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Nationals confirm Elizabeth Fisher to contest Indi election

By JEFF ZEUSCHNER THE Nationals have confirmed Browns Plains farmer Elizabeth Fisher as their party’s preselected candidate to contest the seat of Indi at this year’s federal election.

Speaking to the Wangaratta Chronicle on Friday, the mother of three who has been “deeply invested” in her rural community between Rutherglen and Wodonga for the last two decades, said she was looking forward to her first foray into politics.

“I’m someone always prepared to put up my hand to get stuff done...that’s been my prime motivation to stand,” Mrs Fisher said.

“While I understand some key issues, I’m am looking forward to getting around the electorate, meeting and listening to people to find out what is important to them.

“My goal is to make sure our leaders in Canberra not only listen but make the decisions for the benefit of Indi.

“The trend to Independents concerns me.

“I know from experience that making decisions is the only way to get things done.

“Being part of a Coalition team is the best way to achieve this to ensure our region gets its fair share of funding.

“Indi will not be taken for granted if I have the honour of representing the electorate.”

Mrs Fisher joins incumbent independent Helen Haines, the Liberal’s Ross Lyman, Labor’s Nadia David and the Green’s Benjamin Gilbert as confirmed candidates to contest the seat at the federal election, which must take place before May 21.

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NATIONALS CANDIDATE: Elizabeth Fisher will contest the seat of Indi for The Nationals at this year’s federal election.

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BEEF BONANZA Saleyard y and p producers’ fortunes never better,, with weaner sales’ turnover of $ $13m

WANGARATTA’S Livestock Exchange and the fortunes of local beef producers continue to go from strength to strength, with record blue ribbon weaner sales last week seeing total turnover exceeding $13 million.

Wednesday’s weaner steer sale saw $8,513,930 paid for 3752 head at an average of $2269.17, compared to last year’s 3638 head fetching $6,218,498 at

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an average of $1708.

Friday’s weaner heifer sale brought in $4,463,845 for 2142 head at an average of $2083.96 each, compared to last year’s 2713 head fetching $4,191,187.50 at an average of $1545 each.

Wangaratta Livestock Exchange manager Andrea Nankervis said it was a record week for the complex.

“It was definitely the best blue ribbon week we’ve had, prices are skyrocketing and there were greater numbers overall,” she told the Wangaratta Chronicle.

“Thank you for the vendors for supporting us and also to the agents for encouraging them to do so.

“We’re hoping to keep building on this and we’re very competitive in pricing.

“Our February sales always outdo the other January weaner sales and the quality is there.”

Last week’s sales follow a massive year for the exchange, with 36,219 head sold for record prices totalling just shy of $66m.

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“There were some northern buyers but in the main it was locals with a lot of farmers after heifers to join with their bulls,” Mr Keane said.

“It’s a big change on the last three or four years with famers looking to restock.”

Online sales were also popular through AuctionsPlus which Mr Keane said made up around 10 per cent of sales.

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Council supports MP’s push for better NBN

By STEVE KELLY skelly@nemedia.com.au THE Federal Government, not local councils and ratepayers, should be fitting the bill to “complete” the National Broadband Network (NBN) build in regional Australia, according to Indi independent federal MP Helen Haines.

As she ramps up her campaign for re-election, Dr Haines last week committed to to work to ensure the Federal Government funds the entire $300 million needed to finish the NBN build in regional Australia.

Meeting with local government, small business, and community groups in Euroa to discuss “how the minister’s failure to deliver the NBN in the region has affected them”, Dr Haines criticised the government’s declaration that the NBN was complete and that any further “improvements” would need to be funded by local governments.

They would be required to contribute to a $300 million NBN Regional CoInvestment Fund for any further development across rural, regional and remote Australia.

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“We have business owners being forced to walk out onto the street to get EFTPOS reception and parents unable to connect their children to remote learning from home during a pandemic,” Dr Haines said.

“The NBN build was never complete in the first place.

“I’ll make sure the Federal Government doesn’t get away scot-free and palm off respon-

sibility to our local council.

“It is unacceptable that local councils in country areas are being asked to stump up the cash, passing the cost on to their ratepayers, when councils and ratepayers in the city have no such expectation.”

Rural City of Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees said council is supportive of Dr Haines’ approach to securing fast and reliable com-

munication services for local rural and remote areas.

“Having fast internet available to our residents is necessary to improve economic and social benefit,” Cr Rees said.

“Council plans to work with all parties involved in the NBN Co-contribution program to get the best outcome for our community to make sure our residents aren't left behind.”

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has lent its support for Dr Haines' push to stop the Federal Government buck passing to cashstrapped councils and local ratepayers.

ALGA president Cr Linda Scott said high speed internet access isn’t a luxury, it's a necessity for modern life.

“Many of our communities across regional Australia are missing out on fast, affordable and reliable digital connections, or pay a higher cost compared to their metropolitan counterparts,” she said.

Two charged after night altercation in Ryley Street

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I HEAR YOU: Tarrawingee resident Anne Dunstan (left) voiced her frustrations over a lack of mobile coverage to Indi MP Helen Haines on Friday.

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Frustrations over mobile coverage

TARRAWINGEE residents and business owners shared their frustrations over poor mobile phone coverage in the area with Indi independent federal MP Helen Haines on Friday.

Despite Dr Haines launching her ‘Connecting Indi’ report on the day, detailing the success of up to 65 mobile phone towers achieving funding and being built across the Indi electorate since 2013, the anger of the local people was clear.

Business owner and Tarrawingee resident Anne Dunstan detailed her personal frustrations with the lack of mobile phone coverage.

“I’ve been complaining about this issue for more than five years to your office,” she said.

“You might be doing some amazing work but we don’t know that, we don’t hear about it.

“I can’t get from here to Wodonga on the Hume highway without drop outs; I have to have an office in town because the internet service isn’t sufficient here to run my own business.

“Through the very first two lockdowns I had to take my three sons into my office so they could do remote learning, when we realised that wasn’t good for them we spent

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over $5000 installing infrastructure on our house to be able to use mobile data.

“Across most of the town, if we lose power we have no ability to contact emergency services.

“When we had the floods two years ago most of us couldn’t contact emergency services and I had elderly parents in their 70s with five inches of water running through their house who couldn’t call anybody.

“I’m really angry that we spend more than anybody else and it's just not good enough.”

Dr Haines said she completely understood the frustrations and anger of residents and acknowledged the issue was still a major one.

“I’m here today to listen to the stories of locals and make sure they’re heard so I can call on the government to increase the amount of funding for the mobile blackspot program,” she said.

“I’m also calling on them to in-

crease the funding per tower from $500,000 to $1m per tower, to take into account that there are very difficult to reach places in rural Australia that require greater support, greater funding and input from the Federal Government.

“Here in Indi, we have had more success than most electorates across Australia, we're the most successful in Victoria for accessing federal money for black spots and we are because we work together.

“I’ve been working with the Indi Telecommunications Advisory Group; local people from every nine shire areas, and in the last year alone we’ve been successful in attracting funding for nine more towers.

“But the job is far from over and that’s what I heard today from the people of Tarrawingee.

“I have 20 priority areas on my list for government and Tarrawingee is one of those.

“We don’t get all 20 every time so Tarrawingee has been on the list before but the town has a compelling case and things have changed even more since the last time they were on that list.

“I want to see this problem fixed, I’ll continue to fight for this.”

TWO Wangaratta men were hospitalised, and they’re alleged attackers were arrested, charged and released on bail after an altercation in Wangaratta on Saturday evening.

Sergeant Peter McGuffie of Wangaratta police said the incident involving all four men from Wangaratta occurred around 11.30pm on the median strip in Ryley Street, between Kmart and McDonalds.

He said the two males offenders, aged 24 and 19, and the two male victims both aged 18, were believed to have known each other.

“Alcohol has been involved,” Sgt McGuffie said.

“The two male offenders have confronted to two male victims and as a result of the altercation both victims were conveyed to Wangaratta base hospital suffering from concussion,” he said.

“The two offenders have been arrested and charged with recklessly causing injury and unlawful assault.

“They were both released on bail are are to appear in court on May 16.”

Another 30 COVID cases as vaccinations start Sunday ANOTHER 30 people tested positive to COVID in the Rural City of Wangaratta in the 24 hours to noon yesterday.

The rural city’s active COVID cases stand at 273, according to the State Government data.

Yesterday also saw Northeast Health Wangaratta commence opening its Vaccination Clinic on Tone Road on Sundays, from 8.30am to 4pm.

The Lions Club of Wangaratta had a free sausage sizzle from 11am to 2pm, and Beauty and Beast made a surprise appearance for the children.

The clinic is open 8.30am to 4pm Monday, Wednesday and Sunday, 10.30am to 6pm Tuesdays and Thursdays, and closed Friday and Saturday.

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Funding boost for more accommodation in King Valley

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Dal Zotto Wines CEO Michael Dal Zotto (left), with Rural City of Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees, is pleased to have received support for a project creating more accommodation in the King Valley.

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Our schools adapt and adjust again

By SIMONE KERWIN SCHOOL communities across the Rural City of Wangaratta have been busy over the last week incorporating updated COVID-19 guidelines into their return to classes for the district’s young people.

Local schools have reported mixed experiences in taking delivery of their State Government-allocated rapid antigen tests, which students and staff at primary and secondary schools are recommended to undertake twice a week (five times a week for those at special schools).

Yarrunga Primary School principal Fran Waterman said she saw the optional testing program as helpful to ensuring the minimisation of COVID-19 within the school.

“However, we experienced delays in receiving our allocation of RATs, which arrived late on Tuesday,” she said.

“Our preference would have been to have tests available prior to day one so that families who wished to test before sending their children back into classrooms had that option.”

Ms Waterman said some students miss part or all of the first week and some staff have been impacted as household contacts, which has seen

some programs paused and the timetable altered.

“Should the number of teachers absent increase, we anticipate problems due to the limited number of CRTs (casual relief teachers) available,” she said.

Wangaratta High School principal Michelle Bootes said RATs were delivered to the Edwards Street campus late last Monday, and distributed to the school community on Tuesday.

“Fingers crossed, we have no current staff who have had to isolate this week,” she said.

Oxley Primary School principal Tim Seal said a sufficient supply of the free RATs flowed through to the school last Monday, before students’ first day on Tuesday, with a second distribution expected in the next couple of weeks to cover the initial four week testing period.

“Our parents and friends community helped distribute the tests, and I felt the department gave us good support in terms of how to communicate with families about them,” he said.

“I think everyone was a little bit apprehensive about it, but everyone is getting on with it; we’ve just got to be flexible.”

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principal Darta Hovey said the rollout of RATs had been smooth at the school, and he’d found the distribution point a great way to meet families.

Mr Hovey said it may take until this week to attain a clear picture of where Wangaratta’s COVID cases sit and how schools are affected, following last week’s return to classes.

“We’ll probably also know more about where the State Government sits with it by then,” he said.

“In my experience, there is a small pool of CRTs locally, and that was the case in Wodonga too, so it’s a statewide issue.”

Cathedral College Wangaratta principal Nick Jones said his school had received enough RATs for its junior school and staff on Friday, and these were distributed over the weekend before supplies for the remainder of the school arrived last Monday.

“Most families are very supportive of the testing and happy to take it on board,” he said.

Mr Jones said if numbers of infections increased, there could be difficulties with covering staff numbers, but the school’s fourtier staffing plan meant excluding a class or homeroom from school would only be a last resort.

CONTEMPORARY accommodation in the form of six converted shipping containers and a freshly refurbished homestead is on the way at Dal Zotto Wines in Whitfield, thanks to a funding injection from the Victorian Government's Flagship Tourism Project program.

The King Valley wine business has received $300,000 towards the project, designed to provide more selfcontained accommodation, with some containers already on site and the renovation of what is one of the region's original homes - built in 1904 - now underway.

Dal Zotto Wines CEO Michael Dal Zotto said he was excited to see the development in progress, which when complete, will mean more people will be able stay in the region for multiple nights.

He said the project followed on from the success of shipping container accommodation provided temporarily on site in 2019, which was fully booked out.

“The containers are designed to give people some privacy but to be reasonably close to amenities, with access

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to the cellar door and winery and other facilities around the township,” he said.

The accommodation is expected to be up and running by around May this year.

Rural City of Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees said it was positive project for vignerons and the King Valley as a whole, which he described as one of the most picturesque regions in Victoria.

Cr Rees said it was part of the $4.3 million Prosecco Road trail, designed to make the King Valley more recognisable as the home of Prosecco.

“Council is very supportive of this type of development we want to see our tourism attractions expand - and providing more visitor accommodation in the King Valley and right across the rural city is vital to this,” he said.

Mr Dal Zotto said his business was fortunate not to have been affected by a storm cell which raged through the King Valley last

Tuesday, causing significant damage to some properties and a 12-hour power outage.

He said while they avoided the storm's heavy downpour and wind, recent humid conditions and unseasonal rain had the potential to affect the grape harvest.

“We are around four to five weeks away from harvest so we still have a bit of time and we hope it will be okay, and if the weather stays sunny, warm and dry, we'll get through,” he said.

“It has been a difficult year but they come along every now and again - you can’t do anything about it so you just have to find a way through.”

Mr Dal Zotto said like other local businesses, they were struggling to find enough staff, estimating they needed another four people, with more positions available in their cellar door and restaurant.

But he said he was heartened to see a significant increase in the number of midweek visitors, and thankful for the support received from the North East community as well as from Melbourne.

Nationals confirm Elizabeth Fisher as candidate to contest Indi election ■

From page 1 Together with husband Neil - a sixth generation Browns Plains farmer - Mrs Fisher works full-time on their expansive broadacre cropping and prime lamb farming operation, while raising their three children - aged 12 to 15 - and volunteering across a range of local community organisations.

“I grew up at Inverloch, where I enjoyed volunteering and being part of a community,” she said.

“I love living and working here with my family and feel grateful to call the Indi region home.”

Mrs Fisher has previously worked in business management roles in major

companies and also worked in regional development as a project manager, where she assisted seven LGAs across both sides of the border gain collaborative funding.

Nationals State President Neil Pankhurst said as a local business owner and director, the party’s Indi candidate has a wealth of knowledge and understanding of what it takes to operate a small business and the challenges involved.

“Throughout her career to date, Elizabeth has demonstrated how much she loves working in and being a part of her local community, putting in the effort to make the region a better place,” he said.

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Kids beat buses back to school Monday, February 6, 2012

By LEAH TINDILL STUDENTS were left stranded at bus stops in Wangaratta’s surrounding towns on Thursday.

Services that normally pick up students for both government and independent schools were cancelled due to the different start dates for the two types of schools.

Greta resident Anne Taylor waited with her six-year-old daughter, Jennifer, for the Greta bus to arrive for 10 minutes before driving her daughter to St Bernard’s Primary School.

Mrs Taylor said neither she nor the school had been notified of the cancellation but had received a letter after school on Thursday explaining the services wouldn’t be fully operational until today.

“The bus usually leaves at 8am but when it got to 10 minutes past I thought, ‘what’s

going on here’?” she said.

“We got to school just in time.

“It’s ridiculous because they jump up and down about congestion of cars at schools but they’ve just added to the problem.

“At the end of the year they combine the Hansonville and Greta buses so there’s only one, why can’t they do that for the start of the year?”

All bus services will be running as usual from today because all students in both government and independent primary and secondary schools are returning to classrooms.

MUM’S TAXI: Moyhu mum Bridget Wallis and Greta mum Anne Taylor drove their kids Anna, Jemma and Erin Wallis and Jennifer Taylor to school when the bus didn’t arrive on Thursday.

Headline news in papers last week Monday, January 31 Let the shows begin HAVING spent 31 most of the last two years navigating the unchartered territory of a pandemic, the team at the Wangaratta Performing Let the shows begin Arts and Convention Centre is looking forward to welcoming everyone back to the theatre in 2022.

It has been a difficult time for many, but particularly for those in the performing arts sector, managing the logistics without knowing exactly what was around the corner.

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THEATRE technician Laura Spark, venue manager Tanya Camplin and acting technical team leader Ben Fletcher look forward to welcoming performers back on the stage in front of live audiences in 2022.

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Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre welcomes back theatre to stage in 2022

HAVING spent most of the last two years navigating the unchartered territory of a pandemic, the team at the Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre is looking forward to welcoming everyone back to the theatre in 2022.

It has been a difficult time for many, but particularly for those the performing arts sector, managing the logistics without knowing exactly what was around the corner.

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the opening of Bluey’s Big Play, the hugely popular show a fitting way to start what promises to be an exciting new year.

Venue manager Tanya Camplin said the theatre is able to run at full capacity, and while COVID rules are in place, they are ones we have all become accustomed to.

She said masks need to

be worn indoors, everyone must scan the QR code on entry and those 18 and over need to be double vaccinated (or have a medical exemption) with identification also required.

“We’re also doing additional cleaning of all the touch points, making sanitiser available and social distancing where possible in the foyer area, but the actual theatre and conference capacity is at 100 per cent,” she said.

“There are still some catering restrictions in place

for conferences and events, and Intermezzo Café has a density limit of one person per two square metres, but we are certainly open for business and have significant plans for 2022.”

Ms Camplin said the team is in the process of finalising its program for this year, with a season launch planned for February when all will be revealed and some exciting shows on the horizon.

While there are a number of rescheduled shows from 2020 and 2021, including Bluey’s Big Play which is

making its fourth attempt to visit, she said there were a wide variety of shows for all ages.

“There are shows for families and children, music, matinees, dance, drama and more,” she said.

“We are very, very excited about the calibre of performers wanting to come to Wangaratta and that we’ve been able to work with to bring them here,” she said.

“We’ve also got a lot of interest from other commercial touring parties - plus of course all our local

primary and secondary school, dance schools, choirs and music groups - who haven’t been able to perform on stage the last two years.

“The venue is going to be jam-packed once we kick off in full swing from March through to November.”

“There are so many amazing performances coming and we really hope the Wangaratta community gets behind them and comes to experience live theatre again - which we’ve all missed it so much.”

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A Department of Transport spokesperson confirmed that the other two train sets (12 carriages) have not yet undergone conversion works required to transform the train bogies to suit the standard gauge North East line.

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TODAY marks World Play Your Ukelele Day and everyone is encouraged to pick up one of the diminutive guitars and play. To celebrate the event Wangaratta Ukelele Band members (from left) Cheryl Bell, John Bell, Neil Foster, Paddy Milne and Kevin Brook strummed up their instruments at Merriwa Park enjoying the tropical weather and surrounds. The club is also celebrating their resumption of meetings from next Tuesday night at the Masonic Hall in Appin Street. New members are heartily welcomed, check out the club’s Facebook page for details and updates.

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Delivery of other two VLocity train sets by mid-2022 at the latest

NORTH East line train passengers will have to wait up to another five months before all three six-carriage VLocity train sets are operational.

A Department of Transport spokesperson confirmed that the other two train sets (12 carriages) have not yet undergone conversion works required to transform the train bogies to suit the standard gauge North East line.

The first of the sixcarriage VLocity trains carried its first passengers

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on December 30 last year, however, passengers have mainly had to put up with the 40 year old ‘classic’ fleet trains on the trips to and from Melbourne.

Travel times on all the train services have remained the same with a trip from Wangaratta to Melbourne still taking

around three hours.

Ovens Valley MP Tim McCurdy said the Victorian Government continues to make excuses for the lack of VLocity trains on the North East line into 2022.

“While the government for Melbourne talks the big build in the city of Melbourne, North East residents can’t get trains on time as promised,” he said.

“We have seen more spin and less train movement during 2021 and it looks set to continue.”

The Department of Transport confirmed with the Wangaratta Chronicle that all standard gauge VLocity trains will be delivered by mid-2022, replacing classic fleet trains on the line and providing passengers with a modern, comfortable journey between Melbourne and Albury.

The Victorian Government is also delivering supporting infrastructure upgrades to optimise the North East line for VLocity trains, including level

crossing upgrades, stabling improvements at Albury Station and modifications to the stabling and maintenance facilities at South Dynon.

It says reducing journey times of Albury services will be considered as part of a possible future timetable change once more VLocity services are operating on the line.

Meanwhile, extreme heat timetables were in place on Seymour, Shepparton, Bendigo, Echuca and Swan Hill

line V/Line services on some days this week, as temperatures hit the 30s.

Extreme heat timetables are implemented when temperatures exceed 36 degrees in order to reduce the likelihood of train and track faults, while also keeping passengers safe.

During extreme heat trains run at slower than normal speeds and may depart and arrive at different times, and passengers are encouraged to allow extra time for their journeys.

Friday, February 4 Supercell slams North East RURAL city 27 council will offer Weekend Edition free green waste for ratepayers, after a supercell thunderstorm toppled parts of the North East earlier this week. Supercell slams The storm North East moved east from Laceby towards Myrtleford around 3pm, and saw damaging winds and torrential rain cascade down for approximately 15 minutes, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

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ALL HANDS ON DECK: Everton resident Bruce Bennett was tasked with clearing debris at a Markwood farm extremely impacted by this week’s thunderstorm.

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RURAL city council will offer free green waste for ratepayers, after a supercell thunderstorm toppled parts of the North East earlier this week.

The storm moved east from Laceby towards Myrtleford around 3pm, and saw damaging winds and torrential rain cascade down for approximately 15 minutes, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

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Some 35 kilometres of road impacts were felt across the North East, as police officers were required to manage traffic following significant road

blockages on the Great Alpine Road and Snow Road near Everton and Markwood respectively.

Rural city director infrastructure Marcus Goonan said impacted ratepayers would be able to apply for free green waste collection through the council over the coming days.

“Individuals can contact

our waste team (5722 0888) we’ll provide free green waste for those impacted,” he told the Wangaratta Chronicle.

“We don’t want people just to head down to the transfer station - there’s a process which will need to be completed.”

Mayor Dean Rees, who visited impacted sites with Mr Goonan and

rural city chief executive officer Brendan McGrath, said damage had been widespread.

“We’ve been down and inspected it all - it’s extremely noticeable, particularly along the left hand side of WangarattaWhitfield Road just before you enter the valley - there’s a few trees pushed over into

paddocks near Edi Cutting,” he said.

“The tennis courts at Murmungee have had trees fall on the fences - it’s actually taken trees out of the ground because it’s been so soft.

“It wasn’t snapping trees off as much, it was bringing them out of the ground we’re lucky there were no serious injuries.

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RATs are still in demand, but remain in short supply

By GRAHAM CLEMENTS MANY people in Wangaratta probably wish they had the Pied Piper’s ability to heard rodents as they search for those often elusive Rapid Antigen Test kits (RATs).

While RAT tests are available in Wangaratta, they are still in relative short supply.

Danielle Spencer at Chemist Warehouse said they have regular kits which are now limited to two double packs per purchase, and that free kits for concession card holders - displayed inside the main doors - are in high demand.

Robertson’s Pharmacy and Curtis Adams Pharmacy have a limited supply, with both stores having some restrictions on the issuing of the test kits.

Pharmacist Alistair Robertson said customers need to be COVID symptomatic or close contacts to purchase the kits.

Owner Bruce Robertson said restrictions were introduced on the supply of tests due to some customers attempting to buy hundreds of them before Christmas.

But he had good news for those struggling to find tests, as he thinks their supply should be okay by the end of this week.

“People need to understand there is a worldwide shortage,” Mr Robertson said.

“Some people have been blaming the Federal Government for the problems but they need to

IN HIGH DEMAND: Pharmacist Bruce Robertson with one of the sought after RATs. remember that the deaths overseas from COVID-19 in places like Great Britain have been one in 500 while in Australia it's one in 8000.

“Who has managed it better.

“We’ve been manufacturing them (RATs) in Queensland since May 2020 but the TGA

hadn’t approved the use of any RATs until November.

“It’s been catch up ever since.”

Pharmacies receive $10 from the government for each COVID kit that they give to concession card holders .

Woolworths also have some kits, but they do not have the free

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tests for concession card holders as these are only available from pharmacies.

Woolworth's tests are available on request at the service counter while Coles said they were endeavoring to improve supply but for now tests were limited to one per customer.

COVID concerns end hope of Lions’ city convergence

By RYAN MALCOLM COVID concerns have cost Wangaratta its opportunity to host the Lions District Convention for the first time in a decade.

Initially scheduled to take place last October, the 44th iteration of the event had been postponed to take place at Galen College over the February 25 weekend, but ongoing concerns around the Omicron COVID strain have seen the ultimate cancellation of the event.

Some 150 Lions members were anticipated to descend upon Wangaratta, but the event’s cancellation now means organisers are unsure when the rural city will next have the opportunity.

Wangaratta Lions Club president Michael Everard said it was a disappointing result for all involved.

“Because of COVID we’ve had to cancel the event - we didn’t get enough numbers to run the convention with confidence,” he told the Wangaratta Chronicle on Friday.

“Omicron came and a lot of members were nervous - obviously a number of our members are a little older.

“This particular year’s event will be cancelled - it’s life at the moment.

“The 2022 event in October will likely be held somewhere else.”

With office bearers already selected via postal vote last year, Wangaratta’s event was initially pitched as a hybrid social event, in an effort to bring together community members who had been separated for extended periods during the COVID pandemic.

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Investment which is helping beef up the local economy LAST week’s steer and heifer blue ribbon weaner sales offer a firm reminder of the ongoing importance of local beef producers to our local economy.

It is almost 200 years since European explorers Hume and Hovell (1824) first passed through this area and noted its potential as grazing pastures for stock.

The decades that followed saw early settlers - such as colonial surveyor Thomas Wedge in 1848 with his “Wangaratta” cattle station - begin what has been an industry which initially helped underwrite much of the city’s growth and development.

While the industry has its ups and downs - impacted by trade demands through to seasonal changes - the last few years have been particularly healthy.

Last week’s collective total of more than $13 million paid for 5900 head of cattle broke all previous records, and importantly much of that money will be spent back through the local economy, greatly assisting recovery from the challenges of COVID .

It is almost five years since council, with government financial support, completed the controversial $3.7 million upgrade of the Wangaratta saleyards.

Its modernisation - large stocking pens, easier stock transport and and sheltered roofing - was a crucial one to help keep an important facility relevant and appealing, in a competitive market.

There have been other sound management decision from the collective - such as a change from Thursday to Tuesday sale days - that continue to help beef up trade, and it is in everyone’s interests for the saleyard to keep on delivering.

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Slow down in school zones, for kids’ sake WITH students back to school, I want to remind all motorists to be extra cautious and slow down around our schools zones this 2022.

Slowing down and reducing your speed to 40km is a simple step you can take to help ensure our kids are safe.

I encourage all regional community members to be alert, particularly during school drop off and pick up times and make sure they are complying with the reduced speed areas.

The school zones operate between 89.30am and 2.30-4pm.

I also wanted to mention how great it is to see our kids back at school again.

Just recently I drove past one of the local schools in my electorate and to see so many kids playing outside, interacting with one another and just enjoying themselves was just terrific.

I wish all our students, teachers, and parents a great schooling year ahead.

Tim McCurdy, (MLA, Ovens Valley)

More support for school workforce THE Andrews Labor Government has landed a four-year agreement with Victoria’s government school workforce, giving them more time and support to focus on quality teaching and learning in the classroom.

The proposed new Schools Enterprise Bargaining Agreement includes better pay and conditions for teachers, education support staff and better recognition of the crucial leadership roles principals play in their school communities.

Reached as part of good-faith negotiations with the unions representing the school staff, the four-year deal, once approved, will cut the maximum number of weekly face-to-face learning hours for every teacher, giving them more time to prepare lessons, plan, and mark assessments.

When teachers have more time to prepare and develop their practice, students, families and school communities all win – and teachers will see a reduction of one hour of face-to-face teaching in 2023, then a further half-hour reduction in 2024.

The agreement also includes salary increases in line with the government’s public sector wages policy – with staff receiving a one per cent pay rise every six months up to and including 1 July 2025, with the first raise backdated to January 1, 2022.

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READY FOR ACTION: Wangaratta Handweavers and Spinners office bearers (from left) treasurer Annie Longmuir, secretary Irene O’Neill, president Maureen Titcumb and librarian Heather Whyte.

2022 off to great start for handweavers and spinners AFTER an interrupted year in 2021 with zoom meetings to accommodate COVID restrictions, the new committee of Wangaratta Handweavers and Spinners has made a great start with the February meeting held at the Milawa Hall.

A varied program of activities and workshops has been planned for the year ahead with the annual highlight being Wool Day at Milawa Hall on

Saturday, April 30.

New members are welcome to attend gatherings on the first Tuesday each month at the Milawa Hall.

There are crafting days planned for the Tuesday each month starting at 10am at the Milawa Hall.

For those unable to

• a new allowance will be paid to all teachers and other eligible employees; • there will be better reward for principals and assistant principals; • pay classifications will be lifted for entry-level teaching graduates; • starting salaries will be lifted for education support staff; and • parental leave will be increased from 14 to 16 weeks and there will be superannuation contributions for the first 12 months of unpaid parental leave.

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attend daytime meetings there is an evening group which meets monthly on the third Wednesday in the community room at the Wangaratta Library.

These friendly two hour gatherings are an opportunity for people to work on their own crafting articles and to learn from the projects of others.

Evening Spinners meet from 7pm to 9pm.

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Waste truck a ‘good’ buy

By STEVE KELLY A SECOND-HAND waste Isuzu truck to be used for Wangaratta’s kerbside bin collection will be bought by council a year earlier to update an ageing fleet.

Councillors approved the purchase from Blacklocks Truck Centre in Wodonga at

a special meeting on Monday night.

The truck will cost $288,000, which will be brought forward from the 2022/23 year’s budget to pay for the acquisition this financial year.

Council director of infrastructure services, Marcus Goonan, said council has an

ageing fleet of waste trucks that need regular maintenance.

“This second-hand waste truck has become available over the last couple of months and it is deemed to be a very good vehicle with no mechanical faults, and drivers have had the luxury of utilising it as a demonstra-

tion model as well,” Mr Goonan informed councillors.

“The truck will be used to back fill our current fleet and allow us to continue to maintain services to the community.”

Cr Harvey Benton said it was a good option at a very attractive price, taking into account a new vehicle would

cost about $700,000-$800,000.

Cr Jack Herry said the purchase would be a stopgap and help keep the current fleet going, and vehicles on the road and the service standard up.

“It’s a fantastic truck as far as second hand vehicles go and mechanics have been over it and drivers have had

Riders stable after crash at Whitlands

MP wants the return of a full duck season WANGARATTA-based Ovens Valley state MP Tim McCurdy hopes 2022 can see the return of a fully conducted duck season that is “appropriately regulated” across the Ovens Valley and Victoria.

He said with shortened seasons over recent years, the return of a full duck season of 12 weeks would see tremendous economic benefits to local regions.

“The State Government has been chasing inner-city green votes at the expense of those who enjoy legal recreational activity that benefits regional communities,” he said.

“For far too long the Labor Government has sat back and allowed activist groups to enact smear campaigns spreading false information about duck hunting and its impact on duck populations and habitat.

“For instance, every year the Game Management Authority (GMA) releases detailed considerations for the proposed duck season ahead.

“The GMA releases these considerations after consulting with hunting organisations, animal welfare and conservation groups.”

Mr McCurdy said the GMA aims to ensure recreational duck hunting in Victoria is managed on a sustainable basis with authorities setting limits and season dates to ensure that hunting does not threaten the conservation status of any game species.

“Decisions around this 2022 duck season need to be based on evidence and not false ideology,” he said.

“It’s time we see a full duck season return in the Ovens Valley and across Victoria.”

a really good go of it, so it’s a good opportunity,” he said.

Monday’s special meeting was necessary because there was no budget for the item, and council needed to award the tender that would typically fall under the CEO delegation.

Delivery of the truck is expected in April.

TARGET SPECIES: Pacific black duck, endemic throughout the North East, will be among the target species if a duck season in Victoria goes ahead this year.

PHOTO: Jeff Zeuschner

A 50-year-old woman was taken to Northeast Health Wangaratta in a stable condition, after she fell from her motorbike and was clipped by another rider on Thursday afternoon.

Emergency services responded to the crash on MansfieldWhitfield Road near Whitlands at around 3.20pm, after two riders dropped their bikes after coming into contact with gravel.

Police believe a third rider had attempted to avoid the pile up, in turn dropping their bike and clipping the lead rider.

An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said crews had treated a 50-year-old woman for upper and lower body injuries at the scene, before transporting her to Wangaratta base hospital.

Two male riders were also treated at the scene for minor injuries.

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It’s all about Adrienne Doig, at the Benalla Art Gallery Across the Arts AN exhibition of eclectic works by former Wangaratta resident Adrienne Doig will open at the Benalla Art Gallery this week.

In the survey exhibition It’s All About Me!, Adrienne, who now lives in the Blue Mountains, tackles the everyday with good humour and wit through the lens of self-portraiture.

The exhibition draws upon the past three decades of the artist’s practice and fuses historical references and humour to respond to the everyday and reflect on now.

Using a variety of media, including embroidery, applique, sculpture and video, Adrienne playfully explores intimate aspects of her life, from having a cup of tea to performing mundane housework.

Embedded within her practice are layered responses to universal themes that have social, environmental and political narratives.

DOLLED UP: Adrienne Doig’s work uses a variety of media, including embroidery, applique, sculpture and video, along with good humour and wit, to explore intimate aspects of her life.

By manipulating, reworking and combining imagery from multiple sources, Adrienne records her own experiences within a larger context.

The exhibition features early performance video artworks to the more recent Everyday Me!; a paper doll installation.

Also included are ele-

ments of recent projects commissioned by the Art Gallery of NSW, for the Together in Art series and Archie Plus.

Pushing the boundaries of the genre of self-portraiture, Adrienne’s explorations across a range of textile mediums also highlight the evolution of her ideas through the utilisation of different media.

The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue featuring an essay by Steven Miller, head of the Edmund and Joanna Capon Research Library and Archive, Art Gallery of New South Wales; an interview with the artist and the exhibition’s curator, Emma Collerton; and responses to artworks by

a selection of Adrienne’s friends and colleagues.

Adrienne Doig: It’s All About Me! will be on display at Benalla Art Gallery from February 11 to April 3 and entry is free.

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January rainfalls were well above average RAINFALL was well above average for January in much of North East Victoria and at some places in the Riverina.

Wangaratta recorded 115.8mms, it’s wettest January since 1995.

Benalla with 149mms recorded its wettest January since 1934.

Chiltern with 243mms recorded its wettest January in 137 years of records.

Only two wetter months overall occurred in Chiltern and these were in February 1928 and February 2011.

Both Albury and Dartmouth Dam also recorded their wettest Januaries on records with 306mms and 235mms respectively.

Narrandera with 228mms also recorded its wettest January in 146 years of records - the previous wettest January being 187mms in 1941.

There were some heavy daily rainfalls with thunderstorms

WHAT’S UP WITH THE WEATHER?

By Peter Nelson, former CSIRO climatologist

on January 30, with Whitfield receiving 101mms which was its wettest January day since 1941 when 111.3mms fell on January 4.

A feature of the weather has been the high humidity for a greater part of January with dew point temperature readings of 22 to 24 degrees on several days which are normally experienced in Brisbane.

There were winds with an easterly component on 25 days of this month, an unusually high number.

The mean maximum tempera-

tures at Wangaratta and nearby centres during January were half a degree below normal, but mean minimum temperatures were two degrees above normal.

In the City of Melbourne maximum temperatures were nearly three degrees above the January normal whilst mean minimum temperatures of 18.8 degrees was the highest on record for January.

In January 1974 and also in January of 1918 to some extent there were precisely the same temperature profile between North East Victoria and around Melbourne and western Victoria.

Alice Springs recorded 130mms during January and it has received an additional 116mms from the start of February, making already a total of 246mms to date this year just short of the annual average of 282mms.

Alice Springs also recorded a

record 218mms last November.

In November 1973, 135mms rain was recorded at Alice Springs followed by 315mms in January 1974 and 135mms.

In November 1893 Alice Springs did have a wet November, followed by 213mms in January 1894 and 142mms in February 1894.

In December 1893 there were flooding rains in East Gippsland which certainly happened last December as well.

From these findings it does look obvious we will have a very wet autumn and winter season this year and this may extend to October.

In May of 1918 and 1974 there were flooding rains in North East Victoria at mid month and this does not really mean that we will have a repeat episode in mid May this year; it may be near Anzac Day or early in June.

Embracing parenting support RAISING a child is a huge responsibility.

There are so many factors involved - you want to connect with them but you don’t want to coddle them, you want them to be independent but you also want to support them.

It’s often cited as one of the toughest and most rewarding jobs in the world, but unlike most jobs you are not given an induction or any training for the role.

That’s why it’s important to seek education and support.

Whether you’re a first-time parent feeling out of your depth, an overwhelmed parent of teenagers, or somewhere in between, there are resources out there to support you.

And they might be easier to access than you think.

Gateway Health offers a range of free parent and relationship education programs and individual parenting support services.

These aim to empower parents, grandparents and carers in their role and foster more positive connections within families.

It can be daunting to reach out for help, but over the past year many parent education workshops and services have moved onto digital and mobile platforms, making support more accessible than ever.

This is a huge advantage if you work full-time, or live in an isolated area and travelling is inconvenient.

For example, Gateway Health’s Adolescent Parenting information session for parents and carers of children aged between 12 and 18 takes place on zoom.

This option provides participants with support from the comfort and privacy of their own home.

There are also options available if you prefer an in-person approach.

The Tuning into Kids program is a five-week parenting program aiming to support parents and carers of children aged between two and 10.

Participants will learn how to understand their children’s emotions and support their learning.

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Medical students prepare for training at Wangaratta THIRTEEN new students were welcomed to the University of Melbourne’s Rural Clinical School program last week, and are looking forward to continuing their learning in Wangaratta.

The students hail from interstate (NSW, Queensland, South Australia), overseas (New Zealand), from other areas of Victoria, and from the North East, including Myrtleford, Yarrawonga and Corowa.

Tahra Murtagh, originally from Myrtleford, said there had been plenty to take in over the first couple of days of induction, but it had been an enjoyable start.

She said it had always been her plan to utilise her medical training in a regional area, so she was glad to be part of the extended rural cohort - a group of 30 students who spend the third year of the course based in regional Victoria.

“Coming back to the regions was one of the reasons I went into medicine,” she said.

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As a relative local, Tahra said fellow students had called on her knowledge of the area as they began to explore their new home, seeking places to visit and activities to enjoy.

“I’ve been living in Melbourne for the last five years, so it is nice to be within a short drive of family again,” she said.

David van der Heide, originally from Ayr in North Queensland and a Brisbane resident for the past decade before studying at the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus last year, is among those who have travelled the furthest from their home to be based in Wangaratta in 2022.

“It’s actually very similar here to the town I grew up in in North Queensland; there are lots of roundabouts,” he said.

NEW CLASS: Steven Bismire, University of Melbourne Rural Clinical School Sub-Dean, and 2021 graduate Jacob Stevenson with (far right) Rural City of Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees, and the new group of students inducted to the school, (back) Eloise Shelton, Christopher Godfrey, Catherine Daulby, David van der Heide, Brendan Barrett, Simone Hill-Rennie, Clare Langley, Naomi Howe, (front) Peter Lejins, Tahra Murtagh, Matt Forrest, Sam Regora and Darbi Moody.

PHOTO: Simone Kerwin “It’s lovely here, and I’m very much enjoying the fact that everything is five minutes from everything.

“Everyone has been fantastic, very supportive,

and they seem to genuinely care about what they’re doing; there is a strong emphasis on the community, not just in the hospital but outside.”

David said he’d had a “winding path” to his medical training, having moved first into graphic design and communication design before studying medical

lab science in Brisbane in preparation for his medical training.

“This is something I’ve been working towards for quite a while,” he said.

Award a surprise for graduate Jacob, who loved time here

By SIMONE KERWIN

RECOGNITION: Jacob Stevenson receives his Rural City of Wangaratta graduating student award from Mayor Dean Rees. PHOTO: Simone Kerwin

JACOB Stevenson thought he was simply due to welcome a group of medical students being inducted into the University of Melbourne’s Rural Clinical School when he arrived in Wangaratta last week.

That was indeed part of the reason for him being there, but the real purpose was for Jacob to be presented with the Rural City of Wangaratta graduating student award, recognising his efforts as part of the University of Melbourne program's 2021 graduating class.

Currently working as an intern at Benalla, Jacob collected a $500 prize as part of the award, which he accepted from Rural City of Wangaratta mayor Dean Rees in front of the incoming crop of 13 students.

Originally from Yarra Glen, northeast of Melbourne, 25-year-old Jacob

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said he had no experience of living in the regions until he was told he would be part of the rural cohort for his second year of training, following his first year at the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus.

“I lived in the student accommodation (in Worland Road), and made a bunch of friends I will hopefully have forever,” he said.

“I loved the experience here - the scenery of the place, and the friendliness, and I knew I wasn’t going to get the same opportunity elsewhere.”

As a result, Jacob opted to stay on in Wangaratta, working at both Northeast Health Wangaratta and Shepparton's Goulburn Valley Health.

“It wasn’t something I’d considered previously, because everything I’d ever known was Melbourne-way, but I loved it so much here that when expressions of interest came out from the uni about whether we'd like

to stay, I jumped at it and decided to stay for my third and fourth years, and have stayed for my internship,” he said.

“I felt very accepted and at home here.

“The thing I recognised is that the university and the hospital were passionate about really engaging students.

“I’d definitely encourage others to come here, even if they haven’t previously had plans to work in the country.”

Having now finished the university element of his learning, Jacob said he had learnt from previous experience not to make firm plans, and was now content to “go with the flow” in terms of his future.

“At the moment, I’m just looking at what types of medicine I like, and haven’t made many plans beyond that,” he said.

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Vic posts six virus deaths, 7169 cases VICTORIA has posted another six COVID-19 related deaths and 7169 new cases, its lowest daily figure in more than a month.

The state is now managing just under 61,000 active coronavirus cases in total.

Health authorities say there are currently 652 virus patients in Victorian hospitals.

Of these, 73 are in intensive care and 28 are in need

of ventilation.

With the Omicron wave now dwindling, pressure continues to ease on the state’s once-overrun PCR testing system.

Of the new cases, 4466 were detected from rapid antigen tests and 2703 via PCR tests from a total of 20,624 processed in the 24hour window.

Kate Matson, a deputy secretary of Victoria’s

health department, says there has been a “significant improvement” in recent test turnaround times.

Tens of thousands of PCR tests were deemed invalid in January after pathology clinics were overwhelmed and could not process them within seven days.

However Ms Matson said on Saturday 97.4 per cent of PCR test results were now being returned to people

within 24 hours.

Wait times to get a PCR test also blew out to multiple hours in January at many Melbourne sites, with staff forced to suspend testing.

But with less COVID-19 spreading in the community, it is currently taking an average of five minutes for Victorians to get a PCR test across the network.

Those still struggling to

get their hands on a rapid antigen test are being urged to join the queue for a “gold standard” PCR test.

With COVID-19 hospitalisations also trending downwards, the Victorian government is allowing private hospitals and day centres to restart nonurgent elective surgery at 50 per cent of normal levels from Monday.

Ms Matson expects hos-

pitalisations to keep falling but cases to either increase slightly or stabilise, due to increased movement.

In a bid to fast-track the city’s recovery, the state opposition has renewed its call for the Andrews Government to abandon mandatory masks in offices and scrap a recommendation for people to work from home when possible.

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PM says he couldn’t care less about texts PRIME Minister Scott Morrison says he couldn’t care less about the text messages that have been leaked in the past week that have described him as a “liar” and a “complete pyscho”.

As politicians converge on Canberra for one of the last sitting weeks before a federal election in May, the heat will be on the prime minister and his government after the text message scandals and a slump in popularity.

“What people send around in texts, I, frankly, could not care less about,” Mr Morrison told reporters in Sydney after attending an “I4Give” service at the King’s School Chapel.

“And frankly, Australians are far more interested in their jobs and their lives than what people are sending in text messages to each other.”

He said he remains focused on leading the country through the pandemic and keeping the economy strong.

Members of Mr Morrison’s cabinet have been quick to back their leader.

Environment Minister Sussan Ley agrees it has been a tough week for the government but insists it is the most united cabinet she has sat in.

“As a minister that has sat in three cabinets with three prime ministers ... this is the most united cabinet table I have sat at,” she told Sky News’ Sunday Agenda program.

In one of the texts, Barnaby Joyce, prior to returning to to the role of deputy prime minister and nationals leader, called Mr Morrison “a hypocrite and a liar”.

“It wasn’t Barnaby’s finest hour by a long stretch,” Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews told ABC’s Insiders program, an interview she agreed to at late notice after Mr Joyce pulled out.

NOT FUSSED: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has shrugged off insulting text messages about him, saying he’s focussed on recovery.

PHOTO: Flavio Brancaleone/AAP “He apologised, the prime minister accepted that apology.

He offered to resign, the prime minister declined that offer, and they’ve indicated that they will work together.”

Another text revealed former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian labelled Mr Morrison a “horrible, horrible person” during the 2019/20 bushfire crisis.

In the exchange, a unnamed federal cabinet minister branded Mr Morrison a “complete psycho” as well as “desperate and jealous”.

Asked whether there was any prospect of Mr Morrison or Mr

International borders are ‘close’ to re-opening HOME Affairs Minister Karen Andrews wants to open international borders as soon as possible, but says Australia is not at that point at the moment.

News Corp newspapers reported the Morrison government’s nation security committee will meet on Monday where it’s expected to agree to reopening Australia to tourists within two or three weeks.

“We don’t have all of

the information that we need to be able to take the decision to open, but we are very close,” Ms Andrews told ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday.

“We are going through the process of preparing to open, and we will continue to talk to the health professionals. So as soon as they say yes, we will work with the states and territories and we will reopen our international borders to tourists.”

- AAP

Joyce being rolled as leader of their respective parties, Ms Ley said: “Not at all, absolutely none.”

But shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers said there is no salvaging this government.

“A change in the Liberal leader or Nationals leader won’t do it,” he told Sky News.

“This government is a smoking ruin of division and disunity and dysfunction and ordinary Australians are paying the price of that.

“The government seems to spend all of its time dishing out free character assessments of each other.”

Mr Joyce’s text was sent to an unnamed party on March 22, and passed on to former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins, who in the previous month had gone public with allegations she was raped in a parliamentary office in 2019, sparking a national conversation about treatment of women in the workplace.

“Tell BH (Brittany Higgins) I and Scott, he is Scott to me until I have to recognise his office, don’t get along,” a screenshot of the text reads.

“He is a hypocrite and a liar from my observations and

Another 28 people in NSW die of COVID NSW has recorded a further 28 virus-related deaths, two of whom were people in their 40s, as support comes for businesses hit by COVID-19 safety measures at schools.

There were 7893 COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday, 4337 of which were from positive rapid antigen tests, bringing the total number of positive RATs since reporting began on January 13 to 285,053.

The 3556 positive PCR

results reported on Sunday were returned from 35,697 PCR tests.

Of the 28 people who died, two people were in their 40s, three people were in their 60s, six people were in their 70s, ten people were in their 80s, and seven people were in their 90s.

Five of these people had received three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, 20 people had received two doses, and three people were unvaccinated. - AAP

that is over a long time.

“I have never trusted him and I dislike how he earnestly rearranges the truth to a lie.”

Mr Joyce returned to the Nationals leadership three months later.

“My view from the backbench about the prime minister was based on assumption and commentary, not from a one on one working relationship,” Mr Joyce told reporters on Saturday.

“From a one on one working relationship, I found a man who has honoured every agreement that he’s made with me.”

- AAP

‘Too late to leave’, as bushfire nears WA town BUSHFIRE continues to threaten the small railway town of Hester in Western Australia’s southwest.

The community’s 100 or so residents were warned it was too late to flee homes and urged to take shelter inside on Saturday evening.

The out-of-control fire, which flared early on Saturday afternoon, poses an immediate threat to homes and lives as it tracks southeast, authorities say.

“It’s too late to leave, leav-

ing now would be deadly,” Emergency WA said in its latest warning issued around 8am local time on Saturday.

An emergency warning had already been issued for the South West region, including Hester Brooke and Bridgetown in the Shire of BridgetownGreenbushes.

“You are in danger and need to act immediately to survive. There is a threat to lives and homes,” it said.

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RURAL NEWS

Building stronger environment $3.6M $3 6 to suppo supportt 18 8 projects p ojects across ac oss the t e Indi d electorate e ecto ate

GRETA Valley Landcare Group is among 18 recipients across the Indi electorate that will share in $3.667 million in federal funding to support on-ground action and care for local waterways across the region.

The group’s grant of $69,300 will help fund a collaborative project between communities and Landcare in the King River catchment.

The funding is part of the government’s $20 million Murray–Darling Healthy Rivers Program, and Minis-

ter for Resources and Water, Keith Pitt, said the grants were a win for communities across North East Victoria and the Murray–Darling Basin as a whole.

Minister Pitt said all 18 funded community-led projects will help on-ground works improve the health of Basin rivers and wetlands.

“These grants will inject over $3.6 million in funding into communities across the region, supporting local

businesses and jobs and building on the $410,000 already provided to local communities in the first round of Healthy Rivers Program grants,” he said.

“Not only are these grants fantastic for the environment, grant funding spent in regional communities will also support small businesses, generate economic activity and create jobs.

“Importantly, these projects will boost the economy

across the North East, and aim to employ 36 local people, including 15 young people, helping our communities recover from COVID-19, drought and bushfires.”

Wodonga-based Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie, said the successful Healthy Rivers grants projects will help plant more than 58,000 seedlings, and minimise erosion over 30 hectares of river and creek bank, while aiming to protect 22 threat-

ened animal species.

Some of the funded projects include: • $990,100 to Mudgegonga and District Landcare Group Inc for community led landscape restoration in the Ovens and Kiewa rivers catchment; • $588,880 to North East Catchment Management Authority to enhance native fish habitat and protect the nationally important lower Ovens River wetland complex between Wanga-

ratta and Bundalong; • $190,163 to Growling Grass Frog Inc for re-snagging and aquatic habitat creation in the lower Ovens River; • $54,536 to Indigo Creek Landcare Group Inc to help build community capacity to protect and restore the ecological health of a section of the Indigo Valley; and • $97,781 to Kiewa Catchment Landcare Groups Inc to help protect and restore Kiewa River drainage lines and wetlands.

Saleyard and producers’ fortunes never better, with weaner sales’ turnover of $13m ■

From page 1 Angus heifers made up to $2550 per head for Tony and Janine Simpson from Docker at 375kg per head equating to $6.80 per kilo.

“When heifers got lighter, around the 250kg they made around $8 per kilo,” Mr Keane said.

He said the week’s results were great news for local farmers.

“It was a very good sale and great for vendors on Wednesday and Friday who have been able to reap the rewards after three years of steady pricing,” Mr Keane said.

Springhurst farmer Mark Dunne’s pen of 10 Angus-Charolais weighing 446kg each was the first lot sold.

He expected the strong prices to continue and said he would be happy if they fetched $2400 per head.

He wasn’t far off the mark with the hammer coming

Wednesday, February 2 – STEERS 3752 head sold for an average $2269 per head (gross $8.5M) Best presented pen of steers went to A Dinning of Hansonville for his 17 Angus steers 395kg $2420 Friday, February 4 – HEIFERS 2142 head sold for an average of $2084 per head (gross $4.4M) Best presented pen of heifers went to I Weidemann of Laceby for his 20 Angus heifers 336kg $2260 down at $2350 per head.

“That’s around $5.25 per kilo which is okay; we got $5.50 per kilo for our steers on Wednesday (at Wangaratta saleyards),” Mr Dunne said.

“If anyone’s complaining about the prices this week they’ve got rocks in their head.”

Mr Dunne said that prices needed to be strong as other farm costs are rising as well.

“You still need this money because you have to replace what you sell,” he said.

“Everything has gone up - chemicals for instance, last year I paid $5500 for Roundup and this year the same amount cost $15,000.”

Mr Dunne said current farming conditions are good except for maybe too much rain.

“You don’t really want eight inches (200mm) of rain in January,” he said.

The Dunnes are regulars at the local exchange, preferring it over the Barnawartha complex.

“I’ve always sold my cattle here; if you’ve got good cattle you always get good money,” he said.

“And you want to always support your locals.”

Dad Brian agreed.

“It’s cheaper too, and you know what the weight is when you buy them,” he said.

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WANGARATTA BLUE RIBBON WEANER SALE: Wed, February 4 - 2142 HEAD No. BREED PRODUCER GROWN HEIFERS 32 Ang G & J Chalwell 10 Char M Dunne HEIFERS 21 Ang A Dinning 9 Ang Yopies Pty Ltd 25 Ang G & K Tanner 24 Ang JJ Nolan 17 Ang AG & JE Simpson 20 Ang S Davies 27 Ang RT, GJ & B Hooper 7 Ang KJ & RL Ryder 20 Her RC Warner 15 Ang KJ Heywood 11 Ang AG & JE Simpson 17 Ang R Clark 11 Char R & E Ackland 10 Ang R & J Widdup 14 Ang P & K Delmastro 27 Sim Ang X RH McLelland 8 Lim NJ Blewett

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Weed webinar

Farming lobby groups work together in ‘RAT race’

THE Rural City of Wangratta is hosting a pasture weed identifcation and management webinar this Thursday.

Presenter Sue Brunskill, who has worked with weeds for more than 30 years in horticulture, bush regeneration and farming, will look at the basics of identifying weeds.

Also find out about some useful resources and an App that can help you along the way.

Register at https://bit. ly/3qHRlG0 For more information contact project officer Alandi Durling by email at a.durling@wangaratta.vic. gov.au or phone 0438 828 660.

MORE than 56,000 rapid antigen tests (RATs) are on the way to Victorian farmers as part of a joint initiative by the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF), Food and Fibre Gippsland and Fruit Growers Victoria to minimise the disruption to essential food supply chains.

VFF president Emma Germano said the overwhelming response from people received within 48 hours, highlights the critical need and demand for RATs in the community and the Victorian Government’s response has been an afterthought.

“Our industry, as well as many others have been crying out for RATs for months,” Ms Germano said.

“We decided to get on the front foot and secure a supply of tests ourselves.

“Farmers and industry have been telling the government that without access to RATs, the new isolation directives intended to ease the pressure on our supply chains, won’t work.

“The response has been enormous - we've had over 56,000 orders within two days from literally every corner of Victoria.

“Our ability to get it done, despite a number of frustrating delays goes towards ensuring our industry continues to operate.

“Our industry works as one and

these RATs are importantly available to all farmers.”

Ms Germano said the effort to initially secure and quickly distribute the orders demonstrated the willingness to work together.

“In two weeks, the tests have landed in Sydney, been driven down to Victoria and distributed out to 24 towns across the state - we’ve dubbed it the ‘rat race’,” she said.

Ms Germano said orders have been offered to purchasers at a fair price, with a small fee added to cover distribution costs.

She acknowledged Mobil for donating the fuel needed to dispense the orders statewide.

Beef production GRETA Landcare will host an event next week where Lachlan Campbell from the North East CMA will discuss the forecast impacts on beef cattle production in the local area as a result of the changing climate.

Climate modelling specifically for the local catchment will be exploredas well as the challenges and opportunities with particular reference to water availability and pastures for the local catchment.

The event will be held at the Mohyu Memorial Hall on February 14 from 7.30pm to 9pm, with a light supper.

RSVP online at www.tinyurl.com/ GVLGbeefcattle by this Thursday.

All attendees must be fully vaccinated.

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A STUDENT’S ability to apply themselves during their schooling is a large part of how they perform in VCE, but there are many other factors that contribute their desired outcome such as getting into a university course of their choice.

Despite students dealing with adversity from the pandemic in 2020 and the touted country-city education divide, they performed reasonably well judging by the VCE study scores released by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCCA).

MEMBERS of the Northeast Radio Control Car Club gathered at Mitchell Avenue last Saturday to test their vehicles in competition.

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ting a slightly better percentage of 40+ scores at 3.6pc compared to Cathedral’s 3.3pc. skelly@ nemedia.com.au But while Wangaratta High School had a lesser meWangaratta’s three sec- dian study score at 26, it was ondary schools stack up well better than Galen and Cathewhen compared to others dral with a 40+ percentage of across the region and even 3.9. several metropolitan counAcross the region Goulterparts across the state. burn Valley Grammar School Galen Catholic College in Shepparton had a median and Cathedral College both 35 with 21.6pc achieving achieved a median study 40+, placing it 30th best in score of 29 with Galen get- Victoria.

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Beechworth Secondary College had a median study score of 29, but it was its 40+ score that was a standout with 13.7pc reaching the A grade figure.

Benalla P-12 College had a median study score of 26, with zero over 40+, while FCJ College Benalla had a strong median of 30 with 6pc of scores 40+.

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Mansfield Secondary College had a median of 29 with 1.3pc of scores 40+.

Myrtleford P-12 College had a median of 28 with 3.9pc of scores 40+, while Marian College had a median of 28 with zero scores 40+.

Mount Beauty Secondary College had a median of 28, with 2.7pc of scores 40+.

Wodonga Senior Secondary College had a median score of 23, with 1.1pc of scores 40+, while Catholic

College Wodonga had a median of 29, with 3.2pc 40+.

Yarrawonga College P-12 was a median of 28 with 3.3pc of scores 40+.

The top three schools in Victoria were Bialik College in Hawthorn that had a median of 38 with 39.9pc of scores 40+, Mount Scopus Memorial College was next with 38 and 39.7pc, with Ballarat Clarendon College third with 38 and 38.4pc.

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c REVVED UP: Northeast Radio Control Club president Matthew Johnson-Begg works on his machine in the pits.

c HOT WHEELS: Teo Valle (9) from Peechelba raced for the first time in RC Touring Class.

THE Wang Repair Café will hold its next event tomorrow at Apex Park from 8am until 12pm.

The café will have some t-shirt rugs for sale as well as other items, and cash donations as well as donations of unwanted Christmas presents for them to sell would be appreciated, as the volunteer-run organisation seeks assistance to cover its operating costs and ensure its continuation.

Bring items in need of repair to the park tomorrow morning where volunteers will be on hand to help bring them back to life.

c FAST TRUCK: Talon Fullerton (14) from Wangaratta with his racing truck.

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WANGARATTA High School year 12 graduates Kayla Fisher and Amy Henderson were among hundreds of local students, and tens of thousands around the state, who received their first round university offers yesterday.

The pair are both interested in humanitarian work and development, and were offered their first choice course at their chosen universities.

Kayla, 17, has been offered a

double degree in Arts and Public Policy with a major in third-world development at the Australian National University in Canberra.

“I was happy with my ATAR score even if I thought I could do better but it’s been a tough year,” Kayla said.

“It was difficult not having feedback from classmates because I didn’t know if I was doing okay or needed to improve.

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looking forward to the next step.”

Amy, 18, will be doing occupational therapy at Deakin but hopes to branch into humanitarian work in third world countries.

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“Last year I really missed out on having the balance of sport and social aspects of school which really help me get through the study aspect.

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“The offer I received was my first choice so I’m really happy with that.

“I’ll jump straight in this year I think because my initial plans to have a gap year and travel aren’t likely now.

“Eventually I want to go into allied health overseas and Kayla and I have always talked about collaborating; she’s more interested in the politics side and I’d do the health side so that could be cool.”

Musicians invited to orchestra meeting MUSICIANS interested in becoming part of a new regional orchestra being formed in Wangaratta will be meeting in the King George V Gardens on Sunday at 2.30pm.

A newly formed committee, involving local violinist Sally Ross, will be in attendance and the group welcomes other potential members to come along, particularly seeking violin and flute players, a percussionist and a conductor.

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Aussie women skittle England in ODI AUSTRALIA’S all-conquering women’s team is powering towards yet another ODI victory after restricting England to a paltry total of 129.

The tourists were on the back foot immediately after Australia captain Meg Lanning won the toss and elected to field first in the second Ashes ODI at the Junction Oval in Melbourne.

Even without quick Darcie Brown, who skittled England with figures of 4-34

in the first ODI three days ago, Australia’s bowlers always had the upper hand and the innings ended in the 46th over.

Star allrounder Ellyse Perry made a welcome return to form with the ball, setting up the dominant performance with figures of 3-12.

The 31-year-old has been below her world-class best all summer, but proved to be a handful for England this time around.

Perry fired early, with wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy claiming a screamer of a catch to dismiss Tammy Beaumont for the opening wicket.

As well as being without Brown, Australia rested wounded hero Beth Mooney after a rollercoaster series for the star batter.

She suffering a broken jaw on the eve of the oneoff Test, but still managed to play a crucial role in that drawn thriller in Canberra.

Mooney then scored a match-winning 73 in Thursday’s first ODI, but left the field early after experiencing quadricep tightness.

Nicola Carey and Annabel Sutherland were brought back into the team to replace Mooney and Brown.

Legspinner Alana King picked up her maiden ODI wicket, adding to the debut scalps she claimed in the Twenty20 and Test arenas in the last three weeks.

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7-107, England were further brought undone when Tahlia McGrath took 2-1 in her first over.

McGrath claimed the last three wickets of the innings to grab 3-4 from 3.2 overs.

Tailender Sophie Ecclestone was England’s topscorer with a gritty unbeaten 32, while captain Heather Knight battled hard for 18 before losing her wicket to spinner Jess Jonassen.

Australia have been near untouchable in the 50-over

UNFAIR: Supporters have rallied behind Justin Langer, saying Cricket Australia has treated him unfairly.

format for the last three years, winning a world record 26 straight matches before India finally ended that run last September.

Alyssa Healy and Rachael Haynes will open the batting as Australia seek to end the match quickly in pursuit of the meagre total.

England are yet to claim a victory over Australia all summer between their men’s and women’s team, losing 14 matches and drawing four.

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WORTHY or not of an extension, Justin Langer’s treatment “as a person” by Cricket Australia fell well short of the mark, says WA Cricket chief Christina Matthews.

Langer resigned as Australia’s men’s head coach on Saturday after rejecting a six-month extension tabled to him by the CA board.

The drawn-out, public process has been heavily criticised by former Test captains including Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh.Â

Waugh was the latest to back the former Test opener, wondering on Saturday night why Langer was no longer deemed worthy given the team’s return to form and improved standing in the public eye.

“Buzz words but no clarity,” he wrote on Instagram.

“Not sure how the team evolves from (already) being loved by the public, being ranked number one in Test cricket and the world champions in T20.”

A fierce supporter of the former title-winning Western Australia Warriors and Perth Scorchers coach, Matthews admitted Langer’s much-publicised intensity could “at times go a bit far”.

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“There’s so many aspects to it that you can focus on,” she told the ABC. “It’s up to CA who they want to coach the Australian side. My dif-

Jason Day in title hunt at Pebble Beach Pro-Am JASON Day is back in familiar territory, contending for the title going into the final round of the PGA Tour’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, as he continues his form revival.

The Australian shot a twounder 70 at Spyglass Hill on Saturday to be tied eighth, four shots behind joint leaders Beau Hossler (65), Andrew Putnam (68) and Tom Hoge (68), who are at 15 under.

Two huge names - Patrick Cantlay (68) and Jordan Spieth (63) - are just a shot off the lead along with Joel Dahmen (66).

But there is no doubt former world No.1 Day’s presence on the leaderboard will have their attention, especially after he contended before finishing tied third at last week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

While he hasn’t won anywhere since 2018, Day has finished top 10 in eight of his 12 previous starts in this event, including each of the last five years, and he’s broken par in 39 of his 49 rounds.

The one thing he hasn’t done yet is add the Pebble

Beach crown to his resume of 12 tour titles but as he says: “I think I’m very due.

I’ve played some really solid golf over my lifetime here.”

Hossler has shot back-toback 65s after an opening 70 and finished with a flurry on Saturday, posting four birdies in his last six holes.

“Pebble can give and take so quickly, right?” Hossler said. “I was glad to be on the receiving end today.”

Hoge posted his bogeyfree round on Spyglass Hill Golf Club, getting two birdies in his final five holes.

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ficulty here is how Justin’s been treated a person.

“I don’t think he’s been treated with any sort of respect, kindness or compassion.”

Langer’s disciplined approach was credited for the rebuild of the side following the 2018 balltampering scandal that saw former coach Darren Lehmann stand down.

Now it’s being viewed as ideal for the wounded England side, Michael Vaughan publicly endorsing Langer for the job vacated by

Chris Silverwood a day earlier.

Matthews said Langer’s laserfocus could be managed and that results spoke for themselves.

“We had a very successful period with Justin, but that’s not to say you don’t disagree on things,” she said.

“Everybody knows he likes honest, up front conversations.

“Unfortunately some people players, administrators,whatever - find those conversations challenging and that’s, I think, when things get out of control.” -AAP

Del Potro close to retirement from tennis GRAND slam champion Juan Martin del Potro is considering an imminent retirement from tennis, saying recurring injuries mean two tournaments in Argentina and Brazil this month will “possibly” be his last.

“This is one of the hardest messages I’ve ever had to face up to and communicate,” del Potro told reporters in Buenos Aires on Saturday.

“Everyone knows and hopes that I return to tennis.

“Possibly it won’t be

like that and that it will be more of a farewell than a return.”

Del Potro, winner of the 2009 US Open among 22 singles titles, has had a career blighted by wrist and knee injuries.

The former world No.3 last played a tournament match in June 2019 at Queens in London.

He injured his knee and has been struggling to regain full fitness since.

“The knee has been a nightmare. I’ve been trying alternatives and ways to resolve it for years and

today I just can’t manage it,” he said.

“I never imagined retiring from tennis anywhere other than out there on the court.”

Del Potro has committed to playing the Buenos Aires Open and the Rio de Janeiro Open, both off which take place on clay this month.

He will face countryman Federico Delbonis in his first match in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.

The Rio de Janeiro Open begins on February 12.

-AAP

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SCOREBOARD

BEECHWORTH WANDERERS DEF BENALLA BUSHRANGERS

CITY COLTS DEF BY WANGARATTA MAGPIES

DELATITE DEF BY ROVERS UNITED BRUCK

OVENS VALLEY UNITED DEF BY YARRAWONGA MULWALA

BENALLA BUSHRANGERS 1ST INNINGS M Honman c B Surrey b K Surrey....................................8 GA Hoysted run out (R Worcester, M Ryan)..................10 J Carboon st B Surrey b S Francis .................................18 C Bull b H Malsem ...........................................................25 *CJ Brodie run out (M Ryan, B Surrey) ...........................5 T Webster c B Surrey b K Surrey......................................2 S Briggs b M Ryan..............................................................0 +G Priest not out ...............................................................3 R James b K Surrey...........................................................0 LP Curtis b K Surrey ..........................................................0 DJ Stratton not out ...........................................................4 Extras (nb 2, w 13, b 0, lb 1) ............................................16 Total...................................................................9/91 (cc) Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 27 (M Honman) 32 (GA Hoysted) 72 (J Carboon) 76 (C Bull) 81 (T Webster) 82 (S Briggs) 83 (CJ Brodie) 83 (R James) 87 (LP Curtis).

Bowling: H Malsem 8/2/1/11, R Worcester 5/0/0/12, K Surrey 8/3/4/14, M Ryan 8/2/1/9, C Ellett 5/0/0/28, S Francis 6/0/1/16.

WANGARATTA MAGPIES 1ST INNINGS J Thewlis c MJ Lister b MJ Clayton .................................2 J Wallace c KM Braden b MJ Lister ...............................50 P Menon c JA Nanson b MJ Lister .................................73 +CD Matheson c TM Nanson b MJ Lister........................8 N Bonwick lbw b MJ Lister.............................................16 *J Davies b MJ Lister.........................................................7 RA Malcolm not out ..........................................................9 NJ Pell b JD Smith ..........................................................11 T Rosser run out (MA Giggins) .........................................3 RB Grant dnb MD Gathercole dnb Extras (nb 5, w 4, b 0, lb 3) ..............................................12 Total................................................................8/191 (cc) Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 12 (J Thewlis) 126 (P Menon) 138 (J Wallace) 156 (CD Matheson) 156 (N Bonwick) 167 (J Davies) 185 (NJ Pell) 191 (T Rosser).

Bowling: JA Nanson 5/0/0/15, MJ Clayton 4/1/1/14, TW Stewart 3/0/0/10, JD Smith 8/1/1/53, MJ Lister 8/0/5/39, KM Braden 8/0/0/44, AW Crispin 4/0/0/13.

DELATITE 1ST INNINGS JB Sanford c A McCarthy b JA Schonafinger.................2 AS Mahoney c & b JA Schonafinger................................3 MA Copey b J Hyde.........................................................28 *CG Anderson c A McCarthy b M Winter.........................6 AC Ritchie c A McCarthy b M Winter..............................11 LJ Scales not out.............................................................22 JL Mahoney b PJ McNamara .........................................17 MR Purcell c ? b JA Schonafinger....................................8 MW Stevenson c & b JA Schonafinger..........................12 PM Scales not out .............................................................4 M Sampson dnb Extras (nb 3, w 10, b 0, lb 3) ............................................16 Total................................................................8/129 (cc) Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 2 (JB Sanford) 10 (AS Mahoney) 24 (CG Anderson) 59 (MA Copey) 59 (AC Ritchie) 87 (JL Mahoney) 101 (MR Purcell) 114 (MW Stevenson).

Bowling: JA Schonafinger 8/2/4/22, PJ McNamara 8/2/1/17, B Bartlett 8/3/0/35, M Winter 6/0/2/17, J Beattie 2/0/0/14, J Hyde 8/0/1/21.

YARRAWONGA MULWALA 1ST INNINGS J Lawrence lbw b M Paulsen ...........................................0 MT Casey c D Walker b J Neary .....................................23 M Knight c J Neary b N Bleeser .....................................49 B McCabe b J Neary........................................................21 H Wheeler b D Walker.....................................................11 B Irvine b C Southern .......................................................5 AT McMillan c J Newton b C Southern ...........................5 B Radford not out .............................................................5 M McCabe not out.............................................................2 *+R Clarke dnb R Bartlett dnb C Mitchell dnb Extras (nb 0, w 6, b 0, lb 3) ................................................9 Total................................................................7/130 (cc) Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 10 (J Lawrence) 33 (MT Casey) 82 (M Knight) 108 (H Wheeler) 112 (B McCabe) 122 (AT McMillan) 123 (B Irvine).

Bowling: D Walker 7/2/1/17, M Paulsen 5/1/1/18, J Neary 8/1/2/20, J Newton 8/2/0/12, C Southern 6/0/2/26, N Bleeser 6/1/1/34.

BEECHWORTH WANDERERS 1ST INNINGS M Ryan b T Webster ........................................................45 K Surrey b LP Curtis ........................................................46 C Ellett c & b T Webster ..................................................14 T Cogger c G Priest b C Bull..............................................1 M Hicks b T Webster .........................................................1 S Francis run out (J Carboon, G Priest) ..........................0 D Cogger c & b T Webster.................................................0 H Malsem not out .............................................................1 M Woodburne not out......................................................0 R Worcester dnb *+B Surrey dnb Extras (nb 3, w 4, b 0, lb 0) ................................................7 Total......................................................................... 7/115 Overs .............................................................................32.2 FOW: 86 (K Surrey) 103 (M Ryan) 106 (T Cogger) 107 (M Hicks) 109 (S Francis) 110 (D Cogger) 115 (C Ellett).

Bowling: CJ Brodie 6/1/0/20, DJ Stratton 4/1/0/10, S Briggs 4.5/0/0/19, R James 3/0/0/19, M Honman 0.1/0/0/0, T Webster 7.2/2/4/19, LP Curtis 4/0/1/22, C Bull 3/0/1/6.

CITY COLTS 1ST INNINGS TM Nanson c CD Matheson b MD Gathercole ...............0 JA Nanson c P Menon b NJ Pell ....................................13 JD Smith c RA Malcolm b NJ Pell ..................................11 KM Braden c & b RB Grant .............................................13 NJ Crispin c MD Gathercole b RB Grant .......................43 J Solimo not out .............................................................21 C Petersen not out ............................................................0 MJ Lister dnb *+MA Giggins dnb TW Stewart dnb MJ Clayton dnb AW Crispin dnb Extras (nb 2, w 10, b 0, lb 0) ............................................12 Total................................................................5/113 (cc) Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 0 (TM Nanson) 26 (JA Nanson) 30 (JD Smith) 58 (KM Braden) 113 (NJ Crispin).

Bowling: MD Gathercole 4/2/1/4, P Menon 4/3/0/3, RB Grant 8/1/2/27, J Thewlis 8/3/0/17, NJ Pell 6/1/2/19, N Bonwick 5/0/0/18, T Rosser 5/0/0/25.

ROVERS UNITED BRUCK 1ST INNINGS B Dale st MA Copey b JB Sanford..................................45 L Whitten c MA Copey b JB Sanford .............................42 M Whitten c JL Mahoney b JB Sanford ..........................8 JA Schonafinger b MW Stevenson................................21 J Beattie c AS Mahoney b M Sampson.........................61 +A McCarthy c JB Sanford b M Sampson ....................10 W McCarthy not out........................................................10 *PJ McNamara not out .....................................................7 J Hyde dnb B Bartlett dnb M Winter dnb Extras (nb 0, w 7, b 4, lb 0) ..............................................11 Total......................................................................... 6/215 Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 75 (B Dale) 102 (L Whitten) 102 (M Whitten) 187 (J Beattie) 190 (JA Schonafinger) 204 (A McCarthy).

Bowling: LJ Scales 5/0/0/28, M Sampson 6/0/2/34, MR Purcell 6/1/0/39, JB Sanford 8/1/3/23, AC Ritchie 8/0/0/51, MW Stevenson 6/1/1/26, JL Mahoney 1/0/0/10.

BOLT: Preston Coleman sends down the effort ball in his under 16 match against Beechworth.

WATCH THE BALL: Cormac McNamara keeps his eyes on the ball as he prepares to drive it down the ground.

OVENS VALLEY UNITED 1ST INNINGS *DL Bursill c R Clarke b AT McMillan ...............................0 J Jones run out (M McCabe)............................................9 J Newton c R Clarke b B Radford ....................................6 +DL Jenvey run out (M McCabe) .....................................0 K Fitzpatrick lbw b M McCabe .........................................2 D Walker c B McCabe b H Wheeler................................11 A Newton c R Bartlett b B McCabe..................................6 N Bleeser b AT McMillan.................................................11 C Southern b M McCabe ................................................11 J Neary not out .................................................................0 M Paulsen not out .............................................................0 Extras (nb 2, w 8, b 1, lb 2) ..............................................13 Total...................................................................9/69 (cc) Overs .............................................................................40.0 FOW: 1 (DL Bursill) 11 (J Newton) 11 (DL Jenvey) 20 (J Jones) 22 (K Fitzpatrick) 43 (A Newton) 44 (D Walker) 66 (N Bleeser) 68 (C Southern).

Bowling: AT McMillan 8/2/2/15, R Bartlett 8/1/0/16, B Radford 5/1/1/13, M McCabe 8/3/2/10, B McCabe 8/4/1/6, H Wheeler 3/0/1/6.

LATE CUT: Selby Doyle glances the ball down towards third man.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

A RESERVE: Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 5/172(cc) J Fullager 70 T Simpson 32 C Williams 25 S Thompson 2/22 def Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 74 S McLeod 3/2 M Priest 3/27 H Sadaya 2/9 J Fullager 2/17. Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 9/128(cc) L Hadden 41 D Simmons 4/30 L Hocking 2/16 def by Rutherglen United C.C. 7/144(cc) L Conboy 44 D Simmons 36 ST Jennings 30 B Cleaver 3/27 SA Williamson 2/9. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 7/165(cc) FD Smart 54 B Frauenfelder 33* B Welsh 25 C Thomason 4/32 def Ovens Valley United C.C. 63 B Frauenfelder 3/6 Z Moore 2/5 L Phillips 2/12. Rovers United Bruck C.C. 9/199(cc) GL Shantha 104 A Balfour 26 TA Berry 3/29 BN Chandler 2/36 def Delatite C.C. 27 B Nixon 5/12 S Godfrey 5/13. B GRADE: Rutherglen United C.C. 9/70(cc) S Lakmal 4/11 R Gill 3/9 def by Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 4/171 M Botten 39 B Duncombe 37*. Milawa C.C. 3/246(cc) J Connor 97 C Honey 91 def Delatite C.C. 82 AM Scott 30 A Graham 3/11 N Ferguson 2/10 M Hardy 2/18. Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 9/137(cc) P Smithwick 57* D Corcoran 28 S Bokhari 4/39 G Elliott 3/16 def by Rovers United Bruck C.C. 3/159(cc) CT Norman 84 C McNamara 51* L Corker 2/25. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 10/97 P Martin 37 G White 3/22 T Thomason 2/10 AW Brown 2/28 def by Ovens Valley United C.C. 5/114(cc) G White 71. Greta C.C. 80 JS Bradley 2/6 CR Lovett 2/15 TK Moore 2/18 def by City Colts C.C. 7/146(cc) NM Norris 56 TK Moore 26. C GRADE: Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 6/167(cc) C O’Connor 36 L Ham 26 JL Triffitt 25 MH Cullen 25* A Warner 3/26 def Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 94 MH Cullen 3/16 A Crook 2/3 N Jacobs 2/9 S Cullen 2/22. Ovens Valley United C.C. 6/107(cc) N Cooke 31 D Martin 28* RA MacKinnon 3/16 A Lockhart 2/20 def Merton C.C. 53 S Buckley 3/17 PK Katta 2/9. Rovers United Bruck C.C. 6/144 B Allan 40 E Benton 25 W Creed 3/35 S Wheeler 2/34 def by Gapsted C.C. 6/177 W Creed 68 W Hodgetts 49* E Jones 2/23. City Colts C.C. 6/103(cc) SA Clayton 37 S Lappin 4/15 def by Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 5/146(cc) B Pickering 28* S Mitchell 2/13 A Thompson 2/23. UNDER 16: Rutherglen United C.C. 5/83 R Beattie 35* A Mapson 3/5 v Ovens Valley United C.C. 2/110 T Thomason 45* F Jones 43*. Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 2/48 v Rovers United Bruck C.C. Gold 6/45. Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 5/92 J Thewlis 52* v Delatite C.C. 5/51 M Prestianni 2/7. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 132 L Phillips 47 G Montgomery 28 C Petersen 3/11 M Lovett 2/11 v City Colts C.C. Rovers United Bruck C.C. Green 4/58 S Francis 2/11 v Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 4/38 B Pellegrino 2/0. UNDER 14: Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 5/49 R Levy 2/2 v Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 2/97 J Priest 50*. Rutherglen United C.C. 3/65 v Rovers United Bruck C.C. Green 1/96. Rovers United Bruck C.C. - Gold 2/124 W Graham 50* M Correll 25 v Delatite C.C. 1/64 NH Hoskin 44*. Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 3/95 v Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 5/60 E Mullins 2/3 L Webb 2/10. UNDR 12: Benalla Bushrangers C.C. Red 4/62(cc) def by Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. - BLACK 4/74(cc) C Nolen 2/10. Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. - GOLD 24 N Allan 2/0 S Elkington 2/4 def by Rovers United Bruck C.C. Gold 5/108(cc) C O’Brien 32* S Elkington 26*. Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 8/90 N Leith 2/5 def Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C.Bulls 4/80. Greta C.C. 7/39(cc) J Pell 2/7 def by City Colts C.C. 3/102(cc) G Marek 32* J Morris 2/13.

Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. Rams 4/96(cc) def Rovers United Bruck C.C. Green 87 H Gibb 25 B Wollington 3/3. Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. - WHITE 72 S Bourne 2/10 def by Ovens Valley United C.C. Black 4/153(cc) NR White 75* G Banks 35*. Ovens Valley United C.C. Orange 6/108 H Bruneau 30* def Rutherglen United C.C. 48 M McMahon 2/6 H Bruneau 2/10.

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ROUND 14 REVIEW: Saturday, February 5

Magpies soaring at top of the A grade ladder

SPIN: James Thewlis was handy with the ball, bowling three maiden overs from his eight.

SHOT: Jessie Smith cuts the ball thropugh the off side while Rhys Grant watches from square leg.

PHOTOS: Melissa Beattie

PARTNERSHIP: Jarryd Wallace (left) and Pranav Menon’s 114 run partnership was key in getting the Magpies the win.

WANGARATTA Magpies cricketers cemented their position on the top of the A grade WDCA ladder with a convincing win over City Colts on Saturday at the Bill O’Callaghan Oval, taking the points by 78 runs.

The Magpies looked shaky at the start of their innings with opener James Thewlis dismissed for just two runs.

Fellow opener Jarryd Wallace and number three bat Pranav Menon soon righted the ship, forging a 114-run partnership to take the Magpies out of troubled waters.

Skipper Jack Davies said the partnership was vital in posting a competitive score.

“They batted really well as a partnership - they were able to manipulate the field and score at ease,” he said.

“Jarryd started the season with a knee injury and had to start in the twos.

“He scored some runs over the last couple of weeks and opportunities popped up and he’s taken them on the weekend.

“He’s played A grade for us the last couple of seasons, he’s more than capable.

“It was terrific to see them bat together.”

The duo got the Magpies to 1/126 before Matthew Lister snared the wicket of Menon for 73 in the 31st over, while Wallace was dismissed for a wellmade 50 two overs later.

The Magpies middle order and tail put on some handy runs in the final few overs, including a cameo from Nick Bonwick, belting 16 runs off seven deliveries.

After setting a very competitive total of 8/191, Davies said tight line and length bowling

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in the first few overs of the run chase put the Magpies in a dominant position.

“We thought anywhere near 180 was par on that wicket which played really, really well,” he said. “’Gathers’ (Matt Gathercole) and ‘Prav’ (Pranav Menon) bowled really well at the start and took the game away from them in those first eight overs, it was really good to see.

“Obviously we like to bowl them out, but it was hard to get wickets and without them showing much intent, we felt it was a good opportunity to throw the ball around and give those who might not have bowled much or had a game the last couple of weeks an opportunity to perform.”

Runs were few and far between for the Colts but thanks to a 43 run knock from Noah Crispin, they were able to make it to 5/113 from their 40 overs.

Rhys Grant and Nick Pell shone with the ball, taking 2/27 and 2/19 respectively.

The loss sees the City Colts slip to fifth on the combined A grade ladder with a record of five wins, five losses and two drawn matches.

With only five matches remaining to break into the top four, every match from here is a must win for the Colts.

In other A grade matches around the region, Beechworth got up on Benalla Bushrangers, Rovers United Bruck took the win over Delatite, and the Lakers defeated Ovens Valley United.

Wanderers still in finals race

By NATHAN DE VRIES

BEECHWORTH A grade cricketers kept their dreams of playing finals alive on Saturday, after defeating Benalla Bushrangers by nine wickets on the turf at Baarmutha Park.

The Bushies won the toss and went in to bat, but just couldn’t get the precise line and length deliveries from the Wanderers away to score at a good clip.

Beechworth applied pressure early, dismissing Benalla openers Michael Honman for eight and Greg Hoysted for 10, both having faced 40 deliveries.

Despite a handy 25-run knock from Charlie Bull, the middle order and tail collapsed, the Benalla innings

ending at 9/91 from 40 overs.

Beechworth paceman Matt Ryan said the bowling performance was much improved on previous matches.

“We’ve probably been off the radar for a bit the last few weeks, but it all gelled together on the weekend,” he said.

“Bowling was good and batting was good.

“Even though the ground is pretty slow the par score was probably 130 or 140.

“We pegged it back towards the end there - Hamish Malsem bowled very economically, I think he only got hit for 11 runs off his eight.

“Kayde (Surrey) did what he’s been doing for the whole year, cleaned up and got 4/14 in the end.”

Their job with the ball completed, Ryan and Surrey went about hitting the Wanderers to a win and got off to a flying start.

Surrey continued to stamp his authority on the league, hitting 46 from 53 deliveries while Ryan knocked 45 from 91.

Their 86 run partnership almost got the home side over the line for no loss of wicket, but when Surrey was bowled by Liam Curtis, young gun Clancy Ellet came to the crease and, together with Ryan, got the result they were after.

Ryan said after the match was over, both captains agreed to play on and let some of the younger players have a bit of a hit and bowl.

“It’s a bit hard to get them

a good hit, it was a good chance for them,” Ryan said.

“Benalla bowled alright the spinner for them, Tom Webster, bowled really well.

“We could talk about Kayde all day but I think everyone’s aware of the season he’s having.

“It’s pretty good to watch from the other end as well I’ll sit there and sponge it up and he sits there and goes on the attack.

“We probably needed to win that to even be in the conversation of finals - it’s a pretty important win.”

The Wanderers sit at sixth on the ladder, well within striking distance of the top four, but with opponents like Yarrawonga Mulwala and City Colts on the horizon, every win is essential.

IN FORM: Kayde Surrey shone with bat and ball for the Wanderers, taking 4/11 before belting 46 runs.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

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Fawkner wins first medals as Kate KATE Fawkner has won her first athletics medals since transitioning to a female.

Fawkner came out as a female two years ago and is now on the waiting list to receive hormone treatment to complete her transition.

However, until she receives her treatment Athletics Australia has ordered Fawkner to remain competing in the men’s competitions.

Fawkner travelled to Bendigo last weekend to participate in the Victoria Country Track and Field Championships where she took away three medals.

She won gold in the seated javelin and seated discus and silver in the seated shotput.

“We went down on Friday in the shocking storm we had,” Fawkner said.

“When we got there the track was covered so they had to push the afternoon sessions back.

“I then competed in the javelin on Saturday morning, followed by shotput Saturday afternoon and discus on Sunday.

“I’m now officially Kate on all of my documents, licence and birth certificate so it was great to win my first medals as Kate.”

Fawkner has been on the road to recovery the past 10 months after missing last year’s national championships.

She was set to travel to Sydney in April but was struck down a week prior in Melbourne when training.

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“I was getting ready for dinner at my accommodation in Dandenong and as I was getting ready for tea I completely stopped breathing,” she said.

“From there I was rushed to the Dandenong Hospital in an ambulance and they found that my voice box and vocal chords were severely damaged.

“Some of my chords were completely paralised and the gap from my throat to my lungs was 3mm wide when it’s supposed to be 15mm so I wasn’t getting enough air in.

“They then had to use a laser to cut away some of the voice box so there was more of a gap for air to get in.”

Fawkner will now target this year’s national championships where she has already qualified for her javelin and discus events off the back on her performances last weekend.

She also has her eyes firmly set to two years down the track.

“A big goal for me is to make the Australian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics ,” she said.

“First I wanted to tick off my transition and now that that’s happening I’m aiming to compete as a woman in women’s events and then also hopefully compete in Paris.”

WINNER: Kate Fawkner with her three medals and trusty javelins.

PHOTO: Nick Richards

Sports grants to encourage greater girls’ participation

WELCOME: (L-R) Geoff Allen, former club president Peter Ablazej, British LTA president Dave Rawlinson and Russell O’Brien at the magnificent Wangaratta Lawn Courts complex.

Wimbledon president comes to Wangaratta IT’S been a big fortnight for tennis fans with the amazing finals and finish of the Australian Open.

Wangaratta Lawn Tennis Club had an interesting visitor fresh from the Australian Open this week.

Dave Rawlinson who is the British Lawn Tennis Association president is having some time off after the open in the border region and decided to visit some North East lawn tennis clubs.

Local WLTC volunteers

Geoff Allen, Peter Ablazej and Russell O’Brien were at the clubhouse to welcome Rawlinson after the successful Australia Day Tournament.

They were very pleased to be able to welcome Rawlinson to the club and show him the club’s facilities and courts.

He was very impressed with the setting in Merriwa Park and commented on the high quality of the grass courts.

He also expressed surprise

at seeing the club’s unique lighting system.

But he was astounded when told that the club can use the lawn courts for most of the year.

“The British lawn tennis season is much, much shorter,” Rawlinson said.

He was invited to come back for a game with the locals on Thursday if he had time.

Peter Ablazej, who has family connections in GB, was keen to get overseas.

“Now Dave, can we come and visit you at your club sometime?” Ablazej said.

Dave was quick to reply.

“You know, I have a lot of you Aussies ask me that,” he said.

“Of course.”

Meanwhile, the Wangaratta Lawn Tennis Club is set to host a points ranked senior tennis tournament.

In a huge coup for Wangaratta, the tournament will bring over 100 of the best senior tennis players in the

country to the town It is set to be held from Friday, March 25 through to Sunday, March 27.

“It’s going to attract some of the best seniors in the country,” WLTC president Barry Sullivan said.

“We will have singles, doubles and mixed doubles events and all will be played in age groups.

“Hopefully we can get the mayor down, as well as Cr Harvey Benton who is in charge of the sporting arena.”

DERRYN Hinch’s Justice Party Tania Maxwell is encouraging community sport and active recreation organisations promoting greater participation by women and girls to apply for the next round of Change Our Game grants.

The grants offer up to $10,000 for eligible clubs and groups fostering female engagement in community sport.

More than 240 of these grants have been made to communities since 2018.

Applications for the new round can be made at www. sport.vic.gov.au/grants-andfunding/our-grants by February 28.

“The positive impacts of participation in sport are well known and sports clubs are integral to the strength and wellbeing of regional communities,” Ms Maxwell said.

“After two tough years of COVID restrictions, such grants present great opportunities for local clubs to encourage greater participation and inclusion.”

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A CLASS ABOVE THE REST PRANAV Menon (pictured) was instumental once again in Wangaratta Magpies getting the win over City Colts, his 73 run innings unbeaten.

■ See WDCA match reports on page 18.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

Magpies building Wangaratta g are focused on staying y g in the hunt for a senior flagg after two yyears of cancellations AFTER looking like one of the main threats to take out last year’s Ovens and Murray premiership, Wangaratta will be looking to push for a grand final berth this season.

The Magpies have managed to keep the bulk of their core together which will hold them in good stead in 2022.

BY WILLSON MACK wmack@ nemedia.com.au

Ben Reid has been appointed as senior coach and will be hoping to get his career as a mentor off to a flier, while Dean Stone

remains on board as Reid’s right hand man.

“The biggest thing is that we haven’t lost too many players from our core group,” Reid said.

“We’ve added more than we’ve lost so we want to be competing for a flag again.”

The ‘Pies have added former junior Jackson Clark

to the fold who will provide valuable versatility after crossing from West Preston Lakeside in the Northern Football Netball League, while Lakeside teammate Liam McVeigh has also joined and will provide a target off half-forward.

Ben Speight and Josh Porter will undoubtedly

leave a hole, while youngsters Dan Saunders and Fletcher Ramage have also departed Norm Minns Oval.

Reid believes his side’s improvement will come from his younger players.

“I think our younger guys need to keep pushing up for senior selection,” he said.

“We’ve got players like Daine Porter, Michael Newton, Matt Kelly, Matt Grossman and myself who are all on the other side of 30.

“Our 19 to 25 year olds need to push up and command senior spots, that’s where our improvement will come.”

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