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Pilliga predator ‘Rambo’ outfoxed by flood A fenced safe haven in the Pilliga Forest has finally been declared predator free.

by LIZ CUTTS A frustrating four-anda-half-year battle of hide and seek with one elusive fox nicknamed ‘Rambo’ has finally come to an end.

The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) and NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) have confirmed the pesky f o x ’s d i s a p p e a r a n c e , possibly due to flooding in the 5800-hectare fenced project area.

Camera trap footage last caught the Pilliga’s most wa nt ed wa l k i ng through a monitoring site in October 2022.

S i nc e t hen , de spit e intensive monitoring and track ing, not a single piece of evidence of his existence has been found, this includes searching th r ough thousa nd s of images captured across 97 cameras throughout the fenced area.

AWC’s operations team dedicated many sleepless nights in the hunt for Rambo.

T he team ded icated 10,40 0 trap nights, 73 shoot nights, 3500 baits and more than 55 days of scent-tracking dogs.

Despite this extensive and intensive effort, it is suspected that Rambo met his fate during one of two flooding events that hit the Pilliga in October last year.

AWC said it can now move forward with an important wildlife reintroduction program which will eventually see six locally extinct species return to the Pilliga.

T he t e a m c a n a l s o fo cus thei r ef for t s on management of pests and weeds outside the fenced area.

“Adios Rambo! ” said Way ne Spa r row, AWC operations manager in the Pilliga, who championed the mammoth chase for the sly predator.

“The lack of evidence is evidence in itself; we are confident the fox is gone.

“We are all experiencing this unusual feeling of

excitement , joy and disappointment because the team put much time and effort into this sizeable chase, only to have the fox leave on his own accord.

“At the end of the day, we needed the fox gone, one way or another. We have the result we need, and we can move forward with reintroducing new species and the whole project will progress.”

Fenced in AWC , w i t h N P W S , constructed the Pilliga fenced enclosure in July 2018 for the reintroduction o f s i x lo c a l ly- e x t i n c t species.

D ue t o R a mb o’s presence, only three of the species were reintroduced within a smaller 6 8 0 -he c t a r e br e e d i ng area located within the larger fence. These were the Greater Bilby (2018), Bridled Nailtail Wallaby (2019) and Brush-tailed Bettong (2022).

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Shire’s public pools sink to depths of despair Pools in the Warrumbungle Shire have been a massive talking point over summer and it seems most residents are fed up with the ongoing issues.

by CHRIS WARD While there has been much talk about the ageing, dilapidated and faltering swimming pool facilities in Coonabarabran, the issues are much wider spread, with residents from other towns across the Shire highlighting problems such as accessibility and admittance costs for families.

One family that spoke to the Coonabarabran Times said the pool situation in the Shire was part of the reason they recently packed up and moved away.

Others have cried out for newer, modern facilities and for the pools to actually open to the public.

The Flood family spend a lot of time at the Coonabarabran Pool (when it is open) so youngsters Henley and Daley can train.

The whole family have close connections with the town pool and swimming club, with Adam Flood having held the 10 years boys’ 33-metre record since 1995.

That record stood the test of time until recently, when Henley bettered his father’s time at the 2023 school carnival.

Henley also broke the 33-metre backstroke record which had stood since 1993 and, funnily enough, that record was previously held by his uncle, Luke Flood.

So, if it’s one thing the Flood family is familiar with it’s the Coonabarabran Pool and the quality (or lack thereof) of the facility.

It’s fair to say they and others are at their wits’ end with the situation.

The family have even been known to travel to Narrabri pool so the youngsters can train in “decent” conditions.

“We understand that the Shire has six pools to look after, but Coonabarabran is the biggest town of them all,” Adam said.

“There should be at least one decent 50-metre pool where kids, schools and parents can all come from the other smaller towns and swim or compete – and that should be centred here in Coonabarabran.”

Jenna Flood said the current condition of the pool was not good enough

for residents and those who fork out for a season pass.

“First of all, it’s hardly been open because of the issues with the water quality,” she said.

“A lot of the times it’s dirty and there’s grass and leaves and green bits in there.

“They [Council] need to provide more staff to facilitate more opening hours and make it overall cleaner and tidier.

“Look at Coonamble Pool. They have a 50-metre pool and they even have half of it shaded.

“There’s no shade over our pool, so you can’t spend long in there before you have to get out.

“It should just be bulldozed and ideally replaced with a heated 50-metre pool so people can use it throughout the year.”

Social swimmers A Coonabarabran resident who wished to remain anonymous said they had witnessed with their own eyes the negative impact the pool situation is having on the town and its residents.

Over the past few weeks they said they have seen a multitude of reactions from members of the public.

“I have seen little kids standing at the pool gate crying because it’s so hot and they just want to go for a swim and cool off, but it’s closed,” the person said.

“I’ve seen older kids and teenagers respond by getting angry – and I don’t blame them. I overheard some of them say how crap this town is and that no one cares.

“And then you’ve got parents with kids who turn up when the pool is open and the disappointment on their faces when they realise its $4 to $5 each; it’s so expensive for them to get in and their only other option is to pay $300 or so for a season pass.

Most families can’t afford to do that.

“And then you get the baffled look of travellers who stop to go for a swim but can’t get in.

“It’s honestly just a shambles.”

The person said they would like Warrumbungle Shire Council to be more transparent when it comes to the pool, its operations

and funding. They also urged Council staff to stop viewing it as a money issue and a burden.

“Instead of looking at it as a burden to town, it should be looked at as a health and safety issue and a good service they can provide the town,” they said.

“Because, I mean, let’s be honest – there’s very little in our town for the youth to do as it is and then they go and shut the one place the kids can go for something to do, or they make it too expensive for them and they wonder why vandalism is on the rise.”

Training for competition A former Coonabarabran resident said she packed her small family up and moved away, partly due to the situation with the pool.

Aimee Rossler said there were several reasons her family made the decision to move, but the state of the pool and its governance was a big part of that choice.

When the family did reside in Coonabarabran, she would do the hour -long trip to Gunnedah at 4.30am three days a week so her children Gareth (12) and Chelsea (13), who are avid swimmers, could train.

“When the local pool is only open four-and-a-half months of the year it’s very difficult for any children to improve, they need year round access,” Mrs Rossler said.

“So, getting up at 4.30am was just the right thing to do as a parent.”

But away from training and competing, Mrs Rossler said it was important for the Coonabarabran facility to be improved for many community groups in town.

“Not many people use it now, but if they built a decent heated pool with proper disabled access and created nice facilities, people would come and use it – and so many different groups would benefit.

“It’s in dire need of an overhaul.”

Ideally, Mrs Rossler said new improvements would include having a heated 25 or 50-metre swimming pool, new change rooms, solar pool heating and a splash park.

“Coonabarabran is sunny most of the time,

so take advantage of solar and make it heated so it can be used year round,” she said.

“And it has got to be made fun. Like with a splash park or something that the kids will enjoy.”

Cool-off for workers Marko Nei was a working visitor to Coonabarabran who was here for four weeks.

He and a crew of workers were responsible for erecting the shade structure at the Coonabarabran Public School.

He was shocked one day when he and some of his work mates knocked off and ventured across the road to cool off at the town pool.

It had been a sweltering day and the team of workers was looking forward to taking a dip.

“When you’re a roofer and you’re up working in 38-degree heat at 3pm in the afternoon and you look across the road and there’s a pool, but when you get over there the gate’s locked and it’s closed to the public – well, it was just weird and frustrating,” he said.

“It’s weird, because I work all over NSW and I’ve never come across anything like that before.”

The Coonabarabran Times spoke to Marko on Tuesday, 7 March, another warm and windy day and yet another day the pool was closed to the general

public.

“I was hoping to go for a swim and cool off today, but it’s closed again,” he said.

“It’s very frustrating. It really should be open to the public.”

Opportunity for Active Kids Mendooran pool user Lyndall O’Leary said for the most part she and other pool users were happy with their local facility.

Ms O’Leary runs the Merrygoen Aqua Club and said the pool has been clean and well maintained, apart from one week when testing results forced Council to close the facility to the public.

“It was a bit disappointing because we were swimming in the pool at the time they did the tests and the water was as clear and clean as usual,” she said.

While the Mendooran Pool has been given an overall thumbs up, Ms O’Leary said she would like to see the Warrumbungle Shire Council take steps to be able to accept the Active Kids vouchers to go towards season passes.

More access, more affordable The message from the Baradine community is clear. They need more access to their pool.

Baradine resident Maureen Smith said as far as she could tell the pool

didn’t seem to have any problems with cleanliness, but the issue in Baradine is simply access.

“For the times I’ve been there it’s been pretty clean, clear and nice, so I don’t think there’s been issues there,” she said.

“The problem is that it’s not open enough and it has been made unaffordable.

“You have to remember,

Baradine is very much a low-income town.

“As a single person it costs me something like $130 for a season pass, and it’s more for families.

“It’s a big shire, we get it, but we need our pool; we miss out on enough without missing out on our pool.

“Plus, it gets extremely hot out here.”

Visiting contractor, Marko Nei was frustrated at not being able to cool off at the Coonabarabran pool due to it being shut to the general public.

THE WASH-UP Coonabarabran Pool: 19 November 2022 to 3 March 2023 Total pool days: 105 Open to the public: 60 days Open to key holders only: 34 days Closed to all: 11 days Casual admission: $4.20 Season ticket (individual): $135 Season ticket (family): $269.50

The Flood family has a close connection to the pool, but they say enough is enough and it’s time for a new, improved facility.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY • The Coonabarabran Times acknowledges and pays respect to the Gamilaraay people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live and work, and pay our respects to Elders both past and present.

We extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country and support the continuation of their cultural, spiritual and educational practices.

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National Cow Horse Finals held at Binnaway The Binnaway Showground hosted the finals of the National Reined Cow Horse Association of Australia competition over four days from Thursday, 17 to Sunday, 19 March 2023.

by JANE PHILLIPS R ider s f r om ac r o s s the country gathered at Bi n naway t o compet e for more than $15,000 in pr ize money and a

suite of sponsored prizes including buckles, handcrafted leather goods, horse rugs and saddle pads.

A s e r i e s o f e v e nt s wer e held ac r o s s t he weekend with all eyes

on the Signature Custom Floats Derby for horses six years old and under and the Leather Forever F utu r ity for Horses fou r yea rs old on the Saturday.

Q u e n t i n S t a pl e t o n

won the f utu r ity on Sweetolena Bay and the derby on SCH Dream of Royalty.

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Quentin Stapleton competing in the Leather Forever Futurity at the Binnaway Multipurpose Arena on the weekend.

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c at er ed for s ome 110 at t ende e s ac r o s s t he weekend.

Organisers hailed the event a great success and thanked all sponsors, attendees and volunteers for their support.

Moving forward: exciting plans for Land Council With the re-election of the board coming in August, Coonabarabran Local Aboriginal Land Council (CLALC) has wrapped up the last four years of achievements, along with some exciting new projects in the works.

by JIMMY WHALAN CLALC has made some significant progress in the past four years with their current board.

With over $5 4 5 ,0 0 0 secured in funding for va r ious projects, chairperson Naomi Stanton said the organisation was proud of how far it had come and were excited for the future of the CLALC. “Funding in the amount of $2 31, 9 6 4 has be en secured for the construction of disability access toilets near the Burra Bee Dee cemetery,” Mrs Stanton said.

Funding for this project was secured in January and it is expected that the toilet block will be installed in the next four months, as time is required for manufacturing, delivery, and installation.

T h rough A bor ig i na l Affairs under Closing the Gap, CLALC has secured a Community and Place grant in the amount of $246,016.

With available projects on which to use the funding i n c lud i n g “ pr o g r a m s , equipment, vehicles and infrastructure”, CLALC will allocate the funding towards renovations at the old police residence in Coonabarabran, with plans to establish an Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS) in the future.

R enovations a re set to commence once local contractors are secured, and are expected to be finalised before Christmas.

The Aboriginal Medical Service will be named

‘ Maaruma-li’, meaning – “to fix, heal and make better”.

Mrs Stanton said this comes after community consultations that showed growing concerns for not having adequate Aboriginal med ica l assista nce i n Coonabarabran. “ Maa r uma-li A M S is bei ng formed a nd registration is close,” Mrs Stanton said.

“It was essential to have a location for this project to come to light.”

T h i s g ra nt f u nd i ng was applied for under Aboriginal Community Controlled organisations a nd g roups a nd was required to meet certain Closing the Gap targets.

Out of the 19 socioeconomic targets, CLALC included fou r in thei r application: ‘ Ever yone enjoys long and healthy lives’, ‘Children are born h e a l t hy a n d s t r o n g ’, ‘Children thrive in their early years’, and ‘Youth are engaged in employment or education’.

Burra Bee Dee Bu r ra B ee Dee w i l l also receive some further upgrades as over $87,000 has been secured in funding for a number of projects at the site.

The Office of Environment and Heritage has provided funding for upgrades to Mary Jane Cain’s headstone, which CLALC says will ensure that everyone will be able to recognise Mary Jane Cain’s grave when they walk into the mission cemetery. “ She deser ves the

recognition after all she was able to achieve for her people,” Mrs Stanton said.

With the impacts of increased rainfall evident in damages at the cemetery, CLALC is in the process of sourcing funding to provide further long-term sustainability measures for the site.

CLALC has also been working with an architect to help design a new lawn cemetery, as the current cemetery is already close to capacity and susceptible to water damage.

Other Projects There are also plans for the construction of a new church at Burra Bee Dee where the community can hold funeral services like it once did, as well as a memorial garden as a place where people can lay down the ashes of their loved ones or mourn the loss of relatives with unmarked graves.

T hough f u nd i ng for the church and memorial garden has not yet been secured, desig ns for these are currently being finalised with an architect to help with the application process.

With the installation of security cameras late last year, CLALC is now replacing the water tank at the cemetery, while a local Aboriginal contractor, Kyle Antaw, has also been hired as a caretaker for the mission as well as CLALCowned blocks in town.

There are also some bi g pl a n s t o c ome i n C o on a ba r a br a n , w it h plans for the building of affordable, energy-efficient

disability access units for the elderly.

The first of these units has already been funded and is currently in the manufacturing process.

It is expected that the unit will be built in four to six months on Aboriginalowned land, with further units to come as more funding is secured.

This project will expand

the C L A L C ’s housi ng portfolio to cater to rental shortages and a growing housing list.

CL A LC currently manage 39 homes locally with Davidson Cameron a nd C o a nd is hopi ng to expand this property portfolio in the near future.

T he establ ish ment of an events committee has also been a notable

achievement, helping to organise community events including NAIDOC Week celebrations and Sorry Day commemorations.

Funding in the amount o f $ 16 , 0 0 0 h a s b e e n secured for the Gamilaraay language program run

by Suellyn Tighe, which began in 2022 and is set to resume this year.

Current CLALC CEO

Monique Galvin will finish up as CEO on Friday, 24 March.

CL A LC members extend their thanks to Monique for her service to the community during her time as CEO. “ Monique has been a truly great asset to the CLALC over the past four years and we wish her well in her future endeavours.”

The current board of the Coonabarabran Local Aboriginal Land Council pictured outside their new building.

Chamber plans Bunny Bazaar The Chamber of Commerce is organising the famous Bunny Bazaar and hoping that a new look and new members will boost business in Coonabarabran.

by CHRIS WARD The annual Easter event that attracts visitors from all over the state is back again, despite a faltering Chamber of Commerce.

T he p opu l a r Bu n ny Bazaar has traditionally been run by the business group but over the past few years the organisation has fallen away due to a lack of member interest.

President of the Chamber of Commerce, Donna Burton, was happy to announce the annual Easter celebration would go ahead, however, admitted that the overseei ng organ isation needed a complete overhaul or would risk folding altogether.

Ms Burton said she planned to canvas local businesses to get involved in the Chamber of Commerce and urged local business owners to come together for the sake of the community. “ I pla n t o g ive it a complete overhaul and perhaps even rebrand it to something more relevant,” Ms Burton said.

“I’d like to see a reduction in the membership fees and try to look at it as more of a network i ng group that gets together to support each other and the community.

“I’d like for business

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owners in town to really rethink being involved.

“A n e w, i m p r o v e d C h a mb er w i l l b enef it everyone and, hopefully, i n st e ad of t a k i ng the approach of asking; ‘What can I get out of it?’ it is looked at as a way t o support the community a nd a l s o i mpr ove t he strength of our business community.”

To make the changes Ms Burton said a special g e ne r a l me e t i n g w i l l

be called in May for all i nt e r e s t e d p a r t ie s t o attend, but meanwhile she would visit as many local businesses as possible to spread awareness.

“Without the Chamber things like the Bunny Bazaar wouldn’t exist,” she said.

“A s t r on g C h a mb er means a strong business community and a strong bu si ne s s c om mu n it y means a strong town.”

Anyone who would like

more information on the Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce or the Bunny Bazaar can contact Ms Burton on 0428 288 244.

T he B u n ny B a z a a r will run as usual with Coonabarabran’s main street due to close to traffic between 7am and 1.30pm on Saturday, 8 April.

There will be a variety of market stalls, lots of attractions – and even the Easter Bunny is expected to make an appearance.

Donna Burton with helpers Melinda Thompson and Sarah Baglee are getting prepared for the Bunny Bazaar to be held in Coonabarabran on Easter Saturday.

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Weekly cattle and sheep market wrap • Restocking sentiment is easing in the southern states with weight determining buyer demand • The sheep and lamb market significantly softened this week due to reduced demand from buyers across the board • Cattle slaughter remains firm while sheep and lamb slaughter have eased • Sheep and lamb slaughter remain above year-ago levels despite the Labour Day long weekend Cattle Restocking sentiment in the south has softened as the herd rebuild reaches maturity. The Restocker Yearling Steer Indicator softened 11.78¢ week-onweek. Prices were softer in NSW and Victoria by 31¢ and 109¢ respectively.

Weight seemed to be driving the market in NSW and Victoria, with steers 330–400kg strengthening in price by 6¢ while prices for lighter cattle eased. The 200–280kg weight range was the most numerous but softened in price by 27¢/kg live weight (lwt).

In another indication that weight is driving buyer demand, the Heavy Steer indicator held firm this week. The 400–500kg cattle went for the highest

prices and strengthened week-on-week by 21¢/ kg lwt. These cattle are generally sought after by processors. Although the heaviest cattle at 500–600kg were the most numerous through the indicator, they require more labour resources to process.

The indicator now sits at 329.06¢/kg lwt. Leongatha, Naracoorte and Mount Gambier had the largest premiums on the national average.

This demonstrates that buyers at these southern saleyards are being more selective and are looking for weight and condition.

Other southern-state indicators, such as the Restocker Yearling Heifer, are trading at significant

discounts to the north.

The Western Young Cattle Indicator (WYCI) is trading at a premium to the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator (EYCI).

The WYCI strengthened 34¢ week-on-week, with improvements in price at both western sales, Mount Barker and Muchea. The WYCI is now trading at 770.98¢/kg carcase weight (cwt), an 89¢ premium on the EYCI. Sheep and lamb The sheep and lamb market has seen some volatility this week with significant softening in prices.

Weekly yardings softened 19% across sheep and lambs. Sheep yardings eased nearly 40,000 head.

Mutton prices softened

48¢ week-on-week, with easing demand and varied quality in Ballarat, the largest contributor to the indicator. More consistent quality was seen at Hamilton, the second largest contributor, than in previous weeks, but less activity from buyers caused prices to soften 100¢ week-on-week.

The Restocker Lamb Indicator eased 50¢ weekon-week with a larger proportion of young lambs contributing the indicator.

Young lamb throughput increased to 23% through the indicator. Although the largest contributors – Armidale and Ballarat – were trading above the national average, most smaller contributors were well below these prices.

This places pressure on the indicator and causes prices to ease.

Yardings through the Merino Lamb Indicator have softened by 71% week-on-week with prices easing 157¢ to 468.03¢/ kg cwt. No young lambs moved through this indicator this week. The largest contributor, Dubbo, had a 209¢ softening in Merino lamb prices. Not all the usual buyers were active at the saleyard and the limited supply of Merinos on offer did not attract much attention.

Slaughter Over the past two weeks, national cattle slaughter has held firm and numbers remain well above 2022 levels. This time last year, there was

widespread flooding in the east, limiting supply to processors. This week, cattle slaughter reached 112,574 head, 22% above 2022 numbers.

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Rambo’s reign rained out From front page During a 2022 survey of the Bilby and Bridled Nailtail Wallaby, AWC e c olo g i s t s fou nd t h at both populations have grown within the safety of the breeding area and are almost at maximum capacity.

In Rambo’s absence, AWC can confidently open the breeding area and move forward with further reintroductions.

“The timing is perfect,” said Dr Vicki Stokes, AWC senior wildlife ecologist.

“Bilbies and the Bridled Nailtail Wallabies are ready to move into the larger area.

“Good conditions in the forest over the last few years have meant that both populations are doing exceptionally well, and it is good to get them out into the wider area so they can flourish.

“We are very excited to be able to move forward with reintroductions and will be doing so very soon. “ We hope to release

the v u l nerable Pla i ns Mouse before June and the Western Barred Bandicoot in September.”

Dr Stokes added that

t he P l a i n s Mou s e , i n particular, is small enough to move between fence lines, reiterating the timeliness of Rambo’s departure.

The AWC plan to introduce the Western Barred Bandicoot into the Pilliga Conservation Area later in the year.

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Council votes on community donations

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In this interview series, we sit down with locals for a quick-fire chat. Then we ask them, “Who should we talk to next?” And so the chain begins.

1.Do you have a nickname? As a secur it y guard and compliance officer I have many names – none of which you can print!

2. What have you been up to today?

Doing what compliance officers do.

Picked up a stray dog for work and took it out to the pound.

3. What do you love most about l i v i n g i n Co o n a b a ra b ra n? T h e Warrumbungles. I love the Whitegum Lookout, that’s my place of zen.

4 . H ow wo u l d yo u r f r i e n d s a n d family describe you in three words?

Energetic. Bold. Caring.

5. What’s the most interesting job you’ve ever had? An astronomy guide when Skywatch Observatory was open. I was an amateur astronomer and we would have a hundred or so people through at peak times.

6. What song have you been playing on repeat lately? A new one by Lady Gaga, Hold My Hand.

7. You’ve had a stressful day, what is your way of winding down? A beer, and doing my diamond art.

8. What are the most-used emojis on your phone? The crying laughing face. And probably the love heart.

9. Which fictional character do you

relate to most? Wednesday Adams.

She just does her own thing and doesn’t care what other people think.

10. How do you take your steak?

Medium rare.

11. What’s something you’re looking for ward to? I just bought a new motorbike so I’m looking for ward to taking some time off and going for r ides. It’s a Kawasaki Vulcan 900, so it’s a big cruiser. I put the saddlebags on and go away for weekends.

12. If you could have anyone around for dinner (dead or alive) who would it be? My Pop, Noel Evans.

13. And what would you cook them?

He loved my honey mustard chicken with rice. And he loved red wine, so we’d have to share a nice red.

14. What do you think is the key to living a good life? Treating people as you would like others to treat you.

And honesty. Truth, always.

15. Who should we chat to next?

Riley Mills.

A number of community groups are financially better off thanks to the generosity of the Warrumbungle Shire Council.

At the recent Council meeting on Thursday, 16 March, councillors voted on the second round of the Community Financial Assistance Donations.

Different community g roups benef ited f rom the donation, with most receiv ing $46 0 to go towards their organisation and projects.

I n a c c or d a n c e w it h C ou n c i l ’s C om mu n it y F inancial A ssistance D onation g u idel i nes , applications are assessed a g a i n s t t he fol low i n g criteria; • Contr ibution to addressing gaps in ser v ice prov ision or community development programs and activities; • A ctiv ities wh ich pr omot e c ommu n it y development in a multicultural context and seek to address issues of access and equity; • I nvolvement f r om volu nt e er s a nd sel fhelp i n itiatives wh ich b u i l d u p o n C o u n c i l ’s contribution; • C o n s u m e r / u s e r p a r t i c ip at i o n i n management of services/ activities; • Innovative and creative approaches to identified needs; • Activities which use Council funding attract f u r ther resou rces a nd funding.

Sh i re mayor, Cr A mbr o s e D o ol a n s a id Council was proud to be able to give back to the

community. “ Wel l , C ou n c i l i s a part of the community too, so it’s appropriate that we make even small

contr ibutions t o other c om mu n it y g r oup s t o help them carry out the vital work they do,” he said.

“And if you have a look at the list of recipients, t her e i s a ver y br oad range of different groups we support in that way.”

The above organisations will receive support from Warrumbungle Shire Council via the latest round of its Community Financial Assistance Donation program.

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Shear success at 2023 Baradine Show It was ‘quick go the shears’ when some of the region’s top shearers battled it out on stage at the 2023 Baradine Show.

by LIZ CUTTS The speed-shear competition made a winning comeback at last Saturday’s Baradine Show, delighting organisers with the crowd it brought to the annual event.

Over 40 competitors vied for top prize money in the novice, intermediate, senior, and open sections. “ S o m e of t h e b e s t s h e a re r s i n t h e re g i o n rolled up for this much anticipated competition, including one female and even an entrant from New Zealand,” said speed shear compere, Adrian Worrell.

“It is a brilliant return of the speed shear at Baradine Show after a break of more than 10 years.

“Going by today’s numbers we will be sure to be running again next year – even bigger and better!”

Baradine PA&H Association president, Lauren Harris said the show committee was very happy with this year’s event outcome.

“It was the most successful show we have had for a number of years, with the speed shear and motorbikes crowd favourites,” Mrs Harris said.

“The fireworks were the best the town has ever seen.

“The Baradine region is a hub for shearing, so it was great to see that it really pulled in the crowd.

“Speed shearing is turning into a sport, and we wanted to celebrate that and the importance of the shearing industry to our town.

“The success of the show is a tribute to all the hard work done by our small team of volunteers over the past 12 months and all the people who come along on the day; that is what makes it such a great event.

“We aim to have entertainment for all ages and give families an affordable day out. I believe we certainly achieved that.”

Cattle judge Gary Wilkinson, from Binnaway, said the exhibits were of a high level, with some of the winners going on to judging at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

“All the entries were of a very good standard and the Charolais would be good in a line-up at any royal show and win,” Mr Wilkinson said.

“The champion bull was outstanding, as was its calf.

“There were a pleasing number of entries in the British breeds and European categories; there was a good combination.

“It was all excellent, including the steers paraded by the school agricultural students.”

George Simmons, Dunedoo sheep judge, said the standard was excellent.

“There was a great line-up of sheep considering the season and the Border Leicester, in particular, were very good,” Mr Simmons said.

“There were lots of entries from St Lawrence’s, Coonabarabran, and Gilgandra Public School in the student sections.

“I think it is great to include this element of judging at shows; it is the best way for youngsters to learn.”

Shearers throughout the region vied for top prize money in the Baradine Show speed-shear competition.

Coolah police staff woes Recruitment is underway to ensure Coolah Police Station has enough staff.

by CHRIS WARD Orana Mid Western Police has assured residents of Coolah that response times to call outs have not changed, despite the town’s station currently being unmanned.

A police spokesperson explained that until the position is filled, officers from neighbouring stations will be tasked to cover the area.

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Coolah Police Station is unmanned, officers attached to Orana Mid Western Police District’s neighbouring police stations are tasked with covering the Coolah area and responding to local incidents,” the spokesperson said.

“Taskings can be allocated to officers attached to neighbouring stations such as Coonabarabran, Dunedoo, Mendooran and Mudgee.

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“Residents of Coolah are reminded the police response in the area remains unaffected during this time.”

Licensee of the Coolah Valley Pub, Mark Chad said that even when there was an officer stationed in Coolah, response times were more than an hour.

“When we had an officer here they were usually covering in other towns like Mendooran or Dunedoo, so it would take

them a good hour or more to get here anyway.

“So I guess they are right that response times won’t change. It will be as slow as it was before.

“But, from what I’ve heard, it could be up to three months that we don’t have an officer here.

“They should have started the process well before this.”

Mr Chad said as far as he could tell there wasn’t too much illegal activity

going on in the town, but mentioned drugs were becoming an issue.

Warrumbungle Shire mayor, councillor Ambrose Doolan said Council was aware of the vacancy and was working closely with police.

“As far as I’m aware they are actively recruiting now and I’m confident the position will be filled sooner rather than later,” Cr Doolan said.

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The champion and reserve champion Poll Dorset ram was won by St Lawrence’s School, Coonabarabran; led by Jed Fester and Lincoln Cook with judge George Simmons.

The Garth Rice memorial trophy was presented by Gary Worrell to Izzi Evans (Coonabarabran), riding Linden Kimba.

Olivia Dean was overjoyed with her second prize in the children’s art section.

Brenda Croxon with her hand-made, traditional, Americanstory quilt.

Pretty painted faces for Charlie and Simone Bowling and Ivy Jane Dewson, from Gwabegar.

Fourteen-year-old, Tommy Miners from Pilliga was the youngest competitor in the novice section of the speed shear competition.

Congratulations went to Baradine residents, Will King and Ella Prouse, who married on show day and spent the afternoon at the event.

Champion steer overall was won by Baradine Central School, led by Claudia McConnaughty with judge, Gary Wilkinson.

Enjoying the show Sally Croft (Burren Junction), Ian and Dot Eastburn and Jan Doel (Baradine) with Janice Holcombe and Vicki Murphy (Coonabarabran).

Checking out the quality of fleece in the wool section – Bruce McConnaughty, Kay Jordan and Owen Worrell.

Belle Middleton won a first prize for her beautiful bantam hen, Ginger, in the small pet competition.

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Meet the Candidates NSW STATE ELECTION: BARWON ELECTORATE ROY BUTLER INDEPENDENT

JOSHUA ROBERTS-GARNSEY LABOR

PAT SCHULTZ THE GREENS

What do you feel are the top three issues affecting residents in the Warrumbungle Shire?

1. REZ (Renewable Energy Zones) a n d I n l a n d Ra i l: T h e n u m b e r of jobs it will bring to the area, but also making sure that local i nf ra s t r uctu re can hand l e the surge in population and that the contractors on both projects leave behind legacy infrastructure in the form of such things as more housing, better roads and medical facilities.

2. Roads: Fixing the roads after the floods.

3 . H o us i n g: T h e s h o r ta g e of housing that already exists which will be exacerbated by energy (RE Z) and transpo r t projects coming online in coming years.

What is your position in relation to coal seam gas, with particular refe rence to t he Na r rab r i Gas Project?

To me, the Narrabri coal seam g a s p r o j e c t m a ke s n o s e n s e f inancially or envi ronmentally.

The perceived shor tage of gas i s t h e p ro d u ct of a fa i l u re of

government policy, for selling gas cheaply overseas but failing to keep some in reserves in times of high gas prices. The Port Kembla Project will meet 75 per cent of gas needs. On top of that are the environmental problems related to extracting the gas. The process involves d r i l l ing down th rough our precious aquifers and there are no guarantees that this won’t damage our underground water supplies. The wells they drill are supported by concrete and steel and they will be relying on the integrity of those wells to hold out forever.

Why should people vote for you this election?

I n my f i r s t te r m I h a ve h a d some incredible achievements, pa r ticula r ly b r inging reco rd funding to Barwon. This is not by accident. I have been able to fo rg e g ood re l at i o n s h i ps w ith ministers and the Premier and they have been very responsive to the needs, problems and concerns of Barwon, because I have been there to bring attention to the

things that Barwon needs. As the government’s numbers dwindled they also became more reliant on the crossbench for support. If there is a hung parliament or a minority government that will give me even more influence with whoever forms government.

I have also established good relations with the Labor leader and his shadow ministers, so if they end up forming government, I will be able to continue bringing attention to Barwon.

If a candidate from a major p a r t y i s vote d i n , t h a t wo u l d s to p. E i t h e r t h ey wo u l d b e i n opposition, which means nothing much would get done for four years, or if they are in government they would have to toe the party line, which might not be in the best interests of the electorate. If the constituents want me back for a second term, together we will be able to continue to build on the successes of my first term and see through some of the things that we have started.

What do you feel are the top three issues affecting residents in the Warrumbungle Shire?

1. Health: We heard at the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and remote NSW, which the Liberals and National’s objected to, the disparity in healthcare between metropolitan a n d re g i o n a l a re a s . N ota b l y, Wa r r umbungle Shi re Counci l’s s u b m i s s i o n d eta i l e d h o s p ita l s running out of basic antibiotics and ‘any attempt to source basic medical equipment being mired in red tape and excessively tortuous approval pathways’.

NSW Labor has a comprehensive plan to address the crisis in rural healthcare. This includes recruiting 500 regional paramedics in the first term of a Labor government, introducing minimum and enforceable safe staffing levels to public hospitals across the state, and introducing health study subsidies to attract staff and retain talent to the NSW public health system.

2. Education: NSW is in the midst of a chronic teacher shortage crisis, with 55 per cent of these shortages being identified in regional and rural schools. I know this is being felt across the Warrumbungle Shire.

Labor will convert 10,000 casual teachers to permanent to offer educators more certainty and cut administration hours for teachers by five hours a week. Labor will also end the failed overseas recruitment program which cost $13.5 million and only recruited four teachers.

Instead, Labor will redirect these funds to actually recruiting NSW teaching students into schools.

We w i l l e n d t h e h i s to r i c underfunding of public schools and establish the $400 million Education Future Fund as well as establishing a permanent and ongoing literacy and numeracy program.

3. Housing: In the Warrumbungles alone, over the past 12 months rental costs for houses has increased by 11.1 per cent and low-rise units by 18.3 per cent.

NSW Labor will abolish the forever

tax on the family home; reduce or remove stamp duty burden for over 95 per cent of first home buyers; protect tenants from unfair evictions by introducing a requirements for reasonable grounds for ending a lease, implementing transferable bonds and making it easier for renters to have pets in their homes.

Labor will also deliver five-year secure funding for communit y organisations including those which offer housing and homelessness services.

What is your position in relation to coal seam gas, with particular reference to the Na r rab ri Gas Project?

NSW Labor supports the Narrabri gas line as it has gone through an independent approval process.

Why should people vote for you this election?

N S W L a b o r h a s a p l a n fo r healthcare, education, skills, cost of living, our roads. It’s time for a fresh star t in NSW and in the Warrumbungles, only Labor can deliver that.

1. What do you feel are the top three issues affecting residents in the Warrumbungle Shire?

1. The first is health. As in so many rural areas we don’t have enough GPs. State government intervention is essential, and I believe there needs to be incentives to practice outside ‘NSW’ – the NewcastleSydney-Wollongong cluster. The state government should urge the Commonwealth to allocate more Medicare provider numbers to areas needing doctors in rural and remote areas. University fee relief should be available to graduating doctors who choose to spend five years or more in remote and rural areas.

2. The second is coal seam gas mining. The expansion plans pose a real threat to farmers, natural ecosystems and communities, and will further contribute to global warming. We must protect the environmental values of the Great Artesian Basin and the region’s agricultural riches.

3. There are numerous other issues that are urgent, but we must

deal with housing availability and affordability. We need to open our eyes to the increasing number of singles and families who are at risk.

2. What is your position in relation to coal seam gas, with particular reference to the Narrabri Gas Project?

I have personally fought coal seam gas for the last 11 years. I have run tag-a-long tours for 10 years, introducing hundreds of people to the beauty and destruction of the Pilliga, with the aim of stopping Santos. I have written a book, ‘The Plundering of the Pilliga and Surrounding Farmlands’. If we can beat Santos in the next few months I will not have to do a third reprint. Santos coal seam gas has contaminated one bore, for which they have been charged and found guilty. Farmers have unusable bores, but Santos refuses to take responsibility for them. The protection of the recharge zone of the Great Artesian Basin is essential.

Santos wants to drill 850 coal seam gas wells in the recharge zone. The

Narrabri Gas Field coal seam gas mining will produce millions of litres of salty, contaminated water, yet Santos has not indicated how this water will be managed.

Coal seam gas is not compatible with agriculture. It will destroy agriculture and property values on the Liverpool Plains and North West NSW. 3. Why should people vote for you this election?

I ca r e a b o u t p e o p l e, a n d I understand the challenges of manag i ng sma l l busi nes s. My husband was a small business owner for 50 years. At times we earned less than the employees. We had a farm property and bred Angus cattle. I have lived through droughts and had to choose between not feeding our stock and selling up at a loss. I have worked as a nurse, managed youth services and intellectual disability housing services, and worked as a community mental health support worker. My life experience is broad, and if elected I will represent all constituents equally.

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Meet the Candidates NSW STATE ELECTION: BARWON ELECTORATE ANNETTE TURNER THE NATIONALS

THOMAS MCBRIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTY

What do you feel are the top three issues affecting residents in the Warrumbungle Shire?

1. Under funding of public schools and TAFE colleges.

2. Despe rate sho r tage of qual if ied teacher s which discriminates against public school children.

3. Reduction in health care ser vices due to government inaction.

W h a t i s yo u r p o s i t i o n i n re l a t i on to coa l sea m ga s, with particular reference to the Narrabri Gas Project?

We advocate for renewable e n e r g y s o u rc e s , i n c l u d i n g s o l a r a n d w i n d, w h i ch w i l l b e s u s ta i n a b l e fo reve r, a s opposed to gas w h ich i s a polluting, finite resource. We suggest that the land on which this project is based be turned over to the construction of a fully-functioning, renewableene rg y faci l it y w h i ch w i l l p rovide clean jobs and contribute to a positive, longterm future for our community

and our planet.

Why should people vote for you this election?

The education of our children is the highest priority for our p a r t y, i n p a r t i c u l a r, t h o s e children who attend public school s and TAFE col leges.

F o r t h e p a s t 12 ye a r s , t h i s government has slowly eroded the resourcing and funding fo r pub l ic schoo l s, w h ich has resulted in lost learning opportunities and a denial of a proper education to which our children are entitled.

Our communities, and others in rural locations, have been discr iminated against by t h e g ove r n m e nt i n t h e areas of healthcare, transport and education through the underfunding of resources and infrastructure.

Our party aims to be a voice to put right these many wrongs that have been inflicted on rural communities by a Sydneyfocused government.

Home saved Mollyan Road

by CHRIS WARD A home sustained minor damage but was ultimately saved from an out-of-control fire that started around 1.30pm on Thursday, 16 March.

Rural firefighting crews worked hard to save the home that came under threat on Mollyan Road, lo c at e d b et we en Mol lya n a nd Binnaway.

By the time it was under control the fire had burnt through almost 210 hectares.

Author ities a re u nsu re how the blaze began, however, a fire investigator along with police will investigate over the coming days to

establish the cause.

RFS operations officer Graham Parker was full of praise for the crew that fought the fire.

“They worked really hard and did a really good job in difficult circumstances to save the house that came under threat,” Mr Parker said.

“Conditions were really hot over a couple of the days. It was a great result in the end.”

A lot of resources were used to bring the fire under control including 10 different crews, water bombers and heavy earthmoving equipment such as graders and bulldozers.

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What do you feel are the top three issues affecting residents in the Warrumbungle Shire?

1. Cost of living: Many people in Barwon are feeling the strain of rising living costs. I will be pushing forward to expand the more than 70 ways to save in Service NSW that currently includes Back to School Vouchers, low income rebates, gas rebates and Active Kids Sport vouchers.

From my perspective, these are great initiatives, however, there needs to be additional vouchers and rebates for regional people. For instance, the NSW Nationals pushed hard for the $250 regional seniors’ travel card and the $250 regional apprenticeship travel card to balance the scales and cover the costs of fuel, bus or trail rides.

These need to go further by supporting regional small businesses, farmers and key workers such as teachers and nurses.

• Roads and infrastructure.

•Health: Access to quality healthcare is a basic right and I recognise that rural areas in Barwon often face unique challenges in this area.

Plain and simple, we need more nurses. I will be advocating for better incentives to come to the bush which

includes boosts in pay and better support for housing.

I also believe that we can invest more in telehealth technology to improve access to medical care. This will complement the $1.2 billion that the NSW Nationals have committed to critical health infrastructure if reelected.

I also believe in reducing crime. Crime reduction requires a comprehensive approach that involves addressing the root causes of criminal behaviour.

It is my personal belief that this needs a comprehensive approach. Investing in education, mental health services, and job training programs can help reduce crime rates.

Additionally, we need to be supportive of our local police. In terms of specifics, I will be pushing for more funding to develop Youth Centres and PCYCs.

What is your position in relation to coal seam gas, with particular refe rence to the Na r rab r i Gas Project?

I never agree that per mission should be granted for people to enter anyone’s property, whether that be individuals or companies.

And while I understand that NSW

needs miners in jobs and gas pipeline, I certainly do not think people should be forced to let people onto their property whenever they want.

Why should people vote for you this election?

This election, people have a choice.

A choice between keeping money in the bush, or sending your money to Western Sydney.

The Nats have backed Barwon ever since our inception. This is the only reason that in the last four years, Barwon has seen record funding while not even having a Nats local member.

Look, I am not a politician by trade, but having been born and bred here, raising my children and grandchildren here, having travelled the state as president of the NSW CWA and as a grazier, I don’t just know what Barwon’s issues are – I have lived them.

And the only way we can sort these issues is to back someone who is part of a team and is prioritising fighting for regional families. Not someone who may back the Labor / Greens plans for Western Sydney over their own back yard.

I’m fired up and ready to bring change to Barwon and I have the support of my party to get stuff done.

Never too young to help kids with cancer Two local boys, Leon and Johann Rickert, have decided to cut off their blonde locks in support of sick children.

by JIMMY WHALAN The two boys live at the Pilliga Pottery Barkala Farm. They originally got the idea from the pottery café’s chef, Kimi, who wanted to grow her hair and later donate it to help people who have lost their hair due to cancer treatments.

When Leon and Johann heard that Kimi was doing it, they wanted to do it as well.

Since then, it has been a waiting game, with the boys waiting patiently for their hair to grow long enough to be cut off and sent to be made into a wig.

Ten months on, Leon has just turned six and was the first of the boys to have his hair cut to support children with cancer.

Tanya Dicks donated some time to help cut the hair to meet the requirements for the wig making process.

According to the Wigs4Kids website, the hair needs to be a minimum length of 20cm, clean and dry.

It is suggested that the hair should be separated into multiple ponytails secured with elastic bands so the hair can be neatly sent to the wig maker.

Leon and Johann are also raising money to help relieve the financial burden for families with a child being treated for cancer on the Kids with Cancer website.

Donate You can help support Leon and Johann in their mission to help sick children by donating at the link: https:// fundraise.kidswithcancer. org.au/fundraisers/ reginafritz

Regina Fritz cutting her son Leon’s hair, to be donated to Wigs4Kids.

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MILLS: Steven Charles Aged 68 years Late of Coonabarabran Passed away peacefully 20th March 2023 Loving partner of Narelle.

Cherished father of Tashana and Melanie.

Loved stepfather of Max. Steve will be dearly missed by his family and friends.

Steve has been privately cremated.

A Celebration of Steve’s life will be held on a date to be advised by his family.

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CHATFIELD: Kenneth Aged 70 years Late of Lyons, ACT Formerly of Coonabarabran Passed away peacefully 15th March 2023 Dearly loved husband of Sharon.

Adored father of Shane, Carmel, Jodie (dec), Mavis, Melanie (dec), Kenson and their families.

Much loved Pop to his grandchildren and great grandchild.

A Graveside Service for Ken will be held on Saturday, 25th March commencing at 10.00am in the Burra Bee Dee Cemetery.

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AROUND THE SCHOOLS Saint Lawrence’s

Tooraweenah Public Senior citizen’s luncheon Students had been busily practicing songs to present at the senior citizen’s luncheon held last Friday, where we presented two songs – Let’s Go Fly a Kite and Wake Up. Parents will also be able to see

our song performances du r i n g t he s p e c i a l assembly on the last day of term.

Technology fun Ye a r s 1 , 2 a n d 4 s t ud e nt s g r e at ly enjoyed engaging in t e c h n ol o g y le s s o n s last Friday, with their first lesson learning

Bonnie and Rose Alison get set for their tennis coaching.

to code Sphero Bolt.

This spherical robot r e sp ond s t o c o d i n g from the Sphero Edu app.

Tennis coaching Students had thei r f irst tennis coaching session with R od ney K i rk at the Tooraweenah tennis

cou r ts, last week.

R od ney w i l l retu r n each Tuesday for the remainder of the term to develop our students’ t en n i s s k i l l s . T h i s c o ach i n g i s f u nde d through Sporting Schools.

Karen Smith Principal

Students in Years 5 a nd 6 h ave b e en busy preparing their ewes a nd rams i n prepa ration for the Show season. Students have recently competed at the Binnaway Show and Coonaba rabran Show, and competed at the Baradine Show last Saturday.

Students have achieved some great successes at the

re cent shows, a nd enjoy h av i n g t he s e opp or t u n it ie s . O u r students will represent our school in the sheep showing at the Sydney R oyal Easter Show, du r i ng the Easter holidays.

Students thoroughly enjoy their agriculture lessons, as they learn the many key elements involved with feeding, breaking and training

an animal. Students learn the importance of being responsible for an animal and are continually developing thei r con f idence, in and out of the show ring.

Students from K-6 have spent the last few weeks preparing their class art works for ou r lo c a l show.

All classes produced some mag n i f icent

artwork, while Years 4, 5 and 6 achieved a ‘Special Award’ and Year 3 were the overall w i n ner s . T h i s i s a fantastic effort.

A big congratulations must also go to all our students who entered into the various competitions at the show. It was great to see the many talents and creative f lair on show.

Eloise Jenkin and Georgia Martin coding blue bots.

Coonabarabran Public Touch football L ast week, M rs Kyl ie Moppett t o ok a team of CPS girls to the touch football tryouts in Tamworth.

She reflected on how impressive our students were as they all played t o the best of thei r ability and worked hard together as a team.

The girls learnt new skills and listened to t he t e a m ma n ager, being respectful and following all adv ice and coaching directions accurately.

The attitude of the g i rls was positive and supportive; they bonded as a team and in friendships and most of all – they had fun.

We were very proud of them all.

They finished the day with great memories and a wonderful sense of pride representing Coonaba rabran and Coolah at North West level.

Tennis Three of these g irls also played in CPS tennis team in Gunnedah recently. On a sultry, warm day 16 girls vied for five places.

The standard was extremely high and a hearty congratulations

to Olive Moppett, who m a n age d t o s e c u r e the fifth position and is now off to State, represent i ng Nor th West in Albury from 8-11 May 2023.

We wish Olive every success and w ill be cheer i ng for her so loudly from school she will probably hear!

Ye a r s 3 - 6 B r av e class students have hatched their very own chickens. Under the watchful gaze of Mrs Chapman, the class has learned all about their feathered friends.

T h e y h a v e documented each step of the life cycle and have enjoyed and pa r t ic ipat ed i n the whole experience.

S o fa r, they have hatched eight healthy baby chickens.

T he ch ickens a re helping to motivate the students and are prov id ing a boost t o wel l-being and belong ing in the classroom.

Breakfast Club In other news, Trae Towney applied for a position in the Breakfast Club being run three mornings e a c h we e k b y M r s Jackson and M rs

Chapman.

They service c er e a l s , t o a s t , a nd protein drinks. They love having the extra pa i r of hands when the morning gets busy

at drop-off time. Trae loves his new job and i s pr o v i n g t o b e a responsible and hardworking member of the kitchen staff.

Well done Trae.

St Lawrence’s agriculture students met with success at the Coonabarabran Show.

Coonabarabran High Coonabarabran High School teams continue to excel on the sporting fields of the north west.

Basketball Recently, the open boys’ basketball team continued in their quest for regional victory.

H av i n g p r e v i o u s l y enjoyed great success, t he t e a m c omp et e d against Quirindi in the

regional semi-final in Gunnedah. While the team was ultimately unsuccessful against a team containing state representative players, the Coona High team mem b e r s c omp e t e d with great skill and det er m i n at ion , a nd showed outstanding team work. They are t o be commended

on their exceptional sportsmanlike behaviour.

Soccer Likewise, the Coonabarabran High School football (soccer) team competed against Coonamble. T r istan Nielsen scoring three goals, a goal by Billy Elton, and a penalty

by Year 7 student Isaac

Trae Towney working in the Breakfast Club at CPS.

Coona Public School touch footy representatives played in Tamworth.

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Coona High’s soccer team met with success in a game against Coonamble.

B onel lo contr ibuted t o a n emphatic 5 - 0 victory.

Both teams continue in the school’s tradition not only of sporting success, but also in displaying the highest levels of sportsmanship, teamwork, and perseverance.

Congratulations to both teams.

Flash Fiction winner: March In case you hadn’t heard – the Coonabarabran Times has launched a flash fiction competition! The Write-Off is a monthly creative writing competition open to writers of all ages across the Warrumbungle region.

To kick things off, and to celebrate a new season, the writing prompt for the month of March was AUTUMN LEAVES. We were thr illed by the response we received – s o mu c h b e au t i f u l w r it i ng i n ou r i nb ox!

From apocalyptic tales to nostalgic slices of life, we were so impressed and heartened by the standard and variety of submissions.

Unifying themes seemed to be that of nature and memory, but the writing that really captured our attention often interpreted the prompt in unexpected ways, or reached for unique and refreshing words and phrases.

Winner Congratulations to this month’s winner, Deb Kiem, from Mendooran! Even in under 300 words, Deb has managed to craft a selfcontained narrative that is both playful and full of heart.

Deb has won a copy of the new release, The Running Club by Ali Lowe and publication in today’s paper.

T ha n k you t o ever y writer who submitted their work this month. Stay tuned – the prompt for April’s Write-Off will be revealed in the next issue of the Coon abarabran Times.

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Grandma’s Egg Money – by Deb Kiem It was the autumn leaves that gave it away.

They were all wrong!

And I know autumn leaves, how they fall, how they gather in flurries then disperse with each passing breeze.

As children we’d file into the Falcon in our Sunday Best, perched on pews, chanting time-worn hymns.

Afterwards, it was steaming, newspaper-wrapped chips in Neilsen Park. I can smell them now, wandering down memory lane between those tall trees. Screeches of delight as we built the biggest pile of leaves, built for destroying!

Rolling, kicking, throwing. The best of times!

Then onto Grandma’s for baked lunch, special jellies with canned cream. Dear Grandma, who saw her husband and sons march away for Australia. Endured a Depression and a Recession.

She paid off her house with egg money.

This February day is warm, too early for autumn leaves to fall. Too warm for picnics. Too warm for anyone to be out, except for this old woman revisiting corridors of time.

It was right there, where it shouldn’t have been. Of course it drew me immediately!

A modest pile of autumn leaves. Made to look like it belonged there. But I know autumn leaves.

Tentatively, my hands move into the leaves. They are crackly dry. Last year’s fall. I touch something solid. A canvas bag emerges and my heart thuds! Dear God, let it not be something so shocking inside that it causes my demise, here, now.

I want to leave it, it’s not meant for me. Yet … it is a gift of a mystery for one whose life is everyday mundane.

The zipper creaks. I peek inside, wary, expectant?

The weight on my arm is almost too much.

Now, sipping tea, I can hear my grandchildren tell their children…“Granny paid off her house with autumn leaves.”

VIEW CLUB NEWS The Carlows and Carrs Part 1 The graves of the Carlow family still exist on Dandry Road. These people were connected by marriage with the Carrs of Yaminbah Road and were involved in some of the earliest runs of sheep and cattle in the Pilliga Forest.

On the Dandry Run, James Evans was now running sheep as well as cattle. William Cooper was his superintendent.

With such a common name it is d i ff icult to trace him. He may have been a connection of the Coopers who later held Wittenbra.

William Carlow came to Dandry in 1846 and worke d for E va n s . l n 18 5 0 he became the superintendent.

William was born i n Bu r y, St E d monds, Su f fol k in 18 0 0. At t he a g e of 21 he wa s c onv ic t e d of bu r g l a r y and sentenced to death.

Fortunately for him, the sentence was commuted to transportation for life.

He arrived in Sydney on 23 January, 1822 and was assigned to Reverend Samuel Marsden, as a stockman.

The Carlows are said to have come from Port M acqua r ie. It was, i n fact, a property of that name near Capertee, and not the Port Macquarie on the coast from which they came.

In 1854 William Carlow married Catherine Gr i mes. She h ad a ls o come out as a convict; her maiden name was Long.

She had been married

before to James Grimes.

The Carlows already had f ive grown-up children – Martha, Mary Ann, John, William and Ellen. Perhaps there had been an earlier marriage.

Maybe, as happened so o f t en i n t he out ly i n g places, there had been no opportunity for them t o lega l ly be ma r r ied earlier. Clergymen were, a f t er a l l , l i ke a ngel’s visits – very few and far between.

In 1855 Carlow bought Da nd r y f rom Eva ns.

The Dandry Road now runs right through what were the stockyards; the four huge corner posts were, until recently, still standing. The homestead was on the bottom side of the yards.

Carlow appointed George Gardiner as his superintendent. For the first year that he owned Da nd r y he ra n 2 5 0 0 sheep, but the following year he also listed 630 head of c at tle a nd 5 0 horses on his run. There were no fences in those d ay s . I a m t o ld t h at the Carlow’s cattle ran wild through the scrub from Coonabarabran to Narrabri!

T he Ca rlows got on well with the Aborigines.

They lived in harmony

with them and learned many of thei r ways of making life easier in the bush. They reared two h a l f- c a st e g i rl s , Ja ne and Mary, who were the daughters of Ebenezer O r r a nd h is favou r it e dusky shepherdess of the time.

Q ua ker Tommy was the Aboriginal ‘King of all that country, Dandry, Yaminbah, Sandbank’.

I am told that his wife, Ellen Brewhouse (‘Old Nannie’ as she was called) was the first child of m i xed blo od i n the district. It could be true.

Q ua ker Tommy was friendly with the Carlows a nd lat er on w ith the Matthews. He was one of the last surviving full bloods in the d istr ict.

When he died in 1880, he was buried in the family plot on Sandbank. It was then the home of David Matthews and his wife, Mary Ann Carlow.

‘Old Nannie’ then lived i n C o onaba rabra n , on the town side of Varney’s farm. She did odd jobs about the town and was loved by all the children.

William Carlow died in 1858 of an “ inward compla i nt ” a nd was buried at Dandry, close to a hill above the stockyards. As a strange

coincidence, his daughter, Mary Ann married David Matthews in Mudgee on the very day her father died.

Dav id , who was a superb stonemason, had b e en work i n g for t he Carlows at Dandry since his arrival in Australia in 1856.

W hen they returned a fter the marr iage, David carved a beautiful headstone to place over his father-in-law’s grave.

Many of the headstones in the Coonabarabran and Baradine cemeteries were made by him.

Catherine Carlow took over the lease on Dandry a nd held it u nt i l her death in January 1871.

She is buried alongside her husband, her grave adorned by more of David Matthew’s work. She left everything to her son, John.

Po or Joh n d ie d t he same year, killed in a fall from a horse between Coonabarabran and Dandry. His grave makes a row of three beside the Dandry Road.

An extract from ‘Coonabarabran, A s It Was In The Beginning’ by Joy Pickette and Mervyn Campbell pp 46-47.

The V IEW Club was v e r y e x c i t e d t o h av e Kait Britton as our new g ue s t s p e a ke r at ou r last meeting, celebrating International Women’s Day. Kait is the editor of the C o onaba rabra n T imes and our new magazine ‘ wattle’. We c ou ld not have had a more local or a more worthy speaker to celebrate this special day.

From her own words, “I

am a wife and a mother, an office enthusiast and a lover of words,” and from our words – “a very ta lent ed , suc cessf u l , hard-working, down-toearth lovely person.”

Cardians’ tables were strewn with copies of the magazi ne ‘wattle’ a nd vases of fresh wattle to add to the occasion.

Another special person, Fay Chapman, ou r ver y competent

secretary, received her 10 -ye a r badge f r om club president, Carolyn Fretwell.

A new member, Janette Barkley, has joined our club a nd we hope she enjoys her time in VIEW, as 20 members welcomed her on the night.

Our next meeting will have an Easter theme, we hope you can come and perhaps bring a friend.

Leonie

S p e c i a l g u e s t s p e a k e r, C o o n a b a r a b r a n Ti m e s a n d w a t t l e e d i t o r, K a i t Britton, and new VIEW Club member Janette Barkley, at the recent VIEW meeting that celebrated International Women’s Day.

Fay Chapman received her 10-year membership badge from VIEW Club president, Carolyn Fretwell.

Peter Nelson’s

WEATHER WATCH

Chris and Christine Evans and family on a recent visit to the Carlow family graves at Dandry.

This article was prepared by John Whitehead, volunteer with the Coonabarabran History Group.

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During the past week a hot pool of air has been sitting over the interior region of Western Australia and across to Alice Springs.

At Warburton Airfield outstation, maximum temperatures have been over 40 degrees every day since 13 March, reaching a high of 44.4 degrees last Friday, 17 March, the second hottest for March in 60 years.

A note-worthy feature shown on the daily weather charts for most

of this month is the weak pressure gradients and the absence of any marked cold fronts. Thus, the hot pool of air over the interior of WA looks set to last for at least a week or more. This will result in many more hot days in our regions for most of the remainder of March and continue into early April.

With continued dry conditions this will result in the worst fire danger in more than three years.

The last few days many places have recorded their

highest temperature for March on record. Mildura recorded 42.5 degrees last Saturday, 18 March.

This was a new record for Mildura at the airport site. At the post office site from 1892 to 1946 there were higher readings in March between 1892 and 1904 and in 1934 and 1940.

March heat records were set at Narrandera 41.9; West Wyalong - 42.2; Wilcannia and White Cliffs - 43.8 – both the hottest in March since 44.5 in March 2005.

Oodnadatta’s 43.9 was the hottest in March since the 44.1 on 13 March 1998 .

The next significant rain event for our region is anticipated to be just a few days before ANZAC Day, but April rainfalls are likely to remain below average. although many places in Victoria could record above-average rainfalls.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR  editor@coonabarabrantimes.com Singular disinterest in transparency and public confidence Following on from a letter I received dated 13 December 2022 from the general manager of the Warrumbungle Shire Council (WSC), wherein he stated the reason for taking 55 working days to respond to my first complaint (his word) was “an oversight by staff”.

The fact that Roger Bailey is a member of staff and that the WSC letterhead requests, ‘Please address all mail to the General Manager’ and ‘Please refer enquiries to Roger Bailey’, it is possible that said staff member was the general manager.

Referring to the same letter of 13 December 2022, I acted on the advice therein; I applied for particular job time sheets regarding the cleaning of outdoor furniture at Neilson Park done by members of staff of the Warrumbungle Shire Council.

I filled in the application form provided under the Government Information (public access) Act 2009.

This form itself is open to public scrutiny.

In personally delivering this completed form to the courteous and friendly front office staff member, I requested a 50 per cent discount on the $30 fee required.

I specified my request for a discount in the

words, “Transparency – to imbue public confidence in the Warrumbungle Shire Council.”

The singular disinterest in transparency and public confidence resulted in a denial for my discount request.

This denial was from the manager of corporate services or the manager urban services and facilities.

As a result of my request, the nine sheets of paper I received, which cost me $30, are an insult to my intelligence – even at my age of 90 years.

These nine sheets of paper are so redacted, words blacked out, that they look like they came from a pre-schooler let loose!

I would have received more useful paper if I had invested my $30 elsewhere.

I suggest, that in public interest, you obtain from the Office for Local Government the job descriptions for the following public servants: general manager, manager corporate services, manager urban services and facilities etc., and print the details in the Coonabarabran Times and wattle magazine.

Yours etc., A. N. (Tony) Brain OAM Coonabarabran 2357 (20 March 2023)

Social luncheon enjoyed T he Wa r r u mbu n g le Community Care social support group ventured out t o Yaa ma Ca fe i n Coonabarabran on Friday, March 17.

The group of around

20 sat back and relaxed while served lunch at the popular eatery.

The group often take trips away all over the region, as far away as Gunnedah, Moree and

many other locations.

Fittingly, Indigenous Elder Maureen Sulter was on hand to provide the Welcome to Country, being that the cafe is owned by her granddaughter, Jess.

Ngaire Stevens, m a n a g e r o f Wa r r u m bu n g l e S h i r e Council’s Children and Community Services, said the trips were popular among the participants.

“ We n o r m a l ly g e t around 20 or more people who come on the trips,” she said. “ It’s a great way for them to keep social and make connections.”

The Warrumbungle Community Care social luncheon in Coonabarabran attracted a good attendance last Friday.

Kookas get jump on Roos On a balmy and darkened evening, as a result of poor lighting, the Coonabarabran Kookaburras easily accounted for a gallant Coolah Roos, eventually running out winners 41 points to 13.

RUGBY UNION Coolah turned up with an encouraging 20 players i nclud i ng a ver y big forward pack, which gave the Coonabarabran scrum plenty to think about – along with an impressive halves combination.

T he R oos showed enough to prove they will be competitive enough t h i s y e a r. T he y we r e ac t u a l ly le ad i n g 14 - 5 as the game approached half time, before strong running from the Kookas added another four tries.

Try scorers for C oonaba rabra n were Darcy Cli fton who, pl ay i n g at 10 , s c or e d two, along with Ethan T h i rkel l , who lo oked good at half -back, Alex K n ight , a nd the everreliable Dave Sulter. Matt Walton, who I have got say is an international standard kicker, slotted four conversions.

T he g a me wa s wel l refereed by the ageless David Bruce T h i s S at u rd ay, 25 March, the Kookaburras battle for the Warrumbungle Cup i n C oonamble at 3pm.

Coonamble still obviously believe there is still a bit of a dirt road, and maybe a few gates to open

along the way, and as a result have made us travel to them again – so this should be enough motivation to get the local boys’ enthusiasm up, plus the added goa l t o get their attack and defence sorted.

Andrew Mackay I f y o u e v e r p l ay e d rugby for Coonabarabran during the 80s and 90s you would know about A ndrew Mackay ’s loud and passionate support for the Coonabarabran Rugby Club.

It did not matter your ability or the score line.

Andrew was just a voice i n you r head on the eastern side of the ground for 80 minutes.

T here were ma ny entertaining stories at his service and wake of the Kookas, being down by 6 0 a nd 7 0 p oi nt s , pa r t ic u l a rly when we were i n the C entra l North competition playing strong sides like Narrabri, Barraba, Moree etc. And there would be Andrew, striding up and down the sideline, telling us in full voice, “They’re scared of you now, yes, you’ve got them scared, you’re getti ng on t op, you’re getti ng on t op.

There’s still 10 minutes to go. You can do it Kookas, come on, you can do it.”

T his, of course, was

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both a combi nation of a bit entertaining and a little bit irritating to visiting teams and their supporters.

W hen we moved to the Western Plains competition any town west of the Warrumbungles was known as “ bore drainers”, according to A ndrew. Some of their supporters used to take great umbrage to this new title and would confront Andrew on the sideline.

He would instantly respond, saying, “What’s wrong with you? What’s wrong young fellow? You just concentrate on the game young fellow and I’ll go if you wanna to go.”

But as soon as the fulltime siren blew, he was shaking hands and off to the bar to buy them all a drink and congratulate t hem on t hei r t e a m’s effort.

This was all done in a ju mper k n it t ed a nd created by a young a nd stu n n i ng Jacqu i Edds, who intended it to be worn by her then boyfriend. However, he thought it was too loud to wear, so it was put up in a raff le and won by none other than Andrew Mackay, who went on to become the club’s best supporter ever over the next 38 years, and wore it to every game, including

five grand finals.

Andrew grew up at the family farm Oakley, and worked and lived in the Warkton valley all his life. He went to primary school in Coonabarabran and was at the very first pony camp ever held in town. Later he went to boarding school at Scots College, where he rowed in the 1st V111 for two years and also played in the 1st XV for two years.

One of his great mates was Ken Catchpole, whom he invited up at the as t he g ue s t s p e a ke r t o our inaugural dinner in March 1983.

He never played rugby again after school due to a concussion, but he was a very successful tennis and polo crosse player.

At his funeral it was su r pr isi ng t o see t he s ad ne s s f r om t he people of many different wa l ks of l i fe a rou nd C o on a ba r a br a n t he r e to farewell him. He did touch a lot of people and was just one of the true gentlemen our town has produced. We send the club’s condolences to his wife Jill, children Mark, Katrina and Fiona and all his grandchildren.

Harry

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Coona cricketers go down in grand final Coonabarabran’s cricket team, after their most successful season since entering the Gilgandra District Cricket Competition, lost the grand final to a well-performed Gidgee (Coonamble and Gulargambone) side at McGrane Oval, Gilgandra, last Saturday, 18 March.

In very hot conditions Gidgee won the toss and elected to bat. They started well and took the score to 39 in the ninth over before losing their first wicket.

That dismissal started a small collapse and by the drinks’ break in the 15th over a further three wickets had fallen and the score was 4-60.

After drinks, Gidgee advanced the score to 94 before their next wicket fell. Again, that wicket

triggered a small collapse and Gidgee lost a further three wickets for 29 before the last two wickets put on 36, leaving the final score at 165.

Although bowled out in the 36th of their allotted 45 overs, Gidgee’s score was a good one and was always going to take some overhauling.

Main contributors with the bat were Joel Gosden (40), Elvy McEwan (33 n.o.), Mark Stewart (21),

Kirby Chapman (17) and Tyne Chapman (16).

Successful bowlers for Coona were Anthony Harris (5-41), Harry Willoughby (3-32), Nick Willoughby (1-17) and Lochlan Campbell (1-46).

Coona’s run chase never looked likely to do the job.

They lost their first two wickets with only three runs on the board and while there were several promising partnerships, nothing that was going

to put Coona back in the game eventuated.

Top scorers for Coona were Nick Willoughby (17), Harry Willoughby (14) and Andrew Hain (12).

Best bowling figures for Gidgee were recorded

by Elvy McEwan (4-11) and Tyne Chapman (428), with Justin Fernando and Aaron Page taking a wicket each.

As expected, the Gidgee team was jubilant with the win, but the Coona boys

were left to contemplate that probably their worst batting performance of the season was on the biggest day of the season.

Still, given the side had never made a grand final before, the year should be considered a success and most of the players are expected to return next season when they will be endeavouring to go one step further than they did this year.

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AROUND THE TRAPS LADIES’ GOLF Golfing news for the ladies is a little quiet for this week. Last week we ran a stableford competition with a very small field, as most of our ladies were either away or very busy in their lives at present.

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The winner was Kerrie Ward with a nice score of 35 points. Runner up was Julie with 29 points.

The Golf NSW Medal round one was commenced this past week, on 18, 19 a nd 2 2 M a r c h , i n c onju n c t ion w it h ou r m at c h-pl ay q u a l i f ier.

Results for this will be in next week’s paper.

Coming up in a months’ time is our annual Cancer Support Charity Day. This event has been running for many years and it’s always lots of fun. The golfing ladies invite anyone who is interested in coming along for a fun, nine holes of golf, played in the Ambrose format. This is a great opportunity for anyone to ‘have a go’ at golf and have a hit and a giggle.

Following golf the ladies put on a lovely lunch.

There is always a raffle, so look out for the Cancer Support Group ladies and the golfing ladies sitting outside Woolworths in a couple of weeks’ time.

We w i l l a l s o h a v e

a trading table on the day, selling homemade preserves and plants. The cost is $25 for golf and lunch or $20 if coming for lunch only. There will be flyers around town with contact details by now, or if wanting to book please ring the golf club.

A little humour for Minnie After a particularly poor round, a golfer spotted a l a ke a s he wa l ke d despondently up the 18th.

He looked at his caddie and said, “I’ve played so badly all day, I think I’m going to drown myself in that lake.”

The caddie, quick as a flash, replied, “I’m not sure you could keep your head down that long.”

A g u y o n v a c at i o n finishes his round, goes into the clubhouse. The head pro said, “Did you have a go od ti me out there?”

T he man replied, “Fabulous, thank you.”

“You’re welcome,” said the pro. “How did you find the greens?”

The man said, “Easy, I just walked to the end of the fairways and there they were.”

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CHICKEN RUN T he C o onaba rabra n G ol f C lu b’s S u nd ay morning chicken run was played over the front nine on 19 March, with Mark Knight and Kurt Pincham in the winners’ circle, scoring 25 points.

Balls were won by Stass Acalidis and Mick Noy, 23, and Matt Pincham and Cody Higgins, 20.

Next Sunday’s chicken run, on 26 March, will be played over the back nine.

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Athlete ages like a fine red wine Paul Nies recently attended the Australian Masters Championship carnival held in Sydney on 11 and 12 of March.

by CHRIS WARD The Coonabarabran athlete competed in shot put, high jump and discus in the 60-64 years age group.

Nies came away from the competition with two podium finishes and a number of personal bests (PB).

Despite finishing sixth in shot put he threw a PB of 10.14 metres.

In the high jump competition he finished third with 1.40 metres.

But it was his performance in discus which blew even him

away, when he eclipsed his previous best by an astonishing seven metres when he threw 44.11 metres to take out the gold medal.

Nies was in second place when it came down to his last throw and the final throw of the event.

He couldn’t explain how he managed the huge effort, only saying that he relaxed into it.

“My previous two throws were really bad actually,” Nies said.

“It came down to my last throw and I had to beat just over 41 metres.

“My first two throws I

was a bit tense, so I made an effort to just relax for the last throw. It worked and (the action) even felt so much better.”

The 63 year-old started competing at the age of 35, but has recently came back from an extended break.

“I had about six years away from it,” he said.

“I’ve competed at two ot her Ma st ers ev e nt s before.

“But it’s really hard being in the country and competing. Most of the time you’ve got to travel to the city and that can be really expensive. But it’s a lot of fun and you build a

real camaraderie with a lot of the other competitors.”

Nies’ results are made all the more impressive considering in the past six months he has only trained for discus and only recently taken up competing in shot put.

“I’ve only competed in three events in shot put, so I’m happy with how that’s progressing. I was aiming at throwing over 10 metres and I was able to do that,” he explained.

“The season is over now, so I’ll have a little break. Next time I compete I’d like to have a go at hammer throwing.”

BOWLO BRIEFS Pennants Pennants bowls was played at home in Coonabarabran on Sunday, 19 March, against Gilgandra. Three teams played and Coona had one win and two losses.

Well done to everyone for playing in the heat.

Scoreboard Gi lg ra nd ra 6 4 (9), Coonabarabran (1) 50.

Team 1: Coonabarabran 20 (1) d Gilgandra 14.

Coonabarabran: R odney Phillips, John Franklin, Russell

Heywood, Dean McAlpine Gi lga nd ra: Joa n ne Raines, Barry Johnson, Blake Cook, Noel Raines Team 2: Gilgandra 24 (1) d Coonabarabran 15.

G i l g a nd r a : M a x i n e Elsom, Rodney Howchin, Shaun Marchant, Dylan Marchant.

Coonabarabran: Tony A nt aw, M a rk Wat t on , Norm Buchanan, John Davis.

Team 3: Gilgandra 26 (1) d Coonabarabran 15.

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Twilight bowls action at the Coonabarabran Bowling Club.

Paul Nies (centre) celebrates his gold medal performance in discus at the recent Masters Athletics Championships.

WEEKEND GOLF It’s not every day you get 11 three pointers on your card – or get to report 47 points takes the win.

But in the competition at the C oonaba rabra n

Golf Club on Saturday, 18 March, Neal Percival did this! Congratulations Neal on a great score.

Neal had 23 on the front and 24 on the back nineÅ.

His handicap has gone from the blow-out of 22.5 back in November when we were coming out of

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the heavy course, to now – 14.7 to a nice, dried-out course.

T he r unners-up and ball winners were Frank Clifton 37, Anthony Jones 36, Brad Noakes 34 and F Nottle 32.

I n the mat ch plays, Neal beat Patty and Frank

Clifton beat Frank Nottle in a very close match.

R emember t o t r y a nd finish your first rounds as soon as possible.

See you on the weekend.

Don’t forget the monthly medal coming up on 1 April.

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Coonabarabran: Marky Watton, Brett Bowman, Sam Bowman, Roy Frost Sunday bowls This coming Sunday, 26 March, it will be normal S u nd ay B owl s – 1pm sta r t, names in by 12 noon. All players, new and old, most welcome.

Twilight bowls Twilight Bowls is still going on Friday nights – 6.00pm start.

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Twilight soccer final a feast for players The Coona Galaxy six-a-side twilight soccer competition concluded on Wednesday, 15 March, with a fitting and hard-fought battle between the two leading teams of the competition.

The entire competition, played during October and November of 2022 and February and March 2023, was played in great spirits and proved to be an enjoyable way to spend a Wednesday evening for those involved.

The team, Zinger Box, had earned their right to be in the grand final by being undefeated throughout the entire competition, with Bag of Chips being right behind them on the ladder.

In the first half, the final was played up and down the field with only a few shots on target, but defended well by the goalkeepers at each end.

The second half was equally as even, with some great ball passing and teamwork and equally excellent and desperate defending. With more good goalkeeping, at full time neither team had scored.

Extra time involved two additional five minute halves.

The tide seemed to be turning in Bag of Chips’ favour, as they had the advantage of some extra players, whereas Zinger Box had no reserves.

However, despite lots of pressure, and some great action, the score remained 0-0 at the end of extra time due to some desperate defending by Zinger Box and excellent keeping by Owen Fleming.

The game came down to penalty shots and again couldn’t be decided, with the teams being locked at 3-3 after the first five shots each.

Several more shots were required before Zinger Box was able to come away the winner, 4-3, on penalties.

Notable players included Jorian Fleming, Cameron Whittall, Jack Richards, Luke Richards, Billy Elton, Kada Hutt, Jacob Baker, Tristan Neilson, Harry Willoughby, and Dustin Owers.

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Winners - Zinger Box. Back l-r: Jorian Fleming, Harry Willoughby, Jack Richards, Amelia Hadfield. Front: Owen Fleming, Kada Hutt.

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Family in focus at CAMstart Family is at the core of CAMstart Pharmacy, located in the heart of Maitland Street.

Pharmacist and proprietor Catherine McDonald made the big step of starting her own business at the young age of 23.

She had worked for several months with pharmacist Justin Flannery before buying the business and making her own mark caring for her Narrabri customers.

The growth of the business has followed her own evolving life – marrying Martin Browne and the addition of their two children Carrington and Quade.

Reflecting on starting her business almost 20 years ago, Catherine said it is a decision she is glad she made.

“I’ve always invested back into the town,” Catherine said.

“The community has always felt like an extension of family.”

For Catherine, business has always been part of family life.

Born into the iconic McDonald family, Maitland Street was Catherine’s second home growing up, spending her younger years and early working life in the family’s well-known fashion

CAMstart: Pharmacist and proprietor of CAMstart Catherine McDonald has been caring for Narrabri customers for almost 20 years. business.

Now, at her pharmacy, it is not uncommon to see her own young children in store as she and her husband tend to customers’ needs.

Across her almost two decades in business, Catherine has treated different generations of Narrabri locals and she enjoys the familiarity that comes with caring for customers in a country town.

Being accommodating is something Catherine prides herself on, catering for doctors’ and customers’ requirements.

As the concept of a pharmacy has evolved, so has Catherine

and her business.

Operating a pharmacy has shifted away from purely a dispensary role to being proactive in caring for people’s needs and conditions.

The role of a pharmacist has also changed, adopting a more preventive approach and resolving issues.

“This is something that interests me,” Catherine said.

“We’re offering more and more.”

CAMstart offers a range of services, in addition to pharmaceutical and retail lines. Visit the pharmacy at 118-120 Maitland Street or phone 6792 2178.

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Ashley leads a progressive team at GBP Cranes Office manager Ashley Scott is leading a progressive team at GBP Cranes & Heavy Haulage in Gunnedah.

The locally owned and operated company specialises in heavy equipment hire and haulage services throughout the New England North West region.

It provides services for a wide range of mining, agricultural and private requirements, with crews based in Gunnedah and Narrabri, Tamworth.

With a team of five women already on the books, Ashley said GBP is a terrific place to work.

“It’s a great group of people to work with, there’s projects happening all the time,” she said.

The managerial role is a new undertaking for Ashley but one made easier with the backing of her four years’ experience in the accounts team.

“It’s a new area for me but the other staff have been very supportive, offering training and looking for ways to help out,” she said.

The diverse role includes everything from overseeing payroll to the accounts receivable records.

“There is still a lot to learn but I have great support and they put a lot of trust in me,” she said.

“It’s a great opportunity to keep growing our skillset and knowledge.”

As a local Gunnedah girl, Ashley said the wider community offered great employment potential as well – especially for women in business.

“I’ve grown up here, I think it’s a great town to live in,” she said.

“We are a growing community and there’s plenty of growth opportunity here.”

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Experienced, trusted, capable: KR Property delivers top results A qualified, trusted team at KR Property is ready to help with your real estate needs.

Proprietor Kim Rozendaal leads the Narrabri-based team with her years of experience in the real estate industry.

Her daughter Eden Rozendaal joined the business early in its establishment, and she now boasts a class 2 real estate licence and is also a qualified stock and station agent.

Assistant agent Jenny Jones will soon boast a class 2 real estate licence as well, adding to the qualified and professional KR Property team.

The ongoing growth of KR Property is a Narrabri success story, and the team has been firmly focused on up-skilling themselves to continue meeting clients’ needs.

With Eden now qualified, Kim is encouraging people to get in contact and have Eden appraise their property.

“The only way you can be proficient is through experience,” Kim said.

With a firm focus on building on skills, Kim said this was a contributor to her business’ ongoing success.

“Our sales results speak for

themselves,” Kim said.

“We work well together and are all proud to be setting new benchmark results in Narrabri real estate.

“Our main objective is to work in the best interest of our vendors, and at the same time to support our purchasers.”

KR Property continues to achieve great results across rural, lifestyle, residential and commercial properties.

Kim credits the business’ success to the continued support of the community.

“KR Property keeps growing and achieving results beyond my initial expectations,” Kim said.

At the height of the COVID pandemic, Kim made the leap to establish the real estate business.

As demand for the business grew, Kim has welcomed additional team members and added a state-of-the-art office at 12 Doody Street.

KR Property has been named as a winner in RateMyAgent’s ‘Agent of the Year’ awards for Narrabri for two years in a row and was last year celebrated at the Narrabri Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.

KR PROPERTY: The KR Property team celebrates success. Left, Eden Rozendaal, Jenny Jones and Kim Rozendaal.

Left, KR The business was acknowlProperty edged in the customer service proprietor Kim category.

Rozendaal, “Our clients are at the core of right, prides our business. Delivering the best herself on her result is what we continue to transparent, strive for,” Kim said. no nonsense For all of your real estate needs, approach to contact the trusted KR Property real estate. team on 0407 835 207.

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She communicates with all of you through advertising, which is extremely helpful for a real estate business such as this one.

Through Kim’s talent and knowledge of the real estate industry, she has successfully led her business to success. With incredible sales results, KR PROPERTY is leading the way with new and exciting ways to SELL.

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With an amazing work ethic, she is an absolute asset to the team.

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Holistic clinical skin care services available at Emergence Aesthetics As the saying goes, self care starts with skin care. And when it comes to caring for one of your body’s best assets, Emergence Aesthetics can consult with you about its holistic clinical skin care services.

Since opening four months ago, the Narrabri business has added to its skincare products, complementing the range of treatments already on offer.

Emergence Aesthetics is operated by healthcare specialist Trudy Schatz, a registered nurse who decided to change career paths and instead focus on offering services and treatments to care for skin conditions.

Passionate about helping people, Trudy wants to assist all people get better and healthier skin.

Services on offer include clinical skin consultation and treatment recommendations,

hydra and micro dermabrasion, cosmetic tattooing, micro skin needling, LED light therapy, anti-ageing injectables, dermal enhancement injectables, medical grade chemical peels, teeth whitening and plasma fibroblast (non-surgical skin rejuvenation).

Emergence Aesthetics also offers skin tag removal as well as the removal of non-cancerous (benign) lesions.

The clinical services and treatments are also ideal for people suffering from rosacea and acne.

Part of the offering at Emergence Aesthetics includes medical and clinical grade products through Dermaviduals.

Dermaviduals offers serums, creams and foundations, crafted to suit an individual’s skin care needs.

The products are only available through a practitioner and are made knowing that no two skins are the same.

Since opening, Trudy has been focused on advancing on her knowledge and skills, and recently travelled to Melbourne for further injectables training.

Soon, Emergence Aesthetics will offer melanography assessments as part of skin cancer checks.

New equipment will be arriving in coming months.

Trudy emphasised the importance of caring for your skin.

“We need to be mindful about our skin health,” she said.

“With my nursing background, I have a good understanding of how the body works internally and systemically, and how that affects your skin.”

Trudy offered her appreciation to clients who have travelled from near and far for her clinical services.

“It’s picked up really quickly,” she said.

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Emergence Aesthetics operates from 91 Maitland Street, and Trudy encourages people to get in touch to discuss her range of services, or to receive a free consultation.

To enquire about the range of treatments and clinical services on offer at Emergence Aesthetics, phone 0473 805 490 or email trudy@emergenceaesthetics. com People can also book online for services by visiting the clinic’s website https://emergenceaesthetics.com/

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Being in business a rewarding experience: Karen Carter

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I have been in business in Gunnedah for 31 years with my husband Dave and two children Justin and Wendy who are now both pharmacists.

Recently, Justin has joined me as a partner in the business bringing new ideas and enthusiasm. It is great to live and work in a community. We have had lots of changes since I first came to Gunnedah with an increase in scope for pharmacists. We have been able to implement vaccination services including

CARTER’S PHARMACY: Karen Carter. influenza and the COVID rollout to help vaccinate the people of Gunnedah.

Recently NSW Health has added travel vaccines to this portfolio to allow people to come to the pharmacy, discuss travel plans and

be vaccinated for diseases such as hepatitis A, typhoid and Japanese Encephalitis.

Shortly we will be able to assist patients with urinary tract infections.

We were one of six finalists in the Guild Pharmacy of the Year in 2022 which was selected about 550 pharmacies and were nominated by customers. Being in business has been very rewarding especially getting to know our customers and helping with minor ailments and their medicines.

We have a wonderful team who go above and beyond to help our customers.

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Managed by Kate experiences continued success and growth Kate Johnson is the incredibly driven and ambitious face behind Managed by Kate, where this female run office not only dreams big but succeeds big, having recently been awarded RateMyAgent’s – Rental Agency of the Year 2023, for the fourth year running.

As the youngest female principal of her own boutique real estate agency in the north western region, “We are incredibly proud of the expansion and success that we have seen over the last 12 months leading into our fifth year in business as a team of women,” Kate said.

“As a wife, mother of two and a female, growing a business – the odds were always against us. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 48 per cent of small businesses fail within the first five years.”

The last 12 months has seen multiple expansions in different areas, with no prediction of slowing down – not bad for a business grown organically from the ground up through drought, continuous flooding and COVID. Property manager Jackie Montgomery joined the business when Kate was looking to expand beyond investment management

last year and is now on the cusp of her first anniversary with Managed by Kate.

An agency of two may sound small, however, with a unique approach with the main focus on creating strong, tailored and personable relationships with each client. These women have bridged a much needed gap in the property management market within the North West region, stepping away from the traditional male operated, sales focused agencies – thus giving investors a voice in regional areas.

Managed by Kate has now expanded into a sizeable main street office , where Kate has created a positive environment that suits the unique personality of the business.

At the request of their clients, the business has seen growth beyond Gunnedah including, Narrabri, Baan Baa, Curlewis, Manilla, Kootingal and Tamworth and most recently Coonabarabran.

Through continuous networking and training with industry peers throughout Australia, Kate was invited through Property Management Partners to represent Property Managers in Florida, United States in October last year.

Kate was able to attend the RUMC 22 Conference making networking connections, visit American Property Agencies and completed the Walt Disney Excellence in Leadership program.

“I never want our investors/clients to feel they are inadequately represented as we are located regionally. This is why I place a huge importance on continuous education, experience and travel internationally to ensure that we are using the most up to date trends and consistently developing our skills and service. We want to ensure we are the leaders in our industry,” Kate said.

Late in 2022, Kate and Jackie had the opportunity to meet Million Dollar Listing celebrities billion dollar agents, Josh and Matt Altman and Josh Flagg, Kate even bringing back the gold “Million Dollar Bell” which she proudly displays in her new office, signed by the boys.

Once again, Kate has been formally invited as a property management mentor to Dallas, Texas and Beverly Hills, California in October 2023 in which she hopes she can attend – where they will once again be completing the RUMC 23 Conference, Walt Disney Institute and a visit to

MANAGED BY KATE: Kate Johnson.

Netflix’s current real estate show “Buying Beverly Hills” head office where they will be able to see current multi million dollar listings and learn from the team.

Kate is proving to people and the next generation, that you no longer need to be within metro areas to do incredible things if they have the motivation, resilience and passion!

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KOMSS - your office management specialists Keli McDonald has been in business in Gunnedah for more than 15 years, specialising in working with corporate partners, non-profit organisations and government agencies including federally funded and member levied organisational projects, agricultural enterprises and retail businesses in addition to facilitating training, assessments and professional development opportunities for individuals from diverse cultures and academic backgrounds.

Her business, Kels Office and Management Services (KOMSS), also specialises in business management and administrative needs, community engagement and project management.

KOMSS provides governance support and guidance, capacity building sessions and advocacy on a range of rural, regional and remote issues to the Australian federal government.

Keli is passionate about her clientele and especially seeing small and medium businesses succeed in rural and regional communities.

“I have a really strong belief in the benefit of successful small and medium businesses, and how critical they are to the strength, sustainability and growth of rural communities,” Keli said.

“Ensuring small businesses succeed makes me happy and the

single focus here is our clients.

“We are more than bookkeeping, KOMSS is a fully integrated service, and we work with our clients and their other consultants like banks and accountants to provide effective management for our clients’ businesses.”

The motto for Keli and her team is ‘we work hard in silence and let your success be our noise,’ emphasising her drive and desire to see her clients’ businesses flourish.

“We are there for our clients through thick and thin and support them in numerous ways,” Keli said.

“Nothing gives me more pleasure than seeing clients succeed.

“The secret of KOMSS success is our team, we have a team of five, including a CPA accountant.

We are available whenever our clients need us.

“I have a fantastic team and the best bookkeepers around,” Keli said.

“This has never been a nineto-five job, prioritising our clients and working around their needs is our priority. KOMSS is a flexible working environment, we work in harmony and understand the needs of each other and our clients. Working together to ensure we are where we need to be when we need to be there ensuring work satisfaction and the importance of family and

KOMSS: Keli McDonald has been in business in Gunnedah for more than 15 years.

community.

“At KOMSS as part of our community ‘give back’ we directly support two to three organisations or causes each year with pro-bono work. This is an important part of the KOMSS ethos.

“Recently we have successfully written grants that have provided benefits to the local communities including Gunnedah through projects to help people get into the workforce, develop networks with personal development sessions and projects, through to supporting local Aboriginal culture. KOMSS writes free grants submissions for charities and

not-for-profit organisations as part of our strong commitment to rural people,” Keli said.

Keli McDonald represents rural people locally as the deputy chair of the Hunter New England Health Community Advisory Committee, and sits on a number of national groups including the National Women’s Health Advisory Committee, the Regional Australia Institute’s National Alliance for Regionalisation, the Rural, Regional & Remote Communications Committee and the Australian Women Against Violence Advisory Committee. This March, Keli is again attending the

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women where she lobbies for better outcomes for rural and remote living women and girls in all their diversity, especially in the areas of access of health, education, leadership, climate change and disaster mitigation, women’s safety, Indigenous rights and access to drinking water.

“KOMSS enjoys the benefits of membership of the Gunnedah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Australian Bookkeepers Network.”

Kel’s Office Management Services We provide: • High Quality Business Services • Bookkeeping and BAS • Payroll and HR Support • Office Management • Compliance Reporting • RAA Applications • Grant Applications

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Lisa Richardson

What’s your role at Narrabri Shire Council and what do you love about your job?

I’m the Director of Planning and Sustainability at Narrabri Shire. I love the diversity of my role which ranges from town planning and regulatory functions through to tourism and community development. I have an amazing team of people around me and every day is different, presenting interesting new challenges and exciting new opportunities.

Advice to other women who are thinking about a career in local government?

If you have a love of community, and want to make a real difference, local government is a wonderful career opportunity. There are so many areas of potential professional specialisation as the scope of local government is very broad.

I’ve enjoyed a career in local government that has now spanned over three decades. Commencing my career in a cadetship in Town Planning, I was able to broaden and hone my skills over the years to a leadership role with guidance from some great mentors. I’ve been fortunate to meet some absolutely amazing people along the way and now have the opportunity to mentor young staff, a part of the role that I really enjoy.

Council offers roles in Science Technology Engineering Maths and some of these positions are held by women, however, STEM professions around the world are still heavily male-dominated - what’s your advice to a young woman thinking about a career in STEM or another male-dominated field?

My best advice is to do what you love and follow your passion. Don’t be influenced by current gender representation and perceptions of industry preference.

Are there any women who inspire you in your work or daily life? (Who are they and why?)

There are so many women that I admire in my daily life. Many of them are my fellow colleagues and feature in this Women in Business profile. These are a wonderful and inspirational group of women who have so many achievements and are indeed some of our local unsung heroes.

A strong and good community is all about inclusion, so what can men and women in business (and government) do to empower women and embrace equity (this year’s International Women’s Day theme)?

Business and government can actively

endeavour to understand and evaluate the extent that equity (and diversity) exists. It’s always positive if awareness is routinely spread (not just on IWD once per year) and equity is promoted and showcased, including with appropriate remuneration.

What do you hope for future generations of women in Narrabri Shire?

I have a 19-year-old daughter (Lily) who has recently headed off to university. When she eventually arrives in the workforce, I sincerely hope that she has caring and competitive employment opportunities, that are free of gender bias.

At Narrabri Shire we are very fortunate that there are many women conducting roles and responsibilities that are traditionally male dominated, including for example, apprentice mechanics and compliance officers (shout out to these talented women). In an ideal future workplace, we would also see much greater diversity.

A recent article in the SMH said, “Given the choice between a frosted cupcake at an empowering morning tea, and a pay rise, most women will choose the latter.” We now celebrate IWD with events and morning teas, which is fabulous, but how can we ensure real progress is also made?

I’d like to see women have that cupcake and eat it too! Achieving pay equity is both attainable and realistic. I’m proud to say that I’ve never experienced remuneration discrimination in local government. Leaders, of all genders, should be aiming to actively equip women with the necessary skills to have difficult conversations in relation to remuneration and knowing and celebrating their own selfworth.

Best part of living in Narrabri Shire?

Definitely the warm and welcoming people. Too many other positive attributes to list.

What’s your role at Narrabri Shire Council and what do you love about your job?

I am an elected councillor at NSC. In this role, I love being able to advocate and help our community.

Advice to other women who are thinking about a career in local government?

It takes time and patience to go through and understand the legislation and legalities of local government. Local government is not always going to provide positive outcomes, and I am learning any decision we make can adversely affect others. It can be a lot of work and emotional at times, but it is worth it. If I can make or implement one positive change in my time as a councillor, it’s been worth it.

Council offers roles in Science Technology Engineering Maths and some of these positions are held by women, however, STEM professions around the world are still heavily male-dominated - what’s your advice to a young woman thinking about a career in STEM or another male-dominated field?

I currently work in a male dominated industry, and growing up so did my Mum. I have seen some positive changes happening that are allowing individuals to have careers in any industry no matter their gender. Most of my time in male-dominated industries, I have felt valued and respected. Unfortunately, at times you are overseen as a woman, and it can be a challenging to overcome this. My advice is to believe in yourself and not worry about what someone else thinks of you. I believe, if you have a passion for something, do it, and do it the best you can.

Are there any women who inspire you in your work or daily life? (Who are they and why?)

There are so many women who inspire me on a daily basis. I have family and friends who are running businesses, who are in male dominated roles, who advocate for others and cheer on the success of everyone. These individuals range from business owners, truck drivers, farmers, power lifters, mechanics, actresses, directors, miners, parents, and to ladies supporting those around them.

A strong and good community is all about inclusion, so what can men and

women in business (and government) do to empower women and embrace equity (this year’s International Women’s Day theme)?

Listen to them, really listen to them.

What are they actually saying? What do they want? Why are they passionate?

The power of actively listening can help.

From that conversation, give them the power of choice, opportunity, and the support to succeed.

What do you hope for future generations of women in Narrabri Shire?

I hope gender does not even come into our “hopes” for the future.

In saying that, I hope future generations have the opportunity to follow their dream careers and every person gets the same and fair opportunity.

A recent article in the SMH said, “Given the choice between a frosted cupcake at an empowering morning tea, and a pay rise, most women will choose the latter.”

We now celebrate IWD with events and morning teas which is fabulous but how can we ensure real progress is also made?

Why can’t we have both? But to ensure real progress is made; business owners, managers, directors, educators, and realistically everyone needs to be fair and have no gender biases.

This includes hiring, educating, career progression, and equal pay for work done no matter one’s gender needs to happen in everyday life and work.

Best part of living in Narrabri Shire?

Trying to find the pink slug. I still have not seen one at Mt Kaputar, but it’s the mystery of finding it that I love. I love taking one of the walking trails just after rain to try and catch a glimpse of this pink mysterious slug.

world are still heavily male-dominated - what’s your advice to a young woman thinking about a career in STEM or another male-dominated field?

I believe there is a place in any field of career choice for a woman, there are now a lot of women taking the steps toward employment in a male dominated industry.

Are there any women who inspire you in your work or daily life? (Who are they and why?)

There are a lot of women that inspire me in my daily life and they are all strong, kind and confident women.

A strong and good community is all about inclusion, so what can men and women in business (and government) do to empower women and embrace equity (this year’s International Women’s Day theme)?

Treat each other as equals and respect their opinions and decisions.

What do you hope for future generations of women in Narrabri Shire?

To be strong and decisive and to work towards the growth and progress of our shire because they (future generations of women) and their children will be the ones living in it.

A recent article in the SMH said, “Given the choice between a frosted cupcake at an empowering morning tea, and a pay rise, most women will choose the latter.” We now celebrate IWD with events and morning teas which is fabulous but how can we ensure real progress is also made?

Equity in both recognition and being rewarded accordingly, the same as a male would be.

Best part of living in Narrabri Shire?

The best part about living in Narrabri Shire is that it is a great place to raise a family, endless employment opportunities, friendly and helpful people and numerous tourist attractions, enough things happen in this shire to stop anyone from saying there is nothing to do.

Cathy Redding What’s your role at Narrabri Shire Council and what do you love about your job?

My role with NSC is that of a councillor, I have now been a councillor for 15 years and in that time have held the positions of mayor, deputy mayor and councillor.

Advice to other women who are thinking about a career in local government?

My advice to any women thinking about a career in local government is to listen and learn, be prepared to accept criticism but most of all believe in what you lobby for.

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in local government at Narrabri Shire Lahari Yeepi

Anna Booby

What’s your role at Narrabri Shire Council and what do you love about your job?

I am Lahari Yeepi and I am working as a Trainee Information Technology Support Officer.

An amazing part of my job is facing new challenges every day which leads to my learning.

Advice to other women who are thinking about a career in local government?

Working for council is like running a little country because council is such a big organisation where we get exposed to so many different disciplines. Council is a diverse place to work. We get to learn new things every day. Working for the public interest and at the same time as being flexible to our work-family life – these are the two factors that I would advise young women to consider.

Council offers roles in Science Technology Engineering Maths and some of these positions are held by women, however, STEM professions around the world are still heavily male-dominated - what’s your advice to a young woman thinking about a career in STEM or another male-dominated field?

Just be strong and believe in yourself.

No women are less than a man in creative thinking. Girls are born with multitasking skills along with creative skills.

It’s just that we don’t like to take risks.

But it’s always good to seek new opportunities and find a STEM field that you are passionate about.

Are there any women who inspire you in your work or daily life? (Who are they and why?)

There are two women in my life who inspired me. My mother and my mother-in-law.

My mother from her life experiences has shown me how to be confident, strong enough and stand on your own feet without anyone’s help. She taught me the importance of education in every girl’s life.

On the other side, god’s gifted mother who is my mother-in-law taught me how to overcome the toughest phase in my

life. There is a famous saying that she always says to me “our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall”.

A strong and good community is all about inclusion, so what can men and women in business (and government) do to empower women and embrace equity (this year’s International Women’s Day theme)?

Acknowledging the skills in women and promoting women into leadership positions will lead to the path for future business leaders.

What do you hope for future generations of women in Narrabri Shire?

I hope that women in the field of STEM working in Narrabri Shire continue to get more opportunities to explore their knowledge which helps them to achieve their goals.

A recent article in the SMH said, “Given the choice between a frosted cupcake at an empowering morning tea, and a pay rise, most women will choose the latter.” We now celebrate IWD with events and morning teas which is fabulous but how can we ensure real progress is also made?

Do a survey, which would be highly confidential.

Best part of living in Narrabri Shire?

It’s a beautiful little town with loveable people around. And this is the place where I have seen most of the local business run by women which is a great thing. Thanks to all the men around who support women to succeed in their lives.

What’s your role at Narrabri Shire Council and what do you love about your job?

I am the Building Surveyor at NSC, I have been employed at NSC for 17 years.

I love the diversity of my role, I spend a lot of time on construction sites carrying out building inspections, liaising with builders and developers.

Advice to other women who are thinking about a career in local government?

Local government is a principal provider of a wide range of services to the community and with this offers broad career range and opportunities for rural women.

Council offers roles in Science Technology Engineering Maths and some of these positions are held by women, however, STEM professions around the world are still heavily male-dominated - what’s your advice to a young woman thinking about a career in STEM or another male-dominated field?

Building surveying is one of these professions, when I commenced as a trainee back in 2006, I wanted a career where I wouldn’t be tied to a desk. Building surveying takes me to all corners of the shire, inspecting and approving all manner of development from back yard swimming pools to large scale commercial and industrial developments.

Are there any women who inspire you in your work or daily life? (Who are they and why?)

My late Mum, she taught me to give everything a go, to never miss an opportunity and family is everything.

A strong and good community is all about inclusion, so what can men and women in business (and government) do to empower women and embrace equity (this year’s International Women’s Day theme)?

If women are interested in a career, they need to give it a go. It doesn’t matter who dominates an industry, the more women trying these careers the less dominated it will be.

What do you hope for future generations of women in Narrabri Shire?

I would like to see future generations of women avail themselves of the

opportunity to harness the opportunities presented within the Narrabri Shire by a progressive Council which constantly seeks to improve the quality of life for all residents within the shire. Some examples include Narrabri Shire has produced high calibre sportswomen which I attribute to the quality of sporting facilities provided and maintained by NSC. Another relevant example is the quality of childcare facilities provided within the shire, enabling women to pursue a career safe in the knowledge childcare needs are catered for.

A recent article in the SMH said, “Given the choice between a frosted cupcake at an empowering morning tea, and a pay rise, most women will choose the latter.” We now celebrate IWD with events and morning teas which is fabulous but how can we ensure real progress is also made?

Rural communities can make a positive impact by promoting policies and initiatives that benefit women and girls within the shire as well as working to address issues such as gender inequality and discrimination. I hope the future would be for women to have the freedom and resources to pursue their goals and make meaningful contributions to their community regardless of their gender.

Best part of living in Narrabri Shire?

Narrabri is home, we have great shopping, fantastic sporting facilities and a very good way of life. The wide-open space of Narrabri makes it a great place to raise a family.

thinking about a career in STEM or another male-dominated field?

Follow your passions if you are interested in a particular field of study, being a women should not stop you.

Are there any women who inspire you in your work or daily life? (Who are they and why?)

Many women inspire me. My work colleagues, Donna the Director of Planning and Sustainability who has a successful career in local government has been very supportive and is a great person to learn from and be on a team with. Friends and family members. My Nanny, who lives in Wee Waa, and I have been close to her since I was a little. I have witnessed and heard many stories from her which have inspired me.

A strong and good community is all about inclusion, so what can men and women in business (and government) do to empower women and embrace equity (this year’s International Women’s Day theme)?

Embracing everyone no matter the differences, creating an environment in which everyone is welcomed and feels comfortable working. This can be as simple as a smile or a hello.

What do you hope for future generations of women in Narrabri Shire?

There are so many opportunities in this shire no matter the interest, my hope is that the next generation embrace this and capitalise on it.

A recent article in the SMH said, “Given the choice between a frosted cupcake at an empowering morning tea, and a pay rise, most women will choose the latter.” We now celebrate IWD with events and morning teas which is fabulous but how can we ensure real progress is also made?

IWD events are great, this year’s Narrabri Shire Council’s IWD breakfast had excellent and very insightful speakers.

However, the learnings from these events

need to be put into practice, starting small for example is the correct amenities available. Small changes can add up to make a big difference over time.

Best part of living in Narrabri Shire?

It would have to be the black soil plains! And of course my family.

Eloise Chaplain What’s your role at Narrabri Shire Council and what do you love about your job?

Director of Infrastructure Delivery, I love the difference in my role, every day is different. Council is working on a number of strategies at the moment, I love this work as it will make a real difference to our community. It’s exciting!

Advice to other women who are thinking about a career in local government?

Go for it! I changed industries to local government and am really enjoying it. It means I am able to live and work in an area I love.

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Q&A with Rhyannon Paterson, supervisor - coal processing Rhyannon Paterson, supervisor – coal processing, Werris Creek Mine at Whitehaven Coal What do you love about working in mining?

I love the training and career development opportunities the mining industry offers. Every day is another opportunity to gain more experience and learn new things.

WHITEHAVEN COAL: Leonie Newton, supervisor - production at Whitehaven Coal.

Every day is different in mining: Leonie Newton

By JACYNTA CLAYTON, FOR WORK180

When Leonie Newton, supervisor – production at Whitehaven Coal, was still at high school she never thought she’d “end up in coal mining.”

But now, eight years into a successful career, she “loves it!” and encourages others to consider a role in the industry too.

“Every day is a new challenge because every day is different! I am so proud of how much I have achieved.”

As a supervisor, Leonie manages the teams around the excavation and coal-handling areas on site to ensure operations are conducted safely. It’s a varied role that requires a wide range of skills, both interpersonal and technical.

“Whitehaven have been very supportive of my progression through all my achievements.

They have helped me to continue my studies and learn new skills.”

We caught up with Leonie to find out more about her experiences and discover why a role in coal mining might be your perfect next career move.

“Don’t be afraid to pursue an opportunity! You don’t know until you try!”

Leonie is not afraid of a challenge and being up for taking on new responsibilities has certainly paid off during her time at Whitehaven. From day one, Leonie says her managers have encouraged her to pursue “lots of great opportunities,” and it’s one of the main reasons Leonie knows she made the right decision to join the company.

“I have been lucky enough to have gained several new skills while at Whitehaven, and when I continue to be up-skilled – and see those around me doing the same – it shows me that this is the place to be if you wanted to further your mining career.”

Having spent most of her

Every day is a new challenge because every day is different!

career operating a range of complex on-site machinery, in 2021 Leonie was approached by her manager about stepping into a supervisor role.

“It was a great chance for me to get some insight into supervising and OCE (Open-cut Examiner) duties, and to see if I would like to pursue this or to continue as an operator. It was a lot of learning and a big change – but I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge!”

Enjoying her new responsibilities and having shown a clear aptitude for leadership and management, when a supervisor position came up it was the perfect fit.

“I started doing fill-in work for the supervisors of the excavators when they had time off, and when a position to take over the coal excavators came about and I was offered the role, I jumped at it!”

Not content to stay still for long, Leonie is currently studying for her OCE certificate – an advanced level qualification – which has been fully funded by the company. If successful, she will be responsible for leading the entire crew on each shift, ensuring the safety of everyone in and around the excavation site.

“It’s known to be quite difficult to achieve the OCE, but Whitehaven have allowed me time off to attend classes and complete the course.”

Making a difference every day Managing such a large and diverse group of people across several different areas of the site can present its challenges – but Leonie knows the success of her role is key to the overall well-being of

her team.

“My role has a big impact because people rely on me to guide them through their working day and get them home safely. Every day that we complete a shift safely is, for me, the best day ever.”

As well as needing an in-depth knowledge of the many different processes involved in coal mining, Leonie has also developed key personal skills that enable her to support her team effectively, including establishing a flexible management style.

“Managing a large group can be hard at times. Different personalities require a different approach!”

Becoming a role model While Whitehaven is making great steps to be more inclusive, most people still consider mining to be a traditionally male working environment. To help progress diversity in the workplace, Leonie hopes she can be an inspiration to other women coming up behind her in the industry.

“I am the only woman in the team, but I’m treated with respect, and we work so well as a team. And being a woman and a supervisor in a male-dominated industry I’d like to hope others on site can look up to me and see that they can do just the same!”

Leonie’s professional advancement has been rapid but feeling fully supported by the senior team at Whitehaven has given Leonie the confidence to continue her path as a supervisor.

“I still am shocked about how far I’ve come. It was in 2022 that I really started to secure a leadership position – one of the more important ones of the shift. And to have Whitehaven encourage me to further my supervision skills has been a big accomplishment!”

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What’s one myth you think needs to be busted to get more women in this industry?

That mining is a man’s game.

I’ve been seeing the number of women in our workforce increasing and it is great that more of us are being attracted to the industry and thriving in doing so.

Why do you think gender equity is important in this industry?

Gender equity is important because women have just as much to bring to the

WHITEHAVEN COAL: Rhyannon Paterson. table as men. Diversity in the workforce brings invaluable ideas and experience.

What’s your best tips for other women to find success in mining?

Don’t doubt yourself!

We are often too harsh on ourselves, placing roadblocks in the way of our goals.

Believe in yourself and remember that the only person you should be competing against is the you that you were yesterday.

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Striving to be the employer of choice Whitehaven Coal strives to be the Australian mining employer of choice, and to help the company connect with female talent, and achieve its target of 20 per cent female workforce representation by the end of the 2026 financial, the company has partnered with the World of Work Program.

The World of Work Program is a comprehensive career support initiative designed to help women looking to restart or strengthen their career after a break, or even change careers entirely. Managing director and CEO Paul Flynn said the World of Work partnership helps highlight Whitehaven’s clear offering for women looking for a new challenge, and will contribute to attracting the diverse talent Whitehaven requires to thrive.

“By partnering with the World of Work Program we can reach high-calibre females looking for a fresh start, share the many opportunities we have available for women at all stages of their lives, and clear up common misconceptions about mining that may impact a woman’s decision to pursue a career in our industry,” he said.

“Given the tight talent market, it’s more important than ever for us to widely advertise our point of difference as an employer for women so we can continue to build a truly diverse and inclusive workforce.

Whitehaven knows balancing work and family commitments can be a reason women choose not to return to the workforce after having children, which is why the company is taking action to support working parents.

To help young families, the

company offer roles to suit a variety of schedules, provide flexibility based on individual circumstances, and last year launched an industry leading 26 weeks of paid parental leave, in addition to the Australian government’s parental leave scheme.

Anastasia Schutz, a commercial superintendent for Whitehaven’s Gunnedah Open Cuts, has benefited from Whitehaven’s flexible approach.

“While on maternity leave after having my first child in January 2021, senior leaders facilitated a role change that has allowed me to stay with the company while reducing travel time and accommodating child care needs,” she said.

Whitehaven also provide indepth women’s leadership development and mentoring programs to empower our female workforce and accelerate their careers.

Aboriginal community relations officer Hollie Sampson is thankful for Whitehaven’s investment in women and has benefited from participating in its Women’s Leadership Program.

“I am grateful that Whitehaven recognises the importance of retaining and developing women in our workforce and the valuable contribution women make to our company,” she said. “The Women’s Leadership Program has given me a toolkit of strategies to build my confidence, become my authentic self at home and at work and take charge of my own personal development. I have really enjoyed learning more about myself and my own strengths and weaknesses and the science behind it all.”

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Supporting women in the mining industry We believe in equality for all and recognise the importance of embedding diversity and inclusion into everything we do.

How we foster diversity, inclusion and equality — Industry leading parental leave policy of 26 weeks paid leave plus super for primary caregivers — Women’s leadership development and mentoring programs for senior and emerging talent — Platinum sponsor of Women in Mining NSW and participant in its mentoring program — Flexible working opportunities

To find out more

whitehavencoal.com.au/diversity

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Fogarty Fotos passionate about recording social history

By HEATHER FOGARTY

At Fogarty Fotos we are very passionate about recording and keeping our social history and have seen (over the past year) a marked increase in our community towards printing of photos.

Photos are the go-to media that everyone searches for to engage with family and friends about where we lived, the cars/horse buggies we drove, our good times and the hard times.

Put a photo in front of any of our ‘seniors’ and they will fill your afternoon with amazing stories as they time travel back to when they were young.

Many of the old images that come through our shop require some degree of restoration.

This type of work takes a lot of time and patience to get it right and is very rewarding.

We work with all types of images glass negatives, slides, printed photos and large format negatives.

We regularly work with amazing social history images that have been tucked away in the bottom of a drawer or rediscovered in a property clean-up.

These images tell the story of our towns along with the people who lived

and worked there.

They are of street parades, parties, outings, family gatherings, horses, buggies, motor cars, train trips, schools, businesses, recreation activities and everyday life. When there was too much rain and when there was none.

They also allow us to remember those who went to war and those who didn’t come home.

We are now living in a very digital world and so many photos are kept on our phones these days.

Too many people have lost all their precious images when their phones have died or been lost.

It is so heartbreaking when this happens as we keep our whole lives in the palm of our hand.

To avoid this happening we encourage everyone to print out their precious memories.

Our children are the ones who are going to miss out if we don’t.

Our ‘text to print’ service has grown out of necessity to preserve our current history.

Our customers are able to text message their photos to 0427 829 521, tell us what size, how many of each and when they will be in to collect and we can have them all ready to collect.

We accept text messages any time day or night.

Presenting and framing of images and artworks is another part of our business that keeps us very busy.

We can help with the very small, delicate items (guitar picks, jewellery) the very large (historical maps, jerseys, posters) to the very different (handbags, glasses, war medals) and anything in between.

Being in our shop is my happy place. As Confucius said ... “Find a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

FOGARTY FOTOS: Liz Emmerson and Heather Fogarty.

Our aim is to maximise participation in the daily lives of our clients and help them achieve their goals.

We provide high quality occupational therapy and case management services for adults with a variety of disabilities, including physical, mental health, neurological and cognitive.

We do this work as we love to problem solve, celebrate great outcomes with participants, their families and the community.

We are based in Gunnedah and provide service across Tamworth, Gunnedah, Narrabri and all towns in between. We love traveling our beautiful countryside to serve our participants and communities in their homes.

Our greatest challenge is having enough team members to assist with the great work we do.

If you would love to join our team please get in touch.

admin@focusonfunction.com.au 0493 133 667 focusonfunction.com.au

Framing | Printing | Restorations

Trading Hours Weekdays 9am to 4pm Saturday 9am to 12pm Phone: 0427 829 521

We can duplicate and restore your photos, slides and negatives

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DAVIDSON CAMERON & CO: Jenny Randall and Samantha Taylor.

Thankful to be part of supportive Davidson Cameron & Co team Davidson Cameron & Co employs 15 women across their network of nine branches, ranging from real estate agents, property managers and the ever versatile admin assistants.

Jenny Randall and Samantha Taylor enjoy being a part of the Davidson Cameron & Co team.

The Davidson Cameron team supports and recognises the importance of family and the roles women play within families.

“We appreciate the opportunity, support and flexibility they offer to us as not

only mothers and carers but women,” Jenny said.

“In celebrating International Women’s Day we have both reflected on the importance of equality in the workplace.

“We believe it is important to empower women and support opportunities in education, business and all other areas of life.

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Good, old-style customer service at family-run Narrabri West Post Office Q&A with Narrabri West Post Office’s Skye Redding: Why do you love doing what you do and what are you most proud of?

Working in a family run environment and having a great relationship with my customers.

How long have you owned your own business and why did you choose Narrabri?

It’s been a family-run business for the last 21 years. Narrabri is our home town.

for more than 20 years. We offer good, old-style service and will go out of our way to help people.

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Where do you see yourself in five years?

Giving my mother the chance to retire and still run the business further down the line.

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how NSC can improve the current situation was considered ‘particularly important given the shire is expected to experience economic growth, increased employment, as well as an increased population over the next five to ten years’.

These predictions follow a Narrabri Shire Council area being identified as a Special Activation Precinct.

The third component, service modelling and feasibility assessment for a long day care centre, to provide advice should a childcare centre be established in Narrabri Shire by council or by an external organisation. This component of the project was completed in November 2022.

“Whilst the analysis revealed that current and projected demand would

not support the development and construction of a childcare centre, there is without doubt a need for more childcare,” states a report presented in the February council business paper about the KU Childcare Services report findings. This need was also strongly expressed through the community consultation across the shire. ” Continued on page 3

Advice for other women looking to start their own small business?

Do it! Go for it and have a good plan and strategy in place. Be confident in your life’s plan.

What do you want women to know about your business?

We have been a family-run business

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Cr Clements urged residents to express their views and take part in the consultation process.

He said he thought the old NAB building could be used for a range of services, from a space to boost tourism, support for elderly people,

the full-time presence of council staff in Wee Waa or as a mental health resource, just to name a few ideas.

“The town desperately needs youth resources too,” said Cr Clements.

“Nothing is set in stone yet; I encourage people to get involved – let’s take charge.”

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people over a delicious breakfast.

By ALI SMITH “I wanted people to feel comfortjournalist@nwcourier.com.au Women from across the Wee Waa able to come along, and also to feel comfortable bringing their kids and district enjoyed a glorious start to International Women’s Day last that’s why I had bubbles and bits and Wednesday with pilates, breakfast, pieces for the kids too.

“Men were also more than welcome and fabulous company at the lush to come.

Rose Street gardens.

“I thought about doing speakers “We’re extremely happy with how and then really just wanted to create the morning went,” said organiser Kayla Nehrkorn, community a beautiful morning with social interdevelopment officer for Narrabri and action for people to come together.

“And it has been such a beautiful District Community Aid Service.

“I was guessing between 20 to 40 morning.”

Pilates instructor Georgie Hamblin people would register but we had was overwhelmed by the number over 55 people register. of “It blew my expectations, and it re- attendees and their enthusiasm, with minded me how good the Wee Waa women travelling from Narrabri and community is - everyone comes to- Burren for the early morning session.

“It was very special; I couldn’t begether to celebrate something.

“One of the ladies here just com- lieve it,” said Georgie.

“It’s so important we all take time mented how it was so good to have something like this in our small to move our bodies so we can feel good within ourselves, and sometown, so that’s great to hear.

“Jess from Little House on Rose thing like this out in the open air, has been amazing and so has Geor- on the grass – I just think it’s great.” gie Hamblin from Quest pilates, and More photos page 2 I hope this has opened up more opportunities.”

RIGHT: The Hamblin family had The free event gave local women of three generations attend the IWD all ages the opportunity to take time event, Judy Bell, Shannon Hamblin, out of their busy morning routines Kylie Wilks, Georgie Hamblin, Lillie and do something for themselves: Hamblin holding Lavannah Hamblin, rolling out a pilates mat, stretchBernadette Hamblin, Anne Oudenryn, ing, practising mindfulness, and Rachel Hamblin, Sharron Currell and then catching up and meeting new Alanah Tompkins.

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consultation about the future use of the old National Australia Bank building and War Memorial area is expected to take place for three months.

“It’s a great opportunity to futureproof our town, we’ve got a considerable sum of money, the community is interested so let’s see something there

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Guests-of-honour Sara Palmer, Kate Briggs and Loreza Calalo Manalo addressed the crowd gathered inside The Crossing Theatre auditorium for the council-hosted event on Tuesday morning.

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Close to 100 people flocked to a field day held by Cotton Seed Distributors at its farm between Wee Waa and Narrabri on March 1.

“We had just over 90 people attend the field day with some travelling from St George, Bourke, across the Namoi, and even somebody from Sydney,” said CSD extension and market development lead Peter White.

“We were very happy with how the day went and it was see that we were offering great to an event that people were willing to travel to attend.”

The Namoi Valley research and extension field day was a fantastic opportunity for the cotton communitypeople in to make new connections and grow knowledge of developments their and innovations in the sector.

“Highlights from the day included the turn out, willingness from attendees to interact with our speakers and ask and seeing everyone questions at the end of the day chatting about their learnings from the day,” said Mr White.

“It was great to see growers from multiple valleys discussing cotton well into the evening.”

Mr White explained, and speakers present “The day provided a great opportunity for all attend- CSD FIELD DAY: Jimmy Lee-Warner and Jock ees to ask questions Morrison travelled about the from Gunnedah to “Attendees also had XtendFlex varieties attend the CSD field an opportu- Dr which day held near Wee Warwick Stiller who looking to be commerciallywill be nity to walk into the Waa earlier this month. field and see CSIRO gave a Ford and avail- these lines able next season. cotton breeding Nick Stewart firsthand.”

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the strategy to buy back 49 gigalitres had sent a shiver down the spine of irrigating communities across the basin.

“For months, the federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek promised all options are on the table, but instead is only pressing ahead with the most damaging and

divisive option of all,” said NSW Irrigators Council CEO Claire Miller.

“The focus on buybacks as the first resort option is alarming, given the socio-economic and water market impacts of past buybacks well-documented by ABARES and in other reviews.”

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MOREE Glen Crump’s contributions to the Moree community have been honoured after being named one of NSW’s multicultural champions for 2023.

Mr Crump was among 16 people and community organisations honoured at the Premier’s annual Harmony Dinner in late February.

Earlier this year, Mr Crump was named as the recipient of the Australia Day Mayor’s Award for his continued passionate commitment and contribution to the Moree community. Mr Crump has enjoyed active involvement in the Moree community since he was a child.

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The federal the strategy been government widespread concern met with Recovering will litres had to buy back 49 giga- divisive strategically purchase sent a shiver MPs and agriculturalfrom rural ter volume a remaining wa- six down the rigators option of all,” said NSW Ircatchments across water in spine of irrigating of 49.2 gigalitres organisa- required Council CEO Claire tions.

NSW and across communities is Queensland, to bridge the Miller.

“The focus on the basin. including 9.5 gap to In February, the the sustainable buybacks as the giga“For months, first resort option diversion lim- litres of surface water from the federal ment announced federal govern- its set out is alarming, givthe Minister Namoi. in the Murray-Darling it would start Tanya Plibersek Water en the socio-economic Basin prom- market The state’s peak and water Plan, the irrigators’ body, ised all options are on the impacts federal the table, well-documentedof past buybacks NSW Irrigators but instead is only Council, said with the most pressing ahead in other reviews.” by ABARES and damaging and

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MOREE Glen Crump’s contributions to the Moree community have been honoured after being named one of NSW’s multicultural champions for 2023.

Mr Crump was among ple and community 16 peoorganisations honoured at annual Harmony the Premier’s Dinner in late February.

Earlier this year, Mr Crump was named as the recipient of the Australia Day Mayor’s Award for his continued passionate mitment and contribution comto the Moree community. has enjoyed active Mr Crump involvement in the Moree community since he was a child. page 2

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Stage set for Anzac Park

New amphitheatre and pathway A new outdoor amphitheatre and poet’s pathway many years in the making is now a step closer.

Gunnedah Shire Council has endorsed construction of the $300,00plus stage one of the ‘Poet’s Precinct’ project which includes an

amphitheatre and landscaping barrier situated adjacent to the Mackellar centre at Anzac Park.

The development is being led by the Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society and will enhance existing cultural features in the area including the

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Gunnedah Water Tower Museum, the Dorothea statue and Maas Walknamed after society founder, the late Mikie Maas.

The currently unfunded stage two of the project will include a small car park on the hill beside the water tower

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museum. It is estimated this component would cost about $290,000.

Society secretary Owen Hasler said the project will help to establish an educational and cultural tourism attraction, benefiting the local tourism industry and inject new spending into

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the Gunnedah economy. “[The project] was first raised in 2014 when I was the mayor and the society was negotiating the use of the former visitor information building as the Mackellar centre,” Mr Hasler said.

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Fast cars and vintage engines roared to life at the weekend for the start of Gunnedah’s Weeks of Speed Festival.

Community members young and old turned out by the dozen for the opening two days of the month-long event.

The hot rod and classic car show at Wolseley Park was a big hit, as fans inspected the polished machines from almost every era.

See more coverage from the Weeks of Speed inside on pages 12 and 13 of today’s Gunnedah Times.

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KELAHER INDUSTRIAL SERVICES: Steph Brown, Jenna Patterson, Kaytlyn Murrell, Matt Durrant, Mitch Bird, Cody Whitfield, Kristy Grogan, Scott Batterham, James Gallagher, Kain Montague, Archer Harrison, George Borthistle, Kayla Kelaher and Ethan Kelly.

Kayla Kelaher breaking new ground in a male-dominated industrial sector Kayla Kelaher is a proud Indigenous woman who founded and runs Kelaher Industrial Services, breaking new ground in the traditionally, male-dominated industrial sector.

KIS is a specialist steel fabrication, construction, repair, and maintenance business servicing Gunnedah and the surrounding North West areas. Kayla has broken down barriers to gain success in servicing the region, with Kelaher Industrial Services being well-known throughout for the ability to handle a wide

range of complex and difficult maintenance and construction projects that necessitate a high level of expertise and experience. Its dependability has resulted in trusted relationships with its clients, which fuels the company's growth.

Kelaher Industrial Services (KIS) was established in 2020, starting with only three employees. Its team of employees has grown to almost 60 in the last year, thanks to the expansion of Kelaher Industrial Services, with over 18 per cent being

female employees.

“We have always tried to stay as personal as we can with our staff and are very hands on. We try to get to know each other and let them know we’re all in this together,” Kayla said.

It now has electricians, communications technicians, boilermakers, mechanics, fitters, machinists, builders, plumber, sheet metal specialists, carpenters and operators working with business.

“I wanted something to sink my teeth into and saw there

was an avenue on the commissioning and mechanical side of things, so I set up Kelaher Industrial Services to provide a broad range of trade and skilled workers to mines across the region.

“Our motto is – we never really say no. If you come to us and need a trade we try to make it happen. We have the flexibility to look at different trades and industries, and we aim to go above and beyond the competition,” Kayla said.

It is a female-owned

business that enjoys giving back to the community by sponsoring, donating, and organising luncheons with organisations such as the National Rural Women's Coalition. In addition, Kayla was recently a guest speaker at the Sydney Annual Future Women's Leadership Summit.

“We have a strong women led business community here in Gunnedah who are really pushing the envelope.” Kayla sends her best wishes to anyone wishing to start a business, encouraging them to give it a try.

Employee spotlight: Kyra Mills Born and raised: Gunnedah Age: 21 Role: Onsite boilermaker Time at Kelaher: Eight months Qualifications: Boilermaker/metal fabrication.

Various tickets Highlights working for the business: Great company to work for, co-workers are amazing to work with, treated as a worker and not just a girl, management very supportive and encouraging.

The ability and satisfaction of fixing and maintaining equipment.

Achievements: Finishing my Boilermaker Apprenticeship and getting high marks at TAFE. What are you proud of: Completing my course after doubting my ability at the time. Not only did I complete it, I gained high marks.

Paving the way for women in a male dominated workplace. Being the only female trade at Kelaher Industrial Services What lead you to your career: My brother was working in the industry as a boilermaker and I thought it would be a good stable career choice. I left school early and was offered an apprenticeship.

Goals: Gaining a dual trade as a heavy diesel mechanic, further learning and developing my skills as a boilermaker What do you enjoy about your career: Being able to inspire young girls coming up in the industry behind me. Being a mentor to them by helping them believe they can not only gain employment in a male dominated field of work but be equally successful. Encouraging women to work

Boilermaker Kyra Mills. hard and believe in themselves, never doubting their ability to achieve success in such a challenging industry.

Kelaher Industrial Services founder and managing director Kayla Kelaher.

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Taking the complexity Focus on delivering a great experience at AC Hair Studio out of understanding

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Q&A with Amy Cathcart, AC Hair Studio: Owning your own business is no small feat, congratulations – why do you love doing what you do and what are you most proud of?

I love hairdressing and making people feel good about themselves, it’s all about their experience and trying to deliver on their expectations. I am most proud of taking the big step of going into business for myself.

Q&A with Leculier Financial Services principal Melinda Leculier:

How long have you owned your own business and why did you choose Narrabri?

I have been hairdressing for 11 years and have owned my own business for three years. I have lived in Narrabri all my life and I love the sense of community that we have in this town.

Advice for other women looking to start their own small business?

My advice to other women would be if you have something that you are passionate about, have a good support system in place and a really good business model then take a chance and see if you can realise your dreams.

Who are the women that have inspired you in your working life or daily life?

The woman who inspires me everyday and the one that I would most like to be is my mother. My mother is a loving, caring, intelligent woman who always has my back. If I could be half the woman she is I would be happy for the rest of my life.

You won an award at the Narrabri Chamber of Commerce Business Awards; Can you share a bit about it and what it means to be recognised by the Narrabri community?

I attended the business awards feeling really excited for just being nominated. When my category came up and my name was announced as the winner I was in shock, as I walked up to accept my award I was very humbled and surprised that people had voted for me. Winning the business award was great recognition and reassuring that owning my own business was a good idea.

AC HAIR STUDIO: The success of AC Hair Studio was celebrated at last year’s Narrabri Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.

Amy Cathcart is pictured with her award.

Going to the hairdressers brings many women utter joy and an escape from their busy lives. Do you love making customers feel fabulous about themselves?

Yes , this is one of my favourite parts of my business. Knowing my clients can come in, relax, be treated to a pamper session and feel fresh when they walk out leaves me feeling a sense of satisfaction. I’m happy to be able to give that to my clients.

You offer women a Hampton's-style escape right here in Narrabri ... how would you describe the experience you offer your female customers?

From the moment my clients walk through the French doors, they are greeted with a smile and a friendly welcome. When they are in the chair, I listen to what they want, look at inspirational photos with them and suggest a variety of ways to achieve their intended look. Clients are treated to high end products, a polish cut and style and some would say, an award-winning head massage.

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Owning your own business is no small feat, congratulations - why do you love doing what you do and what are you most proud of?

I love helping people understand investment and finance by taking the complexity out and making it simple.

I’m most proud of the relationships I’ve formed with my clients and the close connections we have developed over time.

How long have you owned your own business and why did you choose Narrabri?

Leculier Financial Services has been operating for four years.

We chose Narrabri first and foremost because it is our home and where we want to raise our children.

Narrabri also offers a great deal of diverse industries from longstanding cropping and grazing farming practices to the emerging resource industries such as coal and gas that help support the community and businesses that operate within.

Who are the women that have inspired you in your working life or daily life?

I’m probably most inspired by J. K Rowling who was a single mother living on benefits who had enough belief in herself and her capabilities of storytelling that she was able to change her trajectory.

She was rejected by several publishes and yet she still didn’t give up.

Her self-confidence and resilience are why she is the billionaire she is today.

My mother raised me to have

LECULIER FINANCIAL SERVICES: Melinda Leculier. this same conviction. It is important that you believe in yourself first because once you set your mind on something, anything is possible.

How do you manage a work/ life balance?

Sharing the load with my husband certainly helps. Raising a family and being a working mum is a team effort and we often prioritize our time with work, study, children’s homework, and sporting activities.

What was the best business advice you received or something you wish you’d known before starting your own business?

The best advice is to write a business plan and make sure you are across your cashflow.

Most businesses fail in the first year due to poor planning and cashflow.

Advice for other women looking to start their own small business?

Believe in yourself and in the famous words of Nike “Just do it!”.

Where do you envision yourself in five years?

Relocating to a larger commercial premises in Narrabri and living on our block.

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What a cracker of a year! I’m always so humbled and proud for the successful business that we have which allows us to ‘break the mould’ a little.

It’s certainly not easy being a woman in business, particularly also as a mum to a young child.

The family/work life balance is always going to be a challenge for every person – parent or not.

A big life event this year is that my son started school – a very exciting time! This has again given me a renewed appreciation for being a mum in business and having the flexibility that I do.

I’m so appreciative that I can work full time and still be involved in the little things in his world, even if some of these fall within the standard 9-5 work hours. We are proud to adopt the latest cloud based technologies

which allows me to work from anywhere, and still always having someone in the office for anyone needing the unscheduled face to face.

At Braithwaite Accounting we are currently finishing off all tax lodgements which are due shortly and then gearing up now for tax planning to start!

There is much planned for the next 12 months for Braithwaite Accounting – stay tuned!

BRAITHWAITE ACCOUNTING: Chartered accountant and proprietor of Braithwaite Accounting, Kate Braithwaite.

Steffi’s pride in supporting the Narrabri community Q&A with Narrabri Farm Centre proprietor Steffi Lilliebridge: Why do you love doing what you do and what are you most proud of?

I love owning our own business in a small country town like Narrabri. We purchased Narrabri Farm Centre to grow it for our family.

Family means everything to us and that’s what we base our business on.

How long have you owned your business and why did you choose Narrabri?

I am a Narrabri local and purchased Narrabri Farm Centre in February 2021.

We have just clicked over two years.

I chose Narrabri Farm Centre as my mum always said to me how good Narrabri Farm Centre would be to own and to support our local town.

dominated industry, dig in deep and give it a go. But you’ve got to want to do it. You need to want to be successful and succeed.

And I won’t lie, it’s stressful and there are hard times. Have positive people around you and dig in deep. There are also very rewarding good times as well.

What do you want women to know about your business?

We are a family run business and even being a mum running a successful business is hard but worth it. We have something for everyone in our store.

What is the best business advice you have been given?

Work hard, don’t be scared to give something a go.

Don’t be scared to change.

It is hard work running a business in a small town but so worth it in the long run.

Where do you see yourself in five years?

In five years time I see myself running a very successful farming supplies business in Narrabri.

Spending time with my family and friends, and going on holidays to the beach.

Narrabri Farm Centre, where you’re part of the family

Who are the women that have inspired you in your working life or daily life?

The one and only inspiration in my life was my mum.

She would be so proud of where I am in my life, both personally and professionally. Mum had a strong family and work ethic.

Advice for other women looking to start their own small business?

Don’t be afraid, even in a male

NARRABRI FARM CENTRE: Steffi Lilliebridge.

What is tax planning?

Tax planning is essentially looking over your financial position for the year to date and projecting estimates for the remaining part of the financial year to get a handle on your expected full tax position for the year.

Once we know the expected results, we can work on strategies to put in place prior to 30 June to ensure your business, and yourselves individually, are in the most tax effective position.

Who is this most beneficial for?

Businesses (and the related individuals). There are so many options available, most of them very simple to implement, which can save your business so much tax.

Why is it important?

1. To get a heads up on the approximate tax result for that year so there’s no surprises at tax return time.

2. To have the opportunity to be proactive to change the result before the close of the financial year. (Nothing can be done after 30 June.)

3. To have the potential to save so much tax!

When is tax planning most effective?

April, May & June – This ensures you have at least 9 months of actual results to work with.

So the saying goes – ‘If you’re paying tax, you’re making money’ – Whilst this is true, we also don’t want you to pay any more than you need so you ultimately have more funds to re-invest in your business or use for more exciting ventures!

Mobile: 0447 027 037 Email: kate@braithwaiteaccounting.com.au Web: www.braithwaiteaccounting.com.au

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Customer service a source of pride for Coogle Florist and Framing Q&A with Coogle Florist and Framing owner Jude Fife: Owning your own business is no small feat, congratulations - why do you love doing what you do and what are you most proud of?

I love offering my customers great service. I am most proud of being in business for 20 years.

How long have you owned your own business and why did you choose Narrabri?

20 years! OMG! Where has the time gone?!

Who are the women that have inspired you in your working life or daily life?

Jenny Gale. What a local legend. Jenny gives her time so selfishly, especially at

Christmas.

How do you manage a work/life balance?

With red wine (lots).

What was the best business advice you received or something you wish you’d known before starting your own business?

I wish I’d known the number of hours I’d need to put in. There is so much more behind the scenes work involved.

Advice for other women looking to start their own small business?

Do it! Put in the long hours and hard work and you will flourish.

Where do you envision yourself in five years?

Still at Coogle and still drinking red wine.

COOGLE FLORIST AND FRAMING: Jude Fife, owner of Coogle Florist and Framing for 20 years, is proud of her excellent customer service.

STACEY McALLAN LEGAL: Jessica Davis, Kaitlyn Collins, Katie Jolliffe, Allison Clark, Stacey McAllan, Lisa Davis, Brian Mockler and Dominique De Gail. Inset, left, Mackenzie Leader and, right, Emma Doyle.

Simple, practical advice tailored specifically to a client’s requirements

Picture it Framed at Coogle

COOGLE FLORIST & FRAMING  Florist - Special Occasions, Births, Funerals  Home & Garden Wares  Picture Framing

Tuesday to Friday 9am-2pm. Saturday and Sunday 9am-1pm.

Ph. 6792 2257 | 13 Doyle Street, Narrabri

Stacey McAllan Legal incorporating Walker Beer Solicitors provides simple, practical advice that is tailored specifically to each client’s requirements.

With two offices located in Gunnedah and Newcastle, the legal firm specialises in family and relationship law, estate planning and administration, property and conveyancing, mediation and dispute resolution and water dealings.

Director Stacey McAllan has owned the company since 2010 and leads a dedicated team of eight staff including principal lawyer Brian Mockler.

They are supported by operations manager Lisa Davis, family lawyer Katie Jolliffe, lawyer Allison Clark, law graduate Dominique De Gail, conveyancing clerks Kaitlyn Collins and Jessica Davis and legal assistant Mackenzie Leader.

“We are proud to have such an incredible team of ladies accomplishing amazing things in both their personal and professional lives,” Stacey said.

Stacey herself has never been one to

shy away from a challenge and completed her Bachelor of Laws while raising her four children and owning the legal firm.

A smart, generous, and innovative leader with a passion for advocating for the rights of others, Stacey has a unique ability to help people find their voice and be heard - an excellent quality in her line of business.

Stacey’s area of focus includes family dispute resolution and mediation, property law, family law and water licensing.

The legal firm is passionate about advocating in the interests of the wider community and will soon take part in the fundraising initiative ‘Wills Week’ in support of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.

During the campaign, Stacey McAllan Legal will provide wills to the Gunnedah community with all proceeds going to support the vital air service.

To find out how the team at Stacey McAllan Legal can assist you, visit the Gunnedah office at 227 Conadilly Street or call 6742 2122.

STACEY McALLAN LEGAL Specialising in family + relationship law, probate + administration, property law + conveyancing, mediation + dispute resolution and wills + estate planning.

Need practical, solutions oriented legal advice?

Reach out to our team today.

Stacey McAllan Legal Incorporating Walker Beer Solicitors

227 Conadilly St, Gunnedah NSW P. 02 6742 2122 or visit mcallanlegal.com.au

Standing: Jessica Davis, Kaitlyn Collins, Katie Jolliffe, Stacey McAllan, Lisa Davis, Dominique de Gail.

Seated: Allison Clark, Brian Mockler.

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Minister reflects on being a woman in state politics With events marking International Women’s Day earlier this month, Gunnedah local NSW Minister for Education and Early Learning, Sarah Mitchell, has reflected on being a woman in politics.

“I’ve had an overwhelmingly positive journey in politics and I think it’s important that other women know that you can really make a difference if you put your hand up and have a go,” Ms Mitchell said.

Ms Mitchell’s interest in politics developed when she was studying political science at university in Sydney, when it became clear to her that regional NSW deserves strong representation.

“I’ve seen firsthand the difference it makes to have strong regional women in politics whether that’s in the party room, in the parliamentary chamber or around the cabinet table. Better decisions are made and better outcomes are delivered when women have a voice,” she said.

Ms Mitchell also says she has been inspired and supported by many women along the way, including her friends and family - especially her mum, Marg

Johnston and her sister Amber Donoghue.

“I am lucky to have such strong women in my life who help me with finding that work/ life balance, people who I know have my back but also make sure I don’t take myself too seriously!

“And I know there are so many amazing women in Gunnedah who are doing great things day in and day out - our community is what inspires me. I hope that in some small way I’m helping improve opportunities for the young women in our community that follow in our footsteps.”

As a regionally-based Minister, another of Ms Mitchell’s passions is ensuring all country kids have the same opportunities as their metropolitan counterparts.

“Gunnedah is such a great place to raise a family.

“I was born here, my husband and I are raising our girls here – it’s home.”

Ms Mitchell was recently the first ever woman appointed as Vice-President of the NSW Executive Council, the official arm of government that gives legal authority to regulations authorised by Parliament.

Minister for Education and Early Learning, Sarah Mitchell.

One thing Ms Mitchell is particularly proud of from her time in government so far is universal pre-Kindergarten being progressively introduced from this year.

I’m a proud Gunnedah local representing the regions.

Sarah Mitchell

Minister for Education and Early Learning, Gunnedah local Authorised by S Mitchell, 6 Macquarie Street, Sydney

By 2030, every single child in NSW will have access to a full year of play-based learning in the year before school, five days a week and at no cost to parents.

“This will have so many benefits for local young families – especially mums – and our children long-term. It’s a game changer,” Ms Mitchell said.

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The Gunnedah Times, Gunnedah’s local, independent newspaper, is seeking a motivated, hands-on office receptionist to assist with office administration and advertising sales.

YOUR PARTNER IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE

The role is customer facing and must focus on service with the paper representing the interests of the Gunnedah Shire community, while working in a multi-faceted, fast paced media environment.

Vantage NSW specialises in integrating agronomy, hardware, software and services to improve productivity and profitability to service the increasing complexity of farming operations.

The expectations of the role include • Ensure efficient and timely daily administrative procedures of the Gunnedah newspaper office • Attention to detail and follow up is critical • Deliver excellent customer service, engaging with readers, businesses and the community.

• Support the sales team to achieve commercial sales targets • General front office duties.

It would be advantageous if you are familiar with office procedures. However a can-do attitude and bright disposition is vital. You will be working with a friendly and capable team, building relationships and finding satisfaction in helping people and businesses in a vibrant, caring and progressive community This is a role that is varied, rewarding and interesting on every level for someone who is community minded, enjoys a challenge and the satisfaction of a job well done.

This is a full time position though flexible hours will be considered. Above award wages paid.

If you are interested, please email your resume including two referees and covering letter to Wanda Dunnet at We’re hiring: manager@nwcourier.com.au Please phone 0429 922 837 if you would like more information.

We are very lucky to have the people we have in our business who treat each job and customer with the detail required to be successful in our field.

Vantage NSW, General Manager Michael Casey

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Machinery: JD 9530, 4630 hrs, 4WD, 3m wheel centres (comes with duals) tyres 800/70R38, remotes, PTO pack; JD 8400, approx. 8,500 hrs, FWA, remotes, PTO, quick hitch; CASE Farmall 25; CASE Farmall 26; CASE DX 22; CAT D8H Bulldozer, single tyne ripper; Volvo truck, tipping body, 8 wheel, McDougal grain/ gravel bin; Landcruiser Utility, steel tray, bull bar; Hi-Lux ute 3L diesel; Hi-Lux ute, 2.8L diesel.

Broadacre - Spraying, Planting & Tillage: Weed-It 7000, trailing sprayer cart, 36M, 2018 model, ex cond; Hayes trailing boomspray, 36m, ‘16 model, 8000L tank, exc cond; NDF SA550, 18m planter, set with direct drill points, includes disc units that can be swapped out + full set of press wheels; Grizzly 80, Field Boss off set discs, 80 plate, 9m; Rogro disc planter, 12m, Simplicity seed/fert bins on draw bar; Kinze 8m planter; Shearer trash worker, 12m; 3PL rake; 3PL ripper 5m; Shearer 1way plough; 3PL Uniboom

Grain Handling Equipment: Convey-All TCH14120 conveyer, 120’ x 14” tube with 22” belt, PTO rear drive & side drive, scissor lift; Brandt 20110 conveyer, 110’ x 14” tube with 20” belt, PTO rear drive, scissor lift; Brandt 75’ conveyer, Honda GX690, hyd drive & lift; DE Engineers, 4 barrel seed cleaner, 20T catch bin, augers, jib crane & walkways; Field bin 60T; Finch 15T seed & fert multi purpose bin, 2 bin, 2 x hyd folding augers, PTO drive, R/O tarp; 5 x Sherwell 30T porsil bins, 10” PTO drive augers; 2 x Sherwell porsil bins (damaged); Heaslip Grouper 2 bin, Honda motor; Mitze Auger, 10” x 60’, Vanguard motor; 3 x grain hoppers; 63 x bunker weights.

General Items: Freighter low loader, ramps (not reg); bogy axle dolly; Trioliet SM10 vertical feed mixer; Mitsubishi FG25 Forklift; 4 x 15,000L square poly tanks; JD dual wheels & spacer sets; 8000L diesel tank; Sundries too numerous to mention.

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10.30 That Pacific Sports Show. 11.00 Invisible Wars. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 1.30 The Weekly. (PG) 2.00 Parliament. 3.00 Escape From The City. 4.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.

8.00 Foreign Correspondent. International affairs program.

8.30 Grand Designs: The Streets. Part 4 of 5. Kevin meets a couple who want to build an American ranch-style house in Glasgow. (M) 9.20 Griff’s Canadian Adventure: Niceness.

Griff Rhys Jones sets out to uncover how Canadians differ from their Southern neighbours. (PG) 10.10 Art Works.

10.40 ABC Late News. Coverage of the day’s events.

10.55 The Business.

11.10 Back In Time For The Corner Shop: 1950s – 1960s. Part 3 of 5. (PG) 12.10 Q+A. 1.10 Parliament Question Time.

2.15 Rage. (MA15+) 3.30 To Be Advised. 4.30 The Drum. 5.30 7.30.

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. 9.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (PG) 10.00 Tough Trains. 11.00 The Lost World Of Joseph Banks.

12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Cook Up With Adam Liaw Bitesize.

2.05 Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve.

(PG) 3.15 Mastermind Australia. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG) 4.15 World’s Greatest Bridges. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Dinosaur With Stephen Fry: When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth. Part 2 of 4. (PG) 8.30 London’s Super Tunnel. Part 2 of 2.

Charts the grand opening of the Elizabeth Line by Queen Elizabeth II. 9.40 Vigil. A navy cover up of a near catastrophe has Amy wondering who she can trust on the Vigil. (MA15+) 10.45 SBS World News Late.

11.15 Exit. New Series. (MA15+) 12.15 The Eagle. (M) 3.30 Mastermind Australia. 4.30 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 The Talk. (PG) 7.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 7.30 GCBC. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet. 8.30 Ent. Tonight. 9.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 9.30 Bold. (PG) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (M) 2.00 Taskmaster Australia. (PG) 3.00 Entertainment Tonight.

3.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 4.00 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Taskmaster Australia. Hosted by Tom Gleeson. (PG) 8.30 Gogglebox Australia. A diverse range of people open their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows, with the help of special, lockedoff cameras which capture every unpredictable moment.

9.30 Guy Montgomery By Name. Standup performance by New Zealand comedian Guy Montgomery at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre about being Guy Montgomery in a world full of people who are not Guy Montgomery. (M) 11.00 Would I Lie To You? Australia. (M) 12.00 The Project.

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Movie: A Mother’s Nightmare. (2012) Jessica Lowndes, Annabeth Gish. (M) 2.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. Graeme Hall aids a bereaved border collie who is struggling to get over the loss of its doggy best friend. (PG) 8.30 Air Crash Investigations: Pitch Black.

Takes a look at the investigation into Air Illinois Flight 710 that crashed into an open pasture area in poor weather while en route to Southern Illinois Airport, killing all 10 people on board. (PG) 9.30 Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack. A routine car stop late at night suddenly turns into a lifethreatening incident. (M) 10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 The Front Bar. Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL. (M) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Married At First Sight. (M) 1.30 Mr Mayor. (PG) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4.

Parramatta Eels v Penrith Panthers.

From CommBank Stadium, Sydney.

9.55 Thursday Night Knock Off. Postmatch NRL news and analysis of the Parramatta Eels versus Penrith Panthers match.

10.40 Nine News Late. Takes a look at the latest news and events from Australia and around the world.

11.10 A+E After Dark. A man seeks help after blacking out. (M) 12.05 Council Of Dads. Robin and Theo are in peril. (PG) 1.00 Drive TV. The team go on road trips.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

2.30 Global Shop. Home shopping.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. Religious program. (PG) 4.30 A Current Affair.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 QI. (PG) 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 9.15 Hard Quiz. (PG) 9.45 The Weekly. (PG) 10.15 Gruen. (M) 10.55 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (PG) 11.25 Doctor Who. (PG) 12.15 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 12.45 Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists. (M) 1.45 Making David Attenborough’s Flying Monsters.

2.35 Live At The Apollo. (M) 3.20 This Time With Alan Partridge. (M) 3.50 ABC News Update.

3.55 Close. 5.05 Tik Tak. 5.10 Guess How Much I Love You. 5.20 Pins And Nettie. 5.25 Pip And Posy. 5.35 Baby Jake. 5.45 Numberblocks. 5.55 Maurice’s Big Adventure.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. (PG) 11.00 The Movie Show. (M) 12.00 Patriot Brains. (M) 1.50 States Of Undress. (PG) 2.45 The Pizza Show. (PG) 3.15 WorldWatch. 5.15 Takeshi’s Castle. (PG) 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. (PG) 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.30 NITV News Update.

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. (PG) 10.10 VICE. 11.00 The UnXplained With William Shatner. (M) 12.40 F*ck, That’s Delicious.

(MA15+) 1.10 Bamay. 1.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Volta a Catalunya. Stage 4. 3.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Aust.

8.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. (PG) 9.00 I Fish. 9.30 MacGyver. (PG) 11.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 NCIS. (M) 2.30 Scorpion. (PG) 3.30 MacGyver. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 6.30 Scorpion. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) 8.30 NCIS. Gibbs and Tony deal with commitment issues. (M) 9.30 NCIS: New Orleans. Pride’s bar gets attacked. (M) 10.30 Socceroos: Preview Show.

11.00 SEAL Team. (M) 12.00 48 Hours. (M) 1.00 Home Shopping. 2.00 The Love Boat. (PG) 4.00 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Scorpion. (PG)

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country.

7.30 The Real Seachange. 8.00 Shopping. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country.

2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. (PG) 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 The Zoo. 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 Murdoch Mysteries. (M) 9.30 Kavanagh QC. (M) 11.15 Murdoch Mysteries. (M) 12.15 Father Brown. (M) 1.30 Better Homes. 2.30 Bargain Hunt. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Shopping.

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5.25 Jade Armor. 5.50 Total DramaRama. 6.00 School Of Rock. 6.25 BTN Newsbreak. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Slugterra.

8.00 Space Nova.

8.20 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

8.45 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud.

Dave insults Zombie Katie.

9.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. (PG) 9.20 Mystic. (PG) 10.10 Rage. (PG) 11.15 Close.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.30 ABC News Day. 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 Evening News.

7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.45 The Business.

9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 Back Roads. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 News. 12.30 7.30. 1.00 News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 Australia’s Remote Islands.

Final. 2.00 DW News. 2.30 News. 2.45 The World. 3.40 The Business. 4.00 DW News. 4.15 7.30. 4.45 DW News Asia. 5.00 DW News. 5.15 The Business. 5.30 That Pacific Sports Show.

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6.00 Minari. Cont. (2020) (Korean) 7.45 Golden Kingdom. (2015) (Burmese, PG) 9.40 Spread Your Wings. (2019) (PG) 11.45 Selma. (2014) (M) 2.10 Frankie. (2019) (PG) 4.00 Asterix At The Olympic Games. (2008) (French, PG) 6.10 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005) (PG) 8.30 The Big Short. (2015) Christian Bale, Steve Carell. Four outsiders predict the global economic collapse. (M) 10.55 Margin Call. (2011) (MA15+) 12.55 Near Dark. (1987) Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen. (MA15+) 2.45 Lootera.

(2013) Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha. (Hindi, M) 5.15 Spread Your Wings. (2019) Jean-Paul Rouve. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Lidia’s Italy. 2.00 United Plates Of America. (PG) 2.30 Cook’s Pantry. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Big Food Adventure. (PG) 4.25 Destination Flavour Fillers.

4.30 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade. 5.00 My Market Kitchen. (PG) 5.30 Bizarre Foods. 6.00 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Food Safari. 7.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 7.30 Seafood Odyssey. (PG) 8.00 Everyday Baking. (PG) 8.30 Long Weekend In... With Rory O’Connell. 9.00 Gok Wan’s Easy Asian. 9.30 Come Dine With Me Daytime. (PG) 10.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 11.00 Food Safari.

11.30 Hairy Bikers: Route 66. (PG) 12.40 Seafood Odyssey. (PG) 1.10 Everyday Baking.

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6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Becker. (PG) 8.00 Friends. (PG) 9.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 10.30 The Middle. (PG) 12.00 NBL Slam.

12.30 Becker. (PG) 1.00 Frasier. (PG) 2.00 The Neighborhood. (PG) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Becker. (PG) 4.30 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 4.35 Becker. (PG) 5.00 Frasier. (PG) 6.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.00 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 9.05 The Big Bang Theory. (M) 9.30 Seinfeld.

(PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 James Corden. (M) 3.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.55 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 11.55 Wiyi Yani U Thangani. (PG) 12.00 Yokayi Footy. 12.50 Just Another Day In Indulkana. (PG) 1.00 My Life As I Live It. (M) 2.00 Shortland St. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Bushwhacked! (PG) 3.25 Red Dirt Riders. 3.40 Wolf Joe. 3.55 Tales Of The Moana. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. (PG) 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 5.00 Our Stories. (PG) 5.30 The 77 Percent.

(PG) 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Arabian Inferno. (PG) 7.30 Going Places. 8.30 It Takes A Village. (M) 9.30 Movie: Precious. (2009) Gabourey Sidibe. (MA15+) 11.30 Jupurrurla: Man Of Media. (PG) 12.00 Volumz. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 American Restoration. (PG) 10.30 American Pickers. (PG) 11.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 12.00 Highway Patrol.

(PG) 1.00 Surveillance Oz. (PG) 2.00 Hellfire Heroes. (M) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. (PG) 3.30 Ultimate Movers. (PG) 4.30 Cool Cars With Dermott And Elise. New Series. (PG) 5.00 Ultimate Rides. (PG) 5.30 American Restoration.

(PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Football.

AFL. Round 2. Carlton v Geelong. 10.30 AFL Post-Game. 11.00 Movie: The Departed.

(2006) (MA15+) 2.05 Ultimate Movers. (PG) 3.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 3.30 American Restoration.

(PG) 4.00 The Front Bar. (M) 5.00 Sound FX: Best Of. 5.30 Shopping.

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 News Of The Wild.

8.00 Match It. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 Bride And Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings. (PG) 12.00 9-1-1. (M) 3.00 Black-ish. (PG) 4.00 Modern Family. (PG) 4.30 Simpsons. (PG) 6.00 Modern Family. (PG) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Wedding Singer. (1998) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore.

A wedding singer falls for a waitress. (M) 10.30 Ink Master. (M) 11.30 Scandal. (M) 1.30 Dollhouse. (MA15+) 2.30 Hooked On The Look.

(M) 3.00 Simpsons. (PG) 3.30 Touch. (M) 4.00 Sleepy Hollow. (MA15+) 5.00 Secrets And Lies. (M)

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6.00 TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 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 As Time Goes By. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: The Belles Of St Trinian’s. (1954) (G) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. (PG) 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 RBT. (M) 8.30 Paramedics. Paramedics treat a teen footballer. (M) 9.30 Australia Behind Bars. (M) 10.30 Silent Witness. (MA15+) 11.40 Rosewood.

(MA15+) 12.35 Antiques Roadshow. 1.00 TV Shop. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 TV Shop.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Cypher. 1.00 Raising Hope. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 3rd Rock.

(PG) 3.30 Raymond. (PG) 4.00 The Nanny. (PG) 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 That ’70s Show. (PG) 7.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 7.30 Survivor 44. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Limitless.

(2011) Bradley Cooper. (M) 10.35 Young Sheldon. (PG) 11.00 Duncanville. (M) 11.30 The Emily Atack Show. (MA15+) 12.10 Love Island. (MA15+) 1.10 Revenge Body. (M) 2.00 Raymond. (PG) 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. (PG) 3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 TV Shop. 5.00 Pokémon Ultimate Journeys. (PG) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Garden Gurus.

8.30 The Block Sky High. (PG) 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Island Life. 11.30 Pool Kings. 12.00 Home Town. 1.00 Flipping Virgins. (PG) 2.00 Home Town. 3.00 The Block Sky High. (PG) 4.00 Island Life. 4.30 Pool Kings. 5.00 Fixer To Fabulous. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters Int. 8.30 Fixer Upper. (PG) 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 10.30 Rehab Addict.

11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.30 House Hunters.

1.00 House Hunters Int. 2.00 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 3.00 Rehab Addict. 4.00 Million Dollar Listing NY. (M) 5.00 Island Life. 5.30 Pool Kings.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

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Friday, March 24 ABC TV

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Pilgrimage: The Road To Santiago. (PG) 11.05 Australia Remastered. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Miniseries: In Our Blood. (M) 2.00 QI. (PG) 2.30 Back Roads. 3.00 Escape From The City. 4.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame.

(PG) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Down-to-earth advice for the home gardener from Costa Georgiadis and his team of experts.

8.30 Van Der Valk. Part 1 of 3. Van der Valk welcomes two new sergeants, impulsive hotshot Eddie Suleman and technical whizz Citra Li, to the the team as they investigate the murder of a charismatic, young freerunning star. (M) 10.00 Jack Irish. Barry Tregear calls on Jack for help. (M) 10.55 ABC Late News. Coverage of the day’s events.

11.15 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. Final.

UK-based panel show.

11.55 Traces. DI McKinven’s enquiries ruffle feathers. (M) 12.40 Smother. (M) 1.35 Rage. (MA15+)

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. 9.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (PG) 10.00 Tough Trains. 11.00 The Lost World Of Joseph Banks.

12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Mastermind Aust. (PG) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.15 World’s Greatest Bridges. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Wrecks That Changed The World: Savage Revenge. Takes a look at shipwrecks. (PG) 8.30 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways: Midlands. Rob Bell heads to the Midlands, the heart of England, following the Great Central Railway.

9.25 Viking Empires: The Dark Foreigners.

Part 1 of 2. (PG) 10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Gomorrah. (MA15+) 1.40 Romulus. (MA15+) 3.40 Mastermind Australia. 4.40 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 The Talk. (PG) 7.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Entertainment Tonight. 9.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 9.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PG) 2.00 Would I Lie To You? Australia. (M) 3.00 Entertainment Tonight.

3.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 4.00 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 Soccer. Welcome Home Series.

Match 1. Australia v Ecuador. From CommBank Stadium, Sydney.

10.30 Taskmaster Australia. Hosted by Tom Gleeson. (PG) 11.30 Would I Lie To You? Australia. Hosted

by Chrissie Swan. (M) 12.30 Just For Laughs. Hosted by Nick Cody. (M) 1.00 Just For Laughs Uncut. Hosted by Nikki Osborne. (MA15+) 1.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

2.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Late-night talk show. (PG) 3.30 The Graham Norton Show. (M) 4.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 Movie: Gates Of Paradise. (2019) Jason Priestley. (M) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Johanna Griggs meets music icon Harry Connick Jr to talk about his career.

8.30 Movie: The Butler. (2013) Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack. The dramatic changes that swept society, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, are seen from the point of view of a White House butler who served seven presidents across three decades. (M) 11.15 Movie: The Island. (2005) Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Sean Bean.

In a dystopian future, two people go on the run after learning the sinister truth about both the facility they live and work, and the island paradise they all dream of moving to via winning a lottery. (M) 2.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 For The Love Of Pets. (PG) 1.00 Space Invaders. (PG) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4.

Dolphins v Brisbane Broncos. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

9.55 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the Dolphins versus Brisbane Broncos match, with news and analysis.

10.40 Movie: Beirut. (2018) Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Shea Whigham. In ’80s Beirut, a former US diplomat is asked to negotiate the release of a kidnapped former colleague. (MA15+) 12.40 Tipping Point. Ben Shephard hosts a UK game show in which four contestants compete against a machine. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Postcards. Madeline Spark goes horseriding. (PG) 4.30 Global Shop. Home shopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.45 Love Monster.

5.55 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Miss You Already. (2015) Drew Barrymore. (M) 10.20 Doctor Who. (PG) 11.05 Silent Witness. (M) 12.05 Killing Eve. (M) 12.50 High Fidelity. (M) 1.20 Friday Night Dinner. (M) 2.05 ABC News Update. 2.10 Close.

5.05 Curious George. 5.25 Pip And Posy. 5.35 Charlie And Lola. 5.45 Numberblocks. 5.55 Play School’s Story Time.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. (PG) 11.00 The Movie Show. (M) 12.00 Building Happiness.

(M) 1.10 The Beach. (M) 1.40 The UnXplained.

(M) 2.25 Nuts And Bolts. (M) 2.55 The Pizza Show. (PG) 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.15 Takeshi’s Castle. (PG) 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. (PG) 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) 8.30 Hoarders. (M) 9.25 Sex Before The Internet.

(MA15+) 10.20 The Good Girls’ Guide To Kinky Sex. (MA15+) 11.15 News. 12.10 United Shades Of America. (PG) 12.55 VICE. (M) 1.30 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. Volta a Catalunya. Stage 5.

3.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Aust.

8.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. (PG) 9.00 I Fish. 9.30 MacGyver. (PG) 11.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 NCIS. (M) 2.30 Scorpion. (PG) 3.30 MacGyver. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 6.30 Scorpion. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) 8.30 NCIS. Gibbs ignores his duties as acting director. (M) 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. A news reporter is murdered. (M) 10.25 Evil. (M) 11.20 MacGyver. (PG) 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 MacGyver. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Scorpion. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 The Real Seachange. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 2.00 Animal SOS Australia. (PG) 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 Animal Rescue.

(PG) 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (PG) 7.30 Border Security USA. (PG) 8.00 Border Patrol. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 World’s Most Secret Homes. (PG) 11.30 Border Security USA. (PG) 12.00 Border Patrol. (PG) 12.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30 Better Homes.

2.30 Escape To The Country. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.30 Shopping.

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6.00 TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 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 Queens Of Mystery. (M) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: Confession. (1955) (PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. (PG) 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 For The Love Of Pets. (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Next Three Days. (2010) Russell Crowe. A married couple’s lives are turned upside down. (M) 11.10 Memory Lane. (PG) 12.30 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop. 5.00 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.30 TV Shop.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.30 Secret Life Of Boys. 4.55 100% Wolf: Legend Of The Moonstone. 5.20 Welcome To Cardboard City.

(PG) 5.25 Jade Armor. 5.50 Total DramaRama.

6.00 Turn Up The Volume. New Series. 6.25 BTN Newsbreak. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Kong: King Of The Apes. (PG) 8.00 Space Nova.

8.20 Good Game Spawn Point.

8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. (PG) 9.10 Dragon Ball Super. (PG) 10.00 Radiant. (PG) 11.15 Close.

6.00 Spread Your Wings. Cont. (2019) (PG) 7.20 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005) (PG) 9.40 Selkie. (2000) (PG) 11.20 Days Of The Bagnold Summer. (2019) (M) 1.00 Bee Season. (2005) (M) 3.00 Minari. (2020) (Korean) 5.10 The Finishers.

(2013) (French, PG) 6.50 The Grey Fox. (1982) (PG) 8.30 Training Day. (2001) Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke. A rookie cop works with a rogue detective. (MA15+) 10.45 Natural Born Killers. (1994) (MA15+) 12.55 X+Y. (2014) Asa Butterfield, Sally Hawkins, Jo Yang. (M) 3.00 Margin Call. (2011) Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany. (MA15+) 5.00 The Finishers. (2013) Jacques Gamblin. (French, PG)

6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 NBL Slam.

7.30 Becker. (PG) 8.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 9.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 10.30 The Middle. (PG) 11.30 Frasier. (PG) 12.30 Becker. (PG) 1.00 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 1.05 Becker. (PG) 1.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Becker. (PG) 5.00 Frasier.

(PG) 5.55 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 6.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.30 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 9.35 Two And A Half Men. (PG) 10.30 Charmed. (M) 11.30 Frasier.

(PG) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert.

(PG) 2.30 James Corden. (M) 3.30 Becker. (PG) 4.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 American Pickers. (PG) 11.55 Pawn Stars. (PG) 12.20 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. (PG) 12.50 Movie: Twilight Zone: The Movie.

(1983) (PG) 3.00 Timbersports. (PG) 3.30 Shipping Wars. (PG) 4.30 Ultimate Movers.

(PG) 5.30 American Restoration. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 2.

Brisbane Lions v Melbourne. 10.30 AFL Post-Game. 11.00 Armchair Experts. (M) 12.00 American Pickers. (PG) 1.00 Shipping Wars.

(PG) 2.00 Ultimate Movers. (PG) 3.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 3.30 American Restoration. (PG) 4.00 Hellfire Heroes. (M)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 10.00 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 10.30 Pokémon Ultimate Journeys. (PG) 11.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 11.30 Tom And Jerry. 12.00 Cypher. (M) 1.00 Raising Hope. (M) 2.00 Full House. 2.30 3rd Rock. (PG) 3.30 Raymond. (PG) 4.00 The Nanny. (PG) 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Movie: Goosebumps. (2015) (PG) 7.30 Movie: Snow White And The Huntsman. (2012) (M) 10.00 Movie: Warcraft. (2016) (M) 12.30 Alphas. (M) 1.30 Love Island. (MA15+) 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. (PG) 3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 TV Shop. 5.00 Pokémon Ultimate Journeys. (PG) 5.30 Yu-GiOh! Sevens. (PG)

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 3.00 News.

4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour.

6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 China Tonight.

8.30 ABC News Tonight.

9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 Close Of Business.

10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 News.

12.15 China Tonight. 12.45 Breakfast Couch.

1.10 News. 1.30 Close Of Business. 2.00 DW News. 2.30 DW News Asia. 2.45 The World.

3.40 Media Watch. (PG) 4.00 DW News. 4.15 DW Conflict Zone. 4.45 DW News Asia. 5.00 DW News. 5.15 ABC News Video Lab. 5.30 China Tonight.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Lidia’s Italy.

2.00 United Plates Of America. 2.30 Cook’s Pantry. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Big Food Adventure. (PG) 4.25 Destination Flavour Fillers. 4.30 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade.

(PG) 5.00 My Market Kitchen. (PG) 5.30 Bizarre Foods. (PG) 6.00 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Food Safari. 7.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 7.30 Seafood Odyssey. (PG) 8.00 Dishing It Up. (PG) 8.30 River Cottage: Three Go Mad. New Series. 9.30 Come Dine With Me Daytime. (PG) 10.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 11.00 Food Safari.

11.30 From Scratch. (PG) 12.25 Destination Flavour. 12.30 Seafood Odyssey. (PG) 1.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 9.35 The Magic Canoe.

10.00 Arabian Inferno. (PG) 10.50 Living By The Stars. (PG) 11.00 Going Places. 12.00 Stand Up And Be Counted: A NAIDOC Concert Special.

(PG) 2.00 Shortland St. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Bushwhacked! 3.25 Red Dirt Riders. 3.40 Wolf Joe. 3.55 Tales Of The Moana. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. (PG) 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 NITV News: Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Arabian Inferno. (PG) 7.30 Movie: The Shiralee. (1987) (PG) 9.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 10.20 4 For The Road. (PG) 11.05 College Behind Bars. (M) 12.05 My Survival As An Aboriginal. (PG) 1.00 Volumz. (PG)

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 News Of The Wild.

8.00 Match It. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 Bride And Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings. (PG) 12.00 9-1-1. (M) 2.45 Movie: The Wedding Singer.

(1998) (PG) 4.45 Movie: Teen Titans Go! To The Movies. (2018) (PG) 6.35 Movie: Finding Dory.

(2016) Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks. (G) 8.30 Movie: Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes. (1984) Ralph Richardson. (PG) 11.30 Movie: Tarzan, The Ape Man. (1981) Bo Derek. (M) 1.55 Shopping. 3.00 Hooked On The Look. (M) 3.30 Touch. (M) 4.00 Sleepy Hollow.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 The Block Sky High. (PG) 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.00 Open Homes Australia. 11.00 Hello SA. (PG) 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.30 Rehab Addict. 1.30 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 2.30 The Block Sky High. (PG) 4.00 Island Life. 4.30 Pool Kings.

5.00 Fixer Upper. (PG) 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Yard Crashers.

(PG) 8.30 Building Off The Grid. (PG) 9.30 Building Roots. (PG) 10.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 11.30 Shahs Of Sunset. (MA15+) 12.30 House Hunters Int. 1.00 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (M) 2.00 Building Off The Grid. (PG) 3.00 Building Roots. (PG) 4.00 Yard Crashers. (PG) 5.00 Island Life. 5.30 Pool Kings.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Van Der Valk. (M) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (M) 3.00 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG) 3.30 Knowing The Score. (PG) 4.30 Back In Time For The Corner Shop. (PG) 5.30 ABC News: NSW Votes.

6.00 NSW Votes: Election Night Live. David Speers and Sarah Ferguson provide results and analysis after the polls close in the NSW state election.

8.00 NSW Votes: Election Results Live.

David Speers and Sarah Ferguson are joined by Antony Green, Ashleigh Raper, Jeremy Fernandez, Matt Kean and Penny Sharpe for analysis and results as votes are counted across the state.

10.30 The Larkins. With Pop in denial, Ma issues him some tough love while playing Cupid between Primrose and Rev Candy. (PG) 11.20 Under The Vines. Louis tries to repair his marriage. (M) 12.10 Grantchester. Geordie investigates a vagrant’s death. (PG) 12.55 Miniseries: In Our Blood.

Part 1 of 4. (M) 1.50 Traces. Daniel faces a culpable homicide charge. (M) 2.35 Rage. Music video clips. (MA15+)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. 9.05 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. (PG) 10.05 Love Your Garden. (PG) 11.00 Expeditions With Patrick McMillan. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Surf Life Saving. Super Surf Teams League. Highlights. 2.30 Gymnastics.

FIG Artistic World Cup. Individual Apparatus. Highlights. 4.30 Railway Journeys UK. 5.40 Lost Gold Of World War II. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes: Causeway Coast, The. Narrated by Robert Lindsay. (PG) 8.30 Britain’s Scenic Railways. Part 4 of 4.

Takes a look at the heritage railway that runs through the Severn Valley.

9.25 Britain’s Most Luxurious Hotels.

Part 3 of 3.

10.20 Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne: Pornucopa. (MA15+) 11.15 Outlander. (MA15+) 12.20 Movie: Sorry We Missed You. (2019) Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor, Kris Hitchen. (MA15+) 2.15 Movie: Dallas Buyers Club. (2013) Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner.

(MA15+) 4.15 Mastermind Australia. 4.45 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Reel Action. 6.30 Leading The Way. 7.00 Freshly Picked. 7.30 Escape Fishing. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet. 8.30 What’s Up Down Under. 9.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 10.00 St10.

(PG) 12.00 Taskmaster Australia. (PG) 1.00 4x4 Adventures. 2.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Taste Of Australia: BBQ Special. 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. A tourist is found unresponsive. (PG) 6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PG) 7.30 Blue Bloods. Danny and Baez’s investigation into the death of a chess hustler is complicated by the victim’s son. (M) 8.30 CSI: Vegas. The CSI team searches for a young boy’s mother after he is found hiding in a stranger’s garage. (M) 9.30 FBI: International. Scott’s connection to his mother takes a turn when Greg Hutchinson’s jet is shot down over Poland. (M) 10.30 10 News First: NSW Election Update.

10.45 NCIS. A con man from Parker’s past turns up. (M) 11.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. The team pursues a possible copycat killer. (M) 12.30 Bull. (M) 2.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

Home Shopping.

Weekend Sunrise. The latest news, sport and weather.

10.00 The Morning Show. The latest news and views, including segments on health, astrology, gossip, cooking, counselling and fashion. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Stakes Day. From Rosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney. Australian Cup Day. From Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

An agitated passenger becomes enraged at being searched. Positive drug readings have Customs concerned. Quarantine officers catch a couple disposing of a high-risk item. Narrated by Grant Bowler. (PG) 6.00 Seven News.

7.00 NSW Decides 2023. Coverage of the NSW State Election featuring commentary and analysis.

11.30 Movie: Night Shift. (1982) Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long.

Two morgue employees, including a failed stockbroker, devise a plan to strike it rich by opening a brothel service with the help of a neighbour, who happens to be a prostitute, after they are exiled to night shift. (M) 2.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Getaway. (PG) 6.30 ACA. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. (PG) 12.30 The Pet Rescuers.

(PG) 1.00 Living Proof. (PG) 1.30 Movie: Speechless. (1994) Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Bonnie Bedelia. (PG) 3.30 The Garden Gurus. 4.00 Tina Turner: The Best Is Yet To Come. (PG) 4.30 Getaway. (PG) 5.00 Election 2023: NSW Decides – Polls Close.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Election 2023: NSW Decides – Vote Count. Hosted by Peter Overton.

8.00 Election 2023: NSW Decides – Election Night Live. Peter Overton and an expert panel provide analysis and breaking news as they call the results.

9.30 Election 2023: NSW Decides – Analysis. Peter Overton and an expert panel provide expert analysis of the 2023 NSW election.

10.30 Movie: Yesterday. (2019) Himesh Patel, Lily James. A struggling singer finds a path to fame. (M) 12.45 From Hell: Caught On Camera: Jobs From Hell. (M) 1.45 9Honey Hacks.

2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG) 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

5.30 Helping Hands. (PG)

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.55 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington.

6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M) 8.20 Live At The Apollo. Final. (M) 9.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 9.50 The Set. (M) 10.25 Doctor Who. (PG) 11.15 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 11.45 Cucumber. (MA15+) 12.35 Banana. (MA15+) 1.00 The Young Offenders.

(MA15+) 1.25 ABC News Update. 1.30 Close.

5.05 Curious George. 5.25 Pip And Posy. 5.35 Charlie And Lola. 5.45 Numberblocks. 5.55 Play School’s Story Time.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. (PG) 11.00 The Movie Show. (M) 12.00 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. (M) 2.45 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.00 BBC News At Ten. 3.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.00 PBS News. 5.00 Mastermind Aust.

6.00 Feast To Save The Planet. (PG) 7.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike Championship. Round 2.

10.00 Searching For The Tassie Tiger. (M) 10.35 Planet A. Series Return. (M) 11.25 Vagrant Queen. (MA15+) 1.05 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 1.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Volta a Catalunya. Stage 6. 3.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour.

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6.00 Shopping. 9.00 Roads Less Travelled.

10.00 MacGyver. (PG) 12.00 Escape Fishing.

12.30 I Fish. 1.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG) 2.00 A-Leagues All Access. 2.30 Beyond The Fire.

(PG) 3.00 JAG. (PG) 4.00 Scorpion. (PG) 5.00 Escape Fishing. 5.30 Reel Action.

6.00 JAG. (PG) 8.00 NCIS. Jenny returns from her European trip. (M) 9.00 MacGyver. Oversight is almost killed in a bombing. (PG) 11.00 48 Hours. (M) 12.00 SEAL Team. (M) 1.00 NCIS: New Orleans.

(M) 2.00 Evil. (M) 3.00 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. (PG) 10.00 Three Wide No Cover. 11.00 Horses For Courses. (PG) 12.00 Escape To The Country. 1.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 2.00 Escape To The Country.

4.00 The Hotel Inspector. (PG) 5.00 Horse Racing. Stakes Day and Australian Cup Day. 6.00 Dog Patrol. (PG) 6.30 The Highland Vet. (PG) 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country.

9.30 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 10.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. (PG) 11.30 The Highland Vet. (PG) 12.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 2.30 Creek To Coast. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Travel Oz. (PG) 5.30 Shopping.

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6.00 Turning Point. (PG) 6.30 TV Shop. 7.00 Leading The Way. (PG) 7.30 TV Shop. 8.00 Beyond Today. (PG) 8.30 TV Shop. 10.00 Helping Hands. (PG) 10.30 Skippy. 11.00 Rainbow Country. 11.30 My Favorite Martian.

12.00 Movie: The Love Lottery. (1954) (G) 1.50 Movie: Paint Your Wagon. (1969) (PG) 5.00 Rugby Union. Super W. Match 3. Melbourne Rebels v Queensland Reds. 7.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 5.

Melbourne Rebels v Queensland Reds.

9.30 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match.

9.45 Movie: The Last Castle. (2001) (M) 12.20 My Favorite Martian. 12.50 Explore.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 3.55 The Fairly Odd Parents. 4.20 Hanazuki: Full Of Treasures. 4.30 Flix. 4.45 Lloyd Of The Flies. 4.55 Miraculous.

5.20 Lagging. (PG) 5.45 The Inbestigators. 6.00 The New Adventures Of Figaro Pho. 6.10 ITCH. (PG) 6.40 MythBusters Junior. (PG) 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Kong: King Of The Apes. (PG) 8.00 Space Nova.

8.20 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

8.45 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud.

A meteor heads for Grimsby.

9.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. (PG) 9.20 Mystic. (PG) 11.15 Close.

6.00 The Finishers. Cont. (2013) (French, PG) 6.40 The Grey Fox. (1982) (PG) 8.20 Last Letter.

(2018) (Mandarin, PG) 10.25 The Bravest. (2019) (Mandarin, M) 12.35 Between Two Worlds.

(2021) (French, M) 2.35 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005) (PG) 4.55 Selkie. (2000) (PG) 6.35 Hampstead. (2017) Diane Keaton, James Norton, Brendan Gleeson. (PG) 8.30 Dances With Wolves. (1990) Kevin Costner. A soldier becomes obsessed with the Sioux way of life. (M) 11.45 Nymphomaniac: Vol II. (2013) Charlotte Gainsbourg. 2.00 Amateurs. (2018) (Swedish, MA15+) 3.55 Days Of The Bagnold Summer.

(2019) (M) 5.35 Selkie. (2000) (PG)

6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 8.00 Frasier. (PG) 9.00 Becker.

(PG) 10.00 Friends. (PG) 11.30 King Of Queens.

(PG) 12.30 Frasier. (PG) 1.00 The Middle. (PG) 2.20 Big Bang. (PG) 3.10 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 3.15 Big Bang. (PG) 3.40 Australian Survivor. (PG) 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.45 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 9.50 The Big Bang Theory. (M) 10.15 Friends. (PG) 12.15 Home Shopping. 1.45 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.45 Mom. (M) 3.35 Charmed. (M) 4.30 Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Life Off Road.

(PG) 12.00 The Weekend Prospector. Series Return. (PG) 12.30 Timbersports. (PG) 1.00 Blokesworld. (PG) 1.30 Cool Cars With Dermott And Elise. (PG) 2.00 Drag Racing. Australian Top Fuel Championship. Round 4.

Highlights. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. (PG) 4.00 Last Car Garage. (PG) 4.30 Down East Dickering. (PG) 5.30 Storage Wars.

(PG) 6.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 6.30 AFL PreGame. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 2. Western Bulldogs v St Kilda. 10.30 AFL Post-Game.

11.00 Movie: Se7en. (1995) (MA15+) 1.40 Movie: Pimped. (2018) (MA15+) 3.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 4.00 Hellfire Heroes. (PG)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 1.30 Pokémon: XYZ. 2.00 Movie: Pokémon: Giratina And The Sky Warrior. (2008) (G) 3.55 Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance Championship. Round 1. 1000 Miles of Sebring. Highlights.

5.00 About A Boy. (PG) 5.30 Movie: National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation. (1997) (PG) 7.30 Movie: Mr & Mrs Smith. (2005) (M) 10.00 Movie: Those Who Wish Me Dead. (2021) (MA15+) 12.00 Kardashians. (M) 1.00 The Sex Clinic.

(MA15+) 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Super. (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive. (PG) 4.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. (PG) 4.30 Ricky Zoom. 4.50 Lego Jurassic World: Legend Of Isla Nublar.

(PG) 5.10 Ninjago. (PG) 5.30 Gigantosaurus.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 News. 1.30 Breakfast Couch. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Landline. 3.00 News. 3.30 China Tonight. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 Close Of Business. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 ABC News: NSW Votes. 6.00 NSW Votes. 8.00 NSW Votes: Election Results Live. 10.30 Late News Weekend. 11.00 News.

11.30 Aust Story. 12.00 News Overnight. 12.15 Media Watch. (PG) 12.30 World This Week.

1.00 DW News. 1.15 News Overnight. 1.30 News Regional. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 News Overnight. 2.30 DW Focus On Europe. 3.00 DW News. 3.15 Courtney Facts. 3.30 Close Of Business. 4.00 DW News. 4.15 China Tonight.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Big Food Adventure. (PG) 2.25 Destination Flavour Fillers.

2.30 My Market Kitchen. (PG) 3.00 Food Safari.

3.30 Seafood Odyssey. (PG) 4.00 Dishing It Up. (PG) 4.30 Ainsley’s Good Mood Food. 5.25 Poh & Co. Bitesize. 5.30 A New Zealand Food Story.

6.30 Best Of Britain With Ainsley And Grace.

(PG) 7.30 Jeremy Pang’s Asian Kitchen. New Series. 8.30 The Hairy Bikers Go North. (PG) 9.40 No Reservations. (PG) 10.35 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. (PG) 11.30 Ainsley’s Good Mood Food. 12.25 Poh & Co. Bitesize. 12.30 A New Zealand Food Story. 1.30 Best Of Britain With Ainsley And Grace. (PG) 2.30 Jeremy Pang’s Asian Kitchen. 3.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Waabiny Time.

7.55 Raven’s Quest. 8.05 Wolf Joe. 8.15 Nanny Tuta. 8.20 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 8.45 Bushwhacked! (PG) 9.35 The Magic Canoe. 10.00 Movie: The Shiralee. (1987) (PG) 11.50 Arabian Inferno. (PG) 12.40 Going Places. (PG) 1.40 4 For The Road. (PG) 2.35 My Survival As An Aboriginal. (PG) 3.35 My Life As I Live It. (PG) 4.35 Niminjarra. (PG) 4.50 Bush Bands Bash. 5.50 Going Native. (PG) 6.20 First People’s Kitchen. (PG) 6.50 News. 7.00 Family Rules. (PG) 7.30 Black Mamba: Kiss Of Death.

(PG) 8.30 To The Ends Of The Earth. (PG) 9.55 Movie: Love & Basketball. (2000) Omar Epps.

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 News Of The Wild.

8.00 Match It. 9.00 ZooMoo. 10.00 Weekender.

10.30 Natural Living With Tegan Martin. (PG) 11.00 The Proposal. (PG) 12.30 Take Me Out. (PG) 1.40 Aust Got Talent. (PG) 3.25 Movie: Teen Titans Go! To The Movies. (2018) (PG) 5.15 Movie: The Smurfs 2. (2013) (G) 7.30 Movie: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers. (2002) Elijah Wood. (M) 11.10 Movie: The Nun. (2018) (MA15+) 1.20 Home Shopping. 2.30 Hooked On The Look. (M) 3.00 Fresh TV. 3.30 Touch. (M) 4.00 Sleepy Hollow. (MA15+) 5.00 Secrets And Lies. (M)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 House Hunters.

11.00 Island Life. 11.30 Postcards. (PG) 12.00 Getaway. (PG) 12.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 1.30 Building Off The Grid. (PG) 2.30 Farmhouse Fixer. (PG) 3.30 Fixer Upper.

(PG) 4.30 Open Homes Australia. 5.30 Yard Crashers. (PG) 6.30 Building Roots. (PG) 7.30 Escape To The Chateau. 8.30 House Hunters.

9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 11.30 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles. (M) 12.30 House Hunters.

1.00 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (M) 2.00 House Hunters Int. 3.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 4.00 Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles. (M) 5.00 Lakefront Bargain Hunt.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. 11.00 Compass. (PG) 11.30 Praise.

12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 The Larkins. (PG) 3.20 Griff’s Canadian Adventure. (PG) 4.10 Grand Designs: The Streets. (PG) 5.00 Art Works. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Compass: Peacock Mormons.

Presented by Jeremy Fernandez.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Death In Paradise. A reggae rap artist is murdered. (M) 8.30 Miniseries: In Our Blood. Part 2 of 4.

David and Jeremy are forced to reconsider the best way to tackle the worsening crisis. (M) 9.25 Close To Me. New Series. After a fall down a staircase, a woman loses all memories of the past year of her life. (M) 10.15 Finding Alice. Alice grows desperately short of money. (M) 11.00 Last Tango In Halifax. Final. Ted and Harrison go on an adventure. (M) 12.05 Smother. (M) 12.55 Rage. (MA15+) 2.15 Last Tango In Halifax. Final. (M) 3.20 The Heights. (PG) 4.15 The Recording Studio. (PG) 5.00 Insiders.

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera.

7.00 APAC Weekly. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. 9.05 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 10.05 Love Your Garden. (PG) 11.00 Expeditions With Patrick McMillan. (PG) 12.00 APAC Weekly. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing.

Australian Superbike Championship.

Round 2. Replay. 4.00 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Cup. Individual Apparatus.

5.30 The Interviewer.

5.45 Lost Gold Of World War II. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Bettany Hughes: Treasures Of Azerbaijan. Bettany Hughes explores Azerbaijan.

8.30 Watergate High Crimes In The White House. Documents the Watergate scandal, one of the most notorious political crimes in US history.

10.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. GentWevelgem. Men’s race. From Flanders, Belgium.

2.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. GentWevelgem. Women’s race.

3.30 The Source. (M) 4.20 Mastermind Australia.

4.50 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (PG) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6.00 Mass. 6.30 Turning Point With David Jeremiah. (PG) 7.00 Joseph Prince: New Creation Church. 7.30 Joel Osteen. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Freshly Picked. 9.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 9.30 Destination Dessert. 10.00 Studio 10: Sunday.

(PG) 12.00 Australian Survivor. 1.00 My Market Kitchen. 1.30 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 2.00 Luxury Escapes. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics.

7.30 Australian Survivor. Betrayal is central to some players’ strategy, driving the remaining castaways’ paranoia to maximum.

8.30 NCIS: Hawai’i. When a navy deserter’s family becomes a target, the team and Charlie-1 investigate who is after them. (M) 9.30 FBI. After a Muslim student is murdered, OA struggles to understand his FBI mentor’s endgame. (M) 11.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news.

12.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 1.00 Football. AFL. Round 2. Sydney v Hawthorn. From the SCG. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Australian Idol. Final. The top three perform for the final time on the Idol stage in front of the nation and the judges. (PG) 9.00 Starstruck. Final. The final six contestants put their skills to the test, proving they can not only sing like their idol, but also look like them, as they compete in the grand final for the £50,000 prize. Hosted by Olly Murs.

10.15 Manhunt: The Polish Thief. Takes a look at the story of a police manhunt which began with the robbery of a Queensland home. (M) 11.15 Born To Kill? The Hillside Stranglers.

Takes look at the case of Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, known as the Hollywood Stranglers. (MA15+) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 Drive TV. 6.30 ACA. 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 Drive TV. 1.30 Pride Of The Murray. 2.00 For The Love Of Pets.

(PG) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4.

Newcastle Knights v Canberra Raiders.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Married At First Sight. The Final Vows see some of the romantic and heartbreaking moments of the social experiment.

8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.40 Nine News Late. Takes a look at the latest news and events from Australia and around the world.

10.10 Australian Crime Stories: Killing Florence. Takes a look at the 1977 unsolved murder of designer Florence Broadhurst. (M) 11.15 The First 48: Dangerous Company.

A missing father turns up dead. (M) 12.05 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (M) 1.00 The Garden Gurus. The team takes a look at some roses.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Peter Rabbit.

6.40 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep.

7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.20 Bluey.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 You Can’t Ask That. (PG) 8.35 Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America. (MA15+) 9.40 Louis Theroux: The Night In Question. (M) 10.40 David Attenborough’s Flying Monsters. 11.50 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG) 12.35 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 1.25 ABC News Update. 1.30 Close. 5.05 Tik Tak. 5.10 Guess How Much I Love You. 5.20 Pins And Nettie. 5.25 Pip And Posy. 5.35 Baby Jake. 5.45 Numberblocks. 5.50 Play School’s Story Time.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. (PG) 11.00 The Movie Show. (M) 12.00 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey. 2.55 Australiana: Rage In The Cage. (PG) 3.35 WorldWatch. 4.00 Child Genius. 5.05 Mastermind Aust. (PG) 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. (Final) (M) 8.30 QAnon: The Cult Of Conspiracy.

Ben Zand takes a look at QAnon. (MA15+) 9.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Volta a Catalunya. Stage 7. Barcelona to Barcelona. From Spain.

11.15 Over The Black Dot. 11.45 UFOs. (M) 12.20 The Trixie & Katya Show. (MA15+) 3.15 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Roads Less Travelled. 9.00 4x4 Adventures. 10.00 Reel Action. 11.00 Australia By Design: Architecture.

(PG) 11.30 Exploring Off The Grid. 12.00 JAG. (PG) 2.00 What’s Up Down Under. 2.30 All 4 Adventure. (PG) 3.30 MacGyver. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. The team pursues La Grenouille. (M) 10.20 Movie: 21 Bridges. (2019) Chadwick Boseman. A NYPD detective hunts for two cop killers. (MA15+) 12.20 SEAL Team. (M) 1.15 In The Dark. (M) 2.10 Evil. (M) 3.05 48 Hours. (M) 4.00 JAG. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 11.00 NBC Today. 12.00 I Escaped To The Country. (PG) 1.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. (PG) 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. (PG) 2.30 The Outdoor Room. 3.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 3.30 Animal SOS Australia. (PG) 4.00 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Border Security USA. (PG) 7.00 Border Security. (PG) 8.30 Heathrow. (PG) 9.30 Extreme Railways.

(PG) 10.30 Mighty Trains. (PG) 11.30 Border Security. (PG) 1.00 Border Security USA. (PG) 2.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 3.00 Extreme Railways. (PG) 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Shopping.

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6.00 Tomorrow’s World. (PG) 6.30 Amazing Facts Presents. (PG) 7.00 Leading The Way. (PG) 7.30 In Touch. (PG) 8.00 Beyond Today.

(PG) 8.30 The Incredible Journey. (PG) 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 Getaway. (PG) 12.30 Movie: Young Wives’ Tale. (1951) (G) 2.05 Movie: Hobson’s Choice.

(1954) (PG) 4.20 Movie: The Bridges At Toko-Ri. (1954) (G) 6.30 Desert Vet. (PG) 7.30 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet: Oceans. (PG) 8.40 To Be Advised.

12.30 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 TV Shop.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 4.30 Flix. 4.45 Lloyd Of The Flies. 4.55 Miraculous. (PG) 5.20 Lagging. 5.45 The Inbestigators. 6.00 The New Adventures Of Figaro Pho. 6.10 MaveriX. 6.35 MythBusters Junior. (PG) 7.20 What It’s Like.

7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.40 Kong: King Of The Apes. (PG) 8.00 Space Nova.

8.25 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. Bucket and Mulch discover a Skrill.

8.50 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud.

9.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. (PG) 9.25 Mystic. (PG) 9.55 Rage. (PG) 11.00 Close.

6.00 Selkie. Cont. (2000) (PG) 7.15 Hampstead.

(2017) (PG) 9.10 The Finishers. (2013) (French, PG) 10.50 First Girl I Loved. (2016) (M) 12.30 Jasper Jones. (2017) (M) 2.25 The Grey Fox. (1982) (PG) 4.05 Last Letter. (2018) (Mandarin, PG) 6.10 Philadelphia. (1993) (PG) 8.30 Gandhi. (1982) Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud. Biography of Mahatma Gandhi. (M) 11.55 In My Country. (2004) Samuel L Jackson, Juliette Binoche. (M) 1.50 The Bravest. (2019) Zhuo Tan, Xiaoming Huang. (Mandarin, M) 4.00 The Movie Show. (M) 4.30 Last Letter. (2018) Xun Zhou, Hao Qin. (Mandarin, PG)

6.00 Friends. (PG) 7.30 The Neighborhood. (PG) 9.30 Friends. (PG) 10.30 Big Bang. (PG) 12.00 Friends. (PG) 2.00 NBL Slam. 3.00 Friends. (PG) 3.30 The Middle. (PG) 4.30 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 4.35 The Middle. (PG) 5.00 The Neighborhood. (PG) 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 7.15 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 7.20 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.00 Friends. Joey asks Phoebe to teach him French. (PG) 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Movie: My Spy. (2020) Dave Bautista, Kristen Schaal. (PG) 3.30 The Neighborhood. (PG) 4.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Shopping. 10.00 Last Car Garage. (PG) 10.30 Storage Wars.

(PG) 11.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 11.30 Million Dollar Catch. (PG) 12.00 The Fishing Show By AFN. Series Return. (PG) 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. (PG) 2.00 Fish’n Mates. (PG) 2.30 Step Outside. (PG) 3.00 Fishing Addiction. (PG) 4.00 Billion Dollar Wreck. (PG) 5.00 Aussie Lobster Men. (PG) 6.00 Football. AFL. Round 2. West Coast v GWS Giants. 9.00 Movie: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. (2019) Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne. (MA15+) 11.40 Movie: Kickboxer: Vengeance. (2016) (MA15+) 1.40 Billion Dollar Wreck. (M) 4.00 Hellfire Heroes. (PG)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive. (PG) 1.00 Power Rangers Dino Super. (PG) 1.30 Galavant. (PG) 2.00 Hollywood Medium. (PG) 3.00 I Can See Your Voice. (PG) 5.00 Movie: Three Amigos! (1986) (PG) 7.00 Movie: Johnny English Strikes Again.

(2018) (PG) 8.45 Movie: Godzilla. (2014) Aaron Taylor-Johnson. (M) 11.10 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords. (M) 12.10 Movie: Vampires Suck. (2010) (M) 1.40 Hollywood Medium. (PG) 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Super. (PG) 3.30 Beyblade Burst: Quad Drive. (PG) 4.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. (PG) 4.30 Ricky Zoom. 4.50 LEGO City Adventures. (PG) 5.10 Ninjago. (PG) 5.30 Gigantosaurus.

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3.00 News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline.

5.00 News. 5.30 News Regional. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 China Tonight. 7.00 National News.

7.30 Insiders. 8.30 ABC News Tonight. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Aust Story. 10.00 Late News Weekend. 10.30 Foreign Correspondent.

11.00 News. 11.30 China Tonight. 12.00 News Overnight. 12.15 Landline. 1.15 News Overnight. 1.30 Insiders. 2.25 Offsiders. 3.00 DW News. 3.15 News Overnight. 3.30 DW Conflict Zone. 4.00 DW News. 4.15 Tech Smart Agriculture. 4.30 News Regional. 5.00 Landline.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 10.35 Best Of Britain With Ainsley And Grace. (PG) 11.30 Jeremy Pang’s Asian Kitchen. 12.30 The Hairy Bikers Go North. (PG) 1.30 A New Zealand Food Story.

2.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.30 Jamie’s American Road Trip. (PG) 5.30 Giada At Home. 6.00 Mary Makes It Easy. (PG) 6.30 Food Chain. (PG) 7.30 French Country Cooking. (PG) 8.30 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends. (PG) 9.40 No Reservations.

(PG) 10.35 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. (PG) 11.30 Jamie’s American Road Trip. (PG) 12.30 Giada At Home. 1.00 Mary Makes It Easy. (PG) 1.30 Food Chain. (PG) 2.30 French Country Cooking. (PG) 3.30 Long Weekends. (PG) 4.35 Giada At Home. 5.00 The Cook Up. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Football. Big Rivers Football League. Men’s. Grand Final. Ngukurr v Katherine Camels. Replay.

3.00 Nyoongar Footy Magic. 3.10 Rugby League. NRL WA Harmony Cup. Men’s Semi-final 2. Perth Indigenous v Taranaki.

Replay. 3.40 Football. NTFL. Women’s.

Under-18s. Waratah v Nightcliff. Replay.

4.45 Football. NTFL. Men’s. Under-18s.

Replay. 6.00 Off Country. (PG) 6.30 News. 6.40 Yellowstone. (PG) 7.40 BLK: An Origin Story.

(PG) 8.30 Muhammad Ali. (M) 10.50 Movie: Rock The Kasbah. (2015) (M) 12.40 Firekeepers Of Kakadu. (PG) 1.00 Volumz. (PG)

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8.00 Match It. 9.00 ZooMoo. 10.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 The Amazing Race. (PG) 3.00 Crufts Dog Show. (PG) 4.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. (PG) 5.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. (PG) 6.00 Modern Family. (PG) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 Law & Order. (M) 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. A teenage gymnast is murdered. (M) 11.30 Hell’s Kitchen USA. (MA15+) 2.30 Blackish. (M) 3.00 Touch. (M) 4.00 Sleepy Hollow.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Island Life.

8.00 Pool Kings. 8.30 Fixer Upper. (PG) 9.30 Home Town. 10.30 Farmhouse Fixer. (PG) 11.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation.

12.30 Selling The Big Easy. 1.30 Open Homes Australia. 2.30 Building Roots. (PG) 3.30 Flipping Virgins. (PG) 4.30 Escape To The Chateau. 5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Good Bones. (PG) 8.30 Flip Or Flop. 9.30 Masters Of Flip. 10.30 100 Day Dream Home. 11.30 House Hunters. 12.00 The Great House Giveaway. (PG) 1.00 Flip Or Flop.

2.00 Island Life. 2.30 Getaway. (PG) 3.00 Home Town. 4.00 100 Day Dream Home. 5.00 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG)

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Under The Vines. (M) 2.00 Parliament.

3.00 Grantchester. (PG) 4.00 To Be Advised.

5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.

8.00 Australian Story. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program exposing scandals, triggering inquiries, firing debate and confronting taboos.

9.15 Media Watch. Paul Barry takes a look at the latest issues affecting media consumers. (PG) 9.35 Q+A. Public affairs program featuring Stan Grant and a panel of experts answering questions.

10.35 China Tonight. A look at current affairs from China.

11.10 ABC Late News. Coverage of the day’s events.

11.25 The Business.

11.40 Tom Gleeson: Joy. (M) 12.55 Parliament Question Time.

1.55 Father Brown. Final. (M) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+) 3.30 To Be Advised. 4.30 The Drum. 5.30 7.30.

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 ABC America This Week. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. 9.20 Paddington Station 24/7. (PG) 10.10 Tough Trains. (PG) 11.10 The Lost World Of Joseph Banks. 11.40 Dream Of Italy. New Series. 12.10 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 Al Jazeera News Hour. 2.00 Cook Up Bitesize. 2.05 Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve. (PG) 3.15 Mastermind Aust. 3.45 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.15 World’s Greatest Bridges.

5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Britain By Beach: Kent. Part 3 of 4. (PG) 8.30 Race For The Sky: Rise Of The Pioneers. Part 1 of 2. Traces developments in aviation, including the race to develop the first fighter plane.

9.30 24 Hours In Emergency: Never Really Alone. A 72-year-old is rushed to King’s College Hospital after suffering a suspected stroke. (M) 10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Infiniti. (MA15+) 11.50 Beforeigners. (M) 3.25 Mastermind Australia. 4.25 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 The Talk. (PG) 7.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 7.30 GCBC. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet. 8.30 Ent. Tonight. 9.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 9.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PG) 2.00 Australian Survivor. 3.00 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 Australian Survivor. Final.

The remaining contestants discover which of them will become the sole survivor.

9.20 Rabbit Hole. A corporate spy finds himself in the midst of a battle over the preservation of democracy in a world at odds with misinformation, the surveillance state and the interests that control these powers. (M) 10.20 FBI: Most Wanted. The FBI pursues a crime lord. (MA15+) 11.20 The Project.

12.20 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings. Morning news and talk show.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 Movie: The Disappeared. (2017) Miranda Raison, Emmett J Scanlan, Sophie Robertson. (M) 2.00 Surveillance Oz. (PG) 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 To Be Advised.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol. Series Return. Officer Hodges and Officer Bidderman deal with a driver who tries to pull the wool over their eyes. (PG) 8.30 Britain’s Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician. Showcases some of the best magicians from Got Talent shows globally with Britain’s Got Talent favourites competing against the very best magic acts from around the world. (PG) 10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 How To Look Good Naked. Gok Wan helps two friends reconnect. (M) 12.00 Kochie’s Business Builders.

Information and advice for businesses.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Married At First Sight.

1.30 Destination Australia. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. The last couples choose whether or not to continue their relationship after the experiment.

9.00 RPA. Series Return. An actor is sent for an MRI of his brain which reveals multiple aneurysms which could burst at any time. (PG) 10.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

10.30 100% Footy. Features the latest rugby league news, with exclusive insights from an expert panel. (M) 11.25 The Equalizer. (M) 12.15 Untold Crime Stories: The Killing Of James Bulger. Part 3 of 3. (MA15+) 1.05 Hello SA. Lauren DeCesare returns to her high school. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 A Current Affair.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Peter Rabbit.

6.40 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep.

7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.20 Bluey.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 To Be Advised. 8.50 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. Final. 9.40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. (PG) 10.30 Earth’s Tropical Islands. 11.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.10 Louis Theroux’s Forbidden America. (MA15+) 1.15 Black Mirror. (M) 2.15 ABC News Update.

2.20 Close. 5.05 Tik Tak. 5.10 Guess How Much I Love You. 5.20 Pins And Nettie. 5.25 Pip And Posy. 5.35 Baby Jake. 5.45 Numberblocks. 5.55 Play School’s Story Time.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. (PG) 11.00 The Movie Show. (M) 12.00 VICE. (M) 12.35 Curse Of Oak Island. (PG) 2.50 Insight. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.20 ABC America This Week. 5.15 Takeshi’s Castle Indonesia. (PG) 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. (PG) 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.30 NITV News Update.

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) 8.30 Taskmaster. Aisling Bea bleeds on bread. (M) 10.20 Am I Being Unreasonable? (M) 11.30 Yokayi Footy. 12.25 I Was A Teenage Felon.

(MA15+) 1.15 South Park. (MA15+) 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG) 9.00 I Fish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.30 All 4 Adventure.

(PG) 11.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 NCIS. (M) 2.30 JAG. (PG) 3.30 MacGyver. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 6.30 Scorpion. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) 8.30 NCIS. A research cadaver turns out to be a murder victim. (M) 10.20 In The Dark. (M) 11.15 NCIS: New Orleans. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 MacGyver. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Scorpion. (PG)

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2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (PG) 7.30 Doc Martin. (PG) 8.30 Inspector Morse. (M) 10.50 Air Crash Investigations. (PG) 11.50 Gold Digger. (M) 1.05 Animal Rescue.

1.30 Better Homes. 2.30 Bargain Hunt. (PG) 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Shopping.

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6.00 TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 TV Shop.

9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet. (PG) 11.30 Living Proof. (PG) 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (M) 12.55 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.50 Desert Vet. (PG) 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 Movie: The Truth About Women. (1957) (PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. (PG) 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. (M) 8.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. (M) 9.40 Coroner. (MA15+) 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (MA15+) 11.40 Footy Classified. (M) 12.35 Antiques Roadshow. 1.00 TV Shop. 4.30 Joyce Meyer.

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7.35 Kong: King Of The Apes. (PG) 8.00 Space Nova.

8.20 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

8.45 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud.

9.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. (PG) 9.20 Mystic. (PG) 9.50 Rage. (PG) 11.00 Close.

6.00 Last Letter. Cont. (2018) (Mandarin, PG) 6.35 Philadelphia. (1993) (PG) 8.55 Hampstead.

(2017) (PG) 10.50 Dances With Wolves. (1990) (M) 2.05 The Color Purple. (1985) (PG) 4.50 Sissi: The Fateful Years. (1957) (German, PG) 6.50 The Mole Agent. (2020) Sergio Chamy, Romulo Aitken, Marta Olivares. (Spanish, G) 8.30 Drive My Car. (2021) Hidetoshi Nishijima. An actor copes with the loss of his wife. (Japanese, MA15+) 11.45 Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy. (2021) Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima. (Japanese, M) 2.00 Jasper Jones. (2017) Toni Collette. (M) 3.55 First Girl I Loved. (2016) (M) 5.35 Sissi: The Fateful Years. (1957) (German, PG)

6.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 Big Bang. (PG) 9.30 Friends. (PG) 12.00 Big Bang. (M) 1.00 Would I Lie To You? Australia. (M) 2.00 The Neighborhood. (PG) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Becker. (PG) 4.30 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 4.35 Becker. (PG) 5.00 Frasier. (PG) 6.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 8.30 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 8.35 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 11.00 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Becker. (PG) 2.30 James Corden. (M) 3.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Billion Dollar Wreck. (PG) 11.00 Aussie Lobster Men. (PG) 12.00 Hellfire Heroes. (PG) 1.00 Shipping Wars.

(M) 1.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars.

(PG) 2.30 Drag Racing. Australian Top Fuel Championship. Round 4. Highlights. 3.30 Full Custom Garage. (PG) 4.30 Counting Cars.

(PG) 5.30 American Restoration. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 8.00 Storage Wars: New York. (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Dirty Dozen.

(1967) Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine. (M) 11.50 Movie: The Getaway. (1972) (M) 2.30 Counting Cars. (PG) 3.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 3.30 American Restoration. (PG) 4.00 Hellfire Heroes. (PG)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 I Can See Your Voice. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 3rd Rock.

(PG) 3.30 Raymond. (PG) 4.00 The Nanny. (PG) 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 That ’70s Show. (PG) 7.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 7.30 RBT. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. (1998) Jason Flemyng.

(MA15+) 10.40 Movie: The Inbetweeners 2.

(2014) (MA15+) 12.35 Love Island: Unseen Bits. (MA15+) 1.35 Young Sheldon. (PG) 2.00 Raymond. (PG) 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. (PG) 3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 4.30 Magic Mixies. 5.00 Pokémon Ultimate Journeys.

(PG) 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. (PG)

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5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 Evening News.

7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.45 The Business.

9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 The World.

11.00 The Drum. 12.00 News. 12.30 7.30.

1.00 News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 Foreign Correspondent. 2.00 DW News. 2.30 News.

2.45 The World. 3.40 The Business. 4.00 DW News. 4.15 7.30. 4.45 DW News Asia. 5.00 DW News. 5.15 The Business. 5.30 News Regional.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.35 Lidia’s Italy.

2.00 United Plates Of America. 2.30 Cook’s Pantry. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. (PG) 4.30 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade. (PG) 5.00 My Market Kitchen. (PG) 5.30 Bizarre Foods. 6.00 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Food Safari. 7.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 7.30 Luke’s Vietnam. 8.00 Cheese Slices. 8.30 Far Eastern Odyssey. 9.40 Come Dine With Me Daytime. (PG) 10.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 11.00 Food Safari. 11.30 From Scratch. (PG) 12.25 Cook Up Bitesize. 12.30 Far Eastern Odyssey. 1.40 Come Dine With Me Daytime. (PG) 2.30 Lidia’s Italy. 3.00 United Plates Of America. 3.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 BLK: An Origin Story. (PG) 11.50 Firekeepers Of Kakadu. (PG) 12.10 Movie: Rock The Kasbah. (2015) (M) 2.00 Shortland St. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 3.00 Bushwhacked! 3.25 Red Dirt Riders. 3.40 Wolf Joe. 3.55 Tales Of The Moana. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. (PG) 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 5.00 Our Stories. (PG) 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. (PG) 6.30 Dance Ceremony. (PG) 6.35 News. 6.45 Arabian Inferno. (PG) 7.35 Outback Lockdown.

(PG) 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.00 Utopia Generations. (PG) 9.30 Movie: The Fountain.

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 News Of The Wild.

8.00 Match It. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 Bride And Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings. (PG) 12.00 9-1-1. (M) 2.00 Modern Family. (PG) 2.30 Simpsons. (PG) 3.30 Movie: Logan’s Run. (1976) (PG) 6.00 Modern Family. (PG) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 8.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. Hosted by Gordon Ramsay. (M) 9.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. Gordon visits Sabatiello’s in Stamford, Connecticut. (M) 11.30 Hell’s Kitchen USA. (MA15+) 2.30 Modern Family. (PG) 3.00 Touch. (M) 4.00 Sleepy Hollow. (MA15+) 5.00 Secrets And Lies. (M)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Good Bones.

(PG) 9.00 House Hunters. 10.00 Home Town.

11.00 Getaway. (PG) 11.30 Postcards. (PG) 12.00 100 Day Dream Home. 1.00 Flip Or Flop.

2.00 Masters Of Flip. 3.00 The Block Sky High.

(PG) 4.00 Island Life. 4.30 Pool Kings. 5.00 Good Bones. (PG) 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Scott’s Vacation House Rules. (PG) 9.30 Half-Price Paradise. 10.30 Selling The Big Easy. 11.30 House Hunters.

12.30 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City.

(M) 1.30 House Hunters Int. 2.00 The Great House Giveaway. (PG) 3.00 Scott’s Vacation House Rules. (PG) 4.00 Half-Price Paradise.

5.00 Island Life. 5.30 Pool Kings.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. 10.30 How Extra. (PG) 11.05 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World.

Final. (PG) 12.00 News. 1.00 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Escape From The City. 4.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.

8.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop: 1970s. Part 4 of 5. It is the ’70s and the Ferrone family finds their humble corner store transformed. (PG) 9.00 The Princes And The Press.

Part 1 of 2. Takes a look at how the younger royals’ relationship with the media changed. (PG) 9.55 The Science Of Relationships: A Catalyst Special. Lily Serna explores how to live a healthier life. (PG) 10.45 ABC Late News.

11.00 The Business.

11.20 Four Corners.

12.05 Media Watch. (PG) 12.20 Parliament Question Time.

1.25 Rage. (MA15+) 3.30 To Be Advised.

4.30 The Drum.

5.30 7.30.

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(PG) 10.00 Tough Trains. (PG) 11.00 Dream Of Italy. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize.

(PG) 2.20 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys.

(PG) 3.15 Mastermind Aust. 3.45 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.15 World’s Greatest Bridges. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Cindy Crawford. Cindy Crawford looks at her family tree.

8.30 Insight. Presenter Kumi Taguchi takes a look at how transplant breakthroughs are changing lives.

9.30 Dateline: Miracle Birth. A look at France’s first uterus transplant.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 Great British Railway Journeys: Colchester To Chadwell Heath.

11.10 Manayek. (M) 12.05 La Unidad. (MA15+) 2.05 Miniseries: The Salisbury Poisonings. (M) 3.55 Mastermind Australia. 4.55 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (PG) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

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6.00 The Talk. (PG) 7.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.30 Entertainment Tonight. 9.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 9.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PG) 2.00 Australian Survivor.

3.50 Entertainment Tonight.

4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Dog House Australia.

An energetic puppy could prove too hard to handle for a pair of dancers. (PG) 8.40 NCIS. The NCIS probes the death of a ride-share driver who was found after a car accident. Parker’s dad, Roman, who is temporarily living with him, assists them with their investigation. (M) 10.40 NCIS: Hawai’i. A navy deserter comes out of hiding. (M) 11.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Late-night talk show. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Movie: Nanny Killer. (2018) Morgan Obenreder, Danielle Bisutti. (M) 2.00 Surveillance Oz. (PG) 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 To Be Advised.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 We Interrupt This Broadcast. Sketch comedy series that parodies some of Australia’s favourite TV shows, from MKR to SAS Australia, The Bachelor Australia and Married at First Sight, nothing is off limits. (PG) 8.30 The Good Doctor. Park must treat the man his wife had an affair with and try to find a way to forgive him.

Dr Jared Kalu makes a surprise return to San Jose’s St Bonaventure Hospital with his billionaire patient. (M) 9.30 Quantum Leap. Ben leaps into one of five people in an elevator at a 1962 nuclear reactor. (M) 10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Police Custody USA. (M) 12.00 Movie: Out Of Line. (2001) Jennifer Beals. (M) 2.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Married At First Sight.

1.30 Getaway. (PG) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Hundred With Andy Lee. Host Andy Lee is joined in the studio by a panel of Australian comedians and 100 regular Aussies via Zoom to explore the fun behind the facts that make us tick as a nation. (M) 8.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 Botched. The doctors perform two radical surgeries, one on a woman with basketball-sized butt implants. (M) 10.30 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.00 Chicago Med. A new ED chief is announced. (MA15+) 11.50 Court Cam: Jodi Arias. New Series.

Courtroom moments caught on camera. (M) 12.40 Tipping Point. Hosted by Ben Shephard. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 A Current Affair.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines.

7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 9.00 Ghosts. (PG) 9.30 Fisk. (M) 10.00 This Time With Alan Partridge.

(M) 10.35 QI. (PG) 11.05 Friday Night Dinner.

(M) 11.55 The Young Offenders. (MA15+) 12.25 High Fidelity. (MA15+) 1.00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 2.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M) 2.45 ABC News Update. 2.50 Close. 5.05 Tik Tak. 5.10 Guess How Much I Love You. 5.20 Pins And Nettie. 5.25 Pip And Posy. 5.35 Baby Jake. 5.45 Numberblocks. 5.50 Play School’s Story Time.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. (PG) 11.00 The Movie Show. (M) 12.00 Most Expensivest.

(M) 12.30 Curse Of Oak Island. (PG) 2.50 The Ice Cream Show. (PG) 3.15 WorldWatch.

5.15 Takeshi’s Castle Indonesia. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. (PG) 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) 8.30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips. (M) 9.25 The Machines That Built America. (PG) 10.15 The Swap. (M) 11.15 Hoarders. (M) 1.05 Betraying The Badge. (M) 1.50 Spiralling.

(MA15+) 2.20 New Zealand’s Underground Vogue Scene. (MA15+) 2.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Aust.

8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG) 9.00 I Fish. 9.30 MacGyver. (PG) 11.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 NCIS. (M) 2.30 Scorpion. (PG) 3.30 MacGyver. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 7.00 Soccer. Welcome Home Series.

Match 2. Australia v Ecuador. From Marvel Stadium, Melbourne.

10.00 SEAL Team. Bravo Team rushes to the aid of the TOC. (M) 11.00 48 Hours. (M) 12.00 Home Shopping.

2.00 MacGyver. (PG) 4.00 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Scorpion. (PG)

6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country.

7.30 The Real Seachange. (PG) 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. (PG) 7.30 Call The Midwife. (M) 8.45 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. (M) 10.45 A Confession. (M) 11.45 Call The Midwife. (M) 1.00 Animal Rescue. 1.30 Better Homes. 2.30 Bargain Hunt.

(PG) 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 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 Death In Paradise.

(M) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: Lucky Jim. (1957) (G) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. (PG) 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 New Tricks. (PG) 8.40 The Closer. A body is found at a construction site. (M) 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. (M) 10.40 Major Crimes. (M) 11.40 Law & Order. (M) 12.35 Antiques Roadshow. 1.00 TV Shop. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 TV Shop.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.40 What’s Cooking, Omari? 2.45 Children’s Programs.

5.20 Welcome To Cardboard City. (PG) 5.25 Miraculous. 5.50 Total DramaRama. 6.00 School Of Rock. 6.25 BTN Newsbreak. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Kong: King Of The Apes. (PG) 8.00 Space Nova.

8.20 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

8.45 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud.

9.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. (PG) 9.20 Mystic. (PG) 9.50 BTN High.

9.55 Rage. (PG) 11.00 Close.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.30 ABC News Day. 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 Evening News.

7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.45 The Business.

9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.15 Four Corners.

10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 News.

12.10 Q+A. 1.15 News. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 DW News. 2.30 News. 2.45 The World. 3.40 The Business. 4.00 DW News. 4.15 7.30. 4.45 DW News Asia. 5.00 DW News. 5.15 The Business.

5.30 Breakfast Couch.

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6.00 Sissi: The Fateful Years. Cont. (1957) (German, PG) 7.35 Long Way North. (2015) (PG) 9.05 The Mole Agent. (2020) (Spanish, G) 10.45 Gandhi. (1982) (M) 2.10 Philadelphia. (1993) (PG) 4.30 Boychoir. (2014) (PG) 6.25 Diana. (2013) (PG) 8.30 The King’s Speech. (2010) Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter. King George VI struggles with a speech impediment. (M) 10.40 I Am Sam. (2001) (M) 1.05 Drive My Car. (2021) Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura. (Japanese, MA15+) 4.20 Coherence. (2013) Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling. (M) 5.55 The Movie Show. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.25 Cook Up Bitesize. 1.30 Lidia’s Italy. 2.00 United Plates Of America. (PG) 2.30 Cook’s Pantry. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City. (PG) 4.30 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade. 5.00 My Market Kitchen. (PG) 5.30 Bizarre Foods. 6.00 Cook And The Chef.

6.30 Food Safari. 7.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 7.30 Luke’s Vietnam. 8.00 The Spice Trails: Latin America. (PG) 8.30 Hairy Bikers Go Local. New Series. 9.30 Come Dine With Me Daytime. (PG) 10.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 11.00 Food Safari.

11.30 From Scratch. (PG) 12.25 Cook Up Bitesize. 12.30 Hairy Bikers Go Local. 1.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Becker. (PG) 8.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 9.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 10.30 The Neighborhood. (PG) 11.30 Frasier.

(PG) 12.00 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 12.05 Frasier. (PG) 12.30 Two And A Half Men. (M) 1.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Becker. (PG) 5.00 Frasier.

(PG) 6.00 Friends. (PG) 6.30 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 6.35 Friends.

(PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.30 Mom. (M) 10.20 Becker. (PG) 11.10 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 James Corden. (M) 3.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Outback Lockdown. (PG) 12.55 Dance Ceremony. (PG) 1.00 Milpirri: Winds Of Change. (PG) 2.00 Shortland St. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 3.00 Bushwhacked! 3.25 Red Dirt Riders. 3.40 Wolf Joe. 3.55 Tales Of The Moana. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. (PG) 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 5.00 Our Stories. (PG) 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay.

6.30 News. 6.40 Arabian Inferno. (PG) 7.30 Chatham Islanders. (PG) 8.00 The Barber. (M) 8.30 Over The Black Dot. 9.00 Movie: Spiders.

(2013) Patrick Muldoon. (MA15+) 10.35 Hunting Aotearoa. (M) 11.05 Lagau Danalaig: An Island Life. 12.00 Volumz. (PG)

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 11.55 Storage Wars. (PG) 12.25 Movie: The Getaway. (1972) (M) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator.

(PG) 3.30 Restoration Workshop. (PG) 4.30 Shipping Wars. (PG) 5.00 Storage Wars: TX. (PG) 5.30 American Restoration. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Outback Truckers. (PG) 8.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. (PG) 9.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. (PG) 10.30 Truck Night In America. (PG) 11.30 Jade Fever. (PG) 12.00 Esports. LPL Pro. Valorant Challengers Oceania. 2.00 Restoration Workshop. (PG) 3.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 3.30 American Restoration. (PG) 4.00 Shipping Wars. (M)

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 News Of The Wild.

8.00 Match It. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 Bride And Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings. (PG) 12.00 9-1-1. (M) 3.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 Simpsons. (PG) 6.00 Modern Family. (PG) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 8.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Detectives investigate a poisoner. (M) 11.30 Movie: Dave. (1993) Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella. (PG) 1.50 Dollhouse. (MA15+) 3.00 Touch. (M) 4.00 Sleepy Hollow. (MA15+) 5.00 Secrets And Lies. (M)

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 12.00 Motor Racing.

ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

Round 6. São Paulo ePrix. Highlights. 1.00 Rivals. 2.00 Full House. 2.30 3rd Rock. 3.30 Raymond. 4.00 The Nanny. 5.00 Bewitched.

5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 That ’70s Show.

(PG) 7.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 7.30 Movie: The Truman Show. (1998) (PG) 9.30 Movie: Liar Liar.

(1997) (M) 11.15 Young Sheldon. (PG) 11.40 The Emily Atack Show. (MA15+) 12.20 Love Island. (MA15+) 1.30 That ’70s Show. (PG) 2.00 Raymond. (PG) 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. (PG) 3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 4.30 Take Two. 5.00 Children’s Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Island Life.

11.30 Pool Kings. 12.00 Scott’s Vacation House Rules. (PG) 1.00 House Hunters. 2.00 Selling The Big Easy. 3.00 The Block Sky High. (PG) 4.00 Island Life. 4.30 Containables. 5.00 HalfPrice Paradise. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Country House Hunters Australia. 8.30 Country House Hunters NZ. 9.30 Farmhouse Fixer. (PG) 10.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 Country House Hunters Australia. 1.00 Country House Hunters NZ. 2.00 Farmhouse Fixer. (PG) 3.00 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City.

(M) 4.00 The Great House Giveaway. (PG) 5.00 Island Life. 5.30 Containables.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

QUICK PUZZLE NO.6856

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ACROSS Calm (13) Suave (5) Terse (7) Projectile (6) Baby (6) Banquet (5) Property (5) Counsel (6) Game (6) Fruit (7) Thrust (5) Diligence (13)

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DOWN Drink (6) Gem (5) Compensate (7) Unsightly (4) Meat (5) Servitude (7) Stir (6) Grudging (7) Excess (7) Desert (6) Niche (6) Vegetable (5) Dolt (5) Alone (4)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 6856

ACROSS 1. Many are wonderful when singing (5,2,6). 8. Very tired from the wrestling? (3,2). 9. No longer in pursuit (7). 10.

Agree it’s anti-dog (6). 11. Tore up, to destroy, the band (6). 12. Humiliate, with a crack (5). 14. To a degree, the swimmers will do so (5). 18. A long time back, incarcerated the silly old fool (6). 20. When the dust settles, I ring the workroom (6). 23. It’s great to have the chaps accommodated in a semi-detached (7). 24. Training a vine is simple (5). 25. Ach! Spots! (6,7).

DOWN 1. A stroke for which there’s not much regard (6). 2. Some feel leniency is wrong for her (5). 3. No guest would be given minced meat (7). 4. As usual, Al is following him (4). 5. What kind of nonsense did you say something was?

(5). 6. Or there’s a branch outside the town (7). 7. Seem embarassed by the garish study (6). 13. It comes out, which is a mistake (7). 15. Feeler, as before, to which the girl rises (7). 16. Selling off the first five, and stopping at that (6). 17. They drag the vehicles from the buildings (6). 19.

And I went sailing on the lake with her (5). 21. Go through the exercise (5). 22. Call, for a while (4).

Answers Page 27

ACROSS 1. Calm (13) 8. Suave (5)

DOWN 1. Drink (6) 2. Gem (5)

ABSTRACT CARVING CHARCOAL CHISEL CLAY COLOUR CURATOR

DALI DRAMA DRAW EASEL ETCHING FRAME FRESCO

ART WORLD

GALLERY MONA LISA RAPHAEL VANGOGH GAUGUIN MONET REMBRANDT VERMEER MURAL IMPRESSIONIST RENOIR PALETTE STILL LIFE KILN SUBJECT LANDSCAPE PICASSO PORTRAIT SURREALISM MEDIUM MICHELANGELO PRINTER TRIPTYCH

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March 23-29, 2023

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners.

10.45 Q+A. 12.00 News. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.40 Media Watch. (PG) 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Escape From The City. (PG) 4.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Sarah Ferguson.

8.00 Hard Quiz. Tom Gleeson grills four fan favourites who are experts on topics in a comedic quiz show. (PG) 8.35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering.

A satirical news program exposing the humorous, absurd and downright hypocritical. (PG) 9.05 Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala.

Featuring a star-studded line-up of local and international comedians.

From the Palais Theatre, Melbourne.

11.05 ABC Late News. Coverage of the day’s events.

11.20 The Business.

11.40 Frayed. (MA15+) 12.25 Parliament Question Time.

1.25 Finding Alice. (M) 2.15 Rage. (MA15+) 3.30 To Be Advised.

4.30 The Drum.

5.30 7.30.

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India Prime Time News. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. 9.05 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. 9.15 Paddington Station 24/7.

(PG) 10.05 Station: Trouble On The Tracks. (PG) 11.00 Dream Of Italy. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Dateline. 2.30 Insight. 3.30 Destination Flavour China Bitesize.

3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. (PG) 4.15 The Secret Life Of Lighthouses. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. Presented by Marc Fennell. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Alone Australia. New Series.

Ten outdoor survivalists are dropped in separate locations in Tasmania’s remote wilderness. (M) 9.30 Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History.

The story behind America’s favourite game, Monopoly: an untold tale of theft, obsession and double-dealing.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Furia. New Series. A man moves to a small Norwegian town. (MA15+) 11.55 The Sleepers. (M) 3.30 Mastermind Australia.

4.30 Bamay.

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 The Talk. (PG) 7.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 7.30 GCBC. 8.00 Everyday Gourmet. 8.30 Ent. Tonight. 9.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 9.30 Bold. (PG) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PG) 2.00 Dog House Aust. (PG) 3.10 Entertainment Tonight. 3.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Dog House Australia. Final.

A dog’s appetite for destruction might get in the way of it finding a happy new home. (PG) 8.40 Law & Order: SVU. Velasco takes drastic action to get information from a witness as Benson and Carisi put crime boss Oscar Papa on trial. Fin tries to help a woman who was drugged and left for dead in a garbage truck. (M) 9.30 Fire Country. Bode and his fellow prison inmate firefighters band together with the civilian crew to battle a fire. (PG) 10.30 Bull. The team represents a financial investor. (M) 12.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news and events.

1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 Movie: Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts. (2017) Alison Sweeney. (M) 2.00 Surveillance Oz. (PG) 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 To Be Advised.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Inside Detroit. English adventurer Ben Fogle explores Detroit, once a thriving city at the heart of the American motor industry it is now a wasteland of abandoned buildings and ravaged communities. (M) 9.00 The Front Bar. Hosts Mick Molloy, Sam Pang and Andy Maher take a lighter look at all things AFL. (M) 10.00 To Be Advised.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. Footage of headlinegrabbing moments captured on camera by members of the public. (PG) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 Mr Mayor. (PG) 1.30 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Under Investigation: The Third Victim.

Liz Hayes and a team of experts take a look at new revelations in the case of self-confessed killer Richard Dorrough. (M) 8.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 Australian Crime Stories: The Dark Side. Takes a look at the 2014 murder of Jamie Gao, a young, naive wannabe gangster, which was caught on CCTV. (M) 10.30 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.00 See No Evil: Back To Reality. A look at the murder of Jasmine Fiore. (MA15+) 11.50 Ordinary Joe. Cop Joe and Amy decide to turn Bobby in. (M) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 A Current Affair.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.45 Love Monster.

5.55 Kangaroo Beach. 6.05 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Peter Rabbit. 6.40 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.30 Silent Witness. (M) 9.30 Banana. Final. (M) 9.55 Cucumber. Final.

(MA15+) 10.45 Killing Eve. (MA15+) 11.25 Black Mirror. (MA15+) 12.30 Movie: Miss You Already.

(2015) (M) 2.15 ABC News Update. 2.20 Close.

5.05 Tik Tak. 5.10 Guess How Much I Love You. 5.20 Pins And Nettie. 5.25 Pip And Posy.

5.35 Baby Jake. 5.45 Numberblocks. 5.50 Play School’s Story Time.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. (PG) 11.00 The Movie Show. (M) 12.00 Black South Rising.

(M) 12.55 Border To Border. (M) 1.25 Larping Saved My Life. (PG) 1.55 Taskmaster Norway.

(PG) 2.50 The Pizza Show. 3.20 WorldWatch.

5.15 Takeshi’s Castle Indonesia. (PG) 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. (PG) 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (M) 8.30 RocKwiz Salutes The Decades. (PG) 9.30 Movie: Colombiana.

(2011) Zoe Saldana, Lennie James. (MA15+) 11.30 Movie: Miles Ahead. (2015) (M) 1.25 QAnon: The Search For Q. (MA15+) 2.15 Letterkenny. (M) 2.50 NHK World English News.

5.00 Al Jazeera.

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6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Aust.

8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG) 9.00 I Fish. 9.30 MacGyver. (PG) 11.30 JAG. (PG) 12.30 NCIS. (M) 2.30 Scorpion. (PG) 3.30 MacGyver. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 6.30 Scorpion. (PG) 7.30 Bull. (M) 8.30 NCIS. The team discovers an abandoned ship. (M) 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. McGarrett and Alicia are kidnapped. (M) 10.20 Blue Bloods. (M) 11.15 In The Dark. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 MacGyver. (PG) 4.05 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Scorpion. (PG)

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6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country.

7.30 The Real Seachange. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. (PG) 7.30 Heartbeat. (PG) 8.45 Foyle’s War. Foyle investigates a suicide. (M) 10.55 Frankie Drake Mysteries. (M) 11.55 Cities Of The Underworld. (PG) 12.55 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 1.25 Better Homes And Gardens. 2.30 Home Shopping.

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6.00 TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. (PG) 7.30 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 New Tricks.

(PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: Warlords Of Atlantis. (1978) (PG) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. (PG) 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. Barnaby’s wife is involved in an incident. (M) 10.50 Law & Order. (M) 11.50 Footy Classified.

(M) 12.50 Explore. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 1.30 Take Two. 2.30 TV Shop. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. (PG) 5.00 TV Shop.

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6.00 Children’s Programs. 2.40 What’s Cooking, Omari? 2.45 Children’s Programs.

5.20 Welcome To Cardboard City. (PG) 5.25 Miraculous. 5.50 Total DramaRama. 6.00 School Of Rock. 6.25 BTN Newsbreak. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories. (PG) 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 Kong: King Of The Apes. (PG) 8.00 Space Nova.

8.20 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

8.45 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud.

9.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. (PG) 9.20 Mystic. (PG) 9.50 BTN High.

9.55 Rage. (PG) 11.00 Close.

6.00 The Movie Show. (PG) 6.25 The Mole Agent. (2020) (Spanish, G) 8.05 Diana. (2013) (PG) 10.10 Pride. (2014) (M) 12.25 Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy. (2021) (Japanese, M) 2.40 The Movie Show. (PG) 3.10 Babette’s Feast. (1987) (Danish, PG) 5.10 Long Way North. (2015) (PG) 6.40 RBG. (2018) Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Clinton. (PG) 8.30 Room. (2015) Brie Larson. A mother and her son are held captive. (M) 10.40 Little Woods. (2018) Tessa Thompson, Lily James. (M) 12.40 Working Girls. (2020) Sara Forestier. (French, MA15+) 2.20 They Came Together. (2014) Paul Rudd. (MA15+) 3.50 The King’s Speech. (2010) (M)

6.00 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 7.00 Becker. (PG) 8.00 Friends. (PG) 9.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 10.30 The Neighborhood. (PG) 11.30 Frasier.

(PG) 12.30 Two And A Half Men. (PG) 1.30 The Middle. (PG) 3.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.00 Becker. (PG) 4.30 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview. (PG) 4.35 Becker. (PG) 5.00 Frasier. (PG) 6.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.20 Two And A Half Men. (M) 10.10 Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies Preview.

(PG) 10.15 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 11.05 Frasier. (PG) 12.00 Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 James Corden. (M) 3.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 American Restoration. (PG) 10.30 American Pickers. (PG) 11.30 Pawn Stars. (PG) 12.00 Boy To Man. (M) 1.00 Truck Night In America. (PG) 2.00 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under. (PG) 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. (PG) 3.30 Restoration Workshop.

(PG) 4.30 Shipping Wars. (PG) 5.00 Storage Wars: TX. (PG) 5.30 American Restoration. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG) 8.30 Motorbike Cops. (PG) 9.30 Motorway Patrol. (PG) 10.30 Surveillance Oz. (PG) 11.30 Crash Investigation Unit. (PG) 12.00 Esports. LPL Pro. Valorant Challengers Oceania. 2.00 Shopping.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 11.30 Tom And Jerry. 12.00 Cypher. (M) 1.00 Raising Hope.

(M) 2.00 Full House. 2.30 3rd Rock. (PG) 3.30 Raymond. (PG) 4.00 The Nanny. (PG) 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 That ’70s Show. (PG) 7.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 7.30 Movie: What Happens In Vegas. (2008) (M) 9.30 Movie: What’s Your Number? (2011) Anna Faris. (MA15+) 11.40 Young Sheldon.

(PG) 12.05 Love Island. (MA15+) 1.05 Revenge Body. (M) 2.00 Raymond. (PG) 2.30 Full House.

3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. (PG) 3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 TV Shop. 5.00 Pokémon Ultimate Journeys. (PG) 5.30 Yu-GiOh! Sevens. (PG)

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 ABC News Day. 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 Evening News. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.45 The Business.

9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 Australian Story. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 12.00 News. 12.30 7.30. 1.00 News.

1.15 The Business. 1.30 That Pacific Sports Show. 2.00 DW News. 2.30 News. 2.45 The World. 3.40 The Business. 4.00 DW News. 4.15 7.30. 4.45 DW News Asia. 5.00 DW News. 5.15 The Business. 5.30 Landline.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 1.25 Cook Up Bitesize.

1.30 Lidia’s Italy. 2.00 United Plates Of America.

2.30 Cook’s Pantry. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide.

3.30 Food Markets: In The Belly Of The City.

(PG) 4.30 David Rocco’s Dolce Homemade.

(PG) 5.00 My Market Kitchen. (PG) 5.30 Bizarre Foods. 6.00 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Food Safari. 7.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 7.30 Luke’s Vietnam. (PG) 8.00 The Streets With Dan Hong. 8.30 Field Trip. (PG) 9.00 Tom Kerridge’s American Feast. (PG) 9.30 Come Dine With Me Daytime. (PG) 10.00 Dine With Me UK. 10.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 11.00 Food Safari. 11.30 From Scratch. (PG) 12.25 Cook Up Bitesize.

12.30 Field Trip. (PG) 1.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 The Barber.

(M) 12.00 Over The Black Dot. 12.30 Hunting Aotearoa. (M) 1.00 Ganbu Gulin: One Mob. (PG) 1.30 Characters Of Broome. 2.00 Shortland St. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 3.00 Bushwhacked! (PG) 3.25 Red Dirt Riders.

3.40 Wolf Joe. 3.55 Tales Of The Moana. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. (PG) 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. (PG) 5.00 Our Stories.

(PG) 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.10 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Undiscovered Vistas. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 8.30 Yokayi Footy.

9.30 Celtics/Lakers: Best Of Enemies. (PG) 10.30 Songlines On Screen. (PG) 11.00 Trading Cultures. (PG) 12.00 Volumz. (PG)

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6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 News Of The Wild.

8.00 Match It. 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 Bride And Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings. (PG) 12.00 9-1-1. (M) 3.00 Black-ish. (PG) 3.20 Simpsons. (PG) 3.40 Movie: Dave. (1993) (PG) 6.00 Modern Family. (PG) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Bridges Of Madison County. (1995) Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep. A photographer falls in love. (M) 11.15 First Dates Australia. (PG) 12.25 9-1-1. (MA15+) 1.20 Scandal. (M) 2.10 Dollhouse. (MA15+) 3.00 Touch. (M) 4.00 Sleepy Hollow. (MA15+) 5.00 Secrets And Lies. (M)

6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters.

7.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 8.00 Garden Gurus. 8.30 The Block Sky High. (PG) 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters.

11.00 Farmhouse Fixer. (PG) 12.00 Open Homes Australia. 1.00 Country House Hunters Australia. 2.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 3.00 The Block Sky High. (PG) 4.00 Island Life. 4.30 Containables. 5.00 Country House Hunters NZ. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters.

7.30 Home Town. 9.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 10.30 Flipping Virgins. (PG) 11.30 Million Dollar Listing NY. (M) 12.30 House Hunters Int. 1.00 Home Town. 3.00 Fixer To Fabulous. 4.00 Flipping Virgins. (PG) 5.00 Island Life. 5.30 Containables.

CLASSIFICATIONS: (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions PLEASE NOTE: Listings are correct at time of print and are subject to change.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 6856 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Great in number. 8, All in. 9, Retired. 10, Con-cur. 11, Troupe(anag.). 12, A-bash. 14, Ba-the. 18, No-odl-e. 20, Stud-i-o. 23, Im-men-se. 24, Naive(anag.).

25, German Measles.

Down - 1, Glance. 2,(fe)EL-LEN(iency). 3, Tongues (anag). 4, Norm(Al). 5, Utter. 6, B-or-ough. 7, Red-den.

13, Bloomer. 15, Ante-nna. 16, (v)Ending. 17, Towers.

19, L-inda. 21, Drill. 22, Term.

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 6856 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Imperturbable. 8, Bland. 9, Laconic. 10, Bullet. 11, Infant. 12, Feast. 14, Asset. 18, Advice. 20, Bridge. 23, Avocado. 24, Lunge. 25, Assiduousness.

Down - 1, Imbibe. 2, Pearl. 3, Redress. 4, Ugly. 5, Bacon.

6, Bondage. 7, Excite. 13, Envious. 15, Surplus. 16, Sahara. 17, Recess. 19, Chard. 21, Dunce. 22, Solo.

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Rising Sun Film Society, Moree - “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris” - 6:30pm.

Gunnedah International Women’s Day Exhibition, March 10 - April 16, Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery.

Gunnedah Rural Museum AGM, 7:30pm.

Gunnedah International Women’s Day Exhibition, March 10 - April 16, Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery.

Narrabri View Club Meeting, 11:30am, Narrabri RSL.

Jodie Crosby @ Gunnedah Services Club.

Gunnedah International Women’s Day Exhibition, March 10 - April 16, Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery.

Boggabri Show n Shine and Market Day, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Graincorp Boggabri.

APRIL Mount Porcupine Apex Drive Hill Climb, 9:30am4:30pm.

Weeks Of Speed Gunnedah Rural Museum Demonstration Day & Tractor Pull, 9am-3pm

Min Min Aboriginal Corporation General Meeting 5pm at Gunnedah Services and Bowling Club Baxter Room.

Gunnedah International Women’s Day Exhibition, March 10 - April 16, Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery.

ADFAS - JULIE EWINGTON - Jewellery Today: Ancient Art in Contemporary Hands, 6:30pm for 7pm, The Crossing Theatre, Narrabri.

Narrabri Little Athletics “Come and Try” Day, 9am-10:30am @ Narrabri High School Oval. AGM to follow.

Narrabri Shire Council Meeting, 1pm.

Gunnedah International Women’s Day Exhibition, March 10 - April 16, Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery.

Gunnedah International Women’s Day Exhibition, March 10 - April 16, Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery.

Gunnedah International Women’s Day Exhibition, March 10 - April 16, Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery.

Narrabri Rotary Markets, Selina St Open Space.

Live Music: Jason Hill @ Tourist Hotel Narrabri 9:00-11:55pm.

Live Music: Crank @ Tourist Hotel Narrabri 9:00-11:55pm.

Gunnedah International Women’s Day Exhibition, March 10 - April 16, Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery.

Gunnedah Speedway, 3pm-10pm, meet the Easter Bunny!

Narrabri Dirt Bike Club AGM, 6pm @ Narrabri RSL.

Tommy Miler @ Gunnedah Services Club.

Verandah Saturday, 10:00am– 2:00pm, The Craft Shop, 35 Dangar St, Narrabri.

Gunnedah Markets, Wolseley Oval.

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