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Children are clamouring to play with LEGO car ramps and have “graffiti wars” at Geelong’s Museum of Play and Art (MoPA), as coronavirus restrictions ease according to co-owner Tom Mahon. He and wife Billie Georgieff were devastated when COVID-19 hit just months after they opened their new million-dollar investment in January 2020. “We had literally just finished building and investing in a new museum, and we were relying on 2020 to recover that investment,” Tom said. After gradually opening again from last October, the museum’s bookings have increased every month in line with public confidence. “We sold out every single day [in] January,” Tom said. With restrictions easing further this week and half-price flights into Avalon Airport available from April 1, Tom is excited for the upcoming school holidays and beyond. “When the government says we can rip the masks off, that does fill people with confidence,” Tom said. Details: museumofplayandart.com.au

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‘Pleas for help’ to soar By Luke Voogt Geelong charities and emergency relief providers are bracing for an influx of demand with JobKeeper and the Coronavirus Supplement set to end in coming days. Calls for help have already increased at the Salvation Army’s Geelong Doorways site, according to centre manager Josie Taylor. About 30 to 40 per cent of the centre’s clients ceased using its services when federal government introduced the JobKeeper wage subsidy and the Coronavirus Supplement for those on JobSeeker and other payments, she explained.

“Half of them have come back since [federal government began rolling back the payments] so we’re at 80 per cent of what we were pre-COVID-19,” she said. “About 60 to 70 per cent remained with us throughout COVID-19. A lot of those people are rough sleepers, so they’re having contact day-to-day with us for frozen meals and pantry and hygiene items.” With a few new clients also attending the centre each day, Ms Taylor expected demand to exceed pre-COVID levels when the payments cease. “We are definitely anticipating it will go beyond,” she said.

Geelong Food Relief Centre chief executive Collin Peebles expected a “significant” increase in pleas for help. “We’ve seen an increase over the last couple of months as the payments have been gradually retracted,” he said. “Over the next couple of weeks we’ll start to see that fallout of people suffering food insecurity as the payments are retracted completely.” Representatives from organisations across Geelong also raised concerns over the payments ending in the Geelong Food Assistance Network’s regular quarterly meeting on Wednesday. About 24,000 Geelong and Surf Coast residents could lose up to $150 a fortnight when

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the coronavirus supplement ends on March 31. People on parenting payments, Youth Allowance, Austudy or JobSeeker will receive a $50 per fortnight increase beginning April 1, meaning they will effectively lose $100 a fortnight. As of January 29, Geelong had 10575 residents on JobSeeker, 52.8 per cent higher than 6921 in March 2020, according to Department of Social Services data. On the Bellarine Peninsula, 2237 residents were on JobSeeker, 74 per cent higher than 1282 in March 2020. The number of Geelong and Bellarine businesses receiving JobKeeper fell from 9158 in September 2020 to 4904 in December 2020.

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Council investigates safety fears By Luke Voogt Pedestrian safety concerns have prompted council to launch investigations into three roads in Geelong’s southern suburbs. Council announced the investigations at Burdekin Drive, Highton; Highmont Drive, Belmont; and Carter Road, Armstrong Creek after endorsing a report on pedestrian safety. Kardinia ward councillor Ron Nelson requested the report last month to address community concerns at the locations, along with Meadowvale Drive and Amarina Crescent, Grovedale.

“Thanks to residents raising these concerns with us, we are getting the sites investigated further to determine the next steps to make our suburbs safer and more liveable,” Cr Nelson said. Council has already funded the construction of new speed humps on Meadowvale Drive, scheduled to commence in coming months, in its 2020-21 capital works program. The endorsed report recommended undertaking data surveys on traffic volumes, speed, turning movements and pedestrian usage at the other three locations. Council officers will then assess the results of

the traffic surveys to determine the suitability of further works. If suitable, concept plans, engagement with local residents and funding assessments will follow. Meanwhile, Cr Nelson and Cr Eddy Kontelj took aim at a City Hall report that found free parking in central Geelong would have “no tangible or intangible benefits” for the community. Cr Kontelj, who requested the report, described it as disappointing, “incredibly underwhelming and ill-informed”. “This council always has been, and yet continues [to remain] addicted to revenue from

on-street parking and … fines.” The report found free parking in on-street two-hour spaces would result in: • reduced availability of parks for shoppers and visitors, due to CBD workers using them; • increased traffic and risk of crashes and road rage; • an estimated annual revenue loss of $13m; and • a loss of surplus income used to support council services and projects. Council voted to note the report, with councillors Kontelj, Nelson and Stephanie Asher opposing the motion.

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Bridal expo returns to the waterfront Wedding dressmaker of 32 years Yvonne Shrimpton and alteration guru Simone Spencer are gearing up for the first Geelong Bridal Expo in more than a year. “It’s really exciting,” Yvonne said of the event. “I went to their recent expo in Ballarat and it was just lovely to see the brides and their entourages. “I’m looking forward to seeing that again on Sunday. This time it will be even better, because as of [today] there will be no masks, so I can actually see their faces.” Yvonne reckoned her central Geelong store, Bernice Fashions, had never been busier than now, with couples flocking to frock up for

weddings they had postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19. “We’re doubling up from last year!” she said. “Last year was very much the unknown for everyone in the industry, but it gave you time to work on your own business and hone in on other skills.” Currently weddings have no maximum attendance limits, provided they maintain a density limit of one person per two square metres. As of 6pm tonight the number of people allowed to attend a wedding at a private residence will increase from 30 to 100. Geelong Bridal Expo organiser Tadas Adamavicius was thrilled to hold the event on

Sunday beginning 10am at Deakin University’s waterfront campus. “We’ve already hosted three expos so far – Geelong being our fourth – and we’re looking forward to it,” he said. “It’s getting easier and easier as the year goes on. “Normally we’d have about 40 exhibitors but with restrictions we’re looking at 26 to 30, because of distancing, hand-sanitising stations and that sort of thing.” Unfortunately today’s further easing of restrictions would be “too late” for organisers to increase that number, he said. Details: bridalexpos.com.au Luke Voogt

An application for a plant at Lara converting up to 400,000 tonnes of waste per year into 35 megawatts of electricity has been lodged with the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria. Prospect Hill International lodged a works approval application to construct the waste-to-energy plant at 164-200 McManus Road, Lara, the EPA announced on Wednesday. Prospect Hill estimates the facility will generate enough electricity to power up to 50,000 homes using residual waste currently destined for landfill. The company’s application includes technical studies including: • a comparison with international best practice standards for waste-to-energy facilities; • human health impact assessment; • air and odour emissions; • noise emissions; • greenhouse gas emissions; and • incoming and outgoing waste management. The EPA will conduct its own studies of these impacts, along with assessing the application against environmental legislation, state policy and relevant standards and guidelines. As part of this process the EPA has published the plans for locals to have their say. Public submissions can be made until April 28 at engage.vic.gov.au/ epa-works-approvals/prospecthill Luke Voogt

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Cars banned for al fresco plan By Luke Voogt Council is set to ban vehicles from Little Malop Street in a 12-month trial aimed at attracting more visitors and outdoor diners. Under the 12-month trial, the street will close to vehicles between Dennys Place and Moorabool Street daily from 10am until 4am the following morning. The timing of the restrictions will allow vehicle access between 4am and 10am, while giving pedestrians and diners priority during busy hospitality periods, according to council.

In approving the initiative, council also instructed City Hall staff to explore the possibility of a permanent vehicle-free zone on Little Malop Street. “This is a step towards a bigger picture aim for councillors to create a permanent al fresco area in part of Little Malop Street that would be free of vehicles 24 hours a day,” mayor Stephanie Asher said. “The growth of the precinct has been really exciting in recent years and we need to keep that momentum going.” Vehicle access will be controlled via automatic rising bollards, with business and

property owners still able to enter during restricted times through a code system. Usage data will be collected throughout the trial to help determine its success. Council has yet to confirm a start date for the trial. Cr Eddy Kontelj, who chairs council’s arts, entertainment and hospitality portfolio, hoped the trial would make the precinct a more vibrant, inviting and safe place to spend time. “The trial is a pleasing step forward towards fully activating the Little Malop Street hospitality precinct and addressing the safety issues we have with vehicles driving through,

,” Cr Kontelj said. “The next step is to use this trial period to examine if there are options that would allow us to permanently close off sections of Little Malop Street, in order to create a permanent al fresco zone and improve the area even further.” Council has requested an urban design review examining how to best activate the broader precinct, including Little Malop Street Central between Moorabool and Yarra streets. The review will consider the potential closure of Little Malop Street to vehicles between Moorabool Street and Rock O’Cashel Lane.

On the green for Legacy Bowlers spanning more than 80 years in age, from Warrnambool to Geelong, will take to the green tomorrow to raise money for Legacy. Bowler of 20 years and widow Joan Shuttleworth will play alongside her three children. “I started bowling at Norlane, and when I was 80 I went out to Leopold,” she said. “I don’t know how many years I’ve got left because Leopold is a fair drive. I’m 87 on Monday – so that’s not bad.” Joan’s husband Desmond was in the 5th (Scottish) Paratrooper Battalion of the British Army and survived the Korean War. “He used to jump out of aeroplanes,” she said. “He said he lost a few friends when he was fighting. “He had a very exciting life from what he told me. He settled down in ’53 and we married in ’54.” They moved over to Norlane in 1966 and

Desmond worked at Ford while Joan worked at an electrical company. “It was very hard in them days but we managed,” Joan said. “The kids all have good jobs and I’ve had a good life.” Legacy stepped in to help when Desmond died of cancer in 2011. “I actually live in the Legacy units in Norlane,” Joan said. “They look after us – if we need anything we’ve only got to get on the phone and they get one of the workers to come out and see us. “That’s why I like bowling in the Legacy [bowls] day.” Bowlers from across southwest Victoria, including Warrnambool teen and grandson of a Vietnam veteran Luke Robson, will join Joan for Geelong Legacy Club’s annual bowls day starting 10am at Belmont Bowls Club tomorrow. Luke Voogt

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Boral officially transferred a 3.6 hectare Waurn Ponds property to its traditional owners, the Wadawurrung people, in a ceremony last Friday. Preparations to support the formal transfer to the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, a registered group representing the region’s elders, commenced in mid-2018. “Returning the land to its traditional owners is of special significance to Boral, and it has struck a chord with our people,” Boral international chief executive Zlatko Todorcevski said. “We recognise that returning this parcel of culturally significant land to its traditional owners is an important step to help close the gap between the company and our people, and

the First Australians.” Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Paul Davis welcomed the land transfer. “The value of this gesture by Boral in returning this site, which holds great significance to the Wadawurrung people, cannot be understated,” he said. “I genuinely hope that the history we are witnessing here today will inspire and encourage companies, private and public, to make a meaningful contribution to reconciliation. “The legal title for the land, off Ghazeepore Road and known as Duneed Reserve, is in the process of being transferred [to the corporation] in recognition of the cultural significance the site holds.”

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Caravan parks back in business By Luke Voogt Geelong caravan bookings have returned to pre-COVID levels despite a decrease in events that normally drive local tourism in the autumn school holidays. “Obviously it’s a huge improvement on last year,” Barwon River Holiday Park manager Kathryn Garrow told the Independent. Booking for the school holidays at the Belmont caravan park were similar to the same time in 2019, according to Ms Garrow, despite comparatively less public events in coming weeks due to COVID-19 restrictions. “Normally these holidays are quite event-dependent but that hasn’t seemed to have affected bookings,” she said. “We seem to be quite steadily booked throughout the holidays. “The rest of the holidays [other than Easter] can be dependent on if anything is on in Geelong, but we have definitely seen an increase for the remainder of the holidays. “Although there is still room for more bookings.” Ms Garrow believed the recent easing of restrictions and federal government-subsidised half-price flights into Avalon Airport played a role in the booking figures. “It looks like people just want to get out and about and have some family, time so they’re coming regardless,” she added. Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellarine executive director Brett Ince said bookings were up across the region’s caravan parks. “We’re definitely hearing that there’s positivity from the caravan park sector. “There’s a lot of families and groups that want to reconnect and travel. The style of a caravan park or holiday park is a really good offering for those visitors.” While events had decreased, the recent Victoria Police and Emergency Services Games 6 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 26 March, 2021

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and this weekend’s Ironman 70.3 triathlon helped to offset this, Mr Ince said. But local hotels were still suffering from a lack of mid-week and business travel, he admitted. “In a normal year you would see business travel with colleagues coming in to meet each other or for conferences,” he said. “The area that is really important for us to

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grow is that mid-week travel. That’s what we’re certainly working quite hard to drive.” Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellarine would work to promote Geelong’s cafes, restaurants, wineries and various unique experiences to help increase this, Mr Ince said. Local caravan sellers are also reaping the benefits of increased domestic travel, according to Prestige Jayco general manager Tony Spence.

Sales had increased at the company’s Newcomb site, he said. “People can’t go overseas anymore, so more people are considering a holiday in regional Australia, which is fabulous for Australian tourism, and Geelong tourism. “We are getting a lot of first-time buyers who have never thought about caravanning before, which is great – it’s on their radar now.”

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Answers sought over traffic noise By Luke Voogt Traffic noise complaints from residents in a new Fyansford estate have prompted Geelong council to seek answers from state government. Council on Tuesday night resolved to write to state government about traffic noise levels from the Geelong Ring Road in The Heights estate. The resolution comes after council received a 220-signature petition from the residents last December calling for the existing noise wall on the major arterial to be extended. Residents have raised ongoing concerns about excessive

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traffic noise in the estate, which they say is affecting the area’s liveability and atmosphere. Brownbill ward councillor Eddy Kontelj proposed writing to state government, saying that more needed to be done to alleviate the community’s concerns. “I’ve met with residents from The Heights estate who’ve described the issues they’re facing,” Cr Kontelj said.

“My fellow councillors and I are concerned by the situation and we hope extra steps can be taken by Regional Roads Victoria (RRV) to reduce vehicle noise levels.” Geelong mayor Stephanie Asher thanked the residents at The Heights estate on behalf of council “for bringing their concerns to us”. “We fully understand that loud traffic noise is causing distress and the situation needs to be investigated further,” Cr Asher said. In 2018, developers were assessed as having met their planning permit conditions relating to noise level controls by VicRoads (now RRV), according to council officers.

“It’s unclear if further assessments have been carried out by the developer or RRV,” a City Hall spokesperson said. Council officers wrote to RRV this January requesting steps be taken to alleviate traffic noise. Council’s latest letter to state government will request a fresh assessment of noise levels for The Heights estate, and mitigation measures if the noise levels are louder than the acceptable limit. Council will also seek confirmation that an assessment of traffic noise levels for the estate was carried out in accordance with the planning permit conditions.

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Council framework for ‘smart’ city An expansion of free public WiFi, a 3D city model and pedestrian, soil and climate sensors are all part of council’s plan for a “smart” Geelong. Council on Tuesday night adopted “the region’s first” Smart City Strategic Framework in a bid to harness emerging technology to improve liveability in greater Geelong. Council also endorsed a four-year action plan, which went on public display with the framework for two months beginning last December. The framework paves the way for City Hall to use technology, data and innovation to “meaningfully improve the day-to-day lives of everyone in our community”, according to

council’s innovative solutions portfolio chair Peter Murrihy. “The community input has been invaluable and has helped us to deliver a framework that genuinely responds to community visions and expectations,” Cr Murrihy said. Council plans to further refine its 3D model of Geelong, which it describes as the city’s “digital twin”, to better visualise development and allow residents to be “more involved in planning”. Pedestrian sensors to better assess foot traffic and the use of public spaces and soil sensors to improve water use also form part of the plan, as do climate and parking sensors. “Work to lessen the digital divide will

continue”, with plans to expand the free public WiFi network and a fast broadband trial with the “roll out of an additional 49 smart nodes”, according to council. Geelong mayor Stephanie Asher said the framework provided a safe and transparent decision-making protocol for council’s use of modern technology and data. The framework details seven principles for using emerging technology: people first, inclusive and accessible, evidence-based, connection and value, collaboration, innovation and creativity, and trust and transparency.

Geelong locals needing urgent medical attention are on average waiting more than a minute longer for help, according to the latest Ambulance Victoria data. Between October and December 2020, greater Geelong paramedics took an average of 12 minutes and 12 seconds to respond to code one incidents involving flashing lights and sirens. The time is an increase of 30 seconds on the previous quarter’s average of 11 minutes and 42 seconds and a one minute and two seconds increase on the average of 11 minutes and 10 seconds during October-December 2019. Geelong ambulances responded to 79.6 per cent of call-outs under the 15-minute benchmark in October-December 2020, compared to 81.7 per cent the previous quarter and 84.8 per cent over the same period in 2019. Demand has increased with paramedics responding to 3940 code one incidents in October-December 2020, compared to 3470 the previous quarter and 3675 during October-December 2019. Average code one response times from central Geelong increased from 10 minutes and 36 seconds in October-December 2019 to 11 minutes and 31 minutes in 2020, with an increase in incidents from 2605 to 2722. Response times for code two incidents, which are acute and time-sensitive but do not require lights and sirens, have also increased. In October-December 2020 the average greater Geelong response time was 29 minutes and 20 seconds, up four minutes and 36 seconds on 24 minutes and 44 seconds in October-December 2019. Luke Voogt

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‘Tax office’ scammers target Geelong residents Scammers pretending to be Australian Taxation Office (ATO) employees are targeting Geelong, with authorities warning residents to hang up on suspicious calls. Over the past few months Geelong police have posted multiple warnings about scammers, with several dozen locals reporting attempted scams. This week the Independent’s reporter received an automated message from a purportedly Melbourne number. The recording falsely claimed the reporter’s tax file number had been suspended and asked them to dial one. The reporter dialled one to confront the operator.

When notified they had attempted to scam a journalist, the operator hung up. So far this year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s watchdog, Scamwatch, has received 2150 reports mentioning ‘tax file number’ or ‘taxation’ with losses of $555,000. These include 530 from Victoria totalling $188,000 in losses. In 2020, Scamwatch received about 8830 reports with losses of almost $1 million, including about 2500 from Victoria totalling $336,000 in losses. Tax scams accounted for the highest percentage of losses in Victoria in 2020, a trend that has continued this year.

The callers will either claim that the victim’s tax file number is suspended and demand they pay a fine, or that scammers have their tax file details and ask them to transfer money “while we sort it out”. “Sometimes scammers can disguise their identity and ‘spoof’ a phone number to make it look like their call is coming from a legitimate organisation, or a different phone number,” a Scamwatch spokesperson said. The victim could also receive an automated message making similar claims and requesting them to “dial one”. If they do so, they are connected with a scammer claiming to be from the ATO, another

government agency or an ‘investigator’. “Don’t be pressured by a threatening caller and take your time to consider who you are actually dealing with,” Scamwatch’s spokesperson said. “If you are not sure about the legitimacy of a call, hang up and call the organisation directly using independently-sourced contact details. “Remember that government departments will never threaten you with immediate arrest.” Visit scamwatch.gov.au for help or to report a scam. Luke Voogt 7 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 26 March, 2021

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Three killed in a week on roads By Luke Voogt A collision killed an elderly pedestrian last Friday, prompting investigators to urge witnesses to come forward. Emergency services attended the intersection of Donnybrook and Anakie roads, Norlane, following reports a red Holden Commodore station wagon had struck a woman crossing the street about 6.15pm. The 76-year-old North Geelong woman died at the scene. The driver of the vehicle, a 53-year-old Corio man, tested positive to a roadside drug test and is now awaiting the result of a laboratory test. Police arrested and interviewed the man before releasing him pending further inquiries.

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- Victoria Police Major Collision Investigation Unit Detective Acting Sergeant Ben Oliver told the Independent the results of the lab test could take up to several weeks. “The results will inform part of the investigation and will assist investigators in determining what, if any, charges are appropriate,” he said. Investigators believe other vehicles were in the vicinity of Donnybrook Road and Anakie Road at the time of the collision.

They called for drivers of those vehicles to come forward and provide any information or dash cam footage they might have. Detectives are also keen to hear from anyone travelling north along Anakie Road just prior to 6.15pm who observed the red Holden Commodore station wagon. They urged anyone with information to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au. The women’s death was the second road fatality in Geelong and the Surf Coast in two days, after a motorcyclist hit a tree and died in Winchelsea on Saturday afternoon. “It is believed a motorbike was travelling north on Winchelsea-Deans Marsh Road when the rider has left the road and crashed into a

tree about 3.40pm,” a police spokesperson said. “The motorbike was engulfed in flames and sadly the rider, who is yet to be identified, died at the scene.” The crash is the second involving a motorcycle on the road in week. On March 14, a 58-year-old Armstrong Creek woman also hit a tree on Winchelsea-Deans Marsh Road about 4pm. “A number of passersby, including two nurses and a doctor, stopped and provided medical assistance but sadly, the rider, who is yet to be identified, died at the scene,” a police spokesperson said. As of Monday morning the Victorian road toll was 55, down from 64 the same time last year.

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Brew honours famed inventor Historians have unveiled an exhibit and a new beer celebrating famed local inventor James Harrison for Geelong Design Week. The exhibit at Barwon Grange, near the site of Harrison’s first experiments on the Barwon River, features models, medals, memorabilia and a fresco mural. Born in 1816, Harrison began his working life as a printing apprentice in Glasgow, and in 1840 founded the Geelong Advertiser. In 1854 he became the first person in the world to apply steam power to making ice in commercial quantities. He improved his invention in Geelong, then London, before returning to found a local ice works and create a new industry.

The Geelong and Region Branch of the National Trust last Saturday launched James Harrison’s Momentous Achievements to celebrate his “adventurous and unpredictable” career. Southern Bay Brewery also launched the Harrison’s Rocky Point Dark Lager at the event to commemorate his first commercial invention, a ‘self-acting’ beer and wine preserver. “James Harrison first produced ice in a humble shed at Rocky Point beside the Barwon River in Newtown and lived his latter life at Point Henry, not far from Southern Bay Brewery,” brewery general manager Michael Connell said.

“His system was embraced by the brewing industry and in 1863 he was awarded a medal for his beer preserver as it enabled production of cold fermented lagers like this one.” The lager boasts aromas of rich caramel, chocolate and roast notes with a hint of smokiness from smoked malt from New Zealand, according to Connell. “This beer also gives a nod to his Scottish heritage and is inspired by smoked peated whisky from Scotland, where James was born,” he said. The exhibit runs until Sunday. Details: geelongcityofdesign.com.au/ geelong-design-week

About $84 million in lost superannuation is waiting to be claimed in Geelong and the Surf Coast, according to federal government. According to figures released by federal senator Sarah Henderson this week, the Corio electorate has $40 million of unclaimed super, with another $44 million in the neighbouring seat of Corangamite. Lost superannuation refers to inactive super fund accounts and those that have lost contact with their fund member. By law, the fund is required to transfer certain accounts to the Australian Tax Office (ATO), which then becomes unclaimed superannuation. Locals might have unclaimed or lost super if they have changed their name, moved jobs or changed addresses, or forgotten to update details with their super fund in the last few years. “You may have hard-earned wages waiting to be claimed,” Senator Henderson said. “By logging into MyGov, and checking for lost super with the ATO, in a few clicks you could boost your super balance.” She praised recent federal government reforms, which she said had reduced unclaimed super by $7 billion compared to June 30, 2019, according to the ATO. “Thanks to actions taken by the Morrison government, $7 billion has already been reunited with workers, but with $13.8 billion still waiting it is worth taking the time to check.” To claim lost superannuation visit my.gov.au.

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Mask rules, COVID-19 restrictions relaxed More than 27,800 fans will be able to watch Geelong’s clash with Brisbane tonight, the AFL confirmed on Tuesday. The confirmation that 27,819 can attend the game comes after state government announced crowds could increase to 75 per cent capacity for round 2. Acting Premier James Merlino said Victoria’s restrictions would ease today due to reduced risk and low community transmission of COVID-19. From 6pm, masks will no longer be required in retail settings. 8 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 26 March, 2021

Victorians will still need to carry a mask at all times and wear it on public transport, in rideshare vehicles and taxis, and in sensitive settings such as aged care facilities and hospitals. Home visitor limits will increase to 100 people per day, with outdoor gatherings in public spaces increasing to 200. Density limits in venues such as casinos, karaoke venues and nightclubs increase from one person per four square metres to one per two square metres, in line with cafes, pubs and restaurants.

The capacity in non-seated entertainment venues will increase from 50 per cent to 75 per cent, but the limit of 1000 people per space will remain. Dancefloors will move to the same density limit of the venue and the 50-patron cap will also be removed. Limits for outdoor and indoor physical recreation or fitness classes will no longer have limits and unstaffed gyms will move from a density limit of one person per eight square metres to one per four square metres. The 75 per cent cap on private and public

offices workers will also be removed, but the density limit of one person per two square metres will remain. “We know the risk is far from over but thanks to the incredible work of all Victorians, we’re continuing to open up and see the Victoria we all love, return to life again,” Mr Merlino said. “More Victorians back at work means more people supporting their local cafes, restaurants and live music venues – boosting the economy where it’s needed most.” Luke Voogt

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MY GEELONG Geelong’s COVID-19 vaccination program – a logistical exercise unprecedented in the city’s history – is under way. Barwon Health associate nursing unit manager Angela Hayes talks to Luke Voogt about protecting people and returning to “a new sense of normal”. Tell us about you… My husband grew up in Geelong and his family lives here still. Five years ago, I packed up my life into five suitcases and moved over from British Columbia, Canada, to start a new life with my husband here in Geelong. I have been working at Barwon Health since.

How does it feel making a difference by immunising people to help prevent the spread of COVID-19? This year and last year have been extremely hard for many people. Being part of this vaccination roll out has been extremely rewarding knowing that we are helping people return to a new sense of normal that includes ongoing health, visiting loved ones, travelling and returning to work. Our team includes people from a variety of areas including nursing, pharmacy, IT and administration. Our entire team is amazing

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What is your role in COVID-19 immunisation? I’m an associate nursing unit manager for regional outreach sites. This role includes supporting those sites with clinical governance as we start to immunise people considered to be in the vulnerable and high-risk categories. This includes aged care residents and front-line workers. Although I worked with immunisation programs in Canada, this particular roll out is like no other because of its large scale. Before this role, I was a clinical nurse specialist with the acute dialysis unit at University Hospital Geelong. Working with clients with chronic health conditions, who are often older, has really stressed the importance of this COVID-19 vaccine and its role in keeping our clients healthy.

and have banded together as we work towards rapidly rolling out a vaccination program to as many people as we can. Everyone works so incredibly well together to get a mammoth task completed. I am beyond proud to be part of this team. What are your favourite things to do locally? My husband and I, along with our two dogs, live on the Bellarine Peninsula.

We love taking advantage of the local wineries, beaches and golf courses. A few of our favourites include Curlewis Golf Club, Jack Rabbit Vineyard and Oneday Estate winery. How are you coping with COVID-19? My family is in Canada, so the inability to travel has meant that I have not had the opportunity to see my family and friends for a couple of years. This has been quite hard to process at

times and I’m very much looking forward to the day I can catch that first international flight and give my family long overdue hugs. What’s something about you that people might not know? I recently received my Australian citizenship. I’m very proud to be officially part of this wonderful country that has pulled together in epic ways during this global crisis.

YOUR SAY Climate cultists should apologise In 2007 David Jones, Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) head of climate analysis said “Climate change is now running so rampant that we don’t need meteorological data to see it. Almost everyone of our cities is on the verge of running out of water” and eminent mammalogist Tim Flannery said “even the rain that falls isn’t actually going to fill our dams and river systems”. In 2008 Jones said… “It may be time to stop describing south-eastern Australia as gripped by drought and instead accept the extreme dry as permanent” and the CSIRO said Australia’s snow cover could reduce by 54 per cent by 2020 – but 2020 actually had record snow. In 2009, the BOM and CSIRO in collaboration, said referring to rainfall in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, “we are just not going to have that sort of good rain again”. On the basis of a multitude of alarming statements about permanent drought, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland spent over $10 billion on desal plants which now sit rusting and hardly ever utilised. The Victorian plant is costing $640 million a year to keep it operational. None of the climate prophets have ever apologised. BOM records show that average rainfall in Australia over the past 100 years hasn’t changed significantly but that doesn’t stop global warming cultists continually prophesying doom and gloom which scares the hell out of children. Over 100 years ago Dorathea McKellar wrote about Australia’s “droughts and flooding rains” and it seems to me that these 10 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 26 March, 2021

climate doomsters could learn a thing or two from her. Peter Rees Torquay

What’s the rush for vaccine? It is hard to understand why Australian governments are pushing for every citizen to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. According to Australian data (as of 21/3/2021) 29,106 cases have been recorded in Australia, of these 88 per cent have recovered. Over the past year there have been 909 deaths attributed to COVID-19. This compares with 3105 flu deaths in 2018. There was no panic and business as usual. However, with COVID-19 fear and panic gripped the powers that be who managed to instill a sense of fear into every Australian. Yet despite the 909 covid deaths, the death rate did not spike and remained about 159,000. What happened was COVID-19 deaths basically replaced flu deaths. It’s hard therefore to understand the fixation and over-the-top reaction to the pandemic. Going by the previous recent history of coronavirus’, the panic-driven and irrational response to COVID-19 was reactionary, and not thought through properly. COVID-19 vaccines are a new type of experimental drug and under the Emergency Utilization Authorization (EUA) the World Health Organisation (WHO) allowed vaccine manufacturers to bypass traditional testing regimes as a vaccine could be brought to the marketplace as soon as possible and offered indemnity for their products. But why?

Would you buy a new car without a warranty? Some pertinent questions remain. Once a COVID-19 vaccine is in a person’s body it’s irreversible and just what changes are going on, are they temporary or ongoing? Could there be an overstimulation leading to a crash i.e. a Cytokine storm-type event? What cells are invaded by the vaccines? Can these changes affect other organs such as the heart and brain? Many people injected with these new experimental COVID-19 drugs have experienced adverse reactions including severe headaches, profound fatigue and blood clotting. Given the nonexistence of active COVID-19 cases in Australia, why the rush? And given that we don’t know what the long-term adverse effects will be of the COVID-19 vaccines, it would behoove authorities to proceed with caution. The `cure’ could well turn out to be worse than the complaint in the long term. A better way to go would be to distribute the easy to use and less evasive form of therapy in the form of budesonide inhalers. Like the usual low use flu vaccine doses, there’s no guarantee of the COVID-19 vaccines actually stopping infection in many cases - just a chance of lowering the intensity of OVID-19 infection intensity. At this stage, I won’t be queueing up for the jab. Alan Barron Grovedale

Objection to excessive reactions I appreciate Petri’s desire for (Countering

dangerous ideas, Geelong Independent 19-03-21). We are living in challenging times and all ideas should be thoroughly examined. In defence of my belief that democracy is made possible by the merits of Christianity I would submit the argument that today the nations influenced by the Christian reformation are the first choice of all oppressed refugees. They are Britain, USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The common heritage we share is recognised by the ‘Five Eyes Alliance’. There is little to commend nations that have chosen the atheistic and non-biblical pathway, such as China and North Korea. The contrast between North and South Korea is a telling example of the power of Christian belief and its teaching on the rights of the individual. My objection to the judgment of our state politicians, both Liberal and Labor, concerns their excessive reactions. The degree of restriction should be proportionate to the threat. The reason it has not been so in regional Victoria could be their fear and self-serving love for power. Pastor Frank Lowry Aberdeen St Baptist Church

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Lisa’s journey from ‘tip rat’ to PhD Lisa Conway not only survived a “traumatic” childhood and an “unhealthy relationship”, she has since helped hundreds escape similar circumstances. She speaks to Luke Voogt about being labelled a “tip rat” and living in her car before a life-changing job application.

isa Conway is no stranger to the fears that Indigenous women face dealing with social workers. “Mum and dad didn’t like child protection – they moved around a lot,” the Mount Duneed local and Yorta Yorta woman said. Lisa’s parents were in state care from very young ages, with her dad living on the streets of Melbourne by age 13. When Lisa, the second-eldest of three children, was born in 1974, they lived in Thornbury and her dad worked labouring jobs. They moved to the small town of Learmonth, near Ballarat, where the local kids called her family “tip rats”, Lisa said. “Our mob’s up in Shepparton, so we were the only Aboriginal family around. “My primary school was very small – most of the children were from the rich local families who owned the surrounding farms.” Lisa (née Cameron) “tried hard” and excelled in school, mostly unfazed by the racism directed at her, her siblings and her cousins. “I didn’t know any different back then,” she said. “People introducing me would say, ‘she’s one of the Camerons but she’s not like the rest of them’. “I felt proud that they didn’t see me like one of the rest of them but ashamed at the same time. You don’t fit in with your own family but you don’t fit in with the general community either. “People had already decided who you were from the day you were born.” Home life was “traumatic” and her family moved to Queensland for five years when she was 10, which Lisa believes was to avoid child protection. They moved back to Ballarat and Lisa became the first member of her family to finish year 12. She worked in retail and began studying sociology and psychology but had to give that up to care for her mum after she became ill. Lisa was 21 when her mum died and she married “quite young” before moving to Shepparton with her then-husband. “I was working in retail – we spent a lot of time in and out of housing,” she said. After falling pregnant at age 25 she visited Centrelink for help. “I was 40 weeks’ pregnant and unable to work anymore – and I was the main breadwinner,” she said. Lisa refused to see a social worker and, initially, an offer to see a careers counsellor. “My response was no one was taking my baby,” she said. “[The Centrelink employee] was trying to do me a favour and I saw it as a threat. “It’s hard to think long-term because you’re in crisis mode. I was thinking I just needed a roof over our heads and food.” Lisa’s great-grandmother was part of the Stolen Generations and such events over the past century have led to Indigenous people distrusting government agencies. “It’s ingrained in us to be fearful of social

Lisa Conway, right, with daughter Hayley Boehm. (Rebecca Hosking) 231953_04

workers and government,” Lisa said. But after having her first child, Hayley, she returned to see the careers counsellor. “Having a baby changed my life,” Lisa said. “All of a sudden it’s just like ‘wow – I’ve got this other person [who] is so much more important than me’.” The counsellor suggested she was suitable to work at Centrelink. “Which is so ironic,” she said. “My idea of social workers is that they break up families. “But I thought, ‘maybe … experiencing what faces Aboriginal people, I can actually do some good’.” She began studying social work and completed a 14-week placement at Centrelink. “The degree took me eight years because I had another child in the middle,” she said. “That was when I realised that I had to make some serious changes in my life – I had two little girls that were going to grow up in an unhealthy relationship.” She was unable to secure housing after leaving her then-husband, instead living in her car with her daughters in a Broadmeadows carpark for six weeks. But the placement at Centrelink gave her the confidence to apply for a job.

She was elated when she got the job but “too ashamed” to tell her workmates she was homeless. “I’d drop off the girls at childcare and pretend I had gone to the gym – I would have a shower and get ready at work,” she said. But her first two pay cheques and having a stable government job “made a huge difference” in applying for housing. “It was mind-blowing money to me,” she said. “It seems like nothing now – my starting wage was $40,000 – but the most I had earned in a year before then was $15,000.” Lisa, 46, has now worked for Services Australia for 15 years. “I’ve done a lot of work with members of the Stolen Generations and care-leavers,” she said. “I’ve helped a lot of people find what their strengths are and find work.” She moved to Grovedale about a decade ago and “saved truckloads of money” to build a home in Mount Duneed. She is now one year into a PhD titled, ‘Is the Australian Public Service culturally responsive?’ through the Sir Ronald Wilson Scholarship. “I’m bloody lucky, people keep giving me opportunities and I keep grabbing them,” she said. She channelled her own experience into writing a training course for working with

Indigenous clients that Centrelink now teaches to all employees. Recently she won the Pat Turner Prize – a joint public service and university award – for her research so far. “My friends are astounded at where I’m at,” she said. “The research I’m doing will hopefully guide initiatives and employment strategies aimed to get more Indigenous people into leadership roles in the public service.” Her eldest daughter Hayley Boehm has overcome her own obstacles of short-term memory loss and dyslexia. Hayley combines “high emotional intelligence” and problem solving in her job at Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative, according to her proud mum, and has played for the Geelong Falcons. “If you were to judge her by a white person’s academic standards you’d consider her stupid,” Lisa said. “If she grew up in Learmonth she would have been considered a tip rat and put to the side. But she’s actually got a lot of strengths and she’s flourishing. “We’ve broken that cycle – my kids are the first in five generations that haven’t had any interaction with social services. They’ve grown up really proud being Aboriginal and knowing the strengths that it brings. For my kids ‘it’s like wow you can do anything’.”

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High-flying, hard-hitting action By Luke Voogt “The call to arts” has taken Waurn Ponds wrestler Will Walker down two very different paths. In one he is the frontman of melancholic Geelong rock band Floss Park. In the other, he is the Sensational Will Walker, a high-flying and flamboyant but technically-savvy wrestler vying for Gold Class Wrestling’s (GCW) tag team titles at Geelong West Town Hall tomorrow night. “I’ve got the whole Chris Jericho thing going on,” he said, in reference to the world-famous wrestler who also fronts rock band Fozzy. Walker’s in-ring character has “Freddy Mercury levels of flamboyance” and no fear in launching himself off the top rope to entertain crowds. He joins forces with Josh Redfield and Mitcho the Tradie for a six-man tag-team battle against The Conflict Axiom for both the tag team and singles titles in a winner-takes-all bout. “It’s exciting to get back in the ring with them this weekend because something cool might happen,” he hinted. Walker got into wrestling at age eight watching John Cena lift and slam the 160-kilogram Umaga. “I just watched him slam that big man and thought, ‘that’s unreal’,” the 20-year-old said. When his family moved from Swan Hill to Geelong in 2015 he spotted an advertisement for a local professional wresting academy – a chance to pursue his childhood dream. “I wasn’t having a great time at school … and nothing was really going for me,” he said. “I said to mum, ‘I really want to do this, I think this is what I need to do to find myself in this new environment,’ and lo and behold, it was.” Walker trained under Geelong wrestler Danny Gibbons, known in-ring as Danny Psycho. “He said, ‘you’re going to have your first match soon, so you need to come up with a name’,” he said. “But John Cena was my favourite growing up and John Cena is his actual name, so if it’s good enough for him, it’s good enough for me.” Soon Walker was travelling to Ferntree Gully for Professional Championship Wrestling matches.

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Will Walker wears a chair shot from American wrestler Gweedo in a recent event at Geelong West Town Hall. (Aidan Freeman Photography)

But wrestling in that competition gradually took a backseat to study, especially during VCE. He later joined Gold Class Wrestling and began wrestling regularly again in late 2019. For most of 2020, amid COVID-19, he concentrated on his band and finished an advanced diploma in music, making his return to the ‘squared circle’ in recent months. He describes professional wrestling as art, like music, given “the level of creativity” in both. “It’s storytelling through matches – you go for some excitement and drama but you want

to see that fight at the same time,” he said. “A good dose of both and you’re in for a good show. A lot of people in Australia don’t understand that it’s a big thing here and that it’s a growing industry.” While the results are fixed, the bumps, knocks and chair shots that wrestlers cop are all-too-real, and sometimes hurt, according to Walker. “Chair shots go different every time,” he said. “It’s hard to plan them. You just try to protect yourself and whatever happens, happens.” Professional wrestling was not for the fainthearted or untrained, he warned, with

some moves popular in previous decades banned recently to prevent concussion or neck injuries. “Even for people that do know what they’re doing, there’s no guarantee you won’t get hurt,” he said. “There’s always that chance that you’ll land wrong or get the timing wrong.” But despite the risks he looked forward to wrestling at Geelong West Town Hall tomorrow night. “I’m nervous but very excited,” he said. “All the belts are on the line this Saturday – so get down and watch the show!” Details: www.facebook.com/GCWbrand

Geelong superheroes and villains fly into festival A cast of Geelong drama teachers and actors turned superheroes will fly into Melbourne International Comedy Festival for their brand new ‘mockbuster’ Groovyman next month. “It’s a blockbuster but without the budget,” explained Highton’s Ed Dolista, who plays Groovyman’s arch-nemesis The Hustler in the “pun-tastic” spectacular. “I always play the villain – I think it’s because they get all the cool costumes. Like Darth Vader – he looks pretty good compared to Luke Skywalker.” Dolista describes the flamboyant polyester-loving Hustler as a cross between The Joker, Elton John, and Bewitched star and comedian Paul Lynde. “He has a thing called the Discotron, which causes people to dance uncontrollably,” he said. “That’s when I’m able to steal their jewellery and money. That’s his plan, to become the most powerful man in Funkytown.” Only Groovyman, sidekick The Boy Funkster and ace reporter Bonita De GoGo can stop The Hustler and villainous comrades Polly Esther and the Piano Man from destroying Funkytown. Reminiscent of comedy films Naked Gun and Flying High, the show reels off quips faster than a speeding bullet, according to Dolista. “We pack in a lot of jokes in each page of script, it goes 100 miles a minute,” Dolista said. 12 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 26 March, 2021

Ed Dolista, as The Hustler, with the rest of the Geelong cast of Groovyman. (Supplied)

The show features video projections, and hits by Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind and Fire, KC and the Sunshine Band, and Barry Manilow. “With classic disco sung live, movie-quality costumes and cutting-edge special effects – for 1978 – Groovyman will have you believing a man can jive!” Dolista said. Dolista channels his love of Marvel, the DC

Universe and disco into the show, the latest of several by the group at Melbourne International Comedy Festival. “I try to inject that little bit of Hollywood into our shows,” he said. The group’s previous comedies include Robin Hood, the swashbuckling Dead Men Tell No Jokes and spy-themed spectaculars Live and Let Spy and You Only Laugh Twice.

“Luckily, they laughed much more than that,” Dolista said. Dolista teaches drama in Werribee and has loved getting on stage since his childhood role in a Geelong production of The King and I – alongside Guy Pearce and Portia de Rossi. “They weren’t famous at the time – she even wasn’t Portia de Rossi, she was Amanda Lee Rogers,” he said. “If I had just gone left instead of right, who knows what would have happened.” Over the years Dolista recruited a motley collection of drama teachers and professional actors for his shows including Ian Nash-Gilchrist, Jenn Stirk, Ian Rooney, Cassia Webster, Nick Addison, Alicia Miller and Scott Popovic. “You remember these people who you thought, ‘they’ve really got something’.” He remembered the heartbreak of having to cancel Groovyman just months out from the festival in 2020, but was thrilled to bring it to The Butterfly Club in Melbourne for seven shows beginning April 5. “Everything came flooding back during rehearsals and I think everyone is just looking forward to performing in front of an audience, no matter how large or small.” Details: www.comicgeniusproductions.com Luke Voogt

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TUESDAY

ANH’S BRUSH WITH FAME SATURDAY

ABC TV, 8pm

CALL THE MIDWIFE ABC TV, 8.30pm

The ladies of Poplar are old hands when it comes to the high and lows of life in the birthing suite. Ardent fans of this classy ’60s period drama rightly expect a double-dose of the good stuff in the show’s season finale. In tonight’s season nine send-off, there is a lot to digest. The show’s prognosis doesn’t look sunny when Sister Julienne (Jenny Agutter) receives a letter from the council informing her that they will cut funding to Nonnatus House.

SATURDAY

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM NINE, 8.30pm

Thinking person’s action hero Matt Damon (right) returns as Jason Bourne, the renegade spy with a serious grudge against his former CIA employers. Director Paul Greengrass returns for the third in the series and mounts a heartpounding thrill ride that will leave you gasping for breath as the amnesiac assassin travels from the rooftops of Tangiers to the streets of Manhattan in his ongoing quest for exoneration. Ably filled with a cast of the old (Joan Allen, Julia Stiles) and the new (Paddy Considine, David Strathairn, Albert Finney), this Oscar-winning, adrenalin-pumped adventure is possibly the finest of the smash-hit trilogy.

SATURDAY

THE BIG SHORT SBS, 8.30pm

Bold, ambitious, bursting with talent and wit, Adam McKay’s (Anchorman) epic, fast and intelligent revue of the 2008 Wall Street meltdown will leavee you exhilarated by its panache and fuming at the greediness and nd arrogance of banks. Starring an Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling (above), Brad Pitt and Marisa Tomei, McKay makes the complications of the credit crunch easy to understand as we follow several parallel stories, beginning with hedge fund manager Michael (Bale) recognising that the US housing market is in a bubble, and betting on its demise. What follows is a mindboggling and energetic trip that beggars belief.

It’s no surprise that the affable and talented Anh Do (below) returns tonight with a sixth season of his in-depth chat show and art show hybrid. Poised with his paintbrush and an inquisitive disposition, Do has a knack for revealing a fresh side to his wellknown gguests,, where childhood,, family, work and health are all open for discussion. The reveal of the gguest’s painted portrait at the episod episode’s conclusion is an entertaining flourish, particularly if you are trying to gauge the guest’s true reaction. Tonight, his subject subje is a pro with plants and no stranger to being halfstage: naked on sta landscape landscaper and former exotic dancer dance Jami Jamie Durie Dur shares his sha story. sto

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WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.05 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Back Roads. (R) 1.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 2.00 Poldark. (Ms, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

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 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.10 The Clinton Affair. (Mals, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.05 Mythical Beasts Unearthed. (PGav, 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: Indiscretion. (2016, Mlsv, R) Mira Sorvino. 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. Contestants race to answer quiz questions.

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. (Mads, 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. (PG, R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 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. Costa Georgiadis visits a nursery. 8.30 Vera. (Mav, R) Part 1 of 4. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates a suspicious death on a remote and inaccessible island. 10.00 Keeping Faith. (Return, Mlv) Faith is drawn into a new mystery. 11.05 ABC Late News. Detailed coverage of the day’s events. 11.20 The Vaccine. (R) 11.35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 12.05 Fisk. (PG, R) 12.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Gangs Of Pompeii. (Mav, R) 8.30 The Royals In Wartime: The Monarchy And The Military. (M) Part 2 of 2. 9.25 The Blitz: Britain On Fire. (PGa, R) Part 1 of 3. 10.15 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 10.45 SBS World News Late. 11.15 Elvis Presley: The Searcher. (PGa, R) 1.05 Project Blue Book. (Mal, R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Graham Ross gets a tour of Green Camel. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 2. Geelong v Brisbane Lions. 10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews. 11.00 Armchair Experts. (M) Experts discuss all things AFL. 11.30 MOVIE: Eraser. (1996, MA15+v, R) A federal marshal becomes suspicious of his co-workers. Arnold Schwarzenegger. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 [SEVEN] My Greek Odyssey. (PG, R) 5.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Escape To The Chateau. Dick and Angel celebrate their anniversary. 8.30 MOVIE: He’s Just Not That Into You. (2009, Mls, R) A group of interconnected adults living in Baltimore navigate their way through various relationships. Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore. 11.05 MOVIE: Two Weeks Notice. (2002, PGsl, R) Hugh Grant. 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (PGal, 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. 7.30 The Living Room. (Return) Lifestyle program. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Mav, R) Celebrity guests include Chris Hemsworth, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Richard E. Grant and Joe Lycett. 9.10 To Be Advised. 10.10 Just For Laughs. (Mls, R) 10.40 The Project. (R) 11.40 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.40 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 [TEN] Home Shopping. (R) 12.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Inside Heston’s World. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 The Joy Of Painting. 5.35 Shortland Street. 6.05 If You Are The One. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Sex Trafficking In America. 9.30 How Sex Changed The World. 10.20 Sex In The World’s Cities. 11.20 Yokayi Footy. 11.55 News. 12.20am 24 Hours In Police Custody. 1.15 Burlesque Boys. 1.45 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Volta a Catalunya. Stage 5. 3.15 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 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 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 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 Better Homes And Gardens. 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 Miracle Hospital. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Carry On Cowboy. (1966, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 3. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Sydney Roosters. 9.55 MOVIE: Collateral. (2004, MA15+) 12.20am My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. 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: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 Nash Bridges. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 MacGyver.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Wildwitch. Continued. (2018, PG, Danish) 7.25 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 9.15 Mr. Holmes. (2015, PG) 11.10 Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back. (2017, PG, Mandarin) 1.10pm Our Little Sister. (2015, PG, Japanese) 3.30 The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. (2009, PG) 5.45 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 7.50 The Fog. (1980, M) 9.30 Master And Commander. (2003, M) Midnight Happy End. (2017, M) 2.00 Look At Me. (2018, M, Arabic) 3.50 The House By The Sea. (2018, M, French) 5.50 The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. (2009, PG)

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 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 So You Think You’d Survive? 3.00 American Restoration. 3.30 The Food Dude. (Premiere) 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 MOVIE: Geostorm. (2017, M) 9.50 MOVIE: Cobra. (1986, MA15+) 11.35 America’s Hardest Prisons. 12.50am Late Programs.

9GO! (53, 93) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.30 Pokémon Journeys. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Bridezillas. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Malcolm In The Middle. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 The Nanny. 5.30 Clarence. 5.45 MOVIE: Marmaduke. (2010, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Kung Fu Panda 2. (2011, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: Yes Man. (2008, M) 11.25 MOVIE: Date Movie. (2006, M) 1am Bridezillas. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 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: Armored Alliance. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

PEACH (82, 11) 6am Cheers. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Cheers. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 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. 10.30 Charmed. 11.30 The Big Bang Theory. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

Programs. 6.10pm Brave Bunnies. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Kiri And Lou. 6.35 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 9.05 Michael Gow’s Away. 10.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 11.25 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 12.15am Catalyst. 1.10 Parks And Recreation. 1.35 Man Like Mobeen. 1.55 Reno 911! 2.15 Gary And His Demons. 2.35 Josh. (Final) 3.05 News Update. 3.10 Close. 5.00 Bing. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Late Programs.

N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 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 Going Places. 11.00 Who Killed Malcolm Smith? Noon MOVIE: Friday Night Lights. (2004, 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 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 MOVIE: Watership Down. (1978, PG) 9.05 First Nations Bedtime Stories. 9.15 Mabo: Life Of An Island Man. 10.45 Late Programs.

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CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Spartacus. (R) 2.25 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (R) 3.30 Prince, Son And Heir: Charles At 70. (R) 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 14. Brisbane Roar v Western United.

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Avalanche: Making A Deadly Snowstorm. (PG, R) 3.15 March Of The Penguins 2. (R) 4.35 The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman. (PGa, R) 5.35 The Secret History Of World War II. (PG)

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

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6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Award Winning Tasmania. (PG, R) 12.30 Destination WA. 1.00 My Way. (PGa, R) 1.30 Explore. (R) 1.45 MOVIE: Three Wishes. (1995, G, R) Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joseph Mazzello. 4.00 The Pet Rescuers. (PGm) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 4x4 Adventures. (R) 8.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 GCBC. (R) 12.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. (Final) 1.30 Buy To Build. 2.00 Three Blue Ducks. (PGl, R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. (R) 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG) 5.00 News.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Death In Paradise. (Final, Mv) After a blind actor witnesses her husband’s murder, the evidence casts doubt on her account of the events. 8.30 Call The Midwife. (Final, Md) Sister Julienne decides it is time to take matters in hand when a letter arrives from the council notifying a funding cut to Nonnatus House, with the sisters’ accomodation cost no longer covered. 9.30 Harrow. (Mav, R) The mysterious death of a hotel maid draws Harrow into a world of espionage and assassination. 10.25 Miniseries: A Very English Scandal. (Mads, R) Part 1 of 3. 11.25 Press. (Final, PG, R) Duncan wants to spend time with his son. 12.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: Finland. (PG) Narrated by Bill Nighy. 8.30 MOVIE: The Big Short. (2015, Mln, R) When four outsiders predict the global collapse of the economy, they decide to exploit the big bank’s greed. Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling. 10.50 MOVIE: A United Kingdom. (2016, PGa, R) An African prince marries a white woman. David Oyelowo. 12.50 MOVIE: Eager Bodies. (2003, MA15+als, R, France) 2.35 MOVIE: Live Flesh. (1997, MA15+als, R, Spain) 4.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 2. St Kilda v Melbourne. From Marvel Stadium, Melbourne. 10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. A wrap-up of the game, including panel discussion and interviews, with access to players, coaches and staff. 10.30 To Be Advised. [SEVEN] 7NEWS Presents: Ivan Milat – Buried Secrets. (R) 12.40 [SEVEN] Anh Does Iceland. (PG, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.35 [SEVEN] Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 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. (PGa) Experts help people declutter their lives. 8.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Ultimatum. (2007, Mv, R) Lured out of hiding by a reporter researching a story connected to his past, a former secret agent is once again hunted by the agency that created him in order to prevent him exposing their secrets. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn. 10.40 MOVIE: Out Of Time. (2003, Mlv, R) A police chief investigates a double murder. Denzel Washington. 12.35 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Ms) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (PG, R)

6.00 Advancing Australia. (Premiere) Looks at 36 stories of courage. 6.30 Easter With The Australian Women’s Weekly. Tips and advice for Easter celebrations with the Australian Women’s Weekly. 7.30 Ambulance. (Mal) With climate change protests causing gridlock in London, emergency call handlers deal with a patient having twins. 9.50 To Be Advised. 10.20 999: What’s Your Emergency? (Mal, R) Follows emergency services as they deal with a 71-year-old who has fallen from her bed. 11.20 NCIS. (Ma, R) The team uncover a dogfighting ring. 12.20 Inside The Children’s Hospital. (PGm, R) Narrated by David Tennant. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.15 Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. 9.40 Sammy J. 9.45 Would I Lie To You? 10.15 Staged. 10.40 High Fidelity. 11.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.55 Escape From The City. 12.50am Way To Go. 1.50 Dave Gorman Live. 3.15 News Update. 3.20 Close. 5.00 Bing. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Late Programs.

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6am WorldWatch. 11.30 SBS Courtside. Noon Basketball. NBA. Utah Jazz v Memphis Grizzlies. 2.30 New Girl. 3.00 Insight. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Brisbane Bullets v NZ Breakers. 7.30 Australia In Colour. 8.30 The X-Files. 9.20 Romulus. 11.25 Dateline. 11.55 Insight. 12.55am My Brother Is A Mermaid. 1.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Volta a Catalunya. Stage 6. 3.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Shopping. 8.30 Travel

9GEM (52, 92) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.20 Avengers. 12.20pm MOVIE: The Headless Ghost. (1958, PG) 1.40 MOVIE: The City Under The Sea. (1965, PG) 3.30 MOVIE: Apache. (1954) 5.20 MOVIE: The Bridges At Toko-Ri. (1954) 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 6. NSW Waratahs v Queensland Reds. 9.45 Super Rugby Post-Match. 10.00 MOVIE: The Mechanic. (1972, M) 12.05am 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 48 Hours. 2.10 Elementary. 3.10 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.55pm NITV News: Nula. 2.25 Basketball. Indigenous C’ships. Replay. 3.25 Boxing Night To Remember. 3.55 Rugby League. 2019 Koori Knockout. Men’s. Narrandera Wiradjuri Warriors v Maitland United. Replay. 4.55 On The Road. 5.55 Going Places. 6.55 Yokayi Footy. 7.30 News. 7.40 Through The Wormhole. 8.30 The Fall. 10.10 MOVIE: Boys Don’t Cry. (1999, MA15+) 12.15am Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. Continued. (2009, PG) 8.05 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 10.10 The Ideal Palace. (2018, PG, French) 12.10pm Jungle Book. (1942, PG) 2.10 A Monster Calls. (2016, PG) 4.10 Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back. (2017, PG, Mandarin) 6.10 Our Little Sister. (2015, PG, Japanese) 8.30 Gangs Of New York. (2002, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. Noon On Tour With Allan Border. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. North Melbourne v Fremantle. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. Melbourne v Brisbane Lions. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 Megastructures. 6.30 AFL Pre-Game. 7.00 MOVIE: A Dog’s Way Home. (2019, PG) 9.05 MOVIE: Kong: Skull Island. (2017, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

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

PEACH (82, 11)

Oz. 10.00 Insider Trading. 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. Tancred Stakes and Golden Mile. 6.00 Border Security: International. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

1.40pm Liquid Science. 2.10 Road Trick. 2.40 Race Across The World. 3.55 MOVIE: Meet Dave. (2008, PG) 5.50 MOVIE: Chicken Run. (2000) 7.30 MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Pets. (2016) 9.15 MOVIE: Johnny English Reborn. (2011, PG) 11.15 Stunt Science. 12.15am A Night With My Ex. 1.15 After The Raves. 2.15 Liquid Science. 2.45 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

6am Cheers. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. Noon The Amazing Race Australia. 2.10 Everybody Loves Raymond. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Spyforce. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Man With A Plan. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.00 Mom. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGa, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.35 Australia Remastered. (R) 3.30 The Mix. (Final, R) 4.00 Soccer. W-League. Round 14. Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory.

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 Speedweek. (R) 3.00 Surf Life Saving. SLSQ. Senior And Master State Championships. 5.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Magazine. 5.35 The Secret History Of World War II. (PG)

6.00 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Fest. 12.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. Adelaide v Collingwood. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 2. Western Bulldogs v West Coast.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 1.00 Women’s Footy. (PG) 2.00 The Xtreme Collxtion. (PG, R) 2.30 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 3.00 Space Invaders. (PGa, R) 4.00 Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure. (PG) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Territory Cops. (PGdl, R)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. (R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Advancing Australia. (R) 12.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 2.15 The Amazing Race Australia. (R) 3.30 Easter With The Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

6.00 To Be Advised. 6.30 Compass: Inside The Bruderhof. (PGa, R) 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. Hosted by Chris Moller. 8.30 Harrow. (Mav) The deaths of two men in a duel exposes a web of Machiavellian intrigue at the heart of a historical society. 9.20 Silent Witness. (Mav) The team investigates a suspicious death. 10.25 Miniseries: Patrick Melrose. (Mal, R) 11.20 Line Of Duty. (Final, Mav, R) 12.20 Keeping Faith. (Mlv, R) 1.20 Wentworth. (MA15+alv, R) 2.10 Sando. (Mds, R) 2.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.10 Wentworth. (MA15+alv, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Great Plague: Outbreak. (Premiere, M) Part 1 of 3. Xand van Tulleken, Raksha Dave and John Sergeant investigate the Great Plague of 1665. 10.10 Mimi. (Ml, R) Short film. 10.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Gent-Wevelgem. Men’s Race. 1.45 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Gent-Wevelgem. Women’s Race. 3.30 Fighting For Air. (R) 4.40 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Shark Alarm: The Year Of Swimming Dangerously. (PG) Shark experts examine shark behaviour. 8.30 MOVIE: The Martian. (2015, Mal, R) An astronaut believed to be dead after his crew were forced to abandon their expedition prematurely, has to rely on his ingenuity to survive in the planet’s hostile conditions. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig. 11.30 World’s Deadliest: Wheels. (Ma) 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. (PGals) The social experiment continues. 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.40 Nine News Late. Takes a look at the latest news and events from Australia and around the world. 10.10 Australian Crime Stories: Killing Florence. (Mav, R) A look at the murder of Florence Broadhurst. 11.20 Forensics: The Real CSI: Every Contact Leaves A Trace. (Mav, R) 12.30 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. (MA15+adlv) 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. (Final) In the final leg of the race, the teams travel from Sydney to Canberra and then up to the Snowy Mountains. 9.00 MOVIE: Second Act. (2018, Mls) After being turned down for a promotion by her employers because she lacked formal qualifications, a talented woman reinvents herself, with some help from her godson, and sets out to take the world of big business by storm. Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini. 11.00 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Gambling In Las Vegas. 9.30 Pilgrimage: Road To Rome. 10.30 The Great Australian Bee Challenge. 11.30 Laura’s Choice. (Final) 12.35am You Can’t Ask That. 1.05 Restoration Australia. 2.00 Gruen XL. 2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Grandpa Honeyant. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon DNA Nation. 1.05 New Girl. 2.30 WorldWatch. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Sydney Kings v Perth Wildcats. 5.00 Basketball. NBL. Cairns Taipans v Adelaide 36ers. 7.00 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 Planet Expedition. 9.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Volta a Catalunya. Stage 7. 11.30 Das Boot. 1.40am Weediquette. 2.30 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 NBC Today. Noon The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 1.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 1.30 The Zoo. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 8.30 The Replacement. (Premiere) 9.45 Miniseries: The Pembrokeshire Murders. 10.45 Caught On Dashcam. 11.45 Property Ladder UK. 1am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (52, 92) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 MOVIE: The Pure Hell Of St Trinian’s. (1960) Noon Garden Gurus. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 3. Newcastle Knights v Wests Tigers. 6.00 MOVIE: Revolt At Fort Laramie. (1957, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 Scorpion. 1pm The Doctors. 2.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. 2.30 Buy To Build. 3.00 Fishing Edge. 4.00 Fishing Australia. 5.00 iFish. 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.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.45 Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back. (2017, PG, Mandarin) 9.45 A Monster Calls. (2016, PG) 11.45 The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. (2009, PG) 2pm The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 4.00 The Ideal Palace. (2018, PG, French) 6.00 The Tree Of Life. (2011, PG) 8.30 Rafiki. (2018, M) 10.00 Look At Me. (2018, M, Arabic) 11.50 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Fish’n With Mates. 1.30 Buccaneers & Bones. 2.30 Step Outside. 3.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Krikke Boys Shootout. 4.00 American Restoration. 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 Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King. (2003, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

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

PEACH (82, 11)

Football. CAFL. 3.45 Soccer. Indigenous C’ship. Austn Indigenous Koalas v Qld NPL 2 Peninsula Power FC. 5.15 Touch Football. WA State Championships. 6.00 NITV News: Nula. 6.30 Art + Soul. 7.30 News. 7.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.40 Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. 10.05 Stolen Glory: The Tale Of Porky Brooke. 10.45 Late Programs. 14 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 26 March, 2021

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8.00 MOVIE: Barbie And Chelsea The Lost Birthday. (2021) 9.15 Children’s Programs. 1.30pm Liquid Science. 2.00 Dance Moms. 4.00 MOVIE: Free Birds. (2013) 5.45 MOVIE: Astro Boy. (2009, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Star Trek Beyond. (2016, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Star Trek: Nemesis. (2002, M) 12.15am MOVIE: In Time. (2011, M) 2.30 Liquid Science. 3.00 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

6am Everybody Loves Raymond. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. Noon To Be Advised. 1.00 The Amazing Race Australia. 2.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 3.00 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.

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PRIME7 (6)

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. (Final, Mv, R) 2.00 Poldark. (Mav, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Al Jazeera News. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 The Clinton Affair. (Mas, R) 2.55 Lost Property Office. 3.05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.10 Mythical Beasts Unearthed. (PGav, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 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) Paul Barry takes a look at the latest issues affecting media consumers. 9.35 To The Stars: 100 Years Of The RAAF. A look at the history of the RAAF. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.05 EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire. (PG, R) 12.35 Wentworth. (MA15+dl, R) 1.25 Sando. (Mls, R) 1.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (MA15+dl, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Abducted: The Carlina White Story. (2012, Ma, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions: Midland, Texas. (Mav, 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 Explore. 1.15 Married At First Sight. (PGals, 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. (PGal) 1.00 The Amazing Race Australia. (R) 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Historic House Rescue. (PG) Part 1 of 3. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency: Pay It Forward. (M) A 16-year-old is brought to paediatrics by her mum after her heart rate falls dangerously low. 9.25 The Story Of The Songs: Diana Ross. (M) Takes a look at three of the tracks that helped establish Diana Ross as a musical icon. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Outlander. (MA15+s) 12.00 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. (Masv, R) 1.45 Asylum City. (Mlv, R) 3.15 The Wolfpack. (Mal, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Bridget Jones’s Diary. (2001, Mlsv, R) A young British woman, struggling with two suitors, one a well-mannered lawyer and the other a charismatic womaniser who also happens to be her boss, documents a year of her life in a diary. Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Station 19. (Ma) Station 19 gets called to a structure fire. 12.00 The Guardian. (Madsv, R) James’ world falls apart. 1.00 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] Andrew Denton’s Interview. (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) The social experiment continues. 9.00 Under Investigation: Putin’s Poison. (PGa) Experts take a look at claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s agents have been poisoning his enemies. 10.00 Footy Classified. (M) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues. 11.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 11.30 Extreme Planes. (Mlv, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.20 Explore. 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 Royals Revealed: Elizabeth & Philip – Marriage, Duty & Love. (PGa) Examines Elizabeth and Philip’s marriage. 8.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem. Dave Hughes is assisted by celebrities to discuss solutions to problems experienced on a global scale. 9.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M, R) Graham Norton chats with Ewan McGregor, Miley Cyrus, Ashley Banjo, Shirley Ballas and Frank Skinner. 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 Earth’s Tropical Islands. (Final) 9.45 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.35 Escape From The City. 11.35 Extras. 12.05am Would I Lie To You? 12.35 Parks And Recreation. 12.55 Reno 911! 1.20 Man Like Mobeen. 1.40 Gary And His Demons. 2.05 Mock The Week. 2.35 News Update. 2.40 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch. Noon Front Up. 12.30 SBS Courtside. 1.00 Basketball. NBA. Los Angeles Lakers v Orlando Magic. 3.30 VICE World Of Sports. 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. 10.15 Late Programs.

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

9GEM (52, 92)

6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Death In Paradise. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Pool Of London. (1951, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 London Kills. 8.40 The Bill. 10.40 Three Days To Live. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 MOVIE: The Saint In London. (1939, PG) Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 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.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Art + Soul. 2.30 Water Is Life. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Ralph. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.00 Croker Island Exodus. 10.10 News. 10.20 Footprints On Our Land. 11.00 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Ideal Palace. Continued. (2018, PG, French) 7.20 A Monster Calls. (2016, PG) 9.20 Jungle Book. (1942, PG) 11.20 The Tree Of Life. (2011, PG) 1.50pm One Role For Two. (2018, PG, French) 3.40 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 5.30 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 7.30 The Quake. (2018, M, Norwegian) 9.30 Roxane. (2019, PG, French) 11.05 Late Programs.

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

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

PEACH (82, 11)

1pm Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Krikke Boys Shootout. Replay. 2.00 American Restoration. 2.30 Graveyard Carz. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.00 Last Car Garage. 4.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Support 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: The Fugitive. (1993, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Bridezillas. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 The Break Boys. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra. (2009, M) 10.45 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 11.45 Love Island. (Return) 1.05am Big Heads. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Late Programs.

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8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 1. Bahrain Grand Prix. Highlights. 11.20 To Be Advised. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6am Everybody Loves Raymond. 7.00 Happy Together. 8.00 Friends. 9.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Cheers. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 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 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Late Programs.

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SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Elders. (R) 11.00 To The Stars: 100 Years Of The RAAF. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (Final, Md, R) 2.00 Poldark. (Final, Mv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 The Clinton Affair. (Mas, R) 2.55 Be My Brother. (R) 3.05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.05 Ancient Invisible Cities. (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: The Wrong Woman. (2013, Mv, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions: Palestine, Texas. (Mav, 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. (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. (PG, R) 7.30 [TEN] Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 Easter With The Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 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 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Jamie Durie. (Return, PG) Anh Do paints Jamie Durie. 8.30 EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire. Part 3 of 3. Caro MeldrumHanna concludes her exposé on the tragic 1979 Ghost Train fire. 9.45 The Truth About Improving Your Mental Health. (PG) Strategies to improve mental health. 10.40 ABC Late News. 11.15 Q+A. (R) 12.25 Wentworth. (Madlsv, R) 1.15 Sando. (Mas, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Madlsv, 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: Newcastle To Brisbane. (R) Hosted by Michael Portillo. 8.30 Insight. Takes a look at class action lawsuits, and whether Australia has the balance right in its legal system. 9.30 Dateline. A look at how London’s taxi drivers. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 The Point. (R) 12.00 The Pier. (Malsv) 12.55 Borgen. (Mal, R) 4.20 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Britain’s Got Talent: Best Of The Buzzers. (PG) A look at some of the judge’s greatest moments. 8.30 The Good Doctor. (Ma) Lim is challenged by the unique circumstances surrounding a pregnant patient with an aggressive tumour. 9.30 Sun, Sea And Surgery. (Premiere, MA15+a) A look at Turkey’s Comfort Zone clinic. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Station 19. (Ma) 12.00 Kiss Bang Love. (PG, R) 1.15 [SEVEN] Medical Emergency. (PG, R) 1.30 Home Shopping. 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. (Mls) The social experiment continues. 9.00 Botched. (Mamn) A Black Hawk helicopter crew chief needs Terry’s help with her missing breast. 10.00 Australian Scandal: Power And Passion. (Mdls) Takes a look at Australian scandals. 11.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 11.30 Labour Of Love. (PGa) 12.15 Our Lives: Extraordinary People: The Boys Who Fell Apart. (PGam, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. (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 Ambulance Australia. (Ma, R) A woman becomes stranded on a walking track. 8.30 NCIS. (M, R) The team, having returned from their mission in Afghanistan, tackles an undercover stakeout. 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. Follows the special agents who are part of the NCIS Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles. 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 Staged. 9.05 Extras. 9.40 Fisk. 10.05 High Fidelity. 10.40 In The Long Run. 11.05 Live At The Apollo. 11.50 Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. 12.20am Parks And Recreation. 12.40 Reno 911! 1.05 Man Like Mobeen. 1.25 Back. 3.50 News Update. 3.55 Close. 5.00 Grandpa Honeyant. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Utah Jazz v Memphis Grizzlies. Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 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. 9.35 The Casketeers. (Return) 10.05 Travel Man. 10.35 Rise Up. 11.30 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 60 Minute Makeover. 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 Suspects. 11.30 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. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: It’s In The Air. (1938) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. 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 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.20 To Be Advised. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 48 Hours. 3.15 JAG. 4.10 Star Trek: Voyager. 5.05 The Doctors.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.10pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Tree Of Life. Continued. (2011, PG) 7.00 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 9.00 Roxane. (2019, PG, French) 10.35 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 12.25pm Born To Dance. (2015, PG) 2.10 Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 4.05 Operation Arctic. (2014, PG, Norwegian) 5.45 One Role For Two. (2018, PG, French) 7.35 Odd Job. (2016, M, French) 9.30 Family. (2018, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

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

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

PEACH (82, 11)

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.20pm Ultimate Tag. 2.00 So You Think You’d Survive? 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 9.30 Outback Pilots. 10.30 Mighty Rivers. 11.30 Late Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Bridezillas. 2.00 Generation YouTube. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible II. (2000, M) 10.00 MOVIE: 16 Blocks. (2006, M) Midnight Love Island. 1.00 Big Heads. 2.00 Generation YouTube. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Surge. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Late Programs.

Urban Native Girl. 2.05 Bamay II. 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 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 First Australians. 7.30 The Point. 8.30 Celtics/Lakers: Best Of Enemies. 10.20 News. 10.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 10. Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans. Replay. 12.30am Late Programs.

SEVEN (7)

TEN (10)

6am Cheers. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Cheers. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 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 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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Wednesday, March 31 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 Air Force 100. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.55 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, 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. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.00 Ancient Invisible Cities. (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: Endless Love. (2014, Ml, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions: Renton, Washington. (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 My Way. 1.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 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] Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Ma) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 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 Fisk. Helen attends a writers festival. 9.30 Melbourne Comedy Festival 2021: The Gala. Featuring international performers. 10.30 Staged. (Final, Ml, R) 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.25 Four Corners. (R) 12.10 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.30 Wentworth. (MA15+adls, R) 1.25 Sando. (Mls, R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.35 Wentworth. (MA15+adls, 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: Dere Street. (PG, R) Part 4 of 4. 8.30 Australia In Colour. (PG) Part 4 of 4. A collection of colourised archival footage focusing on Australia’s immigration history. 9.30 Departure. (Mav) Kendra tries to make sense of conflicting evidence and is stunned by the betrayal of someone close to her. 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Romulus. (MA15+av, R) 12.50 The Night Manager. (MA15+s, R) 1.40 Counterpart. (MA15+av, R) 3.45 Killer In Our Classroom: Never Again. (Malv, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 4.50 Poh & Co. Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol Special. (PGl, R) A countdown of the top 10 worst behaved drivers that the cops have dealt with over the past few years. 8.30 The Front Bar. (M) Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL. 9.30 The Latest: Seven News. 10.00 Ambulance: Code Red. (Mal, R) A car driver is seriously injured. 11.00 Born To Kill? Myra Hindley. (Mav, R) Takes a look at serial killer Myra Hindley. 12.00 MOVIE: The Operator. (2000, Msv, R) Michael Laurence. 2.00 Home Shopping. 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. (Mls) The social experiment continues. 9.00 Amazing Grace. (Ma) Max goes beyond the call of duty to help a traumatised woman cope with childbirth. 10.00 Footy Classified. (M) Footy experts tackle the AFL’s big issues. 11.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 11.30 The Enemy Within. (Mav) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. (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. 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 challengers Peter and Louise put their skill, nerve, agility and ability to the test. 8.30 Bull. (M, R) Bull takes on a pro bono case for a client who received poor legal advice and pleaded guilty to a charge before the victim’s condition was certain. After the death of the victim, he is now facing a manslaughter charge. 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 Stackorama! 9.45 Restoration Australia. 10.45 Pilgrimage: Road To Rome. 11.45 Louis Theroux: Gambling In Las Vegas. 12.45am Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Reno 911! 1.30 Man Like Mobeen. 1.50 Gary And His Demons. 2.15 Mock The Week. 2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Grandpa Honeyant. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Los Angeles Lakers v Orlando Magic. Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.55 The Curse Of Oak Island. 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. (Final) 9.00 What Makes A Woman. 9.55 MOVIE: Serpico. (1973, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

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

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 New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 MOVIE: Nicholas Nickleby. (1947) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 The Nick. 11.50 Late Programs.

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

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2.50pm Ralph. 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 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Wellington Paranormal. 8.00 Yokayi Footy. 8.35 Over The Black Dot. 9.30 NITV News Update. 9.40 Football. Monsoon AFL. Replay. 11.30 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 6.40 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 8.30 Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 10.25 One Role For Two. (2018, PG, French) 12.15pm The Orator. (2011, PG, Samoan) 2.20 The Piano Tuner Of EarthQuakes. (2005, PG, Portuguese) 4.10 Born To Dance. (2015, PG) 5.55 Roxane. (2019, PG, French) 7.30 The Cowboys. (2015, M, French) 9.30 What We Do In The Shadows. (2014, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.20pm Ultimate Tag. 2.00 So You Think You’d Survive? 3.00 Classic Restos: USA Edition. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 American Restoration. 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 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 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 Dog Patrol. 11.20 Late Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Bridezillas. 2.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 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: The Wolf Of Wall Street. (2013, MA15+) 12.10am Love Island. 1.10 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 2.00 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Instinct. 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 Shopping. 2.10 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 1. Bahrain Grand Prix. Highlights. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 Instinct. 5.00 The Doctors. 6am Cheers. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Cheers. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 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 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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PRIME7 (6)

NINE (5, 9)

WIN (8)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 11.00 The Truth About Improving Your Mental Health. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 The Weekly. (R) 2.00 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (Final, R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Watergate. (Mal, R) 2.55 One Giant Leap. (R) 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGal, R) 4.05 Ancient Invisible Cities. (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: The Boy Next Door. (2015, Mlsv, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions: Tazewell, Virginia. (Mav, 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. (Mls, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 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] Bold. (R) 8.00 [TEN] Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mad) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 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: Cooktown, Queensland. Craig Quartermaine explores Cooktown. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. Long-form interview show. 10.00 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World: Food Preservation. (PG) 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.25 Miriam’s Big American Adventure. (PG, R) 12.25 Wentworth. (MA15+alv, R) 1.20 Sando. (PG, R) 2.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.35 Wentworth. (MA15+alv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.25 Sammy J. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The World’s Busiest Stations: Zürich. (PGal, R) Part 3 of 4. 8.30 Michael Mosley: What’s My Diagnosis. (PGa) Part 4 of 4. The team of experts try to diagnose a man suffering multiple seizures every day. 9.40 Shadowplay. (MA15+) Karin kidnaps Trude. 10.40 SBS World News Late. 11.10 24 Hours In Police Custody: Black Widow Pt 2. (Final, M) 12.10 The Good Fight. (Mals, R) 1.15 Bosch. (Return, MA15+v) 3.50 Waco: The Longest Siege. (Mav, R) 4.50 Poh & Co. Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 3. Brisbane Lions v Collingwood. 10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. A wrap-up of the game, including panel discussion and interviews, with access to players, coaches and staff. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Police: Hour Of Duty. (Malv, R) Follows members of the police force. 12.00 Andrew Denton’s Interview. (PG, R) Hosted by Andrew Denton. 1.30 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] Harry’s Practice. (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 Mega Zoo. (PG) A much-loved meerkat faces an X-ray. 8.30 Emergency. (Ma, R) Mark tries to help a car crash patient under police guard, but the man appears to be hiding something. 9.30 New Amsterdam. (Mamv) A doctor sets out to reform his hospital’s neglected and outdated facilities to treat the patients. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 The Equalizer. 11.50 Manifest. (Madv) 12.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (Mav, 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. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) The lifeguards are on high alert. 8.00 Territory Cops. (Mdv, R) A look at the Northern Territory Police. 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. (Ms, R) A ballerina seeks help. 10.30 This Is Us. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.30 [TEN] The Project. (R) 12.30 [TEN] The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) [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 Earth’s Tropical Islands. (Final) Midnight Parks And Recreation. 12.20 Reno 911! 12.40 QI. 1.15 In The Long Run. 1.40 Man Like Mobeen. 2.00 Gary And His Demons. 2.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Cup of China. Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.50 The Dark Side Of The Moon. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 NBL: Overtime. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 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 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. 11.05 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 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 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. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Mr Denning Drives North. (1951, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4. Manly Sea Eagles v Penrith Panthers. 9.55 Poirot. 12.05am Late Programs.

BOLD (81, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 1. Grand Prix of Qatar. Replay. 9.30 Bondi Rescue. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Instinct. 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. (Final) 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.20pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Piano Tuner Of EarthQuakes. (2005, PG, Portuguese) 7.55 Born To Dance. (2015, PG) 9.40 Operation Arctic. (2014, PG, Norwegian) 11.20 Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 1.15pm Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 3.10 Kundun. (1997, PG) 5.40 The Orator. (2011, PG, Samoan) 7.45 6 Days. (2017, M) 9.30 Fletch. (1985, M) 11.20 The Cowboys. (2015, M, French) 1.20am Black Kite. (2017, M, Dari) 3.00 Late Programs.

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Storage Wars. 1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.00 So You Think You’d Survive? 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Mighty Trains. 8.30 MOVIE: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. (2011, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

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

PEACH (82, 11)

Wellington Paranormal. 1.50 Bamay II. 2.05 Two Brothers Walking. 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 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 MOVIE: The Express. (2008, PG) 10.45 Late Programs. 16 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 26 March, 2021

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11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Young Sheldon. 8.30 MOVIE: Transformers: Age Of Extinction. (2014, M) 11.45 Young Sheldon. 12.10am Love Island. 1.10 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 3.00 Late Programs.

TEN (10)

6am Cheers. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Cheers. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 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 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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Your guide to Easter in Central Geelong With Easter just one week away, Central Geelong businesses are here to help you get on top of this choc-filled holiday. Whether it’s hot cross buns, Easter eggs and sweets, seafood for your Good Friday feast, or Easter-themed activities and decorations, Central Geelong can help.

locations at www.centralgeelong.com.au/ events/kids-augmented-reality-fun The Inn Hotel in Corio Street is hosting Easter INN the Parking Lot for all the big kids out there on Good Friday eve and Easter Sunday. Both parties are free. Check out their Facebook page for more details.

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Delicious hot cross buns have arrived at Oh Honey in Myers Street. Both traditional and chocolate are available right through until Good Friday. And if hot cross buns aren’t your thing, cinnamon scrolls are available daily. Organic larder in Malop Street has your dietary needs covered with organic Easter eggs and bunnies. You can also pick up plain, gluten free and sourdough hot cross buns and loads of dairy free chocolate options. Add Easter cupcakes to your celebrations to break up all the chocolate. Moo Mouth Coffee in Little Malop Street has an assortment of cupcakes for $3.70 each or you can order a box of six for $18. Baked by Us in Ryrie Street is taking Easter cupcake pre-orders for collection on April 1 and 2. If you feel like baking your own Easter treats, check out Baking Bliss’ range of Easter cutters and embossers. Located in Ryrie Street, this specialty store has everything you need to create delicious Easter cookies. The Fresh Food Merchant in Malop Street has loads of Easter goodies including dietary-friendly chocolate. Order online or visit in-store to check out the range of Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie Easter chocolate, cakes and organic, gluten free and vegan eggs. If your short on time, drop into Westfield Geelong where you’ll find Ferguson Plarre Bakehouse’s Easter cupcakes, cookies and hot cross buns, Bakers Delight’s mouth-watering

Bay City Fisheries, located on Malop Street, inside The Fresh Food Merchant, is taking pre-orders now for the Easter long weekend. Order via The Fresh Food Merchant website. Café Go on Bellerine Street has lamb roast, a seafood feast and an Easter breakfast on the menu for delivery on either April 1 or 3. Numbers are capped. Order at www.cafego. com.au If you’re keeping it simple or have a long-standing tradition of ordering fish and chips, place your order with the Geelong Boat House on Western Beach Road, King George Fish & Chips on Eastern Beach Road or at Fryday Fish & Chips on Moorabool Street. Visit www.centralgeelong.com.au/eat to see a full list of businesses.

Baked by Us, King George Fish & Chips, and at bottom, Oh Honey and The Fresh Food Merchant. (Pictures: Supplied)

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Easter activities Download Central Geelong’s Easter Fun Guide at www.centralgeelong.com.au/easter for a variety of Easter activities for the kids. Easter Bunny is visiting the Carousel on April 6, 11.30am-1.30pm. Kids will love the free Creation Station at Market Square Shopping Centre from March 30 – April 1 and April 3. They can also take a selfie with the Easter Bunny, who is popping

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Hosting Easter at your place? Townhouse Living in Yarra Street stocks a range of gorgeous Easter décor items as well as flowers perfect for a centrepiece. While you are there, you could pick up an Easter egg hunt kit. Bring a touch of Easter to every corner of your home with help from Bed Bath N’ Table in Westfield Geelong, or explore the Fleur Harris Easter range at Adairs in Market Square. Download the Love Central Geelong App for a full business directory or visit www.centralgeelong.com.au

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The 2013 Mercedes-Benz A250, 2015 Mercedes-AMG A45 (top right) and 2019 Mercedes-Benz A250. (Pictures: Supplied)

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MODEL RANGE Hyundai Palisade 3.8 GDI 2WD: $60,000 Hyundai Palisade 2.2 CRDI AWD: $64,000 Hyundai Palisade Highlander 3.8 GDI 2WD: $71,000 Hyundai Palisade Highlander 2.2 CRDI AWD: $75,000

Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Hyundai dealer for drive-away prices.

Styling The large grille treatment works well and Palisade looks longer than it really is thanks to the large windows that stretch all the way to the rear. The shape of the C-pillar gives it a sort-of sleek look when viewed side on. The slight downward slope of the roof adds to the effect. The tail is squared off, with lights that have a purposeful appearance. The word PALISADE is spread loud and proud in capital letters across the rear. When you realise that it was initially designed very much with the American market in mind you will understand this. Guards have a purposeful look that appealed to those to whom we showed the Palisade during our week’s road test.

Engines / transmissions Interestingly, both petrol and diesel engines are offered. A four-cylinder turbo-diesel with a capacity of 2.2 litres drives all four wheels. It puts out 147 kW, and 440 Nm with a big spread from 1750 to 2750 revs. This range is where the great majority of drivers will be driving virtually all the time. The petrol is a 3.8-litre V6 with 217 kW of power, and 355 Nm of torque at a very high 5200 revs. It drives through the front wheels. We haven’t had a chance to road test a petrol but will hopefully get into one soon and report back to you with your feelings on the torque band.

Safety Interior The cabin carries on with the spacious look created by the exterior. This is an eight-seater with a two:three:three arrangement. There’s also a seven-seat version with twin bucket seats in the centre row. This is likely to make it popular with upmarket limousine companies as their customers like individual seats (with three plebs squeezed into the rear!). The fit and fitment of the interior is to a high standard. These days you won’t even find upmarket European vehicles with fitment that’s better than Hyundai’s.

Infotainment The large central touchscreen gives easy access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. There is a plethora of ways of connecting as Both Palisade models have seven USB ports and four 12V sockets.

Palisade has yet to be ANCAP tested. Crash avoidance features are lane-keeping assistance, rear cross-traffic alert and blind zone warning with intervention. All have IsoFix child seat positions.

Driving The driver’s seat is comfortable and we had no problem getting it adjusted to our needs. The second-row seats slide forward by up Not exactly sleek but Palisade is a rather attractive vehicle for its class. (Pictures: Supplied) to 220mm for easier access to the third row. Both rear rows in eight-seat versions have a filling may be required. Test this for yourself if pretty good figures. Visibility all around is good thanks to the 60:40 split to let you juggle passenger/cargo you feel you might be parking in areas where large window area and good side mirrors. space. The seven-seater isn’t as versatile but the this is a problem. compromises are understandable. During our testing on hilly country roads The steering is well weighted, responds the fuel consumption sat in the eight to ten Summing up within a few degrees of movement and gives litres per hundred kilometres range. Flat easy An impressive vehicle in that it’s almost good feedback. running saw this down to as little as six to sedan-like in some ways and has plenty of The turning circle is good for a car of this seven litres. Around town, and in the suburbs, standard equipment. It’s not quite as easy to size, but in tight carparks some backing and it was about nine to eleven litres. These are drive as a car but comes pretty close. 23 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 26 March, 2021

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Minor premiers upstaged LOCAL TENNIS Donna Schoenmaekers Leopold has upstaged minor premiers Highton in Geelong’s top men’s league, with a 4-2, 10-game preliminary final win. Leopold came out strong taking the first two sets 6-4 but Jamie Heaton and Jo Horvat won the third for Highton in a tie-break. Gavin D’Souza and Saxon Richardson took the fourth 6-4 for Leopold and Taj Cayzer and Saxon Richardson blasted a 6-0 win. D’Souza and his brother Jason went down in a tie-break but Leopold clinched the win, with Cayzer and Horvat the standout players for the match. In the other section 1 preliminary final, Grovedale clawed a narrow win over Barwon Heads. Grovedale took the first set, with no breaks of serve, in a tie-break, but Barwon Heads hit back taking the second 7-5. Jeremy Palmer-Morgan and Brett Armstrong were looking very strong in the third set for Barwon Heads against Ryan Lee and Braeden Lubcke, taking a 5-2 lead. But the Grovedale men came back to level it at five-all before finally going down 7-6 in a tie-break. In the fourth set, Grovedale pair Ned Simpson and Jai Bosnjak dominated with a 6-0 win. Level on sets, Grovedale had a four-game lead going into the final two sets. Barwon Heads pair Palmer-Morgan and Toby Mitchell proved too strong in the fifth set taking it 6-3, but Grovedale’s players held their nerve and took the last 6-1 to move into tomorrow’s grand final. Grovedale Black took it to minor premiers Waurn Ponds in the section 1 mixed, with the

Bianca Duff helped Grovedale Yellow to victory last Saturday. (Supplied)

sides locked on two sets each in the first four. But Waurn Ponds won the last two and Nicole Mullen continued to dominate dropping just five games. In the Grovdale grudge match, Yellow

smashed Gold 6-0, setting up a tantalising clash between Mullen and Yellow’s Bianca Duff. Duff has lost only two sets since Waurn Ponds defeated Yellow 5-1 in round 1, with Yellow forfeiting the side’s round 8 match due

to injuries. Yellow will have Grant Thompson back in the team and Billy Spicer is a chance to return to Waurn Pond’s line-up tomorrow. In the section 1 boys, minor premiers Wandana Heights Blue cruised into the grand final with a 6-0 win over fourth-placed Highton. Wandana Heights dropped just nine games with Jared Zanardo and Lachie Hanson taking the first two singles sets 6-0 and 6-1. They will face Geelong Lawn Green, which defeated Barwon Heads 4-2. Geelong Lawn started strong with Ned Simpson and Teal Studer taking the first two sets 6-1 and 6-2. Barwon Heads rallied with Jack Remilton winning 6-2 over Kirrily McConachy, one of several local girls playing boys’ tennis. But Finn McNeilly went down in a tie-break 5-6 to Rupert Sever and Lawn held onto its two-set lead in the doubles to advance to the grand final. The Geelong Lawn girls continued their dominance in section 1. After finishing 19 points ahead on the ladder, they dispatched Centre Court 6-0 in the prelim. All girls were in good form and will be hard to beat next week. The second preliminary final could not have been more different, with Highton overcoming Grovedale by just one game as both sides won three sets. The teams went set-for-set, with Highton two games ahead going into the doubles. Both doubles were one-sided with Grovedale taking the second 6-0, but Highton managed to take the first 6-1 leaving them just ahead and booking their place against Geelong Lawn tomorrow.

SPORTS QUIZ 1. Which recently retired NRL star played a record 430 games for his club? 2. New Sydney Flames coach Shane Heal briefly coached which now defunct WNBL team?

3. Former competitive swimmer Nicole Livingstone is the CEO of which sporting league?

10. In November last year, which AFL team unveiled a new logo for the 2021 season and beyond?

4. Australian netball player Kim Ravaillion will play for which Super Netball team during the 2021 season?

11. Which MLB team was associated with the 'Curse of the Bambino'?

5. Eldrick Tont Woods is the full name of which American professional golfer? 6. Which professional soccer club is the only W-League team not affiliated with a men’s A-League team? 7. With competing teams including Barbados Tridents, St Lucia Zouks and Jamaica Tallawahs, CPL is the acronym for which domestic Twenty20 cricket league? 8. Which NBL team recently won the inaugural in-season tournament known as the NBL Cup? 9. Which horse did jockey Glen Boss ride to victory in three consecutive Melbourne Cups from 2003 to 2005?

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12. AFL player Jeremy Cameron was GWS’s leading goalkicker for how many consecutive seasons? 13. In which year did Peter Brock and Jim Richards famously win the Bathurst 1000 by six laps? 14. How many NRL premierships has Trent Robinson won as coach?

21. What NBA team was Michael Jordan playing for when he retired in 2003?

15. What was the scoreline in Australia’s recent Twenty20 series loss to New Zealand?

22. On what continent was the sport of archery thought to have originated?

16. Which horse won the Golden Slipper in 2020?

23. Which horse won the 2021 All- star Mile race?

17. Which driver won the 1982 F1 championship despite winning only one race?

24. Which Afghanistan spinner bowled 98 overs in his team’s recent Test match against Zimbabwe?

18. From which position on the ladder did the Western Bulldogs win the 2016 AFL premiership? 19. Ice-skating duo Torvill and Dean won the gold medal in which Winter Olympics? 20. Which English batsman was the victim of Shane Warne’s 'ball of the century' in 1993?

25. How many athletes have won medals in both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games?

28. Which Major League Baseball team did LeBron James recently buy a stake in? 29. What is the name for a race in which competitors complete a swim and then immediately follow it with a run over various distances? 30. Which team came runnerup in the recent NBL Cup tournament played in Melbourne?

26. Which AFL team will midfielder Adam Treloar play for in 2021? 27. Who will coach the St George Illawarra Dragons in the 2021 NRL season?

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Magpies face Lions in grand final By Luke Voogt East Belmont captain Sean O’Neill has hit yet another century to help his side upset Lara and earn a place in the GCA division one firsts grand final. The opening batsman made 103, his fifth ton of the season, at almost a run a ball while Andrew Baars contributed 76, as the Lions finished on 8/299. For Lara, Vishesh Malhotra and Andrew Hughes both made 65, but East Belmont leg spinner Chris Williams took 4/34 helping to dismiss the Cats for 207 off 41.2 overs. East Belmont takes on North Geelong in tomorrow’s grand final after the Magpies scored a thrilling but controversial two-run win over South Barwon. North Geelong elected to bat

and reached 18 before a 4/5 wicket collapse put them in trouble at 4/23. Sam Hall (47) and Alistair McCann steadied the ship putting on 77 for the fourth wicket. McCann (45) batted on after Hall’s dismissal, helping the Magpies reach 8/165 off 47 overs. South Barwon was penalised 30 runs (10 per over) for failing to complete a minimum of 48 overs, bringing the Magpie’s total to 195. Paceman Nick Lynch was the stand out of South Barwon’s bowlers, taking 3/23 off seven. South Barwon raced to 90 before Andrew Fergusson dismissed opener Joel Davies caught in the outfield on 63. The Magpies ran out Henry Melville for just one additional run. Fergusson and spinner Tom Bagg both took 2/32, off 10 and nine overs respectively, with

McCann and Lachlan Hayes whittling the Swans down to 7/181, then 8/185. The Swans needed seven off the last over and Zac Thorne hit a four off Lachlan Hayes’ first ball. But Hayes responded with a dot ball and Thorne skied the next to point with Fergusson taking a pressure catch. With South Barwon needing three runs off three balls, Hayes bowled Kaushik Jagannathan for the win, finishing with 4/26. South Barwon’s second and third XIs both made grand finals and will play East Belmont and North Geelong in the respective matches. In the fourths St Joseph’s takes on Newtown-Chilwell. In the division two semi-finals, minor premiers Bell Post Hill chased down 161 to beat Torquay by seven wickets.

Geelong City chased down 206 for a nine-wicket victory over Marshall, albeit with just three balls remaining, to also book their place in the final. St Peter’s seconds and thirds both made grand finals and will take on Geelong City and Marshall in the respective matches. In division three, Corio’s 220 proved too much for Lethbridge (all out for 206) despite a standout 107 from opener Shane Dillon. St Albans Breakwater defeated Geelong West by seven wickets in the other semi-final to reach the grand final. In the seconds, Geelong West will play Waurn Ponds-Deakin. In the retire 100s north, Teesdale will play North Shore, while in the south league, Torquay takes on St Joseph’s.

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Sean O’Neil after making a match-winning century, his fifth of the season. (Wes Cusworth)

O’Neil dominates division one awards Sean O’Neil has dominated the awards for Geelong Cricket Association’s top league after scoring his fifth ton in 2020-21 last Saturday to help East Belmont upset Lara and reach the grand final. O’Neil won the Jack Sing Medal for cricketer of the year, as voted by the umpires, and the champion player award, based on overall statistics. He also took out the division one firsts batting average, scoring 831 runs at 69.25. O’Neil is set to face Tom Mathieson, who topped the division’s bowling averages, in the grand final tomorrow. The North Geelong paceman took 35 wickets at just 12.46 apiece. In division two firsts, Alexander Thomson all-rounder James Syddall won the Barry McMahon Medal after finishing fourth in the division for wickets with 28 and seventh for runs with 476. Bell Park all-rounder Shane Lymer won division two’s champion player after coming third in the batting and 15th in wickets taken. Marshall’s Corey Walter topped the batting averages with 645 runs at 46.79 and Torquay’s Terry Hill had the best bowling average with 28

Sean O’Neil, centre, with fellow East Belmont award-winners Matthew Long, Leigh Fraser, Jim Timberlake and Chris Totton. (East Belmont Cricket Club/Facebook)

wickets at 13 runs apiece. In division three, the umpires voted Corio bowling all-rounder Dylan Shelley best and fairest for the Jan Nowicki Medal.

Shelley came fourth in the bowling averages and 26th in the batting. Waurn Ponds-Deakin’s Balarammahanti Abhishek, who came fourth in wickets taken and fifth in the batting averages, won the division’s champion player. Thomson’s Jayden Hicks topped the batting averages with 515 runs at 57.22 while Geelong West’s Sam Kelly took 37 wickets at 12.19 to win the bowling averages. In the Barwon Women’s Cricket Competition, Barrabool batting all-rounder Annie Maloney won the Susan Heussi Medal for best and fairest. Maloney averaged 59.2 with the bat (second) and ranked 12th in the bowling averages. Manifold Heights’ Bree Gorman won champion player and took out the bowling award with 18 wickets at 7.11. Her relative Brooke Gorman won the batting award with 141 runs at an average of 70.5. The GCA men’s grand finals are set to be played tomorrow with a reserve day on Sunday in the event of rain.

Geelong needs to finish its season with a win tomorrow to guarantee a place in the Victorian Premier Cricket finals after losing to third-placed Fitzroy Doncaster last Saturday. The Lions chose to bat at Schramms Reserve and started solidly until opener Lakshmn Shivakumar (26) chopped on Josh Garner with the score at 53. Australian T20 and one day player Glenn Maxwell made 49 off 50 before holing out off left-arm spinner Hayden Butterworth. With the run rate hovering at just over five an over, opener Jack Rudd looked set for a ton with the Lions at 192 off 38 overs. But Rudd holed out off leg spinner Tom O’Connell in a bid to lift the Lions to a run a ball. Fitzroy Doncaster made just 68 following Rudd’s dismissal, including a 7/38 collapse, but still finished with a defendable 258. Former Alexander Thomson junior Kieren Helwig tore through the lower order, claiming 4/41 and combining with keeper Josh McDonald for a run out after his promotion from Geelong’s second XI a few weeks ago. Maxwell struck first for the home side dismissing Eamonn Vines for 17 with a ball that appeared high and just going down the leg side. McDonald (13) was run out trying to make a single with the Cats at 66, before Maxwell struck again snaring Butterworth (33) caught and bowled for no additional score. The Lions dismissed Gus Boyd (3) and Tyler Larkin (2) cheaply, with the Cats in trouble at 5/77. Tom Jackson (16) and Tom O’Connell (31) put on 40 for the sixth wicket before both were dismissed with Geelong on 117. Josh Larkin made 54 off 63 to give Geelong some hope. But Maxwell put the final nail in the Cats’ coffin dismissing him with the score at 165. Josh Garner made a valiant 31 but the Cats finished 70 runs short. Geelong dropped back to sixth place with the loss, but a win against seventh-placed Northcote at Geelong Cricket Ground tomorrow will guarantee entry into the finals. A loss would put Geelong at the mercy of eighth-placed Melbourne University and ninth-placed Dandenong, which have easy games against Greenvale Kangaroos (16th) and Kingston Hawthorn (last) respectively. Northcote has had a mixed season despite finishing fourth on the ladder in 2019-20. Luke Voogt

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SPORT Dangerfield suspended for three games Geelong Cats will be without key midfielder Patrick Dangerfield until their round 5 clash with North Melbourne after the AFL Tribunal suspended him for three weeks. On Tuesday night the tribunal ruled Dangerfield’s bump on Adelaide defender Jake Kelly was careless and severe in impact. Dangerfield initially made contact shoulderto-shoulder after Kelly handballed but the pair clashed heads, leaving Kelly concussed and with a broken nose. Dangerfield pleaded guilty to rough conduct but his defence team argued the impact was “high”, not “severe”. During the hearing Dangerfield’s legal team consulted the Oxford and Macquarie dictionaries and voice-recognition software Siri for the definition of “severe”. His lawyer Ben Ihle argued Dangerfield’s use of the correct technique, staying low and tucking his elbow, lessened the impact of the head clash.

Patrick Dangerfield at training. (Louisa Jones) 231543_94

Dangerfield’s legal team highlighted that the “incidental” head clash, not his shoulder, did the damage and compared it to previous incidents where a player’s shoulder or arm instead made contact to the head.

But AFL counsel Jeff Gleeson responded: “You certainly shouldn’t conclude that the hard skull produces a lesser impact than if it was the fleshy shoulder.” The AFL’s team pointed out that Dangerfield had both feet off the ground at the point of impact. After 18 minutes’ deliberation the tribunal jury decided the initial impact grading was correct. Star forward Jeremy Cameron is also set to miss at least tonight’s game after suffering a hamstring strain at training last week. The 27-year-old felt a twinge at the end of training on March 17 and a scan revealed the strain. Another hamstring issue sidelined Cameron for a few weeks earlier this year but he returned to training and played in the Cats’ pre-season game. Luke Voogt

Zach Tuohy at training on Tuesday. (Louisa Jones) 232139_65

Cats face Lions at home By Luke Voogt The Cats will be without Patrick Dangerfield tonight as they attempt to make up for their upset loss to 2020 wooden-spooners Adelaide last Saturday. “We don’t have a like-for-like [for Dangerfield] – no one does,” Geelong coach Chris Scott told the media on Tuesday. “We will get some players back that were held back a little bit last week, so we’d expect that Zach Tuohy would be ready now and Jack Henry would be ready. “There’s a few other options that we’re weighing up there. “I doubt Mitch Duncan would be ready and Sam Simpson not quite either, so there are a few in that uncertain mix, but I think Tuohy and Henry are the obvious ones that are ready to come back.” The Crows shocked Geelong with their intense pressure and effort in the first half and led by 43 points early in the third quarter. The Cats lifted their game dramatically, chasing down the lead and, at one stage, looking likely to overrun the crows. 26 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 26 March, 2021

But they squandered chances to draw level in front of goal and had some crucial turnovers in the back half. “We didn’t play anywhere near as well we’d like to,” Scott said. “The opposition were good. We need to find a way to improve quickly because it was quite a poor performance. “We’ve looked at the game really closely but we’re doing everything that we can to look forward and make sure that we play more like the way we’d like to this week.” Tonight the Cats face the Brisbane Lions, who also suffered an upset in the opening round, losing to Sydney by 31 points at home. Scott acknowledged the “dangerous” and “taller” forward line of last year’s ladder runner-up, featuring Essendon recruit Joe Daniher. “No doubt they are more dangerous with Joe in there,” he said. The Cats would also be wary of Tom Fullarton as a forward target and back-up ruck, along with fellow tall Eric Hipwood and dangerous small forward Charlie Cameron, Scott said. Scott was pleased to play at home with a

new maximum capacity of 27,819 at GMHBA Stadium. “We haven’t played in front of a loud Geelong home crowd since August 2019 for premiership points,” he said. “It feels like a long, long, time ago. Our people have been starved of footy and we’re just looking forward to putting on a good show in front of a hostile but fair Geelong crowd.” Scott acknowledged the responsibility of clubs to protect players from concussion, prior to the AFL Tribunal suspending Dangerfield for three weeks for his bump on and head clash with Jake Kelly. “We would like to coach our players to tackle as opposed to bump where possible,” he said. “Now the risk there when a player has the ball and disposes of it before you make contact is that you might give away a free kick and possibly give away a 50 [metre penalty] as well. “But that is a much better situation, I think, for our game and even for us as a football club than having players concussed in the way that Jake Kelly was.” Geelong’s home crowd advantage should get them over the line. Cats by 18 points.

Fish still to be found if you’re brave enough ON THE BITE Peri Stavropoulos Well it’s safe to say the summer weather is gone as we have just received a week of wet and windy weather which does make it hard to get out for a fish but anglers braving the conditions are still landing some solid fish. The Geelong waterfront has offered some good protection of the conditions and still offering some good fishing. The new Wingam Pier has been producing some great fishing too for those casting soft plastics – there is plenty of structure there and it holds tonnes of fish. Pinky snapper, salmon, pike and trevally have been the main target species and all are taking a liking in the Gulp turtleback worms in pumpkin green fleck. The outer harbour has also been holding some good fish and Alcoa Pier has been one of the many hot spots. Andrew Orchard got out late last week, getting stuck into a few flathead, whiting pike and pinkie snapper – all once again caught on the humble turtleback worm in pumpkin green fleck. Calamari have been in reasonable numbers in close right along Hermsley but after this blow it may make it a bit tricky as the water clears back up again. Offshore Barwon Heads has still been fishing well for bluefin tuna, I’m sure everyone is sick of hearing it by now but these fish just won’t stop chewing! In 60 metres of water straight off the bluff of Barwon Heads has been holding the majority of fish. Small skirts like the Pakula Uzi has been by far the most popular skirt, casting stickbaits into the packs of mutton birds has also been producing plenty of fish. Flathead have been in plague numbers offshore at the moment along the 50 metre mark. Drifting with paternoster rigs with baits like squid and salmon have been working very well. With the average size about 40cm and fish to more than 60cm they make a great option to secure yourself a feed when the tuna are slow. The Barwon River has been fishing very well for fishos casting small hard body lures, redfin and estuary perch. Around Queens Ppark has been the biggest hot spot lately as its super sheltered from the wind and a great spot for the kids.

Gone Fishing Charters with a haul of tuna. (Supplied)

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