The Horsham Times - 31 July 2020

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Friday, July 31st, 2020

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BUDGET STALLED

By JessieAnne Gartlan

HORSHAM Rural City Council voted to adopt its 2020-21 budget this week but was unable to implement it after Councillor John Robinson notified the council of his intention to move a rescission motion.

The motion could potentially reverse the decision to adopt the budget and came after both councillors Robinson and David Grimble voted against it.

Both councillors Grimble and Robinson reiterated their shared belief that the council should have put out a zero percent rate rise.

No changes to the rates proposed in the draft budget were made. Rates will be set as follows: residential 3.14 percent; commercial 1.04 percent; industrial 1.04 percent; and farms 4.58 percent.

Cr Robinson spoke against the rate rise.

“A zero rate rise would not cost us a lot but would provide support for the community and if you look at where we’re going with COVID, it’s not getting any better,” he said.

“We’re clearly in recession and heading for long term depression.

“We need to make every dollar count and we aren’t doing that.”

Councillor Grimble backed the call, praising the budget for its planned service and community expenditure but said the budget didn’t go “far enough”.

“I certainly can’t support the rate rise increase,” he said.

“I note Mr Mayor in your (budget paper) introduction you highlight the two percent rate increase is allocated to support the impact of COVID on business.

“We see the change in the COVID environment - it’s now certainly a whole of community issue. We know that we’re now in

a recession.

“At a time Mr Mayor where this pandemic is really only starting to be at a point when it’s escalating … I agree with Councillor Robinson we should be budgeting for a zero rate increase.

“I know there are plenty of other local government municipalities that have actually done that.

“When you look at what’s proposed in real dollars, the rate revenue increase this year is $687,000 - that’s $687,000 of additional rate revenue that won’t circulate in our local economy.

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BUILDING THE FUTURE Horsham Agricultural Society members have been busy planning a number of renovations at the Maydale Reserve in Horsham, as well as exciting events for the community to look forward to after COVID-19 lifts. Full story - P8.

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HRCC BUDGET STALLED... FROM PAGE 1 “When you tax your community at an unreasonable level, more disposable income is being allocated to government services and not into the community and that situation is

unsustainable and I think we should have gone a lot harder in this.�

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Councillor Les Power spoke in favour of the budget and the appropriateness of the current differentials system. “At the moment it’s very difďŹ cult to see what the next 12 months or next two years will give to us in relation to this,â€? he said. “To give others more in rate reductions than to other groups at this time - it’s very difďŹ cult to understand how we could go about that. I’m speaking to a lot of people that have either got part-time work or no work at all and wonder where they are going to be in 12 months time. “I speak to a lot of ‌ businesses that employ a lot of people and they are scratching their heads and saying where are we going to go and what are we going to do in the next 12 months or two years when it comes to paying our rates, paying our employees, and making a proďŹ t for ourselves. “I do think we need to look at the rates side of things again and that will take place in the next 12 months I would say, but I think we need to look further than just persons on a farm. “They are a business too, I understand that, but they’ve got to be looked at as a business, not just farmers. “I think that’s a shocking word to use - just farmers - they are business people and they go into business with the idea of making a proďŹ t just like every other business we have around town. “We’ve got to have a very serious look at what we class as just a farm, a successful farm, large farm or commercial farm. “We need to have a look at the rates in that situation.“ Speaking in favour of the rates rise and the budget generally, Cr Pam Clarke said the rates revenue marked for COVID-19 support would “support the most impacted members of the communityâ€?. “I think we can all contribute a small amount in our rates to support what is a really important group of people that keep our community going,â€? she said.

It has yet to be determined whether the council

will address the rescission motion at its August meeting or will schedule a separate meeting. “They’re the ones that support teenage kids and many women that work part time - they’re the ones that need our support at this time so I just think it’s great that we’re being asked to do that.�

Council removed nearly $2.4M from its initial draft budget to cover lost revenue due to the impact of COVID-19. This ďŹ gure was comprised of the revenue lost from services impacted by COVID-19, as well as additional expenditure to support the community, such as commercial rent relief and the temporary cancellation of parking fees. “When you look at the actual cost of covid-19 to our budget it equates to about $2.397M to our community,â€? Cr Pam Clarke said.

The council received 12 budget submissions from the public during the 10 week consultation period as well as general feedback collected throughout the process and included four recommendations in the ďŹ nal draft budget.

Those included: $5K to engage a motivational speaker for a workshop with Horsham community groups; $20k included in Covid-19 support package for Business Horsham; $70k to improve the existing river crossing across the river at Walmer; $10k to extend the Old Hamilton Road Cycle Track.

Cr Robinson called for more clarity around the Hamilton Road project. “Hamilton Street is listed on the budget but information is we might have some critical vehicle issues on the eastern side of the river where we need to potentially include a bridge that’s not just a pedestrian bridge but also a vehicle bridge,� Councillor John Robinson said.

Some of the submissions that were not accepted included reducing the 2 percent rate rise, reviewing rates differentials - particularly farming property differentials - and removing parking metres or extending the free parking period.

No changes were made to the capital works program, which accounts for $16.04M of council expenditure.

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Ebony and Brendan Gove (of Mildura) have welcomed their second child, a daughter.

Darcie Jae was born at Mildura Base Hospital on 8/7/2020 weighing 3330g (7lb6oz).

Darcie is a little sister for Oliver. Darcie is the second grandchild of Don and Jen

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• Mildura Water Play Park, which Horsham Council is drawing inspiration from for its own water play park.

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By JessieAnne Gartlan

HORSHAM Rural City Council has sought to answer the community’s questions about a proposed nature-themed water play park along the Wimmera Riverfront during a community webinar Thursday night.

The play park was raised at the council’s June ordinary meeting when the council endorsed a funding application worth $3M from Sports and Recreation Victoria.

At the time members of the Horsham Rural Ratepayers Group and the Horsham Aquatic Centre Advisory Committee raised concerns over what they called a lack of community consultation and clarity around the park’s design, size, and proposed location.

The Horsham Aquatic Centre Advisory Committee also questioned the project being prioritised over a ‘shovel-ready’ plan for a splash pad at the Horsham Aquatic Centre that has been in place since 2015.

Recent feedback to the council via its budget consultation process demonstrated some support for the park.

A community reference group has been consulting with user groups throughout July over the proposal, including: Horsham Caravan Park; Horsham Rowing Club; Horsham Angling Club; and the Wimmera Live Steam & Model Engineering Society.

Community Reference Group chairman Johnny Gorton said the consultation process had clarified some of the questions around the park.

“We are finding that community groups consulted with so far see that it’s not a large

aquatic theme park that includes bright plastic slides and other man-made elements, and they are generally pretty comfortable with what a natural water play area is,” he said.

“That feedback has been injected into concept designs, which will be released to the public once finalised.”

The council said that the plan includes play elements that can be used all year without water flow, including small boulders for climbing, logs for balancing, stones for jumping along and sand pits, are also being considered.

“This type of playground is very different to anything we have in the Wimmera at the moment,” Mr Gorton said.

“A natural water themed play area will complement the beautiful riverfront and provide an exciting, new, family friendly play space.

“Our community have told us they want to see a more activated riverfront with family friendly activities.”

The park forms a part of the council’s City to River Masterplan. The first stage of the plan concerned the Wimmera River precinct, and included proposals for a cafe, walking and cycling trails, and a water play area.

Initial estimates placed the council’s contribution at $350,000 but a recently announced federal government grant would mean a zero dollar contribution from the council.

The projected cost of the project was $3M, excluding GST. Two weeks of in-person public feedback sessions at Horsham Angling Clubrooms during mid-August are also planned, subject to COVID-19 restrictions remaining unchanged.

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Councillor Emerson said the council had already done everything it could to handle active cases.

“We won’t be changing our processes and protocols at the moment, we’ve got everything in place to ensure our people are safe, and we will continue that way for the time being,” he said.

In Horsham the active case figure remained at 7 as of Wednesday, though the total recovered has gone up from 10 to 11.

As at Wednesday, 8632 cases were from metropolitan Melbourne, while 500 were from regional Victoria, and the total number of cases was 9304.

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THREE active COVID-19 cases were recorded in the Wimmera during the week.

West Wimmera, Northern Grampians and Ararat each recorded an active case, bringing the total number of cases in each municipality to two, four and six respectively.

In West Wimmera the only other recorded case was back in April, and in Ararat it’s the first since late March.

In the Northern Grampians the last one was recorded in March, though one case was incorrectly reported earlier this month.

The Department of Health and Human Services reclassified it, bringing the figure back down to zero.

Northern Grampians mayor Murray Emerson said it was disappointing news.

“I’m very disappointed that a notification for a new COVID-19 case has returned positive in our shire,” he said.

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Fifty students to self-isolate following COVID contact

By JessieAnne Gartlan

FIFTY students and several staff members from St Brigid’s College in Horsham have had to self-quarantine for a period of 14 days after a student tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

The direction came into effect at the beginning of the week and came from the Department of Health and Human

Services.

It followed extensive contact tracing conducted with the Horsham-based college’s assistance.

In a letter to parents and guardians Saturday afternoon, principal Peter Gutteridge said: "50 of our senior students and some teaching staff are to quarantine for a 14 day period, with the quarantine

commencing from the last day of contact with our confirmed student.

Parents of these students have received information from the DHHS earlier today."

Deep cleaning of the Horsham-based college continued across the weekend, and students have just completed the first of a two week remote learning period.

ILLEGAL MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL CLOSED WEST OF GRAMPIANS

• Parks Victoria staff dismantle the illegal mountain-bike trail west of the Grampians

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By Chris Michaels

AN illegal mountain-bike trail near the Mudadgadjin Aboriginal place west of the Grampians has been dismantled by Parks Victoria recently.

The trail, constructed around the June long weekend, featured ramps and timber jumps and was in the Black Range State Park. The trail ran close to significant rock art.

Nearly 20 Parks Victoria staff members dismantled the trail and rehabilitated terrain and vegetation. Mountain biking is permitted on designated vehicle tracks in most parks and reserves across Victoria.

At Ararat Regional Park, Parks Victoria is a partner in the development of the Ararat Hills Mountain Biking Trail, a project that will create a 50km trail network.

The Black Range State Park protects native plants and wildlife on rugged terrain in Victoria’s west.

Part of the Gariwerd cultural landscape, the park contains important natural and cultural values. Off-road biking and the creation of new tracks can damage the environment and Aboriginal cultural heritage, cause erosion and spread weeds.

Parks Victoria area chief ranger Rhonda McNeil said, “The Black Range State Park protects a special landscape, and off-road mountain-biking and the creation of illegal tracks can damage that landscape.”

“With so many designated roads and tracks available for legal mountain bike riding there’s no excuse for this type of activity. Anyone caught will face penalties under the National Park Regulations,” Ms McNeil said.

The illegal trail is being investigated and substantial fines apply. Anyone with information, or who witnesses prohibited activity in a park or reserve, is encouraged to contact Parks Victoria on 13 19 63 or Victoria Police on 131 444.

Rates, animal fees biggest challenge for residents RATES and animal registration charges have made up the bulk of financial hardship requests to Horsham Rural City Council.

The council’s financial hardship officer, Andrea Hogan, was redeployed to the role to assist the community with financial challenges throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ms Hogan provided her report on the number of requests council had received during the April through to June period.

From the report, approximately 47 percent (35) of the requests were tied to council rates, 25 percent (18) to requesting assistance for animal registrations and 20 percent (15) tied to assistance for other charges.

Rate charges were set during the deliberations of the Horsham Rural City Council’s budget, with rates set as follows: residential 3.14 percent; commercial 1.04 percent; industrial 1.04 percent; and farms 4.58 percent.

Report findings showed that unpaid rates had increased during the 2019/20 financial year.

Rates totalling $108,969 were in arrears by year end 2018/19, compared to $187,740 rates in arrears at 2019/20 year end.

As at June 30, 2020 there are 824 unpaid animal registrations from a total of 5586 registrations.

Council issued 996 text messages to owners whose animals were still unpaid.

This resulted in 292 animals having their registrations paid and other owners advising that their animal is now deceased.

Ms Hogan noted that the financial impact of the various deferrals, waivers and late payments on council were not yet clearly quantifiable and the full impact will be understood and reported later in the year.

Regular reporting will provide a snapshot of the financial impact of COVID-19 on the community, the council stated.

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Horsham gets COVID-19 drive through clinic

By Chris Michaels

HORSHAM’S new Covid-19 drive through testing clinic has been taking the pressure off existing testing sites.

The service has been provided as part of the Wimmera Healthcare Group COVID Clinic. Entry to the drive through is via the Arnott St entrance and will mean people will not need to drive to Hamilton or Stawell to use those drive through testing facilities.

Wimmera Health Care Group clinical services Maree director Woodhouse said, “In a couple of weeks our assessment clinic went from between 10-20 tests a day to 40 or 50 tests.

“The opening of the drive-through clinic was paramount because we were going to be booked out for the weekend before it even started,” Ms Woodhouse said.

“We are expecting an infl ux of people over the next few weeks but we should be able to comfortably deal with numbers now.”

The opening of the drive through testing clinic came as Victorian businesses expressed support at the announcement of a one-off $300 payment for eligible workers who isolate following a Covid-19 test, helping protect their workmates and employers.

It also came after Member for Lowan Emma Kealy pushed for the opening after some residents complained of having too far to the nearest drive through testing.

“Our medical staff at current testing sites are doing the very best they can, and they need to be supported to meet the testing demand in our region,” Ms Kealy said. “ A drive-through clinic is essential to ensure anyone who needs to be tested can access a test quickly.”

Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Paul Guerra said, “This payment will be a huge help to Victorians to do the right thing and isolate when they get a Covid-19 test and are awaiting their results.

“We know it is hard for many workers at the moment who may be experiencing reduced shifts or hours due to the restrictions in place in Victoria and, if they don’t have sick leave, losing the income of just one shift is more than they can afford.”

The payment comes off the back of Premier Andrews’ earlier statements, where more than half of those who later tested positive had not self-isolated between being tested and getting their result.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said, “To fi ght this virus we need every Victorian who is sick to get tested and then stay home. If you are waiting for a test, you must stay home until you are notifi ed of your result.”

“We know that having to isolate can mean missing work– and no one should be making the choice between their health and putting

• Medical staff work hard to process COVID-19 tests at the drive through clinic at the weekend.

food on the table – that’s why we’re making sure those who need our support can get it.”

Department of Health and Human Services data has shown that as many as nine out of ten people have later tested positive are not self-isolating between the onset of symptoms and getting a test.

While the drive through clinic continues to offer a more convenient testing process there have been teething problems with asymptomatic people being offered tests by mistake.

On the day the drive through site opened there were 200 people tested, with a further 150 people tested on the Sunday. Monday’s figures were 243 tested, with 231 tests completed the next day.

Wimmera Health Care Group communications manager Peter Miller said people had been using the drive through testing in steady numbers since it opened.

“Everyone is understanding of what is going on and realising that it is the right thing to do,” Mr Miller said.

“We had two different messages coming from DHHS regarding testing both symptomatic and asymptomatic people.

That did cause some minor confusion.”

Mr Miller said the biggest issue in Horsham is making sure people keep doing the right thing while waiting for test results.

“We really need people to go home after their test and isolate until they have their

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• Long queues at the COVID-19 drive through testing clinic at the weekend.

results,” Mr Miller said.

“On the weekend we had someone get a test and then went to Harvey Norman to shop. He had no mask on and mentioned that he had just had the test, so staff asked why he was out and about.

“We keep seeing some instances of not isolating after a test and not being at home,” Mr Miller said. “Sadly there is a fair element

of stupid in the community, which is plain arrogance.”

The drive through testing clinic will be open for three weeks with an option to extend that time frame.

“We really couldn’t have dealt with the numbers getting tested so having the drive through clinic has helped us keep up with community demand,” Mr Miller said.

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Veterans’ Voices Wimmera veterans centre KOREA aiming to extend services

By Chris Michaels

• RSM LDH McCombe of 3RAR Horsham (Right).

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THE Korean War, one of the many major battles in which 3RAR played a major role was The Kapyong Battle.

RSM WARRANT OFFER LIONEL DOUGLAS HAIG McCOMBE MBE Serviceman RSM Warrant Officer Lionel Douglas Haig McCombe MBE was born on 14th April 1917 in Horsham, Victoria. Lionel’s service was from 29th September 1952 to 29th August 1953. He was a soldier of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR Unit).

TRAINING IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE KOREA He was Regimental Sergeant Major at Puckapunyal. In an article, written by HR (Bob) Downey on behalf of the 2RAR Association, Bob writes on training in Australia at Puckapunyal before Australian units were sent to Korea. “With the entry of Australian ground forces to Korea, its focus was on retraining former servicemen who had enlisted from the southern states to reinforce 3RAR and many hundreds of such soldiers that served in 2RAR for shorter or longer periods depending on their skill levels. “Some regular members of the 2RAR volunteered for service in Korea with 3RAR. This situation continued till about mid 1952. By this stage LTCOL RL Hughes was

commanding 2RAR with MAJ D. Dimsey the 2IC and CAPT L. Eyles as the Adjutant. “For the other officers there was a constant stream in and out of Puckapunyal as reinforcements were moved out. Some examples of this can be seen from the marching out of officers in May and June of 1952�.

He wrote about the constant need of reinforcements.

He said: “The one constant was that warrant Officers and senior NCO’s stuck, and provided the continuity so vital to a unit but so many had left the Battalion by June.

Among the outstanding trainers in the battalion since March 1951 was the RSM, WO1 Lionel McCombe, who had selected so many bright young regular soldiers and given them extra tuition before the first parade every morning.

These young soldiers were the backbone of the Sergeants Mess from that point onwards.

Much of the training was specialist training outside the scope of what training should have been, such as MMG and Mortar. The trainers also concentrated on building fitness in their soldiers and working at night over long periods.

In the Queen’s Birthday Honors of 1954 Lionel McCombe was presented with the Member of the British Empire MBE.

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THE Wimmera Veterans Centre is aiming to extend their services to include more social activities for veterans if funding is approved.

The state government grants were announced last week by Member for Lowan Emma Kealy and will fall under three categories the Victorian Remembers Program, the Restoring Community War Memorials Program and the Anzac Day Proceeds fund.

Wimmera Veterans Centre compensation advocate Laura-Jean Rothery said the centre would be seeking funding from the Anzac Day Proceeds fund as it is a more general fund and is to go towards a raft of social activities for the centre. “At the moment all of our funding goes towards running the office and the costs associated with that,� Ms Rothery said. “We would like to do some small group activities. If possible we would like to do outings with a small bus and interact more with other groups in the Wimmera.�

One of the centre’s ongoing problems said Ms Rothery was having possible funding affected by the small number of veterans involved with the centre. “We do need more numbers coming into the centre and being able to assist them because small numbers do dictate the amount of funding we can receive,� Ms Rothery said. “We go under the radar a bit.

We’d like to build up a nice network and possibly build up some business partnerships in the region too. We’d like to approach a bank and organise a couple of businesses in Horsham to be sponsors.�

Helping veterans to maintain social contacts hasn’t been easy in more recent times with veterans spread out more than in the past, when whole town's used to head off into conflict zones. Ms Rothery said breaching that divide was

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• VETERANS CENTRE: Laura-Jean Rothery and Dianne Bolwell from the Wimmera Veterans Centre.

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essential. “A lot of the veterans we see and help suffer from anxiety and PTSD so the aim is to have some good social activities that have a more gentle approach to interacting to start with, she said.� “Families right across the Wimmera have sent sons and daughters away to war to defend our nation and our way of life,� Ms Kealy said. “Funding programs like this are

extremely important in helping us to honour and acknowledge those who have served, died or suffered for Australia’s cause in all wars, armed conflicts and peacekeeping operations.�

Applications for the Anzac Day Proceeds Fund and the Victoria Remembers program will close on Friday, August 31 2020, while the Restoring Community War Memorials program will close on Friday, 7 September 2020.

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HORSHAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LOOKS TO THE FUTURE The 144-year-old Society will host a series of events that highlight the best of the region

• Horsham Agricultural Society’s Andrea Cross is working hard with volunteers to help grow the society.

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• Emily Friedrichsen helps out at the Horsham Agricultural Society’s monthly working bee.

Photo: SHANE ROBERTS

By JessieAnne Gartlan

AFTER the future of the Horsham Agricultural Society came into doubt five years ago, its members have worked hard to turn things around and become a central part of a modern and thriving Horsham.

The 144-year-old society was in serious trouble in 2015, executive assistant Andrea Cross said.

“Five years ago we were in crisis and financially we were not secure,” she said.

“The annual show, our major source of income, had been impacted by the loss of a public holiday, bad weather a couple of years in a row resulting in low attendance and little to no income.”

The threat drove the society to innovate, and to really think about the place of an agricultural society in a world where

volunteers were fewer and digital life was on the rise.

“We had to think outside the square and think about what we could do to become sustainable,” Mrs Cross said.

“Our purpose has started to change as the Maydale Reserve evolves into an events centre, so we’ve had to modify our thinking to allow us to adapt while retaining some of our traditions.”

The society recently announced its 150km Feast, a banquet which will source food and wine within 150 kilometres of Horsham.

Another innovation is the launch of a virtual market.

Like so many others, the society had to cancel its annual show due to the coronavirus pandemic, scheduled for September 27, but members and volunteers have been working to bring the best of show elements to the

• Daryl Wallace makes easy work of the old grandstand at Maydale Reserve.

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community.

The virtual market will launch on August 1 via the Horsham Agricultural Society’s website.

“We’ve got listings including wineries, holiday destinations, clothing, giftware and even showbags,” Mrs Cross said.

The show’s creative competitions have moved online as well, with photos of entries to be submitted and the winners to be announced online.

To open the competitions up, the society has added a professionals category. Mrs Cross said it created an opportunity for professionals to have the chance to show off their artisanship competitively.

“A landscape gardener, for example, can enter a photo of a completed succulent garden project and we can showcase it,” she said.

The society is working on its own handbuilt renovations, including a reclaimed timber bar, brand new sheep shearing stage and the removal of the old grandstand.

The back paddock on the eastern side of the property will also be levelled, sown to lawn and irrigated to provide a more user friendly space for events and festivals.

Mrs Cross said all this work couldn’t happen without the heart of the society - its volunteers.

“For 105 years this piece of real estate has been managed by volunteers, which is a significant contribution to the community over the years,” she said.

“We had a working bee on Saturday to begin the process of removing the old grandstand. There are always jobs here to do.”

“Our monthly working bees are an important connector for our volunteers.”

The community garden is another way volunteers and others can get involved.

“This is a great little space for people of all abilities to go and give Tim a hand in the garden,” Mrs Cross said.

The garden is a work in progress and Mrs Cross recently submitted a grant application to have lighting and power installed to encourage visitor connectivity and participation in garden activities all year round.

Various back to work and work for the dole programs also help the society, as well as sponsors.

“Without the support of work for the dole

programs we would not be able to do what we do, because job seekers provide additional manpower to prepare for events and make improvements around the grounds,” Mrs Cross said.

“Without the businesses who support us we couldn't do what we do. We feel they are as much a part of our organisation as our members are.”

Mrs Cross said the society was also focused on improving the aesthetics of the showgrounds while retaining the historical elements of the buildings.

“They all have stories to tell,” she said.

“There’s so much to work towards. That’s the beautiful part of this precinct - there’s a lot of history here but there’s still a lot of repairing to be done.

“It will happen but it gives us that element of hope for the future because we’ve always got something to work towards, and that’s really nice.”

“Because we’re not in September, October or November, small places like Kaniva, Rainbow and Nhill and the likes are all going to feel the big hole missing (when these shows don’t happen).

“Winning a grant worth $125,000 was a significant boost for us to be able to do some development.

“Our story over the last five years has given us momentum and allowed us to apply for significant funding. You can’t apply without stories,and we have a good story.

“There is a place in our community for tradition, and there’s an element of the tradition that it’s important that we keep.

“As we’re experiencing now, kids are being taught to bake and are doing different things at home, and the agricultural show provides a vehicle for people’s creative sides to be exhibited and displayed.

“Kids love the show and then you have your teenage years and then you have your own children and you come back to the show.

“Then you might ease off when your kids become teenagers but then you become grandparents and you bring the kids back to the show. So it’s a generational event and it depends where you fit into that timeline as to where your connection with the show is.

“We’ve got support to level that back paddock, sow lawn and irrigate it, so we’re creating a whole new outdoor space for our events.”

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COLLEGE STAFF AND STUDENTS STAY HOME AS INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE

STUDENTS and staff at Warracknabeal Secondary College have been asked to stay home as investigations continue into a reported COVID-19 case.

The school reported the case on Monday afternoon in a letter to parents after the family advised the school of the positive case.

The school remained closed on Tuesday and Wednesday while investigators from the DHHS continued to trace the spread of the virus.

Students and staff have been advised to remain home and that they are not required to undergo testing unless they develop symptoms.

The temporary closure will also allow for cleaning of the school premises.

Although the positive case temporarily suspended attendance, the school continued with its planned Year 10 to Year 12 parent-teacher interview on Tuesday via phone.

Approximately 70 schools across Victoria have been closed, although not all are due to the current pandemic. • CLOSED: (right) Warracknabeal Secondary College was closed on Tuesday and Wednesday to students, staff and community members.

Petrol theft appeal STAWELL police are appealing for witnesses after a male offender stole over 60 litres of diesel from the Stawell BP petrol station.

The theft occurred around 4pm on Friday July 17 and images of the man were caught on camera.

First Constable Justin Taffs, of Stawell, said if anyone had any information to contact the Stawell Police Station on 5358 8222, or contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. People can also make a report online at www. crimestoppersvic.com.au.

Western Highway decision to be appealed

By JessieAnne Gartlan

OPPONENTS to the Western Highway development between Buangor and Ararat have filed an application for leave to appeal

a decision in the Supreme Court of Victoria after they lost a bid to have VicRoads’ Environmental Effects Statement reviewed.

The plaintiffs, two farmers and an environmental group in western Victoria,

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were challenging the Victorian planning minister’s assessment of the ESS, prepared

by VicRoads in 2012, which formed the basis for the chosen route for the highway project.

The project will duplicate the Western Highway between Beaufort and Stawell.

Had the plaintiffs won, it could have triggered a review of the chosen route.

The plaintiffs were ordered to pay the court costs of VicRoads and the planning minister.

Mr Kennedy said he was instructed to lodge the application based on what he described as counsel’s advice on errors of law and errors of fact in the decision of the hearing in March.

During the hearing the plaintiff’s legal team argued that a gross underestimation by VicRoads of the number of large old trees it would destroy for the project rendered the EES invalid, among other issues. “We argued the minister's interpretation of the Environmental Effects Act was wrong,�

Mr Kennedy said. “The decision had the effect that as long as the minister had made an assessment of the EES, it didn’t matter that the EES was as flawed as you like,� he said. “We think that should be challenged. But the other side, VicRoads and the Minister for Planning argued that as long as the Minister had made an assessment, it was valid whether or not it took into account something that was totally wrong. We say that was an error of law. “Another issue was that Her Honour ruled out as irrelevant all of the expert reports, including a report commissioned

by VicRoads, which concluded the EES was flawed and inconsistent with the Victorian Planning Framework.�

Mr Kennedy said the applicants will now wait for hearing in the Victorian Court of Appeal. “We will await a hearing date in the Court of Appeal - it might be three months from now or it might be six. We can only guess.�

Separately, Mr Kennedy and another group of Indigenous Traditional Owner

clients are also awaiting a decision from the federal environment minister after the Federal Court of Australia ordered that she reconsider applications in June 2018 for protection of six trees and the surrounding area the applicants say are culturally significant to DjabWurrung people.

Justice Alan Robertson made the order in December 2019 on the basis that Minister Ley had erred in her interpretation of the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act, under which the trees and surrounding areas would be protected if approved.

The applicants were also waiting for the Minister’s decision on an application for emergency protection, also under the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act, for the same six trees and related area.

If approved, the application would provide immediate protection for 30 days to the six trees and surrounding area.

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Heritage Branch wrote to MRPV on July 23 and requested it commit to no works outside the 3.85km area until the Minister had made her decision or until mid-August.

An interim settlement reached on October 1, 2019 between MRPV and the Traditional Owners specified works could begin on a 3.85km stretch between Dobie Rd and Langi Ghiran Picnic Ground Road, adjacent to the existing highway, but not outside of that area.

In its response MRPV stated that it did not plan to undertake any work on the Western Highway duplication outside of a 3.85km area in Dobie until August 8, extending a previous agreement to not perform works until July 25.

Mr Kennedy had requested that MRPV commit to not undertaking works outside of the 3.85km area until August 31, or the Minister’s decision, or with seven days’ notice, whichever first occurred.

The Horsham Times requested comment from Major Road Projects Victoria but did not receive a response.

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Brim concerns grows over travellers

By Jessica Taylor

REDDA’S Park Recreation Reserve camping grounds and shared facility has closed to the public due to community concern.

The growing number of regional coronavirus cases, along with the number of travellers stopping in the town has promoted the committee to close their camping facilities.

At the time of going to print, regional residents were still allowed to travel freely outside of the Melbourne lockdown postcodes and within the state boundaries.

The committee faced growing concerns last week from residents and was taking the decision day by day.

A community notice posted on Friday highlighted the decision to close the facilities.

Reserve Secretary and Brim Lions Club member Matt Crisp said there were a number of people in the community who were nervous about the COVID cases creeping towards the Brim community.

“We wanted to put everyone in the community at ease,” Mr Crisp said.

“Everyone was a bit concerned with so many people coming into town in their caravans.

“And we couldn’t keep up with the sanitising.

We had someone employed to clean the facilities but it was a big ask.

“We needed to sanitise twice a day to maintain the requirements.

“Hopefully we can reopen again soon.”

• WORRY: Redda’s Park at Brim, a popular overnight spot for travellers may be closed without notification as community worry grows due to COVID-19.

COUNCIL TRACKING DOWN DEBTS

By James Thomas

YARRIAMBIACK Shire Council is continuing to track outstanding rates as debts owed are transferred over to the council’s new

debt collection agency.

This didn’t include another $115,000 In council’s latest rates report handed down which had been collected since the report was on Wednesday, it showed that current total drafted. outstanding rates had dropped by $612,872 to Council is following on from $1.8 million. recommendations handed down in last year’s Local Government Inspectorate Report which said that council was failing to take appropriate action in collecting outstanding debts.

Yarriambiack Shire chief executive Jessie Holmes said the council was in the process of transferring outstanding debts to council’s new debt collection agency CollectAU and which had collected another substantial debtor.

“At the moment we have passed on our six highest debts to them and they have worked through four and then we have given them another four,” she said.

“So as they work through those, we’ll put through more of our priority debts to them.”

It is expected that by sometime between August and September, CollectAU will have all outstanding debts transferred to it from previous collection agencies.

Ms Holmes said that no legal action had to be taken against a ratepayer in order to collect outstanding debts.

“At the moment nobody has wanted to go to a Magistrates Court to prove that they can’t pay,” she said.

“Obviously when we are speaking to (ratepayers), we explain the financial hardship requirements and the policy that’s in place to

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“They absolutely have that (financial hardship) option.

“If they are under genuine financial hardship and we take them to court and they are able to demonstrate that they are under hardship, the court would not look favourably upon council for trying to pursue that debt.”

While legal costs may make some rates debts unviable to pursue, Ms Holmes said that council will be actively pursuing those over $10,000.

“There is one (debt) where we pursue properties that are financially attractive and then there is a second one is where people have expressed an interest in them and it is problematic for us,” she said.

Expecting to further collect outstanding rates from four property sales later this year, Ms Holmes explained that council would target those debts where it was viable.

“If you have a property worth $45,000 with a family living there and they are just keeping their head above water and keeping on top of their rates but you can see a tentative period... where that’s been let go, that’s $4,000 of accrued interest. You’re not going to pursue that because that’s not going to be a good outcome for anybody,” she said.

“But at the same time, if you’ve got a $90,000 property and the owner is in Brisbane, my sympathy isn’t overwhelming.”

BRIGADE CALL OUT ‘WASTE OF TIME’

WARRACKNABEAL Fire Brigade members were called out to a reported fire in Livingstone St, Warracknabeal on Saturday afternoon.

The siren sounded at 5pm after a neighbour alerted Triple Zero to black smoke blowing from the rear of the residence.

On arrival firefighters found a group of people standing around a rubbish fire in an adjacent area, with noxious fumes emanating from the fire.

Warracknabeal Police attended and requested plastic items be removed from the

fire. No further action was required.

Warracknabeal Fire Brigade Captain Cameron Whelan reiterated how important it is for those wishing to have outdoor fires outside of the fire ban season to advise VicFire on 1800 668511 that a fire was planned to prevent unnecessary callouts.

“Callouts of this nature are a waste of time and resources of community volunteers, who often have more important things to do and contacting Vicfire to advise of such a burnoff can prevent this happening,” Captain Whelan said.

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Real Estate HORSHAM MARKET REMAINS STRONG THE latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria suggest that despite COVID-19, houses are selling even faster than last year.

The information comes courtesy of the REIV’s Days on Market analysis, which shows a state-wide average increase in selling speed of listed houses.

REIV president Leah Calnan said, “There remains a huge interest from buyers despite the state undergoing restrictions due to the pandemic.”

Despite this positive news for house sellers, the figures in this report rely heavily on a reduced market time for metropolitan regions, with the regional market remaining more variable.

May figures indicated a similar trend, with the average days-on-market at 57, down from 58 in June 2019.

The June 2020 numbers have leapt back to 60, showing a less consistent trend in the regional market than its metropolitan counterpart.

Homeowners in Horsham may yet have cause for comfort, with the townships average sitting at 42 days, far closer to the metropolitan average of 39.

Ms Calnan remained optimistic over the state’s prospects. “This is a great time to sell

your property, a relatively lower volume of property listings is producing strong prices and driving down the selling time.”

This positive opinion comes on the heels of words from the state government, as well as local agents, that those within the stage-three restricted areas are still able to travel to non-

restricted areas to attend house inspections.

The data is also promising for those looking to purchase in the Horsham area, with prices in the district remaining notably more affordable than the regional average.

“2020 has presented challenges in every respect and these results should provide a

great source of confidence for all Victorians,” Ms Calnan said.

“Many pundits predicted doom and gloom amid crashes for Victorian Property prices and that just hasn’t happened. Despite COVID-19, our market is stronger than 2019.”

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training. This business has constantly shown strong trading ďŹ gures and growth.

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53-55 Scott Street, Warracknabeal www.northwestrealestate.net.au

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WARRACKNABEAL

DONALD

RAINBOW

$65,000

$239,000

$139,000

$95,000

40 South St ... Set opposite the footy oval, this PVC clad home is looking for a new owner to put their stamp on it. Featuring 2 double bedrooms, lounge with fan and gas heater, separate dining room, basic kitchen with electric stove, functional bathroom with vanity, bath and separate shower and a laundry just outside the back door. The yard is a black canvas but it does have access via a rear lane.

3 Menin Ave ... This charming home has had an extensive renovation by qualified builders and now is as good as new. Featuring an open plan kitchen/meals/ living area, 3 double bedrooms with BIR’s and fans, an office, spectacular bathroom, split system A/C and new floor coverings throughout. Outside there is a paved BBQ area, double garage with a storage room all on a well fenced block only a short walk to the Yarriambiack Creek.

48 Walker St ... Set on a corner block with a northerly aspect this 3 bedroom weatherboard and tiled home has been refurbished in recent years and is offered as a very comfortable family home. The roomy carpeted lounge features a raised free standing wood heater and large panoramic window to the north. Off this room is a smaller office or storage room. The spacious kitchen with gas cooking is fantastic for those who love to cook! You won’t be disappointed with the amount of bench and cupboard space! The casual dining area has vinyl floor coverings and a gas heater.

30 Railway St ... Set just a short stroll to the shops is this charming and interesting 3 bedroom cement rendered cottage. The kitchen has a modern look with an electric stove, lounge has a split system and is open to the kitchen. The bathroom has a shower, toilet and Vanity. While being just outside the back door the laundry has a trough and washing machine taps. There is a large pergola, double carport, storage shed and a rain water tank all surrounded by good fences. The property is currently rented for $160pw.

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WARRACKNABEAL

$129,000

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10 Livingstone St ... Set on a large corner block this weather board home would make an ideal first home or a fantastic rental property. Featuring 3 double bedrooms (2 with split systems and BIR’s), lounge with wood heater and a split system, open plan kitchen dining area and a spacious bathroom. Outside on the well fenced block you’ll find a storage room and a garage.

24 Vickery St ... Featuring 2 bedrooms, modern bathroom, internal laundry, modern kitchen with electric cooking, 2 split system A/C’s as well as cosy wood heater. An almost brand new stair case leads to the master bedroom upstairs. Outside on the 4000m2 (approx) block you’ll find a 16m x 7.5m shed, external toilet, garden shed, 2 rainwater tanks and a fantastic established garden. The property is on 2 titles and is set roughly half way between Melbourne and Adelaide just off the Western Highway.

42 Hammill St ... This stunning home will tick all the boxes for everybody in the family. It features 3 double bedrooms all with BIR’s and main with an ensuite, an office, 2 living areas including a huge lounge with a wood heater and split system, spacious well appointed modern kitchen with heaps of bench space and cupboards. The home has 2 split system A/C’s and evaporative cooling to beat the summer heat. Outside you’ll be amazed to find an American barn style shed with 2 bay vehicle bays, a workshop area (hoist not included), evaporative cooling and plenty of power points.

40 Anderson St ... A good number of years ago now this site was going to be a unit development with 5 units already built on adjacent blocks but now we are selling this 9838m2 block in 2 titles. Some of the services were laid at the start by the original developers. The property is close to the Yarriambiack Shire office, Warracknabeal Leisure Centre and 2 blocks from the main street.

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$169,500

$310,000

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31 Hammill St ... This large bedroom home is situated opposite the Donald Primary School. It contains 2 bedrooms with polished boards, ceiling fans and one with BIR’s, the 3rd bedroom has carpet and a walk in wardrobe.

The laundry has a shower, vanity, toilet and trough with washing machine taps. The main bathroom is at the front of the house with a shower over the bath, vanity and separate toilet. The open plan kitchen, lounge, dining is a generous size with polished floor boards, gas cooking, evaporative cooling, gas heater and wood heating.

1557 Dimboola Rainbow Road ... Set on approx 1 acre at Antwerp is this 2013 built home. Featuring 2 living areas, galley style kitchen with electric cooking, 3 bedrooms, bathroom with shower and separate bath, split system, wood heater and NBN connected. Outside is a fantastic deck that runs the full length of the house with an undercover BBQ area. On the colour bond roof is a 20 panel solar power system giving you a great reduction on your power bills. The 3 bay American Barn style garage complete with concrete floor, power and a mezzanine floor.

11 Church St ... Set on a large block this brick veneer home features 3 double bedrooms all with BIR’s (2 with split system A/C’s), an office, spacious country style kitchen with electric appliances, separate lounge with gas heater and split system, functional bathroom with separate toilet, internal laundry with a shower, sunroom and plenty of storage cupboards. Outside you will be spoilt by the single garage, as new colour bond shed, established garden, 12 panel solar power system, rear lane access and all this in a quite Mallee town.

1599 Dimboola Rainbow Road, Antwerp ... Set on 8 crown allotments measuring approx 9000m2 is this mock brick home. Featuring a separate lounge with wood heater, 3 double bedrooms plus a smaller bedroom on the front veranda, country style kitchen with electric stove, spacious bathroom with shower, bath, vanity and linen press and evaporative cooling. Step out the back door you’ll find an all steel BBQ area which links the house to the bungalow, sheds and double carport. The main shed is an impressive 40ft x 24ft approx with a concrete floor and power.

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25 Murdoch St ... You get a 3 bedroom, steel clad home with a double garage on a corner block in the thriving Mallee community of Hopetoun. It’s been a great season in the Mallee and the town is doing well.

A short distance away on the edge of town you have beautiful Lake Lascelles, ideal for all your water sports with fantastic developed surrounds. A perfect spot to spend those warm summer days! You have the bones to develop this property into a great home. Then decide whether you want to rent it for a great rental return or occupy and live the quiet life in Hopetoun.

28 Callaway Lane ... Tucked away in a side street just a stones through from the shops is this affordable home.

Featuring 3 bedrooms, office/walk-in robe, spacious lounge with a wood heater, large kitchen/dining area with electric wall oven and a gas stove, combined bathroom and laundry and a separate toilet. Outside there is side lane access to a fantastic 40ft x 20ft (approx) shed which has power and is partly concreted.

The sale included the furniture still in the house and a spa bath, new vanity and a new toilet waiting to be installed by the new owner.

$25,000 41-43 Gulbin Road, Murtoa ... Vacant Block. Set on a Township zoned corner block of approx 4292m2, this property would make an ideal site to build your new home on, subject to council approval. With access to 3 sides, water already connected, only a short walk to the lake, a steel framed shed and horse yards already built.

This could be just the block you are looking for. The property is surrounded by a type rural fence and has large tank connected to the shed.

Lot 26 and 27 Whitton Street ... Set off the main street and along a quiet gravelled street these 2 lots measure in total 1529 sq. mts. giving you a sizeable parcel of land for that dream home, shed and more. Sewerage runs along the back of the lots, power and water run along Lloyd Street, a distance of just over 40 metres.

On the block there is a cement pad where a garden shed once stood and an older wood shed style construction.

There is CI fencing on two sides. The block is zoned residential and building would be subject to council approvals.

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WARRACK’S MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR WIND FARM BACK ONLINE

By James Thomas

WARRACKNABEAL’S multi-million dollar wind farm is back on track after regulatory changes to Victoria’s electricity act granted greater control to the state government over new energy infrastructure investments.

Located on cropping land south-west of Warracknabeal, West Wind Energy will begin consulting with landholders in August and September for its proposed 300MW wind farm.

After determining wind speeds and turbine locations back in 2017, the renewable energy company has decided to move forward with the project after the Victorian Government introduced changes which would make it easier for investments in energy projects.

West Wind Energy Head of Business Administration and Engagement, Erin Gray said that the company was still awaiting indication from the government to upgrade energy transmission lines.

“The way the lines were originally built, it was tailored towards a few large centres of generation,” she said.

“Now that we are having more renewable projects, it’s a different kind of grid arrangement.

“There are lots of smaller projects disparately spread out so the lines need improvement.”

The new powers, which were passed on March 17, would allow the state government in consultation with the Australian Market Energy Operator (AEMO) to exempt certain new transmission infrastructure investments from the normal assessment tests.

While awaiting the outcome of grid upgrades, Ms Gray said that the company was entering into its feasibility and pre-planning phase in hopes to have the project “shovel-ready” once there was transmission capacity.

This would include conducting environmental, layout and grid studies for the proposed sites which would be lodged with the state government and then AEMO for grid connection.

Although the project is still in its infancy, Ms Gray is hoping to have permits submitted over the coming year with the company looking at scaling up from its initial proposal of 50 to 70 turbines.

“We are anticipating at least something comparable to the Murra Warra Wind Farm,” she said.

“The number of turbines has grown but at this stage we don’t know.

“It depends on the outcome of the studies that we are doing at the moment.”

The project is anticipated to employ approximately 200 people on-site, with direct and in-direct economic benefits expected to stem from its construction both in the short and long term.

With the community consultations happening over the next month, Ms Gray said that the company would be looking at getting input for potential community benefit projects.

“What we normally do is we also create a community benefit fund to spread around for people who can’t host turbines on their property,” she said.

“There would be a Community Reference Group which is formed by a committee of community representatives, the applications for funding go into that group which they then provide recommendations for where the funding should be allocated.”

For residents of the company’s Golden Shire project, their community reference group would receive up to $228,000 per year, which equates to $1,000 per turbine, once the project is completed.

Also an energy-offset scheme was established

REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS CALL

By JessieAnne Gartlan

UNITING Wimmera has welcomed a state government plan to assist rough sleepers but flagged the need for schemes to address the ‘hidden homelessness’ epidemic in the Wimmera.

On Tuesday the state government announced its Homelessness to a Home scheme, a $150M package that will see the government extend current hotel accommodation until at least April next year for 2000 Victorians, who will also be supported to access stable, long term housing.

The government will also arrange to lease 1100 properties from the private rental market, providing a permanent home for people once they leave emergency accommodation.

In a statement the government said the funding will be allocated to homelessness agencies in both metropolitan and regional areas – enabling them to deliver a tailored and more responsive service based on the needs of individuals.

The scheme comes as Victoria experiences a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and prompts concerns about rough sleepers being able to stay home and isolate.

“This pandemic has laid bare many inequalities – you can’t stay home if you don’t have one and you can’t wash your hands regularly if you don’t have access to the

bare basics of hot water and soap,” Victorian premier Daniel Andrews said.

Unting Vic.Tas. chief executive Bronwyn Pike said the funding needed to be targeted and those rough sleepers who were couch surfing or living in unstable housing - as was more common in regional areas - needed to be considered too.

“We often associate the idea of homelessness as somebody who is sleeping rough on the streets of Melbourne, but that’s only a small part of the problem,” Ms Pike said.

“In our outer suburbs and in cities and small towns across regional Victoria, there are people not only sleeping rough, but couch surfing, or living in emergency or temporary accommodation, sometimes as a result of family violence.

“We would want to see some of this funding package helping those who are living in Melbourne’s outer suburbs and in regional areas who don’t have the safety and security of a stable home.”

The package comes as Uniting Wimmera continues its Spread the Warmth campaign, which is collecting blankets and warm clothes, as well as funds through its website, to distribute to rough sleepers around the Wimmera.

Online donations can be made by visiting www.unitingvictas.org.au.

Donations of new items can be made at Uniting Wimmera, 185 Baillie Street, Horsham.

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for Golden Shire residences within three kilometres of a constructed turbine, allowing them to claim free electricity up to the amount of the average Victorian home.

“Our preferred approach is to come out and speak to community groups to let them know

what we are thinking in these early stages and then get input from them on what they’d like to see,” Ms Gray said.

“As long as COVID restrictions allow for it, in the next few months we’ll be having more in-public drop-in sessions.”

Uniting to provide isolation support UNITING Wimmera and Horsham Rural City Council will join the State Government in their efforts to combat loneliness and social disconnection in communities as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The State Government has invested $59.4 million into supporting Victorian’s mental health and wellbeing, with this initiative as part of that investment.

The Community Activation and Social Isolation initiative will expand the Victorian coronavirus hotline by connecting callers with Uniting’s local social support programs and services and other community programs.

Callers to the hotline will also receive assistance from trained Australian Red Cross volunteers who will provide emotional support and help to callers who may be distressed and anxious.

Uniting Wimmera Executive Officer Josh Koenig encouraged locals feeling lonely or disconnected from the community to reach

out.

“The last few months have been really difficult and we know there are many people in our community who are really struggling,” Mr Koenig said.

“If you were already feeling lonely or isolated before the pandemic, the physical and social distancing may have made these feelings worse.

“Don’t suffer in silence. If you’re feeling lonely, if you’re feeling disconnected from your community and the people around you, take that first step and call the hotline.

“These are challenging times, but there’s no need to feel embarrassed or ashamed because we’re here to help you re-establish your connections with the community.”

The program will also link people to local social activities, such as video chats, online book clubs or fitness groups.

The Victorian coronavirus hotline can be reached by calling 1800 675 398.

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TAX TIME

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM THE ATO The Australian Taxation Office is aware that residential rental property owners may be concerned about how COVID-19, floods, or bushfires have reduced their income.

This may be a result of tenants paying less or entering deferred payment plans, or travel restrictions which have affected demand for short-term rental properties.

New legislation also affects the tax deductions that owners of vacant land can claim.

Assistant Commissioner Karen Foat said that whatever the circumstances, the most important first step was to keep records of all expenses. “Without good records, you will find it difficult to declare all your rental-related income in your tax return and work out what expenses you can claim as deductions,” Ms Foat said.

Reduced rental income Many tenants are paying reduced rent or have ceased paying because their income has been adversely affected by COVID-19.

Owners should include rent as income at the time it is paid, so you only need to declare the rent you have received as income. If payments by tenants are deferred until the next financial year you do not need to include these payments until you receive them.

While rental income may be reduced, owners will continue to incur normal expenses on their rental property and will still be able to claim these expenses in their tax return as long as the reduced rent charged is determined at arms’ length, having regard to the current market conditions.

This applies whether the reduction in rent was initiated by the tenants or the

owner.

Some owners may have rental insurance that covers a loss of income. It is important to remember that any payouts from these types of policies are assessable income and must be included in tax returns.

Many banks have moved to defer loan repayments for stressed mortgagees.

In these circumstances, rental property owners are still able to claim interest being charged on the loan as a deductioneven if the bank defers the repayments.

Short-term rentals “We recognise that circumstances over the past six months have seen many short-term rentals see cancellations or sit vacant as a result of either COVID-19 or bushfires,” Ms Foat said.

In circumstances where COVID-19 or natural disasters have adversely affected demand, including the cancellation of existing bookings for a short-term rental property, deductions are still available provided the property was still genuinely available for rent.

If owners decided to use the property for private purposes, offered the property to family or friends for free, offered the property to others in need or stopped renting the property out they cannot claim deductions in respect of those periods.

“Generally speaking, if your plans to rent a property in 2020 were the same as those for 2019, but were disrupted by COVID-19 or bushfires, you will still be able to claim the same proportion of expenses you would have been entitled to claim previously,” Ms Foat said.

To determine the proportion of expenses that can be claimed for short-term rental properties impacted by COVID-19 or bushfires, a reasonable approach is

to apportion expenses based on the previous year’s usage pattern, unless you can show it was genuinely available for rent for a longer period of time in 2020.

If you or your family or friends move into the property to live in it because of COVID-19 or bushfires, you need to count this as private use when working out your claims in 2020.

Deductions for vacant land For the 2020 year, expenses for holding vacant land are no longer deductible for individuals intending to build a rental property on that land but the property is not yet built. This also applies to land for which you may have been claiming expenses in previous years.

However, this does not apply to land that is used in a business, or if there has been an exceptional circumstance like a fire or flood leading to the land being vacant.

Incorrectly claiming loan interest Taxpayers that take out a loan to purchase a rental property can claim interest (or a portion of the interest) as a tax deduction.

However, directing some of the loan money to personal use, such as paying for living expenses, buying a boat, or going on a holiday is not deductible use.

The ATO uses data and analytics look closely to ensure that deductions are only claimed on the portion of the loan that relates directly to the rental property.

Poor record keeping The number one cause of the ATO disallowing a claim is taxpayers being unable to produce receipts or other documents to support a claim.

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Business Trades Directory VICTORIAN FARMERS FEDERATION RECEIVE $3M FOR FARM SAFETY

By Chris Michaels

THE Victorian Farmers Federation is to receive $3M through the Making Our Farms Safer grant, which will mean two new farm safety officers will be employed and added resources delivered.

The Victorian Government is backing the new initiative to reduce the number of people injured and killed on farms, with the announcement coinciding with the recent Farm Safety Week.

Agriculture Minister Jaclyn Symes said, “Lives are forever changed by workplace deaths – all of them devastating and needless. That’s why we’re working with industry to reach as many people as possible and change the attitudes around farm workplace safety.”

“We want our farms to be safe places for those who live, work or visit them. The work that the VFF will carry out with this grant will make a difference in achieving this for all Victorian farms.”

The farm safety officers will provide information and advice on improving farm safety, via on-farm safety walks designed to help farmers identify risks and the changes they can make to improve the safety of their farms.

The VFF will also use the funds to develop an online platform with a range of farm safety resources for Victoria’s farmers that help them to adopt better farm safety and health practices.

VFF President David Jochinke said the organisation was wanting to increase the safety first culture on all farming properties to avoid injuries or worse.

“We want to promote a safety first approach,” Mr Jochinke said. “Increasing that culture of safety first is essential.

“The online resources will be accessible via the portal to all farmers, even those from mixfarming backgrounds.

“That way there will be a unit online that will apply to everyone, and they will be easily accessible.”

The Making our Farms Safer grant is part of the Government’s $20 million Victoria’s Smarter, Safer Farms program and Safer Farms election commitment, addressing skills and safety issues in the agriculture sector.

RURAL PRESS CLUB WEBINAR LIFTS THE LID ON WATER

By Chris Michaels

THE water market and the challenges farmers face were the subject of a recent Rural Press Club webinar.

The webinar, hosted by ABC Rural’s Kath Sullivan featured industry experts including Goulburn Valley dairy farmer and former Dairy Australia Chairman Geoff Akers, northern Victorian grain and maize producer Craig Reynolds,

Aither founding director Chris Olszak and Waterpool Trading chief executive Peter Lawford.

With the current coronavirus pandemic the use of webinars is becoming more frequent, with plans in the pipeline for similar webinars focusing on a variety of topics.

A consistent theme from the speakers was the need to use water differently and with more flexibility.

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The Rural Press Club of Victoria plans to conduct a series of webinars in the coming months as COVID-19 restricts its ability to host lunches and networking opportunities.

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Business Trades Directory Strategic 100-day plan is the key to lamb survival and lifelong productivity

By Rural Vision

THE first 100 days of a lamb’s life hold the highest risk of contracting a range of diseases, which are costing Australian sheep producers more than half a billion dollars in lost production and control measures each year.

However, recent research indicates many of these health impacts can be avoided through cost-effective prevention strategies.

Leading animal health company, Zoetis, has developed the comprehensive Survive to Thrive 100-Day Plan, which assists producers to effectively and successfully manage the health of their lambs during this critical period.

The 100-Day Plan delivers a simple and strategic vaccination and drench program, carried out at marking and weaning, which will boost weaner survival rates and set them up for a lifetime of productivity.

Prevention the best option Research indicates that for a range of priority diseases impacting Australian sheep enterprises, prevention is the most costeffective and productive option.

A vaccination program at marking and weaning, for diseases such as Ovine Johne’s Disease (OJD), cheesy gland, and the five main clostridial diseases – black disease, black leg, malignant oedema, pulpy kidney, and tetanus – offers the basis of a lifetime of immunity.

OJD is estimated to cost Australia’s sheep industry $35 million each year. Infected sheep can shed infective bacteria from as young as eight months of age, while clinical signs of OJD may not be apparent for 2–3 years.

Often OJD is not diagnosed until a significant proportion of the flock is already infected and deaths are occurring. Vaccinating lambs with Gudair at less than 16 weeks of age is a key preventative measure, to substantially reduce the shedding of infective bacteria. A single

1mL dose of Gudair at marking provides lifelong immunity against OJD. Effective combination vaccines, such as Glanvac 6 can prevent disease, boost weaning percentages, improve meat and wool quality, and set the foundation for optimal growth.

Glanvac 6 protects against cheesy gland (CLA), and all five priority clostridial diseases with an initial vaccination at marking and a follow-up booster at weaning.

Arthritis is a common problem of lambs, particularly where marking, or any activity that risks damaging the skin, is carried out in wet muddy conditions. Erysipelas arthritis is a common cause of carcase trimming with the average trim of 3kg per arthritic affected carcase costing producers $17.25 per carcase.

Stringent hygiene and vaccinating with Eryvac at marking, with a follow-up booster at weaning will protect lambs against Erysipelas arthritis.

Scabby mouth is an easily-transmitted viral disease that causes scabs and pustules, usually around the mouth and face of affected animals.

The disease is most common in lambs and weaners during summer. Animals become infected with scabby mouth when abrasions in the skin allow the virus to enter and establish.

One scratch with Scabigard at marking will control the skin lesions associated with scabby mouth and reduce the risk of costly consequences, including loss of condition, lameness, fly strike, mastitis and death.

Internal parasites including Barber’s pole worm pose the greatest animal health cost to Australian sheep producers, at around $436M annually.

Young sheep are most susceptible to the effects of internal parasite infections. If uncontrolled, death rates can approach 100%.

Ineffective control, most commonly due to increasing drench resistance, reduces ewe milk production by 22%, liveweight gains by

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about 15% and wool growth by 10%.

Effective long-term control strategies seek to minimise the impact of parasites but also reduce the rate of development of drench resistance. A strategic drench at weaning with a highly-effective combination drench, such as Startect, will control worms, reduce larval contamination of pastures for the benefit of the whole flock and can delay the development of resistance to other drench classes.

Supplementing growth Producers can achieve additional productivity gains in their 100-day program

by incorporating tactical vitamin B12 supplementation. Vitamin B12 is vital for energy production and growth, with rapidlygrowing sheep having the highest demands.

Levels in sheep depend on ingestion of cobalt, with cobalt deficiency determined by soil type and pasture maturity and type.

Supplementing growing stock with vitamin B12 has been shown to improve weight gain in lambs by up to 2.8kg over 12 weeks. Even in non-deficient cobalt areas B12 has been shown to deliver an additional 0.5kg over 106 days.

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This Week’s Markets

BENDIGO SHEEP & LAMB

YARDING: 5530 LAMB: 3200 SHEEP: 2330 Lamb numbers dropped away again as producers react to the cheaper rates on offer. It was a scrappy winter’s yarding, with just a few good lines of lambs available amid plainer types. The buying ranks remain affected by Covid-19 abattoir closures in Victoria and winter slowdowns at others, and at least five companies weren’t operating. A positive was the return of a supermarket buyer, and the few ideally weighted domestic lambs in short skins were dearer.

But the rest of the yarding, including export lambs, were only similar to even cheaper than a week ago.

Agents did pass-in one lead run of extra heavy lambs off grain. Heavy export lambs over 30kg cwt from $180 to a top of $200/head once. Most medium and heavy trade lambs fluctuated from $155 to$180/ head. Small pen lots of mixed lambs were heavily discounted at times. A few pens of new season young lambs sold to $181/head and were among

BALLARAT SHEEP & LAMB

YARDING: 5700 LAMB: 3900 SHEEP: 1800 Numbers were at the lowest for a very long time at Ballarat today, agents drew for 3,900 lambs. The quality was plain to good, with quite a few clean up pens and not a lot of weight on offered. Not all the usual buying group attended, the market was much stronger this week to see prices increase $10 to $20/ head in places. Heavy lambs sold to $193, with the majority of the lambs selling from $160 to $188/head for the sort after trade weights. The lambs back to paddock sold from $99 to $158/head. Light lambs sold from $84 to $138/head. Trade lambs, 18kg to 22kg, sold from $148to $176/head. Lambs, 22kg to 24kg, sold from $174 to $180/head, ranging from 727c to 791c to average around 765c/kg cwt. 4 score lambs,24kg to 26kg, sold from $175 to $185/ head, to average around 720c/kg cwt. Heavy 26kg to 30kg lambs sold from $182 to $193/head.1,800 sheep, the quality was good, the market was mostly

HORSHAM SHEEP & LAMB

YARDING: 2852 LAMB: 1178 SHEEP: 1674 Lamb supply increased to 1,178, and there were 1,674 sheep yarded at Horsham this week. Quality was mixed, with a few neat pens through the offering.

Not all the usual buying group attended, but those in attendance paid to $201 for heavy lambs and paid to $175/head for the better presented medium and heavy trade weighted lambs. Sought after types sold to a dearer tend to be in places, $10 to $20/head up on last weeks easier levels. Restockers paid from $96 to $135/head for Merino lambs returning to the paddock. The sheep offering again saw some good runs of Merino sheep offered. They sold from similar to a few dollars easier, on the last sale. Merino wethers sold to $155/head. Merino ewes sold to $160, with heavy crossbred ewes selling to $165/ head. Light weight 2 score lambs sold to $108/head.

Light trade weight lambs, 18 to 22 kg, sold from $138 to $152/head to average around 700c/kg cwt.

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the stronger sales at 700c to 770c/kg cwt for neat trades. But the bulk of the yarding to processors tracked under 680c, with the heaviest exports lambs below 600c/kg cwt. Trade weight Merino lambs with good cover from $158 to $166/head to be trending around600c/kg cwt. The sheep market also fluctuated around quality and weight. Extra heavy crossbred ewes sold at cheaper rates from $156 to $188/head. Merino wethers offered processors the biggest runs of better quality, and sold from $155 to $190/head for an average of around 580c/kg cwt.

Merino ewes with weight and condition made from $145 to $195/head.

JULY 28 firm to dearer in places. Good quality runs of Merino weathers were offered. Merino ewes sold from $107 to $170, $10/head dearer in places, to average 625c/ kg cwt. Crossbred ewes sold from $96 to $191, $4/ head dearer to average around 565c/kg cwt. Merino wethers sold from $110 to $177/head to average 615c/kg cwt. Rams sold to $68/head.

JULY 29 Medium trade weight, 3 to 4 score lambs, 22 to 24 kg, sold from $154 to $175/head and ranged from 660c to 730c to average around 710c/kg cwt. Heavy 3 to 4 score trade weight lambs sold to $170/head. Export weight lambs sold from $179 to $190, with the extra heavy weight lambs selling from $165 to $201/head.

Light trade weight Merino lambs sold from $108 to $148/head to average close to 700c/kg cwt. Light weight 2 score sheep sold from $85 to $90/head and averaged around 485c/kg cwt. Medium weight, 2 to 3 score sheep sold from $116 to $136/head and ranged from 480c to 580c, with the Merino mutton averaging around 575c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino ewes sold from $136 to $160, heavy Merino wethers sold from $138 to $155, with the medium weights selling from $121 to $143/head.

PAKENHAM CATTLE

from 274c to 303c/kg YARDING: 755 CHANGE: -149 There were approximately 500 export and 250 young cattle penned representing a decrease of 150 head week-on-week. The usual buying group was present but not all operating in a generally firm market. Quality was very mixed with some good grain finished lots and fewer vealers. Quality vealers gained a few cents. Yearling trade cattle sold to mixed demand with the steer portion easing a little and the heifers improving. Grown steers and bullocks sold firm. Cows sold firm to 5c/kg dearer.

Heavy bulls lifted slightly. Vealers sold from 364c to 440c/kg. Yearling trade steers made from 380c to 430c/kg. Yearling heifers to the trade sold from 360c to 410c/kg. Grown steers made from 350c to 385c/ kg. Bullocks sold from 347c to 382c/kg. Most light and medium weight cows made from 205c to295c/ kg. Heavy weight cows sold mostly between 238c and 319c after a top of 333c/kg. Heavy bulls made

SHEPPARTON CATTLE

YARDING: 585 CHANGE: -965 A much smaller yarding at Shepparton with only 585 head penned. A few familiar faces returned to the rails after the Victorian Abattoir closures last week.

Competition was stronger across both the export and domestic sections as numbers around the state declined and buyers stepped up to secure supply.

After last week’s slump in prices, cows bounced back by 10c to 20c/kg. There were not many grown steers and bullocks about and prices lifted there also.

Feeder steer orders were virtually non existant as cattle were not suitable for orders. The trade cattle were of very plain quality, but finished lines sold at dearer rates of 10c to 15c/kg on last sale. Very few supplementary fed cattle were offered. The best of the vealers reached a top of 432c/kg. The medium and heavy yearling steers made from 375c to a top of419.6c/kg for some B muscled Euro steers, the yearling heifer portion ranged from 350c to 421c.kg

BALLARAT CATTLE

YARDING: 131 CHANGE: -128 Today was the last weekly prime market at Ballarat, moving to fortnightly prime markets commencing on the 10th of August.131 cattle yarded, the quality was mostly plain with very limited pens of good quality well finished young cattle on offer, all the usual buying group were in attendance but not all were operating fully. Feeders and restockers were active in a mixed market. Young cattle overall were 10cto 20c cheaper, and more in places. Light weight cows were in demand, and were 15c to 25c/kg dearer in places. Vealers sold to the trade from 332c to 360c, and feeders paid from 260c to 374c/kg. Yearlings steers sold to the trade from 349c to 365c, and feeders paid from 292c to 360c/kg. Yearling heifers sold to the trade from 256c to 358c, with feeders making from 290c to 325c/kg. Manufacturing steers were too few in numbers to quote, and sold to the trade from 260c to 278c for the beef types. and

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JULY 28 for a pen of Limousins. The heavy beef cows made from 276c to a top of 320c, while the over 520kg dairy cows ranged from 240c to 286c to average 276c/kg.

Friesian bullocks reached 290c, but numbers were very limited. Best of the beef bulls ranged from 280c to 305c/kg

JULY 27 230c to 280c/kg for the dairy steers. Grown steers, sold from 325c to 352c/kg, too few to quote. Grown Heifers sold to the trade to 340c/kg. Heavy weight wellbred cows sold to the trade from 250c to 293c, to be back 10c to 15c/kg. Medium weight cows sold from 210c to 281c, up to 10c cheaper in places. Light weight cows sold to 230c/kg. Restockers paid from 264c to 294c/kg. Heavy weight beef bred bulls sold to 294c. and yearling bulls sold to 308c/kg.

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Business Trades Directory Calls for cash injection for Victorian C-Class roads network

By James Thomas

THE unsafe and deteriorating condition of many roads across Western Victoria requires a major injection of funds to stop putting people’s lives at risk.

C-Class roads are regional distributors, joining municipalities and connecting communities together making up about 5,000km of transport links between Buloke, Hindmarsh, Horsham, Northern Grampians, West Wimmera and Yarriambiack.

The Wimmera Southern Mallee Regional Transport Group (WSMRTG), which represents six Western Victorian municipalities, has called for an immediate injection of $50 million by the state government to make 30 of the regions worst C-Class roads safe for users.

“Our group has been researching and identifying key issues impacting the region’s transport network to understand how these impacts are limiting Western Victoria’s growth and development and this research clearly shows that the poor condition of many of our C-Class roads is negatively impacting industry, agriculture, tourism and communities and is putting lives at risk,” Chair of the WSMRTG Cr Kevin Erwin said, “Crash rates on these roads are two to three times greater than the country Victorian average – this is simply unacceptable. These

roads are vital to our communities and their upkeep deserves to be a priority,” Cr Erwin said.

“There are many C-Class roads that have extremely narrow seals, broken edges and drop offs, making it extremely difficult for traffic users to pass each other safely, especially long heavy trucks.”

Wimmera Southern Mallee Transport Group met via Zoom last Friday to complete its strategic plan.

Yarriambiack Shire Councillor Corinne Heintze said, “we’ve got a big push to get the shoulders on C-Class roads, which are VicRoads roads, fixed.”

“The (state and federal governments) have been throwing a lot of money to fix roads but there has been very little funding for the widening and fixing C-Class roads in general.”

“A lot of traffic, trucks in particular, use those roads which were never really designed to take the amount of traffic or weight.”

Hindmarsh Shire Council Mayor Cr Gersch said these roads were not built to accommodate the volume of traffic, size and loads being carried by trucks in today’s world.

“The narrow sealed roads are also often used as detours when road crashes occur on major roads, ironically increasing the risk of causing another accident,” Cr Gersch said.

“An unfortunate example of this was the previous incident on the Blue Ribbon Road,

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• Birchip Cropping Group has had to cancel its Main Field Day for 2020 due to COVID-19.

By James Thomas

HORSHAM BRANCH Wayne Driscoll (Mgr).........0407 525 565 Dale Dridan.......................0428 171 428 Scott Jackson....................0429 400 153 Pat Dunn...........................0417 531 085 Donald Rogers..................0428 531 924 Benn Molineaux...............0409 850 683 Mathew McDonald...........0428 411 786 Dusty Cross (Trainee)........0439 146 200 Jacob Davies (Wool Mgr).0408 346 562 Max Brown (Real Estate)..0429 854 772 Liz Cooper - Office Manager Phone...............................03 5381 0022 Fax...................................03 5381 2033 18 Hamilton Rd, Horsham Vic 3400 PO Box 507, Horsham Vic 3402

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FOR the first time in 28 years, Birchip Cropping Group has had to cancel its flagship field day event due to the current pandemic.

Due to take place on September 9, the BCG Main Field Day brings together agricultural industry representatives to exchange knowledge on contemporary issues for the agricultural community.

BCG senior extension and communication manager Tom Draffen said that the board made a unanimous decision to cancel the event due to the way it restricted movement on out-of-state experts and research partners.

“Without being able to have all those people in the paddock, we didn’t feel that it would have that high impact that we’ve had in previous years,” he said.

“The board felt the funds should be

redirected into something different this year.

“The silver lining is that we have the opportunity to try and find alternative avenues to communicate and engage with our members.”

BCG research partners include La Trobe and Melbourne universities as well as government agencies such as Agriculture Victoria.

BCG has recently held its Industry Crop Walk on July 22 for around 60 industry representatives. The day was managed using small group sizes which moved independently of each other to meet the current guidelines.

While a substitute event for the Main Field Day hasn’t been locked in, Mr Draffen said that BCG will be looking at alternative opportunities such as online extension tools and other digital platforms to communicate with members.

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WEST WIMMERA HEALTH SERVICE LOCKED DOWN DUE TO COVID-19 SPIKE “We’ve tried to remain in step with other health services and as CEO’s we will continue to talk on a daily basis,” Mr Dodds said.

KOREA...

• West Wimmera Health Service: Photo: West Wimmera Health Service locked down. Photo: CONTRIBUTED

By Chris Michaels

WEST Wimmera Health Service went into lockdown last Friday for the second time, due to the recent spike in coronavirus cases in Horsham, Ballarat and Melbourne.

Chief Executive Ritchie Dodds said the service was going back to lockdown conditions that were first brought in in March.

“With the spike in cases in Horsham, Ballarat and Melbourne we’ve decided to take a cautious approach,” Mr Dodds said.

“Basically now all non-essential visiting has ceased until further notice. Although we are still allowing

high-risk patients and their visitors, as well as offering end of life care and on compassionate grounds.”

Mr Dodds said the health service was reliant on government direction when it came to making decisions about re-opening.

“It will be difficult to have face to face contact until we’re sure that the current measures put in place by the government have an effect,” Mr Dodds said.

“We’re currently ramping up the use of social media, skype and Zoom and just hope we can remain clear of things. And we have all staff wearing masks in all clinical areas.”

Mr Dodds said it was important that other health services in the region were on the same page.

Warracknabeal Christmas Festival cancelled

• UNTIL NEXT YEAR: Warracknabeal Action Group has decided to cancel its 2020 Christmas Festival due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The committee are contemplating other options to help excite the community.

By Jessica Taylor

WARRACKNABEAL Action Group has made the decision to cancel this year’s Christmas Festival event.

The annual event attracts over 1,000 to Anzac Park in Warracknabeal each year, but due to the COVID-19 situation, the group decided to cancel the event.

WAG President Dianne Marchment said the committee decided to make the decision early for the health and wellbeing of the community.

The community announcement said the committee of volunteers spend six months planning the event so the decision to cancel was a difficult one.

“They (the committee) were looking at different ideas even before COVID so they’ll be looking at other options,” Ms Marchment said.

“Someone suggested an old style drive in movie

which some other towns have had success with. So we might do something similar.

“So people will be able to get out and do something, but from the safety of their own vehicles.

“We haven’t got the cases here yet, but we have to take into account the health and wellbeing of our community, especially with an ageing population.”

Ms Marchment said WAG met last week via Zoom, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

The group has organised Brad from Brad’s Coffee to visit Warracknabeal this weekend.

“We have a coffee van coming this Sunday for take away only.

“People won’t be able to sit down but they will be able to come buy their coffee and leave.

The van will be situated outside the Warracknabeal Tourist Information Centre.

“And we are taking patients from Horsham or Ballarat to ease their burden if needed so we can all work together.”

From page 7

The Kapyong Battle On the night of 22 April 1951, Chinese forces launched a major offensive against United Nations forces defending the South Korean capital, Seoul, and positions further east.

The next morning the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade (including the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment) was ordered to the valley of the Kapyong River about 60 kilometres north-east of Seoul, where South Korean forces were being driven back.

During a night of fierce fighting and throughout the daylight hours of 24 April the Australians and a Canadian battalion, supported by a New Zealand artillery regiment, stalled the Chinese advance before eventually withdrawing after dark.

At a cost of 32 men killed, 59 wounded and three missing (taken prisoner), the Australians had helped hold up the Chinese 60th Division and inflicted heavy casualties which totalled more than 500 killed alone. For their contribution to this action, 3RAR was awarded a US Presidential Citation.

For their part in the stand at Kapyong, 3rd Battalion, RAR, the Canadians (who had fought their own lonely battle to the west) and a company of American tank battalions were awarded the US Presidential Unit Citation which is a US Army award for bravery which was installed on an entire unit.

It is awarded to units of the US army and co-belligerent nations for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy. The 3RAR was serving as part of the US-led UN forces in the Korean War (1950 -53) when it was decorated for outstanding bravery demonstrated by the men of the battalion at the battle of Kapyong in April 1951.

At the time the award was known as the Distinguished Unit Citation, though it was redesignated the Presidential Unit Citation in November 1966.

After the Battle of Kapyong the front became less mobile. Australians remained in the 38th parallel fighting trench warfare in appalling conditions much like the soldiers of the First World WW1. Conditions were dirty, cramped, and some UN Soldiers froze to death in their trenches. Trenches could be so close or as far as two kilometers apart.

Most of the fighting in that period took the form of exchanging artillery and mortar fire and laying mines. Trench raids and patrols were used in a see-saw war of small gains and losses of ground, of taking and losing hills. Although a stalemate had been reached, frequent patrols, probes of enemy positions and intelligence gathering meant Australian troops still saw considerable action.

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Murtoa Stick Shed gets new delivery

By Chris Michaels

THE Murtoa Stick Shed has taken delivery of the first of three GY Wagons, which were previously used to transport grain to and from the Stick Shed.

The GY’s are being displayed on a section of specially built railway line situated in the car park at the front of the shed. The three GY wagons were made available by the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre at no charge and were transported by road to Murtoa.

Over 6,300 GY and HY rail wagons were built from 1939 through to 1957 with just over 1000 built in Birmingham, England.

3250 were built at the Newport, Bendigo and Ballarat Railway workshop and a further 1020 built by

a NSW heavy engineering firm A. E. Goodwin Ltd. The GY was probably the bestknown wagon class on the Victorian Railways network because of their sheer numbers and when not hauling wheat they could often be seen carrying all sorts of loads including containers, farm equipment and superphosphate.

Murtoa Stick Shed Committee of Management secretary David Grigg said he was excited to have the GY wagons displayed at the shed.

“They will need a little bit of restoration and some painting but to have the GY wagons at the shed will be very nice,” Mr Grigg said.

“The wagons would carry the grain to the shed and it would be unloaded and then head off again.

The trains would visit whenever

RNH to host financial support workshops

By Connor McKenzie

RURAL Northwest Health in conjunction with West Wimmera Health Service and Bethany Community Support will host a two part workshop aimed at assisting individuals to gain new money management skills.

The workshop, ‘Getting the most out of YOUR money’, will be split into two online Zoom virtual meetings that will run for one and a half hours each.

Interested participants can choose between two times on both the allocated dates, with the Zoom virtual meeting open between 10.30am and noon, and again at 6.30pm through to 8pm on both August 4 and August 11.

One of the goals of the workshop is to make the connection between financial management and mental health clearer to all interested participants.

“Happiness does not come from having more money, but from feeling comfortable in what you have. This workshop will allow you to build some skills to help with that,” Nick Wakeling, Health Promotion Officer at Rural Northwest Health said.

“This is our second round of workshops and participants from the first round told us they were there to reduce their stress, increase their comfort and to feel secure in what they had.

“After the success of the first workshops we wanted to be able to give the opportunity for more people to work on their financial matters and improve their overall wellbeing in the process, Wakeling said.

Any persons interested in gaining new financial and mental health skills can register their interest at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ MWSIGNUP.

• HISTORY: Murtoa Stick Shed will received a delivery of three GY Wagons for display.

needed.”

Work started on the stick shed in 1941, with completion in early 1942 and is one of the last examples of this type of grain storage facility in the

world.

It was the first emergency bulk wheat storage shed built in Victoria and is the only remaining shed of this type in Australia.

“Having the wagons displayed outside of the shed will give visitors even more of an idea about the history and just how grain was transported to this facility,” Mr Grigg said.

Scammers continue to invent new ways to steal funds

By Jessica Taylor

SCAMMERS continue to come up with new ways to bully Australians into handing over their hard-earned money.

One unlucky Warracknabeal resident, Noel Taylor and his wife Val were on the receiving end, last week of one of these unsolicited calls.

Mr Taylor said the caller said they were from the Bureau of Fraud Investigation and claimed someone from the United States of America was trying to take $3,000 out of their bank account.

“He asked us if we knew of anyone in America who we owed money to,” Mr Taylor said.

“I asked him ‘where are you from’ ‘what’s your name’, ‘what’s

Indigenous cropping may provide economic stimulus

By James Thomas

A COLLABORATIVE indigenous cropping project will look to test the economic feasibility of native bush foods.

Barengi Gadjin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (BGLC) has applied for a AgriFutures Australia funding grant which would bring together all the appropriate stakeholders.

Birchip Cropping Group, a notfor-profit agricultural research organisation based in Birchip, will be supporting the BGLC, along with the Wimmera Development Association, and Wimmera Catchment Management Authority to explore the opportunity for the large scale production of several species of native bush-food.

As the lead agency, BGLC is identifying appropriate plant species for domestic and international supply at its Wail Nursery as well as propagating, growing and harvesting techniques.

BCG chief executive Fiona Best said that the first stage of the project will look at confirming which species are suitable for scaling up.

“We would be supporting the project in terms of finding out what the nutritional requirements are, how you would plant them, harvest techniques, and whether mechanical harvesting is possible,” she said.

“They are not necessarily grown at large scale so our job will be to work with private landholders to look at how to scale up the production of some of these bush foods.”

Some of the species already under consideration include native pine, river mint, salt bush and wattleseed.

Ms Best said that the feasibility study will look at cost structures and its value to landholders compared to current crops.

“That will be a key part of the research because if this is going to be taken up as a viable option for farmers, it needs to easily fit into their current farming system and provide a good economic return,” she said.

“If it does prove to be viable, then BCG sees it as an opportunity for farmers to diversify as part of a risk management strategy.

“It may also provide a real economic stimulus to the region if private landholders and the (BGLC) can work together.”

According to a 2017 study by the Australian Native Food and Botanicals, the peak industry body for the burgeoning native food and botanicals industry, demand for native foods domestically is far exceeding supply.

BGLC would be working to promote native foods to end-users domestically and internationally.

Depending on when the funding grant is approved, it is expected that the initial market demand and supply feasibility study could be done over a six month period.

However, Ms Best said that in terms of production research, it could take longer due to the time required for some native species to propagate and reach peak production capacity.

• Warracknabeal resident Noel Taylor has been the target of a recent scam to try and retrieve his card details last week.

your number’?

“He wouldn’t tell me anything.

He already had my card number and kept asking for the reference number on the back of the card.

“He wouldn’t take no for an answer and got aggressive.”

Mr Taylor said he had to go over to Horsham in order to cancel his card as the Warracknabeal NAB branch was closed.

“When I spoke to the NAB they said this was a new one (scam),” he said.

Mr Taylor said he had no idea where they had recovered his card number from, but he wanted to warn others.

“I don’t want some poor old person getting caught out,” he said.

“In the end I just hung up.”

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has received over 3550 scam reports mentioning the coronavirus and others claiming to be the Australian Taxation Office.

These have come in the form of phone calls as well as text massages which include a clickable link.

According to the ACCC website, those who have lost money to scammers are unlikely to receive their money back.

The ACCC says it is important if you have handed over your bank or card details, to immediately contact your financial institution who will coordinate the appropriate steps to prevent any or further loss of funds.

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Motoring MOBILE PHONE CAMERA TRIAL BEGINS THIS WEEK

By Chris Michaels

A THREE month trial of state of the art safety cameras began this week in the hope that Victoria police will catch distracted drivers before they cause accidents on the road.

The cameras are designed to catch drivers using mobile phones and other illegal activity . The trial is designed to test the technology to make sure it operates accurately and effectively before a proper rollout later in the year.

In 2017-18, more than 30,000 motorists were issued with fines for using a mobile phone while driving in Victoria. Drivers and riders involved in distraction-related crashes may make up at least 11 per cent of road fatalities.

As well as capturing drivers illegally using their mobile phones while driving, the cameras will be tested for possible future use to crack down on other dangerous driver behaviour on Victorian roads, including not wearing a seatbelt.

Minister for Police and Emergency Services Lisa Neville said, “We know distracted drivers can have devastating outcomes on our roads – this technology is another step towards targeting this kind of unacceptable behaviour and keeping all road users safe.

“We all have a role to play in reducing our road toll – every time someone picks up their phone behind the wheel they are putting lives in danger,” Ms Neville said. “This technology will detect those

who choose to put lives at risk on our roads.”

As well as capturing drivers illegally using their mobile phones while driving, the cameras will be tested for possible future use to crack down on other dangerous

driving including not wearing a seatbelt.

No infringements will be issued during the pilot and number plate matching will not be undertaken. All photographs captured will be deleted, except for a limited number of de-identified images.

Minister for Roads and Road Safety Ben Carroll said, “We know how dangerous it is to use your phone while driving – that’s why we’re trialling this new technology to help stamp out this irresponsible behaviour.”

Increasing number of Victorian riders okay with speeding AN increasing number of Victorian motorbike riders believe they should be able to exceed speed limits, according to the latest Transport Accident Commission survey of Victorian riders.

The TAC’s latest Motorcycle Monitor, which surveyed 2443 motorcycle licence holders, shows the number of riders who are happy to ride within the speed limit continues to decline.

The findings revealed just 33 per cent of respondents believed speeding in a 100km/h zone was unacceptable, a proportion which has declined from 46 percent in 2014.

In 60km/h zones, only 41 percent of active riders agreed with a ‘low tolerance’ approach to speeding, down from 58 percent in 2014.

The annual survey also showed that the changing attitudes to speed limits is reflected in reported rider behaviour, with 53 percent of riders admitting to ever speeding in 60 zones, up from 31 percent in 2014, and 58 per cent in 100 zones, compared with 38 percent five years earlier.

In the past five years, inappropriate speeds have contributed to 43 percent of motorcycle riders and pillion fatalities on Victorian roads.

With the popular ‘riding season’ still in full swing, the TAC will re-launch its Perfect Ride campaign in March, highlighting key safety issues that recreational riders encounter including speed, cornering, road positioning, road surfaces, foreign objects and other road users.

The TAC will also be at the World Superbikes Championships at Phillip Island this weekend, speaking with the riders about best preparation, encouraging riders to wear full protective clothing and highlighting the benefits of having a motorcycle with ABS. Other key Motorcycle Monitor findings include: • 96 percent of riders agree that riding with an illegal BAC is dangerous (an increase from 92% in 2015) • 94 percent of riders agree that drowsy riding is dangerous (up from 88 percent in 2015) • 91 percent believe riding after taking a small amount of alcohol

with prescription drugs with alcohol is dangerous (up from 85 percent in 2015)

• Two-thirds of those who always wear a helmet will always wear a full-face helmet

• 51 percent of the time was spent riding on roads with speed limits of 80km/h or more

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Warracknabeal local Nick ‘KEEP AN EYE OUT’: Cave rocks on the big stage MURTOA HALL UP FOR RESTORATION

• Warracknabeal local Nick Cave has again put the town on the map with a stunning and stripped-down performance seen live across the globe.

By Chris Michaels Those early influences were surrounding him that more than

suited the tunes.

Shot beautifully by Robbie Ryan last month, in London at Alexandra Place, this live event gave Cave the chance to showcase not only his singing but also his musicianship.

Cave played tracks from his Bad Seeds days, as well as some from his side project Grinderman. With very little talking in between songs it was Cave at his most raw and emotional.

Cave was born in Warracknabeal and spent his formative years in the town before a move to Wangaratta with his academic parents. It was while there that Cave became enamoured with the bible, religion, death and life and music.

WARRACKNABEAL local Nick Cave has again put the town on the map with a stunning and strippeddown performance seen live across the globe.

Cave had only his piano for company, yet his voice was his hidden weapon. It crooned, it screeched and it caressed.

Surprisingly, as someone who grew up to love and perform punk music from his late teens and early twenties, a stripped down Cave is a different beast entirely.

Alone At Alexandra Place was the name of the concert and it very much was Cave alone, with some beautiful lighting and a sparseness

evident throughout Alone At Alexandra Place, with an underlying darkness as Cave searched for the meaning of life, God, death and love.

Cave had an impressive body of work to choose a 90 minute set from, with over 20 plus albums and a raft of film scores to his name from the early 1980s onwards.

There was a melancholy about Cave that was rooted in his father’s early death and the tragedy of losing his son in 2015.

His voice, like his thoughts and tunes, was deep and harrowing but lyrically he showed tremendous style and a thoughtfulness that was refreshing and all encompassing.

ESSENTIAL repairs and development will be completed on Murtoa Mechanics Hall after it secured a restoration grant from the Victorian Government.

Yarriambiack Shire Council in partnership with the Murtoa Hall Committee has secured a $100,000 grant which will go towards essential repairs and development works.

This would include some car park resurfacing, recladding of the north wall, and roof repairs as well as funding for modernised LED lighting in hall’s auditorium.

The hall’s secretary Andrew Clark said that this grant was a “real boost” after the installation of new curtains, air cooler and piano last year.

“The program recognises the important and central role that a hall plays in the life of a country town, and provides some long overdue support for Murtoa’s Hall,” he said.

“We congratulate the state government for doing this, and providing some local stimulus in the midst of the pandemic.

“As you can imagine some of the work will be ‘invisible’, as a building that size requires enormous inputs just to keep it looking good, but we trust some of the work will be seen and appreciated by all.

“Keep an eye on the exterior and you’ll see things happening.”

The committee had worked with Yarriambiack Shire’s Community and Economic Development Manager Marianne Ferguson on drafting the grant and the project will be overseen by the council.

Although the hall’s meeting facilities are currently available for community groups, the committee hopes that once coronavirus disappears, they will be able to reopen the auditorium to the public.

DIMBOOLA Football Netball Club was successful in a grant application to the Worksafe Victoria Club Safety grants that were cosponsored by the Australian Football League.

The club, one of 15 country football clubs to receive a grant, has secured $1500 to assist with the purchase of new nets for behind the goal posts at the football oval.

DFNC Secretary Col Campbell said, “The grant was aimed at safety

improvements and with the old nets being from the indoor cricket days we took the opportunity to use it to upgrade ours. We received $1500 towards the project.

“We hope to have the new nets in a couple of weeks and have them up as soon as we can. They will provide a great deal of safety to the supporters that sit behind the goals at either end of the ground. Any amount of grant money received is a real bonus to small clubs like ours.”

Grant brings new nets

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LORD NELSON PARK PROJECT ADVANCES

By Connor McKenzie

THE development project at the Lord Nelson Park precinct in St Arnaud has reached a vital step, with the Northern Grampians Shire Council now seeking tenders for the design and construction of the project.

Nine months since the announcement of AFL funding worth $100,000 and the subsequent funding from federal, state and council bodies the project is ready to advance.

The tender process will have two stages; stage one being the design of the Lord Nelson Park Multipurpose Sporting Facility

and stage two being the construction of the facility.

Councillor for Kara Kara ward and Chair of the St Arnaud Recreation Advisory Group, Cr Merrilee Reid, was pleased to see this project reach the tender stage.

“This project has been developed in close consultation with St Arnaud Recreation Advisory Group and Sport and Recreation Victoria and we look forward to seeing improvements to this important asset,” Cr Reid said.

“The Lord Nelson Park precinct users have been key contributors in the development of an initial concept and informed us of the space requirements necessary for the sports

BARRY’S CORNER

Barry Clugston resides just west of Stawell and has had a long career as chair of GWMWater, firefighter, and farmer.

He was a vocal advocate for the Wimmera Mallee pipeline, presented a wildlife program on ABC radio in western Victoria for 20 years and in 2012 was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia.

Stealing firewood Stealing firewood is rife in our district and we should train some agency staff to take some action.

Since the removal of firewood fee was abandoned a few years ago the situation has grown out of hand and authorities seem powerless to get involved and complain about lack of resources, staff and the ability to tackle the

issue.

Nobody minds that much if a few sticks get picked up by those down on their luck. However there has been an enormous amount of firewood going off to the metros for sale. Often certain areas are designated for firewood to be collected in drier times of the year for local consumption.

Usually these permits to collect only allow one or two tonnes at a time, which is about a four by six trailer load each. Not the truckloads going out of this district I have raised the solution to this in a column a few weeks ago. That is to grow plantations on freehold land it should be ready for harvesting and use at your place in no time at all.

Firewood could be just another crop. One of the dilemmas with unmanaged and illegal removal of firewood is the disruption and destruction of habitat for a lot of wildlife. This is a serious issue. And national parks and crown forest reserves are deliberately established to protect those natural species.

Looking after our reserves is hard enough without unlicensed people making a living from the habitat.

By Barry Clugston

and events we run in the precinct.

“This information has formed the basis for the design and construction process to ensure we are delivering a modern and accessible facility for the long term.”

Lord Nelson Park hosts many user groups throughout the course of a year, with the St Arnaud Football Club, St Arnaud Netball Club, St Arnaud Hockey Club, St Arnaud Cricket Club and the St Arnaud Harness Racing Club all using the facilities regularly.

St Arnaud Football Club treasurer and Lord Nelson Park development committee member Sharlene Bertalli said the community is excited and ready to contribute to the project.

“We are all very excited, it has

been a long time coming for us at the football club and I know the other user groups are also very keen to break ground,” Bertalli said.

“If we are being completely honest, the current football facilities, specifically the changerooms, are just terrible.

“We’ve had these upgrade plans for many years, and now that we’ve got funding secured via both government bodies, the council and the generous contribution from the AFL, the community is ready to welcome the new facilities.

“A community fundraising committee has been set up which includes individuals not directly involved with the current user groups of the park, so we are looking

forward to getting a few of these fundraising efforts up and running, and make the park a project the whole community can get behind.

“There were significant challenges in getting this project moving, which is normal of all re-developments, all the user groups sort of come in with a ‘wish-list’ of sorts of what their group would like to see, and unfortunately you can’t have everything.

“I think once we had a broad plan in place, we started to work well together and we have created a project that is balanced and caters to each individual user group’s wishes.

“From the football club perspective we thank everyone for their hard work, including the council, and we can’t wait to get started.”

Hindmarsh Shire Council

MAYORAL MATTERS

COUNCIL meetings certainly are different in their implementation as we continue to face restrictions on council due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We continue to meet face-to-face in the Nhill Memorial Community Centre with wide spacing between all in attendance. We are pleased with the feedback we have received from the community with our meetings now being live streamed on Council’s Facebook page.

Council has always encouraged public attendance at meetings, but unfortunately this cannot happen at this time.

Zoom meetings, emails and phones are our big communicator outside council meetings.

Social media is another way of communicating, but I am personally

not a great fan, although it can be successful if used in the right spirit.

There can also be negatives where unpleasant or negative comments are made, even derogatory and personal words being used. I read recently an appropriate saying, “Social media is a buffet, take what you like, leave what you don’t, then get the hell out of there”.

Hindmarsh Shire’s Working for Victoria staff are being fully utilised in our towns and works are being carried out that our normal maintenance crews do not have the time to achieve.

The first meeting of Hindmarsh Shire Council’s COVID-19 Community Reference Group was held this week. The group has Council, Community and Health representatives on the advisory panel that report to council with suggestions and recommendations for the assistance of our communities for recovery.

We received great news from Minister Melissa Horne MP on the announcement of further upgrades to the Rainbow – Dimboola railway line. This will enable trains to be safer and faster. We thank the State Government for this stimulus funding.

Fantastic news for the Dimboola community with the new library being completed. Again with health

regulations, council is unable to have a normal opening of this great facility but it will be available when regular library hours’ resume.

Jeparit’s Charles Street upgrade is progressing on time and the entrance to Jeparit will be enhanced when this project is finished.

Council’s work crew are taking great pride in this development.

The six councils that represent the Wimmera Southern Mallee Regional Transport Group, which Hindmarsh is a member, continues to lobby strongly for additional funding of 50 million dollars for upgrading and maintenance of our C-Class roads. These roads have deteriated over time and have become dangerous and unsafe for all vehicles, particularly trucks.

An injection of funding is urgently required.

COVID-19 continues to rule our way of life and we are in for the long haul. Again, I urge all residents to continue their support of health regulations. If further restrictions are to increase, hopefully our rural areas with no virus numbers are looked at differently to our metro councils. It is disturbing to see how some people are behaving and surely they will use common sense if our numbers remain high.

Cr Rob Gersch Mayor

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TV Guide

MONDAY AUGUST 3

SUNDAY AUGUST 2

SATURDAY AUGUST 1

ABC (2)

Whats on the Tele?

6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 10:00 rage Guest Programmer (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 The Sound [s] 1:30 When Louis Met Paul And Debbie (PG) 2:30 Back In Time For Dinner [s] 3:30 Escape From The City [s] 4:30 Landline [s] 5:00 Football: A-League: Melbourne City v Sydney FC *Live* From Olympic Stadium [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Shakespeare And Hathaway (PG) [s] 8:15 Les Miserables (M v) [s] 9:20 Thirteen (M l) [s] 10:20 The Good Karma Hospital (M) [s]

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Bollywood: World’s Biggest Film Industry (PG) (In English/ Hindi) 4:05 Gadget Man 4:30 Miracle At Sea 5:30 WWII - Battles For Europe (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys (PG) 8:30 Movie: “The King’s Speech” (M l) (’10) Stars: Colin Firth 10:35 On The Ropes (M l,v) (In English/ Arabic) 4:25 Trump’s Showdown: Trump’s Law (PG)

PRIME7 (6) 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 NINE (5)

Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend (PG) [s] 12:00 Beach Cops (PG) [s] 12:30 Weddings Make You Laugh Out Loud (PG) [s] 1:30 TBA 3:00 TBA 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 AFL: Pre-Game [s] 7:30 AFL: Round 9: West Coast v Geelong *Live* From Optus Stadium [s] 11:15 TBA 12:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Today Extra [s] 12:00 Award Winning Tasmania (PG) [s] 12:30 Animal Embassy [s] 1:00 Netball: Suncorp Super Netball: Firebirds v Lightning Then Giants v West Coast Fever *Live* [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Daddy’s Home 2” (PG) (’17) Stars: Will Ferrell 9:30 Movie: “Blockers” (MA15+) (’18) Stars: Leslie Mann

12:00 The Children’s Hospital (PG) [s] 12:40 Farm To Fork [s] 1:00 The Living Room [s] 2:00 Pooches At Play [s] 2:30 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On [s] 3:00 What’s Up Down Under? [s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:00 Farm To Fork [s] 4:30 Taste Of Australia [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 7:00 The Children’s Hospital (PG) [s] 7:40 Ambulance UK (PG) [s] 10:00 Beecham House (M) [s] 11:00 FBI (M v) [s] 12:00 Law & Order: SVU (M v) [s] 1:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) [s]

ABC COMEDY (22)

5:50 Peppa Pig 6:10 Floogals 6:30 Kiri And Lou 6:55 Catie’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8:30 Live From The BBC (M) 9:15 QI (M l) 10:15 Penn And Teller: Fool Us (PG)

SBS VICE (31)

4:40 Happy Endings (M s) 6:45 Meet The Polygamists (PG) 7:40 Stargate SG-1 (M) 8:30 Ancient Aliens (M v) 9:20 Fear The Walking Dead (MA15+) 11:10 Sex: Original Sin (MA15+) 12:05 Movie: “Mr Six” (M l,s) (’15) Stars: Kris Wu (In Mandarin)

7TWO (62)

4:30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn (PG) 8:30 Escape To The Country 11:30 Honey I Bought The House: Ramsgate (PG) 12:30 Escape To The Country 1:30 Sydney Weekender 2:00 Creek To Coast 2:30 Weekender 3:00 Queensland Weekender: Best Life

GEM (52)

2:50 Movie: “Crossplot” (PG) (’69) Stars: Roger Moore 4:50 Movie: “Geronimo” (PG) (’62) Stars: Chuck Connors 7:00 Movie: “Shane” (G) (’53) Stars: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur 9:25 Movie: “The Mechanic” (M v) (’72) Stars: Charles Bronson, Jan Michael Vincent

BOLD (81)

4:30 Mighty Machines (PG) 5:00 Reel Action 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 MacGyver (M v) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 10:20 Hawaii Five-O (M v) 11:15 NCIS (M v) 12:15 Law & Order: SVU (M v) 1:10 Homicide: Hours To Kill (M v)

ABC ME (23)

5:00 School Of Rock 5:30 The Penguins Of Madagascar 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Steve Backshall Vs The Vertical Mile 7:20 Operation Ouch! Goes Back In Time 7:50 The Zoo 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts

SBS MOVIES (32)

6:40 Movie: “Alpha” (PG) (’18) Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee 8:30 Movie: “Midnight In Paris” (PG) (’11) Stars: Owen Wilson 10:15 Movie: “Venus” (MA15+) (’06) Stars: Peter O’Toole 12:00 Movie: “Irrational Man” (M l,s) (’15) Stars: Joaquin Phoenix

7MATE (63)

4:05 Movie: “Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes” (PG) (’84) Stars: Christopher Lambert 7:00 AFL: Teams TBC 11:00 TBA 11:40 Swift And Shift Couriers (PG) 12:10 Blokesworld (M) 12:35 LPL Pro: Cs:Go Week 3 2:30 Life Off Road (PG)

GO! (53)

PEACH (82) 1:30 Man With A Plan

ABC (2)

9:00 Insiders [s] 10:00 Offsiders [s] 10:30 The World This Week [s] 11:00 Compass (PG) [s] 11:30 Songs Of Praise [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 Landline [s] 1:30 Monty Don’s French Gardens [s] 2:30 Restoration Australia (PG) [s] 3:30 Silvia’s Italian Table [s] 4:00 Todd Sampson’s Life On The Line (PG) [s] 4:30 The Mix [s] 5:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 5:30 The Sound [s] 6:30 Compass (PG) [s] 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] 7:40 Shetland (M l,v) [s] 8:40 Vera (M) [s] 10:15 Vanity Fair (PG) [s]

SBS (3)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Speedweek 3:10 Running Wild With Uzo Aduba (PG) 3:55 Sport: Fair Game 5:00 Cycling: Incycle 5:30 WWII Battles For Europe (PG) (In English/ German) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 The Day They Dropped The Bomb (M) 8:30 America’s Great Divide: Obama To Trump (M v) 10:35 Gunned Down: The Power Of The NRA (M) 11:35 John Pilger: The Dirty War On The NHS (M) 1:35 How To Lose Weight Well (PG)

PRIME7 (6) 6:00 Home Shopping 7:00 NINE (5)

Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness [s] 1:00 World’s Most Extreme [s] 2:00 TBA 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 Farmer Wants A Wife (PG) [s] 8:30 Between Two Worlds (M s,d) [s] 9:30 Liar (M) [s] 10:30 Autopsy USA (M) [s] 11:30 Absentia (MA15+) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

6:00 Animal Tales [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 12:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 1:00 Netball: Suncorp Super Netball: Swifts v Thunderbirds *Live* [s] 3:00 Explore (PG) [s] 3:10 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five (PG) [s] 5:30 Best Of Postcards (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] 7:00 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) [s] 8:50 60 Minutes (PG) [s] 9:50 NINE News Late [s] 10:50 Cold Case - New Leads Wanted: Kayo Matsuzawa (M) [s]

6:00 Religious Programs [s] 7:30 Fishing Australia [s] 8:00 Taste Of Australia [s] 8:30 The Living Room (PG) [s] 9:30 Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] 12:00 TBA 1:30 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On [s] 2:00 Farm To Fork [s] 2:30 Australia

By Design [s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:00 Which Car (PG) [s] 4:30 RPM [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) [s] 9:00 FBI (M v) [s] 11:00 NCIS (M) [s] 12:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s]

ABC COMEDY (22)

6:10 Floogals 6:30 Kiri And Lou 6:55 Catie’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Would I Lie To You? (M l) 8:30 Penn And Teller: Fool Us (PG) 9:10 Live At The Apollo (M l) 10:00 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering (M)

SBS VICE (31)

5:45 Takeshi’s Castle (PG) 6:45 Abandoned Engineering (PG) 7:40 The Tesla Files (M) 8:30 Movie: “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” (PG) (’89) Stars: William Shatner 10:25 Say Her Name (M l) 10:55 Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender (M l,s)

7TWO (62)

4:00 The Illusionists (PG) 5:00 M*A*S*H (PG) 7:00 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG) 8:10 Mrs Brown’s Boys (M) 10:30 Miranda (PG) 11:50 The Windsors (M d,l,s) 12:50 Mrs Brown’s Boys (M) 2:30 Casino Confidential (M) 3:00 My Greek Odyssey (PG)

GEM (52)

3:00 NRL: Melbourne Storm v Newcastle Knights *Live* From Suncorp Stadium 6:00 Customs (PG) 6:30 Poirot (PG) 7:30 Death In Paradise (M v) 8:40 Agatha Christie’s Marple (PG) 10:40 Deadly Cults (MA15+) 11:40 Above Suspicion (MA15+)

BOLD (81)

4:30 What’s Up Down Under 5:00 Judge Judy (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 9:25 Law & Order: SVU (M) 10:20 48 Hours (M) 11:15 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) 1:05 RPM 1:35 Homicide: Hours To Kill (M)

ABC ME (23)

4:55 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 The Penguins Of Madagascar 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Steve Backshall Vs the Vertical Mile 7:20 Operation Ouch! (PG) 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 The Legend Of Korra

SBS MOVIES (32)

6:30 Movie: “Belle” (PG) (’14) Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw 8:30 Agent Hamilton (MA15+) 9:30 Movie: “Cold War” (M l,n,s) (’18) Stars: Joanna Kulig (In Polish) 11:10 Movie: “Midnight In Paris” (PG) (’11) Stars: Owen Wilson

7MATE (63)

4:00 Blue Water Savages (PG) 4:30 Merv Hughes Fishing (PG) 5:00 Shipping Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Die Hard” (M v,l) (’88) Stars: Bruce Willis 11:15 Swift And Shift Couriers (MA15+)

GO! (53)

5:30 Movie: “Angry Birds” (PG) (’16) Stars: Jason Sudeikis 7:30 Movie: “Pitch Perfect 3” (PG) (’17) Stars: Anna Kendrick 9:25 Movie: “Friends With Benefits” (MA15+) (’11) Stars: Mila Kunis 11:30 Heroes (MA15+) 12:35 Manifest (M v) 1:30 The Hold Down (PG)

PEACH (82) 2:30 Murphy Brown (PG)

3:00 Fresh Off The Boat (PG) 3:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) 5:00 Will & Grace (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 9:00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M) 10:00 The Graham Norton Show (M l,s) 11:00 Will & Grace (PG) 12:00 2 Broke Girls (M s)

ABC (2)

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 10:00 Landline [s] 11:00 The Repair Shop [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Marcella (M l) [s] 1:55 Call The Midwife (M) [s] 3:00 ABC News [s] 4:10 Think Tank [s] 5:10 The Repair Shop [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Australian Story [s] 8:30 Four Corners [s] 9:15 Media Watch [s] 9:35 Q&A (PG) [s] 10:40 ABC Late News [s] 11:10 Shaun Micallef’s On The Sauce (M l) [s] 12:10 Wentworth (MA15+) [s] 1:00 The Letdown (M l) [s]

SBS (3)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 2:00 The Secret Life Of Queen Victoria (M) 2:55 Alex Polizzi The Fixer (PG) 4:00 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 4:35 The Nile: Ancient Egypt’s Great River Nile (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 D-Day: The King Who Fooled Hitler (PG) 8:30 Space Shuttle: Triumph And Tragedy (PG) 10:15 SBS World News Late 10:45 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games (M)

PRIME7 (6) 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The

Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 TBA 1:30 TBA 2:30 TBA 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Farmer Wants A Wife (PG) [s] 8:30 9-1-1: Lone Star (M) [s] 9:30 Madeleine McCann: The Hunt For The Prime Suspect (M) [s] 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:00 S.W.A.T. (M d,v) [s] 12:00 Black-ish (PG) [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

NINE (5)

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:10 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) [s] 9:25 A Glorious Life - Bill Lawry [s] 10:40 Footy Classified (M) [s] 11:40 The Oval Office (M) [s] 12:10 NINE News Late [s] 12:40 Lethal Weapon (MA15+) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

WIN (8)

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 TBA 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) [s] 9:00 Have You Been Paying Attention?

(M) [s] 10:00 TBA 10:30 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [s] 11:20 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:20 The Project (PG) [s]

ABC COMEDY (22)

5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Noddy Toyland Detective 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 The IT Crowd (PG) 8:55 W1A (M) 9:30 Intelligence (PG) 9:50 Get Krack!n (M l,s)

SBS VICE (31)

5:50 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (PG) 6:20 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:10 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (PG) 8:30 Taskmaster (M) 9:30 Difficult People (M) 10:25 My 100,000 Lovers (MA15+)

7TWO (62)

3:30 M*A*S*H (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Doc Martin (PG) 8:30 Inspector George Gently (M v) 10:30 Mafia’s Greatest Hits (M) 11:30 Brit Cops (M) 12:30 A Crime To Remember (M v) 2:30 Last Chance Learners (PG) 3:00 TBA

GEM (52)

3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Catch Us If You Can” (G) (’65) Stars: Dave Clark 5:25 The Rockford Files (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Heartbeat (PG) 8:40 Midsomer Murders (M) 10:40 The Killer Affair (M) 11:40 ER (M v) 12:35 Antiques Roadshow

BOLD (81)

4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 9:25 Law And Order: SVU (M) 10:20 MotoGP 2020: Race 1 British Grand Prix 11:20 Movie: “Get Carter” (MA15+) (’00) Stars: Michael Caine 1:30 Home Shopping

ABC ME (23)

SBS MOVIES (32)

7MATE (63)

GO! (53)

PEACH (82) 3:00 Everybody Loves

5:00 School Of Rock 5:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:00 Deadly 60 On A Mission 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 The Legend Of Korra (PG)

SBS (3)

6:10 Movie: “Under The Cover Of Cloud” (PG) (’18) Stars: Ted Wilson 7:50 Movie: “3 Generations” (M l,v) (’15) Stars: Elle Fanning 9:30 Movie: “The Farewell” (M l) (’15) Stars: Awkwafina Billi (In French)

4:00 Life Off Road (PG) 4:30 Shipping Wars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 American Pickers (PG) 8:30 Movie: “The Last Samurai” (M v) (’03) Stars: Tom Cruise 11:30 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D (MA15+)

4:50 How To Train Your Dragon - Homecoming (PG) 5:20 Movie: “Flushed Away” (G) (’06) Stars: Hugh Jackman 7:00 Movie: “Despicable Me 3” (PG) (’17) Stars: Kristen Wiig 8:45 Movie: “Jurassic Park III” (PG) (’01) Stars: Sam Neill 10:30 Movie: “Joe Dirt” (M) (’10)

5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 Regular Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 RBT (PG) 9:00 Movie: “Hot Fuzz” (MA15+) (’07) Stars: Simon Pegg 11:30 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 12:00 Miami Vice (M v) 1:00 Robot Wars Extreme (PG) 2:00 Dance Moms (PG)

WIN (8)

(PG) 2:30 Seinfeld (PG) 3:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) 5:00 Will & Grace (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 9:00 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M s,l,n) 10:00 The Graham Norton Show (M s) 11:00 Mom (M) 12:00 Movie: “Magic Mike” (MA15+) (’12)

WIN (8)

Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Two And A Half Men (PG) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M)

Classifications: (G) General, (PG) Parental Guidance, (M) Mature Audiences, (MA15+) Mature Audience Over 15 Years, [s] Subtitles Consumer Advice: (d) drug references, (s) sexual references or sex scenes (h) horror, (l) language, (mp) medical procedures, (n) nudity, (v) violence

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TV Guide

Whats on the Tele?

ABC (2)

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 10:00 Four Corners [s] 10:45 Meet The Ferals [s] 11:00 The Repair Shop [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Rosehaven (PG) [s] 1:25 Retrograde [s] 2:00 Call The Midwife (PG) [s] 3:10 ABC News [s] 4:10 Think Tank [s] 5:10 The Repair Shop [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame [s] 8:30 Shaun Micallef’s On The Sauce (M) [s] 9:30 Putin - A Russian Spy Story (MA15+) [s] 10:20 ABC Late News [s] 10:50 Q&A [s]

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 The Secret Life Of King Charles II (M s) 2:55 Great British Railway Journeys (PG) 3:30 Who Do You Think You Are? 4:35 The Nile: Ancient Egypt’s Great River Nile (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great Asian Railways Journeys (PG) 8:30 Insight 9:30 The Feed 10:00 NRA Under Fire (M) 11:05 SBS World News Late

PRIME7 (6) 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The

Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Jesse Stone: Sea Change” (M v,s) (‘07) Stars: Tom Selleck 2:00 Criminal Confessions (M v,l) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 America’s Got Talent (PG) [s] 9:15 Towards Tokyo: Olympic Games Sydney 2000 Moments That Moved Us [s] 11:45 The Goldbergs (PG) [s]

NINE (5)

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) [s] 9:20 Movie: “London Has Fallen” (M v,l) (‘16) Stars: Alon Abutbul 11:20 NINE News Late [s] 11:50 Manifest (M v) [s] 12:40 Tipping Point [s] 1:30 A Current Affair (PG) [s]

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 TBA 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) [s] 9:00 Just For Laughs Uncut (MA15+) [s] 9:30 NCIS (M v) [s] 10:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) [s] 11:20 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:20 The Project (PG) [s]

ABC COMEDY (22)

5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Noddy Toyland Detective 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Insert Name Here (PG) 9:00 The Inbetweeners (M l,s) 9:30 Schitt’s Creek (M)

SBS VICE (31)

5:45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (PG) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 The Casketeers (M) (In English/ Maori) 9:30 Scientology And The Aftermath (M) 11:10 Losing Ground (M)

7TWO (62)

4:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Rosemary & Thyme (M v) 8:30 TBA 10:50 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 11:50 Mighty Ships (PG) 12:50 Cars Cops & Criminals (M) 2:00 TBA

GEM (52)

2:55 Antiques Roadshow 3:25 Movie: “The Dancing Years” (G) (’50) Stars: Dennis Price 5:25 The Rockford Files (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (M) 8:40 Poirot (M) 10:50 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M v) 11:50 The Rockford Files (PG) 1:00 Home Shopping

BOLD (81)

4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager: Prototype (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 CSI: Miami (M) 9:25 Elementary (M v,d) 11:20 The Mentalist (M v) 12:15 Home Shopping 2:15 Star Trek: Voyager (PG)

ABC ME (23)

5:00 School Of Rock 5:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 6:00 Cleopatra In Space (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:00 Deadly 60 On A Mission 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 The Legend Of Korra (PG)

SBS MOVIES (32)

5:05 Movie: “Jappeloup” (M) (’13) Stars: Guillaume Canet, (In French/ English) 7:30 Movie: “Far And Away” (M v) (’92) Stars: Nicole Kidman 10:05 Movie: “Female Agents” (MA15+) (’09) Stars: Sophie Marceau (In French) le Kidman

7MATE (63)

4:30 Shipping Wars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Highway Patrol (PG) 8:30 Housos vs. Virus: The Lockdown (MA15+) 9:05 Regular Old Bogan (M) 9:35 Family Guy (M) 10:30 Fat Pizza (MA15+)

GO! (53)

5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 Regular Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 Movie: “K19: The Widowmaker” (M) (’02) Stars: Harrison Ford 10:10 Movie: “John Carpenter’s Escape From LA” (M v,l) (’96) Stars: Kurt Russell 12:10 Miami Vice (M v,s)

PEACH (82) 3:00 Everybody Loves

Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Mom (M s,d) 10:30 2 Broke Girls (M s) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M)

ABC (2)

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 10:00 Q&A [s] 11:00 The Repair Shop [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 12:30 National Press Club Address [s] 1:40 Media Watch [s] 2:00 The Good Karma Hospital (PG) [s] 2:45 Classic Countdown Extras [s] 3:10 ABC News [s] 4:10 Think Tank [s] 5:10 The Repair Shop [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 8:30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) [s] 9:00 Rosehaven (PG) [s] 9:30 Retrograde (M) [s] 9:55 Planet America [s]

SBS (3)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 The Secret Life Of Henry VIII (M s) 3:00 Great Irish Railway Journeys (PG) 3:35 Insight 4:35 The Nile: Ancient Egypt’s Great River Nile (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Life And Death In Herculaneum (PG) 8:30 Building The Channel (PG) 9:35 Luther (MA15+) 10:35 SBS World News Late 11:05 24 Hours In Emergency (M l)

PRIME7 (6) 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The

Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Hannah’s Law” (M v) (’12) Stars: Billy Zane, Danny Glover 2:00 Criminal Confessions (M) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Highway Patrol Special (PG) [s] 8:30 The Front Bar (M) [s] 9:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 10:00 America’s Got Talent (PG) [s] 12:00 Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud (PG)

NINE (5)

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Australian Ninja Warrior (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 RBT (PG) [s] 8:30 Emergency (M) [s] 9:30 Botched (M n,l) [s] 10:30 Footy Classified (M) [s] 11:30 NINE News Late [s] 12:00 New Amsterdam (M) [s] 12:50 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:45 Explore [s] 2:00 Home Shopping

WIN (8)

6:00 The Talk [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 TBA 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bachelor In Paradise (M) [s] 9:00 Tommy (M) [s] 10:00 Bull (M v) [s] 10:50 The Project (PG) [s] 12:00 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 1:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s]

ABC COMEDY (22)

5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Noddy Toyland Detective 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Friday Night Dinner (PG) 8:55 Gavin And Stacey (M s) 9:25 The Letdown (M)

SBS VICE (31)

5:45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (PG) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Movie: “Animals” (MA15+) (’18) Stars: Alia Shawkat 10:35 Movie: “The Drop” (MA15+) (’14)

7TWO (62)

4:30 Mighty Ships (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Lewis (M v) 10:30 Little Boy Blue (M d,v,l) 11:30 Mighty Planes(PG) 12:30 Redrum (PG) 2:00 Home Shopping

GEM (52)

3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Up The Front” (PG) (’72) Stars: Frankie Howerd 5:25 The Rockford Files (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Agatha Raisin (PG) 8:30 Midsomer Murders (PG) 10:40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (PG) 11:35 Mark Of A Killer (MA15+)

BOLD (81)

4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) 11:15 MacGyver (PG) 12:10 Home Shopping 2:10 Jake And The Fatman (PG) 3:10 MacGyver (PG)

ABC ME (23)

5:00 School Of Rock 5:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 6:00 Cleopatra In Space (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:00 Deadly 60 On A Mission 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 The Legend Of Korra (PG)

SBS MOVIES (32)

5:30 Movie: “Mr Holmes” (PG) (’15) Stars: Ian McKellen 7:30 Movie: “Elegy” (M l,n,s) (’08) Stars: Penélope Cruz 9:35 Movie: “The Company You Keep” (M l) (’12) Stars: Robert Redford 11:50 Movie: “Far And Away” (M v) (’92)

7MATE (63)

4:30 Shipping Wars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 The Simpsons (PG) 8:30 American Dad (M) 9:30 Family Guy (M v) 10:30 American Dad (M) 11:30 Family Guy (M v) 12:00 LPL Pro CS: GO Week 6 (PG)

GO! (53)

5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 Regular Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Arrival” (M l) (’16) Stars: Amy Adams 10:50 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 11:40 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 12:10 Miami Vice (M d,s)

PEACH (82) 3:00 Everybody Loves

Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping

ABC (2)

10:30 Australian Story [s] 11:00 The Repair Shop [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Hard Quiz (PG) [s] 1:30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) [s] 2:00 The Good Karma Hospital (PG) [s] 2:50 Charlie Pickering: My Guest Tonight (PG) [s] 3:00 ABC News [s] 4:15 Think Tank [s] 5:10 The Repair Shop [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 6:55 Sammy J [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 The Heights (PG) [s] 8:30 Escape From The City [s] 9:30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One [s] 10:00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) [s]

SBS (3)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Over The Black Dot 3:00 First Australians: Her Will To Survive (PG) 4:00 Great Irish Railway Journeys (PG) 4:35 The Nile: Ancient Egypt’s Great River Nile (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Walt Disney (PG) 9:40 War Of The Worlds (M) (In English/ French) 10:35 SBS World News Late 11:10 Tin Star (M) 12:00 Asylum City (M) (In Hebrew)

PRIME7 (6) 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The

Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “The Bridges Of Madison County” (M l) (’95) – A photographer wanders into the life of a housewife in the 1960s, and the two have a four day affair. Stars: Clint Eastwood 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 AFL: TBA [s] 11:30 TBA 12:15 Scandal: The Noise (M v) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping

NINE (5)

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Movie: “Falling In Love” (PG) (‘84) Stars: Robert De Niro 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Territory Cops (PG) [s] 8:40 Reported Missing (M v) [s] 9:50 City Of Evil (MA15+) [s] 10:50 NINE News Late [s] 11:20 Murdered By Morning (M) [s] 12:10 The Fix (M v) [s]

WIN (8)

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [s] 8:30 Law & Order: SVU (M) [s] 10:30 Blue Bloods (M v) [s] 11:20 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:20 The Project (PG) [s] 1:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s]

ABC COMEDY (22)

5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Noddy Toyland Detective 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Hard Quiz (PG) 9:00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL (M) 9:30 Motherland (M l)

SBS VICE (31)

5:45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (PG) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Cults And Extreme Beliefs (MA15+) 9:20 Letterkenny (M l,s,v) 10:40 The Truth About Your Health (PG)

7TWO (62)

4:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Father Brown (PG) 8:30 Murdoch Mysteries (M v) 11:30 Brit Cops (M d,l) 1:30 Make It Yours 2:00 TBA 3:00 TBA 4:00 Million Dollar Minute

GEM (52)

3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Up Jumped A Swagman” (G) (’65) Stars: Frank Ifield 5:25 The Rockford Files (M v) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 NRL: St George Illawarra Dragons v Sydney Roosters *Live* From TBA 9:45 Aircrash Confidential (M)

BOLD (81)

4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 Hawaii Five-O (M v) 10:30 NCIS (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 2:00 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 3:00 Diagnosis Murder (PG) 4:00 Jake And The Fatman (PG)

ABC ME (23)

5:00 School Of Rock 5:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 6:00 Cleopatra In Space (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:00 Deadly 60 On A Mission 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 The Legend Of Korra (PG)

SBS MOVIES (32)

5:40 Movie: “Cheerful Weather For The Wedding” (PG) (’12) Stars: Felicity Jones 7:30 Movie: “Arbitrage” (M d,l) (’12) Stars: Richard Gere 9:30 Movie: “The East” (M s,v) (’13) Stars: Brit Marling 1:25 Movie: “3 Generations” (M l,v) (’15)

7MATE (63)

4:30 Shipping Wars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Movie: “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2" (PG) (’10) Stars: Alan Rickman 10:05 Movie: “Hot Tub Time Machine” (MA15+) (’10) Stars: Rob Corddry

GO! (53)

5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 Regular Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 American Idol (PG) 9:20 Movie: “Fired Up!” (M l,s) (’09) Stars: Sarah Roemer 11:10 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 11:40 Japandemonium (M) 12:10 Miami Vice (M)

PEACH (82) 3:00 Everybody Loves

Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Two And A Half Men (M) 10:30 The Middle (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M)

ABC (2)

10:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame [s] 10:30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One [s] 11:00 The Repair Shop [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Shaun Micallef’s On The Sauce (M) [s] 2:00 The Good Karma Hospital (PG) [s] 2:50 Classic Countdown Extras [s] 3:00 ABC News [s] 4:00 Classic Countdown Extras [s] 4:15 Think Tank [s] 5:10 The Repair Shop [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Inside Dame Elisabeth’s Garden [s] 8:30 MotherFatherSon (MA15+) [s] 9:30 Marcella (M v) [s] 10:20 ABC Late News [s]

SBS (3)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Native America: New World Rising (PG) 3:00 NITV News: Nula 3:30 Agniyogana - The Path Of Hatha Yoga (PG) (In English/ Tibetan/ Nepali) 4:40 Freshwater Dreaming (PG) 4:50 Great Irish Railway Journeys (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Belsen: The Untold Story (M 8:30 Walt Disney (PG) 10:35 SBS World News Late

PRIME7 (6) 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The

Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “The Good Mother” (M d,v) (’13) – After her best friend dies, a teen discovers that the girl’s mother deliberately made her sick Stars: Helen Slater, Meaghan Martin 2:00 TBA 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 AFL: TBA [s] 11:00 Armchair Experts [s] 11:30 Light Entertainment [s] 12:30 Home Shopping

NINE (5)

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra (PG) [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Movie: “Housesitter” (PG) (‘92) Stars: Goldie Hawn 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Spy In The Wild (PG) [s] 8:40 Movie: “All The Money In The World” (M) (’17) Stars: Michelle Williams 11:20 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M v) [s] 12:10 Mysteries And Scandals (M v,s) [s]

WIN (8)

6:00 Headline News [s] 8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Living Room [s] 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Living Room [s] 8:30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) [s] 9:30 TBA 10:00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [s] 11:00 WIN’s All Australian News [s]

ABC COMEDY (22)

5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Noddy Toyland Detective 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Absolutely Fabulous (PG) 9:00 Black Books (PG) 9:25 The Office (PG)

SBS VICE (31)

6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Jeopardy!

(PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 RocKwiz (M l) 9:30 My Granny (M) 10:30 G-Spotting: A Story Of Pleasure (MA15+) (In English/ French/ Italian/ Spanish) 11:30 The Feed

7TWO (62)

4:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Better Homes And Gardens 8:30 Escape To The Country 9:30 Selling Houses Australia 10:30 Billy Connolly: Journey To The Edge Of The World (PG)

GEM (52)

3:00 Movie: “The Maggie” (G) (’54) Stars: Alex Mackenzie 5:25 The Rockford Files (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 NRL: South Sydney Rabbitohs v Brisbane Broncos *Live* From TBA 9:45 Movie: “Homefront” (MA15+) (’13) Stars: Jason Statham

BOLD (81)

4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 Walker, Texas Ranger (M v) 10:30 Elementary (M v) 11:30 CSI: Miami (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 2:00 Homicide: Hours To Kill (M v) 3:00 Car Crash Britain (M)

ABC ME (23)

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7MATE (63)

GO! (53)

PEACH (82) 3:00 Everybody Loves

5:00 School Of Rock 5:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 6:00 Cleopatra In Space (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:00 Deadly 60 On A Mission 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds 8:45 Voltron: Legendary Defender (PG) 9:10 Fruits Basket (PG)

SBS (3)

5:55 Movie: “Selkie” (PG) (’00) Stars: Shimon Moore 7:30 Movie: “On Chesil Beach” (M) (’17) Stars: Saorise Ronan 9:35 Movie: “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (M) (’11) Stars: Gary Oldman 11:35 Movie: “Arbitrage” (M d,l) (’12) Stars: Richard Gere

4:30 Shipping Wars (PG) 5:00 Storage Wars (PG) 5:30 American Pickers (PG) 6:30 TBA 7:00 TBA 7:30 Movie: “Raising Helen” (PG) (’04) Stars: Kate Hudson 10:00 Movie: “Sphere” (M v) (’98) Stars: Dustin Hoffman 12:45 Cars Cops & Criminals (PG) 2:00 Ax Men (M l)

5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 The Tom And Jerry Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 6:30 Movie: “Paddington 2” (G) (’17) Stars: Hugh Grant 8:30 Movie: “The Mask Of Zorro” (PG) (’98) Stars: Catherine Zeta Jones 11:15 Heroes (MA15+) 12:10 Amplified (PG)

WIN (8)

Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Movie: “The Matrix” (M v,l) (’99) Stars: Keanu Reeves 11:40 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M)

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Warracknabeal performer clicks into place In an example of the dedication of greyhound trainers, the last four weeks has seen John Boreland, and his partner Tyllah Cornell, travel to Horsham from Seaspray, about 30 minutes south of Sale. And the13 hour round trip hasn’t been in vain as they have had at least one winner each week.

In an effort to stay ahead of Covid 19, Greyhound Racing Victoria has mandated everyone on course at all tracks in Victoria are to wear face masks as well as undergo health screening, in part to protect the racing industry but also to protect local communities as trainers travel around the state.

PIGEON PASSION

By Horsham’s Racing Pigeon Club

• Warracknabeal’s Bob Taylor and Nitro Georgie.

By Horsham Greyhound Racing Club

NITRO Georgie bounced back into the winners list on Tuesday at Horsham Greyhound Racing Club for Warracknabeal trainer Bob Taylor and his father who owns the daughter of Fernando Bale.

Nitro Georgie broke her maiden a fortnight ago at Ballarat and followed up with two good runs at Bendigo and Horsham before leading the Grade 7 field all the way over 410m for a comfortable victory. In five starts for Taylor, Nitro Georgie has returned two wins and two minor placings after

Photo: Horsham Greyhound Racing Club.

being moderately performed at her first three starts and it all appears to be clicking for her now.

Nitro Georgie is a littermate to the Garry George trained Nitro Roxy who has shown some potential, stringing three wins on end earlier in the year and George was celebrating Tuesday with a win of his own with Flo Lava.

Flo Lava was lining up in a Grade 5 event over the 485m and took advantage of the inside draw to record her ninth career win and her prize money jumped to almost $20,000. The win gave George a slender lead in the Local Trainer of the Year Award from early leader

Andrea Gurry and a log jam for third being hotly contested by Cliff Smith (Horsham), Jeff Guy (Wartook) and Bill Hartigan (Horsham).

Hartigan was also in the winners list on Tuesday winning race 10 with Kraken Tex over 410m in the best of night time of 23.30. Kraken Tex has been a great performer for Hartigan, having recorded twelve wins and numerous placings in his $24,000 career earnings. He is just a length or two off top class having run some excellent greyhound to short margin throughout the last six months or so and proved a value bet at $2.40, given he dropped back in grade for Tuesday’s event.

FOR those readers who think of pigeons as ‘those ferals’ or ‘rats with wings’ known to frequent railway stations, Trafalgar and other city squares, Channel Nine’s Monday July 27th’s documentary that featured Bill Lawry, former Australian test cricket team captain, might better grasp the passion of Horsham’s backyard racing pigeon enthusiasts.

Pigeon Racing has long been a niche sport enjoyed by the generations. The passion often passed from one generation to the next. The sport piqued after both World Wars in the 20th century, and was a popular pastime for many in the pre-computer era when bikes, football, tennis and cricket were other weekend interests.

Those youngsters attracted to the sport of pigeon racing in the 1950s through to the 1980s now form the majority of current day enthusiasts.

Pigeon racing clubs in Melbourne and Adelaide have also welcomed a number of immigrants who had enjoyed this hobby in Europe prior to settling in Australia. Europe and Great Britain were the source of Australian racing pigeon bloodlines as it is on the continent where the world’s best and most expensive racing pigeons are to be found.

The passion continues in Horsham as pigeon racing is one of only a few weekend sporting activities that is able to continue, subject to adhering

to sensible Covid-19 protocols.

It is a sport conducted in member’s backyard as our racing pigeons perform their amazing feat - their homing ability. On the most recent weekend, 704 racing pigeons owned by 16 Horsham club members were released from Tempy 150 kilometres north of Horsham.

These pigeons had not been to, nor seen Tempy before, however, they knew their home lofts were due south but not exactly how many kilometres south.

They have an inbuilt compass in their heads that give them their homing instinct, this is a given.

Even more fascinating is that they for some unknown reason took double the time members expected them to take to return to Horsham.

After four races, club champion of 2019 John Muszkieta was reined in by Leigh Arnott who had his first win for the 2020 season. John had a dream start to the season with his pigeons in great form, winning the first three races on the program, held the previous three weekends.

The most recent race was from Tempy on Saturday. Originally planned to be from Ouyen 28 kilometres further north, heavy rain at Ouyen resulted in this decision.

The leading pigeons arrived at their Horsham lofts 4 hours 22 minutes for a flight that was expected to take only two hours.

Whether it be peregrine falcons, an unexplained weather event, or a clash with race pigeons heading elsewhere, no one knows.

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HOCKEY WELCOMES FINANCIAL BOOST through the provision of financial assistance directly to our clubs or by contributing to the development of our junior program, including attendance at the Junior Country Championships when they are next held.

“Two of the Association’s clubs, the Nhill and District Sporting Club and the Warracknabeal Hockey Club, have previously

been announced as recipients of $1000 grants from the clubs tier of the Community Sport Sector COVID-19 Survival Package.

“This is also to help cover the extra expenses that will be incurred in keeping clubs functioning during this period and to allow them to be in a position to resume facilitating hockey when it becomes appropriate to do so.”

JUNIOR FOOTBALL CANCELLED

• Wimmera Hockey Association becomes the latest sporting organisation graced with support from the State Government.

By Connor McKenzie package. support was welcomed as the

THE Wimmera Hockey Association is the latest sporting organisation to receive COVID-19 relief funding from the state government.

The association will receive $7500 worth of support from a state government COVID-19 funding

The package is designed to help leagues and associations meet fixed costs to ensure they can remain operationally viable and provide a valuable boost for their clubs and membership throughout the pandemic.

Wimmera Hockey Association president Simon King said the

association is in recess for 2020.

“This will help the Association to cover costs incurred despite not holding a competition this year, as the usual opportunities to fundraise have been non-existent,” King said.

“Any remaining funds will be made available for the benefit of our members clubs, either

AFL Wimmera Mallee’s venture to create a junior football structure has been cancelled for 2020.

The Horsham Times last week reported on a number of football clubs opting out of the competition from both the Wimmera Football League and Netball Association and the Horsham District Football and Netball League.

However the news that AFL Wimmera Mallee had cancelled all plans to go ahead with the competition outright occured after our print edition paper had gone to press, and we were unable to get the story in. We apologise for any inconvenience.

AFL Wimmera Mallee area manager Jason Muldoon addressed the decision made by the officials and stakeholders.

“On the back of lengthy

discussions with stakeholders, AFL Wimmera Mallee is unfortunately in a position where the proposed junior structure will have to be cancelled for 2020,” Muldoon said.

“Please understand that this is not an easy decision, as we look to balance the importance of our young players being active and the safety of everyone in the football community and the wider regional community.

“It has become apparent that to forge ahead with the proposed structure would be putting the players, parents, administrators, volunteers and spectators at risk of catching and transmitting the Coronavirus within the region.”

Football and netball clubs were advised that they may continue to train at their own discretion, making sure to follow official restrictions and relevant protocols.

SPORTS RESULTS ROGER CLAIMS PERFECT HORSHAM GOLF CLUB Wednesday 22nd July - Men’s Stroke Division 1 1. Chris Buwalda 39 points; 2. Adrian Taylor 38 points c/b; 3. Greg Eyre 38 points.

Division 2 1. Leo Delahunty 40 points; 2. Richard Burgess 39 points; 3. Chris Smith 37 points.

Division 3 1. Bill Norton 42 points; 2. Robert Parish 38 points; 3. David Rule 36 points.

Thursday 23rd July - Ladies Par Division 1 1. Barb Farr 1 up; 2. Joyce Mills square; 3. Barb Hawkins 1 down.

Division 2 1. Lenore Sleep 2 up; 2. Kath Rook 1 up c/b; 3. Gill Phillips 1 up.

Division 3 1. Rose Paynter 1 up; 2. Lorraine Gladigau square; 3. Bev Price 1 down.

Friday 24th July - Early Birds Stableford 1. David Salter 22 points; 2. Robert Norton 21 points.

Ladies Social Stableford 1. Daphne Jackson 16 points c/b; 2. Lorraine Gladigau 16 points.

Saturday 25th July - Men’s Stableford Division 1 1. Ian Nitschke 6 up; 2. Ryan Kemp 3 up; 3. David Gove 2 up.

Division 2 1. Roger Sordello 3 up c/b; 2. Hugh Delahunty 3 up; 3. Brian Thomson 2 up.

Division 3 1. Noel Curran 2 up; 2. John Nevill square c/b; 3. Gary Smith square.

Ladies Stableford 1. Kirby Knight 2 up c/b; 2. Esma Wood 2 up; 3. Barb Farr 1 up c/b; 4.

Melika Toy 1 up.

Sunday 26th July - Pro comp Stableford 1. Danial Battista 43 points; 2. Rod Gillin 41 points; 3. Lisa Jakobi 37 points.

Monday 27th July - Early Birds Stableford 1. Brendan Stemp 21 points; 2. Ben Whiley 19 points c/b; 3. Hugh Delahunty 19 points c/b; 4. Norm Booth 19 points.

Horsham’s Racing Pigeon Club RESULTS TEMPY: 1st, Leigh Arnott, in a flying time of 4 hours, 25 minutes , 42 seconds, at a velocity of 599.67 metres a minute, M/M; ahead of 2nd, John Aisbett’s leading pigeon, by1 minute 40 seconds at 595.97 M/M and 3rd, Brian Watts, a further 1 minute 21 seconds later at 592.82 M/M. Next weekend’s race will be from Mildura.

SCORES

• Warracknabeal Trap and Skeet shooter Bruce Dean awaits the clay target during Saturday’s competition.

Photo: Shane Roberts

THE Warracknabeal Trap and Skeet Club held its July shoot on Saturday with good conditions and 21 shooters in attendance.

The first event was a 40 target point score championship.

AA and Overall was won by “the smiling assassin” Roger Lehmann on a perfect 120/120, second was Ian Heard on 117/120.

First in A Grade was Rob Jorgenson on 120/120 and second was Matty Knoop on 111/120.

B Grade was won by Bruce

Dean on 109/120, second was Bazz Erhardt on 107/120.

C Grade was won by Bruce Papst with 101/120 second was Doug Harris on 90/120.

The second event was a 40 Target Double Barrel cash divide.

First in AA Grade was Roger Lehmann with another perfect score of 40/40 second was split between Rob Nelson, Mark Newcombe and Chris Jorgenson all on 39/40.

A Grade was won by Rob Jorgy on 39/40 second was split between

Matty Knoop and Gary Pike both on 38/40.

B Grade was split between Morgan Erhardt and Paul Schilling both on 38/40.

First in C Grade was won by Corrie Potter on 36/40 second was won by Doug Harris on 34/40.

The Warracknabeal trap and skeet club will hold its August shoot on the 22nd, and welcomes anyone wanting to have a go.

The club’s annual general meeting will follow.

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YOUNG Western Victorian female footballers are ready to hit the track this weekend as the Western Victorian Female Football League readies to commence round one action.

The league represents one of very few regional Victorian footballing organisations that will provide competitive football to athletes this year, but will only be facilitating junior age groups at the present time as senior football still presents significant challenges.

Six teams will begin the competition this weekend, but will be without three of the Wimmera based clubs.

Stawell Warriors and Ararat Storm have pulled out of the competition, while the Horsham Demons are not training at the moment and will wait for more advice as the region continues to manage COVID-19.

“We’re extremely proud to have our junior girls begin their season this weekend, by all accounts our numbers look strong and all the girls are very excited,” operations manager at AFL Western Victoria Matthew Ross said.

“We believe the regional communities will benefit from having some footy going on.

“We still assess the situation day by day, community safety is paramount, but from where things stand we believe the teams that will be playing this weekend are safe to do so.

“Unfortunately we won’t see Stawell or Ararat in the competition, and Horsham won’t be playing in the opening round, but the Demons have not ruled 2020 out just yet.

“As for our seniors competition we also have not ruled out 2020 either, we recognise it will be