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Resolution on the horizoon for Opal employees

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC

AFTER five days without pay out on the grass, Maryvale Mill’s Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) members and Opal Australia Paper have come to an agreement in principle.

Amid an ugly negation period, AMWU have informally accepted Opal’s enterprise agreement offer subject to a formal vote and process.

Workers returned to work on Monday night after both parties compromised following increased industrial action.

Opal said they were “pleased that we have reached in principle agreement with the AMWU, ETU and UWU in relation to the maintenance Enterprise Agreements at the Maryvale Mill.”

“All industrial action (ceased) effective 6pm Monday night,” an Opal Australia spokesperson said.

“Opal will continue to work closely with our team members to deliver a successful annual shut at

the Mill in the second half of February, where important maintenance works and infrastructure projects will be undertaken.”

Opal management and the AMWU enterprise agreement negotiations reached boiling point last week on Tuesday (February 6) as the paper manufacturing company locked out staff at 5.20am.

Union flags and regalia were quickly removed from the Maryvale Mill gates on Monday morning, as quickly as they had been strung up six days prior.

Despite lengthy negotiations, since the last enterprise agreement expired in September 2023, the two parties have not been able to agree on an adequate contract that would somewhat satisfy both management and workers until now.

“The only thing that they’ve been able to change is the numbers of the agreement, so the number of employees employed, but we’ve strengthened the clause a different way so we will still have protections from forced redundancies (etc.),” AMWU Maryvale Mill site representative, Simon Peel said.

The Express understands that the Union has compromised on clauses relating to set numbers employed and cuts to apprentices. AMWU representatives said a small win is still a win, but continue to be frustrated regarding Opal’s management of negotiations.

The FairWork Commission helped mediate the agreement in principle, during which the parties spent around 14 hours over the course of three days discussing the agreement’s principles.

“It was very intense, very time-consuming, very draining, and that’s on all parties … but at the end of the day, we’ve come out with a result,” Mr Peel said.

“It’s not ideal, it’s not what either party wanted, the Unions or management, but it’s a result, and we can move forward.

“That’s probably one big positive that all the members go back to work and start getting paid again.”

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Negotiations between Opal management and the AMWU unsurprisingly turned sour last week after the paper company locked out the 50-odd AMWU maintenance workers in their employment.

Electrical Trades Union (ETU) and the United Workers Union (UWU) joined the AMWU’s picket line in solidarity.

According to an Opal spokesperson, The AMWU had issued multiple industrial action notices (75 notices to date) and led industrial action, including snap walkouts, which ‘severely’ impacted their business.

As a result, Opal said they made the decision under the Fair Work Act to “undertake a legal lockout of our maintenance team members covered by the AMWU Agreement, indefinitely.”

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Latrobe Valley’s future in hydrogen

By PHILIP HOPKINS

HYDROGEN and the potential of Gippsland and its industries to play a role in the hydrogen technologies seen as crucial for the energy transition are set for a higher profile in the region, with Federation University in Churchill the focal point.

An industry workshop at the university’s Gippsland campus late last year featured ‘big hitters’ such as Siemens and the CSIRO, from both Clayton and online from Canberra.

Niche players taking part included SunGreen2, a Singaporean start-up specialising in hydrogen production through electrolysis; Foton Mobility; and Australian Carbon Innovation.

“The aim was to bring these players to one platform, to have honest and clear conversations, and an ongoing dialogue, about hydrogen technologies - the gaps in knowledge and how to move forward,” said Fed Uni’s Associate Professor Surbhi Sharma, speaking of the Latrobe Valley workshop.

Dr Sharma is the leader of Future Fuels and Hydrogen Technologies, one of the four streams of Federation’s Centre for New Transition Energy Research that was set up in late 2022.

Dr Sharma is based in Gippsland, but the other three streams are in Ballarat.

She has a doctorate in nanomaterials, worked in hydrogen fuel cells in her PhD, and has a background in interdisciplinary research, “I’m based in Gippsland, but the centre is quite new. We are continuously adding new people, but

The method to the madness

HYDROGEN is the most abundant element in the universe.

The sun, and other stars, are essentially giant balls of hydrogen and helium gases.

The sun is essentially a giant ball of hydrogen gas undergoing fusion into helium gas.

This process causes the sun to produce vast amounts of energy.

Hydrogen occurs naturally on Earth in compound form with other elements in liquids, gases, or solids.

Hydrogen combined with oxygen is water (H2O) and is the lightest element.

Hydrogen is a gas at normal temperature and pressure, but hydrogen condenses to a liquid at -253C. Hydrogen is an energy carrier.

Energy carriers transport energy in a usable form from one place to another.

Elemental hydrogen is an energy carrier that must be produced from another substance.

Hydrogen can be produced - or separated - from a variety of sources, including water, fossil fuels, or biomass and used as a source of energy or fuel.

It takes more energy to produce hydrogen (by separating it from other elements in molecules) than hydrogen provides when it is converted to useful energy.

However, hydrogen is useful as a fuel because it has a high energy content per unit of weight, which is why it is used as a rocket fuel and in fuel cells to produce electricity on some spacecraft.

Hydrogen is not widely used as a fuel now, but it has the potential for greater use in the future.

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there is no number we are currently aiming for," she told the Latrobe Valley Express.

"I joined from the UK last year. I’m still identifying what is needed, where to go from here, getting funding - it’s not easy to get funding for hydrogen at small, regional universities.

“Gippsland is an important region, but not everyone understands that. Attracting local research students to the region is also a challenge the university is facing.”

One major outcome from the workshop was the severe lack of social awareness about the technology and understanding what it means.

“Most don’t have an understanding about hydrogen technology. There are a lot of misconceptions that it will only replace diesel or petrol in the cars in transport, or hydrogen is not safe to burn. That is not the case; most think of the Hindenburg (the giant Zeppelin balloon filled with hydrogen that burst into flames in the 1930s). That’s what a lot of people relate hydrogen to,” she said.

Current hybrid vehicles, for example, where the engine runs on diesel/petrol and the battery is charged through that, can be transformed through hydrogen.

“In the hydrogen fuel cell electric hybrid (current technology), the fuel cell replaces the petrol, the battery is still there. There is no hydrogen burning; the hydrogen is being used via an electro-chemical reaction, you only have water as a by-product apart from electricity,” Dr Sharma said.

“Availability of hydrogen electric systems (buses, trucks, tractors and stationery energy generators) fitted with hydrogen fuel cells and batteries (emitting just water vapour) would significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the local businesses, supply chains and households.”

Gippsland has been introduced to hydrogen through Japan’s HESC coal-to-hydrogen project, which has been proven at the pilot plant scale and is now gearing up towards a commercial plant by the end of the decade. The Latrobe Valley’s brown coal is gasified and split into carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The CO2 is to be stored under Bass Strait; the hydrogen is transported to Western Port where it is liquefied and transported in bulk to Japan.

Dr Sharma was born in Delhi in India, where she did her undergraduate and Masters degrees before moving to the UK for higher studies, ultimately staying to do research for 15 years from 2007 to 2022.

“My research experience is in hydrogen fuel cells and low temperature fuel systems. I’m coming from the green hydrogen (produced from renewables) perspective. I want to bring here that technology and understanding built over the last decade from the UK. There is a lot of scope here. There is not much done in hydrogen research here, which gives me a lot to cover as an academic,” she said.

However, the coal and carbon capture and storage research in Gippsland is a new frontier for Dr Sharma.

“It’s new for me here, too. I see the relevance of that in the region. It’s a resource for the region and the fact that coming from an academic perspective, I understand the importance of both blue (fossil-fuelbased hydrogen) and green at this stage for the energy transition,” she said.

The Committee for Gippsland last year released a report that backed both blue and green hydrogen for Gippsland, with blue having the early running but in the long run, each complemented the other.

“I don’t disagree with that at all. Energy transition is seen internationally - no academic in the field will disagree that blue will cover a lot of ground in the intermediate phase, we cannot go into complete energy transition with renewables without the blue hydrogen,” she said.

“Green will eventually take over, now it’s not there. We need the infrastructure, the investment - that will not happen overnight. We need that

Knowhow: Dr Surbhi Sharma says the state cannot enter complete renewable energy transition Photograph supplied without blue hydrogen. time for transition and blue hydrogen will help us.

Carbon capture balances the footprint - it’s needed for the current transition phase.”

The workshop, held at the end of last year, brought industry, different institutions and organisations with the aim to move forward hydrogen knowledge and research in Gippsland.

“What the university can do, where industry can help, what is missing for industry, what are the gaps, how to go forward, rather than fixating discussion on blue and green - that was the discussion,” Dr Sharma said.

“We all appreciate that hydrogen has to be there, why not move forward with other aspects of the requirements for the technology - it’s not just the colours and the generation of hydrogen; we also need to focus on storage, the transportation and the utilisation. New technology is involved in all of these aspects, there are training and research requirements for all these aspects as well that we are not looking into and ignoring by focusing on blue or green.”

At the workshop, Dr Sharma said representatives from the hydrogen automotive sector emphasised that engineers and technicians, as well as managers and consultants, were needed now as the industry was struggling to move forward in Gippsland and in Australia.

The workshop also underlined the urgent need for a hydrogen fuel cell research and training facility in Gippsland to support the industry in manufacturing, assembly of hydrogen systems and educational courses - engineering, science business, IT and the social sciences.

Dr Sharma said hydrogen technologies were also essential for power generation - supporting the grid energy balance to manage the unpredictability of solar and wind power and the limitations of batteries.

“None of the available renewable technologies are mature enough and that is a well appreciated fact across the industry and academia. These are evolving technologies, and none can independently take over the load of existing energy requirements, we need them in the mix,” she said.

“Hydrogen is essential to the mix for a sustainable transition. The generation of electricity from

hydrogen fuel cells can feed into the grid, can feed into the gaps between other renewables. We want to ensure the consistency of energy supply and not have power failures or power surges, balance demand and supply across different times of the day and the year. You need a mix of these technologies.”

This emphasises the need for more interest, understanding and training in hydrogen technologies for them to evolve.

“The main place where hydrogen is being looked at as a fuel to burn is in the manufacturing of iron and steel that require furnaces. They use fossil fuels. That will be transitioned to hydrogen, to get rid of the carbon footprint and negative aspects of that. A lot of the rest of the infrastructure will be electrified and hydrogen is part of that electrification process,” Dr Sharma said.

Dr Sharma said in Europe, America and the UK, hydrogen research was forging ahead, while India was “picking up the pace”.

“We are a decade behind in terms of what we are doing here. There is no structured approach to training for graduates or doctoral students on hydrogen technology. Teaching programs need to be developed across all universities. If this is going to be a transition, it must be a nationwide exercise, it can’t just be done in a few universities,” she said.

“A lot of the infrastructure will be set up in the regional areas and therefore, regional universities will probably do more work.

"There are a lot of transition issues that we need to be keep in mind from a regional perspective. It will affect people in those areas, it’s where industry is going to come.”

Dr Sharma emphasised that without social awareness moving forward, acceptance of these technologies and adoption of these technologies would be very slow.

“It could take forever. We don’t have that luxury of time with the climate crisis; that is the motivation to drive the energy transition.”

The workshop concluded with an agreement to hold more workshops and move towards a structured approach with concrete steps that government, industry and academics can put in place to forge hydrogen technology in Gippsland.

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Life After Coal

Impact: The community will gather this Saturday to reflect on 10 years since the Hazelwood mine fire. The fire burnt for 45 days, causing widespread File photograph health and economic issues for Morwell and surrounds.

THE team at Life After Coal is hosting a community day at Kernot Hall this Saturday (February 17) to reflect on post-coal progress since the Hazelwood mine fire.

Beginning at 10am, everyone is welcome to come to the newly refurbished Kernot Hall for a reflective, fun and family-friendly day.

The director, Josie Hess, and producer, Stephanie Sabrinskas, from Life After Coal have organised a free community lunch, kids' activities and music, talks, film screenings, history recordings, workshops and a community mural.

With discussions and talks covering how far the community has come since the Hazelwood mine fire, the focus will be on health and wellbeing

impacts, mine rehabilitation plans for Hazelwood and surrounding mines, plus climate active communities.

The community day aims to be a mix of celebrating the wins and the power of community advocacy, while also respecting the enormity of the impact that the fire had on the community.

This event will include a double film premiere of Environment Victoria’s short documentary series featuring unheard stories from a diverse range of those in the community.

The Victorian premiere of After The Smoke! tells the story of Wendy Farmer, president of Voices of the Valley, who recounts how the devastating Hazelwood mine fire led her and many others to

find their voice as community advocates.

The event has been created as part of the impact campaign of independent Latrobe Valley-based filmmakers, Ms Hess and Ms Sabrinskas, for the short film, 'After The Smoke' (2023).

'After the Smoke' was supported by the ABC, VicScreen & Doc Society. This impact event is also supported by Doc Society.

The event is free, but the organisers ask that people register for free tickets which they can access through the event's Facebook Page 'Life After Coal'.

This is important so that organisers can accommodate accessibility needs, order enough food and plan kids' activities.

Businesses better prepared for bushfires

VICTORIAN tourism business owners can now better prepare themselves ahead of fire seasons, thanks to CFA's new Bushfire Planning for Tourism Businesses free online module.

The 30-minute interactive tool that went live in mid-January has been created to help businesses better understand their respective bushfire risk and guide them through producing their own Bushfire Survival Plan.

Businesses can learn how to best communicate the information to their visitors, particularly surrounding fire ratings and warnings, and are encouraged to download marketing materials to display and distribute around their communities.

CFA Deputy Chief Officer, Alen Slijepcevic said tourism businesses and their staff are valuable sources of information for visitors to any region during summer.

"If you run a tourism business that relies on customers during summer, you should have a bushfire plan," Mr Slijepcevic said.

"While some tourists are aware of the fire risk in the area they visit, others are not, and they will look to you for information. It is important they are alert, but not alarmed.

"Talking to your customers about bushfire safety doesn't always need to be about leaving your location entirely, it could be about suggesting

alternative activities for the more dangerous days."

Mr Slijepcevic said preparation was the key to protecting employees, customers, and businesses.

"Your bushfire plan should include what will happen on certain fire danger rating days," Mr Slijepcevic said.

"Having a bushfire plan also ensures everyone that works in your business is aware of their roles and responsibilities, especially on a hot and windy day.

"Staying up to date via the VicEmergency App is vital to your and your visitors safety."

No water under the bridge for Tyers

MEMBER for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has used his first Parliamentary contribution for the year to highlight the ongoing issues plaguing the new Latrobe River Bridge in Tyers.

Addressing the Minister for Roads, Melissa Horne, Mr Cameron asked why the causeway on the southside of Tyers Road was not raised during construction of the new bridge.

“Valley residents rightly rejoiced when the new Tyers bridge opened just before Christmas, but three weeks later it was under water again,” he said.

“After only moderate rainfall the Latrobe River burst its banks, spilling over the road and flooding the causeway to the south of the bridge.

“It was déjà vu for road users who have been telling the government for decades that a new Tyers bridge would be useless if the causeway wasn’t raised because it would still flood.

“After years of community consultation and planning, and after spending $10 million on the project, we are in the same position as we were 10 years ago - with a road that will still

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Legallydisposeoftyres Faster regional help ENVIRONMENTAL authorities are urging Victorian households and businesses to spare the environment and dispose of their used tyres legally.

This comes after more than 2700 car and truck tyres were found dumped on public land last year.

The Conservation Regulator and Parks Victoria recorded at least 60 separate illegal dumping incidents involving personal or commercial quantities of tyres across Victorian public land in 2023, with the state’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) estimating that thousands more have been dumped, burned, or stockpiled.

Dumped car tyres can have serious impacts on human and environmental health. Old tyres also contain harmful chemicals that leach into the environment and groundwater as they break down, potentially poisoning plants and animals.

Discarded tyres also present a serious fire risk, as tyre fires are harder to control or extinguish than regular fires. As rubber burns hotter and more easily, tyres dumped in forests can fuel bushfires with devastating effects.

Legal disposal of old tyres reduces these environmental and safety risks, and recycled tyres can often be turned into other products, including roads and artificial playground turf.

“Illegally dumped rubber tyres can seriously risk the health of communities, environments, and native wildlife, and Victorian individuals and businesses need to clean up their act," Director of Regulatory Operations, Conservation Regulator Victoria, David McIlroy said.

"Our state forests are not a rubbish tip, and anyone caught treating them like one will be penalised."

Individual or small quantities of tyres can be responsibly disposed of at recycling centres, such as local council transfer stations, for a small fee so that they can be repurposed.

Most tyre outlets will also accept old tyres as part of government recycling schemes, either for free if people have purchased new tyres from their shop, or for a small fee if brought from elsewhere.

When disposing tyres through one of the above options, people should check with their local council, recycling facility, or individual tyre seller to see if they accept them.

All-round issue: EPA Victoria is cracking down on illegally dumped tyres.

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Victorian businesses also have legal obligations for safely storing and transporting large amounts of waste tyres.

EPA Victoria produces guidance on managing these responsibilities, which can be found at: epa.vic.gov.au/for-business/find-a-topic/ manage-industrial-waste/waste-tyres In Victoria, it is an offence to dump litter or waste under the Environment Protection Act 2017, with maximum penalties ranging between $3846 and $230,772.

Senior Manager Enforcement and Regulatory Services, Parks Victoria, Mark Breguet warned against illegally dumping tyres.

"As well as being unsightly, illegally dumped tyres harm the environment and pose a serious health risk to park visitors and the environment," he said.

"Removing tyres diverts our rangers’ time away from managing and improving the state’s parks and reserves. This impacts the maintenance of facilities and the implementation of conservation programs that protect native plants, animals, and historical and cultural sites."

For more information on local council waste services, visit sustainability.vic.gov.au/recyclingand-reducing-waste/at-home/recycling-at-home/ council-waste-and-recycling-services The public can report illegal dumping on public land to 136 186 or to EPA Victoria on 1300 372 842.

AMBULANCE Victoria (AV) says their paramedics are reaching patients in the Gippsland region faster than a year ago, despite another record-breaking quarter for emergency ambulance demand.

Acting Gippsland Regional Director, Stuart Reid said the average response time to Code 1 "lights and sirens" cases across Victoria was now under 15 minutes for the first time in more than two years.

"While there is more work ahead of us, it is encouraging our response to Code 1 emergencies improved a full minute and 46 seconds across Victoria compared to a year ago," Mr Reid said.

"The Productivity Commission's recent Report on Government Services shows Victoria has Australia's most trusted paramedics and leads the nation in cardiac arrest survival and pain management.

"Our dedicated paramedics and first responders are to be commended for the outstanding care they deliver to communities across the state."

The last quarter of 2023 was the busiest in AV's history, with 154,267 emergency cases. This includes 99,833 Code 1 cases - the second most on record - and 54,434 Code 2 cases.

Between October and December 2023, paramedics across Victoria responded to 67.3 per cent of Code 1 cases within the statewide target of 15 minutes - up from 66 per cent for the previous three months and 7.1 percentage points better than 60.2 per cent a year ago.

Performance against the 15-minute target for Code 1 cases improved in 74 of Victoria's 79 Local Government Areas (LGAs) compared to a year ago.

In the Gippsland Region, the biggest improvements were in the Latrobe, South Gippsland, Baw Baw and Wellington LGAs. In the Gippsland region:  Paramedics attended 86.3 per cent of Code 1 patients within 15 minutes in the Morwell major population centre - the third-best result in the state;  Across the Latrobe LGA, paramedics attended 73.5 per cent of Code 1 patients within 15 minutes - up from 68.4 per cent a year earlier;  In the Wellington LGA, the average response time to Code 1 patients was 18 minutes and 28 seconds, an improvement from 19 minutes and 58 seconds a year ago, and;  Compared to a year ago, response times to Code 1 patients were 49 seconds faster in the South Gippsland LGA and 57 seconds faster in the Baw Baw LGA. AV Executive Director Clinical Operations,

Alert: Statistics show the average response time for Ambulance Victoria ‘lights and sirens’ cases in Gippsland is 15 minutes.

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Anthony Carlyon said improved performance followed increased use of alternative and virtual care services for people in the community who did not require an ambulance.

"From October to December 2023, 38,695 people who did not need an emergency ambulance were instead connected to more appropriate care by paramedics and nurses in AV's Secondary Triage team," Mr Carlyon said.

"There are now so many options for people in the community to get timely, non-urgent health advice and save Triple Zero (000) for emergencies.

"For non-life-threatening matters, you can connect directly with emergency doctors and nurses at the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) from anywhere in Victoria, at any time.

"Since October 2021, paramedics have referred more than 56,000 patients to the VVED, while a further 5400 have been referred to the VVED following assessment by our Secondary Triage team.

"Other options also include your local Priority Primary Care Centre, your GP or pharmacist, or Nurse-On-Call on 1300 60 60 24.

"While we continue to work with hospitals to improve transfer times, avoiding unnecessary ambulance attendances and trips to hospital relieves pressure in the health system and means paramedics are more available for emergencies in the community."

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ONE POINTERS 1. Cannellini, Lima and Pinto are types of what?

2. Which female artist sings the song ‘Jeanie In A Bottle’?

3. Which city is located at the end of the Yellow Brick Road?

4. What unit is used to measure the speed of a craft at sea?

TWO POINTERS 5. What do you call a dentist who is qualified to treat irregularities in the teeth and jaw?

6. What is the name of the video game where players place blocks and go on adventures?

7. What is the science of cultivating plants called?

8. Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington have this profession?

THREE POINTERS 9. Which European city has over 6 million people buried in tunnels underneath it?

10. How many test wickets did Shane Warne take? a) 698 b) 703 c) 708 11. What do you call the practice of having multiple wives or husbands at the same time?

12. Who was the female lead in the movie ‘Titanic’ alongside Leonardo DiCaprio?

FOUR POINTERS 13. The Krugerrand is a gold coin issued by which country?

14. Which unit is used to measure sound levels?

FIVE POINTER 15. I’ll give you five Australian sportsmen and women and you give me their chosen sport? One point for each correct answer.

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Target Time No. 0197 How to play...

Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included and each letter may be used only once.

No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in ‘s’.

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Target: Average - 8, Good - 10, Excellent - 14+

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Valentine’s Day in the Valley

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC

LOVE is in the air.

It’s that time of the year when you can smell the sweetness of a bouquet of fresh red roses, taste the richness of heart-shaped chocolate and treat your special someone to a love-filled day.

For all those in the Latrobe Valley who were

struck by Cupid’s arrow, there are many ways you can today give your partner a lovely Valentine's Day. It’s not too late to show someone you really care, there is always something you can get or do for your partner to spread a bit of love on this day.

I know you may think your girlfriend, wife or partner might not be the Valentine’s Day type.

Date: The Latrobe Valley Express has you covered with Valentine’s Day ideas to spoil your special Photographs supplied someone.

Showcasing local producers

REGIONAL towns across Victoria are being called on to show off their locally produced food and drinks as part of the state government’s $1 million Regional Activation Grants Program.

The Minister for Agriculture, Ros Spence, last month opened the first round of grants under the new program, inviting regional tourism boards, food and fibre groups, and regional bodies to apply for funding.

Grants of up to $70,000 are available to hold local events that showcase local food and beverages in the regions where they are produced.

This new initiative aims to shine a light on the high quality food and beverages produced in Victoria’s regions and connect local producers with local consumers.

Events may include vibrant farmers’ markets, immersive food and beverage festivals, or

collaborative tasting sessions, directly engaging local communities with producers.

The grants will support greater appreciation for locally sourced products, and strengthen the community’s connection with the creators behind the goods they value and enjoy.

Businesses involved will also have their products showcased on the Vic Grown website.

The webpage serves as a comprehensive hub, showcasing diverse producer profiles, offering insights into the rich stories behind local products, and facilitating easier access for consumers seeking locally sourced produce.

Victoria’s agricultural sector generates more than $20 billion for the state economy each year.

It’s Australia’s biggest producer of dairy, sheep meat, horticulture for human consumption and more, with many of the products available locally.

Chances are they most definitely are a bit romantic, and this piece may be able to help you out in that department.

Local florists have you covered, with perfectly styled arrangements to make a certain someone swoon with excitement.

There are many florists across the Latrobe Valley, and this writer encourages you to shop local to spoil your partner this Valentine’s Day. Dear Delilah Florist owner Donna Hicks told the Latrobe Valley Express that perhaps the traditional red roses were a thing of the past, as customers have tended to order different arrangements of flowers.

“A lot more people are doing other flowers now; it’s not just about red roses, which are probably a bit more traditional, so people are doing a lot more of a mixture because there are so many beautiful flowers this time of year,” the Morwell business owner said.

“I find so many people gravitate to other things or just Valentine’s Day colours.”

You might find that florists might be extra busy today, with Valentine’s Day being one of the biggest days of the year for the industry, as Ms Hick’s explained.

“Valentine’s is very busy for us. We are flat out the whole day. It’s just constant. We’re here from about 6-7 o’clock in the morning,” she said.

Ms Hicks said Valentine’s Day wasn’t just for the romantic lovers out there, but for all important relationships, with fathers coming in store to spoil their daughters.

“I love when men come in and buy something for their daughters, which we get a lot of,” she said.

Ms Hick has said she’s been extra busy with the rise of Valentine’s Day, a new celebration for those to appreciate platonic friendships.

For those with tighter budgets, supermarkets are often a good place to get some affordable flowers, with many selling individual roses for as cheap as $8.

If roses aren’t your partner's thing, perhaps a bottle of rosé could do the trick.

Again, if flowers and or a nice wine are a no-go, you could simply go and throw together some of your partner's favourite things in a hamper to show them how well you know them. Extra points if the colours match the Valentine’s Day theme.

And if all else fails, you’d be surprised how far a nice date could take you.

Though the Latrobe Valley might not be considered one of the most romantic spots, countless

dinner destinations would get your partner's tick of approval. A nice meal will never fail.

If you’re looking for something with a bit more action, perhaps bowling at Morwell Ten Pin or the Butter Factory might be more your pace.

If you’re looking for a night to unwind, a date at the movies could be quite special, with both Morwell and Traralgon now offering food services.

Looking for something cheaper?

Perhaps try a sunset picnic at many of the local picturesque places such as lookouts at Tyers, Trafalgar or Lake Narracan.

If your partner is more of a homebody, perhaps a candlelit home-cooked meal using local produce would do the trick to pull at the heartstrings.

At the end of the day, it’s a day designed to show your appreciation to the ones you love the most - you don’t have to spend big dollars or go all out - all you have to do is show your significant other just how much they mean to you.

Though Valentine’s Day is contemporarily recognised as a day of love, romance, kisses, candy, and cupids, it’s suspected to have a rather dark history.

Historians suspect the most common explanation for how Valentine's Day came to be is the ancient festival of Lupercalia, a raucous, wine-fuelled and violent fertility rite in which Roman men and women paired off. Still, the Latrobe Valley Express definitely doesn’t recommend celebrating the day as in ancient times.

Pinpoint the second: Let’s hope no one has any experiences similar to poor Ralph Wiggum this Valentine’s Day.

Love letters in a kitty litter box

By KATRINA BRANDON

FEBRUARY is filled with chocolates, and flowers come the 14th, but this year, Grounded Paws Animal Rescue (GPAR) donation requests around the area are written on litter trays, sparking ‘Febpoorary’.

“We have wanted to do the Febpoorary Valentine's fundraiser for years, and then at the last minute, (we used to change) the plans and went for sweets and ‘love’ instead,” said GPAR President, Shellie Chessum.

“Valentine’s Day isn’t always a day of roses for everyone. So, why not give it a whirl this year?

Anyone from anywhere can pop the $5 donation into the rescue account and message us the ‘special name’ they wish to be written in the tray.”

When someone donates, GPAR writes on a

disposable litter tray name and gives it off to their foster cats, and then it can be thrown out afterwards.

“We have more than enough kitties in care, so this has been a low-maintenance fundraiser for the carers," Ms Chessum said.

"We’ve had an incredible response from the community, and we are sitting down 15-20 trays a night to be ‘valentined’.

"We send the 'before video' of the litter going into the named tray, and then once the job is complete, the donor receives the after shot!”

The fundraiser ends today (Wednesday, February 14) and goes towards the rescued animals. It's for vet bills that can be up to $4000 at the rescue centre within the week.

For more information, go to the Grounded Paws Animal Rescue Facebook page.

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Opal staff back at work, but uncertainty lingers From page 1

THE AMWU told the Express that the lockout came shortly after a formal meeting where Opal demanded the unions agree on the removal of member quota numbers from the enterprise agreement.

An AMWU representative suggested in this round of negotiations that Opal was coming to destabilise workers' right to employment security.

“We want to know that we’ve got a job tomorrow, next week and next year," they said.

Though the AMWU did not secure member numbers under the agreement, they said they would take the proposed new agreement as a compromise.

Since the closure of white paper manufacturing at the Maryvale Mill due to the end of VicForests' wood supply, the mill has had more than 300 redundancies, which Opal said has been a major challenge.

"Ways of working that were acceptable many years ago and reflected in previous maintenance Enterprise Agreements are no longer appropriate and pose serious challenges to our Maryvale Mill, which is facing a highly competitive and international market," an Opal statement said.

"To complete the Mill’s transformation to 100 per cent brown paper packaging, we must urgently embed new ways of working with our team members and their representatives.

"These ways of working require greater collaboration with our internal and external stakeholders, including our team members’ representatives.”

In a media statement, Opal said they had pleaded with the unions regarding their financial predicament, asking for them to consider approaches other than a “rollover”.

The Union said they recognised Opal’s financial position, but also said secure conditions of employment remained integral.

AMWU spokespeople have said Opal’s original demands posed a threat to their job stability.

“This numbers clause just ensures that they have to keep our workforce of full-time employees in place. They can’t be replaced with a contract workforce,” an AMWU representative said.

The Express understands there will be no major changes to the contractor clause with the new agreement effectively a rollover from the last, with a union representative saying talks were quite frustrating with no real improvement of working conditions.

Video footage from last week revealed buses of external employees heading into Opal's main gate. The contractors were said to be from the New Zealand-based company HUTEC and New South Wales' PGSR, angering many local workers locked out.

“We want to do the work. We’ve got pride in our work, and we want to do it,” the AMWU spokesperson said.

Opal has said they remain committed to securing the future of the mill.

“We continue to negotiate in good faith and remain open to further discussion on all items in the log of claims,” an Opal spokesperson said.

The unions certainly don’t find Opal’s negation 'in good faith', going through a second lockout at the Maryvale Mill in the space of four years.

Though an agreement is set to be finalised by mid-March, the general sentiments coming from workers is one of frustration, with one worker citing that the working conditions in the Mill “is not what it used to be”.

Despite the Pyrrhic victory, AMWU members say they are glad to return to work.

Though Opal’s Maryvale Mill dispute has closed, another in the region may have just begun, as Emergency Service Workers at EnergyAustralia’s Yallourn Power Station have begun taking industrial action fighting for a fair redundancy amid Yallourn’s 2028 scheduled closure.

Dispute: Maintenance workers were locked-out without pay during an intense industrial dispute at Photograph: Zaida Glibanovic the Maryvale Mill.

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Court system in crisis Keep wipes out of the pipes

VICTORIA has the worst and most expensive court backlogs in Australia, according to a new report from the Productivity Commission, prompting the Opposition to claim the Victorian court system is in crisis.

The PC's Report on Government Services examined every Australian jurisdiction’s court backlog for 2022-23 and confirmed that Victoria has:  Magistrates’ Court criminal case wait times of more than 12 months, the worst of any mainland state at 18.2 per cent;  Magistrates’ Court civil case wait times of more than 12 months, the worst of any state at 36.2 per cent;  County Court criminal case wait times of more than 12 months, the second worst of any state at 26.6 per cent;  Supreme Court criminal case wait times of more than 12 months, the worst of any mainland state at 28.5 per cent;  Cost per finalisation of Supreme Court criminal cases, the highest in the country at $63,139 per case, and;

 Cost per finalisation of Supreme Court civil cases the highest of any state in the country at $11,636 per case.

The Shadow Attorney-General, Michael O’Brien, said the independent data showed that Victoria’s court system is in crisis.

"The Allan government’s neglect means Victorians not only face the longest waits but must pay the most to have their day in court," he said.

“Given the truism that ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’, this data underlines that in Victoria there is no justice under Labor.

"A Labor Government that can waste $600 million dollars on cancelling the Commonwealth Games seems incapable of investing in our courts to ensure Victorians can have access to justice.

“This is unacceptable and it is wrong. These appalling criminal case backlogs directly threaten the safety of Victorians as they provide a reason for courts to generously hand out bail to violent offenders due to the lengthy delays in matters being heard."

GIPPSLAND Water is reminding customers to be careful about what they flush down toilets and pour down sinks.

The message follows a recent influx in clogged pipes and sewer infrastructure.

Gippsland Water Managing Director, Sarah Cumming, said the blockages were caused by a combination of foreign materials and fats entering the sewer network.

“Items like wipes, tissues and paper towel should never be flushed,” Ms Cumming said.

“Anything other than toilet paper can block household pipes and the sewer system - toilet paper is the only material that breaks down.”

Ms Cumming also cautioned against tipping food scraps, fat and oil down sinks and toilets.

“Fats and oils can bind with foreign materials like wipes, sometimes resulting in large sewer

blockages commonly known as fatbergs,” she said.

“It’s important to know that these sorts of blockages can have serious consequences for customers, including spills on private property.”

Ms Cumming said Gippsland Water spends around $200,000 each year fixing blocked sewer pipes.

“It can take several hours or days to dislodge blockages or clean up spills, which can also impact local waterways and pose risk to the wider community,” she said.

“We would much rather be using those funds to upgrade assets and provide services to the community and our customers.”

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BETWEEN February and April this year, 10 Victorian councils will undergo ward boundary reviews to make sure voters are represented equally at the next local council election.

Baw Baw, Wellington, South Gippsland and Bass are the Gippsland shires under review.

Minister for Local Government, Melissa Horne, has asked the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) to carry out the reviews because each of these councils has one or more wards where the number of voters per councillor is forecast to be outside the legislated +/-10 per cent tolerance at the next local council election.

After the VEC finishes its review, the minister will decide whether to accept its recommendations.

The 10 councils with ward boundaries under review have been divided into three groups. There will be online public information sessions for each group to explain the reviews and open the submissions period.

The VEC will share options in a preliminary report, and encourages all Victorians, particularly

those in the local council areas under review, to have their say in a public submission.

People interested in making a submission can share their views and draw a map of their preferred ward boundaries online.

The public submission tool will be available on the VEC website at vec.vic.gov.au from today (Wednesday, February 14).

Group A councils:

Bass Coast Shire Council, Baw Baw Shire Council, South Gippsland Shire Council, Wellington Shire Council. (Public submissions close 5pm on Wednesday, March 6).

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Council Beat

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First council meeting of the new year

MORWELL was on the agenda at Latrobe City Council's first monthly meeting of the year on Monday, February 6.

Council opted to move the meeting to Morwell's Kernot Hall, perhaps taking advantage of the precinct's recent renovations, and investment in the Morwell central business district (CBD) was the council's first issue to discuss.

All councillors were in attendance except for Tracie Lund and Melissa Ferguson.

To begin the meeting, Cr Ferguson was approved a leave of absence for the rest of the month. The South Ward councillor has taken a step away from her duties since the passing of her mother.

As always, the public participation portion of the meeting started official proceedings, this time with a question regarding council’s efforts to attract new business, particularly in the Morwell CBD. In response, the Latrobe City Council Chief Executive, Steven Piasente, said that the business development and investment attraction team was working hard to attract investment.

Mr Piasente went on to say that officers are working with numerous businesses to establish a presence in the Morwell CBD. Currently, eight organisations are in discussion with council to buy or lease land in the region, with a potential for 800 new jobs.

Council is working with the new Latrobe City business chamber to assist existing businesses while also offering concierge services.

Mr Piasente said that the Morwell CBD vacancy rate had reduced slightly to 16.1 per cent - a drop of 3.7 per cent in recent times.

“Obviously this work will take some time to come to fruition, but I know the team are working diligently on that task and will continue to focus on attracting new businesses and is expected to see some results throughout this calendar year and beyond,” Mr Piasente said.

Traralgon’s demands with its rising population and the site's perfect accessibility and visibility.

Citing VicRoads measurements in his speech to council, Mr Lamb said Princes Road was not a quiet street, with 25,000 cars driving by a day.

In opposition, a local resident, Teresa Gerad, who would share a fence line with the proposed service station, said she was concerned about the possible health implications living so close to a service station may cause.

Councillors deliberated about the undesirable position of a service station so close to residential housing.

Cr Graeme Middlemiss said the service station would be “inappropriate and, as the officers spell out, does not meet the guidelines”.

The majority of the council refused the planning permit while Cr Dan Clancey backed the proposal.

The council's main issue was the service station's proposed 24-hour operation.

With the refusal, it is believed the developer will head to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), aiming for a better resolution.

Moe Chinese Garden canned

COUNCIL unanimously agreed to vote for Cr Sharon Gibson’s proposed alternative motion to reinvest the Moe Chinese Garden funds into a garden for the Moe community.

Council took the board officer's recommendation and scrapped the idea of building a Chinese garden in Moe. The proposed garden was a way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sister City relationship between Latrobe City and Taizhou.

Make Moe Glow organisation led the charge to sway council into reconsidering its 2019 $60,000 commitment to the Chinese garden, requesting an Australian garden be a better fit and more cost-effective for the area.

This request was also made during the time of federal government tensions with China's government.

Cr Gibson called for a garden to reflect Moe’s history, recognising First Nations people and others who helped shape Moe into what it is today.

“The nature of this alt speaks to the desire of the local community to be able to have pride of place, particularly in this garden precinct,” Cr Kellie O’Callaghan said.

Rivers and catchments

New scene: Latrobe City Council’s first monthly meeting of 2024 was held at Morwell’s Kernot File photograph Hall.

Saying no to the servo

LATROBE City Council refused a planning permit proposal to develop land for a service station on 182-186 Princes Street, Traralgon.

The refusal of the planning permit was based on council officer recommendations as the land has residential zoning, and a petrol station would not fit with the preferred land use in council policy.

Local developer Jim Lamb, alongside British Petroleum (BP), submitted the application, suggesting the site was ideal for development, given

COUNCIL will make funding applications to the federal government’s Urban River and Catchments Program 2023.

The $200 million federal government Urban Rivers and Catchments Program is a new grant stream that focuses on restoring urban waterways, benefiting native species, and improving community access to nature.

Two funding streams are available: the first offers grants of $150,000 to $2 million with no co-contribution element, and the second offers grants between $2 million to $10 million with a 50 per cent cash co-contribution element.

Council is looking to apply for Stream 1 funding for the Traralgon Railway Reservoir Conservation Reserve dam de-silting and the Edward Hunter Heritage Bush Reserve dam de-silting and water quality improvements.

They will also seek to gain a Stream 2 grant for the Downs Reserve Waterway re-naturalisation.

The application will be submitted and council will

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soon be notified of the outcome from the federal government.

Commonwealth Games funding

COUNCIL endorsed a funding submission to the state government’s council support package for $5 million.

These consist of a myriad of Stage 1 projects valued at $4.105 million and Stage 2 projects valued at $895,000.

These projects include $480,000 for tourism infrastructure accessibility improvements and $550,000 for playing surface works on the Maryvale Reserve pitch.

Cr Middlemiss said he believes this application will be approved, as the state government is looking to honour the commitment it made to the hub cities after the 2026 regional Commonwealth Games were cancelled.

“We have provided a list of what projects we feel in our community would match those expectations, and I’m hopeful that we might end up with just about everything we would have received with the Commonwealth Games being funded with this process,” he said.

Approving modern farming

WITH some confusing language, council voted through an alternative motion that allows a family to apply for a second dwelling on farm zone land that was initially planned with no further dwellings on the property.

The Ford family has farmed on Francis Road in Glengarry for years. With 93 hectares of farm for their prime Angus, the Fords say they are proud to contribute to the agriculture industry.

The landowners of the property had previously agreed to Section 173 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987, which restricts the potential of additional dwellings on the site to protect agricultural land.

Adam Ford made use of public speaker time to plead his case.

In his speech, he urged council to understand the transformation contemporary farming has undergone with family share arrangements and his need to live on site.

“Since acquiring the additional land, things have changed for my parents, and the requirement for us to be living on the farmland has become increasingly evident,” he said.

The Fords aim to implement the family succession plan and preserve the business and its contribution to the Gippsland beef industry.

“We believe a second dwelling will future-proof this plan,” he said.

“We are passionate about our beef production business and wish to be able to continue to contribute to the agriculture within Latrobe City."

Council will provide support to the variation of the agreement and potentially allow a subdivision to occur and go through the planning process.

Council noted these sorts of planning applications are becoming quite frequent, reflecting a change in how farming occurs in the modern day. Council debated handling each of these unique applications on a case-by-case basis.

With council convinced that the Fords aim is to future-proof the farm and preserve its success, they will see the official planning permit at a later date once it has been submitted.

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Tourism events

THREE exciting new sporting events will come to town, as council unanimously endorsed the Tourism and Major Events Advisory Committee recommendations (TAMEAC).  A sum of $15,000 will be allocated for the Australian Esports League Latrobe Cup (dates yet to be confirmed);  $12,000 will be used for the AFL Diversity Championships for both female and male competitions in July and September of this year, respectively, and;  The 2025 Table Tennis Australia Championships from July 5 to 13 will be held at the GRISS with a funding allocation of $10,000.

Cr Dale Harriman said the exposure the Esports competition alone will bring to Latrobe City was invaluable as the sport continues to grow.

He also said this was a unique opportunity to attract a new untapped market of competition to the region.

Quarterly budget and reports COUNCIL was also presented with the budget report for the quarter ending December 31, 2023.

The financial performance ratio indicates that council remains within the industry's expected ranges.

The report’s main findings were:  The ‘Comprehensive Income Statement’ report forecasts a surplus result for the full financial year of $19.7m, which is a favourable variance of $11m to the original budget;  The ‘Balance Sheet’ shows that council maintains a strong liquidity position;  The ‘Statement of Cash Flows’ shows that council has $99.8m in cash and financial assets (i.e. investments). The level is higher than normal because of previous financial years including capital works, reserves funds and government grants advanced earlier than expected, and;  The ‘Statement of Capital Works’ shows a forecast expenditure of $73.7m compared to the budget of $43.8m. The increase is mainly due to funds carried forward from 2022/23 and additional government funding received for various programs, including roads programs, regional car parks fund, and local roads and community infrastructure program.

Council encouraged people invested in the council’s expenditure to read the budget to see where their rates go.

Council also noted the report on contract variations from October 2023 until the end of the year.

Despite the carried motion, Cr Gibson voted against the report and asked that council review their practice on awarding contracts given some “large variations” and increases in contracts of that time period.

Council also received the audit and risk committee meeting minutes from September 21 and November 23, 2023.

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How one farmer found relief in art “I’d never been to an exhibition or any of that stuff until Brett passed away,” he said.

With around 30 exhibitions in his portfolio and countless awards, Graeme has become a recognised artist with people coining the blue in his paintings the Myrteza Blue.

Despite winning several art show awards, Graeme said while some artists would prioritise this aspect of the lifestyle, he was among the ones who couldn’t care less.

Graeme’s heartfelt works are receiving the recognition they deserve, especially with the short film Myrteza Blue, directed by Eren Besiroglu, which centres on Graeme’s journey from farmer to painter.

Having travelled throughout Australia, Graeme captures the views and light - from the vast Kimberley to waves crashing on Phillip Island.

“I like all the outback … I’ve spent a lot of time out there out west or up in the high country," he said.

“I like the blues and reds and yellows in the outback.”

Despite learning from Churchill artist Bill Roberts, Graeme never really had any art education. His work has been self-taught coming from the heart.

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painters Hans Heysen, Frederick McCubbin and Arthur Streeton, he developed his own way of capturing the beauty in the Australian outback.

“There’s a lot of things I like, but I just like painting, you know … but gum trees are pretty high up on the (inspiration) list,” he said.

I had an exhibition at the County Court in Melbourne there … which was pretty special.”

For Graham, art was truly a self-expression, a way of processing his own emotions, and a form of therapeutic release.

"I have found that over the years, I have grown to love the smell of oil paint, turps and raw canvas almost as much as the constant challenge of trying to capture the majestic gums, creeks and brilliant landscapes of our beautiful country," he said.

As Graeme slows things down in his senior years, he focuses on art for himself.

You can see Graeme’s extraordinary work yearround in The Covent Galley in Daylesford, Town and Country Gallery in Yarragon and the Mingara Gallery in Cowes.

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FROM the rolling hills of spud country comes the intergenerational farmer and painter, Graeme Myretza.

Originating from the region's most fertile farming land, Graeme came from a farming family in Thorpdale.

A country boy at heart, Graeme loved to do all the things a young country boy enjoyed - hunting, fishing, and camping. He did it all, but deep down, he always had an artistic flair that would not be fully appreciated until very later in life.

As a child, he enjoyed drawing and painting, but after leaving school, there was no time to continue his passion.

“I was born in Thorpdale - I’ve been here all my life in the same place. I was drawing and doing all that stuff when I was a kid and at school,” he said.

Leaving Warragul Tech at the age of 15, Graeme said from there, “All we did was farm then - farm work on the spuds, dairy farm, carrots and sheep and cattle and all that sorts of stuff.”

If you walk into one of three galleries that hang some of Graeme’s works, you can see the heart

that is put into every brush stroke of his landscape pieces.

In 2005, the family's life was changed forever after losing their son, Brett, following his 30-year battle with muscular dystrophy. After encouragement from friends and family, Graeme took to the paintbrush to help ease his pain.

"With the loss of Brett, I started painting again, therapy, I suppose, and from then on, I have had a brush in my hand pretty much every day," he said.

“He passed away, and I started painting about a week later.

“It was losing Brett that started all that.

“He had muscular dystrophy, he was 30-years-old, and he sort of had enough.”

Starting his artistic journey at almost 60-yearsold, Graeme is not pouring his heart out onto canvas for notoriety, fame or fortune, he paints what he likes for himself and his son.

"Brett never saw me paint, but I know he's with me when I am painting, he has a part in each work I do and that's why I put his initials in every painting," he said.

A countryman in a world of eccentric personalities, Graeme is often described as that ‘painting farmer bloke’.

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Effective: GippsDairy presented an interactive and detailed workshop on mental and emotional health in Traralgon last week.

Photograph: Tom Hayes

Grabbing the bull by the horns

By TOM HAYES

A SMALL collection of dairy farmers from Gippsland underwent a GippsDairy workshop on Tuesday, February 6.

About 15 farmers from the region came together to learn more about mental and emotional health, and the effects it can have in the workplace.

GippsDairy is one of the eight dairy regions that make up the conglomerate Dairy Australia.

GippsDairy provides services to benefit and advance the dairy industry and individual businesses, with the aim to work towards a profitable and sustainable industry.

The group delivers a wide range of services, including workshops where farmers can meet and communicate with each other and learn how to get the most out of their businesses, discussing 'every angle in the book'.

This particular workshop, held at the Traralgon Bowls Club, focussed on mental and emotional health, how to spread positivity in the workplace and how farmers' health could affect other staff or employees.

GippsDairy Regional Manager, Karen McLennan, said different types of workshops pull interest to different kinds of dairy farmers.

“It depends on the topic, sometimes different topics

can engage different types of farmers,” she said.

“Our more popular kind of course is that we deliver ‘Cups On, Cups Off’, for new people coming into the industry; this one is a little bit different to the usual workshops that we offer, but it’s still really important because its about your sense of self and how you work with others.”

Ms McLennan highlighted the importance of the day’s topic, mental and emotional health on the farm, and how GippsDairy approached the topic.

“The big focus was around your emotional health and how your emotional health presents in your interactions with others and that could be your family life, your work life, whatever - which is very relevant across the dairy industry,” she said.

“Thinking about ‘above and below the line’, so some of that negative self-talk, that might mean that you are not as approachable, not as understandable as what you should be in a work environment.”

Longwarry dairy farmer, John Versteden, travelled to Traralgon for the event, and found the workshop helpful.

“I’ve been in the (dairy farming) industry for about 40 years, started off share farming, leasing, purchasing farms … we sort of went from 100 cows to 1200 cows in the 1990s, and then we’ve settled at about 700,” he said.

“It’s a bit of a self-development thing as much as

anything else, because I think if we were actually in a headspace yourself - everything flows better as a result of that.

“Whether that’s your family, or your staff, or whatever it is, it’s about keeping everything above the line, and how positivity flows - it’s almost infectious.”

Mr Versteden admits that he has undertaken some GippsDairy workshops in the past and implanted their ideas in his business.

“I’ve actually done a little bit of this stuff before, and it actually works. I’m really conscious of staying above the line every day, it’s hard to do that some days," he said.

“Watching how people respond to that, when you come across people that are really negative or want to stay below the line, it actually shuts them down when all you give them is positive stuff."

On the implementation front, Mr Versteden said, “We try to, it’s a work in progress - we don’t succeed in doing it every day, nobody does”.

Ms McLennan spoke on the importance of the workshops, and how they get farmers to not only interact with one another, but share ideas and network.

“Often at events like this, farmers will meet farmers they know, but they’ll also get an opportunity to meet and connect with other farmers," she said. “(It) is really important for the dairy industry

because they’re working with a close, small group, in some instances of employees and staff on the farm, or maybe even only with their partner."

GippsDairy is always trying to get ideas from farmers as to what they would want to learn, and from there they plan out events throughout the year and cater to their needs.

“We are trying to consult with farmers at least once a year to (say) ‘What do you want to see over the next 12 months?’ but we also just like to throw some curveballs into the mix too and just see,” Ms McLennan said.

“It mightn’t have been asked for but it might be something people engage with, for us its always a bit of a balance to see what attracts more farmers and what they can benefit from.”

The workshops appear to be highly successful and widely popular for farmers of all ages, and Mr Versteden would love to see more dairy farmers joining them at the workshops.

“I actually would like to see a lot more people coming to these sort of sessions … particularly young people because I think they’re hungry for this sort of stuff," he said.

"Quite often, old people - such as myself - we’re already set in our ways I suppose, because a lot of this is about fresh thinking and thinking about stuff differently."

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Reducing farm risks with new VFF handbook VICTORIAN Farmers Federation ‘Making our Farms Safer project’ (MOFS) is aiming to reduce the over-representation of farmers aged 60 and over from dying on Victorian farms.

The VFF has released its new handbook, Stay Farming Longer and Safer: A practical guide for older farmers and their families.

VFF Vice-President and chair of the MOFS Committee, Danyel Cucinotta, said the free handbook is available to all Victorian farmers, and offers practical safety tips, information and advice that are critical to saving lives.

“In 2022, over 40 per cent of all deaths on farms were tragically in people aged over 60. Everyone deserves to go home safely at night, and this handbook is a step in the right direction,” she said.

“It’s so important that we disrupt the ‘it’ll be right mentality’ when it comes to farm safety. We know complacency kills, and it’s through resources such as this handbook that we shift the dial.

“The average farmer is now aged 63, and there’s been a genuine lack of engagement with this age group in the past when it comes to farm safety. It’s all about sharing information and starting a conversation that could save someone’s life.”

Ms Cucinotta said the much-needed handbook fills a hole within the industry. It has been written for farmers, by farmers, while keeping front of mind the unique challenges that living on a farm presents.

“There is no other resource out there like this for older farmers. I’m so proud that this handbook now exists, but it’s all for nothing if farmers don’t use it. We hope to see a reduction of older farmers getting injured and dying on our farms as a result of it being available,” she said.

The campaign and accompanying handbook have been created as part of the VFF MOFS project, a free farm safety education and support service for Victorian farmers, funded by the state government through Agriculture Victoria.

You can find theMOFS project on all social media platforms, and download a free copy of the handbook at makingourfarmssafer.org.au

102 candles for Mary Harrison

By KATRINA BRANDON

A CUP of coffee brandy a day keeps the age away, according to 102-year-old resident at Latrobe Valley Village (LVV), Mary Harrison.

On January 13, Mary celebrated her 102nd birthday with her family.

Mary was born on January 13, 1922 in Stalybridge, England, and later went to one of the local schools.

At 14, Mary left school to work with her mother in a cotton mill until she married.

Throughout the years, Mary loved to sing in bars and clubs. Now in LVV, she enjoys the pleasure of performers that come in from time to time, ranging from classic rock to musical theatre.

Throughout her home, Mary kept it lively with the occasional practice with a friend who played the piano. She also enjoyed the occasional lawn bowls, which she still enjoys watching.

Mary has four children, seven grandchildren (with another on the way) and eight greatgrandchildren (and a ninth on the way). The age difference between Mary’s youngest family member and herself is 100 years.

More than 30 years ago, Mary came to Australia with the Families Together Program after she became widowed, and most of her family was already living in Gippsland.

At the age of 99, Mary realised that she needed more help, and then chose to live at LVV. Now, she likes walking and bingo, and loves watching birds.

While living in Newborough, she used to buy bird seed and feed the local birds who hung around her home.

Mary told the Latrobe Valley Express that she

Lively: Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, with 102-year-old Latrobe Valley Village resident, Photograph: Katrina Brandon Mary Harrison. enjoys living at LVV with the company of 99 other residents, plus those working at the village.

“This is the best place I have ever known. All the girls here deserve a medal because they are such good carers who will do anything for you. I

couldn’t be in a better place,” she said.

Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron came to celebrate Mary’s incredible milestone last month.

Mr Cameron awarded her her a memento, celebrating her success in reaching 102.

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Multifaceted: Churchill paramedic Phil Bell says he loves caring for patients, but it’s important to have a passion outside of work, which is where his Strongman competitions come in.

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AT six-foot-four and weighing in at 160kg, local paramedic Phil Bell towers over everyone he meets.

But as his Ambulance Victoria colleagues are quick to tell you, the Churchill Advanced Life Support (ALS) paramedic is “just a big teddy bear” with two passions: his work, and his quest to become Victoria’s strongest man.

The 35-year-old, originally from Canada, spends every moment he’s not working training for the upcoming Victoria’s Strongest Man and Woman competition.

Strongman is a global weightlifting-based sport, where athletes push their bodies to the limit, compete in different events to test their endurance, speed and ultimate physical strength.

Phil took up Strongman last year after previously competing in mixed martial arts and powerlifting.

“Powerlifting had gotten a bit stale and I was looking for something else,” Phil said.

“I was the strongest overall at last year’s Emergency Services Games, winning the powerlifting, so after that I officially made the switch.”

Phil has been working with Ambulance Victoria for five years and prior to that was a paramedic in London.

He said his strength often comes in handy on the job.

“Our work is very physical, so I regularly see the benefits of my training,” Phil said.

“I definitely have colleagues who are pleased to work with me because they know I’m a big help in that regard.”

While he enjoys his career as a paramedic, Phil said Strongman provided an important passion outside of work.

“A lot of people fall into the trap where your job becomes your identity,” Phil said.

“Our job is very challenging at times, and this is an outlet for me and something I really enjoy.

Dreams: Growing up, Phil wanted to be just like Goku from Dragon Ball Z. Photographs supplied “I’m not an ambo who does Strongman, I’m a Strongman who works as an ambo.”

Phil will spend the next seven months training for the October competition, which includes pulling a 20-tonne truck.

“I was born to battle, and the only way to be the best is to beat the best,” Phil said.

“So I’m looking forward to locking horns with Victoria’s strongest men this year, and claiming what’s mine.”

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StrEATcars and Food Trucks raise thousands

By KATRINA BRANDON

FOR more than 20 years, StrEATcars and Food Trucks have ran in Traralgon.

This year’s event was held on Saturday, February 3 and saw about 200 cars turn up to Glenview Park.

Cars ranged from show cars, classics all the way to hot rods.

The grounds were so full with cars and attendees that event organisers had to turn some people away.

Local musicians, Flow Goers from Hazelwood North kept the audience entertained.

People enjoyed food from more than 10 vendors, including Twisted Spuds, What The Fudge, The Naked Spud, Doin’ Dumplings, Lip Smacken, The Whippy Truck, Two Fat Indians, Dine With a Difference, Maddison’s Magical Pop ‘N’ Floss, True Blue Burgers, Neibros Eats, Rosie's Donuts, The Travelling Squid, Tangled in the Food and Grab And Go. StrEATcars and Food Trucks started in 1998 as a car show. Skipping a few years only for reasons as serious as COVID, food trucks were added to the car show in 2019, helping to raise an average of $10,000 each year for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

StrEATcars and Food Trucks were originally at the Traralgon Showgrounds and have moved to Glenview Park.

Latrobe Valley Street Machiners Car Club (LVSMCC) run the event, but welcome anyone from anywhere to share their interests in the spectacular vehicles.

The event once again raised just over $10,000 for

Music: Hazelwood North musicians Flow Goers, Dwayne and Hope entertaining car viewers and diners. Photograph: Katrina Brandon

the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

The LVSMCC turned to Facebook to thank all those that contributed.

“A massive thank you to everyone who supported the event - from our amazing vendors to our fantastic attendees. We're thrilled to announce that our StrEatCars and Food Trucks event raised a whopping $10,002 for the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal," they said.

“A special shout out to our dedicated team of 20 volunteers - your hard work and commitment made this event a huge success. We couldn't have done it without each and every one of you.

“Looking back at this incredible turnout, we know our event has limitations within its current space.

Ford: Running red hot at the StrEATcars and Food Trucks show.

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Spectacular: Glenview Park was at full capacity.

Photograph: Daniel Burchall

With a maximum capacity reached and the demand for more, we're always planning for a bigger and better event next year.

"We’re always on the lookout for a bigger venue with appropriate power, lighting, and facilities to accommodate the growing excitement.”

Greatest 50s and 60s hits at GPAC

By KATRINA BRANDON

GET ready to 'Twist and Shout' for the Williams Brothers, performing next month at the Gippsland Performing Art Centre.

The show features the greatest hits of the 50s and 60s performed by the multi-award-winning and internationally recognised group.

The group comprises of Warren Jr, Andrew and Darren Williams, a set of three brothers.

"The show is called Twist and Shout and is based on the sounds of the 50s and 60s. We play all the classic hits of that era from the biggest artists," one third of the trio, Warren Jr, said.

"They are songs that everybody knows and have been reached through movies and TV commercials throughout the decades. It's a collection of the greatest songs of all time."

The Williams Brothers will perform songs from artists such as Elvis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Del Shannon, The Bee Gees, The Beatles, The Monkees, The Hollies, Jerry Lee Lewis and Australia's Johnny O'Keefe.

Music has always been there for the Williams Brothers, as their father, Warren, was in the music business.

Warren Jr started on TV as a six-year-old with his dad performing on Brian Henderson's Bandstand.

"We learned our craft just by working together.

We learnt a lot from him. He is absolutely one of our inspirations," Warren Jr said of his dad.

"Not only the music side of it but also how to manage yourself in the music industry, do the right thing and treat it like a normal job rather than get carried away with the hype of showbiz.

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Warren Jr and his brothers enjoy the stage, saying it provided much enjoyment.

"It's great to be out there. The show has great audience participation. Most of the people really get involved in the music," he said.

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Tragedy averted at The Honeysuckles

By BEN MCARTHUR

FOR many tourists and residents, swimming at Ninety Mile Beach during summertime is a magical experience.

It is a place teeming with aquatic life, big waves and cool water.

But where there is beauty in the beach, there is also danger, particularly on unmanned sections, which is a lure in some ways. It's quieter, calmer and nearer than other areas with regular lifeguard patrols.

And this is part of the challenge for Seaspray Surf Life Saving Club Captain James Robbins - to persuade people, particularly inexperienced people, to swim between the flags.

Mr Robbins manages a lifeguard station along a small strip measuring 50 metres. It receives up to 100 daily visitors and has about three rescues a week; usually, nothing more serious happens.

But when swimmers are outside the flags, rescues aren't an option.

In Gippsland, there are many preventable stories of inexperienced swimmers sinking their feet into the sand with water crashing around their ankles, then going further until they are knee-deep, waist-deep, then chest-deep until the ocean floor is yanked from underneath, and the individual begins suffocating.

Recently, headlines were made around the state when a family of four drowned at a Newhaven beach two weeks ago.

And the same headlines were nearly made along The Honeysuckles coastline in late December following the near death of a mother and her two children.

Danielle McAlpine Johnson, who intervened at The Honeysuckles, wants every swimmer, parent, grandparent, teenager, beach-goer, and anyone who visits Ninety Mile Beach to be reminded of the inherent danger.

Ms McAlpine Johnson may be familiar to some locals, as she was the filmmaker behind Stop.

Rewind. Play, a documentary featuring students from Kurnai College.

When asked what happened on that day in The Honeysuckles, the Longford resident said she was simply enjoying a leisurely stroll.

"On that day, I was going for a run; it was about six kilometres and the first one since my (ankle) injury and as I came over the sand dunes, there were three women about 150 metres offshore. My first thought was, 'Oh Wow! They're brave', but I kept watching them, and then one of them put their

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Scenic: Ninety Mile Beach frequently appears on lists as one of Victoria’s best beaches. hand up and then both hands up, and I knew they were in trouble."

"A few people were watching but just standing still and staring. I ran to each of them and asked, "Are they with you?" They all said, "No, but they're in trouble, and we don't know what to do" because the beach's state was particularly volatile with rips everywhere and the waves crossing. So I called the surf club, which I couldn't get through to and then called 000. I think everyone watching had that feeling inside of wanting to do something, but we couldn't get very far without any equipment."

"So, how did you get out there?" This reporter asked.

"I actually think it was a God thing that saved the situation, not me, because something else made me look to my side and find a little girl with one of those boards from the 1980s. I forget what it's called. Smaller than a body board and the size of an Esky lid (referring to a kickboard)."

"You went to her?"

"Yeah, but not exactly; it was like time stood still, I went up to her and said, 'Can I borrow your board?' and she looked up, gave me the strongest stare and said, 'Only if you bring it back'."

From there, Ms McAlpine Johnson headed out, calling on her training in Surf Life Saving.

"In surf lifesaving, you are taught to approach feet first because most of the time, if you approach the person drowning, they will pull you under, but if you go feet first, you can push off. I said to her, 'I'm coming towards you, and I'm gonna try and help you! Don't pull me under', but sure enough, we went under because the board was so small there just wasn't enough room for all four of us to get on."

"We started swimming sideways, and it just felt like we were getting nowhere, and I thought to myself 'this is the end for me unless something changes', so I had to make a decision, and that was to leave one behind for us three to be saved, and that was the hardest part. Although I kept saying that I'll come back, but (a long silence)."

"Who was left behind?"

"It was one of the young girls."

"Was there any thought process to this?"

"No, at that moment, I didn't know who it was.

But I told her, 'Get on your back and start kicking sideways', because that's what they teach you in Surf Life Saving: don't swim directly to the

beach because that's where the rip is, and you'll be fighting nature."

"It took about 15 minutes to get back with the other two, and then I looked back, and she's disappeared, and I couldn't see her, and no one was pointing towards her…"

Silence.

"A Seaspray Surf Club buggy came, which is 10 minutes away, and then they hit the shore and

saved the one left behind. Next came the police and ambulance, and everything was better. Everyone who was part of it or saw it is still in a bit of shock."

This account is just one of the many stories that are often unknown by the public and go unreported in non-fatal drowning statistics.

Victoria's fatal drowning statistics have been on the decline for a long time. According to Royal Life Saving, the trend has been dropping for the last two decades, however the period between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 was 26 per cent higher than the 10-year average.

Mr Robbins believes the decline is due to public education initiatives targeting school children to learn swimming safety, which began about two decades ago.

One telling statistic of the effectiveness of these initiatives comes from the Royal Life Saving report, which states 83 per cent of all Victorian fatal drownings were above the age of 25.

"That's the most important factor for those statistics. Parents just need to find somewhere that runs a swimming program and get kids lessons," he said.

The state government has been encouraging swimming lessons for decades, even adding them to the school curriculum in 2017.

Owner of Kemp Aquatics in Maffra, Tim Kemp, expects about 5000 local primary school students to participate in his swimming lessons, to learn general swimming techniques and life-saving abilities such as rip identification, treading water, and throw rescues.

These lessons aim to have Grade 6 students demonstrate competence in water safety and survival skills and attain a Victorian Water Safety Certificate.

"In the early days, it was just the school's choice.

This was up until it became part of the curriculum, and that's been a very positive change, I think," Mr Kemp said.

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Squad: The Gippsland Youth Drama Workshop gets the creative juices flowing.

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Groundbreaking youth theatre continues GIPPSLAND Youth Drama Workshop (GYDW) is set to begin its first production group for 2024, writing and rehearsing for a June show.

Young performers are traveling from across the region to be involved in the original production.

After the hit performance of the original comedy The Ghostly Graveyard in November, the young performers were presented with production awards in recognition of their dedication and enthusiasm for the performing arts.

The group is now setting themselves for a new production, and are inviting new members to get involved.

Director Phillip Mayer said there was many benefits to performing arts in young people.

“Drama helps build resilience, well-being, self esteem and engagement, and participation gives young people essential life skills which help them cope with challenges," he said.

"There is nothing but positives, and it’s a privilege

being a part of instilling an appreciation and opportunities for the performing arts in regional youth. It’s a special program, a real positive for the community and the kids love it”.

Established in 1993, the theatre program is unique in that every production is original and conceived by the participants.

GYDW has produced more than 100 original shows, involving over 2200 regional performers.

The workshop sessions focus on building performance skills, as well as confidence, team work, vocabulary, communication, responsibility and many other attributes transferable to life.

The main aim is to enhance the young performer’s natural talents, and provide a positive educational theatre experience in a supportive environment.

“Young performers build plot, characters, themes and humorous scenes which they find interesting and valuable in expressing their ideas," Mr Mayer said.

Building a stronger, connected community EXPRESSIONS of Interest are now open for Latrobe City Social Inclusion Action Group.

In 2022, Latrobe City Council was one of five local government areas awarded funding for a new state government state-wide initiative to promote community connection, inclusion and support for mental health and wellbeing.

Latrobe City will establish the Social Inclusion Action Group (SIAG), a community-led initiative dedicated to improving social connection, mental health and wellbeing.

Latrobe City SIAG members will address the unique needs of the community and make recommendations on funding local projects that enhance social inclusion and connection.

Members will be up to 15 Latrobe City residents of all demographics and backgrounds, who have lived experience of social exclusion or identify as one of the following groups:  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;  People who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender diverse, queer/questioning, intersex or asexual (LGBTQIA+);  People with a disability;  People from culturally diverse communities;  Aged between 18-25 or over 65;  Single people or single parents;  People who have experienced hardship or adversity including addiction, mental ill-health, family violence, experience of or at risk of homelessness, or similar circumstances that have contributed to reduced social inclusion, and;  People who are passionate about social inclusion and mental health.

Latrobe City Deputy Mayor, Tracie Lund affirmed that SIAG will help build a stronger and more

connected community, where everyone’s needs are understood and addressed.

“The community is best placed to understand challenges and opportunities of social connection and inclusion at a local level," she said.

"Having community members lead this Action Group will allow us to tap into diverse needs in Latrobe and determine what projects need funding.”

Latrobe City Mayor, Councillor Darren Howe reflected that the initiative aligns with council’s community focused organisational goals and encouraged those in the community to apply.

“SIAG actively supports the Council Plan and the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, through identifying community needs, and working towards a more connected and resilient Latrobe City," he said.

“If you identify with any of the criteria above, I encourage you to complete the Expression of Interest form once it opens.

"This is a wonderful opportunity to make a positive impact on the individual lives and collective wellbeing of the entire community.

Expressions of Interest for SIAG membership will open Monday, February 19 and close Friday, March 15, 2024.

Members of the SIAG will be paid for their time and experience and will be offered skill building opportunities.

Additional support to apply can be provided on request.

There are upcoming information sessions on Friday, March 1 from 2-4pm at the Traralgon Library and Friday, March 8 from 2-4pm at the Moe Library.

To express interest, learn more or register for information sessions, visit latrobe.vic.gov.au/siag

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"It’s a great creative outlet. We incorporate improvisations, theatre sports games, writer’s workshop sessions, the rehearsal process, stage craft, voice projection and a final production open to family, friends and the general public.

"All the participants are given good sized roles commensurate with their experience and ability, and they buzz with excitement at performing in front of a large audience.”

The group is enhanced by members of the awardwinning Here There and Everywhere Theatre Co. “We have an amazing team helping to produce theatre with our dedicated young people from across Latrobe," Mr Mayer said.

"Theatre is all about expressing yourself and viewing the world in unique ways so you can try and make sense of it.

"It’s also a lot of fun. Taking part is one of the best ways to develop the imagination and support creative expression, especially for young people.

"Collaborating with peers, discussing big ideas and learning the skills of live performance can help prepare kids for real-world challenges.

"Our curriculum is designed and delivered by experienced performers with a passion for making a difference in young people’s lives.”

The workshop’s new production starts for rehearsals today (Wednesday, February 14), and welcomes new young stars to join.

The show is booked for June 29, running from 5.15pm until 6.45pm.

Weekly rehearsals are conducted in Traralgon, and are open to young participants from upperprimary age through to 17 years.

Final applications for the new show close soon, with bookings essential as places are limited.

For further information, phone the director on 0409 878 688.

Gippsland’s PPCCs tick over 20,000 treatments

GIPPSLAND'S two Priority Primary Care Centres (PPCC) treated more than 20,000 patients last year.

The centres opened in January last year, helping reduce pressure on hospital emergency departments.

The state government, in collaboration with Gippsland Primary Health Network (Gippsland PHN), funded two PPCCs in Gippsland - the Latrobe PPCC in Moe and the Baw Baw PPCC in Warragul - to relieve the pressure on emergency departments at Latrobe Regional Health and West Gippsland Healthcare Group.

The GP-led clinics provide care for people with conditions that require urgent attention but not an emergency response.

Gippsland PHN Acting Chief Executive Officer, Angela Jacob, said 3454 survey responses from patients indicated the service met their needs, particularly in the after-hours periods.

“They are proving a success in leaving the emergency departments for those who really need them,” Ms Jacob said.

“From the feedback surveys we get, we know the majority of people using the PPCCs are happy with the convenience and ease of access.

“This is a great example of collaboration and cooperation, and patients are the beneficiaries.”

Latrobe PPCC, run by Latrobe Community Health Service (LCHS), saw 10,707 patients

between January and November 2023, with 60.4 per cent of patients who responded to a survey saying they would have otherwise attended an emergency department.

Baw Baw PPCC, run by Central Clinic, has seen 9613 patients with 51.1 per cent of those surveyed confirming they would have otherwise gone to the emergency department.

LCHS Executive Director Primary Health, Andrina Romano, said the Latrobe PPCC had been “really effective” in helping reduce the patient load on the Emergency Department at Latrobe Regional Health.

“More than 60 per cent of people who attend the Latrobe PPCC say they would have previously gone to the hospital emergency department if the PPCC wasn’t available and LRH has seen a drop in Category 4 and 5 patients,” Ms Romano said.

General Manager of Central Clinic, John Farthing, said the PPCC had proved its value to the community.

“The community is much more aware of what the service provides and the ease of access and flexibility associated with our centralised location, together with operating hours, have made the PPCC a valuable asset in providing the community with (an additional) vital and essential health service,” he said.

For information on the PPCCs, including services, go to the Gippsland PHN website.

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HOROSCOPES Blokes, bites, bevs and mental health

by Joanne Madeline Moore

February 12 - February 18, 2024

Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19)

Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22)

Have you got a pile of projects that you’ve started but not finished? This week Mars and Pluto boost motivation and concentration, so you can bring a project to a satisfying conclusion. Don’t waste the opportunity! With five planets highlighting your hopes-and-wishes zone, you’re set for an amorous Valentine’s Day. Romantic music, stylish surroundings and gourmet food are calling. Singles – sparks could fly with a sexy Scorpion or an adventurous Aquarian.

Librans are addicted to love in all its forms – romantic, platonic, and universal. Whether you’re attached, searching for your soulmate, or happily single, Valentine’s Day is an appropriate time to reflect on the fact that love really does make the world go around, and it’s the glue that binds us all together. So do all you can to encourage and nurture more love in your life. As John Lennon (a fellow Libran) observed: “Love is the flower, you’ve got to let it grow.”

Romantic vibes are high, as love planet Venus links up with atmospheric Neptune. Focus your attention on your lover, as you give them the right royal treatment this Valentine’s Day via a special pronouncement, a thoughtful gift or a candlelit dinner. Singles … love and work are connected, so you could meet your soulmate via a colleague, client or customer. On Saturday, the Venus/Pluto conjunction highlights profound thoughts and boosts passionate feelings.

When itt comes to finding (and maintaining) love, resist the urge to be overly-controlling. Attached Scorpio – avoid the temptation to be bossy at home; give your spouse more space. Singles – stop looking for love in all the obvious places. Write a wish-list of the important qualities you desire in a dream partner. Then sit back and wait for the magic to happen. As actress Loretta Young observed: “Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.”

Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20)

GGemini (May 21 - June 20) Gregarious Geminis love to chat, so this Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to tell loved ones how much you really care. Inspiration for the week is from birthday great, avant-garde artist Yoko Ono (who was born on February 18, 1933): “The regret of my life is that I have not said ‘I love you’ often enough.” Saturday’s Mercury/Uranus square could lead to hasty words and impulsive actions. So slow down and think (carefully) before you speak and act!

Cancer (June 21 - July 22) Attached Crabs – you’re feeling extra romantic as you lavish attention (and money) on your partner, wear your heart on your sleeve or play out a secret fantasy with your lover. Singles – don’t base your self-esteem on whether you have a partner. You possess a multitude of talents, and a kind nature.

Finding your soulmate is just the extra icing on an alreadyy sppectacular cake! Thinggs get passionate and/or intense on Saturday when Venus hooks up with Pluto.

Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)

With the Sun, Mercury, Mars and Pluto all visiting your partnership zone, prepare for a bold and busy Valentine’s Day. Coupled Cats – why not initiate a special romantic rendezvous with your partner?

Singles – in order to find true love, you need to be brave and step out of your comfort zone. So your motto for the week is from Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu: “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

Virgo g (Aug 23 - Sep 22)

At thhe moment, with taskmaster Saturn moving slowly through your romance zone, love is a very serious business. So your quote for Valentine’s Day is from writer William Barclay: “Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice.” Singles – it’s time to give flirtatious, superficial suitors the flick. Instead, look for a lover who has real character, depth and substance – a philosopher (with a romantic soul) who can last the distance.

Scorpio p (Oct 23 - Nov 21)

Sagittarius g (Nov 22 - Dec 21)

It’s time to be more proactive about your health, fitness, diet and daily routine, but tread carefully with an unpredictable relative or neighbour who may be stewing with a hidden grievance.

On Valentine’s Day, find a dream you can share together – “Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but of looking outward together in the same direction.” - Antoine St Exupery. With Mercury and Uranus revving up your restless side, you’re in the mood for a weekend getaway.

Capricorn p (Dec 22 - Jan 19) Don’tt take your partner – or potential partner – for granted! If you do, then your neglected lover may go looking for attention elsewhere. (“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone. It has to be made like bread, remade all the time, made new.” – Ursula Le Guin.)

So plan something uniquely special this Valentine’s Day. Singles – it doesn’t matter what a potential parttner lookks like, or how muchh money they makke – you need a romantic mate who is also a friend.

GIPPSLAND communities will soon have the chance to access mental wellbeing information tailored to the needs of country-based men, at Rabobank-hosted events in Sale and Trafalgar.

The ‘Blokes, Bites & Beverages’ events, which will be held mid-March, providing rural and remote communities with an opportunity to discuss mental health awareness in the bush. This initiative, spearheaded by the local regional Rabo Client Council - a group of Rabobank’s farming clients who volunteer their time implementing programs that contribute to the sustainability and wellbeing of rural and regional communities - is funded by the Rabobank Community Fund.

Offered to attendees free of charge, this event will feature mental health advocates Mary O’Brien, founder of ‘Are you bogged mate?’, and Tom Boyd, ex-AFL footballer and author.

Rabo Client Council member and Westburybased dairy farmer, Chris Griffin, said mental health and wellbeing awareness was a “critical conversation our rural communities need to be having - particularly for men living and working in rural areas”.

“It’s important we keep an eye on our mates and check how they are coping,” Mr Griffin said.

“Rural communities are often dealing with challenging weather conditions and volatile commodity prices - it’s important we know what to look out for and can identify friends that may be at risk.”

Mr Griffin said the workshops, which are an initiative of Rabobank’s Southern Victoria and Tasmanian Rabo Client Council, align with one of the council’s key pillars of improving rural wellbeing.

“Isolation and difficulty accessing health services are some of the challenges faced by rural and remote communities. These workshops are aiming to increase awareness on the importance of farmers’ well-being,” he said.

“These men-only events aim to provide the audience with a down-to-earth approach to understanding mental health - so come along, and you may be able to help a mate.”

Mr Griffin said the Rabo Client Council was looking forward to bringing two mental health advocates of this calibre to Gippsland.

Ms O'Brien established ‘Are you bogged mate?’ in 2018, as an initiative designed to connect country residents with lifesaving support services.

In addition to running 'Are you bogged mate?', Ms O'Brien is a Queensland-based spray drift risk

Aquarius q (Jan 20 - Feb 18) Thiss week – as we celebrate Valentine’s Day – the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto are all powering through your sign, so you’re at your amorous, adventurous, quirky Aquarian best.

Spread your special kind of universal love around!

Your motto for the moment is from uber-Aquarian, composer Amadeus Mozart: “Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both go together in making genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”

Love planet Venus hooks up with your power planet, Neptune, so romance is in the air. But the energy is behind the scenes suggesting a private, magical Valentine’s Day. (“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.”

– Carolyn Gold Heilbrun.) Unhappily single? Subtle signs and unexpected synchronicities could lead you to your soulmate, so keep your intuition well-tuned.

Happily single? It’s time to get creative.

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management specialist who has spent her career working closely within rural communities.

“After spending her whole life working in rural and remote Australia, she knows country people," Mr O'Brien said.

"She’s worked with them, for them, beside them and most importantly, she knows how to talk with them. It is this down-to-earth perspective that makes ‘Are you bogged mate?’ resonate with rural and remote communities."

Tom Boyd, who will be joining Ms O’Brien at this event, believes his mental health was more important to him than football fame and success.

The Western Bulldogs premiership hero has been helping others deal with their own mental health issues.

Last year, Mr Boyd published a book - Nowhere to Hide - that takes readers on his journey.

With football as the backdrop, it's a book focused on mental health, honesty with yourself and what it takes to overcome depression and anxiety, and create resilience.

Rabobank's regional manager for Southern Victoria and Tasmania, Deborah Maskell-Davies, said the bank’s Client Council network is comprised of small groups of Rabobank clients from diverse commodity sectors who meet regularly to identify and discuss the challenges facing the agricultural sector and rural communities.

“We listen and learn about the issues that are most important to our clients, our rural communities and the wider food and agriculture industry," she said.

“Together with the councils, we develop meaningful grass roots initiatives to support agricultural education, rural health and wellbeing, sustainability, and help create rural/urban connections."

Event date and location details: Tuesday, March 12 at Sale Turf Club from 6pm to 9.30pm.

Wednesday, March 13 at Trafalgar Bowls Club from 6pm to 9.30pm.

Food and drink provided (including non-alcoholic beverages) at both events.

These events are for blokes only and registrations are appreciated (to assist with catering requirements), however walk-ins are also welcome.

Community: Mental health advocate and ‘Are you bogged mate?’ founder, Mary O’Brien.

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Boyd’s kicked a goal: Former AFL footballer, author and mental health advocate, Tom Boyd will speak in Trafalgar next month. Photographs supplied

The Guide DEATH IN PARADISE ABC TV, Sunday, 7.30pm

MIDSOMER MURDERS ABC TV, Friday, 8.30pm

A gloriously beautiful and grand 300-year-old mansion is the beguiling supporting character to Neil Dudgeon’s (pictured) muchloved detective in this veteran crime drama’s 24th season opener.

In the postcard-worthy yet crimeriddled four episodes, there’s the case of a murdered book lover with a trail of cryptic clues; a murdered pet detective amid a flurry of furry suspicions; and a Texas oil magnate setting up home in one of England’s greenest and most idyllic small towns, only for a slew of murders to cast a dark shadow. In “The Devil’s Work” tonight, an unlikeable artist and his planned upheaval of his family’s magnificent historical estate sees more than just bad blood.

After a splendid 11 seasons under its somewhat sweaty belt, this easy-onthe-eye British whodunnit comedy returns with its 12th season. Ralf Little (pictured), the fourth star to take on the role of lead detective as Neville Parker, faces more than the traditional episodic crime to solve in this fresh batch of eight episodes; heartache and betrayal cast a shadow over the fictional sun-soaked Caribbean island of Saint Marie. This time, characters face monumental challenges of more than the murderous norm. Tonight, it all begins when a celebrity astronomer is mysteriously felled during a oncein-a-lifetime planetary alignment.

There’s also romance in the air for Neville.

PICK O OF THE WEEK BETTER DATE D THAN NEVER R ABC TV, Tu uesday, 8.30pm

BAD EDUCATION SBS Viceland, Monday, 9.25pm

Misfit students and incompetent teachers are the unhinged ingredients to this uproarious British sitcom from the mind of comedian Jack Whitehall (Fresh Meat). In a clever and nostalgic rewriting of the script, the series was revived after a 10-year hiatus with previous students Stephen Carmichael (Layton Williams) and Mitchell Harper (Charlie Wernham, pictured, left, with Williams) returning to their old stomping ground of Abbey Grove – as teachers. In this keenly anticipated fifth season, starring Mathew Horne and Vicki Pepperdine, a camping trip is marred by pranks. A spirited, silly diversion in the vein of The Inbetweeners, these gleefully lowbrow hijinks are a winning bandaid for any Monday-itis.

Bring the tisssues and a block of chocolate: season sea o two o of o this heart-on-itss-sleeve dating show arrives with a new group of singles who have never been on a date, let alone experrienced the rush of firsttime love. W With returning hopefuls inccluding nsgender mature tran nd Chinese farmer Di an internationaal student Chaarles, it’s a heartwarm ming and sometim mes confrontingg emotional expedition aas these bravee and vulneraable participantss hearts open their h and expresss their deepest feaars and dreamss.

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Wednesday, February 14 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Nemesis. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 National Press Club Address.

1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.25 Tenable. (R) 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Love Your Garden.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 9.20 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 10.10 Station: Trouble On The Tracks. (PGa, R) 11.05 Icons. (PGav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (PGa, R) 2.05 Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission. (R) 3.05 Mastermind Aust.

(R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGaln, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 Australian Idol. (PG, R) 1.30 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA: Larry Hagman. (Mad, 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 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight.

(Mls, R) 1.30 Explore TV: Portugal & Spain. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 [VIC] Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 The Talk. (PGa) 8.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.30 Neighbours.

(PGa, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Australian Survivor. (R) 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGas) 5.00 News.

6.00 Back Roads. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) Presented

by Tom Gleeson.

8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. A satirical news program.

9.05 This Is Going To Hurt. (Mal) Adam clashes with a colleague.

9.50 Planet America.

10.20 QI. (PGs, R) 10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 The Business. (R) 11.25 Rosehaven. (PG, R) 12.15 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.05 Tenable.

(R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst.

(R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Scottish Islands With Ben Fogle: Isles Of The Sound – Islay And Jura. Part 2 of 4.

8.40 The Matchmakers. (PG) Part 1 of 3.

9.40 Kin. (MA15+l) Family loyalties are tested.

10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 All Those Things We Never Said. (Final, PGa) 11.50 Miniseries: Holding. (Mal, R) 1.40 Germinal. (Mav, R) 3.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGad) Kirby issues a warning to Theo.

7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) Hosted

by Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie.

8.55 Miniseries: Mr Bates vs The Post Office. (Ma) Part 1 of 4. Financial losses lead the British Post Office to sack and prosecute village sub-postmasters.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Million Pound Pawn. (PG) 12.30 Parenthood. (PGs, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) It is time for the second dinner party.

9.00 Under Investigation: The Trials Of Graham Stafford.

(Mv) Presented by Liz Hayes.

10.00 9News Late.

10.30 See No Evil. (Malv) 11.30 The Equalizer. (Mav, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Destination WA. (PG) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 4. Finals. 5.00 9News Early.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mms) A child makes an alarming call.

8.30 FBI: International. (Mv) Cameron’s friend from the US Navy calls in a favour to help her find her nephew, who has gone missing in Crete. With the rest of the team busy, Scott hangs back in Budapest to take care of personal business.

11.30 Blue Bloods. (Mav, R) 12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Danger Man. 7.00

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

Programs. 5.35pm Pop Paper City. 5.45 Hey Duggee. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.10 Pfffirates. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Ben And Holly. 6.40 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Doc Martin. 9.20 Interview With The Vampire. 10.05 Killing Eve. 10.50 Would I Lie To You? 11.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.40 Miniseries: The Hollow Crown.

1.45am ABC News Update. 1.50 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 The Wonder Gang. 5.35 Numberblocks. 5.40 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. Noon TVNZ 1News At Midday.

12.30 Planet A. 1.20 Nuts And Bolts. 1.50 The Tailings. 2.05 Australia In Colour. 3.00 BBC News At Ten. 3.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.00 PBS News. 5.00 Joy Of Painting.

5.30 TVNZ 1News At Six. 6.10 Duckrockers. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 Keanu Reeves: Pop Messiah. 9.35 MOVIE: Romantic Comedy. (2019, MA15+) 11.00 MOVIE: Destination Wedding. (2018, M) 12.35am The Bad Kids. 2.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

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

6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Escape To The Country.

2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis. 10.45 Maternal. 11.45 Bargain Hunt. 1am Harry’s Practice. 1.30 Animal Rescue. 2.00 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Late Programs.

Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. 8.00 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 Explore. 2.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Yorkshire Auction House.

4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.30 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 4. Heats. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Forensics: Catching The Killer. 11.40 As Time Goes By. 12.50am Midsomer Murders. 3.00 MOVIE: Steptoe And Son Ride Again. (1973, PG) 5.00 Late Programs.

With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Ghosts. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Becker. Noon Frasier. 1.00 NBL Slam. 1.30 Friends. 2.00 Ghosts. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Frasier. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Just For Laughs Australia. 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 4.30 Home Shopping.

NITV (34)

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (73, 64) 6am The Fishing Show.

9GO! (93, 82)

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

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Brazil Untamed. 10.50 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke.

11.00 Chatham Islanders. Noon Exile And The Kingdom. 1.00 Going Places. 2.00 Going Native.

2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Wiyi Yani U Thangani. 6.10 Bamay.

6.40 News. 6.50 Brazil Untamed. 7.40 High Arctic Haulers. 8.30 MOVIE: Finke: There And Back.

(2018, M) 10.10 The Blinding Of Isaac Woodard.

11.10 Late Programs.

Kung Fu Yoga. Continued. (2017, PG) 7.00 What We Did On Our Holiday. (2014, PG) 8.50 Mosley.

(2019, PG) 10.40 Dark City. (1998, M) 12.35pm The One. (2001, M) 2.10 Belle And Sebastian. (2013, PG, French) 4.00 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 5.55 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 7.30 Jackie Chan’s First Strike. (1996, M) 9.35 Unleashed. (2005, MA15+) 11.35 Detective Chinatown 3. (2021, M) 2.05am Endings, Beginnings. (2019, MA15+) 4.10 The Movie Show. 4.40 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese)

7.00 My Fishing Place. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 A Football Life. 9.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 10.00 American Pickers: Best Of. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Outback Truckers. 2.00 BarrettJackson: Revved Up. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator.

3.30 Desert Collectors. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers.

6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 Motorway Patrol.

10.30 Police: Hour Of Duty. 11.30 Nature Gone Wild. Midnight Storage Wars. 12.30 American Restoration. 1.00 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs.

11.30 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. Noon Scorpion.

2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld.

4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family.

5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Valentine’s Day. (2010, M) 11.00 Seinfeld. Midnight Medium. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. 3.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive. 4.00 Transformers: Prime. 4.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. 5.00 Pokémon. 5.30 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies.

8.00 Buy To Build. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm NCIS. 1.30 FBI. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.15 Diagnosis Murder. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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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Thursday, February 15 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 Make Me A Dealer.

(R) 9.55 Station: Trouble On The Tracks. (PGa, R) 10.50 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. (PGal, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission. (R) 3.10 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Australian Idol. (PG, R) 1.30 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Your Money & Your Life. (PG) 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight.

(Mls, R) 1.30 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 [VIC] Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Neighbours.

(PGa, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGas, R) 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGas) 5.00 News.

6.00 Back Roads: Nullarbor Pt 1 – The Endless Horizon. (R) 6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.

8.00 Grand Designs Transformations: St Kilda And Blackwall.

Melburnians transform a drab duplex.

9.00 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PG, R) Part 3 of 4.

9.50 Fake Or Fortune?

Sisley. (R) Part 3 of 4.

10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 The Business. (R) 11.20 This Is Going To Hurt. (Mal, R) 12.05 Keeping Faith. (Final, Mal, R) 1.05 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 1.55 Joanna Lumley’s Britain. (PG, R) 2.45 Tenable. (R) 3.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst.

(PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

(R) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 DNA Family Secrets. (Ml) Hosted by Stacey Dooley.

8.40 Last Chance To Save A Life.

(PGa) Follows Australian patients, doctors and scientists involved in the study of phage therapy.

9.40 Culprits. (MA15+av) Jules and the kids are in danger when gunmen break into their house.

10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 A Class Apart. (Malsv) Isaac is in his worst nightmare.

12.00 My Brilliant Friend. (Mals, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGads) Harper’s back in the dating ring.

8.30 The Front Bar: All Sports Edition. (Return, Ml) Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a look at the world of sport and catch up with the stars of yesteryear.

9.30 The Latest: Seven News.

10.00 Australia: Now And Then. (Mal, R) Part 3 of 4.

11.00 Born To Kill? Colin Ireland. (MA15+a, R) A look at serial killer Colin Ireland.

12.00 Black-ish. (PG, R) 1.00 Harry’s Practice. (R) 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

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

8.30 Emergency. (Mm) Dr Andrew Wallace and Dr Emma West fear a chef, who fell down an escalator, has brain injuries.

9.30 RPA. (PGm, R) A nurse’s life is turned upside down when she is diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

10.30 9News Late.

11.00 Chicago Med. (MA15+am) Dylan helps the daughter of a mob boss.

11.50 Emergency Call. (Ma, R) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.35 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 5. Finals.

5.00 9News Early.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Dog House Australia.

(PGa) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith.

8.30 The Dog Hospital With Graeme Hall. (PGa) Part 3 of 4. A 16-month-old Doberman has a hole in its heart which requires a lifesaving operation.

9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mad, R) Construction tycoon Connie Parish interferes with an SVU investigation into her family.

10.30 Blue Bloods. (Mav, R) Danny clashes with a foster child.

11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Gruen. 9.40 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering.

10.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.15 Bliss. (Final) 11.45 Would I Lie To You? 12.15am Black Mirror. 1.35 Live At The Apollo. 2.05 Louis Theroux: Louis And The Nazis. 3.05 ABC News Update. 3.10 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Vigilante Inc. 2.10 Gaycation: United We Stand.

3.05 WorldWatch. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.30 WorldWatch. 6.10 Duckrockers. 6.40 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Devilsdorp. 11.20 Taskmaster. 12.15am Hoarders. 1.10 F*ck, That’s Delicious. 1.40 Late Programs.

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

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore.

2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 4.30 Antiques Roadshow.

5.30 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024.

Day 5. Heats. 8.15 Poirot. 10.25 Coroner. 11.25 Late Programs.

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

NITV (34)

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am CJ7.

Continued. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 6.15 A Hero.

(2021, PG, Farsi) 8.35 My Best Friend’s Wedding.

(2016, PG, Mandarin) 10.15 The Lost Bladesman.

(2011, M, Mandarin) 12.15pm Detective Chinatown 3. (2021, M) 2.45 The Movie Show. 3.15 Kung Fu Yoga. (2017, PG) 5.15 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020, PG) 7.10 The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 9.30 Lean On Me. (1989, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Pre-Game. 2.00 Cricket. Women’s Test Match. Aust v South Africa. Morning session. 4.00 The Lunch Break. 4.40 Cricket. Women’s Test Match. Aust v South Africa. Afternoon session.

6.40 Tea Break. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s Test Match.

Australia v South Africa. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 9.30 MOVIE: Back To The Future Part III. (1990, PG) Midnight Late Programs.

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

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

8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 16. Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC. Highlights. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman.

10.30 JAG. 12.30pm NCIS. 1.30 FBI. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull.

8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 Evil.

11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Muster Dogs. (PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Earth. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.25 Tenable. (R) 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Love Your Garden. (PG)

6am Morning Programs.

1.45pm Who Killed Malcolm X. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Dreaming Whilst Black. 9.00 MOVIE: Training Day. (2001, MA15+) 11.10 Late Programs.

9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey.

3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 The Coroner. 10.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

Noon Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House.

3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie.

6.00 Raymond. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.30 MOVIE: Under Siege 2. (1995, MA15+) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Dating No Filter. Midnight Medium.

2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. 3.30 Late Programs.

TEN (10, 5)

With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Ghosts. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Becker. Noon Frasier. 1.00 Friends. 2.00 Two And A Half Men. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Late Programs.

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Friday, February 16 ABC TV (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 11.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 2.00 Total Control.

(Ml, R) 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.25 Tenable. (R) 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.15 Love Your Garden.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize.

(R) 9.05 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 9.55 Hugh’s Wild West. (R) 10.50 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: A Bridesmaid In Love. (2022, G, R) Tori Anderson, Sean Poague. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 [VIC] Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Neighbours.

(PGa, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGas, R) 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Everyday Gourmet. (PG, R) 4.30 Bold.

(PGas) 5.00 News.

6.00 Back Roads: Nullarbor Pt 2 – Turning Back Time. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Millie Ross investigates soil safety.

8.30 Midsomer Murders. (Mav) Part 1 of 4. Evidence emerges of foul play in the death of the patriarch of Stourwick Hall.

10.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Presented by Tom Gleeson.

10.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 11.05 ABC Late News.

11.20 Love Your Garden. (R) 12.10 Tenable. (R) 12.55 Miniseries: Innocent. (Mal, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Good Ship Murder. (PGv) The crew explores Casablanca.

8.25 Silk Road From Above. (PG) Part 3 of 3. The aerial journey continues beyond China’s borders with the bustling Greek port of Piraeus.

9.25 Queens That Changed The World: The Virgin Queen – Elizabeth I. (Premiere, PGa) Explores history’s notable female monarchs.

10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Departure. (Return, Ma) 11.40 Romulus. (MA15+av, R) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

Graham Ross explores Uralla Garden.

8.30 MOVIE: The Proposal.

(2009, PGls, R) After being threatened with deportation, an editor gets engaged to her assistant to get a green card so she can continue working in the US, he agrees to the charade on the condition they meet his quirky family. Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen.

10.50 To Be Advised.

1.00 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Men’s All Stars. Round 1. Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars.

10.00 NRL: Indigenous All Stars V Maori All Stars Post-Match.

Post-match NRL news and analysis.

10.30 MOVIE: Escape Plan.

(2013, MA15+lv, R) A man is set up and put in jail. Sylvester Stallone.

12.45 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.45 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.45 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 3.00 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 6. Finals.

5.10 Explore. (PG, R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show.

Guests include Sir Ian McKellen.

8.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. (PGal, R) A Chihuahua takes issue with anyone who crosses its path. A groodle is in the running for Australia’s most-loving-dog award.

9.30 Fire Country. (Mv, R) After a hiker trying to take a selfie falls off a cliff, Bode and Jake put aside their differences to mount a rescue.

10.30 So Help Me Todd. (PGa, R) 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: Carol. (2015, M) 10.25 MOVIE: Mystery Road. (2013, M) 12.25am Would I Lie To You? 12.55 QI. 1.25 Killing Eve. 2.10 Back. 2.35 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 3.20 ABC News Update.

3.25 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 The Wonder Gang. 5.35 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up To Shyness. 1.40 Small Town Secrets. 2.35 VICE Sports. 3.00 WorldWatch.

5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.30 WorldWatch. 6.10 Duckrockers. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.25 Sex Club 101. 10.20 Queer Sports. (Premiere) 12.10am Late Programs.

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

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Morning Programs.

1.50pm Explore. 2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 4.30 Touch Football. Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars. 5.30 Rugby League. NRL. Women’s All Stars.

Round 1. Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars.

7.30 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders.

8.30 MOVIE: The Bodyguard. (1992, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 Becker. 8.00 NBL Slam. 8.30 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Ghosts.

10.00 The Middle. 11.00 Becker. Noon Frasier.

1.00 Ghosts. 2.00 Two And A Half Men. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker.

5.30 Frasier. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs.

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

Noon Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House.

3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Heats. 8.15 MOVIE: Evan Almighty. (2007) 10.10 MOVIE: The Boss.

(2016, MA15+) 12.05am The E! True Hollywood Story. 1.05 Medium. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising.

3.30 Late Programs.

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

8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 16. Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets. Highlights.

8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman.

10.30 JAG. 12.30pm NCIS. 1.30 FBI. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.15 48 Hours.

12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs.

2.10pm Good Fire Bad Fire. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 NITV News: Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 Wiyi Yani U Thangani. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Eddie’s Lil’ Homies. (Premiere) 7.45 MOVIE: Where The Wild Things Are. (2009, PG) 9.35 MOVIE: Friday After Next. (2002, MA15+) 11.05 Late Programs.

Mosley. (2019, PG) 7.45 The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 10.10 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 12.05pm Fatima. (2020, M) 2.10 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 3.45 On The Waterfront. (1954, PG) 5.45 An Ideal Husband. (1999, PG) 7.35 Hope Gap. (2019, M) 9.30 The Limehouse Golem. (2016, MA15+) 11.30 Under Suspicion. (1991, MA15+) 1.25am Late Programs.

5.50 On The Waterfront. (1954, PG)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Dead In The Water. (2021, Mav) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Our Town. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Cities Of The Underworld. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Patrol. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

1.30pm Pre-Game. 2.00 Cricket. Women’s Test Match. Aust v South Africa. Morning session. 4.00 The Lunch Break. 4.40 Cricket. Women’s Test Match. Aust v South Africa. Afternoon session.

6.40 Tea Break. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s Test Match.

Australia v South Africa. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 9.30 MOVIE: Men In Black II. (2002, PG) 11.20 Late Programs.

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Saturday, February 17 ABC TV (2)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Keeping Faith. (Final, Mal, R) 1.30 Darby And Joan. (PG, R) 2.15 Spicks And Specks.

(PG, R) 2.45 McCartney 3, 2, 1. (Final, R) 3.15 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World.

(PG, R) 4.00 Grand Designs Transformations.

(R) 5.00 Landline. (R) 5.30 Muster Dogs.

(Final, PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 The World From Above. (PG, R) 10.05 Love Your Garden.

(PGa, R) 11.00 Britain’s Great Outdoors. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Cycling. The Saudi Tour. Highlights. 3.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (PG, R) 3.10 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PG, R) 5.35 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. (PG, R)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair.

(R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Great Australian Detour.

(R) 12.30 My Way. (R) 1.00 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 1.30 MOVIE: Rocky II. (1979, PGv, R) 4.00 The Garden Hustle. (PGl) 5.00 9News First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. (Return, PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG, R) 10.00 To Be Advised. 11.00 Everyday Gourmet. (PG, R) 11.30 All 4 Adventure. (PGl, R) 12.30 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. (Premiere) 1.00 Australian Survivor. (R) 2.00 Wildlife Rescue. (PGal, R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 GCBC. (R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Taste Of Aust.

(R) 5.00 News.

6.30 Back Roads: Wheatbelt Animal Carers, WA. (R) Presented by Heather Ewart.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Darby And Joan. (PG) Jack and Joan’s search for a missing boy is complicated by the shock arrival of Joan’s daughter Rebecca.

8.15 Endeavour. (Mav, R) Part 1 of 3.

Endeavour plays bodyguard to a soccer star who has been threatened by the IRA. 9.50 Total Control. (Ml, R) Determined to reform youth justice, Alex pushes forward with her plan in the House of Representatives.

10.40 Midsomer Murders.

(Mav, R) Part 1 of 4.

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

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres: Stow-On-The-Wold.

(PG) Pam Ayres heads to Stow-on-the-Wold.

8.25 Scotland’s Scenic Railways: West Highland Line, Forth Bridge, Blair Castle. Takes a look at Scotland’s picturesque West Highland line from Glasgow to the Highlands.

9.20 Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership. (PGas, R) Part 3 of 3. An exploration about the truth behind Queen Victoria’s reputation.

10.15 Stolen: Catching The Art Thieves: Stockholm. (Mv, R) Part 3 of 3.

11.25 In Therapy. (Mls, R) 2.25 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Go behind the scenes of Australia’s immigration, customs and quarantine departments.

7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Ultimatum.

(2007, Mv, R) A former secret agent is once again hunted by the agency that created him. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn.

9.50 MOVIE: Green Zone.

(2010, Malv, R) A rogue military officer uncovers a conspiracy in Baghdad at the outset of the Iraq war. Matt Damon, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear.

12.10 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) Cole and Cassie embark on their final mission.

1.10 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Get Clever. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)

6.00 9News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Space Invaders. (PGa) Experts help people declutter their lives.

8.30 MOVIE: Casino Royale.

(2006, Mv, R) James Bond is assigned to stop an evil banker from winning a high-stakes casino tournament.

Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench.

11.30 My Life As A Rolling Stone: Ronnie Wood. (MA15+adl, R) 12.40 Great Australian Detour. (R) 1.05 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 1.30 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 Postcards. (PG, R) 3.00 World Aquatics Championships.

Doha 2024. Day 7. Finals. From Doha, Qatar.

5.15 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Contestants compete in a high-pressure, high-stakes game where they must beat The Banker to win a cash prize. Hosted by Grant Denyer.

7.00 To Be Advised.

10.00 Ambulance UK. (Mal, R) Follows crews from the North West Ambulance Service as they deal with all manner of crises in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the threat posed by the rising flood waters of Storm Christoph.

11.15 FBI: International. (Mv, R) Cameron’s friend from the US Navy calls in a favour to help her find her nephew, who has gone missing in Crete. With the rest of the team busy, Scott hangs back in Budapest to take care of personal business.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Authentic. (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.50 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.20 MythBusters.

11.10 Portlandia. 11.55 Black Mirror. 1.10am To Be Advised. 2.15 Unprotected Sets. 3.10 ABC News Update. 3.15 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets.

5.25 The Wonder Gang. 5.35 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. 12.05pm MOVIE: Sione’s Wedding. (2006, M) 1.55 The Story Of. 2.25 Asia’s Next Top Model. 3.25 WorldWatch. 6.05 MOVIE: Still Standing. (2022, PG) 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 MOVIE: Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible. (2022, M) 10.10 Better Things. 11.05 Fear The Walking Dead. Midnight Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 11.00 Harry’s Practice. 11.30 House Of Wellness. 12.30pm Motor Racing. Bathurst 12 Hour. Qualifying and support races. 3.00 Motor Racing. Bathurst 12 Hour.

Top 10 Shootout. 5.00 Horse Racing. Black Caviar Lightning Race Day and Apollo Stakes Day. 6.00 Heathrow. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Morning Programs.

7.30 Danger Man. 8.30 Tomorrow’s World. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Helping Hands.

10.30 Explore. 10.40 Edgar Wallace Mysteries.

Noon MOVIE: Suspect. (1960, PG) 1.40 MOVIE: Golden Ivory. (1954, PG) 3.30 MOVIE: The Wonderful Country. (1959, PG) 5.30 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 7. Heats. 8.30 MOVIE: Outbreak. (1995, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 7.00 The King Of Queens.

8.00 Becker. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.00 Farm To Fork.

11.30 The King Of Queens. 12.30pm Australian Survivor. 3.00 Becker. 4.00 Frasier. 4.30 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Friends.

Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 South Park. 3.30 Just For Laughs Montreal. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs.

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

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

6am Morning Programs.

1.40pm Brazil Untamed. 2.30 NITV News: Nula.

3.00 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 3.10 Going Places.

4.10 Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke. 4.20 Who Killed Malcolm X. 5.50 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi.

6.20 News. 6.30 Kura. 7.00 Family Rules. 7.30 Bears: The Ultimate Survivors. 8.30 MOVIE: Insidious. (2010, M) 10.20 MOVIE: The Fade. (2012, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

On The Waterfront. Continued. (1954, PG) 7.50 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020, PG) 9.45 Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams. (1990, PG, Japanese) 11.55 Jackie Chan’s First Strike. (1996, M) 2pm The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 4.20 The Great Dictator. (1940, PG) 6.35 The Final Countdown. (1980, PG) 8.30 Road House.

(1989) 10.35 Blue Velvet. (1986, MA15+) 12.50am Bleed For This. (2016, M) 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Black Caviar Lightning Race Day and Apollo Stakes Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Narrated by Grant Bowler.

1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 Pre-Game. 2.00 Cricket.

Women’s Test Match. Aust v South Africa.

Morning session. 4.00 The Lunch Break. 4.40 Cricket. Women’s Test Match. Aust v South Africa.

Afternoon session. 6.40 Tea Break. 7.00 Cricket.

Women’s Test Match. Australia v South Africa. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 9.30 Mighty Ships. 10.30 Mighty Planes. 11.30 Late Programs.

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5.30 MOVIE: Agent Cody Banks. (2003, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Bride Wars. (2009, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: Two Weeks Notice. (2002, PG) 11.20 Dating No Filter.

11.50 Late Programs.

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9.00 Exploring Off The Grid. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Camper Deals. Noon Jake And The Fatman. 1.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

2.00 JAG. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 17. Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory. 10.15 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.05am FBI: International. 1.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGa, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Dream Gardens.

(R) 3.00 Nigella Bites. (R) 3.25 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PG, R) 4.40 Joanna Lumley’s Britain. (PG, R) 5.30 The ABC Of... (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 The World From Above. (R) 10.05 Love Your Garden. (R) 11.00 Britain’s Great Outdoors. (PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 12.55 North Beach Football Club. (R) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Surf Life Saving. Interstate C’ships. Highlights. 5.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Rivers. (PGa, R) 5.35 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. (PGa, R)

6.00 NBC Today.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

(PG) Highlights from the past week.

12.00 Motor Racing. Bathurst 12 Hour.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Narrated by Grant Bowler.

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Fishing Aust. (R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 GolfBarons. (PG) 10.30 Surfing Australia TV. 11.00 Family Drives. (R) 12.00 Fishing Australia. 12.30 Building Icons. (Premiere, PG) 1.30 MOVIE: Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life.

(2016, PGal, R) 3.30 Space Invaders. (PGa, R) 4.30 Explore TV: Portugal & Spain. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Postcards. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Freshly Picked.

(R) 9.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 9.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Pooches At Play. (R) 11.00 Buy To Build.

(R) 11.30 Healthy Homes. (R) 12.00 Australian Survivor. (R) 1.30 Cook With Luke. (R) 2.00 4x4 Adventures. 3.00 Roads Less Travelled.

3.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.30 GCBC. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Grand Designs Transformations: St Kilda And Blackwall. (R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (Return, PG) An astronomer falls from a cliff.

8.30 Total Control. (Final) The fallout from the vote continues as allegations of corruption swirl around Alex.

9.30 Silent Witness. (Malv, R) Nikki is forced to face her past.

10.30 Mystery Road. (Final, Mdlv, R) 11.25 Harrow. (Mv, R) 12.15 The Trial Of Christine Keeler. (Final, Mal, R) 1.15 Sanditon. (PG, R) 2.05 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.05 Catalyst. (PG, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Mystery Of Blackbeard’s Lost Treasure. (PGav) A look at Blackbeard’s treasure.

8.20 Putin’s Stolen Children.

Follows the story of the thousands of Ukrainian children who have been kidnapped by the Russian state.

9.55 Rise Of The Nazis: Dictators At War: Stalingrad. (Mav, R) Part 2 of 3.

11.05 Muhammad Ali. (PGasvw, R) Part 3 of 4.

1.05 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (R) 3.50 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Australian Idol. (PG) Hosted

by Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie.

8.30 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop: Slawomir Tomczyk. (Malv) Ron Iddles recounts how he set out to prove the innocence of the man convicted for murder of Slawomir Tomczyk.

9.35 What The Killer Did Next: Michael Ryan. (Mav) Examines the behaviour of killers after a murder, including the case of pensioner Michael Ryan.

10.35 The Disappearance Of Gabby Petito. (Malv) Part 3 of 3.

12.00 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News Sunday.

7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls) The experts call out bad behaviour.

8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.30 9News Late.

10.00 Murder In The Family: Jennifer Cronin. (MA15+al) Part 2 of 3.

11.00 The First 48: Trap House. (MA15+al, R) 11.50 Family Law. (Ma, R) 12.40 Building Icons. (PG, R) 1.30 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders. (R) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. (R) 3.00 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 8. Finals. From Doha, Qatar. 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Joins panellists for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 Australian Survivor. A group of Australian castaways battles it out on the beaches of Samoa as they vie to become the sole survivor.

9.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) The NCIS team investigates a cold case involving World War II-era bones on the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, and are shocked to learn they belong to a 100-year-old survivor.

11.00 FBI: International. (Mav, R) A US intelligence negotiator goes missing and her Paris apartment is found covered in blood.

12.00 The Sunday Project.

(R) A look at the day’s news.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 6.55pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Queerstralia. 9.30 You Can’t Ask That. 9.50 Interview With The Vampire. 10.35 Doc Martin.

11.25 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 12.05am Miniseries: The Hollow Crown. 2.15 ABC News Update. 2.20 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 The Wonder Gang. 5.35 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Front Up. Noon Super Maximum Retro Show. 12.30 Noisey. 1.25 Rise. 2.20 Jungletown. 3.10 The Casketeers. 4.10 WorldWatch. 4.40 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 5.10 WorldWatch. 5.50 Alone Sweden.

6.40 Ocean Wreck Investigation. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Search For El Dorado. 9.20 Cracking The Code. 10.20 Late Programs.

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

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Morning Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am The Middle. 9.00 Australian Survivor. 10.30 The Big Bang Theory.

12.30pm The Middle. 2.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 20. Melbourne United v Illawarra Hawks. 4.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 20. Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 South Park. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Just For Laughs Montreal. 2.30 Two And A Half Men. 3.30 Charmed. 4.30 Shopping.

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am The

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs.

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

10 BOLD (12, 53) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 9.00 Wildlife Rescue Australia. 10.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 JAG. 1.30pm What’s Up Down Under. 2.00 Camper Deals. 2.30 JAG. 4.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 17. Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs.

Noon Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay. 1.00 Away From Country. 2.00 VICE Sports. 3.00 Impact! Wrestling Down Under 2023. 5.30 Going Places. 6.00 Just Another Day In Indulkana.

6.10 News. 6.20 Nature’s Great Migration. 7.20 Monochrome: Black, White And Blue. 8.30 One Of Ours. 10.05 MOVIE: Not Without My Daughter.

(1991, M) 12.05am Late Programs.

SBS (3)

Final Countdown. Continued. (1980, PG) 6.55 An Ideal Husband. (1999, PG) 8.45 On The Waterfront.

(1954, PG) 10.45 Hope Gap. (2019, M) 12.40pm Bleed For This. (2016, M) 2.50 Satellite Boy. (2012, PG) 4.30 Ramen Shop. (2018, PG) 6.10 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 8.30 Riders Of Justice.

(2020, MA15+, Danish) 10.40 Caesar Must Die. (2012, M, Italian) 12.05am Late Programs.

10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 DVine Living.

11.30 Animal Rescue. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Animal Rescue. 3.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 5.00 Motor Racing. Bathurst 12 Hour. 6.00 Greatest Escapes To The Country. 6.45 Vicar Of Dibley. 8.35 Vera. 10.35 Call The Midwife. 11.50 Late Programs.

1.30pm Pre-Game. 2.00 Cricket. Women’s Test Match. Aust v South Africa. Morning session. 4.00 The Lunch Break. 4.40 Cricket. Women’s Test Match. Aust v South Africa. Afternoon session.

6.40 Tea Break. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s Test Match.

Aust v South Africa. Late afternoon session. 9.30 MOVIE: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. (2018, M) 12.05am Late Programs.

8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point.

9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: Not Now, Comrade. (1976, PG) 12.30pm MOVIE: Watch Your Stern. (1960, PG) 2.30 MOVIE: Attack On The Iron Coast. (1968, PG) 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024.

Day 8. Heats. 7.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 To Be Advised.

11.00 Late Programs.

1.30pm Ben Fogle: Starting Up Starting Over. 2.30 Rich House, Poor House. 3.30 MOVIE: An American Pickle. (2020, PG) 5.20 MOVIE: The Water Horse.

(2007, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Fast & Furious. (2009, M) 9.30 MOVIE: Fast Five. (2011, M) Midnight Medium. 1.50 Rich House, Poor House. 2.40 Ben Fogle: Starting Up Starting Over. 3.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike. 4.00 Late Programs.

TEN (10, 5)

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Monday, February 19 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7, 6)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 To Be Advised.

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 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls, R) 1.30 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 [VIC] Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Ent. Tonight.

(R) 8.30 GCBC. (R) 9.00 Bold. (PGas, R) 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGas, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday.

1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Australian Survivor.

(R) 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGas) 5.00 News.

6.00 Back Roads. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story. (Return) Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.30 Four Corners. (Return) Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry.

9.35 Q+A. (Return) Presented

by Patricia Karvelas.

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R) 11.10 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 11.40 Planet America. (R) 12.10 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.00 Tenable. (R) 1.50 Why Are You Like This. (Mls, R) 3.05 Rage.

(MA15+adhlnsv) 4.35 Catalyst. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

(R) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers.

(Ms) Hosted by Michael Hing.

8.30 Finding Your Roots: Hidden Kin. (Return, Mav) Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actors Edward Norton and Julia Roberts.

9.30 The 2010s: Peak TV. (Premiere, MA15+av) Takes a look back at the 2010s, a turbulent era marked by political and social upheaval.

11.05 SBS World News Late.

11.35 Blanca. (Malv) 12.35 Silent Road. (Premiere, Ma) 4.25 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) After an exhausting round of auditions, the top 21 strive to impress the judges.

9.00 The Irrational. (Mav) Mercer is approached by his old friend CJ, a journalist who has been poisoned.

10.00 The Latest: Seven News.

10.30 S.W.A.T. (Mav) Deacon and Chris are attacked by a drug cartel.

11.30 Curse Of The Chippendales. (Malsv, R) Part 2 of 4.

12.30 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) 1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) Two new couples get married.

9.10 Big Miracles. (Malm) Donor eggs offer Sheila and Tyson hope that their dream of having a baby will come true.

10.10 9News Late.

10.40 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av) The task force is caught in a shootout.

11.30 Court Cam. (MA15+alv, R) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Hello SA. (PG) 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 9News Early.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 Australian Survivor. A group of Australian castaways battles it out on the beaches of Samoa as they vie to become the sole survivor.

8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (MA15+sv, R) The body count escalates as a local FBI case involving two murdered women and a host of powerful men turns into a manhunt for the dangerous leader of a far-reaching criminal enterprise.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.10 Louis Theroux: Savile. 11.25 Would I Lie To You? 11.55 QI. 12.25am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.15 MOVIE: Mystery Road. (2013, M) 3.10 ABC News Update. 3.15 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Front Up. 12.10pm WorldWatch. 12.40 MOVIE: The Big Squeeze. (2021, M) 1.55 Cook Up Bitesize. 2.00 Planet A. 2.50 Most Expensivest. 3.20 WorldWatch.

6.15 The Fast History Of. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Bad Education. (Premiere) 10.30 Last Chance To Save A Life. 11.30 Late Programs.

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

7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes. 1pm Your Money & Your Life. 1.30 Last Chance Learners. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin.

8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.45 Late Programs.

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Morning Programs.

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 Dr Quinn. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Third Man. (1949, PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. (Return) 9.40 Whitstable Pearl. (Return) 10.40 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am The Big Bang

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7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs.

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

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

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 Endeavour. (Mav, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.25 Tenable. (R) 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Love Your Garden.

6am Morning Programs.

2pm Going Places. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time.

4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.35 Karla Grant Presents. 9.15 The Redfern Story. 10.20 MOVIE: Gran Torino. (2008, M) 12.20am Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 9.50 Hugh’s Wild West. (R) 11.00 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. (PGav, R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.10 Daniel O’Donnell: Home To Donegal. (PG) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.00 DNA Family Secrets. (PGal, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

Satellite Boy. Continued. (2012, PG) 6.50 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 9.10 The Great Dictator. (1940, PG) 11.25 The Cassandra Crossing.

(1976, M) 1.50pm The Final Countdown. (1980, PG) 3.40 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 5.40 The Taming Of The Shrew. (1967, PG) 7.50 A Brighter Tomorrow. (2021, M, French) 9.30 Enforcement.

(2020, MA15+, Danish) 11.30 Late Programs.

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11.30 Border Security: Int. Noon Border Security.

1.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.30 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. New Year Derby.

Highlights. 3.30 Desert Collectors. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 10.30 Deep Water Salvage. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Noon Scorpion. 3.00 Bewitched. 3.30 Full House.

4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family.

5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.

(1998, MA15+) 10.40 Seinfeld. 11.40 The Nanny.

12.10am Medium. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Late Programs.

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Theory. 9.00 The Middle. 10.30 Friends. Noon Charmed. 2.00 Ghosts. 3.00 The King Of Queens.

4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement.

11.00 Frasier. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Workaholics. 2.30 Just For Laughs. 3.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 4.30 Home Shopping.

8.00 Buy To Build. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. 9.30 iFish. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm NCIS. 1.30 FBI. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles.

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Following The Drug Money.

(PG, R) 10.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. (a, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife.

(Ma, R) 2.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PGa, R) 2.30 Back Roads. (R) 3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.30 Tenable. (R) 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Love Your Garden. (PG)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Make Me A Dealer.

(PG, R) 9.50 Hugh’s Wild West. (R) 10.55 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World.

(PG, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 New Breed: The Rise Of The Social Entrepreneur. (PG, R) 3.30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.00 DNA Family Secrets. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7, 6)

NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 Married At First Sight.

(Mls, R) 1.45 Explore. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 [VIC] Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Neighbours.

(PGa, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGas, R) 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 2.00 Australian Survivor.

(R) 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads: Gemfields, Queensland. (PG) Guest presented by Lisa Millar.

8.30 Better Date Than Never: Date Etiquette. (Return, PG) Follows a group of single love seekers.

9.00 Earth: Human. Part 5 of 5.

10.05 You Can’t Ask That: Prescription Drug Addiction. (Madl, R) 10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Four Corners.

(R) 11.55 Q+A. (R) 12.55 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.15 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 2.05 Tenable.

(R) 2.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst.

(R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

(R) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Peter Helliar. (PG, R) Peter Helliar explores his roots.

8.35 Franklin. (MA15+l, R) Recounts the epic seven-year campaign to save Tasmania’s World Heritage-listed Franklin River.

10.20 Robson Green’s Icelandic Adventure. (PGa, R) Part 3 of 3.

11.15 SBS World News Late.

11.45 Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late. (Premiere, Malv) 12.40 Infiniti. (MA15+av, R) 3.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mal, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGad) 7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) Hosted

by Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie.

9.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. (MA15+l) Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay tries to transform New Jersey Italian restaurant Da Mimmo.

10.00 First Dates UK. (Ml) Singles experience the thrills of dating.

11.05 The Latest: Seven News.

11.35 The Front Bar: All Sports Edition. (Ml, R) 12.45 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) 1.45 Your Money & Your Life. (PG, R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) A new couple join the experiment.

9.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (Ml) Andy Lee is joined by a panel of comedians and 100 Aussies to explore the fun behind the facts.

10.00 9News Late.

10.30 Travel Guides NZ. (PGl, R) 11.30 Family Law. (Ma) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 9News Early.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Australian Survivor. A group of Australian castaways battles it out on the beaches of Samoa as they vie to become the sole survivor.

9.00 NCIS. (Mv, R) The team searches for Gibbs after wreckage of his boat is discovered.

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv, R) The team receives a cryptic message.

11.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (Return) 9.15 To Be Advised. 10.10 Portlandia. 10.55 Back. 11.20 Would I Lie To You? 11.50 MOVIE: Carol. (2015, M) 1.45am Unprotected Sets. 2.40 ABC News Update.

2.45 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 The Wonder Gang. 5.35 Late Programs.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

6.50 News. 7.20 WorldWatch. 10.00 Front Up. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Devoured. 1.20 Cryptoland. 1.50 One Star Reviews. 2.20 Earthworks. 3.10 WorldWatch. 5.05 Joy Of Painting.

5.35 WorldWatch. 6.15 The Fast History Of. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Dark Side Of The 2000s. 9.25 Stone Cold Takes On America.

10.15 Late Programs.

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

9GEM (92, 81) 6am Morning Programs.

9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 1.55 Dr Quinn. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow.

3.25 MOVIE: The Playboy Of The Western World.

(1963, PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am Stephen Colbert.

7.00 Becker. 8.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 20.

Melbourne United v Illawarra Hawks. Replay. 10.00 King Of Queens. 11.00 Rules Of Engagement. Noon Becker. 1.00 Frasier. 2.00 King Of Queens. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Late Programs.

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SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am The Taming Of The Shrew. (1967, PG) 8.20 Ramen Shop.

(2018, PG) 10.00 The Physician. (2013, M) 12.45pm Caesar Must Die. (2012, M, Italian) 2.10 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 4.30 The 400 Blows.

(1959, PG, French) 6.25 Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride.

(2005, PG) 7.50 The Exchange. (2021, M) 9.30 I Know What You Did Last Summer. (1997, MA15+) 11.25 Late Programs.

7MATE (73, 64) 6am Morning Programs.

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

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

8.00 Buy To Build. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm NCIS. 1.30 FBI. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 9.25 FBI: International. 10.20 FBI. 12.15am Home Shopping.

2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6am Morning Programs.

1.45pm Strait To The Plate. 2.15 Preserving Kandiwal’s Culture. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Chatham Islanders. 8.00 Curious Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Mars Attacks! (1996, M) 10.20 The One And Only Dick Gregory. 12.20am Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA: David Cassidy. (Mad, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice.

9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.45 Late Programs.

9.00 America’s Game. 10.00 American Pickers.

11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Outback Opal Hunters.

1.00 Aussie Salvage Squad. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Desert Collectors. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers.

9.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. 10.30 Ice Road Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Noon Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House.

3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie.

6.00 Raymond. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.30 MOVIE: RoboCop. (2014, M) 10.50 Seinfeld.

11.50 The Nanny. 12.20am Medium. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. 3.30 Late Programs.

TEN (10, 5)

School news

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St Paul’s Futures Centre unveiled EMBARKING on a transformative journey to accommodate enrolment growth in the Latrobe Valley, St Paul’s Anglican Grammar has opened is new Futures Centre, giving students a new and inspiring space for Term 1.

A historic milestone, the Futures Centre is the first step to introducing Years 11 and 12 for the first time at the St Paul’s Traralgon Campus, providing a new avenue for senior students, whether tertiary or employment bound, in the Latrobe Valley from 2026.

With the inaugural Year 12 students due to

graduate in 2027, the innovative Futures Centre boasts cutting-edge facilities, ready to be enjoyed by staff, students and families.

From a resourceful library to state-of-the-art performance facilities, an indoor-to-outdoor cafeteria and dedicated wellbeing counselling spaces, this structure is poised to elevate the students’ learning experience.

All areas of the meticulously designed building are cleverly utilised, providing additional multi-use areas that will foster collaborative work and inspire engagement beyond the traditional classroom.

Impressive: The newly-built Futures Centre at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School.

Welcome: Reception area.

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Tiered seating: A new auditorium for gatherings and the arts is a feature of the complex.

Bookworms: The new St Paul’s library.

Kossie off to a good start Eye to the future: Year 8 students Boston, Angus, Teddy, Spencer and Jack will be able to continue their senior schooling years at St Paul’s Traralgon Campus.

New student leaders

STUDENT leaders at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School are poised to showcase their leadership skills in the upcoming school year.

Year 10 students Mitchell Rong and Amelia Wells were inducted recently into their roles as the St Paul’s Traralgon Secondary School Captains at a recent Leader Induction Assembly.

Also embarking on their journey of leadership

are Year 6 students Ava Burslem and William Lambert as the St Paul’s Traralgon Junior School Leaders for 2024.

Together, the leaders aspire to be beacons of inspiration, guiding their fellow students towards inclusiveness and embodying the school's values of wisdom, integrity, compassion and respect.

Leading the way: Kosciuszko Street Primary School Captains for 2024 Abby, Quade, Sim and Mackenzie.

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Role models: Traralgon Secondary School Captains, Mitchell Rong and Amelia Wells with St Paul’s Principal, Cameron Herbert and Head of St Paul’s Traralgon Secondary School, Leonie Clark.

Qualities: Traralgon Junior School Leaders Ava Burslem and William Lambert with Head of St Paul’s Traralgon Junior School, Tracey King and Principal, Cameron Herbert.

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THE school year has had a positive start at Kosciuszko Street Primary School, Traralgon.

The school has welcomed two Prep classes full of enthusiastic learners, new staff and new student leaders.

Prep students have settled in well to their new school life and are showing their eagerness to learn.

Prep R teacher Ms Rowed said: “we have been so impressed with how the Preps have settled in and are following school routines and values".

Kossie also acknowledged the terrific job the new student leaders have done in their roles around the school.

Recently, students were presented with their badges in front of the Kossie Community during a school-wide assembly.

Special recognition was given to school captains, vice-captains, house captains, library leaders and green team leaders. All student leaders work hard to support students and the school community throughout their various roles.

Congratulations to Mackenzie, Sim, Abby and Quade, who have taken on the important role of school and vice-captains at Kossie PS this year.

The Latrobe Valley Express, Wednesday, 14 February, 2024 — Page 25

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Five arrests: Firearms and drugs found

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC

IMITATION firearms, ammunition, drugs, cash and stolen property have been seized, and five people were arrested, as police conducted a major operation across the Latrobe Valley last week.

In Operation Poseidon, Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit detectives and Crime Command’s VIPER Taskforce knocked on the doors of 20 homes between Tuesday, February 6 and Thursday, February 8.

During the course of the operation, police conducted 19 Firearm Prohibition Order (FPO) searches and a drug warrant across Gippsland.

The FPO scheme operates together with the existing prohibited person scheme to protect the community, and reduce firearm-related crime by targeting those who want to possess, use or carry firearms for unlawful purposes.

The police conducted 19 FPO searches within the region.

Throughout the operation, police seized trafficable quantities of GHB and other drugs, including cannabis and methylamphetamine.

Police also found various imitation firearms and cartridge ammunition, property allegedly stolen from burglaries including e-bikes, bank cards and copper wire, cash and a vehicle allegedly used in an evade.

Those arrested by police included:  A 32-year-old Morwell man arrested and charged with 10 offences including reckless conduct endangering life, evade police, unlicensed driving, possessing a drug of dependence, handling stolen goods and hindering police.

The charges relate to an incident where detectives from Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit were driving along Southern Road, Traralgon and observed a silver Ford Falcon sedan at about 2.45am on Sunday, February 4.

Police approached the vehicle before the driver allegedly accelerated and sped away from the scene. The alleged driver was seen travelling on the wrong side of the road and incorrectly through a roundabout. The man has subsequently been bailed to appear at Latrobe Valley Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, May 2;

Morwell man dies in police custody

POLICE will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of a man who had been in police custody.

A 59-year-old man was arrested on Friday, February 2, in Morwell as part of an Australian Federal Police investigation.

The man was remanded in custody after his bail was revoked and lodged at Morwell Police Station before being transported to Dandenong Police Station.

He subsequently reported feeling unwell and disclosed to police he had consumed a large amount of non-prescription medication prior to being arrested.

The man was subsequently conveyed to hospital and died on Sunday, February 4.

Homicide squad detectives will prepare a report for the coroner and the investigation will be handled by the Professional Standards Command, which is standard procedure following a death in custody.

Man arrested after putting Air Wing at risk

POLICE have charged a man after a laser was

 On February 6, police executed a FPO search at a home in Newborough.

Police located and seized an imitation firearm and ammunition. Charges are expected to be laid against a 66-year-old man, and;  Detectives conducted an FPO search at a property in Morwell on February 7.

During the search, detectives allegedly located property that was stolen during an aggravated burglary - about $2500 cash, cannabis and methylamphetamine.

A 37-year-old Morwell man was arrested and charged with 11 offences, including handling stolen goods, dealing with the proceeds of crime and possessing methylamphetamine. He was bailed to appear at the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court on Wednesday, May 1.

Once issued, an FPO remains in effect for 10 years for adults and five years for children, which is those between 14 and 17-years-of-age.

Detective Senior Sergeant, Trevor Vondrasek of the Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit said Operation Poseidon was successful.

“These operations keep the heat on those prohibited from possessing a firearm due to their criminal history and associations,” he said.

“Firearm Prohibition Orders are an important tool that make it difficult for these people to access, use and store firearms or be in areas where there are known to be firearms in order to keep the community safe.”

“These searchers are when an (FPO) application is granted … we have compliance searches to be conducted, or we can act on information - we can carry out a singular search if we need to.”

An FPO is made by police and prohibits a person over the age of 14 from acquiring, possessing, or carrying a firearm or firearm-related item. If served with an FPO, the subject must immediately surrender any firearm or firearm-related items. Once someone is subject to an FPO, they can have their homes or vehicles searched without a warrant at any time. FPO breaches carry prison sentences of up to 10 years.

“Anyone who breaches their Firearms Prohibition Order can expect a visit from us, and to be held accountable for putting others in harm’s way,” Det Snr Sgt Vondrasek said.

Lock-up: Police made five arrests and found a number of illegal substances and weapons.

Photograph: Victoria Police

The special VIPER Taskforce was utilised to help local investigators search properties quickly and effectively.

“In this case, we were sort of relying (on doing) a number at a time and often, to do a search, it requires a fair few people to search through a premises, and premises could be large, could be a country property, it could be just a flat,” Det Snr Sgt Vondrasek said.

The Victoria Police consider the FPO a useful tool for keeping the community safe from illegal weapons and firearms.

“People we have FPOs against generally have (violent) backgrounds, carried weapons or (were) found in the possession of firearms and have been convicted at the court of firearms offences. So it basically allows us to search for those things just to make sure that those persons aren’t infringing those sorts of violent type offences,” Det Snr Sgt Vondrasek said.

“We can come through at any time, day or night with the FPO searches … if we carried out a search in this operation and in five days’ time we found out some more information in relation to a person with an FPO, we would act again.

“Our main prerogative is looking for these weapons and firearms. If we do find other things, we are

He is known to frequent the Bass Coast and Wangaratta areas and may be looking for a caravan park.

Investigators have released images of Wesley and his vehicle in the hope that someone can provide information on his current whereabouts.

Anyone who sights Wesley is urged to contact Morwell Police Station on (03) 5131 5000.

Police Beat

with Zaida Glibanovic allegedly pointed at the Police Air Wing on Wednesday night, (February 7).

The helicopter was flying above the Hazelwood North area about 9pm when a laser was allegedly shone at the aircraft several times.

Air Wing officers directed police on the ground to an address on Church Road in Hazelwood North shortly after.

Attending officers located a laser and arrested a 33-year-old Hazelwood North man at the premises.

He was interviewed and is expected to be charged on summons with interfering with a crew member in an aircraft, reckless conduct endangering life and possessing a prohibited weapon.

Police search for Wesley

INVESTIGATORS are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing man Wesley.

The 85-year-old man was last seen on Sunday, February 4 at about 9.30pm on Angus Street in Morwell.

There are concerns for Wesley’s wellbeing due

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Missing: Police are appealing for public assistance to help find missing man Wesley.

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to his age and his current medical condition.

Wesley is described as Caucasian in appearance, 180cm tall with a medium build and grey hair.

Wesley was travelling in a white Hyundai Terracan, registration 1LF6ZP, possibly towing a white popup tent caravan with a blue stripe.

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entitled to seize those other things as we have.”

After a FPO is served, a police officer can search the FPO subject if reasonably required to determine whether the person is in possession of a firearm or firearm-related item. This power does not require a warrant. “(The FPO) has enhanced the fact that it can be with certain criteria met, just either (a) compliance search or on information, and it’s a power that we can act on straight away,” Det Snr Sgt Vondrasek said.

Police will still issue search warrants if the person with an FPO is suspected of a wide range of illegal offences.

“We’ve always had to rely on a search warrant, and we still have search warrant provisions where an urgent search warrant (if required) in relation to something, and we suspect a number of offences at the same time,” Det Snr Sgt Vondrasek said.

A person has 28 days upon being served with a Firearm Prohibition Order to apply to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) to review the decision to make the order.

There has been a recent weapons crackdown in Victoria as the state government introduces the Firearms and Control of Weapons Amendment Bill to Parliament.

Under the new legislation, the FPO would go even further to improve police power, allowing them to search a person of interest in the street and direct them to a police station or another safe space for up to two hours to serve an order.

FPOs were first introduced in Victoria in May 2018 and have been used more than 2100 times.

Police Minister, Anthony Carbines, says this has forced criminals out of the shadows and into the light of day.

Among the new laws, the state government will implement stronger safeguards on the sale of machetes, given the recent machete attacks in Victoria.

The Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit wished to thank the VIPER Taskforce for its role in assisting local police with their weapons crackdown.

The police are also urging the public to call the Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit, their local police station or Crime Stoppers if they have any information on illegal firearms.

EMERGENCY responders were called out to a collision between two vehicles at the Coonoc Road turn off on the Princes Highway on Wednesday afternoon, February 7.

The incident was reported to have occurred at about 1.40pm in the eastbound lanes of the freeway.

Traffic was slow moving as emergency services assessed the drivers.

Both cars appeared to have suffered significant damage.

An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said a man, believed to be in his 50s, was treated for a chest injury and taken to Latrobe Regional Hospital in a stable condition.

A man believed to be in his 80s and a woman believed to be in her 60s were also assessed but did not require emergency treatment or transport.

...and contribute to a brighter future for the whole community.

When you buy local you receive local service and support and you also help ensure the prosperity of the region.

And don’t forget about the convenience of shopping local.

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OHS sentencing practices under review

By TOM HAYES

A NEW consultation paper has been released by the Sentencing Advisory Council (SAC), detailing and examining sentencing practises for occupational health and safety offences in Victoria.

The paper provides information that will form the basis for forums in Gippsland and greater Victoria that aim at community feedback on OHS and sentencing practices, which will be taken into account in the final recommendations.

The council was formed in 2004 to bridge gaps between the community and the court system, educating the wider population on sentencing issues.

The council's responses have previously resulted in changes to maximum penalties for offences or breaches of intervention orders, abolition of suspended sentences, the introduction of the Sentence Indication Scheme, and the addition of hatred and prejudice as a factor of sentencing.

This paper is the first in the council's history, examining sentencing practices since the inception of Victoria’s Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic), which came into effect in July 2005, up until June 2021.

The most common offences against that Act involve employers who fail to take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees and those in the public.

The Attorney-General, Jaclyn Symes, gave the council terms of reference into OHS offences committed by individuals and organisations separately.

Those terms were to:  Examine OHS offences sentencing practises;  Consult with stakeholders and the community;  Consider whether sentencing practises align with community expectations;  Consider the role of injured workers and their families in sentencing proceedings, and;  Examine the enforcement of sentencing orders, especially payment rates for court fines.

The council's first step was to consult with employee representatives and unions, industry groups and employers, the legal profession, and the broader community to identify potential areas for reform, in response to the Attorney-General’s terms, finalised in September 2023.

The latest to be released, the consultation paper and statistical report, is just the second step in the council’s four-step strategy.

Next, the council will undertake community consultation, calling for written submissions and hosting a series of consultations from February to May this year in regional Victoria, as well as suburban and metropolitan Melbourne.

The council has been asked to deliver its final report with recommendations to the Attorney-General and the Minister for WorkSafe and TAC, Danny Pearson,

by December 31, 2024, as the final step.

The council’s consultation paper examined court data from OHS offences, including fine repayment rates, with the help of WorkSafe Victoria, the courts and Fines Victoria. The paper, written by Sentencing Advisory Council Chief Executive, Dr

Eagle eye: Victorian Attorney-General, Jaclyn Symes gave the Sentencing Advisory Council terms of reference for their research in Photograph supplied practices.

Paul McGorrery, Octavian Simu, Zsombor Bathy and Melanie Hull, identified a number of key findings.

"The Sentencing Advisory Council at the moment is exploring whether sentencing practices for these offences need to change, and you can't know whether something needs to change unless you know where they are now," Dr McGorrery said.

"So what we've done is explored 16 years of court data, brought it together in as successful format as we can to share it with the community and all of our stakeholders, to hopefully put them in the best position to help tell us 'Do current sentencing practices align with community expectations, or is there a change that needs to be made?'

"There is a lot of issues in here that we think a lot of Victorians will feel strongly about, and we are looking to hearing what their views are."

Along with the council’s paper, a statistical report based on OHS offences was released to help inform their consultations.

The consultation report highlighted that from the 400,000 workplaces in Victoria, 40,000 WorkSafe inspections are conducted each year.

It was found that OHS offences are most common in the construction (36 per cent) and manufacturing (30 per cent) industries.

Over the 16 years of data that was collated, the council looked at 1197 cases - about 75 cases per year - and found that someone was injured in 64 per cent of cases, someone was killed in 11 per cent of cases, or no one was killed or injured in 25 per cent of cases.

The most common OHS offence is an employer breaching safety duties to employees.

The most frequent sentence for OHS offenders has been a fine, which occurred in 87 per cent of cases; 11 per cent of cases result in a good behaviour order; and the remaining two per cent result in a Community Corrections Order, diversion or prison.

Previous reviews have come to the conclusion that fines were too low to deter any unsafe work practises, especially in large companies.

The average fine over the past 10 years in Victoria is $69,000. The smallest was $600, while the largest was $1 million. The maximum fine that can be issued is $1.7 million for a company, or $350,000 for an individual.

It was also discovered that from all cases resulting in a fine, only 67 per cent were paid in full. In the four-and-a-half year period up until June 2021, about $10.3 million in fines went unpaid, about $2.3 million per year over that period.

Dr McGorrery found this to be the most surprising finding from the data.

"We saw about two thirds in fines from OHS cases are fully paid, and that's actually pretty consistent with what you see in other types of cases," he said.

"But when you look at it in dollar terms in OHS cases, that's over $10 million in unpaid fines in a four-and-a-half year period, and you've got to wonder ways to improve fine payment rates."

The most significant predictor of a fine going unpaid is the fact that the offender is now a deregistered company.

"We looked into what was causing fines to go unpaid, and overwhelmingly the strongest predictor of a fine for an OHS case going unpaid was the offender being a company that get deregistered around the same time of, or soon after receiving the fine," Dr McGorrery said.

In Gippsland, there were 58 OHS cases - 4.8 per cent of OHS cases in Victoria between July 2005 and June 2021 - resulting in 104 OHS charges, 5.5 per cent of OHS charges in Victoria.

From that, there was a total of 32 non-aggregate fines for companies in Gippsland during that period, the smallest fine being $3000, the average fine was $30,000, and the largest fine was $388,650.

Later this month, the Sentencing Advisory Council is hosting a plethora of community forums to gauge expectations on sentencing, in order to keep people safe at work.

"We will literally be asking the community to be the judge," Dr McGorrery said.

The council will be sharing real OHS cases, asking those in attendance what punishment they would give the offending company and why they made their decision, all before hearing what the judge in that case gave the offender.

Those in attendance will share how they feel about the real sentence after getting that information.

The council is set to visit Morwell, Ballarat, Shepparton, Bendigo, Geelong, Lilydale, Dandenong, Melbourne and Werribee to conduct these consultation events.

Morwell is have its event on Wednesday, February 21 from 5.30pm until 7pm at the Morwell Bowling Club.

To register for the free community consultation event go to tinyurl.com/5yj3p962 For examples of recent OHS cases in the Latrobe Valley, the WorkSafe Victoria website allows users to filter by the Court in which their prosecutions were sentenced. Go to worksafe.vic.gov.au/prosecutionresult-summaries-enforceable-undertakings The consultation report is available to view on the Sentencing Advisory Council's website at sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au/ An Engage Victoria survey is also now live at engage.vic.gov.au/sentencing-ohs-offences-in-victoria

Tremors felt throughout Gippsland A 4.3 MAGNITUDE (M) earthquake struck near Meeniyan in the early hours of Friday, February 9.

At around 12.49am, Geoscience Australia reported the seven-kilometre depth tremor, with Victorians reportedly feeling the shake as far away as Sunbury in the north to Wilson’s Promontory in the south.

Some reports said they felt the tremor in Tasmania and South Australia.

Just three days before, a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded in Dunbalk in South Gippsland, 10 kilometres away from the second tremor.

Seismologist and chief scientist at Seismology Research Centre, Adam Pascale, said Gippsland had a pattern to earthquakes.

He said Gippsland has had four quakes above magnitude 4.0 since late 2021. The area also saw four quakes greater than M4.0 from 2009-2012.

From 1996-2000, there were three quakes greater than M4.0. Gippsland also had two quakes in the early 80’s.

“The pattern appears to be a few years of big events followed by several years of quiescence,” he said.

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Welcomed: Latrobe Youth Space board members and partners are thrilled to have funding to operate for at least another six months.

Photograph: Zaida Glibanovic

Latrobe Youth Space secures some time

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC

LATROBE Youth Space has secured $250,000 in state government funding to continue its influential community work for another six months.

The board of local for-purpose organisation Gippsland Youth Spaces Inc. (GYS Inc) welcomed the state government grant, that will enable the Latrobe Valley-based space to operate until the end of June.

The youth-centred hub was established in 2018 as part of the state government's promise to improve the outlook for young people in the Latrobe Valley.

Since then, the much-valued service has provided activities, support, and a safe place for youth to grow their skills, experience, and confidence.

Latrobe Youth Space’s future was in limbo when the state government cut funding for the service in the 2023 Budget. Latrobe Youth Space has spent the time since to advocate and consult with the state government to reinstate their investment.

Member for Eastern Victoria, Harriet Shing visited the Latrobe Youth Space last Friday to speak on the state government's financial assistance.

“We know it has been a serious of challenges faced by the Latrobe Valley region, that young people have really risen to find opportunities in,” Ms Shing said.

“Here at the Latrobe Youth Space, we do see the very best in community action.

“We’ve put around 4.3 million into the establishment of the youth space since ... and it has delivered the most extraordinary results.

“Funding is one thing, but it is people that have really made this project come to life.”

Latrobe Youth Space has had close to 4000 engagements since its inception, and has had a significant impact for young people across the region.

This year’s 2023 Latrobe City Young Citizen of the year, Harlequin Goodes has loved using the youth space, which has enabled her to open up and pursue opportunities.

“I think it’s incredibly important that young people can access their needs outside of a home because not every home can provide access to those needs or not every young person can scrounge together the pennies to go wash their clothes, not everyone’s household can afford full meals every day,” she said.

“It’s incredibly important that young people can go to a space that feels like their lounge room, like their house where they feel comfortable.”

Youth program committee member Trey Merlo from Kurnai College thanked the team at Latrobe Youth Space and their partners for working hard to secure the funding.

“I’ve been coming here for over a year-and-a-half,” Trey said.

“There’s always something going on; there’s

always needs to be catered for every child.”

Latrobe Youth Space Chief Executive, Sandy Hegarty welcomed the state government investment.

“It’s a massive, massive win for us, and we’ll take it,” she said.

“This allows us to keep the doors open until at least mid-year which is such a relief for our young people as well as our staff.”

Latrobe Youth Space acts as a safe haven for children in the Latrobe Valley, providing essential services like showers and food to programs to link children with important services such as mental health guidance or employment.

Ms Hegarty said amid the cost of living crisis, demand for food assistance has never been higher at the Youth Space.

“The needs of our young people locally are absolutely increasing, and (this funding) means we’re able to meet those needs as best as we can,” she said.

“We have actually just ticked over 1000 members within the last week, and the need is increasing.

We are averaging about 16 drop-ins per day. We tend to give out around 100 meals per week and 15 kilos worth of snacks per week, and we’re helping to engage with services and schools and getting them back into socialising again.”

Ms Hegarty said keeping the space open was vital for the region’s future, as the Youth Space is the

only youth-led and adult-guided support service in Eastern Victoria.

With programs from education to employment, corrections and crime prevention, food security to housing, and mental health support, Ms Hegarty said that Youth Space is a “holistic service in terms of connecting young people with what they need when they need it.”

The youth space has engaged with all sectors to solidify its future beyond mid-year, as the state government says they are assisting the youth service in finding other funding avenues.

“We’ve got a lot of positive conversations going.

It’s coming from a lot of different directions, but we still need more, so if there’s people out there who are interested in supporting us - no matter how big or small, we’d love to hear from you,” Ms Hegarty said.

Local service business Full Circle HR was the first to commit to sponsoring the Youth Space monthly.

Later this month, a delegation of young people from Latrobe Youth Space will travel to Canberra to meet with decision-makers to ensure young people's voices are being heard.

Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, has agreed to facilitate the trip.

No stopping Heyfield Timber Festival

By ERIKA ALLEN

COMMUNITY is at the heart of this year's Heyfield Timber Festival.

In the face of recent challenges posed by the state government's logging cessation, the Heyfield Timber Festival stands as a beacon of unity and is set to captivate the town on February 17 and 18.

Festival President, Felecia Stevenson believes the event - now in its third year running - will once again rally the community.

"The community always comes together, and we've got to keep the history," she said.

The Heyfield Timber Festival celebrates more than 70 years of timber tradition, making it more than just a family fun day; it's a testament to the enduring connection between Heyfield and the timber industry.

Ms Stevenson, whose family connection to the industry spans three generations, emphasises the

festival's role in keeping the industry alive and fostering community bonds.

"My grandfather worked in the timber mill here (Heyfield). My father, cousins, nephews, and uncles too", Ms Stevenson said.

Having been an integral part of the festival committee for the last three years, Ms Stevenson expresses the pride she feels watching locals come together to celebrate Heyfield's timber heritage.

The festival, scheduled for the upcoming weekend, promises a range of activities for all ages, rekindling the spirit of past events.

Wood-chopping events, a cornerstone of past festivals, will return. In addition, the SouthCentral Gippsland Axemen's State Champion Tree Climbing competition will add a competitive edge to the festivities.

Shane Phillips, a retired kiln manager on the festival committee, anticipates global talent in the

tree-climbing event and promises a thrilling show.

The festival's line-up includes popular features like the dog high jump, a carnival for children, free games, helicopter rides, market stalls, live music, a vintage truck show, and the Tim Coleman motorcycle stunt show.

As per tradition, a Sunday parade through Heyfield's streets will proceed to the Timber Workers Memorial, where a 10am vigil will pay homage to those who have lost their lives in the timber industry.

As Heyfield prepares for this year's Timber Festival, the resilient spirit and commitment to preserving their heritage shines through, promising a great weekend of community, tradition, and celebration.

Gates open at 9am on Saturday.

Kids under 16-years-old enter free, while adult tickets cost $15.

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Come spin a yarn

TRARALGON Spinning and Weaving Club has started their weekly gatherings again for 2024.

We welcome new members. You do not need experience as we can teach you and have fleece and a wheel to get you started. The group meets each Wednesday at 12.30pm at the Traralgon Neighbourhood Learning House in Breed Street.

Phone Diane on 0438 517 470 or Bev (5134 4431) for more information.

Day of prayer

WORLD Day of Prayer 2024 will be held in Morwell at 10.30am on Friday, March 1 at St Vincent's Catholic Church (Hunt Street), Morwell.

The theme is 'I beg you, bear with one another in love'.

Morwell Historical Society

OUR ever popular members gathering is on again Wednesday, February 21 at 2pm in our rooms at 12 Hazelwood Road, Morwell.

These are informal meetings of members, friends and the general public where stories are told and memories relived.

Come and join us for a cuppa, some afternoon tea and a chat.

We also have our open days for February on Wednesday, February 21 and Sunday, February 25 from 11am to 2pm.

For any queries, phone 0409 436 019.

Men's breakfast

JOSH Haigin will speak this Saturday (February 17) at an event hosted by Gippsland Christian Church.

Josh's life was consumed by crime, drugs, and prison, casting a dark shadow over his future until he turned the corner. Now Josh dedicates his life to helping people with disabilities.

Hear Josh's story from 8.30am at Level 1/36 George Street, Morwell.

Enter by the stairs at the back of Shaw's Arcade (RSL carpark), or the lift inside the arcade.

There will be a hot breakfast provided. Gold coin donation appreciated.

For any inquiries, phone David on 0412 780 512.

Morwell Rotarians

THE group was given support to continue their community service when District Governor, Linda Humphries paid her annual visit to the club.

She recommended attendance at the Rotary Conference at Cape Shank in June to meet Rotary International President, Gordon McInany, when the focus will be to 'Talk about Elephants', a one day mental health symposium.

DG Linda updated members on the Rotary Regionalisation Project that will see the amalgamation of Districts 9820 and 9810 becoming District 9815 in the near future.

Accompanying DG Linda was her husband, past District Governor, Mark, who told the story of Rotary's recent International Aid 'Skyhydrant Project', a water purifier designed to

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provide 10,000 litres of pure water for less than $1 a day in Timor Leste.

He also presented the Rotary Foundation Level 11 Award to Morwell President, Harry Ballis to recognise members donations equalling more than $250USD per member for 2023 to continue the Foundation's valuable work to eliminate diseases.

Rotary's shared history with the United Nations has seen the two organisations working together towards peace and addressing humanitarian issues.

Snow Daises

HOLLY Mlikota will be speaking on Friday, February 23 from 7.30pm at the Latrobe Valley Field Naturalists Club meeting held at the Moe Library and also via Zoom.

This will be followed by our monthly meeting.

Holly is part of the Extreme Plant Ecology Research Team at Deakin University, investigating the ecology of the five Victorian species of Celmisia snow daisies, and hopes to improve our understanding of these species’ ecology.

For our excursion on Saturday, February 24, we will meet at 9.15am at the Crater Lake car park on the western side of Knots Landing Road in the south of the Rawson township from there we can car pool, if desired, to the Mt St Gwinear car park.

This walk is in an alpine environment and the weather can change very quickly, so the appropriate equipment must be carried at all times.

You will need to bring and carry your snacks, lunch and water, wear walking shoes and clothing suitable for an alpine environment.

Be prepared with sunscreen and sun hat, a rain coat and warm clothing.

Visitors are most welcome, both to the meeting and the excursion.

For more information, phone secretary, Rose on 0410 237 292.

Visit our website lvfieldnats.org to register if you wish to use Zoom to join the meeting.

Traralgon District Historical Society

THE first general meeting for 2024 for the Traralgon & District Historical Society will be held Tuesday, March 12 in the Kath Teychenne Centre (11 Breed Street, Traralgon) at 7.30pm.

The society held a very successful working bee during January.

A complete review was done on the books held by the society and the number of copies.

The society is planning a Book Sale to be held in October, where multiple copies of books will be sold.

The garage, where the Oldsmobile is housed was cleaned and damaged chairs removed.

A big thank you to the many members who volunteered their time which made the job so much easier - a great way to start the New Year.

A reminder that the 1902 Oldsmobile

is still on display at the Gippsland Vehicle Collection Museum in Maffra.

Be sure to go for a drive and see the Vehicle Museum display.

The next Open Day of the society will be held at the rooms on Sunday, February 25 from 2pm to 4pm.

Our annual meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 12.

See the society if you are interested in being a part of the committee, we are always looking for new members.

Chess results

THE leading player last week was Steve Ahern, who was the first to find the chess puzzle solution and then followed up with three solid victories.

Peter Bakker had varied results and won the see-sawing contest with Ian Hamilton.

Always ready to compete, Samantha Juers showed the rewards of help offered by others that is always the case in any chess forum.

The rewards for Xaan Van Dwingelen were highlighted when Cliff Thornton resigned in the final game.

The input from Lee English as well as Terry Ash (pseudonym) were valuable.

Learning about some opening theory for Adrian Newby (psuedonym), was the result of many earlier challenges.

For more on local chess action, phone Cliff Thornton on 0413 330 458 or Ian Hamilton (5134 1971).

History of Yallourn Tech

MOE District Historical Society launched a history of Yallourn Technical School recently.

The book covers the history of the school from its beginning in 1928 to the year the last institution using the Yallourn name was closed in 1993.

During that time the school, which also became a College in 1958, was providing an education for students from the beginning of secondary school through to either TAFE or Diplomas.

In 1968, the diploma school was separated from the College to form the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education and moved to Churchill, and in 1982, the TAFE component was also separated from the school to form the Yallourn TAFE College but remained on the same site.

During all those years, the school was essential in providing a well educated workforce to sustain the power industry.

Many interesting facts came to light in the writing the book. For example, the school was the only one available to students in the Latrobe Valley wishing to have a secondary education until Yallourn High School opened in 1945.

Copies of the book are available from Nextra in Moe, the Old Brown Coal Mine Museum in Yallourn North and from the Moe Historical Society.

REMINDER to all members of our next social day on Monday, February 19.

Please bring your own lunch for this day.

If you knit, crochet or do embroidery or any kind of craft - these social days are the days for these activities.

Our next meeting will be held on Monday, March 4.

All members are asked to bring a plate of food to share for lunch. Plate of food does not have to be huge - just enough to share with someone.

The meeting will commence after lunch is finished and if you have anything to bring up or would like discussed, we welcome your input.

Raffles tickets will be on sale during the morning and will be drawn before the afternoon tea.

Menus are now available for our 70th birthday lunch to be held at Silvers in Morwell, and meals will be pre-ordered for the day. A nonrefundable deposit of $10 must be paid when you put your name down to attend this lunch.

Expressions of interest are open for our proposed trip to Moama/Echuca.

Booking forms will be available at our March meeting. Non refundable deposit needed at sign-up.

For further information, phone the president on 5135 3440 or secretary (0413 089 696).

Days of Hope

LINE Dancers combined with Days of Hope in the leadup to Christmas, raising support in aid of initiatives.

Days Of Hope was started way back in 2013, and the group aims to lend a hand in any way it can.

The amount of items collected last year was staggering, and with money raised and a donation, a large number of purchases were able to be made to help those in the community, surrounds, and even overseas.

30th anniversary

ON the weekend of February 24 and 25, the Uniting Church, Traralgon celebrates 30 years on its current site in Park Lane.

The Traralgon community is invited, along with past and present members of the church, to celebrate.

We especially look forward to hosting our immediate Park Lane neighbours.

There will be a superb collection of fabric art, memorabilia, old photographs and historical displays.

It will include the lively Mainly Music group, morning teas, an afternoon concert and historical displays.

Join us at 9.30am on Sunday, February 25 for a service of celebration.

Call the church offices on 5176 1029 for any enquires.

Bridge results

TRARALGON Bridge Club results, Monday, February 5 - 1st Barbara Brabets and Anne Moloney 62 per cent; 2nd Don Tylee and Helen McAdam (55).

Tuesday, February 6 - 1st N/S Rob Graham and Glenis Lohr (60 per

cent), 2nd Kaye Douglas and Anne DenHouting (55), E/W 1st Peter Lonie and Carol Cheyne (55), 2nd Monika Cornell and Ros McEvoy (55).

Thursday, February 8 - N-S 1st Rob Graham and Glenis Lohr (61 per cent); 2nd Greg Nicholson and Kaye Douglas (57), E /W 1st Ken Tierney and Roshni Chand (57); 2nd Fred Kaminski and Heather Henley (56).

If you would like to play or learn more about Bridge, please ring our president, Greg Nicholson, on 0419 365 739.

Orana seniors

ORANA Seniors Club is a friendly and welcoming club for the community.

We are located at 5 Ollerton Avenue, Newborough (entry is via Gate 2).

We meet on the first Thursday of the month for lunch and guest speakers.

A two course meal is $20 and the members decide the menu.

On Thursday mornings, but not on the meeting day, we have a craft gathering and morning tea and a chat.

If you have no craft you are still welcome to join.

Tuesday at about 12.45pm we meet for 500 cards and Rumikub.

We have afternoon tea at 2.30pm and then continue until 4ish.

On the third Friday of the month we have a takeaway evening. Sometimes pasta, pizza or Chinese, your choice.

We have other gatherings from time to time on various themes such as Melbourne Cup and our own Orana Cup which will be in March.

We have a large lending library and a pool table. Indoor bowls is also available.

Annual subscription is $5 and there is a $2 activity fee weekly upon attending.

Come along, bring a friend and try us out at no charge. You will be made very welcome.

Phone Heather on 0429 862 196 or Jocelyn (0493 496 296) for information.

Moe Memorial Park

THE Mid Gippsland Family History Society Inc research room is now open.

The first topic of interest for this year is a talk by John Worters on the Moe Cemetery - Moe Memorial Park.

John is secretary of the Cemetery Trust and will be the guest speaker on this topic, which will be held at the Family History Centre, 44 Albert Street, Moe (next door to Tanjil Place Medical Centre) on Thursday, February 22 from 2pm.

All are welcome to the free event.

This is the first of a series of Topic of Interest talks throughout the year.

A reminder, our Family History Centre is open to the public every Wednesday afternoon between 1pm and 4pm.

We welcome those interested in learning more about their ancestors and family history - come along and have a chat to one of our experienced researchers who are keen to help you .

You’ll be amazed at what you can discover about your ancestors by using such resources as Trove, Ancestry.com and our large holdings of Cemetery records and transcriptions.

For any inquiries, please call 0403 611 730.

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LOCAL TRADES AND SERVICES

GMACK ACK EL ELECTRICAL SERVICES

Split System Air Conditioning Installations

GMACK Electrical Solutions Pty Ltd started their local business in July 2020, offering a wide variety of experience in domestic, commercial, rural and industrial Electricians for the Churchill area.

Owners Glenn Reid and Shawn McAvoy are there for those who require electrical works, completed by a friendly and professional electrical business at competitive rates.

The company pride themselves on being the tradies that call people back when work is needed to be done.

This work includes services such as:  Consumer mains upgrades, switchboard upgrades;  Electrical and smoke alarm inspections;  Renovations in domestic and commercial;  Light and power installs and upgrades/spa faults;  General fault finding and maintenance;  Generator change over switches, and;  Temporary construction wiring.

Give Glenn a call on 0439 324 830 or Shawn (0401 175 035), or email gmackelectrical@gmail.com to inquiry about your next project.

• All areas • Prompt service

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Compliance Certificate issued with each installation Permit No. L004172

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BORDER Collie dog p/bred, blue and white fem., 15 mths old, desexed, m/c 953010005670003, source no. RB177604 $440. Ph 0413 772 331.

to place your BULLS for Hire/Sale Limousin, Jersey, classified in our Angus, Hereford and Friesian,

WEDNESDAY PUBLICATION Phone:

All classifications before 3pm Monday

In person:

Latrobe Valley Express 21George St, Morwell Nextra Lotto Moe 1-3 Moore St, Moe Seymour St Newsagency 83 Seymour St, Traralgon PLEASE NOTE:| that ad payment is required prior to publication unless a full account is held with the Latrobe Valley Express.

Email:

classifieds@ lvexpress.com.au

PLEASE NOTE: Confirm your email if you have not received a confirmation email from us, emails ARE NOT ALWAYS RELIABLE and we don’t alway receive them

Mail:

Latrobe Valley Express, “Attention Classifieds’’ 21 George Street, Morwell 3840

BUDGET BLINDS Lenny

FIREWOOD

supremely bred, parents hip/elbow scored, ready to go 17 Feb., m/c 95600001 6187963/5294/7699/2516, As new, Dyna Breeze, Source No. RB211489 45cm industrial, paid $128, $2500. Ph 0409 259 516. sell $50. Ph 0409 219 847 PUPPIES Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, vacc., vet checked, all healthy, parents DNA tested and Beautify your garden. Bulk clear of diseases. 2M quantity available, $25m3. $1900 ea. 2F $2400 ea. M/c Phone 0412 613 443 or 978142000115140/3816/ 1800 468 733.

5413/5066. Source No. RB 163836. 0439 016 442.

FLOOR FAN

Landscaping Mulch

NEWSPRINT REEL ENDS Price: $11 GST incl.

Available at the

Latrobe Valley Express Office

21 George Street Morwell

Enquiries: 5135 4444

OUTDOOR BBQ

Built on trailer, gas, double bottles, good condition, $2500, o.n.o. Phone 0427 681 320.

For Sale

EXPRESS CLASSIFIEDS

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HALF PRICE FOR SALE ADS

Garage Sales

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CLEARING sale, Morwell Men's Shed, 277 Princes Drive, Saturday, 9am - 12 noon. Kitchen, garden, garage, antiques, handyman, early Holden parts, wood lathe and band saw.

MORWELL, 10 Manor Rise, Sat. & Sun. 9-3. Deceased estate. Whole of house content including furniture, china, glassware, ornaments, appliances, linen, tools and much more.

Everything must go! No reasonable offer refused.

No early callers please.

bookings Jo 0437 981 388.

Accommodation

Public Notices

MORWELL, 1 b.r. garden unit $300 per wk, level access, parking at front door, similarly backyard, Hills Hoist and planting boxes at back door. Pet friendly, lovely neighbours, 50m west of Rose Gardens.

Suit senior or other with grab rails in shower and toilet. Available now. Text 0402 082 650.

WHEN YOU GO LOCAL, YOU GROW LOCAL!

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ONLY $14.25 - for one edition This offer is for NON BUSINESS customers

T'GON, 16 Greythorn Rd, Saturday, 8.30 - 2.30pm.

Household goods, bric-abrac, toys, tools, camping gear and lots more. New and old.

Saturday, 2 March, 10am A/c L. Edwards, Traralgon

Vintage and classic cars, car parts and memorabilia.

Full details Gippsland Times 27 February Photos on Lions Facebook page.

A Heyfield Lions Project.

Enquiries Damian 0427 451 286

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Home Maintenance

Business Opportunities

• BATHROOM

Remodelling. Call Bill at "Total Home Renovations" Phone 0409 565 497.

OVEN REPAIRS

Electric oven/stove repairs incl. oven doors.

Reliable, experienced and friendly. Most parts are carried on-board.

Free phone estimates.

12 month guarantee on repairs.

Phil 0412 165 542 ovenlec.com.au REC. 9764

CONCRETING

Lawnmowing, home maintenance and rubbish removal. Free quote. Ph Shane 0417 189 150.

Adult Services

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CUT IT DOWN

Specialising in tree pruning, tree removal, planting and gardening. Same day quotes.

7 days p/w. Local friendly Coconut Thai Massage, 20 y.o. 100% first time in service. 0434 114 139.

14 Breed St, Traralgon. town. Busty. Cute. Lovely.

Open 9.30am - 6pm, 7 Here only for few days. Ph days. Ph 0472 692 873.

0421 367 038.

THAI MASSAGE

HAVE YOU COME ACROSS “STUFF” AT HOME THAT COULD BE TURNED INTO QUICK

LUCY

ELECTRICIAN

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SANTA'S WORKSHOP requires volunteers to cut out wooden Christmas decorations with jigsaw.

Jigsaw lunch, tea/coffee supplied, any day suits. Ph Mrs Claus 0419 593 526.

Wanted To Buy

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WANTED

Old Fords, Holdens, Landcruisers, Patrols and used cars. Cash paid. Phone 0437 947 463.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR AD

Please check your ad on the first day and bring any errors to the attention of the Classifieds Department immediately.

The Latrobe Valley Express makes every effort to avoid errors. We regret that we cannot be responsible for any errors beyond the first day if you fail to bring it to our attention.

No allowances can be made for errors not materially affecting the effectiveness of the ad.

Position cannot will not be guaranteed.

All claims for adjustment of credit must be made within seven days after billing date.

We reserve the right to revise or restrict any ad we deem objectionable and to change the classification when necessary to conform to the policy of this newspaper.

In the event an ad is omitted from publication, we assume no liability for such omission.

RESPONDENTS

Voicemail introductions advertisements and voice messages may only be submitted by persons 18 years and older.

When making contact with people for the first time, it is advisable to meet in a public place and let a member of your family or a trusted friend know where you will be.

We would advise readers and advertisers to exercise caution in giving out personal details. This will be respected by genuine respondents.

Peter 0438 177 153 or Carol 5126 2110.

FENCING

All types of residential fences and gates. Free quote, call or text Doug 0409 433 110.

FENCING

Gates, retaining walls and back yard projects. 35 years exp. No job too small. Ph 0407 336 237.

GARDENING DONE

Public Notices

Pruning, planting, weeding, small jobs through to large jobs, shed clean ups, rubbish removal, etc. Reasonable rates, pens. disc.

Under NDIS the cost of services may be covered by your Care Provider. Reliable and efficient. Police check.

Fully insured. 18 yrs exp.

Chauncy The Gardener.

ABN 17268203656. Call Richard 0401 345 345.

HELLO BABY

Specialising in commercial, residential work, over 30 years experience. For prompt and reliable service to all the Gippsland region phone Joe 0421 374 463.

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IN THE EXPRESS

The Latrobe Valley Express welcomes photos of your new west arrival.

Parents are welcome to o email a copy of your newborn photos for pub blication to our editorial stafffff - news@lve express.com.au with the subject line ‘baby photo’.

Please include the following details: Baby’s first and mid ddle name/s Baby’s surname D.O.B. Mum’s maiden nam me Mum and Dad’s na ames Location of Hospita al Hometown

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Looking for a lifestyle change?

Wanting to be your own boss?

CABINET MAKER

Qualified joiner, free quotes on kitchens, vanities, laundry, and solid timber work. Ph 0408 225 490.

Notice to Specialising in all domestic GARAGE SALE Responsibility ADVERTISERS and work. REC.4188. Phone

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Clearing Sale Preliminary Notice

Public Notices

Moe Self Storage

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MOBILE MASSEUR

Keeping you in to with the uch sa market les

Clearing Sales

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NEWB. 31 Dinwoodie Drv. Sat, 8.30am-3pm. 3mt boat (Finn), lots of accs., motor, kitchen appliances, bric-abrac, something for every- Exp. Masseur for ladies and couples, stress/pain one, come and say hi. relief, days and evenings.

ROSEDALE, 56 Cansick Peter 0417 336 553.

St., Sat. and Sun., 8am 2pm. Moving. Beautiful items priced to sell! No early callers. Monaro various sizes from $85 glassware, pots, indoor p.c.m. Contact Strzelecki plant and so much more. Realty on 5127 1333.

With an audience of OVER 76,000 you’re guaranteed to reach MORE LOCALS than advertising just on Facebook

Place a 6 line “For Sale’’ section classified ad with the goods to the TOTAL VALUE OF $200 or LESS and you receive the ad for HALF PRICE!

Credit Card:

When placing your advertisement over the phone or via email you charge it to your Mastercard or Visa

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Newsagents:

Most Newsagents act as our agents and will accept your advertisements up until the same deadlines as above

For Sale

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LAWN MOWING

We provide garden and lawn services. Free quote.

Private, NDIS and My Aged Care clients.

Call KEYSTONE CARE SUPPORTS 0493 661 411.

Total Renovations

Total Home Renovations.

Call Bill on 0409 565 497.

Jim's Mowing is looking for a Franchisee in the Latrobe Valley area.

CONTACT 131 546 For a no-obligation free Info Kit

Situations Wanted

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YOUR ✭✭✭✭✭ CARE Supporting disability, aged care, private care services.

Offering a holistic approach.

Your support, your choice.

Ph 0494 068 636. ABN: 96 418 710 408.

Situations Vacant

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DELIVERERS WTD

Would you like to deliver the Latrobe Valley Express newspaper to individual homes on Tuesday and/or Wednesday afternoons in Morwell, Traralgon, Moe, Newborough and Churchill? Please apply to the Circulation Manager 0456 000 541.

Please note: Children must be 11 years or over as we will need to apply for a government Child Employment Permit.

Children younger than 11 cannot or will not be accepted. Adult deliverers also welcome.

ADVERTISERS PLEASE NOTE:

Much hardship and difficulty is caused to job seekers by misleading advertising placed in the employment columns.

Our Situations Vacant columns are reserved for advertisements which carry a specific and genuine offer of employment. Ads for `Business Opportunities' and `Training Courses' and `Employment Services' should be submitted under those headings.

Placing misleading ads is an offence against the Trades Practices Act and state/territory fair trading acts and all advertisements are subject to the publisher's approval. For further advice, contact the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on 1300 302 502 or your state consumer affairs agency.

Does your current marketing hit the correct audience?

Reach more than just your facebook friends - reach the whole of Latrobe Valley

Vic Marino's Painting 5135 4455

Residential, commercial, int./ext. No job too small.

Free quotes. Qualified tradesman. 0408 086 776.

Situations Vacant

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Maintenance and Ground Keeping The Moe Memorial Park is recruiting

Permanent 30 hours a week, negotiable. Flexible hours and days. ● Are you reliable and trustworthy? ● Experienced in lawncare and property upkeep? ● Able to work to a routine with minimal supervision? ● Flexible and able to respond to worksite priorities? ● Able to operate zero-turn and self-drive mowers, brush cutting and other property equipment? ● Do you have a current Victorian Driver's Licence?

For a position description email moememorialpark@bigpond.com or phone the Secretary on 0409 420 218 Applications close Friday, 1 March 2024.

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Careers at Latrobe

MOTORING

SPECIAL

Latrobe City Council has exciting opportunities for enthusiastic and forward-thinking individuals with a passion for providing excellent services to our community.

Classifieds

Minimum 6 lines $60 without a photo or $74 with a colour photo Total of 4 consecutive editions in the Latrobe Valley Express and 8 editions of the Gippsland Times paper

• Family Services Administration Assistant -

Call us today on 5135 4455 or email classifieds@lvexpress.com.au

Temporary Part Time

ARE YOU SELLING or BUYING?

Just look in the Express Classifieds for some bargains - big or small, old or new, there is sure to be something there for you!!

Or place an ad today - turn your clutter into cash $$$$$ FOUND IT!!

Phone the Classifieds

5135 4455

• Graduate Planner - Temporary Full Time • Childcare and Preschool Educators – Cert 3 and

THEY DO SELL!

Diploma - Temporary Part Time and Multiple Casual Positions • Maternal and Child Health Nurse - Permanent, Part Time & Casual • Learn to Swim Instructor - Multiple Casual Positions

DRIVE YOUR DOLLAR FURTHER Cars and Caravans are in demand

For further information including how to apply, position descriptions and application closing dates, please visit our website www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/careers

Would you like to deliver the Latrobe Valley Express newspaper to individual homes on Tuesday and/or Wednesday afternoons in Traralgon, Morwell and Newborough.

Please apply to: The Circulation Manager 0456 000 541

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Adult deliverers also welcome

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Just look in the Classifieds for some bargains big or small, old or new, there is sure to be something there for you!!

Phone us 5135 4455 TODAY!!

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URGENT Deliverers Wanted TRARALGON, MORWELL and NEWBOROUGH

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STREET GLIDE

EXPRESS

Personals Thanks

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A PRAYER to St Jude.

May the Sacred heart of Jesus be adored and glorified throughout the world, now and forever.

Sacred heart of Jesus, pray for us. St Jude, worker of miracles, pray for us. St Jude, help of the hopeless, pray for us. Say this 9 times a day, by the Pop-up, 10.5ft, suitable for 9th day your prayers will on-site, all electric, reg. till be answered, never known 6/2024 $1800. Will deliver. to fail. Publication must be promised in Thanksgiving.

Phone 0456 422 666.

Thank you Amen.

JAYCO 18ft poptop, been in storage for 4 yrs, Waeco Deaths 3-way fridge (replaced 2018), 240v freezer, microwave, 4 burner stove, full size oven with grill, diesel AIRS (Veysey, Morrison), heater (installed 2019), Heather. tyres replaced 2021, 2 Aged 97 years gas bottles set up, awning Passed away peacefully with attachable walls, at Mitchell House, Morwell caravan storage cover on 4 February 2024. included, registered till Late of Loch Sport, Kerang December 2024 $13,000. and Yinnar.

Phone 0417 505 740.

Loved wife of John Airs and Ron Veysey (both dec.).

Beautiful mum and mother-in-law of Colin, Kevin and Val, Janice and David, Annette and stepson Rick.

Adored Nanna Heather to PARAMOUNT Thunder 19'6 all her grandchildren and pop-top, custom made, partners and great grand2020, dual axle, full ens., children.

L-shape lounge, bike rack, You were one of a kind diesel heater, QS bed, and always there for us.

Love you to the moon gas/240v HWS, 3-way and back fridge, anti-flap kit, Dometic awn., solar panel, rev. cam, w/mach. and lots more, e.c. Dearly loved mum of Colin.

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AITKEN (Forbes), Beryl.

Much loved mum of Neil and Lea. Nan of Kirsty and Mark, Steve and Al, Scott and Kristy.

Great Nan of Markaylea, Jordan, Mia, Zac and Ben. Your memory is our keepsake, with which we'll never part, God has you in his keeping and we have you in our hearts.

AITKEN, Beryl.

16/3/1932 - 2/2/2024.

Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Janice and Jim. Mum, you had a wonderful life, full of fun and adventures. You were loved by many. You have gone to be in the arms of dad again.

Loving Memories Nan, We have beautiful memories of you to keep in our hearts forever.

Matt, Vanessa, Josh, Lucas and Zac. Nan, we will speak of you often so you will always be in our hearts.

Never Forgotten Brendan, Jeanette, Nate and Ruby.

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FUHRMEISTER, Christopher John (Chris).

It is with the saddest of hearts and deepest sadness that we wish to advise all family and friends of the passing of Christopher John 'Furry' Fuhrmeister.

7/6/1955 - 8/2/2024.

Please feel free to wear a Hawaiian shirt in memory of Furry to his Memorial Service as a tribute to his life.

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HAYES (Windebank), Margot Helen.

Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon on 5 February 2024.

Aged 88 years Loved and loving wife of Max. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Nerrida and Cliff, and Adam.

Cherished nan of Melissa and Chris, and Ryan, Great Nan of Lincoln and BILLINGSLEY, Raymond Sophie Loving sister of Judith and Bruce (Ray).

Passed away peacefully at Patricia.

Dalkeith Hostel, Traralgon Greatly missed and forever in our hearts on 9 February 2024.

Aged 82 years Loved and loving husband of Bev for over 63 years.

Much loved father and father-in-law of Bruce and Di, Raelene, and Mandy.

Adored Grandfather to HAYES, Margot.

Kate, Daniel (dec.), Sam, Latrobe Ladies Probus Club extend their sympathies to Hannah, and Pru. Max and family on the sad Sadly missed passing of Margo. She will Forever in our hearts be missed by all.

DYKE, Bill (Wilfred).

Dearly loved father of Geoff (dec.) and Claire. Adored Poppy of Zara, Millie and Blaeden. Great Poppy to Kaiden and Huxley.

So many beautiful memories to treasure

DYKE, Wilfred (Bill).

25/5/1926 - 5/2/2024.

The President, Committee and Members of the Thorpdale and District Bowling Club Inc. mourns the loss of Life Member Bill.

Our deepest condolences to Joan, Peter, Geoff (dec.), Kathy, Barry, Suzy, Linda, Julie and Christine and their families.

A True Gentleman FAIRBROTHER (née Brady), Josephine (Jo).

20/11/1942 - 8/2/2024.

Passed away peacefully at Margery Cole, Traralgon.

Dearly loved wife of Robert (Bob) (dec.).

Will be dearly missed by her children, daughters and son-in-laws, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Resting at peace. Reunited with her Mum and Dad and her dearly beloved husband Bob. Forever in our hearts FAIRBROTHER, Jo. 20/11/1942 - 8/2/2024.

Close to our hearts you will always stay, Loved and treasured in every way.

Rest In Peace Mum - Grandma XXX Leah, Rich, Mark, Brianna, Summah, Harry, Dylan, Nikki, Malakai and Charlotte.

FLETCHER, Lorraine.

Passed away peacefully Friday, 9 February 2024.

Aged 88 years Dearly loved wife of Morrison for 68 years.

Much loved mother to Robyn, Geoffrey and Darren and families. Adored Grandmother to all her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Rest peacefully Forever in our hearts

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WHYKES, Elaine Margaret.

Passed away peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital on Saturday, 10 February 2024, with her loving family around her.

Aged 90 years Much loved and loving wife of Don (dec.) for 64 years.

Loving mother to Linda, Rod, and Les. Friend and loving mother-in-law to Tony (dec.), Nello, Karen, and Kathy.

Devoted Nan to her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchild (Tate).

Always in our hearts and deeply missed My beautiful Mum, you were beautiful inside and out. You were my best frien d and biggest supporter. I could talk to you about anything. I am so lucky to have had you in my life for as long as I did, but it doesn't seem long enough. You were always there for me, and I tried to be there and look after you too.

I will miss your big, generous, loving and caring heart, your wonderful sense of humour, your funny ways and sayings and your big smile that would light up the room.

I will treasure every moment we spent together, and I will miss you every day for the rest of my life.

You are in a better place now.

Love always, Linda and Nello.

My beautiful Nan, my heart is broken and I'm still trying to comprehend that you are gone.

I will miss everything about you. We were so lucky to have you as long ROONEY, Kellie. as we did, but it still wasn't Aged 45 years Passed away at home long enough. with her family by her Love, Shell and Dave. side. Loved daughter of 'She'll be apples!'

Steve and Frances. Loving sister to Daniel and Nan, the little kids will Natalie, Mark and Nikolas. miss you so very much, Mother to Rebecca and from the beautiful clothes Anthony, Brodie and you gave them to the Skye, James and Tisha, Freddo frogs you snuck in Kristal and Zico. Nana to for them, to the little Aishe, Mimi, Tyrell and snuggles and stories on your lap.

Zhara.

Resting peacefully after a We will miss your infectious laugh and those out of courageous battle nowhere one-liners that kept us laughing.

ROZANKOVIC, Josip (Joe).

We will forever miss you 14/8/1941 - 8/2/2024.

Love, Ava, Noah, and Passed away peacefully Elena and the all the at Traralgon Aged Care. Carbone family.

Aged 82 years Loved son of Viktorija A loving mum and nan Srbic (dec). Loved cousin whose smile and positive of Jadranka. (Mary) and outlook on life would light husband Jozo (Joe/Baja) up a room. Mum, you will Bilic, Irene Iskric and be greatly missed by us all. partner Andrew McLaughlin. All our love, Rod, Karen, Second cousin to Anthony Xander, Michael, Emily Bilic and partner Amy and Rohan.

Harris, Stephen Bilic and Forever in our hearts wife Amie, and Gracie Lees.

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AIRS (Veysey, Morrison).

The Funeral Service for Mrs Heather Airs will be held in The Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park, Cemetery Drive Traralgon at 1pm on THURSDAY (15 February 2024).

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Community Care Victoria.

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AITKEN (Forbes).

The Funeral Service and committal for cremation for Mrs Beryl Aitken will be held at the Salvation Army Citadel, 79 Dinwoodie Dve Newborough FRIDAY (16 February 2024) commencing at 11am.

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ASMUSSEN. A Service to celebrate the life of Noel Asmussen will be held at the Nielsen Funeral Chapel, Korumburra Rd, Warragul on THURSDAY (15 February 2024) at 11am.

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ROONEY. The Funeral Service for Kellie Rooney will be held at the Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park Crematorium, Cemetery Roa d Traralgon, on WEDNESDAY (21 February 2024) commencing at 1pm.

This service will be livestreamed, please go to www.nielsenfunerals.com.au John Galbraith Funeral Services Facebook page At the conclusion of the and click on the link.

Service the cortege will leave for the Trafalgar Cemetery.

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DAVIDSON, Robert Leslie Harley.

15/2/1954 - 15/6/2017.

The pain when you left will never heal, your shining light from your star watches over us. Another birthday without you here.

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In lieu of flowers, donations to the Morwell SES would be appreciated, envelopes will be available at the Service.

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ROZANKOVIC. Requiem Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Mr Josip (Joe) Rozankovic will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Commercial Rd, Morwell THURSDAY, (15 February 2024), commencing at 11.30am.

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FAIRBROTHER. Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Mrs Josephine Fairbrother will be offered at St Michael's Catholic Church, Church Street Traralgon on THURSDAY (15 February 2024) at 1pm.

At the conclusion of Mass, the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park.

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FLETCHER. The Funeral Service for Mrs Lorraine Fletcher will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway, Traralgon, THURSDAY (15 February 2024) commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by private cremation.

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HAYES. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Mrs Margot Helen Hayes will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy, Traralgon MONDAY (19 February 2024) commencing at 11am.

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Steve Rusz will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy, Traralgon on FRIDAY (16 February 2024) commencing at 2pm.

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WHYKES. The Funeral of Mrs Elaine Margaret Whykes will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437A Princes Drive Morwell on MONDAY (19 February 2024) commencing at 11am.

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Fantastico Italian festa

By KATRINA BRANDON

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Italian Festival com ndon Festa: The Mirboo North Photographs: Katrina Bra

Music: Tony, Sebastian around the mercato ent and Tony with the Caruso Trio travelling ertaining line standers.

g the ng the festival and startin Religion: St Paul travelli celebration.

IF last year was any indicator, the Mirboo North Italian Festival was once again a massive success, as more than 30,000 people attended.

On Sunday (February 11), the annual Italian Festa went ahead as usual, featuring food stalls, performances and souvenirs.

Wh While h the food was cooking, so were attendees in 34-degr gree r Celsius conditions. This didn’t worry the crowds, though.

According to the organiser, Rosie Ramano, people just adapted to the intense heat and said that this year was the first fii time that it was warm for the event.

“This is the first fii ever hot day we have had. Usually, it rains on the Saturday and then gets cooler on the Sunday,” she said.

“It’s been a different experience for it to be really hot.

People moved furniture out of the sun and into the shade. People adapted to it. There is a lovely breeze now. We are really happy with how it turned out.”

In 2016, the Mirboo North Italian Festa was revamped by Rosie and others in her team of Lorella, Adele, Paula, Anna, Mary, Nucia, Gina, Maria, and their families and friends. Now, the festa has fll flourished, with over 200,000 followers on Facebook.

The morning was set to start at 10am, but people couldn’t wait any longer than 8.30am to begi gin i arriving and viewing the incredible displays within the mercato, with some even beating stallholders to the punch.

Mass was the opening session on the main stage.

Many people joined, either standing or sitting and prayiing among themselvees. After mass, the statuee of St. Paul was carried around the park, led by Mirboo North Primary School students, organisers, churchgoers and the flag fll throwers from Faenza, Italy.

Wh While h the mass was underw rway w y, peop ple were already y lining up for food from one end of the festival to the other. The build-up of people did not come gradually grr but all together. Busloads of people poured in from Melbourne and across Victoria. The ‘parking lot’ (football grounds) grr was jam-packed with thousands of cars.

Ms Romano said, “It’s just spread like wildfi fire. i Every year, we seem to get more and more people, and we think, ‘Oh, people will be sick of it. They might not come.’ But really, they come with more people, more family, more friends.”

Travelling through the mercato felt like a step into Italy, even with all the Italian thrown around. Even this Express journalist had a go at speaking the festa’s native tongu gue: u “Sono giornalista. gii Non parlo Italiano bene!”

It was a mix of who and who didn’t speak Italian at the event, and they tried to do both for most activities.

There were three mass areas, including one main stage where comedian James Liotta kept things moving throughout the day with quick flicks fll of humorous takes; another stage featured Nonna’s Cucina (ki kitchen) i and magi gician i Luigi gii Zucchini, who performed for the children.

All the stages ran throughout the day alongside the stalls, replaying some of their sets that may have been missed due to all the excitement. Where Wh h mass had sat in the morning became a free-for-all-dance stage th hrough hout th he day wh here passiionate viiewers danced to Top Shelf Duo, Dean Canan and Lisa Asta, the Siesta Cartel and performer Bree.

Clearing the dance floor fll once was challenging, but twice, it was harder for the flag fll throwers. The continued concentration fascinated the audience, with not one but all videoing each throw, waiting for one to drop or miss. Even the toss behind the knee and hands-free throws kept audiences on their toes, ready for the Faenza performers to drop the flags. fll As soon as the flag-throwing fll was over, it was back to surrounding the stage for James Liotta’s competition sector, where a group grr of people ate a bowl of spaghetti as fast as possible with no cutlery or hands. The twotime winner, NSW citizen Michael Nativo, once again claimed the title.

“Wh What h inspires you to come back and win again?”

Liotta asked.

“My brother told me I couldn’t come back without the win,” Mr Nativo said.

Off to the next competition, Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath and Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien, competed in una uva (gr grape) r stomping competition and won.

The breath-taking moment called for a celebration with another Italian classic, Aperol Spritz.

Latrobe and Gippsland businesses such as Gippsland Water, Community Bank Mirboo North and District, Mirboo North and District Community Foundation, Destination Gippsland, Cummaudo Farms, Travellers Rest Hotel Thorpdale, Manny’s Market Morw rwell w and Traralgon Market, Grandridge Brewery Bistro, and Cool Aq qua Sp pring gs Water were larg ge sup pporters of the event.

Overall, the day was a massive success not only for the festa but for the local businesses. Even Mirboo North Hotel was flooded fll with people.

Ms Romano said, “People had a ball, and they absolutely love it every year that we do. There are so many positive compliments. What Wh h can I say? It just gets bigger and better for us every year.”

“We are really happy with how it turned out. We love seeing people who are really happy.”

To watch out for next year, head to the Mirboo North Italian Festa Facebook page.

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Juggling: Flag throwe r from Faenza, Italy sho incredible talents. wing his

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McDonald kicking goals off the field to fight CTE SPORT

By TOM HAYES

AFTER being diagnosed with probable Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), former Churchill footballer Leigh McDonald has set out on a mission to improve concussion protocols at a regional level for all age groups.

McDonald suffered around 40 concussions throughout his 20-year career, spanning from the age of 15 to 35, which has left him a different man.

Looking back through the years, McDonald recognised the symptoms of CTE began to take a toll on him after about 10 years, highlighting the last five years was where he began to rapidly go downhill.

After months of seeing a significant decline in McDonald’s mental and physical wellbeing, his wife Michelle sought for help from renowned specialist neurologist in Sydney, Dr Rowena Mobbs, which not only was difficult because it was interstate, but the cost and time on top of the travel was another strain.

McDonald suffered his worst concussion playing for Coburg in the 2004 VFL season, cutting his season short.

Following the hit he was put in an ambulance, where he suffered a brain bleed. He couldn’t even remember who his own dad was.

His last concussion was dealt in his second-last game in 2019 for Churchill. He was diagnosed with probable CTE roughly six months ago.

The only way to definitively diagnose someone with CTE is after death, yet McDonald’s neurologist, Dr Mobbs believes we aren’t far off a diagnosis.

CTE is developed through repeated head trauma and is most common in combat and contact sports. The disease develops over time, generally after eight to 10 years.

Symptoms of CTE include behavioural problems, mood problems, and issues with thinking, which could lead to further complications including brain damage, dementia, depression or suicide.

McDonald has been a prominent figure in local football, coaching a senior premiership and pulling on the blue and yellow of the Churchill Cougars and coaching Wonthaggi in the Gippsland League.

In the early 2000s, McDonald trained with Richmond during their preseason under Danny Frawley - who himself died as a result of CTE in 2019.

McDonald went on to play in Richmond’s VFL affiliate, Coburg.

Following a three-to-four-month spell of trying to get his head around the probable CTE diagnosis, McDonald set out on a mission to improve concussion protocols in regional leagues.

“Although I feel better now, it’s still a daily challenge,” he said.

“I have to eat well, I have to not drink much at all, and I have to exercise pretty much every day.”

Since November last year, the McDonald’s

have been inspired to get the ball rolling on this initiative, speaking to local clubs and leagues about a possible implementation, yet more work is still to be done.

The aim is to create clear pathways for family and friends of past and current players that may show CTE symptoms, and to know where to seek help.

His long-term goals are to meet with the AFL, and have them fund the concussion courses, in order to get the idea off the ground, so that all players will be treated the same for a head knock, minimalising the risk of the development of CTE later in their lives.

“My aim is to implement these things around Gippsland, and the leagues in Gippsland, to make sure that seniors right through to juniors are following protocols,” McDonald said.

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“What I really want to push for is that there is someone at every game of football - juniors, girls, whatever it is - that has run a concussion course.

LEIGH MCDONALD

“What I really want to push for is that there is someone at every game of football - juniors, girls, whatever it is - that has run a concussion course.

“I want to push for the AFL to fund for a little while, two-to-five years, to get these first aid officers to do a concussion course. Then after a while it will be part of what clubs need to upkeep and make sure that they’ve got in place.

“That will obviously take time, but I can’t see why we can’t start with making sure that there is protocols in place for leagues immediately.

Leagues can make that decision straight away.”

Concussion protocols have taken a positive spin just recently, with the release of new concussion guidelines, which recommends a mandatory 21-day stand down period for players who suffer a concussion.

This is only a guideline, and not a rule, meaning regional sporting clubs or leagues can still administer the players however they see fit.

More recently, McDonald revealed that he had teamed up with the Concussion Legacy Foundation, with plans to run a marathon to raise money for the project.

“The Concussion Legacy Foundation, the donations from the fundraising that we’re doing,

Connection: Leigh McDonald played football with Churchill.

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Advocate: Leigh McDonald is on a mission to prevent CTE, starting with the introduction of concussion protocols at regional football level.

Photographs supplied that’s all pretty much what it’s all going towards - trying to implement (concussion) protocols for regional level and juniors to make sure things are getting implemented,” he said.

“I’ve jumped on board with the Concussion Legacy Foundation, and I’m on the board there.

We’ve organised a fundraiser event - I’m going to run a marathon in Cairns, something I’ve never done before.

“It’s a big thing for me, six months ago I couldn’t run a kilometre with the condition, I was sort of stuck in bed, so to be getting up and pounding the pavement now is a real positive.

“I’ve met with some families across Victoria who have lost their kids to CTE through suicide, so that’s been a pretty impactful catch up. So I’ll be dedicating the marathon to some of those people.”

McDonald will dedicate his run to those who have lost their lives to CTE through suicide, and in particular he named late Traralgon footballer, Nick Lowden, who last played in the SANFL with Norwood, and former Richmond player Shane Tuck, who McDonald lined up alongside at Coburg, as two he will be running for.

Also coming up, McDonald will be a part of a panel, speaking at Morwell’s Italian Australian Club on Saturday, March 23, led

by The Restoration Project, an initiative by local Mark MacManus.

MacManus is a Heyfield junior, who played in a senior premiership with Yinnar at just 17-years-old.

“Steven Baker from St Kilda is going to come down and do a chat, and also Matthew Ferguson (former Sale coach) - who played with St Kilda as well,” McDonald said.

“The event is really based around resilience, so it’s not just based around CTE. “Steven Baker has been through a bit with depression and things like that, so he’s going

to be speaking about how he’s changed his life and what he’s done to get on top of it. Matthew Ferguson’s journey has also been one of resilience, competing in Ironman events and living a uniquely driven lifestyle.

“Then I will talk about what’s happened to me and how I’m dealing with it, what I’ve gone through and how it’s changed my life and the highs and the lows of it, and what I’m doing to change my life.”

McDonald has had to adjust to speaking in front of crowds, which was something he felt very comfortable doing and had to do regularly, but now because of his condition, finds it difficult.

“Talking in front of large groups … is something that came easy to me - I enjoyed it, I was passionate about it, but now it’s a lot different, it’s a challenge because (my) memory is poor,” he said.

“I was thinking I wasn’t capable and contemplated not doing it, and we were going to make a video - which we are still making - but we thought that the vulnerability of the night, people seeing me that may have seen me coach and talk before can maybe see the difference now, hopefully that can raise some awareness around what CTE can do to someone.”

To support Leigh’s fundraiser, visit the website at tinyurl.com/k2fft279 Tickets to The Restoration Project night at the Italian Australia Club can be found at tinyurl. com/ybpyhxrh Lifeline is available 24 hours a day, call 13 11 14.

Maffra gets ready for Ericksen’s 500th run annual Triple Triathlon PARKRUN

LOCALS are preparing for the annual Maffra Triathlon.

This is the fifth year the Riviera Triathlon Club has hosted the ‘Maffra Triple Tri’, an event where everything is done in threes.

Training’s back

BADMINTON

LATROBE Valley Badminton Association has commenced training for juniors and seniors.

Seniors train Tuesday nights from 7.30pm at the Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium, Traralgon.

Competitions are set to commence in April.

Juniors train Friday nights from 6.30pm at the same venue.

All past, present and new players are most welcome to come along and enjoy.

For further information, phone Garry Silvester on 0421 272 576

Relay teams of three people compete in every age division, while the senior solo category compete a gruelling 200-metre swim, seven kilometre bike ride, and two kilometre run, three times over.

Riviera Triathlon Club President, Grant Sanderson said, “Gruelling is probably a good word for it, but you feel very accomplished once finishing”.

Sanderson added that the race distances are achievable for all fitness levels and ages given that people can join forces as a team and tackle the course at their own pace.

Proving to be a successful partnership over the years, the Riviera triathletes are joining forces with the Maffra Lawns Tennis Club and the Maffra Memorial Pool to bring the popular event to life.

“It’s great for viewing the races because so much of it happens in and around that spot; the bike transition is just outside the pool and you can obviously see the entire swim,” Sanderson said.

Races start with the senior solo division at midday on Sunday, February 25.

So, grab a pair of sturdy goggles and check your bike’s tyre pressure before hitting the course.

More event details and entries can be found on the Riviera Triathlon Club website.

NEWBOROUGH local Jenny Ericksen recently notched an incredible Parkrun milestone.

Last month, Ericksen became the first Victorian female, and only second overall, to reach 500 Parkruns.

Parkrunners from near and far donned the colour blue to celebrate the amazing achievement of the 76-year-old.

Ericksen started Parkrun at the age of 64 as a family activity to share with her daughter and grandson.

The three generations of Parkrunners, who reside in Gippsland, participated in their first 200 Parkruns, by driving to Melbourne every Saturdays as there were no Parkruns located in Gippsland at the time.

The trio then helped with the establishment of Newborough Parkrun, where Ericksen went on to not only be a runner at the event, but also a volunteer and run directors.

Her all time Parkrun personal best is 28:52.

She has also volunteered 50 times.

Amazingly, Ericksen had never done running as a sport until taking up Parkrun.

Phenomenal: Newborough’s Jenny Ericksen became the first woman in the state to reach 500 Parkruns recently.

Photograph supplied

SCOREBOARD ATHLETICS GIPPSLAND

Round 13 of Gippsland Athletics Club track and field season was held Tuesday 6 th of February 2024.

ROUND 13 RESULTS: 100M Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 13.82, Xanthe Dalton 16.61; Open – Courtney Clark 16.63; Masters – Colleen Clark 20.07 Men: U/20 - Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 11.98; Open –Lachlan Coleman 13.40, Brendan Caffrey 14.07; Masters –Stuart Dalton 16.78, Ian Twite 19.96 JAVELIN Women: U/14 – Xanthe Dalton 11.36, Zaria Dalton 9.99; Open – Courtney Clark 14.12; Masters – Colleen Clark 9.21 Men: U/20 – Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 28.93, Open – Brendan Caffrey 25.95, Lachlan Coleman 25.08; Masters – Simon Van Baalen 29.09, Wayne Seear 23.97, Ian Twite 12.44, Stuart Dalton 11.85 LONG JUMP Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 4.22, Xanthe Dalton 3.06; Open – Courtney Clark 2.70; Masters – Colleen Clark 2.02 Men: U/20 – Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 4.86; Open – Lachlan Coleman 4.55, Brendan Caffrey 4.32; Masters –Simon Van Baalen 3.09, Wayne Seear 2.28 DISCUS Women: Xanthe Dalton 14.39, Zaria Dalton 12.57; Open – Courtney Clark 8.43; Masters – Colleen Clark 11.13 Men: U/20 Aaron Saltmarsh-Milne 31.72; Open – Brendan Caffrey 20.59; Masters – Simon Van Baalen 34.57, Wayne Seear 25.51, Stuart Dalton 25.04, Ian Twite 18.98 3000M Women: Open – Courtney Clark 14:58.22; Masters – Courtney Rosato 11:36.22, Colleen Clark 16:10.51 Men: Open – Brendan Caffrey 12:52.90, Lachlan Coleman 13:05.54; Masters – Ian Twite 14:37.90 400M Women: U/14 – Zaria Dalton 1:07.33, Xanthe Dalton 1:22.35 Men: Open – Lachlan Coleman 1:06.23; Masters –Stuart Dalton 1:31.63

BOWLS STRZELECKI NORTH

MIDWEEK PENNANT ROUND 12 06-Feb-24 DIVISION 1: Newborough 16 66 Drouin 0 51 Morwell 16 66 Trafalgar 0 52 Traralgon 16 63 Traralgon RSL 0 40 Morwell Club 16 81 Warragul 0 37 DIVISION 2: Yinnar 12 66 Traralgon (2) 4 63 Neerim District 14 61 Newborough (3) 2 45 Drouin (2) 16 65 Newborough (2) 0 44 Moe (2) 14 69 Morwell Club (2) 2 53 DIVISION 3: Drouin (3) 14 67 Morwell (3) 2 51 Trafalgar (2) 14 68 Warragul (2) 2 45 Traralgon (3) 16 67 Moe (2) 0 36 Yarragon 14 50 Churchill 2 49 Morwell (2) 16 76 Garfield 0 52 DIVISION 4 : Traralgon (5) 10 48 Traralgon (4) 0 29 Longwarry 8 47 Newborough (4) 2 28 Traralgon RSL (2) 10 35 Yinnar (2) 0 19 Trafalgar (3) Bye Division 1 W L D F A Dif Pts Newborough 1 11 1 0 790 610 180166 Warragul 1 8 3 1 655 591 64 127 Traralgon 1 6 6 0 698 666 32 104 Drouin 1 5 6 1 639 585 54 94 Trafalgar 1 6 6 0 668 708 -40 87 Morwell Club 1 5 7 0 672 705 -33 85

Morwell 1 3 9 0 632 719 -87 57 Traralgon RSL 1 3 9 0 578 748 -170 48 Division 2 W L D F A Dif Pts Moe 1 10 1 1 716 550 166152 Newborough 2 8 3 1 778 608 170131 Neerim District 1 6 5 1 608 624 -16 99 Drouin 2 6 6 0 657 665 -8 94 Yinnar 1 6 6 0 687 720 -33 91 Morwell Club 2 4 7 1 646 701 -55 76 Newborough 3 3 9 0 591 707 -116 63 Traralgon 2 3 9 0 620 728 -108 62 Division 3 W L D F A Dif Pts Churchill 1 9 2 1 704 559 145145 Traralgon 3 8 4 0 724 654 70 120 Trafalgar 2 7 4 1 631 601 30 115 Drouin 3 5 6 1 641 621 20 91 Yarragon 1 6 6 0 652 699 -47 89 Warragul 2 5 6 1 652 627 25 88 Morwell 3 4 6 2 576 658 -82 84 Garfield 1 4 7 1 659 631 28 79 Morwell 2 4 7 1 669 723 -54 79 Moe 2 4 8 0 599 734 -135 70 Division 4 W L D F A Dif Pts Longwarry 1 10 1 0 514 303 211 96 Traralgon 5 7 5 0 452 415 37 73 Traralgon RSL 2 6 4 1 371 320 51 67 Yinnar 2 6 5 1 399 364 35 64 Traralgon 4 5 6 0 388 400 -12 49 Newborough 4 4 6 1 330 354 -24 46 Trafalgar 3 3 7 1 263 449 -186 35 SATURDAY PENNANT 2023 - 24 ROUND 13 10-Feb-24 DIVISION 1: Traralgon 18 95 Warragul 0 66 Newborough 16 84 Morwell 2 76 Traralgon RSL 16 81 Drouin 2 78 Trafalgar 14 81 Moe 4 75 DIVISION 2: Traralgon (2) 16 91 Thorpdale 2 62 Garfield 16 92 Newborough (2) 2 60 Traralgon RSL (2) 14 79 Neerim District 4 76 Longwarry 16 74 Morwell Club 2 67 DIVISION 3: Traralgon (3) 18 98 Warragul (2) 0 42 Trafalgar (2) 16 89 Newborough (3) 2 62 Boolarra 16 83 Morwell (2) 2 82 Yinnar 14 92 Drouin (2) 4 56 DIVISION 4 : Yallourn North 16 96 Warragul (3) 2 60 Traralgon (4) 16 83 Churchill 2 77 Moe (2) 18 114 Morwell (3) 0 50 Yarragon 18 107 Morwell Club (2) 0 54 DIVISION 5: Drouin (3) 14 75 Morwell (4) 2 49 Traralgon RSL (3) 14 78 Newborough (4) 2 43 Trafalgar (3) 16 64 Yallourn North (2) 0 39 Neerim District (2) 16 80 Garfield (2) 0 41 Longwarry (2) 16 76 Trafalgar (3) 0 37 DIVISION 6: Moe (3) 10 45 Boolarra (2) 0 29 Neerim District (3) 10 55 Trafalgar (4) 0 18 Traralgon (6) 10 64 Traralgon RSL/Yinnar 0 28 Drouin (4) 10 45 Churchill (2) 0 35 Traralgon (7) 10 45 Thorpdale/Yarragon 0 38 Moe (4) 8 45 Longwarry (3) 2 33 Division 1 W L D F A Dif Pts Traralgon 1 11 1 1 1029 798 231186 Newborough 1 9 3 1 953 817 136162 Trafalgar 1 9 3 1 1001 827 174159 Traralgon RSL 1 6 6 1 905 918 -13 120 Warragul 1 3 8 2 734 919 -185 80 Morwell 1 3 9 1 845 932 -87 79 Moe 1 3 9 1 856 934 -78 77 Drouin 1 3 8 2 730 908 -178 73 Division 2 W L D F A Dif Pts Longwarry 1 11 0 2 1050 656 394199 Traralgon 2 9 2 2 956 755 201166 Morwell Club 1 7 4 2 945 786 159140 Garfield 1 6 5 2 864 878 -14 127 Thorpdale 1 4 7 2 773 939 -166 94 Neerim District 1 3 8 2 807 897 -90 84 Traralgon RSL 2 3 8 2 723 983 -260 74 Newborough 2 1 10 2 729 953 -224 52 Division 3 W L D F A Dif Pts

Traralgon 3 9 4 0 1086 878 208165 Boolarra 1 7 5 1 959 884 75 133 Morwell 2 7 6 0 1018 955 63 123 Yinnar 1 6 6 1 895 944 -49 116 Newborough 3 6 6 1 947 922 25 114 Drouin 2 6 6 1 848 993 -145112 Trafalgar 2 4 9 0 982 994 -12 89 Warragul 2 4 7 2 764 929 -165 84 Division 4 W L D F A Dif Pts Yarragon 1 8 4 1 1058 763 295154 Moe 2 9 3 1 950 832 118152 Traralgon 4 8 4 1 1008 897 111146 Churchill 1 7 5 1 953 855 98 137 Yallourn North 1 8 4 1 946 908 38 136 Morwell Club 2 4 8 1 906 934 -28 95 Morwell 3 3 9 1 782 1070-288 71 Warragul 3 1 11 1 755 1099-344 45 Division 5 W L D F A Dif Pts Longwarry 2 11 0 2 806 498 308182 Drouin 3 8 3 2 692 646 46 134 Traralgon RSL 3 7 4 2 734 557 177123 Yallourn North 2 6 5 2 581 621 -40109 Neerim District 2 5 6 2 623 588 35 105 Trafalgar 3 4 7 2 630 676 -46 89 Morwell 4 5 6 2 618 733 -115 87 Garfield 2 4 7 2 648 685 -37 85 Traralgon 5 3 8 2 604 740 -136 69 Newborough 4 2 9 2 475 667 -192 57 Division 6 W L D F A Dif Pts Drouin 4 8 4 1 543 379 164 85 Moe 3 8 4 1 504 389 115 84 Traralgon 6 8 4 1 504 409 95 84 Traralgon 7 7 4 2 445 401 44 78 Longwarry 3 7 5 1 502 429 73 77 Boolarra 2 7 5 1 439 418 21 74 Neerim District 3 6 6 1 473 451 22 69 Trafalgar 4 5 6 2 379 435 -56 59 Thorpdale/Yarragon 6 6 1 422 519 -97 59 Churchill 2 3 9 1 427 515 -88 39 Trgn RSL/Yinnar 3 9 1 402 548 -146 39 Moe 4 3 9 1 347 494 -147 33

GOLF CHURCHILL & MONASH

Stableford Saturday 3 rd February 2024 A Grade Winner: A. Auld 41 pts B Grade Winner: S. Caldwell 39 pts C Grade Winner: D.Radnell 38 pts D.T.L: 1. Ad. West 39, 2. M. Brereton 39, 3. A. Sharrock 38, 4. G. Spowart 37, 5. M. Soppe 36, 6. C. Sterrick 36, 7. R. Vesty 36, 8. C. Gosling 36, 9. B. Mathieson 35 C/B N.T.P: 3 rd Pro-Pin: D. Radnell, 5 th M. Dear, 12 th A. Sharrock, 14 th M. Dear Target Hole: C. Gosling Birdies: S. Allison 14 th, M. Dear 5 th Monthly Medal Tuesday 6 th February 2024.

Winner: M. Dear 14 73 NETT Medal Scratch: 87 Putts: J. Blizzard 26 D.T.L: 1. L. Van Rooy 75 NETT. N.T.P: 3rd M. Dear, 5th C. Carder, 12th M. Dear, 4th M. Ryan MIRBOO NORTH

Thursday 8th February Stableford.

A Grade: J Hughes (17) 39pts c/b.

B Grade: M Richter (22) 35pts.

DTL: D Woodall 39, T Bradshaw, 38, J Mc Farlane 37.

NTP: 4th J Smeriglio, 6th M Richter, 13th D Woodall, 16th R Thompson.

Birdies: 13th D Woodall, 16th R Thompson, Saturday 10th February, Mixed foursome (Opening Day) & Stableford overflow.

Winners: Ray & Maree Thompson (21) 71nett, Runner Up: Cayden & Chris Gun (24.5) 72.5 nett.

Stab overflow A Grade: S Mc Innes (5) 40pts

B Grade: S Woodall (15) 44pts C Grade: W Lewis (23) 37pts, DTL: G Renwick 37, S Hill-Smith, N Baker 36, R Matthews, R Clark 35 c/b, NTP: 4th G Renwick 6th R Matthews, 13th D Jerram 16th N Baker.

Birdies: 16th N Baker Summer Cup Final: R Clark def S Mills 2up.

MOE

Wednesday, 24 January 2024 Twilight Stableford Winner: H. Stanlake 18 PTS C/B, A. Pickard - Eagle @ 3 Wednesday, 31 January 2024 Twilight Stableford Winner: P. Stanlake 19 PTS Birdies: 4th - H. Stanlake, 14th - W. Wilkinson, 18th - C. Weir, A. Pickard Sunday, 04 February 2024 OPEN Sunday Medley Grade A Winners: Gasi, Sean (17) 35 Place Getters: Duncan, Nick 34 Sunday, 04 February 2024 OPEN Sunday 9 hole Stableford Grade A Winners: Stewart, Doug (23) 18 Wednesday, 7 Febrary 2024 Twilight Stableford Winner: P. Dickison 23 PTS Eagles: A. Pickard @ 2, A. Bassman @ 3 Wednesday, 07 February 2024 WOMEN'S STROKE - MONTHLY Overall Winners: Beath, Joy (35) 69 (Medal Winner) Grade A Winners: Shaw, Karen (21) 71 C/B Grade B Winners: Beath, Joy Place Getters: Lang, Marj 71, Stewart, Leahann 72, Birrell, Chris 73 Great Score: Jenna Robertson Birdie @ 6 Nearest to Pin: 4th Karen Shaw, 8th Christine O'Reilly, 14th Chris Birrell Target Hole - Jane Blandford Mystery Sixes - Gwen Young Thursday, 08 February 2024 OPEN Medley Stableford Grade A Winners: Stanlake, Peter (12) 43 Grade B Winners: Gauci, Anthony (14) 41 Grade C Winners: Grant, Callum (19) 40 Place Getters: Donnison, Terry 41 C/B, Fife, Mark 40, Condon, Jeff 39 C/B, King, Rob 39, Hall, Bill 38 C/B, Hall, Scott 38, Taylor, Amy 38 C/B, Harber, John 38, Wilson, Graeme 37 C/B, Brien, Kevin 37 C/B, Tsebelis, Peter 37 C/B, Backman, Phil 37, Bruce, Shane 36 C/B Great Score: Mark Fife (Eagle) @ 3, Geoff Shaw (Birdie) @ 8, Thomas Beveridge (Birdie) @ 14, Jason Shearing (Birdie) @ 14, Graeme Brien (Birdie) @ 14, Maurice Papettas (Birdie) @ 14, Scott Hall (Birdie) @ 14, Peter Tsebelis (Birdie) @ 14, Tony Johnson (Birdie) @ 14 Nearest to Pin: 4th Peter Stanlake, 8th Geoff Shaw, 14th Peter Tsebelis Saturday, 10 February 2024 MENS Stableford Mens Grade A Winners: Borg, Shannon (6) 41 Grade B Winners: Rodaughan, Peter (18) 41 Grade C Winners: Wilkinson, Wally (19) 40 C/B Place Getters: Borg, Manny 40 C/B, Papettas, Maurice 40, Gambling, Allan 39 C/B, Orchard, Kyle 39, Fife, Mark 38 C/B, Bassman, Aaron 38, Beath, Ken 38 C/B, Shearing, Andrew 38 C/B, Malone, Todd 38, Veenman, Laurie 37, Fruend, Toby 36 C/B, Richmond, Paul 36 C/B Great Score: Aaron Bassman Eagle @ 3, Aaron Bassman Birdie @ 14, Peter Keenan

Birdie @ 4, George Jamieson Birdie @ 14, Bob Harland Birdie @ 8, Les Stothard Snr Birdie @ 14, Barry Mead Birdie @ 14, Steve Nyko Birdie @ 14, Anthony Gauci Birdie @ 8, Leslie Stothard Birdie @ 14, Allan Gambling Birdie @ 14, Jeffrey Bassman Birdie @ 8, Paul Richmond Birdie @ 14 Saturday, 10 February 2024 WOMEN'S SATURDAY STABLEFORD Grade A Winners: Wallis, Elizabeth (30) 37 Place Getters: Shaw, Karen 36 MORWELL

Wednesday 7th February 2024 Women's Stroke - Monthly Medal.

Medal Winner: G Clark 74 nett DTL: D Vuillermin 77 nett NTP: 2nd B Boers, 8th D Vuillermin, 11th D Vuillermin, 15th D Vuillermin Count Putts: G Clark 30 putts TRAFALGAR

7th February 2024 Women's Stroke/ Monthly Medal and Medal of Medallists Medal Winner: Jan Griffin (33) with 68 nett Medal Runner-Up: Linda Chapple (34) with 70 nett Scratch Winner: June Tickell (7) with 87 Down the Line: Aileen McNair, Lyn Powell, Sue Klemke with 73 nett NTP: 5th – Aija Owen NTP: 11th – Jan Griffin Putting: June Tickell with 31 putts 9-Hole winner: Sandra Balfour (33) with 36 nett 9-Hole Runner up: Sue Tabuteau (31) with 39 nett Gobblers: Kerren Ludlow 7th, Linda Chapple 5th, Jan Griffin 3rd, Ange Bayley 12th, Karen Swingler 2nd, Aija Owen 10th, June Tickell 9th.

Tuesday 06/02/2024 Stableford Players: 27, Women 4, Men 23 Winner: Steve Gould (21) Runner Up: Frank Edmonds (20) DTL: Duane Baker (20), John Kerr (19), Heather Savige (18), Vic Hill (17), Ivan Grant (17), Tony Shearer (17) NTP: Chris Griffin (5) Mystery 3: Duane Baker, Chris Griffin (9) Bradmans: Wayne Dunn Thursday: 08/02/2024 Stableford Players : 66, Women 22, Men 44 Women’s Winner: Cheryl Deppeler (22) Runner Up: Christine Payne (21) DTL: Heather Savige (20), Nola Fordham (19), June Tickell (19), Sandra Balfour (18), Karen MacGregor (18) NTP: Bev Keily (13) Bradmans: Aileen McNair Men’s Winner: Ed Hayward (22 c/b) Runner Up: Ivan Grant (22 c/b) DTL: Barry Ludlow (22), Laurie Snowball (21), Wayne Dunn (21), Ray Williams (20), Chris Griffin (20), Mick Bennet (20) NTP: Tony Shearer (13) Bradmans: Ron Pyke YALLOURN

Ladies Tuesday 6th February 9 hole competition.

Div 1: Loretta Booth 19 pts Div 2L Sue Riches 16 pts Thursday 8th February 18 hole Stableford Grandmothers trophy Div 1: Sue Caldow 38 pts Div 2: Evelyn Graske 34 pts DTL: Loretta Booth 34 pts, Betty Dobson 32 pts, Sue Riches 32 pts NTP: 16th Lyn McAlister

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Rams: Paddock to premier venue SOCCER LVSL

BY TOM HAYES

CHURCHILL United Soccer Club might need a new nickname for their home ground.

The Rams are getting prepared for Round 1 of the Latrobe Valley Soccer League season, and are almost ready to unveil their new upgrades to the league.

With the addition of new changes rooms and new drainage and surface for the pitch, the surface colloquially known as 'The Paddock' will be somewhat unrecognisable.

Churchill United Vice President, Stephen Breheny is pleased with the upgrade, and is keen to see them put to use.

“We lobbied for a long time to get changerooms, it went on for years and years, and eventually we were able to secure a grant … and the build has taken place and there was some dollars left over,” he said.

With the leftover funds made available, the club opted to improve the drainage and surface of the pitch.

“Latrobe City applied to have that money used for the (Hazelwood South) Reserve, which allowed for the groundworks to occur,” Breheny said.

“On the main pitch (the drainage) is every five metres, there is also a 200 millimetre rebuild of the surface with sand, so its evened out. When the grass beds in it’s going to be a really top-end soccer facility in the Latrobe Valley.

On the secondary pitch at Hazelwood South Reserve, the drainage runs every 10 metres, essentially improving the drainage issue two-fold.

The new changerooms were completed a while ago, and have only been used minimally, but for the 2024 season, the Rams are ready to put those to use.

“The previous rooms were not fit for purpose - they were built in the late 60s. They were not conducive to female participation,” Breheny said.

“So these new rooms, there’s four separate change rooms, in pairs basically they’re interconnected you can pull a barrier between the two.

“What that means is once we’re up and running, you can actually have two games going at the same time, doesn’t matter if it’s male or female, everyone can be catered for without compromise.”

With the upgrades comes the additional plus that the changerooms will be pitch-side, rather than further back from the field, allowing for easier access to and from the pitch.

Along with the player’s changerooms comes the new referee’s changerooms, which again have a dividing door for males and females to use separately.

Almost done: The Churchill United Soccer Club has received a facelift over the last couple of years.

Photographs: Tom Hayes To complete the block, the Rams will have allaccess toilets, a first aid room and a new storage shed.

This development wasn’t built in a day, in fact its a culmination of work put in since 2008, finally 16 years down the line.

“This was actually first recommended in the soccer plan of 2008, and then in the southern town’s plan of 2009 … we have been lobbying that long,” Breheny said.

“We got there in the end which is very pleasing.

“To now have it all pitch-side, it’s really just a great little boutique facility.”

Despite major upgrades all over the Hazelwood South Reserve, more plans are in the pipleline to secure Hazelwood South Reserve as a premier venue.

Car parking was identified as an issue, with plans to improve traffic flow, and add some formal car parking behind the complex to avoid people getting muddy.

Churchill United and Breheny couldn’t be more complimentary of the Latrobe City Council for getting the ball rolling, and Breheny appreciates what it potentially could mean for the Rams going forward.

“We’re a unique club - we represent Churchill and District - so it’s not just the town,” he said.

Players and members of the Rams come from as far as Hazelwood North, Hazelwood South, the Jeeralangs, Yinnar and Boolarra.

"As anyone who is involved in community sport at a club level (would say) it doesn’t take much to lose focus and to lose organisation, so it is a continual requirement just to continue to push up from the bottom,” he continued.

“We lost the plot back in the mid-2000s we really had a drop-off. You lose your key parts of your club it can snowball.

“And it’s the same story that if you can get the right people involved and you focus on all of the different points, the momentum just builds back up.

So we’re on an upward trajectory at the moment.”

Moving on the pitch, Brehemy said this season would be about Churchill United “earning back a little bit of respect” following a disappointing 2023 LVSL campaign.

“We’ve had a bit of a gap between junior development and that translating to senior talent - coming from juniors to seniors … we’re certainly seeing lots of good kids come through, but it’s probably five years away before we’ll be in a position where we can say we have really sustained future," he said.

“The great news is that we’ve got a lot of players that we’ve had success with for a really long time, that have gone away from the game, that are actually engaged and come back to the club this year."

The arrival of new senior coach, Jayden Unmack, has boosted morale at the club, with his plans already being put to use during preseason. “(Unmack) has had a storied career with Dandenong City in the NPL, and he’s a local, knows it well,” Breheny said.

“We’ve been really impressed by his commitment and understanding that we’re a club that has been down and he’s pragmatic about where we can get to this year.

“Our goal for this year is just to earn back a little bit of respect. If we could move up the ladder, we’re realistic about where we could get to, and if we were landing mid-table and pushed a few up the top, we would see this year as a success."

Melbourne bound for Paris Olympics BASKETBALL OPALS

BY TOM HAYES

FÉLICITATIONS, Opals.

Et voilà! The Australian Opals are en route the 2024 Paris Olympics, after securing qualification in Brazil over the weekend.

Only needing to finish in the top three from their group of four, the Opals secured the right to advance to Paris with wins in their first two games.

Traralgon’s Jade Melbourne could well be on that plane to France later this year, after playing a part during the final qualifying stage.

Australia only just survived a late scare from Brazil in their opening game of qualifying, getting over the line by five points.

Despite being 10 points up at the half, and extending that lead into the third quarter, Brazil came firing back to only trail by two points at the final change.

Next to no scoring was had in the final quarter, as Australia edged evermore slightly ahead to claim a five-point victory.

Unless something crazy was to happen, the Opals had all but secured their ticket to Paris by this stage, but another win would make that a certainty.

And boy, did they make certain of it.

In their penultimate qualifier, Australia thrashed Germany to claim their ticket to the Olympics.

The Opals were up by as much as 14 points after the first quarter, extending that margin to 30 by the end of the half, the job seemingly done.

Germany put up a fight in the third quarter, not letting Australia get much further away, but they couldn’t stop them for long, with the Opals recording a 33-point win.

Melbourne scored six points in what was a very all-rounded game from the Opals, which saw every player on the roster score at least two points.

Melbourne also took down two boards and provided two assists, proving difficult to come toward with a steal to her name.

In a shock twist, Australia’s best-ever women’s basketballer, Lauren Jackson, announced her retirement after qualification was securing.

Jackson was set to join the Opals in her fifth

Olympics, after the Australians qualified for the Olympics for a 10th time.

She initially retired in 2016, before returning ahead of the 2022 World Cup. “When I say this has been a privilege, I mean it,” Jackson said on Instagram.

Jackson represented Australia at four different Olympics (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), winning three silver and a bronze medal.

She won Gold at her only Commonwealth Games - fittingly in Melbourne in 2006, and also claimed Gold during the same year at the 2006 FIBA World Cup. Melbourne was boosted into the starting five for the Opals’ final game against Serbia, putting up 10 points, four rebounds and four assists, as the Aussie swept the qualifiers.

Despite trailing during moments of the final quarter, Melbourne was electric, using her pace up and down the court to put points on the board and deny points on the other end.

Playing over 20 minutes, Melbourne definitely showed what she can bring to the table, and was

one of six Australians to score more than 10 points.

The Opals completed the qualifiers on top of the group, progressing before their final game, while Serbia and Germany also progressed, leaving Brazil to miss out - despite playing the qualifiers on their home deck.

From the 12 teams qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, Australia will remain the third seeded team, behind the US (No. 1) and narrowly behind China (No. 2) on FIBA ranking points.

Germany is the only outlier from the qualified teams, ranked 25th in the world, while the other 11 countries rank within the top 12. Brazil were ranked eighth.

All that’s left to be answered is: will Melbourne be in that squad going to Paris?

With only a few games left of the WNBL season for Melbourne's Canberra Capitals, and an upcoming WNBA preseason camp with the Seattle Storm, Melbourne will be fit, firing and eager as ever to make sure she is the right choice for the Opals.

Happy as Larry: Jade Melbourne (left) celebrates with her teammates after Australia secured a spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Photograph: Aus Opals/Instagram

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Neat: The new changerooms offer more availability, with the addition of sliding doors to allow more teams to use the space at once.

Unmack has already begun to leave an imprint on the look of the Rams, giving the place a whole new feeling.

“You go into the club rooms and you can feel a vibe just walking into the rooms,” Breheny said.

“At training there’s a few new faces and old faces, and you get that energy and it puts pressure on players.

“You put pressure on senior spots, which puts pressure on reserve spots, everyone’s gotta show up.

“He’s really driving the expectation, his mantra is to build from the back … and then you work it through.”

Football Victoria has taken over administration of the LVSL for season 2024.

The completion of the 2024 LVSL fixture is still pending, with clubs expecting to know in early-March.

Practice makes perfect for U14s SOCCER GIPPSLAND UNITED

BY JAKE SHARP

THERE is an old adage in soccer, 'you play the way you train'.

After coming off the back of a tough loss last week, the Gippsland United Under 14s hit the training track with enthusiasm and purpose, concentrating on areas of their game that had let them down against Dandenong Thunder in Round 1 of the grading period.

The rewards for the hard work on the training track were evident from kick off versus Kingston FC in warm conditions at Latrobe City Stadium at the weekend.

Gippsland controlled play and started to work as a solid unit from the get go, and went on to win 5-1.

Some impressive work down back from Cooper Anderson, Indy Whiting and Taolin McNeil highlighted the game.

While controlling large passages of play for the majority of the first half, United did not hit the scoreboard until just before the whistle blew for halftime, with Addison Greig putting one in the back of the net after a great build-up.

After a positive halftime chat from coaches John McQuade and Al Noppert, the team took the field full of confidence and vigour.

With four minutes gone in the second half, Clay McCann-Diston put one away to extend United’s lead to 2-nil.

The team’s momentum was temporarily halted when Kingston FC capitalised on an error between the United keeper and centre backs, that resulted in an easy goal to the travelling team.

Kingston now had a bit of a sniff and came hard for a good five minutes, putting the pressure on across the park.

A captain’s goal was needed for United, and young Patrick Hermans stepped up and delivered in the 48th minute, steadying the ship for the home side.

From there, it was down breeze sailing for United, with Oakleigh Noppert scoring in the 52nd minute and then Addison Greig putting away another in the 58th minute to give himself a brace for the day.

Special mention to the midfield engine room that worked tirelessly in hot conditions, remaining composed and distributing the ball to feet or creating chances for the majority of the match.

Other results versus Kingston City: GUFC U15 lost 2-1, GUFC U16 lost 4-2, GUFC U18 lost 2-0.

Harriers present Member of the Year award ATHLETICS TRARALGON HARRIERS

BY BARRY HIGGINS

overall fifth and Greg Semmler in seventh place.

Kate Jones and Courtney Ellis also finished high in the women’s field.

FOLLOWING the previous week’s Thursday run, club Traralgon Harriers President, Phill Mayer presented the Traralgon Harriers Member of the Year award to Kaye Livingstone.

Livingstone was unable to attend the club’s earlier formal award evening. Bestowed on a member for outstanding service to the club, She was recognised for her various contributions.

“Anyone who saw Kaye’s response last week when I presented the award to her could see how meaningful it was and how much she appreciated the acknowledgement," Mayer said.

"She is a shining light, a constant reflector of values and, with little fuss, she wants to ensure the club always considers all angles and represents all members.

“Kaye has done so much for the club for so long.

She is a truly deserving recipient of this esteemed award."

Among many jobs, and aside from her weekly contribution with the lucky member draw, Livingstone has been race director for major events.

She has been on the committee for many years, provides support for major community events, and coordinates event catering. She has also been a talented runner over the years.

Hospital to Morwell run

Kilcunda Half Marathon

A NUMBER number of Harriers ran the Running Wild Kilcunda Half Marathon the previous weekend, along the cliff tops and beaches of the Bass Coast.

On the out and back 21km and 17km trail runs from Shelley Beach, runners had to carry water and a pressure snake bandage, but this did not spoil their enjoyment of the spectacular coastal views.

Harrier members performed well.

Daniel Furmston placed third, less than two minutes behind the winner, with Sav Mavrofridis

BEFORE their run, Harrier members marvelled at the recently completed Western façade of the Latrobe Regional Health precinct on Village Drive, across from their start line.

They then enjoyed the simplicity of the shared path from the LRH precinct to the eastern edge of Morwell and return.

A total of 87 runners, joggers and walkers felt the warmth of the relatively flat but open course.

Despite there being little shelter from the sun, there was still some fast times recorded.

Fastest men were Buln Buln resident Peter Cutler, ahead of Sav Mavrofridis and Daniel Furmston, both Kilcunda 21km top finishers a few days earlier.

Quickest women were international triathlon place-getter Molly Irvine, Karen Graham, Sally Theobald and Courtney Ellis, also easing in from her Kilcunda 21km run.

Juniors Dempsey Podmore, Poppy Howe, Seth Bomers, Chesney Podmore, and Mattias Preston all ran well and enjoyed the experience.

Fun run

THE DFP Recruitment Latrobe City Community Fun Run and Walk is on Sunday, March 24 at the Kernot Hall precinct.

Registrations are now available at traralgonharriers.org.au.

Tomorrow nights run (Thursday, February 15) is from the De Grandis Winery and along the rail trail, with dinner and a trivia night afterwards at the winery.

Selected results Kilcunda Trail Runs:

Half Marathon: Luke Peel 1:33:31.7 (1st), Daniel Furmston 1:35:08.0, Kellie Emmerson 1:41:16.5 (1 F), Sav Mavrofridis 1:42:14.7, Greg Semmler 1:44:56.4, Kate Jones 2:14:26.7, Courtney Ellis 2:14:38.9, Christine Hill 3:02:11.4. 17km: Gerard Callinan 1:52:00.8.

LRH to Morwell

5km Run: Peter Cutler 17:16, Sav Mavrofridis 17:59, Daniel Furmston 18:55, Miles Verschuur 19:02, Ian Cornthwaite 19:05, Glenn Graham 19:09, Rob Preston 19:56, Ashleigh Dugan 20:20, Trent Kooyman 20:37, Owen Notting 21:04, Clinton Jolly 21:08, Molly Irvine 21:14, Dempsey Podmore 21:35, Darrel Cross 21:43, Jason Odlum 22:24, Karen Graham 22:54, Sally Theobald 23:02, David Barr 23:09, Andrew Broberg 23:10, Nicholas Talerico 23:44, Courtney Ellis 23:47, Adrian Sutcliffe 24:00, Ron Verschuur 24:06, Ryan McLeod 24:37, Adam Riddle 24:44, Liz Kenney 25:10, Gary Fox 25:10, Rose Croft 25:14, Giuseppe Marino 25:36, Stephen McLeod 25:48, Mark Lansdown 26:04, Peter Sanders 26:40, Ree Graham 26:49, Poppy Howe 27:09, Chris Van Unen 27:10, Ian Twite 27:12, Kristine Sapkin 27:20, Kate Mayer 27:30, Phillip Mayer 27:30, Toby Grzmil 28:17, Megan Scott 28:25, Fiona Syme 28:34, Samantha Riddle 28:35, Kat Kent 28:55, Meg Macumber 29:03, Claire Macumber 29:05, Mark Fairbairn 29:34, Gab Browne 29:47, Adam Van Baalen 29:47, Andrew Legge 30:00, Georgia Callaway 30:12, Michelle Sawyer 30:26, Cass Francis 30:54, Tania Whitehead 31:17, Bjorn Luxmann 31:42, Desley Gray 31:55, Callie Cook 33:00, Catherine Leonard 34:29, Shay Lorenz 36:06, Shane Wilson 36:12, Seth Bomers 36:14, Chesney Podmore 37:04, Kate Cumming 37:20, Denise Twite 38:20, Luke Witham 39:10, Kylie Warner 39:11, Barry Higgins 39:30, Ann Bomers 39:38, Lynda Jones 41:30, Ella Warner 42:29, Alfie Warner 42:29, Helen Whitby 43:49, Paul Smith 45:39, Mattias Preston 46:00, Kathryn Preston 46:00, Kylee Earl 49:49, Gay Cornthwaite 49:59, Kathy Quinn 52:18, Michelle Colwell 52:18, Annie 52:27, Kylie Murray 52:27, Timothy Graham 52:30, Peter Grixti 52:30, Kristina Creighton 54:23, Rick Mann NTR, Stephen Renehan NTR, Jay McGown NTR.

Recognition: Traralgon Harriers President, Phill Mayer presents the club’s Member of the Year award to Kaye Livingstone. Photograph supplied

Enjoying the view: Courtney Ellis runs the cliff top course along the Kilcunda coastline.

Photo: Jay McGown

Favourites find it easy in weekend pennant

BOWLS STRZELECKI NORTH SATURDAY PENNANT

BY MICHAEL HOLROYD

STRZELECKI North Playing Area Bowls continued on Saturday in windy weather, with the top four teams again having big wins against the bottom four teams, leaving the last round of matches with Newborough and Trafalgar vying for second place and Drouin on the bottom playing Morwell and Moe playing Warragul.

All four of these teams are in danger of finishing on the bottom with relegation looming.

DIVISION 1 NEWBOROUGH welcomed Morwell, with Kevin Lovett and his rink of Barry Daley, Jo-Anne Michaels and Josh Kennedy defeating Brian Kingsley and his rink of Ross Harford, Jim Turner and Laurie Melhuish 18-17.

Scott Jones and his rink of Brian Carpenter, Alan Ryan and Paul Sherman had a 31-12 win over Steve Collins and his rink of Keith Gadsby, Mike Arnold and Kevin Pigdon.

Neale Houston and his rink of Fran Clark, Robbert Cook and Matt Leicester had a 25-14 win over Ron Lyfield and his rink of Sarah Ashby, Alex Monroe and John Osborne.

The visitors had a winning rink, with Chris Goldsbrough and his rink of Bill Tumney, Ross Kennedy and Danny McKeown having a 33-10 win over Alan Grubb and his rink of Tony Knipping, Michael Weatherall and Debbie Kennedy  NEWBOROUGH 16-84 DEFEATED MORWELL 2-76

TRARALGON RSL had a good win at Drouin to cement fourth place on the ladder.

Ross Sizeland and his rink of Peter Barnes, Daniel Earl and Terry Hunter had a 21-12, 27-19 win over Daniel McIlfatrick and his rink of Denise Hamilton, Wayne Hawken and Col Jeffrey.

Beau Williamson and his rink of Titch Hore, Garry Trewin and Ross McKenzie had a 24-17 win over Mick Fleming and his rink of Mary Andrews, Elaine Thorpe and Gareth Rich.

Dave Hodson and his rink of George Cargill, Kevin Durwood and Rick Lukey had a 17-16 win over Les Firth and his rink of Mary Firth, Peter Wallace and Bruce Andrews.

For the home team, Graeme Aubrey and his rink of Alex Miller, Rudy Kerkvliet and Jan Aubrey had a 23-13 win over Brian Smith and his rink of Chris Mackintosh, Dave Morley and Alan Kanavan.  TRARALGON RSL 16-81 DEFEATED DROUIN 2-78

TRARALGON retained top spot on the ladder with a big win at Warragul.

Matt Ferrari and his rink of Nick Turnbull, Shane Chapman and Matt Eccles had an 18-17 win over Jim Power and his rink of John Vickerman, Graeme Davis and David Smith.

James Scullin and his rink of Matt Ogilvie, Ron Sherlock and Chris Ward had a 25-15 win over Peter Gallasch and his rink of Matt Draisma, David Alderman and Margaret Ratcliffe.

Michael Yacoub and his rink of Pat Trewin, Phil Mustoe and Jame McCausland had a 30-15 win over Robert Renn and his rink of Ken Scammell, Russell Carrick and Noel Rubenstein.

Wayne Lynch and his rink of Michael Morgan, Ian Hilsley and Ian Kirkup had a 2-19 win over Bill Clappers and his rink of Daniel Cooper, Terry Sullivan and Paul Simmons.  TRARALGON 18-95 DEFEATED WARRAGUL 0-66

TRAFALGAR won at home against Moe, with Matt Schreyer and his rink of Wayne Hurst, Graham Hill and Adam Proctor having a 42-15 win over win over Barry Hawkett and his rink of Michael Rudy, Jan Rudy and John 'Banger' Harvey.

Ian Miles and his rink of Kyen Jenkins, Paul Dawson and David Cook had a 17-13 win over Jayde Leech and his rink of Shane Hope, Michael Muccillo and Lachlan Sim. For the visitor's, Michael Smogavec and his rink of Paul Graham, Dave Wurlod and Steve Pallot had a 29-10 win over Nathan Cook and his rink of Tim Anderson, Ken Capper and Chris Bortignon.

Sandy Caines and his rink of Stan Myers, Bob Rennie and Ted Kuklinsky had an 18-12 win over Wil McIlwain and his rink of Matt Coutts, Terry Robertson and Tim Fraser.  TRAFALGAR 14-81 DEFEATED MOE 4 -75

DIVISION 2 GARFIELD had a good win at home against Newborough (2), with Richard Ross and his rink of Graeme Burton, Bob Lamport and Joe Lenders having a 27-8 win over Spencer Goss.

Nick Henwood defeated Ed Whelan 24-14 and Steve Whyte defeated Graham Smith 27-20.

For the visitor's, Graham Cocks defeated Tom Cleary 17-14.  GARFIELD 16-92 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH (2) 2-60

 LONGWARRY 16-74 DEFEATED MORWELL CLUB 2-67

TRARALGON RSL (2) had a good win at home against Neerim District.

Max Gibbins and his rink of Max Plant, Paul Matters and Ian Hartley had a 22-15 win over Peter Brooks.

Ron Osler defeated Pat Fraser-Aurisch 19-15, and for the visitor's, Angus McGillivray defeated Leigh Russell 25-19. Shane Hogan defeated Greg McRonald 21-19.  TRARALGON RSL (2) 14-79 DEFEATED NEERIM DISTRICT 4-76

DIVISION 3  BOOLARRA 16-83 DEFEATED MORWELL 2-82.

JOEL Anderson and his rink of Angela Mazou, Graeme Colbert and Joelene Laukens defeated Bob Wilson 29-26.

Steve Davey defeated Col Grant 18-17 and Terry Parker defeated Steve Cunningham 17-16.

For the home team, Graeme Hutchinson defeated Jorma Takanen 23-19.  TRAFALGAR (2) 16-89 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH (3) 2-62.

PETER Jonas and his rink of Col Carmichael, Terry Roberton and Russell Lavell had a 21-9 win over Maurie Ludlow.

Bruce Giles defeated Albert Van Stekelenburg 27-18 and Peter Rosenboom defeated Michael Holroyd 23-16.

For the home team, Peter Policha defeated Frank Farrugia 19-18.  TRARALGON (3) 18-98 DEFEATED WARRAGUL (2) 0-42.

GRAHAM Cross and his rink of Gary Bassett, Bill Mundy and Paddy Francis had a 31-7 win over Jim Moyle.

Roger Davey defeated Gaye Renn 18-16. Brendon Smiles defeated David Gatewood 26-10 and Col Mayman defeated Greg Mitchell 24-9.  YINNAR 14-92 DEFEATED DROUIN (2) 4-56.

 YARRAGON 18-107 DEFEATED MORWELL CLUB (2) 0-54,

WITH Jarrod Grigg and his rink of Ross McDermott, Tony Hiriart and Kaye McLaren having a 27-9 win over Len Middling.

Sam Mazza defeated Nobby Noblett 26-10, Richard Polmear defeated Bob Pelchen 25-17, and Jason Roberts defeated Sandy Sinnott 29-18.  MOE (2) 18-114 DEFEATED MORWELL (3) 0-50.

PAUL Read and his rink of Martin Dyt, Robyn Dodd and Rod Dixon had a 40-9 win over Max Duncan.

Lorraine Horton defeated Rita Reddiex 25-12.

Val Griffiths defeated Ian Wilson 25-12 and Brian Rodgers defeated Ian Auld 24-16.  TRARALGON (4) 16-83 DEFEATED CHURCHILL 2-77.

STUART Hulse and his rink of Stan Rycak, Ian Boyes and David Karksy had a 23-10 win over Cath Dodds.

Max Cumming defeated Bill Brown 25-23 and Leigh Dodd defeated Chris Thomas 24-19. For the home team, Craig Flanigan defeated Bill Bishop 25-11.

DIVISION 5  DROUIN (3) 14-75 DEFEATED MORWELL (4) 2-49,

WITH winning skips Lloyd Smith 26-11, Peter Hone 26-12, and for Morwell (4) Jill White own 26-13.  LONGWARRY (2) 16-76 DEFEATED TRARALGON (5) 0-37,

WITH winning skips Dale Hendrick 22-19, John Majkut 30-8 and Gerard Mitchell 24-10.  NEERIM DISTRICT (2) 16-80 DEFEATED GARFIELD 0-41,

WITH winning skips Jim Schroeder 31-19, John Rochford 31-5 and Ray Watts 18-17.  TRAFALGAR (3) 16-64 DEFEATED YALLOURN NORTH (2) 0-39,

WITH winning skips Derek Jones 22-9, Helen Robertson 19-18 and Paul Gridley 23-12.

TRARALGON (2) won well at home against Thorpdale.

Abe Roeder and his rink of Clint Jones, Bill Francis and Maurie Sutcliffe had a 31-8 win over Ben Powell.

Kevin Enguell defeated Danny Van Zuylen 18-15, and Austin Gapper defeated Ron Mackie 23-17.

For Thorpdale, David Ferguson had a 22-19 win over Cary Locke.

TIM Roche and his rink of Robert Hooper, Russ Peters and Max Aumann had a 39-9 win over Andrew Kidd.

Ray Anstey had a 26-11 win over Terry McFadzean, and for the visitor's, Irene Dawson defeated Gavin Osborne 16-12 and Brian Thorpe defeated Luka Djudurovic 20-15.

WITH winning skips Margaret Gibbins 31- 8, Frank Metcalf 30-14, and for the home team, it was Joan Lee who won 21-17.

DIVISION 4

 MOE (4) 8-45 DEFEATED LONGWARRY (3) 2-33,

 TRARALGON (2) 16-91 DEFEATED THORPDALE 2-62

 YALLOURN NORTH 16-96 DEFEATED WARRAGUL (3) 2-60.

 NEERIM DISTRICT (3) 10-55 DEFEATED TRAFALGAR (4) 0-18,

LONGWARRY enjoyed a good win at Morwell Club, with Trevor Kitchin and his rink of Mark Serong, Col Finger and Ian Peterson having a 19-15 win over Neil Whitelaw.

Ken Towt defeated Alan Campbell 20-19 and Jason Lieshout defeated Brett Harle 19-16.

For the home team, Tara Harle defeated John McCarthy 17-16.

DARREN Fry and his rink of Glenn Swenson, David Hibbert and Craig Speake had a 34-15 win over Lester Mason.

Greg Maidment defeated Brent Grigg 22-13, and Ricky Hearn defeated Bill Clarke 26-8.

For the visitor's, Anthony Wynd defeated Rob Matthews 24-14.

 TRARALGON RSL (3) 14-78 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH (4) 2-43,

DIVISION 6

 TRARALGON (7) 10-45 DEFEATED THORPDALE/ YARRAGON 0-38,  MOE (3) 10-45 DEFEATED BOOLARRA (2) 0-29,  DROUIN (4) 10-45 DEFEATED CHURCHILL (2) 0-35,  TRARALGON (6) 10 -64 DEFEATED TRARALGON RSL/YINNAR 0-26.

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Zomer zips away to maiden ton CRICKET CLV PREMIER A

BY LIAM DURKIN

NOT one team batted out the entire day in Round 12 of Cricket Latrobe Valley Premier A at the weekend.

Depending on which team you support however, that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

GLENGARRY is on track to defeat Churchill.

The Magpies are 1/89 chasing 162 at Fred King Oval.

The home side fancied themselves bowling first, and were able to strike at semi-regular intervals.

Churchill showed a decent amount of fight, but perhaps frustrating, saw a number of players get out after doing the hard yards.

Left handed opener Matt Harvey got himself to 28 before falling lbw to Nathan Allen, while Ross Parker made 45 before he too was dismissed in the same fashion.

Allen also took the key wicket of John Keighran, who looked in ominous touch, making 44 off 53 balls.

Allen finished with figures of 4/45, while Cam Graham took 3/36 and Al Jenkin 2/39.

Glengarry made full use of the remaining overs, and knocked a good chunk out of the required total.

Despite an early scare, the Magpies will begin Day 2 with Nat Freitag and Sam Marks on 45 and 43 not out respectively.

An outright is still of importance to Glengarry in their quest to secure a home final, but they will be focussing on first innings points for now.

CAN Raiders do this?

The boys from Yinnar are just 66 runs away from a memorable win against Ex Students.

Taking to Terry Hunter Oval last Saturday, the visitors could hardly put a foot wrong, cleaning up the Sharks for 127.

With a seemingly mismatched bowling line-up of ageing veterans in Barney Webber and Mick Higgins, along with a beanpole kid in Harri McColl and a virtual unknown in Jeevan Varghese, taking on seasoned Student champions in Lee Stockdale, Jackson McMahon and Matt Dyke, the day appeared to go well against general expectations.

Webber wound back the clock, taking two top order wickets, and securing a run out late in the

CRICKET

By LIAM DURKIN

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GOOD luck beating this team.

Sale-based Collegians Cricket Club held its 50 year anniversary at the weekend.

Past and present players, as well as officials and supporters gathered at Sale Turf Club to mark the club’s half-century.

Collegians has been one of the most successful clubs in the Sale-Maffra Cricket Association, with a number of premierships dotted over the last 50 years.

The club has also had no shortage of great players, many of whom are among the elites of Gippsland cricket.

This label was hard to ignore when Collegians announced its ‘Team of 50 Years’ on Saturday night.

The star-studded line-up featured former Victorian players Blair Campbell and Nathan King, as well as modern day greats Stuart Anderson and Jack Tatterson.

Anderson played at Victorian Premier First XI level for Melbourne, around the time his AFL career finished.

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piece, while McColl nabbed 3/18.

Varghese also played his part, finishing with 2/14 off nine overs.

Ex Students captain James Pryde watched most of the carnage from the other end, making a stoic 50 off 150 balls opening the batting.

Raiders then faced 28 overs in their first innings, and ended the day at 3/61.

George Chesire made 27, and will be one of three dismissed batsmen hoping those coming in will be able to take Raiders past the winning post.

Standing in their way however is an Ex Students fielding unit, who are arguably the best in the business when it comes to defending low totals.

The best cricket team ever?

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Good times: Moe Cricket Club held a number of premiership reunions at the weekend, welcoming players from their 1982/83,1983/84 and 2003/04 triumphs. It was a near-perfect day for the Lions of today, who declared with more than 300 on the board against Toongabbie.

Photograph supplied

COLLEGIANS CRICKET CLUB (SMCA)

TEAM OF 50 YEARS

Matthew Foster (5650 runs) Damian Hogan (2571 runs) Anthony Hurley (6513 runs, 351 wickets) Stuart Anderson (7886 runs, 560 wickets) Nathan King (3267 runs, 259 wickets) Jack Tatterson (1742 runs, 156 wickets) Chris Morrison (5515 runs, 490 wickets) Ben Hurley (3689 runs) Anthony Robbins (419 wickets) Anton Moore (156 catches, 79 stumpings) Mark Nicholls (388 wickets) Blair Campbell (400 wickets) Is there any club in Gippsland that could rival this selection of players in the last 50 years?

Let our newsroom know at sport@lvexpress.com.au

Also in the 50-year College team was Anthony Hurley, who played for Victoria Country.

The Hurley name is synonymous with Collegians, so much so Anthony’s nephew Ben was also named in the 50 year team.

Continuing through to the current generation, Anthony’s three sons, Ned, Zac and Noah, have forged their own stellar careers.

Zac is the current Collegians First XI captain, and a regular Country Week representative, while Ned and Noah have both played high level Victorian Premier Cricket.

Zac and Noah played in Collegians’ SMCA premiership last season, as did Mark Nicholls.

Nicholls has taken close to 400 wickets in more than 200 games - a large majority of which have been played alongside fellow Team of 50 Years inductee Matt Foster, who has seven first grade flags to his name.

Current Maffra Football-Netball Club senior coach Anthony Robbins also made the Team of 50 Years.

Robbins took more than 400 first grade wickets for Collegians, and was also previously named in an SMCA team of the decade.

His uncle Graham ‘Jugga’ Robbins made the Collegians Team of the Decade for 1974/75 to 1983/84, and like Anthony, also coached Maffra’s seniors - winning two flags, including the famous ‘after the siren’ epic of 2009 against Traralgon.

Taking into account Collegians’ on-field success, not to mention the sheer quality of those who have played for the club, one would be hard pressed to find a stronger litany of players.

Would there be a selection of players from one club in the last 50 years to rival this team?

Gormandale put together arguably the strongest side ever seen in Gippsland in the early 2010s, which included Anderson and Adrian Burgiel, who was also named in Collegians’ team of the most recent decade.

Ex Students could rival Collegians, or perhaps even the Moe teams of the early to mid-2000s. The Lions won an unprecedented eight flags in a row in the old Central Gippsland Cricket Association.

Such a question is sure to generate discussion and debate.

Who takes the cake?

Just how a rag-tag Trafalgar team managed to beat a side containing Nathan King in a Kookaburra Cup Final remains one of local crickets greatest mysteries.

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Stockdale has taken all three wickets, and one can be certain he won’t be giving Raiders any easy runs on Day 2.

MOE now has another bloke who can make tons.

Twin centuries highlighted the Lions’ day at Ted Summerton Reserve, as the home side racked up more than 300.

If Moe are making more than 300, there is a good chance Andrew Philip is raising the bat.

That is exactly what happened, as the freak notched yet another century, eventually falling for 149 off 224 balls.

In typical Philip fashion, he started in rather subdued fashion, and was seven off nearly 40 balls at one stage.

As the day went on however, the runs started to flow, and they came from the other end as well.

Benn Zomer, who joined Moe this season from Latrobe, had his day out, scoring his maiden century.

The left hander made 136, hitting 15 fours and one six in his 183-ball stay.

Zomer and Philip combined for a mammoth 287 run partnership for the fourth wicket, ending when Zomer was dismissed.

When Philip fell a short time later, the Lions declared with 334 on the board.

Moe ended Day 2 on a high, taking two wickets with them into the sheds.

The day couldn’t have gone much better for the Lions, who had a number of premiership reunions scheduled that night.

Sometimes things just fall into place.

Toongabbie is now starring down the barrel at 2/12, and at the risk of delving into clichés, has ‘a lot of work to do’.

Nightwatchman Matt Barry does however have the chance to make a name for himself.

Only the best succeed as nightwatchman at Ted Summerton.

CATS must have Taylor Swift tickets.

CATS might wrap their game up against Mirboo North this Saturday with enough time to make it from South Gippsland to the MCG for the concert.

The visitors are already bowling again, having taken 11 Tiger wickets on Day 1.

Mirboo North was rolled for just 43 in its first innings, undone by some unrelenting bowling from Callum Stewart.

It is about that time of year Stewart starts to bowl flat out, and after taking 5/11 off 14 overs at the weekend, he appears to be hitting his peak.

Of Stewart’s wickets, four were unassisted, while his accuracy was further highlighted when Mirboo North captain Ben Heath shouldered arms to a ball that hit the very top of off stump.

Stewart received support from Josh Moore, who took 3/24, and partner-in-crime Tinashe Panyangara, who claimed 3/8.

CATS went the tonk in their first innings, and whacked 147 from 40.4 overs.

Josh Bellingham made 50 off 47 balls, while Harry Moore scored 46 at the top.

Mirboo North did have some reason to smile, with Darien Matthews bowling excellently, taking 6/39 off 16.4 overs.

Young gun Max Woodall was again in the wickets as well, taking 4/25.

There was still 16 overs left in the day when CATS were dismissed, meaning Mirboo North had to pad up again.

The Tigers are now in a much better position at 1/44, but still 60 runs shy of making CATS bat again.

Zac Hollis will resume Day 2 on 28 not out.

MORWELL had the bye.

Pink Stumps Day and Gather Round in one

Cricket community: Stoddard Oval was one of four venues in Traralgon to host Pink Stumps Day last week.

Photograph supplied CRICKET CLV WOMENS

CRICKET Latrobe Valley combined Pink Stumps Day and its own version of AFL Gather Round last Thursday.

All senior women’s games were held in Traralgon along the three oval stretch taking in Gormandale, Traralgon West and Centrals cricket clubs.

Matches were played at Stoddart Oval, Jack Canavan Oval, Jack Maskrey Oval and Apex Park, as teams from Willow Grove, Morwell, Mirboo North, Centrals, Latrobe, Churchill and Raiders came together.

Pink Stumps Day raised money for the

McGrath Foundation, in their continual fight to achieve greater treatment and research for Breast Cancer.

While there was a cause much bigger than cricket, there was also games to be won.

Winners during the Round 12 fixtures were Raiders, Latrobe, Centrals and Willow Grove Green. Willow Grove Gold had the bye.

Round 13 of CLV Women’s will be played tomorrow (Thursday, February 15).

Matches are: Latrobe vs Morwell Yellow, Churchill vs Willow Grove Gold, Morwell Black vs Raiders, Willow Grove Green vs Centrals.

Mirboo North has the bye.

Raiders and Willow Grove Gold are equal-first with three rounds left before finals.

Country Week is underway

Onto the next one: Latrobe Valley cricket captain Nathan Freitag receives the Gippsland Cricket League premiership cup from Raiders legend Jeff Knowles a fortnight ago. Freitag has since turned his attention to Country Week, which is currently taking place in Melbourne.

Photograph: Liam Durkin CRICKET COUNTRY WEEK

BY LIAM DURKIN

LATROBE VALLEY is in the midst of its Melbourne Country Week campaign.

The week-long tournament has been a staple on the Victorian country cricket calendar for more than 100 years, and welcomes cricket associations from across the state.

This year’s campaign marks the start of a new era for Latrobe Valley, who are competing in their first country week as a combined entity.

Traralgon District and Latrobe Valley District merged last year to form Cricket Latrobe Valley.

Being a technical new league, Latrobe Valley will need to pay its penance in Division 2 of Country Week, with the aim of gaining promotion to Provincial by Friday.

Country Week works on a promotion/relegation system, although it has slightly changed this year.

The Victorian Country Cricket League reduced the number of Provincial teams from 10 to eight this year, bringing about a few talking points.

Amazingly, traditional powerhouse Ballarat missed the cut, and will need to fight its way back to the top.

Bairnsdale were also relegated, and could be fighting Latrobe Valley for one of the two promotions up for grabs.

Sale-Maffra and Leongatha District are the two Gippsland associations flying the local flag at Provincial level.

Sale-Maffra have been supporters of Country Week from the very start, and are one of the few associations that have attended every single Country Week instalment.

As such, a premium is placed on Country Week from those within the SMCA, and generally speaking, the best players have a strong desire to play.

Disappointingly, Warragul District is not sending a team down, having not generated enough interest from players.

Warrnambool and Wangaratta won Division 2 last year, and have thus earnt promotion.

There is much prestige about competing at Provincial level in local cricket, and something most associations strive to achieve.

After winning the Gippsland Cricket League premiership a fortnight ago, Latrobe Valley captain Nathan Freitag said his side would be doing all they could to get into Provincial.

Country Week games will be live scored via PlayCricket for those wishing to keep up to date.

LATROBE VALLEY COUNTRY WEEK SQUAD Nathan Freitag (C) (Glengarry) Frank Marks (Glengarry) Alistair Jenkin (Glengarry) Hamish Busk (Glengarry) Lee Stockdale (Ex Students) James Pryde (Ex Students) Mitch Harris (Ex Students) Michael Warne (Ex Students) Matt Dyke (Ex Students) Liam Maynard (Raiders) Luke Thornton (Raiders) Ewan Williams (Rovers) Keenan Hughes (Toongabbie) Jordan Campbell (Morwell) Riley Baldi (Moe) Ryan Morley (Imperials) Lachlan Patterson (Rovers)

One step closer to finals CRICKET CLV A GRADE

BY LIAM DURKIN

SCRIPTWRITERS had it easy in Cricket Latrobe Valley A Grade at the weekend.

Day 2 of Round 12 went relatively as predicted, as the season moved one week closer to finals.

IMPERIALS outrighted Latrobe.

Having established a lead of 162 at Catterick Crescent, the home side made the unsurprising move of declaring as soon as play started.

With a full day to survive, the Sharks did a reasonable job, but were eventually knocked over for 155 in 67 overs.

The total meant they were still short of making Imperials bat again, giving them 10 points for the outright.

The Sharks rejigged their batting order for the second innings, and found runs from Mark Lawrence opening up.

Lawrence made 43, while Jesse Wilson got himself to 40 batting at seven.

Both faced their fair share of deliveries from Todd Mann, who ended with a five wicket haul.

Mann took 5/32 off 22 overs, meaning his economy rate was just 1.45.

He received good support from Dilshan Thilakarathne (2/22) and fellow opener Dominic Thompson (2/30).

Mann’s five wickets added to the six he took in the first dig, making for a very productive game.

The pace bowler is moving closer to recording 40 wickets in a season, generally considered the mark of a truly stellar campaign.

However, addressing the elephant in the room - the Cricket Latrobe Valley board might have a complex case in the making.

Mann is a good chance of winning the league best and fairest, but has played at two clubs this season, after parting ways with Willow Grove at Christmas.

Given the Wolves are in the same division as Imps, it begs the question: Can you really have a league best and fairest winner from two clubs?

ROVERS just had too many runs for Traralgon West.

Chasing 278 at Jack Canavan proved imposing, although frustratingly for the Eagles, enough players got starts to bite into the total a bit more.

The home side was 3/81 before things quickly fell apart.

As cricket is replete with annoying truisms, the ‘run outs cause collapses’ one rang true for Traralgon West after Rob Wilkie was caught short of his ground.

Jack Lynch was the man responsible for nailing the throw, and his work saw the Eagles lose their next two wickets for just 18 runs, and last four for just 20.

The work of Hayden Kimpton up top, striking at an uncharacteristic 46.29 in his 25, and Rami Zafar (29 off 44 balls) in the middle was ultimately undone, as Traralgon West was bundled out for 140 in 65.2 overs.

As good sides do, Rovers shared the love with the ball.

Stefan Sbaglia took 4/34, Lynch 2/13 and veteran Simon Duff 2/45 off 23 economical overs.

GORMANDALE had reason to smile and laugh.

The Tigers won outright in very bizarre circumstances, needing to bat a second time to score the grand total of one run.

Cricket just never fails to throw up anomalies.

Coming into Day 2 needing 16 to win, Gormandale declared at 9/187.

Dylan Freitag added a few runs to his overnight score, making 42, while the other not out batsmen Dylan Keyhoe batted through to make a half-century.

Ryan Giles took two wickets on Day 2, while Dylan van der Stoep added another to the one he took last week.

Trailing by 62 runs, the Wolves made that exact total in their second innings.

Luke Payton again did most of the scoring for Willow Grove, whacking 35 off 30 balls.

Unfortunately batting woes again beset the Wolves, as four players were knocked over for globes - two first ball.

Gormandale used four bowlers, who all took wickets.

Campbell Peavey grabbed 4/7, Freitag 2/11, Nathan Heard 2/15 and Nat Campbell 2/27.

As was bound to happen, Fretaig was dismissed in the second innings when the Tigers needed one run to win.

The dismissal only delayed the inevitable, as the winning run came up.

With finals well out of the question for Willow Grove, the Wolves look to be on the hunt for consolation in the lower grades.

A Grade quality players David Bremner, Pete Grima and Nathan Weatherhead played B Grade at the weekend, with the latter taking 7/16.

CENTRALS had the bye.

Games this weekend (Round 13): Imperials vs Centrals (at Catterick), Rovers vs Gormandale (Duncan Cameron), Latrobe vs Willow Grove (Peter Siddle), Traralgon West - Bye.

CRICKET LATROBE VALLEY A GRADE ROUND 12 (COMPLETE) Gormandale 9 Dec 125 & 1/1 def Willow Grove 125 & 62 Rovers 278 def Traralgon West 140 Imperials 2 Dec 237 def Latrobe 75 & 155 Centrals - Bye

Charity match for Gormandale favourite CRICKET

GORMANDALE Cricket Club will hold a charity match next month for club favourite Luke Henderson.

A well-known cricket, football and business identity in the Traralgon area, Henderson has been battling cancer in recent years, with the latest episode leaving him unable to work.

Henderson has devoted an incredible amount of time to local initiatives over the years, and has been at the forefront of some of the region’s most challenging times.

He was president of the Traralgon Chamber of Commerce during COVID, and vice president of Traralgon Football-Netball Club during the severe 2021 flood event.

Henderson has also coached a number of football teams during his career, calling the shots at Gormandale, Stratford and Sale.

He also coached Gippsland Pride in Under 21 representative cricket, a task that necessitates travelling to all parts of the state.

The Tigers will host ‘Hendo’s Heroes’ on Sunday, March 3 at Stoddart Oval, which will see a twenty20 match played to raise money to help with his recovery.

The club is aiming to have some of the best cricketers in the region take part.

If anyone would like to help out, donations and sponsorship are being accepted.

Those wishing to assist can get in touch with the club via Facebook.

Gormandale CC has also set up a Go Fund Me page for anyone who would like to donate: https://www. gofundme.com/f/hendos-heroes Support for a mate: Gormandale Cricket Club will host a charity game for Luke Henderson next month. Henderson (pictured right during 2021 flood recovery efforts) has given great service to many local sporting clubs, including Traralgon Football-Netball Club.

Photograph: Liam Durkin

Gippsland Goannas get the win away

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BY GORDON COWLING

GIPPSLAND Goannas Over 60s cricket team made the journey to Citizen’s Park in Richmond on Sunday.

The Goannas won the toss and and decided to bat first against Richmond Union on a council ground on which the Saturday pitch had had no preparation at all since the day before.

The visitors decided to practice for the Echuca competition, where batters retire after 30 balls (or 40 runs, whichever comes first) and the bowlers only bowl six overs.

Mark Brown and Ray Smith both reached 30 balls, for 27 and 25 runs respectively, which brought Chris Devent and Ian Gibson to the wicket.

The score had reached 70 after 10 overs when Devent was bowled for 13 from 15 balls and the score was 2/85 when the first drinks break was taken.

Gibson and Murray Moore both retired, as Peter Anton increased the scoring rate with 21 from 22 balls.

Neil Meredith made 16 from 12, Ian Southall 19 retired and Rino Metlikovec 28 not out from 18

balls to take the score to 5/223 after the 40 overs.

Cowling and Anton opened the attack after the lunch break.

There was some help from the pitch, which at times played low, and the score was 1/15 in the fourth over.

The first few batsmen were quite hard-hitting, and by the eighth over, the score sat at 49.

Moore and Southall were brought into the attack and bowled their six overs straight. Southall bowled former North Melbourne and Melbourne footballer Alan Jarrott as the score reached 3/107 after 20 overs.

Richmond hit out, and needed 70 runs from the last 13 overs.

DeVent took a good catch at square leg, and a little while later, Smith took a very good running catch.

From there, Richmond were soon all out for 190 in the 37th over.

Anton finished with 3/36, Cowling 2/18 and Southall 2/28.

Gibson kept exceptionally well, letting through zero byes.

Extras might have determined the result, as Richmond recorded more than 30 while Gippsland had just seven.

Quick lesson: Gippsland Goannas Over 60s played at Citizen’s Park, Richmond last Sunday. Pictured in the background is St Ignatius’ Church, one of the largest outside the Melbourne CBD. St Ignatius has played a key, if little known part in Richmond’s history as an AFL club. Richmond was considered a ‘Catholic club’ in its early years, and Tiger legends Jack Dyer and Tom Hafey both attended St Ignatius.

(words by Liam Durkin). Photograph supplied

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Community man: South East Melbourne Phoenix Captain, Mitch Creek ran three clinics at Photographs: Darci White STADIUM34, Moe.

Along for the ride: Gippsland United import Jalin Wimberly (left) and Gippsland United men’s coach Scott McKenzie (right) came to the clinics, ran by Mitch Creek.

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STADIUM34 was buzzing with excitement as NBL superstar Mitch Creek hosted a Wolf Pack Hoops basketball clinic for junior athletes from all over Gippsland on Sunday, February 4.

Creek, renowned for his skill and charisma on the court for the South East Melbourne Phoenix, brought his expertise to the local community, offering invaluable insights and hands-on training to participants.

“Maybe (the) NBA is a dream for a lot of kids, maybe it isn’t, but hopefully now it is because they’ve seen a Horsham boy who grew up on a farm, used to ride to school every day, used to go to the creek after school and make bike jumps with his mates has now played in the NBA playing (against) Giannis Antetokounmpo,” Creek said at a Kosciuszko Street Traralgon Primary School clinic last year.

Along for the ride was new Gippsland United import, Jalin Wimberly, who joined in for the day and helped Creek run the clinic.

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Vital: The secondary oval at Churchill’s Gaskin Park has been in urgent need of repair.

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LATROBE City Council has commenced essential surface upgrades to Gaskin Park Oval 2.

This comes after a successful funding application of $250,000 via Sport and Recreation Victoria’s Country Football Netball Program.

Council has also allocated a further $100,000 to the upgrade.

The delivery of this project is set to be complete in early 2025 and will improve the surface of the oval and enable local sporting clubs to increase usage of the venue, especially during wet weather conditions.

Latrobe City Council’s Plan outlines their commitment to increasing the accessibility of green spaces and facilities to connect community and achieve positive health and wellbeing outcomes.

Latrobe City Mayor, Darren Howe, said council continues to provide improved facilities that are accessible and inclusive for the community.

“These vital upgrades to Gaskin Park Oval 2 mean junior football clubs can play at their home ground and the facility can be used more often,” he said.

“They will also ensure an improved surface that users will want to train and play on, and one that clubs can be proud of.

“Upgrades to Gaskin Park Oval 2 will allow the club to grow, expand female participation, and support more training and playing hours.

“We are looking forward to attracting more users of the Gaskin Park facilities with these upgrades, while ensuring our current clubs and users get better use out of them.”

Attendees in Moe were treated to comprehensive and interactive sessions on the fundamental skills that will make them great basketballers.

“We are incredibly grateful to Mitch Creek for his will to foster the next generation of basketball talent,” STADIUM34 Manager, Matt Beatson said.

“His willingness to give back to country communities and share his knowledge, while still juggling his commitments to the NBL season, is just awesome.”

Beatson got in touch with Creek directly in December last year, and in the meantime, the two planned the idea for the pro to run clinics in Moe. STADIUM34 is slowly starting to build its basketball program, and believed having the big name of Creek would entice a lot of kids to come and try. And boy, they were right.

Beatson noticed Creek recently ran clinics in regional areas, and thought he may as well pull the trigger and see what happens.

Creek ran three clinics, two for juniors which lasted an hour each, and one for older kids which was a little more extensive, running for about 90 minutes.

Creek is a big advocate for regional communities, and spawning local interest and talents outside of the metropolitan areas.

When the South East Melbourne Phoenix were preparing to play in Traralgon last December, Creek had a lot of praise for the outer regions.

“I believe that we actually make a conscious effort to go into the communities that some people might deem to be a little to hard or too far, we’ll go and have meet-and-greets, we’ll sign autographs, we’ll take photos, we’ll interact with the communities because we feel it’s so important,” he said.

on for their game,” Wimberly said.

“He taught me to be a leader and be a mentor to the kids to have someone they can look up to.”

Wimberly has taken Creek’s advice, and learnt skills from him, which may be put to use one day when he eventually runs his own camp.

For many attendees, the highlight of the day was the opportunity to interact directly with Creek, asking questions, seeking advice, and even snapping photos with the basketball icon.

His down-to-earth demeanour and genuine passion for the sport left a lasting impression on everyone in attendance, reinforcing the notion that with hard work and determination, anything is possible.

Repeat after me: Mitch Creek running young basketballers through their paces in Moe.

From Moe to a shot at the Olympics FOOTBALL

By TOM HAYES

A PIECE of Moe might just have a say in whether the Matildas get to play at the 2024 Paris Olympics or not.

Moe’s Teagan Micah was selected in the Matildas 23-player squad by head coach Tony Gustavsson, keeping her spot in the squad from the international friendlies at the end of 2023.

Australia will face Uzbekistan in a two-tie homeand-away series, starting in Uzbekistan’s Milliy Stadium on February 24, with the return leg to be played at Marvel Stadium on February 28.

The winner will be one of the Asian Football Confederation’s two representatives at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, joining either Japan or North Korea who have the same task at hand.

Mackenzie Arnold is still tipped to be ahead of Micah in the goalkeeping ranks, but the Moe export won’t be short of experience as of late, starting three times as a goalkeeper for Liverpool in the Women’s Super League since December last year.

Micah also started in goal for the Matildas recently, in a series of friendlies against Canada, winning one game 5-0, losing the other 1-0.

The Matildas breezed through the second round of qualifying with no scratches on their record, winning all three group stage matches against Philippines, Iran and Chinese Taipei.

Uzbekistan defeated Vietnam 1-0 and India 3-0, but fell 2-0 to Japan in between either game, yet progressed as the best-ranked second-placed side.

France has already qualified for the Olympics as the host nation, while the US, Brazil, Colombia and Canada are the other teams to confirm qualification.

Another seven nations are still yet to be decided, including Australia.

One country is set to advance from the Oceania Football Confederation, while two teams from each of the European, Asian and African footballing entities will qualify for the Olympics.

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Fingers crossed: Former Moe soccer player Teagan Micah is part of the Matildas squad vying for File photograph a spot at this year’s Paris Olympics.

Local success at National Champs THREE Traralgon basketballers have returned from Ballarat after competing at the Under 20 National Basketball Championships.

Ben Waller, Emily Scholtes and Asha Nightingale all played on separate teams throughout the championships.

Waller lined up for Victoria Navy in the men’s, Scholtes also repped Victoria Navy in the women’s, while Nightingale was a part of the Victoria team, in a separate pool to Scholtes.

All played a part in their team’s successes, which is great from a local lens, showing the rest of the country what the Latrobe Valley can produce.

The championships present a huge opportunity for these youngsters, with scouts in attendance looking to give young basketballers an opportunity if they see fit.

WALLER had to play four pool games, meaning two in one day on the third day of the championships.

Unfortunately for him, his Victoria Navy side were only able to muster a 1-3 record from those four pool games.

Despite putting up 20 or more points in the opening two games, the 17-year-old recorded a double-double in the fourth pool game against South Australia (14 points, 12 rebounds), but that still wasn’t enough to give them a fighting chance.

Victoria Navy was then forced to play a quarter final, which they lost by 11 points to Tasmania, and during their consolation game loss to Western Australia, Waller recorded 36 points, making four three-pointers at 57 per cent.

His team finished the championships with a win in the seventh-place playoff, edging the Australian Capital Territory by six points, with Waller scoring 17 points and claiming five rebounds.

Waller averaged 17.8 points and four rebounds per game, collected 1.1 assists and 1.3 steals per outing.

“It was a really good experience, it’s always good to get matched up against other players from around the state and being in a team environment,” Waller said.

It was Waller’s first time in the U20s bracket, after representing Victoria previously on three occasions, once in U16s (cancelled due to COVID) and twice in U18s.

Waller was grateful for the opportunity to get to know the team more personally, building connections for the future, with a number of his teammates varying from the country and the metro system.

“I was really pleased with how I performed, I think in terms of my future going forward, I think I did some good stuff,” he said.

Waller has the opportunity to represent his country once again, with the upcoming tryouts for the Australian U18s side.

In the meantime, he will be playing Youth League Men’s and NBL1 basketball for the Casey Cavaliers.

SCHOLTES was impressive, but her Victoria Navy side struggled on the winning front too.

In Pool B, her side managed a 1-2 record, which led to the downward scale of the finals draw.

The 17-year-old was unable to drag her side over the line in Game 1 against New South Wales, after putting up 12 points, five rebounds and a steal.

Yet she provided a more all-rounded stat line in Victoria Navy’s first win, scoring six points, having four rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Victoria Navy lost their quarter final to Queensland, but bounced back, winning their consolation game against South Australia Blue, before winning the fifth/sixth playoff.

Scholtes provided 16 points and four rebounds in the playoff win over WA. She finished the championships averaging eight points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists.

This was Scholtes’ fourth time representing Victoria, like Waller, doing so once at U16 level and twice at U18 level.

“I think because we were in the development team, it was a good chance to focus on ourselves, and also just improving,” Scholtes said.

“There was no expectations for us to win, it was just about getting better each game, and I think my team accomplished that.”

Scholtes recognised the final game as a highlight, finishing the championships strong.

“The start of the week was good, we got better and then we kind of had a dip, so I think the last game was just everything we had worked on came together, and it was probably our best game all tournament,” she said.

Scholtes was placed in a different role for the championships playing as a wing, but nonetheless believes she did her job to the best of her ability.

Scholtes will be looking forward to the NBL1 season with the Nunawading Spectres.

“It’s a new team and a new level that I haven’t played at yet,” she said.

NIGHTINGALE played in the undefeated side, which took out the whole championships.

It was the 17-year-old’s first time playing for Victoria in the Under 20s, after previously representing her state on two occasions at U18 level.

“This year my team did a lot better than the previous two years,” she said.

Nightingale’s Victoria cruised to victory in all three Pool A wins, defeating WA by 17 points, Queensland by 23 points and South Australia Blue by 40 points.

Playing as a power forward, Nightingale showed her prominence off the backboard, with three, seven and nine rebounds within the three pool games, but she only grew in confidence from there as Victoria entered the final stage.

Things looked easy for the Victorian team, who thrashed the ACT in the quarter finals by 43 points to progress to the semi-finals.

They seemingly faced their toughest challenge of the championships there, but scraped through after defeating NSW by five points.

Victoria easily cruised to the title, taking care of South Australia Red, winning by 16 points.

Nightingale added to her rebounding capabilities by putting more points on the board in the final three games, with 10 points, eight rebounds in the quarter final, 13 points eight rebounds in the semi, and six points four rebounds in the Grand Final.

Overall, she averaged 7.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, and one assist per game.

Nightingale said she enjoyed the challenge.

“I really enjoyed it, I just really love high-level basketball and getting to play (against) the best players in Australia and seeing what level I’m at against them,” she said.

“I just enjoy the hard work that you do … to get there, and then to finally reach that thing that you’ve been aiming for, for years.”

Nightingale was even proud of her own performance, especially considering the fact she was a ‘bottom-ager’ playing in an U20 championship.

She talked on how well the team gelled, and how she came out of her comfort zone during the week.

“I think it was just how well our team played together and how much fun we had on and off the court,” she said.

“For me, it was being (in the) starting five for every game, that was huge. I wasn’t sure how that would go with the new coach, but I had a good week.

“I’m very happy with how I went, as a bottom-ager it’s a big step up from 18s and being in a team of girls I’d never played (with) before, I was really happy with how I stepped up into my position.

“And I think my coaches were happy with that as well. I was definitely a leader in my group as well, so that was big for me being younger, coming out of my comfort zone.”

Nightingale currently plays Youth League Women and NBL1 for Casey Cavaliers, and is a Junior Development Player for WNBL side Bendigo Spirit, “This season I’ll be playing for Casey (Cavaliers) in Youth League Women and NBL1 a little bit, and that’s the main thing going this year,” she said.

The future looks bright for the 17-year-old, with her sights set on potentially playing for Australia U19s and going to College down the line.

“Obviously there’s a goal of making an Australian team or something like that but we’ll have to wait and see for that opportunity to present itself,” Nightingale said.

“I suppose for me the next step I’ll be taking is going to College in America, so events like these are really great for exposure to that, and then there is also the Under 19 Australian team - so there is scouts for that, always watching.

“Even just NBL1 teams … it’s really good for preparing you for those things, as well as exposing you to different coaches and people.”

Her younger sister, Mica Nightingale is a part of the U18 Victorian side that will compete at the U18 National Championships from April 7 to 14.

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Represent: Traralgon duo Ben Waller and Emily Scholtes represented Victoria for the fourth time at the recent U20 National Basketball Championships.

Photograph: Tom Hayes

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