Mackay Local News - 14 May 2021

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Insurance costs to fall

By JOHN BELL

“EVERY North Queenslander’s home insurance costs will drop by 30 percent when the Federal Government’s $10 billion insurance underwriting scheme starts next year.

This welcome prediction has been made by Steel Pacific Insurance Brokers’ General Manager, Glenn Sales. Mr Sales said that from next year, compensation for damage to homes, apartments and small businesses from floods and cyclones will cost the Government about $500 million a year.

“The guarantee means that the cost of North Queenslanders’ home insurance premiums will no longer have to pay for this damage with unreasonable higher premiums, which have risen by more than 300 percent,” he said.

“However the Federal Government scheme will not directly compensate each North Queenslander for flood and cyclone damage to their homes, apartments and small businesses.

“Instead, when insurance companies face damages claims of over $100 million, the Federal Government’s $10 billion insurance guarantee will reimburse

insurance companies. Currently, these companies have sought to cover this higher insurance risk by laying-off, or reinsuring additional cyclone and flood damage risks overseas.”

For example, The Mackay Local News has seen local examples of harbourside apartments, where owners have been asked to pay unaffordable and impossibly high costs of $100,000 for every one million dolloars in property value from Lloyds of London.

However Mr Sales explained that the Morrison Government’s initiative is not new. Since the terrorist destruction of the TwinTowers in New York on September 11, 2001, the Australian Government has covered the insurance risk from terrorism.

For example, it paid out for the Lindt Café siege in 2014, when two hostages and a terrorist were killed.

“Detailed guidelines for federal government compensation for North Queenslanders’ flood and cyclone damage have already been drafted in Treasury officials Final Report for the Northern Australian Insurance Premiums Taskforce in 2011,” CONTINUED PAGE TWO

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Budget Briefs Dam funds ONGOING funding for the $1.4 billion Urannah Dam Project is expected as details of the federal budget are released. Dawson Member George Christensen said he would continue to push for specific funding for Urannah Dam, as the money for water infrastructure was in the Budget. “The other big-ticket item which I continue to push for, is further funding to get the Urannah Dam Project to shovel-ready stage,” Mr Christensen said. “There is water in the Budget under the National Water Infrastructure Investment Program. I’m pushing to secure an allocation for Urannah, because that spells massive jobs and agricultural opportunities for our region, as well as a secure water supply for resource projects and towns.”

Home bonus

NORTH Queenslanders home owners will benefit from $40m for the North Queensland Strata Title Resilience Pilot Program to subsidise the cost of cyclone risk mitigation works. This is the continuation of the Instant Asset Write-Off which provided a huge boost to small business owners and farmers over the past 12 months. In addition, there is another $250M for Round Six of the Building Better Regions Fund, with a further $189.6M for the north under the Our North, Our Future package and funding for disaster resilience and mitigation.

Tax relief

MORE THAN 63,700 taxpayers in Dawson are expected to benefit from tax relief of up to $2,745 this year. Dawson MP, George Christensen said the Morrison Government’s decision to extend the low and middle-income tax offset to 2021-22 and the decision has already benefited 73,100 people “The Morrison Government will now bring forward Stage Two of the Government’s tax relief plan.

We are allowing 7000 businesses in Dawson to write off the full value of any eligible asset they purchase. Additionally, about 1700 businesses in Dawson will be able to use the extended loss carry back measure to support cash flow and confidence and local business investment, the MP said.

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Working party represents owners FROM PAGE ONE This newspaper has seen examples of North Queenslanders’ home and apartment insurance costs skyrocketing after Cyclone Debbie. This is when insurance companies stopped spreading North Queensland’s insurance risk across Australia and instead, reduced insurance compensation pools or reserves to each region.

Mr Sales added that fortunately for individual home-owners, they will be represented in a Treasury Working Party by Australia’s National Insurance Brokers Association which has a history of representing consumer interests by advocating for insurance brokers and brokers’ clients.

“The Treasury Working Party’s final guidelines must be approved next year by Federal Parliament, where Opposition and cross-bench politicians must be expected to use this opportunity to introduce overdue regulations for Australia’s unregulated insurance industry.

“Currently, Australia’s insurance industry is completely unregulated, compared to Australia’s health insurers, where every annual increase in premiums must be justified and approved by the Federal Government.

“Regulation of Australia’s home, apartment and small business insurance also lags behind consumer protection in California, where every single home insurance increase for a population of 40 million must be analysed before approval by their state government.”

The Mackay Local News understands that Suncorp and its associated brands has dominated North Queensland’s home, apartment and small business insurance. Until the Morrison Government’s announcement this week, Suncorp had not supported federal-government involvement to reduce insurance costs for North Queensland home owners.

However, from next year when the Federal Government pays each insurance companies for North Queensland flood and cyclone damage, it will then have a greater say and influence on insurance premiums changed by these insurance companies.

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$585M used for local disaster recovery QUEENSLAND Reconstruction Authority (QRA) approved more than $585 million in disaster recovery and resilience funding for the Isaac, Mackay and Whitsunday regional councils since 2011.

This has covered 15 severe weather events to impact the region, including Cyclones Yasi, Oswald, Marcia and Debbie.

This funding includes approximately $174 million in joint State-Commonwealth Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) assistance, in response to the most significant event to impact the region, Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie in 2017.

In addition, more than $13.41 million in Disaster Assistance (Clean-up

and Recovery Grants) was approved for 1566 primary producers in the Mackay-Whitsunday region for Cyclone Debbie, with more than $4 million approved for 515 small businesses, and more than $725,000 in grants to assist 95 non-profit organisations.

More than 35,000 Immediate Hardship Assistance applications were processed in the Mackay-Whitsunday region in response to Cyclone Debbie, with more than $14.23 million assisting more than 80,000 people.

An additional $37.75 million in state funding was also approved for recovery projects in the region such as the Proserpine Entertainment Centre, Airlie Beach and Queens Park restorations.

DEVASTATION: Cyclone Debbie caused great damage

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ABOVE: THe Whitsunday Ballers crew . RIGHT: Kieran Bailey, “We’ve got your back”

Whitsunday games a real blast WHITSUNDAY Ballers, a Conway-based gel blasting group, holds game days and community events are generally held fortnightly for people aged 10 and over.

The not-for-profit group is run by volunteers who and play on an insured field.

Gel blasters, also known as gel guns, are recreational guns which fire soft projectiles and are used in skirmish games similar to paintball.

Whitsunday Ballers field two rival teams on game day.

The games cost $15, which includes the game fee, a sausage sizzle lunch and a free soft drink.

Spectators are welcome to attend for a five-dollar fee which covers their sausage sizzle lunch and a free soft drink Blasters are available for hire and ammunition gels may either be bought at the site or players can bring their own.

The game starts at 9.00am and ends at 3.00pm Whitsunday Ballers aim to offer an affordable, safe, fun, family friendly place to come together.

There are many positive social and emotional outcomes experienced by those who attend the gelblasting game days.

Event Organiser Shannon Taylor said, “It is great to see so many positive benefits, including team work, fitness and an overall improvement in social and emotional wellbeing.”

Whitsunday Ballers’ next game day will be held on May 29.

“We are also in the process of arranging a suicide prevention event in September,” Shannon said. “This is due to the high rates of people who suffer with mental health related issues in our region and the positive impacts Whitsunday Ballers have had on any individuals mental well-being to date.”

Mackay Riverside Precinct progressing

MACKAY’S Riverside Precinct Priority Development Area (PDA) is progressing with the planned sale of three prime riverside city development sites.

These adjoining waterside properties, with a combined land area of 1,617 sqm at 15-19 River Street Mackay will be auctioned on June 10.

Knight Frank Mackay Manager Mark Kelly said the three sites have a combined river frontage of almost 50 metres and these adjoining owners have reached agreement to sell their properties.

“This creates an outstanding opportunity for property developers and the Mackay Regional Council has been working in partnership with the Queensland Government to create this game changing facelift for our region,” Mr Kelly said.

“Alfresco as well as indoor dining venues, retail, professional, health and fitness and medical will be some of the uses below 10-level apartment buildings that will look over our fabulous blue water river.

“As a result, this region is set to bear witness to emerging lifestyle changing, mixed-use property developments along our picturesque Pioneer River.

“Further, taking into account the property development incentives offered by the Mackay Regional Council within the PDA, developers should experience a smooth-running process with development applications.”

Mr Kelly added that two of the sites currently had older homes and one is rented.

MOVING AHEAD: A view of the precinct

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COMMUNITY SPIRIT! Readers with their local newspaper

TASTE OF SUCCESS: Stephen Grech is looking for a buyer

FOR SALE: The dining room of the iconic eatery

Restauranteur looking for a bite

NORTH Mackay restauranteur Stephen Grech thinks he has a great opportunity for the right person to sink their teeth into.

And given his track record for catering to the tastes of people in the Mackay region, he’s probably right.

It will be 20 years on June 1 that Mr Grech and his wife Dianne bought and opened the Church on Palmer fine dining restaurant. And now, they are looking to take a step back and sell their labour of love.

“After being in this for the past 20 years, this (the restaurant) is like our baby,” Mr Grech said.

“But our youngest daughter is 17 now and we have a grandchild … so we’d like to take a step back

now and spend a bit of time with our family.”

During their two decades in the business, the Grechs watched as patrons enjoyed the fine fare; often seeing young couples coming back time and again with their Mr or Miss “right”.

However, finding the perfect match for the restaurant hasn’t been quite so easy.

Head chef, as well as owner, Mr Grech said the restaurant – which was located on Palmer Street, just down from Harbour Road in North Mackay – had been on the market for about 12 months.

He said while there had been some interest in the popular business, they were yet to find a buyer.

“Business is great, but we are

in our 50s now and this is the sort of thing you need to be a bit younger to get into.”

Mr Grech said while keeping up with trends and meeting the changing needs of diners was always challenging, one challenge the pair met head on – and conquered – was COVID-19.

“COVID wasn’t too bad for business; if anything, it was actually good for business last year, and it’s been really good this year.”

It’s that ability to adapt and meet client needs which has likely kept regular diners coming back. “ Our regulars know how many hours we work, how long we’ve done it for.

“When you say to them how

long we have been here, they’re like ‘holy cow!”.

“Some of them were a bit apprehensive about it, but they also understand why we are looking to take that step back.A lot of them are happy for us.”

The family are excited for the future. Although he plans to continue working, Mr Grech is also “conflicted” about selling up, and knows nothing will be quite the same as working in a restaurant he and his wife have built up.

Still, he leaves the business proud of what they’ve achieved.

“It’ll be a relief in some ways, because after doing it for 20 years, six days a week, a lot of hours in bits and pieces… that’s a lot to put into something,” he said.

Locals want papers LOCAL community newspapers are experiencing a resurgence in Queensland and nationwide, with new print mastheads springing up in regional areas.

A recently released national survey found there is strong demand for the printed product in regional Australia.

The survey, conducted as part of the Media Innovation and Civic Future of Australia’s Country Press project, reveals the passion people have for their local newspaper.

The Australian Research Council-funded project, which is the biggest national survey of local news audiences in Australia, involved researchers from Deakin and RMIT universities with support from Country Press Australia,the peak media body for independent news organisations.

Amongst the findings were that

the majority of audiences prefer a printed newspaper, with younger generations also part of this trend.

Country Press readers overall are 2.6 times as likely to read their local paper in print than in digital format.

Audiences overwhelmingly view a printed copy of their newspaper as an essential service for their community.

The future of local newspapers will also be a key issue for regional, rural and suburban voters at the next federal election.

The survey is part of a threeyear project that aims to develop and road-test a new map to support local news media in the digital era.

Almost 30 percent of Australia’s population, close to eight million people, live outside major cities in rural and regional areas, and are less well serviced by the media than their urban counterparts.

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Briefs Lifestyle event

Cash for your trash A NEW Containers For Change depot has opened at Mackay Harbour, expanding access to recycling for local residents.

The scheme already operates busy depot-style refund points at Paget and an opportunity was seen to service the Northern Mackay area.

The Containers For Change scheme pays customers 10 cents for every aluminium, glass, plastic, steel and liquid paperboard drink container they bring in to recycle.

The new depot is managed

by Steve Luders, who moved up to Mackay from Adelaide.

Although they have only been open a short time, Mr Luders said the business was travelling well.

“We’re starting to pick up more clients,” he said. “We were quite impressed yesterday, by lunchtime around three-anda-half thousand containers had gone through.”

Much of the recycling is from local families with encour-

agement from the children, who are concerned about the environmental problems caused by household waste.

“The little kids are getting right into recycling,” said Steve.

“A lot of the time you find the young kids are driving the parents to get into it.”

Customers can choose to be paid either in cash, bank transfer, Paypal or can donate the funds to a registered charity or community group.

The Containers For Change scheme was introduced by the Queensland Government in 2018 and operates statewide to reduce street litter and the environmental impacts of single-use containers.

Mackay Containers For Change is open seven days and is located at 59 Satellite Crescent, Mackay Harbour.

Tickets have gone on sale for North Queensland’s major caravan and lifestyle exhibition. It is part of a series of Industry Approved Events showcasing the very latest in camper trailers, caravans, 4x4s, boats and everything you need to get your next Queensland self-drive holiday adventure under way. It is a ‘Covid-Safe’ event approved

by Queensland Health that includes an online ticketing system. Tickets are not available at the gate so those wanting to attend simply go to www.MackayExpo.com.au and pre-purchase their tickets online. The Mackay Expo is on at Mackay Showgrounds from 21st to 23rd May. For event information and to get your tickets go to www.

MackayExpo.com.au

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SORTED: Containers For Change employee Kane May demonstrating the sorting process at the newly opened Mackay depot.

Council Pound ‘not seeing unwanted pet increase’ MACKAY Regional Council said its Pound is not currently experiencing an increase of unwanted animals.

Community and Client Services director Angela Hays said Council actively promotes responsible pet ownership by encouraging residents to desex, register and microchip their animals.

“Pets come with great responsibility and it’s important that future pet owners are aware of the ongoing costs, love

and attention that they will require throughout their lifetime,” Ms Hays said.

Council dedicates various resources towards combatting irresponsible behaviour towards pets.

“Each year residents have the opportunity to benefit from discounted pet registration for desexed animals,” she said.

All pets which are adopted through Council’s Pound Pets program are also desexed as

part of the animal purchase fee.

However, Pound Rescue’s Ros Lowry said the reason the Council are not seeing an increase in numbers of abandoned pets is because groups like hers are often the first responders to animals being surrendered.

“Without rescue groups to take these animals they would automatically go to the Pound.

“On an average we find homes for 35-50 cats and kittens per month.

Her colleague Robin Morgan agrees.

“The Council are not experiencing this increase, because Pound Rescue has been taking so many cats and kittens off the streets. And because Pound Rescue is well-known, people think that if they want to surrender an unwanted cat then Pound Rescue should take care of it.”

Ms Hays explained Council is also involved in other community activities which benefit animals such as annual sponsor-

ship of the RSPCA “Operation Wanted Desexing” program.

They also sponsor the National Desexing Network (NDN) Cooperative Desexing Program which offers discounted desexing by regional vets.

Ms Hays said Council’s Health and Regulatory team do a “fantastic job in educating our younger demographic by delivering responsible pet messaging at schools across the region, reaching 400 to 500 students annually”.

Pet rescue groups clawing back

By DAVID LORNIE

LOCAL pet rescue organisations say they are being inundated with unwanted pets dumped in the Mackay region.

Ros Lowry from Pound Rescue gets calls daily from people wanting to surrender their animals.

“On average I receive at least two calls a day but some days it has been in excess of five calls.

We have had more animals in foster care than ever before. We often have over 100 cats and kittens for extended periods of time,” she said.

So why are people turfing out family pets, their so-called “fur babies”?

Pound Rescue foster carer and Council Pound liaison Rissa Hodge said this is a difficult question to answer “but I think cost and lack of responsibility is a large factor. People see ‘free’ animals that are small cute and fluffy, and they do not think of the costs that come with having a pet such as vet work.”

Ros said she believes COVID has played a part in the number of animals they are seeing.

“At the start of COVID, everyone wanted that cute puppy or kitten. It got to the point where kittens were hard to get. Sadly, many of the free puppies and kittens did

Rissa Hodge (LEFT) with Mookie and fellow pet carer Robin Morgan with Blaze not get any vet work done. Time has passed and that sweet little puppy has developed some bad habits.

“And that cute kitten became pregnant and has delivered an unwanted litter of kittens that are proving difficult to rehome.”

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is also linked to people not getting their animals desexed.

“The problem with desexing is massive,” Rissa said. “There are not enough people following through with the responsibilities of being a pet owner. These include both desexing and microchipping. If more people desexed

their animals, rescues would not be overflowing like they are.”

Tamara Holmes from Bull Arab Rescue said people don’t realise the numbers of offspring an animal can have.

“A lot of people want the cute little puppy stage but fail to teach them boundaries and they become

unruly. Some vets encourage owners to have a litter before desexing and the age to desex has risen to six months minimum. That then allows animals to get ‘accidentally pregnant’.”

Ros suggests that cost may come into play with desexing.

“I think cost is a huge factor,” she said. “Desexing is expensive and it is often the last thing budgeted for.”

Organisations like Pet Rescue and Bull Arab Rescue do a great job rehoming animals. They also arrange for the animals to be desexed and microchipped, thus breaking the cycle of unwanted pets.

“If a person has simply tired or having a pet or they are now too busy for the pet, we suggest ways they can rehome the pet themselves and we offer support. We often advertise their pet on our Pound Rescue page to advertise its plight and help it find a new home,” said Ros. “To rescue an animal we must have a carer who can take it and look after it - or them, in the case of a mama cat or dog with a litter of kittens or puppies.

“In an emergency we go straight out and take the animal to (the veterinary hospital) or we contact other authorities.”

NEXT Friday from 1pm to 2.30pm at Artspace Mackay there is is a free and enjoyable discussion led by Artspace staff. Conversations with Art looks at images of traditional and contemporary artworks from gallery and museum collections from around the world.

Whether you’re an artist, an art and language lover, beginner or expert, wyou are invited to come along for this casual conversation where you can deconstruct the works, consider themes, discuss possible techniques used by the artists and create links with our own personal experiences.

For bookings, go to http://bit. ly/3qrvM9t.

Growth grant

MACKAY’S small and medium businesses can now apply for grants of up to $50,000 to help them grow and create jobs. Employment and Small Business Minister Di Farmer said $2.5 million of Business Growth Fund grants will help established businesses to get to the next level. “The Business Growth Fund grants are the first in a package of $25 million of new grants unveiled as part of Queensland Small Business Month,” Ms Farmer said. “The package also includes new programs, Business Basics and Business Boost, which will open for applications later this month and next financial year.”

Sunday expo The Mackay Volunteer Expo will be held on Sunday from 10am to 2pm at the Big Shed Pavilion, Mackay Showgrounds. This is an event designed to promote local volunteering opportunities; provide community groups with promotion, exposure, and an opportunity to recruit new volunteers and acknowledge and celebrate the valuable contribution volunteers make to our community. Whether you’re interested in volunteering as a firefighter, dog walker, historian, lifesaver or environmentalist, there will be more than 50 organisations offering something for everyone at the Volunteer Expo. More information at www.mackay.qld. gov.au/volunteerexpo

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Pivot from China George

Christensen

By George! Dawson MP Liberal National Party AUSTRALIA must pivot away from Communist China with haste!

Step one is to take back the Port of Darwin.

That’s my message to the Australian Government on the back of recommendations in the Pivot Report, which I tabled in Parliament earlier this year.

This report is the outcome of what I dubbed “The China Inquiry”, (or the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Diversification of Australia’s Trade and Investment Profile), which primarily looked at our Australia-China economic relationship.

From the thousands of submissions which the parliamentary Inquiry received, it was clear that our close ‘friendship’ (I use the word loosely!) with a ruthless, totalitarian, communist regime in China, is of great concern to a lot of ordinary Australians.

The federal parliamentary “The China Inquiry”, report hits the nail on the head in its recommendations.

We need to pivot away from Communist China with haste.

To summarise, the “The China Inquiry”, this report says Australia must: n Scrutinise the 99-year Chinese lease over the Port of Darwin and, if (when!) it’s found not to be in the national interest, bring the port back under Australian ownership, along with other ports or strategic infrastructure in the hands of foreigners. n Apply a clear and consistent national interest test to all future foreign investment (and if it’s not in the national interest, veto with abandon). n Focus on trade diversification by expanding our trade with other countries - other than Communist China, (especially as India, Vietnam and Indonesia all offer great opportunities for Australian businesses). n Boost manufacturing by establishing a National Development Bank, by refocusing and incentivising superannuation fund investment and by working with industry, unions and universities. n Force Queensland and Australian universities to disclose any foreign funding they receive and block such funding, if it’s not in the national interest (especially funding from Communist China to university Confucius Institutes). n Make sure Australians always have sufficient fuel and medical supplies. n Get smarter at identifying national security and national interest risks, especially in sensitive and critical areas.

It is important for Australians’ future, for our sovereignty and for our national security that this Pivot Report is followed up with haste by the Morrison Government.

If we fail to pivot away from Communist China, then there is no doubt we will be left at the mercy of the Chinese Government and, to date, mercy doesn’t seem to be a key characteristic of the regime.

You can support the recommendations of the Pivot Report at www.georgechristensen.com.au/darwin

The close knit bond between the staff that sold everything will never end for (L to R) Ron Calligan, Garry Edwards, Marlene Garwood, Trish Zambarutti, Jennifer Calligan, Karen Stoddart, Margaret Edwards, Bobette Lamb, Alison Healy and former Manager Ian Hamilton

Serving up golden memories MACKAY’S most experienced and helpful shopkeepers will meet again at the former Lamberts department store reunion on August 28.

Three generations of staff provided friendly and thoughtful service for 118-years at Mackay’s department store which sold everything and began trading in 1887.

Customer service was everything, which even began with a door greeter in the 1970s, plus Lamberts was also the first shop in Mackay to have an elevator.

Lamberts sold everything from produce to groceries, bed-

ding, sewing machines, apparel, giftware, costume jewelry, music, Manchester, haberdashery and millinery.

Lamberts was located at Centrepoint and Lambert’s popular attractions included public fashion parades in the Centrepoint Mall, which at the time linked Victoria and Wood Streets Customers were offered credit, layby, and cash sales before credit cards existed.

The bond a amongst the staff was special and reunion organiser Garry Edwards, who worked for Lamberts for 30-years, said he knew of 11 marriages be-

tween staff over the years. Lamberts Pty Ltd organised numerous staff events including car rallies, weddings, anniversaries, engagements, Christmas, Black Friday and just for fun parties.

The grandest party of them all was the week-long 100-year celebration, with a big to-do in a grand marque at Lamberts Beach, with everyone dressed in period costume as they arrived in vintage cars.

Staff uniforms changed over the years from black and white to a mustard dress and tropical Friday shirts, plus there were themed dress-up days.

Lamberts was the last of the locally owned and operated family department stores in Mackay, which closed in 2001.

The other stores were Bernies, Marsh, Webster, Michelmores and Fields. Waltons took over from Bernies and David Jones took over Marsh and Webster, but sadly all have gone.

Mr Edwards said past staff members are very welcome to attend the reunion at Souths Suburban Bowls Club on Saturday, August 29.

He can be contacted on 0400 242 779, or by email at garry_ edwards53@hotmail.

Petition targets Holts Road ‘danger zone’ FRUSTRATED Richmond drivers have petitioned the Mackay Regional Council to install a new turning lane at Holts Road.

An April 28 report understood drivers complained about poor road visibility and safety on Holts Road, at the intersection of Palm Ridge Drive.

The report acknowledged the petition was received a week before, but said the petition met their requirements.

“It is legible and has more than 25 signatures,” the report said.

Transport and Main Roads provided Data to the Mackay Local News which showed 150 Mackay drivers were hospitalised after a crash.

A Transport and Main Roads spokesman said seven lives were lost to car crashes last year in the Mackay region.

“There can be any number of contributing circumstances recorded for a single unit and hence multiple circumstances per crash,” the spokesman said.

He explained that a crash has “a complex contributing and casual factors.

“46 (29.3 percent) were angle type crashes and 46 (29.3 percent) were hit object type crashes,” he said.

“103 (65.6 percent) involved driv-

Holts Road is the subject of a petition to Council “Vehicles turning into Palm Ridge ers/riders who disobeyed road rules, 38 (24.2 percent) were alcohol/drug related Drive are often required to stop to give and 30 (19.1 percent) involved distract- way to east bound traffic. ed/inattentive drivers/riders.”

“Traffic along Holts Road has inThe Mackay Regional Council re- creased significantly in recent times, port investigated the conditions and particularly since the opening of the acknowledged many “anecedotal near Ring Road. miss incidents”.

“This increase, which has a high proThe report said “The unsafe situation portion of heavy vehicles, is very noticewas highlighted recently by a multi veable at the intersection of Glendarragh hicle accident.

Road and the Bruce Highway.”

“Palm Ridge Drive is a Cul De Sac Mackay Regional Council said they which intersects Holt Road at the western toe of a low ridge and at the end of would look into Holts Road in the future a curve, which means poor visibility for to reduce the number of near misses and west bound traffic. accidents.

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My Thoughts COMMUNITY VOICE Our question to you: What is your advice to job seekers?

Readers, what are your thoughts?

Let us know: news@mackaylocalnews.com.au www.mackaylocalnews.com.au

Codie Soden

Kerrie Snell

Mary Domingo

Mike Teylan

“Be confident in yourself and dress appropriately. And smile!”

“Asking is key. Bring your resume and be ready to sell yourself.”

“Find what you really want to do and what you will be happy with.”

“Confidence is key while applying for a job that suits you.”

Where have all my profits gone?

Richard WAINWRIGHT

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Worker choice – locals, migrants and wages ONE big issue dodged in the federal budget is where are the workers coming from - and what that does to wages.

This is a huge issue for our region which has had its growth over the last 15 years pumped up by an influx of migrant workers.

Migrants have underpinned Australia’s economic growth. They have worked as cleaners, as cooks in mine worker camps or at tourism resorts, plus when working down the boning line at meatworks and at fish factories, or simply doing farm pick and pack and haul-out driving.

The smiley face political front is that these jobs are largely done by backpackers and over-seas students (who in last night’s budget were allowed to work now more than 40 hours a week legally).

Backpackers have a role, as witnessed by the troubles employers are having hiring as bor-ders remain closed to pickers and haul-out drivers (many were English and Irish farm boys out doing an Aussie adventure).

However most migrant workers are brought in under the old 457 scheme by employers or by labour hire companies.

Their role on the base wage has been underestimated, especially as they do the grubby or just sheer hard and tough work.

This explains why even with lots of local people out of work through Covid, many employers can’t find willing workers.

And this is why, despite the crocodile tears from the government and from the Reserve Bank for the last decade, they can’t get inflation back to their preferred two to three percent range.

Australia’s the steady influx of migrant and student workers (150,000 plus per year 2005 – 2019) has kept wages growth low.

But it’s no coincidence that when the migrant worker tap turned off last year, wages in some sectors currently have the highest increase in 15 years.

It could be several years before there’s easy access to cheap overseas sources labour.

This is because Covid is raging through India and even barely under control in the Philipines, which are Australia’s two biggest sources of 457 migrant labour.

The Morrison Government has popped a few dollars into training, but that doesn’t even take the level for apprenticeships and short term job skills back to pre Tony Abbott PM levels.

Australian locals also have to be willing to do the hard yakka jobs for $22 to $28 an hour.

Until this problem is properly addressed, expect to hear many local employers screaming about a lack of workers.

You already see employers pleading with retirees, grey nomads and mothers currently on child raising duties to rejoin Australia’s workforce.

But, are there enough locals to fill all the jobs ?

MONEY MATTERS...

IT IS a common belief of business owners that if they make $X profit then they should be able to see $X in the bank.

It is not that simple, as the below areas will most likely consume your cash: 1. Working capital – below are two areas within your working capital that your cash could be tied up: n Debtors – you may not have been phys-

ically paid for all services rendered or revenue raised yet; and n Stock/work in progress – stock on the shelf or materials and labour on jobs not billed ties up your cash.

2. Taxes – GST, tax withheld on wages, income tax or paying off prior year tax debts.

3. Capital expenditure – assets may have been purchased to run the business so your cash is locked up in the equity of these.

4. Debt reduction such as repayments on loans, credit cards, etc.

5. Drawings – your personal living costs, personal debt repayments, personal assets/ toys and income tax paid for owners, etc.

will all draw cash out of the business account.

6. Retirement planning/wealth creation – investing in assets for your future such as shares or property.

The challenge facing business owners is finding the right balance between each of these competing priorities and making sure you are making the most of your profits. We just ran an event on this very topic for our clients.

If you aren’t sure where your profits have gone or whether you have the balance right maybe it is time to talk to your trusted advisor.

Show us your tatts NICOLA SAYS: My tattoo is very new. I got it about a month ago and got the crab tattoo because my star sign is Cancer.

This would have to be the most expensive tattoo I’ve got all in one go, but the rest of them have been pretty pricey as well.

It was definitely painful, probably the most painful I have ever had.

So I only have the other side of my arm to do. I plan to get my whole arm done as a sleeve in the black and white style with little dot patterns and line work.

I want to also get the rest of my body done but probably not my back.

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Bullies, dogs or otherwise, are not welcome

Service the public; boot out bullies

IF PREMIER Annastacia The Omnipotent (ATO) is serious about her declaration of war against bullies, she will sack about five percent of the Queensland Public Service (PS).

Never have we seen, or heard about, so much bulling in so many departments. Anyone who has read my rantings over recent years will know I don’t carry a torch for the PS but I feel sorry for the majority who try to work to the best of their ability.

The PS is riddled with bullies even though we are blessed with a government that professes to “own” social issues such as diversity, fairness, and equality.

According to media reports, and from what my spies tell me, bullying in the PS has never been so bad and shows absolutely no signs of abating.

That’s what makes ATO’s speech at the Labour Day rally in Barcaldine so hypocritical. She railed against the awful things affecting plight of women, completely ignoring the way so many women in the PS are being bullied by her “untouchables”.

If you don’t believe the overall bullying situation is as bad as I am making out, start talking to a few of the people who have been most affected. You can find them from one end of the tate to the other, in all departments and at all levels.

Politically nothing can be done because the unions won’t allow it.

The bullying starts with the unions, infecting too many politicians who are only there through union patronage, and implemented at

departmental level by the unions’ foot soldiers. I’m not playing party politics on this issue. Bullying has been a blight on the public service under governments of all colours.

What irks me is that the Palaszczuk Government preaches to, lectures, and threatens everyone, especially the private sector, about bullying in the workplace but condones it in the workforce it “owns”.

Don’t worry about any historical examples, just think back about what you have seen and heard in the past six months.

Headlines have screamed some horrific stories about bullying in major departments such as Police, Health, and Education.

Who would want to be a teacher, especially a school principal, these days? Why the hell hasn’t the union stepped in and tried to protect its members? Or is the union a major part of the problem?

And what about Health? In the “dark ages” (a decade or two ago) everyone knew too many doctors bullied nurses, but now the bullying seems to start at the top and extends its tentacles throughout the whole system, especially from the growing and more influential non-medical areas.

Did someone mention Police? Surely not. You wouldn’t find police bullying police, would you? Then why have the headlines been screaming “toxic culture” accusations lately?

Police Minister Mark Ryan sits there while the Police Service smoulders.

How can a good cop do his or her job when the organisation appears to have mould growing at the top and in the middle?

Please Premier, practice what you preach. After a “colonic irrigation-style” Public Service bully purge, give yourself a pat on the back then, and only then, target the bullies on the outside.

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There was movement at the Pet Store

There was movement at the Pet Store, for the word had passed around That the big white Rat had got away and hidden, where he couldn’t be found They set up baits and traps, on the very first day In an effort to catch this escapee But with so much bird seed and dog food This rat liked being free He preferred to have a taste, rather than a feed Destroying up to 10 bags each night By opening more than one rat, could ever need Finally they called Deadstop, they were looking for the best He brought to them a new bait That was different from the rest It had no seeds or grains but wait A nice soft paste to tempt his fate Just one feed is all it took He started getting slower And then got really crook.

Things got back to normal at that pet store But now there’s a big sign on the front door We don’t sell pet rats here, any more Ian Chataway, Deadstop Pest Control (07) 4954 7555

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Do you believe in luck or hard work? decisions. Yes, there can be times when nothing seems to go right, but it is my experience that even then, somewhere along the line there is a choice you made and fork in a road.

Meredith

Papavasiliou

The way I see it, the maths is pretty simple:

Life most fabulous IT’S AMAZING what you can achieve – and what can come your way – when it is meant to be.

I read an article in the January edition of Vogue which spoke about a new age of Aquarius and what fortuitous circumstances were likely to transpire as a result of cosmic events such as planetary alignment, pink moons, and even the apparent world stillness which came with COVID-19 lockdowns.

We hear a lot about everything in our lives happening for a reason (which, I do personally subscribe to, to a degree) and then there is that thing called luck!

I have a love-hate relationship with the notion of luck. Personally, I am a non-believer, unless you’re talking about the Lotto or winning one of those big fancy Art Union mansions – and even then, there is a certain element of personal design involved because one has to buy the ticket and, as they say, be in it to win it.

I have had people tell me how ‘lucky’ I am to have lived so close to my family, to have been able to build a house for the kids, to have been able to do a particular job or earn a particular salary.

It’s rubbish. Nothing any of us does is without intent or design; without incredible hard work and sacrifice – and sometimes, some really tough

You, your skills and experience + your capacity to identify and act on opportunity = your socalled luck.

Certainly, not rocket science, and not very cosmic – but there will be plenty of people who will refute and beg to differ (many of whom will also, likely, feel compelled to do so because of the fact they are nice and comfy putting their lack of ‘whatever’ down to not having been so lucky). And, good for them. It’s a democracy, free speech is a thing, and this is only my humbled opinion (and if you do disagree, flick the editor a letter and we will gladly publish it!).

The thing is, notwithstanding something from left field – whether it be good like a lotto win or utterly devastating like an accident, fire or natural disaster – luck is only what you make it. It’s also hugely subjective and open to interpretation. And I dare you to define the country, economic circumstance or even body someone was born into down to just luck!

Even from the most dire circumstances, some of the incredible people I know (that you might think look superficially ‘lucky’) have risen from a kind of devastation which is the stuff of nightmares and looked peril in the face on more than one, two or even half a dozen times.

Luck, as a friend once described to me, is when the opportunity in front of you presents at a time when you, your skills, your mindset and your circumstances align.

Feelin’ Lucky today?

That is something I can kind of agree with. You see the chance. You back yourself. You take the leap.

It’s still a little Aquarian. But it’s quite a fabulous notion, and rational enough to believe.

And it holds to one fabulous truth: Life, actually, is what you make it.

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It’s a pleasure for our newspaper to honour past residents of the Mackay region through publishing complimentary words and photographs for everyone to read and enjoy.

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Tye Hollier Born:

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Weight: 3530g

Would you like to share your newly born treasure with us? Email us your photos along with all names, weight, length and date born. We’ll publish them for all of our valued readers to share in your new joy. news@mackaylocalnews.com.au

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For example, did you know that you can listen to us anywhere in the world? 4CRM, community radio Mackay, broadcasts to the Mackay region on 107.5FM but we are never out of range if you have access to the internet.

Visit our website, click the Listen Live link, press play and instantaneously you will be on board with 4CRM. You can take us with you on your holiday and always feel that connection to home!

Our website not only contains the link to our live stream but also a great deal of information about 4CRM, its programs and pre-

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The 4CRM website is not only a hub for 4CRM but for a number of groups based in the Mackay region as well.

The Community Notices link accesses meeting information for a variety of groups

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We also do live broadcasts from venues.

This is a great way to promote your event as we conduct live interviews and play popular music while creating just the right atmosphere for all involved. Our rolling coverage provides up-to-the-minute information to the Mackay Community.

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Plenty happening locally, so get out and about Joel

Bow

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LOOKS like Tate Obst is back on the music scene and the tweens and early twenties on a scale of one to sick are loving him fully sick!

The tradie who’s a reformed music theatre kid has been rocking a guitar since he was handed a bottle of milk and always comes through with the goods.

To be fair, as his drunken uncle, I’m biased but I don’t know why the former winner of Mackay’s Got Talent hasn’t picked up a record deal yet. Add his blonde mate Connor McKinnery-Moss to the town’s newest duo, the lads have been carving up the music scene, most recently opening for The Base Coats’ single launch at Haunt. Booking gigs at the Wake Park and other pubs round town, there’s rumours the duo have collected dates for a north qld tour, but it’s rad to have local musos doing their thing locally.

When Jason Chetcuti was starting out, he didn’t think he’d be the darling of the design world or a handsome ‘Mackay’s Most Influential’ man but hey, it could be worse. Adorned on the airport walls, the maestro of the needle and thread has many talents.

Blessed to design the garments of many glitterati, the artist has awards and trophy’s up to his studded Gucci belt. Jason put Mackay on the map as a town that knows fashion and the crew with taste are mighty thankful. I remem-

ber when modelling was modelling and the runways were flooded with Jason Chutcuti designs on stage at the MECC in the North QLD Fashion Awards.

Two Grande dames of the vocal and choral scene in Mackay are Carmel Daveson and Kathryn Woodruff. The choir leading extraordinaries and educators have been staples of the theatre scene for a long time and we are blessed to have their remarkable hands in our hearts and community.

Easily one of the most moving moments in my life was seeing Carmel conduct the choir for the late and great Anne Thompson’s funeral. I was stunned at her powers to command a choir at such a pivotal moment in her life for a truly deserving human.

A magical force in music in QLD, her nephew is none other than Matthew Lee Robinson. Kath Woodruff is a pillar of the Mackay Choral Society and a true technician that fostered my love of singing from an early age.

Always associated with the Mackay Eisteddfod to make things fair, amazing and all-round entertaining, Mrs Woodruff doesn’t forget a face she has taught.

Still able to bring the house down, Kath was recently seen on stage in ‘A Taste of Things to Come’ for MMCP in the ‘Sister Act’ musical excerpt and was fabulous.

I was nervous about her opinion on my choreography in the ‘Cabaret’ excerpt in the same show. She told me it was excellent…because it was. Well, Kyra Geoghegan made sure it was, she always does.

Ashley Fergus is the cheer-tastic Dance and Cheer co-ordinator at North High and is a man who takes

dance, cheer and rock pop, mime very seriously.

Fun fact, the first and last musical Ash and I did was together on the MECC stage.

The first was West Side Story for MMCP in ‘94 and the last was A Chorus Line for Red Giraffe Theatre. Both dance-heavy shows and both shows proved challenging for young bodies and my haggard old corpse.

Ash was amazing as Bobby and was a pleasure to dance alongside again after many years. Add to that magnificent locally trained dancers like Robyn Franke, Kyra Geoghegan and Kennedy Foley, the show was divine.

We both had careers at sea for Princess Cruises on different ships, and In A Chorus Line, the main character Zac asks the dancers, “what will you do if you can’t ever dance again”. It was a real moment in my career when both Ash and I shared stories to the cast of the memories of the last professional musical or show we did. Mackay is incredibly lucky to have passionate dance educators like Ash in our hood.

Got tickets to Mama Mia yet? It’ll be MMCP at their best, on stage at the MECC. And maybe check out Brenden Borellini’s artwork at Crossroad Arts HQ. Also, the hot crew at Dispensary Wine Society are designing an evening of remarkable wines and sensational food hosted by Graeme Connors. This sentence mentions The Base Coats and Folks Like Us. About Joel Bow: Joel should have learned the piano instead of being a fake dancer.

West Side Story was challenging for Joel (who is not pictured above)

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The Royal Hotel being the oldest of the ‘Hatton’ pubs was originally known as The Cattle Creek Hotel until around 1913. Meeting the fate of many wooden country pubs, it was destroyed by fire in 1962.

The Criterion came next and was known to be a favourite for many mill and railway workers when Hatton boasted a sizeable population. Varying accounts place the commissioning and building of The Cri between 1906 and 1908. It sustained heavy damage during the 1958 floods after which it underwent a significant rebuild.

The third and youngest of the watering holes in Hatton was the Cedar Hotel built around 1911 with cedar timber from Eungella. According to local records it closed and was dismantled in the late 1930s.

Now well into the 21st century the Cri still proudly holds its own in the renamed township of Finch Hatton.

Long gone are the tales of a local who rode his horse up the front stairs and inside to the bar. Why? “He was just a larrikin,” the locals tell me, “having a bit of fun.”

The Cri stands witness to the rowdy Saturday nights when

Karen and Bob from the Criterion Hotel Finch Hatton buzzed with people from the surrounding farms.

They came in old jalopies and cane trucks to do their shopping, pick up their mail, visit the picture show and have a drink at the pub.

Aspiring politicians used the veranda as their soapbox to harness the votes of the locals. In those days Finch Hatton was the third largest town in this region after Mackay and Marian.

Today the proud owners of The Criterion Karen and Bob maintain the history of the hotel and town.

Wrinkled sepia photographs adorn the walls that quietly display the various sporting clubs and fascinating tales of bygone days. The Cri is a traditional country pub and offers upstairs rooms of overnight and longer accom-

modation options. Its bar is busy on the weekends with visitors passing through but if you really want to capture the character of the area and its people you need to drop in during the week at sunset.

One of the many highlights of the Criterion is the adjacent beer garden that provides an ideal atmosphere for breakfast and cool afternoon drinks. As you can imagine Anzac Day is a day for memories, for stories, for celebrating and a day when The Criterion comes into her own. On Anzac Day The Criterion shines in everyone’s eyes.

The Criterion is certainly worth a visit on your next trip to the upper Pioneer Valley. Come on up and bend an elbow or meet up with friends in the dining room over fabulous food.

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SOLAR ENERGY

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IN THE same way that you pick your new taps, appliances and more you can pick a solar system and be free from the energy grid.

Did you know that the right solar energy system can ensure that you will always have power, even during a storm? No more nasty blackouts!

‘Going off the grid’ simply means that your home or business will produce enough renewable electricity to meet your needs.

Along with producing this electricity, you will have the capacity to store your electricity for use when the sun is not shining.

With the Snap Solar head office based in Mackay, we know that solar can make a BIG difference to your bills. We are locals with local knowledge of just how many sunny days that we can take advantage of here in Queensland.

Having the correctly sized solar system at your property can eradicate your bills altogether. With electricity prices always increasing you will be able to forget about future bill shock.

If you are in the process of designing and building a new home it is the perfect time to consider solar. As mentioned before the cost of electricity is always increasing and bills can be many thousands of dollars each year.

While you may take the time to buy energy-efficient appliances for your new home the costs to run these items within a household can be expensive. Solar energy can pay for itself in no time.

At Snap Solar we only choose the industry’shighest quality products with long term warranties.

Our CEC accredited installers and A-Grade Electricians make sure that your property has everything you need to remove your reliance on the energy grid. Saving you money!

Are you curious about how much power you have and what you are using? Once your system is up and running you will have the ability to constantly monitor your system.

Contact the team at Snap Solar today for an obligation free discussion.

Quality farm to go under hammer

THIS picturesque and productive 117-acre farm at Lot 3 Maraju-Yakapari Road is under the hammer this weekend.

It offers the rare combination of flat lush countryside, permanent creek, fertile soils, and ideal home sites with spectacular rural views.

Situated on the corner of the Maraju-Yakapari and Old Bowen Coach Road’s, just 23 minutes from Mackay’s CBD in the “Blue Chip” district of Balnagowan.

Fetures: n 1.2 kms of permanent creek SNAP SOLAR traverses through the block SOLAR POWER n Improved pastures of 0421 749 Repairs, 944 Replacements or New Products!

Rhodes, Signal and Pangola email:sales@snapsolar.com.au Showers, security screens, windows, grasses doors, robes, mirrors, splashbacks, & patio enclosures

n Fully fenced with fourstrand barbwire n Fertilised in 2020 n Irrigation from the creek to poly tank and two troughs n Three road frontages n Exceptional house sites dotted along Old Bowen Coach Rd Rarely do quality farms such as this come onto the market and this Balnagowan cattle block represents an excellent opportunity for the hobby farmer wishing to supplement their full-time income and build their rural dream.

To be sold by Auction on site on May 15, 2021 at 1:30 pm with prior offers considered.

WHEN taking on new rental management properties, we like to spend time with the landlord to discuss their needs and make sure that their property is cared for in a way that aligns with their expectations.

Rental properties require diligence and attention. Often investment and rental properties require maintenance works before and during the tenancy. This can be costly for the landlord.

Balancing the rent to repairs ratio takes strategy and a plan. We help our landlords by working with them to engage professional services, maintenance trades people, lawn maintenance and other services to ensure their property is kept at a premium standard.

We also work with them to devise an action plan and budget so works can be actioned at allocated times which keep both landlord and tenant happy.

We have found that our landlords understand that we take the same pride in their property as we would our own. Being a landlord and paying insurances, mortgage and other expenses in owning a property requires a balance of economics. We provide this service in making sure that their investment is kept in premium condition and they are informed every step of the way.

From experience, we have seen how emotionally attached landlords can get to their properties. And rightly so, as their investment of time, money and resources goes into acquiring the property. We value this and understand that it is our role to minimise the emotional stress of communicating with tenants.

We also make sure that if anything requires attention, we are making the essential and efficient communications to have works quoted, landlords informed of prices/options and repairs scheduled. We coordinate all of this and work in with our tenants to keep them advised.

We also work with our tenants in a way that they are respected and valued as they are contributing financially to the property by paying rent and ensuring to keep the property well maintained and tidy. We love the process of helping our property owners and landlords have a great experience through tenancies.

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The property market is booming in 2021 as record demand far outstrips the supply of stock for sale, pushing property prices higher and leading to homes selling faster and sales volumes rising.

Currently, some properties are attracting multiple offers, leaving us with qualified buyers who are still actively pursuing similar homes to ones that have recently sold.

Now is the time to sell your property!

Blacks Real Estate is the trusted name in Real Estate.

The Blacks Real Estate Team has years of experience and knowledge.

It is our aim to create a positive experience for all.

85 PROPERTIES SOLD OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2020

49 PROPERTIES SOLD JANUARY TO MARCH 2021 Introducing Roy Brunke - SALES “An agent that’s prepared to put in the time and look after all the minor details” If you are looking for an agent that offers open communication at all times and an agent that is prepared to put the time in and look after all the minor details from start to finish of the sale process, then I may be the one to suit your needs.

It’s been my understanding from many of my clients over the years that they prefer to deal with an Agent who will give them all the qualified information they require but more importantly give them time to make the right call without feeling pressured.

So if you are thinking about selling and would like an idea on the current market value of your property – obligation free give me a call

Whether you are considering selling or interested in buying, please give me a call as I would love to look after you:

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Smoke alarms protect against silent killer MACKAY region landlords are being urged to check their compliance with new smoke alarm laws.

were designed to give residents extra time to escape a house fire.

“Research tells us that children are less likely to wake to the sound of a smoke alarm. This makes it important that adults in the home can hear them,” Commissioner Leach said.

Fire and Emergency Services Minister Mark Ryan said from January 1, next year, all residential rental properties would be required to have interconnected, photoelectric smoke alarms installed in every bedroom, in hallways and on every level.

“In modern homes where the parent's bedroom is often in another part of the house, they may not hear the smoke alarm in the children's bedrooms.

“The law applies when new leases are commenced or an existing lease is extended, but we urge all property owners to transition to the new safer alarms as soon as possible.

“It’s simple - smoke alarms save lives and interconnected, photoelectric smoke alarms are the safest option available,” Mr Ryan said.

“This is about landlords putting the safety of their tenants first while also protecting their property and rental income.”

Mr Ryan said residential rental properties that didn’t comply with the legislation would be unable to be rented out from January next year.

“This legislation isn’t new, it was introduced in 2017. We gave landlords until January 2022 to ensure they had time to make changes to their property,” Mr Ryan said.

“Interconnection means that the smoke alarms communicate with each other so that if one smoke alarm activates in one room all the smoke alarms activate, making it more likely that everyone will have the best chance of getting out before they are overcome by smoke.”

“If you haven’t made the necessary changes to your rental property now is the time.

Complying with the legislation is not optional, it’s the law.”

Antonia Mercorella, CEO of the Real Estate Institute of Queensland, expressed the importance of smoke alarms.

“Smoke alarm compliance is an important aspect of property management in Queensland real estate, in particular as the deadline for adherence to new legislative

requirements fast Mercorella said.

approaches,”

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“With only a handful of months left before every rental property must comply, make no mistake – there will be no extension to the deadline. Now isn’t the time to compromise on compliance – be ready by 1 January, 2022 or lose the right to rent your property.”

QFES Commissioner Greg Leach said interconnected, photoelectric smoke alarms

Commissioner Leach reminded home owners every home in the state would be required to install interconnected, photoelectric smoke alarms by January 2027.

“Don’t wait to protect yourself, your family and your property. Everyone should make the change as soon as possible,” he said.

For more information on installing smoke alarms and what’s required of Queensland landlords, tenants and owner occupiers, visit qld.gov.au/smokealarms.

Tenants have more options with new RTA forms OPEN HOMES An open home is a wonderful opportunity to visually see and explore a property in person from the marketed listing. It’s a great time to cross check any information you may have missed.

It’s a good idea to have a few questions prepared for ease, further giving you a chance at building repore with the real estate agent. Here’s are some questions worth consideration: 1. How many offers has the seller received?

2. Why are the sellers selling?

MACKAY, Isaac and Whitsunday rental tenants facing domestic and family violence could have more options following a review of forms by the Residential Tenancies Authority (RTA).

3. How long has the property been on the market? Why is that do you think?

4. When was the house built? Any updates?

5. How much are the rates and/or body corporate?

6. How motivated is the seller to sell the property?

7. What are the neighbors like?

8. How are the local schools and shops?

9. What’s the noise level/crime like in the neighborhood?

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As of May 1, this year, the Queensland Government introduced a suite of new and amended forms - many of which were in response to issues which became apparent during COVID-19.

An RTA spokesperson said key changes included that entry restrictions and relaxed repair and maintenance obligations implemented to support COVID-19 social distancing measures, which have been in place since 29 March 2020, will cease to apply from May 1, 2021.

The spokesperson said other temporary measures would continue to 30 September 2021, including provisions allowing tenants experiencing domestic and family violence to end their tenancies quickly.

"Tenants and landlors, as well as property managers can learn more about these changes on our COVID-19 changes web page or the Queensland Government’s Residential Rental Hub website.," they said.

"The amendments apply to all general tenancies and rooming accommodation – including social housing – and are designed to help the Queensland residential rental sector transition back to normal tenancy arrangements and processes under the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008."

The spokesperson said Tenants, property owners and managers are encouraged to continue to work together in good faith and agree on solutions. The RTA’s free and impartial

dispute resolution service will continue to be available to help all parties negotiate and resolve issues.

In line with these changes, the spokesperson said the RTA had also updated a number of general tenancy and rooming accommodation forms, which will be in effect until September30, 2021.

Forms which have been updated, and new versions should be downloaded include: n Domestic and family violence notice ending a tenancy

Domestic and family violence notice ending a residence n Domestic and family violence report n Notice of lessor's intention to sell premises (Form 10) n Notice to leave (Form 12) n Notice to leave rooming accommodation (Form R12) n Notice of intention to leave (Form 13) n Notice of intention to leave rooming accommodation (Form R13) n Dispute resolution request (Form 16) n Pocket guide for tenants - houses and units (17a) n Pocket guide for tenants - caravan parks (17b)

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Graham not the retiring type

By MEREDITH PAPAS GRAHAM Townson is retiring.

That’s what he tells us, anyway.

His wife, Judy, isn’t so certain.

When he says he’s stepping away from it all, she kind of shrugs – in the way wives seem to when their husbands make such a claim but, in reality, everyone seems to know better.

June 30 is the day he will give it away. It’ll mark the end of an era – one which, for the couple, started in 1974.

Back then, when it meant something that Graham was a towny and Judy a bushy, Graham charged $6 an hour. The going rate for a plumber was about $90 a week.

He was frowned upon for upping his price to $6.50.

“I was told I was the dearest in town, when I did that,” he said.

“It’s come a long way.”

GROWTH These days the hourly rate is $128 an hour and the business has grown. With a staff of 28 and a presence in Brisbane – as well as the main office still here in Mackay – the business has embraced opportunity and abides by a code which seems to pair innovation, technology and industry best practice with those old-fashioned perennials of customer service, local knowledge and looking after its people.

And looking forward you could safely assume that is the legacy Graham wants to leave

Judy travelled to England to meet him.

The rest, as they say, is history!

Back in Australia, they married and started building a life together.

At the heart of this was Graham’s pride, joy and greatest labour of love: the home he built for his family.

Perched on a hill in North Mackay, Graham started work on what’s now the family home on Good Friday, 1975. He’d seen a house similar to what now stands while travelling in England.

with the business. None of the success came easy.

Although, Graham and Judy look back on what they call easier times in business with fondness.

“It’s really hard now,” Graham said.

“We didn’t realise how ease it really was back then.

“We didn’t have the regulations, the legislation or the compliance, there was no GST, no QBCC, the council didn’t have all the rules and conditions it has now.

“It used to be that we just did the job, and then we sent the bill.”

“The admin side of it is definitely what has changed the most,” Judy added.

COMPLICATED “It is a lot more complicated and even things like our insurance, the forms we need to have completed and submitted – there is a lot of ticking boxes … very regulated.”

The upside to all of that, of course, is that there are fewer dodgey tradies, the couple said.

“We have definitely seen fewer unscrupulous operators around now.

“That said though, there are good things – we are almost paperless in the office now. Our son Simon, and a friend of his built our management system so everything is now online.

And, we don’t have to lick stamps! That is a big improvement.”

While business was growing, so too was Graham and Judy’s

Graham and Judy Townson

family. After traversing the continent via the Nullabor and a couple of short stints in Perth and Sydney, Graham travelled to the UK in his early 20s.

TRAVELLING From there he travelled through America (in some pretty slap-dash motorcars, by the sounds of it) and made some good friends abroad.

Still, there was only to be one person who would capture his heart – the girl he knew from when she was 16 and he was 18.

He’d been keen since the time

he’d met her. Not unexpectedly, Judy’s parents weren’t quite as thrilled!

Born at the Mater, Judy (nee Bugeja) was the eldest of six kids - with five younger brothers.

Graham cannot be sure if he was born at the Lister or the Base, but he had a brother and a sister and grew up in town.

His dad was a fireman in the railway, coming originally from Gordonvale, just south of Cairns.

His mum came from Southport in South East Queensland.

While Graham was abroad,

BARE HANDS It was built with his own bare hands – and with the help and expertise of some great friends.

The pair moved in in 1976.

A palace, it was not. No roof.

Just the essentials.

But they had a dream and they could see what they were building.

“It was hard work, I remember that. I think I might have been a bit of a work-a-holic back then.”

Another shrug and shake of the head from Judy!

“We were here every weekend and at every space chance I had I was working on this house.”

So, was it worth it?

That’s an easy question for them to answer: Of course.

Now, this dream house which Graham and Judy have made a reality is the family home of what was to become a family of eight – with six kids, Matthew, Nash, Luke, Gina, Simon and Peter.

Of the kids, Simon and Nash are now carrying on the family business and countless successes have made Graham and Judy very proud parents.

And of course, there are grandkids as well; eight of them – four boys and four girls – and one more on the way!

So back to that idea of retirement?

BUSY Graham certainly has plenty to keep him busy. And that’s without mentioning the Sunset Bay Outriggers, Social Bowls, Toastmasters, being a blood donor, embarking on an outback charity car rally with mates; and – he quickly slips this in toward the end of the conversation – a new business he is getting into!

Yes. Yet another headshake from Judy.

In his retirement Graham is excited to be start a business which will use drone technology for roof leak detection.

“This is my passion,” he said.

“It’s fun for me. It’s not a business for me to just make money.

“It’ll keep me off the streets and out of trouble.”

And, with that, Judy’s disposition changed. She nods in agreement at her husband’s plan, smiling at the fact he is right.

Retirement could be many things for Graham and Judy Townson.

But whatever it is, one thing is for sure: It’ll never be dull and it’ll be a whole lot of fun!

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9:30 Studio 10 Saturday (PG) [s] 12:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 12:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 1:00 My Market Kitchen [s] 1:30 The Dog House (PG) [s] 2:30 Taste Of Australia [s] 3:00 What’s Up Down Under [s] 3:30 The Living Room [s] 4:30 Farm To Fork [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Advancing Australia [s] 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 7:00 The Dog House (PG) [s] 8:00 The Savoy (PG) [s] 9:00 Ambulance UK (M) [s] 10:10 999: What’s Your Emergency? (M) [s] 11:10 NCIS (M) [s]

5:30 Worldwatch 7:00 Cycling: Giro D’italia Highlights 2021 Stage 7 7:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Sportswoman: Marta 2:30 Lost World - Deeper Into The Black Sea 4:30 True Evil - The Making Of A Nazi: Von Braun (PG) 5:30 Cycling: Giro D’italia Highlights 2021 Stage 7 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (M) 8:30 Eurovision Top 40 Controversies (M l) 10:30 Big Night In! Eurovision 2020 (PG)

5:25 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat 6:00 The Deep 6:30 Top Jobs For Dogs 7:00 Horrible Histories 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Almost Naked Animals 8:55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures!

9:10 Dragons: Riders Of Berk (PG)

3:10 Movie: “Exodus” (PG) (’60) Stars: Paul Newman 7:30 Rugby Union: Preview 7:45 Rugby Union: Trans Tasman: Melbourne Rebels v Auckland Blues *Live* 9:45 Rugby Union: Post Match 10:00 Movie: “Live And Let Die” (PG) (’73) Stars: Roger Moore 12:30 My Favourite Martian

2:00 Sydney Weekender 2:30 The Great Australian Doorstep 3:00 Property Ladder UK (PG) 5:30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters (PG) 6:30 The Yorkshire Vet (PG) 8:30 Escape To The Country 11:30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea (PG) 12:30 The Fine Art Auction (PG)

2:00 The Doctors (PG) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 4:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 4:30 I Fish 5:00 Escape Fishing With ET (PG) 5:30 Scorpion (M v) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 10:20 TBA 11:20 Hawaii Five-O (M v) 1:10 48 Hours (M v) 2:10 Elementary (M)

1:40 New Girl (PG) 4:00 PBS Newshour 5:00 ABC America: World News Tonight 5:30 Basketball: NBL: Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats *Live* 7:30 Impossible Engineering (PG) 8:30 The X-Files (M h,v) 9:20 Cycling: Giro D’italia *Live* Stage 8 1:35 Vice Guide To Film (M d,l,v)

5:25 Kangaroo Beach 5:55 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 6:25 Shaun The Sheep 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 The Set (PG) 8:30 Unprotected Sets (MA15+) 9:30 TBA 10:30 Sammy J 10:35 Live From The BBC (M l) 11:20 Insert Name Here (M s)

3:00 ABC News 3:30 The Breakfast Couch 4:00 ABC News 4:30 Q&A Highlights 5:00 Planet America 6:00 ABC Evening News 6:30 Australian Story 7:00 ABC National News 7:30 New Normal (Part 3) 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:10 Four Corners 9:00 ABC Nightly News

4:00 American Restoration (PG) 4:30 Mysteries Of The Abandoned (PG) 5:30 Pawn Stars Australia (PG) 6:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:00 Movie: “Thor” (M v) (’11) Stars: Chris Hemsworth 9:20 Movie: “Die Hard 4.0 (AKA Live Free Or Die Hard)” (M v,l) (’07) Stars: Bruce Willis

12:00 WIN’s All Australian News 1:00 Masterchef Australia (PG) 3:30 Friends (PG) 6:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:45 Friends (PG) 10:35 Movie: “Rock Of Ages” (M) (’12) Stars: Tom Cruise 1:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Charmed (PG) 2:30 Supernatural (M v,d) 3:30 100% Hotter (PG)

2:50 Movie: “What We Did On Our Holiday” (M s) (’14) Stars: Rosamund Pike 4:40 Movie: “Lassie” (PG) (’94) Stars: Tom Guiry 6:35 Movie: “Hunt For The Wilderpeople” (PG) (’16) Stars: Taika Waititi 8:30 Movie: “Churchill” (M) (’17) Stars: Brian Cox

7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 9:00 Insiders [s] 10:00 Offsiders [s] 10:30 The World This Week [s] 11:00 Compass (PG) [s] 11:30 Songs Of Praise [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 Landline [s] 1:30 Gardening Australia [s] 2:30 Doc Martin (PG) [s] 3:30 Restoration Australia [s] 4:30 Back Roads [s] 5:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) [s] 5:30 Antiques Roadshow [s] 6:30 Compass (PG) [s] 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] 7:40 Spicks And Specks [s] 8:30 Wakefield (M l,d) [s]

6:00 Easy Eats [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 1:00 Netball: Suncorp Super Netball: Swifts v Vixens *Live* [s] 3:00 NRL: Pre Game [s] 4:00 NRL: Melbourne Storm v St George Illawarra Dragons *Live* [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] 7:00 Lego Masters Australia (PG) [s] 8:50 60 Minutes (PG) [s] 9:50 NINE News Late [s] 10:20 Australian Crime Stories (M l,v) [s] 11:30 Shallow Grave (MA15+) [s]

6:00 NBC Today [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend (PG) [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness (PG) [s] 1:00 Kochie’s Your Money & Your Life [s] 1:30 Program To Be Advised 3:00 Highway Cops (PG) [s] 3:30 Border Patrol (PG) [s] 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Weekender (PG) [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Program To Be Advised 8:30 Crime Investigation Australia (MA15+) [s] 9:40 The Real Manhunter (M v) [s]

12:00 Advancing Australia [s] 12:30 Left Off The Map [s] 1:00 My Market Kitchen [s] 1:30 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 2:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 3:10 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:30 Hotels By Design (PG) [s] 4:00 Fishing Australia [s] 4:30 Taste Of Australia [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 9:00 FBI: Most Wanted (M) [s] 10:00 FBI (M) [s] 11:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 12:00 Home Shopping

7:00 Cycling: Giro D’italia Highlights 2021 Stage 7 7:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Speedweek 3:00 Motor Sports: Superbike World Championship 4:00 Sportswoman 4:30 True Evil - The Making Of A Nazi (PG) 5:30 Cycling: Giro D’italia Highlights 2021 Stage 8 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Movie: “A&E Biography: Kenny Rogers” (PG) (’20) Stars: Dolly Parton 9:00 Destination Flavour Eurovision (PG) (In Ukrainian/ Dutch/ English/ Finnish/ German/ Greek/ Irish/ Latvian)

5:25 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir (PG) 6:00 The Deep 6:30 Top Jobs For Dogs 7:00 Horrible Histories 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Almost Naked Animals 9:05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk 9:25 Cleopatra In Space (PG) 9:50 rage (PG)

3:30 Movie: “Invitation To A Gunfighter” (PG) (’64) Stars: Yul Brynner 5:30 Movie: “The Wonderful Country” (PG) (’59) Stars: Robert Mitchum 7:30 Death In Paradise (PG) 8:40 Chicago PD (M) 9:40 Chicago Fire (M) 10:40 Chicago Med (M) 11:40 Murdered By Morning (M v)

2:00 The Bowls Show 3:00 My Greek Odyssey (PG) 4:00 Escape To The Country 7:00 Border Security Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Air Crash Investigations 11:30 TBA 12:30 The Fine Art Auction (PG) 3:30 Our Town 4:00 Harry’s Practice 4:30 Million Dollar Minute

2:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 3:00 The Offroad Adventure Show 4:00 Pooches At Play (PG) 4:30 What’s Up Down Under 5:00 I Fish 5:30 Advancing Australia (PG) 6:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 9:30 MotoGP Race 5 France Grand Prix *Live* 11:15 Stories Of Bike (PG)

3:00 Basketball: NBL: Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans *Live* 5:00 Basketball: NBL: Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers *Live* 7:00 Monty Python’s Flying Circus (PG) 7:35 Abandoned Engineering (PG) 8:25 The UnXplained With William Shatner (M) 9:15 TBA

5:25 Kangaroo Beach 6:10 School Of Roars 6:25 Peter Rabbit 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks 8:00 Compass (PG) 8:30 The Leadership 10:10 Louis Theroux: America’s Medicated Kids (M) 11:10 Catalyst (PG) 12:10 Tate Britain’s Great British Walks

3:00 ABC News 3:30 Offsiders 4:00 Landline 5:00 ABC News 5:30 The World This Week 6:00 ABC Evening News 6:30 New Normal (Part 3) 7:00 ABC News Sunday 7:40 Drum Beat 8:00 Insiders 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 Australian Story 10:00 ABC News Weekend

2:30 Step Outside With Paul Burt (PG) 3:00 AFL: Round 9: Melbourne v Carlton *Live* 6:00 Pawn Stars Australia (PG) 6:30 Movie: “Fantastic Four” (PG) (’05) Stars: Ioan Gruffudd 8:40 Movie: “2012” (PG) (’09) Stars: Amanda Peet 11:50 Tattoo Nightmares (MA15+)

10:30 Masterchef Australia (PG) 3:30 12:50 The Neighbourhood 1:50 100% Hotter (PG) 2:50 Friends (PG) 6:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 8:30 Friends (PG) 10:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 11:30 Mom (M) 12:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Posh Frock Shop (M s) 2:30 Charmed (PG)

2:45 Movie: “Swallows And Amazons” (PG) (’16) Stars: Bobby McCulloch 4:35 Movie: “The Ash Lad” (PG) (’17) Stars: Eili Harbo (In Danish/ Norwegian) 6:35 Movie: “Grace Of Monaco” (PG) (’14) Stars: Nicole Kidman 8:30 Movie: “Ray” (M d) (’04) Stars: Jamie Foxx

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 10:00 Landline [s] 11:00 Magical Land Of Oz [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 The Durrells (PG) [s] 2:05 Agatha Raisin (PG) [s] 3:00 ABC News [s] 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 4:55 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 5:25 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 8:00 Australian Story (PG) [s] 8:30 Four Corners (PG) [s] 9:15 Media Watch (PG) [s] 9:35 TBA [s] 11:05 ABC Late News [s] 11:35 Tea With The Dames (M)

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Explore [s] 1:10 Lego Masters Australia (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 5:30 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Lego Masters Australia (PG) [s] 8:50 Law & Order: Organized Crime (M) [s] 9:50 100% Footy (M) [s] 10:50 NINE News Late [s] 11:20 The Arrangement (M l,s) [s] 12:05 Tipping Point [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Bond Of Silence” (M d,v) (’10) Stars: Kim Raver 2:00 Autopsy USA (M) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Big Brother (PG) [s] 9:15 9-1-1 (M) [s] 10:15 S.W.A.T. (M) [s] 11:15 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:45 Station 19 (M l) [s] 12:45 Splitting Up Together (PG) [s] 1:15 Trial And Error (M) [s]

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M s,l,n) [s] 9:40 Program To Be Advised 10:10 Just For Laughs (M) [s]

4:30 Football: UEFA Women’s Champions League Final: Chelsea v Barcelona *Live* 7:00 Cycling: Giro D’italia Highlights 2021 Stage 9 7:30 Worldwatch 2:00 Running On Time (PG) 2:15 Michael Portillo: Housing Crisis (PG) 3:35 The Cook Up (PG) 4:05 Cycling: Giro D’italia Highlights 2021 Stage 9 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Secrets Of The Tower Of London (PG) 8:30 Secret Scotland (PG)

5:25 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir (PG) 6:00 The Deep 6:30 Operation Ouch! 7:00 Deadly Pole To Pole 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Almost Naked Animals 9:05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk 9:25 Cleopatra In Space (PG) 9:50 rage (PG)

3:20 Movie: “The Story Of Gilbert And Sullivan” (G) (’53) Stars: Robert Morley 5:30 Secret Life Of Zoo (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Queens Of Mystery (M v) 8:30 Agatha Christie’s Marple (PG) 10:30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M) 11:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (M)

2:00 The Zoo 2:30 Our Town 3:15 M*A*S*H (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Doc Martin (PG) 8:30 Judge John Deed (M) 10:30 Autopsy USA (M) 11:30 TBA 12:30 Doc Martin (M) 1:30 The Zoo 2:00 Escape To The Country 3:00 Bargain Hunt

2:00 Hawaii Five-O (M v) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 10:20 TBA 11:15 TBA 12:10 Home Shopping 2:10 MotoGP Race 5 France Grand Prix 3:40 Escape Fishing With ET 4:10 MacGyver (M) 5:05 Star Trek: Voyager (PG)

5:15 The Joy Of Painting (PG) 5:45 Shortland Street (PG) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Taskmaster: Lotta Soup (M) 9:20 TBA 1:35 The Point 2:35 The Feed 2:25 France 24 News In English

5:25 Kangaroo Beach 5:55 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 6:25 Peter Rabbit 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 QI (PG) 8:30 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef 9:30 Doctor Who (PG) 10:15 Back In Time For Dinner (PG) 11:45 Escape From The City

3:00 ABC News Afternoons 4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 7.30 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum 12:00 ABC Late News 12:15 The Business

4:30 Canadian Pickers (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Aussie Lobster Men (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Memphis Belle” (PG) (’90) Stars: Matthew Modine 10:45 Movie: “GI Jane” (M v,l) (’97) Stars: Demi Moore

2:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:00 The Conners (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping

5:40 Movie: “Song Of Granite” (PG) (’17) Stars: Michael O’Chonfhlaola (In Gaelic/ Irish) 7:30 Movie: “The Band’s Visit” (M l) (’11) Stars: Sasson Gabay (In Hebrew/ Arabic/ English) 9:05 Movie: “Devdas” (PG) (’02) Stars: Shah Rukh Khan (In Hindi)

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 10:00 Four Corners (PG) [s] 10:45 Meet The Ferals [s] 11:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Sanditon (PG) [s] 2:00 Agatha Raisin (PG) [s] 3:15 ABC News [s] 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 5:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 5:25 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (M l) [s] 8:30 Love On The Spectrum (M) [s] 9:30 TBA 10:30 ABC Late News [s] 11:00 Q&A (M l,s)

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Explore [s] 1:10 Getaway [s] 1:40 Lego Masters Australia (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 5:30 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Program To Be Advised10:50 NINE News Late [s] 11:20 Emergence: RDZ9021 (M v) [s] 12:05 Tipping Point [s] 1:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” (M) (’08) Stars: Emily Watson 2:00 Autopsy USA (M) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Big Brother (PG) [s] 9:00 The Good Doctor (M) [s] 10:00 The Resident (M) [s] 11:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:30 Station 19 (M l) [s]

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 How To Say Married (M) [s] 9:10 NCIS (M v) [s] 10:10 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) [s]

7:00 Cycling: Giro D’italia Highlights 2021 Stage 10 8:00 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Pompeii’s Living Dead (In English/ Italian) 3:00 Living Black (PG) 3:35 The Cook Up (PG) 4:05 Cycling: Giro D’italia Highlights 2021 Stage 10 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:00 The Feed 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 The Point

5:25 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 The Deep 6:30 Operation Ouch! 7:00 Deadly Pole To Pole 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 The Day My Butt Went Psycho! 9:10 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk 9:25 Cleopatra In Space (PG) 9:50 rage (PG)

3:30 Movie: “Saraband For Dead Lovers” (G) (’48) Stars: Stewart Granger 5:30 Secret Life Of Zoo (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (M s) 8:40 The Closer (M) 9:40 Rizzoli & Isles (M v) 10:40 Law And Order (M v) 11:40 Shades Of Blue (MA15+) 12:35 Antiques Roadshow

2:00 The Windsors (PG) 2:30 Sydney Weekender 3:15 M*A*S*H (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Pie In The Sky (PG) 8:30 Inspector George Gently (M v) 10:30 Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence (PG) 11:30 TBA 12:30 Pie In The Sky (PG)

2:00 Elementary (M v) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 Blue Bloods (M v) 10:25 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 11:20 TBA 12:15 Home Shopping 2:15 Movie: “Maximum Conviction” (MA15+) (’12) Stars: Steven Seagal

5:10 The Joy Of Painting (PG) 5:40 Shortland Street (PG) 6:10 RocKwiz (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (PG) 8:30 Patriot Brains (M) 9:25 The Casketeers (PG) 10:25 Counter Space (M) 11:25 No Man’s Land (M) (In English/ French)

5:25 Kangaroo Beach 5:55 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 6:25 Peter Rabbit 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks 8:30 Back (MA15+) 8:55 Doctor Who (PG) 9:40 Extras (M l,d) 10:10 The Games 10:40 Live From The BBC (M l) 11:25 Unprotected Sets (M l,s)

3:00 ABC News Afternoons 4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 7.30 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum 12:00 ABC Late News 12:15 The Business

4:00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates (PG) 4:30 Storage Wars Canada (PG) 5:00 Pawn Stars Australia (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Highway Patrol (PG) 8:30 Outback Truckers (PG) 9:30 Megatruckers (PG)

3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Mom (M) 11:35 Frasier (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG)

3:45 Movie: “Love And Friendship” (PG) (’16) Stars: Kate Beckinsale 5:30 Movie: “Coming Home” (PG) (’15) Stars: Gong Li (In Mandarin) 7:30 Movie: “Bugsy Malone” (PG) (’76) Stars: Jodie Foster 9:10 Movie: “La Vie En Rose” (M l) (’07) Stars: Marion Cotillard

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Miriam’s Big American Adventure (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 National Press Club Address [s] 1:35 Media Watch [s] 2:10 Agatha Raisin (PG) [s] 3:00 ABC News [s] 4:00 Think Tank (PG) [s] 4:55 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 5:30 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 (PG) [s] 8:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 8:30 The Weekly (PG) [s] 9:00 You Can’t Ask That (M s) [s]

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Movie: “A Smile Like Yours” (M s) (’97) Stars: Greg Kinnear 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 4:30 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 5:30 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Travel Guides (PG) [s] 8:30 Doctor Doctor (PG) [s] 9:30 New Amsterdam (M) [s] 10:30 NINE News Late [s] 11:00 The Enemy Within (M) [s] 11:50 The First 48 (M v) [s]

6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Blue-Eyed Butcher” (M d,v,s) (’12) Stars: Sara Paxton 2:00 Autopsy USA (M) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Big Brother (PG) [s] 9:00 How To Look Good Naked (M n) [s] 10:00 Reckoning (MA15+) [s] 11:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:30 Autopsy USA (M) [s] 12:30 Instant Hotel (PG)

6:00 Headline News [s] 7:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 8:00 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 MasterChef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 Bull (M) [s] 10:40 The Project (PG) [s]

5:00 Eurovision Song Contest: Semi Final *Live* From Rotterdam 7:10 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Dateline 2:30 Insight 3:30 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw (PG) 4:00 Victoria And Albert: The Wedding 5:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Tony Robinson’s History Of Britain: 1950s (PG) 8:30 See What You Made Me Do (M) 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Stella Blomkvist (MA15+) (In Icelandic)

5:25 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 The Deep 6:30 Operation Ouch! 7:00 Deadly Pole To Pole 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go (PG) 8:35 The Day My Butt Went Psycho! 9:05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk 9:55 The Party Set (PG) 10:25 rage (PG)

3:20 Movie: “The Dove” (G) (’74) Stars: Joseph Bottoms 5:30 Secret Life Of Zoo (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Keeping Up Appearances (PG) 8:50 Midsomer Murders (M) 10:50 Born To Kill? Class Of Evil (M) 11:50 Antiques Roadshow 12:20 My Favourite Martian

2:30 Kochie’s Your Money & Your Life 3:15 M*A*S*H (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt (PG) 7:30 Frankie Drake Mysteries (M v) 8:30 A Touch Of Frost (M v) 10:50 Mighty Rivers (PG) 11:50 Property Ladder UK (PG) 2:20 Bargain Hunt 3:30 Sydney Weekender

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3:55 Movie: “Bugsy Malone” (PG) (’76) Stars: Jodie Foster 5:35 Movie: “Belle” (PG) (’13) Stars: Gugu MbathaRaw 7:30 Movie: “Born To Dance” (PG) (’15) Stars: Kherington Payne 9:15 Movie: “Florence Foster Jenkins” (PG) (’16) Stars: Meryl Streep

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(PG) 7:00 Deadly Pole To Pole 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 The Day My Butt Went Psycho!

8:55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9:05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk 9:25 Cleopatra In Space (PG) 9:55 rage (PG)

3:30 Movie: “Warlords Of Atlantis” (PG) (’78) Stars: Doug McClure 5:30 Secret Life Of The Zoo (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo (PG) 8:30 Emergency (M) 9:30 The Equalizer (M) 10:30 Law & Order (M v) 11:30 Shades Of Blue (MA15+)

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2:00 Elementary (M v) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 5:00 JAG (PG) 7:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 Hawaii Five-O (M v) 10:30 Seal Team (M v) 11:30 Elementary (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 2:00 Walker, Texas Ranger (M v) 3:00 Hawaii Five-O (M v) 4:00 JAG (PG)

5:10 Basketball: NBL Overtime 5:40 Shortland Street (PG) 6:10 RocKwiz (PG 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 NITV News Update 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (PG) 8:30 The Curse Of Oak Island (PG) 9:20 TBA 1:35 Vice News Tonight 2:00 The Feed 2:30 Deutsche Welle English News

5:25 Kangaroo Beach 5:55 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 6:25 Peter Rabbit 7:00 Grace’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Would I Lie To You? 9:30 Hard Quiz 10:00 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering 10:30 Doctor Who (PG) 11:15 That Pacific Sports Show

3:00 ABC News Afternoons 4:00 Afternoon Briefing 5:00 ABC News Hour 6:00 ABC Evening News 7:00 ABC National News 7:30 Budget 2021: Opposition Reply 8:00 ABC News Tonight 8:45 The Business 9:00 ABC Nightly News 9:30 7.30 10:00 The World 11:00 The Drum

4:30 Counting Cars (PG) 5:00 Pawn Stars Australia (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Towies (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes” (M v) (’11) Stars: Andy Serkis 10:40 Movie: “Mortal Kombat” (M v) (’95)

1:00 2 Broke Girls (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 9:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:00 The Unicorn (PG) 12:00 Home Shopping

4:20 Movie: “Offside” (PG) (’06) Stars: Sima Mobarak-Shahi (In Farsi) 6:00 Movie: “Jetsons: The Movie” (G) (’90) Stars: George O’Hanlon 7:30 Movie: “Walking On Sunshine” (PG) (’14) Stars: Giulio Berruti 9:20 Movie: “Billy Elliot” (M v,l) (’00) Stars: Jamie Bell

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FARMER&GRAZIER Carbon could be industry's super power CANE TALK Canegrowers Mackay Chairman KEVIN BORG

THIS week, women from all over Queensland who are involved in sugarcane growing businesses have been in Mackay for the Women in Sugar Australia Conference.

The women have heard from a range of interesting speakers, including our State organisation’s Chairman, Paul Schembri, who is a local Mackay grower himself.

In my presentation I asked the women to think about stepping up for the CANEGROWERS’ representative elections which are held next year.

Women on cane growing farms in partnership with their menfolk have a strong perspective on the issues we battle every day - such as high electricity and water prices. They may not be moving irrigation equipment (although some of them are!) but if they work in the farm office they see the bills and know that they are so high now that many growers are electing not to irrigate.

And while not always true these days, as men shoulder a more equal share of family duties, generally women have wider networks throughout the community which go beyond their workplace (whether the farm office or off farm) to encompass kindergartens and local schools, local sporting and recreational facilities, and local businesses and community services.

I hope you know some of these women and can check in on them when you see an article in the newspaper about the sugar industry that doesn’t sound quite right. There is often another side to a story and I invite you to either ask the cane growers you know, or give me a call, to hear it.

And on that note I’d like to raise a subject close to my heart. I heard recently that an officer in the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries was saying that sugar was not something anyone ate any more and that the industry would eventually disappear like the tobacco industry in the years ahead.

Perhaps you, too, ask yourself as you drive past cane farms from Point A to Point B in your busy lives, what relevance does the sugar industry have to your life?

Well, to start with, if you like an alcoholic tipple, sugar is a key ingredient in some of our favourites!

But seriously, people may ask themselves, well, we can grow sugarcane, but should we?

I could give you some statistics about how much the industry contributes to the Mackay region - such as the $1.5 billion in returns or 6.9 per cent of the total GRP annually to the region, and the 8,221 full-time equivalent jobs or 8.4 per cent of the entire workforce in the region.

But here’s another argument you may not have thought about. A recent presentation at the Case IH Step Up Conference in Bundaberg earlier this year showed how a researcher at Southern Cross University working with CSIRO had proved in a 12 month study on a cane farm

that carbon was being absorbed from the air and ‘sequestered’ (stored) in the soil. So those fully trash blanketed, minimum tilled, green harvested cane crops which are grown for 6-10 years and rotated with an Nitrogen fixing crop are no doubt counteracting the carbon emissions from your car as you drive past! Science has not proved it on everyone’s farm yet but that’s coming. Carbon sequestration is us!

So in addition to providing wealth to the region we are growing some important ecosystem services for Australia. If the NSW grower’s results are anything to go by that’s nine tonnes of carbon removed from the atmosphere per hectare per year. Or about 180,000 tonnes in our region a year.

TOP: A team of dedicated volunteers worked to make this year's Women in Sugar a success.

ABOVE_LEFT: A trip to Hay Point was one of the activities which took place during the two-day conference.

ABOVE: Canegrowers' Kevin Borg addressed the group of engaged and motivated women about the importance of carbon storage and the future of the industry generally.

Beef Report: Lot feeding key to northern industry's expansion EXPANDING lot-feeding into the tropical north could help expand Australia’s cattle herd.

A Queensland beef producer visits the Americas to find feed and shelter options suited to northern Australia.

Robust planning and smart investment are needed to expand the industry Unlocking the lotfeeding potential of northern Australia Ahead of Beef Australia 2021, the outgoing ambassador for the Australian beef industry remains excited by the industry’s potential growth.

As Stewart Borg (pictured by Rabobank, receiving his 2018 Young Beef Ambassador award) prepares to hand over the baton to the next Young Beef Ambassador, he has released a report that explores how the Australian lotfeeding sector could expand into the tropical north.

The North Queensland producer says this expansion could help increase the national herd size and capitalise on demand from key markets.

Stewart says robust planning, smart investment and the development of complementary agricultural industries could overcome the region’s heat, humidity and rain.

With support from Meat & Livestock Australia, Stewart explored both alternative feed sources and animal housing options that are better suited to northern conditions.

“Although the tropical climate of northern Australia poses challenges for lotfeeding, there are many opportunities on offer as well,” Stewart said.

“Northern Australia is proximal to both emerging and existing markets, receives higher and more reliable rainfall and is close to large supplies of feeder weight cattle.

There are also a range of feed sources, like soybeans, tropical grasses and palm kernel, which have lotfeeding potential.” While the lotfeeding sector currently relies on cereal grains like wheat and barley, Stewart travelled throughout the United States and South America

looking at alternatives that would be better suited to northern Australia.

“Development of tropical pasture varieties has been rapidly progressing in recent years, and several hybrid grasses hold enormous potential for application in northern Australia, either through use as hay or silage.

“Mulato 2 is a brachiaria hybrid that produces exceptionally high dry matter yields and shows great feed values, making it highly suited to our tropical northern conditions.

"It is high protein, and more productive than tropical grasses currently available. Combined with soybean it’s the among the mostly widely grown crops in the world.”

Stewart’s research also focused on modifications to lotfeeding structures that would need to be

made for the industry to succeed in northern Australia. Heat stress in animals is a real risk to their wellbeing and productivity, but one that can be managed through a range of strategies.

“Building designs that feature raised ridge capping are utilised throughout Indonesia and South East Asia, either in full or partially enclosed systems.

"The peaked roof allows heat to rise and escape via openings on either side of the raised ridge caps, and overall efficiency can be boosted by ensuring that aspect and wind direction are taken into account before construction.”

Ultimately, the third generation beef producer concludes that the Australian lotfeeding industry has huge potential to expand national herd size and capitalise on key market access by expanding into northern Australia.

“There is enormous potential for lotfeeding to expand into northern Australia, and if we can realise this potential we will ultimately be able to further capitalise on the natural advantages we already hold as a leading global suppliers of premium quality beef.”

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Lot 3 Maraju-Yakapari Road, Balnagowan

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• The picturesque and productive 117 acre farm offers the rare combination of flat lush countryside, permanent creek, fertile soil and ideal rural views.

• In the prime location of Balnagowan with 1.2klm’s of permanent creek.

• Fully fenced with 4 strand barbwire. Improved pastures of Rhodes, Signal & Pangola grasses, fertilised in 2020.

• Irrigation from creek to 2 troughs, 2 road frontage.

• Rarely do quality farms, such as this, come onto the market & this Balnagowan cattle block represents an excellent opportunity for the hobby farmer wishing to supplement their full time income and build their rural dream.

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• Bold Street is bitumen sealed and located in an established residential area.

• For sale by formal tender.

Contact Dan for formal tender documents which need to be submitted prior to 5 pm on Thursday June 10th 2021.

0401 835 806 | dcronin@blacksrealestate.com.au | Dan Cronin

43 Wood Street, Mackay

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The Leap, Qld

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MACKAY’S BEST KEPT SECRET - 45 ACRES @ THE LEAP • • • • •

OPEN Saturday 15th May HOME 2:30 - 3:30pm

20 minutes from Mackay CBD is this 45 acres with the most incredible three stage water fall.

Nestled privately away in rugged bush land at the foot of The Leap Lot 17 of 45 acres has the waterfall and access via unformed gazetted road.

Town water is reticulated close by.

Potential to subdivide and prosper here subject to local authority approvals or just build your dream home here in the peaceful bush land and enjoy that incredible waterfall.

• Find our sales rep’s at the end of Kowaha Court, The Leap between 2:30 and 3:30pm on Saturday for a guided tour.

0428 182 569 | rural@blacksrealestate.com.au | Royce Dunn

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Just upstream of the Mirani Weir is these 220 acres across 2 freehold titles @ Septimus.

Approx. 173 acres fully developed for sugar cane production.

200 megalitres of irrigation water draw straight from the river pump into modern underground mains system servicing the whole farm. Approx. 60% can be flood irrigated.

Fertile alluvial and loam soils grow very good cane or would readily convert to other crops or tropical pastures.

• Modern zinkalum over steel frame shed 24m x 12m x 7m fully lockable with power close by.

0428 182 569 | rural@blacksrealestate.com.au | Royce Dunn

23 Wattle Street, Andergrove

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High raked ceilings to main living areas Cute courtyard assures a private outdoor living area Office or possible 5th bedroom 2 vehicle carport attached to house and a 3 bay shed Town water, power & sewerage but also has its own equipped bore a 5kw solar array

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FARMER&GRAZIER Show gears up for the dawn of a new era THERE is a new feeling of excitement around the old Mackay Showgrounds these days.

area best. Add to that a committee which brings to the table a formidable blend of experience and fresh ideas.

With less than a month until the three-day event - to be held this year on June 15-17 - Show Association president Ross Dodt is starting to count the sleeps!

It's a potent mix - one Mr Dodt expects will deliver on the expectations of today's show-goers with a due nod to the event's history and tradition.

"We are seeing this year's (event) as a start of a new chapter," the former DPI field officer and long time show supporter said.

Like all shows, it's the rural sector which lies at the heart of the event.

"We are really looking to re-engage with our community - our volunteers, members and everyone who gives so much to make the show happen every year."

Last year, like most events, the Mackay Show was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.

While disappointing, and coming at a significant blow for the show precinct and committee - as well as the broader community - the break has given rise to a new vigour and enthusiasm around attracting record crowds and take a new approach to traditional show institutions.

Mr Dodt said everything from the cattle and carcus competitions, poultry and pavilions, ring events, equestrian and entertainment has been carefully considered with a focus on working with the people who know each

For more than 143 years the event has showcased the cream of the crop - whether than be in cattle, cane, beef carcuses, poultry, dogs, equestrian or fruit, veges, flowers, cakes and crafts.

While this year's school kids will follow in the kids of yesteryear's footsteps entering their handwriting in the hope of a prizewinner's ribbon, the region's graziers will be lining up to take their place in one of the country's oldest and highly-esteemed beef cattle competitions.

Heavy with tradition, the Borthwicks Carcus Judging will take a high-tech approach this year, with stewards using Artificial Intelligence and Cloud-Based data transfers to ensure COVID-19 restrictions can be adhered to.

"It really is a new beginning in a lot of SHOWING OFF: Mackay Regional Show Association President Ross Dodt looks to a ways," Mr Dodt said. bright new direction for the annual event.

Briefs

Field day for growers at Mt Osa trade event

2021 Beef Week hailed a 'huge' success AGFORCE has hailed the 2021 Beef Week as one of the best yet.

Thousands of people from throughout the country converged on Rockhampton for the event which had been postponed from 2020 in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

An Agforce spokesperson said the event organisers 'excelled themselves'.

They said the organisation's seminar, Red meat under attack: the history, vested interests and real science, attracted strong interest and generated constructive discussion and idea sharing.

Also successful was the organisation's Young Producers' Council and the juniors in the industry were engaged through the School to Industry Partnership Program.

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If you have a news story you think is worth sharing, or you know an innovative and proactive operator, carving a path in the rural sector, please let us know.

Call Meredith Papas direct on 0448 995 731 or scan the QR Code here to email her directly! We cannot wait to share your stories.

TRADE TALKS: At the 2021 Mt Ossa Field Day were, from left, Valarie Zarb of CRT Mt Ossa, CRT animal health sales rep Tam-Maree Summerfield, Courtney Richards from Nufarm Burdekin, Owners Adrian and Michelle Zarb's son, Nathaniel, CRT sales agronomist Col Stephens and Bundabery-based Castrol rep Greg Onions. The group was among about 200 people who attended the field day (and night) held at the Mt Ossa location on Tuesday. A few passing scuds and road works in the area were no deterrent with the event attracting farm industry suppliers from throughout the state to connect with growers in a one-stop setting. The crew at Zarby's cafe also did a roaring trade on the night.

Sunshine and happiness makes for Freckle Farm fun

MOTHER'S DAY DONE RIGHT: Lovely autumn weather made a perfect backdrop for picnic blankets, food baskets and farm animals at one of Freckle Farm's much loved open days!

The farm opened its gates and in came the families all keen to experience a taste of the country on Mother's Day. The open day was the first to be held by the farm this year, and days like this have become a popular way for families to enjoy some fresh air, the outdoors and even talk to the animals! Picture: Facebook

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FARMING FRIENDSHIP: Canegrowers Queensland chair Paul Schembri with, from left, Neroli Roocke, Rita Scotton and Marion Healy.

SUGAR SHED: Delegates take in the fare during the Women in Sugar Australia conference.

SEEDS of FRIENDSHIP: From left, Julie Ferlazzo, of Pleystowe, Marie Hunter from the Burdekin, Delores Grendon, of Wagoora, and Shirley Norris, of Wilmar Sugar Proserpine.

FIRM FRIENDS: Jennifer Boyd and Carmel Baretta spent some quality time together.

FINGER-LICKING GOOD: Jill Refalo checks out the produce at the Oaky Creek Lime Farm.

Farming friendships nurtured at conference SHARING stories from the past while looking forward to the future was at the heart of the annual Women in Sugar Australia conference held in Mackay this week.

The conference, which attracted more than 70 delegates from sugar-producing regions across the state, was a chance for the industry's women to meet, share ideas and gain a fresh understanding of the sector's many facets.

Event spokesperson Mary Wallace said the

conference had been deferred last year, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canegrowers' Neroli Looking to 2031.

Mrs Wallace said the program included guest presentations from Mackay Region Mayor Greg Williamson, Queensland Canegrowers Chairman Paul Schembri and Mackay District Chairman Kevin Borg. Sponsor presentations were given by Sunsuper's Daniel Kinanne and Wilmar's Yolanda Hansen.

A highlight of the conference was the addresses from Marion Healy of the Australian South Sea Island Community and local historial Carmel Baretta who spoke at the conference dinner about the Farming Friendship theme and the life of Italian and Maltese families which contributed to the early development of the sugar industry.

QSL's Claire Tracey spoke about Sustainability in the Global Market and

Roocke

discussed

Keynote speaker was Beryl Neilsen, who

spoke for sponsor, the Winchester Foundation, which makes generous donations to help with the education of rural students.

The conference also saw delegates travel to Hay Point and Sarina where they visited Steven and Shannon Ferraro's lime farm, the Sarina Sugar Shed and Field of Dreams.

Held annually the next conference will be hosted in the Burdekin in 2022, then Bundaberg in 2023, followed by Herbert River in 2024.

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George Christensen put on Lycra to win funding for the Mackay Ring Road

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George Christensen at the Carmichael Coal Mine

Bare-footed schoolboy graduates to Parliament mining tax and again, I crossed the floor to vote against cuts to workers’ penalty rates.”

Upgrading the poor state of Queensland’s Bruce Highway has been one of Georges next victories and North Queensland’s uncompromising fighter took a lead in winning $67 billion to start work fixing the Bruce Highway.

By JOHN BELL IT’S not widely known that the retiring Dawson MP George Christensen’s family was so poor that he went to school in bare feet.

As a schoolboy George’s grew up in rundown ‘Queenslander’ at the back of a sugar cane farm.

“I came from a very poor background and my two disabled parents had to fight for everything they got,” he explained.

“I was one of those kids who turned up for school in bare feet as my parents couldn’t afford shoes.

“But it’s these lessons that I learned and where your roots come from that has made me a fighter for every North Queenslander.”

STRENGTH In fact, George’s strength and determination has repeatedly forced southern states politicians and public servants to backdown.

He is legendry for delivering major concessions for North Queenslanders, rather than his toeing the line to get promoted.

This is why Senator Matt Canavan describes George Christensen as “the best Minister the Federal Government never had”.

Its also why George won his seat at the last federal election with a swing of 11.24 percent and now holds the seat by 14.6 percent swing. Mr Christensen has spent 17 years as an elected representative, six years or two terms as a Mackay Regional Councillor and four terms as the federal MP for Dawson.

Despite these ongoing successes the truth is that the chattering classes in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra’s political and journalist elite don’t understand North Queenslanders strong regional economy and why voters of all political persuasions vote for him.

ADMIRED Up here, George Christensen is admired, respected and voted for by coal miners, by sugarcane workers and farmers, plus by voters in regional cities whose lives depend on these industries.

This is why George will be greatly missed by Northern Queenslanders who all wish that he was not retiring at such a young age. This is because George has

George Christensen presents Gautam Adani with thousands of postcards from North Queenslanders just delivered a $10 billion gov- Mackay Regional Council ernment guaranteed home, strata Then, although George and apartment and small busi- definitely hadn’t come from nesses insurance underwriting Queensland’s landed gentry of scheme. cattle and sugarcane farmers, his But George’s determination to drive and natural ability led him fight for people in his electorate to be elected as President of the began when he went to university. Queensland’s Young Nationals.

Then following retirements, it “When I went to university, it left a mark on my views which so- was a natural progression to be nominated as the Liberal National lidified around politics.

Party’s candidate “My father was ‘I am constant- for Dawson. a conservative and George is wellso when I went to ly bombarded by known as a man of uni, I saw how biased some of the left wing envi- action delivering lecturers were and ronmental polit- results, rather than being a politician how radical some of the students ical activists on who only listens agrees with were, which turned the taxpayer teat’ and electors but does me against the left.

“So, I read a lot and the more nothing. Instead, George is reputI read, the more certain I became ed to ask those coming to see him about individual freedom, reward what they want him to do and then for effort and for people to be ac- does it.

Amusingly George admits that countable for their actions.” one of his political disappointments is not being a Senator for TEMPERED VIEWS Queensland so he could call peo“But my views were tempered. ple before Senate committees.

“I’m not a believer in a complete “So, I’ve been unable to free market, as I believe the econcross-examine the heads of the omy should work for the family.

ABC and ask them why they have “The natural economy has been lost control and let their journalbastardised by corporations which ists misuse their position to miswas not envisaged by free market lead voters to set a feminist and proponent, Adam Smith and there left/green political agenda as poactually is a role for governments. litical activists for politicians to “Corporations are just too big follow, rather than just reporting and they distort the market and on politics.” governments have allowed corpoGeorge’s victories for people rations to grow.” in North Queensland began when After attending universities in he was in Opposition. At the time Brisbane and in the US, George there were a series of youth suijoined the Young Nationals and cides and so George went into had several stints as the elected fight for young people and won Walkerston Councillor on the federal government funding for

Headspace. Then in 2013 with the mining downturn, banks suddenly reassessed their guidelines, moved the goal posts on business loans, demanded payments and bankrupted North Queensland and many Australian businesses.

RESCUE However George Christensen was one who came to the rescue, ignored political party loyalties and threatened to cross the floor when the Liberal’s Turnbull government had a majority of one.

To support North Queensland businesses George threatened to bring down the government and the Prime Minister Turnbull capitulated and agreed to the Royal Commission into banks.

“I crossed the floor to support Bob Katter’s Motion opposing the

MINE LINK This has included the $150 million Walkerston Bypass and funding for stage One of the Mackay Ring Road, which will link the mines with the Port of Mackay, plus the $500 million upgrade to the low lying and flood prone Houghton Bridge.

The Ring Road Stage One diverts traffic out of the city and provides faster and safer transit. Stage Two, or the Mackay Port Access Road will finish the job and link the mines with the Port of Mackay.

Mr Christensen has also secured $280 million for Stage Two, called the ’Put a Ring on it’ campaign.

George’s next successful battle came when the Singapore trader and sugar marketer Wilmar bought six sugar mills in the electorate of Dawson electorate, plus two more mills further north.

QSL was marketing sugar on behalf of canegrowers, but Wilmar created its own marketing arm to add to its milling monopoly.

This took away canegrowers ability to participate in sugar prices and Agriculture Minister, Barnaby Joyce nominated George to head a taskforce into Australia’s

George Christensen at the Bravus ADANI mine earlier this month

sugar industry, which set a code of conduct.

“I told Prime Minister Turnbull that I’d leave him without a majority and join the One Nation Party if he didn’t agree to bring in our Code of Conduct for the sugar industry and so Malcolm capitulated and gave in.”

COAL CHAMPION George Christensen has also been one of the biggest champions of the coal miner ADANI and coal mining jobs when almost no one else would and the federal and Queensland Labor Parties flip-flopped on opposing and then supporting coal mining.

George collected thousands of post cards from North Queenslanders supporting ADANI and flew to India to deliver them. “At the time, there was little support in the media and Mr Adani had a false impression of community opposition after overcoming nine years or frivolous legal tactics and opposition.”

Sadly, George is one of many who believes that Australian politics is broken.

“I am constantly bombarded by left wing environmental political activists on the taxpayer teat.”

“Even in the bureaucracy with Canberra public servants and in the southern states leading media outlets at The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, the parliamentary press gallery and Nine Media, there is a circle that politicians must not work outside, or they come for you.”

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Friday, 14 May, 2021

EZI-SIGN SOLUTIONS OPEN DAY AN OPEN Day was held last Friday at Ezy Sign Solutions in Paget.

Sam and Rach from Star 101.9 Mackay were broadcasting live on-site which made for a fun, informative day.

Attendees of the Open Day enjoyed a free sausage sizzle and a free coffee courtesy of the Ezy Group, with the delicious coffee provided by Cafe 2 U. Attendees were taken on tours around the

workshop and showroom to check out new products and specialty materials. Great prizes were up for grabs on the day, including a $500 Bunnings Voucher and a $250 Breathe Wellness Voucher.

One of the highlights of the day was the demonstration of the brand new Trident multi-purpose CNC cutting machine. This powerful new production workhorse will allow Ezy Sign Solutions to manufacture a wide range of 2D and 3D signs.

Paul Barfield from Ezy Group, Drew Devin from Ezy Sign Solutions and Paul O’Connor from Grant Broadcasters

The delicious coffee was provided by Owen and Jeannine Hawkins from Cafe 2 U

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DEATH NOTICES LUCK ( nee Pearn), Josephine Mary “Jo” of Mackay. 02.11.1953 – 08.05.2021. Passed away on Saturday the 8th of May, 20021 at Resthaven, Mackay, surrounded by her loving family, aged 67 years. Beloved wife or Ian. Loved mother of Helen, Paula and Catherine and their families.

ARROW, Gloria Jean of Good Shepherd Lodge, formerly of Greenmount Homestead and Homebush. Passed away peacefully on Sunday 9th May, 2021. Loved daughter of Alan & Kate Arrow (both dec’d), beloved sister of Doreen (dec’d), Viola, Barbara (dec’d), Kathy, Cilla, Evan, Trevor, Glenn (dec’d), Dessy and Kevin (dec’d), Beloved sister-in-law, Aunty and cousin of the Arrow and Choppy families.

ETHERINGTON, Rodney Edward “Rod” of Seaforth formerly of Wahroonga NSW 04.09.1952 – 08.05.2021. Loving father and father-in-law of Chelsea, Merandah and Stephen, Delie and Phil and Elle. Partner, best friend, and soulmate of Karen Kerr. Adored Poppy of his grandkids and brother of his 2 sisters.

ALDERTON, Eleanor Lois of Upper Coomera, formerly of Mackay 5.08.1937 – 6.05.2021.

Aged 83 years. Ella passed away peacefully on Thursday 6th May, 2021. Much loved and loving wife of Terry (dec’d). Cherished mother of Terry and Kerrie, David, Bruce, Richard and Cecelia and Steve. Adored Grandmother and Great Grandmother of their respective families.

Beloved sister of Ivy (Dec’d), Bill (Willy), and Melinda and their respective families.

BIDDLE, Gloria May of Yakapari. Passed away peacefully on the 7th May 2021. Aged 91 years. Adored wife and soulmate of Doug (dec’d). Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Ruth, Douglas, Geoffery, Allan, Noel, Robyn (dec’d), Colin, Kaylene, Jason and extended families. Beloved Grandmother of 20 and Great Grandmother of 21. Much loved sister of Joyce, Henry, Mervyn, Gordon, Neville, Allan, and extended families.

PETERS, Brian Andrew Charles (Curly) of Beaconsfield. Passed away peacefully on Thursday the 6th May, 2021. Aged 84 Years.

DEATH NOTICES LE GARDE, Marjorie Isobel. Late of Carlyle Gardens, Mackay. Aged 89 years passed away peacefully on Friday, 30th April 2021. A Private Cremation was held, as per her wishes.

LEWIN, Kenneth George ‘Ken’. Late Of Baker’s Creek. Aged 74 years, passed away peacefully on the Saturday, 8th May 2021.

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Volkswagon, Ford collaborate on light commercial THE next-generation VW Amarok will not be a rebadged Ford Ranger Instead, there will a jointly produced model.

For the past two years, Volkswagen has had a team of German designers in Melbourne working at Ford Australia’s design and engineering centres to jointly develop the next Amarok Ford Ranger.

The V6 3-litre Amarok has established a well-earned reputation as the Rolls Royce of a range of light commercial dual cabs.

The Amarok has also carried the strongest and most sought after V6 engine, with a class-leading 580 neuton metres of torque.

This engine can also be found in the luxury Porsche Cayenne, Audi Q7, and Volkswagen Touaregs, paired to an eight-speed auto and permanent all-wheel drive.

The downside is that the Amarok is reputed to have maintenance costs which are twice as high as its competitors.

However Amarok owners are

COLLABORATION: VW and Ford will work together on a new light commercial vehicle terrified that a co-production with Ford’s Ranger means that Volkswagon’s bulletproof German engines and mechanicals will be replaced with Ford engines and drive trains.

To outsiders, a Ford and Volkswagon collaboration makes sense with VW gaining access to Ford markets and Ford benefitting

from superb German engineering

lent partner in this project.

However, while critics suggest a dream team Amarok Ford Range may lose Volkswagon’s bulletproof and most powerful engines.

“We’re a key part of it,” he said, “and we’re certain that the car is going to have Volkswagen DNA at its core and will redefine the segment as the benchmark once again.”

Volkswagen Australia Commercial Vehicles executive Ryan Davies said that “we’re not a si-

The Mackay Local News has been advised that the next Ford

Ranger and Volkswagen Amarok may share a twin turbo 2.0-litre diesel and a single turbo 3.0-litre V6 diesel.

Both engines may be matched to the 10-speed automatic transmission jointly developed by Ford and General Motors in the US. However, testing has shown this 10-speed automatic can have calibration differences. In General Motors cars it’s a smooth operator, but in Fords there are suggestions that it can shunt between gears.

The Ford Ranger V6 turbo diesel may or may not will be matched to VW’s permanent allwheel-drive system, or the current part-time heavy-duty four-wheeldrive set-up.

However, switching to permanent all-wheel-drive will suit large amounts of V6 power and prevent fishtailing in the wet.

The size of the next generation Volkswagen Amarok is also unknown and its current classleading model has the widest cabin and cargo hold.

The next model based on

the Ford Ranger may shrink in size. There are also doubts about whether the Ford chassis can be upgraded to carry VW’s large cabin and extra width between the wheel arches in the ute tray.

Volkswagen executives have not clarified if Germany had sent any chassis engineers or engine and transmission calibration experts to Australia – and whether the next Amarok would drive differently to the next Ford Ranger For example, the jointly-developed new Isuzu D-Max and Mazda BT-50 utes have different bodies but are mechanically identical, right down to the steering and suspension settings – even the tyre pressures – and drive exactly the same as each other.

Volkswagon is yet to explain if the new Amarok will have unique calibrations for engine, suspension and steering and said that ‘we’re not at that level of detail of understanding yet.

“So, what influence our colleagues can have on those elements, it’s still a work in progress.”

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It just makes the engine fire how it is supposed to. The only thing you need to worry about is the person’s experience in tuning. At A/Two Offroad we have very reputable tuners available.

As you may not know, there isn’t an actual qualification required to tune a diesel engine. But some tuner program companies have designed a course for people to be accredited with their systems.

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FISHING AND BOATING

Fish research under fire

OPINION PIECE by Dr PETER RIDD

Nice catch, young fella!

I BELIEVE that much of the scientific research by James Cook University (JCU) claiming damage to the Great Barrier Reef may have serious flaws.

Most importantly, I believe that almost none of it has been subjected to rigorous replication or checking.

So one must question if it is correct or not, that major institutions may be deceiving the public about the reliability of their research?

For example, a group of seven international scientists has questioned JCU research, which claimed that extra carbon dioxide (CO2) is dangerous to coral reef fish.

Seven international scientists alleged in Science magazine on May 6, 2021, that JCU research at the Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies may be incorrect and can’t be replicated.

This is research which found that CO2 changes fish behaviour lose their ability to smell predators and become attracted towards the scent of predators

Great weather for water sport

ON THE weather front, it will be fine and sunny all weekend.

Friday will be normal for temperatures but come Friday night, Saturday morning and also Sunday morning, Winter is set to remind you that it’s on the way.

There will be minimum temperatures around 13°C Saturday morning and 10°C Sunday morning. Down to single figures in the Valley and Inland.

Max temps in the low- to mid-twenties. So if you have yard work to do, smash it out over the weekend.

Friday, 14 May, 2021

Out On The Water: If you’re allowed out on the weekend, then go! SE 10-15knots all weekend.

Seas and swell will be below a metre.

The new moon was Wednesday so the tidal swings won’t be too bad in the creeks and rivers.

If you are going out in the open or out to the reef, register your plans with the VMR so if the worse was to happen, it makes it easier for you to be located. Also double check your EPIRB and safety gear.

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CO2 was also alleged to make fish hyper-active, have impaired vision and lose their ability to swim left or right.

However two of the seven international scientists challenging JCU research, Drs Clark and Jutfelt said they were unable to successfully replicated JCU research which they claim is not correct.

They claim that their subsequent work found that CO2 does not seem to have much affect on fish behaviour.

Almost a decade ago, Tim Clark was fascinated by the remarkable data of the effect of CO2 on fish behaviour coming from JCU and so he wanted to study the physiological reasons for this effect.

But his experiments were unable to replicate the original JCU research and so with his co-workers started a systematic replication study.

While this was occurring, one of the JCU fish-behaviour scientists, Oona Lonnstedt, returned to Sweden where she undertook more fish behaviour work on micro-plastics.

She allegedly “discovered” that microplastics also affected fish behaviour making them more susceptible to being eaten by predators.

But in 2017, seven international scientists claim that they were able to prove, after a long battle with Uppsala University, that Lonnstedt’s work was incorrect and may have been fabricated.

These seven questioning scientists then questioned the accuracy of Lonnstedt’s research at JCU on the influence of climate change on reef fish.

In early 2020, these seven international scientists published their replication study of JCU fish behaviour, but were unable to replicate the results and so they claimed that the JCU research appeared 100 percent wrong.

Much of this JCU research was done by the group leader Prof Philip Munday and Danielle Dixson, who had since moved to U. Delaware and so the Science article focuses on other work from Munday and Dixson’s 22 papers.

Clark and Jutfelt have called for an inquiry by funding bodies and universities and the Science article contains allegations of fraud to be answered. Other scientists from Holland, Spain and the UK have pointed out inconsistencies and allegedly suspicious data and allegedly made-up data.

However these seven challenging scientists have been criticised by Hans-Otto Portner from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, who stated that “if such a controversy gets outside of the community, it’s harmful because the whole community loses credibility.”

Presumably it is better to bury allegations of possibly fraud – and truth is a secondary concern.

Equally worrying is that none of the universities or science funding bodies may not have done a proper investigation.

The Science magazine article by Martin Enserink is long and thoroughly researched.

It also shows that we need a formalised system for replicating important science results – especially if it is being used for public policy decisions by the Queensland and Australian governments, as the current peer review is alleged to have a 50 percent failure rate.

In Australia, I have been advocating for an Office of Science Review that would fund the type of work that these magnificent seven scientists did replicating, checking, and testing important scientific work.

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Sport Briefs Bowls champs SATURDAY saw the start of the Mackay Mens Championship Fours being played.

In the first round matches Nathan Dodds, Todd Leys, Scott Hamilton and Gavin Milne defeated Peter Lawton, Marty flowers (subbing for Dale Haack), Barry Zillmann and Ross Reville. In the other game were Shane Kinnear (subbing for Martin Corr), Jonathan Bye, Nathan Harriott and Wayne Handley defeated Arthur Griffith, Kevin Thorogood, Bruce Uhe and Jim Quod. In the semi-final match played on Saturday afternoon, Gavin Milne’s team defeated Toby Craig, Duwaine Hiscox, Marcus Craig and Mi-

Golf round

EIGHTY-ONE players turned out last Saturday to play a single Stableford and the second round of the Handiskins for Proserpine golf. The big winner on the day was Craig Hutson with 42 points, from runner up Mat Bower on 40. They were closely followed by Shaun Tyrell on 38 and Peter Faust with 37 on a count back. The four top Handiskins players were Mat Bower, 40, Shaun Tyrell, 38 and Peter faust and Darren Reynolds on 37. The ladies’ winner was Heather Luvis, 33, on a count back from Mandy Patterson, and Brenda Cowan on 32.

The placegetters were Trevor Paroz and Darren Reynolds 37, Warren Deighton, Troy Smith and Ken Granger, 35, followed

by Dean Kercher, Barry Mortimer and Andrew Colborne on 34. The pin shots went to Rod Wecker on hole two, Matt Bluck and Elspeth Scotford, nine, Andrew Colborne 13 and Shaun Tyrell on 16. Jason Whitney and Andrew Colborne shared the two-shot pot. Last Thursday’s stroke event was on by Rob Webb on a count back from Andrew Albergo and Aaron Watts in Division One, all with nett 72.

ON THE BALL: The break from rainy weather was welcomed by hockey players over the weekend

Hockey skills come alive in Mackay

ROUND six of A-Grade Hockey over the weekend saw some great skills without the impediment of rain or public holiday.

The Norths ladies started the day with a comprehensive 4-0 win over rivals Brothers. Jamie-Lee Surha, fresh from her Under-18 Nationals experience playing for the Northern Territory, scored two goals in the Norths win.

She joined Katrina Mayfield and Julia Monkton on the score board.

The Brothers men scored a strong 3-0 win against the North’s men. A sturdy Brothers side was supported by new player Blake Wotherspoon.

Blake who regularly plays for

Labrador in the Brisbane Hockey League injected some additional fire to the Brother’s team. This saw a comprehensive win for the boys in blue, with Grant Cole, Adrian Martin and Jarrod Thomas all scoring The Souths ladies started their club’s campaign with a win over the ladies in red, Arsenals.

A cracking tomahawk goal from Dayna Kelland secured the win for the Souths ladies in a tight clash.

The Arsenal men turned the tables with a strong 4-1 win against the South’s men for the last A-Grade game of the weekend. Harrison Finn and Jasper Obst for Gunners scored two goals apiece in a strong display.

BATTLEGROUND: Competitors make their prescence known over the weekend

Marching forward LAST weekend, junior hockey players helped keep alive the March Past tradition.

The the Under-Sevens and Under-Nines marched on Friday afternoon and the Under-12s and Under-16s marched on Saturday.

The hockey association acknowledged Eimeo State School as the school who had marched in each March Past since the 1950s, a fabulous achievement. All schools marched with enthusiasm and wonderful sporting spirit.

St Francis Under-Sevens and Under-Nines won the award for the best marchers whilst Vic Park who have recently returned to the

Airlie Darts WITH a third of the season now behind Airlie Darts, Gene Birse had the opportunity to close the gap at the top of the table by playing twice last week, and he took full advantage. Firstly dispatching Aaron Paull 6-0 and then backed that win up with another, with the same 6-0 result against Rooster Coutts later in the day. Both of those victories carried with them two valuable bonus points and, as a result, Gene closed the margin to one point on the league leader Jamie Woods. Jamie had a fine 6/4 win over Seumas Rose. Joe Wilson defeated Garry Robbie 6/3 who despite the loss is starting to find his feet in his first season. Andy Peel recorded back to back wins by defeating Jason Rockstroh 6/4 in a close battle.

ABOVE: Junior hockey teams dressed up for their march past. RIGHT: Competition on the field

association won the best school spirit in the Under-Sevens and Under-Nines division. The kids looked great in their crazy hair!

In the teen divisions, Holy Spirit took out the best march whilst Eimeo State School took out the best school spirit The Under-Sevens and Under-Nines enjoyed a return to hockey after a break in the season following schools holidays and public holidays and are looking forward to an unbroken run to the next school holidays.

It is wonderful to see the children enjoying their hockey and getting to play with their friends.

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Memorial ride next week GUM Valley Motorcycle Club will hold the Steve Dinsdale Memorial next Saturday and Sunday.

This year the event will be held as a Motocross and will attract top local riders.

The VMX Club has teamed with Gum Valley and will have vintage race classes during the event as well.

They will come together to “honour a guy who was a good mate”.

Steve was Gum Valley’s inaugural president and one of the clubs’ founders. He was active in all aspects of racing in the local area from coaching, track preparation, and club officials as well as being a well-known racer.

Steve took up motocross in 1977 at the age of 12 and quickly proved his talent by winning numerous Central Queensland titles.

He went on to win nine Queensland titles and took out Mackay’s most famous race, the iconic King of the Beach at

Grasstree, three times. He took a break from motocross in 1986 to start a cane-harvesting business and went on to become one of the most successful harvesting contractors in the Mackay district.

He made a comeback to riding in 1987 when he placed fourth in the Australian Mr Motocross Series, which could be described as his major achievement in racing.

The memorial event will start from midday Saturday and go all day Sunday.

It will be fully catered by the local CWA ladies.

The entrance fee will be $10 per car.

To nominate for the event, go to ridernet through the Motorcycling Queensland page.

For more information on the event check the Gum Valley Facebook page.

The club also wishes to say thank you to Mackay Regional Council for their support.

MEMORIAL: The late Steve Dinsdale in action and (INSET) sitting on his bike

ABOVE: Bailee Hand enjoying her first Pony Express by watching her dad ride. RIGHT: And they’re off!

Pioneer Valley Enduro revs up for season PIONEER Valley Enduro club welcomed riders to the Retreat station on Sunday May 2 for the long anticipated start to the Enduro Racing season in Central Queensland.

Over 80 riders from as far away as Cairns turned up for the ValleysPony Express Series Round Two, supported by Bullet Bikes Superstore, Mackay.

The Pony Express series does not involve horses. Rather, is either ridden as a two-man team on bikes with alternate laps, or as an ironman with a three-hour ride for juniors and ladies, and a gruelling

five hours for senior ironman and senior partners.

The Retreat really turned on perfect weather and conditions with both senior and junior tracks remaining perfect throughout the day.

Junior riders from the age of seven competed on a challenging loop. This saw fastest laps by Skip Gunn in the 65cc class with 19m 45s, small wheels 85 class had Zac Molloy at 17m32sec, Flyn Gunn in the big wheel 85s class went 17m 11 sec and Chayse Sellick had the overall fastest junior time of 15m 1sec.

After riding for the three hours, all the girls and boys had big, tired grins and a great sense of achievement.

The seniors started with “hands on helmet” in their separate classes in two minute intervals. There was fierce competition in all classes with the overall fastest lap going to Wilson Norman in the open class at 26m 45 sec. Finishing outright were brothers Will and Ash Norman ahead of Michael Hand and Riley Norman.

The Pioneer Valley Enduro Club would like to thank all volunteers and rid-

ers for an awesome day and all the hard work that went into making the event successful and fun. A special thanks to Landholders, Kate and Brian Moohin.

RESULTS n 65CC 1ST Nixon Shore, 2nd Skip Gunn, 3rd Blair Steven n 85cc 9-11yrs 1st Zac Molloy, 2nd Archie Ferdinand 3rd Zahn Bugeja n 85cc 12-15yrs 1st Flyn Gunn, 2nd Xavier Welling 3rd Dominic Attard n Junior Lites 1st Chayse Sellick 2nd Nate Harrison 3rd Nate Adamson n Veterans 1st Daniel Kent & Adam

RIDING PROUD: Riders in the Enduro Open Division (ABOVE LEFT) and Veterans Division (ABOVE RIGHT) celebrate their wins and trophies

Quinn 2nd Andrew Bussey & Clint Franks 3rd Stephen Barbeler & Colin Mackenzie n Ladies 1st Julie Grant 2nd Genna Smithers n Ironman 1st Blair Willoughby 2nd Leon Sant 3rd Ben Westen n Clubman 1st Rhys Johns & Lauchlan Roberts 2nd Ashton Andrews & Justin Franks 3rd Christopher Dean & Aaron Grives n Open Wilson Norman & Ashley Norman 2nd Michael Hand and Riley Norman 3rd Dylan Oliver and Morgan Ray

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Junior golf LAST week local junior golfers went to the Mackay Driving Range as the Mackay course was too wet. Twenty two juniors turned up to practice hitting with their drivers and irons. There was some competition between family members to see who could hit the furthest. There was also had a putt putt competition. This was very competitive, with players ranging from two years to 14 years old. The winner was Eden Beel with 23 putts, second was Blake Hudson with 24 putts and in third place was Hana Taare with 25 putts. There was also a random draw with the winner being Walter Royan. All prizes were kindly donated by the Mackay Driving Range. The club thanked them for their support of the junior golfers .

Bowls wins

PROSERPINE bowlers Wayne Handley, Michael Kinnear and Heather Brown travelled to Brisbane last week to contest the State District side playoffs.

This event has the best male and female bowlers from the 20 districts throughout Queensland.

The men played exceptionally well over the first three days to gain a spot in Division One. This is the first time in 20 years Mackay has made Division One. They came up against some Australian and State bowlers from Gold Coast Tweed, Gateway and Cunningham Bowls club. The Mackay men finished fourth overall. The ladies had some tough opposition in their sectional play where they ended up making Division Three. In the playoffs they played some great bowls on the day to win the Division Three flag, meaning they finished ninth in the state overall. Well done to all who were in involved. The Men’s Pennant season starts tomorrow. Division One is at home to Seaforth tomorrow and are away to Sarina on Sunday.

Local tennis MACKAY Tennis results for recent weeks, provided by the Association, are as follows: April 28: Volleys beat Aces 34-23, Madhatters beat Hit n Miss 42-3, Invincibles beat Unforced Errors 31-24 and Castaways beat Wanderers 39-18.

In A-Grade Djokovic beat Federer 55-29 and Krigos beat Nadal 50-39.

Some of the best players included Damien Casey, Brett Walz, Peter Hegedus, Rohan Massie, Russell Williams and Justin Harris.

May 5: Unforced Errors beat Volleys 37-19, Invincibles beat Aces 40-21, Castaways beat Hit n Miss 30-23 and Wanderers beat Madhatters 33-26 In A-Grade Kyrigos beat Djokovic 43-36 and Federer beat Nadal 46-38.

Some of the best players on the night were Matt Wicks, Bill Morgan, John Becker, Belinda Allen and Peter Bradford.

RAW TALENT: Taila shows her talent as she takes on her opponents in a recent match

Taila a trooper on the rugby field TAILA Richardson’s passion and dedication on the field have made her the Mackay Local News player of the week.

Taila, now 23, (pictured right) has been playing rugby league since she was 15 and she was inspired to start playing after sitting down on Friday nights and Sundays with her father watching rugby on TV. “After school I watched Dad train at the Magpies fields when he played for the Keas Rugby Union team,” Tailia said.

“As kids, we loved playing on the pads and being rough with each other.”

Taila said she had an incredibly memorable experience when rugby league great, Renae Kunst mentored her at school when she was learning to play rugby.

“She was definitely a big role

model for me,” she said. “I was star struck when I was introduced to her and I thought, ‘wow, this is Renae Kunst!’

“I always dreamed of meeting women who’ve sculptured women’s rugby league.”

Taila has also played sports, including netball and basketball during early high school.

Prior to this season with the Mackay Magpies Rugby League, Taila played two seasons with West Tigers at Walkerston.

“This is my first year playing as a forward for Magpies,” she said.

“I’ve felt so welcomed by everyone and I’ve have never felt more at home as everyone is so supportive and generous.”

“The best match for me physically would have been between Carltons and the Magpies.

“I put in a great performance I kept pushing through, even though I had an injury.”

“What I love about rugby are the bonds and friendships and everything else that comes with wins and even the injuries.

“I’ll never stop loving it and will always play whenever I can.”

Talia recently suffered minor

injuries to her ankle and knee, but insists it’s nothing major.

“I’ve not made it to the grand finals, but I’m pumped up to try and make it this year with the support of my Mackay Magpies Rugby League team mates,” she said.

“Its most important that I always to keep pushing with 100 percent efforts and always be there for our team. ”I must ensure that I do my best.

“My sporting dreams are not as large as many others but I’m dedicated to playing league for as long as I can.”

Tigers ready to roar in league DESPITE recent losses and injury woes, the West Tigers A-Grade rugby league team is confident their best days are yet to come.

A-grade Coach Craig Menkins said, despite the recent problems, he is confident his team can still win this season.

“It’s been a battle,” he told this newspaper. “We’ve only won one in the first three games. So in the fourth, when we start winning, we’ll get back to winning.

“We’re hoping for a good crowd and to put a good performance for the crowd.

“The last four years, we’ve won two premierships and four

grand finals. This year is a different year.

“We’ve had a fantastic four years, that’s for sure.”

Menkins is confident that his team’s skills and experience will give them the upper hand, especially when the West Tigers are fully recovered.

“We’ve got a very strong side, you know we’ve had a very similar side the past few years. We’ve also lost a few players over (the) last few years,” Menkins said.

“We’re hoping to be a better side in the next few weeks when we get a few players back from injury.”

However, Menkins said the in-

juries his team have suffered this season have provided six debutants with valuable experience in the A-Grade competition.

“We’ve got five or six players out this week, but the last couple of weeks, we’ve had anything up to eight to twelve players out,” he said.

“The last couple of weeks, we’ve had six debutants in the team. They’ve never played A-Grade before, which is great for the club and the future.

“We’ve got a good reserve side and a good Under-19 as well. So yeah, we’ll just drag some young players up into this team and give them some good opportunities.”

West Tigers are determined to turn their season around

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Lily’s swimming pedigree traced back to grandfather

THIS week’s Pioneer Swimming Club profile swimmer is 13 year-old Lily Philbin, who might even be considered Pioneer royalty.

Her grandfather was the president back when her own mum was part of Pioneer Club, so this young athlete has swimming in her blood.

Lily said the highlight of being part of the club so far was the results she achieved in the second half of last season.

“I trained hard and consistently through Christmas,” she said.

She said the thing she loved most about the swim club was being with friends and making new friends outside of school.

“I have made new friends away from my school life,” she said.

“Swim friends spend a lot of time together when its carnival season; we have a lot of fun together,” The most exciting award Lily has won to date she said was the

BRIGHT FUTURE: Lily is a talented up-and-comer in the swimming world “This was an exciting event, future and has some interesting A-Grade Award at Mirani for the I qualified for a state time in this plans.

50-metre Breaststroke. race. The cheering from my team She wants to make a career out Her best swim time is 37.68 was certainly heard all around the of sports or sports science, and she seconds for the 50-metre Free- pool,” she said. hasn’t ruled out working in a field style.

This young athlete has a bright associated with the ocean.

Without a doubt, we could be witness to a future swimming prodigy.

Only time will tell as young Lily Philbin makes her way on her journey with the Pioneer Swim-

Big names shoot for the hoop FROM BACK PAGE “Our main contracted players are Chelsea brook, Cyla George and Skye Rhees.

“Cyla is an Australian opals player – Cyla will go to the Olympics in Tokyo, later in the year.

She’s our biggest sign-in (for women’s team).”

Selwyn was as proud as punch when he mentioned the names of the marquee players in the men’s team.

“A couple of big name players (are) Jerron Jamerson and Emmanuel Marlou,” he said.

“They’re probably the two biggest sign-ins that I mentioned there (for men’s). So yeah, pretty big names.”

He explained the first home game always attracted a good crowd.

“That’s generally a big grudge match. We try and get a full house for that and we can generally fit

David Collins Ph: 0448 302 042 E: david@davkathh.com.au

about 1200 people in our stadium – we call it the crater,” Selwyn said..

“Hopefully, (the) grudge match against Rocky will get a big crowd in.

“We play eight home games (for the season): (The) first home game is Friday, May 21.”

Tickets for the upcoming May 21 game are on sale now at the MECC.

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GAME ON: The Meteors are set for a big grudge match

ming Club. Her message for others who are looking for a sport is this: “Its fun. Active kids encourages fit kids. Swimming promotes physical and mental health, and it certainly builds your self esteem.”

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Great concentration

Hundreds of hockey juniors, including these two competitors, took part in a March Past to honour our veterans over the weekend before taking to the field in search of victory. SEE PAGE 36

Meteoric Match Up MACKAY is set for a feisty basketball grudge match with some big names to take the court against Rockhampton on May 21.

Mackay Basketball General Manager

Damon Selwyn is keen to fill the 1200-seat stadium for the upcoming home game, the first of the season.

North National competition. He said the teams competing in the league come “from the Gold Coast up to Cairns”.

Selwyn said Mackay has both a men’s and women’s team contesting the NBL1

He believes Mackay women’s Meteorettes and men’s Meteors will win against

their Rockhampton counterparts, The Women’s Cyclones and the Men’s Rockets.

Selwyn smiled as he said they “always beat Rockhampton.

“Visiting teams find it hard to play in

the crater. Hopefully we’ll do well,” Selwyn said. “You’ve got a couple of marquee players in both the women’s and the men’s teams.”

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