The Local Paper. North-West Edition. Wed., June 14, 2023

POLICE ARREST 9 AFTER WYNDHAMVALE DEATHS

■ Detectives from the Homicide Squad have arrested nine males over two days as part of their investigation into an incident in Wyndham Vale in February where two men were killed and one was seriously injured.

A total of nine men were arrested over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday, including:

■ A 22-year-old Tarneit man,

■ A 17-year-old boy from Tarneit,

■ An 18-year-old Kings Park man,

■ A 19-year-old Keilor Downs man,

■ A 20-year-old Fraser Rise man,

■ A 20-year-old Brookfield man,

■ A 21-year-old Fitzroy North man,

■ A 22-year-old Derrimut man and

■ A 21-year-old Hallam man.

All nine were interviewed by Police and released pending further enquiries.

With assistance from Gang Crime Squad, the VIPER Taskforce, the Dog Squad, Westgate Divisional Response Unit, Brimbank and Melton Offender Management Team and the North West Metro Regional Crime Squad, 12 warrants were executed at addresses in Tarneit, Kings Park, Keilor Downs, Fraser Rise, Burnside Heights, Brookfield, Fitzroy North, St Albans (2), Cobblebank, Derrimut and Hallam.

The arrests follow an incident on February 22 where two men were killed and one was seriously injured.

Emergency services were called to a property on Carmichael Drive following reports of a stabbing and the discharge of firearms.

Two men were located at the property with fatal wounds, while a third man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The two men killed have since been identified as 29-year-old Atem Atem and 22-year-old Ayuel Akuei, both from Wyndham Vale A 23-year-old Wyndham Vale man was also transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The two other residents who were in the ga-

rage at the time were not physically injured, however a pet dog at the premises was fatally shot.

Two adults and four children who were elsewhere in the house at the time were also not physically injured.

Detectives believe that this was a deliberate attack on this address and are continuing to treat it as gang-related.

However, they now believe those killed and injured were likely not the planned targets of the attack.

A significant investigation has been underway since the incident occurred, involving specialist investigators from the Homicide Squad and Gang Crime Squad, as well as local police.

Police have spoken with a large number of people and also reviewed hundreds of hours of CCTV footage in an attempt to determine what the motive was for the incident and identify those responsible.

The investigation remains ongoing.

■ Anyone with further information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

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Honours for local citizens

■ A number of local people have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours announed on Monday (June 12). Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

■ ■ Dr Marcus Patrick CAREY, Carlton. For significant service to urogynaecology, and to women's health.

■ Ms Barbara Mary CHAMPION, North Melbourne. For significant service to children through play advocacy, to local government, and to education.

■ Mrs Patricia CROSSIN, Williams Landing. For significant service to the Parliament of Australia, and to the community of the Northern Territory.

■ Dr Peter Rex HARCOURT OAM, Carlton. For significant service to sports and exercise medicine, and to anti-doping monitoring.

■ Professor David Glen NEWMAN, Point Cook. For significant service to aerospace medicine.

■ Dr Peter ROGERS, North Melbourne. For significant service to engineering, to education, and to the community.

■ Associate Professor Louis ROLLER, Carlton. For significant service to the pharmacy profession through education and governance. Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

■ Dr Misty Rayna JENKINS, Glenroy. For distinguished service to medical science as an immunologist, to the promotion of women in STEM, and to the Indigenous community. Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division

■ Mr John Raymond ARNOLD, Altona Meadows. For service to the welfare of veterans.

■ Dr Sophie BEAUMONT, Princes Hill. For service to dentistry.

■ Miss Gina BUNDLE, Carlton. For service to the Indigenous community of Victoria.

■ Mrs Carol Anne CAREY, Westmeadows. For service to medical administration.

■ The late Mrs Dorothy ELMER, formerly of Bacchus Marsh. For service to netball.

■ Imam Alaa ELZOKM, Roxburgh Park. For service to the Islamic community.

■ Mr Alexander James FORREST, Mount Macedon. For service to youth through Scouts.

■ Ms Rosemary Ann GRIEVE, Carlton North. For service to business, and to women.

■ Ms Christine Anne HOWARD-BOBENKO, Footscray. For service to the performing arts through dance.

■ Mr John Michael KAVANAGH, Essendon. For service to local government, and to the community.

■ Ms Emma KING, Flemington. For service to the community through social welfare organisations.

■ Mr Anthony MACALI, Taylors Lakes. For service to community health.

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Honours for Police

■ The world’s longest serving policewoman, a dedicated officer who oversaw the investigation into the Eastern Freeway tragedy and a mental health champion are among Victoria Police members recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.

Detective Senior Sergeant Joy Murphyrecognised by the International Association of Women Police as the longest serving female police officer in the world – has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the community through emergency response organisations.

Now in her 51st year of policing, Senior Sergeant Murphy has dedicated more than 30 years of her career to working in sex crimes. She served as head of the Sexual Offences Squad, becoming the first woman in Victoria Police to be appointed as officerin-charge of a crime squad.

Senior Sergeant Murphy was responsible for unaccounted for persons at Kinglake and St Andrews during the Black Saturday bushfires and now manages a sex offender registry administration and community engagement team.

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“For the cause that lacks assistance, ‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do”

■ Dr Forbes McGAIN, North Carlton. For service to medicine.

■ Ms Fairlie Elizabeth MacLAINE, Williamstown. For service to the community through a range of organisations.

■ Ms Heather Mary MARCUS, Werribee. For service to local government, and to the community of Wyndham.

■ Mr Donald Gordon RICKERBY, Bacchus Marsh. For service to horticulture

■ Mrs Jennifer RICKERBY, Bacchus Marsh. For service to horticulture.

■ Associate Professor Kelly Lee ROGERS, Altona. For service to medical research.

■ The late Ms Nia SIMS, formerly of Albion. For service to community health.

■ Mr Bartholomew Edwin WILLOUGHBY, Altona North. For service to the performing arts, particularly through music.

■ Reverend Mee Won YANG, North Melbourne. For service to the Baptist Church of Australia, and to refugee support services.

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Five police have been awarded the Australian Police Medal which recognises distinguished service by a member of the force.

Superintendent John Fitzpatrick, the head of Victoria Police’s Road Policing Operations and Investigations Division, was instrumental in the establishment of Paragon Taskforce which investigated the April 2020 freeway collision that killed four police.

He also oversees the delivery of three million breath tests and 150,000 drug screenings a year to reduce trauma on Victoria’s roads, was at the forefront of road policing support provided during the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires and last year’s floods and has performed a variety of general and specialist duties in his 43-year career.

Senior Sergeant Dermot Avon’s life changed forever when involved in several critical incidents in the late 1980s. He has since dedicated more than 30 years to developing and implementing peer support and mental health programs at Victoria Police, helping ensure members involved in traumatic incidents as well as their families get the support they need.

A police officer for 42 years, Senior Sergeant Avon has often provided one-to-one support to members in his own time. Outside of Victoria Police he serves as junior vicepresident on the Police Association Victoria’s board.

Inspector Matthew Anderson's 44-year career has involved service in some of the most high-pressure environments of law enforcement including counter terrorism and management of critical incidents and emergencies. He spent more than a decade with the Special Operations Group and has been involved in numerous high-profile incidents including the rescue of eight hostages from a Mitcham solicitor's office in 1996 and a thwarted 2016 Christmas Day terrorist plot. Inspector Anderson worked with the defence force to co-ordinate Mallacoota’s evacuation and maintain supplies during the January 2020 bushfires. He is currently at State Highway Patrol.

Detective Superintendent Jacqueline Curran is dedicated to improving community safety outcomes, contributing to Victoria Police’s review of the 2017 Bourke Street tragedy in which six people were killed. In 2019 she was named the first female inspector in charge of the Purana Taskforce which is focused on disrupting, disabling and dismantling organised crime syndicates. Detective Superintendent Curran, who has also served at the former Rape Squad and Homicide Squad, is a role model and mentor.

Assistant Commissioner Christopher Gilbert, who leads Victoria Police’s Intelligence and Covert Support Command, has made an outstanding contribution to community safety, intelligence, covert policing and human source management over more than 32 years. He was integral in driving change in the way Victoria Police manages sources as a result of the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants, said a Victoria Police representative.

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Melton man, 90s, injured

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Police photo of a car seen loitering around the Melton crime scene.

■ Melton Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a home invasion in Melton that left a man in his 90s injured.

It is believed three unknown males approached the house on Henry Street just after 11pm on May 26.

on the bed by grabbing hold of both his wrists with such force that it caused him to bleed.

Moonee Ponds fire

■ Arson Squad detectives are continuing to investigate a fire in Moonee Ponds on Sunday morning (June 11).

Police were told a grey Holden Cruze sedan was driving along before it stopped outside a business.

It is understood the fire started inside the vehicle, then spread to the shop and another car parked next to it.

No one was inside the business at the time of the incident and there was damage to the front of the premises.

An apartment block nearby was evacuated as a precaution. Investigations into the exact cause of the fire are ongoing. It is being treated as suspicious at this stage.

■ Anyone who witnessed the incident, has dashcam/CCTV footage or information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

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They climbed over the fence then kicked in the front door.

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Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Mark Fabbri. The 46-year-old is wanted on warrant in relation to failing to appear at court to face driving offences and other matters. Fabbri is described as Caucasian , approximately 170cm tall, with short brown hair and a medium build. He is known to frequent the Eltham and Sunbury areas.

The two occupants, a 92-year-old man and an 88-year-old woman, were asleep at the time when one of the intruders entered their bedroom.

The offender pinned the male occupant down

After a short time, all three offenders all left the house. They climbed back over the front fence, one of them fell and may have sustained a leg injury.

Investigators have released an image of a vehicle seen loitering in the area immediately before the incident.

Deer Park upgrade

■ The State Government is providing with upgraded facilities at Deer Park Scout Hall. Natalie Suleyman, Minister for Youth , announced new funding to upgrade facilities at the Hall, which will help young people in Deer Park experience fun programs, make new community connections and learn the leadership skills Scouts has to offer.

■ Locals in the west will connect through more sporting and community programs, thanks to a fourth quarter burst for the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation made possible by the State Government.

Scouts Victoria is one of the state’s largest youth organisations with more than 20,000 members and 5000 adult volunteers. The number of young people participating in scouting activities has grown by 30 per cent in the last 10 years.

Crossings works

■ Works along the Melton and Sunbury railway lines are being fast-tracked.

● ● Ben Carroll, Niddrie MLA

Major works on the new tram maintenance and stabling facil ity in Maidstone are a step closer to getting underway, with a contract now awarded for its construction. Ben Carroll, Minister for Public Transport, announced the contract has been awarded to a construction alliance led by John Holland Group. The facility, located on the corner of Williamson and Hampstead Rds, will be home to the new fleet of modern and accessible Next Generation Trams that will roll out first in the western suburbs from 2025 – and will be used to maintain, clean and store the low-floor trams. The designs include modern and sustainable infrastructure, with energy efficient LED lights, recycled plastic materials and rainwater tanks which will harvest 80 megalitres annually to wash the trams. Early works are now underway, with crews to spend the next few months preparing the site for major works to begin later this year. The project will create around 280 local jobs in construction, ongoing maintenance and the supply of materials and services.

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Ros Spence, Minister for Community Sport was joined by Footscray MLA Katie Hall to announce funding of $3.2 million over the next four years in the Foundation – ramping up programs that are making a real difference to people and communities in Melbourne’s west, using the power of sport.

This funding will enable more people accessing a range of programs like GOAL, Sons and Daughters of the West, and the Bulldogs Youth Program

Arrests afer Tarneit invasion

■ Armed Crime Squad detectives have charged two men ollowing an aggravated burglary with a shot fired at an address in Tarneit.

A 23-year-old Melbourne man was charged with reckless conduct endanger life, reckless conduct endanger persons, recklessly cause injury, intentionally cause injury, assault and commit indictable offence whilst on bail.

The duo was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

A sawn off bolt action rifle was seized from the Epping address.

The charges follow an incident about 6.40pm on Thursday, April 27, where emergency services were called to reports of a disturbance on Melville St.

Investigators have been told a man was assaulted inside the property by a number of men.

It is believed a shot was fired inside the house but did not strike the victim.

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The 27-year-old Tarneit man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation remains ongoing.■ Anyone with information or who witnessed the incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or at www.crimestoppersvic. com.au

In the outer west, removing four dangerous and congested level crossings by 2026 will pave the way for more train services with 50 per cent more capacity along the Melton line – catering to the second-fastest growing community in Australia.

Removing boom gates at gates Coburns Rd, Exford Rd and Ferris Rd in Melton, and at Hopkins Rd in Truganina, will unclog the roads for more than 73,000 vehicles each day – with the boom gates down and causing traffic frustration for up to 28 minutes in the morning peak as 16 trains pass along the corridor.

By 2026 – two years ahead of schedule –Melton will be boom gate-free, with a new, modern Melton Station to suit a growing population and allow nine-car VLocity trains to run along the corridor by 2028, when the Melton Line Upgrade is complete.

On the Sunbury line, crossings at the Old Calder Highway and Watsons Rd in Diggers Rest are also being fast-tracked, with road bridges to be built at both locations by 2025a year earlier than planned.

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Police believe the incident was targeted.

Merri-bek City Council has received a $500,000 Federal Govern ment grant towards a project to install a community battery installed in Brunswick in the coming two years. The aim is for any revenue generated from this battery to help reduce energy bills and emissions. Merri-bek Mayor Cr Angelica Panopoulos said the Brunswick community battery will be an innovative partnership between Council, site service providers, commercial partners and the community.

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Entertainment Cello tops 100 list

■ The cello has topped the ABC Classic 100: Your Favourite Instrument survey held over the King’s Birthday Holiday weekend.

The cello was top favourite with voters and wascrowned Australia's favourite instrument.

It was a tight race at the pointy end of the Classic 100 countdown. The piano cemented its place in the hearts of music enthusiasts taking out second place with the violin following close behind at third.

Over the past two months, ABC Classic asked Australians to vote

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for their favourite instruments culminating in an epic two-day countdown, which accumulated over 171,000 votes for 327 instruments.

From the glockenspiel to the alphorn, the erhu to the taiko, the didgeridoo to the cowbell, instruments from all musical cultures and traditions, including classical, jazz, pop, folk and everything in between.

Breakfast presenter Dr Megan Burslem said "This question became one of identity, history and cultural connection; an exploration of the tapestry of musical experiences that make up your life."

■ Seven youths have been arrested after an alleged armed robbery on a bus travelling from Tarneit to Williams Landing.

Police have been told the 16-year-old male victim was approached by a male on the bus just after 7.30pm on Monday, June 5.

The offender made demands for the victim’s airpods and jewellery and was joined by several youths who made further demands to the victim.

It is alleged the group, some carrying edged weapons, began physically assaulting the 16-year-old and stole his property.

The driver of the bus stopped at Williams Landing railway station and assisted the victim to call triple zero (000).

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Protective Service Officers were quickly on scene and alerted police of the incident.

Numerous local units were able to track down the group of offenders who took off on foot.

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Criminal Case Listings

Wednesday, June 14

Ale, Cable Allouch, Mohammed Alvarez Sanchez, Sebastian Atallah, George Atkinson, Reuben Lionel Austin, Leeann Ayach, Mouhamed Bamundo, Chantelle Barra, Micaela Bell, Lindsay Bellissimo, Piero Bland, Stephen Bonser, Flynn Brooks, George Buckland, John Butler, Scott Buttigieg, Marlyn Carbis, Graham George Cassar, Paul Francis Clark, Shannon Clune, Brendan Coelho, Nathan Coffey, Adam Richard Compton-Robins, Lee Crilly, Dre De Angelis, Alex De Mercurio, Samantha Demirkaya, Muhammed Furkan Deylen, Kyle Faasootauloa, Francella

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Powell, John Prior, Nicole Proctor, Che

Quakawoot, Renaye Reslan, Ali Rhodes, Yiani

Ryan, Michael Saly, Sauy Scarpa, Ignazio

Sharma, Kunal Sidhu, Preet

Singh, Jaspreet Sneddon & Kingston Plastics Pty. Ltd.

Spooner, Ebony Spottiswood, Jye Stojanoski, Marjan

Officers located seven teenagers nearby who were arrested.

■ An 18-year-old Point Cook man

■ A17-year-old Point Cook boy

■ A 15-year-old Point Cook girl

■ A 15-year-old Hoppers Crossing boy

■ A 15-year-old Werribee boy

■ A 16-year-old Laverton boy

■ A 12-year-old Point Cook boy

Are were assisting Transit Crime Investigation Unit detectives with their enquiries.

The victim was said to have not been physically injured during the incident.

2 more charged

■ Homicide Squad detectives have charged two more people following the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy in Sunshine last month.

An 18-year-old Burnside Heights boy and a 17-year-old Caroline Springs boy were arrested earlier today by Police.

The 18-year-old has been charged with intentionally cause injury, conduct endangering serious injury, affray and possess prohibited weapon.

He faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court and has been bailed to appear again at a later date.

The 17-year-old has been charged with conduct endangering serious injury, affray and possess prohibited weapon.

He faced a childrens’ court and was bailed to appear at a later date.

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Toal, Richard Shaun

Uschakov, Aaron Ustundag, Gurcan

Vuwai, Antonio

Walsh, Darcy

Wassel, Saleh Welsh, Richard Jason Williams, Lachlan

Yusof, Abu Hurariah Bin Zogheib, Ngarla Werribee Magistrates’ Court

Wednesday, June 14 Acieny, Emanwil Caruana, Courtney Louise Clarke, Haylee Davis, Thomas Dubey, Jai Eycken, Richard Robert Felila, Uaisele Finestrone, Sebastiano Gammon, Joe Green, Kyle Hamidovic, Sabina Koirala, Menuka Kumar, Shavnil Lay, Elvis Mallon, Anthony Newman, Kelvin Nguyen, Thi Diem Phongthai, Vannasaeng Sibomana, Emmanuel Simoes, Matthew Singh, Davinder Singh, Harwinder Singh, Ishran Singh, Simranjit Tormey, Sinead Williams, Zachariah Zhuang, You

The charges are following the death of 16-year-old Melton South boy Pa Sawm Lyhym in Sunshine on May 18.

Two other 16-year-old boys were also injured during the incident, with one taken to hospital and one treated at the scene.

A 17-year-old Hillside boy was charged with murder in relation to the incident.

CFA commendations

■ Two firefighters have been officially commended for saving a woman from her burning home at Wyndham Vale last year.

Werribee Fire Brigade CFA volunteer Mick Davie received the Chief Officer’s Commendation for Courage certificate and medal, and Fire Rescue Victoria firefighter Rodney Mitchell received the Chief Officer’s Commendation certificate for their incredibly brave and heroic actions on March 26 last year.

Mick and Rodney were driving with their families when they saw the column of smoke nearby. They left their families to assist at the property where they discovered a woman was trapped inside.

As the house was well alight and there was a high fuel load, accessibility was limited. Mick and Rodney were unable to make access through either the front or rear of the property, so they used their firefighting knowledge and skills to climb up onto the roof, removed some tiles and materials and lifted the woman out through the roof safely.

Their Commendations noted ‘they decided to act diligently and not without peril towards themselves, in directly preventing what likely would have been a fatal outcome.’

More than 60 firefighters battled the blaze that day which was billowing thick black smoke into the air for several hours. The Chief’s Commendations were presented at Werribee Fire Brigade’s annual dinner

School Holiday Fun

● ● Hello! We're the Wiggles will be Live in Concert at Hamer Hall.

■ Arts Centre Melbourne presents its Winter Families and Children Program – with a variety of family-friendly experiences running right through the holidays from June 24 to July 9.

Kids can choose their own adventure and bring their parents along for the ride. The program will span multiple venues, with the Playhouse, Hamer Hall and The Channel becoming home to dancing, opera, artistic workshops, trickery and more Roald Dahl’s tale of gruesome twosome

The Twits will be brought to life at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse from June 27 –July 1. Packed with Dahlicious mischief and mayhem, this classic will not only provide ‘lols through the school hols’ but encourage everyone to treat others with love and care.

For family-friendly opera, Parrwang Lifts the Sky will finally have its world premiere to a live audience after the 2021 Victorian Opera performances were cancelled as a result of the pandemic. Created by acclaimed Yorta Yorta/Yuin soprano, composer and artistic director Deborah Cheetham Fraillon, this opera is based on an original story from Wadawurrung Country told to the children of the Wathaurong by community Elder, the late Uncle David Tournier. Featuring some of Australia’s finest operatic talent including First Nations artists Shauntai Sherree, Jessica Hitchcock with Cheetham Fraillon herself and members of the Dhungala Children’s Choir, Parrwang Lifts the Sky runs at the Playhouse from July 7– 8.

Discover an imaginary world of giants, hairy creatures and flying things in the return season of The Grumpiest Boy in the World – presented by Victorian Opera, and featuring a score from Joseph Twist, known for his musical direction on hit children’s TV show, Bluey, alongside Sidney Myer Fellowship librettist and children’s author, Finegan Kruckemeyer. For children and parents alike, from June 23 – 24.

Hello! We're the Wiggles Live in Concert - Hot on the heels of their ARIA win for ‘Best Live Act’, The Wiggles are bringing their allsinging, all-dancing hit show to Hamer Hall. Joining Anthony, Tsehay, Simon, Lachy, Caterina, Lucia, Evie and John on stage are favourite characters, Captain Feathersword, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus, Shirley Shawn the Unicorn and Bok the Hand Puppet. Three performances on Monday, June 26.

At Academy at Arts Centre Melbourne , budding creatives can participate in workshops at Arts Centre Melbourne’s learning lab, The Channel. These hands-on learning experiences are completely free and offer high achieving students from years 4-12 access to industry professionals and to discover how to bring their own identity to their artistic practice. Students will have the opportunity to take workshops in theatre making, improvisation, character development, song writing, dance, choreography and more, ensuring they have the inspiration and tools to take back to school and beyond.

Families can explore their love for music even further at the Australian Music Vault, a free exhibition open to all from 10am – 5pm daily. Developed by Arts Centre Melbourne in consultation with the music industry, the immersive exhibition celebrates Australian contemporary music and showcases iconic objects from Arts Centre Melbourne’s Australian Performing Arts Collection. Take the family and be in awe of the stories, costumes and instruments from legendary music figures and current icons like Kylie Minogue, Olivia Newton-John, Nick Cave, John Farnham, Molly Meldrum, Missy Higgins and many more.

www.artscentremelbourne.com.au

- Cheryl Threadgold

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BLOOMSDAY IN MELB.

■ Bloomsday in Melbourne announces the Victorian première of James Joyce’s only play, Exiles (1918), presented from June 15-25 at fortyfivedownstairs.

This rarely seen play, in Bloomsday’s crisp new adaptation, challenges conventional sexual morality.

“It took a crucial revival by Harold Pinter in 1970-71 and subsequent triumphs in London and New York in 2006 for audiences to begin to grasp its true subversiveness,” says Bloomsday’s Artistic Director, Frances DevlinGlass.

“These productions highlighted the play’s dark humour, its unspoken psychological menace and darker motivations.

“Exiles was belatedly recognised as a new kind of theatre, quite different from the wellmade and morality-focussed plays of Ibsen.’

Long before free love, polyamory, homoeroticism, bisexuality and Thruppledom, there was Exiles

Far ahead of its time, it updates the nineteenth-century adultery triangle, presenting not one but two sets of potential partner exchanges, and an additional homoerotic undercurrent.

It is said to prompt the questions: when experimental individuals in a repressed culture untether themselves from sexual conventions, what gives? What are the limits to freedom in love? What are the dangers?

Director Carl Whiteside says he is intrigued by the energy of the play. “We’ve stripped away the conventional trappings to reveal a gutsy, passionate piece that is as relevant today as when it was written – perhaps more so.”

Bloomsday in Melbourne is proud of 30 years of James Joyce-inspired theatre and bringing to thousands of Australian theatre-goers the wit and edginess of Joyce’s writing.

Performance Details: June 15-25. Tues.-Sat. 7.30pm, Sun. 5pm

Venue: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Duration: 120 minutes

Tickets: $45-$30

Bookings: 9662 9966 or www.fortyfive downstairs.com

- Cheryl Threadgold

Shakespeare In Love

■ William Shakespeare is in a pickle. He has money woes and writers’ block. Shall I compare thee to a …what?

He writes and acts for Philip Henslowe, owner of the Rose Theatre but Henslowe is up to his ruff in debt and Will wants to sell his new play to Henslowe’s rival, actor and Curtain Theatre owner, Richard Burbage. What a to-do.

Enter Viola. She’s beautiful, rich – and stagestruck. Alas, women aren’t permitted to act – all female parts are played by men. Viola moons about spouting sonnets and Shakespearean dialogue.

Auditions are held for Will’s as-yet-unwritten play, Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate’s Daughter’. Amongst the motley auditionees, one pearl amongst the swill is ‘Thomas Kent ’, a handsome young fellow who wins the part of Romeo

Of course, ‘Thomas Kent’ is Viola and inevitably she and Will fall passionately but secretly in love. All (almost) ends well. Viola flees from her new husband, Lord Wessex to the Curtain Theatre to perform Juliet to Will’s Romeo on opening night (it’s complicated).

Queen Elizabeth prevents impending closure of the play and though she’s enjoyed it, requests something ‘cheerful’ next time – and a dog.

The staging was effective - a raised dais stage right and two storied scaffolding stage left. Costumes were stunning and music enhanced the drama with some beautiful a cappella arrangements.

There were too many actors to mention, but all parts (including a ‘dog’) were well portrayed. Lucas Rindt was an elegant Kit Marlowe. Josh Graham (William Shakespeare) and Chelsea Rabl (Viola de Lesseps) were astonishing; they looked fabulous together and their acting was sublime.

Male Welsh Choir

■ The Australian Welsh Male Choir based on the Mornington Peninsula have performed in many parts of the world including Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan but most of all, love to sing here in Victoria.

Join the choir on Saturday, June 24, at the Edge Theatre in Federation Square at 7.30pm on Saturday, June 24, where the Choir will be joined by the award-winning Darebin CityPreston Brass Band for an evening of their favourite music.

‘Men of Harlech’ will accompanied by a brass band. This will be a celebration of music from Wales and around the world, directed by the choir's renowned Music Director, Tom Buchanan.

Australian Welsh Male Choir representative Ian Mackie says: “We love meeting our audiences, Join with us after our performance at the Edge Bar. Meet with our choristers and musicians and experience a great Welsh music tradition, the ‘afterglow’. It will be a night you won’t forget”

This witty play suggests Shakespeare’s life circumstances provided the inspiration for his famous tragedy. Viola, her nurse, and thwarted love, mirror the future Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare in Love, by Lee Hall, adapted from the screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman, was presented by Monash University Student Theatre (MUST) at Alexander Theatre, and under Yvonne Virik’s direction, was an excellent, hilarious production.

- Review by Juliet Charles

Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl

■ Melbourne playwright Jane Miller and director Beng Oh return to fortyfivedownstairs with their latest collaborative work Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl from June 30 to July 9.

Described as 'a Medea for our times', Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl is a tragicomic take on the legendary relationship between J and M, from teenage romance to domestic nightmare.

The creators of successful productions such as The Yellow Wave and Cuckoo, Millerand Oh are this time presenting a savage and subversive re-imagining of events surrounding a classic text.

This contemporary parable of the patriarchy shows what happens when you're smart, strong and female.

Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl will be performed by Hudson Emery, Sophie Lampel, Annie Lumsden, Gabriel Partington and Glenn van Oosterom.

The show is developed with the support of Hothouse Theatre's A Month in the Country; the original production was presented in 2018 at La Mama Courthouse.

Performance Details: June 30 - July 9 (Preview June 29) Tues-Sat 7.30pm, Sun 5pm

Venue: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders lane, Melbourne. Duration: 90 minutes. Tickets: $45 -$30. Bookings: 9662 9966 or www.fortyfivedownstairs.com

- Cheryl Threadgold

The Dress

■ Essence Theatre Productions present a return of The Dress, on June 29, July 1 and July 2 at historic Werribee Park Mansion

The Dress is set in 1899. Mrs Hannah Bryden, a widow, enjoys nothing save for the occasional company of her dressmaker, the flamboyant Mr Bertin. But when massive advances in the fashion industry jeopardise Bertin's livelihood, he hatches a plan to save both of them from obscurity. Hannah must launch herself once more as one of Melbourne's leading socialites at an upcoming masquerade ball in the most jaw-dropping fashion statement Berlin has ever created. Two unlikely allies racing to regain their spark of life.

Performers include Alaine Beek and Scott Jackson, with cellist Patrick Schnur. Performance Details: June 29 - July 1 at 8pm, July 2 at 7pm. Location: Werribee Park Mansion, K Road, Werribee South. Bookings: www.essencetheatre.productions

The Australian Welsh Male Choir, are renowned for their harmonies and performances. The choir is heading for its 50th birthday next year and ‘Bold as Brass’ is the first of several concerts they are performing leading up to their exciting ‘50th Birthday Outback Tour’ in 2024.

The choir’s Outback Tour by bus will include performances in towns right acrossAustralia, at places that probably have never heard a Welsh choir before.

They will sing in pubs, community halls, village greens and sharing music with many indigenous communities along the way. The choir will also perform at the Desert Song Festival in Alice Springs, in Canberra where they will perform at Parliament House and finally at the Sydney Opera House before returning home to Melbourne.

Tickets online: www.eventbright/ australianwelsh/boldasbrass

Metro Comic Con

■ Metro Comic Con is coming to the Melbourne Showgrounds on July8-9, and bringing with it a showcase of pop culture, stars of the big and small screen, talented artists and family-friendly fun.

Guests already announced for the first event are: actors Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Kim Coates (Sons ofAnarchy), Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy), Vico Ortiz (Our Flag Means Death), Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), Brendan Fehr (Roswell) and Katy O’Brian (The Mandalorian)

Also appearing are voice actor Daman Mills (Dragon Ball Super, Fighting Fantasy VII Remake), writers Andrew Constant, Christopher Sequeira and Jason Franks, iIllustrators and comic artists Glenn Fabry, Dr. Paul Mason, Nicola Scott, Daniel Picciotto, Jon Sommariva, Jamie Johnson, Dillon Naylor, W. Chew 'Chewie' Chan, David Dunstan, Jason Palmer and Mike McKone.

From Indigiverse Comics are co-founder, Benny Eggmolesse; artist Katie HoughtonWard; writer Scott Wilson.

Gestalt Comics: Editor-in-Chief,Wolfgang Bylsma; Editor and writer, Gary Proudley; artist,Trev Wood; artist, Jake Bartok; artist, Mitch Collins.

The event will feature Q&A sessions, informative panels, photo and autograph opportunities, and appearances by local and international stars. All this will be alongside an array of pop culture exhibitors, activities, cosplay opportunities, fan and professional artist stalls, merchandise and more.

Spectacular

■ Te 2023 Victorian State Schools Spectacular returns for its annual extravaganza for two shows on Saturday, September 9, at 1pm and 6:30pm at John Cain Arena

Tickets to this year’s Victorian State Schools Spectacular are on sale now at www.ticketek.com.au/spectacular

More than 2000 Victorian students are on an extraordinary eight-month creative journey, culminating in the shows.

● ● ● ● Doug Lyons and Lucy Payne in James Joyce's Exiles at fortyfivedownstairs.

LocalTheatreObservations

Shows

■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (by Ray Lawler) June 16 – July 1 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Martin Gibbs. Bookings: 9587 5141 www.mordialloc theatre.com

■ Babirra Music Theatre:All Shook Up Until June 18 at the Karralyka Centre, Ringwood. Bookings: https:// aukarralyka.sales.ticketsearch.com

■ Beaumaris Theatre: Beaumariscal (Celebrating 20 years of music at Beaumaris Theatre) June 23 – July 2 at 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Artistic Director: Danny Forward: Director: Debbie Keyt: Musical Director: Rhonda Vaughan; Choreographer: Camilla Klesman. Bookings: www.beaumaristheatre. com.au

■ Williamstown Little Theatre: Continental Quilt (Joan Greening) June 28 – July 15 at 5Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Les Hart. Bookings: www.wlt.org.au

■ Theatrical. : The Wizard of Oz, June 29 (Preview), June 30-July 9 at the National Theatre, St Kilda. Director Kim Davidson. Bookings: www.nationaltheatre.org.au

■ Leongatha Lyric Theatre: The Producers, Musical. June 30 – July 15 at the Leongatha Memorial Hall. Director: Dan Lawrie. Bookings: www.leongathalyric. com.au

■ Malvern Theatre Company: The Whales of August (by David Berry) June 23 – July 8 at 29 Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: Loretta Bishop. www.malverntheatre.com.au

■ Encore Theatre Company: The Popular Mechanicals (by Keith Robinson, Tony Taylor and William Shakespeare) July 14 – 22 at the Clayton Community Centre, Cooke St., Clayton. Director: Andrew Ferguson. Bookings: www.encoretheatre.com.au

■ PEP Productions: Life Without Me (by Daniel Keene) July 21 – 29 at the Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director: Jeremy Guzman. Bookings: https:/ /www.trybooking.com/CINNB

■ Heidelberg Theatre: My Old Lady (by Israel Horovitz), June 30–July 15 at 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Director: Maureen McInerney. Bookings: www.htc.org.au/.

■ PLOS Musical Productions: Strictly Ballroom,(Musical) July 28-August 5 at the Frankston Arts Centre, Davey St., Frankston. Bookings: https://plos.asn.au/.

■ Aspect Inc: Stage Door (Edna Ferber and George S Kaufman) July 20 – 29 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Candice Mitrousis. Bookings:

Auditions

■ Phoenix Theatre Company: Urinetown

June 11-13. Director: Renee Maloney; Musical Director: Simon D'Aquino; Choreographers: Renee Maloney and Natalie Krizmanic. Audition bookings and further details: www.phoenixtheatrecompany.org

■ Torquay Theatre Troupe: Tartuffe (by Molière) June 13 at 7pm and June 17 at 2pm at the Shoestring Playhouse, 77 Beach Rd., Torquay (net door to the Australian National Surfing Museum). Director: Zina Carman. Audition enquiries: zinacarman@gmail.com

■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: Cosi (by Louis Nowra) July 2 from 6pm and July 3 from 7pm at 36 Turnham Rd., Rosanna. Director: Bruce Akers. Audition enquiries: bwakers27@hotmail.com

■ Williamstown Little Theatre: Agnes of God (by John Pielmeier) July 2 at 12.30pm and July 3 at 7.30pm at 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Deborah Fabbro. Audition enquiries: orbbaf@ozemail.com.au or 0416 141 838

■ The Basin Theatre Group: Belles (by Mark Dunn) July 16 at 2pm, July 17 at 7pm at The Basin Theatre, Cnr Doongalla and Simpson Rds., The Basin. Director: LB Bradley. Audition enquiries: LNBRAD@ hotmail.com

■ Brighton Theatre Company: Here I Belong (by Matt Hartley) July 16 at 6pm, July 17 at 7.30pm at the Brighton Arts and Cultural Centre, Cnr. Wilson and Carpenter St., Brighton. Director: Barbara Crawford. Audition enquiries: barbaracrawford4@gmail.com or call 0414 881 844

- Cheryl Threadgold

STRICTLY BALLROOM

■ Rehearsals are well under way for PLOS Musical Productions' July-August season of the all -Australian musical Strictly Ballroom The Musical, which will open at the Frankston Arts Centre on July 28 for a limited season.

Strictly Ballroom The Musical is the inspiring story of a championship ballroom dancer who defies all the rules to follow his heart.

This uplifting and courageous tale originated as a stage play that Baz Luhrmann created as a student at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney back in 1984.

Mitchell Smith will star as Scott Hastings in PLOS's show, while cast in the role of Fran is Guada Bañez.

Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical includes songs such as Love Is In The Air, Time After Time and Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps. Along with new musical numbers written by among others, including Eddie Perfect.

Performance Details: July 28 for a limited season

Venue: Frankston Arts Centre, Davey St., Frankston

Tickets available www.plos.asn.au

- Cheryl Threadgold

The Culture

■ The Culture, a new Australian play by Laura Jackson, is performing at Theatre Works Explosive Factory as part of an Australian and New Zealand tour.

Presented by Sydney based theatre company Powersuit Productions, The Culture is a story about deep and enduring friendship and the pitfalls ... and sometimes dangers, of finding love in a modern world.

Set in Sydney, Australia, the play follows the story of best friends Katie and Will who are roommates, childhood friends, podcast hosts and very single.

The Culture tackles their search for romantic love and demonstrates that sometimes even those with the strongest convictions can lose themselves easily in complex new relationships.

Their two very different experiences as a gay man, and a straight white woman take them through falling in love, the complexities of handling domestic violence with a loved one and ultimately test their friendship.

The warmth and intimate banter between two best friends welcomes audiences into Will and Katie’s living room and into an important wider conversation.

The cast includes Laura Jackson and Mina Asfour, with direction by Bethany Caputo

Laura Jackson says: 'We're not afraid to tackle some tough issues including domestic violence, homophobia, and disordered eating, but at its heart this is a story about friendship. About support. About looking out for the people we love. We’re also addressing important themes with a light touch. Expect lots of laughs, a few surprises, and an ending that packs a punch.”

Performance Details: Until June 17 at 7.30pm

Venue: Theatre Works Explosives Factory, 67 Inkerman St, St Kilda

Duration: 75 minutes, no interval

Bookings: https://www.theatreworks.org.au/ 2023/the-culture

- Cheryl Threadgold

Bleached

■ Wit Incorporated Theatre presents Bleached, opening on June 22 at the Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray.

Written by Melbourne playwright Laura Collins and described as 'an absurd and revolutionary new work speculating on a future ravaged by a climate catastrophe, Bleached is directed by Ruby Rees.

Laura Collins says: “My intention in writing Bleached was to explore our responses to environmental guilt.

“By portraying a dark vision of the future, where nations and individuals have cut themselves off from the rest of the world and are plunged into a never-ending lockdown, I want to inspire proactive action, and shake a progressive audience out of its collective apathy and moral paralysis.”

Wit Incorporated commits to bringing high-

Eisteddfod comedy

■ For aspiring young performers, eisteddfods (performing arts competitions) are a great way to hone their performance skills and compete against other talented singers, musicians, actors or dancers, just as their peers do in athletic competitions.

The process can be a lot of fun, and young performers often make longstanding friendships, but if performers or parents lose the spirit of generosity and support, they can develop into cutthroat competitions.

quality theatre to Melbourne’s West. Rees has assembled a cast of six featuring Lansy Feng, Madeleine Magee-Carr, Megan Mitchell, Sass Pinci, Anthony Pontonio and Eva Rees.

The set will be created using recycled materials with lighting and set headed up by Oliver Ross (Trophy Boys) and Moya Lucy (Dogfight).

Performance Details:

■ June 22 - July 1 at 7.30pm at the Bluestone Church Arts Space, 8A Hyde St., Footscray. June 25 at 3pm, Relaxed and Auslan interpreted show. ■ July 14 at 7.30pm at The Bowery Theatre, 33 Princess Street, St Albans. Bookings: www.witinc.com.au

- Cheryl Threadgold

Animal Farm

■ Darebin Arts Speakeasy presents Animal Farm by independent theatre company Bloomshed, from July 12 - 23 at the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre.

Bloomshed's iteration of the famous Orwell fable Animal Farm has been fine-tuned and redeveloped, mixing big political ideas with entertaining and accessible storytelling, all combined to create a satirical mix of dance breaks, physical comedy, and confetti.

The original tale by George Orwell is set on Manor Farm near Willingdon, England where the farm animals are ripened for rebellion against Farmer Jones after many years of neglect.

Taking inspiration from the tale, Bloomshed’s adaptation of Animal Farm is set in rural Australia. The farm animals have reneged on a contract with the government and the complexities of our political system come to light in this reanimated comedic classic.

Lead by Creative Director, James Jackson, Animal Farm by Bloomshed brings a lighthearted quality to the traditionally dark tale while addressing the larger issues at hand within the Australian political system.

Since its inception in 2014, Bloomshed have created 11 new and adapted works, presenting at DarebinArts Speakeasy, Common Rooms x Melbourne Fringe, Theatre Works, Blue Room Theatre, Old 505, Platform Arts, The Butterfly Club, The Wedge, and La Mama Theatre.

Bloomshed examines major political issues that attend our era: climate change, class inequality, and corporate greed.

They are continually in a dialogue about new ways to reach our audience and empower communities to enact positive change.

Performance Details:

Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre

July 12-23

Wed .– Sat. 7.30pm, Sun. 5pm

- Cheryl Threadgold

Playwright Noel Fidge had a wealth of experience of being taken to piano, singing and acting eisteddfods as a child by his ambitious mother, and this has given him great raw material to develop his new play, called, of course, The Eisteddfod, which he has directed and is co-produced by eminent mezzosoprano Sally-Anne Russell

So what’s the plot? A group of aspiring young singers of ‘serious’ music, particularly Art songs, visit Tanya and Robert Gibson to rehearse songs written by a deceased composer.

Robert is regarded as the premier expert performer of these songs, and a close associate of the composer, whilst Tanya, his wife, is by far the composer’s favourite accompanist, and is recognised as the candidates’ best chance to advance in the eisteddfod featuring his songs.

What starts off as a simple rehearsal session turns into a tale of revelations, revenge and intrigue, and bombshells await.

Starring classical singers Sophie Bissett, Alex Owens, Lucy Schneider and Raymond Khong, they are accompanied at the piano by Elyane Laussade.

Author Fidge says the play with songs is meant for people who would relate to the experience of an eisteddfod, but also for people who enjoy a decent play and song in the Art Song or Lieder style.

“Audiences will love it because The Eisteddfod is a bitter sweet comedy involving four actor singers and a virtuoso pianist actor. The songs are all refreshingly new in the genre of art song accompanied by some challenging music,” Fidge says.

The Eisteddfod is playing from 14 to 17 at Studio One, 34 Little Turner St, Abbotsford Book tickets at trybooking.com

Julie Houghton

The Dress

■ Essence Theatre Productions present a return of The Dress, on June 29, July 1 and July 2 at historic Werribee Park Mansion.

The Dress is set in 1899. Mrs Hannah Bryden, a widow, enjoys nothing save for the occasional company of her dressmaker, the flamboyant Mr Bertin.

But when massive advances in the fashion industry jeopardize Bertin's livelihood, he hatches a plan to save both of them from obscurity.

Hannah must launch herself once more as one of Melbourne's leading socialites at an upcoming masquerade ball in the most jaw-dropping fashion statement Berlin has ever created. Two unlikely allies racing to regain their spark of life.

Performers include Alaine Beek and Scott Jackson, with cellist Patrick Schnur.

Performance Details: June 29 - July 1 at 8pm, July 2 at 7pm

Location: Werribee Park Mansion, K Road, Werribee South.

Bookings: www.essencetheatre. productions

- Cheryl Threadgold

● ● ● ● Mitchell Smith (Scott Hastings) and Guada Bañez (Fran) at rehearsals for Strictly Ballroom The Musical.

NORMIE, DENISE AT S’TOWN

■ Normie Rowe and Denise Drysdale have been friends since they were teenagers and are excited to be performing their brand new show The Two Of Us on Friday, June 30 at Shoppingtown Hotel, Doncaster and Saturday, July 1, at The Sphinx Hotel, Geelong.

The Two Of us is an opportunity to enjoy the skills and charm of these two national treasures. There will be hits. There will be surprises. There’ll be loads of fun.

When they met in the 60s, he was an emerging recording artist appearing on The GO!! Show and she was recognised as Australia’s first go-go dancer on a new music show, Kommotion

Normie’s hits ‘Shakin’All Over’, ‘Que Sera Sera’, ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’, and ‘Ooh La La’, just a few of his hits that sound as powerful today as they did when they were Australian hits on the charts.

Their careers since have seen them enjoy success across the entertainment spectrum.

Normie was at the peak of his pop stardom when he was called up and spent two years in the Army including service in Vietnam.

On his return, he re-established his career in major Sydney clubs, and on television, along with his most memorable role as Jean Valjean for the national stage tour of ‘Les Miserables’.

Denise’s dancing career took a back seat when she became Ernie Sigley’s barrel girl on his very popular national ‘The Ernie Sigley Show’. Ding Dong had arrived.

Her television and theatre credits are too many to mention but her love of entertaining continues in theatres and clubs across the country.

The Two of Us might not be politically correct but you can be guaranteed to enjoy the songs, the banter, the dancing and the atmosphere these two performers always bring to the stage

Dates: Friday, June 30 –Shoppingtown Hotel, Doncaster

Saturday, July 1– Sphinx, Geelong

Tickets: Shoppingtown Hotel – 19 Williamsons Road, Doncaster https://liveatyourlocal.com.au/event/ normie-rowe-denise-drysdale-in-thetwo-of-us/ Sphinx Hotel, 2 Thompson Road, North Geelong https://events.ticketbooth.com.au/ event/the-two-of-us-starring-normieWeb site: https://normierowe.com/ Facebook: https://www. facebook.com/NormieRoweAM

Instagram: https://www. instagram. com/normierowe/

Dragged Across Concrete

■ (R). 159 minutes. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD. After coming out of nowhere with the attention-grabbing Bone Tomahawk in 2015, followed by the outstanding Brawl In Cell Block 99 in 2017, Zahler continues to provoke audiences with this deliberately morally ambiguous concoction, and like his previous efforts, will lead to highly divisive reactions and opinions.

The story centres on police detectives Brett Ridgeman (Mel Gibson) and Anthony Lurasetti (Vince Vaughn), who have just been suspended after being filmed performing an illegal drug bust on two suspects.

Acquiring a bagful of cash from the bust, the duo, who feel out of step with today’s attitudes towards law enforcement, come across information regarding a major money exchange, and decide to intercept this criminal meeting so they and their families can live an easier life.

Of course, nothing goes quite to plan. Dragged Across Concrete may cover familiar ground, but Zahler cleverly subverts the multiple tropes that are present in the plot.

Sharman’s future for NIDA

■ Boundary pushing creative and NIDA alumnus Jim Sharman (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar) is auctioning 47 works from his personal art collection with all proceeds going to seed the creation of the NIDA Future Centre.

The NIDA Future Centre will be NIDA’s research and innovation lab. It will foster courageous ambitious new ideas for entertainment experiences created through new technologies, new forms, and new relationships with audiences.

It will take a global perspective and draw on a diversity of influences from arts, media, interactive entertainment, and generative AI. It will be a space for imagining and inventing the future of entertainment.

The hugely celebrated avantgarde creator and arts mentor has additionally made a significant donation through the Jim Sharman Future Fund towards initial funding of the NIDA Future Centre.

This includes supporting a triennial Future Award, which will be one of the key activities of the Centre

The public auction will feature 47 artworks from Sharman’s personal collection – paintings, photographs and select stage and film posters – curated by art specialists Adam Sims and Litsa Veldekis of

Sims Veldekis for Shapiro Auctioneers. The auction will take place on Tuesday June 20 at 6 pm both online and in person at the Annex Gallery, 46 Balfour St Chippendale (near White Rabbit Gallery). The works are available to view online now and at the gallery from tomorrow (Thurs., June 15).

The collection includes a masterwork by Tom Polo, major works from important periods of Bill Henson’s career, Archibald-Prize winner Nigel Milsom, Michael Ramsden, Geoffrey Proud, Andrew Purvis, and many others, including for theatre buffs, rare posters signed by Jim for his productions of the musicals Hair and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Martin Sharp’s poster for Jim’s Adelaide Festival and the historic revival of Patrick White’s A Cheery Soul that was the highlight of the inaugural Sydney Theatre Company season.

Liz Hughes, NIDA CEO, said:

“Jim Sharman has been a trailblazer in the entertainment sector for decades, innovating at every turn. Jim’s vision for the future is well aligned with NIDA’s . We are delighted to be sharing an ambition with Jim to imagine the future of entertainment through cross disciplinary collaboration and courageous experimentation with form and technology.”

Working from his novelistic type script, Zahler again dares to swim against the tide, taking his time to build character and story, allowing every hot topic to develop nicely.

Performances across the board are first-rate. Gibson is cleverly cast, and delivers one of his best performances. Vaughn, who I am not normally a fan of, seems to respond to Zahler’s ultra-focused direction, and while not as good as his career-best turn in Brawl In Cell Block 99 , he is still excellent, reminding one of his good work in the under-rated 1998 thriller Clay Pigeons.

Kudos must also go to Tory Kittles, Jennifer Carpenter, Laurie Holden, Udo Kier and Don Johnson.

Dragged Across Concrete will infuriate and offend some with its deliberate pacing and non-judgemental approach to its incendiary material, but Zahler is obviously striving for something more than standard genre thrills, and for those who pick up on this, will be completely enthralled.

RATING - ****

At Eternity’s Gate

■ (M). 111 minutes. Now available on DVD.

Vincent van Gogh has been the

subject of many a film, most notably in Vincent Minnelli’s Lust For Life (1956) and Robert Altman’s Vincent & Theo (1990), although I always like to mention Martin Scorsese’s turn as the revered artist in Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (1990). The latest to hit screens is At Eternity’s Gate, with Willem Dafoe playing the tortured painter, and under the intimate, uninhibited guidance of former painter-turnedfilm-maker Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly), manages to give audiences a fresh perspective on this much-written about person.

While familiar relationships are covered, such as van Gogh’s deep bond with his brother Theo (Rupert Friend), and the at-times volatile encounters with Paul Gauguin (Oscar Isaac), what makes this film so fascinating is the way Schnabel utterly submerges the audience into van Gogh’s frame of mind (with the camerawork sometimes resembling a possession horror movie), and the ultra close-up manner in which we experience the painter’s highly variable reactions to his works (a scene involving Mads Mikkelsen as a bemused priest is a perfect example). Dafoe is extraordinary as van Gogh, and totally earned his Oscar nomination, while other recognisable faces in a strong supporting cast include Isaac, Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner and Niels Arestrup. RATING - ****

Triple Frontier

■ (MA). 125 minutes. Now streaming on Netflix.

After wallowing in development hell since 2010 (Kathryn Bigelow was originally slated to direct), Triple Frontier finally crossed the finish line in 2019 with J.C. Chandor (Margin Call, All Is Lost, A Most Violent Year) at the helm, but despite offering undeniable entertainment value, is a slight disappointment given the talent involved.

A group of former special ops soldiers (Oscar Isaac, Ben Affleck, Garrett Hedlund, Charlie Hunnam, Pedro Pascal) team up to raid the South American home of a high profile crime boss, who is sitting on $75 million in cash.

Of course, the mission doesn’t go to plan. Chandor pays homage to muscular adventures from the 40s and 50s, but more notably to 80s tough-guy actioners, especially those directed by Walter Hill (the film is highly reminiscent of Hill’s 1987 effort Extreme Prejudice, with echoes of Southern Comfort (1981) later on), but the characters aren’t as vividly etched, making the film feel somewhat hollow and familiar. Worth a look, with some well-staged action sequences.

RATING - ***

● ● ● Normie Rowe and Denise Drysdale will appear at Shoppingtown Hotel on Friday, June 30, and at Sphinx Geelong on Saturday, July 1.

■ Alan Ladd was one of the great film stars of the Golden Years of Hollywood.

He became one of the popular ‘tough guy’ actors and appeared in about 95 films during his career.

Alan Walbridge Ladd was born in Hot S prings, Arkansas, in 1913. His father died when Alan was only four.

His mother moved with her son to Oklahoma where she married a housepainter and eventually the family re-located to California

Alan was about five foot six inches tall and was given the nickname ‘Tiny’ in his teenage years but he was a very handsome young man with a remarkable speaking voice.

He appeared in school plays and was an active sportsman. In the early 1930s Alan got small jobs in radio shows and then did ‘bit parts’ in films.

He supported himself by opening a hamburger stand which he called ‘Tiny's Patio’.

Alan married Marjorie Harrold in 1936 and their son Alan Ladd Jnr was born in 1937. He is a famous film executive and producer these days and was responsible for approving production of the film Star Wars.

Alan Ladd began getting speaking parts in films during the early 1940s and his voice can be clearly heard as one of the ‘faceless reporters’ in the Orson Welles film Citizen Kane.

Alan was divorced in 1941 and married his agent Sue Carol the following year.

Whatever Happened To ... Alan Ladd

By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM

His ‘break through’ role came when he starred opposite Veronica Lake in This Gun for Hire

Alan played a ‘hit man’ with a conscience and this role virtually took him from being a small time bit player to a major international star.

His next films The Glass Key, Lucky Jordan and The Blue Dahlia were all box office hits. In 1948 Alan started his very successful radio series Box 13 where he played the reporter Dan Holiday

He was cast in the lead role in the film The Great Gatsby in 1949. The film he is most remembered for came in 1953 when he played the title role in Shane opposite Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde and Jack Palance.

The simple line delivered by Brandon De Wilde as Shane rides away, " Shane. Come back!" has become one of the most famous lines in cinema history.

Most film buffs regard Shane as a classic and it was nominated for five Academy Awards

I know many of our readers are fans of Alan

Ladd and recently Tommy Dysart demonstrated to me the unique way that Alan Ladd had of walking down a staircase.

The best remembered films of Alan Ladd include Saigon, Two Years Before The Mast, Appointment With Danger, Whispering Smith, Hell Below Zero and Boy On A Dolphin

In 1955 he made a film with June Alyson and they fell in love but it is said that the breakdown of the affair led to his depression in later years.

In 1964 Alan Ladd was found dead in Palm Springs due to an overdose of pills and alcohol at the age of 50.

He had completed work on his final screen role in The Carpetbaggers but did not live to see the film. He was survived by his wife Sue and three children.

In a 1961 interview Alan Ladd was asked, "What would you change about yourself if you could?"

He replied, "Everything."

The fact remains that his work in films has given great enjoyment to his legion of fans throughout the world.

Kevin Trask

Kevin can be heard on 3AW -

The Time Tunnel - Remember WhenSundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady and Simon Owens. And on 96.5 FM That's Entertainment - Sundays at 12 Noon. www.innerfm.org.au

‘LOOKING GLASS’ AT MILDURA ARTS CENTRE

Looking Glass – Judy Watson and Yhonne Scarce.

An exhibition of works themed on the monumental elements of earth, water, fire, and air by Aboriginal artists Judy Watson and Yhonne Scarce is now open at Mildura Arts Centre organised by Ikon (Birmingham U.K) and Tarra Warra Museum of Art with curator Hetti Perkins and toured by NETS.

Looking Glass represents both a love song and a lament for Country, a fantastical alchemy pf elemental materiality, through paintings, video and sculptural works.

Exhibition closes August 6. Mildura Arts Centre

199 Coreton Rd, Mildura

Top portraits

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022

Now in its 15th year, the annual exhibition draws entries from entries submitted by amateur and professional photographers from across Australia. In 2022 50 finalists were selected from more than 2400 entries.

The Winner, Highly Commended, Art Handlers, and People’s Choice Awards were announced in Canberra prior to the exhibition tour.

Wayne Quillim’s portrait Silent Strength , 2021, depicts Aurulun man E ric Yunkaporta in ceremonial headwear, won the 2022 National Photographic Portrait Prize. Quilliam won $50,000 in prozes, cash from the National Portrait Gallery and $20,000 worth of Canon equipment thanks to imaging partner Canon Australia.

Arthur Ferguson won the Highly Commended prize and received a Colour Edge CG2730 Monitor courtesy of E120. The Art Handlers Award recipient was Adam Haddock, who received $2000 cash from IAS Fine Art Logistics and Luther Cora won the $5000 People’s ChoiceAward supported by the David Roche Foundation.

Exhibition opened June 8 and closes Sunday September 3.

Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

35 – 37 Castella St, Lilydale.

At Ballarat

The Chase – Jon Brack

The Arts

‘lives body experience’ as a method of deconstructing queer expressions of self.

Exhibition closes Saturday July 8.

G3Artspace 64Parkers Rd. Parkdale (Shirley Burke Theatre)

Metaverse

Welcome to your local Metaverse. Experience Kingston’s first augmented reality artworks, Mentone Arts designed by LuXvr at the Old Mentone Station and surrounds.

The installation consists of five works, including digital sculptures that blend in with the tangible environment to blur between reality and illusion.

It also features gallery spaces that showcases the work of local photographic artist Tiziana Borghese.

Injury prone Johnny Depp

The Art Gallery of Ballarat is proud to announce the acquisition of a significant painting by Australian artist John Brack (1920 – 1999) donated to the Gallery by the artist’s family.

The painting The Chase (1959) is being exhibited in the Gallery’s permanent collection offering the rare opportunity for visitors to appreciate one of Australis’s most iconic artists.

The Chase is a classic Brack piece, featuring the artist’s own daughters running in a playful manner.

This energetic and important painting is a familiar, everyday subject that simultaneously depicts the fun and simplicity of childhood games while alluding to the darker side of human nature in the ‘shadows of anxiety’ that are cast by the running girls.

The painting was shown in the watershed Antipodean exhibition on Melbourne , where Brack asserted the importance of the figure in art in defense of advancing American abstract expression.

Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard St, Ballarat

G3 Artspace

I Just Want To Do

My Silly Little Paintings explores the concept of identity, encouraging the viewer to reflect on their own. Billie Drood examines

The artwork comes to life with your smartphone device through the ‘Over the Reality’ app, which can be downloaded for free.

To access Mentone AR-T a click on the QR code to LuXvr’s official Mentone3194 website.

Kingston Arts

Venue: Old Mentone Station Cnr Balcombe Rd. & Como Pde W. Mentone - Peter Kemp

Live crew

■ Steve Dimopoulos, Victorian Minister for Creative Industries, has announced a $190,000 grant for CrewCare to roll out their A Pathway to Jobs in Live Music: The Weasle Eicke Scholarship program.

A Pathway to jobs in live music: The W easle Eicke Scholarship 2023, is a revised initiative of the 2022 program delivered by CrewCare based on the successes and response of last years’ program.

Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $100 per day for each of the 10 training days. For our regional students, they will also receive $100 per night towards their accommodation costs while attending the training days in Melbourne. Whilst undertaking work experience, trainees will receive relevant award rates.

■ Just when everything appeared back on track, Johnny Depp's life turns pear shaped once again. This time JD has a painful leg injury causing postponent of his European tour with the Hollywood Vampires rock band.

5 college degrees for 12-y-o

■ Starting at Fullerton College, California at the tender age of nine, Clovis Hung recently graduated with no less than five degrees, all in the humanities group. Clovis an exceptional , yet humble youngster, plays basketball, loves travelling , with no particular profession in mind, at this stage. What a record-breaking achievement for Clovis. aged 12.

Spanish Film Festival

■ This season’s Spanish Film Festival is up and running, June 15 - July 5 with 32 Spanish and Latin American films rotating over four venues in Melbourne.

AWW turns 90

■ Australian Woman's Weekly is an institution despite having its challengers throughout the 90 years of publishing. Originally published weekly, the Weekly revamped to a monthly , and the circulation kept on spiralling. One of the most memorable milestones includes the largest selling issue with Princess Di on the cover selling three million copies.

From kitch to cooking the best of the Weekly is on display in a free exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery starting May 27 -August 27. What a wonderful way to spend a hour, or three, rekindling past memories.

with Peter Kemp

- John O’Keefe

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

East Melbourne restaurant celebrates 50 years

■ Hi everyone, remotely from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites in West Hollywood comes this week’s news.

Il Duca celebrated

■ This landmark Italian restaurant at 132 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, celebrates 50 years of fine service.

A stone’s throw from the MCG, it’s a home away from home. Dominic Bonadio says: “Anyone can make you enjoy the first bite of a dish but only a real chef can make you enjoy the last.”

Not only is the food superb but it is usually accompanied be Lino the singing Italian waiter.

His performance will take you back home to Italy. Dominic has released a book about his life and Il Duca

The book is titled ‘Che Fortuna” meaning What Luck. All proceeds are donated to St Vincent’s Hospital.

For a wonderful lunch or a great night out may I suggest Il Duca.

Better in the morning

■ Highly intelligent people are often portrayed as night owls. The dedicated novelist writing all night until daybreak, for example. While prior studies actually support this notion, finding that night owls typically display more robust verbal intelligence, new research from the University of Ottawa suggests otherwise.

“Once you account for key factors including bedtime and age, we found the opposite to be true, that morning types tend to have superior verbal ability,” says Stuart Fogel, Director of the University of Ottawa Sleep Research Laboratory, in a university release.

“This outcome was surprising to us and signals this is much more complicated that anyone thought before.”

New stealth bomber

■ The US Air Force debuted America’s first new nuclear stealth bomber in more than 30 years. The aircraft, known as the B-21 Raider, is part of the Pentagon’s efforts to modernise all three pillars of its nuclear triad, consisting of nuclear missile submarines, land-based nuclear missiles, and nuclear-capable aircraft.

The B-21 Raider i s expected to make its first flight this year and succeeds the B-2 Spirit , first presented in 1988. Watch the rollout here.

The public reveal comes days after the Department of Defence released its annual report on China, saying it poses the most consequential challenge to America’s national security. China has more than 400 operational nuclear warheads and is on track to have 1500 nuclear weapons by 2035.

Door Sash shares up

■ With food delivery down from its pandemic highs, it might be surprising to hear that DoorDash shares are up 28 per cent in the last month.

One reason investors are bullish is that the company has proven it has a viable grocery and convenience delivery business.

This pins the company against new competitors some of which are struggling.

Instacart cut its valuation to $13B last month, down from $39B in early 2021, and reportedly plans to push its IPO to next year.

Gopuff recently laid off 2,000 employees, and pushed its IPO plans to next year as well. While its competitors struggle, DoorDash has reportedly doubled its grocery delivery business since last year.

So what makes DoorDash different? Users seem to be using DoorDash in a different way from its pure-play competitors: The average DoorDash order is under $50, compared to $100+ for Instacart.

These smaller volumes suggest customers are likely using DoorDash to supplement in-store grocery shopping, rather than replace it, ordering “top up” items to avoid extra in-store trips.

This could prove to be more sustainable than relying on delivery for all groceries in the long run. DoorDash is relatively new to grocery and convenience, so is Uber, one of its top rivals in general delivery.

Both companies are trying to hook customers with a $10month subscription, setting up a battle for wallet share.

With 40 per cent of its 25 million monthly users subscribed to DashPass, DoorDash seems to have a head start.

Out and About Sports betting grows

■ Less than five years ago, betting on sports in the United States was prohibited under federal law except in Nevada casinos and a smattering of venues in other states. Sports leagues argued that the ban safeguarded the integrity of American sports, while consumer watchdogs warned that legal gambling could turn fans into addicts. In countries like Britain, sports gambling free-for-alls had left trails of addiction. But in 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal prohibition was unconstitutional. DraftKings and Fan Duel, giants in the fast-growing field of fantasy sports, had already mobilised an army of former regulators and politicians to press for sports betting in state capitals. Soon, in a crucial reversal, sports leagues overcame their antipathy toward gambling, which they came to see as a way to keep increasingly distracted audiences tuned in. Casino companies also hopped on board. It was a market, the industry hoped, that could be worth billions a year. So they set out to seize it. Gambling companies and their allies deployed a bare-knuckled lobbying campaign, showering state lawmakers with money, gifts and visits from sports luminaries and at times using deceptive arguments to extract generous tax breaks and other concessions, according to a New York Times investigation.

Theft of precious metals

■ Police around America are using gumshoe detective work to break up sophisticated rings that steal catalytic converters, though many fear that they aren’t making a dent in a crime wave triggered by pricey precious metals. Catalytic converters, cylindrical hunks of metal within the exhaust system of most cars and trucks, transform harmful gases into less-harmful ones using precious metals including rhodium, palladium and platinum. Some vehicles, such as Toyota Prius models, large pickups and delivery trucks, are often targeted by thieves because their catalytic converters contain a lot of the metals. Criminals use high-speed jacks and battery-operated saws to steal the devices in less than a minute, according to police.

More layoffs

■ A bloodbath in Silicon Valley: Facebook (aka Meta) is cutting 11,000 workers roughly 13 per cent of its workforce. Redfin and Salesforce are also slimming down. At Twitter, Elon Musk not only laid off workers, but he eliminated the ‘Days of Rest’, the employees’ monthly paid mental health days. Amazon is on a hiring freeze as it becomes the first public company in history to lose a trillion dollars in value.A correction for big tech isn’t all bad, though. A lot of people at these bloated Silicon Valley behemoths are doing fake jobs and with that free time comes time to do annoying things that have nothing to do with Facebook’s bottom line. People should get out of the nap pods and start companies. There’s a semifamous quote about modern Silicon Valley that I think of a lot, said by a data scientist Jeff Hammerbacher: “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.

Kids crushed

Stay at the Ramada

when you book to receive the ‘Special Rate of the Day’ for your advance bookings. Please contact: Jennifer at info@ramadaweho.com Happy Holidays, Gavin Wood

■ Billionaire Ken Griffin slammed woke ideology at schools across the US as “crushing” for children and griped that his own family has been caught in the mess. “My children went to a phenomenal school in Chicago but their indoctrination in woke ideology was crushing,” Griffin said in a conversation with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez that was hosted by The Economic Club of Miami. Griffin, who this summer moved the headquarters for his giant hedge fund Citadel to Florida from Chicago, donated $100 million to Republicans this election cycle. In a video of the interview that was obtained by The Post, Griffin revealed how liberal policies have affected his own kids’ education. “They came home very confused about whether or not the United States was a good country,” Griffin said. “And they came home confused about what they could or couldn’t say to a student who was Asian or otherwise of colour.” “My son was reprimanded for telling an Asian student he was good at math for stereotyping,” Griffin continued. “And it’s unbelievable to see how that destroys the minds of children who are otherwise innocent and good and don’t think about these kinds of things.” Griffin said.

● ● ● ● Pictured: Dominic Bonadio with Alan Johnson, Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites West Hollywood Managing Director.

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Across

Across Down Down

149. Gallows rope

150. Group of eight

152. Hang loosely

154. Flog

157. Fluid unit

158. Minutest

162. Iran's neighbour

163. Exhausts supply of (4,2)

166. Porridge cereal

167. Pour with rain

169. Slow down!

171. Car pioneer, Karl ...

172. Tobacco user

173. Leers

175. Lever (off)

176. Single

179. Swiss banking centre

180. Come to rest (3,2)

182. Liqueur, ... Maria

183. Towards stern

184. Blackboard stand

186. Negative

189. Harness-racing horse

190. Return (of symptoms)

191. Epic movie-maker, Cecil B De ...

192. Big Apple city (3,4)

196. 60s pop dance (2-2)

197. Dad

198. Heedful

199. Spend extravagantly

201. Not fit for consumption

202. Gloomier

203. Performing

204. Car-top luggage frame (4,4)

205. Worked hard

208. Guidance

210. Up to this time

211. Aquatic bird 212. Pragmatism

213. Vein of ore

215. Vending machine

219. Nimble

221. Small & efficient

223. Striped brown gem (5'1,3)

227. Biology or physics

228. Mummifies (corpse)

230. Donations

231. Scorch

232. Charts (course) (4,3)

233. Villain 234. Arrogant newcomer 238. Power outlet

239. Knit with hooked needle

240. Scratch

243. Eagle nests

246. Ancestry

247. Lease again

250. Naming words

251. Greek philosopher

253. Muddles (up)

256. Frequent visitor

257. Mischievous

258. Character

262. Manufacture

263. Florida's Key ...

266. Is in debt to

268. Citrus fruit

269. Surgical removal

270. Not enclosed (of land)

271. Ruling (monarch)

272. Decimal unit

273. Opinion surveys

274. Corroded, ... away at 275. Slyer 276. Supervised 277. Perseveres 278. Least

1. Manages

2. Annoyed

3. Abstains from food

4. Salt Lake City state

5. Absconded (3,3)

7. Severely

133. Inaccuracy

134. Songs for one

137. Actress, ... Sarandon

138. Scoundrel

141. Heredity units

142. Cosy corners

143. Clean with broom

151. Household jobs

153. Riddle

155. Hot & moist

156. Lower leg joint

159. Revealed (knowledge)

160. Foolishness

161. Inducting, ... in

164. Too soon

165. Open wound

168. Alienate

170. Unfashionable

173. Reverse

174. Giving university talk

177. Soundly constructed (4-5)

178. Worsened (of crisis)

181. Leaves uncared-for

185. Permitting

186. Liked

187. Retailers

188. Football umpire

193. Sun or rain

194. Acorn bearer (3,4)

195. Sing-along entertainment

200. Prayer beads

201. Official emblems

206. ... & lemons

207. Wear best clothes (5,2)

208. Human rights group, ... International

209. Modesty

211. Large pedal

214. Moral

216. Dip in liquid

217. Capers

218. Numerals

220. Conclude

222. Toadstools

224. Great joy

225. Questionable

226. Junior

229. Fully satisfy

232. Liquefy

235. Actress, ... Cruz

236. Straighter

237. Reaction

241. Changing booth

242. Picasso & Monet

244. Library patrons

245. Belongings, personal ...

248. More meagre

249. You

251. Walk with heavy steps

252. Turns away

253. Imitate

254. Father Christmas

255. Praise highly

259. Divine messenger

260. Combine

261. Roman VIII

262. Small tick

264. Unknown writer

265. Swallow noisily

267. Appear

Crossroads

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

All I Have Is Me

■ Australian music legend Johnny Chester is back at it releasing his new single, All I Have Is Me.

The message, says Chess, is holding on and believing in each other and all we have together in a time when there are so many pressures and strains on families and relationships. The single is available on all streaming platforms and also to download.

www.johnnychester.com

Brendan McMahon

■ Local singer-songwriter Brendan McMahon has a new track out.

It’s Good To Be Alive is a feel good, upbeat track that'll make you want to sing along, says Brendan.

“Sitting on the back deck of my home in the Dandenong Ranges one morning before it got light with an acoustic guitar and an early morning brew, it dawned on me how good it was to watch the world come to life and how good it was to be alive.”

https://www.brendanmcm.com

At The Beirsal

■ Suzette Herft and Green Fieldz will provide an afternoon of music at the Beirsal Brewery, 27 Hartnett Dve, Seaford, at 1pm4pm on Sunday, July 9.

A repertoire of original songs along with some old favourites are on offer.

A great selection of beer wines and spirits are available.

Tickets at www.trybooking.com/CIIQN

- Rob Foenander

Aircraft Projects of the CAC

■ The lack of preparedness of the RAAF between the wars, the manner in which the Air Force beholden to the strings of Empire was having its aircraft orders placed in the UK delayed, deferred or halved was causing alarm to the Government that had tried for 14 years to start a local aviation industry.

In 1935 with a capital of £1M (A$99M in current values) six leading Australian industrial groupings offered to establish an aircraft and aero engine manufacturing base for urgent and patriotic reasons expecting only a 4-5 per cent return.

A technical evaluation mission sent abroad to take in ideas and concepts settled on the impressive USA industry examples using metal fabrication (away from fabric, wood and wire).

Fearing a loss of their market, the English aviation press derided the adoption of American products.

The empty sandy expanse at Fisherman’s Bend, Port Melbourne, a short distance from the city adjacent to the Yarra River, became a new landing ground, aircraft and piston aero engine factories, foundries and engine test cells for the first mass production military aviation complex … the totally private Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation

Work started in February 1937 with the flight of its first aircraft, the CAC Wirraway, training aircraft in March 1939 followed by 754 more examples. Trainers, fighters

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and two bomber prototypes and the superb CA-15 new fighter were built.

The wartime workforce in January 1944 numbered 7400. It delivered 1290 aircraft to war’s end.

Work ran out so CAC built buses, metal baths, kit homes, pressure kettles to keep the factories open and functioning.

Jet engines were now the new way, a new basic trainer was developed, Sabre jet fighter production and its RR engine started.

New aerodynamics and metallurgy saw very many aircraft concepts, proposals and ideas evaluated commensurate with its factory size and capacity to build trainer

aircraft, small airliners and missile storage and handling systems.

The Italian MB326 advanced jet trainer and its English engine were built under licence; parts of the French Mirage fighter and its French supersonic engine were also built and serviced.

Helicopter production for the Army and Navy followed. Systems updates for various RAAF aircraft types were undertaken as was collaborative aircraft design with the UK industry.

The West Gate Bridge built across the Yarra closed the runways. A reduction in local aviation work was partly replaced by overseas needs.

The 1985 merger with HDH was followed by a succession of rapid takeovers ending with Boeing. The site was demolished by 2000. CAC was an employer of thousands of Melbourne people. Fathers, brothers, sons, mothers, know somebody who worked there over the decades.

This book sets out to document the built aircraft and the ideas and concepts that might have been, if the shareholders and management had acted differently and bravely.

ISBN 9780645185904

Available online print-on- demand from: booktopia.com.au; Fishpond.com.au ; Dymocks.com.au

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RRP $65. 405 pages, 506Mb, A4 format, colour.

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■ A Scone trained filly, Opal Ridge, has shot to favourtism, for the Tatts Tiara, after one of the best wins you could see in winning the Darby Munro Stakes at Rosehill back on March 18.

The daughter of speed machine Rubick came from second last at the 600 metres in a big field to win running away.

Prepared by Scone trainer Luke Pepper, she looked sensational in running away over the 1200 metres, and will even be better suited over the 1400 metres here.

Another filly that appears to be all class is the Victorian, Ruthless Dame. Prepared by two of Australia’s best trainers, Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, she, Opal Ridge, absolutely blitzed them in the Sangster Stakes over 1200 metres on May 6.

By leading sire Tavistock, she’s had only a few starts before winning at Morphettiville. She is going to be in this all the way here.

Another top Victorian galloper is the fiveyear-old mare, Foxy Pride, who is in a winning vein at present, making it two on end, with a magnificent win in the Magic Millions National Classic over 1600 metres, at Eagle Farm.

Ridden superbly by Victorian hoop, Gerald Egan, he was as calm as a mouse, as he waited for her to click in, and that she did.

She is now in my opinion, the one to beat, with everything in her favour, and she doesn’t mind it wet either.

She is trained by leading Victorian trainer, Andrew Noblet.

The runner-up to her, Kiku, prepared by Chris Waller, also ran well finishing second.

One that has already been supported is Chaillot, prepared in partnership by Steve O’Dea and Matt Hoysted.

She finished hard to run fifth in the recent Kingsford Smith Cup over 1300 metres at Eagle Farm running a strong fifth, and the money has come for her.

The Snowden combination of Peter and Paul consistently train winners, and they have another good one entered here in Sheeza Belter, who won the J.J. Atkins last year.

She was way up in class in contesting the All Star Mile at the Valley, but on her day is smart, has got to be a chance.

Another who is top class, but has had a lot racing recently is the Ciaron Maher-David Eustace trained good mare, Bella Nipotina, now five.

At her last outing in the Sangster Stakes she raced like that she had had enough, after a solid run coming for well back in the Quokka in Western Australia, after a hard run coming form near last after missing the start.

She is a winner of the Manikato at the Valley, and is all class.

Next is the Chris Waller prepared Hinged, who can put in a good run against the best.

At her last outing she ran a good fourth in the Queen of The Turf Stakes at Randwick behind stablemate, Atishu.

Her run in the Ranvet when fourth to top international galloper Dubai Honour, and Anamoe, was a big run, and from the extreme barrier of 20, over 1600 metres.

She has won nearly a million and half dollars

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An interesting runner is Royal Merchant, a three-year-old filly who won the Goodwood Handicap in fine style back on March 20 at Morphettville, and appears to have a bit of quality about her.

She is by a good horse in Merchant Navy

Prior to that she won the Group Two Tobin Bronze, also at Morphettville on May 6. One to keep your eye on.

Revolutionary Miss is smart and with the Snowden’s

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■ If you are a racing person, and you do have a dollar to spend, there is nothing better than having an interest in a racing animal such as purchasing a yearling at the sales, especially at the Inglis bonanzas.

The company is over the moon after their Inglis EasterYearling Sale in Sydney

Despite the economy the way it is at the moment, if you can afford to have a crack at trying to get a dollar, you might try to get into the sales of these young racing animals.

There are a great number of syndications that you can swing into at a reasonable cost.

Then of course there is the other side of the coin, if you are travelling all right, have a go at the top bred youngsters by leading sires.

Inside Racing’s Danny Power had a great summary of the Easter Sales in the May Edition of the racing magazine for the Industry.

Of course, as Dan admitted, there is the other side of the coin.

He mentioned that vendors selling stock south of the middle market, it was a battle to sell their stock.

At the top end, there were 26 yearlings sold for $1million, or more.

This was second only to the big sale of 2008, when 28 yearlings reached seven figures.

As he said, interestingly, it was the filly buyers who outdid (and outbid) the stallion investors with the two-top price

Lot 440, a powerful bay by The Autumn Sun, from Via Afrika (SAF) was offered by Silverdale Stud and sold for $1.8 million to Arrowfield Stud, and Heritage Thoroughbreds.

The half-sister to Group One winner, In the Congo (Snitzel), was bought by Silverdale for $600,000, as a weanling, and re-offered as a yearling for a huge profit.

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$41 ODDS BRING DISBELIEF AT YARRA VALLEY

■ The week commencing Monday June 5 was held at picturesque Yarra Valley with some interesting racing taking place.

Veteran Lancefield trainer Leon Conway had punters scratching their heads in disbelief after 5Y0 Four Starzzz Shark-Gabbys Sweetheart mare Four Ever A Star at odds of $41.00 proved she was according to connections, when taking the Barry Plant Croydon Pace over 1650 metres.

Raced by Leon and partner Lisia Horton, Four Ever A Star driven by James Herbertson settled three back in the moving line from gate five as Alcatraz Girl began very fast from outside the front line to lead from polemarker My Lady Sarah which immediately came away from her back to race exposed.

Going forward three wide solo in the last lap, Forever A Star outstayed her rivals to score a 3.4 metre margin over Judes Law which trailed the winner home from near last, with Alcatraz Girl two metres away in third place after galloping over the line.

A winner of three from eighteen, Forever A Star returned a mile rate of 1-58.2.

■ Kurunjang training duo Maree and John Caldow landed the 2150 metre AGPower 3Y0 & Older Maiden Trotters Mobile with beautifully bred What The Hii-Cloud Chaser filly The Sky Is The Limit in a mile rate of 2-03.9. Making her third race appearance, The Sky Is The Limit driven by John went forward from gate four to cross the leader Whirlwind Wilbur (gate three) which had taken over from polemarker Macho Maori shortly after the start.

Rated to perfection, The Sky Is The Limit defied all challengers to record a half neck margin over Wyldcat (three pegs from inside the second line – one/one – outside winner home turn) which galloped at the finish when trying to wear down the winner. Dutch Teacher (one/two) was third 10.9 metres away.

■ Lemnos trainer Russel Jack combined with Leigh Sutton aboard Wendys Wish, a 4Y0 daughter of Somebeachsomewhere and Lombo Sleek Streak to capture the $10,000 Alabar Vicbred Platinum Mares Sprint Championshp (Heat 5) over 1650 metres.

Settling three back in the moving line from the extreme draw, Wendys Wish was off and running once the speed slowed to park outside the pacemaker Dancing With Flo (gate four). Content to dictate terms for the final circuit, Wendys Wish was given full rein on the final bend and in a thrilling finish, prevailed by a head from Classic Angelina (one/one – three wide on turning) in a mile rate of 1-57.7. Dancing With Flo held third a half head away.

■ Romsey’s Chris Svanosio is absolutely airborne at present and chalked up a stable with two three year olds - Father Patrick-Mason Magic filly Aldebaran Miley taking the Blonde & Co. Trotters Mobile over 2150 metres and 4Y0 Pet Rock-Shes A Killer gelding Better Brother the 1650 metre Yarra Valley Toyota Pace. Aldebaran Miley bred and raced by Aldebaran Lodge Pty Ltd, Peter Svanosio and Elizabeth Maclean was tough after racing going forward to race exposed from an inside second line draw before striding clear on the home turn to register an easy 14.8 metre victory in advance of former Sydneysider Gardena Ronda which led in 2-00.7, with Bacardi Wood (one/one) third 8 metres back.

Better Brother bred and raced Alan Flanders went forward from gate five to lead throughout in defeating a game Sir Chow (one/two – three wide to outside the winner) by 2.1 metres. New Yorker (death – one/one) was third 1.5 metres away. The mile rate 1-57.2.

■ Andy and Kate Gath also snared a double with 5Y0 Pet Rock-Karalta Impulsive gelding Impulsive George leading all of the way from the pole in the Revive2Survive Pace over 2150 metres to just last by a nose from Diegos Diamond along the sprint lane after trailing in 201.1. Nifty Jolt (one/one – three wide last lap) was third 2.1 metres back, while Art Major-Blissful Night gelding Cool Night in what was the ‘drive of the day’ by Kate landed the Yarra Glen Bakehouse 3Y0 Pace over 1650 metres.

Taken back from gate five to settle at the tail as Whos Watching Lily led from gate five, Cool Night never left the peg line, finishing hard along the sprint lane on turning to record an easy 6.3 metre margin over the leader, with Inexorable

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third. Chedalayo starting outside the front line and going forward crossed the leader Keayang Speak (gate five) on the first turn and was untroubled to score by 4.2 metres from Keayang Speak, with Emjaybee (one/two – three wide at bell) third 5.3 metres back. The mile rate 201.4.

■ Ecklin South Trainer Mattie Craven and stable assistant Rory Coverdale snared the Acacia Caravan Park Pace over 2195 metres with 6Y0 A Rocknroll Dance-Miss Toolern Vale mare Ona Merry Dance. Going forward from gate six to race outside the favourite Sugoi Alto which led easily from gate two before gaining cover when Alpha Crucis was set alight at the bell to join the leader.

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3.9 metres away third after trailing the runner up. The mile rate 1-56.3.

First to arrive

■ Shepparton raced on Tuesday and the night belonged to local Girgarre duo Lisa (trainer) and Mark (driver) Pitt who provided a treble during the evening. Rock N Roll Heaven-Krisney Girl colt Specta (gate two) was first to arrive when using the sprint lane off the back of the leader My Four Sisters (gate three) in the Alabar 2Y0 and 3Y0 Pace over 1690 metres accounting for Lennys Angel (one/one) from gate five and My Four Sisters (gate three) which led in a tight finish. The margins a head by a head in a mile rate of 1-58.8.

■ Next to arrive was Downbytheseaside-A Few Dollars More filly Ivana Bytheseaside in the Saddleworld Shepparton 3Y0 Pace, leading throughout from the pole to register a head margin over a death-seating Ozzie Punta, with Edward Grange (one/one) flashing late for third a half head away in another thrilling finish. The mile rate 1-58.5.

■ Former NSW trained 4Y0 Love You-Chew The Fat gelding Van Doren first up in Victoria chalked up his 3rd success in 24 outings when taking the 2190 metre Jims Diggers Trotters Handicap in a rate of 2-02.9. Settling three pegs from barrier three, Van Doren came away from the markers at the bell to race exposed for final circuit.

Taking over on the home turn, Van Doren had to pull out all stops to record another head margin from Partytime (three wide home turn from one/three), with Baxter (five pegs – one/ one at bell) third 4.2 metres away. Patch

■ Former Western District breeder/part-owner/ trainer David Sweatman now based at Benalla, brought off a giant plunge when 6Y0 RestrepoChabachon gelding Prickle Patch scored in the JDC Contractors Pace over 2190 metres.

Driven by Ararat’s Michael Bellman, Prickle Patch had no difficulty in leading from the pole before being eased to allow Secret Wish (gate seven) to assume control.

Enjoying a lovely passage, Prickle Patch used the sprint lane to gain the day by a half neck over a death-seating Rocks Can Roll returning a mile rate of 1-59. Lils Nightmare (one/one at bell) was third 1.3 metres back. Pickle Patch last saluted the judge at Melton back in July 2021.

Returned to sport

■ A rather wet night at Ararat on Wednesday saw some interesting results including a double to Brown Hill trainer Zac Steenhuis who has only recently returned to the sport after a lengthy suspension. Eight year old American Ideal-Cole’s Secret mare Lady Lagertha led throughout in the 2195 metres Pace Hotondo Homes – Ararat Pace and handy 4Y0 Betterthancheddar-Im Tondelayo mare Chedalayo did almost similar in the Pre Mix King Ararat Pace over the same trip, both horses driven by champion reinsman Chris Alford.

Lady Lagertha after beginning fast from gate three coasted at the head of affairs, running out a 9.1 metre victor in 2-03.4 ahead of ten year old Kempseys Delight (three pegs – three wide home turn) and Swiss Lightning which raced exposed from the bell finishing 2.4 metres away

Producing a lightning burst of speed to lead on the home turn off a three wide trail, Flaming Lucky swept clear on the final bend appearing to have the race at his mercy with Ona Merry Dance angling three wide on the final bend to give chase. Finishing at 100 miles an hour out wide, Ona Merry Dance bloused Flaming Lucky by a head, with Sugoi Alto holding down third 7.6 metres back. The mile rate 2-03.4.

■ Kooreh co-trainers Shaun and Jason McNaulty’s 5Y0 Betterthancheddar-Rocky Ohoulihan mare Redbank Molly, a former Queenslander snared the Ararat Rural City Pace over 2195 metres in a 2-03.8 mile rate.

Driven by Kerryn Manning, Redbank Molly was eased from gate two at the start to settle three back in the moving line as Gozo Courage flew away from gate five to lead easily before kicking away on the home turn with what looked to be a winning margin.

Giving chase on turning, Redbank Molly finished best to overhaul the leader by a half neck, with Dancin With Elvis 6.9 metres back in third place after racing uncovered from the bell.

■ Seven year old Kiwi bred Bettors DelightGinnie Moon mare Lottie Moon trained in partnership by AJ and Beau Tindale at Berringa was successful in the Ararat Advocate Pace over 1790 metres.

Given a cosy passage three back in the moving line from gate two on the second line by Jordan Leedham as Morvah (gate two) led, Lottie Moon moved up stylishly three wide on the final bend and raced away over the closing stages to record a 8.2 metre margin from Pesci which followed her throughout from the extreme draw, Tic Tact (one/one) was third a further 8.2 metres away. The mile rate 1-57.7.

■ Local trainer/driver Michael Bellman’s 8Y0 Majestic Son-Fleetwood Blue mare Majestic Pride is good when she puts it all together and that occurred in the Newton Equine Trotters Mobile over 2195 metres much to the delight of the Hull’s who race and bred her.

Beginning safely from the extreme draw, Majestic Pride was off and running shortly after the start to effortlessly cross Glengarriff (gate five) which after being three wide took over from Lady Madge Lewis.

Allowed to bowl along at her leisure, Majestic Son toyed with her rivals to score untouched by 8.3 metres from Wish Upon A Dream from the rear. With Glengarrif holding down third 2.2 metres back. The mile rate 2-02.3. It was Majestic Pride’s 10th success at start number 62.

Took honours

■ Champion Bolinda reinsman Chris Alford took the honours at the Kilmore meeting transferred to Melton on Thursday June 8 due to heavy rain the night before with a winning treble. First to arrive was wife Alison trained 4Y0 Betting Line-Maastricht mare Maas Betting Again in the MC Security Pace over 1690 metres.

Taken back from gate six to settle four back in the moving line, Maas Betting Again cut lose three wide approaching the bell to park outside the leader Jay Bee for the final circuit.

Dashing to the front on the home turn, Maars Betting Again held a margin to the wire to score by 5.5 metres from Merry Dancer (one/three –three wide last lap), with Shania Tee running home late from the rear for third 6.1 metres away. The mile rate 1-57.

■ Four year old Love You-Right Interest gelding Speedy Lover trained at Avenel by David Aiken brought up win number two by taking the 2180 metre Tellurian Wines Trotters Mobile.

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■ Wednesday – Ararat, Thursday – Ballarat, Friday – Mildura/Shepparton, Saturday –Melton, Monday – Charlton, Tuesday –Kilmore.

Starting solo on the second line, Speedy Lover settled at the tail as Stockman Peter (gate seven) was able to cross Sonny Brooke (gate four). Making ground to be one/one in a strung out field, Speedy Lover angled three wide to race exposed at the bell and did best to register a 3.4 metre margin from Stockman Peter which showed plenty of heart. Polemarker Constant (four pegs – one/three at bell – four wide home turn) was third 1.4 metres back. The mile rate 2-01.

■ Joining forces with neighbour Brent Lilley aboard 4Y0 Love You-Chevron Express gelding Kyvalley Picasso in the Buds & Branches Florist Trotters Mobile over 2180 metres, Alford after giving the horse a lovely trip (one/one –three wide to outside the leader Im Bobby at the bell) from gate five, raced to the front on turning to register a 2.7 metre margin in 2-02.9 from Night Whisperer (one/two at bell – three wide home turn), with rank outsider Star Down Under out wide third 4.8 metres back after spending most of the race at the rear.

■ On a night of multiple victories, eighty four year old Bet Bet part-owner/trainer Ray Cross combined with Anthony Butt to land the Momentum Gaming Trotters Mobile with 6Y0 Imperial Count-Kumbya mare Countess Chiron and the Georgina & Co Trotters Mobile with 4Y0 Yankee Spider-Ima Thrill Seeker gelding Alfie Always, both horses home bred products. Countess Chiron lobbed three back in the moving line from the extreme draw and after moving three wide in the last lap, raced clear on the home turn to win in a breeze 13.7 metres ahead of Reigning Lillies (one/one) and Silent Reverie (three pegs) who was 3.1 metres away after being held up slightly approaching the final bend. The mile rate 1-58.8.

Alfie Always led throughout from gate four to easily account for Montana Chevelle (four pegs – death seat last lap) by 16.5 metres in 159.6. Savvy Kyvalley which trailed the leader was third 6.9 metres away.

Friday events

■ Two meetings on Friday – Mildura in the day and Ballarat at night. The feature race at Mildura the $10,00 Park Douglas Printing Pace over 2190 metres going to to the Julie Douglas (Strathfieldsaye) trained ex-Kiwi 7Y0 Art Major-Fleets Pocket gelding Mighty Flying Art raced by staunch stable client Steve Warren and driven by Charlton reinswoman Abby Sanderson who celebrated her birthday in style.

Beginning fast from gate four, Mighty Flying Art rated a treat led throughout to account for the favourite Lip Reader (one/one from gate three on the second line) which eased three wide running into the final bend, with Bernie Winkle third after training the runner up.

The margins 2.7 by 2.4 metres in a mile rate of 1-59.6. Abby finished the day with a double after driving Boris Devcic’s 5Y0 A Rocknroll Dance-Shake It Up Baby gelding Danceforme to land the McDonalds Irymple & Mildura Pace over 2190 metres. Doubles were also recorded by Luke Dunne (Jay Miller for Scott Garraway and & Gracie Cullen for Aaron Coad) and Jack Laugher (Rojenbye for Reece Moore and Son Of Zodiac for Andrew Vozlic).

■ At Ballarat, Mitchell Park trainer Kelvin Barker’s Majestic Son-Imitating filly Sequence was a good winner of the Durham Park 3Y0 Trotters Mobile over 2200 metres. Driven by Jason Lee, Sequence starting from the extreme draw raced exposed before crossing the leader Oopzee Daizee for the last lap in defeating her by 8.9 metres in a rate of 2-02.2.Maori Franklin was third 10 metres back off a mid-field trip.

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SCORES FROM WEEKEND MATCHES

■ There were only a small number of football games played over the King’s Birthday holiday weekend:

■ Eastern Football Netball League. Premier Division. Noble Park 12.15 (87) d Balwyn 6.10 (46).

■ Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League. Division 1. Sorrento 16.12 (108) d Rosebud 9.15 (69).

■ Outer Eastern. Division 1. Seniors. Alexandra 17.5 (107) d Broadford 4.4 (28).

■ Goulburn Valley Football League. Seniors. Shepparton 16.11 (107) d Benalla 8.4 (52). Kyabram 16.7 (103) d Shepparton Swans 4.13 (37). Mansfield 25.14 (164) d Shepparton United 6.5 (53). Euroa 14.15 (99) d Rochester 7.7 (49). Seymour 13.10 (88) d Tatura 9.9 (63). Echuca 14.9 (93) d Mooroopna 7.8 (50).

Reserves. Shepparton 13.11 (89) d

Benalla 2.9 (17). Kyabram 14.8 (920 d

Shepparton Swans 8.10 (58). Mansfield v Shepparton United. Euroa 14.12 (96) d Rochester 5.6 (36). Seymour 14.11 (95) d Tatura

0.2 (2). Echuca 14.19 (103) d Mooroopna

3.2 (20).

Under 18. Shepparton 10.17 (77) d

Benalla 1.7 (13). Kyabram 9.12 (96) d

Shepparton Swans 5.7 (37). Mansfield 9.67 (60) d Shepparton United 8.6 (54). Rochester

16.18 (114) d Euroa 3.4 (22). Tatura v Seymour. Echuca 5.10 (40) d Mooroopna 5.9 (39).

Fixtures for the next round on Saturday (June 17) are:

■ Victorian Amateur Football Association. Premier Men’s. Old Brighton v Old Xavierians. Caulfield Grammarians v Old Melburnians. University Blacks v Collegians. Old Haileybury v University Blues. St Kevins v Old Scotch.

B-Grade. Beaumaris v De La Salle. Fitzroy v St Bedes/Mentone Tigers. Old Trinity v Old Geelong. Monash Blues v St Bernards. AJAX v Williamstown CYMS.

C-Grade. Old Carey v Ormond. Mazenod OC v Hampton Rovers. Old Ivanhoe Grammarians v PEGS. Old Camberwell Grammarians v Marcellin OC.

Division 1. UHS-VU v Preston Bullants.

Melbournewide

Prahran v Glen Eira. Therry Penola v Kew. West Brunswick v Old Peninsula. Oakleigh v Ivanhoe.

Division 2. Brunswick v Whitefriars.

Aquinas v Bulleen-Templestowe. St Mary’s Salesian v Parkside. Old Paradians v MHSOB.

Old Yarra Cobras v South Melbourne Districts.

Division 3. Wattle Park v Power House.

Elsternwick v Richmond Central. Swinburne University v La Trobe University. Canterbury v Hawthorn.

Division 4. Masala v Box Hill North. Eley Park v Albert Park. St Johns v North Brunswick.

■ Eastern Football Netball League. Premier Division Seniors. Berwick v East Ringwood. Norwood v Doncaster East. Doncaster v South Croydon. Rowville v Park Orchards. Vermont v Blackburn.

Division 1. Croydon v Lilydale. Beaconsfield v Mitcham. Montrose v Bayswater. North Ringwood v South Belgrave. Wantirna South v Mooroolbark.

Division 2. The Basin v Boronia. East Burwood v Mulgrave. Heathmont v Upper Ferntree Gully. Templestowe v Waverley Blues. Knox v Ringwood.

Division 3. Donvale v Ferntree Gully. Oakleigh District v Fairpark. Silvan v Warrandyte. Whitehorse Pioneers v Coldstream.

Division 4. Chirnside Park v Surrey Park. Kilsyth v Nunawading. Scoresby v Forest Hill. Croydon North MLOC: Bye.

■ Essendon District Football League.

Premier Division. Aberfeldie v East Keilor. Greenvale v Airport West. Keilor v Essendon

Doutta Stars. Maribyrnong Park v Strathmore.

Pascoe Vale v Avondale Heights.

Division 1. Craigieburn v St Albans. Hillside v Glenroy. Keilor Park v Deer Park. Roxburgh Park v Westmeadows. Moonee Valley v West Coburg. Rupertswood v Tullamarine.

Division 2. Burnside Heights v Sunbury

Kangaroos. Oak Park v Taylors Lakes. East Sunbury v Northern Saints. Hadfield v Coburg Districts.

■ Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League. Division 1. Red Hill v Dromana. Frankston Bombers v Bonbeach. Frankston YCW v Langwarrin. Mt Eliza v Pines.

Division 2. Chelsea v Somerville. Crib Point v Pearcedale. Devon Meadows v EdithvaleAspendale. Hastings v Karingal.Tyabb v Seaford.

Mornington v Rye.

■ Northern Football Netball League. Division 1. Banyule v Heidelberg. Macleod v Hurstbridge. West Preston Lakeside v Bundoora. North Heidelberg v Montmorency. Whittlesea v Greensborough.

Division 2. Panton Hill v South Morang. Northcote Park v Watsonia. Epping v St Mary’s. Thomastown v Diamond Creek. Lower Plenty v Eltham.

Division 3. Reservoir v Laurimar. Heidelberg West v Lalor. Kilmore v Old Eltham Collegians. Mernda v Fitzroy Stars.

■ Outer Eastern. Premier Division. Woori Yallock v Mt Evelyn. Narre Warren v UpweyTecoma. Pakenham v Gembrook-Cockatoo.

Olinda-Ferny Creek v Monbulk. Wandin: Bye.

Division 1. Hallam v Berwick Springs. Officer v Emerald. Healesville v Seville. Belgrave: Bye.

Division 2. Warburton-Millgrove v Yarra Junction. Powelltown v Alexandra. Brioadfordc v Yarra Glen.

■ Southern Football Netball League. Division 1. Mordialloc v Port Melbourne Colts. Cheltenham v Chelsea Heights. Cranbourne Eagles v St Kilda City. St Paul’s McKinnon v Springvale Districts. Bentleigh v Dingley.

Division 2. East Brighton v East Malvern. Doveton Doves v Black Rock. Hampton Park c Keysborough. Highett v Caulfield Bears. Murrumbeena v Skye.

Division 3. Ashwood v Endeavour Hills. Carrum Patterson Lakes v Heatherton. Narre South Saints v Frankston Dolphins. Lyndhurst v Clayton.

Division 4. Dandenong v South Yarra. Doveton Eagles v South Mornington. Lyndale v Moorabbin Kangaroos. Hampton: Bye.

■ Western Region Football League. Division 1. Altona v Yarraville Seddon Eagles. Caroline Springs v Hoppers Crossing. Point Cook v Point Cook Centrals. Werribee Districts v Spotswood.

Division 2. Parkside v Newport. Albion v Braybrook. Wyndhamvale v Sunshine.

Division 3. Sunshine Heights v West Footscray. Tarneit v Suns. Laverton Magpies v North Sunshine. Albanvale: Bye.

$1 MIL. DRUGS SEIZED, 8 ARRESTS

230-kmh motorcyclist caught

■ Police have arrested a motorcyclist who was allegedly clocked doing more than double the speed limit in Melbourne’s west.

The Police Air Wing was on patrol when they spotted a Suzuki GSX750 travelling at double the 100-kmh speed limit on the Princes Fwy at Hoppers Crossing about 8.40pm Friday (June 9).

The chopper had taken up a monitoring position overhead while guiding members on the ground to the rider’s location as he travelled at alleged speeds of up to 230-kmh.

The rider unknowingly led Police right to his location, pulling up and walking into a Hook St address in Altona Meadows where the 31year-old was arrested.

Police impounded the unregistered motorcycle, which had false registration plates.

The Altona Meadows man was charged with conduct endangering life, speeding, riding while disqualified and other traffic-related offences. He was remanded in custody to appear before a court at a later date.

Teen arrested after Kew burg.

■ Box Hill Divisional Response Unit and Eastern Region Crime Squad detectives have charged a teenager after an aggravated burglary in Kew.

Police have been told that two occupants of a residence on Fellows St woke to hearing footsteps exiting their residence about 5.15am on May 31. It is believed at least three offenders gained access to the residence.

They allegedly stole three sets of car keys, before taking off with a 2021 Black Porsche Cayenne

The allegedly stolen Porsche was later recovered in Doveton on June 5. A 17-year-old Cranbourne North teenager was arrested at an Oates Court residence on June 7.

Your Stars with Kerry Kulkens

ARIES: (March 21- April 20)

Lucky Colour: Silver

Lucky Day: Monday

Racing Numbers: 2.3.5.6.

Lotto Numbers: 2.15.26.39.34.40.

Some changes that could take you by surprise and most of them should bring increase in your earning power. Problems with communications could prove costly if you rely on them entirely.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20)

Lucky Colour: Red

Lucky Day: Wednesday

Racing Numbers: 5.6.2.4.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.34.33.1.

You should be feeling better and getting on with your duties but something could be postponed and change your plans somewhat. Busy social life could take its toll if you do not get enough rest.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21)

Lucky Colour: Mauve

Lucky Day: Tuesday

Racing Numbers: 5.6.2.3.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.37.8.9.

You could be feeling harassed by people who do not really know what they are talking about. Cut yourself off from unnecessary hassle and concentrate on what you want to get on with.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22)

Lucky Colour: Yellow

Lucky Day: Monday

Racing Numbers: 1.2.1.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.26.35.40.33.

Something very intriguing could be happening and you might not know what to do. Trust people who you know are worthy of it but stay out of trouble and away from careless friends.

LEO: (July 23- August 22)

Lucky Colour: Peach

Lucky Day: Friday

Racing Numbers: 2.3.6.2.

Lotto Numbers: 2.12.26.35.40.22.

A very good time to look into your own mind and make up your mind independently from others. Improvements are expected by people who know you well and want your best.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23)

Lucky Colour: Apricot

Lucky Day: Thursday

Racing Numbers: 5.2.1.3.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.34.22.10.

Very good period romance wise and someone you care about could be taking a special interest in your career matters. Would be wise to be careful in what you say and try to present yourself in a better light.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23)

Lucky Colour: Blue

Lucky Day: Wednesday

Racing Numbers: 5.3.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 2.15.5.12.21.22.

You could find something you thought lost forever, many other surprises could be happening during this period and your ability to adapt could become handy. Luck with someone born in June.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22)

Lucky Colour: Orange

Lucky Day: Monday

Racing Numbers: 1.6.9.8.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.26.39.5.44.

Your hunches could pay off during this period and many of your plans for the future could seem that much nearer now. If travel is in your plans make sure everything is above board.

SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- December 20)

Lucky Colour: Lilac

■ Detectives from the Brimbank Divisional Response Unit have arrested eight people and seized more than $1.2m worth of cannabis plants as part an operation targeting those stealing electricity to manufacture plants.

Detectives executed 13 warrants this week in Brimbank and Melton, identifying nine hydroponic cannabis set ups with three containing a commercial quantity of cannabis.

Some 618 cannabis plants were seized, which is estimated to have a street value in excess of $1.2m.

Police also seized 11 electrical bypass units which were allegedly used to steal electricity, with it being diverted to facilitate the hydroponic set up.

Seven people have been charged with cultivating cannabis and theft of electricity, including:

■ 29-year-old Brookfield man

■ 51-year-old Burnside woman

■ 44-year-old Burnside man

■ 64-year-old Caroline Springs

man

■ 62-year-old Caroline Springs

man

■ 51-year-old Caroline Springs

man

■ 42-year-old Taylors Hill man

Police will continue to make en-

quiries with the eighth person who was arrested.

Those charged have been bailed to appear at court at a later date. Anyone with information about illicit drug activity is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

Brimbank Divisional Response Unit, Detective Senior Sergeant Kylie Snart said: “Detectives from the Brimbank DRU are intent on disrupting the cultivation or manufacturing of illicit drugs in the area, including cannabis crop houses.

“The cultivation of cannabis is dangerous as crop houses are often linked to wider criminal networks that are looking to boost their coffers to fund further offending in our community.

“Crop houses also pose a significant community risk themselves, with a number of well-documented instances of fires in homes that were growing hydroponic cannabis crops.

“We are regularly targeting crop houses through various intelligence means, including regular engagement with energy authorities with abnormalities in the power network and most importantly, reports of suspicious behaviour from the community.”

Lucky Day: Sunday

Racing Numbers: 5.6.8.7.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.26.34.40.45.

Try not to get involved with someone who will expect you to do something you are not prepared to do. You should be able to solve a problem that has been bothering you for some time.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19)

Lucky Colour: Dark Green

Lucky Day: Monday

Racing Numbers: 5.9.6.1.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.26.5.44.3.

Good period for financial speculation if you know what you are doing. Domestic matters could cause a problem if you are not prepared to compromise and let bygones be bygones.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19)

Lucky Colour: Red

Lucky Day: Thursday

Racing Numbers: 8.9.1.5.

Lotto Numbers: 8.15.29.37.40.11.

This could be a very profitable time and also good for your career matters but you have to be quick to take advantage of the situation, use your charm to achieve a peaceful solution to a family problem.

PISCES: (February 20- March 20)

Lucky Colour: White

Lucky Day: Saturday

Racing Numbers: 5.9.6.1.

Lotto Numbers: 5.18.24.40.26.33.

You seem to be very busy in your social life and your company is sought by many people. In your working environment you could be asked to do something new and ability to learn will become useful.