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FARMERS and consumers alike could expect to feel a pinch after the State Govern-ment increased heavy vehicle registration charges this year.

The 2.5 per cent mark-up, payable as of July 10, follows as all other Australian states opted to freeze fees, sparking concern among the WA truck-ing community.

Owner of Southern Haulage Chris Pavlovich said the fee increase couldn’t have come at a worse time.

“From a Southern Haulage perspective, the licence fees in July have increased by 2.5 per cent, and we’ve just entered into a recession,” he said.

“The focus from our State Government has been to freeze municipal rates and freeze fees and charges. The industry is struggling to bear the cost increase of that 2.5 per cent.

“To our business alone, it will be over $20,000 a year and that arguably will be passed on to either primary producers or even consumers in increased costs of goods which is go-ing to be tough in this present economic climate.”

Transport Minister Rita Saf-fi oti justifi ed the fee increase as WA is not part of the juris-diction of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), which agreed to the freeze but charges truckies from a higher base rate.

“The State Government an-nounced a freeze on household fees and charges, including ve-hicle licence fees, on 16 March 2020,” she said.

“This freeze in charges does

not apply to heavy vehicle motor vehicle licence fees, as they are not part of general household fees.

“In 2020-21, WA’s heavy vehicle industry would be pay-ing about four per cent more in fees if the NHVR fee structure (despite the freeze) applied than it will be under the WA fee structure.”

Ms Saffi oti added that WA’s licence fee revenue was an important money pool for fur-ther road safety projects and development.

“In WA, unlike other states in Australia, motor vehicle licence fee revenue is used to fund upgrades to roads and im-prove road safety, to the benefi t of all road users,” she said.

Shadow Transport Minister Libby Mettam implored the State Government to recon-sider the increase.

“The transport industry has been advocating against these fee hikes,” she said.

“We are the only state to have not agreed to freeze these fees and so I am urging the McGow-an Government to rethink this cruel decision which is still resonating with industry.”

Mr Pavlovich echoed Ms Mettam’s request, citing the industry’s other current strug-gles as reason to put a hold on increased registration fees.

“[I would want] a discount in licensing fees by 2.5 per cent to fall in line with the rest of Australia in the present place in time,” he said.

“There’s been a downturn in woodchips, in potential export opportunities for wine, barley, meat, wool and other com-modities.”

n Albany Farmers Market and Cancer Council WA are teaming up in September to encourage Great Southern residents to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. Pictured here is Cancer Council Regional Educational Offi cer Bruce Beamish, Albany Farmers Market Coordinator Ruth Speldewinde and Piacun Farm Produce’s Steven Piacun. More on page 3.

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GREAT Southern residents are being challenged to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables throughout September after a national survey discovered only fi ve per cent of Australians met their daily quota.

As part of the LiveLighter Fruit&Veg September Chal-lenge, the Cancer Council WA and the Albany Farmers Market are joining forces to encourage Albany locals to incorporate more fresh produce into their diets.

Albany Farmers Market Coor-dinator Ruth Speldewinde said bringing more local produce into people’s cooking not only provides essential health ben-efi ts, but also supports the local economy in a meaningful way.

“By supporting the produc-ers you’re keeping the local economy boosted up and that

allows the farmers to keep bring-ing that fresh produce back to the market,” she said.

“It’s made a big difference for local producers. They are an absolute wealth of informa-tion when it comes to their own produce.

“They can give people lots of tips on what’s in season, how to cook and prepare it and that sort of thing, and it also has encour-aged the producers to become really invested in offering a great range to the customer.

“So, the more we support it, the more opportunity we give pro-ducers to bring back something different.”

Ms Speldewinde said if more people visited their local market, concerning statistics around Aus-tralians daily fruit and veg intake would slowly turn around.

“I think one of the reasons why

people don’t eat enough fruit or veg is because of the convenience of fast food and pre-prepared foods, but also a lot of the fruit and veg you buy in the supermar-ket is not of the same quality that you would fi nd at the market,” she said.

“I think people discover the taste of fruit and vegetables again when they buy such fresh produce.

“We’re just about to hit straw-berry season again and people are so excited for those local strawberries to arrive because they just taste so much better than the little ones you get at the supermarket.”

Cancer Council WA’s Great Southern Regional Education Offi cer Bruce Beamish said the Fruit&Veg September Challenge is designed to make increasing the consumption of healthy foods

more fun and accessible. “In celebration of Fruit&Veg

month, and to help Great South-ern residents to eat more colour throughout September, we’ve created a handy downloadable Fruit&Veg challenge card,” he said.

“It has 12 fruit and veg chal-lenges spread out over the month, plus plenty of tips and fun facts to check out between challenge days.

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– Charlotte Wooldridge

MICHAEL ROBERTS

GREAT Southern busi-ness chambers have welcomed a new State Government advertising campaign which aims to attract more workers into the regions but say more needs to be done to ad-dress widespread labour shortages.

This time of year, young Western Austral ians would usually be travel-ling overseas gaining life experience in places like Europe and Asia.

But with international trips off the cards, the Government is encour-aging school leavers or university graduates to backpack and work lo-cally instead.

Leveraging off its ‘Wan-der Out Yonder’ intrastate tourism campaign, the Government’s ‘Work and Wander out Yonder’ ini-tiative hopes to plug la-bour gaps in the farming, tourism and hospitality sectors.

Denmark Chamber of Commerce CEO Sumer Addy said local operators were struggling to keep up with booming tourist numbers because casual workers were hard to fi nd.

“We are generally slow and sleepy this time of year in Denmark, but

that’s not true at the mo-ment,” she said.

“Our accommodation operators are close to capacity and hospitality venues are pumping.”

It’s a similar story fur-ther east, with Albany Chamber of Commerce CEO Benita Cattalini say-ing the port city was expe-riencing labour shortages across most sectors.

“Albany has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation,” she said.

“I think we could do bet-ter to support these peo-ple to gain the skills and move them into the jobs our businesses require.”

While praising the Gov-ernment’s advertising campaign, Ms Addy said the next step was to come up with some creative solutions.

“It’s going to take some imagination,” she said.

“It’s a statewide conver-sation.

“Whether that be shift-ing people from north to south when the season changes, but it’s hard to know because we may have a capacity problem for the entire year.”

Ms Addy said the hospi-tality industry, for exam-ple, could look at offer-ing more full-time roles

rather than employing mostly casual workers.

“It could entice more people to take that leap,” she said.

“It gives them more job security.”

With a number of farm-ers crying out for more resources to assist the up-coming harvest, Shadow Minister for Regional Development Dr Steve Thomas called the ‘Work and Wander out Yonder’ campaign a second-rate response.

“This is just government spin - another government advertising campaign - and it will be a wonder if it works out yonder,” Dr Thomas said.

“I suppose we should be glad that the Labor Government has fi nally acknowledged that there is an impending crisis in the shortage of labour in the regions, but we have known this was coming for six months and an awareness campaign is no longer of value.”

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TAURUS [April 21-May 21]Retrograde Mars and Chiron are both hiding in your seclusion zone. So it’s time to help those around you (especially family members) in a quiet, behind-the-scenes kind of way. The Sun and Jupiter could also send some welcome news, especially involving a child, teenager, close friend or foreign connection. Wise words for the week are from author and fellow Taurean, Deepak Chopra: “The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers”.

GEMINI [May 22-June 21]Hasty words and ambiguous comments will only lead to drama and confusion (especially on Thursday and Friday). Jumping to conclusions is defi nitely not recommended. So slow down and listen carefully to what other people are saying. A cherished goal or an ambitious dream could also be delayed, as Mars reverses through your hopes and wishes zone for the next two months. Be extra patient. Good things will eventually come to Geminis who wait.

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LIBRA [Sep 24-Oct 23]This week’s stars encourage you to join a group, class or club that will help develop a latent Libran creative talent – whether it’s writing, singing, dancing, painting, performing, photography or playing music. Don’t expect relationships to run like clockwork though, as Mars reverses through your partnership zone (from Thursday until November 14). If you respond to problems deftly and diplomatically, then things will soon be back on an even keel.

SCORPIO [Oct 24-Nov 22]Retrograde Mars reminds you to reboot your exercise routine so it is more sustainable. Wednes-day’s lucky Sun-Jupiter link encourages you to broaden your horizons (physically, mentally and spiritually). It’s time to expand your circle of infl uence and make positive changes (within your peer group, local community or further afi eld). Be inspired by birthday great, writer D. H. Lawrence: “I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets”.

SAGITTARIUS [Nov 23-Dec 21]You’re keen to express your ideas and enjoy plenty of stimulating conversations with a wide range of interesting people, as Jupiter revs up your curious and social side. But be careful you don’t write (or say) the wrong thing to the wrong person! Make sure you use your considerable communication skills to motivate and inspire others in positive ways. So your motto is from Sagittarian writer George Eliot: “Blessed is the infl uence of one true loving soul on another”.

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THE former head of an Albany real estate agency has been sent to jail for a home invasion and do-mestic violence incident in April.

Steven Angelo Lionetti was sentenced to two years behind bars for aggravated burglary and two counts of criminal damage in the District Court on Monday.

Mr Lionetti, who ran a short-lived real estate business named after himself, pleaded guilty to the three offences in Albany’s Magistrates Court in June.

State Prosecutor David Davidson told the District Court Mr Lionetti kicked open the locked front door of his ex-partner’s Mt Melville home on April 13 and followed her into the backyard as she sought refuge.

While the victim was trying to phone triple zero, Mr Lionetti grabbed

her phone and smashed it against a post.

The 39-year-old also broke a TV while he was in his ex-partner’s home.

Before driving off, Mr Lionetti told the victim taking out a restraining order “wouldn’t make a difference”.

Mr Davidson said Mr Lionetti caused more than $4,000 damage to a door, TV and mobile phone.

The offences were com-mitted 13 hours after the victim had taken out a three-day police order against Mr Lionetti for a separate incident.

At the time, Mr Lionetti and the victim shared cus-tody of their two children. Their 12-year-old son was present on April 13 when Mr Lionetti forced his way into the Mt Melville residence.

In a pre-sentence report, Mr Lionetti said he felt aggrieved about how the victim was disciplining their son and visited the

property to show “who the boss was”.

Defence Counsel Bruno Illari argued it was not your usual home burglary in that nothing was stolen.

Judge Stephen Lemnos agreed, but said that made matters worse because Mr Lionetti had invaded the home to cause fear and intimidate the victim.

Mr Illari described it as a domestic incident that had “clearly gone off the rails” and requested a suspended sentence.

But Mr Davidson sought an immediate term of imprisonment, arguing it was much more than just a family matter.

“It was a home inva-sion,” he said.

“Threats were made to her.”

Home invasions are considered more serious when the offender ought to have known residents were present.

Judge Lemnos said Mr

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A MOUNT Barker man has been placed on a community-based order for seven months for a one-punch hit outside the Albany nightclub.

Tristan Ray Loo appeared before Albany’s Magistrates Court last Thursday and pleaded guilty to as-sault occasioning bodily harm.

Prosecuting Sgt Alan Dean said the 19-year-old punched his victim in front of Studio 146 nightclub in the early hours of Sunday, June 28.

After a verbal altercation Mr Loo struck another man in the mouth and then ran off along York Street at speed.

Sgt Alan Dean said while the assault wasn’t a prolonged incident, it had the

potential to cause an all-out brawl. “Things can get bad very quickly;

these types of offences can escalate from one punch to something much more serious,” he said.

Defence lawyer Janie Gibbs claimed the victim had threatened Mr Loo’s parents.

But Magistrate Raelene Johnston said it didn’t justify the teenager’s actions.

“There’s potential for things to go horribly wrong,” she said.

“You can receive a term of imprison-ment up to 18-months for this sort of offence. I don’t believe a fi ne refl ects the seriousness of the offence.”

– Michael Roberts

A 66-year-old childcare worker, who drove at more than three times the legal limit, has been handed down a $900 fi ne

and had her licence dis-qualifi ed for 10 months.

Maureen Burns pleaded guilty to drink-driving in Albany’s Magistrates

A MAN who was stopped by police with the wrong licence plates has been handed $700 worth of fi nes after cannabis was found in his vehicle.

Marcus McGowan was driving through McKail in his Ford Falcon on April 25 when police sys-tems picked up the licence plate attached to the vehicle was not registered to that car.

Police stopped the vehicle and could smell can-nabis emanating from the vehicle, with a quick search producing a small quantity of drugs.

Choosing not to appear in Albany’s Magistrates Court, Mr McGowan received a $300 fi ne for the drug charge and $400 for using a licence, number plate or label that was forged, fraudulently altered or to which not entitled.

– Michael Roberts

Lionetti had shown lim-ited remorse for his ac-tions, did not have the benefi t of a clean record and had “mocked the restraining order system”.

“It is more serious than an offence to steal,” he said.

“It is a form of domestic violence.”

Mr Lionetti will be eli-gible for parole after serv-ing one year in jail.

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Court last Thursday. Prosecuting Sgt Alan

Dean told the court Ms Burns was stopped by police on July 17 driving a Ford Fiesta and blew a blood-alcohol level of 0.180.

Defence Lawyer Gra-ham Paine sa id Ms Burns hadn’t eaten for a few days and had been drinking to deal with the stresses of a troublesome ex-tenant.

Mr Paine requested a spent conviction, but Magistrate Raelene John-ston denied the applica-tion.

Ms Johnston said in-surance companies and future employers had a right to know about Ms Burns’ conviction.

“You were well above the limit,” she said.

“When you drive with that amount of alcohol you could kill someone.”

– Michael Roberts


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FURTHER details on the State Government’s dis-count program for clas-sic car registration have been released ahead of its planned early 2021 implementation.

Concessions for Clas-sics will offer a 75 per cent registration discount to low road use street rods and vehicles manufac-tured prior to 1990.

Eligible vehicles will be granted 90 days of on-road use per annum and car owners must be a fi nancial member of a Department of Transport (DoT) approved motor-ing club.

Of the 90 days, 60 will be for participation in

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Student fi nalist in national art comp

Further funding for ag shows

club sanctioned events and 30 will be allocated to personal use, testing, maintenance and repair.

Great Southern Street Machine Association’s Christine Sargent said the club – already DoT approved – hoped to see more car enthusiasts keep their cars in running order now that keeping them registered would be more affordable.

“There is a lot of infor-mation that we as a club need to decipher - what it means for us and how it will be implemented – so some people may think it hasn’t gone far enough, but we need to see how this goes and maybe have it refi ned at a later date,” she said.

“It is always good when we can have classic cars on the road driving around

and not just parked up in the shed.”

Ms Sargent hoped Con-cessions for Classics would encourage club membership and there-fore the opportunity to increase the size of annual car events and club runs.

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti hopes to make the legislative changes re-quired by early next year.

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GREAT Southern Grammar pupil Henry Baker is one of 30 students across the nation to make it to the finalist stage of WA’s prestigious Lester Prize portraiture competition.

Students were invited to submit a portrait of an Australian they admire or a self-portrait.

Henry painted a picture of his sister, Daisy.

“I really wanted to try painting her as she is a really thoughtful and in-teresting person,” he said.

“Daisy is really intelligent and loves knowing lots about nature.

“She has an inquiring and studious look about her, which I tried to cap-ture in the painting.”

More than 200 school-aged artists from across the country entered the competition.

A total prize pool of more than $6,000 is up for grabs as well as half and full day art workshops with a professional artist for the winners’ schools.

This year’s panel comprised of curator Paola Anselmi, artist Bruno Booth and 2019 Lester Prize category winner Lori Pensini.

“It was great to see students extend their thinking, understanding and use of perceptual and conceptual skills in their artwork,” a statement from the panel read.

“There was a high prevalence of self-portraits in this year’s submis-sions; some pensive, a few frag-mented.

“Many undertook to examine their own life, friends, family and culture showing the development of a deeper understanding of their practice as an artist with individual views about the world and global issues.”

The youth fi nalist works will be on display at Brookfi eld Place’s Tower 2 in Perth from November 2-27 and the winners will be announced on November 12.

“I would be really happy if I won, but it’s actually pretty nice just to be a fi nalist,” Henry said.

– Ashleigh Fielding

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AN ADDITIONAL $2.7 million in Federal fund-ing has been allocated to agricultural fi eld days to continue their survival after the COVID-19 pan-demic.

Member for O’Connor Rick Wilson said the $2.7 million announcement was in addition to the $36.3 million previously announced to support ag-ricultural show societies.

“All agricultural shows and fi eld days that have cancelled their event in 2020 because of COV-ID-19 will be eligible and they will not have to compete for assistance,” he said.

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PALMERSTON is leading the way to create awareness of what has been a previously taboo topic – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Yesterday was International FASD Awareness Day, held on the ninth day of the ninth month at 9.09am to highlight the importance of nine months of pregnancy without alcohol.

Palmerston was involved by putting together a creative dis-play in Reception with an op-portunity to share thoughts and ask questions for clients, staff and visitors via an interactive post-it notes wall display.

Palmerston Prevention Co-ordinator Sachin Khairnar said FASD is a condition that causes serious physical and/or neurodevelopmental disorders, resulting from fetal exposure to alcohol.

“The effects are lifelong and include physical, mental, behavioural and learning dis-abilities,” he said.

“FASD is a serious public health issue and it is a disorder that is not confi ned to a par-ticular community, crossing all socio-economic, racial and education boundaries.

“There is no cure for FASD but it is easily prevented by abstaining from alcohol during pregnancy and while breast-feeding.”

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STUDENTS at Yakamia Primary School will be treated to a captive audi-ence to read to as of next week, with the introduc-tion of Tanuki the reading dog as an honorary staff member.

Making up one half of the dog team at Story Dogs Albany, Tanuki the Keeshond will be-gin weekly visits to the school for a select group of students to encourage a love of reading.

Story Dogs Albany Fa-cilitator Jen McRae, who spent 16 years as a school nurse, said the program

is helping children Aus-tralia-wide, and hopes to see more educators take advantage of the dogs’ natural abilities to boost learning.

“You can see how dogs have such a great poten-tial to be useful conduits for all sorts of different things,” she said.

“The reading aspect re-ally spoke to me because you do have students that get to high school who don’t know how to read fl uently.

“You’re able to support students with as much reading as they can when they’re younger to get that love of reading.

“With a dog, it kind of helps facilitate that, and from all the research that’s out there it really supports that.

“It helps open a door that might not have been for some kids.”

As of August , 510 dog teams have visited schools across Australia, with more than 2,000 stu-dents going through the program since its incep-tion 10 years ago.

Ya k a m i a P r i m a r y School Teacher Chelsey Norman said she was excited to see the benefi ts of dog-assisted reading for her students.

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n Yakamia Primary School students Dylan Reinchstein and Evie Hamilton with Story Dogs Albany Facilitator Jen McRae and pooch Tanuki. Photo: Chelsey Norman

SEVEN Great Southern locations are gearing up to participate in the State Government’s Containers for Change initiative due to launch in three weeks.

From October 1, residents can return eligible containers to refund points dotted around the region and receive a monetary refund for them.

The goal is to increase recycling and reduce environmental litter.

There will be bag drop-off points at Albany’s York Street IGA, 93 Stead Road, and at an unconfi rmed location in Bremer Bay.

There will be depots at Spencer Park IGA and the Shire of Denmark, and pop-ups at Gnowangerup Heritage Recycle Depot on Aylmore Street and Katanning Environmental Container Cash In on Dore Street.

From October 1, people will receive 10c per eligible container that they return to a Contain-ers for Change Refund Point.

Each refund point receives 6c per container for sorting the containers before they are re-moved for recycling.

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“Only a select few students are picked, so there’s an incentive to work hard on your read-ing skills.

“The dogs work as a calming tool and you can work on comprehension and reading skills through the handler by making it fun and building confi-dence.”

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NEW life has delighted whale watchers across Albany, after two new-born white southern right whales were spot-ted among the waves this week.

The rare colour of the animals, known as a grey morph, made it easy for punters and researchers to discover the new calves.

One calf was sighted off the coast of Cheynes Beach, with the other swimming closer to Alba-ny in King George Sound.

South Coast Cetaceans Coordinator Kirsty Alex-ander said the rare colour-ing was only found in ap-proximately fi ve per cent of southern right whales.

“Most of our southern right whales are primar-ily black but have white patches on their bellies that don’t change through their life,” she said.

“But there is an alterna-tive pigmentation, and the lighter coloured southern rights are usually called grey morphs.

“It’s basically a distinc-tive phenotype which is just a fancy word for the visible traits from your genetic make-up, and that particular phenotype is

AN ALBANY Senior High School student ventured into politics last week after being selected as one of 40 students across Australia to take part in a National Rotary Program.

Year 11 student Zali Sparrow was chosen for the Ad-venture in Citizenship program after writing a feature story about environmental sustainability.

The program originally intended to send all 40 stu-dents to visit Federal Parliament in Canberra for the May budget sittings, however plans had to be cancelled due to the pandemic.

The Albany Rotary Youth Services Committee de-cided instead to arrange a visit to Western Australia’s State Parliament.

Rotary Club of Albany Port Youth Services Director

Geoffrey Inman said the club was happy to facilitate a unique learning experience for Zali.

“It went really well. She came back and did a talk to Rotary last week. She was hosted by Peter Watson’s executive offi cer up there and went into the chamber and sat through some of the discussions and made notes on the different discussions,” he said.

“She was also allowed to go down into the chamber which is fairly rare for a visitor.”

As a further accolade for her achievements, Zali has also been selected to attend a weekend youth program this weekend called Rotary Youth Programme of Enrichment.


LONG-term Albany resident Clifford Whit-tingstall will be presented with life membership on Monday after achieving 50 years as a RSL member.

Mr Whittingstall initially served as a National Serviceman in the United Kingdom in the early 1950s, being allocated to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

He worked primarily on British tanks of that era. Mr Whittingstall’s achievement will be formally

recognised at the Albany Sub Branch of the RSL Annual General Meeting when his award will be presented by the State President Peter Aspinall.

He will be joined by his children and grandchil-dren at the award ceremony.

Mr Whittingstall is well-known as the driving force behind the annual Albany RSL Poppy Day Collection for the past 15 years.

This meeting will also involve the only other Al-bany life member of the RSL, Laurie Fraser, who will conduct his last meeting as branch president.

As well as the election of new offi ce bearers and the life membership award to Mr Whittingstall, RSL members will be given an update on the concept and early planning for the RSL Veterans Hub to be located in the Albany area.

Albany RSL Secretary Michael Tugwell urged members to attend the special meeting and award service, commencing on Monday at 5pm at the RSL Club Rooms, 12 -14 Stirling Terrace.

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unique to southern rights.

“It results in newborns that appear mostly white and they’ve always got these splatterings of black ovals across their back and down their sides.”

Southern right whales remain one of the most endangered of Albany’s visiting whales, with only 3,500 individuals cur-rently living off the Aus-tralian coast.

Despite their distinctive colour, Ms Alexander

said the stunning white doesn’t appear to impact the calves’ survival rate.

Ms Alexander said lo-cals were essential to the continued tracking and conservation efforts of the whales around Albany.

“The community has a massive part to play in this, whether that’s a whale watch operator or someone who lives near the beach,” she said.

“Whales are pretty hard to study when they don’t stay in one place. They

move between beaches.“Having community

feedback means we know a little bit more about where they move and what kind of areas are important to them.

“A lot of this kind of information is not a scien-tist out there discovering everything, it’s a scientist benefitting a lot from the community being so keen to help tracking these animals and making sure they’re okay for the future.”

n Cliff Whittingstall, pictured here in the 1950s in the UK, will receive RSL life membership on Monday.

n The southern right whales near Bluff Creek.

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MICHAEL ROBERTS

WHILE life is blissfully normal for the majority of Western Australians post the height of the COV-ID-19 pandemic, there are still tens of thousands of Aussies stuck overseas not knowing when they will get home.

Albany born and raised

Henry Robinson was one of about 23,000 citizens on the waiting list for a flight back to Australia until he and his fi ancee Caity managed to secure a plane trip to Perth last week.

Speaking to the Week-ender on his sixth day in hotel quarantine, Mr Robinson said it was a

GROWING tensions between Australia and China may be taking its toll on local farmers, as WA barley exports are suspended.

The latest trade move comes after claims from China’s General Administration of Customs that CBH Grain supplied barley with pests on multiple occasions.

CBH was advised by the Australian Govern-ment that their barley exports to China had been suspended effective from September 1.

A CBH spokesperson stated that after thorough investigations, no indication of pests were found in their barley exports to China.

“CBH has not found any evidence to support these claims ,” they said.

“CBH confi rms that all grain shipments to China have met all Government phytosanitary export requirements and is therefore very disappointed to hear of the suspension.”

The spokesperson said the company hoped to work through these issues in order to have the suspension overturned.


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bizarre feeling having to justify why he should return to WA.

“It was far from simple and incredibly stressful,” he said.

“We had four sets of flights cancelled. They didn’t approve Caity’s application to come home until 48-hours out from when we fl ew.”

Mr Robinson, who was temporarily living in London for work, said it hadn’t been practical to immediately leave his job and return before strict border rules came into place.

“As a country, Australia didn’t want everyone overseas getting home at once because it wouldn’t have worked,” he said.

“People like me stayed and kept their jobs, se-cured new employment in Australia and then moved back.

“Whereas if I’d packed up and left straight away, I would have been com-ing back unemployed. I would have been more of a burden.”

The project consultant said he felt incredibly lucky to be back in WA but questioned whether people stranded overseas were getting help.

“One of my friends in

the UK had a premature baby and he hasn’t been able to get home,” he said.

“If I could have swapped with him, I would have, but it’s not set up that way.

“Our plane had 29 peo-ple on it and there’s a list of thousands of people wanting to come home and there’s not a lot they can do.”

International arriv-als into Australia were slashed to just over 1,870 people per week in July after State and Territory governments complained their hotel quarantine resources were being stretched too far.

Until October 24, only 525 international passen-ger arrivals are allowed into Perth every seven days.

Mr Robinson said he didn’t want to come off as whingy or preachy but implored Western Aus-tralians to be a little more empathetic to those with-out a way to get home.

“There are heaps of young Aussies over there who don’t have money to bail them out,” he said.

“Perth isn’t used to deal-ing with some of the hor-rible things that other countries have to. We are so lucky, and sometimes because of that we strug-

gle to empathis e with people going through a tough time.

“It’s not about com-plaining or whinging, we just have a duty to be better.”

After a 14-day quaran-tine in Perth, Mr Rob-inson said he was most looking forward to going for a swim in the ocean and giving his mum a hug.

“Being an Albany boy, the cold weather and wind doesn’t bother me, so I’m going to be straight in the water no matter the condi-tions,” he said.

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Look out for matesON SEPTEMBER 10 we mark World Suicide Prevention Day and R U OK? Day - days that remind us the difference each and every one of us can make in someone’s life.

The power of individuals to make a difference to someone’s mental health should not be un-derestimated and looking out for your mates who may be experi-encing mental health challenges is something we can all do.

And while service in the Aus-tralian Defence Force (ADF) is an overwhelmingly positive and rewarding experience, our personnel can also experience mental health challenges.

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Weather, pandemic delays park openingMICHAEL ROBERTS

WILLIAM Bay National Park won’t re-open in time for the September/October school holidays after the Department of Biodiver-sity, Conversation and Attractions (DBCA) confi rmed recent weather events have further delayed the $4.4 million renewal project.

Site works for Stage 2 of the redevelopment were originally supposed to end in June, but that fi nishing line was later pushed out to late August due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

And now Western Australians will have to wait until November to access popular swimming spots like Greens Pool and El-ephant Rocks, with heavy rainfall damaging road works.

“The bulk of that work is done, however we’ve still got to do a fi nal asphalt sealing on the car park areas,” DBCA’s Tim Foley said.

“We had a particularly wet August and a particularly heavy rainfall event in August of over 80mm which caused some damage.

“We need a bit of sunny weather now. It’s thrown our timeline out by at least a month.”

Stage 1 and 2 of the renewal project involved sealing 2.6km of Madfi sh Bay Road to provide parking for an additional 64 cars, 12 motorcycles and two coaches in the Greens Pool and Elephant Rocks tourist areas.

Three new toilet blocks have also been built.

“I know it has raised some angst in the local community because the park will be closed for the upcoming school holidays,” Mr Foley said.

“We can’t do a partial opening or let vehi-cles in now because the risk of damage to completed work is too high.

“We are confi dent things will be right to go in November.”

Further works under Stage 3 of the project are planned to proceed once the National Park reopens.

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FURTHER research and information to assist WA growers help slow the spread of Russian wheat aphid is now online via the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD).

The exotic pest has now been confi rmed in more than a dozen locations in the Esperance region.

Russian wheat aphid is a pest of wheat, barley and, to a lesser extent, oat crops and can be found in grass weeds like brome and barley grass.

DPIRD’s new ‘Russian wheat aphid: production pest’ webpage includes

details on symptoms and what to look for, chemi-cal control options, per-mits and seed treatments, reporting methods and on-farm biosecurity pro-tocols.

The PestFax Map is be-ing updated to illustrate confi rmed detections of Russian wheat aphid to provide up to date in-formation on the pest’s movement and will be included in the PestFax newsletter and available online.

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aphids and associated damage via the depart-ment’s reporting apps and its Pest and Disease In-formation Service to help map the pest’s spread.

Dr Broughton suggested the use of a hand lens or smartphone macro lens, as aphids were small and diffi cult to detect.

“Aphids colonise the edges of crops first so it is best to monitor the 20m edge of paddocks for signs of aphids or crop damage,” she said.

“When inspecting crops it is useful to get down on your hands and knees to inspect the leaves and the crown of the plant where aphids may hide.

“Look for white, yellow, purple or red streaking, leaf curling, stunted plant growth and loss of vigour. A noticeable loss of green colouration across the crop may indicate aphid damage.”

While Russian wheat aphid was confi rmed for the fi rst time in WA last month, it had earlier been discovered in South Aus-

tralia in 2016 and has since been found in Vic-toria, parts of New South Wales and Tasmania.

It was determined in 2016 that it was not fea-sible or cost benefi cial to eradicate the pest from Australia, due to its biol-ogy and ability to spread on the wind.

Dr Broughton said a range of chemical control options were available to growers, which had proven to be effective in the eastern states.

“WA grain growers are adept at managing crop pests and Russian wheat aphid is another insect that can be managed by their crop protection pro-gram,” she said.

“Much has been learnt over the past four years from the research and experiences of grow-ers across the Nullarbor about what action to take to minimise the impact of this pest on crop produc-tion and profi tability.”

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WEST Australian-based distillery Limeburners Whisky has again teamed up with South Australian brewery Pirate Life to craft its second limited-edition Whisky Barrel Aged Stout.

Pioneers within their industries, the stout is the result of a relationship built between the two companies, which began in 2016.

That is when Limeburners Founder and Master Distiller, Cameron Syme, dropped past Pirate Life for an impromptu tasting with its co-founders Michael Cameron, Jack Cameron and Jared Proudfoot.

After a cleansing ale or two, the crew were convinced to create a whisky aged stout by both brands.

Based in Albany, Limeburners, which recently won World’s Best International Craft Spirit at the American Distilling Institute Awards, attributes much of its suc-cess to the provenance of its spirit.

Produced using premium Great Southern grain, the spirit is aged in ex-bourbon American oak barrels, which soak up a portion of the liquid gold into the wood grain over time.

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THERE are generally two locations for expectant mothers to give birth: in a general hospital or at home. Of course, special-ist birthing centres do exist and this gives us a clue to this week’s topic of maternity hospitals in Albany.

Several people have re-cently raised this subject with me and have asked if the Albany Public Hos-pital (now the Vancouver Arts Centre) in Vancou-ver Street also covered maternity cases.

In general, the answer is no, which begs the question about maternity hospitals.

There were several pri-vate maternity hospitals up until the opening of the Albany Regional Hos-pital in Spencer Park in 1962.

Up until that time, if a woman in Albany was pregnant, she would be admitted to one of these, and up to fi ve were clus-tered around a small area west of York Street.

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hazards associated with living in rural areas in Australia outside towns.

Isolation away from midwifery services of-ten meant that pregnant women would come to town some weeks before their child was due and would await the birth in a maternity hospital or as-sociated boarding house.

Tales of women being jolted into labour by long trips in carts or by horse-back, by dramatic misad-ventures caused by fl oods or fi res, were common.

So the astute farmer en-sured that his wife would get to town in plenty of time.

This had the added ben-efi t of removing women from the hard, daily grind of life on the land, and allowed her to rest up before giving birth.

This went back to the medieval tradition of ‘re-tirement’ or ‘lying-in’, where women were se-cluded from the world for periods before and after the birth of children.

The two best-known maternity hospitals in Albany were Neumylda in Grey Street West, and the Albany Maternity Hospital on the corner of Melville and Cliff streets.

Neumylda is still stand-ing; it is next to The Rocks building and is today a private residence.

The Albany Maternity Hospital building no longer exists, but before its demolition, it did serve as what now would be known as an aged care home. Back then, it was designated a C-class hos-pital and was called Sea-ton Lodge.

The maternity hospitals were under the manage-ment of midwives and the best-known in Albany were Nurse Adelaide An-derson and Nurse Jensen, matrons respectively of two maternity hospitals.

They applied annually for licences to run their establishments and were subject to regular inspec-tions by the Albany Local Health Authority.

There was some debate in 1936, for instance, whether maternity hos-pitals could take general patients, and it is clear that they did, despite this being against the rules.

While the nurses in charge of the hospitals were qualifi ed midwives, the doctors in the town were also called upon to intervene in diffi cult cases.

One maternity hospital, Melville House (run by Nurse Emily Brown), which was closer to town on Grey Street West, backed onto Dr Robin-son’s house in Hotchin Avenue, so there was

Birth of Albany’s maternity hospitals

by Historian Malcolm Traill

always a doctor close at hand.

By 1950, Nurse Ander-son’s hospital in Melville Street had been taken over by the Government to be run as a public maternity hospital and it underwent signifi cant renovations to improve its facilities.

These included a day nursery for newborns, improved verandah areas and the installation of a recent Australian inven-tion, the humidicrib.

Edward Both, born in South Australia, is cred-ited with developing the device which eased res-piratory issues in new-

borns by providing a con-stant temperature.

Neumylda was con-structed by local builder Harry Steele and was originally a private house before being adapted to hospital use in 1924.

Mr Steele later built a house behind Neumyl-da (facing View Street) which served as staff quarters for the hospital and an adjoining structure was used as the morgue.

As an aside, after Mr Steele’s death, his whole estate was left to his daughter Thelma and consisted of 24 houses dotted all over Albany.

There were several other maternity hospitals all over Albany and it ap-pears that some nurses like Nurse Jensen and Nurse Blechynden regu-larly switched their al-legiance between estab-lishments.

They regularly adver-tised their qualifi ed ser-vices in the newspapers, as there was great com-petition for business.

Nurse Lamb ran ‘Glen-roy’ in Middleton Road, Nurse Hartrup operated ‘Lyndhurst’ in Vancouver Street, and Nurse Gomm, born in New Zealand, ran ‘Brackenhurst’ on the cor-

ner of Brunswick Road and Cuddihy Avenue.

Nurse Fowles, on the other hand, provided a different service as she was a travelling midwife who specialised in home-births.

Few personal details (often not even their fi rst names) are known about these dedicated and often formidable women who were responsible for the whole maternity service in Albany and the sur-rounding districts.

They are worthy of grateful thanks from many parents and their offspring.

n Albany Maternity Hospital, Melville Street. Photo: Courtesy Albany History Collection

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Alkoomi Black Label Riesling 2019

Alkoomi Old Label Cabernet Franc 2018

Alkoomi Victrix 2017

Alkoomi White Label Riesling

CASTELLI ESTATECastelli Estate Chardonnay 2018

Castelli Cabernet Merlot 2018

Castelli Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Castelli Estate Riesling 2019

FERNGROVE WINESFerngrove Independence Cabernet Nebbiolo

Ferngrove Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Ferngrove Black Label Chardonnay 2018

Ferngrove Black Label Malbec 2018

Ferngrove Black Label Sauvignon Blanc 2019

Ferngrove Black Label Shiraz 2018

Ferngrove Cossack Riesling 2020

Ferngrove Independence Tempranillo 2019

GALAFREY WINESDry Grown Reserve Riesling 2020

GILBERT WINESGilberts 2020 Riesling

Gilberts 2020 Rosé

MOUNT TRIOPorongurup Riesling 2020

Great Southern Syrah 2018

WEST CAPE HOWE WINESBest Rosé (Trophy winner)

Hannas Hill Cabernet Malbec 2018

Two Steps Shiraz 2018

Rosé 2020

Mount Barker Sauvignon Blanc 2020

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Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Cabernet Merlot 2018

Frankland River Shiraz 2018

Mount Barker Riesling 2020

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Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2020

Shiraz 2018

Tempranillo 2018

WIGNALLS WINESSingle Vineyard 2019 Pinot Noir

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When a marriage or a relationship comes to an end, there needs to be a decision made relating to how the property and fi nances are going to be split. The Family Court applies a “Four Step Process”. 1. Determine the property pool All property generally needs to be taken into account, whether acquired before or during the re-lationship, or after the separation. It can include:

- savings- property- cars- jewellery- furniture- shares and so on.

The court will then assess any liabilities that the parties hold, be it mortgages, credit card debts, car loans etc. The value of the property pool is established by subtracting the parties’ liabilities rom the gross value of the par-ties’ assets. Superannuation is treated differ-ently. Firstly, it depends whether you were married or in a de facto relationship. De factos in WA

are not currently entitled to a superannuation split. If you are married, an order can be made that divides the property at the time of the property settlement, or an order can be made that it be split at a later date. 2. Assess contributions The Court will then assess each parties’ contributions during the relationship – including fi nancial, non-financial and homemaker contributions. Homemaker con-tributions are assessing contribu-tions made as a parent or as a homemaker. 3. Future needs The next step is to consider the future needs of both parties, tak-ing into consideration a range of factors including:

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NINE wineries and four breweries from the Great Southern cleaned up at this year’s Perth Royal Wine Awards and Beer Awards, bagging a total of 66 gold, silver and bronze medals and fi ve trophies.

Amongst the judging panel for the Wine Awards were Castle Rock Estate’s Rob Diletti as chief judge and Andrew Cherry from Alkoomi Wines as a judge.

More than 1,400 bottles of wine

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West Cape Howe Wines won Best rosé with their 2020 Rosé and 13 other medals.

Ferngrove Wines secured eight medals, four went to Castelli Estate and two to Gilbert Wines.

Castle Rock Estate, 3drops, Gala-frey Wines, Mount Trio Vineyard and Wignalls Wines were also medal recipients.

In the Perth Royal Beer Awards, Boston Brewing Co scored 15 med-als for themselves, plus trophies for Best Amber–Dark Ale Packaged, Best European Style Beer Packaged and Best Hybrid and Specialty Beer Packaged.

Wilson Brewing Company won eight medals, four went to Artisan Brewing and Bremer Bay Brewing Company won one.




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A REDEVELOPMENT of the Mount Barker swimming pool has taken a big stroke forward after the Shire of Plantagenet voted to progress with the fi rst phase of a $7 million project.

Stage 1A, which will cost $1.7 million, is scheduled to begin con-struction in March next year and involve the construction of a new main building that boasts a club room, change rooms, kiosk and admin area.

Designed by H+H Architects, Stage 1B includes plans to refurbish the existing 50m pool to modern standards and build a new splash area for young swimmers to learn their craft.

The final piece of the puzzle, Stage 2, will see the construction of a new western wing for the 39-year old facility, featuring a

hydrotherapy pool, gym, change rooms and cafe.

Stage 1B is estimated to cost $2.8 million, while Stage 2 is valued at $2.5 million.

Shire of Plantagenet Executive Manager of Strategic Development Andrus Budrikis said the project would be the pool’s fi rst substantial upgrade since it opened in 1971.

“The current gravity sand fi lter system does not deliver water at a suffi cient volume to meet current regulations,” he said.

“This will be replaced by a pressurised system. The current splash pool is not adequate and does not cater as a learn-to-swim pool.

“The existing change rooms and toilets have reached their use by date and also do not provide suf-ficient facilities to meet current standards.”

The multi-million dollar project

has been in the pipeline for almost three years after the Shire assessed the condition of the pool in 2017 and found fi ltration systems needed replacing.

A feasibility study was completed earlier this year, with Council vot-ing to take the opportunity to do more than a simple fi lter change.

The Shire’s Recreation Advisory Committee worked with Mount Barker Swimming Club on the fi ner details of the design.

The committee voted to adopt solar heating as the heat source for the pools.

Mr Budrikis said the Shire would seek funding for Stage 1A by lodg-ing a Community Sporting Recrea-tion Facilities grant application this week.

“The Shire has also allocated $600,000 of the Federal Drought Communities Fund Extension to the pool redevelopment,” he said.

THE Shire of Plantagenet has been awarded $1,750 to help fund upcoming Bike Month event Peddle Plantagenet.

More than $50,000 in grants was given to vari-ous Local governments and organisations this week to support 50 events encouraging people of all ages and abilities to try cycling throughout October.

“This year many West-ern Australians have rediscovered the joy of jumping on a bike,” Transport Minister Rita Saffi oti said.

“As well as being the perfect opportunity for people of all ages and abilities to ride a bike for the fi rst time or reacquaint themselves with all the benefi ts that cycling has to offer, the funded events will help to support small businesses all over West-

Upgrade for pool fi rst since 1971

n An impression of the refurbished Mount Barker swimming pool.

Render: Courtesy H+H Architects

ern Australia.“We want to make bike

riding a safe, conveni-ent and widely accepted mode of transport and I would encourage all

Western Australians to give it a try by joining in on the Bike Month fun this October.”

Bike Month events in the Great Southern will

include the Southern MTB in Albany, Bremer Bay Bikeathon, Peddle Plantagenet, and Green Fair on the Square in Albany.

Grants roll out for Bike Month

n Bike Month starts in October.

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Arts & EntertainmentWeekenderLife

ALBANY historian and artist Harry Freeman-tle’s new art display is a dedication to the psychology of the miniature combined with a Renaissance fl avour.

Shadow Box is on display now at Van-couver Arts Centre until September 18 and features several different ‘shadow boxes’, similar to dioramas.

Freemantle said in creating the shadow boxes, he was exploring the idea of being happy in a small, intimate space, “with both possibility and constraint built in”.

“They are designed to hold the imagination within their confi nes, whilst not taking up a lot of physical room,” he said.

“The process of sourcing the materials, making the boxes and frames, and then thinking about the details that would carry the story, was meditative.

“The fi nished works have reduced me to silence.”

Some of the shadow boxes draw inspira-tion from Johann Georg Goethe’s Faust and 15th century Italian painter Giovani Di Paolo. Others feature marionettes, pieces of a

50-year-old bonsai tree, tokens from Free-mantle’s childhood and original art creations.Shadow Box is Freemantle’s second solo

exhibition. – Ashleigh Fielding

Zooming in on environmental efforts

Freemantle thinks outside the box in latest exhibition

ASHLEIGH FIELDING

FOUR Great South-ern organisations have joined forces to present an online environmental tourism tour of the region to virtual visitors.15Min Wonders will

take place over two 90-minute sessions on September 18 and in-clude 15-minute talks from region-specifi c en-vironmental activists.The Denmark, Wal-

pole and Mount Barker

Community Resource Centres and Albany’s Rainbow Coast Neigh-bourhood Centre collab-oration will look at topics such as how to make community gardens, preventing ocean pollu-tion, measuring climate footprints and a case study focusing on the prevention of dieback.

Rainbow Coast Neigh-bourhood Centre Co-Executive Offi cer Sarah Hilder said the centres were excited to bring the

event to the wider WA community.

“The Great Southern region has a wealth of diverse treasures, from the giant karri trees to our beautiful coastline and the unique flora and fauna that calls our region home,” she said.

“We’re encouraging West Australians who are passionate about our environment and want to learn more to join us for our fi rst open webinar and live Q&A

session, where they can hear from a number of local environmental war-riors about the important and meaningful projects they’re involved in.”

To gain access to the event, register online at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xQKeu4rFQWm-CvkVjyTdgqA for the 11am session or https://us02web.zoom.us/webi-nar/register/WN_NgtHx-VGwR9O5Nr-doLeGhA for the 6pm session.

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n One of Harry Freemantle’s shadow boxes.

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Regional road safety a priority

RURAL Road Safety Month has ended: regional road trauma has not.Australia’s peak motoring

organisation has issued a blunt warning as August’s Rural Road Safety Month fi nished: Don’t wait another year before we remember our rural roads again.Managing Director of the

Australian Automobile Asso-ciation (AAA) Michael Brad-ley said the Federal Budget was now just four weeks away.“This will be a litmus test

of whether politicians from all sides have fully com-prehended the fact that a person driving on a regional or remote road is fi ve times more likely to have a fatal crash than someone driving in the city,” he said.“It’s not just about better

funding, it’s also about bet-ter policy that delivers bet-ter, safer and more resilient regions.”With two out of every three

road fatalities occurring in regional Australia, the AAA has been advocating for the Federal Government to hold State and Territory govern-

ments to account for their national road safety commit-ments, including the need to report or measure progress towards targets, such as reducing serious injuries on the nation’s roads.“All the indications are posi-

tive that the Federal Govern-ment will once again commit serious funding to transport infrastructure,” Mr Bradley said.“But similar to the health and

education sectors, where it insists on transparency to maximise value for taxpayer dollars, the Federal Govern-ment must use its fi nancial leverage to ensure State and Territory governments deliver the safest roads across the nation. “St ronger road safety

strings need to be attached to Federal funding if we are to meaningfully address road trauma.”In 2019, the fatality rate

on regional roads was 10.9 deaths per 100,000 popula-tion, compared to 2.3 deaths in metropolitan areas.In human lives lost, that

meant two out of every three deaths were on a regional or

n Two out of three road fatalities in Australia occur in regional areas.

remote road in 2019, where 768 people lost their lives compared to 419 deaths in metropolitan areas.The AAA, which represents

8.5 million members through its member clubs (NRMA, RACV, RACQ, RAA, RAC, RACT and AANT), said politi-cians should always remem-ber that motorists were one of few groups that brought their own money to the budget table.“Over its four-year forward

estimates, the Federal Gov-ernment plans on collecting $55.9 billion from fuel excise

alone. Based on the previous budget, that more than funds the $29.6 billion it plans to in-vest over the same period on land transport infrastructure,” Mr Bradley said.“The important message for

State and Federal govern-ments is not to wait another year before they focus on rural road safety again.“In fi ve weeks, there is a

Federal Budget that should also serve to set the bench-mark for State and Territory budgets when it comes to better, safer and more resil-ient regions.”

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ASHLEIGH FIELDING

AFTER a doll she craft-ed featured in children’s television show Play School, Albany artist Kiya Watt decided to fur-ther promote her culture through the creation of her own jewellery line.

The Kiya Watt Col-lection currently fea-tures four main earring templates based on the Yourran (blue tongue lizard), the Yakan (long-neck turtle), the Kwilena (dolphin) and the Norrin (snake).

Watt’s jewellery will be crafted from sheoak wood, acrylic mirror, sil-ver and gold and manu-factured in Albany.

“My jewellery range is refl ective of me and my cultural identity,” Watt said.“Be ing a Menang

Gnudju Noongar wom-an, I felt it was important to represent this and make them culturally appropriate.”

Watt creating cultural gems

Watt hopes her brand can inspire Indigenous children in her com-munity to pursue their dreams.“I want Aboriginal chil-

dren to see that anything is possible,” she said.“When I was younger,

society made me feel as though I was branded to be a failure, so after Play School featured my art, I felt it was my

responsibility to build my brand and try becoming successful and learn new skills to be a good role model in my com-munity.”

The Kiya Watt Collec-tion will be available for purchase soon online at kiyawatt.com.au but for now, people interested can fi nd updates on the Kiya Watt Aboriginal Art-ist Facebook page.

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Royal fl ush for estuaries

RAIN, rain and more rain. It may be stopping Albany fi shers from get-ting out and catching a feed of fish but it is doing wonders for our estuaries. Well most of them. In

others it has caused some issues.Let’s start with the sys-

tems west of Albany. I know the Stokes Inlet has broken through to the sea and has been fl owing for a few weeks. I haven’t fished that

system for a whi le so I am not sure how weeded up it was but, I haven’t heard of any fi sh kills, so a good fl ush is certainly a positive for that system.Parry’s is one system

I have fi shed over the past 12 months and it

n The mouth of the Wilson Inlet is as wide as it has been in the past 20 years.

was getting very weedy and the water qual-ity seemed to be low. Again, I haven’t heard of any fi sh kills recently. The system has been

open for quite a few weeks and the water quality is amazing. So much so that ma-

ture salmon have been caught in there. It all looks good for a great summer of fi shing from there.The estuary that I have

fished the most in the past 12 months has been the Wilson Inlet in Denmark and boy, did it need a good fl ush. It was getting very

weedy and the water quality was certainly not what it should be. A few weeks ago,

the Water Corporation opened it in the normal place. This event is al-ways met with plenty of comments from different

groups of people.

One section is call-ing for its immediate opening because of local fl ooding.

Then another group is wanting it left alone to open on its own accord and hopefully causing it to break with some power, causing a good interchange of clean ocean water.

But this year the stars aligned and a series of winter cold fronts ar-rived shortly after it was opened.

These brought big swells and higher than normal tides, not to men-tion a lot of rain.

A l l t h e s e n a t u r a l events, along with one man-made cause, re-sulted in the best open-ing I can ever remember, and the estuary is having its greatest fl ush for a long time.

This should lead to a great summer of fi shing there and one I am look-ing forward to. It has made me think

that perhaps we need to apply a bit more science to future openings.It’s hard to organise

Mother Nature but per-haps having a bit of fl ex-ibility to when the chan-nel is dug would be an advantage to all parties. You would think that

a decent winter front would come through most years at least every three weeks and if the opening was done sev-eral days before its ar-rival, it would lead to bet-ter overall water transfer.T o r b a y w a s a l s o

opened and has a good fl ush.Now east of Albany,

The Taylor Inlet at Nana-rup opened up by itself and is enjoying a posi-tive fl ow of clean water

that it certainly needed. I haven’t heard much

news from Pallinup other than there was another fi sh kill there when the fi rst fl ush of fresh water came down.Unfortunately, that was

always going to happen as it was very saline due to its low level and the fi sh were always going to have trouble coping with the change. I am no expert, but

these systems seem to be able to fi ght back and hopefully it will be back to near its best in the not too distant future.Overall, the rain has

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JAYCO 17’ pop-top. VGC, island bed, fridge/freezer/stove & grill. Tandem axle, rollout annex & sides, rear mounted camera. Many extra accessories. Reasonably priced at $15,000 ono. 0411 752 162.

JAYCO pop-top 2011. Ensuite, 16ft, a/c, single axle, many extras. $26,500. 0429 447 574.

ROADSTAR Vacationer Tango 2002. Lic Feb 21. 18.6’ twin axle, awning, canvas & shade cloth annex. Gas top & grill, 2.75L water tank. D/bed, heaps storage, 3-way fridge & freezer. TV, new microwave. $25,000 ono. 9841 7469 or 0429 027 805.

SAAB 2001, TS auto, turbo coupe. Ex-head of Saab mechanic car. $4,500 ono. 0400 244 930.

SUZUKI TL1000, VGC, new battery, lic to Feb 21. $4,200 ono. Barry 0400 865 582.

UNIMOG U1700L 1989 69,000km, Michelin tyres plus 5 Goodyears in good cond. 12v house battery with Spitzlft crane, water tanks 150L, lockable camp box fi tted. All in VG cond ready for work or fi tout for expeditions. $32,500. 0427 482 075.

RIDER wanted, must have minimum 250cc licence. Required every Thursday & Friday for newspaper delivery. Text or call 0498 044 262.

OFFICE MANAGER$50,000-$60,000

Worklink WA is seeking an experienced Offi ce Manager. This role is responsible for the smooth running of admin management functions, the admin team and for providing admin support to the CEO, Finance and Board. Applicants must have strong organisational skills, previous team management experience and a solid understanding of fi nance processes. SELECTION CRITERIAEssential:• Proven offi ce management, administrative or executive

assistant experience.• Previous experience managing a team and monitoring

deliverables.• Effective planning, time management and organisational skills.• Effective interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.• Strong understanding of fi nance processes.• Profi cient in MS Offi ce (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) & data entry.• Working with Children Check and National Police Clearance

(willing to obtain)To be considered for this position applicants MUST respond to the selection criteria and provide a resume.CLOSING DATE: Saturday 19 September 2020 at 5pm. Applications to: [email protected] more information / application packs go to www.worklinkwa.com.au/job-vacancies

REGISTERED NURSESpringhaven Lodge is a twenty two bed residential care facility owned by the Shire of Kojonup and is located approximately three hours south of Perth set in a rural and vibrant community.

The Shire of Kojonup is currently recruiting for a Registered Nurse. This position requires at least twelve months Aged Care experience. Opportunities to expand knowledge and education in aged care will be offered. This is a permanent full time position and the successful applicant will need to be available to work public and school holidays. A current police clearance is essential. Rate of pay is based on years of experience and will be discussed at interview.

An application package, can be obtained from the Shire of Kojonup website www.kojonup.wa.gov.au/employment/ Applications close 4.00pm 21 September 2020.

If you require further information please contact 9831 2800.

Applications including a covering letter and address to the selection criteria should be addressed to:

Ciara O’Regan A/Manager of Sprinhaven Springhaven Lodge Barrack Place Kojonup WA 6395

Alternatively, applications can be emailed to [email protected].

Rick Mitchell-Collins Chief Executive Officer

BUS INESSGREAT SOUTHERN

Manager/Executive Offi cerAlbany Business Centre is a not-for-profi t organisation providing business incubator support and delivering government-funded advisory services to small

business across the Great Southern.We are seeking applications for the position of Manager/Executive Offi cer, with

an expected start date of early December.The successful candidate will demonstrate sound knowledge of corporate governance, government policies and regulations, business practices and digital marketing, and an understanding of the assistance small businesses need to solve

challenges and maximise opportunities.Salary will be negotiated with the successful applicant.

For an application package, email [email protected] selection criteria must be addressed.

The closing date for applications is 2 October 2020.

PAINTER, 30yrs exp, int/ext quality work. All areas. Phone Merv 0474 130 166.

WILL split blocks for fi rewood. $20 per hour. Peter 0402 737 521.

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Albany (WA) CommunityFinancial Services Limited

Preliminary Notice of Annual General Meeting

Nomination of Directors Dear Shareholder This is a preliminary notice that the An-nual General Meeting of the shareholders of Albany (WA) Community Financial Services Limited will be held on Tuesday 24 November 2020. The purpose of this Notice is to enable you to nominate a per-son for election as a Director. A formal Notice of Meeting will be provided closer to the Meeting, in accordance with the Constitution and Corporations Act. Under our Company Constitution, not less than a third of the Directors must retire at each General Meeting. These Directors can seek re-election. If you would like to nominate a person for election as a Director at the Annual General Meeting, the nomination must be received at the Registered Offi ce of the Company not less than 30 business days and not more than 60 business days before the Annual General Meeting. Ac-cordingly, nominations must be received by Friday 23 October 2020. A form for the nomination of a person for election is available from the Board Administrator at Albany Community Bank by email [email protected] or mobile 0490 925 241. Johanna Tomlinson Company Secretary

As part of the fi xed radio (wireless) component of the Network, nbn is proposing to expand the existing radio network base stations at Lot 36 Brockman Road Tenterden WA 6322 (36/223143) (RFNSA Site No. 6322003).

The proposed works on site will involve the upgrade of existing technology upon the facility including and not limited to the replacement and installation of new antennas, radiocommunication dishes and associated ancillary equipment to enhance transmit-ting technology. Furthermore the works will involve the replacement and addition of equipment shelters/outdoor units adjacent to the facility.

nbn regards the proposed installation as a Low Impact Facility under the Telecommunications(Low-Impact Facilities) Determination 2018. In these circumstances, it does not require planning approval from Council.

Further information on this specific proposal can be obtained by calling Visionstream on 1300 745 210. Written submissions can be sent to nbn Planning Team, Locked Bag 4001, Moorabbin VIC 3189 or via email to [email protected].

The closing date for submissions is 24th September 2020.For general info on the nbn, email [email protected], or visit our website at www.nbnco.com.au .

Notification of proposal to upgrade nbn™ Radio Network Base Station Facility

ITEM TICKET NO. WINNER1st PRIZE - $5,000 055 Barry Panizza2nd PRIZE - $1,500 203 Peter Harris3rd PRIZE - $1,000 187 Dew Dallimore4th PRIZE - $500 155 Taylah Orzel & Ryan Flick4th PRIZE - $500 067 Kerry & Scott Heil4th PRIZE - $500 019 David Flick & Mark Stanton5th PRIZE - $200 246 Cameron Walton5th PRIZE - $200 184 Blake Panizza5th PRIZE - $200 069 Katelyn Hilder5th PRIZE - $200 245 Stewart McTaggart5th PRIZE - $200 239 Kim Ward6th PRIZE - $100 127 Peter Watson6th PRIZE - $100 065 Andrew Ruck6th PRIZE - $100 130 Graeme Weinert6th PRIZE - $100 35 Regan Askevold6th PRIZE - $100 87 Casey Ganzer

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GREAT FOR: • Paper Mache • Ripen Tomatoes • Fire Lighter • Clean Windows • Compost Material • Seedling Pots

OLD NEWSPAPERS AVAILABLE

The City of Albany is calling for tenders for the following:

C20014 CONSTRUCTION OF PUMP TRACK

AND JUMP PARK AT CENTENNIAL PARK,

ALBANY WAFull Specifi cation and Tender Forms may be obtained from the City of Albany website www.albany.wa.gov.au/tenders or by contacting Jane Allen on (08) 6820 3078. Tenders may be hand delivered to the City of Albany’s North Road Tender Box, 102 North Rd, Albany, or posted to PO Box 484, Albany WA 6331 or emailed to [email protected] by 2pm on Wednesday, 30 September 2020. Tenders should be marked with the Contract Number (C20014) and be addressed to the Chief Executive Offi cer.

The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted.

FARM house wanted to rent. 63-yr-old single father, long lease. Works Albany. Excl references. Tidy, loves gardening. Larry 0439 395 860.

BLOCK 1,228sqm. Sub-dividable with renovated 3 b/rm house, Orana. View, no obligation. $330,000. 0429 194 360.

BUDGET self-storage units, from $25 p/w (month min), avail now. Ideal Storage. 9842 2395.

CITY Centre Secure Storage, 52 Cockburn Rd, Albany, 18m2 & 21m2 units available now. Payment options. Call Wellington & Reeves. 9841 1455.

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GLEN, Henrietta. 15.09.1928 -06.09.2020. Loving wife of John (dec). Mother of Anne and Sid, Morag and Max, Peter and Cathy, Fiona and Strawb, Gail and Rick, Malcolm and Cindy (dec). Grandmother of 11. Great grandmother of many. A rest well earned.

JONES, Peter Edward. With much sadness we farewell a muched loved husband of Shirley (dec). Father of Helen, Gay, Trish and Steve. Grandfather and great-grandfather of many. Dad you have touched the lives of many, especially Jan in your later years and you will be in our hearts forever. Rest forever in peace. Arrangements still to be fi nalised.

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GLEN, HenriettaThe Funeral Service for Mrs Henrietta Glen will take place at Amity Rose Funerals, 9 Cockburn Rd, Albany on Tuesday (15.09.2020) com-mencing at 1.30pm. To view a live stream of the service, fi nd the link on the Amity Rose Funerals website.

ALL is forgiven, I love you, I am the Rock Jesus. Come to me and I will give you peace.

REVELATION 14:8-10. The most fearful warning in all the Bible. How to avoid the mark? Revelation 18:1-4. For a free DVD or book email: [email protected]

THE wellbeing of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is fi rmly established. Bahai writings enquiry 9842 6759.

BICYCLE, ebike, uniryder, folding, 18-mth-old. Hardly used $1,550 ono. 0429 294 268.

BOOK shelves. Pine 5-shelf 1,050 x 1,500 $35. Ikea “billy” single $35. Ikea “billy” dbl $65. 0427 482 075.

DRUM KIT for kids. Not a toy, it is a proper kit just smaller. Bit

rusty but it still rocks. $120.0407 900 289.

FIREWOOD, quality jarrah. Low prices from $150 to $450. 0459 079 049.

KING single electric adjustable bed, extra overlay, support handle. $600. 0427 271 238.

LAWNMOWER, Mow Master roller mower, 24” incl equip. Half price. $2,500. Like new. 0409 113 333.

MODEL yachts IOM 2 complete with stands, 3 sail sets, controllers, wooden sailbox and spares/extras. $1,700. 0427 482 075.

ORBANYS1800 613 536

13 Ashford Street, Albany

Manufacturer & RetailCanvas/Denim

SEAT COVERSAutomotive & ATV

POULTRY sale Sept 12, Lancaster Rd. Sellers 10am. Auction ends 1pm. Poultry enthusiasts welcome. 0418 531 083.

PEA straw garden mulch, excellent quality, compact easy-to-handle bales, $10 a bale del to Albany, min. order for bales, or pick-up on farm, $9 a bale. Supplying Albany & surrounds for 20 years. Web: bjspeastraw.com.au 9851 4069.

PIANO Yamaha professional, UX3, as new, black, incl. 2 stools. $5,000. 0459 079 049.

PIG mulch, organic, weed-free, 8m3 load delivered to Mt Barker $270, Albany $310, Denmark $370. 9851 1050.

SAMSUNG galaxy tablet, tab 4 $100. Ronson slow cooker exc cond $50. Teapot collection (60) to view ring 0422 031 229.

SHED dismantled. 16m x 8m machinery shed on farm at Manypeaks. Before/after photos available. Offers, fi rst in. 0427 296 066.

SONY 43” fl at screen colour TV. V good cond. $105. 9844 0048.

WATER tank Hardie 3,500L. $800. 0427 482 075.

FARM lease land in the Denmark/Albany area. Any size considered, long term lease preferred for running cattle. Call Hayden Pedro on 0447 848 967.

GARMIN 12 GPS in good working order. 0438 413 673.

JET skis, broken or seized and no longer wanted. 0498 044 262.

SAILS for pelican dinghy, any condition. 0428 197 311.

WTB N64, SNES, Gboy, Sega, PS1/PS2, Atari consoles, games. Cash paid $$$ 0428 186 022.

SAT 8am – noon. 330 Ulster Rd. Car boot sale. Enquiries 0437 091 861.

SAT 8am – noon. Windermere Rd, Lower King. Camping & fi shing, shed gear, Webber Baby Q, near new 3-way fridge/freezer, metal detection gear.

SAT 9am – 1pm. CWA Hall, Serpentine Rd. Market Day. Something for everyone. 0412 937 641.

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GARAGE SALESevery Friday 10 - 10.30am

repeated Saturday & Sunday between 7.30 - 8am on

Garage sales will be announced on 1611am

Friday & Saturday mornings.

GARAGE SALESARE BACK.

SUN 9am – 3pm. Rear 256 Albany Hwy, behind Battery World. Monster garage sale.

SEPT 19 10am – 4pm. King River Hall, 1520 Millbrook Rd. Info or donations. 0419 047 291.

ALBANY GARDEN SERVICESLandscaping, mowing, whipper snipping, pruning, hedge

trimming, tree lopping, garden clean-ups, retic repair, soils,mulch and plants supplied.

I also do painting, oil decking, gutter cleaning,roof repairs and other household work.Please call John 0406 211 312

PRUNING TIME

MINIATURE piglet, male, 7 weeks, vaccinated, wormed, vet checked. POA. 0427 096 851.

4.6 metre canoe and trailer $800. 9848 2653.

32FT cabin cruiser, ply, diesel, 351 Perkins 4cyl marine, full comp. project nearly done, new dodge, new windows to fi t, $5,000. 0413 985 157.

BOAT aluminium. Lic. Deep V. 12ft. Good condition. $1,400 neg. 9848 2653.

SKIPPER’S Ticket, Albany & Gt Sthn. Boat supplied free, 1 on 1 or groups, 7 days a week. Mark 0428 429 911.

SLIDE on camper 2,150 x 1,750. QS bed, water tank, Engel 40L fridge, solar panels, 12v battery & lights etc, with annex. Other extras avail by negotiation. $6,500. 0427 482 075.

16FT 2008 pop-top, licensed, 1 owner, VGC, island d/bed, a/c, 3 way fridge, 2 way stove/grill, weinguard antenna, TV, dual batt, 60L w/tank, sat system, 2 spare tyres, bike & rack, photos avail. $22,500. 0447 394 125.

1998 16ft pop-top. Rollout awnings, island d/bed, 3-way fridge, tv antenna, 2 spare tyres, plus extras. $8,500. 9844 7875.

BEDFORD 78, reg. m/home. Runs well. $25,000 ono. Photos avail. Frank 0447 555 214.

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ROYALS are one win away from making it a perfect home-and-away season in the Great Southern Football League, with both its League and Re-serve sides securing a ninth win in-a-row on the weekend.

In the penultimate round of a shortened fixture, Royals dismantled Denmark-Walpole in an emphatic 15.9 (99) to 4.3 (27) victory.

Coming off an impressive Round 8 showing against North Albany, Denmark looked like they were more than up for the contest af-ter leading by four points at quarter-time.

But the Magpies only man-aged two majors after the fi rst term as the Lions ran away with the game.

Missing key personnel such as Shayne Zanetti, Dionne Woods and Ash Smith, Den-mark couldn’t match their opponents’ spread away from stoppages.

Royals kicked fi ve goals with the breeze in the second term and then piled on nine more in the second half as the likes of Tom Maslen and Cameron Allison dominated the mid-fi eld battle.

Henry Woods was one of the few shining lights for Denmark, fi nishing with three majors.

Royals’ Reserve side also came away with a convincing win earlier in the day after downing Denmark-Walpole Reserves by 111 points.

Royals’ senior teams now need wins over North Albany to go unbeaten through the home-and-away fi xture.

Meanwhile North Albany kept their chances of fi nishing third alive with a hard-fought 11-point win over Mount

Barker at Sounness Park. The Kangaroos missed a

heap of chances in front of the big sticks, kicking 2.7 in the second quarter.

But it didn’t end up coming back to bite them as Luke Cameron nailed three majors to guide his team to victory.

The ever-reliable Nathan Crudeli was best-on-field, while Brendan Wynne and Steven Scott fought hard for the Bulls.

In a wet and wild affair at Ti-gerland on Sunday, Railways jumped to second place on the ladder with a percentage-boosting 88-point victory over Albany.

A stingy Railways defence, headed by captain Bohdi Stub-ber, kept the Sharks scoreless for the entire match.

Kleeman Medallist Joel Want was back to his best form after returning midway through the season from injury, while young gun Cyrus Upson im-pressed from the wing.

Leading League goal scor-er Matt Palfrey surprisingly didn’t add to his 32 goals for the season but was still amongst the Tigers’ best.

Boosting their percentage by 12 points, Railways will shore up second position with a close loss or a win over Denmark-Walpole in this weekend’s fi nal home and round of 2020.

In a shortened season, this year’s GSFL fi nals series will commence immediately after Round 10, with the top four battling it out in two elimina-tion fi nals for a place in the grand fi nal.

GSFL President Joe Burton said administrators hadn’t decided whether the 2020 decider would be played on a Saturday or the traditional Sunday slot.

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Albany v Mount Barker Sunday September 13, 2.30pm. Centennial Stadium

North Albany v RoyalsSunday September 13, 2.30pm. Collingwood Park

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Albany Orchid Society Albany Orchid Society will

hold their next meeting on Sunday, September 20 at the Albany Bridge Club in Mill Street, Albany. The meeting starts at 2pm. Anyone with an interest in growing orchids is most welcome to attend. Contact 0409 085 096 or 0428 155 814.

Free Cancer ScreeningAlbany South Coast Lions

Club and The Lions Cancer Institute Inc would like to thank the Albany businesses, radio stations and local news-papers for their assistance in promoting the recent very suc-cessful free Lions Skin Cancer screening. Your assistance is appreciated. Albany South Coast Lions Club.

Cancer Council YogaFree yoga and mindfulness

classes for people living with cancer and their carers avail-able online through Cancer Council WA’s Life Now pro-gram.

Classes start in October. Yoga classes run online for six weeks, Mon – Thurs, dates and times vary. Mindfulness classes run online for eight weeks on Thursdays, Oct 22 – Dec 10, 10am – noon. Some eligibility criteria apply.

For more information and to register call a Cancer Nurse on 13 11 20 or visit www.cancerwa.asn.au and search ‘Life Now’

Breast Cancer SupportThe Albany Breast Cancer

Group is a free social/support group for women touched by breast cancer. We meet quar-terly for a luncheon. Old and new members are invited lunch on September 14 at the Bridge Club, Mill Street, Albany from noon.

Please bring a small plate of savoury ‘fi nger food’ to share. Contact Veronica on 9844 1412 or Julie on 0436 320 117.

Breastscreen WAFree mobile screening mam-

mogram service is coming to Cranbrook from September 18 – 22 at Cranbrook Shire Hall, Gathorne Street. Bookings open now - online or contact-ing 13 20 50. All women aged 40-years and over are welcome to attend.

WalkingOver 50s walking group will

meet on Saturday September 12 at 9am at Emu Point beach for the Emu Beach round walk. Please bring your own morn-ing tea, and a chair. Contact Allan on 9844 8536 after 6pm.

Over 50s easy pace walk-ers will meet on Saturday September 12 at 9am, at The Esplanade, Lower King. Walk commences at 9.30am. Please bring your own morning tea and a chair. Contact Betty 9847 4462 or Eileen 9844 1460.

CyclingOver 50s cycling group will

meet on Wednesday Septem-ber 16 at 9am, at Oyster Har-bour Esplanade, for the King and Kalgan Ride, Dempster Road loop. Ride is 45km. Bay Merchants for coffee. For fur-

ther information please contact Mike on 0418 647 897 for information.

Over 50s easy riders cycling group. Will meet on Wednes-day September 16 at 9am at Emu Point (ocean side, near cafe). Ride Lower King Road, Henty Loop and return. Coffee at Kalgan Bridge cafe. Contact Anne on 0451 709 986.

Easy pace riders meet every Wednesday at 9am at Eyre Park. Leave from Eyre Park, for the ride. Contact Greg for details on 0409 532 055.

Keep Albany BeautifulJudges coming to Middleton

Beach, Mt Clarence, Mira Mar and Seppings in the Month of September. Please contact Lynley on 0427 755 691 to nominate your garden, your neighbour’s or friend’s.

FishingFishability invites people

with disabilities to participate in fi shing days in the Albany area 9am – 11.30am every Fri-day. Rods, bait and tackle are provided. Call 0429 883 989 or 0466 242 568 or info.albany@fi sherswithdisabilities.org.au

Albany Art Group For details, phone Suzanne

0400 591 916 or Abigail 0403 783 669. Contact Colin on 0428 936 631 for information regarding life drawing, paint-ing and instructional work-shops and exhibitions.

R/C YachtsIf you are interested in sailing

and racing international-class radio-controlled model yachts, the Albany Radio Sailing Club Inc sails on Wednesday and Sunday mornings every week from 9am - noon (weather permitting). Contact Phil 9842 8087 or Ian 0418 936 177.

Combined ProbusClub of Albany

Retirees and semi-retirees meet for fellowship, friend-ship and fun at the Combined Probus Club of Albany. We are a mixed gender club that welcomes singles and couples to enjoy life after retirement. Contact 0488 946 388 or email [email protected]

Snake RemovalIf you need a venomous

snake or other reptile removed, free licensed reptile re-locators are available. Contact 0409 753 997.

DepressionThe Depression Support Net-

work Albany is open. Contact Jo 0428 289 578.

The Nurses Remembrance

Association AlbanySeeking new members. The

Association meets three times a year to coordinate the an-nual Nurses Memorial Service. Members may also attend memorial services to honour nurses, past and present, in-volved in confl icts and peace-making. Contact Heather on 0427 424 416.

Albany Photographic Society

For further information con-tact 9844 1203 or 9844 7346.

BridgeAlbany Bridge Club runs

three sessions weekly at 1pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Lessons are avail-able also. Contact Alison on 0414 697 975.

Ace Camera ClubMeets at the Vancouver Arts

Centre 7.30pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Community photographic events, exhibitions, digital, film, video, alternative and weekly workshops. All skill levels welcome and a weekly coffee meet up for a chat.

Contact Bob 0481 315 262 or e-mail [email protected]

St Vincent de Paul Urgently need donations

of the following items in good condition: bed bases and mattresses, dining tables and chairs, chest of drawers, bedside cupboards, pots and pans. Please phone SVDP on 9841 6326 for collection of goods. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Parents and Friends of Gays and Lesbians

PFLAG Albany meet at Six Degrees every third Monday of each month at 5pm. Look for the rainbow fl ags.

King River Hall Events1520 Millbrook Road King

River. Verandah book swap open daily (free). Bring one, take one. Bring two, take two.

Albany Lace MakersContact 9842 5617.

CWA Albany BranchFor details: albanycwa@ya-

hoo.com.au, FB@cwaalbany, or 0403 783 669.

Dressmaking and General Sewing

Albany Cutting Edge sewing group welcomes new mem-bers. Contact Anne on 0407 929 542.

Albany Ratepayers and Residents

Association Inc.Contact 9841 7131 or email

[email protected]

Craft GroupPlease come to our knit and

natter craft group. Every Tues-day 1 – 3pm at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Hall, 322 Albany Highway, access also off North Road. Contact Lois Lang on 0429 620 025.

Free TutoringDo you know an adult whose

reading and writing is holding them back? Free, one-to-one tutoring with a trained volun-teer is available. 1800 018 802 www.read-write-now.org

Soroptimist International Albany

Women of all ages over 18 are invited to contact us. Con-tact President Bron on 0411 614 699 or email [email protected] with any other ques-tions.

Cards and GamesOver 50s cards and games

meet at 12pm every Thursday at the Guides Hall in Parker Street. Cards is grand canaster. We also play mah-jong and Scrabble. Contact Helen on 0439 194 916.

CadetsNew recruits for TS Vancou-

ver Navy Cadets in Albany are wanted. Male and female aged 13 to 17 years. Contact Graeme Palmer on 0429 063 607.

Albany Prostate Cancer Support Group

Contact Greg Kidd on 0433 404 920 or Allan Harris on 0400 401 719.

Homicide Victims Support Group

Has your life been affected by a homicide? Expressions of interest to create a support group to please call Brenda on 0447 005 482.

Albany BreakseaLadies Probus Club

New members and visitors welcome. Contact 9842 2176 or 0427 511 877.

Probus Clubs in the Great Southern

Probus provides retirees with the opportunity to meet with fellow retirees and join together in activities while enjoying the company of new friends. Clubs meet in Albany, Denmark, Kojonup and Mt Barker. Contact 0437 167 301.

Addiction Support Group

The support group is a self-management and recovery group for recovering or re-covered individuals from any form of addiction. Contact 9892 2100.

Family HistoryAlbany Regional Family

History Society Inc. Contact Selena on 0417 939 692.

ScrabbleContact Jane on 0429 448

666.

Weight Watchers Weight Watchers Federation

Albany. Contact Anne on 0412 937 641.

Alzheimer’s SupportHawthorn House, on Henry

Street in Warrenup, has sup-port groups for those support-ing someone with memory loss due to dementia. Contact Bev or Linda on 9841 3755.

Albany’s Make-A-Wish Foundation is seeking new members. If you can spare time, call 0418 124 805.

Men’s ShedsThe Katanning Men’s Shed.

Contact Ross on 0457 965 839.The Tambellup Men’s Shed.

Contact 9842 7544.

Friendship Force International

Do you enjoy travel and making new friends? If you’d like to fi nd out more about the Albany club, new members are welcome. Enquiries 0427 901 722.

Parkinson’sSupport Group

The Albany Parkinson’s Sup-

port Group meeting is held on the fi rst Tuesday of each month in the conference room at Lotteries House, North Road at 10am. Partners/carers also welcome. Contact Maureen 0419 443 287; [email protected] or Neu-rological Nurses 9841 5233.

DancingOver 50s-line dancing is held

at 9.30am every Tuesday, and Thursday at Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre, Barker Road. Fridays will be held at Albert Hall, Duke Street at 9.30am. Contact Jennifer on 9844 1199.

Over 50s social dancing will be held on Thursdays at 1 - 4pm at Antonia’s Dance Studio in Lockyer Avenue. Contact Monica 0427 374 144.

Toy LibraryRainbow Coast Toy Library

(“The old kindy rooms”, Ulster Road, rear St Joseph’s Col-lege). Enquiries [email protected] or fb: Rainbow Coast Toy Library.

BingoEvery Wednesday night,

doors open at 6pm, eyes down at 7pm. Beryl Grant Com-munity Centre, Lockyer. All Welcome. Contact Naomi 0438 841 663.

Volunteers Wanted ASHS Gardening

Albany Senior High School is also looking for people to tend to the School Memorial Garden. Contact Brad Hall on 9841 0444.

King River Hall EventsDjembe Drumming Sessions.

Mondays 1.30 - 2.30pm. First session free. Drums available for use or bring your own. Contact Joan on 0408 815 487.

Reading Volunteers Needed at ASHS

Volunteers sought to listen to year 7s and 8s from Albany Senior High School read and provide basic literacy inter-vention if required. Volunteers will always be supported by teachers and the Learning Sup-port Coordinator will provide induction.

Contact Karen Barden at: [email protected] or phone: 0438 028 646.

Karen does the required ‘se-curity’ checks for volunteers and gives the training ready for them to come in and meet the staff and get paired up with work. If you have put your name down before, could you please ring Karen and contact her with your information.

ArcheryRainbow Coast Archers

shoots on Saturdays with a 12.30pm muster and 1pm start at Simpson Road, off Chester Pass Road. Free coaching. Contact John on 9844 8042.

CroquetGomm Park Croquet Club

welcomes new players. Come and have a free try. Everything available. Contact Val on 9844 9776.

Albany Al-Anon Family Group

If your home is unhappy

because someone drinks too much, we can help you. Con-tact 0427 574 465 or 0437 190 155.

Albany Wildfl ower Society

The Albany branch meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm at the Her-barium on the corner of Moir Street and Hymus Street. All welcome. Contact 9845 1220.

Justice of the Peace Signing Centre

Justice of the Peace signing center has now resumed op-erations with reduced hours. Monday to Friday 10am to noon at the Albany Court Pre-cinct, Stirling Terrace, Albany. Personal protection measures are in place.

Port Probus Ladies ClubMeets on third Tuesday of

the month at Manley Hall, 331 Ulster Road at 9.15am for fun and friendship. Contact 9844 8316 or 0491 177 426.

Exercise to MusicOver 50s Time on Exercise

to Music is held at 9am every Monday and Wednesday at Scots Hall York Street, and at PCYC, Sanford Road on Fridays at 9am. Contact Diane 0428 161 630 (Mon), Win 9842 9884 (Wed), Jean 0408 095 481(Fri).

Over 50sOver 50s offi ce is at the Sen-

ior Citizens building in Grey Street West. Offi ce hours are 11am to 12pm, Monday and Friday. Phone 9841 3313.

Girl GuidesTrefoil Guild for former lead-

ers, ex-guides, parent helpers and interested women. Contact 9841 7627.

Speak Confi dentlySouthern Star Speaking Club.

Contact 0448 271 246.

ElvisThe Elvis Fan Club of WA.

Contact 9841 7131.

Ages 45 to late 50s Weekend Adventures

First trip in September. Time to venture out again and meet likeminded people. Male, fe-males, and couples welcome who enjoy a weekend drive somewhere to enjoy good cof-fee, walk or lunch somewhere different. Camping, bike rid-ing whatever we all decide on. Text Karen 0452 354 369 to join.

Grief Support GroupHelp and encouragement af-

ter the death of a spouse, child, family member or friend. Grief Share is a special weekly seminar and support group designed to help you rebuild your life after losing a loved one. Contact Kristen on 0431 999 603 or [email protected]

MyTimeMyTime is a free service that

is open and inclusive to all parents and carers of children with a disability or medical condition. Contact 9843 0077 or email [email protected] for more information. Creche/play helper provided.

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Railways upset league leaders

MICHAEL ROBERTS

RAILWAYS have pulled off the upset of the season in the Albany Netball Association, recording a six-point win over ladder-leading Royals Saints on the weekend.

Royals were unbeaten head-ing into the Round 10 A1 clash having defeated Railways by eight-points in their Round 5 contest.

But Railways turned the ta-bles on Saturday as they came from behind at half-time to fi ght out a famous win.

Despite the 40-34 loss, Roy-als fi nished the regular season one-point clear on top of the ladder.

Leading by two points at the end of the first quarter, Railways were clearly up for the contest early on in an end-to-end game of netball.

Royals fought back in the second quarter to lead by two goals at half-time, but Railways reversed that margin back in their favour at the fi nal change.

A 12-goal last term from Railways proved too much for the defending premiers, who slumped to their fi rst loss of the season.

Railways Coach Richelle

Warren said she was incredibly proud of the way her team rose to the challenge.

“The girls did really well; they got out there right from the fi rst whistle and gave it their all,” she said.

“We had a few strategies we worked on at training that we implemented on court.

“It was totally different to the fi rst time we played them. When you’ve lost once you go out that little bit harder. We ap-plied a lot of pressure.”

Warren praised Railways’ Hollee Siviour and Kiera Ste-phen for their defensive ef-forts.

“We got the turnovers when we needed them,” she said.

The two close rivals will now face off in a semi-fi nal this Saturday, with the winner going straight through to the

grand fi nal and enjoying a full week’s recovery.

Warren said her team would head into Saturday’s match-up with a full bill of health.

“It should be a really good fi nal,” she said.

“It could be anyone’s game. The last two games have been hard fought from both sides.”

The loser will play the win-ner of the second semi-fi nal between Narrikup and Gram-mar in a mid-week prelim on September 16.

The grand fi nal will be played on September 19 at 1pm.

In another finals dress re-hearsal on the weekend, Nar-rikup held out for their sixth win of the year over a daring Grammar side.

Narrikup fi nished 60-56 vic-tors in a high-scoring en-counter.

n Railways’ Shelby Upson assesses her options.

ANA A1 SEMI-FINALS FIXTURESSaturday 1pm: Narrikup v Grammar

Saturday 2.30pm: Royals v Railways

All games will be played at Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre on Court 6Photo: Michael Roberts

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IAN BEECK

FLIPZONE Albany re-turned victorious from a competition in Perth with eight of its participants claiming 11 medals.

Despite the event being the fi rst since lockdown, the group were far from rusty and many were awarded for new moves they had been working on.

Flipzone Owner and Coach Kay Panton said it was fantastic to see the happiness and energy of

the children competing after waiting so long.

“All the children were very excited to be able to compete and fi nally show their routines,” she said.

“They had been training for a competition prior to COVID-19 which had to be cancelled, and all of them exceeded my expectations at this com-petition. I’m very proud of them all.

“Only two participants had competed before, but for all the others it was

their first competition and handled the pressure brilliantly.

“I think we have some up and coming little stars.”

Flipzone is based in the Master Builders Complex on Graham Street and has been running for seven years.

In that time its partici-pants have achieved many state and national titles.

Ruby Beckett will be competing in Novem-ber in the fi rst national

Trampolinists are fl ipping fantastic

North face eliminationafter stinging 1-0 loss

NORTH Albany will face Man-ypeaks in a do-or-die preliminary final in the Women’s A-grade hockey this Saturday after the Redbacks blew a chance to secure top spot over the weekend.

Heading into the last round of the home and away season, North Al-bany only needed a draw against third-placed Manypeaks to go straight through to the grand fi nal.

But the Redbacks couldn’t fi nd the back of the net on Saturday afternoon as they went down 1-0 to Peaks.

Rachael Goetze scored the game’s only goal as defensive pressure won out.

Alice Lydiate was red hot in the

midfi eld for Peaks, while Emma Pyle and Javana Hounsfi eld were strong support acts.

North Albany’s Beck Gallimore and Nicole Spinks showed their team will be far from easy beats in this weekend’s rematch.

Mount Barker on the other hand seized their opportunity to steal top spot on goal difference with a 3-1 victory over Vikings at Mount Barker Hockey Stadium.

Barker’s Amy Sandilands scored a brilliant hat-trick as her side cruised home to victory in the second half.

Meanwhile, North Albany’s men’s team booked a place in this year’s grand fi nal after grinding

out a 1-1 draw with Manypeaks.

The Redbacks will play the winner of a Spencer Park v Man-ypeaks elimination fi nal.

Spencer Park head into the fi nals series in sparkling form, with a midweek 3-0 win over North Albany and a 5-2 victory over Mount Barker.

Mitch Dolan and Darren Parkes were the major avenues to goal for Spencer Park, combining for seven goals in the two matches.

The women’s and men’s A-grade grand finals will be played on Saturday, September 19.

– Michael Roberts

n Manypeaks’ Javana Hounsfi eld has the ball as Redbacks’ Michelle Ericsson and Lauren Spinks apply pressure.

Photo: Michael Roberts

qualifier for next years nationals.

She had secured her place on the state team to go earlier this year before the cancellation.Competition results: Ashlyn Cook – 2nd Double Mini Trampoline (DMT) Level 2. Lola Cekerevac – 1st Trampoline, 3rd DMT, 1st Synchro Level 2. Molly Stan-Bishop – 2nd DMT Level 1, 1st Syn-chro (with Lola)Level 2.Miranda Davy – 2nd Trampoline, 1st DMT, 2nd Synchro Level 1. Ebony Davy – 2nd Syn-chro, (with younger sister Miranda) Level 1.Ruby Beckett – 2nd in Level 5 DMT completing a new move. n Molly Stan-Bishop and Lola Cekerevac with their medals.

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Expressions of interest for 2020/21. Raiders tryouts are now open. Tryouts will be held

on 18th and 25th September and 7th October.

Please view the ABA website for further information on how to register.

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n Manypeaks’ Leah Field controls the ball as Redbacks’ Abby O’Neill applies pressure in the Lower Great Southern Hockey Association’s clash on Saturday.


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