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The Week that Was with Khadija Hadjab of the Shepparton News

This interview first aired on Friday the 5th of July, 2024 on ONE FM 98.5 Shepparton.

One FM breakfast announcer Plemo is joined by Khadija Hadjab, journalist from the Shepparton News who gives us 'The Week That Was' weekly news wrap of everything that's been happening in the Goulburn Valley.

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Duration:: 31m
Broadcast on:: 07 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

Ah, morning rituals, finding slippers, popping on the kettle, the smell of toast, having your day ruined by the bloody plastic wrap on the shepherton news. The wrap is for sandwiches, not newspapers, Fridays 8am, a time for cicato and plem-o, on 1 FM 98.5 unless she's late again. Folks, she hasn't even turned up, she sent somebody in to actually fill in her spot today. Now, Katja, is that correct? Yeah. Katja, talk nice and loud. Hello. There we go. Now, you're with the shepherton news? I am. You are. Now, that's not a shepherton accent, so let's tell the listeners a little bit about you to start off with. I'm originally from France, and I have been in Australia for 11 years, and I have been in shepherton for six months. Do you like shepherton? I do, actually. You've only been here six months. Now, you're working with the shepherton news. Yes. So, you've got some articles. Now, you were telling me about coffee? I was. For all coffee lovers, there's some great news. Yeah. Busy being opened a second location in Shepherton North next to Mackels, and according to manager Dylan Butler, he took six months of back and forth meetings to get this project off the ground. Yep. And they will be opening on Saturdays from tomorrow. From tomorrow? Yep. And they are planning on opening on Sundays, too, in the future. Yep. So, is it, are they having any specials tomorrow, do you know? I don't. I'm not sure. Free donut with the coffee? You wish. Yeah, I wish. I certainly do wish. Well, that's really good. So, where was that located again? Because we've got one down the South of Shepherton. Yes. So, that one is next to Mackels in Shepherton North. Oh, so, it's just over there. Yes. Oh. Well, there you go. They won't be open when I come to work, but which sort of sucks, which means I'm stuck with the Golden Archer's coffee or coffee that I make myself. Ah, there you go. So, busy being second location, there's a lot of fans of busy being. Have you had their coffee? Yes, I have, actually. Do you like it? I do. How's it right against French coffee? Um, compared French coffees are the worst, so... Are the worst? Yes. Oh, well, I hope there's no French people listening because this isn't... Well, I'm sure they will all agree if they've had Australian coffee. OK, let me ask you this question about France versus Australia. Who's got the better cheese? Well, us, obviously. Yeah. I knew you were going to say that. I knew you were going to say that. Now, do you have another article? I do. What do you got? Um, I have the Cub Room Cemetery launching QRIP Memories medallions, so... QRIP? Yes. What does that mean? It's medallions that are, which have memories, photos, and visual and audible memories attached to them, and they're onto the plaque, the headstone, or urn of the people in the cemetery. Ah, so they're like those little round. They almost look like brooches. Yes. That's what they are. I said brooches, brooches, and then I thought, maybe she doesn't know what a brooches. I do. Oh, no, you do. I know. It's really good, and I probably should have said nothing. It's not a French word, actually. Is it? Yeah, I would say so. The C-H-E is definitely French. Okay, so if you're in France and you want to say brooches, how do you say it? In broche. Broche. In broche. Is it in broche? In broche. In broche. Yeah. Does that mean one broche? Yes. Oh, okay. Yep. All right. So what else do you have? Um, we're talking about the closure of the Darrangal Jail. Yeah. It's 140 or 160 jobs. Um, let me just get one of those. So it's 250 jobs, including 160 jobs on site, which will be terminated on the 31st of August. Staff learned of the closure of the jail in media releases. Mm-hmm. And... Oh, so they found out through the newspaper. Yes. Oh, my goodness. That would suck. It would, especially given that they have eight weeks to either relocate into states to other facilities or find another job in another industry. Just built my life. Just had a kid. Just bought a house. Got a loan on a car. Oh, you're sacked. Yes. You got eight weeks. Yeah, that's terrible. Yeah. So I believe that they're looking to redeploy some of the staff locally and other jobs, but I can't see how they can cover that many jobs. Yes. That's a lot of jobs. Is there anything in the article where they say where they're going to deploy them to? Is it to other prisons or other things to do with councils and stuff, or it doesn't, they don't really say? Well, I have a quote from state member for Euroa Annabelle Cleland mentioning... Yeah. Well, folks, it's time for quotes with Katia. Katia. Katia. That won't be the last time she corrects me, folks. Hopefully it will be. So Annabelle Cleland said, "The only option provided to staff so far has been to uproot their lives and move across the stage to other facilities or find employment in your industries locally." Yeah. So that's the only option staff have. Yeah. Yeah. So it's pretty much here. You're on your own. Pretty much. This song, so you guys don't get bored of my voice and we'll be back in just a moment. We are speaking with, don't say, you know, Katia. Yes. I got it. We're speaking with Katia from the Sheppeter News. That's it. 98.5. One FM on Plummer. Good morning. 98.5 or one FM live and local. Thanks for tuning in. We are speaking with, ah, crap. Katia. Yes. Did I get it right? Yes. Katia from the Sheppeter News. Yeah. What's this guy called? The traveling Jackaroo. Jackaroo. Yeah. Now, Katia asked me if I could describe it. The short answer is no, but it's basically a tractor with a tinny above it, which is upside down, which has a kayak on top of it, but the tinny is covered with what looks like shoes around the outside, like a swagman's hat with corks. And then there's like a box trailer on the back of the tractor and that has a plane on it. It looks like a maybe a cessna. It doesn't have the wings. So over to Katia to explain what this is about. So Sam Hughes travels through Australia on his chamberlain 9G tractor and he was passing through Shepperton. The 21 year old traveling Jackaroo has been traveling across the country to raise money for charity. Okay. Initially, he wanted to do this project for a year, but he's been doing that for three and a half years and he's raised so far $250,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Dolly's Dream and Farm Angels. That explains the plane, doesn't it? Yes. Ah, there you go. It goes from clear as mud to crystal clear water. Ah, so he's raising money for, what did you say it was for? The Royal Flying Doctor Service. Yeah, of course. A plane, yeah. Yes. And Farm Angels. Well, did you get to interview him or did somebody else? Brie actually interviewed him. Ah, yeah. She wrote a great article which I highly recommend. It's called The Traveling Jackaroo and it is in today's paper. Fantastic. We're going to have to go to the news in just a second, but folks, if you get a chance to check out a picture of The Traveling Jackaroo, please do because it's, well, it's like a Where's Wally? One of those pictures where there's a million things in the photo and you can't describe it. And look, you see something new each time, 98.5 or 1 FM's. 98.5. The 1 FM's. Pro, I guess, a global, keeping it local, 1 FM, 1 FM. We're talking about the week that was the shepherder news and once again, I start to white knuckle it because I'm going to try and pronounce Caddaja. Yes. Oh, nailed it. I am so good. Okay, Caddaja. Now, I feel relaxed. Well, I've got a shaved head. What do you know about shaved heads? I know that Deb and Bruce Lynch managed to raise a staggering 14,450 dollars for the world's greatest shave. Yeah, yeah. It was a great day. It was a great day. And somebody else won the cordless drill in the prize pack, which I'm not happy about, but such is life. It was all for a good course. So they raised 14,000 dollars. Yes. So they decided to take action when they saw their friend Karen going through cancer and treatment. Ah, hence Karen's Cobbers. Was their team name? I'm not sure. Okay. Yes. I'm not sure about the last name. She, Karen needed to stay in Melbourne to receive her treatment. And Karen and her husband, Peter, would stay in accommodation provided by the Leukemia Foundation for free over the course of seven months. And that inspired Deb and Bruce Lynch to do everything they can to raise funds for the Leukemia Foundation. They got many people involved. Yeah, there would have had to been at least eight or nine people that got their heads shaved, eyebrows shaved, beards shaved. One guy I didn't even recognize him, Nefi, from, we talk, we listen, he looked like a different man. I mean, your, your hair is your feature. It's part of your feature. And when it's not there, it completely changes someone's face. What are you saying, I'm bald? What are you saying, Karen? No, eyebrows are, I was more talking about eyebrows than hair. Okay. Yeah. Well, they took at least two centimetres off his eyebrows. They were big. They were big though, like a shaggy dog, love your Nefi, love your work. Yeah. So they raised a lot of money. I actually have the names of the people who, who got, who took part in the greatest show. Yeah. Okay. Should we give them a shout out? We can give them a shout out. Yes. Great. So we have Vinnie Bovallino, an eight year old who was the youngest courageous one too. I think he was first. Probably maybe. I think he was first. Yeah. Yeah. And then we have Peter Oates, James Oates, Melissa Watford, Amelie, Amelie Mornecks, Steve Nef. Is that how you, Mollynecks? Is that how you, I thought it was Marnieye? Marnecks. Marnecks. Oh, there you go. Yeah. Nefi from, we listen and was that, was there more, there was more than that, wasn't it? That's the names that I have from the article, but yeah. Yeah, it took a long time, but that must have been Nefi's eyebrows, I think, that it seemed to go longer than that. But it was a fantastic day and it was supported, $14,000. That's incredible. It is. For just a couple of people to get their heads shaved. It's absolutely unbelievable. I take my hair off to them. Great work, Deb, Amel, Nefi, all the people down there and a big thanks to Josh Revens also who emceeed that event now, a greater shepherd and secondary college. What's going on down there? So on the 20th of June, they, students from GSSE performed as part of a refugee week. It was a vibrant celebration of performances that combine music and dance from various countries. It was a great moment to come together and celebrate the beauty of diversity, unity and inclusion. I attended the event and... Did you? Yes. How did you feel like having a French background going to a multicultural event? Did you feel included? I do. Australia is very much so a place where you feel included if you're from overseas, I believe. I guess maybe it depends on where you're from as well. I have to say that we all have privileges we're unaware of and perhaps I'm privileged that way and welcome in spaces where others aren't necessarily. Look, it's really easy to appreciate Australia. You go to some other countries and you just see how bad they've got it and you come back to Australia and you're just like, "Oh man, we've got it so good here. We have got it so good. We're still here." So obviously you agree with that. So it was a good performance? Yeah, it was great. They were performances from Burundi, Afghanistan, Hazaragi culture, Congolese culture and Pacifica group. Yeah. And I wanted to give you a bit of a background on refugee week if you were up for it. Did you hear voice raised then? I don't think I'm going to argue with Kevin Jones. Go ahead. The microphone is yours. Because we celebrate refugee week but it's important to know the history of events and how they started, I think. Okay. So it started with major general Paul Colin, an Australian visionary philanthropist and passionate refugee advocates who dreamed of celebrating those who bravely faced countless dangers to live a life they chose and honoring the contributions refugee make to their communities. So on November 9, 1989, the first celebration of refugee week was held in Sydney and consisted of a march of about 200 multicultural groups and was followed by a picnic. What started as a small local event gained magnitude over the years? There you go. There you go. And, well, we're melting pot of cultures here in Sheviden. Do you know what that means? I do. We have some fantastic food shops, absolutely fantastic food. Food shops. Which one's your favorite? Well, I don't know whether it's been robbed because there was police tape over it when I went to go and get me Saturday night spicy chicken. And I think it's called Nangpore or something. It's Indonesian and Malaysian. Yeah. Amelie actually took me there. Emile actually took me there. And that's my favorite. Yes. It's funny being a white guy and I walked in like, oh, can I get that spicy stuff? And that's spicy stuff. Kind of like it's spicy. It's like, I felt judged for being white that they couldn't, they didn't think I could handle the heat, but I handled it and I've been going back for more ever since. That would be my favorite one. What about yourself? I haven't tried that many in Shepiden, I have to say. But yeah, I'll have to think, well, maybe we can move on to another. All right. She doesn't talk about, yeah, what's next you vegan? I'm vegetarian. You are? Is that okay? No, vegetarian. What does that mean? I eat the oak and I eat honey and yes, vegan is just solely fruits and veg, mostly I think. Yeah. And vegetarian is just not eating any meat. Dear legs. I do. Yeah. And you obviously eat cheese. I eat cheese. Yes. Well, there you go. Vegetarian in the house, folks. That just took a bit of a twist, didn't it? I think it's fine. You know, many people are becoming vegetarian because of the climate crisis we're facing. Yeah. So. So why, how, how will vegetarianism fix the climate crisis? Well, the meat industry is one of the biggest, um, polluter and, um, carbon, um... Producers? Producers in the world, because all these, um, cows release these gas, I think it's methane. And it's... Yeah, they, they, they fart, methane. So, yeah. They do. So it's actually not good for the environment and you don't actually need to eat meat to sustain a healthy lifestyle. Okay. 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And so that was back in April and I spoke with many victim survivors and was privileged to be entrusted with their stories. And I delve deeper into the issue and did extensive research on the measures that were addressed by Prime Minister Albanese emergency national meeting, sorry. And wrote an in-depth piece on domestic violence. It covers many aspects of gender-based violence. I'm Sophie Clark. Sophie, I've told you a thousand times not to do that. Sorry, keep going. The article covers many aspects of gender-based violence from the depiction of women in adult movies to the way domestic violence affect migrants, communities. And it's a fresh outlook on the matter and with 39 women who have lost their lives to a current or ex-partner so far in 2024. Nuts. It's a must read. Yeah. These deaths are preventable and unacceptable. And we must demand more from the government to tackle gender-based violence. It's time for change and the change is now. So do you think without sounding racist, do you think there is a standout culture or cultures where it's more likely to be domestic violence? Or is it across the board? I understand every single culture has it, every single religion, every single everybody has it. But is there one that's worse than the others? You've noticed. You don't have to say who or anything like that. Well, to be honest with you, I think violence has many faces. And gaslighting is also domestic violence. Certain communities tend to use more types of violence than others, but violence exists across all genders, all communities, all strats of the community. No one is less... No one's immune. Exactly. So I think we can't just look at it saying that certain communities are more prone to it than others, we're all affected by this. This is why 39 women have lost their lives. Yeah, it's bloody crazy, eh? It's absolutely nuts and domestic violence comes in so many forms. It comes in words. It comes in fists. It comes in emotional blackmail. People holding things emotionally over other people's heads, forcing them into positions. It's right across the board. Is there a way out? There is. Inviting victim survivors to the table when designing measures that affect them. Would you trust someone who has no experience in hairdressing, give you a haircut? So that doesn't apply to you. No, no, no. I get what you're saying. So why do we let people who have no idea what they're talking about, design measures that won't necessarily make an impact because there are so many blind spots that they have. People do need things to change. That's why they need people who have experienced that to design these measures because they know what they're talking about. Yeah, but in general, you don't go and see a bakery to build a house. Yes. There's no point having a bakery in charge of building a house. You need a builder in charge of building a house. So for somebody to go, okay, well, I read these articles. Yes, they might get some kind of idea about domestic violence, but until you're in something and you live through it, you don't understand what the difference is. So you're 100% correcting saying those people that have experienced domestic violence, they're not going into business for themselves to get revenge. They're just saying exactly, this is what happens. These are the things that affected me and you can't do that. You can think and you can act in the best interests and you can think that you're doing the right thing. But unless you're directly intertwined with people that have experienced it, you're not going to cover as many bases as you'd like to pretty much. Yes, that's it. Now let's end with something a little more happier. Yes. That's right, folks, I've remembered her name. Go me. Now, what's been going on? What's on? So there's the Shepherd Con happening this weekend. Oh, there certainly is. Are you covering that? I won't be. No. Ah, I had Q in there. I had Q in the studio yesterday since Quentin's sung. Is that right? Q, get a Q if you're listening. All about that. Big event. Yes. Almost sold out. Yes. Do you like board games? I do, actually. What is your board game? Sequence. What is sequence? It's like, try to explain a board game on the radio. Yeah. Well, that's what you're about to do. Okay. So it's like, it's a tactical game where you have to, to bluff, I guess, until you win. Okay. Yes. Okay. That sounds just like one of the games they're running a tournament in down there called Blood on the clock tower. How dark is that for a board game? Pretty dark. It's really dark. Yeah. Yeah. So, shepicon's on today, tomorrow and Sunday, down at the terminus. Yes. It's at the terminus, noon to midnight, 9am to midnight on Saturday, and 9am to 6pm on Sunday. And Saturday night is 8pm night. You can dress up as an 8pm person if you like. Quentin wanted everybody to know that it wasn't his idea to have an 8pm night, but it is an 8pm night, 8pm night. And it looks like a lot of fun. They're lovely people, they're friendly people, and apparently no one is going to spit the dummy and get angry if they lose. Quentin tells me, "Well, not in public, anyway." So we've got Shepicon. What else do we have on? There's a school holiday movie afternoon on Saturday, yes, at the Sheperton Library. Yeah. From 230 to 430. What's a movie? The Bad Guys. It's for kids, since it's the school holidays. Yeah. There will be free popcorn, and yes, the movie is about a crew of animal outlaws who are about to attempt their most challenging con yet, becoming model citizens. Oh, okay. That sounds cool. That sounds like me. That sounds like me trying to be a model citizen, talking into a microphone, but I'm just a bug, and I don't know what to say, folks. Well, that sounds like a lot of fun. So that's taking place at the Sheperton Library. Yes. Tomorrow. Yep. What else is happening? We have whole stories at Taligarupna. Okay. All right. Education, Taligarupna. Say it. Taligarupna. Taligarupna. Taligarupna. Taligarupna. Mate. That'll teach you. Taligarupna, mate? No. Okay. A whole stories? Yeah. So three-time Melbourne Comedy Festival best show nominee, Damian Calinan, is heading to Taligarupna. On Friday night with his show, Whole Stories, as part of the River Links in your town series. Yes. And Whole Stories is a live comedy, comedy, comedy, comedy show that documents Australia's beloved meeting places, cultures, characters, history and stories. So it's happening at 7.30. Yep. Tonight. Tonight. I'm going on at the Taligarupna Soldiers Memorial Hall. That's it. And if you'd like to book through River Links, Office of 58329511 would be the number. Are you getting down there? I won't be. Do you know who Damian Calin is? No, actually I don't. Nobody seems to know. I've been trying to give away a double pass for this for days. He is an absolute bloody legend of Australian comedy and stand up. Yeah. I can guarantee you, if people saw his face, the ticket would go like that in the click of your fingers. But no one seems to do that. I do have a double pass to give away, folks, 58313131. But ring me after 9. Don't ring me right now because we're busy. What else is happening? On Saturday, there's laser tag. Laser tag, yeah. Yeah. So it's at Kids Town, noon to 4pm and it's for children under, children 12 and under. Yep. So that's taking place at the All Abilities Playground, round the back near Aquamores. I just know that it's happening at Kids Town. Oh, okay. You know more than I do. Oh, no. Wait, wait, wait. Did you say Kids Town? Yes, in Marupna. No, I've got that completely wrong, folks. Don't go to the Aquamores All Abilities Park. I don't have it in front of me, the details. So it's happening at Kids Town. What time? Uh, noon to 4pm. Do you like playing laser tag? Yeah, it's pretty fun. It's pretty fun. Yeah. It's not too bad. And what else is happening? Is there much else going on in the Gulf and Valley? I know you can go fishing because they've just put trout in the lake. Small hooks, people. Small hooks. There's the Jimmy Sons vs Fitzroy City happening at, I can't pronounce this, noon-hour-wadding city. None-a-wadding. None-a-wadding. Yep. This Saturday? Yep. It's at 5pm. Well guess what, cat-a-jaw? Tell me. We're out of time. No. I've got to go to the 9 o'clock news. I'll be back straight after the 9 o'clock news. I'd like to say thank you to Cat-a-jaw for coming in today. She's done a fantastic job filling in for Nicola. Way more information than Nicola. Oh. Well, I shouldn't say that. No, I love Nicola. She's fantastic. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me. You've been listening to a 1FM podcast.