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● Northcote MLA Kat Theophanous and her father Theo Theophanous.

"IBAC's investigation found ■ Political identity Theo that Mr Theophanous atTheophanous improperly lobtempted to influence ministers bied and received ‘in-kind benand their advisors in favour of efit’ to his daughter Kat Theophanous, Labor MLA the East Werribee project," the for Northcote, the Indepenreport said. dent Broad-based Anti-cor“In 2019, when the project ruption Commission has was rejected by the state, Mr tralian Education City, a $31 Theophanous texted three diffound.

Mr Theophanous has re- billion proposal to build an edu- ferent ministers including Mr jected the findings. There is no cation and employment hub in Pallas urging further negotiasuggestion that Ms Theo- East Werribee. tion.

ABC News said: The project phanous has been involved in “I really think that the decifailed to win government sup- sion to terminate AEC will have any wrongdoing.

The IBAC report says Mr port in 2019 after four years of serious consequences for the Theophanous, a former Labor negotiation.

Govt and despite what U have State Minister, mer Victorian “Despite Mr Theophanous been told for our relationship Labor minister "improperly" being a registered lobbyist, with China. A massive law suit lobbied for a major develop- AEC was not listed as one of may also follow and pretty bad ment consortium and obtained clients and IBAC found that he publicity," he texted. donations for his daughter's had engaged in lobbying on The ABC said: “While Mr election campaign. behalf of the group from 2018. Theophanous never entered IBAC investigated Mr “The report, tabled in parinto a commercial arrangement Theophanous over two years. liament on Wednesday mornHe was a minister in the ing [Feb. 22], detailed Mr with the company, IBAC found Brumby and Bracks Labor Theophanous speaking to "he obtained benefits from Governments before becom- Andrews Government minis- AEC and its associates in the ing a lobbyist.nt. ters including Treasurer Tim form of donations to his Operation Clara probed Pallas and then finance minis- daughter's campaign for elecMr Theophanous's dealings ter Robin Scott about the tion to the Victorian Parliament". with the Chinese-backed Aus- project.

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■ The Northern Football Netball League will launch its 2023 season with a split first round on April 7-15 for Division 1 and 2.

Macleod will play Greensborough on Good Friday (Apr. 7) afternoon at De Winton Park.

On Saturday, April 15, the other Division 1 fixtures are: Hurstbridge v West PrestonLakeside, Montmorency v Whittlesea, Heidelberg v North Heidelberg and Bundoora v Banyule.

The Division 2 season starts at 2.10pm on Good Friday (Apr. 7) with Eltham hosting Panton Hill. Epping will play Thomastown.

Other Division 2 games will be played on Saturday, April 15: Northcote Park v Diamond Creek, Watsonioa v Lower Plenty, South Morang v St Mary’s.

Division 3 games start Saturday, April 15: Old Eltham Collegians v Mernda, Kinglake v Reservoir, and Laurimar v Kilmore.

NFNL officials say thatFinals for Divsion 1 will take place on September 2-3 (Week 1), September 9-10 (Week 2), a Sunday Prelimianary Final on September 17, and a Grand Final on Saturday, September 23.

Division 2 finals will take place one week earlier, with the Grand Final listed for Saturday, September 16.

Division 3 finals will be yet another week earlier, with the Grand Final slated for Saturday, December 9.

Division 3 sees the inclusion of Kinglake, who have left Division 3 of the Outer Eastern League, which now has a six-team competition comprising Yea, Broadford, Alexandra, Warburton-Millgrove, Powelltown and Yarra Junction.

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■ A man died after being struck by a truck in Thomastown on Friday morning (Feb. 24).

It is believed the man was walking across Edgars Rd, when he was hit by an oncoming truck about 9.20am. The man died at the scene. The truck driver stopped and was uninjured in the collision.

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■ A sergeant from State Emergencies and Support Command has been charged following an internal investigation.

The 51-year-old man has been charged with one count of sexual assault.

The offending was alleged to have occurred while the officer was off duty on March 26, 2021.

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● Police hace CCTV footage of shooting incidents in the North-West.

■ Detectives from Guildford Avenue in the Armed Crime Coolaroo.

Squad last WednesA white Toyota day (Feb. 22) exCamry was captured ecuted several waron CCTV driving rants as part of an inaway from the address vestigation into two at a fast speed. firearms incidents in As part of this inthe northern suburbs vestigation, investigawhich Police believe to tors have released be linked.

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Detective InspecAnd the good that we can do” He was to appear tor Michael Daly, at Broadmeadows after people nearby town man received a Armed Crime Squad, Magistrates' Court. reported hearing gun- gunshot wound to his said: “I understand A white Holden shots about 1am on arm. that incidents such as Commodore was sub- Tuesday, January 24.

The second inci- this cause significant sequently seized from Police became dent occurred on Fri- concern across the the Greenvale ad- aware of a previously day, February 10 broader community, dress. unreported shooting when a 27-year-old but I will stress that we The first incident which occurred at the Greenvale man self- believe these are taroccurred at a property same address about presented to hospital geted incidents. in Thomastown over 5am the previous day, with a gunshot wound “We are particuthe course of two days January 23. to the leg. larly keen to speak to in January.

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BANYULE Incorporating the traditions of the Heidelberg City News (Est. Mar. 26, 1897), Heidelberger (Est. Nov. 12, 1958) and Evelyn Observer (Est. Oct. 31, 1873).

The Heidelberger area comprises Bellfield, Darebin, Eaglemont, Heidelberg, Heidelberg Heights, Heidelberg West, Ivanhoe, Ivanhoe East, Macleod, Rosanna, Watsonia, Viewbank and Yallambie. Banyule is home to more than 121,865 people, living in approximately 50,223 homes.

DAREBIN NORTHERN Incorporating the traditions of the Preston Post (Est. 1888) and the Reservoir Times (Est. 1955) Preston Post-Reservoir Times area comprises Keon Park, Kingsbury, Northland, Preston, Preston East, Preston West, Regent, Reservoir, Reservoir East, Reservoir West. The City of Darebin is home to more than 146,719 people, living in approximately 63,562 homes.

SOUTHERN Incorporating the traditions of the Northcote Budget (Est. 1888) Northcote Budget area comprises Alphington, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Croxton, Dennis, Fairfield, Fitzroy, Fitzroy North, Merri, Northcote, Thornbury and Westgarth. The City of Darebin is home to more than 146,719 people, living in approximately 63,562 homes.

NILLUMBIK Incorporating the traditions of the Heidelberg City News (Est. Mar. 26, 1897), Diamond Valley News (Est. 1959) Evelyn Observer (Est. Oct. 31, 1873), and Eltham & Whittlesea Shires Advertiser The Diamond Valley News area comprises Briar Hill, Eltham, Greensborough, Lower Plenty, Montmorency and St Helena. Nillumbik Shire is home to more than 64,659 people, living in approximately 21,753 homes.

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Locals embrace solar: MP

● Hamza of Heidelberg Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing boy Hamza. The 12-year-old was last seen on Burgundy St, Heidelberg about 4 pm on Saturday (Feb. 25). Police have concerns about Hamza as his disappearance is out of character. An image of Hamza has been released in the hope someone can come forward with information about his current whereabouts. Anyone who sees Hamza or has information on his whereabouts is urged to call Heidelberg Police Station on 9450 8000.

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Yea Football Club will field a senior team in 2023, after it was forced into a merged team with Broadford last year. The Tigers have recruited well, and will travel to traditional rivals Alexandra in Round 1 of the Outer Eastern Divison 3 competition. Other matches in the opening round are Powelltown v Yarra Junction, and Broaford v Warburton-Millgrove.

● Brandon Van Lee Police are appealing for public as sistance to help locate Brandon Van Lee who has been on the run from police for more than 20 years. Lee, whose birth name is Van Sang Nguyen, was due to face trial at the County Court in 2003 for multiple deceptions. It is believed Lee has created a number of aliases, to obtain drivers licences and open fraudulent bank accounts.

His aliases include: Vu Trang Tran, Van Sanh Nguyen, Vu Thanh Tran, Hung Thanh Le, Loang Hoang Tran, Long Hoang Tran, Vu Nguyen and Van Lo Nguyen. Lee is Asian with black hair, brown eyes and a thin build.

He is known to frequent Melbourne’s CBD along with Richmond, South Yarra, St Kilda, Mulgrave, Glen Waverley, Hawthorn, Broadmeadows, Moorabbin, Reservoir, Cheltenham, Balwyn, Mitcham Camberwell, Healesville, Lilydale and Altona North. Investigators have released an age progression image which depicts how he may look after 20 years on the run from police.

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Darebin Councillors voted 4-4, with a casting vote of Mayor Cr Julie Williams needed, to close its January 25 special meeting to the public. A recommendation was put to the Council that discussions about the Bill Lawry Pavilion at Northcote Park be held confidentially.

■ Mill Park MLA Lily D’Ambrosio says thousands of households in her electorate have installed power stations on their roofs and are saving thousands of dollars.

Ms D’Ambrosio told State Parliament last week that through the State Government’s Solar Homes program, families in South Morang, Wollert, Epping and Mill Park are charging ahead on switching to solar.

More than 5500 households had installed panels through Solar Victoria since 2018.

“These families are instantly reaping the benefits through our $1400 rebate and $1400 interest-free loans. That is money staying in their pockets when we know that they are doing it tough,” Ms D’Ambrosio said.

“And we are helping Victorians save along the way, with customers saving, on average, a thousand dollars on their energy bills every year through Solar Homes.

“We have seen nearly 230,000 families in Victoria instal solar panels, batteries and new solar hot water systems and replace their old heaters with energy-efficient reverse-cycle split systems. We have made switching to renewable energy more accessible than ever. 1.7 million Victorians have also taken up the $250 power saving bonus,” Ms D’Ambrosio said.

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■ Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Meadow Heights woman Jodie Dwyer.

A warrant has been issued for the 38-year-old’s arrest in relation to burglary and assault related offences.

Dwyer is described as 175 cm tall with light brown hair, hazel eyes and a thin build.

She is known to frequent the Meadow Heights and Broadmeadows areas.

Investigators have released an image of Dwyer in the hope someone may have information on her current whereabouts.

Anyone who has other information about his whereabouts is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic. com.au

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Social enterprise cafe opens

■ Banyule City Council has celebrated the official opening of For Change Café, a new social enterprise café located at the new Bellfield Community Hub. For Change Co, the café will provide: ■ 6 employment opportunities for local people ■ 81 training and employment opportunities for local youths at risk of homelessness or facing barriers to work ■ 45 work experience placements for students with intellectual disabilities attending the neighbouring Waratah Special Developmental School.

“We were the first council to develop a social enterprise strategy, which supports an inclusive economy where social enterprises can start up, grow and thrive,” said a Council representative.

Mural opportunity

■ Banyule Council is eeking seeking proposals from Victorian artists for a new, high quality mural for a public toilet at Montmorency Park's North Oval. Up to $7000 is available to the successful artist for the design and installation inclusive of artist fees.

PAIN RELIEF AND REJUVENATION

● From left: Cr Peter Dimarelos, For Change Co. Managing Director Tenille Gilbert and Mayor Cr Peter Castaldo.

Banyule Mayor Cr Peter Castaldo said the café truly embodies Council's collective commitment to creating a better future for our community.

"I encourage everyone to support For Change Bellfield and other social enterprises like it," Cr Castaldo said. "These businesses are a critical part of building a more sustainable and equitable future, and they need our supportto succeed. This café is a place where you can feel good about making a difference."

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ARREST AFTER FIRE

■ Alexandra Crime Investigation Unit detectives with the assistance of Arson Squad detectives and CFA investigators last week arrested a man following a grass fire in Flowerdale.

The fire is believed to have started in the Spring Valley Rd area in Flowerdale and spread into bushland.

A 71-year-old Flowerdale man was arrested and interviewed today.

He was released pending further enquiries and the investigation re-

mains ongoing. The man, Bill Sangster, said he was fixing a fence on his property when he noticed some sparks fly from the grinder and onto the grass.

The 71-year-old said he is devastated and very remorseful.

"I got my wife to ring the CFA and the rest is history, as they say," he said. He apologised to property owners and farmers.

"I take full responsibility for what happened, it was a bloody accident, an accident, and I felt really bad."

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Criminal Case Listings Thursday, March 2 Adams, Dylan Adcock, Alexander Afiouni, Abdul-Rahman Ahmed, Abdirizack Mohamed Ali, Mouhammad Allemand, Katherine Therese Atmar, Hillah Barot, Virendrakumar Bartlam, Mark Batdorf, Jackson Bendle-Murdoch, Ashalee Benitez Fabre, Jimi Black Stallion Group Pty Ltd Bonanno, Adrian Bonello, Ryleigh Bourke, Shaun Bourne, Thomas Paul Brown, Jaydan Burt, Ashley Buselli, Jamie Carrattello, Bailey Chauhan, Neeraj Clark, Cameron Crapper, Damon Curtin, Jesse Darroch, Cameron De Souza, Jessica Denton, Nicole Diamond, Jordan Distefano, Daniel Djuma, Joshua Doxas, Konstandinos Drosinos, Giorgio D'souza, Jessica Elabed, Abdul Filipovic, Aleksandar Finemore, Shayne Fisk, Bradley Fitzpatrick, Joshua Fitzpatrick, Scott Gay, Dylan Gebrail, Ghassan Geelan, Ashley Glaser-Dawson, Tyler Gleeson, Jason Grossi, Loris Habieb, Ibrahim Haling, Janne Hayes, Nioka Hoblos, Bassam Hogan, Shannon Hoskin, Beau Hussein, Ibrahim Bashir Hussey, Lynda Jaura, Surinder Singh Javni, Julian Ashley Jegatheesan, Jabaker Johns, Nathan Josefski, Phillip Kalamouni, Maddie Kalyvas, Con Karim, Adam Karimkhani, Ali Kilby, Shane Gary Kilkenny, Anthony Kevin King, Samantha Kohu, Glen Kosmas, Jon Koteska, Natasha Koutsintas, Peter Larsson, Michelle Liatsas, Evan

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Loschiavo, Steven Lowry, Karly Mcinnes, Clinton Mckay, Christopher Mcmillan, Fynnlae Medved, Natasha Mehmeti, Egzon Millar, David Mirshahi, Arastou Mucaj, Chiara Murphy, Jarred Myers, Kial Neave, Damien Nikolaidis, Lia Norden, James Nugent, Tristan Penrose, Kristy Percy, Bradley Peyrow, Payam Pham, Tuan Pickering-Walsh, Caleb Piotrowski, Leigh Regan Ragasch, Selina Jade Ramsay, Anthony Reid, Rose Ritchie, Jayson Robinson, Adrian Rodger, Bradley Romero, Alejandra Saeed, Sulman Salioski, Sevim Salman, Semih Samartzis, Les Sampson, Floyd Sanfilippo, Adrian Scenna, Daniele Seumanutafa, Leilani Shehata, Mohamed Simmonds, Wayne Singh, Simranjeet Spencer, Kenneth John Spencer, Kirstie-Lee Taylor, Jason Testolin, Stephen Thomas, Paula Thorne, Jack Traycevska, Lilly Tsitsis, Steven Tuncay, Nazim Warr, Deanna Wickert, Corey Williams, Charles Williams, Mark Wilson, Anton Joseph Withers, Ryan Wozniak, David Young, Jordan Zotos, Nicolaos

Local Briefs New Whittlesea hub

■ Whittlesea Council is to open a service centre in Whittlesea township at the former Westpac bank site in Church St. Residents will be able to register a pet, meet with Council’s planning team or find out more about local support for business.

Council Chair Administrator Lydia Wilson said residents in the northern part of the municipality would not have to drive from South Morang for much of their Council business.

“This hub will bring more of our services out to the farthest region of our municipality,” Ms Wilson said.

“We’re committed to making things easier for our residents to conduct business with us in-person as well as improving our digital offerings.”

The hub will house Council customer service staff who will be able to take cashless payments and conduct other services.

“We’re working through the detail of the range of services that we can offer from the centre and will update the community closer to the opening,” Ms Wilson said.

Daily Grind course

■ The Daily Grind, a hospitality course for young people aged 16-24, is on again in April.

Nillumbik Youth and Living & Learning Nillumbik are partnering to deliver the 10session program to help young people upskill and find employment in the hospitality industry.

Each participant will undertake a placement at a local cafe to give them valuable, real-life experience in a practical hospitality setting.

“Gaining hands-on training in a workplace is invaluable for younger people,” said Nillumbik Mayor Cr Ben Ramcharan.

“It’s a chance to build skills and learn from others. Participants will gain confidence in a workplace setting and most importantly, have fun!”

Classes start Friday, April 1`4, and will be held twice a week for five weeks at the Eltham Training site, 907 Main Rd, Eltham.

Fully-funded places are available for eligible participants.

Business awards

■ Local business will be the focus of a new awards night being hosted by the City of Whittlesea.

The inaugural Business Network Awards will recognise businesses who have demonstrated core values of excellence, sustainability and responsibility.

City of Whittlesea Chair Administrator Lydia Wilson said the awards were an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of businesses large and small.

“Council is committed to supporting local economic development and to attracting new business to our growing economy,” Ms Wilson said.

The awards are open to members of the Business Network who can nominate their own achievements in any of the six categories.

“The awards are open to all key industry sectors and provides a unique opportunity for businesses of all types and sizes to be recognised for their efforts, commitment and successes,” Ms Wilson said.

The Business Network Awards ceremony and dinner is on May 18 at the Mantra Hotel in Epping.

Awards will be presented in categories: Start Up, Customer Service, Innovation and Enterprise, Sustainability and Environment , and Community Contribution, and Workplace Diversity. Nominations are now open and close on March 24. Finalists will be announced on April 5.

Kinglake’s first game

■ Kinglake will play at home against Reservoir in the first round of the Northern Football Netball League Division 3 to be held on Saturday, April 15.

Other Division 3 Seniors games are Old Eltham Collegians v Mernda, Laurimar v Kilmore, Fitzroy Stars v Lalor.

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■ Organised crime figures, including Outlaw Motorcycle Gang members, were among those targeted in a Police operation focused on preventing the transportation of weapons and drugs on key Melbourne roads.

Operation Hornets involved police swarming major arterials and main roads across Broadmeadows, Craigieburn, Campbellfield, Fawkner and Tullamarine.

As part of the operation, police scanned over 18,850 vehicles using Automatic Numberplate Recognition Technology, disrupting and intercepting those with known links to organised crime, subject to Firearm Prohibition Orders, or with a history of dangerous driving.

Rebecca Mendoza ■ Ella’s Music Club presents Rebecca Mendoza singing 'The Best of Nancy Wilson' at 8.30pm this Saturday (Mar. 4) at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club.

Rebecca Mendoza is one of the finest jazz singers in Australia. Nancy Wilson was a major influence on Rebecca from an early age.

Rebecca started on the jazz scene at an early age singing the swingin’ and sultry songs Cole Porter, Gershwin and Van Heusen to name a few.

Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Nancy Wilson were some of the greats that Rebecca grew up listening to, hence forming her style and technique.

From singing in intimate jazz clubs to large musical theatres all over the world and even the silver screen Rebecca’s voice always shines Rebecca has developed into a world-class performer with a innate ability to tell a story through song.

Rebecca will be joined by the Joe Ruberto Quartet.

Time: Doors Open 7.45pm, Showtime 8.30pm-10.30pm (with intermission). Tickets: Reserved Seating $45 www.ellasmusicclub.com Venue: Royal Brighton Yacht Club, 253 Esplenade Brighton

During the course of the operation: ■ 23 people were arrested ■ 18,854 vehicles scanned through ANPR, with a total of 78 vehicles subsequently identified by police.

■ 15 people affiliated with organised crime were checked by police, providing police with greater intelligence holdings ■ Seven Firearm Prohibition Order searches were conducted ■ Four cars were impounded Detectives from the North West Metro Regional Crime Squad were supported by the VIPER Taskforce, Achilles Taskforce, Air Wing and the Dog Squad as part of the operation.

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● From left: Casey Bohan as Jean, Jen Bush as Sian, Tanya Wade as Rona, Kaila Michael as Marilyn, Natasha Boyd Director and Jessica Symonds as Revlon.

As the women gradually share their stories.

■ Brighton Theatre Company opens their 2023 season with a beautifully staged 95-minute Docking's clever script entwines historical details with personal recollections of the tragic production of The Revlon Girl.

Written by British playwright Neil Anthony event.

The shared emotions, reflections and laughDocking and directed by Natasha Boyd, this emotion-evoking, uplifting show is playing until ter become powerfully transformative for the five women, and the audience.

March 4 at Brighton Theatre.

Congratulations to actors Kaila Michael Based on a true story, the play is set in June, 1967, eight months after the Aberfan Disaster in (Marilyn), Tanya Wade (Rona) and Casey Wales, where 144 people were killed, including Bohan (Jean), whose terrific naturalistic performances immerse the audience in their sto116 children.

A small group of mothers, each courageously ries.

Expressive Jessica Symonds is outstanding dealing with losing a child, meet regularly in the as the Revlon representative, listening intently village pub.

A sparky, glamorous, well-meaning Revlon to the women's reflections, often reacting silently, representative invited to visit the village, aims to and stoically upbeat until revealing her own frahelp raise the women's spirits with 'life-chang- gility. ● Continued Inside ing make-up'.

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Trustless Trustee: Weaponization of the DOJ by the Chinese Communist Party

promise espionage targets. One well-known example is that of Representative Eric Swalwell, DCalif., who had a relationship with a woman suspected of being a Chinese espionage operative.

After federal investigators met with Swalwell in 2015 and gave him a “defense briefing,” he broke off ties with the suspected “honey trap” spy.

“However,” as the New York Post reported, “Swalwell wouldn’t be the first or last political figure to be “honey-trapped”—with multiple former intelligence officials surmising that such schemes carried out by Chinese spies have long played out on U.S. soil, and remain ongoing.”

“I can say with a high level of confidence that there are many more of these women out there,” Daniel Hoffman, a retired CIA Senior Clandestine Services Officer, told Fox News. “China’s MO is to flood the zone.”4 China’s BGY Program is a direct violation of our nation’s sovereign interests and a threat to our national security. Its presence in the American justice system is a stain on the good will America needs to maintain in its relationships within the international community. However, prosecution of those violators caught in the act treats the symptoms without addressing the cause, ostensibly costing American taxpayers millions of dollars and tying up DOJ agents that could be addressing other threats. Enforcement, as opposed to prevention, also does not protect the victims of these crimes.

The CCP’s unrestricted warfare infiltration hits home It’s no secret that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), currently led by General Secretary Xi Jinping, has engaged in unrestricted warfare against the United States for decades in a massive effort to become the world’s sole superpower. Yet little is known by U.S. lawmakers and the public of the CCP’s tactics and the scale of its influence inside its own government institutions.

That war of “malign influence,” infiltration, and lawfare has grown exponentially in scope and threat level—especially over the last few years—making the CCP threat, by many accounts, the biggest existential challenge to America’s national sovereignty today.

In July of 2020, FBI Director Christopher Wray told Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship for the Hudson Institute, “We’ve now reached the point where the FBI is opening a new Chinarelated counterintelligence case about every 10 hours,” and “Over the past decade, we’ve seen economic espionage cases with a link to China increase by approximately 1,300 percent.”1 The US House of Representatives Takes Action The U.S. legislature must address this serious “lawfare” threat through investigations, legislation and other means at its disposal, and it seems that the process has finally begun in earnest.

The U.S. House of Representatives showed their concerns in a rare bipartisan vote on January 10 to create a new Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the CCP. As reported by The Epoch Times, “A succession of speakers from both parties extolled creation of the new panel, with Rep. Andy Barr (RKy.) telling colleagues that ‘this select committee will examine the threats from the Chinese Communist Party with a fine-tooth comb and expose them for the American people and for the whole world to fully understand.’”5 No one understands the plans and no methods of the CCP better than prominent Chinese dissident Mr. Miles Guo He’s intimately familiar with the CCP because he’s been their primary target. According to The Wall Street Journal, “Some U.S. national security officials view Mr. Guo, who claims to have potentially valuable information on top Chinese officials and business magnates and on North Korea, as a useful bargaining chip to use with Beijing.”2 As the highest-profile defector from Communist China, Guo is an invaluable asset of unparalleled strategic importance of U.S. national security. Guo has spent nearly three decades inside the small yet exclusive circle of both past and present decision-makers of the CCP, accumulating personal knowledge of the CCP’s most hidden secrets that are indispensable to our understanding of America’s arch nemesis: the CCP. And the CCP has been abusing the American judicial system to silence Mr. Guo through infiltration, bribery and threats.

All Eyes on the Prey: Modern-Day Bounty Hunters In 1992, the CCP officially changed its policy and began allowing foreign law firms to establish offices and practice law in China. However, unlike in the U.S., China’s communist regime requires that “laws should respect the CCP; the law should be interpreted according to the CCP’s orders, directives, and interests, and the basic requirement for legal service personnel is to uphold the leadership of the party.”1 This would be like one of the U.S. political parties demanding that laws and legal decisions conform to the desires of that party (by some accounts, this is happening in the U.S. with increasing regularity). Furthermore, lawyers are not even allowed to cite their own constitution as a source of law.

Law firms doing business in and on behalf of China are subject directly to the malign influence of the CCP Law firms doing business in and on behalf of China are subject directly to the “malign influence” of the CCP in a shockingly direct and obvious conflict against the interests and security of the United States, not to mention the “dissidents, political rivals, dissidents, and critics”1 who have trusted our government’s laws protecting those seeking asylum from hostile foreign governments.

The CCP’s weaponization of U.S. legal justice system to extend its influence in the U.S.—including attempting to extradite Guo back to China using extrajudicial means—“flies in the face of significant corroborated information supporting [Guo’s] fears and will naturally lead to a lack of confidence in the [judicial] process as well as unwarranted stress to [Guo] and his family, several who have been jailed and tortured by China,” said Aaron Mitchell, an attorney representing Guo. Federal Title 8 U.S. Code § 1158 confers the protection of asylum to “any person who is outside any country of such person’s nationality…who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.” Once an application for asylum is filed, the U.S. Government is bound by law to protect the asylum seeker.

It appears this legal protection for asylum seekers is being actively violated in Mr. Guo's current Chapter 11 Bankruptcy proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Connecticut (Case No. 22-50073 and 22-05032) by none other than a branch of the Department of Justice itself.

Inserting a Bounty Hunter in the Courthouse: Luc A. Despins On June 15, 2022, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order directing the United States Trustee’s Office (UST)—a branch of the Department of Jus-

tice—to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee to oversee Mr. Guo’s assets during court proceedings. Attorney Joe D. Whitley was vetted and signed a sworn Declaration of Disinterestedness under penalty of perjury, after which UST nominated Mr. Whitley for appointment as Trustee on June 30, 2022.

Paul Hastings, LLC, is a firm with a significant presence in China, which has done significant business representing CCP-controlled state entities Five days later, in an unprecedented move, UST withdrew the nomination, and recommended Luc A. Despins, a Partner of Paul Hastings, LLC, a firm with a significant presence in China and Hong Kong, which has done significant business representing CCP-controlled state entities.

According to a letter by Mitchell, The U.S. Trustee’s Unusual Action to Withdraw its Appointment of Mr. Whitley was spurious: “On June 30, 2022, just before the 4th of July weekend, the UST in light of its excessive delays in appointing a trustee for this matter, filed a motion for an expedited hearing for the Court to approve Mr. Whitley as the trustee. This motion was granted on the same day it was filed with an expedited hearing scheduled on July 5, 2022. Just hours before the expedited hearing was to begin and with no advance notice to the Debtor (and possibly all parties), the UST took the unusual action of unilaterally withdrawing its Notice of Appointment of a trustee and its request for Court approval of the proposed appointment.”

Asked to explain their rationale, the UST refused to answer, citing “government privilege.”

Mitchell asked for an explanation of “how the U.S. Trustee, in light of the information previously presented by the debtor as well as information available to the U.S. Department of Justice demonstrating that the Debtor is a high-level political target of the authoritarian ruling Chinese Communist Party, believes that the trustee of a firm [Paul Hastings, LLC] with a significant presence in China and Hong Kong and which has done significant business representing Chinese-controlled state entities, can remain a neutral and disinterested party with the ability to avoid undue influence and interference from the Government of China.”

The conflicts of interest in having Luc A. Despins, a partner of Paul Hastings, LLC as trustee are many.

Despins has developed business relations with PAG in a $671M bid for Spring REIT. According to sources, entities represented by Paul Hastings include HNA Group, BioNTech SE, Evergrande, Binance and many other companies tied with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Not only is the Chinese Communist Party a client of Paul Hastings, they also control the licenses to keep their law offices open in both China and Hong Kong. Effectively, the CCP controls the purse strings to hundreds of millions of dollars for Paul Hastings and Mr. Despins as a partner in Paul Hastings. This allows the CCP to exert tremendous influence and pressure on law firms like this to achieve their objectives—as indeed they already have.

The UST has shown that it is incapable of identifying and appointing a disinterested trustee in this case.

The UST, as part of the DOJ, is aware that the DOJ is currently suing casino tycoon Steve Wynn for acting as an unregistered foreign agent of China due to his attempt to have Mr. Guo extradited under threat of losing his gambling licenses in Macao.2 At best, assuming it was incompetence rather than malice, the UST has shown that it is incapable of identifying and appointing a disinterested trustee in this case.

The appointment of Despins has obvious conflicts of interest and also reflects the infiltration of the U.S. judiciary system by the CCP using unrestricted warfare tactics.

The letter continues, “At the hearing, the Bankruptcy Judge pointed out the unusual nature of this action by the UST and questioned the UST legal authority to do so. The UST did not provide a detailed explanation for this rash action at the hearing nor was Mr. Whitley called to explain the conflict to all parties and the Court. The UST simply swept Mr. Whitley away from the Debtor, the parties, and the public.”

Asked to explain their rationale, the UST refused to answer, citing “government privilege.” In the present political climate, and in light of revelations such as those brought to light from Elon Musk’s Twitter drops, the American people may not accept such a lack of transparency.

The FBI and the DOJ especially have lost the benefit of the doubt In August, The Federalist senior editor Chris Bedford explained to Fox News why Americans should be holding the Justice Department and FBI accountable:7 “Right now the plurality of Independents, according to polling, and the majority of Republicans are saying, ‘Hold on, FBI. The ball's in your court. You show us what you have because right now, we don’t trust you.’"

Former Trump White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said on CNN that the FBI and the DOJ have "lost the benefit of the doubt" with Republicans in the U.S. “I think if you’re a conservative Republican who follows politics, the FBI and the DOJ especially have lost the benefit of the doubt. Because of the way they have behaved in the past, the burden is on them to actually show information”8 justifying their actions.

According to a 2022 Convention of States-Trafalgar poll,9 when asked for their opinion on the Department of Justice and the FBI, 46.2% of respondents said they are "too political, corrupt, and not to be trusted." The poll had 68.3% of Republicans and almost half of people reporting no party affiliation saying the DOJ and FBI are "too political, corrupt, and not to be trusted."

The Biggest Kleptocracy Case In DOJ History: CCP Infiltration Because Guo has worked tirelessly to expose the CCP’s “hunting dogs,” including their “legal beagle” lapdogs, it has become increasingly difficult for these criminals to hide their conflicts of interest and payoffs. This is why Xi’s CCP has engaged middlemen within the U.S. legal system— government officials, law firms, lawyers, journalists, lobbyists, and more—who are attempting to extradite Guo back to China; this is also why family and associates of Guo still in China have been brutally persecuted, arrested and imprisoned.

Guo has worked ceaselessly for years to alert the U.S. and the world about CCP's long-planned scheme to undermine the U.S. Guo has worked ceaselessly for years to alert the U.S. and the world about CCP's long-planned scheme to undermine the U.S. as the world's superpower and replace it with CCP's authoritarian regime. As a whistleblower, Guo has perhaps received more attention from the CCP than from the U.S. government. Court documents reveal that as early as May 2017, high-ranking CCP officials worked constantly with its unregistered agents in an effort to deport Miles out of the U.S. back to China.

In 2017, Guo brought to light the secret plans of the CCP as detailed in two programs: BGY (an acronym for Blue, Gold, and Yellow) and 3F (Foment weakness, Foment chaos and Foment the destruction of America).

Blue represents an array of technology-related tactics including hacking, malign social media influence campaigns, media control, spying and surveillance. The CCP hackers are sophisticated enough to breach even the highest security databases, including those that control U.S. power and other critical infrastructure. These hackers have nearly unlimited black budgets and the organizational flexibility afforded by the CCP’s other operations. They can also access your detailed financial records, personal health data, your daily activity, and location, as well as the potential to develop AIdetermined estimates on the individuals’ vulnerabilities to blackmail, corruption, or even simple spearphishing.

The CCP has been harvesting the data of millions of unsuspecting individuals in innocuous-looking mobile apps like TikTok and WeChat and by selling its Trojan-horse-like surveillance camera systems to the world.10 Gold represents money and bribery using direct or indirect financial benefits to influence and control individuals, institutions, and businesses.

Sometimes that influence is indirect, as may be the case with the recent revelation that the University of Pennsylvania received a total of $54.6 million from 2014 through June 2019 in donations from China, including $23.1 million in anonymous gifts starting in 2016. “Most of the anonymous donations came after the university announced in February 2017 that it would create the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement” according to the New York Post. “Joe Biden, whose term as vice president had just ended, was to lead the center and was also named a professor at the university.”3 Multiple former intelligence officials surmise that such schemes carried out by Chinese spies have long played out on U.S. soil and remain ongoing

Addressing the Threat One of the stipulations negotiated by the U.S. House Freedom Caucus before Kevin McCarthy could be voted in as Speaker of the House was “to look into the weaponization of the FBI and other government organizations.” It is incumbent, then, that our legislators enact sanctions and/or other responses to confront the weaponization of the U.S. legal system and prevent the CCP from hunting and persecuting dissidents like Guo who have come to the U.S. for sanctuary.

As Founder of the New Federal State of China (NFSC), Guo has been providing the U.S. with crucial assistance in its battle against the CCP. NFSC’s mission is simple: Taking down the Chinese Communist party. As a significant number of NFSC members are American citizens or residents, NFSC is concerned with preventing what they or their families have experienced in China from taking place in the United States. The organization is funded by two foundations: the Rule of Law Foundation, a 501(c)(3), and The Rule of Law Society, a 501(c)(4). Each of the foundations has its own independent board of directors and mission statement.

Miles Guo issued this call to action on GETTR: “If the newly elected Speaker of the House is serious about taking on the CCP with substantive actions, he must seize all CCP’s overseas assets, stop the U.S. media, technology companies, Wall Street, law firms, etc. from continuing their collusion with the CCP, and have the Congress thoroughly investigate the CCP enablers lurking inside American government agencies especially in judiciary sector.”

Speaker McCarthy, make it so.

Op-ed by Kelly John Walker #####

Postscript Evaluating the specific case of the CCP’s persecution of a Chinese resident who has been providing valuable whistle-blowing intel is in the best interests of United State national security. FreedomTalk is taking a deep dive into the case and will be unpacking the details of this attempt by the CCP to extradite a protected dissident back to China by lawfare and force.

1. Hudson Institute: China’s Attempt to Influence U.S. Institutions: A Conversation with FBI Director Christopher Wray. July 7, 2020 2. The Wall Street Journal: China’s Pursuit of Fugitive Businessman Guo Wengui Kicks Off Manhattan Caper Worthy of Spy Thriller. October 22, 2017 • New York Post: $54M in Chinese gifts donated to UPenn, home of Biden Center: April 9, 2022 1. New York Post: China ‘honey trap’ plot could span thousands of operatives: December 11, 2020 2. The Epoch Times. New Select China Committee Approved by House on Bipartisan Vote: January 10, 2023.

3. www.NSFCofficial.com 4. https://www.foxnews.com/media/chris-bedforddoj-lost-american-peoples-trust August 31, 2022 5. https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-raidmick-mulvaney-tells-cnn-fbi-doj-have-lost-benefitdoubt-with-republicans August 11, 2022 6. https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/poll-fbidoj/2022/08/25/id/1084605/ August 25, 2022 7. https://gnews.org/articles/198009

About Kelly Walker Kelly John Walker is an American statesman, accomplished writer, branding professional, and entrepreneur. He is Founder of FreedomTalk, Host of FreedomTalkTV, and a senior writer for The Epoch Times. Kelly holds a BA in English & Theology, and a Master of Science degree on a graduate fellowship with the US Department of Defense. He had a distinguished career as a conservation professional before founding two award-winning advertising agencies.

About NFSC The New Federal State of China (NFSC) is a group of freedom-loving individuals united by the common goal of taking down the Chinese Communist Party. Many of its members have experienced or witnessed firsthand the atrocities committed by the Chinese Communist Party. NFCS opposes the Chinese Communist Party on every front—organizing protests, assisting CCP dissidents, and sharing their knowledge of the CCP with the rest of the world. As a staunch adversary of the Chinese Communist Party, supported by The Rule of Law Foundation, NFSC seeks to prevent the destruction of America by communist infiltration and corruption.

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The Third Warfare “The appointment,” according to an Aussie Brief News story, “has an obvious conflict of interest and also reflects the infiltration of the U.S. judiciary system using unrestricted warfare tactics.

Luc A. Despins is a partner of the law firm Paul Hastings LLP, which has developed business relations with PAG in a $671M bid for Spring REIT … and many other companies tied with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”

In its relentless quest for global hegemony, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) knows no bounds. Arguably the world’s most oppressive regime, the CCP has one overarching goal: to promote the interests of the Party, spreading its ideology and control to every corner of the globe. That said, the United States and its western allies stand firmly in their way.

The CCP is keenly aware that it is not yet able to destroy the West at a kinetic level of warfare. In a head-to-head confrontation with the U.S. and its allies, China would be outmatched — literally outgunned, militarily. However, there are devastating ways to wage asymmetrical warfare to undermine and weaken the U.S. while simultaneously bolstering the CCP’s military objectives and capacity to wage war in multiple theaters.

The Three Warfares

The CCP works from a premise of “three warfares” (san zhan): public opinion warfare, psychological warfare, and legal warfare. These three interrelated and mutually reinforcing systems can hamstring the strategic and tactical capacities of the U.S. and its allies — even including their military capabilities.

The CCP has learned to use the robust U.S. legal system to weaken America’s standing as the world’s leading superpower. Tactics collectively known as “lawfare” exploit both the strengths and weaknesses of American law and litigation to tie up, obstruct, undermine, and divide the U.S. internally and on the global stage.

Lawfare is a major component of fifthgeneration warfare, which uses information and data to exploit and redefine cognitive biases, manipulate worldviews, and destroy opponents from within.

“The CCP understood they needed the West to advance, and they are still taking advantage of that,” according to retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding. “Thus, the only option is for us to completely decouple and prevent our citizens from engaging with China.”

It is critical that U.S. lawmakers, policymakers, and military leadership understand China’s three warfares strategy and meet their threat headon. A merely defensive posture plays into the CCP’s intent to immobilize U.S. companies, governmental agencies, and military powers through endless litigation and the manipulation of public opinion.

Ultimately, lawfare is a means of achieving military objectives — while constraining the West’s ability to employ its martial advantages — making it a serious threat to U.S. national security.

The first step in defeating these tactics is to, as Sun Tzu wrote, understand the enemy. The second is to use that understanding to formulate offensive and preemptive strategies to beat the CCP at its own game.

Unrestricted Lawfare

It is important to understand that the CCP will hold its opponents to

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legal and ethical standards that it has no intention of following itself. Lawfare, wrote Dean Cheng, a former senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, “involves ‘arguing that one’s own side is obeying the law, criticizing the other side for violating the law, and making arguments for one’s own side in cases where there are also violations of the law.’”

“Like the Soviets, the CCP’s dictators are never shy of saying that law is the party’s instrument to destroy enemies,” wrote Bradley A. Thayer and Lianchao Han, and “the Communist Party always remains above the law.”

The ends sought by the CCP justify the means, even if the means include deceit, racism, and human rights abuses.

As Cheng wrote, “current PRC behavior suggests that one should not necessarily expect the Chinese to refrain from engaging in activities they condemn in others.”

This approach is essentially “unrestricted lawfare,” the use and abuse of the U.S. legal system by the CCP to weaken America, break the will of the people, and exert its political influence beyond its own borders, weaponizing the American judicial system to persecute Chinese dissidents on American soil and punish whistleblowers.

The CCP has demonstrated before the watching world a willingness to use mass murder to further its agenda, so it comes as no surprise that antisemitism is not off-limits.

Antisemitism as a Weapon: A Current Case Study Witness the legal persecution of highprofile Chinese dissident, Ho Wan Kwok (“Miles Guo”). This ongoing battle is a cautionary tale in real-time that needs to spark a conversation about whether U.S. law firms should represent the interests of the CCP, knowingly or by default.

In early December 2022, Elliot Dordick — a Jewish-American lawyer — filed an ethics complaint with the attorney grievance committee of New York’s First Judicial Department against Paul Hastings LLP and four of its attorneys,

including two partners. The complaint stems from filings by those Paul Hastings LLP attorneys in an ongoing bankruptcy proceeding (case number 22-50073) in Connecticut involving Miles Guo. Dordick posted the entirety of his complaint to Twitter, asking, “Why would these Paul Hastings LLP attorneys repeatedly cite a notoriously antisemitic, racist, anti-immigrant website in federal court to attack a Chinese dissident seeking asylum in the U.S. without telling the court of the nature of their source?”

The source in question is The Unz Review, a website founded by Ron Unz, who the ADL said “has denied the Holocaust, endorsed the claim that Jews consume the blood of non-Jews, and has claimed that Jews control the media, hate non-Jews, and worship Satan.”

Guo has also “questioned the appointment of Luc A. Despins,” according to the Aussie Brief News, “asking why such appointment will be allowed by the U.S. Department of Justice. He said the appointment is unbelievable and that the CCP can heavily influence the U.S. Department of Justice.”

“The infiltration of the U.S. judiciary system accumulated over the years,” according to the report, “as the CCP’s judicial unrestricted warfare plan intended.”

Dordick requested that the attorney grievance committee office to which he submitted his complaint investigate Paul Hastings LLP, Despins, and other Paul Hastings LLP attorneys for potential ethics violations of rules related to dishonesty, deceit, and misrepresentation, conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, conduct that adversely reflects on a lawyer’s fitness as a lawyer, and the failure to adequately supervise lawyers at the firm.

“How could Paul Hastings LLP possibly claim it properly oversees its attorneys if they lend credibility to sources of hatred in federal court?” Dordick wrote in a post on GETTR.

According to Dordick’s complaint, Chapter 11 Trustee Luc Despins and other Paul Hastings attorneys substantively cited The Unz Review at least five times over several pages to justify their beliefs about Guo’s alleged actions. The Unz Review article cited by Despins and the other Paul Hastings LLP attorneys was written by Pepe Escobar, who the U.S. State Department said is involved in disinformation campaigns by foreign, authoritarian states.

Supporters of the New Federal State of China (NFSC), a movement seeking to take down the CCP and liberate the Chinese people, flooded the comments sections of Dordick’s social media posts with messages of support and solidarity with the Jewish community. Comments on his posts indicate NFSC supporters’ strong opposition to any promotion of antisemitic outlets in federal court by anyone, let alone attorneys at influential or respected law firms.

Dordick pointed out that while Despins and the other Paul Hastings LLP attorneys made sure to remind the bankruptcy court of its obligation to view the Department of Justice-appointed bankruptcy trustee’s evidence with deference, they “conveniently” failed to mention noteworthy aspects of the evidence’s source.

Additionally, several noteworthy figures in the Jewish community, including but not limited to, former U.S. Deputy Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Ellie Cohanim, Newsweek Opinion Editor Josh Hammer, and former New York State Representative Dov Hikind shared Dordick’s social media posts.

On Twitter, Dordick continued, “I’m stunned to see this coming from such a prestigious firm. I took it upon myself to file the ethics complaint attached to these posts immediately upon discovering their actions. This legitimization of such an outrageous source has no place in our courtrooms.”

Infiltrating the DOJ Guo has said in several videos posted to GETTR that Despins has a close connection to and partnership with the Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) in communist China.

The struggle between Guo and Paul Hastings LLP is just one battle amid a war for hearts, minds, and, ultimately, global hegemony. The U.S. government would do well to commit significant re sources and scrutiny to ensure this is a war it does not lose.

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Local Theatre Shows

■ The 1812 Theatre: Confusions (by Alan Ayckbourn) (a series of five one-act plays, featuring the same cast) Until March 4 in The Lowe Auditorium, The 1812 Theatre, Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Chris Procter and five other directors. Bookings: https://www.1812theatre.com.au/.../2023-season/confusions/ ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company: The Ladykillers (by Graham Linehan) Until March 4 at Heidelberg Theatre, 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Director: Chris McLean.

Bookings: 9457 4117 or emailboxoffice@ htc.org.au.

■ Brighton Theatre Company: The Revlon Girl (by Neil Anthony Docking) Until March 4 at the Brighton Cultural Centre, Carpenter St., Brighton. Director: Natasha Boyd.

Bookings: www.brightontheatre.com.au ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: The Effect (by Lucy Prebble) Until March 4 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Claire Abagia. Bookings: 9587 5141 or www.mordialloctheatre.com ■ CPAC Musical Theatre: Jersey Boys Musical Until March 11 at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, Pakenham. Director: Lee Geraghty; Choreographers: Ashlee Holdsworth; Nicole Everitt; Musical Director: Kent Ross. Bookings: cpacmusicaltheatre.com ■ Malvern Theatre Company: Ladies’ Day (by Amanda Whittington) Until March 4 at 29 Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Pip Le Blond.

Bookings: www.malverntheatre.com.au ■ The Basin Theatre Group: Two and Two Together (by Derek Benfield) Until March 5 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Bob Bramble. Bookings: www.thebasintheatre.org.au ■ Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): Fortune’s Fools (by Fredrick Stroppel) Until March 4 at Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman St., Strathmore.

Director: Audrey Farthing. www.stagtheatre.org ■ The Mount Players: The 39 Steps (by John Buchan) (adapted by Patrick Barlow, Nobbie Dimon and Simon Corble) A play for radio adapted and directed by John Rowland.

Until March 12 at The Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St., Macedon. Director: John Rowland. Bookings: www.themountplayers. com ■ Wonthaggi Theatrical Group : School of Rock the Musical, March 3 – 18 at 7.30pm at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre, 96 Graham St., Wonthaggi. Bookings: wtg.org.au ■ Gemco Players (A Gemco in the Park Production): Much Ado About Nothing (by William Shakespeare) March 3 at 6.30pm; March 19 at 6.30pm at the Gus Ryberg Amphitheatre, Emerald Lake Park, Emerald Lake Rd., Emerald. Director: Sharon Maine.

If weather is unsuitable for outdoor performance, the show will be presented at The Gem, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald. Bookings: www.gemcoplayers.org ■ Williamstown Musical Theatre Company: Encore (showcase concert), March 4 at 7.30pm at the Williamstown Town Hall, 104 Ferguson St., Williamstown. Seating at tables. All tickets $40. www.wmtc.org.au ■ Theatrical.: Green Day’s American Idiot, March 9 – 26 at Chapel off Chapel, Prahran. www.theatrical.com.au ■ Eltham Little Theatre: Theatre Trivia, March 10 at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre, 1603 Main Rd., Eltham. Director: James Chappel. Bookings: www.elthamlittle theatre.org.au ■ Beaumaris Theatre: Puffs (Two Act edition by Matt Cox) March 10 – 25 at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Directors: Dan Bellis and Kristina Doucouliagos. Bookings: www.beaumaristheatre.com.au ■ Off the Leash Theatre: The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later March 16 – 18 at the West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul. www.offtheleashtheatre.com.au ■ SLAMS Musical Theatre Company: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.

March 17 – 25 at Knox Community Arts Centre, Cnr Mountain Hway and Scoresby Rd., Bayswater. Director: Justin Cleaver; Vocal Director: Julia Roper; Band Director: Glen Barnett; Choreographer/Ass’t. Director: Natasha Harvey.

Bookings: www.slams.org.au or 0412 605 182.

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Confidential Melbourne

Talk is cheap, gossip is priceless

SHIMMERY BURLESQUE

Local Theatre Shows

■ Encore Theatre: Spring at Marino (by Constance Cox) March 18 – 18 at the Clayton Community Theatrette, Cooke St. Clayton.

Director Richard Burman. Bookings: encoretheatre.com.au ■ The 1812 Theatre: The Shoe-Horn Sonata (by John Mistro) March 23 – April 22 at The 1812 Theatre, Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Directed by Andrew Ferguson. Bookings: www.1812theatre.com.au ■ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Victoria: My Fair Lady March 30, 31 and April 1, 2 Matinee at 2pm at The Alexander Theatre, Clayton. Director/Choreographer: Robert Ray; Musical Director: Timothy Wilson. Bookings: gsov.org.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Auditions

● Evana and Sarsha prepare for Shimmery Burlesque at Gasworks, Albert Park.

■ The burlesque show, Shimmery Burlesque, to leave her impoverished family to live with is returning to Melbourne for a four-day season her cousins, the wealthy Bertram family. at the Gasworks Theatre, 21 Graham St, Albert As with all Austen, comic misunderstandPark, from April 13-16. ings, unrequited love and marriage proposals Thousands of rhinestones, over one hundred follow. costumes, twenty exclusive burlesque routines As the catty Bertram sisters, Brenna and fifteen performers, will all contribute to the Cockrem and Sarah Falzon make excellent conglamour of the performance. trasts to the kind, intelligent Fanny as they bicker The story begins in Lady Shimmery's work- over the caddish Henry Crawford (Ali Samaei) room, inspired by the romance of old-fashioned and the bumbling Mr Rushworth (Darren dressing rooms. The stage is adorned with sew- Thao). ing machines, dressing tables and mirrors ... the In her novel, Austen hinted at Sir Thomas costumes glistening with rhinestones, feathers Bertram's wealth generated by the slave trade and tassels. and his plantation in Antigua.

The second half of the show takes place in a Lover’s Vows makes this veiled connection vintage French garden with parasols, park explicit and integral to the play. benches, fountains and painters.

Aunt Norris, played by Joanna Costa, is The show is set in the city of Paris, a main overtly prejudiced in her actions, shockingly so. influence in Lady Shimmery's life and art and While Austen’s Fanny can come across as where she first fell in love with the art of bur- strait-laced and po-faced, writer-director lesque.

Sharmini Kumar’s version makes Fanny’s poPerformance Details: Thursday April 13 - sition fathomable for a modern audience.

Sunday April 16. VIP Cabaret Packages availKali Shanthi radiates a quiet dignity as Fanny. able.

Not only are we acutely aware of her humble Venue: Gasworks Theatre, 21 Graham St, rank, but her mixed-race status as a critical eleAlbert Park ment in the plot lifts the performance from a Bookings: www.shimmeryburlesque.com narrative of nineteenth-century manners to - Cheryl Threadgold something much more satisfying.

In addition, a rewriting of Mary Crawford, played by D.L. Turnbull, attracted to and yearning for a romantic relationship with Fanny, only ■ The next Morning Melodies program pre- to be rebuffed, brings much-needed pathos to sented by Arts Centre Melbourne will be The the story.

Dancin' Man on Monday, March 6 at 11 am and Presented by 24 Carrot Productions.

1.30pm.

- Review by Kathryn Keeble Luke Alleva will celebrate the song and dance men who graced the stages and screens of years gone by through singing, dancing and sharing stories about Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Donald ■ TEG Dainty announces that Irish stand-up O'Connor, The Nicholas Brothers and Sammy comedian Shane Todd will debut in Australia Davis Jr. in Melbourne's Trades Hall on April 20, 21, 22, Accompanied by a three-piece band, songs 23 as part of the Melbourne International Comwill include Make Em Laugh, Mr Bojangles, It edy Festival.

Don't Mean A Thing and Singin' In The Rain, Shane has performed regularly throughout among many others. the UK and Ireland and toured the US with solo Performance Details: Monday, March 6, shows, has just launched a new podcast series 11am and 1.30pm and is hosting the BBC New Comedy Awards in Bookings: www.artscentremelbourne. Belfast. com.au Performance Details: April 20 - 23 One hour sessions.

Venue: Melbourne Trades Hall, Carlton - Cheryl Threadgold Bookings: www.tegdainty.com

Morning Melodies

Shane Todd

Lovers’ Vows at Mansfield Park

■ Abbotsford Convent’s Bishop’s Parlour is a perfect space for a play based on Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park.

Not only its architecture and interiors but also its dark history lends a gothic element to its setting.

Lover’s Vows at Mansfield Park tells the story of Fanny Price (Kali Shanthi), compelled

● Shane Todd

■ Avid Theatre and Ardour Productions: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (by William Shakespeare) March 14, 7pm – 10pm; March 18, 2pm – 5pm at Malvern Community Church Hall, 29 Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: Nicholas Opolski.

Audition enquiries: nopolski@hotmail.com or 0400 507 788.

■ Beaumaris Theatre: The Three Musketeers (a comedy adventure) (By John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete) March 18 at 2pm; March 20 at 7.30pm at 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Richard Keown. The director is looking for four actors to play over thirty roles. Enquiries: Via form on website. www.beaumaristheatre.com.au ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Summer of the Seventh Doll (by Ray Lawler) March 19 from 2pm and March 21 from 7.30pm at Factory 8/417-419 Warrigal Rd., Cheltenham.

Director: Martin Gibbs. Audition enquiries: mandcgibbs@tpg.com.au or call 0411 645 003.

- Cheryl Threadgold

What’s On At Warrawee Park

■ A free live music event is being held on Saturday, March 18 from 3pm to 9pm at Warrawee Park, Oakleigh.

Live at Warrawee will showcase live music by the Pierce Brothers, Thndo, D'Arcy Spiller, Pirritu, Women of Soul and Busted Chops.

Nestled within the grounds at Warrawee Park, music lovers can gather on the grass under the shady grove of trees to appreciate the melodic tunes, DJ and roving entertainers.

As the sun sets over the park, attendees can also delight in a range of food trucks, a pop-up bar and local cuisine within the Oakleigh Village precinct.

The Pierce Brothers will fill the park with their toe-tapping harmonies and high-energy on-stage antics.

The Voice Australia finalist and Zimbabwean-born ‘First Lady of Soul and R&B’ ‘Thndo will play a solo set and present an Ascension Artist Showcase.

The blues-pop singer-songwriter D’Arcy Spiller will perform after a three-year stint in America, undertaking a music intensive at Berklee College where she attended Coachella instead of the prom.

The event also features the performance

by First Nations singer-songwriter Pirritu, a set by the collective, Women of Soul, and funky genre-defying fusion by local five-piece ensemble Busted Chops.

More event information is available on the Live at Warrawee Facebook event page.

Live at Warrawee is presented by Monash Council and On The Road Again, a Victorian Government initiative to bring live music back across the state.

Free outdoor live music event . When: 3pm – 9pm, Saturday, March 18. Where: Warrawee Park, corner Atherton Rd and Drummond St, Oakleigh. More Details: www.monash.vic.gov.au/Things-to-Do/Festivals-and-Events/Live-at-Warrawee As part of the lead up to Live at Warrawee, a series of industry workshops will also be presented in partnership with Music Victoria and the artists.

- Cheryl Threadgold

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Local Theatre The Ladykillers

● Sam Howard (Louis) at left, Aaron Wilson (Harry), Jim Thomson (Major Courtney), Gavin Baker (One Round), John Cheshire (Professor Marcus), Joan Moriarty, Annie Woodward, Catherine Christensen, Lynne McGregor (Mrs Tromleyton) and Julie Arnold (Mrs Wilberforce) (standing).

Photo: David Belton ■ Heidelberg Theatre Company’s production of The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan was a tale of two halves on its opening night, with laughs aplenty in the first half not mirrored in the second.

The play sees a gang of five oddball criminals rent lodgings pretending to be classical musicians. Their landlord is a sweet octogenarian, Mrs Wilberforce, who unwittingly helps them rob a bank. Mayhem ensues when she becomes aware of their ruse and thus becomes a thorn in their side.

Graham Linehan is the playwright, having adapted William Rose’s screenplay of the 1955 Ealing film of the same name.

Linehan is a well-known TV comedy series writer (for example, Father Ted, Black Books) who has kept pretty faithful to the original screenplay.

The emphasis is on getting laughs from broad caricatures in farcical situations. To my mind though this is a weakness of the script for it’s far from being a “timeless classic” and shows its age.

Given this I think the relatively large cast of eight (with five guest performers in addition) do a good job, putting in dedicated energetic performances even if, at times, the acting is forced or strained leading to miscues and a lack of believability.

The key characters, Professor Marcus, played by John Cheshire and Mrs Wilberforce, played by Julie Arnold, act as the lynchpin for the play’s action.

The director of The Ladykillers is Chris McLean who gets the basics right in terms of staging the frequent comings and goings typical of a farce.

Still, good timing, that critical key to the success of comedy, is unfortunately a hit-andmiss affair, especially in the second half. Chris shares a production credit with Melanie Belcher and the two do a fine job with limited resources.

Overall then The Ladykillers, despite being dated in its humour, is an entertainment that should grow into a more consistently enjoyable production over the course of its season.

Venue: Heidelberg Theatre, 36 Turnham Ave, Rosanna Performance Details: Until March 4 Duration: 2 hours (not including interval) Tickets: $22-$27 Bookings: www.htc.org.au - Review by Peter Murphy

Media Flashes

■ Jonathan Williams has left Network 10 after more than 15 years as a Sports Presenter / Producer. He first joined the broadcaster in 2007.

■ Samantha Healy has been appointed Regional Real Estate Editor for News Corp Australia's Queensland and Northern Territory titles.

■ Amber Schultz has started at The SunHerald (NSW) as a Reporter, covering general news. She joins from Crikey, where she had been an Associate Editor and Investigative Reporter.

■ Mamamia has announced the appointment of Elfy Scott as Editor.

■ Foundry (formerly IDG Communications), has announced the closure of its CMO Australia brand.

■ SBS has introduced First Nations place names in the nightly national weather forecast of its flagship news bulletin.

- Telum Australia

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CASE NUMBERS

■ Case Numbers, a comedy written and performed by Dylan Cole, will be presented from March 30 - April 9 at the Greek Centre (Two), 168 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.

Nominated for Best Comedy Award at the 2020 Melbourne Fringe Festival, this is a show about a man who’s inherited a locked briefcase.

It's about guessing numbers and trying to open that briefcase. It's about one man working very hard to figure out a combination. It's about Case Numbers (not COVID).

Case Numbers is a meta-thriller that analyses the narrative conventions used in writing. It has no beginning or ending and while there is a middle, it’s a wonderfully and entirely pointless homage to a 90s Cold War film.

“The idea of creating a show based around cracking a code to a briefcase was always an interesting premise to me,” explains writer/performer Dylan Cole.

“To tell a story where an audience is constantly guessing what’s inside a briefcase, before the contents are potentially revealed. I’ve always loved a big reveal.

“To try and top what has been conjured up in the imaginations of an audience. One of the most unique things about Case Numbers is that it really does defy genre. It’s a cerebral, meta, absurd stand-up comedy show - a heady cross between a Beckett play, and a Christopher Nolan film.

“It’s a show people could come back and see again, because there will undoubtedly be something they missed the first time.”

Performance Season: March 30-April 9 Times: Tue.-Sat. 8pm, Sun 7pm, Opening Night Frida, March 31, 8pm Tickets: $28 Full, $22 Concession, $20 Groups 4+, $15 Preview and Tuesdays Bookings: 9245 3788 or www.comedy festival.com.au/2023/shows/dylan-cole Venue: Greek Centre (Two) - 168 Lonsdale St, Melbourne www.dylcol.com Duration: 55 minutes no interval Suitable for audiences 13+ - Cheryl Threadgold

The Mousetrap

■ A vibrant, pacey interpretation of Agatha Christie's murder mystery The Mousetrap can be enjoyed at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre until the end of March.

Masterly writing, directing and acting combine in fine form to achieve this stellar 70th anniversary production.

Director Robyn Nevin's strong cast infuses the script with a terrific new energy, entertaining modern-day audiences whilst remaining respectful to the narrative of this timeless two-act classic.

The Mousetrap takes place in the comfortable elegance of Monkswell Manor, recently converted to a guest house and operated by Mollie and Giles Ralston.

A news broadcast about a London murder is initially ignored as five guests, all strangers, arrive in heavy snow to stay at the remote countryside property.

The mood changes when a detective sergeant arrives to warn everyone of an unknown killer among them. Personal stories unravel, suspicions rise, and the audience shares in the suspense.

Presenting wonderful character portrayals are Anna O'Byrne (Mollie Ralston), Alex Rathgeber (Giles Ralston), Laurence Boxhall (Christopher Wren), Geraldine Turner (Mrs Boyle), Adam Murphy (Major Metcalf), Charlotte Friels (Miss Casewell), Gerry Connolly (Mr Paravicini) and Tom Conroy (Detective Sergeant Trotter).

Standout performances were particularly enjoyed from Anna O'Byrne (Mollie), Laurence Boxhall (Christopher Wren) and Tom Conroy (Detective Sergeant Trotter).

Isabel Hudson’s costume and set design and lighting design by Trudy Dalgleish complement the show’s visuals.

Originally premiering on October 6, 1952 at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, The Mousetrap then opened in London's West End on November 25, 1952, running until March, 1974, then transferring next-door to St Martin's The-

● Dylan Cole in Case Numbers. atre where it performs to this day as the world's longest running play.

A twist at the end surprises us as to whodunnit, but we are pledged to keep this secret in our hearts and not tell anyone. So, it is recommended that Melburnians book tickets to see this great show and share the secret.

Significantly, The Mousetrap is ensemble theatre at its finest and not to be missed.

Venue: Comedy Theatre, Melbourne Season: Until end of March Bookings: ticketek.com.au or 13 28 49 Groups 8+ call 9299 9873 themousetrap.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Bowl Concert

■ As part of the Summer Music Festival held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was outstanding when performing two pieces of the classical repertoire, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 3 and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.

First on the program was the Prokofiev concerto played by Hannah Shin, a winner of the 2021 Lev Vlassenko piano competition, something which was not surprising given her virtuoso technical display on the keyboards.

While by no means at the extreme end of the difficulty scale, the No 3 concerto is no walk in the park either, and Hannah Shin showed great skill in bringing this work to life.

At times, however, her youthfulness worked against her as greater experience would, I’m sure, have added more colour and warmth to her technically brilliant performance.

The concerto was followed after the interval

by Orff’s cantata Carmina Burana which saw Kathryn Radcliffe as soprano, Paul McMahon as tenor and Warwick Fyfe as bass-baritone, with the MSO Chorus under the direction of Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Mairi Nicolson as host and Benjamin Northey as conductor.

This is a familiar work of Orff’s with some stirring passages involving both orchestra and chorus. Northey conducted with great assurance, getting a wonderful rousing performance from the orchestra which worked seamlessly with the MSO chorus.

On a not-too-hot warm summer’s night, the almost full house at the music bowl was treated to a fantastic display of the MSO at its finest, a Melbourne cultural powerhouse that we should all be proud of. Here’s hoping that more such free concerts will continue into the future as part of Melbourne’s summer tradition. www.mso.com.au - Review by Peter Murphy

● Warwick Fyfe

Observations Zelman’s 90th

● Rick Prakhoff ■ Conductor Rick Prakhoff is excited about a 90th birthday he is celebrating this year.

While the youthful looking Rick isn’t about to turn 90, the orchestra he conducts, the Zelman Orchestra, is celebrating its 90th birthday with a Gala 90th birthday season and promises audiences stars, symphonies, new work and classical favourites.

The orchestra is one of Australia’s oldest symphony orchestras will celebrate its 90th birthday with a program spanning the eras of Classical, Romantic, 20th Century and contemporary music – including the world premiere of a specially-commissioned Australian work.

The Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1906 by Alberto Zelman Jnr – as the first Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

When Bernard Heinz invited its artists to join him in creating the ABC’s first professional orchestra in 1932, the remaining musicians formed the Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra in honour of their beloved Alberto - who had died all too early in 1927.

It all begins on Saturday, March 25, at the Melbourne Recital Centre with a musical tour of Vienna and the sweeping, passionate masterworks of Strauss, Kreisler, Korngold and more.

Visiting Canadian superstar Alexandre Da Costa will bring his 1701 Stradivarius violin in a concert that includes the overture to Die Fledermaus, The Beautiful Blue Danube, Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka and Radetzky March - amongst other favourites.

The 7.30 pm MRC performance on Saturday, March 25, is repeated at Daylesford Town Hall at 2pm on Sunday, March 26.

Other exciting concerts for the year are on June 17, September 10 and November 25.

For all the details about Zelman Orchestra’s exciting anniversary year, visit www.zelman symphony.org.au - Julie Houghton ● From Page One

The Revlon Girl

Similarly, Jen Bush's (Sian) splendid acting skills are showcased as the brave, cheery organiser of the meeting and beneath the cracked veneer, a bereaved mother.

Hats off to Standby/Cover Julia Lambert.

Natasha Boyd's expert direction ensures smooth flow of the play while retaining sensitivity of the narrative. As well as co-designing the set with Keith Francis, Boyd has even included an actual drip system as a ceiling leak drips into a bucket.

During rehearsals, the cast and Boyd impressively strengthened their knowledge and research of the play by undertaking a threehour Zoom meeting with London-based playwright Docking.

The result is a first class show, enhanced

by Alan Crispin's lighting, Blake Stringer's sound design, Annie Blood's costuming and Deborah Fabbro (props/set dressing).

A memorable theatre experience. Congratulations to all involved.

Performance Details: until March 4 Venue: Brighton Theatre, cnr Carpenter and Wilson Sts, Brighton.

Bookings: www.brightontheatre.com.au - Review by Cheryl Threadgold

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FUSE Festival Autumn

■ FUSE Festival Autumn 2023, a contemporary, multi-arts festival presented by the City of Darebin, will be presented from March 11-26.

Darebin’s streets, parks, venues, theatres, galleries and other public spaces will all be transformed into locally unexpected zones of art, culture and creativity.

In this year’s program, festivalgoers will experience everything from large community celebrations to intimate new experiences.

Launching the FUSE Autumn programming this year is Out of the Park Picnic on Sunday March 12, hosted

by Queen Acknowledgements, aka Nartarsha Bamblett, a proud Yorta Yorta, Gunai Kurnai, Walpiri and Wiradjuri women.

This free afternoon event at Edwardes Lake Park features interactive activities with shared culture, local artists, food, site art, music, family activities and a strong community voice.

Artists performing include Emma Donovan, DJ Jumps, and Dorsal Fins.

There will also be the All-inclusive Interactive Drum and Movement Activity, presented by African Star Dance, a group of performers and musicians who are committed to bringing the community together through African culture and tradition.

Everyone is invited to rehearse with the band prior to their performance or join in on the day. Sunday, March 12 at Edwardes Lake Park in Reservoir.

In celebration of International Women's Week, The Molly Hadfield Social Justice Oration has been held annually by Darebin City Council for over 10 years.

This year, guest speaker Namila Benson, radio broadcaster, podcaster and television presenter, will provide a thought-provoking dialogue on racism and anti-racism. The event is a tribute to Molly Hadfield, an inspiring local who worked tirelessly for social justice.

Wednesday, March 15 at Darebin Arts Centre. ★ FUSE presents its first Artist Keynote with Mat Watson. Regional Echoes: From yabbies to freeform synthesis will be a compelling discussion on Mat’s journey from growing up in rural Victoria to discovering a life in music, modular synthesisers and experimental sound.

Thursday, March, 16 at Darebin Arts Centre ★ Meet the Makers celebrates Darebin’s local wine makers. Visitors will get to sample homemade wine, chat with the makers, listen to live music by Pirritu, browse artisan food and wine stalls, and view demonstrations. The day is MC'ed by Darebin local, Elise Pulbrook, from MasterChef 2021.

Sunday, March 19 at Preston City Hall. ★

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As part of FUSE, the City of Darebin commissions works to be presented throughout the duration of the festival. This FUSE Fund initiative gives local artists an opportunity to explore new practices and engage with additional elements to improve, perfect and diversify their art form.

Exquisite Bias is a free two-week photography exhibition by Delia Poon showing collaborative, audio-visual portraits, exploring unconscious racial bias and cultural identity in contemporary Australia. The project invites Darebin locals to have their photograph taken and record their answer to the question, ‘Where do you come from?’

March 11-26 at Preston Library. ★ Thingamabobs is an interactive space full of surprising machines and quirky contraptions. It is a kinetic installation that bounces between the absurd, the deeply human, and the straight-up funny.

It’s an installation that collects the imagination of kids and seniors into an entertaining space inviting curious people to look and listen.

March 18-19 at Northern Community Church ★ Time Distance Music is led by local musician and instrument inventor Colin Offord. Audiences can enjoy the music of seven musicians from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds, exploring new possibilities for traditional and invented instruments. Enjoy the continuous uplifting, cross-cultural, musical performance—audiences can come and go as they please.

March 25-26 at The Chalice, Northcote Uniting Church ★ FUSE will also be launching two podcasts as part of the festival. Darker is a series of six fictional works written and performed by La Trobe University students.

The Future Leaders, created by artists Dr Claufia Esobar Vega and Jorge Leiv, reveals the future generation’s opinions on the leaders of today and their vision of the leaders of the future.

The Darebin CommunityAwards recognise individuals and groups who have made an outstanding contribution to the community. This year’s presentation ceremony will be held at the new Narrandjeri Stadium, John Cain Memorial Park in Thornbury.

March 23 at Narrandjeri Stadium, Thornbury ★ FUSE@Large open access program, where anyone presenting a creative event in Darebin can do so under the FUSE banner. Events and programs to be announced soon.

The FUSE closing party features The Last Dance by All The Queens Men. Inspired by the LGBTIQ+ Elders Dance Club,All The Queens Men

present an all-out afternoon soiree featuring Motown and disco classics performed by vocalists including Wendy Stapleton, Sarah Ward, Nefertiti LaNegra and more.

This promises to be a huge event celebrating the whole LGBTIQ+ and allied community.

Saturday, March 25 at Northcote Theatre ★ For the full program of FUSE visit: www.fusedarebin.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Cruel Intentions

■ Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre was the venue for Cruel Intentions the Musical.

It is based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses from the novel written

by Pierre Choderios de Laclos in 1782.

The story of the musical is where we enter the manipulative world of Manhattan’s most dangerous liaisons: Sebastian Valmont and Katherine Merteuil.

Fuelled by revenge and passion , the diabolically charming step-siblings place a bet on whether or not Sebastian can deflower their incoming headmaster’s daughter.

The production is magnificent theatre. The show was sparkling, Music very good, lighting a good standard and overall a very interesting evening of theatre.

The performers were outstanding with Kirby Burgess as Kathy Merteuil giving an outrageous and stirling performance.

Her stepbrother, Sebastian Valmont, played by Drew Weston, dominated the stage in his scenes, catching the fine nuances of such a character. The other players lived up to the standard set by these two giving an interesting evening of theatre.

The show had a standing ovation, well deserved by such a production, but one would not recommend it to the over 50s as it is definitely a show for the younger generation and Sir Arthur Rylah would not approve.

Review by Peter Kemp

● Kirby Burgess (Kathryn) in Cruel Intentions.

Photo: Nicole Cleary.

Rourke’s Reviews Something In The Dirt

■ (M). 116 minutes. Now available on DVD. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead continue their winning ways, once again combining sci-fi and drama (on a micro budget) to intriguing effect.

Moorhead and Benson star (as they did in The Endless) as John and Levi, both tenants in a low-rent, run-down apartment building in L.A. John has been living there for 10 years, while Levi has just moved in upstairs, and the pair seem to hit it off immediately.

While helping Levi move in, John notices weird mathematical equations written on the frame around the closet door, but when a heavy quartz ashtray starts to levitate and throw particular patterns of light against the walls, John and Levi believe the apartment holds far bigger secrets.

As the two start to document and research what is going on, the possibilities of what may be causing this event spirals in every direction, and will not only affect their opinions and feelings for each other, but of reality itself.

Benson and Moorhead (who along with directing and starring, also write, produce, and edit) have been building a superior body of work since they appeared on the scene in 2012 with their no budget wonder, Resolution, following that up with Spring (2014), The Endless (2017) and Synchronic (2019), and the pair have superbly connected most of these within the one universe.

With Something In The Dirt, the talented film-makers very cleverly use a sci-fi framework to explore the current epidemic of conspiracy theories and misinformation, and how easily people can fall down the rabbit hole, and in some ways is reminiscent of David Robert Mitchell’s unfairly dismissed (but very David Lynch inspired) surreal 2018 thriller Under The Silver Lake.

Benson and Moorhead, like in The Endless, offer solid performances, making their characters’ journey feel convincing, and deliver the humorous elements with conviction.

The effects are well-executed and perfectly timed. Something In The Dirt will definitely frustrate some viewers, as it remains lowkey and deliberately paced, relying on cerebral verbal exchanges rather than big, fx-laden set-pieces.

If you enjoy this, I highly recommend searching out Moorhead and Benson’s earlier efforts.

Like Project Wolf Hunting (also available on DVD), this is another cult winner from Umbrella Enter-

tainment.

RATING - ****

On The Line

■ (M). 100 minutes. Now available on DVD. After a recent string (in the tradition of other former big screen heavyweights like Bruce Willis and Nicolas Cage) of low grade DTV movies, where he usually played a supporting role, Mel Gibson returns yet again in a low budget affair, but this one at least gets off to a promising start before stumbling considerably in the later stretches.

Gibson plays Elvis Cooney, an L.A. shock jock who works the midnight shift at KLAT radio.

Known for his unpredictable nature and outrageous comments, he keeps his boss Sam (Nadia Fares) and assistant Mary (Alia SerorO’Neill) on their toes, and has a bitter relationship with fellow radio host Justin (Kevin Dillon).

There is also a new addition to the team, console operator Dylan (William Moseley).

The show begins like any other, until a particular listener, named Gary, calls in claiming he has kidnapped Elvis’ wife and child, and will kill them unless he apologises for a major discretion committed against him.

Not knowing what Gary is talking about, Elvis keeps Gary on the line, trying to figure out not only who this psycho is, but also attempting to keep his family safe.

The first half is reasonably entertaining, containing an infectious, well-paced energy, and the cast play off each other rather well (especially Gibson).

However, the path that writer/director Romuald Boulanger decides to take in the second half causes nearly all of the early fun to drain away, and if, like me, you can see where the story is going early on, it makes this turn feel particularly annoying.

All of a sudden, the film is struggling to maintain audience interest.

The less you know going in the better, but the ending has proven highly divisive.

It is a real pity On The Line didn’t have the conviction of remaining a verbal stand-off (like the brilliant 2018 Danish film, The Guilty), as this is when the film is at its strongest and most entertaining.

Combined with a tighter running time (say 80-85 minutes), this could have been a surprising little sleeper, but ultimately this misses the target.

RATING - **½ - Aaron Rourke

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■ When I was a lad my tastes were mainly for the popular music of the day or rock and roll. I would never have believed that as I grew older I would become a fan of Gracie Fields.

Gracie Fields belonged to the generations before me but now I appreciate her singing and have recently watched her old films. I am sure that many of our readers would be fans of Gracie Fields.

Grace Stansfield was born in Lancashire in 1898 and made her professional stage debut at the age of 12 in a stage show.

Her younger sisters were Betty and Edith.

She married her manager Archie Pitt in 1923.

The theatre audiences loved Gracie.

In 1928 she recorded Because I Love You for HMV and that was the start of a recording career that would continue throughout her lifetime.

Gracie's first film in 1931 was Sally in Our Alley where she sang her hit song Sally.

The film was a huge box office success. She made four films for the Twentieth Century Fox studios but they were all filmed in England.

The film Ship Yard Sally which featured her most popular song Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye was directed by her second husband Monty Banks.

By 1937 Gracie was the highest paid film star in the world. Gracie's other films included Looking on the Bright Side, Sing as We Go, This Week of Grace and Keep Smiling.

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internet. Other hit songs included The Biggest Aspidistra in the World, I Took My Harp to a Party, Now is the Hour, Christopher Robin is Saying His Prayers and When I Grow Too Old to Dream.

She spent part of the Second World War in America and went on many tours entertaining the troops in Britain, France, the Middle East and Canada. In 1945 she toured Australia with popular Melbourne singer Peggy Shea.

When Monty Banks died in 1950 Gracie married Boris Alperovici and they lived all their married life on the Isle of Capri in Italy.

She took part in television programs after the war and in 1956 played Miss Marple in an adaption of Agatha Christie's A Murder is An-

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nounced. Gracie sang in 10 Royal Variety Concerts - her last was at the age of 80, when as a surprise guest, she walked onstage and sang Sally.

My friend, the late Tony Osborne, was musical director for Gracie's last hit song in 1957, Around the World.

Tony told me that he had to go into the recording booth and tell Gracie that he could hear the sound of her false teeth clicking in his headphones as she sang. "No worries love," Gracie responded and took her teeth out to continue the recording, singing beautifully.

Her last Australian tour was in 1965 when Gracie performed at the Palais Theatre, in St Kilda.

In 1977 Gracie attended Bing Crosby's concert in Brighton and posed with him for the last photograph ever taken of Bing, he died two days later. Gracie Fields was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire just days before she passed away on the Isle of Capri in 1979. I was thrilled to see Gracie's home on a visit to Capri in 1995.

Kevin Trask Kevin can be heard on 3AW The Time Tunnel - Remember When Sundays at 10.10pm with Philip Brady and Simon Owens.

And on 96.5 FM That's Entertainment - Sundays at 12 Noon. www.innerfm.org.au

TEMPORARY HOMES FOR NGV SCULPTURES

■ The Arts Centre Melbourne sculptures are finding temporary new homes at McClelland and Heidelberg Museum of Modern Art. Five significant sculptures from Arts Centre Melbourne’s Public Art Collection will find temporary new homes at McClelland , Australia’s preeminent sculpture Park and Gallery and Heide Museum of Modern Art during the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation, Sculptures, Rhythms of Life, Family of Man 1, Family of Man 2 formerly located around Arts Centre Melbourne’s Theatre’s building have been taken to McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery as part of a long-term loan as Arts Centre Melbourne undergoes significant updates to its building and public places.

Sculptures Coming and Going by artist Les Kossatz and Marathon Man by artist Anthony Pryor are being loaned to Heide Museum of Modern Art and will be installed in early March, Since removed from Art Centre Melbourne in July 2022, the sculptures have been carefully cleaned and prepared for installation by J. K. Fasham, Melbourne’s specialist sculpture fabricators’ and installers .

The temporary relocation of the sculptures to these esteemed and popular galleries means they have the potential to reach new audiences who may not have visited them at Arts Centre Melbourne.

The sculptures loans are planned for five years with their host venues in Langwarrin and Bulleen.

During the time the sculptures are at the host venues Arts Centre Melbourne will undergo significant upgrades, including construction of an expanded underground Loading Dock, new food and beverage outlets, a new flexible rehearsal studio and function space, as well as elevating the glorious heritage State Theatre to world-class, improving accessibility, audience comfort and stage technology.

The transformation of the Melbourne Arts Precinct will take place over approximately six years, with an expansive 18,000 square metres of public urban garden built around Arts Centre Melbourne’s Theatre Building (under the Spire), con-

The Arts

organised by Ikon (Birmingham UK) and TarraWarra Museum of Art with curator Hetti Perkins and toured by NETS. Looking Glass represents both a love song and a lament for Country, a fantastical alchemy of elemental materiality through paintings, videos and sculptural work.

Exhibition curator, Hetti Perkins, said the artists are concerned essentially with Australia’s ‘Secret War’a battle fought on may fronts from colonial massacres and Stolen Generations through to the British atomic bomb tests at Maralinga.

Exhibition closes March 26.

Latrobe Regional Gallery 188 Commercial Rd, Morwell - Peter Kemp

with Peter Kemp

Compass returns

necting through to the NGV International and the new Fox NGV Contemporary.

Arts Centre Melbourne

Sam Jinks

Home in the Wilderness – Sam Jinks Internationally renowned for his painstakingly crafted life figures, Sam Jink’s sculptures are imbued with unguarded human emotion, fragility, and vulnerability, [lacing the viewer with a moment of intense intimacy.

For his first solo exhibition since 2012 and the first in his home city of Melbourne since 2009, Jinks presents Hope in the Wilderness, a new series of realist sculptural works reflecting on the mysteries of destiny and instability that governs our lives, in an era plagued by alarm and uncertainty.

Exhibition closes March 11.

Sullivan + Strumpf 107/109 Rupert St, Collingwood

Looking Glass

National Exhibitions Touring Support Victoria Looking Glass – Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce An exhibition of works themed on the monumental elements of earth, water, fire and air by Aboriginal artists Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce

■ Broadcaster Indira Naidoo has been appointed as the new host of ABC TV’s Compass, launching the new season on Sunday, March 19, 6.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.

The journalist and author brings to Compass a sophisticated understanding of the changing nature of Australian spirituality and the ethical dilemmas we face.

Indira will combine her new role with presenting ABC Radio’s Evenings program which airs across Sydney, Canberra and regional NSW. Born in apartheid South Africa, Indira grew up in Tasmania, South Australia, England and Zimbabwe.

She’s reported for and anchored 730 Report, ABC Late Edition News and World News Tonight on SBS TV. For the past 13 years Indira has also been an ambassador for The Wayside Chapel, Sydney’s homeless crisis centre in Kings Cross.

Recently, Indira published her best-selling book ‘The Space Between The Stars’ where she explored the healing power of nature following the death of her sister during the pandemic.

While Indira does not identify with any one faith, she’s eager to find meaning and connection – like many Australians are she believes.

OK. With John O’Keefe New gig for AFL legend

● Chris Judd ■ Mystery surrounds Chris Judd's move to streaming service Fetch. A new program is under wraps coinciding with Ticker News to be streamed on Fetch as of this month. I can't imagine footy is subject of content, only Juddy is privy to such info.

Sheepdogs out of the kennel

■ In their home town of Saskatoon, Canada, and festivals worldwide the Sheepdogs are a must -see band playing classical rock. The five-piece rockers are on their way for a one night stand at the Northcote Social Club, April 24. These boys are big deal having featured on the front cover of Rolling Stone magazine. It has been 11 years since their last tour of Australia ,so don't miss them , April 24.

Brilliant debut for teleflix

■ True Spirit is the title of a film capturing the epic, around the world sailing voyage by Melbourne teenager Jessica Watson. The tele movie - to be seen on Netflix - rated No 5 in English speaking countries. Jessica is youngest girl to sail solo, non-stop around the world in 210 days.

Hippy birthday

■ Yoko Ono celebrated her 90th birthday earlier this month. Yoko is still as active as ever with her singing, songwriting and on-going peace activism.

Dumpling-a-day

■ Dumplings have been flavour of the month for some time, so taste dumplings from around the world at the International Dumpling Festival at Queen Victoria Market, March 4-10.

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MEMORIES OF HOLLYWOOD STAR STABBING

■ Hi everyone, remotely from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites in West Hollywood comes this week’s news.

Out and About

Sal Mineo gone too soon

Pelosi attacker illegal

■ Salvatore Mineo Jr. was an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his role as John ‘Plato’ Crawford in the drama film Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at age 17, making him the fifth-youngest nominee in the category. He also starred in the movie Giant.

Born January 19, 1939 and sadly killed February 12, 1976 at the age of 37 by a drug crazed 17-year-old.

He was dining at Barney’s Beanery and was attacked near the Tropicana Hotel which is now the Ramada Hotel in West Hollywood. Sal Mineo would have been 93 this year.

JetBlue Blue Airlines mistake

■ Some JetBlue pilots are outraged after the airline hired a violent felon to fly planes even as it refuses to hire people who haven’t taken the COVID vaccine, citing safety.

Two pilots told The Daily Wire that JetBlue has hired John Perrys, who served nine years in prison for breaking into the home of a judge and attacking his daughter as she left the shower.

Perrys was released from prison in 2014 and is on felony probation until 2044, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

“Apparently JetBlue won’t hire unvaccinated pilots, but they will hire violent convicted felons to fly their airplanes,” one pilot said, speaking on condition of anonymity to protect his job.

In 2005, Associated Press reported that Perrys, then an Air Force captain, was charged in Louisiana with burglary and assault with a deadly weapon while wearing a mask, and that he faced up to life in prison.

Perrys allegedly entered the home of a judge and beat the judge’s daughter, who was his former fiancée, with a metal baton as she left the shower.

Police said that when he was arrested, he was wearing a bulletproof vest and his vehicle contained knives, handcuffs, parachute cord, a shovel, and a mask, according to the AP.

Parents helping children

■ Dating coaches say pandemic lockdowns and their long aftermath have raised parent worries that their grown children will stay single forever.

That has led to a surge of interest from mothers and fathers splurging on premium dating-app subscriptions, relationship classes and one-on-one sessions with dating experts for their children, said relationship psychologist and dating coach Christie Kederian.

● Ramada Managing Director Alan Johnson and Countdown Motion Pictures founder Gavin Wood.

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Marijuana beats tobacco

■ A majority of people say they smoke marijuana more than cigarettes, based on data from a new Gallup poll. Sixteen percent of Americans say they currently smoke marijuana with 48 per cent of respondents sharing that they have tried it at some point in their life the highest rate ever recorded by Gallup.

Last year, 12 per cent of respondents said they used marijuana. The poll released on August 16 was part of a study that examined people’s attitudes regarding marijuana’s benefits to society.

Gallup’s poll finds that marijuana use was higher among adults between the ages of 18 and 34 with 30 per cent responding that they smoke pot and 22 per cent consume marijuana edibles.

These numbers are significantly lower in both categories for adults 35 to 54 years old (16 per cent ) and Americans 55 and older (7 per cent ).

The analytics and research company conducted a related poll on August 26 that collected responses for a survey discussing alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use among Americans.

A new record low of 11 per cent of adults reported smoking cigarettes with approximately three in 10 non-smokers stating they used to smoke, a steep drop in cigarette use compared to 45 per cent n the 1950s. ● If you are considering coming over to California for a holiday, then I have got a special deal for you. We would love to see you at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, 8585 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood. I have secured a terrific Holiday deal for readers of the Melbourne Observer and The Local Paper. Please mention ‘Melbourne Observer’ when you book to receive the ‘Special Rate of the Day’ for your advance bookings. Please contact: Jennifer at info@ramadaweho.com

■ The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer was in the country illegally, ICE sources said.

David DePape, who was hit with federal and local charges in the violent attack on 82-year-old Paul Pelosi, was in the US illegally because he overstayed his visa, according to sources.

The 42-year-old suspect was born in Canada in 1980 and was in the US as early as 2001, sources said, citing his valid Social Security number, which can only be obtained with a job.

The Social Security number was obtained in Hawaii, sources said.

It’s unclear how long DePape stayed in the country past the legal threshold.

DePape faces charges from the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and other criminal counts.

He was also charged federally with attempted kidnapping and assault.

He allegedly broke into Nancy Pelosi’s house in a bid to find the House speaker, but only her husband was home in what San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins called a politically motivated attack.

■ Russian President Vladimir Putin is battling both pancreatic cancer and Parkinson’s disease, according to a new report citing leaked Kremlin emails.

A Russian intelligence source appeared to confirm in messages viewed by The Sun what has long been rumoured about the 70-year-old strongman.

“I can confirm he has been diagnosed with early-stage Parkinson’s disease, but it’s already progressing,” the security services insider reportedly claimed.

“This fact will be denied in every possible way and hidden,” the source said, according to The Sun. “Putin is regularly stuffed with all kinds of heavy steroids and innovative painkilling injections to stop the spread of pancreatic cancer he was recently diagnosed with,” the person said.

“It not only causes a lot of pain, Putin has a state of puffiness of the face and other side effects including memory lapses,” the source continued.

“In his close circle, there are rumours that in addition to pancreatic cancer, which is gradually spreading, Putin also has prostate cancer,” the insider added.

Rumours about Putin’s supposedly poor health have been circulating for months, with several unconfirmed reports saying the president is battling cancer.

The Kremlin has always denied that Putin, who likes to project an image of strength, suffers from any illnesses.

No Federal Income Tax

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■ Some 72.5 million households or 40 per cent of households will pay no federal income tax this year, down from the pre-pandemic high of 60 per cent two years ago, according to new estimates from the Tax Policy Centre.

In 2021, nearly 56 per cent of households or 99 million households paid no federal income tax, down from 60 per cent or 100 million households in 2020, the nonpartisan think tank said in the report.

For 2022, the standard deduction is worth $12,950 for individuals and $25,900 for married couples filing jointly. People earning below that amount do not owe federal income taxes.

Massive job losses in the pandemic’s early stages sent millions of people to unemployment lines and temporary rules exempted much of 2020 jobless benefits from income taxes, Howard Gleckman, senior fellow at Tax Policy Centre, said.

Meanwhile, there were waves of direct cash assistance that were all technically tax credits – two rounds of stimulus checks in 2020 and another round in 2021, plus a temporarily enhanced child tax credit.

Those waves came and went. The approximate 40 per cent of households projected to pay no federal income tax is back to pre-pandemic levels, and is even slightly smaller than the 42 per cent to 43 per cent range during recent prepandemic years, Gleckman noted.

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Crossroads

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

Finally for Gary

■ Well respected Melbourne singersongwriter Gary Leonard Hammond has released his new collection of songs. Titled Finally, the strongly adult-orientated pop album has already had the critics singing its praises. Country music legend Bill Turner called it "God's gift to the music industry” while other Australian music legends including Paul O'Gorman and Peter Sullivan have said the title track is "a song for the ages", says Gary. Check it out for yourself on Youtube, Spotify and all good digital stores.

Dinner Dance

■ Saints of Nugegoda present their annual dinner dance at the Grand on Princes, on April 15. No Limit and Replay 6 will entertain throughout the night with proceedings commencing at 7pm. Donations of $75 inclusive of a western and eastern buffet with beer, wine and soft drink provided. For tickets and further details contact Bert, 0414 979 483.

Our Kinda Country

■ Our Kinda Country are celebrating 12 years of raising money for the REH Cork Clubs Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal. From 12 Noon on Sunday, April 2, a stream of various artists once again will take to the Flanagan's bar stage in Traralgon to entertain and help raise money for this amazing cause. More than 20 Easter raffles/ prizes and Auctions are held throughout the afternoon, says their media release.

- Rob Foenander

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Magazine

4400 DIABETES-RELATED AMPUTATIONS ■ More than 4400 diabetes-related amputations are performed at Australian hospitals every year, most are preventable, and these contribute to the increasing cost of diabetes complications which threatens the long-term viability of Australia’s health system.

Diabetes Australia CEO A/Professor Greg Johnson revealed the worrying statistic.

“Australia’s health system is struggling to manage the growing burden of chronic disease, most notably type 2 diabetes, and the fact that there are more than 4400 diabetes-related amputations in Australia every year as a result of diabetes underlines how critical this issue is,” A/Professor Johnson said.

“To put that in perspective today around 12 people will undergo a diabetes-related amputation. Tomorrow - 12 more amputations.

“Experts estimate that spending on diabetes-related amputations, and other costs related to diabetic foot disease, costs Australia around $875 million every single year.

“Worryingly, surveys show that the general public underestimates the seriousness of diabetes and most people aren’t aware of the connection between diabetes and amputations.”

A/Professor Johnson called on the incoming Federal Government and the State and Territory Governments to work together to take decisive action on this national

emergency. Some 85 per cent of diabetes-amputations are preventable if problems are detected early and managed appropriately,” he said.

“This is why Australia needs a new Diabetes Amputation Prevention initiative to end the tragedy of diabetes-related amputations within a generation.”

A/Professor Johnson was joined

by Professor Sophia Zoungas, of the Australian Diabetes Society outside the Royal Melbourne Hospital where a display of empty shoes was used to highlighted the tragedy of diabetes-related amputations.

Professor Zoungas said a comprehensive, integrated approach could reduce the number of preventable amputations.

“Fragmentation of the health system means people are slipping through the cracks,” she said.

“We need to re-orient our health system more strongly towards prevention of diabetes-related amputations through more regular checks and risk assessments, and earlier treatment to keep people with diabetes out of hospital.

“Almost all diabetes-related amputations are preceded by sores or ulcers on the foot.

“If these sores are detected and treated early and effectively then they don’t escalate to a situation where amputation is required.

“People should have their feet checked by a health professional

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twice a year in line with the annual cycle of care requirements for good diabetes management.”

A/Professor Greg Johnson said it was clear Australia needed to get serious about addressing diabetes.

“The Federal Government should work with State and Territory Governments to establish and fund a Taskforce dedicated to leading and directing the initiative,” he said.

“Diabetes amputation prevention has to be a priority for every Primary Health Network in Australia.”

For Melbourne father Jake Williams undergoing several amputations represented the low point of living with type 1 diabetes, a condition he has lived with since first being diagnosed aged 11.

“Living with diabetes is a 24/7 job and I probably wasn’t looking after myself as well as I could,” Mr Williams said.

“When I bought a new pair of thongs they were a bit tight on the toes but I didn’t think much of it.

“A wound developed that wasn’t managed as well as it could have been and the next thing I knew I was in hospital for almost three months having parts of both feet, including both big toes, amputated.

“Your big toe mightn’t seem like much hanging off the edge of your foot but the reality was I had to learn to walk again.

“Australians with diabetes need better education so we can look af-

ter our feet and stop problems like these developing."

Key facts ■ There are more than 4400 amputations every year in Australia as a result of diabetes ■ Every year there are 10,000 hospital admissions in Australia for diabetes-related foot ulcers – many of these admissions end with people having a limb, or part of a limb, amputated.

■ People with diabetes hospitalised for lower limb amputation have longer stays in hospital than other diabetes-related complications. The average length of stay is around 24 days.

■ Diabetic foot disease costs Australia around $875 million every single year.

■ Some 85 per cent of diabetesrelated amputations are preventable if problems are detected early and managed appropriately.

Apathy

■ Despite over a quarter of Victorians (27 per cent) having a family history of diabetes, 2 in 5 (41 per cent) refuse to get tested ■ A whopping (92 per cent ) of Victorians believe there are two types of diabetes, forgetting or not aware of a third type gestational diabetes –that can develop during pregnancy and disappear after the baby is born.

Observations

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5. The Union Jacqueline flag.

4. If Mandrake is unacceptable, is Woman Duck allowed?”.

3. Is Mr Sippi more acceptable than Mississippi?

2. Mount Martha ... Offensive to those who did and to those who tried to but couldn’t, and to those who did and got away with it.

1. A football crowd yelling “Ball” is gross male gender favouritism.

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Sport

EARLY NOMS FOR AUSTRALIAN GUINEAS

■ Leading bookmakers, Neds, have framed an early market for the Australian Guineas to be run at Flemington on Saturday (Mar. 4).

They have placed top colt, Jaquinot, as the early favourite after another great run winning the C.F.Orr Stakes at his last start, be it on protest, and rightly so.

The son of former top sprinter Rubick, the three-year-old is taking all before him with his last runs proving how good he is.

He showed his class in the C.F. Orr with a gutsy run being able to squeeze through, but being checked just prior to the line.

His co-trainers, Mick Price and Michael Kent Junior, have a big opinion of the colt, in the Orr Stakes he accounted for the likes of I’m Thunderstruck, Mr Brightside and Gentleman Roy, who he beat on protest.

His best win to date, was victory in the Golden Rose Stakes in Sydney back on September24.

The James Cummings-trained Aft Cabin has lost a bit of support after his unplaced run in the Hobartville Stakes over 1400 metres, at Rosehill on February 18.

He appeared to have had every chance, and missed the place, and missed the place.

The Victorian colt, Elliptical, is fulfilling his promise with a brilliant win in the C.S.Hayes Stakes in a blanket finish, coming from a fair way back in the run.

In the care of the Freedmans, father and son, Anthony and Sam, he was returning from an unlucky seventh at his previous start.

He was thrown in the deep end, meeting the likes of hardened top competitors, such as Zaaki, Anamoe, and Mo’unga, in the Champion Stakes at Flemington back on November 22.

Prior to that he was only beaten a half-head in the Champion Stakes in Sydney by Sharp’N’ Smart, also over 2000 metres.

On the next line is another smart one in Golden Mile, prepared by James Cummings for the Godolphin Group.

He won the Caulfield Guineas back in October, narrowly but well, beating Elliptical and Osipenko.

He hadn’t since then, so it was a good run, when he finished second behind the good mare Mariamia.

He will be well suited here over the trip of 1600 metres.

On the next line is another interesting runner in Legarto, a New Zealander, trained by K. and B. Kelso, and has won five of his six starts, winning at Group Level. So, he could be one to watch.

The Sydney galloper Perfect Thought showed a bit of class in beating the Victorian three-year-olds in the Carbine Club Stakes at Flemington back on October 29 over 1600 metres in good style.

Prepared by leading trainer John Sergeant, he beat Elkington Road, and the Fortune Teller, prior to that he was third in a benchmark 68, at Newcastle.

The Ciaron Maher-David Eustace trained, three-year-old, The Fortune Teller, ran a good third behind Glint of Silver in the Autumn Stakes at Sandown back on February 11, but would have to improve on that run.

just one of those days. The Mick Price-Michael Kent Junior-trained Amenable put in a good run when second to Glint of Silver at Sandown on February 11 and can improve on that run.

Another promising type, Attrition, with Mitchell Freedman, was backed to win the C.S.Hayes Stakes, but ran into a bit of trouble and his turn will come.

Prior to his run in the Hayes, he had won his last two in good style. He is another with a chance, if he can get a bit of luck in the run.

Here is one to keep your eyes on, the New Zealander, Sharp ‘N’ Smart, a recent winner across the diych where he is prepared by leading trainer, former Australian mentor Graeme Rogerson. He is smart being the runner-up in the Victorian Derby last year.

Among the others nominated, Osipenko impressed with a good win in the Hobartville Stakes.

He also ran a big race finishing third in the Caulfield Guineas last year.

● Elliptical ridden by Blake Shinn wins the C.S. Hayes Stakes at Flemington Racecourse on February 18. Photo by Scott Barbour/Racing Photos and on his day can put in a big one. He returned to racing not long after his run in the Victoria Derby, clashing with the heavies in the Champion Stakes on the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Don’t leave him out, he has ability, but the trip, may be a bit short.

The Richard Laming trained three-year old, Bank Maur, was backed for a bit of money in the C.S.Hayes Stakes, but he failed to live up to expectations.

I felt he got too far back early, which the other main chances had the better running.

Being by the Japanese leading sire, Maurice, he has only six runs and is promising, his run when narrowly beaten by Jacquinot in Manfred Stakes at Sandown was a big run only beaten a short head.

He is a good galloper and will atone, it was

Ted Ryan

Golfers, jockeys

■ The popular Woodlands Golf Club will once again play hosts for their combined Woodlands Foundation Trust and the National Jockeys Trust Day on Monday, March 20.

It has proved immensely popular with the jockeys, golfers, and all those who attended over the past few years.

Prior to the hit off, well-known race caller Terry Bailey will get proceedings underway at 11am sharp, welcoming guests.

I will have the pleasure of introducing Darren Hutchins, the grand-son of former top Mordialloc trainer Ray Hutchins, and John McNaughton, who will explain the history of the Epsom Race Club, and the Woodlands Golf Club.

The interviews will finish at 12 Noon, and the action gets underway with the golf.

- Ted Ryan

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Sport

TROTTERS TO FORE AT MARYBOROUGH

■ Popular Maryborough commenced the week on February 20 and as usual, the trotters were well to the fore.

Pipers Creek (Kyneton) trainer/driver Tony Xiriha was victorious with 8Y0 Red SamuraiSpinster Clare gelding Buslin Brody in the Aldebaran Park Trotters Mobile (Heat 0ne) over 2190 metres.

Enjoying a sweet trip three back along the markers from the pole, Buslin Brody was taken away from the inside approaching the final bend to make the turn three wide and in a punishing finish, did best to prevail by 1.3 metres in a mile rate of 2-02.1, accounting for a death-seating Ero Carpe Diem (gate three) and Fun On Rum which led from gate five.

■ Heat Two saw Shepparton trainer/driver Trevor Muir make a long awaited return to the winners list when 6Y0 Andover Hall-Another Player gelding Essex Player raced and bred by Yabby Dam Farms Pty Ltd greet the judge at odds of $126.00.

Settling three back in the moving line from gate two on the second line, Essex Player weaved in-between runners prior to the home turn before switching to the sprint lane on straightening, finishing full of running to prevail by 1.2 metres from Rockford Peach off a three wide trail last lap, with Settle The Bill (four pegs) third a neck back third. The mile rate 2-05.5.

■ Junortoun part-owner/trainer Tarah McNamara snared the Haras Des Trotteurs Maiden Trotters Mobile over 1690 metres with Poppy Popstar, a 4Y0 daughter of Danny Bouchea and Windsor Block driven by Michelle Phillips.

Starting from the extreme draw, Poppy Popstar having start number eight was able to avoid some gallopers shortly after the start settling five back along the markers as Karas Dream led from gate five.

Going forward within a lap to raced exposed, Poppy Popstar was too solid at the business end, scoring by an easy 22.5 metres over Get Up Early (one/three) as Michelle gave a huge salute to the patrons watching. Blitzer I Hope (gate six) was third 4.5 metres away after trailing the weakening leader. The mile rate 2-01.8.

Cranbourne wins

■ An impressive winner at Cranbourne on Tuesday was 7Y0 Repeat Love-Micro Chip mare Petite Love in the 2110 metre Graham Quarries Trotters Handicap for Gordon trainer Tim McGuigan.

Driven by son Darby, Petite Love was a trifle slow to begin from barrier two settling four back along the markers as Madena Bay led from barrier three.

Coming away from the inside approaching the bell to race exposed. Petite Love raced to the front prior to the final bend to score by 9.8 metres from Homonym (one/one) and Meaghan (three pegs) who was 3.6 metres away third.

The mile rate 2-05.4.

■ It was great to see Ocean Grove owner/trainer Tyrone Abela in the winners stall at Cranbourne following the victory of 6Y0 Im Stately-Calder Image gelding Gee Cee Calder in the Aldebaran Park Trotters Mobile over 2080 metres.

Starting from gate two, Gee Cee Calder driven

by Chris Alford galloped as the start was effected allowing pole marker Whos Me Mum to momentarily lead.

Quickly regaining his gate, Alford sooled Gee Cee Calder forward and had little trouble assuming the front running role. Allowed to bowl, Gee Cee Calder recorded a 5.1 metre margin ahead of the raging hot favourite Sunny Spider (gate three) which raced outside him for most of the trip, with Kyvalley Paint (one/one) third 10.2 metres away in third place. The mile rate 203.2.

■ Local trainer Jayne Davies has won numerous races over the years at Cranbourne and 4Y0 Well-Said-La Machane gelding Machane Said added another to the list after taking the 1609 metre Lather Up Standing @ Woodlands Stud Pace.

With Kate Gath in the sulky, Machane Said enjoyed a sweet passage three pegs from gate four with another local polemarker Dancing With Flo leading.

Using the sprint lane, Machane Said rattled

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with Len Baker home over the concluding stages to gain the day by 2.2 metres in a rate of 1-57.5 over Do Not Surrender which trailed the pacemaker also using the sprint lane. Dancing With Flo held third a head away.

Victory habit

■ Adelaide reinsman Wayne Hill is making a habit of coming to Mildura and driving winners – last Wednesday was no exception with Wayne landing three – Illawong Kim for fellow SA trainer Shane Loone, The Bands Playing (Frank Mercieca) and Gracia Cullen (Aaron Coad).

On a night of multiple wins Charlton’s Ryan Sanderson kept up his great average at the track scoring aboard Ultimate Trouble (Andrew Vozlic), Spring Delight (Scott Garraway) and Sahara Tiger for father Shane in the fast class event.

Not to be outdone, Bendigo based Michelle Phillips also chalked up three – they being Son Of Zodiac and Half Moon Beach for Andrew Vozlic and Denzil Debro (Raharna McDonald) as did Bendigo’s Ellen Tormey – All Da Rage (Kate Attard), Avoca Blues (Scott Garraway) and Moreartsthanclass (Reece Moore) – the quartet winning every race on the 12 event program.

Double day

■ Thursday was double day with Melton racing in the afternoon and Echuca at night.

Beautifully bred Sweet Lou-Bellas Delight colt Sergeant Lou after two impressive previous runs opened his winning account with a tough victory in the Download The TAB App 2Y0+ Maiden Pace at Melton.

Trained at Bolinda by Kari Males, Sergeant Lou driven by Michael Bellman settled three back in the moving linr from a solo second line draw as Heavensville led from gate three.

Going forward three wide solo in the final circuit, Sergeant Lou joined Bundle, a Yankee Rockstar-Predict filly on debut which after racing exposed from gate five took a narrow lead on the final bend.

Finishing full of running, Sergeant Lou to the delight of the large ownership managed by Rob Auber raced away to record a 11.9 metre margin in advance of Bundle who’s first up effort was outstanding, with Major Samir also on debut third 6.5 metres away after following the runner up throughout. The mile rate 1-56.1.

■ For years Plumpton trainer Bill Galea has always come up with a handy horse or two and 4Y0 Pet Rock-Classic Bliss mare Classic Angelina who brought up two wins in succession is another after taking the 2240 metre $500,000 Reasons To Join The VHRC By February 28 Pace. Driven by James Herbertson, Classic Angelina was taken back to the rear of the field from outside the front line with Chogi (gate two) holding out a challenge from Younggiftedandblack (gate six) running into the first turn.

Following a fast mid-race move by Anthony Butt aboard Ladyofthearts to assume control, Herbie was content to sit at the rear with Classic Angelina until the last lap when he followed Our Miki Diva ahead of him forward three wide into the home straight.

Coming with a late finish, Classic Angelina prevailed by 1.5 metres over a game Younggifted-andblack with Our Miki Diva a

credible nose away third in a thrilling finish. The mile rate 1-57.3.

■ Darraweit Guim trainer/driver Lisa Miles’ 4Y0 Betterthancheddar-Queen Of The Prom gelding Mister Cheese bred and raced by South Australia’s Wyndown Stud was a tough victor of the Swift Signs Pace over 1720 metres.

Trapped wide from outside the front line, Lisa had no option but to go forward and that she did to park outside the poleline pacemaker Lady Miki racing for the bell.

Proving to be the better stayer, Mister Cheese scored by 1.4 metres in a mile rate of 1-55.8 from Lady Miki and Tyabb Wonder which was 1.6 metres away third after trailing the leader and using the sprint lane.

■ Echuca is long renowned as a leaders track and that’s exactly what happened when three long shots all saluted at the Campaspe Park race program.

■ Seven year old Red Samurai-Starlights Silver mare Starlight Red (barrier 3) at odds of $23.00 with Josh Duggan in the sulky led throughout in the Echuca Central Hire Trotters Handicap over 2130 metres to defeat her older brother 11Y0 gelding Starlight Storm (barrier 2) which trailed by 6 metres in a rate of 2-06 giving Bunbartha trainer Brian Bourke the quinella.

Its Diamond Creek (barrier 5) was third 12.8 metres back after racing exposed. The trifecta paid a massive $7471.50.

■ Woorinen (Swan Hill) trainer Joe Costa combined with Ararat’s Michael Bellman to land the Echuca-Moama Show BBQ Pace over 1755 metres with 5Y0 A Rocknroll Dance-Future Sign mare Ace Star paying odds of $41.00 when leading all of the way from gate three.

Polemarker Harts Last used the sprint lane from three back on the markers for second 2.5 metres away, with Alcatraz Girl (gate 6) third 1.6 metres back after trailing the winner. The mile rate 1-58.8.

■ Local trainer Ros Rolfe joined forces with Leigh Sutton to capture the 1755 metre Northern Rivers Equine Veterinary Pace with Beach Time, a 7Y0 Somebeachsomewhere-Karamea Toastime paying odds of $34.00.

Driven hard from gate two to cross another local Lethal Lover inside her, Beach Time had to be urged for most of the trip, but gave plenty in the run to the wire, defeating Ferocious Son (three pegs – three wide home turn) by 1.6 metres. Lethal Lover used the sprint lane for third a half head away. The mile rate 1-59.

■ Moorilim owner/trainer Greg Fleming combined with young reinswoman Codi Rauchenberger to snare a double at the meeting with Sunshine Beach-Gwenda Baker colt Hereforagoodtime taking the Echuca Pacing Cup 24 March 2023 3Y0 Pace over 1755 metres and 4Y0 Four Starzzz Shark-Sweet Barney gelding Red Hot Assassin the 2160 metre Rich River Golf Club Pace.

First starter Hereforagoodtime led throughout from gate two, coasting to the wire 8.4 metres in advance of polemarker Talk Is Cheap which trailed, with Eye See Philtra (one/two from gate 3) third 7.5 metres back after shifting into the sprint lane on turning.The mile rate 1-58.9.

Red Hot Assassin led all of they from gate two and was never out of second gear, coasting to the wire 2.2 metres clear of Missed The Truth (gate 5) which raced outside him in a rate of 200.2. Lorimermajor (three pegs) used the sprint lane for third a neck away.

Broke the ice

■ At Ballarat of Friday, twenty year old Pipers Creek reinsman Ben Xiriha (son of Tony) broke the ice when having his fourteenth drive – steering ‘boss’ Bolinda trainer Brent Lilley’s 5Y0 Muscle Hill-Imitating gelding Spotlight to victory in the Flying Horse Entertainment Venue Trotters Mobile over 2200 metres.

Starting solo on the second line, Spotlight settled three back in the moving line before going forward to park outside the leader Naked Truth (gate two) prior to the bell. Surging past Naked Truth approaching the final bend, Spotlight was tackled strongly by Oneoutofthesquare (one/two – three wide last lap), but fought back doggedly to gain the day by a half neck, with Wilcannia (one/one) third 19.1 metres back. The mile rate 2-02.

Sulky Snippets This Week

■ Wednesday – Cobram/Mildura, Thursday – Ballarat, Friday – Cranbourne, Saturday – Melton, Sunday – Boort (Cup), Monday – Stawell, Tuesday – Shepparton.

■ Ex-Queensland partners Amy Cargill (trainer) and Zac Chappenden (driver) registered their first Victorian victory since joining the Stewart/Tonkin team only a couple of weeks back when 7Y0 Sportswriter-Tears To Maple gelding Hit The Track scored in the Girls Night Out 3rd May Pace Book Now Pace over 2200 metres.

Given a sweet trip three back in the moving line from gate two on the second row after Terroroan had made a lightning move from the rear to assume control, Hit The Track followed Redbank Molly (one/one – three wide home turn) forward and after easing four wide on turning, ran home strongly to register a 4.2 metre margin (his 13th in 154 appearances) over Terroroan returning a mile rate of 2-00.7. Redbank Molly was third 3 metres back.

■ Kooreh (St Arnaud) co-trainers Shaun and Jason McNaulty snared the 2200 metre Regent Entertainment Trotters Handicap with ‘Cups King’ Travel Bug, a 7Y0 gelded son of Dream Vacation and Tricia Powell raced by Jason.

Driven by James Herbertson who chalked up three for the night, Travel Bug coming from a daunting 30 metre backmark naturally settled a long way off the leader Easy Pickings (10m) which had crossed Show Me The Moolah early in the piece.

Easing away from the inside mid-race to face the breeze, Travel Bug had luck go his way at the bell when Easy Pickings galloped throwing away all chance which allowed Travel Bug to stride clear for the final circuit.

Although tackled on the home turn by Show Me The Moolah which had eased away from the markers, Travel Bug’s quality showed over the concluding stages as he reached the wire 1.4 metres in advance of Show Me The Moolah in a mile rate of 2-03.4. Kyvally Clichy (one/ one last lap) after an early break was third 2.5 metres back.

- Len Baker

News Extra Fire at Sunshine

■ Brimbank Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a building fire in Sunshine on Saturday morning (Feb. 25).

Officers attended a commercial premises on Devonshire Rd following reports of smoke coming from the building about 4am.

Fire crews were notified and extinguished the blaze which caused significant damage to two businesses inside.

The cause of the fire has been deemed as suspicious.

A crime scene wasestablished and motorists were asked to avoid the area.

Pursuit, arrest

■ Police have arrested a man following a pursuit in Werribee on Thursday night.

Officers in an unmarked car were patrolling Synnot St, Werribee, about 9pm when they noticed a car being driven erratically.

Members followed the car and observed it drive onto the wrong side of the road and collide with a passing vehicle before continuing on and heading for Derrimut Rd. Once on Derrimut Rd the car continued to be driven erratically and was constantly on the wrong side of the road. A 35-year-old Maidstone man has been taken to hospital under police guard.

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Broome Beach Resort welcomes all guests to this relaxing retreat, situated at Cable Beach in the magnificent Western Australian coastal town of Broome.

Within a short leisurely stroll to the iconic Cable Beach, Day Spas, restaurants, cafes and bars, Broome Beach Resort is the ideal 4½ star family resort.

Set amongst lush, tropical gardens, each of our fully selfcatering, air-conditioned 1, 2 or 3 bedroom apartments are well appointed and feature full kitchen and laundry facilities, a spacious open plan dining and living area, a private verandah and free WIFI and FOXTEL. Free off-street parking is also available for in-house guests' vehicles.

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PRIME MANAGEMENT RIGHTS BUSINESS WITH HIGH RETURNS IN BROOME The business is ideally located in the prime Cable Beach area next to great amenities and is a short 500m walk to beautiful Cable Beach.

• Long-term agreements • Close to everything Broome has to offer • Set amongst tropical landscaping • Body Corporate salary of over $129k • Well-appointed two-bed, one-bath unit with large office and storeroom on the one title. Available for $560,000 • Located in one of Western Australia’s most sought after destinations • Property inspections are by appointment only NET PROFIT: $381,153. PRICE: $1,143,459

Interested? Why not give Glenn Millar a call on 0412 277 804 or glenn@resortbrokers.com.au

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Results from Saturday’s local cricket

■ Premier Cricket. Men’s Premier Firsts. Ringwood v Prahran 6/295 ND Blaich 69 MO Delaney 67* L Bangs 63 J Billington 58 M Wilcox 27* MF Fotia 4/46. Camberwell Magpies116 A Pawha 43 AG Kodoth 30 JA Nanopoulos 3/25 BJ Symons 3/34 J Fowler 3/ 38 v Frankston Peninsula 0/43. Carlton9/270 C Rutland 63 CA Stevenson 48* MW Harvey 47 J Lemire 41 NJ Ross 30 EC O'Sullivan 27 BA Rose 5/73 v Richmond. Fitzroy Doncaster1/ 49 J Rudd 30* v Dandenong153 BS Forsyth 72 GE Seneviratne 35 K Smith 3/45 N Fletcher 2/24 E Alavi 2/27 Z Parr 2/33. Footscray v St Kilda4/311 HT Dixon 111 JA Merlo 107* EJ Newman 35* J Vine 2/57. Geelong4/112 MJ Buchanan 30 JB Larkin 28 RJ Aikman 28 v Casey-South Melbourne. Melbourne University197 A Yaksender 41 M Domann 36 KJ Elliott 4/59 DE Munro 3/18 WJ McGillivray 2/ 42 v Melbourne. Greenvale Kangaroos191 J Bracey 113 NB Markovski 38 TR Pearson 4/ 27 SR Paramesh 4/56 v Kingston Hawthorn0/ 12. Northcote1/28 v Essendon90 L Molloy 33 M Edwards 4/13 J Lalor 3/16 MD Topp 2/25.

Premier Seconds. Casey-South Melbourne v Geelong 8/207 TC Scott 81 TJ Courtney 34 M Rulach 4/36. St Kilda 3/216 VF Page 87 ML Stevenson 80*v Footscray. Dandenong v Fitzroy Doncaster 9/147 C Simondson 35 R Adams 3/26 J Cameron 3/28 J Christensen 2/ 47. Essendon 0/5 v Northcote288 C Perrett 101 EJ Brandon-Jones 71 M Lawson 44 L Busk 5/61 D Cotter 2/55. Frankston Peninsula 0/9 v Camberwell Magpies251 KW Walford 67 JW Wiseman 39 CM Thewlis 35 DP Redhu 30 BR Shields 27 LA Scott 3/55 R Jain 2/27 R Shelton 2/30. Kingston Hawthorn v Greenvale Kangaroos6/232 L Filer 129 N Taylor 32 CA Burton 25* A Jain 2/34. Melbourne4/61 DP Daly 28* J Browning 3/25 v Melbourne University94 AM Khan 32 AJ Boyle 5/28 H Bajwa 3/15 WT O'Brien 2/29. Prahran198 MA Parsons 118 SP Howell 3/37 EP Walker 2/33 TS Sugumar 2/38 v Ringwood. Richmond3/70 DA Scholz 34* AK Abeyesekera 2/13 v Carlton125 TA Mileto 36 J D'Rozario 4/31 J Trevethan 2/ 17 DJ Tibballs 2/21.

Premier Thirds. Camberwell Magpies 190 MT Traplin 55 TM Donaldson 32 WK Mazza 26 BA Matthews 4/46 L Walsh 2/32 v Frankston Peninsula 1/34. Carlton1/52 H Jamieson 34* v Richmond130 J Czosnek 50 T Marchant 6/ 50 HD Trenwith 2/20. Fitzroy Doncaster0/25 v Dandenong227 T Anthony 71 A Mohan 66 JP Trevenen 4/30 G Khatra 3/44. Footscray v St Kilda9/243 BG Garrett 50 LA Destito 45* JF Smith 44 LO Sellenger 28 A Brasher 4/27 HC Tonks 2/61. Geelong4/173 V Malhotra 65 J Chislett 49* JJ Mastin 42* S Hulangamuwa 3/33 v Casey-South Melbourne. Melbourne University 4/40 JM Harwood 3/17 v Melbourne152 HC Hyslop 80* AJ Molden 5/ 22 J Nightingale 3/34. Greenvale Kangaroos v Kingston Hawthorn 171. Northcote0/17 v Essendon 227 M Arsalan 79 SN Phillips-Williams 28 N Pereara 3/30 A Nizam 2/34 B Pereara 2/34. Prahran9/214 BM Moon 56 G Delimitrou 43 HR Nicholls 40* J Agar 26 LR Tully 2/29 TL Webb 2/46 JC Beaton 2/48 v Ringwood.

Premier Fourths. Dandenong0/17 v Fitzroy Doncaster 260 A Johnston 93 RR Sacristani 58 J Helmot 42 R Nangle 6/16.

Essendon 7/320(dec) P Ketheenshwaran 110 H Dixit 87 A Sandhu 40 N Gamanayake 36 T Pegler 2/53 E Stock 2/71 v Northcote2/47 A Sandhu 2/8. Kingston Hawthorn1/21 v Greenvale Kangaroos136 L Carton 45 A Mann 25 JB Tonini 7/26. Melbourne v Melbourne University0/0 and 4/197 O Patel 53 T McManus 46* R Epstein 42 J Anderson 38 BW Tuohey 2/24 CM Jackson 2/46. Richmond 144 A Becker 37 J Carruthers 36 N Anaan 4/21 A Ward 2/27 A Sriram 2/31 v Carlton 3/45 B Gore 2/1. Ringwood v Prahran7/353 C Giles 126 G Collins 51 H Cummings 50 AR Johnson 44* EP Wright 41* JD Farrand 3/53 T Humphries 3/76. Casey-South Melbourne9/301 Z Sheikh 79 J Singh 36 L Paul 34 MR Blanch 33* AJ Blanch 33 C Harmor 28 O Haberfield 5/54 JM Klein 3/54 v Geelong. St Kilda7/99 ED Schultheis 27* WH Faulkner 25 V Chaudhari 5/47 G Sapukotana 2/19 v Footscray 98 T Pandithakoralege 29 D Kumar

27 WG Arney 5/21 JT Kennedy 2/8. Frankston Peninsula v Camberwell Magpies.

■ Diamond Valley Cricket Association.

Barclay Shield. Rosebank 3/112(dec) DD Wickramarathna 52* R Sharma 44 JJ Drohan 2/52 and 1/65 R Sharma 34 def Banyule 108 R Dilshan 2/7 R Sharma 2/15 D Sampimon 2/ 21 A Perera 2/26 and 5/213(dec) NP Murray 103* J Samad 34 JJ Drohan 29. North Eltham Wanderers 225 L Camuncoli 48 B Morris 43 R O'Donnell 38 R Wise 3/41 T Wise 3/53 def Macleod 141 D Falcke 46 T Wise 34 B O'Donnell 3/25 R O'Donnell 3/45 JC Young 2/ 31. Riverside 9/272(cc) N Bragg 88 MD Costa 65 A Villani 37* J Ridewood 4/62 def Heidelberg 10/166 A Renwick 85 J Ridewood 30 LA Money 5/35 A Villani 3/42 S Money 2/18.

Epping 95 DR Gilbert 4/39 AA Elward 2/10 DH Bedurke 2/20 def by Diamond Creek 9/ 172(cc) T McLean 52 S Taylor-Gell 39 RA Phelan 32 J Henkel 3/49 BJ McKeown 2/50.

Research Eltham Collegians 120 PE Bourke 4/18 N Carlton 2/20 def by Rosanna 8/ 255(cc) N Carlton 66 S Sheehan 58 DC Marsh 35 N Horsford 28 J Turner 4/70 J Klaster 3/72 Money Shield. Bundoora Park 4/26 L Taylor 3/8 drew Mernda 146 MR Russell 36 J Baker 26 B Healy 3/18 S Parmar 3/19 S Patil 2/31. Bundoora United 188 G Turner 49 W Brennan 39 J Thompson 35 SS Taggar 4/46 def by Bundoora 6/381(cc) R Singh-Dhillon 166 S Silva 65 N Caracella 51 PT Singh 49 RM Gaylard 5/97. Laurimar 129 R Mittica 3/7 JW Scott 2/22 A Jordanidis 2/29 MA Hayse 2/ 37 def by Lalor Stars 255 R Mittica 73 J Hayse 45 MA Hayse 42 P Gill 28 P Richardson 3/35 BE Lawrenson 3/35 MR Peters 2/35. Eltham 9/202(cc) A Lamont 69 S Sceney 39 C Clayton 3/35 JT Felton 3/46 WW Chamesh 2/45 def by Lower Eltham 7/207 M Salvatore 112* J Bubis 37 M Hogg 3/29 L Wilson 2/50. Montmorency 7/208(cc) M O'Brien 83* R Coleman 47 S Cullen 4/30 def Plenty 205 TK Rajarathna 100 H Smith 31 T Taylor 7/40 Mash Shield. Mill Park 6/358(cc) TK Groom 165 AC McLaughlin 65* J Marshall 35 MK McAuley 29 T Sanjeewa 2/67 T Vandekolk 2/74 def Hurstbridge 135 T Vandekolk 47 MK McAuley 5/31 J Marshall 3/40 ME Komen 2/ 28. Thomastown United 9/153(cc) J McSwain 34 LM Bowden 3/43 M Crawford 2/17 A Wegener 2/36 def Greensborough 4/155 MJ Cheung 59 UJ Ranasingha 43 RG Patterson 2/ 33 S Apostola 2/36. Lower Plenty 9/345(cc) LM Sirianni 109 BA Jenkin 63 RL Offer 53* R Ford 3/66 J Barton 2/51 def Panton Hill 103 R Ford 26 LM Sirianni 4/33 A Caldera 2/5 NM McGinty 2/12. South Morang 7/259(cc) KS Heckmann 95 R Lee 69 N Terpou 31 J Passas 28 N Somerville 3/77 def Thomastown 214 M Di Battista 69 J Di Battista 68* KS Heckmann 3/50 KD Premakumara 2/23 N Tsimiklis 2/31 R Lee 2/41.

B-Grade. Rosanna 5/155(dec) MH Mohamed Farook Ali 53 N Pietsch 36 D de Run 2/31 and 0/12(cc) def Bundoora United 66 S Files 25 N Pietsch 5/19 AF Clarke 2/5 and 98 D de Run 53 S Peat 26 C Douglas 3/ 26 N Pietsch 3/33 M Macaulay 2/5 MW Jackson 2/7. Banyule 9/233(cc) JG McIntyre Snr 87 JR Lee 85 NC Aitken 3/56 JH Andrew 2/ 37 D Compton 2/38 def by Montmorency 9/ 234 J Mormile 62 C Daw 49* JH Andrew 26 BM Johnson 2/35 JN Wilson 2/50 FA Davis 2/ 52. Heidelberg 6/185 M Favrin 46 LJ Balcombe 46 L Turner 27 R Williams 27 D Rowley 2/38 BC Money 2/43 def Riverside 9/184(cc) L Morgan 61* M Brooker 40 BC Money 28 P Hannah 3/52 S Byrne 3/63 S Papagianis 2/24. Diamond Creek 2/85 JT Watson 39 DT Wells 26* def Epping 84 K Lamprey 30 M Keenan 3/22 LK Sewell 2/12 J Connell 2/21. Lalor Stars 120 S Kemp 28 L Kemp 27 NW Crosland 4/35 T Centorino 2/19 R Kofoed 2/21 def by N o r t h Eltham Wanderers 7/123 H Kofoed 27 E Baade 4/36 L Kemp 2/15.

C-Grade. Banyule 98 PA Davis 36 F Gauci 4/13 CD Drake 2/13 def by Riverside 179 R Gleeson 37 C Skiba 32 S Gibbs 30 BY Wilson 3/25 NT Ross 3/29 NJ Bowler 2/34. Macleod 5/362(dec) LJ Chilcott 127 D Love 67 J Lumsden 41 DD Kovac 32* D Bosso 31 D Williams 3/57 def Laurimar 279 DG Sinclair 86 C Campbell 50 JD Hodgskiss 37 J Billing

32 DD Kovac 3/43 N Kovac 2/42 M Sohail 2/ 54 T McKinlay 2/71. Mernda 9/177(cc) AJ Wiseman 30* L Long 29 C Scully 26 E Brookes 2/35 CG Turner 2/38 def by Lower Plenty 3/ 180 JP Carlyon 117* LD Connop 28 A Mitris 2/32. Bundoora 7/114(dec) D Paras 30 S Mitchell 2/25 A Cunningham 2/38 def Research Eltham Collegians 108 D MacDonald 51 D Paras 4/20 C Leckstrom 4/24 J Murray 2/22 and 2/47 S Mitchell 25*. Lower Eltham 115 L Burgoyne 36* LB Waldron 4/31 B Pilgrim 3/ 12 N Gavillucci 2/23 and 7/97 K Whitcher 44 LB Waldron 3/21 N Gavillucci 2/20 def Eltham 10/75 X Rimmer 6/31 L Burgoyne 3/38.

D-Grade. Thomastown 8/257 J Cugnetto 68 B Telford 54 P Richardson 27 def M o n t morency 256 CP Strongman 80 B McDermott 72 S Woodhouse 35 B Telford 3/47 S John 3/ 76 D Cugno 2/21. Greensborough 9/200(cc) A Choudhary 47* JL Marenos 43 N Silva 35 HM Rajapakshe 31 S Fraser 3/28 R Ranganathan 2/12 DA Morter 2/38 def North Eltham Wanderers 181 A Evans 37 F Evans 33 A Choudhary 3/8 T Folvig 3/19 TR McNamara 2/35. Hurstbridge 7/175(cc) J McCarthy 35 M McMaster 3/38 def by Mill Park 3/177 B Van Driel 62 C Taylor 48* V Dua 2/19. Diamond Creek 62 Z Brown-Close 5/13 J Martorana 2/16 and 6/141 HW Connell 43 DJ Kingsley 25* C Dowdell 2/33 def by Bundoora Park 9/298(dec) S Miller 109 ZP Howell 55 C Pringle 36 J Martorana 25 DJ Kingsley 3/43 D Gaunt 3/62. Plenty 7/304(cc) J Bedford 111 J Gavin 48 E Weir 34* M Deligiorgis 33 E Banovac 3/76 v Rosebank 63 C McEvoy 4/10 J Gavin 2/13 E Weir 2/18 E-Grade. Greensborough 5/162(dec) O Wijeratne 36* SA Rain 32 N Mirzaee 30* L Dassanayake 27 def Thomastown United 132 B Leavold 33 O Wijeratne 3/13 N Mirzaee 3/ 14 and 8/132 R Fernando 2/16 N Mirzaee 2/ 18 S Afridi 2/20. Panton Hill 2/227 A McCrabb 88* T Rodgerson 80* J Loudovaris 43 def Riverside 219 T Gilmore 87 J Miles 53 M Amenta 30 M Bennett 3/46 A McCrabb 3/68 J Loudovaris 2/10 C O'Connor 2/27. Whittlesea 130 B Slater 3/18 E Elango 2/14 N Sriskandharajah 2/21 L Xavier 2/26 and 83 NA Heaney 31 E Elango 4/10 L Xavier 3/16 B Slater 2/7 def by South Morang 6/212(dec) S Uruththiran 53* S Sivagnanasundram 37 S Thavaraj 36 L Xavier 32 JN Ramalingam 30 RJ Pratt 2/42 LJ Heaney 2/66 and 0/4.

Bundoora 171 R Mirpuri 27 N Sivakumar 26* R Corrigan 4/37 G Greenough 3/18 def by Mernda 208 R Virtue 71 G Ali 44 T MacLeod 3/32 R Mirpuri 2/22 C Norman 2/56.

F1-Grade. Rosanna 233 J Wolczko 42 E Rao 34 MR Jackson 31 T Lewis 26 H Elham 5/40 def Lalor Stars 194 MI Godinho 46 B Carroll 35 D Vasilev 32 J Janezic 3/36 A Dickson 3/51 J Wolczko 2/61. Banyule 8/ 182(cc) SM Pinner 43 RJ McMurray 26 TJ Kuriakose 25* G Turner 3/22 HI Reid 2/3 JD Turner 2/65 def by Lower Plenty 9/190 A Tsardakis 60* O Larratt 30. Riverside 186 S Bowler 38 R Parsons 25 L Henley 4/31 R Singh 2/21 def Bundoora United 156 B Gaff 38 R Singh 35* M Douglas 25 W Mills 5/47 CJ Lea 3/31. Epping 7/261(cc) A Gupta 92* S Buttar 50* G Stevanov 34 J Stevens 2/70 def Heidelberg 8/206(cc) J Stevens 65 S Pratt 37 S Kathi 28* D Pratap 2/14 A Gupta 2/24 F2-Grade. Mill Park 9/132 V Narasimhan 41 A Rikkala 2/11 def Montmorency 94 A Mangrolia 3/16 N Oliveri 2/15 V Narasimhan 2/21. Laurimar 183 R Liversidge 61 A Najeeb 42 MP Trainor 6/32 B Chapman 2/14 v Diamond Creek 206 R Tomasiello 57 JA Bellingham 54 TP Ladd 35 M Liversidge 4/37 SR Winstone 2/31. Plenty 218 G King 64 J FitzGerald 40 H Weir 37 AA Huybers 3/41 T Haas 2/48 def South Morang 101 N Strangwick 3/27 M McConville 2/10 B Key 2/23. Research Eltham Collegians 1/205(dec) S Warrillow 86 W Jessop 74* K Bygate 35* v Eltham 97 S Luckman 35* E Buchan 4/16 C Klaster 2/17 B Jones 2/26 and 9/66(cc) B Jones 4/22 E Buchan 3/8 F3-Grade. Macleod 5/175 M Bosso 89* A Halson 43 JT Cleary 28 T Lander 2/32 def Riverside 173 K O'Malley 60 N Hewett 33 JD Butson 5/37 L Grech 2/27. Thomastown United def by Rosanna. Diamond Creek 5/137(dec) E

Hardman 48 AJ Pollett 45 S Thompson 3/27 and 3/102 B Hardman 63* E Hardman 27 C Hallett 2/29 v Laurimar 110 D Jenkins 29 S Thompson 25 J Gent 6/28 BE Hughes-Scholes 3/40 and 121 S Thompson 41 J Gent 5/60 BE Hughes-Scholes 3/5 EJ Bourke 2/12 F4-Grade. Hurstbridge 10/120 M Ward 45 K Nigam 3/12 G Stella 3/33 def by Bundoora 9/252(cc) L Hillier 65 R Manu 38 J Bilotto 32* M Ward 4/33 B Kelly 2/34. North Eltham Wanderers 5/156(dec) S Knight 52* M Smith 39 v Research Eltham Collegians 93 D Pegg 3/19 H Roberts 3/27 Aj Lyall 2/11. Lower Plenty 9/197 NP Sirianni 84 D Taylor 29 V Premarathne 7/69 def Greensborough 9/ 196(cc) F Dias 43 R Perera 35* CG Blake 31* D Taylor 3/25 B James 2/22 S Bonney 2/ 40. South Morang 8/259(cc) M Kay 77 G Noonan 71 T Lafford 27 O Smith 3/21 J Kawhe 3/44 def Mernda 8/177(cc) M Robson 89.

G1-Grade. Montmorency 3/182(cc) D Snelson 50* J Stacy 50* J Scott 48 C Snelson 25* M Boyle 2/36 def Laurimar 9/133 J Moroney 42 M Talbot 32* M Pollock 4/19 R McCallum 2/30. Lower Eltham def Mernda.

Panton Hill 8/160 RJ Millman 38 O Weichmann 35 J Frankenberg 33 def Bundoora Park 156 R Emani 40 BJ Stone 4/33 J Hart 2/22 D Carson-McLennan 2/40. Rosebank def Bundoora.

G2-Grade. Riverside 7/176(cc) M Newell 51* J McPhan 48 A Poloniato 26 LA Ryan 2/ 13 def Banyule 7/172(cc) LA Ryan 52* S Haila 38 A Mittal 30 D Maley 3/16. North Eltham Wanderers 6/189 T Hutchison 52* D Robertson 32 S Ethiraj 2/24 def South Morang 7/183(cc) S Singh 51* N Pal 48 A Locke 4/21 J Jury 2/ 30. Laurimar 130 J Rodda 32* A Key 26 D Barnett 4/18 K Axton 2/21 K Volpe 2/27 def

by Plenty 6/178(cc) R Dubier 50* P Tino 43 A Key 2/22 C Key 2/30. Thomastown 42 J Thomas 5/3 C Webb 4/11 def by Bundoora United 0/43 G3-Grade. Lower Plenty 106 JC Horner 30* JD Mechkaroff 30 S Kelly 3/23 S Dear 2/ 3 N Smith 2/19 def by Macleod 6/115 A Prabhakar 34 S Kelly 27 JD Mechkaroff 2/23.

South Morang 9/170(cc) JD Pierce 51* JM Stephen 3/29 L Gillies 2/27def Diamond Creek 5/123(cc) ML Vassallo 28 JM Stephen 26* V Sivasubramaniyam 2/15. Heidelberg 100 A Stone 38 K Perera 4/14 MW Fernando 2/0 SR Perera 2/27 def by Greensborough 5/ 106 J Wijayakoon 43 JL Bennett 2/11 A Hall 2/14.

■ North Metro Cricket. Jika Shield. Old Ivanhoe 7/197 N Cox 67 M McLean 45 T Lenaz 26 M Sortino 2/29 def Preston Baseballers 9/ 193(cc) D Castrucci 66 L Hill 41 B Hazeldine 3/37 CJ Cleland 3/56. Holy Trinity 8/227(cc) J Philpott 87 A Shackelford 67 B Barker 2/22 N Singh 2/49 def Keon Park 9/208 J Smith 47 L Bolt 37* P Medhurst 3/34 M Manteit 2/40.

Northern Socials 6/117 S Sharma 29 A Williamson 27* def Reservoir Cobras 116 N Ratnayake 5/20 S Sharma 2/10. Rivergum 3/ 244(cc) J Bonnici 83* M Kiely 78 J Bannister 25* D Sedgwick 2/38 def Donath 82 S Neary 4/15 J Bannister 2/22.

Jack Quick Shield. Dennis 115 M Smith 33 def by Camrea 2/119. Fairfield 119 S Maddi 45* JA Hull 4/26 P Smith 2/35 def by Cameron 5/203(cc) JP Hull 49* J Kanagiesser 43 J Dickman 40* P Smith 35 S Pilana 2/11 S Hassan 2/32. Preston Footballers 54 def by Lalor Warriors 0/55. Darebin Northern Riders 2/153 def Fiji Victorian 152.

Jack Kelly Shield. Bellfield 6/181(cc) H kavati 71 SP Krishna 47* SA Morley 2/24 K Ewart 2/30 def Rivergum 2nd XI 160 L Henkel 42 S Saikanth 4/14 G Nevuri 2/30. Olympic Colts 121 JT Lynch 30 M Best 28 JT Gardiner 4/24 A Fernando 2/2 def by Strathewen 4/124 JP Venables 46* M Chanaka 4/30. Preston Baseballers 2nd XI 6/213(cc) def by Heidelberg West 2/214. West Preston 148 AC Richards 50 R Cossens 3/33 J Cloonan 2/7 E Macciocca 2/19 def by Holy Trinity 2nd XI 7/ 150 J Cloonan 38 M Attri 3/13 K Vora 2/27 John Adams Shield. Preston YCW District 79 A Adlam 34* def by Preston Himalayan 107 S Galvin-King 3/23 J Crapper 2/9 J Mooney 2/32. Strathewen 2nd XI 125 D Liyanage 26 R Hense 4/17 L Boreham 2/16 def by Old Ivanhoe 2nd XI 2/131 S Shanley 51* B Makowski 43. Reservoir Cobras 2nd XI v Ivanhoe Mavericks. Camrea 2nd XI 6/183 def Dennis 2nd XI 9/182(cc)

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Scores from weekend fixtures

■ Eastern Cricket Association. Dunstan Shield. Glen Iris 0/8 v Old Carey 152 L Sharrock 49 N Stone 4/63 L Skelton 3/19 M Saunders 2/27. Mont Albert 4/60 A Evans 3/ 6 v Marcellin OC 121 CR Stewart 31 TM Freeman 5/34 AR Padbury 2/19. East Doncaster v North Balwyn 7/142 C Sanders 39* N Patel 33 M Vaiano 3/29 KB Hoath 2/ 19. Canterbury v Bulleen 8/192 J King 64 L Lakshan 44 SF Guruge 40 SK Duckworth 6/ 78 CA Moore 2/31.

Wright Shield. Deepdene Bears 119 BP Keppetipola Widanalage 25 A Date 4/19 B Madhushanka 3/35 T Bailey 2/18 v Mulgrave 7/128 JJ Taylor 25 MA Perera 2/15 JA Bevacqua 2/15. Surrey Hills 199 MJ O'Donoghue 53 B Jones 34 D Howard 8/38 v Heathmont. Ashburton Willows 0/34 v Hawthorn 284. St Kevins OC 4/142 S Kandanearachchi 56 J MacKinnon 31* R Haydon 2/14 T Riley 2/39 v Mazenod OC. A Turf. Ashwood 0/4 v Mont Albert 220 JA Guley 53 BP Cutts 38 TL Wright 37 CA Jackson 30 J Humphreys 5/46 C Blythe 3/55 OR Sarafian 2/63. Burwood 8/266(dec) DR Mabogodage 97 T Sheehan 90 JH Stacey 32 A Saxena 4/73 C Gerny 3/56 v Richmond City 2/59. Boronia 6/122 C Blease 35* G Petrie 33 S Randiv 3/19 D Hooper 2/34 v Edinburgh.

East Malvern Tooronga 5/202 v La Trobe University.

B Turf. Heathmont 1/6 v Canterbury 79 M Shuttleworth 25 TG Swoboda 3/10 D Baynes 2/15 M van Koll 2/16. Marcellin OC 9/208 K Mehta 64 A Mathur 38 A Clements 37 G Johnson 2/27 D Kenton 2/53 v Richmond Union. Old Carey Cricket Club 192 J Sharrock 35 B Dugan 32 D Bulner 30 B Reed 3/22 J McLisky 2/32 J Smith 2/52 v Burwood 0/4.

North Balwyn 8/215 SJ Bateman 50* JC Bateman 45 M Rigoni 37 J Syslo 28 M Haralambopoulos 5/55 J Collopy 2/77 v Balwyn Saints.

C Turf. Mont Albert drew Deepdene Bears.

Bulleen 3/15 v Boronia 189 B Hodges 50 A Suckling 36 A Mustica 3/37 C Ferrarese 3/ 43 M Blake 3/44. Hawthorn 4/215 N Grover 137* A Venugopal 41* E Maillard 4/46 v East Malvern Tooronga. Mazenod OC 147 R Jayaweera 61 K Fazio 3/23 S Maizels 3/37 P Summerton 2/31 v East Doncaster 1/17.

D Turf. Mulgrave 7/209 D Hettimulla 64 CF Healy 60 J Gurry 48* BA De Koning 3/41 J Tudor 2/17 v Glen Iris. Edinburgh 3/50 H Ferns 2/14 def Surrey Hills 10/47(cc) R Kumar 25 JD Delahunt 2/12 CJ French 2/12. Old Carey v St Kevins OC 66 P Saluja 4/12 S Karnawat 2/7 V Dewan 2/11. La Trobe University 1/53 v Ashburton Willows 223.

E Turf. Balwyn Saints 4/62 D Dewage 2/5 v Hawthorn 146 RM Khaleel 40. Deepdene Bears 3/245(dec) v Edinburgh 1/41. Richmond City 185 C Lovell 35 J Frasca 27 N Shah 5/ 50 S Oza 2/19 v East Malvern Tooronga. Richmond Union 114 J Tyquin 4/20 SM Nair 3/25 OL Watt 2/20 v Ashwood 0/28 F Turf. Heathmont 1/39 v Mazenod OC 147. Bulleen v Richmond City 8/224(cc) W Herbert 47 R Bundela 40 A Capp 36 A Cronin 28 EJ Smith 2/12 C Fernando 2/21 U Sameera 2/51 N Welch 2/59. Boroondara 4/175 v Surrey Hills.

G Turf. Surrey Hills v Heathmont. East Malvern Tooronga 0/5 v Mont Albert 182. St Kevins OC 0/11 v Deepdene Bears 233.

■ Ringwood District Cricket Association. Lindsay Trollope Shield. Ainslie Park 1st XI 153 J Tucker 48 L Jones 37* J Bell 4/ 24 R Priyan 2/25 C Delaney 2/27 def East Ringwood 1st XI 151 R Priyan 33 B Anderson 31 J Tucker 3/20 L Jones 3/21 J White 3/29.

Montrose 1st XI 4/194 SS Findlay 52 A Cooper 40* LA Storm 35 def South Croydon 1st XI 8/193(cc) MR King 66 B Stewart 37 J Perkins 3/38 M McKane 2/36. Lilydale 1st XI 9/187(cc) BC Pearce 43 R Smith 32 B Humphrey 26 L Ridgwell 2/10 C Rennison 2/ 23 def by North Ringwood 1st XI 7/189(cc) S Gray 51 MJ Scott 47 S Muthalif 2/33 D Thompson 2/38. Norwood 1st XI 6/173(cc) NM Lester 59 A Dehmel 2/24 N McDonald 2/36 def Wantirna South 1st XI 163 CK Smith 39 TJ McGown 29 A Dehmel 25 NM Lester 4/25 GJ McInerney 3/29.

Bill Wilkins Cup. Templeton 1st XI 2/ 222(cc) S Bramstedt 100* JD Edwards 78 L Wong 25 drew Kilsyth 1st XI 5/145 JS McPhee 47 J Birnie 28 L Wong 2/20 L Butler 2/34.

Wonga Park 1st XI 6/218(cc) JW Wigney 77 B Mathews 65 J McDonell 27 T Hancock 25* L Muir 3/23 v St Andrews 1st XI 6/221 B Richardson 73 CR Moorhouse 47 JO Lynn 26* J White 2/35 T Hancock 2/37 L Court 2/44.

Warranwood 1st XI 9/186(cc) T Hughes 39 JR Gilbert 29 W Ross 3/37 M Ross 3/39 def by Mooroolbark 1st XI 4/188 JW Ross 68* A Higgins 63. Warrandyte 1st XI 8/195 D Mooney 44* N Liyanapathirana 40 B Matheson 39* B Poole 37 T Gstrein 3/35 MJ De Kauwe 2/29 def Bayswater Park 1st XI 7/192(cc) J Barrett 53 J Laughlin 32 MD Adams 27 L Killey 3/32.

Stuart Newey Plate. Chirnside Park 1st XI 6/88 N McFarlane 33 D Skene 26 MA Thomas 2/12 drewCroydon Ranges 1st XI 9/ 183(cc) MA Thomas 33 D Carrigan 27 R Hodgins 3/36 J McFarlane 2/20. Croydon North 1st XI 158 D Rickard 54 C Noy 47 L O'Brien 25 T Hancock 5/12 def by Mount Evelyn 1st XI 3/160 DK Giblin 75 D Fraser 43 C Andrews 2/27. Seville 1st XI 3/128 AJ Smith 48* J Williams 36 A Solomons 2/51 drew S o u t h Warrandyte 1st XI 6/254(cc) M Persson-Clark 83 D Rajakaruna 67 A Solomons 59* PG Rajapakshage 2/63. Yarra Junction 1st XI 6/ 166(cc) M Kocher 45 T Nightingale 34 W Grace 26 S Young 2/30 def by Woori Yallock 1st XI 7/167 MN Nicholls 33 MC Dwyer 25 W Grace 2/10 K Bomford 2/24.

Steve Pascoe Shield. North Ringwood 2nd XI 9/120(cc) M Stoikos 46 C Malluwawadu 3/19 def by Warrandyte 2nd XI 8/123 C Malluwawadu 45 R Parsons 3/21 B Leis 3/22.

Wantirna South 2nd XI 4/178(cc) M Wheare 66* F Wallis-Carnie 59 C Deidun 2/26 def Heathwood 1st XI 174 R Cranmer 42 T Reid 33 S Harrington 3/32 B Lubin 2/28. Kilsyth 2nd XI 5/173(cc) RR McKean 98 B Wal 48 JJ Johnstone 2/24 def by Ainslie Park 2nd XI 4/ 179(cc) SR Minetti 66* S Arbuckle 40*. South Croydon 2nd XI 9/122(cc) R Gregor 27 HM Nyhuis 3/19 B Podesta 2/18 J McCallum 2/21 def by Montrose 2nd XI 7/123 SJ Gebert 54* L Barrett 2/19 N Goswami 2/20.

Pat Meehan Shield. Croydon Ranges 2nd XI 7/255(cc) CM Denavi 59 M Low 35 A Stewart 33 N Balthasar 26 DR Schlueter 2/ 35 JL Colledge 2/37 T McKinney 2/42 def Wonga Park 2nd XI 10/248 DR Schlueter 47 JJ Stone 46* J White 43 LN Poli 31 T Noonan 3/53. East Ringwood 2nd XI 2/96 O Sterritt 41* AS Baker 27 def Eastfield 1st XI 93 AS Baker 3/10 RM Webster 2/8 N Kearney 2/14.

South Warrandyte 2nd XI 1/177 M Featherston 96* LP Mcilroy 57* def Warranwood 2nd XI 172 CR Marshall 42 M Farrell 34 L James 4/ 31 H Currie 3/37 J Emery 2/34. Healesville 1st XI 6/197(cc) L Chandler 69* Ba Damrow 37 A Hamer 30 N Hunter 2/24 C Smith 2/53 def Lilydale 2nd XI 9/180(cc) M Goodlet 70 RA Starr 56 Ba Damrow 4/44.

Ian Spencer Shield. Mount Evelyn 2nd XI 8/210(cc) J Shaw 72 DM Westaway 37 D Singh 3/44 Z Tasevski 2/23 def by Templeton 2nd XI 5/242(cc) Z Templeton 100 RG Gill 34 C Williams 34 R Wilson 2/26. Mooroolbark 2nd XI 153 C Jones 49 B Jones 33 T Parkinson 4/36 A Eramo 3/21 M Di Manno 2/17 drew Norwood 2nd XI 2/102(cc) M Helman 36 Y Sharma 26. Bayswater Park 2nd XI 2/219(cc) B Challis 90* M Parker 45* B Trump 31 C Ray 29 def Montrose 3rd XI 215 M Gardner 62 S O'Neil 49 N Rees 30 L Clarke 6/48 E Fay 2/ 18 J Butcher 2/51. St Andrews 2nd XI 6/ 219(cc) R Deluca 67 C Nicolopoulos 45* V Premaratne 27* RT Luckhurst 2/23 TW Paterson 2/37 def by Chirnside Park 2nd XI 8/220 LD Brown 71 R Gromadovski 28 S Milton 3/ 37 K Singh 3/50.

■ Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association. Provincial Firsts. Langwarrin 5/ 228 C Brittain 74 T Campbell 41 MJ Prosser 29 C Gunasinghe 2/30 v Sorrento 8/225(cc) M Bench 47 A Browne 41 J Falck 31 PB Hall 27* R Musgrave 26 MJ Prosser 4/62 S Prosser 2/37.Long Island 7/165(cc) J Dowling 57 MM Shimell 36* JW Andersen 29* A Gailitis 3/30 J Forrest 3/45 def by Old Peninsula 9/219(cc) B Stewart 44 J Dent 37* BA Payze 30 JW

Andersen 5/108 MM Shimell 2/49. Red Hill 8/ 246(cc) JT O'Connell 81* B Martin 38 S Lewis 29 SP Dart 25 Y Maddege 3/77 L Stewart 2/ 44 J Mack 2/46 def Baxter 172 L Stewart 57* T Quinn 48 G Collett 4/41 B Martin 2/24 SP Dart 2/48. Pines 196 H Peace-Stirling 62 N Christides 49 BJ Humphrey 26 A Christou 3/ 36 DT Elmi 3/49 BL Frith 2/49 def Baden Powell 10/101 P Jackson 3/28 D Jackson 2/12 BJ Humphrey 2/23 R Ramsdale 2/26.

Peninsula Firsts. Dromana 113 KK Voelkl 54 A Kaddatz 4/28 R McNamara 2/14 and 0/ 61 A McKenzie 31* K Ekanayake 30* def Somerville 94 D Irving 5/38 J Bluhm 2/30.

Mornington 145 BE McGain 26 S Hockey 25 D Field 4/35 S Gove 2/7 M Mail 2/37 and 1/ 44 def Flinders 90 T Pengelly 33* CH Moon 5/33 BE McGain 4/24. Mt Eliza 0/0 v Heatherhill 9/198(cc) N Cassano 52 J Theobald 43* M Bishop 28 BT Maxwell 27 RS Kodithuwakku 4/68 TA Baron 3/57. Seaford Tigers 185 MC Gardner 103 T Hayes 29 R Cordeux 3/43 M Whincup 2/23 E Hutchins 2/ 32 RS jayaweera 2/43 and 2/37 LS Mudalige 2/11 def Moorooduc 87 B Williams 37 LP Cox 4/48 M Carroll 2/11 LS Kranzbuhler 2/25.

District Firsts. Carrum 5/156(dec) G Kennedy 39* J D'Atri 38 C Foster 25 v Hastings 96 JD Regan 29 L Hulett 4/19 C Foster 3/15 A Rayner 3/24 and 2/14. Crib Point 173 M Blake 30 J Johnson 29* B Walsh 27 E Carter 26 B Davidson 25 GR Waterfall 4/20 def by Carrum Downs 2/174 JE Quarmby 72 GR Waterfall 51* M O'Driscoll 36 M Blake 2/ 62. Rosebud 109 K Donald 30 D Streker 4/ 27 F Walker 2/19 N Hammel 2/31 def by Delacombe Park 191 B Walker 55 A Walker 25 SB Jones 5/58 PJ Nagel 3/50 J Hicks 2/ 42. Seaford 220 M Anderson 55 J Knight 42 Z Staggard 39 M Herbert 30 S McWilliams 4/ 57 R Harrison 2/24 T Harrison 2/53 d e f Main Ridge 211.

■ Western Suburbs Churches and Community Cricket Association. Division 1.

Williams Landing SC 3/237(cc) V Modi 98 R Bhinder 38 M Makar 32* R Taneja 31 M Bhaskar 30* def Western Leadbeaters CC 8/ 181(cc) M Bhaskar 3/32. Brimbank Strikers 9/191 D Mendis 4/25 R Ismail 3/23 S Peiris 2/34 def United Tarneit SC 9/181 S Wijesuriya 46 S Peiris 34 G Bandara 32 P Jayasingha 28. Tarneit Central CC Red 7/225(cc) MR Ahmed 3/40 I Ahmed 2/38 def Truganina CC 184 H Ahmed 40 M Hasan 29. Tarneit Central CC Blue v West Point Cricket Club.

Division 2. United Tarneit SC 156 R Singh 52 def by Williams Landing SC 8/178(cc) AL Singh 4/24. One Melbourne SC v Tarneit Central CC Gold. Truganina Strikers Cricket Club v Mambourin CC. West Point Cricket Club 8/ 127 def Tarneit Central CC Green 126.

■ South East Cricket Association.

Longmuir Shield. Elwood 1 7/260(cc) L Harris 68 HJ Lockwood 45 A Howard 37 H Scott 31* N Harris 30 B Gunawardena 2/61 def by East Sandringham 1 6/297(cc) B Hampton 70 M Blunden 62* C Diggle 61 L Harris 2/28.

Kingston Heath 1 7/132 M Cefala 28 OL De Silva 3/51 SW McConchie 2/25 def Le Page Park 1 130 K Rabadi 52 AT Bailes 3/27 M Fountain 3/31 T Grech 2/18. Brighton Union 1 187 VS Thind 56 WS Dilranga 42 DK Pulukkuttiarachchi 35 D Kuzma 32 M Silva 6/51 B De Alwis 2/27 G McCormick 2/28 def

by Bentleigh Uniting 1 4/189 C Cathcart 62 A Sheriff 53 C Short 33* RJ Blair 2/56. West Bentleigh 1 366 L Healy 107 BL Poll 97 J Morgan 81 J Murphy 48 M Ellis 4/73 B Whittenbury 2/33 drew CHAG 1 3/193 D Rhys-Jones 73 A Hume 63 T Cleaver 26* J Morgan 2/54.

Woolnough Shield. Omega 1 161 JE Fletcher 56* M Ali 6/70 G Perera 2/10 def by Washington Park 1 195 G Slaughter 52 R Heywood 48* TE Bishop 34 BJ Pedder 3/21 JE Fletcher 2/35 P Burnell 2/54. Bentleigh ANA 1 5/134 B Jansz 63* MJ Lloyd 26* N Rodwelll 2/23 P Reaby 2/26 def Cheltenham Park 1 133 G Hick 39 Z Rattray 28 BB Geleit 26* A Tyrone 5/53 L Domaschenz 2/2 MJ Lloyd 2/19.

Mackie 1 9/320(cc) N Haggalla 103 J Barker 102 J Gibson 6/47 def Cluden 1 169 M Lavender 60 M Balmer 50 S Jadhav 4/33 J Barker 3/36. Hampton United 1 7/356(cc) drew Carnegie South 1 5/192

Your Stars

with Kerry Kulkens Aries: (March 21- April 20) Lucky colour: Red Lucky day: Sunday Racing numbers: 1-2-2-1 Lotto numbers: 12-21-24-29-41-43 Don’t rush into situations you cannot see the outcome of. Not wise to lend or borrow or spend on anything but essentials. Providing you are cautious this could be a good period for romance for the eligible.

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Gemini: (May 21- June 21) Lucky colour: Blue Lucky day: Friday Racing numbers: 2-1-6-1 Lotto numbers: 2-16-17-31-42-43 Favourable influences on personal and romantic relationships. Any carefully planned venture you start during this period should have a successful outcome. Someone from the past could re-enter your life.

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Aquarius: (January 20- February 19) Lucky colour: Silver Lucky day: Thursday Racing numbers: 4-6-2-2 Lotto numbers: 4-6-22-37-33-41 Don’t make promises you cannot keep or get in the way of fights and arguments. Financial affairs are under favourable aspects and if you really try you shouldn’t miss. New sources of income could open up.

Pisces: (February 20- March 20) Lucky colour: Yellow Lucky day: Monday Racing numbers: 7-1-9-2 Lotto numbers: 7-19-26-24-32-45 Much to celebrate coming up, however, go easy on the budget. People who are in the position to help you along could be approached with a good chance of success.

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