CR DOYLE DEFENDS HERITAGE BUILDING
By ROB MELLETT
‘LNP CAMPAIGN NEW LOW
by ROB MELLETT
LNP Government over “secrecy” following news in this newspaper last week of a possible sell-off of the heritage-listed North Ipswich Rail Workshops for housing.
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By ROB MELLETT
THE re-elected Blair MP has spoken out against the tactics of the local
By ROB MELLETT
IPSWICH Mayor Teresa Harding says she is disappointed at the decision
LNP election campaign, saying it was a new low for politics.
“The LNP conducted disgracefully personal at-
tacks on me; it was appalling,” Shayne Neumann said.
“There is no record anywhere of me verbally
attacking Blair candidate Carl Mutzelburg, not one.
“Yet they spent much of their campaign caricaturing me, alleging false
things about me, accusing me of being responsible for rising crime in Blair.”
to clear Division 3 Councillor Andrew Antoniolli of conduct breach allegations. Division 4 councillors
Jim Madden and David Martin, Division 2 councillors Nicole Jonic and Paul Tully and Division 1 Councillor Jacob Madsen
last week found that Cr Antoniolli had not engaged in any breach of conduct despite an investigation by human re-
firm Workplace Edge finding substance to both allegations.
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Simple idea will blossom into Show favourite
by ROB MELLETT
THE Ipswich Show Society unveiled a new community project at the weekend which is destined to become a firm favourite of the Ipswich Show.
The Show Garden aims to celebrate local knowledge, creativity, and collaboration and showcases a variety of edible and ornamental plants that can be grown in everyday backyards.
A Society spokeswoman said the project highlighted the talent of Ipswich’s gardening community and was the result of a grassroots initiative that began with a Facebook call to arms in 2024.
“A simple idea blossomed into a garden that will educate, delight, and inspire generations to come,” she said.
“This project could not have been possible without all the volunteers who have not only given their time but
helped in the design phase, provided plants, seedlings, pots and baskets, built the trellis and planter boxes, provided fish and designed the signage and logo.”
Ipswich Show Society
President Darren Zanow said the new garden was a fantastic addition to the event’s offerings, adding: “The Ipswich Show has been a cornerstone of our community for over 150 years, evolving from a small agricultural gathering to a major
community event.
“This is a time when we come together to celebrate our shared history, showcase local talent, and welcome visitors from near and far.
“The Show highlights our agricultural roots but also fosters a sense of pride and unity among residents and attracts tourists eager to experience the best of Ipswich.”
Show attractions will include The Battle In The Saddle – Bison Stampede,
Spectacular Nightly Fireworks, PAW Patrol, Demo Derby Championship, Jetpack Entertainment, Berkley Super Fishing Tank Show, Hide and Sea – A Real Aquatic Adventure, Freestyle Trial Shows, Run Chicken Run, Adorable Farm Babies, Chainsaw Racing, Dog High Jump, Native Wildlife Display, Sheep Shearing, Woodchop Competitions, amusement rides and more.
The Ipswich Show runs from Friday, May 16-18.
Bourne tells Minister to keep eyes on our roads
By ROB MELLETT
IPSWICH West MP Wen-
dy Bourne addressed Parliament last week with renewed calls for work to begin on the Bremer River Bridge and the Mount Crosby Interchange.
The LNP last year committed funding for the projects, yet State Transport Minister Brett Mickelberg had been “slow, vague and frustrating”, Ms Bourne said.
“It’s time to stop the blame game and get on with it.
“Our community deserves better. I’m focused on outcomes, not playing politics; and I will continue to fight for the road and
transport infrastructure our region needs.
“Every day I get at least one constituent, if not more, contacting me to enquire on the Bremer River Bridge and the Mount Crosby interchange.
“I place these two projects together as they are both as important as each other and they sit beside the Warrego Highway.
“[Labor] applauded their $177 million commitment to these projects.
“The Mount Crosby interchange upgrade has been ongoing since before 2017. The residents are sick of community consultation with no visible outcomes, and the bottleneck of traffic and the backup
of vehicles is alarming and dangerous.”
Ms Bourne said the steel section of the Bremer River Bridge supported 30,000 vehicles a day, including around 4,000 heavy vehicles.
“Commuters continue to grapple with delays on the Bremer River Bridge due to reduced speed limits and they have had enough,” she said.
“They just want to see this long, overdue project started.
“The second river crossing is exactly the kind of investment our community needs.
“The community as far back as the 1960s has advocated for this crossing and growing community
congestion in the city centre is creating more pressure on the capacity and service life of the existing David Trumpy Bridge.
“During the election in 2024, I helped to secure a commitment of $146 million if Labor were to be re-elected – $4 million for the business case and the remaining $142 million to be invested in the construction of the bridge.
“When I ask the Minister for an update on these vital infrastructure projects, all I get is the Minister looking in his rear-view mirror and not keeping his eyes on the road.”
Mr Mickelberg did not reply to Ipswich Tribune questions.
Founder Ipswich Plant Swap Cameron Lund, Alexandra Burwell, Lola Zanow, Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding, and Ipswich Show President Darren Zanow. Photos LYLE RADFORD
‘LNP campaign new low for politics’
Blair MP Shayne Neumann with wife Carolyn and daughters Alex and Jacqui. Photo LYLE RADFORD
By ROB MELLETT
THE re-elected Blair MP has spoken out against the tactics of the local LNP election campaign, saying it was a new low for politics.
“The LNP conducted disgracefully personal attacks on me; it was appalling,” Shayne Neumann said.
“There is no record anywhere of me verbally attacking Blair candidate Carl Mutzelburg, not one.
“Yet they spent much of their campaign caricaturing me, alleging false things about me, accusing me of being responsible for rising crime in Blair.”
The latest figures showed Mr Neumann has been re-elected with a swing of 0.79 percent and 56.02 percent of the vote for a historic seventh term in office.
“The LNP should be ashamed of themselves because I’ve never seen
a candidate at any level do what Mr Mutzelburg did to me,” Mr Neumann said.
“And it all blew up back in their face.
“It has shown they are out of touch with the local community.
“They recruited the brethren, people from outside the area, to campaign on items like the funding of roads projects, yet none of them would be able to name even five streets in the Ipswich area.
“I was told I had done nothing in 17 years. I said to one of them, ‘mate, you drove here from Brisbane on the Ipswich Motorway … who got the funding for that?’”
He said the LNP wrecked its voter base by preferencing One Nation.
“Labor put One Nation last; the LNP should have done the same,” Mr Neumann said.
“The LNP lost moderate, middle-of-the-road
voters who wanted a centrist, free enterprise party.”
Mr Mutzelburg congratulated Mr Neumann on his victory.
“I wish him well into the future,” he said.
“We feel we ran a campaign to be proud of; I love my home city of Ipswich and am hoping I get to advocate for it in whatever role I have in the future.”
Meanwhile, Federal Member for Oxley Milton Dick has been re-elected for a fourth term, with a swing of 8.1 percent and 69.25 percent of the ballot.
Election figures so far show a swing of 3.82 percent to the ALP in Queensland and 2.88 percent nationwide.
However, the Greens with Paul Toner went backwards in Blair, so far garnering 10.3 percent of the vote with a swing against them of 2.25 percent.
The informal vote rose to 6,660 or 6.5 percent of
percent, and an increase of 1.20 percent.
Queensland LNP Senator Paul Scarr told ABC radio that many of his colleagues were “extraordinarily devastated”.
“… When that pendulum swung, it was absolutely brutal; we’ve lost some really, really talented people from parliament and that is going to make it much harder for us to rebuild,” Senator Scarr said.
“I think the workingfrom-home policy and the subsequent backflip …
“The Labor Party was brutally effective in making this a referendum on Peter Dutton, as opposed to the performance of the Albanese Labor government.
“It’s certainly a crisis and I just say that as someone who’s been a member of the party since I was 17.
“We’ve got to return with our core values: respect for the freedoms of the individual, things like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association.
“It’s recognising that gine to generate prosperity for all Australians and providing a government which gives support to those in need and opportunity for all.
“It means we recognise the contribution made by our wonderful multicultural communities, and recognise that when they come to Australia, they bring many things with them, including an appreciation of those freedoms and a determination to make the most of the opportunities in our country.”
LNP candidate for Blair Carl Mutzelburg’s daughters on election day holding rather odd election day signage.
Doyle in staunch defence of heritage building
By ROB MELLETT
DIVISION 3 Councillor
Marnie Doyle is backing calls to save the North Ipswich Railway Workshops from potential housing plans.
From January 2022 to December 2024, Cr Doyle served on the Queensland Heritage Council – the independent statutory body established by the Queensland Parliament principally to decide which places are entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Cr Doyle said she was “shocked and disappointed” to hear reports of plans to sell parts of the North Ipswich Rail Workshops for residential development.
“These iconic Workshops are intrinsically and indelibly intertwined in Ipswich history,” Cr Doyle said.
“Since the mid-1800s, generations of Ipswich people including my grandfather Richard Doyle, have worked at this site, assembling and maintaining the locomotives and carriages that connected Queensland’s cities, towns, and regions and empowered our State’s economic development.
“The significance of
the Workshops to our city’s development and growth cannot be overstated.
“Today, the site remains Australia’s oldest continually operating railway Workshops and has become one of our city’s most popular museums, delighting new generations of train enthusiasts.
“Importantly, since 1997, the Workshops have been listed on the Queensland Heritage Register and protected by the Queensland Heritage Act’s highest heritage controls.
“The Queensland Heritage Register entry for the North Ipswich Railway Workshops lists many buildings and features of the site dating from 1863 which have state-level cultural heritage significance.
“The entry notes the Workshops retain ‘a high degree of intactness and integrity, the place is distinctive as it featured the most extensive facilities and manufacturing departments in Queensland and was the only railway workshop in the state to build new locomotives’.
“Simply put, the Workshops are an indispensable part of Queensland and Ipswich history.
“One of my key passions is the protection and preservation, wherever possible, of Ipswich’s heritage and history for
future generations.
“My experience on that council, and of the decisions we had to make about important places around Queensland, broadened and deepened my commitment to heritage protection.
“In my mind, the sale and or potential destruction of any of the culturally, historically, and architecturally significant buildings at the North Ipswich Railway Workshops would be an appalling outcome for our city.
“However, it is important to note that the Workshops are not owned by Ipswich City Council and council cannot prevent either the sale of the site or the destruction of any of its Queensland Heritage Register protected buildings or features on it.
“Instead, these decisions lie with the Queensland State Government.
“I call upon those who will decide the future of the Railway Workshops to fully and carefully consider the central importance of this site to Ipswich, its people, and its history.
“Once these are lost, we will never have them back.”
Bourne attacks LNP over Workshops plans
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STATE MP Wendy Bourne has slammed the LNP Government over “secrecy” following news in this newspaper last week of a possible selloff of the heritage-listed North Ipswich Rail Workshops for housing.
“Premier David Crisafulli told Queenslanders his government would be open and transparent –this is anything but,” Ipswich West Local Member Ms Bourne said.
“For our community to have found out about these plans only because of whistleblowers, who were brave enough to step forward, tells you all you need to know.
“I’m concerned that we are already seeing maps and redevelopment plans before our community has even had a chance to have a say.
“The Crisafulli Government is trying to play us for mugs.
“The LNP needs to come clean with Ipswich on what their secret plan is, and the Mayor Teresa Harding and the council need to tell us what they know about any development plans.
“The Workshops are part of our history, not only as a big employer for many families for well over a century, but they have played a significant role in the development of Ipswich City.
“We celebrate this history through the museum which is next to this site.
“This is still an active workshop employing many Ipswich workers who continue to maintain and restore historically significant trains.
“I’m also seriously concerned about contamination on the land which has past exposure to asbestos, lead, and arsenic.
“As soon as I heard about these plans, I wrote to the Minister demanding he share any secret plans to develop this heritage listed land, and I’ll be making it very clear that our community deserves to be heard and consulted.”
Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg did not respond to Tribune questions.
Meanwhile, Queensland Rail (QR) reinforced its commitment to preserving the “state’s rich rail history, and preserving the Ipswich Workshops was a key part of this”.
“Our vision is for the Ipswich Workshops to be the base for the restoration, maintenance and operation of QR’s rich and diverse heritage fleet, and remain the location for our existing workforce,” the spokeswoman said.
“We are considering options for how surplus
sections of the Ipswich Workshops site may potentially be used in the future, alongside QR’s heritage operations.
“This could present an opportunity to enhance the capabilities of Ipswich Workshops for the benefit of the entire community and for tourism.
“However, these concepts are in their very early stages, with no formal proposals developed.
“Initial engagement with key stakeholders has been occurring and is ongoing.
“QR has guaranteed its employees that their employment is secure, and this includes no redundancies and no forced relocations.
“In the future, if a detailed proposal was developed and feasible, formal consultation would occur with employees.
“QR has been reviewing its property portfolio to explore potential opportunities to benefit the community.
“The Government has not made any decision about the future use of the unused land at the Ipswich Workshops.
“Recently, we have partnered with the not-for-profit sector to transform two former crew-quarters at Acacia Ridge into affordable housing to support vulnerable women needing housing assistance.”
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Division 3 Councillor Marnie Doyle’s grandfather, Richard Doyle, worked at the Workshops his entire life. He is pictured third from the right at the front. This photo was taken around 1950. Credit: Whitehead Studios.
Mayor ‘saddened’ by conduct breach vote
By ROB MELLETT
IPSWICH Mayor Teresa Harding says she is disappointed at the decision to clear Division 3 Councillor Andrew Antoniolli of conduct breach allegations.
Division 4 councillors Jim Madden and David Martin, Division 2 councillors Nicole Jonic and Paul Tully and Division 1 Councillor Jacob Madsen last week found that Cr Antoniolli had not engaged in any breach of conduct despite an investigation by human resources firm Workplace Edge finding substance to both allegations.
Cr Antoniolli was alleged last year to have “distressed” council staff and been disrespectful to Ipswich City Council CEO Sonia Cooper after speaking out in a Tribune article against food trucks at Nicholas St Precinct which were said to be taking trade from CBD restaurant takings.
Speaking after last week’s meeting, the Mayor said: “I would like to say that I was shocked or surprised by this decision, but I don’t think anyone who has been paying attention to what has been happening in this council in the past year would be.
“Mostly, I am sad and disappointed on behalf of the workers of Ipswich City Council who had to watch these councillors mount sham arguments to try to defend their ‘right’ to talk negatively about council workers in the media.
“I find it a bizarre approach that as leaders, particularly those who claim to support workers’ rights, you would argue for the right to speak negatively about the performance of our workers in the media.
“The argument that a councillor’s freedom of expression under the Human Rights Act would be limited if they were unable to criticise
our workers in the media is embarrassing.
“The Human Rights Act isn’t a ‘get-out-ofjail-free’ card, it does not override the Local Government Act, the Fair Work Act or our defamation laws.
“I am sure that councillors wouldn’t see the freedom of expression extending to council workers if they publicly criticised the performance of councillors in the media.
“To be very clear, if councillors have an issue with the performance of council, its teams or an individual officer, they have every opportunity to raise that with the Mayor, CEO, relevant general manager or even criticise the organisation in the media.
“There are many professional and respectful ways in which a councillor can fulfil their duties that do not require naming and shaming council teams or workers publicly. You would not see a
boss in any other industry publicly shame their workers in the media, and nor should we see it here.
“What we have seen here is very reminiscent of how the old council operated, where council workers were discouraged or intimidated into not making complaints about councillors.
“Unfortunately, this is a majority decision of Council, so I must accept that and so do our workers. However, it doesn’t take away from the fact that our workers have rights of their own too.
“My message to the workers of Ipswich City Council is to remember that you do have rights, many of you have unions, so please don’t be deterred from raising your concerns and reporting the poor behaviour of councillors.”
CEO, Ms Cooper said she was “personally committed” to providing and “ensuring a safe and supportive” work envi-
ronment for employees.
“Our staff members are also required to be treated with respect and fairness in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct for Councillors, the Public Sector Ethics Act and the Code of Conduct for employees,” Ms Cooper said.
“I continue to encourage any staff member with any concern regarding conduct or behaviour that they observe or experience in the workplace to report it.
“When concerns are reported, I, together with other organisational leaders, take our obligations to support and protect our employees very seriously, and have processes in place to ensure we do so.”
However, Cr Antoniolli remained defiant and said he had been vindicated by last week’s decision.
“Whilst there was an ulterior motive from some in the meeting, I
also believe that some of them didn’t give adequate consideration to the fact they were actually cutting off their own nose despite their face because it would have created a precedent [supporting the alleged breaches] that would have put everybody in a box and who would not have been able to speak frankly and fearlessly on behalf of their community,” Cr Antoniolli said.
“I am always going to stand up for the underdog. I will not be a wallflower.
“I will stand up for those who I believe deserve better.
“I think it was a very hypocritical stance by the Mayor, considering she was out publicly suggesting, and wrongfully so earlier this year, that the council was attempting to gag her while here she is effectively backing a form of gag on councillors; in fact, it is not just gagging, it’s intimidatory behaviour.”
Cyclone Alfred review is in Nature Centre loses loveable Dexter
TWO council reports were delivered to council last week analysing the extent of damage wrought by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in March.
The event dumped 250mm of rain across the region in seven days and the Bremer River peaked just below the “major” flood level, at 11.47m on March 10.
Thirty-five private residences were impacted with those affected seeking financial assistance under Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
Five sporting sites were affected and 684 potholes repaired and there was also damage to conservation estates, rivers and creeks.
Some communities were more affected than others, with flooding in low-lying areas and power outages hitting about 22 suburbs.
As of early April, there were no remaining road or bridge closures, and 90 percent of unsealed road network had been inspected and the potholes repaired.
Environment and Sustainability Committee Chairman Jim Madden said 56 parks were inspected and found to
have suffered infrastructure damage.
“In our conservation estates, there were 26 reports of damage, six were minor and 20 moderate,” he said.
“Bremer River, Gladstone Road Reserve and Cribb Park revegetation sites sustained erosion and sedimentation damage and loss of plants.
“Woogaroo Creek, Bremer River and Bundamba Creek project sites were affected.
“Of the private property damage assessments that were undertaken, 355 reported no damage, 32 minor and three moderate.”
Council manages and or activates 287 active/formal playing spaces across 47 locations, totalling 105 fields – council identifyed 12 sites deemed as being at high risk of significant damage caused by rising waters.
“Only five sites were impacted because of ex-TC Alfred, Community and Sport Committee Chairman Jacob Madsen said.
“They were Jim Finimore, Leichhardt; Rotary Park, Bundamba; Anzac Park, Rosewood; and Ivor Marsden Sports Complex, Amberley;
and Sams Reserve, Redbank Plains,” he said.
“Jim Finimore, Rotary and Anzac Parks saw all fields under water with peak levels falling just short of the main club house facilities. Ivor Marsden Sports Complex had partial field flooding resulting in damage to the fence line on Baxter Oval only, with the turf block remaining fit for play.
“About 300m of the chain link fence line at Rotary Park was damaged that will require replacement. Electrical supply was interrupted to all sites resulting in the loss of power to tower lights, with minimal impact to club houses and associated infrastructure.”
Sixteen clubs requested council assistance with repairs.
Reported damage included building leaks, blocked drains, tripped switch boards, foliage debris, potholes and torn shade sails.
The council will apply for Reconstruction of Essential Public Assets funding for financial aid with final costs of the weather event to still be finalised.
ONE of the Ipswich Nature Centre’s star attractions and longtime resident, Dexter the cow, has passed away.
Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding said Dexter was a favourite with visitors.
“Dexter was beloved by many who visited the Ipswich Nature Centre over the years, who stopped by the Barn for a pat or a brush,” Mayor Harding said.
“This gentle giant will no longer be in his usual spot by the fence in the barn.
“Dexter has had a colourful life at the Ipswich Nature Centre, starring in a tourism campaign and he even had a purpose-built back-scratcher made just for him by council staff.
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“Dexter has been described as a 400kg Labrador, with the affectionate cow having spent most of his days surrounded by children and being stroked with his brush.
“Many in the community have left messages for Dexter and there are boards for visitors to sign and leave comments.”
Dexter, who had been a fixture of the barn since his arrival in 2013, was 14 when he died.
The Ipswich Nature Centre in Queens Park is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9.30am to 4pm including public holidays other than Christmas Day and Good Friday. Boards will be up at the Centre for visitors to post messages for Dexter for the rest of the month until May 31.
Gentle giant Dexter would no longer be in his usual spot by the fence in the barn.
New push for city’s own Tartan track
By ROB MELLETT
DIVISION 3 Councillor
Marnie Doyle last week led the charge for Ipswich Council to develop plans for a new synthetic athletics track in the city.
Cr Doyle gave a notice of motion to investigate providing for a shovel-ready track for the Olympics at Bill Paterson Oval, Limestone Park. Councillors unanimously backed the motion.
“… I have had many conversations … about the Bill Paterson Oval, including urgent maintenance that is desperately
needed in the short term to ensure that the track is fit for purpose,” Cr Doyle said.
“Ipswich needs a new synthetic athletics track [but] it is currently unclear if it is actually feasible at Bill Paterson Oval,” Cr Doyle said.
She said preliminary investigations into the oval would determine its feasibility at the location which currently suffered from poor drainage and uneven surfaces.
Cr Doyle said a proposal for a new track at the University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich campus looked now un-
likely to progress.
“I have concerns about relying on a third party to deliver this important piece of infrastructure because we would be beholden to their will, their desire, and obviously being in a position to fund it, which is why I feel really strongly that council should be certainly conducting early investigations to see if it can move forward on a council-owned asset,” Cr Doyle said.
“I believe it’s time Ipswich City Council gets back in the game.
“I’ve been advocating for the Tartan track to re-
Rethink as Parklands slide into river
By ROB MELLETT
REHABILITATION works at River Heart Parklands face reconsideration after a landslip has forced the closure of a pathway.
The restoration works were underway to repair the area after the 2022 floods.
Division 3 Council-
lor Andrew Antoniolli said bank stabilisation work could take months, although repairs to the upper landing of the boardwalk would continue.
River Heart Parklands closed due to flooding in 2022, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2024. The works have been
funded by federal and state governments under Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
Around $300,000 has been budgeted to remove over-water walkways, lookouts and support structures.
River Heart Parklands will remain closed until further notice.
main at Limestone Park. It is the home of athletics in Ipswich and has been for almost 50 years.
“With the 2032 Olympic Games approaching, and despite venues already locked in, there will still be opportunities to advocate for it by having a Tartan track planned and designed.
“We must be the driver of this critical piece of infrastructure for our community … we can no longer rely on third parties and other local organisations to deliver this for our city.
“What an amazing leg-
for our local athletes and with enormous economic benefits for the city.
“The development of a full size, 400-metre synthetic track would complement other strategic investments into the city’s infrastructure and meet the aims of all levels of government to enable healthy and active communities, increase sporting participation and aspirations to provide facilities that attract visitors from surrounding areas and support our local clubs.
“At a minimum, though, it will be a train-
local runners who will no doubt be in training to compete at their very first Olympics.
“What an advantage to be able to train right here at home.
“It is critical that we have a track that is fit for purpose, for our local athletes, who may not be eyeing off a spot in the Olympics, but take their sport and their athletics very, very seriously.
“There is urgent maintenance needed. We need to do those investigations further to see if it’s worthy of investing funds to upgrade the existing
Pub puts focus on kids’ play
KIDS’ fun is on the menu at the recently revamped Walloon Hotel on Queen Street.
A garden play area has been overhauled and the outdoor dining space refitted at the popular pub.
“The children can run around to the heart’s content now,” pub owner Stewart Gibson said.
“And parents can unwind and relax and watch their children safe in the knowledge they are able to safely r un around and have fun.
“The feedback so far has been incredible; everyone is saying how the Walloon Hotel is an even more appealing pub to visit.
“Families have been crying out for something like this – where kids can go wild and where parents can come and dine.”
The pub is open seven days a week with all-day dining available on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and there is live music on Sundays, too.
Restoration works were underway to fix up the area after the 2022 floods. Photo LYLE RADFORD
Families are enjoying the outdoor dining and children’s area at the Walloon Hotel. Photo LYLE RADFORD
Plan for BESS at Swanbank
Townhouses in pipeline for Bundamba
build a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Swanbank.
The Noblevale BESS would be 750m west of Powerlink’s Blackstone 110kV/275kV substation.
The BESS would store electricity when there is surplus in the network and provide power into the grid at times of peak demand.
The BESS would have a capacity of 180 MW, with total storage duration of two hours and a storage capacity of 360 MWh.
At its peak, around 30 staff would be employed from the local talent pool.
Council mapping indicates that the north-west corner of the site is affected by flooding.
The development application stated the project would have an operational lifetime of 30 years
mapped core koala habitat and would mean the loss of 17 mature koala habitat trees.
The DA stated: “There are abundant records of koalas within the surrounding area, and due to the tree species present and the level of connectivity to surrounding habitat patches.
“The potential for injury, mortality and orphaning of fauna species will be minimised by implementing the fauna management and mitigation measures.”
Zen builds solar and storage assets and sells the firmed energy to commercial and industrial businesses under power purchase agreements.
Taiwan’s HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) and Zen Energy last year secured a 795MW green-
field solar PV and energy
tralia.
The joint venture, ZEBRE, has an estimated total development volume of 695MW of energy storage and 100MW of solar with projects in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria.
Anthony Garnaut is CEO of Zen Energy and father Ross Garnaut is a director and the main investor in the business.
Mr Garnaut Snr was adviser to the Rudd and Gillard governments on transitioning to battery, solar and wind and remains one of Zen’s largest shareholders.
Mr Garnaut’s views on climate became less desirable when the Coalition, led by Tony Abbott, defeated the Labor government in 2013 after statements on the effects of carbon pricing.
By ROB MELLETT
THERE are plans to rezone land at Bundamba for 23 three-bedroom townhouses on land prone to flooding.
The Ipswich Planning Scheme has the south-western corner of the site mapped as likely to be inundated.
Plans showed the two-storey dwellings at 7 Creek Street would each have a single garage with space for a second car on the driveway.
Each home would come with a 12-metre square patio area and feature tiered retaining walls.
In addition to private open space, there would be communal space of 169 metres squared and
the site would feature a shared swimming pool, lounge chairs and lawn area.
Developer Ipswich Property Group said the housing would “cater for the housing needs of the community and … addressed a gap in the current housing market within Bundamba”.
“… A suitable stormwater detention system is proposed within the site under the driveway … to mitigate the increase in stormwater flows because of the increase in impervious area from the site’s pre-developed state.
“[The development] increases the density of housing on a well-located site being within walking distance of the Bundam-
ba train station, educational establishments, employment, recreation and services,” the report continued.
“The development provides a diversity in housing supply in this immediate area within 300m walking distance of Bundamba train station.
“Given that the predominant style of housing in the area is detached dwelling houses, the development is responding to the need for more housing supply in Southeast Queensland by increasing the density and providing three bedrooms per dwelling, thus to accommodate a range of households.”
The application is currently being assessed by Ipswich City Council.
Homes plan for koala habitat
By ROB MELLETT
THERE are plans to subdivide one lot into 70 residential lots on land mapped as core koala habitat.
The lot, which partially lies over a disused oil pipeline at Redbank Plains, has been proposed by developer LHPP Marquee RP Pty Ltd.
Two easements encumber the area – one for high voltage electricity and another for a high-pressure oil and gas pipeline, with works needed to protect the decommissioned pipeline.
A gas pipeline lies to the east of the site.
Council overlays include mining, bushfire, flooding/urban flow and road widening.
A State Assessment and Referral Agency referral will be required as the plan included clearing all koala habitat in the south-west corner of the site along Greenwood Village Road.
LHPP Marquee RP Pty Ltd is now clearing koala habitat in the northern part of the site after “presenting a case that the vegetation on site was not integral to strategic
ecological connections”.
“Similar circumstances apply in this instance and as such support is also expected from the state,” the Saunders Havill town planning report stated.
“The site is affected by the Moonie to Brisbane Oil Pipeline easement and will trigger referral to Santos.
“Importantly, no additional road crossings or works that would jeopardise the asset are proposed.”
The application currently sits with the council.
Two-storey townhouses are planned for 7 Creek Street.
All koala habitat will be cleared if approval goes through for 70 homes at Redbank Plains.
VERVE
CULTURE, LIFESTYLE & TRAVEL MAY 7, 2025
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES FLOOD LINES –AN ART EXHIBITION
Tinã(Mother)– A stirring ode to grief culture and the healing power of song
ALEXIS POULSEN
QLD Area Manager
Limelight Cinemas
AOTEAROA’S latest cinematic triumph Tinã (Mother) has made a powerful impact on Australian shores since its May 1 release proving once again that stories rooted in cultural experience often strike the deepest universal chords.
Already a number one smash hit in New Zealand the film is not only winning hearts but stirring souls with its un-
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flinching humanity and inspiring emotional journey.
At its core Tinã (Mother) is a film about loss - and what we do with that loss.
Directed with quiet grace and emotional authenticity the film follows Mareta Percival a Samoan schoolteacher living in the aftermath of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
Having suffered a devastating personal loss Mareta is a woman adrift - once vibrant now cautious her connection to the world seemingly frayed.
When she reluctantly accepts a position as a substitute teacher at an elite predominantly Pãkehã private school it seems like a mismatched fit.
But what unfolds is a testament to resilience love and the transformative power of culture and music.
As Mareta steps into a classroom filled with privilege but devoid of connection, the film avoids easy caricature. The children she meets - frag-
ile directionless and burdened with silent pressures - are not villains of wealth but rather victims of emotional neglect.
They too are searching for meaning. It is Mareta’s authenticity - grounded in her grief, her culture and her compassion - that slowly brings them together.
The turning point comes with the formation of a school choir.
At first it seems like a simple extra-curricular project. But as Mareta brings traditional Samoan harmonies and values into the rehearsal room the film blossoms into something more than a school drama.
It becomes a story of cultural exchange of community building and of healing - not just for Mareta, but for her students the school and even the wider audience.
What makes Tinã (Mother) so affecting is how naturally it weaves together threads of cultural identity maternal
strength and artistic expression.
The film is not overtly political, yet it speaks volumes about integration, representation and the quiet strength of Pacific women. It champions the power of indigenous perspectives in spaces that are often tone-deaf to difference.
And in Mareta we see not a flawless hero but a deeply human mother figure who reclaims her voice while helping others find theirs.
The performances are remarkable - especially from the film’s lead whose portrayal of Mareta is both heart-wrenching and quietly triumphant. The children too, deliver nuanced and charming performances that avoid the common pitfalls of precociousness.
The musical sequences filled with rich Polynesian rhythms and heartfelt vocal arrangements, are as stirring as any blockbuster soundtrack
- but they resonate because they come from a place of genuine emotion and cultural reverence.
It is no surprise that Tinã (Mother) is being embraced by both audiences and critics. In a cinematic landscape often dominated by spectacle and cynicism here is a film that chooses heart over hype humility over melodrama.
It doesn’t need a franchise or special effects to soar - just truth, music and a woman brave enough to teach others how to sing again.
In the wake of a tragedy that shook a nation, Tinã (Mother) reminds us of what truly endures: community connection and the quiet strength of a mother’s love.
It is a story for anyone who has felt lost - and anyone who dares to believe in finding their way back.
Tinã (Mother) is now playing at Limelight Cinemas.
What’s On
MUSIC
Jo Davie presents JOIN singer-songwriter Jo Davie for a special evening of music as she launches her debut EP Nothing Comes Free.
Supported by Paulina, and joined on stage by her band, Davie will perform with guitar, drums, bass, and three-part harmonies.
The EP, recorded by Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music), features her vulnerable yet powerful vocals, skill and lyricism.
Studio 188, May 10.
Bob Marley Tribute
FORMED in 2019, Roaring Lion is based in Queensland and has been performing up and down the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, in Brisbane and North Queensland.
The music is classic roots reggae with drum’n’bass, skank, lead and rhythm guitars.
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 over 60 songs.
Booval Racehorse Hotel, June 14.
THEATRE
Murder Incorporated Premiere
TWO assassins have just been hired by Murder Incorporated after lying about their experience on their resumes.
They are paired together, but how are they to carry out missions?
Calamity ensues as their lies continue to pile up in this fast-paced farce comedy.
This is the play’s work in progress premiere which features a question-and-answer post show and the opportunity to review to shape its future.
The Hatchery, Studio 188, May 9.
The Perfect Murder
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 Inciner-
ator Theatre, 15 Burley Griffin Drive, May 14-31.
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, 10am-1pm, May 26.
information on your event to rob@boonahnewspapers.com.au
EVENTS
Spartan Race returns to Ivory’s Rock Race through meandering creeks, beautiful bushland, and rocky terrain, while making your way to the base of Ivory’s Rock.
Conquer the course in the ultimate physical challenge.
There’s a 5km sprint, the 50k Ultra, and races for all fitness levels.
The epic Kids’ race allows the kids to jump, climb and crawl their way through the purpose-built course.
Peak Crossing, May 24.
The Handmade Expo Market
IPSWICH’S monthly Handmade Markets continue with over 100 stalls.
There will be face-painting, balloon twisting and yard games to keep the kids entertained while you browse through what is on offer.
Nicholas Street Precinct, Tulmur Place, May 10.
Ipswich Dog Day
THE community and their dogs will gather to celebrate all things to get them excited.
Whether you’re selling pet accessories, treats, or offering grooming services, this is the perfect opportunity to connect with fellow dog enthusiasts and showcase what you have to offer.
Nicholas Street Precinct, May 24.
The Marburg Show
THIS will be the 104th show and promises to be a fun-filled weekend the whole family will love.
Highlights of this year’s show will be the showjumping events, farm animals, live entertainment, Lego displays, ute mustering, fireworks and the all-important showbags.
Marburg Show, 44-55 Queen Street, May 10.
The 104th Marburg Show promises to be a fun-filled weekend the whole family will love.
Action packed weekend didn’t disappoint
PLANES, Trains and Autos attracted huge crowds for the Fully Charged event at the North Ipswich Railway Workshops on Saturday.
Children enjoyed displays and demos throughout the day and all eyes were on the sky as aerial display team Kris Sieczkowski and Matt Hall performed formation flying displays, while skateboarder Tommy Fynn was on hand with lots of skateboarding action.
Families enjoyed the Grandchester Model Live Steam Association Running Day and the classic and muscle cars at the Mustang Car Show at Hotel Commonwealth.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Queensland Jeannette inspected the Vice-Regal Carriage which is being restored at the Queensland Museum Rail Workshops.
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Wandering music was provided by Uptown Brown.
A 1926 Chevrolet used by the Ipswich City Council was a popular exhibit.
Huge crowds flocked to the event at the Ipswich workshops.
Families had fun at the Fully Charged event at the Workshops.
Get your ARTS into gear
GLEN SMITH
Flood Lines - an art exhibition
A NEW art exhibition at the Ipswich Art Gallery involved months of hard work, investigation, learning and research into the flood lines of Ipswich.
This exhibition is a collaborative project by local artist Kylie Stevens and local historian Margaret Cook who have created a multi-modal exhibition that combines community stories, historical documents, photography and painting.
Both Kylie and Margaret are motivated by the desire to share their knowledge in different ways to increase the community’s understanding of floods.
‘Flood Lines’ brings the river’s past and future into focus to make Ipswich’s flood hazard visible and visceral.
‘Flood Lines’ explores the watery paths of the Urarrar - Bremer River, its floodplains, ghost (or hidden) creeks and its stories of past floods as we face a changing climate.
The exhibition invites viewers to re-imagine Ipswich’s flood history and the watery secrets that lie beneath the city’s streets.
Through research and
subsequent conversation and consultation with Ugarapul Elder Uncle Kevin Anderson, Stevens has gleaned new insights into the Bremer River, known as Urarrar in the Ugarapul language.
This dialogue has informed her practice and new body of work.
Kylie uses materials to honour and reference the places she represents.
Kylie can often be seen in her gumboots down on the river banks collecting water, soil and mud which she incorporates into her artwork.
Her works, which depict Ipswich in flood, overlay information from historical maps and contain water collected during the 2022 flood.
This essence is then added to the substances of paint and glaze.
Copper leaf, used to represent the river and the floodplain, is symbolic of the dynamic nature and energy of the river as it moves through the land. The surfaces of the paintings are dry brushed with local, hand ground ochres and limestone.
Cook has spent more than eight years researching and writing about floods, having published the acclaimed book, ‘A River with a City Problem’.
For this collaboration, Cook has contributed research and writing, including the artwork labels and titles which provide insight into both Stevens’ artworks and the environment they respond to.
The exhibition will be open June 8 and is well worth the visit.
Jennifer Kent looks at a new horizon I always love it when artists use their talent and artwork to make people aware of environmental issues.
For our local Ipswich and Jinibara artist Jennifer Kent, Horizon Sunshine Coast’s 2025 exhibition ‘Scene Through The Screen’ presented an exciting opportunity to not only collaborate with fellow Jinibara artists, to delve head first into a new artistic practicescreen printing - and to make people aware of the endangered Richmond Birdwing Butterfly.
Jennifer’s ancestry trails back from the Jinibara, Waka Waka and Quandamooka tribes. She was approached to take part in the exhibition by fellow artist, Jason Murphy.
The two met at a Native Title meeting where JPAC (Jinibara People Aboriginal Corporation) were invited, and it is there that she met Murphy and also learned about the Birdwing Butterfly, a butterfly that is native to Queensland and ultimately became the inspiration for one of her artworks in ‘Scene Through The Screen’.
“We were talking about some of the endangered species and one that I really took to was the Birdwing Butterfly. I just fell in love with this butterfly,” Jennifer said.
“They are the most beautiful things. The boys have these green and
black wings which are so bright and vibrant and the girls are brown and yellow.
“The reason they are endangered is they need a host vine to survive but the vine that they use for reproducing and planting their eggs on has been endangered. It used to live all over the South East Queensland but due to colonisation, urbanisation and deforestation, the vine taken away from the environment – it’s sad to think we as people could destroy this species and beautiful animals because we didn’t plant the right vine for it.”
Through this exhibition Jennifer hopes to raise awareness for the Birdwing Butterfly with her piece, ‘A Lovely Hope’.
“The local councils are aware and you can get these vines from any of your local councils and a lot of the nurseries are aware of it too, but people aren’t aware of it and don’t really know what’s going on.
“I created this artwork to raise awareness and encourage people to go out and get a plant and plant it in their garden, and to do their part to save this species from extinction.”
‘Scene Through The Screen’ is a striking visual art exhibition of new work exploring the screen printing process to celebrate the stories of Jinibara artists - the Traditional Custodians of the mountains, valleys and hinterlands of the Sunshine Coast.
This was my first time doing screen printing
for Jennifer who is well known for her other murals, canvas paintings and digital art. Jennifer feels that due to her experience with digital art is why she took to screen printing really well.
Nature is a theme in Kent’s other exhibiting works, The Bee’s Knees, which pays tribute to the Native Black Bee which is a totemic symbol to many families in the South East coast of Queensland … and Jinibara-Dja which she describes as a “Where’s Wally-type piece”.
“There’s all these beautiful details in the piece where you can look for frogs’ feet and goanna traps. It’s kind of educational as well.”
Her fourth piece, ‘Shield Of Faith’, is about faith being a spiritual shield.
“It’s a reminder that we are shielded by a force eyes don’t fully perceive,” Jennifer said.
She hopes her artworks will educate patrons and inspire them to learn more about the Jinibara people and culture.
“I really love helping
people to gain knowledge and better themselves, and in the end if the blind leads the blind we can fall in a ditch, but if we share knowledge and awareness we can do something about it and we can make the world a little bit better through the light of knowledge.
“I hope people walk away feeling inspired to have that little bit more knowledge about what they can do for our country and our environment – whether that’s planting a vine and helping endangered species like a butterfly, as you never know what a difference one vine can make for one butterfly.”
‘Scene Through The Screen’ is on at Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve from May 2-11 as part of Horizon 2025. Horizon is on across the Sunshine Coast from 2-11 May.
After the festival the exhibition is going to be moved to the Caloundra Regional Art Gallery for this year’s NAIDOC exhibition.
Historian Margaret Cook, Simon Cleary and artist Kylie Stevens.
Photo: NICK COOK Kylie Stevens collecting water for her artwork.Artist Jennifer Kent showing off her screen printing work.
The endangered Richmond Birdwing Butterfly (male). Photo: WIKIPEDIA
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6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Restoration Australia: Lenna House. (Final, PG) Anthony Burke heads to Tasmania.
9.00 Grand Designs Australia: Benowa. (PG, R) Anthony Burke meets a rookie architect building a home with style, character and fun in only four months.
9.55 Bill Bailey’s Wild West Australia: Broome. (Final, R) Bill Bailey heads to Port Headland. 10.45 ABC Late News.
11.00 The Business. (R)
11.15 Grand Designs: The Streets. (R)
12.05 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 12.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
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6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 The Secret DNA Of Us: Bathurst. (Final, PGa) Marc and his team unravel the DNA of Bathurst.
8.35 Liberation: D-Day To Berlin: Belgium And The Netherlands. Looks at the true cost paid by both the Allied troops and civilians to free Belgium and the Netherlands from Nazi occupation.
9.30 Sherlock & Daughter. (Premiere) Sherlock Holmes faces a sinister case.
10.25 SBS World News Late.
10.55 The Hollow. (Malv)
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7.30 The List. (PGal) The boys hit the local market in India. 8.30 Taskmaster Australia. (Mls) Comedy game show featuring comedians performing a series of tricky tasks. Hosted by Tom Gleeson. 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) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. 6.30 Nanny. 7.30 Survivor 48. 9.00MOVIE: Horrible Bosses. (2011, MA15+) 11.00
6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00MOVIE: Bad Tutor. (2018, Mav) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG, R) Hosted by Todd Woodbridge.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 10. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Brisbane Broncos. From Accor Stadium, Sydney.
9.55 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the South Sydney Rabbitohs versus Brisbane Broncos match, with news and analysis.
10.45MOVIE: Looper. (2012, MA15+dlv, R)
A hit man meets his future self. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis.
1.00 Drive TV: Launch Pad. (PG, R) Hosted by Jessica Lydka Morris and Dominic Wiseman.
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 The Graham Norton Show. (PGls, R) Graham Norton is joined on the couch by guests including Timothée Chalamet, Colman Domingo and Andrew Garfield.
9.50 The List. (PGal, R) In India, the boys hit the local market for some groceries and carry the heavy loads on their heads. 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) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R)
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Children’s Programs. 6.35pm Hey Duggee. 6.40 Kiri And Lou. 6.50 Ben And Holly. 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: Battle Of The Stars. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs. ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Nanny. 9.00 Motorway Cops. 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 Jeannie. 11.00 Young Sheldon. NoonMOVIE: Pacific Rim. (2013, PG) 2.30 The Nanny. 3.30 Seinfeld. 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Basketball. Men’s Trans-Tasman Throwdown. Aust v NZ. 7.30 Basketball. Women’s Trans-Tasman Throwdown. Aust v NZ. 9.50MOVIE: Hairspray. (2007, PG) 12.05am Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs.
The Majestic. (2001, PG) 7.30 An Unfinished Life. (2005, M) 9.30 Saturday Night Fever. (1977, MA15+) 11.40 Heavy Trip. (2018, MA15+, Finnish) 1.20am Late Programs.
3.30MOVIE: The Getting Of Wisdom. (1977, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 West Coast Cops. 8.30MOVIE: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. (2011, M) 10.55 Late Programs.
Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 9. St Kilda v Carlton. 10.30 AFL Post-Game. 11.15 Late Programs.
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Saturday, May 10
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. 12.30MOVIE: My Brilliant Career. (1979, PG, R) Judy Davis, Sam Neill. 2.05 Extraordinary Escapes. (Final, PG, R) 2.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 3.45 The Piano. (PG, R) 4.45 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli. (Final, PGv, R) 5.15 Landline. (R) 5.40 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)
6.10 Father Brown. (PGa) A novelist is attacked at a writers’ festival.
7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at the top stories of the day, including coverage of developing stories and events.
7.30 Call The Midwife. (Return, Ma) Sister Julienne cares for a woman with cerebral palsy. Nonnatus House kicks off a new midwifery training scheme.
9.30 Bergerac. (Mlv, R) When a member of one of Jersey’s wealthiest families is murdered, the police want their best detective on the case, and decide to turn to ex-cop, Jim Bergerac.
10.20 Hard Quiz: Battle Of The Has Beens. (PG, R) Hosted by Tom Gleeson.
10.55 The Split: Barcelona. (Ml, R) Explosive secrets come to light.
11.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.
6am Children’s Programs. 5.10pm PJ Masks. 5.35 Fireman Sam. 5.45 Tish Tash. 5.50 Paddington. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.15 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts. 6.35 Hey Duggee. 6.40 Kiri And Lou. 6.50 Ben And Holly. 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.
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 1. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Hugh’s Wild West. (PG, R) 11.00 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. (PGaw, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Sailing. SailGP. Round 5. Highlights. 3.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 4.00 Heroines. (PG) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 1. Highlights. 5.30 How To Lose A War. 6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. The Coast Race Day, Caulfield Thoroughbred Club Race Day, Hollindale Stakes Day and Goodwood Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Creek To Coast. A look at the latest in outdoor activities.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 The Wonders Of Europe: The Tower Of London. (PGav, R) A historical chronicle of the iconic Tower of London, famous for the Crown Jewels and its ravens.
9.30 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy: Sicily. (PG, R) Stanley Tucci explores Sicily, a Mediterranean island known as god’s kitchen due to its volcanic soil.
10.20 Great Coastal Railway
Journeys: Fort William To Glenfinnan. (PGa, R)
Hosted by Michael Portillo.
11.20 Homicide: Life On The Street. (Ma, R) Russert is pressed by the media.
3.55 Barkley Manor. (PG, R)
4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.15 France 24 Feature.
5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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6.00 Seven News.
7.00 The Americas: The Gulf Coast. (PG) Takes a look at the Gulf Coast, where swamps and wetlands shelter black bears and alligators.
8.00MOVIE: Armageddon. (1998, Mv, R) NASA turns to a veteran oil driller and his team to save humanity after an asteroid is discovered on a collision course with Earth. However, first they must master their new equipment and overcome old rivalries. Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler.
11.05MOVIE: The Rock. (1996, MA15+lv, R)
An FBI agent and a convict break into Alcatraz. Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage.
2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Super 440. Day 1. Highlights.
3.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 It’s Academic. (R) Hosted by Simon Reeve. 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)
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6am Morning Programs. 1.15pm Beyond Oak Island. 3.00 BBC News At Ten. 3.30 ABC World News Tonight. 4.00 PBS News. 5.00 Over The Black Dot. 5.30 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 Impossible Engineering. 8.20 The War Of The Worlds, The Prophetic Novel. 9.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 2. 1.35am Miniseries: Sirius. 2.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour. 6am Home
6.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. (PG, R) 12.30 Drive TV: Launch Pad. 1.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 1.30 Young Sheldon.
6.00 9News Saturday.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Holiday Home Makeover With Rachel & Ryan. (Premiere, PG)
Hosted by former The Block contestants Rachel and Ryan.
8.30MOVIE: Casino Royale. (2006, Mv, R) James Bond is assigned to stop an evil banker from winning a high-stakes casino tournament.
Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench. 11.20MOVIE: The Disappointments Room. (2016, MA15+alv, R)
Kate Beckinsale.
1.00 World’s Greatest Natural Icons. (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 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Follows the staff at the Animal Welfare League as it tries to find the right fit for an itchy pooch. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. Belinda and Cameron’s first home together is in the desirable bayside Melbourne suburb of Brighton. 8.40 Ambulance Australia. (Ma, R) Paramedics race to the scene of a nasty motorbike and sidecar crash. A call comes in for a woman who has fallen off her balcony while trying to retrieve her friend’s cat. 10.40 Elsbeth. (PGv, R) A man is killed in a freak accident. 11.40 Matlock. (PGal, R) Billy tries to help Sarah. 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.
6am Morning Programs. 12.30pmMOVIE: Brighton Rock. (1948, PG) 2.30 Rugby Union. Women’s Pacific Four Series. Game 2. Australia v New Zealand. 5.00 Dad’s Army. 5.30MOVIE: Revolt At Fort Laramie. (1957, PG) 7.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 13. Western Force v ACT Brumbies. 9.30 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 9.45MOVIE: Deepwater Horizon. (2016, M) 11.50 Late Programs.
7MATE (74) 6am Morning Programs. 11.40 MOVIE: Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020, PG) 1.05pm Ocean Parks. 1.55 Nula. 2.25 Dolly Parton: Still Rockin’. 3.20 Bob Marley & The Wailers: The Capitol 73. 4.30 Tradition On A Plate. 5.00 Wild Kitchen. 5.30 The Barber. 6.00 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. 6.30 News. 6.40 The Other Side. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.30MOVIE: The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 10.50 Late Programs. NITV (34)
ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Allo! Allo! 9.10 Only Fools And Horses. 9.50 Planet Earth III. 11.00 Ancient Aliens. Noon IndyCar Series. Alabama Grand Prix. 1.10 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E World C’ship. 2.20 Motor Racing. FIA Formula E World C’ship. 3.25 Jeopardy! UK. 4.25 Young Sheldon. 5.25MOVIE: Mirror Mirror. (2012, PG) 7.30MOVIE: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. (2015, M) 10.10 Late Programs.
Children Of Heaven. Continued. (1997, PG, Farsi) 7.00 Meditation Park. (2017, PG) 8.50 Every Day. (2018, PG) 10.40 Priscilla Queen Of The Desert. (1994, M) 12.35pm Beyond The Summit. (2022, M, Spanish) 2.10 Kung Fu Yoga. (2017, PG) 4.10 Phar Lap. (1983, PG) 6.20 Agatha Christie’s Crooked House. (2017, PG) 8.30 The Firm. (1993, MA15+) 11.20 Late Programs. 5.55am The Movie Show.
6am Morning Programs. 12.30pm Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Motor Racing. National Drag Racing Championship. Top Fuel Championship. 4.00 Full Custom Garage. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 8.30 Football. AFL. Round 9. Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs. 11.30 Late Programs. 6am
Sunday, May 11
ABC TV (2)
SBS (3) SEVEN (7)
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) 2.30 The Piano. (PG, R) 3.30 Bill Bailey’s Wild West Australia. (Final, R) 4.30 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 2. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 FIFA World Cup Classics. 11.30 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington. 12.55 Wheelchair Sports. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Heroines. 3.30 Gymnastics. FIG World Cup. 4.30 Cycling. UCI World. Giro d’Italia. Stage 2. Highlights. 5.30 How To Lose A War. (PG) 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.
6.30 Compass: The Bishop Who Knew Too Much. (PG)
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 The Piano. (PG) Hosted by Amanda Keller.
8.30 Bergerac. (Mlv) Bergerac doesn’t care how many cages he rattles in his quest to find kidnapped baby Lily.
9.15 The Split: Barcelona. (Ml, R) Explosive secrets come to light that threaten to derail the wedding and unravel a marriage of 30 years.
10.20MOVIE: Hearts And Bones. (2019, Mals, R) Hugo Weaving.
12.05 Take 5 With Zan Rowe. (PG, R) 12.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.30 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)
6am Children’s Programs. 5.10pm Thomas And Friends: Sodor Sings Together. 6.10 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington. 6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Ben And Holly. 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 Morning Programs. 11.00 Unleash
Beast. Noon Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay. 1.00 Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay. 2.05 Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay. 3.10 Rebel Country. 4.30 Yarning Culture Through Film. 4.35 Ella. 6.05 Queer & Here. 6.35 News. 6.45 Wildlife Rescue New Zealand. 7.35 The Frontier. 8.30 Signed, Theo Schoon. 10.20MOVIE: Fruitvale Station. (2013, M) 11.50 Late Programs. NITV (34)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Mystery Of The Desert Kites. A team of archaeologists explores Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
8.30 Genghis Khan’s Mongolia. (Mv, R) Explores the rise of Genghis Khan from outcast to the founder of the Mongol Empire.
10.10 Incas: The New Story. (Mad, R) A look at the Inca people.
11.50 House Of Maxwell. (Ml, R)
3.15 Barkley Manor. (PG, R)
3.45 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (PGa, R)
4.15 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.
6am Morning
Programs. 1.10pm Figure Skating. ISU World C’ships. Part one. Replay. 2.45 Jeopardy! 4.50 WorldWatch. 5.20 PBS Washington Week. 5.45 Abandoned Engineering. 7.35 Science Fiction Revolution. 8.35 The Day The Rock Star Died: Michael Hutchence. 9.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 3. 1.35am Letterkenny. 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.
6am The Movie Show. 6.30 The Majestic. (2001, PG) 9.15 Phar Lap. (1983, PG) 11.25 An Unfinished Life. (2005, M) 1.25pm Meditation Park. (2017, PG) 3.15 Children Of Heaven. (1997, PG, Farsi) 4.50 Every Day. (2018, PG) 6.40 The Lake House. (2006, PG) 8.30 My Own Private Idaho. (1991, M) 10.25 Mother Couch. (2023, M) 12.15am The Firm. (1993, MA15+) 3.00 Late Programs.
4.05 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. (PGl, R) 4.30 Motorway Patrol. (PGal, R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Weekender.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The 1% Club. (PGls) Hosted by Jim Jefferies.
8.00 Cold Chisel: The Big 5-0. (Ml) Takes a look at Cold Chisel, an Australian band that celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2024. 10.00 Menendez & Menudo: Boys Betrayed: Key Witness. (MA15+av) Roy continues to strengthen his case.
11.15 Autopsy USA: Jerry Lewis. (MA15+a) A look at the death of Jerry Lewis. 12.15 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Super 440. Day 2. Highlights.
1.15 Shades Of Blue. (MA15+adsv, R)
2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
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6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Shopping. 9.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 9.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 Escape To The Country. 1pm The Surgery Ship. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Animal SOS Australia. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Escape To The Country. 7.00 Vicar Of Dibley. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Great Rail Restorations. 11.30 Late Programs.
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6am Morning Programs. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN: Best Of. 1.00 Fishing Addiction. 2.00 Fishy Business. 2.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 3.00 Creek To Coast. 3.30 Deep Water Salvage. 4.30 Football. AFL. Round 9. North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions. 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Ultimatum. (2007, M) 10.50 Late Programs.
6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R)
A Current Affair. (R)
Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 Drive TV: Drive Car Of The Year. 1.30 Rise Of The Dolphins. (PGl, R) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 10. Manly Sea Eagles v Cronulla Sharks.
6.00 9News Sunday.
7.00 Travel Guides. (PG)
8.10 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.
9.10 The Killer Interview With Piers Morgan. (Mdv) Piers Morgan sits down with Matt Baker, a Baptist preacher found guilty of murdering his wife.
10.10 9News Late.
10.40 See No Evil: Shattered Dreams. (Ma)
11.40 The First 48. (Mav)
12.30 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PGa, R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Drive TV: Drive Car Of The Year. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
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 Dad’s Army. 1.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 2.20 MOVIE: The Small Back Room. (1949, PG) 4.30 MOVIE: 633 Squadron. (1964, PG) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30MOVIE: Tombstone. (1993, M) 11.00 Late Programs.
6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 Allo! Allo! 9.10 Only Fools And Horses. 9.50 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth III. 11.00 Ancient Aliens. Noon Basketball. Men’s TransTasman Throwdown. Aust v NZ. 2.00 Basketball. Women’s Trans-Tasman Throwdown. Aust v NZ. 4.20 Talking Honey. 4.30 Young Sheldon. 5.00 MOVIE: Wonder. (2017, PG) 7.30MOVIE: Patriots Day. (2016, M) 10.10 Late Programs.
6.00 The Sunday Project. Joins panellists for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.
7.00 MasterChef Australia. (PGl) The cooks take part in a one-inch cube taste test in teams, and try to avoid an elimination cook. 8.15 House Hunters Australia. (Premiere, PG) A couple search for a spacious, character-filled home with guest accommodation and a workshop. 9.15 FBI. (Mv) The team discovers there may be more to a story than just a feud when a famous rapper and two teen fans are gunned down on a tour bus. 11.05 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.
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Monday, May 12
ABC TV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7)
6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Pick Of The Litter. (R) 11.30 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli. (Final, PGv, 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. (R) 3.30 Grand Designs: The Streets. (R) 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (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. Presented by Sarah Ferguson. 8.00 Australian Story. Presented by Leigh Sales.
8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program exposing scandals, firing debate and confronting taboos.
9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Presented by Linton Besser.
9.35 Q+A. Presented by Patricia Karvelas.
10.35 ABC Late News.
10.50 The Business. (R)
11.10 Planet America. (R)
11.40 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R)
12.10 Grand Designs: The Streets. (R) 1.00 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG, R) 1.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Parkinson
In Australia. (PG, R) 4.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.50 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 The Crystal Maze. 9.30 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs.
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 3. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.10 Tough Trains. (PGav, R) 11.10 Jewels Of The Alps: Italy’s Great Lakes. (PGa) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 3.00 Travel Shooters. (PG) 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 3. Highlights.
6.00 Mastermind Australia.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Prague With Michael Portillo: Prague 3. (PG) Michael Portillo ventures off the beaten track.
8.25 Bettany Hughes: The Silk Road Treasures. (R) Bettany Hughes explores Azerbaijan.
9.20 Sri Lanka With Alexander Armstrong. (PGaw, R) Alexander Armstrong meets a snake expert.
10.15 SBS World News Late.
10.45 Classified. (Msv)
11.35 Don’t Leave Me. (MA15+a, R)
1.45 Surviving An American Concentration Camp. (Ma, R) 2.50 Barkley Manor. (PGa, R) 4.20 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
NINE (8, 9)
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon. 1.00MOVIE: Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story. (2020, Mav, R) Nia Vardalos. 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 Garage Sale. (2022, 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 plans a surprise for Eden.
7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGal) The farmers and ladies leave the farm behind for the Harvest Festival.
9.00 9-1-1: Lone Star. (Ma) Owen questions Judd’s sobriety when he walks into the line of fire. Marjan introduces her boyfriend to her parents.
10.00 Suits L.A. (M) Erica and Ted disagree when she tries to sign a highprofile client against his wishes.
11.00 The Agenda Setters. An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
12.00 Treadstone. (MA15+av) Doug tries to save a target.
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 9News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 The Floor. (PG) Hosted by Rodger Corser.
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. (Premiere, Ml) Follows road train drivers in Australia.
11.15 Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup: So, This Is Freedom? (Ml)
12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Hello SA. (PG) 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.
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6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.
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8.00 The Kimberley. (Premiere) 8.50 David Attenborough’s Galapagos: Origin. (R) Hosted by Sir David Attenborough.
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6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Claudia Karvan. (Return, Ma)
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8.30 Insight Kumi Taguchi speaks with those who have made discoveries hidden in their DNA.
9.30 Dateline: The City Ruled By Gangs. Takes a look at Haiti’s lawless capital.
10.05 SBS World News Late.
10.35 Living Black. (R)
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12.05 The Lesson. (Mal, R) 2.25 The Story Of Coffee. (PGas, R) 2.50 Incredible Homes. (PGn, R) 3.50 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 Eurovision. (PG)
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10.00 Accused. (Mav)
11.00 The Agenda Setters. An expert panel tackles the biggest AFL topics.
12.00 The Act. (MA15+ans, R)
1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
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7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 The Floor. (PG) Hosted by Rodger Corser.
8.45 Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators: Unspeakable Evil. (Mav) Detective Jeff Maher takes a look at the hunt for one of Australia’s most evil serial killers.
9.45 9News Late.
10.15 Wild Cards. (Mv)
11.15 The Equalizer. (Mv, R)
12.05 Young Sheldon. (PGadlsv, R)
12.35 Tipping Point. (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.
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JOHNSON, Michael Vincent
‘Mick’
14.8.1936 ~ 28.4.2025
Beloved Son of John (Jigger) and Julia (Ag) Johnson (both dec’d). Dearly loved Brother and Brother-in-law to Tom and Gwen (both dec’d) Johnson, Kevin and Therese (dec’d) Johnson, Francis (dec’d) Johnson, a much loved Uncle to Marianne, Chris, Greg, Mark, Ann-Maree, Kerrie (dec’d), Cathryn and a very dear friend of the McDonald family.
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Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend Mick’s Requiem Mass to be held at 11.00am Monday 12th May 2025 in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Elizabeth Street, Ipswich followed by interment in the Ipswich General Cemetery.
Mick’s family wish to thank the staff of The Wesley Hospital and Canossa Private Hospital for the compassionate and caring manner in which they assisted Mick over the last number of years.
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Hyundai debuts next generation hybrid equipment
THE Hyundai Motor Group has revealed a next generation hybrid powertrain system.
The carmaker said the new system would deliver a new standard for power and efficiency.
The transmission-integrated system was debuted recently and showed the powertrain used a new smooth shifting transmission with two integrated motors that could be paired flexibly with internal combustion engines.
“Electrification-focused technologies have been incorporated into the next-generation hybrid system to enhance driving performance, refinement and ride comfort,” HMG said in a statement at its tech’ presentation.”
The transmission includes a new P1 motor, battery energy generation and energy deployment to assist propulsion and a P2 driving motor responsible for propulsion and regenerative braking.
The dual-motor setup
has been used to improve power, performance and fuel efficiency while achieving smooth shifting and reduced noise and vibrations. It can be coupled with internal combustion engines across the line-up, delivering a system output from the low-73kW range to the mid-220kW.
A petrol 1.6-litre turbo hybrid powertrain will also be available later.
The 2.5 engine’s starting and generating tasks have been paired to a newly added P1 motor.
“Combined with enhanced cylinder flow within the engine and the adoption of a high-efficiency cycle optimised for hybrids, fuel efficiency has been improved,” the company stated.
“Additionally, an improved piston design and a significantly expanded
Tesla in 66 percent income plunge
TESLA profits fell to their lowest level since 2020, forcing it to ditch previous sales growth forecasts
The EV maker recorded a 66 percent fall in operational income for the first three months of 2025.
It followed a global sales decline of 13 percent across the same period.
The carmaker’s income $AU626 million was down on the $AU1.83 over the same period in 2024.
Total revenue for the period was down 20 percent from $AU27.3 billion to $AU22 billion.
An increase in energy
generation/storage (+67 percent) and services (+15 percent) revenues cushioned the drop in revenues and profit with revenue of $AU30.35 billion the first quarter was down 9 percent – from a forecast $AU33.70 billion.
The report came just weeks after it report a 13 percent drop in sales in the first quarter of 2025.
“It is difficult to measure the impacts of shifting global trade policy on the automotive and energy supply chains, our cost structure, and demand for durable goods and related services,” a Tesla spokesman wrote in a statement.
“While we are making prudent investments that will set up both our vehicle and energy businesses for growth, the rate of growth this year will depend on a variety of factors, including the rate of acceleration of our autonomy efforts, production ramp at our factories and the broader macroeconomic environment.”
“We will revisit our 2025 guidance in our Q2 [quarter two] update.”
Electric car sales in Australia fell one fifth in March.
triple fuel injection range enhances combustion speed, stabilises combustion and suppresses detonation, improving engine efficiency further still.
“By connecting the P1 motor directly to the engine, the system reduces engine start time. Precise control of engine
operates within a high-efficiency range, improving fuel efficiency.
The petrol 2.5 turbo hybrid system used in the Palisade delivers maximum fuel efficiency of 7.1 litres per 100km, a maximum system output of 245kW, and maximum torque of 460Nm.
It provides around 45
nine percent increase in maximum torque compared with a 2.5 turbo petrol model.
“The next-generation petrol 1.6 turbo hybrid improves fuel efficiency by more than four per cent in a mid-size SUV compared with previous models, increasing the system’s maximum rated torque output from 367Nm to 380Nm and improving acceleration response,” Hyundai stated.
“We have developed an innovative new hybrid system that integrates our long-accumulated engine, transmission and hybrid system development experience with the electrification technology applied to our worldclass electric vehicles,” Hyundai Motor Group boss Dong Hee Han.
“We will continue to develop innovative technologies that actively utilise electrification capabilities during the transition to EVs, providing customers with
The increase in hybrid sales posed a danger to Tesla’s sales.
No cyclist airbag for us
THE new Forester SUV features an external airbag designed to protect pedestrians and cyclists in the event of a collision –yet Australia will miss out.
The 2025 Subaru will feature the “world’s first” external airbag designed to soften head impacts.
However, Subaru Australia has not listed the cyclist airbag in the Forester’s count of airbags.
Instead, the two new airbags will be a front-centre airbag and a front passenger seat cushion airbag.
The external airbag will be limited to Japan.
Subaru claimed the Forester debuted the “world’s first” external airbag to protect cyclists along with pedestrians, as the heads of cyclists are “in a different position to pedestrians in the event of a collision”.
“The airbag deployment area has been expanded to the rear of the A-pillar [compared to existing pedestrian airbags],” Subaru stated.
The latest Forester will be fitted with Subaru’s EyeSight advanced driver-assistance system, including pedestrian, cyclist and motor-
cyclist AEB detection, with versions in Europe getting a five-star NCAP safety rating in last year under the same criteria as Australia’s ANCAP assessment.
Other carmakers have installed active bonnets, which use a device to lift the rear of the bonnet when an impact with a pedestrian or cyclist is sensed.
The 2025 Forester will arrive in showrooms here in June with hybrid technology borrowed from Toyota along with a 2.5-litre non-turbo petrol engine.
The new powertrain uses a new smooth shifting transmission with two integrated motors.
The 2025 Forester will arrive in showrooms here in June with hybrid technology borrowed from Toyota.
The carmaker’s income $AU626 million was down on the $AU1.83 over the same period in 2024.
Mark just gets on doing what he loves
by PETER FOLEY
GOOGLE ‘Mark Currie horse trainer’ and the search results are dominated by headlines about him and his son Ben that don’t make very nice reading.
‘Two-year disqualification for trainer Mark Currie.’
‘Mark Currie pleads guilty to race day administration charges.’
‘QRIC finds trainer and son guilty after winning horse found with cocaine in system.’
It’s a fact of life that those headlines will stay around him forever.
The Toowoomba trainer looks like an old boxer who’s been through plenty of bouts so it’s not surprising his response is a nod to the fight game.
“Well, you’ve just gotta get on with it. Keep throwing ‘em straight and walkin’ forward,” Currie said.
It’s telling that what he loves about horses is tied with the ups and downs of life.
“When you’re down and out, the next day you could be up here,” he said, with his hand held high and a smile in his eyes.
“And then the next day you’re down and out again.
“You’re never up there all the time.
“That’s the hardest part.”
And that’s what he loves about horses?
“Well, you’ve got to pick yourself back up and get
“Well, you’ve just gotta get on with it. Keep throwing ‘em straight and walkin’ forward.”
– Mark Currie
right again. And you’ll get a horse that will give you 100 percent every time he goes round; you wonder how he can win with what’s happening. “It’s fascinating.”
It’s only fair to add that, mixed in with tales of Mark’s troubles are stories about his successes, including six Stakes successes among more than 500 winners.
Currie has had 278 victories on his home track and horses he’s trained have won 41 times in the big smoke. He’s also won
at places such as Jandowae, Talwood and Burrandowan.
“We just pick whatever races suit the horse. Wherever you can get a win,” he said.
Currie was raised with horses. A mate of Peter Moody, both were mentored by trainer Frank Cavanough and were friends with his grandson Brett Cavanough.
Brett Cavanough’s name pops up in a lot of racing people’s history.
“Yeah, he’s in everyone’s background - Moody,
Shane Iverson. We all had horses and knocked around and all that sort of stuff,” Currie said fondly.
“I grew up in Charleville. We had horses out there growing up as kids - ponies - learned how to shoe out there a little bit off Brett Cavanough, ran together and I did a bit of work out there, riding horses. And then I went to Western Australia and went shearing for a fair while.
“I came back and thought I’d learn how to shoe horses and it’s gone
Knights relief as Ipswich FC battling
by DAVID LEMS
IPSWICH FC is still searching for a second win of the FQPL1 season after going down 3-0 to home side Magic United.
Ipswich has slipped to 11th place with only one win and a draw from their first six games.
The challenge to end a frustrating recent run continues with away matches against Caboolture and Southside Eagles coming up.
After a series of postponed games, the Ipswich Knights women secured their second win from two matches, beating The Gap 2-1 away.
Striker Flo Yock scored both goals.
In the FQPL3 Metro competition, the Knights registered their first win
from four games with a 2-0 victory over home side Bayside United.
Head coach Vadim Bendin was relieved but eager to turn recent narrow losses into victories moving forward.
“I think we are on the right way,” he said, having taken on the Knights role for the first time.
After losing some players, he has added five signings to his squad which includes some talented African and Japanese footballers.
“There’s a couple of good boys with FQPL1 and NPL experience,” he said.
With a series of tough games ahead after recent weather issues, Bendin said some patience was needed as the new-look Knights worked on build-
ing a winning structure.
Goal scorers against Bayside United were wingers Kasonga Mlenda and Patient Lukonga.
Springfield United strengthened their top four hopes in the same league with a 3-0 win over AC Carina at the Springfield Central Sports Complex.
Charles Amalu, Rhys Webster and Rhys Phipps scored Springfield’s goals.
In the FQPL3 women’s competition, Springfield United bolstered their top three prospects with a 14-0 whitewash against North Star at their home base.
Jess Barnes and Lauren Hass netted four goals each with Shannan Plant scoring a hattrick.
The other goal getters were Katrina Broderick, Courtney Davey and Shanae Quilty.
In the FQPL4 Metro competition, Ripley Valley drew 2-2 against home team Narangba after being two goals down at halftime.
Sam Chesterfield and James Holden scored for Ripley Valley.
In a midweek match, Ripley Valley’s promising run in this year’s Kappa Queensland Cup came to an end with a 2-1 loss to home side Taringa.
Ripley Valley was the last regional team striving to advance past the fifth round SEQ stage.
on with each other, everybody,” Kemp said.
“We’re just trainers and we don’t go out for tea or anything; we’re work colleagues.
“I just do my job and that’s all I do. I don’t really know what anyone else does.
“If you asked me about Rex Lipp or Michael Nolan, I’d say the same.
“Trying to make ends meet, that’s our biggest job.
“I don’t like it when he beats me, but I don’t like it when Lippy beats me either.”
At Ipswich racetrack last Wednesday, Currie had a win with Archer’s Game, a six-year-old mare by Golden Archer who was ridden by Kyle Wilson-Taylor.
“She’s probably about 15.1 (hands) high. She’s as tough as nails, a pleasure to do anything with and the further she goes, the better she goes,” Currie said.
from there.”
What did he learn from growing up with horses?
“You can probably think too hard. Keep it simple. And if they’re not going good, go back to basics. Start from scratch and see where you’re going wrong,” he said.
“You never know, really. You learn every day.”
Fellow Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp says he’s too busy with his own horses to judge Mark Currie or his son Ben.
“There’s only a dozen of us up there. We all get
The owners of Archer’s Game are Lloyd and Wendy Hick, who own Thorntonia Station, a 4000 square kilometre property 100km north-east of Camooweal.
“Basil Nolan from Raheen Stud put me onto them. They spell all their horses there and something happened to their trainer. They threw me a bone and it went from there,” the trainer said.
“They’re nice people. They’ve had their horses with us for, oh, 10 years or more. Ten, 15 years.”
Holden scored Ripley Valley’s only goal.
In last weekend’s other FQPL4 Metro encounters, Western Spirit
Alex
Archer’s Game (right), with Kyle Wilson-Taylor aboard, gets the better of her rivals.
Photo: TRACKSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY
Ipswich Knights head coach Vadim Bendin. Photo: DAVID LEMS lost 4-2 to New Farm and Ipswich FC remained winless going down 5-1 to Logan Metro.
Moulsdale and Mohammadreza Rahimipoorsisakht scored for Spirit with Atem Atem netting Ipswich FC’s only goal.
Force teams deal with new challenges
by DAVID LEMS
THE new-look Ipswich Force women return home for their next NBL1 North game encouraged by their season-opening victory over the Gold Coast.
Head coach Brad George summed it up perfectly declaring “the Gold Coast is a tough place to win so we’ll take it”.
Ipswich got the job done, overpowering the Rollers 79-73 at Carrara.
The positive start gave the Force women a boost for Saturday’s second encounter against Sunshine Coast Phoenix at JBS Stadium.
However, the Ipswich Force men had to overcome some pre-game setbacks with captain Jason Ralph dealing with an allergic reaction that affected his eye and the team losing major recruit James Young to illness.
The gritty Ralph still managed to play for 35 minutes as his team lost 98-88 to the Gold Coast in their first match of the new NBL1 North season.
Young was unable to play with a stomach upset.
That came after Kobie De Hann rolled his ankle at training and couldn’t suit up.
“It was interesting afternoon before we got to the game,” head coach Colby Stefanovic said. “So we went down there with a bit of a different approach than we thought we had.”
Stefanovic said his team fought hard, winning the third quarter 28-16.
“We should have won the game. We just had some breakdowns at crucial times,” he said.
The Force men also play Sunshine Coast Phoenix at home on Saturday night.
While pleased with his team’s first-up win, George was already looking for improvementslike finishing off strongly - after his side gave up a huge lead to only win by six.
“We controlled the game pretty much the entire way through but with five to go, we led by 20 and they just stopped playing,” George said.
“That was a bit disappointing but it’s their first game together and it’s good to happen now and they can learn from it.”
The Force team only had two players from last year’s roster and limited pre-season training as a group.
The experienced coach was pleased with the efforts of newcomers like former Geelong WNBL player Elissa Brett (24 points and nine rebounds) and Hannah Young (13
points and five rebounds).
“Elissa was great,” George said. “It was her first game for a while coming back from a broken wrist. She was really good throughout.
“She’s going to be much better for the run.
“Hannah will be good for us.
“She was a bit gun shy in the first half, which is unusual for her.”
Regular Force contributor Kahlaijah “KD” Dean scored 14 points and made 11 rebounds to open her second season with Ipswich.
“She’ll be much better for the run too,” George said.
Captain Kate Head received 22 minutes game time as she looks to build strong links with the new faces in the team.
Brisbane newcomer Anna Bassett was given 27 minutes on court as one of 10 players George got involved early for the Force’s 2025 season.
George said his team would benefit further from a full week of training together before their first home game.
The Force men’s team top point scorer against Gold Coast was newcomer Ngor Nai, from the Adelaide 36ers, with 27. He also made 11 rebounds during his 33 minute stint on court.
“That is what I was happiest about,” Stefanovic said. “He defended really well and rebounded really well.”
Major recruit Lamar Patterson scored 17 points and made six rebounds.
Former North Gold Coast player Will Mahoney also scored 17 points.
Norths stalwart backing female development
by DAVID LEMS
HAVING coached for more than 25 years, Valentine Brown still gains immense satisfaction bringing on the next generation.
He previously performed coaching and program development roles with the Jets, Ipswich State High and for Norths Tigers where he is currently enjoying his latest challenge.
His major focus is helping the Ipswich club build a strong pathway in female rugby league by overseeing the Tigers open women’s team playing in this year’s QRL South East Community competition.
Norths opened with a 26-8 loss to Fassifern before going down 20-4 to Carina last Saturday.
Both games were at Keith Sternberg Oval where Brown was hoping to enhance the club’s female program.
While winning is im-
from under-12 given a clear road to open level sport.
The club fielded teams from under-17 down in recent seasons before reviving this year’s open women’s combination.
“I’m really excited to see how the girls go,”
since 1985.
“Probably 50 percent of the girls are first timers – never played before. They’ve come over and give it a go.”
The 2025 open team co-captains are lock Celine Mair and hooker Katie Zinnermann.
“We had a really good pre-season,” the former Norths and Jets centre said.
“We started off last year training with the men then slowly graduated.
“Now we’ve got 25 on the books.
“Hopefully next year, we’ll have more and
more girls coming in so we’ll have a Community (team) plus Reserve Grade.”
Part of Brown’s development plan is also looking ahead to even higher level competitions like the Queensland Rugby League’s BMD premiership kicking off next month.
“We’ve got a couple of girls coming back from (recent) Cyril Connell and Mal Meninga (matches) and then hopefully BMD,” he said.
“That is the goal for me to develop these girls up into the BMD competition and see how we go from there.”
Ipswich Force captain Kate Head is looking to build new connections after her team’s first-up NBL1 North victory. Photo: LYLE RADFORD
Norths coach Valentine Brown and his son Rhys with Cuff sisters Riley, Pennedy and Jesselle, and Kaiah Hansell moving up the Tigers pathway. Photos: LYLE RADFORD
Norths halfback and Players’ Player Kaiah Hansell helps tackle a Fassifern player in their first South East Community competition match of the new season.
Ipswich coaches develop higher standard
by DAVID LEMS
RETURNING Ipswich
Open Women’s hockey coach Nathan Hooper last mentored the city’s top female representative side more than a decade ago.
The team featured players the calibre of Anne-Marie Callow, Tammy Cole and Nathan’s wife Jade who proudly represented Ipswich.
Back as head coach for the latest Queensland championships, Hooper is excited to bring on the next generation, working with some of Ipswich’s most loyal campaigners.
“They just needed a bit of help … and I really enjoy giving back to Ipswich hockey,” Hooper said offering his services again.
Hooper and assistant coach Mark Pocock guided the Ipswich men’s side at the 2022 state championships after serving those roles a number of times previously.
They have reunited eager to build a successful women’s team culture that they developed with past Swifts and Norths club sides, at Queensland Country level and with the South West Lumberjacks at previous Super League tournaments.
“At our training sessions and even in a group chat, everyone’s really enjoying each other’s
“And we just want to make sure it’s a really good experience for them and hopefully make them better hockey players and better people”
– Nathan Hooper
company,” Hooper said. Hooper and Pocock monitored the Ipswich club talent for a number of weeks before finalising their 17-strong squad for the state championships in Brisbane from May 30June 1.
Tireless leader Sarah Parlett was appointed captain with respected communicator Abby Eleison named vice-captain.
Other accomplished players include former
Australian Country captain Sara Rogers, national league goalkeeper Emily Witheyman-Crump, Kelly McNamara and former Queensland representative Layla Eleison.
“It’s great to have Layla back. She’s going to be a big addition to the team,” Hooper said.
Hooper said having knowledgeable coaches like Rogers and Parlett to assist would help the team grow.
“Even to get to work
to try to get to that level and we’re starting to see that emerge over the last couple of weeks, which is good.
“That’s the culture that we are developing and making sure we are creating a really engaging environment and very transparent environment.”
Hooper also acknowledged Aimee McDermott as an important member of the latest group, having played in multiple premierships.
“She’s very organised, very thorough and supportive in that manager role,” he said.
The Ipswich women are playing Toowoomba at the Ipswich Hockey Complex on May 19 as part of their pre-state titles preparation.
with people for the first time for me is really exciting,” he said.
Witheyman-Crump will be assisted in net guarding duties by another talented performer Victoria Heffernan.
“There’s a really good mix of experience and youth and we’ve got some people that are playing for the first time in their careers,” Hooper said.
“And we just want to make sure it’s a really good experience for them
‘Stronger’ Jets Rubies ready to shine
by DAVID LEMS
JETS Rubies netball head coach Julia Wadham gained immense benefit last season being a part of the Ipswich club’s historic Sapphire series grand final triumph.
Wadham said being mentored by victorious Jets coach Paula Stuart helped her establish a firm grounding as a newcomer in the elite Netball Queensland competition.
UK-born, former New Zealand representative player Wadham joined the Jets after 12 years coaching, coming up through the Downey Park program.
She has extra reasons to be excited preparing for her second-tier team’s opening match of the new season on Saturday, against the Darling Downs Panthers in Toowoomba.
“It’s a big step up into
that high performance environment for coaches and players,” Wadham said, having been in Australia since she was 18.
“This year, having had that experience under my belt, I knew what was expected.
“We were more robust at trials than what we were last year and through that I think we have a stronger squad.
“Last year I felt we were underdone.
“This year, we’re really ready for the (opening) game.”
Wadham was happy with her squad’s pre-season efforts since February, working in recent weeks with the Jets Sapphire Series players.
This year’s Ruby competition starts a month before the HART Premier League Sapphire Division begins on June 8 with a grand final rematch between the Jets and Gold Coast Titans.
Wadham said her side needed to be flexible in training with five players away having representative honours.
Amy Williams, Ruby Stanford, Willow Peterson and Embah Tait were chosen for the national championships in Sydney last month.
Williams and Stanford were talent identified and selected in Australian under-19 and under-17 squads.
Mackenzie Jordan represented the Queensland Suns mixed team at the national championships in Melbourne.
Wadham said she was enjoying working with experienced Sapphires head coach Megan Lynch, who took over from Stuart in the off-season.
“She (Lynch) has been great – she’s really inclusive and she’s really excited to be here as well,” Wadham said.
“The girls are really looking fit now.
“I can confidently say everyone is 100 percent on the same page and committed to what we are doing.”
This season’s Jets Rubies side is being captained by centre-wing attack Emily Latter with Jordan and Kiara Condon named vice-captains.
Last season’s Most Valuable Player Condon is still undergoing rehabilitation from an ACL injury and will hopefully be able to play in a few weeks.
Wadham also appreciated the work of her support staff Joel Wise and Kate Underwood, along with new Jets netball operations manager Kacey Lewis.
and hopefully make them better hockey players and better people by the time we finish up with them.”
The young brigade includes Lani Blackman, Bella Forde, Lile Lenaghan, Charlotte McDowell and Caleisha Harper.
“One of the things that we’ve really been pushing is taking our team to be the standard within their club side, for people to look up to,” Hooper said.
“For people to chase
Ipswich Open women’s team for state championships: Renee Abbott, Lani Blackman, Maddy Denny, Abby Eleison, Layla Eleison, Bella Forde, Olivia Grant, Caleisha Harper, Victoria Heffernan, Lile Lenaghan, Charlotte McDowell, Kelly McNamara, Sarah Parlett, Sara Rogers, Karissa Treganza, Grace Vermeer, Emily Witheyman-Crump. Shadows: Hayley Petersen, Mackenzie Rogers. Coach: Nathan Hooper. Assistant coach: Mark Pocock. Manager: Aimee McDermott.
“She (Lewis) is a breath of fresh air,” Wadham said. “She’s so organised, so on top of everything.”
The 2025 Jets Rubies
squad is: Amy Williams, Ellie Weston, Embah Tait, Emily Latter (captain), Haylee McAuliffe, Luen Wilkie, Mackenzie Jordan (vice-captain), Paige Jones, Ruby Stanford, Willow Peterson, Ella Spencer, Kiara Condon (vice-captain).
Head coach: Julia Wadham. Assistant coach: Joel Wise. Manager: Kate Underwood. Operations manager: Kacey Lewis.
Hancocks player Kelly McNamara (blue and gold strip) is among Ipswich’s talented group preparing for the state titles. Photo: LYLE RADFORD
Upbeat Jets Rubies netball head coach Julia Wadham (left) with her mentor and former Sapphire series grand final-winning coach Paula Stuart. Photo: DAVID LEMS
Rising Ipswich stars gain extra inspiration
by DAVID LEMS
AS regional athletic achievers Gout Gout and Jude Thomas prepare for more world-standard events, the Ipswich and District Athletic Club (IDAC) continues to nurture future stars.
An IDAC team of 42 athletes won nine gold, seven silver and six bronze medals at the recent Australian championships in Perth.
IDAC president and coach Vic Pascoe was delighted with the atmosphere enhanced by Ipswich Grammar School sensation Gout Gout who has boosted interest in athletics.
World championships-bound Gout Gout has attracted a growing fan base wherever he has competed challenging 100m and 200 records in recent months, including at the nationals.
On the other side of the country, former St Edmund’s College student Thomas was winning the Australian Road Mile championship in Ballarat.
Thomas clocked an impressive time of 4.01.3, beating Jack Anstey (4.01.5) and Callum Davies (4.03.4).
“I watched the replay of the race on Instagram. It was a wonderful achievement by Jude,” Pascoe said.
Thomas, 23, then headed overseas to compete in the 5000m event at the Shanghai Diamond League.
He was also planning to contest the 1500m at the Diamond League event in Morocco before another stint of competition and training in Europe.
The former national 1500m and 5km junior
champion previously spent time in America building up his big race experience.
While Gout Gout and Thomas bolster the city’s sporting reputation, Pascoe was equally proud of the next generation of Ipswich club athletes making their mark.
They include Daniel Phillips, one of the rising stars Pascoe coaches with the teenager’s dad Ash.
Daniel won four gold medals in T/F20 under-15 competition at the national titles in Perth.
The multi-class achiever won the long jump (4.82m), 100m (12.52), 400m (59.47) and 800m (2.17.94).
His 400m victory was in record time.
“He always wears his sunglasses as his trademark,” Pascoe said, sharing why Daniel is so consistent.
“It was exhilarating. The crowd noise was deafening as Gout entered the straight leading the way to a fantastic win”
– Vic Pascoe
“He puts in and gets mad at himself if he doesn’t do a good thing in sprint training.
“He’s really hard on himself when he doesn’t do things quite right.”
Other club athletes to excel at the national championships included Hudson Severinsen, Diva Ejembi, Sophie McGeehan, Addison Farinazzo, Monique Williams, Liliana Titley and Jonte Tukuafu.
Under-14 competitor
Hudson won a gold medal and broke the championship record with a 53.17m throw in his hammer event. He also collected silver medals in the shotput (with a personal best 14.78 effort) and discus (46.27m).
Diva (first with a 1.62m leap) and Sophie (third clearing 1.58m) impressed in the under-15 high jump.
Addison won silver medals in the U17 and U20 400m hurdles. She also shared in the gold
medal-winning 4x100m U18 relay team.
Consistent performer Monique won silver in the U20 heptathlon with a personal best tally of 5165 points.
Liliana was rewarded with gold and a personal best (4.45.20) effort in the U13 1500m after a stunning race finish.
U14 athlete Jonte won gold in the shot put with a personal best throw of 15.64m. He also collected bronze in the discus (45.07m).
Pascoe rated his club’s overall national championships effort as “unbelievable”.
“To go that far (Western Australia) and still compete well is absolutely amazing,” he said.
The highly regarded athletics official said the Gout Gout factor was something special.
“Just to watch him do
the things he did,’’ Pascoe said.
That included spending time mixing with other athletes before his races.
Pascoe saw Gout Gout having a break, sitting in a bean bag in the Perth stadium.
He asked if he could take a photo and was welcomed – such is the way Gout Gout is embracing fans.
“I have never seen as big a crowd on the last day - or any day for that matter as I have been going to nationals since 2002 - of the championships,” Pascoe said.
“Every available seat was taken in the grandstand and the outer where there was grass seating was with standing room only. They all come to see Gout Gout run in the Open 200m heats and final where he ran 19.84 with an illegal tail wind of 2.5m/s.
“It was exhilarating. The crowd noise was deafening as Gout entered the straight leading the way to a fantastic win.
“I will never forget it.
“What Gout and Lachlan Kennedy are doing is icing on the cake for the sport of athletics, putting
Ipswich sprint sensation Gout Gout (right) enjoys a relaxed moment with training partner Jonathan Kasiano at the recent Australian championships in Perth. Photos: VIC PASCOE
Sunglass-wearing Ipswich club athlete Daniel Phillips proudly displays his four national gold medals. Under-15 high jump medallists Sophie McGeehan and Diva Ejembi.
Addison Farinazzo with her gold and two silver medals.
U13 gold medal winner Liliana Titley.
Jets hopes flicker in surprise loss
by DAVID LEMS
THE flickering scoreboard that hid the shock result and an approaching storm proved ominous signs for the Ipswich Jets in their latest Queensland Cup encounter.
Fans were left stunned after the resurgent Jets team of recent weeks was suddenly outclassed by Northern Pride 32-0.
As the North Ipswich Reserve scoreboard failed to fire up, the Jets
were quickly down 16-0 and 20-0 by halftime.
As a blustery storm moved across the ground after the break, the error-ridden Jets were drenched by a fired-up Northern Pride side.
The Jets fell further behind, unable to repeat their impressive defensive effort in beating the Seagulls 22-6 a week earlier at Wynnum Manly.
From their best performance of the season, the fourth-placed Jets somehow froze in the
chilly conditions against a team that previously hadn’t notched a victory.
Asked what went wrong, head coach Tye Ingebrigtsen responded calmly: “They were really good. They come to play and they out-enthused us and nice and physical and really got stuck into us.
“They just wanted it a hell of a lot more today.”
Ingebrigtsen has been involved in rugby league long enough to know any team can suffer a bad day.
ed the ball over way too much,” Ingebrigtsen said.
Hooker Oliver Pascoe toiled hard having achieved his 50th state league game milestone.
Fullback Julian Christian tried to spark some much-needed attack.
However, every time the Jets neared Pride’s tryline, they coughed up possession or wasted an attacking opportunity.
As the storm passed, Pride remained focused as the Jets failed to win back any territory.
Even the addition of demoted Gold Coast Titans player David Fifita
failed to inspire a Jets recovery.
Fifita was drafted into the Jets team late in the week as player number 700 after Titans head coach Des Hasler sent the powerhouse forward for a run with Ipswich.
However, he couldn’t provide a winning boost, even reuniting with fellow Titans recruits Allan Fitzgibbon, Josh Pastson and Ryan Foran.
After the match, Fifita proved a popular visitor getting photos taken with
fans who knew of his rugby league pedigree.
Whether he continues with the Jets will be decided this week.
“He definitely fitted in really well,” Ingebrigtsen said.
“It’s just a hard thing because no-one really played well today.”
With a showdown against the Blackhawks looming, the Jets players will arrive with plenty to prove and hoping for some winning omens this weekend.
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Jets forward Josh Patston gets the ball away being tackled by a Northern Pride player during the latest state league match at the North Ipswich Reserve. Photos: LYLE RADFORD
Titans and former Queensland Origin player David Fifita reflects on his first game for the Jets.