work at Latrobe Youth Space. When speaking to Oscar and asking him what

he gained from the experience, he highlighted that he was able to build on his social skills and gain knowledge on what can be done to help those that are in need and are vulnerable in the community.

Great work young man: Sacred Heart Primary School, Morwell student, Oscar, was recognised for his service to the community.

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Way to go: St Paul’s Year 6 student Sophie gets into the ‘purple’ spirit.

For a good cause: Year 6 student Mason at one of the fun-filled activities.

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December 11 - December 17, 2023

Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19)

Mighty Mars (your power planet) and the fiery New Moon encourage you to focus on your hopes and dreams for the future. The more ambitious your aspirations, the better! You’ll also shun superficial encounters with others, preferring deep and meaningful conversations with family and friends. But remember that Mercury is in retrograde mode from Wednesday until January 2. So smart Rams will try extra hard to be prudent, patient and persistent.

Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22) The week starts well with a positive connection between Mercury and your power planet Venus. So Monday and Tuesday are fabulous days to communicate, circulate, socialize and fraternize. But – from Wednesday onwards – tread carefully with a fragile family member, as Mercury starts reversing through your domestic zone. If a recalcitrant relative sends negative vibes your way, then take the advice of birthday great Taylor Swift and “Shake it off!”

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Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21)

GGemini (May 21 - June 20) Tuesday night’s New Moon heralds the rebirth of an important relationship of the romantic, platonic or business variety. But remember, Mercury (your ruler) turns retrograde on Wednesday so financial partnerships, tax matters and deep, dark secrets must be handled with extra tact and care. Double-check everything twice! On the weekend, someone tells you something in the strictest of confidence, but are they telling the truth – and can they be trusted?

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Your ruler Venus is visiting your relationship zone (until December 29) which favours romance, friendships, joint ventures and socialising with work colleagues. Then Mercury starts reversing through your travel and adventure zones (from Wednesday) so any weekend trips or longer holidays (interstate or overseas) should be planned extra carefully and then rechecked extra thoroughly. On the weekend, friends and finances could be a confusing mix.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22) It’s a wonderful week to start a new diet or rejig your fitness routine, as proactive Mars and the New Moon activate your health-and-wellbeing zone. Then Mercury starts reversing through your relationship zone on Wednesday, so do your best to surround yourself with interesting, non-flappable people. As birthday great Jane Austen wrote: “Myy idea of good comppanyy is the comppanyy of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation.” Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)

Tuesday night’s New Moon is all about children, friends and creativity. On Wednesday, Mercury starts reversing through your wellbeing zone. So it’s a suitable week to revise your daily diet and fitness routine, as you choose healthier food options and a form of exercise that you enjoy. On the weekend the Sun (your power planet) squares Neptune, so be on alert for confusing information, fake news, and dodgy deals (especially involving friends and finances).

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The New Moon (on Tuesday night) sets the stage for a fresh start involving your home, a family member or a domestic project. But do you have unrealistic expectations about a close relationship? This week Mercury (your patron planet) starts reversing through your romance/friendship zone, and the Sun squares Neptune in your partnership zone. So it’s time for a major reality check as you reassess memories from the past, and recalibrate your present attitude.

Expect some hiccups as Mercury starts reversing through your communication, education and travel zones on Wednesday. If you slow down, think before you speak, and double-check your itinerary and appointments, then you’ll manage fine. Plus – with Venus vamping through your sign (until December 29) – it’s time to celebrate being a strong, sexy, sassy Scorpio! In the words of Taylor Swift (who turns 34 on Wednesday): “Just be yourself, there is no one better.” This week you’re ready to sparkle and shine, flirt and have fun, as amorous Mars and the fiery New Moon light up your sign! It’s time to shake off the shackles of other people’s expectations and, instead, be the authentically real you. Your motto for the moment is from birthday great Taylor Swift: “Be yourself, chase your dreams, and just never say never.” But Mercury starts reversing through your money zone so try to reign in your shopaholic tendencies.

Capricorn p (Dec 22 - Jan 19)

On Wednesday, Mercury starts reversing through your sign. Mercury is the planet of clear thinking, communication (talking, texting and writing), transport, travel, commuting, commerce, computers, media and the internet. So – when it’s retrograde – it’s not a good time to do the following things: sign contracts; start a job or business; buy a phone, computer, car or home; launch a website; install new software; go on a business trip or embark on a holiday.

Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18) Are you feeling confused, Aquarius? Have you been questioning your goals in life? Or does it seem as if you’ve got the worries of the world on your shoulders? Take a step back and view things from a wider perspective. Doing good deeds will leave you with a warm inner glow. So think up some dynamic ways you can help those who are less fortunate. As Yoko Ono (a fellow Aquarian) observes: “Helping yourself is connected with helping others.” Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20)

This week – with a New Moon and Mercury turning retrograde – it’s time to do anything with an ‘re’ in front of it: revise, rehearse, review, remember, return, recover, reconnect. Especially in areas involving career, colleagues, peer group, hopes, goals and dreams. But take extra care on the weekend when the Sun is at odds with your patron planet, Neptune. A personal project could become very confusing, or a professional opportunity may be too good to be true.

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Farewell: Zoe Askew has had the last laugh as she leaves Gippsland.

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Bidding our own Zoe Askew adieu IN breaking news, the Latrobe Valley Express will no longer have any photos. While resources, or the complete lack of, generally mean country journalists also need to have adequate photography skills, departing Latrobe Valley Express and Gippsland Times journalist, Zoe Askew has well and truly filled the role both journalist and photographer during her time with us. With respect to my fellow journos (and even myself) regular readers of both papers have surely not needed to look at a photo credit in order to tell the difference between a 'Zoe pic' and one snapped by someone else. Zoe's photos have been of such high quality, her skills have been sounded out for various outside engagements, and I'm certain readers have appreciated her willingness to share digital copies of community events, sporting feats and other functions. I'm also certain I will be calling on her extensive selection of file photos over the next few months. Zoe has produced some of our best front page photos in the last year-and-a-half, which has enabled stories to really 'lift' off the page. Away from the camera, Zoe has been an energetic news gatherer, to the point where she wouldn't mark a piece submitted until satisfied she had the 'full story' - literally. Much like a Zoe photo, you can often tell a Zoe story simply by how long it is. I trust readers have enjoyed the length of detail that gone into her reporting. Those same readers may have inadvertently been networks of Zoe's to help her source stories. She just seems to know everyone or has worked with someone from around Gippsland in a previous life. As someone who has lived in Sale,

Mallacoota, Broulee, Canberra, Newcastle and Indonesia, Zoe would have a fair story of her own to tell. She has certainly been prepared to work long and irregular hours - an oft untold part of the journalism trade. As editor, the Monday morning deadline necessitates I arrive no later than 5am, and more often than not, the first person I've encountered in the last 19 months is Zoe, long before staff are expected to turn up. Outside of work, her leadership skills have been sought after, and she captained Sale United Football Club Women this season. The team won virtually every trophy on offer in the Latrobe Valley Soccer League. Her journalism skills have also been sought after, with Boisdale Consolidated School asking her to give a presentation to students. Maybe the next Express journalist was among that cohort. Speaking of the next Express journalist, Zoe's departure means a vacancy now exists for a new cadet to come on board in our Sale office. If you have relevant qualifications and a genuine interest in telling local stories, please get in touch via ldurkin@lvexpress.com.au. A knowledge of local sport would be absolutely advantageous. On behalf of editorial, I'd like to wish Zoe an enjoyable time as she ventures overseas to Europe, before returning to whatever awaits in the New Year. I hope she will not be totally lost to us, and won't be hitting us up for a commission on every photo we use from here on. Liam Durkin Editor, Latrobe Valley Express

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Adelaide to Rosedale By ZOE ASKEW

Amazing effort: Latrobe Valley Country Line Dancers raised more than $20,000 for Lifeline Gippsland this year. Photograph supplied

Valley Line Dancers raise funds for Lifeline Gippsland LATROBE Valley Country Line Dancers raised an incredible amount for Lifeline Gippsland recently. This was the group's sixth year supporting Lifeline Gippsland, who were so happy that once again it could give the cause a helping hand. Lifeline Gippsland says there are very few families that are not affected in one way or another by depression or suicide, and feels its services are paramount to those in need. LV Country Line Dancers, Rebel Bootscooters and Ramblin Rose raise money all year round, and finished off the fundraiser with a two-day line dance event in Newborough recently. Amazingly, the group raised more than $20,000.

The group never dreamt it would be able to raise this amount of money, but truly appreciate the work and effort that has gone into the effort by everyone who has provided support. "We understand that since COVID, the impact on Lifeline has increased enormously and we are very proud that in our small way we can help them do what they do best ... help save lives," LV Country Line Dancers said. Lifeline Gippsland provides many services to the local community to prevent and respond to suicide. At the heart of their services is the Lifeline 24-hour Crisis Support Line, 13 11 14. For more information on local line dancing, visit lvbootscooters.com

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WHEN Xavier Mills sought help from Dr Ann Mavor at Mavor Chiropractic in Rosedale earlier this year for lower back pain, nothing could have prepared the 19-year-old from Kilmany and his family for what would come. Scans would later reveal a heart-wrenching diagnosis: osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer that begins in the cells that form bones. When Xavier presented to Mavor Chiropractic in February, 22-year-old RMIT Chiropractic student Brock Williams, a Rosedale boy, happened to be gaining industry experience ahead of his third year. Learning about Xavier's diagnosis, Brock was resolute in supporting Xavier and his family in any way he could. "Over summer, I was working with Ann, I was her receptionist at her chiro clinic in Rosedale, and that was when I met Xavier," Brock explained. "Xavier came in presenting with lower back pain. Ann had him sent off for x-rays and MRIs, and it came back as an osteosarcoma in his lower spine tailbone area. "From there, I wanted to help out in some way I could. I wasn't going to do just a sausage sizzle; I wanted to do something with enough magnitude behind it that people would be really attracted to, and my running was kind of taking off at the same time, so I thought I might as well run from Adelaide to Rosedale to try and raise some serious money." On Friday, December 1, Brock Williams set off on his 1000-kilometre journey from Adelaide to Rosedale to raise money for the Sony Foundation's You Can Stay program, as chosen by Xavier and the Mills family. The Sony Foundation's You Can Stay program provides regional youth cancer patients aged 15 to 25 who must travel to city hospitals for life-saving treatment a place to stay at no cost. Quest Apartment Hotels provides studio, one or two-bedroom serviced apartments near metro hospitals. Throughout Xavier's treatment at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, the Sony Foundation's You Can Stay program has provided Xavier and the Mills family with invaluable support. Xavier and his mum, Fiona, praised the Sony Foundation's You Can Stay program, which has been a blessing for the family, alleviating the stress associated with finding accommodation in the city during a challenging time. "The Sony Foundation's You Can Stay program

and the staff at Quest have been amazing," Ms Mills said. "We don't have to worry about finding a place to stay, finding somewhere to park or figuring out what to get for dinner." Xavier, now 20, received his final radiation treatment last Wednesday (December 6). Brock Williams is set to arrive in Rosedale this Sunday, completing his 1000-kilometre journey. Xavier's younger siblings, Rowy and Logan, will join Brock as he completes the final stretch of his journey, arriving at the Rosedale Hotel at noon on December 17. To mark Brock's return and in a final bid to raise money for a great cause, the Rosedale Hotel will host a celebration including a free barbecue, live music and more. You can help Brock raise money for Sony Foundation's You Can Stay program in honour of Xavier Mills by going to: www.sonyfoundation.org/ event/brocks-border-run/donate Brock Williams has raised $9000 so far.

Great work: Rosedale’s Brock Williams is running from Adelaide to Rosedale to raise money for the Sony Foundation in aid of Kilmany’s Xavier Mills. Photograph supplied

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New addition: Enjoying the recently installed park bench at Old Gippstown is Lindley Renwich, wearing a Victorian-era mid 1800s dress, Old Gippstown Manager, Kellie Simpson and the park’s resident blacksmith, Sean Cole, also wearing mid-1800s workwear. Photograph: Rob Sharrock ACTIVITES are back to normal at Old Gippstown. The Latrobe Valley Woodturning and Woodworking Club Inc, recently celebrated 30 years at Old Gippstown, and to mark the occasion, members created a park bench which was dedicated to all past and present members. The Latrobe Valley Woodturning and Woodworking Club’s workshop is a popular working

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exhibit enjoyed by tourists visiting the park. Members can get involved in cabinet making, and a huge variety of lathe turning projects, as well as giving a helping hand showing new members and those with an interest in wood crafts the skills and tricks to make items they are proud of. Early in the New Year, Old Gippstown will prepare for their 50th birthday celebrations.

Family assist at Latrobe Health LATROBE Health Assembly has launched a new website - familyassist.org.au - to help Latrobe Valley parents and caregivers determine the appropriate healthcare supports for their child’s specific needs. The website allows families to select a topic related to their child, such as speaking or emotions, and provides further information on what is typical, what may be a concern and who to speak to for assistance. This is supplemented with articles written by experts, covering subjects from breakfast tips to settling babies, and everything in between. Family Assist also acts as a portal for families to easily search for local healthcare services identifying which concerns each service can help with and if there are costs involved. Contact details are available for families to get in touch with these services directly from the website, to save them the time and stress of searching around. Alongside this, Family Assist includes a calendar of local family events encouraging families to connect with the community in fun and educational ways. The need for a platform of this kind became

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Wednesday, December 13 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Magda’s Big National Health Check. (PG, R) 11.00 Magical Land Of Oz. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 The Royal Variety Performance 2020. (PG, R) 4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PGs, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PG, R) 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R) 11.00 The Art Of France. (Mav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 2.05 Elizabeth. (PG, R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Last Christmas Home. (2018, PG, R) 2.00 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 2.30 Surf Patrol. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Love, Bubbles & Crystal Cove. (2021, PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 [VIC] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 2.00 The Bachelors Australia. (PGls, R) 3.10 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PGa) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 8.30 Question Everything. (Final) Presented by Wil Anderson and Jan Fran. 9.00 Australian Epic: The Tampa. (Final, PG) A recounting of the Tampa affair. 9.35 Planet America. (Final) A look at the current US political climate. 10.05 QI. (Mal, R) 10.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 11.20 ABC Late News. 11.35 We Hunt Together. (Mal, R) 12.25 Life. (Mal, R) 1.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Gods Of Tennis: Bjorn Borg And John McEnroe. (Ml) Part 2 of 3. 8.30 Costco At Christmas. A behind the scenes look at one of the most secretive retailers in Britain, Costco, during the festive season. 9.25 Fargo. (MA15+) Dot creates diversions. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 COBRA. (Mal) 11.45 Beneath The Surface. (MA15+ads, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League Game 7. Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers. From the MCG. 11.00 The Amazing Race. (PG) The teams of two continue their race around the world for a $1 million prize. Hosted by Phil Keoghan. 12.30 Parenthood. (Mds, R) Kristina’s constant worrying affects her love life. Max starts working with a young aide. 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Monkey Business. (PG) 8.30 Clarkson’s Farm: Shopping. (Ml) Jeremy Clarkson decides to open a shop. 9.40 Police Rescue Australia. (PG, R) A bushwalker suffers crippling back pain. 10.40 The Equalizer. (Mv, R) 11.30 La Brea. (Mv, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Cross Court. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 The Bachelors Australia. (PGls) The ladies head to the group date, an intimacy workshop, where they must complete a series of challenging exercises. 9.00 The Hunt For The Family Court Killer. (Mav) Part 3 of 4. Police look closely into how the attacks are linked, with one suspect getting their attention. 10.00 My Life Is Murder. (Mv) Alexa investigates a drowning. 12.00 The Project. (R) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Home Shopping.

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.05 MOVIE: The Winslow Boy. (1948) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 MOVIE: Moonraker. (1979, PG) 11.15 Forensics: Catching The Killer. 12.15am Madam Secretary. 1.15 Rizzoli & Isles. 2.10 The Closer. 3.05 Major Crimes. 4.00 My Favorite Martian. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 Easy Eats.

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Friends. 10.00 The King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Becker. 1.00 NBL Slam. 1.30 The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.20 Two And A Half Men. 10.10 Seinfeld. 11.10 Frasier. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 The King Of Queens. 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am The Movie Show. 6.30 The Producers. (1967, PG) 8.10 Traffic. (1971, French) 10.00 Cairo Conspiracy. (2022, Arabic) 12.15pm The Justice Of Bunny King. (2021, M) 2.10 The Mole Agent. (2020, Spanish) 3.50 Into The Arms Of Strangers. (2000, PG) 6.00 The Mouse That Roared. (1959) 7.30 The Company You Keep. (2012, M) 9.45 A Most Wanted Man. (2014, M) Midnight The Legend Of Baron To’a. (2019, MA15+) 2.00 Boxing Day. (2021, M) 4.05 The Amazing Catfish. (2013, M, Spanish) 5.45 The Movie Show.

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Fishy Business. 7.00 Oz Fish TV. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 A Football Life. 9.00 Drag Racing. NDRC Top Doorslammer. Round 1. Highlights. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Outback Truckers. 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Extreme Ice Railroad. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 Beach Cops. 10.30 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. 11.30 Crash Investigation Unit. Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (93, 82)

10 BOLD (12, 53) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Snap Happy. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 Evil. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

Programs. 5.30pm Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 5.45 Hey Duggee. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Ben And Holly. 6.40 Karma’s World Songs. 6.45 Kiri And Lou. 6.50 Supertato. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Doc Martin. 9.20 Bay Of Fires. 10.15 Killing Eve. 11.00 Would I Lie To You? 11.35 Louis Theroux: Louis And The Brothel. 12.35am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.55 ABC News Update. 1.00 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Sarah & Duck. 5.40 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 8.50 Tales Of The Moana. 8.55 Nanny Tuta. 9.00 Toi Time. 9.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 10.00 Brazil Untamed. 10.50 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 11.00 The Casketeers. Noon Faboriginal. 12.30 Going Places. 1.30 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Living Black. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Burn Gently. 8.30 Sam Cooke: Legend. 9.50 Milpirri: Winds Of Change. 10.55 Late Programs.

8.40 CBC The National. 9.30 BBC News At Six. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.20 PBS News. 5.20 Shortland Street. 5.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets. (2017, M) 11.00 MOVIE: Day Of The Dead. (1985, MA15+) 12.50am City Under Fire: Inside War In Ukraine. 2.00 Letterkenny. 2.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

6.30 I Escaped To The Country. 7.30 The Zoo. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 The Zoo. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis. 10.45 Law & Order: UK. 11.45 Bargain Hunt. 12.45am My Greek Odyssey. 1.45 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 It Is Written. 5.30 James Robison.

6am Children’s Programs. Noon 100,000 Tenants And Counting. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.45 MOVIE: Step Up 2: The Streets. (2008, PG) 11.45 Seinfeld. 12.45am Young Sheldon. 1.10 Life After Lockup. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 4.00 Magic Mixies. 4.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. 5.00 Pokémon Journeys. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

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NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Christmas To Savour. (2021, PGa) Britt Irvin, Zach Roerig, Bethany Brown. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 [VIC] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 2.00 The Bachelors Australia. (PGls, R) 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PGa) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Project Wild: Cambodia. (PG) Part 1 of 2. 8.30 Grand Designs: Chichester. (PG, R) Kevin McCloud meets a couple who want to build a sleek, unique family house in West Sussex. 9.20 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen: Cat Among The Pigeons. (PG, R) Part 1 of 3. 10.20 You Can’t Ask That: Drag. (Mls, R) 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 What Are We Feeding Our Kids? (PGm, R) 12.00 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 1.05 The Royal Variety Performance 2020. (PG, R) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (a, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Secret World Of Snacks: Cereal. (PGas) Jo Brand narrates the story of some of the most iconic breakfast brands. 8.30 Niagara Falls. Explores the Niagara Falls, the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth, and its many inhabitants, from tiny shrews to snowy owls and snapping turtles, from the perspective of scientists and naturalists. 9.30 The Doll Factory. (M) After a shocking crime haunts the city, Iris and Louis grow closer, but darkness follows them. 11.25 SBS World News Late. 11.55 The Congregation. (MA15+s, R) 2.35 Miniseries: True Colours. (Malv, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 9.00 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin. Lisa Sthalekar, Brad Hodge and Jason Richardson take a deep dive into the world of cricket. 9.30 MOVIE: Men In Black. (1997, Mlv, R) A cop is recruited to be the partner of a special agent assigned to police extraterrestrials living on Earth. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino. 11.30 MOVIE: Death Wish. (1974, MA15+alv, R) A New Yorker takes justice into his own hands. Charles Bronson. 1.35 Black-ish. (PGl, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Great Getaways. (PG) Part 2 of 4. 8.30 RPA. (PGm, R) A woman undergoes marathon surgery to remove a recurrence of a rare type of cancer. 9.30 Children’s Hospital. (PGlm, R) After a dizzy spell at school, a young patient is revealed to be suffering from a brain tumour. 10.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+am) Goodwin assigns Med’s new compliance officer. 11.20 Emergency Call. (Ma, R) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Drive TV. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 Jamie’s Christmas Shortcuts. Part 1 of 2. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav, R) Benson tries to help the young BX9 gang member who attacked her. 9.30 The Hunt For The Family Court Killer. (Mav) Part 4 of 4. NSW Police Detective Inspector Pamela Young re-opens the case, hoping to achieve justice for the victims. 10.30 Blue Bloods. (Mv, R) Danny investigates a violent mugging. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? (Final) 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Question Everything. (Final) 9.35 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.15 Australian Epic. (Final) 10.50 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.55 Would I Lie To You? 12.25am Live At The Apollo. 1.10 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Philadelphia. 2.10 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.05 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Beyond Oak Island. 10.10 Inside The World’s Toughest Prisons. 11.05 Sex Tape Germany. (Final) 12.15am F*ck, That’s Delicious. 12.45 QAnon: The Search For Q. 1.35 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 I

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Danger Man. 7.00

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Friends. 10.00 The King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Becker. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Not Even. 9.00 MOVIE: Jimi: All Is By My Side. (2013, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am The Movie Show. 6.15 The Mouse That Roared. (1959) 7.45 Monsieur Verdoux. (1947, PG) 10.05 A Call To Spy. (2019, M) 12.20pm The Legend Of Baron To’a. (2019, M) 2.15 The Producers. (1967, PG) 3.55 Traffic. (1971, French) 5.45 Sirocco. (1951, PG) 7.35 The Ides Of March. (2011, M) 9.30 The Operative. (2019, MA15+) 11.40 Kill The Messenger. (2014, M) 1.45am Late Programs.

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm The Force: BTL. 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Extreme Ice Railroad. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Pickers. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Family Guy. 8.00 American Dad! 8.30 MOVIE: Zombieland: Double Tap. (2019, MA15+) 10.35 Late Programs.

9GO! (93, 82) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon 100,000 Tenants And Counting. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Survivor 45. 9.00 Love Island Australia. 10.10 MOVIE: Girls’ Night Out. (2017, MA15+) Midnight I’ve Got A Text With Josh And Flex! 12.40 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12, 53) 6am Home Shopping.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (Final, R) 10.30 That Pacific Sports Show. (Final, R) 11.00 Magical Land Of Oz. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (Mv, R) 2.30 Question Everything. (Final, Mls, R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PGaln, R) 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 11.00 The Art Of France. (PGan, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Elizabeth: Into The Storm. (PGa, R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (R) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Morning session. 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Afternoon session.

Escaped To The Country. 7.30 The Zoo. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 The Zoo. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Billy Liar. (1963, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.40 MOVIE: For Your Eyes Only. (1981, M) 11.20 Late Programs.

TEN (10, 5)

8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 7. Sydney FC v Macarthur FC. Highlights. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 FBI: Most Wanted. 11.15 FBI: International. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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Friday, December 15 ABC TV (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 11.00 State Memorial Service For Barry Humphries. 12.15 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 Magical Land Of Oz. (R) 3.30 One Plus One. (R) 3.55 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (PG, R) 10.00 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGl, R) 10.50 Our Coast. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (R) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PGnv, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.00 Barry Humphries AC CBE: State Memorial. 12.30 Morning News. 1.00 Bondi Vet. (PGam, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 [VIC] Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PG, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PGa) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. (Final) Analysis of the day’s news. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 Gardening Australia. (Final) Costa Georgiadis gives garden bed gifts. 8.30 Barry Humphries In His Own Words. (PG) Takes a look back at the life and work of Barry Humphries, told in his own words from archival interviews. 9.00 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) DCI Barnaby and DS Winter investigate the murder of a girl found dressed in period attire. 10.30 Question Everything. (Final, R) 11.00 ABC Late News. (Final) 11.20 Life. (Mal, R) 12.20 Wakefield. (Mals, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Lost Treasures Of Egypt: Tut’s Unsolved Secrets. (PGa) A look at Tutankhamun. 8.30 Lost Cities Of The Bible: Mystery Of The Great Flood. (R) Part 1 of 2. Follows archaeologists as they investigate Iraq’s lost cities and the world of the Old Testament. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Good People. (Final, MA15+a) 11.50 L’Opera. (Mal, R) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 9.00 MOVIE: Men In Black II. (2002, PGh, R) A secret agent, who specialises in monitoring and policing aliens living covertly on Earth, enlists the help of a former partner, who may hold the key to finding a mysterious object before a ruthless criminal does. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rosario Dawson. 10.45 MOVIE: Last Night In Soho. (2021, MA15+alv) A fashion student travels back in time. Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie. 1.15 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 For The Love Of Pets. (PGm) A pet parent puts herself at risk. 8.30 MOVIE: Deck The Halls. (2006, PGals, R) Two neighbours compete to see who can come up with the most impressive Christmas lights display. Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis. 10.25 MOVIE: Last Christmas. (2019, PGals, R) An aspiring singer meets a man. Emilia Clarke. 12.20 MOVIE: Charming Christmas. (2016, G, R) 2.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Postcards Summer. (PG, R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Guests include Julianne Moore, Ricky Gervais, Jamie Oliver, Paapa Essiedu and Olivia Dean. 9.30 My Life Is Murder. (Mv, R) A feuding pair of celebrity bakers and former spouses put Alexa through her paces when the wife’s new boyfriend is found to have drowned with a rare flour in his lungs after a suspicious car wreck. 11.30 Good Sam. (Ma) Lex confronts Griff about his betrayal. 12.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Gardening Australia Junior. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 MOVIE: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. (1998, MA15+) 10.10 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 10.40 QI. 11.10 Ghosts. 11.40 Killing Eve. 12.25am George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 1.15 ABC News Update. 1.20 Close. 5.00 In The Night Garden. 5.15 Tik Tak. 5.25 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.10 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.25 Sex Unlimited. 10.20 Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne. 11.15 Limetown. 12.55am The Last Year Of Television 2020 Special. 2.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Morning Programs.

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Danger Man. 7.00

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Becker. 8.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 The King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Becker. 1.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 King Of Queens. 3.30 Bold. 4.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Strait To The Plate. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 MOVIE: Get Santa. (2014, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: Baby Done. (2020, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Sirocco. (1951, PG) 7.50 Into The Arms Of Strangers. (2000, PG) 10.00 The Amazing Catfish. (2013, M, Spanish) 11.40 The Company You Keep. (2012, M) 1.55pm The Mouse That Roared. (1959) 3.25 Belle And Sebastian. (2013, PG, French) 5.15 Capricorn One. (1977, PG) 7.30 The Client. (1994, M) 9.45 In The Line Of Fire. (1993, M) 12.10am Late Programs. 5.55 Capricorn One. (1977, PG)

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs.

9GO! (93, 82) 6am Children’s Programs.

10 BOLD (12, 53) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 7. Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar. Highlights. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 SEAL Team. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Morning session. 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Afternoon session.

9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Hidden Coastal Villages. 2.00 I Escaped To The Country. 3.00 Animal SOS Australia. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 I Escaped To The Country. 5.00 Bargain Hunt. 6.00 Pie In The Sky. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 11.30 Late Programs.

1pm Pawn Stars. 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Extreme Ice Railroad. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Pickers. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Godzilla. (1998, PG) 10.15 MOVIE: Anaconda. (1997, M) 12.10am Late Programs.

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Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Brides Of Fu Manchu. (1966, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Never Say Never Again. (1983, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

Noon Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance C’ship. H’lights. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Children’s Programs. 5.45 MOVIE: A Unicorn For Christmas. (2021) 7.30 MOVIE: The Polar Express. (2004) 9.30 MOVIE: Bad Moms 2. (2017, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

TEN (10, 5)

Saturday, December 16 ABC TV (2)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) 2.00 QI. (Mal, R) 2.30 You Can’t Ask That. (Mal, R) 3.00 The Durrells. (PG, R) 4.40 Landline Summer. (R) 5.10 Joanna Lumley’s Britain. (PG, R) 5.55 Barry Humphries In His Own Words. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. 10.05 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 11.00 Rick Steves’ Europe. (R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 Surf Life Saving. Iron Series Manly. Round 1. 3.00 Sailing. Transat Jacques Vabre. Highlights. 4.00 Ethnic Business Awards.

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Great Australian Detour. 1.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG, R) 2.00 Explore. (R) 2.10 Family Drives. 3.10 MOVIE: Christmas Next Door. (2017, G) Jesse Metcalfe, Fiona Gubelmann. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 9.30 10 Minute Kitchen. (R) 10.00 St10. (PG) 12.00 Luxury Escapes. (R) 12.30 The Yes Experiment. 1.00 Taste Of Australia: BBQ. (R) 1.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (PGl, R) 2.00 Planet Shapers. 2.30 GCBC. (R) 3.00 Healthy Homes. (R) 3.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 5.00 News.

6.30 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road. (R) Poh Ling Yeow visits the Flinders Ranges. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG) James is given a last chance to make the Ministry of Agriculture’s TB testing scheme work. 8.20 Vera. (Ma, R) Part 4 of 4. DCI Vera Stanhope finds herself drawn into a mystery that brings her closer to her estranged family than she would like when a woman’s body is found in the grounds of her family’s home. 9.50 The Capture. (MA15+lv, R) DCI Rachel Carey investigates a case involving a man murdered by invisible assassins. 10.50 Prosecuting Evil. (Ma, R) The story of Ben Ferencz. 12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs: A Fyne Tour. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses & Gardens. (Premiere) Explores Britain’s historic homes. 8.40 Highclere: The Real Downton Abbey. (PG) Part 4 of 5. The biggest event of the season, Battle Proms, is just around corner. 9.35 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: Portugal. (PGa, R) Narrated by Bill Nighy. 10.30 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PG, R) 11.20 Rex In Rome. (Mv, R) 1.15 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. (R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 9.00 MOVIE: Men In Black 3. (2012, Mv, R) A secret agent, who specialises in monitoring and policing aliens living covertly on Earth, must travel back in time to 1969 to save the planet after a criminal manages to change the course of history. Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin. 11.10 MOVIE: Antlers. (2021, MA15+ah) A teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student. Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons. 1.20 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) A desperate Cole searches for Titan. 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Get Clever. (R) The wonders of science are explored. 5.00 My Greek Odyssey: Chania, Crete. (PG, R)

6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Garden Hustle. (PG) Hosted by Lisa McCune and Dave Franklin. 8.30 MOVIE: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. (1971, G, R) A poor yet honest boy wins a guided tour of a famous sweets factory owned by an eccentric businessman. Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson. 10.30 MOVIE: Patch Adams. (1998, Mal, R) Robin Williams. 12.40 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PGl, R) 1.30 Great Australian Detour. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) A woman is rescued from a rip. 6.30 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less. Jamie Oliver whips up budget recipes, including a fish pie and a spicy one-pan chicken supper. 7.30 The Dog House. (PGa, R) A spaniel may have founds its soul sister. An excitable lurcher puppy meets a husky. 8.30 Ambulance. (Ma) Ambulance crews attend an 85-year-old man who has collapsed and cut his leg; a woman with chest pain; a male patient who has come off his motorbike; and 93-year-old female struggling with shortness of breath. 11.00 CSI: Vegas. (Mm, R) Sonya’s life is in jeopardy. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Authentic. (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.40 Melbourne Comedy Festival: The Gala. 10.40 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 11.25 MythBusters. 12.15am Portlandia. 1.00 Fleabag. (Final) 1.25 ABC News Update. 1.30 Close. 5.00 In The Night Garden. 5.15 Tik Tak. 5.25 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon Noisey. 12.55 Planet A. 1.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 2.45 WorldWatch. 4.45 Mastermind Aust. 5.50 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. 6.45 The Toys That Built The World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Love In Bright Landscapes. 10.25 Vegan Vigilantes. 10.40 Overlooked. 11.10 Vikings. 1am The X-Files. 2.50 Letterkenny. 3.25 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Home Shopping.

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 The Baron. 12.10pm Saved & Remade. 1.10 MOVIE: The Titfield Thunderbolt. (1953) 2.55 MOVIE: Beautiful Stranger. (1954, PG) 4.50 MOVIE: The Barefoot Contessa. (1954, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Johnny English Reborn. (2011, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Octopussy. (1983, PG) 12.10am Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Seinfeld. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.00 Farm To Fork. 11.30 Seinfeld. Noon The King Of Queens. 1.00 Becker. 2.00 The Bachelors Australia. 4.50 Seinfeld. 5.50 The Big Bang Theory. 10.00 Friends. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 South Park. 3.30 Just For Laughs Montreal. 4.30 Home Shopping.

NITV (34)

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs.

9GO! (93, 82) 6am Children’s Programs. 2.15pm MOVIE: Holiday In Santa Fe. (2021, PG) 4.00 MOVIE: Loving Christmas. (2021) 5.50 MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Pets 2. (2019, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee. (1986, M) 9.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Animal House. (1978, M) 11.45 Duncanville. 12.15am Metro Sexual. 1.15 Life After Lockup. 2.15 Transformers: Cyberverse. 2.30 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12, 53) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Exploring Off The Grid. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 All 4 Adventure. 11.30 On The Fly. Noon Escape Fishing With ET. 12.30 Jake And The Fatman. 1.30 Luxury Escapes. 2.00 JAG. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 iFish. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 8. Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC. 10.15 NCIS. 11.10 SEAL Team. 12.05am FBI: Most Wanted. 1.00 Evil. 2.00 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 2.15pm Vanille: A Carribean Tale. 2.50 Songlines. 3.30 Pacific Lockdown: Sea Of Resilience. 4.30 Songlines On Screen. 4.50 Going Places. 5.50 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. 6.20 News. 6.30 The Barber. 7.00 Great Lakes Wild. 7.30 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro. 8.30 Nina Simone: Live At Montreux. 9.50 MOVIE: The Descent. (2005, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

Capricorn One. Continued. (1977, PG) 8.10 The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. (1988, PG) 10.30 The Ides Of March. (2011, M) 12.25pm Kill The Messenger. (2014, M) 2.30 Sirocco. (1951, PG) 4.20 The China Syndrome. (1979, PG) 6.35 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020) 8.30 The Promise. (2016, M) 11.00 Late Programs. 5.55am The China Syndrome. (1979, PG)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Surf Patrol. (R) 12.30 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Morning session. 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 3. Afternoon session.

8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 11.00 Hidden Coastal Villages. Noon Horse Racing. Royal Randwick Raceday, Caulfield Christmas and Ladbrokes Grand Prix Stakes. 6.00 Extreme Animal Transport. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. 11.30 Late Programs.

1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 My Road To Adventure. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Drag Racing. NDRC Nitro Funny Cars. H’lights. 4.00 Secrets Of The Supercars. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Aust v Pakistan. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: Accident Files. 8.30 Marine Disasters. 9.30 Late Programs.

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Sunday, December 17 ABC TV (2)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Pilgrimage. (PG) 10.00 Weird Australia. (PG, R) 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGa, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline Summer. (R) 1.00 You Can’t Ask That. (Ml, R) 1.30 Call The Midwife. (Ma, R) 3.00 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG, R) 3.45 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.30 Project Wild. (PG, R) 5.00 Nigella’s Christmas Table. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. 10.05 Love Your Garden. (R) 11.00 Rick Steves’ Europe. (PGa, R) 12.00 APAC Weekly. 12.30 France 24 English News. 1.00 Surf Life Saving. Iron Series Manly. Round 2. 3.00 Speedweek. 4.30 AusMoto Show. 5.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 5.30 The D-Day Superhero: Jack Kirby. (PG)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Fishing Aust. (R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Golf. Jack Newton Celebrity Classic. H’lights. 11.00 Cross Court. 11.30 Iconic Australia. (PGa, R) 12.30 Fishing Australia. 1.00 Drive TV. 1.30 The Pet Rescuers. (PGam, R) 2.00 The Garden Hustle. (PG, R) 3.00 For The Love Of Pets. (PGm, R) 4.00 Great Getaways. (PG, R) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Postcards Summer. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.30 Freshly Picked. (R) 9.00 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less. (R) 10.00 St10. (PG) 12.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGls, R) 1.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 2.00 Food Trail: South Africa. (R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Cook With Luke. 3.30 GCBC. (R) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. Hosted by Fiona Bruce. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 Living With Devils. (PG) A look at the Tasmanian devil. 8.30 Vera. (Ma) Vera investigates the apparent suicide of a well-known TV personality who has recently fallen from grace. 10.00 We Hunt Together. (Malsv, R) Freddy makes a deadly confession. 11.35 Attenborough And The Empire Of The Ants. (R) 12.30 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 1.30 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Gardening Australia: Christmas Family Special 2017. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Nefertiti: The Raiders Of The Lost Tomb. (PGa) The search for the tomb of Nefertiti. 8.30 Rescuing The Nile’s Sunken Temple. Explores the Philae temple complex in Egypt, a Pharaonic site that had to be moved due to rising waters. 9.35 The Kim Dynasty: A Family Affair. (PGa) Delves into the goals of the Kim dynasty. 10.30 Autun: Rome’s Forgotten Sister. (PG, R) 11.30 Rodman: For Better Or Worse. (Mal, R) 1.30 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. (R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 9.00 MOVIE: Men In Black: International. (2019, Mav, R) Two MIB agents uncover a sinister plot involving a traitor who is aiding an alien invasion. Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Liam Neeson. 11.15 7NEWS Spotlight. Matt Doran interviews Mary Kay Letourneau. 12.15 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) 1.15 Emergency Call. (Ma, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News Sunday. 7.00 Christmas With Delta. A Christmas concert with Delta Goodrem. 8.50 MOVIE: The Holiday. (2006, Mls, R) Two women, who live on opposite sides of the Atlantic, impulsively switch homes for Christmas. Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law. 11.20 MOVIE: An American Pickle. (2020, PGalv) An immigrant worker is preserved for 100 years. Seth Rogen. 12.50 Great Getaways. (PG, R) 1.50 The Pet Rescuers. (PGam, R) 2.20 Cross Court. (R) 2.50 9Honey Hacks. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Drive TV. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. (Final) Joins panellists for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Bachelors Australia. (PGls) Eligible bachelor Wesley Senna Cortes drops a bombshell on the ladies when he arrives at the mansion. 8.40 NCIS: Hawai’i. (MA15+v, R) The discovery of the body of a former MI6 agent uncovers secrets from NCIS Special Agent Jane Tennant’s past, forcing her to go to extreme lengths to track down the responsible party. 10.40 The Secrets She Keeps. (Mal, R) Meghan navigates a nightmare. 11.40 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.10pm PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Altered States. 9.30 You Can’t Ask That. 10.05 Doc Martin. 10.55 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.35 MOVIE: Gone Girl. (2014, MA15+) 2am ABC News Update. 2.05 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Shortland St. 12.05pm Patriot Brains. 1.00 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey. 4.20 WorldWatch. 4.50 Shortland St. 5.20 Kelly Clarkson: When Christmas Comes Around. 6.10 Kars & Stars. 6.40 The Buildings That Fought Hitler. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 A Very British Space Launch. 9.30 History’s Greatest Of All-Time. 10.20 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Morning Programs.

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Morning Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am Friends. 9.15 The Bachelors Australia. Noon Friends. 1.00 The Middle. 2.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Tasmania JackJumpers v Sydney Kings. 4.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Brisbane Bullets v Cairns Taipans. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 South Park. 11.00 Friends. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Friends. 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am The

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs.

9GO! (93, 82) 6am Children’s Programs.

10 BOLD (12, 53) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 9.00 All 4 Adventure. 10.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 JAG. 1pm On The Fly. 1.30 What’s Up Down Under. 2.00 iFish. 2.30 JAG. 4.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 8. Melbourne City v Central Coast Mariners. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 FBI: International. 12.10am Evil. 2.05 48 Hours. 4.00 JAG.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival. Replay. 1.00 Away From Country. 2.05 Songlines On Screen. 2.35 Bamay. 3.30 Struggling Songlines. 4.00 Going Places. 5.00 Stories From The Land. 5.50 Moko. 6.20 News. 6.30 Wild New Zealand. 7.40 Greatest Hits Of The 80s. 8.30 Ella: Just One Of Those Things. 10.05 MOVIE: Mandela. (1996, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

China Syndrome. Continued. (1979, PG) 8.10 Belle And Sebastian. (2013, PG, French) 10.00 The Client. (1994, M) 12.15pm In The Line Of Fire. (1993, M) 2.40 Capricorn One. (1977, PG) 4.55 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 6.30 The Ipcress File. (1965, PG) 8.30 The Man Who Sold His Skin. (2020, MA15+, Arabic) 10.25 Molly’s Game. (2017, M) 1am Sid And Nancy. (1986, MA15+) 3.05 Late Programs.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Surf Patrol. (R) 12.30 Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Morning session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Afternoon session.

Noon Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Animal SOS Australia. 3.00 Extreme Animal Transport. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 4.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Slow Train Through Africa With Griff Rhys Jones. 8.30 Call The Midwife. 11.05 Late Programs.

Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 2.30 Step Outside. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Apocalypse Now. (1979, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.

7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Avengers. 11.40 MOVIE: Isn’t Life Wonderful! (1953) 1.25pm MOVIE: Private’s Progress. (1956) 3.30 MOVIE: The Hallelujah Trail. (1965) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: A View To A Kill. (1985, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

7.30 MOVIE: Alice-Miranda: A Royal Christmas Ball. (2021, C) 9.00 Children’s Programs. 1.40pm Surfing Australia TV. 2.10 Rich House, Poor House. 3.10 MOVIE: Problem Child. (1990, PG) 4.45 Mr Mayor. 5.15 MOVIE: Christmas Next Door. (2017) 7.00 MOVIE: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. (2005, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: The Matrix Revolutions. (2003, M) 11.50 Late Programs.

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Monday, December 18 ABC TV (2)

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SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Crashing Through The Snow. (2021, PGa) Amy Acker, Warren Christie, Brooke Nevin. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 [VIC] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 GCBC. (R) 9.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.30 Bold. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 2.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGls, R) 3.10 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PGa) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Great Australian Stuff: Food. (PG, R) Part 1 of 4. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 The Man Who Stole The Scream. (Mal) The story of the theft of The Scream. 9.35 Bradman And Tendulkar. (R) Takes a look at the lives of two of cricket’s greatest players, Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar. 10.35 MOVIE: Brock: Over The Top. (2020, Ml, R) Allan Moffat. 11.35 Yakka: Australia At Work: At Your Service. (PG, R) 12.30 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen. (PG, R) 1.35 Call The Midwife. (Ma, R) 3.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 4.30 Classic Countdown. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 London Zoo At Christmas. (PG) Behind the scenes at London Zoo. 8.30 Freddie Mercury Auction Special. (PG) The story of Freddie Mercury told through the sale of his personal items at Sotheby’s in London. 9.25 Big Ben Restored: The Grand Unveiling. (R) Takes a behind-thescenes look at the six-year renovation of the iconic Big Ben clock tower. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 My Brilliant Friend. (MA15+v) 11.45 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (Mav, R) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 5. Late afternoon session. From Optus Stadium, Perth. 9.00 MOVIE: Morbius. (2022, Malv) When a biochemist tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, he instead infects himself with a form of vampirism. His efforts to control his new condition are hampered by the actions of his patron. Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Micheal Keaton. 11.15 MOVIE: Winchester. (2018, Mhv, R) Ensconced in her sprawling California mansion, an eccentric heiress believes she is haunted. Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook. 1.15 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) Norma gains a new ally. 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth III: Extremes. (PGa) Narrated by Sir David Attenborough. 8.40 Australian Crime Stories: Deadly Deception. (Mav, R) Takes a look at the case of Renae Marsden, who died by suicide on the day her relationship ended. 9.50 Vanished: The Disappearance Of Dolores McCrea. (Mv) Takes a look at the murder of Dolores McCrea. 10.50 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (Return, MA15+av) 11.40 Kenan. (PGal) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Hello SA. (PG) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Bachelors Australia. (PGl) Professional matchmaker Trudy Gilbert shines a light on aspects of their relationships the men might be blind to. 8.40 The Secrets She Keeps. (Final, Mal) Agatha and Meghan face their hardest trials yet with an explosive ending that neither will see coming. 9.40 FBI: Most Wanted. (MA15+av, R) A celebrity child psychiatrist is kidnapped by the son of a former client. 11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.10 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Lagos. 11.10 Would I Lie To You? 11.40 QI. 12.10am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.35 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 1.20 ABC News Update. 1.25 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon Miniseries: The Salisbury Poisonings. 1.50 Mukbang. 2.40 Sidelined: Women In Basketball. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days. 10.55 Then You Run. 11.50 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Morning Programs.

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am The Big Bang

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs.

9GO! (93, 82) 6am Children’s Programs.

10 BOLD (12, 53) 6am Home Shopping.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Dubboo: Life Of A Songman. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 Barry Humphries In His Own Words. (PG, R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Moko. 2.00 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 The Panther Within. 10.00 MOVIE: Once Were Warriors. (1994, MA15+) 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (R) 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGadlv, R) 11.00 Our Coast. (R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PG, R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PGas, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 12.30 Pre-Game Show. 1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 5. Morning session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 5. Afternoon session.

Morning Programs. 7.00 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020, PG) 8.55 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 10.30 The Promise. (2016, M) 1pm Ferrante Fever. (2017, M, Italian) 2.25 Modern Times. (1936, PG, No dialogue) 4.00 FairyTale: A True Story. (1997, PG) 5.50 Three Summers. (2019, PG, Portuguese) 7.40 Ladies Of Steel. (2020, M, Finnish) 9.30 Small Town Killers. (2017, MA15+, Danish) 11.10 Late Programs.

9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Slow Train Through Africa. 3.30 Last Chance Learners. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Endeavour. 10.30 Fortitude. 11.30 Late Programs.

1pm Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.00 Motor Racing. Extreme E. Copper X-Prix. 3.15 Motor Racing. Extreme E. Copper X-Prix. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Pickers. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket. First Test. Aust v Pakistan. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 10.30 Late Programs.

Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Dr Quinn. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Kind Hearts And Coronets. (1949, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 MOVIE: The Living Daylights. (1987, PG) 11.20 Late Programs.

Noon Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Rich House, Poor House. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.45 MOVIE: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. (1999, M) 11.45 Late Programs.

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Theory. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Friends. Noon Charmed. 1.00 Friends. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Frasier. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 South Park. 2.30 The King Of Queens. 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 4.30 Home Shopping.

8.00 Snap Happy. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 10.20 Blue Bloods. 11.15 SEAL Team. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 10.30 Dream Gardens. (PG, R) 11.00 Living With Devils. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera. (Mv, R) 4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Legacy List With Matt Paxton. (Return) 10.05 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGal, R) 10.55 Our Coast. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PGav, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Song For Christmas. (2017, G) Becca Tobin, Kevin McGarry, Kendra Leigh Timmins. 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 [VIC] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGdls, R) 2.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGl, R) 3.10 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PGa) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Great Australian Stuff: The Land. (PG, R) Part 2 of 4. 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Songs Of Summer: The Best Of Take 5. Explore stories of summer in Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Whitney. (2018, Madl) An intimate portrait of Whitney Houston and her family that probes beyond the tabloid headlines. Whitney Houston, Michael Houston, Cissy Houston. 10.30 MOVIE: Burlesque. (2010, Mls, R) Christina Aguilera. 12.25 Just Between Us. (Malns, R) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 4.30 Classic Countdown. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Ralf Little. (PG) Ralf Little explores his roots. 8.40 Britain’s Scenic Railways At Christmas. (R) Takes a festive look at Britain’s scenic railways, from the Severn Valley Railway to the Yorkshire Moors. 9.35 Copenhagen: Europe’s Greatest Christmas Market. (PGa, R) Presented by Gregg Wallace. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Das Boot. (MA15+s, R) 12.50 The Promise. (Malsv, R) 4.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 8. Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder. From Adelaide Oval. 11.00 The Endgame. (Malv) When a shocking discovery racks the country, Val’s faith in job and country are tested. 1.00 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) A revelation forces Dylan to question his loyalty to Norma and Norman. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. International news including interviews with people from the world of business, politics, media and sports. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. Takes a look at the latest news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) Australians become travel critics. 8.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee II. (1988, PGlv, R) Mick Dundee returns to the Australian bush after his girlfriend is kidnapped by drug dealers. Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon. 10.45 New Amsterdam. (Mamv, R) 11.35 Kenan. (PGl) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 The Bachelors Australia. (PGas) The bachelors’ families, the women and their loved ones all meet under the same roof. 9.10 NCIS. (Mav, R) The team works to solve the murder of a marine private who appears to have been killed for helping an Afghan refugee. Jimmy navigates the pressure of parenting his teenage daughter’s dating life. 10.10 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv, R) The team investigates a shootout. 11.10 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events. 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Ghosts. 9.45 Rosehaven. 10.10 Inside Portlandia. 10.35 Portlandia. 11.00 State Of The Union. 11.20 Would I Lie To You? (Final) 11.50 MOVIE: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. (1998, MA15+) 1.30am ABC News Update. 1.35 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon When Big Things Go Wrong. 2.20 The Future Of Work. 3.25 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips. 9.25 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 10.15 Hudson & Rex. 11.55 Dopesick Nation. 12.45am Hate Thy Neighbour. 1.40 VICE Guide To Film. 2.30 Late Programs.

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10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Tasmania JackJumpers v Sydney Kings. Replay. 10.00 King Of Queens. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Becker. 1.00 Big Bang. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.20 Two And A Half Men. 10.10 Seinfeld. 11.10 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 The Casketeers. 8.30 MOVIE: Bitchin: The Sound And Fury Of Rick James. (2021, MA15+) 10.30 Faboriginal. 11.00 Late Programs.

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10 BOLD (12, 53) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Snap Happy. 8.30 Dr Phil. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30pm JAG. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 9.25 FBI: International. 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

Morning Programs. 6.35 Three Summers. (2019, PG, Portuguese) 8.25 Modern Times. (1936, PG, No dialogue) 10.05 Molly’s Game. (2017, M) 12.35pm Hive. (2021, M, Albanian) 2.10 The Ipcress File. (1965, PG) 4.10 It’s All About Karma. (2017, PG, Italian) 5.50 Bye Bye Birdie. (1963, PG) 7.55 Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009, PG) 9.30 Me, Myself And Mum. (2013, MA15+) 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Christmas In My Heart. (2021, PGa) Heather Hemmens, Luke MacFarlane, Sheryl Lee Ralph. 2.00 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 2.30 Surf Patrol. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Law & Order: UK. 11.30 Late Programs.

9.00 America’s Game. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Aussie Salvage Squad. 2.00 Motor MythBusters. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Hustle & Tow. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 10.30 Ice Road Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

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9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.05 Dr Quinn. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Went The Day Well? (1942, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 MOVIE: Licence To Kill. (1989, M) 11.25 Late Programs.

Noon Starting Up, Starting Over. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Troy. (2004, M) 11.45 Seinfeld. 12.45am Life After Lockup. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan. 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 4.00 Late Programs.

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Need for real change in Victoria PATRICIA Correa’s letter ('No reason', Latrobe Valley Express Letters 06/12/23) makes mention that, under Labor, the once great state of Victoria has been decimated, citing as one example the crippling record debt that they've racked up since coming to power. According to the latest budget estimates, Victoria’s debt will climb to about $170 billion at the end of Labor’s current term of office. Moody’s, one of the big three international credit rating agencies, disagrees with this figure and have estimated that our borrowings will be closer to $226 billion. The interest our state pays on that debt currently totals $10 million a day, and unfortunately this is projected to double by 2026. Consider for a moment what our education system would look like after a year if Victoria was to spend $10 million on a different school each day around the state? Now consider the impact of spending $20 million a day on a different state hospital, e.g Warragul, Latrobe Regional Hospital, Sale etc. At year’s end, what impact would that spend have on each hospital’s patient waiting times? Ability to provide medical services? Staffing numbers? Finally, imagine $15 million a day being spent on improvements to a different regional road, aged care or sporting facility in our state? What would be different? Instead, like a credit card on which the minimum monthly payment only is being made, our valuable taxpayer taxes are being drained away overseas to international financiers, and our infrastructure is steadily being allowed to crumble. So what can be done? The first step is for voters to acknowledge we have a problem. Under Labor, industries like timber, papermaking, car manufacturing and power have shut down or are in the process of shutting down. Our farmers are next. The Opposition has their eye off the ball, and are sitting on the exchange bench, squabbling amongst themselves. The second step is for people to change their traditional voting habits. Consider the Latrobe Valley’s fortunes over the last 15 years under the Labor/Coalition governments. Ask yourself: Are we better or worse off? So why do we continue to blindly vote for the same parties that we have always voted for? Voters at the recent Dutch general elections sought real change, not more empty promises, and chose representatives based on their individual merits, rather than political party faction favourites, resulting in what was considered ‘one of the biggest political upsets in Dutch politics since World War 2.’ Finally, Australia needs to make its own things again rather than depending on other countries. This will create jobs, reduce pressure on the public welfare purse and most importantly, provide a revenue stream with which we can pay down our debts and rebuild our country. Greg Hansford Newborough

Note of thanks I JUST want to say a huge thank you to the lady who dropped my wallet off at the Traralgon Police Station on Wednesday, December 6. I had lost it in Woolworths on Monday, December 5. I am so very grateful to you and I wish I could

have been able to thank you in person. I hope you know you are a very kind person and I will be forever grateful, so I hope you see this. Pauline Hoeben Glengarry North

To die in peace, or suffer

MY mother died of Hodgkins Lymphoma when I was 10-years-old. At the time, she was in so much pain that she could not even recognise members of her immediate family. The doctors would not give her any more morphine for fear that it might kill her, so she died in excruciating agony. Nowadays, palliative care can minimise agony, but at the same time it opens up the situation where one can exist in a state of mental torture while in a helpless and hopeless condition. Voluntary Assisted Dying has been legislated, and has been shown to work, providing a humane and dignified exit for those whose lives have become intolerable. The fact that loopholes have been discovered in the complex of legislation involved, that allow religious objectors to continue to interfere by denying access to all or parts of the scheme, is an injustice that all our politicians must address immediately. One’s life is the only thing that you own exclusively. The right to end it when one’s quality of life has been destroyed, is a right that must not be allowed to be usurped by anyone with an ideological agenda, religious or otherwise. Alan Edwards Moe

Look further SO Patricia Correa, with whom I previously had no "history", sees "no reason" for my comments, ('No reason', LVE 06/12). I presume, Patricia, those "comments" were my defence to your claim of my "ignorance", which you clearly fail to explain, and would appear to be as a result of your failure to read and comprehend. So, you are obviously unable to be specific about my non political commentary, owing to your own political bias, nor refrain from commentary on issues which are irrelevant to me, such as the views of Garry Mitchell. Hopefully you won't see this as another opportunity to launch into yet another unmotivated political rant, which seems to be your modus operandi, whatever the topic. Why is it that so many Latrobe Valley Express correspondents can only see truth and virtue in their side of politics, and nothing but lies and deceit on the other? Always! Changes in eras, governments, personnel and issues are irrelevant to the politically myopic, which stupifies our political system even further. And if, as if to emphasise my point, Patricia Correa, Labor will "censor our letters", sigh, (be very wary Mr Editor!), I guess there is an upside to everything. John Duck Trafalgar

Top of the list IN the spirit of Christmas, I'm sure all our politicians including the Nationals and Labor will want to wish all their constituents a happy and safe Christmas and that their gift to us will be a promise that they will stop insulting us by telling us what

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an honour it is to be representing us, when in fact they're simply giving the impression of working hard for us as so many politicians tell us in their ads in local newspapers. What a great New Year's resolution it would be for all our highly-paid pollies to do more than just make empty promises and make a real difference which is what they all promise when seeking our votes. On behalf of our local MP's, Merry Xmas to our employers, the constituents of Latrobe Valley and that as a privileged taxpayer funded group, we guarantee that we will actually start honouring our promises and not treat you all with contempt. We acknowledge that we have lost our way and that we will no longer ignore the jobs we were elected to do and we will fight for each and every person from this day forth. I predict this Christmas wish will never eventuate. Patrick Ansell Morwell

Bigger picture CHRISTMAS is almost here again. Many will find it tough as the cost-of-living increases of recent times have impacted the family budget, along with increased mortgage rates. Wars, antisemitism, fears for the future, failing standards in education and the increase of crime means the news is bleak. Yet in the original Christmas story, shepherds watching their sheep at night are visited by angels on the night a baby by the name of Jesus was born. The message they gave the shepherds was that the birth of Jesus was good news and great joy for all people. It included a message about peace on earth and good will. When we think about the key points in the angel’s message (good news, great joy, peace, goodwill) we find that the first Christmas story isn’t a kids story. Here is a list of things achieved by people who believed this good news message: They established the RSPCA, the Red Cross, the YMCA, universities, the kindergarten, they established public education in Australia, they campaigned for better working conditions, equal rights for voting, gave us a law that was based on blind justice, developed the parliamentary system and modern democracy, provided the foundations of our legal system, improved public health care, discovered genetics, invented powered flight ... the list goes on. In other words, these people helped to make our world a better place. And they all believed in that first Christmas story. If believing in the Christmas story caused others to make the world a better place, then perhaps it’s something worth looking into. Yes, times have changed and less people go to church now, so the first Christmas story may seem less relevant to us. But are we missing something? Maybe we are. So this Christmas, why not rediscover, or maybe discover for the first time, that good news message that will bring great joy and peace into your life. Randell Green Traralgon

Gratitude AS 2023 comes to an end, I write to thank the Latrobe Valley community and industry for its support of TAFE Gippsland this year. We have had around 11,000 students throughout

Gippsland pursue their study and training with us this year, along with thousands of local businesses trusting us with the vocational training of their staff. The past six years have been transformational for TAFE Gippsland. We have worked hard to engage with the community again after some tough times and created an institute you can all be proud to call your own. This year, we were named the Large Training Provider of the Year at the Victorian Training Awards and we took out silver at the Australian Training Awards in the same category. Just recently, our engineering and fabrication team won the Training and Education Organisation Award for Victoria at the 2023 Weld Australia Awards. We couldn’t have achieved all of this without the Gippsland community and local industries working with us to provide high quality vocational education and training that is custom-made for the skills needs of Gippsland. As our students finalise their studies for 2023 and look forward to a summer break, we thank you Latrobe Valley for your support this year to make TAFE Gippsland the leading vocational training provider in Victoria. We look forward to welcoming new and returning students to our campuses in 2024. Laura Macpherson CEO TAFE Gippsland

Have your say THE Latrobe Valley Express welcomes letters to the editor. Preference will be given to brief, concise letters which address local issues. The editor Liam Durkin, reserves the right to edit letters for reasons of space and clarity, and may refuse to publish any letter without explanation. The Express does not publish letters from anonymous contributors. Letters must include a phone number, email address and the author’s hometown for purposes of substantiating authenticity. Readers are entitled to one right of reply to a letter directed at them. The views expressed in letters to the editor are those of the writers, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Latrobe Valley Express management or staff. The letters section is designed to allow people to have their say, and not be hijacked for political agendas. Letters involving religion will not be published. Email letters to news@lvexpress.com. au and include ‘letter to the editor’ in the subject line. Deadline for letters is Thursday 3pm.

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2023 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS SOCCER LVSL

FORTUNA '60 Soccer Club held its presentation night for season 2023 recently. The season just gone was a record-setting year for the club in the Latrobe Valley Soccer League. At the commencement of the evening, the club unveiled its 10th senior men’s league winning strip to the 130 people in attendance. In doing so, Fortuna became the first club in the history of soccer in Gippsland to achieve this feat. The attainment of the 10th senior league title may be matched moving forward, but no other club will be able to say they got there first. During the course of the evening, the club said farewell to the 2023 senior coaching team of Hayden Tanti and Joel Pirotta, and ensured they were aware that they become part of club folklore by coaching the senior men’s team to the elusive and now obtained 10th senior men’s title. The outgoing senior coaching duo welcomed incoming senior men’s coaches, Michael McAuley and Jordan Campbell for 2024, and there was a definite buzz in the room with close to 90 per cent of the senior playing group recommitting to the club for next season. It was also acknowledged that the senior men’s team won several inter-club cups this year - the Italian Australian Cup against Falcons 2000 and also the 2024 Anzac Day Cup against Churchill United. There is now 10 senior league titles, four senior cups and several senior final series trophies displayed in the club's ever-growing trophy cabinet. Presentation was also a night for celebration the Fortuna reserves team, who again won the league title and picked up the Yallourn Shopwell Trophy for 2024. With current reserves coach Luke Cheney resigning for 2024, the future looks bright for the Orangemen. The 2024 reserves league title is number 18 for the club, and this goes along with 16 cup victories over the club’s history, again feats that show the depth of the club's playing ranks over an extended period of time. Fortuna's senior women did not miss out either on exciting news on the night, as Fortuna stalwart Dion Tanti was announced as the 2024 senior women’s coach. In a year of near misses, the senior women finished third in the league and runner-up in the Browne-Huizer Cup Final. The senior women’s league is the one piece of silverware eluding the orange end of Crinigan Road, Morwell, and the club is determined to pull out all stops to bring this title to Fortuna in 2024. The conclusion of the evening saw the induction of two new life members into Fortuna ’60 SC - Michael McAuely and Barry Marino. Both have provided exceptional service and loyalty to the club over many years. With a year of success at Fortuna SC like no other, it sees Morwell and the LVSL still painted in a shade of orange until at least the start of the 2024 season. No doubt the Lions will be keen to ensure they keep the league competitions orange for the 2024 season also. Official: Fortuna formally unveiled their senior men’s league winning strip at its presentation night recently.

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“We’ve seen some interesting population level results in these tests, but more importantly we’ve seen that these tests have had life-changing impacts for participants. “In 2022 we saw a 38-year-old Sale man who presented to one of our testing stations at a shopping centre. The team there were immediately worried about his wellbeing and called an ambulance for him on the spot. The next day he had triple bypass surgery - saving his life. “We’ve also had instances more recently where tests have identified individuals with diabetes or who are pre-diabetic - but did not know. These participants were referred onto their GPs immediately to begin a screening process.” Some in the Gippsland community have already taken advantage of the free heart health tests, when Latrobe Health visited Farmworld, East Gippsland Field Days and a number of workplaces and shopping centres in the last 12 months. The Shane Warne Legacy Heart Test campaign aims to make 23,000 free four-minute heart tests available to Australians before the end of 2023.

Next year, the partners will work together, aiming to provide 500,000 free heart health tests to Australians in an attempt to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and save lives. “By providing access to free heart health checks to communities, we hope to raise awareness and understanding of heart health indicators and ultimately save lives,” Ms Jarvis said. “It really hit home for me on the day we announced this new partnership, I was on my way to the funeral of a young man who died of a

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THE Dahlsens Gippsland All Stars will return for 2024, providing young footballers in Gippsland a representative program to promote and develop their talents. Dahlsens will continue as the major partner of the program for season 2024 and 2025. Their backing will help ensure the region’s football pathways and supported from juniors through to Coates Talent League with Gippsland Power. The Gippsland All Stars program features the talented junior footballers of Gippsland for age groups Under 13, Under 14 and Under 15 across four regions: Eastern, Latrobe, Southern and Western. “Dahlsens are proud to once again be major sponsor of the Gippsland All Stars," Geoff Dahlsen of Dahlsens said. "We are a great believer in the importance of community sport, for not only providing a valuable and healthy outlet for young sportsmen

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Support for MNA celebrates the season more women to NETBALL

MORWELL Netball Association is up-and-running. After years of minor to no action, Morwell Netball Association has spent the past two years hosting competitions. With a new and energetic committee in place, the association has gone from zero to more than 200 members in a flash. The netball association has not only successfully hosted junior and senior competitions across two venues, but in 2023 also fielded representative teams in tournaments, including the Netball Victoria Talent Identification tournament held in Newborough in June where one of their players was scouted. Morwell Netball Association President, Angela Chittem said she was thrilled with the response from the community. “After being in recess it was a nervous wait when we called for registrations but couldn’t believe we had so many entries, we were required to use two venues, and our volunteer committee was amazing, they just all got on with the job,” she said. The association hosted senior and junior

Winners: Family T2 took out the Morwell Netball Association flag in the A Grade division.

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competitions across the Morwell and Churchill leisure centres, which they intend to do again in 2024. For the first time in 2023, Morwell Netball Association added NetSetGO to its growing list of programs. NetSetGO is aimed at kids aged 5-10 and will be back up and running again in Morwell next March. The senior competition for 2024 will commence on February 26, 2024, at Churchill, and the junior competition will commence on February 20, 2024, at Morwell. New teams are welcome to enter. At the most recent Morwell Netball Association Grand Finals, winners were Family T2 in the Senior A Grade, who defeated Morwell Tigers; Hawks in the Senior B Grade, defeating Boolarra; Melita Red in the 13 & Under, who were undefeated for the season; and Hawks White took out the 11 & Under Grand Final against Cougars Blue. Morwell Netball Association prides itself on hosting competitions that are safe and welcoming, allowing players, coaches and umpires to build their confidence. Connect with the association on Facebook or send an email to morwellnetball@outlook.com

Young guns: The Hawks White won the 11 & Under Grand Final.

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Undefeated: 13 & Under unbeaten champs, Melita Red.

Champs: Senior B division winners, the Hawks.

IN a year that will be remembered for the record-breaking FIFA Women’s World Cup, the state government is backing more Victorian women employed in sport and recreation to further their careers. Minister for Community Sport, Ros Spence recently announced that 70 recipients will undertake a range of professional development and training through the 2023/24 Change Our Game Professional Development Scholarships Program. The recipients represent a wide range of sports and organisations, including lacrosse, lifesaving, basketball, cricket, sport climbing and disability sports. Four streams of development opportunities to support women at every stage of their career were offered as part of this year’s program - from early careers through to aspiring and current executives and directors. The grants include professional development and sports governance courses, access to leading career coaches to help develop their career pathway and skills. Football Victoria Metropolitan Development Coordinator, Sophie Byrnes will undertake a New Leader Development Course to gain skills and insights into effective leadership as part of the program’s learning stream. The Change Our Game Professional Development Scholarships Program supports women to develop and strengthen the specialist skills needed for their roles in the sport and recreation sector - placing them in the best position to secure and thrive in leadership positions. The program is run by the state government’s Office for Women in Sport and Recreation - the first office of its kind in Australia - through its Change our Game initiative. For more information, visit changeourgame.vic.gov.au/the-initiative/ change-our-game-grants

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Local athletes recognised

SPORT GIPPSTAR

LATROBE Valley locals Luke Scholes, Andrew Crozier and Paul Andrijczak took out Gippstar awards recently. Scholes, from Newborough, took out the October Junior Gippstar Award for his achievements in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ). At 10-years-of-age, Luke has recently competed in the Pan Pacific BJJ Championships, Australian BJJ Championships, and Victorian BJJ Championships, coming second at all events. In the Savage Grappling BJJ competition Gi and No Gi events, Luke, fighting up in the Under 13s took out the double silver in a round-robin format BJJ. Crozier and Andrijcczak were joint winners for the October Open Gippstar Award. Crozier, from Traralgon, competed in the Masters Swimming Australia - Victorian Championships at Melbourne Sports Aquatic Centre, where he medalled in five individual events: 100 metres fly,

Splash: Traralgon swimmer Andrew Crozier medalled in five individual events at the Victorian Masters Championships.

where he won Gold, 200m fly (Gold), 50m freestyle (Gold), 100m free (Gold) and 50m fly (Silver). He also claimed medals in two relay events: Mixed 100m medley relay (Silver) and 100m free relay (Bronze). Andrijczak, a golfer from Yinnar, won the Victorian Golf Association Order of Merit Ivo Whitton Trophy for the lowest average stroke score in designated golf tournaments over the period from November 2022 to October 2023. Andrijczak accumulated 766 points, having competed in 25 events during this period. Warragul's Samantha Atkinson also won the September Open Gippstar Award for her achievements in lawn bowls. Atkinson won the women's singles title at the Australian Indoor Bowls Championship. Stratford's Xanthe Wade was named the September Junior Gippstar Award Winner for her achievements in Showjumping/Modern Pentathlon. Aged just 14, Xanthe competed in the Modern Pentathlon Australia Laser Run National Championships in Sydney last June in the U/15

Smash: Yinnar golfer Paul Andrijczak was recognised after winning the Victorian Gold Association Order of Merit.

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female section, taking the silver medal. November/December nominations for Gippstar will close on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Those wishing to nominate can enter in the following categories:  Team of the Year;  Club of the Year;  Special Achiever Award, and;  Gippsland Sporting Champion These annual awards can be nominated at any time during the current Gippstar year. If you would like to recognise the sporting achievements of a Gippsland athlete or any of the above categories, nominations can be made online at the Gippsland Sports Academy website sportgippsland. org.au

Young star: Newborough’s Luke Scholes was named October Junior Gippstar for his achievements in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

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Regional sporting clubs fund SPORT

A NEW fund opened last week that aims to help regional sporting clubs update their infrastructure and facilities to make way for more locals to play. Minister for Community Sport, Ros Spence opened the Regional Community Sports Infrastructure Fund (RCSIF) - with funding of up to $60 million available. “Through the Regional Community Sports Infrastructure Fund we are making sure regional Victorians of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and genders can be part of the big local sporting events that bring communities together,” Spence said. The RCSIF is funded through the Regional Community Sport Development Fund and the All-Abilities Sport Fund - announced in July - following consultation with regional communities who said new infrastructure and upgraded facilities were needed to keep local sport thriving. Regional sporting clubs and community organisations are encouraged to work with their local council or Alpine Resorts Victoria to bring their best ideas forward and make their club accessible and future-ready for generations to come. The four streams cover a wider variety of upgrades to suit a range of clubs:  Up to $3 million available to develop or upgrade multi-sport indoor courts and aquatic facilities through the Indoor Stadium and Aquatic Facilities Stream;  Grants up to $1 million available through the Community Facilities Stream to build

or upgrade sports pavilions, sports lighting, play spaces and active recreation facilities;  The Women and Girls Facilities Stream has grants of up to $1 million for new female-friendly change rooms or sports courts to help level the playing field, and;  For the first time there will be a dedicated All Abilities Infrastructure stream that will provide grants of up to $1 million to renovate existing facilities to ensure they are accessible for people with disability. Complementary grants of up to $50,000 are also available to help boost wider community participation at the upgraded facilities, in partnership with sporting organisations and local disability service providers. The fund encourages regional clubs to design the facilities that matter to their local teams and community, with a focus on getting more people involved regardless of their age, gender, background or ability. “Sport is really important to Victorians and this is especially true in our regional towns - this fund will ensure local sporting clubs have the best facilities and infrastructure to get everyone in their community involved,” Spence said. “We have fantastic towns all over regional Victoria and local sporting clubs are a big part of a town’s identity - by upgrading their facilities and removing barriers to entry, even more people will be able to get involved with their local sporting club.” Applications for the first round of the fund are now open. For more information or to apply, visit sport. vic.gov.au

No limits for the girls squad TENNIS

MORWELL Tennis Club has been proud to be the venue for the Tennis Australia #NOLIMITS Girls Development Squad. This is a Tennis Australia initiative that provides an opportunity for girls aged 8-10 to train and develop together in a fun, safe environment. It is a 12-month program (four terms) for one hour per week where girls come together to develop their skills with other girls that share the same love of tennis. Coaches Sally and Glen Kirstine have been pleased with how the program has run.

“The girls have really enjoyed playing tennis in a girls only environment”, Sally said. “It has been great to see the girls come out of their shell, meet new people and play more tennis.” When asked about the program, the girls all said it was fun and they had made new friends. They liked the new tennis games and the chance to play tennis with different people. There will be a second program intake in Term 1 that will run for 12 months. The girls have to currently be playing tennis to be eligible for the program. Phone Sally Kirstine on 0403 282 630 for more information.

Fun times: Rose, Annika, Mehreen, Isabelle, Ambrose and Grace have enjoyed their tennis with Morwell Tennis Club. Photograph supplied

Open sessions at tennis club Commonwealth Games cancellation questioning TENNIS

SPORT COMMONWEALTH GAMES

CONSULTANCY firms that contributed to the business case for the cancelled Commonwealth Games were questioned by state MPs at a public hearing last week. The Legislative Council Select Committee took place from 10.30am on Tuesday, December 5. Representatives of Ernst and Young, DHW Ludus and MI Associates were scheduled to appear as part of the Upper House’s ongoing probe into the 2026 Commonwealth Games Bid.

“We’ve received evidence which has been critical of the business case, so it’s important we hear directly from those who helped to prepare it,” Committee Chair David Limbrick said. Athletics Australia and Vicsport were due to give evidence in the afternoon about the impact of the Games’ cancellation on their athletes, wider participation in grassroots sport and losing proposed facilities. The Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (DJSIR), including secretary Tim Ada has been recalled to appear before the committee to discuss the ongoing costs related to the Games and other matters.

MORWELL Tennis Club is putting the call out for people to come and enjoy tennis. Sessions are Monday and Friday mornings 9am12pm ($2) at Ronald Reserve, Vary Street, Morwell.

All ages and skill levels welcome to join in. Games are fun, social and modified so no fitness level is required. These sessions are great for retirees or those with free time Monday and Friday mornings. Perfect for children during school holidays.

Come have a hit: Morwell Tennis Club hopes to attract more players this summer. Photograph supplied

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Results reached across Division 1

BOWLS STRZELECKI NORTH SATURDAY PENNANT BY MICHAEL HOLROYD

ROUND 8 of Saturday Pennant started after a night of rain and under threatening clouds. Most games started, however a number of games were not completed due to greens accumulating water. TRAFALGAR welcomed Newborough. Wil McIlwain and his rink of Terry Robertson, Matt Coutts and Tim Fraser won 25-17 over Scott Jones and his rink of Alan Ryan, Phil Marston and Paul Sherman. Ian Miles and his rink of Kyen Jenkins, Paul Dawson and David Cook had a 20-17 win over Neale Houston and his rink of Brian Carpenter, Jeff Wetzel and Rod Lewis. For Newborough, Alan Grubb and his rink of Julie Jackson, Robert Cook and Debbie Kennedy had a 20-18 win over Matt Schreyer and his rink of Wayne Hurst, Graham Hill and Adam Proctor. Kevin Lovett and his rink of Barry Daley, Jo-Anne Michaels and Josh Kennedy had a 17-13 win over Nathan Cook and his rink of Tim Anderson, Ken Capper and Wayne Arnold.  TRAFALGAR 14-76 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH 4-71

TRARALGON had a big win at home against neighbours Traralgon RSL. Wayne Lynch and his rink of Michael Morgan, Ian Hilsley and Ian Kirkup had a 23-19 win over Beau Williamson and his rink of Titch Hore, Garry Trewin and Ross McKenzie. Michael Yacoub and his rink of Kevin Enguell, Pat Trewin and Ron Sherlock had a 23-14 win over Dave Hobden and his rink of Nathan Forester, Kevin Durward and Greg McRonald. Matt Ferrari and his rink of Nick Turnbull, Shane Chapman and Matt Eccles had a 31-7 win over Ross Sizeland and his rink of George Cargill, Leigh Russell and Rick Lukey.

For the RSL, Brian Smith and his rink of Daniel Earl, Dave Morley and Alan Kanavan had a 28-13 win over James Scullin and his rink of Matt Ogilvie, Cary Lodge and James McCausland.

 TRARALGON 16-90 DEFEATED TRARALGON RSL 2-68

MOE welcomed Morwell, with Steve Pallot and his rink of Jan Rudy, Dave Wurlod and Michael Smogavec having a 27-10 win over Brian Kingsley and his rink of Ross Harford, Jim Turner and Ernie King. Jayde Leech and his rink of Lachlan Sim, Michael Muccillo and Banger Harvey had a 32-8 victory over Danny McKeown and his rink of Bill Tumney, Kevin Pigdon and Keith Gadsby. For the visitors, Ron Lyfield and his rink of Jodie Ashby, Alex Muirhead and Chris Goldsbrough had a 15-10 win over Barry Hawkett and his rink of Michael Rudy, Stan Myers and Stuart Caines. Morice Gardiner and his rink of Mike Arnold, Ross Kennedy and Laurie Melhuish had an 18-14 win over Sandy Caines and his rink of Fred Martin, Bob Rennie and Ted Kuklinsky.

rink of Elaine Swan, Ron Baker and Rosie Lorenz had a 25-17 win over Murray De La Haye. For Yinnar, Tim Roche and his rink of Liddy Davidson, Jennie Harris and Max Aumann had a 17-14 win over May Cross.

 MORWELL (2) 14-82 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH (3) 4-78,

WITH Bob Wilson and his rink of Stuart Humphrey, Ian Chamings and Ken Turner having a 23-13 win over Anthony Reed. Graham Hutchinson and his rink of Ron Draeger, Alex Muirhead Jr and Col Grant had a 28-13 win over Albert Van Stekelenberg. For Newborough, Michael Holroyd and his rink of Chris Wagstaff, Jim Welsh and Ken Bechaz had a 21-18 win over Steve Cunningham. John Wasiukiewicz and his rink of Phil Maxwell, Wally Bechaz and Wayne Russell had a 31-13 win over John Osborne.  BOOLARRA DEFEATED TRAFALGAR (2) 18-76 TO 0-45.

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JOEL Anderson and his rink of Angela Mazou, Colin Brick and Joelene Laukens had an 18-16 win over Peter Rosenboom. Steve Davey and his rink of Tamara Traill, Mandi Peter and Peter Mazou had an 18-13 win over Frank Farrugia. Jorma Takanen and his rink of Bruce Davey, Eddie Dudek and David Caldwell had a 16-9 win over Peter Jonas and the rink of Darren Napier with Tony Snell, Jack Cleaver and John Cargill had a 24-7 win over Bruce Giles

ONLY one game was completed so the scores do not count leaving all clubs to share the points.

DIVISION 4

 MOE 14-83 DEFEATED MORWELL 4-51

DROUIN travelled to a wet Warragul, with the match finishing before a result could be achieved so the clubs shared the 18 points.

DIVISION 3  TRARALGON (3) 16-84 DEFEATED YINNAR 2-65.

GRAHAM Cross and his rink of Gary Bassett, Chris Thomas and Paddy Francis defeated Gavin Osborne 25-16. Col Mayman and his rink of Darrell Curnick, Greg Swan and Ken Mooney had a 20-16 win over Luke Djuduroviic. Brendon Smiles and his

 YARRAGON DEFEATED MOE (2) 18-84 TO 0-34

JASON Roberts and his rink of Richard Chetland, David Swingler and Kevin McLaren had a 27-3 win over Val Griffiths. Sam Mazza defeated Lorraine Horton 25-12, Jarrod Grigg defeated Brian Rodgers 20-10 and Richard Polmear defeated Paul Read 12-9.  YALLOURN NORTH 14-60 DEF CHURCHILL 4-55

WITH Ricky Hearn and his rink of Rick Galea, George Platschinda and Tim Phillips having a 26-9 win over Shirley Turner. Darren Fry defeated Craig Flanigan 14-12 and for Churchill, Chris Thomas defeated Rob Matthews 17-8 and Cath Dodds defeated Greg Maidment 17-12.

 TRARALGON (4) 14-81 DEFEATED WARRAGUL (3) 4-77,

WITH Max Cumming and his rink of Macy-Rose McCausland, Maureen Rooney and Leigh Dodd having a 32-11 win over Gabrielle Draisma. Stuart Hulse defeated Bill Clarke 19-13. For Warragul (3), Anthony Wynd had a 30-16 win over Norbert Schroeter and Brent Grigg defeated Bill Bishop 23-14.  MORWELL (3) 14-73 DEFEATED MORWELL CLUB (2) 4-71

IAN Wilson and his rink of William Fitt, John Kuhne and Bill Tyben had a 21-13 win over Lee Middling. Trevor Curtis defeated Lisa Arnold 22-21. For Morwell Club (2), Beryl Noblett defeated Max Duncan 19 -14 and Nobby Noblett defeated Rita Reddiex 18-16.

DIVISION 5 THREE games were not completed so all points were shared

DIVISION 6  LONGWARRY (3) 10-72 DEFEATED TRARALGON RSL/ YINNAR 0-23  BOOLARRA (2) 10-32 DEFEATED DROUIN (4) 0-24  TRARALGON (6) 10-37 DEFEATED MOE (4) 0-15  THORPDALE/YARRAGON 8-40 DEFEATED NEERIM DISTRICT (3) 2-30  MOE (3) 10-37 DEFEATED CHURCHILL (2) 0-18  TRAFALGAR (4) 5-0 DREW WITH TRARALGON (7) 5-0.

Trafalgar defeats visiting Traralgon RSL team

BOWLS STRZELECKI NORTH MIDWEEK PENNANT BY MICHAEL HOLROYD

MIDWEEL bowlers enjoyed much better playing conditions than their Saturday pennant counterparts last week. In Division 1, Trafalgar had a good win at home against Traralgon RSL. Sue Robinson and her rink of Col Carmichael, Mary Holdsworth and Paul Dawson had a 29-9 win over Shirley McKenzie and her rink of Adriana Eaton, Gordon Bayles and Joe Ward. Helen Robertson and her rink of Kath Geisler, David Wilson and Ken Capper won 19-18 against Margaret Gibbins and her rink of Ross McKenzie, Dianne White and Ron Osler. For RSL, Elaine Muir and her rink of Titch Hore, Julie Sutcliffe and Jeff Blythman had a 26-16 win over Heather Taylor and her rink of Carol Saunders, Peter Rosenboom and Matt Schreyer.  TRAFALGAR 16-65 DEFEATED TRARALGON RSL 2-53

NEWBOROUGH maintained top position on the ladder at Traralgon, with Jo-Anne Michaels and her rink of Fran Clark, Mary Whelan and Ryan Marston having a 24-16 win over Kathy Smiles and her rink of Ron Baker, Rosie Lorenz and Bill Gilligan.

Sheryl Atkinson and her rink of Maureen Leighton, Phil Marston and Alan Ryan had a 29-16 win over May Cross and her rink of Elaine Swan, Barry Fernance and Graham Cross. For Traralgon, Lyn Moffatt and her rink of Matt Ogilvie, Di Richards and Lyn Bloomfield had a 23-10 win over Joan Goldie.

Nobby Noblett and David Broadbent had a 23-18 win over Jan Aubrey and her rink of Helen Kerkvliet, John Bickerdike and Graeme Aubrey, while Tara Harle and her rink of Roger Rejmer, Sue Karleusa and Lisa Arnold had an18-all draw with Denise Hamilton and her rink of Andre De Waele, Dini Hone and Dennis Throup.

 NEWBOROUGH 14-63 DEFEATED TRARALGON 4-54

 MORWELL CLUB 15-63 DEFEATED DROUIN 1-42

WARRAGUL won all rinks at home against Morwell. Margaret Ratcliffe and her rink of Lynne Thomas, Bernie McIntosh and Graeme Davis had a 19-15 win over Pat Trewin and her rink of Ross Harford, Paddy Francis and Kevin Pigdon. Pat Hammond and her rink of John Vickerman, Lynne Morrison and Robert Renn had a 25-12 win over Kerry Wright and her rink of Bill Tumney, Marleeen Monroe and Col Grant. Janette Gallasch completed the sweep with a 21-18 win over Rita Reddiex and her rink of Judy Tumney, Shirley Skinner and Keith Gadsby.

 WARRAGUL 16-65 DEFEATED MORWELL 0-45

MORWELL Club jumped up the ladder with a big win at home against Drouin. Jan Karleusa and her rink of Jo Leslie, Duncan Hanlon and Gail Rejmer had a 22-11 win over Mary Firth and her rink of Elaine Thorpe, Ron Westrup and Les Firth. Beryl Noblett and her rink of Leanne Broadbent,

DIVISION 2  MOE 14-57 DEFEATED DROUIN (2) 2-51  NEWBOROUGH (2) 16-84 DEFEATED TRARALGON (2) 0-37  YINNAR 14-80 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH (3) 2-43  MORWELL CLUB (2) 16-62 DEFEATED NEERIM DISTRICT 0-46 (HAD TO CUT THIS SECTION SORRY)

DIVISION 3 WARRAGUL (2) 12-63 defeated Morwell (2) 2-57 Drouin (3) 16-87 defeated Moe (2) 0-47, with Maria Wans and her rink of Marie McDonald, Mandy Phillips and Neil Bullen having a 36-16 win over Chris O’Reilly.

Churchill 14-63 defeated Trafalgar (2) 2-44 ,with Marion Newton and her rink of Barry Flanigan, Gillian Turpin and Bill Brown having a 29-11 win over Lyn Sephton and Dianne Thomas defeated Margaret Moss 22-16. Traralgon (3) 12-60 defeated Garfield 4-55 with only the rink of Shirley Richardson together with Karen Hodgens, Deborah Johnson and Gavin Malane defeating Gwen Fabris 25-18. Garfield had winners in Helene Newton defeating Cheryl Reynolds 17-16 and Lex Taylor defeated Joyce Hales 20-19 but fell short by five shots. Yarragon 13-73 defeated Morwell (3) 3-45 with the only rink up being Lindsay Wright and her team of Kaye Jarvis, Marion Wells and Richard Chetland having an amazing 41-1 win over Helen Cook. Marion Chetland drew 18-all with Jan Moody, and for Morwell (3), Chris Cunningham had a 26-14 win over Margaret Arnold.

DIVISION 4 LONGWARRY 10-50 defeated Traralgon (4) 0-23 Traralgon RSL (2) 10-44 defeated Newborough (4) 0-29. Yinnar (2) 10-16 defeated Yallourn North 0-0 on forfeit. Trafalgar (3) 8-34 defeated Traralgon (5) 2-30.

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More rain than runs this season Gippy Goanas

steal a narrow win at Churchill

CRICKET CLV BY LIAM DURKIN

WOULDN'T mind playing some cricket. Wet weather again caused an abandonment in Cricket Latrobe Valley, with no on field action for the second week in a row. Round 7 matches in Premier A and A Grade were called off Saturday morning, as persistent rain left grounds unplayable. Frustratingly, weather conditions had been fine during the week, only to take a turn for the worst come Saturday. Adding to the frustration has been the fact hardly any cricket has been played in the newly formed league. Of the six completed rounds in Premier A, three have been washed out, while the grand total of 'lost days' sits at around five out of 10 for most teams. Moe has arguably suffered the most, playing only four full days of cricket so far this season due to how the fixture has fallen. The Lions had a bye in Round 3 following two washed out rounds, and have had next to no play in the last three weeks (17 overs on Saturday, November 25 their only grace). Glengarry sat out two weeks of Round 5 when it was their turn to have the bye, and have only played one day in the month since. Talk about wasted Saturday's. Toongabbie has not played for three weeks, while Raiders will come back in the New Year having not played for six weeks. Raiders are in the middle of a two-week bye before Christmas, and missed the second day of Round 6 with another wash out, and will then have the league-wide three weeks off over the festive season. To make matters worse, they then have to face Glengarry first game back. Fancy bowling to Nat Freitag when you haven't played for six weeks. That being said, the lack of on field action has

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No play: Ted Summerton Reserve, Moe, pictured last Saturday afternoon. The sight of covers has unfortunately become all-too-familiar for local cricketers this season. Photograph: Liam Durkin made it difficult to predict results, as there is simply no form to judge. Of all the anomalies to come out of the wet weather affecting local cricket, perhaps the most remarkable comes from Trafalgar cricketer Cooper Burgess. Burgess has been overseas for four weeks, but will play this Saturday in the Warragul District Cricket Association having not missed a single game the entire time he was away. With Premier A scheduled as two-day matches last round, conditions will now revert to limited overs for the last round before Christmas.

A Grade was a clean wipe out at the weekend as one dayers were fixtured, meaning a completely new round will be played this Saturday.

FIXTURES ARE Premier A: Toongabbie vs Ex Students (at Roger Reis Oval), CATS vs Churchill (John Black Oval), Mirboo North vs Morwell (Mirboo North Turf), Glengarry vs Moe (Fred King Oval), Raiders - bye. A Grade: Rovers vs Traralgon West (at Duncan Cameron), Latrobe vs Imperials (Peter Siddle Oval), Gormandale vs Willow Grove (Stoddart Oval), Centrals - bye.

Wet weekend stops representative cricket CRICKET GCL BY LIAM DURKIN

WET weather that saw regular Saturday club cricket called off also led into Sunday. The Gippsland Cricket League match between Latrobe Valley and Sale-Maffra was abandoned. The Round 4 senior men's game was scheduled to be held at Ted Summerton Reserve, Moe, but conditions were still unplayable on Sunday morning. Latrobe Valley was to be without regular skipper Nathan Freitag. Imperials batsman Ryan Morley was named his replacement. Moe cricketer Riley Baldi was named for his first senior GCL game, joining regulars Liam Maynard and Al Jenkin. Gippsland Cricket League 'Legend' and Willow Grove coach Todd Mann was selected to play his first game of the representative season. Mann was elevated to legend status in 2016 after achieving his fourth All Gippsland cap. All Gippsland caps (colloquially known as 'black caps') are awarded to players chosen in the All Gippsland XI following each GCL season. THE game between Leongatha and Warragul went ahead. The match was transferred from turf at Korumburra Recreation Reserve to an astro pitch in town due to soggy conditions. The visitors elected to bat first and compiled 162. Captain Cam McPhan top-scored with 39, while

Yashan Samarasinghe and Greg Munro contributed scores of 30 and 29 respectively. Scoring was difficult on an outfield that, understandably, hadn't had much chance to be trimmed. McPhan, Samarasinghe and Munro reflected this, all striking around 50. The lower order batted with McPhan, who was the last batsman dismissed. The Wild Dogs tried to hit out to accelerate the scoring as the innings wore on, which led to a flurry of late wickets. Jake Cochrane cashed in, taking the last five wickets to finish with figures of 5/15 off 5.2 overs. Ethan Lamers was also effective, taking 3/30 off 10. Leongatha had little to no issue chasing the required total, getting home with more than 10 overs in the bank. Lamers proved key, smashing 72 off 80 balls against the new ball. He hit 10 boundaries, including five sixes during his innings, which received good support from Koby Brann. Brann played more within himself, working the ball around to make 41 not out off 73 balls. The pair put on 88 for the second wicket to put Leongatha in the box seat. Nick Fairbank picked up two wickets for Warragul, nabbing 2/15. Warragul threw the ball around looking for an answer, using nine bowlers. BAIRNSDALE had the bye.

Senior GCL is now done for 2023, and will return after Christmas on Sunday, January 14. SHIELDSY! An inspired bowling performance from Jordan Shields led Latrobe Valley to victory over Bairnsdale in the under 18s. Travelling to Meerlieu, a full game was completed in the area usually considered the driest of all Gippsland competing regions. Latrobe Valley decided to bat first at the toss, and put together a score of 134. A few players helped the side along, making it to double figures. Hayden Stockdale top-scored with 23 from number nine, after Jacob Bloomfield (21) and Liam Cumiskey (20) got a few away earlier. Wickets were shared in the Bairnsdale camp. Jack Hodson took 3/18 and Tajwyn Corden 2/18. The response was undone by Shields, who blew the home side off the park, taking 5/25 off 10 overs with two maidens. Bairnsdale appeared in a strong enough position at 1/47, before Shields took the next three wickets, triggering a middle order collapse of 3/9. Bairnsdale failed to recover from there, and were bowled out for 88 inside 33 overs. Jacob Dunn joined the party, taking crazy figures of 3/1 off 4.5 overs. LEONGATHA, Sale-Maffra and Warragul had the bye in Round 3, and will play a series of twenty20s this Sunday. WOMEN'S GCL did not go ahead, with Leongatha forfeiting to Latrobe Valley.

GIPPSLAND Goannas Over 70s cricket team worked hard to achieve a close win against the combined Mornington/Canterbury side at Churchill on Tuesday, December 5. Mornington/Canterbury captain, Michael Angwin won the toss and batted, and soon found trouble with the score 2/5. A superb run out by Trafalgar's Steve Lincoln and wicket to wily spinner Kelvin Bond gave the Goannas a dream start. Two more wickets fell soon after, as Andrew Smith got in on the act. The visitors gradually built their score, and finished on 130 from the allotted 40 overs. Dick Noble bowled five overs and took 3/28, while Smith nabbed two and Fred Debono and Anton De Vent got one each. Wicketkeeper Ian Gibson took a catch and had three stumpings, while another catch was taken by Ian Southall. Gippsland’s innings started badly, when Warren Dummett was caught for four and Garry Rose LBW for two. However, skipper Southall made an enterprising 36 retired and Ian Gibson provided the backbone of the innings with 39 not out, combining with Andrew Smith (10 not out) to score victory in the second last over. Noble also made a handy 14. It was a tight game played on a good wicket and a slow outfield, with Churchill Cricket Club being excellent hosts.

Guide: Ian Gibson cuts for the Goannas during his match-defining innings of 39 not out. Photograph supplied The Round 5 game was scheduled to be held at Toongabbie. Sale-Maffra had the bye, and will return in the New Year. SALE-MAFFRA defeated Latrobe Valley in the Under 13 Junior Development League. The Sharks won a low-scoring game in Round 3, getting up by 18 runs at Maryvale No 2 Oval. Batting first, the visitors closed at 4/89 from their allotted 40 overs. Jack Morris showed good application, seeing off 105 balls to score 34. Latrobe Valley didn't have an individual innings of similar substance, and were bowled out for 71. Kaiden Morrison and Chance Lidrea were leading lights with the ball, taking 2/6 and 2/11 for the winners.

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GIPPSLAND can produce both ‘blue’ and ‘green’ hydrogen, creating a long-term advantage to the region in an expanding clean hydrogen industry that can be up and running before 2030, according to the recently released Gippsland Hydrogen Roadmap. Hydrogen is crucial to achieving net zero emissions, with the most prospective applications fertilisers, steel production, power storage, shipping and aviation, says the roadmap, produced by the Committee for Gippsland for the Gippsland Hydrogen Cluster. ‘Blue’ hydrogen can be extracted from brown coal through gasification and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), while ‘green’ hydrogen is made by electrolysing water using renewable electricity. The Committee for Gippsland supports both methods provided the carbon intensity is low enough to meet national and international emission limits for hydrogen. “Both should be pursued using complementary

strategies that suit their different prospects,” says the C4G strategy. “The synergies between them should be a longerterm advantage to the region in expanding a clean hydrogen industry that can be established before 2030.” The roadmap says blue hydrogen extracted from brown coal with CCUS is the region’s most promising early, large-scale source because it would use the region’s lowest cost and most abundant resource which is already available - brown coal. “It can replace industrial and agricultural uses of ‘grey’ hydrogen derivatives (e.g ammonia and urea); oil and natural gas in heavy and long-distance transport; industrial processes; large-scale space and water heating; and natural gas for peak electricity production to back up variable renewables,” the roadmap says. “Early production of blue hydrogen has been made more attractive by international energy and food security concerns, and high natural gas prices.” The roadmap says in the 2030s, green hydrogen made from wind and solar power is forecast to become commercially viable.

“However, this pathway will only become prospective in Gippsland once Victoria’s power grid approaches full decarbonisation, and a sufficient renewable surplus is available to make commercial quantities of hydrogen. This may not occur until the late 2030s,” the strategy says. “When it does, the co-located production of blue and green hydrogen may add to Gippsland’s competitiveness in the production of vital economic inputs, such as urea, leveraging foundational investments in blue hydrogen infrastructure.” In summary, the roadmap says Gippsland’s best early prospect is to produce blue hydrogen using lignite with CCUS. “A surplus of lignite production is already available”, and CarbonNet and Exxon Mobil’s hub are highly prospective for CCUS in the Gippsland Basin. Despite competition from northern Australia, “blue hydrogen should have an early competitive advantage, and non-energy products such as urea have durable export potential”. The roadmap says that as soon as possible, blue hydrogen and CCUS should be commercialised

as the core of a chemical industry which produces ammonia, urea and other valuable derivatives. This process has already begun with Japan’s drive to commercialise the HESC coal-to-hydrogen project in the Latrobe Valley, the roadmap says. The plan says Gippsland users of hydrogen may include:  Freight/heavy and long-distance transport. Hydrogen is expected to be used in fuel cells or engines to replace diesel in heavy transport such as trucks, trains and ships;  Agriculture: to power heavy machinery;  Manufacturing: replace high energy density fuels used in heating in industrial processes, such as pulp and paper production and dairy processing. H2 and CO2 (from blue hydrogen) can also be made into ammonia, then urea, providing a domestic source of nitrogen fertiliser for Gippsland farms, and;  Grid firming. H2 could produce electricity when unusual conditions produce a shortfall of renewable and storage output relative to demand.

Hydrogen contributing to Gippy economy By PHILIP HOPKINS

THE Japanese coal-to-hydrogen HESC project, when in full commercial production from the early 2030s, will contribute more than $900 million to the economies of Gippsland and the Mornington Peninsula every year, according to an economic analysis of the project. HESC (Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain) is expected to support 30,000 full-time equivalent jobs (FTE) in Gippsland and the Peninsula over the project’s 30-year life, consultants KPMG said in an analysis prepared for the Japanese HESC consortium. A total of 1500 jobs will be generated in the construction phase and 980 jobs in the operational phase. In both phases, direct jobs are the main contributors to the total job effect. The project has the key backing of a major trade union. The president of the Mining and Energy Union, Tony Maher, said the HESC project had the rare distinction among new energy projects of being able to generate hundreds of genuine, ongoing jobs while kickstarting a new industry. “In a region facing major closures and job losses, Latrobe Valley communities can be at the centre of a new hydrogen economy as supply chains and infrastructure are developed,” he said. “The successful pilot and $2.3 billion funding commitment from the Japanese government have given workers in the region hope for their future and they are determined to see this project come to life.” The pilot project was successfully completed in February last year when liquefied hydrogen produced from Latrobe Valley brown coal was delivered to the Port of Kobe in Japan, demonstrating the viability of an end-to-end supply chain between both countries. The project partners are now doing feasibility studies and preparing for the regulatory approval process.

The initial commercialisation demonstration project will include an annual production of 40,000 tonnes of hydrogen (H2) per annum, with 30,000tpa for Japan and 10,000tpa for Victorian consumption and emissions reduction. Pending all required approvals, a commercial scale production from 2030 onwards, with an operating life of 30 years, is expected to produce 225,000 tonnes of H2 annually and avoid 1.8 million tonnes of greenhouse gas annually. The brown coal is gasified into hydrogen and carbon dioxide at a plant next to Loy Yang A power station. The hydrogen is transported to the the Port of Hastings in Western Port, where it is liquefied and sent to Japan. The CO2 will be sequestered under Bass Strait, with the options including the CarbonNet project and Exxon’s Gippsland joint venture carbon capture and storage hub. KPMG’s analysis is based on an estimated total direct capital expenditure of $10 billion over 10 years during the construction phase. A further $24 billion in operating expenditure is expected over the life of the plant from the 2030s through to 2064. The study found that Victoria’s Gross State Product (GSP) is estimated to be 0.15 per cent or $1.1 billion higher per year over the life of the commercial project. About $919 million of this growth will occur in Gippsland and the Mornington Peninsula. In Gippsland, capital spending in construction is expected to stimulate job growth, with 192 more FTE jobs. The operational phase will generate 304 full-time equivalent jobs. On the Mornington Peninsula, construction will generate 1231 full-time jobs and the operational phase 511 jobs. Direct jobs will be in construction, basic chemical industries, pipeline development and transport services. Indirect jobs will be in retail and wholesale trades, professional and technical services,

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rental hire and real estate, primary industries, manufacturing and other services. TAFE Gippsland Chief Executive, Laura Macpherson said the TAFE was at the forefront of emerging energy industries, providing training opportunities to those transitioning into the sector and those starting out in this exciting new industry. The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation at Federation University, Chris Hutchison, said HESC was an amazing opportunity

for Australia to be at the forefront of the transition to clean energy. “The potential impact of this project is significant,” he said. “A commercial scale hydrogen production and CO2 capture/storage facility would require the creation of hundreds of highly skilled jobs. It would also create a robust energy supply chain with Japan and maintain our region’s status as a valuable energy exporter.”

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Serjeanston, said a key criteria in selecting contractors and sub-contractors would be using the local workforce. "We estimate the project will support about 50 full-time jobs during construction - six to 12 months - and one-to-two full-time jobs in operation," he said. Mr Serjeanston said as well as supporting the local grid, the Bennetts Creek project had engaged with local residents and neighbouring businesses in the planning application. Talks on the technical requirements of the project had also been undertaken with Fire & Rescue Victoria, Latrobe City Council, the Department of Transport and Planning, the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority and Ausnet, he said.

Mr Serjeanston said as one of the few Australian energy retailers with a completely renewable generation portfolio, the battery project marked a significant milestone for Flow Power. "This project will enable us to provide batteryfirmed renewables to Victorian energy users through products capable of linking supply to 100 per cent renewable energy in real time," he said. Flow Power is an electricity, technology and engineering company operating since 2008. A major investor is the Canadian pension fund, OP Trust, which came on board in 2018. Clients include The Sydney Opera House, Snack Brands, Westpac, The City of Sydney, Asahi Beverages, Newcastle Airport and Pernod Ricard Winemakers.

Progress: Flow Power has been given the go-ahead to build a 100MW battery in Morwell.

XBB.1.5 now the preferred vax THE federal government has accepted the latest advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the use of new COVID-19 XBB.1.5 vaccine as part of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) encourages all people who have not yet had their recommended 2023 dose/s to receive them as soon as possible. XBB.1.5 vaccines are now preferred for all doses. Pfizer has welcomed the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation’s (ATAGI) updated statement on the COVID-19 Vaccination Program. ATAGI, which provides clinical advice for COVID-19 vaccine providers on administering COVID-19 vaccines to eligible patients, has noted the recent increase in COVID-19 cases across Australia since November 2023. ATAGI advises that all currently available COVID-19 vaccines are anticipated to provide benefit to eligible people, however the monovalent Omicron XBB.1.5 vaccines are preferred over other vaccines for use in children aged five years or older and adults who are currently recommended primary or additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine according to the Australian Immunisation Handbook.

Providers can refer to the Australian Immunisation Handbook to check which vaccines are recommended by age group. ATAGI's statement reflects the need to protect Australians, particularly vulnerable groups, including those over 75-years-old and younger people with medical comorbidities, who are at greater risk of serious illness and hospitalisation from COVID-19. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved monovalent COVID-19 vaccines that address Omicron XBB-related sublineages which currently account for the majority of COVID-19 cases globally. Although Omicron-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccines provide some protection against a range of outcomes from XBB-related COVID-19, evidence suggests that vaccines better matched to currently circulating strains can further help improve protection against symptomatic and severe COVID-19. “COVID-19 is constantly evolving and XBB is antigenically distant to the original Omicron variants we have seen before. This is why we need new tools to fight the virus,” Pfizer Australia & New Zealand Country Medical Director, Dr Krishan Thiru said. “COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in 2022, after ischaemic heart disease and dementia.

"The virus continues to pose a health risk to communities and individuals of all ages and backgrounds, in particular certain population groups such as older individuals and those with underlying comorbidities. "Whilst many are feeling COVID fatigue, we urge Australians to continue being vigilant and heed the health advice of the World Health Organization and Australia’s health authorities. “Australia is experiencing an eighth COVID-19 wave and we are seeing an uptick in the number of cases and hospitalisations across the country. "Being vigilant about staying up to date with vaccination and lowering our risk of infection is critical as we head into the holiday period and families and friends gather in large groups, or travel interstate and abroad. We are reminding Australians that COVID loves a crowd. “The first line of defence is to get vaccinated, and also wear masks when needed, maintain physical distance wherever possible, avoid high-risk settings, and practice good hygiene." Pfizer is working closely with the federal government to commence supply as quickly as possible. The use of vaccines should be in accordance with official government recommendations. For more information, visit: https://www.pfizer. com.au.

THE State Electricity Commission (SEC) is making its first investment - a $245 million contribution and more than a quarter of its initial investment budget - to help build a $1 billion battery hub at Melton. The state government says the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub (the Hub) will store enough energy to power up to 200,000 homes during peak periods. This is the first investment from the SEC’s initial $1 billion towards building 4.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy generation and storage projects. The Hub will be comprised of three battery components totalling 600 megawatts in size, and is being developed in partnership with the renewable energy investor Equis Australia. Once complete, the Hub will provide 1.6 gigawatt hours of energy storage. Construction of the Hub will create up to 155 jobs, including 14 apprentice and trainee roles. The SEC's $245 million investment secures the Hub's delivery and enables one of the project’s battery components to double in size. The Hub is expected to be operational by 2025, when it will start storing excess rooftop solar and surplus energy from the grid. The government says the project is critical to meeting its target of at least 2.6 gigawatts of energy storage capacity by 2030 and 6.3 gigawatts by 2035. Victoria's policy is to transition to 95 per cent renewable energy generation by 2035. For more information visit, secvictoria. com.au.

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Livestock

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BULLS for Hire/Sale SEWING MACHINE GARAGE SALE

HAVE YOU COME ACROSS “STUFF” AT HOME THAT MALTESE Shihtzu x Jack TIMBER SLABS COULD BE TURNED Russell, 2 males, 8 weeks Mountain old, vet checked and vac, Blackwood, INTO QUICK Ash, Messmate, Spotted m/c 956000016624235, ...16622599, $600 each. Gum, Californian Redwood Ring Lenny 0402 225 677. and Cedar - just to name a few. Over 2000 slabs in stock, all dry and ready to go. Large posts and beams. Lambs. Ewes. Rams. Traditional post and rail Crossbreed. $100 each. fencing avail. Can cut to Phone 0402 036 520. order as well and we can mill your logs into slabs or Dimensional timber. For Sale Ph Toby 0428 321 155 or australiantimber slabs@gmail.com

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Fresh from Goulburn Valley. Due in LV early Jan., 10kg $35, 20kg $60. Ring now to place an order 0439 768 671.

BUDGET BLINDS Lenny 0418 514 132

HAY TARPS

UV stable, economical, strong, waterproof, in stock. 1300 656 211 all hours. www.abctarps.com.au

Landscaping Mulch

Beautify your garden. Bulk quantity available, $25m3. Phone 0412 613 443 or 1800 468 733. QUEENSIZE bedroom suite, good, solid, with glass panel Kookaburra motif on headboard and dresser mirror $300. Ph 0403 595 326.

NEWSPRINT REEL ENDS Price: $11 GST incl. Available at the

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Enquiries: 5135 4444

TREX motorised jockey wheel mover, for caravans, boats and trailers etc., moves 3500kg, only used once $150. Ph 0427 916 547.

Garage Sales

With an audience of OVER 76,000 you’re guaranteed to reach MORE LOCALS than advertising just on Facebook

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MOE, 16 Cemetery Rd, Saturday, 9am start. Vintage, novelty salt and pepper, wall plates, books, kitchenware, old tins, Wade Nursery Rhymes figurines, collectables and lots more.

Home Maintenance

Home

Residential, commercial, Remodelling. Call Bill at int./ext. No job too small. "Total Home Renovations" Free quotes. Qualified Phone 0409 565 497. tradesman. 0408 086 776.

OVEN REPAIRS

Electric oven/stove repairs incl. oven doors. Reliable, experienced and friendly. Most parts are carried on-board. Free phone estimates. 12 month guarantee on repairs.

Phil 0412 165 542 ovenlec.com.au REC. 9764

COMPRESSED AIR

Workshop Compressor 160L tank and dryer pkg $2200. Dental Medical dry air pkg $2750. Ph 0404 416 773 - sales@air4u.net.au

Lawnmowing, home maintenance and rubbish removal. Free quote. Ph Shane 0417 189 150.

Personals

• Door Installer

Does your home need 57 year old male, would new doors? I can supply like to meet lady and install doors/locks, for companionship and inc. security doors. Over 32 yrs exp. Free quote, outings. Lennie 0438 850 287. Phone 0433 441 645.

JASMINE

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HAZELWOOD COACHES With forward bookings With one coach Asking $50,000 o.n.o. Phone Mark

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WHEN YOU GO LOCAL, YOU GROW LOCAL!

Help support rtt our local Tradies while they serv rvice, v build and repair in our local communities - check out our Business Guide Pages and Home Maintenance Section in the Classifieds every ryy Wednesday, for your local Tradies

Looking for a lifestyle change? Wanting to be your own boss?

Jim's Mowing is looking for a Franchisee in the Latrobe Valley area. CONTACT 131 546 For a no-obligation free Info Kit

Responsibility PLEASE CHECK YOUR AD

Please check your ad on the first day and bring any errors to the attention of the Classifieds Department immediately. The Latrobe Valley Express makes every effort to avoid errors. We regret that we cannot various sizes from $85 be responsible for any errors beyond the first day if you fail p.c.m. Contact Strzelecki to bring it to our attention. Realty on 5127 1333. No allowances can be made for errors not materially affecting the effectiveness of the ad. Position cannot will not be guaranteed. All claims for adjustment of credit must be made within seven days after billing date. We reserve the right to revise Help support or restrict any ad we deem local business objectionable and to change the classification when necessary to while we service, conform to the policy of build and repair this newspaper. In the event an ad is omitted in our local from publication, we assume no communities liability for such omission.

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WHEN YOU GO LOCAL, YOU GROW LOCAL

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Business Opportunities

Public Notices

• Adult Services • ELECTRICIAN Moe Self Storage

Specialising in all domestic MORWELL, 11 Junier St, work. REC.4188. Phone 8am-2pm, Saturday. Tools, Peter 0438 177 153 or household goods, fishing Carol 5126 2110. rods, and much more. Too 23 y.o., First Time in Town. Busty. Beautiful. Good much to mention. English. Extra Service No early callers. available. 0421 367 038. Beat the Christmas rush. Gates, retaining walls and Notice to back yard projects. 35 31 Holmes Rd, Trash & treasure. Open 6 days, ADVERTISERS and years exp. 0407 336 237. RESPONDENTS closed Mondays. For info/ bookings Jo 0437 981 388. Voicemail introductions GARDENING DONE advertisements and voice Pruning, planting, weeding, TRARALGON, 2 Hillcrest messages may only be small jobs through to large Crt, Saturday, 7.30am - submitted by persons 18 jobs, shed clean ups, 12. Household items, years and older. rubbish removal, etc. Reabooks, camping equip- When making contact sonable rates, pens. disc. ment, car accessories, with people for the first Under NDIS the cost of bike and lots more. time, it is advisable to services may be covered by meet in a public place your Care Provider. Reliable Wanted To Buy and let a member of and efficient. Police check. your family or a trusted Fully insured. 18 yrs exp. friend know where you Chauncy The Gardener. will be. ABN 17268203656. Call We would advise Richard 0401 345 345. readers and advertisers Standing grass for hay, to exercise caution in cash paid. Phone 0427 giving out personal 665 796. details. This will be Install - Service - Repairs respected by genuine Co Testing - Gas Safety For Sale respondents. Check. Contact Paul 0428 877 432. Lic.103230.

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CHURCHILL, 24 Kelleher St, Sat., 9-2pm. Deceased estate. Household items, furniture, caravan and many more bargains. No early callers.

ONLY $14.25 - for one edition

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Angus, Limousin, Jersey, Janome, works well, comes Hereford and Friesian, in carry case, just been very quiet. 0447 331 762. serviced $60. Phone 0410 560 758.

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DID YOU KNOW . . . ...you DON’T have to make a special trip to Morwell to place classified ads? Just pop into the Seymour St Newsagency, 83 Seymour St Traralgon or the Nextra Moe,, 1-3 Moore St Moe and the friendly stafffff can assist you. The only EXCEPTIONS are classified ads which contain a photo. These will need to be placed at the Morw rwell w Off ffice f 21 George St

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JS PAINTING

Specialising in commercial, residential work, over 30 years experience. For prompt and reliable service to all the Gippsland region phone Joe 0421 374 463.

LAWN MOWING

We provide garden and lawn services. Free quote. Private, NDIS and My Aged Care clients. Call KEYSTONE CARE SUPPORTS 0493 661 411. PAINTING and fencing, lawns, rubbish removal and more. Free quotes Phone Rob 0466 335 497.

Total Renovations

Total Home Renovations. Call Bill on 0409 565 497.

HELLO BABY IN THE EXPRESS

The Latrobe Valley Express welcomes photos of your new west arrival. Parents are welcome to o email a copy of your newborn photos for pub blication to our editorial stafffff - news@lve express.com.au with the subject line ‘baby photo’. Please include the following details: Baby’s first and mid ddle name/s Baby’s surname D.O.B. Mum’s maiden nam me Mum and Dad’s na ames Location of Hospita al Hometown

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APPRENTICESHIP

Looking to start an apprenticeship in Painting? Starting early 2024. Call Steve 0407 221 089.

HANDYPERSON

wanted to do odd jobs for property maintenance in Morwell. If you are avail., please text your reply to: Beth 0402 082 650. North Gippsland Football Netball League The NGFNL is seeking expressions of interest to fulfil the roles of

League Administrator and Assistant League Administrator

for season 2024 Please contact Vice President Martha Truin martha@ electel.net.au or 0438 749 627 for full job description and requirements. Applications close Friday, 15 Dec., 2023

TRAVEL CONSULTANT Full Time

Helloworld Traralgon ● Travel Industry experience preferred but not essential ● Personal Travel experience will be considered an advantage ● Strong Sales skills and office experience

Contact Peter Leighton 5174 7877 Email: peter.traralgon@ helloworld.com.au

ADVERTISERS PLEASE NOTE:

Much hardship and difficulty is caused to job seekers by misleading advertising placed in the employment columns. Our Situations Vacant columns are reserved for advertisements which carry a specific and genuine offer of employment. Ads for `Business Opportunities' and `Training Courses' and `Employment Services' should be submitted under those headings. Placing misleading ads is an offence against the Trades Practices Act and state/territory fair trading acts and all advertisements are subject to the publisher's approval. For further advice, contact the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on 1300 302 502 or your state consumer affairs agency.

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URGENT Deliverers Wanted TRARALGON, MORWELL and NEWBOROUGH

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Would you like to deliver the Latrobe Valley Express newspaper to individual homes on Tuesday and/or Wednesday afternoons in Traralgon, Morwell and Newborough. Please apply to: The Circulation Manager 0456 000 541 Please note: Children must be 11 years or over as we will need to apply for a government Child Employment Permit. Children younger than 11 cannot or will not be accepted. Adult deliverers also welcome

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Morwell, Warragul, Sale Applications are invited from Lawyers admitted to practice, or eligible to be admitted, for full time employment at our Morwell office. Real experience will be highly valued, and recognised with a commensurate higher salary, and an immediate start if required, for the right candidate. Further information about the firm can be found at: www.simonparsons.com.au Please forward your resume and covering letter to our Morwell office PO Box 814, Morwell 3840 or via email to: enquiries@simonparsons.com.au Applications close Friday, 15 December 2023

Use the Latrobe Valley Express to turn your clutter into cash!!

RYAN WILK CONCRETING TWO POSITIONS AVAILABLE Ryan Wilk Concreting is looking for an experienced: CONCRETOR (Full Time) LABOURER (Full Time) To join their team, start in 2024 with a six-month probationary period. Must have: ● Experience in concreting/labouring ● Valid driver's licence ● Construction white card For further information, please contact Ryan on 0400 023 859. Please submit resume by 22 December 2023 to: rwconcreting@outlook.com

WHEEL ALIGNER REQUIRED

Must be experienced Apply to: Traralgon Tyre Service PO Box 1351 Traralgon Vic. 3844

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Would you like to deliver the Latrobe Valley Express newspaper to individual homes on Tuesday and/or Wednesday afternoons in Morwell, Traralgon, Moe, Newborough and Churchill? Please apply to the Circulation Manager 0456 000 541. Please note: Children must be 11 years or over as we will need to apply for a government Child Employment Permit. Children younger than 11 cannot or will not be accepted. Adult deliverers also welcome.

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Public Notices

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Administrative Officer Monash Rural Health

The Gippsland Regional Training Hub is seeking to appoint an Administrative Officer to provide professional administrative support and implement initiatives aimed at bolstering regional training and career prospects for junior doctors in Gippsland. We are looking for someone with strong administrative and stakeholder management skills, the ability to work collaboratively and to exercise independent judgement when needed. If you have a tertiary qualification in a relevant field and/or possess substantial relevant skills and experience, you are encouraged to apply. This is a part-time position (0.6 FTE); however flexible working arrangements may be negotiated. This position will involve travel to various locations, some of which are not easily accessible via public transport. At Monash University, we are committed to being a Child Safe organisation. This position will require the incumbent to hold a valid Working with Children Check. Your application must address the selection criteria. For further information, Position Description and to apply, please visit: www.monash.edu/jobs Search Job No.: 659243 Closing date: Wednesday 3 January 2024, 11.55pm.

Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (Practice) Monash Rural Health

Monash Rural Health Churchill is seeking to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (Practice) to play a key clinical teaching role in the Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (MD) program. Bring your wealth of clinical expertise to a dynamic team, where you will develop content, facilitate small teaching, learning and assessment, and foster the personal, professional and academic development of medical students. If you have a tertiary qualification in a field relevant to clinical medicine, hold current medical registration with the Australian Health Professional Regulation Agency (APRHA) and/or possess substantial relevant skills and experience, you are encouraged to apply. This is a part-time position (0.6 FTE) on a 3-year fixed-term contract. At Monash University, we are committed to being a Child Safe organisation. This position will require the incumbent to hold a valid Working with Children Check. Your application must address the selection criteria. For further information, Position Description and to apply, please visit: www.monash.edu/jobs Search Job No.: 659241 Enquiries: Associate Professor Marianne Tare +61 3 9902 7485. Closing date: Tuesday 2 January 2024, 11.55pm

By advert rtising t in the local paper you can reach MORE than just your Facebook friends and unreliable internet sites! Let us do the hard work for you and reach all your media potential in both print and on-line

Careers at Latrobe

Latrobe City Council has exciting opportunities for enthusiastic and forward-thinking individuals with a passion for providing excellent services to our community.

• Coordinator Local Laws - Permanent Full Time • Family Services Administration Officer - Casual • Preschool Field Officer - Temporary Part Time (until Dec. 2024)

• Customer Focus Agent - Permanent Part Time • Project Engineer - Permanent Full Time • Human Resources Business Partner - Permanent Full Time • Advocacy - Expression of Interest • Maternal and Child Health Nurse - Permanent, Part Time & Casual • Learn to Swim Instructor - Casual - Multiple Positions Available

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For further information including how to apply, position descriptions and application closing dates, please visit our website www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/careers

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www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/careers

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TENDER ON SITE CANTEEN SERVICES We're seeking a suitably qualified company to provide an on site canteen service at Loy Yang B Power Station. Applicants must be motivated and enthusiastic self-starters with experience in food handling and all the associated food handling qualifications. You'll need to be available from 8.30am-1pm Tuesday-Friday and during Outages. We'll provide a commercial grade kitchen and all overheads, including equipment maintenance. For more information and key selection criteria, please email a request to: lybtenders@loyyangb.com. Applications close COB Wednesday, 31 January 2024.

Toyota Sahara 200 Series AFB-486, ex. cond., no off Cars road, no accidents, 100, 000kms., $93,000. Ph. STI Premium, 2018, 48k's, 0400 441 700. manual, $4k stereo, plus 2003 Pajero 3.5l V6 4WD, many extras, BMV-699, rough interior, still used $61,000. 0419 385 128. everyday as a work vehicle, no r.w.c. or rego, SDB-004, $2500 o.b.o. Call Pete 0448 777 445.

Call us today on 5135 4455 or email classifieds@lvexpress.com.au

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KIA RIO 2010

67,000 kms, 12 mths reg. Reg, no. YBR-754. RELAULT Megane. PH: 0498 186 362 Convertible auto. 145,000km. Black, reg til Feb 2024, with RWC. $4500 ONO. Reason for selling - restricted license.Ph: 0418 514 294

MAZDA 2 Genki 2017, top Old or new, buying all of the range, e.c. in/out, makes and models. LMCT auto, reg. serv'd, r.w.c., one 11618. Ph 0455 776 443. owner, rev. cam, cruise, many extras, new tyres U l t i m a t e V6 580, $19,990. 0402 717 852. 88,000kms., BIT-436, over $20,000 in extras, $63,000. Ph 0400 441 700.

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MOTORING

PLEASE CHECK YOUR AD

FORD 2008 BF 1 tonne, auto, cruise, large tray, alloys, tool boxes, over Please check your ad on the $5000 spent (w/receipts), first day and bring any errors to reg., r.w.c. genuine callers the attention of the Classifieds only, 1XK-5PZ $7950 Department immediately. o.n.o. Ph 0412 325 723.

The Latrobe Valley Express makes every effort to avoid errors We regret that we cannot be responsible for any errors beyond the first day if you fail to bring it to our attention. No allowances can be made for errors not materially affecting the effectiveness of the ad. Position cannot will not be guaranteed. All claims for adjustment of credit must be made within seven days after billing date. We reserve the right to revise or restrict any ad we deem objectionable and to change the classification when necessary to conform to the policy of this newspaper. In the event an ad is omitted from publication, we assume no liability for such omission.

SPECIAL

Minimum 6 lines $60 without a photo or $74 with a colour photo Total of 4 consecutive editions in the Latrobe Valley Express and 8 editions of the Gippsland Times paper

PARAMOUNT Thunder 19'6'' pop-top, custom made, 2020, dual axle, full ens., L-shaped lounge, x2 95L water tanks, x1 95L grey water tank, bike rack, diesel heater, QS bed, elec. brakes, Dexter antisway, m/wave, gas/240v HWS, 3-way fridge, antiflap kit, Dometic awn., solar panel, rev. camera, w/mach., TV, exc. cond., great van, easy to tow $65,000. 0431 159 984.

Caravans

• 1996 POP TOP

QUEST RV off-road, 2014, all electric, diesel heater, dble bed, m/wave, fully equipped awning, 3-way Windsor caravan, lots of fridge, 11 months reg. extras. Ph 0422 897 849. $20,000 neg. 0408 038 112.

HOLDEN Captiva 2007, 224,000kms, new tyres, reg. till Jan. 2024, great cond., well taken care of $6300 o.n.o. 1YI-2IB. Ph 0407 552 269 after 6pm.

BAYLISS, Robert (Bob) George. 15/9/1948 - 10/12/2023. Passed away suddenly and unexpectedly after a short illness. Dearly loved husband of Marlene. Much loved father of Dale and Amie. Proud and adored Pa of Taylah, Jonah and Aidan. No words can describe how respected and well thought of you are. A true gentleman that will be greatly missed. "See you when you're older" BAYLISS, Robert (Bob). Fond memories of a wonderful, kind, gentleman. Bob, you will be greatly missed. Rest in peace. Garry, Jenny, Steven, Kylie, Evie and Lanie. EMMETT, Wes. 19/8/1933 - 7/12/2023. Passed away peacefully at Yallambee Traralgon. Aged 90 years Beloved husband of Bev for 69 years. Loved father of Ron and Maeryn, Chris, Phil and Leanne, Terry, Deb and Ros, Shane and Sharon and adored Pop of his grandchildren and great grandchildren. 'Everybody's Friend'

ROYAL Flair, 19'6", min. use, full annex/flooring, swr, toilet, h/basin, 3-way fridge, q/bed, corner seatDRIVE YOUR ing (5), fully fitted out, DOLLAR FURTHER ready to go. Hayman Cars and Caravans Reece tow hitch, excellent are in demand CAMPER Trailer, off-road, cond. Asking $37,500. water tank and pump, Phone 0419 917 510. GAYLOR, Sandra. elec. brakes, 12v batt. and You had a smile for ROYAL Flair 17ft, 10 mths 12v plugs, boat rack, erect trailer for tinny $6000 reg., sgle axle, m/w, gas everyone, stove top and grill, 3-way You had a heart of gold, o.n.o. Ph 0488 301 283. fridge, front kit, sgle beds, You left behind the solar, annexe, lovingly kept memories, That I will always hold. $16,500. 0427 916 547. It's not what I write ROYAL Flair Elite 18ft, It's not what I say, 3-way fridge, m/w, d/axle, It's how I remember you, QS bed, elec. brakes, TV, In my own special way. annexe, new awning, bbq, Loved and remembered always outside table, exc. cond., Forever in my heart $35,000. 0419 895 218. Very tidy. Reg til Nov next XXX year. Lots of extras, incl diesel heater Fiamma ROYAL Flair Promenade Dearly loved wife of Wayne. STL 2006, 3.5V6, auto., awning, annex, storm 2011, 16ft 6'', QS bed, full 124,336kms., UBY-940, curtains, deep cycle fridge, HWS, air cond., GILMOUR-HAYES, VGC, $9500 ONO. Phone battery, etc. $13,500 arm chairs, 12 mths reg., Suzanne. excellent cond. $27,000. Passed away at home, o.n.o. Ph 0427 455 370. 0421 102 141. Phone 0408 210 764. surrounded by family and friends, on Friday, 8 December 2023. Beloved wife of Peter. Mother of Michelle, Don't waste time waiting Rachelle, Shayne, Darren for buyers, or on endless and Aamie. Grandmother consignment plans, sell it of 16 and great grandtoday we'll pay cash now. mother of 8. Affordable Caravans 0418 No More Pain 336 238, 5623 4782. At Peace

THEY DO SELL!

FORD Mondeo, Titanium, 2017 model, 2 litre turbo diesel, 6 speed auto, full service history, road worthy certificate, ASA-539, $23,990. Contact 0418 333 681.

Personals

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TOYOTA Coaster Motorhome, 12ht turbo diesel, auto, 198,500kms, original, 2 s/beds, toilet, shower, v.g. body, ex/mechanically. $50,000. 0400 274 866.

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To see what the region has to offer please visit https://www.visitgippsland. com.au/destinations/east-gippsland To ﬁnd out more about relocating to Gippsland please contact Elishia Mitchell, 0419 857 780 or Elishia. mitchell@dffh.vic.gov.au or Darlene Henning-Marshall, 0407 746 137 or Darlene.Henning-Marshall@dffh.vic.gov.au. DFFH/COPL/OGA Wednesday 31 January 2024 For more information about this opportunity, please go to www.careers. vic.gov.au and download a position description to view departmental information, the selection criteria, our pre-employment screening requirements and our Diversity and Inclusion commitments.

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GUNN, Edward (Don). Passed away at home on Monday, 4 December 2023. Husband of Patricia (dec.). Father of Karen, Chris and Suellen (dec.). Father-in-law of Cheryl and Malcolm. Pop to all his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Reunited with Pat Suellen and Chichi A family gathering will be held to celebrate the life of Don. Please contact the family for details.

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HAINES, Kevin. Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital on Thursday, 7 December 2023. Loved and loving husband of Lesley. Loving dad of Alan (dec.) and Sharon. Father-in-law to Andrew. Grandpa to Johanna, Danielle and Brooke. Great pa to Caleb, Alec and Billy. Gone Fishin'

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HAINES, Kevin ARMY 3157919 The President, Committee and Members of the Traralgon RSL deeply regret the passing of their esteemed Service Member Kevin and extend sincere condolences to his family. LEST WE FORGET

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BAYLISS. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Mr Bob Bayliss will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6 Ollerton Ave, Newborough MONDAY (18 December 2023), commencing at 10.30am. To view the livestream, please visit our website and follow the prompts.

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SHERRY. The Funeral Service to celebrate the life of Arnold Sherry will be held at the Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park, Cemetery Drive, Traralgon FRIDAY (15 December 2023) commencing at 11am. Following the Service Arnold will be laid to rest within the cemetery. To view the livestream please follow Harwood Funerals on Facebook.

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HARRIS, Stanley James The President, Committee, Staff and members of the Morwell RSL Sub Branch are deeply saddened by the passing of their valued Affiliate Member Stan. Deepest heartfelt sympathy to all of his family and friends. LEST WE FORGET KENNEDY, Jean Margaret. Aged 92 years Beloved wife of Gordon (dec.). Dearly loved mother of Colleen, Ian (dec.) and Bruce (dec.). Special mother-in-law of Matt. Nanna and great nanny Jean to Nathan, Cam and Easton, Sarah and Lachie and Luca and Sage. So Loved My gratitude towards the wonderful, caring staff at Heritage Manor. KENNEDY (nee McCallum), Jean. It is with deep regret we note the passing of Jean. Condolences to Colleen, Matt, Nathan, Cameron and Sarah, and Kay, Stephanie, Jesse, Jordan and Sophie. From Jean and Peter Kennedy and all those at Kennedy Haulage. McCLARE (Milburn), Pamela Ann. Passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family after a hard fought battle. Loved daughter of Reg (dec.) and Marj (dec.). Big sister of Sue and Aunty of Beth. Rest easy Spud Queen SHERRY, Arnold. 1994 - 2023. Rest in peace Arnold Thank you for the memories Forever loved, forever missed. Love Tash Spiteri X. VICKERY, Yvonne. Passed away surrounded by family on Friday, 8 December 2023. Loved and loving wife and soulmate of Tony (dec.). Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Tony and Kerry, and Jason. Will be greatly missed by all her grandchildren. Back in the arms of Your Soulmate

EMMETT, Clement Wesley 'Wes'. The Funeral Service to celebrate the life of Wes Emmet will be held at the Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park, Cemetery Drive Traralgon on FRIDAY (15 December 2023) commencing at 2pm. Private cremation will follow.

VAUGHAN. The Funeral Service to celebrate the life of James Vaughan will take place in the Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park Crematorium, Cemetery Drive, Traralgon WEDNESDAY (13 December 2023) commencing at 11am. Light refreshments to follow.

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Nod to the past: Presentation of the Traralgon Pacing Cup. Pictured is Brian Andjelkovic, Ray Mooney, Ian Goldie, Des Hughes (front) winning reinsman James Herbertson, Bev Evans and Pat Andjelkovic.

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FUNERAL SERVICES VICKERY. A Graveside Service to celebrate the life of Yvonne Vickery will be held at Narracan Cemetery on MONDAY (18 December 2023, commencing at 1.30pm.

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NETHERCOTE, June Hellene. The Funeral Service for June Nethercote will be held at The Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park, Cemetery Drive, Traralgon MONDAY (18 December 2023) at 11am. Private Cremation to follow.

PFITZNER, Douglas. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Mr Douglas Pfitzner; beloved son of James (dec.) and Kathleen and brother of Max, will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437A Princes Drive, Morwell on TUESDAY, (19 December 2023), commencing at 1.30pm.

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"IT'S a great little track, the best halfmile track in Australia in my opinion." Victoria's leading reinsman, James Herbertson was quick to praise the quality of the Warragul trotting track after he drove Cranbourne pacer Master Remi to win the $10,000 Traralgon Pacing Cup last Wednesday afternoon. The talented Herbertson travels countless kilometres around the state each year driving on most tracks, and his words of confidence in the Logan Park circuit are backed up by the quality of the Gippsland racetrack design and the fast times regularly recorded there. The Traralgon Pacing Cup set a new track record time and became one of the fastest run races for the 1790 metre distance seen at Warragul. "I've only been driving here for a few years, but its a great little track," Herbertson said. His win with Master Remi brought up a driving treble for the afternoon, following success with Shoobees Spirit and Imperial Whiz earlier in the day. It caps off a significant year for Warragul Harness Racing Club, which was awarded the Club of the Year title back in October. The volunteer committee at Warragul has introduced several initiatives for spectators and participants alike at Logan Park, in an effort to build up awareness of their activities. The club and its facilities have a good reputation among participants, and additions such as a set of horse weighing scales, new vet room and warm water in the horse wash bays have all been well received. Memberships are at record levels for the club, and raceday dining package bookings have increased as more people discover the excellent spectator facilities on offer. Wednesday's race meeting attracted the highest number of entrants for a race fixture at Warragul in more than two years. In the main race, Master Remi was heavily backed by punters, at one

stage firming from odds of $14 on tote into $4, and moved three-deep on the track from back in the field with one circuit to go, striking the lead at the 600 metre mark. Long priced pacer Popcornfriday, driven by Chris Alford, who was in search of his seventh winning drive in the race, went with Master Remi, and in fact took the lead on the home turn. However, Master Remi fought back strongly when headed to record his seventh race victory at start 55. It gave trainer Jayne Davies her second triumph in the Traralgon Pacing Cup, and was the first for owner John McLeish and driver Herbertson. Davies also racked up her 1300th individual training success in the race, many of those having been recorded locally. The co-feature race on Wednesday was the Roly Thompson Memorial, won by Maas Betting Again for trainer Alison Alford and driver Josh Duggan, while another highlight was a training double to Ben Yole who won with Dreamers Delight (driver Codi Rauchenberger) and All Good (Taylor Youl). Our Cheeky Devil won the third race for visiting horseman Jeremy Quinlan in a tight photo finish from Cranbourne pacer Rakajed. The first trotters race run from the mobile start barrier was won by veteran Cranbourne horseman Allan Lousada with his gelding Blanco Canyon, in what was a popular victory. Wednesday's meeting was very well attended, with a Christmas theme, and as an annual tribute to the former Traralgon Harness Racing Club. Many memories of the past history of trotting in the Latrobe Valley were shared by spectators present.

Good field for the Harriers lane run

ATHLETICS HARRIERS BY MOLLY IRVINE

LAST Thursday night saw 75 athletes complete the Toners Lane 5km course in hot and humid conditions. The run was an out-and-back course that started at Toners Lane Reserve, taking runners and walkers along the trail around the back of the reserve for 2.5km, before turning around at Latrobe Road and heading back to the start. Pete Cutler completed the 5km course in a dominating time of 16:43, followed by young-gun Dempsey Podmore, with Sav Mavrofridis and Miles Vershuur crossing the line together in times of 18:23. After taking out the winner’s female title of the 2024 King & Queen of the Mountain at Mt Tassie over the weekend, Kylie Murray continued her winning streak for the females in a strong time of 22:25. Courtney Ellis was second across the line for the females, and third went to Jessie Gollow in 24:20. Tomorrow’s run (December 14) is the Traralgon Harriers’ Xmas breakup function before breaking for a couple of weeks and returning to regular Thursday night runs from January 11. For more details, visit www.traralgonharriers. org.au

Toners Lane results: Peter Cutler 16:43; Dempsey Podmore 18:18; Sav Mavrofridis 18:23; Miles Verschuur 18:23; Greg Semmler 18:28; Ian Cornthwaite 19:08;

Matthew Deppeler 20:26; Trent Kooyman 20:55; Jay McGown 21:02; Darrel Cross 21:35; Clinton Jolly 21:38; Owen Notting 22:08; Kylie Murray 22:25; Shane Gavin 22:27; Chris Van Unen 22:29; Glenn Graham 22:33; Jack Marino 22:47; Nicholas Talerico 23:12; Peter Fairbairn 23:28; Seth Bomers 23:28; Jason Odlum 23:30; Andrew Broberg 23:33; Ryan McLeod 23:34; Courtney Ellis 23:59; Ron Verschuur 24:03; Peter Sanders 24:18; Jessie Gollow 24:20; Liz Kenney 24:48; David Hood 25:01; Gary Fox 25:04; Toby Grzmil 25:22; Karen Graham 25:40; Giuseppe Marino 26:39; Megan Scott 26:52; Phillip Mayer 27:09; Mark Lansdown 27:10; Daniel Furmston 27:18; Ree Graham 27:26; Andrew Panayiotou 27:30; Johnny Roscoe 27:31; Marieka Reilly 27:31; Fiona Syme 27:35; Mark Fairbairn 27:52; Lee Graham 27:52; Kristine Sapkin 28:10; Drew Hade 28:12; Kylie Warner 28:30; Paul Rollandin 28:47; Alfie Warner 28:49; Claire Macumber 29:17; Angeline Snell 29:57; Adam van baalen 30:40; Tania Whitehead 31:42; Danelle Wright 32:23; Ella Warner 36:17; Katrina Rogers 37:09; Ian Heafield 38:58; Nick Hodson 39:30; Barry Higgins 39:37; Kylee Earl 39:40; Kathy Quinn 40:16; Ann Bomers 40:19; Sarah Robinson 40:53; Samantha McGown 42:15; Timothy Graham 42:52; Paul Smith 44:18; Kaye Livingstone 44:49; Luke Witham 45:00; Kristina Creighton 46:55; Lynda Jones 47:30; Belinda Heafield 47:30; Bob Duljas 48:48; Des Dalton 49:48; Nicky Semmler 52:28; Andrew Legge NTR

Strong time: Kylie Murray continued her winning streak for the females in a time of 22:25.

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SCOREBOARD ATHLETICS GIPPSLAND

Round 9 of Gippsland Athletics Club track and field season was held Tuesday 5th December 2023. ROUND 9 RESULTS: Record Men Masters Shot Put: Simon Van Baalen 12.26 (12.07 previous record, Simon Van Baalen 2023) 800M Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 2:53.71, Xanthe Dalton 3:22.04 Men: U/14 – Jack Riddle 3:18.85; Open – Jack Doderico 2:07.53, Lachlan Coleman 2:43.28, Cameron Hughes 2:50.03; Masters –Adam Riddle 3:01.49 HAMMER Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 12.57 Men: U/14 – Jack Riddle 29.78; Open – Cameron Hughes 17.89, Lachlan Coleman 14.02; Masters – Simon Van Baalen 39.31, Stuart Dalton 17.53 TRIPLE JUMP Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 9.01, Xanthe Dalton 7.27 Men: U/14 – Jack Riddle 9.52; Open – Lachlan Coleman 9.47; Masters – Simon Van Baalen 8.15 2000M Men: Open – Jack Doderico 7:50.08; Masters –Adam Riddle 8:49.87 SHOT PUT Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 6.37, Xanthe Dalton 4.61; Masters – Samantha Riddle 5.33 Men: U/14 – Jack Riddle 12.25; Open – Cameron Hughes 8.66, Lachlan Coleman 6.57; Masters – Simon Van Baalen 12.26, Adam Riddle 8.70, Stuart Dalton 8.40, Ian Twite 6.29 100M Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 13.22, Xanthe Dalton 16.91 Men: U/14 – Jack Riddle 13.19; Open – Jack Doderico 12.21, Lachlan Coleman 13.24; Masters – Stuart Dalton 15.72

BOWLS STRZELECKI NORTH

MIDWEEK PENNANT 06-Dec-23 ROUND 6 DIVISION 1: Newborough 14 63 Traralgon 2 54 Trafalgar 14 64 Traralgon RSL 2 53 Morwell Club 15 63 Drouin 1 47 Warragul 16 65 Morwell 0 45 DIVISION 2: Yinnar 14 80 Newborough (3) 2 43 Morwell Club (2) 16 62 Neerim District 0 46 Newborough (2) 16 84 Traralgon (2) 0 37 Moe (2) 14 57 Drouin (2) 2 51 DIVISION 3: Drouin (3) 16 87 Moe (2) 0 47 Warragul (2) 12 63 Morwell (2) 4 58 Traralgon (3) 12 60 Garfield 4 55 Churchill 14 63 Trafalgar (2) 2 44 Yarragon 13 73 Morwell (3) 3 45 DIVISION 4 : Trafalgar (3) 8 34 Traralgon (5) 0 30 Longwarry 10 50 Traralgon (4) 0 23 Traralgon RSL (2) 10 44 Newborough (4) 0 29 Yinnar (2) 10 16 Yallourn North 0 0

Division 1 W L D F A Dif Pts Newborough 1 5 1 0 401 297 104 78 Warragul 1 5 1 0 359 304 55 73 Trafalgar 1 5 1 0 361 350 11 67 Traralgon 1 2 4 0 344 352 -8 39 Morwell Club 1 2 4 0 316 379 -63 36 Morwell 1 2 4 0 336 360 -24 34 Traralgon RSL 1 2 4 0 305 382 -77 29 Drouin 1 1 5 0 331 329 2 28 Division 2 W L D F A Dif Pts Moe 1 6 0 0 378 287 91 84 Newborough 2 4 1 1 417 270 147 72 Yinnar 1 4 2 0 372 329 43 59 Neerim District 1 3 3 0 317 369 -52 44 Newborough 3 2 4 0 290 356 -66 39 Drouin 2 2 4 0 317 351 -34 32 Morwell Club 2 1 4 1 304 359 -55 30 Traralgon 2 1 5 0 304 378 -74 24 Division 3 W L D F A Dif Pts Churchill 1 6 0 0 391 305 86 86 Trafalgar 2 4 1 1 299 263 36 67 Morwell 3 3 2 1 330 346 -16 58 Drouin 3 2 3 1 303 276 27 46 Traralgon 3 3 3 0 354 347 7 46 Warragul 2 3 3 0 357 345 12 44 Yarragon 1 3 3 0 356 346 10 44 Garfield 1 2 4 0 374 347 27 40 Morwell 2 1 4 1 313 370 -57 29 Moe 2 1 5 0 278 410 -132 20 Division 4 W L D F A Dif Pts Longwarry 1 5 1 0 254 145 109 50 Traralgon RSL 2 4 1 1 187 130 57 45 Traralgon 5 4 2 0 239 213 26 39 Yinnar 2 4 2 0 196 185 11 39 Trafalgar 3 2 3 1 111 202 -91 23 Newborough 4 2 4 0 192 190 2 22 Traralgon 4 2 4 0 181 199 -18 22 SATURDAY PENNANT 09-Dec-23 ROUND 8 DIVISION 1: Warragul 9 0 Drouin 9 0 Trafalgar 14 76 Newborough 4 71 Traralgon 16 90 Traralgon RSL 2 68 Moe 14 83 Morwell 4 51 DIVISION 3: Traralgon (3) 16 84 Yinnar 2 65 Morwell (2) 14 82 Newborough (3) 4 78 Drouin (2) 9 0 Warragul (2) 9 0 Boolarra 18 76 Trafalgar (2) 0 45 DIVISION 4: Yallourn North 14 60 Churchill 4 55 Yarragon 18 84 Moe (2) 0 34 Traralgon (4) 14 81 Warragul (3) 4 77 Morwell (3) 14 73 Morwell Club (2) 4 71 DIVISION 6: Moe (3) 10 37 Churchill (2) 0 18 Traralgon (6) 10 37 Moe (4) 0 15 Thorpdale/Yarragon 8 40 Neerim District (3) 2 30 Longwarry (3) 10 72 Traralgon RSL/ Yinnar 0 23 Trafalgar (4) 5 0 Traralgon (7) 5 0 Boolarra (2) 10 32 Drouin (4) 0 24 Division 1 W L D F A Dif Pts Traralgon 1 7 0 1 599 458 141 119 Trafalgar 1 4 3 1 544 505 39 81 Newborough 1 4 3 1 531 493 38 79 Morwell 1 3 4 1 499 512 -13 71 Traralgon RSL 1 3 4 1 527 535 -8 66 Moe 1 3 4 1 508 511 -3 64 Drouin 1 2 4 2 394 470 -76 52 Warragul 1 1 5 2 384 502 -118 44 Division 2 W L D F A Dif Pts Longwarry 1 6 0 2 581 368 213 115 Traralgon 2 5 1 2 532 421 111102 Morwell Club 1 4 2 2 522 451 71 84 Neerim District 1 3 3 2 454 484 -30 69 Garfield 1 2 4 2 441 497 -56 63

Thorpdale 1 2 4 2 411 509 -98 58 Traralgon RSL 2 2 4 2 412 506 -94 55 Newborough 2 0 6 2 412 529 -117 30 Division 3 W L D F A Dif Pts Traralgon 3 7 1 0 704 520 184121 Warragul 2 4 2 2 448 506 -58 78 Morwell 2 4 4 0 648 580 68 76 Drouin 2 4 3 1 476 569 -93 76 Yinnar 1 3 4 1 527 541 -14 69 Boolarra 1 3 4 1 527 525 2 63 Newborough 3 3 4 1 537 560 -23 60 Trafalgar 2 1 7 0 568 634 -66 33 Division 4 W L D F A Dif Pts Churchill 1 5 2 1 559 476 83 97 Moe 2 6 1 1 515 493 22 97 Yarragon 1 4 3 1 598 442 156 86 Traralgon 4 4 3 1 583 523 60 79 Yallourn North 1 4 3 1 521 534 -13 73 Morwell Club 2 3 4 1 547 509 38 72 Morwell 3 1 6 1 455 615 -160 38 Warragul 3 1 6 1 444 630 -186 34 Division 5 W L D F A Dif Pts Longwarry 2 6 0 2 434 281 153107 Traralgon RSL 3 5 1 2 426 295 131 84 Drouin 3 4 2 2 381 361 20 78 Garfield 2 3 3 2 355 375 -20 62 Traralgon 5 3 3 2 342 399 -57 62 Yallourn North 2 2 4 2 303 339 -36 54 Neerim District 2 2 4 2 339 386 -47 53 Newborough 4 2 4 2 291 338 -47 53 Morwell 4 2 4 2 341 406 -65 44 Trafalgar 3 1 5 2 329 361 -32 43 Division 6 W L D F A Dif Pts Moe 3 5 2 1 290 226 64 54 Boolarra 2 5 2 1 241 215 26 54 Traralgon 6 5 2 1 297 230 67 53 Traralgon 7 4 2 2 247 217 30 48 Trafalgar 4 4 2 2 243 223 20 46 Longwarry 3 3 4 1 295 251 44 41 Thorpdale/Yarragon 4 3 1 236 273 -37 41 Drouin 4 3 4 1 296 236 60 37 Neerim District 3 3 4 1 248 283 -35 37 Trgn RSL/Yinnar 2 5 1 239 310 -71 29 Churchill 2 2 5 1 237 277 -40 27 Moe 4 1 6 1 159 287 -128 13

GOLF CHURCHILL & MONASH

Stableford Saturday 2nd December 2023. A Grade Winner: M. Brereton 35pts B Grade Winner: S. Caldwell 36pts C Grade Winner: B. Kilday 35pts D.T.L: 1. J. Langstaff 34, 2. S. Sanders 34, 3. R. Madigan 33, 4. R. Sands 33, 5. R. King 33, 6. J. Sanders 31 C/B N.T.P: 3rd Pro-Pin: R. Sands, 12th S. Allison Target Hole: J. Langstaff Birdies: 3rd S.Caldwell Monthly Medal Tuesday 5th December 2023. Scratch: Ad. West 92 Medal Winner: S. Caldwell 95-23-72 B Grade Winner: R. Sands 80 Nett D.T.L: Ad. West 77, S. Turner 78 N.T.P: 3rd L. Brent, 5th S. Caldwell, 14th J. Clegg Birdies: 3rd L. Brent, 12th S. Caldwell Putts: J. Blizzard 26 & S. Caldwell 26 MIRBOO NORTH Saturday 9th December, Stableford. A Grade: S Mills (11) 38pts B Grade: N Bracecamp (18) 37pts c/b

DTL: B Bradshaw, N Bickerton 37, A Liebe 36 c/b. NTP: 4th, M Payne, 6th, D Jerram, 13th, M Payne, 16th, G Renwick. Birdies: 6th D Jerram MORWELL Wednesday 6th December 2023 Women's Stableford Winner: B Boers 38pts DTL: C Boers 33 pts NTP: 2nd D Vuillermin 8th N Te Paa 1th N Te Paa (lucky draw) 15th J White Star Medallist: C Boers 75 net. MOE

Thursday, 07 December 2023 OPEN Medley Stableford Grade A Winners: Backman, Shane (10) 40 Grade B Winners: Harber, John (13) 41 Grade C Winners: Borg, Manny (26) 43 Place Getters: Stansbury, Les 38 C/B, Azzopardi, Nato 38 C/B, Ray, Michael 38 C/B, Stephens, Peter 38 C/B, Halkett, David 38 C/B, Collings, Dale 38, Scurlock, Dael 38, Nikolajew, Adrian 37 C/B, Pisa, John 37 C/B, Johnson, Tony 37, Kane, Robin 36 C/B, Beath, Ken 36 C/B, Yeomans, Wayne 36 C/B, Harland, Bob 36 C/B, Dyt, Ricky 36 C/B, Cunningham, Steve 36 C/B Great Score: Shaun Guttridge (Birdie) @ 14, Anton Devent (Birdie) @ 8, Murray Donaldson (Birdie) @ 4, Peter Young (Birdie) @ 8, John Harber (Birdie) @ 14, Brian McKenzie (Birdie) @ 8, Steve Cunningham (Birdie) @ 14 Nearest to Pin: 4th Tim Ford, 8th Anton Devent, 14th Lee Wilson Saturday, 09 December 2023 MEN'S Monthly Medal Grade A Winner & Monthly Medalist: Wilson, Graeme (10) 71 Grade B Winners: Beath, Ken (23) 73 C/B Place Getters: Van Der Meulen, Luke 73 C/B, Johnson, Tony 73, Lee, Shaun 74 C/B, Donaldson, Murray 74 C/B, Spiteri, Patrick 74 Gross Winner: Aaron Bassman 74 C/B, Tony Johnson 74 Great Score: Shaun Lee (Birdie) @ 14 Nearest to Pin: 4th Tony Johnson, 8th Shaun Lee, 14th Shaun Lee TRAFALGAR

6/12/12 – 3 Person Ambrose Winners: June Tickell, Jenney Evison, and Christine Payne with 29.4 Runners-Up: Ange Bayley, Pat Harris and Anne Outhred with 32.2 Down The Line: Bev Keily, Sue Tabuteau, Nola Fordham and Kerren Ludlow with 32.25 NTP: 11th: Anne Outhred, 13th: Nola Fordham, 15th: Kerren Ludlow Tuesday 05/12/2023 Stableford Players: 15, Women 4, Men 11 Winner: Tony Shearer (20) Runner Up: Chris Moody (19 c/b) DTL: Hank Fiddelaers (19), Cheryl Deppeler (18), Di Moody (17) Mystery 3: Hank Fiddelaers (9) Bradmans: Ian Outhred

Thursday: 07/12/2023 Stroke - Monthly Medal Players: 44, Women 15, Men 29 Women’s Winner: Lyn Powell (31) Scratch Winner: June Tickell (39) Runner Up: Pat Harris (32) DTL: Sue Williams (33), Lorna Risol (34), Cheryl Deppeler (35), Aija Owen (35) NTP: Lyn Powell (13) Par 3 Event: Lyn Powell Bradmans: Olwyn Balfour Men’s Winner: Ron Pyke (31 c/b) Scratch Winner: Ray Williams (39) Runner Up: David Balfour (31) DTL: Tony Pitt (32), John Wiseman (33), Dennis Scambler (34), Chris Moody (34), Graeme Harris (35) NTP: Geoff Thomas (13) Bradmans: Harold McNair Friday, December 8th 2023, Open Men’s & Ladies Stableford A Grade Winner: David Cook 39 pts C/B B Grade Winner: Peter Trickett 41 pts DTL's: Chris Stanlake 39, Tony Gray 37, Symon Lee 37, Ricky Dyt 37, Darren White 37, Joshua Gaul 37, Paul Roberts 37, Glen Roberts 37 Birdies: 2nd: Ross Anderson 5th: David Winfield 11th: Chris Stanlake, Peter Pankhurst 13th: Ricky Dyt 15th: Ricky Dyt, Daniel Hicks Saturday, December 9th 2023, Stroke – Stroke A grade Winner: Warwick Griggs 69 nett B Grade Winner: John Warren 64 nett DTL’s: Graeme Grant 69, Hank Fiddelaers 70, Glen Roberts 70, Keith Owen 70, Reno Borg 71, Jack Marshall 71, Norm Mether 71 NTP’s: 2nd: Glen Roberts 5th: Tony Gray 11th: Reno Borg 13th: Peter Moss 15th: Noel Cornish Birdies: 2nd: Glen Roberts 5th: Warwick Griggs, Tony Gray 13th: Hank Fiddelaers, Jack Marshall, Peter Moss Club Championship Results Club Champion: Jeff Hasthorpe 228 – Jeff last won our club championship 31 years ago. A Grade Handicap: Jeff Hasthorpe 207 B Grade Scratch: Dick Sheehan 252 B Grade Handicap: George Petkovic 216 C grade Scratch: Keith Owen 281 C Grade Handicap: Graeme Grant 215 D Grade Scratch: Norm Mether 288 D Grade Handicap: Norm Mether 210 Veterans: Jeff Hasthorpe 138

PISTOLS TRARALGON

Mon 27/11/23 air pistol C Grade:G Dobson293-89-582 D Grade:D Chandler442-116-558. M Peters 268-195-463. Junior mens D Grade: F Peters 328. Wed 29/11/23 Standard pistol D Grade:K Green384-221-605. M Peters 375-238-610, J Smith 302-207-509 Sat 2/12/23 no scores

The Latrobe Valley Express, Wednesday, 13 December, 2023 — Page 49

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Times: Newborough’s Brandon Baker, Morwell’s Tom DAlia, Traralgon’s Kaleb Chapman and Newborough’s Adam Semple.

Trio: Moe’s Deb Casson, Bev Kerrigan and Wayne Gould. I will definitely get you on the front page one day Gouldy.

All smiles amid festive season

HORSERACING By LIAM DURKIN

THERE was some serious rain cards beings played at Moe Racing Club last Friday. Virtually every local cricketer spotted was enjoying the hospitality, seemingly convinced there would be no play the next day. As it turned out, their predictions were accurate, even if some of their tips weren’t. The Ian Grant’s Caravans Xmas Party Race Day attracted a great turnout, with a host of people coming to celebrate the end of the working week, or in the case of some - the year. Work groups used the event as an opportunity to hold break-ups, while others took the chance

to enjoy country racing amid summer conditions. Members were back in the longue, which had been used previously by jockeys while their changerooms were getting renovated, while the Hillside Pavilion was also alive with activity. Without doubt though, the most lively section was the ‘Santas Shack’ marquee along the straight, which saw patrons gather at tables or on the grass watching as horses raced by every half an hour. Live music from Josh Hanratty kept guests entertained, paving the way for tunes to continue after the last race. While trying to get someone to top Shannon Noll, who performed at Moe Racing Club last year, was always going to be difficult, if near-on

impossible, the club managed to get something for all Creedence Clearwater Revival fans. Although it wasn’t quite John Fogarty (imagine that), they managed to get the next best thing, with CCR tribute band - Creedence Clearwater Survival headlining the afterparty. Speaking to the Express, Moe Racing Club Chairman, Mike Vanderfeen said he hoped patrons enjoyed Friday’s meeting. “The sun has come out, I look out to the 2400 metre start and it’s just a sea of heads up there all having a good time,” he said in reference to the Santa Shack marquee. “(There’s) lots going on, our new development here at Moe with the raceday building officially will be opened hopefully by the Minister (Racing

Minister, Anthony Carbines) on ANZAC Day, finished the week before ANZAC Day, new jockeys facilities opened today, five star, no hiccups, all gone well, we are looking forward to that development. “It’s another successful year. The club reported well-above annual profit for the year, members are in excess of 800, we’ve got the support of the community and the members which is a real plus.” As the CCR tribute band played, there was a sense of irony meeting at least one journalist, who is often quizzed on how he learns about certain things in the local sporting world. “I heard it through the grapevine”.

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Brothers: Lachlan Rees and Shaun Curtis lapping it up at Moe Racing Club. Are there two closer mates in Gippsland?

Same names, different spelling: Traralgon’s Rebekah Alimpic and Newborough’s Rebecca Grima.

Day at the races: Moe’s Tom Woodhouse, Calvin Griggs and Jen Felici. Photographs: Liam Durkin

Multiple: Trafalgar Football-Netball Club premiership teammates Rhys Holdsworth (clearly with no thoughts of cricket the next day) and Chris Kyriacou at Moe Races last Friday.

Same first names: Mark Droog and Mark Micallef enjoying marquee life.

Great men: Locals Liam Pearce, Steve Blackshaw and Jaryn Makepeace trackside.

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Promising start: Torlaah wins by just under a length in the first race at Moe.

Nolen rides three winners at Moe

HORSERACING By LIAM DURKIN

MOE Racing Club hosted its final meeting for the year on Friday. Idyllic conditions greeted all to the Christmas meeting, with the track rated a Good 4 for the entire eight-race card. Jockeys enjoyed new changerooms facilities, which were in use for the first time. The new changerooms offer a spacious interior and modern elements accommodating for male and female riders. Major development works are continuing at Moe, with the upstairs raceday building currently under construction. All going well, the facility will be completed in time for the ANZAC Day meeting next year. The works are some of the biggest upgrades seen at the club in decades. Friday’s meeting opened with the Bidfood Maiden Plate over 1100 metres. Torlaah won in a two-horse race to the line, getting home by just under a length from High Security for Cranbourne-based trainer Luke Oliver. Moe local Darryl Blackshaw gained a place, with three-year-old filly Confine securing third in a tight race to be best of the rest. The Race 2 Purcell Painting Maiden Plate (1200m) saw a Gippsland winner, with Dummy Spit doing the damage for Sale trainer Andrew Perdon. The four-year-old gelding narrowly edged out Midnight Devil for Cranbourne’s Enver Jusufovic. Dummy Spit has been in good touch since winning at Sale in early October, with its last four starts now reading: fourth, second, fifth and first. Race 3 was won by Gold Wolf for the Mornington stable headed by David and Coral Feek in the Yarragon Country Style Bakery Maiden Plate (1600m).

Luke Nolen, of Black Caviar fame, rode in this race, steering Manhattan Stone to second for Robbie Griffiths and Matt de Kock of Cranbourne. There was another Black Caviar connection in the Race 4 Paulls Carpet Choice Maiden Plate (2050m), with the Peter Moody-trained Madenyo coming third. The race was however won by Bird Dog, which coincidentally, featured another famous racing connection. The three-year-old filly snuck home to beat Golden Hips by a nose, giving Patrick Payne, brother of Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle, victory in Moe. Ironically, much like her famous sister’s Melbourne Cup win, Bird Dog was a rank outsider, starting $16.00 at the tote. In the Race 5 Ian Grant’s Caravans Handicap (2050m), six-year-old Black Penn was too good in the finish. The Greg Eurell-trained gelding won by more than a length to take the win. A thrilling finish came to hand in the Race 6 Ladbrokes Blackbook Handicap (1100m). Virtually half-a-length separated the first five runners, but Over ‘N’ Out took line honours on the inside. The win gave Nolen a riding double, and victory to Euora trainers Ben and JD Hayes. Race 7, the Australian Moving Logistics BM58 (1000m) saw Machinist do as its name suggested. The four-year-old gelding won the sprint to the line, winning for Cranbourne’s Jack Laing. Payne won again, taking out the Race 8 Changed Latitude Handicap BM58 (1600m). Nolen made it a treble, riding Greta Moon home by two lengths. Moe Racing Club has a meeting next month, racing on Saturday, January 27 for Australia Day.

Home: Gold Wolf wins the Race 3 at Moe last Friday. Luke Nolen, of Black Caviar fame, is pictured riding second place Manhattan Stone. Photographs: Liam Durkin

The job’s yours: New Moe Racing Club Chief Executive, Cassandra Rendell with Moe Racing Club Chairman, Mike Vanderfeen. Photograph: Liam Durkin

History-making appointment

RACING By LIAM DURKIN

MOE Racing Club hasn’t had to look far to find its new chief executive. In their view, the best candidate was standing in front of them all along. Cassandra Rendell has been elevated from acting to full time chief executive, and officially speaking, promoted from general manager of venues to the top job. Rendell had been filling in following the departure of Shane Berry, who left after close to 10 years in the chair last October. The new chief executive had arguably the greatest test run to see if she wanted to do the job full time, leading Moe Racing Club through this year’s Moe Cup. Having got through the biggest event on the club’s calendar, Rendell said she felt ready to step up full-time. “I’ve been doing the acting role since Shane left, a couple of weeks after I started I decided to throw my hat in the ring,” she said. “It will be a big job, but I think we will be good, we’ve got lots of support, the team’s incredible here, the board are very supportive, and just the whole racing community as well, Country Racing and Racing Victoria.” Her role oversees not only operations in Moe, but also at Bairnsdale Sporting and Convention Centre, which is operated by Moe Racing Club Inc. Rendell comes with extensive experience in management and hospitality, having most recently been general manager of the Italian Australian Club, Morwell before moving to Moe Racing Club in early 2022. “So excited, looking forward to getting stuck into racing, I think I’ve got the hospitality part of things covered pretty well, (it) will be key to

learn all about the racing industry,” she said. Rendell was interviewed twice for the position and selected from an extensive field, with applications coming in from as far as Queensland and the Kimberley region, as Moe Racing Club Chairman Mike Vanderfeen explained. “We’re particularly pleased (with the appointment), we advertised extensively, in fact right throughout Australia, right throughout the racing industry,” he said. “We had experience with Cass over the last 18 months, she came with an absolute wealth of gaming and hospitality experience, and in the short period of time that she’s been acting as CEO she has certainly picked up an interest in racing, that is a gap she is prepared to fill. “I can only see the place going forward underneath Cass, so we’re really looking forward to it, we believe Cass is the right person to take us forward.” With a number of facility upgrades underway at Moe Racing Club, Vanderfeen said it was advantageous to appoint someone familiar with the inner workings of the organisation. “It would be very hard for anyone to walk in and start afresh with the developments we’ve got going forward, so Cass has been privy to what we have been doing,” he said. “The only unfortunate thing is now we probably need to look at someone to fill Cass’ position (as general manager of venues).” Rendell has had little time to celebrate her ascension, with Moe gaining an extra meeting in January over the Australia Day long weekend. She has however created history, becoming Moe Racing Club’s first women chief executive. While it looks to be business as usual for Rendell, there is sure to be one poignant difference moving forward - the word ‘acting’ will no longer be in her email signature.

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Traralgon Cup held against all odds

HORSERACING By LIAM DURKIN

AS far as the Latrobe Valley Racing Club is concerned, the history books will say there was a Traralgon Cup in 2023. After facing setback after setback in order to get a meeting going on Traralgon Cup Day, there was cause for celebration when the event finally took place last Sunday. This year's Traralgon Cup offered a proud moment for those at the volunteer-run club, who had refused to throw in the towel despite the odds seemingly being stacked against them. In the last two months, the club had already lost its only other race meeting for the year Derby Day, due to track issues, and very nearly lost its marquee meeting as well. The Traralgon Cup was originally scheduled for Sunday, December 3, only for floods to lead to its cancelation. Fortunately, Latrobe Valley Racing Club was granted a reprieve from Racing Victoria, who agreed to postponed the meeting one week. Racing against the clock, the crew at Glenview Park put their shoulder to the wheel to make sure everything was ready by the time the proposed date rolled around. Knowing the postponement would mean a hit to bookings, Latrobe Valley Racing Club was willing to concede so long as racing took place. While the crowd was understandably down on previous years, those that did turn up at least had on-course action to enjoy. In an industry where winners are determined by who crosses the line first, that in itself was victory enough. There was the usual attractions at the Traralgon Cup, with Fashions on the Field, live music and marquees in full swing. Newborough fashionista Catherine Noy won best dressed lady, adding to her sash won at the 2022 Sale Cup. Those watching the men's section wouldn't have thought the crowd was lower than usual, with the line-up extending the entire length of the stage. Latrobe Valley Racing Club committee member Barry Whitehead was required to show all his versatility, taking the microphone to MC the event. Whitehead addressed attendees earlier in the day gathered in the dining room, making

Creative: Ladies fashions winners, pictured with event organiser Danielle Daniel; Catherine Noy of Newborough, Natasha Romas from Traralgon and Steph Lake also of Traralgon.

Great day: Traralgon’s Claire, Lisa, Megan and Marie Holt in the members section at Latrobe Valley Racing Club. Photographs: Liam Durkin

particular mention of the work of chairman Frank Bezzina. By the end of the main race, Bezzina was fighting back exhaustion, but equally bursting with pride at what the club had managed to achieve. "We got there," he simply said, breathing a huge sigh of relief. "2023 Bet365 Traralgon Cup happened - no abandonment, so good, good feeling, lot of pressure even at the start of the day ... (now we) can relax. "This was not going to happen if we didn't push it. Racing Victoria granted, they said 'you need to have your feature race day', they've got trust in the club now, and we've pulled off a good meet ... I'm so happy and so proud of everyone." The turnaround has indeed been remarkable, with some pundits even as late as last Saturday night uncertain if the Traralgon Cup would go ahead following another day of heavy rain. As Bezzina said however, a mountain of work behind the scenes allowed the club to pull through, and produce a facility that will no doubt provide industry confidence for Glenview Park. "The committee has been working hard, everyone's just praising the track so much," he said. "Craig Newitt went to the stewards and commented how good the track was today, and then Alana Kelly's feedback there in front of everyone, that's gold for us. (Traralgon Cup wining jockey Alana Kelly made mention of the quality of the Glenview Park track upon accepting the Traralgon Cup trophy). "We can only go upwards now." Bezzina also wished to pay tribute to fellow Gippsland racing clubs, who had offered no shortage of support during what had been a fairly traumatic time. "All the other clubs supported us, every one of them," he said. "Moe, Bairnsdale, Sale, Stony Creek, they've been there for me the whole time, we're all friends - Gippsland Racing, the best turf on Earth." The best turf on Earth could also be the strongest. Traralgon has now overcome floods, just as Moe did for their cup last year, while Sale Turf Club held a meeting earlier this year following major flooding in its region.

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Lads: Patrick Walsh, Rhodes Drakatos, Liam Mitchell, bocce expert Ayden Respondino and Seth Healy looked dapper on Traralgon Cup day.

Journey: Traralgon’s Brady Hood (black shirt) was joined by Heidi Kelly, Kyle Kelly, Naomi Gilmore, Frankie Regli and Daisy Regli, who travelled up from Bairnsdale for the Traralgon Cup.

Colour: Traralgon locals Lara Richards, Michael Bentley, Georgie Lambert, Darcy Eenjes, Abbey Lambert, Taylah Veitch and Bohdi Bright enjoyed the Traralgon Cup.

Power couple: Latrobe Valley Racing Club committee member and MC for the day, Barry Whitehead with wife Di Whitehead.

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All yours: Traralgon Cup winning trainer Liam Howley is presented the trophy by Latrobe Valley Racing Club Chairperson Frank Bezzina.

Victory: Station One wins the 2023 Traralgon Cup.

Photographs: Liam Durkin

HORSERACING By LIAM DURKIN

NAMING a racehorse with the word ‘one’ in it became quite fitting at this year’s Traralgon Cup. That its full name was Station One only completed a double, possibly triple, entendre. Station One ran express only, and won (one) Sunday’s Bet 365 Traralgon Cup. The gates of Latrobe Valley Racing Club may

Triumphant: Alana Kelly returns to the mounting yard after riding Station One to victory in the Traralgon Cup.

well have been a train station, as the five-year-old gelding jumped from the start and lead virtually the entire 1900 metre distance. Only once was Station One overtaken, which came when Samedi snuck in with just over 400 metres to go. The fellow five-year-old gelding couldn’t maintain its speed though, and Station One kicked strongly in the last 50 metres to leave the field in its dust. Station One got home by just under two lengths from last year’s Traralgon Cup winner Starspangled Baby, trained in Sale by Andrew Perdon. For its worth, Starspangled Baby has performed admirably on the Gippsland Cup circuit this year, running fourth in the Sale Cup last October. Sunday however belonged to the Liam Howley stable at Mount Macedon, as well as jockey Alana Kelly. Howley heaped praise on Kelly, who in turn publicly praised the Latrobe Valley Racing Club track when presented her winning trophy. The winning trainer described the performance as a “super ride” by Kelly, and revealed it was rather fortuitous to have her in the saddle. “She’s got a real good feel on those sort of stayers, thankfully the meeting got pushed back a week because she (Alana) was unavailable last week,” Howley said. In terms of the race itself, Howley said Station One ran to its strengths. “He’s always got really good natural gate speed,” he said.

Prime viewing: Latrobe Valley Racing Club members watch the Traralgon Cup.

“She (Kelly) gave him a little squeeze at the start, he found the rail and then from our point of view it was a watch-and-see from there. He’s got a big tank on him, when she asked him at the half-mile he really quickened into it nicely and thankfully came off the bend nicely and put them away.” Despite entering with $5.50 odds, Howley said the stable had reason to be optimistic. “We were confident, he’s had a really good prep, and he’s just got a huge capacity,” he said. “We’ve changed his program a little bit this time

around, kept him nice and fresh, made full use of our facilities at home, just been able to balance his workload ... he came here in really good order.” From here, Howley said he may look to run Station One in a benchmark 78 at Mooney Valley before Christmas, but would “let the dust settle” first. The Traralgon Cup win maintained good recent form for Station One, who won over a similar distance at Dunkeld last month, and came third in the Kyneton Cup on November 8.

Photo finish to decide top three at Valley meet

Easy-peasy: Wambeen stoles to victory in the first race on Traralgon Cup Day. HORSERACING By LIAM DURKIN

LATROBE Valley Racing Club hosted an eightcard meeting on Traralgon Cup Day. Persistent rain which fell in the days leading up to last Sunday’s event threatened to derail proceedings, but as it turned out, the wet weather actually inadvertently helped on a number of fronts. The meeting had been originally scheduled for Sunday, December 3, but was pushed back a week due to the Glenview Park track being too damp. A rodeo event, meant to held last Saturday night inside Glenview Park, was cancelled for similar reasons, which gave some reprieve to Latrobe Valley Racing Club from a logistics perspective. The rodeo would have necessitated coordinating trucks, trailers and patrons crossing over the horse racing track, which would have surely added to the usual burden that goes with holding a race meeting. With the rodeo called off however, and with rain

falling Saturday, there was not only traffic taken off the racing track, but the track itself was given a chance to freshen up. The track was a thick green by Sunday, and rated a Soft 6 for the entire meeting. A field of seven horses took part in the Race 1 WIN Television Gippsland Maiden Plate over 1900 metres. Of the seven, only two were in the finishing frame, although one of the them was still three lengths ahead when it crossed the line. Wambeen, for Cranbourne trainer Trevor Andrews, opened the meeting on a positive note, with the four-year-old cruising to victory. The second race saw a much closer finish. Everett and Highland Dream were separated by a nose in the Latrobe City Council Maiden Plate (1365m), with the former stretching home on the outside. The win provided another Cranbourne trainer with reason to smile, this time going to Enver Jusufovic. Race 3, the RACV Solar Maiden Plate (1100m) was a one-sided affair.

Addition: The new mound at Latrobe Valley Racing Club offered great viewing along the straight.

Photographs: Liam Durkin

More horses were scratched than ended up taking part, with only four competing. While there was a 75 per cent chance of a place, it soon became clear there was no chance of anyone beating Accending, who strolled to victory by nearly five lengths for Mornington’s Jerome Hunter. Race 4 gave backers more interest, although there was no great surprises as the three shortest priced favourites took podium spots. The Morwell Bowling Club Maiden Plate (1100m) saw four-year-old gelding Graewazi win on the inside from Houso, giving Hunter a consecutive double. The closest race for the day came before the cup, in the Race 5 TRFM Handicap (1100m). A photo was needed to determine not only the winner, but first, second and third. Even usual deadeye race caller and Stony Creek Racing Club Chief Executive, Adam Olszanski could not separate the winners, but eventually projected Catalina Black Cat as the winner over the PA system. The five-year-old gelding hit the line on the

outside from Citaleon, giving Mornington trainers David Brideoake and Matt Jenkins a win. Race 6 was the Bet365 Traralgon Cup. The penultimate race was the Race 7 Of The Track Handicap (1900m). Another competitive finish saw the top five horses all get within two lengths of each other, but six-year-old gelding Flying Basil held on after taking the lead at the 800m. The win gave locals reason to smile, as Flying Basil is trained in Bairnsdale by Jackson Pallot. Sale trainer Damien Walkley also had a good run, with Fine Weather coming third. Race 8 was arguably the most prestigious race outside the Traralgon Cup, with the Latrobe Valley Express Handicap (1365m) seeing out the day. Mornington was again represented in the winners stable, with Estapaz doing it easy by two lengths for David and Coral Feek. This year’s Moe Cup winning jockey Craig Newitt rode the last winner at Traralgon. The next country cup on the Gippsland calendar will be Stony Creek on Sunday, March 10.

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Phoenix to play the Hawks at GRISS

BASKETBALL NBL BY TOM HAYES

THE Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium, Traralgon will be buzzing with energy this Saturday. The South East Melbourne Phoenix NBL side is coming down yet again, this time to face Illawarra Hawks. A well-built connection between the region and the Phoenix is only becoming stronger, as the NBL side makes an appearance in Traralgon for the third straight year. “It’s wonderful to see the NBL games played in Latrobe City, providing our community with the opportunity to see elite sport from their home town, and to be inspired by the players,” Latrobe City Mayor, Darren Howe said. “Major events like this attract visitors from across the state, which provides an opportunity for us to showcase our region and sporting facilities to the wider audience and further solidify our standard as a destination for elite sport events in South East Victoria." Last month, a number Phoenix players ran a clinic at Kosciusko Street Primary School in Traralgon. “I’d like to personally thank the Phoenix players for engaging with the local school students, inspiring them to have their own sporting aspirations,” Cr Howe said. “Having professional basketballers in town sparks immense joy and excitement for them, and it is something they’ll remember for years to come.” South East Melbourne Phoenix have made a huge commitment to the region since their arrival in the NBL, engaging with regional towns and sparking basketball interest. “As a club since our inception it’s been a real mandate of ours to ensure that we're not only an aspirational destination club for residents of Melbourne, but also for the south-east regions of

Showtime: NBL action comes to Traralgon this Saturday. Victoria,” South East Melbourne Phoenix Chief Executive, Thomas Greer said. “We’re really excited to be back (in Traralgon) … we feel like we’re building a bit of a fortress for ourselves out in here in regional Victoria.” Last year, the Phoenix won a double overtime thriller in a packed-out GRISS against Sydney Kings, which was a display of immense talent. Phoenix captain Mitch Creek was at the heart of

File photograph

the action, while then-injured Kings player Xavier Cooks went on to sign for NBA team Washington Wizards, playing 10 games, proving the level of quality on display. “This has become a hallmark of our season, we love the partnership with Latrobe City Council, supported by the state government, we feel like each year we are building on that spectacle,” Greer said.

Creek, coming from the regional town of Horsham, said he loves coming to other regional towns to inspire the next generation of talent. “I think anytime you get to come out into the country, especially somewhere we’ve already come and played - we had a double overtime thriller … I think when the community and the regional communities see we are genuine people … that’s inspiring to the next generation,” Creek said. “We’re trying to win every game, we’re trying to give them the motivation to take that next step and dream a little bigger and maybe believe in that dream a little more … we’re living proof that that’s every bit achievable.” Creek believes the Phoenix connection with regions like the Latrobe Valley shows their dedication to being the face for country basketball. “I believe that we actually make a conscious effort to go into the communities that some people might deem to be a little to hard or too far, for us we can go as deep as you want into the woods and we’ll run our clinics, we’ll go and have meet-and-greets, we’ll sign autographs, we’ll take photos, we’ll interact with the communities because we feel like its important,” Creek said. “Maybe (the) NBA is a dream for a lot of kids, maybe it wasn’t, but hopefully now it is because they’ve seen a Horsham boy who grew up on the farm, used to ride to school everyday, used to go to the creek after school and make bike jumps with his mates has now played in the NBA playing (against) Giannis Antetokounmpo.” Creek played five NBA games for Brooklyn Nets and Minnesota Timberwolves before returning to Australian shores to play for South East Melbourne Phoenix. He has been presented with three All-NBL Second Team achievements, while securing his first All-NBL First Team appearance last season. South East Melbourne Phoenix will take on Illawarra Hawks on Saturday, December 16 at the GRISS from 5.30pm. Tickets are still available via Ticketek.

Meteor hits CBL comp as Moe takes the title

BASKETBALL CBL BY TOM HAYES AND LIAM DURKIN

WHAT a difference 0.4 seconds can make. The Country Basketball League came to a dramatic conclusion at the weekend, as the Moe Meteors denied Traralgon T-Birds of winning back-to-back-to-back Gippsland Men's titles in an epic finale. The final scoreboard read 91-89, however, the full story is indeed a scarcely believable tale. Cardinia Life Aquatic and Recreation Centre, Pakenham was the venue for the all-Latrobe Valley Grand Final, which would literally go down to the last second. Moe had survived a whole season without suffering defeat, while Traralgon constantly remained in close quarters with the league leaders, only losing twice throughout the home-and-away campaign. The undefeated favourites set the tone in a mammoth first-quarter effort, more than doubling the T-Birds’ score to take a 27-13 lead at the end of the first quarter. Many teams have even struggled to get back into the game from this point on throughout the season against the Meteors, so for Traralgon to even get marginally close as they did was impressive. The T-Birds began their quest of a comeback straight away, taking it to the Meteors in the second quarter, outscoring them 28-21, cutting the lead to seven points at the halftime break. Everyone’s energy had combined into an orb in the third quarter, as both sides went toe-to-toe, with nothing separating the two sides in the term. Thus, Moe remained firmly in the box seat to disrupt Traralgon’s run of premierships, but nothing is ever over until it’s over. It was the T-Birds who were once again the agitators, and as the final 10 minutes was underway, Traralgon began to dig in. Within the first minute of the last quarter, the seven-point lead was cut to two points, following a Bradley Watson layup and a Ben Waller three. Following a frantic couple of minutes, and several turnovers later, Traralgon suddenly had the lead for the first time through Kody Tibballs. Suddenly, everything was going right for the T-Birds, scoring 15 points in the final term before Moe could even register a point themselves. The script was flipped, and Traralgon had all control - eight points ahead. Moe’s Austin Shelley finally scored for the Meteors, but that was swiftly responded by a Ben Barlow three at the other end to give Traralgon their biggest lead of the day - nine points. With five minutes remaining, Moe had nothing to do but start their comeback. And that they did, as with a little over two minutes remaining in the Grand Final, Moe was back within a single shot, much to the regard of Shelley.

A minute remained on the clock, and Traralgon had the lead back out to seven points. Surely Moe couldn’t possibly win from here? But they could, and this is how it played out. Moe’s Ben van Dyk made a put-back layup, Traralgon led by five points with 36 seconds remaining. Moe's Rohan Demczuk then sent Zac Bezzina to the line, fouling himself out in the process, but both free throws were crucially missed. Stephen O’Brien makes a deep corner two for Moe and Traralgon lead by three points, 19 seconds remain. O’Brien fouls Watson, he misses both free throws and 19 seconds are still sitting on the clock. Moe transition up the court through Shelley, who pulls up from the arc and makes it, scores tied 89-all with 11 seconds left.

The Moe bench erupts, and there is hope once again. Traralgon had possession again though, and they can win it from here ... nope turnover. Moe timeout, 1.2 seconds left. Simon Vannapraseuth with the inbound, O’Brien finds space, he runs toward an open basket, shoots a lay-up. He makes it, and Moe win a thriller at the buzzer to break Traralgon hearts. In the words of Anthony Hudson - "I see it, but I don't believe it". Players stormed the court at the conclusion of the last play, with the ball thrown high in the air in celebration. Coach Josh Whittaker needed a moment to comprehend what had happened, while team manager Boun Vannapraseuth was literally on his knees in disbelief.

Shelley capped off a superb season with another 28 points, complimented by Thomas Portbury who scored 25. Traralgon had many contributors but couldn’t find the winning formula. Waller scored 26 points, Barlow (21) and Tibbals (19). The championship Moe team was: Ben van Dyk, Rohan Demczuk, Jayden van Dyk, Riley Tolley, Simon Vannapraseuth, Austin Shelley, Ryan Griggs, Jacob Puddy, Callum Ross, Tom Portbury, Stephen O'Brien, Josh Whittaker (coach). The Meteors have enjoyed recent success in CBL, winning back-to-back flags in 2017/18 and 2018/19, making them possibly Moe's most successful sporting team of the modern era. Gippsland Women's was taken out by Korumburra Wildcats in quite comfortable fashion, dispatching Wonthaggi Coasters by 24 points, 86-62.

Real: Moe won the Gippsland Men’s Country Basketball League premiership in the most dramatic style possible on Saturday night. The Meteors hit the lead as time expired to claim the championship. Photograph supplied

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Collingwood are coming

FOOTBALL

Tuesday, 19 December

Morning: School visits Afternoon: Clinics and player appearances in Traralgon, Moe, Morwell, Warragul, Drouin and Fish Creek Evening: Coach training delivered by AFL Victoria and Collingwood coaches

Wednesday, 20 December

Open training session: Ronald Reserve, Morwell East FNC (4.30pm-5.15pm) Guess who’s back: Collingwood are coming to the Valley, starting this Sunday. The Magpies are pictured during their visit to Morwell for the 2020 Marsh Community Series. File photograph

Micah makes Liverpool WSL debut

SOCCER WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE BY TOM HAYES

MOE’S Teagan Micah is now among the elite of Australian women’s footballers, joining a cohort of 12 Aussies to play in England’s Women’s Super League.

Week of local golf pro-ams GOLF

GIPPSLAND is home to a number of golf pro-ams this week. Most locally, the time-honoured Traralgon Pro-Am starts tomorrow (Thursday, December 14) and plays through to Friday. Sixty professionals are competing for the $30,000 prize money, and will be joined by 30 of Victoria’s top amateurs in the Classic event. They will compete alongside 200 club golfers, receiving tips and doggedly trying to match their skills with the professionals. Defending his title is ‘Mr Consistency’ Canberra professional, Matthew Millar. Previous winners Kyle Michel, Adam Burdett, Ben Wharton and Steve Jones are also out to wrestle the title back. Highlights of the two-day event include the $1000 shoot out on the Thursday evening and the TRFM Junior event today (Wednesday, December 13) when nine professionals accompany 30 promising juniors around a nine hole course. Maffra Golf Club hosted its pro-am on Monday, while Sale Golf Club had theirs on Tuesday. Yarram Golf Club Pro-Am is this Saturday. Professional golfers are travelling from pro-am to pro-am this week in order to make a living.

Sunday, 17 December

Super Clinic: Morwell Recreation Reserve (3.30pm-4.30pm) Signing session: (4.30pm-5.15pm)

In doing so, she has become just the 29th Aussie in the league’s history to take the WSL pitch. Micah signed for Liverpool in July this year, making appearances in the cup competitions every now and again. However, due to a groin injury of first-choice goalkeeper, Rachael Laws, Micah was promoted to the starting 11 to make her WSL debut. She took to the pitch in Liverpool’s eighth game of the season, as they hosted Brighton and Hove Albion at Prenton Park. The Reds had just come off the back of a 5-1 thumping from Chelsea and fellow-Australian Sam Kerr, who comfortably sit atop the league, leaving Liverpool in sixth. Micah was straight into the action against the Seagulls, forced to make three acrobatic saves while the score remained at nil-all in the first half. Liverpool then struck twice in 16 minutes before halftime to hold a 2-nil lead at the break. The second half was all Liverpool too, as they added another two goals to complete a 4-0 thumping. Micah was forced to make those three early saves, which could have changed the outcome dramatically if she’d seen them into the back of the net. Micah was given at 7.8 Fotmob match rating, with a 100 per cent save rate, 80 per cent passing rate and a clean sheet on WSL debut. Micah hopes that now she can dig it at WSL level, which could lead to her to getting more chances for the Matildas. “I just played for Liverpool and that’s giving me massive confidence coming into these games, it’s a

CONTACTS Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5135 4444 Email: bookings@lvexpress.com.au Starter: Moe’s Teagan Micah made her first start for Liverpool in the Women’s Super League recently.

Photograph: Teagan Micah/Instagram

big opportunity against a top-10 nation,” Micah told Optus Sport ahead of their two friendlies against Canada starting last Wednesday (December 6). Micah started in both games for Australia, stepping in for first-choice goalkeeper and West Ham women’s captain, Mackenzie Arnold, due to injury. The Matildas unfortunately went down on both occasions, first 5-nil, then 1-nil, in what were the last Matildas games of 2023. Micah most recently started for Liverpool against Bristol City on December 10, playing in a 1-all draw with the then-bottom-of-the-league side.

Fish Creek presented premiership FOOTBALL MID GIPPSLAND

FISH Creek Football-Netball Club now has a couple of new premiership cups, replacing those lost in a recent fire that left their clubrooms in ruins. The Kangaroos were presented replacement cups to acknowledge their 2023 Mid Gippsland Football-Netball League senior football and 17 &

Address: 21 George Street, Morwell 3840 Telephone: 03 5135 4444 Office hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

Under premierships that were won last September. Presentations were made at the MGFNL annual meeting last Sunday. Accepting the trophies were Fish Creek copresidents Ray Stefani and Nick Shaw. Morwell business Valley Trophies generously donated the premiership cup trophies. “Thank you so much Mid Gippsland Football, Mid Gippsland Netball and Valley Trophies, we are so grateful,” the Kangaroos posted.

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CHRISTMAS is well and truly coming early for local Collingwood fans. The Magpies are heading to the Latrobe Valley for not just one, or even two, but four days starting this Sunday. The 2023 premier will start their visit to the region with a super clinic at Morwell Recreation Reserve on Sunday afternoon, before visiting schools and junior football clubs and holding an open training session over the following few days. The Magpies are slated to visit Morwell, Traralgon, Moe, Warragul, Drouin and head down to Fish Creek to offer their support. Fish Creek was left devastated recently, after fire torched the local football/netball rooms. Morwell Football-Netball Club export Tew Jiath, who was recently selected by Collingwood in the 2023 AFL Draft, will return to his hometown as part of the camp. No surprise which Express journalist has already called first dibs on this.

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DEAR VALUED CUSTOMERS Time has come to leave the coop as retirement beckons Sunday 24 December will be our final day of trading and then Valley Poultry will close its doors. Thank you for your continued support and friendship over the past 30 years.

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Merry Christmas to you all

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