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‘Wrong man’ bashed with baseball bats

Dad, son fight jail terms

By Luke Voogt

A North Shore father and son who bashed a man with baseball bats, injuring him for life, have failed to overturn their convictions.

Michael James McKinnin and Harley Michael James McKinnin lost their appeals this week.

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Yacht club’s $40m boost A $40 million facelift of Geelong’s waterfront has edged closer to reality after council this week endorsed plans for a new safe harbour.

Council voted on Tuesday to release $3 million in funding to Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) and allow the planning approval process to begin.

“This is a great result for our whole community,” Mayor Bruce Harwood said.

“It will have a big impact on our local economy and make the area a more appealing place to visit for tourists and our own community.”

The funding will support the $19.1 million stage one of the revamp including a wave attenuator, new marina berths, a sailing school and other improvements. RGYC contributed $3 million for stage one, while state and federal governments provided $7.6 million and $5.5 million respectively.

The club has estimated the cost of the entire project at $40 million.

RGYC conducted two rounds of community consultations on the project. Council said it received 30 submissions on the plan, with most expressing support.

Designers modified the master plan following community feedback and would consider other changes in more detail during the next stage of design, council said.

The implementation of the master plan will require changes to the RGYC’s lease, including a new seabed area for the wave attenuator.

Deputy mayor Peter Murrihy said Geelong Waterfront Safe Harbour Precinct Master Plan would increase access to the area for residents and tourists.

“I want to acknowledge the work of the RGYC members, who have been passionate drivers of this project.”

APPROVED: A concept image of the safe harbour redevelopment.

Locals claim state disability sport awards

By Natalee Kerr A rising basketball star was among three local winners of 2019's Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards.

Leopold’s Mitchell Bond won Junior Sportsperson of the Year last week for his involvement in wheelchair basketball.

Mitchell was aged six months when he contracted rare neurological disorder transverse myelitis, which partially paralysed his legs.

But the setback failed to deter him from enjoying sport, including nine years of wheelchair basketball so far.

The 16-year-old was “honoured” to win the award.

"It’s great to be able to represent the Geelong community and push for disability inclusion,” he said.

Mitchell, a year 10 student at St Ignatius College, began playing basketball aged seven.

“I just love the grit and grind of the sport.

Also, the support I’ve received from my teammates and the network of friends I’ve made has been really great.”

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He also acts an assistant coach to 20 children in junior development programs for wheelchair basketball.

“I just to try to get other kids interested in the sport and show them that they can do it.”

Mitchell's “big dream” was to represent Australian Paralympics at the World Championships, he said.

Grovedale’s Jenny Forssman won the awards' Official of the Year for her work in special gymnastics.

Jenny has spent more than 10 years officiating at local, regional, state and national events.

She also influenced the inclusion of gymnastics for people with disabilities in the sport's Victorian championships for the first time in 2017.

“It was great to get a result and no longer have that separation,” she said.

Athlete, role model and coach Tamika Simpson won the awards' Lifetime Achievement award for her career in gymnastics.

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Marles unopposed, named ALP deputy

By Luke Voogt Geelong MP Richard Marles became Labor’s deputy federal leader following a party caucus yesterday.

The Member for Corio pledged to hold the Morrison Liberal Government to account following its upset election victory earlier this month.

“I recognise many people across our movement are still reeling from the election,” he said.

“As a party, we need to reconnect with those who have traditionally and those who ought to be voting for Labor.

“That role falls on all of us and in the weeks, months and years ahead we will work together to make sure our policy agenda and political approach can deliver that.”

Mr Marles will serve under new opposition leader Anthony Albanese, who ran for the position unopposed.

“Anthony is a living example of the very best of what the Labor Party represents,” he said.

“His personal story, his values, his commitment to fighting for a more equal and prosperous Australia will serve as a beacon for our party.”

CHEERS: Corio MP Richard Marles will serve as deputy to new opposition leader Anthony Albanese.

Mr Marles described the position as a “tremendous honour” and pledged to listen to the party’s base.

“I am grateful to my colleagues for giving me the opportunity to hold such a valued role within our party.”

Mr Marles took the position unopposed due to Labor Party protocols ruling out NSW MPs Tony Burke and Chris Bowen.

Mr Albanese is from Labor’s left faction and his seat is in NSW, meaning the party’s new deputy leader needed to come from its right faction and different state.

Queensland MP Jim Chalmers reportedly considered a leadership tilt but did not nominate for leader or deputy leader.

Victorian MP Clare O’Neil nominated for the deputy role but did not receive enough support to continue her run, clearing the road for Mr Marles.

The 51-year-old former solicitor and union official,defeated sitting member Gavan O’Connor in the preselection for Corio in 2007.

After his election he served as Trade Minister under then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in 2013.

He was Labor’s immigration spokesperson from 2013 to 2016 before becoming defence spokesperson for previous party leader Bill Shorten.

Mr Marles paid tribute to former party leader Bill Shorten and ex-deputy Tanya Plibersek.

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Whale fades Hopes have faded for a whale sighted entangled in rope off Barwon Heads, with emergency services calling off a mission to save the animal.

State officials cited “deteriorating weather conditions” for postponing the rescue attempt on Saturday as gusty winds and 1.5-metre waves whipped the search area surrounding the humpback whale.

Facility fought A foundation that lost a bid for housing 16 mentally ill people at Thomson in 2016 amid public opposition has run into the same obstacle at Highton.

Haven Foundation’s similar-size proposal has alarmed residents, who have expressed safety concerns for households and a school near the proposed Highton site.

Historic sale Belmont’s historic Kardinia House is set for “once-in-a-lifetime transformation” as welfare agency GenU seeks to sell the property, according to its agent.

The house and its residentially-zoned 1.7-hectare riverfront site were “primed for restoration or development”, said Colliers International’s Jonathon Lumsden.

Storages rise The region’s water storages have stopped falling after recording 77mm of rain in the seven days to Tuesday, according to official measurements.

Barwon Water recorded a .3 per cent increase in the storages this week, with the overall capacity level of 33 per cent set to climb higher following further rain on Wednesday and Thursday morning.

Rezoning plan Builders could turn a rural-living zone in central Drysdale into suburban housing after councillors this week agreed to consider rezoning the site.

City Hall said the land between Jetty and Central Rds and Thomas and Wyndham Sts was earmarked for redevelopment “as far back as 1992” given its proximity to urban and public amenities.

Surfers gather Some of Australia’s best Aboriginal surfers have gathered at Bells Beach for an Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles.

Bells was a fitting host of the titles as a “sacred area” for the local Wadawurrung people, said Surfing Australia chief executive officer Adam Robertson.

Borough retained Victoria’s smallest council should remain free of wards, according to a Victorian Electoral Commission report on Borough of Queenscliffe.

The commission also recommended to the Local Government Minister this week that the borough should retain its allocation of five councillors.

Naval workshop About 300 Australian and international “experts” have met in Geelong to workshop ideas for developing Australia’s naval ship-building workforce.

The inaugural Navy, Industry and Academia Training Conference featured “big-idea pitching and presentations” over two days at Deakin University’s Waterfront campus this week, organisers said.

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Cops arrest five teens after Ponds burglary

By Luke Voogt Police have arrested five teenagers following an alleged aggravated burglary at Waurn Ponds.

Two males armed with knives broke into a home on Rene St about 12.10am yesterday and demanded keys to a white Mercedes, police alleged.

Offenders allegedly assaulted an occupant of the home, a 29-year-old man, and stole his vehicle. The victim sustained minor injuries, geelongindy.com.au

police said.

Police spotted the car about 12.30am on Barrabool Rd and the driver failed to stop when officers attempted to intercept it.

Police located the car a short time later after it crashed at the intersection of High St and Barrabool Rd. A number of youths fled the vehicle on foot and police arrested an 18-year-old Bannockburn woman, 16-year-old North Geelong girl and 15-year-old Grovedale girl nearby.

Police charged the North Geelong girl with theft of a motor vehicle and she was bailed to appear at a children’s court at a later date.

Police arrested a 17-year-old boy from Hamlyn Heights and 17-year-old boy from Deer Park later yesterday morning.

The two boys were assisting investigators with their inquiries, police said.

Police urged anyone with information to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at crimestoppersvic.com.au.

Men wanted Two men wanted for recklessly causing injury are on the run somewhere in Geelong, according to police social media.

Police posted images of Bryce Artis and Kur Anok this week, saying they were known to frequent the Anglesea and Highton areas respectively.

WANTED: Police have warrants to arrest Bryce Artis and Kur Anok.

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SPEED MENTORING: Local businesswomen Melissa Ligonis and Richelle Olsen participated in Geelong's first Mentor Walks event.

Mentor Walks ‘on way back’

By Natalee Kerr A Geelong-first “speed-mentoring” event was so successful it will return again this year, according to organisers.

This month’s Mentor Walks delivered “immediate” solutions for businesswomen, said co-founder Bobbi Mahlab.

“Unlike traditional mentorship or coaching we provide a fast and furious approach,” she said.

More than 25 participants enjoued a “rare opportunity” to discuss their individual issues with some of the region’s “finest“ female leaders.

“There are not too many opportunities where you can have a conversation with the CEO of Barwon Water or the Vice Chancellor of Deakin University,” Ms Mahlab said.

She was inspired to bring the program to Geelong as regional areas can “lack the amount of resources that capital cities receive”.

Ms Mahlab confirmed that Mentor Walks would stage a second Geelong event in August.

Ocean Grove’s Richelle Olsen, 40, and Geelong’s Melissa Ligonis, 33, received mentorship from Deakin’s Vice Chancellor Jane de Hollander.

“As a business owner I can feel alone at times. Getting Jane’s advice on how to establish connections and build networks was such a valuable experience,” Ms Olsen said.

Ms Ligonis said she felt “empowered” after the event.

“It was great to be able to draw some knowledge from such a powerful woman in leadership,” Ms Ligonis said.

Mentor and Business in Heels CEO Lisa Sweeney said the event helped to tackle confidence, a common “issue“ businesswomen face.

“Geelong is a really exciting and growing area, but often we see a lot of women losing confidence as they change location or start new jobs,” Ms Sweeney said.

“Sometimes it’s just that reinforcement you need to make sure you are doing the right thing.“

Hendo set to sit in Senate

By Luke Voogt Former Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson has thrown her hand up for a soon-to-be-vacated senate position after narrowly losing her marginal seat.

Ms Henderson on Monday announced her intention to return to Canberra in the upper house of Federal Parliament.

She hopes to replace Victorian senator Mitch Fifield, who will become Australia’s ambassador to the United Nations following an announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

“I announce today my intention to seek Liberal Party endorsement for the senate casual vacancy,” she said.

“If successful, I would seek to base myself in the Geelong region.”

Mr Morrison announced over the weekend he would recommend Senator Fifield to Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove for the position.

Ms Henderson appears likely to replace Senator Fifield but would still need to win Liberal Party preselection for the position.

“I believe I have much to offer the people of Victoria as a Victorian Liberal senator,” she said.

“Regional Victoria, with its diverse industries, agricultural produce and unique environment, is so important to the prosperity of our state.”

Ms Henderson’s decision to base herself in Geelong, if successful, would allow her to oversee about $4 billion in coalition election commitments to the area.

Mr Morrison also announced he would recommend NSW senator Arthur Sinodinos as Australia’s next ambassador to the US, replacing Joe Hockey when his term ends.

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NEW ROLE: Former Corangamite MP Sarah Henderson could become al senator.

The 2019 Federal Election saw the re-election of half the senate.

Senator Sinodinos and Senator Fifield were continuing senators, meaning they did not stand for re-election and that the Liberal Party can choose replacements for them both.

Ms Henderson congratulated her “friend and colleague” Senator Fifield for his service to Victoria, Australia and the Liberal Party.

He will remain in the senate until Federal Government fixes a date for his ambassadorial appointment.

Ms Henderson had held the marginal seat of Corangamite since 2013 before losing it to Labor challenger Libby Coker in the 2019 Federal Election.

Ms Henderson won the seat against Ms Coker by a three per cent margin in 2016.

But a redistribution in 2018 made Corangamite notionally Labor and Ms Henderson conceded the seat to Ms Coker last week.

Ms Coker held a margin of about one per cent with more than 86 per cent of the vote counted on Monday. geelongindy.com.au

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Renaming realises dream

By Natalee Kerr A Geelong reserve with more than 160 years of family history now has an indigenous name, City Hall has announced.

Council had decided to rename Armstrong Creek’s Stewarts Reserve to Dooliebeal as part of National Reconciliation Week, City Hall.

Namesake family member John Stewart said his great-great-grandfather, who was also named John Stewart, bought around 65 hectares of land opposite the four-hectare reserve in the mid-1850s.

Mr Stewart said local indigenous people camped in the adjacent reserve.

“It was the only place they could call camp

Indigenous word 'was preferred' because all the surrounding land was in private hands,” he said.

“The Stewarts spent around 25 years with the last of the Aborigines, and by all accounts they shared a good relationship.”

Dooliebeal,a word of the local Wadawurrung traditional owners, refers to the district’s red gum trees.

The Stewarts first picked up the name when they settled in the area, Mr Stewart said.

“Originally one of the family members suggested that they call the reserve Dooliebeal be-

cause they had quite a bit to do with the early Aborigines who camped there,” he said.

But authorities adopted the Stewarts Reserve name despite the family’s preference for the indigenous term, Mr Stewart said.

“I’m not sure who exactly but someone earlier on decided to name it as that.”

Mr Stewart said discussions around renaming the reserve had been ongoing for around 20 years.

The discussion only became “more serious” in recent times, he said.

Mr Stewart spoke with council about adopting the Dooliebeal name while still recognising the family history.

“The Stewart family, including half a dozen cousins, had no objection at all to it being an Aboriginal name,” he said.

“While we were supportive of the name change, we didn’t want to lose the family name completely as my great-great-grandfather was one of the original pioneers, so it was decided the family name will be retained through a naming of a walkway next to the reserve.

“It provides a good memory of the relationship between my family and the early Aborigines.”

Appeal ‘fails’

DEPARTMENT OF YOUTHS: Geelong Youth Council members Erin Robertson, Josie Horne, Jesse Pappalardo, Carmen MacLeod, Lulu Joske, Logan Chandler, Matty Pisotsky, Elkin Wittenberg, Jaeger Fawcett, Georgia Delaney, Lainey Karlich and Amelia Charleson with, at rear, adult counterparts Sarah Mansfield, Bruce Harwood and Kylie Grzybeck.

Youth council reveals priorities to City Hall Geelong’s first youth council has identified the environment, mental health and homelessness as priorities for their local contemporaries, according to City Hall.

Members of the youth council presented their inaugural annual plan to Geelong councillors this week, outlining four key issues to address this year.

Junior mayor Josie Horne was “excited and optimistic” about the future, especially an in-

augural Geelong youth summit in October.

“The youth council has so far shown itself to be a very positive initiative,” the 15-year-old said.

“We now look forward to implementing the actions set out in our plan for the benefit of all young people in our wonderful community.”

City Hall has made the youth councillors responsible for providing advice to council on a range of issues relevant to young people.

The 12 youth council members, aged 12 to 16, were elected from 49 nominees in February to form the region’s first official “youth voice”.

The representatives will serve a 12-month term, which includes monthly meetings at City Hall and delivering their findings to council quarterly.

The next presentation to council, on 23 July, would focus on community safety and homelessness, City Hall said.

From page 1 Victoria’s Court of Appeal rejected the appeal on Tuesday after the McKinnins’ lawyers questioned the impartiality of jurors during a trial last year. The jurors found the men guilty of causing recklessly causing serious injury in the 2017 attack.

The McKinnins were residing at the father’s North Shore scrap metal business when a group of youths trespassed on the property before fleeing. The McKinnins armed themselves with baseball bats and chased the group in a Holden Astra.

They stopped at a poultry factory where the owner came out to investigate the commotion.

They struck him on the head, body and legs with the bats as he lay on the ground.

The “savage” beating ended only when a factory employee rammed the Astra with her car, County Court judge Geoffrey Chettle found.

The beating left the victim with cheekbone, leg, ankle and rib fractures and a permanent limp, the court heard in a victim statement.

“It’s clear your attack on (the victim) was vicious, unprovoked and planned,” Judge Chettle said.

He later sentenced Harley McKinnin to eight years’ jail with a non-parole period of five and a half years. Michael McKinnin received seven and a half years with a minimum of five.

But the McKinnins’ lawyers this week argued that jurors in the 2018 trial misunderstood their role when they “impermissibly” questioned four witnesses.

They jurors consequentally become investigators” and “compromised” their impartiality, the lawyers argued.

Prior to the trial Judge Chettle instructed jurors to write any questions down, in line with standard protocol. But Court of Appeal justices Richard Niall, Terry Forrest and Mark Weinberg ruled that Judge Chettle should have reminded the jury of the protocol earlier.

They found that the jurors’ questions did not result in a misunderstanding of their role or a miscarriage of justice, and refused leave to appeal.

The justices also rejected three other grounds for appeal relating to a specific witness and the judge’s treatment of self-defence.

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WELCOME PRESENCE: Bus driver Neil Denholm with Victoria Maori Wardens Christina Sevita, Eva Tai-Rakena, Maxene McGregor and Sissy Mita.

Maori elders patrol bus routes in north

By Luke Voogt Maori elders have begun patrolling Corio and North Shore buses in an effort to curb crime and help troubled youths.

Victoria Maori Wardens president Eva TaiRakena joined fellow group members on “high risk” routes 20 and 22 during their first Geelong patrol on Saturday.

“There wasn’t any fare evasion," Ms TaiRakena said.

"People were pretty good. They were moreinterested in who we were and what we were up to.

“We enjoyed engaging with all the people it was awesome.”

The mostly “mature-aged” Maori and Pacific Islander wardens had patrolled buses in Werribee and Sunshine since 2014, Ms TaiRakena said.

Now the group hoped to prevent anti-social behaviour and fare evasion in northern Geelong, she said.

“That’s where most of our south Pacific people are so we’re targeting there. We have wardens that live in Geelong and a couple of them live around Corio.”

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bled youths of Samoan, Tongan, Maori and Cook Islander descent, Ms Tai-Rakena said.

But the volunteers were happy to refer any troubled youths or individuals to homelessness services or other support, she said.

“We talk to them, engage them and they warm to us. We’ll try to help them as much as we can.”

CDC Geelong’s Doug Nyman welcomed the wardens on the company’s local buses.

“We are confident that this will provide positive reinforcements on our bus services in Geelong and help to reduce the incidence of anti-social incidents,” he said.

Security cameras have captured images of a man wanted for questioning over separate tool and fuel thefts, according to police.

Investigators posted the images on social media this week with a call for public help to identify him.

He allegedly stole two nail guns worth around $850 each from a hardware store on Monday.

Police alleged he entered the Wallington Mitre 10 around 11.40am before walking around the store “watching staff”.

He then walked to a display near the front door and selected a box containing two Paslode nail guns, police said.

“The male left through the front doors without making any attempt to pay for the items.”

Police said he then ran to a silver Honda Civic hatch - the same vehicle they believed was involved in a fuel theft at Norlane a month earlier.

Police said cameras captured the man filling up the Honda with $49.66 of unleaded petrol at a Coles Express service station.

He then “got straight back into the vehicle and quickly drove off”, police alleged.

The man was Caucasian, aged in his 30s, and of medium height and build.

Police believed the Honda hatchback was possibly fitted with false or altered number plates.

Police asked anyone with information to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, quoting 190164873 for the nail-gun incident and 190244376 for the alleged fuel theft.

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‘Big boost’ to GPAC seating

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BUDGET TIME: Geelong MP Christine Couzens outside University Hospital Geelong.

ATTACK: Liberal MP Bev McArthur. children to non-government or Catholic schools, she said.

The budget would take Victoria’s debt to “stratospheric heights”, from $22.8 billion to $55 billion in four years, Ms McArthur said.

Ms McArthur accused the Andrews State Government of doubling land taxes and increasing payroll tax by 27 per cent since coming to power.

“Public sector wages have blown out by 42 per cent under this government, but with no discernible beneficial outcomes,” she said.

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A new 500-seat theatre is set to take shape in Geelong following a $128 million 2019/2020 state budget commitment.

The commitment would transform Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC), said chief executive officer Joel McGuiness.

“This is truly an exciting time of rejuvenation in Geelong.”

The amount would also fund a new 250seat courtyard theatre, a black box theatre, an outdoor atrium and upgraded dining and ticketing facilities, Mr McGuiness said.

The Little Malop St redevelopment would begin in 2020, with a scheduled completion date of 2023, following the completion of a current Ryrie St redevelopment.

Mr McGuinness forecast the project to create work for about 600 people during construction and more than 300 ongoing jobs after completion.

The finished product would help attract the best artists from around the world and nurture local talent, he said.

“Geelong requires cultural assets to match the growing and changing needs of the community. I’m thrilled that we now have the opportunity to make this happen.”

More than a decade ago GPAC’s trust identified that the current building was nearing the end of its design life, Mr McGuiness said.

The trust had since worked “tirelessly” to secure government support for a staged redevelopment, he said.

The trust completed the first stage of the redevelopment, a $3 million refurbishment of the Playhouse Theatre, in 2010.

The second stage, a $38.5 million Ryrie St redevelopment, is on-track for completion later this year.

Municipal alliance G21 chief executive officer Elaine Carbines welcomed the commitment but said that the trust had initially costed the final stage at $160 million in its master plan.

The “shortfall“ meant GPAC could have to “compromise“ on “administration and function spaces“, she said.

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“This budget delivers on the commitments we made to the people of Geelong,” Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said.

The budget papers confirmed $100 million to plan fast rail to Geelong and Ballarat, which State Government announced in April.

The budget also includes $2 million for design and pre-procurement on rail upgrades between South Geelong and Waurn Ponds.

The upgrades will include new signalling and the removal of level crossings at Fyans Rd and Surf Coast Hwy. A $340 million commitment will deliver up to 18 new Victorian trains, some of which will ease overcrowding on Geelong services.

The budget would fund a new Armstrong Creek secondary college and upgrades to several Geelong schools, State Government announced.

Government invested $400,000 to plan a $318 million project to duplicate 4km of Barwon Heads Rd and construct a bridge over railway north of Marshall Railway Station.

Hospitality students would benefit from new $23.5 million facilities at The Gordon, Geelong MP Christine Couzens said.

“Whether it’s upgrading The Gordon TAFE or fixing local schools, we’re delivering for Geelong.”

Government reaffirmed health commitments from earlier this year, including $100 million for a Geelong women’s and children’s hospital.

The budget also included $1.5 million for a statutory body to protect Great Ocean Road.

Municipal alliance G21 chief executive officer Elaine Carbines welcomed the commitments but described the absence of state funding for council’s proposed Northern ARC as “extremely disappointing”.

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Dutiful group in milestone

By Luke Voogt Laws barring women from sitting on juries seem almost inconceivable today.

But in 1966 Noele Cook’s mother Elsie Dabb was one of many Geelong women who fought for that right.

“You could vote but no women sat on juries,” the Newtown great-grandmother explained.

“When a woman was charged with something, what did she get? She got a whole of lot of men sitting there judging her.“ Elsie was a member of National Council of Women Victoria’s Geelong branch, which celebrates its 75th anniversary next month.

The branch campaigned successfully alongside comrades state-wide for women to serve on juries.

“There was no reason women weren’t capable or intelligent enough to make these decisions,” Noele said.

Legislators trialled the changes in Geelong and in 1967 local women joined juries for the first time, she said.

“Geelong has been used in many experiments and that was one time.“ Noele joined her mother at the Geelong branch soon after and has been part of the group, on and off, for half a century.

But her family’s involvement in women’s rights goes back to Federation in 1901.

Her great-grandmother petitioned alongside hundreds of thousands of women for the right to vote, which Victorian Government granted in 1908.

Noele, 86, will join more than 100 women celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Geelong branch at its annual luncheon, including current president Janice Latham.

“Noele’s treated like the grand duchess, which she is,” Janice said.

PARTY TIME: Noele Cook, Janice Latham and Marita Fitzpatrick prepare for next month’s 75th anniversary. 194015 Picture: LOUISA JONES

“She’s a lovely person and full of history.”

Geelong mayoress Bessie Wallace helped found the branch during the war effort in 1944, as women took up labour roles traditionally the domain of men. The branch campaigned for legislative changes to improve the status of women, most notably jury duty.

In 1966 branch members organised a campaign meeting and were initially “very despondent” thinking only 15 women would show, Janice said.

“They turned out at town hall and could not believe what happened - they had 300 women there!”

More recently the group has campaigned on behalf of children in kinship care and victims of family violence, while assisting local refugee students to learn English.

“They’re wonderful women,” Janice said.

“They’re of good spirit and they encompass all sorts of religions and political affiliations.”

The branch has raised money for a planned women’s drug rehabilitation centre and proceeds from next month’s luncheon will support North Geelong Secondary College students.

“We already have three bursaries for $250 each,” Janice said.

Barwon Heads CFA captain and renal practice manager Helen Wood will be keynote speaker of the luncheon at Geelong Regional Library and Heritage Centre on 17 June.

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Local team seeking wood breakthrough A Geelong-based team has begun an investigation that could reveal the full potential of cross-laminated timber (CLT).

Deakin University associate professor Mahmud Ashraf will lead the team assessing more 3.6 tonnes of the construction material.

Assoc Prof Ashraf said the researchers would also explore various approaches to connecting the large format panels for achieving robust and efficient structural solutions.

“We want to improve our understanding of the load-bearing capacity of this new type of CLT to ensure it is used in the broadest range of applications in the most efficient way.”

The investigation could reveal the full potential of the innovative and environmentallyfriendly material, Assoc Prof Ashraf said.

The results would increase the understanding of how CLT panels work together as a system and provide information to improve construction methods, he said.

The team will test the strength limits of Australian CLT at Deakin’s school of engineering at its Waurn Ponds campus.

CLT is mass-engineered timber consisting of layers laminated together in opposing directions.

The material’s high strength-to-weight ratio meant builders could use it in long spans allowing for a simplified building structure, Assoc Prof Ashraf explained.

The ability to supply prefabricated panels also added potential for cost savings and eliminating scaffolding in the building process, he said.

While the material has been in use in Eu-

GOOD WOOD: XLam Australia's Dr Paul Kremer and Deakin University associate professor Mahmud Ashraf with samples of cross-laminated timber for a new research project. rope for several decades, Australian-made CLT is a relatively new product.

Because of different timber species used in production worldwide, researchers needed to verify the relative performance of Australianmade CLT, Assoc Prof Ashraf said.

Unlike Europe, Australian manufactures made CLT using different grades of timber lamellas, he said.

XLam Australia supplied Deakin with 3.6 tons of mass CLT panels as part of a recentlyformed collaboration.

The panels vary in thickness from 105mm to 145mm, the most commonly used in mass timber construction.

XLam’s Paul Kremer said the research work at Deakin will help the industry continue to push the boundaries of what is possible.

“Supporting the work of the Deakin research team will drive innovation which we believe is a worthwhile investment,” Dr Kremer said.

“We plan to continue our work with Deakin to support further research efforts.”

Local reports reveal burner Community tip-offs have helped expose illegal burning of industrial waste in South Geelong, the Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has revealed.

Gravel Pits Construction must pay a fine of $8060 for operating an air-curtain burner (ACB) without EPA approval, the authority said.

Reports of “smoke and the smell of burning plastic” led to EPA officers discovering the incinerator on the company’s Gravel Pits Rd site in March. The high-volume incinerator had been burning “steel and construction waste”, the EPA said.

EPA southwest regional manager Carolyn Francis confirmed that Gravel Pits Construction did not have a licence or approval for the ACB. “The company were using water to cool the remaining material in the incinerator which generated large steam clouds, in addition to the smoke and smell,” she said.

“The regulations are important because they ensure conditions, such as minimum distances from residential properties, fire controls, and acceptable operating hours, are in place to protect public and environmental health.

“Incinerators may seem like a good way to manage waste but not understanding the regulations can be costly. Purchasers need to do their research before using such equipment and consider whether other forms of waste management, such as recycling, may be better for their wallet and the environment.”

Gravel Pits Construction was now seeking EPA works approval to operate the incinderator, Ms Francis said.

She praised residents' “vigilance”.

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Tourism plan ‘snubs history’

By Natalee Kerr A new tourism plan “lacks” ideas to preserve Geelong’s history, according to the city’s council watchdog.

Council’s three-year tourism plan was “vital” but needed “more emphasis” on local history, said Ratepayers Geelong president Jim Collins.

Council adopted the three-year plan earlier this month, identifying 40 projects to maximise “the visitor economy”. New five-star hotels, an Eastern Beach spa complex and an Avalon Airport rail link were the plan’s “priority” projects.

“Many of the projects are wonderful in themselves but they have to stand up to the light of day,” Mr Collins said.

“Preserving our old buildings and developing the waterfront are the kind of things that

are important because they hold the history of our great city.”

A council report on the Greater Geelong and the Bellarine Tourism Development Plan forecast visitation to climb from 5.8 million to 7.5 million annually by 2027, requiring an extra 1560 extra guest rooms.

Tourism was generating $2.2 billion in economic value and supporting almost 11,300 jobs across greater Geelong, the report said.

Mayor Bruce Harwood said the report identified “outstanding opportunities” to build on Geelong’s “strong visitation.”

“Tourism has been identified as one of the five sectors that can secure greater Geelong’s financial future,” he said.

“Council will continue to advocate very strongly to state and federal governments for the investment we need in tourism infrastructure.”

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Police have arrested four alleged offenders following a high-speed pursuit at Geelong West and a series of violent burglaries across Melbourne.

Southern Metro Crime Team detectives arrested 18-year-old Shepparton man Ali Sari at Kingsbury about 9.45pm on Wednesday.

They also arrested a 16-year-old boy from Broadmeadows and a 20-year-old Beveridge man.

Police arrested a 17-year-old boy at Corio Central Shopping Centre about 11am on Tuesday. All four remained in custody, police said.

Officers recovered a BMW X5 allegedly stolen during an aggravated burglary in Melbourne’s north that morning.

Police spotted the BMW on Latrobe Tce, Geelong West, about 4.50am on Tuesday morning.

Officers initiated a short pursuit before terminating it due to excessive speed, police said.

Police believed the offenders stole the BMW in an aggravated burglary at Mernda about 4am on Tuesday.

Armed with edged weapons and metal poles, they gained entry into an Avoca Avenue residence before threatening the occupants and stealing various items, police alleged.

A 41-year-old man sustained minor injuries to his face, while a 40-year-old woman and two children were physically unharmed.

Police had earlier spotted the BMW on Princes Fwy in convoy with an allegedly-stolen Mercedes.

Police believed the offenders stole the Mer-

cedes at Derrimut about 12.10am on Monday morning, before dumping it on Lunan Avenue, Drumcondra, on Tuesday morning.

The theft occurred during an aggravated burglary where four masked men armed with knives broke into a house on Ivy Close, Derrimut, police said.

Offenders assaulted a 65-year-old man who sustained a minor laceration during the incident, police alleged.

A 58-year-old woman, 91-year-old man and 64-year-old woman also home at the time were physically unharmed, police said.

The offenders stole a grey Mercedes sedan and Honda HR-V. Police believe the aggravated burglaries were linked to three further violent incidents across Melbourne on Sunday night.

Four males, one armed with a knife, broke into a Bentley East house about 8.40pm, assaulting the two occupants, ransacking the home and stealing a BMW, police said.

The offenders crashed the car on Westgate Fwy before attempting to carjack a motorist, who escaped along with his passenger, police said.

The group later threatened a woman with a knife as she was about to put her child in her car at Port Melbourne, police alleged.

They stole her Hyundai before dumping it at Derrimut prior to the aggravated burglary there, police said.

Police were still hunting two other offenders and a stolen black Honda HRV station wagon registration 1EY 3DI yesterday.

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LETTERS Kerfuffle on the coast Councillor Heather Wellington’s kerfuffle with Surf Coast Shire (Geelong Indy, 24 May) needs further mention.

It seems that charges, probably under the Local Government Act’s Section 76d Misuse of Position clause were unsuccessful and somewhat misguided.

The section is meant, and should have been used for, alleged wrongdoings like involved in City of Greater Geelong’s bullying saga. Cr Wellington was simply trying to represent her ward constituents.

That a simple FoI could possibly lead to criminal charges is bizarre because, for one thing, such charges would mean that Cr Wellington was less equal under the law than the rest of the community because no one else would be subject to such a charge if they made an FoI, so why her?

Are we are all equal under the law or not?

The tribunal Cr Wellington faced was essentially a private court dealing with what should be a public matter because what she did was in the express public interest.

Gary Oraniuk Geelong West

They know best for Belmont As a Geelong pedestrian I am heartily sick of Belmont traders whining about the loss of street parking (Geelong Indy, 10 May).

The council, for all its many flaws, is the appropriate body to make decisions in relation to bike lanes and such.

Society is moving on from subsidising inefficient single-occupant motor vehicles while they spew fumes into the air and generally make life unpleasant for all around.

If the council made this decision today or in two years’ time someone would always complain about change.

We all need to take a look at the big picture and do what's best for most people. We need to stop being so self-centred.

I hope the property owners and traders take advantage of the opportunity being offered here.

I'll respect their decision if they don't.

I'd like the same courtesy in return.

Kevin V Russell Geelong

Marginal interest in Coker Let me wish defeated Liberal Member for Corangamite Sarah Henderson all the best for the future.

Hopefully she will soon find productive employment.

It takes great commitment to stand for Corangamite because it is one of the most marginal in the country.

I will watch with interest to see what new Labor member Libby Coker can do for the electorate over the next three years.

Michael J Gamble Belmont

Wrong track to right idea With six million and rising commuters using rail to Southern Cross Railway Station annually and mainly for work, fast rail for this time-poor cohort is required sooner rather than later.

Besides, potential workforce productivity gains would far outweigh costs.

A current 50 year timeframe for completion, given international benchmark standards, is ludicrous.

The Andrew's Government, while doing an excellent job upgrading 29 level crossings and working on the metro loop, has now budgeted $100 million for fast-rail planning and design.

Why waste taxpayer dollars on consultancies and ill-founded vision statements terminating in Sunshine?

Isn't elevated, straight dual-line infrastructure required as much as possible?

Shouldn’t international design and construction expertise be sought and commissioned for a common sense reappraisal and a significantly shorter build time?

Why couldn't the Morrison Government's seeding $2 billion also have the not-required $4 billion for East West Link added to realistic state funding to kick-start what should be a big-ticket benefit for the state's largest provincial city and its work-dependent commuter base?

The template and technologies for proven safe fast rail expertise and prompt construction timeframes and benefits are easy to locate.

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The Siemens-Thyssen Krupp German jointventure Shanghai maglev train and the Chinese-design Shanghai-Beijing conventional bullet train are examples of where there's a will there's a way, with ample construction jobs to be shared both on and offshore.

Richard Worland Manifold Heights

Charge up cops with TASERs On March 22 I raised an adjournment matter in the Victorian Government’s Legislative Council Chamber regarding an immediate roll out of TASERs to all frontline Victoria Police members.

The response I received from the government’s Lisa Neville MP was: “We will continue to take advice from the Chief Commissioner about the resources and specialist equipment needed to support frontline police.”

The rollout of TASERs to all frontline police members has the full support of the Victorian Police Association, and the Chief Commissioner has often indicated the need for all our officers to be fully resourced.

Recent instances of crime in and around Geelong and the CBD mall only further prove the need for all frontline officers to be resourced with non-lethal weapons.

As a previous Victoria Police member who has been trained in the use of TASERs as an alternative non-lethal tactical option, I feel that TASERs are a necessary component for all frontline police members if we are serious about protecting the welfare and the safety of our local communities.

Stuart Grimley MP Member for Western Victoria

Models of accuracy Two letters in last week's Geelong Indy stated that none of the predictions from climate change models come about.

What rubbish. Many outcomes of the theory are playing out now and are in the news constantly, from the increased number of extreme weather events through to sea level rises.

Because they are predictions of the future we can't expect exact numbers. But we can see the forecasts and trends coming about daily if we pay attention.

The same ideas were suggested decades ago and have proven remarkably accurate. As new techniques, more information and computer processing become available the models are tuned and are constantly getting closer to reality.

Since I know it will be mentioned, no scientist ever predicted global cooling. That was an invention of the media in the 70s and 80s as increased cloud cover, which has happened, was included in the modelling.

Compare this to economic models that are rarely accurate about even the direction of change over as short a time as months. For instance, last year's interest rate predictions were exactly opposite of what actually happened yet governments and financial institutes use these models to spend and invest billions of dollars.

However, I do note latest economic predictions saying that acting on climate change would significantly improve jobs and growth in Australia. Should we believe this outcome?

How reliable are the models?

Peter Mitchell Geelong

Transition to nuclear Phil Baulch worries that fossil fuels will eventually run out (Letters, 24 May).

We both agree they will, although he is premature in saying Australian oil production “peaked in 2000". Falling production is more likely the result of states like Victoria restricting exploration for oil and gas.

Worldwide, long-promised 'peak-oil' is still in the future and we should now be preparing for the best-available alternatives to replace all fossil fuels.

But Mr Baulch's “transition” is now, not then. It's the transition from efficient, reliable, affordable coal, which the Victorian Government wishes to keep in the ground, to wind and solar, which are unreliable, intermittent, expensive, subsidised and mandated, and which have to be propped up by dwindling coal generators and gas plants.

The result is constant risk of supply failure, according to the Australian Energy Market Commission, and the more renewables are used the greater the risk and cost.

The cost of Australia's “transition” to renewables is exceeded only by that of Germany and Denmark.

Germany is opening a new coal mine to support its wind generators. The annual installation rates for wind and solar in Europe have halved since 2010, and there has been a string of insolvencies and bankruptcies among installers as the bottom has fallen out of the market.

Mr Baulch should look to a more-sustainable future in which smaller, cheaper, safer versions of the nuclear option are in the pipeline.

And they don't emit carbon dioxide, the plant food that so terrifies climate cultists.

Tim Saclier Leopold

Fake then, fake now The following are from newspaper articles.

Washington Post, 1922: “The Arctic is warming up, icebergs are growing scarce and seals are finding the waters too hot. Reports point to a radical change in climatic conditions in the Arctic”.

Harrisburg Courier, 1939: “All the glaciers in Greenland are rapidly melting. It may be without exaggeration that the glaciers face the possibility of catastrophic collapse”.

The Melbourne Age in 1947 discussed Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland warming, saying that “at the same rate as they are presently melting, oceans would rise to catastrophic proportions”.

New York Times, 1958: “Some scientists estimate that the polar icepack is 40 per cent thinner than it was 50 years ago”.

Then it all changed from warming to cooling.

New York Times, 1961: “An assembly of specialists seems to have reached unanimous agreement that it is getting colder”.

New York Times, 1970: “The US and Russia are mounting large-scale investigations to determine why the Arctic is becoming more frigid”.

Washington Post, 1971: “The world could be as little as 50 years away from a disastrous new ice age, a scientist from NASA predicts”.

Des Moines Register, 1974: “Global cooling may be the cause of the devastating African drought, now in its sixth year”.

In the 1970s virtually every scientific organisation on the planet agreed that global cooling was a serious problem but in the 1980s it all changed back to global warming.

When will we ever learn?

Peter Rees Bell Park

Think of the children Australian Parents for Climate Action (APCA) urged voters to vote on behalf of their children and grandchildren at this month’s federal election.

APCA believes that the planet is facing a climate emergency, so considering children’s future should be front and centre of voters’ minds. Children don’t remain children for long and will be able to make their own assessments soon enough.

I’m curious about what climate emergency is confronting us today. An emergency usually is defined as an immediate visible threat requiring an immediate response to avoid a negative outcome but this morning the Sun was up and it was an uneventful morning without any climate emergency visible.

Why is there a panic over floods, bushfires and floods et cetera? These events have nothing to do with atmospheric levels of CO2, as England’s Royal Society agrees.

Even NASA admits that higher CO2 levels have led to a greening of the planet and greater crop yields. Records show that severe droughts and flooding have decreased in the past two decades.

Humanity is not facing an impending climate catastrophe, so why the panic?

The serious threat to our children’s future is not anthropogenic carbon emissions but the peddling of misinformation about climate change.

The obsession with “saving the planet” is undermining a prosperous future for our nation and children by sending thousands of Aussie jobs offshore and driving up the cost of living, all for no gain whatsoever to the planet.

Alan Barron Geelong Climate Sense Coalition convenor

Email: editorial@geelongindependent.com.au 78 Moorabool St, Geelong, 3220 Fax: 5249 6799

Back-up on risk of chaos A readers’ debate in the Geelong Indy is exploring the hopes and potential of renewable power against its failure to cope, in quality or quantity, under the pressure of ever-expanding demands.

However, the fact remains that our coal and gas will still be preserved in the ground, and therefore able to be refined in the future if safer, cleaner processing methods are developed.

This could provide a back-up source of power should the renewable system require a boost at times of high usage or other unforeseen emergencies.

Surely a combined solution would be moreacceptable than complete chaos in times of dire need.

Melva Stott Anglesea

Mental help available On behalf of not-for-profit Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia, I urge readers who may have issues with mental health to reach out and get the help that is out there.

Around 230,000 Australians have schizophrenia. Together with their families, a million Australians are affected by schizophrenia.

Psychosis costs our society over $4 billion annually.

The reality is people with schizophrenia can and do recover.

It’s a myth to believe that people with schizophrenia are violent. They are no more likely to be violent than anybody else.

Readers should be aware that if someone is experiencing changes in mood or rapid mood changes, unusual behaviour or they are withdrawing and isolating themselves from others it might be an early warning of poor mental health.

It is shameful that the average life expectancy of people with schizophrenia in Australia is just 54.

Research shows that fewer than 50 per cent of schizophrenics get clinical or recovery assistance. Our message is to reach out.

Readers can call our free phone number on 1800 985 944 or go to minetworks.org.au for help accessing local services.

The Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia passionately believes we need to talk about mental health more and offer more support to people affected.

Tony Stevenson, Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia chief executive officer

Talk truth on reconciliation National Reconciliation Week from 27 May to 3 June gives Australians a chance to raise awareness and have an open discussion of issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This theme of this year’s week is Grounded in Truth: Walk Together with Courage.

Reconciliation is ultimately about building effective relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians. In order to do this we must have an open conversation about our history that is grounded in truth.

It is important to engage with Aboriginal history and culture and the only way we heal is to acknowledge the truth of our past.

Teaching our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people about their culture and history is so important for building connections to their communities and families.

We don’t shy away from our history. Rather, we believe that there is courage in truth and that we’re all walking this journey together.

I encourage all Australians to continuously learn about our country’s cultural history and to be culturally aware.

Youth Off The Streets’ services encourage young people to attend cultural events, participate in programs and learn about the world’s oldest culture. As part of our dedication to reconciliation, we have created a reconciliation action plan to ensure all our staff are culturally aware and formally trained in cultural competencies and will actively embrace the principals and practices of reconciliation.

This Reconciliation Week we must be grounded in truth and walk together with courage.

Father Chris Riley Youth Off The Streets chief executive officer geelongindy.com.au

FINALLY FRIDAY

Music legend’s on his way

By Luke Voogt Hang on, Geelong, Glenn Shorrock is on his way!

The original Little River Band lead singer will pass the town that inspired the name when he returns to Sphinx Hotel on 22 June.

“I’ve been coming down to Geelong for many, many years,” the rock legend said.

“I’m looking forward to returning.”

Shorrock had been on his way to a gig at the Sphinx, then the Golf View Hotel, in 1975 when he coined the name from the back of the band’s truck.

“We had just formed and on the way down we passed the Little River exit,” he said.

“I said, ’that sounds like a song.’ Had we gone further down the road we could have been called ‘wrong way - go back’ (or) Men at Work.“ At the time they had been going by Mississippi, the name of guitarist Graeham Goble’s previous band.

“I thought, ‘Why the hell should an Australian band have an American name?’” Shorrock said.

The name Little River Band was recognisable and “egalitarian”, he added.

“There’s a Little River anywhere in the world right?”

Shorrock fondly remembered filming a music video clip at Little River station in the ’70s, when a local school band challenged the authenticity of their name.

“Lo and behold we could see 30 or 40 little kids coming towards us with signs saying ‘we are the original Little River Band’,” he laughed.

The band had huge success in the US with songs like Help is on its Way. “They were good songs, the Americans

REMINISCING: Original Little River Band lead singer Glenn Shorrock returns to where it all began when he sings at Sphinx Hotel on 22 June.

loved them and bought a lot of records, as they were then,” Shorrock said.

“They’re my kids, as it were. The music is the reason I’m still around.”

But the origins of the band’s name often got lost among fans despite Shorrock explaining it in “hundreds” of interviews.

“Especially in America, where it became LRB,” he said.

Shorrock will also play hits from earlier bands The Twilights and Axiom, including

Little Ray of Sunshine, when he returns to the Sphinx.

“I touch on the very early stuff,” he said.

“Most of the show is Little River material and there’s always a Beatles song in there somewhere.”

Shorrock described himself as lucky to have such a large body of hits.

“Thankfully most of my songs - 80 per cent - are well-known,” he said.

“The most common complaint is ‘you

didn’t play that song or you didn’t play my favourite.’ I say, ’I did on the last show, you just missed it’.”

The 74-year-old liked his voice better now than during Little River Band’s heyday, he said.

“I can’t really listen to myself as a young man. Most people say my voice hasn’t changed but I can tell the difference - it’s stronger and more relaxed now.

“I’m just amazed at how strong my voice has become and that it has lasted this long.”

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Poet ‘revived’

GIANT BOT: A stage show with a "difference" will head to Geelong next month.

Singing robot stars

By Natalee Kerr

aimed at children aged eight to 12 and their families.

The show provided an opportunity to "celebrate and discuss experiences of difference", they said.

Geelong Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) chief executive officer Joel McGuinness described Robot Song as following a "deeply personal yet relatable story".

“It is for any child who has ever felt isolated or pushed to the margins and any parent desperate for tools to help,” he said.

Robot Song will play GPAC on 11 June.

POETIC STORY: Colin Mockett and Shirley Power.

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A giant singing robot will come to life in a “different” stage show next month in Geelong.

Robot Song explores the tale about an 11-year-old girl, named Juniper, who is a victim of bullying.

She receives a petition signed by her class that labels her ‘the most-hated person in the school’.

Her life goes into complete meltdown. She stops eating, she refuses to return to school and her parents are running out of options.

After exhausting all other avenues they turn to the only thing they have left, a giant singing robot.

The production explores how creativity combined with unconditional love can turn into an unstoppable force.

"Juniper discovers how the power of creativity can open doors into places she never knew existed," the promoters said.

"For the first time she feels what it is like to be defined by her own terms."

The promoters sadi the production was

Australian poetry great CJ Dennis will come back to life at Drysdale next month in the guise of Geelong theatre stalwart Colin Mockett.

Mockett and wife Shirley Power will retell story of Dennis in The Star that Burned Too Bright at the Potato Shed from 10.30am on Tuesday.

At the turn of the 20th Century Dennis was one of the best-known Australian poets, collaborating with fellow literary legends Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson. His verse books The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke and The Moods of Ginger Mick sold thousands of copies and became part of Australian vernacular.

The former outsold by 10 times the combined entire output of the next two best-sellers, Lawson and Paterson, Mockett said.

“CJ Dennis was by far the best-selling Australian poet of all time.

“Despite this huge popularity, (he) suffered the unusual experience of seeing his works become out-dated and old-fashioned within his own lifetime - and then resurrected in almost surreal forms, in films, musicals and even as a ballet.”

His fortunes seesawed from being penniless to earning untold wealth and fame, only for him to declare bankruptcy within a decade.

“What a life. CJ Dennis, in his 61 years, experienced the extremes of Australian society,” Mockett said.

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Echo of 1980s at Gateway

By Luke Voogt Pseudo Echo lead singer Brian Canham still jumps around the stage a “hell of a lot” at 56, much to his doctor’s dismay.

“He watched a few of our Facebook clips and said ‘I know what you get up to, you’ll have to tone it down a bit’,” he told the Indy.

“I kick my legs around and get a bit excited.

I jump around and do a few spins.”

Canham promised the same spontaneity and fun when Pseudo Echo brings the Funky Town to G-town in their return to Gateway Hotel on 15 June.

“It’s a bit overdue,” he said.

The new wave band released their world famous cover of Funky Town in 1986 and it spent weeks on top of the Australian charts.

Canham and a friend were going through old vinyls when he decided to make the cover of the 1979 disco classic.

“It was really just something that was a bit of a filler at the time,” he said.

“I started jamming on it and mucking around with the idea of it.”

But when Pseudo Echo played their version live during an encore, Canham knew it was something more.

“It went over really well,” he said.

“I was pretty headstrong when I was young and I said ’I’m doing this’.”

His record company was reluctant to make a cover of “disco music” and sent an older producer as a “babysitter” for the recording session, Canham said.

“I went to town on it and just did all the things I imagined in my head. He was rapt, he just sat back and watched.”

Pseudo Echo regularly mixed other covers into their sets, Canham said.

JUMP AROUND: Brian Canham, second on left, returns to Gateway Hotel with his new Pseudo Echo line-up.

“We like to have some spontaneous bits that we do live. I probably won’t say them to you because I want to keep them a surprise.”

But Canham hinted the band might play its take on Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits.

“I loved the original when I was a kid but I didn’t want to compete with it,” he said.

“It was important for me to put our stamp

on it rather than just do a karaoke or straight cover.”

He looked forward to returning to Geelong and playing the syth-pop repertoire Pseudo Echo pioneered 30 years ago.

“Back in the ’80s Geelong was amazing for Pseudo Echo,” he said.

“When we went down there we had this real

cult following.”

Canham is the sole original member of Pseudo Echo on the band’s latest tour.

“The guys I have in the band now are younger,” he said.

“The audience will appreciate that when they see that the band enjoys playing and making music together.”

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR WOMEN - National Council of Women’s Geelong branch 75th annual luncheon midday 17 June at Geelong Regional Library and Heritage Centre. Tickets $65. Enquiries 0400 983 037.

MENTOR - Raise Foundation seeks volunteers to mentor local young people in school and for young mums program at Grovedale and Geelong West. Details raise.org. au/volunteer.

WRITERS - Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House Rip Writers Group seeks members. Meets 12.30-3pm second Tuesday monthly at Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House. Includes barbecue lunch. Enquiries 5258 3367, dmain6@ bigpond.com.

BREASTSCREEN - Free appointments for 10-minute screening available, BreastScreen, 78 Gheringhap St, Geelong. Bookings 132 050 breastscreen.org.au.

AA - Alcoholics Anonymous invites enquiries about its service and support on 5229 1710.

U3A - Surf Coast U3A runs 15 weekly classes and occasional talks. Enquiries 0419 578 598.

WEDNESDAY ART - U3A recreational drawing and painting 1-3.30pm at Drysdale Tennis Club. New members welcome. Enquiries u3ageelong.org.au, 0421 559 592.

BALLROOM - Dancer’s Club Geelong ballroom dance including old-time, new vogue and Latin 7.30-10.30pm at Leopold Public Hall, Queenscliff Rd. Cost $6. Enquiries 5250 1937, 5278 7720.

ALCOHOLICS - Alcoholics for Christ 12-step program 7.30pm at South Barwon Salvation Army, 176-180 Francis St, Belmont. Enquiries 0420 910 763.

YOGA - Free Sahaja yoga meditation lessons 7-8pm at Vines Road Community Centre. Enquiries 0430 536 280, sajajayoga.com.au.

THURSDAY

SATURDAY FESTIVAL - Love Aireys in Winter Festival begins with 60plus events including art exhibitions, local gin tastings, markets, book launches, wellness retreats, trivia nights, mini golf and tennis tournament. Ends 30 August. Further details aireysinlet.org.au.

CANARY - Canary Club Annual Show at Geelong Showgrounds Lifestyle Pavilion. Visitors welcome. Enquiries phone 52761416.

STAMPS - Geelong Philatelic Society meets 7pm at Virginia Todd Community Hall, 9-15 Clarence St, Geelong West. New members welcome. Enquiries 0419 620 976.

MEETING - Geelong branch of the Public Transport Users Association meets 10.30am in Mary McKillop Room, St Marys Church parish office, cnr Yarra and Little Myers Sts, Geelong. Enquiries 0413 075 439.

DANCE - Ballroom dancing 8-11.30pm at Leopold Hall, 805-809 Bellarine Hwy Leopold. Cost $10 includes supper. Enquiries 0400500402.

BALLROOM - Geelong Ballroom Dance Club dances to Zac 8pm at The Ballroom, 1 Carey St, Hamlyn Heights.

Entry $10. Bring a plate. Enquiries 0413 574 051.

SUNDAY BEADERS - Beaders Guild of Geelong meets 10am-3pm at Senior Citizens Centre, 89 Autumn St, Geelong West.

INDIGENOUS - Reconciliation in the Park 10am-3pm at Johnstone Park, Geelong. Dancers, didgeridoo workshop, craft-making, local performers, kids activities, free barbecue. Details geelongonefire.org.au.

DISCUSSION - Group discussion entitled Prayer - Whats the point? 3.30pm at South Barwon Community Centre, 33 Mt Pleasant Rd, Belmont. Enquiries 0419 363 156.

EVENT FLAGGED: Geelong's One Fire group hosts Reconciliation in the Park this Sunday.

BAPTIST - Anglesea Baptist Church 10.45am at Murch Cres, Anglesea. Enquiries 5263 2744.

RAIL - Miniature railway 11am-4pm at Portarlington Bayside Family Park, Pt Richards Rd, Portarlington. Enquires 0476 124 598.

MONDAY SUPPORT - Geelong Stroke Support Group meets 1.30pm at Barwon Stroke Support Centre, 22 Richmond Cres, Geelong. Enquiries 52483045.

PROBUS - Combined Probus Club of Belmont meets 9.30am at Belmont Masonic Centre, 25 Regent St, Belmont. Enquiries 52434042.

SPEAKING - Rostrum public speaking club meets 6.45pm at St George Workers Club, 212 Pakington St, Geelong West. Enquiries 0408 369 446, 0418 691 709.

ART - South Barwon Community Centre Art group meets 1-3pm at South Barwon Community Centre. Cost $2. Enquiries 5243 8388.

BOWLS - Indoor carpet bowls 12.30-3pm at Portarlington.

Cost $4. Enquiries 0431 789 048.

LOUNGE - Village Listening Lounge open 11am-3pm on first floor, Corio Central, Bacchus Marsh Rd, Corio. Also Tuesday-Thursday. Enquiries 5275 5807.

SENIORS - Line dancing 9am-midday at Highton Senior

Citizens Club, 84 Barrabool Rd. Also Tuesday, Friday. Carpet bowls 1.15pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday. Tai chi 9.30-10am, bingo 1.15pm Friday. Enquiries 5244 2258

TUESDAY SINGLES - Bookings close for Christian singles long weekend away at Halls Gap. Enquiries 0418 672 570, clubsolo.org.au.

SUPPORT - Geelong ME/CFS/FM/Lyme Support Group meets. Carers and family welcome. Enquiries 0438 010 990, geelonggroupcfsme@hotmail.com.

SQUARE - Geelong Club Dancers square dance class for children and parents 6.30-8pm for $5, mainstream dancers 8-10.30pm for $12, at 33 Myers St, Geelong. Enquiries 0435 091 277.

DANCE - Scottish Country Dancing 7.30-10pm at Leopold Hall. Cost $5 includes supper. Enquiries 5250 5540.

MUSIC - Mainly Music program for carers and babies, preschoolers 10-11am at St Albans Uniting Church, 276282 Wilsons Rd, St Albans Park. Cost $2.50 per family.

Enquiries 0447 646 364 or 0417 252 832.

COMMUNITY - Vines Road Community Kitchen 9.30am12.30pm at Vines Road Community Centre, 49 Vines Road, Hamlyn Heights. Enquiries 5277 9027, communitykitchens.org.au.

DANCE - West Coast Seekers Club dances to Brian Rush 8-11pm at The Ballroom, 1 Carey St, Hamlyn Heights. Entry $5. Enquiries 5843 8603.

CHESS - Geelong Chess Club meets 7pm at 33 Myers St, Geelong. Enquiries geelongchess.com.

DANCING - Life Activities Club dance 2.30-4.30pm at Belmont Pavilion, Barrabool Rd, Belmont. Entry $5. Enquiries 5251 3529.

ELECTRONICS - Geelong Radio and Electronics Society meets 8pm at rear of Belmont Community Youth Centre, 237a High St, Belmont. Enquiries 5243 2737.

BOWLING - Mature league 10-pin bowling 1.00pm at Belmont. Enquiries 5221 0826 or 5229 4987.

PLANT - Plant sale 10am-3pm at The Heights, 140 Aphrasia St, Newtown. Proceeds to Heights gardens.

HELP - GROW meets to help depressed, lonely, isolated, anxious 7pm at 248 Latrobe Tce, Newtown. Also Friday 12.30pm at Vines Rd Community Centre, Hamlyn Heights.

Enquiries 1800 558 268.

PHILOSOPHY - Philosophy for Daily Living 2-4.30pm at Italo’s Pizza Café, Gilbert St, Torquay. Enquiries 5264 7484.

FRIDAY TAI - Tai chi for beginners 9-10am at St Davids UCA, cnr Talbot & Aphrasia Sts, Newtown. $10 per class. Extra class on second, fourth Fridays of month 10.05-11.05am. Enquiries 0409 662 106.

BOCCIA - Geelong Boccia Club meets 10am-midday at Geelong Basketball and Netball Centre, 1 Crown St, South Geelong. All ages and abilities. Cost $5. Enquiries bocciageelong@gmail.com.

MUSIC - Bellarine Country Music Group meets 6pm at the Belmont Pavilion, 162 Barrabool Rd, Belmont. Enquiries bellarinecountrymusicgroup.com.

COMMUNITY - Lara Community Drop In Centre 6-8pm at Lara Uniting Church, 1 Flinders Ave.

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FINALLY FRIDAY TRIBUTE: TJ Cappola as his hero, King of Pop Michael Jackson.

TJ to star as ‘King of Pop’

By Natalee Kerr

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A renowned Michael Jackson impersonator will moonwalk his way into Geelong next month on his latest tour.

Melbourne-based tribute artist TJ Cappola was once crowned “Australia’s best Michael Jackson dancer“ after winning a television competition in 2009.

“I received tickets to meet Michael over in London as the prize. It was a dream come true,” Cappola said.

But disappointment shortly struck the avid fan after receiving news that left him “heartbroken”.

“Michael died just two weeks after the competition,’’ he said.

“I got so close but I never got to see him. I was absolutely devastated.”

Jackson died aged 50 in 2009 while preparing for a series of comeback concerts. His personal physician was later convicted of Jackson’s involuntary manslaughter.

Child-abuse allegations dogged the King of Pop’s last two decades. In 2005 a jury found him not guilty of abusing a 14-year-old boy but other males came forward after Jackson’s death with further claims of abuse.

Cappola discovered Jackson’s music at the age of 10 after going through his parent’s cassette collection.

“I was just so enticed by his music."

Cappola said he had “always loved“ dancing but addmitted it wasn't his forte.

“When I first saw Michael on TV everything changed. I was never interested in dancing before that.”

Cappola then taught himself all of Jackson’s famous moves in a bid to dance “just like him”.

“I’ve never had a dance lesson in my life. I'd just spend hours practicing in my living room, watching him on TV and replicating his moves.”

At 13-years-old Cappola decided to take his impersonations into the public domain.

“I landed myself a regular gig at a cabaret theatre restaurant in Hawthorn. I performed every Friday and Saturday night for two years before they closed down.”

Cappola has since played everything from weddings to festivals across Australia and Asia.

The 28-year-old insisted his Jackson re-creation was “the closest to the real deal”.

“I’m very particular about being authentic.”

The show featured a band and professional dancers along with identical choreography and replica costumes, Cappola said.

He hoped to “keep Michael’s legacy going”.

“His music is just too big and too important to be left behind.

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Health professionals generally have good reasons for referring patients for further investigation, and medical imaging is an extremely important diagnostic tool, especially in the field of oncology. Today’s technology is truly amazing.

Radiology imaging not only helps explore early detection of cancer but aids to prevent the spread of some cancers and even saves lives.

X-ray, ultrasound, MRI, CT and PET scans are the more commonly known scanning tests performed in the early detection of cancer.

Geelong’s leading diagnostic radiology provider, Lake Imaging, is proud to aid Geelong Region Cancerians in its efforts to support the Australian Cancer Research Fund (ACRF).

As a major sponsor of the 2019 Geelong Region Cancerians Art Show, Lake Imaging will be right behind the Geelong community in raising much needed funds for cancer research.

Sacred Heart College will host the exhibition on the Queen’s Birthday weekend, from 10am to 6pm on 7 to 8 June and 10am to 4pm on 9 June.

It is anticipated the people of Geelong will come along to support this worthwhile initiative at which a collection of artwork will independently judged and sold, with proceeds championing research for uterine cancer and other cancers.

Entry tickets to attend the exhibition can be purchased on-the-day for $2 per person, which includes a catalogue.

Sadly, cancer touches each and everyone,

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Uterine cancer in particular affects the lives of a staggering 2500 Australian women each year. It is the fifth most common cancer diagnosed in Australian women.

Cancer survivor and Geelong Region Cancerians founder Phillipa Challis believes that raising awareness of its symptoms and raising funds for research into new treatments will increase the survival rate for those diagnosed.

Lake Imaging Geelong radiology director Dr Chien Ho says radiology is “an invaluable tool in the early detection of many cancers and can ultimately help save lives”.

“It is important for people with high risk factors such as a strong family history of cancer to talk with their doctor about appropriate tests. It could save your life or that of a loved one,” Dr Ho advises.

Lake Imaging is making cancer visible. With eight centres within the Geelong area and 26 state-wide, Lake Imaging aims to provide patients with the highest standard of expertise and experience.

Lake Imaging’s team of expert radiologists and highly qualified support staff, along with state-of-the-art equipment and digital technology, strive to provide patients with the highest level of care, optimal quality of imaging and fast access to results.

Lake Imaging is committed to supporting the Geelong community in organisations such as Kids Plus Foundation, HeadSpace, Give Where You Live, the Geelong Supercats and The Geelong Football Club.

As a proud sponsor of the 2019 Geelong Region Cancerians Art Show, Lake Imaging encourages readers to support this worthy cause.

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Rollerway specialises in value-for-money parties. The parties include admission, catering, roller skate or rollerblade hire and party bags, and most of the all-inclusive packages are priced below $22 per person.

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Servicing Geelong for more than 33 years, Darby’s Paints is locally owned and operated.

The team takes pride in providing a quality service, using its knowledge and experience to help clients choose the right products to get their vehicles looking brand-new again, says manager Sam Martin.

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The father-of-two started the family-owned business in North Geelong 19 years ago with his wife after 10 years w orking at a Mitsubishi dealership.

Joining Chris at Auto Express are Gary Krahe, Mark Hill and Wayne Gray, who together have more than a century’s experience working on cars.

Gary worked with Ford, Mark worked in the Gary Rogers Motorsport V8 Supercar pit team and Wayne has 40 years’ experience with all makes and models.

They recently welcomed new mechanic Joel Clyne, who has an abundance of experience in four-wheel-drive servicing and fitting bull bars, winches, side rails, lift kits and lighting accessories.

The shop moved to 396 Thompson Road 13 years ago and the fully-equipped workshop has six different scan tools.

The business also operates a mobile service to keep the customer’s car going, Chris says.

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By Ewan Kennedy Mitsubishi Australia is on a roll at the moment, cleverly realising that pickup trucks are the flavour of the year.

The company has virtually stopped all sedan sales and is concentrating on pickups and SUVs, hence the latest big makeover of the Triton.

The front has Mitsubishi Dynamic Shield design, which works particularly well in a tough vehicle like the Triton.

Big bold bumpers add to the look and complete a bonnet that's taller than before and incorporates extended, squared-off wheelarch flares that are built into the body rather than being added to it.

The shape is repeated at the rear and the back doors have finally become squared off at their rear edges.

Inside Triton has a higher-quality look but it still appears as if it will stand up to the same harsh treatment that the model has endured for 40 years.

The interior is spacious, with comfortable bucket front seats and good legroom in the rear.

As is common the centre-rear seat is hampered in foot space, but is otherwise fine.

Mitsubishi Triton has ladder-type frame. It is sold in cab-chassis, single-cab, extendedcab and dual-cab bodies, with the latter likely to be the biggest sellers in the current market.

It continues to use the familiar 2.4-litre turbo-diesel engine which has received minor revisions to make it suitably smooth for a passenger vehicle.

Transmissions, manual and automatic, will have six forward gears. Drive goes to the rear wheels only or, in the majority of models, to all four wheels.

Braking has been improved with the fitment of larger front discs and calliper pistons.

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The top-line models have features normally only found in mid-range to upmarket passenger cars.

During our test run we set off from Queenstown, Tasmania, and up Mt Darwin on a genuinely challenging route with magnificent views.

The track would have troubled people on foot in places, with rutted wash-aways, deep ruts, tight bends and large rocks dislodged by previous 4WDs. Triton did scrape the landscape and bushes on occasions and the typical owner may have been nervous about damage to their vehicle.

But if you want to really use an SUV pickup in the conditions it was aimed at you'll have to do a bit of cutting and polishing afterwards.

The Triton does a lot of traction control work by itself, particularly on steep downhill sections, where you can hear brakes being dabbed on individual wheels to keep the vehicle under control.

After a delightful lunch at Strahan we took the Triton to Ocean Beach. Getting there was a real challenge.

Though we used the sand setting on the driveline there were places we really had to rush harder than we would have liked just to keep the Mitsubishi moving up the dunes.

This resulted in scraping through tight areas that didn't do the paint a lot of good.

Once onto the beach the sand was almost as hard as a sealed road and we were able cruise for a long way in 2WD just for the fun of it.

We then visited Hells Gate, a harsh area on the Gordon River.

A great day and real change from some of the so-called drive programs we have done at launches of similar vehicles, when at times we didn't even drive on a dirt road, let alone offroad.

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RUGGED: The latest Ford Everest is rock-solid in looks and performance following a mid-cycle makeover. collision assist and pedestrian detection with the autonomous emergency braking system and traffic sign recognition.

Carried over are seven airbags, including driver's knee airbag.

Dynamic stability control with roll stability control, ABS anti-skid brakes with electronic brake force distribution, traction control and emergency brake assist are constantly active when on the move.

Parking is made easy with the use of a rearview camera, plus audible sensors front and rear.

The bi-turbo motor is a delight and overtaking on the highway is only a matter of easing

the accelerator pedal forward.

Gone is the fiddly old-style ignition key, replaced by push-button engine start/stop and new gear shifter.

Fuel consumption topped 13 litres per 100km in mixed traffic conditions, down to 7.6 litres on the highway.

Generous ground clearance (225mm) and 800mm wading depth get the Everest ready for anything that might stand in its way off the bitumen.

But the third row of seating falls short, with little head room and limited legroom even for children, making more than short journeys a chore.

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Now the Everest is about to hit the big time with the new MY19 model taking on a newgeneration powertrain including a bi-turbo, four-cylinder diesel engine mated with a 10-speed automatic transmission.

Ford has maintained its three-version lineup: the rear-wheel drive Ambient starting at $49,190, the Trend Bi-Turbo and the flagship Titanium 4WD seven-seater for $73,990, plus on road costs.

We tested the Trend, which has a genuine seven-seater cabin with flexible arrangements allowing 2010 litres of cargo space and a classleading payload of up to 750kg.

Joining the first-time features for Trend are leather-accented seat trim, leather-trimmed gear lever and eight-way power driver's seat with manual lumbar support.

The high resolution 8-inch colour touchscreen in the Interior Command Centre is one of the easiest on the market to view and operate.

The up-to-date design of the instrumentation cluster, which incorporates dual 4-inch colour screens, is not too shabby also.

SYNC 2 brings voice control with simple commands for many vehicle and convenience systems and emergency assistance connects drivers with emergency responders in a serious collision.

The new bi-turbo diesel engine in the Everest Trend and Titanium really is the bees' knees, pumping out maximum power of 157kW at 3750rpm and top torque of 500Nm between 1750 and 2500 revolutions.

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BMX champ, 11, to race at world titles

By Natalee Kerr

RIPPER: Ellie Harrison tears up Jan Juc.

Local surfers take trophies

NATIONAL CHAMP: 11-year-old Cameron Gatt won his third consecutive Australian BMX title last weekend.

Surf Coast and Bellarine Peninsula sufers won half the trophies in a Victorian Junior Surfing Titles at Jan Juc on Sunday.

Jan Juc Beach served up a second consecutive day of excellent conditions, with favourable offshore winds grooming powerful twometre waves.

Barwon Head’s Ellie Harrison and Jan Juc’s Ethan Huxtable won the girls and boys under 16 divisions respectively after taking out two of three rounds each.

In the under 16 girls Jan Juc’s Jazz Wylie scored a huge 17 points including a weekendhigh 9.17 wave to win the final round.

But the impressive total proved too little too late with Harrison already two wins ahead in the best-of-three series.

The reigning Australian under 14 champion Harrison finished the round on a total score of 13.17 before claiming this year’s under 16 Victorian trophy.

Huxtable notched up his second win of the series with a total of 12.40 to edge out Barwon Head’s Charlie Farrer (11.36).

Fellow Jan Juc grommet Willis Droomer scored 14.83 to beat Rye’s Willem Watson on 13.93 and record a clean sweep of the under 14 series.

Droomer dominated the competition with lightning-fast surfing to win his first Victorian title.

Torquay’s Angela Ball (10.07) missed out on the under 18 girls championship by just .9 of a point against Cape Woolamai’s Sage Goldsbury (10.97).

With the pair locked at one win each Ball made a fast start in the final round to take the lead.

But Goldsbury overcame her with a dynamic lip line re-entry finish on her winning 6.67 ride.

Jan Juc’s Indi White (14.94) fell less than a point short of Newhaven’s Codie Jeffrey (15.80) in the final round of the under 18 boys.

The championship is a key selection criterion for the Victorian Junior Surfing Team, which will compete at the Australian Junior Titles at Margaret River later this year.

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An 11-year-old member of a Geelong BMX club will compete in the sport's world championships next month.

Geelong Thunder's Cameron Gatt will take on the world's best riders in Belgium after a series of national victories.

Cameron, who lives in Wyndham but rides with the Moolap-based club, headlined Geelong’s star contingent at the Australian BMX Championships in Shepparton last weekend, winning the 11-boys title.

The victory was his third consecutive national title and booked him a place in the world championships.

Cameron’s mum, Michelle, said her son outlasted the reigning world number one, two and three in Shepparton.

“He was up against really tough competitors and he smashed them all,” she said.

More than 1500 entrants from almost 100 clubs across the country competed last weekend, with 20 riders flying the flag for Moolapbased Geelong Thunder.

Ms Gatt admitted she “always gets nervous” before her son races.

“The start of the race I never watch - I just close my eyes,” she said.

“But it’s great to see his transformation.

Something clicks when he rides and his maturity really comes out.“ Cameron said he first became interested in BMX riding at the age of six.

“We went down to a local parade and there were some kids BMX riding,” he said.

“I remember I turned to dad and said I wanted to quit soccer and start BMX riding instead.”

Cameron has been dedicated to the sport ever since, even despite a major setback a few years ago when he broke his collarbone during a warm-up.

He now holds four national and three world championships after earning his first world title at the age of seven.

Cameron said his favourite part of the sport was competing.

“When you’re competing you need to do your best and you know if you mess up you’ve let yourself down but you just keep trying,” he said.

“The first-half of the race you don’t want to show your competitors what you’ve got and then the second half you just blitz it.”

Cameron said he wanted to continue BMX riding and one day represent Australia at the Olympics.

“I’d like to win an Olympic gold medal in BMX for Australia. That would be really cool,” he said.

Fellow Geelong riders Simon Anderson and Brian Alexander also claimed victories at Shepparton on the weekend.

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By Natalee Kerr Geelong will be without dual Brownlow medallist Gary Ablett this weekend after he received his first suspension of his 331-game career.

The 35-year-old accepted a one-match ban for striking Gold Coast’s Anthony Miles behind the play during the Cats 27-point win against the Suns last Saturday.

Ablett has been no stranger to the Match Review Officer in recent weeks, escaping suspensions twice in the previous three rounds.

But Cats coach Chris Scott said “not for a second” did the club consider challenging the recent penalty.

“We didn’t have a leg to stand on this week,” Scott told this week’s media conference.

“This was a clear-cut case of a lack of discipline.”

Scott said he had a brief “mature-adult conversation” with Ablett following the incident.

“He knew just as well as I knew that it wasn’t the right thing to do,” he said.

“I’ve got complete confidence that he knows what he needs to do from here.”

Scott said the Cats veteran was now “taking a break” due to his unavailability this round.

“He was going to have probably at least a week off in addition to our mid-season bye at some stage and as it turns out this is it,” he said.

After banking their sixth win in a row last weekend, the Cats continue to remain a game clear at the top of the ladder.

Geelong will now host Sydney when they return to GMHBA Stadium this Saturday.

The Swans have lost their past three out of five games, coming off a most recent sevenpoint loss against Collingwood last weekend.

Despite the loss, the Swans enjoyed the return of star-forward Lance Franklin from injury who kicked two goals in his first game since round five.

Scott said Sydney’s “dangerous” forward line would provide a challenge for the group.

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The next week has some pretty ordinary weather forecast but anglers shouldn’t let that discourage them from getting out and wetting a line.

Snapper in excess of 8kg were reported by a number of anglers fishing in the inner-harbour over the past week. One spot worth trying was on the outside of the Western Beach boat moorings where fishing as light as possible with fresh baits like silver whiting and squid can work well over the colder months.

Big schools of salmon remained present in Corio Bay where they can be seen at times busting up while chasing baitfish. Boat anglers fishing around Avalon and Point Wilson caught salmon to 1.5kg by casting metal lures and flick bait plastics.

Land-based anglers also picked up a few salmon along the waterfront while chasing flathead and pinkies, which were also caught in good numbers.

The wind dirtied up parts of the Bellarine Peninsula, which some anglers said was responsible for triggering a good whiting bite. Fishing the area off St Leonards known as Bourke Street saw good numbers of whiting caught, with pippie being the standout bait.

Queenscliff Harbour produced big silver trevally for anglers fishing over the high tide changes. Casting into the channel anywhere from the mouth to the old abalone shed with grubs or worm plastics produced fish to 47cm along with salmon and pinkies also caught.

Bait anglers can expect results in the harbour, too, with bluebait or chicken fished on a paternoster rig able to catch treveally.

With trout season closing in just over a week, now is the time to get out and hit the streams.

The cold weather and recent rainl had the Goulburn River flowing a bit harder and the trout switched on the bite. A mixture of wild and huge recently released ex-brood trout were caught by anglers wading the edges of the river from the Goulburn Valley Hwy bridge upstream all the way to the Eildon pondage.

Any shallow-diving hard lure around 80mm should be effective on the trout, while grub and creature bait soft plastics also caught fish.

The Eildon pondage also offered exceptional fishing, with trout to 11lb caught on lures cast at first light.

NO GARY: The Cats will be without superstar Gary Ablett this weekend after he copped a onematch suspension. Picture: Marcel Berens/Sportsmedia players. Franklin coming back only improves that,” he said.

“I’ve heard some commentary around the fact that they’re a new team. I don’t think they can point to a lack of class as an issue in their performance.”

As the season approaches the half-way point, the Cats are sitting on nine victories out of 10 matches.

But Scott insisted the team’s strong winning record would not be a deciding factor in resting players.

“It gives us a little bit more room than we would otherwise have but the win-loss ratio is not the most important factor in that decision making,” he said.

“We would like to think that we’d handle it the same way irrespective of the win-loss.”

WHOPPER: Bowan Joiner and his 10lb rainbow trout from the goulburn river Friday, 31 May, 2019

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