CLEANAWAY REOPENS
3B AT NEW CHUM
By ROB MELLETT
CLEANAWAY will temporarily reopen the New Chum Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility this week.
The site will operate for about 12 months before closing permanently.
The final engineered landfill Cell 3B has been approved for use following a process managed by Ipswich City Council and the Department of Environment, Tourism, Science & Innovation (DETSI).
The site will accept only inert waste products such as construction and demolition waste and soil.
Decomposable organic matter such as food waste – common sources of landfill odour – will not be accepted. Cleanaway General Manager Solid Waste Services Aaron Carter said the site would operate in line with its Environmental Authority.
MADDEN ISSUES SOS ROADS DEMAND TO MINISTER
By ROB MELLETT
THE knock-on effects of the Mount Crosby Road overpass accident have prompted Division 4 Councillor Jim Madden to draft an emergency motion calling on the Transport Minister to accelerate road works at local traffic trouble spots.
Infrastructure, Planning and Assets Committee member, Cr Madden’s motion requests for Ipswich City Council CEO Sonia Cooper to write to Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg to demand the Queensland Govern-
ment fast-track infrastructure upgrades for the Karalee Interchange and the Bremer River Bridge.
“Funding has been approved from both state and federal government for the bridge, which is about $90 million so we have a situation, we have two projects, where there’s funding available … but no indication of when either project will actually begin, or when will we receive the final design for the new Karalee Interchange,” Cr Madden said.
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Tail-wagging good time in the CBD
IPSWICH Dog Day returned to celebrate Ipswich’s dogs and the residents who love them in Tulmur Place on Saturday.
Ipswich City Council Economic and Cultural Development Chairwoman Pye Augustine said the day was now a firm favourite for residents and their fourlegged friends.
“Starting in 2022 as Dogfest, it has quickly become a popular event on the city’s calendar,” Cr Augustine said.
Dog Day helps people connect with local dog-related businesses and, this year, wellknown TV presenter Lara Shannon hosted as MC.
The event saw the crowning of Ipswich Dog of the Day Ginger.
A paint and paws stall allowed owners to receive a free print of a handprint alongside their hound’s paw print.
Cleanaway reopens Cell 3B at New Chum
By ROB MELLETT
CLEANAWAY will temporarily reopen the New Chum Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility this week.
The site will operate for about 12 months before closing permanently.
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The final engineered landfill Cell 3B has been approved for use following a process managed by Ipswich City Council and the Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI).
The site will accept only inert waste products such as construction and demolition waste and soil. Decomposable organic
matter such as food waste – common sources of landfill odour – will not be accepted.
Cleanaway General Manager Solid Waste Services Aaron Carter said the site would operate in line with its Environmental Authority.
“This is the beginning of the end of 27 years of performing a vital role for the community in managing residual wastes that are unfeasible or uneconomic to recycle,” Mr Carter said.
“Our people remain focused on safe and responsible operations as we prepare to close the facility.
“We’ve already begun
rehabilitation of the site in partnership with Griffith University, transforming two hectares into a thriving natural ecosystem that has attracted nesting birds and desert tree frogs.”
Cleanaway will be required to monitor and maintain the site for 30 years after closure while the land settles above former open cut and underground coal mines.
A Cleanaway spokesman said the company would work with the council and the community to assess future land-use options.
Last November, Cleanaway was fined
more than $600,000, after pleading guilty to seven offences.
An investigation by DETSI explored complaints regarding a “rotten egg gas odour” following extreme rainfall three years ago, which overwhelmed the site and fermented into a strong-smelling leachate.
The court found Cleanaway had failed to take all reasonable and practicable measures to stop the smell.
It also found the company had committed other offences like pumping contaminated water around the site and using it for dust suppression.
Funding cut for free environmental legal services
By ROB MELLETT
THE STATE Government is cutting funding to the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO).
The EDO has given legal aid to around 1,500 clients fighting environmental and planning disputes. It receives about $500,000 a year from the government.
The LNP said the funding would not continue after July 1.
“As per our commitment before the election, we honoured Labor’s funding agreement in its entirety which expired at
the end of June 2025,” a state government spokesman said.
“There is no additional money budgeted beyond that period of time.”
The funding helped to employ two solicitors who provided free legal advice in Brisbane and Cairns, with the EDO saying it was led to believe funding would continue beyond the financial year.
Last March, then shadow environment minister Sam O’Connor said: “… you can share the commitment I made to continue funding the EDO if the LNP is successful at the
election this October with whoever you like.”
“Queenslanders care about their local environment, so landholders and communities deserve some form of access to legal advice when potential threats arise to the special places they love.
“While we will not agree with everything the EDO does, we believe the State Government should continue to provide funding towards their operations just like they do with other community legal services.”
Ipswich West MP Wendy Bourne criticised the cuts.
“This is a service that provides free legal advice to residents who would have otherwise not been able to afford it,” Ms Bourne said.
“Cutting all funding to the EDO adds to Premier David Crisafulli’s laundry list of broken promises.
“These cuts will prevent you from exercising your legal rights against mining, irrigation or development projects, and will fail to protect our wildlife and environment.
“It’s more evidence that Mr Crisafulli never intended to keep the promises he made.”
Police Sergeant Nadine Webster and sidekick Cluedo. Dog of the Day winner Ginger with owner Keiera Powell of Tweed Heads. and Dog of the Day runner-up Jasmine with Heidi Burns from Rochedale South. Photos: LYLE RADFORD
Doubts cast on naming of asylum graves
Secretary of the Goodna Cemetery Trust, Division 2 Councillor Paul Tully. Newspaper cuttings from The Queensland Times report at the time about the exhumation of bodies from the “Goodna Mental Hospital” cemetery as it was then called.
by ROB MELLETT
THE Secretary of the Goodna Cemetery Trust reckons it unlikely a current state review into Wolston Park asylum will unravel the mystery of missing names for thousands of unmarked graves.
A trustee of the non-council cemetery since 1975, Division 2 Councillor Paul Tully offered his opinion after last week’s Tribune article in which death advocate and writer Lisa Herbert said the review into abuse could lead to more than 2,800 grave markers getting names.
The exhumations of the bodies from the facility’s third cemetery occurred when a new
extension was built for traumatised World War Two soldiers.
The bodies were exhumed between 1945 and 1949, with records only accounting for around 200 of those who were moved to the nearby Goodna General Cemetery.
“I endeavoured for 40 years to obtain records matching names to those headstones, without success,” Cr Tully said.
“When the transfer of graves started in 1945, the bodies of patients at the Goodna Mental Asylum, who had been buried for 30 years or less, were exhumed and reburied at Goodna with two witnesses including a minister of religion.
“Those reburials were recorded in the Goodna Burial Register with full names.
“Those buried for more than 30 years, back to the asylum’s opening in 1865, simply had their headstones moved to Goodna, with just a letter and several numbers on each headstone.
“There were no names on them and no details recorded in the burial register as they were not re-burials.
“I was told that there had been a major cleanup at the hospital in 1973 and that all burial records had been destroyed.
“This information came from Goodna local Ted Richardson, a former long-term employee at
the hospital during that era, and who was also an Ipswich alderman from 1970 to 1988.
“Regrettably, it appears that information was correct and that Ms Herbert’s hopes may be dashed.”
In August 2024, The State Government instructed mental health professional Professor Robert Bland AM to lead a review into Wolston Park Hospital.
Cr Tully said he hoped Professor Bland’s review recommended the State Government fund a “significant memorial at the Goodna cemetery to recognise all of the former asylum patients”.
“This would allow finally for the telling of the full story of the move of
the headstones and the reburials,” he said.
One of Queensland’s oldest cemeteries, it was created by the New South Wales Government in 1859 before Queensland became a separate colony.
The hospital underwent several name changes, including the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum, Goodna Mental Hospital, the Brisbane Mental Hospital, and Wolston Park Hospital in 1969.
Never intended for children, the building ended up housing the destitute, the infirm, those with no means of support, and those experiencing mental illness.
About 50,000 people became patients of the
hospital from 1865 and the 1980s.
When children first arrived at the facility it is unknown, but it is possible children were there from the early days and became residents along with their parents if other options were unavailable.
By the ’60s, the Government used Wolston Park to house children who were wards of the state.
Children were sexually assaulted and others controlled and restrained using drugs and electric shock treatment.
Many children were incorrectly diagnosed with mental illness while others were never diagnosed and prevented from leaving.
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Madden issues SOS roads demand to Minister
By ROB MELLETT
THE knock-on effects of the Mount Crosby Road overpass accident have prompted Division 4 Councillor Jim Madden to draft an emergency motion calling on the Transport Minister to accelerate road works at local traffic trouble spots. Infrastructure, Planning and Assets Committee member, Cr Madden’s motion requests for Ipswich City Council CEO Sonia Cooper to write to Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg to demand the Queensland Government fast-track infrastructure upgrades for the Karalee Interchange and the Bremer
River Bridge.
“Funding has been approved from both state and federal government for the bridge, which is about $90 million so we have a situation, we have two projects, where there’s funding available … but no indication of when either project will actually begin, or when will we receive the final design for the new Karalee Interchange,” Cr Madden said.
“I am moving a motion for some urgency from the State Government and the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) to get both these projects going.”
The Queensland Government last year gave
$42.5 million towards works on the Bremer Bridge with matched funding from the Australian Government and bringing the total funding amount to $85 million for re-decking and the removal of long-term speed limit reductions of 70km/h on the eastbound carriageway.
The Federal Government announced $134.5 million in funding for the delivery of upgrades at the Mt Crosby Road Interchange, including the building of a new twolane bridge, the extension of existing ramps and for the delivery of new shared paths.
The State Government also committed $137.5
million to the project and the government indicated last year that major construction would already be underway.
A detailed plan for the Mount Crosby Road Interchange was due to be released by TMR by the end of 2024, but Ipswich is still to see those details.
Cr Madden’s motion will be presented for approval at the council meeting tomorrow, Thursday.
Meanwhile, residents are becoming increasingly exasperated at the local traffic situation.
“Traffic is horrendous from the Karalee side,” one local posted on social media last week.
“Waiting on my daughter’s school bus that usually arrives by 7.50am, it’s now 9.26am … I feel for the drivers.”
Another resident wrote: “It has taken 2.5 hours for kids on buses to get to school in Ipswich today … a trip that usually takes one hour. How long will this go on for?”
Additionally, one wrote: “With the accident and bridge out, it took 1.5 hours to get to St Andrew’s Hospital for an appointment this morning from Chuwar … a trip google says is 12km.”
A TMR spokesman told the Tribune on Monday: “Design continues for rehabilitation works on the Bremer River Bridge.
“TMR is currently exploring opportunities to minimise construction and traffic impacts during the works for the Bremer River Bridge.
“In 2024, the Mount Crosby Road Interchange upgrade on the Warrego Highway commenced design activities. A significant part of this process is the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) assessment.
“When the assessment is complete it will be submitted for review and community feedback.
“Timescales are dependent on the completion of this statutory process.”
Waste levy and roads key themes at mayoral conference
SOUTHEAST Queensland Mayors met with the Premier David Crisafulli and the Opposition last week to discuss cost-of-living impacts, waste levy costs, and the lack of infrastructure funding.
“Councils can only deliver services to our community when the Federal and State governments deliver infrastructure and facilities for our community,” Mayor Teresa Harding said.
Local government receives less than 3 percent of tax revenue while the Federal and State governments collect more than 97 percent of tax revenue paid by taxpayers.
National Institute of Economic and Industry Research data showed Southeast Queensland’s gross regional product reached $334.05 billion, up 2.1 percent in the past year.
There were 101,000 new residents, 68,000 new jobs created and 384,321 small businesses.
The southeast is forecast to grow three times faster than global peers over the coming 20 years.
“Councils in Southeast Queensland represent more than 70 percent of Queensland’s population, so we can be a powerful voice when we advocate together.
“Cost-of-living impacts on councils and our residents, the increasing cost of the waste levy, and a lack of infrastructure funding to manage our growing population were key themes for all councils,” Cr Harding said.
The Mayor also discussed the impacts of the Warrego Highway incident with the Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg and the need to manage ongoing delays and flow-on challenges.
Call to bar DV offenders from councillor role
By ROB MELLETT
THE Ipswich Mayor wants local government guidelines tightened to block those guilty of domestic violence from assuming roles as councillors.
Mayor Teresa Harding’s remarks followed the recent expulsion of Queensland MP Jimmy Sullivan from the Labor caucus over an alleged domestic incident.
“Domestic and family violence has no place in our society, and I am sure I am not alone in my belief that perpetrators of domestic and family violence should not have the privilege of representing our community at any level of government,” Cr Harding said.
“It was reassuring to see Opposition Leader Steven Miles and the ALP caucus taking a
strong stance regarding the Member for Stafford.
“While there is rigorous vetting in place for any person looking to run as a candidate for a major party in the State and Federal governments, there are very few disqualifying factors for those looking to run as a mayor or councillor.
“Anyone who has committed a treason, electoral or integrity offence cannot be a mayor
or councillor, but many offences such as domestic and family violence are not prohibited.
“As a result, people who don’t pass vetting to run for state or federal government but still have political aspirations, may end up in local government.
“This isn’t fair on our communities who deserve the best and brightest representing
their interests.
“I know the current Queensland Government has committed to improving the Local Government Act and I have certainly had productive discussion with the Minister on a range of matters.
Local Minister Government Ann Leahy said that domestic violence was “a scourge” on society.
“Queenslanders expect candidates and elected representatives to be open and transparent with the communities they seek to represent,” Ms Leahy told The Tribune.
“I hope the current situation with the Member of Stafford shines a light on the need for greater scrutiny on who we have representing our communities at every level of government.”
Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding at the Council of Mayors (SEQ) conference alongside Brisbane Mayor Adrian Schrinner and Premier David Crisafulli.
Plastics choking local creeks
By ROB MELLETT
PLASTIC waste persists in clogging creeks throughout Springfield and Bellbird Park.
Plastics, polystyrene and other rubbish now blocks large portions of Opossum Creek as drainage filters further upstream fail to stop the waste.
“A platypus was seen recently at Opossum Creek; the council is aware there is an ongoing issue with rubbish entering the creeks, but the years go by, and the situation doesn’t change,” one resident told the Tribune.
“As far as I know, no one has done any cleanups in Opossum Creek since Ocean Crusaders there in 2023.
“Whatever the council is doing, it is not working.
“Most of the waste seems to wash down from picnic areas upstream like Robelle Domain and Springfield Lakes.”
She said a stormwater detention basin on Happy Jack Drive at Brentwood Estate were clogged with silt, invasive weeds and rubbish.
The council said state planning policy required new developments to fit devices to traps and
manage litter or gross pollutants.
Environment and Sustainability Committee
Chairman Jim Madden said problems occurred when waterways were privately-owned.
“Mapped waterways are designated Crown land and the responsibility of the Queensland Government,” he said.
“If council owned adjacent land, it removed litter where possible and maintained the area.
“For example, council conducts clean-up operations on the Bremer and Brisbane Rivers, particularly after recent floods and this includes the removal of shopping trolleys and similar large items.”
He said the council was working with the Environment Department on a “Zero Litter to the Bay” initiative, a $35 million project to install specialised stormwater filtration devices on Queensland’s stormwater network flowing into Moreton Bay from high litter zones.
“Council will investigate potential funding
through this project for opportunities to improve littering in our waterways,” Cr Madden said.
“These traps can be varied but generally are in the form of a trash rack and/or concrete basin. Many of these are in place across Ipswich.
“But, even with these traps in place, it is impossible to stop all litter, specifically plastic
bottles, which are often carried on the surface of flowing water and escape through or past the traps.”
Deputy Mayor, Division 2 Councillor Nicole Jonic said storms and flooding caused problems in Ipswich waterways.
“Council has its local laws which help control illegal dumping across the region, but it also re-
lies on the community to dispose of rubbish and litter appropriately,” she said.
“Council also encourages the community to report problem littering through the Snap Send Solve initiative and it will be investigated.”
The council said it removed more than three tonnes of rubbish from local waterways after February’s cyclone.
THE PRINCE ALFRED
Photos taken recently at Opossum Creek at Western Springfield.
Creatives at the starting gate – festival entries are open
IT’S TIME for all the creatives to get painting, crafting, sculpting, rehearsing and writing as competition entries have opened for the 2025 Ritchies Boonah Arts Festival.
“The highly anticipated festival is looking for the output of vibrant artistic talent in Art, Fashion, Writing, and Performance,” says Lacey Sawtell, one of the annual event’s main organisers.
“The Festival’s aim is to provide a platform for creatives of all ages to showcase their talent while all competitions offer generous cash prizes with low entry fees.”
The Boonah Cultural Foundation hosts the annual Festival and Lacey says they are hoping to break records in entry numbers.
“This is an opportunity for every creative to shine through our broad range of categories,” she said.
“We encourage everyone to consider becoming involved.
“It just might be your chance to have the spot-
“The
Works on paper: pastels, pencil, and ink.
Photography.
Mixed Media: combining two or more mediums or materials.
3D: sculpture, pottery, jewellery, felting, and other free-standing art forms.
talent.”
light turned on your entry.”
Art competition
The Art competition is one of the premier competitions in South East Queensland and features a wide range of mediums.
Paint: oil, watercolour, and acrylic.
Art entries are displayed from 9am to 1pm in the Boonah District Cultural Centre auditorium, for the full week of the festival – Saturday August 30 to Saturday September 6.
Fashion competition
Fashion enthusiasts can participate in any of the three categories and there’s also one for younger creatives.
Touch of Class: showcasing the craftsmanship of clothes-making using any fabric.
Upcycled: transforming secondhand clothing or textiles into entirely new outfits.
Wearable Art: a creative, unrestricted category where no more than 20 percent fabric is used.
Creative Kids: designed and made by students.
Entries are judged on
Writing competition
Seasoned and aspiring writers of all levels are invited to enter Short Stories, 100-Word Sto-
ries, and Poetry.
Previous entries have produced some poignant and heartwarming pieces.
Performers
If you can ‘make ‘em laugh’ with a joke, skit or one-liner put your name down for the Comedy Night.
Young Buskers have a chance to entertain all week and Young Performers are encouraged to join the Youth Showcase with rehearsals starting on July 16.
Libraries survey needs you
IPSWICH City Council wants to hear how the Ipswich Libraries service is faring.
Sports and Community Committee Chairman Jacob Madsen said the libraries survey was important in understanding what could be done to improve the service.
Around 1,464 people participated in the appraisal on Ipswich’s six libraries last year.
“The survey revealed an overall satisfaction rating of 92 percent; this was fantastic news to receive, and all credit goes to the hard work and commitment of our
staff,” Cr Madsen said.
“Our staff are what make the city’s libraries what they are.
“Last year’s satisfaction rating was a true testament of their work, and we hope that our residents feel the same, or
a nearby Mitsubishi Outlander.
POLICE arrested and charged a 35-year-old
man last week after finding stolen vehicle keys and a stolen LDV
The police used a search warrant after investigations into several break and enter incidents in Brisbane’s south across the past two months.
On April 4, a man was alleged to gain entry to a Seventeen Mile Rocks business to steal keys to
The Mitsubishi was then allegedly used in break and enter incidents in Ipswich, and Brisbane’s south between April 4 and May 1 in which a 2022 LDV Deliver 9 Van was stolen from a Forest Lake address.
On May 1, the man returned to the Staple Street business, where he again gained entry and tried to allegedly steal more items of property, including more vehi-
better, this year with the service they’ve received.
“We hope to hear more positive feedback, but we also welcome suggestions on what we can do to improve.
“The feedback will help us make each library branch better.”
The survey will consider Ipswich Central Library and Ipswich Children’s Library in Tulmur Place, Springfield Central Library, Redbank Plaza Library, Redbank Plains Library, Rosewood Library, the Karalee Library Pod as well as the online Virtual Branch.
cle keys and two antique toy cars. The 35-year-old has been charged with six counts of enter premise and commit, three counts of enter with intent, two counts each of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, stealing, and one count each of receiving tainted property, enter dwelling and commit, possess dangerous drugs. He was refused police bail and was due to appear in Richlands Magistrates Court last week.
the catwalk at the Festival Finale, a glittering event on the last day of the festival.
The week-long festival offers creatives an audience for a whole range of artform.
Bellbird Park man in court
Bellbird
van at his home.
Obituary
Family and friends farewell kind-hearted Dr Harry
Vale: Dr Harry Ratnam OAM 18.06.1950 – 14.05.225
by PETER FOLEY
THE city that surrounded him, the community that embraced him, his friends and especially the family he loved and who adored him, will forever cherish their memories of Harry Ratnam.
Riverview’s long serving and beloved GP, Dr Harry Ratnam OAM, died suddenly at 74 on May 14.
Dr Ratnam’s son Dinesh told those at his Dad’s funeral three days later of a special barbeque on the Saturday before Dr Harry died.
Dinesh said that despite being prepared for the departure of a loved one, “death comes knocking on one’s door unannounced and unprepared”.
“That said, last week, I had the blessing, opportunity and privilege to share a week-long memory with dad,” Mr Ratnam said.
“We decided we would invite his best mates: Paul Pisasale and Ron Heene.
“The barbeque lasted from 5.30 pm to 11.30pm, well past dad’s 9pm bedtime.
“Dad being in the presence of his children, son-in-law, grandchildren, mum’s family from Singapore and his best mates Paul and Ron –was well fed and gave us the most incredible interaction in years.
“A radiant smile beamed off him like not before, something we had not seen in years.
“I think those present at last Saturday’s barbe-
que did not regret coming and know that day, that moment, will be an everlasting memory for each of us.
“Who knew that day would be the last time we would ever see that smile? My sister quite correctly calls it the last hurrah.
“Losing a dad is hard. Losing your best mate you can’t talk to any more, is even harder.”
Kamalakaren ‘Harry’ Ratnam was born in Malaysia on June 18, 1950.
After getting his early schooling with the Chris-
tian Brothers in Kuala Lumpur, his father sent him to Ireland.
He finished high school in Dublin, then entered the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Ireland, graduating in 1977.
In his final year, the Agent General from Queensland interviewed potential doctors to work in Queensland. Harry was chosen.
But the journey proved long and arduous. After graduating, Dr Harry went home to spend time with his dad because his
medical services to the Salvation Army’s Riverview Gardens aged care
In 2007, Dr Harry Ratnam was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to medicine in the area of general practice and to the community of Ips-
In 2009, Ipswich City Council named an 18-hectare park in Redbank Plains after him.
In 2021, after 39 years at Palmdale Medical Centre at Riverview, Dr Ratnam retired.
In that time he helped countless patients, had a treasured few loyal staff and became a precious part of the community. His son Dinesh said: “Winston Churchill once said: ‘You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her’.”
mother had died the year before.
But his dad was run down by two motorbikes and was admitted to hospital. Implored by his family to stay, Dr Harry started as an intern at Kuala Lumpur General Hospital.
After his internship, he started getting ready to leave for Australia, but the Malaysian Government intervened, saying he couldn’t leave because there was a doctor shortage.
For four years, he worked as a medical and
health officer in the extremely poor state of Kelantan, in Kota Baharu.
Just before he started, he was married to his wife Raji. They shared the harsh conditions and were taken into the hearts of the people of Kelantan.
After he finished there, he finally arrived in Australia and started his own practice at Riverview in February 1982, a year after Dinesh was born. His second child, Reshni was born in 1983.
In 1991, Dr Ratnam also began providing
“I think that sums my dad up. He made mistakes, he encouraged mine,” he said.
“He was generous and true. He was fierce and beautifully kind; his deep community spirit and his emphatic joy of treating people is truly recognised when you speak to former patients and the former mayor of Ipswich, Paul Pisasale.
“What dad was interested in was ensuring he paved the way for my sister’s and my education. He wanted us to succeed and be independent and fierce, but also to be kind and generous.”
Above: Dr Harry with his granddaughter Isla, Reshni’s daughter.
Left: Dr Harry Ratnam (front) with his children Dinesh and Reshni.
Photos: RATNAM FAMILY
Expansion plans for St Brigid’s Primary
The
stage of the building program will include the construction
by WENDY CREIGHTON
PLANS for an extensive building program at St Brigid’s Primary School have been revealed.
Brisbane Catholic Education hopes to gain a permit to build new classrooms and facilities at the school bordering Railway and Matthew streets at Rosewood.
“The proposed development will [cater] for the continued expansion of the school in line with expected population growth and growth in enrolments,” town planning agents for Brisbane Catholic Education noted in a development application.
If the council allows
the expansion, the redevelopment will occur in four stages, with the first stages planned in 2026 and 2027 and remaining works undertaken as increasing student numbers trigger the need.
The school student population is now around 200, which is expected to increase by 30 next year, with staff numbers expected to increase by three to 33.
The first stages in the expansion, Stage 1A and 1B, involve building a new administration building to include general learning areas and a multi-purpose room. A new temporary library will also be built and the Prep classroom building
“The
proposed development
will [cater]
for
the continued expansion of the school in line with expected population growth and growth in enrolments.”
will be refurbished.
Upgrades to Railway Street are also planned for Stage 1A of the program. Plans include the
widening of the street outside the school, upgrading the entry point from the street and the construction of a concrete footpath.
New internal footpaths and landscaping are also part of this stage.
Works outlined for Stage 1B take in a new Prep play area, increasing the carparking spaces by 10 and a new bicycle area.
The Block A building will also be demolished.
Stage 2 of the building program, expected to begin in 2027, is proposed to take in the construction of two new classroom buildings and a new toilet block.
Buildings known as
Block D and T would be demolished along with footpaths. The construction of new footpaths and more landscaping will also be part of Stage 2.
The final stage of the building program will begin when the student population is anticipated to increase to 595 and staff numbers to 51.
That stage involves the:
• Relocation of the St. Brigid’s Church and Bell Tower
• Demolition of Blocks S and B;
• Demolition of the canteen in Block C;
• Construction of a new Block J (floor area of 744m2);
• Construction of a new
Block F (floor area of 457m2);
• An extension of Block H (sports hall);
• Refurbishment of the temporary library building into learning areas;
• An additional 34 car parking spaces;
A new vehicle access onto Matthew Street and a widening of that street in front of the school will also be undertaken during this stage.
A detention basin to cater for stormwater is timed to be constructed during the first stage of the building program and expanded during the final stage.
Council planners are currently assessing the application.
first
of a new administration building – the diagram shows the east elevation in a diagram by architects Peddle Thorpe.
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CULTURE, LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL MAY
28, 2025
Karate Kid: Legends brings the past and future together in a bold new chapter
ALEXIS POULSEN
QLD Area Manager Limelight Cinemas
OVER four decades since Daniel LaRusso first crane-kicked his way into the hearts of movie-goers and more than a decade since Dre Parker found his footing under Mr Han’s guidance in Beijing,
The Karate Kid franchise returns once again - this time not just to revisit its legacy, but to unite it. With the upcoming release of Karate Kid: Legends, Columbia Pictures aims to merge timelines and generations, crafting a powerful cross-cultural, inter-generational story poised to thrill both
long-time fans and new audiences alike.
The film marks the first time Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio share the screen as their respective characters: Mr Han, the stoic, emotionally wounded kung fu teacher from the 2010 reboot and Daniel LaRusso, the passionate former student of Mr Miyagi and now a mentor himself.
Both characters come with deep emotional histories and distinctive philosophies about martial arts, discipline and life. But they have something else in common - a new student who may be their greatest challenge yet.
Enter Li Fong, played by breakout star Ben Wang (American Born Chinese), a young martial artist caught between traditions, teachers and the weight of expectation.
The synopsis teases that Mr Han has been searching for Daniel, suggesting that the journey to shape Li Fong into the next ‘karate kid’ requires more than one point of view.
The stage is set for a com-
pelling story of mentorship, growth and potential conflict - not between student and sensei, but between two masters who must first find common ground before guiding their protégé.
This evolution of The Karate Kid franchise feels like a natural next step. Since the 1984 original, the series has tackled the timeless themes of honour, resilience, humility and self-discovery.
In recent years, Cobra Kai - the Emmy-nominated series that revived interest in the original trilogy - has re-imagined many of those themes for the streaming generation, showing that the philosophy behind the crane kick still has relevance today.
Yet Karate Kid: Legends offers more than just nostalgia. Set in modern-day Beijing, it re-engages with global storytelling, reflecting the increasing interconnectedness of cultures and martial arts traditions.
With Jackie Chan’s Mr Han rooted in kung fu and Mac-
chio’s Daniel steeped in Mr Miyagi’s Okinawan karate, the film inherently explores not just techniques, but values - discipline versus compassion, structure versus improvisation, East meeting West not as rivals, but as collaborators.
Director Jonathan Entwistle (best known for The End of the F**ing World*) brings a fresh voice to the franchise, with a visual sensibility that promises both intensity and intimacy.
And with Ben Wang taking on what is arguably one of the most high-pressure roles in contemporary martial arts cinema - the new Karate Kid - all eyes will be on how this character bridges the legacy of those before him while forging his own path.
For long-time fans, the return of Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan together is a momentous occasion. Their characters represent the emotional heartbeats of two distinct eras in Karate Kid history. Seeing them come together to men-
tor a new generation is not just fan service; it’s a symbol of the baton being passed, not just within the story, but in the real world of martial arts cinema.
Karate Kid: Legends is not simply another sequel - it’s an invitation to reflect on how far we’ve come, how much we’ve learned and how much more there is to discover. Whether you’re revisiting the dojo for the first time in years or stepping onto the mat for the very first time, this film is shaping up to be a poignant, action-packed meditation on what it means to be a teacher, a student and a legend.
The film releases June 5, with an Advance Screening from 7pm on June 4. Wax on, wax off - and prepare for a whole new generation of Karate Kid storytelling.
Karate Kid: Legends releases at Limelight Cinemas June 5, showing in the premium big screen XD cinema experience.
What’s On
MUSIC
Bob Marley Tribute
ROARING Lion performs classic roots reggae.
In 2024, Roaring Lion opened the Queensland premiere for the Bob Marley: One Love’ movie by Paramount Pictures.
The band play everything from the Legend album and continue to grow a repertoire of more than 60 songs.
Booval Racehorse Hotel, June 14.
THEATRE
Jimeoin
DON’T miss Jimeoin’s new show Pandemonium.
Known as a comedy legend, Jimeoin comes this time with handy tips on how to make the bed with very little effort, how to prank a partner and get away with it and how to talk dirty in a nice way.
Ipswich Civic Centre, June 6.
The Perfect Murder
Compiled by Rob Mellett
Send us information on your event to rob@boonahnewspapers.com.au
VICTOR Smiley and his wife Joan have been married for nearly 20 years.
Victor secretly loathes Joan more and more each day.
Joan is bored by Victor, and his snoring drives her mad.
Their marriage has reached a crisis point.
Victor decides there is only one way to get Joan out of his life forever, but he’s about to get a nasty surprise.
As it turns out, Victor’s not the only one with murder in mind.
The Perfect Murder, Ipswich Little Theatre, Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator Theatre, 15 Burley Griffin Drive, until May 31.
Catastrophic
Comical Cabaret
WHILE the rest of the world has been grappling with regime change, calamitous confrontations, interest rate hikes
and weight loss; the Ipswich Seniors’ Concert Group has been struggling with the task of creating their next production.
Consequently, after much determination and perspiration, they are ready to bring a smile to people’s faces.
Ipswich Civic Centre, May 28.
Agents of Discovery
PLAY the Agents of Discovery Mission and experience nature in a new way. Download the Agents of Discovery app free from the app store and open
The Search for Enviroplan Gems at Denmark Hill.
Discover new, interesting facts about Ipswich’s natural environment through gameplay while exploring this urban bushland gem.
Denmark Hill Conservation Reserve any time during May 2025.
Festival of Horsepower
THE Festival of Horsepower is back, with a month-long program full of adrenaline and excitement.
The annual festival features several of Australia’s signature racing and motorsports events, from the TAB Ipswich Cup to the action at the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals, Australia’s largest drag racing event.
Experience a weekend of racing at Queensland Raceway’s Two Days of Thunder, plus more events for the month.
Across Ipswich, from June 1.
Eastern Rumble
AFTER tearing up skateparks across the country, it’s Ipswich’s turn to watch some of the world’s top skateboarders when the BMD Rumble Pro Tour Series stops in at the Redbank Plains skate park.
Here you will see some of the top skateboarders in the world, including local legends, as they showcase skills and throw down top runs.
Redbank Plains Rd, May 31.
THE Festival of Horsepower is back, with a program full of adrenaline and excitement in June.
Get your ARTS into gear
GLEN SMITH
Elitism in the art world
EVER since the Ipswich Art Gallery has hung the artwork by American artist Mark Rothko, valued at $116,000,000 on display, I have been bombarded with people asking me why this piece of artwork holds so much value over other pieces of art.
For which I answer, “I have no idea”.
A lot of people are wondering why some artworks are so expensive and why some artists become overnight sensations while others struggle for years to make a name for themselves.
The ugly truth is that the art world has become elitist.
May 28, 2025
Elitism in the art world is real.
Elitism in art refers to the belief or practice that certain artistic works or movements are of higher value, importance or quality than others, often promoting the idea that only a select group of individuals can truly appreciate or create ‘great’ art.
It can be, and is, a closed circle and is very tough for most artists to break into. Galleries and many art institutions are often run by a small group of people who have a say in which artists get shown and which don’t; which artists win awards and which don’t.
It’s all about who you know and if you don’t have the right connections it can be nearly impossible to get your work shown.
It’s no secret that the art world is known for its exclusivity and it can be a challenge for artists to get their foot in the door.
This elitism also transcribes to art competitions.
With the recent announcement of the Archibald Portraiture finalists I have to wonder just who is selecting and why
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‘Highlight in the moonlight’ –Archibald Prize finalist 2024.
some of these works are selected.
Excuse me while I rant … now don’t get me wrong, I love entering art competitions.
It has been through entering local art competitions that I have been able to grow my contact base, get genuine feedback about my work, socialise, have opportunities to sell my art, learn about other styles and techniques by other artists and most of all, get good exposure of my work.
Now the downside is that most art competitions, especially in the ‘serious art world’ are clearly about creating controversy.
For me and the majority of artists there are no rules to creating art, there are so many styles and so many reasons why people create, how does one judge one better than the other?
There are no rules as to what is good or bad art.
We all have different tastes and likes and that is why art is so subjective and thank goodness for that, after all, variety and diversity is the spice of life. Anything can be art and anyone can be an artist. I tell that to all my artist friends and it is
true. Never let anyone judge you or your work.
In my world, I want to see people trying to create, I want people to give it a go and try something new without the judgement.
I would like to see the elite ‘serious art world’ stop looking down their noses at the artists who choose to create more conventionally and whose work appeals to the people of the street.
Sometimes I wonder if the art galleries actually take the time to understand who their real audience is.
This new institutionalised thinking by galleries is actually turning the general public away from visiting galleries as it is viewed as a form of snobbery.
There clearly is room for everyone in the art world and it saddens me to see emerging artists getting disillusioned and turning their backs on their creative journey as the ‘serious art world’ is becoming out of the reach of most artists.
I guess my point is, if there are no rules in art then how do you judge a competition.
How does one judge an abstract
piece over a traditional or impressionist piece or state that one is better than the other?
The truth is that you really can’t. It appears that the more offbeat, different, edgy and most likely controversial the work is, the more likely it is to be selected.
I have witnessed too many good artists stop creating due to not ever being able to crack the ‘High Art World’.
What I would like to see instead of giving large sums of money to a select group of artists, try giving the funds to under funded school art programs and art therapy programs, somewhere where money will do some real good.
I know that some of you may be saying that my ideas on art are old fashioned and I belong in the dinosaur age but I know that the majority of readers will agree with me.
I have found some images of the recent finalists for the 2024 and 2025 Archibald Portraiture Comp for you to ponder. Are they really portraiture or is someone having a go at us?
Top Left: Mark Rothko’s painting, valued at $116,000,000, on show at the Ipswich Art Gallery.
Centre: Anna Mould’s ‘Complicit’ – Archibald Prize finalist 2024.
Thom Robert’s ‘Big Bam Bam’ – Archibald Prize finalist 2024.
Left: Emily Crockford’s ‘Singing with my selfie at the top of the world with my imagination’. – Archibald Prize finalist 2024.
Left: Meagan Pelham’s
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Thursday, May 29
ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7)
6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Stuff The British Stole. (PG, R) 10.30 The Weekly. (Final, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The One That Got Away. (Mal, R) 2.00 Restoration Australia. (R) 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (R) 3.30 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (PG) Hosted by Claire Hooper.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.
8.00 Grand Designs UK. (PGl) A couple builds a striking stone and zinc home.
8.50 Martin Clunes: Islands Of The Atlantic: Faroe Islands And Greenland. (Final, PGa) Martin Clunes explores the windswept Faroe Islands and their Viking heritage.
9.35 The Kimberley. (Final, R) Mark Coles Smith explores Gooniyandi Country. 10.25 ABC Late News.
10.40 The Business. (R)
10.55 Love Your Garden. (R)
11.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)
12.30 Rage. (PG)
1.25 Vera. (Mv, R)
4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.55 First Australians. (PG, R) 10.50 The Australian Wars. (Mav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Milpirri: Winds Of Change. (PG, R) 3.00 Living Black. (R) 3.30 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 17. Highlights.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Our Medicine. (Premiere, PG) Looks at First Nations doctors, nurses and paramedics.
8.40 Killing Sherlock With Lucy Worsley: Doctor And Detective. (Premiere, PGad) Lucy Worsley uncovers how Arthur Conan Doyle’s life shaped Sherlock Holmes.
9.40 Sherlock & Daughter. (Mav) Amelia has her guard up with Holmes.
10.35 SBS World News Late.
11.05 Carmen Curlers. (Mas, R)
1.20 Pagan Peak. (MA15+as, R)
3.05 Along Ireland’s Shores. (R) 4.05 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (PG, R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00MOVIE: A Mother’s Terror. (2021, Mav) Jessica Morris.
3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00MOVIE: Trapped In The Farmhouse. (2023, Mav) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) Cash is offered a clean slate. Remi’s talents get noticed. Lacey makes a stand.
7.30 Football. AFL. Round 12. Brisbane Lions v Essendon. From the Gabba, Brisbane.
10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. Post-game discussion and interviews taking a look back at all the action from the game.
11.00 Kick Ons. Kane Cornes, Josh Jenkins and Jason Richardson debate the hottest topics and preview the upcoming AFL matches.
11.30 To Be Advised.
12.50 Raines. (Mahv) A 20-year-old drug dealer is found dead.
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6am The Man Who Invented
(74) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm The Casketeers. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Grace Beside Me. 3.25 Spartakus. 3.55 Cities Of Gold.
PG) 3.50 Princess Caraboo. (1994, PG) 5.40 December Boys. (2007, PG) 7.40 Australian Rules. (2002, M) 9.30 Crossing Over. (2009, MA15+) 11.35 Rush. (2013, MA15+) 1.55am Late Programs.
Friday, May 30
ABC TV (2)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30
6am Morning Programs.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Rugby League. Women’s State of Origin. Game 3. New South Wales v Queensland.
9.35 NRL Women’s State Of Origin Post-Match. Post-match wrap-up of the Women’s State of Origin match between New South Wales and Queensland.
10.00 9News Late.
10.30 Outback Opal Hunters. (PGl) The last dirt from a super pillar is removed.
11.30 Next Stop. (PGaw, R)
12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
1.00 Fish Forever. (R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Global Shop. (R)
3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)
4.30 A Current Affair. (R)
5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Taskmaster Australia. (Final, Ms) Hosted by Tom Gleeson. 8.40 Law & Order: SVU. (MA15+a) When a teenager from a group home goes missing, the squad must determine if he ran away or was abducted. 9.40 The Cheap Seats. (Mal, R) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was. 10.40 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.05 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.05 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG)
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Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 11.10 Bergerac. (Ml, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Bay Of Fires. (Mal, R) 2.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (R) 3.30 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (PG) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 18. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.55 First Australians. (PG, R) 10.50 The Australian Wars. (Mav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Land Wars. (R) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 18. Highlights. 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG)
6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (PG)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. Costa Georgiadis visits a prolific native nursery.
8.30 The One That Got Away. (Mal) Ffion clashes bitterly with her sister when evidence emerges that seems to link her to the crime.
9.20 Gruen. (R) Presented by Wil Anderson.
9.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (Final, R) A satirical news program.
10.25 Big Boys. (Final, Mls, R)
10.55 ABC Late News.
11.15 Father Brown. (Ma, R)
12.00 Mayfair Witches. (Final, MA15+v, R)
12.50 Rage New Music. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Malta: The Jewel Of The Mediterranean. (R) An exploration of Malta.
9.15 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes: Weardale – Lost Voice Guy (Lee Ridley) (R) Former Britain’s Got Talent winner Lost Voice Guy, Lee Ridley, joins Robson Green.
10.25 SBS World News Late.
10.55 Atlantic Crossing. (MA15+s, R) Olav asks Märtha to influence Roosevelt.
11.55 Rex In Rome. (Mv, R)
1.45 The Head. (Return, MA15+a)
3.40 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R)
4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
Children’s Programs. 8.00 Nanny. 9.00 IndyCar Series. Indianapolis 500. H’lights. 10.05 Bewitched. 10.35 Jeannie. 11.05 Young Sheldon. NoonMOVIE: Fisherman’s Friends 2: One And All. (2023, PG) 2.00 Golden Girls. 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30MOVIE: The Dukes Of Hazzard. (2005, M) 10.40 Late Programs.
Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PGas, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00MOVIE: Deadly Influencer. (2019, Mav) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Af ternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R)
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs.
8.30 House Of Wellness. (PGa) Melissa Doyle and Shane Crawford are joined by Abbey Holmes and Dr Andrew Rochford to navigate pregnancy, allergies and bio ages. Gary Mehigan shares a healthy dish for diabetics.
9.30MOVIE: Tower Heist. (2011, Mls, R)
A building manager and his staff plot to steal a small fortune from the swindler who defrauded them. Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck.
11.45 To Be Advised.
1.05 Nurses. (Ma, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 13. St George Illawarra Dragons v Newcastle Knights. From Jubilee Stadium, Sydney.
9.55 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the St George Illawarra Dragons versus Newcastle Knights match, with news and analysis.
10.45MOVIE: Toy Soldiers. (1991, Mvl, R)
A group of students decides to take action after commandos seize control of a prep school. Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton.
1.00 Young Sheldon. (PGadlsv, R)
The gambling room gets broken into.
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.
6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Soccer. Women’s International Friendly. Australia v Argentina. From Marvel Stadium, Melbourne. 10.30 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather.
10.55 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) Hosted by Tom Gleisner. 11.55 The Graham Norton Show. (Ml, R) Celebrity guests include Jamie Foxx. 12.55 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 1.55 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R)
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5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Road Open. 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.29 NITV Weather. 7.30 MOVIE: Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 9.15 Yarning Culture Through Film. 9.20MOVIE:
7TWO (72) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.20pm Bluey. 6.30 Paddington. 6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Isadora Moon. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 Teen Titans Go! 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.25 BTN Newsbreak. 8.30 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.55 Robot Wars. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Nanny. 9.00 Inside The Superbrands. 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 Jeannie. 11.00 Young Sheldon. 11.30 Golden Girls. NoonMOVIE: Wonder Woman 1984. (2020, M) 3.00 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30MOVIE: Hot Pursuit. (2015, M) 9.15MOVIE: Sex And The City 2. (2010, MA15+) 12.15am Late Programs.
6am The Movie Show. 6.35 December Boys. (2007, PG) 8.35 Princess Caraboo. (1994, PG) 10.25 Ten Canoes. (2006, M, Ganalbingu) Noon War Hunt. (1962, M) 1.30 Heidi. (2015, PG, German) 3.35 Dancing Ninja. (2010, PG) 5.25 First Cow. (2019, PG) 7.40 The Tracker. (2002, M) 9.30 The Last Castle. (2001, M) 11.55 The Invisible Fight. (2023, M, Estonian) 2.05am Late Programs.
Antiques Roadshow. 2.30MOVIE: Crooks In Cloisters. (1964) 4.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show. 7.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 6. Midnight Late Programs.
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6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Storage Wars. Noon American Resto. 12.30 American Pickers. 1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.00 The Car Club. 2.30 Desert Collectors. 3.30 Timbersports. 4.00 Cities Of The Underworld. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 12. Collingwood v Hawthorn. 10.30 AFL Post-Game. 11.15 Late Programs.
Saturday, May 31
ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7)
6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Weekend
Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Call The Midwife. (PGa, R)
1.40 Picasso. (Mds, R)
2.40 TSO Strauss’ Four Last Songs. 4.10 The Piano. (PG, R)
5.10 Landline. (R)
5.40 Australian Story: Missing Pieces – Sue-Yen Luiten. (R)
6.10 Father Brown. (PGav) A supposed vampire strikes in the village.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Call The Midwife. (Ma) In his new role, Cyril faces his toughest challenge yet. The pupil midwives prepare for their final exams.
8.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) After the opening of a sculpture park in Angel’s Rise is marred by murder, Barnaby and Nelson suspect a mysterious locket recovered from the scene of the crime may help catch the killer.
10.05 Bergerac. (Ml, R) Bergerac’s enemies are gaining momentum and there’s a shocking revelation about the ransom.
10.50 Reunion. (Mlv, R) Brennan and Carly head to his school reunion.
11.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.
6am Children’s Programs. 10.00MOVIE: Thomas And Friends: The Mystery Of Lookout Mountain. (2022) 11.00 Children’s Programs. 6pm Octonauts. 6.10 Super Monsters. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington. 6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Isadora Moon. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Rocket Club. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Kids Baking C’ship. 8.10 Chopped Junior. 8.55 The Piano. 9.50 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.35 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22)
6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm Undiscovered Vistas. 2.30 Nula. 3.00 Living Black. 3.30 Nganampa Anwernekenhe. 4.00 Kai Time: Time To Eat. (Premiere) 4.35
Sunday, June 1
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 19. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.55 First Australians. (PG, R) 10.50 The Australian Wars. (Mav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 International Gymnastics. Highlights. 3.30 FIG Artistic Apparatus World Cup Series. Highlights. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 19. Highlights. 5.30 Indochina War: The Untold Story. (w)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar: Passion. (Mal, R) Elizabeth Taylor challenges the studio system.
8.25 Secrets Of Britain’s Historic Houses: Society Influencers (Cliveden And Polesden Lacey) An exploration of the historic mansions Cliveden House in Berkshire and Polesden Lacey in Surrey.
9.30 1968: A Year Of War, Turmoil And Beyond. (M, R) Takes a look at the tumultuous events of 1968, from the Tet Offensive to the Apollo 8 space mission.
10.25 Guillaume’s French Atlantic. (R) Presented by Guillaume Brahimi.
11.25 Homicide: Life On The Street. (Mav, R)
4.00 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Lord Mayors Cup Day, Caulfield Race Day and Derby Day. 1.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. Gold Coast Suns v Fremantle. 4.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) 4.30 Motorway Patrol. (PGa, R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Creek To Coast.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The Americas: The West Coast. (PG) Takes a look at the west coast, where wolves scour shorelines, sea otters dive through surf and blue whales race and roll.
8.00MOVIE: Jurassic Park III. (2001, Mv, R) A scientist is persuaded by a couple to join them on a sightseeing flight over an island inhabited by dinosaurs. Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni.
9.50MOVIE: Safe House. (2012, Mlv, R)
After being tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house, a CIA agent must defend himself and his charge. Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick. 12.15 Nurses. (Ma, R) Sydney’s bustling nightlife wreaks chaos.
1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 It’s Academic. (R)
5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)
6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Aust. 12.30 Find My Country House Australia. (PG) 1.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 1.30 Young Sheldon. (PGadlsv, R) 2.00 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 2.10 Torvill & Dean: Our Last Dance. (R) 3.10 The Floor. (Final, PG, R) 4.30 Garden Gurus. 5.00 News. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)
6.00 9News Saturday.
7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Holiday Home Makeover With Rachel & Ryan. (PGl) Hosted by former The Block contestants Rachel and Ryan.
8.30MOVIE: Spectre. (2015, Mv, R) A cryptic message from James Bond’s past sends him on a trail of a sinister organisation. Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux.
11.30MOVIE: Death Wish V. (1994, MA15+lv, R) Charles Bronson.
1.20 Surfing Australia TV. (R)
1.50 My Way. (R)
2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG)
2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) Follows the work of elite lifeguards in charge of safety at one of the world’s busiest beaches. When bluebottles swarm at Bondi, Harries devises a magical treatment for the stings. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Grand final. 11.00 Elsbeth. (Mdv, R) When a young man is found dead in his car, Elsbeth visits the holistic wellness centre he’d just left and begins to suspect its charismatic founder. 12.00 FBI. (Mav, R) After a young girl goes missing in Queens, the team discovers the kidnappers used her as leverage to carry out a major explosives heist, sending them on a hunt for the dangerous culprits. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.
6am Morning Programs. 9.30 BBC News At Six. 10.00 The Movie Show. 11.05 Hoarders. 2.30pm BBC News At Ten. 3.00 ABC World News Tonight. 3.30 PBS News. 4.30 Over The Black Dot. 5.00 Motor Racing. Hi-Tec Oils Super Series. Round 2. 6.40 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. 12.40am Miniseries: Sirius. 1.30 Mass Shooting USA. 2.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.
SBS VICELAND (31) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)
The Movie Show. 6.35 First Cow. (2019, PG) 8.50 Dancing Ninja. (2010, PG) 10.40 Australian Rules. (2002, M) 12.30pm The Invisible Fight. (2023, M, Estonian) 2.40 December Boys. (2007, PG) 4.40 Sissi: The Fateful Years. (1957, PG, German) 6.40 Sidonie In Japan. (2023, PG, French) 8.30 Seven. (1995, MA15+) 10.55 Body Heat. (1981, M) 1am Late Programs.
ABC TV (2) SBS (3)
6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.35 The Piano. (PG, R) 3.35 Grand Designs UK. (PGl, R) 4.40 The Kimberley. (Final, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Compass: The Wayside Weddings. (PG)
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 The Piano. The pianists play in the heart of Sydney’s Chinatown.
8.30 Bergerac. (Ml) There’s a breakthrough in the search for Cate’s phone, until Bergerac’s world is shaken.
9.15 Reunion. (Mlv) Christine finally gets closer to the answers she seeks from Brennan. Probation makes a discovery.
10.15MOVIE: Van Diemen’s Land. (2009, MA15+alv, R) Convicts escape from a penal settlement. Oscar Redding.
12.00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 12.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
1.35 Grantchester. (Mav, R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
NITV (34)
6am Morning Programs.
7TWO (72)
6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 11.00 Harry’s Practice. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon Escape To The Country. 1.00 Horse Racing. Lord Mayors Cup Day, Caulfield Race Day and Derby Day. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Dog Patrol. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 12.30am My Greek Odyssey. 1.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Explore. 11.10 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 12.30pmMOVIE: Young Wives’ Tale. (1951) 2.05 MOVIE: San Demetrio, London. (1943, PG) 4.05 MOVIE: The Secret Of Santa Vittoria. (1969, PG) 7.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 16. Queensland Reds vs Fijian Drua. 9.30 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 9.45MOVIE: Sicario. (2015, MA15+) 12.10am Late Programs.
7MATE (74)
6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Allo! Allo! 9.10 Only Fools And Horses. 9.50 Motorway Cops. 11.50 Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. Indianapolis 500. H’lights. 1pm Alcatraz Escape: The Lost Evidence. 2.40 Jeopardy! UK. 3.40 Young Sheldon. 4.40MOVIE: Penguin Bloom. (2020, PG) 6.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show. 7.00 Tennis. French Open. Midnight Young Sheldon. 12.30 The Originals. 2.30 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 The 4WD Adventure Show. 11.30 Life Off Road. Noon Australia ReDiscovered. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Motor Racing. Shannons SpeedSeries. Round 3. Day 1. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 8.30 Mega Mechanics. 9.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. 11.30 Late Programs. 6am
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 First Australians. (PG, R) 10.55 Going Places. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 12.55 Nippers. (R) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 20. Highlights. 5.30 Indochina War: The Untold Story. (PG)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 London: 2,000 Years Of History. (PG, R)
8.25 Queens Of Ancient Egypt: Queen Tiye. (PGa, R) Takes a look at the Egyptian Queen Tiye. 9.25 Into The Gobi Desert With Nick Knowles. (PG, R) Nick Knowles’ Mongolian adventure continues.
10.15 Hindenburg: The Cover Up. (PGa, R)
11.10MOVIE: Memory Film: A Filmmaker’s Diary. (2023, Maln) 12.40 24 Hours In Emergency. (PGa, R) 2.30 Australia
Uncovered: Our African Roots. (PGa, R) 3.25 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 3.55 Bamay. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.
6am Morning Programs. 1.45pm Jeopardy! 3.50 Fashionista. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 PBS Washington Week. 5.00 Going Places. 6.00 History’s Greatest Of All-Time With Peyton Manning. 6.50 Abandoned Engineering. 8.40 Science Fiction Revolution. 9.40 The Amber Room. 10.30 The Day The Rock Star Died: Elvis Presley. 10.55 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 21. 3.25am Late Programs.
SEVEN (7)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 2.30 To Be Advised. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Weekender. Takes a look at a variety of leisure options.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The 1% Club. (PGls) Hosted by Jim Jefferies.
8.00 7NEWS Spotlight.
9.00 24 Hours In Police Custody: Breakout. (Madlv) Looks at an escape attempt from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre.
10.10 Crime Investigation Australia: Almost A Perfect Murder – Bill And Pamela Weightman. (MA15+adv, R)
A look at the murders of the Weightmans.
11.20 Autopsy USA: Leonard Nimoy. (Ma)
12.20 Shades Of Blue. (MA15+adsv, R) 1.20 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
7TWO (72)
6am Morning Programs. 9.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 Escape To The Country. 1pm Harry’s Practice. 1.30 Discover. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Animal SOS Australia. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard. 11.30 Late Programs.
7MATE (74)
6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 Fish Forever. (R) 1.30 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 2.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PGam, R) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 13. Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels. 6am
6.00 9News Sunday.
7.00 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy. (Return, PG) Ten teams of finalists from around the world compete.
8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.
9.40 The Killer Interview With Piers Morgan. (Mv) Piers Morgan speaks with Christopher Porco.
10.40 9News Late.
11.10 See No Evil: Not In Life, Not In Sleep. (Malv)
12.00 The First 48. (Mav, R)
12.50 Destination WA. (PG)
1.20 Talking Honey. (PGa, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Fish Forever. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. Fighting for their place in the competition, twelve contestants must create a dish featuring butter. 8.10 Fake. (Ml) After being seen in a bar with a woman, Joe confides he has been navigating drama with his unstable ex-wife. Birdie rides along with the All Angels soup van for a story. 9.10 FBI. (Mv) The team must figure out how someone accessed a highly secure building after a CEO is killed by a targeted explosion inside his penthouse. 11.10 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. Noon Getaway. 12.30 Explore. 12.45 My Favorite Martian. 1.15MOVIE: South Of Algiers. (1953) 3.15MOVIE: On The Beach. (1959, PG) 6.00 M*A*S*H. 6.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show. 7.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 8. Midnight Late Programs.
1.35pm Rugby League. Qld Murri Carnival. Men’s. Grand finals. Replay. 3.10 Football. First Nations Indigenous Football Cup. Men’s. SA All-Stars v Qld Balla Boys. Replay. 4.45 Bamay. 5.00 Soh Presents: Generations And Dynasties. 6.30 News. 6.40 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand. 7.30 Our Medicine. 8.30 Mabo: Life Of An Island Man. 10.10 Land Of The Little Kings. 11.35 Late Programs.
6am Children’s Programs. 3.30pmMOVIE: Thomas And Friends: The Mystery Of Lookout Mountain. (2022) 4.35 Children’s Programs. 6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Isadora Moon. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Rocket Club. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Moominvalley. 8.00 Horrible Histories. 8.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.10 Abbott Elementary. 9.55 Speechless. 10.15 Merlin. 11.00 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Allo! Allo! 9.10 Only Fools And Horses. 9.50 Motorway Cops. 11.50 Innovation Nation. 12.05pm UFOs: The White House Files. 1.05 The Secret History Of Air Force One. 2.00 Jeopardy! UK. 3.00 MOVIE: Waiting For The Light. (1990, PG) 5.00 Young Sheldon. 5.30MOVIE: 17 Again. (2009, PG) 7.30MOVIE: American Hustle. (2013, M) 10.20 Late Programs.
6am Malcolm. Continued. (1986, PG) 6.35 Sissi: The Fateful Years. (1957, PG, German) 8.35 Remi Nobody’s Boy. (2018, PG, French) 10.35 The Tracker. (2002, M) 12.25pm The Last Castle. (2001, M) 2.50 First Cow. (2019, PG) 5.05 The Band’s Visit. (2007, PG, Arabic) 6.40 Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 8.30 Constantine. (2005, MA15+) 10.45 Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Counting Cars. 10.00 Pawn Stars. 11.00 Motor Racing. Shannons SpeedSeries. Round 3. Day 2. 2pm Fishy Business. 2.30 AFL Pre-Game. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. Melbourne v St Kilda. 6.00 The Wash Up. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. West Coast v Geelong. 10.30 AFL Post-Game. 11.00 Late Programs.
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Monday, June 2
ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7) TEN (5, 1)
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News
Mornings. 10.00 Midsomer Murders. (PGv, R) 11.30 The Art Of... (Ml, R) 12.00 ABC News
At Noon. 1.00 Landline. (R) 2.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (PG, R) 3.30 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R)
5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30.
8.00 Australian Story: Nick Cave With Leigh Sales. (R) Nick Cave speaks to Leigh Sales.
8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.
9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser.
9.35 Picasso. (Ma) Picasso creates some of his greatest work during the war.
10.35 ABC Late News.
10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Planet America. (R) 11.35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (Final, R) 12.05 Love Your Garden. (R) 12.50 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.10 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
Dino Dex.
7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators.
8.05 To Be Advised. 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 Dance Life. (Premiere) 9.35 To Be Advised. 10.00 Merlin. 10.45 Late Programs.
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 21. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.15 First Australians. (PG, R) 11.10 Going Places. (R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Barunga Or Bust. (PG, R) 3.00 Travel Shooters. (PGl) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 21. Highlights.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Stockholm With Michael Portillo: Stockholm 3. (PG) Michael Portillo cleanses Stockholm’s frozen depths.
8.25 Bettany Hughes: Treasures of Bulgaria. (PGa, R) Professor Bettany Hughes explores Bulgaria, where a mosaic of cultures has generated a colourful history.
9.20 Inside Windsor Castle. (PG, R) Xand van Tulleken, JJ Chalmers and Raksha Dave explore Queen Victoria’s time in Windsor Castle. 10.15 SBS World News Late.
10.45 Classified. (MA15+v) 11.35 Kin. (Madlsv, R)
2.30 Living With The Boss. (PG, R) 3.20 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00MOVIE: MatchMaker
NINE (8, 9)
Mysteries: The Art Of The Kill. (2021, PGav) Danica McKellar. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG)
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PG)
7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) Hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski. 8.50 9-1-1. (Return, Mav) A trailer with millions of bees crashes on the streets of Los Angeles, unleashing a swarm.
10.50 The Agenda Setters. A team of trusted and respected footy voices tackles the biggest topics in the AFL world.
11.50 To Be Advised.
12.50 You, Me And The Apocalypse. (Maln) Jamie and Dave face obstacles while searching for Layla. Father Jude and Celine investigate the Messiah.
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. The latest news, sport and weather.
5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.
6am Morning Programs. 2.25pm Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.00 WorldWatch. 5.10 Forged In Fire: Best Of. 6.00 Alone Germany. (Premiere) 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.35 The UnBelievable With Dan Aykroyd. 10.15 The Weekly Football Wrap. 10.45MOVIE: Sweet As. (2022, M) 12.20am Couples Therapy. 12.55 Secrets Of The Chippendales Murders. 1.45 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Harry’s Practice. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30
7MATE (74) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy. (PG) Teams work together to create flying machines.
8.45 100% Footy. (M) Features the latest rugby league news, with exclusive insights from an expert panel.
9.45 9News Late.
10.15 Aussie Road Train Truckers. (PGl) Scotty and Shaun visit a remote cattle station.
11.15 Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup: Ghosts Of The Past. (Mal) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Hello SA. (PG)
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. A batch of 23 former contestants returns. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panellists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week. 9.40 Taskmaster Australia. (Ms, R) Comedy game show featuring comedians performing a series of tricky tasks. Hosted by Tom Gleeson. 10.50 10’s Late News. Coverage of news, sport and weather. 11.15 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Nanny. 9.00 Inside The Superbrands. 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 Jeannie. 11.00 Young Sheldon. Noon Talking Honey. 12.10MOVIE: The Movie Star And The Cowboy. (2023, PG) 2.00 Golden Girls. 2.30 Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30MOVIE: The Matrix. (1999, M) 11.15 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Border Security: Int. Noon Border Security. 12.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 1.30 Watersport. Offshore Superboats. 2.30 Duck Dynasty. 4.00 Cities Of The Underworld. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.00 Outback Opal Hunters. 9.00 Gem Hunters Down Under. 10.00 Appalachian Outlaws. 11.00 Late Programs.
Tuesday, June 3
9GO! (82, 93) 6am Morning Programs. 6.35 Weekend At Bernie’s. (1989, PG) 8.25 Little Nicholas’ Treasure. (2021, PG, French) 10.20 Sublime. (2022, M, Spanish) 12.15pm Just Believe. (2018, M, Italian) 2.10 Sidonie In Japan. (2023, PG, French) 4.00 Malcolm. (1986, PG) 5.35 The Farewell. (2019, PG) 7.30 Unruly. (2022, M, Danish) 10.00 Suffragette. (2015, M) Midnight Late Programs.
6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Compass. (PG, R) 11.00 If You’re Listening. (R) 11.20 Gruen. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (Ma, R) 2.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. (R) 3.30 Love Your Garden. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Going Places. (R) 9.30 First Australians. (PG, R) 10.25 Incarceration Nation. (Malvw, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Reset. (Mn, R) 3.00 The Weekly Football Wrap. (R) 3.30 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 4.05 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.20 Border Security: International. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
7.30.
Walking With Dinosaurs: The Orphan. (Premiere)
Dino Apocalypse With David Attenborough: The New Evidence. (R) Presented by Sir David Attenborough. 9.45 I Was Actually There: Port Arthur Massacre. (Ml, R)
10.15 ABC Late News.
10.30 The Business. (R) 10.45 Four Corners. (R) 11.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 11.50 Books That Made Us. (Mlv, R) 12.50 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.35 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.35 Parkinson In Australia. (PGa, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Gina Chick. (Ma) Gina Chick explores her roots.
8.30 Insight. Explores how best to navigate separation, divorce, inheritance and succession and whether conflict is inevitable.
9.30 Dateline: Born Big. Kumi Taguchi meets the kids who have had life-altering bariatric surgery at 12.
10.00 SBS World News Late.
10.30 Living Black. (R)
11.30 The Point. (R) 12.30 Dance Rites 2023. (PG, R)
2.05 Enemy Of The People. (Mlv, R)
3.45 Living With The Boss. (R) 4.35 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (PG)
7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGal) Hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski.
8.50 Doc. (Ma) Sonya wrestles with treating a man from her past and must rely on Amy to help her.
9.50 Accused. (Mav) A widow gets mixed up in shady dealings.
10.50 The Agenda Setters. An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
11.50 Autopsy USA: Bob Crane. (MA15+av, R)
12.50 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00
Australia. (PG)
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 LEGO Masters: Grand Masters Of The Galaxy. (PG) The 10 teams create a new toy.
8.45 To Be Advised.
9.45 9News Late.
10.15 Ski Rescue Down Under. (Return, PGl) Daniel crashes into a young skier at speed.
11.15 Wild Cards. (Mv)
12.05 The Equalizer. (Mav, R)
1.00 Find My Country House Australia. (PG, R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Hosted by Grant Denyer.
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Smartphone brand’s EV facing criticism
tack for a range of issues lately.
Problems first occurred in late March for the smartphone maker’s first electric car when an SU7 collided with a highway barrier, exploded and caused three fatalities.
Blame was piled on the advanced drive safety and electronic door lock systems.
People asked whether Xiaomi’s first mass-market car sold in China was safe in the hands of those who before might not have driven high-performance vehicles.
To appease authorities, carmakers then halved power outputs as a safety measure on the sedan, from 1138kW to 662kW.
Xiaomi still permitted
The update locked out launch control for 60 seconds to stop spur-of-themoment racing.
However, Xiaomi then bowed to consumer discontentment over the power reduction.
At full power, the SU7 Ultra reaches zero to 100km/h in a claimed 1.98 seconds, which makes it one of the quickest models able to hit the triple-digit speeds, surpassing the Lamborghini Temerario and Ferrari F80. Top speed is 350km/h, though Xiaomi said the car’s limits should be explored in a controlled environment such as a racetrack.
Meanwhile, a growing legal suit against the brand is building over claims of a perfor-
mance-boosting dual air duct bonnet, which has supposedly been shown as non-functional.
Xiaomi soon afterwards offered customers loyalty points and a standard aluminium hood as compensation.
Xiaomi chairman and CEO Lei Jun said recent events had been challenging.
“I’ve been feeling quite down – cancelling meetings, postponing business trips and stepping back from social media,” he said “These past few years have been hectic, but this quiet time allowed me to reflect deeply and gain valuable insights.”
Xiaomi wants to expand into global markets and is releasing a second model, the YU7 mid-size SUV, later this year.
Promised tech still to appear
TESLA’S latest semi-autonomous driving system – Full Self-Driving – was unveiled in public in a right-hand-drive car for Aussie roads.
However, it is still unavailable to local Tesla customers.
Many drivers spent around $10,100 on the tech with a pledge it would be unlocked for when development and regulatory approval conditions were met.
A video grab by Tesla on X showed a car with Full Self-Driving (FSD) completing Melbourne’s notorious “hook turn”, a
manoeuvre that features cars turning right from the left lane.
A human is shown in the driving seat but without their hands on the steering wheel.
The Full Self-Driving mode is not true autonomous technology and needs drivers to focus on the road because they are still legally in control of the vehicle.
Australia is the first right-hand-drive market to debut FSD after years of exclusivity to North America and then China.
A launch in Europe
has been hinted at repeatedly.
Local customers have been able to buy FSD since 2017, even though it has never been allowed to be used in its full form on public roads.
Buyers of the feature – which has been priced at $10,100 for the past five years.
One part of FSD that is available in Australia does allow for Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control, which permits the adaptive cruise control to recognise traffic lights and stop signs, and halt the vehicle as needed.
There is no stopping the rise of Chinese brands
THERE are now clear signs that some car brands are struggling from an abundance of competition and a readjustment after supply-and-demand disruptions.
Higher interest rates, cost-of-living pressures, an election and other economic factors have also hit consumer and business confidence.
Australia’s number one importer, Toyota, showed its sales are up just 0.2 percent since the same time last year.
Mazda is up 2.0 percent, Kia is up 1.8 percent, and Hyundai is up 3.5 percent, although Ford and Mitsubishi have fallen, down 8.3 percent and 8.7 percent respectively.
Chinese brands have captured the value-
for-money and electrified markets, growing sales volume massively to score year-on-year gains of 103.3 percent for BYD and 234.0 percent for Chery.
And BYD isn’t slowing down any time soon.
The carmaker projects it will sell between five million and six million vehicles globally in 2025.
The brand is pushing hard on innovation, unveiling ultra-fast charging technology that can add 400km of range in just five minutes which is three times faster than Tesla’s Supercharger network.
And with the rollout of its God’s Eye advanced driver-assistance system in every model at no extra cost, BYD is cushion-
ing the deal even further for Aussie drivers.
Away from the market leaders, GWM is climbing ever higher, up 14.2 percent, while fellow Chinese importer MG Motor dipped by 10.5 percent.
Former favourite Nissan has almost disappeared from the top 10, down 16.5 percent yearon-year, while Isuzu Ute sales have plummeted by 27 percent.
Honda sales have fallen by 9.2 percent, LDV 19.5 percent, Volkswagen 21.1 percent, and EV Teslas have plunged a huge 75.9 percent.
Prestige entrants like BMW have increased their market share at 4.6 per cent, Lexus is up 11.9 percent, and Mercedes-Benz is up 20.5 percent.
The Tesla Full Self-Driving mode is not truly autonomous and requires hands hover on the steering wheel.
It’s not easy but Darren is keeping the faith
by PETER FOLEY
RACING has been both a good friend and a bad enemy to Darren Bell but if perseverance and devotion to horses mean anything, lasting success is just around the corner.
Back in Brisbane where his horse journey began as a child, the instantly likeable trainer has been around the world, up high and down low chasing his dreams.
“I was lucky my dad trained and then as a young bloke I went to work with Colin Hayes and dealt with really good horses there and then came back and trained myself quite successfully from Deagon,” Bell said.
Darren’s father Peter Bell started training when Darren was at school. As the young bloke’s interest grew, he wanted to get more experience.
He went to the venerable Hayes at Lindsay Park in South Australia and learned at the foot of the master for about five years. In 1999, he started training in his own right and built a strong stable. Over the years, his best included Monashee Dancer, Eight’s a Party and Sir Monashee.
But in 2016, his world came crashing down after he self-reported an outbreak of strangles, an upper respiratory tract infection, in his stables.
Forced to shut down at a personal cost of more
“You’ve obviously got to have horses fit. But to have them happy is key.”
– Darren
Bell
than $100,000, Bell made the shattering decision to hand in his license in 2017.
“The way it was handled probably destroyed that part of my career, and financially as well,” he said.
“So, I took a break. Who knows, in hindsight, maybe the break has done us good but it’s very, very hard to get back to where we were before and we feel like we’re still just chipping away at that.”
Boys (no men’s results due to state titles)
J1: Easts 10 (L Mantell 2, N Morris 2, H Williamson, B Sawyer, C Lang, K Mantell, T Campbell, A Kennedy) d Hancock Brothers 2 (A Hanly, F Evans); Norths 5 (F Bauer, K Parlett, H Connors, O Mitchell, L Buttery) d Wests 2 (S Aujla 2).
J2: Easts 9 (A Tuck 4, B Tuck 2, L Adie, J Moten, R Welsh) d Hancock Brothers 0; Wests 7 (H Britten 3, B Emmerson 2, A Nester, L Blunden) d Swifts 0.
Women and girls
Division 1: Hancock Brothers 2 (Layla Eleison 2) d Thistles 0; Wests 5 (Amy Kickbusch 3, Gabby Nicholls, Sarah Petersen) d Swifts 1 (Cara Shaw); Norths 3 (Jade Gray 2, Ruby Jones) d Easts 2 (Bridget McLean, Kayla Maddox).
Division 2: Wests 5 (M Hinniettier 2, A Jackson, L McKimmon, T Easdale) d Swifts 1 (G Wilson); Norths 0 drew Hancock Brothers 0.
Six years away from racing took a toll. But whenever he needs solace, he goes back to the rock that is his dad, and the foundations of their approach to horses and training.
“I talk to dad every day and you reflect on what things worked for us in the past and I reflect on what things worked for me in the past as well,” he said.
“So it’s important if you are going through a bad run that you stay
with what’s worked for you before, even though things mightn’t be falling into place for you in the present.
“I learned from dad, it’s definitely about keeping horses happy.
“You’ve obviously got to have horses fit. But to have them happy is key.”
Keeping horses happy can be easier said than done but there are ways to at least keep most of them happy most of the time.
“What you’ve got to do is get a routine that suits most of your horses.
“And then, if there’s something that’s an exception, you make a change for that horse,” he said.
The other difficulty in keeping horses happy is that you’ve got to be happy yourself. Horses can always tell by reading your body language.
“The demeanour of people around horses directly affects how horses are,” Bell said.
Ipswich hockey results May 24-25
Division 3: Swifts 1 (K Lenaghan) d Norths White 0; Hancock Brothers 4 (D Hollis 2, N Burchmann, K Melksham) d Easts 2 (E Denton, B Murphy); Norths Red 6 (T Iszlaub, C Murren, S Cooper, A Currey, A Nevin) d Wests Strikers 0; Vets 6 (R McSweeney 3, S Ashton, J Peters, S Pacey) d Thistles 2 (J Andrews, C Muller).
Division 4: Thistles 4 (I Nissen, M Bool, T Wright, L Harris) d Vets 3 (G Martins 3); Strikers 1 (M Casey) drew Hancocks Blue 1 (J Acfield); Wests 3 (K Kinchela 2, J Irwin-Lindsay) d Hancocks Gold 0.
J1: Hancock Brothers 1 (C McDermott-Parkes) drew Swifts 1 (V Martins); Thistles 1 (C Muller) drew Norths 1 (O Hallam); Easts 2 (B Mantell, J Blom) d Wests 1 (T Easdale).
J2: Norths 2 (A Wenzel-Stephan 2) drew Thistles 2 (I Bool, C Muller); Swifts 0 drew Hancock Brothers 0; Wests 4 (S McAlister 2, E Twine, A Rentz) d Easts 1 (B Mantell).
“I think that’s why, when you’re having a good run, it seems to be that all of your stable will lift a level.”
Tagged by those in the know as underrated, Bell knows he would do better if he had the right cattle.
“One of the key things, obviously, is you’ve got to get horses in your care that have got the ability to win races.
“And that’s the hardest part, because the bigger stables take a bigger cut off the top now.
“It could be very frustrating, where you’re probably not able to aim always at a level where you want to be.
“But you’ve just got to stay focussed and hope that something comes along to take you there.”
Something came along for Darren last Wednesday at Ipswich with a win for Sunny Disposition, a four-year-old mare by US Triple Crown winner Justify.
“She was bought by a fellow called Stu Wescon, in an online sale from Ciaron Maher,” Bell said.
“They’d given it one start at Ballarat, it ran second and they probably thought it wasn’t going to measure up there.
“Big, lean mare. It’s probably surprised me how much progress she’s made this prep.
“She just keeps improving with each run, so good things ahead for her, I think.
“A couple more horses like her would help.”
Apprentice Bailey Wheeler and Sunny Disposition burst clear of their rivals. Photo: TRACKSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY
The Wests player struggles to stay on his feet during a Division 1 match against Norths at the Ipswich Hockey Complex this season. Photo: LYLE RADFORD
Jets kick off ‘bold’ pickleball expansion
PROGRESSIVE
Ipswich Jets CEO Richard Hughes is thrilled to link another, although “unexpected”, sport to the club’s growing portfolio.
“We’re officially adding pickleball to our sporting program, right alongside football and netball,” Hughes said.
“We’re always looking for ways to bring people together through sport and community.”
Hughes said launching into pickleball marked “a bold expansion” into one of Australia’s fastest-growing sports.
“This exciting development sees the Jets embracing innovation while remaining true to their core mission, creating inclusive, active, and connected communities,” Hughes said.
“With Pickleball booming across the country for its accessibility, social appeal and health benefits, the Ipswich Jets are proud to be among the first major clubs in the region to invest in the sport.
“Pickleball is the
perfect fit. It’s fun, fast paced, and open to all ages and skill levels.
“We’re thrilled to offer our current supporters, corporate partners, players and the wider Ipswich community a new reason to get involved with the Jets and importantly, stay active.”
The Jets CEO said the new program would launch with regular social sessions, coaching clinics and competitive events for beginners and seasoned players.
He said plans were already underway for regional tournaments, school engagement initiatives and interclub competitions.
Adrian Gray, President of Pickleball Association Queensland, welcomed the announcement.
“The partnership with the Ipswich Jets is an exciting milestone for our sport,” he said.
“Having a club with such a strong community reputation embrace pickleball will help accelerate growth across the region.
“We look forward to supporting the Jets as they build a vibrant and inclusive pickleball program that opens the game up to new audiences.”
Pickleball has been described as “an addictive game with a funny name”.
A paddle is used instead of a racquet, mainly played on indoor courts.
Players serve underarm, hitting the ball over the net, testing the opponent’s reflexes, reactions and court positioning.
The ball is softer than a bouncing tennis ball.
Hughes said the move strengthens the Jets’ reputation as a multisport hub and further reinforces their commitment to grassroots participation, physical wellbeing and lifelong connection to sport.
Pickleball at the Ipswich Jets will officially open in the next couple of months, with an open day including free demonstrations and come-andtry sessions.
Amy’s rise highlights value of Jets Rubies
by DAVID LEMS
CONSISTENT Ipswich
Jets goal shooter Amy Williams is a terrific example of how the Premier Netball League Ruby competition is showcasing the most promising up-and-coming players.
Williams was named Jets’ Player of the Match in her team’s latest 5550 victory over the Redlands Coast Eagles at Nissan Arena.
The Jets newcomer shot with 97 percent accuracy, helping her team complete a hard-fought second win of the new second tier season.
“She is certainly one of our rising stars,” Jets head coach Julia Wadham said.
Williams has been chosen in the Australian under-19 training squad after representing Queensland.
She is part of the Netball Queensland Academy which boosts her representative opportunities in future.
“She’s playing really,” Wadham said.
“She has really fitted into the team beautifully.
“All the other players really enjoy being around her.
“All the other players really enjoy being around her. She’s a really valued member of the group”
– Julia Wadham
higher-level Sapphire series.
“In all three (Ruby competition) games, she has shot in the 90s,” Wadham said.
“In this game, she rebounded really well.”
That included Williams making two impressive defensive tips (deflections) “which for goal shooters is really good”.
Wadham hopes players like Williams and Ruby Stanford receive some minutes in the Jets’ Sapphire team launching their new season next month.
“So we can put them on that pathway because they are certainly heading that way,” the supportive coach said. “And we really want to build a pathway at Jets.”
Wadham said the latest Rubies’ win wasn’t the most commanding.
However, she was delighted how her team met the Redlands challenge.
their nerve at the end which was really good to see.
to her attacking teammates.
“She’s a really valued member of the group.
“She has really settled in well and is really doing great things.”
Wadham said seeing players like Williams being recognised highlighted the value of the Ruby pathway, feeding into the
“It was a tougher game than we probably thought it would be but it was good,” she said.
“It was pretty hard fought but I was really impressed that they really worked the whole 60 minutes and they kept
“It probably wasn’t a pretty game but it showed they can grind it out and really work hard the whole time, which is really good.”
Wadham also praised mid-court player Ellie Weston for her “solid” efforts, delivering good ball
“As a team, we’re trying new structures and they are starting to come together, so that was good too,” the coach said.
The Jets’ Rubies next match is against Carina at Nissan Arena on Sunday night.
Wadham expects another testing duel
against one of the more established clubs in the competition.
“It’s another game where we continue to build and continue to work on our combinations and our structures,” she said.
“That will set us up for the other ones to beat (like the Gold Coast Titans).”
Jets Rubies Player of the Match, goal shooter Amy Williams.
Rising son faces famous dad at Winternats
by DAVID LEMS
IF drag racing fanatic Cheyne Phillips has a career anywhere near as successful as his legendary dad Gary, he will be a happy man.
Cheyne is already on a record-breaking track as he prepares to celebrate a double milestone at next week’s annual Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway.
Cheyne is preparing to race for the first time in the Pro Alcohol bracket against his father Gary, one of motorsport’s most successful racers.
The rising star will blast off down the upgraded Willowbank strip in his new funny car, embracing the family challenge while celebrating his 35th birthday at the four-day championship.
“I’m really, really excited,” Cheyne said.
“I’ve always dreamt of one day hoping to race against dad.
“I’ve been pushing pretty hard to try and get this to happen.”
Gary has won 22 Australian championships, including 21 in Pro Alcohol, during his illustrious racing career. He has won 16 Winternationals titles getting ready for his 55th year of racing.
“He taught me everything I know,” Cheyne said, having played a major role assisting his dad.
“It’s been really fun working on his stuff and now I get to see the other side of it by driving my own car.”
Cheyne developed his incredible passion growing up in a Hill-
crest-based family where Gary and his wife Debbie became icons of the sport.
“We do everything together ... we work on each other’s cars,” Cheyne said, spending hours in the Team Phillips workshop.
“I was born into it. I started working on his cars as soon as I could.”
Cheyne even built a house next door to his parents to ensure he continued the strong family bond.
“I’m kind of like dad.
I like the mechanical aspect,” he said.
“To have that determination to run as quick as you can and look for all the little performance gains you can get.
“There’s always that challenge to do that and I really like the tuning aspect of it.
“Now I’ve also got the driving aspect of it as well and I love that.”
Debbie shares the family’s special affinity with the Winternationals, also celebrating her birthday during
racing on June 7.
Cheyne is preparing for his second Winternationals appearance in Pro Alcohol, having top qualified and achieved the quickest dragster time (five thirties) on his way to the semi-finals in 2023.
In recent months, he shared in his dad’s latest world-class times testing at Willowbank before Cheyne took his car to Sydney where he set a personal best for elapsed time and speed.
Cheyne made his first
Heartbreaking blow for Ipswich FC hopes
by DAVID LEMS
IPSWICH FC is due for a change of luck after another setback leading up to their latest 2-1 Football Queensland Premier League 1 loss at the Briggs Road Sporting Complex.
Ipswich FC players worked hard to level the game at 1-1 against Rochedale before a clearance went straight to an opposing Rovers player who put the ball in the back of the net.
All that came after Ipswich FC lost their firstteam goalkeeper Jace Hudson, most likely for the rest of the season. Hudson broke his
leg in two places during non-contact training during the week.
He had his leg operated on last Thursday so he can begin his rehabilitation.
Ipswich FC goalkeeping coach Jamie Adair was happy with Hudson’s progress before the untimely blow as his team battles to find momentum.
“Just because it’s a stop-start to the season, it’s hard to get consistent form and rhythm because of the wet weather and that,” Adair said.
“It’s been a tough season.”
Scott Quick took
over goalkeeping duties against Rochedale.
Wilfred Phillip was another casualty, leaving the field injured in the first half.
The Ipswich Knights women also endured a testing time suffering their first defeat of the season in the FQPL2 competition.
The Knights lost 5-0 to Palm Beach.
In the FQPL3 Metro competition, Springfield United consolidated a top three spot with a 3-1 win over UQ.
Charles Amalu, Rhys Phipps and Tyson Walpole were the goal scorers.
The Ipswich Knights
secured their third win in a row beating Virginia 2-1.
Ethan Whyte and Kasonga Mlenda scored.
In the FQPL3 women’s series, Springfield United lost 1-0 to Rochedale and Ipswich FC went down 2-0 to Wynnum.
The three regional FQPL4 Metro competition teams came away empty-handed from away matches.
Ripley Valley was beaten 4-1 by the Logan Roos, Western Spirit went down 4-1 to competition leaders Logan Metro and Ipswich FC suffered a 10-2 loss to Narangba.
“Everything I do is all based around racing.”
Willowbank Raceway operations manager Andrew Casos was delighted to see 470 entries for this year’s nationally recognised event – 140 more than last year.
“We’ve gone to a 16 car field in (Top) Doorslammer because we have strong numbers, which is fantastic,” Casos said.
“It’s full steam ahead.”
This year’s Winternationals brackets feature Top Fuel, Top Fuel Motorcycle and Nitro Funny Car, along with the popular Pro Alcohol, Pro Stock, Pro Modified and Pro Stock Motorcycle categories. Support categories include Supercharged Outlaws, Super Sedan, Modified Bike, Super Street, Junior Dragster, Super Gas, Junior Bike, Performance Bike, Modified Eliminator and Super Competition.
The event is also the grand final for the National Sportsman Championship.
final in Pro Alcohol.
He previously raced in Supercharged Outlaws, making a name for himself winning the championship in his 2020 rookie year.
He has a national record in his funny car and set a world bracket racing record.
Cheyne said being a financial accountant and having a keen eye for numbers also helped him.
“I’ve always been drawn to data and analysis,” Cheyne said.
The Winternats run from June 5-8 at the Ipswich Motorsport Precinct on Champions Way.
Cheyne shared why the Ipswich-hosted Winternats is so popular for everyone involved.
“There’s no other event in Australia that’s like it,” he said.
“It’s got that real big atmosphere.
“I’ve got the added benefit my birthday has fallen on the Winternationals weekend every year since I was born with the exception of the Covid year.”
Recent record-breaker Cheyne Phillips has enjoyed a successful lead-up to his second Winternationals, ready to challenge his legendary dad Gary. Photos: DAVE REID/DRAGPHOTOS.COM.AU
Left: Cheyne Phillips starting up his dad Gary’s car. Right: Drag racing master Gary Phillips is ready for more Winternationals success.
Ipswich FC’s first team goalkeeper Jace Hudson is out for the rest of the season. Photo: LYLE RADFORD
Lamar a Force in 3-point thriller
by DAVID LEMS
IPSWICH’S last-ditch victory hopes looked lost before an act of individual brilliance sent the home crowd into a joyous frenzy.
American recruit Lamar Patterson nailed a three-point jump shot as the full-time buzzer sounded to secure the Force men a stunning 8280 basketball triumph at JBS Stadium.
From 15 points down at three-quarter time, the Ipswich side never gave up, clawing their way back to within two points of Townsville before Patterson’s extraordinary finale.
As his long-range shot dropped, the Ipswich fans went wild and many were almost in disbelief having witnessed what had just happened.
But remarkably, it wasn’t the first time Patterson had delivered such heroics.
“I’ve had a couple of games like that,” the cool and collected shooting guard said.
“The last one was the best one.
“We couldn’t give up at home so we had to take that win.
“It was good for the crowd, get more people to the stadium.”
Patterson finished with 29 points, including four three-pointers that guided his team through the NBL1 North last quarter fightback.
“I knew I was going to shoot it (the final
three-pointer),” he said, enjoying such challenges under pressure.
Patterson, who also made seven crucial rebounds, was well supported in the final stages by Ngor Nai (15 points and five rebounds) and Merrick Small (nine points and nine rebounds).
The teams staged an epic battle in the first two quarters with Ipswich leading 28-26 then sneaking ahead 52-51 at halftime after two free throws and a tip in basket.
Townsville hit back in the third quarter to take a 73-58 advantage into the last stage of the match.
The Heat were still ahead 80-75 with 38 seconds left and were
hanging on 80-79 with 15 seconds of the game remaining.
That set the scene for former NBA draftee Patterson to provide the electrifying last play.
Patterson, 33, is based in Philadelphia having been born in Pennsylvania.
He joined the Force NBL1 North side for the first time this season, playing in Force’s three wins from four games.
He appreciated being made so welcome.
“Everyone’s been great. It’s like a family atmosphere, the fans have been great,” he said.
“I love it out here. It’s been really good.
“I’m hoping to get back
Olympian Trish at home among Ipswich fans
by DAVID LEMS
THE Ipswich Force teams had a special guest cheering them on in their latest NBL1 North matches at JBS Stadium.
Olympian Patricia “Trish” Cockrem happily accepted an invitation to catch up with Ipswich friends and see the high standard of state league basketball now being played.
“It’s an absolute wonderful set-up,” Trish said, clearly enjoying the atmosphere being among hundreds of basketball fans.
“They (Ipswich Basketball officials) are doing a great job.”
Living in North Queensland these days,
Trish mixed with longtime colleagues like life member Phil Jackson and former player Chris Jackson.
Trish was a trailblazer during her basketball career, growing up in Ayr before spending a number of seasons in Ipswich playing and coaching and having five years playing WNBL based in Melbourne.
The Queensland Basketball Hall of Fame recipient represented Australia from 1981-86, being a member of the first national women’s team to play at an Olympics.
Before the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, she served her country at the 1983 world championships in Brazil. The former Ipswich
Eagles and Brisbane guard captained the first Queensland girls’ under-16 team to a national title.
She coached Ipswich Force women’s sides in the late 2000s.
In between watching the latest Force men’s and women’s matches, Trish chatted to a host of Ipswich people she forged her career with.
“I absolutely loved it in Ipswich,” Trish said.
Although the Force women were unable to seal a third win this season, Trish shared in a memorable moment when the spirited men produced an incredible fightback to beat the Townsville Heat 82-80 on the final buzzer.
in the NBL but right now, I just want to pour all my time into these guys here and help them ... get better with them.”
The Force players were cheered off the court and high-fived before pounding the walls of their dressing room as if they had won the NBL1 North championship.
The sensational lastgasp win over Townsville Heat gave the Force men a timely boost preparing for their first doubleheader this season.
Force face home side, the Northside Wizards, on Friday night before backing up against Logan on Saturday night.
“We needed a game like that where we had
to fight back,” Patterson said.
“It’s good going forward.”
The Force women head into their doubleheader test having lost some momentum but ready to re-ignite at any moment.
Head coach Brad George was disappointed with his team’s latest 72-61 loss to the Townsville Flames after an encouraging 78-67 win over South West Metro a week earlier.
“We had opportunities,” George said. “We thought we beat ourselves.”
Force led 21-17 at quarter-time and were still ahead 34-31 at half-
time before Townsville entered the final period up 50-48.
Poor shooting cost Force late in the match.
Ever-dependable guard Kahlaijah Dean led the way with 28 points but lacked support from her teammates.
“We’re not getting enough out of some people,” George said.
“We’re shooting well in training. It’s all in mindset at the moment.
“We’ve got to be smarter with some of the shot selection we’re making.”
The Force women have two wins and two losses preparing to face competition powerhouses Northside and Logan this weekend.
Former Ipswich and Olympic basketballer Trish Cockrem with life member Phil Jackson and close friend Chris Jackson at the latest NBL1 North match. Photo: DAVID LEMS
Ipswich Force hotshot Lamar Patterson never doubted his team could achieve a miracle comeback against Townsville. Photos: LYLE RADFORD
Force players unite to celebrate their stunning comeback victory.
Double boost in Jets success
by DAVID LEMS
IPSWICH Jets assistant coach Mark Bishop was delighted to see centre Luke Maddaford score two tries and collect the Players’ Player award after their latest Queensland Cup victory.
The Jets held on 2220 at Redcliffe after Dolphins kicker Joshua James missed a conversion attempt with under two minutes remaining.
That secured the Jets their sixth win of the Hostplus Cup season after back-to-back successes away from home.
“It was end-to-end for a while, very quick ruck speed from them especially,” Bishop said, working closely with head coach Tye Ingebrigtsen.
“We made some mistakes but we managed to cover up and defend really well.
“Overall we were definitely happy with the result and happy with the effort, the application.
“But we know there is still plenty of work to do. That’s not our ceiling yet.”
Bishop said seeing players like Maddaford rewarded was particularly pleasing.
Bishop worked with Maddaford in last year’s Jets A-Grade side where he regularly scored multiple tries.
However, Maddaford highlighted how important it was for Jets players involved in the Rugby League Ipswich competition to seize their opportunities.
“When you get your chance, you’ve got to make sure you take it because everybody who has come in has proven that they are up to it”
– Mark Bishop
Maddaford stepped up and performed with other regular Queensland Cup centres Rashaun Denny out with an Achilles injury and Harley Smith-Shields dealing with a hamstring problem.
Bishop said the latest Jets A-Grade win – 3414 over West End – kept pressure on everyone to retain their Queensland Cup positions.
“When you get your chance, you’ve got to make sure you take it because everybody who has come in has proven that they are up to it, which is really good from a squad perspective,” Bishop said.
The Jets victory over
the Dolphins came after the Ipswich side overpowered the Capras 40-20 a week earlier in Yeppoon.
In the latest game, Maddaford sealed his double after hooker Oliver Pascoe opened his team’s account and winger Ken Maumalo put Ipswich ahead 22-16 in the 73rd minute.
The Jets trailed the home side 10-6 at halftime.
The Jets return to North Ipswich on Sunday for their next Queensland Cup clash against the Clydesdales.
Bishop said he was enjoying his Jets state league role after a long
association with the club.
“It’s really good, a different style of coach Tye,” Bishop said.
“He’s really passionate about it and Trigs (Tye’s dad Craig) and I are just trying to keep a bit of a lid on it.
“It’s a really good combination.”
In Round 4 A-Grade competition matches, Brimsy Marshall scored a double for the Jets in their win over the Bulldogs at Daniels Park.
Dominic Macumboy and Jack Smith were among the try scorers looking to regain their spots in the Queensland Cup team.
Captain Henri Stocks booted five conversions.
Defending premiers Brothers suffered consecutive defeats in going down 32-6 to the Bears at the Redbank Plains Recreational Reserve.
The Bombers had five different try scorers –Nemani Valekapa, Noah Lewis, Isi Hafoka, debutant Patrick Krause and Ratu Vatunawa.
Bears try scorers included Tareta Siakisini, Denman Ah-You, Deijion Leugaimafa, Suliano Faukafa and Elone Taufa.
Brothers face an inform Fassifern Bombers outfit in Saturday night’s next match at Raceview.
The competition-leading Bombers held out a spirited Norths Tigers side 26-18 at Harrisville on Sunday.
Norths came home strong from a try double to fullback Jesse Zampech and lock Lochlan Turnbull.
The Tigers host the Bulldogs at Keith Sternberg Oval on Saturday night.
The Jets A-Grade encounter against the Bears is a curtainraiser to the Queensland Cup match between Ipswich and Clydesdales on Sunday. • Jets launch new sporting mission – page 25
Above: Jets assistant coach Mark Bishop.
Photo: DAVID LEMS
Left: The Fassifern Bombers defence, including Brock Taylor, makes sure the Norths ball carrier has nowhere to go in the latest Rugby League Ipswich A-Grade match.
Photo: LYLE RADFORD