Latrobe Valley Express Wednesday 1st May 2024

Problems with tree plantation

MOREthan 100 peopleattendedthe publicmeeting held at WillowGrove HallonFriday, April 12, to voicecommunityconcernoverthe proposed planting of hundreds of trees around the southwest side of Blue Rock Lake by Southern Rural Water (SRW), who are hoping to generate carbon offsets as away of reducing their climate change impact.

Presentwas Southern Rural Water Managing Director,Cameron FitzGerald,Member for Narracan,Wayne Farnham, Baw Baw Shire Councillor, Michael Leaney and local CFA fire captain, Anthony Schultz.

The meeting was chaired by Con Versteden of the Tanjil Valley Progress Association, and was conductedinavery orderly manner despite the many probing questions.

Firstly, Mr FitzGerald apologised for the lack of community consultation and how that would be rectified as there were still assessments from

aspecialist forester to take place after examining the lease land for suitability.

Many questions were asked about the independence of the assessor.

The biggest concern was in regard to the bushfire threat, as the proposed trees will be very close to built up areas.

The SRW timeline is this month for site assessments, July for receipt of assessment, August for community consultation and September, finalisation after consideration.

The area in concern is grazed by cattle and is well managed.

There was some negative comments about SRW management of land nearby, with little maintenance taking place and blackberries being allowed to grow unchecked.

Mr Farnham spoke next about the BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) rating and how that would possibly

Meaningful Mother’sDay Market

By KATRINA BRANDON

SPEEDING through the year, Mother’s Day is close to being on our doorstep.

Stuck for agift? Fear not, as Mewacare, anotfor-profit organisation, is holding aMother’s Day community market at the Traralgon facility, the O’Mara House, this Sunday (May 5).

Run purely by the facility's residents; the event will feature many stalls, including knitted clothing and blankets, trash and treasure, cards, art and plants up for sale with plants and seedlings carefullypreparedbyaresident botanist. Profits from theday will be sent to local CFA and SES units.

“As part of community events, we are putting on amarketthe week before Mother’s Day, and it’s going to be aperfect place where you can go to get gifts for Mother’s Day or take yourmum the week beforeMother’s Day for alittle bit of an adventure. Thereare goingtobemanyhomemade things that the aged care residents have been working on for awhile,” aMewacare representative said.

Aface painter and DJ will be present, and parents can enjoy their coffees as kids play at the animal farm. Later on, the centre will be holding araffle.

The representative told the Express that many of the residents havebeen working towards the

market for months. She said they have been enjoying teaching othersnew skills, working with their hands, and expressing themselves.

“They have been working on it for alittle while now. It’s been areally great creative outlet. They have been able to express themselves, keep busy, and keep their hands and minds entertained. It’s definitely been areally interesting time for them,” she said.

“They have been able to teach afew of the other residents about plants, propagating and how to help them flourish. It has been areally nice time for all of the residents and the staff.”

The decision to donatetothe CFA and SES came easy to the crew due to their resemblance.

“We decided thatthe CFAwould be agoodplace to send the profits because the facility is located in Traralgon, abushfire area and avolunteer-based organisation. So, it makes sensetoustobethe location. It’s areally great place to send the profits," aMewacare spokesperson said.

"We actuallystarted as avolunteer organisation as well. We were formed in 1959 by agroup of volunteers. That’s kind of our originaswell, which ties in with our values.”

People can visit the facility on Hunter Road, Traralgon from 10am to 3pm.

affect homeowners in the adjacent area if aforest is planted.

This could mean higher house insurances and more costtohome builders to meet higher BAL requirements which is on acase-by-case basis.

Mr Schultz spoke briefly about the fire threat and Cr Leaney spoke about Bushfire Overlays and how they might change if aforest is planted adjacent to Willow Grove.

The meetingended with an agreementthat a working party would be established.

Editor’s note

READERS may noticeareduction in page numbers in the Express over the next few weeks.

Unfortunately staff numbers have taken ahit recently due to arangeof circumstances, noting the tragic passing of our general manager, Bruce Ellen as the most obvious.

At present, there is one person working on page layout across two mastheads (Latrobe Valley Express and Gippsland Times), while editorial is at six fulltime journalists (soon to be five) workingat two sites.

Newspaper production is time-consuming, and to have a60-page weekly issue of the Expresscurrentlywould notbe workable or fair on the remaining staff.

As such, there will only be so many storieswewill be able to fit in or cover in the next while. Ihave instructed my journalists to put apremium on stories that are absolutely time critical.

Ianticipate we will generate ahuge backlog of stories over the next few weeks, and will look to publish them before they become too outdated.

Iask youtoplease be patient as we work our way through this difficult transitional period.

By all means, send through your own stories and photostonews@lvexpress. com.au

Ithank you for your understanding. Liam Durkin Latrobe Valley Express, Editor

Consultation: Morethan 100people attended apublicmeeting in Willow GroveHall regardingtreeplanting at Blue Rock Lake. Photograph supplied

Commemorativemuralunveiled

By LIAM DURKIN

STEVE Bechaz has done it again.

Of all his murals that have provided an uplift to Moe, the one adorning the wall of Moe RSL might just be his most poignant.

The mighty artwork takes up the entire previously blank wall space alongside Moe RSL'S carpark, and depicts images, themes and values synonymous with the ANZAC Spirit. Poppieslay across the bottom of the piece, while the three core components of defence (Army, Navy and Airforce) are also given prominence.

Of all the itemshowever,the sight of awounded soldier being assisted is perhaps the most significant.

The wounded soldier in question is Wally Johnson of Moe, who was wounded at the Battle for Salamoa in New Guinea during World War 2. AstatueofPrivate Johnson adorns the foyer of Moe RSL, and served as inspiration for the mural.

Mr Bechaz spoketoPrivate Johnson’s daughterin-lawwhile completing the mural, while anumber of people who worked with Private Johnson at the SEC also passed on their praise.

Fittingly, the mural was completed in time for AnzacDay, where it was unveiled to members of Moe RSL.

Rex Daly, who served in the 12th Platoonin South Vietnam,before returningtolater build the Moe RSL facility, spoke at the unveiling.

Mr Daly, like most in attendance, were in awe of the artwork, and somewhat lost for words as aresult,simply saying he was “gobsmacked” at what had been created.

The artwork is the biggest Mr Bechaz has completed in Moe, and took him around three weeks to paint, making for one month in total taking in preparation and delays due to rain.

He said he wasappreciative of all the support he had received, noting this mural was by far the onethatattracted the most positive commentary.

“It was good to see the impact the muralwas having on people, it made the job more rewarding,” he said.

The Moe artist has completed anumberofmurals around town, in an effort to help try and provide afacelift.

Moe’sAnzac Day Parade

By KATRINA BRANDON

HUNDREDS made it to the Moe Anzac Day Parade last Thursday despite the weather's intentions.

People lined up on either side of Albert Street waiting for the 10.30am parade to start.Whistles and excitement filled those in attendance as current soldiers, veterans, local emergencyservice crews, scouts, and school groups marched the streets, and the Latrobe Valley Aero Club traced the skies.

After the march, the large group gathered around the front of the Moe RSL with wreaths and family in hand, welcomed by Moe RSL President, Steve Mayes.

In his address, Mr Mayes acknowledged the presence of notable figures such as councillors Brad Law and Sharon Gibson, Member for Monash, Russell Broadbent, and Moe Racing Club Chairman, Michael Vanderfeen, who was the guest speaker for the day.

Followingspeeches, people laid down their wreaths, which spilled over the Cenotaph.

Concludingthe event, attendees enjoyed the warmth and shelter of the RSL and shared ameal together.

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Represent: MoeRiver Scouts Group Cub leader Cheryl Hibbs,eight-year-old Willow, 10-year-old Zoeand 11-year-old Kyle prepapretolay awreath.

Photograph: Katrina Brandon

Significant: Moe artist SteveBechaz alongside Moe RSLrepresentatives NicoleJolliffe, Eddie Wright, RexDaly, presidentSteve Mayes, Rory Morgan, and generalmanager,Brendan Farrugia

Amazing: Thenew muralatMoe RSL.

Photographs:LiamDurkin

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Yinnar yearns for those who served

By KATRINA BRANDON

AT the dawn of light, in remembranceofthe fight, about 80 peoplefrom the Yinnarcommunity gathered at 6am last Thursday to remember those who sacrificed their lives in the conflict of war. Amid the sombre reflections of the past, Yinnar stood proud, sharing the unique significance of the locationofthe Anzac Dayceremony.Adjacent to the Yinnar Cenotaph lies aliving testament to the fallen, there grows adirect descendant of the Lone Pine from Gallipoli, asymbol of shared history and resilience.

While at Lone Pine, soldier Thomas Keith McDowell picked up one of the pine cones from the shattered tree, and his aunt grew four seedlings fromthe plant.The seedlings were planted on the 50th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign in 1965. Turkishpine is atricky species

to grow, and years passed before they managed to get 150 pine trees from the four in existence.

Soldier Roy Gauer was one of the soldiers wounded in Gallipoli and later awarded one of the soldiersettlement farms in Yinnar. In 1969, Royplantedthe tree right nexttothe Cenotaph. There are many Pine trees across the country, but most are Aleppo Pine and other species rather thanthe directdescendants of the Lone Pine grown right in Yinnar.

“Forus, this year, mentioning the LonePine and getting the knowledge outtherethat we have one and thatitisadirect descendantofthe Lone Pine from the battle. That was really special for me to bring that up,” MC retired Captain Luke Townsend said.

“It’s areal joy to be here with my brother and nephew on Anzac Day. We don’t usually get to hang out together on this day because we all

have different jobs. It was really nice that he came and chose to do this parade here.”

In memoriam: The Yinnar Dawn Service was led by Captain LukeTownsend, PrivateJeremy Campbell, Signaller James Townsendand Lieutenant Owen Townsend.

Photograph: KatrinaBrandon

Walhalla andErica remembers

100 watchedthe 20-plus horses ride into Erica from

Amor, representing the hundreds of Walers that were sent to help troops.

Only one horse officially came back.

All that were not killed in action were sold off and most were killedtofeed starving peopleleft to defend and survive the best they could.

Mel Devison spoke tenderly of his time of being calledupinthe Vietnam War and of lost mates he left there.

FURTHER afield in Walhalla, there was astrong attendance of around 200 at the Dawn Service. Attendees enjoyedthe unique service put on by locals.AGunfire Breakfastcooked up by the Mountain Rivers Scouts was enjoyed afterwards.

Richard Henry again piped the troops into position around the Cenotaph, with Bryce Eishold (of GippslandFMnotoriety and former Latrobe Valley Express journalist) as MC this year.

Senior Constable Ian Naughton read the Ode from the rotunda, and after our one minute's silence, the 303 rifle was fired thrice into the heavens followed by the solitary shot from the cannon which vibrated through the narrow valley.

to help with the ceremony.

Lieutenant Owen Townsend, RoyalAustralian Engineers, Captain Townsend’sbrother, Signaller James Townsend, and Private Jeremy Campbell, both fromSimpson BarracksWatsonia,were also present

THE morning AnzacDay service at Erica was held in clear weather, where acrowd of more than

Parade: Horses representing the Walerssent to help troops during wartime make their way through EricaonAnzac Day.

Silence in the mountains: Around 200 people came to the Dawn Service in Walhalla Photographs supplied

Pioneer paediatrician’sfarewell

THERE has been apassing of the torch in the area of paediatric rehabilitationatLatrobeRegional Health in recent weeks,with the retirement of Dr Barry Rawicki.

Dr Barry has been described as apioneer in paediatric rehabilitation medicine.

“Dr. Barry has dedicated well over adecade of service to our community and played apivotal role in establishing the Victorian PaediatricRehabilitation Service(VPRS) for the Gippsland region,” colleague and PaediatricNeuropsychologist, Dr Helen Jeges said.

The VPRS Gippsland team comprises doctors, a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist, social workerand other allied health professionals to provide what’s called ‘wrap around’ services for

eligible patients in Gippsland.

“We are amulti-disciplinary team that works with children and young people who might be experiencing cerebral palsy, stroke, epilepsy, brain tumours or acquiredbraininjuryfollowing an incident such as amotorvehicle accident or afall,” Dr Jeges said.

Thedevelopment of this specialist clinic has been a20-year project for Dr Rawicki, who noted that while children in the city had access to this type of service in the 1990s, children in regional areas were either more likely to miss out or be faced with lengthy travel demands.

As well as providing specialist rehabilitation care to patients, Dr Rawicki has also worked to build the capacity of the LRH-based team to provide a range of services and specialities to local families.

“Dr Barry’s generosity in sharing his knowledge and expertise with LRH colleagues has been instrumental in fostering aculture of collaboration and continuous learning within our hospital. His commitment to professional growth and his willingness to mentorothers haveleft an enduring impact on the VPRS team in Gippsland," Dr Jeges said.

“Having the range of skills and knowledge in the team means that we can provide in-depth care and work with families to come up with interventions for the patient andimprove quality of life and functioning."

The LRH-based service provides care to patients and their families who live within the Gippsland region. This includes hospital-based care as well as outreach to the family’s home where needed.

As Dr Rawicki steps into retirement, the LRH team will welcome Dr Adam Scheinberg as Consultant Paediatrician, who is also the VPRS state-wide Medical Director.

Dr Scheinberg is returning to the Gippsland region having worked with the team more than 10 years ago.

“It’s wonderful to be back with the team having started in 2009 andthenProfessor Rawicki taking the medical support of the service, but it’s really fantastic to be back hereworking with such a wonderful team and group of families,” he said.

Referralstothe Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service can be made through the VPRS website vprs.org.au

Water for all, inspiring action

GIPPSLAND WATER is inviting local primary, kindergarten and early learningstudents to enter its National Water Week poster competition.

Students are encouraged to design, draw or paint aposter that reflectsthisyear’stheme, 'Water for all, inspiring action', which acknowledges the importance of water and everyone’s role in using water sustainably now and into thefuture.

Categories are open for early learning, kindergarten and primary school students.

Students whoenter are eligible to win a voucher from alocal business and each school/ centrewithastudentsubmissionwill be included in arandom draw to win $500 for a sustainability project or STEM resources.

Local winners will automatically be entered into the state competition, with winners announcedinNational Water Week (October 21-27).

Last year, Gippsland Water received hundreds of colourful entries fromlocal school children and early learning centres, with two students going on to win state prizes.

Gippsland Water Acting Managing Director,

Simon Aquilina said the annual competition delivered several benefits.

“It’s aterrific opportunity for students to learn about the value of water in afun and engaging way,” he said. Entries close at 5pm on Friday, September 6, 2024.

Conceptual: ArtworkbyOscar, a2023

NationalWater Week Poster Competition winner forGippsland Waterand Year 3/4 thirdplace recipient in the statecompetition. Photograph supplied

Crew: Latrobe Regional Health Bio MedicalStudentTayla Green,VPRSRegional Coordinator Monique MacDougall, Allied Health Assistant Emily Cuckson-Bell (front) Paediatric NeuropsychologistDrHelen Jeges, Consultant Paediatrician Dr Adam Scheinberg, Social Worker MargaretBatley, Speech Pathologist FionaDerhamand Physiotherapist Heli Shah Photograph supplied

PalliativeCare Week

NATIONAL Palliative Care Week (NPCW) is an initiativebyPalliativeCareAustralia thatallows Australians to connectwiththe ‘people at the heart of quality palliative care’, so they get adeeper understandingofwhat palliative care is.

In 2024, National Palliative Care Week will run from May 19 to May 25, but in Gippsland is aiming to go better and host aNational Palliative Care month.

The week aims to put ‘Matters of Life and Death’front andcentre in Australia’s consciousness.

Camilla Rowland, Chief Executive at Palliative Care Australia (PCA) says, “We understand that death and dying is adifficult subjecttotalkabout and engage with, but this yearwehave somepowerful voices joining the campaign to inspire and start important conversations."

“The‘peopleatthe heart of quality palliative care’ -our workforce and volunteers, have opened their hearts to share the life lessons they learn everyday as they provide care and support to people and families living with a life limiting illness.

“The vibrantvideo and social media campaign that is central to the week will also allow us all to show our appreciation for the doctors, nurses, physios, social workers, occupational therapists, dietitians, volunteers and the many others who contribute to the person-centred team approach to palliative care.”

To celebrate, the Gippsland Region Palliative Care Consortium, with the help of the Gippsland Primary Health Network, PalliativeCareAustralia will be hosting a series of screenings of ‘Live the life you please’ at local cinemas and libraries, throughout May.

‘Live the life you please’ is afilm-led social impact campaign thatwillchange the way viewers think about the last chapter of life.

Told by medical professionals, patients and their families, it is an intimate portrait of the end of life experience and makes profound observations about life, death and what happens in between.

It will makeviewers smile,laugh, laugh

harder and occasionally shedatear as it shares the stories of adiverse range of Australians experiencing their last chapter.

The campaign aims to improve awareness aboutpalliativecare, advocate for increased access to essential palliative care and related health care services for all Australians,and to help start important conversations about living the life one pleases until the very end.

The freecinema screening will be on Tuesday, May 14 at 1pm at the Readings Theatre, 192 Franklin Street, Traralgon.

Film screenings and ahost of other events willmakefor abusy NPCW aroundthe country.

Afull listofevents can be found below as well as arange tools to help grow awareness of palliative care.

Getting involved andshowing support for palliative care and the people who deliver it is as easy as sharing your story on social media using #MattersOfLifeAndDeath.

“Whether you are receiving palliative care, looking after someone or know someone who is receiving care, we encourage you to share your experience and break down those taboos,” Ms Rowland said.

Scanthe QR codetoregisterfor the local freefilmscreeningorcallGippslandRegion Palliative Care Consortium on (03) 5623 0684.

Companions: Register forthe free film screening with thisQRcode in supportof National PalliativeCareWeek.

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Fed Uni staff and students to go on strike

NATIONAL Teachers Education Union (NTEU) members at Federation University held an all member meeting last week, where they vowedtojoin protests at the university’s three major campuses this week to oppose the 'Future Fed' cuts proposal.

The Future Fed Program was recently announced in the wake of huge revenue losses -nearly $80 million since 2019. It is understood up to 200 jobs could be lost under the program.

Staff, students, and the community will rally at midday today (Wednesday, May 1) at theChurchill campus, following action at the Berwick campus yesterday (Tuesday, April 30). Demonstrations will also take place at midday at the Mt Helen campus on Thursday, May 2.

Protestors will call on senior management to stop the proposed cuts, which they say will destroy valued courses and further undermine already stretched student support services.

“Our Branch’s organising team has been very busy putting up posters, handingout leaflets, and engaging staff and students in conversations to buildthese important rallies,” NTEU Branch President, Dr Mathew Abbott said.

“OurBranch has takenonthisrogue management in the past and won and we are aiming to do so again. The stakes are very high as staff members believe our university cannot survive cuts of this scale, as they will make our problems with student enrolment and retention far worse.”

FedUni student, Ramesh Duraisays students are very concerned about the cuts and aboutproposals from the university’s Provost to replace valued staff with chat bots.

“As acurrentinternational student, Iwould be greatlydisappointed should the discussed changes, specifically thoseregarding the redundancy of staff and replacement with automated systems, be meted out,” Mr Durai said.

“I would consider it afailing of the university to fulfil their contracted charge of proper tertiary education.

"If Iwanted achatbot handling my requests Iwould take that to Maccas, not my university.”

THE state governmentisencouragingthe thousands of Victorians who are eligible for a surprise windfall to search the State Revenue Office’s register and apply for their share of the unclaimed money, with more than $1.5 million of unclaimed money in Latrobe. Everyyear millions of dollars end up in the Victorian Unclaimed Money Registerwith substantial funds to be claimed across regional Victoria and Melbourne.

Greater Geelong has the most unclaimed money -with more than 33,000 entitlements valued at over $4.3 million, followed by Ballarat (more than 14,000 entitlements, $1.8 million), Greater Bendigo (13,000, $1.8 million), Latrobe (13,000, $1.5million), Greater Shepparton (9000, $1.2 million) and Mildura (7000, $1 million).

In metropolitan Melbourne, the City of Melbourne is the council area with the most unclaimed money -more than 67,000 entitlements worth over $17.7 million. One Bendigo local has just over $137,000 waitingfor them, while aBox Hillindividual hasa claimtomore than $880,000. Someone from Nunawading is owed more than $670,000 and aperson in Mount Martha can apply for more than $232,000.

The State Revenue Office, Victoria holds records of money that remains unclaimed after 12 months in Victoria from sources including share dividends,salaries and wages, rents and bonds, debentures and interest, proceeds fromsales,and Tattersalls, Intralot and Tabcorp winnings and prizes. Minister for Economic Growth,Tim Pallas said that Victorians can claim owed monies by visiting sro.vic.gov.au/unclaimedmoney and search the register using apersonal or company name and address.

“We encourage Victorians to check the website and claim their unclaimed monies -thiscould provide substantial benefits to people if they make the effort," he said.

"If you are not sure, our advice is to go to the website andcheck." $1.5 million

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THE facility is also expected to receive aVictorian Energy Efficiency Certificate (VEEC) rebate around $105,000 after 12 months of operation for CO2 savings due to solarand energy efficiency measures.

According to the GCCN report,the Yallambee project, even without the grant funding and rebates, would eventually pay for itself after aroundseven-and-a-half years. Withthe VEEC rebates, the installation should pay for itself after around five years.

Visiting threecommunity-led projects underthe program,Minister D’Ambrosio also visited the

LardnerPark floating solar project, where they had installed a50kWFPV community demonstration floating solarsystem on the large dam at Lardner Park, and also the Yarram Recreation Reserve, whichalsoreceived SecureBack-Up Power Supply throughasolar and battery system under the project.

The project at Yallambee is atemplate for solar installations for around 57 other aged care facilities within Gippsland that are looking to develop renewable solutions and also for further investigations at Yallambee around the Independent living units (ILU) on site.

Welcome: Minister forEnergy andResources,LilyD’Ambrosio(third from left) paid Yallambeea visit lastweek.Yallambee has benefittedfromthe state government’sLatrobe ValleyEnergy and Growth Program. Photograph: Zaida Glibanovic

Braving the shave for cancer

By KATRINA BRANDON

MELISSAH Taylor recently shaved her head for charity.

In2008,Melissah’smum,CarolineGreenwood,was first diagnosed with cancer. Soon to go into remission in 2009, Caroline underwent surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Doctors hadtold her that her cancer had achanceofreturning, and 15 years later, it did. Now,CarolinehasenteredStage4cancer,meaning that it’s too far gone for treatment.

“Istartedfeeling unwelllastyear (2023), and itwas really difficult to diagnose,” Caroline said.

“I struggled for 12 months trying to find out why I was feeling so unwell. Not long before Christmas, I presented with lumps on my chest and clavicle. I’m aphysical fitnessinstructor, so it wasreally hard for me to put afinger on what was abnormal from what Idid at my age -for what Iwas doing. Ihave alwaysbeenveryactiveandfit.Iactuallyretiredfrom working the gyms because Iwasn’t feeling physically up to it, in hindsight, and now Ican see why.” When Melissah first found out about her mum’s

cancer, she wanted to shave, but Carolinetold her not to because she didn't want both of them losing their hair.

“This time around, we said that we would be bald together, and then we discovered that she couldn’t have the chemo and that it wasn’t going to be beneficial, IsaidIwould do it anyway because there is that feeling of hopelessness. Ineeded to do something. So, the least that Ican do is shave my head. What else can you do?” Melissah said.

Melissah’s fundraising efforts, which included family, friends, and past high school friends, raised$2070. While the money couldn’tbeused to treat Caroline, the mother-and-daughter duo are donating it to the Latrobe Regional Hospital Cancer Centre, where Carolinereceived treatment for the first round.

“They looked after me the first time round and gave me 15 extra years to see my kids grow up, to seegrandchildren come, to have time with my friends and family and to live areallygood life.Alot of it is really dependentoncharity anddonations. Thewaiting rooms need updating,” Caroline said.

“I was incredibly proud and humbled that people were donating their hard-earned money to me by just shaving off my hair. That was amazing,” Melissah added.

Caroline told the Express that Latrobe Valley is really lucky to have the clinic here as it caters to all of our surroundings, such as Orbost, Sale, and more.

She said that if the Valley didn’t have it, those havingradiation would have to travel into the city for 15 minutes of treatment.

She said that her case is agreat reminder that cancerdoesn’t discriminate against people, and the importance of regular check-ups.

Now, Melissah is enjoyingher moments with her mum and the fresh cut, saving her time in the morning.

Theshave took place at Elysian Hair and Spray Tans, Traralgon surrounded by Melissah's family andfriends

Red Shield Appeal’s60th

THE Salvation Army in Gippsland is urging thelocal community to get involved in this year’s Red Shield Appeal, which will raise vital money to continue supporting the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in the region.

Across the country, the Salvos are aiming to raise $38 million for the Red Shield Appeal, which is Australia’s largest and longestrunning door-knock appeal.

This year, the Australian charity is celebrating 60 years of the Red Shield Appeal.

“Times are tough.Weare seeing more people come through our doors every week, new families whohavenever done it this tough before, and peopleare feeling the pinch. They are skipping meals, unable to afford utility billsormedication for their kids.This is why we need yoursupport,” saidThe Salvation Army’s Major, Warren Elliot.

"Thereare many ways you can get involved -collections in shopping centres or other key locations, door-knocking, online fundraising or organising acollection at your workplace, school or sporting event.

“There is no betterway to support your community than through volunteering and we would love to haveyou as part of our Red Shield Appeal armythis year. Grabamate, someworkcolleagues or the entire family and join us. We can’t do our work in the community without you.”

The Red Shield Appealweekend is May 25 and 26, but there are many volunteering opportunities throughout May.

If youare able to give someofyour time, reachout to yourlocal Salvos by visiting salvationarmy.org.au/red-shield-appeal

To donate or volunteer forThe Salvation Army’sRed ShieldAppeal or if you need support from the Salvos, visit salvationarmy. org.au or call 13 SALVOS.

You can also donate at any Salvos Store.

April Newsletter &Offshore Geotechnical Survey

GB Energy are planningtoundertake an offshore geotechnical investigation in 2024,off thecoastofGolden Beach, Victoria. We areseekingfeedback from ourrelevantstakeholders on theproposedinvestigationto inform theEnvironmentPlan (EP) currentlyinpreparation for thiscampaign. Specific consultation and feedback on theplannedgeotechnical investigationswillclose on the24th May2024, to allow incorporation into the EP submissiontoResources Victoria forassessment.

Information is available on our April newsletter andvia ourwebsite

Upcoming Information Sessions in May2024

Wednesday 8th May: Port of Sale, Wellington CentreLibrary,13:30 –15:00

Thursday 9th May:Golden Beach Community Centre, 17:30– 19:30

Additionaleventswill be scheduled throughout the year,withdetails on our website.

Further Information

Please feel free to contact GB Energy aboutany questionsyou might have in relation to theprojectorthe drillingoperation through any of thefollowing:

Family: Melissah Taylor (right) shavedher headfor her mum, Caroline Greenwood, who hasbeendiagnosed with cancer Photographs: Katrina Brandon Brave: Melissah Taylor getting theclipper treatment.

RECENT claims by activists, media, industry advocates and politiciansabout theexistence or emergence of ‘forest wars’ is completely misleading and disrespectful, according to aveteran forester and conservationist, Rob de Fégely.

Mr de Fégely, aMemberofthe OrderofAustralia (AM), said the definition of 'War' is astate of armed conflict between countries or groups of people.

"Inthe 50 years Ihave been studyingand working in Australianforestry, there has never been anyarmed conflict in Australia’s forests!" he said.

Mr de Fégely is aregistered forestry professional, adirector of Margules Groome Consulting P/L, chair of Sustainable Timber Tasmania anda director of Forestry Corporation of NSW. He emphasised that his comments are his personal comments and do not reflect the opinion of any of the entities he works for.

Mr de Fégely said to describeacontentious debate and/orprotest as warfare was not only misleading but an insult to people in the Ukraine, Middle East and any other parts of the world where communities are intimidated or threatened by armed force and conflict.

"It is also amassiveinsult to our returned service personnel bothpastand present whohaveendured the horrorsofreal global conflicts and we will never know what they have endured and suffered as a result of their bravery," he said.

"However, Iaminawe of how many carried their experiences stoicallyand bravely to make great contributions to buildour wonderfuleconomy and community on their returnfromactive service. We owe them alot."

Mr de Fégely said sadly, claims of ‘forest wars’ are designed to heighten outrage in caring but often uniformed communities.

"It is an abuse of our language! Debate over how we use our natural resources to meet the twin demands of conservation and consumption for eight billion livingpeople on our planet is important, but it needs to be respectful of the range of opinions and knowledge," he said.

"Everyone on Earth deserves threemeals per day, to be well-clothed and housed, which means we need to produce food, clothing and housing materials somewhere on our planet. Avoiding impact is impossible."

Mr de Fégely said the challenge, particularly with woodproduction, is to develop anaturalsystem withminimal inputs thathas multiplebenefits including conservation, recreation and production.

"Australia’s trained foresters work hard to achieve this. Everyone loves wood,which is the perfect renewable as we can grow,harvest and regrow it in perpetuity and unlike wind turbines and solar panels, it does not require any mining of critical minerals to fulfil its functions," he said.

"Despite being the sixth most forestedcountry in the world,Australiacannotsupplyits own demand for wood, so we rely on wood imports from forests overseaswhere harvesting standards are often far lower than ours."

Mr de Fégely said as we honourour returned service personnel thisAnzac Dayand reflectonthe armed conflicts past and present, "I am tempted to say‘Shameonyou’, but Iwill simply say, 'Show more respect!'".

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by Joanne Madeline Moore

April 29 -May 5, 2024

Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19)

Dynamic Mars (your patron planet) charges through your sign from Tuesday night until June 9 So your fiery, passionate, proactive, boisterous, bossy Aries side will be on full display Do your best to get must-do, routine tasks out of the way early in the week Then you can enjoy the activities that really make your heart sing Be inspired by birthday great, actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn: “I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment

Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20)

Jolly Jupiter (planet of prosperity) is jumping through your sign until May 25-26 This lucky placement only happens every 12 years, so make the most of it while it’s still around! This week the Sun, Uranus and Venus (your ruling planet) are also transiting through Taurus so confidence authenticity and robust self-esteem will take you far Be inspired by birthday great, iconic movie star Audrey Hepburn: “Always be a first-rate version of yourself ”

Gemini (May 21 - June 20)

R Gestless, gung-ho Geminis can be too quick to ditch family members dismiss friends and disregard colleagues who stuff up or disappoint But is that always the best thing to do? Perhaps most people deserve a second chance? As Hollywood star, humanitarian and birthday great Audrey Hepburn wisely said: “People have to be restored, renewed, revived reclaimed and redeemed Never throw out anyone ” Friday favours networking, travel and adventure

Cancer (June 21 - July 22)

Have you been hibernating in your cosy Crab cave? With mighty Mars charging through your career zone (from Tuesday night until June 9) do your best to initiate positive changes at work It’s time to be bold, rather than brooding, and proactive rather than reactive And spend some quality time in nature If you ’ re lucky enough to have one, then get out and potter in the garden As birthday great Audrey Hepburn observed: “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow”

Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)

Prosperity planet Jupiter is jumping through your career zone until May 25-26, which only happens every 12 years! So don’t procrastinate, Cats - a lucky opportunity could come out of the blue You need to make hay while the sun shines and strike while the iron is hot! Be inspired by birthday great, actress Audrey Hepburn: Opportunities don’t often come along When they do, you have to grab them But don t over-promise and then under-deliver

Virgo (Aug 23 - Sep 22)

Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22)

Libra is the zodiac sign that rules appearance, aesthetics, fashion, cosmetics and personal pampering And this week s stars urge you to look for the inner beauty in yourself – and other people So here are some beauty tips from birthday great, movie star Audrey Hepburn (born on May 4, 1929): For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak words of kindness And for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone ”

Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21)

Love plapnet Venus (visiting your relationship zone) squares your ruler Pluto (in your family zone) so close relationships could be compulsive and conflicted, especially mid-week And jealousy could rear its ugly head Smart Scorpios will go out of their way to avoid power struggles and controlling behaviour, as they argue less and compromise more Friday is wonderful for work functions and family get-togethers as long as you are willing to compromise

Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21)

It’s t g ime to enjoy the simple pleasures of life! This week you’ll be at your creative and playful best as Mercury and Mars activate your leisure-and-pleasure zone In the words of birthday great actress Audrey Hepburn: “Enjoy the day to the hilt The day as it comes People as they come ” But there is also a tendency to eat and drink too much, and spend too much time sitting on the sofa So try to balance indoor fun activities with outdoor physical action

Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19)

Do yo p u have to be so conscientious, Capricorn, and such a stickler for doing things the right way?

This week (with Pluto squaring Venus in your fun zone) resist the urge to be overly sombre and super serious Try to find the sweet spot between being organised and being spontaneous, as you have fun AND get a lot done Heed the wise words of movie star Audrey Hepburn (born on May 4, 1929): “The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy

Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18)

TheqSun Venus Jupiter and Uranus activate your family zone, so home is where the heart is this week Even though you may be faced with a frustrating domestic problem, be thankful for the relatives who nurture and support you As birthday great Audrey Hepburn said, “I may not always be offered work, but I’ll always have my family” Mars stirs your restlessness on Friday, so try to escape on a grand weekend adventure in the great outdoors

Embracing neurodiversity

ST PAUL’S Anglican Grammar School students displayed their support for inclusion and understanding by wearing their hoodies on Hoodie Up for Autism Day (April 16).

Educators facilitated activities and conversations for students to learn about autism and embrace the diverse ways in which individuals experience the world.

With asea of hoodies ablaze in various colours, St Paul’sstudentsstood together as beaconsof acceptance and empathy, further personalising their learning experience through open discussions. Students also brought gold coin donations to assist with raising money for AMAZE, anot-forprofit organisation that campaigns and supports people with autism.

The Sgun, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus boost confidence and enthusiasm, as you pursue ambitious and adventurous aspirations for the future Avoid being too safe and sensible, Virgo! It’s time to let go of a perceived failure that has been holding you back If you learn from your mistakes, then you can finally move forward Loved ones will help you along the way Your motto is from birthday great, Audrey Hepburn: The best thing to hold onto in life is each other”

Pisces (Feb 19 - Mar 20)

This week’s stars increase your Piscean tendency to blurt things out and spread secrets So think before you speak! When it comes to a recalcitrant relative or an annoying neighbour be more diplomatic as you build bridges and let bygones be bygones And don’t let negative self-talk hold you back Be inspired by actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (who was born on May 4 1929): “Nothing is impossible The word itself says ‘I’m possible’!”

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PAUL O’GRADY’S GREATELEPHANTADVENTURE

SBS, Friday, 7.35pm

Filmed justbeforehis sudden death, this two-part doco fronted by comedian and animal loverPaul O’Grady (pictured) is bittersweet. The FortheLoveofDogshost is joyous and in hiselementinthistravelogue through Thailand and Laos visiting elephant conservation centres and getting up close to the majestic creatures. Kicking off tonight,O’Grady is in Chiang Mai, whichishome to more than half the country’sdomesticated elephants. Sprinkled in mud, O’Grady’sdelight is unmistakable as he coos“You’re incredible”toone of the mammoth mammals and utters what onlya special few could:“What an absolute treat to getinthe middle of aherd of elephants”.

ADVENTUREGOLD DIGGERS

7mate,Monday, 8.30pm

THE LUMINARIES

ABCTV, Sunday, 9.20pm

Lushly set in the New Zealand goldfields of 1866,this miniseriesisrich with disarmingly beautifulKiwiscenery. Thewealth of talent also dazzles: starring BadSisters star and daughter of U2’s Bono,Eve Hewson (pictured), Yesterday’s Himesh Pateland former Bond girl, French beauty EvaGreen, the performances aregroundedeven whenthe storyseems to fly into rather complicated territory.Based on Eleanor Catton’s award-winningnovel (she’s also the screenwriter), it’sanevocativesix-parter that transports youtoagripping worldinvolving ill-fated romance, murder,opium dens and fortune-telling.Inthis second episode,Lydia (Green) and Carver(Marton Csokas) scheme to free Carverfromhis convictpast.

There’ssomething invigorating about thishomegrownseries: in aworld wheremaking abuckcan be difficult, thesespirited adventurers takeonthe backbreaking,high-stakes, age-old challenge of prospectingfor one of nature’sgreatesttreasures.For the fivecompeting teams, it’sfar from easy but the rewards areimmense. Filmed around Australia in stunning and very remote locations, the danger is high, but so is the determination. Tonight,rookie miner Dennis has abountiful day with apersonal-best nugget bonanza. But it’snot all gold dust– the Mineshaft Hunters’mission is cut shortafter oneofthe clan hasa life-threateningfall.

Wednesday, May1

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Q+A. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National

Press Club Address 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R)

1.55 Anh’s BrushWithFame. (PG,R)

2.30 Back Roads. (PG, R)

3.00 Muster Dogs (PG, R)

3.55 Long Lost Family (PG,R)

4.40 Grand Designs (R)

SEVEN (7,6)

PICK OF THE WEEK

Food for thought: MyKitchenRules judge Manu Feildel seeks his family history in France

WHO DO YOUTHINK YOUARE?

SBS, Tuesday, 7.30pm

Morethan justa genealogyseries, this emotional trek into celebrities’familytrees offers hope, connection and surprising revelations comparable to storylines on some of TV’s bestthrillers. Back with its 15th season, it’satried-and-true formula that hooks you. This latestinstalment features writer KathyLette, tennis superstar PatRafter and BackRoadspresenter Heather Ewart,aswell as actor StephenCurry, who professes,“Iappreciate nowhaving answersthat Inever even knew Iwas lookingfor.” Tonight,chef and MyKitchenRulesjudge Manu Feildel (pictured) unearths generations of culinarydistinction on his mother’s side and has astirringreunion with his father

5.30 Antiques Roadshow (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Paul O’Grady:For TheLoveOfDogs. (PGa, R) 10.00 Outta Town Adventures. (PGan) 11.00 Secret Cities. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight WithDavid Muir. 1.00 PBS NewsHour 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight.(R) 3.30 DestinationFlavour:SingaporeBitesize.(R) 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw.(PG,R) 4.10 The Great Fire Of London. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorningShow. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 Farmer WantsAWife. (PGlns,R) 1.30 SurveillanceOz. (PG, R) 2.00 Beat TheChasers UK 3.00 TheChase. Hosted by Bradley Walsh 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia HostedbyLarry Emdur

6.25 HardQuiz (PG, R)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30

8.00 HardQuiz. (PG)

8.30 TheWeekly With Charlie Pickering. Asatirical news program. 9.05 White Fever. (Mls) Jane’s childhooddoll comestolife.

9.30 QI. (Ml) Hosted by SandiToksvig. 10.05 Planet America

10.35 ABCLateNews. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 The Luminaries. (Mdv,R) 12.00 Superwog. (MA15+l, R) 12.25 Grand Designs. (R) 1.15 Long Lost Family.(PG,R) 2.00 Rage (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 Rage Closer.(R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Art Works.(PG,R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Alone Australia. (Ml) The contestantshavetodig deep

8.35 SwiftStreet. (Mlv) Elsie seeks out her estranged motherfor help.Robert worries Elsie might abandon him. 9.40 Putin AndThe West:The Next Chapter: At War– Doubling Down. (PG) Part 2of2 10.40 SBS World NewsLate. 11.15 YouShall Not Lie. (MA15+als) 12.10 Hidden Assets. (MA15+v,R) 3.05 Employable Me (USA) (Ma,R) 3.55 World’sMost ExtraordinaryHomes.(R) 5.00 NHK World EnglishNews Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home AndAway. (PG)

7.30 The1%Club UK (PGl) Hosted by LeeMack.

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

9.30 Talking Footy Alook at the week’sAFL news.

10.30 TheLatest: SevenNews. 11.00 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. (PGa, R)

12.00 Parenthood. (Ma, R) 1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

NINE (9,8)

6.00 Today 9.00 TodayExtra.(PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of The World. (PG, R) 1.15 Ageless. (PG, R) 1.45 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG,R) 4.00 9NewsAfternoon. 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30[VIC]WINNews.

6.00 9News.

7.00 ACurrentAffair

7.30 RBT. (Mdl) Follows the activities of police units.

8.30 TheTexas Cheerleader MurderPlot. (Mav) Takesalook at the case of WandaHolloway, who tried to hire ahitman to ensure her daughter’s spot on the cheer squad.

10.30 Footy Classified (M) 11.30 9News Late.

12.00 TheEqualizer (Mv,R)

12.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.40 Pointless (PG, R) 2.30 Global Shop.(R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.(R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory.(PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair.(R) 5.00 TodayEarly News 5.30 Today

Hook, Line And Sinker 7.00 Merv HughesFishing. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 America’s Game:The Super Bowl Champions. 9.00 AFootball Life. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Outback Truckers. 1.00 AussieTruck Rehab 2.00 Mega Mechanics. 3.00 Billy TheExterminator 3.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 4.30 StorageWars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 HighwayPatrol. 8.00 TheForce: Behind TheLine. 8.30 World’sWildest Police Videos 10.30 Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack. 11.30 Late Programs. 9GO! (93, 82) 6am Peggy Sue Got Married. Continued. (1986,PG) 6.55 BelleAnd Sebastian. (2013,PG, French) 8.45 Bran NueDae.(2009, PG) 10.20 Aline.(2020,M French) 12.40pm EmployeeOfThe Month. (2022, M, French) 2.15 The Producers. (1967, PG) 3.55 Creation.(2009,PG) 5.55 Wide Open Sky.(2015) 7.30 The Producers. (2005, M) 10.00 Empire Records.(1995,M) 11.40 I’mNot There. (2007,M) 2.10am AGoodWoman Is Hard To Find. (2019 MA15+) 4.05 Papi Chulo. (2018,M)

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer

6.30 TheProject. Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) The contestants cookfor immunity. 8.45 FBI: International. (Mv) The FBI fly team heads to Vienna to findthe culprit behind an acid attack on a rising American prima ballerina. 10.30 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sportand weather. 10.55 TheProject (R) Alook at the day’snews. 12.00 TheLateShowWith Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 HomeShopping.

Thursday,May 2

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story.(R) 10.30 Compass. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 This Is Going To Be Big. (PG, R) 1.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (R) 2.25 QI. (Ml, R) 2.55 Muster Dogs. (PG,R) 3.55 Long Lost Family (PG, R) 4.40 Grand Designs. (PG,R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow (R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

7.00 ABCNews.

7.30 7.30 Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. International affairs program.

8.30 Martin Clunes: Islands Of Australia (PG) Part 2of3.English actor Martin Clunescontinueshis quest to explore the islands that make up Australia.

9.20 Antiques Roadshow (R) The team returns to Edinburgh, where finds include aset of traditional Highland dress.

10.20 Dream Gardens (R)

10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 TheBusiness (R)

11.20 Love On TheSpectrum. (PG,R)

12.15 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 1.05 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 1.55 Rage (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 Rage Closer. (R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 ArtWorks.(PG,R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

ABC COMEDY (22)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs.(PGa, R) 10.00 OuttaTown Adventures. (PGahv) 11.00 Secret Cities. (PGav,R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Alone Australia. (Ml, R) 3.00 MastermindAust. (R) 3.35 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw.(R) 4.10 The Great FireOfLondon. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy!(R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS WorldNews.

7.35 Treasures Of Arabia (R) Presented by Bettany Hughes. 8.30 BettanyHughes Treasures Western Turkey (PG, R) English historian Professor Bettany Hughes sets sail alongthe coastofMediterranean Turkey

9.25 Blue Lights (Mal) As tensions grow in Mount Eden, aresponse call forces Stevie to confront his past.

10.30 SBS WorldNews Late. 11.00 Illegals. (MA15+av)

12.00 Miniseries: TheLongCall. (Ma, R)

1.50 TheQueen’s Mother In Law. (PGa, R) 2.45 Employable Me (USA) (Ma, R) 3.30 World’sMostExtraordinary Homes.(R) 4.35 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Would ILie To You? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Gruen. 9.40 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering 10.10 Penn &Teller: Fool Us. 10.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.15 Would ILie To You? 12.15am AdamHills: TheLast Leg. 12.55 Live At The Apollo. 1.45 Louis Theroux: Return To The Most HatedFamily 2.45 RussellHowardStandsUp To TheWorld 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 MOVIE: AFamily’s Secret. (2022, Mav) 2.00 Beat TheChasers UK. (R) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Football AFL.Round 8. Adelaide vPortAdelaide. From Adelaide Oval. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking alook back at allthe action from the game.

11.00 TheLatest: SevenNews.

11.30 TheAmazingRace (PGl, R) The teams of two continue their race around theAmericas for the chance to win $1 million.

1.00 Fortitude. (MA15+av,R)The investigation grinds to ahalt as Eric flounders and Munk begins to buckle under the strain.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 NBCToday. News and current affairs.

5.00 Sunrise5am News. Thelatest news,sportand weather.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sportand weather

6am Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Medical Emergency 8.00 Million DollarMinute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 AirCrash Investigations. 3.30 Harry’sPractice. 4.00 BetterHomes.

6.00 Today. 9.00 TodayExtra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Love,Fashion, Repeat. (2022, PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6.00 9News

6.00 Deal Or No Deal Hosted by GrantDenyer. 6.30 TheProject. Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 Jamie’s Air-Fryer Meals. Part 1of2 8.30 Law&Order: SVU. (Return, MA15+a) As the squad celebrates Rollins and Carisi’sbaby,achild goes missing in broad daylight. ForBenson the case becomespersonal when she suspects she might havebeen awitness to the crime. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 10’s LateNews. Coverage of news, sportand weather 10.55 TheProject. (R) Alook at theday’snews. 12.00 TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 TheMovie Show Noon WorldWatch. 12.25 Hypothetical. 2.10 LeeLin Chin’sFashionista 2.20 American Runestone: AViking Mystery 3.15 Monsters Of ManyWorlds. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 ForbiddenHistory 10.20 APaedophile In My Family:Surviving Dad. 11.20 Late Programs.

6am

Creation. (2009, PG) 8.00 AMonth Of Sundays. (2015,PG) 10.00 The ManWith The Answers.(2021, M) 11.30 I’mNot There. (2007,M) 2pm Peggy Sue Got Married. (1986,PG) 3.55 Belle And Sebastian. (2013,PG, French) 5.45 Whale Rider.(2002,PG) 7.40 Nowhere Boy. (2009,M) 9.30 AHardDay’s Night.(1964,PG) 11.10 Late Programs. 5.50am Hacker.(2019,PG, Danish) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Kickin’Back With GilbertMcAdam. 2.00 Shortland St 2.30 The CookUp. 3.00 Jarjums 3.40 Bushwhacked! 4.05 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 4.35 Motown Magic 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The77Percent. 6.00 Bamay 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Going Places With ErnieD ngo 8.30 The Ancient Ones. 9.40 MOVIE: Get On TheBus.(1996,M) 11.45 Late Programs. NITV (34)

Friday, May3

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6am MorningPrograms. Noon World’sWildest Police Videos. 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under 3.00 BillyThe Exterminator. 3.30 Cities Of TheUnderworld. 4.30 Storage Wars 5.00 American Restoration 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Dogs Behaving

7.00 ACurrent Affair.

7.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 World’sMostDangerous Prisoners: Bingham. (Mv) Takesa look at someofthe most dangerous people behind bars, including TylerDavis Bingham.

10.30 Law&Order:Organized Crime. (MA15+av) Afundraiser ends in an assassination attempt.

11.20 9News Late.

11.50 TheFirst48: Deadly Favour/JustKids (Ma, R)

12.40 Tipping Point. (PG,R)

1.35 Pointless. (PG, R)

2.30 Global Shop (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping (R)

4.00 Believer’sVoiceOfVictory (PGa)

4.30 ACurrent Affair (R)

5.00 TodayEarly News. 5.30 Today

9GEM (92,81)

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. AlabamaGrand Prix.H’lights. 1.00 Raymond 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House 3.00 The Nanny 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 The Addams Family 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 IDream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 The Nanny 7.30 Survivor 46 9.00 MOVIE: Central Intelligence. (2016,M) 11.10 The Nanny 11.40 DatingNoFilter. 12.10am Love Island UK. 2.20 Late Programs.

SEVEN (7,6)

2.05 Dr Quinn. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow 3.35 MOVIE: Brighton Rock. (1948,PG) 5.30 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 Rugby League.NRL.Round 9. South Sydney Rabbitohs vPenrith Panthers. 9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off 10.30 Police After Dark. 11.30 Late Programs.

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 Silent Witness. (Mal, R) 2.00 Queen Of Oz. (Mls, R) 2.25 White Fever. (Mls, R) 2.55 Muster Dogs. (PG, R) 3.55 Long Lost Family.(PG,R) 4.40 Grand Designs. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.(R)

6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

7.00 ABCNews. Alook at the top stories of theday

7.35 GardeningAustralia. Costa Georgiadis tacklesanautumn checklist.

8.35 Silent Witness. (Malv) Nikki becomesevenmore involved with the Ndrangheta Mafia group andJack uncovers some disturbing leads.

9.35 HardQuiz (PG, R) Presented by TomGleeson

10.10 TheWeeklyWith Charlie Pickering. (R) Asatirical news program.

10.40 WhiteFever (Mls, R)

11.10 ABCLateNews.

11.25 Grand Designs:North Devon. (R)

12.15 Long Lost Family (PG, R)

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Traralgon will never forget them

By TOMHAYES

TRARALGON had aplethora of services open for the community to celebrate Anzac Day last week.

Traditionally, seen in most communities, patrons braved the early morning cold at the Traralgon Cenotaph for the Dawn Service.

Around 1000 people attended the Dawn Service, showing the dedication that locals will give Anzac Day.

The bagpiper made sure they were heard -and seen, standing atop the Traralgon Post Office on the corner of Kay and Franklin Street.

Seen in attendance was Latrobe City Councillor, Dale Harriman, alongside Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester.

Patrons would return to the Traralgon Cenotaph

in afew hours’ time for the 10.30am service, but in the meantime, asmall number of locals flocked to Gippsland Memorial Park.

Beginning at 8am, Gippsland Memorial Park, Traralgon hosted another AnzacDay service, honouring those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Noted during the backgroundofGippsland MemorialPark, the cemetery held Traralgon’s Anzac Day services longbefore they were held where they are now, at the Cenotaph.

The cemetery is slowly adding names of those who fought for Australia during the wars on awall in the war memorial section.

If youthink you knowsomeone that should be on the wall, phone Gippsland Memorial Park on 5174 9071, or visit the cemetery in person. About an hour later in the middleofthe morning,

the Anzac Day parade made it’s way down Franklin St,before wrapping around to the Cenotaph.

Included in the parade were veterans, family members of veterans wearing the medalsofthe fallen, sporting clubs and Traralgon schools,which were all led by the City of Traralgon Band.

Forming acircle around the Cenotaph, those involved in the parade were asked one-by-one to lay awreathonbehalf of acertain group, while individuals were invited to come forward afterwards.

The Ode was read and TheLast Post vibrated throughout Traralgon through the bugle.

The City of Traralgon Band led the tunes for the New Zealand and Australian National Anthems.

Once again, hundreds of people showed their dedication to AnzacDay, liningFranklin St during the parade and standing around the Cenotaph.

Layingwreaths wereCouncillorsKellie O’Callaghan,Dan Clancey and Harriman once again, alongside LatrobeCityMayor, Darren Howe.The councillors were amongmany people and community groups to lay wreaths,inanAnzac Day service that lasted nearly two hours.

Junior football wasplayed throughout the morning and into the afternoon at Traralgon's Duncan Cameron Reserve. Representing the Traralgon and District Junior Football League, South Side JFCand Police Boys JFC played in the Under 9s, U11s, U13s and U15s.

South Side completed aclean sweep of Police Boysineverygame to bringRound 1ofthe TDJFL to aclose.

Greatturnoutfor Moe RSL’sdawnservice

By ZAIDAGLIBANOVIC

CLOSE to 1500 people braved the morning's cool air to attend Moe's Anzac Day Dawn Service last Thursday.

SteveMayes, President of the Moe RSL subbranch, said the turnout was fantastic.

"We startplanningfor Anzac Day ayearin advance; we'll start planning for AnzacDay in the next month for next year," he said.

On aday that means so much, Mr Mayes said the community banded together to pay their respects.

"I just think it's aday of reverence, and Ithink it's aday that everybody recognises and they just pay their respects to those that are lost, those that are still serving and those that didn't come out of conflicts in agood way mentally."

Respect: Close to 1500 people attended the Moe RSLAnzac DayDawnService

Photograph: Zaida Glibanovic

With peoplefrom allwalks of life, youngand old, in attendance at the Moe Dawn Service, Mr Mayes said even the younger generations are aware of the significance of remembering the ANZACs.

"I was talking to my granddaughter the other day, and she was saying they're doing aproject on World War 1, and Ifind that interesting. Ithink it's Australianhistory,soit'sgood that schools are reinforcingit," he said.

Mr Mayes stressedthat war is an ugly way to resolve conflict, but asserted his firm belief in learning history so that it does not repeat itself.

"War is apartofour history, and we can't change that," he said.

Followingthe officialremembrance ceremony, attendees were invited inside the RSL for agold coin donation Gunfire Breakfast.

Mr Mayes thanked everyone who attended the service and for everyone's understanding while the RSL team experienced some technical difficulties with the sound system.

In true Moe style however, they fought on.

Morwell marches on to remember heroes

By LIAM DURKIN

MORWELL’S Dawn Service saw attendees circle the town’s cenotaph to pay their respects.

An estimatedturnout of more than 500people made the slightly earlier rise, with Morwell RSL commencing its service at 5.45am, aquarter of an hour before the more common 6am start time. The solemnity that goes with Anzac Day was

closelyobserved by all generations, and come theconclusion of formal proceedings, patrons streamed toward the cenotaphtolay apoppy in remembrance.

The Anzac Day paradetook place justbefore midday, with people arriving at 11.30am for an 11.50am take-off. Members of the Roulettes team flying overhead from RAAF Base East Sale provided ahighlight,

before the annual march saw the ceremony walk up from the eastern side of Elgin Street.

Bagpipes played in unison with the march, with defence personnel, veterans, their families, cadets, flag bearers and school children proudly marching.

Taking in the full encompassment of ANZAC, the national anthems of Australia and New Zealand were performed, as well as God Save the King

Guestspeaker for MorwellRSL at this year’s service was Commander David Munro, acurrent serving member now into his 40th year with the Australian Navy.

Apologies were had from local MPs Harriett Shing and Martin Cameron, the latter currently taking on theexperienceofalifetime,walkingthe Kokoda Track.

Youth: Primaryand secondaryschool students from Traralgonpaid their respects.

Photographs: TomHayes

Risers: Theearliest dawn service washeld in Morwell, with proceedings starting at 5.45am. Photographs: Liam Durkin Union: Flags waving proudlyduring Morwell’sAnzac Dayservice

Newdawn: Another successful Dawn Servicewas held in Traralgon, which sawaround1000 people attend.

Halftime reset keyinMorwell win

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

AS aprominent Gippsland coach once said: "The ball can move faster than you can run."

Morwell did away with one, sometimesmultiple, too many handballs in the second half against Drouin, on their way to an important 13.10 (88) to 9.12 (66) win during Round 4ofthe Gippsland League at the weekend.

The Tigers’ indifferent start to the season threatened to continue at halftimewhenthey trailed by 11 points, but they were able to walk off their home ground victors by the best part of four goals.

Drouin kept the door open for Morwell thanks to some inaccuracy in front of goal, returning 5.7 (37) from twice as many scoring shots in the second term.

The Tigers got up and going after the main break, slamming on five goals to one in the third quarter before again outscoring the Hawks in the final term.

Pleasingly from aMorwell perspective, it was not left up to Brandon McDonald to do all the scoring. The livewire kicked three, butsotoo did Tom Smith, while Cohen Campbell andRiley Loprese nailed apaireach.

Archie Grant got the plaudits for best-on-ground, and found willing allies in Zac Anderson, Harri McColl, Tyler Brown, Aidan Quigley and Dan Musil.

Burkeley Macfarlane could perhaps count himself stiff not to be in the top six players after collecting 30 disposals,socan have amention in this passage. Morwell’s overuse of handball was evident in the first half, although coach Boyd Bailey denied any major tactical change when the team went into the sheds, rather stating the side needed asimple reset Bailey said it was an important win in the context of the season.

“It was agreat result to get the win,” he said.

“We are slowlybuilding some momentum and starting to play the brand of footy we knowwecan "Definitely still alot of areas to improve as a group and we are still striving for consistency in ourperformances to bridge the gap between our best and our worst.”

By contrast, the result was amajor disappointment for Drouin, who would have identified the game as one that was very much winnable.

The Hawks were without Mitch Cotter and Joe Collins,afterthe two collided with each other in the previous match, although Ed Morris was perhaps asurprise selection given he injured his shoulder last round.

Morris was reportedly in discomfort at the weekend, and clearly not at full fitness.

Will Papley however, another player to come into the match under an injury cloud, playedtothe contrary, putting in asolid effort. Others to play well for Drouin were AdenQuirk, Tim Hancock, Ben Brasier, Ryan Taylor and Shay Harvey.

The win capped off abig week for Morwell on a number of fronts. The Tigers showed their strong commitment to community at Morwell RSL’s Anzac Dayservice, withanexcellent turnout of senior and junior players, as well as club officials.

The legendary Jack Huxtable laidawreathat the service, the same Jack Huxtable who until recentlywas still doing the timekeeping for Morwell senior games.

As retirement is only aword in country footy, even at the age of 92, it is understood Huxtable might still be called upon if needed.

Community and club have also been at the forefront of Brendan Blackshaw’s thinking, and the outgoing Morwell Football-Netball Club treasurer was publicly acknowledged for his work over the last 16 years.

Blackshaw is stepping downaschief bookkeeper, and his exit is sure to leave very big shoes to fill at Tigerland.

Finances have rarely been an issue for Morwell Football-Netball Club, firstly through the efforts of the late, great Stan Morgan, whose name now adorns the grandstand, running the club's bingo, and Blackshaw, whose attention to detail may well epitomise the saying ‘cross the T’s and dot the I’s’.

By the way, the person who said the ball can move faster than you can run coached Morwell to multiple premierships.

Can you guess who it was?

SCOREBOARDS (ALL LEAGUES) -PAGE 26

Livinglegend: Outgoing Morwell timekeeper Jack Huxtable,now intohis 90s, hasgiven more than six decades service to football. File photograph

Fighting effort from Moe against league leaders

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

LEONGATHA aren’t unbeatable -but they are still hard to beat.

The Parrots kept their unbeaten start to season 2024 intact, withstanding agallant Moe. The visiting Lions made apromising start, leading by eight points at the first break, but watched on as Leongatha kicked seven goals to two either side of halftime on their way to an 11.11 (77) to 9.7 (61) victory.

On the scoreboard at least, what happened in the middle quarters allowed the Parrots to hold a four to five goal lead, which they used to constantly keep the Lions at bay.

Acouple of late goals to Moe, which made it a 16-point final margin, perhaps provided afallacy into how the match was played, as for all intents and purposes, Leongatha was around afour goal better side.

The shallowness of most playing squads across the league continues to provide some commentary, and even at the top end of town, it appears teams are digging more into their reserves than they would probably prefer.

Josh Schelling,looking somewhat unusual without his trademark longsleeveson, played his first senior game since 2021 for Leongatha at theweekend, filling the post at fullbackvacated by Sean Westaway.

Moe also went back quite some years, almost a decade in fact, with Trent Morrow suiting up for his first senior game in the maroon and blue since Round 18, 2015.(Admittedly,hehas played senior football elsewhere in the intervening years.)

The strength of Leongatha’s depth over the last two years, where they have won both senior and reserves titles, was perhaps fully evident when Tallin Brill kickedathree-bounce running goal in the second term.

Brill played exclusively in the reserves for the

Parrots in 2022, and provided one of the highlights of the game when he took off down the wing and nailed agoal at the scoreboard end.

That he had goalposts to kick between was a minor miracle, as minutes beforehand, Moe playingcoach Declan Keilty almost snapped oneofthem in half after leaping high to touch along range effort from Cade Maskellonthe line, and in doing so, collided solidly with the upright.

While Keilty avoided aLeighMatthewsmoment there, his side went into the main break 17 points down.

Leongatha controlled the third term, as the usual suspectsinTom Marriott,Sam Forrester and Maskell got involved around the ground.

The Parrots appeared to be outnumbering Moe at thecontest moreoftenthan not, and could have stretched their lead further had it not been for some early misses.

The Lions only kicked one goal for the term, but it at least enable them to stay in the game.

Some smart play to shift the ball across to Liam Masters, who then found Harri Sim, who in turn found Max Woodall inside 50 made it a15-point ballgame at the 15-minute-mark.

Woodall,from Mirboo North, is quickly becoming aman youwould want kicking for goal after the siren, such is his accuracy. There was another forward from Mirboo North who rarely missed -Tim Trail. He did afew things.

The home side however continued to show just how muchexperience can count for in delicate moments. While a15-point margin might not seem like much, the manner in which the Parrots played made it feel as though they were never in danger of being run down.

As professional sides do, they controlled tempo, and denied anew-look Moe much opportunity to play quickly from halfback.

And when Leongatha generated turnover closeto goal -they made it count where it hurts most -on the scoreboard.

The Parrots’two goals for the quarter were

incredibly demoralising for Moe, equally as much for how they occurred as for when they occurred.

The first came at the 20 minute mark after Ned Hanilysnappedone throughamidsome confusion further up the ground when Lions midfielder Trent Baldi appeared to do all that was required to win aholding the ball. That the play resulted in agoal compounded frustrations,especially for Baldi, who was seemingly punished for doing nothing wrong.

Minutes later,ahorrendousturnover by foot from Moe at halfback handed the ball back to Leongatha, who made fulluse of the giftbygiving Jenson Garnham one of his four goals for the afternoon.

Like dropped catches in cricket, those are the sort of moments that cause heads to fall back. As much as you don’t want to think aboutthem, there is no escaping it. If it’s any consolation, we’ve all beenthere -even Mark Waughonce dropped three catches in aTest innings.

Comethreequarter time, the Lions found themselves 27 points down. Referencing their final term renaissanceagainstTraralgon afortnight ago, where they kicked six goals from an even greater deficit, Moe was prepared to go down swinging.

The difference this time however might have been in theprofile of the opposition.Whilethe very young Maroons side may have only known one way -to play in top gear, this Parrots team knew exactly what was coming the other way.

Leongatharesponded accordingly,manufacturing agoal two minutes in via Jackson Harry wheeling from ahit up to sow an early seed of doubt.

With a33-pointlead, the Parrots smartly took enough time out of the game to make Moe’s chances of acomeback all the more remote.

That’s not to say Leongatha didn’t keep their standards high, and even ahalf-smother from Marriott in congestion led to the Parrots winning the ball back at one stage. While the smother itself wasn’t absolutelyeffective,there was enough pressure to see the kickgostraight up in theair rather than forward

One has to admire Marriott, not only for the

playerhehas become, but for how he has gone about getting there.

Beforebecoming adual GippslandLeague senior best-and-fairest,hewas axed by twoVFL clubs without ever playingagame, while growingup, never played for Gippsland Power either.

He started outwearing the number 74 jumper for Leongatha, and even today by his own admission, isn't ahighly skilled player. What he can do however, is win contested ball and run all day. Take note any kids that might be reading when you are told you’re not good enough.

Moe got some consolation goals toward the end, withMorrow highlighting one of them in his return,while youngster Liam Weiralsogot on the scoreboard.

The Lions showed strong resolve right to the end, epitomised perhaps by vice captain Scott van Dyk flying in front of Garnham to stop acertain mark when the result was beyond doubt.

Thisresolve wasshowcased to the final siren, when Nick Prowse goaled after the bell following anice build up from aRiley Baldi smother getting the ball to Tom Matthews, then Weir and Harri Sim whofoundProwse in the pocket at the entrance end. Riley and Trent Baldi,along withProwse werethe standouts for Moe, along with Lachlan McGrath, Luke Mulqueen and Masters.

Moe might have lost the game, but were able to escape afairly bruising encounter without any major injuries. The same could not be said across the board however, as the Lions reserves finished the game with around 12 fit players.

Like the final scenein Hamlet,most of the startingcharacters ended up bloodied and on the floor. Those prone to superstition may be starting to believeLeongatha is agraveyard for Moe players. When the Lions visited the venue in 2022 with a 6-2 win-loss record, it lost four players in the first quarter all to hamstrings. Moe won just two more games for the season after that.

Marriott, Maskell, Ben Willis, Harry, Matt Borschman and Hanily were best for the Parrots.

Maroons break away underlights

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

TRARALGON experienced someslightdéjà vu on Saturday nightinRound 4ofthe Gippsland League.

A20-point three quarter time lead under lights at Terry Hunter Oval quickly became a12-point lead less than10minutes into the last against Warragul -inscenes eerily similar to what happened to Traralgon against Moe only afortnight ago when the Maroons held on to win by five points. This time however, the Maroons didn’t have as much reason to panic, as they closed out the game 30 point winners, 11.12 (78) to 7.6 (48).

Aphysical Warragul outfit made scoring somewhat difficult for the home side, but by and large, Traralgon’s polish and ability to make the ground big saw them get enough clean looks moving forward.

The start of thematch wasprecededbyan ANZAC observance, as well as aminute's silence for the late Danny Riddle and NickEdney, two men closely linked to Traralgon and Warragul football-netball clubs respectively.

Aclassy snap in front of goal from Sam Hallyburton highlighted an otherwisedouropening half, that saw Traralgon take a13point lead into the main break.

Whilethe margin was onlythe best partof two goals, somethingwas clearly agitating one Warragul coach, who could be heard givinghis troopsanold-fashioned tune-up, clearly audible fromasfar away as thenetball courtatTraralgon

The spray, the gistofwhich centred around selfishness, didn’t have the desired effect, as the visitors found themselves further behind with a quarter to play.

The brightlights,not helped by one forgetful patronleavingtheir highbeamonshining right across the ground, could have perhaps attributed to asloppy third quarter, in which theball was constantly turned over.

Warragul remained in the contest with agoal at the eight minute mark, reducing the margin to just seven points, however, Traralgon then got the game on their terms.

Muchcommentary hadsurroundedthe Maroons nabbingex-Morwell VFL player Tristen Waack in the offseason, and he played his first game in a Traralgon jumper on Saturday night.

Waacklaunched along range effort at the 10 minute mark of the third to kick atimelygoal from right on 50, while agoal to fellow VFL player

Chance Doultree at the 17 minute mark gave the Maroons breathing space.

It would prove to be Doultree’s only goal of the match, from what would have been at least five shots.

Asomewhat fortuitous50metrepenalty gave Tate Marsh agoal from point blank range at the 19 minute mark, after the non-controlling umpire awarded aprotected zone infringement.

With the lead out to 25 points, the Maroons were starting to get on top at both ends of the ground.A courageous mark from Jackson McMahon dropping back with the flight typified what was required, while someimprovisationfrom midfielder Luis D’Angelo using all his basketball skill was needed when called upon to ruck at half-forward for the Maroons.

Warragul then had asquare up with an advantage call goingtheir way, leadingtoa late goal which cut the margin to 20 points with one quarter to play.

Just as Moehad referenced their finalquarter againstTraralgon in their huddle at Leongatha earlier in the day, the Maroons did exactlythe same during their three quarter time address.

Traralgon coach Troy Hamilton instructed his playerstodefendfirst but “hurt them the other way” whenthe opportunity presented itself, which he assured his players would be the case as Warragul had to play ahigh-risk, high-reward style.

JustasHamilton predicted, the Guls attacked from the outset, and with amakeshift forward line that contained usual defender Sean Masterson, were able to score first at the eight minute mark.

Traralgon defender Connor Little could count himself rather unlucky after copping abad bounce which led to Masterson accepting the ball from closerange, however there was no time to dwell on any misfortunewhenTom Hobbs followed with agoal aminutelater,suddenly making

it just a12-point ballgame with plenty of time left.

With the match in the balance, the Maroons found some solid wins,especially from defender Joel Scholtes, who took agood grab going back with theflightafter finding himself in the very daunting position of being one-out inside defensive 50.

Adribble goal from Will Brent that just snuck in madelifeeasier for Traralgon, beforeanopportunistic soccer off the deck from Harvey Neocleous all but sealed the deal at the 17 minute mark.

By now the pressure may have been getting to Warragul, so much so a dropped chest mark even occurred, breaking up apotential forward chain.

Josh Hamilton then stamped Traralgon’s third win for the season,afterleaping high to take a strong mark inside 50 and going back to kick the goal.

Usual suspect Tye Hourigan was best-on-ground for Traralgon,playing histrademark roleacross half-back,taking intercept marks for fun

Hisjob was no doubt made easier by Warragul’s propensity to bomb the ball long, which appeared to be an automatic actionfor someoftheir players around the ground as soon as they got the ball.

McMahonwas also busy, working in close quarters to Hourigan, while Hallyburton, Marsh, Connor Ambler and Liam Willaton all played well.

Willaton has started life in the major league in blistering form after coming across from TTU in the NorthGippslandFootball-Netball League, named in the best in three of the first four games.

His story is shaping as quite remarkable, especially considering he didn’t even make the cut for Traralgon under 16s as ajunior.

Not to be deterred, he came back to Traralgon for the under 18s, went out to Tyers, won the North Gippslandsenior best-and-fairest last year, and is nowamong theMaroons’ top players.

Warragul was well-servedbyHobbs, Lucas Carter, Riley Senini, Tom Crole, Mitchell Smart andJackLewsey.

Traralgon now has awin-loss record of 3-1, and will welcome the chance to play games at amore familiar timeslot after hosting two night games andtravelling to Bairnsdale for the standalone fixture to open the season over Easter.

Troy Hamilton felt the experience from the Moe game helped his side stave off Warragul.

“It was agood practice run for us becausewe wentthrough it two weeksago, two weeksago we were down to two on the bench, this time we had three which was helpful, Ithink it was good learning for us,” he said.

“I think in this league with the talent, people start rolling the dice and going through the middle, it’s hard to stop, so you have to be prepared.

“When asidestartscoming at you and rolling throughthe middle, when they make mistakes you have to make them pay the other way, otherwise you are just like aboxing bag.

“Moe we didn’t do that, Moe came at us through the middle and when they made mistakes we tried to go slow, so Ithink if they (the opposition) make mistakes you have to make them pay.

“First quarter Ithink we got abit cute andthey put good pressure on, but after that we kicked the ball well, out of the back half Ithought Hourigan and McMahon were really outstanding.”

Traralgon defender Mitch Membrey was the only casualty from the match, coming off midway through the third term with acorky.

Wonthaggi’sfirst win keeps the naysayers at bay

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

WOULDyou be slightly concerned if you were Sale?

While it is only Round 4ofthe Gippsland League, the Magpies lost at the weekend to atravelling Wonthaggi side who entered the match with a0-3 win-loss record.

Granted the Powerplayed off in the GrandFinal last year, and were due to come good at some stage, butconsidering the side that ran out for Wonthaggi at the weekend was exactly the same as the one that lostthe previous week to ayoung Morwell team, there could be early alarm bells ringing in the Magpies nest.

The Power led at every change to record agritty 9.12 (66) to 9.5 (59) win on Sale Oval.

The margin at each of the breaks was only nine, 12 and one point respectively,althoughthe visitors could have extended their halftime lead had it not been for areturn of 5.9 (39).

Sale worked their way back into the contest in the thirdquarter,kickingfour goalstotwo, but

then only managed one in the last as they lost by seven points.

Jack Leslie played astrong captain’s game for the Magpies, and was supported by Jonty McGuiness, who is in arguably career best form at centre half back.

The ever-reliable Shannen Lange also featured, as did risingstarHarry Tattersonacross half-back, while Jake Hutchins and Tom Campbell were two whocould hold their heads high.

Speaking postgame, Sale assistant coach Shane Fyfe said it was adisappointing outcome.

“It was an arm wrestle all day, we just couldn’t quite get in front, momentum shifted afew times for both teams, it was an evenamountofinside 50s but they probably just converted alittlebit better,” he said.

“Always tough to play against Wonthaggi, they’ve had atough start to the season, so we knew they were going to come.”

JoshSchulz, Isaac Chugg, Mitch Hayes, Noah Anderson, Kaj Patterson and Jack Blair stood out for the winners.

The result pins Sale to a2-2 record,and whilefar from panic stations, could be agame that is looked

back on as one that got away.

The Magpies dropped asimilar game to Bairnsdale at home last season in Round 2, from which time they never seemed to fully recover on their way to afirst-week finals exit.

Sale of this year will be hoping history does not repeat itself.

IT could honestly be Round 9before Maffra wins agame.

If you were to go on current form, the Eagles probably won’t start anywhere near even-money until they play Warragul at the halfway mark.

Given that game is still more than two months away, Maffra can ill-afford to look too far ahead, but will have some reason to be confident all the same after putting in arelatively good performance against Bairnsdale at the weekend.

While the Eagles lost 13.9 (87) to 9.12 (66), they were right in the contest up until three quarter time at Bairnsdale City Oval.

The visitors overcame asluggishstart,inwhich they kicked three goals to nine in the first half, to rattle home four goals to one in the third to only be 13 points down at the last change.

The Redlegs however finished the stronger of the

two sides, adding 3.4 (22) to 2.2 (14) in the final term to stave off apotential upset. Brayden McCarrey kicked four goals for Bairnsdale,continuinghis solidstart to the season. The goal-sneak already has 12 goals to his name, and has featured in the bestinall threegames he has played. Cooper Harvey was also industrious, as was Will Mitchell, Randall Stewart,Link Mckenna and Tyran Rees, who may now have some competition for Goal of the Year from Leongatha’s Tallin Brill. Alex Carr and Danny Butcher were best for Maffra, while the next generation of Jett Killoran, Ashton Wright, ZacFelsbourg andArcher Watt (three goals) continued to show signs of what the Eagles' future looks like. Watt may have had extra incentive to play well, having joined Maffra from Bairnsdalethis season. Although awinless start to the season is less than ideal, it is perhaps little surprise to see the Eagles in the current position they are in. It is looming as boys against men for large parts of the season for Maffra. The Eagles team at the weekend featured 10 players in their first year out of under 18s, and afurther two just out of under 16s.

Great game: Traralgon’s SamHallyburton lines up forone of his twogoalsunderlights on Saturdaynight. Photograph: Liam Durkin

Yinnar with earlyseasonsurprise

FOOTBALL

MID GIPPSLAND

BY ROB POPPLESTONE

ROUND 3ofthe Mid Gippsland Football-Netball League saw acouple of turnups.

Yinnar provided the biggest talking point, taking down Fish Creek, while Foster sent an ominous warning after disposing of ahighly-rated Thorpdale.

 YINNAR VFISH CREEK

IT wasalwaysgoing to be interesting to see how Yinnar might front up to the reigning premierjust seven days after going down to the 2023 runner-up in Newborough, amatch in which they were in control of for most of the day before a30minute lapse saw the game slip away.

You could argue the bar might have been even higher at the weekend as the Magpies confronted aFish Creek side that had very few weaknesses.

The home side lifted to the occasion however,with an impressive 27 point win, 11.7 (73) to 7.10 (52).

Therewas nothingbetween the two sides for the first60minutes, with Fish Creek leading by just the single point at both the first quarter and the main halftime break.

Yinnar however broke away from there, much to the delight of coach Sam McCulloch.

“Happy to come away with the win. We played our brand of footy in the secondhalf which was pleasing to watch," he said.

"Very impressed with the even contribution right across the board. Was agreat response from our group and Ifelt we learnt from our mistakes the previous week.

"Looking forward to the bye this week and will give us the opportunity to refine parts of our game andreset forour next block of tough games."

The win by the Magpies, was as good avictoryas theclubhas had in recent seasons, and has Yinnar among ahandfulofgenuine contenders in 2024.

Fish Creek wasbeaten but far from disgraced, according to coach Jarrod Walker.

“A tight tussle for most of the day, we couldn’t get the game on our terms for most of it, with creditto the Yinnar pressure and spread," he said.

"A few key moments we didn’t win, allowing Yinnar to kick away alittle bit. Alatesurge saw our intensity get to where it should have been all day, in the end, we left it too late."

 BOOLARRAV TARWIN

BOTH these teams were coming off aRound 2loss, but both had also shown enough in the very early part of 2024 that they could believe this clash was very winnable.

Pregamepredictionshad the game to be decided by avery small margin, and for the most part they

were right, theSharkscoming from behind before scoring an impressive victory 13.11 (89) to 9.9 (63).

The Demons got outtoafast start, leading by better than three goals at quarter time, before the visitors slowly but surely started to reel them in.

The way the Sharks went about their business would have impressed the Tarwin faithful, and it certainly did to coach Jason Kennedy.

"After aslow start we chipped away but finished off strong which was in contrast to our week earlier, it's apretty new group, and it's new to us coaches as well with so many new faces as we get to know everyone's strengths and weaknesses," he said.

Boolarra coach, Brendan Mason lamented a missed opportunity.

“We started well butthat’s about as far as it got," he said.

"We were outplayed for three quarters to a team that wanted to work harder and wanted it more.

"Now we have to face another tough game next week against MDU on their home ground."

 HILLEND VNEWBOROUGH

GAMEScan sometimes be won or lost before the ball is bounced, the reputationofthe opponent enough to intimidate the opposition even before battle.

Hill End, hosting apremiership contender, could have be seen in one of two ways, as amatch that was always going to be out of their reach, or one from which many lessons could be learnt.

The result wasprobably never in doubt,with Newborough comfortable, verycomfortable 146 point winners, 25.17 (167) to 3.3 (21).

Newborough coach, CraigSkinner waswilling to put the result and margin in perspective.

"Great to play in perfect conditions against a young, undermanned HillEnd team," he said.

"A consistent game from us to celebrate Liam Charlesand Josh Pearce's 100gamemilestone We areimproving every week and look forward to taking on Morwell East, the competition's only undefeated team and see how we go.”

As good as the Bulldog's victory was,pundits should also be commending the Rovers' efforts in turning up, rather than turning it up, on aweekly basis.

"Tough day for the Hillmen. Newborough were too strong and quick all over the ground. Still plenty of good signs though. We will keep improving each week," Rovers coach Ambu Uliando said.

"This week, it's another tough challenge, in fact possibly the toughest of them all, taking on the reigning premiers FishCreek, themselvescoming off aloss."

 FOSTER VTHORPDALE

YOUalwaysget the feeling that no matter where or whenthe season mightbeheaded,,Foster is

the type of side that couldturn it on when you least expect it.

Hosting aquality opposition like Thorpdale meant that the Tigers were going to have to do just that if they were to trouble aquality Blues outfit, and guesswhat? They did,winning 12.7 (79)to6.12 (48).

The gamehowever didn't come without acost, both teams having several players sidelined after brutal clashes, in amatch that was not officiated by league umpires, but the clubs themselves.

Tigers coach Sam Davies was happy to get the win, albeit losing afew troops.

“Stoked to get the four points. Our ball pressure was at alevel that Ihaven't seen for along timebut we havethreeblokes in ahospital bed from the game, hopefully the league can sort out this umpire situation because we can't have dangerousand out of control games. Not fair on anyone," he said.

"Wewillhave to find players from everywhere next week againstTarwin, that all said we were also stoked that the netballers had aclean sweep today too!"

Thereisnoquestioning that Foster, at theirbest, is aforce to be reckoned with, and Thorpdale found that out in no uncertain terms at the weekend.

“It was another toughcontested game. Unfortunately we couldn’tstep up and compete to our expected level," Blues coach Jason Winderlich said.

"Brutal game of footy, I’d expect there to be four or five playersfromeach team missingnext week. It gaveusagood indication where we think we are though, which is in the middle of the table. Great to have such an open competition again this year."

MORWELL EAST VTOORA

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THEprospectofa perfect start to the season for Morwell East was always going to guarantee the Hawks were ready to clip the wings of the visiting Magpies.

Make no mistake, Toora are an improved side on what they were in 2023, but the weekend clash also showed that there is still some significant improvements to be made to threaten the top end of town.

So it proved, as Morwell East won 19.9 (123) to Toora 3.4 (22).

Hawks coach Paul Henrysaiditwas asolid effort.

“Great win todayathome. We attackedwell from the half back line. We got our running game going throughthe middle of the ground and our forwards were working hard to make sure we were kicking goals from good positions. Awell balanced team effort from us," he said.

"Similar position to last year leading into an away game against Newborough. We will however be looking to make amuch better effort than we produced then."

The Hawks continue to impress, with really

consistent football, the weekend providing five, eight, three and three goals for the four quarters respectively, ensuring avictory that builds on the platform from which to launcheven bigger and better victories.

Toora coach Jack Weston had abit to contend with.

“We hadseven changes from last week that providedanopportunity for two debutants. However, unfortunately we were outgunned by a slick Morwell East side who defended the ground well, spread hard and moved the ball skilfully, giving their forwards good looks," he said.

The scoreline shows aone sidedaffair, but it also provided alearning for aMagpies side intent on improving as quickly as possible.

Morwell East was good, Toora will get better.

Stony Creek vMirbooNorth.

AS much as the Tigers may have made the trek to StonyCreek believing this matchcould well be the one to kick start their season, there would have been few that didn't realise that the Lions were always going to be amassive mountain for MirbooNorth to climb.

Chris Verboon is very quickly putting together an outfitthat hasbiggerand better thingsthat lay ahead, and the visitors were astepping stone in that quest.

The Lions jumped out to abetter than five goal lead by the first break, on their way to a15.11 (101) to 3.6 (24) victory.

StonyCreekcoach,Chris Verboon saidhewas happy to be back on the winners list.

“It was good to see us playing our brand of footy this week. Going into the game we just wanted to play with confidence and really take the game on and we did this from the start," he said.

"Mirboo North had afew boys out injured which always makes it hard. They managed to tighten up in the second quarter which made it hard for our midfield to get clean possession. Was really good to see acouple of greatindividual efforts from a few of our boys. Reward for effort they have been putting in at training.

"Thorpdale away next week will be agreat challenge for us. Always love seeing the bag of spuds they give away at the end of the game!"

The Lions have set their sights on afinals spot in 2024, and the weekend win was as asmall step forward.

By contrast, new Mirboo North coach, Damien Turner, is still searching for his first win.

“Tough day on the weekend, certainly can’t fault our effort,but the skill errors really hurt. Credit to Stony Creek, they were better for longer and hurt us when it counted," he said.

MEENIYAN Dumbalk United had the bye.

Valley trio help Gold Coast claim home soil win

FOOTBALL

AFL EXPORTS

BY TOM HAYES

THE week of Anzac Roundsaw massive crowds pack AFLstadiums to see blockbusters between bigsides

Locals were seen in actionduring Round7,as St Kilda travelled to Adelaide Oval to take on the Power last Friday night, while the trio of locals at Gold Coast hosted West Coast.

PORT fans, breathe.

St Kilda sent ascare through the Power last Friday night, taking it to Port Adelaide who were

fancied as firm favourites. The Power getting home 11.16 (82) to 11.6 (72).

Traralgon’s Tim Membrey kicked just the one major in the third term for St Kilda, among his nine disposals, five marks and two tackles to his name.

GOLD COAST reaffirmed their final chances, knocking off West Coast who entered the game with two wins on the bounce, 17.10 (112) to 12.3 (75) at People First Stadium (Carrara).

West Coast led at the first change by four points, before losing their lead at halftime, but only by three points.

Morwell’s Ben Ainsworth was apart of that comeback, kicking the goal to put Gold Coast back

in frontfor the second time in the second term.

Moe’s Bailey Humphrey put the Suns up by 10 points late in the first half, before West Coast dragged the margin back to three points.

Well and truly in the thickofitasthe second half got underway, Gold Coast flexed their muscles.

The Suns put the Eagles to the sword in the third term,kicking six goalstoone,openingupa 34-point buffer at the final change.

Ainsworth’s second major was another fire starter, apartofthe six-goal run the Suns torched on the Eagles throughout the third term.

WestCoastdragged the deficit back to within three goals in the last quarter, but didn’t get any

closer, as the Suns carried the four points to the bank in the final 15 minutes, to close out the win by 37 points.

Fish Creek and Moe’s Sam Flanders wasan accumulator onceagain, racking up 22 disposals, 12 marks, four tackles and nearly 350 metres gained on the afternoon.

Ainsworth finished with two goals, eight disposals and five marks, while Humphrey kicked 1.3, and had 10 disposals, three tacklesand two goal assists in the win.

Gold Coast will go into this weekend’s Q-Clash against Brisbane as outsiders,despitetheir 4-3 win-loss record, compared to Brisbane’s2-5 record.

Mighty Maroons impress under lights

NETBALL

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC

IN Round 4ofthe Gippsland League, Traralgon

celebrated Cassidy Smith’s 100th senior game with abig winover Warragul in the night match.

The Gull’s were without former Suncorp Super Netballer Emma Ryde, gun defender Ella Rees and midcourter Sienna Green.

It was agoal-for-goal affair to start the match, but the Maroons found themselves with ahandy eight-goal lead by the major break, capitalising on Warragul's weakness.

Though the Gull's fought back in the third term, the Maroons surged to outscore them 13-4 in the last. Traralgon's midcourter Montanna Styles, shooter Sophie Lecchino and centre Ashlyn Pavey were instrumental for their sides home court victory. Morwell has suffered aslightfall from grace from their premiership contention, goingdowntoDrouin 52-45 at home.

The match was neck-and-neck as Morwell withstood the onslaught of Drouin's attack in the first three quarters, staying within three goals by three quarter time.

The Tigers couldn't keep chasing tail all game, and eventually ransecondtoanexperiencedHawks side led by influential players like Kym Diston, Ella Henderson and Charlize Traumanis.

Despite the loss, household Morwell names like Rachel Tatterson andCourtney Garth continued to impress, while newcomer in the midcourt Hayley Stringer also earnt her position in the best. Reigning premier, Moe absolutely dominated Leongatha, winning 78-46 at Parrot Park. It seems as no team can match the Lions' on-court ferocity. Moe quickly gained control of the game, with shooter Ramayer Gourley strong under the post. Midcourter Macy Gardiner, Georgia Moody in goal attack and pocketknife Emma Sculley were also too strong for the Parrots.

Interestingly, Sculley has tried her hand at the offensive end, aformer premiership winning goal keeper now also shoots for the Lions, having had 11 scores of her own for the team last Saturday. Leongatha's shooter Mikaeli Hilliar made every

opportunity count, shooting 30 of their total, while Nicola Marriott and Amber Walkerwere also named in the best. It was atoughday at the office for Sale and Maffra.

The Magpies lacked the power to get through Wonthaggi, going down 54-23.

Wonthaggi surged the home team, going 10 goals up in the first quarter. Sale didn’t have any answers to combatthe power of the McRae sisters, Hannah and Alanna.

Sale’s Kate Van der Voort shot brilliantly when given the opportunity, and Lola Wilson’s midcourt defence was notable alongside the centre work of Lara Van der Voort.

Maffra also saw no luckover the weekend,as they suffereda53-26loss to Bairnsdaleonthe road.

The Redlegs are among this season’s highest flyers and showed the Eagles no mercy. It was a slow start for Maffra, quickly finding themselves down by eight goals by the first break. Bairnsdale was in no mood to takethe pedal off the accelerator, and continued to pile on goal after goal inundating the young Maffra side.

Despite the loss, Matilda Pendergast,Maddy Daltonand Zali Wheatley were best on forthe Eagles.

Gippsland Stars’ Alison Dwyer, alongside Sally Deller and Tayla Falconer were influential in the win for Bairnsdale.

SHOCKING the competitionwas FishCreek when they travelled to Yinnar to hand the reigning premiership Magpies their first loss of the season in Round 3.

Going down 37-33, Yinnar started slowly, only managing sevengoals to Fish Creek’s 12.

Rumours of the Fish Creek threat have lingered in the air, as coach JadeMcGlead recruited hardin the offseason, with former Leongatha player Jess Edgar and former Toora Magpie GraceMcLean coming to the Creek.

Magpies coach, Skye McDonald won't sit on the loss for too long, eager to get back on track to go back-to-back. No doubt the Magpies will come better prepared for Fish Creek when finals come around.

Morwell East has found the winning formula,

Stars just out of reach

NETBALL

GIPPSLAND STARS

BY ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC

THE Stars are close to abreakthrough.

GippslandStars narrowly lost their Victorian Netball League Under 23, Round 8match against the Southern Saints. The Saints surged their way to a67-54 goal victory after aseesawing affair. The Stars broughttheir defensive best last Wednesday when they faced the Saintsatthe State Hockey Netball Centre.

The Starshit the front early, eight goals to four in the match's first five minutes. Although the Stars are knownfor theirslowstarts,they surprised the Saints with their strength to begin the match. Soon, the match became goal-for-goal, with Moe’s Hollie Bugeja applying maximumpressure in WD and Traralgon’sMyahHealey and Sophie Lecchino sinking their shots.

Commentators were eager to sing Bairnsdale’s Paris Dunkley's praise, keen to see what the young athlete with avery famous last name could do.

The Stars saw their lead quickly evaporate as Saints goal shooter HayleyHoward capitalised on every opportunity.

Bairnsdale’s Alison Dwyer, alongside Heyfield’s Jayde Parsons,did well early to defend the Saints' forward half, but nothing can beat experience in the end.

Lecchino and Healey worked well together, shooting at 88 and 87 per cent, respectively.

A13-point loss would be seen as asmall win for the Stars, who showcased their ability to stay with teams in their inaugural year of the VNL competition. It was asimple case of experience with the Saints that handed them the win, but it is certain that the more games the Stars play, the better they will get.

Healey won the Gippsland Stars Player of the Match award for hershootingprowess and strongholds in the circle.

The Stars will take on the Peninsula Waves in Frankston this Sunday (May, 5) which may cause some selection headaches with local football-netball clubs.

defeating Toora49-44 lastSaturday, while Boolarra had agood 52-45 win over Tarwin Sharks.

Foster would have celebratedhard after securing their first win of the season over Thorpdale, 46-29, while Stony Creek made it extremely difficult for Mirboo North. With the game going down to the wire, the Tigersnarrowly escaped with a46-43goal win. Newborough and MDU had the bye in AGrade IN North Gippsland action, reigning premier Woodside finally got their first win of the season when they stormed through Yallourn Yallourn North 53-26 at George Bates Reserve.

Sale City also had abig winagainst an undermanned Rosedale side who could only manage 34 goals to the Bulldogs’ 60.

SaleCity wassitting comfortable playingathome, taking advantage of the Blues in the secondquarter, outscoring them to lead 29-17.

The Bulldogs wereferocious in attackand applied astrong defensive pressure, making it hard for

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE -ROUND 4

AGRADE - Bairnsdale 53 dMaffra26, Wonthaggi 54 dSale 23, Drouin 52 dMorwell 45, Moe 78 dLeongatha 46, Traralgon 50 d Warragul 33.

BGRADE - Maffra 53 dBairnsdale 47,Sale40d Wonthaggi 36, Drouin 42 dMorwell 33, Moe 50 drew Leongatha 50, Traralgon 49 dWarragul 32.

CGRADE - Maffra 40 dBairnsdale 36, Wonthaggi 49 dSale 15,Drouin39drew Morwell 39, Leongatha 35 dMoe 31, Traralgon 28 d Warragul 22. 17 AND UNDER - Bairnsdale 45 dMaffra27, Sale 42 dWonthaggi 37,Drouin47dMorwell 24, Leongatha 53 dMoe 14,Traralgon 73 dWarragul11.

15 AND UNDER - Bairnsdale 50 dMaffra26, Sale 59 dWonthaggi 29, Drouin 43 dMorwell 25, Moe 44 dLeongatha 24, Traralgon 57 d Warragul 17 13 AND UNDER - Maffra48dBairnsdale 22, Sale 53 dWonthaggi 3, Drouin 37 dMorwell 17,Leongatha 34 dMoe 28, Traralgon 52 d Warragul 2.

MID GIPPSLAND -ROUND 3

AGRADE - Boolarra52d Tarwin 45, Fish Creek 37 dYinnar 33, Foster 46 dThorpdale 29, Morwell East 49 dToora44, Mirboo North 46 d StonyCreek 43,MDU,Newborough-BYE.

BGRADE - Boolarra78d Tarwin 34, Fish Creek 50 dYinnar 32, Foster 97 dThorpdale 23, Morwell East 58 dToora40, Mirboo North41d StonyCreek 38,Hill End 46 dNewborough37, MDU -BYE.

CGRADE - Tarwin 38 dBoolarra21, Yinnar 46 dFish Creek 22, Foster 45 dThorpdale 5, Morwell East 36 dToora28, Mirboo North 39 d StonyCreek 14,Newborough42dHill End 36, MDU -BYE.

DGRADE - Tarwin 36 dBoolarra22, Fish Creek 42 dYinnar 35, Foster 40 dThorpdale 11,

the Blues to fight back and ultimately secured them the win.

Heyfield got their revengeover Churchill, coming from behind to beat the Cougars 33-31 at home. Churchill was in control of the game earlyon, finding themselves with ahealthy seven-goal lead in the first quarter.

The Kangaroos refused to roll over, and came back from anine-goal deficit in the last quarter to secure awin that meant so much, with the Cougars having gotten the better of them on three separate occasions last year.

Gormandale wouldhave celebratedhard on Saturday night after they defeated Yarram 62-28 at home.

Glengarry handed TraralgonTyers Unitedtheir first loss of the season in avery hard-fought match. The scores seesawed but the Magpies managed to get the job done on the road.

Cowwarr had the bye.

Morwell East 21 draw Toora21, StonyCreek 40 dMirboo North 32, Newborough 35 dHill End 21, MDU -BYE.

17 AND UNDER- Yinnar 52 dFish Creek 31, Toora55dMorwell East 12,Mirboo North 38 d StonyCreek 16,Hill End 27 dNewborough 26, Boolarra, MDU -BYE. 15 AND UNDER - Yinnar 42 dFish Creek 11 Toora52dMorwell East 8, Mirboo North 37 d StonyCreek 18,Hill End 45 dNewborough 23, Boolarra45d Tarwin 7, MDU,Foster -BYE. 13 AND UNDER - Yinnar 37 dFish Creek 3, Mirboo North 29 dStony Creek 2, Newborough 24 dHillEnd 21, Boolarra26d Tarwin 13,MDU, Foster,Toora- BYE.

NORTH GIPPSLAND -ROUND 3

AGRADE - Woodside 53 dYYN 26, Sale City 60 dRosedale 34, Glengarry46d TTU 40, Heyfield 33 dChurchill 31, Gormandale 62 d Yarram 28, Cowwarr -BYE.

BGRADE - Woodside 40 dYYN 35, Sale City 53 dRosedale 40, Glengarry45d TTU39, Heyfield 55 dChurchill 33, Gormandale 64 d Yarram 46, Cowwarr -BYE.

CGRADE - Woodside 38 dYYN 32, Sale City53d Rosedale 25, TTU 38 dGlengarry 35, Churchill 41 dHeyfield 20, Yarram 30 d Gormandale 27,Cowwarr -BYE.

DGRADE - Woodside 39 dYYN 21, Sale City 38 dRosedale 40, TTU 44 dGlengarry31, Heyfield 28 dChurchill 24, Gormandale 37 d Yarram 22, Cowwarr -BYE.

17 AND UNDER - Woodside 24 dYYN 13,Sale City39dRosedale 30, TTU 43 dGlengarry14, Heyfield 26 dChurchill 25, Gormandale 41 d Yarram 9, Cowwarr -BYE.

15 ANDUNDER - Woodside 43 dYYN 10,Sale City 30 dRosedale 20, TTU 55 dGlengarry6, Heyfield48dChurchill 13,Gormandale 62 d Yarram 2, Cowwarr -BYE.

Kangaroos win three on the bounce

FOOTBALL

NORTH GIPPSLAND

BY TOM HAYES

WHAT aseason this is shaping up to be in the North Gippsland Football-Netball League.

Nothingisa givenasanother week of results has left us in astate we haven’t seen in some time For years now, the top five of the NGFNL has been fairly lopsided and easy to identify early into the season. Yet, this year anumberofvariables has created amore exciting competition, with more teams in contention.

HEYFIELD are as damaging as ever.

The Kangaroos dismantled theChurchill side thatvisited Gordon StreetReserveatthe weekend, not only boosting their premiership hopes, but leaving the Cougars rattled in the process, 18.16 (124) to 6.3 (39).

The home side continued their domination of Churchill, whichstarted in themiddle of last year.

To startthe 2023season, Churchill stamped themselves as ateamtobeat, beating the Kangaroos by 70-odd points. Yet in their next two meetings, Heyfield would right their wrongs and trump the Cougars on both occasions, one of those being asemi-final.

After threegamesin2024, the Kangaroos are top of the ladder, and by some margin too. Alongside them is Woodside on three wins, yet Heyfield’s percentage boasts 253 per cent, to the Wildcats’ 137.

Heyfieldhad the upper hand over Churchill from

FOOTBALL

NORTH GIPPSLAND

BY TOM HAYES

HEYFIELD footballer Justin Cox became the club’s fourth player to join the 400-club at the weekend when the Kangaroos hosted Churchill.

Playinginthe reserves, Cox was celebrated in style with Heyfield completing a93-point win.

Usually adefender, Cox even drifted forward and kickedagoalfor himselftomarkthe milestone.

Ironically, Cox started his footballing career with Churchill, starting in the junior program, before moving to Heyfield,where he completed his juniors playing in the Kangaroos’ Thirds in 1997.

Over the years, Cox played in threesenior premierships (2005, '07, '09) for Heyfield, which he marked as memorable moments in his career.

“The senior premiershipswere good, but probably the highlight was life membership,” he said.

The 41-year-old has presumably played a number of roles at Heyfield over the years. Yet lately, he hasplayed adevelopment rolefor what has become ayouthful Kangaroos outfit.

“My best friend is the reserves coach,and I’ve been the captain for the past couple of years, and (in involvement) with Browny (senior coach Leigh Brown) as well, it’s aclub whole thing of promoting youth,” Cox said.

“So now in the last couple of years, we’ve actually had alot of youth coming through and sticking around.

“So, we're avery young side now, and one of my roles is playing down back or even when I’m on the bench is helping with positional (aspects of the game).When to go, whentodefend, helping

the very first quarter, bursting out to a16-point lead, before alateCougars goal brought the margin to within two kicks.

Churchillcouldonly manage the solemajor in the second, unable to reply to the ferocity of Heyfield, who piled on 10.4 (64).

The Cougars showed they wouldn’t go down without afight, and despite the score, kept in touch with Heyfield during the third term, both scoring 2.2 (14), as the margin remained at 68 points.

Withthe gamefar beyondreach,Heyfield continued to power through, despite the Cougars’ efforts,kicking three goals to two in the final term to runhome85-point winners.

Heyfield's ThomasMarchesi was among the best for the home side, as was Robert McMillan, Kail Hole, Mitchell Bennett (four goals), Max Van Der Zwart and Liam Heasley. Playing-coach and former Collingwood premiershipplayer, Leigh Brown kicked agame-high six majors.

For the Cougars, their best were Bailey Flanigan, Brendan Holt, Marcus Sbaglia-Smith, Chris Williams, Jordan Fenech and Patrick Kearns. Notably, the absence of Ben Kearns up front left their forward line thin, with no one to assist BlakeSlater until the second half when Holt went forward.

The youthful Heyfieldoutfitdisplayed their damaging run and carry. While some clubs may seetheir youth as aweakness, they are using it to theiradvantage to go from strength to strength, week-to-week.

As for the Cougars, they are now in adifficult

position of one win and two losses, and it doesn’t get any easier for them next week with reigning premier TTU coming to Gaskin Park.

Skill errors were the main talking point, as the season lies within the playing group’s hands to get better and grow as the season progresses.

Churchill doesn’t like to lose at home, and their chances will be boosted next week with the arrival of former AFL players, Heath Shaw and Stephen Milne for the one-off game.

Next weekend, Heyfield will face an also undefeated Yarram sidewho aretoo beaming with confidence.

JUST when Sale City thought they could break the mould, in steps Rosedale.

The Blues were able to hold on after aconfident start, winning 8.7 (57) to 4.8. (32).

The Bulldogs were storming through their fixture withimpressiveperformances,despite their1-1 win-loss record. After their tight loss to 2023 Grand Finalist, Woodside, it was asmall wininthe scheme of things.

Rosedale meanwhile was 0-2 after big losses to premiership contenders Heyfield and Traralgon Tyers United.

Yet on their travels to Stephenson Park, the Blues were off to aflyer, setting the tone for the rest of the match.

The low scoring nature of the match madeit difficultfor either side to get on thescoreboard, but Rosedale made the most of their opportunities.

Rosedalekickedthreegoals in theopeningtermto Sale City’s one. Both sides displayed their ability to start with speed last year, so when the two locked horns it was sure to be aspicy contest.

Just when the Bulldogs needed aresponse, the Blues kicked away. The Bulldogs were unable to keepupwith the visitors, who caught them by surprise kicking 5.3 (33) to one behind.

All of asudden, Rosedale had amassive sevengoal lead at the main break. But in the third term, play wasmuch tighter.

The script had flipped, but nottothe same extent. Sale City fought back with agoal of their own, but it could’ve been more.

Kicking 1.3 (9) to one behind, the Bulldogs brought the margin back down to 34 points, which would warrant one hell of afightback in the final term.

The matchgot interesting in the final term, as the leading Blues only managed two behinds, leaving the dooropenfor the home side. But Sale Citycould only muster 2.1 (13) in the final quarter, falling short by 23 points.

Jay Diamond, Luke Stuckey, Caleb Barnett,Riley Boyle, Will Murray and Jake Suter were among thebest for the Blues.

In defeat, Abe Schuback, Hudson Tollner, Troy Carstairs, Tom Bowman,Flynn Read and Mitchell Evans were admirable.

WOODSIDE keep trucking along.

was always goingtobetough to overcome that disadvantage. Woodside added two more goals, despite being outscored by YYN, who kicked fourthemselves. It wasn’t enough, as the Wildcats rounded out a 31-point win.

Brody Stainer, Michael O’Sullivan, Liam Leeson, Lee Stockdale, Mark Collison and Liam Hard werestand-outsfor the victors. Daniel Farmer establishedhimself in front of the big stick with five goals.

For the Jets, Dylan Brooks, Dylan Bentley, Rowan Duguid, Dylan Bath, Jai Massese and Josh Hall were highlights in defeat.

Only three undefeated teams remain following this game, and as recent records show, losing two games in aseason makes it very difficult to win the flag.

TTU have put their Round 1jitters to bed. The Bombers made their four points certain, defeating Glengarry at home, 31.22 (208) to 1.2 (8). In adisplay of complete and utter dominance, TTU had 50 more scoring shotsthan theMagpies, going on to win by amonster 200 points. The game was nearly over before it started, as the Bombers got out to a41-pointleadatquartertime. It went from bad to worse in the second quarter, as TTUkeptGlengarry scoreless, going onto score 9.6(60)beforethe halftime siren, as the lead stretched past 100 points.

TTU continued to get more devastating as the game continued, kicking another 10.4 (64) to one behind, seeing the lead pass 150, to 164 points. With a. percentage boost on their mind, TTU reached the 200-point margin in the final term, with the margin remaining the same as the lead as the final siren blew.

Michael Jacobsen, Beau White (five goals), Liam Michie, Mitchell Mustoe (three goals), Zach Kilgower and James Jacobsen hada day out for the Bombers.CaptainJye Neilson also kickedfive goals, while Caleb Michie kicked four snags. Ben Truin,Callum Mitchell,Lachlan Martin, Jack Burgess, Cassidy Bartleyand Tahi Wilson were the shining lights for Glengarry.

Apercentage boost it was, with the Bombers now holding the highestpercentage in the NGFNL, with 258 per cent.

THE third and final teamtoremain undefeated Yarram took atrip downthe road to Gormandale, smoking the Tigers after being granted aRound 2 bye, sealing the four points, 20.19 (139) to 1.0 (6). The Demons flexed their muscles,all while keeping Gormandale scorelessfor the first three quarters.

all of these young ones learn how to play that bit better.”

Despite the roles and number of games played,there is always something else that keeps someone involvedwithaclubfor so long.

And a lot of the time, that answer tends to be consistent withmany300 or 400-gameplayers.

“It’sjust the people who are involved at the club.It’s just agood club to be at, good people,” Cox said.

“It’s a testament to the club, people like me want to stay around, keep being involved and help where wecan, it’s just enjoyable.” Cox joins Pat Komen, Trent Anderson and Matt Cassidy in the Heyfield 400 club. Occasion: Heyfield’s Justin

The Wildcatsimproved to 3-0afterdefeating Yallourn Yallourn North, 14.14 (98) to 10.7 (67).

In aslowstart,Yallourn Yallourn North got the jump on the Wildcats at home, starting out with a10-point lead at the first break.

With both sides in early premiership contention going into the contest, there was plenty on the line for either team to gain the four points.

Woodside weren’t going to go away anytime soon, and they made their presence known, kicking 5.3 (33)tothe Jets’ 2.1 (13), taking the lead at the main break, completing a20-point turnaround.

After the halftime break, Woodside grew from strength to strengthand continuedtoput YYN to thesword, adding another 5.3 (33), this time keeping the Jets goalless, adding just two points to their score.

As the twosides entered the final break, Woodside had aclear advantage of 41 points, exactly double the score of the Jets.

YYN gave it their all in the final term, but it

Duringthat time, Yarram kicked15goals; scoring five in each quarter as they progressively dismantled the Tigers as the game grew old. The lead extended past 100 points by three quarter time, reading 15.15 (105) to nothing at the final break.

Gormandale finally got on the scoreboard in the final term as the game begun to wind down, registering their only scoreofthe game. Meanwhile,Yarram added another five goals in aconsistent display,before runningout 133-point winners.

Kayleb Pearce, Josh Swift (eight goals), Dylan Garnham (three goals), Liam Bentley, Luke Hunter and Griffin Underwoodwere impeccablefor the Demons.

When Gormandale neededsomeone to step up, Nicholas Millington, Kodie Owens, Caleb Isherwood, Tristan Salerno, Blake Hearn and Jet Krimhand were there to do so, earning themselves aplace in their best.

Yarram join Heyfield and Woodside as the only three undefeated teams. Due to their bye last round, the Demons sit fourth on the ladder, thanks to the percentage of TTU.

COWWARR had the bye.

Community Corner

with Liam Durkin

Precious cans

‘GIVE aDamn. Give aCan’isacommunity collection of tinned food.

The tins of food are passed onto Traralgon Vinnies Food Bank for distribution to needyfamilies in Traralgon and District.

The project is co-ordinated by the Rotary Club of Traralgon Central and supported by Latrobe City Trust and the Latrobe Valley Express

The 2024 collectiontakes place from May 13 to 19. Arecord 16 schools are participating, along with businesses, sports clubs, community organisations and aged care facilities.

FromMay 13, look out for red collection bins on Traralgon nature strips. Drop in acan from the supermarket shop. Last year, the club collected 14,908 cans.

Countrymusic marathon

GIPPSLAND FM’s legendary Country Crew will bring nonstop country music to the airwaves over the weekend of May 4-5.

The marathon is amajor addition to the station’s fundraising calendar and promises to be lots of fun.

From 4pm on Saturday, listeners can expect to hear their favourite country songs presented by members of the crew, who are all in training forthe fundraiser. On air auctions, prizes and listener involvement will take place throughout the marathon.

Starting the weekend will be a$1 disc garage sale from 8am on Saturday at 101 Princes Drive, Morwell.CD’s available are preloved, donated by the community. Avariety of genres with some interestingvinyl albums will be available too. This is acash only sale and agold coin sausage sizzle will be available. Station aficionados Ken Thompson, presenter of Vinylising, and the Mac Attack’s Allan MacKenzie will be on hand from 10am to 11.30am to help build your collection. Proceeds frombothevents will go to the station’s operating costs.

Call Hilary on 0439 980 226 for further information.

Bridgeresults

TRARALGON Bridge Club results.

Monday, April 22 -1st Robin Hecker and Don Tylee 58 per cent; 2nd Helen McAdam and Moira Hecker (58).

Tuesday, April 23 -1st June Clark and Michael Zarb (62.5); 2nd Anna Field and Marion Taylor (56.94). Thursday,April 25 -1st Greg Nicholson and Kaye Douglas (70.37); 2nd Ken Tierney and Anna Field (60.19).

Shop local market

THERE will be lots happening at Churchill shopping centre this Saturday morning (May 4).

Acraft market will be heldbetween 9amand 1pm. More than 20 stalls to browse, with arange of home-made goods, crafts and that special something to buy for someone else or just for you. (Don't forget Mothers Day is coming up!)

There willbetwo free sausage sizzles, fired up from 10am to midday. Say hello to the volunteers from Churchill Fire Brigade cooking at WestPlace(outsideWoolworths) or bring your car to the car park at Hazelwood Village (near Pizza HQ) and have your numberplates fitted with anti-theft screws while you eat asausage or two.

Afairy entertainer will be around between 10am and midday for the kids, whileBryce willbesinging lots of great covers to add to the atmosphere. If the weather is fine, Piston Car Club will be putting on adisplay too.

The market is on, rainorshinestalls are under the coverofsheltered walkways. Bring your coat if it's cold! Last minute market stall sites can be booked online at churchill.org.au/ markets

Don't forget to sign the CDCA Petition calling on Revelop, the owners of West Place Shopping Centre, to provide apublic toilet for customers. Look for the CDCA table or the roaming volunteer withclipboard or visit the Lifeline store, Newsagency, Fish &Chip shop or Woolworths service counter.

Traralgon Neighbourhood House activities

PAINT Terra Cotta Pot Workshop: Sunday, May 5from 1pm-4pm,$10 all materials included.

Mother’s DayCupcake Decorating classes for Kids: Decoratecupcake bouquet for mum for Mother’s Day. Classes are Saturday, May 11, 11am or 12.30pm. Suitable for ages 4-14, cost is $35 all inclusive. Enrolment required.

Phone Traralgon Neighbourhood Learning House on 5174 6199 or enquiries@tnlh.org.au for more information and for enrolment.

Morwell Historical Society

OUR Step BackinTime Conversation Cafe will be open during Mayon Wednesday,May 1, Wednesday,May 15 or Sunday, Sunday 26 in the rooms

at 12 Hazelwood Road, Morwell from 11am to 2pm.

During May, the group will be having atrip down memorylane remembering the Morwell Hospital and the doctors of that era.

Come and share your connection with us while enjoyinga cuppa and some light refreshments.

Our Cafe will coincide with the Open Days during the year on the first and third Wednesdays, and last Sunday of the month (February to November).

For any queries, phone 0409 436 019.

Old time dance

THE next Toongabbie Old Time Dance will be held this Friday, May 3commencing at 8pm at the Toongabbie Mechanics Institute Hall at the Village Green.

Music will be supplied by Norm Lade with MonteCarlo,lucky doorprize and raffle.

Admission is $8. Bring aplate to share.

For further information, phone 0419 874 958.

Gippsland Acoustic Music Club

OUR next concert will be this Sunday (May 5) at 7.30pm at Tyers Hall.

The club is delighted to welcome back “Australia’s virtuoso of acoustic roots and blues”, Nick Charles. With stylish and dazzlingfingerpicking on six and 12-string guitars, his riveting stories and songs have been written or gathered from 40 years on the world’smusicalhighways. His list of awards and accolades is extensive and Nickhas toured withartists such as Ralph McTell, John Hammond, Taj Mahal and BB King.

The local support act will be The Steve Schulz Percussion Workshoppers.

Entryis$25 foradults, $20 for members/concession and free for under 18.

Tickets can be pre-purchased at trybooking.com/COLTS or cash entry at the door.

For more informationabout this and other Gippsland Acoustic Music Club events such as jam sessions and workshops, go to musicclub.org.au

Rail Trail PetWalk

IF you are looking for asocial walk with your dog, come and join Companion Pet Care.

Everyone is welcome to attendwith or without pets. Thegold coin donation on walk days goes directly towards the Ted Basarke Mercy Foundation, which assists pet owners who are struggling financially with veterinary care.

Thewalks offeragreat opportunity for social interaction of ownersand dogs alikeand morningtea is provided

at the conclusion of the walk.

The Ted BasarkeMercy Foundation Inc. is aregistered charity operating in the Latrobe Valley.

For moreinformation, check out Companion Pet Care -The Ted Basarke Mercy Foundation on Facebook.

Yarragon Book Fair

YARRAGON Charity Book Fair will be held this weekend (May 4-5).

This event was atrendsetter, originating in the early 2000s as a community fundraiser run by dedicated local people.

This event has now become one of the favourites for book lovers across Victoria and southernNew South Wales.

This year’s book fair willbeheld, as always, at the Yarragon Public Hall.

Moneyraised supports the Yarragon Fire Brigade and Yarragon Primary School Parents Club.

Doors open on Saturday at 8.30am and the fair will run right across the weekend until 4pm on Sunday.

The Yarragon Public Hall is located in Campbell Street, 50 metresfrom the Princess Highway and an easy stroll to the shops, cafes and galleries in Yarragon Village.

For more information, email yarragonfb@gmail.com

Whole town garage sale

THIS Saturday, (May 4) from 9am onward in Churchill.

Look for the red balloonson mailboxes.

If you wish to hold agarage sale on this date, pop ared balloon on your mailbox.

SMS 0492869 607 with any questions.

Comesupport the town and businesses on this datealsohavingthe town market.

Youcan be apartof Community Corner

IF you are acommunity groupand have any news items you need publicised, feel free to email us at news@ lvexpress.com.au

You can address the correspondence to Editor, Liam Durkin.

Please write 'CommunityCorner' in the subject line and nothing else. Deadline is Friday 9am to appear in the following Wednesday issue.

Latrobe Valley Express, Wednesday, 1May, 2024

Generosity: The annual ‘Givea Damn. Givea Can’ initiativeisbackon. Photographs supplied

Coming: Churchill is set to hold a whole-town market this weekend

Saturday,May 4

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 WeekendBreakfast. 9.00 Rage.(PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Call The Midwife. (Ma, R) 1.30 Father Brown. (Mv,R) 3.00 George Clarke’sAmazing Spaces. (R) 4.00 This Is GoingToBeBig.(PG, R) 4.55 CreativeTypes With Virginia Trioli.(Ml R) 5.25 Landline.(R) 5.55 Australian Story: One In SevenTrillion –Leila McDougall. (R)

6.30 Back Roads: Cradle Mountain, Tasmania. (PG, R) Guest presented by Joe O’Brien. 7.00 ABCNews. Alook at the top stories of the day

7.30 Father Brown. (PGv) When a famous florist returnstoKemblefordfor her final days,she gainsthe attention of the town as well as that of Father Brown.

8.20 Midsomer Murders. (Mav,R)DCI Barnabyand DS Winter investigate when abodyisfound dead in avat in abrewery

9.50 After TheParty (Malns, R) Awoman’s ex-husband returns to town, fiveyears after she accused him of acrime. 10.35 Shetland. (Mal, R) Acontroversiallocal is murdered.

11.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Riley Rocket 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Would ILie To You? 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo 9.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.05 MythBusters. 10.55 Portlandia. 11.35 Adam Hills: TheLast Leg. 12.20am Upstart Crow. 1.20 Would I Lie To You? 1.50 RussellHowardStands Up To The World. 2.35 ABC News Update. 2.40 Close. 5.00 Hoopla. 5.15 Ready,Jet, Go! 5.25 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22)

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6am Morning Programs.

3pm NITVNews: Nula. 3.30 Brazil Untamed. 4.20 Going Places. 4.50 Anthem Sessions Interstitials. 5.00 Nganampa Anwernekenhe. 5.25 Big Sky Girls.

5.50 GoingNative 6.20 News. 6.30 Strait To The Plate. 7.00 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Black Sheep.(2006,MA15+) 10.00 Marvin Gaye: What’sGoing On? 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 DestinationFlavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.10 Ageless Gardens. (R) 10.05 Vintage Voltage. 11.00 Outside: Beyond The Lens. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS NewsHour 2.00 Gymnastics. FIG Rhythmic World Cup Series. Highlights. 4.00 Wonders Of Scotland. (R) 4.30 Roman Megastructures. (PGav,R) 5.30 Untold Arctic Wars. (PGanw)

6.30 SBS WorldNews. 7.30 CharlesIII: TheCoronation Year Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter 9.15 Miniseries: TheBoleyns: A Scandalous Family (Mas, R) Part 3 of 3. Anne Boleyn makes her playfor the biggest prizeinthe kingdom. 10.25 SecretsOfThe RoyalPalaces: Doctors. (PGa, R) Takesalookat thesecrets of the royaldoctors. 11.15 Everything YouLove (Mal) Jonas and Sara grow closer 12.15 WhileThe Men Are Away (MA15+s, R)

1.20 Erotic Stories. (MA15+s, R)

3.25 No Distinguishing Features. (PGa, R)

4.55 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The WorldTonight.

6.00 NBCToday 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 TheMorning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Hawkesbury CupDay,Caulfield Members’ Day Guineas Day andSADerby Day 5.00 SevenNews At 5. 5.30 Border Security:Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Football AFL.Round 8. Melbourne vGeelong. From the MCG.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking alook back at allthe action from the game.

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.30 Celebrity Obsessed: Madonna. (MA15+a, R) Examines the disturbing phenomenon of obsessivestalking of celebrities.

1.30 Harry’sPractice (R) Dr Harry Cooper and Dr Katrina Warren present information about animals and petcare

2.00 Home Shopping (R)

4.00 Mystic (R) Dan is forced to step up when there’s an emergency at the stables. Natasha joins the Dulmoth Park team. 5.00 HouseOfWellness. (PG, R) Luke Darcy,JoStanley and LukeHines look at locations that highlight living well

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6.00 Getaway.(PG,R) 6.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday.(PG) 12.00 Cybershack. (PG) 12.30 ExploreTV: Portugal &Spain. (R) 1.00 Ageless. 1.30 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 2.00 AfterImpact. (PGa) 3.15 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of The World. (PG, R) 4.30 TheGardenGurus 5.00 9News First At Five 5.30 Getaway.(PG)

6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 ACurrent Affair. 7.30 Jeopardy! Australia. HostedbyStephen Fry. 8.30 MOVIE: TheEqualizer (2014,MA15+lv,R)A formerblack-ops agent,who fakedhis death, comes out of retirement to rescue agirl. Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas.

11.10 MOVIE: City Of Lies (2018, MA15+lv) The murders of tworappersare investigated. Johnny Depp

1.05 Cybershack. (PG, R)

1.35 TheGarden Gurus. (R)

2.00 TheIncredibleJourney Presents. (PGa)

2.30 Getaway. (PG,R)

3.00 TV Shop:HomeShopping. (R)

4.30 Global Shop.(R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 HelpingHands. (PG, R)

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6.00 TheDog House. (PG, R) Itis adouble date as Londoners Roshni and Jay meettwo very differentdogs, aplayful staffie and ashy terrier 8.00 Ambulance UK (Madl) An urgent call from someone threatening to use a nerveagent against the emergency services leadstomajor incident standby being declared. Paramedics help a75-year-old male who has been kicked in the head. 10.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 Fire Country. (PGav,R)Aninternal investigatorsuspectsJakeofbeing the serial arsonist who has been setting recent fires. 12.30 So Help Me Todd. (PGa, R) Margaret helps aclientwhose mother passed during aroutine surgery at Allison’s hospital. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 TheMovie Show Noon Gymnastics. FIG Rhythmic World Challenge Cup.H’lights. 2.00 Patriot Brains. 2.55 Lives In Action. 3.05 WorldWatch. 5.05 Woman. 5.30 Shortland St 6.00 TheFood That BuiltThe World 7.40 Impossible Engineering. 8.35 The Matrix Generation. 9.40 Cycling. UCI World Tour.Giro d’Italia. Stage 1. 1.35am TheX-Files. 3.25 Late Programs.

6am A Hard Day’sNight. Continued.(1964, PG) 7.00 The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. (1964,PG, French) 8.40 Whale Rider.(2002,PG) 10.35 JerseyBoys. (2014 M) 1.10pm Nowhere Boy. (2009,M) 3.00 Hacker (2019,PG, Danish) 4.45 HeartBeats Loud. (2018 PG) 6.35 The Big Steal. (1990,PG) 8.30 Kill Bill: Vol. 2. (2004, MA15+) 11.05 Fabian: GoingToThe Dogs. (2021, MA15+, German) 2.25am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon Harry’sPractice. 12.30 House Of Wellness 1.30 Better Homes 2.30 Escape To The Country. 4.30 Medical Emergency 5.00 Horse Racing. Hawkesbury Cup Day,Caulfield Members’ Day, GuineasDay andSADerby Day 5.30 Medical Emergency 6.00 Heathrow 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 EscapeToThe Country. 11.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 My Favorite Martian 11.00 Iconic Australia 12.10pm MOVIE: The Sleeping Tiger.(1954, PG) 2.00 MOVIE: ILiveIn Grosvenor Square. (1945) 4.20 MOVIE: Midway (1976,PG) 7.00 Rugby Union.Super Rugby Pacific. Round 11. ACTBrumbies vFijian Drua. 9.30 Super RugbyPacificPost-Match. 9.45 MOVIE: Legend. (2015, MA15+) 12.20am Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs. 2pm Motor Racing. FormulaE.Monaco ePrix. H’lights. 3.05 Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. Alabama Grand Prix. H’lights. 4.15 TheBradshaw Bunch. 5.15 Kenan. 5.45 MOVIE: Mr.Peabody& Sherman. (2014, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay –Part2.(2015,M) 10.10 MOVIE: Power Rangers. (2017,M) 12.30am Late Programs.

Sunday,May 5

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Insiders

10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week.(R)

11.00 Compass. (R) 11.30 Praise 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Monty Don’s French Gardens. (R) 3.30 ForeverSummer With Nigella. (R) 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of Australia. (PG, R) 4.40 George Clarke’sAmazing Spaces. (R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow

6.30 Compass: Not In My Name. (PGa)

7.00 ABC News. Alook at the top stories of the day

7.30 CallThe Midwife. (PG) Thematernity home is throwninto chaos.

8.30 After TheParty (MA15+l) Penny’s friends counsel her to put the past behind her,for the sakeofher relationship with Grace and her grandson.

9.20 TheLuminaries. (Ma) Lydia and Carverhatch aplantofree Carver from his convict past

10.10 Shetland. (Mal, R) The team searches for alink between the two bodies. 11.10 Savage River (Madl, R) 12.05 TheMessenger (Mal,R) 1.00 Rage Vault (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Landline. (R) 4.30 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

8.00 QI. 8.30 Louis Theroux Interviews... 9.20 YouCan’t Ask That. 9.50 The Beast Must Die. (Final) 10.40 MOVIE: The Losers (2010, M) 12.15am Penn &Teller:Fool Us. 1.00 Would ILie To You? 1.30 Return To Belsen. 2.20 ABC News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.00 Hoopla. 5.15 Ready,Jet, Go! 5.25 Late Programs. ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Morning Programs. Noon Kickin’BackWithGilbertMcAdam. 12.30 I Live, IBreathe, ISurf. 1.30 GoingNative. 2.00 Strait To The Plate 2.30 The Other Side. 3.00 Anthem Sessions Interstitials. 3.10 Spirit Talker 4.10 Something Of The Times. 5.00 Leah Purcell: AOne Woman Show 6.10 News. 6.20 Wild New Zealand. 7.30 Everything’sGonna Be All White. 8.30

6.00 MorningPrograms. 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic 12.55 Ballroom Fit. (R) 1.00 Cycling. National Road Series. Grafton to Inverell. Highlights. 1.30 Motorcycle Racing. ProMX Australian Championship.Round 3. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour.Girod’Italia. Stage 1. Highlights. 5.30 Untold Arctic Wars. (Final, PGavw)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Invasion: TheNormans. (Mav) Part 1of2

9.30 King Tut: Allies And Enemies (PGa, R) Part 2of2.Yasmin El Shazly and Mahmoud Rashad continue theirinvestigation.

10.30 Yorkshire Ripper: TheSecret Murders (Mav,R)Part2 of 2.

11.25 CitizenJane Fonda. (MA15+a, R) Aportrait of Jane Fonda.

12.30 Secrets Of Playboy: Predator Number One. (MA15+av,R) 3.00 BinLaden: TheRoad To 9/11 (Mav,R) 3.55 Peer To Peer (R)

4.55 Destination Flavour ScandinaviaBitesize (R) 5.00 NHK World English NewsMorning. 5.15 France 24 Feature 5.30 AlJazeeraNews.

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6.00 NBCToday 7.00 WeekendSunrise. 10.00 The MorningShow: Weekend.(PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness.(PG, R) 1.00 The Salvation Army:Red ShieldAppeal.(PG) 1.30 Border Security:Australia’s Front Line.(PG, R) 2.00 Football. VFL. Round 6. Sandringham v North Melbourne. From Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Sandringham. 5.00 SevenNewsAt5 5.30 MelbourneWeekender.(PG)

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Farmer WantsAWife. (PGal) Hosted by Samantha Armytage.

8.45 7NEWSSpotlight. An exclusivespecial investigation.

9.45 TheLatest: SevenNews. 10.15 Code1:MinuteByMinute: The Essendon Plane Crash. (Ma, R) Takes alookatthe Essendon plane crash. 11.15 Quantum Leap (PGav) Bentriestosaveawoman’s life

12.15 EmeraldCity (MA15+hv) Dorothy andLucas arrive at Glinda’s castle.

1.15 Travel Oz (PG, R)

2.00 HomeShopping. (R)

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News.

5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Hello SA.(PG,R) 6.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 7.00 WeekendToday 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 1.00 Fish Forever. (PGl) 1.30 DriveTV. 2.00 Customs. (PGa, R) 2.30 LEGO Masters AustraliaVsRestOfThe World. (PG, R) 3.50 David Attenborough’sGreen

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of TheWorld. (PG) Hosted by Hamish Blake.

8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issuesaffecting all Australians.

9.40 9News Late.

10.10 Footy Furnace. (Mlv) Alook at thelatest round of football. 11.10 Transplant. (MA15+m, R) 12.00 David Attenborough’s GreenPlanet. (R) 1.00 World’sGreatest NaturalIcons (PG, R) 2.00 Australia’sTop TenOfEverything. (PGal, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory.(PGa) 4.30 Drive TV.(R) 5.00 Today Early News 5.30 Today

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6am Fill The Void.Continued. (2012, PG, Hebrew) 6.30 The Big Steal. (1990,PG) 8.20 Vanity Fair.(2004, PG) 10.55 This Is Spinal Tap. (1984,M) 12.30pm LesMisérables. (1998, M) 2.55 The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. (1964,PG, French) 4.35 Dr Strangelove (1964,PG) 6.25 Charade. (1963, PG) 8.30 Lawless. (2012, MA15+) 10.40 Lara. (2019, PG, German) 12.30am Late Programs.

MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: White –Victini And Zekrom. (2011) 5.20 MOVIE: Sing. (2016) 7.30 MOVIE: Now YouSee Me. (2013,M) 9.40 Aussie Lobster Men. 11.40 Who Gets

6.30 TheSundayProject Panellists dissect, digest andreconstitutethe daily news, eventsand hottest topics. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PGal) Afresh batch of talented and passionate amateur cooks competestoimpress thejudges. 9.00 FBI (Mv) When the director of a Brooklyn migrant centre is abducted and held hostage alongwithhis wife, the team must work quickly to meet thekidnapper’s demands. Maggie picks Jessica’s brain about motherhood. 12.00 TheSundayProject.

Monday, May 6

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6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

7.00 ABCNews.

7.30 7.30 Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Australian Story. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program exposing scandals firingdebateand confronting taboos.

9.15 Media Watch (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry

9.35 Q+A. Presented by Patricia Karvelas. 10.35 ABC LateNews.

10.50 TheBusiness (R)

11.10 TheWeekly With Charlie Pickering. (R)

11.40 Planet America. (R)

12.15 Grand Designs. (R)

1.00 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 1.50 Monty Don’s French Gardens. (R) 2.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Landline. (R) 4.55 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6.00 MorningPrograms. 9.35 Paul O’Grady: ForThe LoveOfDogs. (PGa, R) 10.35 Outta Town Adventures.(PG) 11.05 Secret Cities. (PGav,R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.15 Heritage Rescue.(PG, R) 3.05 Mastermind Aust (R) 3.35 The Cook Up.(R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour.Girod’Italia. Stage 2. Highlights.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS WorldNews

7.35 Tony Robinson’sMarvellous Machines: MightyMachines. Alook at mighty machines.

8.25 SecretsOfThe TowerOf London. After 14 years of service, including four as Chief YeomanWarder, Pete McGowran announceshis retirement.

9.20 24 HoursInEmergency: Blood, Sweat And Tears. (Mal) A55-year-old is run over by atruck. 10.15 SBSWorld News Late. 10.45 Christian. (MA15+v) 11.50 My Brilliant Friend. (Mal,R) 3.05 World’sMostExtraordinaryHomes. (PGa, R) 4.10 LukeNguyen’s Railway Vietnam. (PGa, R) 4.45 Bamay.(R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight

Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats DoesCountdown. 8.30 Travel Man. 9.00 Cycling. UCI WorldTour.Girod’Italia. Stage 3. 1.35am

4.35 Motown

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.55 Beat TheChasersUK. 3.00 TheChase. Hosted by BradleyWalsh. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Home And Away (PGa)

7.30 FarmerWantsAWife. (PGal) Samantha Armytage and Natalie Gruzlewski bring together agroup of farmers on aquest to find true love

9.10 9-1-1 (Mav) Athena’s son finds himself in troublewiththe law.Buck grows envious as Eddie formsa close bond with someone else.

10.10 S.W.A.T. (Mav) Theteam triestoclear Hondo’s name. 11.10 TheLatest: SevenNews.

11.40 Police Custody USA:A Murder In TheFamily (Malv,R)A murder rocks atrailer park community

12.40 Emerald City (MA15+hv)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBCToday 5.00 Sunrise 5amNews. 5.30 Sunrise

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of TheWorld. (PG, R) 1.45 Explore.(R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30[VIC]

6.00 9News. 7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of TheWorld. (PG) Hosted by HamishBlake

8.45 Paramedics. (Mm)Paramedics become medical detectives as they examine awoman having apotential stroke. 9.45 Footy Classified. (M) Hosted by Craig Hutchison, Matthew Lloyd Caroline Wilson and Kane Cornes. 10.45 9News Late. 11.15 La Brea. (Mav) 12.05 Tipping Point (PG,R) 1.00

My Greek Odyssey 3.30 Harry’sPractice. 4.00 Medical Emergency 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 EscapeToThe Country 6.30 BargainHunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Late Programs. 6am

9GO! (93, 82) 6am Lara. Continued. (2019, PG, German) 6.50 HeartBeats Loud. (2018,PG) 8.40 Dr Strangelove.(1964,PG) 10.30 ATranslator.(2018,M,Spanish) 12.30pm

Lola Run. (1998,M,German) 2.00

Boy. (2012, PG) 3.40 The Big Steal. (1990,PG) 5.35 When Mum Is Away…With The Family.(2020,PG, Italian) 7.30 Tralala. (2021,M,French) 9.45 Tuesday Club.(2022, M, Swedish) 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by GrantDenyer. 6.30 TheProject. Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. Afresh batch of talented and passionate amateur cooks competes to impress the judges. 8.40 FBI: MostWanted (Madv,R) After atech entrepreneur is abducted from araveinBrooklyn and found stabbed to deathathis estateinConnecticut Remy and the team mustdiveinto the world of psychedelics to find his killer 10.30

Tuesday, May7

ABCTV (2) SBS (3)

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NINE (9,8) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 The Pacific. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 After The Party.(Maln, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 2.55 MusterDogs. (PG, R) 3.55 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 4.40 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 5.30 AntiquesRoadshow.(PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCIWorld Tour.Girod’Italia. Stage 3. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 OuttaTown Adventures 11.00 Secret Cities. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Heritage Rescue (PG,R) 3.05 Living Black. (R) 3.35 TheCook Up.(R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (R) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour Giro d’Italia. Stage 3. Highlights

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS WorldNews 7.30 Who Do YouThink YouAre? ManuFeildel (Return, PG) 8.30 Insight. Presented by Kumi Taguchi. 9.30 Dateline:China Secrets And Power. Alook at claims of Chinese spying. 10.00 SBSWorld NewsLate 10.30 Living Black. (R) 11.00 TheMurdochs: Empire Of Influence (Mas, R) 11.50 Faking Hitler (Final, Mal) 12.45 Reyka. (MA15+av,R) 2.45 World’sMost Extraordinary Homes. (R) 3.50 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final.

(PG,R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorningNews 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.45 SurveillanceOz. (PGa, R) 2.00 BeatThe Chasers UK 3.00 TheChase. 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews

7.00 Home AndAway. (PGas) 7.30 Farmer Wants AWife. (PGln) Hosted by Samantha Armytage. 9.00 Miniseries: TheMarlow MurderClub (Mav) Part 2of4 Thetrio uncoverkey evidence that leads to ashocking revelation. 10.00 Code Blue: TheKilling Of June Fox-Roberts. (MA15+)Part 2of2

11.00 TheLatest: SevenNews. 11.30 TheReal Manhunter: The Murder Of Bridie Skehan. (Mav,R) 12.30 GoldDigger (Mals, R) 2.00 Home Shopping (R) 4.00 NBCToday 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning 12.00 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of The World. (PG,R) 1.15 Getaway.(PG,R) 1.45 Talking Honey.(PG) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 TippingPoint (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30[VIC] TippingPointAustralia.(PG) 5.00

6.00 9News.

7.00 ACurrent Affair.

7.30 LEGO Masters Australia Vs Rest Of TheWorld. (Final, PG) Hosted by Hamish Blake

9.00 Clarkson’s Farm:Badgering. (Ml) Jeremy Clarkson couldhaveaproblem when he learns that Diddly Squat may havesome unwanted visitors –badgers.

10.00 Opal Hunters: RedDirtRoad Trip (PGlv) Theduo hit rock bottom.

11.00 9News Late.

11.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+am) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 Pointless. (PG,R) 2.05 Australia’s Top TenOfEverything. (Mls, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair.(R)

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Lindenmayer responds: ‘Logging is

MARK Poynter has written acritique of my new book TheForest Wars (Latrobe ValleyExpress, 17/04/24). He is fully entitled to do this. But readersshouldbeacutely aware of Mr Poynter’sstrong connections to the native forest logging industry.

As Ipoint out in the book, there are some key problemswith the industry.Itdestroys large amounts of biodiversity because it logs the parts of foreststhat are most important for native animals and plants, including those places wheremany threatened species occur.

Logging is adanger not just to animal and plant communities, but also to human communities in rural Australia. This is because it makes forests more flammable and prone to higher-severity wildfires,insome places for many decades after loggingisfinished. And the carbon emissionsfrom the industry are making climate change worse. These risks might be palatable for the taxpayer if the native forest logging industry provided the wood to build houses. But it doesn’t.

The industry is overwhelmingly dominated by woodchips and producing pulp to make paper and box liners.

The industry also might be tolerable if it made money. But it doesn’t. It has been afinancial basket case for years, everywhere -Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.

In these tough times, perhaps the industry’s drain on the public purse might pass muster if it employed lots of people. But it doesn’t. Employment levels have been plummeting for years now.

Iwas once astrongadvocate of the native forest logging industry. Inolonger am.

The costs of propping up the industry not only to the taxpayer but also to the environment and climate are just too great. These costs are among the key reasons why Iwrote the book.

Readers should examine my book andmakeup theirminds forthemselves

Professor David Lindenmayer

The Australian National University

The choice is yours

IAMdisillusioned and disappointed with the performance of our local council and many other councils across the state.

The lack of leadership locally has been demonstrated by:

 Councils closure of service centres during COVID when the rest of the community tried to plod through;

 Closure of council meetings to the community for fear of disruption, and;

 Failure to include the Rose Garden Committee in aproposal to ‘level’ some of our lovely gardens.

Disappointedly, anumberofcouncillors abandoned their communities while they stood for state politics, all unsuccessful.

No accountability was demonstrated by one councillor regularly absent, whilst there was division in the council with claims against their colleagues. Councils focus seems to be about issues like gender equality, removalofthe Lord's Prayer from council meetings and other ‘woke’ issues rather than the basics that we all demand, like graffiti and presentation of our towns. Morwell at present looks second rate with roundabouts without flowers likeTraralgon and Moe and our CBD with dead andunkept garden beds

Itappearsthatthebureaucracycontrolstheprocess and that the council rubber stamps the decisions. Sadlyweliveinariskaversetimewithfewprepared to have ago.

InOctoberwewillallbeaskedtoelectanewcouncil. Willwestayasweare or will we seek to elect

committed,businessfocussed and unselfish individuals to take us forward?

It is in the community’s hands.

Alan McFarlane Morwell

Official opening ayear premature

ON March 20, Ijust happened to read the Latrobe Valley Express and The Age on the same day. In the Express, afront page photo heralded avisit to Traralgon by Premier Jacinta Allenand the Minister for Health to officially open the ‘worldclass’ $223.5m upgrades at Latrobe Regional Hospital.

My initial excitement about the expansionofcare for regional communities closer to where people live was weakened when Iread on the next page that the same hospital that had to pay $1000 for an anaesthetic specialist to work one day here was sifting through applications to find 130 to 150 internationalnurses,hopeful that they willbeable to fillthose places. Icouldn’t help wondering where those much-needed nurses will find somewhere to live.

Thehospital hopes to be fully operational within thenext 12 months. Is the Premier being honest when she opens afacility ayear before it is likely to be staffed? Ican’t imagine her officially opening the “big build” city projects ayear before she has staff to run them efficiently.

Questionsofhonestywere asked on the same front page where varioushard-working locals vented their anger about the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games.Later in theExpress. a headline outlined "Spat over emergency care in Gippsland” which outlined concerns expressed about government neglect of ambulance response

times and emergency care at regional hospitals. On the same day the front page of The Age announced “Beleaguered hospitals in need of cash transfusion”

GarryRobbins

Traralgon

Stop with the climate changedenial

ITHANKDavidPachkam OAM for his letter to this paper ('Away from fossil fuels and into nuclear' LVE 27/03/24).

It willhelp formthe basis of adeeper understanding of the problem of global heating. He correctly statesthathumansare causing globaltemperaturestoriseand bravelyuseshis own methodology to say that Australia contributes 0.0017° Ctothe warming of the planet each year, which sounds if it could be right. It is also good to see that he notes that Australia is the 14th largest greenhouse gas emitterofall 200 nations in the world.

While David argues that Australia’s contribution is minimal compared to larger emitters, Australia is not just an isolated pocket. We do need to play our part in combatting risingtemperatures, because climate change is aglobal problem, especially as Australia, at just 0.32 per cent of the world population, produces 1.1 per cent of the world’s greenhouse pollution.

As away of demonstrating this, imagineifthe problemofclimate change was trying to turn around agiant supertanker and it takes 1000 outboard motors to do this. Australia’s contribution based on our gross yearly emissions would be 11 outboard motors. If Australia says we are not going to contribute our 11 because our yearly emissions are so small, then all the countries below us on the

list could use the same argument and collectively withdraw their 300 motors. Needless to say, the countries bearing the brunt of themitigationwill use their wealth to punish the non-compliers. Not pulling our weight is not an option.

David is also correct in saying that water vapour is amore powerful greenhouse gas than CO2 -23 times more powerful in fact.

While David has focussed his assessment on CO2 alone, he has ignored the compoundingeffects of the chain of events that extra CO2 in the atmosphere sets off. It should also be acknowledged that the level of CO2 in the atmosphere is over 50 per cent more now, than in pre-industrial times and that carbon dioxide (now 0.0423 per cent of the atmosphere gases) has always been the main regulator of temperature in theEarth’satmosphere. This has been well known since the 1880’s.

Recognising this, it becomes easy to understand theseriesofcascading events that this 50 per cent rise in CO2 is causing and why the heating of the Earth is accelerating. Firstly, the extra warming due to increased CO2 causes more water vapour in the atmosphere causing more heating and more watervapourand so on,inwhatiscalled apositive feedback loop. For every 1° Crisetherewill be seven per cent more water in the atmosphere. All this extra energy and moisture is why we can expect more frequent devastating storms like the recent ones in theStrzeleckis that we have experienced in the last few years. More heatingisnow setting off other positive feedbackloops. As there is moreheatinthe atmosphere and oceans, there is now less sea-ice to reflect heat back into outer space. This is called the Albedo Effect.The area of Arctic sea-ice in late summer is now 20 per centlessthan it was in 1980. So more heat, lessAlbedo Effect, more heating etc. The extra heat is causing the next positive

“It should also be acknowledged thatthe level of CO2 in the atmosphereisover 50 per cent morenow,than in pre-industrial times and that carbon dioxide (now0.0423 per cent of the atmospheregases) hasalwaysbeenthe main regulator of temperatureinthe Earth’s atmosphere”.

Dan Caffrey Latrobe Valley Sustainability Group

Photo: File

adanger foranimals and humans’

feedbackloop. The release of methane from the Arctic Ocean. Methane has about 78 times the heat trapping ability of CO2 over 20 years. As the ocean warms, methane, which had been trapped in pockets in the deep Arctic Ocean by very cold water, is now bubblingits way to thesurface to the extentthatpeople can now ignitegas flares in holes in the ice. More heating, more methane, more heating etc.

At the same time, methane is also beingreleased from the Tundra areas as the permafrost heats up and thaws,releasing more methane, causing more heating, causing more methaneand so on. Not to mention the other gross problems that global warming is causing, such as ocean acidification and sea level rise due to melting glaciers and thermal expansion of sea water.

Nuclear is only an option if Australians are willing to pay triple the price for our electricityand wait 20 years for the first electrons to flow, which economists, most scientistsand ecologists say is out of the question.

Dan Caffrey Latrobe Valley Sustainability Group

Misinformation

WHERE to start with Patricia Correa's plethora of ultra conservative views ?('Well said', LV Express, 27/03/24).

Perhaps with climate change,which of course has no credibility in Patricia's eyes. No, "our two per cent of carbon emissions are not going to save the world", but they are going to help to save the world.

The "so called climate change experts" are actually real experts, by way of many years of study, research, observation and not easily obtained formal qualifications, so if they get well paid, it's what experts deserve.

They're not making it all up for the money, as you mischievously imply.

They are not "advocating for" anything, like it is achoice, but asking us to observe, experience, read, respect, be educated and prepare for achanged world with open minds.

Al Gore is is not aclimate change expert, and how did he "make millions" Patricia? No, "change in climate did not happenovernight", but has accelerated at alarming levels in our lifetimes. We ignore at our peril, I'm happy to agree the Allan governmentfaceshugeproblems, but which do you propose they "fix", and how?

So, it's zero Indigenous rights for Patricia, and are "we all sick of "Indigenous rights or Fijian welcome ceremonies being "forced on us", or both?

Perhaps Patricia may consider easing up on the royal "we", and imagining her views representthe majority,asisreflected in the political landscape in this country.

John Duck Trafalgar

Upgrades coming tomorrow

THE recent Auditor General's report reveals that the Commonwealth Games cancellation has cost Victoria $589 million.

With this revelation,how will thoseLatrobe Valley sporting clubs get their promised upgrades?

Latrobe City Mayor, Darren Howe says local sporting clubs would benefitfromthe state government's investment. Can Mayor Howe tell the sporting clubs when these upgrades will happen? Memberfor Eastern Victoria Region, Harriet Shingclaimsthat "new developmentswould

provide an opportunity for clubs and companies to attract the big events, boost the economy, and create jobs".

What are these"new developments"and "big events" that Harriet Shing is talking about?

Last year, Energy Minister LilyD'Ambrosio said that offshore windfarms would create 59,000 jobs. Where are thesejobs?

Where is the money coming from? On top of this cancellation, $24 million in interest is going out the door every day alongside $1.8 million for the desalination plant.

The Allan government has spent $64 million to pause building the Airport Rail Link and nobody knows the cost of the bottomless financialpit called the Suburban Rail Link.

Energy costs rose by 25 per cent lastyear andthis year they are reducing by 6.4 per cent but still an increase of 18.6 per cent over the past two years. The cost of living will increase via toll roads and solar panels. City Link tolls will increase by 4.25 per cent each year from 2035 until 2045.

By 2044, regular users will be slugged $180 a week so deliveries especiallytosupermarkets means the cost of foodwillincrease. Farmland covered with solar panels will result in food shortages and higher costs at the checkout.

Tomorrow nevercomes but what will comeis food shortages and ahighercost of livingwhile our politicians fly around the world and hand out money to other countries except to the country that needs it most -Australia.

Brian Mawhinney Traralgon

Great work,great park

IHAD the pleasureofhearing apresentation recently from acommunity group called the Great LatrobePark.

They are agroup of locals concerned about the closure of power stations and the unsightly mess left behind by these major industries.

They are proposing that the sites be made into parkland for tourism and local event opportunities.

Ithink the people of the Latrobe Valley need to know about the great initiatives that these people are planning for the future development of our local region, in particular the job opportunities.

Ithink they definitely need to be regularly in your newspaper and recognised. We need council and the state government to support this group's endeavours.

Guss Lambden Morwell

Health concerns

NOT the leastsurprised aboutallegations reported in the Herald Sun surrounding Latrobe Regional Hospital (26/03/24).

My private healthbenefits are the highest expense on my budget and,yes Ihave been one of the lucky ones to be able to protect my health for 70 years.

Ican speak most highly of the emergency department, but if we have to be admitted we insistonbeing movedtoMaryvale Privateand then to Melbourne if necessary. On one occasion my husband was admitted for one day and it took seven hours repeatedly requesting ablanket which only appeared after acomplaint to avisiting doctor.

The public deservesbetter healthcare from thisnewlyextended hospitalwhichseems to be understaffed.

Patricia Correa Traralgon

Truth hurts

THOSE sad, whinging minority of Latrobe Valley residents who continue to write that opinion pieces should be of local issues only,shouldtakethe time to read the article written by Herald Sun columnist StevePrice, (16/03/2024).

This brilliant and factual piece of journalism includes all of Victoria, both metropolitan and regional. No matter what part of the state we live in, this effects us all.

He has put the plain and simple truth out there for us all to see. As he so succinctlystated,the total and diabolical mismanagement of Victoria by this inept Labor government has destroyed the hopes and dreams of so many.

Under the corrupt, so called 'leadership', of Daniel Andrews and now his undeniable clone in Jacinta Allan, we find ourselves heading into oblivion.

This glaringly obvious issue has been discussed anddissected so many, many times before, but it's still the most talked about and relevant news story.

Forget about Tay-Tay, F-listers Kanye and 'clotheless' wife Bianca and Clive Palmer and his 'Titanic'. They are unimportant and irrelevant. Butit'sincredible to think, there are still some who refuse point blank to see and believe what is happening to our once proud state.

Who is going to stand up to the plate and refute this claim with adose of good old fashioned diatribe?

As Jack Nicholson famously said in that brilliant movie AFew Good Men - "You can't handle the truth!"

Keep on laughing folks. Laughter is the best medicine!

Where's Barry Humphries when you need him?

You are sadly missed Barry.

Oliver Bergens Dandenong

Alarming inaction

LAST year Iwrote to the Mayor of Latrobe City (then KellieO'Callaghan) highlighting aneed for the intersection of Well and Haywood Street, Morwell to have improved safety measures put in place.

This intersection has aroundabout which may as well be drawn on the road using apiece of chalk, given it in no way reduces traffic speed.

This road is ahaven for speedsters and adanger to other road users. If councillors or council officers left their air conditioned offices and soft seats and spoke to residents,they would understand how

bad this intersection is. There are no stopsigns or even giveway signs.

When will people who stand for office realise that the people want fighters in office and not mailmen. If council officers don't want to represent the people, they should resign. It is said that Australia is over governed given we have three tiers of government.

Icontend that we are under represented given that no elected official is prepared to fight for the people. If councillors are only in office to get name recognition to elevate their careers to state for federal politics, then we may as well abolish the need for councillors.

Patrick Ansell Morwell

Valley Express welcomes

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Lettersmust include aphonenumber, email address and the author’s hometown for purposes of substantiating authenticity. Readers are entitled to aright of reply to a letter directed at them.

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The letters section is designed to allow people to have their say, and not be hijacked for political agendas.

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Stategovernmentsittingonagoldmine

By PHILIP HOPKINS

MINERSand small prospectors fear that the state government's study into the future of Gippsland's forests could lock up swathes of forest and shackle mining as adriver of local economicgrowth and jobs

Both the Minerals Council of Australia and the Prospectorsand Miners Association of Victoria (PMAV) are critical of mining's inability to have a say in the process.

The government has appointed ataskforce headed by aformer Environment Minister, Lisa Neville, to investigate the forest's future, particularly the areas used for timber harvesting.

Akey member of the taskforce is the chair of the Victorian Environment Assessment Council, which in December released an interim report into the values, management and use of state forests in the Central Highlands -the area of the CH Regional Forest Agreement.

The taskforce is liaising with an Eminent Panel for Community Engagement (EPCV) that is seeking feedback from the community into the issues identified by VEAC.

The executive directorofthe Victorian divisionof the Minerals Council of Australia, James Sorahan, said the MCA was extremelyconcerned that it had had no input into the investigation. VEAC was considering extendingareas of forest into protected conservation zones that are mineral rich, he said, urgingthe government to consult withaffected stakeholdersand communities, including the mining industry.

"A properanalysis of impacts on economic opportunities for regional Victorians needs to take place to ensure abalancedanalysis of theeconomic,social or environmental impacts of mining and minerals exploration in the studyarea," he toldthe Express "There has been no detailed analysis."

Mr Sorahan saidactive explorationand mining in the region showed the potential for minerals which can benefit the local and broader state economy.

More than 20 mining and exploration companies with 38 explorationlicences (EL) and eight EL applications are in the study area.

"Explorers are looking for not only gold exploration, but at least one other commodity including antimony, tungsten, tin,molybdenum, bismuth and base metals such as copper and zinc," he said. Manycritical minerals neededfor renewables were available.

Mr Sorahan said Geological Survey Victoria (GSV) estimates there is "significant potential" for gold and critical minerals worth at least $3.4 billion.

"MCA Victoria is not against extending protected areas, but they need to be areas that don’t risk sterilising minerals rich regions because exploration has effectively no impact on the environment, andmining's is minimised and highly regulated," he said.

"Conservation and modern mineral resource development are not mutually exclusive outcomes."

Mr Sorahan said minerals development had not been identified as amajor driver of biodiversity loss in Victorian state of environment reporting.

"The footprint is small, and most exploration is low impact," he said.

APMAV Committee member, David Bentley, told the Expressthat the government was rushing throughthe VEAC report thatcouldclose up to another one million hectares of public forests and reserves in Gippsland.

"Prospecting, mining, camping, hunting and fishing, four-wheel driving, horse and trail bike riding, rallycars, dogs-every bush user group will be affected," he said.

"A major mining area like Walhalla-Potts Point could be lost. This is the first steptowards the Great National Park."

Mr Bentley said the processinGippsland was akin to the Central West Investigation area, which resulted in the loss of more than 7000ha of goldfields into national parks.

The PMAV has 1706 paid up members, but Mr Bentley said 85,000 people in Victoria have mining rights licences, which are valid for 10 years.

The interim VEAC report into the forests of the Central Highlands, based largely on desktop assessment of previous research and talks with experts, emphasised that forest values wereparticularly threatened by climate change -heatwaves, floods, higher temperatures, declines in annual rainfall, and increased bushfire frequency and severity.

Other threats were invasive plants and animals, such as blackberry and deer, and loss and fragmentation of habitat. Melbourne's growing population was also placing more pressure on the forests for recreation and other uses.

Native timber harvesting, now closed, is alegacy use.

"In spiteofhaving had significantimpacts (disturbance) on these forests, it can no longer be viewed as an ongoing threat," VEAC said.

VEAC said it had identified large areas of high qualitynatural valueswith relatively low conflicting uses thatcould be protected in anational park, and that link the existing parks in the region. The taskforce's communityengagement process and more detailed information were needed where national parkvalues and other uses were in conflict, VEAC said.

The reported noted that alarge national park could be createdfrom threelargeareas in the north and south of the RFA area would link the existing Yarra Ranges, Kinglake, Lake Eildon and Baw Baw national parks and the Bunyip, Cathedral Range and Moondarra state parks.

"There are relatively few uses that would conflict with the national park designation, although this

is an area that the EPCE should explore further with thecommunityduringits engagement period," VEAC said.

"Theupper Thomson catchmentalsocontains outstandingnatural valuescommensurate with anational park designation, and would link to the Yarra RangesNationalPark to the west. More detailedconsideration is needed however as there are potentially high value uses such as mineral extractionthat wouldconflict with such adesignation."

The VEACreportsaid there is significant potential for gold in the state forests in the east of the Central Highlands RFA area.

"GSV found that areas nearErica and east of Warburton, in particular, exhibit very high potentialfor critical minerals(including copper, nickel, tin, tungsten, antimony, zinc, rare earth elements,platinum groupelements an cobalt), gold and extractives (includinglimestoneand sedimentary hard rock)," the report said.

VEAC noted there are recreational uses of the forests, includingcamping, fishing and water-based activities, four-wheel driving, mountain biking, horse riding, trailbike riding, bushwalking, birdwatching, recreational prospecting, deer hunting and scenic driving

Given the threats to the forest, VEAC said: "For all public land categories, sufficient management resources are requiredfor active and adaptive management to restore and maintain values and build healthy forests."

The state government says the end of native timber harvesting creates new opportunities to improve forest management, balancing recreation and tourism for Victorians to enjoy outdoors, while protecting the environment and supporting Traditional owner self-determination.

The taskforce,however, has beenstrongly criticised for lacking expertise in bushfire policy.

Emissionsfromlocalpowerstationsdecreased

By PHILIP HOPKINS

EMISSIONS from Latrobe Valley brown coal power stations havefallen in the past year, continuing the trendofthe past five and 10 years, the latest release of data from theNational Pollutant Inventory(NPI) has found.

Mercury emissions from the Valley's power stations fell by 20 per cent from 2021-22 to 2022-23, NPI showed.

In the past year, noxious oxide emissions were down by 1.8 per cent,while fine particulates -particles 2.5 micros or less in diameter (PM2.5) -fell by 8.4 per cent. Human hair is about 100 microns, so 40 fine particles could be placed on its width.

Similarly,PM10 -particulates 10 microns or less in diameter -were down by 4.2 per cent, while sulphur dioxide emissions fell by 11.3 per cent. These results continuedalong-term decline in Victorian emissions. The five and 10-year trends for the variouscategorieswererespectively: mercury minus 17.2 per cent and minus 42.2 per cent, noxious oxides minus 13 per cent and Minus 47.9 per cent, PM10 zero and minus 26.5 per cent, Pm2.5 minus 10.5 per cent andminus 58.1per cent, and sulphur dioxide down 4.1 per cent and down 23.3 per cent.

Nationally, the NPI data showed afall in fine particulate emissionsfromcoal-fired power stations, while all otheremissionsalsodecreased when compared with the 2021-22 data.

The PM2.5 emissions fell 3.7 per cent and have fallen 20.1 per cent over the last five years and by nearly 38.3 per cent over the past decade. PM10

emissions decreased by almost 5per cent (4.9 per cent) when compared to last year and were down almost 15 per cent (14.9 per cent) and 19 per cent (19.1 per cent) over the past five and 10 years respectively.

In other results, NOx emissions reduced by almost six per cent (5.9 per cent),the fifthconsecutive year of reported reductions. SO2 dropped by more than seven per cent (7.3 per cent) after aslightincrease last year. All emissions have decreased significantly over the past decade.

The most notable decline was in mercury emissions, which were 9.3 per cent lower year-on-year. This follows an unexpected increase last year of almost 11 per cent after four consecutive years of decreases. Mercury emissions are now down more than 10 percent over thepast five years anddown 25 per cent in the last decade.

An Australian Energy Council spokesperson said this year’s results were positive.

"We should expect to see overall levels continue to fall over the next few years. Arange of factors can result in noticeable shifts in emissions, particularly year-on-year, such as demand and availability of plant," they said.

“Plant performance will also depend on how often they are dispatched by the market operator, changes in the operations of the plant, and the quality of the coal used.”

Some individualplantshave shown abnormal year-to-yearvariations as aresult of variability in individualplantperformances, howeverthe critical data remainsthe overall sectortrend,which continues to be positive.

Last year, coal-fired plants acrossAustralia accounted for 63.4 per cent of generation, adecrease of more than 0.6 per cent on 2021-22.

“It’s important to note that for manyofthe important emissions, electricity is not the main contributor," the NPI found.

“The latest annual NSW Air Quality Statement showedthatthe state saw adecline in its air quality last year, with PM2.5 and PM10 levels increasing on 2022 levels in most locations.”

While large industrial emissions,including power plants, are often cited as the key source of air pollution, this latestNSW reportshows the principal factor in the air quality results was variations in natural sources as aresult of weather patterns.

“Themostcommon causes of particulate matters in NSW are natural sources, which are not included in the National Pollutant Inventory Data. The 2022 Sydney Air Quality study found 52 per cent of PM2.5 particles came from natural sources, such as windblown dust and bushfires," the NPI report continued.

“Of the 48 per cent of man-made emissions, 42 per cent came from wood heaters, 21 per cent from industry, 17 per cent from road transport and seven per cent from power stations, which is adecrease of 10 per cent on 2020 levels.

“Importantly, the NPI dataand the NSW Air Quality Study shows, coal-fired emissions continue to trend downwards year-on-year, and this can be expected to continue as more renewable energy is added to the grid’s generation mix.

The Australian Energy Council is the peak industry body for electricityand downstream natural gas

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AEC members generateand sell energyto10millionhomes and businesses and are major investors in renewable energy generation. The AEC supports reaching net-zero by 2050 as well as a55per cent emissions reduction target.

Of the 48 per centofmanmadeemissions, 42 percent came fromwood heaters, 21 per centfrom industry,17per cent from roadtransport and seven per cent from power stations, which is adecreaseof10 per centon2020 levels.

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GRIGG, Desmond John. Passed away 27 April, 2024. Aged 92 years

Dearly loved husband of devoted wife Judy for 68 years, and much loved father of Lex, Neil, Ken, Gina (dec.) and their families.

PRATT, Glenn Anthony. Passed away peacefully on Friday 26 April, after a long illness. Adear and respected friend of Margaret and George Kamphuis. Our sincere condolences to Barb, Greg, Kim and family.

YANDLE, Ken. Thank you for being the best Dad, role model and mate any son could ask for. Hoping the sun is shining and the fish are biting wherever you are. Rest easy Dad!!

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Des was born in Hopetown and moved to Traralgon at the age of 27, where he became aprominent accountant and active member of the community. He retired to Melbourne at the age of 70 and in recent years it has been cruel to see aman with such an active mind and life succumb to the final stage of dementia. Des, you were adecent and honest man and will always be fondly remembered by us all. Rest In Peace

Van der POL, Clazina (Teena). 18/11/1929 -27/4/2024. Passed away peacefully in the presence of Johanna and Liz.

Much loved wife of Nicolaas (dec.). Devoted mother of Johanna and Norm Rough. Loved oma of Kate and Blake, Michael and Olivia, Janet and Matthew. Loved groma of Pippa, Ollie, Liliana and babyDawn. Adored mother of Elizabeth and Andrew Harris. Mother of Jenni and Ian Chitty. Oma of Arleah, Zak and Julia, Chantelle, and Tyler.

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KIRKLAND, Anne Marie Helen. Passed away suddenly but peacefully on 19 April 2024. Aged 59 years Dearly loved daughter of Audrey and Robert (both dec). Loved sister of Colin. Auntie of Tia and Emma. Adored friend to many. Dearly lovedand Sadly Missed Forever In Our Hearts For Funeral details visit: www.nielsenfunerals.com.au

MICHAELS, Nosha. 7/6/1954 -26/4/2024.

My darling Nosha, Ijust wish you could be here with me, the pain is unbearable. Iknow in my mind you are gone but I don't know how to explain that to my heart. Until we meet again my love.

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Always loved and never forgotten Trent and Kathy. We are sad but will keep smiling remembering the good times, the lessons you taught and the sly humour you were always injecting into every situation. We are of the resilience and bravery you have shown to fight this battle -you certainly "gave it your best shot"! You are now at rest and we are sure, now casting aline into the big pond in the sky. Memories of you will live on in the special places in our hearts, popping up we're sure to make us smile at the most unexpected moments.

PRATT. The Funeral Service to celebrate the life of Glenn Anthony Pratt will take place in the Rose Chapel at Gippsland Memorial Park, Cemetery Drive, Traralgon on THURSDAY (2 May 2024) commencing at 11am.

The Ceremony will be livestreamed. Please see Harwood Funerals Facebook page for digital link. Following the Service, light refreshments will be served at the Grand Junction Hotel.

Daryl Howard. Passed away suddenly on 18/4/2024. Aged 70 years Dearly loved son of Torp and Darby (both dec.). Loved nephew of Pearl and Jack Grant (both dec.) Cousin Dazza to their family. Loving memories of happy times spent together Private Cremation.

CUDDY, Kenneth Leslie Charles (Ken). Passed away peacefully at Narracan Gardens Aged Care Newborough on 23 April 2024 surrounded by his loving family. Aged 90 years Dearly loved husband of Hazel (dec.). Much loved father and father-in-law of Tony and Nola, Paul (dec.) and Michelle, Ann (dec.) and Mick, Brian and Shirley, Helen and Bill. Adored pa to all his grand, great grand and great great grandchildren.

Your loving wife Jo-Anne. XXX Nosha, you were so brave and yet so caring to me and my boys Zane and Paris.

Abrother-in-law doesn't come close as you were so much more. You leave such avoid in our lives. I know you are safe and at peace now. Your loving sister-in-law Lisa and nephews Zane and Paris.

Adoredhusband of Jo-Anne, son-in-law to Richard and Yvonne.

Dearly loved brother-inlaw to Jenny and Steve, Chris (dec.) and Lisa.

Wonderfully crazy uncle of Emily and Mark, Rhys, Zane, Paris and Jordan, and great uncle of Flynn and Sunny.

Favourite uncle of all the family's fur babies. Cherished and always in our hearts

MICHAELS, Nosha.

Chairman Alan and all members of the Newborough Bowling Club are deeply saddened by the passing of Nosha, agood friend to us all, he will be sadly missed by all in the Club. The Club offers our deepest sympathy to Jo-Anne and family.

PACE (Springett), Patricia Alice (Pat). Passed away peacefully at Narracan Gardens Aged Care Newborough, 27 April 2024 surrounded by her family. Aged 83 years

Dearly loved wife of John (dec.). Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Grace and Greg, Carmel and Graeme, Anne and Rob, William and Marianne, Janice and Mal, Mark and Bertrand (dec.) and Christian. Adored Nana to all her grand, greatgrand and great greatgrandchildren.

Much loved wife of Nicolaas (dec.). Devoted mother of Johanna and Norm Rough. Loved oma of Kate and Blake, Michael and Olivia, Janet and Matthew. Loved groma of Pippa, Ollie, Liliana and baby Dawn. You lived life to the fullest and enjoyed many adventures right to the end. You will be greatly missed No More Pain Mum, It's been the hardest thing to lose you. You meant so much to me. You are in my heart and that's where you will always be. The memories Ihave of you will never fade. Idid not want to lose you, but you did not go alone. My love and part of me went with you. Ilove you lots and lots and lots Boss. Rest until we meet again

Love Liz.

Boss, you were avery special lady who Iloved and admired. Love Andrew.

WALTERS (née Lawrence), Kelly Louise. Passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family at LRH on Tuesday 23 April 2024.

Miss ya Dad! Kellie and Keith Clark. Poppy, we will miss you always! You were the best Pop. We will cherish all of the memories that we have of you; like making sure you measure our heights every time we visited, taking us on the ride on, going swimming at Cowwarr Weir, practicing netball goals with us and trying to grow the biggest sunflowers ever.

Love always Abbie and Lilly. Go Pies!! XXXX

SMETHURST. The Funeral Service for Mrs Frances Smethurst will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway Traralgon, WEDNESDAY (1 May 2024) commencing at 11am. The Funeral will leave at the conclusion of the Service for the Gippsland Memorial Park Cemetery Traralgon. In lieu of flowers donations to Bairnsdale Regional Health Services would be appreciated. Frances's Service will also be livestreamed, to view the livestream please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click livestreaming.

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ATHERTON. The Funeral Service of Mr Ronald Atherton will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Ave, Newborough on MONDAY (6 May 2024) commencing at 10.30am. Following the Service, the Funeral will leave for the Moe Cemetery. To view the livestream, please visit our website and follow the prompts.

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YANDLE. The Funeral Service of Ken Yandle will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy, Traralgon on THURSDAY (2 May 2024) commencing at 10.30am. The Service will be followed by refreshments, time to gather, share memories and celebrate Ken's life. Following this, burial will take place at Mirboo North Cemetery at 2pm.

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CUDDY. The Funeral Service for Mr Ken Cuddy will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue Moe, TUESDAY (7 May 2024) commencing at 1.30pm. The Funeral will leave at the conclusion of the Service for the Moe Cemetery. Ken's Service will also be livestreamed, to view the livestream please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on livestreaming.

Aged 55 years Loved mother of Janelle and Shelby. Beloved daughter of Leslie and Aileen. Beloved sister and sister-in-law of Mandy and Tony. Much loved granddaughter, aunt and friend. With tears we watched you suffer and watched you fade away. With courage and concern for others, you fought so hard to stay. You were someone special, someone good and true. You'll never be forgotten. Always in our hearts. Sleeping peacefully MOE-MORWELL-TRARALGON TRARALGON 5174 2258 Place your tribute on latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au

YANDLE, Ken. Passed away on Monday, 22 April 2024. Loving husband of Chris for 53 years. Father and father-in-law of Kellie and Keith, Trent and Kathy. Poppy of Abbie and Lilly. Brother and brother-in-law of Judy, and Lynne and Colin.

Loved andremembered always

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PACE. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mrs Patricia (Pat) Pace will be held at St Kieran's Catholic Church, Lloyd Street Moe on FRIDAY (3 May 2024) commencing at 1.30pm. Rosary will be recited in the above church on Thursday evening 2May at 6.30 pm. Pat's Service will also be livestreamed, to view the livestream please visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on livestreaming. MOE-MORWELL-TRARALGON

Saturday sun for Harriersparkrun

ATHLETICS

TRARALGON HARRIERS

BY IAN CORNTHWAITE

LAST Thursday’s Meadow Park Drive 6km course offered the perfect warm-up for many Harriers prior to Saturday’sAthletics Victoria Cross Country relay event at Jells Park.

Most of the 55 participants, however, were present on Thursday (April 25) for an enjoyable evening run or stroll around Traralgon’s streets just west of Grubb Avenue.

Regaining some his past form was Traralgon HarrierIrishimport, Shane Gavin who finished strongly in 28:02, ashade faster than an Andrew Broberg/David Barr duo.

Alittle further back, 2024 Traralgon Marathon Race Director, Desley Gray just pipped Kat Kent by amere five seconds, whilst two of the Harriers’ many veterans, Gary Fox and Ron Verschuur, continuedtheir friendly rivalryseen at theCrinigan Bushland Reserve trail run.

Thursday’s 6km event also attracted yet another member of the talented Podmore family –Melvey –who finished seventh fastestoutright, just 90 seconds slower than the attention-grabbing time posted by triathlete and former local footballer Ash Dugan.

This Thursday’s(02/05/2024) event is a5km looping course fromthe netball courts off Breed Street, Traralgon. Check-in time is from 5:30pm.

Among the standout events on the near horizon for the Traralgon Harriers are the next Athletics Victoria event. Round 2isacross countryrace at Hanging Rock, just north of Mount Macedon on Saturday, May 11 and also the oldest continuous marathon event in the country, TheTraralgon Marathon, plus ahalf-marathon and 10km event on Sunday, June 2.

Results, MeadowParkDrive 6km

IanCornthwaite24:04, DempseyPodmore24:04, Rob Preston 24:30, Ashleigh Dugan 24:34,Trent Kooyman 25:04, PeterSanders25:41, Melvey Podmore26:02, MollyIrvine26:34, Clinton Jolly26:35, Adrian Sutcliffe 26:41, KarenGraham 26:50, Geoffrey Francis 27:11, Stephen Renehan 27:48, Shane Gavin 28:02, David Barr28:09, Andrew Broberg28:09, GaryFox 29:37, RonVerschuur29:37,Liz Kenney29:51, Dave Mann 30:34, Jerzey Podmore31:09, Giuseppe Marino 33:08, Phillip Mayer33:11, DesleyGray33:16, Kat Kent 33:21, Lee Graham 34:20, Kristine Sapkin 34:22, Seth Bomers35:16, ChesneyPodmore35:51, Collette Hofmann 36:17,Tania Whitehead 36:18, Kaye Livingstone 36:21, Catherine Leonard36:55, Belkey Podmore37:02, MandyEllis 37:13, BjornLuxmann 37:50, StaceyPodmore38:44, PoppyHowe39:18, Chris VanUnen 39:28, Ian Heafield 44:03, Barry Higgins 47:25, Ann Bomers47:44, Luke Witham 48:08, TimothyGraham 48:12, Kristina Creighton 54:12, Lea Francis 56:32, Cass Francis 56:32, Michelle Colwell 1:00:13, KathyQuinn 1:00:13, Ross Jones 1:07:00, Lynda Jones 1:07:00, Des Dalton NTR, Becky Nowak NTR, SavMavrofridis NTR, MarkFairbairnNTR

Mixed results for LV Hockey Association

BY JEN SUTTON

IN the women’s and girls round at the Churchill Hockey Centre, the Latrobe Valley Hockey Association (LVHA)Women’sVic League team played avery exciting game to go down to ladder leader Melbourne High School Old Boys, 1-nil. Latrobe Valley was unlucky not to draw level

in the second half, dominating much of the play.

Kim Tanti was awarded the women’s and girls round medal. The LVHA men’sVic Leagueteamplayed out an exciting 3-all draw against Greater Dandenong Warriors.

Newest recruit, Andrew Pritchett played a fantastic game in his debut with the LVHA. DeclanJones wasawarded the women’s and girls round medal. Goal scorers for the LV team were Andrew Pritchett (2) and Declan Jones (1).

Cross Country season begins

TRARALGON HARRIERS BY MILES VERSCHUUR

TWENTY SIX of the Harriers best and brightest fronted up to Jells Park in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for Round 1ofthe Athletics Victoria Cross Country and Road Racing (XCR) season at the weekend.

Despite the grass being more lushthan previous editions, the brilliant autumn sun guaranteed an enjoyable day for the running of relays with legs of six-kilometres each.

Six Harriers made their XCR debut;Seth Bomers, Sav Mavrofridis,Edward Wilson, Ash Dugan, Alysha Duncan, and Courtney Ellis, and all excelled across the testing hills.

For the Men’s Division 3team, 14-year-old Victorian triathlon representative, Dempsey Podmore (21:09), led the line, runningthe first and fastest six-kilometre for the Harriers.

In the Men’s Division 5, Ed Wilson ran the fastest leg of his team, with the team finishing in sixth place, the highest team result. Traralgonentered two teamsofthree runners in Men’s Division 7, with the two teams finishing eighth and ninth.

On the women’s side of the draw, Sarah Lewis opened the proceedings in Division 2, recording the fastest female time of 24:44. Molly Irvine, on

her return to cross country runningclocked 25:47.

The Division 3women’s team all finished in similartimes,ensuring awell-earned ninth place. Fresh off winning two gold medals at the Australian Pickleball championships in Sydney, Denise Twite ran two-and-a-half minutes quicker than the previous year in an impressive performance.

The tradition of the Golden Boot continued, with Dempsey earning the men’s boot for his impressive effort leading the Division 3Men, and Denise for her substantial personal best run.

Results

Female Open

4x6km: (Sarah Lewis: 24:44, Kate Jones: 27:21, CourtneyEllis:26:57,MollyIrvine: 25:47) 1:44:49; (Melissa Jones: 31:24, Maree Graham: 32:28, Alysha Duncan: 33:58, Anna Cardillo: 29:20) 2:07:10; 3x6km: (Callie Cook: 37:23, Denise Twite: 46:49, Ann Bomers: 49:09) 2:13:21; Male Open

5x6km: (DempseyPodmore: 21:09, Daniel Furmston: 23:31, Ian Cornthwaite: 23:00, SavMavrofridis: 21:15, Miles Verschuur: 21:43) 1:50:38; 4x6km: (Greg Semmler: 23:30, Clinton Jolly: 26:02, Edward Wilson: 23:07,Martin Lynch: 25:13) 1:37:52; (Ash Dugan: 25:56, Seth Bomers: 29:48, Geoffrey Francis: 28:24) 1:24:08; (Ian Twite:30:35, RonVerschuur: 29:08, GerardCallinan: 28:28) 1:28:11.

In local hockey, the Junior Hockey 5s competition began last Friday night.

Traralgon/Rovers Cubsdefeated Churchillin the Under 12s. Henri Kennedy made his hockey debut for the Cubs and did an amazing job defending the backline.

Wyatt Cobbledick and Isla Godfrey were among the best players. In Under 8s, Churchillcameaway with awin against the Cubs. In the Men’sHockey 5s, Traralgon defeated

Rovers in ahigh-scoring close match 9-7. NickBland scored his first evergoal in hockey for Traralgon, whilst Sarah Sutton-Mclellan debuted withanamazingeffortingoals. Moe defeated Churchill 7-5.

In an intense showdown between Rovers and Churchill in the local women’scompetition,Rovers emergedtriumphant with aresounding8-2 victory. Mandie Hourigan's outstanding performance earned her the women’s and girls round medal.

BASEBALL LVBA BY NICOLE WHITE

CHURCHILLBravestook on Traralgon Redsox in the Latrobe Valley Baseball Association at the weekend. The Redsox took victory in alow-scoring affair 3-2. Tim Bellerbywas on the hillfor Churchill, racking up 24 outs over the eight innings he pitched, throwing 67 strikes out of 108 pitches. Austin McConville Jr went two-for-fouratthe plate to lead the Redsox in hits. Josh Graham made the most plays for the Redsox with 12.

Sale Rangerstravelled to Newborough to face the Dodgers. Moe/Newborough took the win 17-6. KadenHicks hit awhoppinghome run, scoring three runs in the trop of the fifth inning, but it just wasn’t enough to bring victory for Sale. The Dodgers received seven walks for the game. Jason Smith received the most with three BGrade sawthe Redsox and Braves tie 5-all in their match.

Pat Brooks was the leading hitterfor Traralgon, with two hits in three at-bats. Both teams scored five runs and had five stolen bases, with no one coming out victorious it’s a very much watch this space game when these two teams meet again later this season.

Moe/Newborough took on Morwell Cougars, withahigh scoringsecond inningsofeight runs. Chris Hepplston went two-for-two at the plate to lead the Cougars in hits.

Brett Wilson made the most plays with 12. The Cougars made four errors for the game and the Dodgers none.

CGrade sawthe Churchill Bravesand Traralgon Redsox play out a10-8game to the advantage of the Redsox, despite home runs by Jonah Hughes, Ian Beames, Daniel McKinnon and Mat Howden. Abbey Jeffswenttwo-for-three at the plate to lead the Redsox in hits.

Moe/Newborough beat Morwell 14-1 in C Grade.

Hailey Hodges scored the only run for Morwell

The Dodgers accumulated 12 hits for the game and six walks.

Stillgoingstrong: Traralgon Harrier Gary Fox pounding the pavement Photograph supplied

Score: Latrobe Valleymen celebrating agoalduring Vic League action.

Desire: Leonie Barrettondebut forLatrobe ValleyHockey AssociationWomen. Photograph supplied

Back-to-back upsets for Olympians

SOCCER

LVSL BY JOHN CARDONA

TRARALGON Olympians once again provided the shock of the season when they accounted for the previously undefeated Moe United in Round 6of the Latrobe Valley Soccer League.

Taking to Harold Preston Reserve on Sunday, Olympians proved they could be aserious challenger for the 2024 league title.

Their 2-1 win over the Red Devils backed up their 1-nil victory over reigning league champion Fortuna the week before.

As aresult of these victories, Olympians have opened up the title race with an amazing league ladder of Fortuna, Monash, Falcons, Moe United and Olympians themselves all sitting equal first on 13 points.

Such asight disputes the initial thought around the Valley that the league title would be abattle between only Fortuna, Falcons and Moe United.

The 2-1 score at HaroldPrestonReserve was kept to thatreasonable scoreline duetothe brilliant displays of goalkeeping by Moe United veteran Peter Albanese and Traralgon Olympians youngster, Jarrod Goodwin.

There was avast difference in the two line ups, with Traralgon Olympians fielding ayoung, inexperienced side, while Moe United fielded a bigger and more physical team.

While the gameproduced plenty of goalmouth action and scoring opportunities, the standard of the match was scrappy to say the least.

The ever-dangerous striker, Connor O'Hanlon produced the firstchance afterreceiving apass from Moe teammate Oscar Sceney, as he raced clear of the Olympians defence and while his shot on the run beat Goodwin, it cannoned into the crossbar to safety.

Olympians went from defence to attack and a long throughball was misread by the Moe United defence, which then saw Ralph Omutlall seize on the loose ball and despite avaliant effort by Albanese, the shot was deflected and found its way into goal to give Olympians a1-nil lead.

The goal and restart stirred Moe United into action, and quickly resulted into ascoring chance, but O'Hanlon's shot this time went narrowly over the crossbar.

After 15 minutes play, United was again back on level terms after arun andcross from the left by Riley Winkleman found its way out to the box to Noah Kane, who's first time strike was parried down by Goodwin and the deflection swoopedonto by Winkleman to level the scores.

Moe United produced asustained run of attacks, and again Winkleman was the creator with awell timedthroughball, only to see Goodwin again pull offagreat reflex save.

United continued its attack, only to again be thwarted by afingertip savebyGoodwin after

abrilliant hit shot by Sceney from the resultant corner kick. AConnor Dastey cross was later met by Sceney, again who's shot was somehow deflected wide of goals.

Moe's next attack came from abrilliant solo run by Bayden Heusmann from his own half, and after beating two Olympians defenders,his shot was again saved by the crossbar.

Before the break, athrough ball by Tanner Pyle sent O'Hanlon in space in the box, but his attempt was rushedclear by the defiant Olympians defence

The second half saw Olympians came out with supreme intensity and an early Moe United defensivemix up saw Ralph Omutlall seizethe chance to race clear, but the evergreen Albanese produced agreat one-on-one save.

Olympians were catchingthe Moe Uniteddefence on quick counterattacks, and it was Sammy Jacob who had the next chance, but Albanese again came to the rescue, when he thwarted Jacob with his save from his feet.

The decisive stamp on the game came at the 70-minute mark when Olympians were awarded adirect free kick from 20 metres out and central defender Alradl Ali stepped up to hit abrilliantly placed free kick which gave Albanesenochance whatsoever.

Within minutes, Jacob again found space, and with only Albanese to face one-on-one, the veteran keeper's experience again won out with agreat save.

Unitedwas desperatetosaveface by grabbing alateequaliser, and an O'Hanloncross found Winkleman unmarked, but his shot wasagain saved by Goodwin.

Withonly seconds remaining, Pyle fought his way pastthreeOlympians defenders, andwith his shot beating adefiant Goodwin, the ball went inches wide of the upright.

The final whistle was blowninanentertaining matchmaking it asuperb fortnight for the Traralgon Olympians Soccer Club.

Bestfor the winners was Ali,AndreAntonopoulos, Goodwin and Jacob.

Best for Moe United was Sceney, Joe Stewart, Albanese and O'Hanlon.

Senior Women's

MOE United scoreda resounding 7-nil win over Traralgon Olympians in the senior women’s competition.

It was adominant displaybythe young and everimproving Moe United side, with the one half of theCooper super twins in Miley Cooper grabbing afour-goal haul.

Moe United created plenty of chances against a rebuilding Olympians side, and to the Blues' credit, they never gave up.

United took a4-nil lead into halftime, by which timeMiley Cooperhad two goals on the board, while singles went to Summer Cooper and Paris Troughton.

United never let up during the second half, but Olympians were showinggreat team spirit, however the constant pressure from United saw asecond half brace to Miley Cooper and asingle goal to Tylia Armistead.

Best forMoe United was Nicole Riseley, Miley Cooper and Jamie Shelley.

Reserves

MOE United’s reservescontinuedtheir winning run at Traralgon against Olympians with acomfortable 3-nil victory.

United took the early lead compliments of an own goal when achipped cross from Tully Anderson saw the resultant scrimmage find the net from an Olympians defender's boot.

The second halfsaw MoeUnitedcontinue to apply constant pressure, and the Red Devils were rewarded by a25-metrelow drive from Bailey Sommerville which gave the keeper no chance. Lateinthe match, aThomas Portelli strikemade it 3-nil to secure United another win.

Best for Moewas Cam Smith(notthe golfer), Chris Pap, Sommerville and Zoran Winkleman.

Juniors

MOE United Miniroos kicked off the season last week,underthe coaching of Harley Develin.Itwas great to see old and new faces running around enjoying themselves with asmile on their faces. Also great to see all juniors from all clubs across Gippsland for getting together with some future Matildas andSocceroosrunning around playing the game that we all love.

Abig special thanks to Monash for running a fantastic hub last week, and Olympians running afantastic hub this week.

The Moe Under 11s, coached by Luke Bathgate, had an easy 8-nil win over Traralgon in Round 2. Best for the winners were Bryson Bathgate and Jarrod Siddle, with goals to BrysonBathgate (three), Kane Riseley (2), Yani Hortis, Charlie Davidson and Hudson Kokshoorn.

The MoeUnder 11s Black, coached by Paris Troughtonsaw players performwell, with heaps of positives to take from the game against Olympians. The team kept their structure really well and played the ball aroundnicely. When attacking, they looked really good and had afew chances that unfortunately just missed goals.

In the first half, Milly Briggs had agood run forward and had astrikebut it bounced off the post. The defenders improved throughoutthe game stepping up and taking players on.

Joshua Basille was given the freedom in the middle and had afew strikes from adistance.

In the second half, Taleesha Lee put the ball in back of the net following aperfect play down the line and cross in.

The Under 15s, coachedbySimon Vellaand assistedbyJake Heusmann,saw the Moe/NYU Combine play out a3-nil loss to Fortuna.

Whadcoat joins elite company at Falcons 2000

TOM HAYES

BREAKING new ground is Falcons 2000 Soccer Club's,SheenyWhadcoat, who recentlybecame the first women’s player to reach 200 senior games for the club. Not only is reaching 200 games an outstanding achievement alone, but she was also just the second person in the club’s history to reach that feat, joining current men's senior player Joe Auciello. It’s been along time coming for the Falcons senior women’s coach, who began her soccer journey in Under 8s with her brothers,before movingto Falcons for Under 12s.

As shegrewup, Falcons became her home, playing the majority of her juniors at the Morwell-based club. Home doesn’t even begin to describe Falcons to Whadcoat, who has been with the club ever since joining as ajunior, spending more than half her life there.

Whadcoat begantoplay in the senior women’s side in theearly-to-mid 2010s, while also playing with the boys in the Under 16s competition. As the boys competition became more competitive, as the senior women’s needed more numbers, Whadcoat opted to stay withthe women’s team fulltime and has never swayed from her decision. Her 200th senior women’s game was played during this season’s LVSL Round 4fixture against Fortuna,playingfor the ItalianAustralian Cup, which sawFalcons as the winners.

Whadcoat is awell-known person at the club, boasting five club best-and-fairest awards, aleague best-and-fairest, and serving as captain of the senior women’s for along period of time, to which she said:“Icouldn’t even tell you how many years”

“More than half of my senior life, I’ve been the senior women’s captain,” she said to put atimeframe on her tenure.

Playing isn’t her only forte, as she also coaches the seniorwomen’s andhas previouslybeen acoach

for junior girls, spending around five years in that role at the club too.

“The reason for that was because Inever got to playinajunior girlscompetitionwhen Iwas growing up, so Iwanted to make sure that there was the pathway for those junior girls to feed them into our senior competition,” Whadcoat said.

Whenputting herhand up for the seniorwomen’s

coaching role, Whadcoat believed there wasa demand for senior female leadership, to which she snatched at the opportunity.

“We needed to fill the gap, and Ifelt like Iwas that person to take thaton. But also, we don’twant to leave out the male perspective for the game because that’s also important,” she said.

When she was appointed, Whadcoat broke

ground in the perspective that she was the first female coach at the club when taking on the senior women’s role. There had been other female leaders previously, but none had coached.

On joining the 200-club, Whadcoat describes it as aprivilege.

“It is aprivilege to be that kind of role model at the club, becausewedohavealot of junior girls that are coming through,” she said.

Whadcoat is involvedwith the club’s ‘Game Changer’ initiative, which looks at improving female participation rates. Agoal that is being looked into constantly,whichappears to be a driving force for her.

Whadcoat’s 200th senior game could’ve been sooner if it wasn’t for an unfortunate ACL injury in the 2022 season. She injuredherself in the opening game of the season, returning for the final game of the year,where Falconsfittingly sealed the women’s championship.

To get to where she is now, Whadcoat puts her hardwork down to making sure thereisa pathway for girls to play the game.

“The thing Ihate the most to see is girls that are so talented at this sport leave because either there is no accessibility or no team to play for, whether that’s junior or senior women’s,” she said. Whadcoat wants to leave alegacy for women in the sport, whether that’s just at Falcons or on a bigger stage. She hopes to make it to afew more milestones in the future, and at just 27 years of age, she can assure everyone that she has plenty in the tank.

“It’s avery family friendly club, we’re known as the club of choice and Iwant to make sure that there is still validreasons for people to keep choosing the club,” Whadcoat said when asked what has kept her at Falcons all these years.

To doubledown on the occasion,aplayer Whadcoat hasspent alot of time playing with, Danica Di Ciero, is also set to play her 200th senior women’s match later this season.

“She’s been with me the whole time. That’s been abig journey for her as well,”

said.

Whadcoat

They’ve done it again: Olympians proved their win over Fortuna wasn’t afluke, backing it up to beat fellow LVSL powerhouse Moe United. Here,Alradi Ali celebrates afterscoring during the side’s 2-1 victory. Photograph: Damen Francis

History: SheenyWhadcoat (right) recentlyplayedher 200th senior game forFalcons 2000, becoming just the second person in theclub’shistory to do so File photograph

Tale of two halves on Anzac Day

SOCCER

LVSL

BY LAURIE WILLIAMS AND TOM HAYES

IN acurious and intriguing set of circumstances, and with athird of the season being played, we have an old fashioned logjam at top of the table with five sides on 13 points after six rounds.

Fortuna, Moe, Falcons, Monash and Olympians find themselves at the pinnacle of the league, and it is making for an interesting season.

 MONASH 7DEF NEWBOROUGH/YALLOURN 1

MONASH made light work of their rivals on Sunday, with aseven goaltoone demolition job at home.

The win heaped further pain on the undermanned Newborough/Yallournoutfit.Marcus Krznaricwas again in top form with another hat-trick, bringing his season tally to 15 goals after only six games. He was ably assisted by Brayden Paulet, Jared Baldacchino, Caleb Semple and Gonza Ortellado who all got onto the scoresheet.

The loss seesthe Combine drop downtoseventh on the ladder, while the win for the Wolves sees them equal topaheadofatop-of-the-table clash against Moe United this Sunday.

 EAST GIPPSLAND 2DEF TYERS 1

TYERSmadethe long trip to Bairnsdale with the expectation of breaking through for their first win of the season, but East Gippslandseem to

play better at home and they battled hard against adetermined Tyers team, coming from behind to record aresounding victory.

TheLightning struckfirst,withveteran Shayne Pavich putting one past the lunging Luciano Albornoz as Tyers went into the break leading 1-nil.

East Gippsland fought in the second half, with Josh West equalising midway through the term.

Tyers continued to press and put the Eagle’s keeper underpressure,but EastGippslandwas equal to the task.

It was end-to-enduntil OscarBuryput the finishing touch to adeft cross from Jaydon Steele to give the Eagles their second win for the season.

 FALCONS 3DEF SALE UNITED 0

AFTERgetting their first win of the season, Sale was on the hunt for asecondsuccessive victory against aFalcons 2000 side smarting after afrustrating2-all draw against Monash the week prior.

Unfortunatelyfor the home side, it was all one way traffic from the get-goasthe boys from Morwell heaped on the pressure from the first whistle.

JordiVacca hadthe perfect opportunity to put hissideinfront, but his shot was expertly saved by the Sale goalkeeper.

Vacca was thenwasteful from the resultant corner as he was left unmarked, but his header went wide of the goal.

Eventually, Falcons got their just rewards as midfielder Moni Eliaser converted alooseballinside the box to put his side in front.

Wonderful build up play between Kuku Mahmoud, JoshPattersonand Vacca brought about aguilt-edged chance for Jamie Pistrin to convert from close range, however he could not keep his shot down below the crossbar.

Almost immediately after halftime, the Birds’ lead was doubled as Mahmoud finished superbly from just inside the box to give his side some breathing space.

In atrend that is becoming quite worrisome for Falcons, they continued to waste chance after chance, however Eliaser put the result beyond doubt with 10 minutes to go as he finished within the 18 yard box.

Asterner challenge awaits the Morwell side this weekend; ablockbuster home game on Saturday night against the in-form Olympians.

 FORTUNA 8DEF CHURCHILL UNITED 0

ANZAC Day soccer was foundatthe home of Fortuna, when they hosted Churchill in their annual meeting on Thursday.

Kicking off Round 6with this fixture always pulls acrowd, which was there to provide some noise.

Playing for the AnzacDay Cup, the two sideshad played on this occasion six times before -Fortuna holding five of those wins to the Rams’ one.

It wouldsoon be six to Fortuna,who couldnot be stopped in arampantsecond half performance, claiming thethree points as 8-nilwinners.

Fortunawereout to let someanger outfollowing theirshock loss to Traralgon Olympians the

weekend before, while Churchill would’ve felt confident following their 2-0 loss to Moe.

Following The Ode and TheLast Post, as the clock struck 5pm, the ball was kicked off and the match was underway.

Churchillwere surprisingly in the match for a lot longer than some would’ve expected, despite going down in the first half.

Adominant half wasstill had,while Churchill displayed their defensive muscle, much like they did the week prior in Moe.

Fortuna found away through still, to put the firstonthe board, holding that advantage into the halftime break.

WithChurchillnow needingtoscore to geta result out of this game, they had to try something in attack, which opened up their defence at times. Enoughtolet Fortunathrough the gates whenever they pleased.

The second half was just acompletely different story to the first, and disappointingly for Churchill, it got out of hand with haste.

Fortuna piled on the pressure, and with that the goals. The Lions slotted seven more in the second half to complete the Anzac Day rout, claiming the three points.

Jordan Campbell scored ahat-trick for Fortuna, while Hayden Tanti scored abrace. Singular goals fell the way of JakeBudija, Dj Matar and Alex Bowman.

Moe race meeting withmoreadded significance

HORSERACING

By LIAM DURKIN

MOE Racing Club held its traditional Anzac Day meeting in support of the ANZAC Appeal.

On-trackaction tooksomethingofa back seat lastThursday, with the importance of theANZAC Legacy closely observed.

Racing did notcommence until after1pm, in line with statelaw,while proceedsfrom the event were donated to Moe RSL.

In turn,Moe RSL providedpersonnel to assist with the Anzac Day service held before Race 1.

That in itself rounded off astrongshow of community, as Moe RacingClubChairman, Mike Vanderfeen wasguest speaker at Moe RSL’s service earlier in the day.

“It was an honour to be asked to be guest speaker,” he told the Express at Moe Racing Club, proudly wearing his National Service medals.

Moe Racing Club also kept close tabs with the Anzac story, with games of Two-Up taking place. Games were hotly contested underneath the betting ring, with the simple yet entertaining activity drawingafaircrowdand excitement oncecoins were thrown into the air.

An estimated crowd well into the thousands attended, which saw both the new-look members area and Hillside Pavillion filled.

Vanderfeen said it was another great Anzac Day meeting.

Handicap, 2088m), Glens Top Cat (Trent Edmonds/ Pakenham, Race5Law Somerville Industries Handicap, 2447m), and Tuppence Ha'penny (ShaneStockdale/Pakenham, Race 6Hip Pocket LV Handicap, 1117m).

There was little time to rest for track and club staff, with trials takingplace the very next day. For this reason, the rail was taken out six metres during the Anzac Day meeting.

“It’s agreat coup for Moe because apart from Flemingtonweare the only other country meeting in Victoria (on Anzac Day),” he said.

“Because we have two big services in town from the RSL, we tend to get aflow on from there.”

Members enjoyed newlylaidcarpet in the existing space,althoughtheyare set to enjoy an even better race day experience in just acouple of months.

As Vanderfeen explained, the upstairs redevelopment is nearing completion.

“It’s going well,the new lift is in, we are tracking to be finished by the first week of June,” he said.

“We are programmed to have the official opening on the 12th of July,we’re we actually haveaFriday meeting. We’ll have the Minister (Racing Minister, Anthony Carbines) here to open the building.”

The redevelopment is not totally elitist, as the existingdownstairsmembersarea will eventually become home to the general public, who are currently stationed out in the open.

Community engagement at aMoe meeting was again strong, with local groups represented throughout, particularlyMoe Football-Netball Club, who ran abarbecue.

The seven race card meeting was bookended by local winners, with LoveThe Fall Line for Paul and Tracey Templeton of Moe winning the Race 1 Brandt Leongatha Maiden Plate over 1017 metres, and Fine Weather for Sale trainer Damien Walkley winning the Race 7Ladbroke It! Handicap (1628m).

Winners for the races in-between were: Do You Deal for Cranbourne's Alek Komarovsinthe Race 2SmickHealth &Fitness Maiden Plate (1217m), Subarctic (Matthew Smith/Ballarat, Race 3Young SignsMaiden Plate, 2088m), Rider In The Snow (Rachel Cunningham/KooWee Rup [sorry, not counting Koo Wee Rup as local], Race4CoolGroup

Full marks: MoeRacing Club committeemembersRob Sim, RogerTaylor,treasurer Pauline Turra, chairman Mike Vanderfeen, MichaelWalshe,TonyFlynn andAndrew Lewis were pleased to host another great Anzac Daymeeting

Kip: Games of Two-Up were popular at Moe Racing Club’sAnzac Daymeeting.

Photographs: Liam Durkin