Latrobe Valley Express Wednesday 18 January 2023

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New Northe date set

By LIAM DURKIN AND STEFAN BRADLEY

THE committal mentionrelating to misconduct charges against former Memberfor Morwell, RussellNorthe, has been adjourned

Anew date of Friday, March 10, 2023 was set out in Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court on Friday.

Mr Northe did not appear in person or via video link.

He was representedbyhis lawyer Mark Woods.

The court heard that Mr Northe had beenengaging with aprivate forensic psychiatrist, who in their opinion, believed the accused is not fit to stand trial.

It is understood Mr Northe is battling severe mental health problems.

Mr Northe has kept avery low profile after retiring from politics and electing not to recontest the stateelection last year.

Aformal report from the psychiatrist will be obtained by the defence, with apossible time frame of seven weeks given.

An application for adjournment was then taken for March 10.

The mention opened at 10.10am and closed 18 minutes later.

Russell John Northe is facing 45 charges relating to falsifying documents between 2018 and 2020 in his term as Member for the Legislative Assembly.

The charges include wilful misconduct for expenditure returnstothe Victorian Electoral Commission based on false information.

The charges includeseveral false documents over an office rental property at 42 Kay Street in Traralgon.

There are also astringofcharges relating to false documents for rates for the provision of an administrative assistant and analyst of amounts from $19,500 and $43,000.

There is also acharge overafalse document relating to a$5800 office printer.

This is not the firsttimethe former MP has become embroiled in controversy.

After firstwinningthe seat of Morwell in 2006 as aNationals candidate, Mr

Northe quit the party in 2017 amid revelations he had racked up significant gambling debts.

Mr Northe took aleave of absence that same year as he battled mental health.

He then ran as an independent in the 2018stateelection, holding the seat in somewhat miraculous fashion after receiving 19.56 per cent of first preferencevotes againstLabor candidate Mark Richards, who received significantly more (34.19)

Mr Northe however took the seat due to preferences narrowlyfallinghis way: 20,808 votes to 19,334.

Meanwhile, his successor, Nationals MP Martin Cameron, has moved into the vacatedofficeonGeorge Street, Morwell.

The signage hasbeen changed, andMember forMorwell Martin Cameron is readytoserve the district aftermovinginthis week FIGHTING FOR OPAL WORKERS -PAGE 3

Cheaper travel to and from Melbourne

By STEFAN BRADLEY

Premier Daniel Andrews also confirmed that Victoria’s public transport ticketing system would likelybeoverhauled this year to allow patrons to access services with acreditcard or smartphone, rather than relying on aMykicard.

Labor tookthe cheaper V/Line fares policy to the Novemberstate election, which also included extra weekendV/Lineservices. Thecapped feemeans the maximumadult full-fareonV/Line will cost no more than $9.80, the same rate as commuters using train services in Melbourne.

Currently, regional fares are calculated based on distance travelled.

Under the policy, regional fees will be capped, with a$68.80daily peakfull-fare from Bendigo reduced to $9.80, whichisthe costofafull-fare Zone 1+2trip in Melbourne.

The concession charge of $4.60 in Melbourne would also be matched.

Areturn trip from Sale to Southern Cross on the V/Line is currently $62, or $31 with concession, which would be reduced to $9.80 full-fare or $4.60 concession.

The reduction to a$9.20 daily full-farewould also applytoareturn full-fare fromBairnsdale ($78.80), Traralgon ($64.40) and Warragul ($36.80). Regionalcommuters who use aMykiPass to travel between 28 and 365 days ayear, will also be capped at the Melbourne rate, currently $5.52 per day.

Public Transport Minister, Ben Carroll,saidlast year that regional stations using paper tickets would be put on the Myki system in March. Many regional stations use Myki, but patrons boarding stations such as Sale have had to resort to paper tickets.

Thecontract with Japanesecompany NTTData for the Myki card expires in November, and atender process is underway. Mr Andrews last week suggested at anews conference in Melbourne that an

upgrade may be needed.

“We are very keen to see the best technology employedsothat using aworld-class public transport system is as easy and convenient as possible,” Mr Andrews said.

Lower fares and potentially anew ticketing systemcan encourage more patronage. During the election campaign, the state government pledged

to deliver nearly 200 extra weekendserviceson the regional network, with an investment of $207 million. On the Gippsland Line, this willmean trains every 40 minutes to Traralgon -8am to 9pm on weekends;and extending the Sunday service to Bairnsdale, which currently terminates at Sale. Planning is underwayfor astagedintroduction of theseextraservices,starting from 2024.Anumber

of daytime, weekend and long-distance services currentlyhave spare capacity that will help absorb an increase in patronage.

The Department of Transportand Planning is working through demand modelling of what the likely impact of the fare change will be and if additional services will be required.

OpalconfidentthatMaryvale mill canmeet demands

By PHIL HOPKINS

OPAL Australian Paper is confident that the Maryvale mill will be able to meet the demands of the federal government’s intensified climate policy.

Maryvale is included in the federal Laborgovernment’s upgraded ‘safeguard mechanism’ policy, which is an integral partofits broaderclimate action.

Created in 2016 by the former Coalitiongovernment,the safeguard mechanism gives the federal government powers to enforce caps on the nation’s 215biggest emitters of carbon dioxide The benchmark is industrial sites that emit more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 ayear.

The Coalition argued that technology was the best way to cut emissions and thusdid not set emissionreductiontargets. However, the changes announced last week by the Climate Change and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, mean that from July 1, the biggest emitters will have to cut their carbon footprint 30 per cent by 2030.

In Victoria, 18 industrial enterprises are affected.

In Gippsland, apart from Maryvale, this includes ExxonMobil’s Gippsland Basin gas project -the state’s heaviest emitter-and BlueScope’s Western Port steelworks.

An Opal spokesman said the Maryvale site had beencovered underthe safeguardmechanism since it came into effect in 2016.

“Opal is alignedwiththe Australian government’s emission targets,” he said.

“As abusiness, we’re focussed on progressively reducing our environmental footprint, with a greenhouse gas emissions reductiontargetof45 per cent by 2030 and reaching net zero emissions by 2050.”

Thespokesman said Opalwas focussed on the principles of the circular economy.

“We are committed to reduce waste through reuse and recycling. We will also continue to transition our energy use to renewable resources,” he said.

At Maryvale, 20,205 tonnes of brown recycled fibre produced 17,004 tonnes of recycled brown pulp, while 37,456 tonnes of white recycled fibre produced 18,571 tonnes of recycled white deinked pulp, the company’s figures show.

The spokesman said packaging was an integral part of its sustainabilitytargets. Thisapproach included 100 per cent reusable,recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025; and 60 per cent of average recycled content, as defined by FSC and PEFC certifications, to be included in fibre-based packaging by 2025.

Also, the aim was to minimise problematic and unnecessary single-use plastic packaging by 2025, he said.

Opal’s research team was aimingtoeliminate, redesign and/or replace single-use plastic with

fibre-based packaging.

In 2022, Opal and JBS Foods created a100 per cent recyclable corrugated carboard dunnage solution that won gold in the Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year industrial subcategory at the 2022Australian Packaging and Innovation Design Awards.

ThespokesmansaidOpal already procured 26 per cent of itselectricity from theLal Lal wind farm in Moorabool Shire near Ballarat.

“Opal operatesthe largestbaseload renewable electricity generator in Victoria, powered by biomass,” he said, as well as abiogasgenerator in NSW.

Maryvale’sbaseload energy is produced through its kraft pulping process, which produces black liquor as arenewable energy resource. In 2021, the Maryvale site produced 567,177 tonnesofblack liquor for steam production, meeting 56 per cent of the mill’s thermal energy needs.

Of the total Opal Group’s electricity usage of about 900,000 megawatt hours, 52 percentwas generated from renewable resources -26per cent from the wind farmsand 26 per cent fromrenewable biomass fuels onsite.

“Opal is investigatingmultiple green energy projects to form partofOpal’s electricity supply solution into the future,” the spokesman said.

Energy intensity in fibrepackaginghad fallen

by five-10 per cent since 2017, with atargetofone per cent efficiency improvement year on year, to 2030,hesaid.

Opal’s 2022 Sustainability Report noted that 92 per cent of the company’s wood and fibre products camefrom suppliers certified by the world’s two main certification bodies -PEFC and FSC.

The report said in 2021, 78 per cent of the Maryvale and Botanyinputs were plantation wood and recycled fibre -54per cent plantation and 24 per cent recycled. Of the rest, 18 per cent was from state forests and four per cent hardwood sawmillresidues.

“Opaliscommitted to the long-term transition of its Maryvale operation to 100 per cent plantation wood and recycled fibre supply,” the report said.

The sustainability report emphasised the importance of Maryvale’s Energy from Waste project. The $600 millionplant aims to create jobs in the Latrobe Valley and secure the mill’s future energy needs.

It will divert about 325,000 tonnes of nonrecyclable waste fromlandfill and reuseitto generate steam and electricity to replace natural gas and coal-fired electricity.

The plant will reduce Victoria’s greenhouse gas emissions by about270,00tonnesper annum,which wouldgive anet energy benefit of gas and electricity to power more than50,000homes, the reportsays.

CAPPED V/Linefareswill allow Gippsland residents and visitors acheaper ride to-and-from Melbourne and around the state when they come into effect on March 31.

Welcome: Commuterswill hope to see moreVLocity trains on the GippslandLine in 2023 file photograph

Opal faces more short-term job losses

By PHILIP HOPKINS

ANOTHER 14 workers at Opal Australia Paper’s Maryvale Mill are set to be temporarily stood down today (Wednesday,January 17),asaresult of a lack of hardwood fibre for the mill’s white copy paper production.

The stand-down of the 14 workers from the deinking production team follows the stand-down of 35 workers from the direct productionM5team from January 1. The M5 machine produces white paper.

Aspokesman for Opal said no decisions around further stand-downs had been made at this stage.

“Until mid-February, Opal team members who may be stood down will receive full pay,” he said. This outcome was aresult of talks with the state government and unions.

“This is intended to providecertainty forOpal teammembers while the company andthe Victorian government progress discussions on any further support for the mill’s future operations.”

The Maryvale mill,with more than 800 workers, is the Latrobe Valley’s biggest employer, ran out of hardwood fibre to make white sheets of paper on December 23.

The lack of fibre is aresult of aSupreme Court decision in November, which found that VicForests was not doing enough to protect two species -greater gliders and yellow-bellied gliders.

As aresult, VicForestswas ordered to scale back its timber harvesting in the state’s native forest.

The state government body supplies hardwood pulpwood to the MaryvaleMill for white paper production.

VicForests hasappealed against theSupreme Court decision. Ahearing is expected in March.

The Opal spokesman said AP had been working to address the current shortfall in VicForests’ supply.

“To be viable, the alternativesupplies must match arange of strict criteria, including species, availability, volume, cost, logistics and long-term supply,” he said.

“To date we have been unable to identify viable alternative sources of wood.”

In addition to Opal’s employee assistanceprogram, the state government has set up aworker support service.

The Opal spokesmansaidthis service would help workers“affected by potential stand-downs andoperational changes as may be required as a consequenceofapossible future scaling-down of white side manufacturing, one scenario currently being considered”.

“Opalcontinues to consider anumber of different operational scenarios for the longer term, in case possiblealternative wood sources arebelow the volumes required or are not commercially feasible,” he said.

“This is acomplex situation and no longer-term decisions on operational changes have been made at thisstage.Whilethe current situation is difficult for everyone, Opal remains committed to keeping our teammembers, customersand key stakeholders updated on further developments.”

Giventhe supplyshortfall from VicForests, Opal has been using plantation eucalypt volumes to produce packaging papers. Proportionsoffibre inputs differ across the packaging range, which includes bag paper, sack paper, liner board, fluting medium and industrial papers.

Opal’s 2022 Sustainability Report noted that Opal was committed to the long-termtransition of its Maryvaleoperation to 100 per cent plantation wood and recycled fibre. About 18 percent is supplied

from state native forests and four per cent from hardwood sawmill residues.

Maryvale has been losing pulpwood supply from stateforests for more than adecade.

Under the government’s 1996 agreement with AP, it wasobliged to supplyabout one third (a minimum of 350,000 cubic metres) of the pulp for Maryvale’s manufacturing of copy paper, with two-thirds coming from hardwood plantations. This agreement expires in 2030, when native forestry is scheduled to end under the state government’s forestry plan.

In the interim, large bushfires, resource cutbacks and litigationfrom environmentalgroups have severely curtailed pulpwood supply to Maryvale. Thegovernment acknowledged in parliament last yearthatafter the 2009 bushfires, government supply of pulpwood from mountain and alpine ash fell to 265,000 cubic metres.

This further fell to now just 50,000 cubic metres of mixed species pulpwood under the agreement.

In June2020, the agreement was varied to allow silvertop ash to be substituted for mountain forest pulp log. Silvertop ash is classified as ‘mixed species’ timber.

The government said the variation provided for up to 40,000 cubic metres of mountain forest pulpwood to be substituted with silvertopash from 2019-21and 2023-24inclusive.Other causes in the agreement also allow variations.

Green groups in recent yearshave strongly criticised AP’s use of native timber for copy paper production, and have put pressureonretail outlets not to stock it.

In the interim,APhas been strengthening its packaging division to take advantage of the growth in parcels as online retailing continues to grow as apercentage of retail sales. At the same time, copy paper is under long-term threat from the use of information sent increasingly via the internet.

Cameron attacks government over Maryvalemilljobs

THE state government is yet to provide any clarity on timber supply forOpal’s Maryvalemill, with workers still in limbo, according to Nationals MP Martin Cameron.

Employees this week were informed that the state-owned government agency, VicForests, has been unable to resolve the wood supply situation which resulted in workers being stood down and the local manufacturing of white copypaperceased

The state government’s refusal to close loopholes in the Timber CodeofPracticeenabled activists to take out court injunctions to stop legal timber harvestingoperations and starve the mill of its timber supply.

The Nationals Member for Morwell, Mr Cameron, saiditwas devastating to see the lastrollof Australian made white copy paper coming off Maryvale’s M5 line only hours before Christmas.

“The Andrews government’s failure to allocate an alternate wood supply to secure Latrobe Valley jobs at the Maryvale mill is adisgrace,” Mr Cameron said.

“Labor’s covert strategy to orchestrate ashutdown as Christmas holidays commenced is underhanded and deliberately white-anted workers.

“White copy paper manufacturing jobs are being sacrificed by Daniel Andrewsbecause they don’t meet Labor’s greenideological agenda.

“The closure of the M5 (production line) has enormous economic impact on the Latrobe Valley -it’snot just directjobs in thefiring line, there are hundredsofcontractors and temporarystaff impacted.

“Australia will likely experience white copy paper shortages as supply must now be imported from foreign countries devoid of the same strict environmental standards.”

In March 2020, the state government struck acommercial in confidence deal stating ‘The government’s30-yeartransition planisabout providing much-needed certainty for Australian Paper workers and their families’.

“Yet only afew years later and all Labor talks about is compensation and transition schemes which fail to deliver certainty -the Andrews governmenthas not muttered oneword around supporting long term jobs and local manufacturing,” Mr Cameron continued.

“I’m not interested in hearing Labor’sspinon minimising job losses -I’m (interested) in standing up for Latrobe Valley and securing long term manufacturing jobs for workers.

“Talks about compo (compensation) and minimising job losses are just smoke and mirrors.

“Labor’s once againshown its intent on abandoning Latrobe Valley workers and industry.

“The Nationalswill continue fighting for Maryvale mill, with my Gippsland Nationals colleagues, Melina Bath and Danny O’Brien, also rightbehind workers.

“Where thereisawill,there is way to securejobs at the mill,and for the future of Latrobe Valley families, The Nationals willnot let this one go quietly.”

Still fighting: GippslandNationals MP’s Melina Bath (EasternVictoria Region) and Member for Morwell Martin Cameron, have takenthe stategovernment to task forfailing to provide anyclarityon timber supplyfor Maryvale Millworkers photograph supplied

Blow: Another14workers at Opal Australia’sPaper’sMaryvale Mill areset to be temporarilystood down today. file photograph

Retired woman in home-care trauma

By PHILIP HOPKINS

CHURCHILL woman Dianne Moore, aged 74, is mentally alert. Her lifestyle has one big blight: “My body is wrecked,” she says, after alifetime of hard work.

“I led alife of my choosing up until now, but now I’m not getting the support Ineed.”

That support theoreticallycomes from home care; she is determined to stay in her own home.

Her provider is KinCare, one of many federally fundedprivate groups that are overseenbya federal body, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

KinCare’s headquarters is in Sydney, with its Victorian operations run from an office in Melbourne.

“KinCare is licensedtoservice people like me who have already been assessedbyMyAged Care and givenapackage, and the package level 1-4,” Diannesaid.

Level 1isfor people who need abit of help, while Level 4isfor those who need alot of help, the stage before going into aged care facility.

“I was assessed in 2017 as Level3.Mycondition has worsened since then, but the system can’t cope with making me aLevel 4,” she said, maintaining that KinCare’s treatment of her is totally inadequate. She claimed was now receiving fewer services than she did in 2017.

Her situation had been worsened, she said, by KinCare’s decision last week to no longer service the Latrobe Valley or Gippsland. She was only

given 48 hours’ notification of the decision.

“This leaves abig gap- I’m not the only person affected. Another provider will not provide services in our area,” she said.

Dianne said she knows what she is talkingabout, having had20years’experience in runningahome help service.

“I’m a‘cando’; lady, not ‘can not’. Iknow what can be done.This is not Dianne’s opinion,”she said.

She started her aged service in the Valley in the early 1980s -Latrobe Valley Household Services, which in the 1990s turned into Paramount Home Help Serviceswhenitbranchedout to Melbourne.

It earned plaudits in the television lifestyle program ‘Healthy, Wealthy and Wise’.

Her company started as agovernment-funded job creation scheme.

“Itwas not to be run for profit, but it did because my business practices were good,” she said.

“My attitude was: they are community services even though they are run privately.”

Her business philosophy was “Give everybody a go, train and equipstafffor theirposition and make sure they are satisfied, otherwise they will not stay”.

Dianne said KinCare maintains they don’t have the resources.

“KinCare claims they can’t get staff, like every other aged care system. If they paid them properly and treated them properly, they would get staff.

That’sthe key to any business,the face of your business,” she said.

“KinCare can’t holdtheir staff. They don’t pay enough and working conditions are so hard they

drive them until the staffare dropping; they go away and don’t come back.

“I knowhow staff speak about theirrosters. They come in and are so tired. They are wrecked. They’ve currently only got one staff member they can send here.

“She’s not here to do my housework, she’s here to take me to appointments, help do abit of meal preparation, the gardening, or sit and have acup of tea. That’smore beneficial to me -smiles and be friendly and not dragging their feet and resenting their job. Many people they send have not been trained for the purpose.”

Dianne said the carerswere forced to rush as they were not given the appropriate time to do their job.

“I’ve had 25 people throughthis house as KC staff, but only two of them are still with KC. What does that tell you?” she said.

“KinCare treat clients like underlings, not partners. That’s aproblem.”

Dianne said she had sent aletter of complaint to the Federal Gippsland MP, DarrenChester, who had sent aletter to the Minister for Health.

In turn, the minister “sent aletter to the Aged Care Commission, who sent it to KinCare -and it just goes around and around”.

Dianne said there were other carer organisations. “All have their shortcomings. Each agency will have its own culture. Ithink all the providers are struggling to get staff,” she said.

Dianne said the aged care commission was meant to oversee the private providers and keep them on track. However,“it hasnoteeth whenitcomes to

the business practices”.

“All the aged care provider has to say is, ‘We don’t haveresources or staff’.The aged care commission has no jurisdiction over staffing or wages, or any of that,” she said.

“The present system separates the working conditions and health of the recipient from the administration. You can’t do that because it’s one business.”

Dianne said KinCare had asked her to go to another provider “because I’m difficult”.

“I’m not nasty; Ijust call it. I’ll lose my package if Idon’t,” she said, alluding to unspent money in her KinCare account.

“The provider gets the package, that’s partof the problem.”

Diannesaidshe wanted KinCaretoberesponsible and do the job they were getting paid to do.

“A lotoforganisations are gettinga lot of money, butthe outcomes are not being reached. No one is doing the full job,” she said.

“Too many are in an ivory tower making decisions about someone’s welfare. This is meant to be a consumer-driven program,toprovideapartnership with the consumer to meet their needs.

“The system is not broken. It’s good if the people operating it accord to how it was designed.”

KinCare and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissionwereasked fora comment, but had not replied by the Express’s deadline.

Chester and Labor divided over psychology funding

FEDERAL Memberfor Gippsland, Darren Chester, has condemned Labor’s decision to cut additional Medicare-subsidised psychology sessions.

Mr Chester said the previous federal government introduced10additionalsessions to support Australians afteratumultuous couple of years.

“At atimeofincreasingneed due to natural disasters and the pandemic, it’s extraordinary that Labor would cut people’s access to mental health professionals,” Mr Chester said.

“The previous federal government increased the Better Access Initiative from 10 sessions to 20 sessions to support the community facing the impacts of major traumatic events.

“As aregion we are still dealing with the impacts of the Black Summer bushfires, coronavirus pandemic, storms, floods and now the increasing cost of living crisis.

“Access to mentalhealth supportiscriticalright now for all Gippslanders who are struggling, and this decision will see those needing support going without.

“I urge the Labor Government to reconsider and reinstate the additional 10 subsidised sessions so Gippslanders can access the psychological support they need.”

In response, Minister for Health, Mark Butler, said Better Access had failed people at acritical stage.

“The scheme is called Better Access, but the additional sessions made access worse,” he said.

“The number of people getting treatment fell, with people from lower income households, those living in regional or rural areasand aged care residents missing out.

“In light of these outcomes, the Australian government will not extend the temporary COVID measure beyond the former government’s expiration date of December 31. The government recognises the complexityand fragmentation of the mental health and suicide prevention system, and is committed to implementing ongoing system

reforms to make areal difference to Australians’ mental health.

“In early 2023, the government will convene aforum of key experts and people with lived

experience of mental illness to provide advice on how to improve Better Access, so all Australians have access to the same

“The evaluation reinforcesthe importance, going

forward,ofmaking surethat thereismore equitable access to this important program.

“The government’s goal is to develop and implement amore equitable andsustainable Better Access programand broader mentalhealth system -one based on the evidence -and that ensures no one is left behind.

“The evaluation recommendedmaking the additional 10 sessions available to those with complex mental health needs, however the evaluation was not conclusive around how this could be targeted.

“It noted anuanced and stepped approached was needed, for this reason we’re promptly convening aforum to assess reform options with the sector.

“Many Better Access providers are currently at capacity, limiting access to supply.

“The Australian Government is committed to expanding the range and supply of psychological services for everyone, but this ultimately will involve building the mental health workforce and developing new digital and directmodels of service.’

In the October 2022 Budget, the government providedanadditional$114millionfor mental health services, including $47.7 million to restore Medicare-subsidised online psychiatry consultations for rural and regional patients.

Priority populations and groups with unique needs, including people with complex comorbidities, can accessmultidisciplinary support without a referral, prior appointment or fees in Adult Mental Health Centres.

People with severe mentalillness and in need of non-clinical, functional support may also be eligible for assistance throughthe Commonwealth Psychosocial Support Program.

Thegovernment also funds arange of services including Lifeline, Beyond Blue and Kids Helpline that provide free support 24/7 to people in crisis.

For anyGippslanders struggling with mental health issues, support is available via Lifeline on 13 11 14.

level of evidence-based care.

Moreneeded: FederalMemberfor Gippsland Darren Chester is urging thefederal government to reinstateadditional Medicare-subsidisedpsychology sessions file photograph

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Italian festa to light up Mirboo North

THE Mirboo North Italian Festa is returning to Gippsland to showcase the best of all things Italian.

Thefree, family-friendly event willbring together acollectionofyour most-loved Italian food, produce and drinks.

The 2023 festa highlight will be the return of crowd favourites, The FlagThrowers and musicians from Faenza in Italy.

Thiswillbethe only eventinAustralia where spectators will seethisuniqueand spectacular exhibition of internationally acclaimed performers Mirboo North ItalianFesta coordinator, Rosie Romano, and her team of 10 women have led the festa in its current format since 2016.

“That year happened to be abeautiful summer’s day, and we estimated there were about 5000 people, and we were just blown away by that,” Mrs Romano said.

“And the following year, we had even more people, even though it rained.”

Each year since then, apart from abreak due to COVID, the festa has become bigger,withmore community involvement and infrastructure needed to put on the event.

As withevery year of the festa, there will be a line-up of authentic Italian food stalls to satisfy everyone’s appetites,includingtraditional arancini, handmade gnocchi, salty tasty arrosticini meat skewers, pizza, calamari, spicy barbecue salsicce and the Italianfavourite-pastawithall kinds of sauces.

For dolce, (Italian for dessert) indulge in gelato, zeppole, tiramisu, biscotti, cannoli and numerous sweet treats.

Everything can be washed down with Italian beers, wines or an Aperol Spritz (or two).

Ahighlight will be the Valley’s own GoodLand Brewery producing aItalian expired beer just for the event.

For those looking for anon-alcoholicbeverage,

fresh fruit juice, milkshakes and mocktails will be on hand, along with every typeofcoffee.

Altogether, more than 30 genuine food and drink options will nourish your inner-Italian.

“Our aim from the beginning has always beenfor people to learn something about Italian culture, whether that’s through food, dancing, music, Nonna’s cooking, the exhibitionsordisplays,”Mrs Romano said.

“This year’s live music line-up will be sure to have everyone up and dancing.”

Themusic line-up will includeSiesta Carteland Top Self Duo, MC on the day by James Liotta.

Following on from the successful ‘Nonna’s Secret Recipe’ Cookbook, cooking demonstrations will be running throughout the day for people to discover the recipes and secrets of Nonna’s kitchen.

Learn how to roll pasta, make traditional pizza the way Nonna does, or unearththe secrets of how Italians make their salami.

The Mirboo North Italian Festa is made possible by the state governmentthrough the Multicultural Festival &EventsProgram,and the Gippsland EventsAcquisition Fund supported by Regional Development Victoria and South Gippsland Shire Council.

The committee wouldlike to thank the Community Bank Mirboo North and District, the Mirboo Northand District Community Foundation, and many other local businesses and individuals for their event sponsorship.

The Mirboo North Italian Festa is on Sunday, February 12, in Baromi Park, Mirboo North, running from 10am to 4pm.

For more information, visit https://www.italianfesta.net/ or find the event on Facebook.

Crowdfavourite: The Flag Throwersare settoprovide plentyof entertainment at the festa. photographs supplied Delectable: Whodoesn’tenjoytraditional Italian gelato?

Old fashioned: Thebest in Italian cuisinewill be servedatthe Mirboo North Italian Festa.

Performances by magician Luigi Zucchini will keep the kids entertained, along with free children’s activities and games.

Great times at HeyfieldFood,WineFestival

By ZOE ASKEW

COOL drizzles of white ice creamstickied tiny fingers,while larger fingers were moistened by condensation on plastic wine glassesasthe temperature climbed well past its expected maximum at the Heyfield Food and Wine Festival on Sunday, January 8.

The Heyfield Food and Wine Festival made awelcomed return last weekend, following two years of cancellations throughoutthe pandemic. Severe weather forced organisers, Heyfield Tradersand TourismAssociation and The HeyfieldWetlands, to postpone the event, initially scheduled for Sunday, October 16, 2022.

Cars lined the streetssurrounding Heyfield’s Gordon Street Recreation Reserve, and brows quicklybroke into asweat as the hot sun belted down on guests filing through the entry gate.

Sounds of local artists hailed from atruck-turned-stage, reaching the ears of myriad Gippsland local makers and procedures scattered around the outskirts of the reserve.

Passing through the entrance gates directlytoyourleft,asmall team manned the bar stall, serving cans of ice-cold beers, cider and other sugary drinks.

Next door, Bendigo Bank representatives chatted and laughed with passing guests underthe shade of their maroon-coloured tent.

SilverwatersVineyard,The Backwater Creative Co., The Bakery For Dogs, Bearded Bee Meadery and Glenmaggie Wines followed before stalls changed to food trucks, providing hungryguests withaplethora of options.

Tantalising smells caughtinthe warm breeze, drifting across the Gordon Street Recreation Reserve as guests were handed plates, bowls and

boxes of delectable menu items through serving windows.

With your choice of Lazy Gramps, Decadent Donuts,Doin Dumplings, Slinky Spuds, Big Bears Donuts, Dypsy Gypsy Ice Cream, Rosedale Pad Thai, Dine with aDifference, The Travelling Squid and Wheelie Good Pizzas,there was something to fulfil everyone’s cravings.

Lining the opposite side of Gordon StreetRecreationReserve, curling back toward the makeshiftmusic stage,was Remi and Florence, Scottish Highland BeefButcher, Marshall Arts Face Painting, Gippsland’s Wild Yeast Bakery, What the Fudge and Windsong Farm Providore.

Children wiped droplets of sweat from their brows with the back of theirhands,before sitting tall in the face painting chair. Little eyelids fluttered, and noses twitched as the brush stroking cold paint onto youthful skin tickled their cheeks.

Bread, deliciousbread, sat protected in Gippsland’s WildYeast Bakery’s hardplastic displaycabinets, each loafsoaestheticallypleasing even a coeliac would be tempted to suffer the consequences for just one bite.

Decedent cookies the size of small plates with mouth-watering, eyecatching toppings filled tubs on top tables at Whatthe Fudge marketstall.

Droves of guests roamed the Gordon Street Recreation Reserve, visiting stall after stallbefore returning to their personal camping chairs or picnic blankets, carefully balancing hands full with aromatic foods and delicious local wine.

SilverwatersVineyard, afamily-run business in SanRemo, wasamong the local wine producers at the festival.

Emily grew up in Melbourne and met her husband Hercules (Herco) in the UK whilstbackpacking around

Europe. Little did she know that Herco would move to Australia following their travels, that they would marry, have three gorgeous daughters, buy an 18-acre property with avineyard, and then spend six years doing up the property and learning the ropesofthe industry.

“The vineyard is 28 years old; we’ve had it for eight years,” Emily said.

“The wines here today are the first vintage [wines] as us being the owners, which is quite exciting.

“This is the first time we’ve been at the Heyfield Food and Wine Festival; we do alot of farmers’ markets. We try and do any festivals we can get to because we don’t have acellar door, so this is our way to get our brand out there.”

Silverwaters Vineyards supply numerous local restaurants and operate an online store, shipping Australia-wide with free local delivery.

In 2021,Silverwaters Vineyards Pinot Gris, Emily’s favourite wine, sold out in just sixweeks; the trend continuing in 2022 with the family-run business selling out of their2022Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir almost as soon as products hit the shelf.

Silverwaters Vineyards 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon and 2021 Chardonnay was also awarded bronze in the 2022 James Halliday Chardonnay and Cabernet Challenge; not bad for ahusband andwife team who bought avineyardeight yearsago with zero previous experience.

Across the way, mum of two and founder of new Traralgon-based local business, Remi and Florence, sat behind cabinets that were, at the start of the festival, filled with delicious brownies, cookies and the day’s crowd favourite, banoffee pie.

By 2pm, just ahandful of sweet treats remained.

“I opened the business, named after my two daughters’ middle names, about three months ago,” Kim said.

Since opening, Remi and Florence has made appearancesatTraralgon farmersmarkets and the Morwell Christmas Family Fun Day.

“The brownies are usually our best sellers at eventslikethese,” Kim said “Although the banoffee pie was ahit today.

“Otherwise, the sugar cookies are really popular for events like weddings or parties because they are so personalised.”

Abusinessmeeting in the middle of wine and sweet baked treatsis Rosedale-based business, Bearded Bee Meadery.

Nic, owner, mead maker, head bottle washer and chief floor sweeper, founded Bearded Bee Meadery in 2017, turning ahome brew passion into industry-leading dreams.

Mead is the oldest alcoholic beverage in human history.

It is made by fermenting honey mixed withwater and sometimes with added ingredients such as fruits,spices, grains, or hops.

The Bearded Bee Meadery exclusivelyuses raw Gippsland honey, making this sweet alcoholic nectar absolutely,positively, 100per cent local.

With current releases including Gippsland Reserve Sweet, Gippsland Reserve Dry, Dragons Blood, Queens Sack andViking Blood,there is adifferent taste to tickle anyone’s tastebuds.

Musicplayed, wine was drunk, food was eaten, and ice cream was licked, and despite the lack of shade to cover guests from the sweltering hot sun, the Heyfield Food and Wine Festival was enjoyed by everyone.

Great day: Heyfield Food and Wine Festival held on Sunday,January8

Delicious: What theFudge cookiesproved ahit

Fun: Crowds enjoying the festivalatGordon Street Reserve

Musicman: Localmusician Shane Marshall keeps guests entertained.

Tunes: Boneyard Blondes lead guitarist LesBarker. photographs zoeaskew

Lick: Many an ice creamwas handed through the DypsyGypsy Ice Creamtruck window at the Heyfield Food and Wine Festival.

Big smiles: ThePerpinas and theJacobs, newownersofThe Lodge,Heyfield

Worththe drive: The Higgs and Smith families from southeast Melbourne at the Heyfield Food and Wine Festival.

Relax: ThePritchards from Cowwarr Heights lapping up all that is goodatthe festival.

Team: Leah and SilverwatersVineyard owner Emilyatthe Heyfield Food and Wine Festival.

Free meals to help families over the holidays

THE state government has provided thousands of Victorianstudents with food packs to ensure they can get healthy mealsover the school holiday period.

Minister for Education, Natalie Hutchins, recently visited the Brooklyn distribution warehouseused by Foodbank Victoria to pack and deliver School Breakfast Clubs products to school communitiesdoing it toughoverthe holiday period, at atimewhenthe cost of living is rising for many families.

Almost 6000 holiday food packs were delivered to families for the summer break, whilemore than 28 million free, healthy meals have been provided to students in Victorian schools as part of the state government’s School Breakfast Clubs program.

“We’re makingsure Victorian students -especially those whose families are doing it tough -are still getting access to healthy meals during the school holiday period,” Ms Hutchins said.

“We understand that programs like the School Breakfast Club provide many students and their familieswith ahelping hand and that’s why providingholiday foodpacks over the summer break is so important.

“The program has already made ahugedifference to studentswho need abit of extra support to have anutritious, delicious meal every morning and we’re proud to support the School Breakfast Club all year round.”

The program, which is delivered in partnership with FoodbankVictoria,provides free, healthy food for students at 1000 government schools.

The state government has invested more than $71 million into the program since its establishment in 2016.

It willreturn again in schools across the state when Term 1begins later this month.

Under the program, healthybreakfasts are available to all students, with lunches and home food supplies, including food products for holiday periods provided to students requiring additional support.

Interactive cooking classes focusedonhealthy and accessible meal choices are afeature of the program, and offered to families in 100 disadvantaged school communities.

Foodbank Victoria also operates mobile supermarket busesthat visitschools around Victoria to provide healthy and nutritious food to families in need.

Feedback from schools has shown the School Breakfast Club program has delivered benefits beyond making students happier and healthier.

It hasalsofostered asenseofconnectionfor students and the school community, improved student engagement and concentration, strengthened staff-student relationships, enhanced social skills andimproved academic performance.

Supporting community ideas

LATROBE Valley community groups and services that are looking to improve food security or community inclusion can apply for grants of $500-$5000.

Applications for Latrobe Community Health Service’s Community Investment Program are now open, and the organisation is looking to give community-minded projects aleg-up.

“We recognise the best solutions to health and community issues come from withinlocal communities,” Latrobe Community Health Service chief executive, Ben Leigh, said.

“This communityinvestment program aims to support those ideas, by funding projects that promote community inclusion or food security for those who live, work and play in the Latrobe Valley.”

Applications open on January 23, with afocus in 2023 on:

 Improving access to, and efficiency of, food

relief services across Latrobe Valley;  Increasing healthy food preferences and food literacy skills within Latrobe Valley;  Supporting local food production and a sustainable food economy;  Improving community engagement.

“We’re thrilled to be able to provide these grants and support ourcommunity to buildeach other up and achieve better health and better lifestyles,” Mr Leigh said.

The Latrobe Community Health Service Community Investment Program willprovide access to micro-grants of between$500-$5000, for community groups and services to undertake projects over 6-12 months.

To learn more or to apply, visit lchs.com.au/ lchs-community-investment-program/ or email communitygrants@lchs.com.au

Breakfast club: Minister forEducation, Natalie Hutchins photograph supplied

Dementia treatment breakthrough

DEMENTIA Australia has welcomedthe announcement by the United StatesFood and Drug Administration (FDA) approving lecanemab,anew disease modifying treatment for people living with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment.

Dementia Australia chief executive, Maree McCabe AM, said this was exciting news for the entire dementia community, globally.

“This announcement provides further hope for people who are developing symptoms and who are in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease,” Ms McCabe said.

“With dementia the second leading cause of death of Australians, and the leading cause of death of Australian women, Iwelcome any steps taken towards improving the lives of people living with dementia, their families and carers.

“I do however acknowledge that lecanemab has only been approved by the FDA for use within the United States and comes with possible side effects that need to be carefully monitored by health professionals.”

Lecanemabisnot yet available in Australia and will need to be approved for use by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). The drug is the second FDA approved medication which removes amyloid plaque from the brain.

Amyloid plaques are thought to cause the damage in the brain that leads to Alzheimer’s disease.

Aducanumab was the first drug in this category approved by the FDA in June 2021; it is not currently availablefor use within Australia either.

Both lecanemab and aducanumab remove amyloid from the brain, but each drug binds to the amyloid in aslightly different way.

DementiaAustraliahonorary medicaladvisory associateprofessor, Michael Woodward AM, said that through removingthe toxic amyloid protein, we can significantly reduce the rate of memory and other decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

“The approval of lecanemabisanadvancement in our progress towards finding a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease,” associate professor Woodward said.

“A trial of the drug found a27per cent declineindisease progression over 18 months

“What this means is that if you took the drug for two years you would be up to nine months better off and thatisasignificant benefit.

“It means nine months longer with our loved ones, nine months longer of doing the things we love.

“It is however importanttonote that lecanemab can cause side effects, and that theseneed to be carefully monitoredwith regular brain scans.

“I see lecanemab as an important step and amove in the right direction for treating Alzheimer’s disease for which we still do not have acure.”

Protect your fruit and vegetables from QFF

HOME gardeners are urged to act now to protect fruit andvegetablesfrom Queensland fruit fly (QFF) this summer, and help safeguard Victoria’s valuable horticultural industry.

The wet spring created the perfect breeding conditions for the pest, which is most active now through to May.

AgricultureVictoria StatewideFruit Fly coordinator, Cathy Mansfield, said QFF are attracted to ripening fruit and vegetables.

“Maintaining good biosecurity practices starts in your home garden -and it’s vital to limit fruit fly population growth and halt its spread to neighbours, nearby orchards or farms,” Ms Mansfield said.

“The best waytoprotect your fruit and vegetables

is to use insect-proof netting during the growing season.”

Continuously flowering vegetable and berry crops should be coveredwhendeveloping fruit are very small.

If you’re unable to net your trees, monitor for fruitfly and use other preventativemethods such as baiting,and insecticides,trapsand removeany unwanted ripe or dropped fruit.

QFFattacks awide range of fruit and vegetables includingtomatoes, apricots,figs, peaches, nectarines, cherries, and berries.

Home gardeners can keep watch for fruit fly sting marks on developing fruit and vegetables -they’re only tiny and easily missed, but affected produce can rot from the inside.

Fruit fly maggots are often found in the centre of produce, ranging in size from, 5-10mm long and creamy-white in colour.

If you do find active fruit fly, it’simportant to let neighbouring properties know and encourage people to check their own produce for damage.

“Leaveyour homegrown produce behind if you’re going away this summer to ensure you’re not accidentally bringing QFF into other regions,” Ms Mansfield said.

“Somestates will not allow fruitorvegetables to be taken across state borders so check before you travel.”

For more information, including lists of common host plants, howtocontrol fruit fly in your garden andnetting tips, visit agriculture.vic.gov.au/qff

Only one-in-four small businesses has adisaster plan prepared, ASB

NATURALdisasters can be devastating for small andfamilybusinesses, yet only one-in-four small businesses has acurrent business continuity plan, according to the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Bruce Billson.

“In the aftermath of natural disasters, we typicallysee massive and heart-breaking clean-up efforts, alengthy and hard-going recovery, questions asked about how small andfamily businesses and the communities they are apartofand service will bounce back and what, if anything, could have been done to better prepare,” Mr Billson said.

Last year the Ombudsman conducted an inquiry at the request of the federal government after the rolling disasters of bushfires, drought and floods and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ombudsmanvisited 36 communities across Australia to directly hear from small and family businesses impacted by natural disasters.

In addition, an onlinesurvey attracted more than 2000 respondents.

The Small Business Natural Disaster Preparednessand Resilience Inquiry report included 16 recommendations.

“It is clear from our workthat preparation is key to small and family businessesbuilding resilience and coming through natural disasters in the best possible shape,” Mr Billson said.

“It is equally clearthat small and familybusiness owners cannot do this on their own and require clarity and certainty of the support available.”

The report found that governments at all levels and the business community together havea crucial role to play in ensuring small and family business owners have allthe information and support they need to manage risks.

“As acountry we put an enormous amount of effort and resources into the clean-up. Some 97 per cent of money spent by governments on disasters is after the eventand only three per cent is on preparedness,” Mr Billson said.

“Whatbecame abundantly clearduringour inquiry is that astrongsense of community connectedness,includingcollegiate business relationships- what we have called ‘socio-commercial capital’ -leads to more resilient and unified communities that learn from and support each other to work together to prepare for, and respond to, natural disasters.”

Among the recommendations and findings, the report says:  There should be a“certainty of response” for small business owners, so they are automatically elevated and front of mind in disaster response, recovery and funding

arrangements -including indirectly affected businesses;

 There should be “certainty of support” by establishing abusiness hub after adisaster, as a single point to seek help from federal, state, and local government and non-government agencies to provide support;

 A“tell-us-once” triage system should be adopted to save small business owners the trauma and time associated with repeating their story;

 An opt-in “My Business Record” should be created to allow asmall business to digitally store all relevant government-held and other vital information it might need after adisaster;  Infrastructure grants should be provided to ensure critical infrastructure relied upon during adisaster is fit-for-purpose, remains intact and functioning;

 The federal government should implement a “good neighbour” program and mitigate risks on land it owns;



Agovernment subsidy should be available when workers in asmall business are called out for volunteer work for an extended period, or abusinessisrequired to scale back operations because of volunteer activities;

 When asmall business receives afederal government grant, an additional amount should be made available six to nine months later for a“business health check” and to support any necessary adjustments;

 In many cases, small business owners are

operating uninsured, underinsured, or with excesses payable that prohibit them making aclaim, due to extreme difficulty in accessing affordable insurance. In some communities, insurance is simply not available. More must be done to address this complex market dysfunction;

 Calls for an integrated response to disaster risk management for identified disaster prone areas that incorporates priority access to mitigation expenditure, co-ordinated planning across levels of government, infrastructure hardening, interest-free loans for asset and activity protection and relocation schemes, and possible use of adedicated reinsurance vehicle, and;

 Numerous examples of inequity or inconsistency of support created asense of resentment that somebusinesses that purchased expensive insurance and had a disaster planwere denied support, while others that gave far less attention, time, and effort to protect their own economicinterests were helped.

Mr Billson said the experiences of many hundreds of small and family businesses showed having a plan will help them be more able to bounce back after anatural disaster.

“As we have sadly seen too often, natural disasters can cause lasting harm to our enterprising women and men,” he said.

“Small businesscreatesvitality in our communities, employs two out of every five people with a private sector job, and contributes one-thirdof ourGDP,soitisabsolutelyworth building its resilience.

“Simple stepstobeready include ensuring record keeping is up to date, businessprocessesand critical information are, where possible, digitised, and payments to relevant bodies such as the ATO, lenders, and insurers are up to date.”

Mr Billson paid tribute to the countless selfless and committed individuals and community agencies and advocates playing avital role to support small and family businesses in the immediate period followinga naturaldisaster and in supporting the long and challenging road many faced.

The Small Business Natural Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Inquiry report is available at www.asbfeo.gov.au where there are alsochecklists and resources to help small business prepare for adisaster and, if needed, to recover after one.

Research: Australian SmallBusiness and FamilyEnterpriseOmbudsman,Bruce Billson. photograph supplied

Watch around water

AFTER aspate of six fatal drownings since ChristmasDay,LifeSaving Victoria (LSV)is reminding parents to watch around water, as children aged between five and 14 are at highest risk of drowning in January.

Of the 38 children within this age group who havedrowned in thepast decade,34per centhave been in January.

This has sparked an urgent warning from LSV manager of research and evaluation, Dr Hannah Calverley, for parents and guardians to keep an eye on their little ones.

“With January marking school holidays, many families will head away to the coast or river to enjoy arelaxing break, but the one thing you can neverrelax on is water safety,”DrCalverley said “It takes just20seconds for achild to drownin as little as afew centimetres of water, so to avoid tragedy these holidays, please actively supervise children at all times, which means under-fives in arm’s reach and under 10s in your constant and direct eyeline.”

Dr Calverley said another important thing to consider was ‘who is doing the supervising’.

“If you are celebrating or holidaying with alarge

group of people,itcan be easy to assume that someone else is watching the kidswhen in fact, nobody is,” she said.

“This is why LSV encourages you to have designated adultsupervisors whose role it is to actively watch the kids. You can rotate this role throughout the day, so everyone gets achanceto relax and enjoy themselves.

“The designated supervisor should also be above the age of 16, and prepared and capable to enter the water in an emergency.”

Kidsafe Victoria general manager, Jason Chambers,alsoencouraged parents to learn CPR and firstaid so they havethe skillstorespond should the worst happen.

“Nobody wantstothink aboutthe worst happening,but Kidsafe Victoria encourages allparents andcarerstoenrolina CPR and first aid course and update their skillsregularly,” Mr Chambers said.

“Hopefully, theseare skills youwill neverhave to use, but if you do, it could be the difference between life and death.”

Atotal of 27 people have fatally drowned in Victoria since July 1, 2022.

Mind Aus supporting Gippslanders

MENTAL health organisation Mind Australia will continue to support people in Gippslandexperiencing mental health and wellbeing concerns thanks to afunding extension for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs in Traralgon, Wonthaggiand Cowes.

The Mental Health and WellbeingHubs,funded by thestate government in 2021inresponse to the COVID-19 pandemic, act as a‘front door’ service to the mental health system.

The hubs in Gippsland have been funded until at least June 2023.

Mindmental health practitioners have provided more than 1000 hours of support to more than 50 people experiencing mental health and wellbeing concerns across Baw Baw, Bass Coast, East Gippsland, South Gippsland and Wellington shires, as well as the Latrobe City.

Research fromMindshows thehubsare helping people reduce psychological distress and feel significantly less sad, nervous and restless.

Mind Hubs service manager, Rebecca Matheson Omondi, said hub staff were helpingpeople in Gippsland struggling with their mental health for avariety of reasons, including housing insecurity and cost of living pressures (including financial stress and inability to purchase food).

Staff have also been supporting studentsduring the school holidays who are currently unable to access school-based welfare teams.

“Thehubsare making areal difference in the community, and are removing alot of the barriers to avery complex system,” Ms Matheson Omondi said.

“People can self-refer and there is no eligibility criteria. You don’t needareferral fromyour GP -you can ring up and be connected to aMind support worker.”

Mind Australia chief executive, Gill Callister, said the state government was to be commended for recognising the value of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs in providing the community with fast and flexible support.

“Accessible community-based support like this can make all the difference in helping people address problems before they reach crisis point and hospitalisation,” Ms Callister said.

Mind is the largest service provider of the hubs, managing 13 of the 30 hubsacross Victoria,including the hub in Gippsland.

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs are

available to Victorians of all ages who have any mental health or wellbeingconcerns

The hubs act as a‘front door’ service to the mental health system.

Peoplecan get support withoutany eligibility criteria or areferral from their GP.

Mind-managed hubs provide ablend of face-toface supportinthe community and at operational hubs and telehealth, in line with client preferences.

To access Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs services, call 1300 375 330 or visit the Mind Australia website.

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HowittSociety offers climate advice

By PHILIP HOPKINS

HIDING behind climate change is not astrategy to address the increasing number and intensity of fires and floods across Australia, according to the Howitt Society.

Thesociety’s president, Rick Cooper, said even if all burning of fossil fuels was stopped across the world tomorrow, climate change will not shift into reverse.

“In reality, genuine climate changereversal strategies are years away from being internationally adopted, and decades away from beginning to impact fire and flood regimes,” he said.

“So we need to adapt ourmanagement strategies to deal with the changed conditionsasthey are today.”

The Howitt Society is agroup of experienced land and fire managersand bushmen concerned for the healthand safety of the Australian bush, and in particular fire management.

They are inspired by the work of 19th century Gippsland scientist Alfred Howitt, whowrote extensively on Gippsland’s geology, ecology, forests, fire and the region’s Indigenous people.

The society’s secretary, Garry Squires, said there was agood analogy between managingthe potential impacts of fire and flood, and managing diseases such as COVID-19.

“Preventionisbetterthan dealing withthe aftermath of apandemic or flood or fire disaster. The key is to carry out mitigation works before the disaster,” he said.

“In the case of both disease and bushfire,itis possible to forestall the inevitable tragic outcome.”

With adiseaselikeCOVID-19,there was a two-prongedattack: first, apublic health program -washinghands,socialdistancing,masks,contact tracing-followed by alonger termvaccination program.

Similarly, therewas atwo-staged program for fire:apubliceducation program -leave early orders, emergency warnings -followed by a‘vaccine program’ where the bush is inoculated with amild dose of fire -‘cool burning’.

“This builds up immunity in the bush, so it is better able to resist the impact of wildfire and allow fires to be more easily controlled,” he said.

Regarding the recent floods, Mr Coopersaid hopefully thecallsfor increasedpermanent levees to protectpeople and assets would be completed

now and not when the next disaster is imminent.

From afire perspective, Mr Cooper said the Howitt Society supported the call fromparts of the communityfor better fuel management in thebush.

“Whilst the climate is becoming warmer and drier, it is not this that is making the fires more intense and more difficult to control, but ratherthe unprecedented amount of fuel that land managers have allowed to accumulate,” he said.

“Mitigation works are required urgently.”

Mr Squiressaidtherewere threefactorsthat allow fires to burn -anignition source, oxygen and fuel.

“The only one thatweare able to influence is the amount of fuel available when ignition does occur, whether it be lightning, an arsonist, acampfire or any other source,” he said.

“The sciencetells us that as fuel availability doubles, fire burns four times more intensely and that this formulaalsoworks in reverse,and so there are great benefits in reducing fuel loads.

“We also know thatfuels can be reduced over large areas using existing and familiar technologies.”

Mr Squires said all that was required was policy

change at agovernment level and appropriate funding.

“A well funded,well led, state-wide, even nationwide fuel mitigation campaign would be an effective first step in protectingAustralian lives and property and the bush itself from the grip of awarmer and drier climate,” he said.

The Royal Commission into Victoria’s 2009 fires identifiedboththe threatofclimate change on future bushfire risk, and the need to fuel reduce at leastoverfive per cent of the forest area annually to help mitigate the threat.

Mr Squires said the recommendation was only implementedfor acouple of years beforeitwas droppedbygovernment in favourofthe current residual risk approach.

“This clearlyisnot achieving the area of fuel reduction required to mitigate the current conditions,” he said.

The Howitt Societycalledonthe government to implement the minimum five per cent of forest area to be fuel reduced annually as per the 2009 Royal Commission recommendation.

LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR -PAGE 26

Latrobe City enters fire dangers period

THE Country Fire Authority (CFA) has declared aFire Danger Period for Latrobe City.

The declaration came on Monday, January 16, from 1am.

If propertyowners wish to burn in open air, a written permit from the CFA will be required.

Those wishing to request apermit can visit firepermit.vic.gov.au or call the CFA on 1800 668511.

Residents are reminded that burning is not the only way to reduce fuel loads around their property, and are encouraged to use their green waste bins and local green waste facilities.

Other ways to help prepare your property during the fire season include:

 Keep grass cut to less than 10 centimetres;

 Keep gutters clear of leaf litter;

 Remove flammable items from decks and verandas;

 Keep woodpiles away from the house;

 Cut back overhanging branches;

 Prune shrubs well away from tree branches, and;

 Remove dry grass, leaves, twigs and loose bark.

Latrobe City mayor, councillorKellie O’Callaghan, said it was vital that everyone ensure their properties are prepared.

“Despite the cooler temperatures and increased rain over recentmonths it is essential thatweall ensure we are prepared for fire, particularly following the announcement of thefire danger period,” she said.

“Unfortunately, many of our local communities know first-hand the impact fire can have This is an important time to ensure we are all looking out for one another and prioritising measures that keep us and our properties safe.”

Newheavy tankers announced for CFAbrigades

CFA will commence the final phase of its rollout to deliver50new replacement tankers to brigades across Victoria, in aboost that ensures volunteer firefighters are well equipped to protect their communities.

Thenext28brigades to receive thenew heavy tankers as partofthe rollout were recently announced, and include Morwell, Rosedale and Maffra.

The new appliances have been funded through the stategovernment’s $126mCFA Capability Funding package, announced in June 2020.

The fleet of new dual-cab appliances includes 48 heavy tankers and two light tankers, all of which replace single-cab tankers and allow afull crew to sit within the cabin.

CFAchief officer, JasonHeffernan, said tankers are avital part of CFA’sfleet, with more than 1900 across the state.

“These new tankers are state-of-the-art firefighting vehicles,” Mr Heffernan said.

“The heavy tankers feature a15-tonne crew-cab chassis with a4000-litre water tank, while their 4x4 capabilityand automatictransmission will help crews access fires in difficult terrain.

“They also include features such as electronic monitorsand electric rewindhose reels, as well as using ahigher percentage of recyclablebuild materials.”

Last year, CFA announced the first 20 heavy tankersaspartofthe rollout package will be allocated to the following brigades: Inglewood, Shoreham, Dunkeld,Buninyong, Mansfield, Merbein, Poowong, Penshurst, Ballan,Wangaratta, Caroline Springs, Hastings, Noorat, Creswick, Seymour, Junortoun, Moorooduc, Beaufort, Wallan and Irymple.

The final 28 heavy tankers that have been announced will be delivered to selected brigades, and the full rollout will be complete by late-2023.

The heavy tankers also have a1200l/min diesel engine-driven fire-fighting pump, crew/vehicle roll overand burn-overprotection, and full equipment stowage cache.

Manufacturing of the 48 heavy tankers began in September 2021 at Sunshine North manufacturer R.A Bell &Co., with the final vehicles expected to be complete in September 2023.

Construction of the two light tankers will commence at alater date.

Newand improved: Morwell is one of three localbrigadesthatwill receiveaheavy tanker photograph supplied

Comparatively: East Gippsland2019-20. Theburnt forest, right, has had no fuel reductionburning, unlike thestillfuel-reduced green forest (left), where fire jumpedoverthe road and scorched along the green forest edge. photograph howitt society

Day

FROM history way past, Australia Day continues to be celebrated on January 26.

From the originalcelebration of the landing at Sydney Cove in 1788, Australia Day and what it represents has changed over time.

In moderntimes,Australia Day is aday to celebrate and reflect on what we love about Australia; asense of fair go, our lifestyle, our freedom, democracy,our landand thepeople of Australia. Our families, neighbours, friends, workmates and our communities.

The celebrationsofthisday take many forms, from theAussiebarbecue in the backyard, to heading out for apicnic, or attending the many local community events across our regiontorecognise thosewho have made adifference.

Australia Day is also the chosen day of new Australians who choose to become citizens of this great country

Australia Day celebrations continue to be hugely popular,with four in five Australians believing it has abigger meaning beyond being just aday off.

The message that this day portrayshas been carried from generation to generation -a day to reflect and show recognition of what Australia Day means to each of us.

So, whetherit’sa snag on thebarbecuewith family and friends, alocal council or community event, it is aday to celebrate ‘Australia’.

TRAFALGAR HOLDENMUSEUM

TRAFALGAR’S Holden Museum is again saluting Aussie-built cars on Australia Day

Owners arebeing asked to saddle up their iconic Australian-built vehicle for this special annual milestone event for an Australia Day celebration of local automotive engineering to make you proud to be an Aussie!

Whether they drive aHolden, Ford, BMC or Chrysler or whatever,all Australian-built cars are welcome.

The award-winning museum tellsthe complete Holden story through thousands of exhibits that celebrate Australia’sHolden Heritage.

Abig crowd is anticipated,withfreebuses on hand to transport patrons from the overflow car park at the Trafalgar Recreation Reserve.

The Shannons Super Rig will also be on hand.

It’sthe ultimatebig truck -with large plasma screens, driving simulators, SonyPlaystation gaming consoles and automotive memorabilia displays!

Visitors can enjoy afreebarbecue from 10am to 2pm, and give their car aspin by joining the mini cruise around Gippsland.

Grab your instructions from the museum on the day!

If you love Australian-built cars, Trafalgar is the place to be this Australia day

Open from 10am to 5pm.

Entry is just $10 per adult and kids arefree.

Come and experience historic Walhalla GoldfieldsRailway

SPENDanunforgettable day exploring historyat Walhalla Goldfields Railway

Relax and take in the breath-taking views as the train winds its way through the spectacular Stringers Gorge on what is considered one of the country’s most picturesque rail journeys.

Departing the historicWalhallaStation on your one-hour journey,you will travel through the station yards with the sheer,stunning cliffface on one side, and the winding Stringers Creek on the other side.

Winding through the gorge past Happy Creek Station on your way towards Thomson Station, you cross seven bridges which in themselves are amarvelofearly engineering, beforereaching the spectacular Thomson RiverBridge.

Upon arrivalatThomson Station, disembark and

peruse the historic artefacts in the station and surroundsbefore re-boarding foryourreturnjourney

Get up front and experience adifferent perspective from the vantage point of the heritage locomotives.

Seethe amazingtrack work and bridges and chat to ourknowledgeable crew along the way!

Upon arrival back at Walhalla, enjoy lunch in our Goods ShedCafé beforeexploringthe historic township.

Make Walhalla Goldfields Railway your next day out!

Trains depart Walhalla every day across the Australia Day weekend.

Services fill quickly,sobesuretobook online at www.walhallarail.com.au

For moreinformation call 03 5165 6280.

Big-hearteddonation helps cardiac patients

meant

The hospital has purchased aCPR chest compression device to support surgical patients who may experience acardiac arrest while undergoing a procedure in the cardiaccatheterisation laboratory.

The machinewill deliver chest compressions to support the patient for as long as necessary.

LRH has also bought an intra-aorticballoon pump (IABP) to help apatient’s heart pump blood around their body if they go intocardiogenic shock This is alife-threatening condition in which the heartsuddenlycan’tpump enoughbloodtovital organs.

The KCCT contributed$47,000 towards the cost of the two items with LRH funding the balance.

“We are extremely grateful the KCCT agreed to partner with us to purchase both items. It has

“Gippsland has one of the highest rates of heart disease in alocal region. LRH has been increasing its capability as aregional cardiology service so people don’t have to travel to metropolitan hospitals for treatment. We’re delighted the KCCT shares and supports our vision.”

The late Keith Chenhall OAM was arespected Traralgon businessman who dedicated his life to communityservice and supporting charitable causes without fanfare or recognition.

The Trust in his name was established in 2002, with hundreds of thousands of dollars directedto not-for-profit organisations in the LatrobeValley.

The KCCT has previously funded specialised items at LRHincluding cardiac stress testand surgical equipment, adefibrillator and emergency cart, bariatric bed and dialysis chairs.

More work needed to reduce rising housing cost pressures

INFLATION figures released by the Australia Bureau of Statistics has confirmed rising cost pressures in housing with urgent policy action is needed, Master Builders Australia chief executive Denita Wawn says.

Inflation accelerated to 7.3 per cent during November, meaning that prices are now rising at their fastest pace since 1990.

“However, while monetary policy using interest rate rises is starting to show fruits in putting downward pressure on the demand side, more needs to be done to tackle the supply side bottlenecks relating to material, labour and housing supply,” Ms Wawn said.

“Weacknowledge that the RBA has adifficult balancing approach to take in curbing inflation, butatthe same time, not getting too ahead of the realised impact of their decisions.

“However, the most sustainable solution to the inflationary problem lies on the supply side, throughbringing down the cost of doing business. The requires issueslikelabour shortages, materials costs and the regulatory burden to be dealt with in afocussed and urgent manner.”

Over the year to November, the cost of buying a newly-built home rose by 17.9 per cent.

“Housing continuestobethe inflationary canary in the coal mine, with figures reflecting huge increases in the cost of buildingmaterials, as well as continued shortages of key construction trade workers,” Ms Wawn said.

Rents are also acceleratingand are up to 3.6 per cent,over the past year.

“Growing pressures in the rental market are beingexacerbatedbypersistently low building volumes in the higher density part of the housing market.

“Labour shortages can best be addressed over the short and medium term by making it easier for migrants to work in Australia.

“The bottlenecks in our migration system need to be addressed as amatter of priority.

“The continued ramping up of the regulatory burden on our industry is making it much more costlyfor building businesses to do their work, contributing to housing inflation.”

LATROBE Regional Hospital’s cardiology team will be able to provide ahigher level of care thanks to agenerous donation from the Keith Chenhall Charitable Trust (KCCT).

the acquisition of two really expensivepieces of equipment which have the potential to save lives,” LRH chief executive Don McRae said.

Hugeasset: Latrobe Regional Hospitalcardiac nurses,Nicole Hinds andNickCarstairs-Prott, saythe equipment purchased with the helpofthe KeithChenhall Charitable Trust willsavelives photograph supplied

Encouraging the mental health conversation

By STEFAN BRADLEY

FARMERS around the region have been enjoying the2023Gippsland Jersey yearly calendar, which contains photos and stories from dairy farmers to encourage conversations around mental health.

The 2023 calendar is the fifth that dairy company Gippsland Jersey has released, featuring tales of strength and resiliencefromthe region’s dairy farmers for each month. Sale, Kilmany, Denison and Meerlieu are among the towns represented by the participants.

GippslandJersey co-founder and director, Sallie Jones, said she was grateful to the dairy farmers who opened their hearts out.

“Each year it is ablessing to be welcomedinto these farmers’ lives, and onto their farms, and to heartheir stories. Iabsolutelyloveputting this

calendar together. We hope to do more in the next calendar…(the farmers) look forward to it every year,” she said.

“And it has saved lives, it has led to peer support with farmers reaching out to other farmers who have shared their stories.

“I think the conversations about mental health have definitely changed in our region. My dad became asuicide statistic in 2016, and Ifelt that no-one was talking about mentalhealththen. And Ithink that the needle has shifted since then.

“Gippsland Jersey are committed to creating social change in mental health.”

Ms Jones said one of Gippsland Jersey’s business pillars was better ruralwellness as “8.6Australians die every day by suicide”. “That’s more than double the road toll,” she said, citing 2022 data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

“Seventy-fiveper centofthosewho take their ownlifeare male. Beyond the tragic loss of the person, the impact of asuicide death is felt by up to 135 people, thatincludes family members,work colleagues, friends, and first responders.

“Many of the stories in this calendar talk about how the most simplistic act of someone showing up for them when thingsare hard wasthe best medicine.

“Don’t hide behind atext message; make an effort and knock on someone’s door, look that person in the eye and really ask them how they’re going. Hold space for them. We cannot rely on government programs or medical professionals to fix all the problems. We all must playanactive role in looking after one another. Talking about my experience of my dad’s death has helped heal my heart.” Last year Ms Jones was featured in This Man’s

Worth, asuicide prevention advocacyfilm available to stream on SBS On-Demand.

“For me, there’s no shame in dad’s death;mental health is areal health problem, and the statistics of suicide, and its ripple effect in our communities, are enormous,” she said.

The calendar is available for free from the Gippsland Jersey website. Ms Jones thanked Gippsland Lakes Complete Health,EastGippsland Community Foundation, Royal Flying Doctors Service, OrbostRegional Health, counsellor Sheree Breaden and her business partner Steve Ronalds for their help in making the calendar possible.

Lifeline’s 13 11 14 crisis supportservice is available 24 hours aday.

Colour: The2023 Gippsland Jersey calendar image supplied

Cowgirl: Gippsland Jersey co-founder anddirector Sallie Jones. file photograph

Kidsare

(myopia)

use,bringing greater eyehealth risks.

Children with vision problems have reduced attention capacity compared to their peers.

Children with learning problems commonly have vision problems which affecttheir learning. Optometrycan playan important role in assisting them to achieve better results.

A study of primary school children in QLD showed that 25% of those tested had confirmed vision problems,aand these kids had lower NAPLANscores than theirpeers

Regularvision checksfor allchildren are important. At Kay Street EyeCareour optometrists have extensive experience in testingchildren’seyes.Wetakea broader approachtohelp a child’svision andconsidermanyindividual functionsthatrelate to thebrain,ocular musclesand nerves, as well as psychology, learning ability and development.

BookYourChild An Eye Test

What YouNeed To Do

Head to ourwebsite www.kaystreeteyecare.com.au to book yourchild’seye test online or give us acall on 5174 6788 and one of ourfriendly team will be happy to assistyou.

Myopia in Children

Myopia, or short-sightedness, is an eye condition thatmakes it difficult to see distant objects clearly.Regular eye examinations give children the best opportunity of success in the classroom, sports field and playground. Kids with myopia will have trouble seeing the board at school and it is known thatkids with vision difficulties can fall behind their peers in school work. Aside from vision difficulties, there are also health implications for myopic patients due to their elongated eye. Forkids, myopia tends to continue to worsen each year

MiyoSmart Lenses are anew technology for managing myopia in children and been proven to reduce the progression of myopia by up to 60%. MiyoSmart lenses are only available to accredited independent optometrists, and we are pleased to be able to offer this lens option to our patients at Kay Street Eyecare.

It is important for all children to have regular vision checks from an early age, and certainly during school years. Parents should look out for signs of their children squinting, reporting headaches, rubbing their eyes and getting

close to objects and/or the TV to see. Avisit to the optometrist will quickly showifthere is a problem and aplan can be made to help.

It is recommended for children…

Get avision check –optometryvisits are covered by Medicare and are painless and can even be fun.

Get outside -atleast two hours per day is essential for kids, especially before the onset of myopia. Time outdoors has been shown to help prevent myopia from progressing.

Get some variety -reduce screen time or near-vision work and take breaks (remember the 20/20/20 rule –focus on something 20 feet away for 20 seconds every20minutes).

Get further away -don’t hold books or devices close to the eyes and adopt aHarmon working distance (closed fist to elbow)

Get more sleep -ideally,more than nine hours per day for children. Staying up late in bed with atable or phone is abad idea.

If you have anyconcerns or would like to book an appointment for your child please call our practice on 5174 6788

An insider’sperspective on

COMMENT

BY LIAM DURKIN

WITH the school year just about ready to commence, now may be agood time to offersome insights into aslightly different educational dynamic.

While the majority of students go through astandardisededucation at local providers, both private and government, there is another option available -boarding school.

For parents who work long and inflexible hours, or have children about to commence their VCE, boarding school could well be apracticaloption.

Having completed all my secondary education in aboarding environment, Ihave set out in this piece to give a snapshot of my experiences living and studying away from home, and to also perhaps break down any misconceptions people might have.

Imust stressthese were solely my experiences, and Iamnot speaking for everyonethat has ever attended boarding school. Having finished school 11 yearsago as well,keep in mind some elements have more than likely changed since that time.

People do always seem to find it mildly fascinating when you tell them you went to boarding school. The first question is generally along the lines of “what was that like?”

So,hereare my recollections of life at ‘The Boardo’.

Background

IATTENDEDAssumption College

Kilmore from 2007 to 2012. Assumption is acoeducational Catholic school that had around 1100 students in my time. Being aMarist Brothers school Iwould say it followed asimilar curriculum to local Marist schools Lavalla (Traralgon) and Marist Sion, (Warragul).

The town of Kilmore is located about 45 minutes north of Melbourne, with adecent population close to 8000. The nearest town some people might be familiar with is Seymour -home of the Packapunyal Army Base, and more recently, the severe floods.

Kilmore famously lays claim to being theoldest inland town in the state, and more infamously, had one of its pubs owned by none other than Tony Mokbel.

Whyconsider boarding school?

THE recurring jokeorresponse you get when youtell people where you went to school is “gee your parents must have hated you if they sent you to boarding school”.

While Idounderstand this connotation, once you delve alittle deeper into the question of “why”, you can start to see how boarding schoolcan be very accommodating to families depending on circumstance.

Breaking it down, Iwould say there are three categories relevant to boarding students: Opportunity, experience and necessity.

Parentsofkidsinthe opportunity sectionmay see aboardingschool as afar greater education than anything availablewhere they currently live; and those sending kids away for the experience might be doing so to allow them to undertake independentpersonal development.

For farming families in remote locations, there could simply be no other option; thereforeitbecomes anecessity to send their kidstoboardingschool.

Many students in this field literally go from rural primaryschools with atotal enrolment of six, to secondary school cohorts of 150. Talk about aculture shock.

For parents who work long hours, sending their kids to boarding school could also help their own work-life balance. I’msure parents don’t want to handball their kids to someone else, but not being required to drive them to countlesssport trainings, music lessons or dance recitals could actually be quite enticing.

For myself, Ididn’t have asay in the matter. Iknew by age nine Iwas going to boarding school,just like the old man.

Above all else, Ibelieve study is the main reason kids are sent to boarding

school.Parents paygood money for tuitionand theoretically, if you are surrounded in aschoolenvironment with after-hoursaccess to the school library and teachers, then you should be absorbing more information.

At my school, the majority of boarders actuallydidn’t commence until the start of Year 11, just as they were about to begin their VCE.

Further to this, there was actually a number of day students (or ‘day rats’ as we called them) who became boarders in Year 12, solely to focus on study.

There was even boarders who lived only 30-45 minutes away in towns such as Seymour and Yea, just so they could be in an environment that had regimented study.

Day-to-dayliving

MY boarding schoolwas divided into separate dormitories depending on age (and gender of course).

WhenI started,Years 7to10were in the junior dorm, while Year 11 and 12 had their own.

Living standards were reasonable but modest,with room for some 30-oddboys to make up each dorm. Eachroom had asinglebed, desk,

office chair,lockable cupboard, shelves and atrundle. The rooms were approximatelyfoursquare metres, however they were only separated by aplaster wall about 1.5 metreshigh (the girls dorm had higher walls).

If you could imagine ahall with partitions separating each living area -that is what it was like.

Shower andbathroomfacilities were shared and each dormalsohad akitchenette.

Lights cameonat7am every weekday, and from there you had an-hour-and-ahalf to get organised for school.

The dormitory door wasusually opened by 6.30am for those wishing to go for arun or use the on-campus gym.

Meals were all donethrough the refectory,withbreakfast and dinner held in the dining room.

Years 7to11mixed on designated tables each term for dinner. Year 12s satseparately.

If you were in Year 12 you were afforded the small luxury of eatingfirst on your birthday.

Backinthe dorm, boarderswere assigned chores on aweekly rotating basis to help maintain the upkeep. Music was always played in the

morning and the responsibility usually fell to whoever had the best speaker. Genres strictly had to be either indie rock,hip-hop or modern folk. No rock classics or anything deemed to be under the dance-pop banner was permitted.

Before heading off to school, boarders would place their order for lunch, and return to the refectory in the middle of the day to pick it up.

The ‘boardo’, wasn’t open during the school day.

Washing was completed once aweek Each boarder was given alaundry bag which wouldbetaken to the on-campus laundry in the morning to be washed, driedand folded by laundry staff ready forcollectionatthe end of the day.

Boarders had access to an infirmary on-campus, with the local doctor availableweekday mornings.There wasa few boarders whoracked up some solid frequent flyer points in the infirmary.

After school it was either extracurricular activities, study or heading down the street to be acool kid.

A5.30pm curfew was in place to be backinthe dormintimefor first study

The first designated studyperiod was

Off and away: Express journalist Liam Durkin, age 12, before departing for boarding school photographs author’s collection

theboarding school debate

for an hour before dinner, and then a second period from 7.30pm.

Study for Year 11 and 12s was three hours anight,and two-and-a-half for the rest.

After second study, things started to wind down, with lights generally out around10pm. Phones had to be handed in, but honestly, most people just handed in fake ones. One creative boarder even went as far to hand in a bar of soap cleverly disguised.

On weekends,competitive sport for premiership points was played against otherschools.

Assumption competed in the AssociatedGrammar Schools of Victoria, and whenever we descended on Melbourne for an away fixture it was agenuine case of city elites versus country battlers.

Our opponents were from grammar schools Camberwell, Ivanhoe and Mentone.Wealsoplayed against MarcellinCollege (Bulleen), Trinity College (Bulleen) and Yarra Valley Grammar, as well as Peninsula Grammar in Mount Eliza.

Perhaps travelling two hours from Kilmore to MountElizaserved as a precursor driving to Bairnsdale and Wonthaggi for football in later years.

Penleigh and EssendonGrammar School (abbreviated to PEGS) were probably our strongest opponents, and there was willing encounters across the years.

Away from sport, boarders were permitted leave provided it had been arranged and signed off, with the only stipulation they had to be back in time for church on aSundaynight

In terms of how if felt living at school, it was somewhat eerie at times, but after awhile you just got used to it. Therecertainly wasn’tthe freedom element of living at home, but at the same time, you never felt imprisoned either.

Basically it was like living in the same house as your landlord.

Behaviour

IN my experience, Iwould have to say the boys’ side of my boarding school had very much afooty club culture.

Being acountry school, and living with 30 fairly sporty blokes, anyone who didn’t fit aparticular mould wasn’t afforded much leniency.

Given the environment, anew boy could earn the respect of his peers by his exploits on the football or cricket field much quicker than anything they did academically.

Like afootball club, there was atime and aplace foreverything.Atimeto work hard, atimetojoke around and atimetorelax.

Also like afootballclub therewas just certain things you didn’t do -like showeringinyour jocks or with the curtain pulledacross.Ifyou didthat you wouldn’thavehad any jocksleft by the end of the first week.

Dobbing was the most frowned upon act within the dorm, and anyone who

gained areputation fordoing so was more or less ostracised from everyone.

There was asocial hierarchy that existed,and as you got older, you ascended higher.

When Ifirst walked in, it was acase of ‘respect your elders’; if you didn’t, you would cop whatever whacks you received on the chin -literally.Inmy early days, the Year 10s would belt us with weights and textbooks inside pillow cases.

While this might seem shocking,a few things need to be put on the table: None of thiswould everhappen in front of supervisors, and it did teach you the fine line between standing up for yourself and answering backone too manytimes -animportant skill Iwould argue in any walk of life.

All this said, it was very communal a lotofthe time, and most boarders were happy to share items such as clothes, phonechargersand sporting gear.

Basically, it worked on a‘what’s mine is yours’ principle, and as long as everything was returned within a reasonable timeframe, no one seemed to mind.

Generally, Ifound toward the end of term was when people got edgy and sick of seeing one another, having lived in each other’s pockets for 10 or so weeks

Lookingback, it is somewhat ironic to thinkhow muchwerebelled against certain rules, none of which even matter in adulthood.

For instance, all through schoolwe were told we weren’t allowed to have any facial hair, and Iwould always try and see how much we could get away with. Since Ileft school, Ihaven’t had any interest growing abeard, possibly because the thrill of pushing that boundary isn’t there anymore.

Speaking of facial hair, Iwill just say one thing about boarding school: Don’t shave your eyebrows. You do that and you are in big, big, big trouble.

Homesickness

ARGUABLY the most contentious aspect of boarding school is the thought of homesickness.

Personally, Inever suffered it in my six years, but it was always one of those things that some people handled better than others.

Again, from amaleperspective, I would say guys didn’twant to show too much emotionifthey were in fact homesick

Ican only recall three instances of people running away, and they all returned within aweek.

In each of those circumstances I think the people involved reached a point where they had just mentally checked-out and needed areset.

To helpthe settling-inperiod, we weren’t allowed any leave in the first six weeks of first term, and most people got through knowingthey were only going to be away from home for afew weeks at atime anyway.

Alot of boarders had family that

would come up for awards nightsor weredriving throughthe area, and doing something like going out for dinner would be one way to reconnect.

From memory, the message we were given was that homesickness was normal, but by the same token, going home was actually the worst thing you could do because that would just compound the issue.

The day students use to love the fact they got more daysoff because, beinga boarding school, there had to be travel time allowances for boarders to get home.

Controversies

NATURALLY, being around so many different personalities on adaily basis, tensions did occasionally boil over.

Areally big in-dorm fight happened every now and again, and they were often well-spectated.

Fights usuallybrewed fromsomething minor,but by the end,both men had got whatever they needed to get out of their system, dusted themselves off and moved on.

One of the hardest parts about boarding school was that everything aligned with the day school, so any misdemeanours committed in the dorm carried over.

For example, if an assignment wasn’t completed, the dorm had grounds to suspend you from Saturdaysport, whereas for aday student, they might just receive adetention.

As previously mentioned, being a Catholicschool, there was arequirement you had to be back in time for Mass on Sunday evening.

You didn’t have to be agenius to work outwhatfate awaited agroupoftruant

girls who sheepishly rolled in half an hour late one time, all still in their party gear from the night before.

Beingmore closely aligned with the school, you werealsoprivy to alot more politics, and closer to the rumour mill, which was always fraught with danger.

Perhaps this is what sparked my interest in journalism. Ialways wanted to know what was happening behind the scenes.

Looking back, maybe Iwas destined to be ajournalist. Certainlynot condoning this, but Iuse to sneak in and read supervisors emails in thehopes of finding astory. (Was caught red-handed once and, let’s just say, was given agood talking to).

After becoming an actual journalist, you realise your energies to find information could have probably been better served in other ways.

Backtodormitorylife,theft was unfortunately rife at times,and more oftenthan not it was money that went missing.

Unbelievably,one boy was expelled after he was found to have a1.5 metre high pile of stolen clothes in his cupboard.

Not to be outdone, during the next term break the expelled student came up againstanold boarding mate in local football -who noticed the pair of boots he was wearing were the ones he had stolen from him!

Best advice

facet.The oneswho make asuccess out of boarding are able to invest for the 10 weeksofterm and then enjoy amoral victory by going home.

Some might be surprised that Ihaven’t mentioned the mateship component yet. Alot of peoplewhenthey hear boarding school think ‘it must be good seeing your mates every day?’

Well, to apoint. Again it is like a football team,you are closer to some teammates than others.And when you retire, you probably only keep in touch with ahandful of those you play with.

It is the same as boarding school -I would only still be goodfriends with about four people Iboarded with.

My best advice for what it is worth would be, if you think you or your child has the mentalfortitude to spend an extended period of time away from home -boarding school can work.If not -don’t even bother because it will end in disaster.

If you or your child are an emotional wreck -then definitely don’tsend them to boarding school.

Boarding schools are probably alot more politically correct now compared to when Iattended, so it is likely there is more focus on mentalhealth and wellbeing.Icertainly never had that. It was pretty much sink or swim.

Above all else, students go to school to learn. From my own perspective, would Ihave received the exact same education and curriculum going to Marist Sion or Lavalla? Probably.

But, would Ihave achieved the same resultsand ATAR by studying at home without any designated study times or direct access to school resources?

Almost certainly not.

IN my humble view,while thereis no doubt boarding school is not for everyone, it can work provided certain aspects are understood from the start. To be able to see school and boarding as two separate entitiesisthe mostvital

Insight: Theauthor in hisdormroom circa2009.

by Joanne Madeline Moore

work/reputation zone With lucky Jupiter jumping through your sign (which only happens every 12 years) it’s time to be positive and confident as you sparkle and shine Your motto for the moment is from birthday great, designer Christian Dior: “Zest is the secret of all beauty There is no beauty that is attractive without zest

Taurus Mercury moves forwards which encourages you to broaden your horizons, expand your circle of influence and make positive changes (personally plus within your local community and further afield) Uranus (in Taurus) also motivates you to be more adventurous with the way you look and the personal projects you take on Draw inspiration from actress, writer and producer Geena Davis (born on January 21): “If you risk nothing, then you risk everything ”

Gemini Have you been experiencing c Gommunication problems over the last three weeks? Or have you been even more forgetful than usual? Thank goodness Mercury moves forwards from Thursday onwards On Friday the Sun joins Venus and Saturn in your travel and education zones which highlight holidays business trips and education plans Attached Twins – your sweetheart is looking to you for some perceptive advice Singles – love and adventure are linked

Cancer With Mercury moving forwards in your partnership zone, you ll feel more motivated to sort out relationship problems than at other times And you have a good chance of success – especially if you are proactive about finding solutions and are prepared to compromise But money matters could come to a head on the weekend when the Sun Venus and Saturn light up your financial zone Maybe it’s time to boost cashflow and re-design your dreams?

Leo Mercury moves forwards from Thursday, so expect gradual improvement with a work or health issue And partnerships (of the romantic and platonic variety) receive a welcome boost, as the Sun joins Venus and Saturn in your relationship zone Which increases optimism and helps you reform a rickety relationship that s been experiencing problems Setting positive new patterns of behaviour sees the union move to a more stable and satisfying level in 2023

Virgo Make sure your talent for criticism (consg tructive and otherwise) doesn’t go into overdrive, as you critique the efforts of those around you If you empathise with a frustrated friend or colleague, then it will help them to calm down and recalibrate Virgos can get stuck in a very predictable daily routine Mars and Uranus push you to broaden your horizons and take on fresh ideas and alternative points of view (especially involving education and work)

Libra Has a family relationship been going down a rocky road? Or stalling? Or even going backwards? Things start moving forward from Thursday onwards, when Mercury turns direct Which encourages you to dig deep build bridges and start communicating again You’ll have to be extra patient though, as you make the first move and are prepared to wait for long-term results Sunday is Chinese New Year when the buzzwords are rebirth and regeneration

Scorpio Mercury moves forwards (from Thursdapy) so communication, travel and relationships should start to improve But the big lesson to learn is how to diversify and delegate No-one (not even a super-effective Scorpio) is indispensable And fiery Mars is stimulating your sex and money zones so expect some dramatic developments to do with lust or loot Single?

It could be difficult to differentiate between a dream date and a disappointing dud, so tread carefully

Priority primarycare

ANEW PriorityPrimary Care Centre (PPCC) has openedatthe Warragul Specialist Centre, operatedbyCentral Clinic,aspartofthe Victorian Government’s initiative to give Victorians a free alternative to visiting abusy emergency department.

Gippsland PrimaryHealth Network (Gippsland PHN) is workinginpartnership with Central Clinic in Warragul to establish the Baw Baw PPCC.

This GP-led clinic, that opened on January 4, 2023, will be supporting West Gippsland Healthcare Group (WGHG).

Gippsland PHN acting chief executive officer, Angela Jacob, said the establishment of the PPCCs demonstrated acollaborative approach across health services to support agrowing community need.

“The PPCCs will help reduce waitingtimes in hospital emergency departments for conditions such as mild infections, fractures and burns,” Mrs Jacob said.

“Diagnostic servicesincluding pathologyand medical imaging will also be available.”

PPCC will accept bookings and walk-ins with doctors and nurses on site.

Operatinghours may differinitially, but will be expanded to be open for up to 16 hours aday, seven days aweek.

General manager of Warragul Specialist Centre, Kira Cooper, said she looked forward to partnering with WGHG.

medical carethatmay haveapositive effectinthe hospital’s emergency department.

“Thiswill give our communityanother option for non-emergency care and take the pressure off our doctorsand nurses,” Ms O’Kelly said.

Sagittarius

Proactive Mars and playful Jupitg er are visiting your romance and friendship zones, which highlights shared fun and games So it’s the perfect time to grab a loved one and attend a music concert, go camping or organise a party With Mercury moving forwards in your money zone (from Thursday onwards), don’t let fleeting whims and luxury fever get in the way of some serious financial planning Pluto demands a professional approach and a solid long-term strategy

“This project has provided an opportunity for GPs to collaboratively support theirlocal emergency department where healthcare for minor primary care type presentations can be difficult to access afterhours,” she said.

“Withasuccessful first day operatingateight hours, we look forward to stepping up the service delivery to 16 hours aday,seven days per week over the coming weeks.”

Acting chief executive of WGHG, Trish O’Kelly, said the PPCC would help the community to access

From 9January, the Baw Baw PPCC, located at 197-199Sutton Street, Warragul, will be open from 1pm-9pm, Monday to Friday, and Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 5pm.

Bookings can be made online at https://www. hotdoc.com.au/medicalcentres/warragul-VIC-3820/ baw-baw-priority-primary-care-centre/doctors or by calling 5642 6666, walk-ins are also accepted.

Operatinghours maychange and will be updated regularly on the Better Health Channel website at https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/ priority-primary-care-centres-ppccs

Capricorn

Fiery Mars is visiting your work zone, which boosts your ambitious streak You’re keen to get ahead but don’t trample over others on your climb to the top! Aim to get the balance right between your personal and professional lives Relationships look complicated, as passion is combined with power plays and romantic feelings are unpredictable Capricorn birthday great Dolly Parton observes: “If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain ”

Aquarius Have you been feeling like a tired q , antiquated Aquarian? It s time for a fresh start! Mercury moves forwards from Thursday the Sun shifts into your sign on Friday, and then it’s Chinese New Year on Sunday So this week is all about letting go of the past, setting ambitious new goals and planning exciting beginnings Be inspired by birthday great Dolly Parton (who turns 77 on Thursday): “If you don’t like the road you ’ re walking, start paving another one ” Pisces With the Sun joining Venus and Saturn in your humanitarian zone, it’s time to step up and give back So your motto for the week is from birthday great Muhammad Ali: “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth ” You also require plenty of rest and privacy, as you enjoy some special solo time Solitude is soul food for you at the moment and activities like meditation contemplation, yoga and journal writing are all favoured

2023

CopyrightJoanne Madeline Moore

GIPPSLAND Primary HealthNetworkhas launched aclimate change adaption strategy to to highlightwhatitsees as the connectionbetween health and climate change.

The strategyendorses reportsthatargue the healthimpacts of climate change are “overwhelmingly negative”and that reducing emissions of greenhouse gases will improve health outcomes, particularly if air pollution is reduced.

The research argues that extreme heat exacerbates pollution, pollen and other airborneallergen levels, whichhaveabad impactoncardiovascular and respiratory disease, trigger asthma and contribute to deaths in the elderly population.

Gippsland PHN acting chief executive officer, Angela Jacob, said the organisation was challenged by its community advisory committee to develop apositionstatementand takealeadership role in adaptation.

Mrs Jacob said any extreme weather events and natural disasters drivenbyclimatechange would increasinglydefine the work of PHNs as they were recognised as the logical coordinators of primary careemergencyresponseactivities in theirregions.

The strategy’s climate action plan is divided into actions relating to leadership, mitigation and resilience, with objectives and actions aligned to Gippsland PHN’s strategic plan.

These include to:  Encourage development of initiatives that reduce the reliance on hospital care;  Understand, articulate and advocate for the impact of climate change on health;  Have aseat at the table for Commonwealth,

State and local disaster preparedness, response and recovery;

 Understand the social implications of climate change for inequality;

 Develop aprovider workforce with knowledge and skills to address climate-related issues; and  Support mental and physical wellbeing of those affected by more severe and frequent disasters.

Mrs Jacob thanked Baw Baw Sustainability Network, Healthy Futures and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) for their input and feedback into the strategy.

“Monitoring and evaluationofthe Gippsland PHN climate action strategy will occur under the governance of the Gippsland PHN board of directors and progress against the action plan will be reported to the board quarterly,” she said.

The Gippsland PHN climate change adaption strategycan be read under the ‘reports’ section, at https://gphn.org.au/resources/

Gippsland PHN is offeringgrantsofupto$1000 to 22 Gippsland general practices to undertake an energy assessment that will allow themtomeasure their climate impacts and take positive action to mitigate against climate change.

Supporting general practices to reduce their carbon footprint as well as undertaking sustainable initiatives forms part of Gippsland PHN’s climate change adaption strategy.

General practices who want to apply or seek more information can email info@gphn.org.au

Open forbusiness: At the openingofthe Baw BawPPCC;sitecoordinator, Melinda Fawcett, registered nurse, JulieBeasleyand GP,Dr Kethees Ketheeswaran. photograph supplied

MONTY DON’S ADRIATIC GARDENS ABC TV,Friday, 7.30pm

Elegantand engaging,Britishgardener Monty Don (pictured) has a manner.His screen presence is intoxicating –isitthe curly hair,the l his smooth voice? –but it’s only fair to concede that it’snomatch fo travel shows, which is uniformly magnificent.Inthis new three-part tonight,the plant loverand cultureconnoisseur invites us on afasci as he explores the influence that the Venetians have had on horticu centuriespastthrough to the present day.Preparetoloseyourself i as he begins in Venice, visiting lush gardens along the Grand Canal. L episodes head to the picturesque coastlines of Croatia and Greece.

JAMIE OLIVER:TOGETHER

10, Saturday, 6.30pm

With Jamie Oliver (pictured), it’sabout morethan justthe recipe: he’s peddlinganidyllic,laid-back and good-looking lifestyle.The veteran British chef andcookbook author dishes up simple and colourful fare that looksmouth-watering,but the world he inhabits is justasintoxicating.Inthis new series, scenes of friends and family relaxing and eating at an effortlessly styled table hit all the right aspirational notes. Tonight,Oliverwhips up agorgeous spread that’ the perfect waytosay thank youtothose youlove.The summery feastincludes aMediterranean salmon centrepiece, servedwith lem potatoes,garlic-roasted tomatoes and followed by aunique summe pudding.It’sall washed downwithstrawberryand prosecco cockta

LUCY WORSLEY:AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERY QUEEN ABCTVPlus, Sunday,8.30pm

Agatha Christie led alifeasintriguing as her work. Historian Lucy Worsley (pictured) discovers the origins of Christie’s storytelling magic through the compelling characters and secrets of the author’s life. After looking at the littlegirlwiththe “unsettling imagination”and the troublesofher early adult life, in part three, Worsley examinesChristie’s laterlifeand discovers how the turbule change of the’30s and ’40s ushered in the golden age of her writin Christie penned someofher mostfamous works during thistime, including MurderontheOrientExpress.Worsley explores how Chri happiness and global celebrity,but stillremainedthe anonymous ob

Wednesday, January 18

ABC TV (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Monty Don’s American Gardens. (R) 11.00 The Best Of Back Roads. (PG,R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Brian

Cox: Life Of AUniverse.(R) 1.50 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 2.45 BackRoads. (R) 3.15 Gardening Australia. (R)

4.15 Long Lost Family (PG, R)

5.00 Australian Story. (R)

5.30 HardQuiz. (PG, R)

SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Peer To Peer.(PG) 10.05 Beyond TheBeatenPath. 11.00 Great Canal Journeys (R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir 1.00 PBS NewsHour 2.00 The World’sGreatest Palaces. (PGav,R) 2.50 Great Asian Railway Journeys.(R) 4.00 Who Do YouThink You Are? (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Britain’s Beautiful Rivers: Derwent. (R) Part 4of4 8.30 Britain’sSecretIslands. (PG,R)Part 4of4 9.25 TokyoVice. (MA15+) Jake’s tip leads to abusted raid 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Dignity (MA15+av) 11.50 The Night Manager.(Mv,R) 12.40 Shadow Lines. (Ma, R) 3.10 TheLateSession. (PG, R) 4.05 Destination Flavour China. (PG, R) 4.35 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe WorldTonight.

SEVEN (7,6)

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PICK OF THE WEEK

GHOSTS

10, Monday, 8 45pm

Young couple Sam (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) are trying to turn the somewhat ramshackle country house they inherited into a successful B&B After a near-death experience Sam can see and hear the many ghosts who inhabit the house so the couple always have some spirited helpers to call on In this episode, feisty jazz singer Albertas (Danielle Pinnock) Prohibition-era expertise comes in handy when Sam and Jay run into complications during a whiskey tasting soiree

TEN (10, 5) NINE (9,8)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.(PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Harum Scarum. (1965,G,R) 2.00 BorderSecurity: International. (PG, R) 2.30 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChaseAustralia. (R)

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home AndAway. (PGav) 7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 46 Perth Scorchers vHobart Hurricanes. From Optus Stadium, Perth. 11.30 CrimeInvestigation Australia: Hero To Hit Man –Lindsey Rose. (MA15+av,R)Takes alook at Lindsey Rose oneofAustralia’s most infamous killers, who wasconvicted of fivemurders. 12.45 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Stage 1. Highlights. 2.00 Home Shopping (R) 4.00 NBCToday. News and current affairs 5.00 SevenEarly News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sportand weather

6.00 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport,politics,entertainment, fashion, health andlifestyle.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Reviews, previews, interviews, highlightsand opinions from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 3. From MelbournePark.Hosted by Tony Jones and RozKelly

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 3. 12.00 NewAmsterdam. (Mamv,R) Iggypushes back on anew system. 1.00 Destination Australia:Lord Howe Island. (PG, R) Presented by TrevorCochrane and Diana Hills 1.30 TV Shop:Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop (R) Home shopping. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)Religious program 4.30 Bondi LifeguardWorld Adventures: RedCentre Adventure Pt 1. (PG, R) The boys head to Alice Springs. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 7.30 GCBC. (R) 8.00 Everyday GourmetWith Justine Schofield. (R) 8.30 Entertainment Tonight.(R) 9.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.30 The Bold And TheBeautiful (R) 10.00 Studio 10.(PG) 12.00 10 News

First: Midday 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 2.00 The Bachelors Australia. (PGls, R) 3.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The BoldAnd TheBeautiful. (PGa) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 TheProject Special guest is Sam Worthington. 7.30 TheBachelorsAustralia. (PGls) Hosted by OsherGünsberg. 8.45 Fire Country (PGav) After Bode requests to be transferred to adifferent city,his future in Edgewater hangs in the balance. 9.45 Bull. (PGa,R)Bull representsaclient in federal courtwho has been accused of stealing critical disease research. 11.30 TheProject (R) 12.30 TheLateShowWith Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

(2018,M)

HistoryX.(1998)

(1991, MA15+)

(2020,M,Korean)

Festival (2019,MA15+)

American Pickers. 10.00 AmericanRestoration. 10.30 Pawn Stars. 11.00 Cricket. Women’s OneDay International Series. Australia vPakistan. Game 2. Morningsession. 2.30pm Cricket. Women’s One DayInternational Series. Australia vPakistan. Game 2. Afternoonsession 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Highway Cops. 9.30 Police StrikeForce. 10.30 Surveillance Oz. 11.30 Crash Investigation Unit. Midnight Esports. LPL Pro 2.00

All that jazz: Danielle Pinnock plays lounge singer Alberta in Ghosts

Thursday, January 19

ABC (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 10.30

That PacificSports Show.(R) 11.00 The Great AustralianBee Challenge. (R) 12.00 ABC News

At Noon. 1.00 Anatomy Of AStringQuartet. (R) 1.50 Call TheMidwife. (PG,R) 2.45 Back Roads.(PG,R) 3.15 Gardening Australia.(R) 4.15 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 5.00 Australian Story. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00

OldPeople’sHome

ForTeenagers. (PG,R)

7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30

8.00 YouCan’t Ask That: Adult Virgins. (Ms, R) Adults who are virgins share theirstories

8.35 Grand Designs: House Of TheYear: Materials And Craftmanship (PG, R) Part 4of4

9.20 ALifeInTen Pictures: Elizabeth Taylor. (Ml, R) Takes alook at ElizabethTaylor’s life

10.15 Movin’ToThe Country. (R) 10.45 ABC LateNews

11.00 Love On TheSpectrum. (PG,R)

11.55 Under Cover. (PG, R) 12.55 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 1.40 TheTrouble With Maggie Cole. (Ma, R) 2.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 One Plus One. (R) 4.30 ThinkTank. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Peer To Peer.(PG) 10.05 Beyond The Beaten Path 11.05 Great Canal Journeys. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBSNewsHour 2.00 The World’sGreatest Palaces. (PGav R) 2.50 Great Asian RailwayJourneys. (PG, R) 4.00 Who Do YouThink YouAre? (PGal,R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS WorldNews.

7.35 World’sMostScenic Railway Journeys. (R) Highlights from the World’sMostScenicRailwayJourneys focusing on luxury rail routes.

8.30 OurLaw (M) As the cadets make big decisions, the force farewells one of itsfinest FirstNations officers.

9.40 WarOfThe Worlds. (MA15+av) Catherinereachesout to Richard with vital information about the black hole.

10.35 SBS WorldNewsLate.

11.05 L’Opera. (Madls)Zoe gets readytoleavethe Opera.

12.05 Miniseries: TheVictim. (Mav,R)

4.25 Destination Flavour China (R)

4.55 Destination Flavour:Japan Bitesize.(R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30

ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The MorningShow.(PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews. 12.00 MOVIE: Speedway (1968,PGs,R) 2.00 Border Security: International. (PG,R) 2.30 Beach Cops (PG, R) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia. (R)

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Home AndAway. (PGav)

7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 47 SydneyThunder vMelbourne Renegades From Manuka Oval, Canberra.

11.00 Ambulance: Code Red. (Ma, R) Critical care paramedic Roband Dr Adam fight to savethe life of aboy who has been stabbed in the street.

12.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under Stage 2. Brighton to Victor Harbor.154.8km. Highlights.From SouthAustralia.

1.00 TheGood Doctor (Ma, R) Audrey Shaun and Morgan treat an athlete who is suffering from severe swelling [VIC]HomeShopping.

4.00 NBCToday News and current affairs.

5.00 SevenEarly News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sportand weather.

TEN (10, 5) NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Today. The latest in news and current affairs.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Reviews, previews, interviews, highlights and opinions from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open Day 4. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by Tony Jonesand Roz Kelly

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 4. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by James Bracey 12.00 NewAmsterdam. (Mamv, R) Maxjourneys to Connecticut to bring Luna back. Bloom takes action to ensure her staff feel safe at work.

1.00 HelloSA. (PG, R) Revisits some guided tours.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R) Homeshopping.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa) Religious program.

4.30 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures: RedCentre Adventure Pt 2. (PG, R) The boys continue their adventure.

5.00 NewsEarly Edition.

5.30 Today. The latest in news and current affairs.

6.00 The Talk.(PGa) 7.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 7.30 GCBC. (R) 8.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 8.30 Ent. Tonight. (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. (PGa, R) 2.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGls, R) 3.15 Ent.Tonight 3.30 Judge Judy (PG,R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 News.

6.30 TheProject. Waleed Aly,Sarah Harris and SamTaunton takealook at the day’snews, events and hot topics.

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Ma,R)A call comesinfor awoman who has fallen off her balcony while tryingtoretrieve her friend’scat

8.30 Law&Order: SVU. (Mav) Agroup of teens terrorising tourists has theSVU squadworking overtime when Chief McGrath teams them up with the Bronx gang unit to track downthe perps Rollins struggles on her returntowork.

10.30 NCIS: LosAngeles. (Mv, R) Apair of architects are kidnapped.

11.30 TheProject. (R) Alook at the day’snews and events.

12.30 TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late-night talk show

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings.

ABC COMEDY (22)

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.30pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 QI 8.30 Penn &Teller: Fool Us. 9.10 Gruen. 9.50 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL 10.20 Doctor Who. 11.10 Would ILie To You? 11.45 LiveAtThe Apollo 12.30am LouisTheroux: Altered States. 1.30 Friday Night Dinner 1.55 Everything’sGonnaBeOkay 2.15 ABC News Update. 2.20 Close. 5.05 Tik Tak. 5.10 Clangers. 5.20 Buddi. 5.25 Late Programs.

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 ShortlandSt. 11.00 The Movie Show 12.05pm MOVIE: The Big Squeeze. (2021, M) 1.20 Why Does Everyone Hate TheEnglish? 2.20 Life AfterPeople. 3.15 WorldWatch. 5.15 Takeshi’sCastle. 5.45 JoyOf Painting 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.40 8Out Of 10 Cats DoesCountdown. 8.30 TheCurse Of OakIsland. 10.10 Policing In America. 11.00 The UnXplained. 11.50 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm ShortlandSt. 2.30 The CookUp. 3.00 Jarjums 3.25 RedDirt Riders. 3.40 Wolf Joe. 3.55 Tales Of TheMoana. 4.00 Thalu. 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 Land Of Primates. 7.30 Going PlacesWith Ernie Dingo 8.00 Strait ToThe Plate 8.30 OurLaw 9.45 MOVIE: MadBastards. (2010, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

6am The Movie Show 6.25 Belle And Sebastian3.(2017,PG, French) 8.05 The PerfectCandidate. (2019,PG, Arabic) 10.00 Kursk. (2018, M) 12.10pm TheSkin Of Others. (2020, M) 2.00 On AClear Day.(2005, PG) 3.50 The Band’sVisit. (2007, PG, Arabic) 5.25 55 Steps. (2017, PG) 7.30 Hilary And Jackie. (1998 M) 9.45 The JusticeOfBunny King. (2021) 11.40 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62)

6am Home Shopping. 6.30 EscapeToThe Country 7.30 OurTown. 8.00 Harry’sPractice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today Noon Cycling. SantosTour DownUnder Stage 2. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Kavanagh QC. 10.15 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.15 Medical Emergency 11.45 Surf Patrol. 12.15am Father Brown. 1.30 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Highway Patrol. 1.00 Surveillance Oz. 2.00 Irish Pickers. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator 3.30 Scrap Kings. 4.30 Demolition NZ. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Cricket. BigBashLeague. Game 47.Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades. 7.30 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: The Last BoyScout.(1991,MA15+) 10.40 Late Programs.

9GEM (92,81)

6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 4. 6pm Tennis.Australian Open. Night 4. 11.00 Major Crimes. Midnight House. 1.00 TV Shop: HomeShopping. 4.30 JoyceMeyer 5.00 TV Shop: HomeShopping.

9GO! (93, 82)

6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Filthy House SOS. 1.00 America’s TopDog. 2.00 Full House 3.00 The Nanny 3.30 3rdRock. 4.00 That ’70s Show 4.30 Raymond 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 Tennis. Austn Open. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 MOVIE: Wayne’s World. (1992 PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Blockers. (2018, MA15+) 11.30

Young Sheldon Midnight Married To Medicine Los Angeles. 1.00 Dash Dolls 2.00 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52)

6am The LateShow

With Stephen Colbert 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Becker 9.00 The KingOfQueens 10.00 Friends. 10.30

TheMiddle. Noon TheBig Bang Theory 1.00 Frasier 2.00 Becker 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker 5.00 Frasier 6.00 Friends. 8.00 TheBig BangTheory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Frasier Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

6am Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 8.30 Roads Less Travelled. 9.00 Escape Fishing. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 The Love Boat 11.00 StarTrek: The Next Generation. Noon MacGyver 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 JAG 6.30 Scorpion. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.30 NCIS: NewOrleans. 10.30 SEAL Team. 11.30 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12, 53)

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Better HomesAnd Gardens Summer. Johanna Griggs meets Colleen, an artist who createspaper sculptures. 8.30 MOVIE: TheSoundOfMusic (1965,G,R)Onthe eveofWorld WarII, anovice nun becomes agoverness to alarge Austrian family.Her enthusiasm quickly wins over the children, reigniting theirstern single father’s zest forlife and love.JulieAndrews, Christopher Plummer,Eleanor Parker 12.05 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under.Stage 3. Highlights. 1.00[VIC]HomeShopping. 1.05 TheGood Doctor (Ma, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBCToday

6.00 Today. The latest in news and current affairs. 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Reviews, previews, interviews, highlights and opinions from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 5.

From Melbourne Park. Hosted

6.30

7.30

9.30

teachers who get into trouble hiking in the park.

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9GO! (93, 82)

3.00 Late Programs.

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Saturday, January 21

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 WeekendBreakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABCNewsAtNoon.

12.30 Endeavour (Masv, R)

2.00 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R)

3.30 Death In Paradise. (Final, PG, R)

4.30 Going Country. (R) Part 2of2

5.25 Australia’s Favourite Tree. (R) Part 2of2

6.30 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery: ShaneGould. (PG, R) JuliaZemiro spends time with Shane Gould.

7.00 ABCNews. Takesalook at today’stop stories.

7.30 Call TheMidwife. (Ma) Nancy tacklesthe plight of meths drinkers living rough in Poplar.The Order celebrates amilestone birthday

8.30 Midsomer Murders. (Mv,R) Barnaby and Winter investigate when akiller strikes duringamurder mystery weekend, claiming thelifeofthe guest of honour,the aging patriarch of the Karras family,atHulton Manor 10.00 Unforgotten. (Mal, R) Cassie and Sunny interview the suspects.

10.50 ALife In TenPictures: Amy Winehouse. (Madl, R) Takesalook at thelife of Amy Winehouse 11.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 DestinationFlavour

China Bitesize. (R) 9.10 BlueWater Safari.(PG)

10.05 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 11.00 Paul

O’Grady ForThe Love Of Dogs: India. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Figure Skating.ISU Grand Prix. Round6.Grand Prix of Espoo.Highlights 4.00 Fading Sands. (PGa, R) 4.40 World’s

Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (R) 5.30 WWII Battles ForEurope. (PGaw,R)

6.30 SBS WorldNews.

7.35 ChrisTarrant’sExtreme

Railway Journeys: TheEastern Express. (PG, R) Chris Tarrant travels from Istanbul to Kars.

8.30 LegendaryCastles: HautKoenigsbourg. (R) Part 2of2 Takesa look at Haut-Koenigsbourg, acastle in Alsace,France

9.30 Britain By Beach.

(PGa, R) Part 2of4

10.25 GreatEscapes With Morgan Freeman: El Chapo (Mad, R)

11.15 Miniseries: Four Lives (Mal, R)

2.30 MOVIE: DallasBuyers Club.(2013, MA15+ds, R) Matthew McConaughey,Jared Leto,Jennifer Garner 4.30 Destination FlavourChina.(R) 5.00 NHK World English NewsMorning. 5.15 France24Feature. 5.30

ANC Philippines The WorldTonight

SEVEN (7,6)

6.00 NBCToday [VIC]HomeShopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Royal RandwickRaceDay,Summer At The Valleyand Saturday Raceday. 5.00 SevenNewsAt5

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

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Border Security:Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Awoman acting suspiciously is stopped at the border and officers are shocked by what she’s hiding.

7.30 MOVIE: Pirates Of TheCaribbean: TheCurseOfThe BlackPearl. (2003, Mhv,R)A young man joins forces with an infamous pirate to rescue the daughter of alocal governor.Johnny Depp,Orlando Bloom, KeiraKnightley

10.25 MOVIE: Bastille Day (2016, Mlnv,R) A pickpocket is thrust into aconspiracy Idris Elba, RichardMadden 12.15 Cycling Santos Tour Down Under.Stage 4. Highlights. 1.15 TheGood Doctor (Ma, R) 1.30[VIC]HomeShopping. 4.00 GetArty. (R) 5.00 My Greek Odyssey: Tilos And Symi. (PG, R)

TEN (10, 5) NINE (9, 8)

6.00 DriveTV. (R)

6.30 Bondi Lifeguard World

Adventures: Cairns To Cape Pt 1. (PG, R) The boys head to Cape York. 7.00 Weekend Today. News, current affairs and sports.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Hosted by Tony Jones. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day6

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 6. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by James Bracey 12.00 NewAmsterdam. (Mamv, R) Maxisona mission to stop systemic racisminNew Amsterdam. Sharpe is overwhelmed by family matters Reynolds has to treat afather and son.

1.00 HelloSA. (PG, R) Takesalookat South Australia’s wineries, some of which are among the best in the world 1.30 Drive TV (R) Tips on exploring the Great Ocean Road,one of the world’sgreatest driving destinations.

2.00 TheIncredibleJourney Presents. (PGa) Religious program.

2.30 TV Shop:Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop (R) Home shopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG) Acelebration of people andorganisations.

6.00 MorningPrograms. 7.30 Escape Fishing (R) 8.00 Exploring Off TheGrid. (R) 8.30

What’sUpDownUnder.(R) 9.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 9.30 GCBC. (R) 10.00 St10.(PG) 12.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 1.00 Offroad Adv (PG, R) 2.00 All 4Adventure. (PGl, R) 3.00 PlanetShapers. (R) 3.30 Cook It With Luke. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 4.30 Taste Of Aust. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGal,R)Sam tries adaring moveduring arescue.

6.30 Jamie Oliver: Together British chef Jamie Oliver prepares athank you feast featuringaside of salmon.

7.30 NCIS: LosAngeles. (Ma) Aiden Hanna’s plane crashes and he is accused of being at fault forthe accident

8.30 FBI: International. (Mv) Jamie accuses Forrester of being overprotectivewhen the team suspects Russian involvement in the death of an Americanjournalist whowas trying to meet an anonymous source in Poland.

10.30 NCIS. (Mdv,R)Gibbs and Fornell pursue adrug dealer

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30[VIC]Infomercials.(PG,R) 4.00[VIC]HomeShopping.(R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 6.30pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 8.10 Live At The Apollo 8.55 Melbourne Comedy FestivalAllstars Supershow 9.55 TheSet 10.35 Doctor Who 11.25 Would ILie To You? 11.55 Staged. 12.20am Bliss. 12.45 Wreck. 1.35 Fleabag. 2.00 QI. 2.35 ABC News Update. 2.40 Close

NITV (34)

6am MorningPrograms. 12.15pm Land Of Primates. 1.05 GoingPlaces. 2.05 Firekeepers Of Kakadu 2.25 BoyNomad. 2.50 Wiyi Yani UThangani. 3.00 Bamay 3.30 Dance Rites. 4.50 Intune08: Neil Murray And Shaz Lane. 5.50 Going Native. 6.20 Kriol Kitchen. 6.50 News. 7.00 Family Rules. 7.30 Stay At Home Animal Dads. 8.30 MOVIE: Toomelah.(2011,MA15+) 10.15 Songlines. 10.55 Late Programs.

Sunday, January22

ABC TV (2)

SBS VICELAND (31)

6am

WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon DaveGorman: Terms AndConditions Apply 12.55 American Song Contest. 2.35 WorldWatch. 4.35 Mastermind Aust. 5.40 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 6.35 AdamEats The 80s. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.35 The LastOverland: Singapore To London. 9.30

SBS

6am The

Perfect Candidate. (2019,PG, Arabic) 7.55 All At Sea. (2010,PG) 9.30 Howard Lovecraft. (2016,PG) 11.05 Kodachrome. (2017) 1.05pm TheJustice Of Bunny King.(2021) 3.00 55 Steps. (2017,PG) 5.05 Sun Children. (2020, PG, Farsi) 6.50 Good Night And Good Luck. (2005, PG) 8.30 Six MinutesTo Midnight. (2020) 10.25 NorwegianWood.(2010, Japanese) 12.50am Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62)

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 12.30pm Cycling Santos Tour Down Under.Stage 4. 4.00 Escape To The Country 5.00 Horse Racing. Royal Randwick Race Day,Summer At The Valley andSaturday Raceday. 6.00 Border Security:Int 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country 9.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 10.30 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (73,64)

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Cricket. Women’s One Day International Series. Australia vPakistan. Game 3. Morning session. 2.30pm Cricket. Women’s One Day International Series. Australia vPakistan. Game 3. Afternoon session. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 6.30 Building Giants. 7.30 Air Crash Investigation. 8.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Mighty Ships. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92,81)

6am Turning Point With Dr David Jeremiah. 6.30 TV Shop: HomeShopping 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 8.00 Beyond Today 8.30 TV Shop: HomeShopping. 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show 11.00 Tennis. AustralianOpen. Day6 6pm Tennis.Australian Open.Night 6. 11.00 Major Crimes Midnight House 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

9GO! (93, 82)

6am Children’s Programs.

1pm MOVIE: Barbie And ChelseaThe Lost Birthday (2021) 2.15 Children’s Programs. 2.25 Motor Racing. Formula EC’ship.Mexico CityePrix.H’lights. 3.30 MOVIE: Getting Even WithDad. (1994, PG) 5.30 About ABoy 6.00 Tennis. Austn Open. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 MOVIE: Jack Reacher.(2012,M) 10.05 MOVIE: Collateral. (2004,MA15+) 12.30am Late Programs.

6am The LateShow With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The KingOfQueens 8.00 Frasier 9.00 Becker 10.00 Friends. 11.45

6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. 10.00 The LoveBoat 11.00 All 4Adventure Noon What’sUp Down Under 12.30 Exploring Off The Grid. 1.00 4x4Adventures. 2.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. 2.30 Escape Fishing. 3.00 ST:NextGen 4.00 Scorpion. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Soccer.A-League Men.Matchweek 13.Brisbane Roar vMelbourne City. 10.15 MacGyver. 11.10 Late Programs.

TEN (10, 5) NINE (9,8) 6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline: Summer Series.(R) 1.00 Movin’ToThe Country. (R) 1.30 MontyDon’s Adriatic Gardens. (R) 2.30 Call The Midwife. (PG,R) 3.30 Victoria. (PG, R) 4.15 Grand Designs: House Of The Year.(PG, R) 5.05 Great Barrier Reef:The Next Generation. (PG, R)

SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Blue WaterSafari. (PGa) 10.10 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 11.05 Paul O’Grady ForThe LoveOfAnimals. (Premiere) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Figure Skating.ISU Grand Prix. Round 6. Grand Prix of Espoo.Highlights. 4.30 Lucknow.(PG, R) 4.40 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. (PGa, R) 5.30 WWIIBattles ForEurope.(PGaw,R)

SEVEN (7,6)

6.00 NBCToday [VIC]HomeShopping. 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 TheMorning Show:Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Tour De Cure 2022. (PGa) 1.00 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 1.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game51. Brisbane Heatv Melbourne Stars. From the Gabba, Brisbane. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security:Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Nine News Sunday. 7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 7. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by James Bracey 12.00 NewAmsterdam. (Mamv, R) It’sNationalHIV TestingDay and Max has offered free care to all HIV+patients. Bloom and Reynolds butt heads over their opposing bedside manners. Iggy eagerlyawaits the return of afriend.

1.00 DriveTV. (PG, R) James Ward heads to the Pyreneesregion of Victoria for ahistory lesson in the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa)Religious program 4.30 Take Two. (R) Homeshopping. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today. Thelatestinnews and current affairs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 8.30 Freshly Picked. (R) 9.00 GCBC. (R) 9.30 DestinationDessert. (R) 10.00 St10.(PG) 12.00 The Bachelors Aust. (PGls, R) 1.15 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.30 Luxury Escapes. (R) 2.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. (PGa, R) 2.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (PGl)

3.00 4x4 Adventures. 4.00 All 4Adventure. 5.00 News.

6.30 TheSunday Project. Alook at theday’snews. 7.30 TheBachelors Australia. (PGl) Tash is back and ready to re-enter the mansion leaving Jedwith abig decision to make. 8.40 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv,R)Kai goes undercoverinone of Hawaii’soldest surf gangs after apetty officer,who was trying to help wayward kids find anew path by joining the US Marines, is found murdered in the parking lot of astadium.

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show Noon The Family Law. 3.00 WorldWatch 3.30 Insight 4.30 MOVIE: MasterCheng:ASpice ForLife. (2019,PG) 6.35 China’s New Silk Road: Yiwu To Madrid. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 Lost Gold Of World WarII. 9.20 MOVIE: The DonutKing. (2020) 11.10 WWE Legends. 12.45am Detective Chinatown. 3.00 Late Programs. 6am Children’s Programs. 6.30pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 You Can’t Ask That. 8.30 LucyWorsley:AgathaChristie Mystery Queen. 9.35 LouisTheroux: Gambling In LasVegas. 10.35 Auschwitz Untold: In Colour 11.45 Rise Of The Animals. 12.45am Long Lost Family 1.25 George Clarke’sAmazing Spaces. 2.20 ABC NewsUpdate. 2.25 Close. 5.05 Tik Tak. 5.10 Clangers. 5.20 Buddi. 5.25 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Good Night,And Good Luck.Continued. (2005, PG) 7.05 Traffic. (1971, French) 8.55 BelleAnd Sebastian 2. (2015, PG, French) 10.45 Mud.(2013,M) 1.05pm It

SBS VICELAND (31)

10 PEACH (11, 52)

6am Friends. 8.00 The Middle. 9.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Friends. 1pm TwoAnd AHalf Men. 2.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 16.South East Melbourne Phoenix vPerth Wildcats. 4.00 Basketball. NBL.Round 16.Sydney Kings vNew Zealand Breakers. 6.00 The BigBang Theory 9.00 Friends. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 NancyDrew 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 TwoAnd A Half Men. 4.30 Home Shopping.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 10 BOLD (12, 53)

Must Be Heaven. (2019,M,French) 3.00 All At Sea. (2010, PG) 4.35 Howard Lovecraft. (2016,PG) 6.10 The World’sFastest Indian. (2005,PG) 8.30 The Father. (2020,M) 10.20 Better Days.(2019, MA15+, Mandarin) 12.50am Late Programs. 6am Morning

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ABCTV (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Muster Dogs. (R) 11.00

AntiquesRoadshow.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Vera.(Mv,R)

2.40 Back Roads. (R)

3.10 Gardening Australia. (R)

4.10 Long Lost Family (PG, R)

5.00 Australian Story. (R)

5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 TheDrum.

7.00 ABCNews.

7.30 7.30 Presented by LauraTingle.

8.00 Back Roads: Quilpie, Queensland. (PG) Hosted by HeatherEwart

8.30 Bradman AndTendulkar Takesa look at the lives of two of cricket’sgreatest players, Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar

9.30 ALifeInTen Pictures: Muhammad Ali (PG, R) Explores thelife of Muhammad Ali

10.25 Our Brain: Happier (PG, R)

11.20 ABC LateNews.

11.35 Midsomer Murders. (Mv,R)

1.05 Father Brown. (PG, R) 1.50 TheTrouble With Maggie Cole. (Ml, R) 2.40 Everyone’s A Critic. (PG,R) 4.00 One Plus One. (R) 4.30 TheDrum. (R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.15 CraftItYourself (Premiere) 10.15 Beyond The Beaten Path. (M) 11.10 Great Canal Journeys.(PGa, R) 12.05 WorldWatch. 2.00 CookUpBitesize. (R) 2.05 The Great HouseRevival. (PGav,R) 3.05 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.00 Who Do YouThink YouAre? (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters AndNumbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

(R) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS WorldNews

7.35 DarceyBussell’sRoyalRoadtrip: TheScottish Highlands. Part 1of4

8.30 Heritage Rescue: Blenheim Palace. (PG) Part 4of5.Nick Knowles heads to Blenheim Palace, thehome of WinstonChurchill ceiling.

9.25 Secrets Of Playboy: The Corporate Game. (MA15+)

Playmate Miki Garcia andBunny Mother PJ Masten reveal the rampant sexual harassment they faced.

10.15 SBS WorldNewsLate.

10.45 Partisan. (Return, Malv) Authorities investigate amurder 11.45 Shadowplay. (MA15+v,R)

4.00 DestinationFlavourChina. (PGaw,R)

5.00 NHK World EnglishNewsMorning 5.30

ANC PhilippinesThe WorldTonight

SEVEN (7,6) TEN (10, 5) NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show (PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00

MOVIE: What AGirlWants. (2003, G, R) Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston. 2.15 Surveillance Oz Dashcam. (PG, R) 2.30 Border Security:International. (PG, R) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia. (R)

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Home And Away (PGav)

7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 53 HobartHurricanesv Sydney Sixers. From Blundstone Arena, Hobart. 11.00 TheSpin. Takesa look into the worldofcricket.

11.30 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) Footage of headline-grabbing moments.

12.30 Australia’s Most Amazing Homes: Incredible Conversions. (PG, R) Experts tryto find Australia’s best homes. [VIC]HomeShopping.

1.30 Harry’s Practice (R) Informationabout petcare. 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBCToday News and current affairs. 5.00 SevenEarly News. 5.30 Sunrise

6.00 Today. Thelatest in news and current affairs.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Reviews, previews, interviews, highlights and opinions from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 8. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by Tony Jonesand Roz Kelly

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 8. From Melbourne Park. Hosted by James Bracey 12.00 NewAmsterdam. (Mamv, R) Maxisforcedtoexamine theinequities faced by women of colour in childbirth.

1.00 It’sAll Greek To Me Georgejoins Arthur to prepare souvla on the home built spit and takea walk around Arthur’s garden.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R) Homeshopping.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa) Religious program.

4.30 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures: Hawaii OceanPaddle Pt 1. (PGl, R) Thelifeguards head to Hawaii.

5.00 NewsEarly Edition.

5.30 Today. The latestinnews and current affairs.

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

6.30 TheProject Alook at the day’snews andevents

7.30 TheBachelors Australia. (PGls) Thebachelors arereminded they are nearingthe endoftheir romantic journey 8.45 Ghosts. (PGa) Alberta’s expertise from her past comesinhandywhen Sam and Jay run into complications duringtheir whiskey tasting soiree. Trevordevises aghost fraternity,which inspires arevelation fromIsaac’spast.

9.15 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mv) Three prosecutors are assassinated outside abar in asmallArkansas town.

11.05 TheProject. (R) Alook at the day’snews and events.

12.05 TheLate ShowWithStephen Colbert (PG) Late-night talk show 1.00 HomeShopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 6.30pm Spicks And Specks. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Rise Of Animals. 8.30 Long Lost Family 9.15 GeorgeClarke’sAmazingChristmas Spaces. 10.05 AustraliaRemastered 11.05 Lucy Worsley:Agatha ChristieMystery Queen. 12.05am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.20 Veneno 1.05 Auschwitz Untold: In Colour 2.20 ABC News Update. 2.25 Close 5.05 Late Programs.

Cook Up 3.00

4.00 Thalu. 4.30

And The

Spartakus

Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6am WorldWatch.

6.50 The77Percent. 7.20 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon VICE. 1.40 The New York Times Presents: The Weekly 2.10 Devoured. 3.00 LifeAfter People 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.15 Shortland St. 5.45 JoyOf Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Hypothetical. (Final) 10.20 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.05 Sun Children. (2020, PG, Farsi) 10.50 Zana.(2019,M,Albanian) 12.40pm Six Minutes To Midnight.(2020) 2.30 Good Night,And Good Luck. (2005, PG) 4.15 Traffic. (1971,French) 6.05 The Extraordinary JourneyOfThe Fakir (2018,PG) 7.55 LookingFor Jackie Chan.(2009 M, Mandarin) 9.30 Drunken Master.(1978,M Cantonese) 11.35 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer Noon Emmerdale 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 Air Crash Investigation. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Medical Emergency. 4.00 Surf Patrol. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Late Programs.

6am MorningPrograms. 1.30pm Armchair Experts: NFL Edition. 2.30 Wheelburn. 3.00 RidesDown Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Billy The Exterminator 4.30 Irish Pickers. 5.30 AmericanRestoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 53 HobartHurricanesvSydney Sixers. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Get TheGringo. (2012, MA15+) 10.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92, 81)

6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 AustralianOpen Tennis Pre-Show. 11.00 Tennis. AustralianOpen. Day 8. 6pm Tennis AustralianOpen. Night8 8.00 DeathInParadise 9.10 The BrokenwoodMysteries. (Return) 11.10 Major Crimes. 12.05am House 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 JoyceMeyer 5.00 TV Shop

9GO! (93, 82)

6am Children’s Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52)

The BigBangTheory 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Frasier Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Becker 2.30 The Late LateShow WithJamesCorden 3.30 TheKing Of Queens. 4.30 Home Shopping.

10 BOLD (12, 53)

6.00 Today. The latestinnews and current affairs. 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Reviews, previews, interviews, highlights and opinions from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 9. From MelbournePark.Hosted

Tony Jones

NewsEarlyEdition 5.30 Today. The latest in news and current affairs. 6.30

TheProject. Thehosts and guest panellists takealookatthe day’snews, events and hot topics.

TheBachelors Australia. (PGal) The bachelors havea lot of questions they needanswered beforethey can committotaking agirl to the finale.

NCIS. (Mv,R)The discovery of two bodies in aforest leads the team into the world of modern-day treasure hunting. Gibbs and Fornell continue their pursuit of an opioid

11.40

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings.

10 PEACH (11, 52)

East Melbourne Phoenix vPerth Wildcats. Replay 10.30 Becker 11.30 Frasier 12.30pm The King Of Queens. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens 4.00 Becker 5.00 Frasier 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Mom. 10 20 Becker 11.10 Late Programs.

MOVIE: In Time. (2011, M) 9.40 MOVIE: Snowpiercer.(2013,MA15+) 12.10am Dr 90210 1.05 Vanderpump Rules. 2.00 Full House 3.00 Late Programs.

Prostatesupport

AMEETING of Latrobe Valley ProstateSupport Group will be held on Wednesday, January 25.

The meeting will be at Morwell Club from 7pm. You can join us for counter tea at 6pm before the meeting.

All are welcome.

Special guest speaker is Dr Annie McKean from Radiation Oncologist at William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre Gippsland part of Alfred Hospital.

Shewillshareher experiences in this growing field of medical treatment, especially Prostate Cancer.

For more information, phone Allan on 0458 111 688.

Time to dance

ARE you interested in line dancing?

This is to commence on Friday, February 10 at the Yallourn North Senior Citzens Centre. Start time is 10am and cost $5. Our seniorcitizensmeet each Wednesday from 10.30 am onwards.

Lunch provided at aminimal cost. Come along and join or pop in for anatter. Our first get-together for 2023isonWednesday, February 1.

For further details, phoneLyn on 0427 671 532.

Morwell Combined Pensioners

AREMINDER to all members that on Monday, January 23, we will be celebrating Australia Day. Barbecuelunch and afternoon tea with asmall charge of $5 each member.

Lunch will be served from 12.30pm onwards. We will be having raffles prior to afternoon tea. It is hoped to see as many members attend as this is our first function for 2023.

If you requireany other information, please phone the secretary on 0413 089 696 or president on 0414 962 615.

Moe Meditation Group

THE Moe Meditation Group will be open in the Institute Hall at Gippsland Heritage Park, Moe (Old Gippstown) on Wednesday mornings from 8:30am to 9:30 am.

This will be for gentle introductions to traditional meditation and yoga practices.

Costis$5per session andthe sessions are suitable forthe young, the mature aged and those in between.

The first session is scheduled for February 1.

Activities for 2023 include: An introductionto yoga forall ages,seated and walking meditation,QiGong (a moving meditation),guided meditations for relaxation and an introduction to mindful eating.

Phone Clem Jarvis on 0427 262 064 or email clem@asia.com

Morwell Historical Society

OUR rooms willreopen in February on the first and third Wednesdays and last Sunday of the month from11.00am to 2pm (February to November),orbyappointment at 12 Hazelwood Road, Morwell.

Please come and visit us, have acuppa, reminisce and have achat.

Morwell North Primary School reunion

CALLING all past students, teachers and staff of Morwell North Primary School.

We are organising areunion on the afternoon of Sunday, March 26.

Once our committee has resumed for 2023, we will have more information available.

We would appreciate if anyonehas any photos,

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memorabilia etc that they can share with us to add to our collection, that they get in touch.

Please spread the word among family and friends.

This will be agreat opportunity to meet up with old school friends, renew friendships and enjoy stories from school days.

Latrobe ValleyDance Promotions

LATROBE Valley Dance Promotions Inc will be recommencing weekly

Thursday night social ballroom dancing with lessons on Thursday, February 2atthe Guide Hall, Margaret Street Morwell.

Beginners willbestarting at 7pm andare welcome to stay until 10pm.

Intermediate/advanced from 8pm to 10pm.

Cost is $5.

Join us for some fun learning, revision, dancing, friendships, and exercise.

Follow us on our Facebookpage: Latrobe Valley Dance Promotions Inc.

Phone Norm on 0428 543 737, Lynda on 0428 489 041 or email: latrobevalleydancepromotioninc@gmail.com.

Latrobe ValleyUniversity of the 3rdAge invites new members

ARE you actively retired?Doyou want to continue to challenge your mind and body?

LVU3Aoffers arange of classes and activities whichmay interest you.

Check out the webpage at www.lvu3a.org. au formore information. Or you may prefer to call the office at Airlie Bank Homestead, 33 The Boulevard in Morwell, between 10am and 3pm today (Wednesday, January 18), Thursday, January 19 or Friday, January 20, to find out when 2023 enrolments are open

Further detailscan be obtained from the secretary on 0493 478 044.

Walhalla history

LOCAL authorYolanda Reynolds has arevised edition of her book Walhalla Graveyard to Cemetery available now.

The book is agenealogical andhistorical publication,with alistofburialsatWalhalla Public Cemetery.

It has more than 200 photographs and illustrations, and acoloured map, identifying the locations of interments.

There is 20 chapters of historicaltextrelating to fatalities from mine and tramway incidents,

flood and fire, privation and epidemics.

The book hasbiographical informationon past Walhalla inhabitants, with around4700 surnames referenced.

Also included is monumentalinscriptions of all gravestones; acomplete list of burials in the Happy-Go-Lucky and Cooper’s Creek graveyards.

Books are available at Morwell Newsagency, Moe Variety Store and Traralgon News &Lotto.

Orders can also be made by phoning Ms Reynolds on 0408 332 051, or emailinggandyreynolds@bigpond.com.au

Lessons in Traf

TRAFALGAR Public Hall is starting community social ballroom dance lessonsonFebruary 2 2023.

Lessons will be for beginners through to advanced dancers.

Lessons are from 5pm for the first hour, before afull dance program.

Cost is $5. All proceedsgotothe Trafalgar Hall.

The Trafalgar Hallislocated at 30-32 Contingent Street.

For more information, phoneJennifer on 0439 762 808.

Learntospin

LATROBE Valley Spinning and Weaving Club will return to their weekly gatherings today (January 18) in the Traralgon Neighbourhood Learning House (11-13 Breed St).

Meeting time is every Wednesday from 12 noon to 3pm.

Bring along something for lunch. We would welcome new members.

If you are not aspinner,wecan teach you as we have spare wheels and have some fleece to get you started.

For more information, phone Bevon5134 4431 or Diane on 0438 517 470.

Glenmaggie buy,swap, sell

NEED to get rid of unwanted Christmas gifts? Spent the holidays going throughcupboards? Why not have astall and make some money?

Glenmaggie Hall is hosting abuy, swap and sell market on Saturday, January 28 from 9am to 1pm.

The cost for stalls is $20 per site.

Anything can be sold except take-away food and alcohol.

All stallholders are to arrive by 8am. Phone Lee on 0418 108 691 to register and for more information.

Yarram Chalk ArtFestival

THE Yarram Chalk Art Festival is back for 2023 with ‘Bookspiration’ as this year’s theme.

See incredible art works adorning the footpaths of Yarram’s main street and learn about the books that have inspired the artists’ work.

The 2023 Yarram Chalk ArtFestival boasts incredible artists from all corners of Australia and overseas.

Organisers are especially proud to support theirart community, as several local artists also are in the mix.

The Yarram Chalk Art Festival starts at 9am on Saturday, January 21 and concludes 5pm, Sunday, January 22.

When: 9am, Saturday, January 21,until 5pm, Sunday, January 22.

Where: Yarram

Nightwalk Immersive HorrorTraralgon

YOU arrive at asecret pathway at night in Traralgon.

You’ve got your starting coordinatesand your fully charged, internet-enabled mobile phone or tablet.

You lookfor the candle’slight,waitingfor you nearby. You find it; now it’s time to put on your headphones.

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Something terrible happenedhere, and you’re going to find out what. Nightwalkisaunique and fully immersive journey into adarkstory of haunting, deceit and murder

Nightwalkisatasecretlocation; you receive your starting location when you book your tickets.

All tickets are priced at $42.90 and can be purchased at https://www.nightwalkimmersive. com/.../Traralgon-c138207507

Nightwalk is suitable for ages 13+: The experience includes some coarse language and adult themes.

Nightwalk Immersive Horror Traralgon is for one night only, Saturday, January 21, with two sessions at 8pm and 9pm.

For more information, go to www.nightwalkimmersive.com

When: Saturday, January 21, from 8pm and 9pm.

Australia Dayfree breakfast barbecue

ROSEDALE Country Market is hosting afree barbecue breakfast on Australia Day, January 26; bring your picnic rug andenjoy asnagor bacon and egg sandwich, in an opportunity to come together as acommunity.

When:Thursday,January 26,from 8am until 11am

Where: Rosedale Community Market, Prince Street Reserve Rosedale.

GaryAblettinTraralgon

AN eveningwithGary AblettJratHotel Traralgon will be held on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

Hear from the AFL champion at this private local event in Traralgon.

Live Q&A session, Ablett memorabilia, silent auctions and more.

Ticket price is $45 per person.

This event will sell out, so be quick. Limited tickets available.

Tickets are available via this website: https:// www.eventbrite.com.au/e/an-evening-with-garyablett-jnr-in-traralgon-tickets-489068475977

Long time ago: Bennett’s Creek School beingmoved to the siteofthe Morwell North Primary School. photograph supplied

with Liam Durkin

Mild fire a ‘must’ toreduce forest fuel

JOHN Cameron (LV Express 11/1/23) makes acompelling and watertight case, based on knowledge, research, forestry and businessexperience for areal solution to Victoria’s bushfires natural disasters.

Cameron’s solution is the same as was realised in Western Australia some 60 years ago. Iknow, because Iwas there, as was John Cameron.

This is the same solution that the first settlers in Australiadeveloped some 40,000 years ago. The same again that the first graziers and bushmen concluded about 250 years ago, then foresters and scientists six decades ago. It is even more urgent now as neglect has resulted in this state facing the worst bushfire disaster threat for 40 millennia.

In the last hundred years; 800 bushfire deaths in Australia, 600 in Victoria. Is theresomething to seeand learnhere?

The Parliament of Victoria and most politicians (withafew courageous exceptions) refuse to listen and take the necessary action from the 2009 Bushfires Royal Commission recommendations for comprehensive fuel management.

There must be forest fuel reductionbymild, frequent, and patchy fire of 10-15 per cent of our forests per year to makeour totalnatural and community environment healthy and safe.

The alternative we now face is outlined in detail by Robert Onfray‘Acase study in folly #2 -the 2003 Canberra fire storm’.

Whenthe nextVictorian firedisaster occurs, will we have acoroner as courageous as the ACT coroner Maria Doogan? “Doogan recommended criminal investigations of nine senior bureaucrats (including The Chief Minister)followingaseries of lethal actsand omissionsinthe 2003 fire tornado”

It is about time that our leaders listened to John Cameron andothers.

David Packham OAM Traralgon

Councils not being supported

FOR years our local councils have been battling to balance the books, battling to deliver essential services to communities.

Yet recent RedBridge polling shows most Victorians wantcouncils abolished, or are even unsure of what they do.

This reflects the challenges councils -particularly in rural and regional areas -now face.

The polling also suggested more than half the people surveyed supported even more council amalgamation.

Local government faces an uphill battle, with regional councilsresponsible for assets across thousands of square kilometres -for example, the Rural City of Mildura is more than 22,000 square kilometres and more thandoublethe size of greater Melbourne.

Our councils are also being forcedtodomore with less, as the Andrews Labor government shirks its responsibilitiesbypushing more costs from the state to local government.

And it’s ratepayers who are footing the everincreasing bill.

While councils deliver essentialservices such as roads and rubbish, they are also responsible for incredibly vital community programs such as childcare.

Regionalcommunities are already struggling with childcare waitinglists that continue to increase; in too many smaller communities the locals are left with no services at all.

This is having adirect and seriously detrimental impact on attracting new families to towns to fill an increasing number of job vacancies.

It is adomino effect that is beginning to threaten the viability of moreand more small regional communities.

We arealsoseeing the results of Labor’s funding cuts -including its axing of the Country Roads and Bridges Program -onour dangerously crumbling local roads.

Many regional councils maintain thousands and thousands of kilometres of roads and hundreds of bridges in their local government area.

The Country Roads and BridgesProgram meant local councils could plan necessary projects such as bridge renewals and resurfacing unsafe roads on which the community relies.

Labor’s disregard for the role of local councils

has leftabitter tasteinVictorians’ mouths,and the polling shows it.

Confidence in councils will onlycome from a financiallyresponsible state government,rather than onethat passes costs -and the buck -tolocal government.

Peter

Walsh Leader of The Nationals Shadow Minister for Local Government

Another side

LISTEN up readers of the Latrobe Valley Express

Overthe past few monthsevery edition of the Express is publishing the same scientifically redundant stories about forests, sick forests, in

fact, that need managing by human intervention, namely salvage logging, prescribed burns and more implied intervention. Experts arequoted and major reports lacking citation are presented.

Scientifically speaking however, intact forests have the least bushfire events and manage quite well without human intervention.

Intact forests experience one major fire in 100 years whereas ‘managed’ forests burn at arate of two-four times in the same time period.

In fact, ‘managed’ forest always burns at higher intensitythan intact forests even under conditions of medium fire intensity.

The timber industry in ‘managed forest’ leaves behind60per centofwooden debris afterits harvesting intervention, providingperfect fuel for hungryfires. ‘Managed’forestistherefore a fire hazard.

If you, the journalist(s)take aposition in support of the timber industry, please say so, your readers will consequently know why you are only ever presenting one side of the argument.

Fair enough?

Heike Weber

Moe

Losing morethan bricks and tin

ASIDEfrom thearguments for and against renewables, it is indisputable that for over100 years the coal-fired power stations of the Latrobe Valley have been its circulating lifeblood and indeed have been the main reason for Victoria’s prosperity, providing cheap and reliable electricity.

But now, the woke Labor governments in Canberra and Spring Streetand their industry mates (with avested interest in thechanges being forced on us), ruthless lobbyists, and of course, theUnitedNations, keep up the daily terror of global warming Armageddon through aconstant bombardment of lies, deceits and pseudoscience.

Thus,Climate Change and EnergyMinster,Chris ‘Blackout’ Bowen, continues to lie to Australians wheneverhedescribes solar and wind as ‘cheap energy’, conveniently restricting government costings to the initial construction of renewable projects, while selectively ignoring(cherry picking) the required back-up battery farms, rewiring the grid, and cyclic nightmares of the ‘rip out and replace’ reality of technology with a20-year lifespan.

Experts call this ‘re-powering’. Normal people call it ‘madness’.

As well as this net-zero madness destroying the economy of the Latrobe Valley, and with it the entire Australian economy, it will mean massive job losses and aconsequential massive increase in unemployment, poverty, hopelessness, mental illness, collapse of communities, disrupted social cohesion and suicide.

There is apoignant scene in the 1941 Academy Award for Best Picture ‘How Green Was My Valley’, (a deeply moving film and the kind Hollywood is incapable of making anymore).

The main character, Huw Morgan (played by a12-year-old Roddy McDowall), asks the local preacherMrGruffydd (played by Walter Pidgeon) “what does it mean?”whenthe menfromthe small Welsh mining village go out on strike.

Mr Gruffydd replies: “It means that something has gone out of thisvalleythat may never be replaced”.

Joseph Lis Morwell

Help: Nationals leader PeterWalsh(centre) believeslocalcouncils need greater support. file photographs

Ongoing: Bushfire mitigation continues to be ahot topic among Express letterwriters

Vote under way in Narracan 11 poll

VOTERS in Narracan District are beginning to go to the polls.

The race to the seat of Narracan was postponed after the death of Nationals candidate Shaun Gilchrist on the eve of the November State Election.

Atotal of 11 candidates have nominated in the Narracan District supplementary election. Labor and The Nationals do not have acandidate running.

Justin Sneddon was Labor’s candidate before the party decided to pull out earlier this month.

Liberal candidate Wayne Farnham is considered the frontrunner, and if successful, will take over from retiring Liberal member Gary Blackwood. The candidates, in ballot paperorder, are:  Michael Abelman (Liberal Democrats);  Tony Wolfe (Independent);

Alyssa Weaver (Australian Greens);

Austin Cram(Animal Justice Party);

Sophia CamilleDeWitt(Democratic Labour Party);

Casey Murphy (One Nation);

Ms McCabe is thecurrentmayor of Baw Baw, andassuch, will be vacating office.

“Today mayor of Baw Baw Shire Cr Annemarie McCabe nominated as acandidate in the Narracan SupplementaryElection on 28 January2023,” Baw Baw chief executive Mark Dupe said.

“As such, and as per the MAV Guidelines, Cr McCabe will take aleave of absence effective immediately until the election is complete.

“Deputy Mayor Cr Michael Leaney will act as mayor, also effective immediately,for the duration of the election period.

“Administrative procedures are underway to ensurecouncil business continuesand, importantly, all relevant processes and conventions are followed.”

Voting on election day in the supplementary

election will be from 8am to 6pm on Saturday, January 28.

Voting is compulsory for all voters who were on the roll in Narracan District for the 2022 State Election when therolls closed at 8pm Tuesday, November 8, 2022.

Voters can vote early from now until Friday January 27, with detailsofopeninghours available on the VEC’s online voting centre locator, at maps. vec.vic.gov.au/elections

Early voting centres are located at: Drouin Recreation Reserve (social clubrooms, Sinclair Street Drouin) or at 57 SuttonStWarragul(access via eastern side of Year 9Centre).

Postal voting is also available, andvoters can apply online or use apaper application form.

Postal vote applications closeat6pm on Wednesday, January 25.

Completed ballot papers must be in the mail or hand-delivered to avoting centre within Narracan District before 6pm on election day.

THE BureauofMeteorology has published annual climate data and key statistics,which show that2022was wetter and warmer than average.

This was particularly evident for south-east Australia, where persistent heavy rain led to repeated and widespread flooding.

Following the La Niña drenching, emergency services and regional communities are gearing up for what could be aserious bushfire season, as high fuel loads couple with apotential return to El Niño conditions later this year.

The ongoing flood emergency in the Kimberley has been described as the worstever seenin the state,withcommunities cutoff, homes inundated, and asignificant loss of infrastructure across the region.

“Australians will remember 2022 as the year of the ‘great deluge’, when record-breaking rain and floods,superchargedbyclimate change,left atrail of devastation from Queensland down to Tasmania,” said climate councillor and professor emerita at Macquarie University, professor Lesley Hughes.

“Theclimate risk to Australians is likely to remain highover the comingsummer, withmore rain and flooding expected in saturated catchments, ahigh chance of more tropical cyclones, and warnings of amajor Japanese encephalitis outbreak that could affect up to 750,000 people.

“Australians are footing the multi-billion dollar damage bill from climate-fuelled worsening floods, bushfires, droughts, heatwaves, and storms, while the coal, gas and oil companies fuelling climate destruction are raking in piles of cash and paying little to no income tax.

“There is nothing natural about these disasters. They are being unleashed on Australians by decades of reliance on fossil fuels. In Australia, thesesame companies are enjoying billions in public subsidies. It’s high time we end fossil fuel subsidies and use the savings to create a climate disaster fund so that we can help communities deal with the fallout of compounding and worsening disasters.”

“Therehas beenalarge amountofregrowthinthe forested areas hit by the Black Summer fires that will eventually die off and burn. Our bushfires are becoming far more frequentand severe. If we head into an El Niño pattern, and it gets hot and dry, anything could happen.

“We’re already seeing warnings for firesin Western Australia, and grassfiresare already happening in parts of NewSouth Wales and South Australia, so our fire season is already under way.

“Australia’s current disaster planning and management systems are struggling to keep up with escalating disaster threats fuelled by climate change.

“In recent years, we haveseen emergency responders overwhelmed by the scale,speed, and severity of extreme weather events, like the 2022 floods and BlackSummerbushfires. Long-term recovery operations are also more challenging because disasters are striking more frequently.

“We need to make our disaster management systems fit-for-purpose in the face of worsening climate disasters. Governments must invest in emergency services, better disaster management coordination, more accurate risk models, and community resilience programmes.”

Climate councillor and former leader of the CSIRO Earth Systemsand Climate Change Hub, David Karoly, said: “The continuing La Niñaeventhas ledtoour wettest yearacross Australia since the previous multi-year La Niña over 2010 and 2011”.

“Despite lower-than-average Australian temperatures since the record highs we saw in 2019 prior to this event, we’ve still seen them come in at 0.2C to 0.3C hotter thanthe previous La Niña events, due to global warming.

“Not only that, theextreme rainfalland floodingthathas swept through many parts of the country this year has been made worse by these warming temperatures.

“What we’ve gotisaclimatesystem on steroids. Climate change is amplifying extreme eventslikethe heavyrainfall causing the floods in NSW in 2022 and the heat waves and bushfiresinthe 2019 Black Summer -making them bigger, more frequent and more dangerous. We are at risk of seeing more weather records broken if we stay on this trajectory of warming.

“Ensuring that we avoid the worsening effects of climate change on our weather systems is paramount to protecting our communities. We need urgent, deep, emissions cuts this decade to limit any further warming. Every fraction of adegree counts. Every tonne of carbon dioxide emissions adds to global warming.”

Ian Honey (Independent);

Brendan Clarke(Family First);

Leonie Blackwell(Freedom Party);

Wayne Farnham (Liberal), and;

Annemarie McCabe(Independent).

In the running: LiberalcandidateWayne Farnham is favoured to win the seat of Narracan. photograph supplied

GregMullins AO AFSM,former commissioner of NSWFireand Rescueand founder, Emergency Leaders for Climate Action, said:

DROP &LEAVE is atreeservice companythatprovides qualified arboricultureservices forthe pruning and removaloftrees in Gippsland.

Established in 2008, the team has builta greatreputation for highlyskilled work,excellent customer service,and acomplete adherence to health and safety standards

Offering tree services across the Gippsland region,our tree climbers arequalified arborists with the expertise to maintain healthytrees throughproperpruning and care. Our services include tree removals,treepruning (crown and weight reductions,dead wooding etc.), tree trimming,stump grinding, hedging services,mulch sales, firewood sales,wind and storm damage recovery,and vegetation reduction. With

Gippsland women ‘count themselves

AWARD-WINNING

toured extensively with diverse artists such as Powderfinger, Leonard Cohen, and Paul Kelly; won an ARIA for best female artist; written abestselling memoir; received aLogie nomination for her role in hit TV series Offspring; hosted ‘Afternoons’ on ABC Melbourne; trainedasa life-coach;and

Cutting costs for parents of secondarystudents

VICTORIAN families can save hundreds of dollarswithextra Vocational Education and Training (VET)funding to cover the cost of students’ course materials, thanks to the state government.

Minister for Education, Natalie Hutchins, said the $120.2 million funding package will ensure schoolscan covercoursematerials for students, as well as deliver VET courses in industries linked to workforce shortages like building and construction, electrical and auto engineering.

“We’re making it even easier for young Victorians to start theirdream career by removing the cost of VETcourse materials,” Ms Hutchins said.

“This extra funding will give students better support and flexibility to study what they want to prepare them for the jobs of the future.

“We’re also investing in delivering VET training for jobs in industries thatare suffering major workforce shortages to deliver better outcomes for Victorian students and businesses.”

Until recently,astudent wanting to study

Victorians wanting to undertake VET studies by reducing out-of-pocket expenses for families It will also be used for teachers’professional development.

From the start of this school year, the new VCE Vocational Major will be available in Victorian government schools.

Small regional schools previously unable to offerVET classeswill be provided additional funding to make these options possible for students.

The VET funding changes are part of the state government’s $277.5 million investment into the senior secondary schooling pathway reforms which build the aspirations and skills of students to meet the needs of the modern economy.

Theinvestmentsupportsschools to improve access to acore offeringofpriority VET pathways as well as provide the new VCE Vocational Major and Victorian PathwaysCertificate, so every senior secondary student can access quality vocational and applied learning through their

launched Big Hearted Business, amovement to teach creative people about business, and business people about creativity.

Using stories from her own struggles and triumphs, Clare will talk about ‘counting yourself in,’ developing your own inner-champion, and living a life of purpose and joy.

Clare willbesupported by apanel of inspiring local women who will share how they havecounted themselves in.

The event will begin in the West Gippsland Arts Centre forecourtfrom 5pm, withmusic,market stalls, food trucks and entertainment, before movinginto thetheatre for the main event from 7pm.

Tickets are currently on sale at $39 for general admission and $20 for students and concession card holders.

All proceeds will go to not-for-profit Womenin Gippsland to support its advocacy and event work.

To purchasetickets, visit https://sales.wgac.com. au/event/379:2273/379:3732/

Baw Baw Shire councillor Jazmin Tauru encouraged people to get along.

“In August, councilreaffirmed its position as asignatory to the Victorian Local Government Association’s Women’s Charter and appointed me as Charter Champion. I’m proud to count myself in as achampionfor women and an advocate for equality,” she said.

“International Women’s Day is always an inspiringevent and IknowI feelenergisedafter hearing the stories and experiences of women. Iencourage everyone to buy aticketand support gender equity in Gippsland.

Women in Gippsland co-founder KerryWilson hoped for asuccessful event.

“As women in Australia, we getpaidless, do the lion’s share of unpaid labour, and modify our behaviour to feel safer every day,” she said.

“Inequality is everywhereand it can feel overbe

rating important. ht,

what we can do is carve out space for care, joy and self-championing.

“Join us for anight of love, laughter, oversharing andpossiblytears as we bring you another incredible, not to be missedeventwithour partners Baw Baw Shire.”

musician, actor, author, and broadcaster, Clare Bowditch, willheadline Baw Baw Shire Council and WomeninGippsland’s International Women’s Day event in Warragul on Thursday, March 9.

Aprolific singer-songwriter, Clarehas

Big name: Musician and author Clare Bowditch willheadline an event in Warragul for International Women’s DayinMarch.

photograph supplied

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TRAFALGAR, 6Bullen Crt, Sat., 8am-2pm, no early callers. Huge sale!! Antique piano &furniture, lounge suite, car parts, cot, high chair, porta-cot, tents, camping gear, h/hold items, books, jigsaws, toys and much more.

GUITAR LESSONS

Gippsland Guitar School, all ages, 8-80, beginners to advanced, banjo and ukulele lessons also available. 0439 111 610.

Fireworks Display

Thursday, 26th January, approx. 10.40pm at T'gon Greyhounds Track, McNairn Road for Australia Day event. Please restrain all pets. Any queries, call 0407 955 306.

GENT, 60's, polite, honest, reliable, looking for genuine lady, 55-65, for friendship poss. r/ship, likes movies, socialising, travel. Not partner swaps. 0459 409 737.

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MORWELL, 25 Porter St, Saturday, 9-12. Household goods, bric-a-brac, collectables, tools, free garden rocks, pottery. No early callers please.

MORWELL, Unit 2/30 Elgin St, Sat. 9am -3pm. Dining suite, b.r. suite, 2tall boys (all leather), bric-a-brac, tools, h/hold goods, camping gear and much more. No early

BATHROOMS

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Door Installer

Does your home need new doors? Ican supply and install doors/locks, inc. security doors. Over 32 yrs exp. Free quote, Lennie 0438 850 287.

Public Notices

Handyman Service

Reg. roof restorer, roofs painted, gutter cleaning, shed and house ext. painting. Driveway pressure cleaned. Freequote Ph Colin 0434 273 073.

LAWN MOWING

and Handyman. Pruning, rubbish removal, minor home and garden maintenance. Ph 0400 115 086.

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Disability Support Worker

Life Skills Victoria is aregistered National Disability Insurance Scheme provider of high quality education, training, disability supports and community services to enable people with disabilities to maximise their independence, participation and inclusion in their community. We are seeking highly motivated professionals, with astrong drive to support people to achieve their goals and aspirations.

For further information please go to: https://lifeskillsvic.com.au/careers/ or contact Melissa Martin on (03) 5127 7999.

Applications close 4pm Wednesday 8th February 2023

No allowances can be made for errors not materially affecting the effectiveness of thead. Position cannot will not be guaranteed.

All claims foradjustment of credit must be made within seven days afterbilling date.

We reservethe right to revise or restrict anyadwedeem objectionable and to changethe classificationwhen necessaryto conform to the policyof this newspaper

In the event an ad is omitted from publication, we assume no liabilityfor such omission.

We arefocused on increasing plant performance, efficiency and flexibility and are in search of people with expertise and experience to contributetoinnovative new projects.

We arecommitted to increasing workforce diversity and creating an environment wherepeople with new ideas feel empowered to speak up and explorewhat is possible.

About the opportunity

Competitive salaryand otherbenefits. Generous superannuation, contributions above the superannuation guarantee.

Flexible working arrangements to balance your work, life and play (base 36-hour,4 day work week). Above award annual leave entitlements.

Enjoy close proximity to greatregional communities of Traralgon, Warragul and Sale, access to alpine regions and snow,expansive beaches, wilderness escapesand leading schools

Create changeand ‘futureready’the organisation through your involvement in key projects.

Access to development opportunities to continue to grow leadership and technical skills that arehighly transferable throughoutindustry.

What you’ll do

Provide leadership,advice and assistance to personnel regarding sound environmental management practice and safe working processes involving dangerous goods and hazardoussubstances.

Perform environmental activities as specified in the LYBEnvironmental Management Systemsuchastraining, auditing, monitoring, recording and reporting in accordance withprocedures and technical instructions to ensure compliance with relevant acts and regulations.

Review MSDS for suitability for purchase in regards to OH&S risks.

Manage unit water chemistryfunctions.

Manage and operate make-up water systems and operate, maintain and monitor boiler and cooling towerwater treatment systems.

What you’ll need

Tertiaryqualification in Science and Environment related discipline preferred.

Consideration will be given to candidates with substantial industryexperience in power plant chemistryorrelated industrysector

Ideally possess qualifications that meet the requirements for admission to

Graduate Membership of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

Experience in achemical laboratory, andexperience dealing with Environmental, OH&S and Dangerous goods issues desirable.Graduatesare encouraged to apply

Excellent communication skills.

If this sounds likeyou, don’t ignore this opportunity, makesureyou: Apply via our careers page www.loyyangb.com.au/careers

Position closes Friday,3rd February2023.

LoyYang B–powering your career!

LoyYangB welcome applications from people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.Wewillprovide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disabilitythroughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and requireadjustments to the application, recruitment,selection and/or assessment process,please advisevia the above email andindicateyour preferred method of communication(emailorphone) so we can keep in touchand meetyour needs.

LoyYang Yang Bisanelectricity generator located in the picturesque Latrobe Valley currently supplying around 20% of Victoria’s power.Weare owned by Chow TaiFook Enterprises (CTFE) and belong to the Alinta Energy family,a growing and innovativeenergy market disrupter

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DELIVERERS WTD

Would you like to deliver the Latrobe Valley Express newspaper to individual homes on Tuesday and/or Wednesday afternoons in Morwell, Traralgon, Moe, Newborou gh 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 agovernment Child Employment Permit Children younger than 11 cannot or will not be accepted. Adult deliverers also welcome.

FACILITIES MANAGER

We are looking for aPartime/Fulltime (negotiable) Facilities Manager.

If you have the experience and skills to maintain the College facilities on aday to day basis we would love to hear from you.

Please submit your resume, addressing key selection criteria, along with contact details of two referees and covering letter detailing your suitability for the role, to: Maffra.sc@education.vic.gov.au by Monday, 23rd January 2023.

Or alternatively applications and can be made online at: https://edupay.eduweb.vic.gov.au/

Position Description Key Selection Criteria can be obtained from website above.

For further information, please contact the Business Manager on 0429 637 979.

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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TRAINEESHIP

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HOME CARE STAFF

Caring reliable people WANTED to work in the HOME CARE INDUSTRY. If you are skilled in any or all of the following work. You may wish to work in any or all of the areas listed below.

Personal Care Worker Domestic Assistant/Cleaner Domestic Assistant/ Meal preparation Window Cleaner Handy Man Gutter Cleaning Spring Cleaning Gardening Please send your details marked attention: Home Care Services P.O. Box 222 Churchill 3842 OR call 0497 030 562 for more information.

Employing more than 40 local people, McMillans are amedium accounting, business advisory and financial planning firm based in Traralgon. They are 100% locally owned and operated, and work with clients across many industries, services and professions throughout Australia, though predominantly in Gippsland. They have built a great team and culture.

McMillans are currently looking for a Graduate OR Intermediate Accountant

This role would suit someone looking to commence their career in accounting, or take their 1-3 years of experience to the next level.

This position can be either full time (with a monthly RDO) or part time (4 days, where the applicant is yet to complete their degree) it is ongoing and salary will be negotiated with the successful applicant with consideration of experience and the like.

McMillans offer Flexible working arrangements, a great team culture and excellent training and development pathways including future equity options.

Any questions can be emailed to: abbey@hrsorted.com.au -pleasedonot contact McMillans.

To apply please search for 'McMillans' via www.seek.com.au and include your resume and application letter. Applications for this role close 5February however, please apply as soon as possible as applications will be considered as received

Director of Clinical Services Neerim Health

● Excellent leadership opportunity

● Enviable rural lifestyle within close proximity to CBD Neerim Health (NH) is acommunity-owned, not-for-profit organisation with private hospital registration that is located in the township of Neerim South, Victoria. As an integrated health service, they provide acomprehensive range of acute hospital, residential aged care and community-based services to the greater Gippsland community. Situated just 110km from Melbourne CBD and within easy reach of spectacular national parks, lakes and the coast, they are currently seeking ahigh calibre nursing professional for this important leadership role. The Director of Clinical Services has responsibilities for all acute, aged and community care services delivered by or in partnership with Neerim Health.

The key responsibilities include:

● Ensuring professional standards of care in both aged care, hospital in-patient and operating room settings

● Maintenance of accreditation in line with applicable standards for aged care and acute health services

● Continuous quality improvement and compliance with best practice

● Effective workforce management

● Ensuring high levels of occupancy within clinical capabilities, to optimize revenue

To be considered for this role, you will hold aBachelor of Nursing or equivalent, with current AHPRA registration and post-graduate qualifications (or willingness to obtain same) will be viewed favourably. You will demonstrate senior leadership experience in nursing within the acute health and aged care sector and have highly developed interpersonal and communication skills. Of critical importance is your advanced experience and skills in human resource management within ahealthcare setting.

For more information about the role please go to our web site: www.hrsa.com.au or contact John Cross on: 0417 332 598. To make an application you will be required to submit: a Cover Letter incorporating aresponse to the Key Selection Criteria, your full CV and acompleted HRS Application Form available on the HRS web site. Applications can be made online or sent by email to: hrsa@hrsa.com.au

Applications close: Friday 3February 2023

in Child Protection

GP1652100

The Advanced Child Protection Practitioner receives and assesses reports of alleged abuse and neglect of children and young people. They undertake investigations and develop plans to bring about the changes necessary toensurethe safety, stability and development of children and young people and to promote the achievement of case plan objectives within specified timeframes. This may includetaking matters to court.

Arecognised Social Work degree or asimilar welfareorbehavioural related degree which includes aprimary focus on child development, human behaviour,familydynamicsand/or impacts of trauma; and preferably a practical component such as counselling or case work practice or Arecognised Diploma ofCommunity Services Work,orsimilar qualification which is studied over aminimum oftwo academic years of full-time study (or part time equivalent) and includes aprimary focus on child development, human behaviour,familydynamicsand/or impacts of trauma; and preferably apractical component such as counselling or case work practice and Avalid driver’slicence.

Pauline Somerville, Deputy Area Operations Manager Pauline.Somerville@dffh.vic.gov.au DFFH/COPL/382919

Sunday 22 January 2023

For moreinformation about this opportunity,please goto and download aposition description toview departmental information, the selection criteria, our pre-employment screening requirements andour Diversity and Inclusion commitments.

Advanced Child ProtectionPractitioner CPP4

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CareersatLatrobe • GP1652101

www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/careers LatrobeCityCouncilhasexcitingopportunitiesforenthusiasticand forward-thinkingindividualswithapassionforprovidingexcellent servicestoourcommunity Forfurtherinformationincludinghow toapply,positiondescriptionsand applicationclosingdates,pleasevisitour websitewww.latrobe.vic.gov.au/careers Pleasenotesuccessfulapplicantswillbe requiredtoapplyforandsatisfactorilyobtain aNationalPoliceCheckandWorkingwith ChildrenCheck

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BUS DRIVER

Are you ready to join a company that makes a difference? We are looking for a Bus Driver to join our team on acasual basis.

This role is responsible for the transportation of SASI clients to and from day service programs.

You will possess the ability to work as part of ateam and maintain positive relationships with clients and their families, colleagues and management.

SUPPORT WORKER

Are you ready to join acompany that makes a difference? We have several exciting opportunities for Support Workers to support people with Autism and other complex disabilities at our Active Choice Services in Newborough and Accommodation Services in Traralgon. We have avariety of hours available across our sites. If you have experience, or adesire to start your career and get qualified while working, we want to hear from you!

You will possess the ability to work as part of ateam and maintain positive relationships with clients and their families, colleagues and management.

PlantEngineer (Mechanical)

2Year fixed term

We arecommitted to increasing workforcediversity andcreating an environment wherepeople with newideas feelempowered to speak up and explore whatispossible

We constantly strivetounderstand andmeetbroad community expectations regarding environmental management,health, safety and good corporate citizenship.

About the opportunity 2-yearfixed term opportunity,commencinginearly 2023.

Work with teams of experienced, passionate people eagertomentor top performers.

Competitive salaryand other benefits. Generous superannuation, contributions above the superannuation guarantee Flexible working arrangements to balance your work, life and play (base 36 hour, 4day work week). Aboveaward annualleave entitlements. What you’ll do Assist in identification andremediationofshort and long-term maintenance issues.

Assist in areas of engineering including installation, maintenance and repair of powergeneration equipment,statutory compliance, andefficiencyand performanceofthe coalfired generating facility.

Developskillsinthe predictive andpreventative monitoring of plant,carryout maintenance of assigned plant Analyse plant data and prepare reports associated withplant performance Be involvedinprojects for;construction of new plant,improving and modifying existing plant, and improving plant condition

What you’ll need

Extensiveknowledge of mechanical asset management andmaintenance principles, instrumentation andcontrols, performance testing and reporting as theypertain to the power station environment

Strong project management skills andthe abilitytocommunicate across all levels of the business.

Abachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.

ProfessionalEngineers’ Registration or be in the process of completingsame. If this soundslikeyou, don’t ignorethis opportunity, make sure you: Applyvia our careers page www loyyangb.com.au/careers

Position closesFriday3rd February 2023.

LoyYang B– powering your career!

LoyYang Bwelcome applicationsfrompeople with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and peoplewithdisability.Wewill provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disabilitythroughout therecruitmentprocess. If youidentifyas aperson with disabilityand requireadjustments to the application, recruitment selectionand/or assessment process, please advise via the above email and indicateyourpreferredmethodofcommunication (email or phone) so we can keep in touch andmeet your needs

Lecturer in Clinical Skills Education -Monash Rural Health Churchill

Job No.: 645291

Location: Monash Rural Health Churchill

Employment Type: Part-time, fraction (0.6)

Duration: Continuing appointment Remuneration: Pro-rata of $107,311 -$127,432 pa Level B(plus 17% employer superannuation)

The Opportunity Monash Rural Health Churchill is seeking to appoint aLecturer in Clinical Skills to work as part of ateam developing and maintaining the Year Aclinical skills teaching program.

You will contribute to program administration, the preparation of teaching materials and assessment, as well as the use of simulation in clinical skills education. The role in assessment involves the writing of questions for written examinations and the preparation of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) stations held during the year.

The specific responsibility areas include the conduct of tutorials, practical classes, clinical application sessions, demonstrations, workshops, small group sessions, assisting in the initiation and development of subject material for clinical skills teaching and assessment, program administration, monitoring equipment needs and the coordination of the tutors for the delivery of clinical skills teaching on campus.

We are seeking someone with medical qualifications (i.e. MBBS or MD) recognised in Australia and have significant clinical experience; and hold current medical registration with Australian Health Professional Regulation Agency (APRHA).

This role is apart-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

At Monash University, we are committed to being a Child Safe organisation. This position at the University will require the incumbent to hold avalid Working with Children Check.

This position will involve travel to various locations, some of which are not easily accessible via public transport.

Enquiries Dr Sean Atkinson, +61 39902 7106

Closing Date Wednesday, 8February 2023, 11:55pm AEDT

For further information, Position Description and to apply, please visit: www.monash.edu/jobs -Search Job No.: 645291

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About us LoyYang Bisanelectricity generator located in the picturesque Latrobe Valley currently supplying20% of Victoria’s power.Weare owned by ChowTai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) andbelong to theAlinta Energy family,agrowingand innovative energy market disrupter We arefocusedonincreasing plant performance, efficiency andflexibility and seek people whocan turn inspirationintoideas,and ideasintogame-changing solutions.

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Personals

JONES, Alexander George -Uncle George 14/10/1936 -6/1/2023. Thank you for being the best of uncles and for all the great times we shared.

Uncle George, you are a truly wonderful man, a kind and dignified gentleman and you will be forever cherished by us. With love and care, Kev, Rachel, Holly, Mac, Nikki, Abel and Darcie.

Reunited with Nanand Pop; gone fishing

McCARTNEY, Robyn. Passed away on Sunday, 15 January 2023.

Loved and loving wife of Geoff. Loving mother of Peter and Sharon, and Brook. Doting grandma of Macey and Ben. Rest In Peace

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BEAGLEY, Edward Donald (Don). 20/8/1958 -14/1/2023.

Don passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones in the early hours of Saturday, 14 January 2023, after battling illness.

Beloved husband of Loretta. Much loved father of Simon and Shaun (dec.) and father-in-law of Michelle.

BUTLER, Jean

Members of the Moe RSL Sub-Branch, deeply regret the passing of their esteemed Affiliate Member and friend, Jean. We offer our sincere sympathy to her family.

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Adored Poppy to Maddison and Finn, Eloise and Eden.

Eldest son of Ted and Joyce (both dec.), brother to Jenny, Murray, Mandy and Graeme.

Don was aman whoknew his own mind but also wasn't afraid to learn from others. He was ajack of all trades and devoted his working life to the Police force for almost 41 years.

Don/Dad you gave it your all and then some over the last two years but in the end it was too much and now it's time to rest. You have left amassive hole in our hearts and will be sadly missed by all that knew you, especially your much loved wife, sons, daughter and grandchildren.

Tight lines old boy, rest in peace

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GALEA, Jacob Paul. Passed away suddenly as aresult of an accident on 5January 2023.

Aged 25 years Dearly loved father of Jaydee and Nina. Much loved son of Belinda. Adored brother of Courtney, Jayden, and Caylab.

GALEA, Jacob. We will miss your infectious smile always. Love Uncle Rick, Aunty Jodi, Lachie, Josh, Laini and partners.

HOLLENSEN, Ruth. 28/3/1946 -9/1/2023. Passed away peacefully at Maryvale Private Hospital. Loved wife of Morry. Mother of Anne and Alan, mother-in-law of Ursel, and doting Nana to Torben and Leon.

LOWATER, Kenneth John "Ken". 29/1/1953 -9/1/2023.

Passed away peacefully surrounded by his nearest and dearest at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton on Monday, 9January 2023.

Aged 69 years

Adored husband of Brenda.

Loved and respected father and father-in-law of Aaron and Jess, Aiden and Claire, Abbey and Narla.

Our togetherness was our happiness, Now loneliness my sadness, And memories my happiness

LOWATER, Ken. On 9January 2023 at Monash Medical Centre. Dearly loved brother, brother-in-law and uncle of Cliff, Loretta and families. You will be sadly missed by all. Gone too soon. Rest in peace Ken.

MARINO (Lambe), Bernadette Teresa. 19/2/1957 -8/1/2023. Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital Traralgon on 8 January 2023, surrounded by family.

Aged 65 years Dearly loved and loving wife of Nick. Loved daughter of the late Peter and Margaret Lambe and daughter-inlaw of the late Mario and Marietta Marino.

McDOUGALL, Lawrence James (Mac). Passed away peacefully on 11 January 2023 at O'Mara House, Traralgon. Aged 90 years Loved husband for 56 years of Pasha (dec.) Loving father of Lorraine, Donna and Keith (dec.), Burnard, Jenny and Bob Much loved grandfather of 9, great grandfatherof7 and great great grandfather of 4. At Peace

MURRAY, Robert "Lee". Passed away peacefully at home with his wife and daughter by his side on Sunday, 8January 2023. Aged 69 years

Adored and loving husband of Beverley.

Dearly loved dad of Russell and Rachael.

Loving pop to Ethan and Isla.

Loving stepfather to David, Donna and Gerard. Loved brother of Glenn and Wendy (dec.).

Precious memories of you will last forever

PETERSON, David. Passed away 17/12/2022. Father of Lauren and Grandfather of Jed.

BERGMAN, Willemina. 25/3/1936 -11/1/2023. Passed away suddenly at home.

Loved and loving wife of Jan for 66 wonderful years. Much loved mum to Diana (dec.), Michael and Wendy. Mother-in-law to Jennifer and Paul.

Proud and loving Omi to Ryan, Kelly, Jordan, Gabrielle, Sophia, Odette and Oliver. Great Grandmother to Hayden, Bailey, Riley, Noah, Nate, Imogen and Frederick.

Forever in our hearts

BRAND, Trevor.

Dearly loved brother-inlaw of Eunice (dec.) and Pat (dec.). Loved uncle of Barry and Louise, Karen and David and family.

Loving memories treasured forever

BUTLER, Jean.

Passed away on Tuesday, 10 January 2023.

Much loved wife of Laurie. Loved mother of John and Lyn, Laurene, Pam, Wayne and Sharlene, David and Lorraine, and Paul.

Much loved Mamma

At Rest

BUTLER, Jean.

Loved sister of Bill, sister in law of Pat. Loved aunty of Steven (dec.), Michael, Jason, Paul Jeff and their families.

Deep in our hearts you will always stay, Loved and remembered every day.

Your presence we will miss, Your memory we will treasure, Loving you as always, Forgetting you never.

JOHNSTONE (Smith), Glenda Anne. 30/6/1944 -7/1/2023. Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital Traralgon on 7 January 2023 surrounded by her loved ones.

Aged 78 years

Dearly loved wife of Colin (dec.).

Much loved mother and mother-law of Shane, Linda and Graeme, Heather, Steven and Christie.

Adored Nan to all her grand and great grandchildren.

We will miss you Mum At rest now with Dad

To Mum, Nan and Great Nan, We love you. Forever in our hearts from Shane, Stacey, John, Sam and Baby.

Mum, Nan and Great Nan, Our hearts are broken. We will speak your name with love. Memories are all we have now treasured in our hearts and minds. We will forever love and miss you.

Reunited with Dad, another Angel to guide us all Linda, Graeme, Aaron, Tahnz, Jeremy and Curtis. Lola, Milly, Jaymes, Elsie, Coleton, Ayva and Millie.

Iamsure if Mum/Nan could speak with us she would let us know: That the mist has lifted, And the road is clear, She is no longer lost, As she is safe in the arms of the ones she holds dear. Love always, Heather, Daniel, Jacob, Siohban, Mia, Hannah, Mitchell and Grace.

Rest easy Mum/Nan XOXO.

We will miss you Mum At rest now with Dad Love from Shane, Steve and Christie, survived by her grandchildren Stacey, John and Connor and great grandchildren Sam and Baby.

Loved sister and sisterin-law of Michael (dec.), Cathy, Therese, Nick D (dec.), Peter (dec.), Paul, Margaret, Peter, Tony, Judy, and Claudio and adored Aunty Bernie to their families.

LANGSTAFF, Fay. The Traralgon Legacy Widows Club express our deepest sympathy at the recent passing of our loved friend and member Fay. Fay had avibrant personality, enjoyed a laugh and worked tirelessly for Legacy and various organisations in Traralgon. Our sympathy and thoughts are with her sister Gladys and Fay's family. Traralgon Legacy Widows Club.

SAUPPE, Anni. Passed away 13 January 2023.

MARINO Bernadette.

The Staff, Management, Board of Directors and Members of the Morwell Bowling Club regret the passing of our fellow employee Bernie Marino and 8th January marks a day of sorrow for our Club.

This day equally allows us the opportunity to reflect on the fabulous person we were lucky enough to work alongside and came to know as afriend. You are an inspiration to us all and thank you for the laughs.

Sincerest thoughts and deepest sympathy to her husband Nick, family and friends at this sad time.

Aged 98 years Wife of Rudi (dec.). Much loved mother of Chris, Heidi, Gary and their families.

Sadly missed and forever in our hearts

15 February 1958 26 December 2022

Passed away suddenly. Dearly loved father to Rebekah, and George. Much loved and cherished grandfather of Robert, Jakayla and Masyn. Will be missed by his brothers Roy, Niall, Richard, and sisters Marion and Barbara and all their families.

MARINO, Bernie.

President Roger and members of the Morwell Club Bowling Club are saddened at the loss of our beautiful and courageous Bernie.

Bernie will be greatly missed and remembered as aloyal friend, top bowler, and respected member of our Bowling Club; we extend our sincere sympathies to Nick and the family at this difficult time.

MASON-WOODS, Gary James.

Aged 52 yrs, of Parramatta, NSW, formerly of Morwell.

Loving son of Carol, brother of Sharon. Uncle to Megan and Christian. At Peace.

Family, friends and colleagues are invited to celebrate Glen's life at the Chapel at Norwood Park, Crematorium, 65 Sandford Street, Mitchell ACT on THURSDAY (19 January 2023) commencing at 3pm.

For those unable to attend, please join us via livestream on: www.norwoodpark.com.au At the conclusion of the service, please join the family for light refreshment at Campbell &George, Queanbeyan NSW.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the McGrath Foundation.

WATERHOUSE, Glen Ewen.

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BUTLER, Jean. Mamma, not many people can say they had an amazing mother-in-law but Icould. You were amazing, supportive and kind in every way. I'll miss our little chats, cries and laughter at the salon.

TUFF, Ross Robert.

10/5/1952 -11/1/2023.

Loving husband of Carolyn.

Loving father of David and Kathleen. Loving Pa of Tahlia and Damon, Zac, Riley, Kyle, Samuel, Charlie and Allie. Adored Pa to great grandkids Isla, Harvey and baby Davenport.

Loving brother-in-law to Craig and Elaine. Loving son of Robert (dec.) and Katrine (dec.).

Whenever we are missing you, we will remember how fortunate we were to have you in our life. Your endless knowledge and love for our family will forever be missed.

To my darling husband, Ihave lost the love of my life. Ifind comfort that you're no longer in pain. Your fur babies Meg and Rosie miss you so much. All My Love. Carolyn.

Dad, We've done so much together; you were always there for ahelping hand. You and mother have made me what Iamtoday which Iamentirely grateful for. Ilove you and am going to miss you so much mate. You're my best friend.

"See ya in the soup" Junior XX.

It hurts to think that you're not here anymore. Although Ican't help but smile with tears in my eyes to think how lucky I was to call you my Dad. We will miss you everyday but find comfort that you're now pain free. Rest up dad till we see you again.

Love Kathleen, Shan, Riley, Samuel, Charlie and Allie.

TUFF, Ross Robert. Passed away 11 January 2023.

Very much loved son-inlaw of Margaret Turley. He will be greatly missed

TUFF, Ross Robert. 10/5/1952 -11/1/2023. Thanks for always being there for us, you were a great mentor and atrue friend.

We had so much fun working togetheron projects and then kicking back at the end of the day to relax and enjoy some family time.

We shared so many interests and wonderful experiences together, you'll never be forgotten. Thanks for the great memories. Rest in Peace. Craig and Elaine.

WETHERALL, Val. It is with sadness Isay goodbye to my dear friend Val. Iwill miss our chats and cuppas. Don't watch the grass grow Val. Wilma C.

Funerals •

BERGMAN.

The Funeral Service for Willemina Bergman will take place at the Traralgon Baptist Church, 60 Kay St, Traralgon on FRIDAY (20 January 2023) commencing at 2.30pm.

APrivate Cremation will follow.

BRAND.

The Funeral Service of Mr Trevor Brand will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel on THURSDAY (19 January 2023) commencing at 10.30am.

Following the service, the funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery. To view the livestream, please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au go to Funeral Notices and follow the prompts.

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GALEA.

The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Jacob Galea will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway Traralgon on FRIDAY (20 January 2023) commencing at 2pm.

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HOLLENSEN.

The Funeral Service to celebrate the life of Ruth Hollensen will take place at the YINNAR Memorial Hall, Main Road, Yinnar on FRIDAY (20 January 2023) commencing at 10.30am, following which, Ruth will be laid to rest at the Hazelwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider adonation to the Cancer Council.

JOHNSTONE. The Funeral Service for Mrs Glenda Johnstone will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel 6, Ollerton Avenue Moe on MONDAY (23 January 2023, commencing at 1.30pm.

The Funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Moe Cemetery.

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JONES.

The Graveside Service of Mr Alexander 'George' Jones will be held at Hazelwood Cemetery, Rodribb Road, Moe on THURSDAY (19 January 2023) commencing at 11am.

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LOWATER, Ken. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Ken will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy, Traralgon on FRIDAY (20 January 2023) commencing at 11am.

Ken's Service will also be livestreamed.

MARINO.

BUTLER.

The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Mrs Jean Butler will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Ave, Moe on FRIDAY (20 January 2023) commencing at 2pm.

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The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mrs Bernadette Marino will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437A Princes Dve Morwell on WEDNESDAY (18 January 2023) commencing at 1.30pm. Bernie's service will be livestreamed. To view the livestream, please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on live streaming.

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McDOUGALL.

The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Lawrence James (Mac) McDougall will be held at the Morwell Revival Centre Church, 5Laburnum Street Morwell MONDAY (23 January 2023) at 11am.

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MURRAY.

The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Mr Robert "Lee" Murray will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy, Traralgon WEDNESDAY (18 January 2023) commencing at 11am.

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REED.

Funeral of Mr Stephen Reed (Grub) will be held at Yarram Lawn Cemetery on FRIDAY (20 January 2023) commencing at 2pm.

WALKER-GRUNBERG, Bev. 14/8/1941 -16/1/2018.

My wonderful Bev, five lonely years have gone since Ilost you. I'm missing you night and day. Till we meet again.

The world changes from year to year, Our lives from day to day, but the love and memories of you shall never fade away.

Service to commemorate the life of Mrs Robyn McCartney will be held at Moe Cemetery on FRIDAY (27 January 2023) commencing at 10.30am. MOE-MORWELL-TRARALGON MARK RIDDLE Funeral Consultant DAVID HASTIE General Manager ALLAN WORTHY Funeral Consultant MYRA KRAFFT Funeral Consultant STEVE EVANS Funeral Consultant

McCARTNEY. Contact our caring, highly experienced and qualified team or visit our website for more details

AGraveside More than local Funeral Directors Latrobe Valley Funeral Services has been helping the local community for more than 70 years Our Chapels are fittedwith the latest visual technology including the option to livestream a Funeral from anylocation. Alarge function room is available adjacent to each chapel to provide catering and refreshment facilities. G P 1 6 3 9 1 5

Thrilling tie for Goannas

All my love John.

SAUPPE, Anni.

The Graveside Funeral Service for Mrs Anni Sauppe will be held at the Boolarra Cemetery, Barktown Rd, Boolarra on SATURDAY (21 January 2023) at 11am.

SIMMONS, Corey 'Corka'. 17/4/1985 -15/1/2013. How do we live without you mate? We don't -for you are always with us.

Corka, you walked such a blazing pathway that your imprint lingers still. It's been 10 unbelievably long years since we last saw that cheeky grin -you've missed your beloved Tiges win several Premierships. You've missed the arrival of two gorgeous little nephews -you'd be an awesome uncle (although as Charlie says "Uncle Corey is in mine heart'').

You've missed opportunities and travel, apandemic and more -but nothing compares to how much we miss you.

Always in our hearts With love, Mum, Dad, Em, Des, Charlie and Angus.

TUFF. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Ross Tuff will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437A PrincesDrive, Morwell on TUESDAY (24 January 2023, commencing at 10.30am. To view the livestream, please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au go to Funeral Notices and follow the prompts.

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BARRY-KELLETT, Daniel. 19/1/1980 -23/11/2022. On this day we remember our brother and son most for his humour and wit throughout the good and the bad. We'll always remember that laugh. Love always, Sandi, Jenni and Mick Kellett.

MATHESON, Carol. 22/1/1973. Missing you on your 50th Birthday. Sadly you only made it half way, you can celebrate with the Angel's. Love always, Mum.

Bereavement Thanks •

CAMPBELL, Desmond. Roma, Darren and Lisa would like to thank Julie Harwood Funeral Services, Rev. Marilyn Obersby, palliative care and everyone who was so kind and thoughtful who sent flowers, cards, phoned and visits, on the sad loss of Des.

McCLARE, David. Lorraine, Brett, Craig and Sharyn, and families, would like to sincerely thank everyone for their kind thoughts, flowers, cards and condolences on the loss of our wonderful husband, father and pop. Thank you to LRH for their care of David in Avon Ward. Thank you all.

CHOICE IS YOURS

5126 1111 Funerals • In Memoriam • Deaths • Funerals • Funeral Directors • Page 36 —The Latrobe Valley Express, Wednesday, 18 January, 2023

Punish: Ian Southall attacksthe Sunbury bowling photograph supplied

THE Gippsland Goannas Over 60 team travelled to Macedon on Sundaytoplaythe Sunbury/ MacedonRanges Over 60 team.

ColCarmodyjoined Smithand he was caught foreight in the 11th over.

Smith (16) retired, after facing 30 balls soon after with Metlikovec and Ian Southall taking the score to 66 in the 16th over, when Rino was caught for 14.

At the drinks break the score was 3/76, and Murray Moore had come to the crease.

Southall was out for nine in the 22nd over and the score had progressed to 95.

This was the last wicket the Goannas lost as Moore retired for 26, BernieSymons for 25 and Neil Meredith for aquick 33.

After 30 overs the Goannaswere 4/131, with Ian Gibson retiring for 14, PeterAnton hitting 21 from 12 balls and Barrie Nunn also not out at the end.

Unfortunately returning super veteran, Peter Dell, did not get ahit!

The final score for the Goannas was 4/202 from their 40 overs.

After the lunch break,Southall and Symons opened the bowling,and Sunbury started well and were 0/41 after eight overs.

Anton and Meredith took over the attack, each takingawicket as the score progressed to 2/59 after 12 overs.

Moore had abowl and was immediately successful, but his second over went for alot.

At drinks the score was 3/111 with Sunbury well placed in the run chase.

Ray Smith bowled six overs for awicket and 20 runs,and Nunn four overs for 1/14asthe score reached 6/145 after 30 overs.

The Goannas bowlers had peggedbackthe Sunbury bats.

Ray Floyd (four overs for 17), and then Anton, Symons and Southall all came back and the score reached 7/197 after 39 overs!

Left armer Symons was the lucky one and started well, with three dots from the first three balls.

Asingle followed, but the fifth ball was hit for four.

The scores were level with one ball left!

With the four, the batsman had reached 43 and retired, so anew batsman came in to face the last ball.

He wasinjured and had arunner.

The ball went through to keeper Gibson, the runner had joined the non-striker at the bowlers end, and the bails were taken off. Run out was the verdict, so the game was tied

With acatch, astumping and two run outs Gibson was named Man-of-the-Match.

Successfulbowlers wereAnton(2/36), Meredith (1/30) and Moore(1/16).

Birthday Memoriam •

Moe answers call from Sale

HORSERACING

By TOM HAYES

MOERacing Club hastaken hostingprivileges of two Sale meets, the first of which took place on Sunday, January 15.

The SundayRaces eight-racemeet wasscheduled to run in Sale, if it wasn’t for unfinished draining upgrades currently going on at Greenwattle.

Nonetheless, locals were spread throughout the races on the day, and afew of them found themselves fighting for victories.

The Race 1S&S Equipment Hire Maiden Plate over2050metrescontained two locals; Redskin Jimmy for Sale’sTroyand John Kilgower,and Jarology for Sale’s Cliff Murray.

The two competed on either end of the pack, as Redskin Jimmy became once again, ever-so-close to his first victory.

As usual, Redskin Jimmy took the pace of the race, leading for the majorityofit, in doingsohehad Shootthelightsout for companyasthey travelled around the back straight.

Jarology was holding pace with the midfield, before dropping out around the 600m.

As they turned the final bend,Redskin Jimmy was charging toward the line, holding the lead until the very last moment, when he was overtaken by Sweet Liaison for Nick Harnett.

Sweet Liaisontook thelead at the100mand won by just over alength to Redskin Jimmy who has now placed in five of his last six starts.

No locals were involved in Race 2’sLadbroke It! 3YO Maiden Plate (1200m), but ahighly entertaining race was led fromstart to finish by Gold Revolverfor Gai Waterhouse.

Gold Revolver held his lead by nearly two lengths as they rounded the final bend, once on the home straight he looked comfortable to take his maiden win.

Gold Revolver held on from afast finishing King’s Chamber and Irish Crickets, who were just over half alength behind.

The three-year-old gelding has placedinevery race or jump out start since coming back to the track in November, 2022,following a21-week spell.

The Race 3Bottlemart Moe Maiden Plate (1100m) was filled with locals, five to be exact; Cop That for Sale’s Kerry Farrugia, Dempster for Sale’s Susie Wells, Peewee Blitz for Sale’sMarion Shears,Texas Dan for Sale’s Garry Douch and Catching Clouds for Paul and Tracey Templeton of Moe.

Despite half the field being trained locally, none were rewarded with awin, nor aplace, as they all finished from fifth to 10th.

Nonewere good enough to troublethe $1.60 favourite, Silkstar for Mick Price, who led from start to finishand coastedtowin by aroundfive lengths.

Catching Clouds and Dempster held decent pace until the 400m, before falling off toward the back of the pack.

The Race 4Ian Grants Caravans Maiden Plate (1600m)was taken out by afastfinishingFam Gorman for Kevin Corstens.

My Girl Lacey for Moe’sTim Hughes held the pace for majority of the race, before falling to the back of the pack at the 200m.

Lunar Frost for Sale’s Rebecca Kelly was also justoff-pace, but just like her local counterpart, she

was swallowed by the field before finishing sixth.

Fam Gorman chargedfrom ninth at the 800mand fifth at the 400m, beforeclosing in on Gronkowski, whohelda threelength lead on the home straight, to win by alength.

Alocal took out the Race 5Moe Optical Fillies & Mares BM64 Handicap (1600m), Red Stiletto for Moe’s Templeton’s.

The five-year-old mareheld strong from the front, opening an early three-length gap to fellow local, Barossa Kiss for Moe’s Catherine Martindale.

At the 1200m mark, all three locals sat in first to third, as Fiftyonestates for Moe’sLenny Xuereb foundherself in third.

At the 400m mark, Red Stiletto held firm,as the favourite, No Secret, began to make her move on the leader.

But it was all Red Stiletto, who climbed to a three-and-a-half length lead to take the second win of her career.

Barossa Kids also stayed close, finishing third, while Fiftyonestars dropped to last from the five starters.

Another local placed duringthe Race 6Club Eastwood LaunchFri 27thJan BM64 Handicap (1000m), High Risk for SharynTroloveofSale.

High Risk was slow out of the gate, but swiftly madeupthe distance to join the pack in no time

Midnight Charm,Beefeaters and Avid General exploded clearfrom the pack, by aroundfour lengths at the 600m.

As they came aroundthe bend,the once stretched pack now became compacted, as the rear joined the pace makers.

Both Midnight Charm and Beefeaters were eventually outrun by the likes of Avid General for Jody Thompson, who was first to the line, playing $13 to win.

High Risk came home in third, just over two lengths behind the leader, as six of the eight startersfinished within four lengths.

Moonlight Rustler for Sale’s Bill Wood rounded out the pack, finishing last of all runners without troubling anyone in the meantime.

The Race 7INXsive Moe Racing Club Fri 17th March BM64 Handicap (1200m) was won by Tan Tat Magic for Gavin Bedggood, by over alength.

Despite aslow start, Red On Red for Moe’s John Pascoe, climbed from the back of the pack to the front and set the pace as they rounded the final bend.

Until then Red On Red held the lead, but once they entered the main straight, Tan Tat Magic forced herself to the front, going up the inside.

She held steady to win by over alength to The Brill Building,while locals Red On Red and Delightful Journey for Moe’s Christine Sexton sorted themselves toward the rear.

The final race of the meet, the Race 8Local Cups &Community Raceday 19th Feb BM58 Handicap (1600m), hosted acomparativelylargerfield, amassing 12 runners.

Half of those 12 were locals, which were High Done for Moe’sPaul and Tracey Templeton, Little Brother and One Man Band for Moe’s Darryl Blackshaw,Ripplebrook for Sale’s Trolove, Gimme ABuzz for Moe’s Hughes and Stay AWhile for Mick Templeton of Moe.

Despite being so much local talent, the field was dominated by the rest, as High Done was the

only runner of local significance, finishing second behind Commodusfor Mark Sues, who won by three lengths.

High Done and Stay AWhileheld the pace around the first bend and past the 1000m mark.

At the 600m mark, Commodus began to break intothe leaders,passingStay AWhile whowas comparatively slower.

Commodus tookthe leadasthey roundedthe final bend, before stretching out comfortably.

Evenjockey Craig Newitt was comfortable, as he was seen looking at the big screen and the crowd as they crossed the line.

Moe Racing Club willhost another meet on Tuesday, January 24, once again transferred from Sale.

Long way from Mid Gippy

AMERICAN FOOTBALL NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP

BY TOM HAYES

APAIR of Gippsland punters battled it out on the biggest collegefootballstage in the US last weekduring the NCAA College Football Playoff National Championship, when TCUHorned Frogs took on the Georgia Bulldogs.

Traralgon’sJordySandy and Dumbalk’s Brett Thorson competed in front of more than72,000spectators at SoFi StadiuminCalifornia.

Both punters played their respective parts for their sides, but it was ultimately Thorson and Georgia who won the National Championship, by a landslide 65-7.

Multiple records were broken during the night, some unpleasant to look at from Sandy and TCU’s point of view.

It was the biggest winning margin -awhopping58points -inachampionship game in the CFP era (since the 2014 season).

The second-biggest margin in the CFP era was just 28 points, occurring twice, in 2019 and 2021.

Georgia became thefirst school to winback-to-back CFP National Championships, which led to multipleplayers becoming two-time National Champions.

Ensuring its dominance, Georgia became the third school to complete aCFP season 15-0, after LSU and Clemson did so in the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

As for the Aussies individual performances, on the losing side,Sandy had five punts totalling 185 yards(169

metres), whileThorsonwas only needed once, thanks to the dominantGeorgia offence, nailing a48-yard punt (44 metres), in the third term.

Although the 2022 season is nowwrappedup, both Sandy and Thorson will be back in action for the 2023 season, beginning later this year in August.

Sandy willenter his fifth year, while he turns 30 in 2023, as he was allowed to stay for an additional year due to COVID interruptions.

As for Thorson, his future appears bright after a

more-than-successful

in the system.

Throughout the season, he made aname for himself with amonster 75-yard punt, which was the biggest of any Georgia punter in nearly 10 years.

Before the season had begun, he ranked well among other freshmen punters; number one from Australia and number fouroverall, according to 247sports.com.

As both localslook settohave another stirringcampaign in 2023, we will be eagerly waiting for the season to kickoff later in the year.

first year

Champion: Dumbalk’s BrettThorson post-match aftersecuring his firstNational Championship with the Georgia Bulldogs photograph supplied

Local showing: Red Stiletto for Moe’s Paul and Tracey Templeton, ridden by Ryan Houston, wins the Moe Optical Fillies & Mares BM64 Handicap at Moe Racecourse photograph brettholburt/racing photos

Competitivefield to contest pro-am

GOLF

By LIAM DURKIN

TRARALGON Golf Club is all set for its annual pro-am.

The prestigious event begins tomorrow, with the first groupofprofessionals and amateursteeing off at 7.30am.

The course has been closed in the days leading up to the eventinordertohavethe greens and fairways in pristine condition.

So great is the field this year, PGA has had to cull the number of professionals. Close to 100 applied, 66 got aspot.

Around 20 players from interstate are competing, as well as current Traralgon Golf Club pro, Darren Cole.

Cole is athree-timewinner of the Traralgon Pro-Am, and one of Victoria’s top-rated coaches.

Last year’s winner, Tim Hart (Queensland), is backtodefendhis title.Hart is currently oneof the longest drivers in the country.

Marcus Fraser is also competing. Fraser held a Top 50 world ranking at the peak of his career and has won in Europe and played in the US Open.

Among the A-listers is Andrew Martin, who came seventh in the Australian Open and Simon Hawkes, who won the Australian Open at Moonah Links, and has also previously won at Traralgon.

Previous Traralgon winners include Matthew Millar (ACT), Adam Burdett, Ben Wharton, Steve Jones, David Brandson (who has played on the US tour) and Kyle Michel.

While the field is strong, agreat part of the pro-am is for everyday players to experience golf alongside professionals.

SCOREBOARD

GOLF

CHURCHILL &MONASH

StablefordSaturday07January 2023

AGrade Winner: M. Brereton 10 36 pts

BGrade Winner: J. Soppe 25 35 pts

CGrade Winner: C. Stevens 43 42 pts

D.T.L: 1. M.Hutchinson 38, 2. W. Sutton37, 3. V. Reid 36, 4. J. Barnes 36, 5. D. Byers 35, 6. G. Beyers 35, 7. T. Collins35, 8. J. Sanders34, 9. R. Dent 33 c/b

N.T.P Pro-Pin: 3rd: D. Radnell, 12th E. Heller,14th J. Barnes

Target Hole: G. Sanders Birdies: R. Dent 14th, D. Radnell 3rd, E. Heller 12th

StablefordTuesday10January 2023

Winner: Marianne Ryan 30 40 pts D.T.L: Lia Brent 26 38 pts,Vannessa Reid 29 37 pts

N.T.P: 3rd: Chris Cunningham, 5th Lia Brent, 12th JennyTatterson, 14th Chris Cunningham

TRAFALGAR

WednesdayWomen’s results

11th Jan– Stablefordwith1418-Hole players and 29-Hole players

Winner: Aija Owen (29) with 38 points

Runner-Up: Lorna Risol (24) with 36 points Down The Line: Nola Fordham with 35 points,Anne Outhred and Sue Klemkewith 34 points

Nearest the pins: 5th Sue Klemkeand 13th JennyEvison

9-Hole Winner: Sue Balfour (40) with 15 points

Runner-Up: PatHarris (29) with 14 points

Next Week: 18th Jan- Stableford

Starter: TBA

14th Jan: Open Mens and Ladies 4BBB

18th Jan: Ladies Stableford 25th Jan: 4BBB Knockout (if in need of a partner contact Anne Outhred), StrokeMM and 2022 Medal of Medallists

MIRBOONORTH

Sunday15th January M.N. Plate.

Platewinner: Churchill 2

Scratchwinner: RKincaid (3) 74

AGrade:,D Amos (12) 39

BGrade: IDuncan (14) 41

CGrade: GForrester (21) 40

DTL: ZScholte, RRobbins 39, NBaker,S Hill-Smith 38, AWest,K Barnes JRobbins, MSoppe,J Langstaff37

NTP: 4th IDuncan 6th KAttard13th M Lunscombe 16th Damo

Thursday12th January,Stableford.

AGrade: JHughes (17) 41pts

BGrade: SMcKenzie (30) 42pts

DTL: JSmeriglio,S Beitz 38, GRenwick 36 c/b

NTP: 6th SHill-Smith, 16th TWhitelaw

Birdies: 6th SMcKenzie,JKus,S Hill-Smith, Saturday14th January Stableford.

AGrade: RKratzat (10) 36pts

BGrade: JHemming (13) 42pts

CGrade: RRobbins (19) 39 pts

DTL: MThompson 39, RJenkins,S Forrester,NBracecamp 36, PLee,E

The pros are usually very generous withtheir time,and more than happytolend afew tips to the weekend warriors.

Truthfully,itisoftenthe amateurs who get more out of the pro-am than the ones there to try and win the prize money.

Speaking of which, there is a$25,000 prize-purse in thisyear’s Traralgon Pro-Am,while it is alsoan

Order Of Merit event for the professionals. Organisation for the Traralgon Pro-Am is often described as “like painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge”, and the organising committee at Traralgon Golf Club will be hoping all goes well over the next two days.

It has beenabusytimeatTraralgon, withthe golf club most certainlybuoyed by road safetyupgrades

along the Princes Highwayoutside the club, while cricketgreat Lord Ian Botham is set to add to the list of famous names to have graced the fairways.

Botham will be at Traralgon Golf Clubnext Tuesday (January 24).

Who is the bigger name to visit Traralgon Golf Club? Ian Botham or Greg Norman?

Woodall 35pts NTP: 4th EWoodall, 6th, MPayne 13th,Tim Traill. 16th,E Woodall.

Birdies: 4th EWoodall, JWoodall, 6th P Smart, SMills,MPayne,J Woodall, 13th TimTraill16th JKus

TRARALGON

Mens:TUESDAY10January Players 93 Stableford

James O’Mara741

Justin Savige 12 38

GaryThorburn1939

Greg Donoghue 27 38 40 CMcKie

DTosch, AGraham 38 SGuttridge,MDiCorleto, JHagart, K Garlick, RJennings,MMarino

GCooling,RBerkhout, TRadford, T Mudita, RSmith, JGarlick, BFarley 36 GThomas Mens: SATURDAY 14 January 2022 Players 129Par –BlueTees A: Andy Milbourne 11 4 B: Brian Farley 12 7 C: Brook Lavery 19 6 D: David Archbold 21 11 5 MBloss,T Davey, SDuncan, GBriffett 4W Hanrahan 3JPickersgill, DAnderson, RWare, I Whitehead, GO’Brien 2DHunter,W Pollard, SHenning,L Middleton, JKurrle,A Jessup,T

44, Morwell Club 16 57,Warragul 049, Morwell 12 67,Trafalgar 464, Newborough 16 69, Drouin 043 DIVISION 2: Drouin (2) 16 72, Warragul (2) 036, Newborough (3) 12 61, Neerim District 452, Newborough (2) 16 74 Morwell Club (2) 036, Traralgon (2) 14 59 Moe 256

DIVISION 3: Yarragon 14 75, Morwell (2) 250, Drouin (3) 14 63, Morwell (3) 259, Yinnar 14 67,Traralgon (3) 243, Trafalgar (2) 12 57 Garfield 456 DIVISION 4: Moe (2) 842, Moe (3) 235, Morwell Club (3) 10 44, Newborough (4) 031, Yinnar (2) 844, YallournNorth 234, Churchill 10 52, Drouin (4) 029, Warragul (3) 942Trafalgar (3) 135, Traralgon RSL(2) 835, Traralgon (4) 233 SaturdayPennant Round 10,14January 2023,

DIVISION 1: Traralgon RSL9 75, Traralgon RSL9 75, Traralgon 15 82, Newborough 3 81, Morwell 14 85, Warragul 467, Trafalgar 14 84, Drouin 478

DIVISION 2: Drouin (2) 14 80, Traralgon RSL(2) 474, Thorpdale 18 90, Traralgon (2) 063, Newborough (2) 14 76,Neerim District 469, Morwell Club 16 81, Longwarry2 66

DIVISION 3: Boolarra18101,Morwell (2) 057, Warragul (2) 14 89, Yinnar 465, Newborough (3) 13 75, Traralgon (3) 573, Garfield 14 92, Moe (2) 471

DIVISION 4: Trafalgar (2) 16 92, Morwell (3) 268, Yarragon 18 79, Newborough (4) 037, Warragul (3) 974, Traralgon (4) 974, YallournNorth 16 84, Churchill 267

DIVISION 5: Drouin (3) 14 64, Longwarry (2) 250, Traralgon (5) 14 63, Morwell (4) 2 57,Trafalgar (3) 16 90, Moe (3) 047, Morwell Club (2) 12 62, Garfield (2) 454, Neerim District (2) 16 76,Traralgon RSL(3) 044

DIVISION 6: Yinnar/Churchill 10 16, Newborough (5) 00,Boolarra(2) 10 56, Trafalgar (4) 024, YallournNorth (2) 849, Thorpdale (2) 240, Morwell Club (3) 10 16, Traralgon RSL(4) 00,Neerim District (3) 8 36, YallournNorth (3) 231, Drouin (4) 10 16, Traralgon (6) 00 Midweek Pennant Ladders10January 2023, Round 9 Div 1W LD FA Dif Pts Traralgon 18 10 577 473 104110 Drouin 16 30 586 467 11999 Morwell 15 40 537 544 -7 76 Morwell Club 14 50 500 519-19 71 Trafalgar 14 50 530 528 264 Newborough 14 50 486 531 -45 64 Traralgon RSL1 27 0459 541 -82 47 Warragul 13 60 467 539 -72 45 Div 2W LD FA Dif Pts Newborough 26 12 520 388 132105

Traralgon 25 22 537 481 56 88 Moe 15 31 516507 983 Morwell Club 25 40 507 483 24 76 Drouin 24 41 453 466 -1376 Warragul 23 60 499 506 -7 56 Newborough 32 61 417491 -7446 Neerim District 12 61 396 523 -127 46 Div 3W LD FA Dif Pts Yinnar 18 10 634 385 249127 Drouin 36 21 574485 89 103 Garfield 15 40 465 503 -38 76

Trafalgar 24 50 424 525 -101 61

Morwell 33 51 525 536 -1160

Yarragon 14 50 501553 -52 60 Morwell 23 60 507 536 -29 50

Traralgon 32 70 456 563 -107 39

Div 4W LD FA Dif Pts

Yinnar 28 10 427 277 15076 Churchill 17 20 408 297 111 72

YallournNorth 72 0397 295 10268

Traralgon RSL2 54 0298 315-17 51 Newborough 44 41 304 3013 43 Warragul 34 50 339 343 -4 41 Moe 24 41 337 321 16 39

Traralgon 43 60 313346 -33 36 Moe 33 60 318342 -24 32 Drouin 43 60 304 407 -103 30

Morwell Club 33 60 280 399 -119 30

Trafalgar 32 70 323 405 -82 22

Strzelecki North SaturdayPennant Ladders14January,Round 10 Div 1W LD FA Dif Pts

Newborough 19 10 881 641 240148

Traralgon 17 30 889 656 233122

Drouin 15 50 797 771 26 98 Morwell 16 40 789 781 898

Trafalgar 14 60 733 846 -113 74

Traralgon RSL1 36 1746 818-72 73 Moe 13 61 754 844 -90 67

Warragul 12 80 656 888 -232 40

Div 2W LD FA Dif Pts

Morwell Club 18 20 839 704 135133

Longwarry1 55 0863 683 180102

Traralgon 26 40 833 7627199

Neerim District 15 50 783 7612294

Newborough 26 40 744792 -48 90

Thorpdale 14 60 733 780 -47 81

Traralgon RSL2 37 0707 846 -139 64

Drouin 23 70 694 868 -174 57

Div 3W LD FA Dif Pts

Garfield 1100 0882 667 215156

Traralgon 37 30 800 738 62 115

Morwell 26 40 785 74936100

Warragul 24 60 770 759 11 78

Yinnar 14 60 698 784 -86 76

Boolarra1 37 0751 771 -20 73

Newborough 34 60 716760 -44 71 Moe 22 80 665 839 -174 51

Div 4W LD FA Dif Pts

Trafalgar 28 20 836 631 205134

Yarragon

Strzelecki North Playing Area StatePairsLadies State PairsFinal 22 January 2023 D. Kennedy (S), J. Jackson -Newborough vs P. Trewin (S), K.Van den Hoff- Traralgon P. Trewin (S), K.Van den Hoff- Traralgon Men’sState PairsSemi Finals K. Lovett (S), G.Lambos -Newborough Bowling Club vs G. Trembath (S) Morwell Club,N.Houston -Newborough Bowling Club J. Scullin (S) Traralgon Bowls Club,R Marston -Newborough Bowling Club vs M.Ferrari(S), I. Hilsley- Traralgon Bowls Club

In Strzelecki South Playing Area Ladies StatePairsfinal S. Read (S), D. Hyslop -Phillip Island 9shots def.bySam Atkinson (S), S. Atkinson -Drouin 14 shots

Men’sStatePairsFinal

A. Soplakow (S), J. Taylor -Mirboo North 11 shots def.byM.Coram (S), S. P’loughlin -Inverloch M. Coram(S) Inverloch, S. O’loughlin -Korumburra25shots

ATHLETICS

Round 10 of GippslandAthletics Club trackand field season washeld Tuesday 10th January 2023.

ROUND 11 RESULTS:

100M

Women: Masters–Fiona Saltmarsh 27.52 Men: U/20 –Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 11.94; Open –Brendan Caffrey 15.25, Cameron Hughes 15.45; Masters–Jude Fernando 12.84, Ian Twite19.75

JAVELIN

Women: Masters–Fiona Saltmarsh 9.32 Men: U/20 –Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 27.36, Open –Cameron Hughes 31.14, Brendan Caffrey 23.64; Masters- Jude Fernando 25.44, Ian Twite14.74

3000M

Men: Open –Brendan Caffrey13.55; Masters– IanTwite14.54.10

5000M

Men: Masters–Ian Cornthwaite17:19.56

LONG JUMP

Women: Masters–Fiona Saltmarsh 1.61 Men: U/20 –Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 4.49; Open –Brendan Caffrey 4.35; Masters–Jude Fernando 4.85

DISCUS

Women: Masters– Fiona Saltmarsh 12.18 Men: U/20 –Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 32.22; Open –Cameron Hughes 27.77,Brendan Caffrey 21.17; Masters–Ian Twite17.76, Jude Fernando 15.28

400M

Men: U/20 –Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 1:01.21, Open –Brendan Caffrey1:13.43, Cameron Hughes 1:16.10; Masters–Jude Fernando 1:05.84

Gippsland Athletics Vern Curnow Pentathlon 5willbeheld on Tuesday 17 th January, 6pm at the JoeCarmody Track, Newborough Events: 200m, Javelin, Long Jump,Discus 800m/1500m.

Anticipation: Traralgon Golf Club’s Jim Murdoch and Bryan Hazelman are looking forward to the pro-am photograph jada cannizzo

Sharks draw firstblood before final

CRICKET GCL SENIORS

BY LIAM DURKIN

THE final round of the Gippsland Cricket League was inconsequentialinterms of determining finalists, although for the players involved, there was still plenty at stake.

Withcombatants for the seniorfinal, to be played on Sunday, February5,alreadyset in stone before the round started,the game between Traralgon and Sale-Maffra offered adress rehearsal for the big dance.

Playersfrom either side also had one final chance to impress selectors for not only the final,but Melbourne Country Week, which starts February 13.

Taking to the picturesque Roger Ries Oval, Toongabbie, nowfeaturing awhite picketfence, the Tornadoes batted first and closed at 9/155.

Opening bat Ryan Morley top-scored with 44, and received support from Dougal Williams, who made 29 in the middle order.

Sale-Maffra threw the ball around, using eight bowlers in total.

Captain DylanBoltonwas the mostproductive in terms of wickets, taking 4/34, while Steve Spoljaric

did Steve Spoljaric things, and ended with 2/23 off 10 with three maidens.

Interestingly, Sharks quick Tom Morrison only bowled one over -anover that produced awicket.

Sale-Maffradidn’t have too much trouble chasing down the total, getting across the line in the 38th over.

Afresh Tom Morrison made 41 against the new ball, and brother Charlie remained unbeaten on 31.

Traralgon tookthreewickets for their trouble. Ewan Williams and stand-in skipper Adam Brady nabbed apair each.

Although the Sharks won by five wickets, it is likely bothsides will takesomementalnotes heading into the Grand Final.

Traralgon may stillbringinkey players Lee Stockdale, Jimmy Pryde and captain Nat Freitag, which will no doubt change the order and dynamic.

LEONGATHA finishedits GCL campaignona high, defeating Bairnsdale.

Playing at Scorpian Park (another picturesque ground on the Gippsland landscape), the visiting Bairnsdale team decided to have ahit first up.

Bairnsdalewas bowled out for 166, adisappointing total considering they were 1/98.

Wickets fell in asteady stream after captain Reagan Kyle was dismissed for 43.

Only opening bat Sam Stewart with 61 was able to make an impression.

Andrew Donohuewas the best bowler for Leongatha, and finished with 4/31, while Damian Symmons and noted goal-kicker Lachlan Wright chipped in with acouple each.

The boys fromGatha’ town chipped away at thetotal bit-by-bit,and wonthankstoateam effort of most people making handy double-figure contributions.

Although James Rushton was the only player to make adecent score (42 off 43) the work of others battingaround him ensured the points for the home side.

Bairnsdaleused five bowlers, who all took one wicket, while therewas arun-out in the mix as well. PRIDE was on theline for Latrobe Valleyand Warragul.

The Wild Dogs kept theirs in tact with an emphatic 95-run victory,while for Latrobe Valley, to getskittled for 110 on awicket as good as Ted Summerton probably left more questions than answers.

Warragul was sent in, and duly scored 205.

Todd Mann played an enterprising knock of 30 off 27 balls, before the two Vela’s, James and Dan, made 61 and 31 respectively.

Latrobe Valley had Warragulina bit of trouble at 4/71, but the Wild Dogs were able to dig themselves out of the hole.

Grant Duncan courageously took the Warragul total past 200, as the visitors used their full 50 over allotment.

Tye Hourigan got one for the mantlepiece, bowling very well to claim figures of 5/38 off 10 overs.

Jackson Noonan and George Cheshire also had some success with apairofwickets each

Unfortunately for Latrobe Valley,the batting effort was atrain-wreck.

After gettingto20without too manyissues, wickets started to tumble, and fell virtually every 10 runs thereafter.

Blair Clymo hung around for aperiod, making 29 off 45 balls, but the home side failed to ever get going, and was bundled out in the 39th over.

Dan Vela backed up his efforts withthe bat, taking 3/23, while Harry McConnell took 2/20.

Duncan, opening the bowling with his left arm orthodox, displayed good control, returning figures of 1/23 off 10 with two maidens.

There wassome friendly-fire in this match, as Mann came up against former teammates Noonan and Clymo.

Heat makes bowls mischief as Newborough meets its match

LAWN BOWLS SATURDAYPENNANT

BY MICHAEL HOLROYD

SATURDAY Pennant was under the threat of hot temperatures and many matches started before lunch to avoid the heat, which impacted same games in the afternoon for ashort period, until the temperature dropped back below 36 degrees to allow play to continue.

DIVISION 1

TRARALGON welcomed top teamNewborough and handed them their first defeat of the season with anarrowone shot victory.

Mick Coram and his rink of Angela Hackett, Ian Kirkup and Shane O’Loughlin defeated Alan Grubband his rink of Barry Daley, Rod Lewis and Neale Houston 20-15.

Matt Ferrari and his rink of Ian Hilsley, Kevin Enguell and Michael Yacoub had a24-17 win over Kevin Lovett and his rinkofBrian Carpenter, Jo-Anne Michaels and George Lambos.

JimScullin and his rink of Nick Turnbull, Pat Trewin andBrenton Hackett drew21-21 with Tommy Lodge and his rink of Alan Ryan, John Backman and Scott Jones.

RyanMarston and his rink of TonyKnipping, JoshKennedy and PaulSherman had a28-17 win over Vin McIlwain and his rink of Kirsty van den Hoff, Shane Chapman and Chris Ward, leaving Traralgon the victors by one shot.

 TRARALGON 15-82 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH 3-81

MORWELL had agood win at home against Warragul.

David Cook and his rink of Jodie Ashby, Kevin Pigdon and Keith Gadsby had a26-11 win over JimPower andhis rink of DesStephens,Bruce Thompson and David Ferguson.

Steve Collins and his rink of Mike Arnold, Danny McKeownand Ernie King hada29-10 win over David Smithand his rink of JohnVickerman, Graeme Davis and Robert Renn.

For the visitors, Janette Gallasch and her rink of Matt Draisma, Russell Carrick and PeterGallasch won 24-21 against Nathan Cook and his rink of Jim Turner, Sarah Ashby and Russell Williams. BillClappers and hisrink of Terry Sullivan, David Alderman and Paul Simmons had a22-9 win over Chris Goldsbrough and his rink of Ross Harford, Brian Kingsley and Laurie Melhuish.

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MORWELL 14-85 DEFEATED WARRAGUL 4-67

TRAFALGAR had amuch needed win overvisitors Drouin, with whenIan Miles and hisrink of Graham Hill, Chris Bortignon and Tim Fraser had a30-19 win over Samantha Atkinson and her rink of David McIlfatrick, Rudy Kerkvliet and Mark Atkinson.

Matt Schreyer and hisrinkofCol Carmichael, WayneHurst and Wayne Arnoldhad a28-16 win over Toby Wallace and his rink of PeterWallace, Steve Barrand BrianThorpe

For the visitors, Mick Fleming and his rink of Bruce Andrews, John Leighton and Geoff Bailey hadan18-11 win over Ken Capper and his rink of Jim Wilson, Frank Farrugia and Peter Jonas.

Sheryl Atkinson and her rink of Maureen Leighton, Jan Aubrey and Les Firth had a25-15 win over Darren Kane and his rink of Heather Taylor, Terry Robertson and Paul Dawson.

TRAFALGAR 14-84 DEFEATED DROUIN 4-78

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TRARALGONRSL hosted Moe and the match resulted in athrilling draw with each team winning two rinks.

For the home team,Dave Hodson and hisrinkof Paul Matters, Garry Trewin and Kevin Durwood had a20-11 win over Michael Smogavec and his team of Jan Parniak, Val and Brian Rodgers.

Ross Sizeland and his rink of Nathan Forester, Ross McKenzie and Terry Hunter had a21-14 win overJayde Leechand hisrink of Jim Lawrence, Stuart Caines and JanRudy

For the visitors, Steve Pallot and his rink of Stan Myers, Ian Caines and Banger Harvey won 22-21 overRick Lukey and his rink of Daniel Earl, Titch Hore and Dave Morley.

Sandy Caines with his rink of Bob Rennie, Les Stolarik and Ted Kuklinsky had a28-13 win over John Taylor and his rink of Gordon Bayley, Chris Mackintosh and Beau Williamson, but it was not enough to break the deadlock.

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TRARALGON RSL 9-75 DREW WITH MOE 9-75

DIVISION 2

THORPDALE returned to form at home against Traralgon (2) winning all four rinks.

Brendan Jennings and his rink of Alan McLure, Brian O’Connell and Scott Jennings had a20-12 win over Cary Locke.

Dwayne Gunn andhis team of Rubin Van Zuylen, David Ferguson and Ross Kennedy had a28-16 win over Dave Currie.

Ben Powell and his rink of Wendy Jennings, Dylan and Denis Gunn had a21-20 win over Abe Roeder.

DannyVanzuylen and his rink of Shane Chambers, Neville Smith and Graeme Edwards had a21-15 win over Ron Sherlock.

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THORPDALE 18-90 DEFEATED TRARALGON (2) 0-63

MORWELLClubconsolidated top spot on the ladder with agood win against Longwarryathome.

Brett Harle and his rink of Dashaa Martin, Mil Karleusa and Lee Mckenzie had a22-21 win over Russell White.

GlennTrembath and his rink of Vaughan Reimers, Nobby Noblett and Alan Campbell had a24-16 win over Adam Proctor and Tara Harle and her rink of Michael Skinner, Steve Kilpatrick and Roger Rejmer had a20-12 win overKen Towt.

Ken White and hisrink of Glenn Pask, Ian Peterson and John McCarthy had a17-15 win over Neil Whitelaw, to salvage two points for the visitors.

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MORWELL CLUB 16-81 DEFEATED LONGWARRY2-66

DROUIN (2) had agood win at home against Traralgon RSL (2) with Dale Hendrick and his rinkofGraemeAubrey, Mary Firthand Col Jeffrey defating Ron Osler 29-6.

Arthur Moore and his rink of Alex Miller, John Bickerdike and Phil Jarred had a24-12 win over Gordon Bakker.

Forthe visitors, JeffBlythman and his rink of Shirley McKenzie, Ian Hartley and Gordon Asbury had a27-18 win over David Tayles and Max Gibbins and his rink of Don Wight, Eric Warfe and Brian Wilkinson had a29-9 win over Mary Andrews.

 DROUIN (2) 14-80 DEFEATED TRARALGON RSL (2) 4-74

NEERIM District travelled to Newborough (2) and were narrowly beaten.

For the home team, Robbert Cook and his rink

of Stuart Gemmill, John Arnold and Michael Weatherall defeated Peter Brooks22-16 and Spencer Gossand his rinkofBrianMilkins,Albert Van Stekelenburg and Graham Smith defeated Neil Adams 23-13.

For the visitors,ShaneHoganand his rink of RussellMeehan, RossPollard and Ray Watts defeated Bob Goldie 23-17 and Peter Throup and his rink of KarrenSheers, Ray Throupand Pat Fraser-Aurisch defeated Graeme Cocks 17-14.

NEWBOROUGH (2) 14-76DEFEATED NEERIM DISTRICT 4-69

DIVISION 3

BOOLARRA continued its good form winning all four rinks against Morwell (2) when Travis Baker and his rink of Angela Mazou, Bruce Davey and Joelene Laukens hd a27-7 win over Bob Wilson.

Terry Parker defeated Bob Skinner 23-9, David Caldwell defeated Gerry Van Duin 29-28 and Darren Napier defeated Ken Turner 22-13. 

BOOLARRA18-101 DEFEATED MORWELL (2) 0-57

NEWBOROUGH (3) had agood win against Traralgon(3) with Ed Whelan and his rink of Kevin Myrteza,CarmelGoss and Wayne Butler having a 25-11 win over Gordon Slimmon and PeterPolicha drew 14-14 with Bill Kirby.

For the home team, Brendon Smiles defeated AlanLuck22-17and May Cross defeatedJim Cuthbertson26-19,leaving Newborough (3) the winners by two shots. 

NEWBOROUGH (3) 13-75 DEFEATED TRARALGON (3) 5-73

GARFIELD had agood win at Moe (2) to remain unbeaten with Steve Whyte and his rink of Alan Wilson, Alan White and Gary Helmore defeating John Woods 32-12.

Shane Oliver defeated Paul Read 25-22.

For the home team, Bob Esslerdefeated Tom Cleary 21-20 and Leigh Dodd defeated Steve Based 16-15.

28-14 win over Graham Hutchinson.

Steve Lodge defeated Trrevor Curtis 23-18 and Bruce Giles defeated Rita Reddiex 26-16.

Forthe home team, Bob D’Brass defeated Mal Clymo20–15.

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TRAFALGAR (2) 16-92 DEFEATED MORWELL (3) 2-68

YALLOURN North travelled to Churchill and came home with the points.

Darren Fry and his rink of Shane Dobson, Jake Fry and Craig SpeakedefeatedBillBrown28-7, Ricky Hearn defeated Chris Thomas 22-18 and Gary Ingley defeated Cath Dodds 22-18.

For the home team, Craig Flanigan defeated Rob Matthews 24-12.

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YALLOURN NORTH 16-84 DEFEATED CHURCHILL 2-67

WARRAGUL (3) drew with Traralgon (4) with the visitors being led by Stuart Hulse and his rink of JenniPierce, Stan Rycakand Ian Willswho defeated Lester Mason 23-14 and Roger Davey defeated Elsie Hefford 19-16.

For thehome team, Brian Kennedy defeated Bill Bishop 23-15 and Brent Grigg defeatedCol Mayman 21-17.

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WARRAGUL (3) 9-74DREW WITH TRARALGON (4) 9-74

DIVISION 5

DROUIN (3) 14-64 defeated Longwarry (2) 2-50, with Peter Hone and his team of Richard Joyner, Robert Dickson and Margaret Owens defeated Mark Light 28-13, and AndrewKidd defeated Gerard Mitchell 23-11.

Longwarry was well served by John O’Shea who defeated EthelVan Maanen 26-13.

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GARFIELD 14-92 DEFEATED MOE (2)4-71 WARRAGUL (2)had agood win at home against Yinnar.

Bob Currieand his rink of Alison Matthews, Brian Barby and Peter Ellis had a26-9win over Murray de la Haye and Noel Rubenstein defeated Luka Djudurovic 27-11.

For the visitors, Tim Roche defeated Greg Mitchell 24-21 and Gavin Osborne defeated David Gatewood 21-16.

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WARRAGUL (2) 14-89 DEFEATED YINNAR 4-65

DIVISION 4

IN agameshortened duetohigh temperature, Yarragon won all four rinks at Newborough (4). SamMazza and his rink of PeterHandley, Peter Lubbrink and MargaretArnoldhad a21-9win over Maurie Ludlow.

Richard Polmear defeated Michael Holroyd 17-8, JasonRoberts defeatedWally Smith 19-8 and Jarrod Grigg defeated John Vicic 22-12.

 YARRAGON 18-79 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH (4) 0-37

TRAFALGAR (2) travelledtoMorwell(3) and came home with agood win.

Anthony Mitchinson and his rink of Sean Tatterson, Laurie Heenan and Billy Nisbet had a

MORWELLClub(2) 12-62 defeated Garfield(2) 4-54, with the only winning rink Lisa Arnold and her team of Sandy Sinnott, Jan Karleusa and Bob Pelchenwho defeated Helene Newton30-18 and for Garfield, Gordon Moxeydefeated Gail Rejmer21-19 and Damien Brick defeatedAndrew Shepley 15-13

TRARALGON (5) 14-63 defeated Morwell (4) 2-57, with Jim Goodwin and his team of Carmel Smith, David Mallaghan and RobStephen defeatingDavid O’Reilly 27-16 and Ron hales defeated Joel Brooks 18-17.

For Morwell (4), Bob Lorenz defeated Brian Johnson 24-18.

 TRAFALGAR (3) 14-90 DEFEATED MOE (3) 2-47

NEERIM District (2) 16-76 defeated Traralgon RSL (3) 0-44 with all three rinks up.

GregBondand his rink of Bronwyn Throup, George Rymer and Mal Collins defeatedTrevor Nelson 32-17, John Rochford defeated John Farquhar 21-18 and Frank Metcalf defeated Jim Schroeder 23-9.

DIVISION 6

BOOLARRA (2) 10-56 defeated Trafalgar (4) 0-24; Yallourn North (2) 8-49 defeatedThorpdale (2)2-40; Neerim District(3) 8-36 defeated Yallourn North (3) 2-31; Drouin (4) 10-16 defeated Traralgon (6) 0-0; Morwell Club (3) 10-16 defeated Traralgon RSL (4) 0-0;Yinnar/Churchill10-16 defeated Newborough (4) 0-0.

Dominant performances in Prem A

CRICKET

LVDCL PREMIER A

BY LIAM DURKIN

JOHN KEIGHRAN is really good at cricket. Churchillsecured maximum pointsagainst CATS, and Keighran inflicted maximum damage with bat and ball at George Cain Oval in Round 12 Premier Aactionofthe Latrobe Valley District Cricket League.

Resuming the day with first innings points already in the bag, the Cobras, wellreally just Keighran,only spent13overs at the crease on Day 2, but that was still enough to take their overnight (technically over seven days but you know what Imean) score from 164 to 230 before declaring.

Keighran scored 156 out of 230. His knock came off 115 balls and featured17fours and threesixes.

It is probably worth noting that Keighran’s innings wasn’t just aslog, as lookingatthe CATS bowling card, none of them really got absolutely hitout of the attack.

With plenty of time left in the day by the time they batted again, the visitors faced the monumental task of needing to score155 justtomake the Cobras bat again.

They didn’t, in fact they didn’t get close: Bundled out for 104.

CATS madeadecent start,getting to 41 without loss, but after that, things disintegrated. Jamie Cochrane played alone-hand, making 41 off42 balls with six boundaries.

He wasone of twovictims of Steve Warr’sdeadly militarymediums,and two others fell to Matt Harvey’s left arm orthodox. But it was Keighran’s Kingdom on Saturday, and he took 6/31 off 11 overs -and theyweren’t just cheap tail end wickets either.

MADURA PERERA is also really good at cricket.

The Raiders pace ace ripped Morwell apart on Saturday, finishing with figures of 5/61 off 26 overs.

Set 277 to win, the visiting Tigers fell well short of the target, and were bowled out for 176.

Openingbat Mark Cukier scored adefiant 89,

facing nearly 40 overs’ worth of balls, going past the Morwell first grade batting aggregate record in the process.

Unfortunately, the new record-holderfound limited support, as the next highest score was 22. Amiddle-order collapse of 4/28 haunted the Tigers,and their task eventually becametoo great once Perera found his rhythm.

Raiders took the unusual step of opening with spinfrom both ends in ared ball game -something you don’t often see, if ever.

Perera and English spinner George Chesire bowled 56 overs between them, which equated to 73 per cent of the 82 overs in the day.

Chesiregave the pacemangood support, nabbing 3/57 off 30.1.

ROB PHOENIX is still really good at cricket.

Moe took first innings points against Latrobe, thanks mainly to aPhoenix five wicket haul.

The Lions batted on from Day 1, adding another handy 30 runs to the 226 theyscored theweek before.

The game looked to be slipping away from the Lions at Ted Summerton Reserve, before the ball wasthrowntothe man who has got sides out of trouble more than afew times in his career.

Latrobe was 0/94 in pursuit of 256, but then Phoenix was introduced into the attack and took the key wicket of Anthony Bloomfield for 43.

He followed up by knocking over Sharks captain Benn Zomer, which then led to Callum Grant picking up the next two poles to leave Latrobe 4/107.

From there, Phoenix continued on, working with paceman Clinton Taylor, who was reintroduced and helped out with two wickets.

Big-hitting Latrobe batRonnie Chokununga was dismissed for 81, and with that, the game was Moe’s for the taking, and they wrapped things up by bowling Latrobe out for 160.

Taylorwith2/27and Grant with 2/33 played theirpart, while Phoenix got yet another trophy for his collection, ending withfigures of 5/13 off 18 with 11 maidens.

Is #phoenixeffect still athing?

Roller coaster match ends with Centrals outright

CRICKET LVDCL AGRADE BY LIAM DURKIN

IF you had to pay to get into local cricket, you would have got your monies worth at Apex Park.

Any number of results were on the cards at stages between Centrals and Mirboo North in Latrobe Valley District Cricket League AGrade.

In the end,the home sidewon the Round12game outright, but not before afew dramatic moments very nearly saw the visitors take the game reverse

Heading into Day 2, Centrals needed 140 to win on first innings with seven wickets in hand.

RunstoReghard Hefer (29) helped the Lions along, although his dismissal left virtually all the scoring up to captain Tye Hourigan.

Hourigan was not out at stumps on Day 1, and ended up seeing his team to firstinnings points with afine 84.

However, whenHourigan was dismissed, the score was 8/163, and when Centrals were bowled out, they only led by 10 runs.

Leading lights with the ball for the Tigers were Zach Hollis (3/17), Dale Banks (2/47) and Jed Alexander (2/49).

With enoughtimelefttostill tryand win the game, Alexander’s men went about trying to smack aquick lead.

Mirboo North made 87 in 35 overs; Hollis the main contributor with 33. English spinner Joe Stuart ensured wickets kept

tumbling, as he ripped through the middle order to claim 7/43, backing up the efforts of Rob Webber, who clean bowled two of the Tigers’ openers.

When the last wicket fell, Centralsneeded 77 to winoutright; however, the clock was quickly ticking closer to 5.30pm.

Knowing they had to go for it, the Lions sent big hitters Webber and Hefer out to open.

Webber got 21 away off 12 balls, including two maximums, but his dismissal left the door ajar for Mirboo North to capitalise.

Capitalisethey did,and from 2/34,the Lions fell to 6/37.

At that stage, areverse-outright was welland truly on the cards, and given Centrals’ proneness to collapse,there wassurelysome in theLions camp who were fearing the worst.

Their fears weresquashed however by captain Hourigan,who finished unbeaten on 29 from27 balls, receiving adequate support from Sam Gray, who played asomewhat uncharacteristic innings of 24 off 19.

In the wash-up, Centrals won outright after getting the required runs in 14 overs.

Young gunMax Woodall claimed four second innings wickets for the Tigers. Anton Thomas took 2/24.

IDUB Thee, Sir Robert Wilkie.

The Traralgon West captain led from the front on Saturday, scoring an unbeaten century as the Eagles completed an outright win over Willow Grove.

Wilkie resumed the day on 12 not out, and

CATS bowling: CStewart15-5-36-1, JMoore11-4-18-3, MBellingham 9-0-49-2, JCochrane 4-0-25-0, JKeyhoe 6-0-47-1, BHagley2-0-9-0, VPenrose 6-0-31-1

CATS secondinnings(trailingby155)

declared when the scoreboard read 8/229, giving Traralgon Westa102-run lead

Josh Monacellacombinedwith Wilkie for a78-run partnership; the wicket-keeper scoring 38 himself.

The Wolves persistedinthe fieldatYallourn North, and had some success in the form of Nathan Wheildonand Peter Grima, who took 4/45and 2/26 respectively.

Willow Grove did at least make Traralgon West bat again, after getting bowled out for 112 in their second dig.

Brody Hams showed abit,scoring 37, but the rest of the card found the going tough against leg spinner AdamThow(4/19)and theseamers of Tim Fitch (3/10).

Needing only 11 to win, the Eagles took maximum points after getting to 1/18 after 2.4 overs.

“Make sure the books add up”.

TRAFALGAR took first innings points against Jeeralang-Boolarra.

The Ships elected not to bat on into Day 2after closing at 9/301 the week before on the Boolarra astro.

Things seemed to be going eerily to plan for the visitors, as slips catches were‘seen the wholeway’, and before too long, the home side was 3/32.

Ben Heath and Nila Thillekarathna then got together for agood partnership, putting on 69 for the fourth wicket.

The match was evenly-poised at tea, but Ships’ spinner AidenGeorge was able to wrestle back momentum, taking the wickets of Heathand Thillekarathna back-to-back.

DBanks not out 0 Extras (nb 0, w0,b 5, lb 3) 8 Overs. 35 Total. 87

Shipswicket-keeper Cooper Burgess took two good catches off full-blooded cut shots to see the back of the beforementioned batsmen.

Burgess was apicture of the village cricketer under ablazingsun:Keeping in short sleeves, wearing black shoes and with his shirt untucked.

All he needed was afloppy hat to top it all off.

The Shipstook the remaining wickets theyneeded to win on first innings; their task made slightly easier due to Jeeralang-Boolarra being abatsman shortfollowing an injury to Hasitha Hewawasam last week.

George bowled 17 overs straight and took 3/14, while Jackson Noonan claimed 2/57.

With alead of 147 and 25 overs left in the day, Trafalgar decided to roll the dice and go for an outright.

The Ships got off to aperfect start, nabbing a wicket in the first over,and thena wicket soon after on aLiamWhite called ‘keg ball’.

However, after afew more overs, it was clear an outright was not going to be achieved, and it was decided to call an early end to the day.

SomeTrafalgar playersmay have also been feeling the effects of high 30s heat, particularly RileyWhite, who appeared to be commentating his own bowling.

For the Ships,aquickdebriefbefore players or all ages partook in the pinnacle of male team bonding -jumping in together for acold shower. Perhaps the biggest positive to come out of the dayfor Trafalgar was what happened there and then: No jocks in the showers.

Trafalgar Bowling: JNoonan 3-0-6-1, ZBrown 3-2-8-0, OMcLeodAgland 2-0-5-1, OHennessy1-0-5-0, RWhite1-0-8-0

Willow Grove first innings127

Traralgon West first innings

RChokununga. .c Kane bPhoenix 81

BZomer bPhoenix 1

LDobson cBlunt bGrant 4

MZomer. bPhoenix. 4

TGamage. cKane bPhoenix 1

JBloomfield cKane cTaylor. 2 ADuncan cWilson bTaylor. 0

LDuncan cKane bWilson. 11 MMetcalfe not out 0

Extras (nb 0, w3,b 7, lb 2). .12 Overs. 60.4 Total. 160

Moe

LDay lbw bMaynard. 6

MCukier lbw bHiggins 89

BClymo lbw bChesire .21

KFortuin lbw bPerera. 1

BMills cChesirebPerera. 10

CSeymour cBurrowsb Chesire. 0

BBrincat lbw bPerera. .22

GHarvey. cMillsbPerera. .10

SDouglas cMillsbPerera. 5

TPickering lbw bChesire. 5

RWhelpdale not out 0

Extras (nb 0, w2,b 3, lb 2) 7

Overs. 82.1

Total. 176

Raidersbowling: GChesire30.1-9-57-3, LMaynard11-2-20-1, MPerera 26-3-61-5, JVarghese 2.1-0-6-0, BMacfarlane 4-0-12-0, MHiggins 3-1-2-1

CATS first innings 75

Churchill first innings (resumed5/164)

JKeighran not out 156

KHolt lbw bPenrose 9

BKelly. bCStewart 7

KFarnworth bBellingham 7

Extras (nb 0, w2,b 2, lb 2) 6

Overs. 53

Total. 8/230 (dec)

JCochrane cKellyb Warr 41 JMoore. lbw bKeighran 12 SGissara lbw bKeighran 0

JKeyhoe cFarnworth bKeighran 18

DKeyhoe .c Duncan bKeighran. 1 CStewart cRae bKeighran 4 MBellingham. bWarr. 1 BHagley. lbw bKeighran. 0 EPorigneaux not out 7 VPenrose lbw bHarvey. 7 CMcDonald bHarvey. 7 Extras (nb 2, w0,b 4, lb 0) 6 Overs. 35.1 Total. 104

Churchill bowling: KHolt 4-0-20-0, KFarnworth 6-2-28-0, CWilliams 1-0-3-0, JKeighran 11-3-31-6, SWarr8-4-7-2, MHarvey3.1-1-3-2, R Velardi2-0-8-0

AGRADE

Mirboo North First Innings 159

Centrals first innings (resumed 3/19)

THourigan. cWoodall bAlexander 84 BWilliamson cAlexander bLawrey 2 RHefer bBanks .29

LSpeairs. cRogersb Alexander. .15 CPollard. cDavis bHollis. 2 BDoble cBanks bHollis 9 JStuart. not out 4 MFenech cRogersbHollis. 0 Extras (nb 1, w1,b4,lb0). 6 Overs. 62 Total. 169

Mirboo Northbowling:M Woodall12-8-10-1, AThomas 5-0-10-1, D Banks 13-2-47-2, JAlexander 18-8-49-2, WLawrey 8-2-23-1, W Cheatley1-0-9-0, ZHollis 5-1-17-3

Mirboo Northsecond innings

J Alexander bWebber 5 CSchellekens .b Webber 0 ZHollis. cHefer bStuart. 33 DDavis .c Gray bStuart 3 SRogers. cPollardb Stuart. 4 WCheatley cDoble bStuart 11 LAnders. lbw bStuart. 0 MWoodall cHourigan bStuart .18 WLawrey cWebber bStuart. 5 AThomas cSpeairsb Pollard. 0

Centrals bowling: MFenech 8-4-17-0, RWebber 8-4-6-2, JStuart 14-4-43-7,RHefer 3-1-7-0, CPollard2-0-6-1

Centrals second innings (target 78)

R Hefer. cRogersb Woodall 0 RWebber cCheatleyb Thomas 21 BDoble cCheatleyb Thomas 3 THourigan not out 29 CPollard. cCheatleyb Woodall. .1 WHenry. bWoodall 1 JStuart. bWoodall 0 SGray. not out 24 Extras (nb 0, w0,b0,lb0). 0 Overs. 14 Total. 6/79(cc)

Mirboo North bowling: MWoodall 7-2-46-4, AThomas 6-0-24-2, J Alexander 1-0-9-0

Trafalgar first innings 9/301(cc)

Jeeralang-Boolarra first innings

TLaaks cConnollyb Noonan. 0

ARanthilakage runout (McLeod-Agland, Brown) 17 KRanthilakage cWhitebMcLeod-Agland 7

BHeath cBurgess bGeorge 38 NThillekarathna cBurgess bGeorge 28 BMcCormack .c WhitebGeorge 13 LSmith cWhitebConnolly. .15 NEdirisinghe cWhiteb Noonan 4 SDeSilva cBurgess bBrown 17 DGregor not out .1 HHewawasam. injured Extras (nb 7, w2,b 2, lb 3) 14 Overs. 61 Total. 154

Trafalgar bowling: JNoonan 14-2-57-2, ZBrown 8-3-17-1, OMcLeodAgland 5-1-10-1, AConnolly7-2-10-1, OHennessy4-1-13-0, AGeorge 17-8-14-3, LWhite 2-0-19-0, LDurkin 4-1-9-0

Jeeralang-Boolarra second innings (following on)

BMcCormack. cMcLeod-Agland bNoonan 0 NEdirisinghe cNoonan bMcLeod-Agland 7 LSmith not out 23 SDeSilva not out .0 Extras (nb 0, w2,b 4, lb 1) .7 Overs. 10 Total. 2/37

IZafar cWilkesbGrima 2

BEdebohls. lbw bWalsh. 14

SRasool lbw bWheildon. 18 RWilkie. not out 103 AThow. lbw bGrima 7

JMonacella cHams bvan der Stoep. 38

TFitch cCumiskey bWheildon 17 MGriffiths cJames bWheildon 9 RFalla st Hams bWheildon .0 DCooke. not out .5 Extras (nb 5, w1,b 7, lb 3). 16 Overs. 77 Total. 8/229 (dec)

WillowGrove bowling: PGrima 15-7-26-2, NWheildon 22-4-45-4, J Coombs 3-1-12-0, AWilkes10-4-18-0, DWalsh 15-2-55-1, JHammond 3-0-8-0, NWeatherhead 2-1-3-0, Dvan derStoep 4-0-26-1, LCumiskey 3-0-26-0

Willow Grove second innings

JHammond bEdebohls 13

BHams lbw bFitch 37

NWheildon st Monacella bThow. 10 AWilkes. cGriffiths bThow. 13 KMulley. bFitch 6 PGrima st Monacella bThow. 0 AJames. lbw bFitch 0

JCoombs cMonacella bLever-Makin 3

LCumiskey .b Thow 6 Dvan der Stoep not out 2 DWalsh. .c Griffiths bWilkie 14

Extras (nb 2, w0,b4,lb2). .8

Overs. .43.2

Total. 112

Traralgon West bowling: BEdebohls 7-5-10-1,HKimpton 6-3-15-0, S Rasool 4-1-14-0, RFalla 6-2-25-0, AThow9-4-19-4, TFitch 9-4-10-3, B Lever-Makin 1-0-8-1, RWilkie 1.2-0-5-1

Traralgon West second innings (target 11) HKimpton. not out 12 BEdebohls. runout (unknown) 3 JMonacella not out 3 Extras .(nb 0, w0,b 0, lb 0) 0

Overs. 2.4

Total. .1/18

Willow Grovebowling: PGrima 1.4-0-12-0, AWilkes 1-0-6-0

Stockdale’s Vic Countrystart well

CRICKET

AUSTRALIAN COUNTRYCRICKET CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY TOM HAYES

THE AustralianCountry Cricket Championships are under way in Canberra, and Victoria is sitting pretty at the top of the ladder, following two matches.

The third round of the Championships resume at the time of print, as Victoria is set to take on the Philippines.

Ex Students all-rounder Lee Stockdale is captaining the state side, andhas playedanimportant role over the two matches thus far.

Victoria’s first round opponents were Queensland, and they made light work of the sunny state, winning by awhopping 123 runs.

The charge was led by former-Melbourne Renegades batsman, Brayden Stepien,who blasted 104 runs from just 94 deliveries, including17 boundaries.

Stockdale contributed 32 runs in the middle of the order, while at number seven, Kierran Voelkl, amassed ahalf century at just over arun aball, to help compile atotal of 7/288.

Despite surviving all 50 overs, Queensland was well off the mark, falling over100 runs shortof its target.

Sale’s Jack Wrigglesworth, who took the most wickets at the 2020 Championships,took 3/27 from his 10 overs, including abreakthrough and he helped clean up the tail.

Stratford’s Jack Rietschel was also handy with the ball, taking 1/27 from his 10 overs, while Stockdale was conservative, only allowing 21 runs from his 10 overs.

Victoria halted Queensland to just 9/165, showing they could hold aside to alow score.

Two days later, Victoria took on South Australia, who were coming off asix-wicket loss to New South Wales.

This time around, South Australia won the toss and threw the Victorians into the field.

If they could go back in time, they might, after

Victoria bowled them out in 28.4 overs for alousy 108.

Eight of the 11 batters dismissed for single-figure scores, while the Victorian bowlers tore through the order.

Stockdale led fromthe front,taking 3/21from his 10 overs, taking the all important wicket of South Australia’s leading runs scorer, Mitchell Fuss, for 47.

Rietschel was once again reliable with the ball from his limitedspell, taking 1/2 from 10 deliveries, helping clean up the tail.

While in chase, the Victorians did not need longto drag down the cheap total, just over17overs in fact.

Jordan Moran hit the winning runs in the 18th over, just as Stockdale was brought to the crease, following the dismissal of Nathan Walsh.

Stepien once again top-scored for Victoria, with aquickfire 37 from 28 balls,aknock that included five boundaries.

As previously mentioned, Victoria sits on top of the ladder after two games, with New South Wales in close company in second.

Historic moment in TDCA

CRICKET TDCA

CRICKETreturned in the TraralgonDistrict Cricket Association at the weekend after alonger than usual festive break.

The unpredictableweather this season continued to affect cricket,although this time instead of rain and cold weather havinganimpact,itwas instead 36 degree heat which had every playersweltering in the Januarysun.

IT wasn’t only areturn to the 2022/23 cricket seasonfor the Yarram&District Cricket Club, but instead awelcome to anew chapter of cricket in South Gippsland as the Yarram Recreation Reserve showcased its brand new turf bench last weekend.

The wicket itself is what curator dreams are made of, withthe old syntheticwicket having been replaced by ahugeturf bench, maintained by an incredibly enthusiastic team of locals who are aiming to make this ground the best in all of Gippsland.

The lucky team to take on Yarram Districtinits inaugural AGrade home fixture in the Traralgon District Cricket Associationwas Imperials, who hadn’t played foramonth due to having abye on the last round before Christmas.

Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, had the honour of tossing the coin in front of an excited crowd.

Imperials captain Ryan Morley called correctly and had no hesitationbattingfirstonwhat looked to be amagnificent wicket.

As the anticipation of abig days’ play built, it was Anthony Scott who got things underway for the home team, and with his fourth ball of the opening openerhesnicked off Ryan Morley to put the pressure on Imps from the very first over. Thingsthen onlygot worse for the visitors as Scott Aitkenmade asecondballducktohave Imps 2/2.

Tom Starkeyfought hard alongsideDilshan Thillekarathna as they grindedout a30-run partnership,but Yarram’spressurecontinued and Imperials lost wickets without making many runs at all.

Eventually, Imperials was bowled out in the 40th over for 85, with young gun AshanKeppitipola making agood 18, while the tail could only play for time as the Pelicans gave nothing away with the ball.

Scottwas superb as he lead his attack beautifully, bowling seven overs for only five runs while claiming three wickets.

Yarram then did what Yarram do, and in true Pelican style, they came out swinging, aiming to get the game over and done with quickly.

JackMoore (45not out from42balls) and Dylan Rash (38 from 34 balls) ensured Imperials were never in the hunt as they quicklypassed the target in the 14th over. Rash fell when the score was 82.

Yes,itwas an emphatic victory for the home team, but in the grand scheme of things it was more than just another match, it was the start of something great for Yarram District Cricket Club and the TDCA.

ROVERS made astatement against Toongabbie.

The boys from Duncan Cameron declared ‘don’t count us out justyet’, as they took it up to the finals fancy and beat them soundly.

Batting first, disaster struckfor Rovers early as Justin Little, who was returning from aknee injury, had to retire hurt due to reinjuring his knee. It’s such ashame as this young man has already shown he has plenty of talent so far in these early stages of his career, and to be continually hampered by knee issues is disappointing for himself, his cluband the TDCA,who allhope he recovers soon.

TheRamstook early wickets but Rovers’ captain Dougal Williamsstood talland as wickets fell

aroundhim,hecontinued to tough it out on his way to 64 from 122 balls, finally being dismissed with the score on 140.

Simon Duff (21 not out) and Jack Lynch (18 from 21) took the score up to 179, which in the heat would prove abig challenge for Toongabbie.

The Rams were missing JasonVeneman and JamesChalmers, so the likes of RobWheildon and Kev Stoddart would need to do most of the heavy lifting.

It was tough going though and the young Rovers team kept the heat on Toongabbie, who at one stage was 3/60 and in with achance.That was until Olly

‘The Illustrated Man’ Mason took two wickets in an overand Toongabbie went from3/60to6/63 and the result became just aformality.

Lynch wasgood,taking 2/9,aswas Duffwho claimed 2/13, but it was Dougal’s day, as he took 2/4 to go with his potentially season-defining 64 in aman-of-the-match display.

THE last game of the round was held at Stoddart

Ovalwhereanundermanned Gormandale squared off against the all-conquering Glengarry Cricket Club.

Nat Freitag won the toss and sensing his team couldknockover Gormandale quickly, he chose to bowl first on what could only be described as an interesting looking wicket.

The Tigers lost early wickets andwere on the brink of breaking until two young guns in the form of Campbell Peavey and Hayden Richards fought back,putting on 50 for the fifth wicket,which had theMagpies alittle hot under the collar at times due to the brashness of some of the stroke play the young batsmen were attempting.

Eventually, Peavey wasdismissed for 36 and Richards 23 as Gormandale was bowled out in the 45th over for 127.

In ateamfull of star bowlers, it wasa young bowler who hadonly bowlednineovers for the season up until this match who was the main destroyer, as BrandonMayberryclaimed 4/20 from his nine overs while Al Jenkin took three himself.

Gormandale would need quick wickets to have achance butdidn’t take awicket until the game was almost over.

Frank Marks was the dismissed for 18, caught and bowled by Tyler Reynolds whilesome tremendous gamesmanship and genuine spin craft helped to remove an in-form Jenkin who finished with 71, dismissed by under-rated spinner James Jacobsen.

Glengarry passed Gormandale’s score in just 22 overs and continue to be undefeated in season 2022/23.

IMPERIALS made agenuineclaim as acontender for the BGrade premiership defeating Yarram District by seven wickets.

ThePelicans, batted first, made149,with Peter Griffiths top-scoringon42while Johnathon Downs claimed 4/12.

In reply, Imperials passed Yarram’s total in the 28thoverasJosh Jenningssmashedanunbeaten 77 from just 55 balls.

Toongabbie dismantled reigning BGrade premier Rovers by 124 runs, with Matt Hazelman making agood 59, while in the other BGrade fixture, last season’s grand finalists, Gormandale, were belted by Glengarry.

THE TDCA is playing around of make-up games this Sunday in AGrade.

TDCA SCOREBOARD

AGRADE -ROUND 14

Gormandaledef by Glengarry

Gormandale Innings

NScammell cF Marks bMayberry. 19

JJacobsen cBMarks bFreitag 6

CLehner bFreitag 3

YSoyza cJenkin bMayberry. 12

CPeavey. cBMarksbJenkin 36

HRichards cMertonbMayberry. 23

GSwan. bJenkin 2

ABrady cClark bGraham. 5

TReynolds cFMarksbJenkin 2 SSapalya bMayberry. 2 JAinsworth. not out 1

Extras (nb 2, w13, b1,lb0). 16

Overs 44.5

Total.....................................................................127

Glengarrybowling: CGraham 8.5-2-26-1, GWaack Hawkins 4-2-4-0, NFreitag 7-2-7-2, MMerton3-0-19-0, AJenkin 10-2-36-3, B Mayberry9-2-20-4, SMarks 3-0-14-0

Glengarry Innings

AJenkin cScammell bJacobsen 71

FMarks c&b Reynolds 18

NFreitag not out 26

SMarks not out 2

Extras (nb 0, w10, b1,lb0). 11 Overs. 22

Total. 2/128

Gormandale bowling: (no figures supplied)

Roversdef Toongabbie Rovers Innings

JLittle. not out 2

TPearce lbw bHughes 2

LLittle. st Dunn bBarry 4

DWilliams lbw bStoddart. 64

EWilliams cBarry bShippen 4

OMason cFleming bHood 14

LPatterson bFleming. 3 MFloyd cStoddartbShippen 4 SDuff. not out 21

JLynch cFleming bHughes 18

JCanning bHughes 0 Extras (nb 1, w25, b7,lb10) 43 Overs. 48.5

Total. .......................179

Toongabbie bowling: KHughes 9.5-1-29-3, MBarry 10-2-24-1, T Shippen 7-1-29-2, RWheildon 6-0-21-0, BHood 3-0-11-1, BFleming 5-0-18-1, KStoddart8-0-30-1

Toongabbie Innings

DBarry cPearce bE Williams 7

RWheildon cDuffb DWilliams 35 TDunn bPatterson 0 GMcIlroy lbw bMason 5 KStoddart. cD Williams bDuff. 4 MStoddart. cD Williams bLynch 18

KHughes cPearce bMason 1 TShippen cPearce bDuff. 1 BFleming lbw bLynch 4 BHood cDuffbD Williams 7 MBarry not out 1 Extras (nb 2, w20, b1,lb0). 23 Overs. 39.2 Total. 106

Roversbowling: EWilliams 6-0-26-1, MFloyd 3-0-14-0, LPatterson 5-1-9-1, OMason 10-1-29-2, DWilliams 2.2-0-4-2, SDuff10-5-13-2, JLynch 2-0-9-2, JCanning 1-0-1-0

Yarram District def Imperials Imperials Innings

RMorley. cRash bScott. 0

TStarkey cRash bScott. 21 SAitken. bGriffiths 0 DThillekarathna .c Swiftb Scott. 13

MAdams bAskew 0

AKeppitipola runout (Scott, Moore) 18

RBosch lbw bAskew 0

LBalakrishnan c& bTaylor 5 DThompson runout (Taylor) 10

BSizeland not out 4

JTwite. cMoorebBabb. 2 Extras (nb 2, w7,b0,lb3). 12

Overs. 39.5 Total. 85

Yarram District bowling: AScott7-4-5-3, KGriffiths 7-1-26-1, D O’Keefe7-3-15-0, BAskew 7-1-18-2, ATaylor 3-0-10-1, JBabb 8.5-4-8-1

Yarram District Innings

JMoore. not out 45

DRash. cThillekarathna bTwite. 38 DO’Keefe. not out 2 Extras. (nb 0, w5,b0,lb0). 5

Overs ................................................................13.1

Total. 1/90

Imperials bowling: TStarkey 2-0-17-0, SAitken 2-0-15-0, D Thillekarathna 4-1-23-0, BSizeland4.1-0-32-0, JTwite1-0-3-1 BYE-ExStudents

BGRADE

Toongabbie 8/203(cc) (M Hazelman 59, RFarley 37,L Woolan 2/51) def Rovers 79 (D Brain 26*, R Martin 26, THood 2/1, NFarley2/13, JWall2/13); Glengarry0/43 (P Henry20*,SHenry15*) def Gormandale 9/41 (M Sharp2/3, AWinter2/7);

Yarram& District 149(PGriffiths 42, TCrawford 40, JDowns 4/12,J Anderson 3/33) def by Imperials 3/154 (J Jennings 77*, SBurgess 40, S Becker3/36; BYE- Ex Students

Doing thehonours: FederalMember forGippsland Darren Chestertosses thecoinfor the historic moment at Yarram RecreationReserve.Picturedo the newturf wicketisYarram District Cricket Club captain AnthonyScottand Imperials CricketClub captain Ryan Morley, along with umpires Neil Meredith and Darren Farley photo: the bridge

US scholarship for Heyfieldrunner

ATHLETICS

By ZOE ASKEW

I’M abad b****,Rachel O’Brien says to herself as she pushes through the final leg of her 800-metre race; heartbeat pounding in her throat, legs striking the earthbellow, lungs burningwithevery gulp of air; sheisthe littletrain that could.

Rachel O’Brien, 22, never imagined that 12 years after starting in the Under 10s at Sale Little Athletics, she would be packing her bags to board aplane en route to Adams State University in the US on afull athletics scholarship.

O’Brien, the Wellington Athletic Club’s first female athlete to qualify for the Australian Olympic trials back in 2020, will depart today(Wednesday, January 18), for Alamosa, Colorado, where she will spend the next two years studying for aMasters of Business Administration and competing forthe AdamsState Grizzlies’ track and field squad.

“I just finished my physiotherapy degree at Monash University in Melbourne,” O’Brien said.

“I will definitely use that degree; Ihave loved learningabout physio, but this is an incredible experience and opportunity that has come up, so Iwould rather take that on; I’ve got my whole life to figure out my career as aphysio.”

The middle-distance runner, clocking in a personalbest of 2.10 minutes in the 800m, says the athletics scholarship will allow her to focus on her running career.

“Going through uni, Australian uni,you don’t have that same support,” she said.

“You know,Ihavestill had to workand study and train all at once, and it’s alot to manage, it’s alot to balance, but over there, all that other stuff will be taken care of, and Iwilljust get to focus on my running.

“I will also have some incredible racing opportunities to hopefully then bringmytimes down, and that will open some more doors; Iamreally excited.”

O’Brien’s introduction to running is not what you would expect; with such acoveted history, one

Cukier now the Tiger King

CRICKET LVDCL

MarkCukier took over this mantle when he scored his 32nd run on Saturday.

The man known as ‘Sugar’ took his tally to 6560 First XI career runs to pass former record-holder Craig Giddens.

It was asimplenudge to midwicket that brought up the milestone,asCukier scored 89 for the Tigers against Raiders,

When coupled with 359 wickets at first grade level, which places him fifth on the all time Morwell Cricket Club first grade wicket-taking table, current players and members are truly witnessing a great of the Tigers.

wouldassumethe 22-year-old Heyfield local was born into an athletics family, but you’d assume wrong.

“It’s actually pretty funny,” O’Brien laughed.

“I used to play tennis as an eight-year-old, and Iwas notgood at all.

“We used to go down every week. Then one weekend, we were playing at the tennis courts that used to be right next to the track, and Little (Athletics) was on, and Isaidtomum, ‘mum, mum, that looks so much more funthanthis; Ihatethis.’”

“The next season, mum said we would try Little (Athletics) for our summer sport and, yeah, loved it; Ifell in love with it and haven’t looked back.”

Alover of high-jump in her junior years, at 15, O’Brien chose to focus on her running, saying goodbyetoSale LittleAthletics and movingto Wellington Athletics Club, where she would later make the national senior athletics team.

“I was the first Wellington Athletics Club female to qualify and attend at any Olympic trails; that was apretty big achievement of mine,” O’Brien said.

“Making senior nationals, that was, Iwas pretty happywith that and getting thisscholarship is one of the highlights of my running career.”

Australian 800m record holder Catriona Bisset and Aboriginal Australian former sprinter Cathy Freeman, heralded as one of Australia’s greatest ever sportspeople, are women who O’Brien idolises.

“As ajunior, there wasn’t particularly anyone, but as I’ve gotten older, looking at Catriona Bisset and learning about her story and the way that she speaks so openly about mental healthand her journey, Ijust think she is incredible,” O’Brien said.

“She is an amazing inspiration to me.

“Growing up, Iremember reading in Year 7, we had to read Born to Run,and it was just so amazing, so yeah, Cathy Freeman is definitely another inspiration, particularly growing up.”

Rain,hail or shine, O’Brienisscrupulous at maintaining astricttraining regime, training six days of the week.

“The worst thing about running is when you are

sore after abig session, and you know you have to get out the door, and it might be miserable outside,” O’Brien said.

“I have done alot of procrastination in my time; it’s the thought of it more than actually doing it. It’s just like, put your running kit on, stand outside the door, and then you’ll go, but sometimes it’s so hard to just do that.”

The hardestbattle is won, andO’Brien is running; withher coach on the track, along the streetsof Heyfield or Melbourne, or through the vast bush blanketing Gippsland’srolling hills,headphones on, deep into her ‘Sweaty Spaghetti’ playlist.

“There are so many good things [about running],” O’Brien said.

“I think the best thing about running is; Iget so many benefitsfor my mental health through runningand all the amazing opportunities that come alongside that.

“There are just so many good things,” she laughed.

“It’savery mindful activity; Iliketaking my headphones off sometimes when I’m on along run in the bush or somewhere and just listening to the gravel, like the pounding of the gravel and just taking in the scenery.

“So yeah, the best things about running are the places it takes you and the scenes you can see when you’re running, andthe other side, the mental side, is how amazing it is that Ican get the best out of myself, Ican push myself and reap those mental health benefits all in one.”

The hours before O’Brien’s departure to the US, where she begins the next phase of her running career,are quickly slipping away;nerves and sadness join feelings of excitement as she says farewell to her boyfriend, family and friends.

You best believe that when those pesky anxious feelings begin brewing in the pit of her stomach, growing as she places one foot in front of the other along the boarding tunnel, Rachel O’Brien will be telling herself, I’m abad b****.

She is the little train that could.

Grumley’sstock rising overseas

TENNIS

By TOM HAYES

IT SEEMS that all we are focussing on, since2023rolled around, is tennis.

Local stars have moved away from the region and continue to make aname for themselves, while in Traralgon, the Junior InternationalTournament is under way.

Back to the point of locals making their name elsewhere: Traralgon’s Ben Grumley won the 2023 Open Hume TennisEventasthe New Year unfolded.

Grumley, who seasonably returned fromWilliam WoodsUniversity in Missouri, competed in Hume while visiting his family in Gippsland.

Grumleyand doubles partnerSam McGregormadeittothe semi-finals of the doubles, losing in straight sets 7-5, 6-2, which followed adominant quarter-final display, where the two only dropped one game.

In the singles, Grumley eased to the semi-finals without dropping aset, where he played his eventual final.

After losing the first set 5-7, Grumley picked up the pieces and won the close contest against fellow-Victorian Diordan Macababbad.

WhileGrumley advanced to thefinal, after defeating Macababbad 5-7, 7-6,

10-6, his Final opponent, Stefan Vujic, withdrew.

ThereforeGrumley was announced as the winner of the tournament, without having to serve aball in the Final.

Grumley jetted back to Missouri last Wednesday, January 11 -the morning of the opening day of the Traralgon International.

Hismother andmanager/secretary of the Traralgon TennisAssociation, Susie

Grumley, said she had “a long driveback home” to make it back to Traralgon’s tournament in time, after dropping Ben off at the airport.

Grumley is expected to remain in the United States until the end of the year, and although his family might miss him, he is sure to continue to make aname for himself as ajunior in his third year at William Woods University.

Travel tips for getting to the Australian Open

TENNIS

AS the Australian Open serves up two weeks of nail-biting tennis action, thoseheading to the event are remindedoftravel changesresulting from major works in Melbourne’s west, north and south-east.

Public transport is always the best option when heading to events in the city, as parking is often limited, and extra trams are running throughout the two-weeks of the Grand Slam.

Free tramtravel is available for Australian Open ticketholders on routes 70 and 70a between Flinders Street West, near Southern Cross station, and John Cain Arena.

Dedicated shuttles will run daily from 8am to an hour after the end of play untilThursday, January 26, and from 11am until an hour after the end of play between Friday, 27 and Sunday, 29 January.

Richmond and Jolimont stations are ashortwalk from Melbourne Park, providing another option for

tennis fans catching trains on the north-eastern, easternorsoutheastern lines.

The CityLoop, including Flagstaff, Melbourne Central and Parliament stations, will re-open,and trains will resumeservice around the CBD from the first train on Monday, January 16 followingtwo weeks of upgrade works.

Coaches are replacing trains on the Gippsland Line between Southern Cross,Traralgon and Bairnsdale for the entire journey until the last service on Tuesday, January 31.

Replacement buses are running to Federation Square, Parliament Station or the Arts Centre, with trams on Route 70 or 70a providing an easy link to Melbourne Park.

Passengers are encouraged to visit ptv.vic.gov.au/disruptions for more information and to plan their journey, as thesechanges will extend travel times.

Export: Traralgon, and nowWilliam Woods University’sBen Grumleyrecently wonthe 2023Open Hume Tennis Event. photograph contributed

Offand away: Heyfield’sRachelO’Brien has earnt afullcollegeathletics scholarship in the US photograph zoeaskew

Sweet like Sugar: Mark Cukier became the all time first grade leading run-scorer for Morwell Cricket Club on Saturday file photograph

Melbourne andCanberra all in one

BASKETBALL WNBL

BY TOM HAYES

ONCE again, the Traralgon RegionalIndoorSports Stadium was put through its paces with more basketball action.

This time the WNBL had arrived, welcoming topof-the-ladder Deakin Melbourne Boomers to face thebottom-of-the-ladderUniversityofCanberra Capitals.

Coming off its first win of the season, the Capitals were full of confidence, but the ladies had to be at their besttogive the Boomers arun for their money

On the Capitals rosterisTraralgon local, Jade Melbourne, who captained the side.

With only two losses to its name all season, the Boomers were electric, and were there to prove why they deserve to be league leaders.

The first quarterwas one-waytraffic, as the Boomers almost doubled the score of the Capitals, going into the secondquarter up by 14 points; 29-15.

Morewas needed from the Capitals in the second quarter, to not only get themselves back into the game, buttoavoid ablow-out, like they have previously experienced.

And that was what they did, the Capitals then outscored the Boomers in the second quarter, to drag the margin back to eight points.

The Capitals made the most of turnovers, making sure to score at their end, while the Boomers suffered alapse in concentration.

That lapse in concentration was justified in the thirdterm, as the Boomers flicked the switch once againand wipedthe floor with the Capitals.

Another onslaught saw the Boomers outscore the

Capitals by 12 points to restore a20-point lead, with just aquarter to play

Alow-scoring final quarter allowed the Boomers to take the win with ease,coming out of Gippsland eventual winners, 78 to 57.

Boomers captain Cayla Georgeled from the front, scoring 37 points at 56 per cent accuracy, nearly halfofthe Boomers’ entire score, along with 17 rebounds.

She was complimented by her side,asthe box score was evenly distributed between the remaining teammates.

As for Melbourne, it wasn’t quite the homecoming she was set out for, but still left Gippsland with adecent individual turn-out; seven points,10 rebounds and four assists.

Her Capitals still remain on the bottom of the ladder, with just one win next to their name, howeverdid well to maintain the leagueleaders to just 78 points

As for the Boomers, they hold atwo-game lead to the second-placed Southside Flyers, who recently suffered its fourth loss of the campaign.

ELSEWHERE, Basketball Australia has announced the extended Opals squad, which comprises 12 Victorians filling the 26 available positions, including Melbourne, in preparation for the2023Asia Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Australia retained its number three global ranking, following asuccessful FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in September, 2022, finishing third overall

TheOpalscamp will be heldatthe AIS National TrainingCentrefromFriday, March 31 to Wednesday, April 5.

Upset on the cards in Traralgon as finals action intensifies

TENNIS TRARALGON INTERNATIONAL

BY TOM HAYES

TRARALGON’S Junior Internationaltournament is well under way, as hundreds of tennis hopefuls have flocked to the country town.

The action began on Wednesday,January 11, when the qualifiers for the main draw started as early as 10am.

Within the qualifierswerethree locals; Traralgon’s Sam McGregor and ElizaDunbar, and Sale’s Jessica Board.

As the temperature continued to rise, when play started the wind momentarily shielded everyone from the heat.

McGregor was faced with atall order, drawn against second seed Argentinian, Segundo Gioty Zapico.

He battled hard with the Argentine, but continued to be outdone by his opponent, losing the first set 6-3.

The second set was over before it started, as Zapico didn’t allow McGregor to claimasingle game to complete the straightsets victory and progress to the second qualifying round.

With that, one less local remained, but next on the courts was Sale’s Board, who faced 16th seed, fellow-Australian Jelena Cvijanovic.

Shetoo, was outdone in straight sets, as Cvijanovic won 6-2, 6-2, leaving Dunbar as the only local remaining.

Just after midday as the sun continued to glare onto the tennis juniorsand everyone in attendance, Dunbar was warming up for her qualifier against 15th seed Japanese international Kanna Soeda.

Dunbar started in exceptional form, taking an earlylead in thefirst set, before exploding, taking outthe first set6-1.

The secondset wasmuch more troubling, as Soeda worked herself into the match, making life hard for Dunbar.

With the second set going all the way, Dunbar was ever-so close to progressing to the second round of qualifying.

Sheeventually got the better of her opponent, closing out the match 6-1, 7-6, advancing herself to the next round where she’d face Italian fifth seed Anna Paradisi.

The following day (Thursday, January12), Dunbar set out on amissiontoclaim her main draw entry.

It would be another tall order, considering she would have to take the court against the fifthseeded player.

Dunbar and Paradisi shared the first show court, yet despite her efforts, Dunbar waseventually eliminated in straight sets; 6-3, 6-3, painstakingly close to the main draw.

On Friday, January 14, the main draw got under way, and despite the locals being knocked out of the singles, plenty of Aussies remained in action.

It was fireworks from the beginning, when number one seed, Japan’s Sara Saito was knocked out in the first round in straight sets to Turkey’s Melisa Ercan, Aussie Rhea Makesar was also knocked out; 6-2, 6-1, in thefirst round by Paradisi -who eliminated

Dunbar in the qualifiers.

Anumberofother Aussie girls were eliminated in the first round; Anja Nayar, Zara Larke, Yilin Yan and Roisin Gilheany, while Gabrielle Villegas and GabbyGregg were knocked out by seeded players in the opening round.

Aussies progressing to the second round in straight sets were Lily Fairclough,16th seed Emerson Jones and Alana Subasic, while LilyTayor survivedthree sets with third seed Slovakian, Nikola Daubnerova, to make her way to the second round.

As for the boys,six Aussies wereknocked out in the first round;AlexanderDespoja,Marcus Schoeman, Jeremy Zhang, Brendan Loh, Zachery Viiala and Hugh Winter.

Meanwhile, PavleMarinkov progressed to the second round with ease, as his opponent, Michal Krajci of Slovakia,retired at the end of the first set.

Three other Aussie boys booked second round games, all in three sets; ThomasGadecki, 11th seed Hayden Jones and Charlie Camus.

The weekend provided us with the second and third rounds of theTraralgon International singles tournament,and shake-ups were aplenty in the sweltering heat.

Ercan, who defeated number one seed Saito, progressed to the quarter finalsafteredgingTatum Evans in the second round and Paradisi in the third -instraightsets.

Fairclough was outdone in the second round, going down in straight sets to Korea’s Yujin Kim, while Taylor and Subasic were also knocked out, Subasicfell out in straight sets to number two seed, Ella McDonald from Great Britain.

The last Aussie girl to remain was 14-year-old Emerson Jones, who progressed to the third round, yet losttoBulgaria’s RositsaDenchevainstraight sets.

As for the boys, it was asimilar story, Gadecki was eliminated by 10th seed Joao Fonseca, after

winningthe first set, Hayden Jones went down to Kaylan Bigun of the US in three sets, while Camus and Marinkov progressed to the third round.

But that was as far as they’d get, Camus lost in straight sets to sixth seedRei Sakamoto, as did Marinkov to Kyle Kang of the US; Sakamoto and Kang will face off in the quarter finals.

The first two seeds of the boys bracket were eliminated in the third round; number one seed Iliyan Radulov lost to China’s Tianhui Zhang, while number two seed Keegan Rice lost to Turkey’s Atakan Karahan.

By the time this paper comes out, the final two will be decided in the boys and girls, but as of writing, before print, only eight boys and girls remain respectively.

In the girlssingles, the highestseeded girl remaining is fifth seed Sayaka Ishii from Japan, one of five seeded girls remaining.

While for the boys, the highest seeded player remaining is fifth seed Cooper Williams from the US,one of only twoseededboys remaining, as the potentialfor an upset winner looms.

Meanwhile, in the doubles,afew Aussiesare still in with achanceofatitle; Fairclough, paired withNew Zealand’s Vivian Yang have made it to the quarter finals, whilefor the boys, Aussie duo Marinkov and Viiala have also made it to the quarters, winning both matches in straight sets, one of with was the elimination of number twoseeded Bulgarian pair, Radulov and Adriano Dzhenev.

All will be decided in the coming days, in what hopes to be an exciting week of tennis.

As the tournament comes to aclose tonight (Wednesday, January 18), the Australian Open Junior ChampionshipQualifying will begin, at the Traralgon Tennis Association courts,sowe won’t be short of any tennis action any time soon.

Homegrown: Traralgon’s Eliza Dunbar serving in her openingqualifieragainstJapanese 15th seed KannaSoeda. photograhtom hayes

Guesswho’sback: Jade Melbourne returned to her hometown, whenher UniversityofCanberra Capitals faced the Deakin Melbourne Boomers in Traralgon. photograph supplied