Cape York Weekly Edition 172 by Cape York Weekly

Cape York Weekly FREE – #172 | Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Aurukun names top citizens – Page 2

Editor Lyndon Keane: 0419 891 666 | editor@capeyorkweekly.com.au

KAP: Scrap the Olympic Games – Page 8

New TCICA boss has big plans – Page 12

TOURISTS SCRAMBLE TO SAFETY German tourists Philipp Maier (pictured) and Marcel Schoene are lucky to be alive after a Google Maps failure caused them to become stranded in a flooded Cape York national park near Coen for a week. Turn to Page 5 to find out how they walked out of the wilderness.

Candidates emerge

Cape York and Torres Strait voters heading to the ballot boxes on 16 March will have plenty of choice on how their new council looks after 223 candidates put their hand up for mayoral and councillor representation. See how many candidates your community has on Page 2.

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No shortage of candidates for Cape council elections WHILE candidate numbers are down slightly from four years ago, electors across Cape York and Torres Strait will have plenty of options when they cast their votes in next month’s Queensland local government elections. Nominations for the 16 March quadrennial council elections closed at 12pm on 13 February, with 223 candidates throwing their hat in the ring across the 14 local government areas within the Cape York Weekly readership area. With generally strong numbers recorded across the northernmost part of the state, Weipa Town Authority (WTA) had the only uncontested race for the mayor/chair position, while Northern Peninsula

CANDIDATE NUMBERS IN YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL AURUKUN 3 mayoral; 6 councillor COOK SHIRE 3 mayoral; 19 councillor DOUGLAS SHIRE 3 mayoral; 12 councillor HOPE VALE 9 mayoral; 20 councillor KOWANYAMA 8 mayoral; 10 councillor LOCKART RIVER 2 mayoral; 8 councillor MAPOON 4 mayoral; 7 councillor

NAPRANUM 2 mayoral; 6 councillor NORTHERN PENINSULA AREA 5 mayoral; 13 councillor PORMPURAAW 4 mayor; 12 councillor TORRES SHIRE 2 mayoral; 12 councillor TORRES STRAIT REGIONAL 5 mayoral; 33 councillor WEIPA TOWN AUTHORITY 1 chair; 6 member WUJAL WUJAL 2 mayoral; 6 councillor

Area Regional Council (Division 3) and Torres Strait Island Regional Council (Divisions 2, 4, 11 and

13) struggled for nominations in some areas to lock in uncontested councillor appointments.

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Two of the most exciting political showdowns appear to taking shape on opposite sides of Cape York, with Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council and Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council receiving a combined 17 mayoral and 30 councillor nominations. Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) First Nations Engagement Officer Quentin Barba said he was pleased with the number of Cape York residents, especially those in Indigenous council areas, standing up with a desire to represent their communities. “It’s been a good turnout for candidates all throughout the Cape and Torres Strait area. One thing ECQ tried to do this year is to just

up the engagement, and that’s why I was brought on board as a First Nations Engagement Officer, to increase candidate nominations across the region, and then with voter turnout in the next phase of the process,” Mr Barba said. But while the candidate outcome for Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council – two mayoral and six councillor nominations – is being heralded as a success, it remains to be seen how the voting process will be managed. An ECQ spokesperson told Cape York Weekly it was “confirming the voting services that will be provided for Wujal Wujal electors to enable their participation in the current elections”.

Aurukun recognises top achievers in community By CHISA HASEGAWA

AURUKUN is home to the youngest Police Liaison Officer (PLO) in the state, and she has now been recognised for her role in youth leadership in the remote Indigenous community. Chantelle Walmbeng was awarded Aurukun Young Citizen of the Year at a ceremony held on 17 February. Mayor Keri Tamwoy said the Aurukun Shire Council awards recognised people who had shown community leadership for the Wik, Wik Waya and Kugu people. “Chantelle was an active founding member of the PCYC Kang Kang Youth Leadership team, where she volunteered her time and was a part of many community initiatives,” Mayor Tamwoy explained. “In her free time, she has been attending Koolkan Aurukun State School to assist in the mornings, and to support the young people of Aurukun in achieving an education.” Ms Walmbeng’s ambition has served as an inspiration for the youth in the community. “She became the Police Liai-

Chantelle Walmbeng receives her award from Deputy Mayor Craig Koomeeta.

son Officer for PCYC Aurukun in March 2023 while completing Year 12, becoming the youngest PLO in Queensland,” Mayor Tamwoy said. “In this role, Chantelle has demonstrated a commitment to learn, and shows up every day for work on time.” Mayor Tamwoy said the young PLO was never one to back down from a challenge in order to improve her community. “Chantelle’s leadership and willingness to take on new challenges, such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award, will ensure she

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is a force for change in the Aurukun community for years to come,” she said. “The young leader is speaking at the Say No to Domestic Violence conference in Cairns this month about her life experiences, and the support to reduce domestic violence in the community.” Also recognised at Saturday’s ceremony was Koolkan Aurukun State School principal Baressa Frazer, who was named Citizen of the Year. Mayor Tamwoy described Ms Frazer as a “strong, elegant and passionate Wik woman” who

worked as a tireless advocate for Aurukun’s children. “She has returned to her community to lead local education as the principal of Koolkan Aurukun State School, where she connects teachers and employees to culture and community,” Mayor Tamwoy said. “Her passion and knowledge of culture, language and community is invaluable, and she teaches both children and adults with a gentle strength.” Ms Frazer is currently in the process of implementing Wik teaching methodology at the school, which she researched and designed in collaboration with the language groups, elders and the Aak Puul Ngantam rangers. “The work is monumental, and is creating a pathway for Aurukun students to successfully learn, while keeping their culture alive,” Mayor Tamwoy explained. “I congratulate Baressa and Chantelle, who are outstanding role models for the youth of Aurukun, and are determined that our younger generation will have a better future on their homelands.”

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look WTA could use to drive local growth and development. “It’s good that I don’t have to wait another month to find out, but I’ll take it,” she said. “I kind of thought that someone might have put their hat in the ring; they haven’t had an unopposed spot for chair in their memory, so I’m not sure the last time it happened.” One key objective on the incoming chair’s radar is working with stakeholders to ensure there is adequate land to allow business and residential growth within Weipa, especially in terms of housing.

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“I’ll probably just focus on progress towards being more sustainable; normalisation is not even a thing I’m thinking of at the moment.” When asked about the six candidates who had nominated to fill the three elected WTA vacancies, Ms Gane said she was impressed by the quality of Weipa residents standing up to represent the township. “I’m stoked with the candidates we’ve got,” she said. “There’s some great people who have put their hand up; they are very active in the community, so that’s fantastic. “It will be nice to have some new fresh perspectives … to take a new look at the long-running battles WTA has been having, and some new ideas. “It’s always good to have someone new come in and go ‘what about this?’’ The elected representatives will join the two members appointed by Rio Tinto, and the member appointed by Alngith Traditional Owners to form a seven-person leadership team.

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“Everyone needs housing for all their staff, and everyone’s been struggling with that,” Ms Gane said. “I’m committed to working with Rio Tinto to open up more land for economic and social growth. “My focus will be more on to do what we can do, and opening up opportunities that aren’t reliant on Rio.” The transformation of Weipa to a conventional local government is likely to remain at the periphery of decision makers over the coming four years, however, Ms Gane said she believed WTA would better serve the community by targeting self-controlled wins, rather than waiting to see whether Rio Tinto or the State Government developed an appetite to take the first steps of the normalisation waltz. “It can be our priority all we want, but if it’s not Rio’s, and it’s not the State Government’s, it’s better to spend our time planning and developing things we can control,” she said without hesitation.

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BEING elected unopposed is allowing incoming Weipa Town Authority chair Jamie Gane to bypass campaign mode and focus instead on priorities she says are critical to the long-term sustainability of the western Cape York community. Last week, the WTA returning officer announced Ms Gane was the sole nomination to replace long-serving Chair Michael Rowland, who is set to walk away from public life after representing the Weipa community for 16 years. With Mr Rowland, Deputy Chair Stretch Noonan and Dave Donald not seeking re-election, the next WTA elected membership will be fresh faces around the boardroom table with the exception of Ms Gane, who will make a return, this time in the top job. Speaking to Cape York Weekly, she said being elected unopposed would allow her to immediately shift her energy towards developing strategies the new-

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Cook Shire Deputy Mayor Robyn Holmes is vying for the top job.

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Three in the mix to replace mayor By LYNDON KEANE

DESPITE having embarked on remarkably different journeys to their nominations, the three candidates aiming to claim the top job at Cook Shire Council share a common goal: a stronger, successful community. When the Electoral Commission of Queensland announced the final nomination list on 13 February, 2024, three Cook Shire residents – Robyn Holmes, Ian Murray and Kenny Reid – emerged as the ones who would campaign to replace long-serving Mayor Peter Scott. After dedicating 20 years to the Cook Shire community, Mayor Scott confirmed earlier this month that the current council term would be his last. Farmer Ian Murray, who operates a property on the Endeavour Valley Road, halfway between Cooktown and Hope Vale, said his main focus would be on bringing families to the region, and encour-

aging self-sufficiency and multigeneration associations with Cook Shire. “My focus overall is families,” he explained. “It’s the connection and investment in people and families. “Obviously, we’ve got tourism and that up here, but I think homesteading and families are my focus.” Mr Murray, who has also previously worked for the council and in community residential childcare, said he believed the key to developing the Cook Shire local government area was getting people to fall in love with the region, adding it would not be possible without adequate housing and employment opportunities. “It’s the connection and investment in people and families,” he told Cape York Weekly. “It’s a retention thing; if the children can’t stay and they have to move away to find somewhere to live or [gain] employment, it means our grandchildren will be

away eventually as well. It’s about keeping families together.” Current Deputy Mayor Robyn Holmes will seek a third term representing the community and said she believed she could bring experience and leadership to what could be an extremely new-look council. “I kind of feel as though it’s a new term, the current mayor’s not standing … so I think it’s a good opportunity to take the lead role,” she said on 14 February. “I committed to it quite a few months ago, probably six months ago. “It’s purely based on my desire to make the community a better place, and support continued employment growth and continued economic development.” Ms Holmes said listening and responding to the voice of the Cook Shire community would be at the forefront of her leadership style if successful on 16 March. “My approach is going to be that I want projects to be commu-

nity led,” she said as she outlined her mayoral strategy. “The basis of my leadership is that we are the trustees of public money; we need to listen to the community wants, and what the community need is.” Kenny Reid is well known across Cape York through his business interests and said an eclectic professional background would allow him to bring an allrounder mindset to the council chamber. He admitted the decision to run for mayor had not been taken lightly, but said he believed the strength of the council’s existing executive team was conducive to success for whomever replaced Mayor Scott. “We’ve got to keep going with the good work council’s been doing. I’m not going to promise huge changes overnight,” he said. Mr Reid identified creating increased local education and employment options as significant priorities over the coming fouryear term of local government. “There’s just not a lot for young

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people to do [and] you don’t have the same options of what they do down in Cairns and Townsville. “I want to focus on the early-tolate teen area to get more industry into town, more jobs.” Economic development outside the traditional tourism sector is also likely to feature highly on the council agenda if Mr Reid tastes election success. “Lakeland dam and stuff like that, trying to get Lakeland to develop some horticultural projects closer to Cooktown, to close that gap from Lakeland a bit,” he said. “I want to try to create industry away from tourism; obviously, that will always be a big part of it, but there’s a full range of things I think we can look at attracting.” Voters will have the opportunity to meet the mayoral candidates, as well as the 19 individuals who will fight for the councillor seats, when Cook Shire hosts a Meet Your Local Candidates forum on 2 March. Remote representation needed, says council hopeful – Page 9

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WITH three mayoral and 19 councillor candidates set to appear on ballot papers next month, Cook Shire Council is gearing up to provide residents with an opportunity to meet them all on 2 March. The council will host a special Meet Your Local Candidates event at PCYC Cooktown a fortnight before voters head to the polls, with outgoing Mayor Peter Scott urging the community to get involved to learn more about the people hoping to represent them. “We are thrilled to see such a diverse and high-calibre group of community members stepping forward to serve their fellow residents,” he said. “This level of interest demonstrates a strong commitment to our community’s welfare and future prosperity. “Our goal is to facilitate an open and respectful arena that allows voters to make informed decisions, based on the merits of each candidate’s ideas and qualifications.”  See the advertisement on Page 8

Faulty app lands tourists in strife By LYNDON KEANE

A CHANCE encounter in Adelaide and a Google Maps failure have resulted in a lucky escape and the travel story of a lifetime for two German tourists after they were stuck in remote Cape York bushland for seven days. On 6 February 2024, Marcel Schoene, 25, and Philipp Maier, 20, set off from Coen in the hope of making the 385-kilometre trip north to Bamaga in their fourwheel drive. After discovering the Archer River crossing on the Peninsula Developmental Road was closed due to floodwater, the pair decided to follow the alternative route suggested by Google Maps, unaware it was telling them to drive through the closed – and impassable – Oyala Thumotang National Park. It was a mistake that ended up taking seven days and a 100km walk through muddy scrub, and across swollen creeks and rivers to rectify before they were rescued at the Coen Airport on 13 February. Speaking exclusively to Cape York Weekly, Mr Schoene and Mr Maier explained while they knew Cape York wet season conditions were not conducive to road trips, the combination of a sunny sky and relying on Google Maps to plot a bypass around the Archer River crossing had created a feeling of nonchalance about what lay ahead of them. “We wanted to try it, but when we started driving, the weather was very good and the weather was very clear, so we thought we could do it,” Mr Schoene, who hails from Stuttgart, said after the pair arrived in Cairns on Thursday. “We wanted to get to Bamaga and went through the national park, because Google Maps say it was okay to do it,” Mr Maier, from Munich, added. The plan to conquer Cape York began by sheer coincidence after the tourists met in Adelaide and decided to head north.

The tourists’ Nissan Navarra got bogged while tackling a ‘detour’ suggested to them by Google. The vehicle was later recovered and is in good working order.

Philipp Maier tackles a boggy track on foot after getting stuck in Oyala Thumotang National Park.

Philipp Maier and Marcel Schoene.

After following the Google Maps route into the national park, the pair realised how wet the road was after they bogged their vehicle and managed to get it out, only to bog it to an irrecoverable position only moments later. “We are thinking, ‘oh, shit, what are we doing from here?’” Mr Schoene explained. With no mobile reception and only Google Maps to work from, the pair set out on foot in an attempt to reach Archer River Roadhouse and help. “We wanted to get to Archer River, because the distance was lower than to Coen, so we started to walk, and it was a little path for

the first 25km, and then quite big rivers, and we couldn’t cross one,” Mr Maier said. The pair traversed one flooded creek over a fallen tree, but had to spend the night after they realised there was no way across a second waterway. “We stayed the night but it rained overnight, and the next morning we couldn’t cross the river because the water had come up and flooded over the tree we were going to use, so we had to go back to the car,” Mr Schoene said. “The water at the first river was okay to cross, and we walked back to the car and stayed one day, or one-and-a-half days, to recover our muscles.” After rapidly exhausting the supply of water they had with them, the men said they drank from rivers, creeks and puddles for the remainder of their time in the bush, using a towel as a makeshift filter. “Sometimes [the water] was okay, but it mostly wasn’t very good,” Mr Maier laughed. With only pasta with tomato paste and corn and rice to eat, the pair said they realised they had no option but to walk back to Coen.

“The food we had became inedible,” Mr Maier said. The men walked towards Coen for several days, sleeping beside the road, before getting close enough to the township to regain mobile phone reception. “By then, we were about three kilometres from the airport, so we thought we would go there and maybe get someone to grab us and take us back to Coen,” Mr Maier said of their rescue plan. Mr Maier and Mr Schoene were given a lift from the aerodrome into Coen by a Cook Shire employee before they sought assistance to recover their Nissan Navara, seven days after originally bogging it. Coen Mechanical owner Sara Watkin and rangers from Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service combined to tow the stranded vehicle out of the national park, but it was not a trouble-free recovery effort. “We were getting bogged and they were getting bogged, so we just kept winching each other out for about an hour until we got to hard ground,” Ms Watkin laughed as she explained the recovery. “That vehicle was about fiveand-a-half hours to recover and with the rangers with us, it was awesome, because we got to work as a team.” While the situation could have had a catastrophic conclusion for the German visitors, Mr Schoene and Mr Maier said they were in-

credibly thankful the Coen community had rallied behind them. “We are just so grateful; they are just lovely people who came [to rescue us].” Mr Schoene said. “We drank some beers in the pub that evening, and we were telling them our story about getting stuck, and they were telling us some of their own experiences as well. The whole town knows us now.” With their ordeal behind them, the duo will now split up, with Mr Maier set to fly home next week, while Mr Schoene is preparing to head towards Perth. “I’m finished with Australia now,” Mr Maier laughed. “I am flying to Sydney on Monday, and back to Munich on Thursday with a hell of a story to tell.” Queensland Police Service Cape Patrol Group Inspector Dave Rutherford said the pair’s experience was a timely reminder to utilise available resources, such as the Queensland Government’s road conditions website, before hitting the road. “Whenever you’re travelling on Cape York, you’ve got to exercise caution, particularly during the wet season,” he said. “The situation can change rapidly, and you’ve got to be cautious relying on Google Maps, because it’s not always aware of the actual road conditions.” Google did not respond to inquiries from Cape York Weekly prior to publication.

Locals urge travellers to ask them, not Google Maps WITH two Google Maprelated recoveries under her belt in the past month alone, Coen Mechanical owner Sara Watkin has some simple advice for anyone travelling on Cape York roads during the wet season – ask a local. Ms Watkin and her team partnered with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service rangers on 13 February to pull a stranded four-wheel drive out of the impassable Oyala Thumotang National Park after its owners attempted to bypass the flooded Archer River crossing on the Peninsula Developmental Road by following directions provided by Google Maps. Taking the alternative route suggested by the navigation app resulted in German tourists Marcel

After recovering the bogged vehicle in Oyala Thumotang National Park, Coen Mechanical owner Sara Watkin is urging travellers to speak to locals about road conditions, rather than relying on Google Maps. Photo: Supplied.

Schoene, 25, and 20-yearold Philipp Maier spending seven days in bushland as they tried to walk to Archer River Roadhouse for help,

before swollen wet season creeks forced them to return to Coen on foot. “It was exactly the same cause – Google Maps taking

them on a redirect through the old Archer River crossing,” Ms Watkin explained. “The first guy [to get stuck] was around the 13th

of January; he was starting a new role in Weipa, and that’s when [the PDR Archer River crossing] was closed, so Google just diverted him down through the national park, and he actually flooded his vehicle. “He ended up walking back to Coen in the middle of the night for about 20 kilometres, before being picked up by one of the rangers from Merepah Station.” Ms Watkin said it was frustrating for those tasked with recovering the vehicles that drivers were not taking the time to seek advice from locals or check up-to-date road conditions on State Government websites, like QLDTraffic. “Pretty much a month later, these two guys from Germany wanted to see how far

they could get with the wet season, because it has been pretty dry for us,” she said. “They were following the redirect through the national park, realised they couldn’t get any further and got bogged. “They basically just left their car; they weren’t expecting anyone to be able to recover their vehicle, so they’d just written it off that it would be staying there.” While neither incident resulted in injury or loss of life, Ms Watkin said it would not always be the case and implored tourists to utilise the experience and knowledge of locals. “Ask locals, please just ask locals, so we can give you the advice,” she said. “Don’t be afraid to come into a town and ask for advice and help.”

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Hey Google, it’s time to fix Maps LETTER FROM THE EDITOR THERE comes a time in every driver’s life when they just have to fess up and admit they got it wrong with directions. We’ve all been there. Misreading a road sign. Accidentally holding the map upside down. Being consumed by a 90s power ballad singalong and briefly mistaking your left for your right. Or simply being too proud – read this as stubborn or stupid, if you prefer – to ask which way you need to go. That embarrassing moment arrives for all of us at some stage. Except if you’re a global tech giant approaching a market capitalisation of nearly $3 trillion, it seems. I’m going to put a caveat on the rambling and finger pointing that follows by saying I recognise drivers are ultimately responsible their decisions and actions on the road. I’m the first to admit some just should not be allowed behind the wheel, whether they be the muppets who insist on travelling 20 kilometres per hour under the gazetted speed limit, or those perennial tourist season favourites, the ones attempting a U-turn on a narrow road while towing a 24-foot caravan. The geniuses who try to traverse flooded roads finish strongly to claim bronze in this race for road stupidity superiority.

While there are not many ways for Google Maps to get it wrong on the road from Bamaga to Pajinka, the same cannot be said for other spots around Cape York. Photo: Lyndon Keane.

But the unavoidable reality is that Australia is a big place with myriad roads crisscrossing it and, in a digital age, most of us now rely on navigation apps to plot our course from A to B, whether it’s through suburbs in Brisbane, or over some of the most remote terrain on Cape York. I’m looking at you, Google Maps. Sometimes, the mapping gods get it horribly wrong, as was the case last week, when two German tourists spent a week extracting themselves from bushland after Google Maps sent them through a closed national park under the guise of being a legitimate alter-

native route to the flooded Archer River crossing on the Peninsula Developmental Road. The problem for the visitors – and for Google Maps – was that the boggy path their mobile phones proffered through Oyala Thumotang National Park was as impassable as the route they were trying to avoid. Yes, the lads should have asked Coen locals what their chances of getting beyond the town during the wet season actually were, but at some stage, Google Maps has to admit it is complicit in these navigation disasters, because its technology is simply not up to the task

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of providing reliable advice for regional and remote roads. The tech giant certainly isn’t in a rush to amend its wayward approach to navigation: at the time of writing this editorial, Google Maps still shows drivers they can get from Coen to Bamaga up a boggy dirt track with enough water crossings to deter even the Leyland brothers in their prime. Unfortunately, unusable directions are becoming more commonplace as drivers put their faith in navigation apps like Google Maps. In late 2023, central Queensland grazier Graham Anderson dug into his own pocket to install a

sign at the entrance to his property to help confused tourists find the stunning Isla Gorge, about 20km farther along the Leichhardt Highway than Google Maps was telling drivers the turnoff was. Twenty kilometres is a fair distance to be wrong by on city roads. On remote roads, where mobile phone reception can be intermittent at best, it can be the difference between life and death if anything goes wrong. Cape York Weekly contacted Google to flag the redirect drama, and I’m not expecting a response much before hovercars become the go-to in transport trends. We’ve all had to own up to a directional miscalculation, and it’s tough to hide your error when you’ve been handed the Gregory’s (yes, I’m that old) for the first time to navigate your family’s course to Christmas holidays, only to direct the driver into three lanes of oncoming traffic because you were moving your finger along the wrong street on the page. It’s time for Google to do the same, and own up to sending remote travellers on a corrugated road to nowhere with its current navigation technology. It will be an immensely easier admission to make than having to acknowledge corporate reluctance and arrogance plotted an erroneous one-way route all the local knowledge and recovery kits in the world won’t be able to fix.

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“I’ll get all this training and opportunities to work with the mentors, so it’s going to take my practice to a more professional level, and I’ll get to play with other mediums,” she said. CIAF’s artistic director Francoise Lane said CATAPULT was an exciting addition to the organisation’s strategic programming

and formed part of an ambitious four-year plan that would enrich Queensland’s First Nations arts movement by boosting the numbers of talented, independent artists. “CATAPULT is what its name implies, a platform for independent artists to leverage a range of opportunities,” Ms Lane explained. Ms Lane said the program comprised two streams. The first, of which Ms Nona was the recipient, has a focus on career development, while the second will provide a showcase opportunity for independent artists to exhibit at CIAF. Ms Nona said living in a remote area, chances like this one rarely came along. “In remote communities, there are so many barriers, and this is like a once in a lifetime opportunity,” she said. “There’s things like language barriers, and a lot of the opportunities are only in the mainland, and doesn’t come further out to more remote places.” – story by Chisa Hasegawa

‘Double kick in the guts’ forces business to close THE exasperated owners of a new Bloomfield business say they are preparing to walk away from their dream amid claims the State Government has lost interest in the region’s disaster recovery to focus on those in more electorate-heavy areas. After opening The Shak in November 2023, proprietors Scott Law and Loretta Skorin told Cape York Weekly they have been left with no option but to lock the doors in March before the combination of a rent spike and lack of business cripples them financially. “We’ve paid rent until the end of the month,” Mr Law said. “We’re basically running a dark kitchen and feeding some of the [disaster recovery] workers, and doing a couple of nights. “As of March, our rent basically triples; we’ve signed the lease.” While acknowledging the historic lack of tourism-based trade during the wet season, Mr Law said the road closure caused by flood damage and a lack of sup-

A sign erected by Scott Law and Loretta Skorin outside The Shak in Bloomfield.

port from the State Government in their business recovery attempts had been “a double kick in the guts” to the couple’s plan to bounce back. “We found this new place in November, and with wet season coming on, we were originally going to close from December 1st and not reopen until reopen until March; we’re a tourist busi-

ness. We took 27 bucks in three days, so there’s no point trying to trade with the road being all but closed to [everyone except] local traffic and essential workers,” he explained. Mr Law said the new business was unable to meet the eligibility requirements of the State Government’s Tourism Recovery Assistance Grant, and took aim at Premier Steven Miles for his selective “fly-in, fly-out” tour of the region’s recovery efforts. “Cook Shire Council said he was coming in [to The Shak] for lunch for 12 people, and then came and said he was running late,” he said angrily. “I thought it would be a chance to sit down and have a chat with him, but there ended up being just three of them, and they ended up ordering two toasties and a burger. “Because we’re still trading, we couldn’t just close the doors and chase him.” Mr Law said he believed the region had effectively been

abandoned by Premier Miles, his government, and the mainstream media, with the focus shifting to subsequent natural disasters in more populated areas, like the Gold Coast and Townsville. “It’s FNQ – Forgotten North Queensland,” he laughed cynically. “They don’t care about us; they don’t care less. “We don’t have enough members in Parliament for anyone to give a shit about us up here.” The Department of Premier and Cabinet did not respond to requests from Cape York Weekly for an interview with Premier Miles, nor did it respond to questions emailed to his media team on 14 February. Mr Law said the lack of response was unsurprising, but that he believed any intervention now would be a case of too little, too late. “We’ve got to leave,” he said. “We can’t stay up here anymore. We have to walk away from everything.”

NEWS IN BRIEF Break and enter appeal

POLICE are calling for public assistance following a break and enter at a commercial property in Kowanyama earlier this month. The incident occurred between 8-12 February and police said initial investigations indicated force was used to gain entry to the Chapman Road business. A number of beauty items were stolen during the incident. Anyone with any information is urged to contact police and quote QP2400266321.

Public nuisance arrest POLICE have arrested a 30-year-old Trinity Beach man after an alleged public nuisance incident on Thursday Island on 13 February. Police allege that at about 10:30pm last Tuesday, the man verbally assaulted police officers conducting foot patrols along Douglas Street. It will be further alleged, during the arrest, the man obstructed both officers. He was transported to Thursday Island watchhouse and was later released with a public nuisance fine.

MoU boosts knowledge

THE best practices in water management are set to benefit Cape York communities following the signing of an innovative agreement between key stakeholders earlier this month. On 7 February, Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance (TCICA) and the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) signed a memorandum of understanding designed to provide access for Cape York councils to exchange knowledge, best practice and learning, and continue the development of new pathways for skills programs that have been running across Indigenous communities. TCICA represents 14 of Queensland’s 17 Indigenous local governments, as well as Cook Shire Council and Weipa Town Authority, and operates as a collaborative partnership of its member councils. A WSAA spokesperson said the challenge of providing clean water and sanitation for remote and Indigenous communities was significant, but added that they could be “tackled head on” with a joint effort and appetite to share collective knowledge. New TCICA executive officer Mick Miller said the MoU represented a collaborative mindset between councils and other key service and infrastructure providers that he believed would be vital to the growth and prosperity of TCICA’s members.

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KAP calls for Olympics to be scrapped THE 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games should be scrapped and the money spent on long-overdue infrastructure development in regional and remote part of Queensland, including Cape York. That was the extraordinary message fired across the chamber in the Queensland Parliament last week when Katter’s Australia Party (KAP) spearheaded a crossbench motion to immediately take the steps required to cancel the event, and redirect its estimated $7 billion budget to improving State Government services and green lighting infrastructure projects. Member for Hinchinbrook and deputy KAP leader Nick Dametto said the outcome of the failed motion was inevitable, but added it shone the spotlight on the lunacy of spending money to host the quadrennial event when remote parts of the state were screaming out for infrastructure investment. “Reallocating financial resources from the Olympic Games to critical infrastructure initiatives in the regions could catalyse job creation, stimulate investment, and enhance the liveability for present and future residents,” he said.

KAP said it was “delusional” to expect the event would benefit Cape York, with party leader and Member for Traeger Robbie Katter saying the government’s appetite to push ahead with the multi-billion-dollar commitment was a slap in the face for Queenslanders. “Across the state, people can’t afford to feed their families or put a roof over their heads, and in the north, investment and construction is at a standstill,” he said. “Regional Queensland will be frozen in time as everything is syphoned to the south-east for 2032 and the years beyond.” Mr Dametto told Cape York Weekly that scrapping the Olympic Games plan would have allowed communities from the Northern Territory border, across to the east coast and up to Cape York, to gain access to infrastructure that would provide some mitigation against wet season conditions. “It’s disappointing to know that one of Labor’s main priorities is the Olympics, when even a slither of that $7 billion budget would create overwhelming benefits if invested into the regions that so badly need it,” he said.

Sea Swift has put aside its legal stoush with Torres Strait Island Regional Council to lobby the State and Federal Governments for improved infrastructure in the Torres Strait. Photo: Lyndon Keane.

Sea Swift teams up with TSIRC SEA Swift and Torres Strait Island Regional Council (TSIRC) have shelved their legal argybargy to call for improved marine infrastructure in the region. The surprise move comes after the council sued the shipping company for more than $66.5 million in 2022 over what it claimed were unpaid mooring fees at council-owned wharves and jetties across Torres Strait. In July last year, a court told the parties to attempt to reach a commercial settlement through mediation. Sea Swift said the partnership took shape after Masig Island residents were recently left isolated due to severe weather events and conditions that rendered the barge ramp unusable.

A Sea Swift vessel attempted to access the island several times a fortnight ago, with all attempts unsuccessful due to conditions. Working with the high tide on 9 and 10 February, 2024, TSIRC staff removed about 100 tonnes of wet sand from the ramp, which allowed the vessel to finally dock and unload the following day. Sea Swift managing director Chris Pearce praised the effort but said the issue demonstrated marine infrastructure in the region was not up to scratch. “Teams at both TSIRC and Sea Swift should be congratulated for the mammoth effort it took to finally provide for the Masig Island community at this time,” he said. “Sea Swift will continue to

work closely with the council to ensure all communities and locations in the Torres Strait have ongoing food and supply security this wet season.” Mr Pearce and TSIRC chief executive officer James William said they would now join forces to lobby both levels of government for improved infrastructure, and will travel to Torres Strait islands to get a first-hand look at the challenges Sea Swift crews and communities face in terms of delivery and supply. “In a fresh approach, TSIRC and Sea Swift are now working closely together to better understand these challenges, and formulating options to advocate to governments to invest into the region,” Mr William said.

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Police raided multiple vessels in the Gulf of Carpentaria before arresting a Karumba fisherman.

Additional charges added to Gulf fisherman’s sheet

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THE “well-known” Karumba commercial fishing skipper already facing almost 50 offences has been charged with an additional 23 offences, including slavery, torture, and attempting to make another individual commit a kidnapping. On 12 February, Queensland Police Service detectives from the Cairns Criminal Investigation Branch charged the 47-year-old man with a range of new offences - an additional seven counts of common assault, five counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, three counts of stealing, two counts each of torture, and causing a person to enter or remain in servitude, and one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm while armed, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, fraud, and attempt to procure others to commit criminal act (kidnapping). The charges result from ongoing investigations as part of Operation Victor Diabelli, which was launched in 2023 following reports a man had allegedly threatened and

assaulted numerous deckhands on board his fishing vessels in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Police announced on Friday afternoon that the operation was also investigating allegations of witness intimidation, and attempts to pervert the course of justice. Detectives commended the bravery of the individuals who had come forward, but urged anyone else who believed they may have information, or who have been impacted, to make themselves known to investigators. Following the initial charges being laid last month, Acting Inspector Jason Chetham told media the man owned a number of fishing vessels, and that his alleged victims were mostly from Cape York. “We certainly believe he is a well-known fisherman in the Karumba area,” Acting Inspector Chetham said at the time. The man remains remanded in custody and will next appear in Cairns Magistrates Court on 5 April.

‘We need remote representation’ By LYNDON KEANE

PROGRESSION, not regression, for some of Cook Shire’s remotest communities will be on the agenda after 16 March if one outspoken candidate has his way. Of the 19 candidates who have nominated to fill one of the six councillor positions electors will vote on at next month’s Queensland local government elections, Portland Roads resident Jayson Watkin said he was proud to be the one flying the flag farthest from Cooktown. Best known around Cape York as a musician, Mr Watkin laughed when asked to describe how he saw himself professionally. “I’ve got a bit of a motto up here when they ask what I do, and it’s ‘I do whatever it takes’,” he explained after announcing his candidacy last week. “You need to be multiskilled to live in a place up here like this.” With the Cook Shire local government electorate – the biggest in the state by area – covering

Portland Roads resident Jayson Watkin is running for council.

106,000 square kilometres, Mr Watkin said while he acknowledged the representation issues associated with the tyranny of distance, he believed successive terms of the council had failed those who called the far north-eastern part of it home. “The biggest thing for me on council will be being a voice for this part of Cook Shire,” he said. “We just need a voice up here

COOK SHIRE COUNCILLOR NOMINATIONS In order as per ECQ’s website GODFREY-ROBERTS, Sam MOESSNER, Walter Anthony SNIDER, Nash GOODE, Dave MORRIS, Marilyn Joyce PEBERDY, Beau WATKIN, Jayson DEAR, Gavin DAVIDSON, Nick HOOK, Stephanie Patrea LOGAN, Ross DESSMANN, John FENG, Hongyu WHITTAKER, Gregory MARTIN, Sarah MARRIOTT, Joy COVENTRY, Justin MASDING, Jeanne P PARKER, Melinda Six councillors to be elected on March 16. to go to local government, and to tell them ‘this is what the people of Cape York need’.”

Mr Watkin went on the offensive when asked what he believed the key issues were for remote Cook Shire residents, citing economic stimulation and completing the seal of the Peninsula Developmental Road (PDR). “We virtually become a separate continent up here during the wet season,” he told Cape York Weekly. “It’s just a ludicrous situation. “[The PDR] is the main arterial where people are making a living, and they’re suffering because of the lack of infrastructure through one of the biggest shires in Australia. “Let’s just get the bastard sealed; it’s either cut off, or the other months, its totally unacceptable for most parts.” Mr Watkin said he “absolutely” believed the state of the PDR, and a lack of focus by the council on regions beyond Cooktown were hurting remote businesses and residents. “We do need development up here,” he said. “At the moment, we’re not pro-

gressing, we’re regressing. We’re residents, we’re taxpayers, and we’re ratepayers, even though there aren’t that many of us. “We need someone who actually understands the issues up here; it’s pointless having representation from someone who doesn’t actually live up here, and doesn’t understand what it’s actually like living up here.” With consulting experts and working groups par for the course in government in 2024, Mr Watkin said his leadership approach, if successful, would be to bring local knowledge to the decision-making table. “You want someone on council who’s got an interest and wanting to get involved, because the decisions will impact us, and you have to be invested,” he explained. “I’m trying to short-circuit all the bureaucracy by just [getting the council and governments] to ask locals. “Just ask the locals; we know where the roads wash out [and] we know the black spots.”

Local bid to bring The Block back to life in Cooktown A COOKTOWN youth group is desperate for money and manpower, and a motivated club member is ready to take the lead. The Cooktown District Youth Association (CDYA) has for the past few years been in the process of making The Block – a plot of land donated to the youth of Cooktown – into an inviting space for events, but a lack of funds and members has halted its progress. Now, in a bid to give the project a kickstart, the group will be holding an information morning on Saturday, 24 February to find out how young people in Cooktown would like to to see The Block utilised. CDYA member Melinda Parker said she would love to see community members come along and provide input on their vision for the property. “We’d like to be able to

The Block was donated to the youth of Cooktown, although it has lacked used in recent times.

facilitate what the youth want to do, but the only way we can do that is if they come and tell us, so it’d be great for them to have a look at the space and see what they want to do with it,” she said. “At the moment, we might have the odd event here and there, but we’d definitely like to do more. “If people come and say to us that they want a movie night or something, we want to organise that.”

Ms Parker said the organisation was looking forward to the next annual general meeting, which will be held next month at The Block. “We are starting to see some very motivated members coming forward, which is great to see,” she said. “I’m not on the committee, but I organise a lot of the fundraising events and apply for grants, and I intend to run for president at the next AGM. “I really feel there is a

positive change coming for the organisation.” The aspiring president said the next step would be to secure more funding and more members. “Really, our only fundraising right now is a barbecue at the RSL every week, a council grant that provided some equipment, and a Gambling Community Benefit Fund grant to renovate the toilet block,” Ms Parker said. “The goal for this year

is to get support from local council and state government to get the funds and manpower to actually utilise the space and the organisation, because there’s so much potential.” She said funding had always been one of the primary issues for the organisation. “At the moment, even if there are good ideas, it just feels dead in the water sometimes, because we don’t have the means to carry it out,” Ms Parker said. “We’ve really been thinking something like an undercover basketball area would be great, but that would cost a lot. “Especially with a highly motivated committee, we really just want to get more funding support to make The Block somewhere the youth want to go.” Ms Parker said previous committee members

had paved the path for the group’s current push. “We are very grateful to past committee members, including, but not limited to, Barb Keats, Karen Whipper, Cas Sorensen and Peter Hermann for keeping the place alive, and keeping it from being sold,” she said. “We are [also] grateful to Yuku Baja Muliku for spending time and effort improving the grounds, and to My Pathways, who currently utilise the building and maintain the grounds. “We’ve been working with the Lion’s Club, Cook Shire Council and the RSL to secure The Block’s future; we are very positive about what this year will bring.” The CDYA information morning will be held at The Block (30 Charlotte Street) on 24 February from 9:30am-12:30pm. – story by Chisa Hasegawa

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Artistic spirit returns to Rossville after flooding By CHISA HASEGAWA

THE Rossville community is slowly healing after the devastation left by Tropical Cyclone Jasper and will bring art and community spirit back into the lives of residents through an eco-dyeing workshop in March. Rossville and District Citizens Association will host a three-day workshop taught by well-known textile artist Anne Leon, with the aim of educating participants on environmentally sustainable dyeing practices. Project manager Alanah O’Brien said art and community have always been integral elements of Rossville. “Rossville community has a rich history and culture of social and artistic activity, with several active artists and groups of creative people providing a range of ongoing activities to engage community and build skills,” she said. “This workshop is aligned with that key community interest.” Following the impacts of the December 2023 natural disaster, Ms O’Brien said Rossville had gradually moved to return to community events and new opportunities to engage, create and celebrate its spirit. “Continuing art and creative activities are essential to all communities’ wellbeing and emotional strength,” Ms O’Brien said. “The opportunity for connection, self-expression, fun, and learning new skills support mindfulness and a positive future focus for recovery and building resilience.” The workshops, supported by a Regional Arts Development Fund grant obtained last year, will focus on Japanese indigo tie dye (shibori), and plant dyeing techniques utilising natural substances to create fabric, paper and other items. “The information and tech-

NEWS IN BRIEF Cook Shire recovery forums RESIDENTS in Cook Shire are being encouraged to participate in community forums this week as the region transitions from response to recovery following Tropical Cyclone Jasper. The forums will feature updates and plans from Cook Shire Council and community service providers, and will offer residents insight into the planned road to returning the local government area to fully operational. Mayor Peter Scott said engagement with the community was vital to the success of the transition phase. “We recognise the importance of engaging with our community as we navigate this transition from response to recovery,” he said. “These community recovery forums are a testament to our commitment to transparency, collaboration, and ensuring that our residents are at the forefront of our recovery efforts.” Forums will be held at the Cooktown Shire Hall (Tuesday, 20 February from 10am-12pm), Rossville Hall (Wednesday, 21 February from 10am-12pm) and Ayton library (Thursday 22 February from 10am12pm). For more information, call 4082 0500.

Diatreme eyes takeover Anne Leon (left), who facilitated a workshop in the Northern Peninsula Area last year, is coming to Rossville next month to work with locals over three days. Photo: Kerrie Hall/Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council.

The workshop will empower participants by teaching them how to create their own environmentally friendly inks using natural elements.

niques provided can be further developed at home by giving participants the knowledge to obtain, manufacture and create dyes and colours from nature,” Ms O’Brien said. “Additionally, this will reduce the load of packaging and disposal of chemicals used with commercial dyes.

“This workshop will leave a lasting legacy for community in supporting sustainable art, inspiring other eco-art initiatives, and ultimately building awareness around safe environmental practices.” Facilitating artist Anne Leon has an extensive career in textiles and fine art, having been

commissioned by several architects and designers within Australia and internationally. “She teaches textile design, has managed artist studios and has received numerous awards for her strong focus on natural techniques using local resources to create unique artworks,” Ms O’Brien said. “Her previous introductory dyeing workshop in Rossville drew great interest and requests to develop further skills in this area.” She said workshop participants would also be encouraged to contribute eco-dyed squares of fabric to the 2024 International Women’s Day quilt, created by the women of Rossville annually for the last 25 years. The workshops will be held on 1-3 March, 2024, with participants having the option to attend some or all of the days.

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TCICA boss chasing collaboration By LYNDON KEANE

THE new boss of the body representing Cape York and Torres Strait councils says he sees collaboration between local government and Traditional Owner groups as a vital stepping stone towards sustainability for Indigenous communities. After taking the reins of the Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance (TCICA) from previous executive officer Melinda Eades a month ago, Mick Miller has hit the ground running and said continued advocacy at local, state and national levels would remain a priority for the organisation and its member councils. The TCICA membership is made up of 14 of the state’s Indigenous local governments, in addition to Cook Shire Council and Weipa Town Authority. Cape York is not a new operating environment to the Olkola man, and he said his personal and professional roots made his transition into the new role feel extremely familiar. “My grandmother was born on the Alice River there, and we’re from Killarney Station, just inland from Kowanyama,” he explained. “I’m still an active member within the Olkola Aboriginal Corporation, but, yeah, it is quite familiar coming back here in this role. “With my 20-plus years’ em-

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WEDNESDAY 21

6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Ben And Holly. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 8.30 Doc Martin. (M) 9.20 Interview With The Vampire. (MA15+) 10.05 Killing Eve. (M) 10.50 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 11.25 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 11.45 Miniseries: The Hollow Crown. (M) 1.55 ABC News Update. 2.00 Close. 5.00 Children’s Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Explore TV. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. 6.00 9News. 7.00 ACA. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.00 Under Investigation. 10.00 9News Late. 10.30 See No Evil. 11.30 The Equalizer. 12.20 The Equalizer. 1.10 Pointless. 2.00 Destination WA. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 ACA. 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. (PG) 7.00 The Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Apollo 13. (1995, PG) 11.20 Seinfeld. (PG) 12.20 Medium. (MA15+) 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike. (PG) 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Danger Man. (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. (PG) 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (M) 12.55 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Dr Quinn. (PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Man Who Finally Died. (1963) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. (PG) 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. (PG) 8.40 Midsomer Murders. (M) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Make Me A Dealer. 9.50 Hugh’s Wild West. 10.55 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Secrets Of Tutankhamun. 3.00 Mastermind Aust. 3.30 The Cook Up. 4.00 DNA Family Secrets. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Scottish Islands With Ben Fogle. (PG) 8.40 The Matchmakers. (PG) 9.40 Kin. (MA15+) 10.35 SBS News. 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Front Up. 12.05 Most Expensivest. 12.35 Planet A. 1.30 Nuts And Bolts. (M) 2.10 Australia In Colour. (PG) 3.05 WorldWatch. 5.05 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 The Fast History Of. (PG) 6.40 Jeopardy! (PG) 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 8.30 Inside Wagner. (M) 9.25 David Harewood On Blackface. (PG) 10.20 MOVIE: Blade Runner. (1982) 12.25 The Bad Kids. (M) 1.55 Love And Sex In Russia. (M) 2.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

THURSDAY 22

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 News. 1.00 Earth. 2.00 Brush With Fame. 2.30 Back Roads. 3.00 Cook And The Chef. 3.25 Tenable. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 Back Roads. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Grand Designs Transformations. (PG) 9.00 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PG) 9.50 Fake Or Fortune? 10.50 News. 11.05 The Business. 11.20 This Is Going To Hurt. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 9.00 Gruen. (M) 9.40 The Weekly. 10.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 10.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M) 11.15 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 12.30 Black Mirror. (M) 1.20 Live At The Apollo. (M) 1.50 Louis Theroux: Savile. (M) 3.10 ABC News Update. 3.15 Close. 5.00 Children’s Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Married At First Sight. 1.30 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. 6.00 9News. 7.00 ACA. 7.30 RBT. (M) 8.30 Emergency. (M) 9.30 RPA. (PG) 10.30 9News Late. 11.00 Chicago Med. (MA15+) 11.50 A+E After Dark. (M) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG) 1.35 Pointless. (PG) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 ACA. 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. (PG) 7.00 The Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Twister. (1996, PG) 10.45 Seinfeld. (PG) 11.45 The Nanny. (PG) 12.10 Medium. (MA15+) 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. (PG) 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Danger Man. (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. (PG) 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (M) 12.55 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn. (PG) 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: All Creatures Great And Small. (1975) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. (PG) 8.40 Poirot. (PG) 10.50 Coroner. (MA15+) 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Make Me A Dealer. 9.50 Hugh’s Wild West. 10.50 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.15 Hunt For Queen Nefertiti. 3.05 Mastermind Aust. 3.35 The Cook Up. 4.05 Every Family Has A Secret. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 DNA Family Secrets. (PG) 8.40 The Carnival: Australia Uncovered. (MA15+) 9.50 Culprits. (MA15+) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Front Up. (PG) 12.00 Most Expensivest. (M) 12.30 One Armed Chef. (M) 2.20 The Pizza Show. (PG) 3.10 WorldWatch. 5.05 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 The Fast History Of. (PG) 6.40 Jeopardy! (PG) 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 8.30 Curse Of Oak Island. (PG) 10.10 Devilsdorp. (M) 11.20 Taskmaster. (M) 12.15 Hoarders. (M) 1.00 F*ck, That’s Delicious. (M) 1.30 Dark Side Of The Ring. (M) 2.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

FRIDAY 23

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Planet America. 10.30 Cook And The Chef. 11.00 Fake Or Fortune? 12.00 News. 1.00 Silent Witness. 2.00 Total Control. 3.00 Cook And The Chef. 3.25 Tenable. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 Back Roads. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 News. 7.30 Gardening Aust. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. (M) 10.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 10.30 The Weekly. 11.05 News. 11.20 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Ben And Holly. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Holding The Man. (2015, MA15+) 10.35 Would I Lie To You? 11.05 QI. (M) 11.35 MOVIE: Queen Of The Desert. (2015, M) 1.40 Killing Eve. (M) 2.25 Back. (MA15+) 2.50 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 3.40 ABC News Update. 3.45 Close. 5.00 Children’s Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: Planning On Forever. (2022) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. 6.00 9News. 7.00 ACA. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Miss Congeniality. (2000, M) 10.45 MOVIE: Magic Mike XXL. (2015, MA15+) 12.45 Tipping Point. (PG) 1.40 Pointless. (PG) 2.35 Great Australian Detour. 3.00 TV Shop. 4.00 Postcards. (PG) 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop. 5.30 Skippy.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Children’s Programs. 5.45 MOVIE: Abominable. (2019) 7.30 MOVIE: Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. (2007) 9.30 MOVIE: The Witches. (2020) 11.30 Dating No Filter. (MA15+) 12.00 Medium. (MA15+) 2.00 Surfing Australia TV. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. (PG) 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Danger Man. (PG) 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. (PG) 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (M) 12.55 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn. (PG) 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: We Joined The Navy. (1962) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. (PG) 8.30 To Be Advised. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Make Me A Dealer. 9.55 Hugh’s Wild West. 11.00 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Mastermind Aust. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.35 The Cook Up. 4.05 Every Family Has A Secret. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 The Good Ship Murder. (PG) 8.25 Legends End: The Loch Ness Monster Story. (PG) 9.25 Queens That Changed The World. (PG) 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Front Up. 11.35 The Movie Show. 12.10 Most Expensivest. 12.40 Cat Ladies. 1.50 Hustle. 2.45 VICE Sports. 3.10 WorldWatch. 5.05 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 The Fast History Of. (PG) 6.40 Jeopardy! (PG) 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 8.30 Hoarders. (M) 9.20 Into. 10.15 Queer Sports. (PG) 12.25 Secret World Of Las Vegas. (PG) 1.20 Sex Before The Internet. (MA15+) 2.15 Couples Therapy. (PG) 2.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Rage Goes Retro. 12.00 News. 12.30 Death In Paradise. 1.30 Darby And Joan. 2.15 Spicks And Specks. 2.45 Better Date Than Never. 3.15 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 3.45 Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World. 4.30 Grand Designs Transformations. 5.30 Landline. 5.55 Aust Story. 6.30 Back Roads. 7.00 News. 7.30 Darby And Joan. (M) 8.15 Endeavour. (M) 9.45 Total Control. (M) 10.40 Midsomer Murders. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 QI. (M) 8.30 Live At The Apollo. (M) 9.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M) 9.25 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 9.50 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (PG) 10.20 MythBusters. 11.10 Double Parked. 11.40 Portlandia. 12.00 Portlandia. 12.20 Black Mirror. 1.15 Upstart Crow. 1.45 Unprotected Sets. 2.40 MOVIE: Puberty Blues. (1981) 4.05 ABC News Update. 4.10 Close. 5.00 Children’s Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Bondi Vet. 2.00 MOVIE: Rocky III. (1982) 4.00 Journey To The Northern Territory. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 1. Reds v Waratahs. 9.00 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 9.15 MOVIE: The Departed. (2006) 12.15 Journey To The Northern Territory. 1.15 Garden Gurus Moments. 1.30 Great Australian Detour. 2.00 The Incredible Journey. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.30 MOVIE: Carbon Copy. (1981) 3.15 MOVIE: Curse Of The Pink Panther. (1983) 5.30 MOVIE: Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. (2004) 7.30 MOVIE: Overboard. (2018) 9.45 MOVIE: Death Becomes Her. (1992) 11.45 Dating No Filter. (M) 12.15 Kardashians. (M) 2.05 Rich House, Poor House. (PG) 3.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. (PG) 4.00 Power Players. (PG) 4.30 Pokémon.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Helping Hands. (PG) 10.30 My Favorite Martian. 11.00 MOVIE: Blue Murder At St Trinian’s. (1957) 12.45 MOVIE: Carry On Constable. (1960) 2.30 MOVIE: Two Way Stretch. (1960) 4.15 MOVIE: Yours, Mine And Ours. (1968) 6.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 1. Reds v Waratahs. 7.00 Customs. (PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Quantum Of Solace. (2008) 9.40 MOVIE: A Fistful Of Dollars. (1964) 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 The World From Above. 10.05 Love Your Garden. 11.00 Britain’s Great Outdoors. 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Apparatus World Cup. Highlights. 3.00 Sail GP Yachting Championship. Round 8. Day 1. 4.30 WorldWatch. 5.35 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. 6.30 News. 7.30 Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres. (PG) 8.25 Scotland’s Scenic Railways. (PG) 9.20 The Wonders Of Europe. (PG) 10.20 Those Who Stayed. 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 The Movie Show. (M) 12.05 Gymnastics. FIG Trampoline World Cup Series. Replay. 1.20 Asia’s Next Top Model. (PG) 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.30 Joy Of Painting. 6.00 Food That Built The World. (PG) 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 The Legend Of Bigfoot. (PG) 9.20 Warped By War: Inside Putin’s Russia. (M) 10.15 Better Things. (M) 11.15 Raw Comedy. (M) 12.55 The X-Files. (M) 2.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Praise. 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. 2.30 Dream Gardens. 3.00 Nigella Bites. 3.30 Cook And The Chef. 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. 4.45 Joanna Lumley’s Britain. 5.30 The ABC Of... 6.00 Grand Designs Transformations. 7.00 News. 7.30 Death In Paradise. (PG) 8.30 House Of Gods. (M) 9.25 Silent Witness. (M) 10.25 Miniseries: The War Of The Worlds. 11.20 Harrow. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 QI. (M) 8.30 Queerstralia. (M) 9.35 You Can’t Ask That. (M) 9.55 Interview With The Vampire. (MA15+) 10.40 Doc Martin. (M) 11.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 12.10 Ballet Now. (M) 1.10 MOVIE: A Fantastic Woman. (2017, M) 2.55 ABC News Update. 3.00 Close. 5.00 Children’s Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 MOVIE: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. (1988) 3.20 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet. 4.30 Explore TV: Portugal & Spain. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 My Way. 6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 Married At First Sight. 8.40 60 Minutes. 9.40 9News Late. 10.10 Murder In The Family. 11.10 The First 48. 12.00 Family Law. 12.50 Building Icons. 2.00 GolfBarons. 3.00 TV Shop. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 Explore TV. 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.30 Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Ben Fogle: Starting Up Starting Over. 3.00 Rich House, Poor House. 4.00 MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Pets 2. (2019) 5.40 MOVIE: Scoob! (2020) 7.30 MOVIE: Fast & Furious 6. (2013) 10.00 MOVIE: American Ultra. (2015) 12.00 Medium. (MA15+) 2.00 Rich House, Poor House. (PG) 3.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike. (PG) 4.00 Power Players. (PG) 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Rugby League. World Club Challenge. Wigan Warriors v Penrith Panthers. Continued. 8.30 My Favorite Martian. 9.00 Seaway. (PG) 10.00 MOVIE: Carry On Cruising. (1962) 12.00 MOVIE: Mr Forbush And The Penguins. (1971) 2.10 MOVIE: Danger Within. (1959) 4.20 MOVIE: The Kentuckian. (1955) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Dirty Harry. (1971, MA15+) 10.40 Chicago Med. (MA15+) 11.40 Major Crimes. (M) 12.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 The World From Above. 10.05 Love Your Garden. 11.00 Britain’s Great Outdoors. 12.00 Australian Superbike Championship. Round 1. 2.00 WorldWatch. 2.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 3.00 Sail GP Yachting Championship. Round 8. Day 2. 4.30 Where Are You Really From? 5.35 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. 6.30 News. 7.30 Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster. 8.20 Vikings: The Lost Kingdom. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 The Movie Show. 12.10 Super Maximum Retro Show. 12.35 Noisey. 1.30 Rise. 2.25 Jungletown. 3.15 The Casketeers. 4.15 WorldWatch. 4.40 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 5.20 Joy Of Painting. 5.50 Alone Sweden. 6.40 Ocean Wreck Investigation. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Hunt For Stolen Nazi Treasure. (M) 9.20 Cracking The Code. (PG) 10.20 Late Programs.

MONDAY 26

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 News. 1.00 Australia Remastered. 2.00 Parliament. 3.00 Cook And The Chef. 3.25 Tenable. 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. 5.15 Grand Designs. 6.00 Back Roads. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Aust Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Q+A. 10.35 News. 10.50 The Business. 11.10 The Weekly. 11.40 Planet America. 12.10 Grand Designs. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MythBusters. (PG) 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.10 Louis Theroux: Extreme Love. (M) 11.10 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 11.40 QI. (M) 12.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M) 12.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 12.55 MOVIE: Queen Of The Desert. (2015, M) 3.00 ABC News Update. 3.05 Close. 5.00 Children’s Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.45 Explore. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. 6.00 9News. 7.00 ACA. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.10 Big Miracles. (M) 10.10 9News Late. 10.40 Law & Order: Organized Crime. 11.30 Court Cam. 12.00 Tipping Point. 1.00 Pointless. 2.00 Hello SA. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 ACA. 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Scorpion. 3.00 Bewitched. 3.30 Full House. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. (PG) 7.00 The Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Tenet. (2020, M) 11.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 12.30 Medium. (MA15+) 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike. (PG) 4.00 Transformers: Prime. (PG) 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. (PG) 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (M) 12.55 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.50 Dr Quinn. (PG) 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Lady With A Lamp. (1951) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. (M) 8.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. (M) 9.40 Whitstable Pearl. (M) 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Make Me A Dealer. 10.05 Hugh’s Wild West. 11.05 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.05 Daniel O Donnell: I Need You. 3.00 Mastermind Aust. 3.30 The Cook Up. 4.00 Every Family Has A Secret. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Letters And Numbers. (PG) 8.30 Finding Your Roots. (PG) 9.30 The 2010s. (M) 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 Blanca. (M) 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 The Movie Show. 12.10 Most Expensivest. 12.40 Christians Like Us. 1.45 Untold Australia. 2.50 Most Expensivest. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 The Fast History Of. (PG) 6.40 Jeopardy! (PG) 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 8.30 Taskmaster. (M) 9.25 Bad Education. (M) 10.35 The Carnival: Australia Uncovered. (MA15+) 11.45 Scrubs. (PG) 12.35 Late Programs.

TUESDAY 27

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 One Plus One. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 News. 1.00 Call The Midwife. 2.00 Parliament. 3.00 Cook And The Chef. 3.25 Tenable. 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 Back Roads. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. (PG) 8.30 Better Date Than Never. 9.05 Whale With Steve Backshall. 9.55 You Can’t Ask That. 10.30 News. 10.45 The Business. 11.00 Four Corners. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.40 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.15 Upstart Crow. (M) 9.45 Double Parked. (M) 10.10 Portlandia. (PG) 10.55 Back. (MA15+) 11.20 Would I Lie To You? 11.50 MOVIE: Holding The Man. (2015, MA15+) 1.55 Unprotected Sets. (M) 2.50 ABC News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Children’s Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 5.00 Tipping Point Australia. 6.00 9News. 7.00 ACA. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PG) 10.00 9News Late. 10.30 Travel Guides NZ. 11.30 Family Law. 12.15 Tipping Point. 1.10 Pointless. 2.05 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.00 TV Shop. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 ACA. 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. (PG) 7.00 The Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: The Mechanic. (2011, MA15+) 10.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 11.30 The Nanny. (PG) 12.00 Medium. (MA15+) 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. (PG) 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. (PG) 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (M) 12.55 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn. (PG) 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: The Amorous Prawn. (1962) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. (M) 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. (PG) 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Make Me A Dealer. 10.00 Hugh’s Wild West. 11.00 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.15 The 2010s. 3.05 Mastermind Aust. 3.35 The Cook Up. 4.10 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 8.35 Death Of An Icon: Marilyn Monroe. (M) 9.35 The Price Of Truth. (M) 11.10 SBS News. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.50 News. 7.20 WorldWatch. 10.00 The Movie Show. 12.05 Most Expensivest. 12.35 Devoured. 1.20 Cryptoland. 1.50 One Star Reviews. 2.15 Earthworks. 3.05 WorldWatch. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Joy Of Painting. 6.10 Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure. (PG) 6.40 Jeopardy! (PG) 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 8.30 Dark Side Of The 2000s. (MA15+) 9.25 Stone Cold Takes On America. (M) 10.15 Hudson & Rex. (M) 11.05 Late Programs.

SATURDAY 24

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. 2.00 Brush With Fame. 2.30 Back Roads. 3.00 Cook And The Chef. 3.25 Tenable. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. 5.10 Love Your Garden. 6.00 Back Roads. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 The Weekly. 9.05 This Is Going To Hurt. (M) 9.50 Planet America. 10.25 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.05 News. 11.20 The Business. 11.35 Late Programs.

Classifications: (PG) Parental Guidance (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (CC) Include Closed Captions (R) Repeat. Please note: Listings are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by networks.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Going Places. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. (PG) 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.35 High Arctic Haulers. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Girl’s Can’t Surf. (2020, M) 10.25 The Habits Of New Norcia. (PG) 11.25 Songlines On Screen. (PG) 12.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Replay. 1.55 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Replay. 3.10 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Replay. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Miniseries: Mr Bates vs The Post Office. (M) 2.00 Autopsy USA. (M) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Aust. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 The 1% Club. (PG) 8.30 Miniseries: Mr Bates vs The Post Office. (M) 10.40 The Latest: Seven News. 11.10 Inside Chernobyl. (PG) 12.40 Parenthood. (PG) 2.00 Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 The Hotel Inspector. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. (PG) 8.45 Lewis. (M) 10.45 Maternal. (M) 11.45 Bargain Hunt. 12.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 American Pickers. (PG) 11.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 12.00 Outback Truckers. (PG) 2.00 BarrettJackson: Revved Up. (PG) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. (PG) 3.30 Desert Collectors. (PG) 4.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 5.00 American Restoration. (PG) 5.30 American Pickers. (PG) 6.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG) 8.30 The Force: BTL. (PG) 9.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG) 10.30 Police: Hour Of Duty. (M) 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 The Talk. 8.30 Ent. Tonight. 9.00 Neighbours. 9.30 Bold. 10.00 Deal Or No Deal. 10.30 Farm To Fork. 11.00 Judge Judy. 11.30 Dr Phil. 12.30 10 News First: Midday. 1.30 Ent. Tonight. 2.00 Australian Survivor. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.30 Neighbours. 5.00 Bold. 5.30 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. 7.00 The Project. 8.00 Ambulance Australia. (M) 9.00 FBI: International. (M) 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Buy To Build. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 10.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 NCIS. (M) 1.30 FBI. (M) 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.30 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) 8.30 NCIS. (M) 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. (M) 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i. (M) 11.15 Diagnosis Murder. (M) 12.15 Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG)

6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Becker. (PG) 8.00 Ghosts. (PG) 9.00 Big Bang. (PG) 9.30 Friends. (PG) 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 11.00 Becker. (PG) 12.00 Frasier. (PG) 1.00 NBL Slam. 1.30 Big Bang. (M) 2.00 Ghosts. (M) 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. (PG) 5.30 Frasier. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Big Bang. (PG) 8.30 Two And A Half Men. (M) 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY 21

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Strait To The Plate. (PG) 2.00 Going Places. 2.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Going Places. (PG) 8.30 Dreaming Whilst Black. (M) 9.00 MOVIE: Bullet. (1996, MA15+) 10.50 Lagau Danalaig: An Island Life. 11.45 Songlines On Screen. 12.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Replay. 12.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: Murder And Matrimony. (2021) 2.00 Your Money & Your Life. 2.30 Beach Cops. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Aust. 6.00 News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 8.30 The Front Bar: All Sports Edition. (M) 9.30 The Latest: Seven News. 10.00 Australia: Now And Then. (M) 11.00 Born To Kill? (MA15+) 12.00 Black-ish. 1.00 Harry’s Practice. 1.30 Travel Oz. 2.00 Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Jabba’s Movies. (PG) 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. (PG) 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. (M) 8.30 The Coroner. (M) 10.30 Murdoch Mysteries. (M) 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 America’s Game. 10.00 American Pickers. (PG) 11.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 12.00 Highway Patrol. (PG) 1.00 The Force: BTL. (PG) 2.00 Secrets Of The Supercars. (PG) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. (PG) 3.30 Desert Collectors. (PG) 4.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 5.00 American Restoration. (PG) 5.30 American Pickers. (PG) 6.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Counting Cars. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Independence Day. (1996) 11.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Bold. 10.00 Deal Or No Deal. 10.30 Farm To Fork. 11.00 Judge Judy. 11.30 Dr Phil. 12.30 10 News First: Midday. 1.30 Ent. Tonight. 2.00 Judge Judy. 2.30 To Be Advised. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.30 Neighbours. 5.00 Bold. 5.30 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. 7.00 The Project. 8.00 Dog House Aust. (PG) 9.00 Gogglebox Australia. 10.00 Law & Order: S.V.U. 11.00 Blue Bloods. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 17. Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory. Highlights. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 10.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 NCIS. (M) 1.30 FBI. (M) 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.30 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) 8.30 NCIS. (M) 9.30 NCIS: New Orleans. (M) 10.30 Matildas Preview Show. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Becker. (PG) 8.00 Ghosts. (PG) 9.00 Big Bang. (PG) 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 11.00 Becker. (PG) 12.00 Frasier. (PG) 1.00 Friends. (PG) 2.00 Ghosts. (M) 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. (PG) 5.30 Frasier. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Big Bang. (PG) 8.30 Two And A Half Men. (M) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Workaholics. (MA15+) 3.30 Late Programs.

THURSDAY 22

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.45 Karla Grant Presents. 2.00 Going Places. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. (PG) 5.30 NITV News: Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Eddie’s Lil’ Homies. 7.45 MOVIE: Flight Of The Navigator. (1986, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: She’s The Man. (2006, PG) 11.10 NITV News: Nula. 11.40 My Uncle Bluey. (PG) 12.00 Express Yourself. (MA15+) 1.00 On The Road. 5.00 Bamay. 5.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Australian Idol. (PG) 1.30 Motorbike Cops. (PG) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Aust. 6.00 News. 7.00 Better Homes. 8.30 MOVIE: Sweet Home Alabama. (2002, PG) Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Candice Bergen. 10.50 To Be Advised. 12.35 12 Monkeys. (MA15+) 2.30 Shopping. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Our Town. (PG) 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 2.00 Last Chance Learners. (PG) 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Room For Improvement. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Security: Int. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Blokesworld. (PG) 10.30 American Restoration. (PG) 11.00 American Pickers. (PG) 12.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 1.00 Counting Cars. (PG) 2.00 Secrets Of The Supercars. (PG) 3.00 Timbersports. (PG) 3.30 Desert Collectors. (PG) 4.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 5.00 American Restoration. (PG) 5.30 American Pickers. (PG) 6.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Men In Black 3. (2012) 9.40 MOVIE: Hancock. (2008) 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Deal Or No Deal. 10.30 Farm To Fork. 11.00 Judge Judy. 11.30 Dr Phil. 12.30 10 News First: Midday. 1.30 Ent. Tonight. 2.00 Judge Judy. 2.30 Dr Phil. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.30 Everyday Gourmet. 5.00 Bold. 5.30 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. 7.00 The Project. 8.00 The Graham Norton Show. 9.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. (PG) 10.00 The Graham Norton Show. 11.00 Fire Country. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 17. Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers. Highlights. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 10.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 In The Dark. (M) 1.30 NCIS. (M) 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.30 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) 8.30 NCIS. (M) 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. (M) 11.15 48 Hours. (M) 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Becker. (PG) 8.00 NBL Slam. 8.30 Big Bang. (PG) 9.30 How We Roll. (PG) 11.00 Becker. (PG) 12.00 Frasier. (PG) 1.00 The Middle. (PG) 2.00 Ghosts. (M) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. (PG) 5.30 Frasier. (PG) 6.30 Big Bang. (PG) 8.30 Two And A Half Men. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 South Park. (M) 3.30 Bold. (PG) 4.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

FRIDAY 23

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Going Places. 2.00 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 2.50 NITV News: Nula. 3.20 Dizzy Gillespie In Studio 104. 3.55 Tina: What’s Love. (PG) 5.50 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. (PG) 6.20 News. 6.30 Tradition On A Plate. 7.00 The Other Side. 7.30 Idris Elba’s Fight School. (M) 8.35 MOVIE: Constantine. (2005, MA15+) 10.45 Angels Gather Here. (PG) 11.40 Lost Diamonds. (PG) 12.10 Express Yourself. (MA15+) 1.10 On The Road. 5.00 Bamay.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Horse Racing. Caulfield Blue Diamond Day and Silver Slipper Stakes Day. 5.00 News. 5.30 Creek To Coast. 6.00 News. 7.00 Border Security. (PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Legacy. (2012, M) 10.15 MOVIE: The Kingdom. (2007, MA15+) 12.35 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Bathurst 500. Day 1. Highlights. 1.35 Harry’s Practice. 2.00 Shopping. 4.00 Get Clever. 5.00 House Of Wellness.

6.00 Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. (PG) 10.00 Better Homes. 11.00 Horse Racing. Caulfield Blue Diamond Day and Silver Slipper Stakes Day. 11.30 Animal Rescue. 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 1.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. (PG) 2.00 Escape To The Country. 5.00 Bargain Hunt. 6.00 Heathrow. (PG) 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. (PG) 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Bathurst 500. Day 1. Qualifying and support races. 2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Bathurst 500. Day 1. Pre-race and race. 5.00 Storage Wars: NY. (PG) 5.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 6.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.00 Storage Wars. (PG) 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. (PG) 9.30 Mighty Planes. (PG) 10.30 Mighty Ships. (PG) 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. 11.00 Farm To Fork. 11.30 Everyday Gourmet. 12.00 All 4 Adventure. 1.00 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. 1.30 Australian Survivor. 2.30 Wildlife Rescue. 3.30 What’s Up Down Under. 4.00 GCBC. 4.30 My Market Kitchen. 5.00 Taste Of Aust. 5.30 News. 6.30 Soccer. AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifier. Third round. Uzbekistan v Australia. 10.00 To Be Advised. 11.00 Ambulance UK. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Shopping. 9.00 Pooches At Play. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 11.30 Luxury Escapes. (PG) 12.00 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 1.00 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 2.30 JAG. (PG) 3.30 Escape Fishing. 4.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 18. Sydney FC v Melbourne City. 7.00 JAG. (PG) 8.00 NCIS. (M) 9.00 NCIS: LA. (M) 10.50 Blue Bloods. (M) 11.50 NCIS: Hawai’i. (M) 12.45 FBI: International. (M) 1.45 48 Hours. (M) 2.45 I Fish. 3.00 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 The King Of Queens. (PG) 8.00 Becker. (PG) 9.00 Neighbours. (PG) 11.00 Farm To Fork. 11.30 The King Of Queens. (PG) 12.30 Australian Survivor. 3.00 Becker. (PG) 4.00 Frasier. (PG) 5.00 Friends. (PG) 5.30 Ghosts. (PG) 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 10.30 Friends. (PG) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 South Park. (M) 3.30 Just For Laughs Montreal. (M) 4.30 Shopping.

SATURDAY 24

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Away From Country. (PG) 2.00 VICE Sports. (PG) 3.00 Impact! Wrestling Down Under 2023. 5.35 Talking Language. 6.05 News. 6.15 Nature’s Great Migration. (PG) 7.25 Monochrome: Black, White And Blue. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Coextinction. (2021, M) 10.15 MOVIE: Desperately Seeking Susan. (1985, M) 12.05 Power To The People. (PG) 12.55 Woven Threads: Refugees. (PG) 1.05 On The Road. 2.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Bathurst 500. Day 2. Qualifying and support races. 1.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Bathurst 500. Day 2. Pre-race and race. 4.00 Border Patrol. 4.30 Border Security. 5.00 News. 5.30 Weekender. 6.00 News. 7.00 Australian Idol. 8.30 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop. (MA15+) 9.35 Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story. (M) 10.35 Soham: Catching A Killer. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Leading The Way. (PG) 8.00 David Jeremiah. (PG) 8.30 Shopping. 9.00 Our Town. (PG) 9.30 Last Chance Learners. (PG) 10.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 11.00 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages. (PG) 12.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.15 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 5.15 I Escaped To The Country. 6.15 Escape To The Country. 7.15 Vicar Of Dibley. (PG) 8.30 Vera. (M) 10.30 Call The Midwife. (M) 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 11.00 Storage Wars. (PG) 12.00 The Fishing Show By AFN. (PG) 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG) 2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. (PG) 2.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. (PG) 3.00 Fishing Addiction. (PG) 4.00 Mighty Ships. (PG) 5.00 Storage Wars: New York. (PG) 6.00 Border Security: Int. (PG) 7.00 Border Security. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Kingsman: The Secret Service. (2014) 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Freshly Picked. 9.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. 10.00 My Market Kitchen. 10.30 Farm To Fork. 11.00 Pooches At Play. 11.30 Buy To Build. 12.00 Healthy Homes. 12.30 Australian Survivor. 2.00 Cook With Luke. 2.30 4x4 Adventures. 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 My Market Kitchen. 5.00 GCBC. 5.30 News. 7.00 The Sunday Project. 8.00 Australian Survivor. 9.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. (M) 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. (PG) 8.00 Offroad Adv. 9.00 4x4 Adventures. 10.00 Wildlife Rescue. (PG) 11.00 Escape Fishing. 11.30 JAG. (PG) 2.30 What’s Up Down Under. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 3.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 18. Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners. 6.00 JAG. (PG) 7.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 NCIS: LA. (M) 11.15 Blue Bloods. (M) 12.15 Evil. (MA15+) 1.10 NCIS: Hawai’i. (M) 2.05 Late Programs.

6.00 The Middle. (PG) 9.00 Australian Survivor. 10.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 2.00 The Middle. (PG) 3.30 MacGyver. (PG) 4.30 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 8.30 Two And A Half Men. (M) Charlie sets Alan up with a new neighbour. 10.00 South Park. (MA15+) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Charmed. (M) 2.30 Ghosts. (M) 3.30 Just For Laughs: Montreal. (M) 4.30 Shopping.

SUNDAY 25

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Going Places. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. (PG) 5.30 News. 6.00 Bamay. (PG) 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.05 Tan France: Beauty And The Bleach. (M) 10.10 MOVIE: Road House. (1989) 12.10 Power To The People. 1.00 On The Road. 2.00 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 5.00 Bamay.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Motorbike Cops. (PG) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Aust. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) 9.00 The Irrational. (M) 10.00 The Latest: Seven News. 10.30 S.W.A.T. (M) 11.30 Curse Of The Chippendales. (M) 12.30 Bates Motel. (MA15+) 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG) 2.00 Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes. 1.00 Your Money & Your Life. (PG) 1.30 Last Chance Learners. (PG) 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 The Hotel Inspector. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. (PG) 8.30 Foyle’s War. (M) 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Night Thunder. USA Speedweek. Final. Highlights. 2.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Bathurst 500. Day 1. Highlights. 3.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Bathurst 500. Day 2. Highlights. 4.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 5.00 American Restoration. (PG) 5.30 American Pickers. (PG) 6.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. (M) 8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. (PG) 10.30 Deep Water Salvage. (PG) 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 My Market Kitchen. 7.30 The Talk. 8.30 Ent. Tonight. 9.00 My Market Kitchen. 9.30 Bold. 10.00 Deal Or No Deal. 10.30 Farm To Fork. 11.00 Judge Judy. 11.30 Dr Phil. 12.30 10 News First: Midday. 1.30 Ent. Tonight. 2.00 Australian Survivor. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.30 Neighbours. 5.00 Bold. 5.30 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. 7.00 The Project. 8.00 Australian Survivor. 9.00 FBI: Most Wanted. (M) 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Buy To Build. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. (PG) 9.30 iFish. 10.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 In The Dark. (M) 1.30 NCIS. (M) 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) 8.30 NCIS. (M) The team investigates a journalist’s death. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) 12.15 Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG)

6.00 Big Bang. (PG) 9.30 The Middle. (PG) 10.30 Friends. (PG) 12.00 Charmed. (PG) 2.00 Two And A Half Men. (PG) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. (PG) 5.30 Frasier. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 8.30 Two And A Half Men. (PG) 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Workaholics. (MA15+) 2.30 Just For Laughs Australia. (M) 3.00 Ghosts. (M) 3.30 Bold. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

MONDAY 26

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.40 First Sounds. 2.00 Going Places. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. (PG) 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Africa’s Hidden Kingdoms. 7.30 MOVIE: The Gospel According To André. (2017, PG) 9.10 MOVIE: White Chicks. (2004, M) 11.10 Lycett And Wallis. (PG) 12.00 Power To The People. 12.50 Woven Threads: Refugees. 1.00 NITV On The Road: Barunga Festival. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Motorbike Cops. 2.00 Psych. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 News. 5.00 The Chase Aust. 6.00 News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) 8.30 Kitchen Nightmares USA. (MA15+) 9.30 First Dates UK. (M) 10.35 The Latest: Seven News. 11.05 The Front Bar: All Sports Edition. (M) 12.15 Your Money & Your Life. 12.45 Emerald City. 2.00 Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 The Hotel Inspector. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. (PG) 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. (PG) 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. (M) 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 American Pickers. (PG) 11.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 12.00 Outback Opal Hunters. (M) 1.00 Aussie Salvage Squad. (PG) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. (PG) 3.30 Desert Collectors. (PG) 4.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 5.00 American Restoration. (PG) 5.30 American Pickers. (PG) 6.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Outback Truckers. (M) 9.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. (M) 10.30 Ice Road Truckers. (M) 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 The Talk. 8.30 Ent. Tonight. 9.00 Neighbours. 9.30 Bold. 10.00 Deal Or No Deal. 10.30 Farm To Fork. 11.00 Judge Judy. 11.30 Dr Phil. 12.30 10 News First: Midday. 1.30 Ent. Tonight. 2.00 Judge Judy. 2.30 Australian Survivor. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.30 Neighbours. 5.00 Bold. 5.30 News. 6.30 Deal Or No Deal. 7.00 The Project. 8.00 Australian Survivor. 9.30 NCIS. (M) 10.30 NCIS: LA. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Buy To Build. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 10.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 In The Dark. (M) 1.30 NCIS. (M) 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) Bull assists Chunk. 9.25 FBI. (M) The agents pursue a serial killer. 12.15 Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG)

6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Becker. (PG) 8.00 Friends. (PG) 9.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 11.00 Becker. (PG) 12.00 Frasier. (PG) 1.00 Big Bang. (PG) 2.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Becker. (PG) 5.30 Frasier. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Big Bang. (PG) 8.30 Two And A Half Men. (M) 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

TUESDAY 27 2102

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CAPE YORK LAND COUNCIL YUK PUYNGK

ICN 1163 | A BN 22 965 382 705

AUTHORISATION MEETING FOR A NATIVE TITLE DETERMINATION AGREEMENT

Kowanyama People Native Title Group Cape York United # 1 Native Title Claim (QUD673/2014) Tuesday 13 February 2024 Rydges Esplanade, Cairns

Cape York Land Council (CYLC) will hold a decision-making meeting on Tuesday 27 February 2024 in Cairns for the Kowanyama People Native Title Group to consider whether to authorise proposed native title agreements under s.87A of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA) for consent determinations of native title over Kowanyama People’s native title country as shown on the map below. This area is inclusive of areas where native title will be jointly held by the Kowanyama People and the Olkola and Kunjen Olkol People Native Title Groups as described on the map below

A determination of native title involves a decision of the Federal Court. The determination of native title means that the Federal Court determines (1) who holds native title; (2) what the native title rights are; (3) the area to which the native title rights apply after any determination is made; and (4) which corporation will represent the members of the determined native title group. If the meeting on Tuesday 27 February 2024 authorises the s.87A native title agreements, the determination will then be sought in the Federal Court. The Court has listed a hearing for a consent determination on 10-11 July 2024 for the areas bordered with a thick line on the maps above. A copy of the proposed s.87A native title agreements for a determination of native title for the areas shown on the maps above will be available at the meeting on Tuesday 27 February 2024. At the request of the people who constitute the Applicant in the Cape York United Number 1 Native Title Claim, CYLC staff and consultants will be in attendance at the meeting to be available to explain matters such as the meaning and effect of the proposed agreement. Any person attending the meeting will be able to ask questions about the proposed agreements and state their views about the proposed agreements. Who is invited to attend the meetings? The meetings are open to the Kowanyama People Native Title Group, being the people known as Yir Yoront (sometimes called Kokomenjen); Koko Bera; Kunjen and Koko Berrin Peoples. The Yir Yoront, Koko Bera, Kunjen and Koko Berrin Peoples are those Aboriginal people who are descendants by birth, or adoption, in accordance with the traditional laws acknowledged and traditional customs observed by the Kowanyama People, from one or more of the following apical ancestors: 52. Monday 26. Wo Pam Mal Yamin 1. Solomon Minyalk 27. Mokara Hudson 2. Thin Mitin Mart 53. Kangaroo 28. Either of the siblings George or Purt 3. Min Yal Panauirn 54. Mosquito Ngon 4. Art Kadlaurin 55. Either of the brothers Billy Flower or 5. Any of the siblings Kal Koral, Kor Mart, 29. Bob Patterson Goggle-Eye or their siblings 30. Moses (aka War’luran) Min Koko Taren or Mad Len; 56. Jimmy 31. Yowalyamen 6. Pow Mon Alithanem 57. Either of the brothers Rainbow 32. Jolly 7. Kauan Kor Mar’pen Christie or Bowyang Charlie 33. Either Mailman or his siblings 8. Any of the siblings Paul, Rio or Biddy 58. Nellie 34. Any of the siblings Stephen, Louie, 9. Yor Kantl Yamen 59. Either of the brothers Bob Dunbar or Reubin (aka Robin), Jimmy Braddsley, 10. Any of the siblings Mark, Barnabas or Bendigo or their siblings Mabel Rio or Poppy Kate 35. Old Mokara 11. Arthur, the father of Smiler Misson 60. Any of the siblings Jimmy Koolatah, 36. Taw Wil Yir 12. Luke Coglin Dick, Kunjne Dick or George 13. Any of the siblings Native, Wilson, Akul 37. Colin Dinghy Murray 38. Fred Dunbar Edngan, Uyan or Ginger 61. Frank Yam 39. Alick (aka Alec and Kauwunbengk) 14. Any of the siblings Major, Sergeant, 62. Brumby (aka Jack Brumby) 40. Goanna (aka Melder) Bobella or Gregory 63. Old Mud 41. Pluto 15. Mickey 64. Charlie Inkerman 42. Either Mundie Shalfo or his sister 16. Boandonolly (aka Puntanolli) 65. Any of the siblings Mimosa, Alison or 43. Piper 17. George Black (aka Thamil Polp) May 44. Willie Daphney 18. Either of the brothers “Barramundi” 45. Any of the siblings Fanny, Lucy Tommy, 66. Maggie Charlie or Lamp 67. Bonbatable Waterloo, Elsie or Tommy Burns 19. Gilbert 68. Cecil (brother of Kangaroo) 20. Eagleman, the father of Barney Jubilee 46. Nipper 69. Dr Dick 47. Dick 21. Joe Highbury 70. Possensnek 48. Peppo 22. Jackson 71. Lily Goatboy (sibling of George Black) 49. Ben 23. Tent (aka Thol Kol Kith) 72. Moses 50. Smiler 24. Bruno (aka Wurrpwin) 73. Nellie Highbury (Patterson) 51. Bernard 25. Min Kawlto Tower Moilin Any person who is a descendant of one or more of the apical ancestors listed above is invited to attend these meetings. Please contact CYLC if you would like to confirm whether you are a descendant of one or more of the apical ancestors listed above and so entitled to attend the meeting. The meeting will be held as follows: Date: Tuesday 27 February 2024 Venue: DoubleTree By Hilton, 121-123 Esplanade, Cairns Time: 9:00am-3:00pm Video-conferencing Video-conferencing facilities will be made available at the meeting. If you would like CYLC to arrange a video- conference from your location into the meeting, whether you live at the location of the meeting or elsewhere, please contact CYLC on the number above. Purpose of the Authorisation Meeting The purpose of the Authorisation Meeting on Tuesday 27 February 2024 is to decide whether or not to approve the proposed s.87A native title agreements for a consent determination of native title for the areas shown on the map above. The agenda of the meeting will be to consider whether the persons present: • agree and adopt a decision-making process; • agree to the proposed s.87A agreement for a determination of native title; • agree to the continuation of existing Indigenous Land Use Agreements under s.199C of the NTA; • agree to nominate a corporation to represent the native title holders identified in the proposed agreement for a determination of native title over the proposed determination area; • if a decision is made to incorporate a new corporation, agree to make a decision (1) to approve the rules of the proposed corporation, (2) to identify who will be the initial directors and contact person for the proposed corporation, and (3) to authorise one or more named persons to apply to the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations to register the proposed corporation; and • authorise the Principal Legal Officer of CYLC to nominate the proposed corporation in writing to the Federal Court for it to be the prescribed body corporate under s.57(2)(a) & (b) of the NTA for the proposed determination of native title. Attendance For travel assistance or to confirm attendance or for any other questions about this notice, please contact Sana Dorante before Wednesday 21 February 2024 on free call number 1800 623 548 or by mobile phone on 0488 702 099 or by email sdorante@cylc.org.au. Note that there is limited funding available for travel assistance.

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NI U M

Easter Market

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

COMMUNITY EASTER MARKET - STORM SURGE SHELTER

Weipa Town Authority invites you to apply to be a market stallholder in the upcoming Easter Market held at the Storm Surge Shelter on Saturday 23 March 2024. We welcome community market and food stalls to register their expressions of interest. Closing date to register is Wednesday 13 March 2024. Complete your EOI online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024EOIEasterMarket

CAPE YORK LAND COUNCIL YUK PUYNGK

ICN 1163 | A BN 22 965 382 705

AUTHORISATION MEETING FOR A NATIVE TITLE DETERMINATION AGREEMENT

Olkola Native Title Group Cape York United # 1 Native Title Claim (QUD673/2014) Thursday 29 February 2024 DoubleTree By Hilton, Cairns

Cape York Land Council (CYLC) will hold a decision-making meeting on Thursday 29 February 2024 in Cairns for the Olkola Native Title Group to consider whether to authorise proposed native title agreements under s.87A of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA) for consent determinations of native title over Olkola People’s native title country as shown on the map below. This area is inclusive of areas where the native title will be jointly held by the Olkola People and the Kowanyama and Kunjen Olkol People Native Title Groups as described on the map below. A determination of native title involves a decision of the Federal Court. Determination of native title means that the Federal Court determines (1) who holds native title; (2) what the native title rights are; (3) the area to which the native title rights apply after any determination is made; and (4) which corporation will represent the members of the determined native title group. If the meeting on Thursday 29 February 2024 authorises the s.87A native title agreements, the determination will then be sought in the Federal Court. The Court has listed a hearing for a consent determination on 10-11 July 2024 for the area bordered with a thick line on the map at right. A copy of the proposed s.87A native title agreements for a determination of native title for the areas shown on the map above will be available at the meeting on Thursday 29 February 2024. At the request of the people who constitute the Applicant in the Cape York United Number 1 Native Title Claim, CYLC staff and consultants will be in attendance at the meeting to be available to explain matters such as the meaning and effect of the proposed agreement. Any person attending the meeting will be able to ask questions about the proposed agreements and state their views about the proposed agreements. Who is invited to attend the meetings? The meetings are open to all Olkola People, being the descendants by birth, or adoption in accordance with Olkola traditional law and custom, of one or more of the following apical ancestors: 19. Mary Callaghan (spouse of Jack McIvor) 1. Willie Johnson (aka Jack Johnson) 2. Parry (father of Linda Long and grandfather 20. Jack Spratt of Albert Upton) 21. Old Man Saturday (aka Jimmy Thompson) 3. Charlie (spouse of Topsy/Bessie) 22. Frank Yam 4. Old Man Barney Dockerty 23. Charlie Sugarbag and Charlie Crocodile (siblings) 5. Mosquito Upton 24. Willie Long aka Willie Bandfoot/Bamford 6. Long Jim Coleman (spouse of Jinny Long) 7. Johnson Upton 25. Sandy (spouse of Nellie/Lily) 8. Charlie Gunnawarra 26. Georgina Lee Cheu Snr 9. Jimmy Long (aka Brasso/Basil) 27. Paddy Cook 10. Polly (spouse of Mustard) 28. George Dockerty (spouse of Rosie) 11. Mustard 29. Rosie (spouse of George Dockerty) 12. Nellie Musgrave 30. Charlie (father of Linda Bob) 13. Bally (father of Lucy Long) 31. Nellie (mother of Linda Bob) 14. Old Man Bally (Oto aka Possum Bally) 32. Old Lady Molly Long (aka Molly Barney) 15. Bally Upton 33. Kitty (Starlight) (subject to approval of the Olkola 16. Ngoingum Native Title Group at the pre-authorisation meeting on 17. Theresa Upton aka Awundayi 15 February 2024) 18. Old Man Boxer Any person who is a descendant of one or more of the apical ancestors listed above is invited to attend these meetings. Please contact CYLC if you would like to confirm whether you are a descendant of one or more of the apical ancestors listed above and so entitled to attend the meeting. The meeting will be held as follows: Date: Thursday 29 February 2023 Venue: DoubleTree By Hilton, 121-123 Esplanade, Cairns Time: 9.00am – 3.00pm Video-conferencing Video-conferencing facilities will be made available at the meeting. If you would like CYLC to arrange a video-conference from your location into the meeting, whether you live at the location of the meeting or elsewhere, please contact CYLC on the number above. Purpose of the Authorisation Meeting The purpose of the Authorisation Meeting on Thursday 29 February 2024 is to decide whether or not to approve the proposed s.87A native title agreements for a consent determination of native title for the areas shown on the map above. The agenda of the meeting will be to consider whether the persons present: • agree and adopt a decision-making process; • agree to the proposed s.87A agreement for a determination of native title; • agree to the continuation of existing Indigenous Land Use Agreements under s.199C of the NTA; • agree to nominate a corporation to represent the native title holders identified in the proposed agreement for a determination of native title over the proposed determination area; • if a decision is made to incorporate the proposed corporation, agree to make a decision (1) to approve the rules of the proposed corporation, (2) to identify who will be the initial directors and contact person for the proposed corporation, and (3) to authorise one or more named persons to apply to the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations to register the proposed corporation; and • authorise the Principal Legal Officer of CYLC to nominate the proposed corporation in writing to the Federal Court for it to be the prescribed body corporate under s.56(2)(a) & (b) of the NTA for the proposed determination of native title.

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Attendance For travel assistance or to confirm attendance or for any other questions about this notice, please contact Sana Dorante before Wednesday 21 February 2024 on free call number 1800 623 548 or by email sdorante@cylc.org.au. Note that there is limited funding available for travel assistance.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 – Cape York Weekly – Page 17

CAPE YORK LAND COUNCIL YUK PUYNGK

ICN 1163 | A BN 22 965 382 705

AUTHORISATION MEETING FOR A NATIVE TITLE DETERMINATION AGREEMENT

Kunjen Olkol Native Title Group Cape York United # 1 Native Title Claim (QUD673/2014) Wednesday 28 February 2024 DoubleTree by Hilton, Cairns

Cape York Land Council (CYLC) will hold a decision-making meeting on Wednesday 28 February 2024 in Cairns for the Kunjen Olkol Native Title Group to consider whether to authorise proposed native title agreements under s.87A of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA) for consent determinations of native title over Kunjen Olkol People’s native title country as shown on the map below. This area is inclusive of areas where the native title will be jointly held by the Kunjen Olkol People and the Kowanyama and Olkola People Native Title Groups as described on the map below.

A determination of native title involves a decision of the Federal Court. Determination of native title means that the Federal Court determines (1) who holds native title; (2) what the native title rights are; (3) the area to which the native title rights apply after any determination is made; and (4) which corporation will represent the members of the determined native title group. If the meeting on Wednesday 28 February 2024 authorises the s.87A native title agreements, each determination will then be sought in the Federal Court. The Court has listed a hearing for a consent determination on 10-11 July 2024 for the areas bordered with a thick line on the map above. A copy of the proposed s.87A native title agreements for a determination of native title for the areas shown on the map above will be available at the meeting on Wednesday 28 February 2024. At the request of the people who constitute the Applicant in the Cape York United Number 1 Native Title Claim, CYLC staff and consultants will be in attendance at the meeting to be available to explain matters such as the meaning and effect of the proposed agreements. Any person attending the meeting will be able to ask questions about the proposed agreements and state their views about the proposed agreements. Who is invited to attend the meetings? The meeting is open to all Kunjen Olkol People, being the descendants by birth, or adoption in accordance with Kunjen Olkol traditional law and custom, from one or more of the following apical ancestors: 1. Maggie Johnson 13. Mosquito 2. Kitty (wife of Bob Sellars) 14. Herbert Miller 3. Bob Sellars 15. Tommy McKenzie 4. Dick Callaghan 16. Annie Burns (aka Annie Massey/Lawrence) 5. Topsy Callaghan 17. Brumby (aka Jack Brumby) 6. Frank Yam 18. Charlie (spouse of Topsy/Bessie) 7. Frank (father of Jimmy Koolatah, Coglin Dick and 19. Jimmy “Jack” Lefthand (aka Jack Dunbar) Kunjen Dick) 20. Maggie (mother of Annie Ah Sam) 8. Bob Banjo Gordon 21. Nancy Gordon (spouse of Jack Burton) 9. Charlie (father of Jack Burton) 22. Tommy Ketchup (spouse of Nellie) 10. Willie Johnson (aka Jack Johnson) 23. Nellie (spouse of Tommy Ketchup) 11. Mo Billy (mother of Billy Flower and Goggleye) 12. Nellie (mother of Ada Lyall) 24. Hector Reynolds Any person who is a descendant of one or more of the apical ancestors listed above is invited to attend this meeting. Please contact CYLC if you would like to confirm whether you are a descendant of one or more of the apical ancestors listed above and so entitled to attend the meeting. The meeting will be held as follows: Date: Wednesday 28 February 2024 Venue: DoubleTree By Hilton, 121-123 Esplanade, Cairns Time: 9.00am – 2.00pm Purpose of the Authorisation Meeting The purpose of the Authorisation Meeting on Wednesday 28 February 2024 is to decide whether or not to approve the proposed s.87A native title agreements for a consent determination of native title for each of the areas shown on the map above. The agenda of the meeting will be to consider whether the persons present: • agree and adopt a decision-making process; • agree to the proposed s.87A agreements for a determination of native title; • agree to the continuation of existing Indigenous Land Use Agreements under s.199C of the NTA; • agree to nominate a corporation to represent the native title holders identified in the proposed agreements for a determination of native title over the proposed determination areas; • agree to nominate a corporation to represent the native title holders for the jointly held areas identified in the proposed agreements for a determination of native title over the proposed jointly held determination areas; • if a decision is made to incorporate the proposed corporations, agree to make a decision (1) to approve the rules of the proposed corporations, (2) to identify who will be the initial directors and contact person for the proposed corporations, and (3) to authorise one or more named persons to apply to the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations to register the proposed corporations; and • authorise the Principal Legal Officer of CYLC to nominate the proposed corporations in writing to the Federal Court to be the prescribed body corporates under s.56(2)(a) & (b) of the NTA for the proposed determinations of native title. Video-conferencing Video-conferencing facilities will be made available at the meeting. If you would like CYLC to arrange a video- conference from your location into the meeting, whether you live at the location of the meeting or elsewhere, please contact CYLC on the number above. Attendance For travel assistance or to confirm attendance or for any other questions about this notice, please contact Sana Dorante before Wednesday 21 February 2024 on free call number 1800 623 548 or mobile phone on 0488 702 099 or by email sdorante@cylc.org.au. Page 18 – Cape York Weekly – Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Women take charge at junior footy club IT will be more than on-field skills and sportsmanship making up the game plan when the Central Cape Suns start the 2024 junior rugby league season in Weipa. Club president Jess Rex reflected on the stellar success of the 2023 season, but said she was looking forward to a bigger and better result for players both on the paddock and in the community. “It’s about creating social skills and confidence for the kids, and having that teamwork mindset continuing into the community off the field,” she explained. “Last year was huge, and our Northern Pride connection has just given us that further development opportunity for our players to extend themselves,

Natasha Smith, Lauren Haimes, Jess Rex, Sammy O’Neill and Kylie McDonnell are hoping to lead the Central Cape Suns to their biggest season ever in 2024.

and get more exposure outside the community.” A range of under-6 to U16 teams will compete this season, in addition to a dedicated girls team. The club unveiled its 2024 executive last week, with Sammy O’Neill (vice-president), Lauren Haimes (treasurer), and Natasha Smith and Kylie McDonnell

(secretaries) joining Ms Rex in leading the direction of junior rugby league in the township. “To be a team of women who are very organised and strong, and really dedicated to the kids, that’s a great thing,” Ms Rex said. “We want to create as many opportunities for the kids as possible.”

Ms Rex said Trent Gordon would continue as the club’s grounds manager and that qualified coaches were ready to go, but urged parents to do their bit to ensure a successful season. “We’ve got coaches and some amazing sponsors, but any parental volunteers who can help out to wash jerseys each week, keep time or any of the other jobs are asked to put their hand up,” she said. With the season scheduled to launch on 23 April, 2024, competition will align with the school terms, and players will take to the training field on Tuesday before donning their jerseys for games on Thursday. The club will hold signon days at Andoom Oval on 26 March and 16 April, from 3:30pm until 4pm.

Ben’s beaut barramundi DO you want to be as famous (well, Cape York famous) as Ben Green with this 87-centimetre barramundi he caught during an early morning flick at the Aurukun boat ramp? Cape Catch of the Week will showcase a Cape York angler – big or small – and provide them ultimate bragging rights. All you have to do is send us a photo of you and your catch, and answer a few simple questions. If everything goes to plan, we are hoping to be able to offer a great weekly prize, but for the time being, the best you can hope for is seeing your mug and your catch online, and sticking the clipping from the paper on your fridge. Q&A WITH BEN GREEN Where do you call home? Lakeland is home, but I’ve been living in Aurukun for a few years now. What do you like most about living on Cape York? I like the laid-back lifestyle the most – it’s so much better than Victoria. What is your favourite fish species to target?

Do you want to feature as our next Cape Catch of the Week? Flick a photo of your best recent catch to editor@ capeyorkweekly. com.au or text it to 0419 891 666 by 9am on Sundays. The better the picture, the better chance you’ll have of getting published! The bluebone – it’s just seeing that colour come up from the water, and it tastes so good. Where is your favourite location to wet a line? My favourite fishing spot is the Pennefather River on the Western Cape. Who is your favourite fishing buddy? It all depends. Sometimes, I like just

SPORT IN BRIEF Mountjoy to lead golf club THE leadership team for the 2024 Carpentaria Golf Club season has been decided after the annual general meeting on Saturday. Murray Mountjoy will be president for the season, with Vivian Chan (secretary), Deb Duffy (treasurer) and club captain Clinton Wonfor forming the rest of the executive. The club’s 2024 committee will comprise Carolyn Head, Steven Jensen, William Grant, Tyler Nicholsen, Brandon Waretini, Rob McVean, Matt Byrne, James Hunter and Catherine Sloane.

Dall claims Dawnbusters JON Dall was too good in a field of 18 when competitors teed off in Dawnbusters action at Carpentaria Golf Club on Sunday. Viv Dick secured runner-up honours on the back nine, with Chris Hamil bagging Hoffman’s bragging rights. Chris McIvor claimed the men’s longest drive chocolates, while Tanner Granzien showed a deft touch to take the nearest to the pin prize. This Sunday, players will contest the front nine, with the first groups getting away at 6:30am.

Milestone for Scholefield THERE were plenty of puddles for competitors to dodge when 56 people laced up for Weipa parkrun #353 on Saturday morning. With four first-time participants and eight personal bests recorded, there was a party atmosphere as the five-kilometre course was run, jogged or walked while cake was consumed, party streamers were blown, and the heavens opened up. The highlight of the event was Katrina Scholefield notching up an impressive century on the blacktop by completing her 100th parkrun.

fishing by myself, and other times, it’s great to go out with a friend. It really just depends on the day. What is your biggest brag catch? I caught a 1.5-metre cobia once. I also got a 3.5m lemon shark, but I obviously didn’t keep that one. Bait versus lure? I’m a fan of both lures and bait.

Festival calls for sponsors WITH a new executive in place, the call for sponsors has gone out as planning for the 2024 Weipa Running Festival begins. The event will celebrate its seventh anniversary when it is held on 21 July. For more information about sponsoring the event, email admin@ weiparunningfestival.org.au.

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WEIPA TIDE TIMES http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/tides/#!/qld-weipa

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FEB 21 FEB 22 Time m Time m 1354 2.95 1458 2.95 2243 1.17 2330 1.15

FRIDAY FEB 23 Time m 1554 2.95

SATURDAY FEB 24 Time m 0013 1.15 0723 2.46 0901 2.44 1643 2.96

SUNDAY FEB 25 Time m 0050 1.17 0731 2.46 1036 2.39 1726 2.94

MONDAY FEB 26 Time m 0121 1.23 0731 2.47 1227 2.29 1801 2.90

Ph: (07) 4090 6000 VHF Channel 16 WEIPA Shed 5, Evans Landing, Weipa QLD 4874 TUESDAY FEB 27 Time m 0146 1.32 0730 2.52 1322 2.16 1834 2.82

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COOKTOWN TIDE TIMES WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FEB 22 FEB 21 Time m Time m 0158 0.57 0130 0.60 0828 2.81 0802 2.81 1447 0.98 1426 0.97 2021 2.11 1958 2.06

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