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Serving up senior tennis More than 200 veteran tennis players from across Australia arrived in Geelong this week for the Oceania Regional Seniors Tennis Championships. The tournament began at Geelong Lawn Tennis Club yesterday afternoon with players serving up some of the highest quality senior tennis on offer in the country. “I think it’s huge,” Geelong Lawn Tennis Club director John McConachy said. “The more of these events you can have, the better. In the current climate so many similar events have been postponed – if not cancelled altogether.” While the number of participants was down on council estimates of 300 from earlier this year, the event would still provide a boost to the local economy, Mr McConachy said. “There’s certainly a flow-on effect for local hotels and motels.” The tournament is part of the International Tennis Federation Seniors Tour and rates behind only the World Seniors Championships in terms of status and rankings points on offer.

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Vaccine rollout to ramp up About 1750 people in Geelong have received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, with local health authorities expecting to receive 5000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in coming weeks. The COVID-19 immunisation program was ahead of schedule in the region during its first fortnight, according to Barwon South West Public Health Unit director Eugene Athan. “This immunisation program is a monumental logistic exercise that is unprecedented in Geelong’s history,” Professor Athan said yesterday. “In the first week of our COVID-19 vaccination rollout, we immunised more than 950 people and that figure has now reached 1750.

“This is ahead of schedule for the Barwon South West region. Very few eligible people have opted out of receiving the vaccine so far.” The rollout in the region bucks the trend across Australia, with federal Health Minister Greg Hunt this week revealing the program is behind schedule in the nation’s aged care sector. Barwon South West Health Unit is currently extending phase 1A of the rollout beyond Geelong. “Our public health unit is working in Portland and Colac this week, and will extend to Hamilton and Warrnambool next week,” Professor Athan said. He also revealed that the unit was expecting 5000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in

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UK strain of the virus, compared to 84 per cent against the original variant. But a multi-centre clinical trial in South Africa concluded that the AstraZeneca vaccine had minimal efficacy in mild to moderate COVID-19 cases from that country’s mutation of the virus. “Compared to the Pfizer vaccine, AstraZeneca will be easier to store and distribute across the Barwon South West region, which makes it logistically more straightforward,” Professor Athan said. ”Its efficacy is proven to be effective to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “Supply availability will be a significant factor in the rollout of vaccinations across our region, including when people receive the vaccine and which vaccine is used.”

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Geelong mental health a ‘priority’ By Luke Voogt A higher-than-average rate of self-harm in Geelong has prompted the state government to “fast-track” plans to improve local mental health treatment. Geelong will be one of six “priority” sites across Victoria for improved services next year, Mental Health Minister James Merlino announced on Wednesday. “Today we take the very first step to implement the ambitious agenda set out in the final report [of the Royal Commission

into Victoria’s Mental Health System],” Mr Merlino said. “It will take time, but these new localised mental health services will provide better coverage and easier access to services for Victorians, no matter where they live.” The six sites, which will begin operating in mid-2022, are the first of up to 60 sites planned in response to the Royal Commission’s recommendations. Greater Geelong has consistently had self-harm presentations higher than the Victorian average per capita in recent years, according to the state government. The government has yet to announce which

sites will receive new treatment facilities and which will instead involve an expansion of existing services. The sites will provide a “front door” for Victorians to access mental health treatment to prevent them from needing hospitalisation or reaching a crisis point later, according to the government. The Royal Commission report contains 65 recommendations to transform mental health, and the Andrews government has vowed to implement “every single recommendation”. The state government plans to consult with local health providers, such as Barwon

Health, on the sites. Barwon Health recently commenced refurbishment of its mental health inpatient unit, the Swanston Centre, in a bid to deliver better services. The health provider is also in the final stages of planning for a mental health, alcohol and other drug hub in its emergency department. Barwon Health plans to roll out a new Mental Health Hospital in the Home program in the latter half of this year and open a new mental health unit at its McKellar Centre in North Geelong next year. For help phone Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Stories of wise women Thirteen women shared their stories of COVID-19 in a booked-out book launch at Geelong Regional Library last night. The book, 13 Wise Women, is the second edition for co-author Gail Mortimer, who released a title by the same name in 2016. While the initial edition paid tribute to local entrepreneurs, the latest title instead celebrated the stories of Geelong women during the pandemic, Ms Mortimer explained. “This is a new group of women,” the Leopold grandmother and South African expat said. “An empowered woman is an unbelievable thing to behold – they just get things done.” Ms Mortimer came up with the idea last September during an “epiphany in the shower on a Tuesday morning”. “I heard so many stories about women doing amazing things during COVID-19, and I thought they should share their stories with others,” she said. “I didn’t want people to feel like they were

living this alone. The original other 12 wise women put forward other women in their lives that were doing amazing things.” The book features journalist Davina Montgomery, actresses Chloé Hayden and Sarah Grace, web-designer Frederike Moodie, executive coach Mara McDonald and charity founder Ange Liston-McCaughley. Former editor Tracy Morfitt, mental health expert Simone Boer, real estate director Yan Lin, volunteer and former model Sarah Hayden, ‘confidence coach’ Jen Trevorrow and Pilates instructor Linda Newman also shared their stories. “They’re opening up about stuff they’ve never opened up about,” Ms Mortimer said. “We have used what we know, and what we have learned about ourselves and others, to work through a time that most of us alive today have never experienced before.” Luke Voogt

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One-year bans for cricket brawl By Justin Flynn Two Bellarine Peninsula cricket players have been suspended for 12 months after a brawl that caused a D-grade match to be abandoned. A Bellarine Peninsula Cricket Association (BPCA) tribunal on Monday night suspended Queenscliff’s Michael Farrell and Portarlington’s Liam Vagg for a year for their roles in the brawl on February 20. Farrell and Vagg were found guilty by the tribunal of assaulting a player, both verbally and physically, and were suspended until the

end of the 2021-22 season. They were also found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute and were each given an additional 10-game suspended sentence effective for five years. Initially the BPCA stripped both clubs of their premiership points. But the tribunal overturned the decision allowing both clubs to play in the D-grade semi-finals tomorrow. Portarlington finished on top of the ladder and Queenscliff finished second. The BPCA last week fined both clubs $12,500 each with $10,000 suspended for five years, but

the tribunal reduced this to $6875 with $5000 suspended for two years. The marathon tribunal, which ended at 2.30am on Tuesday, handed out several punishments to other players involved in the brawl. Portarlington’s Ben Deluca was found guilty of verbal and physical assault and bringing the game into disrepute, receiving a 10-game suspension and a 10-game suspended sentence for five years. Portarlington’s Jack Connelly and Shaun McPherson were suspended for two matches and given a five-game suspended sentence for

two years. Queenscliff’s Matthew Toohey was handed a five-game suspended sentence for two years for bringing the game into disrepute. Joe Farrell and Sam Smith, who were spectators and are involved with Queenscliff Cricket Club, were also handed sanctions. Joe Farrell was suspended for two matches for assault plus a five-match suspended sentence for two years for bringing the game into disrepute. Smith was found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute and received a five-match suspended sentence for two years. All suspensions are effective immediately.

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Ice cream lovers can overcome their COVID-19 melon-choly in an annual Surf Coast festival featuring 144 flavours including watermelon and feta next week. Aleesha Coots and Will Evans-Papinsky recently tasted the quirky concoction, one of 12 one-off flavours including parmesan and olive oil, siracha pretzels and black sticky rice banana. French opera cake, Turkish Delight Pavlova, charcoal Cherry Ripe and the Star Wars-themed Stormtrooper also Aleesha Coots and Will Evans-Papinsky with the new watermelon and feta gelati. feature on the festival’s menu. The Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery even has a few adults-only indulgences such as spiced backlogs due to the Victorian government’s Negroni and Yuzu whisky sour. By Luke Voogt management of the COVID-19 scenario,” the The backlog of pending criminal trials at Member for Western Victoria said. Chocolaterie owner Leanne Neeland Geelong County Court has almost doubled “The County Court [of Victoria] has a since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the backlog of 1000 jury trials to be heard, with said her staff had heaps of fun inventing about 400 of these in regional Victoria. Independent can reveal. Geelong County Court had 37 pending “People facing more serious charges could “adventurous flavour combinations” criminal trials when in-person County Court have a two-year wait. Months could go by just

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Ice cream lovers can overcome their COVID-19 melon-choly in an annual Surf Coast festival featuring 144 flavours including watermelon and feta next week. Aleesha Coots and Will Evans-Papinsky recently tasted the quirky concoction, one of 12 one-off flavours including parmesan and olive oil, siracha pretzels and black sticky rice banana. French opera cake, Turkish Delight Pavlova, charcoal Cherry Ripe and the Star Wars-themed Stormtrooper also feature on the festival’s menu. The Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery even has a few adults-only indulgences such as spiced Negroni and Yuzu whisky sour. Chocolaterie owner Leanne Neeland said her staff had heaps of fun inventing “adventurous flavour combinations” inspired by their kitchen garden and orchard, local suppliers and distillers, and favourite cakes. The festival comes as the chocolaterie rebounds from the devastating effects of COVID-19 on local tourism last year. The event runs at Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie and Ice Creamery, Bellbrae, from next Wednesday to February 21.

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Following the suspension of in-person circuit sittings, the County Court of Victoria implemented a new process for regional matters. Under the process, all pleas and appeals against sentences are provided with a fixed listing date upon committal or appeal lodgement. “The majority of these matters were conducted virtually using video conferencing software, with appearances in court permitted under limited circumstances,” a court spokesperson said. “This has reduced the delay for these types of matters.”

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Non-finalised pleas at Geelong County Court have remained level on 26 between January 27, 2020 and January 27, 2021, with 80 pleas finalised between those dates. The Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services (Justice) shows that pending criminal matters in the Magistrates Court of Victoria have increased by 82 per cent from 2014-15 to 2019-20. The Magistrates Court of Victoria did not provide caseload statistics on Geelong Magistrates Court in response to the Independent’s inquiries earlier this week. Attorney General Jaclyn Symes was contacted for comment.

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More than 170 people attended the opening night of an exhibition transforming a grand Geelong Gallery reception room into an ode to beauty and decay. The exhibition features the signature murals of Geelong born-and-bred street artist Tyrone Wright, best known as Rone. “It was a big relief to finally have it open,” Rone said, following the event last Friday. “The entire exhibition was postponed and almost cancelled due to this little pandemic thing.” Rone grew up in Curlewis before working his “dream job” for a skate clothing brand in his 20s. While travelling the world with that job, he would find local artists to collaborate with on public art projects. He rose to prominence in 2010 following a

worldwide “explosion of mural festivals”. “They would fly you out, give you somewhere to stay and a wall to paint,” said Rone, now a father-of-one. “I can’t just disappear on a little jaunt like that anymore.” Rone has since worked with designers including Jean Paul Gaultier, had work acquired by the National Gallery of Australia and transformed streets and buildings worldwide. He took on the specially-commissioned Geelong Gallery project “to do something international in Geelong”. The gallery expects the exhibition, running until May 16, to attract 20,000 people to Geelong.

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Arts centre renovation gets green light

The Geelong Arts Centre’s Little Malop Street building is undergoing a redevelopment. (Rebecca Hosking) 229960_02

The final stage of a $128 million redevelopment of Geelong Arts Centre has received the go ahead from the state government. Planning Minister Richard Wynne on Monday announced the final approval for the project, which will create about 600 local construction jobs, according to the state government. “This redevelopment will be a feature for the city and a hub for cultural events,” he said. The existing Little Malop Street site is being redeveloped to include new performance venues and theatres, new indoor and outdoor areas, a new box office, and new front and back-of-house facilities. The final stage builds

on a major overhaul of the 750-seat Playhouse Theatre in 2010 and Geelong Arts Centre’s Ryrie Street redevelopment in November 2019. The new Little Malop Street centre will generate more than 300 ongoing local tourism and service jobs following its scheduled opening in 2023. “This is a wonderful project that will give Geelong a real landmark cultural facility,” Creative Industries Minister Danny Pearson said. According to the state government, the project will allow Geelong Arts Centre to attract a greater diversity of quality productions and provide more opportunities for local artists, schools and community groups.

The redeveloped building’s façade will take the form of a theatre drape curtain with tie-back ropes and tassles, aimed at creating an engaging streetscape for visitors. “This is an exciting milestone for Geelong,” Geelong MP Christine Couzens said. “History shows that cities with proud cultural institutions are vibrant and exciting places to live and visit. “The contribution of the local traditional owners group has been crucial in landing the right design so that people in Geelong can enjoy this theatre for generations to come.” Luke Voogt

Robyn’s journey inspires By Luke Voogt Growing up in poverty was no barrier to making a difference for Drysdale lawyer Robyn Davis. “We had nothing,” said Ms Davis, one of 28 finalists in Geelong council’s Women in Community Life Awards – to be announced tonight. “My mother was 18 when I was born and dad was 20, and I had a two-year-old brother. “But it doesn’t matter how you’re brought into the world or grow up – you can do it if you want to do it.” Through hard work Ms Davis passed the bar and built a “solid” life representing women in family and magistrates courts. In the late 1990s, she moved from “middle-class inner Melbourne” to “the sticks” on the outskirts of Darwin to work for the North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service. “The contract was for one year but we ended up staying in the Northern Territory for 11,” she said. “Working at that organisation profoundly changed my views on a lot of things. I really came to understand the issues that confront First Nations People while working beside them and representing them.” Ms Davis would often fly out in “a little plane” to the Tiwi Islands and across Arnhem Land “doing the bush court circuit” in remote communities as “hot as Hades”. She remembered drinking bush tea and offers of wallaby tail and gut in the Tiwi Islands, or watching children swim in a creek – away from the local crocodiles. “It was incredible to be welcomed into their lives at times that were quite distressing for them.” While most judges were excellent, “very occasionally” she walked out of court thinking “there was no reason for that decision” except “on the basis of race”, she said. Ms Davis had “nothing but respect” for the compassionate and dedicated Indigenous women she worked under in the service.

The McKillop Street house was extensively damaged by the fire. (Supplied)

Cause found for house fire

Women in Community Life Awards finalist Robyn Davis. (Supplied)

A few years later she began representing women from non-English speaking backgrounds, mostly Indonesian, experiencing domestic violence. “At one stage I think I had the largest family law practice in Darwin,” she said. Along with custody battles, many of these women faced migration issues too. “The blokes that would bash them would say, ‘if you leave me you won’t get a visa’,” Ms Davis said. She moved to Drysdale more than a decade ago, working at Geelong’s Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre and volunteering

countless hours for Barwon Community Legal Service. She now works for the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy helping to compensate victims of historical childhood sexual abuse. The sisters “have never said, ‘that’s too much or that’s not true’” in response to a claim, Ms Davis said. “Otherwise I wouldn’t work there. It’s correcting the wrongs of the past.” She was proud to be nominated for the awards ahead of International Women’s Day next Monday. “If my story can help anybody then that’s a good thing,” she said.

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Flames tore through an East Geelong house last Friday afternoon before Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) crews brought the blaze under control. A caller to triple-0 reported the fire just before 3.50pm, according to FRV. “Crews arrived at the McKillop Street scene within three minutes, finding the house well alight,” an FRV spokesperson said. More than 20 firefighters brought the fire under control just before 4.20pm. “There was extensive damage to the house, but thankfully nobody was injured in the blaze,” the FRV spokesperson said. “Nobody was home at the time the fire broke out.” Witness Jerin Jacobs saw smoke billowing out of the roof as firefighters extinguished the blaze. “I’m sure it was a very nasty fire,” he said. “All the neighbours were out in the street to what had happened.” FRV’s specialist fire investigators and Energy Safe Victoria conducted an investigation into the cause of the fire at the weekend. “The investigation found that the fire was started by an isolating switch connected to a solar panel system at the house,” the FRV spokesperson said. Luke Voogt

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Police officer fined for assault By Luke Voogt A police sergeant who twice assaulted a prisoner while another officer held him down has avoided conviction. Magistrate John Lesser last Tuesday found David Phillip Magher, 57, guilty of unlawful assault for kicking Andrew Birch during an arrest in 2018. In a sentencing hearing last Friday, Mr Lesser fined Magher $4250 without recording a conviction. Police arrested then 36-year-old Mr Birch outside Corio Village Shopping Centre over a suspected armed robbery involving a knife, and took him to Corio police station. CCTV footage of the station’s sally port,

Sergeant David Magher kicks Andrew Birch a third time in 2018. (Supplied)

viewed in court during a six-day hearing, showed Magher spraying Mr Birch with capsicum spray before kicking him to the ribs as he helped other officers bring him to ground. Mr Lesser ruled the first kick lawful. But

about 30 seconds later Magher delivered the first of two more kicks as police held Mr Birch face-down on the floor with his cuffed hands outstretched. In the sentencing hearing, Magher’s lawyer Stewart Bayles listed his client’s several injuries, commendations and traumatic experiences in the force since joining Victoria Police 29 years ago. A conviction would greatly reduce the career policeman’s chances of returning to work, Mr Bayles said. Mr Birch’s father Garry read out a statement in court about how the incident affected his son following his release from custody a few days later. “He was quite despondent. It was as though a light had gone out,” he said.

Mr Birch died of a prescription drug overdose a week after the incident. Mr Lesser acknowledged the family’s grief but said Mr Birch’s death resulted from several factors, including some not relating to the arrest. He noted Magher’s lack of remorse for the assaults but acknowledged his exemplary record prior to them. While fining Magher he cautioned him to use better judgement to stay on the “right side of the law”. Magher was suspended with pay, and prohibited from engaging in other employment and volunteering, after the incident. He faces internal disciplinary procedures from Victoria Police now that the charges have been proven.

New firefighters needed Grovedale Fire Brigade has launched its “biggest recruiting drive” yet to keep up with increasing call-outs in fast-growing areas of Geelong. The unit’s 50 active firefighters respond to about 350 incidents a year, but that has recently increased beyond 385, according to training officer James Mildren. “The growth in Armstrong Creek has increased how busy we’re getting,” he said. “We’re down on our active response members and with COVID-19 we haven’t been able to recruit.” Mr Mildren, 32, joined the brigade a decade ago, and has travelled across Australia to fight bushfires and help people “at the lowest point of their lives”. In January, 2020 he saw firsthand the devastation of bushfires in the Blue Mountains and Gippsland. “You go 30 or 40 minutes and not see

anything left standing,” the Armstrong Creek local said. “I’ve never seen fire spread as quickly as it did in NSW last summer.” As an urban brigade, Grovedale CFA responds to car accidents and building fires. Last October, Grovedale firefighters helped other units prevent a house fire in Abigail Court, Armstrong Creek, from spreading to a neighbouring home. “At the end of the day, we can go back and say ‘this is what we saved and who we helped’,” Mr Mildren said. “It’s looking at the green grass that’s left there or the house that you’ve saved that gets you turning up again and again.” Grovedale CFA will hold an information night at 7pm next Wednesday. For details email rebecca.frost@members. cfa.vic.gov.au Luke Voogt

New Grovedale CFA recruit Tegan Kearney, second from left, with Richard Frost, Adam Meehan, Allan Rogers and Robert Clarke. (Louisa Jones) 230263_15

MY GEELONG With Pako Festa under way, Emma Bottomley speaks to Luke Voogt about her journey from Jakarta to Geelong and her role in the local Indonesian community.

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Tell us about you… I live Torquay and I’ve been in Geelong since 1984. I just turned 46. I grew up in Jakarta – the population of Australia in a capital city. As soon as you walk out the door you’re confronted with the noise, people, rickshaws, traffic and pollution. So you can imagine the contrast when we came over when I was nine. I said to mum, “where’s all the people, why are there so many empty spaces?” Here we’ve got fresh air! I walk outside and see the ocean. I don’t have a very Indonesian name. In some Indonesian cultures we don’t have a surname. My name, before mum married my stepdad John Bottomley, was Eva Emmalia. That’s where the Emma comes from. John was working for Anaconda, an American mining company, in Indonesia. Mutual friends invited them to a gathering and they saw each other in crowded room. I think it was meant to be. I’m juggling a couple of positions at the moment at Sands Resort and The Great Ocean Road Resort in Anglesea. I’m president of the Indonesian Association of Geelong.

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How did the association begin? When we first arrived there wasn’t an association – there weren’t a lot of Indonesians here back then. Initially mum just began a network of people she bumped into. You can image her excitement overhearing someone speaking Indonesian in a shopping centre or supermarket. Food was always an excuse for gatherings. We eventually formed the association in 2010. It’s a sharing and educational experience

for the younger ones that might not have that connection with their culture. Some of these kids are half Aussie and half Indo, and we want them to embrace that they have the best of both worlds. I lost someone that I knew working at Deakin University in the 2002 Bali Bombings. That’s why it’s so important to have these events like Pako Festa. Even with COVID, Pako Festa is going ahead and cultures can get together and celebrate diversity Our association is also a resource for schools having an Indonesian day or learning Bahasa Indonesia, or even people who just want to visit Indonesia or work there. What do you like to do locally? I like to check out the restaurants and cafes around here. They’re relying more than ever on locals, especially with the cancellation of the Rip Curl Pro. I love to explore the Great Ocean Road. You’ve got the Otways and Lorne, but I’m also trying to find other hidden gems, like waterfalls, to explore. How have you coped with COVID-19? Mum’s 69 and dad’s 70, so my first concern was making sure they’re OK and getting them essentials where necessary. Luckily now we have the technology for me to keep up with family back in Indonesia. Indonesia’s COVID numbers are quite concerning. What’s something about you that people might not know? I’ve started golfing and surfing lessons. I’m always looking to try something new. I’m also an Indonesian radio presenter at 94.7 The Pulse.

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Lifestyle living is your time to thrive With Australians recently experiencing significant fluctuations in the property market, now could be the time for you to consider downsizing from your high-maintenance family home to a brand-new home in a community that offers a resort-style lifestyle. For the over 55s, a major contributor to an improvement in lifestyle has been the ability to downsize under the land lease ownership model, which frees up hundreds and thousands of dollars in equity trapped in the family home and gives downsizers more time to thrive. Ingenia Lifestyle Lakeside Lara’s Project Sales Manager Dianna McGrath said her clients have spent a lifetime working hard, raising a family and paying off the mortgage and they’re now putting themselves fi rst and starting to do more of what they love. “Ingenia Lifestyle’s unique land lease ownership model is allowing residents to experience lifestyle living with a fi nancial difference. “Downsizers can purchase a brand-new home without needing to pay stamp duty or community entry fees. “They can also be comfortable knowing they will not incur DMF or exit fees and they will retain any capital gains when they sell their property.

“The model gives residents the lifestyle freedom they crave, giving the time and ﬁ nancial conﬁdence to kick start their travel dreams, start a new hobby, and grow their social networks within the community. Along with owning a brand-new home, residents often experience a less stressful lifestyle with less clutter and fewer home maintenance tasks, along with a decrease in the utility bills.

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GEELONG MAJOR EVENTS MEETING

HEAD OF THE SCHOOL GIRLS ROWING REGATTA

The next meeting of Geelong Major Events will be held on Monday 15 March at 5.30pm. For the safety of the community, committee members and staff, there will be no public attendance at this meeting. Meeting records will be available on www.geelongaustralia. com.au. Any questions from the public to be considered by the Committee must be received by 5.00pm, Thursday 11 March and be emailed to gme@geelongcity.vic.gov.au including

SATURDAY 13 TO SUNDAY 14 MARCH To ensure the safe conduct of the Head of the School Girls Rowing Regatta, a section of Barrabool Road from Quarry Close to High Street, Belmont will be closed to east bound trafﬁc from 7.00am to approximately 6.00pm on Saturday 13 March and from 6.30am to approximately 5.30pm on Sunday 14 March. Parking changes around Barwon Terrace will apply. Emergency access will be available at all times.

name, address, contact telephone number and question.

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CENTRAL GEELONG MARKETING COMMITTEE MEETING

COUNCIL ORDER MADE UNDER SECTION 26 OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994

The next meeting of Central Geelong Marketing Committee will be held on Tuesday 16

At its meeting on 24 February 2021, the Greater Geelong Council resolved to make the

March 2021 at 7.30am.

following Order pursuant to section 26(2) of the Domestic Animals Act 1994.

For the safety of the community, committee members and staff, there will be no public

1. Application of orders

attendance at this meeting. Meeting records will be available on www.geelongaustralia.

This order applies to the equestrian centre within the Barwon Heads Village Park.

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2. Deﬁnitions

Any questions from the public to be considered by the Committee must be received by 5.00pm Thursday 11 March and be emailed to centralgeelong@geelongcity.vic.gov.au including name, address, contact telephone number and question.

In this Order: refers to the two large “pony paddocks”, also referred

Equestrian Centre

to as L.G. Frost Reserve, in the north-east corner of the Barwon Heads Village Park, which is used for scheduled equestrian activities by the Barwon Heads and District

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Pony Club, as well as recreational horse riders. Off-Leash Conditional Area

ARMSTRONG CREEK LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY HUB

means an area where dogs are permitted to be off-leash conditional to other inﬂuences, which in this case is the absence of horses.

You’re invited to have your say on the library and community hub development in Armstrong Creek to be constructed in the Armstrong Creek Town Centre. Owner

has the same meaning as in the Domestic Animals Act 1994.

Libraries play a very important role in the lives of many people and we understand that the community need space to learn, create, run programs, participate in activities and socialise.

3. Owner obligations within an Off-Leash Conditional Area (1) A dog may be exercised off a chain, cord or leash in an Off-Leash Conditional Area if:

The City has heard the community say they would like to see a new library in Armstrong

(a) the Owner has a leash in their possession and places their dog back on the

Creek and has committed to working with the Geelong Regional Library Service,

leash whenever horses are present or when leaving the Off-Leash Conditional

stakeholders and the local community in creating one. All feedback received will be used

Area;

to inform the concept design of the library and further engagement will be scheduled to discuss your thoughts on the design.

(b) the Owner is able to demonstrate audible control of the dog; (c) the dog remains in visual and audible range of its Owner to allow it to be

Comments will be open from 9 to 30 March. To have your say go to

effectively recalled at any time;

yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au If you have questions or to ﬁnd out more about the proposal contact Genevieve Cooper on 5272 5021.

(d) The Owner applies necessary recall and restraint to the dog when the dog interacts with other dogs or persons within an Off-Leash Supervised Area, unless permitted otherwise by the Owner of the other dog(s) or the person(s) to enable the safe socialisation of dogs. (e) Dogs do not enter water habitats that contain wildlife or beach nesting birds’ habitats, or chase wildlife in these areas;

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(f) Dogs which are attracted to the motion of wheels are controlled at all times;

Have your say on the draft report for the Barwon Heads Transport and Parking Study. The report addresses feedback and sets out proposed opportunities and solutions to transport, parking and pedestrian issues on council-managed roads in Barwon Heads. Through this report we are aiming to boost safety, enhance accessibility, promote active transport and review parking conditions in Barwon Heads through a sustainable plan of improvements. Informed by public feedback, trafﬁc counts and parking occupancy data, some of the proposed actions include: •

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(g) the Owner has means to pick up and appropriately dispose of dog droppings in an approved receptacle. (2) Dogs that are aggressive to people or other dogs, behave in an anti-social manner must be muzzled and are not permitted to be off-leash. (3) Dogs that are over-excitable and provide unwanted attention towards people, wildlife or other animals should be kept on-leash. (4) Dogs declared menacing, dangerous, or a restricted breed are not permitted to be

Intersection upgrades and road

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New footpaths

treatments

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Parking improvements

Active transport links

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Speed limit reductions

To have your say, visit yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au or call 5272 5272 to provide your feedback over the phone or request a hard copy of the survey question. This round of engagement closes on Friday 19 March 2021.

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PUBLIC NOTICES ANNUAL RECOGNITION FOR WOMEN

YOUR SAY

The City of Greater Geelong and the

Let’s get back to normal

Women in Community Life Advisory

Because of one ‘mystery case’ New Zealand Prime Minister Ardern has locked down Auckland for seven days. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that lockdowns and mask wearing do virtually nothing to stop the coronavirus. States in America like California, which have resorted to such measures, are no more successful at containing coronavirus than states like Florida which didn’t. Prime Minister Ardern said “COVID kills people” which is true but what she failed to mention was that 90 per cent of covid deaths are people in the 70 plus age cohort. Australia, like New Zealand, has a 96 per cent, yes 96 per cent recovery rate, and the death rate for covid in New Zealand is about 1 per cent and for Australia it’s 3 per cent. Compared with the Spanish Flu death which had a death rate of 15 per cent plus, and Ebola in Africa where the death rate can be as high as 90 per cent, it’s hard to understand the anxiety and panic over the pandemic. The positive message about COVID-19 is not being loudly proclaimed and that is if you are under 70, and had no serious underlying morbidity then you have an excellent chance of recovery. The average age of death of people who die with, or because, of COVID is over 80 years of age. There is no need to lockdown whole communities let alone countries which seriously disrupt small business, travel and the personal and civil liberties of people. With the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine there is no valid reason why we shouldn’t be getting back to normal immediately so long

Committee brings you the Annual Women in Community Life Awards as part of International Women’s Day celebrations.

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The awards recognise women for their amazing achievements and contribution to a fairer, more

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – 8 MARCH 2021

equitable community. To ﬁnd out more visit our website www.geelongaustralia.com.au/wiclawards

With over 60 events from 18 to 28 March, Geelong Design Week 2021 will celebrate Geelong’s global recognition as Australia’s only UNESCO Creative City of Design. The 2021 theme ‘Unpredictable’ reﬂects on the year that’s been and the future ahead. Imagine a more sustainable, more creative future for our community. Discover local designers, artists and innovators. Explore exhibitions, workshops, open

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studios, tours, and more. Book now at: www.geelongdesignweek.com.au

Buckets & Bouquets There’s a park on McKillop Street, East Geelong, next to the Elephant and Castle hotel, and Pizzas with Attitude. On a nice evening you can smell the food being cooked, and if you bring your own picnic food and just eat in the park, it’s an enhanced experience for free! Anonymous Buckets & Bouquets contributions must be less than 50 words and include the writer’s full name, address and phone number.

as we continue with social distancing and hand sanitation. Wearing masks apart from being worn in aged care and hospitals achieves nothing and should be scrapped. It’s time the fear and scare mongering about covid was laid to rest. Alan Barron Grovedale

HAVE YOUR SAY Geelong Independent welcomes letters to the editor as well as comments and story tips on our website and Facebook page. Post: 1/47 Pakington St, Geelong West, 3218 Email: editorial@geelongindependent.com.au Web: geelongindy.com.au facebook.com/GeelongIndependent

FREE TRAVEL FOR VICTORIAN SENIORS CARD AND CARER CARD HOLDERS

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

21 TO 28 MARCH Includes Melbourne trains,

WANT YOUR EVENT LISTED? Community Calendar is made available free of charge to not-for-profit organisations to keep the public informed of special events and activities. Send item details to Geelong Independent Community Calendar, 1/47 Pakington Street, Geelong West, 3218, or email to editorial@geelongindependent.com.au. Deadline for copy and announcements is 5pm Tuesday.

buses, trams and regional V/Line trains. In line with public health advice, everyone on public transport is requires to wear a ﬁtted mask, practise good hygiene and maintain physical distancing. Follow health directions and do not travel if feeling unwell. For information on current public health advice visit www.coronavirus.

To ﬁnd out more about free travel for Victorian Seniors Card and Carer Card Holders visit Seniors Online at www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au/free-publictransport-march-2021

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Study Geelong runs an International Friends Program where local residents are matched with international tertiary students studying here. You’ll catch-up socially from time to time (e.g. once a fortnight), help students build their connection with the local community and introduce them to Australian culture. This program runs for 12 weeks. Applications close on Friday 12 March. For more information or to apply visit studygeelong.com.au/international-friends-program

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Yoga Samata Yoga Kirtan this Sunday at Virginia Todd Community Centre, 9-15 Clarence Street, Geelong West. 12.15pm Mediation, 1-3.30pm chanting and discourse. ■ Gail, 0417 596 650

Family Portarlington Bayside Miniature Railway operates every Sunday 11am – 4pm at Point Richards Station, Portarlington. ■ Helen, 0476 124 598

Women KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING YOU DO WITH THE CITY IN ONE SECURE PLACE Create a free myGeelong profile at www.geelongaustralia.com.au/mygeelong

Soroptimist International of Geelong meet 6pm Tuesday at Capri Receptions, 258 Pakington Street, Geelong West. Dinner to follow meeting, new members welcome. ■ 0455 835 691 or geelong@siswp.com

CFA Grovedale CFA information night,

Wednesday at 7pm, 38 Reserve Road, Grovedale. ■ rebecca.frost@members.cfa.vic.gov.au or the Grovedale CFA Facebook page.

Autumn stall Royal Childrens Hospital Geelong Auxiliary autumn stall, 9am – 4pm Thursday and Friday at The Strand Shopping Centre, 95-103 Pakington Street, Geelong West.

Dance Life Activities Club Geelong afternoon tea and dance every Thursday 2.30 – 4.30pm at Belmont Pavilion. Entry $5. ■ 5251 3529

Bowls Geelong Bowls Club Barefoot Bowls every Thursday, 6pm at Sommers Street, Belmont. $10 entry includes bowls, barbecue and prizes. All welcome. ■ 0415 150 979 11 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 5 March, 2021

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Indy searches for fur-ever home With a name like Indy, it’s difficult to go past this excitable, tennis ball-loving, six-year-old staffy. Luke Voogt discovers the story behind Indy and canine companion Mater, along with the incredible work of Geelong Animal Rescue and its foster carers.

aren and David Ward are unique among Geelong Animal Rescue’s (GAR) 60 or so active foster carers. “Our situation’s a little bit different to most people,” Karen told the Independent. “We’ve only been fostering since November.” They all but fell into foster caring after the death of their daughter Shaylee at age 32 last July. “It was quite a shock for us,” Karen said. Shaylee and her two dogs Indy and Mater had been living with her parents until her passing. “She had a tattoo saying, ‘love me for who I am’,” Karen said. “I think that applies a bit for her dogs too.” Karen and David had “always had dogs”, but had reached a stage of their lives where they wanted to begin travelling across Australia. “The dogs are just a bit too much for us,” Karen said. So they approached GAR looking for a new forever home for English Staffordshire terrier Indy and staffy-cross Mater. “I never even knew GAR existed before this,” Karen said. “There were just so many emotions and we weren’t sure what to do.”

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The couple signed the dogs over to GAR, and are now looking after them as foster carers until a forever home comes along. “There wasn’t anyone available to foster them, so we’ve become their carers,” Karen said. With Pet Adoption Month just passed, Indy and Mater are the only dogs still up for adoption at GAR. “But there are many more dogs in foster care with their carers working on getting them ready for adoption,” Karen said. “Our daughter’s motto ‘love me for who I am’ seems to apply very well to the foster carers who take on animals, accepting all their little quirks and personality traits. “Lots of people in GAR are working but they’re giving their time to help these animals. That’s what’s saving them. “Everyone’s so caring and supportive of each other. It’s just because they want to save animals and have a genuine love of them.” Indy goes nuts for visitors, belly rubs and her number one love: tennis balls. While she will chase a ball, she will happily spend the day chewing it to bits instead. “She’s always happy and wagging her tail,” Karen said. “That tail, you think it’s going to fall off sometimes.” Her companion, Mater, is a loyal, intelligent and strong dog with plenty of energy, but is secretly a big softy. He loves pats and cuddles, and sometimes considers himself a lapdog, despite his size. “He’s a bit calmer,” Karen said. “He likes to follow my husband around.” Initially Karen and David wanted to find a home for both dogs together. But recently, they have come to believe they might be better off separated. “Indy stirs Mater up a bit,” Karen said. “They both want to be number one, and if they’re separate they can both be number one.” Both dogs recently spent a few weeks apart to see how they go. “We tried them apart because it was really hard to get them adopted together,” Karen said. “It was long enough to see that, if someone spends time with them and looks after them, they’ll be fine on their own.” GAR has rescued about 1700 cats and dogs – at least one every second day since its inception in April 2012, according to placement manager Tori Edmonds. The organisation operates from within the homes of its 100-plus volunteers, which 12 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 5 March, 2021

Karen Ward with Indy. Inset: Mater is looking for a forever home. (Pictures: Rebecca Hosking) 229871

includes about 60 active foster carers at any one time. “We’re so lucky, we’ve got an amazing team of foster careers that put in a lot of time and care with our animals and treat them like their own pets,” Tori said. “It’s not for everyone. You have to look after that animal until another foster carer or a forever home is found. “Sometimes people are not prepared for the challenges you can face when you get an animal from the pound.” GAR rescues animals from Victorian pounds, including Geelong Animal Welfare Society, and its average monthly vet bills are almost $5000. The not-for-profit group receives no government funding, relying solely on adoption fees, which cover half its animal expenses, and donations and fundraisers. Currently GAR has 70 animals in care, most of which are cats. Tori joined the organisation as foster carer herself in 2015 after she and husband Dean returned from Queensland to Herne Hill the year before.

“My husband and I moved back into our house that we had been renting out, and we had the space,” she said. “We thought we would try fostering.” Their seven-year-old English staffy Maxwell has been a delightful host for 16 dogs – mostly puppies – that they have cared for. Since October 2016 they have been long-term foster carers for kelpie-heeler cross Ari, who is quite timid and scared of some men. “She’s not the perfect dog for us,” she said. “She’s quite dog-selective. She likes Max but she doesn’t like other dogs. But if she doesn’t find a home we will continue to look after her.” Recently, Ari spent a few weeks with a specialist trainer in Thomastown to help her become more comfortable around other people. About the same time they took over Ari’s care, Tori, who works as a personal assistant, took on a management role at GAR. The attention to detail needed in her daily work allowed her to quickly learn GAR’s policies and screening procedures to protect animals and foster carers. Maintaining a volunteer-work-life balance

for foster carers is also important, according to Tori. “We don’t want anyone to feel like GAR is taking over their lives,” she said. While GAR’s adoptions have increased during COVID-19, its income has dropped due to restrictions preventing fundraisers. About a dozen dogs are currently in foster care to get them ready for adoption. “They don’t go up for adoption until they are behaviourally and medically cleared,” Tori said. Currently, GAR has no available foster carers without pets, who are vital for dogs that do not get along with others, according to Tori. “I’m absolutely hamstrung because I can’t bring in any dogs that are known not to be good with other dogs,” she said. “We’re always looking for new foster carers, because the more we have in our network, the more animals we can save.” For information on Indy, Mater or becoming a foster career, or to donate, visit: geelonganimalrescue.org.au. If you or someone you know needs help, phone Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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Live concert a Timely Reminder By Luke Voogt Ocean Grove singer-songwriter Andrea Robertson knows all too well how quickly live gigs can disappear amid COVID-19. Before the pandemic, Robertson had gigs lined up from the New South Wales Central Coast to Queensland beginning last May, which took “countless hours” to organise. She had also planned to play at a bunch of festivals and other gigs in Geelong and Melbourne. “It was all gone in an instant,” she told the Independent. “It’s been a really tough time to be honest, but in the strangest of ways. “And the lack of momentum, which has resulted in a real wrestle with motivation, has been the hardest part of it all for me.”

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But the pandemic and the heartbreak of losing those gigs ultimately cracked Robertson’s “very long, dry song-writing spell”. She wrote a new single, Timely Reminder, as she waited to pick up her daughter from an appointment last June. “I’d thrown in my travel guitar, song-writing book and a pencil at the last minute – just in case I got some inspiration,” she said. “Lucky I did, because Timely Reminder was the result. “I remember feeling particularly determined to not let COVID influence my song-writing. “With hindsight, that was kind of foolish, because everything in our lives was being dictated by the pandemic and it had to – and did – have an influence on me creatively. “But the song can apply to any challenging circumstance in life, and I’d like to think people will relate to it for that reason.” Robertson is set to launch the single locally, backed by a full band, in a live concert outside the Potato Shed on March 20. “I’m really excited about it – just having people there that enjoy live original music,” she said. “It will be a really good feeling to be doing that again. “There will still be people that don’t want to go into a confined space or an indoor area that’s not well ventilated.

Andrea Robertson performs with son Heath in an outdoor concert at the Potato Shed late last year and (inset) the cover for her new single Timely Reminder. (Louisa Jones and supplied) 223250_32

“So I think that’s a brilliant move by the Potato Shed crew; to set [the outdoor stage] up.” She returned to the stage last December for a photo gallery opening and, later, some gigs at a Queenscliff bar that she admitted felt “surreal”. “It feels very temporary even in the middle of playing a gig – there’s just been too much uncertainty around it all,” she said. “You’re kind of aware that it could all change in an instant and be taken away. “I remember that thought entering my mind

as I was performing and I really had to push it away because I was enjoying playing again.” But with the pandemic easing, Robertson is “putting out the feelers again to line up a good string of gigs”. Along with the single, Robertson is launching a new video clip, which Geelong photographer Patrick Callow created to accompany the track. Robertson received a Geelong council grant for local artists, which she put towards recording the song and the clip.

With three independent releases under her belt, she hopes to chase another grant to put out a new album. “This single will form a part of that,” she said. “I have some different ideas for the next album, but I will just have to wait and see how that pans out. “I’m not in any real hurry, but if I secure another grant to do a new album I’m ready to roll.” Details: geelongaustralia.com.au/potatoshed

Class comedian chooses the nuclear option

Jhet Anderson. (Rebecca Hosking) 229936_02

Nuclear fusion and the Cold War might not seem like funny topics to most. But with his family off-limits, Bubble O’ Bill-obsessed Leopold teen comedian Jhet Anderson has chosen history as a go-to. “I do have a lot of material when it comes to my family, but it will never see the light of day,” the 17-year-old said. “I’m too afraid to make fun of my family – I think they’ll yell at me – so I usually go make fun of history instead, because it’s interesting. “History can add meaning to comedy; it teaches us something – without wanting to sound too pretentious.” Anderson’s Powerpoint slides, memes and loud fashion sense will “add to the punch of it all” when he hits the stage for the Geelong heat of the nationwide Class Clowns competition. Melbourne International Comedy Festival is searching for Australia’s funniest secondary school stand up comedians in the competition, which comes to the Potato Shed next Wednesday. Last year Anderson donned a Hawaiian shirt for his debut Class Clowns show, just a week before COVID-19 restrictions came in. “It’s something for the audience to look at and think, ‘that’s weird’, while I’m talking,” the

Bellarine Secondary College year 11 student said. “If it’s not the hair that gets ya, it’s the costumes.” Last year’s heat was limited to family only attending, with COVID-19 on the way. But Anderson was OK with a smaller crowd for his stand up debut. “It’s much easier to tell if you’re winning them over or not,” he said. This year he plans to go in Bubble O’ Bill-themed attire, marking an obsession that began with him buying a face mask paying tribute to the classic ice cream. “Bubble O’ Bills are tasty and I just went on buying more merch from there,” he said. “Socks, hats, pants, the shirt. It was boring [during the pandemic]. I had to find something to pass the time.” Anderson draws inspiration from the tragic but meaningful comedy of New Zealand director Taika Waititi, along with the absurdity of Robin Williams and Eric Andre. His theme of nuclear fusion last year had a message, he said. “It’s about not wasting your genius and acting on it now, because you never know when you’re going to go.”

That message was part of why he got on stage in the first place, he said. “And my drama teacher [Melissa DiNero] sort of forced me into it – but we don’t talk about that. “I did a presentation in class and apparently that was funny. So she’s making me do it all. “The message this year is nuclear weapons are bad.” Anderson’s mum Sarah said she was “so proud of him”. “I don’t know where he got it from, to be honest.” Kicking off in late February, with heats running through March nationally, Class Clowns aims to inspire teens aged 14-18 to unleash their comic voice. The event is free to enter and features a $1500 prize for the best three-to-five minute original stand-up, sketch, physical or musical comedy act. Previous participants include Joel Creasey, Annie Louey, Rhys Nicholson, Aaron Chen, and William McKenna. The Geelong heat kicks off at 7pm at the Potato Shed next Wednesday. Details: www.geelongaustralia.com.au/ potatoshed Luke Voogt 13 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 5 March, 2021

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1/ Marina Matthews celebrates her birthday with Jove. 2/ Luke Green, Rhonda and John Law. 3/ Judy, Cary and Shane Harper. 4/ Felipe and Laila. 5/ Isla, 3, and Braden Conza. 6/ Julian Polic and Warren Pohnke. 7/ Brian Smith and Isla. 8/ Maureen Burn. 9/ Paula Hall and Kathy Curnow. 10/ Robyn Oehms with Alli. 11/ Sharlene Vale, Winnifred and James Stannard. (Pictures: Rebecca Hosking) 229872 14 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 5 March, 2021

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SATURDAY

NINE, 7.30pm

SYDNEY GAY AND LESBIAN MARDI GRAS 2021 SBS, 7.30pm

Not even a pandemic was going to get in the way of the spectacular spectacle of the 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. While there may be some differences to keep spectators and performers at the SCG safe, the glitz, glamour and utter fabulousness will not be compromised. Courtney Act (pictured), Joel Creasey, Narelda Jacobs and Zoë Coombs Marr make up the fab four in the commentary box as the hosts of this year’s event. And fittingly, the theme of this year’s event is “rise”.

SATURDAY

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT NINE, 8.30pm

The Mission: Impossible franchise is one that keeps getting better with each film, and its sixth instalment is a thrilling, action-packed outing from start to finish. After Ethan Hunt’s (Tom Cruise, pictured) decision to save his team results in stolen plutonium falling into the wrong hands, he must retrieve the material before it is used by a terrorist group and their mysterious leader. Joining regulars Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Rebecca Ferguson is Henry Cavill, who plays a CIA assassin tasked with monitoring the IMF team. Loaded with incredible set pieces, gripping tension and an excellent cast, Fallout is a superior action movie for all audiences.

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Caitriona Balfe stars in the timehopping drama Outlander

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.00 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Back Roads. (R) 1.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 2.00 Rake. (Mls, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Australia Says Yes. (Ml, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Murdered At 17. (2018, Mav, R) Cristine Prosperi. 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. Hosted by Bradley Walsh. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Amazing Grace. (Ma, R) 2.00 Desperate Housewives. (M, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. [TEN] The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 [TEN] Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 [TEN] The Bold And The Beautiful. (R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa) 1.00 The Living Room. (R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Millie Ross celebrates pears. 8.30 Vera. (Mv, R) Part 2 of 4. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the mysterious death of a young man. 10.00 Mum. (Ml) Jason has something he needs to say. 10.30 State Of The Union. (PG, R) 10.45 ABC Late News. 11.00 The Vaccine. (R) 11.15 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 11.45 Aftertaste. (Mdl, R) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Viking Murder Mystery. (Mav, R) A look at an ancient Nordic murder mystery. 8.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) Ernie Dingo takes a trip to Cooktown. 9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? UK: Boy George. (PGa, R) Boy George explores his roots. 10.10 The Royals And The Nazis. (M) 11.10 SBS World News Late. 11.30 Dolly Parton: 50 Years At The Opry. (PG, R) 1.00 Miniseries: Deep Water. (Malv, R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Karen Martini makes barbecue prawns. 8.30 MOVIE: Tag. (2018, Mdls) A group of five friends decides to play a game of tag before the bachelor’s wedding. Jeremy Renner, Isla Fisher, Ed Helms. 10.30 Ambulance: Code Red. (Ma, R) Follows the work of an ambulance service. 11.30 Surveillance Oz Dashcam. (PG, R) 12.00 MOVIE: Stolen Youth. (1996, Mas, R) Sharon Lawrence. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 [SEVEN] My Greek Odyssey. (PGl, R) 5.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Escape To The Chateau. Dick is determined to make sloe gin. 8.30 MOVIE: Coming To America. (1988, Ml, R) A pampered African prince travels to New York in search of an American bride. Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Madge Sinclair. 10.50 MOVIE: Be Cool. (2005, Mlv, R) A former mobster enters the music industry. John Travolta. 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (PGl, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Living Room. (PG, R) The gang help a family running a community kitchen. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton chats with Kate Winslet, Stanley Tucci, Orlando Bloom and Kingsley Ben-Adir. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Just For Laughs Australia. (Mdls, R) Hosted by Tommy Little. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.00 [TEN] The Project. (R) 12.00 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R)

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VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 11.30 SBS Courtside. Noon Basketball. NBA. Memphis Grizzlies v Milwaukee Bucks. 2.30 The Last Lesbian Bars. 2.55 Gaycation. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.05 If You Are The One. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. (Final) 9.20 Mums Make Porn Germany. (Premiere) 11.05 Monogamish. 12.05am News. 12.30 MOVIE: Holding The Man. (2015, MA15+) 2.45 NHK World English News. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Miniseries: Madoff. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Highway Cops. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 1am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 My Road To Adventure. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM (52, 92) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Call The Midwife. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Home At Seven. (1952, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds, One Planet. 8.40 MOVIE: Earthquake. (1974, PG) 11.10 Law & Order. 12.10am My Favorite Martian. 12.35 Antiques Roadshow. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 L.A.’s Finest. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Miami. 11.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 Nash Bridges. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.00 Jake And The Fatman.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Kundun. Continued. (1997, PG) 7.45 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 9.50 Toast. (2010, PG) 11.35 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 1.35pm Maudie. (2016, PG) 3.45 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 5.45 City Of Ember. (2008, PG) 7.35 Alone In Berlin. (2016, M) 9.30 Call Me By Your Name. (2017, M) 11.55 Haute Cuisine. (2012, M, French) 1.40am Easy Sex, Sad Movies. (2014, M, Spanish) 3.20 Zoology. (2016, M, Russian) 5.00 Toast. (2010, PG)

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Fishy Business. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Pawn Stars. 9.30 Storage Wars. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Pawnography. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Men In Black 2. (2002, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: Predator 2. (1990, MA15+) 11.35 Kinne Tonight. 12.05am Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 American Pickers. 3.00 Pawn Stars. 3.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 1.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 2.30 Malcolm. 3.30 Baywatch. 4.30 Knight Rider. 5.30 MOVIE: Kubo And The Two Strings. (2016, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Great Wall. (2016, M) 9.30 MOVIE: The Mummy. (2017, M) 11.35 Big Heads. (Premiere) 12.35am Lethal Weapon. 1.30 Rivals. 2.00 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 5.10 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

PEACH (82, 11) 6am Cheers. 7.00 Friends. 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.30 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Cheers. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 The Conners. (Return) 10.30 Charmed. (Return) 11.30 The Big Bang Theory. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Medium. 3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping.

Programs. 5.50pm Peppa Pig. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.10 Brave Bunnies. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Kiri And Lou. 6.35 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 David Williamson’s Emerald City. 10.50 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 11.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 12.10am Catalyst. 1.05 Parks And Recreation. 1.30 Reno 911! 1.50 Zapped. 2.20 News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.00 Bing. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Miffy’s Adventures Big And Small. 5.40 Late Programs.

N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 7.20 My Animal Friends. 7.35 Molly Of Denali. 8.00 Little J And Big Cuz. 8.10 Aussie Bush Tales. 8.20 Waabiny Time. 8.45 Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 Faboriginal. 10.30 Drag Heals. 11.00 Big Name, No Blanket. Noon MOVIE: Crooklyn. (1994, M) 2.00 Intune 08. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Going Bush. 6.30 Off The Grid With Pio. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 MOVIE: Drop Dead Fred. (1991, PG) 9.15 Bedtime Stories. 9.25 Big Freedia: Queen Of Bounce. 10.55 Late Programs.

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. (PG) 11.00 Rage Mardi Gras Special. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Romeo & Juliet. (PG, R) 2.30 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (R) 3.35 Prince Harry’s Story: Four Royal Weddings. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 11. Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC. From Dolphin Stadium, Brisbane.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Figure Skating. 2019-2020 ISU European Championships. Replay. 3.30 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 3.35 Algeria From Above. (R) 5.25 Who Do You Think You Are? UK. (Final, PG)

6.00 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Super Saturday and Randwick Guineas Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

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6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Award Winning Tasmania. (R) 1.00 My Way. 1.30 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 2.00 Netball. Constellation Cup. Game 3. New Zealand Silver Ferns v Australian Diamonds. 4.00 The Pet Rescuers. (Premiere, PG) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) 12.30 Destination Dessert. (R) 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. 1.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 2.00 Three Blue Ducks. (PGls, R) 2.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (Final, PG) 3.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.30 Jamie & The Nonnas. (R) 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

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7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Death In Paradise. (PG) A young woman is murdered. 8.30 Call The Midwife. (PG) Sister Frances is at a loss when she cares for a recovering cancer patient, whose wife refuses to accept further help despite also having to look after her elderly mother, her daughter and her grand-daughter. 9.30 Harrow. (Mav, R) Harrow, Fairley and Nichols conduct an impromptu murder investigation while on a hiking trip. 10.25 Miniseries: Apple Tree Yard. (MA15+av, R) Part 2 of 4. 11.20 Press. (Mls, R) Holly responds to an emergency call. 12.20 Rage Mardi Gras Special. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras 2021. Coverage of the 2021 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras from the SCG. 11.30 MOVIE: Call Me By Your Name. (2017, Mlns, R, Italy, France, Brazil, ) A teen falls for an older student. Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet. 1.55 VICE Guide To Film: New Trans Cinema. (MA15+ans, R) Trans filmmakers share their thoughts. 2.45 MOVIE: Kiki, Love To Love. (2016, MA15+ls, R, Spain) Five tales of love and lust. Natalia De Molina. 4.40 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) Presented by Adam Liaw. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) Biosecurity officers make an unusual discovery. 7.30 MOVIE: Men In Black: International. (2019, Mav) Two MIB agents uncover a sinister plot involving a traitor who is aiding an alien invasion. Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson. 10.00 MOVIE: Wrath Of The Titans. (2012, Mv, R) After Zeus is imprisoned in the underworld, his son Perseus must rescue him before the Titan Kronos is released. Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson. 12.00 MOVIE: Borderline Normal. (2001, Mas, R) Two teenagers deal with loss. Caterina Scorsone. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 [SEVEN] Get Arty. (R) 4.30 [SEVEN] Get Arty. (R) 5.00 [SEVEN] House Of Wellness. (PG, R)

6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. (PG) Experts help people declutter their lives. 8.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible – Fallout. (2018, Mlv) After a secret agent’s decision to save his team results in stolen plutonium falling into the wrong hands, he must retrieve the material before it is used by a terrorist group and their mysterious leader. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson. 11.30 MOVIE: Empire. (2002, MA15+dlv) John Leguizamo. 1.30 My Way. (R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (R)

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) The beach can quickly become a nightmare for tourists not used to the precarious surf conditions. 6.30 To Be Advised. 7.00 Three Blue Ducks. (PG) Andy Allen, Mark LaBrooy and Darren Robertson make unexpected food discoveries in Canberra. 7.30 To Be Advised. 9.00 Ambulance. (Mals, R) It is St Patrick’s Day, one of the busiest nights on the calendar for the paramedics in Liverpool with incidents involving a fatal stabbing, alcohol poisoning, broken ankles, substance abuse and cardiac arrests. 11.20 Inside The Children’s Hospital. (PG, R) David Tennant narrates a behind-the-scenes look at Scotland’s Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Pride: Live At The Apollo. 9.30 Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. 10.00 Sammy J. 10.05 Would I Lie To You? 10.40 Why Are You Like This. 11.05 High Fidelity. 11.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 12.15am Escape From The City. 1.10 Chris Ramsey’s Stand Up Central. (Final) 1.35 Would I Lie To You? 2.05 This Country. 2.30 Late Programs.

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6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Memphis Grizzlies v Milwaukee Bucks. Replay. 2.00 Dead Set On Life. 2.30 Front Up. 3.00 Insight. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Adelaide 36ers v Cairns Taipans. 7.40 The Rise Of Trash TV. 8.30 The X-Files. 9.20 Romulus. 11.30 The Sunny Side Of Sex. 12.20am Vogue Williams: Wild Girls. 1.20 Gaycation. 2.05 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs.

9GEM (52, 92)

11.00 Animal Rescue. Noon Weekender. 12.30 Creek To Coast. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.15 Animal Rescue. 3.45 Property Ladder UK. 5.00 Horse Racing. Super Saturday and Randwick Guineas Day. 5.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.30 The Baron. 12.30pm My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Hitchcock. 1.30 MOVIE: Mister Ten Per Cent. (1967) 3.20 MOVIE: West Of Zanzibar. (1954) 5.20 MOVIE: Flight From Ashiya. (1964, PG) 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 3. Melbourne Rebels v ACT Brumbies. 9.45 Super Rugby Post-Match. 10.00 MOVIE: Hang ’Em High. (1968, M) 12.20am Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon JAG. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 Jake And The Fatman. 4.00 iFish. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 To Be Advised. 11.20 L.A.’s Finest. 12.15am Hawaii Five-0. 1.10 CSI: Miami. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 Elementary. 4.05 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 12.15pm Yothu Yindi Tribute Concert. 1.45 Footprints On Our Land. 2.30 Basketball. Indigenous Championships. Replay. 3.30 Boxing Night To Remember. 4.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Men’s. Round 2. Bunjalung Baygal Warriors v Bourke Warriors. Replay. 5.00 On The Road. 6.00 Going Places. 6.55 Drag Heals. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras. 11.30 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Toast. Continued. (2010, PG) 6.45 Grace Of Monaco. (2014, PG) 8.40 City Of Ember. (2008, PG) 10.30 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 12.30pm Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 2.25 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 4.30 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 6.30 Belle. (2013, PG) 8.30 The Kids Are All Right. (2010, MA15+) 10.30 Walk With Me. (2016, MA15+, Danish) 12.30am Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

11.30 Your 4x4. Noon On Tour With Allan Border. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Aussie Dreamlivers Texas. 2.30 Fish’n With Mates. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Shipping Wars. 5.00 Megastructures. 6.00 Building Giants. 7.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 6. Fremantle v Geelong. 9.00 Mighty Ships. 10.00 Mighty Cruise Ships. 11.00 Late Programs.

1.30pm Xtreme Collxtion. 2.30 Liquid Science. 3.30 MOVIE: Pokémon: Lucario And The Mystery Of Mew. (2005) 5.30 MOVIE: Stuart Little 2. (2002) 7.00 MOVIE: Despicable Me 2. (2013, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. (2013, M) 11.30 Big Heads. 12.30am Lethal Weapon. 1.30 Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Late Programs.

6am Cheers. 6.30 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Middle. 11.30 To Be Advised. 2pm Everybody Loves Raymond. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Spyforce. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Middle. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.00 Mom. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch. 12466297-SN42-20

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 Australia Remastered. (R) 3.30 The Mix. (R) 4.00 Soccer. W-League.Round 11. Canberra United v Brisbane Roar.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 The Death Of Hitler. (PGav, R) 4.00 Sportswoman. 5.05 Soccer. Indigenous v National Premier Leagues. Koalas v Queensland. Highlights. 5.35 Hitler And Churchill. (PG, R)

6.00 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 6. Carlton v West Coast. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 6. Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne. From VU Whitten Oval, Melbourne. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 Women’s Footy. (PG) 12.00 The Xtreme Collxtion. (PG, R) 1.00 Netball. Constellation Cup. Game 4. New Zealand Silver Ferns v Australian Diamonds. 3.00 Customs. (PGa, R) 3.30 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 4.00 David Attenborough’s Dynasties. (PG, R) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Territory Cops. (PGdl, R)

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 GCBC. (R) 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG, R) 9.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R) 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 2.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. (R) 3.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 4.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. Hosted by Fiona Bruce. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. Hosted by Chris Moller. 8.30 Harrow. (Mav) As Harrow’s attempts to reconnect with his son are frustrated, Fern and James grow closer. 9.25 Silent Witness. (Mav) Nikki is forced to question police methods while investigating the murder of a teenage boy. 10.25 Miniseries: Patrick Melrose. (MA15+d, R) Part 1 of 5. 11.25 Line Of Duty. (Mav, R) 12.25 Wentworth. (Mal, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.10 Wentworth. (Mal, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. (PG) Michael Palin revisits his travel series. 9.20 Killer Bridges. (R) Investigates the collapse of Polcevera Bridge in Genoa, Italy, which killed 43 people. 10.20 Michael Mosley: Coronavirus Special. (PG, R) 11.20 Contagion. (Ma, R) 12.30 Travel Man. (R) 1.00 Do I Have To Take Care Of Everything? (R) 1.10 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 1. 3.10 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Ultimate Tag. (Premiere, PG) Hosted by Abbey Gelmi and Matt Shirvington. 9.00 MOVIE: Kingsman: The Secret Service. (2014, Mlv, R) A troubled young man must prove his mettle after he is recruited into a secret British spy organisation. Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson. 11.30 World’s Deadliest: Bail Outs. (PGa) 12.30 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] The Guardian. (Madsv, R) 1.30 [SEVEN] Medical Emergency. (PG, R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 [SEVEN] Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls) The social “experiment” continues. 8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.30 Nine News Late. Takes a look at the latest news and events from Australia and around the world. 10.00 Uncovered: Killed By Hate. (Mav, R) Takes a look at hate crimes. 11.45 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. (MA15+adlv) 12.35 My Way. (R) 1.05 The Xtreme Collxtion. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics. 7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. The teams continue their race around Australia as they vie for the $250,000 cash prize. 9.00 FBI: Most Wanted. After a suspect escapes trial and goes on a murder spree, the team partners with his bail bondsperson, Jackie, in order to track him down. Jess continues to struggle with moving forward in his love life. 11.00 The Sunday Project. (R) Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning. Morning news and talk show.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Mothers On The Edge. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.25 Catalyst. 11.25 Devolution. 12.25am You Can’t Ask That. 12.55 Restoration Australia. 1.55 Would I Lie To You? 2.25 This Country. 2.55 News Update. 3.00 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon It’s A Match. 1.00 New Girl. 2.00 Basketball. NBL. Melbourne United v Brisbane Bullets. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 Basketball. NBL. Illawarra Hawks v Perth Wildcats. 6.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.00 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 Why Women Kill. (Final) 9.30 United Shades Of America. 10.20 Letterkenny. 10.45 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 NBC Today. Noon The Zoo. 12.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 1.30 To Be Advised. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 8.30 Wild Bill. 9.30 Bodyguard. 11.50 Escape To The Country. 12.50am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Home Shopping.

9GEM (52, 92) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 MOVIE: Seven Days To Noon. (1950, PG) Noon My Favorite Martian. 12.30 Garden Gurus. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 Hitchcock. 2.00 MOVIE: Irma La Douce. (1963, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: The Birds. (1963, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Key Of

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Straight Story. Continued. (1999, PG) 7.00 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 9.00 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 11.00 Mosley. (2019, PG) 12.55pm Belle. (2013, PG) 2.50 City Of Ember. (2008, PG) 4.40 Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 6.35 Grace Of Monaco. (2014, PG) 8.30 Who You Think I Am. (2019, MA15+, French) 10.25 Madame Bovary. (2014, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

8.00 Shopping. 10.00 Shipping Wars. 11.00 Mighty Cruise Ships. Noon The Fishing Show. 1.00 Fish’n With Mates. 1.30 Buccaneers & Bones. 2.30 Shipping Wars. 3.30 Mighty Ships. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Last Car Garage. 6.30 Border Patrol. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: The Hangover Part III. (2013, MA15+) 10.40 Late Programs.

1.30pm Liquid Science. 2.00 Dance Moms. 4.00 MOVIE: Marmaduke. (2010, PG) 5.45 MOVIE: Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. (2011) 7.30 MOVIE: The Matrix Revolutions. (2003, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Life. (2017, MA15+) Midnight Lethal Weapon. 1.00 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 1.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Late Programs.

Softball. SA Premier League. 11.30 Rugby Union. Monsoon Rugby Union. 1pm Bowls. SA Super League. 1.30 Boxing Night To Remember. 2.00 Football. CAFL. 3.45 Football. Monsoon AFL. 5.45 African News. 6.00 APTN National News. 6.30 Artefact. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.40 For My Father’s Kingdom. 10.25 Intune 08. 11.25 Late Programs. 16 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 5 March, 2021

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David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 ST: Voyager. 9.30 One Strange Rock. 10.30 Escape Fishing. 11.00 Scorpion. 1pm The Doctors. 2.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. 2.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. 3.30 Reel Action. 4.00 Fishing Aust. 5.00 I Fish. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 Late Programs. 6am The Brady Bunch. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 1pm To Be Advised. 2.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends. 10.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Mom. 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) 2.00 Rake. (Final, Mlv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (Final, PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Al Jazeera News. 1.55 Hillary. (Ml, R) 3.00 Warrior Women With Lupita Nyong’o. (PGaw, R) 3.55 Vote Yes. (PGa) 4.05 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Australian Story. Australians tell personal stories. 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program that leads national debate and confronting issues that matter. 9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry. 9.35 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill: Resolution And Hawaii. (Final, PG) Sam Neill follows the path of Captain Cook. 10.20 You Can’t Ask That. (PG, R) 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.25 Catalyst. (R) 12.25 Wentworth. (Mlv, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Mlv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Game Plan. (2007, G, R) 2.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 2.30 Border Patrol. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (PGls, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. [TEN] The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 [TEN] Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 [TEN] The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGadl) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The Secret Life Of Lighthouses. (PG) Part 1 of 3. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency: Best Laid Plans. (M) A 52-year-old is rushed to St George’s. 9.25 The Story Of The Songs: Aretha Franklin. (M) Looks at three of Aretha Franklin’s songs. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Outlander. (MA15+av) 11.55 Butter Lamp. (PGa) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 2. Oinvillesur-Montcient to Amilly. 188km flat stage. From France. 2.15 VICE Guide To Film. (Malnv, R) 3.05 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Ultimate Tag. (PG) A high-octane physical competition that takes the popular childhood game of tag to new heights. 9.00 9-1-1. (M) The 118 believes their firehouse superstition has come true when they have the day from hell. 10.00 The Rookie. (Mav) John and Nyla escort four juvenile offenders. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Station 19. (Ma) Andy and Sullivan are trapped in a car. 12.30 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] The Guardian. (Madsv, R) 1.30 [SEVEN] Medical Emergency. (PG, R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mals) The social “experiment” continues. 9.00 Under Investigation: Janine Vaughan. (Mal) Experts take a look at the 2001 disappearance and suspected murder of Janine Vaughan. 10.00 Australian Crime Stories: The Money Of The Bomb. (Mv, R) Takes a look at the Qantas bomb hoax. 11.10 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 11.40 The First 48: Bad Medicine. (Mav, R) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. Hosted by Beau Ryan. 8.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem. Dave Hughes is assisted by Becky Lucas and Nazeem Hussain, as well as a panel of celebrities, to discuss solutions to problems experienced in modern Australian life. 9.30 The Graham Norton Show. (R) Graham Norton chats with Kate Winslet, Stanley Tucci, Orlando Bloom and Kingsley Ben-Adir. 10.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.30 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 David Attenborough: Kingdom Of Plants. (Final) 9.40 To Be Advised. 10.45 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 11.35 Escape From The City. 12.30am Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 1.10 Would I Lie To You? 1.40 Parks And Recreation. 2.05 Reno 911! 2.25 Zapped. 3.00 News Update. 3.05 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

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6am WorldWatch. Noon Is Australia Sexist? 1.00 VICE. 1.35 Lethal Ladies: NZ Female Fighters. 2.00 Insight. 3.00 Why Do Men Earn More Than Women? 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire Latin America. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster: Champion Of Champions. 9.25 RocKwiz. 10.20 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs.

9GEM (52, 92)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 3.05 MOVIE: Orders To Kill. (1958, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 London Kills. 8.40 MOVIE: Agatha Raisin: The Quiche Of Death. (2014, PG) 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.45pm Artefact. 2.45 Fast Horse. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Going Bush. 6.30 On Country Kitchen. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 A Woman’s Calling. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.00 It Takes A Village. 10.00 News. 10.10 Wild Black Women. 11.10 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Grace Of Monaco. Continued. (2014, PG) 6.05 Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 8.00 Belle. (2013, PG) 9.55 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 11.45 The Piano Tuner Of EarthQuakes. (2005, PG, Portuguese) 1.40pm Cutthroat Island. (1995, PG) 3.55 Mosley. (2019, PG) 5.45 Delbaran. (2001, PG, Farsi) 7.35 Woman At War. (2018, M, Icelandic) 9.30 Happy As Lazzaro. (2018, M, Italian) 11.50 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Buccaneers & Bones. 1.30 Gold Fever. 2.30 Graveyard Carz. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.00 Last Car Garage. 4.30 Motor Racing. Dunlop Super2 Series. Highlights. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Pawn Stars South Africa. 8.00 Pawn Stars UK. 8.30 MOVIE: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. (2016, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 MOVIE: The Falcon In Hollywood. (1944, PG) Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 To Be Advised. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Judge John Deed. 10.30 Autopsy USA. 11.30 Late Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon MOVIE: Madeline. (1998) 1.50 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Social Fabric. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Under Siege. (1992, M) 10.40 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 11.40 The Nanny. 12.10am Lethal Weapon. 1.10 Big Heads. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 To Be Advised. 12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 CSI: Miami. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 Instinct. 5.00 Nash Bridges. 6am Everybody Loves Raymond. 7.00 The Middle. 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Happy Together. 1.30 Frasier. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Late Programs.

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.55 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 2.00 Poldark. (Mav, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 1.55 Hillary. (Ml, R) 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Fugitive At 17. (2012, Madv, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions: Baton Rouge. (Malv, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 The Garden Gurus. (R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (Mals, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. [TEN] The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 [TEN] Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 [TEN] Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGals) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. International affairs program. 8.30 Catalyst: Kill Or Cure – The Story Of Venom. (Final) Takes a look at pharmacological applications for poisons derived from Australia’s venomous species. 9.30 The Truth About Getting Fit. (R) Hosted by Michael Mosley. 10.30 QI. (PG, R) 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 The Business. (R) 11.35 Q+A. (R) 12.45 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 1.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great Australian Railway Journeys: Adelaide To Perth. (PGa, R) 8.40 24 Hours In Emergency: Nothing Can Divide Us. (M) A man is airlifted to St George’s. 9.35 Michael Portillo’s Abandoned Britain: Local Heroes – Manchester Fire Station. (PGa, R) Part 2 of 5. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 The Pier. (MA15+s) 12.00 Calling. (Ml) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 3. 2.15 VICE Guide To Film. (Malv, R) 3.05 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGv) 7.30 Ultimate Tag. (PG) Hosted by Abbey Gelmi and Matt Shirvington. 9.00 The Good Doctor. (Ma) Still reeling from a recent loss, Shaun declares he does not want to teach the new residents anymore. 10.00 The Resident. (M) Nic struggles with her recovery. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Station 19. (Ma) 12.30 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] Anh Does Brazil. (PG, R) 1.30 [SEVEN] Medical Emergency. (PG, R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mas) Intimacy Week continues. 9.00 Botched. (Malmn) Dr Paul Nassif has a tough case ahead of him when a dog-bite victim needs some care. 10.00 Labour Of Love. (Ml) Kristy spends time in the father-to-be house. 11.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 11.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (Mav, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. The teams continue their race around Australia as they vie for the $250,000 cash prize. 8.30 NCIS. When Sloane’s name is discovered in Afghanistan at the site of an abandoned bus with a dead driver, Gibbs accompanies her on a trip to find a group of girls who were kidnapped from the bus. 10.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.30 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Why Are You Like This. 9.10 To Be Advised. 9.50 High Fidelity. 10.20 Brassic. 11.05 Pride: Live At The Apollo. 12.05am Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. 12.35 Parks And Recreation. 1.00 Reno 911! 1.20 Zapped. (Final) 1.55 News Update. 2.00 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Inside Heston’s World. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.45 Noma Australia. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Asia’s Next Top Model. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 VICE Investigates. (Premiere) 10.35 Miniseries: The Salisbury Poisonings. 11.30 News. Midnight Stories From Norway: The Musical! 12.50 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Jonathan Creek. 2.30am Late Programs.

9GEM (52, 92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon London Kills. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Dentist On The Job. (1961, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Shades Of Blue. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 9.40 White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 11.05 Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods. (2014, PG, French) 12.40pm Delbaran. (2001, PG, Farsi) 2.30 The Flintstones. (1994, PG) 4.10 The Piano Tuner Of EarthQuakes. (2005, PG, Portuguese) 6.05 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 7.55 Pili. (2017, M, Swahili) 9.30 Kuessipan. (2019, M, French Canadian) 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Pawn Stars South Africa. 3.30 Pawn Stars UK. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawnography. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 10.30 Mighty Rivers. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

Urban Native Girl. 2.30 Nyami Ngaarlu-Gundi Woman Of The Water. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Going Bush. 6.25 African American: Many Rivers To Cross. 7.20 News. 7.30 African American: Many Rivers To Cross. 8.30 Superstition. 9.20 NITV News Update. 9.30 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.00 Football. Monsoon AFL. Replay. Midnight Late Programs.

SEVEN (7)

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes. (2009, M) 10.05 MOVIE: The Dictator. (2012, MA15+) 11.45 The Nanny. 12.15am Lethal Weapon. 1.10 Urbex: Enter At Your Own Risk. 2.10 Baywatch. 3.00 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 10.25 CSI: Miami. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 CSI: Miami. 3.15 JAG. 4.10 ST: Voyager. 5.05 Diagnosis Murder. 6am Frasier. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Medium. 3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping. 17 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 5 March, 2021

Wednesday, March 10 SECTION GEELONGINDY.COM.AU ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.55 Poldark. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 1.55 Hillary. (Mav, R) 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.05 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Dreamhouse Nightmare. (2017, Masv, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions: Edmonton. (Mlv, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (Mas, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. [TEN] The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 [TEN] Judge Judy. (R) 7.30 [TEN] Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Ml) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) Presented by Tom Gleeson. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. A satirical news program exposing the humorous, absurd and downright hypocritical. 9.00 Aftertaste. (Final, Mdls) The restaurant is a success. 9.30 Why Are You Like This. (Mal, R) Mia does Ramadan her own way. 9.55 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 10.35 Staged. (Ml, R) 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.35 Four Corners. (R) 12.20 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.35 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.35 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Tony Robinson: Britain’s Ancient Tracks: Dartmoor. (PG, R) Part 1 of 4. 8.30 Australia In Colour. (PG) Part 1 of 4. Documents the story of Australia through a collection of colourised archival footage. 9.30 Departure. (Premiere, Ma) An investigator looks into the mysterious disappearance of a British passenger plane over the Atlantic. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Romulus. (MA15+) 11.50 Oh Lucy! (PGl) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 4. 2.15 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+v, R) 3.05 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGsv) 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) A look at immigration, customs and quarantine. 8.30 Miniseries: The Pembrokeshire Murders. (Malv) Part 3 of 3. A forensic breakthrough gives DS Steve Wilkins and his team the ammunition they need. 9.30 Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching The Gameshow Killer. (M) The true story of killer John Cooper. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Criminal Confessions: The Kill Club. (MA15+av) 12.00 Code Black. (Ma, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] Code Black. (Ma, R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mals) As the social “experiment” continues, the couples gather for the second dinner party. 9.00 Amazing Grace. (Ma) Grace scrambles to cope when Sophia’s adoptive father delivers an ultimatum. 10.00 New Amsterdam. (M) Bloom comes to a startling realisation. 11.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 11.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+am) Ethan puts his life in danger. 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.20 Explore: Medieval Mile. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Cube. Game show in which teams of two put their skills to the test by completing tasks in a perspex cube. 8.30 Bull. (Mv, R) Bull and the team help defend a police officer involved in a federal civil suit over the use of excessive force in the shooting of an unarmed man. However, the politics of the situation causes tension within their ranks. 10.30 The Project. (R) The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.30 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Harry Seidler: Modernist. 9.45 Restoration Australia. 10.45 To Be Advised. 11.40 Louis Theroux: Mothers On The Edge. 12.45am Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Reno 911! 1.25 Chewing Gum. 1.50 Josh. 2.20 News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.00 Grandpa Honeyant. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch. Noon Inside Heston’s World. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.50 Noma Australia. 3.20 Stories From Norway: The Musical! 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Vs Arashi. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Wellington Paranormal. 9.05 MOVIE: The Conversation. (1974, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30

9GEM (52, 92)

6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Sailors Three. (1940) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Silent Witness. 12.10am Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm African American: Many Rivers To Cross. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Going Bush. 6.30 On Country Kitchen. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Faboriginal. 8.00 Black As. 8.35 Heroes. 9.40 NITV News Update. 9.50 Message From Mungo. 11.00 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.15 The Piano Tuner Of EarthQuakes. (2005, PG, Portuguese) 9.10 Delbaran. (2001, PG, Farsi) 11.00 Cutthroat Island. (1995, PG) 1.15pm White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 2.40 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 4.35 Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods. (2014, PG, French) 6.10 The Flintstones. (1994, PG) 7.50 Billy Bloom. (2017, M) 9.30 Wadjda. (2012, PG, Arabic) 11.20 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Classic Restos: USA Edition. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawnography. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

PEACH (82, 11)

SEVEN (7)

Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Make It Yours. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Jonathan Creek. 1.15am ICU. 2.00 Home Shopping.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Sicario. (2015, MA15+) 11.00 Police Ten 7. 11.30 The Nanny. Midnight Lethal Weapon. 1.00 The Horn. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 NCIS. 12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 CSI: Miami. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 Instinct. 5.00 JAG. 6am Frasier. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Medium. 3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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Thursday, March 11 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 To Be Advised. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 2.00 Poldark. (Mv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 1.55 Hillary. (Mls, R) 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.00 Great Indian Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Dead At 17. (2008, Mav, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions: Placentia. (Msv, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Destination WA. (R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (Mals, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. [TEN] The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 [TEN] Judge Judy. (R) 7.30 [TEN] Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mas) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. 6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads: Agnes Water And 1770, Queensland. (PG) Paul West explores Agnes Water and 1770. 8.30 Q+A. Hosted by Hamish Macdonald. 9.35 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. Long-form interview show. 10.05 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World: Wartime. (PG) 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal. (PG, R) 12.25 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The World’s Greatest Palaces: Lukshmi Vilas Palace. (Final, PG) Takes a look at Lukshmi Vilas Palace. 8.30 Michael Mosley: What’s My Diagnosis. (M) Part 1 of 4. 9.35 Shadowplay. (MA15+) Moritz abducts his next victim. 10.40 SBS World News Late. 11.10 24 Hours In Police Custody. (M) 12.00 Julian. (PGa, R) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 5. Vienne to Bollène. 203km flat stage. From France. 2.15 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+av, R) 3.05 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGasv) 8.30 Wife Swap Australia. (PGl) A controlling mother-of-two swaps lives with a free-spirited mum who spends every dollar on fun. 9.45 Ant Middleton & Rebel Wilson: Straight Talking. (Mal) British adventurer Ant Middleton takes actor Rebel Wilson on the trip of a lifetime through Mexico. 10.45 The Latest: Seven News. 11.15 Celebrity Obsessed: Jodie Foster. (MA15+av, R) 12.15 [SEVEN] Miniseries: Madoff. (Ma) 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Mega Zoo. (PGm) An elephant needs surgery after breaking his tusks. 8.30 The Equalizer. (M) An enigmatic former CIA operative uses her extensive skills to help others. 9.30 Murder For Hire: Good Sister, Bad Sister. (PGa) A woman is excited to reunite with her estranged sister, but is shocked when she is thrust into a sinister murder plot. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Manifest. (Mav) 11.50 New Amsterdam. (Mm, R) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGa) Lifeguards try to enforce social distancing. 8.00 Territory Cops. A man is wanted for a domestic violence charge. 8.30 Gogglebox. TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows. 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav) Benson teams up with the Bronx SVU to track down a serial rapist with victims in both boroughs. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.30 [TEN] The Project. (R) 12.30 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.25 Hard Quiz. 9.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 10.25 You Can’t Ask That. 10.55 David Attenborough: Kingdom Of Plants. (Final) 11.50 Parks And Recreation. 12.10am Reno 911! 12.30 Chewing Gum. 12.55 QI. 1.25 Brassic. 2.10 Josh. 2.40 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. 2020 NHK Trophy. Replay. 2.05 Gaycation. 2.55 Gaycation: United We Stand. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 NBL: Overtime. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Taskmaster Norway. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. 10.10 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Brit Cops. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Andrew Denton’s Interview. 12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (52, 92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon As Time Goes By. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: The Maggie. (1954) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 1. Melbourne Storm v South Sydney Rabbitohs. 9.55 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.40 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 6.40 White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 8.05 Wadjda. (2012, PG, Arabic) 9.55 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 11.50 The Flintstones. (1994, PG) 1.30pm The Tale Of Despereaux. (2008, PG) 3.10 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 4.55 Forever Enthralled. (2008, PG, Mandarin) 7.35 Charlie & Boots. (2009, M) 9.30 Colette. (2018) 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Billion Dollar Wreck. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawnography. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Pacific Rim. (2013, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Collateral Damage. (2002, M) 12.20am Late Programs.

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Another Country. 1.35 Bamay. 2.00 Red Earth Uncovered. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.30 On Country Kitchen. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 MOVIE: Precious. (2009, MA15+) 10.30 News. 10.40 Late Programs. 18 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 5 March, 2021

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11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Young Sheldon. 8.30 MOVIE: The Longest Yard. (2005, M) 10.45 MOVIE: Ted. (2012, MA15+) 1am Xtreme Collxtion. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Late Programs.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 9.30 L.A.’s Finest. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 Sherlock Holmes: Elementary. 12.30am Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs. 6am Frasier. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Medium. 3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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Capturing memories in Central Geelong Geelong is home to a range of retailers who can help make your family look its very best. Visit www.centralgeelong.com.au/shop to find a list of retailers.

Have you ever thought about organising a photography shoot with your family? It’s the perfect way to capture your tribe in photos you will treasure forever. It can be hard to round up the troupes, but it is well worth it. From the very important photographer to stunning backdrops, fun props and printing your favourite photos, Central Geelong has everything you need for your family photography session.

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Location, location Pick a stunning backdrop to match your family’s personality and help make your snaps pop. Central Geelong has a number of outdoor

Create fun and relaxed photos by adding props, like ice creams from Augustus Gelatery. (Supplied)

spaces that make for a perfect background. For gorgeous waterfront views and a variety of green open areas, the Geelong Waterfront may be the location you’re after. Time your shoot with sunset for colourful skies glistening over Corio Bay. Add some play to your photos by having the kids play in one of the playgrounds along the waterfront. If you’re after a more urban feel, then consider Central Geelong’s quirky laneways. With exciting street art and industrial-feel brick walls, the laneways will add a unique flavour to your family photos. You can’t forget about Johnstone Park. Surrounded by the Geelong Gallery and the Geelong Library & Heritage Centre,

this lush green park is a beautiful backdrop. Capture these stunning cultural venues in the background or pose in front of the rotunda.

Make it fun Help create fun and relaxed photos by adding some props to your shoot. Pick up some ice creams from Augustus Gelatery in Gheringhap Street or milkshakes from Toasty on Ryrie Street for cheeky photos of the kids. Mainly $2 in Moorabool Street has a range of cost-effective items that would make great props – from costume pieces to outdoor games. While some people might disagree, shopping for new outfits to make sure your family is colour co-ordinated can be fun. Central

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First off, you need to book in a photographer to capture your wonderful family. Your photographer will guide you through the process and ensure your family has a great time while capturing your special moments. Hanna and Zach are a team in life and at work. Located in McLarty Place, Handzaround Video & Photography offers services for weddings, maternity, babies, couples, commercial and family shoots. Family photography sessions are tailored to your family and aims to tell your own unique story. All sessions are based on play (which makes them really fun!) and are authentic and relaxed. Find out more at www. handzaroundvideophotography.com/family/ Established photographer, Andrew Mauderer Photography specialises in portraiture, weddings and commercial work. Located in Little Ryrie Street, the purpose-built modern warehouse studio is the ideal location to have your family portraits taken. However, if you have an off-site location in mind, they can come to you. Find out more at www. andrewmaudererstudios.com

The print shop at Geelong Camera House in Moorabool Street can help you with your standard prints right through to wall art. Have your family photos printed onto canvas wraps, metal or glass art, framed canvas, framed prints, photo books, greeting cards and personalised items. Find out more at www. camerahouse.com.au Big W in Westfield Geelong offers services to create unique gifts and items using your cherished family photos. From stubby holders, desk calendars, mugs and drinkware, cushion covers, phone covers, bag tags and more, you can personalise gifts for all your loved ones. www.bigw.com.au If you’re a budding photographer and decided to take on the role of photographer for your latest family shoot, then Analogue Academy in Cuzens Place can help you develop your film. Simply fill out the Mail-In Film Order form, post your film to PO Box 1538, Geelong and Analogue Academy’s Film Lab will do the rest. More details at www.analogueacademy.com.au Perhaps you prefer to have your photos transferred onto DVD. Accent DVD on Moorabool Street started more than 25 years ago and has been helping hundreds of family members to cherish and preserve their family history. See www.accentdvd.com.au

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Screen. Rehabilitate. Communicate. This week is Hearing Awareness Week, with this year’s theme being ‘Hearing care for ALL! Screen. Rehabilitate. Communicate.’ Audiologist Ashlee Willis and the team at Geelong Hearing Aid Services understand the importance of this message and will be using the dedicated week to help raise awareness of hearing loss and the impacts it can have on members of the community. “Hearing loss affects one in every six Australians, and affects people of all ages, genders and lifestyles,” Ashlee explains. “Some people are born with hearing loss and others develop hearing loss as they get older. “It is important to look out for warning signs that you may have hearing loss issues and address them as early as possible.”

What to look out for: • You can hear, but not understand • You don’t always hear the phone ring • You are turning the TV up louder than usual • Everyone seems to be mumbling • Pain or discharge in the ear • A blocked feeling in one or both ears

What if I have hearing loss? There are different options and treatments for hearing loss depending on the type of hearing loss. • Hearing aids • Cochlear implants • Wax removal • Treatment

How to keep hearing healthy • Wear ear protection such as ear muffs or plugs when in a noisy environment. This can include noise from mowing the lawn and using a drill or a chainsaw. • Get hearing checked regularly. Annual hearing health checkups are a great idea to ensure you are keeping on top of your ear health. • Keep Q-Tips AWAY from your ears! Geelong Hearing Aid Services, 96 High Street, Belmont. Opens 9am-5pm Monday-Friday. Inquiries: 5243 1019 or www.qualtone.com.au

What to do if you think you may have hearing loss • Call Geelong Hearing Aid Services to book your hearing health check. • Speak with your GP if you are experiencing any pain, or discharge from your ear.

It’s Hearing Awareness Week and audiologist Ashlee Willis is ready to help. (Supplied)

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Large range helps keep you mobile, longer “Our team can help guide a customer’s choice and, if a purchase is ever in need of repairs, we have our technician Martin Coote to keep everything in good running order.” Scooters & Mobility is also home to some fabulous aids, such as walkers, sticks, frames and crutches, and mobility aids used in bedroom, bathroom and kitchen. And a lift and recline chair in the lounge room can improve mobility no end. Small items can make a big difference, too – for example, an Etac Contour Pen that’s perfect for arthritis sufferers or those with poor grip; or an adjustable pressure EquaGel cushion with washable cover that can make a car trip so much easier on the body. As Mark puts it: “We’re all about improving quality of life and wellbeing, helping people to remain mobile and get the most out of living every day.” No-obligation demonstrations and trials in store, or at any time (day or night) in customers’ own homes are available. Scooters & Mobility, 52 Charles Street, Newcombe. Opens 9am-5pm Monday-Friday. Inquiries: 5248 7474 or www.scootersandmobility.com.au

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Mark Dillon, director of Scooters & Mobility Geelong, is always keen to get the message out to residents of the Geelong region that his business is literally a one-stop shop for all things mobility and home help aids. Now, as travel restrictions are easing, Mark highlights the store’s wide variety of airline-friendly Lithium-Ion powered scooters. “We have the world’s best – the Freerider Luggie – plus the range of Supa Scootas including the world’s lightest, the Microlite, along with its big brother, the Supalite,” Mark says. “These beauties make transfers from vehicles so much easier, and couldn’t be more perfect for airline travel. “At any one time, we stock more than 20 scooters and powerchairs, so there’s bound to be one that’s just right for purpose, whether for scooting around shopping or visiting friends, or wheeling along trails to take in a good dose of nature.” The store also carries a big range of Afikim mobility scooters – the only brand with a three-year warranty (12 months on battery and charger). Also in stock is an extensive range of tyres, tubes, batteries, chargers and many spare parts and accessories for all makes and models of scooters and powerchairs – and at the region’s best prices.

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Romantic connection makes life easier for Helen and Ray Finding love later in life was an unexpected surprise for Grovedale’s Helen Dickinson and Ray Howard. “Someone asked me recently ‘what did he get you for Valentine’s Day?’, and I said ‘every day is like Valentine’s Day with Ray’, he’s that good’,” Helen said. The pair connected almost two years ago, after meeting at a Geelong retirement village. Ray’s wife of 45 years had passed, and Helen was living in Victoria after spending time in both Queensland and New South Wales. Ray said he enjoyed Helen’s easygoing nature, and was keen to build a stronger connection.

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“I play in the band at the Country Music Club out at Norlane and when it came my turn to sing I sang two songs ‘Have I Told You Lately That I Love You’ and ‘Please Help Me I’m Falling in Love With You’ and I dedicated both of them to Helen,” Ray said. “It hit me like a bolt of lightning, and while I’d been married before I never imagined I’d meet someone like Ray, we just get on so well,” Helen said. Helen and Ray now live together in Grovedale and receive support from a government funded Home Care Package (HCP) through genU Aged Care services. Helen has experienced multiple health problems due to an irregular heartbeat, but is feeling the best she has in years thanks to regular medical care and support from her package. Helen has accessed assistance with meals, laundry services, taxi vouchers and house cleaning.

Grovedale’s Helen Dickinson and Ray Howard are living more comfortable lives with support from a genU Home Care Package. (Supplied)

Ray has lost almost 50 kilograms while living with Helen, and is also enjoying the benefits of his package which has given him a new chair and access to a gardener.

“The help we get now with our packages is just awesome,” Helen said. “We’re really happy because we can live quite comfortably,” Ray said.

If you are interested in learning more about how a HCP can assist you or a loved one, please call 1300 558 368 or email contact@genu.org.au

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Safety and security seals the deal for seniors There has never been a better time to downsize to a low-maintenance unit in a community of like-minded people who share a strong sense of belonging and connectivity. Leading owner and operator of rental retirement communities, Ingenia Gardens, offers a popular alternative for Geelong independent seniors by providing the opportunity to live financially free, without the many up-front costs or complex locked-in contracts common in traditional retirement living options. The rental model provides seniors flexibility, with the added benefit of a secure lease, along with the lifestyle, convenience, and safety aspects of belonging to a retirement community. Ingenia Communities general manager residential communities, Nicole Jentz says Aussies need retirement living they can rely on, with staff who can support and advocate for their health and wellbeing, while maintaining their independence. “I think this desire is contributing to a larger group of people considering community living for the first time,” Ms Jentz said. “Having access to an on-site manager and living in a gated community with level and covered walkways connected to communal facilities are just some of the many ways residents feel safe and secure.” For Ingenia Gardens resident Lida Van Lierop, finding a retirement community that offered a thriving social life and community connection has been a saving grace during the periods of COVID-19. “I feel very safe here and there is so much to do even while we socially distance – we have exercise groups, games, puzzles, happy hour and all sorts which keeps us entertained,” Ms Van Lierop said.

Ingenia Gardens communities have been described as having a “great spirit”. (Supplied)

“Having a community around me has helped me greatly during this time, and I know that’s the case for other seniors here. “There’s great spirit in our community … My main goal for my retirement was to find a community where I could feel happy and active, and that’s what I have here.” Ms Jentz added that the health and wellbeing of residents was of the utmost importance

which is why Ingenia Gardens has taken proactive steps to support residents and maintain their beautiful community spirit. “Ingenia Care is a complimentary care co-ordination and advocacy service that all communities offer, with an aim to keep residents active and independent for longer by connecting them with the support they need,” Ms Jentz said.

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Contact our caring and friendly Ingenia Gardens Geelong team to book your private tour on 1800 44 54 64. Ingenia Gardens has communities in Geelong, Grovedale, Hertford, Sovereign, Melton, Warrnambool and Horsham. To find out more visit www.ingeniagardens.com.au

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PUZZLES No. 018

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

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Strangest; craziest (8) Exchange (5) Descending with rope (9) Argues (7) Boxed; fought (7) Oily fruit (5) East Asian nationality (9) Tangoed (e.g.) (6) Epic; instrumental (9) Those with faith (9) Grows in the womb (8) Alcohols (7) Winced (7) Reflector (6) Seat (5) Greek island (5)

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Which children’s picture book by Raymond Briggs was first published in 1978?

How many times has Australia qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals?

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Arrival and The Visitors are albums by which pop group?

Who said 'World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones'?

Which 2018 sci-fi horror film stars Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche (pictured)?

Who has won the Artist of the Year category the most times at the American Music Awards?

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USED CAR CHECKOUT The ‘dual’ in Nissan Dualis signifies its dual-purpose nature, a crossover between a family hatchback and a compact 4WD. It has Nissan’s All-mode transmission so has decent traction on bush tracks, as well as on slippery sealed surfaces. It has higher than average ground clearance for a hatchback, but it isn’t as high as a ‘real’ 4WD. Nissan gave the Dualis a major makeover in April 2010. Every visible body component forward of the windscreen was new, with the revised bonnet giving it a bolder look and improved aerodynamics. Inside, the visual changes are minor, but the instruments and trip computer are easier to see. Late in 2010 an extended wheelbase seven-seat version, called Dualis +2 was introduced. The second-row seats can be moved forward to make access to the back reasonably easy. This sliding function also lets you juggle legroom in all three rows. Comfort of the Dualis is good and even poor-quality Aussie backroads don’t knock it about much. Handling is nothing out of the ordinary. It will look after you unless you do something really silly. Just don’t expect a sporty Euro SUV at a Japanese price. With the introduction of the second generation in Australia in 2014 the Dualis was given the name of Qashqai which had been used in other countries for many years. Qashqai got a mild facelift late in 2018, an increased range of driver-assistance technologies, and autonomous emergency braking in all model. Nissan Dualis was originally powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine by way of a six-speed manual gearbox, or a CVT auto with pre-selected ratios that can be operated manually.

The 2008 Nissan Dualis and 2012 Nissan Dualis +2. (Pictures: Supplied)

Qashqai also has a 2.0-litre naturally-aspirated engine, but with added power and torque than the Dualis. A 1.6-litre turbo-diesel was introduced in April 2013, but only has a six-speed manual gearbox. It wasn’t a sales success but is an honest unit and it may be worth hunting one down if you’re planning long trips in remote areas where the extra range of a diesel can be important. There are plenty of Nissan dealers Australia-wide. Getting unusual parts for the Dualis may take a few days if you have trouble in the outback, but shouldn’t normally take more than two or three business days. Dualis has a reasonably simple makeup and amateurs with a mechanical bent can do a fair bit of their own work. Don’t touch the safety bits, though.

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Torquay wins junior and open trophies Torquay Boardriders Club won both the junior and open divisions of the Victorian Teams Titles off Phillip Island on Sunday. The titles got under way in challenging five-foot conditions at Cape Woolami, with light winds early, and reform lefts and rights on offer. As the day progressed, the swell kicked and the wind came up slightly, which forced competition to shift down the beach to a more user-friendly bank. Willis Droomer, who hails from Jan Juc, was a standout performer in Torquay Boardriders’

junior team. Droomer ripped into a nice right-hander after making the decision to move to the other bank. “It was tricky out there,” he said. “I managed to find a couple of waves though and … get the job done.” Alongside Droomer was Asher Lens, also a Jan Juc local, who laid some serious rail on a couple left-handers. “Some of the lefts were fun out there,” he said. “I was stoked to be able to lay into a few and get a couple of nice carves in.” Torquay Boardriders Club president Harry

Mann said he was “stoked to see everyone ripping” and that “the team surfed great all day long”. Torquay’s junior side finished with a combined total of 30.47 beating home team Phillip Island (22.70), with 13th Beach Boardriders (15.70) coming third. Torquay also beat the home side in the open division with a combined total of 39.84, almost six points clear of runners up Phillip Island on 34.09. Luke Voogt

Torquay Boardriders Club won the open and junior divisions of the Victorian Team Titles at Phillip Island. (Zac Loveless / Surfing Victoria)

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India Robinson wins at the Maroubra Pro in the World Surf League Qualifying Series. (Pictures: Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW)

India wins at Maroubra By Luke Voogt Up-and-coming Jan Juc surfer India Robinson won the Maroubra Pro on Sunday, breaking a 15-month drought at the World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series. Robinson rode one-foot waves to victory at Maroubra Beach, Sydney, after the disappointment of being knocked out in the semi-finals at Port Stephens a week earlier. “I’m over the moon with this result, especially to win in these conditions,” Robinson said. “Small waves are generally not my strong suit, so to claim a win when it’s like this gives me a lot of confidence as we head into the Central Coast. “I tried to get busier and just hope for the best 30 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 5 March, 2021

to be honest. Hopefully, this will be the first good result of many.” Some rated Robinson as the surfer to beat at the Port Stephens Pro before she was eliminated in the semi-finals. She looked unstoppable at Maroubra, shining in her earlier heats and consistently posting two-wave heat totals in excess of 13 points on Saturday. Robinson eventually defeated Sunshine Coast’s Sophie McCulloch in the final on Sunday. The event was Robinson’s first major qualifying series win since her maiden victory at the Phillip Island Pro back in November 2018. The event also featured world number three

Sally Fitzgibbons, who McCulloch eliminated on her way to the final. The elite three-day WSL Qualifying Series 1000-rated event was the third of four stops on the NSW Pro Surf Series. The series headed to Avoca Beach this week for the fourth and final 3000-rated final event concluding this Sunday. The surfers in the qualifying series are competing for entry into the Challenger Series later this year. The Challenger Series is a new level of competition that WSL announced in 2020 and ultimately offers a path into the WSL Championship Tour, which features the best surfers in the world competing for the world title.

This weekend there were again a large number of boats flocking offshore and in the Rip to try their luck on our local pelagic species (tuna and kingfish). The rip had more boats than the Spanish Armada all in there hoping to tangle with some kingfish – and a fair chunk of boats found success. Dropping knife jigs, ranging between 150-250 grams, and jigging them through the water column has been very effective for boats, landing fish up to 12kg. Live calamari and live yakkas have also been producing plenty of fish and tends to get a few more bites than jigs. Off Barwon Heads/Ocean Grove has also had its fair share of kingfish popping up right along the coast. They’re eating many different lures and on a variety of different tactics including casting, jigging and bait fishing. Along the 40-50-metre mark has been holding a good chunk of fish down deep, with fish to 80cm in good numbers. Dropping knife jigs on their heads has been super effective. Weather like that at the weekend made it very easy to spot them cruising on the surface and gave a good opportunity to throw some top water lures at them. Poppers and stick baits have been working a treat, in particular the Nomad Chug Norris. Bluefin tuna remain a popular target for many anglers this week. The fish were proving quite difficult to tempt but there was still a few fish being caught along the coast. Trolling skirted lures with the aid of either a spreader bar or dredge has definitely helped in getting those extra bites. So too has diving hardbodies. When the fish are on the surface, casting stick baits into the schools has been accounting for plenty of bites and is a fun way to target them. Coming back inside the bay has still had plenty of good fishing on offer with snapper and whiting chewing well! Snapper have been going quite well off Clifton Springs with some solid reports of fish to 5kg being caught. Whiting are still on the chew right around the peninsula with Clifton Springs right through to Queesncliff the best area to look. Queenscliff has been holding the better quality fish and at good size too.

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Vital game for Cats’ finals hopes By Luke Voogt Geelong moved a step closer to a finals berth with a thrilling two-wicket win over St Kilda last Saturday. The Cats’ all-rounders and part-timers chipped in with the ball while captain Eamonn Vines again led the way with the bat. St Kilda batted first after winning the toss, getting to 34 before Josh Garner dismissed Michael De Iacovo for 16. Fellow paceman Brody Couch dismissed Josh Manning for four, caught behind, with the score at 41, but opener Patrick Rowe and Jonathan Merlo hung around for a 78-run partnership. All-rounder Hayden Butterworth dismissed Merlo for 39 (off 49), caught and bowled, before dismissing Rowe for 57 (off 109) in the same fashion nine runs later, bringing the Saints to 4/128. The Saints’ middle order batsman managed several starts but none posted a big score. Part-time spinner Gus Boyd cleaned up most of the tail taking 3/49, with the Saints making 9/211. Butterworth finished with 3/47, while Couch took 2/40 and Garner 1/20. Geelong started shakily with newly-promoted opener Tom Jackson making just two. The up-and-coming batsman was

Josh Garner hits the winning boundary against St Kilda. (Geelong Cricket Club/Facebook)

averaging 50-plus batting at four but has managed just 24 runs in two innings opening. Vines and Josh McDonald steadied the ship before McDonald went for 33 with the Cats at 2/54. Vines batted on without his fellow batsmen making a significant contribution, until leg-spinner Tom Connell arrived at the pitch with the Cats on 6/142. O’Connell provided much-needed support for Vines with the pair putting on 40 for the seventh wicket. When the skipper fell for 76 with the score at 182, and Couch was dismissed for a duck, Geelong, at 8/187, looked at risk of a heartbreaking loss. But O’Connell fought on for 40 not out with

Garner chipping in a vital 8 not out, including a leg glance for the winning four to get the Cats over the line with just two wickets and seven balls left. The Cats advanced to sixth on the ladder after the win, with just a game separating them and ninth-placed Essendon. The win was even more vital given Cricket Victoria has decided not to replay an earlier round lost to the state’s snap lockdown last month. Geelong had been set to play the struggling Camberwell Magpies that round. Tomorrow’s game at home against 11th-placed Richmond is important for Geelong’s finals hopes, with the Cats to play Prahran (third),

Cats to sort pre-season ‘teething issues’ Tom Hawkins and Jeremy Cameron have begun sorting out “teething issues” in a talent-packed Cats forward line now featuring the two former Coleman medallists. “We were both admittedly pretty scratchy,” Hawkins told the media on Wednesday, after the Cats’ scratch match against Collingwood last Friday. “I expect us to both fit in and play well together [but] it may take time getting used to slight variations of how we play. “My opinion is we play very different. There will be some growing pains initially. “Our first inside 50 on the weekend, I was in the skinny space, Pat [Dangerfield] took the mark in front of the grandstand, and I actually got in Jeremy’s way – bumped into him – and he managed to mark the footy still. “There is obviously … going to be a lot of speculation on Jeremy and the other two recruits in Isaac [Smith] and Shaun [Higgins]. “There’ll be a few teething issues like there is with any forward line at the start of the year but I expect that we’ll be OK.” Gary Rohan also stood out last Friday, taking some impressive pack marks against the Pies. “I thought our forward six as a collective were really dynamic,” Hawkins said. Hawkins described practice matches like last Friday and tomorrow night’s game against Essendon as “vital tools” for getting players on the same page and boosting their physicality. “The alternative was to go over to St Mary’s and run laps, and that didn’t whet my appetite that much,” he laughed. “As a group you get to train together, but you don’t get to have the physical contact that you’re after and that you need to prepare for the start of the season. “It gets dialled up certainly in the first three or four weeks.” The Cats’ newer players impressed Hawkins as Geelong scraped over the line against Collingwood by two points. “The first quarter was really good, we seemed to be able to move the ball up the field pretty well,” he said. “I look forward to playing with another quality player in our forward line. “But to be frank I was really impressed with … the growth in some of our younger players from last year. “Gryan Miers, I thought, was outstanding and was really composed in front of goal when he got the chance.

Tom Hawkins addresses the media on Wednesday ahead of tomorrow’s Community Series pre-season game against Essendon. (Supplied)

“Frank Evans showed some really good signs coming off a somewhat limited pre-season, Sam De Koning I got to play with, Shannon Neale for the first time. “So that was probably as exciting as anything – not playing down my excitement levels of playing with a star in Jeremy, but I was really

impressed with the forward line as a collective.” Geelong takes on Essendon at GMHBA Stadium at 7.10pm tomorrow. The Cats’ AFLW side is still chasing its first win against Carlton on Sunday.

Fitzroy Doncaster (fourth) and Northcote (seventh) in their last three. In GCA division one, Newtown-Chilwell and South Barwon played a thrilling tie. Newtown-Chilwell won the toss and batted first, managing 182 all-out. South Barwon needed a run a ball off the last over but managed just five off Jordan Tegelhuter, including a run out, finishing level with two wickets in hand. Sam Hall’s 108 not out helped North Geelong to victory over St Joseph’s, while Vishesh Malhotra’s 105 helped Lara defeat Highton. Sean O’Neil (averaging 75.4 this season) backed up his century in the previous round with 93 not out in East Belmont’s 87-run thrashing of Murgheboluc. Leopold was the other winner for the round, with North Geelong leading the ladder followed by Lara, East Belmont and South Barwon. Alexander-Thomson, Bell Post Hill, Bell Park and Torquay picked up wins in division two. Marshall’s loss on Saturday means Bell Post Hill now leads by percentage, with Geelong City third and Torquay fourth. In division three, Waurn Ponds-Deakin, Geelong West, Manifold Heights, Corio and Thomson picked up wins. Geelong West leads the ladder, followed by Lethbridge, Corio and St Albans-Breakwater.

Tennis leagues head into finals Highton Tennis Club has solidified its lead in the final round of Geelong’s premier competition. Highton thrashed Ocean Grove in the Section 1 men’s 6-0 to hand them the wooden spoon. Third-placed Barwon Heads narrowly defeated second-placed Grovedale by three games, with both sides winning three sets. But the result did not change the ladder, with finals to begin in a fortnight following a break for the Labour Day weekend. The first semi-final between Highton and Grovedale should be a tight encounter, with both teams winning one each of their two clashes earlier this season. The do-or-die second semi-final will see Leopold travel to Barwon Heads in a rematch of round 13. Barwon Heads took that match 4-2 with Toby Mitchell and Greg Luke as stand outs. But Leopold young guns Taj Cayzer, Jason and Gavin D’Souza, and Saxon Richardson should take it to the more experienced Barwon Heads. Section 1 mixed saw Waurn Ponds win comfortably 6-0 over fourth-placed Grovedale Black. Nicole and Mikaela Mullen outplayed their opposition dropping just nine games. The men’s set proved the closest of the day with Billy Spicer and Jason Tomicic winning in a tie-break over Tyler Krumholz and Brent May. In the Grovedale grudge match third-placed Yellow upstaged second-placed Gold on games, but the result was not enough for Yellow overtake Gold on the ladder. Waurn Ponds will face Gold for a place in the grand final, after winning both sides’ previous clashes comfortably. Yellow will face Grovedale Black in a less predictable knockout semi-final.

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The materials set out above have been produced prior to detailed design and construction, are for illustration purposes only and do not constitute a representation by the Vendor (or its employees/agents/consultants) in respect to the size, form, layout or timing of the development in any manner. The materials set out above are subject to change at any time without prior or subsequent notice. Purchasers should not rely on the materials in any way. Changes may be made to detail layouts during the development by the Vendor, including to meet planning requirements. Purchasers must make and rely on their own enquires. All final area dimensions of any lot sold will be as provided in the contract of sale and may differ from those in the materials.

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