Latrobe Valley Express Wednesday 18 June 2025

Busses from tomorrow

BRACE yourself.

Major disruptions on the TraralgonLine will be felt by tomorrow (Thursday, June 19).

The magnificentseven

You’dbehard-pressed to geta better line-up than this. Former Traralgon AFL players Graeme Cordy,Brian

Gormy great guns

By LIAM DURKIN

WHO said Gormandale Football-Netball Club was struggling?

Whi le the mu ch-mali gned Tiger s senior football team are still searching for afirst win in more than 50 games, theclub’s AGrade netball side is giving supporters plenty to cheer about.

Gormandale are currently fourth on the NorthGippsland Football-Netball League AG rade ladder after nine rounds, and in the midst of asix game winning streak.

“We really didn’t expect it to go so well and performsowell," AGrade player Chelsey Sadler said on last week's episode of the club's newly released podcast PoddChubb

The run of victories has seen the Tigers defeattraditional powerhouse Woodside and predicted finalists Heyfield so far this season. The recoveryhas been equally incredible. Gormandale dropped its first two games of the season, leaving many to assumeanother yearoccupyingthe

bottom few rungs on the ladder was in order. The Tigers have been accustomed to suchpositionsthe lastthree seasons, finishing second-last or last every year since 2022.

How eve r, Go rmanda le has no w already won more games this year than it managed between 2022 and 2024 combined (six).

Leading the turnaround has been A Grade coach, Greta Douch.

Alifemember of theclub,Douch returned to the Tigersthis season following astint with Mid GippslandFNL club Boolarra.

Ano-nonsense operator, and wife to late local horse trainer, Garry Douch, Greta said even she didn’t see such a strong first half of the season coming.

“I didn’texpect it to happen so quickly, firstyear back that we’d getresults like this,” she told the Express Douch has been able to add afew handy players to the team, bookending the court with goalshooter Maddy Dark and goal defence Carly Jennings, while Natasha Watson andJaclyn Price

(Greta’s daughter) have filled the wing defence and goal attack spots.

“Experience,acouple of older players, and then we’ve got younger players in the middle with speed. Ithink it’s been agood mix,” Douch said.

“We take alot of teams by surprise and Ithinkthat’s one of our biggest strengths this year; they go in expecting us to be the same team as last year, even though our names are different, they don’t know what we play like," Sadler added.

“We really shake things up in the first quarter and that’s one of our strengths -wegoout hard and we go out strong and it really sets the tone for the whole game."

With theteam nowfiring, the coach was quietly confident about the weeks ahead.

“When Ifirst started Iwasn’ttoo sure what would happen, usually takes afew years to sort out what’s there (players, game plan etc), but Ihope to make finals,” Douch said. Should Gormandalequalify, it will be

the first time theTigers havefeatured in eithersenior footballorAGrade netball finals since 2014.

Inc identa lly, Dou ch coac hed Gorm andale that season, and was named NGFNL AGrade coach for the Team of the Year. Jennings was also picked in the team.

The small town club has staved off a litany of existentialist threats in recent years, as the sometimes blinded quest for senior football success can distort the true concept of afootball-netball club.

As podcast host and Gormandale senior player and former senior coach, Chris Potalej explained, the Tigers were looking at the bigger picture.

“The club’s not in aspotwhere we’re about to shut the doorsoranythinglike that," he said on the podcast.

“There’s money in the bank, there’s good numbersonthe ovals, there’s alot of goodthings happening.

Gormandale officials met recentlyand put together astrategic plan.

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The Gippsland Line Upgrade is set to takeplace over the next two months, with scheduled works to be completed at the very end of August. Once complete, the Gippsland Line will enableextra services and, according to the state government,trains will run every 40 minutes along the Traralgon Line. Before then however,busses will replace Tr ar alg on and Bairnsdale line trains for all or part of the journey. Passengers are advised to allow extra travel time. East Pakenham station will act as an interchange for Gippsland passengers. Tem po rar yt im et abl es are availablefromV/Line outlets, and via: ptv.vic.gov.au/gippsland. For more information, phone 1800 800 007.

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Assembly advocates hopeful

By AIDANKNIGHT

IN response to the sudden funding cut to the Latrobe Health Assembly, acollective protest was staged outside the Assembly offices along Commercial Road,Morwell last Thursdaymorning.

Thecollation of community groups joined forces to opposethe state government’s decision to cease the allocation of health sector funds to the Assembly, which they felt provided resources and research crucial to effective health prevention.

The demonstration included representatives fromGippslandMulticultural Association Services, Voices of The Valley,UnitedMuslimSistersof Latrobe, The Wellbeingand Emotional Support (WES), and was headed by the Nannas For Action group, an organisation previously making headlines for theirstrong stance against nuclear power in the Latrobe Valley.

The same group are part of planninganother protest on the steps of Victorian State Parliament today (Wednesday, June 18), but representative Linda Reidtold the Express she washopeful the issue would be sorted in time before needing to make the trip downtown.

This optimistic outlook is an indication of the organisation’s self-described ability to ‘work with the government, not against it’, an ethosthat is echoed by the Assembly itself.

“The health minister has overlooked an important program,” Ms Reid said, emphasising their support

of the Assembly and the work it does, and has for the years since it was formulated out of the ashes of the Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry.

The Assembly has worked to improve Latrobe City’spublic health. The municipality is an area where residents are 38 per cent morelikely to experience mental health conditions. Latrobe Valley is also one of the highest-ranking areas in the state for the rate of chronic conditions such as asthma, arthritis, cancer and heart diseaseacross Victoria.This puts thearea on parwithShepperton and Ballarat as one of the poorest health LGA’s in the state.

Both Latrobe Health Assembly and Nannas For Action told said there had been positive correspondence with Memberfor EasternVictoriaRegion, Harriet Shing, even stating that she’s done work "behind the scenes to work for the best outcome possiblefor the Assembly and the state government to which she ultimately answers to."

Ms Shing acknowledged the work of the Assembly.

“The positive changes and connections it has delivered for people, organisation and the communities across the Valley have been significant, particularlyaspart of the long-term transitionand the growth that’s happening across the region.”

Latrobe Health AssemblyExecutive Officer, Ellen-JaneBrowne washumbled by theefforts of the combined groups, and the positive attitude they had on the issue.

“To see this kind of demonstratio n

organisedindependently of us is just indicative of the community’s concern, with the respect of governmental decisions, the disappointment shared by the Assembly andthe communityitserves," she said.

"And while we’re encouraged, we’re not at all surprisedthat the community would be feeling this way.”

Ms Browne reports that the Latrobe Health Assembly’s annual budget of $4.5 million is 0.00016 per cent of the state healthbudget, suggesting that it is one of the more minimal cuts in the allocated funds in the sector, thattheythink will have a drastic effect on the Latrobe Valley communities.

Assembly Chair Tanya Rong expanded on this, stating “Latrobe Regional Hospital’sbudget is $450mayear, we’re not even one per centofthat."

"The Assembly’s work aims to preventthe systemic issues, whetherphysical, environmental or mental health issues,sothat LRH doesn’t need to treat people.”

"You’ll never have abig enough hospital if you don’t invest in prevention."

The Latrobe Health Assemblywas, priorto the funding cut announcement, set for review in 2028,which was anotional date put forth by the department. Ms. Shing says “As part of ongoing discussionswiththe Assembly’s leadership and the Health Minister I’m continuing to advocate for any and all avenues for further support that may be available to enable its good work to continue.”

Walking is notpart of public transport: Bath

LATROBEValleyand WestGippsland V/Line

pas sengers have ha dt heir publi ct ran spo rt downgraded, with the state government refusing to fund afull bus replacement service to the city, according to the NationalsMember for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath.

During the two-monthsuspensionofrailservices due to work on the Gippsland line, V/Line passengers travelling fromTraralgon will only be bused to East Pakenham, where they must catch ametro train to the city until metro tunnel and testingwork is completed.Ina smallconcession, passengers on the Bairnsdale service will be bused directly to Southern Cross Station.

Ms Bath has been calling for the reinstatement of buses for all Gippsland passengers to Southern Cross Station, raisingitwiththe Minister for Transport, Gabrielle Williams in state Parliament Ms Bath said people are fed up withthe substandardV/Linerail service, which will be shut for two months beginning this week.

“Labor’s half-baked bus replacements are totally inadequate –itimpacts workers and students and is particularly challenging for the elderly and people with reduced mobility," she said.

“The 200-metre walk from East Pakenham bus interchange to the train station through parkland is exposed to cold and wet winter weather. A

Station safety in spotlight

THE Mining and Energy Union says it is deeply concerned about safety in Victoria’s aging coal plants, following asignificant safety incident at Yallourn.

Alarge air duct collapsedonto the floor of the coal fired power station in an area frequently serviced by the plant’s operatorsinthe early hours of Sunday, June 8.

While it was extremely luckythatnoone was injured, this incident has raised questions about themaintenanceand safety standards at the state’s coal stations as they reach their end-of-life.

Mining and Energy Union Victorian District Presidentsaidthe incident should serve as a wake-up call to improve safety at powerstations.

“Luck should never be factored into safety, but luck is the only reason that no one was injured or killed at Yallourn," he said.

“Workers have had very serious worries about the safety of the plant and equipment

at Yallournfor quitesometime. Following this, those fears have unfortunately been justified.

“For as long as coal plays arole in underpinningVictoria’s energy security, private operators must be required to undertake necessary upkeep to ensure worker safety.

“It is unconscionable thatthe plant has reached the stage where it’s literally collapsing around workers while they performtheir duties.

The owners of our power stations must make necessary investmentsintomaintenance and upkeep, regardless of if the plant is reaching its end-of-life.”

Theplant's operator, EnergyAustralia said it wastaking the incident "extremely seriously", and notif ied Worksaf ei nt he immediate aftermath.

"We willcontinuetoworkwork withWorkSafe through its investigations," acompany spokesperson said

commute that should take two hours, takes over three-and-a-half.

“Passenger experience illustratesthe issues –recently, one city-to-home journeytook seven hours, while other travellers grapple with alack of information and safety concerns.

“In 2024 V/Line’s punctuality was only 78.5 per cent, while the latest data released for April 2025 is 80.7 per cent –acountry mile from the expected 92 per cent. Gippslanders deserve reliable, punctual public transport, yet for 10 years they have been left waiting.”

Batteries for Moe/Newb, and Churchill

LATROBE City Council has secured grant funding for battery storage installation at Latrobe Leisure Moe/Newborough and Churchill/

The grants are part of Round 2i n the state government’s $42million 100 Neighbourhood Battery Program.

The new systems will provide backup power for criticalpower and lighting circuits for up to two days, with capacity to charge from solar to extend their duration.

Climate change and extreme weather events are an increasedrisktoelectricity infrastructure in Latrobe City. The energy backup systems will act as energy resilient hubs for the community to access in the event of extended grid outages. Both locations were selected following detailedfeasibility and business case work.

The project is part of ajointinitiative led by theCentral VictorianGreenhouse Alliance,inpartnership with 10 regional councils, with support from the Gippsland Alliance for Climate Action.

Latrobe City Council Mayor, Dale Harriman was thankful for the funding secured.

“This grant funding is an important step towards making Latrobe Leisure Moe/ Newboroughand Churchillmoreenergyefficient, resilient and sustainable spaces for the community," he said.

“Council is proud to be leading the facilitation of local energy solutions that create long-term environmental and financial benefits and demonstrate amodel for others to follow.

“We are grateful to the Victorian government for their support and lookforward to the successful completion of the project in 2026."

Petitioning for petition changes

By AIDANKNIGHT

THEpassing of proposed changes surrounding use of e-petitions by Latrobe City Council in their most recent (scheduled) sitting (Monday, May 26) presents several interesting arguments about the runningofanefficient council.

The motion carried was one of alternative to an officer’s recommendation,following apublic consultation period that was initiated on February 24, 2025.

The consultation asked residents to provide input on whether they felt council should remove capping on both word and page counts on petitions used by local government,and if such government should allow for use of more or different e-petition platforms –with ‘change.org’ being the main example being focused on.

‘Change.org’ is widely viewedasthe mostpopular e-petitionplatform andisutilised globally on a wide range of political and social issues, allowing anybody to start acampaign to allow users to have their say with as minimal friction in the process as possible. It has however, been plagued by various concernsofdata privacy,inwhich someusers report the company’s selling of email addresses to “sponsored campaigns” even if there is no ‘opting-in’ recorded for the user.

The way change.org is set up also would allow anyone to sign apetition without verification they live in Latrobe City, or are even real people, which poses obvious problems for recording valid submissions and accurate data that truly reflects the voice of the people.

This presents some issues in the argument some councillors had in favour of adopting these proposed changes, and many residentswould likely feel outweigh the ‘convenience’ of amore streamlined e-petition process than the existing platform in use by Latrobe City Council.

The motionwas also attemptedinthe April 2024 councilmeeting, when local political commentator (and Gippsland FM radio host) Taylah Ling launched her own petition asking forthischange.

Ms Ling’spetition had gained 102 signatures by that time, and was made to enable residents to have atool to combine in force for issues they seek change in, if they felt council weren’t adequately addressing or overlooking.

Ms Ling wrote aLetter to the Editor published in the June4issue of the Express,stating“if you sent achange.org petition with hundreds or thousands of signatures to Latrobe City Council, you first had to sendthrough arequest to Latrobe CityCouncil which could be rejected before apetition on their council-run facility wasever made”.

Via the 2025 public consultation, only 48 valid submissions were recorded, and 36 of thesewere opposed to the proposed changes.

Nobody has made any mention of how many submissions were invalid, or as to what that meansinterms of thisspecific petition, which Newborough WardCouncillor,Sharon Gibson pointed out could be interesting to add to the context of the argument.

The motion was passed, despite the majority of residents who gave input voting against it, and BudgereeeWardCr, Leanne Potter making a strong case against ignoring this as a“means of silencing the community”.

Ms Ling found this aparticular point of interest in her letter, as Cr Potter was found to be involved in apetition made by her husband in 2024 campaigning for the removal of Ms Ling from Gippsland FM’s airwaves, for her own alleged “orchestrated campaign to harasscommunity leaders in Latrobe City”, which was launched after the April 2024 meeting.

Regardless of the validityofeither argument, the petition was made on change.org of all places.

Cr Gibson hadcontinued to speakinfavour, citingthe adoption of similar changes in other councils, who seem to operate without issue in this sort of data collection format –although examples were not provided.

It should be noted that for the most part, councils encourage their resident to use thecouncil’s official internal petition process over having one or more options of an external variety. This can prevent fragmentedfeedback, and reduces risk of external influence and loss of process control, so while having aproven platform such as change.org may present itself as appealing because of it’s ease of use by both council and residents, it does come with potential to undermine the democratic process for which it is intended. This leaves room for an issue to remain, should Latrobe City residents raise continued grievance with it, as several other councilsaround Victoria have more stringent guidelines to the petition’s clarity and minimum signature requirements.

One such council is Macedon Ranges Shire Council, who explicitly lists change.org as abanned platform, that is not included in their Governance Rules.

While there is no comprehensivelist of the councils that do and don’t acceptthe site, it is often that this is the norm, as it is also in line with Victorian State Parliaments policy, but no longer in Latrobe City.

Overseas Labour gov all for nuclear

By PHILIP HOPKINS

BRITAIN’S Labour Government is to build anew

3200MWnuclear power station forabout $A29 billion, promising a“golden age” of nuclear power in the country.

The pledge to investanextra £14.2 billion in Sizewell C, aplanned nuclear plant in Suffolk, will generate enough electricity to power six million homes.

The 3200MW stationhas about the same electricity-generating power of Loy Yang Aand Loy Yang Bpower stations combined. Nuclear proponents in Australia say that a1000MW nuclearpowerstation using South Korean expertise could be built in the Latrobe Valley in seven years, with the unit costing about $10 billion.

Sizewell Cwill consist of two 1630MW units. The reactor will be the first new nuclear generator since 1995 in Britain. It will come alongside araft of other projects, including afleet of small modular reactors and a£2.5billion ($A5 billion) investment in research and development for fusion energy. Taken together, these representBritain’sbiggest nuclear building program in ageneration, bringing more new nuclear power onto the grid than over the previous half century, The Telegraph reported.Key parts of the program are:

 The clean and reliable energy for around six million homes is equivalent to one in five of all UK homes;

 More than 10,000 direct jobs, supporting thousands more across the UK;

 More than 1500 training and apprenticeship opportunities, creating the next generation of British engineers, scientists, and construction workers;

 Additional revenue for over 3500 British companies in nearly every constituency across the UK, including Northern Ireland and south Wales, and;

 More than £1-1.5 billion of annual savings across the electricity system when the project is up and running.

Labour’s Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband,saidthe push forms part of efforts to switch to clean power sources and boost Britain’senergy security by reducing the country’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels.

“This challengeofenergy security and the demands of the climate crisis mean that it is in our intereststo shiftasfast as possible to clean, homegrown power,” he said in The Telegraph

TheTelegraphsaidbetween the lineswas amore pressing fear: the wind and solar energy sources that underpin Labour’s 2050 net zeroambitionsmay simply not be reliable enough to keep the lights on. Unlike coal and gas, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar fluctuate throughout the day in an unpredictable pattern known as intermittency.

“As well as causingissuesfor reliability–especially with ashortageofenergy storagecapacity–intermittency risks upsetting the fine balance of supply and demandthat must be maintained in electricity grids.This, in turn, raises theriskofoutages,” The Telegraph said.

“This was demonstratedmost devastatingly during the Spanish blackout earlier this year. In what is thought to be Europe’s largest ever power cut,millionsofhomesand businesses across Spain, Portugal and France were left without electricity for hours in April, leading to at least seven deaths.

“Energy experts soon pointed the finger at Spain’s heavy reliance on solar and wind farms as apotential culprit, though investigations remain ongoing.”

Mr Milibandsaidthe announcement markeda new “golden age” for the British nuclear industry.

“The demandfor thatpower is expected to at least double by 2050. That’s why we need all the clean, home-grown sources that we can turn to meet the demands we face. New nuclear is acrucial source of firm, baseload power,” he said.

Default power price to increase

Mr Miliband said whatever peoples’political stripe, it was clear that energy security is acrucial responsibility for any government.

“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the cost-of-living crisis that followed for both familiesand businesses, showed howvulnerable we are as acountry because of our dependence on fossil fuels," he said.

“This challengeofenergy security and the demands of the climate crisis mean that it is in our intereststo shiftasfast as possible to clean, homegrown power.”

Mr Miliband said 16 years ago, when he was the Energy Secretary,heidentified eight potential sites for new nuclear, one of which was Sizewell.

“When we left government in 2010, Iassumed that one of my coalition or Conservative successors would get the project over the line –but they didn’t It has taken until 2025 for agovernment to allocate the funding required to make the project happen,” he said.

“Sizewell Cwill support around 10,000 jobs at peak construction and support thousands more nationwide, as well as creating 1500 apprenticeships. The company has alreadysigned£330million contracts with local companies and will boost supply chains across the UK, with70per cent of contracts predicted to go to 3000 British suppliers -good industrial jobs from Sheffield to Derby, Scotland to South East England, paid at high wages.”

To progress the plant, Mr Miliband said the government was securing afunding model that fairly spreads upfront costs betweenindustry,government, and consumers.

“We are also backing anew form of nuclear technology in the UK –small modularreactors (SMR) These offer ahugeindustrial and jobs opportunity for our country and could help fuel heavy industry and data centres across Britain,” he said.

Mr Miliband said the governmentwould announce the outcome of the small modular reactor competition imminently. This would help the UK to get ahead in the globalrace to leadinthis new technology, with an ambition to deploy one of the first SMR fleets in Europe.

“The government is also looking to provide a pathway for advanced nuclear technologies to be deployed in the UK,” he said.

“As we drive forward on nuclear, we are determined to lead the world in the technologies of the future. We are ramping up spending on nuclear fusion research –with over £2.5bn of funding this parliament, includinghelping progress afusion power station on the site of aformer coal-fired power plant at West Burton.”

Nuclear generation is areliable sourceofso-called baseload power, the minimum amount of demand on the grid. The money in the plan is in addition to the £3.6bn pledged by the previous Conservative government. It means Sizewell Cistoreceive atotal of £17.8bninpublic money between 2022 and 2029, with more to follow.

By DAVID BRAITHWAITE

THE price used as areference pointfor electricitycustomerstofind the best deal will rise next financial year.

The EssentialServices Commission (ESC) recently released its final decision on the Victorian Default Offer for each of the state's five electricity distribution zones, to apply from July 1toJune 30 next year. Domestic customers on the Victoria Default Offer in the AusNet zone, which covers Gippsland,will see their billincreasebyan average of $6 next financial year. The Victorian average is a$20 increase.

The main factors influencing the price change for domesticcustomersare higher network and wholesale electricity costs, which are partially offset by lower environmental costs.

For small businesses on the Victorian Default Offer, annual prices will go up $10 on average in Gippsland. The average across the five zones is a$90 increase on last year.

The main factors influencing the price change for small business customers are higher network andwholesaleelectricitycosts but also lower environmental costs.

Higher network and wholesale costs also contributed to the change in price between the draft proposal and final decision.

About 12 per cent of Victorian households and 19 per cent of small business customers are currently on the VictorianDefault Offer. There is around 190,000 customers in embedded networks in which the VictorianDefault Offer applies as amaximum charge.

In making its final decision,the ESCused up-to-date cost inputs, includingnetwork tariffs and metering charges approved by the Australian Energy Regulatorand final ASX Energy futures contract prices.

The commission considered all submissions to its draft decision, released in March, when reaching its final decision.

ESC chairman and commissionerGerard Brody said the prices were set independently of energy retailers, which ensured all Victorian households and small businesses had access to afair and reasonable price.

"It also gives peopleconfidence that they’ll continue to receive afair deal without having to test the market each year,” he said.

“The default offer isn’t the cheapest on the market, as retailers looktoattract newcustomers by offering alow price. But it is afair price and one that won’t increase by more than the Essential Services Commission allows, which means it will stay fair.

“We know that even small increases can affect householdand small business budgets. If you’re having trouble paying your energy bill, speak with your retailer–they must provide help such as payment plans and assistance applying for concessions and utility relief grants.”

Meanwhile, Premier Jacinta Allan and StateElectricity Commission (SEC) Minister Lily D’Ambrosio have announced that every Victorianfamily will be able to access the SEC’s one-stop-shop, providing freeadvice to families on how to save money on their power bills.

The one-stop-shop is afree service that offers tailored plans for households to cut their bills with energyefficient electric appliances. It calculates all the upfront costs, annual bill savings,return on investment, applies government discountsand rebates and connectsusers to verified SEC suppliers and installers.

Victorians can use the one-stop-shop through thedigital planner or over thephone. Theycan connect with installers and have them make afree house visittoprovide amore detailed quote.

According to the state government,households can reduce their annual energy billby around $1400 by going all electric, with the savings rising to more than $2700 ayear by adding solar.

The SEC one-stop-shop will expand the current customer service team based in Morwell as the program grows, and is expected to support more than 1000 trades jobs as demand for installers and other trades grows.

TheSEC’s digital planner can be foundat: powerup.secvictoria.com.au

Accused gives final piece of evidence

By STEFAN BRADLEY

AMUCHshorter, but still very significant week in thetrial of accused triple murderer Erin Patterson concluded Week 7.

The accused finishedgiving evidenceasa witness and court was adjourned.

Court did not sit on Monday, June 9because of the King’s Birthday public holiday, and the jury was sent home on Thursday after Erin finished her time in the witness box.

Court did not sit last Friday as legal discussions were taking place.

Three people died following afatal beef Wellington lunch, which allegedly contained death cap mushrooms at the accused’s Leongatha home in July 2023.

Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson all died from the fatal meal. Heather's husband Ian Wilkinson fell ill, however survived the incident.

The accusedhas pleaded not guilty to all charges.

On Tuesday, June 10 (Day 29) and the couple of days after that, Erin continued to be cross-examined by prosecutor Dr Nanette Rogers. Multiple times Dr Rogers accused Erin of lying, and Erin rejected many of the suggestions made by Dr Rogers. Erin rejected the suggestion she lied about foraging for (non-poisonous) mushrooms. She also denied the reasonshe on three occasions factory reset aphone she gave to police was to deceive.

The accused disputed evidence that had been heard previouslyinthe courtbyIan Wilkinson, the onlyguest to survive thefatal lunch. Mr Wilkinson had told the court Erin had served the beef Wellingtons on asmaller orange-coloured plate for herself, and the other guests on alargergrey plate. Erin told the court there was no smaller plate.

Asked why she fed her kids leftovers despite havingdiarrhoea after the lunch,Erin said she “didn’tknow” or suspect the food had made her guests sick.

Erin also disputed some accounts of other witnesses, including her son, as well as doctor Chris Webster, who treated the accused at Leongatha Hospital.

Erin hadpreviously told the courtthat her

estrangedhusband Simon Patterson confrontedher in the days after the lunch at the hospital, asking her if she’d used her food dehydrator to poison his parents. Simon has denied this exchange happened and the prosecution accused Erin of lyingabout this, which she rejected.

The prosecution suggested that Erin made asixth beef wellington for her estranged husband with the intention of poisoning him if he ended up changing his mind about attending the lunch, but Erin denied thistobethe case. She also denied knowing that the meals, including the leftovers intended for Simon, contained death cap mushrooms.

Erin also said she did not remember browsing the iNaturalistwebsite,which allows users to post images about flora and fauna in the area.

The pro secution questio ned Erin abo ut a Melbourne clinic she claimed had an appointment related to gastric-bypass surgery. She never attended that appointment, and Erin accepted the clinic did not offer this procedure. Thecourt heard Erin said she lied about having cancer because she was actually planning weight loss surgery, which she was embarrassed about. Erin also spokeabout her history of binge eating, bulimia and vomiting after meals.

She toldher defence lawyer during re-examination she wanted to ensureher sonmade it to his flying lesson the day after thelunch. She became emotional as he was “really passionate about it and Ijust didn’t want to disappoint him”.

Something fishy going on, says VPNA

By AIDAN KNIGHT

STATEbudget cuts announcedonMay 20 contained many controversial revelations for regional Victoria, ranging from the Parks Victoria slashings to the media-prominent EVSF levy.

Closely connected to Parks Victoria is the public service reductions in nature protection sectors, specifically those concerning fishery enforcement. Labor’s 20 per cent cut to nature protection as awhole hasleft these agencies reeling, predicting an influx in illegal fishing within Gippsland, as resources to manage and police these illegal activities have been reduced.

The Victorian National ParksAssociation’s (VPN A) Nature Conse rva tion Camp aigner , Shannon Hurley, described the cuts as “environmentalneglect disguised as budget management”. This comes afterthe Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) has seen a50per cent cut in staffing overall, which comes after years of already being understaffed as an organisation.

The authority currently employs 73 legal enforcement officers, whosejob it is to protectfisheries by ensuring compliancewith fishing regulations andlaws, such as licensing,catch limits,animal cruelty and poaching. Theseare efforts to maintain the quality and quantity of Australian seafood and their habitats.

The recently announced budget cuts will see these 73 roles diminished to 36, and also gut the officers of any law enforcement ability, leaving them to transitiontoa newrole of engagement officer. This restricts staff to merely educate offenders, rather than fine them or hold them accountable.

The Community Service and Public Sector Union has released atable displaying the current figures for the sum positionslost acrossthe VFA as aresult of these cuts.

This presents the obvious risk of removingthe deterrent from illegal fishing activities, leaving room for apotential riseinthe industry for an illegal fishing surge, one that theVPNAand other agencies are already predicting. Higher ups within the VFAhave expressed this,withone such officer, David Burgess, likening the fishing black market to that of organised tobacco crime.

The Nationals Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull questioned Minister for Outdoor Recreation, Steve Dimopoulous on the numbers of offenders and resources to deal with them.

Mr Bull asked, “What will be the reduction in the number of on-water hours of fisheries officers in Victoria as aresult, and what was the number of patrol craft before the cuts in comparison to post the reduction in staff?".

Mr Bull also cited the VFA’s public compliance

rate of 90 per cent out of the onemillion recreational anglersrecorded within Victoria,stating“thereare 100,000 anglers not doing the right thing. There is no data on offencesinGippsland specifically, but the VFA have publicly released atotal of 2794offenders detected in the 2024/25 period, which should be noted was the work of an already understaffed organisation, which had the potential to be aprofitable revenuestreamfor the state government had it received adequate funds to maximise effectiveness across Victoria."

Now, offenders will instead make the profit, with the $17,000 of illegally acquired abalone apprehended in Mallacoota this January having the free-reign to become the norm.

Whiletheseare alarming developments in the environmental sector, it is worth mentioning the strides that have been made in the budget for the allocation towards other areas in nature protection.

Thr eat ened wi ld life ha ve be en al loca ted a huge boost of $2.3 million for one specific project, Landcare will receive $17.3 million over atwoyear period, and other areas of Victoria have seen the largestbushfire recovery allocation ever, at awhopping$20 million, with another additional $23.5 million put aside for fuel breaks and planned burnings.

Industry framework

THE state government has launched the Victorian Industry Policy, anew framework to develop local industries,backcuttingedge technology and build on the state's strengths to foster economic growth.

Building on the priority sectors outlined in the Economic Growth Statement, the industry policy provides additional focus on key industries and technologies where Victoria can leverage existing strengths and develop new competitive advantages.

The Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing, Colin Brooks, said the Victorian Industry Policy was anchored around four core principles: aligning skills to the needs of industry;growingthe state’s industrial base; capturingopportunities in emergingand nascent industries; and ensur ing energy securit ya sV ic tori a transitions.

"It builds on the Econ omic Growth Statement’s focus on future industries and sovereign capabilities by setting out how government, industry and researchers can work together to make the most of Victoria’s skilled workers, top research institutions and innovative businesses," he said.

Mr Brooks said this included backing advanced manufacturing, with Melbourne set to host the new Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) -an industry-led collaborative research funding organisation that focuses on issues suchas advancing 3D printing.

"With much of the research happening hereinVictoria, morethan$116million willgointo new manufacturing technologies –expected to boost our economy by almost $2.8 billion over 15 years," he said.

"We’re also focusing on modern construction methods –using smart tech to build more homes, faster and more affordably, like the work already happening at Modscape in Essendon Fields with robotics and sustainable design."

TheVictorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chief Executive, PaulGuerra, said the policy was the strongest signal yet that government is listening to business.

"TheVictorian Industry Policy delivers apractical framework that addresses the issues holding back growth –from energy and skills to land and exports,” he said.

“It gives industry the confidence to invest, expand and employ.We’reparticularly encouraged by the government’s focus on implementation and collaboration–because when busin ess and governme nt work together, Victoria wins.”

The Director, Additive Manufacturing CRC, Simon Marriott, said the state government was very proactive in supporting the Additive Manufacturing CRC’s ultimately successful funding application.

"We are delighted to be establishing our headquarters in Melbourne,” he said.

To read the Victorian Industry Policy and for more information, visit: djsir.vic.gov.au/ industry-policy.

Marathon: Erin Patterson’s trialisinits finalstages, aftershe finished giving evidence lastweek. File photograph

LRH sets thestandard

By LIAM DURKIN

LATROBE Regional Health has reached a standard even higher than gold.

On the world stage no less.

The hospital’s stroke unit celebrated last week, afterbeingawarded platinumstatusina globally recognised award for excellence by the World Stroke Organisation Angels.

Latrobe is one of only 10 hospitals across the country to achieve this status.

Platinum status is predicated on multipleperformance indicators, such as patient turnaround, scans completed inside specific timeframes, and making sure stroke patients are discharged on treatments to prevent further episodes.

The Angels clearly do not giveout this commendation lightly, but felt LRH was deserving of the honour after helping to save the life of local stroke survivor, Clare Lappin.

Ms Lappin foundangels of her own from LRH, who respondedexpediently after she suffered an unexpected stroke in March.

“All of asudden Icouldn’t speak,Icame up to talk to my mother, she thought Iwas doing something funny. My face went funny, then my arm, so we rang the ambulance, they werethere in three minutes. Icouldn’t walk by that stage, by the time Icame here (to LRH) Iwas really relaxed Ihave to say, they had everything ready to go, straight in, had alooksee and then treated,” she recalled.

Amazingly, the work of LRH was of such efficiency, Ms Lappin had blood-flow restored to her brain in less than an hour, and was back home the very next day.

Avocal coach by profession, Ms Lappin sang the praises of the hospital’s stroke unit team.

“So very grateful, they worked so beautifully, and I’m here because of them,” aclearly appreciative Ms Lappin said.

“It was comfortable, Iwasn’t scared, 48 minutes apparently Iwas treated, thanks to them, amazing.”

Ms Lappin also felt compelledtowrite the hospital aletter to formally thank them.

LRH’s stroke unit is led by JanetMay, who said the platinum award was ahuge honour.

“We’re really honouredtowin this award, it gives our teamgreat recognitionofthe commitment they’ve got to delivering really high stroke-quality care to our patients,” she said.

“It’s not just an award recognising one team, it supports the whole spectrum, from Ambulance Victoria to the ED team, with their rapid response, the radiographers getting throughCT scans and sending images down to neurologist, to the incredible work that happens up here on our line and other key units.

“At the endofthe day, it’s our patients that benefit and that’s what really counts.”

Kim Malkin from the World Stroke Organisation Angels was on hand for the presentation.

“The award is an internationalaward that benchmarks hospitals for their performance in stroke,” she said.

“This is to award hospitalsand recognise them for treating patients, it also really awards

teamwork because these awardswouldn’tbepossible at allifitwasn’t for the fantastic teamwork, stroke has to be treated by multidisciplinary teams.

“The fact that Latrobe as aregional hospital has managed to achievethis award is really significant.”

Ms Malkin urged people to know the signs of stroke, with the F.A.S.T acronym still the best identification (Face dropping,Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 000).

“Strokeisamedical emergency always, and it’s really important hospitals can achieve timely treatment,” she said.

“Every minute that astrokeisleft untreated, apatient can lose 1.9 billion neurons aminute.”

Well deserved: Latrobe Regional Health StrokeUnitCoordinator,JanetMay,LRH stroke patient, ClareLappin and WorldStrokeOrganisation AngelsInitiative, Kim Malkin with the hospital’splatinum awardstatus

All in: Latrobe RegionalHealth staffgather to share in theaward theirteamworkhelped deliver.

GippsAeroset to fly high once more

By LIAM DURKIN

COME Josephine in my flying machine.

Amomentous day in local aviation was recognised last week, withGippsAero officially announcing it wasback in production.

The company has been in hiatus for the last five years.

The original founders have bought back the company, and much like The Blues Brothers, are putting the band back together.

The buy-back has been 18 months in the making, after GippsAero co-founder George Morgan decided to do adeal with Indian conglomerate Mahindra Aerospace.

Mahindra’s original dealwas reportedly worth upwards of $100million15yearsago, but following askydiving incident, changed their business plan and ceased building aircraft at the Latrobe Valley plant in 2020.

Since then, GippsAero laid virtually dormant in the wings of Latrobe Regional Airport, but locals now have reason to be optimistic, with work recommencing at the plant, welcoming aworkforce of more than 40 people.

ALaying of the Keel was held last Thursday (June 12) at GippsAero to formally mark the start of the next chapter.

It is envisagedGippsAero will recommence production of new aircraft for 2026 under its Airvan model.The Airvan flies in nearly 50 countries, servicingtourism, skydiving, surveillance, and humanitarian and freight.

As GippsAero Chief Financial Officer,Sarah Morgan explained, the decision for the familyto buy back the company camedown to asimplecase of ‘if not them, then who?’

“It was always ‘if we don’t take it back on, what happens to aviation in Australia? What happens to the Airvan?’ If they don’ttakeiton, no one is goingtobethere to build the parts and continue the business,” she said.

“Aviation as awhole is going to cease to exist if we don’t have qualified people.

“It takesalot of effortand abig team, the suppliers, the training orgs that help train our apprentices so we can start rebuilding the industry.”

While GippsAero hadstill been making partsover the last few years, Ms Morgan said the company had avision to resurrect to its former glory.

“Part of the handover was Mahindra made everyone redundant.We’ve builtupfrom there, to the point where we’ve got 43 employees plus all the other little contractors,” she said.

“From therewe’ve got to startbuilding back up to the point where at the peak we had 170 employees and they were making the aircraft coming off the productionlineabout every seven to 10 working days.”

Ms Morgan also acknowledged Mahindra in the handover, saying “they were very good to deal with", and was certain the businesswas economically sustainable when asked by the Express.

Latrobe City Council councillors Darren Howe and Leanne Potter were on hand for the ceremony, as was Member for Gippsland South and leader of the state Nationals, Danny O’Brien, and his Nationals colleague, Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron.

Latrobe City Council owns the GippsAero facility, and Cr Howe hoped for acohesiveworking relationship.

“When they were at their peak last time they were at nearly 200 employees, so if they get up to that level again, it will just be fantastic for Latrobe City,” he said.

Mr Morgan addressed those in attendance, speaking at length about GippsAero’s history. He also paid special tribute to former Latrobe City Councillor, Graeme Middlemiss, whose support of GippsAerohesaid never waned.

GippsAero is seeking any qualified aircraft mechanics, engineersorthose interested in learning about aviation to get in touch.

GippsAe ro is located at 43 Airfield Road, Traralgon, just before the main entrance to Latrobe Regional Airport.

Backinsafehands: Part of theGippsAeroteam, the Morgans: Sarah, George,Margueriteand David, who have bought backthe company.

Dignitaries: Latrobe Cit the stateNationals,Dann manager,MargueriteM Morganand Latrobe Cit Commencement: GippsAeroChief Executive, George Morganand Daniel Blakeimmediatelyafter the Laying of theKeel Photographs: Liam Durkin

ONE POINTERS

1 In what fair y tale does a pumpkin turn into a carriage?

2 What is the common name for dried plums?

3 What animal is on Levi’s logo?

4 Who was the famous nurse known for being the founder of modern nursing?

TWO POINTERS

5 Which geometric shape has four equal sides and four right angles?

6 Which mountain range is the longest in the world?

7 What is the largest island in the world?”

8 What does the acronym AIDS stand for?

THREE POINTER

9 What animal is known to laugh and has been proven to have a sense of humor?

10 What or who is the Ford Mustang named after?

11 In which US city is Broadway located?

12 Who directed the 1994 film “Pulp Fiction”? FOUR POINTER

13 In the context of email, what does “CC” stand for?

14 What does the DC stand for in regards to publications like Batman, Superman etc ?

FIVE POINTER

15 Name the 5 main web browsers 1 point for each correct answer

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Pharmacy trial is now permanent

By STEFAN BRADLEY

THE state government has announced an $18 millioninvestmenttomake the Victorian Community PharmacistStatewide Pilot permanent, and expand the conditions pharmacists can treat patients for in Victoria.

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Victoria Branch (the Guild) has welcomed the announcement, but the RoyalAustralianCollege of GPs (RACGP) says thatsignificantly expandingpharmacy prescribing powers threatens patient safety.

The expansion of the healthcare services available in communitypharmacies will include treatmentfor 22 everyday health conditions, including asthma, nausea,ear infections, wound management and Type 2diabetes.

This builds on the initial pilotservices providing treatment for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), resupply of oral contraceptives, treatment for shingles and the flare up of mild plaque psoriasis, and travel health vaccinations.

“This Budget invests afurther $18 million so Victorians can go to apharmacist and get treated for with even more conditions for free without atrip to the doctor for aprescription,”the state government said.

“Previously trialled as the Community Pharmacy Pilot, this investmentlocks it in for good –and makes it even bigger –helping regional and rural Victoriansaccessadvice and treatment close to home.

“That means pharmacies across regional Victoria willbeabletotreat more conditionswithmedicines usually only availablewith aGPscript –including allergies, nausea and high blood pressure, as well as minor wound care, with more conditions added progressively over the next two years.

“We’re coveringthe cost of the consult– ensuring Victorians can access care for free.”

Beforethe announcement to make the scheme permanent, pharmacist Janelle Hartmannfrom Chemist DiscountCentre toldthe Expess that Gippslanders had embraced the trial, which began in October 2023.

“Patients now have greater access to treatment, particularly for UTIs and the oral contraceptive pill. UTIs are often ignored until they become more serious, but the pilot has made it easier for people to seek early care at their local pharmacy and avoid complications that may cause them to be hospitalised,” Ms Hartmann said.

“It’s also easing pressure on the broader health system, freeing up GPs to focus on more complex cases. As apharmacist, the service has slotted smoothly into our workflow. We’rewell-trained and prepared to deliver this care and it’s been incredibly rewarding to help more patients directly.

Ms Hartmann said in ruralareas,this kind of pharmacy-led care can be the difference between early intervention and ahospital visit.

RACGP Victoria Chair, Dr Anita Munoz however, expressed concern about the scheme.

“Patient safety must come first ahead of pharmacy owner profits,” she said.

“Expanding pharmacyprescribing may seem likeastraightforwardand convenient answer to improving accesstocare, but it’snot the rightsolution. Patients are better off booking aconsult with aregular GP who knows them, and their history.

“The Victorian governmentshould instead be investinginbetter accesstomedicalcare in allcommunities, rather than opting for acheap,easy ‘fix’ that doesn’t prioritise high-quality patient care.”

The Guild said the initiative is expectedto significantly ease pressure on GPs and hospitals, particularly in regional and rural areas where access to primary care can be challenging.

“This is asmart,modern reform that puts patients first,” said George Tambassis, President of The Guild’s Victoria Branch.

“Pharmacists across the state already deliver convenient and accessible healthcaretopatients every day.Thisannouncementempowerscommunity pharmacists to do even more for patients and that’s awin for every Victorian.”

The Guildsaid that nearly one in five regional Victorians currently wait three weeks or more to see aGP.

LATROBE CityCouncil has beenshortlisted as afinalist and received acommendation from Local Government Professionals (LGPro) at their recent awards ceremony, in the Disaster Readiness and Recovery category.

Council's applicationhighlights the City Presentation Emergency Management Response Manual (Manual), akey initiativeimplemented after the 2021 storm events, which has improved data collection, resource optimisation and digital solutions.

Latrobe City Council Chief Executive, Steven Piasente said the 2021 storm and flood event causeddamage across Latrobe City, andcouncil has since considered key learnings from the event.

"Well done to council's City Presentation team for the hugeamountofworkthey've put in with boththe continualclean up fromthe 2021 storm and the manual they have since created," Mr Piasente said.

"It's ahuge honour to be afinalist and receive acommendation in the LGPro awards against other finalists from councilsthroughout Victoria.

"Teamwork, innovation and community-first mindsetcan transform disaster response and

The Range Retirement Village is aretirement living community in Moe, boasting alive-in Manager and high-quality residential villas set inside agated community.

The Range offers elegant new and refurbished two and three-bedroom independent living villas, set in attractive and well-manicured surrounds. Each villa features an open-plan living area,wellappointed kitchen, private courtyardgarden and single or double garage.

Plan your social life with your new community.

Youwill have the flexibility and freedom to embrace life with asocialcalendar that includes, billiards, indoor bowls, craft, movie nights, trivia, bingo,cards and many moresocial activities and make use of our community bus to getaroundour local area.

Now is your time to down size and embrace life at The Range

recovery and deliver tangible benefits for both council and the broader community."

Some key achievements associated with the manual's first implementation during the subsequent February 2024 storm event included full road network inspections and initialDisaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) data collection within 24 hours post-event, full road network reopening within 36 hours post-event and storm cleanupprogramand detailed DRFA data collection within 72 hours.

The manual also helped to build astronger connection between council and external agencieslike StateEmergencyService (SES) and Victoria Police, improvingdisasterrecovery response in the region.

Theinitiative significantlyenhances disaster resilience for both the community and council by improving response times, communication andrecovery processes.

For the community, quicker road re-openings, achieved within 24 and 36 hours respectively during the February and September2024storm events, restored safe traveland essential service access sooner.

Scene: The2021 stormevent wasone of the biggest to hit Traralgon. Former Express journo TomGannon covered10km on foot taking photos File photograph

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Pruning demo

MORWELL Centenary Rose Garden will hold apublic pruning demonstrations on Saturday, June 28 from 10am and again at 2pm.

All are welcome. Come along and learnhow to prune and care for roses. Limited cuttings will be available. For more information, phone Pat Classens on 0434 958 962.

Field naturalists

NEXT meeting of the Latrobe Valley FieldNaturalists Club will be held Friday, June 27 at Moe Library from 7.30pm.

Guest speaker will be Dr Alex Maiseyon'Feathersinthe Fields: Bird ConservationinWorking Landscapes'. His presentationwill be followed by the club'smonthlymeeting and supper.

Dr Alex is aterrestrial ecologist with afocus on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. He will be presentinganengagingoverview of some of the bird-focused conservation findingsfromvarious projectsthat his researchgroup at La Trobe University has undertaken in recent years.He willbegin by introducing some foundational concepts in nature conservation within working landscapes. This will provide abroadperspective on how different landscapes andtheirbiota are shifting across the globe.

Then,drawing on twomajor research projects conductedinsouth-eastern Australian farm landscapes, he will highlight the factors that matter mosttoAustralian birds, including habitat requirements, the influence of farm management practices, and how these considerations can be embedded into formaltools like Natural Capital Accounting

Finally, he’ll explore how farmers (and others whoinfluence land use) can increase the biological value of the landscapes they manage.

The followingday (Saturday June 28),for the monthly excursion, the group will meet at Moonlight Creek Picnic Area carpark in theMount Worth State Park from 10am.

Everyone is most welcome, both to the meeting and the excursions.

For more information, phone secretary Rose on 0410 237 292.

Visit:www.lvfieldnats.org to register if you wish to use Zoom to join the meetingfrom home and/or if you would like to come on the excursion.

Traralgon Cancer Council

THE ladies have been busy recently. Araffle was held for atrailer load of wood, with $1250 raised, won by Rickie from Traralgon South. Joyce Burney had abus trip and she donated $2500 -agreat effort.

The group had their Biggest Morning Tea lastmonth andraised $2400. Guests enjoyeddelicious homemade food. The raffle was won by Rosemary Kirk,second prize was won by Ray Baugwana and third prize was won by Rose Webb.

Winners of the lucky $100 note were Chris Burge and Rhonda Gatt.

The group also hadacake stall recently at Bunnings in Traralgon and made aprofit of $1400. Such a great effort from this small group of ladies who will send $10,000 for research into Sarcoma and another $10,000 for research into Lung Cancer to head office.

The next fundraiser will be asoup and sandwichday on Friday, July 25. For more infor mation, pho ne Raelene on 0407 368 848. Cancer Council Supporters Hotline: 1300 65 63 85. Cancer Council Help Line: 13 11 20.

Tune

YALLOURN Madrigal Singers will pres ent their mid-ye ar concerts

My Familyand OtherAnimals at Budgeree Hall on Sunday, June 22 from 2pm.

Entry is by gold coin donation.

The second concert will be held at St JamesAnglican Church in Grey

Street, Traralgon on Saturday, June 28 from 2pm.

Tickets for this concert are $25 for adults and $5 for school aged children and can be purchased at the door(cash preferred) or by booking online at: www.trybooking.com/DBXBL

Afternoon tea will follow both concerts.

Knittedknockers

TRARALGON branch of Knitted Knockers Australia present an afternoonwith Elvis andfriends, including Mark Andrew, on Sunday, October 5 at Moe Racing Club.

Doors open at 1pm. Light afternoon tea, coffee and tea supplied.

All money raised goes to the Traralgon branch.

Only 200 tickets available. Prepurchased tickets only. Tickets are $35 per person. To purchasetickets,phone0408 501 338 or email: knittedknockersausttraralgon@gmail.com

Spiritual centre

LATROBE Valley Spiritual Centre (2 Avondale Road,Morwell) has services every Sunday from 2pm.

Guestspeaker every weekwith demonstrations from an invited medium followed by acuppaand afternoon tea.

For enquiries,phone Amanda Webb on 0411 051 044.

Daffodils shine

AT the recen th ome matc hf or the Yallourn Yallourn North Football-N etball Club ,a special fundraising round was held in support of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Cancer Research.

YYNFNC partnered with Moe & District CancerCouncilVolunteer Group and together raised in excess of $2500.

Apart from monetarydonations, mostofthe money wasraised by having agiant raffle of 16 prizes (all donated), with the 1first prize being atrailer load of wood.

Moe &District Cancer Council wished to thank all players, supportersand visitors who helped make the dayagreat success.

The Moe and Distr ict Canc er Volunteer Group has worked over the past 38 yearsand raised 420k towards many cancer research projects.

Since 2021, the group has donated to nine research projects of 5000 each for Oesophageal, Melanoma, Liver, Prostate, Pancreatic, Ovarian, Myeloma, Lung and Bowel Cancer (a total of 45k)

If youwould like to make adifference to cancer research, join the hard working team members. Meetingsare held on the last Monday of the month at the Moe RSL rooms.

Clubcontactsare Berylon51274028 or Linda (0427 671 780).

Historical society

TRARALGON District Historical Society recently held its 'Antiques Evaluation Day' at the rooms. The numbers were somewhatdisappointing, with just enough to keep the valuers busy.Itwas decidedthe group would hold the next valuation day in 2027.

Thenext event on the society calendarwillbeaworking bee on Sunday, June 29 from 10am to 4pm. No special skills are required -there will be ajob for everyone.

These working bees are important as the group gets to go through the collection and make sure information and items will be added to the catalogue. It is important that the catalogue is up to date as it makes it so much easier when searching for information. The

Sunday is also open day, so if you have any queries into family history research or historical places, come along to the Kath Teychenne Centre (11 Breed St, Traralgon). Open day hours will be: 2pm-4pm.

For more information, email: secretary@traralgonhistory.asn. au,telephone0351748739 (leave a message) or 0402 911 950 (secretary).

Local chess

THE highlight last weekwas the impressive victoryfor Keegan Just who wasthe only player to defeat Peter Bakker at Latrobe Valley Chess.

Next in line was Price Samasiea, whosemainactivity was the two game match with Ian Hamilton that resulted in one win each.

The endgame methods used by Cliff Thornton were enough to overcome the defences in aclash with Steve Ahern.

Gosshen Wu continued to reach her goals, forcing opponents to work hard.

Lyn accepted the loss whenBrad McClaren had gained too many advantages.

For more information on local chess, phoneCliff Thornton on 0413 330 458, or Ian Hamilton (0400 221 649).

Community garden

YIN NAR Co mmu nit yG ar den is having an open day on Wednesday, June 25 from 1pm-3pminthe Arc Switchroom.

There will be atoastywarm fire going, hot soup and bread plus more tasty treats for lunch.

There is no cost for this event, but thosecoming will need to RSVP to yinn arc g@gma il.com for cat erin g purposes.

Bridgeresults

TRARALGON Bridge Club results: Tuesday,June 10: 1st KayeDouglas and Roshni Chand (66.15 per cent); 2nd Ken Tierney and Anne den Houting (60.94).

Thursday,June 12: N/S 1st Greg Nicholson and Kaye Douglas (69.78); 2nd Kevin and Marion Taylor (63.56). E/W1st DonTylee and Roshni Chand (62.8); 2nd Rob Gault and Rob Ziffer (55.87).

If you would like to playorlearn mor ea bou tb ridge, phon eH elen McAdam on 0438 164 528.

End of lifegathering

WE plan for all our special life events, such as engagements, weddings and births -yet we don't give consideration to our death.

Come along to the Moe Library on Thursday,June 26 from 6.30pm, where discussion willtakeondyingat home, disposal options, what are the legal requirements and paperwork, and what is the process of dying?

This is asafeand inclusive environment for all. Bring afriend.

Formoreinformation, call Glenda on 0409 529 588.

Youcan be apartof Community Corner

IF you are acommunity groupand have any news items you need publicised, feel free to email us at news@ lvexpress.com.au

You can address correspondence to the editor, Liam Durkin.

Please write 'CommunityCorner' in the subject line and nothing else. Deadline is Friday 9am to appear in the following Wednesday issue.

Liam Durkin

Birdisthe word: Latrobe ValleyField Naturalistswilldiscuss ‘feathersinthe fields’atits next meeting

Photograph: DavidStickney

On board: Newborough Probus welcomesnew members, Les Passey(left) and AllanSparks(thirdfromleft) Pictured alongside them areBill Carmichael, Yvonne Williamson and ValBrien Photograph supplied

Beware thedangers of silentkiller

By KATRINA BRANDON

WHAT was once asolution for many issues in the construction industry is now asignificant health risk.

Last month, the Asbestos Council of Victoria held asupport and awareness event in Moe for asbestos and silica.

The council's chief executive, Vicki Hamilton brought in speakers to help run the discussion Ms Hamilton works throughout Victoria, raising awareness of asbestos and silicahealth issues and directing people to where they can get support.

Ms Hamiltonalsooccasionally works with medical students and apprentices to help them discuss the subject matter and overcome the mentality that “there is asafe level” of exposure.

“It's all over Australia,” she told the group.

“When you tell me that an apprentice says that there is asafelevel of exposure, that bothers me immensely. It is asilentkiller. That's the biggest thing people don't realise. Just sanding it and breathing it in it could be 10-20 years or 30 years, but they'll end up dying from it.

“We can get them (apprentices) at 16, and I'll say, hands up, who's been exposed to asbestos in the room, and you may get aquarter of the room to put their hand up that already know. These apprentices range in age from 16 to 40, and so by the time we finish doinganearlytwo-hour session on asbestos and silica, Isay it again, hands up, who knows that they've been exposed to asbestos, and we'll have three-quarters of the room with their hand up.”

Asbestos is abuilding material that was used in industrial andresidential buildings between the 1940s and late 1980s. Before the health risks were known, asbestos products were widely used because they were durable, fire-resistant and had good insulation properties.

More energy jobs coming

By PHILIP HOPKINS

AN international energy storage company, Fluence Energy, which is building abattery in the Latrobe Valley, is set to expand its Australian headquarters in Melbourne, creating up to 100 highly skilled jobs and increasing Victoria’s renewable energy capabilities.

The Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, Danny Pearson, said Fluence's expansion wouldaccelerate the local battery storage technology industry.

"Fluence’s expansion will support skilled local jobsand boost local supply chains," he said.

Established in 2018 and headquartered in the US, Fluence Energy is aleader in gridscale battery energy storagesystems (BESS) and innovative technology to develop clean energy. Australia is Fluence’s second largest marketoutside the US and is involved in several major energy projects in Victoria.

The Latrobe Valley BESS (LVBESS) Project is located south of Morwell and has an indicative output of 100MW/200MWh. Oncecompleted, the project is designed to improve the reliability of the Victorian electricity networkbystoring power for use during peak periods.

The projectisbeingdeveloped by Tilt Renewables, which is part of the Australianowned renewable energy consortium, Powering Australian Renewables, in conjunction with Fluence Energy as the partner providing the energy storage technology.

Zenviron has been subcontracted to carry out the design and construct sub-contract for the civil and electrical works for Fluence Energy. This work includes the installation of 320 battery ‘Cube’energystorage containers and associated Inverters, core transformers as well as the design and construction of the access track, facility bench, switchroom building, operations and maintenance facility, and tie-in to the existing Morwell terminal station through underground incomer cables.

Fluence Australia's General Manager, Jason Beer, said large-scale battery storagesystems are helping to create amore resilient grid and unlock the full potential of renewable portfolios in Australia.

"Fluence welcomes the Victorian government’s continued commitmenttorenewable energy solutions and Fluence’s growth in Australia,” he said.

Fluence’sdecisioncomes after Italian energy storage company Energy Dome recently established itsAPACheadquarters in Melbourne.

The stage government is backing renewable technology to meet its target of 95 per cent renewable energy by 2035.

According to the Asbestos Council of Victoria website,Yallourn (builtbetween the1920sand 1950s) was known for its quality housing. At the time, asbestos was widely used in household and everyday products. To deal with the extreme heat generated in electricity production, the State Electricity Commission of Victoria used asbestos in awet formfor insulation around pipes in the power stations, known as lagging.

Former powerindustry worker RayHarris worked in stations from 1956 to 1962 and at Hazelwood Power Station from 1962-1989. In astatement he made to law firm Slater &Gordon, he described these power stations’ extensive use of asbestos and asbestos-related products. He also described the lagging process and consequent dispersal of asbestos dust.

He said, “Asbestos exposure occurred during the construction phaseofnew powerstations,when laggingwas applied to boilers, turbinesand ancillary equipment. Laggers were supplied with bags of dry asbestos, which were emptied into bins measuring approximatelytwo metres squarebyone metre in depth. Water was added, and the product was mixedtoform apaste.Duringthis process, laggers were covered in dust and did not wear masks before or during the mixing process. Dust dispersal was quite significant.”

In 2003, Australiabannedthe use, importationand exportation of asbestos. However,the legacy of asbestos is still felt in the Latrobe Valley today, with former Latrobe Valley power industry workers contracting mesothelioma at seven times the state average, accordingtoa 2003 study. According to documents obtained through FreedomofInformation, 140,000 Latrobe Valley power stationworkers were exposed to asbestos between the 1920s and 1980s.

Duringthe discussion session, Damian Murphy, operations manager of Mairin OHS&EConsulting, talked about his involvement in theasbestos topic.

Mr Murphy has spent 30 years in the asbestos testing industry. He told the group he considers himself one of the lucky ones, after being exposed to asbestos at ayoung age.

“I count myself as one of the lucky ones, because before Iknewabout asbestos, Iknew that Iwas exposed,”hesaid.

“I remember as achild,myuncle was abuilder, and he was building abungalowatthe back of our house. He had me cutting the cement sheet. When cuttingthe cement sheetwiththe electric saw, you're standing around in clouds of asbestoscontaminated dust.”

According to Mr Murphy, asbestos exposure is not as uncommon as people unknowingly renovating

their homes without testing or powerwashing their roofs.

In one case,MrMurphysaidthat the area was contaminated from asbestos exposure after someonepressure-hosed ahome, contaminating the house next door, their plants, soil and nature strip.

Theclean-up of the area cost upwards of $200,000.

“My impression of asbestosoverthe years and people's awareness of it,itdoesn't seem to have changed alot,” he said.

“We get the regularclients that are alwaysaware of it, and we get the occasional new clients coming in. Now, Isuppose it's picked up alittle bit in the last two years or since COVID, but there's alot of workers out there (who) don't know enough about it, or just ignore the facts.”

Ms Hamilton mentioned that somepeople dispose of asbestos incorrectly, causing more issues.

Asbestos doesn’t breakdown over time like most materials. Mr Murphy said that peopleshould callinremovalists to dispose of it correctly and limit exposure.

Silicaisfound in sand, stone, concrete and mortar. It is also used as the primary filler for engineered stone. When workers cut, crush, drill, polish, saw or grindproducts that contain silica, tinydust particles are generated that are small enough to lodge deep in the lungs and cause disease.

Icy morning reception greeting locals

By KATRINABRANDON

WINTER has certainly hit the Latrobe Valley.

Fog and chilly mornings have shrouded locals on the drive to work.

Whilemost days have warmed up, therehas been anumberoficy mornings for the first fortnight of winter.

The minimum temperaturelastSunday (June 15) was -1.5 degrees. Monday, June 16 was even colder at -1.6.

Earlymorningtemperatures have consistently hovered between 1-2 degrees, with the highest crawling to 5.1 on Monday, June 9.

Maximum temperatures have allowed people to thaw out, with the average just under 15 degrees so far in June according to Bureau of Meteorology data from Latrobe Valley Airport.

Whendriving in foggyconditions, authorities advisedrivers to use their fog lights to enhance visibility and ensure their vehicle’s windows are adequately defrosted before setting off.

To effectively defrost your vehicle, start by turning on your car's heat and defroster, setting the fan to high, and openingthe windows slightly to exchange humid air withdry outsideair.Avoid using boiling water on windshields, as it can cause cracking.

Holiday-goers are also being warned that those heading up to Mt Hotham and Mt Baw Baw need to acquire snow chainsfor their vehicles. For those who choose not to use snow chains, afine of $395 may be imposed, and failure to fit them when required may result in apenalty of $988.

Mt HothamAlpine Resort recorded up to 70 centimetres of snow as of June 10. Authoritieswarn driverstoboth check conditions and to plan ahead for trips to ensure safe travels.

Most seasonal road closures occur in alpine areas near Walhalla and Erica. To checkroad closures, go to: https://traffic transport.vic.gov.au/

Silent killer: Damian Murphyand Vicki Hamilton have been on the road warningpeople about the dangersofasbestos.

Photograph: Katrina Brandon

Thick: Commercial Road,Morwell coveredinfog last

Photograph: Liam Durkin

Starting WELCOME T0 SCHOOL

AtTrafalgar PrimarySchool, students don’t just attend school—they thrive.

With ateamofhighly trained teachers and acommitment to everychild’sgrowth, they deliver arich, well-rounded education grounded in high expectations and strong values: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be aLearner Trafalgar Primary’sSpecialist Programs are second to none.

EVERY STUDENT,EVERY WEEK, RECEIVES:

•STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering and Maths) with aqualified Science teacher

•Performing Arts, including Dance, Drama, Choir and Instrumental Music

•Visual Arts, with student work regularly exhibited in local galleries

•Physical Education, delivered by awardwinning coaches and supported by an elite school sportprogram

Trafalgar Primaryisproud to be School

SportVictoria’sPrimarySchool of the Year for both 2023 and 2024—recognised for their strong community partnerships and consistent representation at regional and state level. Their music program is equally outstanding, offering students the chance to develop their talents through experttuition and performance opportunities.

In the classroom, they prioritise strong foundations in literacy and numeracy

All teachers aretrained in the OrtonGillingham approach to phonics and reading instruction and follow astructured whole-school numeracy sequence to ensureconsistent, high-quality teaching in everyclassroom.

The dedicated Wellbeing Team includes aDisability Inclusion Leader,Mental Health in PrimarySchools Leader,SocialEmotional Learning Leader,Community Liaison Officer and First Aid Officer—ensuring everychild is

ASchoolofO pportu nity, Excellencea nd Effort –TrafalgarPrimary School

known, supported and given everychanceto succeed.

Trafalgar Primaryare proud to be partofthe Trafalgar Education Precinct, working closely with the co-located kindergarten and high school to create avibrant, connected K–12 learning community

Thereare no booklists or subject fees at Trafalgar Primary.

All school materials areprovided.

Families contribute only to camps and excursions, and they work hardtoensureno child misses out due to financial hardship.

Their free daily Breakfast Club is open to all students, and beforeand after school care is available on-site through OSHClub (fees apply).

To learnmoreortobookatour, visit the website or contact the school’sfriendly team on 5633 1566

Enrolments arenow open for 2026.

Startyou rchild on thecorrect educationpat h

Starting PrimarySchool is ahuge milestone in achild’seducation. It is of vital importance that parents are awareofthe advantages that different schools offer,enabling them to make the correct choice for their child’seducation confidently MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOUR CHILD.

Trafalgar Primary School –Victory Through Effort. Excellence in Every Classroom.

StateSchoolsAre GREATSchools

AlbertStreet PrimarySchool

Alber t Street Primar y School offers a caring and suppor tive learning environment for all students Visual Ar ts, Digital Technology, Librar y, Sustainability and Kurnai Language and Culture are specialist programs offered in addition to P- 6 classroom programs The playgrounds, synthetic grass play areas, handball cour ts and basket balls cour ts, yarning circle, community garden and outdoor k itchen are all surrounded by high security fencing to ensure students can play, explore and relax in a safe environment.

An experienced Wellbeing Team ( Welfare and Wellbeing officers, Special Needs and Nurse) par tners with families focussing on

the learning, social and emotional needs of their children to help them achieve success TheirCare operates in our multipurpose room and provides quality care for students before and after school hours

Elizabeth Street Primary School

Elizabeth Street Primar y School is a wellresourced, community minded educational setting, located in Moe Elizabeth Street Primar y school maintains small class sizes, especially in the early years of schooling

It is staffed with experienced teaching staff who are passionate about each child’s academic growth and wellbeing

These small class sizes, maximize the attention each child receives on a daily basis Each class also has Education Suppor t staff available to meet the academic and social needs of the children

We are also heavily focussed on the wellbeing of each child as well as their academic excellence.

For fur ther information or to have a tour of the school, please contact the school principal, Ian Frost, on 5127 2607.

SouthStreet PrimarySchool

At South Street Primar y School, our experienced and dedicated leadership team is shaping a new chapter; one focused on excellence, personal growth, and academic success

Led by Principal Brendan Dawson, Assistant Principal Nicholas Quenault, and Learning Specialists Erin Beissel and Melissa Pavey, our team brings deep k nowledge and proven leadership across a wide range of educational settings Together, we are committed to nur turing a learning environment where ever y student thrives

We are proud of the positive culture and high quality, evidence -based programs we offer, and we would love to show you around Local families are warmly invited

to book a personalised tour to meet our team, explore our modern facilities, and see first-hand the learning in action at South Street

To arrange your visit, please contact us on 5127 1512 We look for ward to welcoming you to our school community

The school also offers additional suppor t with a school Wellbeing O fficer, School Chaplain and School Nurse

StateSchoolsAre GREATSchools

At Newborough Primar y School our goal is for our students to be motivated learners who value themselves and their community. We help them develop the k nowledge and sk ills to become successful and thrive in all of their life endeavours

We understand that all learners are different and require different suppor t and instruction to achieve their goals All staff at the school, not only the teachers, focus on what each student is currently doing and how we can suppor t them to get to the next step in their learning

This focus is vital for their academic growth and is equally impor tant for their social and emotional wellbeing

With suppor t of the Wellbeing Team, the staff are able to assist students in all

Willow Grove Primar y School is situated in the hear t of the Willow Grove community, in close proximity to the beautiful views of Blue Rock Dam We provide a community minded approach to education within our small school setting We offer a high- quality education with a strong academic focus in literac y and numerac y Wellbeing is suppor ted by specialised staff and a school chaplain. We operate specialist classes in Ar t, Japanese, Physical Education and MARC Librar y WGPS uses the School Wide Positive Behaviours Suppor t Program and Berr y Street Education Model, to build a foundation that encompasses the whole child with a strengths-based approach Willow Grove offers an extensive transition from Kindergar ten to School and will operate with an on-site Kinder from 2027

Proudly educating the Yallourn North community for over 100 years!

2A Reser ve St, Yallourn North VIC 3825 r

YallournNorth PrimarySchool

Yallourn Nor th Primar y School is located

a shor t ten minute drive from Moe/ Newborough We are a fantastic rural school that has first class facilities

Our students learn from a combination of direct instruction and gradual release This gives students the sk ills they need to be successful

All of our classroom teachers are suppor ted by learning suppor t staff who ensure ever y student has the tools they need to succeed

Our specialist subjects include PE, Auslan, Ar t, STEM and Librar y We have schoolwide processes to suppor t students with our school counsellor and wellbeing leader In 2025 we have launched our own speech

Narracan Primary

Narracan Primar y School is situated on top of the hill in Narracan, surrounded by paddocks full of cattle, beautiful trees, kook aburras, and blue -tongued lizards Our small school provides a nur turing and caring learning environment, offering small class sizes in which we cater for different learning styles at all different levels Students enjoy playing in their natural environment, growing their own vegetables, and tending to our chickens that provide us eggs to use in our week ly cook ing classes

We provide a comprehensive curriculum, with enrichment programs including Auslan, Science, Ar t, Music, MARC Van, Physical Education, and a Wellbeing program that includes regular yoga Our

pathologist guided STARS program and run after school tutoring ever y Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until 4:30pm to suppor t our students academic development

At Tanjil South Primar y, we believe that ever y child deser ves a place where they feel safe, valued, and inspired to reach their full potential Our small, close -k nit school provides a nur turing environment where students receive personalised attention, and a curriculum tailored to their unique learning needs Here, your child won’t just be another student - they will be par t of a family

Our warm atmosphere fosters a strong sense of belonging, where children feel confident, suppor ted, and encouraged to do their best Learning goes beyond textbooks, as we incorporate hands- on experiences with our friendly chickens, quails and budgies, and beloved wellbeing dog These daily interactions help children develop empathy, responsibly, and a deep connection to the

Student Representative Council is active in providing students with a voice about their learning, their school environment, and their community par ticipation The school minibus travels daily through the Moe/Newborough area

Tanjil SouthPrimary

Rawson Primar y School is a learning community that challenges and engages its students academically while providing a safe environment that suppor ts and enhances their mental health and wellbeing Located in the small township of Rawson, the school is nestled in a picturesque location with ample grounds for students and modern buildings that enable students to engage in a variety of specialist subjects such as ar t, music, science, and physical education Rawson PS engages closely with the local community with students par ticipating in a range of incursions and excursions to enhance their education and understanding of the world. Our staff and students embody the school values of Be

world around them

We welcome new students and their families to come have a tour of the school and see first hand what makes us so special

Rawson PrimarySchool

When parents areasked what they value most in aschool for their children, answers will often include features such as asafeplace to learn, good education, creative opportunities, caring community, strong friendships for their children and close partnership between home and school.

ChairoChristian School strives to provide each of these things from abiblical worldview perspective for students from Kinder through to Year 8attheir Traralgon campus, and for students who then transition to their Drouin campus for Years9to12.

Principal, Keryn de Bruyn, explained, “We understand that it is important for parents to send their children to school knowing they will be cared for,encouraged, challenged and supported.

We acknowledge that everychild is unique, and we intentionally provide opportunities for all students to explorestrengths and abilities in all aspects of their learning.”

Katie, aChairoTraralgon mum, said, “The transition into starting at anew school has been easy and we have really enjoyed the school community

We appreciate that the staffhave shown genuine carefor our family.”

Education is alife-long journey,and it is the early years wherethe foundation is laid for learning.

Chairo’sKinder and Prep programs ensure that students begin that journey in afun and supportive, yet challenging, environment –anenvironment that equips them through investigative play and foundational

Starting

skills to encourage critical thinking and problem-solving.

Chairo’smission is to provide ‘excellence in Christ-centred education, in partnership with families, within acaringChristian community’, while their vision statement refers to students having an impact in the world through their capability,character and commitment.

The Traralgon campus is currently accepting enrolment applications for students at most year levels.

Contact Tonyaon 5173 0500 or visit the school website to discover moreand book a tour

AThebeg in ning of an exciting journey Sacred Heartcreating positive experiences andpat hways

tSacredHeart thestudents arecentral to all learning and their unique gifts are celebrated.

They consider each child individually and look at all their attributes when developing a starting point for their learning.

The teachers work in teams to develop the best educational pathway for each child and rely on evidence-based practice to create progressions of learning.

Through the eyes of Jesus Sacred Heart…

•Use evidenced based Teaching strategies.

•Teach students at their point of need.

•Look to human resource as the greatest resource.

LITTLE LEARNERS-SCHOOL TRANSITION PROGRAM

At Sacred HeartPrimarySchool they believe that transition should be apositiveexperience for everychild.

Their role is to build confidence so that your child is ready for the next stage of their learning journey

During their Little Learner Transition Program students aresupported by:

•becoming familiar with their surroundings

•socialising with their peers

•developing independence

•being allowed to learnthrough play-based learning strategies

•being given age appropriate literacy and numeracy tasks

Sessions will run on Friday November 14th, November 21st, November 28th and December 5th

Please take alook at the website

https://shmorwell.catholic.edu.au and book a tour at your convenience via phone on 5134 3718 or email the school at principal@shmorwell.catholic.edu.au

Sacred Heart Morwell

Transition should be apositive experience forevery child.

Ourrole is to build confidencesothat your child is readyfor the next stage of their learning journey.

Students are supported by:

•becoming familiar with their surroundings

•socialising withtheirpeers

•developing independence

•being allowedtolearn through play-based learning strategies

•being givenage appropriate literacy and numeracytasks

Sessions willrun on Fridays from November 14th to December 5th from 9amto10:45am.

Children are readytostart school with this program.

Beginning school is amajor milestone, for children and their families, and at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School, they make sureit’samemorable experience for every child.

Their seven-step Prep Transition Program is thoughtfully designed to help each student feel safe, confident and excited about this new chapter

It all begins with the October Information Session, wherefamilies receivea helpful guide to navigate the months ahead.

From there, children areinvited to Play Afternoons, which arerelaxed and friendly sessions that give them the chance to explore their new environment and meet futurefriends. Throughout November and December, students attend four Transition Days designed to build confidence through fun and engaging activities.

Highlights for many include an orientation to experience aday at school, and the cherished ‘Hat Ceremony,’ wherechildren arewelcomed with aspecial St Paul’sPrephat –asymbol that they truly belong.

Another special partofthe journey is the Buddy Program, whereeach Prep child is paired with an older student.

These connections often blossom into meaningful friendships, helping little learners feel supported and known.

Starting Starting strong –asmoot h transition to Prep at St Paul’s

In December,families sit down for aoneon-one meeting with Prep teachers to share insights and ask questions, creating atailored experience for each child.

When Term 1begins, St Paul’sease Preps into school life with shorter school days and a restful mid-week rest day for the first month –a gentle rhythm to help little learners settle in.

On one of these days, each child is invited to attend an assessment to help educators better understand their needs.

Even during this early stage, each child has the chance to exploretheir interests through specialist subjects of Physical Education; Visual and Performing Arts; Christian Studies; and Country, Cultureand Community,all partof nurturing alifelong love of learning.

At everystage of learning, St Paul’sis committed to morethan academic success.

Educators aretheretoensurethat everychild feels safe, known and inspired to grow in heart, mind and spirit.

St Paul’sisnow enrolling for2027 and 2028, with very limited places for2026.

Book atour online today and discover what makes St Paul’saplace whereevery child belongs .

Email: principal@shmorwell.catholic.edu.au

Celebrating 45 YearsofEye CareatKay Street Eyecare

This July marks amajor milestone for Kay Street Eyecare45 years of looking after the La trobe Valley’svision. Since opening in 1980, the team at Kay Street Eyecare has proudly supported the eye health of genera tions of local families. From children’sfirst eye tests to advanced trea tments for dr yeye and glaucoma, the clinic is kno wn for its warm, community-focused approach and trusted expertise.

Principal optometrist Leah Meulendijks says it’sthe longstanding pa tient rela tionships tha tmake the work so rewarding.

Spin to Win:

Celebr ati ng wi th the Com mun ity

To th an kthe co mm unity fo r45year sofsuppo rt, Ka yStreet Ey ecare will be celebrating allJuly with afun in-s tore pr omotion .Patients whomakeapurc ha se in July ca nspin th eB irthda yWheel -with th echa nce to win free lens es, ac cessories, vouchersand more.

There’ ll be load sofcha nces to wina nd plenty of birthda y cheer, so whether you’re due for an eye testo rjus tlooking fora fresh new pairo fspecs or su nnies ,it’st he perfe ct timetovisit.

Ka yStreet Eyeca re continue stotake aspecial interest in Dr yEye tr ea tment andchildren’svis ion –t wo areas where earlys upportcan make alasting diffe re nce

With afocusonq ual ity,person alised care an dl ocal co mmitm ent, Kay Str eetE yecare ha sp rou dly earn ed its plac ea sa tr usted parto fthe Traral go nh ealth com munity for 45 year s.

To bo ok an appoi ntmen tonline head to kaystreet eyecare. com .au

Po pi nthisJulytohelpcele b rate -and maybe even walk away with aprize!

F it f or Life

Our much-loved team member Marie is celeb ra tin g 30 years of ser vice and says “Caring for people over the years, and then seeing their children and grandchildren walk through the doors -tha t’sthe heart of wha twedo.”

Today,Kay Street Eyecare remains locally owned and opera ted, offering afull suite of eye health ser vices, advanced technolog yand ahandpicked range of frames and lenses for ever ya ge and lifestyle. Whe ther it’smana ging myopia in kids or providing tailored solutions for dr yeyes, their expert team ensures ever ypatient feels seen, heard and well cared for.

HOROSCOPES

Joanne MadelineMoore

June 16 -June 22, 2025

L brans are c ever and capab e but are you confident enough for b g-t me success? Th s week the Sun joins Mercury and Jupiter in your career zone, so step up and assume a eadersh p role as you network and socia ise with your extended peer group and m x bus ness with plenty of pleasure But your deft dip omatic sk lls may be required to sort out a messy misunderstand ng (especially on Monday and Thursday) Sunday s all about rest and relaxat on

W th Venus transiting through your s gn, accept the opportun ty for hea ing and connect on with outstretched arms and an open heart

The focus s on financia matters as the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter activate your money zone and your spontaneous spend ng gene Which is OK – as long as you have the cashflow to fund a shopping spree If you don’t, then you’ l have to entertain yourse f n more frugal ways Friends and finances are a particu ar y messy m x so strive to keep the two we l-separated Sunday’s Mars/Jup ter link favours proact ve communication and keep ng busy especially at home

This week Saturn and Neptune square Jup ter (in your sign), so be aware that a l is not as t seems (especially nvo ving a profess onal matter or a work co league) Jupiter and the Sun (moving into Cancer on Saturday) encourage you to jump out of your comfort zone shake off bad habits embrace opportun t es and fast-track changes As birthday great Nico e K dman observes: “L fe has got al those tw sts and turns You’ve got to ho d on t ght and off you go ”

Are you mpat ent for excitement and success? Awesome opportunities are circ ing around you, but they’re not immediately obv ous They are hidden in unexpected p aces, waiting for you to discover them Ambitious creat ve Cats ove to spring into immed ate action but – at the moment – some of your best work wi l be done qu etly beh nd the scenes Others may not not ce what you’re current y doing but your efforts w ll be rewarded n the months ahead

Th s week Venus trans ts through your re ationsh p zone – which h gh ights love, romance, companionship consu tat on and creative jo nt ventures And Mars moves nto your peer group zone – wh ch favours soc a ising and networking Then it s the Solst ce on Saturday – the shortest day of the year (in the southern hemisphere) and the longest day (in the northern hem sphere) So, make sure you spend qua ity time shar ng the day with someone special

Most fiery Sagittar ans are spontaneous folk But this week you need to careful y cons der the consequences of what you do and say If you act in haste – w thout al the re evant facts at hand – then you cou d find yourse f deep in a disagreement or a messy misunderstand ng (espec a ly w th a ch ld, teenager, over or friend) Sunday s super Mars/ Jupiter ink favours sport and travel and boosts confidence and opt mism, so make the most of it!

It’s not a l about you th s week, Capricorn! The Sun jo ns Mercury and Jup ter in your partnership zone, so the focus s firmly on relat onships of the romantic, platonic and business var ety It’s time to walk around in the shoes of others for a while Be inspired by b rthday great, actress Meryl Streep (who turns 76 on Sunday): “The great gift of human be ngs is that we have the power of empathy ” Sunday favours travel ing with loved ones

This week’s stars affect your commun cat on and work zones, so steer clear of a smooth operator who cou d ead you up the pr mrose path to trouble Check a l news, proposals and information carefu ly If someth ng sounds too good to be true then turn around and start wa king n the oppos te d rection! And ask a trusted co league for a second op n on It is a good week to eat wel exercise often and make re axation a da ly pr or ty Balance s the key

Buckland Lane, Moe

BUCKLAND Lane, Moe runs off Linton Avenue andthenturns left to exit into Langford Street, thus servicing the shops along Lloyd St as well as the Moe Hotel (Leggies).

Three Buckland brothers (John, Edmund and Henry) came to Moe in the early 1880s and took up land at Moe South.

About threeyears later they moved into Moe and established ageneral store on the eastern corner of Fowler and Lloyd streets.

John was in partnership with his brothers in this business but eventually his brothers decided to move on. Edmund went to NSW and HenrytoEast Gippsland. The partnership was dissolved although it continued to trade as Buckland Brothers.

John and his wife Mary ran asuccessfulbusiness and went on to build anew store on the western corner of Fowler and Lloyd streets.

Theyaddedamarkettotheir businessand ran asecond store at Coalvillewhich they later made acommunity co-operative. They became prominent around the Moe community, involved in various organisations in the town such as the Moe Mechanics Institute.

John died in 1903 aged 56 and was buriedin the Moe Cemetery. The funeral was reported in the Narracan Shire Advocate and stated, "The district, no doubt, suffers agreat loss in the death of John Buckland, who was ever readytoassist adeservingcause, and what aidhecouldinthe

direction of supplying information to those who needed such. The expression of many was that a man of such sterling rectitudewas seldom to be met. Mr Buckland had been aresident of Moe for about 20 years and during thattimehad endeared himself to all sections of the community. The high esteem in which he was held was clearly shown the number who attended thefuneral."

After the deathofher husband,Mary decided to sellthe businessand move to Mirboo Northwhere shesuccessfully established another general store. She lived in Mirboo North for 37 years and on her death,was buried with John in the Moe Cemetery. Her funeral was also reported in the Narracan Shire Advocate and stated, "In the 37 years that she resided at Mirboo North, thelateMrs Buckland was highly esteemed, and this was in evidence at the funeral on Tuesday last, when anumberof Mirboo North residentspaidtheir last respects They were joined in theMoe Cemetery–where the family grave is situated, and in which Mr John Buckland was buried –bymanyofthe older Moe and district residentswho held in high esteem the family. Indeed, no residentsofthe districtwere held in higher regard."

Unfortunately, no photoofthe Bucklands is known to exist.

Information provided by the Moe & District Historical Society.

50 years ago

The Express, June 18, 1975

Locomotiveonfire

decline of Russian influence, there is interest in makingEnglish alanguage of instruction at university level.” Professor Chipman said MonashUniversity’s distance education publications “may prove avaluable resource.”

Dynamic Mars barnstorms through your sign from Tuesday unt l August 6 so t’s time to be bo d brave, and pass onate y proactive! The stars a so encourage educationa matters, travel, nternationa connections and local network ng But don’t let yourse f be deceived by fake news, s detracked by dub ous friends or distracted by empty promises Keep your eyes wide open and your feet firmly planted on the ground Sunday favours be ng physically active

P scean p ans could be turned upside down as nebu ous Neptune (your patron p anet) squares Jupiter and throws unrea ist c expectations and confusing m sunderstandings nto the m x Especial y nvo ving financial matters chi dren creat vity and/or friends Don’t let other people lead you astray and don’t et self-doubt stymie your confidence and derai your dreams There are serious Saturn essons to be learned, so learn them qu ckly and then move on C 6 O P

ADIESEL locomotive travelling from Sale to Melbourne caught fire near Flynn on Sunday night. The locomotive, pulling several passenger carriages,burst into flames near Flynn at about 7.15am. Railway employees tried to extinguish the blaze but had to call for Flynn and Traralgon fire brigade assistance.The enginewas badlydamaged, and another diesel had to be taken from Traralgon to move the damaged locomotive and carriages into Traralgon. The train was delayed for about 90 minutes.

30 years ago

The Express, June 16, 1995

European ties foruni

10 years ago

The Express, June 18, 2015

Long-lasting impact

MONASH University, is to create abridge between it’s Gippsland campus and one of Europe’s oldest universities. The Estonian University in Tartu was founded in 1632 by Swedish King Oustav Adolf. Monash University Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lauchlan Chipman will visit the Estonian University in Tartu in early July. “We think there is greatvalue in forging links betweenone of the world’snewest universitycampuses, and one of the most historic,” Professor Chipman said. “With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the

THE ongoing economic and social impacts of last year’s Hazelwood mine fire may have been listed in aVictorian Council of Social Service report released yesterday. VCOSS calledfor an “urgent long-term strategy” to deal with the fire’s "physical, financial and psychological impact” upon the Latrobe Valley community. Launched at the 2015 Emergency Management Forum in South Morang, the report explores concerns of local services, agencies and community members. VCOSSchief executive Emma King said residents and service providers feltasthough authoritieswere“quickly forgetting about Morwell and Hazelwood”. “When in fact deeper, more lasting, issues are only just emerging,” Ms King said. “This is clearly acriticalperiod for the Latrobe Valley. “There is significant uncertainty of what the future might hold, and areal fear that the mine will ignite again.” The report was discussed between acohort of local, national andinternational experts,who met to examine the initiatives and issues of vulnerable people in emergencies.

TheGuide

SHETLAND:SCOTLAND’S WONDROUS ISLES

SBS, Friday, 7.35pm

Perhaps bestknown forits diminutiveponies, Ann Cleeves bestsellingcrimenovels or the long-running drama based on them Scotland’sShetland Islands area wonderland of enchanting natural beauty and ancient ruins. Celebrating the picturesque landscapes and the communitiesand people that call the archipelago home, this five-part doco is narratedby Shetland’s own Duncan Hunter, actor MarkBonnar.Intonight’s second instalment, we witness another slice of island life as lifelong crofter Pearl prepares forthe harvest festival, Winston (pictured) launches an oyster farm and Jan and Pete nurtureorphaned seal pups.

SPICKS AND SPECKS ABC

Sunday, 7 30pm

It’s been 20 yearssince SpicksandSpecksfirstaired and Australia realised that watching famous folk replace songlyricswithcompletely unrelated texts wasTVgold. To celebrate, hostAdamHills andteamcaptains MyfWarhurst and Alan Brough areback with another round of their greatesthits, including “Know Your Product”, “Substitute”and “Sir Mix NMatchalot”. Tonight’sguests includestage andscreen powerhouse Natalie Bassingthwaighte,Ball Park Music frontman Sam Cromack and comedians Nina Oyama and StephTisdell, with singer-songwriterSarah Blaskoserenading the winningteamonceall is said and done. Despite givingJohnFarnham arun forhis money in the comeback stakes, this fanfavourite stillhits all the right notes.

Wednesday, June18

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WHO DO YOUTHINK YOUARE?

SBS, Tuesday, 7.30pm

As ubiquitous as award-winning journalist, filmmaker and podcaster MarcFennell (pictured) might seem on TV,the Mastermindhostisjust nowmakinganappearance on this evergreen search forancestral answers.Fennellisusedtohelping others uncovertheirhidden histories, but the time has come to turn the lens on himself.Seeking clarity about hisIndian grandparents’lives and the experiences that shaped them, Fennell starts his exploration in Singapore, before visiting Malaysia to learn moreabout his great-grandmother and her unique heritage. Then, it’s alongway to Tipperary, whereFennell finds forbiddenlove and acouple of Irish scandals (and scoundrels) on his father’sside.

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners.(R) 10.50 Long Lost Family:BornWithoutA Trace. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.00 Claire Hooper’sHouseOfGames.(PG, R) 3.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 3.55 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.45 Long Lost Family.(PG,R) 5.30 AntiquesRoadshow.(R)

6.30 ClaireHooper’sHouse Of Games. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30 8.00 Gruen.

8.35 Guy Montgomery’sGuy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG) Presented by Guy Montgomery 9.25 Planet America Chas andJohn look at the upcoming G7 Summit 9.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)

10.30 QI.(PGs) 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.15 The Business. (R) 11.30 YouCan’t Ask That. (MA15+a, R) 12.35 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.20 Long Lost Family.(PG,R) 2.10 Rage (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30.(R)

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 9.20 Expeditions With Patrick McMillan. (R) 9.50 Australia With Julia Bradbury. (PG, R) 10.50 Mountain Vets. (PGa, R) 12.00 BBC NewsAtTen. 12.30 ABCWorld News Tonight. 1.00 PBSNews. 2.00 Dateline.(R) 2.30 Insight.(R) 3.30 Going Places. (R) 4.00 The Cook Up.(R) 4.30 SBS50. (PG) 4.35 Jeopardy! 5.00 Letters And Numbers. (PGals, R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’sNational News At Noon. 1.00 Farmer Wants AWife. (PGl, R) 2.30 Jabba’s Movies School Holiday Special (PGhv,R) 3.00 TheChase (R) 4.00 SevenNewsAt4 5.00 TheChase Australia.

6.00 SevenNews.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 TheTitan Sub Disaster:Minute By Minute. (PG, R) Takesalook at theTitan submersible disaster

9.10 TheVeil. (MA15+v) Adilah reveals asecret to Imogen.Max must deal with the consequencesofEmir’sarrival in Paris.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 My Brilliant Friend. (Mdlv) 11.30 TheWall: The Orchard (MA15+as, R)

2.00 TheWorldFrom Above (R)

3.30 Welcome To My Farm. (R) 4.00 J Schwanke’sLifeInBloom. (R) 4.30 Bamay.(R)

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.

7.00 Home AndAway. (PGa)

7.30 The1%Club UK. (PGa, R) Hosted by LeeMack.

8.30 TheFront Bar (Ml) Hosts Sam Pang, Mick Molloyand AndyMaher takea lighter look at all things AFL.

9.30 Unfiltered. (PGa) Hosted by HamishMcLachlan.

10.00 Unbelievable Moments

Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) Footage of headline-grabbing moments.

11.00 Born To Kill? (MA15+v,R) 12.00 MOVIE: Deadly Seduction. (2021,MA15+av,R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Today 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy.(PG,R) 1.15 Find My CountryHouse Australia. (R) 1.45 My Way. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point.(PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30[VIC]TippingPoint Australia.(PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30[VIC]WINNews. 6.00 Drew Barrymore.(PGas)

6.00 9News

7.00 RugbyLeague. State of Origin. Game 2. Queensland vNew South Wales.

10.00 State Of Origin Post-Match. Apost-match wrap-up of Game 2. 11.00 9News Late

11.30 TheEqualizer (Mav,R) Mel is kidnapped.

12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: HomeShopping. (R)

2.30 GlobalShop (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)

4.30 Find My Country House Australia. (R)

5.00 TodayEarly News. 5.30 Today.

Adventures. 4.15 Rocket Club 4.40 Ariel. 4.50 Bluey. 5.00 Peppa Pig. 5.15 BigLizard. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.35 Peter Rabbit 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 6.00 Octonauts. 6.10 Super Monsters. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington. 6.40 Hey Duggee 6.50 IsadoraMoon. 7.00 Supertato 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep 7.35 Star Wars:Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 LittleLunch. 8.05 Junior Vets 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 AbbottElementary 9.20 Doctor Who 10.50 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am MorningPrograms. 7.30 The Actually Really Very Difficult Show

5.00 Al JazeeraNewshour

6am TheLife And Death Of Colonel Blimp.(1943,

(2008,PGal)

(2006,Mlv,R)

(2020,Mals, R)

(2017,PGa,R)

TheBand’sVisit (2007,PGls, R, Arabic, English, Hebrew) 6.00 Malcolm. (1986,PGlsv,R) 7.40 BadEggs. (2003, Malv,R) 9.30 MadMax (1979,R) 11.15 Gold.(2016, Ml) 1.25am 12 Strong. (2018, MA15+av) 3.45 The Lighthorsemen. (1987,Mav)

Fishing Addiction. 7.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 MotorRacing. Night Thunder.Boxing Day. Replay 9.00 Frozen Gold. 10.00 Hustle & Tow. 10.30 American Restoration. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 American Pickers. 12.30pm Pawn Stars. 1.30 Outback Truckers. 2.30 Train Rescue Down Under 3.30 Billy The Exterminator 4.00 Frozen Gold. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers.

6.00 DealOrNoDeal. HostedbyGrant Denyer 6.30 TheProject Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. Abatch of 23 former contestants returns

10’s Late News. 10.55 TheProject. (R) 12.00 TheLateShowWith Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 HomeShopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings

Thursday,June19

ABC (2)

6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 11.00 Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 The One That Got Away.(Mal, R) 2.00 Restoration Aust. (PG, R) 3.00 House Of Games. (PG, R) 3.25 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 3.55 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.(R)

6.30 ClaireHooper’sHouse Of Games. (PG)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Joanna Lumley’sDanube. (Premiere, PG) Joanna Lumley embarks on an epic Danube adventure.

8.50 Grand Designs Australia: Surry Hills. (PG, R) Hosted by Anthony Burke.

9.45 Griff’sGreat Australian Rail Trip: Perth To Kalgoorlie –Find ASandgroper (R)

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R)

11.05 Love Your Garden. (PG, R)

11.55 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 12.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22)

(3)

6am Morning Programs. 10.55 Mountain Vets. (Ma, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC WorldNews Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 2.55 Living Black. (R) 3.25 Going Places. (PGaw,R) 3.55 Plat Du Tour.(R) 4.00 The Cook Up. (R) 4.30 SBS50. (R) 4.35 Jeopardy! 5.00 Letters And Numbers. (PG, R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 TreasuresWith Bettany Hughes. (Return, PGa) Bettany Hughes explores Georgia’sancient myths.

8.30 7/7: The London Bombings: The Attack. (Premiere, Mal) Looks into the 2005 London bombing.

9.40 Sherlock &Daughter (Mav) Sherlock and Amelia chase atrail of breadcrumbs.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 The Silence. (Premiere, MA15+a) 1.05 Pagan Peak. (Mav,R) 2.55

The World From Above. (R) 3.55

Welcome To My Farm. (PGa, R) 4.25 JSchwanke’sLife In Bloom. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.40pm Hey Duggee. 6.50 Isadora Moon. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.20 Bluey 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Junior Vets. 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.25 Saved By The Barn. 10.10 Amazing Animal Friends. 11.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

6am Morning Programs. 1.55pm Stompem Ground 2.30 TheCook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 HarlemGlobetrotters. 5.25 Yarning CultureThrough Film. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 5.55 Bamay 6.30 News. 6.40 Wildlife RescueNew Zealand. 7.29 NITV Weather 7.30 Going Places. 8.30 Moonbird (Premiere) 9.30 MOVIE: Along Came A Spider.(2001, MA15+) 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.(PG) 12.00 Seven’sNational News At Noon. 1.00 MOVIE: Remote Danger (2021, Mav) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show

Pre-game coverage of the upcoming match, featuring hot topics and the latest AFL news.

7.30 Football. AFL. Round 15. Fremantle vEssendon. From Optus Stadium, Perth. 11.00 AFL Post-Game Show

Post-game discussion and interviews. 11.30 Kick Ons. Apreview of the upcoming AFL matches.

12.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Raines. (Mahv) Raines’s ex-wife Sarah asks for his help.

3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Medical Emergency 9.30

6.00 Today 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: How To Win APrince. (2023, PGa) Anna Hopkins, Ryan Bruce. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 [VIC] Tipping Point Australia.(PG) 5.00

6.00 9News. 7.00 ACurrent Affair

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Airport 24/7. (PGa) Dan deals with holiday passenger numbers. 8.30 Law &Order: SVU. (MA15+a) The team uncovers asinister case concerning hundreds of underage students. Silva pleads for leniency for asuspect. 9.30 10’sLate News. Comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news, as well as the latest sport andweather 9.55 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presented by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. 10.55 The Project. (R) 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings. 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Mastermind Aust. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Dirty Rotten Cleaners. 2.10 Fashionista. 2.20 Insight. 3.20 News. 3.25 WorldWatch 5.25 TheToys That Built The World. 6.15 Over The Black Dot. 6.45 Travel Man. 7.15 Jeopardy! 7.45 8Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Roswell: The First Witness. 10.10 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6am Morning Programs. 8.25 Malcolm. (1986, PGlsv) 10.00 The Lighthorsemen. (1987, Mav) 12.10pm Gold. (2016, Ml) 2.20 Goddess. (2013, PGalns) 4.15 Children Of Heaven. (1997, PG, Farsi) 5.50 Poms. (2019, PGals) 7.30 The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982, Mav) 9.40 TwoHands. (1999, MA15+lv) 11.25 Late Programs.

Friday,June20

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

7.30 Rugby League. Under-19s State of Origin. Queensland vNew South Wales.

9.35 Under 19s State Of Origin Post-Match. Post-match news and analysis.

10.00 9News Late. 10.30 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGl) 11.20 Next Stop.

11.50 Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup. (Mal) 12.40 Pointless. (PG, R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory.(PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair.(R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today

9GEM (92,81)

NBC Today Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 The YorkshireVet. 3.30 Harry’sPractice. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.00 Escape To The Country 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Line Of Duty 11.10 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Maritime Masters: Expedition Antarctica. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow 3.30 YorkshireAuction House. 4.30 Antiques Roadshow 5.30 Rugby League. Women’sUnder-19s State Of Origin. Qld vNSW 7.30 Paramedics. 8.30 Emergency 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Panic 9-1-1. 11.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Golden Girls. 2.30 Nanny 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Bruce Almighty (2003, M) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Veronica Mars. 12.30am Watch What Happens Live: Below Deck Sailing Yacht. 1.30 Supernatural. 3.30 Addams Family 4.00

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30 Take 5. (PG, R) 11.00 Little Disasters. (Mal, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Bay Of Fires. (Malv,R) 2.00 Restoration Aust. (R) 3.00 House Of Games. (PG, R) 3.25 Anh’sBrush With Fame. (PG, R) 3.55 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow (R)

6.30 ClaireHooper’sHouse Of Games. (PG)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Hannah Moloney prunes apples and pears.

8.30 The One That Got Away (Mal)News from Paul Harvey revelation about Rick’spast.

9.20 Gruen. (R) Presented by Wil Anderson.

10.00 Guy Montgomery’sGuy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG, R) Presented by Guy Montgomery 10.50 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)

11.20 ABC Late News.

11.35 Silent Witness. (Mav,R)

12.35 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC WorldNews Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Finding Home. 2.15 Seeds: Planting Hope Through Education. (PG, R) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 Going Places. (PGaw,R) 4.00 The Cook Up. (R) 4.30 SBS50. (R) 4.35 Jeopardy! 5.00 Letters And Numbers. (PGdls, R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Shetland: Scotland’s Wondrous Isles. (PGa) 8.25 Ross Kemp: Shipwreck TreasureHunter: The Kaiser’s Sunken Fleet. (PGav,R)Ross Kemp explores shipwrecks.

9.20 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes: Hexham –Matheson Green. (R) 10.30 SBS WorldNewsLate. 11.00 Atlantic Crossing. (Mal, R) 12.05 Exterior Night. (MA15+v,R) 3.15 The World From Above. (R) 4.20 Welcome To My Farm. (PG, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 7pm Supertato. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior 7.20 Bluey 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Teen Titans Go! 8.05 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.25 BTN Newsbreak. 8.30 MythBusters “There’sYour Problem!”. 8.55 Robot Wars. 10.00 Walking With Dinosaurs. 10.45 Late Programs.

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 9.25 The Movie Show 10.00 Bad Eggs. (2003, Malv) 11.50 The Year Of Living Dangerously.(1982, Mav) 1.55pm The Lunchbox. (2013, PGa, Hindi, English) 3.55 Paris Can Wait. (2016, PG) 5.35 Whale Rider.(2002, PGal) 7.30 Last Cab To Darwin. (2015, Mal) 9.45 Master Gardener (2022, Malsv) 11.50 Late Programs. SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am MorningPrograms. 1.30pm Black As 1.35 Statue Wars 2.30 The Cook Up.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.(PG) 12.00 Seven’sNational News At Noon. 1.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PGas, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. Alead-up to the Friday night AFL match.

7.30 Football. AFL. Round 15. Geelong vBrisbane Lions.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show Post-game discussion and interviews. 11.15 GetOn Extra. Alook at the weekend’sbestracing.

11.45 Border Security: International. herself in asalty situation.

12.15 Nurses. (Ma, R) Nurses need to act quickly to save alife.

1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

5.00 NBC Today.

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Today 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Perfect Messy Love. (2020, Ml) Tori Webb, Barry Havenga. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 [VIC] Tipping Point Australia.(PG,R) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) 5.30 [VIC] WIN News. 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 GCBC.

6.00 9News.

7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 Find My Country House Australia. Hosted by Catriona Rowntree.

8.30 MOVIE: John Wick. (2014, MA15+lv,R)Anex-hit man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters who took everything from him. Keanu Reeves, Willem Dafoe, Michael Nyqvist.

10.30 MOVIE: Under Siege 2. (1995, MA15+lv,R)Steven Seagal.

12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R)

1.15 Garden Gurus Moments. (R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00

Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 6.30 The Project. 7.30 House Hunters Australia. Clarelooks for ahome for her family in WesternSydney

8.30 Have YouBeen Paying Attention? (Malns, R)Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week.

9.30 The Graham Norton Show (Ml, R) Guests include Julianne Moore, Ricky Gervais, Jamie Oliver, Paapa Essiedu and Olivia Dean. 10.30 10’sLate News. 10.55 The Project. (R) 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 6am Morning Programs. 1.25pm Planet A. 2.15 WhereAre YouReally From? 2.45 Over The Black Dot. 3.15 News. 3.20 WorldWatch 5.15 The Toys That Built The World. 6.05 If YouAre The One. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Vegas: The Story Of Sin City 9.20 F*ck Berlin. 9.55 Venus: Let’sTalk About Sex. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny 7.30 MOVIE: Batman Forever.(1995, PG) 10.00 MOVIE: Double Or Nothing. (2024, MA15+) Midnight Seinfeld. 1.00 Young Sheldon. 1.30 Supernatural. 3.30 Addams

valleysport

Your comprehensive sports liftoutguide from theweekend’s football/netball

Maroons’ galaxy of stars, success

FOOTBALL/NETBALL

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

ONLY four players in the historyofthe V/AFL can lay claim to winning both the Brownlow and Coleman Medal.

Two of those four are from Traralgon, and both were back home for aspecial Maroons reunion at the weekend.

Bernie Quinlan and Kelvin Templetonjoined fellow luminaries and local boys Rick Kennedy, Jim Silvestro, Geoff Jennings, and the Cordy boys, Graeme, Brian and Neil as Traralgon FootballNetball Club celebrated its quarter century.

The star-studded line-up watched Traralgon seniors inflict Sale with anear 100-point defeat at Terry Hunter Oval.

Past met present whencurrent Collingwood forwardand Traralgon seniorpremiership player,

Tim Membreyalsostopped by. Membrey was back home due to aCollingwood bye, and used part of the weekend to work on his property in Tyers.

Formalities recognised all club premierships won since the turn of the century, while teams of the quarter century for senior football and AGrade netball were also announced.

Traralgon has won five senior football flags since 2000, including last year. Season 2015 was of particular note, with the Maroonsdoing the ‘double’, winning seniors and AGrade netball.

Current senior player Dylan Loprese spoke of the 2015 triumph under playing-coach Mark Collison, who introducedwhatwas dubbed the ‘circle of death’ during training sessions.

Of all the premiershipshowever,one undoubtedly stood outabove therest. With alarge turnout in the TraralgonFNC social rooms,callsfor “bit of shoosh” were inevitable, all except for when 2005 senior premiership coach Tony Lane took the microphone.

Total reverence was reserved for the team, 18 of

TRARALGON FOOTBALL-NETBALL CLUB 2000-2024

Football premierships

Seniors: (5) 2000, 2005, 2011,2015, 2024

Reserves: (7) 2003, 2005, 2007,2008, 2010,2014, 2016

Thirds: (10) 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007,2008, 2011,2014, 2015,2017, 2018

Fourth: (9) 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010,2012, 2015, 2019,2024

Netball premierships

AGrade: (3) 2009, 2015,2017

BGrade: (6) 2000, 2011,2014, 2018,2022, 2024

StaceyChapman, Rebecca Duddington, JennyHenr y, StaceyJacobsen and Caitlan

whom returned for the reunion, in full commendation for what they achieved.

The Maroons, rank outsider st hat season, defeated aMaffra team that went into the Grand Final with 45 consecutive wins under their belt.

Such apremiership deserves its own write-up, andwill be featured in next week’s Express.

Quinlan won the Brownlow Medalin1981 and two Coleman Medals (1983-84). Templeton achieved the same feat, with aBrownlow in 1980 and Colemans in 1978 and 1979.

Traralgon was zoned to the WesternBulldogs (then Footscray) during the 1970s/80s.

Templeton played 143 games and kicked 494 goals for the Bulldogs, beforemovingtoMelbourne where he played afurther 34 games for 99 goals.

Quinlan played 177 games for the Bulldogs, yet his Brownlow/Coleman double was achieved with Fitzroy (189 games).

Kennedy was Western Bulldogs captain between 1986-88, GeoffJennings played 137 games for the 'Scray, Neil Cordy 139, Brian Cordy 124 and Graeme Cordy ahandful. Jim Silvestro played for Sydney, as did Neil (more than200 games combined) and Graeme.

Templeton kicked 104 goals for Traralgon seniors as a16-year-old in 1973.

According to local legend, Quinlan once kicked a torpedo from Terry Hunter Oval that sailed over the railway line and bounced into Victory Park.

TRARALGON FOOTBALL-NETBALL CLUB

SENIOR TEAM OF THE QUARTER CENTURY

B Jaime Aitken, Sam McCulloch, Michael Stockdale

HB Jackson Hall, TyeHourigan, Leigh Cummins

Coach: Tony Lane

Captain: SamMcCulloch

Manager: Andy Theissling AGRADE

GK: Brooke Adams (Wissmer)

GD: Julia Currie

Captain: StaceyJacobsen (O'Brien)

SENIOR FOOTBALL TEAM OF 2010-19

B MattJones,Jaime Aitken, Michael Stockdale

AFL draftees: Brendon Goddard(2002 pick1StKilda), Ryan Murphy(2003 Fremantle), Andrew McQualter (2004 St Kilda), JayNeagle (2005 Essendon), Dan McKenna (2007 Geelong), TimMembrey (2012 Sydney), NickGraham (2012 Carlton), Jordan Cunico (2014 Geelong)

AFLWdraftees: Lily-Rose Williamson (2022 Essendon), Amber Schutte (2023 Collingwood)

AFLcoaches: Andrew McQualter(West Coast)

CGrade: (8) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011,2012, 2013,2014, 2016; 17 and Under: (4) 2007,2013, 2022, 2023; 15 and Under: (7) 2005, 2010,2011, 2013,2014, 2022, 2024; 13 and Under: (7) 2008, 2009, 2011,2012, 2013 2019,2022

C DannyCampbell, MarkCollison, TimNor the HF Michael Geary, Dylan Loprese MattNor the F Lee Stockdale,Paul McCulloch, DanMcKenna

FOLL Ben Amberg, Josh Jennings, Greg Morley

INTER SteveHazelman, Shayne Simpson, Michael Burge,Adrian Slottje

WD: Caitlan Johnson (Ponton)

C: StaceyJacobsen (O'Brien)

WA: SarahCooper (Morrow)

GA: Rebecca Duddington (Crick)

GS: RamayerKeilty(Gourley)

SUBS: Maddison McAlpine (Stockdale), Nicole Jennings (Mele), Carley Wilson (Jennings), Rebecca Jennings,Allison Petrou

Coach: Kate French

HB Jackson Hall, Adrian Slottje, Michael Jacobsen

C DannyCampbell, MarkCollison, HaydnHector

HF Michael Geary, Dylan Loprese MattNor the F Lee Stockdale,Dan McKenna, Michael Burge

FOLL Ben Amberg, Josh Jennings, TimNor the INTER SamDunbar,MattLewellin, Rohan Hildebrand, TimJohnston

Coach: MarkCollison

Captain: Michael Geary

Highpoint: Traralgon completedthe double in 2015,winning the Gippsland League seniorfootball and AGrade netball premierships File photograph

Decade on: MembersofTraralgon’s 2015 AGrade netballpremiershipteam,

Johnson. Photograph: Liam Durkin

Assembled: Traralgon Football-Netball Club recognised itsquarter centur ylast Saturdaynight. Photograph: Liam Durkin

In attendance: Traralgon boyand current Collingwood playerTim Membrey wasbackhome forthe celebrations Photograph: Liam Durkin

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

Game of two halves sees Morwell to vital four points

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

EVERY team in the Gippsland League has now seen all opponents first-hand.

The firsthalf of theseasonwrapped up at the weekend, and with it, possibly finals aspirations for anumberofteams.

Just aweek after teams five to nine were on the same number of premiership points, results from Round 9extended the gap slightlybut significantlyasfar as football mathematics go.

Five teams fighting for fifth and the last available spot in finalsmay nowbedown to just two.

Fift h-pla ced Morwel la re eq ual wit h Warragul in sixth, with Bairnsdale, Maffra and Sale taking the next three spots.

While it is notofficially curtainsfor the Redlegs, Eagles or Magpies, it will be a very tough ask to recover from athree-win, six-loss record at the halfway mark.

Any of those three won’t have to look far for inspiration however. Wonthaggi was in the exact same position this time last year, and finished fourth at the end of the homeand-away season.

 MORWELL won an all-too-familiar June elimination final.

The Tigers led at every change against Bairnsdaleand were never seriously challenged,getting up 16.13(109) to 10.8 (68) at home.

After returning uninspiring low scores in previousweeks, Morwellofficials wouldhave been pleased to see the team crack the ton.

Helping the total wasruckman and best-onground Isaac Abas, who slotted three goals (and reportedly could have kicked twice as many), and BrandonMcDonald, whoalso sent three through the big sticks.

The Tigers jumped out of the gate with seven goals to two in the opening term, and went on their way from there.

The Redlegs got some respectability back after the main break, keeping Morwell goalless in the third quarter, in what became a classic game of two halves.

Will Mitchell was best for the visitors, with his work around stoppages noted.

Youngster Matt Hamilton also played well, enjoying apurple patch by kicking three goals in arow during the third to go with four second half majors.

TyranRees, Tate Clay, Lachlan BryneJones and Jamie Dore put in spi rited displays.

Morwell leaders, skipper Aidan Quigley and coach Boyd Bailey led by example, while Harri McColl was againamong thebest, alongside BlakeCouling and veteran Zac Anderson.

The Tigers got through the game without any injuries, and will hope to add Tyler Hillier, Burkeley Macfarlane, Tom Caile and Brandon Bailey over coming weeks.

Another positive out of the weekend was the return of Brandon McAuliffe from a month-long absence.

Watch for the name Nathan Noblett to potentially make areturn later in the year as well.

After initially fearinghewould miss the season following an overseas mishap,the Tigers hope to have the VFL local before too long. His class and athleticism could prove critical playing as astrongtargetupforward.

For Bairnsdale, they may haveone eye and one team turned to next year.

The Redlegs are on top of the ladderin the thirdscompetition, and club officials will surely be doing everything they can to ensure any graduating kids continue with the senior club, especially as neighbouring East Gippsland clubs inevitably circle come September/October.

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GOALS: Leongatha: CWatson 3R butler JHayesT Gannon BDavidson. Maffra: DetailsN/A. BEST: Leongatha: LMarshman BDavidson WLittlejohn BFor tT Gannon Rbutler. Maffra: J Mcmillan RPhelan BMckenzie JBristow CHenr yW Ross

Lions storm out of enclosure

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

MOE maintained its positionatthe top of the ladder.

Avery strong first quarter paved the way for the Lionstodefeata depleted Wonthaggiby67points, 15.13 (103) to 4.12 (36)

It was the Power’slowest-ever score against the Lions, ‘beating’ the 6.9 (45) in 1998.

Moe bust the game open kicking seven straight in the opening term at Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve.

From there,asomewhatdull contest unfolded, as the result became amere formality, with the margin hovering around 50 points throughout. Truthfully, Wonthaggi held their own in general play, but, apart from Cooper McInnes, just had no targets forward of the ball.

entire last quarter on the interchange as aprecaution.

Keilty did not train during the week, but was needed to fill apost at centre half back and declared himself fit to play.

Moe also rolled the dice with fellow key defender Aaron Paxton, who got through thegame wearing aglove to protect afew fragilefingers.

The Lions were somewhatbanged-up following the win againstWarragul the previousweek, but combined good timing with astroke of misfortune on the part of their opponents to end up playing in what Poholke said was “as bruise-free agame you are going to play” duringhis three quarter time address at the weekend.

The bruise-free nature was arguably down to the players Wonthaggi had at their disposal.

Poholke was not pleased by how loose star Power midfielder Ryan Sparkes was permitted to roam at stoppages.

“We had one name on the board, ” Po holke bemoan ed durin gh is three quarter time address.

Sparkesendedupbest-on-ground for Wonthaggi, and in this writer’s assessment, has gone past Isaac Chugg as their best player.

Chugg was also in the best, and brought out one party trick during the final term, volleying the ball to himself before slicing an inside kick with pinpoint accuracy. All this talk of two players shouldn't detractfromMoe. TheLions are just simply avery good team,not overly reliant on aSparkes or Chugg to carry them.

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Moe by contrast had Ben Crocker, Leigh Poholke, Nick Prowse and Harry Pepper. Crocker’sseven goals saw him racepast 50 at the halfway mark of the season, while playing-coach Poholke (four goals) used most of the final term to observe the entire groun from deep inside 50.

His predecessor,DeclanKeiltyspent the

The Powerreportedly have 15 players out of their senior list, and just one look at them getting together for ahuddleat the weekend, you couldn’t help but think “gee they look small”.

Wonthaggi's win over Traralgonin Round 7came at acost, with key defender FergusO’Connor and fellow defender Jakeb Thomas both going down.

Key Wonthaggi midfielder Jack Blair was another noticeableout at the weekend.

While Moe won the game comfortably,

Nathan Scagliarini did however stand out for the victors, as did Harri Sim who played his best game for the season.

Alex Dijkstra was also lively, as was Trent Baldi and Nick Prowse.

Moe welcomed former senior captain Jacob Wood in for his first senior game of the seas on, while Warre nH ester and Lachlan Rock were rewarded after terrific form in the reserveswithsenior opportunity.

NoahAnderson,Reeve Moresco, Jai Williams and Brodie Mabillia were solid for Wonthaggi.

Leongatha does still exist Short passes

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

PRIME dust.

Acameo from social media personality Thomas ‘Prime Train’ Baulch headlined the Western Derby between Warragul and Drouin on Sunday.

The Gulls didn’t need Prime Train so much on the field, as they won 23.18 (156) to 6.5 (41).

Prime Train kicked two goals for good measure, although midfielder Tom Hobbs was the most productive, snagging five in abest-on-ground display.

Riley Senini, Sean Masterson, James Harrison, KaiMaclean and Vinnie Caia also foundplenty of the ball.

Warragul had four players kick three goals against ahaplessHawks outfit, who are now halfway home in aseason yet to produce awin as their headquarters undergoes redevelopment. Denver Lund, Kye Quirk, Max Williames, William Brewer, Kaiden Walmsley and another

Quirk, Caleb againput in honest efforts for Drouin.

Prime Train has become afamiliar name in localfooty,offering his services and gaininga cult following. He played for Churchill in the North Gippsland Football-Netball League earlier this season, and moreregularly forWest Gippsland club Phillip Island last year.

His ‘business’ effectivelyrunsoppositetothe old model of clubs hiring ex-AFL players for one-off games.

Given the socialmedia influence on kids, and the fact Prime Train is only 21 years-of-age, clubs potentiallystand to gain much more than they would by dragging out awashed up AFL player.

 WHY is no one talking about Leongatha?

The Parrotsare equal-first at the halfway mark of the season with apercentage nearing 200.

Leongatha did anumberonMaffra, beating the Eagles by 94 points on their home deck,21.10 (136) to 6.6 (42).

The visitors registered 10 scoring shots to just three behinds in the first quarter, and as they have

done so often over the last decade (not so much against Maffra pre-2020), extended on their lead throughout the match.

Atotal of 12 players got on the scoreboard for Leongatha, who were best served by Luke Bowman, Kim Drew, AaronHeppell, Jacob Warne, Ben Harding and Nick Argento.

JettKilloran, Sam Anderson, JonathanBoyd, Danny Butcher, and the two Thomas’, Scott and Phillips tried their guts out for Maffra.

The Eagles at least had amilestone in the early game, with Brent McKenzie gaining the unique distinction of playing 100 consecutive reserves games.

Such an achievement is noteworthyconsidering the dedication and travel just to play for the love of the game and the club.

For Leongatha meanwhile, the season so far has been akin to Australian cricket supporters following their team in aWorld Cup.

Generally speaking, Australian cricket supportersusually don't take much notice until finals roll around,then it’s just like “oh yeah, Australia is in another final, I’ll start watching now”.

Gippslandrepresented at nationals

FOOTBALL UNDER 18S

BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

VICTORIA Country was downed by three points in their first outing in the Under 18 Marsh AFL National Championships.

Western Australia got the chocolates, 12.9 (81) to 11.12 (78), at Mineral ResourcesPark,Perth on Saturday, June 7.

Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves nailed two quick goals to see Vic Country hit the frontdeep into red-time forthe first time since the second quarter. WA's Hudson Walker found himself in front of goal and subsequently slotted it justbefore the siren rang for the last kick of the day.

Despite the loss, Foster'sWillem Duursma continued to mount his case as one of the best in this year's draft class.

Duursma finished with 27 disposals (15 kicks, 12 handballs), seven marks and four tackles.

Heyfield's MitchStevens had an excellent display in his firststate game with 19 touches and six marks.

Traralgon'sMarlon Neocleous finished with eight disposals and one goal. He has featured in three games for Gippsland Power this season (after winning asenior premiership with the Maroons lastyear), while also attending Caulfield Grammar Other Gippsland Powerplayers included Zachary O'Keefe (12 disposals, five marks),JobeScapin (10 touches, seven tackles), and Wil Malady (six disposals, two goals).

Vic Country willhavethe chance to bounce back from defeat when they come up against South Australia at Ikon Park (PrincesPark) on Sunday, June 29

 THE Under 18 Girls National Championships begin this Sunday (June 22), with Victoria Country facing the Allies at Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Sandringham.

Across trial matches over the last month, ahefty amount of Gippsland Powers have participated, throwing their hat in the ring for selection.

In the first trial match against Victoria Metro, Traralgon's Lily Milner, Sale's Acacia Sutton, Wonthaggi's Baia Pugh, Woodside's GraceDillow, and Pakenham pair Rebecca Fitzpatrick and Abby Hobson featured.

Traralgon's Ella Stoddart,Pakenham's Maya Crestani, and Warragul duo Chelsea Sutton and Addison Howe played in Game 2against Vic Metro. MoreGippsland Power-Page31

Keeping the goal umpires busy

FOOTBALL GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

NICKI Minaj released Pound the Alarm in 2012. Sale won the premiership that year, and presumably danced to music of similar style in the days that followed.

The Magpies don’t look like winning the flag this season, and may well be pounding many alarms after losing by 90 points to Traralgonat the weekend.

The inaccurate Maroons won 19.21 (135) to 7.3 (43) at Terry Hunter Oval, playing for the Peter Hug Cup, named in honour of the late Magpie who tragically lost his life on the football field.

Arelatively high-scoring opening term fromboth teams set some sort of tone; it’s just that it all ended up going only one way thereafter.

While Traralgon’s lead was only 28 points at the main break, the sheer weight of scoring shots (20 to seven) meant Sale’s defence was under constant pressure.

The Maroons took three quarters to straighten up, but finished strong with 6.4 (40) to 1.1 (7) in the last.

Jackson McMahon had the ball on astring, kicking half-a-dozen, while retired and unretired key forward DanMcKenna chipped in withthree.

HarveyNeocleouswas also busy for the winners, as was Jordan Cunico, Tristen Waack, Tye Hourigan and Matt Northe.

Jordan Dessent showed he still has plenty to offer, kicking threegoals for Sale. Cooper Whitehill, Thomas Glenn, Will Leslie,Cooper Rand and Sam Treglown all battled hard.

As ridiculous as it sounds for ateam suffering

a90point defeat, apositive for the Magpies was the fact they were only at 25 out of apossible 41 player points.

With plenty of points to spare, this could help Sale go aftersome big names in the offseason.

While there is aromantic notion of alocal team full of mates all winning aflag together, the reality in the Gippsland League is you generally need to use more than 30 points to be among the top sides.

Reigningpremier Traralgonused34inlastyear’s Grand Final, while 2023 combatants Wonthaggi and Leongatha were at 35 and 32 respectively.

Current top-side Moe used 37 at the weekend.

Sale madethe Grand Final in 2022usingjust27 points, although this could be viewed as an outlier givenitwas the firstfull seasonbackfrom COVID and most city-based players opted to stay home.



with Liam Durkin

ON THE BOARD

GREATtosee Bunyip break their drought.

The Bulldogs sang the song for the first time in 1036days following victory at the weekend. The losing streak extended back to 2022, clocking up atotal of 45 games. By all reports, it was afull lock-in on Saturday night at the rooms.

The Bulldogs finally got not only awin, but alsotheirwishthis season,movingback to Ellinbank District.

Bunyip was virtually non-competitive in WestGippsland, losing all 18 gamesonend thelast two seasons. In fairness, the top six West Gippsland teams would fare prettywell in the Gippsland League, so really, did Bunyip ever stand achance?

The Bulldogs tried to get into Ellinbank a season previous, but were unsuccessful.

Her e’s hop ing North Gip pslan dc lu b Gormandale can get awin on the board this season, and snapalosing streak stretching beyond 50 games.

Other lengthylosing streaks of note include: Lang Lang1997 (49 gameswithout awin), Churchill1987(36), Drouin 2015 (34), Moe 1998 (32) and Thorpdale (18 spread over three seasons taking in the pandemic).

 LEADING LOCALS

FAIR to say Mirboo North has room to move with its player points.

The Tigers’ senior team used just 22 player points out of apossible 46 at the weekend. Only one player was worth more thanone point.

Huge props to them and second-year playingcoach, Damien Turner.

He will be hoping the investment in locals forms astrongnucleus of senior playersfor the future.

Mirboo North is aproud club accustomed to success, and with another preseason or two under their belt, could be back among the contenders.

 FAIR PLAY

WELL done to SouthAfrica on winningthe World Test Championship, even if it was at the expense of Australia.

The Proteasburied more than 30 years of heartbreak from previousfinals horror shows to winatLord’s.

If curses exist in sport, there will be afew local footyclubs (one especially) hoping to follow South Africa in breaking their own. Among the crowd at Lord’s was golfinglegend Gary Player.

Widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time, ayoung Player played at Yarram Golf Club way back in 1956. Amural dedicatedtohis visitsitsproudly alongside the Yarram clubhouse.

 MUDDYWATERS

ONEofthe more unusual injuries involving yours truly occurred last week, when bothhis big toenailscompletely detached.

Asubsequentvisit to thedoctor concluded a fungal infection the diagnosis, and aprescription forthe next month the treatment. When considering the cause, therecan be little to no doubt Ipicked it up by sharing footy club showers used by upwards of 50 people twice aweek.

There is ahugesign in the change rooms of the now extinct Devon-Welshpool-Won Wron-Woodside FNC, which clearly spell out the dangers of contracting Hepatitis Binthe showers.

MID GIPPSLAND

Win eases pressure on Hawks

FOOTBALL MID GIPPSLAND BY

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TARWIN 5.2 10.5 16.10 19.13 (127)

HILLEND 1.3 2.6 3.8 7.10 (52)

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MDU 5.3 8.9 12.12 17.15 (117)

STONYCREEK2.1 5.2 7.2 10.2 (62)

GOALS: Meeniyan Dumbalk Utd: NNagel 8T McRae3 JLeeden 2JHickey LWrightW Stewar t THarris. StonyCreek:KBergles 3CStone 3CLoughridge 2HBull TBernaldo BEST: Meeniyan Dumbalk Utd: SWilson SWalsh KBohnJLeeden TMcRae THarris. StonyCreek:DAtkinsHBull CLoughridge CStone CCar terKNewton

YINNAR 3.3 9.6 13.8 18.8 (116)

THORPDALE 4.2 7.6 10.10 14.11 (95)

GOALS: Yinnar:KGrinstead-Jones 5SFamularo 2W Rober tson 2JNotman2OMcColl B VanDer Meer FSchill CMills NHallJBugeja LLinton. Thorpdale: HBritten 4SPickering 3CMillsom2 JPatullo 2J De Virgilio TPattenSFalla. BEST: Yinnar:OMcColl MGear yW Rober tson FSchill NHallP Kearns.Thorpdale: SPickering GLow KO’Connell TPattenS Falla JDeVirgilio

AS we hit the halfwaymarkofthe Mid GippslandFootball-NetballLeague homeand-away season,the year remains very much alive for at least 11 of the league's 13 senior clubs.

Eleventh-placedTooraare justtwo games fromfourth-placed Meeniyan Dumbalk United after Round 9.

The secondhalfof2025looks set for a thrilling finish in the run to finals.

 MORWELL EAST VMIRBOO NORTH

AS important as winning was for an out of sorts Morwell East, even showing some of the fightthe Hawkshad been renowned for might have been enough to satisfy the faithful as they prepared to take on aMirboo North outfit who were inside the top six and keen to stay there.

The result was an upsetfor many, but pleasing for the home side, who finally found some of the form they had been searching for, Morwell East winning 12.6 (78) to 6.7 (43).

Heading into the match with six consecutive losses, Hawks coach Paul Henry was able to breathe ahugesigh of relief.

“Great to be back on the winners list. We willenjoy the win and the celebrations to follow," he said.

You get the feeling the Hawks needed this victory more than anyone will actually know, especially given they have the bye this weekend,and would havehad to spend a fortnight brewing on aseason wasted.

However, even with that one win, the future looks alittle brighter.

The news was not so good for Mirboo North. The Tigers would have thought they could bank the points in this one, but after leading at thefirstbreak, couldn't string any serious passages of play together.

“Disappointed. We couldn't get our game going and kept allowing East to play their physical strengths," Mirboo North Coach, Damien Turner said.

"We will be better for the hit out, post the double-bye, but have to go away and work on some things."

“I can't question our effort in what was apretty good game of footy. Some undisciplined acts throughout the first half and some costly skillerrors after halftime and we found ourselves six goals down midway through the third, we showed abit of ticker to get the game back to single digits before Yinnar kicked afew late," Blues coachDaniel Taylor said.

"Disappointed to lose but I'm really proud of our effort right across the board. Saturday's game should give the boys confidence that if we can bring that effort every week and we can get somewhere near full strength we'll be right in the mix."

The Blue boys go from last year's runnerup to this week meeting two time reigning premier Fish Creek, yet another massive challenge.

 FISH CREEK VNEWBOROUGH

WITH two premierships in the past two seasons, top of the table Fish Creek remain well placed for athreepeat.

Hosting Newborough at the weekend was nevergoingtobeawalk in the park, with the Bulldogs desperate to continue theirassault on atop six position.

The Kang aroos howev er flexed their muscle, victors in a13.16 (94) to 6.6 (42) score line.

It wasn’t all the Kangaroos' way however, with the Bulldogs jumping out of the blocks early to lead by four pointsatthe first break.

Although Fish Creek assumed control in the second half, the reigning premier found it tough to shake the Bulldogs, who despite continuing to fight an injury curse, fought well through the third term before stopping to awalk as Fish Creek took over.

“A hard fought loss against aclass opponentinFishCreek,"Newborough Coach, Pat Frendo said.

"We managedtostaywithin three goals for the first three quarters before ultimately running out of legs in the last.

of play that hurt his side’s chances of making further inroads.

"We showed patches in thefirst quarter and even outscored them in the last quarter, but the damage was done," he said.

"We had ahandful of players out, so we are getting alook at some new faces. We all just need to remain patient."

Tarwin now march forward withfinals hopes very much alive, while the Rovers hang tough hoping that the improvements start to be rewarded with victory, their first for the year.

 FOSTER VTOORA

AONE point loss prior to the midseason bye had Foster hungry and ready to bounce back immediately,albeit somewhat apprehensive as they prepared to take on aToora side, who had themselves provided the shock of the season by upsetting MDU in Round 8.

The question was could the Magpies do it against an even better credentialled side in the Tigers?

The answer was also astatement in the form of abig winbythe Tigers, who showed little mercy at home, winning 22.16 (148) to 8.6 (54).

Jake Best had aday out, kicking 13 goals. His coach, Sam Davies said it was anear complete performance.

“Wewerebacktoour bestonthe weekend fora large amount of the game," he said.

"A reallystrongfourquarter effort against aToora team that definitely fought really hard. We had alot of winners all over the groundand capitalised on front half turnover."

TheTigers did whatgood sidesdo, bounce back from ad isappointin gloss with a resounding win.

 MDUV STONYCREEK

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There is no questioning the progress Mirboo Northhas made this season, but the weekend lossisareality checkasthey now preparefor the backhalf of the home-and-away season.

 YINNAR VTHORPDALE

YINNAR anticipated aferocious Thorpdale side to arrive at their home ground.

The Blues have always been asidethat can mix it with the best, and one of the best is what they were up against at the weekend.

The Magpies did the job, but not without ascare,getting up 18.8 (116) to 14.11 (95).

Yinnar Coach, Sam McCulloch said it was ahardfoughtgame.

"Very pleased to come away with awin. It was agame in which there were plenty of momentum shifts throughout theday," he said.

"We were able to establish agood buffer in thesecond half and hangontoa good win. It was amatureperformance from the group and Iwas proud of the waywesteadiedwhen challenged late."

It is actually an important ingredient outside of the skills and strategies of the game, showing maturity at the right time, the rightmoments to make the decisions necessary in clutch moments.

Thorpdale certainly learnt that on the weekend.

"Extremelyproudofhow the boys went abou ti ta nd for the most part stay ed neck-and-neck with the benchmark of the competition. More injuries to our list saw another two senior debutantes on the weekend, taking the season total to 11 first time senior players which is just awesome for the club's development.

"After acouple of tough losses we look ahead to amonth of winnable football with arefreshed attitude."

It will take aspecial month for the Bulldogs to get themselves backinthe heat of the finals race, but no one yet doubts they are capable.

What most are questioning is who will be the team to take it up to Fish Creek?

 TARWIN VHILL END

TARWIN tookonthe valiant but to date unsuccessful Hill End.

The Sharks could ill afford to cough up this game given the tightnessofthe competition, but welcomed the Hillmen knowing full well that it would be far from aformal victory.

The Rovers did what they do, fighting hard, but they justcannotfind the finish line at present.

Final scores were Tarwin 19.13 (127)to Hill End 7.10 (52).

The Sharks won the match as they were expected to, but what they also did was kill the Hillmen's hopes early, with afour goal leadatquarter time quicklyturning into eight goals at the main break.

Hill End Coach, Adrian Burns said it was another case of infrequent quality passages

MDU had come crashing backtoEarth in the fortnight priortothis clash. Lossesto Fish Creek followed by ashockdefeatat the hands of Toora had the Demons on the ropes and needing to respond desperately.

Respond they did, taking the game by the throat at home and securingvictory very early against Stony Creek, 17.15 (117) to 10.2 (62).

Demons coach Rhett Kellywas roundly satisfied.

“It was great to see the team respond so strongly after acouple of tough losses," he said.

"Theenergy and effortwerethereright from the start on what turnedout to be a beautiful winter day for football.

"Stony Creek really challenged us at afew stages of the game and looked like they might gain the upper hand, but to our boys' credit, they worked hard to win back themomentum each time."

The win gives MDU amuch needed boost of confidence after atough fortnight that threatened to take their season off the rails, but it's amazing how aweek can change the fortunes of aclub and the mindset of its players and supporters.

Stony Creek Coach, Troy Sheperdson paid credit to the opposition.

“We played avery well drilled Meenyian who showed why they are near the top of the ladder," he said.

The Lions continue to bubble away, and it seems as though they will at some time boil, but at this stage it hasn't really happened, and as each weekpasses, timewill soon also become an opponent.

 BOOLARRAHAD THE BYE.

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(133) FISH CREEK0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 (18)

Cougars prove credentials

NETBALL

BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

WHILE the Gippsland League is getting closer to already having its finals resultsetched in stone, Mid Gippsland and North Gippsland offered surprises at the weekend to toss up who exactly will come out on top.

While Moe are close to sewing up the minor premiership in the major league only halfway through the season, battles are taking place in the other two local leagues to see who can place themselves best for the post-regular season.

 SERIOUSLY, what more is there to say about Moe?

After dismountingprevious Grand Final opponents Warragul two weeks ago, the Lions truly look set to capture aleague-first three premierships in arow come season’s end.

The Lions continued on that road to history with a61-goalsmacking of Wonthaggi at Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve in Round 9. Moe's victory was set up throughthe first two quarters, holding the Power to just 13 goals to halftime, while they nailed 55 of their own. Moe only added to the margin, scoring 20-plus in each quarter.

Ash Mawer managed 57 goals, followed by Georgia Moody (27) and Ramayer Gourley had aturn in attack for 15.

CharlieBerry(21 goals), MacyPeterson and Macie Gilmour played well in defeat for Wonthaggi.

Moe are jump 9-0 on win-loss, setting up another deep finals run, while the Power slumpthree games back of fifth with just two wins from their nine games.

 THE Tigers continue at pace.

Morwell survived abit of ascare, but managed a55to43win at Morwell Recreation Reserve over Bairnsdale.

After starting off strongly with an 18-9 start, the

Giddy up Gormy

NETBALL

NORTH GIPPSLAND

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“IT’S been amassive thingfor the club to put somethinglikethis in place, because everything’s there, the bones are there, but it’s just amatter of putting really good plans in place with really good people where everyone’s moving in the same direction," Potalej said.

“Thisday and age, footy clubs aren’t 30 years ago (when) it was ‘Barry from behind the bar’who could runthe club, now,footy clubs are businesses.

“It’s not aquick fix. That’s something I definitely learnt (at the strategic planning session), it’s not going to be have acouple of meetings and everything’s going to be okay, it’s havemeetings, put thingsinplaceand everyoneplaytheir role across the whole club." The whole club approach extends to netball, the often forgotten about sport in aclub duopoly.

Douch saidsupport fromall sectors of Gormandale FNC had played akey role in therevival of the AGrade side.

“The club’s quite close,” Douch said.

“The girlsput in as much as the football. It’s good to be recognised as well.”

Hardball get: Mirboo Nor th’s Jessie Holland fightsagainst Morwell East’sSienna Blair during Mid Gippsland netball at the weekend

Photograph: Annie Holland

Redlegs picked up their tempo to come within three goals by halftime.

Morwell then steadied to go back ahead by double digits, which was enoughtosustaina proceeding blip and hold onto third position on the ladder.

Holly Stephens finished with amatch-high 40 goals, followed by 15 from Claire Marks.

Courtney Garth and Tanya Budge were others of significance in the Tigers' win.

 TRARALGON secured their third win of the season in atough five-goal overcoming of Sale.

At Traralgon Showgrounds, the Maroons fought hard after ahot startfrom the Magpies, pushing ahead by four goals at halftime.

Even as Sale tied the match at three-quarter-time, the Maroons showed guts and resilience to steadily go past the Magpies.

Amixture of Grace Van Tilburg (22 goals), Emma White (18) and Sophie Lecchino (13) provided the scoring punch, while Milly Murphyand Cassidy Smithwere also exceptional for Traralgon.

Kate Van der Voort finished with 33 goals, while Mahli Stothers and Hannah Abdalla were solid in the loss for Sale.

Other games saw Leongatha defeat Maffra, 72-46 at Maffra Recreation Reserve, and Warragul handled Drouin in the WesternDerby, 72-47 at Western Park on Sunday.

 ASIGNIFICANT win from Mirboo North in Round 9over Morwell East, 72-45 at Ronald

Reserve, kept the Tigers inside the Mid Gippsland top three.

MirbooNorth poured on 23 goals while keeping theHawks to just seven in the first quarter.

An additional 18-goal third term pushed the lead out for ahandy percentage booster.

Lynette Patten and Jessica Holland were dominant with 37 and 35 goals respectively.

Yinnar laidthe smack down on Thorpdalefor their eighth win for the year at Yinnar Recreation Reserve.

Patty McInnes poured in 52 goals, with support from Anna Robertson (16).

Two straight lossesfrom Newborough hasslumped them to awin-loss record of 4-4, just holding onto afinals position.

The Bulldogs kept close against Fish Creek until halftime, but the Kangaroos were good enough to hold them off 52-41 at Terrill Park.

Jessica Edgar finishedwith28goalstolead Fish Creek, while Demi Caldow top-scoredfor Newborough with 24.

Foster beat Toora, 63-32atFoster Recreation Reserve to reclaim top spot on the ladder; Tarwin defeated HillEnd 63-37 at Tarwin Lower Recreation Reserve; and MDU got by Stony Creek 51-45 at Meeniyan Recreation Reserve.

Boolarra had the bye.

 CHURCHILL rode past powerhouse Sale City for their second straight win, defeating the Bulldogs by one-goal at Gaskin Park.

Despite trailing at every turn, including being six down entering the fourth quarter, the Cougars outscored Sale City 12-5 to sneak by and hand the Bulldogs their second loss in four weeks.

Sale City went undefeated in their premiership season last year and were predicted to be untouchable again this year.

Churchill's Skye McDonald finished with 34 goals, combatting Sale City’s Charlotte Ronchi (25).

Churchill sit within the top three, as they look to take that next step come finals time, after losing the preliminary final to Heyfield last season.

After afluctuating beginning to the season, Traralgon Tyers United produced their best result of the season, defeatingHeyfield at Tyers Recreation Reserve, 45-40.

The Bombers finally found separation against the Kangarooswhenitmattered most to hold onto fifth spot on the ladder.

Maleah Travers (27 goals) and Rachel Shaw (18) were significant in the win.

Woodside managed Cowwarr, 71-30 at Woodside Recreation Reserve to sit equal-first on the ladder with Sale City.

Gormandale defeated Rosedale 51-46.

Glengarry and YYN had they bye.

More pain for Gippy United

NETBALL

VNL

BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

FOR Round 13 of theVictorian Netball League, Gippsland Stars couldn't get across the line in either grade.

The Championship Starsextended their losing streak to eight straight after winning and drawing in three matches early in the season.

The Stars succumbed to Bendigo Strikers at the State Netball Centre,69to46lastWednesday (June 11).

While the local championship side kept close after the first quarter, trailing by five goals, Bendigo moved further ahead due to a16-12 second term.

A37-23 second half was all she wrote for the Stars'

 GIPPSLAND LEAGUE (ROUND 9)

AGRADE: Leongatha 72 def Maffra46, Morwell 55 def Bairnsdale 43, Traralgon 53 def Sale 48, Moe 99 def Wonthaggi 38, Warragul 72 def Drouin 47 BGRADE: Leongatha 79 def Maffra32, Morwell 51 def Bairnsdale 47,Traralgon 54 def Sale 31, Wonthaggi 46 def Moe 30, Warragul 57 def Drouin 45 CGRADE: Leongatha 46 def Maffra26, Morwell 54 def Bairnsdale 32, Traralgon 38 def Sale 28,

chances for mounting any sort of comeback.

Alahna Arnason was player of the match for the Stars,scoring24goals,followed by Sophie Lecchino with 18.

 THE Gippsland Stars 23-and-Under remain winless after a64-42 loss to Bendigo Strikers. Gippsland gave their all in the firsthalftoposition themselves well enough to trail by just five goals by halftime.

However, a21-goal haul by the Strikers in the third quarter saw aseparation that the Stars were never able to overcome.

Charlize Traumanis was player of the match for theStars with 17 goals, while Myah Healeypoured in the same amount.

Gippsland Stars playNorth East Blaze tonight (Wednesday, June 18) to cap off Round 14.

NORTH GIPPSLAND

What’sold is new in the north

FOOTBALL NORTH GIPPSLAND

BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

THE separation betweenthe best and the rest gets slimmer.

Following results in Round 9ofthe North Gippsland Football-Netball League, we may be in for arepeat of the last two seasons.

Traralgon Tyers Unitedand Woodside continue to impresswithlittlecompetitionwhen facing those below, leaving many pondering if we areset for athird consecutive Grand Final outing between the two.

 WHAM, bam!

TTU held firm as the best team thus far this season after smacking rival contenders HeyfieldatTyersRecreation Reserve, 15.25 (115)to6.6 (42).

Bar the Grand Finalrematch that launched the 2025 North Gippsland season, many eyed this as the match of the year to date, with both teams within the top three on the ladder, dominating all other teams (besides Woodside).

Considering the Kangaroos dropped their previous matchtothe Wildcatsathome, which created agap between the two previous premiers and the rest, all heading to Tyers would have assumed aresponse from the young, up-and-comers.

Heyfield, workingagainst an intense TTU unit on their home deck, managed the first two goalsofthe gamebetween the pair of veterans,coach Leigh Brownand Mitch Bennett to jumpstart their day.

After ahighly pressurised start from the Kangaroos, the Bombersfinally nailed their first major of the day 10 minutes in, which for all intents and purposes flipped how the beginning of the game played out.

TTU’s intensitylifted clearly after they held up Heyfield deep in the Bombers’ own forward pocket, before Patrick Moio jumped and smotheredanexit kick, giving off quickly to Riley Denovan who snapped his first.

The home side booted the remaining goal of the opening stanza from Flynn Shields to lead by 11 points,which would be the closest Heyfield would get for the rest of the day. TTU rained on seven straight goals to halftime, completely reversing fortunes.

Setting up well behind the play, the likes of coach Jack Brown andFrazar Brouns when further up the field, every time the Bombers failed in converting inside 50, the ball almost instantly bounced back into the forwards’ delight.

Beingshutout in thesecond term, scoring justthree points, Heyfield players kept quiet withtheir heads down afteranabysmal return following aweek off, knowing what was to be delivered from their coach.

As play returned, the ball swung back-andforth between each side, but Heyfield did nail the first punch of the second half from aNickDinsdale goal, bringingthe margin to 30 points

Thegame continued to be equalled in the contest through the first 10 minutes of the latter half, but after an undisciplined 50 metre penaltyagainst the Kangaroos, TTU’s Regan Richards made them pay in front.

While Heyfield did kick three of the last fourgoals of the third, a35-pointcomeback seemed miraculousifithappened, considering the conditions, the venue, and the experienced side they were coming up against.

Due to this, the Bombers gave their opponent zero inch, again limiting the Kangaroos goalless, while they themselves booted five majors to the finish line.

It’s difficult to findwhereTTU drop, starting off the season with an 8-0 win/loss record and holding top spot on the ladder, it’s beginning to feel like arepeat of the last two seasons (and for their sake, that they don’t fall shortonthe last day in September).

Brouns was unmatched as the best afield for the winners with four goals, followed by Oscar Aliotta, Shields, Trent Hourigan, Stuart Goddard, and Guy Sinclair in his 200th game.

The Kangaroos named Max Van Der Zwart, Dinsdale, Miller Eastham, Marcus Sundermann, Will Kelly and Kail Hole as their best.

 YYN has rode afierce, ever-changing wave this season, and after losing back-toback games against TTU and Woodside, responded by holding off Rosedale at home by just four points before entering the league bye.

The Jets knew that travelling to Yarram was never going to be easy, but they put their foot down to set themselves up early with the first three goals of the match.

While YYN returned reinforcements the likes of key defenders Darcy Shellcot and Campbell MacInnes, restoring the Jets once premiershipbacksix,Yarramstill displayed momentswhere they were simply too much, through key forwards Josh Swift and Daniel Vardy.

The Demons kept within striking distance of 15 points afterquarter time, and then practically went goal-for-goal with the Jets as play returned through to halftime, with the scoreboard reading 8.3 (50) to 5.11 (41) in favour of the visitor's.

Knowing they required that little bit more to see further separation and thus the game, the Jets poured it on in duringthe third quarter with fivegoals to one,witheveryone chipping in, as they appeared to be riding home to get their season back on track.

Unlikely heroes such as MacInnes worked hard from defence to nail one for the Jets, and Owen Budge booted two, much to the delight and amazement of travelling supporters.

Now they just had to handle business for one more term.

The Jets booted the opening goal of the final quarter, and respondedeven as Yarram began to gain with their own scoring -only then it begantodrasticallyshift,almost instantly.

The Demons smacked on the last four goals to give themselves ashot at winning somehow, but duetosome early workings from YYN, they hung on simply due to time being in their favour.

MacInnes in his return was applaudedwith best-on-ground, followed by Jai Massese, Shellcot,Rowan Duguid,Dylan Bath and Josh keyhoe with agame-high four goals.

The Jets hold firm onto fourth-place on the ladder, with more matches ahead against the sides above them.

Thomas Mattern, Dylan Garnham, Kiefer Sutherland, Cody Harrison,Vardy andShem Rendell in his 250th senior game were the best for Yarram.

 TOO big, too strong.

While Heyfieldwereabsentthe goal scoring of Darren Sheen, the Kangaroos will focus on shaking off their slump when they face potential finalist Rosedale at home.

 AWAVE of highs and lows.

At YarramRecreationReserve,wherethe Demons hosted Yallourn Yallourn North, it appeared as though at any point that either side could capture the points on the day.

In the end,the Jets held on by 14 points -16.5(101) to 12.15 (87).

It’s not been the season Yarram would hope for, only managing marginallyagainst teams they should beat,while being comfortably taken by everyone else.

Woodsid ew ere ne ve rf ussed against Cowwarr at Woodside Recreation Reserve, winning easily 24.9 (153) to 5.7 (37).

The Saintsmay have giventhemselves aflicker of hope despite travelling into the reigning premier’s den, after they produced their biggest winning margin in more than two yearsthe round before -a101-point victory over Glengarry.

The Wildcats however have doneeverything right since falling to TTU in Round 1, coming in having won seven straight.

All the manpower necessary, Woodside delivered in the opening quarter, booting eight straight majors to Cowwarr’s 2.1 (13).

While the Wildcats ‘only’ added three extra goals until halftime, that already had the margin sitting at almost 50 points.

Woodside were even better, score-wise, once they returned after the main break, booting 13 goals to apair of majors all the way through to the final siren.

The Wildcats featured six multiple goal scorers in their 116-point annihilation of the Saints.

Zac Richards was man of the match with seven goals, followedbyEthan Stephens, Brody Stainer, Ashton Janssen, Jeremy and Josh Morgan.

Cowwarr had Patrick Tainsh, Lachlan Sykes,Ben Coffey, Haydn Hector, Keenan Hughes and Lee Bourke perform well in defeat.

 NO timewasting from the Blues.

Rosedalekeep themselves above the clump and in fifth position after eight games with a87-point win over Gormandale.

At Rosedale Recreation Reserve, the Blues meant business as they sought to respond from aheart-breaking four-pointloss to YYN away before the break.

The Tigers kept relatively close after the first term, trailing by 19 points,only for Rosedale to bang on five unanswered goals to halftime and lead by 52.

The Blues ticked over in the second half withafurther six goals, but Gormandale couldn’t mount any scoreboard pressure to stage acomeback.

With an eight-goal bag, Spencer Fox was best afield for the winners, followed by Declan Barnett, Blake Safstrom, Jay Diamond, Oscar Smith and Liam Burgan. Malachi Dillon, Riley Hughes, Cooper Jefferies, LiamDeering, Chris Potalej and Campbell Peavey made up the Tigers' best players.

 MAKING it two on the trot, Sale City managed Churchill comfortably by 66 points.

At Gaskin Park, the Bulldogs kept themselvesinthe race for back-to-back finals appearanceswithalasthalfblitzofthe Cougars, to win 18.18 (126) to 9.6 (60).

After already positioningquite comfortably through the first two quarters by 25 points, Sale City added 11 goals in the second half to blow the margin out of the water and hand Churchill their seventh loss for the year. Kaden McCulloch finishedwith agamehigh four goals for best-on-ground for the Bulld ogs, follow ed by Hudson Tollner, Jacob Schuback, Daine McGuiness, Jaxsyn Whitehill and Tom Bowman.

Joe Whykes (three goals), Sam Robinson, Brad Brereton, Nick Twomey, Calen Hill and Billy Wight were admirable in defeat for the Cougars.

High hopes amongthis year’shaul

FOOTBALL UNDER 18S BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

AFOOTY factory has, and continues to be built within the Latrobe Valley.

Gippsland Power captain Tom Matthews is one of five Moe juniors making aname for themselves, as the Coates Talent League club eyes an illusive second premiership.

Matthews, alongsideMoe Lions teammates Luke Cheffers, Jordan Shields, Max Woodall and Liam Masters, have come into their own at both local and state league-level as now top-age under 18s.

After winningafinal last season before succumbing to Dandenong Stingrays by six points in the quarter final, the Gippsland Power Boys have answered the bell so far this year.

With some youngerreinforcements, and those experienced second-year players learning from their failures, the side has enjoyed astrong first half of the season.

Across the first two months of the season, Power hashad the most wins (seven wins, one loss), and sit second on the ladder.

Whileonly playing in the first three games of the season, Matthews has continued to lead and learn after being named captain in his final year of junior football.

"Yeah, the boys have been awesome we've had Ithink like 32 or something of the squad actually play this year," he told the Express

"We've got heaps of depth and heaps of bottomagers coming through, it's just pretty exciting."

Matthewsnoted that he's loved the environment set within the group, which has led to their early success.

"As captain, it's really nice to lead the boys out and there's just really good energy aroundthe group, everybody loves each other (with) like the connection we have," he said.

"We've had afew camps as well because obviously we're acountry side, so whenever we go away, it's just areally good feel around the club."

Matthews hopes to return to the field in coming weeks, recovering from ameniscus tear.

Having said that, he was still selected in the Victoria Countrysquad for the 2025Under 18 Marsh AFLNational Championships, hoping to don thenavyblueand white before that campaign finishes.

Matthews joins astrong contingent of six Gippsland players among the state squad, including Heyfield's Mitch Stevens and Foster's Willem

Duursma, with the team also being led by Power coach Rhett McLennan.

While he's doubtfultobebackfully fit for Vic Country's next match against South Australia, count his chances to makeanimpactbefore the competition gets whittled down.

Vic Country lost in dramatic fashion in last year's Grand Final to Victoria Metrobyone point after a costly 50 metre penalty draft pick Luke Traino right in front in the seconds.

Matthews joined this year's squad recently, who hostedtheir final trainin ga nd jumper presentation at Essendon's training facility, 'The Hangar', before the selected side made the trip over to Perth to face Western Australia.

"ObviouslyI'vegot high expectations because there's alot of bottom-agers coming through as well for this strong as well, those Matthews has faith last game and rightt "So we've got really so sameagain, aim high,"

Matthews arrived under 16s, coming acros to further develop his In his second-year at he booted 65 goals to kicking,displayingh inside forward 50.

Matthews began to of last season with Gippsland goals agame across the including astandout

While he may have level of form, Matthews' was perhaps one of his goalsfrom 13 possess Bendigo Pioneers in WithAFL clubs alw ers in the draft, as Matthews hybrid forwards in the

could be right in the mix for acall up next year to the big leagues.

"It's always in the back of your mind, Iguess," he said.

"I'm just excited, really just taking in my last junior year (and) just trying to enjoy it as much as I can."

The 2025 Gippsland Power

Localtouchfor Dreamtime at the ‘G

FOOTBALL

BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

SINCE he was eight-years-old, Newborough teenager Noah Bartletthas taken his passions to great heights, routinely performingduring the lauded ‘Dreamtimeatthe ‘G’ festivities with Richmond Football Club.

Although aTigers supporter himself, Noahbegan venturing up to Essendon Football Club’s training facilities in Windy Hill, off the back of his aunty Tina, practicing his Indigenous dancing for the big stage.

“It really juststarted to become afun thing to do, so Istarted doing it (more often) and meeting new people,” he said.

“I mostly enjoy the people Imeet along the way and just the cultures and dancing obviously.”

Performing in front of more than 80,000 people would give anyone nerves, especiallyatsuch a

youngage, but given Noah’s right alongside someof hisfavouriteplayers, it makes it all the more easier.

“I get pretty nervous, but all of it you get kind of use to and it’s just fun,” the 13-year-old said.

“The first one when Idid it when Iwas eight, I got to meet the footy team (in the rooms), so that was agood memory.”

Besides the cultural dressesand bodypaint, Noah alsoutilises clap sticks duringhis performance, while others use the famed didgeridoo.

Noah gave hisfather Peter, who was suffering from bowel cancer, the greatest surprise when he first performed on the MCG.

It was agreat sight for his dad,given that the one-eyed Richmond supporter passed along his love for the Tigers to his son.

“That was very, very emotional, and it was for his dad as well because he got to see him before he passed, out there with all the Richmond players,” Noah’s mother Shelley said.

“I’m just so proud of him, and he’s got to show a lot of other Indigenous kids just to keep going and things like that.”

This formed passion was initiated by his aunty Tina, who has regularly performed in eventsas well,including in front of former US President Barrack Obama.

Noah hopes to one daybecome an Indigenous danceleaderand lead out the nextwave of dancers on the MCG. He’s been continually asked back to the fixtured Dreamtime match by Richmond every year since he started.

Noah also performed during Melbourne Storm’s Anzac Day match this year against South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Locally, he’s also has been asked by his school at Lowanna College to performduringtheir showcases, especiallyduring NAIDOC Week, and also performed in front of former AFL superstar Eddie Betts when he visited the region.

Pendlebury, Dale Thomas and Xavier Ellis. Power's last great chance came in 2022 after taking out the minor premiership before losing in the preliminaryfinaltothat year's premier, Sandringham Dragons (with the famed Ashcroft brothers now up in Brisbane,and North Melbourne's Harry Sheezel).

That Gippsland side featured AFL-listed players in Moe's Bailey Humphrey, Jacob Konstanty, Zane Duursma, Tom Hanily, CobyBurgiel, Xavier Lindsay and Max Knobel.

This year's team could be adding to that export list in no time the way they are travelling.

Star incoming: GippslandPower captain and Moe footballer TomMatthews willlook to get afew games in forVictoria Countrywhen returning from injury. File photograph

FOOTBALL

AFL EXPORTS BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

ACOUPLE of great performances dismissed the one-sided games that took place in Round 14 of the 2025 AFL season. Ebbs and flowswere evident on Thursday night when Hawthorn hosted Adelaide at University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston.

The Hawks overcame an atrocious start, to fightthrough some equally horrendous conditions, and snuckbythe Crows by three points, 6.11 (47) to 5.14 (44).

Goals werehardtocome by, and contested marks and clean ball movement were non-existent.

Morwell's Changkuoth Jiath was subbed on in the second half, and was an instant impact player with 13 disposals (11 kicks) off half-back.

The result now ties the twosides,with Hawthorn bolstered up to fifth on the ladder. Latrobe Valley exports at Collingwoodand Gold Coast both had the bye in Round 14.

Powering on with victory

FOOTBALL

COATES TALENT LEAGUE BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

RETURNING afterafew weeks back at Morwell RecreationReserve, Gippsland Power Boysand Girls grabbed significant wins at the weekend.

Both facing Western Jets, the Power Girls started the day with an eight-point victory in Round 10 of Coates Talent League. Holding alead at every turn, but only marginally, adefensive standinthe final term saw them exit thefield and sing the song.

Rebecca Fitzpatrick, Traralgon's Chelsea Sutton, SophieHamilton, Ashleigh Perkins, Summer Harbour and Traralgon's Lily Milner were among the best for Power.

Gippsland Power Girls sit fourth on the ladder with awin-loss record of 6-2, positioned nicely heading into the backend of the season.

 THE Gippsland Power Boys extended to seven wins on the year, by far the most in the Coates Talent League, after a54-point smashing of Western Jets in Round 11.

Their opposition put pressure on Power early to lead at quarter time by five points, before the home side reversed fortunes the rest of the way to outscore the Jets by 41 points through the next three quarters. Brodie Atkins, Mirboo North's Clancy Snell,Zachary O'Keefe, Moe'sLiam Masters and Harry Tatterson were some of the best for Power.

GippslandPower Boyssit second on the ladder due to Gold Coast Suns Academy already having seven byes despite their undefeated 4-0 start. The girls have the week off this weekend, and the boys play at home against Eastern Ranges, who are fifth on the ladder.

Moment: Newborough’s Noah Bartlett has regularlyperformed on theMCG during Richmond and Essendon’s ‘Dreamtime at the ‘G’ fixture. Photographs supplied

TRARALGON DISTRICT JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Netball growing in popularity

NETBALL

NETBALL is currentlythe second most popular sport for girls, second only to soccer,according to the Australian Spots Commission (ASC) reporting in their AusPlay 2023/24 report.

Withanincreaseofyounger netballerscontinuously growing nationwide, netballisalsoslowly turning into ago-tofor many Aussie mums

More than 75 percentofparentsreported that playing netball helped their child develop resilience and self-confidence (Netball Australia’s State of theGame Report 2023/24).

Netball fosters strong friendships, with 82 per cent of young players saying they "felt more included" after joining ateam.

Kids who played at least one team sport per week were 42 per cent more likely to demonstrate leadership and problem-solving skills at school, according to The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) –2024 Updated Data.

Local players looking for inspiration do not have to browse far, with Gippsland home to many elite players.

Yarram's Lara Dunkley is acurrent Suncorp Super Netballer with Queensland Firebirds, while former Moe, Sale and Maffra player Montana Holmes is with the Melbourne Mavericks.

"My Gippsland roots havebeen the heartbeat of my journeyfuelling my passion, resilience and love for the game through the support of my grassroots club and community," she said.

"Seeing players like Lara Dunkley also rise from thesame beginnings shows thatwith hard work and the backing of astrong community, anything is possible in this sport we all love.

Star: SuncorpSuper Netballer,Montana Holmes has strong ties to Gippsland. Photograph supplied

Saturday,June21

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Hartnett, Ewan McGregor 1.40 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 1. Highlights. 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 It’sAcademic. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGal, R)

6.00 Getaway.(PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday.(PG) 12.00 Aust. 12.30 Destination WA.(R) 1.00 Great Australian Detour 1.30 Find My Country House Aust. (R) 2.00 LEGO Masters:

6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 Holiday Home Makeover With Rachel &Ryan. (Final, PG) Hosted by former The Block contestants Rachel and Ryan.

8.30 MOVIE: John Wick. (2014, MA15+lv,R)Anex-hit man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters who took everything from him. Keanu Reeves, Willem Dafoe.

10.30 MOVIE: Under Siege 2. (1995, MA15+lv,R)Steven Seagal. 12.20 Australia’sTop TenOf Everything. (PGl, R) 1.10 1.35 Destination WA.(R) 2.00 TheIncredible Jour ney Presents. (PG) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. Acouple must decide whether to stay or leave.

8.30 House Hunters Australia. (R) Newlyweds must decide between the inner-city and suburban North 9.30 Airport 24/7. (PGa, R) Duty manager Dan must deal with holiday passenger numbers and aself-check-inoutage. 10.30 Elsbeth. (PGv,R)Elsbeth investigates the death of a

11.30 FBI. (Mv,R) 12.30HomeShopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power 6am

WorldWatch. 10.00 Mastermind Aust. Noon Hoarders. 2.35 The Story Of. 3.05 News. 3.10 WorldWatch 5.05 Over The Black Dot. 5.35 Mastermind Aust. 6.35 The Secret Genius Of Moder nLife. (Return) 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 The Icons That Built The World. 10.10 Australia’sHealth Revolution. 11.15 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6am The Movie Show 6.30 Paris Can Wait. (2016, PG) 8.15 Whale Rider.(2002, PGal) 10.10 Dating The Enemy.(1996, Ms) 12.10pm The Lawnmower Man. (1992, Mlsv) 2.50 The Extraordinary Jour ney Of The Fakir (2018, PGalsv) 4.35 First Cow.(2019, PGalv) 6.50 Sky Pirates. (1986) 8.30 Gone Girl. (2014, MA15+alsv) 11.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62)

6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 11.00 Harry’sPractice. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon Horse Racing. Racing For Good Charity Raceday.VRC Community Race Day Ipswich Cup. 5.00 Escape To The Country 6.00 Dog Patrol. 6.30 The YorkshireVet. 8.30 Escape To The Country 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (73, 64)

6am Mor ning

Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 American Pickers. 4.00 Storage Wars:Barry’sBest Buys. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. VFL. Round 13. Frankston vEssendon. 10.00 AFL Saturday Rewind. 10.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (92,81)

6am Morning Programs. 11.40 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 1pm MOVIE: Home At Seven. (1952, PG) 2.50 MOVIE: Murphy’sWar.(1971, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: Run For The Sun. (1956, PG) 7.00 Final. 9.30 9.45 MOVIE: Lethal Weapon 2. (1989, M) 12.05am Late Programs.

9GO! (93, 82)

6am Morning Programs. 3pm Jeopardy! UK. 4.00 MOVIE: Problem Child. (1990, PG) 5.30 MOVIE: The Lego Batman Movie. (2017, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix. (2007, M) 10.10 MOVIE: Arrival. (2016, M) 12.30am The Originals. 2.30 Jeopardy! UK. 3.30 Inside The Superbrands. 4.30 Pokémon: XYZ. 4.50 Late Programs.

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Sunday,June22

ABC TV (2) SBS (3)

6am Mor ning Programs. 12.00 APAC Weekly 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 12.55 Range Of Motion. (R) 1.00 Motor Racing. ProMX Championships. Round 5. 4.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 5.00 SBS50. (R) 5.05 Michael Mosley: The Doctor Who Changed Britain. (PGa, R) 5.40 Hitler’sBritish Island. (PGa)

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6am Mor ning Programs. 10.30 World This Week.(R) 11.00 Compass. (PGa, R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Joanna Lumley’sDanube. (PG, R) 3.15 Nigella Bites. (R) 3.40 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PG, R) 4.40 Walking With Dinosaurs. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow

6.30 Compass: Stan Grant On Country (PG)

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) Hosted by Adam Hills.

8.00 Bay Of Fires. (Mlv) Stella scrambles to adapt to her new way of life.

8.55 Little Disasters. (Mdls) Police and Social Services investigate jointly

9.45 MOVIE: Wake In Fright. (1971, Masv,R)Ateacher stays over night in amining town. Donald Pleasence.

11.30 Take 5With Zan Rowe. (PGl, R) 12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Ask The Doctor.(PG,R) 3.30 The Art Of... (Ml, R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Nick Knowles Into The Grand Canyon. (PGa, R)

8.25 The Lost Scrolls Of Vesuvius With Alice Roberts. (PG, R) Hosted by Professor Alice Roberts. 9.20 The Zelensky Story (PGa, R) Alook at VolodymyrZelensky

10.15 New Zealand From ATrain. (R)

11.10 Marilyn: Her Final Secret. (PGa, R) 12.10 24 Hours In Emergency.(PGa, R) 2.55 Colosseum. (Mav,R) 3.45 J Schwanke’sLife In Bloom. (R) 4.15 Growing AGreenerWorld. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Mor ning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 APAC Weekly.(R)

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.45pm Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Octonauts. 6.10 Super Monsters. 6.20 Bluey 6.30 Paddington. 6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Isadora Moon. 7.00 Andy And The Band. 7.20 Bluey 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Moominvalley 8.00 Walking With Dinosaurs. 8.50 Super Shark Highway 10.30 Abbott Elementary 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Mor ning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game Show Pre-game coverage of the match. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 15. Wester nBulldogs vRichmond.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Dancing With The Stars. (PGl) Celebrities show offtheir dance skills. 8.45 7NEWS Spotlight. 9.45 24 Hours In Police Custody: Murder On Prescription Pt 1. (Madv) A47-year-oldwoman is found dead. 10.45 Crime Investigation Australia: The Cangai Siege. (MA15+alv,R) Alook at the 1993 Cangai siege. 12.15 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 2. Highlights. 1.15 Shades Of Blue. (MA15+adsv,R) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show.(PG) 12.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 1.00 Fishing Aust. (R) 1.30 Business Drive. 2.00 For The Love Of Pets. (PGm, R) 3.00 Ski Rescue Down Under.(PGl,

6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy (PG) 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.40 The Killer Interview With Piers Morgan. (Mav) Piers Morgan chats with Kimberly Saenz. 10.40 Footy Fur nace. (Mlv) 11.40 9News Late. 12.10 Embarrassing Bodies. (MA15+mns, R) 1.00 Destination WA 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s VoiceOfVictory.(PGa) 4.30 Business Drive. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today

10 PEACH (11, 52)

10 BOLD (12, 53) 6am Bold. 8.30 Wheel Of Fortune. 10.00 Ridiculousness. 11.00 GCBC. 11.30 Deal Or No Deal. Noon Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Ridiculousness. 3.00 Frasier 4.00 Friends. 6.30 Big Bang. 10.00 Frasier (PGa, R) 11.00 Ridiculousness. Midnight South Park. 1.00 Shopping. 1.30 South Park. 2.30 Shopping.

12.10pm MasterChef Aust. 1.10 JAG. 5.00 Escape Fishing. 5.30 JAG. (PGl, R) 7.30 NCIS. (M, R) 10.20 SEAL Team. (Mlv,R) 12.15am Shopping.

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 The Sunday Project. Alookatthe day’snews. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. Abatch of 23 formercontestants retur ns. 8.15 Fake. (Ml) Birdie attends the wedding of one of her friends with Joe by her side, arelationship milestone she’syearned for 9.15 FBI. (Mav,R)Ayoung woman’s abduction leads the FBI back to acold case from 18 years ago, pushing Isobel to reconnect with her old partner and take another shot at solving one of her 11.05 The Sunday Project. (R) Alook at the day’snews. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mor nings. 6am Morning Programs. Noon Superbike World C’ship. Pirelli Emilia-RomagnaRound. 1.00 Black Comedy In America. 2.50 Jeopardy! 4.55 WorldWatch. 5.25 PBS WashingtonWeek. 5.50 LostGold Of TheAztecs 6.40 Engineering Reborn. 7.35 AbandonedEngineering. 8.30 Bermuda Triangle: Into CursedWaters. 10.10 Late Programs

ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 12.10pm Voyage Of The Damned. (1976, Mav) 3.00 The Man Who Invented Christmas. (2017, PGalv) 4.55 Viceroy’sHouse. (2017, PGa) 6.55 Anne Of Green Gables. (2016, PGa) 8.30 Closer (2004, MA15+ls) 10.25 AGirlRetur ned. (2021, MA15+a, Italian) 12.30am Late Programs.

9GEM (92,81)

The YorkshireVet. 4.40 Escape To The Country 7.40 The Vicar Of Dibley 8.30 Vera. 10.30 The YorkshireSteam Railway: All Aboard. 11.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Getaway 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show 1pm MOVIE: The Syndicate. (1968, PG) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 16. Sydney Roosters vNorth Queensland Cowboys. 6.00 Dad’sArmy. 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 To Be Advised. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (93, 82) 7MATE

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.55pm Lionel. 3.25 The Point. 4.25 Stompem Ground 2022: Midnight Oil. 5.20 Stompem Ground 2022: Pigram Brothers. 6.25 News. 6.35 Great Lakes Wild. 7.35 The First Inventors. 8.30 MOVIE: Amazing Grace. (2018) 10.05 MOVIE: Saturday Night Fever.(1977, MA15+) 12.10am Late Programs. NITV (34) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Tough Tested. 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm Cards And Collectables Australia. (Premiere) 3.30 MOVIE: Trolls WorldTour. (2020) 5.20 MOVIE: Sing. (2016) 7.30 MOVIE: The Dark Knight. (2008, M) 10.35 MOVIE: The Great Wall.(2016, M) 12.35am Gotham. 1.35 Arrow 2.30 Inside The Superbrands. 4.30 Barbie It Takes Two. 4.50 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. Noon Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 2. Qualifying. 2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 2. Pre-Race and Race 19. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 The Wash

Monday,June23

ABC (2) SBS (3)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 MOVIE: Australian Rules. (2002, Madlv,R) 11.35

Nigella Bites. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00

Landline. (R) 2.00 Restoration Aust. (R)

3.00 House Of Games. (PG, R) 3.25

Anh’sBrush With Fame. (PG, R) 3.55 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.(R)

6.30 ClaireHooper’s House Of Games.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.30 Four Cor ners. Investigative jour nalism program.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser

9.35 Jane Austen: Rise Of A Genius. (PGl) Jane Austen publishes Sense and Sensibility

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Planet America. (R) 11.35 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery.(Ml,R) 12.05 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 12.55 Long Lost Family (PG, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22)

6am Children’s

Programs. 6.20pm Bluey 6.30 Paddington. 6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Isadora Moon. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.20 Bluey 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars:Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Junior Vets. 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 Hard Quiz Kids. 9.10 Dance Life. 10.05 Secret Life Of The Kangaroo. 10.55 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

6am Morning Programs. 1.35pm TooMany Captain Cooks. 2.00 Unsettled 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Yarning CultureThrough Film 5.30 The77Percent 6.00 Bamay 6.30 News 6.40 Seasons Of The Wild. 7.30 Who Do YouThinkYou Are? 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 PaidInFull: TheBattleFor Black Music 10.05 Late Programs.

6am Mor ning Programs. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News Weekend. 1.30 Al Jazeera News Hour

2.00 SBS50. (R) 2.05 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 3.00 Ross Kemp: Shipwreck TreasureHunter.(PGa, R) 3.55 Plat Du Tour.(R) 4.00 The Cook Up. (R) 4.30 SBS50. (R) 4.35 Jeopardy! 5.00 Letters And Numbers. (PGs, R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Mor ning Show (PG) 12.00 Seven’sNational News At Noon. 1.00 ToBeAdvised. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. Hosted by Larry Emdur

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Portillo’sAndalucia: Córdoba And Costa Del Sol. (PG, R) Michael Portillo celebrates Andalucia.

8.25 Michael Palin In Nigeria. (Final, PGa, R) Michael Palin concludes his jour ney

9.20 Inside Windsor Castle. (R) Looks at the late queen’s life in Windsor Castle.

10.10 SBS World News Late. (Malv)

11.30 Kin. (MA15+l, R) 2.25 Colosseum. (Mav,R) 3.15 J Schwanke’sLife In Bloom. (R) 4.15 Growing AGreener World. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Mor ning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31)

6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Mastermind Aust. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 The UnXplained. 2.10 Bamay 2.30 Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.00 WorldWatch. 5.05 The Toys That Built The World. 6.00 Alone Germany.(Final) 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The UnBelievable. 10.10 Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6am Morning Programs. 7.45 First Cow (2019, PGalv) 10.00 The Whole Truth. (2016, Malv) 11.45 LordOfThe Ants.(2022, Malnsv, Italian) 2.20pm The Movie Show 2.55 The Majestic. (2001, PGal) 5.40 Whina. (2022, PGa, Maori, English) 7.45 NowhereSpecial. (2020, Ml) 9.30 Bur nAll My Letters. (2022, MA15+s, Swedish) 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away (PGad) David hits adead end. 7.30 Stranded On Honeymoon Island. (Premiere, Mal) Aussies are married and stranded on an island.

9.05 Farmer Wants AWife. (Final, PGal) The farmers retur n

in on what’sbeen happening.

10.45 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.

11.45 Autopsy USA: Dennis Hopper (Mad, R) 12.50 You, Me AndThe Apocalypse. (Mals)

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO (72, 62)

6am Morning

Programs. 10.30 Better Homes. 1pm Business Builders. 1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.00 Weekender 2.30 The YorkshireVet. 3.30 Harry’sPractice. 4.00 Medical Emergency 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Shetland. 11.10 Late Programs.

6am Morning

Programs. 1pm Circuit Boat Drivers C’ship. 2.00 Supercars C’ship. Darwin Triple Crown. H’lights. 3.00 Supercars C’ship. Darwin Triple Crown. H’lights. 4.00 Frozen Gold. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 Storage Wars 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 The Agenda Setters. 8.00 Outback Opal

6.00 Today 9.00

6.00 9News. 7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy (Final, PG) Hosted by Hamish Blake. (Ml) Ateam of footy experts tackles the AFL’s big issues and controversies.

10.00 Players. (Ml) Alook at all the AFL news.

11.00 9News Late.

11.30 Aussie Road Train Truckers. (Ml)

12.15 100% Footy (M)

1.15 My Way. (R)

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today

9GEM (92,81)

6am Morning

Programs. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Midsomer Murders. 2.00 Dad’sArmy. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow 3.30 MOVIE: Clambake. (1967) 5.30 YorkshireAuction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Recipes For Love And Murder 9.40 Harry Wild. 10.50 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 3pm Nanny 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: The Matrix Resurrections. (2021, M) 11.30 Seinfeld. 12.30am Below Deck. (Return) 1.30 Super natural. 3.30 Addams Family 4.00 Barbie It Takes Two. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer 6.30 The Project. Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. Abatch of 23 former contestants retur ns. 8.40 Have YouBeen Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers. (Ms) The Jokers host asmall business presentation. 10.10 10’sLate News. Coverage of news, sport and weather

10

Tuesday,June24

ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

6am Mor ning Programs. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC WorldNews Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 SBS50. (R) 2.05 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 3.00 Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter.(PGav,R) 3.50 Plat Du Tour.(R) 4.00 The Cook Up. (R) 4.30 SBS50. (R) 4.35 Jeopardy! 5.00 Letters And Numbers. (PGas, R)

SEVEN (7,6)

NINE (9,8) 6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Aust Story.(R) 10.30 Compass. (PG, R) 11.00 If You’reListening. (R) 11.20 Gruen. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 2.00 Restoration Aust. (Final, PG, R) 3.00 House Of Games. (R) 3.25 Brush With Fame. (R) 3.55 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 4.45 Long Lost Family (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.(R)

6.30 ClaireHooper’sHouse Of Games. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Walking With Dinosaurs: The Pack. (PG) 8.50 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef: Visitors. (R) Sir David Attenborough examines the

Barrier Reef. 9.50 IWas Actually There. (PG, R) 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.35 The Business. (R) 10.50 Four Cor ners. (R) 11.40 Media Watch. (PG, R) 11.55 Evacuation. (Ml, R) 12.45 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 1.35 Long Lost Family (PG, R) 2.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

ABC FAMILY (22)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do YouThink You Are? MarcFennell. (PGa)

8.30 Insight. Explores dogs as pets.

9.30 Dateline. Looks at aradio station giving women avoice.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 Living Black. (R)

11.00 The Point. (R)

12.00 Headhunters. (Malv,R) 1.45 Freezing Embrace. (MA15+av,R) 4.15

JSchwanke’sLife In Bloom. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Mor ning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.20pm Bluey 6.30 Paddington. 6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Isadora Moon. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.20 Bluey 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars:Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Little Lunch. 8.05 Junior Vets. 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory 9.20 To Be Advised. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Mor ning Show.(PG) 12.00 Seven’sNational News At Noon. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.40 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. (PGl, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Today 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Mor ning. 12.00 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy (Final, PG, R) 1.30 Getaway.(PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News After noon. 4.30 [VIC] Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 5.30 [VIC] WIN

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away (PG) Cash gets aclue. 7.30 Stranded On Honeymoon Island. (Mals) Three new couples say “I do”. 9.20 Doc. (Ma) Gina deals with adevastating revelation. Amy is forced to confront her demons. 10.20 The Agenda Setters. (R) An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.

11.20 Accused. (Masv) An ambitious music executive faces hardship.

12.20 Fairly Legal. (Ma, R) 1.20 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 9News.

7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 Australia’sMost Identical. (Premiere, PG) Asearch for Australia’smost identical twins.

9.00 Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators: Murder Without Motive. (Mlv,R)Alook at the murder of Kim Meredith. (Ml)

11.10 9News Late.

11.40 A+E After Dark. (Mam, R) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 3.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory.(PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair.(R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today

9GEM (92,81)

TEN (10, 5)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer 6.30 The Project. Alook at the day’snews. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. Abatch of 23 former contestants retur ns. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take alook at the week that was. 9.40 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mav) The team is called in to apprehend an active shooter 10.30 10’sLate News. 10.55 The Project. (R) 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)

CBS Mornings. 6am WorldWatch. 10.00 Mastermind Aust. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Homicide. 2.20 Brady Vs Belichick: The Verdict. 3.15 News 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 The Toys That Built The World. 6.10 Alone UK. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 10.10 Dark Side Of The Cage. Midnight Late Programs.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Thanks For AllThe Fish. 2.00 Family Rules.

6am Morning Programs. 11.45 Into The Darkness. (2020, Masv,Danish, Swedish, German) 2.30pm The Final Countdown. (1980, PGalv) 4.25 Princess Caraboo. (1994, PGa) 6.15 Dancing At Lughnasa. (1998, PGa) 7.55 The Assistant. (2019, Mal) 9.30 Godland. (2022, Manv,Danish, Icelandic) 12.15am Late Programs.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Nanny 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Shallow Hal. (2001, M) 10.50 Seinfeld. 11.50 Young Sheldon. 12.40am Below Deck. 1.40 Super natural. 3.30 Addams Family 4.00 Barbie It Takes Two. 4.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Outback Opal Hunters. 2.30 Gem Hunters Down

5.30 YorkshireAuction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Dalgliesh. 10.40 Late Programs.

The right job for the right person

Networking: Koorie Liaison Officer at TAFE Gippsland, Morwell, Ricky Menthapresented at the GippslandJobs andCareersFair

By STEFAN BRADLEY

MORE than 500 job seekers -orthose with career curiosities -showed up for aJobs and Careers Fair last month, speaking with potential future employers from Gippsland.

Students from Years 9all the way to Year 12 were both daunted by their potential futures, while at the same time armed with informed questions with the employers running booths.

With job hunting on Seek and Indeed the equivalent of searching for aneedle in ahaystack, the opportunity for job seekers to mingle with local employers was agreat opportunity for anyone of any age to check out the displays.

Caitlyn Guppy from Workforce Australia said the event aimed to promote local opportunities for the community.

“So, whether that be acareer or alocal job or advertisingfor alocal business,it's justreally

about connecting the community to what we have available.

“It’s areally great event for the community and we wanttokeep it going,” she said of the event, which was this year, held in Sale.

Darren Biggs, also from Workforce Australia, saidmorethan 1000 textmessages were sent to unemployedpeopleinthe area in the hopemany of them attended.

“We expect we’llget athird, maybe acouple of hundredofthose turn up and they’ll walk around and talk to people,” he said.

Mr Biggs said there had been adownturn in retail in country areas and a“whole lot of empty shops”.

Year 10 student Malachi from YarramSecondary College told the Express his main area of interest was graphic design.

“I really like all the design stuff, especially the marketing. Ijust want to test different variants of graphic design,” Malachi said.

Zachiah Khan, marketing and recruitment at

Federation University, said it was wonderful having the high school students stop by.

“It’sgreat they can see what’s available in our local region. At the end of the day, you don’t know what we can’t see,” Ms Khan said.

Ms Khan said studentsasked her about nursing and other healthcare career paths.

“Weneed alot more peopleworkinginthosekey areas where there are (worker) shortages. So it’s wonderful to see that. And they’re asking questions about what they can go on to do once they finish high school,” Ms Khan said.

Ms Khan and the university wasn’t promoting any particularvacantjob,but the educational institutions likeFederation Universityand TAFE Gippsland played an important role in nurturing the careers of young Gippslanders, as well as older people making acareer change.

Part of the Federation University alumni herself, Ms Khan said the institution was “very much community”.

“So everybody knows you, you’re not competing with hundreds and hundreds of other students,” shesaid.

TAFE Gippsland Koorie Liaison Officer,Ricky Mentha saidhehad been speakingtostudents about their potential pathways after high school, which for some may include trades and/or TAFE.

“We’re about promoting young people to be the best of themselves. It’s areal privilege to be here and contributetothe beautifulcommunity of Gippsland,” he said.

Mr Mentha hoped the TAFE would be able to helpyoung people who may not have finished highschool and help them find their way into jobsand industries.Hehad aKoorie quiz at the display and hoped students would engage with Indigenous culture and recognise its contributions to Australian society.

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United effort by young, old in can drive

THE spirit of giving is alive and well at St Paul’s AnglicanGrammar School, where students recently rallied together with acan-do mindset to support the 2025 Rotary Club of Traralgon’s 'Give ADamn, Give ACan' appeal.

Collectively, the studentscollected more than 1500 cans to help support families in need throughout the community. Adding adash of excitement, educators included somegood-natured competition between classrooms to see who could bring in the most cans, all in the name of charity.

For over 30 years, the Give A Damn, Give A Can community food collection initiative run by the Rotary Club of Traralgon sees around 10,000 cans collected and donated to theStVincentdePaul Food Bank in Traralgon, where they are distributed to those who need it most.

Contributing to the community is just one way students are learning about compassion and generosity, proving that evensmall cans, can make abig difference.

Insights: Rochelle Reinhardtand HollyWilliamsonfromMarinus Link. Photographs: Stefan Bradley

Pair: Amanda Long from Latrobe Magnesium and Kate Villani from LatrobeRegional Health

Collective: St Paul’s Junior Schoolstudents with Traralgon Rotary representatives Photossupplied

One by one: St Paul’s Junior School students helpingloadthe trailer forGivea Damn, GiveaCan.

Significant: Member forNarracan, Wayne Farnhamvisited Trafalgar High School recently, and presented students with anew Victorian stateflag.School principal, BrettPeldow and captains Archie Fraser and Jessica Pettifer were on handtoreceivethe flag,and take Mr Farnham on aschooltour Photograph supplied

Pirate parade walks plank

STUDENTS at Morwell Central Primary School enjoyed afabulous Pirate Day organised by the Junior School Council.

Students came dressed in their best pirate outfits and participated in awhole school parade. This was followed by pirate-themed activities, such as making atreasurebox and treasure map and constructing an origami pirate ship and pirate hat.

Money raised on the day from gold coin donations went to the Kids’ Cancer Project to raise money for childhood brain cancer.

Shiver me timbers: Elektraand

Treasure: Callum holding arecently discoveredfor tune

Leap: Rosaleeduring thehurdles Photographs supplied

Awesome athletics

day held at Sacred Heart

ATHLETICS Day at Sacred Heart Primary School, Morwell was full of excitement, with studentsencouraging each other throughoutthe activities.

Students were all dressed in their house colours which were blue (Sebastian House), yellow (Francis), red (MacKillop) and green (Patrick). In the morning the juniors participated in relay races, hurdles, egg and spoon races and asackrace. After

recess the seniors participated in long jump, triple jump and the 100 metre sprint. Students also competed in a house relay and all winners were recognisedina presentation of the winning house.

Patrick House came first, followed by MacKillop, Sebastian and Francis. The schoolwishedtopay abig thank you to Ms Hobbs for preparing afabulous event with the sports captains from each house assisting.

JollyRoger: Pirate Laceyready for the high seas. Photographs supplied

Ah matey: Morwell Central Primar y School studentturned pirate, Summah. Ahoy: Montanah and herparrot.

Playing thepart: Oscarbeinga spookypirate.

Creative: Noah showedhis ar tistic side forPirateDay Best dressed: Themost mightypirates from Morwell Central Primar ySchool.

John having fun during PirateDay

Redrocket: Sacred Hear tPrimar y School, Morwell studentFrankie had ablast during aths day.

Set: Saxton, Brianna, Ronak and Sophie readytotakeoff

Trio: Rosalee, Alya and Fathima

Colour: Peyton andNyoakia were all smilesfor aths day.

SurgeinGippsland healthcareaspirants

FEDERATION University Australia is playing a vital role in strengthening Gippsland’s healthcare workforce, with recentstudent census data revealing asurge in enrolments across allied health courses.

The university’s Gippsland campusinChurchill has seen strong growth in student numbers across physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech pathology, reflectingbothindustry demand and student interest.

This year, 164 students are enrolledinthe Bachelor of Physiotherapy, up from 108 in 2023. Speech pathology enrolments have nearly doubled in the same period, from 101 to 198, while Occupational Therapy numbers have grown from 76 to 91.

This growthispartofFederation University’s broader commitment to buildinga sustainable, local healthcare workforce and addressing critical skill shortages in the region.

The university’s education-to-employment pipeline is designed to support key industries including healthcare,agedcare, engineering, agriculture, construction, and education.

The Bachelor of Physiotherapy, launched in 2021 with supportfrom the stategovernment, was developed in response to the 2019 Gippsland Future Health and Community Services Workforce report, which projected asignificant increase in demand for physiotherapists in the region.

In 2025,the first cohort of 22 locally trained physiotherapy graduates entered the workforce, with nearly all securing job offers before completing their studies.

Among the new students dra wn to the Gippsland campus is Darcy Giddings, afirst-year

Physiotherapy student and recipientofFederation’s 2025 Elite Athlete Scholarship.

Darcy, whorepresented Australiaatthe U20 World Championships in discuss last year, chooses to travel more than 2.5 hours each way,twicea week, from GeelongtoGippsland for the quality and reputation of Federation’s physio program.

“Being involved in sport, I’ve always been focussed on how Ican better my performanceand maintain optimalhealth to work towards my goals,” he said.

“I found myself asking questions about how to improve my physical capabilities and felt studying physiotherapy couldhelp answer thosequestions.

“It’s acareer path that Ifeel passionate about and offers financial stability. The variety in physiotherapy excites me; every day can be different, which keeps things fresh and rewarding.”

FederationUniversity’s impact on the health sector extends across regional, rural and metropolitan Victoria,with strong partnerships with key health providers such as Latrobe Regional Health, West Gippsland Health Serviceand Bass Coast Health.

These collaborations ensure Gippsland communities benefit directly from agrowing, skilled and locally trained healthcare workforce.

Com muni ty he alth needs are also dri vin g Federation’s innovation. With wait times for some publicallied health servicesinGippsland exceeding eight months, such gaps in service availability has drivenFederation University to developinnovative, community-focused solutions that expand access and reduce delays in care.

ProfessorRemco Polman, Federation University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research,and Executive Dean, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, highlighted the urgent need for more allied health professional in the region.

“Gippsland has asignificantshortage of allied healthworkersand an agingallied healthworkforce which resultsinreduced access, long waiting times and unsafe work environmentsimpacting the care and wellbeing of its population," he said

"Per capita, Gippslandhas the fewest health professionals compared to the rest of Australia.

“At Federation University, we are committed to keep pace with the growing demand for healthcare professionalsbyeducating futurephysiotherapists, occupationaltherapists, speech pathologists, psychologists and nurses locally.

"We provide first class facilities and educational experiences which will help to build the local allied health workforce.”

In addition to on-campus learning, Federation is expanding access to its Physiotherapy Virtual Care Clinic (FPVCC)which providesfreetelehealth services to people living with chronic musculoskeletal, neurological or cardiorespiratory conditions.

Sincelaunching in August 2023, the clinic has delivered more than 1500 consultations and supported44students in gaining real-world experience under the supervision of experienced clinicians.

To further improveaccess, the university has launched satellite hubs across the Latrobe Valley thatprovideprivate spaces and technology for peoplewho cannot access telehealth at home. The first hub opened at Churchill Neighbourhood Centre, and asecond has now launchedatGippsland Multicultural Services (GMS) in Morwell.

These hubs are helping remove barriers to care, and support people living with chronic conditions, particularlyincommunities where access to healthcare can be limited.

Art allowing Jade to make tangible difference

IT’S no secret that art the world over is used as an outlet to express peoplesthoughts and feelings.

For proud Gunaikurnai woman Jade Hiskins, and Kurnai Young Parents Program(KYPP) 2024 graduate and mentoring initiative participant, this axiom holds especially true.

However,the 18-year-oldtook it onestepfurther, by channelling art to establish adeep connection with her lost family history.

“My family was part of the stolen generation, so ever since Iwas alittle kid my mum and my pop instilled in me to do artwork to feel moreconnected, becausewedon’t know who our family is and where our family comes from,” Jade, from Morwell, said.

“It’s always been adeep thing for me. When Ifeel sad or want to express how Ifeel, Ipaint anddraw.”

As Jade worked through art to process her emotions, she also discovered new ways to share her passion with the community around her.

Last year, Jade was encouraged by KYPP leader and teacher Ang Bolding to run aNAIDOCWeek art class for her fellow KYPP peers.

Despite recovering from the birth of her child Ace, Jadeleaptatthe opportunitytorun theclass, saying she was more than happy to run afun session for other young parents.

However, something unexpected happened.

“[Youthadvocacyservice] YSAS came in while Iwas teaching the NAIDOC Week art class, and then Igot bombarded with aquestion of if Iwould do adesign for them,” Jade said.

“Everyone was like, ‘do it!’.”

So,despite her nerves, Jade rose to the challenge.

She buckled down and followingextensive research, settled on adesign that reflected the vision and purpose of YSAS.

The artwork featured handsdepicting YSAS workers guiding young people, all connected via lines reflecting the “ups and downs” of the lives

these young people endure.

At the centre of the design, bringingitall together, are circles representing the meeting place where people “are helping one another”.

The design now features on the uniforms worn by YSAS employees.

“I never thought that would ever have happened

Ang wants me to run more classes next NAIDOC Week,” Jade said.

The interest has not stopped there, with another local organisation securingJade’screative services for aspecial NAIDOC Week art piece.

With moredoors now opening to exciting new arts ventures and through the confidence gained from thementoring initiative, the KYPP graduate is determined to use the opportunity to inspire other young First Nations people.

“A lot of the boys that Iwent to school with, who are Aboriginal, got kickedout becauseoftheir anger, so when Igraduated,Ididn’tonly graduate formyson,but Igraduated for them,” Jade said. “Many of us get put back because of what people think of us -wetakeittoheart.

“I would like to show them that despite people’s opinions of us,you can actuallyachievesomething.”

Jadeiscurrentlyparticipating in the KYPP mentoring initiative. The initiative is delivered in partnership by Kindred SpiritsEnterprises and Kids First Australia, with supportfromLatrobe Health Assembly.

This year’s NationalNAIDOCWeek takes place from July 6to13, and marks 50 years of the weeklong celebrations. This year’s theme -The Next Generation: Strength, Vision, Legacy, celebrates achievements of the pastand the bright future ahead.

Students with stroke of genius recognised

teachersSam Reid and MichaelWardleatthe Master PaintersAssociationVictoria Awards forExcellence Photograph supplied

TAFE Gippsland celebrated the outstanding achievements of four Painting and Decorating apprentices, who were recognised at the 2025 Master Painters Association of Victoria/Tasmania (MPAV) Awards for Excellence.

The annual event, attended by more than 350 industry professionals at theRACV City Club, highlighted excellence across the paintingand decorating trade.

TAFE Gippsland stood out as aleader in developing skilled, job-ready apprentices.

Four of the institute’s apprentices were recognised for their talent, dedication and high-quality workmanship:

Traralgon's Leni Gliponeo was crowned winner of the second year apprentice of the year.

Ms Gliponeo works forSteveShaw underShaw's Painting, Traralgon.

Phoenix McMaster of Warragul also won first year apprentice of the year.

Otherlocals to achieve highly were Leongatha pair Tegan Wilson, who was runner-up first year apprentice, and Callum Buckland (runner-up third year apprentice).

Ms Wilson and Ms Gliponeo began their

journey through TAFE Gippsland’s Certificate II in Construction (Pre-Apprenticeship) program, highlighting the important role foundational training plays in setting students up for long-term success.

Marcus Luscombe of Vivid Coats Painting Leongatha not only employs Ms Wilson, but personally nominated her for the award, demonstrating the high regard in which employers holdTAFE Gippsland’s apprenticeship training.

TAFE Gippsland’s Head of Department for Emerging Trades&Industries, Alex Terranova, said the awards highlightthe institute’s strong focus on student achievement and meaningful industry engagement.

“These results are atrue reflection of the dedication and talent of our apprentices, the strength of the department’s partnerships with local employers and the exceptional work of our painting and decorating teaching team Davin Nicholas, Mick Wardle and Sam Reid,” he said.

“We’re incredibly proud to be shaping the next generation of skilled tradespeople right here in Gippsland.”

Well travelled: DarcyGiddings,who drives from Geelong to studyinGippsland, is building toward acareerinphysiotherapy.

Photograph supplied

Connection: Gunaikurnai woman Jade Hiskins (holdingchildAce), has used herartisticskillsto makeapositive difference,thanks to encouragementfromKurnai Young ParentsProgramleader Ang Bolding (right). Photograph supplied

Congratulations: TAFE Gippsland apprentice paintersCallum Buckland,Phoenix McCallister, Leni Gliponeo and TeganWilson, flanked by

Think ahead forLatrobe Valley jobs

DURING my baby boomer childhood on the farm, the cooler months were when we had aburn off.

The year’s woody waste (and often abit of accumulated rubbish) would be set alight in what was then called abonfire. It was part of rural culture at the time.

These days, the old habit persists, even though atmospheric physics tells us that it’s not the most efficient way to dispose of woody waste.

Burning waste wood just to get rid of it is putting yet moreCO2 into the atmosphere for no good reason. There are far better ways to get rid of this waste.

The process of pyrolysis is not complicated -you put chopped up woody material into alarge steel container and heat it. The process produces auseful fuel gasand leaves granules of charcoal. If the charcoal (almost pure carbon) is buried, it will remain in the soil for hundreds, even thousands of years. It is oneofnature’swaysofdoingatmospheric carbon capture and storage.

Burying charcoal improves the productivity of many agricultural soils. It improves drainage and waterretention. The charcoal holds crop nutrients and helps balance the soil to improve plantgrowth Here in the Latrobe Valley, we have farmland thatneeds to be improved. We have businesses and expertise in industrial fabrication and plant operation. We have forestry related trucking and processing capacity. We have an existing fleet of wood chipper trucks.

We need to be thinking ahead about Latrobe Valley jobs. Afeasibility study and pilot plant to better usethe thousands of tonnesoftimberwaste we currently “sendupinsmoke” everyyear would be agood start.

Neil Hauxwell Moe

I'm an electric car

ELECTRIC vehicles are the future of motoring. Theyare cheap to run,and can be charged at home or at acommercial charger; either way it’s cheaperthan Australia’s fullyimported petrol and diesel. These fossil fuelsare responsible for air pollution creating health hazards, especially for children. EVs do not pollute the environment with emissions or engine noise.

Thecost of EVs is roughly equivalenttointernal combustion cars and the variety of EV models is increasing rapidly to caterfor all tastes and needs Range anxiety is areal concern for country drivers, due to slow increase of availablechargers.

Latrobe CityCouncil has justapproved apolicy to enable operators to install chargers on council land under full commercial leases. It’s astart,solets hope that some operators will find this appealing. EV chargers encourage visitors to stay and spend as their cars charge up.

The total lackoffast chargers in Morwell is embarrassing.

Visitors attendingcouncil headquarters, court complex, Latrobe Regional Galley or businesses are unable to quickly recharge e.g. attendees at the Erin Patterson trial including world media.

The nearest fast charger is at Yallourn Power Station. Many EV drivers are most grateful to EnergyAustralia for providingthis valuable public service, myself included.

Lorraine Bull

Warragul

Up to code

LATROBE City residents often hear on Gippsland FM, one of theirextreme political voices, Ms Taylah Ling attacking the Code of Conduct process that was used to judgeifLatrobe Citycouncillors engaged in misconduct.

Ms Ling never mentions the Code of Conduct system was availablefor privatecitizens to seek justice in cases of them being affected by councillor misconduct.

She constantly impliesonGippsland FM radio that one single councillor, current Morwell River Ward Councillor, Cr Tracie Lund, started the case against former councillor Melissa Ferguson, but she never mentions it takes avote of amajority of the council.

There is an alternativeprocess to councils managing their own affairs in these matters, as citizens andcouncillorscan complain to the Officeofthe Local Government Inspector, headed by aformer war crimes investigator from the international Court of Justice at the Haque.

Unlike the publicly initiated councillor Code of Conduct system, the Local GovernmentInspector’s work is done out of sight of the public.

At this moment,wemight have acouncillorcalled

Councillor Xwho has been dealt with for corruption and the fileisnow closed by the Local Government Inspector, but we the public will not know.

Ms Ling thinks the public are fools and omits in her Gippsland FM rants thatduring last year's Latrobe City Council election, her target Cr Lund was elected against two opponents on first preference votes, but Cr Fergusson, who she supports, was put to the sword by the voters.

Like the jury system, the public has an uncanny ability to see through things fringe political agitators on FM radio miss.

It is time for Taylah Ling and the enabling bosses at Gippsland FM to stop this campaign against transparency in local government and adopt a new GippslandFMstationmotto of: “Do no harm.”

Phillip Edwards

Hazelwood South

Wetlettuce diplomacy

LETTUCE growers across Victoria have been double blessed by recent rain and ahuge order for wet lettuce leaves by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs.

Yet, in amove that delighted our localsalad industry, Penny Wong reached for the double Cos-Leaf to slap Israel's main genocidal provocateurs. Several other countries alsojoined in the fraywithalfalfa andmungbean sprouts being lavishly lobbed in adisplay of diplomatic rhetoric that has stunned the world.New Zealand's foreign minister, Winston Peters chimed in with an offer of abasketofsoft kiwi fruit, but this was decided to be an over-reaction, and after all, Israel's right to defend itself even to the point of genocide had to still be acknowledged.

Abewildered public watching from the side lines were notably puzzled by this display of diplomatic outburst.

"Am Itounderstand that Israel's most extreme genocidal MPs are being sanctioned for saying exactly what Israel is doing, but Israelitselfwho are actually doingthese things are notbeing sanctioned at all?" one confused passer-by asked.

Yet,before this question could evenbeanswered, aloud thundering voice from the US was heard condemning the excessive use of salad ingredients to attack Israel's sense of impunity.

"Clean up this mess", roared an angry Marco Rubio.

The recalcitrant western foreign ministers were marched into the classroom and were last seen writing: "You don't make friends with salad" on an oldfashioned black chalkboard in aslightlydated, yet nostalgic nod to amemorable Simpson’s episode.

As to whathappened to the basket of slightlysoft kiwifruit,wehave reason to believe theywere sent to Israel with an apology note.

Spokesperson for the Australian lettuce growers association was quoted as saying, "well at least the prospect of more rain is still looking good".

Gordon Rouse Yinnar South

Interest free

MR John Duck ('Interestfree', LatrobeValley ExpressOpinion, 11/06), your repetitive and obsessive derision toward my comments on independents in the recent federal election may best be summed up in this famous quotation from OscarWilde: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, that mediocrity can pay to greatness". As for your scepticism regarding my contribution to Coalition success in the 1999 Republic Referendum, 2010 Victorian state election, 2019 federal election and the 2023 'No Case against the Voice Referendum', Istill have thedocumentsthat were published in more than 70 local,state and national newspapersand magazines that made the aforementioned success possible.

Mr Duck, Icould equally have mentionedthe 2013 federal election won by Tony Abbott AC, where the Coalition achieved athumping 90 seat win with a35seat majority. The distinctionbetween the former and latter contested elections was that Mr Abbott was always going to win, whilst the others had to be won!

Mr Crane, thank you for the suggestion of an onair debate on Gippsland FM about The Australian Constitution ('Independent definition', 11/06).

However Imust respectfullydeclinethe offer at thistime. Principally as the subject matter may havemore gravitas, if andwhen Labor were to push for another Republic Referendum in the future.

Mr OliverBergenand Ms Patricia Correa, thank you both for your kind words and appreciative sentiments('Herewegoagain' and 'Not in the league', 11/06).

Thomas Quinn

Moe

Argument proven

INOTE that arecently formed group headed by the Hon Lisa Neville and called the 'Great Outdoors Taskforce' has overthe past year engaged with 185 stakeholder groups and organisations at May8, 2025had informed nine recommendationsonforest management to be submitted to the Minister for the Environment.

Of the nine recommendations being submitted, one that Icannot agree with is to close legislative loopholes that could enable the return of 'Native Timber Harvesting in Victoria'.

This subject had not been thought through.

Anybody with any bush knowledge knows that in East Gippsland in many areas after events such as the 1920/21 fires that the regeneration of some eucalyptspecies such as silvertop will dominate and grow so thickly as to choke out all other tree speciesand interspersed with scrub will provide fuel forfires far worse than those already seen.

For the future health and safetyofthe forest it will be necessary to "thin out" these dominant saplings and young trees.

To do this it will be necessarytoengage commercial timber men to do the necessary thinning work and the sensiblethingwould be to salvage for commercial use the thinnings and timber removed rather than leave it to burn and create more hotter fires in the future.

Ihave never agreed with clear-fell logging, but somemanagementinour forests is needed and some commercialisation is needed to pay for that necessary work.

Management of these present day forests is an obligation on us ass these forests only evolved with "white man".

In 1788thesepresent day type forests were simply not here. Instead, there was open grassy country with scattered large trees. Maintained in that state by regular fires. This can be confirmed by reading AW Howitt's writings.

Howitt, arguably one of Australia's best educated and observant bushmen of the day, agreed that in putting outthe regularfires,weare only saving thefuelupfor hotter future fires.

This argument has certainly been proven.

John Mulligan Bairnsdale

RIP Latrobe Valley

IT is indeedironic thatthe former Hazelwood Power Station once stood on land right next to Hazelwood Cemetery.

Imention this because, unlike the buried dead in the Hazelwood Cemetery, the deathofHazelwood Power Stationdid noteven get afuneral

Nor did it get aheadstone or some kind of marker to tell it even existed at all. Just an empty, weedchoked patch of grass is all that remains.

If it had amarkerorsome kind of memorial, it would read as follows: "Here lies the site of the former Hazelwood Power Station. It was born in 1962 and decommissioned (died) in 2017 by order of VictorianPremier, Daniel Andrews from his Spring Street office".

PremierAndrewsdesignated thatthe Latrobe Valley would become atransition zone for the expansionofrenewables, and that coal would be gradually phasedout of existence. However, in truth, the so-called 'Transition Plan' for a renewables future is, in reality, adeath warrant.

The death of business, the death of industry, the death of jobs, the death of prosperity, the death of hopes and dreams of tens of thousands of people who live or work in the Latrobe Valley.

In fact, adeath no less lifeless than those buried in the Hazelwood Cemetery.

Joseph Lis Morwell

Tired subject

EVERYONE laments about climate change and that it is getting atired subject.

Ifeel there is amore important problem that we can eliminate right now, which is throwaway rubbish. Recently, while watching aTVprogram where waste was being buried in disused open mines, the area of waste was enormous -easily two city blocks.

There are planinprogress around Victoria for Waste to Energy, one being local at Maryvale, but thereisopposition. Will these protestors still be in opposition if the government starts to fill the open cut near Morwell and the Yallourn open cut with disposablewaste?

Mr Duck mentioned his CV ('Interest free', 11/06), Iwould love to read that some time.

Reading the letter by Samuel Cranewas very involved ('Independent definition', 11/06), section this and section that.Ashepointed out, Gough Whitlam changed the Constitution for the voting age from 21 to 18 with no referendum, (I doubt that an 18-year-oldwould know how to follow the howto-vote card). Now aLabor government is going to go ahead with aTreaty with no referendum again. Albaneseand Jacinta Allan are too scared to ask the people of Australia for their opinion.

Mr Crane, are you unhappywithour Constitution that you want adebate with Thomas Quinn?

Good to see Oliver Bergens back with us ('Here we go again', 11/06)fullofwit. Yes Oliver,those Laborite’s wereliving in another country,but they will soon find out this is not the land of milk and honey as they were told. No one will miss Adam Bandtand his little Green men/women. Who cares about Albo's wedding? Not me. He will probably strike apublic holiday, that is just what businesses need like ahole in the head.

Sinceour electricity bills have gone sky high, Chris Bowen has faded into the shadows.Albanese did not bring him out during the election, which was verynoticeable to some Patricia Correa

Traralgon

Hope beyond hopelessness

WARNING: the following letter contains details some readers may find disturbing. IFEEL moved to write this as avictim -avictim of alackofcommunication.

Let me explain: the absolute tragic number of people taking their own lives.

My ownpersonalexperience is averycommon one in today's far more lazy society speeding up with instant news and the powers of the internet. Ihad this blackness in my life which Ikept inside, never spoke of it, went so far as having arope in the shed and measured the necessary drop, all of this undercover.

Ieven composed arequiem and leftitinadrawer. Neither my wife or children had any inkling of my problem.

You might ask why the plan never came to pass. Ispent six months withapsychologist,but when Idecided to speak with friendsand associates, I found the more ordinary news of the conversation was far better than reaching from the psychologist textbook.

Friends tellingyou their and you tellingthem your own problems was my real saving grace.

Name withheld

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COMMENT

BY ANTHONY WASIUKIEWICZ

LET me share with you astory.

In recent times the federal government funded improvement works on Purvis Road, Yallourn North following afatality afew years ago. This included improved heavy-duty and reflective line marking,new and more reflectors,and lowering of the speedlimit. This was afterrumble strips had been added to the centre line previously. Following the completed works, Latrobe City Council undertook further improvements including patching of potholes -ripping up the recentworks, resurfacingdirectly overalong distance of everything including the rumble strips, proceeding to replace the reflectorsagainand then repainted the lines with generic road paint. Currently, contractors are now busy grading and clearing the road verges and laying fresh gravel screenings –the heavy machinery digging at the road surface evidently.

All of this has happened over aperiod of about six months.

I’m not aplumber, but Iknowthat water doesn’t traveluphill, in the same way one doesn’t have to be aroad engineer to know that these works, involving differingtiers of government, have been done arse about.

Now Iamwilling to cut said parties some slack, as since COVID, every element of civil and other construction has been fraught with delays and backlogs. So I’mnot surprised that scheduling and budgets would have been aproblem in this instance, and I’ve personally had enough experience to know that sometimes things have to be doneinalessthan idealorder to achieve aforward and final result. It just happens.

But in saying that, it proves as an apt example

of what not to strive towards,and where we as aregion should be focusing our energy on: the foundations of civil service –rates, roads, rubbish and reserves, improving implementation, efficiency and streamlining. Sure, Iknow the nuclear debate was exciting, and all and sundry have their opinion on what shouldbedone, but in the end, it’s just been one massive distraction from all the niggling issues that plague us.

The region has been somewhat‘depressed’ compared to other regional areas since the privatisation of the SEC, and while allthe grand plans are worthy to work towards and discuss, it appears to me acase of decade after decade of aregion attempting to run before we can walk, consistently tripping over ourselves in the process.

We need to get back to the core tenants and foundational principles, and perfect them first before we get too excited once again on the next wild escapade that is sure to land in our laps.

Iknow thatsellingthe regionashaving the best roads, public facilities and toilets, parks and gardens, great signage and promotion, and other services might not sound as flashy as every other wild, idealistic, bright and shiny grand plan that has been touted to us over recent decades -from renewable energy,hydrogen,electric cars, nuclear and more -yet maybe it’sjust what we need.Maybe we just need to address the bog standard basics for achange.

Sure having the best roads, services and facilities in Victoria or the country might not make agreat glossybrochureorprettyorpolitical Facebook photo opportunities, but given nothing elseseems to have worked well, why don’t we just give something new ago?

About the author: Anthony Wasiukiewicz is a Yallourn North resident.

Misguided optimism

COMMENT

BY DANCAFFREY

IWOULD like to make afew comments on the letter from pro-nuclear schoolboy activist Will Shackelinthe Express ('Nuclear marathon', 04/06).

His contentionthat Australia is being left behind in not having nuclear power stations is irrelevant.

Australia has an endlesssupply of sun and large tracts of land and sea for wind power and does not need nuclear.

Australia, in many respects, is leading the world in deploying renewables and storage technologies, with SA about to become 100 per cent net renewable in 2027.

Mr Shackel is basing his optimismfor nuclear on the fact President Trump has signed an executive order for 10 new nuclear power stations to begin construction by 2030, sparking as he puts it a“renaissance for nuclear in the USA”.

The truthisthat,before that,therewere absolutely no plans for private enterprise to build any new nuclear power stations in the USA in the future, because they were too expensive. This is apart fromanexperimental sodium cooled reactor fundedbyBillGates and Warren Buffett.

The renaissance has simply come about from the signature of aman notnoted for sane decision-making as evidencedbyhis increasingly megalomaniacal behaviours in regards to climate, environmental safeguards, tariffs and deploying marines into civil unrestcausing peaceful protests to escalate to violence.

Mr Shackel should also realise that the pronuclear movement in Australia has been almost wholly funded by the coal lobbyasevidenced in aParliamentary enquiry wherea“Visiting Fellow” of the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) and pro-nuclear advocate Prof Stephen Wilson was quoted as thanking Nick Jorss for bringing coal industry donors together to fund groups like Mr Shackel's Nuclear for Australia.

Nick Jorss is the executive chairman of Bowen Coking Coal Pty Ltd in Queensland. He is also the founder of pro-coal lobby group Coal Australia. So why is the coal industry pushing nuclear? Simple reason is that nuclear will take at least

20 years beforeitcould startdelivering any sort of baseload, and with Coalition governments discouraging wind and solar developments in QLD and federally(threat averted for now), then coal-fired electricity would have to remain in the mixfor another20years to coverthe supply shortfall

Mr Shackel needs to look at the scientific facts from AEMO, CSIRO and other principled scientific and accounting organisations like Lazards and face the truth that Gen Cost reports consistently state that afullybacked-up renewable energy grid with storage would cost about $80/ MWh as opposed to alargely nuclear-powered grid costing around $250/MWh.

And renewables do notneed any cooling water in droughts or rainy times.

About the author: Dan Caffrey is aTraralgon residen ta nd president of Latrobe Valley Sustainability Group.

Paramedics workshop in Traralgon

AMBULANCE Victoria’s(AV) recent Gippsland Community Forum was asuccess, providinga valuableopportunity for Gippsland locals to share their thoughts and ideas with AV representatives abouthow the organisationcan continuetoprovide best care to the region.

Held at the Traralgon Golf Club, the event was attended by local representatives from health and communityorganisations, as well as members of the AV board, executive and community advisory committee and operational staff.

“With 86 participants in attendance, the forum offered awelcoming and inclusive space for all community members to hear about AV’s strategic direction, share their lived experiences, and contribute to shaping the future of ambulance care in Gippsland,” Gippsland Regional Director, Ross Salathiel said.

“The forum identified anumberoffocus areas for the region and we are now developing atailored actionplan to addressthese themes and drive meaningful improvements.”

The key focus areasincluded strengthening relationships and coordination with localemergency andhealth services and community groups; building trust throughtransparentcommunication and responsiveness; prioritising equity and inclusion; and enhancing preparedness for disasters, ageing populations and infrastructure challenges.

“It was inspiring to connect with so many passionate Gippsland community members committed to making adifference,” Mr Salathiel said.

Another key themethatemerged fromthe forum was the need to continue strengthening community education on when to call an ambulance and promoting alternativecare pathwaysfor non-emergencies.

“There are several options available to all Victorians if you need timely medical care and health advice, but it’s not alife-threatening emergency,” Mr Salathiel said.

“By accessing these services when appropriate, rather than calling Triple Zero (000), youhelpsave

ambulances for the most serious emergencies.”

For non-life-threatening emergencies, consider:

The Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED)– 24/7telehealth accesstoemergency doctors and nurses. Urgent Care Clinics –GP-led care for urgent but non-emergency issues. NURSEON-CALL –afree 24/7 advice from aregistered nurse on 1300 606 024, or visiting your local GP or pharmacist.

The Gippsland forumwas the first in anew series of community forums being rolled out across regional Victoria, designed to ensure the unique perspectives, priorities and needs of local communities are heard, understood and reflected in the care AV provides.

 ELSEWHERE, Ambulance Victoria inquiry hearings were heard last Friday (June 13).

The Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee held the hearing as part of its inquiry into issues impacting the management and functions of Ambulance Victoria.

Walhalla heyday,stories from the rich goldfields

IN late December 1862, Edward Stringer and three companions found alluvial gold along the creek now named after him.

FromDonnelly’s, they had madeadifficult and rewarding journey alongthe lowerreaches of Aberfeldy and for some miles down the Thomson.

On the way back they probed asmall stream that flowed into the east bank of the Thomson throughanarrow, densely timbered, boulderstrewn ravine. Two miles upstream, where the valley turned sharplytothe north, and widened sufficiently for the creek to meander from side to side, and just below the confluenceoftwo smaller streams that formed the main creek, their labours were rewarded.

Payable gold was panned from several patches and by January 16, Stringer had made his way back to Fulton’s Creek and on the Bald Hills by way of McEvoy’s track to register aprospecting claim.

Afortnightlater,whenthe discovery was announced in the Gippsland Times at Sale, the first rush to “Stringer’s” or “Stringer’s Creek” had already begun.

Curious to learn more? Step into the legacy of Australia’sgold rush and experience the town where history still echoes through the hills. Visit: www.walhallaboard.org.au to find out more.

This passage is an excerpt from the Walhalla Heyday by G.F James and C.G Lee.

First published in 1970, this book has been in production for more than 50 years.

Copies are available for purchase at the WalhallaOld Post&TelegraphMuseum and Walhalla Corner Store.

Otherthingshappeningintowninclude the Walhalla Wednesday Wanderings with the Walhalla Heritage &Development League.

Tours are being held on Wednesdays in between train and mine tours.For more information,call 5165 6250 to book your tour.

The Walhalla Old Post &Telegraph Museum is also open from 10am to 4pm on weekends, public holidays and school holidays.

Learn about all that Walhalla has to offer at: www.visitwalhalla.com

Representatives of the United Firefighters Union, The Police Association Victoria,the Allianceof Rural &Regional Community Health, the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Victorian Ambulance Union appeared.

The Committee alsoheard from the Victorian Equal Opportunity &Human Rights Commission, Victoria University and Professor Peter Cameron, Director of The Alfred Emergency Academic Centre and Professor of Emergency Health Services Research at Monash University.

The Committee will inquire into issues involved withcall taking,dispatch, ambulance ramping, working conditions and workloads of paramedics, procurement practices, allegationsoffraud and embezzlement, governanceand accountabilityand the workplace culture within Ambulance Victoria.

The Committee has already held an in-camera hearing to protect the identity of witnesses who provided sensitive information.

Emergency markers installed

IDENTIFYINGthe location of an emergency 000 call is the first and most critical element in the delivery of timely and accurate emergency response services to Victorians.

Emergency Services ability to direct an emergency response team to aprecise emergencycallers’ locationiscritical. Emergency Markers enable the Triple Zero Call taker to immediately and accuratelyverify the location of an emergency 000 call in apublic open space Mathison Park Churchill Committee of Management, with financialassistance from LatrobeCityCouncil, have installed 17 such Emergency Markers around the almost 40ha site. These are located at regular intervals along the pathways and near facilities.

If you are visiting MathisonPark and see or are involved in such an emergency, you can phone 000 and quote the nearest marker number.

Emergency Markers are easily identified by the white lettering on agreen background.

AllEmergency Markers will have aunique alpha numeric code, and at Mathison Park this will be MPK with athree-digit number, e.g. MPK010.

Keeping the community safe while visiting the park is akey objective of the Mathison Park Committee of Management and Latrobe City, but in the event that visitors face alife threatening event or medical emergency, then providing fast emergency response is an important addition to the park's resources.

So when next visiting the park, keep your eye out for these markers and become familiar with their location. They are easy to spot and are located within one to two metres from the pathways. If you haven’t visited the park before or not for awhile,come for avisit and see some of the wonderful walks and facilities. And stay tuned, there is tipped to be some major upgrades and new facilities coming soon.

Collab: Theforum provided an ideal space forideas sharing

The committee wished to thank Latrobe City for the grant that made this important project possible, and their continued support to make this agreat park to visit.

Gathered: Ambulance Victoria’sGippsland forum, heldatTraralgon Golf Club, welcomeda strong turnout.

Photographs supplied

Attentive: Local paramedic DannyAnderson jots down key notes at theforum.

Grandparentsday at St Paul’s

ST PAUL’S Anglican Grammar School

Junior School students soaked up the sunshine and stories as generations gathered for Grandparents and Special Friends Day.

The campus was abuzz with excitement and happiness as the young guided the young at heart through the school grounds.

Between classroom adventures, musical performances, campus strolls and asunny picnic, it was aperfect blend of young energy and timeless wisdom shining bright together -atrue celebration of community across generations.

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EnergyAustralia Yallourn Pty Ltd Draft Declared Mine Rehabilitation Plan (DMRP)

MineralResources (Sustainable Development) Act1990 (Vic), EnergyAustralia Yallourn Pty Ltd in accordance with regulation 64H of theMineral Resources (Sustainable Development) (Mineral Industries) Regulations 2019 (Vic).

EnergyAustralia Yallourn Pty Ltd (ABN47065 325224) is thelicensee of MIN5003 (5,173 ha); MIN5216 (152 ha); andMIN5304 (83 ha)collectively known as the Yallourn Mine.

The Yallourn Mine provides coal to the Yallourn PowerStation whichwill close in mid2028. The Draft DMRP provides detail on the licensee’s vision to transform the Yallourn site into alandscape that enables ongoing prosperity and amenity for all. One thatis an example of what can be achieved when business, government, communities, and custodians of the land work together

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BOWDEN Dawn Michelle 3/6/2025

Much loved daughter-in-law of Faye and Stan, sisterin-law of Ian and Meredith, aunty to Ashley and Jannette, Jake and Sarah and great aunt to Chelsey and Allira. The unexpected loss of Dawn has left agaping hole in all our lives. She will be greatly missed

HANSCH Max Suddenly on 6June 2025. Aw onderful partner whom Iloved, is sleeping peacefully in God's care above. For others he lived not for what he could get, but for what he could give.

Deaths •

ANFRIED (nee Wilkes)Joan

Passed away peacefully aged 83 years. Loving wife of Gerhard. Loving mother of Barry, Lucy (dec.), Rita and Rebecca. Nanny of eleven grandchildren and fifteen greatgrandchildren. Resting peacefully in God's care

ANFRIED Joan With tears Iwatched you suffer, and watched you fade away, you fought so hard to stay, but God saw you weary, and did what he fought best, he gently took you in his arms, and whispered come and rest. Always in my heart. Iwill always love you, Mum. Resting peacefullyin God's garden. Your loving daughter, Rita.

ANFRIED Joan Adear friend never to be forgotten. Your pleasures were simple to me. You were someone special, someone loving and true. You will always be remembered because I thought the world of you. My deepest sympathy to Jerry, Rita, Rebekah and Barry. Always in my heart XX Grace.

BASTEN (Birrell)

Teresa Mary (Trish)

Passed away peacefully at Mitchell House aged care Morwell 12 June 2025. Aged 78 Years

Dearly loved wife of Hein (dec.).

Much loved mother of Michelle, mother-in-law of Bill, dearly loved Nanny of Laura and Ella and friend of Brendan.

Your life was our blessing, Your memory our treasure, Loved beyond words and missed beyond measure

BASTEN Trish

We extend our sympathy and love to Mich, Bill, Laura and Ella at Trish's passing into eternal life. Our sister-in-law suffered courageously throughout her protracted illness living out her days with faith and hope.

May She Rest In Peace Leo, Gerard and Eny, Lien and Peter, Joe, Anna and Mike, Liz, Maree, Peter and Thea, Tony and Julie, Connie and Russel and families.

BOND Neville Louis Born 09/12/1938 passed away peacefully 15/6/2025, aged 86 years. Loved and loving husband of Rhonda (dec.). Cherished father and fath er- in-l aw to Andrew and Ange, Ashley (dec.) and Julie and Jason and Jacq. Adored grandfathe rt oB randon, Nicholas, Caelum, Airlie, Anais, Lily and Maddison. "Always in our hearts." For Funeral information please visit our website at latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au

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BOND Neville Louis Toget her agai nw ith Rhonda. Dearly loved brother of Beverley, Janice, Merrilyn, Cheryl (dec.) and Noelene. Wonder ful mem orie s silently kept of our brother we'll never forget.

COOPER Robert John Passed away peacefully at The Alfred Hospital Prahran 7June 2025. Aged 74 Years

Dearly loved and loving husband of Erica. Much loved father of Mathew, and Shaun. Love db rot he ra nd brother-in-law of Lynette (dec.), Jennifer (dec.), Gwenda (dec.), Steve, Gary, Jeffrey (dec.), Colin, David, Geoff, Norman (dec.), Colin, Heather and Uncle Bob to their families.

Robert's funeral was held TUESDAY (17 June 2025).

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COOPER Robert Loved brother of Steve and Julie. Uncle of Mandy, Lee, Sarah and greatuncle of Ben and Lucy. Rest in peace, Bob. We will miss you.

GREENWOOD

John Lesley

Passed away peacefully at home aged 80 years.

Loving husband of Margaret. Loving dad and mate of Troy, Craig, Scott and Caroline. Adoring pop to Nicholas.

Friend of many Always with us, forever in our hearts

GUY Iris Irene

10 May 1939 -7 June 2025.

Aged 86 years It is with sadness and heavy heart that we, Ian, Christine and Neil, share the sudden passing of our mum, Iris Irene Guy. Aloving and devoted wife to husband Graeme Guy (dec.).

Avery loving nan to grandchil dren Timothy, Jacob, Georgi e, and Abbey, Rebekah and James, Daniel and Janelle. Loving great nan to great-grandson Mason. Your presence will be very much missed by us all in our daily lives.

You will always be remembered for your kindness and devotion to family and friends.

Love you lots always Rest in peace

HANSCH Maxwell (Max) George 16 August 1946 -6June 2025 Passed away after ashort illness aged 78 years. Partner of Jennifer. Father and father-in-law of Max and Naomi, David (Ro cky), Tany aa nd Brendan and Monica. Proud Poppa of Tyson, Jaxson, Beau, Thomas, Emily, Lachlan and Noah Proud Great Poppa of Oceanah. Loved andforever remembered.

God saw that you were weary and did what He thought best, He put His arms around you and said come and rest. Your pleasures were simple and no fuss. You gave love in the fulles t measure, care, devotion and memories to treasure. My memories of you will never fade. Iwish Icould turn around and find you standing there.

Dad, although our hearts are broken as you have left us so soon, we will hold onto all the special memories in our hearts forever. The most kindest, caring and generous person our lives have been better for having you in it. Love always, your daughter Tan ya and son -in -la w Brendan.

Poppa, we will miss you so much. We'll all miss your spontaneous visits, your stories and laughs, seeing you in the crowd at our sports and plays.

Pizza and fish and chip nights will never be the same without you. Love always, Thomas, Emily, Lachlan and Noah.

Dad, thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me the best 39 years of my life. When you passed away apart of me went with you. Iwill always remember my nickname you called me when Iwas little -'Pickini', because Iwas small. Dad, you will always be my world. Iwill miss you always and forever. Your daughter, Monica Lyn. Passed away in Moe, Victoria.

16/8/1946 -06/06/2025

Aged 78 years

Forever loved,never forgotten. My step-father has given me many loving memories and Icherished the 45 years of love and guidance he gave me.

Wayne ,K are n, Ky rra, Kayne and Darcy.

HANSCH Maxwell George Abrother and mentor. Memories of achildhood growing up in Korumburra, weekends were never dull. Although have aphysical disability he never let that stand in the way he carried himself throughout life. Acaring brother, father, grandfather and great grandfather. Sadly missed by all Rest In Peace

Until we meet again your brothers Stanley, Jeffrey and Wayne.

HANSCH Maxwell George Passed 6/6/2025. Loved brother-in-law of Therese. Loved uncle of Lisa, Jake, Kaye and their families. He will be missed

ISSELL Eileen Betty Born 19/6/1929. Passed away peacefully 12/6/2025. Aged 95 years. Much loved wife of Alan Charles Robert Issell (dec.). Mum to Victor and Leigh, Robert and Karen, Karen and Ed, Bruce and Kung, Glenda and Mark, Maree and David, Donna and Paul, Joe and Michelle and their families. Adored by her many grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Always gentle loving and kind, what lovely memories you have left behind, in God'scare you rest above, in our hearts you rest with love

ISSELL Eileen Betty The President, Committee, staff and members of the Morwell RSL Sub Branch are deeply saddened by the passing of their valued Life Term Affiliate member Eileen. Deepest heartfelt sympathy to all the family and friends.

LEST WE FORGET

KACZKOWSKI (nee Sliwinska) Celina 16/3/1929 -5/6/2025. Aged 96 years Born in Kazanow Nowy Poland to Zofia Stepien and Jan Sliwinski. Celina died at Bupa Aged Care Facility Traralgon and was buried on 13/6/2025 by her loving family in the Gipsland Memorial Park Traralgon Cemetery. Wife to Joseph (Joe dec.) (Jozef) for over 75 years. Mother to Krystyna (dec.) Christopher (Krzysztof), Andrew (Andrzej), Grazyna and Dianne. Mother-in-law to Irma, Patricia (Pat) and Shane Simic. Mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother. Sister of Genowefa (dec.) Stanislaw (dec.), Marian (dec.) and Tadeusz. Celina will be sadly missed by her family who will remember her for as long as we live. Celina migrated to Australia from Poland with her children Ch ri sto pher, Andrew and Grazyna who arrived in Melbourne on the migrant ship Galileo Galilei on the 24/9/1963 via train from Warsaw to Genoa Italy. Dianne was born in Morwell. The family was reunited with Joseph who arrived earlier on 24/9/1963 on board a BOAC flight from London. The family hopes Celina bridges time and space and be reunited with her beloved husband, mother, father, siblings and her beloved Poland. Ahard end to the hardest working woman. Our sincere gratitude to Latrobe Regional Health (Traralgon Hospital) and Bupa Aged Care Facility Traralgon for their excellent, patient and kind care of Celina for which we will always remain grateful. Do Widzenia Mama

KOS Gina Passed away peacefully 14 June, 2025 surrounded by loving family.

Aged 62 Years Partner of Andrew. Loving daughter of Steve (dec.) and Carmen. Sister of Stefica and Aunty of Tyler and Danielle and partners Rodney, Katie and Greg. Out of pain and atpeace

LEWIS Sheila (McDonald) It is with great sadness that the family of Sheila announce her passing on 9th June 2025. Dearly loved wife of Ben. Much loved Mother to Carol and Lynn. Gran of Todd and Laura; Nick and Cassie, and Tyler. Granny of Leni and Arie, Noah, Wren and Charlie, Ziggy and Sonny. Sheila's Funeral Service WAS held TUESDAY (17 June 2025) Forever in our hearts

LEWIS Sheila Adear friend to all at Monomeath. Condolences to Ben and family.

Rest in peace

MCCORMACK

Brian William Lewis

Passed away peacefully at home in Glengarry 9 June 2025 in the presence of his loving family. Aged 90 years

Dearly loved and loving husband of Pat for 63 years.

Much loved father and father-in-law of Trevor and Laura, Sheryle and Michael.

Ador ed granda dt o Matthew, Jeremy, Scott, Cayte, Chloe and his great-grand and greatgreat grandchildren.

Beloved husband of Pat for 63 years

You were tired and Icould see that. You held my hand as you slipped away peacefully. The love we shared for each other will stay with me forever.

Rest now you will always be with me.

Love Always Pat.

Dad, to see your smile and to just sit and talk for awhile, for just one more time for us to say our goodbyes.

Rest for now Dad. love

Tr evor and La ura, Matthew, Jeremy and Laura, Scott and Cindy, Cody, Stephen, Chloe and Glen, and all your grandchildren.

Dad, you had asmilefor everyone.

You had aheart of gold.

You have left us with beautiful memories that we always hold.

Rest easy now Dad as I know you were tired

All our love Sheryle, Michael, Cayte and Gavin

MCDONALD

Leslie Thomas (Les) Passed away peacefully, surrounded by his beautiful Patricia and loved ones, at Herita ge Manor, Morwell on 13 June, 2025.

Aged 88 years

Dearly loved and loving husband of Trish for 68 wonderful years. Much loved father of Diane, Sharron, Gary (dec.), Michelle and niece Maree. Loved father-in-law, Grandad/P ap, GreatGrandad and Great-Great Grandad.

Alaugh, asmile, achat or two, that's the waywe'll remember you. Reunited with Mac.

McGOWN (Warren) Beryl Marlene Passed away peacefully at O'Mara House Aged Care Traralgon June 13 2025.

Aged 80 Years

Dearly loved wife of Phillip (dec.) and partner of Dennis.

Much Loved mother and mother-in-law of Donna and Robert, Clinton, Mark and Caroline, Lyle and Skye.

Adored Nan of Benjamin, Mitchell, Brooke, Emily, Renae, Lachlan, Jaidyn, Shinae, Jake, Krystal, and Amber.

Great-Nan of Ace, Scarlet, Ryder, Ivy, Alaia, and Chase.

SAN Al Th ec om mitte ea nd members of the Moe /Newborough Keenagers Table Tennis Club are saddened by the passing of their long term member, Al. Deepest sympathy to his family and friends. He will be sadly missed

SPUNNER Vic 1943 -2025

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Victor Spunner, after aperiod of declining health at the age of 81. Devoted and loving husband to Sandra. Brother to Bruce. Proud father and fatherin-law to Kim, Justin, Wendy and Chloe. The special and caring granddad to Lily and Abigail.

Beverley Patricia

Passed away peacefully at The Alfred Hospital Prahran 10 June 2025. Aged 80 years

WILSON

21/1/1933

BASTEN Requiem Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Mrs Teresa (Trish) Basten will be offered at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Commercial Road Morwell Tuesday (24 June 2025) commencing at 11am. The Funeral will leave at the conclusion of Mass for the Yallourn Cemetery. Trish's service will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream, please visit: latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au and click on livestreaming. Private Family Burial.

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CONNOR AGraveside Service to celebrate the life of Kevin Connor will take place at the Nyora Cemetery on THURSDAY (19th June 2025) commencing at 1pm. Afte rwards, a Memorial Service will be held at the Loch Public Hall, commencing at 2pm.

GREENWOOD

Funeral Prayers for the late Mr John Greenwood will be offered at St Michaels Catholic Church, Church Street Traralgon THURSDAY (19 June 2025) commencing at 11am. At the conclusion, the Funeral will leave for the Tr aral gon Cemet ery Gippsland Memorial Park.

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Violet Isobel

-8/6/2025 Passed away peacefully. Private cremation

WILLIAMS (Tucker)

(Bev)

SPUNNER Victor Stanley (Vic)

Loved brother of Bruce and Darla, loved uncle to their girls and families. Rest in peace

GUY The Funeral of Mrs Iris Guy will be held at the Gippsland Memorial Park

Crematorium Chapel, Cemetery Drive Traralgon

WEDNESDAY (18 June 2025) commencing at 1pm. At the conclusion of the Service the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery, Gippsland Memorial Park. This service will be livestreamed. Please visit our website for details: latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au

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HANSCH

The funeral service for Mr. Maxwell Hansch will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 437A Princes Dr Morwell

MONDAY (23 June 2025) at 11am The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Yallourn Cemetery. Max's service will also be live streamed. To view the live stream please visit: latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au and click on livestreaming.

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ISSELL Arequiem mass for the late Mrs Eileen Issell will be offered at St Vincents Catholic Church, Barry Street Morwell Friday (20 June 2025) commencing at 11am. At the conclusion of mass, the funeral will leave for the Hazelwood Cemetery.

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KOS Prayers for the Repose of the Soul of Ms Gina Kos will be offered at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 262 Commercial Rd Morwell THURSDAY (19 June 20 25) commencing at 10.30am. At the conclusion of Prayers, the Funeral will leave for the Hazelwood Cemetery.

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LEECH The Funeral Service to celebrate the life of Joyce Leech will take place in the Rose Chapel at Gippsland Memorial Park Crematorium, Cemetery Dr, Traralgon THURSDAY (19th June 2025) commencing at 2pm.

MCCORMACK

The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Brian McCormack will be held at the Gippsland Memorial Park, Rose Chapel FRIDAY (20 June 2025) commencing at 1.30pm. Brian's service will also be livestreamed. To view the live stream please visit: latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au and click on livestreaming.

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MCDONALD The Graveside Funeral Service to celebrate the life of Mr Les McDonald, late of Traralgon and formerly of Garfield, will be held at the Bunyip Cem ete ry, Bun yipTonimbuk Rd, Bunyip on THURSDAY (19 June 2025) at

McGOWN

The funeral service for Beryl McGown will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy Traralgon THURSDAY (19 June 2025) commencing at 1.30pm. The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Gippsland Memorial Park Cemetery, Cemetery Drive Traralgon. Beryl's service will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream, please visit: latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au and click on livestreaming.

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MURPHY

You filled my life with sunshine, music, love and laughter. You made my heart smile and now everyday it cries for you. You rocked my world. You are &always will be my only love. Loving you Always. Your Judi Ann

GRINSTEAD-JONES Brent 6/12/1978 -17/6/2016

Nine long years have passed, and still, the heartache of missing you is with us every day. You brought so much laughter and happiness into our lives. Always in our hearts and thoughts. Love always, Mum and Dad.

KRAUSE Carl 5/1/1973 -20/6/2024

Miss you every day, my son. Iwill always love you. Mum XX

MURPHY Barbara 22/6/2002 Sadly missed In our hearts forever Tony and family.

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Dirtflies at races valleysport

MOTORSPORT

THE 2025 Penrite ProMX Championship, presented by AMX Superstores,hit thehalfway mark with achallenging Traralgon circuit last month, delivering plenty of pulsating racing across all classes. It was another rewarding day for theHonda Racing team, with Kyle Webster,Brodie Connolly,and KaydKingsford standing atopthe KawasakiMX1,Pirelli MX2, and MAXXIS MX3 divisions respectively. It didn't all go Honda's way though, as MonsterEnergy CDR Yamaha's Jed Beaton stopped Webster's run of moto wins, plus Mason Ezergailis put in aperfect day to take P1 in the KTM Group MX65 Futurescategory.

Kawaski MX1

THE chessmatch between rivals Jed Beaton and Kyle Webster took another dramatic turn, as the rivals split motowins and Webster took countback honours.

From the get-go, Boost Mobile Honda Racing's Webster looked intent on keeping his momentum rolling,eking outpoleinthe first qualifying session, then setting a wild, all-out lap to snatch the AMX Superstores Pole Shootout.

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ROSAYRO

The Funeral Service to celebrate the life of Doris Rosayro will take place in the Boyd Chapel at SpringvaleBotanical Cemetery, Princes Hwy, Springvale WEDNESDAY (25th June 2025) commencing at 11am. Doris will then be laid to rest within the cemetery. The chapel ceremony will be livestreamed. Please visit: harwoodfunerals.com.au for digital link.

SPUNNER The Funeral Service Mr Victor Spunner will held at Handley Anderson Chapel, Loch-WonthaggiR Wonthaggi on Monday June 2025) commencing at 11am. Aprivate family burial follow.

STELLINE, Joyce. 18/6/1983. Mum, Memories last forever, Always in our hearts. Years have passed remembered always. Love Tony and family. XXX

WILLIAMS (nee Leitch) Narelle Elizabeth 21/2-1978 -18/6/2015

Aged 37 years It is difficult to believe that 10 years has passed since you left us Nelly. Although life has gone on, the thought of you is never far away. There is always something there to remind us, in our homes, our memories and our hearts. Loved much, missed always Your friends, Kylie and Belinda XX

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Webster's1:29:301 lap-time was 1.27 seconds faster than Monster Energy CDRYamaha teammates Beaton and Maximus Purvis, while Shop Honda Racing's Wilson Todd clinched fourth-quickest from Nathan Crawford (KTM Racing Team). Beaton struck back and stopped Webster's run of victories by winning apulsating opening Kawasaki MX1 moto.

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The MonsterEnergy CDR Yamaha rider surged to thehole-shot and quickly established alead of more thanfive seconds as Websterdesperately scrambled his way to P2, then set off after Beaton, p[ushing for the entire race. Beaton refused to break and took athree-second win, with Purvis completing the podium spots. Crawford and Todd finished the moto fourth and fifth respectively. As the shadows lengthened, Websterscored the hole-shot from Beaton to take early charge in the final moto of the day.

Aflawless second MX2 moto saw Connollytakeanother convincing win.

The kiwi took the hole-shot and barely put afoot wrong as the ruts got deeper,finishing 11.3 seconds up the track from Dennis, who put in his best ride of the year.

LarwoodchasedDennis right to the chequered flag, while Kingsford regatheredfrom an early-moto fall to finish P4 and Ferguson P5.

After the racing was completed, an investigationsaw bothDennis and Larwood penalised three positions for jumping under yellow flag conditions in the second moto.

This promoted Kingsford to P2 and Ferguson to third for both the moto and the round.

As aresult, Connolly extended his MX2 points lead over Kingsford (192 points to 182), with Ferguson now a distant third (135).

Maxxis MX3

THERE was no stopping Pro Honda Racing'sKayd Kingsford in MAXXIS MX3, with the series leader dominating the day's proceedings.

The New South Welshman comfortably took pole position by 1.39 seconds during the morning's qualifyingsession, then put in a never-say-die performance to take the first moto win.

Monster Energy WBR Yamaha's Ky Woods grabbed the hole-shot and quickly built agap on the rest of the field, as Kingsford worked his way fromatop-five startinto P2,then steadily chipped away at Woods' lead.

With two laps to go, Kingsfordmade agreat pass through lapped trafficto take atwo-second win over Woods, with Jet Alsop (Honda) third.

KTM rider Seth Shackleton finishedadistant fourth after dicing with Jack Deveson (Husqvarna) for most of the race.

Adominant ride in mototwo saw Kingsford scoop aperfect 50 points from theday

The Honda rider hooked the holeshot and stormed to an 8.7-second win overAlsop, with MonsterEnergy WBRYamaha'sKoby Hantis putting his best ride of the year with aP3 result.

Woods recovered well from a P12 start to finish fourth, beating Shackleton to the checkers.

WILLIAMS

The gap expanded and contracted as the two rivals sparred around aheavilychopped-up track, with Webster ultimately taking the victory by 1.6 seconds, and securing the round win on countback.

For the round, Kingsford stood on top of the box, flanked by Alsop and Woods.

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Triumphrider Zachary Watson broke through for his first MX1 race podium with agreat performance, ahead of Crawford and Todd.

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For the round, Webster andBeaton collected 47 points,with Crawford third on the day.

In the championship standings, Kingsford now enjoys a32-point point buffer over Ky Woods (191 points to 159), with Alsop third (155).

After an immense day of racing, Beaton still retains his 13-point championship lead over Webster (160 points to 147 points), with Crawford third (129).

KTM Group MX65 Futures

Pirelli MX2

IT was aperfect day for young Mason Ezeregailis, who dominated every outingofthe first KTM Group MX64 Futures round of the 2025 season.

REIGNING Pirelli MX2 champion Brodie Connollywas at his devastating best around the soft, challenging Traralgon circuit, extending his points lead and remaining unbeaten allday.

After qualifying almost 2.5 seconds faster than the rest of the pack, the young Victorian wonbothMX65 motos to take aperfect 50 points from the day.

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The Polyflor Honda Racing rider qualified quickest, an imposing 1.8 seconds ahead of his title rival Ryder Kingsford (Monster Energy YamalubeYamaha), while KTM RacingTeam's Noah Ferguson was just 0.07 seconds behind.

In the opening moto, he quickly got pasthole-shot winner Bentley Armstrong, then held off some stern early challenges from Forwood to take the win by 8.8 seconds.

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Kingsford tried to bring the scrap back to Connolly by grabbing the hole-shot of the opening MX2 moto.

LucasPool completed the race podium,with Archie Blackfourth and Kye Sproule rebounding well to complete the top five.

However, after some desperatelaps between the two rivals,Connolly swept around the outside of the Yamaha rider and into the lead.

The pair checked out on the rest of the pack as Kingsford grimly tried to stay in striking distance, but Connolly wouldn't break and took the moto win by 5.6 seconds.

In moto two, Ryder Madafiglio scored the shole-shot, but moments later Ezergailis resumed status quo at the head of the field and took an 8.6-secondwin fromSprouleand Poole.

Madafiglio held on to finish P4,with Cooper Nilsson P5.

KTM Racing Team's Byron Dennis shrugged off vision issuestotakea podium spot,aheadofAlexLarwood (NFAL Honda Racing) and Noah Ferguson (KTM Racing Team), who bounced back well from an early crash.

In the round and series point standing, Ezergailis notched up 50 points, with Poole second (4) and Proule(38) third.

 THE fifth round of 2025 Penrite ProMX Championship, presented by AMX Superstores, will be held in Warwick, Queensland on June 22.

Ships elect office bearers for 25/26

CRICKET

WDCA

BY LIAM DURKIN

TRAFALGAR Cricket Clubhas elected its office bearers for the 2025/26 season.

The Ships held their annualmeeting at the Criterion Hotel last month.

The meeting heard from incumbent president, Daniel Heathcote,who thankedall for their efforts the previous season.

Heathcote made particular mention of the Third XI on their premiership victory.

“On the field, offthe field, and in thenets, we continue to build something special, and Iextend my sincere thanks to everyonewho has contributed throughout the season,” he said in his president’s report.

“A major highlight of 2024/25 was our CGrade premiership securedbyour Third XI under the leadership of Brent Claridge.

“Congratulations to Brent and the team on an outstanding season that culminated in awelldeserved flag. Theirconsistent performances, team-first attitude and finals composure were a great reflection of the values of ourclub. Apremiership is always special, and this one is acreditto everyone involved.”

Electionofoffice bearerssaw Heathcote re-elected unopposed for asixth term. Reigning secretary, Liam Durkin was also re-elected unopposed.

Fellow senior player and local financial adviser ConnorDastey was elected treasurer, marking the start of his time as the club’s bookkeeper.

Zack Brown was elected Junior Vice President. Aprimary school teacher by profession, and one of the leading wicket-takers in the club’s history, it is anticipated Brown will prove an ideal appointment as junior coordinatorfor any young players coming through.

Returningtothe committee is Brent Claridge, ChristianBurgess, Cooper Burgess, Scott Moorhouse, Jackson Noonan and Rowan Stokes. New faces are AdamCarlson, Owen McLeodAgland and Mitchell Claridge.

The club wished to thank outgoing committee members Brendan Dawson, Billy Pace and Blake Zimora for their time.

Anumberofplayers also achievedmilestones during season 2024/25. They were:

Good numbers

BASKETBALL

WNBA BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

IN the midst of the WNBA Commissioner's Cup (in-season tournament), Traralgon's JadeMelbourne and her Washington Mystics are on adownwardtrendafter opening the season with two straight wins.

Afterbeing handed their largest defeat of the season against reigningchampion New York Liberty by 22 points, the Mystics followed up with anine-point loss to Indiana Feverinthe first of five Commissioner's Cup Game.

At GainbridgeFieldhouse, Indiana, the scoreboard read 85-76, just five days after Washington beat the same team at home by six points.

Melbourne couldn't buy abucket in Indiana, shooting 0-5 from the field for two points and two rebounds.

Facing the Liberty again, Washington fell 86-78 at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

The Mystics desperately attempted to claw back, outscoring their opponents by eight points in the final term,but stillsuccumbing.

Melbourne recovered from apoor outing, finishing with15points, missingjusttwo shots and dishing out four assists.

Thankfully, Washington snapped their three-game losing streak with adamaging 104-67 defeat of Connecticut Sun at home.

At CareFirstArena, Washington, the Mystics were never in danger of losing four straight, with Melbourne chipping in five points, two assists, arebound and asteal.

Washington then fell to Atlanta Dream at home, 89-56, in agame they had 35 points in three of the four quarters.

Melbourne scored eight points and had one assist.

The Mystics have had two wins and seven losses since starting the season with a2-0 win-loss record.

Melbourne thus far has increased her numbers significantly, and has been one of the top three-point shooters at 42.9 per cent.

 John Asmussen -400 senior matches;

 Christian Burgess -250 senior;  Rhys Holdsworth -200 First XI;  Daniel Heathcote -200 senior;  Jackson Noonan -200 senior/150 First XI;  Brodie Burgess -150 senior, and;

 Zack Brown -150 senior.

Asmussen became the first player in the club’s history to reach 400 games, and is now also the only player to score more than 1000 runs in three separate grades (firsts, seconds, thirds).

Christian Burgess went past 5000 runs during the season, while fellow veteran Anthony Faltum scored his 1000th run for the Ships.

Wicket milestones saw Holdsworth go past club great Garry‘Wizard’Edwards on the list of First XI scalps, to move to outright second with 247, while Heathcote took his 250th senior pole.

On averages,Noonan looks agood chanceof reaching 300 senior wickets next season, and needs another 20 to do so.

Other statistical highlights were David Bremner Jr, who joined the 1000 run/100 wickets club. Such

an achievement came as something of asurprise to the fast bowler, given in his own words,he“bats for three minutes per innings.”

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Mixedresultsfor Gippsland United across double-header BigV weekend

BASKETBALL

BIG V

BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

ADOUBLEHEADERfor both Gippsland United sides featured at Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium at the weekend.

Wins came just as often as losses on Saturday and Sunday, but bothkeep themselves close to the top of the Big Vladders.

 UNITED men handled Warrnambool comfortably on Saturday, 121 to 66 in an utterly dominant performance.

Holding their travelling opponenttojust eight points in the first quarter paintedthe picture of the difference between the two sides on the court.

Gippsland Unitedalsoscored68points in the second half, outscoring the Seahawks by 32 to balloon the lead out even further.

Every player chipped in during the result, with

Jalin Wimberly top-scoring with 24 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

Tom Portbury arrived offthe benchwith 16 points, along with Riley Morehu with 10 and three steals.

The men's side couldn't back up that complete performance, losing to Craigieburn, 93-90 on Sunday afternoon.

United were sloweddown in the first half against the Hawks, but increased in the third quarter to keep them within striking distance.

Wimberly and Portbury brought United back to take the lead with two minutes left, however Craigieburn persevered to jump back in front.

Portbury attempted ado-or-die three-pointer to tie the match up and send it to overtime, however missed.

With those results, United men sit second on the Division 1Big Vladder, just behind Coburg.

 SIMILAR results were seen from United women on both days.

Unitedpicked up ahandy win over Southern Peninsula, 86-74.

After aback-and-forth first half,Unitedoutscored the Sharks 11 points in the second half to see out their ninth win on the year.

Captain Alahna Arnason secured 20 points and 14 rebounds, followed by an exceptional outing from Ellie Coutts, who had 21 points and 10 rebounds.

The same couldn't be seen on Sunday, with the women's side succumbing to Keysborough, 75-73. Aslow start, beingdown10pointsatquarter time, was what undid United.

Arnason backed up her performance fromthe night before, scoring 30 points and grabbing 14 rebounds.

United women travel to RB Robson Stadium, Wallan to take on the Panthers, while United men travel to Somerville Recreation Centre, Somerville to face Western Port this weekend.

Positive signs in local hockey

HOCKEY

HOCKEY returned following the King's Birthday at the weekend. It beganwithLatrobe ValleyHockey Association's under eight teams and U13s setting the tone last Friday night (June 13). Some very talented young players who are wellcoached are coming up.

The men's competition then saw Rovers defeat Moe 18-10.

Best for Rovers was Tim Hooper,Daniel Brereton, Max Mott and Gael Greenway.

In the Rovers line-up, Daniel Brereton scored

hisfirst hockey5sgoal afterplayinggoalkeeper forthe majority of the season.

Luke Robinson was strong in goals after only playing afew games as keeper, and Max Mott played an impressive game, scoring seven goals

On Saturday, there was back-to-back hockey as both state league games were played at home in Churchill.

The Latrobe Valley women took on top of the ladder Frankston, and lost 3-2 in avery exciting and close game.

Captain Maddy Hall opened the scoring with abrilliant goal weavingthrough Frankston’s defence, before Jasmine Langstaff –debuting in the forward line –teamed up with Ash Morfitt to set up the second.

Despite strong link up play and solid defensive efforts under pressure, Frankston snatched a late goal win narrowly.

The LV men then had ahard, tough clash against astrongDandenong outfit, going down 8-1. Rob Preston found the net with asolid finish, and the team kept batting until the final whistle. In local seniorwomen'sgames, Traralgon defeated Churchill3-nil. Best for Traralgon was Megan Rumble, Skye McDonald and Courtney McDonald.Rumble's goal from ashort corner was asizzler.

Sundaysaw Churchill host training foraround 100 juniors selected to play in the Junior State Championships from across Gippsland.

Onlyway he knowshow: Trafalgar CricketClub fast bowler David Bremnerjoined the 1000 runs/100wickets club this season. Photograph: Liam Durkin

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Growing trophy cabinet

BOCCE BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

CONTINUED success, even more so lately, for Morwell Bocce Club.

The last two weeks have seen even more medals arrive back to the Gippsland Bocce Centre, most recently at the Australian Bocce Championships. At the Junior Open event, young star Kayla Dukes brought back gold in the Under 18 singles. Not her first go-around, Dukes debuted on the national stagein2022, taking out the U15 singles title and earning best-and-fairest honours representing her home club in Morwell.

Despite having mountainsofsuccess over the past three years, Dukes said she still had emphasis on improving ahead of this latest campaign.

"Lots of training, and just getting more practice in before the competition because the competition wasvery tough this year," she told the Express "I had to come up against some verygood players, but it was lots of fun to see everyone again."

Dukes has also represented Australia at the prestigious DenisRaveraBocce Challenge, competing in the Doubles section in 2023, travelling to Monaco.

Her most recent win at the Australian Junior Championships qualifies her for the national team

Saturday14th June,Stableford,

AGrade: JRobbins (11) 39pts

BGrade: JHughes (17) 33Pts

DTL: TBradshaw36, TimTraill35, MPayne ALiebe,RScurlock34.

NTP: 4th SEvison, 6th SWoodall, 13th D Quigley, 16th PSmart, Birdies: 6th TimTraill, SWoodall.

Tuesday, 3rdJune,Stableford.

AGrade: TWhitelaw(9) 44pts

BGrade: NWhichello (14) 39pts

DTL: BWells,GRenwick, NBaker,35. NTP: 4th BWells,6th PCummaudo,16th J

Hughes Birdies: 16th NWhichello

Saturday, 7th June,Stroke

AGrade: PSmart(8) 72 nett,

BGrade: NWhichello,(14)76nett

DTL: MPayne 73, MSnell, SDuff74, R Scurlock75c/b

NTP: 4th MPayne,6th RScurlock, 16th Tim Traill. Birdies: 4th MPayne,RScurlock.

MOE

Sunday, 01 June 2025 OPEN Sunday9

hole Stableford

Grade AWinners: Forsyth, Wayne (18) 19

Sunday, 01 June 2025 OPEN Sunday

Mixed Stableford

Grade AWinners: Boorer,Kade (9) 40

Grade BWinners: Bechaz, Paul (11) 42

Grade CWinners: Kim, William (24) 39

Place Getters: Weir,Charles 38 Winters, Jamie 37 C/B Szabo,Nathan 37 Makepeace, Troy 36 C/B Attard,Kyle 36 C/B Stansbury, Les 36, Demczuk, Rohan 35 C/B

Wednesday, 04 June 2025 WOMEN'S WEDNESDAY 9HOLEStableford

CHURCHILL ANDMONASH

StablefordJune 7th 2025

AGrade: S. Allison 40 pts

BGrade: M. Allen 35 pts

CGrade: J. McCafferty37pts

DGrade: J. Garth34pts

D.T.L: 1. C. Waring 37,2.Ash West 35, 3. M. Hammer 34, 4. M. Rennie 33, 5. R. King 33, 6. C. Gardiner 32, 7. P. Junker 32, 8. P. McGann 32, 9. B. Kilday32, 10.P.Kearns 31

N.T.P: 3rdAdam West, 5th M. Allen, 12th S. Sanders(Propin), 14th R. Dent

Birdies: 14th I. Heppleston

Target Hole: M. Soppe

4BBB Tuesday10th June 2025

Winners: L. Chessum/ C. Barnes 40 pts

D.T.L: SCaldwell/ J. Blizzard38pts

NTP: 5th J. Blizzard, 12th K. Del Piccolo

MIRBOONORTH

Tuesday10th June,Stableford.

AGrade: TWebb(8) 37pts c/b

BGrade: NMarsh (16) 41pts

DTL: NLughton 37,S Woodall, DLeggo,J Hughes 35, NTP: 4th MRichter,6th MPayne 13th G Renwick16th PWoodall.

Birdies: 4th MRichter

Overall Winners: Tulau, Susan (36) 19 Wednesday, 04 June 2025 WOMENS MONTHLYMEDAL Stroke

Overall Winners: Wallis,Elizabeth (28) 72

Medal Winner

Grade AWinners: Middlemiss,Kaye(15)74

GradeB Winners: Wallis,Elizabeth (28) 72

Place Getters: Borg,Kathy75C/B Stewart, Leahann 75

Great Score: Kaye Middlemiss (Birdie) @4

NearesttoPin: 4thKaryn Savige 14th Elizabeth Wallis

Target Hole: PrizeKathyBorg

Putts: AGrade: KathyBorg29

BGrade: Evelyn Mitchell 30

Thursday, 05 June 2025 OPEN

Mixed Stableford

Grade AWinners: Kelly, David (11) 39

Grade BWinners: Lalor,Garry(12)41

GradeC Winners: Heland, Jimmy(38) 37

Place Getters: Stirzaker,Jason 38 Backman, Shane 37 C/B

Dent, Russell 37 C/B Powell,Vincent 36 C/B Weir,Charles 36 C/B Eastaway,Karl36 Beveridge,Eric36 Morrow,Darren 35 C/B

at next year's world's event.

Morwell Bocce Club also collectedgold medals in the Quads and Triples division, as well as silver in the Doubles.

Seasoned performers AnnaPrezioso,Maria Maselli, Mirella Alesi and Christina Finocchiaro have competed at national level for close to 25 years.

While securing top finishes in the past,thiswas significant milestone, having taking out multiple medals across the same weekend.

"We trained very hard for it, so it's good to get areward out of it after all the hard training," Maselli said.

"We've won so many; we've won gold before, but only not as many (at atime),sothis time we almost took everything out."

Givensuch the high levelofcompetition, the Morwell team was made to work for theirhonours, with both winning finals coming down to just a point difference.

"It was really, really close, and the doubles as well was really, really close," Maselli said.

"We compete year-after-year, we form that bond and thatfriendship,(so)it'slikefamily getting together."

The week prior also saw success for Morwell Bocce Club with wins at the Australian Raffa Championships.

Diane Penney and Tina D'Urbano tookhome silver medals in the Doubles competition, while Penney won gold in the precision throw, and D'Urbano runner-up.

The Latrobe City Classic will be hosted at Morwell from July 4to6

Morwell Bocce Club hold Wednesday night social bocce from 7.30pm behind the Italian Australian Club.

SCOREBOARD

Blunt, Philip 35 C/B

Wilkinson, Wally35C/B

Hibbs,Steven35C/B Pisa, John 35 C/B

Stanlake, Peter35C/B

Johnson, Tony 35

Great Score: Alain Babet (Birdie) @4

MarkScammell (Birdie) @4

Nearest to Pin: 4th Alain Babet

8th TimLawrence 14th AnthonyGauci

Saturday, 07 June 2025 MEN'S Monthly

Medal

Grade AWinners: Wilson, Graeme (8) 70

Grade BWinners: White, Rodney(13)70

Grade CWinners: Thompson, Peter(19)74

Place Getters: Agius-Walker,Finn 73 Stansbury, Les 74 C/B

Howard,Bernard74C/B Bassman, Aaron 74 C/B

Weir,Martin 74 Boorer,Kade 75 Metcalfe, Mark75 C/B

Gross Winner: AaronBassman 70

Great Score: Simon Stephens (Birdie) @14

Laurie Veenman (Birdie) @8

NickSkicko (Birdie) @14

Graeme Wilson (Birdie) @4

Aaron Bassman (Birdie) @14

Nearest to Pin: 4th Simon Stephens

8th Laurie Veenman

14th SimonStephens

MysterySixesPrize Winner: Bernard Howard Graeme Wilson Playoff with RodneyWhite forMonthlyMedal

MORWELL

Womens Wednesday11th June 2025

Stableford

Winner: STurner 31

DTL: JGriffiths 28

NTP: 2nd APollutro11th JGriffiths 15th A Pollutro

TRAFALGAR

Friday,June13th, Open Men’s&Ladies

Stableford

AGrade Winner: Dwayne Jenkins 37 pts

C/B

BGrade Winner: John Warren 37 pts

DTL's: PeterHobson 36, JoePedemont 36, Tony O’Reilly36, Di Moody 36, Andrew Shearing 35, Jamie Winters35, PeterCooke 35, Symon Lee 35 Birdies: 2nd: GaryRenwick5th:Pete Jensen, Heath Black, Di Moody,Steve Clark

15th: Graham Rawson, Jack Marshall

Saturday, June 14th, 2Ball Multiplication

Stableford– RedTees

Winner’s: Paul Massey&Peter McKinnon

79 pts

DTL’s: Geoff Cohen &TonyBickley77, Rod

Boon &Peter Stevenson 73, Tony O’Reilly &ScottMcKinnon 72, Dwayne Jenkins & Nathan Jenkins 70, Jack Marshall &Bill williams 69 Eagle: 7th: NickRowe10th: Richard

Albanese

NTP’s: 2nd: ScottMcKinnon 5th: Jordan

Croquet success

CROQUET

TRARALGON Croquet Club hosted its annual Golf Croquet Doubles Tournament earlier this month.

Players travelled from all over Victoria to compete.

The tournament was played in two sections, with the winner of Section 1, Penny Morrison-Magill of Morwell and Micheal North (Traralgon). Second place was Colin Woodall and Greg Millington (Traralgon).

Section 2winners were Peterand Judy Hodder (Bairnsdale) and second place Sale pair, Wilma Freeman and Betty Clissold.

Tournament manager Lynette Taylorwas pleased with the outcome, and thanked the many Traralgon members for the valuable time and assistancewith runningthe event, in particular themen doingsuch agreat job with the courts.

The club also ran araffle to raise money, and thanked the following local businesses for their donations: PrecisionAutomotive, Traralgon Tyre Service,Gippsland PhysiotherapyGroup, Hip Pocket, BWS, Woolworths, Coles Village, Bunnings, Kmart, Aussie Disposals and Bendigo Bank.

Croquet is agame played by all ages. For further information, phone Rosie on 0427 597 906.

Chapman 11th:MarcAlbanese 13th:Reno

Borg15th: Jordan Chapman

Tuesday10/06/2025 -Irish Team Stableford

Winners: BevKeily, Ange Bayley, Tony Shearer (45)

RunnersUp: Ivan Grant, Franc Kiss,Rob

Cusworth-Warner (40)

DTL: Glenn Doolan (20), MickBennett(19)

NTP: BevKeily(5th)

Thursday: 12/06/2025 -Stableford

Women’s Winner: Sonya Roberts (19c/b)

Runner Up: KarenMacGregor (19c/b)

DTL: ChrisPayne (19), SandraBalfour (18), Aija Owen (17)

NTP: Di Bayley(13th)

Men's Winner: RodBrisbane (26)

Runner Up: David Balfour (21)

DTL: AnthonyCunningham (19), Glenn Doolan (18), Ivan Grant (17), Gavin Patchett (17), Tony Shearer (17), Max Taylor (17), SteveLawrence (17)

NTP: Gavin Patchett (13th)

WednesdayWomen's results -11/6/25

Stroke/ Monthly Medal: Medal Winner: Sue Klemke(14)with 73 nett

Runner-Up: Ange Bayley(18)with 75 nett

DTL: LynPowell with 78 nett, Di Moody and JennyEvison with 79 nett

ScratchWinner: June Tickell (8) with 85 Putting; Ange Bayleywith28putts

NTP: 5th No-One 15th CharlieKilleen

Gobblers: Sue Klemkeonthe 6th, Bev Keilyonthe 10th and Cheryl Deppeler on the 8th 9-Hole playersWinner: Sue Balfour (46) 34 nett

Runner-Up: Beth Lansdown (42) with 41 nett

Friday, June 6th, Open Men’s&Ladies

Stableford

AGrade Winner: SteveClark37pts C/B

BGrade Winner: John Dodorico 39 pts

DTL's: NickRowe37, Ben Swanson36, MarkHiriart 36, LukeGilliam 36, Gerard Commadeur 34, Dwayne Jenkins 34, Peter Gilpin 34, Liam West 34, Wayne Forsyth 34 C/B

Birdies: 2nd: RonDavey,LukeGilliam 5th: Neil Regnier,RyanWilson 11th:Wayne Forsyth 13th: NickRowe15th: Darryl Blackshaw, Jeff Hasthorpe Saturday, June 7th, MonthlyMedal Stroke Medal &A Grade Winner: PeterBurghardt 68 nett

BGrade Winner: RoyWhatmough 70 nett

DTL’s: Wayne Robbins 69, Tony Gray 69, KenStreet70, John Tabuteau 70, Jeff Hasthorpe 71, Glen McCulloch 71, Nick Rowe 71, LukeBrain 72 C/B

Eagle: 14th:Glen McCulloch

NTP’s: 2nd: Wayne Robbins 5th: Peter Burghardt 11th:Brian Wattchow13th: WarwickGriggs 15th:Glen McCulloch

Birdies: 2nd: Wayne Robbins 5th: Peter Burghardt, MarkHiriart, Josh Clarkson 11th: Brian Wattchow, Zavier O’Reilly Tuesday03/06/2025 -Stableford

Winner: Craig Scanlon (24)

Runner Up: Brian McKenzie (22)

DTL: Vic Hill (20), Graeme Grant (18), Rob Cusworth-Warner (17)

Mystery3 (1,3,6): Craig Scanlon (9)

NTP: Tony Shearer (5th)

Thursday: 05/06/2025 -Stroke/Monthly

Medal

Players: 46, Women 12,Men 34

Women’s Winner: LynPowell (32 c/b)

Runner Up: Sue Balfour (32)

ScratchWinner: June Tickell (41)

DTL: Olwyn Balfour (32), SandraBalfour (34)

NTP: June Tickell (13th)

Men's Winner: Graeme Harris (27)

Runner Up: John Turpin (31)

ScratchWinner: Tony Shearer (41)

Par3Event: Tony Shearer

DTL: SteveLawrence (34), Ivan Grant (34), RodBrisbane (34), Max Pugliese (35), Dave Rose (36)

NTP: Russ Balfour (13th)

YALLOURN

Ladies Tuesday 10-6-25 9HoleStableford Winner(One Division)

Maureen Bishop (46) 17 pts

Thursday 12-6-25 18 Hole Stableford Winner

Div 1: (0-25) Lola Carter (15) 34 pts Div 2: (26-54) Sue Caldow (30) 35 pts

DTL: BetsyBrown (22)32

Maureen Bishop (46)32 NTP: 2nd Lola Carter

Target 12th Loretta Booth 14th BettyDobson 16th Loretta Booth Gobbler Lola Carter on 11th

PISTOLS

TRARALGON

Mon 2/6/25 air pistol

BGrade: BKelly526-56-582. CGrade: VBaldwin 494-69-563. VPardini 484-81-565. MHoward 440-113-553. DGrade: CBenelli 488-94-582. DO'Rouke 463-149-612. LMorris 419-135- 554. Ladies Air pistol DGrade RMiller 400-170-570.

Wed4/6.25Standard pistol

BGrade: BKelly530-79-609. CGrade: CBenelli 507-83-590. DGrade: HSheils 422-147-569. MHoward 418-169-587.L Morris404-199-603. Sat 7/6/25 Standardpistol

CGrade: CBenelli 460-78-538. DGrade: DChandler 359-148-507

Squad: MariaMaselli, Anna Prezioso,Christian Finocchiaro and Mirella Alesi took outgold in the Club Stream Quads and Triples division at the Australian Bocce Championships Photo: BMH

SOCCER

LVSL BY

Playing for pride

Great cause: Traralgon Olympians and Sale United soccer clubs combined to play a Pride Game at the weekend in the Latrobe Valley Soccer League

JOHN CARDONA

MOE United women got the three points against Newborough Yallourn United in Round 12 of the Latrobe Valley Soccer League. The Red Devils won 6-nil, but it wasn’t without afirst half struggle where they were thwarted by some great goal keeping from the Combine's Lisa Phillips. Moe United had some great chances to open the scoring, withMiley and

SummerCooper,along with Rebecca Van Der Kooghand Georgia Wyntjes all stopped by Phillips.

The second half was the complete opposite, with Moe United on target. Within the first minute, apenetrating run by Miley Cooper saw her fouled insidethe penaltybox to earn apenalty spot kickfor the visitor’s.

Van Der Koogh then gave the keeper no chance with awell-hit spot kick.

The floo dgat es op ened only two minutes later, thanks to agreat runby Miley Cooper on the right wing thatsaw

her cut inside the NYU defence and get the keeper off her line. Miley was again involved, when her crossfield pass found sister, Summer who scored.

The goals kept coming, and aperfectly hit pass by Tianna Reddlex found Van Der Koogh, who made it 4-nil.

Summer was unlucky not to score, when she hit awell-struck drive, only forthe ball to cannon off the crossbar.

Moe continuedtheirsecond-half dominance, and acorner kick by Miley was headed home inside the six yard box.

Miley was againinthe play when her cross was headed home by Tianna Reddlex.

Best for the winners was Bridget Green, Reddlex, Haley Laws and Olivia Ware.

Best for NYU was Phillips, Zoe Cook, Zahra Hussaini and Karen Rutledge.

In other senior women's results, Sale United defeated Traralgon Olympians 5-2 and Churchill United defeated Traralgon City 2-nil. No scoreswere entered forMonash versus Falcons.

Tyers had the bye.

Poise: Olympians playing-coach, Chloe Mar tin.

Photographs: Damen Francis

Speedytimes recorded at Thursday Harriers run

ATHLETICS

TRARALGON HARRIERS

BY GARYFOX

LAST Thursday's (June 12) Harriers Thursday night run was acourse known as 'The Avenue'.

The run starts at the Lake on the Avenue, Traralgon and then takes in three laps including Morgan Drive, Park Lane and Hammersmith Circuit.

The course was six kilometres, with atotal ascent of 49m. Agreat turnout saw more than 60 runners take part in good winter conditions.

Great running by Sav Mavrofridis saw him first home in avery impressive time of 23:49, with Ian Cornthwaite, Dempsey Podmore and Daniel Furmston coming in at 24:08.

Great running by Courtney Ellis saw her first lady home in 24:08, followed by Yani Cornthwaite (27:21) and Karen Graham (28:04).

Last Sunday (June 15) the Harriers' Athletics

Victoria team competed in Round 4ofthe Athletics

Victoria XCR series at Albert Park.

Racing was aflat 5km road race with ateam of 19 competitors.

The Harriers had many great performances, with several in the team achieving personal best times while competingagainst manyofthe best athletes in the state.

Clublegend Ian Cornthwaite took out agold medal in the over 60 age group with agreat time of 18:26.

Young gun Dempsey Podmore came third in the under 16 male with atimeof15:40, and Corey Milner and Daniel Furmston took out seventh and 10th place in 40+ male.

Tomorrow's run (June 19) is at Waterhole Creek, Morwell at the bottom of Bolger Street.

For more information, visit: www.traralgonharriers.org.au

Results -The Avenue (6km)

SavMavrofridis 23:49, Ian Cornthwaite24:08, DempseyPodmore24:08, Cour tneyEllis 24:08, Daniel Furmston 24:08, David Barr 24:09, Andrew Greenhill 24:42, Clinton Jolly25:44, Daniel Wright 25:52, Stephen Renehan 25:59, Jason Odlum 26:00, Trent Kooyman 26:03, Adrian Sutcliffe 26:32, Seth Bomers26:35, Aaron More26:54, Yani Cornthwaite 27:21, PeterSanders27:56, RonVerschuur28:00, KarenGraham 28:04, Glenn Graham 28:04, Belkey Podmore28:09, GaryFox 29:19, Rebecca Anderson 29:59, Rose Croft30:23, John 30:30, Liz Kenney 30:52, Samantha Riddle 31:31, Stephen Mcleod 31:44, Kimberly Imperial 31:45, ReeGraham 32:26, Shane Gavin 33:21, Phillip Mayer34:05, JyeKaestner 34:12, ChesneyPodmore34:30, ClaireMacumber 34:49, Lee Graham 35:14, Kristine Sapkin 35:14, MarkLansdown 35:22, Paul Clark36:06, DesleyGray 36:30, Alfie Warner 37:12, Chris VanUnen 38:59, Sep Marino 39:08, Paul Smith 40:02, Daniel Symons 43:18, BarryHiggins 47:35, Danelle Wright 49:11, Anja

Huge win for Moe United reserves

SOCCER

LVSL BY

JOHN CARDONA

MOE UNITED scored athumping 10-nil percentage-boosting win over Newborough Yallourn United in Round 12 of the Latrobe Valley Soccer League reserves competition.

The result puts the Red Devils within one goal of league-leaders Sale United on goal difference.

The visiting Moe sidestartedslowly, but one goal eventually saw the floodgates open.

The first came from Jay Hall, who hammered home the ball from close range.

Moe United went 2-nil up after aHall pass saw Harley Robinson control the ball, then on the turn, his shot gave NYU keeper Jonathan Cook no chance.

Robinson had aday out, slamming through four majors.

Levi Heusmann crossed to Hall, who placed his shot wide of Cookintothe near cornertomake it 3-nil.

Agreat team build up led to Moe United’s fourth goal, when Seth GrixtipassedtoBodieWendt, who in turn gave it to Robinson.

Moe continued to press forward, and arun by Tom Portelli up the left flank saw him cut the ball back to Grixti, whose first-time shot wassaved by Cook.

Late in the firsthalf, Grixti picked up aloosepass, then on the turn his favoured left foot slammed the ball into the far corner to make it 5-nil at the break.

Within two minutes of the second half, Robinson foundhimself free in front of goal to make it 6-nil.

Moe United was playing impressive team football, which led to the side’s seventh goal, after apass by Grixti to Zoran Winkelman ended with Robinson

adding another to his season goal scoring tally. Winkelman madeagreat individual run, then finished off with awell-placed shot past the advancing keeper to make it 8-nil.

Campbell Dastey added Moe United’s ninth after receiving apassfrom Winkelman.

Chris Papanikolaou was desperately unlucky not to score, when his cracking drive beat Cook, only to see his shot thunder into the crossbar and to safety for the home side.

Robinson rounded up aproductive day when his cross to the back post saw Hall score the 10th.

Best for Moe was Winkelman, Hall, Robinson and Papanikolaou.

Better players for NYU were John Prezioso,Jackson Hitchens, Beau Asmussen and Jake Vella.

In other reserves games, Traralgon City drew with Churchill 2-all; Sale United defeated Traralgon Olympians 4-3; Monash versus Falcons (no scores entered); East Gippsland had the bye.

Norwood 51:21, Kristina Creighton 55:25, Ann Bomers 57:57,Belinda Heafield 59:42, Janine Kooyman 59:50, AnthonyPulbrook 59:50, Michelle Colwell1:00:16, KathyQuinn 1:00:16, PeterGrixti 1:01:45, Ian Heafield 1:01:47,Rober tEmbleton 1:01:47,NickHodson 1:04:00, Kylee Earl1:04:00, SarahMcKie 1:06:14, Nicky Semmler1:06:14, Linda Buhagiar NTR, David Hood NTR, Des Dalton NTR

Vital LVSL clashes

SOCCER LVSL BY

JOHN CARDONA

ROUND 13 of the LatrobeValley Soccer League sees gamesthis Saturdaynight (June 21) and Sunday afternoon (June 22).

Traralgon Olympians face another vital match in their leaguetitle push,whenthey face reigning champion Falcons at Harold Preston Reserve on Saturday night (7pm kick-off).

Moe United make st he long trip to Bairnsdale to play East Gippsland United, who have putinsome commendableperformances at home. The Red Devils need to win every game for the rest of the season and hope results fall their way to be achanceofwinning the championship.

Churchill United, coming off awin, will be confidentwhenthey welcome Monash on Saturday night (7pm).

Traralgon City are also at home, taking on Newborough Yallourn United on Sunday (3pm).

Sale United has the bye.

Murphy’slaw stops certain goals

SOCCER

LVSL BY JOHN CARDONA

DESPITE Newborough/Yallourn United’s lowly position on the Latrobe Valley Soccer League ladder, the Combine made Moe United work hard for the three pointsinRound 12 actionatthe weekend.

This was mainly due to strong defence and some superb reflex saves from NYU keeper, Enda Murphy.

While Moe United won 3-nil, it could have been alot more had it not been for the work of Murphy between the posts.

Moe Uniteddominated aroundthe Burrage pitch andwith possession, but try as they might, the Red Devils could not break through for an opening goal.

Moe created chances through midfielders Matt Sh ear ing ,N oah Ka ne, Sam my Lie tza ua nd Melnyczenko, with most falling to O’Hanlon, who was continually left frustrated by outstanding keeping on Murphy’s part.

Murphy found support from the general in defence, Steve Birrell and Adam Batt.

Chances fromLuke Bathgate,Lietzau and Shearing could not break the deadlock.

With the halftime break approaching and the home side looking to hold the scoreatnil-all,ashot by Anderson was deflected by Murphy, where the rebound fell to Melnyczenko.

His shot was partly saved by Murphy, but he knocked the ball into the post, where O’Hanlon then poked the ball into the net.

The goal gave the Red Devils alift, and just two minutes into the second half, apass from Lietzau in central midfield sawanunmarked Anderson receive the ball out wide.

He then cut inside his defender and sent his cross

into the six yard box, where Bathgate seized upon the opportunity and gave Moe United a2-nil lead.

The Red Devils then went in for the kill. Central midfielder Chad Shelley surged forward and unleased alow, powerful right foot shot, only for

Murphy to pull off abrilliant diving save to his left.

The Combine had very few forward attacks, but were being well-served by Ash Birrell as the main attacking option up front, supported by Matthew Laws and Josh McQuade.

Moe United’s third goal came after afree kick to O’Hanlon, whichled to Melnyczenko heading it home.

The Red Devils continued to push forward, with Lietzau again the creator to Bathgateout wide. His pass to Anderson was followed by another shot saved from Murphy.

NYU’s best chance of agoal came after some great workupthe right by Ash Birrell, who laidoff a perfect pass out to the left to the feet of youngster Beau Asmussen, but he completelymissed the ball in his attempted shot at goal.

Best for the winners was Lietzau, Shelley, Melnyczenko and O’Hanlon.

Best for the Combine was Murphy, Ash Birrell, McQuade and Steve Birrell.

It was aspirited performance by NYU, and with more opportunity from youngerplayers to play senior football, they should start giving more sides arun for their money.

 IN other senior games, Olympians scored two goals in each half to make short work of Sale United at Harold Preston Reserve.

Olympians’ 4-nil win keeps them on track to win the league title. Falcons got over the line 2-1 against home side Monash, in ahard fought game that saw the visitor's lead 1-nil at the break.

Churchill United finally broke through for a long-awaited win,beating Traralgon City 3-2 on theroad.

East Gippsland had the bye.

Fortuna had the week off from state league due to acatch up round.



Editor's note: can LVSL clubs please ensure scores are submitted online by Sunday night. Ladders were not known at time of press due to this (Liam Durkin).

Fromhaving no teamtositting insidetop three

SOCCER

LVSL BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT

IT surely can’t come that quickly can it?

Only three years ago, Moe United Soccer Club didn’t even feature asenior women’s side. They now sit comfortably in the top three of the Latrobe Valley Soccer League Women’s competition after 12 rounds.

The Red Devils ran out of the gate profoundly, picking up points in each of their first eight games, before eventually succumbing to powerhouse Sale United before the King’s Birthday league bye.

Despite the loss, many positives could be taken out of the defeat, with Moe United opening with the first two goals, and were well-positioned to hand the Swans one of their first losses in recent memory (undefeated thus far this season and only lost two games in the previous two seasons), before losing 4-2.

The road back up the table for Moe United has been an interesting one, who despiteneedingto rebuild their women’s program from scratch, have beencompetitiveinevery season since returning and gradually risen up the table.

Led by seniorcoach Harley Robinson, the core group of players was there from the beginning, and their dominance to begin season 2025 was bolstered due to the acquisition of some handy recruits.

“We’ve had this core six or seven girls that have been there from the start, three seasons ago, and have come through together, and afew changes

tactically that Isort of did last year Ifeltthat really suited the way we played and the players we have,”

Robinson said.

“They’re just super disciplined in their structure and the results are just rewardfor the effort they’ve put in over the last couple of seasons.”

Newadditions thelikes of striker Rebecca Van Der Koogh, Tiana Reddiex, Hannah Meyer and Bridget Green have fitted perfectly with this core andgiven themadded firepower against fellow top teamsinthe LVSL Van Der Koogh currently sits among the top goal scorersinthe league, while Robinsonnoted the outstanding play of Nicole Riseley, who has found anew position at centre back, needing to replace some defenders that exited.

“I think in termsofleadership, our captain Paris Troughton has been reallywell driven and level-headed during games, but also leaning on the leadership groupofHaley Laws and Georgia Wyntjes,”hesaid.

Withthe side lost during the timesofthe pandemic, the main goal was just to ensure they got a complete teamonthe field, but stillgifted with some experienced and talented players, they finished fifth in their first year back in 2023.

“There were the top three or four sides in that first season that would sort of batter everyone, and then Ithought were the best of the rest,” Robinson said.

“Andthen the followingseason,solastseason, that gap was certainly bridged, and we were sort of taking points off of those top teams or certainly being far more competitive.”

Skill will only take you so far, and what has seen the Red Devils take it to the very best of them is duetotheir drive and constant desire to get better.

There was apoint by Robinson however, to ensure that the group knew they were up to the challenge of being among the best.

“Them just taking on feedback and the work rate from them to be good and they (are) acompetitive group of girls as well,” he said.

“I think in that space, there’s certainly the jump from ’23 to ’24 was just them being together for a year and the expectations were there.

“Going into last year in the preseason, Isort of told them that Ifeel like we are agood side and that we can certainly compete, and they took on that belief.”

Seeingthat improvement within themselves over aperiod of time, Robinson has seen they are agroup not satisfied by atoken finish, and really wish to give it their all right through to the last game.

“There were games where we would win against the sides we should, but we’d come off the park disappointed because we didn’t perform as well as we could have, even though we got the three points,” he said.

“The mentalityfromthe group of girls is fantastic because they want to win and they want to be the best version of themselves every week.

“My expectations were certainly to be up there and fighting for silverware, just given there were a fewchanges with the other sides and sides leaving the competition (Morwell Pegasus, Fortuna60, and East Gippsland United have each withdrawn over the last two seasons, while Traralgon City has

re-joined), we had the chance to compete and give it agood crack, especially against sides like Sale.”

Humbled: Sale Unitedwas no matchfor Traralgon Olympians lastSaturday night, losing 4-nil Olympians arenow in thebox seat to win theLatrobe Valley Soccer League championship Photograph: Zoe Askew

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