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Loddon HERALD Vol 3 No 6 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2023 ISSN 2653-1550
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Reject packaging board to success A CARDBOARD carton returning Chris Duffy’s rejected entry in Australia’s premier portrait art prize the Archibald is now the canvas for his award-winning painting at Pyramid Hill. The Bendigo artist, who painted the Jack Kelly Mural at Pyramid Hill Museum in 2021, on Friday night was named winner of the top prize in the town’s first art show and exhibition. Chris entered just one work in the show - a portrait of fellow Bendigo artist Iain Wilson titled Man of Many Hats. “Iain has a massive collection of hats and is always buying more from op-shops,” said Chris. “This was a painting I did a few years ago and then decided to finish it a few weeks back, using the cardboard box that was used to return my rejected Archibald entry. I had a lot of fun painting it.” More than 150 people attended Friday’s opening at Pyramid Hill Memorial Hall, among them Victoria Hotel owner and show sponsor Paul Carter and progress association president Andrew Bewicke who took time to admire Chris’ best-in-show entry. The exhibition of more than 200 works from artists and school children closes today. REPORT, PHOTOS - PAGE 4
ELECTRICITY LINK OPTION REPORT EXPECTED TODAY
POWER TESTING
NEW options for overhead power lines connecting Victoria and New South Wales are expected to be released today, The Kerang Link through northern Loddon properties announced as the preferred option last August is expected to be one of seven route options Australian Energy Market
Operator is due to release its regulatory investment test for transmission report - or feasibility study - for the original two options and an extra five routes following submissions last year. The Loddon Herald understands AEMO will allow just six weeks for consultation on the report that has assessed each option and determined a preferred choice.
Prairie’s Donald McGauchie last August said that approvals were already in place for properties in the Loddon Shire to contribute three gigawatts to the interstate connector with the potential to at least double inputs if the project proceeded with a 2031 completion. The preferred route announcement said VNI West would run a high capacity 500 kilovolt dou-
ble-circuit overhead transmission line connecting Western Renewables Link at Ballarat with a new Project EnergyConnect terminal station at Dinawan, between Jerilderie and Coleambally The State Government on Sunday said it was “accelerating a vital new connection between the Victorian and New South Wales electricity grids, helping to se-
cure reliable energy supplies and bring down energy prices. “The Government has enabled the Australian Energy Market Operator to start early works on the VNI West project,” the Government said. It said an order had be made to enable the market operator to immediately carry out preparatory and detailed engineering design this year.
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