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Bald step for cancer Two Bellarine Community Health staff are going above and beyond to do their part for the health and safety of the community. Alexandra Mrak and Kathleen Mangan are taking a stand against blood cancer by taking the ‘bald’ step to shave their hair as part of the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave. The World’s Greatest Shave aims to raise funds to support people diagnosed with blood cancer. “As we both work in the health sector, we see the impact that cancers have on families and we both felt it would be great to contribute towards a cure by raising funds to help with research,” Kathleen said. The duo are actively fundraising from the community but they’re also donating their own pay packets to the cause. Between them, the ladies are cashing in a week’s annual leave as a donation. The ‘big snip’ will take place outside Bellarine Community Health’s Point Lonsdale site from 11.30am on Thursday, March 17. Alexandra Mrak and Kathleen Mangan. (Supplied)

Hydrogen drives Geelong By Ash Bolt Geelong could be serviced by hydrogen-powered buses and garbage trucks within two years under a new project announced by Viva Energy. Viva Energy on Tuesday announced it would develop a New Energies Service Station at its Geelong refinery to kick start a shift to hydrogen power for heavy vehicles. The service station will be Australia’s first publicly accessible commercial hydrogen refuelling station and is expected to begin operations in late 2023. It will also be a key component of Viva Energy’s Geelong Energy Hub. The $43.3 million project will incorporate a

two-megawatt electrolyser for the generation of green hydrogen using recycled water from Barwon Water’s Northern Water Plant. The dispensers will be able to fill up 10 heavy vehicles in 90 minutes. Viva Energy managing director Scott Wyatt said it was designed to facilitate the commercial deployment of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in industries that couldn’t be easily decarbonised, including road freight, public transport, municipal waste management, water treatment and general fleet. “This project puts hydrogen-powered vehicles on the road to prove their value in day-to-day commercial operations while reducing the carbon footprint of the heavy vehicle transport

we rely on every day,” he said. “At Viva Energy we believe that hydrogen has a key role to play in decarbonising heavy transport by replacing diesel with hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles. “Hydrogen carries energy which is made from green electricity and water and is converted back into electricity as it is consumed by the vehicle. As a result, it is lightweight, has enough energy for long distance travel and can be refueled much more quickly than traditional battery electric vehicles. “Hydrogen, in our view, is therefore ideal for heavy vehicle commercial applications where payload, distance and availability are critical. “The need to replace and recycle batteries is

eliminated and the drivers refueling experience is very similar to filling the truck with diesel.” The project has received support from the federal government through a $22.8 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) Advancing Renewable Programs. The state government have also contributed $1 million to the project. Viva Energy will work with several organisations locally to initially introduce a fleet of 15 hydrogen-powered vehicles which would be refuelled at the station. ■ Continued:

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Hydrogen transport future for Geelong This week Viva Energy announced the launch of Australia’s most ambitious hydrogen mobility project that will see the development of a New Energy Service Station in Geelong offering green hydrogen refuelling and electric vehicle recharging. The station, expected to commence operations in late 2023, will be Australia’s first commercial scale, publicly accessible hydrogen refulleing station for heavy vehicles which is expected to be the catalyst

for a network of hydrogen refuelling stations from Geelong to Sydney and onto Brisbane. The $43.3 million project will utlise green hydrogen and is designed to demonstrate the practical use of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEVs) in a cross-section of industries that can’t be easily decarbonised, including road freight, public transport, municipal waste management and water treatment. The development will be a key component of Viva Energy’s

Geelong Energy Hub, making the city a leader in the adoption of diverse commercial hydrogenvehicle activity. The project received a $22.8m grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) as part of ARENA’s Advancing Renewables Program and brings together a series of diverse industry partners operating an initial fleet of 15 hydrogen-powered heavy vehicles that will be refuelled at the station. The Victorian Government also

contributed $1 million to the project via the Renewable Hydrogen Commercialisation Pathways Fund. Foundation partners deploying vehicles in the first year of the project include: Toll Group; ComfortDelGro Corporation Australia (CDC); Cleanaway; and Barwon Water. Viva Energy CEO and MD Scott Wyatt said Viva Energy is delighted to be able to partner with long-term existing customers to demonstrate the important role that hydrogen will

play in the future of transportation in Australia. “Our existing partners have come on this journey with us and we share their excitement about what it means for the future of zero-emissions transport,” Mr Wyatt said. “This project puts hydrogen-powered vehicles on the road to prove their value in day-to-day commercial operations while reducing the carbon footprint of the heavy vehicle transport we rely on every day.”

The project leverages the strengths of both Viva Energy and its partners to deliver the first public hydrogen refuelling station of commercial scale, nationally. The market-leading facility will be capable of dispensing hydrogen to the largest and most diverse heavy vehicle fleet in Australia. Renewable or green hydrogen will be generated on-site at the service station itself using recycled water sourced from the Barwon Water Northern Water Plant. The Northern Water Plant borders Viva Energy’s Geelong refinery and is located in close proximity to the station. Viva Energy is thrilled to take the first step of its hydrogen journey in its heartland of Geelong and is delighted to partner with its transport customers who also have a proud history of servicing the Geelong region. Together with its partners, and both the federal and state governments, Viva Energy is excited to demonstrate the role hydrogen can play in zero emissions transport. The views expressed here are not necessarily the views of the Australian Government, and the Australian Government does not accept responsibility for any information or advice contained here.

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Viva Energy has commenced the 30 day public exhibition period for the Environment Effects Statement (EES) for the proposed Gas Terminal Project, overseen by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP). Viva Energy’s proposed Gas Terminal at Geelong Refinery, comprising of a Floating Gas Terminal, extension to Refinery Pier, a treatment facility and a 7km pipeline is being assessed through the most rigorous and integrated environmental impact assessment process in Victoria. It is a key

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project for Viva Energy’s Geelong Energy Hub which together with the previously announced plan to increase diesel storage at the site, would extend and consolidate the Company’s role in meeting the fuel and gas energy security needs of Victoria. The Gas Terminal would deliver a new and critical supply of natural gas to south-east Australia in time to avoid projected gas shortages in coming years. While gas substitution with renewable electricity and other emerging energies provides a possible

long-term solution to declining gas reserves, this will take many years and in many applications there are no obvious alternatives. Gas Terminal Project Manager, Rob Mackie said “The completion of the EES is a significant milestone, and I am excited to be able to share the complete findings, assessments and conclusions from this major body of work completed over the last 15 months.” “The studies show how the Gas Terminal would operate safely alongside Viva Energy’s refinery

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and that the healthy marine life in Corio Bay would continue to flourish. The EES also outlines how we would minimise the environmental footprint of the terminal through innovative design and initiatives such as recycling seawater in refinery operations. “Additionally, Viva Energy has committed to offset any residual carbon emissions (Scope 1 & 2) from the terminal construction and operation.” The Gas Terminal would generate jobs for 150-200 people during construction and create 50-70 permanent jobs and new skills in Geelong. The EES and related approval documents are now publicly available. For further information on how electronic and hard copies can be accessed and the public submission process, please see our website. A hard copy is on exhibition at the Corio Library, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre and State Library Victoria. The submission process is independently managed by Planning Panels Victoria and open until 11 April 2022. For further information visit www.engage.vic.gov.au or call 136 186.

MORE INFORMATION Come to our next community information session scheduled to be held on Thursday March 10, 5:00–6:00pm To register email energyhub@vivaenergy.com.au

A Solar Farm will be developed on the land at the northern end of the refinery site. Powered by the sun, the solar farm will generate between 12-20 megawatts of green renewable energy and meet up to 10% of the refinery’s electricity needs. The solar farm will utilise latest technology bi-facial solar modules which will be mounted on single axis trackers to follow the path of the sun during the day and maximise the solar farm efficiency. Vegetation buffers will be retained on road and rail frontages around the site to minimise the visual impact, with treatment on the solar panels to reduce glare. Whilst the electricity generated by the solar farm will primarily service the refinery’s power needs, the electricity can be exported to the grid supplying the local area with renewable energy and further decarbonising the Victorian power network.

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Development levy plan scrapped The state government has dumped a plan that would have seen new housing developments in Geelong taxed to fund social housing. Treasurer Tim Pallas announced the state government would not proceed with legislation to introduce the social and affordable housing contribution, after the plan received opposition from the property sector when it was announced two weeks ago. The plan would have seen all newly built developments with three or more dwellings or lot subdivisions will be taxed 1.75 per cent of the completed project value after in came in from 2024. It would have applied in Greater Geelong, as

well as Melbourne, Ballarat and Bendigo. The tax would have been put into the Social Housing Growth Fund, which was expected to pay for up to 1700 new social and affordable housing properties each year. However the national lobby body for property developers, the Property Council of Australia estimated the tax would increase median house prices by the same amount as a 28.8 per cent increase to the rate of stamp duty. It said the tax would mean homebuyers in Armstrong Creek would pay an extra $11,725 in tax on average. Mr Pallas said the government would not go forward with the plan, even if it was re-elected.

The tax was part of a larger package of reforms for the property sector, most of which was endorsed by industry bodies. The reforms were designed to cut red tape, slash approval times by speeding up planning processes, support local councils, create jobs and bolster construction. The government estimated it would have provided $7 billion in benefit and created more than 10,000 jobs over 10 years. However Mr Pallas said none of the reforms would be going forward. “This package would have delivered massive benefits for the development sector while ensuring a modest and reasonable contribution

was returned to social and affordable housing for Victorians,” he said. “We won’t create super profits for a sector that will not share a portion of the profits with Victorians.” Victoria’s peak residential housing body, the Housing Industry Association, welcomed the dumping of the tax. “We have vigorously opposed the government’s proposed 1.75 per cent impost on new housing since it first came to light because it creates yet another barrier to home ownership for Victorian families,” HIA executive director Fiona Nield said.

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Celebrating Geelong’s diversity More than 6000 people came together at the Northern Community Hub in Norlane to celebrate Greater Geelong’s cultural diversity at Pako Festa. The 40th edition of the event saw a change in location, swapping the traditional Pakington Street festival for a more enclosed location due to the pandemic, and organiser Luisa La Fornara said it was “wonderful celebration of diversity”. “The atmosphere was incredible and was

everything we had hoped it would be – a wonderful celebration of diversity,” she said. “It was a magical day – we had over 20 community groups on stage sharing their culture and 17 diverse food stalls. “It couldn’t have gone better.” Ms La Fornara said the plan was to return to Pakington Street for the next festival in 2023, but the enforced change in venue had worked well. “We had just over 6000 people come in and

the response was really great,” she said. “We got a lot of feedback that it felt like a very safe and welcoming space, which is exactly what we wanted. “Of course we missed the massive street parade, but having the stage this year meant we were able to learn a lot more about the cultures involved than we normally would, which was great.”

Police have charged a Melbourne man after he was allegedly seen driving at more than 170km/h near Geelong at the weekend. Geelong Crime Investigation Unit detectives charged the 23-year-old Noble Park man with conduct endangering life and other traffic offences on Saturday night. Police said members of the Air Wing unit first spotted a vehicle allegedly travelling at over 170km/h on the Princes Freeway about 9pm Saturday. Highway patrol officers attempted to intercept the vehicle but it allegedly refused to stop. The vehicle was followed by the Air Wing and police arrested the male driver on Trentham Parade in St Albans Park just before 10pm. The man was bailed to appear at the Geelong Magistrates Court on June 9. Police have called for anyone with dash cam footage of the alleged incident to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online at crimestoppersvic.com.au. Police are also investigating an incident where 13-year-old girl with special needs was allegedly attacked by a group of girls at Corio Village. The girl was at the shopping centre just after 2pm on Sunday when she was allegedly grabbed by the hair and attacked by a group of up to five teenage girls. The incident was broken up by passerby and the victim did not suffer any serious injuries. Ash Bolt

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Community hub begins By Ash Bolt Work has started on a new $13 million community hub to support residents in the growing Armstrong Creek and Mount Duneed area. The City of Greater Geelong committed $10.706 million to the Armstrong Creek West Community Hub project, while the state government contributed $2.25 million through the Building Blocks Grant program. The centre will provide a range of early childhood and family support services including a kindergarten, maternal and child health, consulting services and multipurpose community spaces. The hub will also include playground areas, verandas for all weather use, a large central foyer, a parent lounge, public toilets and off-street carparking. The site for the new centre is next to the Mirropoa Primary School which will further benefit the community by providing the opportunity for connections between the two facilities and services. Deputy mayor Trent Sullivan and South Barwon MP Darren Cheeseman visited the site on Tuesday to mark the start of the project’s construction works. Cr Sullivan said the hub was essential to ensure Armstrong Creek and Mount Duneed residents had access to important services and facilities within their community. “The new energy efficient five-star Green Star-rated child and community centre will cater for the growing population of the Armstrong Creek-Mt Duneed area, providing kindergarten places for three and four-year-old children, along with various community spaces,” he said. “Council’s investment in early childhood facilities provides the essential

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Greater Geelong deputy mayor Trent Sullivan and South Barwon MP Darren Cheeseman marking the start of the Armstrong Creek West Community Hub’s construction. (Ivan Kemp) 270410_08

infrastructure required by our growing population and ensures our children get the best possible start in life.” Kardinia Ward councillor Ron Nelson said the facility supported the city’s vision for the Armstrong Creek growth area to become a highly sought-after location for living, working and recreation, forming an attractive addition to Geelong. “The quality of our new enhanced children’s centres is second to none and we’re really proud to be delivering another facility in Armstrong Creek,” Cr Nelson said. “This will be the second early childhood and community facility to be delivered for the community with further infrastructure

identified to meet the need of the ongoing growth.” Mr Cheeseman said the government was pleased to support the development, which would play a key role in improving access to education and child services. “Every child in this growing community deserves access to the best kinder, so they can get the best start to their education journey,” Mr Cheeseman said. “That’s exactly what we’re delivering with a brand new kinder in the heart of Mount Duneed.” The centre was designed by Perkins Architects, with the construction tender awarded to Fairbrother in December. It is expected to be completed by early 2023.

$20m lost in two months The Alliance for Gambling Reform has raised concerns with the amount of money lost to poker machines in the Geelong region. Data released by the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation showed there was $9.84 million lost to pokies across the City of Greater Geelong in January, after $10.88 million was lost in December. In total, more than $52 million has been lost to pokies in the city since July. Alliance for Gambling Reform chief advocate Tim Costello said it was a worrying figure. “Over the course of December and January, the community in Geelong lost over $20.5 million to poker machines,” he said. “That comes to roughly $90 lost per person in the region. [It’s] a sobering reminder of just how dangerous this predatory industry is to our safety and wellbeing. “Records were broken across the state with $250 million being lost by Victorians in December alone. “Harm prevention measures like universal pre-commitment, reduced opening hours and abolishing losses disguised as wins would have a significant impact in reducing these losses and the harm felt in our state. “We also need well-resourced educational campaigns aimed at bringing awareness to this ongoing crisis. If we are to successfully reduce the harm being caused by poker machines we need to bring the community along with us.”

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Ukrainian community ‘hurting’ By Ash Bolt Helplessness is the major feeling within Geelong’s Ukrainian community as it fears for the safety of friends and family in Ukraine. Association of Ukrainians in Victoria Geelong branch committee member Nadia Tkaczuk said the community was “hurting” as Russian forces invaded Ukraine and attempted to take over the capital Kyiv. “We’re really hurting,” she said. “We’re connected to our phones 24-7, trying to connect with family and friends over there. They’re calling us, we’re calling them. “It’s vicarious trauma. “You’re watching it, you’re getting the messages from them, you’re hearing their cries, you’re seeing it bombed on TV. It is so sad.

“But we keep sending them pictures of blue and yellow on landmarks around the world. We send them pictures of family, of love and care, and it gives them hope. Because at the moment, they have to believe in something.” Ms Tkaczuk said she had family she was trying to get to safety. “We’ve got family that we’re hoping to bring out to Australia … not all of them, many of the husbands fighting, but we’re hoping to help some of the women and children find safe haven here in Australia,” she said. “We don’t know what the long term ramifications are going to be, whether it’s going to be a short stay, but their loved ones are in Ukraine. “They want to go back. They want this resolved. Ukrainians love Ukraine.”

Ms Tkaczuk said the Geelong Ukrainian community had come together to support each other. “On Friday night we met here in the hall and we were just offering tea, coffee, a shoulder and a hug. “People were dropping in because they needed to speak about their fears around their anxieties around their concerns and their heartache. Because many of them have fathers, brothers, sisters, mums and dads that are on the frontlines and many of them are civilians that have had to take up arms to defend their country. “They don’t want a Russian regime. They want freedom. They want democracy. “How does this happen in 2022? How can we get to this point? It’s been the inaction of our

world leaders of our free countries that have appeased a monster. And now the monster has unleashed onto Ukraine.” Ms Tkaczuk said Ukrainians were touched by the support they had received from the community. “If the Geelong community could continue to support in whatever ways, even just through sending messages or connecting with the Ukrainians – I’ve had so many of my work colleagues and friends that I’ve known for years that have just text me out of the blue – it’s really appreciated,” she said. Across Geelong landmarks were lit up in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag on Wednesday night. Ms Tkaczuk also encouraged the community to donate to charities that would support Ukrainians in Ukraine, such as Caritas’ Ukraine Crisis Appeal.

Film to showcase Surf Coast women A Paralympian, pro fighter, apprentice electrician and a pair of environmental pioneers will spread the message this International Women’s Day on how the Surf Coast community can help #BreakTheBias. Surf Coast Shire Council will celebrate International Women’s Day on Tuesday, March 8, with the launch of a short film highlighting the journey of five local women. The film will feature former Paralympic swimmer and intuitive healer Elle Steele, Muay Thai coach and pro fighter Lani Williams, apprentice electrician Neila Niveen, long-time Anglesea Community Garden convenor Winsome Coutts and fellow environmental activist, Surf Coast Youth 4 Climate member Harper Bolton.

“By sharing their stories, these five women are supporting the goal of a gender equal world,” mayor Libby Stapleton said. “This year’s theme #BreakTheBias asks us to call out gender bias, discrimination and stereotyping whenever we see it. The theme aligns with one of our council health and wellbeing goals – to promote gender equity. We hope this video is going to spark important conversations and create change.” The short film will be launched on International Women’s Day on council’s website and social media. It will also be screened at community house-run events in Anglesea, Torquay and Winchelsea, and at Lorne Country Club’s Get Into Golf Day. “We’re delighted to support three of the

local community houses hosting International Women’s Day events,” Cr Stapleton said. “I have no doubt guests will be impressed by the calibre of women in the short film and how they are breaking the bias for girls and women of all abilities.” Cr Stapleton said International Women’s Day was particularly important for the Surf Coast Shire Council, which included five women complemented by the organisation’s chief executive Robyn Seymour. “It’s important that females in leadership roles are visible to young girls and women,” she said.

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Former Paralympian Elle Steele will feature in Surf Coast Shire Council’s International Women’s Day short film. (Supplied)

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A picture book written and published in Geelong made it to the world stage this week, being shared with children in London as part of World Book Day. Hugh and Sam Kingsley’s book Archie the Robot was chosen by the London STEM Ambassador Hub for a live read on World Book Day on Thursday, with the story shared to classrooms across the UK. Hugh said it was pleasing to see the story being shared around the world. “It’s wonderful that our book was chosen for the live reading because it means the story is being shared and it was deemed to be of a high-enough standard,” he said. “That’s amazing for this little book that was mostly written in the car during lockdown and made here in Geelong.”

He said the story used a robot to introduce young children to coding. “Coding is essentially the literacy of the 21st century,” Hugh said. “The sooner we feel comfortable with coding, the better it is going to be for us. “But coding is not just about writing code, we also spend a lot of time fixing code, which is what Archie the Robot introduces children to.” Hugh said the book linked in with the key elements of the early years’ curriculum, including inclusion, self-discovery and diversity. The book was illustrated by Simon ‘Chippa’ Chiovitti, who was known for his street art around Geelong.

Geelong is one of the most expensive cities for transport costs, according to the Australian Automobile Association’s latest Transport Affordability Index. The index found transport cost an average of $357.28 per week in Geelong, just behind Bunbury and Alice Springs which were the most expensive regional cities. Car loan repayments and petrol were the biggest contributors to transport costs in Geelong, costing the average person $170.29 and $99.49 per week respectively. The index also found transport costs in Geelong had risen by an average of $14 over the past three months. The index looked at the costs of loan repayments, petrol, tolls, servicing and tyres, registration, insurance, public transport and roadside assist to rank cities.

Unemployment down Unemployment in regional Victoria is the lowest in the country, according the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The bureau last week reported the unemployment rate had dropped to 3.1 per cent in January. The rate was lower in Geelong, at just 2.3 per cent, while the national regional unemployment rate was four per cent. The drop means around 5000 jobs were filled in regional Victoria in the three months to January.

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CREATING A CLEVER AND CREATIVE FUTURE FOR GREATER GEELONG

CITYNEWS EMBRACE THE SPACE AND EXPLORE OUR MAGICAL REGION Gardens is a great spot in autumn as coloured leave create fun for kids. Families could also try the The Mangrove Boardwalk at Limeburners Bay or St Helens Park which has a playground too.

Throughout Greater Geelong and the Bellarine, we are spoilt for choice when it comes to natural open spaces. With 133 kilometres of coastline and 90 square kilometres of open space, including protected natural habitat and wetlands as well as 334 parks, there is plenty to see and do.

Why not pack a picnic with local goodies, visit a quiet beach or set out on a bush walk? Venture off the beaten track and discover a new favourite spot for you, your family and friends.

Getting out and making the most of the many unique spaces is a great way we can ‘embrace the space’ to enjoy the outdoors and learn more about the diversity of our region.

Whether it’s an exciting new playground, the perfect picnic spot, or a secret walking trail to explore with a four-legged friend – there is something for everyone.

If you like spotting wildlife, there are some great places to explore like Serendip Sanctuary or Balyang Sanctuary. If bikes are more your thing, there are some beautiful trails to ride like the Bellarine Rail Trail.

For ideas to inspire you to Embrace the Space visit geelongaustralia.com.au/ embracethespace

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HAVE YOUR SAY Contribute to our Positive Ageing Strategy Action Plan

Share your thoughts about community safety

We’re working to promote and support healthy and happy ageing for people over 55 living in our wonderful region and we need your help!

As part of Our Community Plan 2021–25, we’re partnering with key stakeholders and community safety networks to develop a community safety framework.

You’re invited to contribute to our Positive Ageing Strategy Action Plan – and tell your story by completing a survey, having a oneon-one conversation, or taking part in group conversations led by a conversation host. The more voices we can bring into this conversation, the better our city will be for everyone. To learn more and have your say, visit yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au/PAS by 5pm Friday 11 March.

2022 Calendar Have Your Say We’d love your feedback on the content, format and distribution of the 2022 calendar, as well as the photo competition. Complete the survey at yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au/2022geelong-calendar to tell us your thoughts. Engagement closes 4pm, 28 March.

TRAFFIC CHANGES If you are travelling in any of the areas listed below within these times and dates, please scan the QR code for detailed information regarding changed traffic conditions. Geelong Revival Motoring Festival › Wednesday 2 to Tuesday 8 March, various times. › Ritchie Boulevard, Eastern Beach Road, Bellerine Street, Yarra Street, Brougham Street will be closed to all traffic with no parking during affected times. Make the Geelong Botanic Gardens a place to visit this autumn.

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Geelong Design Week, 17-27 March

Women in Community Life Awards

Geelong Design Week is a 10-day community event celebrating Geelong’s global recognition as Australia’s only UNESCO City of Design.

Join our International Women’s Day celebrations at the Women in Community Life Awards with special guest, ABC journalist Annabel Crabb.

This year’s theme is Taur, meaning ‘belonging’ in the language of the Wadawurrung, Traditional Owners of Geelong (Djilang). With more than 60 events to enjoy, including exhibitions, workshops, talks and tours, we’re celebrating what connects us to people and places, and the role design can play in creating experiences that enhance our sense of belonging. Start planning your experience now! geelongdesignweek.com.au

In their ninth year, the awards acknowledge the outstanding achievements of women* in contributing to a fairer, more equitable community and advancing gender equality in the Geelong region. More than 20 women have been nominated for their extraordinary contributions to the community and awards will be presented in seven categories at 6pm on Thursday 10 March. Register now for this free online event at geelong.link/IWD2022 *Refers to cis and trans women and gender non-binary people

› Changed traffic conditions including street closures around GMHBA Stadium will take place from 2pm and will effect Moorabool Street between Fyans Street and Kilgour Street, Latrobe Terrace, Strong Street, Lonsdale Street, Verner Street, Foster Street and Balliang Street. A Day On The Green – Midnight Oil, Mt Duneed Estate › Saturday 5 March, expected peak times between 4pm and 7pm and at the concert's conclusion at approximately 10.40pm. › Reservoir Road between Anglesea Road and Cape Otway Road, and Drayton Road between Princess Highway and Reservoir Road will experience speed reductions and road closures.

To help us develop the framework, we’d like to hear what community safety means to you. To share your thoughts, visit yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au/CSF before 5pm, Friday 11 March.

South Geelong Urban Design Framework Help us shape the future of one of our most unique neighbourhoods by having your say about the South Geelong Urban Design Framework. We want to hear your views to help us develop a shared vision, aiming to protect the heritage character while providing more housing options. To find out more, register for the question and answer session at 7pm, Wednesday 16 March, and Have Your Say by Friday 8 April visit yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au/ SouthGeelongUDF

Have your say on our draft Social Equity Framework We are working with our partners and the community to develop a Social Equity Framework. The draft Social Equity Framework 2022-25 is aimed at providing a common set of principles to support every member of the Greater Geelong community to participate fully, be included, and live a healthy and fulfilling life. To share your thoughts, visit yoursay.geelongaustralia.com.au/SEF before Wednesday 23 March.

COVID-19 INFORMATION We have a COVID-19 Support page at geelongaustralia.com.au/covid19 It has information about what to do if you test positive to COVID-19 or if you've been told you are a contact. You can also get some tips to prepare for COVID-19 and isolating, and how to manage your recovery from COVID-19 at home. Check your eligibility for a booster dose and make a booking via Barwon Health at barwonhealth.org.au/coronavirus/bookinga-vaccination

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$50,000 miniature railway boost By Ash Bolt The City of Greater Geelong has given the green light to a feasibility study into a heritage themed miniature railway in Geelong’s northern suburbs. The Geelong Miniature Railway is proposing to build a seven-and-a-quarter-inch and five-inch miniature railway, complete with engines and carriages, a fixed track, tunnels, bridges, stations, a roundhouse and signal box.

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The council recently gave in-principle support for the facility, subject to the findings of a feasibility study and a business case. The council voted unanimously to provide $50,000 for the feasibility study. “The Geelong Miniature Railway group is … seeking to create a volunteer run tourist attraction and fun park in Geelong – preferably in the northern suburbs – that would also provide the community with a form of affordable entertainment, and also education and training for young people,” Cr Eddy Kontelj said. “They need land to develop the miniature railway and to do that they need the council’s support. “They have strong support in the community, including from local members of parliament, schools, and prominent community organisations. “The allocation of $50,000 for a feasibility study will give this group an opportunity to

Gateways Support Services Barwon client services executive manager Geoff Barber and client servces and business development manager Tricia Bulic with Geelong Miniature Railway president Brian Gray and his model of a miniature railway park. (Supplied)

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gardens and water features, for the northern suburbs to enjoy. “We’re ecstatic to receive the support from the council to do the feasibility study,” he said. “We want to build something fun in Geelong for families to enjoy but also bring

together people who have an interest in miniature railways.” He said the group had looked at Sutcliffe Reserve in Corio, Fountain of Friendship Park in Norlane and Seagull Paddock as possible locations. “I think this would be fantastic for Geelong and particularly in the north,” he said. “This isn’t about making a profit – as long as we can cover our overheads, we want to raise money to put back into the community.” Mr Gray said the group had already received support from Gateways Support Services, which had provided access to shed facilities for the group, and was working on a program to support the organisation’s clients with opportunities to learn practical skills. Gateways client services and business development executive manager Tricia Bulic said the organisation was supportive of the group’s plan and was looking at the possibility of getting its interested participants involved in working on the trains and the park. “We see this as a great opportunity for both us to help improve skills for people with a disability,” she said. “For our participants, this would be another opportunity to develop their skills … in things like painting, using tools, safety and developing meaningful relationships. “To have the group on-site [in the shed] and working together is a great opportunity for our participants that have an interest in hands-on work.” Mr Gray said there had been significant community support for his plan, which had been in the works for several years, and the group would start running its portable track, which was funded by the Corio Norlane Lions Club, around the region to raise funds for the project.

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Organisations that will adopt the hydrogen-powered vehicles from the start include Toll Group, which will use two prime movers to deliver liquid fuels from the refinery to service stations, and bus operator CDC, which will use two buses on its routes around Geelong. Cleanaway will use two hydrogen-powered garbage trucks around Geelong while Barwon Water will initially trial one prime mover for collecting organic waste. “[It] will not be long before hydrogen powered trucks, buses and municipal waste vehicles will be a feature on Geelong’s roads, regularly returning to our refueling station to fill with hydrogen,” Mr Wyatt said. “As we build experience, we expect that this initial investment will lead to the development of a network of hydrogen refueling stations from Geelong to Sydney and onto Brisbane, so we can provide a meaningful zero emission solution for transport operators along the busiest routes of the country. “This is an incredibly exciting project for us.” CDC Australia chief executive Nicholas Yap said the company had experience using hydrogen buses in London and was excited to partner with Viva Energy for its first hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric buses in Australia. “At CDC we have consistently demonstrated our commitment to reducing emissions in transport with Australia’s first hybrid bus technology offering zone-based zero emissions,” Mr Yap said. “We see strong potential for hydrogen and importantly an eco-system of Australian based providers driving collectively toward a cleaner future for Australians.

“It is also great news for our customers in Geelong who will experience this exciting technology through their daily commute.” ARENA chief executive Darren Miller said the service station project had national ramifications and was essentially a guide for how to manage a switch to hydrogen-powered vehicles. “We’re standing at a very important place both in time and in space. This is the intersection of two very important industries for the future – the transport industry and the hydrogen industry. “Hydrogen stands to be a major contributor to our goals to decarbonise the world’s energy supply. Transport in Australia accounts for 18 per cent of emissions and heavy vehicles are a major share of that, consuming 24-25 per cent of all fuel in Australia for road transport. “Nothing is more important than the visibility that [the project] will provide – the demonstration that this is possible and the knowledge sharing that we’ll gain [about] what it takes to build a project like this. “And ultimately to have this rollout in a much more significant scale over the next few years and decades ahead.” Corio MP Richard Marles said the project would have major benefits for Geelong. “This is an ambitious development for Geelong, and one I’m very excited to see progress,” he said. “This project is part of the evolution of Viva Energy, which has been an iconic part of Geelong since the early 50s. “Developments like this give a long-term future to this site, which is really important for jobs in Geelong. “I welcome the plans for this place to become an energy centre which leads Geelong into the future and Australia towards net zero emissions.”

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Call for Pako parking feedback By Ash Bolt The City of Greater Geelong is calling for businesses owners, shoppers and residents to share their thoughts on parking in Pakington Street in Geelong West. Business owners and managers of Pakington Street businesses have been invited to attend to workshops on public parking issues while community members can provide feedback online. City planning and economy director Gareth Smith said the feedback collected would be used to guide the development of a public

parking plan for the much-loved commercial strip. “We want to work with Pakington Street business owners and managers and the broader community to understand how we can better manage existing public parking spaces to cater for the needs of businesses, local community and visitors,” Mr Smith said. The Final Pakington Street and Gordon Avenue Urban Design Framework, which was partially endorsed by council in December last year, includes an action to prepare a public parking plan for Pakington Street North and Heritage Core Precincts.

The Pakington Street North precinct covers the area from Church Street to Waratah and Wellington streets, with the Heritage Core precinct stretching down to Autumn Street. The public parking plan would analyse the parking conditions and needs of the area and could provide the basis for a parking overlay or other response mechanisms to manage parking conditions in the precincts. “We’ve fast-tracked the action to develop the public parking plan as this was a key area of interest from residents and businesses during previous 30 weeks of community

engagement, particularly the availability of on-street parking in commercial areas,” Mr Smith said. The parking plan study will focus on the existing public parking spaces servicing businesses along Pakington Street and the public parking facilities behind businesses, but won’t include parking in nearby residential areas, private parking facilities or the creation of extra public parking spaces, which will be addressed in future studies. Feedback will close on Monday, March 28. Feedback can be provided online on the city’s Have Your Say website.

Junior mayor is elected Bellarine Ward’s Genaya Rowbottom has been elected Greater Geelong’s 2022 junior mayor. Six Youth Council members put themselves forward for a leadership position, and Genaya, 18, was elected by fellow youth councillors last month. Genaya said the top three issues facing youth in the community today were gender and personal identity, climate change and racism. “I am excited to be junior mayor because I aspire to work in leadership positions during my career,” Genaya said. “I want to help people and be a voice for others and I look forward to learning from my ward councillors through the Councillor Connect Mentoring Program. “I am honoured to be able to advocate for change on behalf of the youth of the Geelong region, and I’ll be looking to prioritise areas such as youth perspectives on climate change, gender and personal identity.” As part of the position, Genaya will appear

before council four times during 2022 to present the Youth Council’s findings and recommendations. Genaya will also carry out mayoral duties, including chairing all meetings, representing the Youth Council at official functions, and acting as the group’s spokesperson. Windermere Ward representative Angelle Mackay, 15, was elected junior deputy mayor. Angelle said she would bring a “fierce passion and drive to implement change” and considered sexual harassment and mental health among the top issues young people of Geelong faced. Deputy mayor Trent Sullivan congratulated the new leadership pair on their appointments. “The junior mayor and junior deputy mayor’s election is an exciting moment,“ he said. “They both spoke very passionately at the induction and I have no doubt they will advocate strongly for their peers over the next year.

Deputy junior mayor Angelle Mackay and junior mayor Genaya Rowbottom.

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Residents share footpath costs More than 6000 property owners in Ocean Grove will have to chip in to expand the town’s footpath network, although the City of Greater Geelong has committed to covering a greater proportion of the cost. At a council meeting on Tuesday, February 22, councillors voted to declare a special charge scheme to fund the development of Ocean Grove’s footpath network. But they also voted to increase the share of the cost the city would bear, with the city to fund 65 per cent of the project’s $6.53 million cost. The city will now contribute $4.41 million, with the owners of 6357 properties in

Ocean Grove included in the scheme to pay the remaining $2.12 million. Councillors had been provided a recommendation that the city and property owners each cover 50 per cent of the cost. The change saved property owners almost $150 each, with each property owner now set to pay $333.87 for the footpaths, which will start construction no earlier than July 2023. Deputy mayor Trent Sullivan said an extensive amount of engagement had shown the initiative had broad community support. “We’ve spent time to get this right and ensure the network of paths linking key centres

and facilities best meets the needs of the community,” he said. “The new paths will provide more opportunities for people to choose active transport and create a safer and more accessible network around ‘old’ Ocean Grove.” The Ocean Grove Town Centre Urban Design Framework, adopted by the council in June 2014, recommended that a footpath network be developed in Ocean Grove. The council resolved to give notice of its intention to declare a special charge scheme to deliver the project at a meeting in March 2021. Special charge schemes are used by local

governments to share costs of infrastructure costs with property owners that will benefit from the upgrades. Formal engagement on the special charge scheme began last April, with 298 submissions received from the community. In response to the feedback, a one kilometre section around the Begola Wetlands was removed, reducing the project’s cost. The total network is now made up of 24.3km of new footpaths and shared paths. The network will have 21.1km of 1.5 metre wide concrete footpaths and 3.2km of 2.5 metre wide concrete or gravel shared paths.

Mithen appointed tourism chairman Give Where You Live Foundation chief executive Bill Mithen has been appointed the new chairman of Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellarine (TGGB). Mr Mithen has been appointed to the role for three years and will take over from the board’s inaugural chairman, John Stevens, on April 12. Mr Stevens has served at TGGB chair since 2013, when it transitioned from Geelong Otway Tourism and during his nine-year term had seen visitation to the region double and record levels of investment from all government. “I am very proud of what TGGB has achieved and have full admiration for the resilience and capability of the industry. I wish Bill, the board, team and the industry all the best with the years to come,” Mr Stevens said. TGGB executve director Brett Ince said he was sad to see John finish up after an incredibly successful and significant term as chairman. “We’re incredibly thankful for John’s passion

for the industry over the past nine years, and his enthusiasm in leading the organisation through some pretty significant milestones and achievements during his term,” Mr Ince said. “We’re sad to see him go but equally excited for the future of our local tourism industry with Bill Mithen leading the charge. “Bill brings a fresh perspective and new expertise to Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellarine which will be valuable skills as our region recovers.” Mr Mithen is currently the chief executive at Give Where You Live Foundation, the chairman of Gforce Employment and Recruitment and a member of the Barwon Regional Partnership. He is the former deputy chairman of Wine Geelong and recently finished a five-year run as chairman of G21 Geelong Region Alliance. “As a born and bred Geelong local I’m excited about the future opportunities for Geelong and the Bellarine,” Mr Mithen said. “Restoring

tourism and the visitor economy will be crucial to our region’s future growth and recovery from the pandemic and I’m honoured to be given an opportunity to continue to play a role. “I’m looking forward to working more closely with Tourism Greater Geelong and The Bellarine’s fantastic executive director Brett Ince and the extremely capable board.” Greater Geelong deputy mayor Trent Sullivan said Mr Mithen was known as an enterprising and passionate leader. “I’d like to congratulate Bill and welcome him to the board as chair for when he starts this April. His term will be an incredibly important one as our region recovers from the impacts of the pandemic,” Cr Sullivan said. “John should be very proud of his memorable nine years at TGGB. He leaves behind an incredible legacy for Bill to step into and the rest of the board to carry on.”

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Author is no stranger to success Fiona Lowe took up writing following the birth of her first child. She speaks with Ash Bolt about her writing journey and her new book, A Family of Strangers.

scape. That was the idea behind Geelong bestselling author Fiona Lowe’s latest book, A Family of Strangers. Released on Wednesday, the novel tells the stories of three women living in a small Tasmanian town whose lives intersect through a community choir. “I always start a book with an idea and the one word I wrote on my whiteboard for this book as a start was escape,” Lowe said. “And so it’s written from the point of view of three women, who in very different ways, are all trying to escape from their lives. “I’ve always been fascinated by people who go on holiday and they have an amazing time and they are relaxed and then they go, ‘you know what, we should move here’. “That’s not real life, but they do pack up their life and they move. “So Steph and Henry decide that they’re going to relocate their life from Melbourne to this tiny little town and … it’ll be great, but they turn up and it’s not like they expected. “I wrote this from the point of view of the mental load that women carry [while] trying to organise their lives. “A few things happen that I won’t give away but they have to reassess their entire relationship [when it] hits the wall because of what they’re dealing with. “And so they were escaping their life and it was nothing like what they thought it was going to be.” Lowe said the other parts of the story touch on Addy, who returned to her hometown and “stirred up memories”, and Brenda, who was trying to embrace life after her husband’s death. The intertwined stories touch on many struggles facing the characters, including alcoholism and family relationships. “I wanted to explore female alcoholism, because it’s rising,” Lowe said. “Women are drinking more than they ever used to and they’re actually starting to match men. It’s become a real issue since the start of the pandemic. “I also wanted to look at the relationship between a mother and her children … I wrote it from the point of view that when you have kids, you have unconditional love for them but sometimes they’re not the personality that you will necessarily enjoy. “And then the choir is there to bring all three women and their stories together.” Lowe said she often got the ideas for her books from what was happening around her. A Family of Strangers was inspired by the desire to escape while in lockdown over the past few years. “We’ve been locked down for a couple of years and there’s periods where you just want to escape for a little bit, or maybe you might want to turn your life completely upside down,” she said. “Everyone always underestimates the

Manifold Heights author Fiona Lowe has released her latest novel A Family of Strangers this week. (Ivan Kemp) 269223_05

impact that has on not only you, but those in your circle. It’s like dropping a pebble in a pond and the ripples go out. “This book is the ripples going out within the family and the community from each character’s action. “We can’t do anything without a consequence. That can be a positive consequence, but it can also be a negative consequence. “In last year’s book, A Home Like Ours, I looked about the struggles of refugees settling into a community and the theme for that book was displacement. “I took three women with three very different ways their lives had been displaced – war, homelessness, unexpected teenage pregnancy – and they all came together in a community garden. “Another one looked at elder abuse and inheritance greed, which is a massive problem in community at the moment. “Another was inspired by bushfires. The ideas percolate from what you’re reading in the paper and, generally just that little line I see that gives me an idea.” Writing about social issues is a recent vocation for Lowe, who originally started writing romance novels while on maternity leave from her job in healthcare. “I don’t fit the mould of that person who was scribbling stories as a child,” she said. “But when I think about it, I used to all I tell myself lots of stories in my head which I didn’t necessarily jot down. And if there was an ending to a book I didn’t like, I’d rewrite it in my head to make it better.

“But I had no intention of writing. “I was a midwife and a community health nurse and counsellor, but I had a lot of trouble having a baby and so when we finally had a child, I wasn’t super keen to rush straight back to work. “I was sitting at home thinking, ‘well, I’m going to have to go back part-time, but what can I do? And how can I organise this around the baby?’ and I heard an interview on the radio about writing novels. “Completely deluded, I thought ‘that’s what I’ll do, I’ll write books and stay at home’. “I knew absolutely nothing, but I came up with a story idea, and bashed out three chapters and send it off [to publishers]. “The day I posted it, my husband said there was a job in America. And so three weeks later, we were in America, and four and a half months after that, my mother posted me a letter that had gone from London, to Melbourne, to us in America, which said they had like the first three chapters and wanted to see the rest of the book. “I didn’t even have a computer [and] it took me another year to finish that and it got rejected. And three more books got rejected over a 10 year period. “I gave up writing for a little bit and had another baby and moved all around. But then it became about steely determination. I’d never failed at anything so I was going to get published. “And I did. But once you get published, they expect you to write another one.”

That led to Lowe writing almost 30 romance novels, mostly in the medical subgenre. But a restructure within her publisher and a move back to Australia saw her step away from romance novels. “We were living in the States, but I was still very Australian,” she said. “I just said I want to write a book in my own back garden and I don’t want to be tied into a happy ending, which you have to for a romance novel. “Some people can get a happy ending, and some people won’t and I just wanted to explore that, so I wrote Daughter of Mine. “HarperCollins bought it and that was the start. “I changed direction because basically I had my job and wanted to try something different. And I like having a bigger canvas and lots of secondary characters.” A Family of Strangers’ publication this week has capped off almost a two-year process to publish the novel, which is common within the industry. Lowe said she first began writing the story in May 2020, not long after the pandemic began, with the early drafts taking until last April as she juggled the editing process and release of her previous book at the same time. “I handed in at the end of April,” she said. “Then you go through the structural edits and everything else. It was completely edited, done and dusted, sitting ready for printing by the end of November, ahead of a March release. “That’s usually the amount of time it takes to publish a novel and then I get a letter 24 hours after it’s released from readers saying, ‘I loved your book, when’s the next one?’ “It’s an interesting process.” However Lowe said she was already well advanced on the next book and had a contract for another after that but wasn’t sure what the future would hold for her writing career. But she enjoyed being an author, despite its challenges. “It can be quite a solitary career, especially over the last couple of years when you couldn’t do the fun stuff, but that’s similar to any job,” she said. “It was fabulous for working around the children and having that flexibility in my life … but the best part is the interactions with the readers. “I love when they get in touch … and often they’re not shy about letting you know what think about what you’ve written. “That’s what I want to do with my books – get people thinking. “Reading is entertainment, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn. So when you get one of my books, and they will be entertained, I make them laugh, I make them cry. “But I also challenge their preconceived ideas and make them think, so that’s a good package I reckon.”

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Back to Back hits the TV screen By Ash Bolt Geelong-based theatre group Back to Back Theatre is set to reach a wider audience, with its animation series First Responders screening on the ABC. The 20-part television series was developed by the theatre group in collaboration with 13 Nelson Park School students who identify as

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neuro-diverse and is screening on the ABC’s children’s channel ABC ME and the ABC iView app. First Responders features a group of unlikely experts who are on a mission to help answer any questions about the future – from love, to landscaping and parallel universes – and brings unique perspectives and underrepresented voices to the screen. The show used a unique writing process that involved interviewing and capturing the students’ verbal responses to the themes of a world in transition, with their audio forming most of the dialogue and soliloquy of the animation. In the series, the neuro-diverse co-authors are represented as avatars of themselves, as knowledge assets and heroes of a community. Excerpts from their responses to the interviews are form the content of the animation, while members of the Back

Back to Back’s First Responders is streaming on ABC.

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manage their own internal differences, short fallings, egos and conflicts of opinion; their idiosyncratic understanding of everything from physics to philosophy may be all the human race has to liberate it from fear and misinformation.

First Responders began as a series of workshops run by director Ahmarnya Price with the students of Nelson Park in early 2020 which was intended to become a live theatre piece but evolved into the series. Price said the show allowed the neuro-diverse participants to share their own unique takes on the world. “What has remained important throughout is that each episode not only represents an aspect of the world we all live in but a young person who has control over the narrative of their own world,” she said. The series had received funding from Screen Australia and Film Victoria. Screen Australia head of online Lee Naimo said the organisation was “thrilled to support [Back to Back] bringing this new quirky and charming series to a wide audience on ABC Me, and continuing to provide vital representation for people with disabilities.” First Responders is directed by Price with animation by Rhian Hinkley, music by Kelly Ryall and illustrations by ARTGUSTO. The series is produced by Alice Fleming, Nikki Watson, with executive producers Bruce Gladwin and Tim Stitz. The series is co-written and stars Breanna Deleo, Cam LeCouter, Jai Storey, Harry Schaller, Parsa Shabestanimonfared, Priscilla Ragesh, Sarah Gray, Kerry Cook, Grace Funston, Vivian Salter, Chloe Weiler, Ayden Horrocks, Sarah Alwood, Jonathan Slater, Nathan Mead, Lucas Kenyon, Rupert Stone and Charlotte Fitzgerald. The show kicks off a busy month for the theatre group, with its debut feature film Shadow set to premiere at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas on March 12.

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Stories of abuse shared at library A Portarlington artist’s work to share victim-survivors stories of violence against women is on display at the Geelong Library. Amanda Firenze starting collecting stories of abuse at the start of 2021 for her artwork Paper Women. Each of the 52 stories she received – which all tell an individual’s experience with abuse, whether it be physical, emotional or mental – have been printed onto the dress of a paper woman and lined together to form a paper chain. “When I got back into my art, I wanted to put something meaningful into it … I wanted to influence social change,” Firenze said. “I’ve always been pro-equality and these stories of abuse of women worried me. 12 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 4 March, 2022

“I wanted to provide an opportunity for women to share their own stories anonymously and bring a light to them. “It’s about educating people on what these women have gone through – it’s history told from the victim’s point of view.” Firenze collected stories submitted anonymously online and said several participants had reached out to let her know the experience of writing their story had been “healing”. “I’m a writer and so writing about my own experiences was a natural thing to do, but for many people that wasn’t the case,” she said. “Most of these women had told people around them their stories, but they had never written them down before.

“It is quite confronting to write it down.” The display, on the second floor of the library, officially opened on Tuesday and will run until April 21. Firenze said she hoped to exhibit the piece in other public locations in the future. “I hope to put it somewhere prominent in the public, like on a wall where the stories will be highly visible,” she said. “It’s a living artwork that I’ll add to with new stories I receive, but it’s also a flexible artwork that can be moved and made to fit whatever space is available.” Firenze said anyone interested in sharing their story could do so online at printchange. wordpress.com. Ash Bolt

Geelong artists will be recreating some of the most well-known artworks created by women and making them own as part of Geelong Illustrators’ latest exhibition. Opening on International Women’s Day on March 8, Geelong Illustrators’ Like A Version 2.0 group exhibition will see local artists adding their own style and techniques to recognisable artworks through history. Geelong Illustrators manager Clare Holder said the exhibition flowed on from the first Like A Version exhibition the group held in 2021 to pay homage to iconic artists. “This year we decided to revisit the theme, with one key difference – all the well-known artists are women,” she said. “By coincidence, all the artworks in our last Like A Version were by famous male artists, so what better way to change it up by choosing our favourite female artists, and open on International Women’s Day.” Holder said exploring another artists’ styles had the potential to help boost the artists’ own creative practice, simply by trying something different. The exhibition will have its official opening from 5.30-7.30pm on Tuesday, March 8 at the Geelong Illustrators Studio Gallery in Moorabool Street. The exhibition will then run until Saturday, April 2. Geelong Illustrators is a community group of artists from Geelong and surrounds with the aim to inspire each other to high standards of creativity and uplift each other with mutual support.

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Tune in for a joyful celebration of community and pride as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras broadcasts from the Sydney Cricket Ground. One of the world’s biggest and most-loved LGBTQIA+ celebrations, this year it will be presented by Hamish Macdonald, Steven Oliver, Mon Schafter, Casey Donovan, Jeremy Fernandez and Courtney Act. Amid the blaze of colour and people, the musical acts include singer-songwriter Darren Hayes and The Wiggles. DANCING WITH THE STARS: ALL STARS Prime7, Sunday, 7pm

There’s no denying the dynamic formula of having former dancers as the judges and one of the hosts of this series, as well as a legend in entertainment TV: Daryl Somers. Along with co-host Sonia Kruger (Strictly Ballroom), they are a formidable team. Tonight, group one, including Grant Denyer (pictured with dance partner Lily Cornish), Bridie Carter and Kylie Gillies, returns to the floor to impress judges Todd McKenney, Paul Mercurio, Helen Richey and Mark Wilson. DERRY GIRLS SBS Viceland, Monday, 9.25pm

It’s shocking how far society still has to go to untangle itself from the clutches of patriarchy, but there’s hope, wisdom and laughter in the process. This brilliant and playful mash-up of documentary, comedy and drama celebrates female artists overshadowed in the masculine-dominated world of Australian art. Starring Bessie Holland (Wentworth) THE Bridie Carter (McLeod’s Daughters), Mandy McElhinney (Love Child) and triple j’s EXHIBITIONISTS Veronica Milsom (pictured, from left), as well as art historians, writers and experts, the ABC TV, story involves four friends who take action after getting locked in the National Gallery Tuesday, 8.30pm overnight and discovering only a quarter of art in the Australian collection is by women.

PICK OF THE WEEK

The uproarious and terrible trials and tribulations of teenagers are the backbone of this irreverent comedy, but Derry Girls isn’t your standard teen farce. Set in ’90s Northern Ireland during the Troubles – the simmering conflict between Catholics and Protestants – its unique female perspective is what made it a critical success in Europe. In this double episode, the Quinn family causes uproar at a family wedding. Later, Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson, pictured), Clare (Nicola Coughlan) and co are in a tizzy about seeing Take That.

Friday, March 4 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip. (R) 2.00 Les Misérables. (Ma, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Escape From The City. (R) 4.55 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. (R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (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. (R) 2.00 Australia Says Yes. (Ml, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize. (R) 3.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.10 The World’s Greatest Palaces. (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: Pregnant At 17. (2016, Msv, R) Josie Bissett. 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Love Is A Piece Of Cake. (2020, PGa) Lindsey Gort, Greyston Holt, Julia Benson. 1.45 Explore. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGalv) 1.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.30 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food. (R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 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 makes a solar dehydrator. 8.30 Van Der Valk. Part 3 of 3. Van der Valk and the team delve into the city’s vibrant classical music scene after a promising cellist dies. 10.05 Mum. (Ml, R) Cathy and Michael prepare for a walk in the country. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (M, R) 11.20 Starstruck. (Ml, R) 11.45 QI. (PG, R) 12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Lakes With Simon Reeve. (PG) 8.35 Scotland: In Search Of Sir Walter Scott. (PG) A look at the legacy of Sir Walter Scott. 9.35 The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery: Saqqara, The First Pyramid. (R) 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R) 12.00 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. (Msv, R) 1.45 The Killing. (Mal, R) 4.00 Toxic Town: The Corby Poisoning. (PGa, 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. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 8.30 MOVIE: Dunkirk. (2017, Malv, R) During World War II, an evacuation mission is launched to rescue Allied troops stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk. Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh. 10.40 Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022: Opening Ceremony. From Beijing National Stadium, China. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) [SEVEN] Scandal. (Mav, R) 1.30 [SEVEN] Scandal. (Mv, R) 2.30 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Green Planet: Human Worlds. Part 5 of 5. 8.40 MOVIE: Jason Bourne. (2016, Mav, R) An assassin is forced out of hiding when one of his old allies uncovers information about his past. Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander. 11.05 MOVIE: Survivor. (2015, Mlv, R) Milla Jovovich. 12.50 The Xtreme CollXtion. (PG, R) 1.20 Explore. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 To Be Advised. 8.40 The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton chats with RuPaul, Benedict Cumberbatch, Diane Morgan and Daisy Edgar-Jones. 9.40 Just For Laughs Australia. (Ml, R) Hosted by Nick Cody. 10.10 Ross Noble: Brain Dump. (Mls, R) Stand-up comedy by Ross Noble. 11.10 The Project. (R) 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Infomercials. (PG, R)

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. 11.35 Hindi News. Noon SBS Courtside. 12.30 Basketball. NBA. Golden State Warriors v Dallas Mavericks. 3.00 Jungletown. 3.50 America: News. 4.15 PBS News. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 Sex Unlimited. (Final) 10.15 Day Of The Dead. 11.05 Narcos. 12.55am Criminal Planet. 1.40 Epicly Later’d. 2.30 Twiz And Tuck. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Going Solo In Japan: Wonders Of Kyushu 2. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Selling Houses Australia. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Railroad Australia. 8.30 Selling Houses Australia. 11.45 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 12.45am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 The Bill. 3.00 Murder, She Wrote. 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Tennis. Davis Cup. Australia v Hungary. 10.00 To Be Advised. 11.30 Memory Lane. 12.50am Explore. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Seinfeld. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Frasier. Noon To Be Advised. 1.00 Mom. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.00 Nancy Drew. Midnight Home Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. 3.30 Becker. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Infomercials.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am What We Did On Our Holiday. Continued. (2014, PG) 6.40 Toys And Pets. (2017, PG) 8.30 Finding Graceland. (1998, PG) 10.20 JFK. (1991, M) 1.50pm About Elly. (2009, PG, Persian) 4.00 Belle And Sebastian 3. (2017, PG, French) 5.40 Hampstead. (2017, PG) 7.30 Colette. (2018, M) 9.30 First Girl I Loved. (2016, M) 11.15 Disobedience. (2018, MA15+) 1.20am Mother. (2009, MA15+, Korean) 3.50 Rock’n Roll. (2017, M, French)

7MATE (63, 73) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 Fishing And Adventure. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Storage Wars: Texas. 9.30 Pawn Stars. 10.00 A Football Life. 11.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. Noon Leepu And Pitbull. 1.00 MOVIE: The BBQ. (2018, PG) 3.10 Shipping Wars. 3.40 Big Easy Motors. 4.10 Timbersports. 4.40 Pawn Stars. 5.10 Pawn Stars South Africa. 5.40 MOVIE: Superman IV: The Quest For Peace. (1987, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon 2. (1989, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Just Cause. (1995, MA15+) 12.05am MOVIE: Run All Night. (2015, MA15+) 2.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.30 Bakugan: Battle Planet. Noon Xena. 2.00 Hercules. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.30 MOVIE: Dora And The Lost City Of Gold. (2019, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Zookeeper. (2011, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Here Comes The Boom. (2012, M) 11.35 Everybody Loves Raymond. 12.05am The Fix. 1.00 Reverie. 2.00 Below Deck Sailing Yacht. 2.50 Transformers: Cyberverse. 3.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. 4.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.00 Care Bears: Unlock The Magic. 5.30 Mega Man: Fully Charged.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 Infomercials. 8.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 8.30 Bondi Rescue. 9.00 Jake And The Fatman. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 JAG. Noon NCIS. 1.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 1am Infomercials. 1.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Jake And The Fatman. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 5.00 Diagnosis Murder.

Programs. 5pm Nella The Princess Knight. 5.10 The Wonder Gang. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 5.35 Luo Bao Bei. 5.50 Peppa Pig. 5.55 Circle Square. 6.05 Octonauts. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE: The Kids Are All Right. (2010, MA15+) 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.05 QI. 11.35 Community. Midnight Parks And Recreation. 12.20 Grand Designs. 1.10 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.15 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.20 Pingu In The City. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Late Programs.

N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Land Of Primates. 10.50 Going Places. 11.50 Songlines. 12.25pm Bamay. 12.45 Tribal. 1.35 Boy Nomad. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Bushwhacked! 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Grace Beside Me. 4.35 Mustangs FC. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 NITV News: Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.35 News. 6.40 Land Of Primates. 7.30 Little J And Big Cuz. 7.45 MOVIE: Pound Puppies And The Legend Of Big Paw. (1988) 9.15 First Nations Bedtime Stories. 9.25 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 10.25 Yothu Yindi Tribute Concert. 11.55 Late Programs.

SEVEN (7)

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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Friday, 4 March, 2022 GEELONG INDEPENDENT 13

Saturday, March 5 SECTION GEELONGINDY.COM.AU ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 10)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Van Der Valk. (R) 2.00 Employable Me Australia. (PG, R) 3.00 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 3.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Basketball. WNBL. Round 13. Adelaide Lightning v Sydney Flames.

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. (R) 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 QE2: The World’s Most Luxurious Hotel. (PGa, R) 3.00 New Breed: The Rise Of The Social Entrepreneur. 4.30 KGB: The Sword And The Shield. (PGav, R) 5.35 Nazi Megastructures: Russian War. (PGa, R)

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

SEVEN (7)

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Delish. 1.00 My Way. (R) 1.30 MOVIE: The Dust Factory. (2004, PGa, R) Ryan Kelley, Hayden Panettiere, Armin Mueller-Stahl. 3.20 David Attenborough’s Green Planet. (R) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 8.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 8.30 Pooches At Play. (R) 9.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 4x4 Adventures. (R) 1.00 Left Off The Map. (R) 1.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 2.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.30 Destination Dessert. (R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Taste Of Australia. (R) 4.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 5.00 News.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories and events as they unfold, with comprehensive analysis and reporting. 7.30 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras. Coverage of the 2022 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade from the Sydney Cricket Ground that sees LGBTQIA+ people unite in a dazzling display of pride and self-expression. 10.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. (R) Part 3 of 5. Courtney Act chats with South Sudanese Australian model Aweng Chuol. 11.00 Troppo. (Mal, R) A private investigator recruits a disgraced ex-cop to help solve the disappearance of a tech pioneer. 12.00 Father Brown. (Final, Mv, R) Chief Inspector Valentine investigates after a body is discovered at the bottom of a tower. 12.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Featuring a guest programmer.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (Return) Hosted by Michael Hing. 8.30 Exploring Northern Ireland. Part 1 of 4. Siobhán McSweeney, star of Derry Girls, sets out to explore Northern Ireland. 9.30 World’s Greatest Bridges: Golden Gate Bridge. (PGa, R) Rob Bell recounts the story of the construction of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. 10.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R) Hosted by Jimmy Carr. 11.20 MOVIE: The Young Victoria. (2009, PGsv, R) Emily Blunt. 1.15 MOVIE: The Girl Who Played With Fire. (2009, MA15+sv, R, Swedish) 3.35 Trump’s American Carnage. (Malvw, R) 4.35 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+adls, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 To Be Advised. 9.00 MOVIE: Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom. (1984, Mv, R) Archaeologist Indiana Jones searches for a mystical stone stolen from an Indian community. Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan. 11.30 Motorway Patrol. (Ml, R) Follows the work of a police unit. 12.00 Air Crash Investigation: Deadly Distraction. (PGa, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) [SEVEN] Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 1. Sydney SuperNight. Day 1. Highlights. 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] Get Clever. (R) 4.30 [SEVEN] Get Clever. (R) 5.00 [SEVEN] House Of Wellness. (PG, R)

6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Space Invaders. (PG) A man’s garage is cluttered with his partner’s stuff and he has called for help. 8.30 MOVIE: Sully. (2016, Mal, R) After a commercial airline pilot is hailed as a hero for successfully making an emergency landing onto the Hudson River, he finds his actions under investigation by those who disagreed with his decision. Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney. 10.30 MOVIE: Spy Game. (2001, Mlv, R) A spy covers for his renegade protege. Robert Redford. 12.45 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.35 Destination WA. (R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact With Stu Cameron. (PG)

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGa, R) It has been a long, hot summer with the lifeguards protecting beachgoers at the unpredictable Bondi Beach. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 17. Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC. From CommBank Stadium, Sydney. 10.00 Ambulance Australia. (Mdlm, R) When a head-on collision leaves a driver trapped in their car, Tash, a specialist critical care paramedic, is faced with a difficult decision to try to save the woman’s life. 11.00 Ambulance. (Mad, R) Two emergency services cross over when a burglar breaks his leg fleeing the scene of the crime. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 1.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.15 Sammy J. 9.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.05 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.50 Pride: Live At The Apollo. 11.55 Gavin & Stacey. 12.25am Schitt’s Creek. 12.45 Archer. 1.05 Dead Pixels. (Final) 1.30 The Young Offenders. 2.05 The Planets. 3.05 ABC News Update. 3.10 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Golden State Warriors v Dallas Mavericks. Replay. 2.00 Untold Australia. 3.00 Unknown Amazon. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 It’s Suppertime! 5.40 Insight. 6.40 Extreme Food Phobics. 7.30 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Secrets Of America’s Shadow Government. (Return) 9.20 Black Market. (Return) 10.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Sydney Weekender. Noon Weekender. 12.30 Creek To Coast. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 3.00 Selling Houses Aust. 4.00 Diana: A Love Affair. 5.00 Horse Racing. Australian Guineas Day and Randwick Guineas Day. 5.30 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 TV Shop. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.50 The Baron. 1pm Tennis. Davis Cup. Australia v Hungary. 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 3. ACT Brumbies v NSW Waratahs. 9.45 Super Rugby Post-Match. 10.00 MOVIE: Gorky Park. (1983, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm Ice Hockey. National Hockey Super League. 3.40 Over The Black Dot. 4.10 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Men’s Final. Griffith Three Ways United v South Coast Black Cockatoos. Replay. 5.50 VICE World Of Sports. 6.20 Rivals. 6.50 News. 7.00 First People’s Kitchen. 7.30 MOVIE: Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché. (2021) 9.15 MOVIE: The Descent. (2005, MA15+) 11.05 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

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

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

Hampstead. (2017, PG) 7.55 What We Did On Our Holiday. (2014, PG) 9.45 Belle And Sebastian 3. (2017, PG, French) 11.25 The Fireflies Are Gone. (2018, M, French) 1.15pm Toys And Pets. (2017, PG) 3.05 Angrezi Medium. (2020, PG, Hindi) 5.45 Growing Up Smith. (2015, PG) 7.40 Bellbird. (2019, M) 9.30 Holding The Man. (2015, MA15+) 11.50 Late Programs.

12.30pm Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 The Food Dude. 2.00 Pawn Stars. 2.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. 4.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 1. Sydney SuperNight. Day 1. Support races. 7.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 1. Sydney SuperNight. Day 1. Race 1. 9.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. West Coast v Western Bulldogs. 11.30 Late Programs.

1.30pm Peaking. 2.30 Race Across The World. 3.45 Ultimate Rush. 4.15 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Replay. 5.15 Road Trick. 5.45 MOVIE: Mr. Peabody & Sherman. (2014, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Gladiator. (2000, M) 10.35 MOVIE: The Legend Of Hercules. (2014, M) 12.30am Weird Science. 1.00 Reverie. 2.00 Very Cavallari. 2.50 Transformers: Cyberverse. 3.00 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 What’s Up Down Under. 10.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. 11.00 Bondi Rescue. Noon Jake And The Fatman. 1.00 JAG. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 Buy To Build. 3.30 Hotels By Design. 4.00 Bondi Rescue. 4.30 iFish Summer. 5.00 Escape Fishing. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 The FBI Declassified. 11.20 Late Programs.

With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 The King Of Queens. Noon Australian Survivor. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.15 Friends. 12.10am Home Shopping. 1.10 Infomercials. 1.40 Mom. 2.35 Instinct. 3.30 Nancy Drew. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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Sunday, March 6 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 10)

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. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 Australia Remastered. (R) 3.25 Love On The Spectrum. (R) 4.25 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG, R) 5.30 Nigella At My Table. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 4.00 Football. Indigenous Football Festival. Australian Indigenous Koalas v Sunshine Coast All-Stars. Highlights. 4.30 Football. Indigenous Football Festival. Australian Indigenousroos v Sunshine Coast All-Stars. Highlights. 5.00 The Rising. (Premiere) 5.30 The Untold Story Of Australian Wrestling. (R) 5.40 Secret Nazi Bases. (PG, R)

6.00 Home Shopping. [SEVEN] NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 1. Sydney SuperNight. Day 2. Support races. 3.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 1. Sydney SuperNight. Day 2. Race 2. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 Women’s Footy. (PG) 12.00 Ultimate Rush. (PGl, R) 12.30 Bondi Lifeguard World Adventures. (PGl) 1.00 World’s Greatest Natural Icons. 2.00 Serengeti. (PG, R) 3.00 Space Invaders. (PG, R) 4.00 Bondi Vet. (PGm) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Postcards. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 8.30 What’s Up Down Under. (R) 9.00 Left Off The Map. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 12.30 Australian Survivor. (R) 1.40 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. (PGa, R) 2.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. (PG) 3.00 Freshly Picked. (R) 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. (PGa, R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.30 Taste Of Australia. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. (PG) Hosted by Chris Moller. 8.30 Troppo. (Mal) Ted and Amanda’s hard work leads to Jong Min’s remains being found in the river. 9.25 Killing Eve. (MA15+v) As Villanelle’s quest for change goes awry, Eve locates Helene, who may be useful in her mission against The Twelve. 10.10 Miniseries: Patrick Melrose. (Mal, R) Part 4 of 5. 11.10 Harrow. (Mav, R) 12.00 Mum. (Ml, R) 12.30 Unforgotten. (Ml, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Horror Movie: A Low-Budget Nightmare. (Malsv, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Treasures Of The Mediterranean Islands. (PG) Presented by Bettany Hughes. 8.30 Secrets Of A Celtic Grave. (M) A look at the grave of a Celtic warrior. 10.00 Every Family Has A Secret: Elizabeth Brierley And Paul Morris. (Ml, R) 11.05 MOVIE: The Trials Of Muhammad Ali. (2013, Ma, R) 12.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 1.10 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 1. 3.10 Yellow Lounge Tokyo. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Singapore 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 Dancing With The Stars: All Stars. (PG) 8.45 Crime Investigation Australia: Almost A Perfect Murder - Bill & Pam. (Mv) A look at the murders of Pamela and Bill Weightman. 10.15 Born To Kill? David Berkowitz – Son Of Sam. (M) 11.15 Death Row: Countdown To Execution. (MA15+) 12.15 [SEVEN] Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 1. Sydney SuperNight. Day 2. H’lights. From Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 1.15 [SEVEN] Scandal. (Mv, R) 2.30 [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 Sunday. 7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls) 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. A look at the latest news and events. 10.10 Australian Crime Stories: The Chinese Takeaway. (Mdlv, R) Takes a look at an infamous bank robbery. 11.10 The First 48: Bloody Valentine/Storm Warning. (Mv) 12.00 Shallow Grave. (Mav, R) 12.50 Explore. (R) 1.00 Ultimate Rush. (PGl, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Take Two. (R) 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 Australian Survivor. A group of Australian castaways find themselves stranded in Far North Queensland. 9.00 FBI. (Mv) After a Muslim university student and his younger brother are murdered, the team meets with the outraged Imam of OA’s former mosque, who insists the victims were wrongly targeted as terrorists. 11.00 The Sunday Project. (R) Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. Morning news and talk show.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.40pm Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.05 The Deep. 7.30 Compass. 8.00 You Can’t Ask That. 8.30 Women Of Steel. 9.30 Catalyst. 10.25 I’m Wanita. 11.25 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 12.15am MOVIE: The Kids Are All Right. (2010, MA15+) 1.55 ABC News Update. 2.00 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.15 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.20 Pingu In The City. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6.30am Morning Programs. 11.00 Basketball. NBA. Spurs v Hornets. Replay. 1.30pm Nuts And Bolts. 2.30 Look Me In The Eye. 3.30 WorldWatch. 4.00 Insight. 5.00 Bamay. 5.40 Australiana: Island Queens. 6.15 The Arranged Gay Marriage Scam. 6.45 Lost Gold Of World War II. 7.30 Ice Cowboys. (Premiere) 8.30 The Story Of Late Night. 9.20 Point Blank: Gun Obsession. 10.10 Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 NBC Today. Noon The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 Jabba’s Movies. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Dog Patrol. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 Railroad Australia. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 10.30 Great Scenic Railway Journeys. 11.10 Late Programs.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 2. Newcastle Knights v Brisbane Broncos. 1.50 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 2. Sydney Roosters v Gold Coast Titans. 3.40 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 2. St George Illawarra Dragons v Parramatta Eels. 5.30 MOVIE: The Odd Couple. (1968) 7.30 To Be Advised. 10.00 Chicago P.D. 11.00 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am NBL Slam. 6.30

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.15

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

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

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

Football. CAFL. 12.45pm Motor Racing. W Series. Round 4. Highlights. 1.15 Soccer. Serie A Femminile. 3.00 Rugby Union. Monsoon Rugby Union. 4.30 Softball. SA Premier League. 6.00 Going Native. 6.30 News. 6.40 Animal Babies: First Year On Earth. 7.40 Ice Cowboys. 8.30 Muhammad Ali. 10.15 MOVIE: Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017, M) 12.25am Late Programs.

Morning Programs. 9.30 Growing Up Smith. (2015, PG) 11.25 The Mafia Kills Only In Summer. (2013, M, Italian) 1.05pm Miriam Lies. (2018, M, Spanish) 2.45 Hampstead. (2017, PG) 4.40 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 6.40 Sun Children. (2020, PG, Farsi) 8.30 Bel Canto. (2018, MA15+) 10.25 Carmen And Lola. (2018, MA15+, Spanish) 12.25am Late Programs.

10.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 11.00 On The Fly. 11.30 Seven’s Motorsport Classic. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. Adelaide v Collingwood. 5.00 Last Stop Garage. 5.25 MOVIE: Superman Returns. (2006, PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Man Of Steel. (2013, M) 11.20 Late Programs.

1.30pm MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Volcanion And The Mechanical Marvel. (2016) 3.25 MOVIE: Flushed Away. (2006) 5.05 MOVIE: Fletch Lives. (1989, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Johnny English. (2003, PG) 8.45 MOVIE: The Bourne Identity. (2002, M) 11.00 Allegiance. (Premiere) Midnight Stunt Science. 1.00 Reverie. 2.00 Very Cavallari. 2.50 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 9.30 Bondi Rescue. 10.00 iFish Summer. 10.30 Reel Action. 11.00 Escape Fishing. 11.30 Destination Dessert. 12.30pm Scorpion. 2.30 Pooches At Play. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Soccer. A-League Women. Round 14. Adelaide United v Sydney FC. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 Late Programs.

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The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Neighbours. 10.30 The Middle. Noon The Dog House Australia. 1.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 14. Adelaide 36ers v Perth Wildcats. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 14. Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans. 5.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Friends. Midnight Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Shopping. 1.30 MOVIE: The Number 23. (2007, MA15+) 3.30 Late Programs.

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ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Miriam’s Deathly Adventure. (Mls, R) 2.10 Unforgotten. (Ml, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Escape From The City. (R) 5.00 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. (R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (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 Al Jazeera News. 2.00 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Woman With Gloria Steinem. (PGa, R) 2.35 First Ladies. (Premiere, PGa) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Australian Story. Australians share their personal stories. 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program that leads national debate and confronts issues that matter. 9.20 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry. 9.35 China Tonight. (Return) A look at current affairs from China. 10.05 ABC News Video Lab: Transport. (R) 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 Q+A. (R) 12.10 Unforgotten. (Mal, R) 1.00 Brazen Hussies. (Mlns, R) 2.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

SEVEN (7)

SECTION

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 10)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Disappeared. (2017, Mav) 2.00 What The Killer Did Next: Geoff Seggie. (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 Married At First Sight. (PGls, R) 1.45 Explore. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PGv, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 Australian Survivor. (R) 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Heritage Rescue: Wentworth Woodhouse. (Final, PG) Presented by Nick Knowles. 8.30 Royal History’s Myths And Secrets. (PG) Presented by Lucy Worsley. 9.35 The Great House Revival. (R) Presented by Hugh Wallace. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Paris Police 1900. (MA15+v) 12.00 The Interviewer. (R) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 2. Auffargis to Orléans. 159.2 km flat stage. From France. 2.15 Unit One. (Manv, R) 3.20 Supreme Revenge: Battle For The Court. (Mas, R) 4.20 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+anv, 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. (PGa) 7.30 SAS Australia. (Mal) Facing off against each other, the Aussie celebrity recruits take part in an extreme game of tug of war. 8.45 The Amazing Race. (PGl) The teams race through Switzerland, where they bungee jump more than 220m off the Verzasca Dam. 10.45 The Latest: Seven News. 11.15 The Resident. (Mad) Billie fights with her son over a drug overdose. 12.15 [SEVEN] Hooked On The Look. (Ma, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 12.45 [SEVEN] Hooked On The Look. (Ma, R) 1.15 [SEVEN] Travel Oz. (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. (Mls) The social experiment continues. 9.00 La Brea. (Mv) With time running out before their window home closes, the survivors hatch a final escape attempt. 10.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 10.30 Botched. (Malmn, R) A woman’s breast implant falls out. 11.20 Bluff City Law. (Mv, R) A young woman is murdered. 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Hello SA. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 Australian Survivor. Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia. 8.30 Would I Lie To You? Australia. Two teams, consisting of celebrity guests, go head-to-head in a battle of wits that has them trying to fool the opposition. Hosted by Chrissie Swan, with team captains Chris Taylor and Frank Woodley. 9.40 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mv, R) After a military veteran suffering from PTSD snaps, the sniper’s abilities push the team to their limits. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7pm Dino Dana. 7.10 Andy And The Band. 7.30 The Planets. 8.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 9.20 Grand Designs. 10.10 Doctor Who. 11.05 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.50 QI. 12.20am Escape From The City. 1.20 Community. 1.40 Parks And Recreation. 2.05 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.15 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.20 Pingu In The City. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. San Antonio Spurs v Charlotte Hornets. Replay. 2.00 World Of VICE. 2.30 Coronavirus In The Navajo Nation. 3.00 Does America. 3.30 Dead Set On Life. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland St. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Derry Girls. 10.25 Addicted Australia. 11.35 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. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens. Noon Miniseries: Little Boy Blue. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Mighty Trains. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Cold Case. 12.50am Selling Houses Aust. 2.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 The Bill. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Lucky Jim. (1957) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Agatha Raisin. 8.30 Poirot. 10.40 Law & Order. 11.40 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am Basketball. NBL. Round 14. Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans. Replay. 8.00 Friends. 10.00 The Middle. 11.30 Seinfeld. Noon Instinct. 1.00 Nancy Drew. 2.00 Mom. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Mom. Midnight Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Going Native. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Bushwhacked! 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Grace Beside Me. 4.35 Mustangs FC. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 News. 6.50 Land Of Primates. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.30 Colony. 11.10 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

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

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping.

Growing Up Smith. Continued. (2015, PG) 7.20 Sun Children. (2020, PG, Farsi) 9.10 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 11.10 Angrezi Medium. (2020, PG, Hindi) 1.50pm Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 3.45 Legend Of The Guardians. (2010, PG) 5.30 The Perfect Candidate. (2019, PG, Arabic) 7.30 Mary Shelley. (2017, PG) 9.45 Asia. (2020, MA15+, Hebrew) 11.20 Late Programs.

2.50pm Wild Transport. 3.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 1. Sydney SuperNight. Day 1. Highlights. 4.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 1. Sydney SuperNight. Day 2. Highlights. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Batman Begins. (2005, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

Noon Xena. 2.00 Hercules. 3.00 Children’s Programs. 3.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 RBT. 8.00 Territory Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: Entrapment. (1999, M) 10.45 Young Sheldon. 11.10 Raymond. 12.10am #Killerpost. (Premiere) 1.05 The Sex Clinic. 2.00 Social Fabric. 3.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 3.30 Late Programs.

8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 17. Western Sydney Wanderers v Sydney FC. Replay. 10.30 Bondi Rescue. 11.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon NCIS. 1.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 A-League Highlights Show. 11.20 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One. (R) 11.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Miriam’s Deathly Adventure. (Mal, R) 2.10 Unforgotten. (Mal, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Escape From The City. (R) 5.00 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News TV5MONDE. 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. (R) 2.00 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Woman With Gloria Steinem. (PG, R) 2.35 First Ladies. (PGa) 5.05 Jeopardy! 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 Student. (2017, Mv, R) 2.00 The Real Manhunter: The Dream City Cinema Fire. (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 Married At First Sight. (Mls, R) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News.

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

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Outback Ringer. (PG) Gail force winds tear across the outback. 8.30 The Exhibitionists. (Mns) Four friends get locked in the National Gallery overnight, where they make a discovery about female artists. 9.30 I’m Wanita. (Ml, R) The story of Wanita Bahtiyar. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 Four Corners. (R) 11.55 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.10 Unforgotten. (Mal, R) 1.00 The Letdown. (Mls, R) 3.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? UK: Liz Carr. (PG) 8.30 Insight. Presented by Kumi Taguchi. 9.30 Framed. (PGal) Part 4 of 4. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 The Point. (R) 11.30 Shadow Lines. (MA15+d) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 3. Vierzon to Dun-le-Palestel. 190.8 km flat stage. From France. 2.15 Tiananmen: Seven Weeks That Changed The World. (Mav, R) 4.15 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+dv, R) 4.45 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. (PGa) 7.30 SAS Australia. (Malv) Celebrities undertake SAS training. 8.30 The Rookie. (M) After a new designer drug hits the streets, Officer Nolan and the team must deal with the consequences on a memorable Halloween. Lucy questions whether her apartment building might be haunted. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 MOVIE: The Enforcer. (1976, MA15+v, R) A cop goes undercover. Clint Eastwood. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 1.05 [SEVEN] Absentia. (MA15+av, 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. (Mal) The social experiment continues. 9.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PGs) Andy Lee is joined by a panel of comedians and 100 Aussies to explore the fun behind the facts. 10.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 10.30 True Story With Hamish & Andy: Phil. (PGl, R) 11.00 Mr Mayor. (PG) 11.25 The Village. (Mas) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Delish. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 The Dog House Australia. (Return) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown. 8.30 NCIS. The NCIS team investigates the cause of death of a reservist US Navy SEAL surgeon. 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. When a civilian scientist working with the marines is killed, the NCIS team must find the culprit. 10.30 NCIS. (Mav, R) The team investigates a marine. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.10pm Andy And The Band. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.35 Gavin & Stacey. 10.05 Schitt’s Creek. 10.30 Doctor Who. 11.20 Starstruck. 11.45 Pride: Live At The Apollo. 12.50am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.35 Plebs. 2.00 Community. 2.20 Parks And Recreation. 2.45 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon MOVIE: 76 Days. (2020, M) 1.50 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 2.00 Rum: The Thirsty Road. 2.30 Outsider: World’s Weirdest Films. 3.00 Video Game Show. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland St. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: Subjects Of Desire. (2021, M) 10.30 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 Miniseries: Little Boy Blue. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Invitation To A Royal Wedding. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Without A Trace. 12.45am Selling Houses Aust. 2.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 The Bill. 3.00 Explore. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Mr Denning Drives North. (1951, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Instinct. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Mom. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 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 Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

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

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping.

Shortland St. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Grace Beside Me. 4.35 Mustangs FC. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Warrior Women With Lupita Nyong’o. 7.30 The Point. 8.00 Rise Up. 8.50 The Beach. 9.20 NITV News Update. 9.30 MOVIE: Subjects Of Desire. (2021, M) 11.25 Late Programs.

Morning Programs. 7.00 Legend Of The Guardians. (2010, PG) 8.45 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 10.40 Cold War. (2018, M, Polish) 12.15pm Just A Breath Away. (2018, M, French) 1.50 The Perfect Candidate. (2019, PG, Arabic) 3.50 Sun Children. (2020, PG, Farsi) 5.40 Every Day. (2018, PG) 7.30 An Education. (2009, M) 9.25 Summertime. (2015, MA15+, French) 11.25 Late Programs.

11.00 America’s Game. Noon MOVIE: Batman Begins. (2005, M) 2.45 Wild Transport. 3.30 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawn Stars. 5.00 The Mike & Cole Show. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Truckers: Best Of. 9.30 Outback Truckers. 10.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 11.30 Late Programs.

Noon Xena. 2.00 Hercules. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 RBT. 8.00 Territory Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: Sicario. (2015, MA15+) 10.55 Young Sheldon. 11.20 Raymond. 11.50 Weird Science. 12.20am #Killerpost. 1.15 Reverie. 2.10 Late Programs.

8.00 A-League Highlights Show. 9.00 Jake And The Fatman. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 JAG. Noon NCIS. 1.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Bull. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 MOVIE: Go! (2020, PG) 4.20 iFish. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 JAG.

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Wednesday, March 9 SECTION GEELONGINDY.COM.AU ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 10)

6.00 News Breakfast. (R) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.00 And We Danced. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.40 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.10 Unforgotten. (Mal, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Escape From The City. (PG, R) 5.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (l, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (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. (R) 2.00 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Insight. (R) 3.05 Running On Time. (R) 3.20 World’s Most Luxurious… (R) 4.10 The World’s Greatest Palaces. (PGav, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Mommy’s Little Angel. (2018, Mav, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA: Bruce Lee. (Madv, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

SEVEN (7)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Married At First Sight. (Mal, R) 1.30 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News.

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

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) Presented by Tom Gleeson. 8.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (M) Host Shaun Micallef presents a round-up of important news stories of the week. 9.00 Starstruck. (Mal) Tom is away filming. 9.25 QI. (Ms) Hosted by Sandi Toksvig. 9.55 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) UK-based panel show. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 Killing Eve. (MA15+v, R) 11.55 Unforgotten. (Mlv, R) 12.40 Miniseries: Patrick Melrose. (Mal, R) 1.40 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 2.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) Presented by Marc Fennell. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Michael Mosley’s Health Intervention. (M) Part 1 of 3. 8.30 The Colosseum: A Jewel In Rome’s Crown. (PG) Takes a look at the Colosseum, the iconic Roman amphitheater, built in the 1st century CE. 9.30 Hidden Assets. (Final, MA15+) With Bibi now in custody, Emer and Christian face a desperate race against time to stop the final bombing. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 In Therapy. (Mls) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 4. 2.15 MOVIE: Hannibal. (2001, MA15+v, R) 4.40 Bamay. (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 Police Strike Force. (M) 8.30 The Front Bar. (M) Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at the world of sport. 9.30 The Latest: Seven News. 10.00 Ambulance: Code Red. (Ma, R) Follows the work of an ambulance service. Medics fight to save the life of a cyclist. An aged pensioner falls off his roof following a DIY disaster. A driver is trapped in his car after it careered out of control. 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.20 [SEVEN] To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 2.00 [SEVEN] Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 [SEVEN] NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. The social experiment continues. 9.00 Under Investigation: Nuclear Reaction. Liz Hayes presents an investigation into Australia’s dance with nuclear energy. 10.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 10.30 Forensics: The Real CSI: HMO Murder. (Mv) 11.40 Grand Hotel. (Mv, R) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.20 Explore. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mdlm) Follows dispatchers and paramedics working for an ambulance service. 8.30 Bull. (Mav) The founder of a trial consulting firm uses psychology and technology to win cases for his clients. 10.30 This Is Us. (PGa) Jack, Randall, Kevin and Toby struggle with the challenges of parenthood and connecting with their children. 11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late-night talk show. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Infomercials. (PG, R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. Morning news and talk show.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7pm Dino Dana. 7.10 Andy And The Band. 7.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.00 Art Works. 8.35 Tate Britain’s Great British Walks. 9.20 Fake Or Fortune? 10.20 Doctor Who. (Final) 11.20 Women Of Steel. 12.20am Community. 12.40 Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.15 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.20 Pingu In The City. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Payday. 1.40 Noisey. 2.30 Motherboard. 3.00 Earthworks. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland St. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Wellington Paranormal. 9.00 Letterkenny. 9.30 MOVIE: Priest. (2011, M) 11.10 MOVIE: The Long Good Friday. (1980, MA15+) 1.15am Late Programs.

7TWO (62, 72) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Miniseries: Little Boy Blue. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 The Day We Walked On The Moon. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries. (Return) 9.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 The Bill. 3.00 Explore. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Manuela. (1957, PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 House. 11.50 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Frasier. 8.00 The King Of Queens. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Instinct. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Friends. 2.30 NBL Slam. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.10 Mom. Midnight Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.00 Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Merchants Of The Wild. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Bushwhacked! 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Grace Beside Me. 4.35 Mustangs FC. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Land Of Primates. 7.30 Country Music. 8.30 Going Native. 9.00 Hunting Aotearoa. 9.30 Muhammad Ali. 11.15 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Black Narcissus. Continued. (1947, PG) 6.55 The Perfect Candidate. (2019, PG, Arabic) 8.55 Every Day. (2018, PG) 10.45 Jealous. (2017, M, French) 12.45pm Legend Of The Guardians. (2010, PG) 2.30 Orlando. (1992, PG) 4.10 Strings. (2004, PG) 5.50 Watership Down. (1978, PG) 7.30 Certain Women. (2016, M) 9.30 Galveston. (2018, MA15+) 11.15 Chevalier. (2015, M, Greek) 1.10am Late Programs.

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

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 America’s Game. Noon Outback Truckers: Best Of. 1.00 Outback Truckers. 2.00 Leepu And Pitbull. 3.00 Wild Transport. 3.30 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Pawn Stars South Africa. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 Storage Wars. (Return) 9.30 Desert Collectors. 10.30 Extreme Unboxing. 11.00 Late Programs.

Noon Xena. 2.00 Hercules. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 RBT. 8.00 Territory Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: Baby Driver. (2017, MA15+) 10.45 Young Sheldon. 11.10 Raymond. 11.40 Weird Science. 12.10am #Killerpost. 1.05 Reverie. 2.00 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 iFish Summer Series. 8.30 Bondi Rescue. 9.00 Jake And The Fatman. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 JAG. Noon NCIS. 1.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 FBI. 12.10am Shopping. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 Walker, Texas Ranger. 5.00 Late Programs.

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SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NINE (8, 9)

TEN (5, 10)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Nigella At My Table. (R) 11.00 Catalyst. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (M, R) 2.10 Unforgotten. (Mlv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Escape From The City. (R) 4.55 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (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. (R) 2.00 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips. (PGl, R) 3.00 World’s Most Luxurious… (R) 3.55 Queen Victoria’s Children. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Sweet November. (2001, Ms, R) 2.30 Dog Patrol. (PGa, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 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 Married At First Sight. (R) 1.30 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.00 [MELB] Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 WIN News.

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

6.00 The Drum. 6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. International current affairs program. 8.30 Q+A. Public affairs program. 9.35 Rosie Batty’s One Plus One: Stephanie Alexander. Rosie Batty speaks with Stephanie Alexander. 10.05 Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip: Jump Off A Cliff – Lake Coleridge. (R) 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.10 The Business. (R) 11.25 The Exhibitionists. (Mns, R) 12.25 Unforgotten. (Madlv, R) 1.10 The Letdown. (Ml, R) 2.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.20 Sammy J. (PG, R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Scenic Coastal Walks With Kate Humble: Suffolk. (Final, PG) 8.30 The Royals: Keeping The Crown: Nazi Royals. (PG) Explores the history of royal families. 9.30 Britain’s Most Expensive Houses. (PG) Part 2 of 4. 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 Gomorrah. (Malv) 11.50 In Therapy. (Mal, R) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 5. 2.15 Blinded. (Mlv, R) 4.00 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+av, 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. (PGa) 8.30 Miniseries: Showtrial. (Mals) Part 5 of 5. It appears time has run out for Talitha and her solicitor, Cleo, as the trial reaches its explosive conclusion and the jury finally decides whether she is guilty of murdering her fellow university student. 9.50 The Speedboat Killer. (M) A look at the death of Charlotte Brown. 11.50 The Latest: Seven News. 12.20 [SEVEN] MOVIE: Secrets In Suburbia. (2017, MA15+a) 12.30 Home Shopping. (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 RBT. (Mdl, R) Follows the activities of police units. 8.30 Australia Behind Bars. (Madl) Wellington officers wage a battle to uncover inmates with contraband, who often concealing illegal items in a body cavity. 9.30 A+E After Dark. (Mlm) A woman arrives with spinal and head injuries. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 New Amsterdam. (Mamv, R) 11.45 The Horn. (Malm, R) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events. 7.30 First Dates Australia. Singles go on a blind first date. 8.30 Gogglebox Australia. (Return) A diverse range of people open their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows, with the help of special, locked-off cameras which capture every unpredictable moment. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Blue Bloods. (Ma) Follows a family of cops in New York City. 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Infomercials. (PG) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.10pm Andy And The Band. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.10 Hard Quiz. 9.40 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.10 QI. 10.45 Gruen. 11.20 Live At The Apollo. 12.05am Would I Lie To You? 12.35 Community. 1.00 Parks And Recreation. 1.20 Plebs. 1.45 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.15 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.20 Pingu In The City. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Jasper And Errol’s First Time. 1.00 Mr Tachyon On The Edge Of Science. 1.30 Most Expensivest. 2.00 Gaycation. 2.50 Cyberwar. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland St. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Chasing Famous. 11.00 The Feed. 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 Miniseries: Little Boy Blue. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Sons And Daughters. 4.30 Medical Rookies. 5.00 Australia’s Deadliest. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 12.30am Late Programs.

9GEM (81, 92) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 The Bill. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Our Man In Marrakesh. (1966) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 1. Penrith Panthers v Manly Sea Eagles. 10.00 DCI Banks. Midnight Late Programs.

10 PEACH (52, 11) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Frasier. 8.00 The King Of Queens. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Frasier. Noon This Is Us. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Mom. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Mom. Midnight Shopping. 12.30 Infomercials. 1.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Strings. Continued. (2004, PG) 6.40 Watership Down. (1978, PG) 8.20 Blinded By The Light. (2019, PG) 10.35 The Hedgehog. (2009, M, French) 12.20pm The Salvation. (2014, M) 2.05 Every Day. (2018, PG) 3.55 Little Nicolas. (2009, PG, French) 5.35 Adam. (2019, PG) 7.30 Their Finest. (2016, M) 9.40 Madame. (2017, M) 11.20 The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. (2017, M) 1.35am Late Programs.

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

9GO! (82, 93) 6am Children’s Programs.

10.00 A Football Life. 11.00 America’s Game. Noon Pawn Stars. 1.00 Desert Collectors. 2.00 Leepu And Pitbull. 3.00 Wild Transport. 3.30 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Pawn Stars South Africa. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon 3. (1992, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Executive Decision. (1996, M) 1am Late Programs.

Noon Xena. 2.00 Hercules. 3.00 The Nanny. 3.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.00 That ’70s Show. 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 The Nanny. 6.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 6.30 That ’70s Show. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Survivor 42. (Return) 9.30 Surviving The Stone Age. (Premiere) 10.30 Young Sheldon. 11.00 Raymond. 11.30 Weird Science. Midnight #Killerpost. 1.00 Reverie. 2.00 Late Programs.

10 BOLD (53, 12) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 NBL Slam. 9.00 Jake And The Fatman. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 JAG. Noon NCIS. 1.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Jake And The Fatman. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Bull. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 NCIS. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 4.00 Walker, Texas Ranger.

Going Native. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 Chefs’ Line. 3.00 Bushwhacked! 3.25 The Magic Canoe. 3.50 Wolf Joe. 4.00 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.10 Grace Beside Me. 4.35 Mustangs FC. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Land Of Primates. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Tribal. 9.20 MOVIE: Arrowhead. (2015, M) 11.10 Late Programs. 16 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 4 March, 2022

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ENTERTAINMENT

Delayed film festival goes short By Ash Bolt It was a successful return for the North Bellarine Film Festival last weekend, with a greater focus on short films. The festival was originally scheduled for November but was delayed due to the pandemic and ran over Friday and Saturday last week. Traditionally a feature film festival, greater emphasis was this year put on presenting short films, which festival vice president Ivan Kemp said would be a feature going forward. “We’re changing the way we think about the film festival,” he said. “There’s too much competition in feature films these days with Stan, Netflix, Amazon Prime and all the other streaming services around. “So we’ve been moving towards a model where we are much more focused on being a short film festival.” The festival opened with a feature film on the Friday night, and a collection Australian and international short films on Saturday but Kemp said the highlight of the weekend was the emerging filmmaker award. Thirteen short films of 15 minutes or less made by Victorians aged 25 or under were selected as finalists, with 18-year-old Jack Sillitoe receiving the award for his film Fixity. “The emerging filmmakers award started two years ago [because] one of the aims of the festival is to foster and assist young filmmakers,” Kemp said. “It gives them an opportunity to have their films reviewed through a jury process, and then we selected the top 13 films as finalists. “On the Saturday night we screen all those films. Really pleasingly this year, we had seven of the filmmakers actually attend the screen and for all of them it was the first time they’d

The emerging filmmaker finalists with councillor Jim Mason. (Ivan Kemp) 270919_01

seen their film on a large screen in front of an audience. “The quality of the films was amazing. “But the most amazing thing was after the award was provided, the young filmmakers just hung around and talked to each other, exchanging ideas, and there was a real enthusiasm in the room. “That’s what we want to foster with the festival.” Award winner Jack Sillitoe said Fixity was his first serious attempt at making a short film. Fixity follows a housebound investigative journalist who is being stalked by a mysterious criminal who believes that the journalist

has evidence implicating him in a gruesome murder. The film stars Sillitoe and his brother Max, while his father Craig was the film’s cinematographer. The film was shot in black and white with a budget of $500. “Fixity was such a great experience for me purely from the excitement of developing a story on my own and seeing it played out on screen. I learned a lot making this film,” he said. “Creating a cohesive narrative was one of my primary goals when I made Fixity. This was always in the back of my mind, and I hope it

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After 60’s coffee group The Geelong After 60’s Coffee Meetup Group will meet at Warun Ponds Hotel, on Sunday, March 6, at noon. New members welcome. Bookings required. ■ Marion, 0409 527 540

Scrabble club The Geelong Scrabble Club has a new home. The group now meets at ChristChurch hall, on the corner of Moorabool and McKillop streets at 1pm every Saturday. All players, from beginners to experts are welcome. ■ Marlene, 5275 0363, or John, 0434 142 282

Ladies probus The Ladies Probus Club of Grovedale East meets at 10am on the fourth Monday of each month at the Waurn Ponds Hotel, Waurn Ponds. New members welcome. ■ Pam, 0418 522 346

Music for preschoolers Mainly Music is a music and movement program for babies to preschoolers. The group meets at St Albans-St Andrews Uniting Church, 276 Wilsons Road, Whittington on Tuesdays at 10am during school terms. Parents/carers and children very welcome. ■ Rhonda, 0437 241 345..

Rostrum meets Geelong Rostrum Public Speaking Club Inc meets each Monday. ■ Andrew, 0408 369 446, or Jan, 0407 296 953

Geelong Evangelical Fellowship Geelong Evangelical Fellowship meets on the first and third Sundays of the month at 5.30pm at Belmont Baptist Church, 43 Mt Pleasant Road, in the Fellowship Room. ■ 0429 094 372

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Probus meets Belmont Combined Probus Club meets at 10am on the first Monday of the month. New members and visitors welcome. Friendship, speakers, lunch after meetings, dine out, Mahjong outings. ■ Pam, 5243 4042

Wooden Boat Festival The biennial Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong is on March 11-14. Wooden boats (including tall ships) will be on display at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club, while there will also be plenty of free entertainment on the waterfront. At 25 Eastern Beach Road. ■ http://www.woodenboatfestivalgeelong. com.au/

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community celebration of local design excellence and Geelong’s designation as Australia’s only UNESCO Creative City of Design. This year’s program, running from March 17-27, features a range of installations, exhibitions, and workshops as well as walks, talks, and tours that will investigate and illustrate the vital role design plays in our everyday life. ■ http://www.geelongdesignweek.com.au/

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1/ Susan Adern entertaining people on the waterfront. 2/ Visitors from Melbourne, Pamela Halim and Felinsha Youzchalveen. 3/ Visitors from Horsham, Adam Hall, Clara and Imogen, Ashley and Matthew Lane, Brooke Robins, Brody Faul and baby Romy. 4/ Hayley Duffield with new Deakin University students Mia, Jorda Brown, Lily Seymour, Clara Arista and (front) Noah Deane and Calvin Siah. 5/ Friends James Pretty and Rebekah Harvey. 6/ Andrew Farran getting ready to paddle board. 7/ Budding photographer Prudence Wildermuth visiting from Patterson Lakes. 8/ Kaitlin McGregor with son Ashton and friend Tanaya Hucker. 9/ Ashley Huang with daughter Amber. 10/ Jesse Lorenz and Murphy. 11/ Michelle Svetnik and Leni. (Pictures: Ivan Kemp) 270158 Friday, 4 March, 2022 GEELONG INDEPENDENT 21

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Auto style leader goes electric By Ewan Kennedy, Marque Motoring Our road test car this week is a Volvo XC40 Recharge Twin, which was particularly interesting as our family car is a Volvo XC40 T4 Inscription that we have owned for three years. It will be fascinating to find out how the two compare both in performance and the latest in technology. And decide if we hold onto our existing car or go the electric route.

Styling These days Volvo is one of world’s automotive style leaders and in my opinion the XC40 is the best shape from the company in many years. With a chunky, almost cheeky look it has an upright slightly-concave grille. In the Recharge the grille doesn’t need to take in air to cool the engine so is blanked off and has a very large Volvo badge in the centre. Deeply sculpted lower sections of the doors and upward swept D-pillars with lights in them also add to the looks.

no engine there. The small front boot has been nicknamed the frunk – short for front-trunk. Many owners use the frunk to store the electrical charging cables.

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The XC40 is a bit larger than others in its class at 4425mm long, 1863mm wide and 1652mm high. Every cubic centimetre of the interior space is put to good use. It has seating for five, but four adults and a child makes more sense. There’s slightly less foot-space in the Recharge as the battery under the floor steals some of it. The Scandinavian styling is simple almost to the point of being minimalistic in the dashboard area. There’s excellent storage space in the door pockets as the Volvo designers avoided taking up space with audio speakers. There’s also out-of-sight storage in drawers underneath the front seats. There’s even Volvo’s funny little rubbish holder that can be removed from the car when you get home and emptied out there. The load area is slightly smaller than that on the petrol and diesel models because the boot floor is higher in the electric model. There’s also a small boot under the bonnet as there’s

Our Volvo T4 Inscription has 140kW at 5000rpm. The Recharge Twin has more than double that, 300kW at just one rpm – that’s right, one rpm. It has two electric motors, hence the Twin in the name. Each motor produces 150kW and 330Nm, one drives the front wheels, the other the rear. That’s 660 newton metres which is the sort of grunt developed by a big petrol V8 displacing seven litres. Official energy consumption is 25.5kWh per 100km. We averaged just under 20kWh during our 355km test period. The official range is 418km as measured by the WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure) and we looked to be getting close to that figure.

Infotainment We certainly enjoyed the clarity of the Harman Kardon premium sound system, as the electric Volvo is very quiet inside it adds to the enjoyment.

The portrait shape of the infotainment 9-inch inch screen makes more sense than landscape ones because you can see much further ahead on the sat-nav map. Volvo Cars’ driver infotainment system (Sensus) provides smartphone integration with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

Safety The Swedish company’s approach to safety has never faltered over the many years it has focused on this vital feature. A host of features in the help avoid a crash, or minimise injuries if one does occur. The 360-degree camera system in our test car provided an overhead view of the Volvo and its surrounds – it’s almost as though a small drone with a camera is hovering over you. Great fun!

Driving Volvo’s Clean Zone two-zone climate system removes harmful pollutants and particles from outside the cabin to deliver what Volvo calls, “Scandinavian-fresh air on the inside”. It certainly is a pleasant place to be. The front seats are large and comfortable. In the rear I can sit ‘behind myself’ (I’m 180cm tall) with leg room to spare.

You don’t need to start the Volvo. Simply put your foot on the brake and select Drive or Reverse with a conventional ‘gear lever’ and the electric motor is ready to go. Somewhat oddly there’s still space for a Start/Stop button, but it has been blanked off. It can be driven as a one-pedal due to energy regeneration when slowing down. This can be a bit aggressive at first but we soon adapted to this and it became a personal challenge to avoid using the brakes at all. This is another clean feature as there’s no brake dust being created. People may ask why you need a family SUV that goes from zero to 100km/h in under five seconds. But the acceleration means you spend less time on the wrong side of the road when overtaking. And it’s really good fun to beat someone off the traffic lights who is in a big V8 with a lumpy idle who thinks he can whop you in a drag race. Childish? Yes, but what’s wrong with that! Handling is very good, with steering that almost seems to read your mind. The Recharge Twin has a lot more weight due to the heavy batteries - it weighs in at 2158kg, compared to our XC40 Inscription’s 1657kg. But it handles well as a fair bit of the weight is low down due to the heavy battery. Some road surfaces created more tyre noise than we anticipated. In particular the concrete surfaces on the motorway between the Gold Coast and Brisbane were louder that in our own Volvo XC40 turbo-petrol. Possibly due to the low rolling resistance tyres.

Summing up Electric power is the way of the future and Volvo is very Swedish in wanting to minimise global warming. Though the Recharge Twin is based on a vehicle using an internal combustion engine the conversion to make it an EV works well. Will we replace our turbo-petrol Volvo XC40 with an electric one? No, because we do a lot of long-distance holiday trips and charging would be slow in most places. We will wait until the 800 km battery and five-minute fast chargers arrive and buy one, if the price is right. Friday, 4 March, 2022 GEELONG INDEPENDENT 25

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Four-goal burst leads to victory By Ash Bolt The Cats are back on the winners’ list after putting up their strongest performance of the season to claim a 23-point win over Richmond. A four-goal burst in the second quarter at the Swinburne Centre on Saturday afternoon helped Geelong overcome its scoring woes, as the Cats claimed the 5.3 (33) to 1.4 (10) win. It was the second win of the season for the Cats, who had looked competitive in most games this season but struggled to kick a winning score. Coach Dan Lowther said it was pleasing to get the win. “It was a long time coming [following] our first win,” he said. “After watching the Tigers last week [who were] electric against the Eagles, we knew this week was going to be a tricky contest for us. “Revisiting over the during the week, and probably the last fortnight, what works for us … showed what strengths the team possesses [and] that was enough to start the game the right way.

“Then to hold on for a half, which was pretty scrappy, was really positive.” Lowther said the focus throughout the week was to have a strong second and third quarter. “Every week is a new learning experience for us,” he said. “[Over] the last four or five games our second and third quarters have been pretty poor [but] the bookends of the game have been OK. “So we made a real point this week to make sure our second and third quarters were our strongest. “I’m glad the players took their opportunities.” The second quarter was one of Geelong’s strongest periods all season, with the Cats forwards kicking four goals in quick succession. Kate Darby, Becky Webster, Phoebe McWilliams and Madisen Maguire all hit the scoreboard in that surge, adding to McWilliams’ goal in the first quarter to take the lead out to 28 points, before Katie Brennan broke the momentum with the Tigers’ sole goal before half time. With the Tigers coming out of the half-time

break with a renewed fire, it was again the Cats defence that stood up. The Cats defenders, led by captain Meg McDonald, kept the Tigers to just two behinds after half time, but could only add three behinds of their own. Reigning best and fairest Amy McDonald, who had 26 disposals, eight clearances and seven tackles, and Webster (20 disposals and six tackles) were again the standouts for the Cats in the midfield. The Cats will now head to RSEA Park in Moorabbin on Saturday to take on St Kilda, who has just one win for the season. Although unable to make finals with just two games remaining, Lowther said he was expecting the team to finish the season strongly. “I’ve said all along that we want to win every game that we play,” he said. “We knew the first half of the season was going to be a bit tricky for us in terms of the opposition we played against with their experience and talents. “We’re building to that space … [the plan] is win next week and hopefully win the week after that.”

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Grove claims junior championship The future of lifesaving is bright, with 860 junior competitors putting their skills on show in Lorne last weekend for the Victorian Junior Championships. The juniors, aged from under nine to under 13, competed in beach, water and lifesaving disciplines, which served as active training for the skills they required to become qualified lifesavers at age 13. The Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club was dominant on the day, taking out the overall point score with 474 points, ahead of fellow Geelong and Surf Coast region clubs Angelsea with 259 points and Torquay on 238 points. Ocean Grove under-13 competitors William Goldstraw and Tobias Hallam also placed second and third respectively in the overall under-13 male water championship rankings, behind Point Leo SLSC’s Oscar Skehan. Fellow Ocean Grove athletes Chelsea 26 GEELONG INDEPENDENT Friday, 4 March, 2022

Hanks and Georgie McIntyre also placed second and third behind Mentone’s Katie Gorvett-Page in the overall under-13 female water championships. On the sand, Fairhaven SLSC’s Xavier West and Torquay SLSC’s Geordi O’Shannessy were second and third in the under-13 male beach championship rankings, behind Sebastian Jaspers of Mornington LSC, while Fairhaven’s Georgia Benton and Anglesea’s Jasmine Hume were second and third in the female beach rankings, behind Altona LSC competitor Charlotte Dunn. Life Saving Victoria aquatic sport manager Simon Butterly said there was an impressive showing of skills from the region’s future lifesavers. “I am so impressed with the skills, teamwork and comraderie shown by our junior athletes at the 2022 Junior Victorian Lifesaving

Championships,” he said. “The level of talent in the water and on the beach, as well as the competitive spirit seen from all our competitors and clubs, makes me very excited for the future of both lifesaving sports and our patrol service for many years to come. “The skills gained throughout these lifesavers’ early years of competition could help our junior athletes to save a life while on patrol. “I would like to thank Lorne SLSC for hosting us, the officials and powercraft crews for their tireless efforts on the beach for the three days, the clubs, coaches, team managers and parents and all the other volunteers whose hard work behind the scenes which made this weekend a success.” Ash Bolt

Geelong United basketball teams had a strong showing at the Bulla Classic in Colac last weekend, with one of the under-16 boys’ teams coming home with a title. The association took eight under-16 and under-18 boys and girls teams to the tournament, with under-16 boys 4 claiming the division two title. The team played seven games across two days, with six wins, on route to the title. The team had a slow start with a bye in the first round and a 27-27 draw against Warrnambool in round two, before going on a tear. It picked up wins against Bellarine and Portland on Saturday afternoon, before returning on Sunday morning for a 52-40 win over another Geelong team. The win had the team finish top of its pool and into a quarter final clash against Surf Coast, which it won 58-22. The team then faced Geelong United’s under-16 boys 3 team in the semi-final and a hard fought 41-35 win had it into a grand final clash against Maryborough. The United team proved too strong in the final, winning 48-43 and claiming the division two championship. In the other competitions, Geelong United’s under-16 boys 2 team made the division one final but was defeated 39-33 by Terang. United’s three under-18 boys’ teams each finished third in their respective pools, while the lone girls’ team had a one-point loss and a draw on the first day of competition, but finished third after 28-21 win over Bellarine. Geelong United teams will be back in Colac this weekend, with the under 12 and 14 teams to take the court for the Bulla Classic. Ash Bolt

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Cats make thirds final By Ash Bolt Geelong Cricket Club’s first women’s teams have had a successful first season, with the club into the final in the Premier Cricket thirds competition this weekend. The Cats qualified for the final after defeating Dandenong by just two runs in a thriller at Kardinia Park on Sunday. Losing the toss and sent into bat, the Cats got off to a good start with Ruby Couch racing to 17 before her opening partner Ella Couch was dismissed for the first wicket on the last ball of the fourth over. The second wicket of Maddison Fitzpatrick fell just fall balls later but it brought Heidi Schneider to the crease. With the Cats at 2/19, Couch and Schneider kept the scoreboard ticking over and steadied the ship. The pair put on 24 runs together before Couch was dismissed for 28 in the 12th over. Thankfully for the Cats the middle order proved determined at the crease as Schneider, wicketkeeper Bianca Decker and captain Brianna Woodburn all put together solid innings.

Schneider top scored for the Cats with 33 from 53 balls, including three boundaries, before she was dismissed just over halfway through the 40-over inning. Decker fell five balls later, for 22 with two sixes, with the Cats looking in trouble at 5/100 from 21.1 overs. But Woodburn and Sophie Walsh proved difficult to dismiss and occupied the crease for much of the remaining overs, allowing the Cats to reach their allotted 40 overs at 7/153. Woodburn finished unbeaten with 31, while Walsh scored nine runs from 45 deliveries. In the second inning, Geelong got off to a good start, with Dandenong’s top three all dismissed for single figures within the first 13 overs. However Dandenong’s Grace Lewis and Montana Phillips put together a strong fourth wicket partnership and added another 61 runs before Lewis was run out. The fifth wicket fell cheaply not long after, with the Cats having Dandenong on the ropes at 5/95 in the 31st over. Needing to go at more than one run per ball for the rest of the inning, Dandenong put the

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foot down and Ruby Burns clubbed a quickfire 24. The knock got Dandenong into a winnable position, needing 12 runs from the last two overs. But the Cats held their nerve and were able to limit Dandenong to just nine runs from the overs to claim a two-run win. Charlotte Poyner led the way for the Cats, taking 1/17 from eight overs, which included two important maidens. Walsh, Ruby Couch, Summer Don and Grace Schrama also finished with one wicket each. The win means Geelong, which finished on top of the ladder with 11 wins from 14 games, will host the Melbourne Cricket Club in the final on Sunday. The last time the teams met, just one month ago, the Cats bowled out Melbourne for 135 and chased down the target with two overs to spare. Geelong also fielded a team in the seconds competition, which finished seventh with five wins from its 14 games. It was the first season Geelong had fielded women’s teams in Premier Cricket.

Tuna bite in a feeding frenzy ON THE BITE Peri Stavropoulos The tuna this week have well and truly shown the current bite offshore is not slowing down any time soon with thousands of fish out there and all seem to be in a feeding frenzy. Anglers trolling anywhere from 20-60 metres with skirted lures and divers are proving to be irresistible with plenty of reports of boats having up to six-way hook-ups. There is lots of fish being caught on top water, Nomad riptides have been a popular lure to throw around as of late. Kingfish off Barwon Heads through to Torquay have also been in fantastic numbers with majority of fish being caught either jigging or casting top water lures. Most fish have been around 60-75cm in length however there sure are plenty of bigger ones cruising about at the moment. If you are after a big king then The Rip is definitely the place to look at the moment with reports of some genuine monsters being caught, some up to 130cm. Dropping knife jigs in the deeper sections of The Rip has been working best and so too has live baiting with calamari or yakkas. Running heavy gear is super necessary when fishing in this area as the bottom can be pretty brutal and those kings are going to go straight for it, so you will need to turn their heads pretty quick if you want to land them, while also dealing with the factor that there are a lot of seals there at the moment waiting for an easy feed. The inner harbour of Corio Bay has been fishing quite well lately for pinkie snapper with reports of plenty of fish being caught right around the bay, in particular near and around the Geelong Waterfront. Casting soft plastics in the area has been working an absolute treat with fish to 35cm holding in fantastic numbers along with some other species such as flathead and salmon. Wurdi Buloc Reservoir has continued to fish very well over this past week with captures of redfin and trout still making reports. Casting spoon style lures off the rocks has been super effective as it allows you to get a big cast out and cover more water. Trevor Schiller managed to score himself a solid redfin measuring in at 49cm on a spinner whilst casting off the rocks.

Section 3 tennis going to the wire LOCAL TENNIS Donna Schoenmaekers Section 3 men in Tennis Geelong’s senior competition is hotting up with only two rounds left to go before finals. What was already a tight season has been made more interesting with the withdrawal of Surfcoast Jan Juc. Hamlyn Park had the bye this week, but remains on top of the ladder. With match ups against second-placed Moolap next week and seventh-placed Wandana Heights in the final round, the Park seems to be in the box seat to take out the minor premiership. Highton Gold closed the gap to Moolap with a 6-0 away from home, and put itself

into third position. Gold started well taking the first three sets 6-2, 6-2 and 6-0 but Moolap fought hard in the fourth and fifth sets going down 6-4 and 7-6, before Gold took the last 6-2 giving it a clean sweep for the day. Highton Blue also had a good win this week against Western Heights Uniting. Jeff Smith and Andrew Ryan started the Heights on a good note with a win in a tie break, however Blue countered when Hugh Orton and John Heaton took the second 6-3. Sets three and four were also split with the Heights taking the third 6-1 and Blue the fourth 6-0. The final two sets went the way of Blue, with John Heaton winning his third set for the day

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