Latrobe Valley Express Wednesday 31 July 2024

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By ERIKAALLEN

LATROBE City South Ward councillor

Melissa Ferguson has announced she won’t be running for re-election.

Cr Ferguson took to social media to notifythe community,saying,“Ihave made thisdecisionaftermuchconsideration and reflection on my time serving as your councillor”.

Part of Cr Ferguson’s reflection highlighted the “difficult arbitration process” thatresultedina one-month suspension from duty throughout June and part of July this year.

The councillor made the announcement last Wednesday, about 21 days sin ce her suspe ns io nfor fail ing to issue an apologyfor postingretweets that independent arbiter Dr Meredith Gibbs found were “disrespectful to trans people”, was lifted.

The arbiter directed Cr Ferguson

to apologise at acouncil meeting in September 2023. Rather than read an apology she composed, Cr Ferguson opted to read the direction to apologise verbatim.

Dr Gibbs saidinthe arbitrationreport that Cr Fergusonhad breached the CouncilCode of Conductbyacting in her role as acouncil representative when, in 2023,she postedthe retweets the arbitration report said: “(inferred) that transpeople are paedophiles, grooming children and using their genderidentity to legitimise paedophilic activities”.

This interpretationofthe retweets has fuelled atumultuous couple of months following Cr Ferguson’s suspension.

An ABC article published on June 5 incorrectly attributed Cr Ferguson to a tweet saying, “Trans people in general are predators, perpetrating perversion and abuse, and preying on children”.

The ABC apologisedtoCrFerguson for

Fergusonoptsout of council

the error,citing thatthe misquote was a characterisation of the alleged meaning of aretweet by Cr Ferguson,asopposed to adirect quote from the retweet.

ABC added an editor’snote on July 11 at the bottom of the articletitled ‘Latrobe City councillor Melissa Ferguson suspended for not apologising for anti-trans tweets’.

It said: “Cr Ferguson strongly disagrees withthe characterisation of her retweet, describingthe quoted words as an “offensivestatement”whichshe did not make. TheABC apologisestoCr Ferguson for the error.”

Cr Ferguson defended herself at the arbitration hearing last August, saying she had the right to exercise freedom of expression and opinion, and that she was being attacked for having adifferent political view.

Cr Ferguson wrote on Facebook last Wednesday that “difference of opinion is

vital, not areason to troll and attempt to ruin people’s lives”.

The councillorcontinued, encouraging prospective candidates to “continue fightingfor the return of common sense, democracy and fairness in our times”.

She urged the community to “vote wisely” when the election comes around in October.

In the meantime, Cr Ferguson said she would see out the remainder of her term “withthe same level of honesty and integrity and will do my best to represent youasalways aroundall distraction”.

“Thank you once again for your unwavering support. It has been an honour to serve you all,” Cr Ferguson wrote.

Some people in the community commented on the Facebook post, thanking Cr Ferguson and expressingsadness over the announcement.

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Man’s body found in suspected hit and run

By KATRINABRANDON

MAJOR Collision InvestigationUnit detectives are investigatingafteraman wasfound dead in Trafalgar last Sunday

The man'sbody was found on the sideofWaterloo Road, Trafalgar around 10.30am in asuspected hit and run.

The driver failed to stop at the scene. Detectives have sent vehicle fragments for forensic analysis to determine what type of vehicle was involved.

Tire marks also found at the sceneappearto belong to an off-road vehicle, but it is yet to be determined what type of vehicle was involved.

Speaking to media in TraralgononMonday, July 29, Detective Sergeant Peter Romanis said it was apparent the man had been hit by avehicle sometime between Saturday nightand Sunday morning.

“We are appealing to the community for assistance in identifying that vehicle, given its location, and to identifyand piece togetherwhathappened to this individual,” he said.

“The deceased male appears to be in his 50s or early60s,has agreybeard,wearing ablack tracksuit top, awhite chequeredshirt, black track pants with two white stripes down the sides, and no shoes."

Detective Sergeant Romanis said police believe the deceased male may have been homeless or

Traralgon bus collision

PARAMEDICS responded to reportsofabus collision in Traralgon around 3.50pm last Thursday (July 25) afternoon.

Ambulance Victoria dispatched resourcesto the scene, including Advanced Life Support (ALS) and MobileIntensiveCareAmbulance (MICA) paramedics.

Paramedics assessed 17 people at the scene. Two peoplewere transported by road ambulance to Latrobe Regional Health.

Fatal motorcyclecrash

POLICE are investigatinga fatalmotorcycle crash in Yinnar last week.

It is understood the rider lost controland was subsequently ejected from theirbikeon Jumbuck Road.

Theyet-to-be-identified male rider died at the scene.

had amedical episode, leading him to be without any shoes.

The deceased was last seen Saturday night around 7pm alongside the Waterloo Road area.

Police believe he was possibly alocal, as well as the driver.

Police are urging the community to speak up if they have information about the incident.

Police have also notified the local aged care facilities and Missing Persons Unit, but they were still unable to identify the deceased.

“Imagine if this was your family or friend; what would you expect them to do in that circumstance?”

Detective Sergeant Romanis said.

“We are urging the person to step up and tell us what had happened from their perspective.”

There has now been 25 pedestrian incidents in Victoria and 10 in Eastern Victoria.

Last year, there was only 16 incidents involving pedestrians.

The spike in numbers has Victoria Police worried.

“The spike in incidents is aconcern,” Detective Sergeant Romanis said.

“Vic Police are urging people to take more care on the roads.”

Anyone who witnessed the incident, has CCTV, dashcamfootage, or any other information that could assist police is urgedtocontact Crime Stopperson1800333 000, or submita confidential report online at crimestoppersvic.com.au

Theinvestigation into the crash is ongoing.

Anyone who witnessed the incident,has more information, has CCTV or dashcamfootagethat could assist police is urgedtocontact contact the Churchill Police Station on (03) 5122 1790, the Boolarra Police Station on (03) 51696222, Crime StoppersVictoriaon1800 333 000, or submit aconfidential report online: crimestoppersvic com.au

Children rescuedfrom tree

FIRE Rescue Victoria, CFA crews, Ambulance Victoria,and Victoria Police all responded to two children who found themselves stuck in a tree last week.

After assessing the situation, afirefighter climbed up to ensuretheir safety, before acherry picker was retrieved to assist with the removal of the children from the tree.

The children were notinjured, enjoying the ride back down to safety.

Information requests INVESTIGATORS

at the Morwell Divisional Response Unit are seeking any witnesses, information or CCTVfootagethat may capture a number of people in the Cross's Road and Grubb Avenue areasofTraralgon on Thursday, July 11,between the hours of midnight and 4am.

Anyone with information or CCTV footage is asked to contact Senior Constable Wass at the MorwellDivisional Response Uniton51315000, or Crime Stoppers on 1300 333 000, or submit a confidential report at crimestoppersvic.com.au

Investigators are also conducting enquiries into atheft of amotor vehicle on July 24, occurring between 6.50am and 7am.

Investigators at Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit are seeking any witnesses, information, CCTV footage or dash camera footage that may havecaptured any persons or vehicles in the area at the time.

Anyone with information or footage is asked to contact Senior Constable Vella at the Latrobe CrimeInvestigation Uniton51315000,or Crime Stoppers on 1300 333 000,orsubmit a confidential report at crimestoppers.com.au

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Informationgathering: DetectiveSergeant PeterRomanisofMelbourne’s Major Collision Investigation Unit addresses media on Monday followingthe death of aman in Trafalgar

Photograph: Katrina Brandon

Breaking the homelessness cycle

THE state government has announced anew initiative to support Victorians out of homelessness and into their very own homes, with inner Gippsland among the first areas of operation.

Inner Gippsland contains the Latrobe, South Gippsland, Baw Baw and Bass Coast local government areas.

Member for Eastern Victoria and Minister for Housing, Harriet Shing announced eightagencies had been chosen to deliver the new Homes First program.

“Finding peopleasafeand secure place to call home is one part of breakingthe cycle of homelessness, the other is making sure they have the wraparoundsupports they need to thrive,”Ms Shing said.

“Homes Firstisevidence-based and willprovide practical,on-the-ground support to hundreds of Victoriansright across the state. This is an opportunity to break the cycle of homelessness -because we know that having secure, stable housing with wraparound supports leads to better outcomes across the board.”

In amedia release,the government says it is investing $48 million to help 500 households over the next three years access to long-term housing and support.

MelbourneCityMission, SacredHeart Mission, Quantum Support Services, JunctionSupport Services and CatholicCareVictoria have been selected to deliver the program in eight areas across the state, where there is aneed more support services for homeless people or who are at risk of sleeping rough.

As well as accommodation, those in theprogram will receive intensive support to ensure they are

getting the responsive, flexible wrap-around support that they need to thrive,which may include mental health, drug and alcohol, financial counselling and family violence support for those who need it.

The government says Homes First has been designed on evidence-based Housing First principles, which are focused on supporting people first to find asafeand secure home, then to access supportand wraparound services to helpthem sustain the tenancy, and that "evidence shows that this approach is critical to breaking the cycle of homelessness".

At least 10 per cent of Homes First funding will be targeted towards Aboriginal communitycontrolled organisations, to ensure responses have self-determination at the centre of their approach

The state government has also invested in eight permanent supportive housing facilities with onsite support to ensure that people who require more support to maintain housing receive it. Sites are already operational in Melbourne -with four more in planning and construction stages.

Supportive housing facilities provide intensive response for rough sleepers, and the new facilities will help more than 300 people withpermanent housing and round-the-clock support that meets their needs.

Preparing for future severe storm events

AN innovative program by the not-for-profit organisation Australian Business Volunteers (ABV), in partnership with DeakinUniversity, aims to help Gippsland prepare for future severe weather events.

Jointly funded by the federalgovernment and ABV under the flagship DisasterReady Fund, the $4.8 million Resilient Regions -Capable Communities program, reduces risk exposure for businesses and builds community resilience.

Over three years, ABV aims to facilitate up to 33 community-led workshops and community meetings and deliver pro bono disaster resilience projectswith corporatepartners, and bring morethan 160 skilled volunteers alongside to build capacity of small business and community organisations.

The first workshops begins in East Gippsland soon, and will roll out in parts of Latrobe, Baw Baw and Wellington local government areas.

Insights from the sessionswillbeusedby

DeakinUniversity to buildanevidence-base on the relationships betweenthe business sector, skilled volunteering and community resilience.

The research will be used to inform long-term activities that promote the roleofbusinessin disaster preparedness and recovery, as well as reduce risk exposure, improverecovery and regional economic resilience.

Federal Minister for Emergency Management, Murray Watt, said the program was one of more than 180 initiatives being fundedthrough the first round of the Disaster Ready Fund.

“Gippsland communities have experienced firsthand the devastating social and economic impact of disasters, and it’s great to see this initiative get underway in the region," he said.

Federal Labor Senato rf or Vic tori a, Raff Ciccone, welcomed the government’s investment in Gippsland.

“Under the Disaster Ready Fund, federal Labor is supporting community-led disaster resilience

initiativesacross Gippsland so that communitiesare better protected and preparedfor when disasters strike,” Senator Ciccone said.

“Resiliencecan only be achievedthroughcombined efforts and the community working together, and I’m pleased this program will encourage collaboration and facilitate meaningful action.”

ABV's chiefexecutive, Liz Mackinlay, welcomed the launch of their Resilient Regions -Capable Communities program in Gippsland.

“We work in collaboration with existing groups, organisations and businesses, bringing highly skilled volunteersalongsidetopractically support communityprojects and build business capacity,”

Ms Mackinlaysaid

“With thisfunding, we willbeable to better addressthe needs of communities, particularly in terms of disaster preparedness, and business andeconomic resilience."

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LatrobeCityall aboutconnections

BUSINESS leaders and entrepreneurs from Gippsland and Melbourne are invited to atransformative one-day event designed to fostereconomic connections and drive regional growth.

The C3 –It’s all about Connection event, part of the 2024 Latrobe City Business Festival, is an initiative of Latrobe City Council presented by John Calabro, founder of the Traralgon-based brand design agency The View From Here.

The theme of this year’s Business Festival is ‘Strengthening Regional GrowthThrough Connections’.

C3 has been designed to benefit smalland medium enterprises in Latrobe City and broader Gippsland.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network withlocal businessowners and operators, and hear from representatives of metropolitan networking organisations: Coraggio, IQ Club, Melbourne Business Network, and The Good Blokes Society.

Latrobe City Mayor, Darren Howe said that the innovative nature of this networking event provides local businesses withthe chance to not onlyconnect but also learn how thesemetropolitan networking organisations can help them thrive both locally and beyond.

“With atransitioning economy, Latrobe City businesses are actively seeking business opportunities in neighbouring economic centres as they diversify and strengthen their offerings,” he said.

“This event uniquely connects Latrobe City with Melbourne business communities, laying the foundations for long-term business relationships.”

Mr Calabro said that C3 aims to keep attendees engaged throughoutthe day with aseries of short, sharp, introductory ‘taster’ talks by amix of business leaders and networking groups.

“The day will allow for lots of breaks and plenty of time to mingle betweensessions,and will be punctuated by two keynote speeches —the first by Gippsland entrepreneurial success story, Andy McCarthy, founder of GippslandSolar, the second by one of the most powerful forces of positivity that you are ever likely to come across, Victor Perton,

CEO and chief optimism officer at The Centre for Optimism.

“Bring your business cards and energy -this is your chance to meet adiverse range of businesses and networking representatives and build new professional relationships with businesses from Latrobe City, Gippsland, and Greater Metropolitan Melbourne areas.”

C3 willbeheld Friday,August 16 from8.30am to 2.30pm at the Gippsland PerformingArts Centre, Traralgon.

Ticketsare on sale now and arelimited Secure yours at www.c-3.com.au/event For more information and to register, visit www.c-3.com.au or contact

Revegetation program taking placeatHazelwood

ALONG-TERM program of revegetating alarge section of the Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project site has started.

Overthe nextsix years, it is expected thatnearly half amillion plants will be planted out across the Eastern Overburden Dump (EOD), the area where overburden was placed when excavated from the former Hazelwood mine.

TheEOD is on theeastern side of the rehabilitation project site, and is bounded by Monash Way, the road from Morwell to Churchill.

The focus in the first yearisonthe northern section of the EOD, with 65,925 plants.

An appropriate mixofplants has been identified througharevegetation project planting plan.

They include blackwood, wattles, spear-grass, acacias, various gums and wallaby and kangaroo grasses.

Of note is the critically endangered Matted Flax-lily(Dianella amoena), and the Yarragum (Eucalyptus yarraensis).

Overall plantings will be arranged to compose three different vegetation communities -Sparse Woodland, DenseWoodlandand Grassy Forest Each will attract and provide habitat for different fauna.

The revegetation works have been informed by extensive water management investigations and variousstudiescompleted between2018and 2021.

The latest Gippsland Farmer is nowavailable

THE August issue of Gippsland Farmer is now available online for general readers.

Key articles in the August edition include:

 Sweet success: Tambo Valley Honey in Bruthen.

 VFF says government rate cap doesn't help farmers.

 Leongatha Livestock Exchange almost complete.

 CarbonNet about to present its case to government.

 Sand quarry for Lang Lang

 Deer harvest in Victoria up 11 per cent, with Gippsland to the fore.

 The biggest challenge for farmers is economic conditions, not climate change: poll.

 Federation University survey probes attitudes towards commercial plantations in Gippsland.

 Leading forestry expert urges traditional Indigenous knowledge and forest science to fight bushfires.

 Keeping cows warm in winter.

 Drouin teenager Holly Anderson top cattle breeder.

 Korumburra Garlic Festival next year.

 South Gippsland at forefront of planting durable eucalypts.

 Visit https:/gippslandfarmer.com.au

The work will add habitat for native wildlife, while a25-metre firebreak will remain unplanted through the centre of the zone.

ENGIE’s project director of the Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project, Tom McDowall, said alocal company had been engaged to manage the works, with afocus on local workforce participation.

“We are keen to continue to provide work opportunities and experience for local people,” he said.

“Programs such as these demonstrate the local skills requiredonrehabilitation projects such as at Hazelwood and possibly at other brown coal sites across the Latrobe Valley in the coming decades.”

The scope of servicesrequired to undertake revegetationisextensive, and includes nursery propagation,preparatory groundworks for planting, planting andon-going monitoring and maintenance of planted vegetation.

Knowhow: Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project Environmental Officer,Oscar Aliotta inspects the firstbatch of tube seedlings thatwill be used in the revegetation program. Photograph supplied

Gippy Water offering summer internships

GIPPSLAND Water is helping students kick start theircareerslocally with its annual Summer Internship Program.

Applicationsare now open for the initiative, which is one of the largest in Gippsland and provides students with the opportunity to gain practical experience with amajor local employer.

The program runs for 12 weeks during the summer university break and helps undergraduate students expand their skills while undertaking a paid internship.

Successfulapplicants receive dedicated mentoring and coaching and work on real business projects.

Gippsland Water Managing Director, Sarah Cumming, said the program was designed to benefit local students and the organisation.

“Asone of thelargest employersinGippsland, we have an important role to play in providing these types of opportunities,” Ms Cumming said.

Collaboration

FOLLOWING ahighly competitive procurement process, Gippsland Primary Health Network has awarded a$7.4million contract to Latrobe Community Health Service to support victimsurvivors of family, domestic and sexual violence in Latrobe and Baw Baw.

The contract is part of the federal government’s Supporting Recovery Program.

Gippsland PHN was one of only six Primary Health Networks nationally invited to participate in the program

It received funding of $10.6 million to improve coordination and access to traumainformed recovery services for victim-survivors of family domestic and sexual violence who are experiencing mental health challenges in Latrobe and Baw Baw. The programalignswiththe federalgovernment’s

“So many people move to Melbourne to study and for career prospects, but we want to show them what excellent opportunities are right here in Gippsland.

“This program provides valuable and rewarding career experience locally.Several studentsfrom last year’s intake have remained with us to support important projects and one has even continued on to our graduate program.”

Ms Cumming said the organisation is looking for abroad range of students for its 2024/25 program, including:

 Engineering: Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical and Process;  Environmentalscience: Biology,Natural Resource Management, Climate Sustainability, Ecology and Botany;  Information technology;

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Business/commerce: Management, Human Resource Management, Project Management and Marketing, and; -Communications/journalism

“We’re looking for enthusiasticstudents who are passionate about delivering for our community and being apartofalocal organisation," she said.

“Applicants should be able to workwell in ateam and have good presentation, written and verbal communication skills.”

For some students, the Summer Internship Program can be used to gain credit towards their degree.

Applications are now open, visit: gippswater.com au/careers to find out more.

Collab: Gippsland Waterstaff memberKatrina and Summer Internship studentFintan.

Photograph supplied

to support victims of violence in the region

National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children,supporting victim-survivors of family domestic violence and sexual violence to be safe and healthy in order to be abletorecover from trauma and other impacts of violence.

Gippslandexperiences some of the highest rates of family, domestic and sexual violence in Victoria.

Gip ps land PHN Chief Executive, Amanda Proposch said there was acriticalneed to support alocal system under increasing pressure.

“Localcase management services are overwhelmed with long waiting lists due to high rates of family violence and the workforce continues to experience burnout and turnover,” Ms Proposch said.

“There is currentlyavery high demand for family violence case management services, with limited

Cameron slams state government delay on

dangerous intersection

SAFETY upgrades at the notoriously dangerous intersection at Lloyd Street and Waterloo Road are no closer to materialising despite a promise from the state government that works would begin mid-2024, according to Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron.

Under questioning from Mr Cameron, the Minister for Roads, Melissa Horne, said the design process had not started and no land had been acquired for the project.

“This intersection hascausedfar too many accidents, and it was earmarked for critical safety works some three yearsago,”MrCameron said.

“Drivers effectively roll the dice every time they’re forced to negotiate this intersection because trucks, buses and cars are forced to queue and short-stack frequently.

“Moe residentswere told the long-promised safety upgrades would begin mid-year, but it turnsout the state governmenthas not even come up with adesignfor the project or acquired land."

Mr Cameron said billions of dollars continued to be spent on blowout projects like the Suburban Rail Loop and level crossing removals in metropolitanMelbourne,while regional Victorians were left to traverse dangerous roads and level crossings that had been left to rot.

therapeutic and recovery services available to victim-survivors.

“We collaborated with key stakeholders to determine where the critical needs exist and have no doubt the successful tenderer will hit the ground running.”

Latrobe Community Heath Service will partner with CairnmillarInstitute to deliver the traumainformed mental health services component of the program.

The partnership of Latrobe Community Health Services and Cairnmillar will also significantly contribute to upskilling the family, domestic and sexual violence sector workforce in Latrobe and Baw Baw in trauma-informed care, delivering dedicated trauma-informed training that includes aGraduateCertificate in Trauma-informed Care.

In Fe bruar yt his year, Quan tum Supp ort Serviceswas awarded a$3.2million contract to be the local care coordination team for the new project, expandingexisting casemanagement and care coordination services and enabling increased capacity to respond to and reduce current waiting time for service.

Latrobe Community Health Service and Quantum Support Services will work closely together in an integrated multi-disciplinary service model to deliver GippslandPHN’s new Supporting Recovery Program which runs until June 30, 2026. The program will then undergo evaluation to support decisionmaking regarding futurefunding for this and other services for victim-survivors.

Groundbreaking new service to enhance care for patients

MARYVALE Private Hospital has introduced a groundbreaking new service, withthe acquisition of aBalloon Enteroscope, enhancing care for patients across the region.

This advancedtechnology allows precise diagnosis and treatmentofsmall intestine conditions like gastrointestinalbleeding, tumours, and Crohn's disease.

Dr Chris Mills, who operates at Maryvale, is an InterventionalEndoscopist, Gastroenterologist and Consultant General Physician, who provides world-classmedical expertise to Gippslanders, close to home.

Dr Chris said he was really pleased with the purchase.

“Thepurchase of the Balloon Enteroscopeisa great addition to services available in Gippsland patients who will no longer have to travel to metropolitanMelbournefor this specifictreatment," he said.

Following the first Balloon Enteroscopy at Maryvale earlier this month, patient testimonials have already highlighted positive impacts on health and quality of life, underscoring the hospital's commitment to excellence.

For more information or to schedule aconsultation, phone Maryvale Private Hospital directly on 03 5132 1200.

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Showcasing the stories of clinical trials at LRH

PEOPLEtravelled from acrossGippsland to attendacelebration of innovation, equality and life changing programs recently.

The International Clinical Trials Day event at Latrobe Regional Health showcased the stories of patients involved in clinical trials and the impact the local program has had on them.

“The Research and ClinicalT rial Unit at LRH started in 2019with only two trials, since then we’ve grown to over30clinicaltrials, all offering new treatment options to peopleacross Gippsland,” LRHGeneralManagerofResearch andPartnerships, Jhodie Duncan said.

Before thestart of the trials program at LRH, Gippsland patients diagnosed with conditions ranging from arthritis to cancers to skin conditions would have to travel to Melbourne to access any new treatments.

“The journeys to Melbourne are time consuming, expensive and stressful for the patient and their family," Dr Duncan said.

"One of the benefits about having clinical trials availablehereinGippslandisthatthe stress and cost is taken away or at least lessened for the participant.

"Clinical trialsare oftenconducted in partnership with hospitals in Melbourne, such as TheAlfredHospital and are selected by LRH where there is ademonstrated needinthe local community.

“We’re able to look at the data and see that condition Aordisease Bisofa higher incidence in Gippsland than we might expect.

"Once we identify those issues, we can explore what options are available with our trialpartners, commence recruitment to the trial and then move

forwardtobeabletooffer an alternativecareoption for local residences.

“Trials, such as the ones we are involved in at LRH give regional patients access to the latest treatments well before they are available to the general public.

"These can, without doubt, be life changing for some people."

Willow Grove’s Nick Johnson has been part of aclinical trial since2020afterbeing diagnosed with bowel cancer.

“I signed up to the trial because all current-day treatments have been as aresult of some trial or researchoverthe years and Iwanted to contribute to assist future treatments if Iwas able to," he said.

“I also wanted to give back to the health system in some way as away of ‘thanksfor my treatment’."

Another aspect of Mr Johnson's decision was the abilitytoforge strongand supportiverelationships with alocal care team.

“Being on this trial meant that Idid not have to endure the stresses of having to travel to hospital to receive IV Chemo, along withany side-effects that may have been aresult of that treatment," he said

"As we know, IV chemoisnot alwayskind on your body -both mentally and physically. My condition was able to be closely monitored with regular scans and bloodtests, and at alocal facility and not having to travel to the city for this.

"Itisoften awhole day out of work and life to travel to the city and being done locally was great. It was good to have agood rapport with the local hospital care team who was and still is there for me. They have my back."

More information about the LRH Clinical Trials Program can be found at: lrh.com.au

Council Beat with Erika Allen

Optus tower closerto construction

THE constructionofanOptus telecommunications tower in YallournNorth is closertoproceeding after Latrobe City Council endorsed aplanning permit at its recent meeting.

The ‘monopole’ telecommunications tower will be locatedonprivate land zoned for farming at SavigesRoad, about 800 metres from the Yallourn North township.

The company is Indra Digital Infrastructure, which selected the sitebecause it “meets Optus coverage requirements”.

The tower’s maximum height is 34m above natural ground level. The proposalistobeset back two metres from aside property boundary and 85m from the nearest residence.

Key elements of the proposal include:

-One 30-metre steel monopole;

-Three-panel antennas mounted on aturret-style mount at the top of the monopole;

-Three active antenna units mounted above the panel antennas;

-Six remote radiounits mountedonthe monopole below the panel antennas;

-One Optusoutdoor equipmentcabinet, coloured apale eucalypt green and located at ground level on anew concrete slab on the western side of the monopole;

-One 2.4m-high security fencing compound surrounding the lease area; and,

-Ancillary equipment associated with the safety and operation of the facility including cabling, cable trays, safety signage, etc.

Eightobjections to the project were received relating to aesthetic impact, the need for another tower given that aTelstra tower is nearby, the impact on health and the environment, and inadequate notification.

Of the submissions received, the nearest to the facility is located about340maway, but the closest property, which is 85m away, did not submit an objection.

Evan Matthews, the town planner and representativefor the applicant, IndraDigitalInfrastructure, attended the meeting via Zoom to address some of the objections.

He said that while the monopole cannot be completely hidden, the slim-line design and surroundingvegetation would minimiseits visibility. He then addressed concernsabout electromagnetic energy emissions (EME). He said the tower wouldoperate at EME levels below the Australian standard, at 1.2 per cent when it’s maximally operational.Healsosaidthe Telstra monopole was “too far from Yallourn North to meet Optus’ objectives”.

CouncillorSharon Gibson enquired whether a “black spot” on ahilly section of Marshalls Road would be addressed whenthe tower is constructed. Mr Matthewssaidthe tower’scoverageincluded “arterial roadsthat lead in and out of Yallourn North”, but he could not confirm.

‘Boutique’ bottle shop

PETER Aldred attended the meetingtospeak about anew liquor store in Morwell’s Mid Valley Shopping Centre.

one other bottle shop in the municipality and wants to open alocal “boutique bottle shop”.

He said it would be astandalone store, unlike the two other liquor stores in the shopping centre that are associated with supermarkets,and would sell Australian liquor, some international wines, and local wines.

Some objections to the store included that a liquor store promotes poor health by being another opportunity to buy alcohol; crime could increase; access to acarpark at night makes it asecurity risk; and there being too many liquor stores. The recommendation for councillors to grant aplanning permit was ultimately carried.

Awareness Campaigns Policy

COU NCIL LORS end orsed the Awa renes s Campaigns Policy, despite Cr Dale Harriman advocatingfor all campaignstobeapproved by councillors, not just the executive team.

The Awareness Campaigns Policy (available on the council website) outlines the scope of campaigns -bethat events or programs that raise awareness for the environment, social justice, and wellbeing -that the council can support and how, including resourcing, requests,and assessmentofadditional or replacement days. Examples include NAIDOC Week and Harmony Day.

“There are alot of campaignsthroughout the nation that we are often asked to support, some of them are around health and wellbeing, some are social, some are around environmentalcampaigns. Having some reallyclear guidelines that supports exactly what we can support andhow we might be able to go about doing that is really important,” Cr Tracie Lund said.

This policy capturesactivities such as event management, communications and marketing campaigns, information referral, councillor and officer attendance, and lightingcouncil infrastructure (Gippsland Performing Arts Centre, Kernot Hall, Churchill Town Symbol).

Thepolicy includescriteriafor approval, such as

Form, which can be found on council’s website.

Some things thatwon’t be supported include celebratory,cultural, or religious dates of acknowledgement like Mother’s Day or Ramadan(managed instead by the Media Policy and Engagement and CustomerFocusteam), public holidays,and flag activities.

Cr Harriman opposed the policyasitwas endorsed, saying approval for all campaigns should be brought before councillors at meetings.

“My opinion is that if it’s spending council money, it needs to come back to council,” he said.

“If we’re going to change them, if we’re going to add to them, it needs to come back to council for approval.

“I know people will say, ‘sometimes we don’t get any notice, it could be atragedy’. We’ve had ameeting with 24 hours’ notice beforehand. The Mayor has the option to call that meeting we can be on thefloor in 24 hours and have avote take place, there is no hold up in coming back to council for that.”

The policy was adopted by council as it was presented, with the approval of campaigns,including any that might be rushed under ‘exceptional circumstances’, up to Latrobe City Chief Executive, Steven Piasente

Development memberships added to

FIVE economic development memberships willbe renewed and twomorewill be adoptedin2024/25

The current budget for 2024/25 sets aside $26,000 for economic development memberships, which councillorspraised for allowing the council to advocate for projects at the meeting.

Latrobe Council has paid memberships (annual) with these organisations:

-Rail Freight Alliance ($5900);

-South East Australian Transport Strategy (SEATS) ($7390);

-National Timber Council Australia ($2500);

-Timber Towns Victoria ($2500); and, -AustraliaChinese Business Council ($1831.50) Central Ward’s Cr Graeme Middlemiss said havtrade organisations advocacy”. For example, FreightAlliance government subsidy in regional areas

to take pressure off road systems and keep prices low, despite the treasury recommending that it is removed every year. At the meeting,the Businessand Industry Development team recommended adding the Regional Activators Alliance(RAA) and South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance (SEMMA) to council’s memberships.

Cr Harriman said the SEMMA has a“huge reputation of bringing so many jobs to the south-east of Melbourne… they’ve brought ahugeamount of defence work to the southeast of Melbourne… and hopefully, that’s something we can do with SEMMA,islook at promoting Latrobe Cityand building consortiums and alliances”.

On top of the existing memberships, the new oneswould cost$5000 for the RAAand $1250 for SEMMA,bringing the total to $26371.50 for 2024/25.

Funding forBMX tracks

COUNCIL officers proposed applying for $600,000 fromthe Regional Tourism Investment Fund (RTIF) to upgrade three existing BMX tracks. The (RTIF)fundstourisminfrastructure projects that improvevisitor experience and increasevisitor spending in regional and rural Victoria. It funds ‘small-scale projects’ between $100,000 and $1 million, ‘large-scale projects’ between $1 million and $5 million, and accommodation uplift between $500,000 and $2 million.

The BMX track upgrades would come under Stream 1, between $100,000 and $1 million.

Officers propose an applicationbemadeunder Stream 1toupgrade the existing dirt BMX tracks in Glengarry and Boolarra, given their proximity to the popular GippslandPlainsand Grand Ridge rail trails, and the existing dirtBMX trackinTyersas identified in the adopted 24/25 budget, converting all three to sealed Pump Tracks.

East Ward councillor, Dan Clancey supported the recommendation and emphasised that council will have to contributeand that it would impact thecouncil 2024/25 Budget but that it was money well spent.

Cost estimates are pending, but they are about $900,000($300,000 per pump track).The costs would be split between the RTIF funding and the council.

Council would contribute one third ($300,000) for the Tyers project, as identified in the adopted 24/25 budget. The remaining $600,000 would come from RTIF if approved.

Three major events

AT its meeting held on June 5, the Tourism and MajorEvents AdvisoryCommittee(TAMEAC) recommended funding support for the 2024 and 2025 Football Victoria Boys and Girls Championships, 2025 Tennis Australia Pro Tour and 2025-2027 V/Line Cup.

Allthree events canbefunded from the Major EventAttractionbudget, and, as aresult, there are no budget implications.Two of the three events -the 2025 Tennis Australia Pro Tour and the 2025-2027 V/Line Cup -are not guaranteed events but are presented for pre-approvalinanticipation.The funds will be returned to the budgetifthey do not proceed.

The projected economicimpact for the three events combined is $1.7 million.

Funding the events was carried unanimously.

Discuss: The next Latrobe City Councilmeetingisscheduledfor Monday, August 5. File photograph

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Travelling exhibition for local artists

YOUNG at Art was formed by renowned Traralgon artist Libby Witchell many years ago, providing art classes for the local community.

Young at Art Collective is asupplement of Libby’s groupand comprises18well-established Gippsland artists with an objectiveofexhibiting their work in Gippsland galleries and art spaces, as well as a select group of galleries in metropolitan Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

The art market is perceived to be expensive as artwork is generallysold through art galleries, online and auction houses charging exorbitant prices.

Young at Art Collective’s objective is to become a‘travelling exhibition’ connecting art buyers and making art more readily available and affordable.

The artists that form Young at Art Collective cover arange of subjects from still life, portraiture, abstract, contemporary and traditional using various mediums from oil, acrylic,pastels and mixed media.

Young at Art Collective’s first exhibition 'Glimpses of Gippsland’ opened last Wednesday (July 24) at the newly refurbished Traralgon Courthouse in Franklin Street.

With more than five exhibitions already booked well into the end of 2025, there are more opportunities to buy original artfromlocal established award winning artists.

Follow 'Young at Art' on Facebook or Instagram -'Young at Art Collective'. Glimpses of Gippsland is open until August 12 from Wednesdays to Saturdays 10.30am-2pm.

Local brigades rewardedfor service

FOUR South East CFA brigades have been rewarded for their service in the Black Summer fires, followinga generous donationfromthe Essendon and District Football League (EDFL).

Alarge $20,000 donation has beendivided between the Erica &District, Mirboo North, Heyfield, and Cann Riverbrigades for their direct support in the 2019/20 fire season.

Having played alarge role in assisting their communities while neighbouring brigades were responding and deployed on strike teams, the fourbrigades were deemedworthy recipients CFA ActingAssistant Chief Officer District 10, Simon Bloink,alongside districtbusiness manager Amanda Rigoni, welcomed the generous donors fromthe EDFL at asmall morning tea at HeyfieldFireStationrecently Mirboo North firefighter, Allan Schafer said the brigade was incredibly thankful for the EDFL'skindness.

"We're hoping to put the money towards equipme nt and items at th ef ire station. It will be of such help," Mr Schafer said.

"I lik et he ide ao fh av ing as mall cir cul ar brass plaque on one of the items that we buy, so people willbeaware in the futurewhere the money has come from and how grateful we are."

Moneywas raised off the back of an initiative put forward by Roxburgh Park Football Club coach, Michael Farrelly who suggested an All Stars match for the league should take place to raise money for Black Summer affectedcommunity organisations.

The February 16, 2020 matchsaw money generated through entry fees of awell-attended game, merchandise, food and beverages. The event was also to become even more amomentous occasion as it was the only league game played that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CannValley1st Lieutenant, FrankHerbert said due to their location at the far end of Gippsland and asmall population, any helpand support they get is greatly appreciated.

"While we haven't firmed our plans yet, we do hope to use the money to buy more equipment, specifically afixed monitor to distribute more water," Mr Herbert said.

"We had amajor fire in the centreoftown a couple of months ago that took out our main café restaurant, and if we didn't have our neighbouring brigadesassistingduringthatwewould've struggled to pumpenough wateronthe job

Community: Essendon District Football League boardmember IanPrice,EDFLChief ExecutiveAndrew Johnson,Cann Valley 1st Lieutenant Frank Herber t, Mirboo North firefighter Allan Schafer,Heyfield3rd LT Dean Wheeler,Erica &District Captain Russ Wright, and EDFL BoardChair Bernie Shinners. Photograph supplied

Scholarships open for Gippy nurses and midwives

FEDERAL Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, is urging Gippslanderstotakeadvantage of a$50.2 million scholarship program that aims to upskill the nation's nurses and midwives.

The PrimaryCareNursing and Midwifery Scholarship Program will provide 1850 postgraduate scholarships over four years for registered nurses and midwivestobecome nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives in primary and aged care settings.

Mr Chester said upskilling professionals across the primary health care system would strengthen the health workforce to provide improved access in regions like Gippsland.

"We have agrowing problemwith accesstohealth and agedcareservices in our region,and upskilling locals is part of the solution," Mr Chester said.

"Nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives are key to meetingthe workforce demands in

the primary care and aged care health sector.

"By helping to growthe numberand skills of nurses and midwives, the Primary Care Nursing and Midwifery ScholarshipProgram willhelp ensure Australians have access to the health care they need, wherever they live.

"The program will strengthen the health workforce in rural and remote communities by providing preference to scholarship applicants currently living or working in these areas."

TheAustralianCollege of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), thepeak national organisation for nurse practitioners, will manage the Primary Care Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship Program.

In 2024/25,the program willprovide 175 graduate certificateorgraduatediploma scholarships and175 masters' scholarships, after which 250 of each scholarship type will be available each year until 2026/27.

Mr Chester is encouraging local eligible nurses and midwives interestedinupskilling to apply for the PrimaryCareNursingand Midwifery Scholarship Program.

"Attracting and retaining nurses and midwives in primaryand aged care in ourregions has proven to be achallenge,but this program will greatly contribute to strengtheningour regional health workforce, improving the capacity,quality, distribution and mix of the primary care and midwifery health workforce as well as significantlyincreasing the number of qualified nurse practitioners to support nurse-led clinics," Mr Chester said.

"Regional, ruraland remote health is builton the commitment, the skill, the resilience and the expertise of its workforce, and we want this sector to grow."

Scholarships are now open, until August 25. To apply, go to: acnp.org.au/pcnmsp

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St Paul’sreforges ties with East Timor

FOR the first time since the pandemic, students from St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School ventured to East Timor to immerse themselves in the life and traditionsofthe Timorese peopleover nine eventful days.

Accompanied by St Paul’steachers, students visitedthe Ponilala Secondary School (partly funded by St Paul’s in 2007) and were welcomed withvibrant displays of traditional Timorese dancing and singing, showcasing the rich heritage and artistic talent of the community.

Year 12 student Indi Van Berkel commented, “From the moment our group arrived, we were greeted with open arms by the friendly Timorese locals… (they) remind you of what it means to be grateful and happy.”

Witnessing the disparity between the resources in Ponilala classrooms and those back home, students were amazed by the happiness and welcoming nature of the Timorese students.

Year 12 student Ella May imparted,“Visiting Timor has been alife-changing experience. Getting

to know the children at the schools we have supported has allowed me to put into perspective the reason we raise funds for these communities.

"It has made me more grateful for what Ihave at home and motivated me to raise further money for these schools so the children can receive the education they deserve.”

To make atangibleimpactonthe Timorese learning journey, the tour group delivered English/ Tetun dictionaries donated by St Paul’s families, receiving overwhelming appreciation from the Timorese people.

Students and staffalsovisited the picturesque Malimea Village to celebrate the inauguration of the English Language Study Centre (ELSC).

Attended by esteemed dignitaries, the St Paul’s group were honoured guests. They listened to speeches of gratitude for Team Timor’s supportand delighted in the delicious food and joyful dancing.

The St Paul’s TeamTimorgroup raisedmore than $25,000 between 2020 and 2022 for this ELSC

and willcontinue to fundraisefor the ongoingcosts of wages, more teaching and technical resources and the maintenance of the building. St Paul’s educator, Andrea Heard said, “the opening of the ELSC not only signifies anew chapter in Malimea's educational history but also embodies ashared vision of embracing language diversity and global connectivity.

"The wholeday set the tone for afuture filled with learning, collaboration, and cultural exchange.”

The transformative experience of the East Timor tour has left students with an appreciation of the simplicity and happiness in Timorese communities.

Year 12 student Isobella Sellers revealed, “(the experience has) given me anew understanding of the privileges we get in Australia and how many things we have that we don’t need.”

"This trip has meant alot of changes in the way Iviewmylife.”

Year 12 student Sienna Smith added: “It showed me that you don’t need wealth to find happiness

within acommunity (and) it displayed how much Idon’t recognise all the things Ihave that others don’t.”

The East Timor Service Tour at St Paul’s empowers students to personalise their learning experience by making aglobalimpact,nurturing compassion for developing communities and offering firsthand insights into the effects of their fundraising efforts.

Moreover,students undergo personalgrowth through their service experiences.

Beyond creating lifelong memories, the trip strengthens friendshipsamong students and fosters new international connections.

Year 12 student Sophia Hastiedescribed the trip as “30 years of friendship in nine days”.

Year 10 student Asmi Pathania described the trip as one she will never forget.

“The people I’ve made memories with, the Timorese and Aussies, will always be specialto me,” she said.

Reception: Atraditionalwarmwelcome to Ponilala. Photographs supplied

Appreciative: St Paul’s Year 12 student Ella Maywith excited East Timor students and their newEnglish/Tetun dictionaries

Ceremony: The official welcome at Malimea.

Official: St Paul’seducator Andrea Heardand Year 12 student Chloe Davidsoncuttingthe cake at theMalimea ELSC inauguration.

United: Students and stafffromStPaul’s and theMalimea EnglishLanguage Study Centre.

Camp filled with historyand culture

ST Paul’s Anglican Grammar School Year 6 students soaked up history and culture at some of Melbourne’s marvellous iconic destinations during their four-day Urban Camp.

Students doveinto the workings of Parliament House, experienced the drama of Ned Kelly's trial at the Old Melbourne Gaol and were in awe of St Paul's Cathedral’s architecture.

Students discovered new skills while having an ‘icy’ blast as they tried curling at O’Brien’s Icehouse. Atour of the MCG and the Australian Sports Museum celebrated Australiansportshistory, while at night, students enjoyed amagical zoo tour, encountering amazing animals under the stars.

The Queen Victoria Market was where students were able to test their negotiation skills with stallholders to get the best bargain possible.

The camp was agreat success, fostering learning, discovery and friendships alongside marvellous metromoments as students embraced each experience with enthusiasm and resilience.

The Year 6Urban CampatStPaul’s is afantastic opportunity for students to personalise their learning experience through curiosity and exploration as they traverse the urban world under the guidance and support of educators.

Skill: Evelyn climbs high at ‘Go Climb’ Photographs supplied

Judge: Om experiencing the drama at theOld Magistrates Cour t.

Icy: Natasha and Char vi take their hand at curling

Facing themusic: Liamand William ready to be inter viewedatthe press conference room on the MCGtour

Politics: St Paul’sAnglican Grammar Year 6 students learnabout Melbourne’s Parliament House.

High above: Emma takesona challenging climb at ‘Go Climb’

Haggle: Mila, Char vi, Avaand Avalearning the ar tofbar tering at theQueen Victoria Market.

July 29 -August 4, 2024

The fiery New Moon re gnites a special hope, dream or w sh that’s been anguishing on the s de ines But Venus (your patron planet) squares Uranus on Friday soif you are stuck in a friendsh p s ump or a re ationship rut - don’t dwell on the past It’s t me to shake up your peer group as you m ngle w th a bohemian new crowd

and fiery haste tempered with plenty of patience

Venus (your patron planet) squares Uranus on Friday, when a personal project takes an unexpected turn, or a family member could h t you w th some surprising news Talking th ngs through w th a sympathet c fr end may be the healing ba m you need Sunday’s New Moon s a fabulous time for a domestic reboot as you c ean and declutter your l ving space, and make it more beautiful v a redecorating, p aying music or a fresh lick of paint

Fami y relationships and c ose fr endships look comp icated this week, as loved ones debate a wide range of controversial topics or a relat ve makes an unpredictable move If you have a problem that’s bother ng you, avoid mak ng a rash dec sion Slow down, Gemini, and let your intuition be your guide Sunday’s New Moon is the perfect time to beg n a course of study, start a neighbourhood pro ect, join a community group, travel local y or make a new fr end

Be inspired by actress (and fellow L bran) Kate Wins et: “The good and bad things are what form us as people Change makes us grow ”

Friday’s Venus/Uranus connection brings a rush of fiery energy and a fresh perspective to a sta e romance or a flounder ng friendship But it could also send a faltering relationship right off the rails There’s no deny ng you’re a smart Scorp on but are you mak ng the most of your professional talents? The New Moon activates your career zone, so t’s time to put on your th nking cap, connect with co leagues and keep them up to date with your work plans

Monday looks fabu ous (when your ruler Jupiter makes

Are you feeling restless, Sagittarius? The Sun, New Moon and Venus a l stir your gypsy gene, and find you dream ng of greener pastures and foreign adventures

You’re also long ng for closer connect ons with your internat onal friends But Venus squares unpred ctable Uranus, so trave could be delayed or cancelled, and a friendsh p could be turned upside down So plenty of patience and persistence is required if you want to achieve long-lasting results

Do you have a frustrat ng problem that needs fixing?

Have you asked other people for advice but stil can’t find a solut on? This week the Sun, New Moon and Venus activate your dream, trust and wisdom zones

So you must listen to your inner voice and pay attent on to the symbo ic messages n your nightly dreams

You’ve been talking about saving for something b g (like a car, hol day, house deposit or home renovations) for a while W th the Sun, New Moon and Venus visiting your finance zone (and Venus squaring Uranus), resist the urge to be extravagant w th cash and careless with credit In an uncertain econom c climate, be a canny Crab who is caut ous with money Plus, do an inventory on your inner wealth, as you nurture your self-esteem and consol date your core va ues

Ca ling a l Cats! W th the Sun, New Moon and Venus a l visiting your sign, it’s your time to sh ne: to display your numerous creative talents, and dazzle others w th your fiery enthusiasm and abundant Leo charm It’s also the best week of the year to try a new ha rsty e, update your wardrobe or start an exc t ng personal project But be careful you don’t upset a work co league, cl ent or customer by behaving in an inconsistent, unpredictable or selfish way

Tr cky Uranus vibes cou d make some V rgos fee restless and/or stressed Plus, the Sun, New Moon and Venus are visiting your solitude zone, so you’ll also feel like being on your own Pr vacy and self-reflect on are paramount, and activities like meditation, contemplation, chanting and/or yoga are recommended Your mantra comes from birthday great Kate Bush (who turns 66 on Tuesday): “There’s an awfu ot you learn about yourse f when you’re alone ”

Your motto for the moment is from singer/songwr ter/ musician Kate Bush, who celebrates her 66th birthday on Tuesday: “On y you can sort yourself out ”

This week you’ll be reliably unpredictab e and consistent y inconsistent! Love, loyalty and compromise are the New Moon buzzwords But one half of you wants to snuggle up close with someone special - while the other ha f longs to be footloose, fancy-free and spontaneous y solo Try to find the sweet spot between cosy companionship and invigorating ndependence And res st the urge to be an Aquar an provocateur who is del berately controvers al

Striving forfairnessinsociety

EDUCATORSatStPaul’s Anglican Grammar School have made the most of the recent National Reconciliation Week to further educate students on striving for fairness in society.

With this year’s theme of 'NowMoreThan Ever', students personalised their learningexperience through truth-telling talks, exploring First Peoples’

art and literature, and discussing the concept of Reconciliation. StudentsfromKindergarten to Year 6demonstrated their commitment by adding their handprints to a'Standing in solidarity with First Peoples' banner, displayingitatthe school’s entrance.

Avoid getting drawn into pointless disputes with fam ly, New Moon week is the ideal time to ditch bad da ly hab ts and start afresh Work, hea th, fitness and food choices are the main areas where you need to make some ong overdue changes and adjustments – the sooner the better Try to release pent-up P scean frustrations via a chat with a c ose confidante or a trusted fami y member Spending some quality time with your favourite four-legged friend (in the great outdoors) wil also help to lift your spir ts

YOUNG rural women and non-binary people from across Australia will have the opportunity to win aonce-in-a-lifetime 'Power Trip' to thenation's capital.

"We know regional Australiaisfilled with inspiringand legacy-building leaders. We want entrants to reflect on how the leaders who have paved the way have inspired them in their leadership journey."

Celebrating its 10th year,CountrytoCanberra's prestigious leadership competition launched on July 22, opening the door for young rural leaders to embarkonafive-day leadership experience designed to help them reach their leadership potential.

Successful entrantswill meet with chief executives and politicians, undertake leadership training, tour Parliament House and have access to ongoing support and community as Country to Canberra alumni.

This year, entrants willdraw fromtheir own lived experiences in regional Australia as they answer the2024 Leadership Competition question: You can't be what you can't see. How do women and non-binary leadersinyour community inspire you to make change?

Country to Canberra Chief Executive, Pauline Siteaud says 10 years on, the Power Trip remains focussed on empowering young rural women and non-binary people to see and realise their leadership potential.

"At Country to Canberra, we view arural upbringingasa strength, not aliability," Ms Siteaudsaid.

For 2023 Tasmanian winner Nikki Howard, the Leadership Competition was transformative.

"I strongly encourage young women and nonbinary leaders or aspiring leaders, who are living in regional or rural Australia to apply," she said.

"As a2023winner, Ihave gained immense knowledge in the areas of networking, leadership and communication, all of which Ihave been able to invest into the work Iamdoing in my hometown of Devonport and across Australia."

Northern Territory winner Shanaya McAdamBray, who grew up in Alice Springs, said Country to Canberra's Leadership Competition was an empowering experience.

"Country to Canberra is one of the best programmes I've been apart of. Iwas able to meet some of the most amazing girls who come from all over Australia, and participate in amazing workshops," she said.

Country to Canberra is encouraging all eligible rural students in Years 10 to 12 to take part. For further details, visit: countrytocanberra. com.au Entries close 11.59pm on Friday, August

Display: The‘Standing in solidaritywithFirst Peoples’banner at theentrance to St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School.

Forall to see: Shriya,Faith, Ava, Mikayla and Mackaipresent their acknowledgement.

Demonstratingtheir commitment is Adam, Om, Jeremy and Max

COPYR GHT Joanne Made ine Moore 2024

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DEALORNODEAL:CELEBRITY JACKPOT

10, Monday, 7.30pm

Grant Denyer is hotonthe case(s) with this fun bundle of pumped-up,hourlongcelebrity-fronted episodes which dangle awhopping $250,000 for the stars’chosen charity.After the shenanigans of HardQuiz’s TomGleeson and MasterChefjudges Sofia Levin and Andy Allen, GoggleboxAustralia’s Anastasiaand Faye,aswell as Leeand Keithare in thespotlight to trytheir luck at winning fundsfor the Cancer Council Australia. Hold ontoyour hatsfor upcoming episodesfeaturing soccer starlets from the Matildas, I’maCeleb winner SkyeWheatleyand Collingwoodplayers.

GREATBRITISH LANDMARK FIXERS

SBS, Friday, 7.35pm

It takes morethan alickofpaintand ahandful of enthusiastic plasterers to bring these monuments back to tip-top shape. Anyone whoadmires old buildingsand relics from the pastwillenjoythisstraightforward series following eye-wateringly expensiverestorations and maintenance. Thepretty finishing details aren’t really the centrepiece: if you’re asucker forfeats of engineeringand learning the nitty-gritty of the intricate, back-breakingand delicate craftsmanship,this is your bread and butter.Kicking off with the £25 million (that’salmost$48 million) restoration of CanterburyCathedral, upcoming episodesinclude Manchester Town Hall and Southland Pier

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW

ABC TV,Sunday, 6pm

Thelasttime this crew of antiques aficionados wasinCornwall’secogarden TheEden Project, they had averyspecial guest: the then-Duchess of Cornwall, Queen Camilla. Alas,thistime there’s no royal family members turning up with an old crownorCoronation spoon forthe valuers to have a gander at.But,asany fanofthisseriesknows, there’s always atrove of weird andwonderful objects to pique interestand invariably gasp at their valuations. Veteran presenter Fiona Bruce, who has oohed and ahhed overrelics formore than 15 seasons, is in foranother exciting day with aclump of 19th-century poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’shairunder themicroscope –one of the ickiest itemsinmemory.

Wednesday,July 31

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STACEY DOOLEY:INSIDE THEUNDERTAKERS

SBS Viceland, Monday, 9.40pm

Actor Jay Baruchel is currently tackling the subjects of death and theend of civilisation in his rather quirky series We’reAllGonnaDie(tonight, 8.30pm), but hereBritish mediapersonality and social issuesinvestigatorStacey Dooley (pictured) takes adifferent tack with asincere,diligent approach to understanding herfearofdying.It’sanemotional and confronting journey as Dooley goes behind the scenesofafuneral home andlearns about everythingfromembalmingtocremation andhow undertakers deal with lifeendingevery day.Dooley’scomposureiscommendable, buttissuesare a mustfor this poignant and intimateexploration.

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners.(R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address.

1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PGa, R) 2.25 Back Roads. (R) 2.55 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.55 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip.(R) 4.40 Grand Designs. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Destination Flavour: SingaporeBitesize. (R) 9.15 Paul O’Grady:For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.15 Great CanalJourneys. (PGa,R) 11.10 Inside Oxford Street. (Final, PG) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline.(R) 2.30 Insight (R) 3.35 Destination Flavour.(R) 3.45 The Cook Up.(R) 4.15 Tony Robinson: Britain’s Greatest River.(PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 MOVIE: ADaughter’s Deception. (2019,Mav,R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops (PG, R) 2.15 Catch Phrase. 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChaseAustralia.

6.25 HardQuiz. (PG, R)

7.00 ABCNews

7.30 7.30

8.00 QI. (Ml) Hosted by Sandi Toksvig. 9.00 Austin. (Final, PG, R) Julian is concerned about Austin. 9.35 Spicks And Specks. (Final, PG, R) Hosted by Adam Hills. 10.05 Planet America.

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 TheBusiness. (R)

11.05 Interview WithThe Vampire. (MA15+hv, R) 11.55 Grand Designs.(R) 12.45 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip.(R) 1.30 Grantchester (Mav,R) 2.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.10 Parkinson In Australia. (PG,R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 ArtWorks. (PG,R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) PresentedbyMarc Fennell

6.30 SBS WorldNews. 7.30 Stormy. (Malns) Stormy Daniels shares her story

9.30 DI Ray. (Malv) Havinglost traceof two kidnappers in adaring car chase, DI Ray leads amissiontorescueRav 10.25 SBS WorldNews Late. 10.55 Headhunters (Malv)

12.35 Faking Hitler (Mln, R) 3.20 Grayson Perry’sBig AmericanRoadTrip (PG, R) 4.15 Bamay.(R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning 5.30 ANCPhilippines The World Tonight.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home And Away (PGa)

7.30 The1%ClubUK. (PG, R) HostedbyLee Mack.

8.30 TheFront Bar. (Ml) Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang andAndyMaher takealighter look at all things AFL

9.30 Kitchen NightmaresAustralia. (MA15+l, R) Hosted by ColinFassnidge

10.45 AutopsyUSA: Florence Henderson. (Ma) 11.45 Air Crash Investigations. (PGa, R) 12.45 Holey MoleyAustralia (PGs, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 Sunrise 5am News

5.30 Sunrise.

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 4: Early morning. 7.00 TodayInParis. Presented by Sarah Abo andKarlStefanovic. 11.00 9News Morning.

12.00 OlympicGames Paris2024: Encore. Hosted by Todd Woodbridge.

3.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 5: Afternoon. 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 8.30 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.00 Dr Phil. (PGal,R) 10.00 Everyday Gourmet.(R) 10.30

6.00 9News.

7.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024

Day 5: Night.Events may include: swimming heats; women’s triathlon; women’s hockey, Australia vUSA; cycling BMX freestyle.

10.30 Olympic GamesParis 2024 Day 5: Late night.Events may include: cyclingBMX freestyle, men’s final; canoeslalom, women’s C1 semi-final. 12.00 OlympicGames Paris2024 Day 5: Postmidnight. Eventsmay include: canoe slalom, women’s C1 final; cycling BMX freestyle, men’sfinal.

3.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 5: Overnight.

5.00 OlympicGames Paris2024 Day 5: Earlymorning

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by GrantDenyer. 6.30 TheProject Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGdl) Asurfer is treated for aspinalinjury. 8.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mlm) Sydney Call

Hitting the jackpot: DealorNoDealhost Grant Denyerwith GoggleboxAustraliastarsAnastasia andFaye.

Thursday, August 1

ABC (2)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R) 10.30 Simply Nigella. (Final, R) 11.00 AntiquesRoadshow.(R) 12.00

ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Australia’s Wild Odyssey. (R) 1.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame.(PG R) 2.25 BackRoads. (PG, R) 2.55 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.55 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip.(PG, R) 4.40 Grand Designs.(PG, R) 5.30 AntiquesRoadshow.(R)

enthusiast who wants to build amodern-day mountain hut in the heartofGlasgow.

9.20 Troppo (Malv,R)Amanda finds herself in danger

10.15 ABCLateNews

10.30 TheBusiness. (R)

10.45 Talking Heads. (R)

11.15 Grand Designs. (PG,R)

12.05 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip (PG, R)

12.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.10 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline.(R) 5.00 Art Works.(PG,R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep 7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Fresh Off TheBoat. 8.25 MatildaAnd TheRamsay Bunch. 8.45 BTN Newsbreak. 8.50 Muster Dogs 9.45 Style It Out. 10.15 Doctor Who 11.05 Merlin. 11.50 Good Game Spawn Point. 12.30am Rage 1.35 Wildlifers! 1.45 Operation Ouch! 2.15 So Awkward. 2.40 Late Programs.

(3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize (R) 9.05 Paul O’Grady:For The Love Of Dogs (PGa, R) 10.05 GreatCanal Journeys. (PGa, R) 11.00 Living In APostcard. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Destination Flavour.(R) 2.15 Animal Einsteins.(PGs, R) 3.10 Trail Towns.(PG,R) 3.45 The CookUp. (R) 4.15 Tony Robinson: Britain’s GreatestRiver.(R) 5.05 Jeopardy!(R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS WorldNews.

7.30 Sue Perkins: Lost In Thailand (PG)Part1of3

8.25 JuniorDoctors Down Under: Sun, SeaAnd SnakeBite. (Premiere) Follows junior doctors from the UK and Irelandasthey head Down Under to work in Australian hospitals.

9.20 Treasures Of India With Bettany Hughes: TheNorth (PG, R) Part 1of2

Professor Bettany Hughestravels from north to south exploring India’s treasures. 10.15 SBSWorld News Late. 10.45 TheHead. (Malv)

12.25 Blanca. (MA15+ad, R) 3.15 Grayson Perry’sBig American Road Trip (Ml, R) 4.10 Bamay.(R) 4.50 Destination Flavour:JapanBitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The MorningShow. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 MOVIE: Hidden Intentions. (2018,Msv,R)

2.00 SurveillanceOz. (PGav,R) 2.15 CatchPhrase. 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home And Away (PGa) Mali is wracked with guilt

8.30 Homicide: With RonIddles: Erwin Kastenberger (Mav,R)

Formerpolice detective RonIddles takes alook at theinvestigation intothe 2005 murder of Erwin Kastenberger, asecurity guard whowas shot by armed robbers as he delivered money to abank.

9.30 Starstruck. (PG) Thenext four teams go head-to-head for aplace in thefinal and achance to winthe £50,000 prize.

10.50 Air CrashInvestigations: Deadly Departure. (PGa)Examines thecrash of acargo plane.

12.50 TheGoldbergs. (PGal, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise

6.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day5:Early morning. 7.00 TodayInParis. Presented by Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic. 11.00 9News Morning 12.00 OlympicGames Paris 2024: Encore. Hosted by Todd Woodbridge. 3.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day6: Afternoon.

6.00 9News

7.00 Olympic Games Paris2024.

Day 6: Night.Events may include: athletics; rowing; women’s basketball, Australia vCanada; swimming.

10.30 Olympic Games Paris 2024

Day 6: Late night.Events may include: women’s basketball, Australia vCanada; canoe slalom, men’s K1 final.

12.00 Olympic GamesParis2024.

Day 6: Post midnight. Events may include: canoe slalom; artistic gymnastics; women’s beachvolleyball, Australia vCanada.

3.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024

Day 6: Overnight. Events may include:artisticgymnastics; swimming; cycling BMX racing.

5.00 Olympic Games Paris2024

Day 6: Earlymorning. Events may include: swimming, women’s 4x200m freestylerelay final; cycling BMX racing.

6am MorningPrograms.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by GrantDenyer 6.30 TheProject The hosts and guest panellists take alook at the day’snews, events and hot topics. 7.30 TheDog House Australia. (PGa) Follows staff as they try to find the right fit for aterrier searching for its perfectmatch. 8.40 Law&Order: SVU. (Mv) As Agent Sykesstruggles to cope on the anniversary of her sister’s tragic disappearance, Benson suspects acold case from Manhattan could help her getclosure. 10.35 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sportand weather 11.00 TheProject. (R)A look at theday’snews. 12.00 TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert (PG) HostedbyStephen Colbert. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings. 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Front Up 1999. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 ReclaimingAmy 1.30 Love Me As IAm: Untold Australia. 2.35 Queer Sports. 3.30 WorldWatch. 5.25 Curse Of OakIsland. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 ThePlayboy Bunny Murder 10.20 The UnXplained. Midnight The World’sToughest Prisons. 1.00 Late Programs.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Oliver! Continued. (1968,PG) 7.50 Goal! (2005, PG) 10.00 Ping Pong:The Triumph. (2023, M, Mandarin) 12.30pm Annie Hall. (1977, M) 2.15 Good Night,And Good Luck.(2005,PG) 3.55 Arthur And The TwoWorlds War. (2010,PG) 5.50 Skating To New York. (2013,PG) 7.30 Ali. (2001) 10.25 Southpaw.(2015) 12.45am Late Programs. 5.45 Arthur And The TwoWorlds War. (2010,PG) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.50pm Anthem Sessions Interstitials. 2.00 Shortland St 2.30 The Cook Up 3.00 Jarjums. 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Our Stories: Connecting With Country. 5.30 The 77 Percent 6.00 Bamay 6.30 News. 6.35 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo 8.30 Yiyili. 8.40 The Panthers. 9.30 MOVIE: Boomerang.(1992, M) 11.35 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62)

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Medical Emergency Noon Better Homes 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00

Friday, August 2

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

9GEM (92,81)

IDream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024.Day 6: Night 7.00 RugbyLeague. NRL. TigersvNorth Qld Cowboys. 9.45 MOVIE: Fargo.(1996,MA15+) 11.45 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.00

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30 That PacificSports Show.(R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Troppo.(Mal, R) 1.55 QI. (Ml, R) 2.55 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.50 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip.(PG, R) 4.40 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

7.00 ABCNews.

(Final, PG, R) Julian is concerned about Austin.

10.35 ABC LateNews.

10.50 Love Your Garden (R)

11.40 Grand Designs: Milton Keynes. (PGm, R)

12.25 Griff’sGreat Australian Rail Trip (PG, R)

1.15 We HuntTogether (Malsv, R)

2.05 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Great Canal Journeys. (R) 10.55 Britain’sBiggest Dig. (PGal, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World NewsTonightWith David Muir 1.00 PBS NewsHour 2.00 Animal Einsteins. (R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 TheCook Up With Adam Liaw.(R) 4.00 Garma Festival 2024 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS WorldNews.

7.35 GreatBritish Landmark Fixers: CanterburyCathedral. (Premiere, PGa) Craftspeoplerestore CanterburyCathedral. 8.30 Ancient Superstructures: Holy Sepulchre– TheSacred Shield. (Return) Documents the construction of the Holy Sepulchre, the most sacred Christian site in the world.

9.30 TheAirport: Back In The Skies. (Ml, R) Part 1of3

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 TheShelter. (Ma)

12.30 My Brilliant Friend. (Mlv,R)

3.30 Grayson Perry’sBig American Road Trip (Mal, R) 4.25 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews. 12.00 MOVIE: Heaven. (2019,Mav,R) 2.00 SurveillanceOz. (PG, R) 2.15 CatchPhrase. (PG) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Football. AFL.Round 21. Western Bulldogs vMelbourne.From Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews takingalook back at allthe action from the game. 10.45 ArmchairExperts. (M) Thepanel presents auniqueand interactiveanalysis of the week in AFL 11.30 To Be Advised.

1.30 Criminal Confessions: His Final Fight. (MA15+av, R) Alook at the murder of Paul Quandt.

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million DollarMinute. (R)Hosted by Simon Reeve

5.00 My GreekOdyssey:Tilos And Symi. (PG, R) Hosted by PeterManeas.

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day6:Early morning 7.00 TodayInParis. Presented by Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic. 11.00 9News Morning. 12.00 OlympicGames Paris 2024: Encore. Hosted by Todd Woodbridge 3.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day7: Afternoon. 6am MorningPrograms. 8.30 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R)

6.00 9News.

7.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024

Day 7: Night. Events may include: athletics; swimming; rowing; men’s basketball, Australia vGreece

10.30 Olympic GamesParis 2024 Day 7: Late night. Events may include: men’s basketball, Australia vGreece; women’s waterpolo,Australia vNetherlands; canoe slalom, women’s kayak cross.

12.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024

Day 7: Post midnight. Events may include: athletics, men’s decathlon; canoe slalom, men’s kayak cross.

3.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024

Day 7: Overnight. Events may include: athletics; swimming finals.

5.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024 Day 7: Earlymorning

6.00 DealOrNoDeal (R) Hosted by GrantDenyer. 6.30 TheProject Alookatthe day’snews. 7.30 Have YouBeen Paying Attention? (Malns,R) Hosted by TomGleisner. 8.30 TheGraham Norton Show. (Mlv,R)Guests include Bradley Cooper Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Bryce Dallas Howard, DanielKaluuyaand Kevin Bridges. 9.30 TheCheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald takealookatthe week that was. 10.30 10’s Late News Coverage of news, sportand weather 10.55 TheProject (R) 12.00 TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Front Up 1999. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 MostExpensivest. 1.25 Untold Australia. 2.25 Over The Black Dot. 3.15 WorldWatch. 5.10 Riveted: The History Of Jeans. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats 8.30 Billy Connolly:Great American Trail. 9.25 Men ForSale: The Life Of A Male Escort. 10.20 LauraWhitmoreInvestigates Rough Sex. 11.15 Late Programs. SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Strange Chores. 8.00 HardQuizKids. 8.30 BTN Newsbreak. 8.35 Operation Ouch! 9.05 Officially Amazing 9.35 Dragon Ball Super 9.55 Supernatural Academy. 10.20 ThePM’sDaughter 10.45 Phoenix Rise. 11.45 Good Game Spawn Point 12.30am Rage 1.30 TMNT 1.55 Late Programs.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Arthur And The TwoWorlds War. Continued. (2010 PG) 7.40 Goal! 2: Living TheDream. (2007, PG) 9.45 Good Night,And Good Luck.(2005,PG) 11.30 Studs. (2006, M) 1.15pm TheKid From TheBig Apple2.(2017,PG, Mandarin) 3.20 Spread Your Wings. (2019,PG) 5.30 Basmati Blues. (2017,PG) 7.30 BringItOn. (2000, PG) 9.20 Rush.

Children’s Programs. Noon Ben Fogle: StartingUpStarting Over 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 TheNanny 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 TheAddamsFamily 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 IDream Of Jeannie. 6.00 OlympicGamesParis 2024.Day 7: Night. 7.00 Rugby League.NRL.Dolphins v Roosters. 9.55 MOVIE: PromisingYoung Woman (2020,MA15+) 11.45 MOVIE: Darklands. (2022, MA15+) 2am TheNanny

Gippy Power greatness

FOOTBALL

By TOM HAYES AND LIAM DURKIN

JUST one more game.

Scott Pendlebury will join the exclusive AFL 400 game club this week.

The Collingwood superstar is expected to suit up for game 400 against the old enemy, Carlton on Saturday night.

The game is set to attract acrowd of 90,000 or more, which could be one of the biggest homeand-away crowds of the AFL era.

Pendleburywill become the sixth playerto reach 400 AFL games, following Brent Harvey (who played arecord 432), Michael Tuck (426), Shaun Burgoyne (407), Kevin Bartlett (403) and Dustin Fletcher (400).

Pendlebury has played his entire AFL career for Collingwood, after being taken at Pick 5in the 2005 National Draft.

While Sale was his hometown, he spent most of hisdraft year on Morwell Recreation Reserve representing Gippsland Power.

Pendlebury hadgiven up an AIS basketball scholarship the year before, much to the delight of longtimeGippsland PowerManager, Peter Francis

“He was on ourradarfor alongtimethrough the under 15s and 16s but he didn’t playasan under 15 or 16,hecameinhis 17thyear,”Francis recalled.

“He went away to the Australian Institute of Sport with our blessing and he came back right at Christmas and gave me acall and said ‘look Pete, remember that discussion we had? Iwant to follow football’.”

Playing on awing at Gippsland Power in 2005, Pendlebury would go on to play in the club’s 2005 premiership -still the only Power flag to date.

The side contained an extraordinary list,so much so threeofthe top five selected in the draft that year were from Gippsland.

JoiningPendlebury wasfuture Collingwood premiership teammate Dale Thomas(Pick 2) and

Xavier Ellis (Pick3), who some feel wasrobbed of joining Pendlebury as aNorm Smith Medallist.

Despitehis Sale connection, he onlyever actuallyplayed onesenior gameinthe Gippsland League,inRound 18 of the2005 seasonfor Sale against Warragul.

Given his Power and earlier basketball commitments however, it is easy to see where his time was occupied.

The Pendlebury household was indeed acompetitive one,with Scott's older brother Kristopher and younger brother Ryan both accomplished footballers in their own right.

Kris was training with Essendon at the time his brother was drafted, while Ryan has also played for Collingwood at VFL level.

Ryan played in Sale's 2012 Gippsland League premiership, and in the Magpies most recent Grand Final in 2022.

Sport was virtuallya way of life for the Pendlebury brothers.

The family lived within walking distanceof Sale Oval, and parentsBruce and Liza(who still live in Sale) even had keys to the local basketball stadium.

“That was our playground pretty much every day after school,” Kris said.

“Therewas always asporting activity or training after school and then obviously the weekends, whether it be basketball down in Melbourne or Sale, or footy, wherever it may be, there wasn’t too many free weekends that’s for sure.

“If Islamdunked abasketball when Iwas 16, Scott would try and do it when he was 15, or Ryan would try and beat that.IfImade this rep team or Scott made this rep team, there was always bragging rights on the line and that always sort of pushed one another to achieve more than the other did or thepreviousone did.

“Mum and dad did an amazing job driving us around everywhereweneeded to go, so they gave us every opportunity that we could have hoped for.”

In the years since being drafted, Pendlebury

has virtually done it all and remarkably never seems to play apoor game, something Kris believed came from leaving no stone unturned.

“Forhim it’s alifestyle –diet,sleep,hydration, walking in the water at morning and night, vision, watching the footy, who they’re playing next week, it’sliterally alifestyle for him,” he said

“He’s got asayingthat ‘hard work is undefeated’, and it’s so true because he works harder than anyone you’ll ever meet in your life.

“He doesn’t call it asacrifice he callsitan investment.”

Awayfrom football, hismother said Scott enjoyed spending time with family and tucking into some home cooking.

“His favourite thing is eating, as soon as we have lunch it’s ‘what am Igoing to have for tea?’ or ‘where are we going to go for tea?’,” Lisasaid.

“He staysinclosecontact withhis pals from Sale, he looks after them, for the Grand Final he gets themtickets.”

Perhaps one of the greatest shows of his character came when he helped out an old Sale friend on short notice in 2019.

Havin gr eached the Austra lia Club Championships, the Sale Sonics under 14 girls basketball team were in need of ateam tracksuit.

As coach Jo Crawford- Wynd explai ned, Pendlebury came to the rescue.

“The expense for us coming from the country travelling to Melbourne everyFriday, paying all the accommodation, it was building up and we also couldn’t get custom made tracksuits for such asmall order,” she said.

“So Ithought I’ll just give him acall and see if he can maybe put me on to somebody, Itext Scott and within five minutes he rang me back and said ‘ringthis number tomorrow,Puma will do it for you’.

“He doesn’tforget where he comes from, he doesn’t forget the people that helped him along the way.”

Paying tribute to Pendles for game 400

There’snoone

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

EEast H Longbottom LByrne -Jones CHar veyW Mitchell BVicker y. Warragul: IWallaceMSmar tB HeffordT Stern OWilson JLewsey MOE 1.13.3 5.5 5.6 (36)

DROUIN

Moe: NProwse2 MHeywood JWood DKeilty. Drouin: KWalmsley 2JHuston.

Moe: TBaldi JWood JBalfour MHeywood Svan DykJ Shields.Drouin: JMcKellar WBrewerT Johnstone KWalmsley EMorris CQuirk

WONTHAGGI 6.26.3 9.7 13.8 (86)

MAFFR A1.2 5.5 5.6 5.7 (37)

GOALS: Wonthaggi: CMcInnes 4JBlair 2J Williams TMacmillan HTiziani ALindsay MHayes. Maffra: SSmith 2NChristyDBedggood AWatt. BEST: Wonthaggi: CMcInnes AMcNeelA LindsayJ Thomas JGilmour TMacmillan. Maffra: BMonkS Smith AWrightACarrT Scott Z Felsbourg

MORWELL 2.0 4.1 6.5 8.8 (56)

2.5 3.7 3.10 4.10 (34)

GOALS: Morwell: CCampbell TGrayB Macfarlane BMcDonald DMusil TBrown BMcauliffe RLoprese.Leongatha: JHarry 2T Marriott NArgento. BEST: Morwell: BMacfarlaneCBurr B Bailey TGrayMLinton. Leongatha: BWillis DHume SForrester JWalker JHarry TNash

Dessent delivers last-gasp epic

FOOTBALL

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

MICROSOFT didn’tneed asoftware update to crash.

Tryingtopredict the Gippsland League at the moment would be enough to blow up even the most powerful computers.

Just when around appeared easy enough to tip, the most astonishing Gippsland League season in living memory produced yet another set of curveballs.

Round 15 saw Morwell, no less thanaweek afterlosingtolikely wooden spooners Maffra, roll top side Leongatha -for the second time this season mind you.

Moe tradedplaceswith Traralgon in second, after an insane finish to the Maroons game against Sale, who themselves are now only one win from the double chance.

As ridiculous as it sounds, Wonthaggi are arguably the most dangerous team -and they are seventh on the ladder.

The Power have won just one game less than third-placed Traralgon.

Even the bottom three sides, Drouin, Warragul and Maffrahavepercentages between 68 and 81.

With three rounds to go, it is looking like the final five will not be decided until literally the last quarter of the last round.

Ordinarily, 15 wins secures ad ouble chance. This year, the competitionissotight, teams will honestly qualify with 12.

The Gippsland League sure is asuper competitive league.

Surprised no one else wants to join.

DOM Sheed eat your heart out.

Of the 240 goals Brad Dessent has kicked for Sale, the one he kicked last Saturday might just be the most important to date.

In scarcely believablescenesatTerry

Hunter Oval, Dessent nailed aset shot from hard up against the boundary lineatthe 26-minute mark of the last quarter, to see the Magpies to afamous win over Traralgon 10.6 (66)to9.9 (63).

The build-upand subsequent drama following Dessent’s match-winner was astory in itself.

It started with Traralgon veteranDylan Lopresesoccering through arush behind thatwasn’t called deliberate, whichthen saw the balltaken by teammateMitchMembrey for the kick out.

Membrey played on, but was caught holding the ball by Dessent, who himself had to get around aLoprese shepherd.

In front of Traralgon’s Pud’s Bar, the key forward split the middle, giving Sale afour point lead deep into time on.

Surely that was it?

Further drama was to follow, as thistime, a deliberate out of bounds wascalledfavouring Traralgon, who pressed in the driving rain while Sale flooded most of their numbers back.

Traralgon had one last opportunity at the 29-minute mark.

Maroonsdefender Joel Scholteswas forced to collect the ball from the carpark afterit sailedout on the full.His kickfromhalf forward spilled out the back, where Sale defender Jonty McGuiness sufferedthe unlucky fate of the ball rebounding off his boot and over the boundary on the full as he tried to soccer it out of danger.

The ball was now in the hands of non-other than Loprese.

With the chance to do as Dessentdid, from pretty much the same angle, the game was now ridingonone kick at the 30-minute mark.

Unfortunately for Traralgon, the shot sailed wide, through for aminor score.

Sale managed to clear from the resultant

possession, although not before apile-on in adangerous position inside 50 for Traralgon. Who else but Magpies superstar Shannen Lange though to intercept the ball in close around the stoppage, to kick the ball clear and kill vital seconds.

The ball then made its way to the middle of the ground, where eventuallythe siren sounded well past 31 minutes.

The match had been an arm wrestle for the most part, with only 13 points, 11 points and eight points separatingthe teams at each break.

Traralgon however led at each change, only to see Sale kick three goals to one in the last term.

The scoreline belied conditions to some extent, as the Traralgon oval was described as being as “wet as alobsters lounge room” by one Sale official.

Hudson Holmes was best for the winners, whileMcGuiness, Lange, Dessent (three goals), Jack Leslie and Jarrod Freeman all did well.

Saleassistant coach Shane Fyfe didn’t have much to say post game, understandably wanting to get out of the cold.

“Grind all day, boys did well, great team effort,” he said.

The win putSale outright fourth,ina precariouspositionofeither securing adouble chance or facing an elimination final.

Fyfe said the approach for the last three games was simple.

“Try and win every game and see where we get to.”

Luis D’Angelo was best for Traralgon. He received good support from Loprese, Tristen Waack, Jordan Cunico,Scholtes andMax Jacobsen.

Waack, aligned with Northern Bullants in the VFL, needs to play one more game to qualify for finals.

ABusana2 WLuke BEST: Maffra: AMcKenzie DGrayS Tudor LDyerRPhelan JKelly Wonthaggi: JJoske JWilliamson KMohen KYannRLindsayCLindsay

GOALS: Bairnsdale: LDunkley 8NDesio 3J Dore3JFroud 3MNeate DO’Connor LRussell R BlandfordMJeffer y. Warragul: JSimpson lFinnegan. BEST: Bairnsdale:LDunkley BFroud R Carstairs JWaddell JFroud MNeate.Warragul: SKelly DSmar tN Whitten TWouters JOrlicki DRidgway

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GOALS: Leongatha: FMateria 3T McRae3NNagel 3LHickey2RKelly JPellicanoNFixter. Morwell: GMenthaSGissara BWilliams EPorigneaux CWhite. BEST: Leongatha: JPellicano LHickeyNFixterT McRaeN Hanily RKelly.Mor well:BBriggs OHowe ZCheffers GCheshire CWhiteE

Bulls on parade at Drouin cattle yard

FOOTBALL

GIPPSLAND

LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

SOME things just go well together. Bacon and eggs, strawberries and cream, CC &Dry.

In acountry football sense, there might be no surer combination than Jacob Wood and Drouin Recreation Reserve.

For the third time in his last four visits to the mud-soacked venue, the Moe captain was among the best players.

Naturally, he left the ground covered from head to toe in dirt, as did his teammates, following their 5.6 (36) to 3.7 (25) victory.

If thescores weren’t aclear enough indication,the match was aterritory battle, with the ball spending most of the time well below the knees.

OEmmett. BEST: Warragul: XOlsson DPaulKBoi C Mcintosh MCahill LMoore. Bairnsdale: MNeate OEmmett EGallaschRLieuwen CCook N Nugent-Brown

Leongatha: MCroatto7IBolge 2HGill EBerr yman BFor tF Donohue KBerr yman

NSkewes JFixterBMcRae TGannon. Morwell: MBlewett. BEST: Leongatha: MCroatto N Skewes FDonohue HBowlerHGill JCallahan. Morwell: RMakepeaceLEffenbergMBlewett LCarpino CSeymour DROUIN 4.3 5.4

8.9 (57) MOE 0.0 0.1 1.1 2.1 (13)

GOALS: Drouin: O Hermansen 2 C Kleeven B Bibby R Caddy K Gregg T Mapleson R Baker Moe: LEarlXBerquez. BEST: Drouin: TMapleson LMcdonald ECroucher FLockwood O Hermansen MWilliames.Moe: XBerquez JChila JPaceAStylesKMulley OBudd

ALGON 5.3 11.3 14.7 20.10 (130) SALE0.2 0.5 1.7 2.7 (19) GOALS: Traralgon: BBurrows 5RRutter 4O Haberl 3ERoscoe 3JBalcombe Matters 2J Zappulla GRuach HPirie.Sale: TRonchi JCantwell BEST: Traralgon: TLapenta HHenry A BlackfordJ Moloney KRowleyLGreenhill.Sale: STreglown TDobsonJGreenwood MMalone JCantwell KSchoenmaekers

Perhapsfittingly given the oval’s likenessto acow paddock, Drouin kicked all their goals in thefirst quarter, figurativelymakinghay whilethe sun shined

Theirefforts gaveMoe somecause for concern at the first break, with a13-point lead in the context of the conditions amore than handy buffer.

The Lions responded with 2.2 (14) to 0.3 (3) in the second term, to leave the game all but square at the main break.

By nowthe paddock had become acattle yard,but unfortunately the Drouin farmers left the gate open and acouple of Moe bulls got out.

Aquick snap amid congestion from Wood floated toward goal to give the Lions afour point lead, which was followed in similar fashion from Matt Heywood at the ‘downhill’ end of the ground.

Those would be the lasttwo goals of thegame Moe led by 11 pointsatthree quarter time, and played out the last term in apure grind to end up winning by that same margin. Wood and Heywood were joined in the best by Trent Baldi, Jacob Balfour(whomay have felt like he was at work on his Willow Grove farm), Scott van Dyk and Jordan Shields, both avery long way from the classroom.

The Lions went to second on the ladder as aresult of this win.

Adding to the subplots to emerge this season,itisperhaps ridiculous to think Moe aren’t beingmentioned in thesamebreath as Leongatha or Traralgon, despite being outright second on the ladder with three games to go.

Granted losses to Warragul, Sale and Traralgon (twice) have meant the Lions have been inconsistent at times, they have still beaten seven of nineopponents in the competition.

James McKellar collected the votes for Drou in, follo wed by Will Bre wer, Tom Johnstone, Kaiden Walmsley, Ed Morris and Caleb Quirk.

In strange circumstances, Morris has already been announced as coach of West Gippsland side Garfield for next season.

Surely the last three weeks at training are going to be abit awkward for Drouin, knowingtheir current assistant coach is already on the move.

Elsewhere, the Hawks’ home ground will receive ahugeoverhaul in coming months, however there remains the issue of this season’s finals series.

Drouinisset to host the Qualifying Final in just four weeks’ time, and still has one home game left before the regular season is out.

Keep in mind there willbethree games of football on the surfacebythe time the seniors start.

Truthfully, the condition of the Drouin oval was not absolutely horrendous during the under 18s last Saturday, but the same could notbesaidbythe time theseniors started. Making matters more complicated, Drouin

is notthe only venue slated to host finalsthis year with substandard facilities.

Bairnsdale is also hosting aWeek 1final, but its surface has been quite soft, while the cricket square at Moe’s Ted Summerton Reserve is in fact even muddier thanDrouin in some parts.

AddinTraralgonRecreation Reserve (still without proper change rooms) hosting the Preliminary Final, and it unfortunately means four of the six finals could well and truly make amockery of the tag “premier” associated with the Gippsland League. Such an outcome wouldundoubtedly be ashame given how great the competition has been.

The fact Ted Summerton Reserve has missed out on hosting more finalsbecause the grass wasn’tgreen enoughtobroadcast on TV and socialmedia is loomingasa great irony There might not be any grass at all to broadcast these finals.

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His element: These photos,ofMoe captain Jacob Wood, were takeneight yearsapar t afterplaying on the notorious Drouin Recreation Reser ve Photograph supplied

Perfect record against the Parrots

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

BOYD Bailey must be the most frustrated coach in the league.

Frustrated in agood way -ascontradictory as that sounds.

For all theclose games Bailey’sMorwell team have put him through in his time as head coach andassistant (17 games decided by 10 points or lesssince 2022), their performance at the weekend proved exactly what they are capable of.

If you are only as good as your last game, then Morwell are the best team in the competition right here and now.

The Tigers completely dismantled premiership favourite Leongatha at the weekend, beating the Parrots 8.8 (56) to 4.10 (34).

The win replicated Morwell’s victory over the same opponent earlier in the season. That win was described as arguably the Tigers' best since the 2014 premiership.

Whatthey achievedatthe weekend however would just about top it.

WhenMorwell knocked off Leongatha back in Round 6, it was an arm wrestle on the Tigers' home deck.

This time how ev er, Mor well took dow n Leongatha in their own backyard,and what’s more, didn’t havetoresort to ultra negative defensivetactics.

Truthfully,the Tigers madethe Parrots look very second rate.

You could havecounted on onehand the number of touches afew Leongatha players had. Adding to the intrigue, there appeared to be no magic formula or drastic changes to the game plan

that led to Morwell’s eventual 22 point victory.

To quote The Grade Cricket -“theboys were on”.

It was as simple as that for Morwell.

The Tigers could have been playing on adry autumn day such was the cleanness of their hands aroundstoppage, while in defence, the desperation went to another level.

This was personified in the third term when what looked to be acertain Leongatha goal to VFL player Cameron Olden wasdenied. Theballgot over the back to Olden, who was goal side, no less than 10 metres out, yet was wrapped up by two Morwell defenders who trickled the ball through for aminor score.

The Tigers pressure led to some very uncharacteristic skill errors from theusually preciseParrots.

Adropped chest mark in the goal square from Jackson Harry, and one to Cade Maskell at halfback was alikely reflection of this.

These are not players who drop marks by the way.

The pressure went from physical to mental (perceived pressure), so much so Cooper Alger sent agrubber kick from half forward after receiving a free and having all the time in the world in which to execute the skill.

Asloppy handball by Ty Hall alsohighlighted the perceived pressure. Having marked at centre half back, Hall’s handball to ateammate wentbelow his knees. While it might not seem like much, and the player receiving theballstill tookitcleanly, the extrahalf-second it took to benddown and collect the ballallowed Morwell players to come forward and defend, rather than see Leongatha stream forward.

If pressure creates diamonds, Morwell would have had the most sought after collection in the Gippsland League after Round 15.

Avery short first quarter(25.30) saw Leongatha aheadbyfive points.While ordinarily, the Parrots

oftenbreakaway the further the game goes on, Morwell was able to stick withtheir opponent, and hadthe game right where they wanted at the half, all tied up at 25-apiece.

The Tigers were certainly up for the fight, and asmart goal from Burkeley Macfarlane playing on to drill along range goal at the scoreboard end gave Morwell the lead momentarily.

That fight saw Blake Couling courageously go backwith theflight in front of the interchange gates, sitting under ahigh ball from Leongatha’s Darcy Hume.

Morwell lifted again in the third, kicking two goals while keeping Leongatha to three behinds.

Thingswererolling for the Tigers, and when Tyler Hillier still managed to find Brandon McDonald inside50onhis left, slippingashekicked it, to give Morwell agoal insidethe first three minutes, a famous victory was starting to materialise.

Leongatha captainTom Marriottgestured his frustration at this moment, throwing both hands in the air, in apossible sign of cracks starting to appear.

Marriotthimself had been subjectedtoconstructivecriticismearlier, when TallinBrillshowed his displeasure at not receiving ahandball close to the boundary which led to aMarriott kickgoing out on the full.

Leongatha’s greateststrengthinrecent years has been their ability to destroy teams on turnover.

Morwell denied this in the simplest way possible -bynot giving them the opportunity to do so.

The Tigers also won more free kicks for putting their head over the ball and being first to it.

Cohen Campbell kickedMorwell’s second goal for the third term, giving them a12point lead at the 19 minute mark.

The visitors would have extended the lead had it not been for ahugebrain fade from Tom Gray.

The Parrots received abig let off after aMorwell goal was taken offrightonthe eveofthree quarter time Grayresponded to agut punch from Olden by throwing him to the ground inside 50, just as McDonald had sent through amajor.

As Jack Dyer would say “retaliate first”. Gray redeemed himself by kicking the first goal of the last, taking the lead to 20 points just three minutes in.

From there, Morwell controlled tempo as necessary, before Riley Loprese sealed the deal with a neat set shot in front of the scoreboard as the clock ticked closer to red time.

Brandon Bailey was best for the winners, while Macfarlane, Charlie Burr, Boyd Bailey, Gray and Max Linton were prominent.

Unassuming types Judah Leak and Dan Musil also had some good moments.

Leak, who has started every season for the last three years in the reserves before making his way into the seniors mid-to-late year (swear there is one of them at every club), was rewarded with ashot on goal in the second term following aholding the ball decision, while Musil kicked ateam-lifting goal in the second, grabbing the ball out of the ruck. By all reports, when the bushy-beardedand socially minded Musil(whohas written university papers on coal transition) literally walked in off the streettoplayfor Morwellin2015,noone quite knew what they were in for.

More than 100 senior games and an interleague jumper later, he has become one of the first picked everyweek.

Morwell’s work in taking Leongatha’s best players out of the equation was reflected in the list of the Parrots top six.

Those accolades went to Ben Willis, Hume, Sam Forrester, Jay Walker, Harry and Travis Nash.

Short-term solution will lead to long-term issue

COMMENT

BY DAVID LITTLE

AS previously stated, for two years Latrobe City CouncilOfficersdeveloped areplacement pavilion for Traralgon Recreation Reserve based on an award winning facility constructed at Warrnambool.

Refer to the pictures at right of LCC officers Version #1 issued January 2022 and Version #2 updated in 2023 and submitted for architect tendering.

The original designwas based on aproject of similar scope in Warrnambool.

This complex was for football, cricket and umpires and was designed for the community as well as the main users of the ground.

For the Traralgon Recreation Reserve Pavilion, additional users, netball and boxingclub were added. The public toiletswere also added to this footprint.

Also note that the current Traralgon Pavilion ground floor building is largerthan theseversions. It also has asecondstoreyviewingarea but no community function room or meeting space.

The same architect was engaged to develop the Traralgon Pavilionunder thedirection of LCC officers, and the second floor facilities had some excellent attributes. Namely, large elevated viewing function room, match day officials viewing, meeting rooms, office space, external elevated balcony viewing area and tiered seating with storage space underneath.

The originaldesign concept, Version #1 had around the same ground floorand secondfloor

area to the Warrnambool design. With the ground floor,the boxingclub was not includedatthis point. Netball and public toilets were squeezed into this spacewhich reduced the changerooms sizes below

recommendedAFL guidelines for matches played back-to-back. The football club's gymnasium was included.

TheVersion #2 design added anorthern balcony

elevated viewing area for the netball, but reduced the section viewing over the football/cricket oval.

This plan alsoreduced the size of the function room and eliminated the meeting room space. Why would these facilities be reduced when additionalusers are part of the multi-sports complex, male, female, juniors, seniors, supporters and visitors?

One other major change occurred at the ground floor, with the boxing club being added at the expense of the football club gymnasium and now changerooms being undersized.

As can be seen from the east elevation pictures, thisgroundfloordesign had asize increase of 10 to 15 per cent and now does not cover for the football club requirements.

The LCC officers agenda appears to be amindset to minimise the Traralgon facilities to asecond grade local facility instead of amajor regional complex and at least comparable with the Moe and Morwell current facilities,which have been upgraded in the past 10 years. It appears that the opportunity to add any additionalfeatures to the latestdesignhas been discarded by LCCofficers.

They have now developed their own not fit-forpurpose plans without any community consultation. If the football and cricket clubs don't agree with these plans then nothing will be built.

This rebuild is for the next 50+ years.

Have your say.

About: David Little is aTraralgon community voice.

MID GIPPSLAND FNL

SENIORS

Patten JHenderson NRowleyL Cheffers BVan

Yinnar:BChapman

Meer.Newborough: PCharles DMcColl D Grech BJulin JHudson PAinsworth

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6.4 7.5 8.6 (54)

GOALS: Thorpdale: JMonger3MRavenall 2JHolland-Burch 2C Millsom 2G LowT Patten MMcMahon. StonyCreek:C Verboon 3CLoughridge 2HBullCStone TBernaldo BEST: Thorpdale: KO’Connell MMcMahon JCeppi JBurgess JHolland-Burch ARosato. StonyCreek: CLoughridge TStone TBernaldo HBull ASimmons SMarriott

FOSTER6.2 8.4 10.4 11.7 (73)

MIRBOO

StonyCreek:LPark3J Monaghan 2NSvenson AWrightBRenden NTrotto. Thorpdale: HEdwards BEST: StonyCreek:A Atkins JMonaghan LByrnes NTrottoT Jenkin J Byrnes.Thorpdale:H Edwards MRosatoT Gibson RKerrison LSwain LRay

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GOALS: Boolarra: LSmith 5GRichards3 TCameronJ Paulet EStanton CRiseleyDAlbanese Hill End: MBridgman 3PMastertoun BHamsA Matwijkiw BGorman BEST: Boolarra: T Beamish JPaulet LSmith GRichardsJ McCormack THolley.Hill End: JSchiavello BHamsP Mastertoun KTut MBridgman AScarcella

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GOALS: Newborough: Bvan Dyk4 JEdebohls 2MRowlings2JBowden DSmith TPeters Yinnar:DSchneider 2JGarlick MNardino BEST: Newborough: Bvan DykJBrincat TPeters JBland SLodge JDuncan. Yinnar:DSchneider MNardino DWebster WRowleyC Le Page E Lappin FOSTER2.4 3.8 4.11 5.14 (44) MIRBOO NTH 1.0 1.0 1.1 2.2 (14)

GOALS: Foster:MGregson 2RMcDonald 2JMidwinter.Mirboo Nth: AMahoney A O’Loughlin. BEST: Foster:MHouse NVan Dyke ALacanaria RMcDonald ZHouse SGibson. Mirboo Nth: JPeters CYoung AMahoney TMcGrath XSpaull MAveling

ROUND 15 of the Mid Gippsland FootballNetball League presented the time where it was now or never for some teams. The round was destined to separate the contenders from the also rans, and although there remains a couple pieces left in the puzzle, punditscan now start to make out pretty muchall but one of the final six spots... or canwe?

BOOLARRA

VHILL END

THE Demonsjusthad to win thisgame and it really didn't matter how.

The home side has been on the wrong side of fartoo many close resultsthis season that had ended finals aspirations.

Theirclash againstthe visiting Hill End on theweekend was to be some reward for effort, with the Demons winning 11.14 (80) to 1.3 (9).

Boolarra really put it altogether, much to the delight of coach Brendan Mason.

“Nicetobebackonthe winnerslist. Really happywith our defensive efforts keeping them to one goal for the game," he said. It was arare disappointing day out for the Rovers. The Hillmen may not have won manygames this season, but they have been competitive many more times than not; but as the home-and-away season starts to come to an end, keeping the team motivated through winter is atough job to do.

“It was areally disappointing performance by us. Credit to Boolara, they outplayed us and wanted it more," Hill End coach, Ambu Uliando said.

YINNAR VNEWBOROUGH

YINNAR had been doing the job in recent weeks, but not with the same authority that many had witnessed in amid season patch of pretty impressive football.

Last weekend however presented an oppositionthat would require the Magpies to be as close to their best as possible, or riskgivingupthirdpositiononthe ladder

The Magpies were up to the challenge. A faststart assumed control, which laidthe foundation for 21 point win 8.9 (57) to 5.6 (36)

“Ourlasthome game for the season against Newborough. We knew it was going to be a hard four quarter slog coming up against a team full of confidence after their win over Fish Creek the week before," Yinnar coach Sam McCulloch said.

"The first quarter was even, both teams havingopportunities to hit the scoreboard and we managed to get ahandy lead at quarter time, then we broke the game open in the second quarter.

"The boys were tough at the contest and willed the ball forward at every opportunity. Ahandy five goal lead at halftime, but therewas still plenty of work to be done.

Newborough came hard in the third, getting themselves back in it but the response was athree goal last quarter to see us home.

"Very pleased with the result against a good side."

The first half proved the difference. No one, or very few, can give up five goals to none and expect to be able to reel it back in.

“In slippery conditions Yinnar took advantage of it early and kicked five unanswered goals," Newborough coach CraigSkinner said.

"Our best footy came in the second half when conditions gotworse butitwas not enough.

"We look to take on another top three side after the bye. Looking forwardtoseeing what we bring to that party."

Newborough sit in fifthposition but only a game clear of the seventh-placed Thorpdale.

The Bulldogs will likely hang tough and keep their spot in the league's top half dozen, but in aclosecompetition, onethingisfor certain, and that is that nothing is certain.

FOSTER VMIRBOO NORTH

WITH two of the top three sideshavingabye, this was Foster's chance to throw themselves intothe conversation, but to do so, it needed two things, avictory, andabig margin

The Tigers of theFoster variety secured both comfortably, winning 11.7(73) to 4.3 (27) at home.

While the finalscoreline indicated aone way affair, it was far from that in reality, as Foster had to stand up to avery committed Mirboo North.

Fostercoach Sam Daviessaidtherewas reason to be pleased all round.

“A really greatday for the club with the reserves winning their first game in two years," he said.

"We let Mirboo North play their footy in the first quarter and conceded goals we shouldn’t have.

"It was atough day for footy with the constant rain but we did enough to win. We will enjoy the bye this weekend.”

Foster will now prepare forasuccessful finals campaign, which is only weeks away.

For Mirboo North, every tough contest is asteep learning curve,not for thisseason but for the years ahead.

“Wet soggy day at Foster. Our boys' effort was really pleasing against amore mature bodied outfit," Mirboo North coach Damien Turner said.

"We hit bodies all day and Ifeel we didn’t go away. Foster was better on the outside especially,for the majority of the day and took their chances."

STONY CREEK VTHORPDALE

THORPDALE made the trip to Stony Creek under no illusions as to what was required given their precarious position on the MGFNL ladder.

The Blues were one game behind sixthplacedMDU,meaning it was win or face the reality of the season being close enough to over.

The visitors achieved the result they desired, winning 12.7 (79) to 8.6 (54).

“A 15 minute blitz had us up seven goals to zip which was great as Stony have been very good in first quarters this year," Thorpdale coach Jason Winderlich said.

"From there the game never reached great

heights due to the weather but Iwas really happy to come away with the four points.

"All we can do is keep winning to give ourselves achance."

That chance is sure to present itself, and if the Blues are ready to take it, they will no doubt be atough side to meet come the high pressure and physicality of finals football.

Stony Creek coach Chris Verboon said his side played catch-up.

"Thorpdale needed to win to stay in touch with finals so we knew they would come out strong," he said.

"Something we have been good at all year is starting well, but Thorpdale jumped us early kicking eightgoalsinthe first quarter. As the rain set in, the game became ahardslog."

StonyCreek might not have reached the heights they wanted in 2024, but lessons have been learned and it can be expected they will climb afew rungs up the ladder in 2025.

TARWIN VMDU

BASICALLY afinalamonthbefore the finals,the Sharks versus Demons clash had so much more riding on it than the four premiership points.

Awin would keep Tarwin's faint finals hopes alive, while victory by MDU would maintain their grip inside the top six.

TheDemons, taking it one week at atime, didwhatneeded to be done, winning by 10 points 5.14 (44) to 5.4 (34) away from home.

MDU coach Nathan Allen saiditwas a gutsy performance.

“Great win again on the weekend from the guys," he said.

"Tryingconditions and ahard, tough Tarwin team spurred on by their crowd (they had apremiership reunion) made things tough.

"My guys have had areally good month and now we get aweek off to recover before hopefully abig run to the end of the year.”

The Demons are well placed to keep their top six spot, their destiny very much in their own hands.

Forthe Sharks,the chancesoftaking part in the business end of the season slipped awayatthe weekend,but thereremains plenty to like about their season.

“Our day started off with the under 18s playing agreat game of footy and winning against an undefeated MDU, it was always going to be atough day for us against an in-form team, especially in suchtesting conditions," Tarwin coach Jason Kennedy said.

"We came in at halftime with atwo point lead. Then in the third quarter they kicked acouple that we weren’t able to get back.

"It was asolid effort from all but in the end we didn’tmaximise our chances and time in theforward as well as Meeniyan did, which hurts you in such aclose competition.”

In some ways that is the story for Tawin, one or two games, probably even more, that could have gone either way falling the wrong way for them, and in the makeup of the season, that is the difference between achieving preseason goals and falling just short.

 MORWELL EAST,FISH CREEK AND TOORAHAD THE BYE.

BOOLARRA Football Netball Club celebratedNAIDOCWeek recently, by donning spectacular Indigenous Rounduniforms designed by alocal artist, and purchased with acommunitysponsorship grant from the Latrobe Health Assembly.Thisyear’s NAIDOC Week theme was ‘Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud’, celebrating the unyielding spirit of FirstNations’ communities.

Latrobe Health Assembly Memberand proud Gunggandji man, Mark Munnich, designed the artwork named Booraguman (Boo-rah goo-man) meaning ‘One Fire’ in the Gungai/Gunggandji language.

The designencompasses the circular journeys of individuals, familiesand communities -how in acommunity everyone is sitting around afire, meaningeveryone is side-by-side in “one mob, one spirit”.

“The top right-hand circle that is just red inside represents Boolarra Football-Netball Club.The five circles underneath represent all the different football-netballclubs –Yinnar, Hill End, Thorpdale, Newborough andMorwell East,” Munnich explained.

“In the middle of the artwork is the Morwell

River, which is asignificant riversystem to Boolarra.Aroundthe bottom of the Morwell River thereisa track that goes to another circle which has females and males sitting, this is Mirboo North Football-Netball Club. The other six circles are the other footballnetball clubs that now playinMid Gippsland -Meeniyan Dumbalk United, Stony Creek, Tarwin, Fish Creek, Foster and Toora.

“It was an opportunity to give back to our community where we live in Boolarra… our club has eight active First Nations players that also represent local,regionand state teams -soawealth of skill.

“Boolarra historically does have astrong historical First Nations presence by the GunaikurnaiNation.Itwas used seasonally, as the focus was to utilise the food sources from thearea, there are scar trees scattered aroundeverywhere which is significant to the use of the Morwell River as afood source.”

On the day,the Boolarra FNChosted Morwell East FNC.Atraditional smoking ceremony by Aunty ChristineJohnson marked the beginningofthe Indigenous Round.

Proud: Boolarraplayers sporting their Indigenousjumpers Photograph supplied

The greatest MGFNL Grand Final?

FOOTBALL

MID

GIPPSLAND BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

MEMBERS of the Mirboo North Football-Netball Club gatheredrecentlytosee six Tigerspremiership sides celebrated and reunited 10 and 20 years on.

Headlining the July 20 function was the Tigers' 2014 Mid Gippsland Senior flag, which was won in spectacular fashion.

The year 2014 was amomentous one in Mirboo North’s club history, as they went four-for-four on Grand Final day at Ronald Reserve, with the Seniors andThirds football, and AGrade andB Grade netball all saluting.

Adding to all the premiership reunions, AFL great Gary Ablett Junior made an appearance at the club for an auction fundraiser to support the club following the disastrous storm that affected the town last February.

Ablettbrought along his iconic number 29 jumper (worn during his first time at the Cats), abottle of Ablett Family Shiraz signed by Gary Ablett Snr and Jand abottle of Joel Selwood premiership wine signed by the former Geelong skipper.

The match-winner in 2014, Mirboo North cult hero Shane Peters, even provided Ablettwith a memorable item to be taken home himself -asigned Tigers singlet from the 250 gamer.

Looking back on Mirboo North's 2014 triumph is quitethe story.

The Tigerswerehuntingback-to-back flags coming into the 2014 season, after handing their eventual second-time-aroundnemesis, Newborough athree-point loss in the 2013 decider.

Reminiscing on 2014,premiership coachTroy Hamilton (now coaching Traralgon) saidthe senior side didn’t really get started until Round 2ofthat year.

“In 2014, we had Matt Holland's wedding, the first time we had everhad aMid Gippy season start in March, so we had alot of guys go to that including myself, so we didn’t actually playRound 1,” he said (Mirboo North fieldedaseverely depleted team in the seniors).

In that 'Grand Final Rematch', the Bulldogs beat Mirboo Northtothe tune of 130 pointsonthe Tigers home deck.

Newborough also beat Mirboo North, this time with more players available,later in the season by 22 points.

The reigning premier finished the year in third position with 14 wins and four losses behind Newborough and Yinnar.

Come finals time is where the Tigers made their name, and that was more than true after they defeated Yinnar in the Qualifying Final by 10 points to welcome another Newborough match-up for the fourth time in under ayear.

The Bulldogs proved to be way too strong on that semi-final day out at Thorpdale, winning by 90 points.

Mirboo North bounced back quickly to earn a spotintheir fifth Grand Final in nine years, while Newborough was attempting to capture glory after two straight premierships lost by under seven points.

Heading into the game, the Tigerswere more than confident despitethe Bulldogs seemingto have their number during the year.

“Newboroughwere apowerhouse at the time and that team was avery big side and powerful

(Adam) Kennedy, (Darryl) Disito and (Glenn) Michie, but we had oursaswell and we went in with aplan to try and clog it up abit down back and went really small forward,” Hamilton said.

The first half of the Grand Final was all Mirboo Northsupporters could haveaskedfor and everythingNewborough would have dreaded. The Bulldogs didn’t kick agoal until the dying stages of the first half, while the Tigers added 5.7 (37) to enter the main break up by 23 points.

Most of their successgetting the ball forward stemmed fromHamilton’s decision to bring leading Tigers goal kicker Tim Traill up further afield to allow quicker ball movement.

Hamilton recalls still being quite unhappy with how they concluded the half, having almost kept Newborough goallessfor an entire half and unable to complete alloftheir opportunities in front of the big sticks.

He would have been less pleased with how the third quarter went, as the Bulldogs came out of the changerooms as acompletely different side, kicking nine goals for the term (seven unanswered) to take ashocking 13-point lead heading into the final term.

Entering thefourth, Newborough flooded forward,

pressuring the ball early and kicked the opening goal of the last quarter to go up by 21 points.

The Tigers answered with three of the next four goals, including two from Kallum Nash, which brought the game back within eight points. Traill was reintroduced into the Tigers’ forward line, with the many forward50re-entriesfor Mirboo North resulting in afive-point game with just minutes remaining.

Josh Taylor then produced apiece of magic, gathering abouncing ball at full pace to centre Peters, who settled and booted the winner for the Tigers to hand Newborough their third consecutive Grand Final loss by the barest of margins.

Hamilton pieced together the sides ‘never give in’ mentalityduring that period thatsaw them win five flags in 12 seasons (being apartofall as either acoach or player).

“You’ve got to have thatbelief andyou just keep coming and then you end up winning aclose one which is like what Leongatha’s doing at the moment," he said.

"I think it just breeds confidence and (a) level of certainty which is what we had.

“Definitely through that era we had great comradery and agreat group of guys.”

Premiership captain, now turned senior coach, Damien Turner echoed Hamilton'sgroup analysis.

"Around that 2012/13 era we just got this 'never say die' type attitude," he said.

"We just got thisknack of never giving up and it's apretty contagious thing, if one bloke does it, the nextbloke,all of asudden you'vegot 21 blokes that just fight and fight.

"You have to learntowin abit,and Ithink Mirboo North have learnt to win the tough ones and stick at it."

Turnercaptained the sidetothree senior flags including their Cinderella win on the 2017 Grand Final over Yinnar.

That earlier Hollandwedding that decimating the Tigers in their Round 1game against the Bulldogs turned out to be asilverliningasthe couple saw equally heart-pounding wins, with Matt triumphant on the football field while wife Jess helped the AGrade side win by asinglegoal in overtime against Boolarra.

The Thirds were victorious overNewborough as well on the day, winning 12.9 (81) to 10.6 (66).

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NORTH GIPPSLAND

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MJohnston. BEST: Woodside: JHicks CWhiteoak JFythe JWilliams JMorgan AJanssen. Cowwarr:CCook J Davison KHenderson SAlexander LBourkebHood YYN3.0 6.1 8.2 11.3 (69)

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7.8 11.15 14.19 (103)

Jets grip double chancewith win

FOOTBALL

NORTH GIPPSLAND

BY TOM HAYES

ONE step closer to finals.

With one more step comes one more twist. Only three games remain on the run-in to finals,and two sidestraded places in vital positions on the ladder, with one going in and one coming out.

The battle for first remains atight one, as does the battle for third, with only amatter of percentage the difference. Of course, first place gets the first week off in finals, and the top three are granted asecond chance.

Realistically, only sixteams remain in the hunt for the finals (top five), and as we continue to progress, it becomes clearer and clearer as to who will be playing in those final four weeks of the season.

 YYN maintained third place.

The Jetswelcomed RosedaletoGeorge Bates Reserve, taking care of business 11.3 (69) to 4.3 (27).

YYN began the morepositive of the two, kicking out to an 11-point lead at quarter time. They continued to push further ahead in the second term as well, with 3.1 (19) to one goal.

With four goals up their sleeve going into the second half, YYN were confidently dispatchingRosedale, who’s finals hopes were all but ended the weekend before.

Two goals apieceinthe third quarter made it difficult for any sort of Blues comeback, as the Jets maintained their four-goal lead. They foundanother gear in thefinal quarter, kicking away just alittle bit further, adding three goals to none to win by seven goals.

Dylan Bath had aday out for the Jets, leading the way earning best-on-ground honours. Also featuring was Jai Massese, JamesDe Virgilio, Dean Macdonald, Darcy Shellcot, and Blake Dyson.

They looked dangerous earlier in the season, getting close to Woodside, theneventually beating them the second time around. The Bulldogs have waitedall season for their moment.

Sale City entered the top five after a14.19 (103) to 3.6(24) win over Glengarry at home.

Unfortunately, the Magpies weren’t given much of achanceinthis fixture, as the dominanceofSale City recently had overpowered their ability to make any impact.

But knowingthe finals equation, the Bulldogs weren’t going to let anything get in their way.

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WOODSIDE 5.6 6.7

0.1 0.1 1.1

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ROSEDALE 5.9 12.16 18.21 24.25 (169)

YYN 0.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 (7)

GOALS: Rosedale: LSpeairs 14 HPettie 3N Heathcote2 JReid 2JBruceCMissen AMurray. YYN: HRussell. BEST: Rosedale: HPettie LSpeairs JPlunkett HBerryNHeathcoteD Tulloch. YYN: JKaschke HRussell NWhiteT WhiteSGrixti JBoyes

SALECITY6.1 13.6

(149) GLENGARRY1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 (7) GOALS: Sale City:DCarstairs 6NRand4B Wilson 2C Ward 2J Wells2FMcCarthyZ Bird KPritchett OMooney RWilson JHislopR Wells.Glengarry: Details N/A. BEST: Sale City: RWilson BWilson NRand FMcCarthyD CrowsonC Ward. Glengarry: FRowley LTaylorJ McGregor CBickertonC Whitehead FBlizzard

Five goals for Macdonald moved him nine goals clear of Yarram's JoshSwift for the league goal kicking. With favourable fixtures upcoming in the final three weeks, it will be hard to see anyone else on top of Macdonald unless afreak sequence of events occurs.

For Rosedale, Luke Stuckey, Jay Diamond, Declan Barnett, Rohan Diamond, Thomas Northe,and captainRileyAtlee were named among their best.

YYN should be able to stave off the advances of Heyfield for third spot, and the Jets will be favourite going into their remaining three games.

As for Rosedale, if their finals hopes weren’t binned after last week, they certainly would be now. Withthe bye in Round 18, the Blues have just two gamesremaining,one winnable(against Cowwarr), one not so much (Woodside).

 TTU can’t be stopped.

Theyprobablyweren’texpecting to be stopped at the weekend either.

The BombershostedChurchill, and gotover the line comfortably, 11.17 (83) to 6.6 (42).

Wet and wildconditionsresumed throughout the game, making it difficult to break any sort of momentumthatthe Bombers created.

The home side set themselves up for victory in the first half, beforeletting off the accelerator in the second.

TTU charged out to afour-goal lead at quarter time, thanks to adominant display before the rain ruined the surface.

Thegamebecame locked at ends when the rain continued to fall, making it difficult to forge any sort of comeback for the Cougars.

TTU added another 4.4 (28) to one behind in the second quarter, which prettymuch put the game to bed.

Facing a51-point deficit at halftime in the wet wouldn’t have been ideal for Churchill. But they didn’t go downwithoutafight, and despite persistentweather, the Cougars didn’t let things get worse.

Churchill won the third and fourthquarters respectively but were nowhere near getting themselves awinning score.

The margin reduced to 47 points at three quarter time, before the Cougars took aonegoal chunk out of that as the final siren rang.

Mitchell Mustoe, Hayden Willaton, Flynn Shields, Justin Savige,Trent Hourigan, and Frazar Brouns were best for TTU.

Chris Williams, Ashley Di Ciero,Jordan Fenech, Nathan McRae, Tom Sevenson, and Joseph Whykes led the way for the visitors.

TTUremain on topwith agame in hand over Woodside.

Justlike Rosedale, if their season wasn’t overlast week,itcertainlyisnow for Churchill, who need arealistically impossible formula to make finals.

 SALE City are leaving no stone unturned on their hunt for afinals berth.

The Bulldogs have surged in the second half of the season, finallyfinding themselves within the top five.

Sale City put any speculation of an upset to bed as early as possible, putting Glengarry to the sword in the opening term, having 10 scoring shots to two.

Although the Bulldogs onlymanaged 4.6 (30), that would still be more than what the Magpies would eventually go on to score in the entire match.

Glengarry only managed 1.1 (7) themselves in the openingterm, but up untilhalftime, it was all red, white and blue.

SaleCityadded 3.2 (20) in thesecond to Glengarry’s three behinds, blowing the lead out to 40 points.

The second half was scarily similar to the first, as the score just about doubled on either side.

Sale Citymanagedone morepoint than they did in the first quarter, kicking 4.7 (31) in the third,while Glengarry did alittle extra, kicking two goals.

Despite the improvement by the Magpies, they still found themselves at adeficit of 59 points with aquarter to play.

In thefinal term, SaleCityentered the top five in style, adding 3.4 (22) to two behinds, to close out 79-point winners.

Helping them over the linewas Cooper Whitehill, Brad McKay, Ostin Waugh (three goals), captain Daine McGuiness, Troy Carstairs, and Mitchell Evans (four goals).

For Glengarry, Jet Hodges, MichaelRyan, Callum Mitchell, Thomas Harris, Ben Truin, and Jesse Lee were in the best.

 WOODSIDE kept the minor premiership race alive.

On the road to Cowwarr, the Wildcats made sure they madenomistake, defeating the Saints 15.13(103) to 4.3 (27).

The win brings Woodside closer to Traralgon Tyers Unitedinthe race for top of the ladder TTU has agame in hand, and will probably snap up the minor premiership,but the more pressurethatWoodside applies can’tbea bad thing.

JustlikeSale City,Woodside did the heavy lifting earlytodisableany sort of upset from Cowwarr, starting with adominant first quarter showing, kicking 4.3 (27) to one behind.

Although not knowing it at the time, Woodside registered Cowwarr’sfour-quarter score in the opening term on their way to victory.

The visitors added another 3.4 (22) in the second term, while Cowwarr got on the board with 2.2 (14) for themselves, as Woodside led by 34 points at halftime.

Conditions appeared to help the visitors in thesecondhalf, at least enough for them to realise they were over the line.

Cowwarr kicked their final scores of the game during the third term, adding two goals, while Woodside went on atear to add 7.3 (45), puttingthe game well out of the Saints’ reach.

The raining conditions in the region might’ve putahalt to scoringinthe final quarter, as Woodside could only put one more goal on the board as they walked away 76-point winners.

JoshHicks, Cameron Whiteoak,Joh Fythe, Jai Williams, Joshua Morgan, and Adam Janssen were positives in the win for Woodside.

Dan Farmer struck back with three goals, moving him to fourthonthe goal kicking tally for the season.

For Cowwarr, Connor Cook, Jackson Davison, Kurt Henderson, Sean Alexander, Lee Bourke,and Brady Hood were highlights in defeat.

Woodside are now just 1.92 per cent shy of first place, withTTU ahead, bothwith 12 wins.

Withthe bye next week, Woodside may fall agame behind as TTU play their game in hand against Yarram away from home.  THE outcome of Heyfield versus Yarram affected both sides at the weekend. Despite there being aclear an obvious winner, this game could be the one that decides the top five.

Heyfield claimed the four points at home, defeating Yarram convincingly, 15.7 (97) to 5.3 (33).

It appeared that we hadagameonour handsinthe earlystages, as Heyfield only took an 11-point leadinto the first break.

The Kangaroos would soon see the benefits of their effort, launchingamassive seven-goal to two second quarter, blowing the Demons out of the water, and out of the top five. The 42-point deficit that the Demonsfaced was going to be too hard to come back from, especially as the conditions worsened around the region.

Heyfield had it all to play for, and needing more percentage for theirown sake,they weren’t going to hold back on the visitors.

The lackofclearconditionspotentially gave Yarram the upper hand, due to the fact it stopped such ablowout.

Bothsides added one goaleach in the third term, but Heyfield remained ahead by 44 points.

Heyfield brokethe shacklesagain in the finalterm, finding time to kick four goals, leakingone to Yarram,ontheir way to a 64-point thrashing.

ThomasMarchesi was instrumental for the Kangaroos, as was Tyson Birss, Robert McMillan, Brayden Woodland, Max Van Der Zwart, and Kyle Graham (three goals). For Yarram, coach Boadie Motton could hold his head high.Alsointhe best was Chris Bruns, Shem Rendell, Matt Clavarino, Jake McFarland, and Lachlan Earles.

Sitting second placed in the goal kicking for 2024, Josh Swift was kept goalless, and is now nine goals shy of top spot for the individual accolade.

It just wasn’t the result Yarram needed to remain confident for the rest of the season, falling out of the top five into sixth.

If they had lost by amatter of afew kicks, then maybe they wouldn’t feel so far off the pace, but unless they can regather and get back on the right track,itappears as though they will lose their last three games (TTU, Sale City, YYN), and badly too.

For Heyfield, the win holds them in good stead for apotential double chance. But the Kangaroos are in asimilar position to that of Woodside, as third-placed YYN has agame in hand.

The Jets might just be expected to win their final three games (Glengarry, Churchill, Yarram), which would leave Heyfield a game short if they win their final two games (Gormandale,TTU). Nonetheless,Heyfield are just 3.03 per cent shy of thirdplace at the moment.

 GORMANDALE had the bye.

Expert: YYN’sBarrieBurnett helpedsteer the Jets to victory. Photograph: FionaNicholson

Netball scoreboard

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE -ROUND 15

AGRADE: Leongatha 46 def Morwell

34, Moe 54 def Drouin 42, Wonthaggi 59 def Maffra35, Traralgon 32 drew Sale 32, Warragul 62 def Bairnsdale 32.

BGRADE: Leongatha 62 def Morwell 28, Moe 53 def Drouin 45, Wonthaggi 65 def Maffra34, Traralgon 55 def Sale 28, Warragul 61 def Bairnsdale 50.

CGRADE: Leongatha 31 def Morwell 27,Drouin43def Moe25, Maffra35def Wonthaggi 25, Traralgon 41 def Sale 25, Bairnsdale 36 def Warragul 25.

17 AND UNDER: Leongatha 46 def Morwell 24, Drouin 48 def Moe 38, Wonthaggi 44 def Maffra41, Traralgon 44 def Sale 21, Bairnsdale 58 def Warragul 12 15 AND UNDER: Leongatha 28 def Morwell 27,Moe 33 def Drouin 31, Wonthaggi 49 def Maffra38, Traralgon 35 def Sale 29, Bairnsdale 50 def Warragul 21

13 AND UNDER: Leongatha 53 def Morwell 3, Moe 44 def Drouin 18,Maffra38def Wonthaggi 9, Traralgon 28 drew Sale 28, Bairnsdale 54 def Warragul 4.

MID GIPPSLAND -ROUND 15

AGRADE: Yinnar 61 def Newborough 39, MDU 42 def Tarwin 27,Stony Creek 46 def Thropdale 23, Foster 49 def Mirboo North 41, Boolarra, Fish Creek, Morwell East, Toora-BYE.

BGRADE: MDU47def Tarwin 28, Newborough 47 def Yinnar 41, StonyCreek 61 def Thorpdale 26, Boolarra57def Hill End 39, Foster 45 def Mirboo North 44, Fish Creek, Morwell East, Toora-BYE.

CGRADE: StonyCreek 52 def Thorpdale

5, MDU 37 def Tarwin 26, Boolarra39def Hill End 24, Yinnar 41 def Newborough 38, Mirboo North 35 def Foster 18,Fish Creek, Morwell East, Toora-BYE.

DGRADE: StonyCreek 56 def Thorpdale 7, Mirboo North 58 def Foster 13,MDU 32 def Tarwin 25, Hill End 37 def Boolarra27, Newborough 28 def Yinnar 27,Fish Creek, Morwell East, Toora-BYE.

17 AND UNDER: MDU 52 def StonyCreek 17,Boolarra66def Hill End 21, Yinnar 65 def Newborough 14,Mirboo North, Fish Creek, Morwell East, Toora-BYE.

15 AND UNDER: Boolarra38def Hill End 25, Yinnar 54 def Newborough 9, MDU 51 def Tarwin 10,Mirboo North 34 def Foster 18,Stony Creek, Fish Creek, Morwell East, Toora-BYE.

13 AND UNDER: Hill End 30 def Boolarra19, Yinnar 34 def Newborough 11,Mirboo North 35 def Foster 4, MDU 32 def Tarwin 14,Stony Creek, Fish Creek, Toora-BYE.

NORTH GIPPSLAND -ROUND 15

AGRADE: Rosedale 47 def YYN 33, Sale Ciy 52 def Glengarry22, TTU30def Churchill 28, Heyfield 73 def Yarram 16,Woodside 75 def Cowwarr 41, Gormandale -BYE.

BGRADE: YYN 47 def Rosedale 21, Sale City66def Glengarry24, Churchill 49 def TTU 42, Heyfield 61 def Yarram 30, Woodside 67 def Cowwarr 41, Gormandale -BYE.

CGRADE: YYN 31 drew Rosedale 31, Sale City37def Glengarry34, Churchill 50 def TTU 40, Yarram 33 def Heyfield 20, Woodside 47 def Cowwarr 25, Gormandale -BYE.

DGRADE: YYN 41 def Rosdeale 39, Sale City44def Glengarry32, TTU41def Churchill 29, Heyfield 33 def Yarram 25, Woodside 40 def Cowwarr 27,Gormy -BYE. 17 AND UNDER: Rosedale 39 def YYN 12,Sale City60def Glengarry17, TTU35 def Churchill 19,Heyfield51def Yarram 11, Woodside 48 def Cowwarr 20, Gormy -BYE.

Milestones like Christmas

FOOTBALL

UMPIRING

BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

THIStype of achievementisbecoming standard forfootball umpire Don Wight.

The mark of 1400 gameswillbethe newest number attached to the Latrobe Valley Umpires Association legend when he steps out for the game between MorwellEastand Yinnar seniors in the Mid Gippsland Football-Netball League this Saturday.

In an umpiring career that commenced in 1977, Wight hasseen generations of footballers come through the pipeline of community clubs (including the evolution at club land itself).

Whenhestarted,Maryvale still hadaclub competing in Mid Gippsland, Yallourn had just merged with Yallourn North, and recently, many new clubs have jumped in and out of the MGFNL.

Therespected umpirechocksuphis storied journeytogood health, even as asenior official, which has seen him as aconsistent face in community football for decades.

Wight is alifemember of the LVUA, giving decades of service to the local umpiring contingent in roles such as Junior Vice President, Member Liaisonand social committee member just to name afew.

Wight honours the community sport he’s fortunate enough to be apartofasareflection of the good that encompasses those involved with the game

“Umpiring is about what you can give back to societywhich includes (the)players, officials, spectators and families,” he said.

Movingmore prominentlybehind the goalsfor senior action these days, Wightcan still be seen consistently taking centre field for junior matches across the weekend, and notes that the young players are friendly and respectful to him.

Wight is also amember of theLVUA Junior Panel helping to mentorthe up-and-coming umpires and to retain asolid foundation of participation. After all, football doesn’t run without those in green.

“We’ve got alot of young ones who respect me I suppose, and listen to me… the grandfathers are bringing(down)their grandsons, which is good,” he said

When asked what makes agood umpire, he said there was afew key areas.

“Umpiring is based on knowledge of the rules,

applying them based on good positioning, fitness, communication and respect,” he said.

“A good umpire is based on what you don’t see during thegame.

“I can count on one hand the times Ihaven’t been abused but that is part of the game.

“Along the journey there are many stories good and bad that remain memories, but you heal with time and saddle up for the next game.”

Focusing on the positive, or hilarious,ateach recent milestone his colleagues have introduced props during his significant walk-outs, including awheelchairand coffin, jokinglyhinting at his stretchedout career and displaying thebanter and tightness of the umpiring unit.

Wight has received no shortage of accolades during his tenure.

On the occasion of his 1000th match in 2012, he was presented aspecial frame from the MGFNL, an abundance of complementary letters, and to top it off -asignedfootball from his beloved Western Bulldogs.

In 2018, Wight received aGippstar Special Achieversaward from the Gippsland Sports Academy -the year of his 1200th match. When asked about the possibility of 1500 games being pinned to him, Wight smirked and said “it doesn’t sound too bad.”

Aperfectly round figure to encapsulate the well circulated official who’s seen it all.

Premiership fancy coming seventh

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

WONTHAGGI are keeping everyone on their toes in Gippsland League football.

The Power broke away from adetermined Maffra at the weekend, winning their Round 15 clash13.8 (86) to 5.7 (37).

The Eagles, spurred on by captain Daniel Bedggood breaking the club’s senior games record (254), took it up to their visiting opponents in the first half.

Maffra trailed by just four points at the main break, and would have been daring to dream on the resumption.

Wonthaggi however, with their season on the line,

came out and kicked seven goals in the second half, all while keeping the Eagles to just two behinds. Cooper McInnes slotted four in the win and was best-on-ground. Aiden Lindsay, Jakeb Thomas, Jye Gilmour and fourths player Tom Macmillan were also in the best, along with Andrew McNeel. Gilmour, Macmillan and McNeel are just a host of relatively unknown Wonthaggi players, inadvertently adding to the fear factor associated with the Power potentially being one of the great unknowns come finals.

McNell had not played seniors since Round 2, and only joined the club this year from the Barwon region, where he mainly featured in the earlygame there.

Brayden Monk, Seth Smith, Ashton Wright, Alex Carr, Tom Scott and Zac Felsbourg were best for Maffra.

Wonthaggi are seventh on the ladder, and their home game against Bairnsdale this weekend is shaping as avirtual elimination finalfor either side.

The Redlegsdid what they had to do at the weekend, beating Warragul by 24 points. EthanEastwas best in his 100th game,while Hugh Longbottom, Lachlan Byrne-Jones, Cooper Harvey, Will Mitchell and Byron Vickery were productive.

Isaac Wallace, Mitch Smart, Brad Hefford, Tom Stern, OliverWilson and Jack Lewsey were best for the travelling Guls,who lost 10.14(74) to 6.14(50). Wonthaggihas aclear run to finals(games against Bairnsdale, Drouin and Moe). If you were to ask this writer: can Wonthaggi win the flag? The answer would be succinct. Absolutely they can.

Historyhonoured in North Gippsland

FOOTBALL/NETBALL NORTH GIPPSLAND

AGL Loy Yang supported the 2024 Indigenous Round held earlier this month in the North Gippsland Football-Netball League.

The round celebrated and honoured the rich culture, history, and achievements of First Nations peoples.

At each game,playersand spectators came together for aWelcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony.

The traditions and stories of First Nations peoples were also highlighted on the day through a cultural dance performance and barbecuefeaturing Indigenous foods at Woodside Football-Netball Club, organised by the club and the Wulgunggo Ngalu Learning Place.

The Indigenous Round is one of three communitybased celebration rounds that AGL Loy Yang supports as part of their partnership with NGFNL, with the Pride Cup being held in June and the Mental Health Round to come.

Culturecelebration: Churchill and Yarram players dontheir Indigenous jumpers earlier thismonth. Photograph supplied

Incredible: Don Wight is set to umpirehis 1400th game this weekend. File photograph

TRARALGON DISTRICT JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Jiath apart of Hawks resurgence

HAYES

FOOTBALL AFL EXPORTS BY TOM

LOCAL football exports find themselves in various positions after the weekend’s Round 20 action.

Their season could be over in amonth, while some hope to be playing in September, and some will hope to go deep into the finals.

 BRISBANE became the first club to defeat Gold Coast at home this season.

It wasn’t done easily, but the Lions were in too good of form to suffer defeat this close to finals, winning 13.15 (93) to 9.11 (65).

Gold Coast had won all nine games at home (Gold Coast and

Darwin) heading into the fixture against Brisbane, alternatively losing all of their nine away games.

In the hunt for finals, banking on winning at home, this is exactly the type of loss that the Suns couldn’t afford.

Moe and Fish Creek’s Sam Flanders continued his fine form with 33 disposals,four marks,threetackles, seven clearances, 444 metres gained and agoal, all in defeat.

Moe’s Bailey Humphrey also played asignificant role for the Suns, racking up 17 touches, three marks, five tackles,two clearances and agoal assist.

Morwell's BenAinsworthisstill injured. He recently put pen to paper, keeping him at Gold Coast until the end of 2028.

 TRARALGON'S Tim Membrey had 11 disposals, six marks, and two goals in St Kilda's win over Essendon.

Although St Kildamight nothave anything to play for after August, they might have just dealt amassive blow to Essendon’s September plans.

 MORWELL'S Changkuoth Jiath had 13 touches, three marks, and three tackles as Hawthorn beat Adelaide.

The Hawks are nowonthe brink of the top eight, sitting ninth on percentage.

FOOTBALL

ASPIRING youngathletes enrolled in the HighPerformance Program at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School were recently visited by professional AFLW athlete, Yasmin Duursma.Yasmin grew up in Foster and has an impressive athleticbackground as ahigh-level netballer, athlete and footballer. She was drafted into the AFLW by PortAdelaide and aftertwo years was traded to the Carlton Football Club.

Yasmin shared highlightsfrom her athletic journey and offered valuable advicetostudents, empowering them further to pursue their sporting dreams.

The High Performance Program at St Paul’s caters to secondary students who are competing at an advanced level in their chosen sport. Teachers provideadditional guidanceand flexibility, ensuring that students can thrivebypersonalising theireducationalexperience through abalance of studies and sporting commitments.

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4.00 Spicks And Specks. (Final, PG, R) 4.30 Freeman (R) 5.30 Landline. (R)

6.00 Stuff TheBritish Stole: GreatRubber Heist. (PG, R) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 IWas Ac tually There:The Beatles. (PG, R) TheBeatles’ 1964 visit to Adelaide

7.00 ABCNews. Alook at the top stories of theday

7.30 Sister Boniface Mysteries. (Mv)SisterBonifaceinvestigates acovenofwitches

8.15 VanDer Valk. (Madv,R) Part 3of3.The team delves into the city’svibrant classical music scene after apromising cellist dies.

9.50 Fifteen-Love. (Mal,R)Atennis prodigy’slife is rocked by tragedy.

10.40 TheBeast MustDie. (Mal, R) Awoman seeks revenge on her son’s killer

11.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6am MorningPrograms.

1.30pm Garma Festival Forums 2024 3.00 MOVIE: Belle And Sebastian. (2013, PG) 4.45 Anthem Sessions Interstitials. 4.50 On Country Kitchen. 5.20 Unsettled. 5.50 Kairakau. 6.20 News. 6.30 FirstPeople’s Kitchen 6.55 TheOther Side. 7.30 ResistanceInAHostile Environment: Uprising. 8.40 MOVIE: The FifthElement. (1997,

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 GarmaBunngul 2024.(R) 10.00 GarmaFestival Forums 2024 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Destination Flavour (R) 2.10 ThePoint: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 2.15 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.05 Ireland In Music: Sclimpini. (Premiere) 4.35 Britain’s Scenic Railways. (R) 5.30 AHollywood Spy Against TheNazis. (PGa)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Amazing Railway Adventures With Nick Knowles: Romania. (PGa) Nick Knowles heads to Romania.

8.25 Malta: TheJewel Of TheMediterranean. Part 1of4.Anexploration of the popular touristdestination of Malta

9.20 Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors (R) Clerk of the Works Ian Bartlett puts the finishing touches to aserious problem on the roof

10.10 Scotland’sExtreme Medic s. (Ma, R) Part 2of5

11.10 RalphAnd Katie. (Premiere, PGal)

12.15 RexInRome. (Mv,R)

3.00 Hitler: Countdown To War. (PGav,R)

3.55 Peer To Peer.(PGs, R) 4.25 Bamay.(R)

4.55 Destination Flavour:Japan Bitesize. (R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.

6.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 TheMorning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. VRC Season Premiere RaceDay,Rosehill Gardens Raceday and TeddyBears Picnic at the Races. 5.00 SevenNews At 5. 5.30 Border Security:Australia’s Front Line. (PGd, R)

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 21. Collingwood vCarlton. From theMCG

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking alook back at allthe action from thegame.

11.00 To Be Advised.

1.00 BoyToMan:The Bull Wrestlers. (PGav, R) Tim Noonan heads to Madagascar’s centralhighlands where he trieshis hand at riding awild bull.

2.00 HomeShopping (R)

4.00 Drop Dead Weird. (R)Three Australian siblings move to abed and breakfast inTubbershandy inwestern Ireland with their zombie parents.

5.00 HouseOfWellness. (PGa, R) Luke Darcy,JoStanley and LukeHines look at locations that highlightliving well.

6.00 Olympic Games Paris2024. Day7: Early morning. 7.00 TodayInParis. Presented by Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic. 11.00 9News Morning Weekend. 12.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024: Encore. HostedbyTodd Woodbridge. 3.00 OlympicGames Paris 2024 Day 8: Afternoon.

6.00 9News Saturday.

7.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024

Day 8: Night.Events may include: athletics; swimming; women’s hockey, Australiav Spain.

10.30 Olympic Games Paris 2024

Day 8. Late night. Events may include athletics, men’s decathlon; women’s soccer,quarter-finals.

12.00 Olympic GamesParis2024

Day8:Postmidnight.Events may include:women’s soccer, quarter-finals; men’s basketball

3.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024

Day 8: Overnight. Events may include: athletics; women’ssoccer, quarter-finals; swimming finals.

5.00 Olympic GamesParis2024

Day8: Earlymorning.Eventsmay include: athletics; swimming finals.

6.00 TheDog House Australia. (PGa, R) Apup could be the bundle of joyafamilyneeds and acouple strive to keep up with aplayful labrador 7.00 TheDog House (R) Aman is hoping to find abestfriend that likes to play fetch and Olliethe spaniel seems perfect. 8.00 To Be Advised. 9.00 AmbulanceUK. (Madl, R)Anurgent call from someone threatening to use a nerve agent against theemergency services leads to major incidentstandby being declared. Paramedics help a75-year-old male whohas been kicked in the head. 11.30 TheCheapSeats (Mal,R) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald takea look at the week that was. 12.30 HomeShopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program. 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up 1999. Noon Scrubs. 2.05 Patriot Brains. 3.00 WorldWatch 5.00 ExtremeFood Phobics. 5.55 The Food ThatBuiltThe World. 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Icons Unearthed: Batman. (Premiere) 10.20 MOVIE: Leonardo Dicaprio: Most Wanted. (2021, M) 11.20 Hudson & Rex. 1.50am The X-Files. 3.40 NHK WorldEnglish News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6am

Limelight. (1952, PG) 7.00 RedObsession.(2013,PG) 8.30 Seraphim Falls. (2006,MA15+) 10.35 Original Sin. (2001) 12.45am Muru. (2022, MA15+) 2.45 Rush.(2013, MA15+) 5.00 Spread Your Wings. (2019,PG)

Sunday, August 4

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

SEVEN (7,6) TEN (10, 5) NINE (9,8) 6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 WeekendBreakfast. 9.00 Insiders 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week.(R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Love Your Garden. (R) 2.20 Grand Designs: The Streets. (PG, R) 3.05 Dream Gardens. (R) 3.40 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 4.30 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery.(PG, R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (R)

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. Hosted by Fiona Bruce

7.00 ABCNews. Alookatthe topstories of theday

7.30 Vera (Ma, R) Part 1of4

9.00 Fifteen-Love. (Malns) Justine’s explosiveallegation causes rifts in her closest relationships.

9.50 Unforgotten. (Malv,R)Sunnyand Cassie discovera surprising connection.

10.40 Fisk. (PG,R)Helen mediates the division of cremains.

11.10 Annika. (Ma, R) 11.55 Frayed. (Malsv, R)

12.45 Noughts+ Crosses. (Ml, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.05 Classic Countdown. (PG, R) 4.00 Landline. (R)

4.30 Art Works.(R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 GarmaBunngul 2024.(R) 10.00 GarmaFestival Forums 2024 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 12.55 Starblasters Cricket. (R) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 WovenThreads Stories From Within. (PGa,R) 3.10 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.05 Ireland In Music: Sclimpini. 4.35 Britain’s Scenic Railways. (R) 5.30 The BooksHeDidn’t Burn. 6.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 TheMorning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Football. VFL.Round 19 Williamstown vNorth Melbourne. 2.40 AFL Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Football. AFL.Round 21. Essendon vFremantle. 6.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day8:Early morning 7.00 TodayInParis. Presented by Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic. 11.00

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Mayhem:Secret Lives Of Georgian King s: George III Mad Or Misunderstood? (Ma) Part 3of4

9.20 Raising TheMar yRose: TheLost Tapes. (PG, R) Documents the raising of the Mary Rose,King Henry VIII’sflagship 10.15 Ukraine: Life Under Attack. (Mal, R) Takesalook at the people of Ukraine.

11.10 Billy Graham. (PGav,R) 1.15 24 Hours In Emergency (Ma, R)

2.10 8Out Of 10 CatsDoes Countdown. (Mls, R)

3.00 Hell On Ear th: WWII (PGa, R)

4.00 Peer To Peer (R)

4.30 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Dancing With TheStars. (PG) As both teams merge,10 outstanding celebritiestaketothe dance floor for adouble elimination. 9.25 Miniseries:Malpractice. (Madl) Part 3of5.The inquest into the patient’s death uncovers shocking new information which raises questions for both Lucinda and theMedical Investigation Unit.

11.30 BornToKill? BeverleyAllitt (Mav,R)A look at thecase of Beverly Allitt. 12.30 LipstickJungle. (Mds, R) Victory has adisturbingdream aboutJoe.

1.30 Harr y’sPractice. (R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 Sunrise5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9NewsSunday.

7.00 OlympicGames Paris 2024 Day 9: Night. Eventsmay include: athletics; cycling, women’s road race; women’s water polo,Australia vHungary.

10.30 OlympicGames Paris 2024 Day 9: Late night. Eventsmay include: cycling, women’s road race; women’s waterpolo, Australia vHungary

12.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 9: Post midnight.Eventsmay include: cycling, women’s road race; men’s golf;swimming finals.

3.00 OlympicGames Paris 2024 Day 9: Overnight.Events may include: swimming; athletics finals, women’s high jump,men’s 100m.

5.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 9: Earlymorning.

6.30 TheSundayProject Panellists dissect,digestand reconstitutethe daily news, events and hottest topics.

7.30 MOVIE: Mission:Impossible –Fallout (2018,Mlv,R)A secret agent faces arace against time to retrieve three plutonium coresbefore theyare used by a terroristgroup and their mysterious leader to makeweapons of mass destruction. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson. 10.10 FBI (Mv, R) After astringofarmed robberies, the team investigatesa suspect who leads them to something much bigger 11.00 TheSundayProjec t. (R) Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitutethe daily news, events and hottest topics. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMorning s. Morning news andtalk show.

Monday, August 5

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline.(R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 VanDer Valk. (Madv,R) 2.30 IWas

6.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.25 Monday’sExper ts. (Final,

(PG) Hosted by Paul Barry

9.35 Monday’sExperts. (Final,PG, R) Hosted by Tony Armstrong and Catherine Murphy

10.05 YouCan’t Ask That. (Mal, R) 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. (R) 11.10 PlanetAmerica. (R) 11.40 Vera.(Ma, R) 1.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 2.00 Griff ’s Great Australian RailTrip.(R) 2.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Parkinson In Australia. (PG,R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 ArtWorks. (PGn, R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 GarmaBunngul 2024.(R) 10.00 Destination Flavour: SingaporeBitesize.(R) 10.10 GreatCanal Journeys. (PGa, R) 11.05 Britain’sBiggest Dig. (PGa, R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Woven Threads Stories From Within. (PGa, R) 2.10 The Great Separation. (PGa, R) 3.40 The Cook Up.(R) 4.10 Jeopardy! (R) 5.00 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.30 Mastermind Aust. (R)

6.00 Garma Festival 2024

6.30 SBS WorldNews

7.30 Robson Green’sWeekend Escapes: David And Matheson. Robson Green is joinedbyhis brother and uncle.

8.40 IntoThe Gobi Deser tWith Nick Knowles. (PG) Part 2of3.Nick Knowles’ Mongolianadventure continues as he heads to the Nadaam festival.

9.30 24 Hours In Emergency: Sweet Child O’Mine. (Ma) Doctors worktostabiliseatwo-year-old who is struggling to breathe.

10.30 SBS World NewsLate. 11.00 ForestOfThe Missing. (Malv) 12.40 AFrench Case. (Mal, R) 2.40 PlanetSex With Cara Delevingne. (MA15+as, R) 4.25 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe WorldTonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 MOVIE: DeadlyMom Retreat. (2021, Mav) 2.00 Catch Phrase. (PG) 3.00 TheChase. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 HomeAnd Away (PG) Perriisready to run.

7.30 Border Security:Australia’s Front Line. (PG)Authoritiesdiscover that ashipping container is carrying more than just corn oil.

8.30 Aler t: Missing Persons Unit (Mav)Sidneycomes cleanabout thedetails surrounding the day of Keith’s disappearance, causingJason to cast serious doubt on the boyclaiming to be hisson.Mike’spolice mentor brings acase to the MPU team.

10.30 S.W. A.T. (Mv) An intruder breaks into an actor’s home.

12.30 TheEvent. (Mav,R)Martinez deals with Senator Lewis.

2.30 HomeShopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day9:Early morning 7.00 TodayInParis. Presented by Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic. 11.00 9News Morning. 12.00 OlympicGames Paris 2024: Encore. Hosted by Todd Woodbridge 3.00 Olympic Games Paris2024. Day 10:Afternoon 6am MorningPrograms. 8.30 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.00 Dr Phil. (PGals, R) 10.00 Everyday Gourmet.(R)

6.00 9News.

7.00 Olympic Games Paris2024

Day 10: Night. Events may include: athletics; diving;men’s water polo,Australia vJapan

10.30 Olympic GamesParis 2024

Day 10:Latenight. Events may include: men’s waterpolo,Australia vJapan; canoeslalom;diving

12.00 Olympic Games Paris2024

Day 10:Postmidnight. Events may include: canoe slalom,women’s kayak cross finals; diving, women’s10m platform; cycling.

3.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024

Day 10:Overnight. Events may include: women’s cycling track; athletics, men’spole vault final, women’s 200m semi-final.

5.00 Olympic Games Paris2024

Day 10: Early morning. Events may include: athletics finals, women’s5000m, women’s 800m.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal

Hosted by Grant Denyer

6.30 TheProjec t Alook at the day’s news. 7.30 Deal Or No Deal: Celebrity Jackpot. (PGal) Hosted by GrantDenyer 8.30 Have YouBeen Paying Attention? (Malns)Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.30 Ghosts. (PGls) Trevor’s brother checks into Woodstone after discovering aloophole in the WoodstoneRewards program. 10.25 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sportand weather 10.50 TheProjec t. (R) Alook at theday’s news. 11.55 TheLateShowWith Stephen Colber t (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMorning s. 6am WorldWatch.

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9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.05 Front Up 2000 12.10pm WorldWatch. 12.40 TheCurse Of Oak Island Specials. 2.10 Insight 3.10 WorldWatch. 5.25 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 We’reAll Gonna Die(Even Jay Baruchel) 9.40 Stacey Dooley:InsideThe Undertakers. 10.50 Dinosaur Midnight Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Harry’sPractice. 9.30 TheHotel Inspector 10.30 Better Homes. 1pm This Rugged Coast. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 IEscaped To The Country 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’sWar 10.30 Great Rail Restorations. (Premiere) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (73,64) 6am Morning Programs. 1.45pm Anthem Sessions Interstitials. 2.00 Shortland St 2.30 The Cook Up 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00

10.00 MOVIE: Kiss The Girls. (1997, MA15+) 12.05am Late

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Olympic GamesParis 2024.Day 10: Night. 10.30 Olympic GamesParis 2024.Day 10: Late night Midnight OlympicGamesParis 2024.Day 10: Post midnight. 3.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024 Day 10: Overnight.

9.

1pm RidesDown

Motor

9GO! (93, 82) 6am Morning Programs. 7.55 Limelight. (1952, PG) 10.30 Supernova.(2020,M) 12.15pm The Orphanage. (2019,M,Dari) 1.55 Soft Skin. (1964, PG,French) 4.05 Amanda. (2018, PG,French) 6.05 PhilTippett: MadDreams AndMonsters. (2019,PG) 7.40 We Might As Well Be Dead. (2022, M, German) 9.30 Spanish Affair.(2014,M,Basque) 11.20 Late Programs.

C’ship.Hydros.

Austn Rally C’ship.

Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally.H’lights 3.30 Storage Wars. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Gem Hunters Down Under 9.30 Appalachian Outlaws. 10.30 Late Programs.

Bewitched. 5.30 IDream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024.Day 10: Night. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Fletch. (1985 M) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30

Tuesday, August6

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Paul O’Grady:For The LoveOfDogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 GreatCanal Journeys.(R) 10.55 Britain’s Biggest Dig (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Wurundjeri Baggarrok. (R) 2.25 TheToysThat Built The World. (PG, R) 3.15 Railway Vietnam. (PGa, R) 3.45 The Cook Up.(R) 4.15 Tony Robinson: Britain’s Greatest River.(R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters AndNumbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)

6.30 SBS WorldNews

7.30 GreatBritish Railway Journeys: Liverpool To Uttoxeter Presented by Michael Portillo

8.30 Insight. With the building industry in crisis, Kumi Taguchi explores ways to fix Australia’s housing issues.

9.30 Dateline: TheAmericanMexicanAbortion Network Takes alookatthe Mexican women helping Americans access illegal abortions.

GreatKiwiRoad Trip.(R)

2.15 Rage.(MA15+adhlnsv) 3.45 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline.(R) 5.00 Art Works. (R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

10.00 SBSWorld News Late. 10.30 ThePoint: Road Trip (R) 11.30 TheMan Who Died. (Mals) 1.15 Christian. (Malv,R)

4.15 Peer To Peer.(PG, R) 4.45 Bamay.(R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe WorldTonight.

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent.(R) 10.30 Monday’sExperts. (Final, PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Newsreader.(Mal, R) 1.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (Ml, R) 2.25 Back Roads. (R) 2.55 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.50 Griff ’s Great Kiwi Road Trip.(R) 4.40 Grand Designs. (PG,R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.(R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 MOVIE: An Organized Killer (2021, Mav) 2.00 Sur veillanceOz. (PG, R) 2.15 CatchPhrase. (PG) 3.00 TheChase. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Home AndAway. (PGa) Tane’s words help Perri heal.

7.30 Britain’sGot Talent. (PG) Thesemi-finals conclude with acts competing againstthemselvesto secure aspot in the grand final.

9.30 FirstDates UK (Ml) Follows singles as theyembark on first dates, being filmed during theirouting and interviewed afterwards.

11.35 Extended Family (PGa) Julia’s concerned about violent video games. 12.35 HoleyMoleyAustralia. (PGs,R) Contestants tackle amini golf course.

2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million DollarMinute. (R)

5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day10: Earlymorning. 7.00 TodayInParis. Presented by Sarah Abo and Karl Stefanovic. 11.00 9News Morning. 12.00 OlympicGames Paris 2024: Encore. Hosted by Todd Woodbridge 3.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day11: Afternoon. 6am MorningPrograms. 8.30 Bold. (PGav, R) 9.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 10.00 Everyday Gourmet.(R) 10.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 11.00 The Drew Barrymore Show.(PGas)

6.00 9News

7.00 Olympic Games Paris2024. Day 11: Night.Events may include: athletics; diving; skateboarding. 10.30 Olympic Games Paris 2024 Day 11: Late night. Events may include: diving, women’s 10m platform final; skateboarding, women’s park. 12.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024 Day 11: Postmidnight. Events may include: skateboarding;diving; women’s soccer,semi-final.

3.00 Olympic Games Paris2024. Day 11: Overnight. Events may include: women’s soccer,semi-final; athletics, men’s and women’s 400m semi-finals

5.00 Olympic Games Paris2024 Day 11:Earlymorning. Events may include: women’s soccer,semi-finals; athletics finals.

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6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by GrantDenyer. 6.30 TheProjec t. Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 Dog sBehaving (Ver y) Badly Australia. Graeme Hall meets afun-lovingkelpie. 8.30 TheCheapSeats. (Mal)Presenters MelanieBracewelland Tim McDonald take alookatthe week that was. 9.30 NCIS. (Mv,R)WithParkerstill on the run, the team enlists the help of Special Agent Jane Tennant from the Hawaii office. 10.30 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sportand weather 10.55 TheProjec t. (R) 12.00 TheLate ShowWith

Colber t. (PG)

Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings. 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Front Up 2000 12.10pm WorldWatch. 12.40 The CurseOfOak Island Specials. 2.55 Kickin’Back. 3.30 WorldWatch. 5.30 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.20 Forged In Fire. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.40 8Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Alone. 9.40 Hoarders. 11.20 The Back Side Of Television. Midnight True Believers. 2.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera. 6am MorningPrograms. 9.00 Harry’sPractice. 9.30 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. 11.30 Medical Emergency. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 IEscaped To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Great Rail Restorations. 3.30 Harry’sPractice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 BetterHomes. 5.30 IEscaped To The Country 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call TheMidwife 8.45 ATouch Of Frost. 11.00 Late Programs. 6am Olympic GamesParis 2024.Day 10: Early morning 8.00 Olympic Games Paris 2024:Replay.Replay of theaction from Day 10 5pm Olympic Games Paris2024.Day 11: Afternoon. 6.00 OlympicGames Paris 2024.Day 11: Night 10.30 Olympic GamesParis 2024.Day 11: Late night Midnight Olympic GamesParis 2024 Day 11: Postmidnight. 3.00 Olympic GamesParis 2024.Day 11: Overnight.

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Furryfriendfundraiser for FFARL

THE Forever Friends Animal Latrobe Rescue (FFARL) kitten meet and greet day was held recently.

Some of the kittenshave now headed off to thei rf ore ver homes after meetin gt heir new families.

The cake and coffee fundraiser was ahit,raising $350 on the day (all money went to FFARL).

All the cakes were made by staff at Better Lives Support Services (BLSS),who partnered with FFARL.

The staff at BLSS have great admiration for all the hard work done by the foster carer’s with FFARL. They all have their own family, work and social commitments, but still manage to give all the kittens, cats and dogs all the love they need while in care.

All animals that come into FFARL are either from surrenders or from the local council pound and are all looking at asecond chance in life.

If you are thinking about adopting, have alook on the FFARL Facebook page to see all kittens/cats or dogs they have available for adoption.

If you are not thinking about adopting but would like to become afoster carer, head to the Facebook page and send amessage and someone will be in touch.

What’s newpussycat: Kittens areavailable forfoster or adoptionfrom ForeverFriends Animal Latrobe Rescue Photograph supplied

Apprentice awarded grant to support studies and career

MOE plumber Hayden Brook has been awarded a$3000 grantaspart of the Rheem Apprentice Plumber Grants.

Hayden is asecond-year mature aged apprentice who always wanted to be aplumber when he was younger. When the opportunity arose as an adult, he seized it with both hands.

“I believe that plumbing is something that every person uses every day in their lifewithoutrealising it," he said.

"To have compliant standards of hygiene, quality water supply, safe gas connections and adry home is essentialtoeveryday life that everyperson should have access to."

Rheem Australia has awarded $60,000 to 20

progressionoftheir studies and to help launch their plumbing careers.

Recipients receive $2000 to assist withtheir TAFE/RTO fees and textbooks and a$1000 tool voucher. To acknowledge the outstanding cohort, five individuals were also given aspecial $1000 Recognition Award, bringing the total value of grants to $65,000.

“Since its inception, the RheemApprentice Plumbers Grants has awarded more than $420,000 to worthy apprentices. This year, we increased the number of grantsonoffer from10to20, doublingour annual investmentinthe future of the industry,” Marketing DirectoratRheem Australia, John Collignon said.

Eid celebrations held in Old

Gippstown thanks to UMSLV

By KATRINA BRANDON

MANY groups in the Latrobe Valley aim to help people in need and organise inclusive activities.

One such group is the United Muslim Sisters of Latrobe Valley (UMSLV).

In May, the UMSLV held afestival for Eid Mubarak celebrations at Old Gippstown.

People enjoyed food,music, conversations about different cultures, and many other activities for all ages.

“There were lotsofcultural food and service providersthere. We werealsosupported by manydifferent groups. Many different service providers were theretoconnectwith the multicultural communities and help them see what is happening and what support there is,”

lots of understanding to each other in better and inclusive communities.

“It was really good. Very few cultural things happen, including culture and fate festivities.I feel this festival is one of akind, and the objective was to bring communitiesofthe region, as many as we can, into one area, under one roof, and to enjoy the festivities and make connections. That’s what we do. We celebrate each other's festivalsand with each other throughthe gooddaysand the bad days.”

The UMSLV is an all-women groupand one of the only women-Muslim groups in Gippsland.

Ms Khan said she hopes to organise more events like Eid Mubarak in the future to help bring differentcultures together.

Looking ahead, the UMSLVisholding ameet and greet day for families who have just moved to the region later in the year.

For more information, go to the UMSLV Facebook page.

The Latrobe alle Express has brought together local employers and employees for generations and it is no different today

People prefer to ork close to home, to save on transport costs, the frustration of travel and to be close to family

Both our printed and digital ne spapers have a highly engaged local audience looking for ne s, sport, local information and jobs every week!

Reality means coal power will stay

IN my early days here, aprominent local advocate said to me, “people in Latrobe Valley have big egos”.

This gave me aconcise, clear picture of what to be mindful of, and encouragedmetokeep mine in check.

While this phenomenon is everywhere in reality, Idosee how it is extra strong here.

Little has changed. Everyone seems to have a solution.

‘Ifweonly do X, we will be saved’ is the catchcry. Everyone’s ‘big’solution is the best, and they aren’t scared to tell all and sundry.

However, said solution always seems to be ‘out there’, somethingexternal, driven by others.As mentionedbefore in thesepages, we are always seeking some large panaceafrom outside ourselves.

Arecent one is nuclear. It’s another distraction.

The plan always was for nuclear at Wonthaggi under Howard circa 2006. It’s my understanding the DeSal plant was built with nuclear in mind. Fukishimahappened in 2011 and it was binned. Wonthaggi is: 1) closer to an abundant water source duringdrought;not built over coal; away from pivotal farming land if something should go wrong. But, the real reason nuclear is unlikely at Loy Yang is it will only take afew paragraphs from aFederal National Security expert to state that putting all one'spower generationinone geographical location is abad idea. It’s blindingly obvious. Ican’t predict the future, but Ican look at the odds. And the odds state, ‘tell him he’s dreaming’. Then,ifweare honestabout howlong things take to build, it becomesclear that renewables aren’t goingtobeour saviour either.

The Star of the South was first proposed back around 2017.

Seven years later and notasingle foundation has been started, let alone built.

The renewable targets are delusional. With nuclear along-term option too, that leaves one, and only one, solution -the government will pay our local coal generators to stay open longer. That is the reality, whether you like it or not.

So we can all relax and know that local industry jobs are secure. We can stop arguing about it. It’s all aparlour trick, misdirection, pretence, afugazi. In 2022 Iwas invitedtospeaktothe Inquiry into the closure of Hazelwood Power Station, where I offered asmall glimpse into all the matters locally thatcontinually getoverlookedand ignored because we continue to allow ourselves to be distracted by the latest ‘newand shiny’external panacea that is supposed to help us.

Twoyearslater and notone of the items mentioned has received any attention, let alone been addressed. Why?Because we keep falling for the same thing Maybe it’s time we finally learn.

Anthony Wasiukiewicz

Yallourn North

Loud and clear

YOU miss my point, Brian Mawhinney, ('Not an expert', Latrobe Valley Express Opinion, 24/07/24). Dr Phil says "the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour", and you, Joseph Lis and Patricia Correa are as predictable as Sky News Your"expertise" on the subjectsyou raise apparently emanates from "a bit of research" and some" reading", similar no doubt to that of the aforementioned.

Your own bias also apparently emanates from an incident with someone40years ago, so nowyou "dislike Labour so much", and conclude they have "no brains". Wow, really?

So you read what the left has to say about renewables, but how much open mindedness and

impartiality could be expected from you? By your own assessment, not much.

Patricia Correa and Joseph Lis,(he of the puerile name calling of the PM), havenever andwill never supportanythingproposed by this government, or any that is non-conservative. And you, Brian?

Do Isupport this federal government?Not necessarily.

Do you think you, and others, accurately presume in your type casting of me? You're not even close.

Do Iwish to now discuss my opinions on the topics you raise? No, Idon't.

Do Ibelieve you three are entitled to present yours? Absolutely.

Should you then be open for criticism? Of course.

But, unlikeyou,I'm happy to keep an open mind, and place faithinpeople who have done alot more than "a bit of research" and some "reading", and don't regard study in the many fields of science as opportunities for convenient petty political points scoring, butrather as means to advance our world forall.

JohnDuck Trafalgar

Crunching the numbers

WE need some facts on the renewables fantasy.

Global primary energy production in 2023 was 164,385 TWh (terawatthours), of which fossil fuels accounted for 85 per cent (oil 33 per cent, coal 28 per cent and gas 24 per cent); traditional biomass suchaswood seven per cent; hydropowerthree per cent; nucleartwo percent; and wind, solar and modern biofuels/other renewables only one per cent each. (Primary energy is the energy inherent in natural resources such as crudeoil, coal,and wind before further transformation. For example, crude oil can be refined into secondary fuels, such as petrol or diesel,while wind is harnessed for electricity -itself asecondary energy source. The terawatt-hour -TWh -isequal to 1trillion watthours and is the amount of power generated by aone terawatt generator running for one hour.)

Clearly the world's transition to renewable energy is aherculean task.

Whatever Australia achieves will have no measurable impact on global emissions but asignificant impact on Australia’sinternational competitiveness and the welfare of our citizens.

China is the largest global emitter of CO2 and is heavily reliant on fossil fuels.

China is by far the world’s largest consumer of energy due to its considerable population, but also its large manufacturing sector leveraged off considerable use of fossil fuelsand cheap coal-fired electricity.

China’s primary energy consumption in 2023 was 28 per cent of global energy consumption and almost twice that of the USA at 15 per cent.

Other fossil fuel dominant countries India and Russia accounted for six per cent and five per cent respectively of globalprimary energy consumption. Australia’s primary energy consumption was only oneper cent of the global total.

Recently available data shows that 63 per cent of China’s electricitywas coal-fired, 14 per cent hydro, and only nine per cent wind, five per cent nuclear, five per cent solar, three per cent gas and one per cent bioenergy.

Australians wishing to hasten the global energy transition may achieve more by actively campaigning in China, India and Russia, where there are largeemission reduction opportunities and scope to deliver alevel playing field on global trade.

Consideration of the best transition option will eventually have to consider the land use intensity of the renewable energy options where nuclear 15 ha/TWh/y and gas 410 ha/TWh/y have adecided advantage over solar PV farms2100ha/TWh/yand windfarms 15,000 ha/TWh/y.

The huge landfootprint of solar farms and windfarms is seldom considered, but will become aconstraint on ideology-driven energy transitions in the comingdecades and we will need to consider more options.

John Cameron Traralgon

Over to you

IT’S abit hard to follow Mr Dutton’s logic in calling for an open mindeddebate about nuclear power in Australia, when he is refusing to show his cards. He says that “some of the cleverestminds in Australia” have been advising him about the issue. But he won’t tell us who they are nor what their qualifications are.

Doesn’t he realise that before the public can form an opinion, we need the experts to tell us what the facts are?

On July 24,the president of the Academy of TechnologicalScientists and Engineering, Catherine Woodthorpe publicly stated that “the building of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) before the switch-off of coal-fired power stations would be impossible”.

Shewent on to explain that there is not one SMRinany OECD (Organizationfor Economic Cooperation and Development) nation thathas been successfully developed and thatweshould take note of large-scalenuclear projects in the UK forexample,where the priceended up being 2.8 times the original estimateand will be 15 years overdue.

Ms Woodthorpe stated that she could not see SMRsbeing operational until the mid 2040sat the earliest.

She joinsthreepast and current Chief Scientists, Chubb, Finkel and Foley, The Australian Energy

Market Operator (AEMO), the Business Council of Australia(BCA) and several other Business organisations, the National Farmers Federation, severalthank tanks like the Grattan Institute and notable economists like Rod Sims, Ross Garnaut and Chris Richardson who have all expressed similar views.

Namely that Nuclear energy for Australia will be tooexpensive, too late to replace retiring coal powerstationsand too late to reducecarbon emissions to avoid further damage to our climate. Once the expertshave debated the issue, let thepeople decide, but we can’t make aproper decision until we have the details Mr Dutton. Over to you.

Dan Caffrey Traralgon

Fewqueries

AFEW months ago Iwrote to the Express to complain about the lack of balance in commissioning comment pieces.

Thank you for taking this on board :J ohn Cameron’s latest piece (‘Transition to renewables…’ 24/07/24) was accompanied by powerful and cogent pieces written from alternative perspectives. That said, Mr Cameron’s latest effort still fell short of the scientific validity it aspires to.

Comparing energy prices and GDP growth in various countries, as he does, withouttaking into account levelsofdevelopmentisvery poor methodology. Quite obviously, industrialising economies like Vietnamand China almost always have higher rates of growth andlower costs than do fully developed economies like those of Germany or France.

Does he imagine that lower labor, material and logistics costs in those countries have no bearing at all on their electricity prices?

Comparing very different countries in this way is close to being meaningless.

Mr Cameron goes on to explain, somewhat bafflingly, that ‘Australian GDP was 3.0 per cent in 2023but declined to aboutonly 1.4 per cent in 2024’. Isuppose he means that GDP growth was 3.0per cent, but by his own admission, France’s electricity costs were similar to Australia’s (21 cents per KwH) while its growth was half that of ours: 0.7. This is hardly acast-iron relationship! Mr Cameron’s no-doubt true contention that the transition to renewables will itself incur myriad carbon costs is aconfused distraction very typical of the post-denialism genre (what Chris Bowen has labelled ‘it’s-all-too-hardism’).

Is he really suggesting that continuingtoinvest in fossil fuels will actually produceless carbon? That said, it is surely progress that he does nowseem to haverealisedthat the productionofcarbon is a problem. This is an admirable leap forward from his previous 'argument' that global warming is a natural process caused by the earthshrinking, or wobbling, or something.

Mr Cameronconcludes with the old canardthat ‘policy driven by ideology has failed in thepast’. The articleconsistently confuses two distinct policy questions:the importance of renewables and the proper role of the state in solving the problem. Iamnot quite sure, therefore, what he means by the term ‘ideology’ here.

If it means accepting the findings and recommendations of the overwhelming majority of the world’s trained and fully qualified scientists, I’m all for it.

If it means accepting the costings provided by the nation’s top scientists and engineersatCSIRO, likewise.

Joe Pugh

Warragul

Drastic parallels

THE comical clown show currently happening in American politics perfectly mirrors the comical clown show currently happening in Australian politics. Namely, Labor's economy-wrecking energy policy.

And just as the Democrats in America have been ignoring reality and running aprotection racket for Joe Biden's very obvious mental decline that even Blind Freddie could see four years ago, Chris 'Blackout Bowen', the Minister for Destroying our ElectricitySystem, is ignoring reality when he says that "the renewables roll-out is proceeding smoothly and is the cheapest form of electricity." In other words,there is no problem and nothing to see here.

In truth, Bowen is nothing morethan afraudulent snake-oil salesman who is using exactlythe same sort of brazen trickery employed by Muhameed Saeedal-Sahhaf, Saddam Hussein's Ministerof Information during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, when he told the Iraqi populace during his daily press briefingsinBaghdad that"American soldiers are committing suicide by the hundredsoutside thecity", and further denied that there were any Americantanks in Baghdad,wheninfact they wereonlyseveralhundred metres awayfrom the press conference where he was speaking and combat sounds of nearing American troops could be heard in the background.

In the same deceptive way, Bowen's lie-laden statements about renewables conflict wildly and are clearly contradicted by the reality of ever-higherpower bills and the growingrisk of imminent blackouts.

Joseph Lis Morwell

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Rethink where, not Loy Yang

COMMENT BY JOHN STEWART

YOUR correspondent David Packham (Latrobe Valley Express Opinion 10/7/2024) put the case for anuclear power station to be located at Loy Yang.

Isuggest he considers afew counter points.

Yes there are some nuclear power stations still under construction around the world, however, theextra nuclear capacity being added per year is only about one per cent of the solar generation being installed each year.

Iagreethat Australia is quite capable as a nation of eventually building and operating nuclear power stations -ifthe time and cost of constructionand the pricepaid for their generation is of no concern.

Also, don’t downplay the risks, as several mishaps which have already occurredatnuclear stations have resulted in the permanent evacuation of communities livingrelatively further away than Traralgon is from Loy Yang.

The mortalityfigures quotedare unconvincing -they would have atypicalsizenucleargenerator of 1000MW (megawatt) -killing someone every four years.

That seems quite concerning,yet the brown coal figure would havethe present 3000MWLoy Yang A&B stations killing over 300 people per year! -something is fishy here.

Otherareasofconcern not touched on by Mr Packham includethe safety andterrorism

security from theproduction and transport of nuclear fueland the storage of radioactive hazardous waste for hundreds and thousands of years; the problems with insurance (of both the station and surrounding homes -most home policies don't cover any damage to your home or possessions caused by nuclear material or nuclear contamination);the extra cooling water needed by relatively low thermal efficiency nuclear generators; and how anuclear station is to be builtwhile Loy Yang simultaneously undergoesaHazelwood style demolition will be interesting.

Most importantly, Mr Packham bases his contention that nuclear has acost advantage on areport from 2020 -but this is ancient history in terms of energy sources current financial ranking.

As The Economist magazine quotes in its 22/6/2024 edition: Solar, an energy source that gets cheaper and cheaper, is going to be huge -the sun has won:Installedsolar capacity doubles roughly every three years, and so grows 10-fold each decade.

Thenext 10-fold increase will be equivalent to multiplying the world’s entire fleet of nuclear reactorsbyeightinlessthan thetime it typically takes to build just asingleone of them.

In 2004, it took the world awhole year to install agigawatt of solar-power capacity (1GW gigawatt is athousand megawatts); in 2010, it tookamonth;in2016, aweek.In2023there

were single days which saw agigawatt of solar installation worldwide.

Solar power is on track to generate more electricity than all the world’s nuclearpower plants in 2026, than its wind turbines in 2027, than its dams in 2028, its gas-fired power plants in 2030 and its coal-fired ones in 2032.

Fromthe mid-1970s to the early 2020s, cumulativeshipments of solar panels increased by a factor of amillion.

At the same time prices dropped by afactor of 500.

Theannualreduction rate in the price of solar panels is nowover 40 per cent.

Of course,given people’s proclivity for living outside daylight hours, solar power needs to be complemented with storage and supplemented by other technologies.

Fortunately, these problems can be solved as batteries and fuels created by electrolysis become cheaper (thecostofakilowatt-hour of battery storage has fallen by 99 per cent over the past 30 years).

To conclude, I’ll feel alot safer and more comfortable enjoying cheap electricity and living near more solar panelsthat are intrinsically safe, have no moving parts and can be installed quickly than Iwould if waiting foranexpensive nuclear “dinosaur” thatisfiendishlycomplex, horrendously expensive, slow to build and has long term radioactive risks.

John Stewart is aTraralgon resident.

Cost of living and climate action delays

COMMENT

BY LORRAINE BULL

WE are hearing alot about rising cost of living and suggestions that delaying climate action will fix this.

There needs to be adeep-diveonthis theory, as thetwo are inter-related. The Australian Bureau of Statistics assesses which items contribute to the risingcost of living, and include food, power, health, transport, insurance and financial services(mortgages, rentetc) greenhouse gases are trapping heat in the atmosphere and changing Earth’s climate in ways that are dangerous to us and the natural ecosystems we rely on.

BureauOfMeteorology records show that Australia’s average temperature has increased by 1.4 degrees since early 1900’s.

The Climate Change Authority’s 2023 Annual ProgressReport established that Australia’s GHG emissions are still rising despite government commitments to reduce by 43 per cent by 2030, compared with 2005 levels.

Rising temperatures have direct impacts on rising cost of living.

1. Food does cost more as production is affected by drought,erraticrainfall, higher temperatures and increasedcostofproduction, processing, energy, labour and transport;

2. High temperatures and wild windstorms often result in bushfire, especially under drought conditions. Who can forgetthe 2019/20 fire s, or BlackS at urd ay, which cost many residents their homes, lives and livelihoods;

3. Insurance premiumsare increasing to cover additional claims resulting from natural disasters-e.g intense storm cells can result in deluges and floods, and high winds causing storm damage to housing, businesses and infrastructureasexperienced by Mirboo North in February Affected communitiesendure the destruction, heartache, and costs of reconstruction;

4. Storm surges and coastal erosion threaten homes and communityinfrastructure, such as the Inverloch Surf Clubhouse, Loch Sport foreshore and the Cape Patterson Road;

5. Life-threatening heatwaves have occurred overseas e.g USA ,Canada, UK, Europe and India where temperatures of up to 50 degrees resulted in manyheat-related deaths. Babies, children and the elderly are more vulnerable, and cooling is essential.Aswim is refreshing, but most homes and offices keep cool with air conditioning, pushing up the cost of their electricity bills;

6. Faster installation of renewableenergy will lower electricity costs, especially if homes have rooftop solar and maybe abattery.The CSIRO 2024 GenCost Report shows that renewables have the lowest cost range of new build technology, and nuclear is the highest. CSIRO predicts thatthe cost of fossil-fuel electricitywill increase slightly, in contrast to lower priced renewables. Howeversome communities are questioning the social and environmentalcosts of hosting renewable energy infrastructure in their area;

7. Energyefficiency of olderhomes can be improved by insulation, draught-proofing and

better glazing.These costs willberecovered over time through reduced electricity bills, while enabling ahealthier and more liveable home;

8. Landlords will soon be required to meet new Victorian minimum standards for energy efficiencyand safety.Thiswillinclude replacing flueless/open-fluedgas space heaterswith electricheating,mostlikely reverse cycle air conditioners. There will be minimum standards for ceiling insulation and draught-proofing of external doors, gaps around doors and windows. These measures willlower gas bills but probably increase the electricity bill, and;

9. Transport is affected too. Extreme heat causes bitumen to become soft and sticky, risking loss of traction and costly roadworks. Extreme heat causes train and tram trackstoexpand and even buckle, reducing punctuality or prompting cancellation. Transport disruption has many economic disadvantages.

Nobody has an easy solution to the rising cost of living, but please do not be fooled into thinking that ignoring or delaying action on our changing climate provides aquick fix.

It is just the opposite, as additional emissions cause more climate instability that affects everyone in someway, including the cost of living.

Lorraine Bull is part of the Latrobe Valley Sustainability Group

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JONES (née Templeton), Elizabeth 'Betty'. Passed away 24 July 2024. Aged 87 years Beloved wife of Ronald (dec.) for 55 years. Much loved mother of Gayle, Ian, Lisa and Raymond. Best Nanny to Calum and Jemma. Reunited with her one truelove

JONES, Betty. The Committee and Staff of the Moe Racing Club are deeply saddened by the passing of Betty Jones. The Club extends its deepest sympathies to the Jones family at this sad time.

LAW, Kathy. The board, coaches, players, members and supporters of the Moe Football Netball Club are saddened by the passing of Kathy and extend our sympa thies to Brad, Stephen, Adrian and families. As asupportive wife and partner of our former Presi dent and Life Member Brad, Kathy was avalued, treasured and active member of our club for many years and her outgoing and infectious personality will be missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing her. Rest In Peace

LENGHAUS, Frans. 27/10/1938-27/7/2024. Passed away peacefully. Aged 85 years Loved and loving husband of Hillie (dec.) for 50 years. Much loved father and father-in-law of Yvonne and Ross and Christine. Adored Opa to Robert, Ella and Danielle. Opa, we are going to miss your fresh eggs and veggies from your garden Reunited with Mum

the years. Our deepest sympathy to Vicky and family. With every train whistle we will always remember you Iain.

PATTEN, Nicole Maree. Passed away unexpectedly, at home. Aged 46 years Proud, supportive and loving mother of Row and Sam.

Cherished daughter of Gary and Gael. Loved sister and soulmate of Alison (dec.).

Loved sister-in-law of Jerome, and loving aunt to Emily and Olivia. Reunited with her sister, Alison. Eternally Loved Forever Missed

RENDELL (nee Bond), Una Dorothy. Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital on 24 July 2024. Aged 89 years Beloved wife of Norm (dec.). Loving and proud mum and mother-in-law of Barry and Robyn, Debbie and Steve. Adored Nana to Kelly and Chris, Mandy and Brendan, Gary, Chloe and Kellie, and Cara and Cameron. Great Nana to Eleanor, Lily, Riley, Miley, Elliott, Harper, Harrison and Matilda. Mum and Dad reunited Forever in our hearts

RENDELL, Una.

Loved sister-in-law of Fred (dec.) and Thelma. Aunty of Bernadette (dec.), Colin, Vicki, Steven (dec.) and Julie and their families. Deepest sympathy to Barry and Debbie and their families.

We will treasure our fond memories

RICHARDS (née Bird), Maureen. Passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Latrobe Regional Hospital Friday, 26 July 2024. Aged 88 years Loving wife to Donald 'Buddy' (dec.) for 47 years. Wonderful mother and mother-in-law to Chris and Juliana, Vicki, Carole and Ron, Pam and Peter, Daryl and Helen, Anthony and Carolyn. Nan to 16 grandchildren. Great nan to 26 great grandchildren. Great great nan to 2great great grandchildren. Reunited with loved ones

SCHMIDT, Graham George. Passed away peacefully on 26 July 2024.

Aged 80 years Loved and loving husband of Cheryl for over 50 years. Much loved father and father-in-law of Dean and Simone, Glen and Rachel, Daniel and Lauren. Adored Pop to Kayla, Tahli, Courtney, Colby, Billy, and Evelyn. Forever in our Hearts

SOMERVILLE, Hayden 'Slim'. Forever in our hearts. Never forgotten. Father and father-in-law of Paul and Wendy. Grandfather of Hayley, Nathan, Lauren, Justyn, Shae and Kaleb. Great Grandfather of Kruze, Isla, Kalais and Kovah. R.I.P. Dad.

The Funeral Service to celebrate the life of Brian will take place in the Rose Chapel at Gippsland Memorial

LENGHAUS. The Funeral of Mr Frans Lenghaus will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy, Traralgon on WEDNES DAY (7 August 2024) commencing at 2pm. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park. No flowers by request, donations to Donate Life would be appreciated. Envelopes are available at the Chapel.

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GIBSON. The Funeral Service for Malcolm Gibson will be held at the Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park Crematorium, Cemetery Rd Traralgon, WEDNESDAY (31 July 2024) commencing at 10.30am. This service will also be livestreamed, please go to John Galbraith Funerals Facebook page and click on link provided.

on FRIDAY (2 August 2024) commencing at 10.30am. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Yallourn Cemetery, Haunted Hills Road, Yallourn.

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RENDELL. The Funeral Service for Mrs Una Rendell will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway Traralgon on MONDAY (5 August 2024) commencing at 11am. The funeral will at the conclusion of the service for the Hazelw ood Cemetery.

SOMERVILLE, Hayden. 90 years old. Gone is the face we loved so dear, gone is the voice we loved to hear, the tears in our eyes we can wipe away, but the ache in our hearts will always stay. Rest In Peace Love Gav, Pete Jay and Max.

SOMERVILLE, Mr Hayden 'Slim' Service No. 3141482

The President, Committee, Staff and members of the Moe RSL Sub Branch deeply regret the passing of their esteemed Service Member and friend, Hayden.

We offer our sympathy to all his family.

LEST WE FORGET

WHITTY (Grealy), Jessica Mary. Born 7April 1929 at Yackandandah. Passed away 23 July 2024 at Dalkeith Gardens Traralgon. Loved daughter of Fred (dec.), Evelyn (dec.) and sister of David (dec.). Dearly loved wife of Harold (dec.). Beautiful mum and mother-in-law to Peter and Rhonda, Anne and Michael, Pat, Tony and Jo-anne, Rosemary and Kevin, Bridget (dec.), Cathy and Mick, Chris and Leanne, Alan and Maree and Philip and Natasha.

Adored and adoring Nana of 34 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren and friend to many.

Alife filled with loving and caring ...and gardening. Now at peace in God's care and reunited with her beloved Harold. Oh how we'll miss her. Rest in peace beautiful Mum /Nana

HENLEY. The Funeral Service of Mr Victor Henley will be held at the Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue, Moe on TUESDAY (6 August 2024) commencing at 1pm. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Moe Memorial Park Cemetery.

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HILLMAN. AService to celebrate the life of Stanley (Stan) Hillman will be held at the Nielsen Funeral Chapel, Korumburra Rd, Warragul on FRIDAY NEXT WEEK (9 August 2024) at 10.30am.

The cortege will leave at the conclusion of the Service for the Willow Grove Cemetery.

The Services will also be live-streamed. To view Stan's Services please visit: www.nielsenfunerals.com.au

In lieu of flowers, a donation in memory of Stan may be made to the Heart Foundation. Envelopes will be available at the Chapel.

JONES. The Funeral Service of Mrs Elizabeth 'Betty' Jones will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Ave, Moe on THURSDAY (1 August 2024) commencing at 2pm. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Moe Memorial Park Cemetery.

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Funeral Prayers for the repose of the soul of Mr Hayden (Slim) Somerville, will be celebrated at St John's Catholic Church, Waterloo Rd, Trafalgar on WEDNESDAY (31 July 2024) at 11am. The Service will also be live-streamed. To view Slim's Service please visit: www.nielsenfunerals.com.au

WHITTY (Grealy).

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RICHARDS. The Funeral Service of Mrs Maureen Richards will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue, Moe on WEDNESDAY (31 July 2024) commencing at 11am. At the conclusion of the Service, the Funeral will leave for the Erica and Moondarra Public Cemetery, Cemetery Lane, Erica.

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RICHTER.

The Funeral of Mr Josef Paul Richter will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437A Princes Drive, Morwell on FRIDAY (26 August 2024) commencing at 11.30am. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park.

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SCHMIDT. The Funeral of Mr Graham Schmidt will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy, Traralgon on MONDAY (5 August 2024) commencing at 2.30pm. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park. Graham's service will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream, please visit our website.

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Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Mrs Jessica Mary Whitty will be offered at St Michael's Catholic Church, 33-35 Church Street Traralgon on TUESDAY (6 August 2024) commencing at 12pm. At the conclusion of Mass the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park. Rosary will be recited in the above Church on Monday evening (5 August 2024) at 6pm. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for Tr aral gon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park, Cemetery Drive, Traralgon. Jessica's service will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream, please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au

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BRIDGES, Shirley Anne.

31/7/2023.

You never failed to do your best, Your heart was true and tender, You simply lived for those you loved, And those you loved remember.

Acaring and much loved friend to many and agreat loss to all who knew her. Until we meet again Ihope you are behaving yourself upstairs my dear friend. From Stanis.

HEALEY, Dea.

30/7/1947 -31/7/2022.

2years have passed and yet it feels as though it was only yesterday we said our last goodbyes. Skin, Imiss you beyond words and my world seems incomplete without you here. You are my love and my life. Your husband Frank. Mumma, Imiss you so much, my sounding board, my voice of reason, my friend, ahug just because. Love and miss you always Alison and Pete.

JAMES, David Wayne.

26/1/1966 -4/8/2016.

In life Iloved you dearly, In death Ilove you still, In my heart you hold a place, No-one else could ever fill. Miss you son Your loving Mum, Paul, your siblings, Joanne and Andrew.

MEDEW, Vera Shelah. Passed away 2nd August 2023, aged 94 years. Loved wife of David. Much loved mother, grandmother and great grandmother. God has you in His keeping, We have you in our hearts.

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and your hands we cannot touch, But just incase you can hear us, We love and miss you very much. We're thinking of you today, We know that's nothing new, You were our thoughts of yesterday and you'll be tomorrow too. Love and miss you always Love and hugs Yourlovinghusband Frank, Alison and Pete.

JURUS, Bronislawa (Bronia).

We would like to thank everyone who attended Bronia's funeral and for the flowers, cards, messages of sympathy and visits that we received. Your love and support is much appreciated.

Thank you to the Paramedics and staff at Latrobe Regional Hospital for their card of Bronia, to Fr Bickley, Fr Aju and everyone at St Michael's Parish Office and to the staff at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services, especially Myra Krafft. The Jurus and Whiteley families.

Bombers cause upset

NETBALL

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

ONLY threegames remain forsome clubs in the Gippsland League netball season, meaning theselastfew rounds amplify in weight as finals awaits.

In Traralgon, nothing could separate the Maroons andSale as the gameended 32-all.

Sale, with no chance of apostseason berth, were seeking the little wins; and they almost went allthe wayfor only their second win of the season.

Not many would have expected this result, even on Traralgon’s end, but the Magpies stuck firm to and proved it was going to be along game at Terry Hunter Oval, despite the difference in ladder positioning as the first quarter concluded tied 11-apiece.

Sale used theiropening confidence to jump out by three goals at halftime and held aone-goal lead in time for the final term.

The Maroons narrowly outscored their opposition to finish, but it meant that no one wouldbecelebrating thoroughlyupon the final whistle.

Kate Van der Voort finished with 27 goals for all but five of Sale’s 32, whereas Traralgon had even contribution from Sophie Lecchino and Grace Van Tilburg with 17 and 14 goals each.

The fourth-placed Maroons will lament this opportunitytoellivate some of the pressureasthey now only sit agame clear of Bairnsdale in six and are tied with Wonthaggi for the final two spots in the top five.

It’s nearly ado-or-die game for them this weekend when they host Drouin, who have been flying all year long.

Moe bounced back from their first blemish, adraw against Bairnsdale, to defeat closest rival Drouin in a54-42 contest.

The first verse second matchup for all intents and purposes was possibly the biggest matchleftonthe cards for the rest of the home-and-away season (unless it comes down to afinal win-or-go-home showdown for afinals position between certain clubs).

The Lions again proved they are simply too dominant.

Away from home, Moe soaredtoa five-goal lead after the first quarter, but the Hawks kept them at bay through to the end of the first half as they began to show signs of pushing the Lions off their pedestal.

However, Moe came out of the main break to push their lead out to 11 goals aftera13-7thirdquarter that left the result all but decided.

Ramayer Gourley and Georgia Moody put on ashowwith31and 23 goals respectively to combat the work done by Charlize Traumanis (24) and Karina Proctor (18) of Drouin.

Moe moved two games ahead of Drouin on the ladder, while the Hawks are still agame clear of Warragul.

Leongatha put their foot down against Morwell to win 46-34 to keep their slim finals hopes alive.

After an even first quarter battle ending 12-all, the Parrots locked in to hold the Tigerstounder 10 goals in each of the next three quarters.

Mikaeli Hilliar finished with27goals and Kate Browne with 19 for Leongatha at home.

The Parrots are now two games back of fifth spot withwinnablegamesagainst Sale and Bairnsdale in the next two weeks to see if they are capable of more.

Morwellwill likely hold fort at third-last for the remainder of the way home as they look to rebuild after many strong seasons near the top.

In other games, Wonthaggi weren’t messing around in their trip to Maffra, beating the Eagles 59-35.

Warragul disrupted in-formBairnsdale, winning by 30 goals on the road.

 FOUR games were featured in Round 15 of Mid Gippsland netball, as the top six got into shape with many sides preparing for adeep finals run.

Yinnar blew away Newborough and their finals chances in 2024 to the tune of 22 goals in ahome 61-39 win.

It was astrongfight from both sides to startoff with, butthe Magpies ballooned theirlead out to eight goals following a 16-11 second quarter.

Yinnar equalled their scoring loadinthe third while Newboroughbegan to run out of gas that ended with afourth quarter suffocation, 18-8.

Yinnar’s Skye McDonald continued a superb season with 32 goals, accompanied by 29 from Claire Thorburn.

Demi Caldowand Caitlin Demczuk featured strongly for the Bulldogs with 20 and 19 goals each.

The Magpiesnow have the most wins in the league with 11 (sitting in third-place on the ladder due to playing an extra gamethan Fish Creekand MorwellEast) and are mounting their case as the best side in it.

Newboroughslumped to awin-loss record of 5-8, three games back of sixth position and finals.

In an all-important fifth verse sixth matchup, Foster nailed asignificant blow to Mirboo North, defeating them 49-41.

In the all Tigers affair, Foster held off a Mirboo North thanks in part to astrong secondand third term that positioned themselves northof10goals up that gave them the cushion they needed to hold on to the win.

Brylee Angwin scored 29 goals to lead Foster, alongside 20 from Ella Rendell, while Marley Wallace held firm with 24 goals of her own for the visiting Mirboo North.

Both sides are now sitting at 8-5 on the year, agame back of MDU for fourth position and three ahead of the ones looking in.

The Demons of MDU defeated Tarwin,

42-27 to bring about MDU’s ninth win for the season.

A21-16 firsthalf laid thefoundation. Alahna Arnasonfinishedwith 31 goals to lead the way for MDU while the Sharks’ Kate McCracken had 16 goals. Tarwin sit with one win for the year (defeating winless Thorpdale) and remain second-bottom.

Stony Creekdefeated the Blues, 46-23.

The Lions gather their third win for the season thanks to 35 goals from Melissa Blackshaw.

Boolarra,Fish Creek, Morwell East and Toora had the bye.

 NORTH GIPPSLAND netball has well and truly hit the point in the season where the team’s that are capable of going all the way have begun to shrink.

At most, three games remain in the season for some clubs and as it stands there’s two or three sidesthat could be holding up the trophy at the pointy end of the year, barring asurprise outsider.

In Round15, Traralgon Tyers United upsetpremiership contender, Churchill in athrilling 30-28 contest.

The Bombers’ victory shakes the ladder up slightly, now moving the Cougars back two games from favourites Sale City, while TTU hold to the final spot in the top five ahead of their game against bottom-placed Yarram.

Sale City made light workofGlengarry, winning 52-22.

The Bulldogs claimed their13thwin from 13 games to remain clear top of the ladder, while the Magpies sit two games back of fifth position.

Woodside chokeduptheir 10thwin of the season in a75-41 takedown of Cowwarr.

The away victory for the Wildcats ties them with Heyfield for third-place and only agame back of Churchill for second on the ladder as they make their charge for back-to-back premierships.

The Saint sm eanwhile, positi on themselveswithin the bottom-three of the competition with awin-lossrecord of 3-10 for the year.

Heyfield dismantled Yarram, 73-16 to give them amuch-needed percentage boostertoplace themselvesstrongest for finals.

The Kangaroos now sit tiedfor third position while Yarram are holdingup the ladder.

Rosedale defeated Yallourn Yallourn North, 47-33.

The Blues sit idlybehind TTU,both with seven wins, in sixth spot just outside of afinalsposition,whileYYN remainon three wins for the year in eighth.

Gormandale had the bye. Scores in the North Gippsland Under 15swere: Rosedale 33 def YYN 23, Sale City 35 def Glengarry14, TTU 68 def Churchill 4, Heyfield68def Yarram 5, Woodside 52 def Cowwarr 13. All netball scores -Page27

The life of Walhalla Test cricketer

CRICKET

By LIAM DURKIN

RENO WNED cri cket writer Gideon Haigh has anew book, detailing the life of Walhalla’s most famous cricketer.

TheOne Indiscretion Of His Life tells the story of William Carkeek, who played six Test matches for Australia in 1912.

As the title teases, Carkeek’s life was notable for at least one slightcontroversy, which may be areason he has been largely forgotten about in the history of Australian cricket.

That and the fact he let through more than 200 byes in the 1912 Triangular Tournament betweenAustralia, England and South Africa.

Had he let throughthat many byes whilepracticingonthe mountain-topoval in Walhalla, there would have surely been anumber of painstaking treks back up and down the hill.

Walhalla was where Carkeek was born in 1878.

During this era, the mining fields were in full swing, and the town swelled to a population well over 2000.

Speaking in Melbourne recently at an Australian Cricket Society function, Carkeek wasinHaigh’s words, something of an “accidental Test cricketer”.

‘Barlow’Carkeek as he was known, played all his Test matches at atimewhen most of the country’s best players declared themselves unavailable due to adispute with the Australian Board of Control (1910s Cricket Australia equivalent).

Carkeek had acredibleifmodest first class cricket career, playing 95 games with abatting average of just 12.17.

This probably goessome way to explaining why Carkeek never batted higherthan 10 in his six Tests.

Still, he played at Lords twice and had the bestseat in the house to one of the most memorable moments in Test history when Australianleg-spinnerJimmy Matthews took ahat-trickineach innings against South Africa at Old Trafford.

Carkeek also played againstsome of the greatest players to evergrace the Test arena: Sir Jack Hobbs (199 firstclass hundreds), Wilfred Rhodes, C.B Fry and Sydney Barnes. Hobbs and Barnes each won aplace in afantasy XI picked by ‘the voice of cricket’, Richie Benaud.

Haigh, himself rated the world’s greatest cricket writer and one of the country’s leading journalists, scoured available public records and spoke to descendants of Carkeek’s in researching his book.

The One Indiscretion Of His Life, along withall GideonHaighbooks,are available at https://www.gideonhaigh.com/

Out now: ThelifeofWalhalla Test cricketerWilliamCarkeek has been penned intoa book by renowned cricketwriterGideon Haigh. The Latrobe Valley Express, Wednesday, 31 July, 2024 —Page 41

Faltum going back to WBBL future

CRICKET

WBBL BY TOM HAYES

FORMER Trafalgar and Morwell cricketer, Nicole Faltum is going back to where it all started as far as her WBBL career goes.

Faltum has made the move from the Melbourne Stars to their crosstown rival, Melbourne Renegades.

Faltum,who captained the Stars during the 2022/23 season, penned atwo-year contract which would’ve seen her through with the Stars until the end of the upcoming 2024/25 season.

However, things have changed since.

At times during last season, Faltums played in the same team as Sophie Reid, and was shunted in favour of Reid taking the wicket-keeping gloves.

After six seasons with the Stars, Faltum has opted for achangethe chance to be the recognised keeper onceagain, deciding to sign for the Renegades ahead of WBBL10 (2024/25 season).

Joining the Renegades is afull circle achievement for Faltum.

She requested atradefrom the Stars to the Renegades last week, with the deal going through not so long after.

Faltum was known to be aRenegades supporter growing up, joining the club as early as WBBL02 as arookie, before moving to the Stars permanently in the years following.

“The Renegades are home for me in alot of ways, I’m super keen to join the girls and get stuck into the season,” Faltum said.

“I waslucky enough to get alot of playingopportunities early in my career and I’m grateful for it, but now looking forwardtodrawing upon that experience in red now and hopefully contribute to some success at the Gades.”

Also joining the Renegades from the Stars is pace bowler, Milly Illingworth.

Faltum’s Stars finished the WBBL09 season in seventh, with onlythe Renegades finishing beneath them.

Despite sitting next to one another on the

ladder, the Stars won four more games than their Melbourne rivals.

Faltum has represented Victoria on multiple occasions and is slowly puttingupconsistent numbers with the bat.

During the 2023/24National Women’s Cricket League, Faltum averaged 47, including three half centuries and ahigh score of 86.

Shehas been namedasVictoria’s bestplayerfor the last three seasons.

Melbourne Renegades get their season underway on the opening day of the 2024/25 season, hosting Sydney Sixers on Sunday, October 27 from 5.10pm, in adouble header at Adelaide Oval.

Newcolours: Local cricketexportNicole Faltumhas traded thegreen of MelbourneStars forthe redofMelbourne Renegadesahead of the next WBBL season.

Photograph: Melbourne Renegades

Just like theold days as Siddle removes Pietersen

CRICKET

By TOM HAYES

MORWELL cricket export Peter Siddle recently took partinthe inaugural World Championship of Legends.

The tournament, played in theTwenty20 format, featured retired cricketers from Australia, India, England, Pakistan, South Africa, and the West Indies.

Siddle was named in Australia’s 15-man squad to play in the tournament, which took place in England’s Birmingham and Northampton.

The 15-man squad included names such as Brett Lee (captain),Tim Paine,Shaun Marsh, Ben Cutting, Ben Dunk, Dirk Nannes, Dan Christian,

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Ben Laughlin, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Callum Ferguson, Xavier Doherty, Nathan Coulter-Nile, and John Hastings.

Siddle didn’t take part in Australia’s first game against Pakistan. The Aussies lost by five wickets in the end, meaning theyneeded to win all or most of their games to make the final four.

Australia welcomed Siddle into the team for their second game, and his first for the tournament, where they defeated South Africa by 104 runs.

Siddle didn’t bat, and returned figures of 0/19.

Australia breezed past Englandintheir third game of the tournament, winning by six wickets.

Just like in his playing days, Siddle claimed the wicket of Kevin Pietersen -caught behind by Paine, bowling figures of 1/26 from three overs.

Siddle, who took more than200 wickets in his

CHURCHILL &MONASH

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AGrade Winner: J. Cahill

BGrade Winner: P. Flannigan

D.T.L: 1. G. Beyer, 2. M. Hutchinson,3. P. Kearns

Target Hole: J. Cahill

N.T.P: 3rdR.Noordam, 12 th Pro-Pin: R. Noordam

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Winner: R. Zomer 34 pts

D.T.L: 1. S. Caldwell 32 C/B

N.T.P: 3rdS.Caldwell, 14 th S. Caldwell

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Thursday25th July.Stableford.

AGrade: GRenwick(12)41pts

BGrade: WReynolds (20) 39pts

DTL: SMcGrath,IDuncan, SDuff, 36pts

NTP: 4th, TBradshaw, 6th SMcGrath, 16th,JKus, Birdies: 4th TBradshaw, 16th MPayne Saturday, 27th July.Stableford, Final President Trophy.

AGrade: SDuff(9) 40pts

BGrade: SMcKenzie (26) 41pts

DTL: GDawson, SMills,37. BBradshaw, TomTraill 36. NTP: 4th SEvison, 6th TBradshaw, 13th J Robbins,16th SDuff.

Birdies: 16th SDuff, GDawson, SMills,S Evison.

President TrophyFinal: BBradshawdef J Robbins 3/2

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Sunday, 21 July 2024 OPEN Sunday Medley

Grade AWinners: Spiteri, Paul (10) 38

Grade BWinners: Kearns,Patrick(25) 35

Place Getters: Veenman, Laurie 36, Lugton, Nathan 32

Wednesday, 24 July 2024 Women's Wednesday9HoleStableford

Grade AWinners: Mifsud, Helen (53) 6

Wednesday, 24 July 2024 Women's Stableford

Grade AWinners: Lang,Marj (20) 32

Test career,continued to thrive as the tournament progressed, and so did Australia.

In their fourth game, Australia trumped India by 23 runs.

Siddleclaimed figures of 2/40 from four overs, getting the wickets of Irfan Pathanand Yusuf Pathan, both caught by Coulter-Nile.

Australia won their fifth and final group game against the West Indies, winning by 55 runs.

Figures of 1/32 from four overs from Siddle was enough to help Australia stunt the West Indies’ chase. He claimed the wicket of captain Daren Sammy, while alsotaking two catches off Lee’s bowling.

The Aussies finishedontop of the table, equal with Pakistan witha 4-1 win-lossrecord. Australia’s net run rates was superior, granting them top spot.

SCOREBOARD

Grade BWinners: Blandford, Jane (32) 30 C/B

Place Getters: Borg,Kathy31, Donaldson, Leanne 30 C/B

Great Score: Leanne Donaldson Birdie

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Nearest to Pin: 4th Helen Stanlake, 14th

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Target Hole Winner: Leanne Donaldson

Thursday, 25 July 2024 OPEN Medley

Stableford

Grade AWinners: Wilson, Graeme (8) 37

Grade BWinners: Backman, Bradley(15) 38

Place Getters: Beveridge,Eric36C/B, Johnson, Tony 36 C/B,Gambling,Allan 36, Spiteri, Paul 35 C/B,Stansbury, Les 35, Goodwin, Barry34 C/B, Eastaway,Karl34 Great Score: AnthonyColvin (Birdie) @ 4, RobKing(Birdie) @14, Graeme Wilson (Birdie) @8,Allan Gambling (Birdie) @8, Tony Johnson (Birdie) @8

Nearest to Pin: 4th Eric Beveridge,8th

Tony Johnson, 14th Michael Ray

Saturday, 27 July 2024 OPEN Medley

Stableford

Grade AWinners: Wilson, Lee (2) 38

Grade BWinners: VanDer Meulen, Luke (20) 37

Place Getters: Wilkinson, Wally35 C/B, Stansbury, Les 35, Donnison, Terry34 C/B, Colvin, Anthony34, Johnson, Charles 33 C/B,Devent, Anton 33 C/B

Great Score: Les Stansbury(Birdie) @4, John Harber (Birdie) @8,Anton Devent (Birdie) @8

Nearest to Pin: 4th Les Stansbury, 8th Anton Devent, 14th Craig Rothwell

MORWELL

24th July 2024 Women -Stableford

Winner: CBoers36pts

DTL: DVuillermin 35 pts

NTP: 2nd CBoers8th DVuillermin 11th N Te Paa15th DVuillermin

TRAFALGAR

Women’sStableford24/7/24

AGrade Winner: Di Moody (21) 35pts

Runner Up: JennyEvison (24) 34pts

BGrade Winner: Charli Killeen (32) 37pts

Runner Up: Cheryl Toyne (27) 34pts

Making up the top four was West Indies and India. With the same record was South Africa but the Proteas missed out due to apoor net run rate. England finished last with a1-4 record.

Unfortunately, despite being the top-rated side, Australia’srun fell short against India in the semi final, going down by 86 runs.

Siddle claimed afour-fa, which saw India set atargetof255.All four of Siddle’s wickets were bowled.

He was forced to bat in the second innings, but by thatpoint Australia was too far back, and he made five not out.

India wentontowin the tournament in the following game against Pakistan, winning by five wickets with five balls remaining in the tournament.

Down the Line: Ange Bayley33, Karen MacGregor 32, June Tickell 32, Aileen McNair 32

Nearest the Pin: 5th Chris Payne.13th

Second shot Anne Outhred

Stableford9holes

Winner: Olwyn Balfour (41) 18pts

Runner Up: Di Bayley(32) 17pts

DTL: Sue Balfour

Tuesday23/07/2024 -Stableford

Players: 29, Women 1, Men 28

Winner: Harold McNair (20 c/b)

Runner Up: Adrian Jones (20 c/b)

DTL: Chris Griffin(20), Chris Moody (20), GeoffFallon (19), Vic Hill (18), Tony Price (18)

NTP: Tony Price (2)

Bradmans: Chris Barfoot

Thursday: 25/07/2024 -Stableford

Players: 6

Winner: MickBennet (21)

DTL: Tony Shearer (20)

Bradmans: Al Gray

Friday, July 19th 2024, Open Men’s& Ladies Stableford

AGrade Winner: Shane Woodall 38 pts

BGrade Winner: Kyle Orchard38pts C/B

CGrade Winner: AnthonyCunningham 39 pts

DTL's: Chris Hogbin 38, Jeff Hasthorpe 37,Charles Johnson 36, SteveKlemke35, Chad McKie 35, Max Matthews 35, Mick West 34, RonDavey 34, Brent Eastwell34, Adrian Jones 34, David Winfield 34

Birdies: 2nd: Ryan Mortimer 5th: Brent Eastwell,Ricky Dyt11th: MatthewO’Neill, Charles Johnson, Jeff Hasthorpe,Ryan Mortimer 13th:Harold McNair 15th:Leigh

Winter

Eagle: 6th: Chris Nott

Saturday, July 20th 2024, Stableford

AGrade Winner: Bill Williams 38 pts

BGrade Winner: Duane Baker 36 pts

DTL’s: PeterGriffin 35, Glenn Doolan 35, WarwickGriggs 35, NickRowe35, Andrew Cochrane 35, RoyWhatmough 34, Chris Griffin34, Jack Marshall 34, Jeff Hasthorpe

34 C/B

NTP’s: 2nd: Graeme Ayre 5th: Ian Browne

11th: John Dodorico 13th:JackMarshall 15th: PeterMoss

NETBALL

MIRBOONORTH

Under 13

Mirboo North 35 defeated Foster 4

BOC: FinlayBradley

Coaches: AbbeyWalker

Under 15

Mirboo North 34 defeated Foster 18

BOC: Indi Eden

Coaches: Ocean McQualter

AGrade

Mirboo North 41 were defeated by Foster 49

BOC: Emma Evans

Coaches: Rachael Vansittart

Bgrade

Mirboo North 44 were defeated bFoster 45

BOC: Jess Holland

Coaches: Alyssa Snell

CGrade

Mirboo North 35 defeated 18 Foster

BOC: Talei Falkingham

Coaches: Tylah Wilkins

Dgrade

PISTOLS

V Pardini 359-149-508. SaturdayafternoonCentrefire CGrade: DFarnham 437-71-508. DGrade: MTrent 308-133-441.D VanDyke 293-248-541.K Green-564. 25 mt pistol CGrade: BGoodwin 432-103-535.

Marathon effort in fight against CTE

FOOTBALL/RUNNING

By TOM HAYES

FORMER Churchill footballer, Leigh McDonald has quiteliterallytakenanotherstepinraisingawareness for Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

McDonald was diagnosed with probable CTE after suffering around 40 concussions throughout a20-year playing career.

CTE can have numerous effects, from poor mental health to confusion and physicalissues such as hangover-like headaches.

Sincehis diagnosis,McDonaldhas pushed through the tough times,and is now one of the leading voices for CTE and concussion awareness.

Aboard member of the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF), McDonalddecided to up the ante, by completing amarathon, not only to raise awareness for the disease, but to pay tribute to those who have lost their lives to it.

One of the people McDonald wanted to pay tribute to wasfellow local footballer, NickLowden,who last played in the South Australian National Football League and lost lost his life last year, which CTE was later found to be acause

McDonald also wanted to pay tribute to former AFL players Shane Tuck and Danny Frawley, who were both found to be suffering from CTE.

CTE can only be diagnosed after death, requiringevidence of degeneration in brain tissue and deposits of proteins in the brain. McDonald's case has been listed as probably due to the symptoms he suffered.

Running in Queensland, McDonald took on the Cairns Marathon on Sunday, July 14.

“It was great, it was an amazing experience. It was pretty emotional because the Lowden’s came up with me. Obviously as they had lost their son through CTE, it wasaveryemotional day, they supported me the whole day,” McDonald said.

“It was prettywarm, but we kicked off at 5.45 (am), so the humidity played alittle bit of apart in it.

“I sat on a3.45 pacer (someonerunning thatexact pace)… Idropped my gels at about five (kilometres) in, so Ihad no electrolytes throughout the run.

“The run is alongthe Cairnsforeshore,soyou’re… running through the parklands looking at the ocean.”

McDonald completed the marathon in three hours, 48 minutes, and 26 seconds.

After what was his first-evermarathon, McDonald wants to continue to do more.

“I’ve got the bug now,” he said.

“I’ve never ran further than 30 (kilometres) in my trainingI go to, the buzz on the day Ithink gets you through.”

On the day, McDonald wore asinglet with Lowden, Tuck, and Frawley on it, and those supporting McDonald throughout hisrun hadposters of the trio to spur himalong.

“They’ve all played apart in my life. Ididn’t know Shane (Tuck) and Danny (Frawley)well, but doing the preseason at Richmond under Danny, and then playing with Shane that year -they’re all people that have been involved in my life.”

Despite afootballing career that has seen him receivenumerous individual awards, McDonald has always been ateam player.

“Any goal or achievementI’ve ever hadhas been team based. I’ve won individual awards, but none of themhavereally meantalot to me,but this one is different,” McDonald said.

“Although it’s an individual achievement, Ifeel areal sense of pride and accomplishment because it’s for abigger cause.

“I’m really proud of it.”

Being apartofCLF, McDonald is able to see the work that goes into the foundation and help raise moneysotheyare able to help more people who mightbesuffering from the symptoms of CTE.

“They’re asupport network,” he said.

“They work withthe Biobank who are more research, but CLFare there to supportpeople that think that they may have the symptoms, and they support, just as more so, the partners and families.”

The CLF offer fortnightly support meetings with those suffering and partnersorfamilies, andhave doctors involved

So far, McDonald has raised just shy of the $5000 goal, which willgotowards supporting the CLF and its work.

McDonald mentionedthat Microsoft may be jumping on board to donate, and if so, they will double what has already been donated.

“We’re hopeful thatitcouldbeuptowards $10,000,” McDonald added.

Looking at the bigger picture, McDonald wanted to inspire people to get help if they have, or think they have symptoms of CTE.

“I thinkthe main thing is showing people that… foralong time it got the better of me, Istill have challenges, but hope that you can live ahealthy life with these symptoms,” he said.

“It takes alot of hard work and consistency, but like any form of amedical illness it is challenging, but youcan live ahealthyand good life -itjust needs to be consistent and (you need to )make good decisions.”

Bitten by the marathon bug, McDonald has set himself up formore by entering himself in the Melbourne Marathon on October 13.

He will also continue his advocacy role, doing a number of speaking events with CLF and potentially Norwood Football Club (where Lowden last played). McDonald also might be setting himself up for atriathlon.

More locally, McDonald willbeapartofa speaking panel with Girls With Hammers, when they do their sixth annual conference. This year’s

conference will be held at Churchill’s Federation University.

McDonald will be the second-ever male to join the panel, in what will be an all-day event to provide inspiring stories, building asense of connection with the community for those that attend, expanding the support network for women in the region. More local footy -Pages 22-28

Speedytimes recordedasrunners brave thecold

ATHLETICS

TRARALGON HARRIERS

BY BARRYHIGGINS

SHOWERSceased and awelcome ray of sunshine emerged just as Traralgon Harriers members were preparing to leave home forlastThursday’stwo lap run/walk from Meadow Park Drive.

Times were generally excellentdespite many runners tapering off beforethe Wirilda Runsthree days later.

Quickest women finishers were the consistent trio of Yani Cornthwaite, Karen Graham and

Molly Irvine -not always in that order.

The fastest men wereDempsey Podmore, former Traralgon Marathon winner Ian Cornthwaite and adventure racer Rob Preston.

At the postrun catch-up and lucky draw, Harriers presidentPhillip Mayerwelcomed first timers Rochelle McGrath and Michael Veal.

Afterlastweekend’s WirildaRuns, the Athletics Victoria teammembersare lookingforward to the AV RoadRaces thisSunday(August 4) at Ballarat.

The 15km road race and6km juniorcourse at LakeWendouree is at the traditional stomping ground of Australian and Olympic champion Steve Moneghetti.

Harriers new committee

ATHLETICS

TRARALGON HARRIERS BY BARRYHIGGINS

THE recent Harriers annual meeting was atime efficientand pleasantly social event. PhillipMayer was unanimouslyre-electedfor his sixth term as president.

The executive saw little change. Alf Warner retired from the role of secretary and David Barr took up the position. Andrew Leggeand Ann Bomers continued in their respectiveroles of vice-president and treasurer.

In his president’s address, Mayer said, “This year we adopted aslogan, ‘not justarunningclub’although our core activity is running, there is so much more to the Traralgon Harriers."

“Harriers provides us with asocial outlet, a welcoming community, and valuablegroup support.

“Despite somechallenges,we’ve continuedto thrive and grow, not only through our Thursday night runs,but also our weekend events, social activities, and the club’s state team.

“Over time, we’ve developed wonderful relationships with businessesand community organisations.

We have many wonderful long-term sponsors and supporters, who help us to operate, especially with thecostoflarger events.

“We continue to support our Athletics Victoria (AV) representatives more thanany other club in the state. AV uses the Traralgon Harriers as astate-level model for how aclub should be run.

“I believe we can also claim the title of ‘family club’,with 22 families having multiple members in the club. And we’ve continued to build the club to almost gender parity, with juston50per cent female membership, the highest levelinGippsland. The club’s event for International Women’s Day was greatly supported by members,with amajority turning up in the event’s theme-colour of purple.

“We continue to follow the state government’s Fair Play Code, which sets out standards of behaviour in sport and recreation."

Mayer acknowledged outgoing secretary Alf Warnerfor his work, humour and support, and welcomed new committee members. Mayer also congratulated the AV team captains Greg Semmler, MilesVerschuur and Callie Cook, and the race Director of the 2024 Traralgon Marathon and Running Festival (which sold out), Desley Gray.

Tomorrow'sevent (Thursday, August1)isa5km loop from the tennis courts in Traralgon.

For details of all events, see the Harriers Facebook page.

Results -6km Meadow Park run/walk. Dempsey Podmore 22:14, Ian Cornthwaite 23:30, Rob Preston 24:20, David Barr 25:12, AdrianSutcliffe 25:57, YaniCornthwaite 26:07, Clinton Jolly 26:07, Michael Veal26:17, Trent Kooyman 26:50, Karen Graham 27:05, Darrel Cross 28:06, Gary Fox 28:32, Jason Odlum 28:32, Ashleigh Dugan 29:42, MollyIrvine 29:42, Ron Verschuur 29:45, Desley Gray 31:49, Ree Graham 31:50, Shane Gavin 32:11,

Stephen Renehan 32:12, BelkeyPodmore 32:30, Angeline Snell34:30, RochelleMcGrath 35:00, Kaye Livingstone 35:02, Kat Kent 35:31, Seth Bomers36:00,Michelle Sawyer 36:17, RemeyPodmore 37:05, Kate Mayer 37:16, Phillip Mayer 37:16, Tania Whitehead 39:32, Ian Heafield 44:28, Ann Bomers 45:59, Barry Higgins 46:45, Mark Fairbairn 48:08, Timothy Graham 49:15, Luke Witham 49:15, Helen Whitby 53:26, Kylee Earl 59:30, Belinda Heafield 59:59, Kathy Quinn 1:01:32,Michelle Colwell 1:01:32, Anja Norwood 1:01:32, Nick Hodson 1:10:10, Glenn Graham NTR, Angelo Gaudiano NTR.

Yani

Inspiration: Leigh McDonald recentlyran amarathon forthe Concussion LegacyFoundation, raising moneytohelp peoplesuffering thesymptoms of CTE. File photograph

The team behind the team: The newexecutiveand committeeofthe Traralgon Harriers. Back: DesleyGray, GiuseppeMarino,Ash Dugan, Andrew Broberg, Clinton Jolly, RonVerschuur.Second row: KayeLivingstone,MariekaReilly, MollyIrvine,Danelle Wright, Toby Grzmil, Trent Kooyman,

Cornthwaite. Front: Ann Bomers, Phill Mayer, Andrew Legge and David Barr.Absent: Kate Mayer. Photograph supplied.

Gippsland grit against the best

HOCKEY LVHA

BY IAN GOODWIN

WITH five weeks remaining in the season,the Latrobe Valley Wolves hockey teams have been busy across the state.

The fourth-pla ced Vic League men’s team travelled to St Kilda to take on top-of-the-ladder Powerhouse.

Withseveralkey players missingfor the men, this match-up was always going to be atallorder.

After conceding two early goals in the first half, themen stabilisedthanks to the efforts of Andrew 'Funky' Glazzard and Melissa Light in the backline, halting the Powerhouse attack.

An explosive second half saw several injuries to both sides,with Latrobe centre half Daniel Godfrey briefly leaving the pitch with ahead injury.

Apenalty stroke fromHamzaFayyaz brought the Wolveswithin striking distance, but unfortunately an equalisercouldnot be found, with the match ending 2-1 to Powerhouse.

In women’s Vic League, Latrobe took on St Bede’s Hockey Club in Mentone in another nail-biting match.

Fantastic efforts from Skye McDonald and Elly Smith saw Latrobe find the back of the net twice, but unfortunately it was not enough, with St Bede’s taking a3-2 win.

Back home at the Synthetic SportsFieldin Churchill,the local women’scompetition saw Churchill take on Traralgon.

Despite an outstanding performancebyChurchill goalkeeper Rylee Reid, with solid support from Kelly McLauchlan and Gabby Medew, Churchill were not able to stem the flow of goals from Traralgon, with the match ending at 9-nil.

The local men’s Hockey 5s competition saw two exciting high-scoring matches on Friday night. Churchill came out on top of the Traralgon Rovers

to the tune of 12-5 with Matt Wells (four goals), Ronan North (4), Blake Billing (3), and Hayden Winters all findingthe backofthe netfor Churchill.

David Baker-Lethbridge was best-on-ground for the Rovers as goalkeeper, supported by goal scorers Russ Clunning, Corrinne Metcalf, and Brendan North.

Traralgon versus Moe saw local star Hamish McCracken return to the field for Traralgon after aweek off with ahamstring injury.

Sam Pollerd was outstanding for Traralgon, transferring the ball well out of defence an up to the forward line to create opportunities.

Despite Traralgon’s best efforts, they were not able to fend off aferocious Moe forward line, with Moe slotting 14 goals home to Traralgon’s 6.

In the junior competition, Traralgon played Choe with theunder 8s joining forces with the under 12s for agreat night of hockey.

Isobel Dodd was able to showcase her newfound goalkeeping skills, while brother Luke Dodd was a force to be reckoned with at the other end, finding the back of the net on several occasions.

 THE Latrobe Valley Hockey Association also presented NAIDOC Round recently, celebrating the local Indigenous culture and communities.

Latrobe City Mayor,Darren Howe and Aunty Christine Johnson opened the weekend with speeches, aWelcome to Country, and asmoking ceremony

Despite the cold, high-level hockey was produced in all divisions.

In the under8s, Traralgon Roverscame out on top over Churchill 7-1, with Luke Dodd, Isobel Cluning, and Beau Cobbledick scoring for the Rovers.

Jessica Woolgar stepped into the pads as the first-ever goalkeeper for Traralgon and made some great goal-line saves.

Madeline Barlingscored the lone goal for Churchill after some fantastic field play by Charlotte Snell. The under 12s division match between Traralgon

Tennis event tabled top success

TABLE TENNIS

LATROBE City Councilhas won the Bunnings Trade Local Government Initiative of the Year Award at the 2023 Victorian Sport Awards, recognising agroundbreaking partnership and commitment to sports development in regional Victoria as the Home of Table Tennis.

The Victorian Sport Awards are an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements in Victorian sport and active recreation throughout the 2023 calendar year.

Latrobe City Council staff, Destination Gippsland’s David Elder, and Table Tennis Victoria (TTV) staff, chief executive, and board members attended the awards night at Marvel Stadium.

In ahistoric first for regional Victoria, Latrobe City Council signed an eight-year partnership agreement withTableTennis Victoria and Destination Gippsland to host the Victorian Country Championships and Victorian Open Championships in Traralgon, until the end of 2030.

This long-term investmenthas not only brought big sporting events to the region, but has also fostered economic growth and community engagement.

Latrobe City Mayor, Darren Howe said this partnership would attract national competitions, increase community sports participation, and foster pathways from local clubs through to the elite level.

“Latrobe City continues to maintainour status as ahub for major events," he said.

"Latrobe City is home to many state-of-theart sporting facilities, catering to all levels of competition. Our status as the regional sports hub for southeast Victoria provides apathway for promising younglocalathletestoelite sport across Australia.

“Theseevents showcase the regionand our impressive sporting facilitiestoa wider audience of attendees, bringing over $400,000 annually into the local economy. By visiting andsupporting local accommodation, dining and business, the benefits can be seen across the entire community."

Rovers and Churchill saw neither side fielding goalkeepers, opting for an all-out battleinfield play.

Atightly contested match fittingly concluded with an 8-all result.

Wyatt Cobbledickwas the ever-reliable goal scorer for Traralgonwithseven, while Zahli Johnson also put one home.

For Churchill, IsabelBarlingscored three, Quinton Morgan two, and Sandy Young, Anna Goodwin, and SanneSchelfhoutall scored one each.

 IN the Men’s Hockey 5s division, Rovers had adecisive 9-5 win over Traralgon.

Despite Skye McDonald starring for Traralgon with four goals and some good goalkeeping from Regan Smith, the Rovers teamwork could not be overcome, with CorrinneMetcalf, Matisse Daniel, DavidVu, and Russ Clunning all scoring.

Also in mens 5s, Moe had a9-4 victory against Churchill.

What could have been avery close match turned into aone-sidedaffair, with Moe goalkeeper,Daniel Brereton stopping nearly everything thrown at him,with hisforward line supportinghim with quality shots on net.

Mo Taleb (threegoals),AidenMair, Daniel Godfrey (four), and Michael McCubbin were the goal scorers for Moe. Churchill saw Blake Billing (two), Kevin Ng, and Jamie Cobbledick each come away with goals.

Traralgon came out on top with a3-2 win over Moe in the women’s division, with some great play by young-guns Isla Godfrey and Lily Johnson setting up their teammates for shots on net.

Skye McDonald and Rebecca Wallace came away with field goals for Traralgon, with Mikayla McDonald scoring apenalty stroke to secure the win.

Ash Vuillermin scored both goals for Moe from penalty corners. Aiden Mair and Brady Cake were also outstanding on the field for Moe.

Rovers versus Churchill was atightly contested

matchinthe midfield, with a1-all result after four quarters of play.Rovers took an early lead with Maddy Hall sneaking one past first-time goalkeeper Ryley Reid.

But Reid and her surrounding defence was airtight for the rest of the match, stopping everything thrown at them.

Churchillresponded later in the game after some fantastic field play by Alice Stewart, Kelly McLauchlan, and Kara North.

 IN the Women’s Vic League, Latrobe Valley had adecisive win over Bayside 4-nil.

Acompletelyevenfirst half saw the scoreline nil-all at halftime after some strong backline work and clears to the midfield.

The match came alive in the second half, with the team executing well-drilled plans leading to Elly Smith scoring her first Vic League goal.

Claire Cake, Kara North,and Skye McDonald all also came away with one each.

 MEN'S Vic League saw atightly contested battle between Latrobe Valley and East Gippsland.

East Gippsland cameout of the gateshard, putting the Valley on the backfoot early, with Andrew Glazzardand LachlanLight working hard in defence to keep East at bay.

Latrobe held out and put forwardcounterattacks of their own, going into halftime with a1-nil lead thanks to apenalty stroke being slotted home by Hamza Fiaz.

Abrief lapse in defencesaw EastGippsland equaliseimmediatelyafter the break, before Daniel Godfrey scored the match-winner for Latrobe.

The Latrobe Valley Hockey Association is always open to new players, regardlessofage or skill level. Interested parties should phone president Kelly Godfrey on 0412 079 981, or email president.lvha@ gmail.com

Valleyrepresent: TheWolveshaveenjoyeda solid season in Vic Leaguemen’s,and areinside the topfour on theladder.

Damp: Drizzlyconditions greeted theLatrobeValleyWolvesatthe weekend.

Photographs contributed

Weather interrupts LVSL

SOCCER

LVSL

BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

ONE round remains in the Latrobe Valley Soccer League season, and it’s serving as aphenomenal race from start to finish, not without dramaof course, with it coming down to justtwo teams who couldcallthemselves champions.

We’ll have to hold off for awhiletosee who in fact wins the league since the Falcons versus Moe United clash was called off last Saturday night due to the Falcons Park pitch being underwater.

If Falcons had have played and won, they would have taken the title off neighbouring rivals and current holders, Fortuna.

However, with agameinlieu, Fortuna leapfrogged Falcons with agame in hand and sizeable goal difference after defeating Newborough-Yallourn, 6-2 at Crinigan Road on Sunday.

The Orangemen also saw the trophy presentation for their reserves league title before an 8-nil victory over the Combine.

Monash took down Churchill United3-nil for their seventh win on the year.

Monash led 2-nil at halftime, before adding one more goal to make it extra sweet, with goals from Ryan Davis, Ryan Harvey and Noah Bennett on their home patch.

The Rams remain at awin-loss-draw record of 5-9-3 ahead of theirfinal matchagainst Sale United.

Monash will play Traralgon OlympiansinRound 18.

Olympians defeated Tyers 6-nil at Tyers, locking in afourth-placed finish for 2024.

After a2-nil start by halftime,the Traralgon side finished impressively, with an extra four goals for the match that includedahat-trick for Guguei Malual.

Oliver Saliba, Dylan Dunstall and Levi Mahammud also saw the back of the net.

Tyers remain winless from their 17 games with one more ahead this Sunday against Moe United. It was agreat day over in Sale as the Swans celebrated the women’s side claiming back-to-back

league championships (7-nil against Trarlagon City) whilethe men beatEastGippsland,8-1 give them awelcomed third win for the year and surpasstheir weekend opponents on the ladder.

A4-1 edge wentthe way of SaleUnited in the first half, while the Eagles did see Jaydon Steele score for what would be their only goal of the day.

Sale United tacked on four more goals to keep the result determined thanks in no smallpart to Isaak Jondahl with five goals andThomas Gardner with two.

Both teams stare down the opportunity of their fourth win to finish the year as East Gippsland host Fortuna and Sale United travel to Churchill United.

The LVSL is still calling on prospective referees to help as theseason gets to the business end, forfurtureseasons

Those interested are encouraged to visit: ballvictoria.com.au/become-a-ref

Matildas endure tough start to Olympic campaign

OLYMPICS

By TOM HAYES

THE Paris2024OlympicGames are well and truly underway.

And so is the first of ourlocal contingent, with Moe-bornTeagan Micah among the Matildas in the football (soccer) tournament.

Things didn’t go to plan in the Matildas’ first group stage game, losing 3-nil to Germany to start the tournament in Marseille last Friday (July 26).

The Matildas went 1-nil down at halftime, before two quickfire goals to the Germans after halftime sealed the game in their favour.

Micah went through the fixture as an unused substitute, unpreferred to Mackenzie Arnold between the sticks.

The result made it incredibly difficult for Australia to automatically qualify for the knockouts.

It looked as though Australia weren’t going to have achanceatmaking the knockouts, when considering the start they had in their second group stage game against Zambia on Monday (July 29) in Nice.

Zambia opened the scoring within the first minute, which would begin the start of ascoring frenzy between the two sides, ending in a6-5 win for Australia.

Six minutes later, Australia had equalised with their first goal of the tournament, thanks to Alanna Kennedy.

Zambia weren’t going down without afight, putting Australia on the backfoot, opening atwo-goal lead within amatterofminutes.

With their second goal in the 21st minute, and athirdinthe 33rdminute, the scoreread3-1 to Zambia after just over half an hour.

Two minutes later, Hayley Raso found the back of the net for the Matildas, splitting the deficit to one goal.

But that too was short-lived, as the Zambians added their fourth in injury time of the first half, taking a4-2 lead into the break.

Into the second half,and Zambia couldn’t stop scoring. Theyaddedafifth in the 56th minute, before adding Australia’s third by putting one in their own net within amatter of minutes after a calamity in defence.

Some captain Steph Catley brilliance swung the momentum into the Matildas’ hands. Her well-struck free kick glided through the hands of theZambian goalkeeper to bring Australiawithin agoal, before she cooly equalised from the spot after the Matildas were awarded apenalty with 12 minutes remaining.

Thegame went down to the wire, with Australia keepingtheir knockout qualification hopes alive, aftera90th-minute MichelleHeyman goal put Australia ahead for the first time in the game. Micah again remained on the bench as an unused substitute.

Following two group stage games, the Matildas sit in third place out of four in the group. The US sit on top with two wins (six points) and a+5goal difference, Germany are second with three points and +1 goal difference.

Fighting for qualification is Australia in third on three points and -2 goal difference, and Zambia with zero points and -4 goal difference.

Teamscan qualify as athird-placed nation, which Australia has done so previously at the Olympics. However, if they wish to qualify in the top two, then the only chance they can give themselves is by beatingthe US. If Australia manages to beat the US, they will also needZambia to draw with or defeatGermany to ensure Australia movesahead If Australia can defeat or draw against the US, but remain in third place, they should progress to the knockouts, to face the winners of Group C. But, if Australia losestothe US, and Zambia beats Germanybytwo or more goals,then the

Matildas could still finish on the bottom of the group. So everything is still wide open as it stands.

The Matildas play their final group stage game againstthe US tomorrow (Thursday, August 1), at 3am AEST in Marseille.

If the Matildas progress, their first knockout gameisexpectedtobethis Sunday(August 4), either at 1am or 3am.

First-choicegoalkeeper,Arnold has conceded

eightgoals in two matches, which may prompt Matildas coach TonyGustavssontochange things up. However, the fact that they are coming up against oneofthe most dangerous nations suggests that the Matildas will stick to their regular starting 11.

ALSO this week, our other two Olympians will begin their journeys in Paris.

Traralgon’s Jade Melbourne wouldhavestarted

herbasketball campaign earlier this week on July 29 against Nigeria (resulted after print). Hersecondand third group stage games against Canada andFrance are on Thursday, August 1at 9.30pm and Monday, August 5at5am Tonight (Wednesday, July 31), Traralgon’s Aoife Coughlan begins her second Olympic judo journey From 6pm tonight, Coughlan will begin her preliminary rounds. She will be hoping to go further than last time out, where she was stumped at the Round of 16 in Tokyo.

If Coughlan progressespastthe preliminary rounds,she willenter the final blocksix hours later, beginning on Thursday, August 1, from midnight (12am).

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are broadcast free-to-air on Channel 9and 9Gem.

Aussie,Aussie, Aussie: Our local athletes have startedtheir journeyatthe 2024Paris Olympic Games File photograph