Latrobe Valley Express Wednesday 26 October 2022

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Return of SEC?

By MICHELLE SLATER

LOY Yang Boperator Alinta is waiting to hear more details of the Victorian government’s pre-election promise to target 95 per cent renewables by 2035, which signals the endofthermal coal in the state.

It comes as Premier Daniel Andrews has announcedheftier emissions reduction and renewables targets as part of the Victorian Labor’s sweeping plans to revive the State Electricity Commission.

Mr Andrews announced the plan on Thursday, promising to bring back publicly-owned power and establish an office in Morwell if it is re-elected at the November election.

The promise includes reducing emissions by between 75 and 80 percent by 2035, and bringing forward net zero emissions by five years to 2045.

There will be new renewables targets increasing to 65 per cent by 2030, and 95 per cent by 2035.The planalsoincludes the possibilityofestablishing astate owned energy retailer.

But it means Victoria could exit coalfired powerby2035, ushering in an earlier closure of Loy Yang B, which so

far had not madeany official statements about early closure dates.

Loy Yang Boperator Alinta Energy hadonly learnt of the announcement as it was made on Thursday.

Alintachief executive, Jeff Dimery, said he needed to hear more details about how the government would manage the transition and support the company to invest in replacement generation.

Mr Dimery said Alinta had taken “strong steps” to prepare for the transition, and had well-advanced renewables and storage projects in the pipeline.

“Our immediate priority and focus will be supporting our employees at Loy Yang B, who will be understandably shocked by this announcement,” Mr Dimery said.

The reformsmean thatLabor will initially invest $1 billion towards4.5 gigawatts of renewables to replace the capacity of LoyYang Aasitshuts in 2035.

The government will hold a51-per-cent interest in these renewables projects, with the rest investedfrom entities such as industry super funds, lookingtojump on clean energy projects.

Mr Andrews promised to replace “every megawatt” of power from Loy Yang Awith renewables.

The Premier also warned that action must be taken to transform the state’s energysector “ifwewant to keep the lights on”.

He pointedtothe failures of privatisation and accused bigcompanies of gaming the energy market, which has pushed up power prices.

“The wholesale market has been shut down twice this year and who benefits from that? The private companies that own these assets that should never have been sold,” Mr Andrews said.

“Big energy companies want to offshore profits –wewant to offshore wind.”

The SEC was initially established more than 100 years ago in Morwell to oversee the state’s browncoal industry Butitwas soldoff in the mid-90s under the Kennett Liberal government.

Mr Andrews saidthe sell-off resulted in $23 billion in profits going to private companies, but underthe new plan, profits would go back to the state and be invested into new generation.

“These companies are leaving,they made their money and are going.

[Coal-fired power stations] are also not particularly reliable, they are most often brokendownthan not,” Mr Andrews said.

“Unplanned outages acynic maysay areinthe interest of aprivate company to have ashortage of supply, as that’s when the pricesgoup.”

The government has outlined that the plan would deliver$9.5billioninprofits and support 59,000 jobs by 2035.

Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria,MelinaBath, slammed the raft of promises which will force early coal closures and “destroy” all remaining Valley power jobs and associated industries.

“Daniel Andrews has issued the death knell for Loy Yang B, while ensuring there will be no prospect of Loy Yang Astaying on line even if it’s needed to sure up power supplies,” Ms Bath said.

“Skilled jobs in the Valley associated with power generation will be directly impacted –itwill cost Latrobe Valley thousands of jobs and change the landscape of our community.”

The Victorian Liberals promised to unveil its own energy plan leading into the November 27 election.

Ian and Judy Reid have markedsix decades of love with their family in their garden at Hazelwood North.

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By MICHELLE SLATER

MOE paramedics are about to move into anew ambulance station on Narracan Drive and out of old and cramped quarters on Fowler Street.

Two new ambo stations were opened this week in Moe and Warragultohelp caterfor future service growthinthe region.

The newmulti-million-dollar Moe Ambulance Station has afive-bay garage, four rest-and-recline areas, training areas, all access bathrooms, a modern kitchen and secure parking.

TheNarracan Drive station will start operating in November, providing easier access to main roads and major sitesincluding schools, shopping precincts and community facilities

Ambulance Victoria Gippsland director, Ross Salathiel,saidthe old Fowler Street site was originally designed to cater for asinglecrew, but there were now five crew operating out of Moe.

He saiditmeantcrews were runningout of arental property across the road as there was not enough space, and they had to park vehicles outside.

“The oldbranchwas very small and oldand was re-purposed. There were only two sleep areas with vertical blinds and light came in; here is nicer, crisper and sound proof for the crew,” Mr Salathiel said.

“This new branchmeans we have adequate space to accommodate current crews and for any future growth we have.”

Mr Salathiel said Ambulance Victoria would retain the Fowler Street site to park its special vehicles while the new Morwell ambulance station was being built.

Labor Member for EasternVictoria,Harriet Shing, wasonhand to open thenew branch, saying that the stategovernment hadbuilt25 new ambulance stations in Victoria since 2015.

“We want to make sure as Gippsland grows, we see the sort of investment and essential infrastructure, services and programs delivered that provides exactly the same support and care here in the Valley as anywhere else in the state,” Ms Shing said.

And Morwell ‘on track’ too

By MICHELLE SLATER

THE state government has vowedthatMorwellis on track to get anew ambulance station in English Street alongside anew Commonwealth Games athletes’ village.

The clarification comes as the new Games village willbebuilt on Health Department-owned land on English Street.

The village will host 1,000 athletes and officials for the regional events at the Games in the Latrobe Valley in 2026.

“There is enough space for both the ambulance stationand games village,”a government spokesperson said

“We are delivering anew multi-million-dollar state-of-the-art Morwell ambulancestation on English Street so local paramedics have the facilities they need to quickly respond to local emergencies and save lives.”

The government is in the process of appointing

abuilder to start constructing the ambulance station later this year, with the regulatory approvals alreadyinplace

The new Morwell ambulance stationwill feature anine-bay garage, four rest-and-recline areas for paramedics, and improved security and car parking.

Nationals candidate for Morwell, Martin Cameron,saidthere wasconfusion about the English Street site, and he accused the government of springing the Games village announcement on locals with no consultation.

Mr Cameron also accused thestate government of creating “spinand no substance” after waiting seven years for anew ambulance station.

“English Street is in aquiet, rural part of Morwell,this development will house 1000 people and it’s understandably come as quite asurprise to locals living nearby,” Mr Cameron said.

“Butatthe sametimemanyare wondering, where’s our promised ambulance station?”

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Frontline: Moe paramedicsLouise Widdowson and Ben Vincentparkanambulance under cover in thenew Narracn Drivestation.

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More action: Chester

THE Federal Government’s ‘Threatened Species Action Plan’ towards zero extinctions will only work if it’s backed up by practical environmental action on the ground,accordingtothe Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester.

Mr Chester has welcomed the inclusion of two Gippsland regions as highpriority conservation areas, but stressed the need for all levels of government to invest more money and resources on pest plant and animal control, fuel reduction burning, and waterway protection to improve biodiversity.

Mr Chester said “more boots” and fewer “suits” wereneeded.“That’s more people working on the ground to control feral animals and weeds, undertake bushfire protection and prevention activities, and practical action to improvewater qualityinour lakes and rivers,” he said.

“Overthe past 20 years in Gippsland, there’s been areduction in the workforce to undertake practical work and an explosion in the city-based bureaucrats writing reports.Asthe custodians of avast public land estate, we need to be training alocal workforce and providingmorecareer opportunities in natural resource management in regional areas.

“Feral animals likecats and foxesare devastating our wildlife and if we want to protect the biodiversity of our beautiful region, we need more resources to manage all introduced species. Unfortunately the on-the-ground workforce across Gippsland is completely under resourced and under staffed after years of State Government cuts.”

Mr Chester said the Ministerfor the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek had released aplan that proposed apathway forthreatened species conservation and recovery over the next 10 years.

“The emphasis needs to be on action to protect our plants, animals and ecosystemsfrom extinction and that has to involve boots on the ground getting the work done,” he said.

“The Action Plan has ambitious targets, which include preventing any new extinctions of plants and animals, and protecting and conservingatleast 30% of Australia’s land mass. Given it is state and local governments which actually manage most conservation areas, thereneeds to be apartnership approach with funding for staff contingent upon delivering outcomes on the groundinregional Australia.

“Moresupport for Landcare and private land owners to manageenvironmental challenges would also make ahuge difference.

“I welcome the inclusion of the Australian Alps and South EastCoastal Rangesasareas for priority action but I’m surprised and disappointed the Gippsland Lakes and catchment was overlooked.

“Hopefully that doesn’t mean our region is starved of government resourcesfor the work that is required to improve biodiversity and the health of rivers and lakes systems which were badly impacted by the Black Summer bushfires.”

EPAlands in Supreme Court

ACASEheard in the Supreme Court afortnight ago challenged the regulation of airpollution from the Latrobe Valley’s coal-fired power stations.

Environment Victoria had launched the action lastyearagainst the Victorian Environment Protection Authority and threeenergy companies forfailing to limit pollution from the Valley’s coal generators.

The group is being represented by publicinterest legal organisationEnvironmental Justice Australia in the case, which will be the first test of the Climate Change Act 2017.

Environment Victoria is arguing that the EPA failed to properly consider the law when it amended coal-fired powerstation licences,includingon climate and air pollution.

Environment Victoriapolicy and advocacy manager BronyaLipski saidcoal-fired power stations were the state’s biggest sourceofpollution, responsible for 40 per cent of Victoria’s greenhouse emissions.

“The EPA is supposedtoprotect the public from environmentalpollution, but they’ve completely failed on thebiggest environmental challenge of all –climate change,” Ms Lipsky said.

“Whilethe EPA fines Victorians for dumping litter -and rightlyso-it’s been allowing these power stations to dump millionsoftonnes of pollution into the air we breathe.”

EJA senior specialist lawyer, Charley BrumbyRendell, said if successful, the case could lead to stronger pollution limitsonpower stationsand legal precedents with long-lasting impacts.

“It’s vital that our laws are applied as intended, to protect community health and our environment It is in the public interest that the EPA are held accountable, and their decisions are tested in court,” Ms Brumby-Rendell said.

The EPA declined to comment as the case was before the courts.

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Hansford’ssenate bid

FORMER local school teacher Greg Hansford will stand as acandidate for the Australian Federation Party in the Upper House,Eastern Victorian Region at the November state elections.

Mr Hansford previously stood as One Nation’s Gippsland candidate at the May Federalelections, gaining 9.46 per cent of first preference votes, the greatest result achieved by thatparty in Victoria.

Mr Hansford has lived and worked in Gippsland for most of his life. He completed his Bachelor of Business at the GIAE (now Federation University) and aGraduateDiploma of Education (primary) at Latrobe University. Apartfrom afive-year break later to run his own tourism business, he taught in avariety of localschools for atotal of 23-and-a-half years.

Mr Hansford retired four years ago and has since worked in various community organisations. He volunteered at alocalfood bank packingfood hampers, assisted St Vincent de Paul Foundation’s clients, visited senior citizens,hosted aweekly community radio breakfastshow,and helped in various capacities at the Walhalla touristrailway. He alsorebuilt fences for the Bairnsdale BlazeAid effort after the Gippsland fires.

He has alsopublishedahistory bookabout Walhalla,playedinalocal covers band and looked after his grandchildren.

Mr Hansford said he had become increasingly concerned with the direction Victoriawas heading in.

“Gippsland under the Andrews government, is wasting away. Dan has directed more and more resources to the city because that’swhere the votes are. Gippslandhas lost 14 timber mills to date, despite construction industry wood shortages,” he said.

“The Victorian Opposition has been ineffective in correcting Dan Andrews’ excesses and itsrecent shift to adopting net zero will further crush local mining, timber and agricultural jobs.”

Mr Hansford said the key to changing Victoria’s directionwas use of high-efficiency, low-emission powerstations to producecheap,reliableelectricity.

“Gippsland has 500 yearsofbrowncoal reserves that will go to waste after the power station closures,” he said.

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Going in: Greg Hansford hasdeclared his intention to standasa candidatefor the AustralianFederation Partyinthe Upper House, EasternVictorian Region,atthe November stateelections photograph supplied

Call forthe banks to engage with locals

By MICHELLE SLATER

LATROBE City is supporting arecommendation from afederal government taskforce for banks to engage more closelywith local councils on regional branch closures.

ARegional Banking Taskforce report foundthat banks were not doing enough to communicate and consult with local communities when deciding to close abranch.

The former federal government formed the taskforce last year to analysethe trends in branch closures and assess the impacts on communities in regional and remote Australia.

It comes after Westpac, Commonwealth Bank Australia, ANZ and Bendigo shut shop in Morwell in the past three years, with several other bank and ATM closures in other parts of the Valley.

There is now only one branch operating in the Morwell central business district.

Other taskforce recommendations included that banks should maintain access to cash in regional areas, and they need to support vulnerable people to access services and support digital literacy.

It also found Bank@Post can help maintain services, but there needs to be data to monitor and understand the transition to alternative ways of providing banking services.

ALatrobe City spokesperson said locals were “acutely aware”ofthe impact of bank closures, particularly in Morwell and the recent announcement on Westpac closing in Moe.

The spokesperson said Latrobe City would welcome the opportunity to engage with banks over

closures to support communities with alternate options and using online tools.

“While we acknowledge the significant shift towardsonline banking formany customers, we understand that members of our community face certain barriers –whether it’s limited digital connectivity, phone access or confidence using an online platform,” the spokesperson said.

“Havingaccess to banking servicesfor cash float and depositneedsisalsocrucialfor our small businesses and part of their daily operations.

“We encourage our community to considerbanking with existing local branches and making use of Australia Post’s Bank@Post services where possible.”

The Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, said it was essential there were services in place for customers without internetaccess,onthe back of the string of Latrobe Valley branch closures. Mr Chester said it was up to the banks to develop anew customer service model that met the needs of all customers rather than forcing regional people to drive further to access abranch.

“Sadly, the major Australian banks appear more interested in profits than customer service in regional areas,” Mr Chester said.

“Many Gippslanders rely on physical bank branches to undertake business and personal banking, including withdrawing and depositing cash.

“Every time abranch closes, we lose jobs in regional towns and community confidence is undermined.”

Rewiring the Nation plan is unveiled by Albanese gov

By MICHELLE SLATER

AFUNDINGdeal has been struck between the Commonwealth, Victorian and Tasmanian governmentstoprogress the Marinus Link undersea interconnector betweenTasmania and the Latrobe Valley.

The Albanese government announced its Rewiring the Nation plan to fast-track Victorian Renewable Energy Zones and offshore wind.

It includes adeal between the Victorian, Tasmanianand Commonwealth to equally fund 20 per cent of Marinus Link, with each government retaining ashare in the finished project.

The remaining80per centwill come from aconcessional loan from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

Rewiring the Nation also includes afurther $1.5billion in concessional financing for Victorian Renewable Energy Zones, including for offshore wind.

There is also commitmenttocoordinate state and federal regulatory processes to fast-track the Victorian offshore wind industry.

It follows arecent Commonwealth consultationprocess to declareGippsland as Australia’s first offshore wind zone.

The PrimeMinister,AnthonyAlbanese, said Rewiring the Nationwas about jobs in new

energy industries, delivering “cleaner,cheaper and moresecure energy, and bringing down emissions”.

“Thisisanhistoric day for Victoria and for Australiawith the rollout of thesekey projects putting us on track to be arenewable energy superpower,” Mr Albanese said.

Marinus Linkwelcomed the funding agreement for the 1500 megawatt two-way transmission link, with the first stage operating from mid-2028 and the second stage from mid-2030.

The project’s supportersmaintain the $3.8 billion project will create 1400 jobs in Victoria and attract $1.5 billion investment to Gippsland.

Marinus Link chief executive, Bess Clark, said the project would support affordable and reliable supply for Victorians as coal generation continued to retire.

“The project has been identified by the marketoperatorasurgently required and today’sannouncement providesthe commercial framework to see the project progress through to operation,” Ms Clark said.

“We will continue to work closely with communities in North West Tasmania, South Gippsland and theLatrobe Valley as we progress the designand approvals stage of Marinus Link.”

Commitmentwelcomed

IN line with Australia’sRewiringthe Nation Plan, whichwas announcedlastweek, Star of the South has welcomed new commitments from the state and federal government’s to expedite Victorian Renewable Zones and offshore wind.

The state government has since released an Offshore Wind Implementation Statement outlining the steps to establish aVictorian offshore wind industry, including creating anew government agency, Offshore Wind Energy Victoria, to streamline and drive acoordinated development of the sector.

Star of the South is Australia’sfirstoffshore wind project, proposed to be located in the Bass Strait off the coast of Gippsland in Victoria; with a capacity of up to 2.2 GW, the project would power around 1.2 million homes and create up to 2000 Victorian jobs across its lifetime.

Since being awardedaCommonwealth Exploration Licence in 2019 to investigate the project’sfeasibility, Star of the South has invested in more than two years of wind, seabed, environment and engineering studies,making it the most progressed project in Australia.

Star of the Southchief executive Charles Rattray says offshore wind will revolutionise energy production in Victoria.

“Offshore wind will be agame-changer for Victoria -delivering significant energy and jobs in the right place and at the right time,” he Rattray said.

“Having all levels of government on the same page is critical to drive the quick decisions, and real action needed to get offshore wind up and running.

“The Offshore Wind Implementation Statement is apositivesteptoward the clear and certain path needed to attractthe investment, supply chain and workforce needed for asuccessful offshore wind industry.

“As the first and most progressed project in Australia, we are in astrongposition to support the government in achieving its ambitious offshore wind and decarbonisation goals”.

Star of the South is targeting first power from the project in 2028 to deliver electricity and jobs to coincide with the planned closure of the Latrobe Valley’s Yallourn Power Station.

Latrobe Regional Hospital CommunityNewsletter

Healthcarehonour for team LRH

Latrobe Regional Hospital has been named the ‘Premier’sMedium Health Service of the Year’atthisyear’s Victorian Public HealthcareAwards.

LRH was recognised for encouraging aspirit of teamwork and collaboration across the organisation, particularly during the most challenging days of the pandemic.

“Wewantedtoshare this spirit with the healthcaresectoracross Victoria, which is why we entered the awards this year,” LRH chief executive Don McRae said.

“We’ve been working hardtocreate aculture at our sites across Gippsland whereideas arevalued, concerns are escalated and solutions found. I’m really proud of our team.”

The hospital outlined anumber of initiatives in its entry, including a campaign to reduce patient falls.

The ‘Call Don’tFall’ strategy included community awareness and staffeducation,brochures and information for patients and their families or carers. The strategy also included a‘Focus on Falls’ campaign to raise money for the purchase of bed-and-chair alarms to alertstaffthat ahigh-risk patient was on the move.

Individuals and community groups

across the Latrobe Valley contributed to the cause.

As aresult of the strategy,the number of falls dipped to its lowest level in the 12 months to Februarythis year.LRH is continuing athree-year

study into falls with the supportof fifth-year medical students.

LRH also demonstrated how it had reduced the time taken to administer treatment to suspected stroke patients, by introducing a

Latrobe Regional Hospital boardchair LindaMcCoy, chief executiveDon McRae and deputy boardchair John Rasa at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.

specific stroke medical emergency team or MET call. This has resulted in improved outcomes for patients.

LRH was able to showcase efforts to develop asustainable and efficient health service that included the installation of a1.4-megawatt solar system, the largest on ahospital in Australia.

Projects to tackle workforce shortages during the pandemic such as utilising allied health assistants and undergraduate nurses to support patient careand critical patient loads in peak periods werealsointhe spotlight.

Mr McRae extended his congratulations and thanks to staff, volunteers, patients, healthcareand education partners, and the broader community for the role they play in ensuring the health service is able to deliver high-quality caretopeopleacross Gippsland.

Linton’slongrun reaps $6000-plusfor men

Moe resident Linton Blackwell still has aspringinhis step after clocking up 507 kilometres in the Long Run, an event that raises awareness and money to help men survive prostate cancer

Participants areencouraged to run, walk or wheel 72 kilometres and collect donations and rewardsalong the way.Linton, who is the leader of the Baw Baw Prostate SupportGroup, raised morethan $6000 towards the cause.

Prostate cancer is the most-common cancer diagnosed in Australian men. One-in-five men will develop anxiety or depression as aresult of their diagnosis, yet 72 per cent will not seek help.

Linton’sfundraising efforts were supported by the Range Retirement Village in Moe, whereasausage

sizzle was organised to mark the end of his month of walking.

Linton is also asupporter of the work undertaken by Gippsland

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LRH neurologist Dr Piyush Ostwal takes control of thenew EEGequipment, supported by nurseRuth O’Brien and fellow neurologist,DrRaviSubramanya.

Neurology service boost thanks to community

Local people managing epilepsy and other neurological disorders now have access to equipment to monitor their condition.

LRH has been able to purchase electroencephalogram (EEG) equipment thanks to the generosity of the community who contributed to a fundraising campaign late last year

The EEG measures electrical activity in the brain which helps with diagnosing and monitoring disorders.

Therewas no EEG machine in Gippsland and theclosest option for public patients was at Monash Clayton with awaiting list of 12 months.

The neurology team has begun accepting patients tothe new EEG service, however,LRH general manager medical services, Sophie Laurence, said the team is taking a slow-and-steady approach tobuilding capacity

“Werecognisethis is anew service so it’simportant for us to ensureour supportstaff have the skills required to carry out the tests,” she said.

“I know our neurologists arekeento offermorepatients access to the EEG so we’ll work hardtomakethathappen as soon as possible.”

Anumberofepilepsy patients are benefitting from the local service.

Regional Integrated Cancer Services (GRICS), based at LRH. GRICS builds and supports collaboration between

health professionals and drives quality improvement in cancer care.

Maryvale mill secures fuel

ABOUT 20,000 tonnes of waste from Maroondah City Councilwill be delivered to the Maryvale energy-from-waste facility annually.

Maroondah CityCouncil is the first council to sign up to supply municipal solid waste to the facility.

Maroondah’s Mayor Mike Symon said the move wasjustone way of council “thinking outside the square to build amore sustainable future for our community”.

The energy-from-waste project consists of three companies, paper manufacturer Opal,Masdar Tribe Australia and Veoli.

Veoli collects, transfers and disposes of waste.

Masdar Tribedevelops projects for companies such as Opal to solve energy-supply problems in their processes.

Jonathan Mayberry, general managerofbusiness development at Veolia, speaking on behalf of the projectconsortium -Opal,Masdar Tribe Australia andVeolia -saidthe announcementofMaroondah City Council as the initial council waste supplier was testamenttoMaroondah’senvironmental leadership and forward-thinking approach.

“The Maryvale energy-from-waste project provides councils with the opportunity to drive up recycling rates and recover maximum value from non-recyclables as part of amore sustainable waste management solution for their communities,” Mr Mayberry said.

Mr Mayberry said the contract employed awaste arising model, particularly compelling for councils as it meant they were not locked in to supplying aminimum quantity of waste.

“Themodelallowscouncils thefreedomand flexibility to continue pursuing their own recycling initiatives and strategiestocontinue to reduce waste, without incurring apenalty for supplying lower quantities to the Maryvale facility,” he said.

Maroondah’s Mayor Cr Symon said supplying non-recyclable municipal solid waste would help the council meet its strategic targets.

“Our waste, litterand resourcerecoverystrategy 2020–2030has identified aneed for council to focus on more sustainable waste and recycling methods, with the main objective to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill,” Cr Symon said.

It is envisagedthatMaroondah CityCouncil willsendabout 20,000 tonnesofnon-recyclable household general waste to the facility per annum.

Together with the 150,000 tonnes per annum of commercialand industrial waste committedby Veolia,the projecthas secured more than half of its initialtargetwastebefore the start of construction

As much as 325,000 tonnes of non-recyclable residual waste from councils and businesses will be used to produce energy for the Maryvale Mill, which will significantly reduce its demand for electricity andgas fromthe Victorianenergy network.

Aconsortiumspokesperson said the Maryvale EfW group could move to financialclose before reaching 325,000 tonnes.

“We are continuing to progress the project and look forward to making further announcements soon,” the spokesperson said

WithEPA Victoria and other regulatoryapprov als already granted, the facilitywill provide an estimated net reduction of 270,000 tonnes per annum in greenhouse gases, equivalent to removing 50,000 cars from the road annually.

The energy-from-waste facility will usenon recyclable residual waste to produce steam and electricity to help power the mill.

It will feature world-class, leading technology thatprovides superior reliability,compliance to stringent emissions standards and the highestenergy efficiency.

The Maryvale project has EPA and Latrobe City Council regulatory approvals for construction and has been granted $48.2 million through the federal government’s ‘modern manufacturing initiative’.

Counciltargets high-risk roads

THE state government has approved significant works to improve high-risk local roads in the Latrobe Valley.

In the electorate of Morwell, projects include reducing speed limits in the Morwell and Traralgon central business districts and works in Moe -in George St, Anzac St and Haigh St.

It is part of the program for local govern ments to deliver safetyimprovements on council-operated roads in regional communities.

The program supports Victoria’s Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030, which aims to significantly reduce road trauma and halve road deaths by 2030.

ALP candidate for Morwell Kate Maxfield (pictured) welcomed the program.

“We need to make our towns safe for motorists, cyclistsand pedestrians and so working with Latrobe City Council to improve the safetyofhigh-risk streets and roadsisthe key to improving community wellbeing,” Ms Maxfield said.

“Whether youare walking or drivingor cycling in the Morwell electorate, these road safety works will be an improvement to your ability to get around the central business districts of Morwell andTraralgonand George, Anzac and Haigh Streets in Moe.”

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By MICHELLE SLATER

GIPPSLAND Plains Rail Trailuserswilllearn all about the story of abeloved railyard dog who used to jump aboard the train and ride the rails.

Cowwarrartist Jo Caminiti has been commis sioned to produce three sculptures telling the story of ared kelpie that was well known around the Gippsland line in the 1930s.

The canine, dubbed Railway Dog, attached herself to the staffatthe Traralgon railwayyards and used to jump aboard the guard van to visit various parts of Gippsland.

One day she missed the trainheading to Stratford and decided to make haste, dashing on a30kilometre journey along what is now the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail.

The legend of the Railway Dog was recently brought to light when aGippsland History Facebook group user found astory publishedon the front page of Melbourne’s The Herald in 1935

Ms Caminitiwill be re-creating the Railway Dog story courtesy of aproject in conjunction with the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail and a$40,000 grant from Alinta Loy Yang B.

“This is adelightful story that shouldbetold, this dog was travellingthe trains whenever she felt like it. She claimednoone as her master,” Ms Caminiti said.

“Everyone loves adog story, thisissomething to connect withthe location. It’s our version of Red Dog.”

Ms Caminiti will be speaking with the Toongabbie,Glengarry and Cowwarr communities

History: Acuttingfromthe Herald in 1935 telling the storyofthe RailwayDog image supplied

aboutthe works that willbesituated along the rail trail.

Sheishoping locals will donate recycled materi alssuchasold farm machinery, tools or railway memorabilia to create the scrap-metal sculptures.

Theproject will also include story panelsateach end of the rail trail, with the hope the works will bring in new people and raise awareness of the 63-kilometre track.

The project is expected to taketwo years to complete, with alaunchevent to be announced in late 2023.

Rail dog immortalised Council now open for youth

LATROBE City Youth Council is now calling on youngpeopleaged between14and 18 yearsold to nominate for as many as 20 positions on the council for next year.

Youthcouncillors meet once afortnight to share their ideas about arange of issues,aiming to bring relevant ideas to Latrobe City councillors.

They also have the opportunity to be part of council and community events, such as the Australia Day Community Awards and ANZAC Day commemorations.

Latrobe City Mayor, Cr KellieO’Callaghan, said the Youth Council provided an important link between young people and council.

“We value the ideas and views of young people,

whichhelp to makesure the decisions we make as acouncil reflect the current and future needs of our whole community,” she said.

“Empowering young people to have astrongvoice and listening to their insights is an important part of building astrong and connected community.

“It’s also agreat opportunity for Youth Council members to gain new leadership skills and establish links within their communities.”

The Latrobe City YouthCouncil wasestablished in 1996, offering the young in Latrobe City an opportunity to get involved in meaningful engage ment with local government and have input into the future planning and policies.

Expressions of interest are now open.

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This week, as you have completed your final classes and held your celebration dayinsuch good spirit,you have passed one of the mostsignificant milestones in your life –the completion of your school-level education.

Formany of you, thereisone final challenge remaining –the VCE exams that commence thisweek. Think of these next few weeks as an opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have gained throughoutyour education, we knowyou’re ready.You have workedhardwith our teachers and tutors, undertaken significant revision and practice and these exams can further open thedoor of opportunity that education offers.

It goes without saying that the last few years havebeen complex and challenging, and Iamincredibly proud of your determination,your resilience, your ability to work together and support each other.You have lived our values and have been fantastic role models for our younger cohorts.

As you complete your secondaryeducation at Lowanna College, never forget that youwill alwaysbewelcome,and take with youthe knowledgethat youhave gained the education andstrength to reach your own broader horizons.

All the best forthe weeksahead and theyears that follow.Ilook forward to celebrating your efforts at the Graduation Ball when it’s all over

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An outstanding year.

Our 2022 graduating class at Traralgon College have been outstanding in the way they have approached this school year.They faced adiverse set of challenges as we returned to on site learning. The pandemic continued to impact our local communityand ourcollege; yet this group continued to focus on their work and achieve their goal of successfully completing secondaryschooling. Our 2022 class have had the pandemic as part of their lives and their school life for almost 3years, so they arethe student leaders with the best understanding of the context and the experience. As College Principal Ihave beenable to learn from the wisdom and experiences of this group to take our college communityforward. Our senior students setthemselves the task of rebuilding school life forstudents in 2022and wereincredibly successful in this endeavour.From the school-based events in Term 1, through to the performing arts nights, the college production and our Debutante Ball events, our seniorstudents wereincredible leaders throughout this year.Asacollege, we aregrateful to this group for leading the wayin re-building school life for our students.

To our parents and families, we also owe adebtfor the time and effort you have put in to support ourschool.Your children have reached this stage in their lives because of such support.Weknow that across the communityitisthe combined efforts of families, students and teachers that bring about success for our young people. Iknowthat all your familiesand supporters areimmensely proud of you; the effort,the respect,and the tenacity youhaveshown hasbeen outstanding. The 2022graduating class have muchto celebrate and so much to bethankfulfor

The next steps will be just as exciting foryou all as youexplorenew pathways and opportunities. On behalf of all at Traralgon College, Iwishyou all great successes and am confident that our college will continue to support you as youtransition to this next stage of your lives.

John Freyne Traralgon College Campus Principal

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Animal Justice candidates endorsed

THE Animal Justice Party (AJP) was founded in 2009 and elected its first MP, Andy Meddick, in Western Victoria in 2018. The party is seeking to run acandidate in all 88 lower house seats in Victoria. The party is also running candidates in the upper house, including the Eastern Victoria electoral region.

TarraValleydoctor announced as Animal Justice Party Gippsland South Candidate

THE Animal JusticePartyhas endorsed Dr Helen Jeges as its candidate for the lower house seat of Gippsland South. Adoctor of paediatric neuropsychology employedatLatrobe Regional Hospital, Dr Jeges and her husband own and operate acompanion animal-friendly holidayparkjust north of Yarram in the forest of the Tarra Valley, which she shares with agreyhound, staghound, cat and sheep.

Dr Jeges is an active member of the Yarram community, acting as amember of both the Yarram Primaryschool council and Annual YarramDance Eisteddfod Committee.

Dr Jeges said South Gippsland wasready to vote with its heart.

“As ahealth practitioner, Itreatmypatients and their families with respect, dignity, empathy and kindness.

“I strongly believe that animals deserve the same consideration,” she said.

“The most effective way to achieve positive change for animals, people and the planet is to be elected to parliament where legislation can be changed.”

Animal Justice Party’sSally CourttochallengeTim Bull in Gippsland East

SALLYCourthas been endorsed as AJP’s candidate for the lower house seat Gippsland East, which is held by Tim Bull of The Nationals.

Withachildhood spent between Melbourne and Latrobe Valley, Ms Court initiallyfollowed in her mother’s footsteps and became aprimary school teacher, but soon realisedthat it was not her passion. She went about discovering the world and lived and worked in many places in Australia and the UK with the aim to experience as many aspects of life as possible.

Ms Court said she was particularly passionate aboutwildlife and varied ecosystems throughout this area that had been badly affectedbyhumans.

“I’m standing because Iwant asociety where all species are respected and kinder solutions for animal issues are prioritisedoverprofit,” she said

“We need stronger laws to protect animals, domestic, farmed, native and introduced alike to act as arealistic deterrent to animal cruelty.”

Ms Court currently has two rescue dogs and is passionate about the welfare improvements and the eventual phase-out of greyhound racing, which she believes has no place in modern Victoria.

South Gippsland rooster rescuer endorsed as AJP candidatefor EasternVictoria

AUSTIN Cram has been endorsed as AJP’s lead upper house candidate for EasternVictoria.Mr Cram is alocal animal advocate who lives with 29 rescuedanimalsincluding 17 roosters just outside Korumburra. He works as atown planner but said he decided to stand down because of continuingstate governmentinaction on ecological, environmental and climate issues.

Mr Cram is passionate about incentivising

revegetation of native habitats,ending duck shoot ing, proper care for domestic and farm animals as well as reinvesting into regional public transport.

“When elected, Iwill push unapologetically to end duck shooting, tackleclimate changeand build an intersectionaland equitable societyfor all,”hesaid.

“Wehave aplanning system that still doesn’t recognise the harm urban sprawl and car dependence haveonanimals and the planet,and agovernment with no interest in changing it”

“The major parties havebeen inexcusably inactive on animal and ecological issues. We need changenow to avoid irreversible collapsetoour ecosystems.”

ON AMISSION: Animal Justice PartycandidatesSallyCourt(Gippsland East), Austin Cram (Eastern Victoria) and Dr Helen Jeges(GippslandSouth) at the Gippsland Strzelecki KoalaFestival in Moe lastweek. photograph contributed

David Parkin taking a mark for men’s health

“By starting aconversation about men’s health -and hearing about David Parkin’s AFLcareer -wehope this will encourage men to takeprostatecancer seriously

Our message to men in Gippsland is ‘Do it for your partner or wife, your kids and most importantly your grandchildren’, and let’s set agood examplebytaking our health seriously.”

Parkin captained the Hawkstotheir second premiership in 1971,and then coached them to aflag in 1978

He also coached Carlton to successive flags in 1981 and 1982

Jasper’scolouring prize

MOE South Street Primary School Grade 1student, Jasper Keogh, was one of 25 winners out of 1300 entries in Victoria for the ‘Koorie Kids’ NAIDOC colouring competition.

The winners were chosen by various Koorie Elders in the community.

‘Koorie Kids’ was founded to bring a progressive coordinated approach to the

cultural development of kids in the areas of public awareness, reconciliation and cultural diversity, and friendship.

It is their vision that each child, black and white, should be given equal support to attain their goals in everyday life.

Moe South Street has had successful winners of this competition twice in the past four years.

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Former AFL premiership player and Coach David Parkin will takea mark for men’s health when he speaks to the RotaryClub of Moe and broader communityonMonday, 14 November

The former Hawthorn premiership captain who led the Hawks to their second flag in 1971,and later did the same at the Blues, will talk about his fight with prostate cancer and the need for men to get screened.

Parkin’s passionfor educating men and their partners about the issues they face will be at the forefront of the discussion.

RotaryClub of Moe president Robin Noakes urged men and women to attend the important health event

“Westrongly urge women to attend the event because often men can shyaway from these kinds of topics,” Mr Noakes said.

In 2009, he wasdiagnosed with prostate cancer and has since visited rural communities across Australia to talk about one of the biggest causes of death for men, prostate cancer

The cost of the event is $10which includes tea, coffee and alight supper at the Moe Racing Club function room.

Tickets to the RotaryClubofMoe event on November 14 areavailable through Eventbrite.

The event is open to the public and you do not need to be aRotarian to attend.

Take you, your partner and your friends and takeamark for men’s health.

Fortickets, visit eventbrite.com.au/e/415712787137

Formoreinformation, phone Mr Noakeson0474853 779.

The event is sponsored by theRotary Club of Moe, with funding from Loy Yang B’s CommunityPartnership Program 2022/23 and the Rotary District 9820 Foundation.

Congratulations: TerryBurgess,BillyjackSmith, and CrystalBurgess-Hogg present Jasper with hismedal at assembly photograph contributed

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by Joanne Madeline Moore

Aries Tuesday’s intense Solar Eclipse highlights close relationships, shared finances and/or trust issues And watch your enthusiasm for a project doesn’t overtake your ability to knuckle down and get the job done If you promise more than you can deliver, then other people will just end up disappointed So slow down, look within, and listen to the wisdom of your inner voice It offers an alternative perspective that can point you in the direction that s right for you

Taurus Bulls prefer to plod along in a methodical fashion but, this week, you could be dogged by unexpected dramas! Pluto squares Mercury, so daily life could be intense and rather disruptive If you prioritise and are mentally flexible, then you’ll handle the hurly burly with less stress and strain Courtesy of the Solar Eclipse, romantic relationships and platonic partnerships are also in a state of flux The more adaptable you are, the better the final outcomes will be

Libra Tuesday’s Solar Eclipse signals a fresh start involving finances and/or self esteem Learn to manage money better and learn to love yourself Jupiter jumps back into your work zone until December 20 So a lucky opportunity could be heading your way but you must reach out and grab it or it will pass you by Confidence is the key Be inspired by birthday great, singer Katy Perry: “If you ’ re presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything ”

Scorpio This week the Solar Eclipse Venus and Mercury are transiting through your sign, but the Mercury/Pluto square could rattle your Scorpio resilience So it’s time to bounce back, as you demonstrate (and celebrate) your strengths including passion, determination and discretion Your motto is from fellow Scorpion singer songwriter Joni Mitchell (who turns 79 next week): There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said ”

Moving to pine: Opal’sMaryvale Millis shifting to pine forits copypaperproduction.

Gemini

Expect some highs and lows this w Geek! The Solar Eclipse and Venus promise improved relations with a friend client or colleague But the Mercury/Pluto square highlights hiccups in your financial management in the form of a large bill, an unexpected expense or a retrospective tax debt Which reinforces the importance of having a smart savings plan and a well stocked emergency fund Strive to be cautious and thrifty, rather than impulsive and extravagant

Cancer This week (courtesy of the Solar Eclipse and the Pluto/Mercury square) focus on platonic and romantic relationships Avoid making assumptions! Communicate your expectations and then double check what others expect from you in return Attached Crabs working through a partnership problem requires persistence and commitment Singles give superficial suitors the flick Look for love with someone who is mature, dependable and ready to commit

Leo Leos love to be the Top Cat but this week you need to ask yourself, “Am I leading others or just bossing them around?” If you power ahead without considering other people, then you’ll create unnecessary drama Do your best to accommodate the needs of those around you Life will also run more smoothly if you can incorporate a spiritual ritual into your daily routine Something like yoga, tai chi, chanting, meditation or creative visualisation would be beneficial

Sagittarius Sagittarians can be feisty and ugnpredictable souls But don’t allow yourself to be drawn into a heated exchange (especially involving finances and/or friends) It would be better to watch the fireworks from the sidelines With the Solar Eclipse, Venus and Mercury in your privacy zone, slow down and chill out as you relax, rejuvenate and contemplate After some quiet reflection and quality ‘ me time’, you’ll start to see things from a refreshingly different perspective

Capricorn It’s time for an unexpected pivot!pExamine all possibilities this week, especially ones that come from left field With the Solar Eclipse, Venus and Mercury moving through your hopes and wishes zone, it s important to have ambitious long term goals that you ’ re working towards You’ll have to be patient though, as you focus on bringing your dreams down to earth via a practical plan Then when everything is in place you’ll know the perfect time to pounce

Aquarius With the Solar Eclipse, Venus andqMercury stimulating your career zone, start thinking about strategic ways to maximise your professional potential As singer Katy Perry (born on October 25, 1984) says, “Find out what your gift is and nurture it It s also a good week to get feedback from your bosses, clients or customers

But you may have to bite the bullet and criticise a colleague sack an employee ditch a struggling project or look for a better job

Less native content for Opal Paper’smill

By PHILIP HOPKINS

OPAL AustralianPaperisweaning itselfoff native forest residuesfor its copy paper as the native resource declines and the companymovestowards greater emphasis on packaging.

Withthe stategovernment committed to closing the native forestry industry by 2030, an Opal spokeswoman confirmed the company was continuing towards asuccessful transition of the Maryvale milltorecycled and plantation-based supply.

According to the government’s 1996 agreement with AP, it was obliged to supply about one third (a minimum of 350,000 cubic metres) of the pulp for Maryvale’smanufacturing of copypaper,with two-thirds coming from hardwood plantations. This agreement expires in 2030, when native forestry is scheduled to end.

In the interim, large bushfires,resource cutbacks and litigation from environmental groups have severely curtailed pulpwood supply to Maryvale. The government acknowledgedinparliament that after the 2009 bushfires, government supply of pulpwood from mountainand alpineash fellto 265,000 cubic metres.

Maryvale mill on behalf of the government.

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

Officeworks now only sells Reflex copy paper from plantation or recycled pulp.

In the interim, AP has 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.

The Opal spokeswoman said the Maryvale mill had been converting its Machine3 (M3) to 100 per cent recycled products since July of this year.

“We expect M3 to become akey suppliertoOpal’s packaging division. In addition to the inputs we sourcefrom VicForests,HVP Plantations produces plantation eucalypt which is utilised at Maryvale, and pine also continues to be asuccessful species in the Gippsland region,” she said.

“We will continue to manufacturequality products fromlocal inputsavailable,including recycled fibre.”

Virgo

When it comes to the way you think, blast g out of a boring rut and jump into an exciting new phase Use your imagination and think outside the box The Solar Eclipse, Venus and Mercury (your ruler) are all visiting your communication zone So stop avoiding issues and start discussing what you really want and need You can’t expect others to magically read your mind! For some clever Virgos, a joint venture or creative project has the potential to fly

Pisces Are your aspirations for the future ambitious enough? Bountiful, expansive Jupiter transits back into your sign (until December 20), which favours ruminating over big picture ideas

And there’s no room for false modesty or passive Piscean procrastination as you enjoy talking, texting, posting, promoting, socialising and circulating The Solar Eclipse stimulates creative thinking and encourages you to come up with a cracking plan and then pursue it

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This further fell to now just 50,000 cubic metres of mixed species pulpwood under the agreement. In June 2020, 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 as much as 40,000 cubic metres of mountain forest pulpwood to be substituted with silvertop ash from 2019-21 and 20123-24 inclusive. Other causes in the agreement also allow variations. VicForests managesthe supply of nativepulpwood to the

Australian Paper backs the government’s plan to establish 14,000 hectaresofpineplantations throughout Gippsland. “An increase in the available Gippsland paper resource is ahigh priority from our perspective. An expanded plantation resource in the region would create an additional fibre resource from thinnings andclearfalloperations, whichwould be ideal for Opal’s Maryvale mill given its location in the Latrobe Valley,” she said.

All going well, plantingofsoftwoods will begin in 2023 and continue for 10 years. Softwood plantations normally take 30 years to grow to provide quality sawlogs.

Seeking Gippsland leaders

By PHILIP HOPKINS

APPLICATIONS for the Gippsland Community Leadership Program are still open, but close this Monday, October 31.

Atotal of 28 people take part each year in the 10-month program, which runs from February until November. The scheme is 26-years-old and has been run by the Committeefor Gippsland (C4G) since 2010.

Committee for Gippsland chief executive, Tony Cantwell, said the program gave participants an overview of the challenges and opportunities in Gippsland, while developing individual leadership skills and inspiring closer participation with the community.

Mr Cantwell,who completed the programin 2016, said participants came from avariety of industries and professions active in Gippsland, from Mallacoota to Phillip Island.

Participants stay in their currentjob, but spend one or two days amonth taking part in individually-themed programs.

Mr Cantwell said an agricultural program this week (starting Monday, October 24) would look at the challenges and opportunities that agricultural leaders face.

Similar program days are held on the themes of sustainability,energy generation and health.“They provide participants with abetter understanding

of the region and its various sectors,” he said.

The three-day residentials are spreadout throughout the year and are held at various locations throughout Gippsland. Recent residentials were held at Korumburra, Omeo and Phillip Island, with the next one to be held at Lindenow.

Mr Cantwell said there was astrongcomponent of individual skills development and imparting greaterknowledge of Gippsland, while emphasisingproblem solving.

“Allgoestowards forging stronglocal leadership. When participants return to the local community, they can be more active and give the skills and confidence back into the community,” he said.

Small groups were formed, acohort of five or six people, would look at acommunity project. A recent example wasthe Biggest Pyjama Day in Sale organised for the Better Life for Foster Kids.

“Pyjamas have the image of loveand caring. Kids feel safe and secure wearing them,” he said. “This project raised about $15,000 -asignificant boost for their work.”

Mr Cantwellsaidhis own participationinthe 2016course was agreat experience, givinghim connections and friendships beyond hisimmediate work life.

“It opened up my view of the rest of Gippsland,” he said, and encouraged him to have greater involvement in C4G.

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Lloyd St lockdown angers resident

By MICHELLE SLATER

AMOE woman is facingthe prospectofbeing unable to exit her owndriveway amida planto improve anotorious level crossing and intersection at Lloyd Street.

Araft of local road upgrades includes installing a give-way sign outside Lloyd Street resident Kerri Gannan’s property that could mean atraffic bottleneck across her driveway.

“This will change the trafficcongestionand danger fromoverthe level-crossing to right in front of my and my neighbour’s driveways,” Ms Gannan said.

“I deal with traffic congestion anyway, but this won’t fix it anything at all, it will doublethe congestion and Iwillstruggle to leave my driveway.”

The intersection at Lloyd Street and Waterloo Road was identified as an accident hot-spot with 13 crashes at the intersection in the past 12 years, sixofthese at the rail-crossing.

The planned work will help stop traffic queuing over the rail-crossing as vehicles give way to Lloyd Street traffic, causing big delays in peak periods.

The upgrades include new line-marking and roadwidening to change how the intersection operates, with the aimtoimprove safety and efficiency.

It includes two new roundabouts, relocation of two existing pedestrian and school crossings, and new angled car parking.

Ms Gannan said she understood the area represented atraffic hazard. She had already seen hoons burningtheir tyresturning at the levelcrossing and had cars being T-boned in front of her house.

She saidshe had felt ignored after raising her concerns with Regional Roads Victoria (RRV),and had instead proposed either totally removing the level-crossing or installing an overpass.

“I was able to voice my concernsbut Ifeel I’ve been shut down. I’d sooner leave it the way it is than have this current plan,” Ms Gannan said.

TheIndependent candidatefor Morwell, Sharon

Gibson,had raised Ms Gannan’s concerns with RRV, and called for the state government to invest in local level-crossing removals.

“Don’t we deserve the same considerationas Melbourne? Surely putting in an overpass would make sense, and surely we deserve the same money

being spent here,” Ms Gibson said.

The state government looked at removing the level-crossing and installing traffic signals, but that would require significant acquisition of homes and public land.

RRV has completed aseries community engagementsahead of pre-construction, including on

detailed designs and land-acquisition processes.

Astate government spokesperson said they were continuingtoliaisewith the communityonthe design process before work begins next year.

“We are improving safety for the community travelling through the Lloyd Street and Waterloo Road intersection in Moe,” the spokesperson said.

Private sector warns hydrogen an unproven technology

By PHILIP HOPKINS

THE state governmentisbanking on unproven hydrogen technology -“green hydrogen” gas generation -toreplace the Latrobe Valley’sbrown coal power stations for crucial firming capacity when coal is pushed out of the state’s grid by 2035, according to the Australian Financial Review

The AFR, in aseries of articles at the weekend by its reporters, said that the unproven hydrogen technology underpins the government’s plan to reach atargetof95-per-cent renewable energy by mid-next decade.

The plan also assumes brown coal is replaced by “deep storage” and offshore wind, technologies that are high-cost or not currently used in Australia.

Consultants’ modelling for the government claimed the plan would boost gross state product by $9.5 billion and create an extra 59,214 jobs by mid-next decade.

However, the AFR said this was based on Victorian offshore wind targets of 4gigawatts by 2035 and 9gigawatts by 2040. It also included completion of two key transmission projects -the KerangLink interconnector between the Snowy Mountains and Melbourne, and the Marinus Link interconnector to Tasmania, in the next 13 years.

Executives noted thata bigincrease was needed in firming capacity to top up supply when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing.

The model’s assumptions also said renewable energy would result in lower wholesale electricity prices over the long term but acknowledged that

higher demandand the closure of the coal-fired stationsacross the national energy market (NEM) would need more firm capacity in the grid from 2026.

“The retirementofbrown coal plant by 2035 and higher demand across the modelled period mean thatsignificantly more energystorage is required,” the consultants said.

“When the brown coal plants retire, there is a need for additional deep storage or low emission dispatchable capacity (in this study, modelled as hydrogen-based gas-turbine generation.”

The AFR said there werebig hopesfor these hydrogen-based technologies to helpreplace fossil fuels, but they were yet to be developed at commercial scale and at an affordable price.

‘Clean’ energy investors warned of an energy droughtand largeenergy users such as manu facturers said their survival would be threatened by higher prices unless thegovernmentgot its plan right.

Major private renewablesinvestors said they would not invest the tens of billions of dollars required to meet the 95-per-cent renewables target by 2035 if they were disadvantaged by the newly revived State Electricity Commission.

Private investorscould be squeezed outbythe plan because of the uneven playing field, the AFR reported. Morgan Stanley labelled the plan “a net negative”for majorsuppliers AGL Energyand Origin Energy.

Theindustrysuper sector, which would coinvest with the SEC, has backed the plan. CBUS deputy

chief investment officer, Brett Chatfield, said the superfund had recently made abig investment in offshore wind, and “we are determined to play an active role in Australia’s energy transition”.

Australian Super also highlighted its “active interest”inexpanding in renewables, where it has morethan $1 billioninvested.The AFR said reduced private investment would derail the massive build needed. About 20 gigawatts of renewable generation wasneeded by 2035, about 4.5 times more than the 4.5GW the SEC would develop alongside super funds.

Heavy industry fears the resultwill be unaffordable and/or unreliable energy.

“I can’t see how anyone can promise that bills are going to go down materially,” the head of the Energy Users AssociationofAustralia, Andrew Richards, told the AFR.“It is not atransition. It is acomplete rebuild of the system with different technology, and that’s going to cost alot.

“The Victorian government can own all the renewable energy projects it wants but it won’t solvethe problem that is higher power prices,” said David Scaysbrook, co-founder of Quinbrook, an investment managerfocussedonrenewable energy infrastructure.

Mr ScaysbrooksaidVictoria’s planfor 4.5 gigawatts would be insufficient to compensate for the demise of coal.

Executives agreed that 4.5GW was unlikely to lower powerprices,but said it wouldbebeneficial, particularly as theSEC had promised to re-invest all profits.

However, Victoria’s offshore wind target has sparked arace to developlarge-scaleprojects such as Star of the South. Developers said state funds could accelerate their development.

“We need to procure longer-terminvestment capital in our projects,” said Nick Sankey, country managerfor BlueFloat Energy, which is planning an offshore wind project in Gippsland.

“Wecan be afacilitator in these projectsthat the government would like to invest in.”

Otherexecutives questioned the need for state government intervention.

“We have had aflood of interest from international companies with deep pockets. Theydon’t need the Victorian government. All they needed to do was enter into offtake agreements,” one executive told the AFR.

“I wouldn’t be surprisedifthe government’s involvement deterred some from Victoria.”

Australian Energy Market Operator chief executive, Daniel Westerman, said Victoria’s announcement reflected the urgent task to deliver anine-fold increase in grid-scalewind and firming capacity on the pathway to net zero by 2050.

The GrattanInstitute’s energy program director, Tony Wood, said increased government intervention in the energy market was likely to continue.

“I think this (Victoria’s announcement) was an unpleasant, unfortunate but maybe necessary step,” he told the AFR. Thenational market was not working, he said.

Feeling ignored: Moewoman KerriGannan and Independentcandidate forMorwell

Sharon Gibsonatthe notorious Lloyd Street intersection. photograph michelle slater

Andrews govt:‘disingenious’ caution

By PHILIP HOPKINS

THE cutbacks to native timber supply from 2024, which will halve the amount of wood harvested to just two per cent of the nativeforest estate, will be guided by compliance standards set out in legislation this year.

The cutbacks could affect hardwood timber processors at Heyfield and Yarram.

These standards, according to the Andrews government, show howthe timberindustry can meet its obligations.

This will establish alegal presumption that harvesting operations will have met the requirements of the ‘precautionary principle’.

“These changes do not change the scope of the precautionary principle, nor its environmental protections as it remains amandatory action under the Code(of Timber Practice), butcompliance standards willremove much of the ambiguity about how it is implemented,” say notes introducing the state government’s ‘Sawmill opt-out Scheme’.

The amendments to the Conservation, Forests and Lands Amendment Bill that were passed this year give the Minister for the Environment or the DELWP Secretary the flexibility to amend the code, if necessary,toensure its principles are adheredto.

Akey issueishow the internationally-recognised ‘precautionaryprinciple’ relates to timberharvesting. Under the precautionary principle, threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage when the science is not yet settled, “requiresustoput in placeprotective measures to ensure we don’t have regrets in thefuture”,the EnvironmentMinister, Lily D’Ambrosio, told Parliament.

“Theprecautionary principlewas triggered by the 2019/20 Victorian bushfires, which dramati cally impacted forest ecosystems, threatened the survival of endangered species and limited timber production, particularly in Gippsland and East Gippsland,” she said.

“There remains scientific uncertainty about the ability of species to recover from these impacts Consideration needs to be given to additional protective actions ...In timber-harvesting operations.”

Ms D’Ambrosio said the precautionary principle

minister or secretary.

However, the retiring Opposition spokesman on forestry, Gary Blackwood,attacked Ms D’Ambrosio’s claim as “disingenuous” as it neglected to mention that the code applied only to avery minor portion of the state’s 7.8 million hectares of public forest.

Just 4.5 per cent of native forest was available for timber production and other uses.

“Therefore, timber productionoperations that are subject to the code are of such aproportionally minor scale, that there is virtually no chance of them creating athreat of ‘serious or irreversible environmental damage’ that justifies invoking the precautionary principle,” said Mr Blackwood, who

fire events since European settlement—indeed the Ash regrowth forest that comprises the state’s primary timber resource is the product of the huge 1939 bushfires.

“The distinguishing feature of the 2019–20 bushfires was their extent and, notwithstanding that parts of East Gippsland were intensively burnt, it has been noted by fire experts that the worst days experienced in that fire season were not as bad as in other most notable fire seasons.”

Mr Blackwood said the originalcode was written as aset of state-wide broad minimum standards of environmental protection during timber production. in le, the than values

in flat red gum forests and woodlands in northern Victoria,” he said.

“The detailed prescriptions neededtoimplement these standards were contained in associated regional documents that were more attuned to particularlocal forests …Designed to takeinto account the characteristics of each of those regions.”

The code’s provisions had been carefully determined based on amix of science, decades of overseas and Australian field observations, and the operational practicalities for workable timber production.

“Timber is harvested on an 80-year rotation.Not one species of animal has become extinct because of timber harvesting.

“Timber harvesting and threatened specieshave coexisted for well over 100 years,” he said.

LIVE DEBATE: Thereremains argument about the potential damagetimber harvesting does whencompared withclear-felling of forest blocks

‘Climatechangenot doom forbush’

By PHILIP HOPKINS

CLIMATE change threatens our forests, but it is not necessarily an existential threat, according to aleading Australian scientist.

“It’s not necessarily the case that we willbewiped out by wildfire. The existential threat of firecan be mitigated, but we must use all knowledge,” Mark Adams, Professor of Bioscience and Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology,told an international forum.

This knowledge included indigenous people’s use of fire as amanagementtool.

Australia was not always a“land of fire”, he said.

“You can have fire and snow in the same place that’s an important thing to understand.”

Professor Adams, amember of the Experts’ Panel for the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, has received numerous international fellowships and awards for his work on biology and ecology of Australia’s forests, woodlands and ranges.

He was addressing an online global audience organised by Frontiers Forum.

Fire had been in the vegetation record for 400 million years.

Indigenous peoples, such as Aboriginal Australians, realised that more fire could reduce the frequency of woody plantsand increase grasses and herbaceous species.

“This was important knowledge gained early, still being practised today,” he said.

ProfessorAdams said through industrialisation, firebecame fearedinurban life,whereas people in rural and regionalareas lived near woodlands and either had direct knowledge of fire or had learnt how to cope.

“Their problem is the imposition from capital cities of policies and practices that are devised by peoplewith no first-hand experience of living with fire,” he said

Professor Adams said that in the US, acampaign to extinguish all fires had been too successful and made the problem worse; the fuel continued to

accumulate, the fire next time hotter and more difficult to control.

The wealthy US learnt that all its technological resources -helicopters,aeroplanes, satellites, drones –could notextinguish fires.Technology alone was not the solution.

“The existential threat of fire can be mitigated, but we must use all knowledge -not just better aeroplanesand satellites, but also the knowledge of indigenouspeople acquired over tens of thousands of years,” he said.

Professor Adams said current scientific research said the climate was now changing due to more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

This was reflected in the changing air temperature, but these had only risen by adegree or two.

“Thechange in airtemperature changesthe humidity-the amountofwater vapour the atmosphere can hold,” he said.

The vapour pressure deficit was the difference betweenthe maximum amount of water the atmosphere can hold and actually holds.

“As the temperature rises, the vapour pressure deficit is increasing,” he said.

Professor Adams said aglobal map over a 100-year timescale, from 1901-2017,showed the atmosphere in parts of the world was getting drier -“but not everywhere”.

The atmosphere was drier in north Africa, parts of centralAustralia, western USA, part of south Amazon andthe Middle East, but areas had also got wetter –northern Australia, the west coast of South America, the eastern US, south-east Canada and the Congo.

“The changes in atmosphere water content and changing evaporative power are not universal. These changes in the atmosphere are also being mirrored in changes in vegetation,” he said.

Professor Adams said rising CO2 in the atmosphere caused changes to the water use efficiency of plants over the same 100-year period.

Research showedthat every decade, thewater useefficiency in the world’s forests increased. The

greatest increase in wateruse efficiency came during the Great Depression and the decade after World War 2-the two decades of the least increase in CO2.

“The trees in the forests are conservingwater and using less water in growth and taking up carbon,” he said.

“These two features –the change in atmosphere and the change in the vegetation use of water -are part of global efforts to model climate.”

The increase in water use efficiency was called physiologicalforcing. “All of the world’s current models on future climateinclude physiological forcing,” he said.

The crux of the issue was that with the trees using less water,there was more water in soils and more runoff.

“If trees are using less water, that means less water to come back as rainfall. In parts of the Amazon, there is reduced rainfall, in other parts more rainfall.

This is afeature of climate,local and up to regional scale. The important message is that the trees in the forests affect the climate themselves, in the same way as the atmosphereresponds to changes in temperature,” he said.

“These two forces –drier atmosphere and reduced transmission by trees -are effectively opposing forces when it comes to fine fuel -the litter layer that fits on the surface of forests.

“If the atmosphere is drier, the litter layer would be drierand also understorey vegetation, but if the overstorey trees are using less water, that means the soil is wetter, the litter layer is wetter and understorey shrubs wetter.

These are opposing ideas when it comes to the litter layer,one of themost important elements in the flammability of forests.”

Professor Adams said this conundrum could not be resolved at present.

“We don’t know which of these two forces, the drieratmosphere or trees using less water, will prevail. Will the litter be drier or wetter -orcan it

be both? That is perhaps is what is happening -you can have both,” he said.

In certain times of the year the litter, shrubs and forest could be more flammable from achanging climate. “The same litter could be wetter at different timeofthe year, also due to achanging climate These are really important questions that need to be resolved.”

Professor Adams said opinions varied abouthow good modelsare. In Australia,fire models were often quite differentfrom what really happened in fires.

“The models are not doing agreat job of predicting fuel load. In the area of forest where we have uncertainty -fuel -wecan make adifference by modifying fuels in the short term,” he said.

Fire in essence was driven by oxygen, fuel and ignition. “We can’t do anything about oxygen, we can’t do much about lightning strikes –that leaves us with one -fuel,” he said.

More maps of fire activity were not needed; research should concentrate on physical fire research-how combustion works,how fires spread

“That’snot an easy field. It needs to be refreshed to try and get abetter understandingofthe fine grain risks in climate change envelopes, particularly at the local and regional stages,” he said Crucially, “we need to bring together the knowledge of indigenouspeoples in how to manage forest and woodlandaround the world”.

Professor Adams highlighted five rules. “Research must be rigorous; must be open, transparent and well communicated; soundly based; multi disciplinary and targeted to solutions. It’s easy to do lots of research that will quantify the problem; try doing research that focuses on solutions for a change,” he said.

“Extinguishing the firecrisis? We can’t extinguish the fires, it’s pointless to try. We can extinguish the crisis by using science.”

Mental health: $8mfor those flood affected

By ZOE ASKEW

VICTORIA is amid another natural disaster; waters have inundated homes, displacing residents, and businesses have been lost, adversely affecting the mental health and wellbeingof those involved.

A$4.4million initial package will support any extramental healthcare flood-affected Victorians need.

The state government's mental health and

wellbeing hubs, which were stood up during the pandemictosupportextra mental health demand,willsee $1.5millioninsurge funding in the worst-affected areas across regional Victoria and Melbourne's west.

Afurther $2 million will support trusted community mental health organisations to deliver care when it's needed most, while Neighbourhood Houses and Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisationsinaffected areaswill receive $400,000 to run local events, connecting

flood-affected residents across communities.

Primary producers whose properties, livestock or crops werelost in the floods will get the dedicated mental health support they need, with $500,000 for specialist agriculture organisations, including the National Centre for Farmer Health.

The government's 'SchoolMental Health Fund' has now rolled out to every government school in regional Victoria, offering an evidence-based menu of wellbeing options for schools to choose

the mentalhealthsupport that suits their unique cohort.

Children and their families who have been affected by the floods are strongly encouraged to contact their trusted school leaders, who can help them access care quickly.

Victorians are reminded they can contrib ute to flood recovery efforts at givit.org.au/ storms-and-flooding.

Valley

‘Diamond’ pair reflect on gardens, living life well

By DANIEL PEDERSEN

WALKING through orchards to school in Ringwood North may seem aforeign concept, but that is how Judy Reid grew up.

This month Ian and Judy Reid celebrated 60 years of marriage, surrounded by family.

In 1962, theirs was the first wedding to be celebrated in the ‘new’ Methodist church in Ringwood.

Ian was aplumber in Croydon North, having graduated from Box Hill Technical School and Judy had graduated from East Camberwell Girls’ School.

“There wasn’t even schools in Ringwood in those days,” said Judy.

“In fact there wasn’t even electricity until the mid 1950s,” she said, laughing.

In the six decades they’ve been married, they’ve moved from Ringwood to Healesville, then to Nilma and about four years ago to Hazelwood North.

It’s not far to Churchill and they can shop for the odd bits and pieces they need there.

They’ve always sought to maintain abit of land and Ian has always managed the family’s food supplies from agarden.

They had four children -Graeme, Rhonda, Pauline and Allison -who have produced nine grandchildren, and then three great grandchildren, for Ian and Judy to enjoy.

On country at Healesville they had 50 acres (a little more than 20 hectares in today’s metric measurements) and 12 acres of bush.

Judy and Ian used to love walking there; Judy described it as “another planet”. “It adjoined acatchment area so there was as much bush as

you could want,” she said.

And they created three acres of garden, “from nothing”.

Asked what the biggest change they had seen since they were younger, Judy suggested immigration had transformed what the ‘áverage Australian’ looked like.

“We mostly grew up around Australians, you didn’t have the mixture of races we do now,” she said.

Ian reckoned the internet was probably the biggest change in day-to-day life.

“It’s handy to find something Iwant to look at,” he said, but otherwise he tried to steer clear of it.

On the Latrobe Valley, they like Morwell; it’s got all the shops anyone needs. “It’s just ashame there’s atrain line running through

the middle of it.”

On the Valley’s future, Judy said it would be interesting to see how the community coped with the closures of all the power stations.

“I think there’s going to be solar panels on either side of the road,” she said.

The IGA closed this month in Churchill, but Woolworths is still there. “We’ve just knuckled down and done the best we could,” she said.

Ian and Judy have travelled north-to-south across Australia on The Ghan and east-to-west on the Indian Pacific.

“We’ll stay here as longaswe can,” she said of future plans. Their Jonathon apple tree fruited for the first time this year and they’re picking cauliflower and broccoli that they putdown in May.

We arefamily: The Reid familycelebrateanincredible milestone

photograph supplied

Happy days: Judy andIan Reid in their garden photograph daniel pedersen

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6am Children’s Programs. 7.10pm Shaun TheSheep. 7.20 Bluey 7.30 The Poles Revealed 8.30 Long Lost Family 9.20 George Clarke’sAmazingSpaces. 10.05 Inside The Sydney OperaHouse. 11.05 Catalyst. Midnight Brian Johnson’s ALife On The Road. 1.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 2.15 Would ILie To You? 2.45 Red Dwarf. 3.10 ABC News Update. 3.15 Close 5.00 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 1.55pm Road Open. 2.00 Shortland St 2.30 Kriol Kitchen. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.35 News. 6.45 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.35 Outback Lockdown. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.00 It’sFine, I’mFine. 9.25 WovenThreads Stories From Within. 9.30 Miniseries:DIRay 10.25 BoyNomad. 10.50 Late Programs.

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon

MOVIE: The Jane AustenBook Club.(2007,M) 1.55 Bizarre Foods. 2.45 TheMosque Next Door. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Shortland St. 5.45 JoyOf Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats DoesCountdown. 8.30 Dracula Unearthed. 9.50 PEN15 10.35 Hillary 11.45 Late Programs.

6am

JourneyToThe West: The Demons StrikeBack. Continued. (2017, PG, Mandarin) 7.55 Delfin.(2019 PG, Spanish) 9.35 Vai. (2019,PG) 11.15 The Hole In The Ground. (2019) 12.55pm Poltergeist.(1982, M) 3.00 WeekendAtBernie’s.(1989,PG) 4.50 Ramen Shop.(2018, PG) 6.30 The Last Wave.(1977,PG) 8.30 Wyrmwood. (2014) 10.20 In Fabric.(2018 MA15+) 12.30am Late Programs.

Tuesday, November 1

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer.(PG) 10.00 Incredible Homes. (Premiere) 11.00 Hugh’s Wild West. (PG) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (PG, R) 2.05 Robson Green: Walking Hadrian’s Wall. (PGs, R) 3.00 Where Are YouReallyFrom? (PG, R) 3.35 The Cook Up.(PG, R) 4.05 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys.(PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

7TWO (72, 62)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today 10.30 To Be Advised. Noon Emmerdale. 12.30 Coronation Street 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 MillionDollar Minute. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue 5.30 EscapeToThe Country 6.30 BargainHunt. 7.30 DocMartin. 8.30 ATouch Of Frost. 10.30 Air Crash Investigation. 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (73,63)

6am MorningPrograms. 1.30pm The Car Club 2.00 Inside Line 3.00 Seven’sMotorsport Classic 3.30 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship.Gold Coast 500.H’lights. 4.30 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship.Gold Coast 500. H’lights 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Venom. (2018, M) 10.35 Late Programs.

9GEM (92, 81)

6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 The Best 30 Years. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The YoungAnd The Restless. 1.50 Bondi Vet. 2.50 AntiquesRoadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The 14.(1973,PG) 5.30 AntiquesRoadshow 6.30

ICCMen’s T20 World Cup Pre-Show 7.00 Cricket.

ICCMen’s T20 World Cup.Super 12 10.00 MOVIE: Safe House. (2012, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52)

6am Friends. 8.00

TheBig Bang Theory 9.30 TheMiddle. Noon The BigBang Theory 12.30 Friends. 2.00 The Neighborhood. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker 5.00 Frasier 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Frasier Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 TheLateShow With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 James Corden. 3.30 KingOfQueens. 4.30 Shopping.

9GO! (93, 82)

6am Children’s Programs. Noon Smash. 1.00 Baywatch 2.00 Full House 3.00 3rd Rock 3.30 Raymond. 5.30 TheNanny 6.00 3rd Rock 6.30 That ’70s Show 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 TheWeakest LinkUSA.(Premiere) 8.30 Love IslandAustralia.(Return) 10.00 MOVIE: Ted. (2012, MA15+) 12.10am IAmCait 1.05 Kardashians. 2.00 Baywatch. 2.50 MikeTyson Mysteries. 3.00 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (12, 53)

6am Home Shopping

8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 What’sUpDown Under 9.30 Escape FishingWithET. 10.00 The Offroad Adventure Show 11.00 MacGyver Noon NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00 TheCode. 2.00 Blood And Treasure. 3.00 Bondi Rescue 3.30 The Love Boat 4.30 Star Trek: TheNext Generation. 5.30 MacGyver 7.30 NCIS 10.20 Elementary. 11.15 Late Programs.

Birthday Engagement

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Kurt Fearnley’sOne Plus One. (R) 10.30 PlanetAmerica. (R) 11.00 Restoration Australia.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Capture. (Ml, R) 2.00 Sanditon. (PG, R) 2.45 Poh’sKitchen. (R) 3.15 GardeningAustralia. (R) 4.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC

World Tonight

SEVEN (7,6)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Kiwi. (2018,Ml, R) 2.00 World’sDeadliest: TwistOfFate. (PGal, R) 3.00 TheChase. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

SevenNews.

Home And Away (PG)

DogsBehaving (Very) Badly (PG) Presented by Graeme Hall.

TheGoodDoctor (M) The team operates on amilitaryre-enactor whose attempt at authenticity has created apredicament

10 Years Younger In 10 Days (Ma) Theteamhelp aformer townmayor and awomanwho cannot bear to look in the mirror

TheLatest: SevenNews.

Chicago Fire. (Ma) Apossible new recruit to 51 gets tested at acall.

TheResident. (Ma, R) [VIC]HomeShopping.

SevenEarly News. 5.30 Sunrise

6.00 Today 9.00 Today Extra.(PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 1.20 My Way. (PG, R) 1.50 Explore. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG)

Afternoon News.

MillionaireHotSeat

MillionaireHot Seat

WINNews.

Nine News.

ACurrentAffair

To Be Advised.

Travel Guides. (PGlns, R) Ordinary Australians becometravelcritics, experiencing aholiday in theWhitsundayIslands.

Botched. (Malmn, R) Abombshell who cannotkeep fatinher booty seeks advicefrom Terry

Nine News Late. Alook at the latest news andevents.

Skin A&E. (Mm)

Tipping Point. (PG, R)

Talking Honey. (PGl)

Rivals. (R)

TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa)

ACurrent Affair.(R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

Today

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 TheTalk (PGa) Talk show

Studio 10 (PG) Paneldiscussion, featuring Sarah Harris andTristan MacManus, who tackle all manner of topics. 10.00 Horse Racing. Melbourne Cup Carnival. Melbourne Cup Day 5.30 10 News First.

6.30 TheProject Alook at the day’snews andevents

TheTraitors. With anew Team Traitor recruit in the house, The Faithful scramble to uncoverthe defector

TheCheapSeats. (Mal) From major news stories to entertainment and viral videos, presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take alookatthe week that was.

NCIS (Mv) The teaminvestigates after abody is found at an ancient burial site that is thought to be cursed.

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 CBS Mornings.

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6am The LateShow With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Seinfeld. 8.30 Basketball. NBL.Round 5. New Zealand Breakers vTasmania Jackjumpers. Replay 10.30 Becker 11.30 Frasier 12.30pm The KingOfQueens. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens 4.00 Becker 5.00 Frasier 6.00 Friends. 8.00 TheBig Bang Theory 9.30 Mom. 11.10 Frasier Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 2pm Shortland St 2.30 Kriol Kitchen. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.35 Spartakus AndThe Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today News 6.00 Bamay 6.30 News. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas.

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Wellington Paranormal. 8.30 The Casketeers.

Kura 9.25 Good Grief 9.50 Trickster 10.45 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 7.35 The Last Wave.(1977,PG) 9.35 Selkie. (2000,PG) 11.15 Dust-Man. (2020, M, Korean) 12.55pm ISee You. (2019) 2.40 Journey

To The West: The DemonsStrikeBack. (2017,PG, Mandarin) 4.45 Delfin. (2019,PG, Spanish) 6.25 Me And Orson Welles. (2008, PG) 8.30 While At War. (2019,PG, German) 10.30 When Pomegranates Howl. (2020,M,Farsi) Midnight Late Programs.

7MATE (73,63)

9GO! (93,

6am MorningPrograms.

10.00 American Restoration. 10.30 Pawn Stars. 11.00 American Pickers. Noon Billion Dollar Wreck. 1.00 Hellfire Heroes. 2.00 American Pickers. 3.00 Shipping Wars 3.30 Down East Dickering. 4.30 Irish Pickers. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 9.30 Outback Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

6am Children’s

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MOVIE: HappyGilmore. (1996,M) 11.40 Young Sheldon. 12.10am IAmCait 1.05 Kardashians. 2.00 Baywatch. 2.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (12,

6am Home Shopping

8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Road To The Melbourne Cup Carnival. 10.00 MacGyver Noon TheLove Boat 1.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 2.00 48 Hours. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 TheLove Boat 4.30 Star Trek:The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver 7.30 NCIS 8.30 Bull. 10.20 48 Hours. 12.15am Home Shopping 2.15 Elementary. 3.10 Star Trek: The Next Generation 4.05 MacGyver

Trafalgar’s RSL hall centenarymarked,tothe day

SEVENTY-FIVE people celebrated the centenary of Trafalgar’s RSL hall on October 8, exactly 100 years to the day that it was officially opened by Australia’s GovernorGeneral, Lord Forster, in 1922.

The celebration of the hall, now the home of the Trafalgar Thorpdale RSL sub-branch, was attended by RSL Victoria’s president, Dr Robert Webster OAM, Frank Waterton, the sub-branch’s remaining World War 2veteran, as well as other sub-branch members and representatives of local RSL sub-branches.

Speeches were made by the subbranch’s president Jim Crowe, Dr Webster and the sub-branch’s Paul Altamore. The master of ceremonies for the evening was secretary Chris Johnson.

Jim, in his welcome speech, among other things, acknowledged the work of previous sub-branch president Ray James AOM, who was ably supported by many volunteers after the re-formation of the sub-branch.

Dr Webster spoke of the original founding of the now Returned Services League (RSL) and the issues facing the RSL today.

Paul Altamore gave an outline of the hall’s history.

Abooklet on the hall’s history was launched by Jim at the end of his speech, and will be distributed to every household in Trafalgar and surrounding towns.

The Latrobe Valley Express,

Gathering: TrafalgarThorpdale RSLmembersenjoyingthe centenaryof the sub-branch’shall.

Legend: Trafalgar Thorpdale RSL’soldestmemberand last survivingWorld War2veteran,Frank Waterton withpresident Jim Crowe.

Communityeffort: The book outlining the historyofthe sub-branch’s hall wasmadepossible throughsponsorship from CommunityBankTrafalgar &District. Pictured is TrafalgarThorpdaleRSL presidentJim Crowe, CommunityBankbranch manager Torina Johnston, Trafalgar& District financial servicedeputychair Debbie DiSistoand book author Mick Bourke OAM.

Great men: Trafalgar Thorpdale RSLsub-branch’s president JimCrowe, previous president RayJames AOM, secretaryChris Johnson and treasurer Paul Altamore. photographs supplied

Service to TrafalgarFireBrigade recognised

By KATE WATTCHOW

THE Trafalgar FireBrigadehad its annual presentation night last month.

Members were presentedwitha variety of awards for their service to the community. Due to COVID restrictions the annualpresentation night hadn’t been able to occur for 2020 and 2021, so awards earnedduring those years were included thisyear. There wasa total of 788 years of service to the Trafalgar community for fire servicesintotal to be awarded.

Awards were presented by the Trafalgar Brigade captain Mark Walshe and D9 Commander Greg Fisher from District 9Headquarters.

The night was held at the Trafalgar Bowls Club with food provided by Eat Live Fresh. Thanks was given to IGA, Bendigo Community Bank and Blackwood’s, who have made generous donations to the brigade over the past years.

Arange of general awards were issued for memberswho had reached milestones of service years. Thelistofmembers who received service awards includes: Cliff Jamieson five years, Michael Jacobs (10), Brian Mynard (20),Darren Wallace (30),Colin Proctor (35), Robert Tatterson (50), Mark Young (40), Albert Higgins (60) and Bob Mynard (60).

Every year, the fire brigade recognises amember/firefighter who has stepped up and performed exceptionallyin service of the brigade overthat year, and thatmember receives the Ern Taylor/ Graham YoungMemorialFire Fighter of the Year award. Due to COVID, we had three years exceptional service to award. The winners of the awards presented: Adrian Allatt -2020 Firefighter of the Year.

Kathy Geisler -2021 Firefighter of the Year.

Craig Moon -2022Firefighter of the Year.

The Trafalgar CFA Junior Volunteer Development Program also presented serviceand Firefighterofthe Year awards. Unfortunately, disruptions due

to COVID meant that 2020 and 2021 Firefighter of the Year awards weren’t able to be issued.

Leigh Radford -three year service award,DrazicRosse -threeyear service award, Sheridan Jacobs -three year service award, Rebecca Geisler -three year service award, Diesel McQualter -three yearservice awardand Jett Boothman -three year service award.

The Junior Fire Brigade recognises amember who has stepped up and performed exceptionally in service of the Junior Brigade over that year. The Mynard Family Junior Firefighter of the Year for 2022 was Jett Boothman.

At the presentation night Darren Wallace received multiple awards: A National Medal, the VFBV Gold Star, andaCFA 30 year service award. He also received aCFA life membership in recognition of his exceptional service to CFA.

Darren joined the CFA in 1991. After astint as brigadesecretary, he was electedasthe Trafalgar Rural Fire Brigade captain in 2003. In 2007 the rural and urban brigades merged and Darren was elected captain of the newly formed Trafalgar Fire Brigade, and for the following six yearshefacilitated the

successful merging of the two brigades. Darren stood down as captain in 2013 and continued to serve as alieutenant. He also became involvedinBaw Baw Group and the Volunteer FireBrigades Victoria (VFBV), which represents CFA volunteers at astate level. Since then, Darren has held the role of Deputy GroupOfficer, and continues to serve as state councillor with VFBV.

Legacy: TheMynard familyhas given over 200 yearsservice across three generations to theTrafalgar Fire Brigade.Pictured is Brian Mynard, current 1st lieutenant and training officer

Morris Mynard,past 2nd lieutenant Peter Mynard, current 2nd lieutenant and brigade group delegate,Danny Mynardand Bob Mynard(seated), who is alifemember and past secretary

ReponDistrict 9Planning Committee. Darren lives in Trafalgar with his family and currently works as the East Ward Councillor at Baw Baw Shire council.

Multiple members of the Mynard family were presented with awards on the night. From one family and over three generationsthe Mynard’shavegiven 212 years of service to the Trafalgar Fire Brigade and, through the brigade, the local community. Recently, Danny Mynard stepped down as the captain, and the brigade wouldliketothank him forall of his work and leadership during this time.

During his time volunteeringwith the CFA Darren has attended strike teams as acrewmember,acrewleader, astrike team leader, and asector commander, at awide range of fires. This includes inter state fires as well as the Bunyip Ridge fire on Black Saturday. He currently fulfils the roles of VFBV District 9State Councillor, volunteer representative on VESEPsteering committee, and VFBV

The annual presentation night was a chance to recognise much of the work contributed by various members of the brigade.The local brigade hasmany roles available to thoseinthe community who want to volunteer.

If youare interested in vol unteering,you can submit an expression-of-interest at https://www. cfa.vic.gov.au/volunteers-careers/ volunteer-with-cfa

You can followthe Trafalgar Fire Brigade on Facebook at @ TrafalgarFireBrigade.

Young gun: MynardFamilyJunior Firefighter of the Year Jett Boothman with Trafalgar Fire Brigade captain MarkWalshe

Great service: D9 Commander Greg Fisher andTrafalgar Fire Brigade captain MarkWalshe congratulateDarren Wallace (centre) on his awards,which included CFAlifemembership photographs supplied

Call-centre training creating jobs

FOR more than four years, Aussie Broadband and Gippsland Employment SkillsTraining(GEST) have developed and delivered acall centre training program for people in Gippsland.

The course, poweredbyGEST’s expertise and the experienceofAussie Broadband’s call centre operations, is designed to empower Gippslanders to gain theskillsfor acareer in alocal industry with askill shortage.

Asimilar course has been operating at Aussie’s Dandenong office, under the supervision of the Small Business Launching Pad with the support of Foundation Learning Centre and Hallam Community Learning Centre.

GEST, Foundation Learning and Hallam Community Learning Centre are partofa 250-strong Learn Local provider network in Victoria that is funded by the Adult Community Further Education Board.

“As acommunity organisation, we are very grateful that Aussie Broadband has opened their doorstoour learners,providingreal life experience that gives focus to what is possible -employment,” said GEST general manager, Jennifer McCafferty. “Aussie have assisted withthe design of thecourse content.”

The program and its training, structured over a four-week period, has run 10 times over the past four years. It has now gone on to become askills uplift course, with TAFE Gippsland also getting involved

AussieBroadband recruitment manager, Kristie Bodsworth, said Aussie’s involvementwith GEST’s ‘KickstartYour CareerinCustomer Service; Call CentreOperations’ coursehad been agreat opportunity to put the company’s value of ‘Be good to people’ into action.

“Since 2018, this coursehas supported dozens of Gippslanderstoimprove their employability skills and gain the confidence to take on paid employment,” she said.

“This course has introducedAussie Broadband to anumberoffantastic staff members with diverse or non-traditional backgrounds, many of whom have gone on to technical specialist and corporate roles within the organisation.”

The company has employed many people in its Morwell and Dandenong call centres through the program.Chairperson of theAdult, Community and Further Education Board, Maria Peters, said the development and delivery of the course by GEST

and Aussie Broadband had positively affected the lives of those who had completed it.

“I am really pleased to see the innovative ways that the board’s funding is being used to address local skills shortages, especially in regional areas,” Ms Peters said.

“Programs like this show the value of

pre-accredited trainingand how important tailored, localsolutions are in addressing the needsof individuals, industry and the community.”

More information on the “KickstartYour Career in Customer Service; Call Centre Operations” course can be found on the GEST website: www. gest.com.au/kick-start-your-career/

Moving rightalong: GEST general manager, Jennifer McCaffertywith GESTalumni and Aussie Broadbandcomplaints officer,Jeremy Cook. photograph adult community education board

Twocritical questions for political

THIS is an open letter addressed to all candidates for the Legislative Assembly seat of Morwell and Legislative Council seat of Eastern Victoria for the forthcoming Victorian state election.

Great Latrobe Park Inc (GLP) is avoluntary, non-political, community advocacy group that is seeking to ensure the Latrobe Valley’s huge open-cut mines are repurposed in an appropriate and beneficial form.

The nature and quality of the repurposing of the Latrobe Valley’s mines will have an enormous and lasting impact on the Latrobe Valley community and its environment.

Given the immense importance of the repurposing of the Latrobe Valley’s mines, GLP believes the Latrobe Valley community should have aclear understanding of the views of the region’s parliamentary representatives about key issues affecting mine repurposing.

At the time of writing, we understand atotal of seven people have registered as candidates for the seat of Morwell and 11 people for the seat of Eastern Victoria and we seek your agreement or otherwise, to the following two statements:

1. That the disused Hazelwood, Yallourn and Loy Yang coal mines be repurposed to deliver clear community, environmental and economic benefits and expectations based upon world-best mine rehabilitation practices.

2. Support aprompt, open and transparent, expert and public inquiry that can hear evidence with the objective to prioritise water access across all users and uses, including entitlements and allocations, for each of the mine voids, to deliver the best possible social, community, economic and environmental outcomes.

Nina Burke Great Latrobe Park president

Remember the electric car factory, SEA Electric?

THE Latrobe Valley was once the engine room of Victoria, providing the resources and energy required to keep the lights on across the state.

However, under Daniel Andrews and Labor, the Valley has been short-changed time and time again.

The community has seen this through the closure of power stations brought forward and SEA Electric amounting to nothing.

This has put pressure on many hardworking families and cast acloud of uncertainty over the future of the Valley.

Labor’s recent announcement of its 95-per-cent renewable energy target by 2035 signals aforced closure of Loy Yang BPower Station more than adecade early and the removal of 1,100 megawatts baseload electricity from the system.

Iunderstand and accept Victoria needs to transition power generation to cleaner technology. But it must be done in aconsidered and sensible way.

We can’t simply shut down our existing generators and expect the network to function as it always has, or expect there will be no bill shock passed on to Victorians.

Gas is an essential part of Victoria’s energy mix and plays acrucial role in securing affordable and reliable baseload energy.

It is also the most effective, reliable way that Victoria can support atransition to renewables.

I, along with my team from The Nationals, are calling for aportion of Victorian gas to be kept in Victoria to make our power bills cheaper.

Iwantthe Valley to be the powerhouse of

Victoria again.

Power generators can be converted from coal to gas and the existing workers can be retained, keeping their families right here, where they have always been.

But turning my mind to the future, we know new technology is on the horizon.

There is alot of excitement surrounding the adoption of hydrogen.

The Nationals have announced a$1-billion hydrogen strategy, which Iwill be advocating to be based in the Valley.

This exciting investment will provide career opportunities for the next generation and see the Latrobe Valley powering Victoria well into the future.

The Valley has been let down by Daniel Andrews.

The Labor Party has taken the Valley for granted, and they have run out of ideas.

Ihave fresh and exciting ideas for our communities, and Iwant to be the one who stands up in parliament to bring these ideas into reality for the entire community.

Martin Cameron The Nationals candidate for Morwell

Moreaction needed

HORRIFIC and heart-breaking floods have desecrated people’s lives past and present.

Yet governments, both past and present, have done absolutely nothing.

Knowing the historical weather patterns of our land of ‘droughts and flooding rain’, as the poem goes, why not dykes and river flood diversions

into new storage dams to lessen flooding and future-proof Australia?

Then, when severe droughts happen instead of closing down our primary exports and putting thousands of people out of work and creating hardship, they can pay their way and raise their kids comfortably.Why litter our lands and seas with acres of solar panels/batteries/wind turbines, they all have ashelf life and where are they to go? Landfill.

Also, battery fires are hard to put out and release toxic fumes, but hey, that’s progress, right?

Carol Hogan Moe

Need aplan, Dan

THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) is warning against announcing substantial renewable energy targets without any plan for new transmission infrastructure across the state.

Premier Daniel Andrews’ target of 95 per cent renewable energy sources by 2035 would lead to disastrous consequences for farming communities and food security, unless there is aplan forprotecting strategic agricultural land from rushed developments.

Rather than planning for the next 13 years of electricity generation, we need to be planning for the next 100 years of energy and food security for our community.

Politicians are making announcements without any care for the consequences of having to shift our energy production from the Latrobe Valley to Western Victoria.

There’s areal need to create aVictoria-wide strategic plan for renewable energy and transmission developments that looks at the next century of the state’s energy needs.

We can move to renewables, but that shift must be gradual and well planned with agriculture in mind.

Going too fast willmean the costs will be borne by farmers and regional communities, rather than being fairly distributed across the whole community.

Ensuring commercial consent of farmers is secured for all renewable energy and transmission developments is key and reforming the regulatory processes must be considered.

Victorianfarmersare leading the way in the response to climate change and the government must continue to support the agriculture industry and not get in the way of maintaining progress.

In the last 40 years, Victorian farmershave ledthe way in protecting our environment while also driving down emissions intensity in our operations.

When you put power poles in all our paddocks, that effects our abilitytouse newtechnology like GPS or drones, which actually help us lower our emissions.

Farmers are ready and willing to play our part in the climate challenge, but we need a measured approach that balances our energy transition while protecting farmland.

Emma Germano Victorian Farmers Federation President

Greens will build

RESULTS from the 2021 census show that families in the Latrobe Valley face greater levels of housing stress than the rest of Victoria.

Five hundred Gippsland households are currently experiencing homelessness, affecting more than 1500 children.

Several factors contribute to homelessness.

In Gippsland, it is alack of affordable and available houses,high rates of family violence, mental health issues and low incomes combined with the increasing costs of living.

In Moe, rental rates have soared by 18 per cent while wages have been stagnant.

Public housing waiting lists are growing -one woman inMoe waited 10 years for ahome to become available.

Inthe meantime, she sheltered in atent a homelessness service gave her, sleeping in unsafe public spaces and frequently being moved on by police.

Others are living in their cars.

AMorwell youth refuge, which provides 24-hour crisis support for young people experiencing homelessness, says it is having to turn people away every day.

The vicarious trauma experienced by workers in the community and health sectors is another issue.

This is ashameful situation brought about by government funding decisions.

Victoria has fallen behind every other state in relation to public and social housing availability.

The Labor government is tied to big developers from whom they accept hefty donations.

In the next decade, the Greens plan to build 100,000 public houses, partly funded by the reinstatement of the social and affordable housing levy.

The Greens also propose capping rent increases at the rate of the wage price index, which is currently 2.5 per cent.

Advocate: Victorian FamersFederation president and Mirboo North local Emma Germano

candidates seeking Valley’svote

The Greens want property developers to set aside 30 per cent of homes in new developments of 50 or more dwellings as affordable homes over 20 years.

The houses would be priced at 80 per cent of the market rate, and only available for first homeowners who live in the property for at least three years.

Resale of the homes would be on similar terms.

Having asafe, affordable home is ahuman right and apowerful determinant of health.

Avote for the Greens is avote for fairness and humanity.

Dr Rochelle Hine Greens candidate for Morwell

Help is here

IWRITE on behalf of the not-for-profit Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia.

My simple message is that if your readers are impacted in any way by amental health issue, they should reach out because there is help available.

We have an important project called Finding North that is very user friendly and is –in simple terms –anon-line initiative that links people with mental health issues with other people facing similar issues so they can offer support to each other.

The time for action on mental health is unquestionably now.

We know that amassive 54 per cent of all Australians affected by mental illness simply do not access any kind of treatment.

We know that 3.8 million Australians now live with mental illness –it’s enough people to fill a city the size of Hobart 17.5 times.

COVID has led to an escalation in fear and anxiety.

Far too many people at alocal level are ending up in hospital emergency rooms, because they simply don’t know where to go.

We’re urging all governments to invest more in services that help people with mental health issues.

We desperately need to make it easier for people to access the very real help that is out there.

We urgently need to address the attitudes and beliefs that can exclude people who have a mental illness from workplaces, communities and social circles.

The reality is people with mental illness can live well in the community and do recover if the right clinical and community support is there.

We urge all readers to have alook at our important latest project.

Just go to www.findingnorthnetwork.com.au

The Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia also has afree phone line to help people -1800 985 944.

Tony Stevenson CEO Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia

A‘net-zero’ jihad

AT precisely 8.46 and 9.30am on the morning of September 11,2001, 19 Saudi Arabian religious fanatics from the terror organisation al-Qaeda, crashed two hijacked airliners into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City, causing both 110-storey towers to collapse and resulting in the deaths of nearly 3000 innocent lives.

In the subsequent investigations that followed, it was revealed that the motivation behind the

9/11 attacks can be traced back to February 23, 1998, when Osama bin Laden and four other religious extremists issued aself-styled fatwa publicly declaring that it was Allah’s decree that every Muslim must try to kill any American, military or civilian, anywhere in the world, specifically because of America’s continuing occupation of Islam’s holy places (please note American troops continued their occupation of Saudi Arabia (the Holy Land) after the Gulf War of January16 to February 28, 1991) and aggression against Muslims in general.

The fatwa begins by quoting surah 9of the Koran(“slay the pagans wherever you find them”) and reinforces this quote by noting that Muslim holy men (“ulema”) have throughout Islamic history unanimously agreed that “jihad” (holy war) is an individual duty of all devout Muslims.

If one substitutes “the demonisation offossil fuels by the Greens and Labor” for “slay the pagans wherever you find them” (in other words, “the aggressive closing down of coal-fired power stations”), one brings up to date this modern-day rendition of the same ideology.

Then, as now, extremists have played apivotal role in promulgating the hysteria.

Then, as now, aholy war (jihad) has been declared on fossil fuels by Blackout Bowen & Co. where, instead of skyscrapers, chimneys are being blown up.

To be sure, the net-zero climate agenda in Australia will make absolutely no difference to

global CO2 levels and serve only to impoverish the country.

Australia produces 1per cent of global CO2 emissions in the course of ayear.

Therefore, even if we all ride bicycles, live in caves and feed ourselves bugs and insects for the rest of eternity, we will make absolutely no difference whatsoever in terms of global emissions.

China is building 174 new coal-fired power stations as Iwrite and we used to have 19 which has been reduced by 10 in the last decade alone.

Meanwhile, between them, China and India are burning billions of tonnes of coal each year which all add up to 35 per cent of all global emissions.

Chris “Blackout” Bowen has boasted that Australia will become “a wind and solar superpower.”

All this sounds tremendous until the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine, which it doesn’t at night and during winter.

Long story short, Australians as aresult of all of this now have sky-high energy prices and the genuine threat of blackouts occurring this summer if the demand for electricity is high.

This is hardly the way afirst-world country should exist.

In short, the whole net-zero agenda is suicidal nonsense promoted by self-serving zealots and opportunistic fanatics.

Joseph Lis Morwell

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Opinions split about gov’t bid

By MICHELLE SLATER

LATROBE City Council and unionsare embrac ingthe state government’s commitment to bring back the SEC, but apeakenergy industry body warns it coulddestabilise futureinvestment plans.

LatrobeCityMayor,Kellie O’Callaghan, said the election promise was welcome news after the decision to close Loy Yang Aby2035and the anticipated closure of other power stations.

“The re-establishment of the SECinMorwell will generate long-term employment opportunities for our city and support our community through asignificant period of change, and well into the future,” Cr O’Callaghan said.

“Togetherwith the revised emissions targets, it reflects ourcommunity’s aspirations to reduce the impacts of climate change and take practi calactiontowards achieving alow emissions future.”

Cr O’Callaghan comments came after she met the Minister for Energy, Lily D’Ambrosio, to discuss the Valley’s economic transition from coal.

“Our community has along history of powering the state, and we look forward to continuing to play aleading role in keeping Victoria’s lights on in asustainable way,” Cr O’Callaghan said.

Gippsland Trades and LabourCouncilsecretary, Steve Dodd, backed the plan to keep profits on shore, but wanted to make sure that unions had aseat at the table while the transition was underway.

Mr Dodd said it was also good news to establish an SEC office back in Morwell, which traditionally was the homeofthe former entity before it was sold-off.

“Privatisation had amassive impact on the region, you only had to look at Hazelwood. If you look at the private sector in oil, gas and electricity, we get nothing out of it,” Mr Dodd said.

“Mostofthe time, these companies don’t even pay tax and they don’t reinvest in this country, we pay through the nose to boost their profits which go straight out of the country.”

Mr Dodd pointed to shelved SEC plans to build new coal-fired powerstations in Driffield and Flynn,which he speculated wouldproduce gasified coal using low-emissionstechnologyif operating now.

“Butbecausethe privatesector jumped-in, these plans were done and dusted,” he said.

However, the Australian Energy Council described the promise as “a retrograde step” that will damage the marketand investor confidence.

AEC chief executive, Sarah McNamara, saidthe announcement would“chill”private investment and mean Victorian taxpayers would “carry the lions’ share” of risk around new generation.

Ms McNamara said there were already billions of dollars invested by the private sector in energy transition.

“Thisannouncement hasthe potentialto further punish shareholders –including mum and dad investors –who have invested in the transition in good faith,” she said.

“Government shouldn’t need to make direct energy investmentswhere the private sector has demonstrateditisready and willing to do so.”

Efficiency key in new SEC

By MICHELLE SLATER

ALEADING energyacademic has forecastthat arevitalised SEC would not operate in the same capacity as the former entity that was sold off in the 1990s and would function as aprivate-public partnership.

Victoria University’s Victoria Energy Policy Centre director, BruceMountain, saidany new SEC would most probably need legislation to activateitifthe pre-electionpromise comes to fruition.

“The government has every prospect in succeeding,and investment will be aquestion of how it could be operatedwith the most efficiency,” Professor Mountain said.

“But Ithink it’salow hurdle to clearasthe energy

markethas not achieved what it set out to achieve, the government has not takenonahigh-producing industry that is working well.”

Professor Mountain said theannouncement would help enhance transition prospects for the Valley,with the new entity helping to fund new industries and transition workers.

He said the future for the Latrobe Valley had been made clear when big coal companies stated they were pulling out.

“By and large, more of the large production would come from contracting from the government,” he said.

“An SEC would contract private investors, and there will certainly be ademand for private capital, internationalinvestors and super funds.There will be high demand for expertise and capital.”

Professor Mountain said anew SEC would act more like aregulatory oversight body and industry participant.

But he also warned it would probably not employ the same“enormousstaff”that it didunderthe previous model.

Professor Mountainpointed to the pitfalls of privatisation in which service went down and profits leftthe country,but he was also aware of the criticism of government-runbodies with cost blow outs.

“DanAndrews will be mindful of thesethings andwill operate under agreat deal of pressure, butI have no reason to be critical of anything I’ve heard,” he said.

“It’s starting anew book, but we are now more mindful of the pitfalls.”

By MICHELLE SLATER

THE Andrews Labor Government is promising to create 130 solar manufacturing jobs in Gippsland andinMelbourne’s south-east as part of its plans to revive the State Electricity Commission.

The state governmentmadethe promiselast week as part of its target to spend $1 billion on 4.5 gigawatts of renewables to replace Loy Yang Aby2035.

The new jobs will be delivered under a$2.9 million renewables worker-training scheme in partnership withthe Latrobe Valley Authority and Solar Victoria.

Jobs will include working in manufacturing solar hot water systems, batteries, and solar farm assembly.

Other parts of the announcement include establishing anew manufacturing offshore wind port at Port of Hastings.

The stategovernment released the OffshoreWind

Implementation Statement with $76 million to plot acourse for offshore wind targets.

There is also a$6million Wind Worker Training Centre, which would be based in Melbourne, to help train workers needed to reach already committed targets of two gigawatts of offshore wind by 2032 and 9GWby2040.

Are-elected governmentwould establish a new body Offshore Wind Energy Victoria to help streamline the sector.

VicGrid will lead the development of the transmission lines needed for offshore wind.

Premier DanielAndrews said offshore wind was a rapidly growing industry, “delivering clean energy for Victorians and creating jobs”.

“We’ll make sure the sectorhas the skilled workforce for the future by investing in training now,” Mr Andrews said.

The plan to put the state’s power sector back into majority public ownership claims to create 59,000 jobs by 2035 under the transition from

coal to renewables.

Star of the South welcomed the latest announcement, which follows last week’s Rewiringthe Nation agreement from the federal government, to fast-track off shore wind in Victoria.

The company is aiming to deliver 2.2 gigawatts of offshore wind fromBassStrait by 2028 to coincide with the planned closure of the Yallourn Power Station.

Star of the South chief executive, Charles Rattray, said the stategovernment’s Offshore Wind Implementation Statement was a“positive step” to attract investment, supply and workforce.

“As the first and most progressed project in Australia, we are in astrongposition to support governmentachievingits ambitious offshorewind and decarbonisation goals,” Mr Rattray said.

“Having all levels of government on the same page is critical to drivethe quick decisions and real action needed get offshore wind up and running.”

Promise made: Thestate government says it will create130 solar manufacturing jobs as partofits plantorevivethe SEC. file photograph

Timber building ‘the future’

By PHILIP HOPKINS

THE developer Hines had formed the concept and design for itsbig new timber building in Melbourne, but no final decisions hadbeen made aboutthe type of timber.

Sustainabilitywas thekey theme of the proposed building at 36 Wellington Street in Collingwood.

“Then we sawBendigo,” saidHines construction manager, Jo Lees. Bendigo -that’s the new GovernmentHub beingbuilt that marks anew levelinthe use of mass-engineered timber in a major building in Victoria.

“Weloved the timber; we saw what they were doing,” Ms Lees said. “It was easy for us to tell a story on what the concept meant for us in terms of timber, the valuethat brings, and that lends itself to 6-Star, Green Star (environmental rating).”

All the timber in the Wellington St building comes fromVictoria –Glulam (GLT)from Australian SustainableHardwoods(ASH) in Heyfield and CLT from X-Lam Australia in Wodonga.

The engineered wood is as strong as steel: ASH’s Glulam consists of planks of wood glued together under high pressure to form large columns and beams, while CLTconsistsoflarge panels, also glued together under high pressure, with each layer at right angles to the other.

The15-level, 18,500 square-metre commercial building in Wellington St has two levels of basement, six levels of concrete podium and nine levels of timber structure, which makes it the tallest timber structure in Australia –amixture of certified CLT and GLT.

Hines, aUSreal estate investment, development and management company, has 26 timber buildings in the US at all stages from concept to completion. Atotal of 13 are completed.

All are part of the company’s 3T Portfolio –tim ber, talent and technology.

Ms Lees said when the timber concept was first mooted, Hines assumed it would use European spruce.

However, the Bendigo builder ICON suggested they consider ASH.

“Wewere not sure of ASH’s capacity, but over the nextsix to nine months,aswegot our building permits, they ramped up,” she said. “They got to the point where they could supply Bendigo and our job. We got together with ICON to formulate why we should use ASH.”

Ms Leessaidseveralreasonsshowed that Australian timber was aviable option. “Cost -that always comes into it. The saving on shipping was afairly high percentage of dollars,” she said.

“Time –having it local, three hours away, was asaving. All that ties into risk; it was aless risky proposition going local –there is better control over shipping, more quality control. Culture –they know the industry in Australia, the installers,the contractors, even things down to delivery.”

Ms Lees said ASH’smanaged regrowthhardwood was adifferentcolour, darkerthan European spruce. “We needed to get the architects on board The structural properties are differentaswell; Vic Ash is stiffer than spruce, requiring some rework in the engineering but that worked in our favour; the stiffer timber beams and columns could be abit more slender, using less wood for the samestructural result. Thatwas one of the many considerations,” she said.

The WellingtonStbuildinghas 970 cubic metres of hardwood GLT as beams and columns, and 2350 m3 in CLT made from radiata pine. About 30 per cent of the GLT volume is columns and 70 per cent beams. “The beams and columns are all exposed. We are excited about that as it will be a great feature,” Ms Lees said.

ASH’s national business development manager, Daniel Wright, said unlike at Bendigo, his company took arole this time in design and detailing with the architect.

“How the jointsand connections work -we

helpedwith that to make sure it was cost efficient, manufacturedintimeand looksgood. That is a lot of the work –about five months collaborative with architects and engineers.”

Mr Wright said the 1000m3oftheir managed regrowth hardwood amounted to about 350,000 kilograms of stored carbon.

“We regrow that volume in the forest in less than five minutes,” he said.

ASH had more inputinto the beamsand columns on the Wellington project.

“We learnt lessonsfrom previous jobs. The structural strength in our hardwood is incredible; itsstrength-to-weight ratio compared to its price is internationally incredible. We have lots of data with fire testing; we understand how the wood performs in fire and how safe it is,” he said.

“We were able to start pushing cost efficiencies. The column sizes are 380 millimetres by 380mm, the beams about 700mm to 900mm deep by 380mm as well. It’s an improved efficiency of about 15 per cent compared with Bendigo, even though it has similar loads. Fire and structural knowledge help with that.”

The Wellington project will take ASH about four months to produce. It starts withCNC -‘computer numerical control’; big robotic timber processorscut

and mould the timber to meet the requirements of the connections.

“We create a3Dmodel, the structure we devised with the architect and engineer -the full building is in virtual reality. Every member, every screw in that model is millimetre perfect. From that we take ashop drawing with every individual piece. Ican look at the beam, for example, with its screws and brackets, and rotate it on the computer;wecan see where everything is, whichhelps determine improvements before being manufactured,” Mr Wright said.

“That shop drawing feeds through to our robots. Therobots have their own program that actually determinethe best tools to use –drills, saws, milling units, chain saws. There are 160 tools on this machine. It will choose the best tool to make the cut, or the drill and our techniciancan override that. Technology has caught up now –you build it in the boardroom and then the robots go and make it for you.”

Mr Wright said the team approach with the architect,engineer, the builder,the client and X-Lam had been asmooth process.

“This is the blueprint on how to do these builds, the teamhas been really good; the buildingwill come together really well,” he said.

“This is the future.”

INTERNATIONAL credit-ratingagency Moody’s has putadamper on companies involved in productionofbluehydrogen, as proposed for the Latrobe Valley.

The credit rating agency listed investment in blue hydrogen, created fromgas,asa ‘long-term credit negative’ in anew report.

The Latrobe Valley is one of seven in Australia’s ‘clean hydrogen industrial hubs’ program, with the project looking to capitalise on the ‘gasification’ of brown coal reserves.

Ratingsfromagencies such as Moody’s determine the cost of doing business for companies seeking finance for major projects.

Moody’s argued that “continued reliance on hydrocarbons willleave issuers [ie, companies issuing shares or bonds]incarbon-intensive industries vulnerable to volatility in fossil fuel demand and prices, as well as the long-term economic and financial risks associated with an accelerated global decarbonisation agenda —a long-term credit negative.”

“Low-carbon blue hydrogen, which uses carbon capture, could contribute to [the] globalcarbon transition, but it won’t reduce hydrocarbon reliance,” the report said.

Blue hydrogen: Moody’snofan City wins big again: O’Brien

SOUTH Gippsland Shire has been overlooked in the state government’s latest energy resilience plan, saysthe Memberfor Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien.

Mr O’Brien said a$7.5-million state government program to fundresilient energy facilities in 24 towns across the statedid not include South Gippsland Shire.

The state government program will provide fundingfor solarpanelsand batteries for community facilitiestoensure people can get ahot meal,charging points for devices and ashower in the event of natural disasters that cut the power off in certain communities.

Yet some places in South Gippsland were two weeks without power after severe storms in June and October last year.

“Places likeMtBest, Turtons Creek and other parts of the Strzelecki Ranges were without power for as much as twoweeks and went through significant difficulty,” he said.

“I’m very disappointed that South Gippsland has been overlooked in favour of anumberof other shires mostlyinmetropolitan and central Victoria areas.”

Impressive: Anew high-rise building in Collingwood, using ASHtimber from Heyfield photograph supplied

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Areyou an accomplished leader with technical expertise in power stationcycle chemistrywho is looking for anew challenge in an organisation whereyou will be well rewarded with great salary, perks and benefits?

About us

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 theAlinta Energy family,a growing and innovative energy market disrupter

We arefocused on maintaining world class levelsofplant performance, efficiency and flexibility and areinsearch of people with expertise andexperience to contributetoinnovative new projects as we look to re-inventour business.

We arecommitted to increasing workforce diversity and creating an environment wherepeople with newideas feel empowered to speak up and explorewhat is possible.

We constantly strive to understand and meet broad community expectations regarding environmental management,health, safety and good corporate citizenship.

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Contribute to the long-term success of the organisation by supporting the development and implementation of overall business strategy

Build strong team morale by cultivating enthusiasm andcommitment within the Chemical and Environment Group.

Create change and ‘futureready’ the organisation through your involvement in key projects.

What you’ll do

Provide effective leadership, support and communication for the Chemical and Environment Team to maximise group andindividualperformance.

Manage the power station operational chemistrytoensureoptimal plant performanceand maintain long term integrityofthe asset

Develop policies, practices and programs relating to LoyYang BCycle chemistryand environment systems.

Administer the company’s environment management system certifications.

Ensurecompliance with LoyYang B’s Greenhouse strategies and programs and state and federalinitiatives forgreenhousereporting and abatement

Operate water treatment plant and provide advice to Operations group, including out of hours coverage.

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Skills to empower,motivate, lead, mentor,coach and develop employees.

Demonstrate excellent communication, presentation andinterpersonal skills, including technical writing.

The abilitytoachieve successful business outcomes through functional and informal networks.

Detailed knowledge of best practice in power station cycle chemistry.

Knowledge of relevantacts, regulations and rules, as well as policies and programs implemented at the state and federal level.

Detailed knowledge of Environmental systems management preferred.

ABachelor Degree in Science andEnvironment relateddisciplines or Electrical, MechanicalorChemicalEngineering.

Substantial exposuretopower plant operations desirable.

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Location -Moe

About the business and the role

RGMFinancialPlanners PtyLtd (AFSL 229471) is a financialplanning practicewithoffices in Traralgon, Moe and Drouin and part of alarger financial group (RGM), whichalso offers accounting and SelfManaged Superannuation Funds (SMSFs) services

We areseekinganindividual to fill the role of Junior Paraplanner to join our expandingteam financial planning team. As partofaboutique practice, this exciting role will provide you with exposuretoall areas of advicefrominsurance, superannuationand investments to SMSFs, while working alongside in house taxation professionalsand SMSF specialist advisers. If you have apassion for investing, then this is the role foryou Jobtasks andresponsibilities

Working as part of ateam and reporting directly to paraplanners and seniorfinancial advisers, you will help to assist, prepareand implement strategic advice to our valued clients.

Responsibilities include:

Assisting with the preparation of Statements of Advice andRecords of Advice

Obtaining informationfromproduct providers

Preparing and lodgingclient applications

Maintaining accurate and compliant client files

Handling clientenquiries

Interaction with clients, administrationplatforms and fund managers

Skills andexperience

To be successful in this role you will either have completed or be enrolled in arelevant Bachelor University Degree or aDiploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) and have awillingness to work towards obtaining further qualification to further your career in the financial services industry. No previous experience is required however some minorknowledge of financial products (such as listed shares) would be an advantage.You must also exhibit ahighlevel of: MicrosoftOffice skills in Word,Excel and Outlook

Communicationskillsand working in ateam environment

Time

PreschoolandChildcare-MultiplePositionsChildcare-MultiplePositions Casual,Permanent &Temporary

Desiretohelp avastarray of clientsachieve their financial and lifestyle goals

Time managementskillswith abilitytomulti-task

An attractive remunerationpackagewillbe negotiated based on skills andlevelofexperience.

Job benefits andperks

Beingmentored by anexperience team of advisers to help further yourskills and knowledge

Flexible working hours

Continual professional development

Monthly RDO’s

Strong social culture

An organisation thatlooks to nurturetalent Amulti-faceted financial servicesfirminGippsland well known forcreating aworkplace that feels like ateam

If youfeelyou aresuited tothe role please forward your resume with acover letter to: JuniorParaplanner Position via email: moe@rgmgroup.com.auor Online applications: rgmgroup.com.au/career/ junior-paraplanner/

Applications close: Friday25th November 2022

Paraplanner

Location -Moe

About the business and the role

RGMFinancial Planners Pty Ltd (AFSL 229471)isa financial planning practice with offices in Traralgon, Moe and Drouin and part of alarger financial group (RGM), which also offers accounting and SelfManaged Superannuation Funds(SMSFs) services.

We areseeking an experienced Paraplanner to join our expanding team with the opportunityto be mentored into an adviser over time (if desired).

As partofaboutique practice, this exciting role will provide you with exposuretoall areas of advice from insurance, superannuation and investments to SMSFs, while working alongside in house taxation professionals and SMSF specialist advisers.

Job tasks and responsibilities

Working as part of ateam and reporting directly to senior financial advisers, you will help to assist, prepare andimplement strategicadvice to our valued clients.

Responsibilities include:

Assisting with the preparation of Statements of Advice and Records of Advice

Obtaining informationfromproduct providers

Preparing and lodging client applications

Maintaining accurate and compliant client files

Handling client enquiries

Interaction with clients, administration platforms and fund managers

Skills and experience

To be successful in this role you will be enrolled in arelevant BachelorUniversity Degree or aDiploma of FinancialServices (Financial Planning) and have a willingness to work towards obtaining further qualification to further your career in financial planning. You must also exhibit ahigh level of: Microsoft Office skills in Word,Excel and Outlook Communication skills and working in ateam environment

Desire to help avast array of clients achieve their financial and lifestyle goals

Time management skills with abilitytomulti-task

An attractive remuneration package will be negotiated based on skills and level of experience.

Job benefits and perks

Being mentored by an experience team of advisers to help further your skillsand knowledge

Flexibleworkinghours

Continual professional development

Monthly RDO’s

Strong social culture

An organisation that looks to nurturetalent Amulti-faceted financial services firm in Gippsland well known for creating aworkplace that feels like ateam

If youfeelyou aresuited to the role please forwardyour resume with acover letter to: Paraplanner Position via email: moe@rgmgroup.com.au or Online applications: rgmgroup.com.au/career/ paraplanner/

Applications close: Friday 25th November 2022

Career Opportunities

We areseekingapplications from

andexperienced people forthe following position at our Yallourn Power Station:

Operations Performance Specialist

Forfurther informationonthis opportunity and to apply, visit:

au

St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School is seeking applications for the following position.

FinanceOfficer /Payroll Officer

Full time -permanent ongoing Based at Warragul

Commencing as soonaspossible

If you areinterested please forwarda current resume and cover letter to hr@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

Fora copyofthe Position Description please refer to our website: www.stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

Applicationsclose 5pm Friday4November2022

TEAM LEADER Rotational Moulding

Anew position is available at PFG Group for an experienced Rotational Moulder to join our production team based in Morwell, Gippsland.

Having prior rotational moulding experience is an essential part of this position. Having prior leadership experience is highly desirable.

The Team Leader of the Oven plays akey role ensuringatwo-way connection between management and the team under his or her responsibility. The role will be expected to provide leadership, guidance, and direction for the operating team, whilst providing feedback, discussion and support to the managing and scheduling team.

St Paul’s Anglican GrammarSchool is seeking applications for the following position to work across both Warragul and Traralgon campuses.

Garden andGrounds Officer

Full time -permanent position Commencing immediately If youare interestedplease forward acurrent resumeand cover letter to hr@stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

Fora copy of the PositionDescription please refer to our website: www.stpaulsags.vic.edu.au

Applicationsclose 5pm Monday7November2022

Immaculate Heart of Mary Primary (St Mary's) School, Newborough

EDUCATION SUPPORT OFFICERS

Applications are invited from suitably experienced persons for four Education Support Officer positions to commence in 2023.

2FTE 30 hours per week (5 days -0.79) -Ongoing

2FTE 30 hours per week (5 days -0.79) -Fixed Term

Part time 18 hours per week (0.48) -Fixed Term until 11 August 2023.

The positions are Category BLevel 2positions under the Victorian Catholic Education Multi Enterprise Agreement 2018. The successful applicants will have ademonstrated commitment to Catholic education and to the safety and wellbeing of children. The successful applicants will possess the skills and abilities necessary to provide support to designated students by working collaboratively with teachers to implement individual and group programs to support the learning and wellbeing of students.

The successful applicants will be require aWorking with Children Check and aNational Police Record Check.

Applications to be sent by email to: principal@stmnewbor.catholic.edu.au attention: Lisa Broeren

Applications close: 4/11/2022.

This school community promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children

Roller Shutter Technician

● Pride yourself on quality workmanship?

● Have experience with problem solving diagnosis and solutions?

● Are you customer focused?

● Want to be part of amotivated and well rewarded team?

If yes, then read on!

If you are looking for awork environment where you will be an integral part of amotivated team this may be the position for you.

We are afamily run business located in Traralgon and servicing all of Gippsland. We specialise in roller shutter installation and repairs. We are looking for acustomer focused technician who can happily work either individually or as part of a team.

Previous experience would be aadvantage but if you have atrade background we can readily train you up.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

● Roller Shutter installation.

● Servicing and repairs.

● Assisting other team members as required.

● Workshop maintenance and cleaning. The successful candidate must:

● Havegood problem solving and decision-making skills.

● Be clean, well presented and punctual at all times.

● Be computer literate.

● Be highly motivated and have awillingness to continuetolearn and improve.

● Have acurrent drivers licence.

● Be customer focused. This is afull time position for an immediate start. You will be rewarded with above average wages and conditions.

If this sounds like you then email your resume and cover letter to: info@ultrashutters.com.au

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(Division 1)

You will be joining aleading manufacturer of rotationally moulded plastics products, and you will become an integral part of our production team as we enjoy aperiod of growth. The right applicant will enjoy on the job training and the opportunity for long term full-time employment.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, safety conscious, hardworking, reliable, has astrong focus on LEAN manufacturing and enjoys working in ateam environment.

Please send your resume to: adminvic@pfg-group.com.au

Bookkeeping Manager

We operate a successful Chartered Accounting practice in the Latrobe Valley focussing on small and medium sized businesses and their business needs. We extensively utilise the latest cloud based technology and offer excellent, flexible working conditions to our team.

We have aposition for asuitably qualified candidate as our Bookkeeping Manager. The role involves management of our bookkeeping team, clients, technology and workflow. It is apart time role with considerable flexibility and opportunity for additional leave if required.

The successful candidate should have:

● Extensive bookkeeping knowledge and skills.

● Consolidated to advanced technology skills particularly in operating small business packages especially Xero and Excel.

● Very good people management skills including verbal and written communication skills.

● Strong management skills to enable priorities to be ascertained and achieved and to continually improve process and systems including by using technology to greater effect. Your application should include the following information:

● Years of bookkeeping experience.

● Experience using Xero.

● Other accounting packages you are experienced with.

● Your right to work in Australia

● OtherMicrosoft Office products you are experienced with.

An attractive employment package will be offered including the ability to tailor the structure of the role to suit the successful candidate's needs.

If you believe this role suits your personal skills and ambitions please forward your cover letter and resume to: admin@lshaccounting.com.au prior to 31 October 2022.

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Royal Freemasons Sale and Moe are seeking dedicated staff that have passion and drive to support older Australians to continue enjoying the life they choose. We have permanent part time and casual vacancies with avariety of shifts and days across a24 hour, 7day aweek roster.

● State-of-the-art homes, built to unite families and friends.

● Leading not-for-profit organisation where you are truly valued.

● Generous salary packaging options to increase income.

Requirements:

● Must have covid-19 vaccine (mandatory in industry).

● Police Check Clearance/NDIS Workers Screening Check.

● Be available at least 3days per week.

To apply for these roles please go to our Careers Page on our Website: www.royalfreemasons.org.au or email recruitment@royalfreemasons.org.au alternatively drop off your resume to 28Surkitt Blvd, Sale or 1C Haigh St, Moe. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Wisdom Integrity Compassion Respect

Wisdom Integrity Compassion Respect

AGRADE ELECTRICIAN

Baker Pastry Cook

Must be highly motivated. Above award rates. Please leave message on: 0407 066 784

PAINTERS WANTED

Looking for acouple of Painters, must have car and be reliable. Please call 0423 961 098.

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.

Front and Back Of House Staff

Ritz on Hotham is currently seeking front of house staff for weekdays and weekends as well as a cook/kitchen hand to work alongside the chef. Casual or full time available.

Please hand in your resume to our team or email d.mittelmajer@ gmail.com

Morwell Fish &Chips Recruit Reception and Kitchen Staff

If you are interested please drop current resume and cover letter in to our shop at: 98 -102 George St. Morwell (next to Coles) or email to: hrmorwellfc@gmail.com

BMW SEDAN

2012 Black BMW 320D sedan. 139500klms 8SPD Auto sports pack sunroof. One owner. Rego to March 2023. YTF 533 $25,000.00 ONO. 0408 516538

CASH FOR CARS

Old or new, buying all makes and models. LMCT 11618. Ph 0416 650 982.

Caravans •

Brand New Save

Expressions ofinterest School Cleaning Contractor

Expressions of interest are invited from cleaning contractors to clean Trafalgar High School.

Cleaners are required to attend asite inspection to be conducted at 2pm, 10 November, 2022.

Contract documents will be available at that time.

Register attendance with Sharon Lowater on 5633 1733.

The successful applicants must have Department approved cleaning panel status prior to commencing their contract at any Victorian government school.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Spaceland Heritage 2022, 26ft, semioff-road $74,950. Please call for all info. 0405 242 665.

COASTER motorhome, 117,000km, auto, air suspension, nice to drive, Vic. reg. certificate on installation, toilet, shower, dining area, wardrobe, good bench and sink area, diesel heater, evap. cooler, elec. step, solars, 2kVa invertor $58,000, other extras. 0428 746 634.

Graduate Accountant

Full-time Position Location -Moe

About the businessand the role

RGMprovides Accounting and Financial Planning services with three offices across Gippsland.

Our firmishighly regarded within thecommunity and wasrecently announcedthe winnerofthe Federation UniversityGippsland BusinessAwardsinthe category of Business &Professional Services for2022.

We arelooking for the services of aGraduate Accountant to work from our Moe office. Youwill be responsible for tax compliancework, preparation of BAS’s, financial statements and income tax returns.

Youwill be exposed to aclient base of individuals and small to medium businessesoperating in a diverse range of industries.

About you

Degree qualified or nearing completion.

Strong computer skills.

Positive work ethic and possess excellent communication andorganisation skills.

Ability to work both independently and as part of ateam.

Experience is not necessaryasonthe job training will be provided.

In return, you will be rewarded with an attractive remuneration package and be part of agreat team environment

Job benefits and perks

Monthly RDO’s.

Flexible work hours.

Strong socialculture.

An organisation that looks to nurturetalent

Amulti-faceted financial services firm.

If youfeel youare suited to the role please forwardyourresume with acover letter to: Graduate Accountant via email: moe@rgmgroup.com.au or

Onlineapplications: rgmgroup.com.au/career/ graduate-accountant/

Applicationsclose: Friday18th November 2022

Maintenance Labour and Scaffolding Services

LoyYang BPower Station is seeking suitablyqualified and experienced companies to providelabour, scaffoldingand supervisorservices on site. The successful company willberesponsible for:

Scaffolding services, involving the erection and dismantling of scaffolds to gain access for maintenance/repair activities.

Providing scaffold equipment to meet the daily ongoing requirements.

Providingtechnical labour for mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation work.

ProvidingaSupervisor to overseethe above services on site.

Formoreinformation and key selection criteria, please email arequest to lybcontracts@loyyangb.com Applications close Thursday, 24 November2022.

GRANT Tourer, 2007, one owner, garaged, dual axle, 19'6", q/s bed, TV, front kit, fridge/freezer, gas 4burn stve/oven, h.w. tap, slide out BBQ under awn $25,000. 0438 426 061.

SPACELINE Odyssey 2000, 18.5ft, 2002 model, ready to go, great van, immac. cond. inside/out, call for more details $20,750 o.n.o. Ph 0422 304 771.

Marine •

3.2MTR twin hull, comes with everything legal, boat and trailer reg., fish finder, great little fishing boat, $3800. Ph 0448 210 616.

SAVIGE GULL

3.4m, alum., 15HP Merc. O/B safety gear, plus extras, fold up Gal. trailer, $3,200. Ph 0351 271 501.

Car Parts & Accessories •

FALCON, 2013 FG Series 2, XRG factory alloy wheels, good cond., with 245-40-18 RW tyres, set of 4, fits AU-FGX $500. 0438 068 327, Glengarry.

Tenders

FALCON Ute, AU-BF white tradie canopy, built by Lowline, has alloy tray, rear and side lift doors plus roof rack. 1.8m wide, 2.4m long (6'X8'), comes with free trailer $500 the lot 038068 3, Ge ga y.SOLD

Wrecking •

MAZDA, 2003 Tribute for sale or wrecking. New tyres and alternator, motor 200,000kms, transmission and interior good, driver side damaged. 0437 020 252, open to offers.

Trailers •

GORE Kathleen (Kath).

30/9/1934 -21/10/2022.

Loving wife of Kiwi. Mum to May and Graham, Judy and Les, Diane and Bob, Brian and Karen, Shirley and Bryan.

Adored Gran to 16 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren.

Awonderful friend to everyone she met.

With tears we saw you suffer, As we watched you fade away, Our hearts were almost broken, As you fought so hard to stay. We knew you had to leave us, But you never went alone, For part of us went with you The day you left your home.

LITTLEJOHN, Beverley.

In loving memory of Beverley who passed peacefully on 14 October 2022.

MILNER, Rhys.

Along with his partner, Dr Petereves, he was my first employer when Ifirst came to Morwell in 1975. To anew Graduate Dentist he was agreat teacher, mentor and friend. He was agreat clinician and as such was elected to the Presidency of the Victorian A.D.A. He sponsored to become amember of the Apex Club of Morwell, for which Iamforever grateful. He was aLife Member of Apex. R.I.P. uncle Rhys. Dr Chris Billings.

STEEL, Yan Graeme. Good friend and great stepfather to Mathew.

"Keep Truck'n"

STEEL, Yan Graeme.

Dearest Dad, the memory of you will forever be in our hearts, you had a smile for everyone. B-J. Loving grandfather of Ryan, Nathan, Karina, Dean, Jarryd, Billy-Jack and Jai. Loving great grandfather of Declan, Lilliana-Grace, Charlotte, Tahlia-Rose, Connor, Cruze and Trae.

TATE (nee Lofthouse), Margaret Ann.

Passed away with family by her side at Latrobe Regional Hospital on Friday, 21 October 2022.

Aged 82 years

Much loved wife of John. Loved mother of Noreen, Wendy, Linda and Kerri.

Funerals

GORE. The Funeral of Mrs Kathleen Gore will arrive at the Alberton Cemetery for aService commencing at 2pm on WEDNESDAY (2 November 2022). At arequest of the family casual wear to please be worn.

Funerals

TERRANOVA.

Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Mr Giuseppe Terranova will be offered at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Mirboo North on FRIDAY (28 October 2022) at 12pm.

At the conclusion of Mass, the Funeral will leave for the Mirboo North Cemetery, Mirboo North.

Rosary will be recited in the above Church on Friday morning (28 October 2022) at 11.30am.

PENFOLD, Ken. 17/10/2021.

You are loved beyond words, missed without measure. Titch and family XXXOOO.

PENFOLD, Ken.

EXPRESS

Personals

Dearly loved wife of Neil (dec.), loving mother and mother-in-law of Chris and Julie, Lorraine and Dave, Margaret and Dean and Michael and Heather. Grandmother to 11 and great-grandmother to 3. In our hearts and memories forever

LITTLEJOHN, Beverley.

Dearly loved sister of Evelyn, sister-in-law to Geoff. Treasured aunty to Kay, Duane and family; Mark, Kaelene and family.

SALVATORE, Giovanni (John).

Passed away peacefully with family by his side at Latrobe Regional Hospital on Thursday, 20 October 2022.

Aged 80 years

Dearly loved husband of Maria for 55 years.

Much loved and respected father and father-in-law of Robert, Trish and Joe.

Adored and cherished Nonno of Alex and Cassia.

Much loved adopted Nonno of Levon, Melissa, Sarah, Livy, Tom and Keegan.

Loved brother and uncle.

Cherished grandmother to Robert, Jamie, Christine, Jazz and Jake.

Great grandmother to Kaysen, Fletcher, Ariana, Indiana and Colten.

Our words are few, our thoughts are deep, Wonderful memories are ours to keep.

TERRANOVA, Giuseppe (Joe) Nunzio.

Born in Solarino (Italy) on 25/3/1938 -Passed away at LRH on 18/10/2022.

LUCAS. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Keith Herbert Lucas will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy Traralgon on THURSDAY (27 October 2022) commencing at 3pm.

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MASTWYK.

Giuseppe's Service will be livestreamed. To view the service please go to: www.handleyfuneral services.com.au

Imissyou Dad, You were there to hold my hand when Iwas small, You always reached out and caught my fall, Imiss your words of wisdom, Your advice and guidance, And sometimes Ijust wish Icould talk to you, Ialways loved you and always will, Love from Lori XXX.

DONELLY, Andrew Christopher Andrew, Iwill never let today become just another day! Because it will always be your special day. Ihope you feel the love Iamsending you from afar today on your 45th birthday. No matter how old Iget, your Birthday will always be the most special day of the year to me.

Happy 45thBirthday Andrew Missing you every single day. Love always Mum.

TATE.

BRYAN, Faye Pamela.

Passed away 22 October 2022, aged 84 years, at O'Mara House, Traralgon.

Reunited with the love of her life, Ian Malcolm Bryan. Together again.

Loved daughter to Delna.

Loved sister to her brothers Leo, Gary, Barry and Peter.

Loved aunty to Mark and Paul (dec.) Kellie, Peta and Luke.

Great aunty to Danny, Bryoni and Shenoe.

Great-great aunty to Blake and Grace. Will be missed Rest In Peace Love your family XXX. And your best friend Julie XXX.

CLINNICK, Gordon. Passed away peacefully 21 October 2022 at Latrobe Regional Hospital. Surrounded by family and friends.

Treasured memories of happy times

CURRAN, Heather Lorraine. 14/4/1949 -16/10/2022.

Passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Latrobe Regional Hospital. Loved and loving wife of Mick (dec.), much loved mum to Donna and Sharon, mother-in-law to Brett. Proud and loving Nan to Shaun, Jayden, Tahlia and Brooke. Gigi to Mahalia and Ava.

Forever in our hearts Heather's Funeral Service was held on Monday 24th October.

Deep in our hearts you will always stay Loved andremembered every day

LUCAS, Keith. 15/4/1936 -20/10/2022.

Son of George O'Malley and Violet Lucas.

Grandson of George and Elsie Lucas.

Brother of Kevin, Margie, Valerie, John and Alan.

Brother-in-law of Faye, Don, Des, Marie and Diane.

Much loved husband of Lorraine (dec.) 1979.

Loved and loving husband of Gwen (dec.) 2021.

Loved and loving father of Trevor, Ross, Margaret, Joe, Kerry, and Liz.

Father-in-law to Nicola, Wayne, Paul, and Duane.

Granddad to Stephanie, Mitchell, Ben, Jack, Leah, Jason, Kimberly, Bowen, Noah, Mckenzie, Daniel, Michael and Sara.

Great granddad to Flynn, Issac, Charlie, Isla, Cooper, Lola, Mackenzie, and Savannah.

Friend to Benny, Lisa, Jamie, Candice, and Jack.

MASTWYK, Mark Antony. Passed away suddenly at home on Tuesday, 18 October 2022. Dearly lovedbrotherand brother-in-law of Johnny and Val. Adored uncle and great uncle of Martin, Krysten, Mikayla and Tyler, Stacey and Mia, Tim, Aoy Saranya and Freya, James, Eloise and Lilly, Stepanie, Ruka and Elijah, Laura, David.

Forever in our hearts

MASTWYK, Mark Anthony. Passed away suddenly at home in Traralgon.

Loved son of Martin (dec.) and Carmel (dec.).

Much loved brother of Paul, John and Brendan.

You worked so hard for those you loved, You always did your best, You fought until you could no more, And now you are at rest.

Sadly Missed

SALVATORE, Giovanni. 20/10/2022.

Our dearest friend and compare has gone to Heaven to take care of God's garden.

Abeautiful and loving compare who will be missed by our family.

Riposa In PaceGiovanni

Compari John, Lilia and family.

STEEL, Yan Graeme.

We are heartbroken over the sudden loss of our Dad and Poppy. It was always agreat comfort to know that you had my back whenever I needed it your love and guidance will be deeply missed.

Love you forever Dad Ben, Kellie, Jesse, Elisha and Ryder.

STEEL, Yan Graeme. 20/6/1949 -20/10/2022.

Dearly loved husband of Davina. Loved and loving father of B-J, Corey, Rebecca and Ben. Grandfather of Tristan, Kaitlyn and Jayden and Jesse, Elisha and Ryder and Ebony, Ryan, Nathan, Karina, Dean, Jarryd, Billy-Jack and Jai. Great grandfather of nine. Stepfather of Cheryl, Mark (dec.), Mathew, Max, Angie and Nina.

Love you always, till we meet again Davina.

STEEL, Graeme.

With great love your brother Sebastiano, sister-in-law Maria, your nieces and nephews, Giuseppina (Josie), Frank, Sam,Salvatrice and Giuseppe, with partners David, Franca and Sam.

Great nieces and nephews, Sarah, Timothy, Christina, Sebastian, Taylor, Kyan, Sabrina, Eliana and Frank.

In our hearts always Rest In Peace

The Funeral of Mr Mark Anthony Mastwyk will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway, Traralgon on FRIDAY (4 November 2022) commencing at 1.30pm At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park.

Mark's Service will be Livestreamed. To view the livestream visit our website and click on Mark's service under livestreaming.

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SALVATORE.

The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mrs Margaret Ann Tate will be held at the Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park, Cemetery Drive Traralgon on THURSDAY (27October 2022) commencing at 2pm.

Margaret's service will be livestreamed. To view the livestream, please visit our website latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on Margaret's Service.

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ODLUM, Carol. 1/12/1953 -18/10/2020.

Two years ago you sadly parted, all who knew you were broken hearted.

From all here who you dearly loved, We know you watch us from Heaven above.

Sadly missed, forever in our hearts.

Brett, Jason and Bec, Daniel and Brooke, and all the grandkids, and your Mum and Dad.

Love from Rob, who misses you forever.

Directors

FORWOOD, William Maurice (Maurice).

Aged 86 years Passed away peacefully on the 19/10/2022. Much loved husband of Gay, father of Carol and Mike. Father-in-law to Jo, Leanne,Jarryd and Emma. Loving poppy to Amy. Alex and Kate, Old Pop to Sienna and Johnny.

Alovely friend to everyone he met. Forever in our hearts your loving family.

XXXX

FORWOOD, William Maurice.

Loved uncle of Cheryl, Corey and Jarrad.

Loving father of Kellie, Mike and Laura.

Devoted Poppa of Bodhi.

Forever in our hearts

MASTWYK, Mark. Saddened by the sudden loss of Mark. Deepest sympathy to his family. Jim and Les.

MASTWYK, Mark. So sad to hear of your passing Mark, can't believe it! Going to miss seeing your face at the work shop, cracking afew jokes and having alaugh. We will miss you 'Masta' Tony and Lisa Molinari.

Dad, Words can not express our heartbreak. We are forever grateful to have had you as our father, father-in-law and grandfather. Your selfless sacrifice, support, love and guidance will always be appreciated and never forgotten. You are definitely irreplaceable and will be whole hearted missed by all of us.

All our love, Rebecca, Nick, Tristan, Kaitlyn and Jayden XXXXX.

STEEL, Graeme.

Dad, Thank you for your unconditional love and support. You will be sadly missed forever

All our love, Corey and Ebony.

TERRANOVA, Giuseppe Nunzio.

Born 25/3/1938 in Solarino SR, Sicily.

Passed away peacefully 18/10/2022 at LRH Traralgon Victoria.

Son of Francesco and Giuseppa (both dec.).

Much loved brother of Salvatore and sister-inlaw Lina.

Cherished uncle to Frank, Paul, Josie, Alex and Adrian and their respective families.

May you now rest in eternal peace Risposa in pace fratello eZio

VALENTINE, Dorothy Evelyn. Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital with family by her side, Friday, 21 October 2022.

Aged 79 years Loving partner of Graham.

Mother of Heather, Jennie, Raymond, David, Andrew (dec.), Sharon (dec.), Roy, Nikki and Neil.

Loved step-mother of Martin and Peter. Cherished nana to her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Always Remembered

Funerals •

CLINNICK. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Gordon Clinnick will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437APrincesDrive, Morwell on WEDNESDAY (2 November 2022) commencing at 1pm. This service will be livestreamed. Please visit our web site for details: www.latrobevalley funerals.com.au

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Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Mr Giovanni Salvatore will be offered at St Michaels Catholic Church, Church Street Traralgon on THURSDAY (27 October 2022) at 10.30am.

The Committal for Burial will take place at the Luciano Rossetti Mausoleum, Callistemon Cres., Springvale at 2.45pm. Rosary will be recited in the above church on Wednesday evening (26 October 2022) at 6.30pm. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Stroke Foundation would be appreciated, envelopes available at the service.

Giovanni's Service will also be livestreamed. To viewthe livestream, please visit our website and click on Giovanni's notice.

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STEEL.

The Funeral Service to celebrate the life of Yan "Graeme" Steel will take place in the Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park Crematorium, Cemetery Drive, Traralgon, FRIDAY (28 October 2022) commencing at 2pm.

Light refreshments will be served afterwards.

ALBANESE, Angelo. 14/5/1937 -23/10/2018.

Beloved husband to Ines.

Father to Lenny and John. Father-in-law to Sharon. Poppy to Tony, Mark, Damien and Josh.

"Darling, another year has gone by and the unbearable sadness of losing you is with me everyday. We miss you terribly". Forever loved -your darling Ines.

ASLING, Jacquie. 25/10/2016.

Six years have passed since you left us and our lives changed forever. If you were here everything would be okay. Miss you always and forever.

Loving Mum Marlene and Frank.

MORTIMER, Robert Arthur. 1963 -2021.

One long year without you. Dearly loved, sadly missed by all his family.

PERKINS, Ray. 22 October 2001.

Loved and missed so much.

Mum, Dad and family XX.

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VALENTINE. The Funeral of Mrs Dorothy EvelynValentine will arrive at the Hazelwood Cemetery, Brodribb Road, Hazelwood on FRIDAY (28 October 2022) for a Graveside Service to commence at 3pm. In lieu of flowers, donations to Diabetes Australia would be appreciated, envelopes available at the service.

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CASEY, Adrian (Ady). Passed away 30/10/2021.

Aged 72 years Istill find it hard to believe that you are not with us anymore Ady.

This past year Ihave been learning to live alife without you by my side.

Everything is so different now and there is not aday goes by that Idon't think of you and thankful for your love and the life we built together.

Iknow you will be watching over us all and that gives me great comfort. You will always live on in my heart.

Miss you Ady All my love Linda and family.

MURPHY, Steven Ashley. 23/10/1993. Steven, hope you are with Norm (Dad), we remember you both fondly. Lots of love from the family. Dawn, Shane, Shannon and Siobhain.

MARK RIDDLE Funeral Consultant

DAVID HASTIE General Manager

ALLAN WORTHY Funeral Consultant MYRA KRAFFT Funeral Consultant

STEVE EVANS Funeral Consultant/ Conductor

Christmas market

OLD Gippstown, Moe will be having their Christmas Market on Saturday, November 19. Many stalls, food vans and music to enjoy. Santawillbevisiting Old Gippstown on the day.

Gates open at 2pm and it concludes at 7pm. Dogs welcome on aleash. Entry is by gold coin donation.

Toongabbie old time dance

OLD time dance will be held at the Toongabbie Mechanics Institute Hall on Friday, November 4. The dancewillstart at 8pm, with musicby Norm Lade.

Dances are held on the first Friday of the month.

The mechanics hall is located on the corner of Cowen and King Sts Toongabbie.

Admission is $8. Please bring aplate to share. MonteCarlo, lucky door prize and raffle. For further information, phone Bev on 0407 842757

Traralgon Cancer Council

TRARALGON groupofthe Cancer Council recently held their Pink Ribbon afternoon tea.

It was an amazing success with over 100 people attending.

Adelicious afternoon tea was served and guestsenjoyedraffles,door prizes,gamesand thetrading table.

This small group of dedicated volunteers raised $6526 on the day -anamazing effort!

This money will be used for research into finding acurefor breast cancer.

Many thanks to all who donated cash, prizes and to those that assisted on the day.

If you wouldlike to jointhis hard working group, please phone Yvonne on 5174 2310 or Mariana on 0417 051 158.

The CancerCouncilSupportersHotline is 1300 65 65 85 Cancer Council help Line is 13 11 20

Visit: ww.cancervic.org.au

Get Together

GET Together is an open space for conversation and community. We meet on the first Wednesday of the month.

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, November 2at10aminthe Traralgon Uniting Park Lane Foyer.

This will be atimewhenyou can meet and chat with others over acuppa

If you or anyone you know would like to be part of this Get Together, please come and bring them along.

All are welcome. For more details,phone5174 2398 or 5177 8107.

Croquet

TRARALGON Croquet Club wouldliketoinvite you to ‘Night Croquet under the Lights’ which runs during daylight savings.

It starts at 6.30 pm on Wednesdays.

The green fee is $10 for non members.

It is ideal for those withworkand family commitments during week.

TheclubisonMcNairn Road, Traralgon, next to the greyhound race track.

Any enquires ring Alison on 0423 659 663.

ViewClub

MOE View Club meeting will be heldon Wednesday, November 2at10.30am at the Moe Hotel (Leggies) on Lloyd St.

As it is the Melbourne Cup week, we will be having aBest Hat Prize. Dress up for the Cup is the theme.

Any furtherenquiries please phone Sueon 0417515745 or Dawn on 0403 611 730.

Moe and District Cancer Council

MOE and District Cancer Council volunteer group will be holding ahigh tea on Wednesday, November 2frommiddayatthe Newborough Bowling Club.

Cost will be $30.

There will be adoor prize, and araffle on the day, also atrading table.

For catering purposes, entry to the event will be by ticket only.

Forticketsales phone Diane on 0438517 470, Linda on 0427 617 780 or Cynthia: 0409 021 108.

High Street Community Hub

ORCHESTRA Chamber Concert featuring performances from classicalquartets Nexusand Triquetrum will be held Friday, November 25 at High Street Community Hub, 4High St Moe from 10.45amfor 11am start through till 1pm.

Admission is $5 for morningtea. Gold coin donation for the Orchestra. Bookings essential/ seats are limited.

On Tuesday, December 6, there will be ajazz concert featuring The AlanClark SwingCombo from 10.30am for an 11am start throughtill1pm

Same cost as above.

For Bookings please email 4highstreethub@ gmail.com or phone text 0493 131 453 and leave

amessage and the coordinator will call/text you back to confirm.

Yinnar market

YINNAR &District Memorial Hall volunteer committee are holding their bye annual Make It, Bake It, Grow It, Sew It Market Day at the Hall on Sunday, November 6, starting at 9am.

All proceeds raised from our markets go back intofixtures, fittings etcfor our CommunityHall

It’s an indoor/outdoor market with over 50 stall holders booked, so there would be something of interest to suit all the community.

Free face painting for the children, plenty of food, coffee and ice-cream vans, sausage sizzlemannedbythe Yinnar Primary School, Devonshire Tea, condiments, cup cakes, slices, fruit pies, crafts of all descriptions, plants,fresh flowers, cloths, jewellery, toys, baskets, candles, oils,skincare, resin products, leathergoods, cushions, bags, and more.

The Kurnai Collegemusic students will be entertaining us all, and the local Gippsland Historical Automobile Club will have vehicles on display.

Entry by gold coin donation.

Time to tango

NEED to exercise but unmotivated, and going for awalk is uninteresting?

Try Argentine Tango -the walking dance.

Have fun with us on Wednesday nights from 7pm to 8.30pm at St David’s Uniting Church Hall, 9Campbell St, Yarragon (hall behind church).

Learn the dance with us to then enjoy our social practice dance on first Saturday night of each month.

Easy movement for the body even for those with two left feet Research showing that dancing is beneficial for

all types of medical conditionsand for prevention of older lifestyle conditions.

No partner or experience required.

Fantastic groupofpeople for socialinteraction which is great for your mental health.

Keep healthy and active with us!

For more information, phone Naomi on 0405 739 819.

Music at Rotary

ROTARY Club of Moe is holding asocial event featuring Jefferson Smith, who performs music that appeals to arangeofages.

The event will be held on Saturday, November 5atTurfside Function Centre ,Moe.

Cost is $30 per person and tickets are available at the door or they can be purchased from Lyn Cassar on 0434 239 744.

Doors open from7.30pm withnibbles supplied Drinks at bar prices.

There will be door and raffle prizes.

The theme for the evening is ‘silver’ and attendees are encouraged to ‘sparkle’

Mid Gippsland Family HistorySociety Inc

NAVIGATINGthe PROV (Public Record Office Victoria)website.

ThePROVisthe archive of the state and local government in Victoria, and houses avast collection of records such as shipping passenger lists, wills and probates, inquests, which are of great value to afamily researcher.

The guest speaker at the October meeting of the Mid Gippsland Family History Society Inc will talk about the collection and give tips on navigating the PROV website to getthe best outcomes.

The talk is opentothe public and all are welcome to attend at 2pm on ThursdayOctober 27 at the Family History Centre, 44 Albert St, Moe (opposite the Post Office).

We welcome the publictomake useofthe resources in the centre and discover their ancestry with the assistance of our experienced family historians.

Do you know where your ancestors lived, how and when they first came to Australia and the hardships they endured as settlers in adistant and largely unknown country?

We can help you to locate the records you are looking for to answer your questions and get to know your heritage.

And if you are looking foranew interest or re-kindling apast,dabbleingenealogy, we’d love you to become amember of the group.

It’s such arewarding and worthwhile pastime to share with likeminded researchers.

TheResearch Room is open everyWednesday afternoonbetween 1pm and 4pm.

All are welcome.

For further information, phone Dawn on 0403 611 730.

Youcan be partof Community Corner

IF you are acommunity group and have any news items you need publicised, feel free to email us at news@lvexpress.com.au.

You can addressthe correspondencetothe Editor, Liam Durkin.

Deadline is Friday 9am to appear in the following Wednesday issue.

Great team: Traralgon Cancer Council members

photographs supplied

Community Corner with Liam Durkin

Brains trust: Traralgon Cancer Council helda successful afternoon tearecently, picturedis Una Fisher (organiser), AlisonRobbins (emcee) and MarianaPearse (organiser).

Facesand placesinValley Facesport sand placesinValley sport

The Latrobe Valley Express, Wednesday,

October,

All on the line: Fortuna60playedSale United forthe Browne-HuzierCup this season. photograph zoeaskew

Courtside: Traralgon’s SammyLabrosinaction during aCountryBasketball League matchagainst Moeearlier in theyear photograph liam durkin

Veteran: Yinnar stalwart Brendan Chapman added another premiership to his collectionthisseason, photograph liamdurkin

Wave: With momentum heading intothe last, Woodside coach MichaelDuncan addresses the team at three quartertimeofthe North GippslandFootballNetball League PreliminaryFinal againsteventual premierYallourn YallournNorth.Did thebreak not come at theworst time forthe Wildcats? photograph liamdurkin

Good old Collingwood forever: MoeA Grade playing-coach RamayerGourley playing for Collingwood during the AustralianNetball ChampionshipsinTraralgon. photograph liam durkin

Specialguest: Melbourne legend NathanJones dropped by thefirst week of theGippsland League finals in Traralgon. photograph liam durkin

Big time: YallournYallournNorth playing-coach Barrie Burnett turned it on in the last quarterofthe North Gippsland Football-Netball League Preliminary Final againstWoodside, getting the Jets over the line and into thedecider,whichtheywould go on to win. photograph liam durkin

Frenchresistance: Traralgon AGrade coach Kate French speaks to the team at quartertime of the Elimination Final. French will coach the Maroons again next season. photograph liam durkin

No divisions: Essendon captain and Leongatha boyDyson Heppell celebrates with Josh Schellingafter theParrots wonthe reservespremiership in the Gippsland League photograph liam durkin

Header: Traralgon Cityand Sale United battle it out in the reservesduring theLatrobe ValleySoccer Leagueseason. photograph zoeaskew

Trafficcauses chaos for midweek

BOWLS MIDWEEL PENNANT

By MICHAEL HOLROYD

MIDWEEK bowls continued on Tuesday,with many sides facing extreme traffic delays onthe highway coming fromDrouin and Warragul, resulting in anumberofgames starting quite lateand some teams needing to make late changes due to players unavoidably running late.

DIVISION 1

TRAFALGAR welcomed Morwell and for thevisitors, JudyTumneyand herrink of Helen Cook, Bob Skinner and KeithGadsby had a17-13 win over Sue Robinson. Rita Reddiex and her rink of Ross Harford, ShirleySkinner and DavidCook had a24–17 win over Shirley Melsen and her rink of Helen Robertson. Heather Taylor and her rink defeated Kerry Wright and her team of Bill Tumney, Irene Biggs and Kevin Pigdon 26–17 to salvage two points.

MORWELL 14 –58DEFEATED TRAFALGAR 2-56

NEWBOROUGH travelled to Drouinand the home team was on fire, with Denise Hamilton and her rinkofRon Westrup, Jan Aubrey and Dennis Throup winning 21–15 against Heather Mooney and her rink of Peter Policha, Fran Clark and Rod Lewis. Sheryl Atkinson and her team of Mary and Les Firth, together with Mark Atkinson, had a 30– 13 win overJoanGoldie and herrinkofRobert Goldie, Jeff Wetzeland Julie Jackson. Maureen Leightonand herrink of Elaine and Brian Thorpe, together with John Leighton, completed the clean sweep with a23–15 winover Chris Cunningham and her rink of PhilMarston, DeniseRyan and Robbert Cook.

 DROUIN 16 –74DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH 0-41

MORWELLClub welcomed Warragul, with Tess

Borg and her rink of Steve Kilpatrick, Bernie Kirkup and Tara Harle having a22–14 winover Kerri Currie and her rinkofKen Landman, Dawn Thomas and Jim Power. BerylNoblett and her rink of Iyoko Yoshimura, RogerRejmer and Sue Karleusahad a20–14 winover Pat Hammondand her rink of John Vickerman, Alison Matthews and Ian Belling. Jan Karleusa and her rink of Dashaa Martin, Bernie Marino and Gail Rejmer completed the clean sweep witha18–17 winover Janette Gallasch and her rink of Matt Draisma, Margaret Ratcliffe and Peter Gallasch.

 MORWELL CLUB 16 –60DEFEATED WARRAGUL 0-45

TRARALGON RSL welcomed local rivals Traralgon, and for the visitors Paddy Francis and her rink had a20–19 winover Elaine Muir and her rink. Pat Trewin and her rinkhad a28–12 win over Margaret Gibbinsand her team of Max Plant, Margaret Morley and Jeffrey Blytheman. Marianne Hodson and her rink salvaged two points when they won 24–17 over Kathy Smiles and her rink.

 TRARALGON 14 –65DEFEATED TRARALGON RSL 2– 55

DIVISION 2

MORWELL Club (2) travelled to Newborough (2), and Bev Luck and her rink of John Arnold, Adrienne Birchall and Iain Preston had a21–14 win over Betty Burridge. Anne-Mary Ryan and her rink of Ruth Verhagen, Michael Weatherall and Graham Cockswon 16–14 over Shirley Kolcze. For the visitors, Cheryl Reynolds and her rink of Bec Magnuson, Norma Tyrer and Nobby Noblett won 23–16 against Carmel Goss, leaving Newborough (2) the winners by two shots.

 NEWBOROUGH (2) 14 –53DEFEATED MORWELL CLUB (2) 2- 51

NEERIM District welcomed Newborough (3) and the home teamhad aresounding 27–9 win over Dianne Bertoli. For the visitors, Joy Cadby and

her rink of Helen Grubb, Michael Holroyd and Charlie Cadby defeated Pat Fraser-Aurischand Natalie Lambos andher rink of John Vicic; Alan Luck and Heather Disistohad a22–17 winover Karren Sheers, leaving Neerim District the winner with only one rink up.

 NEERIM DISTRICT 12 –62DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH (3) 4- 57

WARRAGUL (2) welcomed Drouin (2) and for the visitors, Mary Andrewsand her rink defeated Glynis Mitchell 20 17. For the home team, Gaye Renn and her rink defeated Lyn Jeffrey 22–21, leaving Drouin (2) theoverall winners by four shots

 DROUIN (2) 14 64 DEFEATED WARRAGUL (2) 2-60

MOE tied withTraralgon (2), withMoe gaining two more points thanTraralgon (2)through having two rinks up. Val Rodgers and her rink defeated May Cross 19–17. Lorraine Horton and her rink defeated Lyn Bloomfield 20–18.For the home team, Janis Kirby and her rink odefeated Val Griffiths 23–19 to tie the overall scores.

 MOE9–58DREW WITH TRARALGON (2) 7-58

DIVISION 3

DROUIN (3) welcomed Morwell (3)and we had the second tied result for the day. For the visitors, Jenny Duncan and her rinkofJohn Bradbury, Ann Kuhne and IanWilson had abig 28–9win overDini Hone. The home team fought back with Ethel Van Maanan defeatingGlendaThompson 18–13 and Maria Wans defeatingJan Whelan 27–13.

 DROUIN (3) 9– 54 DREW WITH MORWELL (3) 7-54

MORWELL (2) welcomed Yarragon and the home team wonall three rinks. Rebecca Matheson and her rink of Marleen Monroe, John Kuhne andColin GrantdefeatedPam Jones37–13whilstLetti Mizzi defeated Marion Chetland 27–9and Jan Moody defeated Margaret Arnold 26–16.

 MORWELL(2) 16 –90DEFEATED YARRAGON 0– 38

YINNARwelcomed Traralgon (3), with Jennie Harris and her rink of Murray De La Haye, Russ Peters and Jenny Jones defeating Shirley Richardson 34–11, HilarieAnstey defeatedMuriel Johnson26–13 and Meredith Kennon and Fay Marsh were tied on 16–16.

YINNAR 15 –76DEFEATED TRARALGON (3) 1- 40

GARFIELD welcomed Trafalgar (2) and for the home team, Gwen Fabrisand herteam of Keith Sainsbury, Stephen Hyam and Luke Monckton defeatedLyn Sephton 31–17. Maureen Lamport defeatedMargaretMoss 22–21and HeleneNewton defeatedJoanna Reekie 23–11.

 GARFIELD 16 –76DEFEATED TRAFALGAR (2) 0-49

DIVISION 4

TRAFALGAR (3) 8–45defeated Morwell Club (3) 2– 44 with Rena Spark the winning Trafalgar (3) skipper and Sandy Sinnott from Morwell Club (3) Moe (3) 8–48defeated Newborough (4) 2–35 with Mavis Larkin the winning Moe skipper and Sue Sutherland the winning Newborough skipper.

YallournNorth 8–36defeated Traralgon (4) 2–34, with the winning Yallourn North skip Sherrie Stantonand forTraralgon (4) Joyce Hales.

Traralgon RSL (2) 10 –41defeated Warragul (3) 0– 30, with Lorraine McClare and Patricia Warfe the winning Traralgon RSL (2) skippers.

Moe (2) 8–46defeated Churchill 2– 33 with the winning skips Chris O’Reilly from Moe (2)and Dianne Thomas Churchill.

Yinnar (2) 8–52defeated Drouin (4) 2–32, with the winning skips Liddy Davidson Yinnar (2) and Maureen McMillan Drouin (4)

Gobblers: KLudlow11th, CToyne 4th. Nine hole winner:B Keily2413. Runner-up: S Tabuteau.

TRARALGON

Men’sstableford- pink tees (71 players), Tuesday, October18.

Agrade: PRoberts 12 38. Bgrade: BJones 16 36. DTL: 38 JGarlick;37 BFromberg, MBuckley, SKurowski; 36 SBruce,KGarlick, MDiCorleto, D Henderson; 35 OPretto; 34 RElliott, B Jarvis,KJones Men’sstableford -pinktees (104players), Saturday, October22.

Agrade: TMarsh 942. Bgrade: CLehner 15 39. Cgrade: BVan Berkel2041. D grade: GFerrel 27 40. DTL: 41 APigdon; 39 TNorthe; 38 JHagart, DCooper,R Lawn, SHenning,M Buckley; 37 DShields,G Briffett,R Elliott; 36 KGarlick, DHunter,R Johnson, RHenning,POwler,SLever;35L Winter,GGraham.

YALLOURN WOMEN

Nine hole comp,Tuesday,October 17

Winner: SRiches 14pts on c/b from L Carter 14pts

Stableford,Thursday, October 20.

CHURCHILL

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Stableford,Thursday,

Winner: SRiches 35pts.DTL: LMcAlister, LCarter34pts.NTP: LMcAlister 3rd, B Dobson 14th,Target SRiches 12th TENNIS

Warragul

TRAFALGAR

Agrade:

40pts.B grade: RPentland (20) 37pts.DTL: JMcFarlane 37; RGourlay, RMatthews 36; TTomada 35. NTP: 4th CLePage,16th JMcFarlane

Birdies: 4th TBradshaw, JMcFarlane, NRutledge; 6th RMatthews; 16th J McFarlane

Stableford, Saturday, October22.

Agrade: MWoodall(14)37pts on c/b

Bgrade: RPentland (20) 38pts.DTL: T Bradshaw, SMcInnes,DBeyer, TWebb,

RClark 37pts.NTP: 4th PWhittaker, 6th G Dawson, 13th GDawson, 16th JHughes Birdies: 4th TBradshaw, PWhittaker; 6th SMcInnes; 16th GRenwick, JHughes Eagles: MWoodall 17th MORWELL WOMEN

Stableford,Wednesday, October19.

Winner: CBoers33pts.Runner-up: JKing 30pts.DTL: NTePaa 29. NTP: 2nd JKing 8th MMorgan, 11th MMorgan.

Open men’s& women’sstableford, Friday, October 21

Winner: SGasi 41pts on c/b.Runner-up: R Wiseman 41pts.DTL: JSavige, RMadigan 39; BEnglish, RDavey 37; LJohnson 36. Birdies: 5th TNorthe,P Trickett,M Robinson, BFox,LMcMahon.

Stableford, Saturday, October22.

Agrade: RWilliams 41pts. Bgrade: Z O’Reilly36pts.DTL: RBorg38; PMoss 37; WGriggs,R Anderson, KStreet, NCornish,

SMcKinnon 36. NTP: 2nd SMarriott, 5th R Anderson, 11th KStreet, 13th RAnderson, 15th KStreet.

TRAFALGAR WOMEN

Stableford&secret partners,Wednesday, October 19

Secret partner winners: AOuthred & ABayley68pts.Runners-up: SKlemke &OBalfour 65pts.Stablefordwinner:S Klemke2339pts.Runner-up: ABayley25 37pts.DTL:S Rogers34, KLudlow32, A Owen 30, AMcNair 29. NTP: 5th CToyne

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Winners: Churchill and Monash Golf Clubwon the Mirboo North Bowl on October 17 with ascore of 90 points SandraCaldwell, Merryn Dear and Lia Brentare pictured with their trophy. photograph supplied

Great Chase is agreatsuccess for the GRV

GREYHOUND RACING

VICTORIAN-BASED organisations that care for and support people living with intellectual and physical disabilities were the beneficiaries of the 2022 The Great Chase Community Series that concluded at The Meadows on Wednesday, October 19.

The 20th running of The Great Chase began with the opening community day at Shepparton on September 8and concludedWednesday afternoon at The Meadows after 10 community

days at metropolitan and regionalgreyhound clubs across Victoria, distributing over $27,000 in prizemoney for participating local community disability even before the semi-finaland finals were conducted.

Over 240 people, both thoseliving with disabilities, and their carers, from 25 disability care organisations wereinattendance todayto celebrate the end of this year’s The Great Chase.

The Great Chase Final (525m) was won by All Spritzed Up for trainer Anthony Azzopardi earning The Support People organisation awinning cheque of $10,000 after being randomly selected

to be represented by the Azzopardi trained greyhound in the final.

TheSupportPeople, supporting theBallarat, Bendigoand surrounding regions, believe that thosepeoplelivingwith adisability deserve to have choice and control over how they live their lives to the best of their ability.

Astrong vision of apersonalised level of care, understanding, respect and empathy, to not only survive, but thrive, is the cornerstone of their work.

Each greyhoundinThe Great Chase Finalwas running foracare organisation, with each one

receiving $3,000 regardless of finishing position, with the winning group taking home the $10,000 first prize.

The total prize pool distributedthroughout the 2022 edition of The Great Chase has yielded $58,000 for these incredibly worthyorganisations in the community.

The Great Chase is acommunity program of charitablerace days held at each of GRV’s metropolitan and regional clubs and it has raised more than $750,000 for groups that care for the intellectually and physically disabled in Victoria.

Pennant goes on despite downpour

BOWLS SATURDAYPENNANT

By MICHAEL HOLROYD

ROUND2ofSaturdaypennant was played in threatening weather, with many clubs hit by abig downpour of rain during the morning. All games were completed and the playing conditions were much better than players were expecting.

DIVISION 1

TRAFALGAR welcomed Moe and for the home team, Wil McIlwain and his rink of Billy Nisbet, Peter Jonas and Darren Kane had a21–16 winover Sandy Caines. Matt Schreyer and his rink of Col Carmichael, Wayne Hurst and Steve Lodge had a21-11 winoverBarry Hawkett. Ian Miles and his rink of Jim Lawrence, Phil Wynd and Nathan Fraser defeated MichaelSmogavec 21–16 with the lone Moe winner Steve Pallot and his rink of StanMyers, IanCaines and JanRudy defeated Tim Fraser 25–10.

 Trafalgar 16–76defeated Moe 2–68

TRARALGONwelcomed Warragul and managed to win all rinks. Matt Ferrari and his rink of Kirsty Van den Hoff, Matt Eccles and Ian Kirkup defeated Bill Clappers 29–13, Mick Coram and his rink of Angela Hackett, Shane Chapman and Vince McIlwain defeated Dave Smith 29–8. Michael Yacoub and his rink of Nick Turnbull, Ian Hilsley and Shane O’Loughlin defeated Graeme Davis 24–15 and to complete the sweep Jim Scullin and his rink of Pat Trewin, Brenton Hackett and Chris Ward defeated Andrew Glover 24–8.

Traralgon 18–106 defeated Warragul 0-44

IN an interesting match at Traralgon RSL against Drouin, there were two drawn rinks with Drouin winning the other two. Dale Hendrick and his rinkofBruce Andrews, Clive Newman and Denise Hamilton defeated RickLukey 19–16 and Samantha Atkinson and her rink of Peter Wallace, Steve Barr and TobyWallace defeated DaveHodon 21–16. Skippers of the tied rinks were Beau Williamsonand RossSizelandTraralgonRSL and Sheryl and Mark Atkinson Drouin.

Drouin 16 –75defeated Traralgon RSL 2-67

NEWBOROUGH travelled to Morwell and for the visitors, Tommy Lodge and his rink of Dave Wurlod, John Backman and Scott Jones defeated Ron Lyfield 18–17 and Ryan Marston and his rink of Tony Knipping, Rod Lewis and Paul Sherman defeated Nathan Cook 36–12. The home team was well served by David Cook and his rink of Danny McKeown, Mike Arnold and Brian Kingsley, who defeated Alan Grubb 24–13 and Keith Gadsby and his rink of Jim Turner, Kevin Pigdon and Laurie Melhuish, who defeated Kevin Lovett 24–21.

Newborough 14 –88defeated Morwell 4-77

DIVISION 2

LONGWARRY continued their good start to the season with abig winatnear neighbours Drouin (2). Adam Proctor and his rink of John McCarthy, Mark Serong and Glenn Pask defeated Arthur Moore 19 –12, GrantPask and his rink of Ken Towt, RobertProctor and Col FingerdefeatedBrian Thorpe 28 –20. Trevor Kitchen and his rinkof Jason Lieshout, Peter Lieshout and Ian Peterson defeated Col Jeffrey20– 15 andtocomplete the sweep Russell White and his team of Hank Metselaar, Barry White andJohn Majkutdefeated David Tayles 25 –8

Longwarry 18 –92defeated Drouin (2)0 –52

NEWBOROUGH (2)welcomed Traralgon (2) and for the home team, Graham Cocks and his rink of John Arnold, Phil Marston and Jeff Wetzel had a 27–8 win over Maurie Sutcliffe.Robbert Cookand his team of Dave Madden,Stuart Gemmill and Michael Weatherall had a26–15 winover Cary Lockeand for the visitors, Dave Currie and his rinkofMatt Ogilvie,KathySmiles and Graham

Cross defeated Spencer Goss 19–16. Joan Goldie and Kevin Enguell managed a19–19 tie.  Newborough (2) 15 –86defeated Traralgon (2) 3-61

NEERIM District travelled to Thorpdale and for the visitors, Ray Watts and his rink of Chris Hogan, Ray Throup and Tony Thornton defeated Danny Vanzuylen. Shane Hogan and his team of Michael Talbot, Jim Fallon and Karren Sheers defeated BenPowell17–10. Neil Adams and his team of Colin McKay, Robert Cook and Angus McGillivray defeated Brendan Jennings 19–15. The home team salvaged two points when Dwayne Gunn and his rink of Brian O’Connell, Rubin Van Zuylen and David Ferguson defeated Peter Throup 21–18.

 Neerim District 16 –73defeated Thorpdale 2–58

MORWELLClubwelcomed Traralgon RSL (2) and for the home team, Glenn Trembath and his team of Vaughan Reimers,David Broadbentand Nobby Noblett defeated Gordon Bakker 24–11. Tara Harle and her team of Michael Skinner, David Patience and Roger Rejmer defeated Ron Osler 23–14. Neil Whitelaw and his team of Steve Kilpatrick, Alan Campbell and David Stevens defeated Max Gibbins 18–14. Gordon Asbury and his rink of Ian Hartley, George Cargill and Alan Jones defeated Brett Harle 18–14 to salvage two points for Traralgon RSL (2)  Morwell Club 16 –79defeated Traralgon RSL (2) 2-57

DIVISION 3

BOOLARRA transferred their home game to Yinnar after abig downpour and the Yinnar team of Gavin Osbourne and his team of Aga Kozlowska, Liddy Davidson and Russ Peters defeated David Caldwell 27–19. Murray De La Haye defeated Darren Napier 22–14and Tim Roche defeated Jorma Takanen 22–15. For Boolarra, Terry Parker defeated Luka Djudurovic 22–14.

 Yinnar 16 –85defeated Boolarra 2– 70 TRARALGON(3) welcomed Garfield and for the visitors, Bob Lamport and his rink of Graeme Burton, Steve Haines and Richard Ross defeated Ron Baker28–10. Stephen Wylie defeated Brendon Smiles 18–16and for the home team, Bill Francis defeatedTom Cleary 29–21 and May Cross defeated Alan White 22–19.

Garfield 14 –86defeated Traralgon (3) 4– 77

MORWELL (2) travelled to Warragul (2), with the visitors showing the way with Gerry Van Duin andhis rink of Bill Tumney, Stuart Humphrey and ColinGrantdefeating DavidGatewood 30–10 Ken Turner defeated Bob Currie 29–16. For the home team, NoelRubenstein had a32-17 winover John Osborne, and Greg Mitchell had a21–13win over Bob Skinner.

Morwell (2) 14 –89defeated Warragul (2)

MOE (2) welcomed Newborough (3) and the home team of Val Rodgersand herrink of Fred Martin, Martin Dyt and Rex Price defeated Chris Cunningham 24–16, WimDeteringdefeated Alan Luck20–16 andJohn Woods defeated PeterPolicha 19–17. The winning Newborough (3) rink was Carmel Goss, who defeated Len Middling 22–15

Moe(2) 16 –78defeated Newborough (3) 2-71

DIVISION 4

TRARALGON (4) travelledtoNewborough (4) and had abig winwith Norbert Schroeter and his rink of Jim Barling,James Overdukand Roger Davey winning 31–17.

17 –91defeated Newborough

TRAFALGAR (2)won

of Stephen Postlewaite, John Woischuk and KeithHiggs winning 27–14.

and

YallournNorth

DIVISION 5

Garfield (2) defeated Moe (3) by one shot, with winning skips Gwen Fabris and Barrie Smith.

Longwarry (2)12–64defeated Traralgon RSL (3)4 –52with Ken White the only winning skipper.

Morwell Club (2) 14 –63defeated Traralgon (5) 2– 49 with winning skips Beryl Noblett and Gail Rejmer.

Drouin (3) 14 –64defeated Morwell (4) 2– 59 with winning skips Lyn Jeffrey andPeter Hone.

Neerim District 14 –80defeated Trafalgar (3) 2–52withwinning skips Mal Collins and John Rochford.

DIVISION 6

Traralgon (6) 10 –48defeatedMorwell Club (3) 0– 25, Boolarra (2) 10 –55defeated Thorpdale (2) 0–15, Trafalgar (4) 10 –16 defeatedTraralgon RSL (4) 0– 0, Yallourn North (2)10–16defeated Newborough (5) 0–0,Neerim District (3)10–42defeated Drouin (4) 0–35and Yallourn North (3) 10 –48 defeated Yinnar/Churchill 0–27.

Lone hand: Ian Caines waspartofthe onlywinningMoe rink in Division 1atthe weekend. file photograph

Gippsland’sspinners wreak havoc

CRICKET GCL

By LIAM DURKIN

SPINNERS rejoiced in the opening round of the Gippsland Cricket League.

Tweakersfound goodpurchase out of surfaces in Wy Yung and Traralgon, as the representative action recommenced on Sunday, October 16.

TRARALGON opened its GCL account with awin.

Taking on Warragul at Duncan Cameron Park, the Tornadoes had asimilarmatch to Sale-Maffra.

The main difference was Traralgon was sent in, but like the Sharks, had to grind their way to a competitive total.

Traralgon made 164, thanks mainly to Ryan Morleymaking26inthe middle orderand then Ewan Williams scoring an enterprising 37 off 39 balls at 10.

While some might see it strange that anumber 10 is capable of scoring at such arate, the depth of GCLcricket meansvirtually everysingleperson can bat.

Traralgon’s James Prydefor instance, who opens the batting for home club Ex Students, batted at number 11 in this match.

Wickets were shared in the Warragul camp, with Dan Vela taking 3/15, Jay Riley (2/22) and Sean Masterson (2/23).

The Warragul response never reallymaterialised, and after the first two wickets fell, the rest quickly

Poor start to season for Goannas

CRICKET

VETERANS

THE match between the Coburg Over 50 team and the Gippsland Goannas Over 50s was called off on Sunday duetothe consistent rain in Melbourne.

The Goannas’ next scheduled game is a home game againstEastRingwood Over-50s on November 6.

The Goannas Over 70s team travelled to Pakenham to take on the WestGippsland Over 70s.

Last season’s captain Fred Debono has changed camps and now plays with the West Gippsland team, which is an amalgamation of Pakenham,South Gippsland, Koo Wee Rup and Iona clubs.

On abrisk but fine day at Pakenham, West Gippsland Over 70s narrowly defeated Gippsland Goannas in atight game.

West Gippsland won the toss and batted, amassing agood total of 7/166 in 40 overs.

The West Gippsland openers, Keith Houghton (31) and Jeff Phillips (17) set the pace with abright opening partnership.

Jon Martindale, Fred Debono, Russell Ferguson and Ron Lovel all made useful contributions.

For the Goannas, Bob Duljas took the bowling honours with two late wickets, while Andrew Smith,BarrieNunn,Dick Noble and Ian Southall took one each, and there was one run out.

Ian Gibson had two stumpings, and agood catch was taken by Duljas.

Garry Rose was adjudged LBW early, but Ian Gibson (28) and Kevin Lanigan (40) gave the Goannas achance before retiring.

Dick Noble made asolid 21 before being out LBW,whileSouthall,Smith,KelvinBond and Nunn managed to get the score to 5/161 after 40 overs.

It was aclose game played in very good spirit.

The National Championships for the Over 70swill take place in Launceston from the November 9, with Kevin Lanigan (captain), Ian Gibson and Ian Southall all playing in the Vic 1team.

Gordon Cowling and Fred Debono are playinginthe Vic3team, in seconddivision Altogether there are seven Victorian teams in the three divisions.

The next scheduled round in the VCV Over 70 grade is on December 4whenthe Goannas travel to Glen Waverley.

The GoannasOver60s return Sunday, October 30, with an away game against Mornington Peninsula.

Practice for all Goannasteams continues to takeplace at Glengarry on Wednesdays from 4.30pm.

followed.

The Wild Dogs were 2/34, and then lost 6/20.

Pryde tore through the middle and lower order, claiming 6/8.

Another spinner in Lee Stockdale also chimed in with 3/18.

THE matchbetweenLatrobeValley and Leongatha did not go ahead.

While the pitch at Mirboo North was fine, arain soakedoutfield meant the game could not proceed. By all reports, you would have needed footy boots to play.

SALE-MAFFRA captain Dylan Bolton led the Sharks to victory over Bairnsdale.

Travelling to Wy Yung, the visitors elected to have ahit upon winning the toss.

Sale-Maffra recovered froma sluggish start that saw them slump to 4/22, eventually grinding out atotal of 147.

Jack Tatterson and Ben Jones stabilised things in the middle order, with a60-runpartnership, that saw the former make 34 and the latter 27.

JakeWynd then came in at number eight and added 34 valuable runs.

Wynd clearly thoughtthe aerial route was his best chance at finding the boundary, and he clubbed two sixes in his effort.

Boundaries were hard to come by during the innings -onlyfive were hit into the rope.

Best bowlers for Bairnsdale were Steve Bertino, who took 3/28, Luke Edney (2/19) and Sam

Bedggood (2/25) up against his old association.

Bairnsdale looked on track for victory, until Bolton’s heroics.

The home side was2/59, but Bolton’sfirst wicket ignited aspectacularturn of events.

He took seven of the next eight wickets, to end with astonishing figures of 7/19 from 9.3 overs as Bairnsdale was routed for 89.

The Sharks only used fingerspinners, with Bolton working alongside Isaac Love, Coenie Nel and Jack Rietschel.

Love opened the bowling and took the first two wickets to end with 2/18.

Brodie Anderson was the top scorer for Bairnsdale with 30.

IN Under 18 action, Sale-Maffra had astrongwin over Latrobe Valley.

The Sharks, having played for three weeks as opposed to their opponents who had yet to get on the park back home, showed their match conditioning in an eight-wicket win.

Sale-Maffra bowlers Madix Grattan and Austin Anlezark tookfivewickets betweenthem to see Latrobe Valley shot out for 79.

The Sharkshad next to no trouble gettingthe required runs, making them by the 21st over.

In order to give kids agame, the match was moved from College Turf to the out-back synthetic.

Ben Harrington and Jay Diamond led the way, scoring 39 and 30.

Bairnsdale was too good for Leongatha.

Leongatha batted first at Leongatha Secondary

College, but could only manage 90.

Harry Westdid his best for the home side with 30.

Wickets in the Bairnsdale camp went to Logan Dunkley (3/13), Jake Anderson(2/12) and Seth Smith (2/14).

Bairnsdale survived abrief scare at 4/42, before Dunkley (35 not out) and Anderson (25 not out) got the side over the line.

Ryan Sinclair took 2/16 for Leongatha.

Dowton Park, Yarragon was too wet too play, so the match between Warragul and Traralgon was abandoned.

IN women’scricket Leongatha defeated Latrobe Valley.

Latrobe Valley was sent in on the Mirboo North astro, and closed at 9/101 off their allotted 30 overs.

Emily Shaw top scored with 20.

KylieCollins did the damage with the ball for Leongatha, taking 4/17.

Others to chip in were GracieSanders(2/17)and Heidi Driscoll (2/21).

LatrobeValley was asneaky chance when it had Leongatha5/75, but thevisitors eventually reined thetotal in the25th over.

Catriona Halkett (2/11) and Taylah Kilpatrick (2/19) led the way with the ball for Latrobe Valley.

Sale-Maffrahad the bye.

THE next round of Gippsland Cricket League is on Sunday, November 6.

Wetweather triumph

CRICKET LVDCL

By LIAM DURKIN

IF this cricket-loving writer can be facetious for amoment -some global warming would be nice.

The worst possible hat-trickwas achieved on Saturday, as all but one game in the Latrobe Valley and District Cricket Leaguewas washed out yet again.

Players and officials had been hoping for astart, and were given a‘play where you can’ directive from the LVDCL.

However, by 11am Saturday, most groundswere unfit to play, as rain-soaked outfields had players sinking into the surface.

Andthatmeant no cricket forthe third weekend in arow.

Theresult had some wondering if there had ever been awetterstart to acricket season.

Looking back, the 2010/11 seasoncertainly stands out as the wettest in recent memory. Amazingly, four of the first five rounds that season were abandoned.

The Central Gippsland Cricket Association (as the LVDCL was known back then) played the Round 1matches in early January.

Acoupleofyears later,there wasback-to-back rounds washed out, as there was afew years ago in late October, early November 2019.

Wettest cricketseasons in recent years

LVDCL SCOREBOARD

PREMIER AGRADE- ROUND3

JEERALANG-BOOLARRA INNINGS

Jeeralang-Boolarra innings

NEdirisinghe lbw bAhmed 2

LSmith bFarnworth 0

BHeath cVelardi bFarnworth 1

NThilekarathna bWilliams 1 BMcCormack. cHolt bWarr 4

KRanthilakage bKeighran 17 ARanthilakage runout (Kelly) 4 HHewawasam lbw bKeighran 3 SDeSilva bFarnworth 10 JCarnes bNorman. 5 DGregor. not out 0 Extras (nb1, w3, b2, lb0) 6

Total. 53 (27.1ov)

Churchill bowling: KFarnworth 5.1-2-7-3, C Williams 4-0-6-1,I Ahmad5-1-12-1, SWarr 6-3-5-1, JKeighran 4-1-8-2, RVelardi 2-0-10-0, ANorman 1-0-3-1

Churchill innings

BKelly. cGregor bThilekarathna 3 RVelardi cGregor bDeSilva 11 KFarnworth bGregor 1 JKeighran st Ranthiakage bDeSilva.31 IAhmad not out 6 SWarr not out 1 Extras (nb1, w3, b0, lb0) 4

Total. ..............................................4/57 (11.3ov)

Jeeralang-Boolarrabowling: NThilekarathna 4-0-14-1, BMcCormack2-0-9-0, DGregor 2-0-5-1, HHewawsam 1-0-14-0, SDeSilva 1.3-1-7-2, JCarnes 1-0-8-0.

BGRADE: Churchill 4/175 (T Spark57, B McQuillen 40*, SForbes 27) def Traralgon West 125(BGriffiths 27,T Spark3/16, R Johnson 3/28, BCluderay 2/25)

ruthlessly denied Jeeralang-Boolarra, as they fell to 3/4 in the fourth over, and before too long, 5/16, then 6/23 and 7/29.

Withlittle they coulddo, thePantherseventually scrambled to atotal of 53.

Their situation was probably summed up by the fact seven wickets were either bowled or lbw.

English recruit Kian Farnworth may have felt at home under the cloud cover, and he took 3/7.

John Keighran bobbed up with 2/8, before going on to make 31 off 20 balls to push Churchill over the line with abonus point.

Shan De Silva took 2/7 for Jeeralang-Boolarra.

Other than that, in the last decade or so, there has only been around one washout in the month of October -areality most local cricketers accept.

As wet as thiscricketseason has been, Trafalgar CricketClubgames recordholder,John Asmussen, believes there was one season many moons ago when the first five weeks were washed out.

OF the five abandoned games, there was one that wentahead, between Churchill and Jeeralang Boolarra at George Cain Oval.

Churchill elected to bowl upon winning the toss, and soon had the Panthers in all sorts of trouble.

Awicketoff the veryfirst ball of the game (technically theseason) set the tone for what wastofollow.

Making full use of the conditions, the Cobras

ACROSS theother four senior grades, there was only oneother completed match, which was in B Grade between Traralgon West and Churchill at Jack Canavan Oval.

The matchbetween Centralsand Morwell in PremierBfeaturedone over completed at St Paul’s, Traralgon, before it was abandoned.

LVDCL Round 4fixture: JeeralangBoolarra vMirbooNorth (at Boolarra), Moe vChurchill (at Ted Summerton), Willow Grove vTrafalgar (at Willow Grove), Raiders vLatrobe (at Yinnar),TraralgonvCentrals(at Jack Canavan), CATS vMorwell(at Yallourn North).

KingCobra: John Keighran took twowickets and made 31 off20balls as Churchill wonthe only game in the Latrobe ValleyDistrict CricketLeague at theweekend file photograph

Rams show no signs of rust

CRICKET TDCA

AFTER three frustrating rounds, the Traralgon DistrictCricket Association enjoyed afullround of AGrade matchesonthe weekend, with all games not only starting but getting results.

THE match of the round was Ex Students versus Yarram &District, which got very tense toward the end of the game.

The Pelicans batted first after winning the toss at Terry HunterOval,but disaster struck early with Andy Matthewsdismissing Jack Moore before ascore was registered.

Young Matthew Garland fell shortly after and then Daniel O’Keefe wasbowledbyMatthews, which had Yarram &District in trouble at 3/13.

Anthony Scott put up some resistance, making aplucky 23 but the wickets kept falling without much being added to the score.

Thingswerelookinggrimasfourwickets fell for just 12 runs to have Yarram reeling at 9/82. However, some resistance came in the form of Kelly Griffiths,who battledhard for 21 as he helped get the score to three figures as Yarram finished all out for 102.

Ex Studentsprize recruitCameron Taylor showed his class, taking 3/24 to be the pick of the bowlers while Matthews and Jack Robertson both finished with two wickets each.

Ex Students usually make short work of arun chasethis low,but losing Matt Dyke for aduck meant things didn’t start as planned.

Lee Stockdale and Taylor then put on 30 for the second wicket and the game looked well and truly in control.

Yarram have atendency to battle hard though and with the score on 67, they were able to grab abunch of wicketsasJeremy Babb made his influence on the game felt, taking threewickets to give Yarrama chance.

At 8/89,itlookedasifthe Pelicanswouldpull off arousing victory but the cool headsofJimmy Pryde(12 not out) and Andy Matthews (6 not out) got the Sharks team home, passing Yarram’s total eight wickets down.

As mentioned, Babb wassuperb taking 3/29 and O’Keefe also got three wickets, finishing with figuresof3/33.

It was certainly agood win in the end for Ex Students,but Yarram wouldhavewalked away knowing that they can push the best team in the TDCA, which will set up an interesting match for when they take on each other again later in the season.

Imperials, whohad already played two games before the weekend, werecertainly the more prepared of the two clubs and after winning the toss, they had no hesitation in batting first.

With the game being reduced to a39-over game, Imps got to work, with in-form opening batsman Ryan Morley and first drop Scott Aitken batting beautifully to make alarge portion of the team’s runs.

Aitken was unlucky not to raise his bat for the first time this season, making awell made 44, but it was Morleyagainwho is having astellar start to season 22/23 as he carried his bat for abeautiful 77 not out, helpingImperials to be 3/153 at the compulsory closure of play.

TheToongabbie bowlers toiled hard but weren’t able to get much penetration with the ball, Matt Barry beingthe best performed bowler taking 1/12 from eight overs.

Imperials were certainly in the box seat and would have beenconfident heading out to field with agood score on the board.

However, Toongabbie batted well at the start of the innings as Tom Shippen and Daniel Barry put on 47 for the first wicket.

Disaster then struck for the Rams as they went from 0/47 to 4/49 in quick time, with Rob Wheildon and James Chalmers both making ducks.

By this time, the fact that Imperials had some good game time under their belt already for the season would have had the team confident they could run throughthe restofthe underdone Rams batsmen.

However, ahard-hitting Kev Stoddart stood in the way, supported by his skipper Keenan Hughes as the two middle-order batsmen put on 97 for the fifth wicket, which turned out to be amatch winning partnership as Stoddart finished the day making aquality 60 not out as Toongabbie ended up 5/157, winning the match in the 37th over.

Imperials did all they could to win the game, but missing Joel Randall andRoss Williamscertainly hurt, althoughLibin Balakrishnan performed incredibly well, walking away with the best figures of 3/38 from eight overs.

STODDART Oval was finally fit for cricket,with thegrounddrying up enough for Gormandale to host Rovers.

This match was similar to the Toongabbie versus Imperials match, as it was the Tigers’ first game for the season while Rovers alreadyhad played two games this season.

Gormandale won the toss and bowled on what

looked like agreen wicket that would offer assisttance, and when Rovers were 3/16 it looked to be a masterstroke from captain Adam Brady.

The early wickets meant that the Williams brothers came to the crease; they batted on the Stoddart wicket beautifully, which had settled down after doing abit early. In the blink of an eye, the brothers took the score to 111before Dougal was dismissed for 56.

The scorecontinued to climbfor Rovers as Ewan Williams played asublime innings,which included some hard-hitting stroke play mixed with hard running until he was eventually bowled by Adam Brady for arun-a-ball 72.

Some late hitting from Darion Duncan and Tyron Bramwell took the score to 8/207 after 43 overs, leavingGormandale amammoth total to chase. Adam Brady was the only multiple wicket taker for the Tigers as he took 4/46.

Gormandale knewthatthe new ball would be tough to negotiate, but after that initial period the wicket would get easier to score on, so early wickets were going to be key for the chase.

Unfortunately for the Tigers, they started in similarfashion to Rovers, losing three wickets with the score on just 21.

When Yohan Soyza got aballthat rolled along the ground trapping him in front, it was danger signs at 4/55.

Gormandale needed to recover and when Travis Switzerjoined Chris Lehnerinthe middle,the rebuild came with the two putting on 60 runs for the sixth wicket, which had Rovers worried.

When Switzer got out to Simon Duff caught on the fence for 45, it was going to be too much of a task for the hometeam, and when Lehner also was out for 45 it was game over.

Some late hitting from Adam Brady pushed the score up to 8/186, but the Rovers bowlers had secured the win already to get Rovers their first win for the season.

Ewan Williams toppedoff asuperb individual match,taking 3/50 opening the bowling while Duff continues to spin his web as he ended with 2/21 for his efforts.

Rovers were certainly happy to get awin on the board afterlosing theirfirst two games for the season, while Gormandale, who looked underdone, will be better for the run.

TDCA AGrade games this week are: Toongabbie vs Yarram (at Roger Ries Oval), Imps vs Glengarry (at Catterick Cres), Ex Students vs Gormandale (at Terry Hunter Oval), Rovers -bye.

TDCA SCOREBOARD

AGRADE -ROUND 4

Rovers innings

OMason cRichards bScammell 2 TPearce lbw bBrady 2 LLittle c&b Soyza.................................6

DWilliams st Lehner bCampbell 56 EWilliams bBrady

MFloyd lbw bHibbs 8

DDuncan lbw Brady 15 TBramwell. not out 18

JLynch cLehner bBrady 8 SDuff. not out 0

Extras (nb4, w9, b1, lb6) 20 Total. 8/207 (43ov)

Gormandale bowling: EJarvis2-0-4-0, N Scammell 6-1-13-1, YSoyza 9-4-15-1, ABrady 10-1-46-4, NCampbell 8-0-51-1, TReynolds 3-0-33-0, MHibbs 5-0-38-1

Gormandale innings

NCampbell cPearce bWilliams 13

NScammell lbw bLynch 2

CLehner bWilliams 45 MHibbs lwbb Williams 0

YSoyza lbw bMason 11

HRichards cPearce bDuff. 2

TSwitzer cLittle bDuff. 45

PRoberts bWilliams 3

ABrady not out 30

TReynolds not out 10

Extras (nb2, w12, b0, lb6, pen5) 25

Total. 8/186 (43ov)

Rovers bowling: EWilliams 9-0-50-3, JLynch 9-1-32-1, MFloyd 4-0-15-0, OMason 7-2-27-1, S Duff 9-0-27-2, DWilliams5-0-30-1

Imperials innings

RMorley..............not out 77

TStarkey unknown 5 SAitken unknown 44 JJennings unknown 6 SHibbs not out 1 Extras (nb1, w13, b0, lb5) 19 Total. 3/153 (39)

Toongabbie bowling: KHughes 8-1-19-1, T Shippen 2-0-14-0, MBarry8-2-12-1, SMoran 8-0-29-0, NFarley4-0-24-0, KStoddart6-0-31-1, BHood 3-0-18-0

Toongabbie innings

TShippen unknown 24

DBarry unknown 11

RWheildpm lbw bunknown 0 JChalmers. bunknown 0 KStoddart. not out 60 KHughes. unknown 41 TDunn. not out 2 Extras (nb3, w15, b0, lb3) 21

Total.....................................................5/157 (37.2ov)

Imperials bowling: TStarkey 8-0-47-0, SAitken 8-0-29-1, DThompson 5.2-0-36-0, PDunstan 8-1-14-1,LBalakrishnan 8-2-28-3

Yarram &District Innings

JMoore. cHarris bMatthews. 0 MGarland lbw bTaylor 1 DO’Keefe. bMatthews 6 AScott. bHarris. 23 MLush bPryde 9

JBabb. bTaylor. 13

GUnderwood lbw bRobertson 11 BAskew bTaylor. 0

KGriffiths runout 21

BLayton. cDuncan bRobertson 7 JCollins not out 2 Extras (nb0, w8, b0, lb2) 10 Total. 102(42ov)

Ex Students bowling: AMatthews 7-2-14-2, KDuncan 5-1-8-0, CTaylor 9-1-24-3, JPryde 7-4-15-1, JRobertson 9-1-21-2, MHarris 5-2-18-1

Ex Students innings

LStockdale cMoorebO’Keefe. 33 MDyke. bO’Keefe. 0 CTaylor. bScott. 13

MHarris cunknown bBabb. 1 MRobertson st MoorebBabb. 16

MStockdale lbw bBabb. 0

JPryde not out 12

MWarne c&bO’Keefe 3

JRobertson cunknown bAskew 10

AMatthews not out 6 Extras. (nb0, w6, b1, lb0) 8/104 Total. 8/104 (33.2)

Yarram bowling: KGriffiths 5.2-0-17-0, DO’Keefe 9-0-33-3, JBabb9-1-29-3, AScott7-1-14-1,B Askew 3-0-10-1

BGRADE

Rovers 132(SSbaglia 49, SSapalya 4/33, G Swann 2/13, NHeard2/26) def Gormandale 85 (S Carney 4/16, GBramwell 2/7,IBrown 2/9).

CGRADE

Glengarry8/107 (S Saju 26,MIsles 2/5, NO’Brien 2/12, DMcGregor 2/36) def Ex Students 104(J Porter 3/22, SBonacci 2/26); Imperials 7/77 (S Burgess 36, EHarris 3/9) def Rovers 72 (A Smith 3/12, DLoots 2/2, RBosch 2/11, DSlottje 2/23).

TOONGABBIE took on Imperials at Roger Ries Ovalinwhatwas theRamsfirstmatch forthe season.

Victory: Rovers enjoyedatight winagainstGormandale in Round4ofthe Traralgon District CricketAssociation.

file photograph

Moe trainers all class at Sale Cup

HORSERACING

By LIAM DURKIN

MOE trainer Peter Gelagotis had awinner on Sale Cup Day.

Gelagotistook out the Race 4Coffee Pit/No1 Car Wash BM64 Handicap (2200m) with Adonis Kick last Sunday.

The five-year-old gelding put in aclinical run to win by 1.25lengths after holding thirdatthe 800m and pushing to second with 400m to go.

Young jockey Tianni Chapman was in the saddle, and able to ride home agreat win.

FellowMoe trainer AllisonBennett had Dahwilly back at Sale Turf Clubfor this race following its win on aSoft 5onOctober 5.

Dahwillykept up its form, coming third this time around.

The win made it back-to-back forAdonis Kick, after he won at Bairnsdale on aSoft 7a fortnight prior.

“I have to say congratulations to the owners for sticking tough with us, more importantly here Tianni Chapman, for me that was ride of the day. She took her medicine, she stayed calm, she balanced the horseand she tookher opportunities and won the race with avery cool ride from ayoung girl who Ithink is doing things beyond her years,” Gelagotis said.

“Her last two rides on this horse have been twenty out of 10, kudostoher, thisisabout Tianni and her lovefor Adonis Kick and gettinghis form back.

“It’s great to have this horse back, Igobackto apreparation ago where he won on aHeavy 10 at Moe and the turn of foot he showed that day, Craig Newitt rode him and said ‘thishorse is going places’, and we’ve never seen it again unfortunately. I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s not actually awet-tracker believe it or not, even though he did win that day.”

Cranbournegelding Uncle Bryn won the Sale Cup.

It was abusy weekend of racing in Gippsland, with Moe Racing Club hosting atransferred meet ingonSaturday.

Themeeting was originally scheduled for Yarra Valley, but had to be moved due to floods.

Moe, having withstood more than 50 millimetres of rain in five days to hold its Moe Cup the week before, answered the call to hold an eight-race meeting.

Three teams still unbeaten

BASKETBALL CBL

By LIAM DURKIN

ROUND 4ofthe Country Basketball League was played over the weekend.

Moe Meteors were too strong for Pakenham in the men’s, winning 102-72 on Saturday night,while Southern Peninsula did asimilar number on Wonthaggi, winning 102-67.

SouthernPeninsula backed up their efforts with awin on Sunday,beating Sale 91-71.

The return of Billy Hughes was not enough to get ashort-handed Sonics team over the line, in what was afast-paced, hard fought battle.

Sale simply ran out of legs in thefourth quarter, although the young squad continues to show improvement on the offensive end.

Warragul and Morwell played out a competitive game at Morwell Rec, with the visitors wining 89-63.

IN women’s action Moe won 68-41 against Pakenham on Saturday, making it agood trip home from Cardinia.

Traralgon was also victorious, also defeating Pakeham the next day 88-51.

Defending premier Wonthaggi showed its class, crushing Southern Peninsula 107-42.

It was arough old weekend for the Gippslandwannabes, who losttoSaleon Sunday 112-45.

Moe and Traralgon remain unbeaten in the men and women, while Korumburra has not lost agameinthe women’s division either.

ROUND 5CBL fixture(home team listed first), Saturday: LakesEntrance vKorumbarra,Maffra vWarragul,WonthaggivPakenham,Traralgon vSale.Sunday: Peninsula vMaffra, Moe v Pakenham, Korumburra vSale

The races weren’t the only thing transferredfrom Yarra Valley, as the move meant three Bucks Dos reportedly had to be relocated as well.

It is unlikely whoever planned those eventsever thought they would end up in Moe of all places.

That aside, the meeting was afurther endorsement for the club’s StrathAyr track, which you could only now described as indestructible.

NEXT up on theGippsland racing calendar is Derby Day at Latrobe Valley Racing Club (Traralgon) this Saturday.

Latrobe Valley Racing Club, often referred to as the ‘little brother’ of Moe, holds two meetingsa year.

The Traralgon-based club differsfromother racing clubs across Gippsland in Moe, Sale, Bairnsdale and Stony Creek, as it is an entirely volunteer organisation.

The club has welcomed afew new upgrades, includinganoutdoor coverfor members, and is also aiming to add to the numberofmeetings it hosts per year.

Latrobe Valley has joinedracingclubs across Gippsland in working together to see the sport thrive moving forward.

The Traralgon Cup willbeheldatLatrobe Valley Racing Club on Sunday, November 27.

Henryback in the fold

Backinthe hotseat: Paul Henry has returned forhis second stintasMorwell East coach. photograph supplied

FOOTBALL MID GIPPSLAND

By LIAM DURKIN

MORWELL East Football-Netball Club has welcomed back afamiliar face to the role of senior coach.

Paul Henry, who coached the Hawks from 2010 to 2014, is again in the top job.

Henry takes over from Devon Soutar, and will be out to see Morwell East into finals action in season 2023.

The Hawks missedfinals by percentage this season, edged out by eventual premier Yinnar.

After being tipped by many to win the flag thisyear, and having arguablythe strong est team on paper, afinals miss certainly appeared ashortcoming.

Henry will command the ultimate respect fromthe playinggroup, havingplayed 280 games in the brown and gold for two senior premierships.

He previously coached Morwell Easttoa senior grand final in 2010 and to finals in 2012.

Henry willbeabletostep into the role with adegree of freshair,after the Hawks recently voted down amove to the North Gippsland Football-Netball League.

Clubveteran of 300 games,Brad Gibson, will coach the reserves.

Danslide expected in Victoria

POLITICS

PREMIER Daniel Andrews is tipped to lead Labor to alandslide victory in next month’s state election.

Sportsbet has again cut Labor’s price and they are now $1.08 to govern, after$1.20was offered last month.

The Coalition has eased from $4.95 out to $8.00 and any other party is $101.

The online bookmaker hasalsoopened betting on the 88 electorates and has Labor ahead in 52 of those.

ALabor majority, of over45seats,isat $1.20.

“Everything points to it being another Danslide in Victoria. Labor is well ahead in the seats and Andrews appears poised to become the state’s longest serving Labor Premier,’’ Sportsbet’s Sean Ormerod said.

Editor’s note: The LatrobeValleyExpress doesnot encourageorendorse irresponsible gambling. This piece has been includedpurely as abit of light-hearted interest

Colour: Valley girls NikitaBlair,Morgaine Bourke,Charlotte Kanavan, Abbie Derooijand Sharna Moon areall smiles at theSale Cup. photographs liam durkin

Trio: Kallum McWatters,Jaymen Stottand Beau O’Conner

travelledupfromTraralgon forthe Sale Cup

Motley Crew: Keeping theaverage shirttheme aliveinSale areThorpdale mates James Durkin, Jason Fahey, Daniel Powell,Cougar Millsom and Kayne O’Connell.

Local eyes devour The Cup

HORSERACING

By TOM PARRY

WITH little lessthan aweek to go until the Melbourne Cup, locals have been luckyenough to get up close and personal with the eponymous trophy.

The 2022 Lexus MelbourneCup visitedthe area as part of aregional tour facilitated by the Victoria Racing Club (VRC).

Its appearance was guaranteed because of separate submissions by the Maffra RSL Sub-Branch and Seaspray Surf Life Saving Club.

Maffra RSL presidentKevin Christensen was responsiblefor coordinatingthe first day of proceedings, and explained how the opportunity to host “The Cup” came about.

“Back in early March, one of my RSL club members threw down anewspaper article for me and said, ‘I think you should take care of this, boss’,” Mr Christensen said.

“That was an advertisement from the VRC to say they’re doing the 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup tour to 24 regional towns; and that if we want it to come to our town, we needed to put in asubmission that would stack-up against all the other towns that applied.

“So we figured aplan for the team to spend 36 hours in Maffra on aday of our choosing; and they (VRC) were suitably impressed.

“I’ll say alittle bit unfortunately, we didn’t get aday of ourchoosing, but …inaway it was good, because it is close to the Cup –two weeks away –so the Cup is on people’s minds.”

Meanwhile, Seaspray SLSC’s vice-president Ernie Hug wasthe coordinator of daytwo’s activities.

His organisation came to learn about the tour through its treasurer, David Conway, who overheard an advertisement on 3AW radio station.

As per the advertisement’s instructions, he applied online with avideo sent through by the surf club.

“He uploaded it, and we submitted our submissions and we never thought about it again, to be honest,” Mr Hug said.

“And thenall of asudden, we get an email saying, ‘You’ve been selected.’

“Never in our lives would we think we’d be shortlisted,” he said.

The Cup’s journey began on Tuesday, October 18 at the Patrobas statue in Rosedale, amonument built to honour the racehorse of the same name.

Patrobas was owned by Mrs Edith Widdis, who resided on afarm in Nambrok with her husband and family.

The colt earned its place in history by winning the 1915 Melbourne Cup, becomingthe first horse owned by awoman to claim the prize.

Amazingly, Michelle Payne became the first woman jockey to win the Melbourne Cup exactly 100 years later,carrying the same saddle cloth number

The statue and Cup were accompanied by a1915 Ford Model Tpick-uptruck, and the original 1915 trophy presented to Mrs Widdis.

Known as the “Widdis Cup”, the trophy was granted arare public appearance by Mrs Widdis’s great-grandson AndrewWiddis, who owns the item in trust.

Mr Widdis was among the dignitaries present forthe Cup’s visit to Rosedale.

“To have agreat-grandmother that was the first female to own ahorse that won the Melbourne Cup, I’m so proud,” Mr Widdis said.

“(For) afemale, 100-plus years ago to be able to do as she wished and to have ahusband that supported that; Ithinkit’sa wonderfullegacy the Widdis family has.”

The significance of seeing his family’s trophy alongside its modern-day equivalent was not lost on Mr Widdis.

“Rosedale was alwaysconsidered the hometown for the farm that the Widdis family used to own at Nambrok,sotohave the (1915) Melbourne Cup along with the current Melbourne Cup is just wonderful,” he said.

“My great-aunt, who previously owned the Melbourne Cup, always through that it was Gippsland’s Melbourne Cup, because it’s the only cup that’sbeen won in Gippsland, so it’s wonderful to see the community take it on-board.”

The occasion was the first time that the Widdis Cuphad been seen in Rosedalesince 2015 -the centenary of Patrobas’ victory.

It presently resides, enclosed in glass, on the first floor of the Port of Sale building for public viewing.

Following its appearance in Rosedale, the 2022 Melbourne Cup then ventured to Maffra, where it was ridden around in aunique, andfitting mode of transport –three horse-drawn vehicles provided by the Eastern Victoria Pleasure Harness Club.

This was preceded by visitstoStMary’sPrimary School on DukeStreetand Maffra Primary School on Church Street, then aluncheon at Maffra RSL, which served as aconcurrent celebration of the Maffra Sub-Branch’s 100th anniversary.

More visits to Stretton Park aged-carefacility and Duart Homestead followed, beforethe Cup was displayed at the Rotunda on Johnson Street.

There, its arrival was heralded by Maffra Municipal Band’s Gavin Mann sounding the First Call on his trumpet.

The Cup and its delegation were given a Welcome to Country by Aunty Sandra Nielson at 4.30pm, and shown atwo-part performance by Ramahyuck’s cultural dancers –firstly acleansing ceremony to ward-off evil spirits, and then a gathering ceremony.

The longday was capped-off with adinner at the MaffraCommunity Sports Club,with the Municipal Band also in attendance.

Mr Christensen said he was most pleased with how the day unfolded.

“I think the weather has just been absolutely beautiful; all the people I’ve come across have had smiles on their faces; they’ve been impressed withthe Cup,and someofthe responses (were) just amazing,” Mr Christensen said.

He said the touring contingent had received “wonderful support fromeverybody we’vedealt with in the whole process.”

On Wednesday, it was Seaspray’s turn to host the Melbourne Cup, beginning with an outing to Seaspray Primary School, where pupils and their counterparts from Woodside Primary viewed the trophy and learned of the race’s history.

Fromthere,the tour continued to thelocal caravan park andgeneral store, before concludingwith a“long lunch” at the Seaspray Surf Life Saving Club’s bistro.

The 2022 Melbourne Cup took pride and place in the room of 110 attendees, flanked by the 2022 Sale Cup and the original 1860 Sale Cup.

With Seaspray being the last stop in the contingent’s regional tour before returning to Melbourne, the occasion marked afitting end.

“There’s 15,000 towns in Australia –not all of them applied, buttobeselected and to be the last town… that they’re visiting,isquiteextraordinary,” Mr Hug said.

Throughoutits two-dayvisit, the Cup was accompanied by tour manager Joe McGrath and Cup ambassador Michael Rodd, who himself won the prize in 2007 as the jockey of Efficient.

The former is aveteran of the tour, having been involved for 20 years, while for the latter, it is his first time participating.

Mr Rodd describedthe experience as “fantastic”, and said it was surprising to see how everyone gets excited about seeing the cup.

“Going to the schools and seeing the kids and their reactions and their questions was very special,” Mr Rodd said.

Mr Christensen was full of praise for the jockey, noting how Mr Rodd fielded the “in-depth” questions from Maffra’s primary school students.

“He has awonderfultouchwith people–heis areallynice bloke, and spoke to the kidsasan equal and answered their questions beautifully,” Mr Christensen said.

Joe McGrath hadpraise of his own for the “extremely well-organised” Mr Christensen.

“There wasn’t too many parts of the community that we didn’t come across, and it was alot of fun,” Mr McGrath said of his visit to Maffra.

For the residents of Maffra, Seaspray and Rosedale, the Cup’s visitpresentedthe once-ina-lifetime opportunity to learn about, see, or even hold the trophy, if they were lucky enough.

Mr Hug described the occasion as an “historical moment” for the community.

“Who knows,” he said, “it might not be here for another 100 years.”

Tanjil reunion

TENNIS

THOSE who played in theold TanjilValley Tennis Association are invited to areunion.

The reunion is set for Sunday, January 29 2023 at the Willow Grove Recreation Reserve from 11am.

Bring your own picnic lunch, tea/coffee provided. Drinks at bar prices.

Organiserswould liketohave ashared afternoon tea, so please bring along aplate of food that lives up to the TVTA standard.

You are welcome to bring along any photos or memorabilia but their care will be your responsibility.

Please spread the wordtoanyone who played tennis in the TVTA, including those who have moved from the area.

Any enquiries to Joan Brown on 5635 2361 Heather Savige 0427 274 685.

Tanjil Valley Tennis Association consisted of clubs from Erica, Rawson, Hill End, Willow Grove, Tanjil South, Westbury, Yulungah, Yallourn North, Trafalgar Uniting, CofE Moe, Moe High School and Newborough.

Very special occasion: The1915Melbourne Cup wonbyRosedale’s Patrobas made its way backhomerecently, to be placedalongside this year’s Melbourne Cup.Picturedwiththe twotro phies is MaffraRSL sub-branch presidentKevin Christensen, Andrew Widdis,great-grandson of Patrobas ownerEdithWiddis,Melbourne Cup ambassador andMelbourne Cup winning jockey MichaelRodd,and cup tour manager Joe McGrath. photograph tomparry

Then and now: The1915Melbourne Cup.